The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

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TEM LATEST ODDS AND ENDS FROM YORK CONCERNING TO-MORROW'S RACES. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ~,,S IR , -- Upwards of three dozen horses, including aancy, had arr i ve d at t h e scene o f act i on a t n i ne o ' c l oc k r s o morning, and b e t ween t w o and three dozen more w t h e expected, so that the fields will be quite up to the aver age. The course is in exi.ellent order, the late r am!) having been very beneficial to it. Six of the n ominations for the Dundas Strikes have arrived, and tveo or three more are expected, so t hat the fi e ld w i l l pro b a bl y cons i st o f R a d u l• , Post-Terepore, Tordesillas, Sister to Fencer, lE eceitful, Th e S axon , F o ll ow - me -L a d s , M r s. Birch. and rookshanks. C ROOKSHANS the winner, wish the s t.: a z° l3 Follow me-Lad', and Mrs. Birch in the next thr ee Places. For the Colt Sapling SthkAs, Wideawake, The Governor La3la colt, and Claverhouse will not dale AIIGIIR will win, and Young Hawthorn or Burn -4,4;e occupy tha second position. The Match will be de '_'.oed in favour ot the PRINCE CARADOC COLT. Only four announced as arrived or expected for the Ebor St. 4ler:—Newminster, Crseus, The Calculator, and, Perhaps, The Confessor. NEWMINSTER will win easily, s hould obtai n t h e secon d p l ace an d Th e C a l c ulator last. '_''ottld The Co t fe ssor s t a rt, pl a c e him between New. PLtaster and Cuseas, and you have the result of the race. ee 200 Servs. Metch between At-my-go-round tacd tb , f,j s slia tidy will probably end in a forfeit. The field the Yorkshire Oaks, it is expected, will Consist of (41tandiere. Tightwaist, Prestige, The Nun Confidence 0 Alias Flyaway, Fifty-three, Lady of the Grove, and It se or otn.r., tucluding one from the Goodwood tht bl e. VIVANDIERE will figure as the winner; Confi ni, if she runs and Tightwaist in the flex' exp, cte w `l a il e es• f It is d that the following lot Vj form the field for the Ebor Handicap, 1 5, 4, Maid of Mashaar, Clothworker, Italian, Lady 44 Y1da f ora Champion, Nancy (d), Cnteus, Haricot, Hunger d' Ikuook Knoll, and Arisros I have marked Nancy l!ottoobtful because it is the prevailing impression at tk she will not start for this event. Champion and nook have many admirers in the nor: h, the for rser • 1 „ In Particular. The betting in town this morning for >s not t Particularly brisk ; the following are tbe latest 4. 4 . ,ations :—Dundas Stakes-3 to 1 agst Crookshanks, " I lu 5 to 1 taken freely ; 5 to 1 agst The. Saxon ; 6 to pates Slater to Fencer. Yorkshire Oaks-2 to 1 agst w•7tindtere ; 5 to 2 agst Confidence ; 4 to 1 ages Tight %lt Prince of Wales's Stakes-2 to 1 agst Bird-on ing. Ebor Handicap-7 to 4 agst Nancy ;6to 1 th i :i li gat Maid of Masham and dungerford; 7 to 1 eget sci:Ltalian • 15 to 1 agst Champion. Great Yorkshire 44 " - --The same as at Tattersall's yesterday. I am, Sir, yours, &0., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. 432 g. 19, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. If TA rTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. p W e except an outlay of two or three hundred pound,s r T he Marlborough Buck, the betting on the Ebor e n - 7e%) and Great Yorkshire Stakes was almost wholly t;lluned to Nancy, who was backed heavily for both tr : 1:38 , and left off first favourite for each; it did not ti n -11 7ire whether Mr. Martinson had succeeded in get -447 0 ,000 to 1,000 about her for the Ebor. 6to 4 was p e e Newminster for the Ebor St. Leger, and 5 to 1 d currently against him for the St. Lfger, for latter the highest offer agst Hernandez was 3 to I—the ter the The Ban were in strong force. Closing prices:— EBOR HANDICAP. 2 to 1 eget Mr. Martinson's Nancy—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Medilam'shan 13 to 1 agst Mr. Brown's fliricot EBOR ST LEGER. 6 to 4 on Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken 8 to I egst Lord Lurgan's Celeus GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. to 2 egat Mr. Slartin-am's Nanc)—taken 5 to 2 agst Mr. Wilkini,on's Neasham 3 to 2 apt Mr. Clark's Marlborough Buck—taken and afterwards offered 9 to 1 agst Mr. Greetlte's Ariosto—taken and after wards offered 10.0 to 8 agst bir J. Hawley's The Ban—taken THE YORKSHIRE OAKS. 2 to 1 eget Mr. S. I)avithou's Vivandierc—taken 6to 1 apt "Nancy winning the Ebor and Great Yorkshire—token 10 to 1 a gat N ancy f or t h- Eb or an d H ernan d ez fcr the St. Leger—taken 12 to 1 agst Nancy tor the Great Yorkshire and ilernandf z for the Sr. Leger—taken LRADIINGTON STAKES. 600 to 50 agst Mr. l'ain.er's Tr.. Castle—taken DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 apt L.Td Enfield's Hernandez—take 7 to 2 S to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster—taken and afterwards ufle'ed 15 to 1 agst Sir J. Ha% ley's The Ban—taken to 3001. 25 to 1 agat Sir J. llawl..y's The Confessor THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Chtribaa—taken THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. aci to 1 agst Mr. Carew's The Heriot—taken DERBY. 114 °0 to 25 agst Colonf , l Yeei's Lapidist I ' 4 o to 25 agst Lord Zetland'* Augur7taken COLONEL PEEL'S STUD. The first p ort i on o f t h e stu d l ate l y so ld b y C o l one l •,jl to Lord Ribblesdalo was put up by auction yester '44Y, at Hyde Park-corner, and the following lots sold:— ki l p 4 $ f f is lutY by lon, out of Palms 5O 11 f l u) ? Bay Middleton or Alarm, out of Queen Anne 100 g t by Cotherstone, dam by Sir Hercules 80,°7 Alarm, out of Seaksle g ' by Slane, out of Jenny Lind 4O 1 4, 4 , , colt by Orlando, out of Hersey ' cl gittus t f • - .......... bby Slane, out of Palmyra linUght in - -Osiris, 600 guineas; Talfourd, 1,200; til,, - „ t ` li t'R, 290; Lapidist, 3.000; Kingston, 1,300; LIVET.. r t 490; and Orpheus, 420. tera ti°4o , Hirsuta and Gleuluee arrived in town yes -47 on their way to Y ., q - k. YORK RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) n I , I KI MONDA Y AFTE R NOON, bIX O'CLO CK • —The " w ing are th e pre se nt a rriv a ls : —Clothworkt.r, Nancy, kutiidrift, Lady of the Grove, C a l c el a t or , Fifty-three, NZNZ, ,- Lads, Miss Flyaway, ch fby It huriel out of taCi r ep, 2 yrs; Deceitful, Prime Minister, Aaron 11i t ;. 4, 9 Candlewick, Brother to Shylock, The Nun, Lady Radalphus • Augur, Sweetheart, Vivandiere, f by It • • Luonarch out o u t estu, Prestige Cnteus, Tight -1484 Siste r to Fencer, and Rose. 11 UNGERFORD MARKET REGATTA. ofTha annual regatta at Huogerford -market, in honour k eo e natal day o f h er R o y a l Hi g h n e ss th e Duchess of tvhi n l took pl ac e y es t er d a y, an d was su perior to any th i ., ll ,_ has occurred of late )ears. The match was in 111 44 1 urats, with ten competitors, and attracted many r ad 6pectators. First Heat. ArifWestward and Alexander Tough ...(Yellow) 1 Ap r a Churchmanand Henry Godfrey (Blue) 2 The Wood and E. M'Evoy ) 301 4 he at exten ded from H ung p rtor d- sta i rs u p rou,d a do w — r , of the Victoria Tower of the 11-use of Lords, kid I. round the Townies police - ship , off Strand-lane, tb d uaek to H u ngertord-bridge. It was a capital start, to g° 0 (1 race. After being abreast o f eac h o th er for ytll 4 three m i nu tes, blue took the lead , f o ll owe d by Illa e ° ,, w, who pressed them so severely that they changed tly t ,7 B nn nearing the upper station bout. The winners titi 4, gradually drew slightly in advance, and main- s . eo , SPcond Mat. li th lge Bancroft and Jam , a Brathwaite (Pink) 1 if k i l Ferrer an d Charles Westwood...--.(Green) 2 iti th “ i e last pair in the first heat being elaitled, also row e d °4l; - ‘ 4 heat, with no better success than before. I . t was W ei ; eiose race for a short distance, th en the winners alon g way in front. ,21in „), Final Heat. A• ob t - L utaan and Godfrey .... .(Blue) 1 13 4 - gz , and H. Viretwood (Yellow) 2 ••••• Oft and Brathwaite .. ....... (Pink) 0 11 4 4 14 took the l , ad at a good psco, and inamtainud it th e the way round, but fouling the chain belonging to tw o "earn boat " dummy" at the Adi c lphi, the other kin.l:lair, who were close up, w e nt awa y from them in a ,ite.....,„„0n to • y four or five lengths. the t ee3 id priz rs e was a pue of sovereigns, subscribed by ents of the vicinity. 1111 THOUSAND MILES' nATCH AT THE Ou r „ RED HOUSE. flooz ie alerting columns have from time to time an la progress of the Leeds pedestrian Searles, miles a rduou s undertaking of walkling one thousand trop u l d one thousand successive hours,. in the inclosed we h av ° ' the well-known Red House at Battersea. tnari tak . , e this day to record the completion of this . re- F,,,7" effort or endurance, persever mice, and stemme. 11 ,1 th „„ ta a” years, we must confess, we have dewed f th e C i :PlTion the asserted performances in all parts of at h,;;gunra of the feat known as " The Barclay , e? ' and not without good reason., for a pretty conld u4 t able h„,. experience in pedestrian performances has told t lase t C; the races in inclo.ed grounds are but too re aeot . Mere " gate-money" speculations. In the pre aeaa:„°,:tanee there was an absence of chicane, a fair aerie.'" Publicity, that not only ser suspicion at de- Milli,' but arrangements were made for testing the fo rtil l of the man, and the practicability of the per satiapne, calculated to give every opportunity for seribY i ng the sceptical. A hundred pounds was sub heat ed as a bonus to the man if staccessful, and the e tp of the Red House, Mr. Ireland, went to a large rap t e „ 4 , l 3° in preparations, not only for the uninter hteZ. progress of the match, but also for the proper sad I ;. la g, timekeeping, and accommodation of Searles mired la attendants. A gift of twenty pounds was pro to 'fiol et ; any one who should detect the pedestrian in a ti el ,„ l :°n of any of the conditions, and not only were two bat the and a policeman constantly on the ground, is til l" enclosure was open from nine at night till nine liev ta nrning, for the purpose of convincing nnbe ut,"l. It is a remarkable fact, that, whether from ...... e ?Lty or interest, Searles never was without watchers .._ hee w iln P a nY, inside the little wooden edifice where his 'ElOr as Placed, and owlish, late at night, or early in the t ot i tag visitors, who noted his times of rest and of Fo f 3 r the first 700 m il es S earles walked we ll an d cheer -4"12_','0, but i n the 736th mile he sprained hie foot, and an ers 11 us twelv e h ours followed. But a doctor, and the Medicatr• natures brought it right again, and he Part il.ter:ohietahee night rather mo re . I n t h e l ate r ‘r l d fourteen minutes was not unfrequient, and the THE SUN, majority of the miles were covered in ten minutes arid a half. The task was commencer! at six o'clock on the even- ing of the 7th of July, and the last raile was walked on the morning of the 18th of August, at a few minutes after nine. We may observe that Searles, despite his long deprivation of continuous sleep, not only was fresh at the conclusion of the match, but, so completely is habit second nature, that he felt little inclination for extra rest. As this is the first well-authenticated achievement of what is pupularly known a, the " Barclay Maich , " brief note of the performance of " Allard3ce of Ury," from a journal 40 years since, may not be unacceptable: " In October, 1808, Captain Barclay made a match with Mr. W, hater, a gentleman of celebrity in the sporting world, by which Captain Barclay engaged to go, on foot, a thousand miles in a thousand successive hours, at the rate of a mile in each and every hour, for a bet of one thousand guineas, to be performed at Newmarket heath, and to start on the following Ist of June. In the intermediate time, the captain was in training by Mr. Smith, of 0 wston, in Yorkshire. He started at twelve o'clock at night on Thursday, the Ist of June, in good health and high spirits. His dress from the commencement varied with the weather. Sometimes he wore a flannel jacket, sometimes a loose great coat, with strong shoes, and two pair of coarse stockings, the outer pair boot-stockings without feet, to k« ep his legs dry. He walked in a sort of lounging gait, without any appal., nt extraordinary exertion, scarcely raising his feet two inches above the ground. During a great part of the time the weather was very rainy, but he felt no inconvenience from it ; indeed, wet was favourable t his exertions ; as, during dry weather, he found it necessary to have a water-cart to go over the ground to keep it cool, and prevent it becoming too hard. Towards the conclusion of the performance, it was said, the captain suffered much from spasmodic a'- fection of the legs, so that he could not walk a mile in less than twenty minutes ; he, however, ate and drank well, and bets were 2 to 1 and 5 to 2 on his completing his journey within the time prescribed. About eight days before ho finished, the sinews of his right leg be came much better, and he continued to pursue his task in high spirits, and consequently bets were 10 to 1 in his favour at Tattersall's. " On Wednesday, July the 12th, Captain Barclay completed his arduous undertaking. He had till four P.M. to finish his task, but be performed the last mile by a quarter of an hour after three in perfect case and great spirit, amidst a great crowd of spectators. For the last two days he appeared in higher spirits, and per formed his last mile with apparently more ease, and in a fawner time, tbun be bad done for some days past. " With the change of weather he had thrown off his loose great coat, which he wore during the rainy period, and walked in a flannel jacket. He also put on shoes thicker than any which he had used in any previous part of his performance. When asked how be meant to act after be had finished his feat, he said he should that night take a good sound sleep, but that he must hate himself awaked twice or thrice in the night to avoid the danger of a too sudden transition from almost constant exertion to a state of long repose. One hundred guineas to one, and indeed any odds whatever were offered on Wednesday morn ing; but so strong was the confidence in his success that no bets could be obtained. The multitude who resorted to the scene of action in the course of the con cluding days was unerecedented. Not a bed could be procured on the Tuesday night at Newmarket, Cam bridge, Bury, or any of the towns or villages in the vici nity, and every horse and vehicle were engaged. Among the nobility and gentry who witnessed the con clusiou of this extraordinary performance were the Dukes of Argyle and St. Alban's; Earls Grosvenor, Besborough, and Jersey; Lords Foley end Somerville; Sir Julio Lade, Sir F. Standish, &c. The aggregate of the bets is supposed to have amounted to 100 0001." Notwithstanding the severity of this and various other remarkable gymnastic feats, the captain is still enjoying a green old age at his seat at Ury, near Stonehaveu, in the county of Kincardine, respected as much for his kind awl gentlemanly demeanour in private as he is ce lebrated for his sp.:rung exelaits in public.—Advertiser THE NIZ AM. (From the Times.) Intelligence has been received from India to the effect that the Government of Calcutta has at length conclusively determined on immediate interference in , the affairs of the Nizam. This menace has been so long suspended over the Court of Hyderabad, and the embarrassments and disorganization of the Deccan have constituted so interminable a subject of remon strance and report, that the information thus commu nicrved, will, perhaps, appear to carry little novelty or interest. Yet the conjuncture is not without an importance of its own ' • and it is difficult, indeed, as the reader will presently see, to predict the ultimate results of such a movement in dominions like those of the East India Company. The Nizam or " Administrator" of the Deccan is the representative of a family founded about a century ago at the dissolution of the Mogul empire. The word " Deccan" signifies " South," and was applied to the portion of India between the rivers Nerbudda and Kistnall, which stood in that geographical relation to the seat of Imperial power. To this spacious terri tory there was dispatched from the Court of the Great Mogul a renowned lieutenant of the Emperor with the title of "iN izam," a distinction which he perpetuated by transmitting it to his descendants along with the province which he had been sent to superintend, and which, after eastern fashion, he had converted into a princely inheritance. On our first intervention in Indian politics we found the Nizam of the Deccan a formidable Sovereign, though he was brought before the close of the cen tury to hold his crown by our protection. The al liance between his State and the British Government was serviceable to both in turn, but it ended in ar rangements which have led by degrees to the present crisis of affairs. As the strength of the native Powers declined, and that of the British increased, it was natural that our contributions towards a common ob ject should take the form of military force, while those of the Nizam should be confined to pecuniary subsidies. Some of the obligations thus accepted were commuted for territorial cessions ; others re tained their original form ' • and the ultimate pacifica tion of Peninsular India left the Nizam under en gagements with the Governor of Calcutta to defray annual charges to a very considerable amount. It will be readily understood that these liabilities would become more and more disagreeable as the re collection of the services rendered became more and more indistinct. The undisputed ascendancy of the British released the Nizam from all those perils against which he bad purchased protection ; he had no enemy to apprehend, and be found it irksome to con tinue payments the consideration for which seemed to have long passed away. Moreover, his kingdom was running the usual course of oriental sovereignties, and a declining revenue and deficient means quickly followed upon a reckless and dissolute Administration. The British engagements had stipulated for the continu ous sojourn of a Resident at the court of Hyderabad, whose aid and counsel were to be always at the com mand of the Sovereign, and whose influence it was hoped might tend to maintain him in the paths of prudence. But, unfortunately, our system of pro tective alliances was partial and imperfect. It ope rated effectually enough to disarm the protected prince of all power for external action, but it left him in independent authority to mismanage the affairs of his particular dominions. We could control his deal ings with other states, and regulate his military es tablishments, but with his domestic administration we made no pretence to interfere. The consequences of this policy have been but too visible both in the Dec can and in Omle. In the state of which we are now writing, the Nizam either selected a Minister after his own heart, who was at variance with the British Resident, or he accepted a nominee of the Resident with such repugnance and ill will as neutralised the effects of the appointment. Practically there was no Government at all, for the influence of our authority was just sufficient to check the ma chinery without communicating a beneficial impulse to the Administration. Meantime pay ments fell into arrear—a circumstance which, while it called fur more urgent intervention on the part of the Resident, increased also the objet tions attached to his capacity and presence. In this manner have the affairs of the Deccan proceeded under a succession of rulers, until the sum due from the reigning Nizam to the Exchequer of Calcutta amounts to 850,0001. ; and the British Government have at length resolved on exercising a power reserved to them of temporarily confiscating a portion of his dominions, and applying the revenues to a liquidation Of the debt. It may seem at first sight that a con tingency so long contemplated, and apparently so natural, was not likely to be attended with any very serious consequences ; but all things in India have a character of their own. The Nizam himself might possibly conceive no great concern at the collection of part of his revenues by British officers. Large private funds enable him to satisfy the demands of oriental luxury, and to maintain an attitude of sulky indifference to the remonstrances of the Resident and the complaints of his subjects. Some, however, of those subjects have arms in their hands, and it is extremely probable that our proceedings may provoke the use of them. There exists in all India States troops, more or less numerous, of mercenary soldiers, the remains either of disbanded armies, or of military communities, or of those native forces which have from time to time been shattered under blows. Besides these, the Arabs—that Cam• sian race whose influence is felt from the straits of Gibraltar to the islands of the Eastern Archipelago— have long furnished India with a fierce and turbulent soldiery. These elements of disorder are to be found more or less throughout the country, but they have swarmed in extraordinary numbers on the dominions of the Nizam. Not only was the anarchy of the king dom generally favourable to their profession, but the position of the Sovereign himself invited their notice. The ". - N izam's army," so termed, is commanded by British officers, and under the exclusive authority of the Resident, so that his Highness has been compelled to levy and maintain a distinct force for such occasions of state and government as were still recognised by his protectors. This double drain upon his Treasury, while it has contributed in no small degree to the present embarrassment of his finances, has filled the country with crowds of ill-paid and urn governable mercenaries. First, the Sovereign himself, and then his nobles and favourites, are se verally supporting large bands of retainers, whose wages are always in arrear, and whose pecuniary claims and military strength give them great practi cal influence on the measures of the Government. To dismiss these troops is impossible, for there are no means of satisfying their demands, nor is it probable indeed that they would consent to be dislodged from -e settlement so congenial to their habits; sn that Sikhs from the Punjaub, Arabs from the Gulf, Beloo- Ares from Sciude. Rsjpoots from the north-west, end Patens from Affghanistan—all the fiercest foes, in short, of all our Eastern wars—are now mustered for mischief in the Deccan. At this moment the re venues of the Nizam amount, we believe, to about 1 000,0001 sterling—a sum so inadequate to the exi eencies thus induced that there a deficit of some 300,000/. was an annual event. From this income he British Government proposes to intercept some 350 0001., so that the deficit will be more than doubled, and the question which disturbs Indian ob• servers is, how a state which was barely kept together es it stood, can maintain even a semblance of substan live power when more than a third of its revenues is taken away. It is believed that the Nizam could, if he pleased, meet the demands of his creditors from his privy purse, but it is not conjectured that he will so incline. Another method lies in the resumption of " jaghires," or Crown revenues, from the favourites on whom they have been profusely bestowed ; but these favourites retain small armies of Arabs, who will incontestably fight to the death, if not fur their masters, at least for their pay. In fact, the whole revenues of the Nizam and his followers may be de scribed es pledged to a powerful and extortionate band of military creditors, holding actual possession, and likely to surrender their advantages only with their lives. We are not, of course, insinuating that the prodigious strength of our Indian Government is likely to fail against such antagonists as these, but their desperate ferocity has been proved in many a field, and we may anticipate isolated contests of ex treme severity before the Deccan can be rid of its invaders. Coupled, too, with this contingency, is the indefinite peril with which warfare in India is always attended. The risk is, perhaps, less than usual in territories so long peaceful and so well under com mand as those of the Madras Presidency, but it still exists, and may at any moment evoke an enemy into being. Neither is it probable, all circumstances con sidered, that our proposed intervention will actually terminate with the recovery of our dues, so that what appears the simple execution of a compact may not only lead to bard fighting, but may introduce a new epoch in our relation with the Princes and people of India. itr COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE. MONDAY, AUG. 18. Divine service was performed yesterday , morning at Osborne by the Rev. Mr. Protheroe, before her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princes* Royal. Tne Royal suite and household attended. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. Sunday being the birth-day of the Duchess of Kent, the morning was ushered in at Kensington by the ring ing of merry peals on the Church bells, and hoisting the Royal Standard. Yes.taday evening her Royal Highness's London tradesmen Illuminated, and, as usual, they dined together at the Kieg's Arms Tavern, Kensington. By ber Majesty's gracious command, a dessert of the finest fruits of the season was sent from the Royal gar dens at Frogmore, and by the Duchess of Kent's orders the table was supplied with a fine buck. Mr. W. N. Wright, sen., presided as Chairman; and the vocal department, under the direction of Mr. Rana ford, contributed much to the hilarity of the evening. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Canada and the Governors of the other North Ame rican Colonies; and also from the Governor of the Gambia. PARISIAN STREETS AND HousEs.—Great improve ments are observable in the streets by those who have not recently seen Paris: trottoirs are almost universal; ttte painted signs have nearly all disappeared ; and the drainage is very different from what it used to be. The largeness , of the houses enforces the employment of an architect, and affords an opportunity for the display of ability. Land is very dear in Paris, and the result of course is, that all the houses are carried up very high. Not long ago a plot of land on the Boulevard was sold, and realized at the rate of 1601. for every 36 feet superficial of the area; this, however, was probably a maximum price. There are at this moment few private buildings going on. In their executed works the French architects appear to hold fast to established styles, but there is a desire abroad, as here, to work out some thing new. Most of the houses that have been built within the last five years display a considerable amount of external sculpture. In decoration, it will be observed that much greater use is made of statues and busts, though they may be but casts, than amongst us. There are many pretty cast iron canopies recently put up over doors : the cast iron woe k generally, as our readers know, is very good. The duration of external gilding in Paris, as compared with London, is very treat, and affords evidence of the condition of our at mosphere—a condition which we might, and ought to, ma terially improve by enforcing the combustion of smoke. The gilded lamp-posts in the Place de la Concorde, look as fresh a. if but recently done. And what a glorious place this is ! When the sun shines upon its fountains and orange trees, its Luxor obelisk, Chamber of Deputies, the Aladeleiue, Champs Elys(ies, and the Tuileries, we know no piece of a city more beautiful in the whole world.—Builder. NORTHUMBERLAND LIFEBOAT PRIZE.—The com mittoe on lifeboats have presented their report to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and the premium which had called fourth a great amount of talent to the competition, has been awarded to James Beeching, of Great Yarmouth. There were many other models and plans of considerable merit; amongst these the following are the next in order to the successful competitor. The relative values of the models was expressed by numbers, 100 being understood to express a lifeboat complete in all respects :—Jarnes Beeching's num ber was 84; Henry Hinks, Appledore, bevon 78; J.. and E. Pellow, Plenty, Newbury, 77 ; William Teasdel, Great Yarmouth, 75; Harvey and Son, Halifax, Ipswich, 74; George Farrow, South Shields, 72; Semmens and Thomas, Penzance. 72; George Palmer, Nazing-park, Essex, 70; William Van Houghten, Rotterdam, 70; Alexander Robin son, Hartlepool, 70; J. and J. Harding, Whitby, 70; Forest and Laurie, Commercial-road, 70; Thomas Gaze, Mundes ley, 70 ; illiam Greener, Aston, Birmingham, 70 ; George Lee, Tweedmouth, Berwick, 68 ; R. Littlejohn and Son, Spittal, Berwick, 6' ; John Edmund, Scarborough, 67; William Falhingbridge, Whitby, 66 ; Thomas Costain, Liverpool, 65; William Cambridge, Filey ; Yorkshire, 65; Joseph Hodgson, Blyth, 65 ; R. Taylor, Newcastle, 65 ; W. Goodridge, Swansea, 65 ; Johnston and Haines, Brighton, 65 ; John Cockey, Portsmouth, 64; Thomas Wake and Sons, Sunderland, 63; Benjamin Birch, South Shields, 63 ; John Thompson, Retherhithe, 63; J. Bertram, East-street, Man chester-square, 63 ; R. Tredwen, Padstow, 63 ; Robert Blair, South Shields, 63; C. F. Gower, Ipswich, 63; T. and J. White, Cowes, 62 ; John Arrowsmith, Gosport, 62 ; Charles Gurr, Portsea, 62 ; John Lister, Sunderland, 62 ; Josiah Jones, Liverpool, 61. Besides the persons named in the above list there were 285 competitors of various degrees of merit.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. A TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.—A negro rode up to Mr. Baker's, at Galveston, about sunrise yesterday (July 11), and inquired the way to a neighbour's house, and was in vited by Mr. Baker to alight until the family were, done breakfast, to which they wer e about to sit down, add the negro did so. About this time Colonel E.S.C. Robertson rode up, and, upon examinatio n, found the ne g ro was a run away, and he and Mr. Bake r tied and ;p laced him in t he house. Colonel Robertson then left; soon after which, Mr. Baker met the negro at the door, he having cut himself loose with a large butcher-knife which he held in his hand. On Mr. Baker's attempting to retie the negro, the latter grappled with and commenced stabbing him. Mrs. Baker, seeing her husband in this peri lous situation, ran to his re lief, when the negro stabbed her , t he knife enterin gj ust above the left nipple, severing the arteries of the axillar, producing hemorrhage and almost instant death ; and after stabbing Mr. Baker four times, thrice in the back, near the spine, and once in the side, the negro got on his horse and fled. No one was present during the horrid tragedy, except fiv e little children, whose screams soon assembled some of the neighbours. Medical aid was immediately summoned to Mr. Baker, but there is not the most distant hope of his re- MELANCROLY ACCIDENT.—HASTINGS, AUG. 18. covery. A large number of our citizens immediately armed —Mr. W. R. Quarry, a young man aged 26, lost his life here themselves and went in pursuit of the murderer, but at our yesterday morning, in a very painful manner. At twenty last accounts from the scene of the murder, he had not been minutes before seven o'clock he entered the sea opposite arrested.—Texas State Gazette, July 12. Carlisle-parade, with six or seven other persons, leaving his watch and clothes in charge of a companion, DISAPPOINTED ANGLERS.—A somewhat laughable scene occurred at Middleton, near Manchester, a few d ays Mr. Joseph t ielder. The sea was ebbing, and nearly at its lowest, and ago. A party of thirty-seven persons, furnished with roils, there was some surf, with a breeze from the south-west. In ten or twelve minutes the party came out of the water, ex- lines and baits, went to a ledge of water on the Demesne, and p ce pting Qnarry, who was then missed all by his companions. the manoeu vres of their favourite art to capture using the fish, W.: wa s seen by the latter alut three minute s b e f ore , s t an d- , r oceeded to compete as anglers for certain prizes, which it was know n bad been abundantl y store d in the lodge ing with the water breast high and occasionally dipping. A for the purpose. They patiently watched for two hours, the young man named Hollands at once went to the spot where pe,iod over which t he com p etition was to exte nd , and then • Qu cry was last se en, but could find no trace of hi m . Boats found that the whole take amounted to on e small jack, and drags were p ut in requisition, but without avail, and weighing under half an o unce. The y retir ed from the scene a lth ou gh every exertion has been made, up to the p resen t of this wonderful p i sca t or ial feat amid the l aug h ter of some hour the body has no t been found. lt is supposed that the hundreds, who had assembled to see the sport. To add to c'eceased sank in some soft mud, and that his body is row their chagrin, it is said they have since discovered that the concealed in it. The spot in question is the si e of a sub- 1 fish had been stolen. terranean forest, and the sand s are ver y treacherous owin g to the presence of decomposed vegetable matter. The de- C ENT RAL CRIMINAL COURT.—In th e course o f ceased conducted a chytr.W i 's business n All SAnts-street, yesterday the grand jury returned a true bill against Lord land his untimely end has caused considerable sensation in the Ranelagh, for an assault, and ignored those arising out of the neighbuulhood. i counter-charges preferred by his Lordship. LOLA MONTES ON THE STAGE. What has become of Lola Montes? is a question, I suppose, frequen ly asked in London by many of the myriads who have seen or heard of the chances and fas cinations—the wild exploits and adventures—of this ad mired and mysterious lady. The question is not diffi cult to answer to one moving in a certain " set" in a certain quarter of Paris not a hundred miles from the Place Vendome—or to anybody else indeed who hap pens to '• know all about it." Lola is neither conquer ing another king, nor marrying another husband, though she could doubtless do both it she chose. The fact is, kings have become so unimportant all over the continent, and husbands so ridiculous all over the world, that per sons of the highest taste find neither worthy of their notice. Accordingly the Countess Landsielch—the title that Lola Montes resumed since her residence in Paris —has taken a loftier flight, and has returned with more• than her old enthusiasm, and a promise of more than her old success, to that career in which she was once so briefly conspicuous. The fact is certain, that Lola is to re-appear on the stage; and the fact is disappointing that Lula will not appear in England, nor in France, nor indeed in Europe. America, which is just experi encing its " next morning" after its recent musical intoxication, is destined to be visited by a relapse, ant' to be again astonished out of its dollars and property, that is to say, supposing the Americans to have the goon taste to behave with an appropriate degree of absurdity. Meantime —pending the period of her departure, whict, is fixed for October next—the Countess is " taking steps" to regain that mastery over her art which her long res. must have necoesarily deprived her of. The Jardit , Mabile is the scene of her daily practice, and Mabil4 himself is its director. The new dances of Lola Monte, (which are shortly to be puhlish , ,d) are six in number. Their arrangement, their mechanism au Mabiré; ihei, grace, their character and nationality are her own. For the rest it may br..i a 3 well to mention that during hei absence from the toage Lola has not lost any of these personal charms which can add éclat to her return. Het eye has lost nothing of its strange and startling brilli ancy, her form of its harmony and proportion, her motions of their grace. Above all, she is still young. and still enthusia.tic. For the benefit of those amon;: your readers who are interested in business-like parti culars, I may add that New York is to be the scene of her first appearance; that a report of her previous en gagement at the Muntansier, has no foundation what ever; aid that she will reign n the new world as het own mi.tr, se unfettered by Barnum or any other person. —Paris Correspondent of the Musical World. THE GERMAN AGITATION UNION OF LONDON. Under the name of the Gerinal Agitation Union of London, a society has been formed for the purpose of re• establishing the lawful rights of the German people which were ov , rthrown by a devutism as barbarous in its cruelty, end more lawn ss than that of Naples, and crushing with the same iron weight the whole of Laly and Hungary. Y The sociei will make within the limits ot the ki ll" only of E. of means of agitation The society is not mern s y for scouds sion, but Tre eminently a working one. Each of the members, who have until now acceded to it, has undertaken to work in a special department of the business of agitation. To prevent misconception or wilful misrepresentation, the society declares, distinctl y , that it ha w h atev er to be a secret g ove rnment of sno pretension Germany. Th e society has en trusted Dr . Karl Tsuienam of Vienna, with its central direc tio n , and has appoiot , d him with full pow e r to be its repres.rtative and agent in all its est rnal busin, name and negotiations,' In the name of the society, J. Fickler, Dr. G. Franck, A. G,p g 2 .. D. Hertle, J. Ronge, A. Ruge, F. Sigel. London, Aug. 15, 1851. --- The German Agita‘ion Union of London approves cf the position of Dr. Arnold Ruge, in the European cen tral committee. In the name of the society, J. Fickler, Dr. G Franck, A. Goegz, D. Hertle, J. Ronze, F. Sigel, Dr. K. Timenun. London, Aug. 15, 1851. By the powers entrusted to me by the German Agita tio❑ Union of London, I hereby invite all friends of the German popular cause in Europe and America, to send their communications, suggestions, periodical or other money contributions to me' by safe means and free of postage. DR. KAUL TAUSENAU. 8, Barnard's•inn, Holborn, Aug. 15, 1851. TUE REPRESENTATION OF OXFORDSHIRE, —A corn mittee meeting of the South Oxfordshire Protection Associa• tion was held at the Star Hotel on Wednesday last, for the purpose of taking steps for completing the requisition to Mr. Stone, of Streetley House, to come forward as a candidate at the next election. Certain resolutions were agreed to, and we understand that it was stated at the meeting that pro mi- es of support to Mr. Stone had been given by several influential persons in the county, and that the prospects were so encouraging as to leave no doubt of the retutn of Mr. Stone.—Orfor d Journal. Tnr Du& s; OF NE WCA STLE.—The Mayor and corporation of East Raiford have i sued cards of invitation to a dinner to be given to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle on i Friday, the sth of September nest. LONDON, TU'ESDA,Y THE STOURBRIDGE AND BROMS ANOTBER INCEADIARY EIRE AT OVER. Scarcely two months have elapsed eiece the last fire, and it is now our painful duty to record another; and from the circumstances of the case, a more audacious and diabolical act of iccondiarism we never remember to have braid of. On Tuesday night last, about nine o'clock, the alarm of tire was given by Mr. Thomas Murrill, a fanner, of the above virage,aud it was soon discovered that n straw stack in the very centre of the farm yard of Mr. Silk, op posite Mr. Mustill's, was in flames. No time was lost in getting out the cug;ine; but before flat was done the whole of the buildings were in limes. A large boarded barn, which had been recently tarred, burnt with such rapidity and brightness, that at a distance it presented a most beautiful appearance. The fire then spread to Mr. T. Mustill's house opposite, which it totally consumed, as also some outbuildings adjoining. It then spread to the Red Lion public-house, at the opposite corner, which, with stables, piggeries, &c., was also destroyed; and proceeded thence down the lane, and in its fury swept down the cottages on both aides, destroying altogether three farm-houses, borne-stalls, twelve cottages, and out houses, together with furnitur e' clothing, &c., belong ing to the cottagers, several of whom barely escaped with enough to cover themselves. What renders the circum stances of the above fire different from the other is the fact that the diabolical incendiary went at nine o'clock into the middle of the stackyard, and deliberately set fire to a straw stack—in the teeth, as i t Were, of the owner, Mr. Silk, some of whose family were in the sit ting-room, the window of which looked on to the stack in question. We understand a strict inquiry w ill b e commenced forthwith, and we hope the villain will be discovered. Every man in the village should be ma d e to account for himself, and where he was at the time the fire broke out. The following is the correct eccount of the insurances effected upon the property, but we understand they will not cover the losses sustained by the different parties : Sarah Mustill (Royal Exchange), co ttage, bakehouse, and buildings, 5501.; Mary Ann King, tenant (Suffolk), house and stock in trade, 2251.; Thomas Mustill (Nor wich Union), house and stock in trade, 73 1 .; ditto (General), farming stock, 401.; James Mustill (Norwich Union), house, buildings, and furniture, 2101.; ditto (General), farming stock, 601.; William Garside and Francis Tookey (Norwich Union), cottages and fur niture, 2201.; James Wright (Norwich Union), cot tage (tenant uninsured), 501.; Thomas Earl (Suf folk), Red Lion public-house, 4001.; Thomas Brown (Norwich Union), furniture, &c., 15/.; Isaac Wright (Norwich Union), house damaged, and build ings down, 301.; William Bicheno, Black Horse (Nor wich Union), furniture, 11.; James Chivers, landlord, damage, 34; Benjamin Silk (Norwich Union), house, furniture, buildings, and farming stock, 6401.; William Trigg (Sun), cottage (tenant uninsured), 1001.; Joseph Carter (Law), double cottage and blacksmith's shop (tenants uninsured), 90/.; Underwood Adams (County), furniture and stock in trade, 26/.; John Brown (insu rance unknown), cottage and meeting-house, 1001.; William Burling (Norwich Union), stock in trade, 10/. —Total, 2,843/. The following is a more detailed account of the prin cipal property destroyed:— Farm-house and premises, consisting of large barn, thatched with reed, boarded and thickly tarred; grana ries, pig-styes, bullock-hovels, stables, and other out buildings; stack of straw standing in the centre of the yard in which the fire was first discovered; large stack of new hay; quantity of beans, and other thrashed corn —the property and in the occupation of Mr. Benjamin ENCUMBERED ESTAT - PS ACT. it we watch the results of the Encumbered Estates I Act with particular anxiety, it i 5 only the result of a desire to see that Act in operation which was re peatedly expressed, long before it had received the sanction of the Legislature, and long before it had re ceived that favour at the hands of other journalists which was heaped upon it as soon as it was seen that it would " work well." When the state or Ireland hung like a damp gloom over the empire, and the word was repeated from man to man throughout the country that she had ceased to he the difficulty" of statesmen, and had become their "impossibility," we saw how practicable it was to clear away this gloomy atmosphere in the political sky, and how that small streak of light, that almost imperceptible patch of blue, not enough to make even an Irishman a pair of breeches, might be spread out till in time it might, haply, cover the whole sky. It was needful to begin by cutting asunder those legal things which bound the land to so many bankrupt familes, and bound the unhappy proprietors to estates of which they possessed only the anxiety and deep and bitter humi liation of providing for the claims of annuitants and mortgagees. But it was needful also, when the land was released from its entails, that there should be a market for it.,lt found that market. Doubtless many an estate was sold at far less than its value. Doubtless some few struggling proprietors sank L into beggary, even worse than their previous lot, through the opera tion of the Encumbered Estates Act. But by their loss the beggary of hundreds was redeemed. A wealthy purchaser stepped into their shoes, and the estate, which in many of its fine acres had produced no crops for years and years, or such unworthy crops as were only a satire on the cultic ation, began to show other signs than those it had theretofore exhibited. A new system of farming was introduced, and though, from the unparalleled misfortunes which immediately pre ceded the passing of the Encumbered Estates Bill, it is difficult yet to estimate the amount of good it has effected ; no rational man doubts that that good has been extensive, and that it has paved the way to an amelioration f Irish suffering, so devoutly to be wished. But it was doubted at the time of this Bill's passing, and it is still doubted to a very great extent, whether the social state of Ireland is such as to sanction the residence of purchasers under the Bill. It gives us great pleasure, for the sake especially of our Pro tectionist friends, to repeat a testimony, which has already been borne, to the perfect practicability of a Saxon purchaser residing, with impunity, on his Irish estate. The witness in question describes the natives as " very amenable," though requiring a good deal of looking after to keep them at work. We can under stand this perfectly. The Irishman in his own country has unfortunately been so very ill paid, and has had so few inducements held out to him to work, that it would be an utter miracle if something like sloth had not crept over him. But to show the mildness of the people—and it is a matter of pride for an English man to think that such a virtue is not want ing in a race which the constitution of his country has united to him as his fellow subjects—let us quote the express words of this witness on another point. He says, "I am living in a cottage without a lock or bolt, sleeping en the ground-floor, without shutters. I would not venture to live in England so little secured. I have received the greatest kindness and hospitality from all ranks." What, in Ireland ! a family sleeping without lock or bolt ! But the fact is capable of explanation. The witness, in the first place, is a resident landlord. In the next, he is a man of honour and humanity. Entering upon the estate he had purchased, his first step " was, to get rid of the tenants off that portion of the land which (he) determined to commence improving and farm ing." He resorted to no process of extermination. lie forgave them their rent—half a year's—paid their rates and charges, and bought their crops by valua tion. " Prom such as wished to go to America, I took their stock also by valuation, and for those who preferred taking other farms, I allowed their cattle to remain on my land until they found one. The smaller tenants, who preferred remaining with him he employed as labourers, averaging 75 men and 50 women daily. This explains the affection which has grown up around the Saxon landlord ; he has shown honour, and received it in return. But in concluding his testimony to the practicabi lity of living in Ireland, he adds certain facts which ILLEGALITY of the SYNOD AT EXET. 'I - R. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PLYMOUTH HERALD. GROVE BANKS. Sir,—May I request the favour of your inserting the accompanying case and opinion in your next pub icntion. BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT COUNT OF BANK RUP rcy, AUG. 18. IN RE RUFFORD AND WRAGGE. The last examination o the bankrupts was ap pointed for today, but before the commencement of proceedings it was understood that an adjournment would take place to a distant day. Mr. Waterfieid, registrar, presided, in the absence of Mr. Commis sioner Balguy. Mr. Ilar ward, of Stourbridge, and Messrs. Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, solicitors, of Birmingham, appeared for the assignees ; Mr. James, of Birmingham, for the bankrupts; and Mr. Price, Mr. Causes, &c., as solicitors for various creditors. Few questions of importance arose during the day, which was chiefly occupied in receiving proots of debts. Mr. Price, solicitor, of Stourbridge, tendered a proof cn the part of the British Alkali Company, sworn to by one of the directors, to the amount of 1,4881. balance of account. This step was taken on the present occasion, according to Mr. Price, for the purpose of enabling him (Mr. Price) to examine Mr. Rufford, jun., with regard to his connexion with the Alkali Company, and certain bills now in possession of the assignees. Mr. Harward and Mr. Motteram contended that the proof must be made by the registered officer of the company. The deed of the company did not govern this matter, but the Act of Parliament. Mr. Price said that under the company's deed there was power given for a director to sue or even to take out a commission of bankruptcy against a debtor, sup posing he had committed an act. The Commissioner was of opinion that the proof of debt must be made by the registered officer of the company ; for although it might be true that their deed gave them the powers stated, it was clear by the general Act of Parliament that in such an instance as the present the secretary or other registered officer was the only person competent to prove. Mr. Price would explain the circumstances under which the application was made. Between two and and three years ago, the British Alkali Company paid into or deposited in the Bromsgrove bank two bills of long dates (we understand, not yet due). These bills together amount to upwards of 13,0001., and were (it now appeared) subsequently paid by the Bromsgrove to the Stourbridge bank, as security for or in payment of money owing by the former to the latter establishment. When the fiat of bankruptcy issued, the assignees became possessed of these bills, and the object of the directors of the Alkali Company in asking for the examination of Mr. Rufford on the present occasion was to ascertain from himself his exact position and connection with that company, more especially with regard to these bill transactions. They now applied to examine him upon these points. The Commissioner said it was competent for any creditor who had proved his debt to examine any cr all of the bankrupts; but the proof now tendered must be sworn to by the registered officer of the com pany. It was clear that the present meeting nateat be adjourned, inasmuch as there had not been suffi cient time to prepare the balance-sheet. He sug'- gested, therefore, that the examination of Mr. Ruf 'Ord on the points alluded to should be taken regu larly at the next meeting. Mr. Price thought that probably the next might be the last meeting, and that they would not have sufficient time to investigate the matter. Perhaps a special meeting might be appointed. The Commissioner said the present should be a short adjournment, and in all probability, seeing the extensive transactions involved, further adjournments would take place. He did not think he ought to ap - point a special meeting . ' upon an application like th e present. If any ere ditor who had proved required It, 6e might examine the bankrupts. Mr. Price observed that the secretary to the Bri tish Alkali Company was in Birmingham, and in all probability he would prove the debt in question befoi e the adjournment of the court. The Commissioner, addressing Mr. Harward, th e solicitor to the assignees, said he understood that ti: e elder Mr. Raiford, one f the bankrupts, was not in court—indeed not in Birmingham—was it so ? Mr. Harward replied that it was understood that he present would be an adjourned meeting, and with the consent of parties, Mr. Rufford's attendance had, is they thought, been legally excused. The Youngs r Mr. Rufford and the other partner were present, and if necessary no doubt Mr. James, the solicitor to th e bankrupts, would see that the elder Mr. Rufiord sent for. The Commissioner—All I can say is that I shall k e obliged to sit here during the, day, and if, at its close., he does not appear, I shall be compelled to proclaim him. It will be seen that in the opinion of the two learned lawyers, whose names are attached, that the proceedings of the late synod at Exeter, were at en tire variance with the laws of the and,. and that all persons who took part in the same have rendered themaelvcs amenable to tboee laws. Information has also reached me that tanother distinguished civilian has expressed himself most strongly in adhOrdance with the views set forth by Mr. Peacock and Dr. Bay fozd,'ancl that were proceedings takefi: against any of the persons who took part in the synod very serious consequences would arise. As synodical meetings in other dioceses are confi dently spoken of, it may be well that the public should be informed through the medium of the press what are the views entertained by men of the highest Ply o N in E ou w t u h , eminence at th e b a r on this important subject. I am, Sir, your obedient servant , or u Ag st sG 9 o tb, GOD A I N BS D I. HONO URS TSB QUEEN. Silk. - Farm-house and tenements, stables, flour-house, cart hovels, piggeriea, &c.—The property of Mrs. Sarah Mustill, ocaupied by Jonathan Payne, labourer, and Mr. Thomas Mustill, farmer, and Mrs. Mustill, the pro prietor. The furniture of each was principally con- • sumed. The property and furniture are fully insured in the Royal Exchange, with the exception of Payne's. Fortunately the granaries, lerge bern, two stacks of now hay, and a small stack of new wheat were saved. The old established public-house and premises, the Red Lion, which has been kept (till within the last week) for many years by Mr. Thornes Brown; property of Thomas Earl, brewer, of St. Ives, totally destroyed. Insured in the Suffolk-office. The present tenant, named Sansome, brickmaker, who had just taken the house, with the fixtures, and a portion of furniture, which is nearly all destroyed, is not insured. Farm-house, barn, stables, piggeries, and twenty tons of bay, quantity of poultry, and greater part of the fur niture—in the occupation of Mr. James Mustill. By the exertions of Mr. Moses Silk, Mr. Joseph Gif ford, and others, the poor cottagers have been placed in temporary homes, and their wants otherwise provided for.— Cambridge Chronicle. will be peculiarly agreeable to our Protectionist friends, if they wish to know where to spend their reduced incomes to the best advantage. " I have grouse, woodcock, snipe, and hares upon my pro perty ; yachting close by. Geese and codfish are brought to me at a shilling each, large turbot 2s. ; soles one penny each ; fowls lr. a couple ; and every thing in proportion." Redd this, Messrs. Young and Newdegate ; " and then to supper with what appetite ye may." —Morning Advertiser. Mr. Rufford, jun., soon after left Birmingham, and in the course of the evening returned from Leamiag - ton with his father, who duly surrendered before 1M r. Waterfield. Mr. Wragge and Mr. F. Rufford had previously complied with this requirement of the law. [he debts proved during the day amounted to be - tween 13,0001. and 14,0001. Those upon the Brome.,- grove bank were few in number but heavy in amount. Messrs. Hemmings, the great needle mann - facturers of Redditch, proved for 4,800/. The tottd amount of proofs admitted up to this time is about 172,0001. The further examination of the bankrupts was ad.- journed until the 30th of October. THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION The termination of the annual session of the grew' council of the nation is, of itself, a fact suggestive of weighty considerations. On the results of the deli berative wisdom of this assembly depend, under Providence, to a considerable extent, the welfare of the large and increasing population of these king doms, the prosperity of those gigantic dependencies of England upon which the sun never sets, and, it is not too much to say, the social and moral progress and civilization of the whole world. An Englishman, therefore, naturally pauses on the prorogation of Parliament to ask what has been done and what rem mains to do. The means of public intelligence are now, happily, as we think, so numerous, and the facilities which every citizen possesses of obtaining an insight into pu.blic affairs so great, that we shall not weary our readers by a repetition of the various mea sures which have, during the session now termi nated, been brought forward. The distinctive measure of the session of 1851 is, undoubtedly, that of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, by which Government, in obedience, we may say, to the decided pronunciation of the popular voice, has declared the determination of the nation to resist the arrogant aggression of the Bishop of Rome. Beyond this it is almost enough to ob serve that propositions for the improvement of the ad ministration of justice, for the health, education, and social amelioration of the people, have been intro duced only to be withdrawn. We may at least hope that the discussion which has arisen on these subjects will prepare the way for practical legislation at no distant period. But as public journalists, and espe cially as discharging the duties of that responsible position in a widely-spread agricultural district, we cannot but express our regret that the session of 1851 should have passed away without any Legislative at tempt being made to relieve the depressed state of a large and important part of the community. The position of the agricultural body is still that of rusticus expectans, while the stream of free trade flows on, and, to all appearances, will continue to flow. " The great race of nations," says our keen-witted contem porary, the Times, "has scarcely yet begun." And how, it is suggested, is England to "challenge the whole world, with her huge debt on her shoulders ?" «e beg leave, in reply to this question, to remind our readers that there was a time when England had not only " challenged" the world, but stood in arms against the world, and that at that time the progress of the nation, under all the disadvantages of almost universal war, was such as had never before been witne;sed. Is it not within the bounds of probability that the same cause which enabled this nation to triumph in war, might also, aided by the indomitable energy and enterprise of its children, enable it to triumph in the great competition of the world in the industrial arts of peace ? We know that it is a great fact that the monetary system introduced by Wil liam Pitt carried this ration through the eventful pe riod between 1796 and 1815. Is it, we say, unsea sonable to suppose that such a system—improved by all the wisdom of upwards of thirty years' experi ence—would enable the agriculturalist, the manufac turer, and the merchant, to enter the lists with the world on the broad field of universal competition ? his subject has recently been revived, and has ob tained the attention of thinking and practical men in every part of the kingdom. We have no wish to dogmatize on the question of currency, which all ad mit to be difficult and intricate, but we beg leave to suggest that the circumstances of this nation render the candid and impartial consideration of the possi bility of an amelioration of our monetary system a primary duty both of constituents and representa tives.—Doncaster Gazette. NEW INVENTION IN BRIDGE.DITILDING. -- Mr. Samuel Perks, of Emerson-street, Southwark-bridge, engi neer, has registered, under the new Act for the protection, of inventions, his claims to a novelty in building timber bridges, columns, masts of ships, &c., which consists essentially of a combination of pieces irregularly crossing, overlapping, bind ing, and interweaving, whereby, when secured by bolts, screws, or nails, and cemented, aed made impervious to wet, &c., by asphaltum, bitumen, or other convenient cementive material, solid beams of any length, say 1,000 feet, may be made, by even unskilful hands, of far greater strength (ac cording to his statement) than any single piece of beam timber, and at far less expense of either time or money than so much brick or stone work. There are other modifications of the same principle claimed, such as the formation of masts and keels of ships, the masts being made of concentric pieces crossed and bound together to any requisite length and girth. Specimens of the inventions are deposited in the International Exhibition. Builder. AN EXTRAORDINARY SHOT AT AN EAGLE.—Last week, as Mr. John Hutton was shooting on Scratcbmoor Scar, about five miles from Penrith, he beheld, to his sur prise, a fine eagle soaring above him, ap to parently watching the manceuvres of his dog q, and laughing acotn the weapon which he wielded. Mr. Hutton, however, levelled his gun, a double-barrelled one, made by Mr. Rowentree, of Penrith, the celebrated improver of the percussion cap, took a de liberate aim, and brought the majestic bird to the ground, and it was so severely wounded that it died almost instantly, and what is more striking, the shot used was No. 5, which is fit only for partridge, and the gun Was of an ordinary size. The bird measured 48 inches from tip to tip. lie has haun t e d this neighbourhood upwards of four years, and " as frequently been fired at, but always got off unscathed until he came within range of the muzzle of the Fpgi..o l . 2aat " ). —Carlisle Patriot. Atessalei nsi7e,cs:lJ ~, . ''________::::- - --• "" 1 " ---- .1 - 7 ; 1 ' i - I- - EITENING) "'AUGUST 19 , *l B 5l I I 1 ROYAL ARTILLERY. Woor,wwn, AuG. 18.—Captain St. George's company, 10th battalion, received orders on Saturday afternoon to be in readiness to embark in the Essex freight ship for a passage to Ceylon, to relieve Captain Wodehouso's company, ath battalion, and the latter will proceed to China to relieve Captain Price's company from the Hong-Kong station. Hitherto the reliefs of the com panies of Royal Artillery at Ceylon and China have only taken place at the intervals of eight years, but by the new arrangement the reliefs at both places will take place every six years, and will be effected in the follow ing manner :—Captain Wodebouso's company proceeded to Ceylon in July, 1847, and have now been four years at that station, which is to be the future period of ser vice in Ceylon, and the remaining period of the six years to be served at Hong-Kong. The authorities think that the companies after a period of four years service in Cey lon will be better able to bear the climate of China for the short period of two years, and that the men will enjoy better health and spirits, owing to the limited period they will have to servo in the celestial empire previous to their return to head-quarters at Woolwich. Cap tain Bathurst, three sergeants, two bombardiers, two aeting bombardiers, and 24 gunners, arrived at head quarters last week from Jamaica. They were left in detachments at Honduras Bay, Nassau, and New Provi dence at the time their company of the Ist battalion was relieved from the island of Jamaica during the preva lence of the cholera, and when it was considered advis able not to wait for the detachments serving at the dif ferent out stations. They lost one man on the passage home, and were obliged to leave one very ill at Ports mouth. Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.1.1., completed his annual inspection of the battalions of the Royal Artillery to-day, and during the two days' inspection of the band and the companies of the 12 battalions at present at head-quarters was accom panied by Colonel Cruttenden, Brigade-Major Bingham, and Captain Tylden, Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster- General of Artillery. After the inspection to-day the gallant Lieutenant• General inspected Captain Taylor's company on its return from service in Jersey. Lieute nant-Colonel Robe has taken the command of the Ist battalion at Woolwich, and Lieutenant-Colonel Thorn dike the command of the 11th battalion. BATTERSEA IV_EW BRIDGE FOUNDA TIONS. A correspondent of a morning paper gives the following particulars of this new bridge:— The piers of Battersea new bridge are founded on rows of bearing piles, driven from 20 to 30 feet into the bed of the river. These bearing piles are surrounded on every side by east-iron guides and sheet piles, driven 16 to 20 feet into the bed of the river. The foundations of the piers are, therefore, bearing piles, protected by a cast-iron casing, sunk about 18 feet below the bed of the river. The gaide piles and sheet piling are carried up to the level of low water, and from that to several feet above Trinity high-water mark, by a peculiar arrangement of the framing of the cast-iron plates or sheet piles. Into this casing of cast-iron a concrete of gravel and cement is poured; so that tha piers consist of a solid mass of artificial stone cased with iron to protect the stone from craft, but founded on piles so protected es to render any underwashing arising from the bed of the river wearing deeper impossible. in France and Germany the use of cofferdams in cir cumstances similar to the Avon bridge piers, and even in harbour works, has long been discontinued; but neither is the cost of a "cast-iron easing' for the con crete incurred. Concrete is poured, by proper machinery, on to the prepared river-bed and carri e d u p t o l ow - water mark, and then the masonry is built on the artificial ruck base —the river-bed being. supputed to have suffi cimt resistance without any artificial foundrAion, as in the Avon. It is difficult to Fay who originated the use of• cast iron casings for buildings in water. Captain Moorsom, in the paper on the Avon-bridge, read to the Institution of Civil Engineers, attributes its first adoption to Mr. Ward, of Falmouth. The late Mr. 'wart took out a pa tent for making cofferdams of cast-iron plates in 1822, hut the plan had been previously applied by Mr. Jlat thews, of Bridlington. Mr. Walker, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Sibley, Mr. Hartley, and others, have from tiros to time , since 1822 used cast-iron piling for saving the expense of cofferdamming. In 1536 Mr. William Bush proposed the use of cast iron coffers or chests for making foundations for a light house on Goodwin Sands, and soon after tried it. It has been recently adopted in important cases by Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Brunel. NEW ACT TO IMPROVE TEE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.--The new Act which will come in force in a few days for further improving the administration of criminal justice (14th and 15th Victoria, cap. 100) has just been printed. The object of the new law, which was brought forward by Lord Campbell, is to get rid of the legal technicalities which often defeat justice, it being declared that " such technical strictness may safely be relaxed in many i_ 11 : stances so as to ensure the punishment of the guilty viitn°` l ,',' depriving -the accused of any just means of defence. Another object of the Act is to correct variances between the d and statements in indictments and the proof of names ! . _ re e l, j us• circumstances which have frequently caused a failure tice. By this Act criminal courts are empowftla d a certain variances not material to the merits D in his defence, c to as a e m ,-a e n n d d by which a defendant cannot be prejudiced trial, to be had and may either proceed with or postpone., any- indictment for before the same or another jury. colmuing of this Act into murder or manslaughter, after, the t inflicted, nor will it be operation, it will not be necessary to set forth the manner or the means by which the injury ;y e., - ,5, to prove that the inten necessary, in eases of forgery , person ; " but it shall be sill tion was to defraud a particular ficient to prove that toldifendant did the act charged with , the trial of an indictment for rob beryan intent to defraud." On of an assault with intent to rob. the jury may' A person tried for misdemeanour need not be acquitted if the offence turns out to he a felony. Coin and bank n o t es may b e described simply as money. After specifying other matter s in w hich parties may be convict e d on i ndictments, there are s everal provisions respecting indictm en t s f or per jury, on e of which is to the effect that judges o f th e superior no des, justices of the peace, commissioners of bankruptcy and insolvency and county courts, may direct indictments for perjury. The Act will come into operation on the Ist of September. Tnn TEA. TRADE, :qua. 18.—The deliveries of tea in London last week were 609 ,8301b.,being a full average quantity. CASE FOR OPINION. Notice having been given by the Bishop of Exeter, of his intention to hold a diocesan synod, at Exeter, some of the clergy of that diocese, having regard to the law of the Royal supremacy, and the provisions of the Act of 25th Henry VIII., chap. 19, and their subscription to the 36th, canon of the year 1603, Request your opinion on the following points:- 1. Whether a diocesan synod or convocation may legally be assembled, and being so assembled, act without the license or permission of the Sovereign. 2. Wh e th er a statemen t pu t f o rth as a syn o di c al declaration, or resolution, on a point of doctrine or discipline, ae ho uuguhd under the calledhe provisions cano n of or th e constitution, Act 2 5 25th Henry VIII., c h ap. 19. does not co S. Whether, Supp os i ng suc h a syno d to be legal, and the bishop requires hi s c l ergy to e l ec t a ce rtain num ber of representatives to appear for them at the synod, instead of adopting the old course by which all the beneficed clergy were to be present (the meetings of the synod being held at different places and times if the diocese was too large for them to meet simultaneously), the clergy are bound by law to obey the bishop's requisition, and whether they may not legally decline either to elect or to be present at such a synod. Ist. We are of opinion that a diocesan synod can not be legally assembled, or act without the authority of the Queen's writ, and that the 25th Henry VIIL extends, not, merely to the convocation assembled for state purposes, but to every synod whether provincial or diocesan, and whether assembled for state or merely for ecclesiastical purposes. We are confirmed in the above opinion by the cotemporaneous exposition of the statute, fur it will be found laid down in the text books, that diocesan synods were not only laid aside, until by the act of submission it was ma d e unlawful for,any synod to meet but by Royal authority—see John's 140—see also Bla. Cow., 279, and there are many instances in we l r ‘ e ,e ca a l r l e ed al t s o o g o e f th o e p r in by ion vir tt t uaet a o f f te t:h a e s li se i m n which, even befor e th e statute, diocesan synods g b ' l a y, w su ri e t h synod cannot confer to con s tit u t e any canons t . the license of the Crown, see 12 Co. 72. 2d. It is not easy to answer this question, with any degree of satisfaction, unless some specific synodical declaration, or resolution, were laid b e fOrl li s . At the same time it is difficult to conceive any synodical declaratian, or resolution, on a point 6f doctrine or discipline, that rould not be found to contain elements which would bring it under the operation of the Act. We see no reason why there may not be a mere declaratory canon as well as a declaratory statute. 31. We are of opinion that the declining to join in the election of a representative to appear at any such assembly would not render a clergyman guilty of any ecclesiastical offepce. With respect to a rafwal to be present at such assembly, we are of opinion, that it would be justifi able; and further, that it would be contrary to law for any clergy man to attend it, or to concur in at tempting to make or pass any canon, for we cannot think that such a meeting would be less a synod, because convoked in an anomalous manner—or ille gally held for want of the Queen's writ. B. PEACOCK. A. F. BAYFORD. A TOAD IN A HOLE. The Academy of Sciences, says the Paris correspond ent of the Literary Gazette, in its last sitting, was oc cupied with a grave question of what, in homely lan guage, may be called " a toad in a hole." In digging a well at Blois, in June last, some workmen drew up from about a yard beneath the surface a large flint weighing about 141 b., and on striking it a blow with a pickaxe it split in two, and discovered snugly ensconced in the very centre a large toad. The toad seemed for a moment greatly astonished, but jumped out and rather rapidly crawled away. He was seized and replaced in the bole, where he settled himself down very quietly. The stone and toad, just as they were, were sent to the Society of Sciences at Blois, and became immediately the subject of curious attention. First of all the flint, fitted together' with the toad in his hole, was placed in a cellar and em bedded in moss. There it was left for some time. It is not known if the toad ate, but it is certain that ho made no discharge of any kind. It was found that if the top of the stone were cautiously removed in a dark place he did not stir, but that if the removal were effected in the light he immediately got out and ran away. If he were placed on the edge of the flint he would crawl into his hole and fix himself comfortably in. He gathered his legs beneath his body, and it was ob served that he took especial care of one of his feet, which had been slightly hurt in one of his re movals. The hole is not one bit larger than the body, except a little where the back is. There is a sort of ledge on which his mouth reposes, and the bones of the jaw are slightly indented, as if from long resting on a hard substance. Not the slightest appearance of any communication whatsoever between the centre and the outside of the stone can be discovered, so that there is no reason to suppose that he could have drawn any nourishment from the outside. The committee, consisting of three eminent natu ralists, one of whom has made toads his peculiar study for years, made no secret of their belief that the coed had been in that stone for hundreds, per haps thousands, of years; but bow he could have lived without air, or food, or water, or movement they made no attempt to explain. They accordingly con tented themselves with proposing that the present should be considered another authentic case to be added to the few hundreds already existing of toads being found alive embedded in stone, leaving it to some future savant to explain what now appears the wonderful miracle by which nature keeps them alive so lung in such places. But the distinguished M. Magendie suggested that it was just possible that an attempt was being made to hoax the Academy by !leaking it believe that the toad had been found in the hole, whereas it mi g ht on l y h ave b een put i n b y the mischievous workmen after the stone was broken. Terrified at the idea of becoming the 'laughingstock of the public, the Acidemy declined to take any for mal resolution about the toad, but thanked the com mittee for its very interesting communication ; and so the matter for the present dropped. One word, how ever,—if the toad had really not been embedded in the flint, hew comes it that, after being taken out, he always fixed himself exactly in the cavity, that the , cavity fitted him to a hair's breadth, and that the • hardness of the stone had made an impression. on his jaw CIIATIIAM, AUG. 16.—The following' Calcutta, 1.71- "'— arrived at Chatham garrison from „,... d; after a barked from her Majesty's ship Tudor, at 4- 7....recarporal, 7 . sage of five months and twenty dity.s. h e rivate pas Regl of sergeants, and 40 privates of the 60th rival , of 96th of the 24th Foot; 3 sergeants and OneL'lPeutenant in the 80th, Regiment ; and Commander Young, . sergeant Gammon, with ten women and sixteen cbildren _ f . died during the Voyage, of the 6th Regiment, and 1 private, practitioner in charge of t rooPs x... ha m ve . Francis Logan, Esq., acted as , : Afterci uneergoing medical inspec the ship on the passage. .Pitt, and the remainder were tion 17 were admitted to For c r ks. A district court-martial, drafted ta St. Mare's yanle hates, CB., of the Royal Ma of which Lieutenant- 0 %bled at the General Court -Martial Tines, was present, ass A v for the trial of private David Eley, of Room, on Thur s . - i t-6' o f Royal Marines for "casting away his s e aCrhmast,ll,,Lasl2 sentence will be read to the corps in a Lieutenant Sutherland, of the 2d N. B. Dragoons. The the provisional battalion, proceeded to few days. Thursday last to rejoin his regiment. 'Acting n tac Tburs at Dorche ster surge on Laurence M'Kenzie, bI.D , will be at tached do duty with, the provisional to, and . • in battalion the Hospital until further orders. Leave of absence Garrison to been grantedsecond-class Staff -Surgeon Francis has . - .51.1)., to the 31st instant. The following officers and Preßentaot men are under orders for embarkation for Bombay in a few days: - Captain M'Andrew and Lieutenant Purvis, of the 7 8 t h Foot, with 54 men ; Lieutenant Woods, of the Bth Regiment. 816 men ; 6 privates of the 64th Regiment; 17 of the 83d, and 10 of the Bth Regiment; Captain Hamilton and Ensign Holmes, of the 25th, with 53 men ; Captain Darrock, Ensign Agg, and Ensign Morley, of the Slat, and 88 men ; Captain Cassan and Ensign Penton, of the 94th, and 72 men. THE " DIIIKO AND POOR ANN HICKS.—The North London Anti-Inclosure Society, conceiving the case of Mrs. Hicks to be one of public rights, have taken it up as such. Poor Lo r d S eymour and his unfortunate Woods s as and Forests are quit e unanswerable; but the " Duke" writesnder follows, to say th a t to no secretary of a society will be re account : " London, August 16th, 1851. " F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Griffiths. He has received his letter and the enclosed printed paper. The Duke declines to have any epistolary correspondence with the secretary of any private society _on the subject of the performance of his duties to the public." " Mr. H. D. Griffiths." SALT-WORKS OF BAGICAC.—The Moniteur du Soir says that the workmen of the salt works at Bagnac, near Agde, department of the Herault, demanded, a few days ago, an increase of wages, but the directors could not grant it. They accordingly struck work, and caused a notification to be published that they would not allow the salt in the works to be removed. They then barred the roads leading to the place, in order to prevent other workmen from arriving. The judicial authorities, however, caused the ringleaders in the affair to be arrested.