The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-29 00:00:00

mite. t ~ aes zbe Libel come I imagine he will walk over :it "ts, why then out of the others I prefer m ,46414,nd Ala% Wreford's Economist colt. , , nArned for the 10 Sovs. Stakes, the only on, have heard a good character is Cherry Bounce. I .e lve animals arc named for the Warwick Cup , the itc, l er which was went to create as much interest as the Ascot OL,' Goodwood ones do now. As the distance is lour naiies, and as only two engaged are ode ,r4ed for StAyill , a distance, I shall select them for my 4 : 1 14 4 ._ they are Mice Hawthorn and the Best-ot. ~1 11.„ e e and tin , foraacr, I imagine, will be found the be at wo. the 64 . 6 ( 1 IVieiklam can hard :l 1.3.. it *tu ning.»liti/. his lot. Freeman and Hamp tor, I comp, et to up in front. cl:he Q'aeeti's Plate and a Selling Plate will brir tz) a ' se t l .le - meeting at Warwick for 1345. TELEG' tendon, August 29, 1845 `ll SALISBURY RACF,S.--Tnunsp LI. - 5 Produce Stakes of 53 sous. each, 11 , 11 for three-year 1r olds; colts Sst 91b; fillies, Sit 61b. IN _Lie and a halt: '' , Wretbrd's b c Worthless .—..... walked over. . 1 / 1 11. 5 Wiltshire Sttikei of 25 sovs. eac' ear 5 ft. Two miles. • H. Robinson's b C Mori:v.4,h, 4 .Yrs V . ''e City Members' Plate '4l -. 50 soy. s., added t o a swee p s t a k es of 5 sous. e a c h, :3 ft. 'P r e seco . ad to save his stake. Heats, ) a toile and three quarVera. ,r s c cn ,s, . —• ••.. ..... . . .Ir, W . ci dt, '- 111 , e; - 4 vr , ( k Day) 0 1 1 llr ' a - It . Herbert's oh h Ajax, aged .... 0 2 2 I k , Love' s Mobarek, aged ; LSTBURY AND 13RATTON RACES. —WEDNESDAY. : it The Hunters' Cup. Heats, a mile and a half. )r r - W. King's ch in Circe, aged (R. Treen) 3 1 1 i ' Patten's b g Pattemon, aged 11% Gilbert's ch g King Cole, ae,-ed 2 3 dr r • J. Whites g in 'iaylass, 6 yrs-- ..... ... 4 dr i t The Yo3treanry Cup. Heats, a t rli e an d a h a lf . j`;.r• bailmo,Pe's cb g Clipper, aged ..... (Owner) 1 •1 i:k Price's c li g Wiit-if-I-can, aged •••• 3. 9 i r •Giddiug's gr as Take your time Miss Lu c y, 5 yrs. 11 3 r. White's. gin Gay - lass I. • Garrett's b g Tobi ... ...... ... added. ~. .... ...... 5 & i s I t The Westbury Stakes of 3 sovs., eacl., with 15 V.IV. F. King's ch m Cir,ce, ac,ed.....(R. Treen) 3 1 1 li r . Davis's ch g Victor_ (kii:-:„1 2 2 dr li t. W. Mee's nu oh v• ia r i a „ , age d r lluckler na b ;.• f'aul Clittord bolted 4,. 4 e 13ratton ( 4..sile Stakes were won by Mr. Smith's Mad, 0, and the l'' ,ny race by Alice Grey. 'th e ll .6REF01:1) RACES.—WEDNI , ..simv. ~ - P ro w .uce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added, for s _ 4 lr i three-vr-olds. Once round. 4 1; ,-1 Day's bc by Buiaite , (Marlow) 1. f c : "'os's. ell , Raymond Ludy... ... - ‘ tle ' r6)rdshire Sakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft, with Zit) It added. Twice round. kr• 80, rev's ell cby Tipple Cider, 3 yrs ...(Hutchinson) ' t 11 1 : I. Day's g by Slazeppa, out of Busk, 4 yrs ... 2 I ,'• Godson's chi' Susannah, 4 yrs... . . 1,,,• 4 5 Hunters' Stakes were won in two heats by Mr. Nv . tiunstone's b g llookiv, 6 yrs (Mr J Wadlow), bee ,fi ng y . , * Knowls's eh h Tariff, 6 yrs, M. Curtis's Delam ere , ti /i n ' . and Mr. R Green nd Grenade, 4 3,-r,=. " 5 Farmers' Handicap Stakes of 50 sous. Heat ,t, once it round and a distance. 1( 1% ~• 13eswell's b g Breewood, aged . pir t• - • Jones's b g Tinker, aged 0 2 1 2 16. cever'6 b g V,luti. 5 vrs • Woolaston's ch gby Pirmin, 4,yrs ... '£ dx Ill e - • TII UnsDAY. City and County Gold cusp 60 sovs., li r. , (buil) of 20 sc:vs. each, h ft. About di aed to a Han, 3 ,. , three miles. k r. P( 2 .it•y's ch c by Tipple Cider, it t t• Saunders's bto Nix-my-P, , • I k i l i v.• Scott na fby Bubastes, 4fiy, Cl 6 yr 5..... ...... T , Ixotes Glendower, syr • 4 ,Yrs . 4 e other races Avefo no Isun When our account Lit. TATTE!' t 11 1 ESTERDAI e o:Aly burs 'a any force ware Miss Sarah, th e r bi t , and . au - arras ; Mentor and The li t ZY Honer although backed for two or three •o :s each, ha,ing mote enemies than sup stt:th sias the intcrence we drew front 2 to 1 was taken frcel:.• het.veen two and Ltr ty : . ., ; 16 to I in fifties about l'antasa. 1.000 to 25 Cb or four times about Ides, 1,000 to 15 each about 0% 4 r - the-Way and the Miss Whip Colt, and a few bets, small in amount and importance. The nless, prices : ST. LEGER. , 2 to 1 on the field against two—taken to 1 agst 'Nlajor Yao.7,urgh's two—take 7 to 2 7 to I agftt fOr(Pli lot—taken to 100/. t" 2 rgs t AP:jor Yarburgh's bliss Sarah—taken 5 „ to. 1 agtt Jr.l7, Gully's Weatherbit—take 11 to 2 to t. Agat Mr. St. Paul's Mentor tte 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Mcrry Monarch—taken to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin: 't to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken and aft. offd. 20 to 1 agst Mr. P a i n t er 's The Pacha—take 23 to 1 2 5 to 1 agst Yin Irwin's Ould Ireland—tak. and aft. off. -5 to 1 agst 'Lord Miltown's Due au Durras-30 to I t. f. ' 'JO to 1 apt, Mr. Rainsay's Mid-Lotilian—taken ' lO to 1 at Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken and aft. cif. 0 to agst ' Lord Stradbroke s Idas—taken 6 4. ; 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way—taken (4 6 to I agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken England The Baron, Fitzallen, and Worthless, wer A, , mtentioncd. GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH. §Wednesday the much- talked-of match between the Mol oiptd Powells came off 'near the Black Dog Inn, at Bed- A!li; il and, from the novelly and interest attached to the race, ;Ilti n :ller.se assemblage persons were present. The con -s's of the match were—that E. Molloy and his son, 4 5ii t ,'ett years of ante, should walk against Powell and his son, 4 0arties to start together and contend for twelve hours t illiouslY, and the distance of ground travelled over by the and son to be added, and which ever side accomplished lk,peatest distance within the stipulated time to be the w Th' Qt. k - • 100/ Th .11 dlo , s were tile favourites at 5 a. (~11C,Ift . t ) Nl4 At seven o'clock the men and their companions were on They entared upon their task with spirit. At 4 ,th h ; ,?'clock the Molloys liad the advantage of one mile; eP t steady at their feat, and at twelve o'clock the had gained five miles upon their opponents. The nad now been walking six hours consecutively, and ,C e ,, 4 red w,mewhat fatigued. The Molloys had not been off Ar k a ' 4,l , partaking only of refreshment as they passed. At ti k L 'o'clo c k the Powells were leading, and had covered sixty tp,,gt Iniles of road between them, and obviously had all <aranees of victory. Young Powell was much distressed, ti i i tl 'ae and distance told heavily againt him ; and young 4 t ," was compelled to relinquish the contest, having Seized spasms from the great exertion he had un tt(l;lle, having walked eleven miles and a half in two hours. lt,eommencenn nt the Powells had acquired an advan- WV thirteen wiles, and all hopes of winning on the part Alulloys were lost. The Molloys, however concluded `'bout s verb admirable st:\ le, and had reduced their e art4 ti to three miles, when the Powells achieved their hard 'titjtl victory, having periormed upwards of ninety miles kit the stated time. It was the general opinion that had tbt;!lolloy, junior, retired from the match at an early stage, 4 olloys would have gained the laurels. ARUNDEL, YACHT CLUB. 'Oj a Sail:r , g match for a cup and cover amongst yachts of t!,tvcleb came Mi'ea Wednesday. The following came , to k, t i c-% :—The foam, 7 tons, L. W. Roberts ; Rival, 10 tons, 6 4 ,7. Parkinssai ; MisAtiet; 12 tons, J. D. Weldsmith ;- I ,t u4 tless 7 ton. Edwatd ; Wave, 10 tons, T. Howard. t' 4B a tittle ra'c'e, a minute per ton being allowed. The ale took the lead and kept it, increasing her distance 'lci ly the others, which continued close together all the way 4 ? e ll ' The Wave was half a mile or more in advance at t 6 ,2 ,S,,oa after rounding, the Mischief overhauled klt e : ave. considerably, both leaving the others a long way Gallions the Mischief came very dote in the wake . ' 44 / 1 ,0 n but the Wave kept ahead and won by one 'et W ' YvP, ards "rib It -I. ‘Nti I•_;;7q)N.-----Yesterciay the second report 1 0 t' Inspectors Millbank Prison as presented to Parliament ri3/41:4Ftlance of he Act 6 and 7 Victoria, c. 26, was issued. IN Prism ' i s no w u se d as a depot for prisoners until they are ISN' t t l'utted o r otherwise disposed of. Since the last report a le ward /tl t as en er bo who were too oun tbe t g 1 0 the h Pento be nville e P cte ilsen,d for and ys too old for Parkhurst, o and 'kk. l , 4 Practicable they have the advantage of separate confine toi they are instructed in religious and moral duties, trained tdP~utiArious habits, and taught trades calculated to render t k Useful servan t s in the colonies to which they are sent. ell; h4 us that of 242 boys who have been placed in the juve to Bard d ur i ng t h e e i g ht months which have elapsed since its ks o ttl eueement, bat three have received corporal punishment; lt,l,, 4 'iderable number have never been reported for a single t4 t ,'l'au of the prison rules. Matrons have been appointed t he evict ships, and materials for work are now supplied to ,„'eluale isuners during the voyages. Last year 4,140 Is - " I Uses were suit from the prison, who have been sentenced t'f p , b tl utportation There were 3 778 males, and 362 females; number 6;5 were sent to Norfolk Island, 2,241 to Van t 'r c ,Jeu's Laud, 150 to Bermuda, 102 to the invalid hulk at „N t i wi eb, 2 . 39 to Pentonville, 361 to Parkhurst, and the at (3 , i0) to Van Diemen's Land. The inspectors report Pr - Loners in Milbank have generally enjoyed good milks the mortalltv among them has been small, and the lier of sick at no time in the year considerable. There Its t'e4 „ 1 7 deaths— a less proportion than the average of former It tici L s m Itud three cases of insanity, one of which was disallowed, p`ue convict (Dalnaas) transported. 4 to tt !tr. r rItADEliS ' COUNTY OBJECTIONS. — We un 'N%°lld that the objections by free-traders to persons on the thinguny voters in this and the adjoining counties are to 7,4 1 ,„, like the following extent, which we give only as an 4 ,Eloi' l l urnation :—North Lancashire, 2,000 ; South Lancashire, 1 !14, . 3 ; West Riding of Yorkshire, 2,700 ; North Cheshire, r us of 1,000 ; South Cheshire, I,soo.—Manchester t c , ;rcli an. t l e EAT GUILDHALY. COFFEE - HOUSE.—Yesterday .1, - ,, k hates of this establishment were greatly alarmed by the tr e ,g h te he a t f e l t i n a l mos t ever y r oa m o f th e h ouse . The ditttigede from Watling-street were sent for, when it was t avered that the cause of the annoyance was occasioned tielame beam of bond timber in close communication with ‘‘ , ) lll 4 4 ' ) oring h av i ng ignited. The consequenc e s, no doubt, ‘it ti . have been very :erious but for its timely discovery. ti llreat trouble, by coning away a portion of the build- It lky,r fears of those belonging to the establishment_ were k:ItONVN OF ENGLAND.—The imperial croxn, rust with so serious a fall from the hands of the Duke of hyll, in th e House of Lords, on the occasion , of her Majesty's bra (Prorogation of Parliament, was on Tuesday conveyed by iii his private carriage, and safely deposited in the h noose, hi s Gi ace humourously remarking that he was ‘ l 4l e had got it. there. All the diamonds and other jewels , res * ere and fell on the floor of the House of Lords, t i ( u dn 4 14 Lod have been firmly re-set in their original posi- L y I%er 'Majesty's crown jeweller. ( I ' l l 'ts pa tt Y ?MI, the witiow and edict of the late Al esQatl it Cowan, Bart., has by her will, made in 1843, ied th wile of her estates, 'stab real and personal, to t t t l ts, Z i th . er, eh Aluilett, Esq., ot Brighton, for his absolute hint sole executor. Site executed a codicil jt" tie before her of th leavi,:g a legacy of 500/. to Catha '44 e s ,Llkughter Mr. John Beaton, of the Bank of Eng tab. with this exception her brother takes the whole of hot • cl : h t 7 v l ; The personal estate is sworn under 14,000/. Her 'tied on the 7th inst., at Forest-hill, Sydenham. 1 rt 41 1 t11 I. A CAl3.—Ye.,terlay morning', between 3 1 "tiej 4 ,.."' eleven o'clock, the wife of Mr. T. Smedgrove, an ,:ra s " f ; resiciir in Union• street, Borotu2h. OD her return ',I 1 ) 7 101 7 "•' " , t I.; vCi 5 t ac I t a Nab niseu,eted r . 4 " Sr e, w Qeugrove had given birth to a fine boy. She was 4114 e xbaused state, but soon rallied, and the mother and exe doing well, MERICAN NEW TEN 4 - DAYS LATER from AMERICA S., esFY.; ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN AT NEW YORK. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. Itie Cambria steamer, Captain Judkins, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning in nine days and a half from Halifax. The Great Britain etearner arrived at New York on the 10th, having acconaplishel her passage from Liverpool in fourteen days and twenty-one hours. The Canabrie. brings advices from New York to the 15th, from Poston to the 16th inst. inclusive, together with New Orleans papers to the 7th inst., and advices from Vera Cruz dated 21st July. All official intercourse between Mexico and the United States had ceased. The Washington Government organ annourrees that the United States troops which had ad• 1 vancee . to the Texan frontier would not be withdrawn, and 'that General Taylor had with the infantry advanced to Cterpus Christi, and Cul. Twiggs, with the cavalry, had penetrated beyond Austin to the neighbourhood of Xer mu. !The elections for the different States are proceeding, fr sat great apathy appears to exist. There is notliing new from Canada. The following are exteacts from the papers : (From ti Aeu' York _Herald of the 16th.) The last advices from New Orleans inform us that the Mexican Consul at that port had received official instruc tions from the Mexican Secretary of State, in ferming him that the relations between that Go vernment and the United States had reached :such a point as required the immediate cessation of all official intercourse ; that their friendly relations were at an end, and that all Mexicans were to be direct, d to take such measures for the security of their per sons and property, as they might deem expedient. This intelligence comes, however, merely in the shape of a private communication, and, as no such intimation had been convey ed to the Mexican Ccnsul in this city, it is to be received with caution. Still it is quite certain that in New Orleans the general opinion was that war had :been declared by Mexico ; and the intelligence which pours in upon us from all quarters, confirms the belief that the erieis which we have been awaiting for some time past, has at length arrived. We should not be at all Burp! iced to hear, in a few days, of some decisive blow having been err-tick by Mexico, and that the war had indeed commenced. The Government organ at Washington, in referring to certain vat was and contradictory rumours relative to the dispositions of the United States troops sent to the Tex an fruntiee, declares in positive terms that these troops are not to be withdrawn, and that it expected to hear by the next arrival that General Taylor had ad vanced, with the infantry under his command, as far as Corpse. Christi, and perhaps penetrated the country farther from the Gulf coast. Colonel Twiggs, in com mand of the di agoons, had advanced through Austin f::.rther west, to the vicinity, perhaps, of the Alamo. We have also reason to believe that the Texians them selves are now moving for the purpose of co-operating with our troops. This is, we perceive, stated by the Union. 'The instructiens issued by the United States Go- vernrnent to their troops on the Texian frontier, re stsiet them etairely to defensive course of action, so long as Mexico remains quiet. But from all present appearances it is very evident that Mexico will forcibly resit the measure adopted by our government, to main tain the boundary line as claimed by Texas. The demagogues in Mexico who now manage her rinks, are stirring up with the greatest activity the belligerent feel ings of the people. Each is trying to out-herod his rival ie this business. The Mexican people, themselves, ignorant, vindictive, and misled and excited by Bri tish agents, are in a very fitting condition to be operated upon by these ambitious and violent leaders. Thus, teen, stand at this moment our relations with Mexico. We do telieve that war is nearer than many imagine. Ot course, we cannot have any fear for the issue. But the public voice begins to call louder and louder upon the President and his Cabinet to summon Congress to gether. Ought they not at once to take this step ? CANADA.-1 here is a project talked of at present of connecting Lake Champlain and Lake Ontario by rail road, which may be regarded as a bold stroke towards diverting from Montreal and Quebec a large share of the trade of kVestern Canada. Is ever this is effected, the great results expected to proceed from the Welland Canal, in favour of the Canadians, will be much neutralised. Hardly any commercial operations are taking place in Canada now ; several attempts have been lately made to force off goods at auction, but to no purpose. We observe the weather has been very warm at Quebec—the thermometer last week ranging from 90 to 95 there. A trial which caused much excitement has ended in the acquittal of two young men charged with murder in the last election disturbances. Party feeling was keenly at work to procure a conviction, anu also to secure an acquittal. Since the notorious verdict of the jury in 1837, acquitting Jobin of the murder of the lamented Lieutenant Weir, it is quite common in Montreal to assail the integrity of juries, and we fear it is not always done without good pound. In the case just tried, the prisoners were acquitted—a regular triumph for the po pular cause. The 71st Regiment had subscribed 301. 4s. 6d. for the relief of the Quebec sufferers. The sum promises to exceed 30,0001. in Great Britain and Ireland alone. A strong rivalry exists between steam-boats on the St. Lawrence this season. AFFAIRS OF MEXICO. (From the New Orleans Picayune, Aug. 7.) It is confidently stated that Senor Arrangoiz, the Mexican Consul here, has received orders from his Go vernment to close his business in this city, and further, that he will sail in two or thre days for Vera Cruz. One report has it that his departure will be the signal for the publishing of a non-intercourse act, and another that a formal declaration of war is to follow. A few days will tell the story. Since the above was written we hear it stated that the declaration of war by Mexico is really in town, and that it will be pub.ished by some one or more of the city pa pers this morning. if this be true, we shall see what Mexico will do after taking a step so rash. That she will issue letters of merque and reprisal—attempt to turn loose a set of foreign privateers upon our commerce— has been hinted at, and with good show of reason.— There are not sailors enough, put them all together, in her contemptible marine to man a single sloop_ of war effectually, and we trust that our Govern went will at once declare every vessel engaged under Mexican colours, without the lawful complement of na tives on board, A pirate, and string up every foreigner to the yard-arm. The pages of Vattel may not afford :.deil authority, but Vattel knew but little of Mexico when he wrote, and strong cases require prompt and forcible arguments. On land, the course of the United States is plain enough. With the regular troops now in 'texas, and the volunteers ready to start at a mo ment's warning, we have a force sufficient to crush any miserable apology of an army Mexico can concentrate betwcen San Luis Potosi and the Rio Grande for three months to come—it would be an act of charity to take the entire array of our gasconading neighbours prison ers to save them from the starvation that has long been ereadug upon them. Possession of the harbours of Cali fornie—e matter which a frigate or sloop of war could easily effect—might also be taken, and if all these plans are carried out, we shall have the enemy at our gates sueing fur peace before a year is over their heads. (From the Ave Orleans Replrter, Aug. 7.) The schooner Relampago, which recently arrived at the Belize from Vera Cruz, came up to the city on Tuesday evening. Our previous accounts by this vessel were very limited, based as they were upon verbal state ments, and a short extract from one of the few letters which reached the city in company with the dispatches for the State Department. It vas not until a late hour yesterday that we received the letter, an extract from which follows, containing the official communications, a tratotiation of which is subjoined. The letter is from a friend and correspondent in Vera Cruz, and enclosed the communications, which are from the Minister of War and Marine of Mexico. It appears by these, that the previous intimations of the intention of Mexico to declare war against this country have assumed a positive and determinate shape. No simple act of non-intercourse, it appears, will give sufficient vent to the pent-up indignation of our Mexican neighbours. Nothing short of a war—a war of invasion too—that contemplates among the least of its triumphs the re conquest of Texas—will appease their belligerent feel ings and heal their wounded honour. Well, if it is to be, we must prepare ourselves for the struggle. We hope by this time that our fleet is in the Gulf—we know that our little army is at its post. The Water Witch, which may be looked for every day, will bring . us full par ticulars. We have reason to believe that the despatches to the Department of State at Washington, brought by the Relampago, communicated the fact of war having been declared by the Mexican Government. In a still closer view of a war with Mexico, we take occasion to repeat what we said the other day, as to the course which should be pursued in such an event. If we are to be embroiled in a conflict with Mexico, we hope that the scale upon which the contest will be prosecuted by us will bear some relation to the power and dignity of this nation. Let the assertion of our might as well as of our right be so complete, that among the other results of a brilliant campaign, no vestige of Eurc peen influence will remain in Mexico to tempt her into a repetition of the fatuity of going to war with us. The following is the letter and documents referred to:— Vera Cruz, July 21, 1845. De I have only one moment's time to Sir,- 4 ;oil * the * en;ose * d, to * which I refer you. We are momentarily expecting to receive the declaration of war against the United States, from Mexico. Every one is making prepa rations to leave this place and move into the interior. The Water Witch will sail for your port on the 26th or 29th inst. Yours. OFFICE OF WAR AND MARINE.—SECTION OF OPERATIONS. (Circular.) The United States have consummated the perfidy against Mexico, by sanctioning the de, ree which declares the annexa tion of the department of Texas to that Republic. The in justice of that usur pa ti on i s apparent, and Mexico cannot tolerate such a grave injury without making an effort to prove to the United, States the possibility of her ability to cause her rights to be respected. With this object the Supreme Government has resolved upon a declaration of war against that power, seeing that our forbearance, inateadof being received as prof of our friendly disposition, has been interprsted into an eekiewieeacti impossibility on our part to ca , ry on a successful war Such an error on the part of the United States will be ad• vantageous to Mexico, because, suddenly abandoning its pacific attitude, it will tomorrow communicate to Congress the declaration et war, and excite the patriotism of its (aims THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDA YE - V EN INO AUG UST '29, 1845. to sustain the dignity of thtt nation and the integrity of its territory, now treacherously attacked, in utter disregard of all. guarantees recognized in this enlightened age. You will readily appreciate the importance of this subject, and the necessity of preparing the troops under your command, to march towards any point which may require protection against these most unjust aggressions. I am directed by the provincial President to enjoin upon you, as general-in-chief of your division, and as a citizen of this Republic, to hold yourself in readiness to repel those who seek the ruin of Mexico. The Government is eccupied in covering the different points on the frontiers, and in collecting the necessary means, so that no thing may be wanting to those whose glory it will be to defend the sacred rights of their country. I have the honour to communicate for your intelligence and to direct your conduct. God and Liberty.—Mexico, July 16, 1845. GARCIA CONDE. speedily declared, and also that Mexico is !Baking strenuous efforts to borrow 12.000,000 du's. to carry it on. Vera Cruz was said to be very healthy. They v're landing shots and shells from the Castle of S..in Juan de lillea, on the wharves. Two light shocks of earthquakes were felt a , Vera Cruz on the 13th ult., and between the ea!ne a ,seven tempest of rain. . _ . . _ The following extract of a letter to a counnorcill house at New Weans is published in the l'irayune : MATAMORAS, JULY 17, 1845.-4 write you again thus s , on, fearing that war %ill be de•clated by Mexico against the United States, and ad communicati,in be interrupted for some time. From the pre sent manifestation o! fuel ing towards the Americans we fear we may be expelled from the country at fifteen days' notice, in which c,:se shall have the pleasure of seeing you sooner than I ex. peered, although at a grievous loss in a pecuniary point. of view. By the present treaty between the United States and Mexico, we are permitted to remain six months to settle up our business affairs, but I am apprehensive they will pay no regard to it. Troops are approaching this place from various quarters, and not a single doubt remains in my Mind of the intentions of this Govern ment to declare war, although it will he impossible for them to push it with vigour, or the least prospf ct of success. Should they, however, be supplied with the requisite funds from England, although they may be un able to make any powerful demonstration on the other side of the Rio Grande, their national obstinacy will in duce them to deft r for a long time any approaches to wards a peace forfeiting their alleged rights to the State of Texas. itl LATIVE RA IL PRINCIPAL CITIES' SCOTIA NAMES or RAILWAYS, ......... Airdrie and Coatbridge • Arbrwith and Forfar I)itto half Shares • • • • Armagh, &Portrusli Bandon and Bantry Belfast and Ballymena • • Beltast and County Down Birknlid,Lan.&Clies.Jnc. Birmingham and Olo'ster Do. New (Iss .at dis.) Ditto Half Shares • • • • This circular to the authorities suboriiQetothisoffie: Most Excellent Senor—As my notes of the 30th of March and the 7th of April of this year, concerning the deserters and recruits for the army, have not produced the effect which his Excellency the President ad interim desired, as the Gover nors hare not been able to gather a number of men by any means adequate to the wants of the army, his Excellency has ordered your Excellency to provide the material, to enable the different departments to furnish their quota and complete the contingent of troops required by the decrees of •29th of Decem ber, 1843, and the 2d July, 1844; for although the Supreme Government has not evaded with punctuality the complement from these departments, she now sees herself under the neces sity of doing so, for the war which she wages against the United States, the perfidy and treachery of which power has put her in possession of a part of this Republic. His Excellency the President ad interim requires that your Excellency inform the Governors of the necessity which exists of detailing the number of men so highly necessary to fill the ranks of the army, and to excite the zeal and patriot. ism of the authorities, that their preparations shall be effec tual, so as to fulfil the desires of the Government, and pre vent the dignity of the nation from being in any measure com promised. _ Binninglun Biel burn, and Preston • • Blekburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, Wigan, & Livery'. Boston, Stamfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewe, & Ilast. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • ])itto Nem - Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. Ihimbar. June Caled-nian ............. Ditto Extension • • • • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto New Shares • • • • Ditto Half Sharei Chester and H , lyhead • • Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton... Churnet Valley • • Clitheroe Junction • • • Clydesdale Junction I have the honour to communicate to your Excellency the following, to be used as occasion may require. God and Libery !—July 6, 1845.—Garcia Conde. Most Excellent Senor, Minister of Foreign Relations and of Police. Transmit to the authorities depending upon your department. MOST EXCELLENT SENOR.-It being necessary that the troops of the line should cover the frontiers of the republic, and march towards Texas to conquer that department, now usurped by the United States, His Excellency the President ad interim has commanded me to transmit you this note, to excite the zeal and patriotism of the Governors, that they place ' under arms in their respective district-, all the force which can be collected in defence of the laws, to be ready to serve as a safeguard of their respective departments, according to the de cree of the 4th of June of this year, and the regulation of the 7th inst. FROM ST. Domucco.—Capt. Robinson, of the schooner Samuel Roberts, informs us that news had reached For Paix from Cape Hayti that the Haytian army had re turned to the Cape—that Col. Valamener was left 40 miles east of the Cape, waiting fur an assault ; but the Haytian soldiers refused to attack and returned, leaving the Dominicans to themselves. Coffee was high. No American ves-els at the Cape on 31st July. The Washinvbn Unio.;, in noticing the recent move ment of troops to Texas, says that this, as well as other measures, have been adopted on account of information which has been received that the Mexicans are sending a force across the Rio Grande. With regard to the fact that Texas does not extend to the Rio Grande, but only to the Neuces, the official paper says— " Let it not be said that Mexico has claimed the country to the east of the Rio Grande ; that they have a post at Santiago ; that they have a few troops at that post, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, and another small post higher up the river. We do not mean, unless they compel us, by some act of violence, to dispossess them of these positions. We stand upon the defensive, so far as relates to the force they have already at these posts. Tt II us not, however, of the 45,000 inhabitants they have settled on that river. The population on the river, until you ascend to the neighbourhood of the Santa Fe region it very,small—not more than a few hundreds ; and most of these very Mexicans have recognised the laws of Texas, by uniting with the Texians in electing from that country a rei:resentative to the Texian Congress." THE OREGON EMIGRANTS. — The St. Joseph Gazette, published in Missouri, has news from the Oregon emi grants. Another company is lost, which contains j fifteen men and thirty five women. They were about 800 miles above Council Bluffs, on the Missouri river ; they had despaired of getting on this season, and are planting buckwheat with the expectation of obtaining provisions on which they may resume their journey next spring. Cork, Blackrek & Passage Cork and Bandon .• • • • • . Cork and Killarney .• • • • Cork and Waterford • • • Cork and Youghal • • • • • • Canterbury and nova. • • Coventry and Leicester• • Cornwall ... Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • Direct Lou. and Manehstr Diss, Beetles, & Yarwoth Direct Northern • • • • Direct Norwich .• • ... • • . DubLn and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Colree Dublin and Drogheda• • • • Dublin and Galw. y Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . Your Excellency will communicate to the Governors this supreme resolution, and will inform them of the obligations under which the citizens are to contribute to the defence of their country, and to sustain rights, violated by a nation which refuses to acknowledge them, and obliges Mexico to maintain them by force, which it most undoubtedly will or fall in the struggle. She will not consent to give up one half of her territory, from the base fear of losing the other. Hoping that your Excellency will furnish me with information as to the number of men which can be devoted to this important object, your Excellency will please to accept my most high con sideration. Ditto New ... Dundee and Per.h • • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (NO, 1) Ditto (No. 2). .. Eastern Counties. . .... Do. New 5........ Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Derebain & Norwich East Union Ditto Extension ...... Edinbgh, Glas., and Dim. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares ... Do. New Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent• . Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon .• .• Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr. •• • • Do. Quarter Shares • • • . G- God and Liberty ! Mexico, July 16, 1845. To the most Excellent Senor, Minister of Foreign Relations and Police. (From the New York Courier and Enquirer.) LATER FROM TEXAS.—Galveston dates to July 30 have been received at New Orleans by the packet Alabama, which arrived on the 2d. We find a summary of the news she brought in the Picayune. The steamer Monmouth arrived at Galveston on the 31st ; she was to effect needed repairs, and leave the next day for Aransas. The Texan Convention seems to be progressing rapidly with its business, and will probably adjourn by the middle of this month. The seat of Government will probably be continued at Austin. The IVational Register contains the following : AUSTIN, JULY 19, 1845.—There is but little of interest going on here: the members of the Convention are be coming a little more excitable as time progresses. Yes terday there was a flare-up between General Davis and Senor Navarro. Davis, in advocating some measure, introduced into his remarks a comparison rather dis paraging to the Mexican nation, at which the " deputy" Irvin Bexar took tire, and demanded if the remarks were intended as personal ; to which Davis rejoined, by de n) ieg that he had said what was alleged. The Seat of Got ernment question, I think, is destined to raise a row, the " West" having divided upon it between Lagrange and Austin. The various Committees iu the Convention have re ported different previsions for a State Constitution. They are published at length in the Galveston papers. The Bill of Rights declares that no religious test shall ever be required ; that no person shall ever be imprisoned for debt ; that perpetuities and monopolies shall never be allowed, and that no bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or any law impairing the obli g ation of contracts, shall be made, nor vested rights be divested unless for purposes of public utility, and for adequate compensa tion previously made. The Executive power is to be vested in a Governor chosen for four years. The sth section of that part of the Constitution having reference to the "Judiciary" department of the State is as follows : The Governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate, shall ap point the Judges of the Supreme and District Courts. The editor of the Civilian is of the opinion that this section will become a law, thus taking the election of the judges from the hands of the people. The first section of the " Legislative Department" provides that " every free white male citizen of the United States, who shall have resided in Texas one year preceding an election, and the last six months in the country or town in which he offers his vote, shall be a qualified elector. Indians not taxed, and Africans and descendants of Africans ex cepted." No Minister of the Gospel or Priest shall be a mem ber of the General Assembly. The first election to be held on the first Monday and the following day in November, 1846, and the election shall be held on the same day in November every two years thereafter. The Civilian remarks, that "it ap pears to be understood that a majority of the Conven tion are in favour of inserting a clause in the Constitu tion to prevent banks." The following extract of a letter from Captain Grice, of the Undine, gives an account of the landing of the United States troops in Texas. It is dated " ARAN*AS BAY, JULY 28, 1845.—0 n Saturday, the 26th instant, the American flag was first planted in Texas by authority, upon the south end of St. Joseph's Island, upon which I am landing the troops from the Alabama, inside the bay. There are now 500 men encamped here, and the scene is full of interest. The other ves sels with troops are not expected to arrive for several days. Dr. D. A. Perry, of Washington county, was murdered recently by a negro, formerly the property of the doctor. The negro was suspected, accused, confessed the deed and has been hung. According to the Civilian, the health of Galveston continued remarkably good. The weather had been dry, and rain was much needed. A semi-weekly mail has been established between Washington and Austin, to continue during the season. Everything on the frontier is quiet. The Georgetown D. C. Advocate has the following paragraph : " Rumours were plentifully rife yesterday, as to the nature of a dispatch said to have been received on the previous evening by the Government, from Texas. From all that we have been able to learn, we suspect that there is growing up in Western Texas, a state of aft'airs as much the more serious than the Florida war, as the field of action and the numbers and powers of the Indian enemy there, are greater than was the case in Florida." lasgow and Greenock •• . Ditto cw • Ditto Preference • -. • 0 iasgw, Dinfries, and Car. Glsgw,Kilinarnek, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .• • • Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto New Quarters • • Ditto Eighths ........ Grand Union ....... Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Stlirn & Wstrn (Irlud) Ditto Extension ...... Great 3lnnster. • • la Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England 1)o. New 401. Shares Do. New 301. Shares Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ........ Guilfrd, Farehw, & Ports. ....... Iludrsfld & Man. It. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield hull and Gainsborough • . Hull and Selby • . • • Ditto Quarter Shares • Ditto Half Shares Inverness and Elgin .... Isle of Jersey Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .. Killarney Junctions . •. • . Lancaster and Carlisle • Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford . • .. Ditto Extension Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk.... • ... Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford . • • Liny'rick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis, & Kn. gm. Lincoln, York, and ,Leedg` Liv. Man. & 'N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares • • • • _ Ditto Quarter Shares • • Liverpl, Ortnskrk,& Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Quarters London and Blackwall •- Lou.Sz,Man.(Remington's) London and Brighton. •• Ditto Cons°lid. Eighths London and Croydon Ditto New Guarant. 5 per CM. London and Greenwich Do. Pref. or Privilege • . London and South Westrn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares.. Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York Ditto (Bawtry) ..... London and Windsor.. Londe, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry - & Coleraine Londonderry& Enuiskilln Lynn and Ely .......... Lynn and Dcrehain Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto Half Shares •- • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto Sixteenths • . Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares • Ditto New Quarters . - Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Boltii, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamptn Midland • • Ditto Fifths Ditto New .• • • • • • • • • • Do. Con. Birm. & Derby Midlnd (It Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newestl & Da rl ngtn June. Do. New (Brandling). • Newcastle and Berwick.. NeAveutle and Carlisle • . Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen. • Newark and Sheffield . • • North British • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern • • Do• Scrip (iss. at 5 tbs.) FROM WASHINGTON.—We have not space this morn ing for the entire letter of our Washington Correspon dent. We give merely the following, which he sends as a postscript. Of the authenticity of its statements we have no means of judging, except from the character of the writer : WASHINGTON, AUG. 9, 1845.-1 have learned some news which have an exceedingly warlike appearance, and would appear to indicate that the Administration has become possessed of information of the doings of the Mexicans leading them to expect a declaration of war and active hostilities. I learn that this morning there were dispatched from the Navy Yard here, one hundred and fifty boxes of muskets by the Southern boat, to go through by the mail route to New Orleans, and one hundred boxes in addition have been ordered to be sent after them as quick as they can possibly be pre pared. There have been also 350,000 ball cartridges ordered to be prepared and forded by the same conveyance with the utmost dispatch, as well as a number of gun-car riages and other military stores. So great is the hurry, and so urgent the orders of the Government for the dis patch of these warlike stores, that I am informed the workmen at the Navy-yard will be at work all day to morrow, although it will be Sunday ! This would seem to indicate that the Administration are convinced there is to be no joking, but an actual bond fide war. A letter in the New Orleans Jeffersonian, written to a gentleman in that city, says— " VERA CRUZ, JAN. 13.—1 have to conclude this let ter in a hurry, as the news is just in town that war has been declared against the Americans, and the vessels are going off immediately, to prevent being seized." The New Orleans Bee, of the 4th, has the rumour in a postscript " We were informed, last evening, that the Mexican Government had come to the conclusion to stop all inter course with the United States, and has issued orders to her various Government officers to that effect." The same paper, of the sth, contains the following : We were informed yesterday that an importing house in our city had applied to the Mexican Consul to know whether he could clear a vessel for one of the Mexican ports on Thursday next, and that the reply of the Consul was that after Wednesday he would be unable to attend to any such business. As the duty of the Consul in such cases is to countersign the manifest, his refusal looks as if there were some truth in the rumours of war now so prevalent." The Tropic of the sth says of the same subject : " The only rumour which appears at present to be well authenticated, is one, that the Mexican Cansul has re ceived orders from h;s Government to withdraw imme diately from this country. What the exact nature of the Consul's instructions are, we are not advised, but we are informed, on what we believe to be excellent autho rity, that that functionary will close his office to-morrow, and cease to exercise his duties." Do. Quarter Shares North Devon . North Kent .. . North Staffordshire North Eastern... North Union (A)• . Ditto (B).• • • • • • • , . North Wales Mineral .. • • Ditto New Shares • • • • North Western •• • • •-• • • North Wales Norwich and Brandon • • Ditto New........ Not., Belyoir, & Oranthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nutt., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester .. Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness • • . • Portsmouth Direct • • • • Preston and Wyre Ditto Half Shares 1)o. I'ref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central .... Scottish Midland Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares. • Ditto ditto (No. 2). • Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • Sheffield and Lincoln • • • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,&Bir Shrwsbry & Trot Val. Un. Shrws, lierefd,& N. Wales Slamannan . • • • • • • • South Devon . • • • • Routh Midland • • • ..... • • South Eastern and Dover Do. NOV (ISO. 32/.) No. Do. (i55.331. 6 5. 8 d.) ~ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond .• • Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales• • • • • • • • • • • • Tears and Dove Valley • Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neat!! \Vest London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coon. Wexford a•.d Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrftl,Wxfd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford Wakfid, Pon tefret, & Gool Wakefield and Ilarrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness And the Courier of the 4:h has the following post script : " Since the foregoing was written, we have seen letters from Mexico of July '22, which say war was inevitable. The Senate of Mexico had assembled in order to di: uss the question of peace or war, and the issue depended on their deliberations. Until the result was known, the Me.ican ports would continue open as usual to American trade.' no. New Half Sharel Welsh . • • . • . • IVe - t Cornwall . 3LOSING PRICES OF WAY SHARES IN THE West re Nilson , s1 3 1 1 i 78: . . co . l . t . i;e . ss Wilts, rs t, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich.. Ditto New . York and Carlisle • . York ...lid North Midland Ditto Half Shares Ditto Searbro' Branch Ditto Selby 3 AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, .ND, AND IRELAND: Aug. 28. 334 '132% - I 20 P/41)1 2 % Pli 26 7ipl Aug. 28. 3!i 28s6d 2 243% 121% 233 2% is 6d, 32% 13% 15% 2 44 598 1% 212 , 2,5% 5 2359 d 41s 68 1 , 12 10:Sj 53s6dj 73 13 11 24 Aug. 56,6 d 5359 d The Picayune alga learns verbally that the opinion at Vera Crux Was prevalent and decided, that war would Ditto Extension YorkAbire & Clasguw Mt. 1% 41i 3)4 5% Bji 12656 d 48% 37% 163 1 , 15 21s p, 65s p 1 16 s pl O' 27, 30s p 2%p - nipl 155 — s8d 4;;, 51 ,6 2t4 4% 1 5% 28s6d 7656 d 107 51! 51 7•x!4 12 - 2s6d 24 15s p, EXETER, AUG. 28. STOCK ExclialloE.—The sales are—North Devon, 2% prem.—Exeter andYeovil, %prem.—Exeter and Crediton, 9. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new one act spectacle, entitled the Boy King, was produced here last evening. The Boy King is Louis XV. of France (Madame Celeste), who was married at 15 years of age, and the action of the drama takes place on the day of his wedding. In honour of the occasion a grand fete is given at Court, at which till the youthful nobility of his own age (represented by Miss Woo Agar, Miss E. Chaplin, and several of the ladies of the t stab lishment) attend, and there is a review of an army of "Infantine Infantry," who go through their exer c i ses admirably. The tutor of the king has arranged that his Majesty and his youthful Court shall go t o b e d at ten o'clock, and that himself and his coadjutors shall en j o y a good supper after. The Boy King, however, demurs to this arrangement. He determines to write " man" from that day, and as a man to sit up to supper. He finds certain blank letters deeachet which have beeuleft by his Ministers for his signature, and filling them up with the names of his tutor and those friends whom the tutor had invited to supper, he consigns them to the J3astile, an d en j oys himself with his youthful friends. Eventually the Regent frees the tutor and his companions, but not until the King and his friends have sat up to and e a t en th e supper, and from that night the King not only reigns, but governs. This trifle is put on the stave in exquisite taste. The " Infantine Infantry': are admirably drilled, and go through their exercise with the mo s t l aug h a bl e preci,ion. The curtain fell amidst considerable applause, and the piece will no doubt have a run. It was p rece d e d by Sweethearts and Wives, with Munyard as Billy Lackaday, the best Billy Lackaday that has appeared since the days of Liston. The house was crammed to suffocation. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE MOONLIGHT STEAM-BOAT. Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Mr. Bedford, the coroner, and his jury, re-assembled at the St. Martin's public-house, Duke-street, Adelphi, to resume the inquiry relative to the death of James Purcell, the lad whose shocking fate has been already noticed in this journal. From shat has transpired at the inquest it is manifest that the poor boy's death was the consequence of the negligence on the part of the crew of either the Moonlight or the Prince of Wales steam-boat, and the chief point to which the conflicting testimszty already elicited has reference, is the question as to which of the two vessels was put in motion before the rope connecting them had been unfastened. As the captains and mates of these boats contradict each other in their statements respecting the material fact, the evi dence of the passengers will be probably regarded as the most important. A lighterman, named Maclaren, stated that he was on board the Prince of Wales at the time when the Moonlight came up alongside of that vessel at the Hungerford-pier. The head rope of the former was thrown over and fastened to the lar board sponson of the latter. After landing her passengers, &c., he saw the Moonlight going ahead, without having been freed from the other boat, upon which witness called oat, " Cut the rope," it having become too tight to be removed from the sponson. At this moment he saw the deceased, boy fall upon ilie'deck 'of the Moonlight, one of his feet, wrenched off by the rope, having fallen into the water. He did ne.t see any one in charge of the rope. He could not say if it was the appointed duty of any one to remove the eye of the head rope from the Prince of Wales boat, but he conceived it to be the duty of every captain to see that the rope had been taken in before giv ing the command to proceed. The captain of the Prince of Wales attributed all the blame to the whose duty it was to provide asufficient attend upon the boats arriving number Hungerford Pier o f hands Company,to at that pier. It was notorious, however, that there was not half enough assistance provided for the large number of ves sels calling there. It was possible that the Prince of Wales might have gone a little astern at the moment when the acci dent occurred from the action of the ebbing tide.• He did not consider that any blame was attributable to the crew of his boat. He had known many similar accidents to occur in con sequence of the insufficiency of piermen to attend to the boats arriving at the pier. A discussion of nearly an hour's duration now took place as to the admissibility of certain evidence offered by Mr. Cat tarns, on the part of the Iron Steamboat Company, to which an objection had been raised in consequence of the presence of the two witnesses (Mr. Simmonds and - Mr. Fier? sings, passen gers in the Moonlight) at an earlier period of the investigation. Mr. Coppoek, the solicitor of the lad's parents, and several of the jurymen submitted, that as the Coroner had determined at the commencement of the inquiry to receive the evidence of no one who had been in the room during the examination of other witnesses, neither Mr. Simmonds nor Mr. Fleming, both of whom had been present, could be heard. Mr. Simmonds observed that his evidence, if admitted, would be found of great importance to the jury in considering their decision. Mr. Fleming submitted, that although he had been in the room a few minutes during the former proceedings, he had no recollection of what happened at the time. One of the jurymen proposed that a show of hands should be taken upon the subject, and in th e confus i on o f t a lki ng t h at followed, Mr. Simmonds urged that, as hi s ' ev id en ce had be en t a k en in writing before he had attended the inquest, there could be no reasonable objection to its reception. Mr. Coppock inquired what Mr. Simmonds meant by his evidence " being taken in writing ?" This was explained by Mr. Cattarns, who stated that the witness had called at his office, in his (Mr. Cattarns's) ab sence, and that his statements were taken down in writing by his clerk. But he had not seen him personally upon the sub ject, and did not know him when he was sitting in the room. The CORONER, having been incessantly appealed to for his opinion upon the point at issue, expressed his willingness to wave any objection that might tend to deprive them of im • portant evidence ; but he was inclined to doubt whether the witness could be examined after what had happened. Eventually the Coroner deckled on taking an opinion upon the question before pronouncing his determination as to the admissibility of the evidence. There were t wo Alexander Mills, a wood-turner, depesed e t v h e a n t in h g e , w t a h s e a IpBatsh sivneens t s ga e en l r s t 'on b at a n t a e r wd i ituhinleegsNes M oo nl i ght accident. Monday tahye Moonlight arrived. The eye of the head-rope was attached to the Prince of Wales, and the remainder was lying in a coil in the bow of the Moonlight. Witness saw a youth standing close to it when the signal to " Go ahead" was given by the captain of the Moonlight. The boat moved on, and a man seized the rope, which he tried to jerk off from the Prince of Wales's sponson. He failed in doing so, and the deceased, whose foot was somehow entangled in the rope, was against the timber-head. Witness ran to his assistanc e , and prevented ales, near the sponson, to set t h e head-rope at h tfr im et,p f w r r o ih m niceeh fa oh l f l ad i vv ng dr o e v p e p r e b d oa ir r it d e , but the trhiveerr.opeNhe one was off his was on board liberty. He was confident that the Moonlight was proceeding when the accident happened. The whole occurrence did not last more than two or three minutes after the Moonlight had started. By Mr. Coppock—He did not see the Prince of Wales go astern. Mr. Coppock drew attention to a discrepancy in the state ments of this witness and those of Henry Tucker, one of the Moonlight crew, who had deposed to the effect that no one but himself was present with the rope, which, according to his evidence, was tightened by the Prince of Wales boat going astern. _ Another passenger named Gordon, of 17, Frederick-place, Goswell-street, stated that he saw a lad sitting on the coiled head-rope after the Moonlight had arrived at the pier, and witnessed the accident. [This witness confirmed many of the statements of the preceding witness ; but declared his epinion that the rope was drawn out by the Prince of Wales boat goit,g astern.] The Moonlight boat had not proceedad mo re th an a up the foot and of the and assisted in taking him to the hospital at Charing stationary.when Witness he r " was given y e t he deceased, r a o sdvessels.an da was hal f the cry of "Stop picked It was announced that there were several other passengers who wished to be examined, some of whom had been waiting until now (eight o'clock), but were unable to remain any longer. The inquiry was further adjourned to Alonday evening, at six o'clock. A LATE BAPTISM.—At the Baptist Chapel, in By rom-street, Liverpool, on Thursday evening last, a female, aged seventy-three, named Mary Jones, was baptised by im Mersion. HULL, AUG.. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—London and Croydon, New, 1/.- 15s.—York and North Midlard Extension, 24 Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,- -10 Extension, 3.4 —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, — 20—Ditto; - Quarter Shares, 6—Grimsby Dock Extension, 7 1.ceds and Thirsk, 16 1 —East thicolnshire, '24s.—East. Coast, 33. — Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 3%—Grand Union, 20s.—Leeds and West Riding ,Junction, 15s.— Leicester and Bedliird, 3 '4Y—Leicester and Birminiam, 21s. —Liverpoot, Manchester; a n d Newcastle Junction, 4: %i — London and __Birmingham LExtension. _l9s.—London and York, 6%—Ditto, Bawtry Scrip, s —Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 21. . 25 . — gettinghanr,Erewesh, 24 ss. Nottingham, Belvoir, and Cr'rnnthain, f/.. Ms.—Nottingham and Boston. 30s.—Nottingham and Mansfreld, 305.—South 7 1 /,—Sheffield and Linroinshire Junction, 7 ShrewsNry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &C., VA—Shrewsbury and Trent Unirm, 4 1—Tean and Dove Valley, 2—Wake ileld and Bradf . u: l l,B 2 l.--Yorkshfre and Glasgow Uniorr,l2s. • YORK, Auc..lB, S'rtiejt EIECIIAI7OE--'l7ie are— astern Union Exten Sion, 3%_Manchester and Birnjog:ltarn, Now Quarters, 9% —Midland. New, 2G—North Britise, New, 0%--York and North Midland Extension, 24A—Grand Union, VA—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 20—Ditto, Quarter Shares, s—Leicester and Bedford, 44—London and York, 6% — Manchester, Buxton, &c., 84—North Staffordshire, 6 North Western, s!4—Rugby, 2%. SHEFFIELD, Am 28. STOCK EXCIGINGE.— The sales are—Bull and Selby, Half Shares, 23w—Midland 40/. Shares, 26%—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 1, 16—Caledonian, 11 1 4 — Cambridge and Lincoln, 23 3 —Derby and Crewe, 3%—Goole and Doncaster, 1 Y-16-I.lrunsby and Sheffield, 18—Ditto, Quarter Shares, W s --GrimEby Railway and Dock Extension, 10%—Huddersfield and Manc,:ester,l4 3 A—Direct Northern, 2 1.16.--Leeds and Bradiold, 55—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, VA—North Western, 6/. Is. 6d.—Shef f ield and Lincolnshire, 54- York and Carlisle, 4%._ EDINBURGH, Atia../6. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/, 35.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 21. I Is. 6d..-Arbroath and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 1 51.--Armagh and Portrnsh, 2/. -Banffshire, 2/. Is. 6d.-British and Irish Vzion, 31. 76.- Belfast and County. Down, 31. 155.-Cambridge anti Lincoln, '3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 103.-Caledonian Extenslfm, 21. 175.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31. 17s. 6d.-clvdesdale Junction, 91.-Direct Northern, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Dundee anti Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18/. - Dundee and Perth, 4/. 125.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 95.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 90/.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 14/. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. Hs. lA.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 26L-Ditto, PreferenCe, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 18s. 9d. -Ditto, New, 1/. 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 16s. -Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 10s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayr shire. 711.--Ditto, New Stock, 22/. - Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 18s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 95.-Glasgow and Greenock, 21/. -Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 2/. -Great North of Scotland, 21. 175.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. "s.- Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 51. 155.-London and York, 51. 10s. -Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 33/.-Morayshire, 11.- North British, ex one-tifth, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 5s - Ditto, One-fifth, 71. 155.-North Wales Mineral, New, 6/ 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25.-Scottish Central, 71. 145.- Scottish Midland, 2/. 45.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Ches ter, 4/. Is. 6d.-Slamannan, 181.-South Midland, 91. 195.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. I Is. 6d.-Stirling and Dun fermline, 1/. 15S. 6d.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, IL 165.-Wishaw and Celtness, 39/. [ADVERISEMEHT.] TO THE EJiITOu OF I HE SUN. Sin,—After taking ten days to consider of it, Mr. Ashurst has at length ventured to publish a rejoinder to my reply of the 18th instant. I can well conceite that he has been writhing in painful indecision during this in terval, for in the first instance he favonred me with some ten or twenty lines of this same rejoinder, and published them in your paper, four or five days ago. His friends no doubt told him that this paltry apology for an answer would never do ; and now he favours me with an ex tended edi'ion of it, occupying two-thirds of a column. Yet, with all its length, it is somewhat difficult to ex tract from it a single sentenco that can be considered by the most good-natured man at all relevant to the issue between us. It is a common artifice with lawyers, when their case is bad, to make a great splutter and pother about points of no consequence, while they fight shy of all that they cannot answer. And such is the policy of Mr. Ashurst. I accused Mr. Ashurst, broadly and publicly, and in all the newspapers, First, of most culpable negligence while acting, or professing to act, as the solicitor for my line in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844. Secondly, I accused him of supercilious and con temptuous treatment of the Bedford Committee, in 1844, a line of conduct whiclt led to his discharge. Thirdly, I accused him of fraudulently appropriating to himself the patronage of the London and Manchester houses, which had been given to my line, when my line was the only direct line before the public, or in contem plation ; and, Fourthly, I accused him distinctly, pointedly, and clearly, of attempting to defraud me, not only of the patronage which I bad obtained, but also of my project itzelf; atter many fruitless attempts to discover some competing line which might at least hare the merit of originality, even if it were found utterly destitute of the higher merit of practicability. Such were the charges I brought against him, and in terms so strong and unequivocal, that without a perfect conviction not only of their truth, but of my power to prove their truth, I dared not have expressed myself as I did. Mr. Ashurst has not had the courage, or I should rather say the audacity, plagiarist, pirate, and attorney us he is, to offer answer or explanati n to any of these charges, or eve❑ to grapple with them ; but hai; prudently enveloped both himself and his readers in a cloud of dust and confusion, which makes it impossible to guess what the squabble is about. I suspect it is in vain. to hope for a reply, although I again reiterate my accusation, anti again challenge him to call a public meeting either in Landom or Manchester, with reason able notice, and there meet me and my proofs face to face. Mr. Ashurst is too sagacious to accept the chal lenge. Yet even in this hubble-bubble letter, falsehood vies with bad taste for the ascendancy. I quote his words— " Mr. Remington talks of meetings to support his line. There was but one meeting —that was at Bedford, got up by himself, to aid his project to go to York and Manchester." I answer that there were not less than eleven public meetings held in support of my line at the following eleven places :—namely, Barnet, St. Alban's, Luton, Ampthill, Thrapston, Wellingborough, Iligham Ferrers, Kettering, Bedford, Northampton and Leek. I have on my table before me printed copies of the reso tions passed and published at each of these meetings. I may well say with Mr. Hume, " Let him take his change out of that I' Again, Mr. Ashurst says, " I have published no names in support of the line to which I have been appointed solicitor, but such as were given to me in, or subse quent to, June of this year." I answer that Mr. Ashurst has published and prefixed to his prospectus more than 100 names, which were never given at all to any particu lar I:ne, either of his or mine, but only in favour of " a direct line," at a time when mine was the only direct line before the public: I have before me a letter of Mr. Sheppurson, one'of his Committee, and of his active sup porters, addressed to Mr. Rogers, one of the present so licitors of my line, and dated the 16th of October, 1844. iuclosing the names of fifty-six houses, most of which are now daily advertised by Mr. Ashurst, but which names were then obtained to sanction my undertaking! Will Mr. Ashurst dare to assert that he has obtained these names to any project of his own since June, 1845? If he hazards such an asserticn, I will republish the list with Mr. Shepperson's letter, and leave them all to fight it out among themselves. But Mr. Ashurt speaks of " the line to which I have been appointed solicitor." What is this line to IA hich he is appointed solicitor ? Who has appointed him ? Why does he leave it doubtful and indefinite ? It is so strange as to be almost incredible, that to this hour, when Mr. Ashurst has for months been advertising a railway com pany, and ostensibly patronised by high-sounding com mercial names, and has closed his share list, and, for anything I know or care, received thousands by way of deposit, with all the prestige of sharemarket quotations and premiums, and London and York amalgamations, he has no line at all—he has published no line at all—he has projected no scheme, no enterprise or undertaking, except that which goes by the name of " Remington's line," and vvbich, as my acknowledged line, I have confided to the Protecting care of a Committee, who shun all contact with Mr. Ashurst as they would with a walking pest', knee ! Where, thin, is the line to which Mr. Asburst is the appointed solicitor? His own prospectus describes it, in July last, as a line by " Barnet, St. Alban's, Dunstable, Luton, Ampthill, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, Ashby de-la-Zouch, Burton-on-Trent, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Le, k, Macclesfield, Stockport, and Manchester." Now this, with one c xception, is precisely the line upon which I have been at work for nine years past, varying it slightly by the omission of Derby, to meet public opinion ; and this is the line, with the same single exception, which I and my patrons stand pledged to bring before Parliament— the exception is the . town of Loughborou g h, b ecause that town could not be included without making a detour of many miles. Mr. Ashurst, however, is like the cad of a Paddington omnibus, who, to entice passengers, will promise to set them down very near Hampstead -heath. If anybody will be at the trouble of examining ene of the Ordnance maps he will fi n d t h at Loughborough is many miles out of the direct route ; thus, through the ingenuity of Mr. Ashurst, there is all the machinery of Provisional Committees, acting Committees, share holders, share market, solicitor, and engineer, without any ultimate object in view except to make a line which others have p ro j ecte d , fostered, matured, and subscribed their money to to construct, long before he or his friends dreamt of such an undertaking. This fact will be recorded by historians hereafter as a proof of the gullibility of the public in this age of rail way speculation. It is scarcely necessary to acquit myself a second time of the spiteful insinuations of Mr. Ashurst, that I have capriciously, or igiforantly varied my estimates ; his sneers do not affect me, but they may possibly mislead the public; I therefore repeat, that when I contemplated aline to York us well as Manchester, I mentioned 7,000,000/. for the capioil; when the scheme was confined to Lon don and Manchester, I limited the estimates to 4,000.000/. : when it was proposed to ad.i a branch through the Potte ries, I increased the estimate to 5,000,0001. ; the estimate of 2,000,0001., which he quotes with malicious triumph, appeared in a prospectus published in my absence from London, and without my knowledge : it was a mistake, as I readily admit, but one for which I am not account. able, and which was corrected as soon as it was dis covered ; all this was explained in my former letter, nor would Mr. Ashurst have revived the subject if he had not felt that his only chance of escaping detection was to make the Most of a mistake. I have given Mr. Ashurst enough to do ; he has found it difficult enough to invent a' competing line ; he has found it yet more difficult to meet, without equivocation, the charges I-have here repeated ; but I must perplex him ) vt.alittle more. Will be have the goodness to in form the public, who have been so kind as to buy his shares and supply him with. money, what he proposes to do with their money beyond the payment 2ff his ~--~- .j 4 own costs ? He has not surveyed s at present ; and if this work is to nnw, I can - assure him, and so can Mr. linKlicicttitt.WAY will not be ready by the 30th o f Novemb tv Ack 11l do all I can to assist him; and as my survey and sections are ne:triyr completed, he shall be welcome to then] as soon as tie solicitors have completed the book of referer,ce. Title, is very liberal, considering that lie has appro priated my Mille years' labour without asking leave; but it will show nim that I do not humour resentment, sal am willing to return good for evil ; his shareholders, however, will do well to inquire whdth,r he can avail himself of my liberal otfer in time to comply with the standing orders ? If not, I fear that their sharks will be at an alarming discount before the 30th of Novern ber.—l am. Sir, yours ob?diently, August 28, 1845. GEORGE REMINGTON. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT. COBURG, AUG. 24.—This communication will touch upon two most incongruous subjects—the church and the theatre—incongruous, at least, in England, but not so lane, if one may judge atom the manner in which the Sunday is enent. Those strict observers of re-ligious forms who, in ,England, are shocked to hear how the Sabb a th i s sprat h t Roman Catholic countries on the continent will be transported with horror to know that the very same, or nearly the same, desecration. takes place here, in this Protestant State. The people I attend Divine service in the morning, amid in the af ternoon and evening, as in most Catholic countries, they recreate themselves with nitt- , ie, dancing, Bing ing, or any other amusements that come withtn their reach. The place where the festival of Grego rius was held the other day is now once were a complete fair. A travelling theatre is open, where tumblers and ..ainjurors exhibit their feats ; the r, undabouts are in full play, and there are crowds of people of all ages and classes, and of both sexes, who are either dancing to the merriest of music, or sitting at the booths drinking beer and smoking. Others are busily engage:', some in frying. and more in eating, sausages cooked frevo. The children of the town schools with the dresses , . tho• vore at the festival, the boys in their fancy cos • And the girls in their white dresses and their head buond ivy, are waltzing away in a builditeg which stank on the ground, to which they are evidently admitted by aui3vority. These are the Sunday amuse ments of the inferiOr classes ; for the higher, there are concerts and other nrusicel reunions. Under the late Duke the theatre was alway open on the Sunday even ing, but since the accession pf the present Duke that prPetice has been discontinued. To come, however, to the procee dings of her Maje s ty. Last night she visited the theatre, it ,nel this morning at tended service at the church or' St. Maurice, at Saxe Coburg. The former comes first the order tit time. The theatre of Saxe Coburg is a handsome building, the external tOrm and architecture of which are unpre tending and appropriate, and the internal decoraticns elegant. In form and size it ,somewhat resemiNes the marker, but it is, if anything, larger than Art theatre. The shape and arrangement of the inteinir almost proclaim it to be the place of royal amusement, The whole of the cent re o f t h e dress circle, from the one bend of the house to the other, is occupied with a spacious royal box, which, of course, directly fronts the stage, and commands a better view than the royal boxes in English theatres, so oddly placed either at the: proscenium, or close to it, and from which only a veryy imperfect coup Wail can be obtained. But the atterkl-- ance of the Duke and his family at the theatre 'is sa , constant that any other arrangement would seriously interfere with their gratification. There is over the dress circle a second circle, and over_ that two galleries. The parterre exactly corresponds to our pit, and there are also stalls, called the parqua. Some idea of the rate of prices will be formed from the fact that the Ad mission to the parquet and the dress circle is 2s. Sd. RC our money. The stage is about the size of that at the Haymarket, and much better furnished with scenery and " proper ties." The dresses also, without being quite first-rate, are better than are usually met with in our large theatres. The play selected for performance, in order to give the Queen an opportunity of seeing the different kinds of German theatricals, was Schiller's Bride cf Messina, int which the tire and genius of the pout struggled almost. in vain with the rigid forms he was confined to in his: attempt to construct a tragedy on the old Greek model. The plot is as painful and revolting as the experiment of the poet was in a dramatic point of view uulortunate ; but the language is full of nervous energy, and the sentiment i, often delicate in the extreme. The one idea of a fate or destiny, compelling all the characters in the drama towards a blind unconscious partici pation in a dreadful citastrophe, is preserved int this imitation of the Greek tragedy. A prophecy indi cates the downfal of the royal house of Messina to date from the birth of a princess, and, to evade the fulfil ment of this prediction, the mother of a daughter, who in course of time is born to the house, conceals the fact of her birth, and brings her up in .secret ink distant convent. Here she is discovered by one of the two Princes of Messina, her brothers in fact, who becomes: enamoured of her, as also does the other brother subse quently. A deadly enmity is aroused between the two, and the fluctuations of this hate between passion and reconciliation, brought about by their mother, who is not aware that the cause of. their enmity is their sister, form, together with the stuxieties of the lovers, the chief psrt of the plot of the pit c 2. The great art of the dra matist consists in the skill with which he has brought. the different parties into contact, and )et allowed each to keep his or her secret, until at last the two bro thers, on a fresh burst of passion, fly to arms. One kills the other. and then commits suicide from remorse, and the Princess (the Bride of Messina) now for the first time made aware that the favoured lover is in fact her brother, dies under the accumulata d affliction. A plot like this does not seem the most appropriate 14 a public theatre ; but they have different ideas on these subjects in Germany from those v%hich prevail in England. The performance began at about seven o'clock. The royal visitors, who with their attendants ocetipied more than half the dress circle, did not all arrive together. Her Majesty arrived Lhortly after the play began. It was a sineilar circumstance, perhaps it is a point of etiquette, that none but reigning Princes and Princesses sat in the front seats of the royal box. Even Prince Albert sat in the ordinary dress circle, with the Duchess of Kent. The Queens of England and of Belgium sat in the centre, and on their right and left the'King of the Belgians and .the Grand-Duke-of Baden. Guiles, and ices were brought into, the box in profusion, and eaten with the most perfect ease and nonchalance before the audience. There is the same absence of ceremony and exclusive ness in the theatre here that has been stated to exist in the palaces: — Everything - sceins open to the public eye, even the private houses and villas on the road side have no fences or railings round them. The royal party seemed to be much interested in the acting, which, on the whole, was good. Between the acts a fine orchestra played some airs, as also the marches and choruses which are incidental to the play. Trio regal party left at about half-past 10 o'clock, on their return to Rosenau, attended by outriders, earryin; enormouq flambeaux. This morning the Royal party attended Divine servi c e at the Church of St. Maurice, in Coburg—a structure of unpretending character, whitewashed in the interior and presenting a very bare and common-place, but no doubt a very good Protestant, contrast to the gorgeous splendours of the churches and cathedr a l s in Catholic countries. The church is of very plain construction, without transepts, and the only appearance of ornament about it consists in a stupendous monument to three deceased Dukes of Saxe Coburg, the tomb of whom, placed as it is, before the communion- table, looks exactly like an altar. The upper part of the monument consists of sculptured figures, life-size (the faces painted in imitation of flesh), and some very spirited sculptured scenes from scripture. There are no pews in the ehrireh, but the body is fitted with seats, and appropriated exclusively to females, the galleries being occupied by the males. The Ducal pew overlooks the communion-table. It is more like a room than a pew, being shut in with windows, which were now, of course, thrown open. The pulpit is exactly opposite, and the reading-desk on the floor, below, between the two. On this occasion, the children who assisted at the,fite of Gregorius on Friday were all assembled in the chan cel, in the dresses they wore, the girls wreathed with ivy, and the effect in the warm bright sunlight was very pic turesque. . _ Her Majesty, the Prince, the Coburg Princes, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and the suite,. arrived at the church at about a quarter to 11 o'clock. They were received by the clergymen in their robes, and con ducted over a carpeted way to the royal pew. The ser vice then commenced, the church being crowded with people. The service began with the chanting of a few verses by the clergymen standing at the Communion table, to which there were responses from the choir. Then the congregation generally joined in a hymn ; then portions of Scripture were read, then another hymn and a short prayer, and then followed the sermon; after which there was a blessing from the Communion table, as in a Roman Catholic church. A military brass band was stationed in the church, and accom panied with their music the chanting of a 7'e- Delon— not the Te Deem of our churches, but a sort of hymn in rhyme. The music was composed by Schicht. This was sung by the choir alone. The effect of this hymn, and of the fine volume of sound rolling through the church, was magnificently grand. In certain parts of the service the congregation also sung, and in a manner which evidenced sound musical training, producing an effect very different from o:at of our English psalmody. The service_ lasted till twelve o'clock, and the royal party left the church to return to Rosenau. From the foregoing sketch it will be seen that there was much in this performance of divine worship quite different from our English custom. Still more strange was it to see a great part of the congregation adjourn to the outskirts of the town where, in the course of half an hour, many were riding on hobby-horses ' or witnessing the exploits of conjurors, while the littl e boys and girls were waltz ing away in happy ignorance that there could he any int propriety of that sort of innocent enjoyment. COURT CIRCULAR Le Cummandeur Marques - Lisboa, Brazilian Minibler, ard Mr. Murphy, the Mi.xican Mini*ter, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Hon. Edward Stewart, Deputy Chairman of the Customs, had an interview witl► the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official resi 4 .ence in Down ing •stret t. Lord Cowley transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for his seat, Betehworth House, Surrey. A lb __ match of cricket came ofi on Tuesday afternoon on Southsea Common, between some of the officers of the gar rison and the Porteca Club, which the former lost by nearly eight: run& s u 1 1.... _ -.„_,„ 4:4=f4, ,^`.. t M 2 -,~ " .4 ti