The Sun. — London, England, 1851-10-04 00:00:00

THE' MA GAL INJee'S. BLACK WOOD. After a very eulogistic and encouraging notice of " Tiso :Essays, of Mr. Helps"— essays better known to the generality by their titl es , ((Friends in Council" and " Companions of my Solitude"—we have the fo urteenth instelment of the new " Novel " by Sir Bulwer Lytton, under his eseudoeym of Pisistratus. With the c l ose o f this portion of the nerrative we ar rive at the end of the first important epoch in the lives of its principal characters. Years are to pass by befor e they are again introduced to us, and the man ner in which this is told brings to our remembrance in its Hebraic eloquence a beautiful passage occur ring in the same author's historical romance of " Harold." The prominent charm infused into the chapters comprised in the October number of Black wood is that imparted by every look, end word, and action of Harley L'Estrange—" gentlest heart and subtlest fancy that I h ave met with in my walk throu hoaso gh life," as he i s ca ll ed by his admiring friend Alp Riccabocca. Harley has discovered Helen, or rather he has been discovered as Dthe fellow -soldier of her father, Captain igby, by Le onar d , who we are inclined very srewdly to look upon as the son of Lord L'Estrange. Frank Hazledean falls into debt, and in consequence thereof into disgrace with his father, the Squire. The m anner in which they are estranged from each other, in spit e o f their own large hearts, and in de fiance of their mutual yearnin g towar d s eac h o th e r, i s told with admirable f ee li ng, and indicates as strik ingly a 's s anything we h ave ever read, Sir Bulwer Lyttonmaster-knowledg g to show more and more ative. W e onl e of human nature. Randal L es li e i s beginnin his detestable in as fluence the evil genius of the nar ry console o urselves in his regard b y anticipati ng for him in the end a very terrible re trhiblution. Poor Burley we have lost sight of for a w t ie ; also of Richard Avenel, the hard manufac urer ; of good simle. ttent , an brutal fellow the tinker ralnded 'arson Dale; of the his donkey. Our a d the poor harmless creature ion meanwhile is directed to the personages already Mentioned, and beyond this toLord and Lady Lansnaere, to A u dl ey E gerton, the strong mad vigorous statesman, to Henry Norreys, the author, and to a very masterly sketch from the life, the lac quey attendant on Norreys—" a man-servant of a singularly grim and awful aspect"—with "care on his lip and pomp on h is brow"— who, as he precedes Harley to the library of his master, " stalks across the ball with the step of a Dangeau ushering some Montmoreaci to the presence of Louis le Grand." After "My Novel" comes a dry but able epitome of the political situation just now arrived at by " The New Zealand ers. " The commencement of the historical chapter which follows—a chapter dedicated to an ac count of th e " Italian Revolutions"—is as of it admirable in its t one and lucidity as the latter portionis Jumbled and nonsens i ca l . I n t hi s respec t, perhaps, t he articl e i s part i cu l ar l y su it a bl e , b ear i ng a certain r esemblan ce , in consequence, to the confusion and folly w hich togeth e r c l ose d the Italian movement."Levan tine., Rambl es " w ill pr o ve on e xaminati on t o b e a very de lightful criticism on the recent books of travels Written respectively by M. G. de Nerval, a French all, and by Mr. F. A. Neale, a n E ng li s h man. Th ere are next some exceedingly unequa l li nes ca ll e d "Day Dreams of an E x il e ," s i gne d H. G . K ., verses a lgether unworthy of insertion in Blackwood. " A Voice from the Diggings" means that of Mr. Shaw, th e l ast well-known traveller in California : it is the heading, moreover, of a sensible a n d r ea d a bl e cr iti c i sm . The last article in the October number is of a politi cal nature, sneering at Free Trade under the designa tion o f " The Experiment." It is entitled to serious consideration, however, as the argument put forward by the monthly organ of the Protectionists. C —OLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. The present is an excellent number. " British Conquests in India" is continued, as likewise the "Adventures of an English Soldier in Mexico." In a_ paper on th e " Military Defences and Expenditure of the West Indies," the writer, Major Smith O'Connor shows, we think clearly, that a safe and advantageous withdrawal may be made offour regiments of the line, and a large portion of the Royal Artillery from the Windward an d Leeward, and Jamaica commands. Lie utenant -Col one l E. Na continues his consi derations on the subject of pier the proposed alterations in our military dress, arms, and equipments ; and it is to be sincerely hoped that some such ameliorations officers Ma hortly take pl ace, the Duke of Cambridge. especially as that excellent is favourable to a reform of the present abominable system of pipe ellay, tight-coats, stocks, Scc. By Colonel Napier's pan the infantry soldier's kit, arms, and appoint weight when in heavy m arching order would be in :weight 571 b. lloz., in lieu of 681 b. Boz., as at present. But for details we must refer to the article itself _which i ll be found highly suggestive. A " Bull Fight oda," is well told ;bat " The Fight " a Combat between a Pavvnee and Osage Chief, contri- Sbu.ted by Mr. Mills, is one of the most graphic and .Spirited narratives we ever perused. An "Adventure at t_he Battle of Salamanca," by Capt. Barralier, who was desperately wounded in that engagement, is told aim gleyldafnrd touchingly. His life was saved twice o the cir cumstance of hims elf to be a fre "n his showing him spon.dence, ; eranson. In a short letter among the corre signed " Nestor," are two excellent sug fnedst•l°L"-one to send reinforcements to the Cape fro m . a la, the troops there " being just the men to give peas flood a ccount of the Kafirs, if assisted by our Euro- S' regime nts' and under such men as Sir Harry mischief ith and General Somerset ;" the other as to the to the service of early selling out. The 'writ er says : the We .have too many young gentlemen who only enter service to leave it again whenever their regiments ar° ordered abroad, leaving it just at the very ti me th e i r serv ices are most wanted; and when their commanding officers most require officers of some standing and ex- Perienee to assist them on embarkation. Many regi ua R e ats thus embark short-handed in o ffi cers; the newly ,-, 4l Ticted must remain with the depOts until made ac -I,llttinted with ter duty. The remedy is easy enough: 1 4 "crf none to s el l e r ut until after ten years' service. The : 088 of the price of their commission would retain many an the service, or prevent holiday and home officers from entering it." the other principal papers are the second part of the t ranslation of General Yusuf's " On War in Africa," and " The Victories of the Month." COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY. Another sporting novel, evidently from the pen of the now popular author of " Soapey Sponge's Tour," is eotnmenced in the October number of the New Monthly —its title being " Young Tom Hall's Heart- Robes and Horses." It promises capitally in the way °f fun and animation. With much of the rude ani.. nial spirits of John Mills, the writer combines a trifle of the c om i c vu l garity of John P oo l e . O ccas i ona ll y : 113 style i s as h arum•scarum as L over ' s , an d some pea too a s v i v idl y grap hi c as t h a t o f Apperley. 4 tth these qua li t i es t h e story j ust en t ere d upon _ ll not fail t o b e a source of amusement. A. rather ela borate review of " Mignet's History of Mary Queen of Scots" follow s soon a f terwards, b e i ng prece d e d 11 ", q some a greea bl e "Reminiscences of Baden. " T he ist?2nd and concludi ng part o f t h e ta l e ca ll e d th e veiled Picture" lends to the magazine an additional tt tainr..ae,tion. " Hester Somerset" is, of course, con tinued ; and among the novelties of the month we tion's%,(ltine well-timed articles on " Arctic Expedi- States." S.nccour," and Cuba and the Slave critic' ;13esides these the New Monthly contains a gi nni i n a g na :p s it( n led entitled the " A Batch of Novels," and the be ginning of a summer tour in 1851, portion of the erns hi Switzerland." The metrical E. Car"e ten • ts is, as usual, contributed by neterc" AINSWORTH. by After the custo mary instalment of the romance Ainsworth, We hare in the current num ber before us a in of interesting and amusing contributions,. Nicholas Michell, known alre a d y a 3 the author of " Ruins of Many I,ands," " Hester and also of the romance of ornerset," gives US an excellent appears Antiquary and his Daughter." Miss Julia Addison drum chapter about an ane w to the readers of Ainsworth, the me- I{ 9 . ) , : ! 1 of her narrative relating to the fortunes o e_l.lorence Hamilton." An anonymous contributor 4 t r i vetia the Magazine with a paper recounting . How Nvest! )° ,PPY expatiated on the Beauties of Slimey notice and in other respects the publication under be by will be found by the curious in such matters to Ootob e l° t neaus the least among the periodicals for Poor - 6" 4- h A.LT Part larla ... eter Ll,lton finds gets cleaned out at ON S. - , h turn against him, and the Je bl Abel Kraus, the gaming-ta e. !nerves him usurer, of with ft Course turns obdurate, and even 1 manna to g e t h: summary writ, but Hans l er TT ' l 'Jaz bail to stave off arrest for twe v d e b2IY3. makes another visit to the Cursaal, and, of f luck for f rom the hanker, has an extraordinary run and then some time, but it begins to be reversed, d ead in th e cc waes " the la s t s t a k e of all. " He drops !lish . gaining ed b p I room, his dirge being thus fur the f ashion here " 's° lo nel Hagger s t one : "If coroners were they would bri ng i n a verdict of th u d against the rake!' `Died f rom 'Aching the wro n g colour, w ith a deo " __— .Amatit CHARACTER. —Mr. Thomas Hale, far nier died last oF Greet, near W ineheornbe Gloucestershire, . week, in his 78th year. The ' deceased was formerly in poor circumstances, but a considerable having been left to him bY some 14aiden la dies, his prospects underwent a change for the better, and by industrious and careful habits he managed to accumulate a large fortune, dying worth more than 100,000/. He was unable to read and write, and such was his love for the "Lining Metal that he was unhappy when in Possession of berm- notes until be turned them into gold ; and at his death between 10,00°4 his house. --Bath Chronicle. and 20 , 0001. in money was in Letter s from Glasgow Messrs. Slater state the suspen s i on o f liab ilities f0r .. .30,000 4 and Robertson, merchants and brokers, with r THE S UN, ThE REGISTRATIOIN S. CIfY OF LONDON. Ti'e questioa as to the legal time for the payment of the assessed taxes, to meet the requirements of the Registration Act, came before Mr. INl‘Christie the other day. The Learned Barrister having taken time to consider the point, delivered his judgment on Thursday, by which it will appear that the decisions of other revising barristers are held by Mr. MiChristie to be contrary to the law. The case was that of Mr. Charles Lovell, who occupied a house No. 19, Bow lane, and who claimed to have his name inserted in the list of persons entitled to vote in the parish of St. Mary, Aldertnary, from which it had been omitted on the ground that he had not paid his assessed taxes which had " become payable from him previously to the sth day of January last." The barrister said, — The question simply is, whether, for the purposes of the registration, a quarter's assessed taxes were pay able by Mr. Lovell on the 20th of December, 1850, which ought to have been paid on or before the 20th of July, 1851. It is to be observed, that both by the Reform Act and by the 11th and 12th Victoria, c. 90, the expression used is that the poor's-rates and assessed taxes are to be paid by the 20th of July which " shall have become paykble from him previously to the sth of January." The 43 - 1 George 111., c. 161, was an Act for repealing the several duties under the management of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, and granting new duties in lieu thereof. By section 23 of that Act every assessment to be made under it is to be in force for one whole year, commencing from the sth of April, and to be payable quarterly—namely, on the 20th of June, 20th of September, 20th of De cember, and the 20th of March in every year. By the 55th section it is enacted that those duties shall be duly demanded of the respective persons charged therewith within ten days after the same are payable by virtue of this Act by the collector or collectors, and the sth section is this—" And be it further enacted, that all the several duties hereby granted in England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, shall be assessed, raised, levied, and collected, under the re gulations of the Act passed in the present session of _ . Parliament, entitled ' An Act for consolidating certain of the provisions contained in any Act or Acts rela ting to the duties under the management of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, and for amending the same.' " These taxes, therefore, are, by this Act all to be assessed, raised, levied, and collected under the regulations of another Act, which is the 43d George 111., c. 99, and the collection, &c., of them are hereby declared to be under the manage ment of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes. Turning, then, to that Act of the 43d George 111., c. 99, you will find that by the 12th section the col lectors are required to made demand of the parties charged with those duties (as in the other Act) "within ten days after the said duties shall respect ively become payable." By the lath section the col ' ' _ . _ . . lectors are required to give security " for their duly demanding the sums assessed of the respective persons from whom the same are payable ;" and by section 61 it is enacted that "all officers and persons who shall be employed in the execution of this Act, or any Act or Acts for granting duties to be assessed under the regulations of this Act, shall observe and follow such orders, instructions, and directions as they shall from time to time receive from the said Commissioners of the Treasury." So far, therefore, it is obvious that these taxes are under the management of the Com missioners, and that all collectors and officers are to act in reference to them under the instructions and directions of the Commissioners. The Commissioners accordingly issue their printed instructions to their collectors and officers—a copy of which, dated 1851, I have now before me—and it is beyond a doubt, from those instructions, that the Commissioners con sider that these taxes become due, payable, and collectable half-yearly, and half-yearly only, notwithstanding the 431 George 111., c. 161, states they are to be payable quarterly. The in structions explicitly inform the collectors that they are to be collected by half-yearly instalments, on the days hereinafter mentioned—that is to say, the 20th day of September, for the half-year commencing from the sth day of April and ending on the 10th day of October; and the 20th day of March, for the half year commencing from the 10th day of October and ending on the sth of April next; and you are to make demand of the several sums from the parties charged, or at the places of their last abode, or on the premises charged with the assessment, " within ten days—and these latter words are put in italics by the instructions themselves—within ten ten days after the said duties shall respectively become payable ; and in all cases of demand and non-payment, you are, by virtue of the warrant annexed to your duplicate, to distrain." Then at p. 12 the instructions say, " The compositions of assessed taxes are to be paid to you by the parties charged therewith by two instalments, viz., the first instalment on or before the 10th of Oc tober, and the second instalment on or before the sth of April ; and you are to make demand ofethe same," and if not then paid the collectors are to levy. It is palpable, therefore, from these instructions, that the Commissioners, who by the Act are to regulate and manage these taxes, consider that de facto and for all practical purposes they only be come due and payable half-yearly—that is to say, on the 20th of October and on the 20th of March, and not quarterly—not on the 20th of December. It is very true that the commissioners in some parts of their instructions inform their collectors that by the Act of Parliament these taxes are made payable quar terly, but that is only with a view to a necessity of levying for them where they are likely to be lost. They say in a note, " You will observe that, although the taxes are collected half-yearly, yet according to the law they are payable quarterly. . . and therefore as before stated in case of a seizure under an execu tion, or other proceeding (except at the suit of the landlord for rent), you are authorised to demand for the whole duty assessed for the year, though the day of payment for the first quarter only has arrived," and in case of not receiving to levy. But, as I have already said, that is solely applicable to a case wherein there is a prospect of the taxes being lost. And in the same note the Commissioners go on to say, " And you should in all cases proceed according to the strict directions—namely, to give notice and to demand payment of the taxes." No notice was served on Mr. Lovell previous to the sth of January that a f quarter's assessed t axes were d ue f rom hi m on t h e 20th oDecember precedin g; no d eman d f or any suc h taxes was made of him; and, surely, when it is so self -apparent that the Commissioners themselves, who are so deeply interested in the collection of these taxes, prescribe that they are due - and payable half. yearly, that they shall only be collected half-yearly, and n ever l ev i ed for until after notice of their being due shall have been given and d e ma n d ma d e f or them, it wou l d be a monstrous hardship if I were to hold that because Mr. Lovell did no t go to hi s col lector by th e sth receive a sum of moneyof from him in resp e ct o f as sessed taxes from January and insist th a t h e s h ou ld the 2 0th of Octob er t o th e 20 t h o f collector December, th e holding i n hi s h an d a t th e instructions same moment his fro m hi s emp l oyers, a informing him that no ssessed taxes were pay a bl e from Mr. Lovell on the2oth of Decemb e r—l sa y it e ad t e h r at th g e Registration would be absolute injustice if wasroundl Acts, t o which h ar c h i t: l s- in : t a b l e t largest and most liberal disfranchiseta toe construction 'put upon th em. Th e collect o r o f thd assessed taxes has no authority whatever to call on housekeepers quarterly for paym en t s, and I do not believe that one man out of ten, or anything lik e th a t number, throughout England, called o n hisee collector by the sth of January and paid fora quarter's sessed taxes up to the 20th of Dec em b er, so that th ea s might be registered as a voter. I am told, indeed, that it has been decided by a gentlema n acting under tbe same authori and with the same powers as my self, that a person in Mr. Lovell's position is not entil tled to be placed on the register, but I must be told by a higher authority that that is the precedent I am to follow before I shall feel justified in adopting it. I overrule the objection which has been made to this gentleman's title to be registered; I insert his n ame in the list of voters; and I hold that for the purposes of the Registration Acts the assessed taxes are only due and payable half-yearly, and that those which the voter is required by the 11th and 12th Victoria, c 90 to have paid by the 20th of July are those onl y which were due and payable on the 20th day of October pre- ceding. The revision of the list of voters for the City Was finished yesterday. The result of „the efforts of the two parties to correct the list was, that 42 claims made by the Liberals were allowed, and 18 disal lowed; 1 claim by the Tories was allowed, and 3 were disallowed; 537 objections by the Liberals were allowed, and 83 disallowed; 575 objections by the Tories were allowed, and lel disallow ed ; 178 objections taken by both parties were allowed , and 8 disallowed. The barrister also expunged 24 names for reasons appearing on the face of the register. D80011E1119,111 IN ARBROATH —Considerable sen sation was created in our market-place on Saturday, by the appearance of a lady—young, beautiful, and aristocratic —on a fiery steed, habited ala Bloomer. She wore hat, habit, and trousers The material of the latter were of substantial cloth, of a darkish hue, with the extremities tightly strapped below the boot, whether a Wellington or not we were not permitted to see, but both legs and boots were strapped, although only one stirrup was used. The equipment was most becoming, and certainly an improvement in horseman ship worthy of imitation ; and we advise all our fair readers, when they ride their horses, to don the Bloomer costume. To this extent and no further, however, do we hold ourselves committed.—Arbroath Paper. Sir Charles Napier is a candidate for the repre • sentation of Bassetlaw, in the place of Captain Duncombe, the future Member for the Last Riding, in opposition to the lion. W. E. Duncombe, son of L or d F evers h am. Sir Charles comes forward as " the champion of reform and retrench ment, and the rectifier of all acknowledged and well-proved abuses." EXTRAORDINARY BIRTHS. --A ease of three chil• dren at one birth occurred on Wednesday in Victoria. place, Peckham. The mother is the wife of a flydriver. The chil dren of thin birth aro two bop and olio girl. SPORTING NOTES. Nc. CXXXVII. REMINISCENCES OF TUE NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Six, —ln, my first remarks on this meeting I was led to suppose, from various causes, that it would in most reepects be decidedly below par; I am glad, however, that that observation has since been rendered a falsity by as respectable an attendance and amount of sport as is generally met with at the First October reunion. Several curious results have distinguished the week from its predecessors of the last three ee four years; one of them being the extraordinary sweep on the part of the Goodwood stable of the three principal races of the useet—the Triennials. Red Hind's victory in the Fourth Triennial Produce Stakes is another curious circum stance; the race being booked so dead a certainty for Lord Derby's Longbow that Lapidist (to whom I had awarded the race) and several others were withdrawn, in consequence of the formidable appearance of the Halton crack. The betting up to within half an hour of the race was even, 5, and 6 to 4 on Longbow, but at the last moment, after saddling, it was discovered that he was lame—that is to say, slightly so; in consequence the odds veered round, 6 to 4 being laid against Red Hind, who thus became first favourite, and 7 to 4 against Longbow; so little was the rest of the field valued that Bto 1 vas offered against any other. The race came off exactly as the betting stood ; Red Rind taking a lead of a length at starting, made all the running, and won very easily by two lengths, the same distance divided Longbow from the Odessa colt, Caloric beaten two lengths for third place, Hirsute, and Ambrose fifth and sixth, in close company, Child of the Mist and Peacock (the two last) beaten off. The race was timed at 1 min. 9 sec, and is uncommonly creditable to the speed of the soldier's daughter. Longbow, reported to bo the best thing in Scott's stable for next year's Derby, had he been beaten on his merits, would have sent the whole lot bang out of the Derby market; I hope however yet to see, when fit, that he will be able to turn the tables on some of the very best of the year; and when it is reported on good authority that Daniel O'Rourke has succumbed to him at a dif ference of either seven or ten pounds, I think it must be evident to any one connected with sporting affairs that his chance cannot be by any means an inferior one. In my earliest prophecy concerning this stake I gave the race to Lapidist and Red Hind, and in my revised one to Lapidist and Longbow, thus making a contrary mess of it, placing the first horse in one and the second in the other. A singular specimen of sunning was evidenced in the race for the Town Plate yesterday; Anspach, whom they backed against the field with avidity, and laid fives against any other, was actually, though better than the three behind her—Gaylass, Phlegethon, and Timid Fawn—beaten very cleverly by that pretty little Trinket of Mr. Barnes' s . W estow , who seems to be in running, giving half a stone to Nutshell, and nearly a couple to Presto, made a waiting race until within a short distance of home, then went to the front, and cleared the chair an easy five lengths for Her Majesty's Plate. The Rutland Stakes brought out that clever little filly of Mr. Greville's, Adine, who, with the race in hand from end to end, laid in the rear to the cords, where taking her proper position—in front—won very easily by two or three lengths from Caloric (second), Ambrose (third), Lady in Waiting (fourth), Passion colt (fifth), and the Joanna filly (sixth and last). I have animadverted at some length on the principal two-year old running, merely because it will be necessary to bear in mind the performances of the horses engaged in those stakes with respect to their Derby and Oaks chances. I have but a few remarks to make on Wednesday's races. The St. Leger stakes were won by that game little Mi das, but only by a short head, Artisan struggling well against him to the last; Merry Peal third. The Granby Stakes was another slice of luck for Sir Joseph Hawley; his Bilberry in the final struggle just getting the best of Mr. Hughes's Sophistry—a neek only di vided them—Freedom was a fair third. The Four Year Old Triennial Stakes was won, as I predicted, by the Goodwood horse, the Nigger, who in the run iu beat Cranberry a clever length. To this latter horse, in the absence of the Nigger, I had awarded the palm of superiority; so, therefore, may be considered to have placed first and second. Abdallab, whom I had spoken of as the City Horse for this race, showed a slight im provement on his previous running by scrambling into the third position. _ Before Closing this communication, I shall notice the few events that have occurred in the North during the past week, as probably being interesting to some of your readers. The Richmond races are rendered rather remarkable this year by three facts, one of which is great, another small, and the third somewhat mediocre. Touching the great one—Nancy goes for the Plate, has the race all her own way, and wins in a canter, but beats nothing worth naming ; it proves, however, that she is doing strong work and is in beautiful condition. People still say she is sure to win one of the great Newmarket gces, to which I reply by a strong negative. The . small fact is a strange fact, too, that old Radulphus, with a welter weight up as usual, beats a tidy field very cleverly for the Sweep stakes. It strikes me forcibly that this Radulphus must be the shadow of that sturdy old animal the Bishop of Romford's Cob. The remaining fact is, that the Calcu lator, whose running is very much in and out, carrying weight for age, wins the cup from England's Glory with the most perfect ease. THE CESARE WITCH betting, en consequence of the repeated victories of the Goodwood Stable during the present week, has been materially altered in several important points; the greatest of which relates to the first favourite. Lurd H. Lennox's veiled prophet, the great MOYANNA, so cele bratrd by Moore in his poetical effusion denominated " Lana. Rookh," is to be the mystic name to be circu lated through the length and breadth of the land as the Premier for the Cesarewitch of 1851, I will not at the present moment say the victor, for that is very pro. blematical, but I will venture to assert, that if he con tinues in his present form and work, he must be either first, second, or third. What are the odds he does not figure in the last named place, and from nothing else but bad jockeyship? I have not as yet for gotten that his stable companion Landgrave, after winning the Triennial last year, was by nothing else than the cause just mentioned, or rather, perhaps I ought to say, incapacity from weakness, debarred from getting any nearer the primal position than third; and yet afterwards, with a clever jockey up in good health, carried off the Cambridgeshire triumphantly. So to those that are already on him at stiff prices, it would be the wisest to make sure by hedging, as between now and the day of the race he is about cer tain to stand in the quotations at about 6 or 7 to 4. Rogers' couple of horses, Mr. Cum ford's Darkie, 4 yrs, at Est 101 b, and Mr. Shafto's Westow, 5 yrs, at 6st 131 b, ought to be a couple of good outsiders for this race; who ever the winner is, depend upon it they will not be far in his rear. _ I am, Sir, yours, Le., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Oct. 3, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RICHMOND RACES.--THIIRSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Grey Stone in. (7 Subs.) Lord Zetland's Radulphus, aged, 9st 51b (G. Oates) 1 Mr. Stebbings's Cerito, 2 yrs, sst (Dodd) 2 Mr. Shepherd's Velox, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib ......(Bumby) 3 Mr. Winteringham's Northman, 6st 101 b ...(Hanby) 0 Mr. Wilkin's Fortis, 2 yrs. 6st 101 b. (Johnson) 0 Mr. Carter's Farmer's Boy, 2 yrs, 6st 41b (Atkinson) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Cerito, and 2to 1 agst Radulphus. Won on the post by a head.4Velox a bad third. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles. Mr. Martinson's Nancy, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Lye) 1 Mr. Walters's Mary Nobbler, aged, 9st 51b...(N0b1e) 2 Won in a canter. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 guineas each; once round. (8 Subs.) Mr. G. Barton's Calculator, 3 yrs, 7st 61b .. .( Oates) 1 Mr. Ewbank's England's lory, 7st 61b (Arnold) 2 Mr. Thompson's Jack Rubinson, 7st 61b (Hawkswell) 3 6to 4 agst Calculator. Won by two lengths. The Wright Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. Grey Stone in. (5 Subs.) Mr. A Campbell's b c by Cotherstone walkod over The Rubbish Plate of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft. One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Stephenson's fby Emillus, 3 yrs, Bst (Hawkswell) 1 Mr. J. Shepherd's Velox, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Bumby) 2 Mr. Wilkin's Palley Free, 2 yrs, 7st (Arnold) 3 Mr. Stebbings's Cerito, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Dodd) bltd Even on Cerito. Won easily CALEDONIAN HUNT (AYR) RACES.—THURSDAY. The Caledonian Cup of 105 sovs., for three yrs old and upwards. Three miles. Mr. Campbell's Haricot, 4 yrs, Bst (Sharp) 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Jenny Lind, 5 yrs, Bat 71b 2 Mr. Binnie's Sir Astley Cooper, 4 yrs, 7st 11lb Betting-2 to lon Hari co t. Won easy by a length. The Caledonian Handicap of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 150 added. Two miles. (16 Subs.) Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (Sharp) 1 Mr. Barton' s Li t tl e F awn , 3 yrs, Est 31b ...(Allason) 2 Mr. Robson's The Sweer, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Charlton) 3 Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (Marlow) 0 Mr. Sharpe's Gulliver, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Basham) 0 The favourite made all the running, and won by a length; the Sweep a bad third. The Scottish Volunteer Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 50 added, 13st each, &c. One mile and a half. (9 Subs.) Mr. Skirving's The Fop (Thrift) 1 Mr. Vallance's Little John 2 Mr. 'Turnbull's Mystery 3 Two others ran. Wou Sweepstake s of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Merry's Miss An n , 5 yrs, Bst 101 b... (Sharp) 1 1 Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 2 dr Won by a length. CIRENCESTER RACES. —FRIDAY. The Thorncote Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile and a quarter (6 Subs.), were won in three heats by Mr. Waring' s Gl oom , 3 yrs, Est 10Ib (Preece), beating Mr. G. Drewe's Imp ress i on, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b; Mr. Kitten's Ambassadress, 5 yrs, Bst 31b; Mr. J. Day's b fby Irish Birdcatcher, out of Wadastra, 3 yrs, Est 71b; and Mr. Hewett's Golden Lady, 4 yrs, 7st 81b. Tho Cirencester Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. Two miles. Mr. Hewitt's Madame Warton, 3 yrs, Est 41b(Kellow) 1 Mr. Bloomfield's Simplicity, 3 yrs, Est 13Ib 2 Mr. J. Day's The Tout, 3 yrs, Est 81b 3 A Silver Cup of 401. for farmers' horses, 12st each, two miles, over four hurdles, was won by Mr. R. Tovey's Speculation (Owner), beating Mr. W. Tovey's HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Ven geance, and three others. Mr. Deacon's hares,, Thurs., Whitchurch Down; Sat., Shaugh Village —at 10. Mr. Morgan's lids., Thurs., Kennel—at 10. rlr. Trelawny's lid s., Tues., Slade Hill; Fri., Langdon I,lol—at 11. LONDON, EV_RNING, OCTOBER 4, 1851. Devon and Smerset stag hds., Tues., Cleutsham, near Pot.lock ; Fri, Helebridge, near Dalvertor—at 10. Mr. Furse's hds., Thurs., Torrington Wood—at 104. THE KA FIR WAR. TO TTTE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIE,— . I beg leave to make a suggestion through your columns with regard to the mode pf carrying on the Kafir war. It is quite certain that the great cause of the prolongation of the struggle is the small number of regular troops at the disposal of the Ge neral. For instance, when he made his last inroad into the heart of the enemy's country, he was unable to leave behind him a sufficient cordon to protect our own territory. The Kafirs, therefore, indemnified them selves for their own losses in cattle, even at the ex pense of our colonists, and Sir Harry Smith's inroad was productive of no especial mischief to the enemy, but of much to our friends. Now, as we have not European troops enough to reinforce Sir 11. Smith effectually, I ask why not send Sepoys from Madras and Bombay ? The climate would suit them, and some of the Indian irregular cavalry, one would think, would be uieful. With a large force of Sepys and Cuban bloodhounds, as was suggested recently, we might come au bout of the Kafir war.—Your obedient servant, Newcastle. on-Tyne, Sept. 30. R. M. G. Mlles opened, 1851. NAME OF LULWAY. Receipts. WU. 1851. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. (From the Chronicle.) RETURN OF CAPTAIN AUSIi. IN WITH THE SHIPS OF THE ARCTIC SEARCHING EX PEDITION. Her Majesty's ships Resolute and Pioneer are ar rived in Yarmouth Roads, and the Assistance and Intrepid at Grimsby, on their way to Woolwich. The following is Captain Austin's report of his further proceedings : " Her Majesty's ship Resolute, at anchor off Winterton, Norfolk, Sept. 30. " Sir,—ln continuation of the report of the 12th of August last, transmitted by Captain Penny, I have now the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that having, off Cape Warrender, on the evening of the 141, in clear water, and under favourable circum stances, attached to the Intrepid, Lieutennut and Mr. Hamilton, mate; and to the Pioneer, Mr. M'Dougall, second master, for hydrographical pur poses ; as also Mr. May, mate, in 'addition to the latter vessel, so that, in the event of opportunity offering, the acquirements of those officers might be brought to good account, I gave to each vessel six ad ditional men. Directed Captain Ommanney to erect a cairn and beacon, and deposit a record on Cape War render, and conduct the ships to the east shore of Baffin's 'Bay, and rendezvous between Wolstenholme Sound and Cape York ; then, placing myself on board the Pioneer, I proceeded at seven o'clock P.M. with both steam-tenders along the west shore of Baffin's Bay, rounded Cape Horsburgh on the 15th, advanced along the coast to the northward about thirty miles, and then proceeded up by the southern shore of an extensive sound in a north-west direction, about 45 miles; here our progress was arrested by a fixed bar rier of ice, that was subsequently found to extend from shore to shore, a distance of 25 miles. The ves sels then stood along the edge of the ice to the north shore, when, proving it impracticable to proceed fur ther, a cairn and beacon were erected, and record deposited, upon a remarkable conical island ; after which we returned by the north shore out of the sound, having closely examined both sides without discovering traces of the missing expedition. " 2. The mouth of this sound is about 60 miles broad, with an island at its entrance 20 miles in length, of which Cape Leopold is a part. During the clearest period we had here, when distant objects were very distinct, there was every appearance of a well-defined outline of land stretching across and terminating it to the westward; and although I am impressed that there is no outlet in that direction, yet by no means assert such to be the case. "3. There is every reason to consider this the Jones's Sound of Baffin, although its northern shore is situated about ten miles to the southward of that upon the chart. "4. The attempt was then made to get to the northward along the western shore of Baffin's Bay, to satisfactorily determine this question ; but the ice rendered it impracticable, for by this time it had set home upon the coast and blocked up both entrances to the sound. We therefore directed our course,with considerable difficulty, through a drifting pack to wards the east shore, in the hope of b e i ng a bl e to get to the northward and westward on that side, but were arrested ten miles to the northward of Wolstenholme Sound on the 20th, and detained and beset in that locality until the 28th, during two days of which, with spring -tides, and a heavy gale from the south ward, our position was both critical and perilous. Upon one occasion, the Intrepid was driven up on the tongue of a berg, while her rudder was carried away, the frame of her screw broken, and two of her boats run over by a floe, the vessel herself remaining for about twenty hours in great peril, during a part of which her stern was raised to a very considerable ex tent, with the ice piling up forward to her gunwale, and all but falling on her deck, rendering it doubtful whether it would not become imperative to abandon her, but happily the wind fell, the ice eased, and she became relieved in a most remarkable manner, appa rently without having sustained any vital injury. "5. Being unable to join the Intrepid, and the ice easing to the northward, the Pioneer proceeded in that direction until reaching nearly opposite Cape Parry, the southern entrance of Whale Sound, where she was again arrested by the ice in close pack, and made fast in the hope of being able to examine that sound, which is of limited extent (from eight to ten miles broad at its entrance) takes a north-easterly direction, and was filled with ice. After remaining a few hours the ice began to close from the southward, rendering it necessary to forthwith retrace our steps to avoid being beset, and we proceeded in the direc of the Intrepid. "6. Having now, after full consideration, seen the impracticability of prosecuting further to the north ward or westward in Baffin's Bay without risking de tention for another winter, and the uncertainty of then being able to do so; and considering that Baffin's Bay had been examined as far as the supposed Jones's Sound on its west side, and as Whale Sound on its east, without any trace of the missing expedition ; in addition to which, looking to the late period of the navigable season, I deemed it my duty to proceed at once to rejoin the ships and return to England, in ac cordance with the spirit of my instructions. We were, however, impeded a few miles to the north ward of Wolstenhohn Island by a close and heavy pack to the southward until the Ist instant, when a slight easing of the ice took place, enabling us, after considerable difficulty and doubt, to rejoin the ships —the Pioneer on the morning of the 2d, and the Intrepid, not being able to take the same lead, on the 6th. " 7. It is here necessary to notice that, had it not been for the capability of the screw propeller, most remarkable under such circumstances, I do not con sider that either the passage across Baffin's Bay or that to rejoin the ship, could have been accomplished in the manner or time they were. " 8. During the detention off Wolstenholme Sound on the night of the 28th, the vessels were visited by a party of five Esquimaux, with dog-sledges, but ap prehending, as spring tides were in operation, that their return to the shore might be cut off; their de parture was hastened, after liberally supplying them with useful articles from the presents furnished to the expedition for that purpose ; as also with as much wood for constructing sledges as they could convey. The confidence with which these harmless people approached the vessels, and their general manners, indicated their having visited the North Star, or some other vessel ; and their state of health and appearance altogether betokened contentment and comparative comfort. "9. On my return from the ships, I learnt from Captain Ommanney that, in crossing Baffin's Bay they had been hampered considerably by the ice, and were compelled to pass to the northward of the Cary Islands. " 10. On the evening of the 6th of September, the expedition proceeded to make the best of its way out of Baffin's Bay and Davis's Strait; being much fa voured by fair winds and open water, Cape Farewell was passed on the 16th, since which we have been followed by fresh gales and a high sea until abreast of Aberdeen on the evening of the 26th, reaching this at 1.30 P.M. this day. " 11. The Pioneer, in advanee of the other vessels, parted company during a strong breeze on the 18th ; the Intrepid during a fresh gale and thick weather, while pressing the ships through the Fair Island Pas sage, on the 25th; and the Assistance, during a strong gale and thick weather off Kinnaird's [lead, on the 26th. The Resolute has been delayed in proceeding between the Pentland Skerries and this, in the hope of the other vessels rejoining ; but, although they have not done so, I have every reason to believe that they are either in advance or in our immediate vicinity. " 12. The watchfulness called for in proceeding out of Baffin's Bay and Davis's Straits; the unex pected rapidity of our passage from Cape Farewell, combined with a following sea, have prevented the completion of a compiled chart, showing the land newly discovered, and that surveyed by this expedi tion; but which, with other records and documents in detail, shall be transmitted at an early period. " 13. In concluding this report I feel it to be due to express my sense of the ready and zealous co-ope ration I have received from Captain Ommanney ; and of the efficient state in which the ship under his com mand has been at all times held ; to the officers in command of the steam tender s ; t o th e executive officers of the expedition, and to the heads of the re spective branches my best thanks are due ; and I must not omit to notice the talented assistance I have had in the navigation of the expedition from Mr. Allan, master of the Resolute. Of all their respec tive stations (not forgetting the admirable conduct and spirited exertions of the crews) I cannot speak too highly, and hope, should your Lordships be pleased to think favourably of the labours of the expedition intrusted to my charge, that they may be further in duced to reward the individual merit. " 14. When looking to the return of the expedition under such favourable circumstances from the priva tions and dangers which we have had to contend with, with the loss of but one life and so few casualties, I cannot close this report without expressing to their Lordships the deep sense that is generally felt of the great mercy and protection that has been vouchsafed unto us. At the same time I must ever deeply regret that, although aided by most liberal resources, our exertions unhappily have not been crowned with success. " Herewith I enclose a chart descriptive of the progress of the steam tenders while prosecuting the search in the northern part of Baffin's Bay, as also few sketches of some of the most prominent points. "I have, &c., llonAno. T. AUSTIN, "Captain, and i n c h arge o f t h e Expedition. t, " Her Majesty's ship Resolute, Yarmouth-roads, Oct. 1, 1851. Sir,—Since forwarding my report, dated 30th rof September, I have the honour to state, for the ' information of the Lords Commissioners of the Re solute, with her tender, the Pioneer, have arrived in Yarmouth-roads, and that the Assistance with her tender, the Intrepid, are in the Humber. " I have the honour to Ix:, Sir, your most obedient servant, " HORATIO T. AUSTIN, " Captain in charge of an Arctic Expedition. " To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London." We have received for publication the following letters, which we shall notice more fully at an early opportunity. In the meantime it is incumbent upon us to state, that we ar e i n possess i on of facts which throw entire discredit upon the story which Sir John Ross has unfortunat e ly accepted, and is engaged in circu lating. We regret th a t t h e H onoura b le Hud son s Bay Company, his patrons, should ever appear to have lent the authority of their name and c ountenance —we are sure unw i tt i ng l y—to the diss emination of a t a l e w hi c h we have reason to believe is r e j ecte d at the Admiralty, and the re vival of which is calculated to bring anguish to the hearts of many an humble individual, ignorant of facts, and incapable of weighing conflicting evi dence : TO THE EDIT H O u R ds O o r res TIL ay EMORNING CHRONICLE. House, Oct. 2, 18.51. Sir,—l beg to hand y ou f or publication in your widely-circulated , journal a copy o f a di spatch received at the Hudson s Bay House, f rom R ear-Admiral Sir John Ross, announcing the safe return, and I regret to add, the unsuccessful result, of the expedition under his command. The public are aware that Sir J o h n R oss, before his departure on his perilous voyage, not only offered his gratuitous services in the cause of humanity, but also bound himself—rather than that the proposed un dertaking should fail through want of funds —to de fray out of his private resources any expense that should be incurred beyond the amount of the sub scription raised for the equipment of the expedition. The total amount of the subscription is 3,0631. 14s. 2d., and the expenses amount to 4,363/. 193. 7d., leaving a balance of 1,3001. ss. sd. to be provided for. To meet this th ere i s on ly the schooner Felix, and even should that vessel be sold to advantage, there will still be considerable deficiency to be made good by Sir John Ross. But I feel confident that a British public, ever ready to ap preciate acts of daring intrepedity and generous devo tedness, will not allow a veteran officer who has acted so noble a part in a sa cre d cause to a dd a pecu niary sacrifice to his arduous personal services. In this confidence, I beg to state that subscriptions will con tinue to be received at the different banking houses in London, by the collectors of Customs throughout the kingdom, and by the secretary of the Hudson's Bay Company, until the end of the present month, by which time it is hoped a sufficient sum will have been received both to meet all claims and to present Sir John Ross with some token of the public approbation. Allow me to add that a statement of account and a list of the subscribers, names will be published, a copy of which will be sent to each subscriber. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, J. H. BELLY. ' "Felix Discovery Vessel, Stranraer, Sept. 25, 1851. " Sir—ln reference to an extract of my dispatch of the 29th July, 1851, sent by Captain Austin, I have to acquaint you that, after leaving our winter quarters at Cornwallis Island on the 12th August, we parted company with the vessels under Capt. Austin, and those in charge of Capt. Penny off the Wellington Channel on the following day ; and, after having made a further search at Beechey Island, we proceeded with out much obstruction to the eastward, and having made the land in lat. 76 deg. N., we used every effort be tween the 15th and 25th of August to close with the coast, but were prevented by impenetrable ice, ex tending from the east land to seaward, twenty miles between the lat. of 75 deg. and 77 N. It was evident, that by getting round this immense body of ice, either by the northward or southward, even if it were pos sible, we must be obliged to spend another winter in order to make the proposed examination, and for which we had not provisions, being originally vic tualled for only eighteen months. I was therefore under the necessity of bearing up for Godhaven (Lie foly) in Disco, still in hopes of obtaining a supply of provisions, from what the commander of the North Star was directed by the Admiralty to land there, and which would enable me probably to obtain a position north of Wolstenholme Sound, from whence I should, during the ensuing spring, have set the question at rest. But here I regret to say I was disappointed ; I arrived at Godhaven on the 30th of August, in company with the Danish Government brig foal fisken, which I fell in with on the 29th, and to my mortification I found that Mr. Saunders, the master commander of the North Star, had not, according to his orders, been to Godhaven to land any provisions ; and although the manager and magistrate at Godhaven in the absence of the governor, most readily supplied us with the refreshment so necessary for the health of my crew, he could not spare us provisions for another season ; and being obliged to defer my intention of examining the coast between Whale Sound and Mel ville Bay, it only remained for me to obtain the depo sition on oath, touching the fate of the missing ships, of my interpreter Adam Beck, who, on the Ist of September, was carried before the magistrate, and being warned that it it was found by a future expedi tion, which would probably be sent out, that he had sworn to what was not true, he would incur a severe punishment. Whereupon he voluntarily made the enclosed deposition, which he signed and swore to in my presence, and in that of the magistrate. I regret that there was no person at Godhaven who could translate this document either into Danish or Eng lish, although it was perfectly understood by the ma gistrate's lady, who is the daughter of a former go vernor, was born and brought up in Greenl an d, b u t could not translate into Danish. The substance of this document was, however, that the two missing ships were actually wrecked on the coast north of Cape York; that some of the crews reached the land in a state of destitution, and perished during the winter of 1846-7, either by cold, hunger, or by the treachery of a hostile tribe of natives; that articles belonging to the ships could be shown which would prove the truth of his assertions ; and that he would accompany any future expedition that might be sen to ascertain the truth. "It is true, indeed, that Petersen, the Dane, who is interpreter on board the Lady Franklin, flatly contradicted tha report of Adam Beck ; but circum stances have transpired, and facts have come to light, which have caused serious doubts on the veracity, if not on the respectability of Petersen ; while they have in a material degree corroborated the testimony of Adam Beck, and have also in a satisfactory man ner accounted for the boy now on board the Assis tance being on the side of Petersen. I am also authorised by the resident and magistrate of Disco to say that they firmly believe that what Adam Beck has deposed is true, as he was born in Greenland, was brought up a Christian, can both read and write, is well informed in the nature of an oath and its con sequences, and that under such circumstances the natives have never been known to swear falsely. "And having myself taken everything into con sideration, I am clearly of opinion that the missing ships , under the command of Sir John Franklin, having remained at their winter quarters, Beechey Island, until September, 1646, and seeing there could be no possibility of advancing further during that season (after which they would only have one year's provisions), that they had on their attempt to return home round the north end of the pack, been wrecked on the east coast of Baffin's Bay ; and in short, that the report of Adam Beck is in every re spect true. " Adam Beck was discharged on the 20th of August, on our arrival at Godhavon. "Inclosure No. 1 contains his deposition on oath, written in the Esquimaux language. Inclosur e N o. 2 is his account current ; copies of his bills in liqui dation of his wages, and supplies to the sh ip . " Truly thankful for the blessings of health and strength, by which, through the blessings of Divine Providence, we have been enabled to perform the arduous duty we undertook , i t i s with feelings of un qualified satisfaction I have to inform you that the Felix, not having met with th e s li ghtest damage, has safely arrived here this day, without the loss of a man, and with the whole crew, as well as myself, in perfect health. " 1 have the honour to be, with truth and regard, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " (Signed) " JO HN R oss , R ear- A dm i ral. Archibald Barclay, Esq., Secretary to the lludson's Bay Company.', Extract of Admiral Sir John Ross's letter of the 29th July, 1851 : " It is my intention, if possible, to make a tho rough inquiry into the truth of Adam Beck's report of the ship's having been wrecked in the space between Whale Sound and Cape York. This, indeed, may detain me another winter, and with 16 men I am not very able to cope with a numerous tribe of hostile savages, but I must and will try. " I have, sir, to intreat you to offer my most grate ful remembrances and respectful compliments to the governor and directors of the Hon. the Hudson's Bay Company, and I am with truth and regard, " Your most obedient servant, (Signed) " JOHN Ross. " To Archibald Barclay, Esq." (From the Devonport Independent.) We have been favoured with a perusal of a letter from her Majesty's ship Assistance, Captain E. Om- Roads, Ist O c t o b er, 1 851, whieh we mare Grimsby followi n g extracts : the " Captain Austin's dispatch sent by Captain Pet 437, fl a ni nn ey, dated which has been published, must have put you in pos session of our proceeding s up to the period of our leaving our Winter quarters (11th of August) near I Griffith Isla n d, w h ere t h e expedition was fixed fuss!the previous 13th of September; notwithstanding the I distance we have travelled, not a trace has been foumi of the missing expedition beyond their first wieter quarters in 1845-46, where, unfortunately, not a re,- cord beyond the graves of three men was to covered. The distance we have accomplished means of travelling parties is nnpreccdented ; e cf sleighs was dispatched to the S.W. of Cape Walker ; we set out on the 15th of April, and were absent from the ship GO days, carrying all our re sources with us, with nothing but a thin tent to protect us from the intense cold, and we were exposed to the se verest trial of temperature ever experienced, being CO deg. below the freezing point ; at one tim e th e mercur y congealed in the thermometer. We accomplished a distance of 500 miles, dragging over rough ice the whole time ; the fatigue from Cape Walker was ex cessive ; we traversed 200 miles of newly-discover d line, never before trodden by any Ezropean, on which Captain Ommanney had the honour of plapting the British flag. It is a wretched dreary coast covered with snow, the shores bound with old fixed ice ; this coast lay precisely in the course which Sir Jaha Franklin's instructions directed him to pursue. N. t a vestige could be seen, and with feelings of de p gratitude we regained our ship in perf ec t health, having obtained our retreat just previous to the die ruption of the ice in the Straits. We were equeey successful in accomplishing extended searches in other directions. The First Lieutenant (M'Ciintock) reached beyond Melville Island, after an absence of eight days, during which he traversed 760 miles ; fur• ther search to the westward became unnecessary. Since leaving our winter position, we have been searching the head of Baffin's Bay. Captain Austin took the steamers and searched Jones' Sound, the shores of which, as well as on the eastern side of the Bay, war e found totally different from those laid down in tie chart ; he got forty miles up the Sound when a bar rier of fixed ice arrested his progress, nor could he reach Smith's Sound for the same reason. Captain Ommanney had charge of the sailing ships to reach rendezvous near Wolstenholme Island, and became involved in ice, from which they were released after some exertion. They reached the Cary Islands. which were searched, and attained the parallel of 77 eed do e allo ueeniaodedeg. nor th. Th e steamers also became beset ; one was placed i n a most per i lous position, being thrown up en an iceb erg 4 0 f eet a b ove the sea. Captain Austin did sailingbtthth doubts were awt6ew s rt h ships a i ps of possiblee entertainedg s a i e again t ftoar be about o m 7du6o e t a t de i h m ,e igwme 2. t north, , e. and Havingbocero ttn m : England join rpine b completed th n 11 afterghaving experinced a most prosperous voyage, not having touched a bowlive since we rounded the Orkneys. In the operations of last year, whilst de tached, Captain Ommanney succeeded in finding the winter position of the North Star, and had the satis faction of being the discoverer of the first traces of Sir John Franklin. We have returned after a faithful discharge of our duty, such as we hope will afford satisfaction to the country, or to those who are capable of forming a proper estimation of our re searches, which we trust will reflect credit on the service. The most perfect unanimity has prevailed throughout the expedition—the conduct of the officers and men having been most exemplary. We have en dured the terrors of an Arctic winter, and escaped without a single case of scurvy with one exception. Captain Ommanney has brought home a native from Wolstenholm Sound, belonging to a tribe separated from the rest of the world, and the most northern of human beings ever known to exist on the globe." COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, THURSDAY. Her Majesty drove yesterday in the open carriage, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by, the Marchioness of Douro. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer-stalking. Lady Clark, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. In the evening her Majesty gave a ball to the tenantry on the estates of Balmoral, Abergeldie, and Birk Hall. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. Present :—The Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo nial-office to the Governors of the North American Colonies. LYCEUM THEATRE. An English version of De Balzsc's posthumous comedy of Mercadet was produced at this theatre on Thursday, under the title of a Game of Speculation. The success of Mercadet, when originally produced at the Gymnase, was very great ; it was considered, and justly considered, as the greatest of the dramatics works of Pe Balzac, as superior even to Vautrin. Mercadet, as the hero of the piece so called, represents a character especially belonging to the present day. He is a millionnaire, with the highest reputation ou the Bourse, who has been ruined by the flight of a dishonest partner. To keep up his credit, in spite of his loss, he has recourse to all sorts of projects, and endeavours to form all sorts of companies. Hid desperate speculations, though sometimes prosper ous, have ultimately raised an army of greedy cre ditors, and it is when he has lost everything and is bated by these persecutors that the play begins. He i is show n wor ki ng on t h e temperament of each ndil vidual creditor—coaxing one, bullying another, till be succeeds, not only in softening them, but in making them lend him more money. This is required to make the preparations for his daught'er's marriage with the wealthy Count de la 13rive, on which all his hopes of restoring his credit depend. Everything seems straight, when suddenly he is astounded by the dis covery that the Count is himself a ruined man, who hopes to retrieve his fortunes by marrying the daughter of the rich Mercadet. In fact, Mercadet and the Count have been trying to practise on each other like the Copper Capt a i n an d Estifania. The speculator is still undaunted, and as a last resource requests the Count, whom he has in his power, as a holder of acceptances, to personate the runaway part ner, now returned with a large f or t une. During the temporary restoration of credit which this fraud will occasion he hopes to effect advantageous operations in the share-market. His wife, who is less unscrupu lous than himself, dissuades the Count from joining her husband in so dishonourable a scheme, and in the meanwhile the real runaway partner really returns. The creditors whom Mercadet has called to his house are all delighted, their debts are all paid, and the only puzzled person is Mercadet himself, who knows last of all that the partner is no impostor, but a wealthy pe nitent who has brought him an immense fortune from India. The character of Mercadet is admirably drawn. His indomitable courage and tact in facing the most formidable difficulties create a sympathy which he does not earn by any one moral virtue. lie is a scamp at heart, but on such a grand scale that everybody rejoices to see him cleared from his barrassments at last. The creditors likewise are deli neated with an artistic band. There is tho brutal cre ditor—and the creditor who is anintimate private friend—and the creditor who assumesinterest an appearance almost of mendicity to extort his by chari table instalments; not one of them is a repetition of the other, though all are selfish and rapac i ous speculators. The situations of the pi ece are strongly marked, and the dialogue i s natural and sharply to the point. Mercadet and his creditors have too serious a purpose to stand still for the sake of fi ne t a lki ng, though many a smart say i▪ ng and many a shrewd maxim falls from their lips. In the Lyceum version of the piece the scene is laid i▪ n London, bat in other respects the original is closely followed, though an attempt is made here and there to elevate the moral character of Mercadet. The execution of the piece is excellent. Mr. C. Mathews • plays Mr. Affable H aw k ( t h e English Mercadet) with infinite bl an d ness an d su b t l ety, and each of his victo ries raised the sympathetic laughter of the audience, many of whom h a d p ro b a bl y never seen th e a a rt 0f,,.. e piece Matthews, w as talking-over s o f u lly d eve l ope d. Mr. Rox. ~ b.Ywa °" Harry Lester (the Count), the easy, impudent creditors adven turer, and the peculiarities of the se Baker,were Suter, shadowed and Hr out o n b c com pletely successful, and a general demand w as made for the author, when Mr. .Roxby c ame forward Lead stated that his name was Lawrence. by Messrs . Th F. several THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday 31,951 persons entered the building, and the ,um of 3,3541. 35. was takes in half-crowns at tho doors. A lady in Bloomer attire made her appearance among the crowds of visitors during the day, and the new cos tume and the fair wear(-r of it, as may be imagined, at tracted nosmall that his Royal share of att en ti on . W e un d erstan d Highness Prince Albert has signified his intention to become the purchaser of the original series of sketches illustrative of the Rxhibition, made by Mr. Nash, Mr. Louis Rogue, and Mr. D. Roberts, for Messrs. Dickinson, of New Bond-street. A number of them have already been submitted to the Prints, and, though in au unfinished state, have been highly approved of by him. They are now arranged on the north side of tho eastern nave at the foot of the staircase, between al well worthy of inspection. Greek and S pan i s h compartments, an d w i l l b e foun DUBLIN, OCT. 2.—The Galway Vindicator men tions a melancholy catastrophe which took place near that town yesterday.—Mr. Townsend, of Ballirvi.sloe, and two boatmen having been drowned by the upsetting of a boat near the cliffs of 13arna. Mr. Wade, son-in-law of Mr. Bur ton Perase , and a child who were also in the boat, had a narrow escape, havieg been picked up by a Connemara boat. . . - SEErous ACCIDENT.—The Macroom coach, on its way to Cork on Tuesday morning, was upset by the breaking of the axle, and all the passengers thrown off and severely injured, amongst whom was the Rev. Mr. Q'Doughue, who bad several of his ribs broken. SATURDAY RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. BRITISH. 37% 17 Chester and Holyhead. • • • • ...... • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .... • • Dublin and Belfast Junction • • • • Dublin and Drogheda.. •• • • • ...... • • Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath •• • • ....... . • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen. • East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • ' 9 I East Lancashire •••••• • • • • . 322 Aberdeen .................... ..... Belfast and Ballymena •• . • •• •• •• •... Belfast and County Down.. •• .. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • • • Bristol and Exeter •••••• •• •0 .. . . 85 . 189% 94N .9i 171% 241% 188 264 Eastern Counties and Norfolk Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. . I*4 526 5% 17:N 244 U 15 1134 167% 9% 28 496% 126 261 93% 77 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • . ..... Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee..... Exeter and Crediton.. • • • • ...... ... Furness Railway •• • •• • • ..... • Glasgow, and South-Western • . „ Great Northern and E. L ... ... 442% 134 U 240 Great Southern and Western (Ireland Great Western •• • • Irish South Eastern •• •• •• • • • ...... Lancaster and Carlislo• ••• • • • ...... Lancashire and Yorkshire •• • . ..... Leeds and Thirsk .... ••••• • • • ...... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... Loudon and North Western London and Blackwall • • • • ..... London, Brighton, and South,Coast.. London and South Western. Londonderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, She file ld, az id Lincolnshire Manchester and So ath Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle • • •• • • • • • •• • . Midland ..... ....... . ........ Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands • £1,409 236 1,218 752 4,679 8,321 3,551 439 1,115 1,014 480 682 701 3,89 S 13,827 2,368 3,957 2,028 359 3,371 9,333 4,609 18,028 4,667 16,023 1,204 226 48,036 937 12,572 11,889 Newcastle and Carlisle .. • • • • • • • • .. . North British ••••• • •• • • '''• • North Staffordshire ••••• • • • • • '• • North-Western Scottish Central ...• • • • ..... • • •• Scottish Midland .• ••••••• • ** " • • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester • • •"• •• • • . Shropshire Union .. ••• • • ..... •• •• •' South Dev0n......... •• • • • • • • •• • • South Eastern ....7.....::......::::: South Wales .............• • • ...... South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • Taff Vale .... • • ...... • • •• • • • • •• • • • • 189 6,339 482 €B3 24,314 1,226 671 2,431 3,704 5,129 615 1,701 697 1,796 £1,586 2i5 1,377 S7O 5,203 9,096 4,157 662 1,046 923 457 620 669 4,413 16,243 2,570 3,913 2,394 103 421 4,843 :4,261 4,751 26,446 165 5,593 17,399 1,234 439 59,338 495 Zl7O 15,846 1,050 1,657 2,583 913 346 15,424 16,447 176 7,13! 542 ......... - - - •• •• Waterford and Limerick • • •• . • •• •• •• West Cornwall ...• • • •..• •• •••••• •• Whitehaven Junction .• • •• • • • • • • York and Newcastle, and Berwick... York and North Midland. •• • • • • 222 15,146 9,451 24,347 2,334 917 2,406 3,767 5,276 FOREIGN. Central of France .. • • •• • • • • • • . Dutch Rhenish .... •• .. Maria Antonia ......... Montereau and Troyes •• .• .• ..•. •• Northern of France ..... Orleans and Bordeaux.. •• •• •• •• Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans ...... Paris and Rouen . ................. Paris and Strasburgh ....... Rouen and Havre Toars and Nantes.—.. 2,922 1,406 815 1,922 743 1,b05 732 19,785 1,916 2,261 1,138 1,176 25,328 3,614 8,256 8,428 7,817 6,059 3,270 1,435 15,817 10,488 3,211 1,349 1,156 27,866 4,950 14,755 9,043 8,516 8,960 3,458 2,715 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY HARBOUR. The works in connexion with the railway and grea, harbour at Holyhead are actively progressing. The blasting operations now being almost daily carried on are probably the most extensive on record. These are being carried on at a pl ace ca ll e d " The Mountain," about half a mile distant from Holyhead, where quarries of schisters quartz exist, of the most extensive nature in this country, and which, on being dislodged in large boulders from the mountain, are draughted down on trams upon three lines of rails by locomotives, and tilted into some 50 feet of sea low water mark, to form the break -water. The ordinary operations are carried on by charges of 22,0001bs of gunpowder, fired by means of galvanic batteries, the dislodging power et the ex plosive operation representing upwards of 30,000 tons of material at a time, and which falls away, so to speak, almost as imperceptibly and slowly as though by the action of an earthquake. The most extensive discharge hitherto successfully attempted by the engineers, and Messrs. Rigby, the contractors, has been one of 5,000 tons of gun powder, divided into three different mines, exploded by the battery simultaneously, but which only dish-Aged 36,000 tons. To-day a grand dislodgement of 30,000 tons is to take place ; some of the stones dislodged from the mountain aro twenty tons in weight. About one million tons have already been deposited to form the foreshore for the breakwater, and a total of from five to six million tons it is calculated will be required. The daily delivery into the sea is about 4,000 tons, and there are from 1,200 to 1,500 men engaged on these and the harbour works. The width of the deposit at the base of the breakwater is to be 600 feet, and the proper settlement of the work is ascertained by soundings car ried on by Mr. Rendel and his engineers. The break water is to enclose an area of 316 acres, three-quarters of a mile long, in 64 fathom water, with a sea pier 2,000 feet long, at a cost of 700 ,0001. The foreshore, now half-way, will extend 5,600 feet seaward. Upwards of 400 sail have sheltered under the breakwater in the last few months, and when completed it will form the largest harbour of refuge in the kingdom. The rail way company are building a large station and pier for the traffic. SUDDENs heIdDEATH. by M. Wakley, M.P., Yesterday an inqu e s t a was at Marylebon e W or kh ouse, on the body of William Bailey, aged 36, l a t e coachman in the service of Mr. Venison, livery-st a bl e k eeper, Lodge-place, Lisson r grove. It appeared from the evidence that on Wednes day night last deceased was engaged to drive a gentle man named Orme, residing at No. 16, Regent's Villas, Avenue-road, St. John's-vvood, and a friend of his, Mr. Tozer, of Park-road, in a -fly, to the Opera. On return ing to Mr. Orme's, about one o'clock in the morning, both gentlemen went in, deceased being told to wait for Mr. Tozer, whom in his way home he could put down at his own door. About half -past one Police-constable Ber ridge, S 108, who was on duty, saw deceased walking up and down by the side of the carriage; but on his again visiting the spot, in less than half an hour, he found him insensible in the arms of the gentleman before named, who told him that on Mr. Tozer leaving the house to get into the carriage, they found deceased lying on the ground between the fore and hind wheels with his head doubled under him on to his chest. A medical gentleman was promptly in attendance, but life was extinct. Mr. Gilham, the infirmary surgeon, said that he had examined the body, and externally there wore two slight bruises on the head as if from a fall, but internally nothing which could give him the most remote idea of the causo of death. The Coroner remarked that several similar unaccountable deaths had lately come under his notice. One a mechanic, in good health, snoring rather loudly, his wife, afraid he would awake the child, to arouse aim placed her hand under his head, and that moment he was a corpse. In the pre sent case there was no accounting for death, nor the position in which deceased was found. Verdict—" That the deceased was found dead under a carriage, but how he came there, and the cause of death, there was no evidence to show." THACKERAY.—Our readers will be glad to learn that Edinburgh is likely to be honoured in the course of the winter by a visit from the author of " Vanity F a i r , ,, and that Mr. Thackeray is to re-deliver here some of those lectures on the " Humorists of last Century," which attracted so much admiration in London in the spring.—s„t sman. DUNDEE TRADE REPORT.—FIax—AII kinds are of slow sale, with prices the turn in favour of buyers. Owing to recent numerous arrivals (38 within the week) with flax cargoes, that article is now getting more plentiful, and to save landing charges, &c., there are sellers from the ships' side at ss. to 10s. per ton below our current rates, for the respective marks. Tows and Codillas--A lack of animation is felt for these articles, even though obtainable on somewhat lower terms. Hemp and Hemp Codillas—There is very little doing in either, and prices are without alteration. Jute— This article continues of large consumption, and fine qualities sell readily at full prices, w hile common q ua li t i es, owing to their abundance, are of heavy . sale, at former lower rates. Yarns and Linens—ln both articles a fair amount of business is doing, though only at the same cheap prices as formerly.— Dundee Courier. GENERAL legitimate adj usted, the di rectors development was held at Glas gow on Tuesday, Mr. A. S. Dalglish in the chair. The report The half-yearly meeting TER MINU Sof ANDth this s company GLASGOW LTARBouR.— stated that a considerable decre ase in t h e working expenses had been effe c ted. Now that the difficulties and di s p u t e s beenl and a i mab l which had so long subsisted b etwe en the Caledonian and th ei r guaranteed n that a h t ag e of the traffic will be effected by the immediate adoption of a liberal and equitable table of rates. In the meantime mea sures have been taken for improving the revenue from other sources. Since the last half-yearly meeting three vacancies have occurred in the board of direction, and their places have been supplied by the appointment of Mr. W. Buchanan, Mr. W. Patterson, and Mr. J. G. Gilbert. A vacancy has like wise occurred in the office of auditor by the resignation of Mr. W. Ross, and the directors recommend Mr. J. G. Mor rison for election in his room. The receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of July amounted to 1,5. W. and the ex penses to 1,463/. The chairman moved the adoption of the report, which, after some discussion, was agreed to. Resolu tions in conformity with the report wore adopted, after which the meeting eeparatod.