The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. N EWMAIIKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. NEWMARKET, MONDAY .NIG3T.—The evening min from the i•oetropulis. which, by the by, did not rarive until ten Weleek, brought down an inicLetiSe number of the sportin 4 elaises, and the Subscription- roon, in con aegilence, was crowded to excsa until utter midnight; the. betting was animated, Landgrave, Bp.ekbiter, iriestess, and Snowstorm having be, , n back, d for a large amount for the Ccarowit,th, and 13reti:.t wish some spirit fbr the Clearwell. The following were the last quotations : CLEARWELL STARES. 6 to 4 ugst Confidence 2 to 1 agst Prime Minister 4 to 1 agst Breba 8 to 1 agat The Squaw • CESAREWITCH. 7 to 4 east Landgrave 7 to 2 agst 13ackbaer 9 to 1 agst Essedarius 13 to 1 agst Wanota 15 to 1 agst Priestess 25 to 1 agst Snowstorm 25 to 1 agat Lady Eden 30 to 1 :gat Russborough 35 to 1 agst Letitia 50 to 1 agst Fogleman 50 to 1 agst Tophaaa 50 to 1 agst Legerdemain 60 to 1 agst Glauca CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 5 to 1 agst Landgrave 6 to 1 agst The Italian 20 to 1 agst Ruasborough 25 to 1 eget Maid of Masham 25 to 1 agst Rhesus DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Grecian 14 to 1 agst Prime Minister 20 to 1 agst Teddington—taken 25 to 1 agst Storm TUESDAY'S RACING. The weather this morning was everything that could beb 'wish e d f or racing in October, cool, but clear and r acing, and the attendaeca, if less aristocratic than We hav e callseen on so me Cesarewitch days, was, numeri- y, quite up to the ma r k. Th e ma i n street for a c ouple af hours before, the commencement of business on the heath Was almost impassable, and, what with the „flaile and the betting, the highest state of excitement pre „ftil d• The movements" were not particularly im ror.tant, but a very general disposition was evinced to t; .00 Landgrave. Backbiter, Essedarius, Lady Eden, umigbroke, and Snowstorm, and the quotations against rack Ebro an improvement. 50 to 1 was offered but again st Giauca. The racing ommenced at one o'clock, presented noth• the betting f interest until the Clearwell ; sdervedly en that event ln on the heath had the effect of restoring the Prime Minister to the premiership, and de f oubt of h 80 , the perfect case with which he won, leaving no te ,a l s immense superiority. A most exciting race d ° ,: • ""e itoyal Stakes was followed by the great event of the !IJ, for which twenty-three came to the post; six or ent tnore 4 surprisethan was g enera ll y expected. The issue tias as Oct only to e ring but to M. Pane, aho hplllo l ittle coafidence in his mare that he r actua y lly gave a l ; to Colonel Anson. 66 to 1 was offered agaiest I ,!ir e at the close. It is long since the to: r eturn s had such a turn of luck. The racing, of which we " round bet. br o al , full an accounta as time will permit, was ugnt toe a close at qoarter-past four o'clock. weeestsks of 5 seas , each; for two years old, set 101 b; tthree, ast Sib; four, and upwards, 9st. The winner obe sold for 70 sovs. if demanded, &c. Rutland Stak es c iv , _ ;ourse. ~ :r . ii4ath s Montpersier, 6 yrs... (W. Abdale) 1 .Tl3lyth's Hippoariff, `) yrs Lord Eglinton's Sardonyx, 2 yrs ....... ..(J. Walker) 3 _gsildt tting—G to 5 agst Aroutpensier, and 5 to 2 each 4 , .the others. Wen very easily by a length. Run in •.„1701t). 49 secs. &landicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft,for two Years old Bretby Stak.es Course. Mr, E t „ .• I _ ,wsh•s Antigone, Bst 71b ............ (W. Abdale) 1 ''.,,4p.d Enfield's fby Don John, 841 71b ... (Flatnian) 2 Mr„,.411r. Stephenson 's Brother to Willingham, Bst 41b ... 3 ' j , •,; agues s Heirloom, Bst 316........... (J. Alarson) 4 , netting -10 to 6 agst Antigone, 2tl 1 agst Brother '0 Willingham, and 5 to 2 agst Dohn John filly. Tbe running was made by the Don John filly to the bill , , where she was headed by the favourite, Who made the rest of the running, and won cleverly by a length. , 11 t1 in 1 min. 29 secs. 'llO Clearwell Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft, for two Year olds, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra. A- C. Mr. .Ai Ra i ford '- Prime Minister, Bst 10Ib (inc. 31b extra) 1 Air ' R. Johnson' • Confidence,lb (F L o __, _ , s Est 5 ... .Butler) 2 „rr.e_Exeter s Turtle, Bst 111 b (inc. 6lb extra) ...... 3 -',41 r_Uelanaere's Fostuna, Bst 51b ...... (Bartholomew) 0 V- -•;,°T.21 _Exeter's Midas, Bst 71b ............... (Norman) 0 f'c•r. Y's Solomon, Bst 71b .................. (A. Day) 0 J. ratwicke's The Squaw, Bst 516 .....Flatman) 0 2 1 J Hawley'a Breba, Bst 516 ............(J Mallon) 0 Lord Orford's Zegri, Bst 716 .. g‘ Betting -6 to 4 agst Prime 1 . 11. .. : ............. (Pettit) 0 o dence, and 4 to 1 agst Br mister, 2 to 1 agst Con- Minist eba. Solomon and the Prime er got away together d • kruck l • ,°ff, travelled in corn t pan , with the pug ~ h o had been leadingpanayt hiosthbee cords, where Solomon, 1,11: favourite, gain g on by himself pace, .gave way, and tb° le,agtha, Confidence finishing Wonin a Turtle Ihlsr,lellgthl Solomon f h second, beating Y e Royal Stakes of 200enri•Run in 1 min. 12 sacs. r earb h old; colts Bst sous,7lbfil lLus e a B c s h t , 2112b0 winners u f e o r r s three. Mr, gold; colts to save his stake. (14 Subs.) Sir ,J . a ° , B Tomboy, Bst 71 6 (S Rogers) 1 Cul aw'ers Cranb ............ 'M ) 2 erry, Bst 71b COl OllOl l'ne r B Lon i i ; Ans o w s a , ?•,..ous, Bst 71b (Flatrnan) 3 "a to e 'I I,ish Birdeateher, Bst 71b (Butler) 4 e ratl ° , _g--6 to t - opt Longinus—and' 2 to 1 each agst atte 4c l e a r ,, r Y and Tomb -- q• Cranberry, with Tomboy inclose te r Closleta cut out the work to the cords, where the lat bead, Leo `Longi nus Won, after a tremendous race, by a short Th n glnus a . e Cesare%iteh good third. Run in 2 min. 20 secs. 15 ft, With 300 takes Handicap of 26 sour. each, u arci i• The • added, for three years old and p eeand i winner of the St. Leger 1216 extra; the ell a tbe Le er aster .....g , or the winner of the Done por Gr eatlieeond t xorkshire Handicap, 61b extra. The )!winne.. 0 receive 50 Boys. out of the stakes, and the r. p a ' t? Pay 50 seas• to the Jude.g (59 Subs.) SiSrl 313°' GlaU , at. Isio oto ea, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Chapple) 1 Mr G ig b Essedarius, 4 yrs Bst 51b... (A Day) 2 1. ratwinke's _ . 0,414,0,8 _Landgrave, Est 131 b, car. 7st 21b ..• 3 .1 -' rd c • Coveneer,mte tee's 6en Bst 41b ...(S. Rogers) 0 4 1 ° 1 , ilfden's t - ' 0 , • b1a n ,.., a _, 3 _ oa, Bst 11b, car. Bst 31b aar, a/eAtr,l-1; gussbotough, 7st 111 b, in. 61b extra 0 hle, t„"' 0, 1 1 ,s Sno.sestorm, 4 yrs, 7st 9lb ...(T. Lye) 0 (a ) 1 . ,"'Y Is s Bohne,broke ist 81b, car. 7at 101 b Anson s Backbit 5 ' " - .i.T • thy e e si , . er, yrs, ,st, lb (Flatmaa) 0 ,-i t ora S tani t a rletess, 4 yrs, ist 71b ... ..(Dockeray) 0 gFordensaiu, 7st 416, ear. 21b over ... 0 1.:r• OalaildeYstoe'e te.a, j uques , B cha ti nt Fa }roman 5 yrs, 7st 3 11)...(Pettit) 0 11t. Drinkald's S ley, 4 yrs, Tat lib (Charlton) 0 Mr ' j ~ • ,auter-le-Coup, ist lib ....(Rodney) 0 ~ . onepherd s Alp, q yrs, 6st 101 b ...... (Walker) 0 a°ol'd Clifden's Hon 13, rd Exeter's To .eyecrah 4 yrs, Est 81b (G. Mann) 0 Vs, moseley,s AloPnbana, 3 yrs, 6.it 71h (W. Ha: lock) 0 is. Pilling's Lad 1 1 1 0 , 03 65 t 71b, car. Est 81b...(Sharp) 0 I'. Copeland's Candle y ' 3 yes. sst I lib J. Osborne) 0 )4,.. Nevin'- .wick, 3 yrs, sst 111b...(Well;) 0 Lard. Letitia 4 yrs 5-t 1016 (T. Smith) 0 Ex, ter's Nutcraeke '3 'P ' W. Smith's M k -r ' .yrs' Set Sib -.(Barker) 0 lietti a e-rer.d, 7st 81b ...(Wakefield) 0 Lit -n g -- --7 to 4 agst Land. er, 9 , ~ , . ,rave, sto 2 agst Back -15 ,_ „ to i ugst r,ssedartus, 12 to 1 Eden, Rosy Lady 41.t°,1 t!gst Wunota, 16 to 1 cost Snowstorm, 16 to 1 ~, . n . owstorm, agst PAlogbroke, 20 to 1 uorow,h 25 agst Prieste.s, 25 to 1 tretino._ e , to 1 agst Legerdensain, 25 to 1 agst 1 , 1. ,, 5 '_7, sto 1 east Letitia, 66 to 1 agst Glauca. eard,7o,rt took place at the exact time spicified in the four 4°lleacotub immediat 1 11 - lead f three or f lea ota oey ta ing ao fo ur ota a us, followed by Alp, Lady Eden, and three or p they light weights, next to whom came Landgrave, obit With n, tots, and Backbiter, Essedarius lying I.litoCi wanota. Honeycomb cut out the work to the retilihs here he resigned, and Landgrave took up the Le k , ig, attend -d by Nutcracker, Lady Eden, Ingle ' " and T - til l , rouueer. Glauca also lying up, and Esseda- P at til ls time b • • to draw into the ruck, si3Oe.er, eginniug4rou tr , 44 took the second place at the T.Y.C.), post, and p an` 'et' the third, and the two went on in close c . orn 7 b 7 i G u i 'IQ' half-way up the hill; here they were joined goth,'"ea and Essedarius, and the lot ran home to in the last t w o or th ree s ,tri c i t : the mar e ge tti ng up ~,,411,1,,,' and winning by a neck, Essedarius beating 4 'roe rs va by a head, Fugleasan a very good fourth, and a min e• close up. Nothing was near this lot. Run iii Sw e ir% 59 secs. se Itk7lb ; akes of 1 0 soya. each, for three yrs old; colts, a ir 00 fillies, fist 0 Bov e if demanded, &e. 21b. e. Th D e winner to be sold for u .M. ll,ta• %lrney's Bullfinch (Pettit) 1 ki,T.: Martin's Fernand@ ................. (W. Abdale) 2 va Batson'a r• I (Sly) 3 b et ,. King of Cymry fine g to 4 each agat King of Cymry and Bun e,i'Lk. . Won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 47 stc. L:leh, D.M.—Mr. Forster's Musician, Bst 71b, re ,cl 1501. from Mr. Payne's Sergius, Bst 71b. he Emperor was sold this morning for 600 guineas. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. 5 t, 1 CAMBRIDGESHI RE STAKES. 7 ,0 agst L an d grave t 3 t 1 2to 1 agst Gl auca 1 ug s t T I he It a li an 12 t() 1 ugst E ssedarius to 1 agst 'Carpus --- to 1 apt G rec i an DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Prime Minister FNTRIES POR WEDDAY. andicap for two yrs old. NESTLahaf of Ab. Squaw—Knight of the ThistlTicktliorn— Illacksebl c by Prince Carmine, out of Miss Julia -11 P antaloon, out of Virago—Faux The Oatlanda—No race. lelli as iT.M.M. The Town Plat e . T . A I ,)unb ms, 3 -yrs—Westow, 4 rs— t, 4 yrs. y Nutace2 . , 3 yr s u „Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. t.lf',',l:tinch, 3 Trs—Pawl, 3 yrs—b c by Don John, out tr,r?,k'tieroent, 2 yrs—Virtue. 3 yrs—Hazy. 2 y rs , . : TING ON TUESDAY NIGHT, "I'EN o CLOCK. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Landgrave 7 to 1 ugst The Italian—talien 8 to 1 agst Essedarius—taktn 12 to 1 agst Glauca 12 to 1 agst Turnus I°o to 2 6 agst Loacistone 0 agst Mis s A un 25 to to 1 1 agst C a lif ornia 1,000 even betxeen E-sedarius and Rahn . DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Grecian .1 1 7 to 1 a gst Prime Minister 0 0 - E OP TIIE BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Landgrave 7 to 1 agst The Italian 9 to 1 agst Essodarius THE SUN, LONDON, 12 to 1 agst Catlin 12 to 1 agst 'Pumas 17 to 1 agst, Loltistoul 20 to 1 agit ilussbnrough 20 to 1 agst Alulgrase LORD STANLEY AND THE PROTEC, TIONISTS, The tone of Lord Stanley's late speech at Bury having inspired his supporters with some apprehen sion that another :treason" was in contemplation, Mr. G. F. Young addressed a letter to his Lordship, to which the following is the reply : "Knowsley, Oct. 11. "My dear Sir,--I have this moment received your letter of yesterday, and hasten to reply to it. I have observed, as indeed I expected, that my speech at the agricultural dinner at Bury has furnished matter for various comments on the part of the press, though I have not happened to see the articles to which you refer in the Morning. Clironic'e. Had I done so, however, I should c qually have abstained, as I always do, from any public notice of any coin merits which may be made by the press on the lan guage I had used. I own, however, that whatever observations might be made on what I said at Bury, the last inference which I should have expected to see drawn was that I had changed my opinions on the subject of protection. In fact, I thought it right in opening a new society at this moment to depart from the ordinary course, and distinctly referring to recent legislative mea sures, to state the reasons why, retaining my opinions on the injurious and ruinous character of those measures to the agricultural interest generally, I yet thought that there was room for profitable in vestment of capital in the particular district in which I was speaking. Those reasons I stated to be, first, that it was not a corn growing district, and little affected by the price of corn ; next, that not being even exclusively an agricultural district, it had the advantages of an inexhaustible market for its produce, and en unlimited supply of manure at its very doors; and, lastly, that a great portion of it being wholly undrained, and consequently full of water, the simple operation of draining, even if it cost 12/. the Cheshire acre (nearly double the statute), would increase the productiveness of the land to an extent which would amply repay the outlay. The fact is, that the country round Bury is either in grass or under green crops for the supply of the great manufacturing towns, and a portion of it, lying high, is better fitted for rearing young stock in the summer than for any other pur pose ; but a very small portion of it is suited for any description of corn, and a still smaller for wheat. It is therefore, as far as the corn-laws are concerned, an entirely exceptional case ; and I took care so to treat it, repeating emphatically my conviction, that in the purely agricultural districts, and most of all in those where the highest farming prevailed, the recent changes had inflicted, and must inflict, most serious injury on landlord, tenant, and labourer. I certainly said that if good farming would not pay bad could not ; but I even went so far as to dilate on the dis tinction between good and high farming, the latter of which I contended could not be carried on at such prices as now rule, and, as I think, must rule under free trade. You do me justice in supposing that, had I altered my views, I should have taken a very dif ferent opportunity of making the statement, and not left it to be inferred from any casual expressions ; but my intention at Bury was wholly different, and I hoped I had succeeded in justifying my recommenda tion to the tenants of that district to do justice to the land,! while at the same time I adhered most un equivocally to all the opinions I have expressed, in and out of Parliament, as to the effect of our recent policy on agriculture in general. " I am, dear Sir, yours sincerely, " STANLEY. " G. F. Young, Esq." MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED LN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 12, 1850. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*207 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... labercular Di seas e s ;... ••• ••• ••• 54 151 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 94 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ". 85 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 64 '— Diseases of the Kidneys, 17 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Sze. 6 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 11 Diseases of the Skin, Sce. ... 2 Malformations... 5 Premature Birth ••• •• ••• ••• 28 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ... 17 Old Ane" g. ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 35 Sudden D• • ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 Violerce, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 16 Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ... 9 DEATES FROM ALL CAUSES ... 839 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week hi the 1841. of 1849. Week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 145 ... 123 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 176 ... 152 Central bistricts 374,199 ... 156 ... 1 31 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 269 ... 196 South Districts .. 503,346 ... 329 ... 237 Totals.... 1,948,369 ... 1,075 ... 839 Males ... ... ... ... ... 445 Females ... ... ... ... ... 394 BIRTHS IN MI. WEEK. Males •.• ••• ... ... ... 720 Females ... ... ... ... ... 649 Total ... ... 1,369 *ln this number are included 2G by Scarlatina, 55 by Typhus Fever, 49 by Diarrhoea, and 1 by Cholera. DECK PASSENGERS ON BOARD OF IRISH STEAM BOATS.—Yesterday an inquest was taken by Mr. Baker, at the Bull's Head, Little Thaines•stieet, West Smithfield, on view of the body of Patrick Connell, aged 46, a tailor, who died on board the Prussian Eagle, Irish steamer. It appeared that the deceased went to Cork about a month ago to see his friends. Last Thursday he was carried on board the Prus sian Eagle, which left Cork for London that clay, and which had on board several head of cattle between decks, with about 300 deck passengers, who paid 2s. each. Deceased was in a declining state when put on board. On Friday night a storm came on, and the waves of the sea swept over the fore part of the vessel where deceased was lying. A tarpauling was put up, but that was taken away by the passengers at the after part of the steamer. At da3 light next morning de ceasal was found dead, no one having attended to him during the night. Verdict, " Found dead, and that the death was accelerated by exposure to the cold and the extremity of the weather." The Coroner recommended that better accommo dation should be afforded to deck passengers. CONSIGNMENT OF STAGS TO LOUIS NAPOLEON.— On Wednesday last, Mr. Herring, of the New-road, Re gent's-park, animal dealer to her Majesty, received orders frem Prince Louis Napoleon, President of the French Re public, for 50 English 'allow deer, for the park of St. Cloud. Mr. Herring accordingly obtained 50 fine annia.als from Mr. Fuller, M.l'., of Rose-hill-park, near Hastings, and with the assistance of Mr. Shaw, of the South-Eastern Railway Company, conveyed them in vans to the Staplehurt station, where they were placed in deer trucks and conveyed to Folke stone for transit to Paris by the railway company's steamer Prince Ernest, via Boulogne. On their arrival at Folkestone the trucks were taken from the rails and run on board the steamer, under the direction of Mr. Shaw, without any in jury to the animals. They were then taken to Boulogne, and thence to Paris, where Mr. Herring arrived on Friday morning, just as the President was about to proceed to the grand review of the troops. The deer were much praised by the President and his Generals, and by orders received from the former, Mr. Herring took them to St. Cloud, where they were liberated in the park among a number purchased by the Prince last year. THE APPEAL CLAUSE 1N TIIE EXTENDED COUNTY Comrs Acr.—As actions are now in the course of trial in county courts to 501., it is probable that the right of appeal given by the 14th section of the new Act (13th and t4th Victoria, cap. 61) will be claimed. An appeal is only given on points of law, or upon the admission or rejection of evi dence. The words are, " That if either party in any cause of the amount to which jurisdiction is given to the county courts by this Act shall be dissatisfied with the determination or direction of the said court in point of law, or upon the ad mission or rejection of any evidences, such party may appeal from the same to any of the superior courts of common law at Westminster, two or snore of the puisne judges whereof shall sit out of term as a court of appeal for that purpose, provided that such party shall, within ten days after such determination or direction, give notice of such appeal to the other party, or his attorney, and also give security, to be approved by the clerk of the court, for the costs of the ap peal, whatever be the event of the appeal, and for the amount of the judgment if he be defendant and the appeal be dismissed : provided, nevertheless, that such security, so far as regards the amount of the judgment, shall not be re quired in any case where the judge of the county court shall have ordered the party appealing to pay the amount of such judgment into the hands of the clerk of the county court in which such action shall have been tried, and the same shall have been paid accordingly; and the said court of appeal may either order a new trial on such terms as it .thinks fit, or may order judgment to be entered for either party, as the case may be, and may make such order with respect to the costs of the said appeal as such court may think proper, and such orders shall be final." The appeal is to be in the form of a case agreed upon by both parties, but if they cannot agree the judge of the court is to settle and sign the same. Ii IAISCDESTER TRADE REPORT, TUESDAY OCT. 15. 7-There has been a good deal of inquiry to-day for yarns, not prices are ve; - y thinly maintained, and buyers so con _tient of a speedy recuctiun, that they are shy in purchasing glo(aZn(,..xait•kre'tt. Flr.e yarns have is met L kith a ;rinds are heavy, and little business done. purchasers. 4 The INCRPISE or TUE Sus.rs POLICE.—At the Quarter II all, Sessions for the eastern division of Sussex, held at the County Lmes, yEattrday, the Right lien. the Earl of Chiches ter in the chair, on the report of the chief constable (Captain uuring the past Mackay) of the great increase of burglaries in that county ear, a mot i on was unanimously a d op t e d in favour a s trengthening th e ex i st i ng police by ten additional Y constables. HIGHWAY Ronnrity.—At a late hour on Saturday evening,, as Mr. Fetrnan, a gentleman of property resident near Itathcormae, was proceeding home on horseback he was suddenly set on by two men armed with sticks, and kno,;(ed ctf his horse. His pockets were immediately rifled, and the sum of 371. abstracted. It is not stated that Mr. Ferman has been seriously injured, and, up to the present the perpetrators of this daring highway robbery have not been arrested._. Cork Examiner. MAGAZINES, &c-(CON TIN UED.) TILE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. Sylvanus Urban this month presents us with much varied and most amusing antiquarian and historical information. Ile gives 113 an account of the recent discovery of Roman remains at Lymne, near llvthe ; and also a description of the antiquities which have been recently brought to light by the excavations at Richborough, near Sandwich, which will be read with interest by all antiquaries. Mr. J. J. Cochrane proves that the origin of newspapers is of much earlier date than had ;been generally imagined, and that so far from what he calls the spurious newspaper, Pie English Afereurie, of 1588, being the earliest newspaper, there is at present in existence, in the British Museum, a German newspaper of as early a date as 1541. While on the subject :of the British Museum, we give the following in order to enable our readers to judge of the manner in which the new Catalogue has been compiled by M. Panizzi `• No man need journey to liamptou Court to see a maze; let him go to the British Museum and try to find a book in the Catalogue. There are books in the Li brary which can only be found in the Catalogue by some lucky chance or singular accident. We will give an example of— . 66 A BOOK HUNT AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. " The other day we wanted to find the common book called the Beauties of England and Wales' in the Cata logue. It was quite a glorious hunt. We began with the 79 val. Catalogue, under the title England and Wales,'—it was net there; then we went to the 153 vol. Catalogue, same title—not there. We tried Beauties' in both catalogues; we found Beauties of the Opera and Ballet,' but none of England and Wales, and under Beauty' there was Universal Beauty,' but not the coy, shy object of our search. Here we paused to survey the ground, and meditate upon our future course. Knowing a little of the history of the book, we made a dash at Britton, John,' the chief editor and principal author, whose name is on the title-page of we know not how many volumes. It was weary work running through page after page of Cathedrals, and Junius, and Auto biography, and fifty other things besides; but we held on and came at last to an end, but without sight or scent of our Beauties. We tried the other catalogue with the same result. Wearied, but too much used to the sport to be discouraged, off we started again after Britton's chief coadjutor, 'Brayley, E. W.' We ran him down in the 79 vols.—no Beauties;' chased off to the 153 vols.— no ' Beauties.' The thing seemed becoming desperate, but we determined to hark back, and try some of the minor contributors. We looked for the Welshmen, 'Evans,' and Rees'—no success! We tried Bigland' —not there. At last we thought of 'Brewer.' There were a good many Brewers; we marked our man, J. N.' Here it is! No! It is only the 'lntroduction, Bvo. Lond. 1818.' Well, that put us in spirits. It seemed correct that we should find the Introduction first. It was a something; a begianing; ' Introduction to the Beauties of England and Wales.' We did not stay to consider why the other authors were not entitled to have their shares in the work entered under their separate names. We had got a scent which was too hot to allow of any pause. On we dashed. determined not be outdone. We scampered through Nightingale," Shoberl,' and at last, Hodgson'—no success! We began to think we should be beaten after all. We thought we would try the sepa— rate counties. Bedfordshire' and Berkshire' wore fruitless, and we gave that up. It came into cur mind that perhaps there was a conjoint title of Britton and Brayley."The volume which contains BRI, was en gaged. We stood at the desk waiting to tike it in our turn. We were almost inclined to give up the chase, and go home and turn the circumstance into a prize enigma, or send an advertisement for the missing Beauties to the third coluinn of the Times. How often help comes, at the leet pinch! There was an open volume on the desk at which we were standing►. It was one of A. We turned over its pages listlessly, by way of occupation whilst waiting, when, as chance, or luck, or something or other would have it, we stum bled upon a long heeding of Anglia.' It did not at first occur to us that the lost jewel might bo there. But, seeing as we looked on end on, turning paze after page, that the article Anglia' was a kind of pound in which all sorts of waifs and strays were inclosed, a general receptacle for articles unowned, it flashed upon our mind that it was worth while to try. We thank our stars we did so, for there it was and there it is: ' ANGLIA. The Beauties of England and Wales; topo graphical, historical, and descriptive. 18 vols. [in 23] Bvo. Lend. 1801-15.' We give the full particulars to save anybody else such a weary day's work as we had, and hope it will never be our fate to go upon such a search again." This is bad enough in all conscience, but more re mains to he told : "At the sale of Mr. Bright's printed books some three or four years ago, a very scarce volume, entitled The Complaint of Verity, 1559,' a work of John Brad ford the Martyr, was bought by Rodd the bookseller for (we believe) 71. We have the most unquestionable au thority for saying that it was bought for the British Museum. It was right that it should have been so. At the price it was a great catch. A gentleman who is en gaged in editing the works of Bradford, and has striven in vain to see this book, would have given double the money fir it. No doubt it is in the British Museum, but nobody can find it. It may be in the Catalogue, but under what head or title no cruiser on that intricate ocean has yet been fortunate enough to discover. It certainly is not whore it ought to be, under Bradford, John,' nor under Complaint, nor under Verity.' We do not at all think there is any dishonesty in tho matter, only a great deal of over-refined bibliographical subtilty. Seven pounds' worth of the nation's money lies locked up in the British Museum, put away somewhere or other, as a lottery ticket used to be, and years hence, long after the edition now publishing has been completed, will turn up, a great prize to somebody." We are not so sanguine as the writer as to the turn ing up, at least in the Museum Library, of " The Complaint of Verity." Has the writer read the evi dence upon which the French Courts convicted M. Libri of bookstealing from the public libraries of France ? It behoves the trustees to institute strict inquiries after the lost book, and to ascertain what persons English or foreign are permitted to have ac cess to the shelves, and to insist upon the immediate compilation of a finding catalogue, which shall show the present state of the Library, and the existence of which will enable a person at once to ascertain what books were missing. We have in this number the commencement of the "Diary of the first Earl of Egmont," who was attached to Frederick Prince of Welts, the father of George 111. The present instal ment presents us with some interesting gossip relat ing to the Court of George 11. at the time that Walpole was in the height of his power. THE UNITED S.ER VICE. The most important article in the present number of the United Service is that entitled "Annexation of Oude." The writer is evidently thoroughly master of his subject, and he proves to demonstration that we have not only a right to depose the imbecile and cruel tyrant who now, thanks to British protection, ty ranizes over the inhabitants of Oude, end has, by his misgovernment, reduced one of the fairest pro vinces of India to a desert, but that, as a matter of good policy, we should at once absorb Oude into the British territory, while it is our bounden duty to the oppressed inhabitants to afford to them the se curity which can bo alone derived from extending to them the benefits of British government and British institutions. There are several articles of great merit on professional subjects in this number. THE PEOPLE'S MONTHLY MEDICAL ENQUIRER; or Chrono- Thermalist. In this periodical Dr. Dickson wages fierce war against all opposers of the system of Chronu-Ther malisin ~ of which he claims to have been the dis coverer. THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. By W. AL Thacheroy. No. XXI. Having in the former number exhibited his hero in the thrall of the worldly old Major, prepared to sacrifice everything to interest and position; and to bestow himself even on Blanche Amory, provided by so doing he can secure to himself her fortune and Sir Francis Clavering's seat in Parliament, our author in this number re-introduces him to his guardian angel Laura, and we begin to entertain hopes that he may yet be saved from that misery which must be his inevitable lot should the schemes of the worldly-minded Major in his behoof be brought to bear. There are two circumstances related in this present number which lead us to hope that Mr. Pen, in whose well•doieg we, in spite of all his faults, take a great interest, will escape the misery of the Amory alliance. The first is, that Blanche has recognised in Altamont, her father, the convict Amory, and has been recognised by him, and the next is the announcement of the death of John Henry Foker, Esq., the rather of Blanche's former admirer, and the probability that the young gent has inherited a large fortune. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part I. This is the first part of a cheap re-issue of Alberi Smith's popular novel of " Christopher Tadpole." II is very nicely got up, and NNill no doubt have an ex. tensive sale. MANSION-HousE.—The Lord Mayor entorteined yesterday evening his co-directors of the Namur and Liege Railway Company and a party of private friends. HUDSON'S -BAY l'noDucE.—The first arrival for the season of skins, furs, &c., from the possessions of the Hud son's-hay Company in North America, has taken place by the Prince of Wales, ar r i ve d i n t h e D oc k s from Dudson's bay, with 19G bales, 13 cases, and la) other packages of skins and furs, 9 packages of feathers, 1 case, 9 baskets, and 7 kegs of castor, 2 hogsheads and 5 baskets of quills, a hogs heads cf quills and isinglass, 9 other packages of the same, 2 casks of grease, 2 of meat, 6 of tongues, 1 bale of ivory, and 4.3 packages of tallow, consigned to the Hudson's-bay Com pany and the produce of that northern region. Simulta neously with the alcove arri va l, t h e Company's vessel Prince R u pert has arrived in the Docks from Iludson's-bay, with 249 bales of Skins and furs, and other productions of the same district. DIE LATE EXPLOSION IN SPITALFIELDS.—We are gratified to learn that the two parties in Weaver•street, Spi talfields, who suffered by the late exposion, and whose pre inies were insured in the Monarch Assurance-eflice, havo, on a representation to that cornpany,been liberally and promptly repaid their entire loss, as estimated by their own surveyor, although it is well known the company were not legally re sponsible, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1850. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Oct. 15. This bding the day to which Parliament was pro rogued by her Majesty at the end of last session, the t• House of Lords was opened shortly before two o'clock, for the purpose of further proroguing Parha t:tient by Commission, in conformity with the an nouncement made in the Gazette some weeks ago. As usual on such occasions, a number of ladies were present to behold the ceremony, and gratifying their curiosity by gazing on the house and its gor geous decorations, and were accommodated with seats in the body of the house. All the Peers' seats, with the exception of the two front rows on either side, were covered with brown holland. The throne was uncovered, and a bench placed in front of it fur the Comrnissioncirs. A few minutes before two o'clock Mr. Shaw Le fevre, the deputy clerk of Parliament, entered the House, as did alt,o Mr. Putman, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod. Mr. Aglionby, the Member for Cockeruiouth, was also in attendance before two, and took his position below the bar. The Commissioners were—The Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Earl Granviile. Upon the Commissioners taking their seats, Mr. PuMum was directed to summon the Commons to the bar, to hear the Royal Commission read. After an absence of about a minute he returned, accompanied by Mr. Ley, the Assistant• Clerk of the house of Commons, Mr. Bellew, M.P., Mr. Aglionby, and several of the officers of the House, as represent ing the Comons of the United Kingdom. Mr. Lefevre then read the Royal Commission com manding and directing the Commissioners to further prorogue Parliament from this day to Thursday, the 14th day of November next. After the reading of the Commission, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that by direc tion of her Majesty, and in virtue of the Commission now read, they did, in her Majesty's name, prorogue the Parliament to Thursday, the 14th day of Novem ber next, to be then and there holden. The Commissioners then withdrew and the proceed ings terminated. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. - - SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 15.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Bun ney, with the Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieu tenant Inglis, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived this evening at eight o'clock. Her dates of sailing were— Gibraltar, Oct. 6 ; Cadiz, Oct. 7; Lisbon, Oct. 9 ; and Vigo, Oct. 10. OPOR — TO, OCT. 10.—The weather during the voyage home was most tempestuous, so much so, that out of ten oxen nine died from the effects of the gale, and were thrown overboard. The Iberia brought 29 passengers, amongst them were the Prince Plantagenet, Messrs. ltohin, Lus combe, Memon, Noble, Lamgeas, &c. The freight of the Iberia consists of five pack ages of specie, and one of stones, of the value of 1,1101., 116 boxes of lemons, 211 boxes of grapes, 55 boxes of pomegranates, and a large number of packages of sundries. ller Majesty's ship Janus was at Gibraltar ; the Encounter and Arrogant sailed for Lisbon on the 4th ; the Hogue sailed for England on the Ist inst. The Prince Regent, Phaeton, Leander, Arethusa, and Dragon, were at Lisbon when the Iberia left. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Sultan arrived at Gibraltar on the sth, and left the same day for Malta. The barque Pearl was detained at Gibraltar, in consequence of striking on the coast of Spain, and the crew refusing to proceed in her until surveyed, which had been done, and she would at once leave for her destination. The Hogue, which left Gibraltar on the Ist inst., communicated with her Majesty's ship Queen, on the 15th ult., off the south-east end of Sardinia, the latter having seventy men sick of the cholera; 25 deaths had taken place. At Vigo it was reported that they intended impos ing 15 days' quarantine on all vessels from Oporto, and from all other parts of Portugal three days, in consequence of the report of the yellow fever being at Oporto, which, however, is stated not to be the case. THE ARMY. Some time since we stated that, in all probability, Major-General Sir John Grey, K.C.8., would be ap pointed to the command of the troops stationed in the Bombay Presidency, and we now have great pleasure in confirming the report. This gallant officer will receive the local rank of Lieutenant-General, and we are certain that no officer could have been selected more worthy of this mark of confidence and favour. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN SLESSOR.— This Gallant Officer died on the 11th inst. at Sid mouth, aged 73. He retired from active service as a captain on full pay of the late Royal Irish Artillery. He entered the army in 1794 as lieutenant, and served at the battle of 'Waterloo. which lately arrived here from Dublin , were in spected this day by Major-General "'tuner, prepa- CORK ; AIONDAY.—TiIe 40th Regiment of Foot, v ra iz to . t s o p g ik o e ing ls o la n n d d e , ta c ch a m m e d n en t to F th or e t, follr a following places, Kinsale, and Bandon, to reli e ve the de tachments of the 41st and 47th R eg i men t s o f F o ot at these stations. The 41st will j o i n h ea d. quarters at Iwalcine, Cork, the 47th at Buttevant, as follows :-4 officers aln7dtn7i7nNst„ 2 officers .C.o.rank and 115 N.C.O. rank andandfilefromCarlisleFort, file on the from Charles Fort and Kinsale on the 18th inst., 4 officers and 200 N.C.O. and men from Spike bland on the 18th and 19th inst., to be replaced by a like number of officers and men of the 40th Regiment from Cork. Lieut.-Colonel Dundas, 47th Regiment of Foot,. retires from the service on f u ll pay, after 45 years o f active service, having entered the army in August, 1805. Major Gordon will obtain the rant of Lieut.- Colonel, and will proceed with the regiment on loreign service; this officer is now 37 years on active duty, having entered the army in September, 1813. Major O'Grady Hall obtains the rank of first Major, and will consequently remain in command of the depot. Captain Sutton obtains the rank o f second Major, an d proceeds with the regiment. Lieutenant and Adju tant Sinnott, an old officer, and the author of several cleverly-written works on military tactics, obtains the rank of Captain, and Ensign Pilkington the rank of Lieutenant and Adjutant. The local Company of Enrolled Pensioners, at Cork, are undergoing drill for the last few days, and will be inspected on Thursday next by Gen. Turner. The following circular letter has been, we stand, issued for the guidance of officer s co mmanding regiments : under• " Sir,—lt having been determined " War office, Oct. 10. • of payment by the Ordnance Department . of the ded se veral allowances specified below your command to prefer such claims I am directed to request that you should be directionsme to the several officers concerned liable to be made for these services of thewill git:e tunder ls a lesc thatgoriare i regiment g e r 0 mode proper l y the Ordnance Department, as herietotfohre,dbroa• following directions : " 1. All the claims are to be preferred monthly to 31st of October inst. no money on ac count thereof until the paymaster haso be special instructions from that department to received upon the Paymaster-General for the amount finally allowed thereupon, and which rule is now inin regard to force h claims for lodging money under the 356 t .article of the Explanatory Directions, page 102. , for lodging money, "2. That as the paymaster, or acting paymaster, w t s o fter the will, for the future, be the party authorised to draw for these allowances, on unetamped PaP ar ' as well as of March 11th, 1836 commissioned officers, to be henceforth rendered in duplicate on form No. 4 of the Ordnance RegulAtions a ppear at the foot of na me and address l s i e c , at t e o should be given in the heading of the said account, to t s l:e tt s l e ed sev b er y al b a i c ll c s o o u f n e ts x . whose signature should, moreover, an,dhifsea fullthe purcbases by non _ upon the Board prevent any delay by the authorities to draw being g o e n d fo r3 r rN o . 2 of the abave of ‘l3. sent to the wrong officer, or a wrong station, and regulations, be for the future Ordnance,lla atnhde rendered dh ts of purchases heretofore making preferred h, i p n ur d e u hpa on form No. 3 of the same code, accompanied with the receipts of the parties of whom the purchases the time, by the officers were made, and whenever a purchase is made for officers' horses, the stoppages are to be paid direct and at the party o f w h om t h e same was made, and to be de ducted in detail from the account and receipts, show lug the number as well as the a mount of such stop pages, both in the receipts and on the face of the ac count, whether such account be preferred on form No. 3 or 4. "4. That the signatures tothe English and Irish commuted fuel and light returns A, rendered through barrack-mssters, and to the lodging money return, No. 53, be invariably those of the officers command ing regiments or depots, an d be shown to be such by the addition of their rack, i . a ., whether in command of the former or the latter, great inconvenience being occasioned by the returns in question being sig ne d by detachment officers. "5. The accounts for commuted allowances f or fuel, candies, straw, wood and billets, and grass, w i t h the duplicate monthly bread, meat, and forage returns, are all to be transmitted immediately after the I. ~e rmi . nation of each month to the chief cleik of the Cash Account-otlice, Ordnance Deoartmellta Tower, and the accounts for purc hases to the Or dnan ce secretor Pall-mall, and these should be dispatched not later than the end of each m onth, otherwise the opportunity of recovering the excess upon such purchases from Commuted aliowances in lieu of fuel, candles, wood, and straw, billet and grass money; and purcloa,ses by o fli. cers of bread, meat, forage, or oats, in detault of con. tract. the contractor may be lost by the contracts having expired, and the accounts having been closed before the receipt of such details of purchase. "6. I am to add that the necessary forms cf account for carrying into effect these instructions can be obtained upon application to the chief clerk of the principal storekeeper of the Ordnance Department, Tower. " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " L. SULIVAN." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. ADMIRALTY, TlTEiDAY.—Master John R. Aylen (1838), of the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwich, has been appointed to command. the Birkenhead iron steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, as a troop-ship, that vessel having been most expeditiously, successfully, and economically employed on previous occasions for the conveyance of troops. Second Masters—E. M. Vincent (1844), of the Britannia ordinary guard-ship, at Portsmouth ; and F. It. Ch►ld (1845), late of the Athol! troop-ship, to the Birkenhead. Clerk—W. H. J. Brown (1849), to the Birkenhead. Master's Assistants—J. R. Allen and H. P. Ward, to the Birkenhead. The Right Hon. Sir F. Baring, Bart., First Lord of ti!e Admiralty ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C.B. ; and Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., with the Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.B and the Chief Civil Engineer and Director of Works, Colonel Green, left the Admiralty yesterday, on an official visit to Chatham and Sheer ness Dockyards. Their Lordships proceeded from Chatham to Sheerness in the Admiralty yacht, Black Eagle, Master-Commander Cook, ordered round from Woolwich to the former port. Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., has returned to the Admiralty, from Chipping Norton. Captain A. Milne has proceeded to Inveresk. The promotions for services in the North Star, Master-Commander Saunders, have been made. They include the Assistant-Surgeon, Dr. James Rae; Second-Masters, Way and Norman ; and Clerk in Charge, James J. Rutter. Assistant-Surgeon Richard Croker Russell (1844), from the Britannia, at Portsmouth, to the Wizard, apprentices' brig, at Queenstown, vice Dr. Henry F. William, who has resigned the service. The Mediterranean fleet is now, we are happy to say, clear of the cholera. We regret to state that Lieutenant Norton S. Sulivan (1846), who has been serving as chief officer of the Prussia Cove coast-guard station near Pen zance, fell from his horse on Saturday last and was killed. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE MODESTE.-Halford and Co. have given notice to the officers and crew of the Modeste, Harry Eyrs, Esq., captain, that on the 6th of November next they will be paid, at 41, Norfolk street, Strand, their proportions of bounty money re ceived for the Anna Feliz, captured Nov. 26, 1839; and the shares will be re-called every Wednesday and Thursday for three months to come :-Flag, 131. ss. 10d. ; commander, 241. 18s. 6d.; first class, 71.188. 7d.; second, 41. 15s. 2d.; third, 21. 7s. 7d. ; fourth, 1/. lls. Bd.; fifth, 15s. 101 ; sixth, 103. 6d.; seventh, ss. 3d. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DART.-Halford and Co. have given notice to the officers and crew of the. Dart, when commanded by Lieutenant Edward Hill, that on the 6th of November they will be paid at Norfolk street, Strand, their proportions of bounty money and proceeds received for the undermentioned captures, and the shares will be recalled every Wednesday and Thursday for three months to come. Boni Destino, captured Sept. 19, 1848 :-Flag, 551. 2s. 6d.; third class, 1361. 7s. 10d.; fourth, 34/. ls. 11d.; fifth, 301. 13s. 9d.; sixth, 201.95. 2d.; seventh, 17/. Os. 11d.; eighth, 131. 12s. 9d.; ninth, 10/. 4s. 7d.; tenth, Cl. 16s. 4d.; eleventh, 51.23. 3d.; twelfth, 3/. Bs. 2d; thirteenth, 2/. 11s. ld. For New Packet, captured October 4, 1848, a boat of her Majesty's ship Pene lope in company :-Flag, 44/. Bs. 11d.; third class, 97/. 178. 3d. ; fourth, 24/. 9s. 3d. ; fifth, 22/. Os. 4d.; sixth, 14/. 13s. 7d. ; seventh, 121. 4s. 7d.; eighth, 9/. 155. Bd.; ninth, 71. Cs. 9d. ; tenth, 4/. 17s. 10d.; eleventh, 3/. 131. 4d. ; twelfth, 2/. Bs. 11d. ; thirteenth, 1/. 16s. Bd. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE DOLPHIN.— Ommanney, Son, and Co., have given notice to the officers and crew of the Dolphin, when commanded by Lieut. the Hon. R. Boyle (whom we regret to find re►nains unpromotcd) who are entitled to share for the Brazi lian brig Braziliense, captured on the 12th of October, 1848, that a distribution of the bounty monies granted for the said capture will be made at No. 40, Charing cross, on the 6th of November next, and that the shares not then paid will be re-called at the same place :—Flag, 1921. 12s. 5d.; lieutenant and com mander, 4741. 123. 6d. ; fourth class, 1181. 13s. ld. ; fifth, 1061. 15s. 9d.; sixth, 71/. 33. 10d. ; seventh, 591.65. 6d. ; eighth, 471.95. 3d. ; ninth, 351. lls. 11d. ; tenth, 231.145. 7d.; eleventh, 17/. 15s. 11d.; twelfth, 111. 17e. 3d. ; thirteenth, 8/. 17s. 11d. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE 130 NETTA.-Messrs. Stil well have given notice to the officers and company of the Bonetta, Frederick E. Forbes, Esq., lieutenant commanding (now commander), that they will be paid, on Tuesday, the 29th instant, at No. 22, Arundel-street, Strand, their respective proportions of proceeds and bounty for the slave schooner Louisa, seized on the 4th of September, 1848, in company with her Majesty's sloop Sealark, and that the list will be re-called on Tuesdays and Thursdays the three following months :—Flag share, 131. ls. Id. ; lieutenant commanding, 11/. 15s. ; fourth class, 21. 18s. 91. ; fifth, 2/. 12s. lid.; sixth, 1/. Ma. 3d.; seventh, 1/. 93. sd. ; eighth, 1/. 33. 6d.; ninth,l7s. Bd. ; tenth, lie. 9d.; eleventh, Bs. 101; twelfth, ss. lid.; thirteenth, 4s. sd. MORTALITY ON THE COAST OF AFRICA.—We have seen a private letter from the coast of Africa, dated Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Adams, Bight of Benin, Aug. 10, 1850, in which, to our great re gret, it is stated that two melancholy and fatal inci dents connected with the Gladiator's prizes had oc curred. In one of the prizes which she had captured and burnt, Second Master Mliiddle and two seamen, who had been actively employed in her, were seized with the fever. Happily the officer re covered • but the poor men died. The other prize was a ene vessel of 200 tons, and she was sent away to St. Helena, in charge of Mr. Jones , master's as sistant. Two days after he left the Gladiator he was seized with the fever; he lingered for twelve days, and then expired, leaving directions about the naviga tion of the ship. Shortly after, however, two of the men also fell victims to the fever, and the remaining six, being more or less ill, determined to bear up for the coast. In doing so they got on shore at Fernando Po, but: 'ere assisted off without damage, and at the date of our friend's letter she was in harbour there, and it was likely she would be ordered to be dis charged.. The Gladiator was coaling for the first time for three months, and was receiving on board 200 tons. The Hccla steam•vessel, Commander Beauchamp, and Wolverine, 12, Commander M. Falcon, had each taken a prize. The former was off Lagos; the latter was off Porto Nuovo. The Jackal', tender to the Gladiator, was off Prince's Island. Commodore-Superintendent H. Eden, of Wool wich Dockyard ; Captain-Superintendent Richards, C. 8., of Chatham Dockyard ; and Mr. Nicholls, Clerk of the Cheque at Greenwich Hospital, have been constituted a committee at Deptford Victualling Establishment to investigate some matters of com plaint with respect to the bakery department. The Hercules troop-ship, Master-Commander Fulton, will be ready for reloading, at Greenhithe, on the 17th. The Resistance troop-ship, Master-Commander Bradshaw, will not receive the baggage of the troop at Woolwich before the 20th instant. The Retribution, 22, steam-frigate, Captain War den, left Queenstown on Sunday for a cruise. PORTSMOUTII, TUESDAY.—The Dauntless steam frigate, Captain Halstead, has been paid advance at Spithead to-day, and will sail to-morrow morning for Cork, and thence to Lisbon. The following officers passed the College last week : For Lieutenants—Messrs. Lewis Barstow, F. M. Noel, W. H. Truscott, and Thomas Stackhouse. For Masters—Messrs. F. C. Cooper, J. Winnicott, T. S. Hayward, J. Hutchings, and G. R. Morrison. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander G. S. Hand, is fitting out for service on the home station, it is re ported in the room of the Stromboli. The Birkenhead iron steam-frigate was ordered to be brought down from her moorings and immediately equipped, to transport stores and provisions with all dispatch to the Island of Ascension. A FEMALE BURNT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.-- On Monday morning Mrs. Stacey, a young married woman, Snow's-fields, Bermondsey, l e f t who resides at Suffolk-place, the Waterloo station for Windsor by the 9 30 excursion train. The carriage in which she travelled was an open one, and contained about twenty passengers. On arriving be te, een Richmond and Twickenham her muslin drew; was set on fire b y a spark from the engine , and in an instant she was enveloped in flames. Fortunately a gentleman, who was sitting by the side of her, had the presence of mind to throw the affrighted woman down on the flour of the carriage, thus saving her face front the flames, which extended above her 'aead, and with the prompt assistance of other passengers succeeded in extinguishing the lire. On arriving at Windsor Mr. Willmer, the station-master, immediately sent the sufferer in a carriage to the Royal Dispensary, where she was attended by Dr. Eton. Fortunately it was then dis covered that although her gown and all her under clothes were burnt en ono side, from the lower part to the waist, she had miraculously escaped with the burning only of one of her hands, but was, naturally, in a state of great nervous excitement from the fright. F IRE .-A fire was discovered to have broken out on Monday evening last, about half-past eight o'clock, in a barn in the occupation of Mr. Cox, near Brockley Hall, in the parish of Brockley, Somerset, by which about 150 bushels of wheat were destroyed, together with other property, but it was got under without doing any extensive damage. Ile cause of the conflagration is at present unknown, but a rigorous investigation will take place. THE MURDER AT FRIMLEY. 1 CONFESSION OF ONE OF THE MURDERERS. It will be satisfactory to the public to know that all doubts respecting the dreadful crime at Frimley are now completely cleared up by the confession of one of the guilty persons. Although very little moral doubt existed that the persons now in custody were in reality the authors of the crime, yet there was very great difficulty iu procuring the necessary legal evidence to establish their guilt, and it is possible that they might have escaped justice if one of them bad not made a confession. Of the fact there is not the least doubt, and the following particulars upon the subject may be relied upon :—lt appears that on Monday afternoon Hiram Smith, alias Hiram Trower, one of the four men in custody upon the charge of murdering Mr. Holiest, expressed a desire to see Mr. W. Keene, the governor of Guildford Gao), where he is confined, stating that he had something of importance to communicate to him. Mr. Keene accordingly went to his cell, and the prisoner then expressed a wish to tell him all he knew of the matter. The governor informed him that he must take the responsibility of such a proceeding upon himself, and that be could not hold out the least inducement for him to do so, but if he persisted be was at liberty to make any statement be thought proper. The pri soner then made a statement, which was taken donn in writing by Mr. Keene, of all the circumstances connected with the dreadful affair, stating that the burglary was planned by himself and the other three now in custody, and that the fatal shot was fired by Levi Harwood. He ako states, that after the murder the prisoners all came to Kingston together, and Har wood went to London to dispose of the stolen pro perty, and when he came back gave him 7s. 6d. as his share. The prisoner entered minutely into the details of the outrage, but stated that the pistol w as only intended to terrify the inmates of the house into submission, and that there was no intention originally to commit any violence. It appears from inquiries that have since been set on foot that the statement of the accomplice can be confirmed in many material points by independent testimony, and if this should be correct the case will be complete. The prisoners are to undergo another examination on Friday, and they will then, in all probability, be fully committed for trial. BURGLARY AT MR. HOLFORD'S. Yesterday morning information was transmitted from Scotland-yard to the station-house at the rear of this court of the circumstances attending the bur glary at Holford -house, Regent's-park, and the ap prehension of one of the burglars. The fact of one of the burglars being supposed to be dangerously wounded, owing to the traces of blood being found on the ground over which he walked or was carried, and 1 the circumstance of a hat being found perforated I with shot, and blood upon the inside, supposed to be long to the wounded man, were also mentioned. The Commissioners of Police, with a view to the discovery and apprehension of the man alluded to, have issued directions that particular inquiries should be immedi ately instituted at this side of the water, in order to ascertain if application for admission to either of the Borough hospitals had been made by any person suf . - fering from gunshot wounds, and suspected of being concerned in the late burglary in the Regent's-park. Agreeably to these directions policeman Squires, of the N division, was dispatched in the course of yesterday to make the necessary inquiries, and upon visiting St. Thomas's Hospital he ascer tained that a man named Bryant had presented himself there that morning, and exhibited gunshot wounds in one arm and the back part of one of his thighs. Upon examination of his condition he was immediately admitted ; and when questioned by Squires as to the circumstances attending his having been wounded his answers were of a nature to excite suspicion, for he asserted that he was wounded at a place called East Peckham in Kent, and that it was at a beershop where be and four other men " kicked up a row" in the house ; and that the pot boy armed himself with a pistol, and shot him in the arm and thigh. In answer to the question as to where he lived, he said that it was at No. 13, George-yard, Whitechapel ; and afterwards, as to the reason he did not give his assailant into custody, he gave an evasive answer. Altogether, there is so much suspicion at tached to the man that it is considered necessary to watch him in order that he should not leave the in stitution before proper inquiries are made with a view to discover whether he might not be one of the burglars either concerned in breaking into Hol ford-house, or in the Frimley murder, it being known that the late Mr. Holiest discharged a gun at his murderers as they crossed the lawn in front of his residence. Tte driver of a cab has also come forward and described, that on the morn ing that Holford-house was broken into, between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock, while on the rank in Al -1 hany-street, Regent's-park, he was engaged by a man without a hat, and bleeding from a wound in the head. The man appeared to be weak, and on getting into the vehicle be desired to be driven to the Strand, lon reaching which he alighted near Wellington street, and walked away. Since then no tidings have been heard of the man, and the police have received instruction to trace, if possible, whether he was ob served by the toll collectors on the 'Waterloo or Ilun gerford-bridges, to have passed over either of them in the course of the morning in question. During the examination of the man already in custody at the Marylebone Police-court, two women were observed to exhibit much anxiety about the result, and as it was suspected that they were friends and acquaint ances of the accused, they were watched from Mary lebone-lane over to the Surrey side of the water, to a house in Market street, leading into the Borough road, which locality is frequented by characters of the worst description. It is strongly suspected that the burglars live in this neighbourhood, and the police are on the alert to discover those at large. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Well, the Corporation of London has not been frightened into hysterics by the thousand-and-one paragraphs that have appeared in the newspapers, de scribing Smithfield Market as a "nuisance' In spite of the opposition of the daily press, the Islington Market clique, and sundry interested Members of Parliament, it would appear that, instead of the market being about to be abandoned, and a more con venient site chosen by the Corporation, it will, in all probability be considerably enlarged and improved. It is now proposed that it shall occupy a locality in habited by the worst characters that exist in London, and where the most filthy and disgusting trades, which ought to be pursued at a distance from the City, are carried on, to the great detriment of health. It is notorious to all persons but those who are wil fully blind, that a better spot could not be found for the market. Considerably above the level of the Thames, ample drainage is thereby secured ; and the best possible proof of this is, that when the sold and unsold stock is driven from the pens, in an hour or two afterwards, the whole space presents an area of cleanliness which would put to shame some of our fashionable districts, where the want of sewers is notorious. Some of the sticklers for Islington Market have endeavoured to show that the health of the in habitants is affected by the exhalations from animal dung impregnating the air with poison. The best medical testimony is opposed to this view, and goes to show that there is not a more healthy spot in the metropolis. We come then to the nuisance direct. It is urged that, as oxen and sheep are driven through the streets of the City at noon-day, the lives of per sons are endangered. We should like to have an in stance of a fatal accident from this cause pointed out to us. Formerly it was the practice to get up a bul lock hunt on Mondays, and drovers, idle boys, and great hulking fellows would join in the amusement ; but since the former have become licensed men, and the police the real preservers of the public peace, these scenes have vanished. A stray ox or sheep may be seen occasionally to obstruct an omnibus, or take it into its head to ease its feet by walking on the pavement, but, beyond this, no one can complain of a nuisance ; and the same thing would occur if the market were held anywhere else, and perhaps to a greater extent. Taking this view of the sub ject, the Corporation, almost without a dissentient voice, have agreed to apply to Parliament for a Bill to enable them to enlarge the market, to the extent of at least twelve acres. The plan has been pre pared by Mr. Bunning, the City architect, and looking at it on paper, we confess that it appears to us calculated to set the question at rest. Mr. Bunning proposes to extend the market to Cow-cross and Vic toria-street, now a site of almost barren ground, and to clear away Sharp's-alley, West. street, and other real nuisances. He also proposes to erect a commo dious Dead-meat Market, and render such other ac commodation as must relieve Newgate and other markets, now carried on in densely-populated neigh bourhoods. A large expenditure of money is neces sary to complete the scheme; but when we look at the neighbourhood that will be disturbed, and take into account the great benefit the working classes will derive in being able to get meat at a cheaper rate, and the facility afforded to country butchers for transact ing business, we think the Corporation are justified in their endeavour to uphold a market that must ado greatly to the commerce of the City. We feel morally assured that when Parliament shall inspect Mr. Bunning's admirable plan, and listen to explanation! on the subject, that it will not resist the application of the Corporation, but gr an t a Bill, an d th us se t th e I vexed question at rest.— Weekly Dispatch. A PUFF As Is A Purr.—A correspondent . of the lkrew York Courier and Enquirer writes an account of a new iron safe which was exposed to a heat that completely de stroyed its competitor, and from which was taken, after the trial, a live rooster and a lump of stamped butter. The butter was harder thin when it was put in, the stamp re maining perfect, and the rooster came out alive and well, only suffering from the cold, and almost frozen by the cold ness of the temperature to which he had been exposed.— Boston Iliad. October 15, 1850. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, OCT. 15. W4cit'cl SM.:4I Her Majesty and his Royal Highness walked early this morning in OThorne Park and grounds. The Prince of Wales and the younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. There was no addition yesterd?y to the Royal dinner party. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, arrived at Kew on Monday evening, from Plasnewydd, Anglesey. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial. office from the Governor of West Australia. HUMAN LIFE. Doubts end fears, a dismal throng, Hopes that falter on the tongue, Joys that live but in the eye, Love whose language is a sigh, Reckless mirth and ghastly madness, Laughter meant to cover sadness, Pains that rend the heart asunder, smiles above and hatred under, Weeping, curses, hunger, cold, Diseases blasting young and old, Folly, pride, revenge, despair, Weakness agonized with fear. Fut men's blood and brethren's strife— Read and mourn, 'Lis HUNAN LIFE. Hopes that glorify the earth, Feeling of immortal birth, Love that conquers pain and fear, Homebred joys and friendships dear, I3allowed memories of the past, Thoughts that will the stars outlast, Peace which is of conscience born, Fancy rainbowed like the morn, Lover's rapture, maiden's gladness, And the bridal's joy-wrouht sadri*s, Poet's charm and Nature's beauty, Goodness finding bliss in duty, Husband, sister, brother, wife— Read, rejoice, 'tis HUMAN LIFE. JOHN EDWIN CIIIIRCHIS. DOVER BREAKWATER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sint,—The da'mage sustained by the works of the New Breakwater, during the late gale, having been so grossly exaggerated, I am induced to address you in order that your readers may form a just concep tion of what has really occurred. Being lately amid the work of destruction, and having rather closely examined its extent and probabilties, I can with some degree of confidence refute much of what has ap peared before the public, and show a state of matters far different from what they have been led to believe. The great work itself, the permanent portion, re mains quite safe and untouched by the rough gale, not a stone having been moved in such an awful storm ; a portion only of the timber staging has been swept away, and with it the machinery used in work ing the diving-bells and setting the heavy blocks of stone. The timber has been all, or nearly all, re covered from the waste of waters. A portion of the ma chinery has been brought ashore not much damaged, the greater part still remains in deep water, close to the end of the pier, which will render its re covery a matter of ease and certainty so soon as the timber staging is again erected, which is rapidly in progress. The repeated estimates of the damage done which have appeared are not only premature but grievously erroneous; and if a conjecture might be formed at the present time it would indicate that it is just possible that the sum of the damage will scarcely reach that amount of hundreds which have been so frequently quoted as thousands ; indeed, we know that the spirited contractors feel quite at ease on the subject; if they are disturbed at all it is on account of the slight interruption to the progress of the works, and not from the great parade of loss and damage ; in tact, the same view would be taken by any one at all acquainted with the extent of the operations, the difficulty and magnitude of the works, the exposed position of the breakwater, and the great depth of sea in which the works are now being carried on. It is difficult to conceive a frame-work of timber fifty feet high, of construction sufficiently strong to withstand the resistless roll of the sea upon the works, in a storm when the Atlantic rushes into the straits concentrated and gathered up in its wrath, and with fearful violence forcing a passage through the narrow neck which cuts us off from the continent. Yet we have the great fact that up to the period of this disaster, and when the works had proceeded at least four-fifths of the whole extent of 800 feet, there has not been the slightest interruption, loss, or damage to this . great undertaking. Several correspondents, not content with drawing a very high coloured picture, begin to condemn the works. One has the conceit to tel► us, in your journal of the 10th inst., that, "If the masonry had been completed a greater distance out to sea, that it would have given way and mode a break through the fifty feet in width structure." Surely this gentleman has never seen the structure, or, if he has, he can form but a poor opinion indeed of the strength of the work. The masonry as it rises above high water is as stable as the Isle of Wight, and when once completed will defy the most ruthless waves of this tempestous coast, no better proof of which need be adduced than that it withstood the late gale in an open, unfinished, un prepared,' and defenceless state. Your correspondent, whilst admitting that t h e works, so far as they have gone, have had a very good effect upon the harbour, is contradictory enough to assert that the sea rolls in heavier into the eastern side of the old pier. How a pier jutting out upwards of 600 feet from the shore to windward should cause a greater roll of the sea in its lee is too absurd to re quire any refutation. He next astonishes us by stating thii the new pier has had the bad effect of making the bay shallow. This exceeds any of his previous malversations. In The Sun of May 22, 1849, I had the honour of having inserted a demonstration on the principles and causes continually in operation on the south coast of Eng land, at which time I clearly laid down the fixed law, that let any barrier be erected seaward, that the on ward progress of shingle and silt from east to west is immediately arrested. The remarks I then made on this subject have been fully confirmed by the ex perience of the last sixteen months; and so notorious is this fact, that we know it to be in contempla tion to remove the harbour sluices, which have been ren dered quite unnecessary through the shingle and silt being intercepted by the extension of the new works. The statement that " the new work may cause the whole of the intended harbour of refuge of 700 acres to fill up," is a happy conclusion to the article in question, and at once establishes the aim and object of the writer. Let me, however, tell him that it is ridiculous to indulge in a strain of prophecy —it is really too much to compare that vast work with " the cob at Lyme Regis." I would repeat what I have said aforetime, that I have stood upon the works and conversed on the progress, the success, and the ultimate advantage to be dt.rived therefrom, with men great by birth, men great by talent, and men combining the two great attributes of humanity. It will, then, at least be conceded, that I speak not unadvisedly; and when the Duke of Wellington but yesterday walked along , the gigantic work he ex pressed a lively satisfaction that no damage was done to the permanent work, I may be allowed to conclude by stating, in the most distinct terms, .that nothing whatever of any consequence has arisen from the late gale, or any other cause, to impede, delay, or endanger the early completion of this, the greatest and most successful marine work of modern times. I am, Sir, &c., ALPHA. London, Oct. 15, 1850. ENGLAND ALARMED. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The recent exhibition at Cherbourg appears to have excited in the minds of our countrymen alarm as to the unguarded state of England, looking, as some do, to a future event—that of our neighbours resorting to the expedient of making war upon us to restore harmony among themselves. Without offering any opinion as to the disposition, friendly or hostile as may be, on the Fitt of the French towards ourse'tves, an invasion of outolores, if not an impossibility, can, at least, be rendered a feat so difficult, and so imminently dangerous to in vaders, that unless our neighbours quite lose their wits we shall be spared the attempt of such a visita tion, and in defence of our homes, the necessity of committing dreadful carnage. There is a mode of warfare known of which we can avail ourselves—a means of destruction not less effi cacious than it is simple and safe in application, that can with little instruction be speedily brought into operation, and which would, in truth, make sad havoc of an invading expedition. The "ditch" separating us from France is of ample width for the full develop ment of its powers—under an ordinary share of vigilance, prepared as we should be, if a fleet, con veying troops, consisting of steam transports, ships of the line, and huge war steamers, leave the harbours of France upon a hostile visit to our shores, swim back again to port, it would be by a generous and humane forbearance on our part. It is since ve be e n e en much te k t e o n b f e r lm t ta n i e l e n te exhibition,h a t in a hint th h e a s s u not m long sum mer of 1844, o ff Brighton, where a resuscitation, in appliances, form, at a ofr period d to r pedowhen mode veryo f alteredwarfare statevwe•flrsy oi i mproved manifested, pro ed inducing great changes trivances would be perfecte d, navigation, together with chemica l h.,. in maritime war operations. might reasonably ead us to an aTphperesoeonn..eror,ri therefore ,that con this r isnves tigtunreservedlyiondivestinga d openly i t o brought u c u re d ey and under m y s tery ! and the sooner we model our ideas to n t is matter the searchingchangesutte investig at ion , in naval matters incident to the march of invention of the day, the better shall we consult the interests of England.—l remain, Sir, &c., s- U N _) ' t~,~ LL ~,~ 3" ' 10