The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

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She also charged him with stealing a brass candlestick from her room. Both charges, however, appeared so utterly unfounded that the magistrate dismissed them with a reprimand to the complainant. This morning sihe WII4 pieced in the dock on a charge of perjury, and from the evidence called it appeared teat the prisoner being a woman of disreputable habits, her landlord determined to get rid of her, and accordingly employed Mr. Lewis tor that purpose. After several attempts and stratagems, Mr. Lewis succeeded, on the occasion in question, in serving the regular notice upon her in her own room, at which the prisoner, enraged, put her head out of window and raised the whole neigh bourhood with her cries of murder, and finally brought the charge so summarily disposed of yesterday. It Was stated by the police that the prisoner when in custody, last night, attempted to commit suicide by strangling herself with her garter. The MAGISTRATE ordered her to be remanded until Tuesday next. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Henry Gregory was charged b-fore Mr. Hammill wi h having caused the death of David Richard Dutton, under circumstances detailed in the following esidence. James Halton sworn—l am a cabinetmaker, and live itt 117, Long-alley, Bishopsgate; last evening, Tuesday, [ was in the parlour of the George and Dragon, public house, Hoxton-market, when I heard a disturbance in the skittle-ground. The window of the parlour looks into the ground, and I saw the prisoner and the potboy sparring. The deceased and several other persons were present. I think the prisoner was at that time in fun; five minutes afterwards I heard high words pass between 141 !) prisoner and deceased. Deceased called prisoner a thief; prisoner then pulled off his shirt, and both partit 8 stood up to fight. I think they fought six rounds. I ear the last blow given ; it was struck by the prisoner on the side of the deceased's head, or throat; deceased staggered, and was falling when I caught him in my arms. I said to prisoner, " You have killed the poor fellow." Prisoner muttered something, and ran away through the back door. Deceased did not revive, and I ran for a medical man; when I returned I think the man was dead. By Mr. LlAmmux—The deceased never spoke after the last blow was struck by prisoner. Several other witnesses spoke to the same facts. The Prisoner was taken into custody a short time afterwards while running down Pitfield-street, Holton. He did not deny the charge, and made no resistance. Yr. HAMMILL —Have you anything to say now, prisoner? Prisoner—Nothing. Mr. Haimmu,L—You aro remanded till Wednesday next. The prisoner was then removed. SALE OF THE NANCY DAWSON.—OH Thursday the Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner yacht Nancy Daw son was put up to public auction at Lloyd's. The Nancy Dawson, irrespective of her sailing capabilities, gained great aaMutation owing to her late owner's (Mr. R. Sheddon) gal effort in his little craft to ascertain the fate of Sir John F ranklin, and who, whilst cruising in search, died on board, et Ma zat l an, on t h e 16t h N ovem b er , 1849 . Sh e was b u il t at "Port, by Campar, in 1849. She is 160 tons, and is the only yacht that ever rounded Point Barrow, or circumnavi gated the globe. There was a full attendance, and after a !Ipirited bidding she was knocked down for 1,6201., or more tiaall 101. per ton. THE LATE FIRE AT RICHMOND.—It was publicly announced from the pulpit on Sunday morning last by the priest at the Roman Catholic chapel in Richmond, tha he - Iles under great obligations, not only to the Roman Catholic, but also to the Protestant portion of the residents, for the peat zeal which they exhibited on the occasion of the late disastrous fire, in rendering assistance and ultimately effect ing the preservation of the building from destruction with 'which for a long time it seemed inevitably threatened. The rey. gentleman stated that he should not even be satisfied With this public announcement to his own congregation and the strangers present, but that he should feel it his duty to return his perso na l th an ks to the indi v id ua l s w h o h a d charitably rendered such valuable assistance on the occasion. DEBUT OF THE "BLOOMER" COSTUME IN BELFAST. .--To the infinite surprise of many, and the amusement of more, three ladies, apparently from their ages, a mother and her daughters, made their appearance on the afternoon of Sunday se'nnight, on that very public and often thronged Promenade, the portion of the Carrickfergus road between estleton and Parkmount, in full " Bloomer " costume. e Those who had not h ear d of th e A mer i can revo l u ti en in. "thions, knew not what to make of the singular and thea trical looking compound of the attire of both sexes which Was paraded before them, in a manner as unfeminine as the style of the dress itself. Others, and these most numerous, expressed an opinion of the reverse of complimentary to the rank and character of the ladies, identifying them with per sons whose overdressed gaiety of appearance in public stamps the class to which they belong. The " Bloomer," in each ease, consisted of a satin visite of cerulean shade, an inner tunic of the same material, but of a different tint, and loose Muslin trousers, fastened considerably above the ankle— somewhat after the manner of those worn by Turkish belles. We heard that the ladies were the wife and daughters of the captain of a merchantman, at present on a voyage. The Parties got into a railway carriage at Greencastle station.— -Belfast News Letter. INLAND BONDING.—On Friday a general order communicated to all the outports a Treasury warrant, under the Act which constituted " Manchester a warehousing bo rough," that the Manchester Corporation have given the Ilotice stipulated fortherein, that after the 20th of August inst. their liability the costs of the Manchester Custom-house will cease and determine; and therefore the Treasury order that, after the 20th inst., no goods shall be deposited without PaYcnent of duty, in any bonded warehouse in Manchester. Another general order notifies that, on or before the 20th of A;ogust, 185 9 , all goods now in bond in Manchester must e ither be duty - paid or removed to some other bonding place. --Liverpool itlercw-y. LOSIN G NO T IME .—O n Sunday l as t t wo cou pl es o f lovers were married at Whetstone, and on the following day, 'bout half-past one o'clock, one of the lashes became the ! bother of a fine daughter. Whether this event had any effect upon the other lady we know not, but about ten o'clock at night she became the mother of a son :—Leicester Journal LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—We are informed that r , sl and Lady John Russell will leave Richmond Park on an e , ray d ay for the Scottish hills, her Ladyship being suffi- T T A en .tly recovered to travel. It is said they will be accorn ,ed this season by the Hon. the Misses Lister, and it is 7,P l ected that Lord Dufferin will join the party at some point . Cal,. `"e journey. Minto House, the residence of the Lord Privy , C al, will be honoured with a visit during their absence from at MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday morning, St. George's, Hanover-square, the nuptials of the Hon. bp rec lerick Byron, second son of Lord and Lady Byron, and ' e ther of the Hon. Captain Byron, husband of the bride's i te r , and Miss Wescomb, second d aug ht er o f th e late ' 9 e „ v. ' J. S. Wescomb, of 28, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor 45t"are, were solemnised before a select circle of the friends lad r elatives of both parties. The ceremony was performed 3? v , the venerable Archdeacon Hale, and the bride was given bY her cousin Mr. .Alexarmer Douglass. Among the ',,'es present were Lord and Lady Byron, Lady Forbes, krs. Wescomb, the bride's mother ; Miss Stanley . and ib ' s ,a Catherine now Miss Wescomb, attended as brides -0-,",8. After Partaking of an elegant dejeune the happy e i li TP'e proceeded in a travelling carriage and pair to Lv. la 6 n g t °n, en route for Scotlat.d, where they will spend the Ymooa. F ATAL ACCIDENT OFF ANNAN WATERFOOT.—A ls;, 4 9choly boat accident occurred off An nan W a t er f oo t 11, ; ' 'arurday afternoon, by which fo ur p ersons l os t t h e i r of A ' s Shortly after five o'clock Joseph B roug h, boatman, wit an Waterfoot, and late of Battle-hill, left P or t C ar lisle 4. the following passengers .—Mr. Scott, draper, of An ", and Mrs. Scott, his wife ; Mr. Anthony Nelson and f a r ' Walter Park, also drapers of Annan; and an agricul t4alservant named . Beck. When oppo site Seafield the b at Ilse la contact with one of the fishing nets lying there, of i t was capsized, the whole of the party being thrown out if Nelson and Park seized hold of the net, and h ung b y N' Ti til they were res cued by some persons in a b oat from Itti' e ld, but the other four, namely , Brough , the b oatman, dr S cott and his wife, and Beck, were unfortunately Bei7cd. Tho body of Beck was washed on js shore on the hi; fs ' e l side on Saturday night, and that of . Irs. Scott, .at of D 1 water on Sunday, but up to Monday morning the bodies D 4 , 11 '• Scott and Brough had not been recovered. Al t h e ftt'atY, except Beck, had been at Port Carlisle business,o r n e _ ativesa k a ,,he was returning with them to see some 1 s lt is said th a t th e y h a d remained beyond the pro itt,llrne for departure, the tide having ebbed considerably, * A thus rendered the passage of the nets dangerous. Brough h. Mbar W e ll known by the name of " Bishop Brough," he • aving tfi' A t c ,tied some hundreds of persona according to the rites of I),Oeotch church. He was an experienced and trustworthy afi',."caan, and had plied to and from Port Carlisle for at least J ears . 2411'oxitLANCHOLT ACCIDENT AND Loss OF TWO LIVES kcid S EA - BATHING.—NORWICII, MONDAY.—A lamentable thi rd e a,t, involving the loss of two lives, and endangering a kr. ` l , 4 s occurred at Trimingham Beacon, in this county. nos o ,9 A u t o Rising son of Mr. Rising, Mr. Whitbread Silcock, gentle r. Silcoc , k, wine merchant, of Statham, and another oathr t - `, 444 , on a visit to Mr. Rising, were in the act of sea v„"Y faT t 4 Od it being spring tide, the water was flowing "nobl e t o a t the time. The two former gentlemen being M id th e „„ L e °cnbat the waves, were unfortunately drowned, Very e x "uer with great difficulty reached the shore in a 111 boy , trusted state. He endeavoured, however, to . make liat ‘ e t bel mo was standing on the cliff, understand that imme „ „ Was required and several men, who were at work I,`Qcs tar e -e k t gb.bourliood, ' were speedily in attendance ; but as as oodies had totally disappeared, no assistance could hoitatoen,dered. The survivor was carried to Mr. Rising's Yet k'„nt he fainted several times by the way, and it is not wrt what may be the result. auk W fel a" ATEHSPOUT.—That beautiful but often hurt neig4ellornenon, the waterspout, was finely seen in the Der an ° 4 thood of Kilmancolm, on Tuesday. It had the ap raoveci',;3 of an immense funnel ; the water continually e ati ng , 'P and down with the velocity of the shaft of a steam !ate, ' broke on the side of a hill, down which the tt erna ills hed with the appearance of a cataract, doing some Re to the fields in its course. cliZ fl h t he 7th instant, the foundation stone of a new this t , built at the sole expense of John Naylor, Esq., of 4 - , ei gh ° ,wn, and L e i ghton Hall, Montgomeryshire, was laid at etaa Ni". Mr. W. H . Gee, of Castle-street, is th e arc hi tect, er ck es 'rs- Walk er, of Birkenhead, the builders.—Liverpool It • Sefton 18 the Queen's intention to honour the Earl of with • Croxteth b Larl a visit at ai on the Bth of October, and ,Ceti li:. of Ellesmere at Worsley on the 9th. Her Ma 11l retur n to Windsor Castle ' on the llth. talki e taTU DEVoN RAlLWAY.—Exertions are being 4 4 _ 0 induce the landed proprietors to come forward in r egalp o d of this line, to complete which about 20,000/. will be re ana AND VALENCIA RAILWAY.—The official orNo agteecpsanwnollunbces that as soon as the Master's offices re toe taken towards the payment of a divided cerilleharelioldera out of the funds in hand and the assets l ledel.'"g from the compromise; but,. .in the ' meantime, it is to stood that if the Master's decision is appealed against roceeding of the kind can be legally taken. 'talen t eci o h , f e f t 4 4; t thui l e ,L n e iarghnhhattot-InGedi Dragoons, Sir George Scovell, Colonel has kindly granted permission and .=ron oulsrttltnahnge expenses of the man, women, and 6 4 ot :re l. d uis i t u d w r i e o g w i . ment to th Exhibition SO IL 06° WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH OUR COYVICTS LET rEit I. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART., M.P., SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. Sir,—Last year I had the honour of addressing to you a letter, containing an answer to this most im portant of social questions— What shall be dune with our convicts ?—suggesting a plan which appeared, and still appears to me, to offer the best practical solution of a difficult political problem, and therefore anxiously looked for those Parliamentary discussions which were considered inevitable upon Si subject so deeply affecting the vital interests of this country. But the session has passed away, and the Colonial office has, with the exception of a memorable declara tion of Earl Grey's, which I will presently examine, not only studiously avoided giving to this country and to the colonies any intimation of its intentions respecting the future disposal of convicts, but has upon two several occasions wantonly insulted the feelings of those colonists, who believe that the con tinued transmission of convicts into the country they inhabit inflicts upon them an enormous social evil. Those insults were of too marked and public a cha racter not to rankle in the minds of the colonists ; adding another item to those which stud the records of the Colonial-office, and to which Earl Grey appears resolved to contribute his fair quota, although he could not have adopted more injudicious conduct — the only motive for which could have been to screen him from a confession that he was unable to give a satisfactory reply to the question—What he proposed should be done with our convicts ? It was most injudicious, as well as most insulting, to have the House counted out upon the two several occasions when the subject was brought forward by independent Members, because discussion must have . . elicited some plan of which the House might have approved, and at any rate would have assured the colonist that, if his wishes were not immediately com plied with, the subject was one which was receiving the anxious attention of the Legislature. But Lord Grey, by , having the House counted out, and preventing all discussion, has in effect said-- I want none of your advice, none of your opinions, for I have a plan of my own, which I have already stated in the House of Lords, which I consider sufficient to meet the views of all parties, and which is redolent of the mind of a sagacious statesman, as fully meeting the present evil, and avoiding future calamity. As, however, I entertain a very different opinion of his Lordship's plan, I will carefully examine it in re lation, Ist, to its intrinsic properties, 2dly, to the pub lished opinion of one of acknowledged wisdom, and, 3dly, to the facts we have derived from practical ex perience ; and if such plan will not stand either of these tests, then the conclusion is inevitable—that it was most injudicious, as well as most insulting, to prevent discussion upon a subject which so deeply affects the social condition of this country, which cannot possibly adjust itself, but which must sooner or later receive the attention of Parliament. Earl Grey's plan is simply this :—" The colonists are in great want of shepherds, and therefore I propose that the convicts shall be sent into the interior of the country to serve as shepherds." But, I must submit tat the intrinsic properties of such plan are bad ; Ist, because from two to three thousand convicts are annually sentenced to trans portation, and about as many hundreds would be a sufficient supply of shepherds ; and, 2dly, on account of the nature of the employment. The proverb says—" The devil tempts all, but the idle man tempts the devil," and the most idle occupa tion in the world is that of a shepherd, yet Lord Grey seriously proposes such a life for the convict, who, you, as Home Secretary, have, at considerable care and expense, inured to constant work, at Mill bank, or Portland, or Dartmoor, and to whom such work has almost ceased t> be irksome. That man under a judicious system would pro bably have become a valuable member of society in the colony. Does it require a prophet to fortel his too•certain career under Lord Grey's plan, living the idle life of a shepherd, in a remote district, without the benefit of good example, beyond the con trol either of a master or a magistrate, and with no other associates except those who have been equally , criminal with himself. Am I wrong, then, in de scribing his plan to be a bad one on account of its intrinsic properties ? We shall see that it is even worse when subject to the test of the opinion of wise men, or the experience we have acquired. I have the honour to remain, &c., RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Aug. 18. 1851. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Very many useful suggestions have I seen on everything appertaining to the Exhibition, but nothing that meets my ease, and the case of thousands similarly situated. I am a working man with eight children, and should wish to take five of them to the Exhibition; this would amount to 75., for them, my wife, and myself, to begin with, and the loss of a day's work certain, besides other necessary expenses, which would make 13s. or 14s. the day's loss. Now, what I think reasonable is this—that a few days should he allowed for juveniles to be admitted at half price; we might then possibly be able to see our children enjoy the holiday with us—at present almost impossible. That you will insert this, and so be the means of drawing attention to the subject, is the earnest wish of A HARD-WORKING MAN. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY, Arlo. lg. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the grounds early yesterday morning. The royal children also took their usual exercise. Four Chinese, three ladies and a gentleman, dressed in the costume of their country, arrived at Osborne yes terday morning, from London. They were accompa nied by an interpreter and their attendants, and had the honour of being introjuced to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. At a quarter past five o'clock in the afternoon, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the youthful Princesses em barked on board the royal yacht Fairy, attended by the suite, and accompanied by the Earl of Liverpool (who has arrived on a visit), and proceeded nearly to the Needles, to witness the regatta of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The Fairy returned to Osborne at a quarter past seven o'clock. Madame Casteßan, SigLor Mario, and Herr Formes had the honour of singing before her M a j esty an d h i s Royal Highness in the evening. M. Costa accompanied on the pianoforte. The ro) al dinner party included the Earl of Liver pool, Colonel and Lady Katherine Harcourt, and Sir Hamilton ar,d Lady Seymour, who havo arrived on a visit. Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, and the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Phipps had the honour of receiving invitations in the evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Dr. Lyon Playfair, and attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon, left Osborne at eight o'clock yes terday morning, to preside at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, at the Exhibition Building in Hyde-park. His Royal Highness crossed in the royal yacht Fairy to Gosport, where a special train was in waiting to con vey the Prince to the Vauxhall station of the South- Western Railway, from whence his Royal Highness pro ceeded direct to the Exhibition Building, arriving there at half-past eleven o'clock. The Commissi o n me t a t t we l ve o ' c l oc k. Th e Com missioners present were his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, Earl Granville, Lord John Russell, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Charles Barry, Mr. Bar4ey, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. William Cubitt, Sir Charles Eastlake, Mr, Thomas F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Robert Stephenson, Mr. John Sh e ph er d, an d M r . Hop kins. Dr. Lyon Playfair, Special Commissioner ; Col. Lloyd, Special Commissioner ; Lieutenant-Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee ; • , Mr. Dilke and Mr. Cole were also p resent. Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Scott R usse ll , an d M r. Edgar Bowring, secretaries, were i n atten d ance. Th e meetingdid not break up till f our o ' clock, at which hour his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A G or d on, left the Exhibi tion Building on his return to Osborne. His Royal Highness proceeded to the Vauxhall station of the South-Western Railway, where a special train was in readiness to convey the Prince to Gosport. Previous to the assembling of the Royal Commis sioners, a meeting of the Finance Committe e was h eld in the Exhibition building. ___-- HER VAJESTY'S TISIT TO SCOTLAND. We understand that her Majesty, who will leave Os borne on Wednesday, has expressed her intention to ar rive at the King's-cross stration of the Great Northern Railway at half-past one o'clock in the afternoon. Her Majesty will take luncheon at the station, and depart thence at two o'clock. At Lincoln her Majesty will, without leaving her carriage, receive an address from the corporation of that city. The royal train will reach Do❑caster station at about half-past six. Here her Ma jesty will leave the royal carriage, and proceed to the Angel Hotel, which has been engaged for her accommo dation. and where she will remain during the night. At nine o'clock on the following morning her Majesty will journey on to Holyrood, between which place and Don caster the royal train will stop only for the engine to take in water. A temporary station is to be provided at Holyrood to enable her Majesty to cross over to Holy rood House, without going through the city. Her Ma jesty will sleep at Holyrood, and on the following morn ing return to the railway through the temporary station and proceed to Stonehaven, which has this year been se lected in preference to Cupar Angus, as the terminal point of her Majesty's railway journey, in consequence of the route from Stonehaven to Balmoral being better than that from Cupar Angus to the latter place. The royal carriage of the Great Northern Railway will run through to Stonehaven. Father Ignatius, according to a contemporary, has gone to Germany, the necessity for recruiting his health being the cause assigned for his expatriation; but that the real tact is, his simplicity or his eccentricities were causing too much trouble to the heads of the Polish clique in West migaer,—llorning Paper. 11 S INTS LON DON, THE WRECK OF THE LARPEIVT. The Antelope opium clipper bad brought to Hong- Kong three men, the sole survivors of the British snip Larpent, which was wrecked on the south-east end of Formosa on the 12th of September last. The narrative givan by these three survivors is a very melancholy one. It appears that the American barque Antelope, on her passage to Shanghai, was lying, on the night of the Ist instant, nearly becalmed off the south point of Formosa, when a boat was observed coming from the shore, and those in the Antelope heard the voices of Englishmen, requesting that they might be taken on board. Captain Roundy accord ingly received three men, the sole survivors of the crew of the Larpent, of Liverpool. It appears that the Larpent, of 614 tons, only seven years old, be longing to Mr. T. Ripley, and commanded by Mr. Gilson, left Liverpool on the 18th of May, 1850, on a voyage to Shanghai; the crew, including Mr. Bland, a passenger acting as third mate, numbering 31. The Larpent passed Anjer on the 19th of August. On the 12th of September, in the forenoon, she passed Botel Tobago lima, a lofty island, bearing east half north from the south cape, Formosa, from which it is distant 13 leagues. The weather is said to have been thick and rainy. At 9.30 P.M. all hands were alarmed at the ship suddenly striking on a rock. By backing the head sails, however, the ship came off almost immediately, but on sounding the pumps no less than seven feet of water were found in the hold ; all hands were forthwith busily kept at pumping until 2.15 A M. of the follow ing day, when, as there was no prospect of gaining on the leak, Captain Gilson ordered the quarter boats to be lowered, and the launch to be hoisted out. In the hurry the jolly-boat stove and became useless. The captain, mate, and six men then got into the starboad quarter-boat, the remaining members of the crew taking the launch, in which some provisions bad been placed. On the weather clearing up a little at daylight, they found themselves close to the shore, somewhere in the vicinity of the place designated on the map of Formosa, Mat-faer. Here they all landed for the purpose of getting fresh water, and with the intention also of caulking the long boat; but in these purposes they were prevented, the natives coming down in; great numbers and plundering them of every moveable. So situated, Captain Gilson de termined to put to sea again, to endeavour to reach Hong-Kong, a distance of 400 miles and upwards. Both boats started together, but the launch, still leaking considerably, was unable to keep up with the lighter boat, and parting company was never more seen, although it was afterwards heard that Captain Gilson had landed near South Cape, and procured water. (There, indeed, he might have been mur dered or taken captive, and may still be in slavery, for aught we are required to believe to the contrary.) At daylight on the 14th, the launch having rounded the extreme point, the crew landed on a shelving beach, surrounded by bushes, intending, before pro ceeding any further, to do their best to repair the boat. About 8 A.M., almost without any previous warning, they found themselves in the midst of a deadly fire of matchlocks. Young Mr. Bland was observed to spring a great height into the air and fall flat on his face dead ; those who could swim imme diately took to the water, whence the savages were seen, with long knives, stabbing those who were wounded, and immediately cutting off their heads, which, to the number of nineteen, were then thrown into a terrible heap. Blake, the joiner, says that, although wounded by a shot when in the water, he swam for several miles across a broad bight, and had landed under a huge sugar-loaf rock thoroughly ex hausted, thinking he was the only one saved, when, turning his eyes seaward, he observed the boy Hill, pursued by an enormous shark. The lad appeared nearly exhausted, and was about to sink, when, cheered by his voice, he gave a few more strokes and landed in shoal water, whence he dragged himself over the coral to the place where Blake was sitting. Here they had not remained long when two natives with matchlocks were seen tra versing a beach at some distance, apparently in pur suit of them. But they succeeded in hiding them selves for the time, and afterwards escaped to the mountains, where they remained un til th e 19th. Exhausted nature could hold out no longer, and at a time when Blake says the feelings of a cannibal had arisen in his breast, and he insanely thought of par taking of his comrade's blood rather than remain longer without food, they wandered into a field where some villagers were at work. From them they ob tained a meal of rice and shelter, and were afterwards made to work with the village labourers from daylight till dark—sometimes in boats, diving for large shell fish, at others with hoes about the paddy ground. The man Beris and another had landed at a different place, whence they tried to r eac h a j un k , i n which one f them, Harrison, succeeded, but was almost immediately shot and decapitated in sight of his com rade. Beris appears to have subsequently joined Blake and Hill, the latter of whom., being unable to do so much work as the others, was subjected to very severe treatment, and has been left sick at Shanghai. At the expiration of five months the kind-hearted villagers sold them to some neighbours for six dol lars a piece, the purchasers proving to be of a more friendly disposition than the original holders. On arrival at Shanghai a voluminous narrative of the seven months and 16 days captivity was taken by Mr. Con sul Alcock.—North China Herald. A SHIP DESTROYED AT SEA. A serious loss at sea by fire was communicated on Monday, at Lloyd's, the burning of the ship Jane, 700 tons burden, commanded by Captain Soule, bound to Glasgow from New York, and the combus tible character, of her cargo, consisting of 850 bar rels of tar, 900 barrels of rosin, besides 60 barrels of spirits of turpentine, rendered her destruction fearful in the extreme. The ship sailed for Glasgow on the 21st of July. Two days after an alarm was raised, and on the crew taking off the main hatches, and hoisting a few barrels of rosin out on to the deck, in order to make rom for the men to get down, it was evident that a fire had broken out in the hold. The men finding the smoke increasing commenced throw ing water on the cargo, which was continued for many hours without producing any visible effect. The master then caused the hatches to be replaced and made air tight, as were also those for ward and aft, the only remedy he had to check the fire. The ship was bore round, and all sail clapped on to make for Long bland, where there would be a chance of scuttling her near the shore; but her destruction became inevitable. About five o'clock her boats were got over the ships's side, and everything got in readiness to enable the crew to quit at a moment's notice. They stuck to their duty till nine o'clock. All hands were then withdrawn; the flames had broken through various parts of the ship, and ere many minutes elapsed, one mass of fire poured forth, and reaching the three masts, all were speedily on fire from stem to stern, throwing a bright lurid glare over the wide waters of the Atlantic for miles. The fire that arose from the immense quantity of combustibles in the hold, when the decks were destroyed, was terrific. It continued till three o'clock the following morning, by which time the ship was burned down to the water's edge. She went down soon afterwards. The boats then pulled in the direction of the land, and they were picked up in safety by an American vessel, the Governor Briggs, on board of which they received every kindness and hospitality. The unfortunate crew lost everything they possessed. The ship and her cargo, it is reported, were not insured. THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY AND CREATING AT PLAY AT BRIGHTON. On Mr. Carpenter, the magistrate, taking his seat at the Town-hall, Brighton, yesterday morning, Mr. Sill, the solicitor for the prosecution in this case, made an application to the bench under these circumstances :—Mr. Sill said that shortly after five o'clock on the previous evening, whilst at dinner at the Ship Hotel, he received a message by the waiter, and on going out into the hall he found two persons there, one of whom handed him a paper, saying it was a notice of bail for Broome, and the same person then handed another paper, saying it was a notice of bail for Staden. Both papers simply contained the names of certain parties, but did not mention either the time or place when the bail was to be offered. He (Mr. Sill) immediately had the party confronted with Mr. Lewis, the solicitor for the defence, who happened to be in the coffee-room at the time, and on being informed what had occurred, and being asked whether he adopted or rejected the notices, that gentleman answered that he couldn't say no, and he wouldn't say yes. He (Mr. Sill) then asked the person who had serve d th e papers to f avour hi m w ith his name, when h e answere d th a t it was " G eorge William Thompson, of No. 1, York-road, Kenning ton-road, gentl eman or lawyer ' s clerk ;" and on being pressed to say whi c h d es i gnat i on he adopted, he re plied, " say lawyer' s c l er k," b ut h e dec li ne d to say m in whose he o seemplory.m Sill) ent wished he was i he Under these would these cir cumstances whether any attention should be paid to notices of the character he had mentioned ? Mr. Carpenter said that undoubt e dl y th e not i ces so served were, to all intents and purposes, a nullity, and that the attorney for the prosecution need not take any notice of them. Mrs. Staden, who was in court, inquired of the magistrate if it was necessary to gi ve f res h notices ? Mr. Carpenter said she had better consult with her legal adviser. Mrs. Staden then added that she wished to dis claim any knowledge or participation in the proceed ings in court the day before, and that Mr. Ge nesse was an utter stranger to her. She then asked Mr. Sill, the solicitor for the prosecutor, if she could speak with him. Mr. Sill replied that he could not refuse a request so made, but it must be in the presence of the Innis tratts, or of the rnagistratet clerk.i RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. The directors of this company have just issued their half-yearly report to be submitted to the pro prietors at the general meeting on Monday next. It states that the directors have to regret that the traffic receipts exhibit a decrease as compared with the six months ending the 4th of July, 1850, of 33,5241. on the Eastern Counties line, and on the Norfolk line 2591., the total receipts being 366,9221., as contrasted with 400,7051. for the corresponding half-year of 1850. This decrease on the Eastern Counties line is in a great measure to be attributed to abstraction of traffic and reduction of fares consequent upon the opening of the Great Northern line from Peter borough to London ; also to the construction of the branch from Hitchin to Royston, which brought the Great Northern line within about twelve miles from Cambridge. The directors, however, rely with con fidence that the increased accommodation they are now affording to the public will enable them gra dually to increase the revenue upon other portions of the line. The working expenses are being gra dually reduced, and the directors feel justified in stating, that further reductions will ultimately be made. The inducements the directors have offered to the proprietors of land and other parties have resulted in the erection of several blocks of houses ; and they have no doubt as it becomes more generally known that this company is prepared to grant a reduction in their charges for annual tickets, in consideration of a party erecting a given number of dwellings of a certain class, the facilities which this line now affords for residential traffic will in sure an increase in the revenue. In reference to the permanent way, the directors, after a trial of the patent fish joint, became so impressed with its import ance, not only as giving a smoother road, thus re ducing the cost of the tractive power and the wear and tear of the rolling stock, but as economising the expense of maintenance, as to induce them to order its application from Stratford to Bishop's Stortford, a distance of 26 miles, a favourable opportunity present ing itself for so doing, as this portion of the line had to be taken up for extensive repairs. Further expe rience may induce the directors to recommend a re consideration of the propriety of putting aside an annual sum as a depreciation fund for the permanent way, or an alteration in the amount so reserved. The directors have disposed of a portion of the surplus property. After numerous interviews with the di rectors of the Eastern Union Railway Company, seve ral matters of detail connected with the Harwich agreement have been settled, and the seal of this com pany fixed to the agreement, and the directors trust that no further obstacles may intervene to prevent the con struction of a branch to Harwich, which, when com plete, will add materially to the revenue of the com pany. The common seal has been affixed to the agree ment with the Newmarket Company, and the direc tors are informed that the line from Newmarket to Cambridge will be opened for traffic in October of this year. The directors refer with satisfaction to the exertions making by the Northern Steam Packet Company to promote a trade with Denmark through the port of Lowestoft. The directors regret that the Great Northern Company have considered it to be their policy to endeavour to abstract traffic from the East Anglian district, for whilst it may damage the the receipts of this company, they feel convinced the interest of the Great Northern will not be promoted by the competion which must ultimately ensue from this aggressive line of policy. The line from Shelford to Shepreth is now completed, but cannot be opened for passenger traffic until arrangements have been made for station accommodation at Shepreth. Since the last general meeting two of the directors have sent in their resignation, viz., Mr. Joseph Glynn and Mr. Samuel Ellis ; the board have filled up these vacancies by the election of Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., and Mr. Cecil Fane. The directors beg to assure the proprietors that their exertions will be anxiously and assiduously directed to the increase of traffic, and also to the reduction of expenditure so far as can consistently be carried into effect. The report of Mr. J. V. Gooch, the locomotive superintendent, states that the number of miles run by trains during this half year exceeds that of the corresponding period of last year by 63,598 miles. The total cost is 55,0331. equal to 10.573 d. per mile per train, being a reduction in the expenses of 13,5811., equal to 3.316 d. per mile per tram. The total amount which has been expended in repairs and renewals is more than will be required to maintain this stock with efficiency. In the amount of 55,0331. is included 3,012/. for the use of steam power, for forming the passenger and goods trains, in consequence principally of the great inconvenience of the London stations, which would otherwise be done at a very re duced expense by manual labour. The total cost of the carriage and waggon department for the half-year is 16,748/ equal to 3.217 d. per mile per train, being an increase of 2921., equal to 0.056 d. per mile per train. In taking the cost at 10.573 - per mile for locomotive department, and 3-91 id. per mile for . carriage and waggon d e p,ri,went, comparison with other metropolitan railways, they will appear high ; but by it a very decided improvement hes been made in the condition of the whole of the rolling stock. The report of Mr. Ashcroft, the superintendent of way and works, states that the labour and materials in renewals and maintenance has cost for the last half-year at the average rate of 451. 10s. 9d. per mile, viz., in the renewals 2,1721., and in the repairs of stations, warehouses, workshops, and other buildings, 7,1301. making a f total of 23,966/. The permanent way and works generally are in a very satisfactory working condition. The one mile at Stratford that is fish jointed and has been tested and worked over more than two years, has been maintained at less than 30/. per mile per annum, whilst the old road in the same district between Stratford and Bishop's Stort ford has cost in labour for the same period 951.55. 6d. per mile. Looking at the cost of labour in the Strat ford and Stortford district, he states with confidence that by the adoption of the system now in progress the company may realize, in saving of labour alone, an annual sum of not less than 50/. on every mile so completed. The capital account of the Eastern Counties Rail way to the 4th of July shows that 9,508,737/. had been received, including 42,6761. for sale of surplus property, and 9,605,683/. expended, leaving a balance against the company of 96,946/. The bond debt ac count shows a total of 1,156,4781., of which 456,2781. was borrowed at 5 per cent., 457,100/. at 41 per cent., 124,5001. at 4-t pr cent., and 118,600/. at 4 per eent. The permanent way re newal fund shows a total of 36,950/., of which 2,1721. was expended during the half-year, leaving a balance of 34,7771. The amount set aside out of revenue during the half-year for that purpose was 8,000/. The share capital account shows a total of 8,366,7601., of which 5 ,827,5021. consists of consoli dated stock, including bonus of 1,087,0031. The guaranteed stocks amount to 2,539, 9 57/. The calls in arrear amount to 42,1921. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 4th of July states that 366,9211. had been received, and 208,3581. expended, including 11,275/. rates and taxes, and 7,1661. Go vernment duty, leaving a balance of 158,5631. From this sum is deducted 152,9391., being the interest on loans and guaranteed shares, leaving a balance of 5,6241. The earnings on the Norfolk Railway during ' the half-year amounted to 53,2771., and the expendi ture to 38,7551., leaving a balance of 14,5221. The Norfolk guarantees and loans amount to 28,7991., and the interest on the rolling stock to 4,7331. The balance to the credit of revenue for the half-year end ing the 4th of January, 1851, amounted to 24,636/. Out of this is deducted 10,0371. in respect to acci denti, 2,769/. expended in appeals against parish assessments, 1,647/. to Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., and 10,0011. over-statement of earnings in revenue account anterior to January, 1849. be declared of 21. 9s. per .50/. share, and of 245. 6d. per 251. share, less income-tax. This would leave a balance of 1791. in favour of the company. The ba lance of the Bridlington branch account was 741. The CILAIRMAN, in moving a resolution for the payment of the dividend in accordance with the report, stated that this company was now on very satisfactory terms with the York and North Midland Company. The latter had bEen very punctual in their payments of the half-year's rents, and evinced a disposition to continue to co-operate with this corn pony in a friendly manner, which would, in his opi nion, have the effect of promoting the interests of both companies. The motion was then seconded and carried, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. WEST CORNWALL. It bas been found impracticable to open the ex tension of this line from Hayle to Penzance by the first week in November, as was expected, but the portion of it to Redruth will, it is thought, be com pleted and opened by that time. It is understood that the differences that remained unsettled in con nexion with the litigation between the directors and Mr. Mowatt have, within the last few days, been finally adjusted. Aug. 20, 1851. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK JUNCTION. The Blackwell branch of this railway, extending from the junction at Bow to the eastern basin of the West India Docks, is all but completed, and will be opened in a few days for passenger traffic. A station has been erected at Poplar in order to meet the re quirements of those resident in that district. A t pre sent they have to go round from Bow to Stepney. The line. after crossing the Blackwall Railway, ex tends to the quays of the spacious deck the company have been forming to the eastward of the warehouses. They are of considerable extent, and will admit and float vessels of large dimensions. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR, VALLEY. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—Captain Moorsom and Mr. Benson, directors of the London and North- Western Company, accompanied by Captain Huish, general manager, the engineers, Mr. Branson, and other contractors, this day passed along the Stour Valley Railway from its junction with the North. Western in Duddeston-row, Birmingham, to the joint station of the Shresbury and Birmingham and Stour Valley line in Wolverhampton. The train, which is the first that has run on this railway (through the very heart of Birmingham), consisted of two first. class carriages and a break, and on its way through the iron and mining districts of South Staf fordshire—calling at the Smethwick, Oldbury, Tip ton, Bilston, and other stations—excited considerable interest and commotion among the inhabitants. Con siderable work is yet required to be done before the line is completed, but it is understood that the open ing for passenger traffic will take place in the month of October. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2O, 1851. few persons have thought it advisable to express, with the laudable desire, no doubt, of warning farmers to pay more attention to green crops as a substitute, but forgetful of how much easier it is to raise an alarm or panic than to allay either." - TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATION. Sir James Emerson Tennent has addressed a long letter to one of the gentlemen who has taken an active part in promoting a meeting to be held in Dublin on Thursday at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of taking measures to establish steam.communication between the ports of Galway and New York. In this letter Sir Emerson enters at length into the whole subject of Transatlantic navigation, roundly con demns the report of the Commissioners, and avows his decided preference for the bay of Galway as a packet station over any other port either in England or Ireland. He has just paid a flying visit to the capital of the west, and while there he was informed by a gentleman on Thursday last, that Messrs. Cunard and Co., who have been hi therto adverse to the change, have intimated their readiness to commence at once running their steamers alternately to Galway and Liverpool. He warns the managers against acceding to this proposition in asmuch as " Cunard's are notoriously a slow and inferiorrclass of ships, as compared with the capabilities of the ocean steamships of more recent construction; and he has heard within the last few days that the steam-ship builders and engineers of the very first eminence in Eng - - laud have offered to supply vessels to perform the pas sage between Galway and Halifax at the rate of over 16 miles an hour, and have undertaken to forfeit one -ball the purchase money if they occupy more than five days and a half in the voyage. This practical tender, there fore, disposes at once of the fallacious estimate of the commissioners and raises the saving in point of time be tween Halifax and London, which they had calculated only at nine hours and twenty minutes, to some thing about eighty-nine hours, or upwards of three days and a half," SPORTING NOTES. No. CX. THE LATEST ODDS AND ENDS FROAI YORI". (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SlR,—Above a hundred horses, including all the cracks but two, had arri ve d i n t h e v i c i n i ty of the Itnavesmire:at half-past ni ne o ' c l oc k t hi s morning. The course still continues in excellent condition. The Dundas Stakes will be contested by Radulphus, Post Tempore, The Sweep, Oxford Blue, Tordesillas (d), Sister to Fencer, Follow-me-lads, Mrs. Birch, and Crookshanks. CROOKSLIANKS, Mrs. Ilirch, and Sister to Fencer first, second, and third. The field for the Ebor St. Leger will consist of Newminstor (Butler) first, The Confessor (Manion) second, Cemus(Nat) thi r d : and The Calculator last. MERRY-GO-ROUND will win his match with the Physalis filly, and but little doubt is entertained that the PRINCE CARADOC COLT will defeat Young Hawthorn. For the Yorkshire Oaks, Fifty- Three, Garland filly, Iris (d), Lady of the Grove, Miss Flyaway, The Nun, Prestige, Tightwaist, Unity, Ver muth, Confidence (d), and Vivandiere are the runners. VIVANDIERE the winner, with Vernzuth, Tightwaist, and Unity in close attendance. The following start for the Prince of Wales's Stakes, viz.:—Bethgelert, Bilberry, Bird-on-the-wing, Evadne, Sorella's dam filly, Merry Monarch filly, Senorita, Travestie, and, perhaps, Daniel O'Rourke. The last named, with a start, must win. After him the busy B's have it all to themselves, the BIRD•ON-THE .WING the best; a Bin the next place, with Evadne in attendance. The field for the Ebor Handicap will be somewhat larger than was anticipated yesterday; it will be composed of the following:— Maid of Masham, Clothworker, The Italian, Snowstorm, Lady Hylda, Champion, Nancy, Haricot, Hungerford, Candlewick, and Cane. THE ITALIAN or HARICOT to win; with Lady Hylda for a cockboat, which may be wrecked by the high C's—Champion, Cane, or Candle wick; at any rate, I must take the field in preference to " the crack," although Nancy is backed pretty nearly at evens against her ten competitors for the Ebor laurels. For the Chesterfield Handicap, Maid of Diasham (d), Oxford Blue,Vanguard, Melody, Prince Caradoc colt, and Sweetheart (d) start. THE COLT, Vanguard, and Me lody, first, second, and third. HIRSUTA wins the Filly Sapling Stakes. The 100 soya. Plate will be contested by Bess of Hardwick, Cleveland, Dalton, Flora Macdo nald, High Sheriff, Melbourne colt, Merlin, Rose, The Shadow, Cheshire Witch filly, Tragedian, Travestie, and Fleur de Lis filly. One or two others may run. I shall not attempt to select the winner from such a very " dark" lot, but merely observe that High Sherzur is a nice looking animal. The field for the County Plate will, probably, consist of Maid of Masham, The Prime Minister, Betbgelert, and Evadne. The Minister ought to win. GLENLUCE will have no opponents for the Juve nile Stakes, unless the Physalis filly should prove to be one. AZETH is to be opposed by the Miss Whip colt for the Old Three Yrs Old Produce Stakes. The betting in town this morning up to one o'clock has been charac terised for its briskness; the latest prices rule as follow: Yorkshire Oaks—Even on Vivandiere, 6 to 1 agst any other. Prince of Wales's Stakes-6 to 4 agst Bird- on the-wing, 5 to 1 each Daniel O'Rourke, Evadne, and Bethgelert. Ebor St. Leger-2 to lon Newminster, taken, 3 to 1 agat The Confessor, 6 to 1 agst the Calcu lator, 10 to 1 agst Cnwas. Colt Sapling Stakes—Even on Augur. Duudas Stakes-2 to 1 agst Mrs. Birch, 4 to 1 agat any other. Chesterfield Handicap-3 to 1 on the field. Ebor Handicap-6 to 4 agst Nancy, take 2 to 1, 5 to 1 agst Maid of Masham, 6 to 1 agst the Italian, 7 to 1 agst Hungerford, 10 to 1 agst Lady Hylda, 10 to 1 agst Champion, 12 to 1 agat Haricot, 20 to 1 agst Snowstorm, 50 to 1 sgst Cane. Great Yorkshire Stakes—As before. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING. YORK, TUESDAY EVENING, SI/it O'CLOCK.—The fol lowing horses have arrived since our last:—Post- temper°, King of Trumps, c by Prince Caradoc out of Miss Julia Bennett, St. Michael, bl f by Velocipede out of Fleur de-Lis, 2 yrs; br c by Melbourne out of Sally Warfoot, 2 yrs; Vatican, The Ban, Confessor, Bilberry, Vermuth, f by Touchstone out of Cheshire Witch, 2 yrs; Bess of Hardwick, Maid of Masham, Lady Hylda, Oxford Blue, Mrs. Birch, High Sheriff, Hungerford, Young Hawthorn, Physalis filly, Miss Sarah, c by Don John out of Miss Whip, Lady Speedy, Conrad, Lady Franklin, Trage dian, Dalton, Merlin, Bird-on-the-Wing, Unity, The Setter, Betbgelert, Lizars, Haricot, Lady Jersey, Sir Rowland Trenchard, Hawthorn, Senorita, f by Galaor out of Stephanie, Jack Robinson, Neasham, Eulogy, Flora Macdonald, Iris, Newminster, Vanguard, Merry go-Round, f out of Garland, f out of Sorella's dam, Ariosto, Hirsuta, Glenlnce, Shadow, Carse, Tordesillas, Sweep, Cruickahanks, Laly, A zeth, Travestie, Melody, Evadne, Italian, Snowstorm, Cleveland, and Dr. Ble mish. The Marlborough Buck and several others are hourly expected. The weather continues remarkably fine, the course is in excellent condition, and everything promises a full meeting and an abundance of first-rate sport. ENTRIES FOR THE PLATES, &c. WEDNESDAY. The Selling Stakes.—Lady Jersey, 5 yrs (601.) — Slang, 4 yrs (301)—Border Boy, 3 yrs (301.)—Paltneres, 3 yrs (400 —Lizars, 3 yrs (401) TB URSDAY. The Lottery Plate.—Mt.s Fanny, 3 yrs (501.)—Lady Speedy, 4 yrs (300 —Border Boy, 3 yrs (801.)—The Setter, 3 yrs (501.)—b f by Galaor, out of Stephanie, 3 yrs (500 HULL AND SELBY. of this com pany was The half-yearly meeting held on Saturday at Hull, Mr. R. Tottie in the chair. The report stated that the claim of the York and North Midland Company, in respect of the interest on calls paid out of the capital of the Bridlington branch line, bad been finally settled by the payment of 3,500/. for principal and interest. Ina dixectors recommended ¢had g dividend should FRIDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles.— Crwus 3 yrs—Clothworker, 5 y rs — Lady O 3 yrs—Tightwaist, of the Grove, 3 yrs —Hungerford, 3 yrs—Oxford Blue, 4 yrs—Maid of Masham, 6 yrs—Mrs. Birch, 3 yrs—Border Boy, 3 yrs—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—Azeth, 3 yrs. The Members' Plate.—Lady Bibina, 5 yrs (500 — Ormsby, 5 yrs (501)—Mrs. Birch, 3 yrs—Dr. Blemish, 4 yrs (401.)—The Setter, 3 yrs (300—Emma, 3 yrs (300—Snowdrift, 4 yrs (501.)—Border Boy, 3 yrs (300 —Melody, 5 yrs (801.)—b f by Galaor, out of Stephanie, 3 yrs (300 DONCASTER RACES. Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap. Yrs st lb Yra at lb Cossack a 8 7 Humphrey Vatican 5 8 3 Pauope Teddington Strongbow Alonzo Nancy Kilt of Gwynne... 4 7 1f by Gladiator, out Miss Ann 5 7 1 of Sprite ...... 4 5 0 Post-tempore 5 7 of Neasham Lady Hylda a 6 12' Cocktail 5 6 8 Oxford Blue 4 6 6 Champion 5 6 5 Chief Justice 4 6 4 Confessor Hungerford lanthe Barcelona 3 5 12 The Sweep Young Altisidora a 5 12 Clarissa The Castle Ringleider 3 4 13 Calculator 3 4 13 Knook Knoll 3 4 13 Antigone bi c by Prince Caradoc, out of Miss Julia Ben nett True Blue Harpsichord ..... 3 4 8 Ischia Border Boy b c by Don John, out of Miss Whip 3 4 0 CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF K ENT V . TH E GENTLEEEN OF E N GLAND.—This match was brought to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon, at Canterbury. The final score was as follows:—Ge n tl emen o f K en t, first innings, 2 . 87 second ditto , 252. Gentlemen of Engla nd, first mcwgs, 238; and thus the game terminated at four o'clock, as several of th e gen tl emen wero enr,, , aged toplay at Brigh ton on Monday. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY-TWO OF HUNTING DONSUIRE.—This match was brought to a conclusion in favour of the Eleven by 66 runs. ANOTHER GAROTTE ROBBERY IN MINCHES^ TER.—Shortly before on e o 'clock on Sunday mo rn i ng, an old man named Tho rle y was walking home alon g Ki ng -street, Salford, when be was overtaken by two men, one of whom threw his arms round his neck, and held him f as t . T he old man struggled violently, upon which they knocked him down, and inflicted a wound on his head with a stone. Two per. sons, who were standing near, and witnessed the affair, ran to the man's a , sistance. The robb ers immediately took to their heels, leaving a watch which they had taken from Thorley's pocket, on the paN ement. One of them, named William Green, was caught about 150 yards from the spot, but the other escaped. The stone was found on the pave ment where the robbery had been committed. The prisoner, who has only been discharged from gaol recently, was brought up yesterday morning at the SC/9rd gMugli Court aid fitted far tu4l tia a4im, ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. COWES, TIIEBDAY NIGHT.—In consequence of the early hour at which the boat left here to meet the last ' London train, but a mere announcement of the yachts that were started for her Majesty's Cup o f 100 guineas was given in that report, but . it may be proper to state that the Lzelie, 75, Mr. Twzsden Hodges, M.P., th e Gauntlet, 65, Mr. William Peareth, and the Larrock, 65, Captain C. H. Williams, R.N., were also entered for the race, but did not start. The course was from the starting vessel moored off Cowes Castle, proceeding eastward, passing Norris Castle, Osborne-h ouse, Hyde, and round the Nab Light, returning by the same route, and thence proceeding westward, round a vessel sta tioned off Yarmouth, returning and finishing at the starting vessel. The course was about 60 miles in length. At star ti ng t h ere was a gent l e breeze blowing from north-east to north-north-east, and the Arrow was the first vessel fairly to get under weigh, and soon took the lead, followed by the Freak, Gondola, and Bacchante, which position was well maintained for about half an hour, when the wind almost dropped to a calm. The Freak afterwards luffed to the windward, catching a light breeze from the eastward. She soon came alongside the Arrow, end in a few moments she was seen taking the lead, until near to the point off No Man's Buoy, when the Arrow again made way u p on her, and on rounding the Nab Light at 12 20 the Freak was cut out. A breeze now sprang up from the southward, and once more the Freak passed her rival, and led the way until about a mile from the quarantine ground, when a general calm came on, and they could do little more than drift with the tide. At the quarantine vessel, however, a good wind came on from the west, which was taken simultaneously by both vessels , and th e A rrow once more to o k th e l ea d, passing the station vessel at Cowes in the following order:— H. M. s. Arrow 3 48 11 Freak ... ••• 3 51 45 Bacchante 4 12 50 On arriving off this point the Gondola gave up, and took no further part in the contest. The other vetsels kept the same relative position for a short distance, but soon afterwards the Arrow, benig well to the wind, kept increasing the distance between her and the Freak, and on arriving off Lymington was at least nine minutes a head of her; but from here her progress was all but stopped, for the wind dropping entirely, and a d ea d calm coming on, she was drifted by the tide at least two miles beyond the vessel at Yarmouth, the extreme boundary of the course, the Freak being astern about a quarter of a mile. A light breeze afterwards got up from the north-east, by which they were enabled to re trace the ground they had so unprofitably lost, and enc. ceeded in rounding the station vessel off Yarmouth soon after five o'clock, the Freak being nine minutes and the Bacchante forty-six minutes astern. A strong contest ensued from this point between the Arrow and Freak as they were beating up the western channel together. The darkness coming on they saw nothing more of the Bacchante, but were fully im pressed with a belief that no danger from her was to be apprehended; and great was the surprise of the captain of the Arrow, on her arrival off the starting vessel, to find that the Bacchante had already been there before them and claimed the prize. This circumstance may be accounted for in this manner—that as the Bacchante was so far behind on the course to Yarmouth, she was the first to take advantage of the little wind that sprung up, while the others were on their return from the point where they had severally overshot the mark. Owing to some mistake of the light of the station vessel, the Ar row, in coming in, kept close in shore, and beat into the harbour. She had, therefore, to return and go round the vessel—a loss to her of four minutes; but this mis take was immaterial, as it did not alter the result of the match. The yachts came in as under:— h. In. Bacchante ... ••• .. ... 927 Freak ••• ••• . 9 45 The Bacchante was then declared the winner, and the prize, which is a splendid massive silver urn and cover, will be presented to Mr. B. H. Jones, the owner, to morrow. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the Fairy Royal steam-yacht, with the Royal standard of England floating from the main, was seen proceeding from the direction of Osborne, and it was soon made known that her Majesty and the Royal children were on board. Tho vessel then entered the channel, and proceeded slowly to the westward between the fleet of yachts and the Clubhouse. Her Majesty was on deck and appeared to be highly pleased with the numerous trim vessels lying at the station. She courteously acknowledged the marks of loyalty with which she was received. The Fairy then proceeded up the West Channel, to allow her Majesty an opportunity of witnessing the progress of the yachts that were now contending for the prize given by her; but this must have been considerably stripped of its interest from the cause above stated. Soon after seven o'clock the Fairy returned from her short cruise, and proceeded direct to Osborne. The following yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron are now at the station :—The Xarifa, Commodore the Earl of Wilton; Capricorn, Vice-Commodore, Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P.; Pearl, Marquis of Anglesey; Alarm, Mr. J. W old; Drift, Mr. J. Lyon; Jane, Mr. Aldham Hill; Elizabeth, Hon. Augustus Moreton; Erminia, Earl of Ellesmere; Stella, Mr. R. Franklin; Brilliant, Mr. G. H. Ackers; Osprey, Mr. G. Petre; Constance, Marquis of Canyngham; Gauntlet, Mr. W. Peareth; Larrock, Captain C. H. Williams; Mirage, Marquis of Ormonde; Resolution, Duke of Rutland; Turquoise, Mr. 0. 11. Conte; Gipsy Queen, Sir H. B. Hoghton; Eagle, Mr. C. Boding; Viiyvern, Duke of Marlborough; Sea Gull, Mr. W. Moore; Aurora, Mr. Le Merchant Thomas; Susan, the Earl of Herdwicke; Destiny, Mr. G. P. Leslie; Arrow, Mr. Thomas Cbamberlayne; A.riel, Sir G. S. Douglas; Cannon, Marquis of Angle sey; Gondola, Mr. W. H. Woodhouse; Spider, Mr. J. Thornhill; Cygnet, Mr. H. Lambton; Talisman, Capt. N. Smith; Hernande, Major Martyn; Maritana, Mr. J. Gee; Osprey, Mr. J. Goodwin; Merlin, Captain Mark ham; Nautilus, Mr. G. Bateson ; Plover, Major Brown; Ripple, Mr. T. J. Dickenson; Freak, Mr. W. Curling; Coquette, Lord G o d o l p hi n; Magician, Mr. Joseph Parker; Cyrene, Rev. B. Ilartopp; Beatrice, Sir W. P. Carew; Gem, Mr. E. Hughes; 13elia, Mr. Twisden Hodges, M.P.; Frisk, Mr. G. Arkwrigbt; Gulnare, Captain S. Barry; betides about 40 yachts belonging to other clubs. The race for the Royal Yacht Squadron Plate to morrow will be warmly contested, the following entries having been made for the same.— Beatrice, 161 tons—Sir P. Carew. Constance, 218 tons—Marquis of Conyngham. Capricorn, 313 tons—Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P. Wyvern, 205 tons—Duke of Marlborough. Gypsy Queen, 160 tons—Sir H. B. Hoghton. The course will be the same as for the Queen's Cup. The utmost interest is manifested here as to the ex traordinary performances of the American yacht Ame rica at the recent regatta at Hyde, where with the greatest possible ease she distanced all other competi tors, although then not allowed to enter the match for the cup of yachts of all nations through some trifling technical objection as to her ownership. That point, if it ever bad any validity, has been waved here, and it has been finally determined that she shall compete with about seventeen others for Prince Albert's cup of 1001. on Friday next, which is also for yachts of all nations; and it appears to be the general opinion here that if there should be anything approaching to a stiff breeze there is nothing afloat that can take the lead against her. Her owners are still willing to back her against any other to any amount, but up to this moment I have not heard that that challenge has been accepted. A large number of persons ha►e been on board within the last few days, who have expressed great satisfaction at her arrangements and perfectly novel construction. CRY, - STAL BALL ASSEMBLY ROOMS. A very elegant Terpsichorean Saloon has just been opened bearing the above title on the site of the Apollonicon Rooms, in St. Martin's-lane, under the k proprietorship and management of Mr. J. C ran br o ; Gregory. It is most tastefully fitt e d up , th e wsli presenting a series of pictur esque d ecorat i ons , ber exe cuted in a masterly style by M r . Wilson areoinsand Majesty's Theatre), assist e d b y M essrs . Shia r Philips, whilst glittering crystal lustres, sa?cl gigantic figures mirrors, reflecting on every side the shifting b of the dancers, combine in producing &C . a follow coup d'ail. Quadrilles, waltzes in uninterrupted succession throug hout i r k of thirty to the strains of an excellent orche st r a evening who wields per formers, ably directed by Mr. his baton with the spirit and efficiency Cal find a band better It would, indeed, be difficult to v , of a Jalliens cal culated than Mr. Calverley'sarc't please both the practi tioners; end the spectators of of the choregralt festival. A spacious gal. this graceful and joyous into a refreshment salon, a h g e e s detestable and via viands is n o - f lery has been converted where the value hanced by the prohib ition ame lioration , the adoption of which n feeing waiters , 0 ? f be o v f er t a t public places of amusement would by proprietors be a positivleoirrbilyessing to the community. The Crystal be enrolled amongst the attractive the metropolis, and seems likely to proportion of public favour. The Hall may r f " lions " o nartgeregularity which characterises the Aron Rooms is observable throughout the entire arrangements, which are faultless in all respects, and r se e : fl ms e ue c r t ee e l x aeg ce al eding credit on the taste and judgment of Mr. J. C. Gregory. DEATH OF THE EARL OF CLARE.—The Earl of Clare, who has been in declining health for some time past, expired on Monday evening last at Brighton, whither ha had retired for the benefit of his health. The Right Hen. Colonel Fitzgibbon, brother of the Noble Lord, succeeds to the title and estates. ST. GILES'S 13,00RER Y —The authorities have just finished the d emo li t i on of a further . portion of the Rookery of St. Giles, known as Las ee e l t l e e s e . d court, thete narrow ol street calledlyreniainingpar of the locality now left gis h Church-lane, running from George-street into New Oxford street, containing about sixty houses. It is almost incre dible the number of persons who are nightly crammed into these wretched habitations. In one room, not more than 14 feet square, it is of common occurrence for th e p olice to find thirty persons of both sexes indiscriminately huddled to gether. The authorities are using vigorous efforts to obtain its speedy demolition. SUICIDE IN THE ORNAMENTAL WATER, REGENT'S PARK —Yesterday morning, at an early hour, some persons passing through the park observed a man of respectable ap pearance deliberately throw . himself . from off the bridge lead ing from the outer to htheeoininneenareheitreelle,wenteera,rulyegoepnpto,ssit P e a Sr Park. Mary's Church, into t On hastening to the spot he was not to be seen ; the drag . were procured, and the body brought to the surface, but life was extinct. It is that of a man about fifty-five, sandy e h a ir, attired in dark clothes, and wok o r fr h e o sp u e s ctable appearance. it was removed to Marylebone e tobe owned, snd exi IRELAND. THE AGGREGATE MEETING OF ROMANISTS. DUBLIN, TUESDAY, HALF-PAST TWELVE, P.M. The meeting is in progress, and as no row has taken place within the doors of the Rotundo to the present, it is not at all likely that any bones will be broken intentionally within the building. As to what may take place in the streets, it is hard to anticipate. Already glass has been fractured and Protestants assaulted. But to begin with the proceedings so far. At ten o'clock this morning the crowds requested by the concoctors of the meeting began to move towards the place of meeting in Sackville-street. Their bear ing was such that all the shopkeepers not of the " true Church" put up their shutters. Mr. Dixon Hardy, the Protestant publisher, being too hardy for this ex hibition of want of confidence in his Romanist fellow citizens, suffered the loss of nearly all the panes of glass in his shop-window. The offenders were, how ever, arrested by the police. The coal-porters marched in procession four deep to the meeting, and were greeted with shouts along the route. A nice party they formed for a discussion ! As to how your correspondent made his way into the meeting, he dreads to reflect upon his sufferings ; suffice it to say, that between pickpockets, coal-porters, police, priests, &c., it was a break-bone affair. The guards at the Castle and Bank are doubled, and a company and troop of every infantry and cavalry regiment in garrison are under arms, to act at a mo ment's notice. In the following abstract of the open ing of the proceedings up to half-past twelve o'clock the words of the speakers are adopted, hence so many " Lord Bishops," &c. The round room and the platform were densely packed with people, who were admitted by tickets only, which were distributed by the priests and others thoroughly acquainted with the Roman Catholics. At eleven o'clock Lord Paul Cullen, Lord John M'Hale, and several other lords of his Holiness the Pope, entered the meeting, and of course were loudly cheered. Lord Gormanstown moved that the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen be called to the chair. Mr. Reynolds, M.P., came forward and exclaimed that Lord Viscount Gormanstown was after moving that the chair should be taken by " The Most Rev. Dr. Paul Cullen, Lord Bishop of Armagh, arid Primate of all Ireland I"—(Cheers.) Such were the words of Lord Gormanstown, but as Providence had not blessed his Lordship with such lungs as he had, he deemed it well to repeat the words of the motion. There were (continued Mr. Reynolds) present likewise his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Cashel, his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Tuam —(Cheers)—the Lord Bishop of Birmingham, the Lord Bishop of Edinburgh, the Lord Bishop of Elphin, the Lord Bishop of Clogher, the Lord Bishop of Killaloe, the Lord Bishop of Clonfert, the Lord Bishop of Savannah, in Georgia—(Cheers) —and the Lord Bishhp of Cloyne. There were many other dignitaries of the Catholic Church, either present or expected immediately. There were many Peers of the realm present; and lastly, several Members of Par liament—Members of the " Irish Brigade."—(Cheers.) He concluded by seconding the motion, which passed unanimously. The Chairman (Dr. Cullen) then read a speech, in which the causes which led to that meeting were set forth—the motives which actuated him in acting as he had done—and various other topics too tedious to men tion—as they were regarded by the meeting too tedious 60 L. liotcued to, without dozing or yawning. This meeting, he maintained, " had the finger of God upon it," and he doubted not that success would attend their efforts. One of the great objects of the contemplated Defence Association was to secure a proper represen tation of the Catholic Church in Parliament; another was to employ the influence of the public press in the dissemination of their principles, and defence of their rights and liberties. He concluded by imploring a blessing from " The Queen of Heaven, St. Patrick, St. Malachi, and St. Lawrence, our own Saints," on that meeting.—(Cheers.) Dr. Brown, Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin, said the people were not obliged to obey a law which wee unjust and contrary to all the principles of equity. Such a law was that recently passed by the Legisla ture.—(Great cheers.) He concluded by moving that Mr. Burke, Mr. S3dleir, M.P., Mr. Keogh, M.P., and Mr. Reynolds, M.P., should be appointed to act as se cretaries. Mr. Vincent Scully, Q.C., in seconding the motion, said that after a caretul study of the late Act he had come to the conclusion, a more unjust, a more atrocious law had not been passed in these realms since the time of Henry VIII. It was an invasion of the dearest rights and privileges of the Catholics of the United Kingdom, and of their clergy. Mr. Sadleir then read the requisition, also a letter from Cardinal Wiseman, accounting for his absence from the meeting, but giving his approbation of the proposed Roman Catholic Defence Association. There are fourteen resolutions to be moved. Dr. 111‘11ale is set down for a long and strong speech— not a written pastoral like that of Dr. Cullen's. It will be seen by the above that within the first hour of the day's proceedings Doctor Brown, of Elphin, distinctly announced that the Catholics of these realms are not bound to obey the late Act of Parliament. Of couse we shall have more of this kind of thing ere the meeting shall termi na t e . The labouring classes have "struck work" for this day. They are in the streets p re p are d f or mischief. —Herald. DUBLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT. The great aggregate meeting at the Rotundo has so far passed off without any serious disturb ances. Primate Cullen presided, and the attend ance was enormous. The day was observed as a strict holiday, and all the quay-porters and working men paraded the streets from an early hour in the morning. The windows of the house of the Priests' Pro tectionist Society were smashed by the mob, and some other outrages of a minor nature were re ported by the police. The Rev. Mr. Gregg, attended by some friends, arrived at the Rotundo in a close car riage, and demanded admittance, but being refused he was escorted in safety by the mounted police beyond the reach of the mob. The principal speakers of the day were Primate Cullen, Dr. MEale, Sir P. Mostyn, Mr. Keogh, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Moore, Bishop Gillis, of Edinburgh, &c. The meeting ig not likely to terminate until a very late hour. THE POTATO CROP. The most conclusive and satisfactory rebutment of the alarming statement recently put forward by Mr. Kincaid, comes from one of the first agricultural authorities in this country, and whose hstimony will go far to dissipate the small panic created last week by the hasty and ill-judged verdicts of more than one, perhaps well-meaning, but mischievous prophet of evil. Mr. Hugh Morgan Tinte, of Sonnr a very extensive landed proprietor in the county of West meath, thus writes to the Evening Mail:— " Early and late I have visited different parts of this country, and am just returned from a week's visit in Surrey and Hertfordsbire; the produce there is both sound and abundant. Hereabouts the potatoes were largely planted in good time, and carefully looked afterlsince; and I distributed a large quantity of early seed, in addition to all I myself sowed. The produce is not only sound and abundant but also farinaceous, wholesome, and well flavoured. For miles around me, I hear only the one expression of grateful acknow ledgment, ' God be praised for the same; the potatoes are restored to us in real earnest.' Within the last three weeks the leaves in some close fields have got much spotted, and during the last ten days the rain has given them a dark and withered appearance; but two days ago I had a large quantity dug of the worst spots in the field, and found that not more than one in every fifty was tainted. Any of the rest, when boiled, were found to be hind, and of the test quality. I saw several stalks bearing 16 and 18 good eating potatoes on each. In this neighbourhood we suffered more from the dis temper than in many other localities, which may be at tributable to the rankness of the soil. I am induced, therefore, to consider that, having reached the state of exrr et to fi n d t h at i n all maturity at which the potato h as now arrived in this be exf2ct e d t o b e save d , an d partp arts a f n the e e r o a u g n e t r y e r , o w p e m m a a y y brought into market this winter and next spring at a fair price to both the consumer and the grower. During the former years of that scourge the distemper had com mitted enormous ravages on the crop in June, and early in July; whereas in this year it has shown itself fully a month later in a very mild and mitigated form, at a time when many scree of them are nearly fit to dig for pitting. I conceive that this undeniable tact ought of itself to re nave or allay much of the apptehehijOh whiCh some 7 -, ~~