The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

Mr. M c Gregor, a warehouseman in Cheapside, proved that up to the 3d of September last the prisoner was iu his service, when ho (witness) discharged him. Wit ness identified as his property the shawl prodeced by the witness Kin , !.. The prisoner was entrusted with the plaid shawl department in 'witness's warehouse. Wit 'leas also ideirified the other articles which had been Pawned. By the prisoner—Pris oner m i g h t h ave so ld t h e ar ti c l es t o question to customers et the warehouse. Other par t'ea in the warehouse had access to the shawl depart bent in question besides the prisoner. Mr. Geor ge B rown, in the employ of the prose cuter, Opened a writing - de s k belonging to the prisoner on the of September, when h e found a pocket-book con " . et ued in a secret part of the desk, which had been overlooked on a previous examination. Found in the Pocket -book nineteen pawnbrokers' duplicates, and Tn„on 3 them ono for the shawl, coat, and waistcoats pro -11;a • Bad mien the prisoner wear that coat and the (2 waistcoats as his own. Y the prisoner —The desk in question was opened on the qty iv of September, and remained unlocked in a t hat montharehouse, where n o goo d s were k ept, unt il t h e 26th o f Andr The war e h ouse was un d er l oc k an d key. s ervice, V "ung, another ve swimilar evitness inidence. the prosecutor's pee, was called and ga book c_ustodv, intoNotor Mitchell proved that he took the prisoner when he acknowledged that the pocket ,t found -in his desk belonged to him. r. 114 to was recalled, and deposed to the pri soner, h o ter, whichi made him an offer to compromise the mat witness declined. thTb e prisone r a dd ressed a few exculpatory remarks to JUry, and e ItteonnEn having The • summed up the case, Jury found a verdict of Guilty. bentence deferred. (Befor e the fl NEW COURT. COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman The Co i n „ it ,. art 5 Aunt eases, possessing MOON.) with try was occupied the whole morning . IC terest. no features of the least ............,___ stiwit„REY S ESSION S.—(THIS DAY.) Indicted." li am Brandey, 16, and Thomas Mitcham, 16, we . rL e , 11)?. for stsaling 159 yards of cotton print from tn ,op-door of Mr. R ea y . H man, a linendraper, at viaProaro, big property. 1.- aY th it t lf red Spier, a constable of the V division, deposed 4 a .. :n the evening of the 6th inst. he saw the prisoner i',,teb Wandsworth -road, and, knowing them to be o .. 1 'es, he followed them to Clapham, where he saw anrchleeYri approach the prosecutor's door, when he and join ed th the piece of print from the doorway both ran e other prisoner, who took it from him. They and after a Minn eh a el waY, but witness pursued them, pros a a secured them. Party, ecutor identified the printed cotton as his pro 'ejar f 8. 3' ()and them Guilty. a • ' ll ' e nee thr e each at Brixton, and to be i-rost e b, ',. e months J waipped. . 1•111.1. .....•••............ 1 HE R, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JulesGiliND Derr.NATION AL CONCERTS. oshinStockhausen made his debut here last t ute, 4l and sang the far-famed " Largo al Facto buffo front the Barbiere, with great humour. As a tak e T i ger Her r J u l es Stockhausen is entitled to, c oin a ni gh rank. A new NralSo "La douce pensgfie, witaPaglsne_d by Mr. C arter ex?res ' ly for these concerts, and .0 performed for the first time. It is a lively and Pleafing composition, replete with melody, therexcellently instrume,ated. It is altoge .._ greatly superior to the ordinary run With of Waltz compositions. The concert commence Beethoen's symphony in C minor, which was s e u aa t t o loted b y his 13alfe with .1 fine appreciation of Aah r ' and admirably rendered by theband. atl er' s Pretty overture to Zanetta, performed in a fo rmed l ' of perfection in which it has never been per to before, concluded the first part of the con g al ' and Mendels so h n ' s overture to the Isles of I Fin tic4 ° Petted the second. This magnificent composi of ~"",.as most magnificently. rendered—every admirer b Atenclelssohn should lae.:ar it as it is all Y d th e performed admirable orchestra c.f the National Concerts, rieeendueted by Balfe. .krban gave us some va s. l ' i l °4 on the air of the " S wiss Boy " on the cornet !Natty in P•st ". M. Arban has developed anew the cornet.. it i s t In; his hands a hi he most flexible of instrument., and a ra idit pi s h i,, P Y and distinc mess are perfectly .asto the ".g. Piatti repeated his delightful fantasia on that violoncello, and prod ced quite a furore ; and t u In t Most astonishing child, Heinrich Werner, per - fo u r r t ed \Villmert's " Les lEtrondelles" on the piano -14,1 _ ernoiselle Angri ang ; it w a 6 a marvel] ono piece of execution. P4rt, .and " No! is N o pa . " Di Pincer" in the first Was an excellent • . of course, an the second part. She "Ice, and was encored as a matter zart's aria "GU an • feet . e' as Was Mrs ' ~Alexander Newton in Mo ,. gut din ferno which was a per well attended ; the:p piece ot vocalization, romen ad Th w e concert was very b° yes crowded, xes and stalls were well fill e ed iand the _ .................____........______ is l HA YMARKET THEATRE. • r. Henry Bedford,who . m the `debut Provinces as an actor , of low comedy,made his in the eoti T here last evening, pia Billy Lackaday, ne a b ed Y of Sweethearts ,and Wives. He . is the ce his i! Nv ° l' the " great Picul.," and does not dry to moan Which he last ' 'at evidently endeavoured . .s k eep with hi. m i d iez ttader, as not being . acquainteda very judicious fear of over.acting. ' l e Probably enterti timed . r in the song, and • -- ` In IZ It broke out, I a ovi eve , as e ,„;,, _• and secured him a hear gently of the right sort, the conclusion q t tY encore. He was cal led for at cast, bliss It, ..e comedy. The piece was strongly L, holds bein g th e Eugenia, z . and Miss P. Horton the the best 41111' The - E •of M tag Reynolds is and at _le 1.... ugenia ladylike, the ever seen ;it is grace ful and . . t is true o, ) „, same time interestin and pathetic—i Miss p'l9,dy of a very high order'. The Laura of sang in, Horton was most genial and hearty, and she ine delightful old ballad, " Why are you wandering re- :, I pray ?" with such exquisite beauty and h a 0 ,, Its to obtain an enthusiastic and unanimous - t z - k , °7 l,e• All the other charac fatten were admirably sus ' a na• The house was well ded. 6TRAND THEATRE. bast David theatre I-1- .-•- - •,-nolg an adaptation of Mr. Dickens's latest ''',/ t , ', vaind Copperfield was produced at this e 4 , ivi li complete success. To an a.lyze the plot would b . as familiar u.s stoatter of supererogation, inasmuch as the work is leading household Words to the general reader. auth incidents of tho novel of the gi t d vilieot are brought before the audience in a form story, o l give an idea to the complexion of the rions nailw h it must be confessed is of a very themyste breuAttire. Some e xceedi,lgly effective scones 6 , Powers of the actor and actresses promi llently forward, and to do the s -. f. they did the vvork ' m ,justice, .. asBigned to them ad • i The strange complexity of the plot • unritb y.. .. . but the Iriaseulin disarm s criticism , e tone, and high-souled Linguage which per ,?ades every Work of Dick ens , was well and il,),erieficially introduced. To thoL ' e conversant with t t le t story a detail of the plot is un necessary. Suffice fade say, that the chief points arid characters were much o f, M -, • hwas admirable. A, closer .. r. Attwooa sI ) ria of iliser stud Nye have not witnel,sed since the days of A, hu dee, forcibly reminding /Ls of the portraiture t vi larall in the New Way to .I"ay Old Debts. k a i s a choice piece of acting. I-Ais doubling also as T.'s koucher was exquisite. 11 Irs. Griffith's Betty teet,t Was excellent ; and Martha Endel found a most Mr. li. tent representative in Miss Is Label Simpson. lie ' Tu rner's identification of I tlicauber was happy. v ith carriel himself and the el saracter throughoutreuires n,„l, rem arkable gusto. The pi ece, which . q to the much curtailment, terminated with satisfaction to do !tildience. All the actors did their utmost t s _ ae, i ti o st ice to the piece, and the resui t was most sa i 1 14 Y to all parties interested. RI , - - lia,"""L R ESIDENCE IN STRA TUDEE.—A petition,. Se ss be i o e4 Presented, in the statutory form, to the . Lords of 4 le tt ; 1 )3 , the heirs of entail, prayic 7, for authority to Kra . nt peto. e of the l an d s and barony of Abergeldie, and of the Ivit'lele called Pol-h o lli c k , and of tb As forest of Whitemouth , favo u the mansion -h ouse of Abergeld ie, in this county ,. in of f tir of his Roy a l Highness Prince Albert, for t h e peri od journ rty o ,_ -, 'Ks after the term of Whit: tunday 1849.—dberdeen ,ndlihnithiAritmeTtorr.—This nels , novel, by a young be ~_ g Y-gifted noble lady, a cont e mporary pronounces to th e a dark, terrible, and intensely- , exci t i n g story, in which of clairvoyance are sec ondary to the gigantic earli;:aorvorekis. of the wok appears, like the genius of evil, in every chapter s The plot is elaborated with great skill. Count d vic`.l,okins,untesses, Peers and peasam ts, ladies, virtuous an brigandj o lg i h gipsl es , T R ..--..- - piaY a part in the even Ifni melodrama." Bohemimi, Zingari, and Italian E IN Rw xi . author of “ E - 1 -lovrtL, ~ LETTI , ::1E ARNOLD," by the . 2 yob , i tnia No' 0 , ~- Yndharn " " The Wilmingtons," &c., ill liadrkani all Ptllli e bi l l ib - r e a ' ri t e h e i . " '' b y Al v. Colburn, and may be - , ZIB O just : , u blished : 2, Light and '' The ess ;or Mysteries of Life, I3N Mrs. Crowe, author of _, _ flight Side Z.Singleton Fontenoy R ' N., by James Hannay, ' 3 ue illiams, Esq. of Nature " " Ei lly Dawson," ' 6:c., E 3 sci vo , ls. tt — 4, me Luttrells • ' or The Two Marriages, by Folke: , 0 ., 3 vols.— s yr_ ntlernan," ac;:. 3 • v a l u: . th ' r of" Sh iskspere and his Friende,. , ;;, o e unty, b y "1: ‘ , r otlilloa, p l e i , e , 3a. t ih3o. l l au ' de by o Miss Mk ilesworth, 2 vole.-6, Our Mills ' Esq., auth or of " The Old English 8, A " S . ;Con ' d Edit ion of 7Pettic oat itegi n a 1 d by l A la i s rs tl l i ' l lgs ' ' by Eliot Warburton, Eso , 3 vols Also, just ready, Tale, by Julia - Kav - a . nat ;,h, author of " Madeline," Woman in France," &c., 3 vols. z STATUE TO EutmEzEß ELIA.:.-rT.—The Manchester tilit",'„ i n . ,,er and Times says that thet people of Sheffield are -- "ualg for a monument to te memory of the pore , Ebenezer Elliott, and a deputation ; f its promoters have . been canvassing the city of Manchester, with a prospect of suc °,23. The re are many lovers of th t; poet in our metropolis in Nv , e think, will ladly be contributors to such a un. u 4 journ a l in question says---" It i is not intended that the , "°et i ment should b e vast or expen &lye, but that a neat ceno taph or c o l umn, at a cost of twelve or fifteen hundred pounds , !lhould be erected and placed in a position suitable to do honour to tha genius whose memo ry it is to perpetuate. It R as Elliott' s w i s h that he should b e buried near to a favour ite,v ,A, ~..„.,, uvu in which he h a d spent ms .ny happy hours; but t h e friends to whom he communicated I his desire, urged on the Peet the necessity for considering t he feelings of his family, for whom be had much fondness. It is not improbable that t he monument w ill b e erected 'nail o this favourite haunt of the rhymer." 151 , 1 r 3 1 1401 et loon' AiJ St `.- A, k 00 1 01.13Pvli t i 40 1 ' Mods_ 00 e D r fib , 0.0 2 55 ' ci Ar. 6 - ti A l ' ) . I°4 • ls , b 0 r e i . d ;vi Fe° DP bi w , old oe 00 11 bo b : 0 , role" o to f cods THE SUN, LITERATURE. EGERIA, or THE SPIRIT OF NAT and Other Poems. By Charles Mackay. After the popular poems already written by Charles Mackay, any similar production from the same band must be peculiarly welcome to the multitude. His " Town Lyrics.," his "Legends of the Isles," his "Voices from the Crowd," and his " Voices from the Mountain," have, on their successive appearance, at tested his large capacity as a lyrist, the melody of his style, and the scope of his imagination. Several of his lighter effusions have attaine,i, moreover, a popu larity sufficient to show his appreciation of the ege and his perfect knowledge of his contemporaries. Of thin perhaps the most brilliant illustration was the song entitled " There's a Good Time Coming"—a song so perfectly accordant with the feelings of the moment, when it first appeared, set to music by Henry Russell, that it resounded in all parts of the country, was sung iu every little concert-room and tavern throughout the kingdom, and, after being ground into a very nuisance by the barrel-organs in the streets, was whistled by the little raggamuffins of the metropolis with an en thusiasm second only to that evinced by Uncle Toby for the refrain of— Lero, lero, lillibullero, Lillibullero, bullen-a-la In his latest contribution to our poetic literature, Dr. Mackay has endeavoured to chaunt the glories and the triumphs of that great spirit of nature which he cannot, like many others, regard as annihilated by the spread of scientific intelligence and the onward march of civilization. A charming and logical argu ment demonstrating the foolishness of such materialist ideas is prefixed to the book, in the form of a most entertaining preface—a preface constituting, as it were, Charles Mackay's declaration of faith in refer ence to modern poetry. His reverence for Egeria is comparable cnly to that of Pomp - illus. lle bows down and worships her beautiful phantasm, appearing to him in the green woods and on the mountain top, with the ardour related of Contarini Fleming by Disraeli. He drinks in the witchery of her eloquence with the avidity of a poet and a lover of solitude. The principal poem, dedicated to this lofty and idyllic theme, is couched in blank verse of an unstilted but harmonious character. Occasionally, it is true, the manner of this blank verse, from its being marked with a graceful simplicity, is allowed to sink into a tone somewhat too homely and colloquial, as where Montague says to Julian " Come, give thy heart a turn!" What we would comment upon most par ticularly, however, in the performance are, not its ble mishes, which are few, but its beauties, which are numerous. Our satisfaction in its perusal has been complete when we have lighted upon such wise and witty exclamations as the following : " A venerable lie outweighs a truth That only saw the light of yesterday." Nevertheless, gratified as we have been with " Egeria," we have received with a more peculiar pleasure the miscellaneous poems by which it is succeeded. Among these there are several equal to anything of the kind previously written by the lyrist. Take in proof of this the " Angel Visits," an exquisite conceit, or " Jubal and his Children," in which the creation of instrumental music is celebrated. "My Garden Gate " i 3 a quaint and beautiful tribute to rural scenery ; and " Alternation," while it contains a similar panegyric on nature, as where it is said, " December weaves the robe of May, And June's young blossoms drop, That Amalthma's horn may gleam With ripeness to the top," proclaims at the same time the worth and loveli ness discoverable among the artificial life of cities— thus : " Though Wisdom' aunt th::? solitude, Greenwood or moorland brown, Yet there is Wisdom wise as size In highways of the town." In the " Nameless Mountain Stream," our author seems to have taken a hint from an idea long cherished by Coleridge. " Ino r ursing Bacchus "is suggested by Foley's group in marble, and " The Spirit of the Blue-Bell "by an exquisite basso-relievo by Westmacott. " Fancy under the Trees" contains many a verse breathing of the dell and the coppice, and in a kindred picture, entitled " Summer Shades," we exult on coming to such a sentence as this " Gold and power, though both be good, Lose their charm in the fresh green-wood." Another panegyric on the simple joys derivable from nature, but of a different kind, is comprised in the stanza, "On Learning to Swim," in which the lyrist exclaims, in a rapture of delight which we can in some measure appreciate— " Such joy Leverrier tasted, When with his charts unfurled, Exploring heaven for Neptune, He found the expected world." From another eulogium, one passed on " The Garden Spider," we must make a brief quotation, the subject being singularly new, and the purpose singularly beautiful Though feared by many, scorned by all, Poor spider on my garden wall, Accused as ugly, cruel, sly, And seen with an averted eye- Thou shalt not lack one friend to claim Some merit for thy injured name, If I have strength to right the wrong, Or in men's memory lives my song. " Men call thee ugly;—did they look With closer eyes on Nature's book, They might behold in seeing thee A creature robed in brilliancy; They might adtilire thy speckled back Begemmed with purple, gold, and black; Thy hundred eyes, with diamond rims; Thy supple and resplendent limbs. " They call thee cruel; but forget, Although thy skilful trap be set To capture the unwary prey, That thou must eat as well as they. No pampered appetites bast thou, What kindly Nature's laws allow Thou takest for tby daily food, And kindly Nature owns it good." While repeating aloud the sonorous and resounding carol on the " New Year's Promises," we can almost fancy to ourselves that we are listening to " The brazen rhymes Of the church-bell chimes." Scattered through such purely "fugitive verses," we encounter, as a matter of course, casual flaws and inelegances, such as the allusion in " Angel Visits" to the " conflicts with the pride and sin, That ever surged and swell within;" or the vulgar recommendation to— " Give Care the slip !" uttered in " A Plea for our Physical Life." Making all allowance, however, for such incidental blemishes the miscellaneous poems which follow " Egeria" are in many instances really admirable. Charles Mackay, successful as he has ever been in that particular, has perhaps never before been so happy in his refrains. Among the best of these examples will be found that droll and satirical one which avers that— " Bowing down, bowing down, Is the way to rise in London town I" Then, again, how ingenious and musical is the fol owing : Who would scorn his humble fellow For the coat he wears? For the poverty he suffers? For his daily cares? Who would pass him in the footway With averted eye? Would you, brother ? No—you would not. If you would—not I. Scarcely less charming is the refrain to "Youth's Warning:'— Ii wrong you do, if false you play In summer among the flowers, You must atone, you shall repay, in winter among the showers." In " nappy Love" an old, old saying is beautifully revived at the close of each stanza—thus : 6 , What is the meaning of the song That rings so clear and loud, Thou nightingale amid the copse— Thou lark above the cloud ? What says thy song, thou joyous thrush, Up in the walnut tree? I love my love, because I know lily love loves me!"' Most exquisite of all these refrains, however, to our mind, is that in the subjoined : " A BAND TO TAKE. and yet you are not proud; " Y-Yoouu'raererih, not c selfish, hard, or vain; You look up on the common crowd With ou,d sympathy, ato share your gold and not disdain; You'd With humble sorrow unconsoled; travel You'd rai:.e the orphan from the dust, And help the sad and w idowed mother: I love you as a bro ther. Give me your hand—you shall—you must— " You're poor, and yet yen do not scorn Or hate the wealthy for their wealth; You toil contented night and morn, And priz3 the gifts of strength and health; You'd snare your little with a friend, Aod whet you cannot give, you'd lend; You take humanity on trust, And see some merit in another: Give me your hand—you shall—you must- I love you as a brother. " And what care I how rich you be? I love you it your thoughts arc pure: — What signifies your poverty, If you can struggle and endure? 'T is not the birds that make the spring, 'T is not the crown that makes the kiug:- - If you are wire, and good, and juJt, You've riches better than all other. Give me your hand—you shall—you must-- I love you as a brother. The volume containing these charming poems, and the more pretentious one of " Egeria," is dedicated to George Combe, the author of the " Constitution► of Man." It is well completed by some political poems called " Thoughts amid Revolutions." CO Ula CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, OCT. 21. The Queen and Prince took their accustomed early waic this morning in the Park awl grounds of Osborne. Th, , ir Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prihcess Royal, and the younger members of the R oya l Fa. y+ walked and rode as usual. A deputa,ion from the Corporation of the City of London, consisting of Mr. Masterman, MT. ; Mr. John Wood, Mr, J. 11. Hale, Mr. Lart, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. Shaw - , the Town Clerk, end the City Remernbrancer, had an interview with Lord Seymour yesterday at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at the official residence of the I?irst Lord of the Trea sury in Downing-street. The Bishop of Norwich, the Rev. Mr. Liddell, and the Rev. Mr. Stanley attended. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY. The room was crowded yesterday; but so much was everybody taken up with the disagreeable " past" re ferred to below, that little attention was devoted to future events. We have, therefore, but a sorry quotation to present. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Landgrave--take 9 to 2 7 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loudstone 8 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—taken 2 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Turnus—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Combe's Trouncer -7 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius 20 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca 25 to 1 agst Mr. 'Taunton's Landseer 35 to 1 agst Mr. Griffith's Docility 20 to 1 agst Landgrave winning the Cambridgeshire, and Grecian the Derby—taken DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Lightfoot—taken to 3001. THE 4,5001. ROBBERY (?) In our report of the Friday's racing at Newmarket, we mentioned that the settlement of Mr. P. (Mr. Pune ston or Pewminster, for even after seeing his signature, we confess to an uncertainty as to the right way of spelling his name) was deferred until Monday. The following letter posted yesterday at Tattersall's, holds out little hopes to his creditors, and justifies a suspicion that the robbery was imaginary:— " Dear Sir,—l have great regret in informing you that I shall be prevented settling my account at Tattersall's on Monday, entirely by the articles on the subject which have appeared in the daily papers, particularly the Times. On Friday morning, when I went to my uncle's man of business for the money he had promised me, I found him in a most excited state, having just seen the Times and Herald. He said he had never heard such an infamous thing, that they had not only robbed me of my money, but had tried to rob me of my character. When I re minded him of his promise, be answered that I had told him it was for lost bets, but that had he known the circumstance, he never should have thought of accom modating me, but would have done all in his power to prevent my paying. He persisted that it was a regular conspiracy trying to persuade him to the contrary. He evidently had a great desire to inform my uncle, but I think be will not, for my sake. Pray tell my creditors, particularly Messrs. Davis and Manton, who have be haved in the most gentlemanly manner, how much I re gret my inability to pay at present, but I have no doubt in a few weeks they will be paid. At present I could not raise the money without the probability of coming to my uncle's cars, and that risk I would not incur if any one laid me down this moment 20,0001. I find that in Bell's Life they intended to give my name in full, but fortunately used w sixwrong letters out of eight. It my name should appear correctly, the consequence to me may be, comparatively speaking, ruinous. "I am, dear Sir, y ours very truly, "A. PERI/11'0N." That troubles " never come singly," the following copy of a second afficlie," the uncle" referred to prob ably will explain:-- "Gentlemen, —Owing to several severe losses this year, I am sorry to say that it enwill but be entirely out of my power to meet you at prest, be most anxious to do so the moment eman it lies in my p bets with ower. I mus t therefore beg o f any gentl having me on the Cambridge to scratch them. " ours respectfully, " T. POILE." CURRAGH OCTOBER MEETING, OCT. 18. The attendance this day was very limited, the racing exceedingly good, Lord Waterford's star was in the ascendant; his Perdita filly won the match for 100 sovs. aside with Mr. Watts' The Countess; Mr. Watts' Joy won the other match, with Lord Waterford, beating the Rod Rose filly, after a most exciting race by a short neck. The Paget Stakes were won by the Perdita filly in a canter; the Royal Whip by the Marchioness D'Eu; and the Corinthians by Lord Waterford's Lord George, in two heats. Subjoined is a return of the running:— Match 100 soya. each. Sit. Two yrs old course. Lord Waterford's Amine, by Birdcatcher, out of Perdita (Doyle, jun.) 1 Mr. Watts' b f The Countess, by Birdcatcher (Ecbdina), sister to the Baron (Foley) 2 Betting-2 to lon Perdita filly, which led from the start to the finish, and won in a canter. Match 100 sovs. each. Bst. Two yrs old course. Mr. Watts' br f Joy Lord Waterford's fby Coranna, Red Rose(Doyle, jun.) 2 Coranna filly made the running to the half distance, where Joy collared hor, and after a fine race won by a neck. The Royal Whip, presented by his late Majesty to the Turf Club, with 100 guineas added annually by her Majesty. Weight for age ; three yrs old, 10st; four, list 41b; five, I Ist 121 b ; six and aged, 12st ; 31b allowed to mares and geldings. Four miles. Mr. Watts' b f Marchioness D'Eu, 3 yrs ... (Foley) 1 Mr. Hyland's b m Allegrette, 5 yrs Mr. W. Reynell's b c by Templar, 3 yrs Mr. Murphy's br f Co nsuella, 3 y rs Mr. Disney's ch c Captain Grant , 3 y rs Betting—Even on Captain Grant. The lot kept well together to the fiat-rath, where Allegrette and the Mar chioness D'Eu quitted the ruck, and a fine race home ensued between the pair, the Marchioness winning easily at the finish. Paget Stakes (renewed) of 10 sovs. p p; for two yra old, Bit 41b ; fillies, Bst. Anglesey Post. Lord Waterford's ch fby Birdcatclaer—Berdita 1 Mr. Colgan's gr fby Tearaway—lron Mould 2 Betting-4 to lon Perdita filly, which made all her own running, and won in a canter. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 25 toys. added, at 2 sovs. each for entrance fur hunters; race horses admitted. To be rode by gentlemen of the Turf Club or Coffee room at Kildare, Kildare street, United Service, and Sackville-street Clubs, or by commissioned officers in the army or navy. One mile and a half on the Pc el C..:urse. Heats. Lord Waterford's ch h Lord George...(Mr. King) 1 1 Sir T. Burke's bre St. John, 3 yrs, lost 101 b Mr, King's Zulirna filly, 3 yrs, lOst . 0 2 Mr. Keary's b c Conv e y or, 3 y rs, lOst 71b ...... 0 0 Mr. Irwiu's ch c Prince of Orange, 4yrs, lOst 121 b 0 0 Mr. ll‘Cormiek's ch c Louis Philippe, lOst 101 b... 0 0 Betting—Even on Lord George, who made all the running in both heats, and won in a canter. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING. Weights for Autumn Steeplechase Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Mon , day next. Age st lb Sir Peter Laurie a 11 12 British Yeoman a 11 7 Veinhope 5..... 11 7 Johnny Oakes 5 11 0 Abd- el-Kader a 11 0 Lord George 5 10 11 Muria Day a 10 8 Spring Bok Weights for the Free H Age st lb Lord George 5 11 2 Miss Collingwood a 10 11 Lady Fordwich a 10 7 br g by Corona tion, out of Emilius mare 5 10 7, Venture 5 10 5' Bedford (h b) ... 4 10 5 Mr. Toots 4 10 5, Age st lb Miss Cellingwood a 10 5 Merryman (h b) a 10 5 Kitty Kendal (h b) 6 10 0 Gipsy Bess (Ii b) 6 10 0 Venture 5 10 0 G ulnare 0 912 Lansquenet andicap Hurdle Stakes. Age st lb Kate Kearny 5 10 4 Funny Hill Buscot Coronet Little Queen 4 10 0 , Premier 4 912 iobersides ,Old Commodore... 4 9 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.] Messrs. HARDING and Co., 81, Pall•mall, beg to intimate to the public that, in consequence of the rebuilding of their premises, it has become imperative on them to dispose of the whole of their valuable Stock, which they have determined to offer for immediate Sale, at a very con siderable reduction of price. Messrs. E. and Co. offer to the public the assurance that the Sale thus announced is bona fide. Their entire Stock, consisting of Silks, Ribbons, Lace, Scarves, Cloaks, Mantles, Gloves, and Selection of Millinery, for all of which their t E ehs m tea b br r le o i cs i er é m e t SSh is so eminently distinguished, will be unre servedly subjected to the reduction. The Sale will be con tinued for a limited period. PIIRENO-MESMERISM AT LINCOLN.—PubIic interest is being attracted to the phreno-mesmeric results produced by Mr. Whall upon a youth apprenticed to Mr. Guy, joiner. The lad was mesmerised last Friday night, and after the sleep had been induced, catalepsy followed. Two of the strongest persons in the room could not unfold his arms when in this state, and spicits of ammonia were applied to the lad's nose without producing any sign of his being affected by it, though the application to the nasal organ of Mr. Whall pro duced tears. Secretly, and unknown to any one else present, one of the audience took a plaster cast from the room and hid it, and the youth being told of the fact an hour after wards, went out, discovered, and brought back the hidden cast, and pointed out the hider. Though unacquainted with phrenology, he manipulated the casts of the heads of various characters, and pronounced correctly the character of each. His supper being brought into the room, and the organ of gastativeness excited, he became restless, started up, and found and ate the supper, leaving untouched a piece of gen tian which had been introduced. He also truly told one gentleman present the age of his mother at the period of her &all, and the manner of her death ; and also related the circumstances connected with a defalcation on the part of a boatman, the amount of money given to the man before he left Lincoln, the amount he had received since, and the amount of the defalcation. Other equally singular revela tions were made by the lad whilst in this clairvoyant state. The operator, it is said, does not believe that the phenomenon is more than an induced dream.—Stamford Liercury. bumf I. 3 .RovisroNs.—The vessel Dublin, arrived from Dublin, Belfast, and Waterford, bas brought the large quantity of 614 bales and 30 butts of bacon, and also 2,959 firkins of butter; and the vessel Rose, arrived on the same day hom Waterford, has brought 671 bales of bacon, and 2,315 firkins of butter, as part of cargo, the produce of Ireland. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1850. FINAL OPENING OF THE BRI TANNIA BRIDGE. MENAI STRAITS, MONDAY.—The permanent public opening of the new line of tubes for the down line from London to Dublin took place thie morning, the great structure being now in ell important respects made complete. On Saturday Captain Simmons, the Governmeat inspector, went over it early in the morning, and instituted, in conjuction with the en gineers, a long series of experiments. The first and principal experiment consisted in passing two loco motive engines through the tube, and resting them at intervals in the centre of the sections. At nine o'clock a train of twenty-eight waggons and two locomotives, with 280 tons of coal, was drawn into all four of the tubes, the deflexions being carefully noted. These &flexions, in every case, by means of a nice apparatus for the purpose, were as certained to be exactly three-fourths of an inch over the immense mass and area of iron. After an in teresting rehearsal of these experimental ordeals, which occupied several hours, the train of 280 tons, with its two locomotives, was taken out about a mile distant from the tube, and then suddenly shot through it with the greatest attainable rapidity, and the result was very interesting, as determining a much discussed question ; it being found that the deflexion at this immense velocity of the load was sensibly less in the way of undulation or collapse than when the load was allowed to remain at rest in the tube. The manner in which these results were registered and arrived at was by means of a new and curious contrivance, it being found that the tremor occasioned by trains in transit prevented these deflections from being accurately read by the ordinary spirit level. This contrivance consists in a large pipe, containing water, laid along the lower cells of the tube, one end rising up within the tube at the centre, and the other end fixed against the stonework of the abutments of the bridge. Both extremities of this pipe are fur nished with glass tubes and graduated scales, by which the relative levls of the water are easily ascer tained. As the sligh eat leakage or evaporation over the ordinary thermometric expansion of the water would derange the level, while only half the actual deflection of the tube was registered at each end of the pipe, these disadvantages are obviated by the addition of a large reservoir of water in the interior of the tube, which is covered with oil and placed beside the graduated scale. This larger area exhi bited the whole of the deflections at the abutment extremity, and the apparatus presents a perfect mir ror of all the deflections of the great structure. We learn from Messrs. E. and L. Clark, the resident en gineers, who have watched minutely, from day to day, all the developed peculiarities of the novel undertaking, many curious and interesting results. These gentlemen state that the heaviest gales through the Straits do not produce so much motion over the extent of either tube as the pressure against the side of the tube of ten men ; and that the pressure of ten men keeping time with the vibrations produces an oscillation of 11 inch, the tube itself making 67 double vibrations per minute. The strongest gusts of wind that have swept up the Channel during the late stormy weather did not cause a vibration of more than of an inch. The broadside of a storm causes an oscillation of less than an inch ; but when the two tubes are braced to gether by frames, which is now being done, these mo tions will be almost annihilated, and all apprehension from wind or weather. from their being secured to• gether, will cease. They calculate that a violent storm exerts a power of about Nibs. on every square aing foot of tube exposed to its direct action , and, taking the side surface of the tuba at about 13,400 square feet, the greatest strain caused would be about half a ton per square inch, or hardly worth notice. The meteorological results since the tubes have oc cupied their 100 feet elevation have materially differed from those that were observed when they lay along the Carnarvonshire coast. The action of the sun at midday, instead of bending them two or three inches, does not move them more than two-eighths or three eighths of an inch. The daily expansion and con traction of the tubes varies from half an inch to three inches, attaining either the maximum or minimum at about three o'clock Aett. and P.M. These and other interesting results, as indicating the safe working of the great machine, are read by means of self-registering thermometers that record the constant temperature, placed in mahogany cases, protected by plate glass, and under lock and key. There is also a self-acting clock-work apparatus that elevates a shaft on a vertical plane, all the minutest motions of the tubes being delineated by an arm carrying a pencil, which is fixed to the tube. If a compass be held over any part of the bottom of the cells, the south pole is effected, and if held over the top of the cells, the north pole is effected, and this effect is observable in all parts of the tube, whether at the centre or end, although their position is only about 10 degs. W. of the magnetic meridian. As a matter of history, probably, a chronological summary of the structure will be interesting. On June 30, 1845, the Bill sanctioning the con struction of the Britannia-bridge was passed by Par liament. In July the preliminary experiments to determine the form of structure commenced ; April 13, 1846, the first workmen were engaged on the bridge; April 21, first stone of the Britannia tower was laid ; June 13, 1847, the first vessels arrived with iron at the Straits ; Aug. 10, the first rivet was in serted ; February 22, 1849, the Carnarvon and An glosey towers were completed ; April, 1849, the pon toons were brought to bear; May4,first tube was com pleted and platform cut away ; June 20, first tube floated; June 22,1ast stone in Britannia-tower ; No vember 9, first tube deposited in permanent bed; December 4, second tube floated ; February 7, 1850, second tube deposited on permanent bed; March 3, Carnarvon small tube lowered ; March 5, lint engine passes through tube, and last rivet inserted ; March 18, single line of tube opened for public traffic; June 10, third tube of second li n e floated; July 11 , third tube deposited ; J u ly 25, l as t tube floated ; Oct. 21, second line of tube op ene d f o r public traffic. The total cost of the B r it ann i a Bridge has been about 60,0001. more than th a t o f the High Level Bridge at Newcastle, recently o p ene d by the Queen. Next month an enormous sale i s t o take place of all the surplus material a n d s t ores . P re parations are making for covering the tube s w ith a light arched roof of peculiar construction. The effect of two trains passing at the same time through the parallel tubes r tn c w e of snere constantly t s : ti lt twN ‘ visyni trainssn on t o a t hwnte bwwhile u there, thunder. All fear optl f r there eo collisions hv anosgfsingle line everym b i a an o e train. Large models o f th e b r id ge w i l l f orm a promi nent feature in the next yea r ' s grea t E x hibiti o n. Yesterday the Irish e x p ress tra i n an d o th e rs passed o obviatedt o though the was approach r n brough the new line of tube, which will be hence• 'orth constantly used. borough THE WRECK OF THE P.I7OVIDEATC.E, On Tuesday an inquest was held before thee...,,b,,b coroner at Liverpool on view of the body u Williams, a cooper on board the Providence, during for the coast of Africa, and which w as wrecked o _ f the the late gale off Burbo . Bank. Tile body yder-casks in de ceased had been found under some pow_ d John Bird, the between-decks, by a fisherman i.iame th e car ' fr o m who had been employed in discharginggd bound on e ' being on board ;,the Providence. The . bohey, deadouse, brought tojaiverpool and placed In t•ed. The facts was identified by the wife of the dece l as and there was Albert was adjourned, in of the case were exceedingly simil e , cast upon the nothing to create difficulty iu arrivioego but, in consequence of an imputation cut the rope at a verdict ; cap I : c i William Parry, crew of the Liverpool lifeboat, in whilst they were in tow of the . the scene of the wreck, the inquiry the Providence, ase order that the circumstances of the t c - n b-msitgehamt b - e tu f g ul t ly o of the Provi investigated. Robert Mope, Bence; William Veale, the mate; boarded ° p urport. The lust s. first-class pilot, who had a_ b° f r the Albert steamer, and James filcher, capta!ri gave evidence similar mentioned witness said the men in the boat Albert was about three was too much sea on. mile from the ship nlitfehbeyostsa‘ivdasthmeyancnouedld by twelve qua r te r s m o e f n a . When the tll e called out to let go the rope, se a and was nearly full of nothing for the ship, The lifeboat had shipped B o Liverpool. At the ad water. It then returnedbe glen on board the lifeboat journed inquest two of t , aid their reason for giving appeared. One of them c proceeding to the wreck was, up their intention o, . n _ a s ea, they were obliged that, upon the boat shippi as an other sea had come upon to part the rope, as , 1 have been washed out of the them, all hands would possible to reach the ship, as boat. They found It impossible in such a sea. After a the boat could not have t rener, the jury returned a brief address from the death.coroner, as there To this they added a verdict of " Accidental effect that, although they did not presentment to the lifeboat altogether blameless, think the crew of the fault lay Principally in the bad they thought that the They also thought that construction of the lifeboat..' boat was censurable for not ap the captain of the h . fP but that the conduct of Parry, the peario g before them, pilot, and the captain of the steamboat was deserving of the highest prals2 FisßEßy._The Greerila w n a d s a f n o d rt D y ;avis the year, the TAE WHALE Straits whale fishing, we regret to learn, has been very un successful this season, and will show . a very great diminution in the produce as compared with . last . year,. engaged in the , fishing quantity of oil 1,761 tons. numb ern v un l a li n e , r i boyf of a ws r l r 'hi i ap v ls z e i l s s This year, the number of ships caught 218, and the . engaged was just received fron ‘ a Abtr:e: 1.1u , 11, &c., we learn that of these 23 have arrived, or Peterhead,been reported, containing only 63 whale:. If the nine vQssels nut yet reported is taken at the same . average, that will give only 88 whales, and 650 tons of oil, or a . falling off of 155 whldes and 1,111 tons of . oil. But, looking at the matter even in the most hopeful light, there seem:, to be no hope of the produce of the fishing amounting to one-half of that of last season. The accounts from the continental prod uce mar k ets concur in represen tin g most articles as )e i . ,, g .... steadily sup ported, although business was less animated. Coffee and sugar at Amsterdam and Rotterdam were w i t h out material alteration, b a t prices coutatued to be regarded as firm. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE MALTA, OCT. 4 —On Saturday afternoon the Frolic hove in sight, making signals that her second lieutenant, Dent ; her surgeon, M`Whinnie ; her assistant-surgeon, Rose ; and four men, were ill, and she wanted a boat to convey them to the hospital. A covered boat was immediately sent by order of Rear- Admiral Harvey, and the lieutenant and surgeon with four men put on board and conveyed to the hospital; the Rear-Admiral shortly after visiting them, and offering consolation in a manner so unaffectedly and friendly as to convey an immediate sense of his sin cerity and goodness of heart to the suffering patients. Mr. Rose, the assistant-surgeon, it was not thought necessary to send to the hospital, but in the crippled state of the Frolic's medical means, the Rear-Admiral gave immediate orders to Assistant-Surgeon Chapman (of the Medina) to proceed on board and assume the duties of the surgeon, then seriously ill in hospital—a mandate which Mr. Chapman most willingly obeyed, although suffering from weakness of body, having only quitted the Royal Naval Hospital two days before, in which he had been labouring under a very severe illness, consequent on two attacks of cholera. It is most gratifying to report that Dr. Chapman's exertions have been crowned with the most complete I success ; he had got the assistant-surgeon round, and on the Bth of October, when the brig came in for stores for a few hours, his list of sick was very consi• derably diminished, and but three bad cases remained. The conduct of Captain Vansittart, as well as that of his officers and those of his men who were yet unscathed, was most exemplary. They lent every as sistance in their power, the men receiving from the officers noble examples of what could be done, and vieing with each other in rubbing those who were seized with cramp, and administering aid to the medical men, whose onerous duties were divided among so many. If I remember aright, Mr. Chapman, who is an as sistant-surgeon of eight years' standing, most emi nently distinguished himself in his professional capa city in 1847, both in Ireland and Scotland, during the famine, more especially when engaged in assisting the distressed districts of the highlands and islands on the north-west coast of Scotland, in the Porcu pine steamer, in which he was then serving, and his conduct on that occasion called forth the warmest thanks of Commander R. Maclean, who was engaged as an inspector in the relief operations. The — aid thus rendered was acknowledged subsequently by the Lords of the Admiralty, in their official letter to the senior officer on the station, Captain H. Layton. Of the forty-five actual cases of cholera, dysentery, and diarrhoea on board, only eleven proved fatal, viz., three on board and eight in hospital. I may state, in conclusion, that Lieutenant Dent and Dr. I\l'Whinnie are doing well, as are all those under cure. On board, too, the disease has yielded to the active remedies employed • and, unless from causes as yet unforeseen, the Frolic will in all probability escape the further effects of the dreadful affliction. It is worthy of especial remark, that when the Frolic was out of sight of the island, no attacks were recorded ; but no sooner had she reached the island than the disease manifested itself. It is impossible to assign any cause for the sudden appearance of the dreadful malady after the brig bad been in port without a single case occurring a full fortnight. THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. The anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar was celebrated yesterday at the various professional clubs in town and country, and on board many of the ships in the ports. At Portsmouth the old Victory was dressed out with wreaths of evergreens at the trucks of her mast heads and ensign staff, &c. The Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir B. Cape! (who had the honour to command the Phoebe frigate in this memorable action), gave a grand dinner, and Lady Capel had a ball in the evening, to which a large number of ladies and naval and military officers were invited. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence also had a grand field-day on Southsea-common, in honour of the occasion ; he commanded in person. The Royal Marines came over from Forton. The 28th, 50th, and 82d Regiments—Royal Marines, Royal Marine Artillery, and Royal Artillery, with their guns—were brigaded, and went through a variety of field evolutions. The following are the surviving Trafalgar officers on the flag-list :—Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., the only survivor who commanded a line-of-battle ship (Orion), in the action; the Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth; Vice-Admiral R. Thomas; Rear- Admiral Pasco (Nelson's flag-lieutenant who gave the memorable signal) ; Sir A. P. Green, K.C.H. ; Sir G. R. Sartorious. Retired Rear-Admirals—T. F. C. Mainwaring, Abel Ferris, Colin Campbell, J. Symes, L. Holes, F. J. Thomas, H. Robinson, D. Scott. Captains (Greenwich Hospital)—G. Moubray, T. Dickinson. Captains (Retired)—G. W. H. D'Aeth, W. S. Lovell, K.H. ; J. Rattray, G. Hewson, E. Barnard, J. Hay, H. Patton, H. Forbes, A. D. Y. Arbuthnott, R. Patton, J. W. Dalling. Captains (Active List)---W. W. Henderson, C. 8., K.H., J. Carter, Earl of Egmont, Sir J. A. West phal, W. Walpole, H. W. Bruce, N. Duff, J. H. Plnmridge, Sir J. Franklin, C 8., J. Lyons, W. Blight, S. Burgess, J. Hindinarsh, K.H., J. Drake, W. A. Herringham, W. Robertson, R. Meredith, M. H. Sweny, Sir W. H. Pierson, A. Jackraft, W. Shepheard, J. P. Parkin, J. Gape, W. J. T. Hood. Captains (Retired 1840)—W. Coote, Thomas Pinto, G. Brown. H. N. Rowe, J. Clepham, W. Buchanan, and W. Murley. DEATH OF CAPTAIN (COLE.—The decease of Cap tain Charles Crole (1828), has been reported. This gallant officer, who was related to the late Earl of Egremont, entered the navy in 1806, and has served afloat 18 years. In November, 1809, when belong ing to the Chiffonne, 36, he participated in the attack on the pirates in the Persian Gulf; was promoted October 1813 ; was flag lieutenant to Sir C. Home Popham and Sir C. Rowley; was promoted to the command of the Icarus, sloop, May, 1822, afterwards commanded the Surinam, 18, in the West Indies, and was promoted from command of the Columbine, 18, since which time he has not served afloat. Surgeon William Vellacott (1809), died, Oct. 11, at Braunton, North Devon, aged 63. He was on the list of surgeons unfit for further service at sea. Alban, steam-tender, Lieut. Commander Cranford, arrived at Antigua from Devonport, Sept. 21, short of coals, and proceeded to Jemaica. Lightning, steam -tender, Lieut. Commander Pettey, arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday from Woolwich, and remained about two hours, when she proceeded on to the westward. APPOINTMENTS IN THE COAST GUARD. WOOLWICH, OCT. 21.—Commander John Elliot Bingham (1840), from the Clyde, to the Hastings district, vice Mottley (1843), whose period of service has been completed; Henry St. John Georges (1845), to the Harwich district, Nice Alfred N. Fairman (1846) to the Clyde district; Alexander Little (1846), to be an inspecting commander of the Lyme dis trict, vice Thomas Carpenter (1841), resigned, owing to ill health. Lieutenant George Bourchier Dewes (1841), to the command of the station at St. Lawrence, vice John H. Crang (1840), appointed to the Geyser steam-sloop at Woolwich. Second Master John Hales (b) (1829), to com mand at the station at Prussia Cove, vice Lieutenant Norton S. Sulivan. The Leopold, 12, steam-frigate, building at Dept ford, and to be fitted with engines of 500 -horse power, is ordered to be launched on thu sth of No vember next. The Furious steam-sloop, having had her mainmast taken out and the 500 tons of ballast she had on board when brought round to Woolwich, is to be taken up to-morrow to the East India Docks at Blackwell to have her engines put in. The Monkey steam-vessel, after towing her up the river, will proceed to Dept ford to tow the Iphigenia to Woolwich to be dis mantled, previous to her being broken up at Deptford. The Resistance, • Master-Commander Bradshaw, has taken the baggage:of the three comp anies of Roy al Artillery under orders for Gibraltar , Malta, and Corfu on board to-day, and the com p anies embark at 1 P.M. to-morrow. The Resistance will leave Wool wich on Thursd ly for her de_stination. Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence.—Eliza Cook's Journal. ZOOLOGICAL CUIOSITIES.--"Galignanis Paris Mes senger says—The Jardin des Plantes at present possesses two animals which are altogether out of the common pale of zoological classification. One is an hermaphrodite ass, am. the other a calf with two heads. The former is a native o Africa, of small stature, grey in colour, and timid of character; the latter is a stout healthy animal of a black colour, having affixed to its regular neck a long, thin, cord-like appendage, in wh ch an artery is felt to beat, and which terminates in a sort of fleshy ball, divided at the end, and having two jaws and a sort of tongue, the latter always in motion. Both of these animals may be seen in the large rotunda in which the zebras are placed. OAKTIABL—A man named Jacob Cliff, of Morcott, was yesterday. morning apprehended it this place, by Mr. Garton, su perintendent of police, having in his p o ss e ssion the hair of more than 40 tails of horses, supposed to have been cut from animals iu the neighbourhood. A large quan tity of hair from the manes of horses and from the tail of a co w was also found upon him, and a fowl, partly plucked. He is remanded until inquiries are instituted in order 1,0 find owners for the property.—Stamford Mercury. The Lord Bishop of Exeter held a confirmation at Dawlish on Friday last, when about 1,500 received the bless ing, The display of head gear made one of the most ex traordinary spectacles ever witnessed in a Protestant church, a nd one could scarcely bring himself to believe that a sister hood of nuns were not taking part in the ceremony from the white veils thrown over the face, which was, we understand, the order of the vicar of West Teignmouth. — Exeter Flying root, AMERICAN NEWS The accounts from New York by the Niagara are four days later than those by the Franklin. A fur ther arrival of an amount equal to 360,0001. sterling from California had caused additional ease in the money market, and the rate for the best paper was now 6to 7 per cent. In the prices of stocks there had been no alteration. In cotton there had been large sales at to cent advance, and a frost having oc curred at New York on the nights of the 6th and the 7th of October, exaggerated reports were expected of the extent to which it might have been felt towards the south. Besides the failure of Messrs. Gannett, Balch, and Co., dry goods jobbeil at Boston, there had also been that of M.Williams and Gregory, in the same business at New York. The former house were in good credit, and their debts are stated at 400,000 dollars, but the liabilities of the latter are small. There had been a good demand fur bills on England, and the market at the close was firm at 1101. The details of the mining operations in Cali fornia are all of the same character as those received by the previous arrival. The dates are seventeen days later, namely, to Ist of Sep • tember. The failure of the "banking-houses" of Hen ley, M'Knight, and Co., end Webass and Co., of Sa cramento, is mentioned. Large subscriptions were being raised for the relief of the overland emigrants, whose near approach had been ascertained. Almost all the Peruvians (generally spoken of as Chilians) had left the country in fear, and with the most hostile feeling to the Americans. Some of the miners are said to be steadily realizing extraordinary sums, but the chief feature of the present accounts is the descrip tion of the results obtained from the gold-bearing quartz. The San Francisco Herald, in a notice of some of the specimens, says : " Several lumps were selected, in which no particle of gold could be discovered even with a microscope. These were pounded in a mortar, and when reduced to a fineness somewhat less fine than common table salt, were washed in a rude tin pan. Each piece, notwithstanding its outside unpromising appearance, yielded, when so reduced, several grains of gold. The estimated product was 12 cents to the pound of rock ; although we had heard this fact stated, we had hitherto hesitated to give it credence; but we have certainly seen the proot, and we no longer doubt. We believe that a vast quantity of gold is thrown away by miners, because of the want of machinery with which to crush the rock and extract the metal. " The Stockton and Aspinwall mines, from which this ore was extracted, are situated near to the Mari posa camp, and are mostly on the main fork of the little Mariposa creek. The location selected for the mill and operation of the steam•engine and stamps, is at the base of the mountain through which the quartz vein runs, giving sufficient elevation to the works for carrying away the sands that shall be washed off in the process of collecting the gold. The vein now being worked by several men in get ting out the ore is- so accessible, that four or five adits may be driven on its course at the same time, and ore taken out the whole of the time this work is being prosecuted ; and also affording an opportunity to take ore from the back of the vein by other hands, when it can be broken down with the pick and gad, with an occasional blast. It is estimated that 140 gallons of water will be wanted each minute for the washing of the ores that can be reduced to fine powder by the machinery. The location selected is well situated to have this supply by the erection of a small dam, and by cutting a race to the mill, so that the water can be conveyed directly to the machinery and avoid the necessity of pumps, which work is now undertaken. " Thu mountain in which the vein of ore is found, and which belongs to the Stockton and Aspinwall mines, will afford a back of more than 500 feet from the lowest adit now being made in the course of the vein. These mines embrace 1,100 or more feet in the course of the vein, and ores can be raised from them at a low cost in comparison with the expenses attending the mining on veins to which cross tunnels have to be run to cut them. " The machinery to be placed at these mines will reduce and wash full 10 tons of ore per day, and the gold gathered from the operation is daily ascertained. The machinery adopted for use at these mines is of the most approved kind, and such as Commander Stock ton has used in the Virginia mines for the last two years. It is worked under the superintendence of Mr. Taylor, a gentleman until recently in charge of the Virginia mines. Should the vein last, as there is now every reason to believe probable, the quantity of gold that will be extracted during the next ten years is incalculable. Mr. Taylor estimates that the vein cannot be exhausted in fifty years." JENNY LIND IN BOSTON. " Boston is a pretty place, And so is Philadelphy." So runs the songs, and so the reception given to Jenny Lind by the Bostonians would most satisfac torily prove. The following account of the first auction sale of tickets for her first concert will amuse those who are not acquainted with the peculiarities of the American people dwelling in the great Republic known as the United States :-- " Long before the hour announced for the com mencement of the auction ssle of choice seats to Jenny Lind's first concert this forenoon, the temple (Tre mont Temple) was crowded. "At precisely ten o'clock Colonel Newell A. Thompson, the auctioneer, made his appearance on the table adopted for the rostrum, saying that ttie goods which he was about to sell required but little to be said in their praise from the auctioneer. He then stated what seats had been reserved for the press, and that he should put up in the first place the right of choice for one ticket cr seat only, and after that had been disposed of he would sell the right of choice from one seat to a whole slip, the amount bid to be paid as premium for each and every seat taken. He pledged his word, first as an auctioneer — (Laughter)—and then as a citizen of Boston, that no one was employed by Mr. Barnum, or any one else, to bind exorbitant prices for tickets, but that the sale was bona fide, and any one could bid as he pleased. He re gretted to be obliged to say that Tremont Temple was the best hall in Boston for the concert to be given in, and he hoped that this occasion would stir up the people of Boston to erect a more spacious and suitable hall, in which to hold concerts. He knew that it was contrary to the wish of Miss Lind to have tickets for her concerts sold at auction ; but without further detaining the audience he would proceed to give those gentlemen who were desirous of having the first choice, and the benefit of such a medium of adver tising, an opportunity to settle the question Who shall he be ?" Now, gentlemen, how much for the first ?" Two hundred and fifty dollars,' says Mr. Hale. Pretty good for the first bid,' cries a spec tator—followed by applause. This was followed by a bid of 275 dollars, and my hat,' from Mr. Fetridge, of 15, State-street; but the bid had hardly escaped his lips when it was followed by another of 300 dol lars. 325 dollars,' sang out Fetridge. 350 dollars and a guitar,' cried Dodge; 400 dollars from a stranger; 425 dollars by Mr. Allen ; 475 dollars,' chimes in Fetridge ; 500 dollars from an unknown individual ; 600 dollars,' cries Mr. Gleason, of The Flag of our Union newspaper. (Loud applause.) Going, going ! who says six- fifty ? going ! who says it ?' 625 dollars,' says Dodge, in a clear and distinct voice, which increased the applause. Six hundred and twenty-five dollars, says the auctioneer; nothing at all to pay for hearing Jenny Lind—(Laughter) — and sold to Ossian E. Dodge, vocalist.' Mr. Dodge selected seat No. 566, which is located nearly in the centre of the hall. " This announcement was followed by thunders of applause, with cries of ' Show him up,' Up with him,' Dodge," A song, a song,' &c. Mr. Dodge got upon a seat for a moment, and was greeted with cheers. After the noise had subsided somewhat ihe next ticket, with the right of choice to a whole p, was put up, and sold to Mr. Hale, who selectedsli but one seat, for 24 dollars premium. " The price now seemed to have become fixed at 7 dollars 50 cents premium, and there were sold at that price almost all the remainder in the body of the concert room. " Seats in the gallery were then put up, and the t h ree directly in the centre, over the clock, were sold to Mr. Allen, machinist, for 7 dollars 50 cents pre mium on each seat. Three next adjoining were sold to Mr. Wright for 6 dollars premium, and the others in the front gallery and on the sides were disposed of at prices varying from 7 dollars 50 cents. to 1 dollar 50 cents, premium on each seat. " P.S. At two o'clock this morning it was pro posed to adjourn, but upon a vote bring taken it was decided unanimously to proceed with the sale. " All the seats in the gallery having been disposed of, those underneath in the side aisles were then sold at prices ranging from 3 dollars to 5 dollars 50 cents f Ipremium. It is estimated that the gross receipts from this sale will not be far from 25,000 dollars." RAMSG is Grace the Duke of Wellington has been pleased to appoint Henry Benson, Esq., one of the Cinque Port magistrates of this town, and Captain James Corbin as one of the commissioners of salvage at this port. Captain Corbin has been many years in the employ of the General Steam Navigation Company, and at this time is master of the Little Western, that plies between Ramsgate and London. A more efficient person could not have been named to the important duties of this office.—Canterbur y Journal. Hope is happier than fruition, because we have not yet ascertained its limits, counted its gifts, or found time to question and discredit its promises.—Eliza Cook's Journal. IMPORTATION OF SENNA.—The revenue authori ties have granted permission for senna to be added to the list of articles allowed to be landed at all the first class sufferance wharfs on the river side, in the port of London, on importa tion from foreign parts. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-- TESTIMONIAL TO R. S. NORRIS, ESQ.—On Thur s d a y last the officers of the northern division of the London and North- Western Railway presented an elegant silver vase, uoith the purse, containing 100 sovereigns, contributed by 661 fth officers and servants of that company, to this gentleman, as token of esteem. The presentation took place at the Quee l l 3 Hotel, in Liverpool, at a dinner presided over by Captain Huish, their general manager. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP IN ENGLAND The Ami de la Religion contains a bull of the Pope, re-establishing the episcopal hierarchy in England. The portion of the document which refers to the dif ferent dioceses is as follows :---- "Beginning with the London district, it will form two sees, nemely, that of Westminster, which we ele vate to the metropolitan or archiepiscopal dignity, and that of Southwark, which we assign to it as a suffragan, as well as the others hereafter mentioned. The diocese of Westminster will include the portion of the said district extending to the north of the Thames, and comprise the counties of Middlesex, Essex, and Hert ford ; that of Southwark, to the south of the Thames, will comprise the counties of Berks, Southampton, Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, with the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, and other adjacent islands. " In the district of the north there will be but one episcopal see, that of the district. The district of York Rill also form but one diocese, and the bishop will reside at Beverley. The district of Lancaster will be divided into two bishoprics, Liverpool and Salford. The jurisdiction of the former will extend to the Isle of Man. As regards the county of Chester, although belonging to that district, we annex it to another diocese. "In Wales there will be two episcopal sees—namely, Salop, and Merthyr-Tidvil and Newport united. The diocese of Salop will comprise, in its northern part, the counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Me rioneth, and Montgomery, to which we annex the county of Chester, detached frons the district of Lan caster, and that of Salop, from the central district. The diocese of the Bishop of Merthyr-Tidvil and Newport will be formed of the southern counties of the district, Brecknock, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Radnor, as also the English counties of Monmouth and Hereford. "In the western district we create two episcopal sees, Clifton and Plymouth. The first will comprise the counties of Gloucester, Somerset, and Wilts, and the other those of Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall. " The central district, from which we have already , detached the county of Salop, will include two epis copal sees, Nottingham and Birmingham. We as sign to the first the counties of Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, and those of Rutland and Lincoln, which we separate from the eastern district ; and, to the se cond, the counties of Stafford, Warwick, Bucking ham, and Oxford. _ . " Finally, the eastern district will only contain one episcopal see, which will assume the name of the town of Northampton, and preserve its present limits, with the exception of the counties of Rutland and Lincoln, which we have annexed to the diocese of Nottingham.' REFORMATION OF CRIMINALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. omitted in my letter of yesterday to state, that I hope Sir George Grey will carefully look to the reformation of criminals generally, more particu larly to those of our convicts who I suggested should be employed in the reclamation of waste lands. Con victs should work hard, but be entitled to the full value of their labour beyond the cost of their keep and education, so that on their return to society, they should have sufficient funds (these to be retained of course until their discharge and then seen to be pro perly applied) to enable them to commence in some small trade or shop, or to emigrate, in order to pro cure their future subsistence honestly. To prevent the return of convicts to crime this is imperatively necessary, as it is well known that it is hopeless for those who have once been in prison to prcure employment. For want of this provision and precaution we have to thank ourselves in a great measure (though the mal-administration of justice by the unpaid magistracy hes had much to do with it) for the myriads of convicts we have made and who are so constantly obliged to return to crime. In what other way are they to exist ? I am, Sir, yours, &c., ZENO. Liverpool, Oct. 18, 1850. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday an accident of a very alarming character took place at Rotherhithe to a ; leasure-party, whereby, it is feared, several persons were fatally injured: -- It appears that Mr. Hughes, the pro prietor of the extensive tar and varnish works, Plough bride.,e-road, Rotherhithe, bad invited the workmen in his employ to a dinner at his private residence at. Sydenham, Kent, when the foreman (Joseph Madison) made arrange ments with Mr. Isaac Bliss, of Bermondsey-wall, for the conveyance of the party in a spring van. About twenty persons got inside, and the others sat down on the top of the vehicle. The foreman took the reins, and Mr. Bliss sat by his side, when the party proceeded towards the tieptford road, and, as the van neared the Red Lion Tavern, adjoin ing St. Helena Gardens, the near horse shied at something passing. The horses became unmanageable and darted off, dragging the van with it± living freight on to the high path way, and before the horses could be stopped the vehicle turned completely over, precipating those on the top with fearful violence to the ground. The scene at this time was moe:. alarming; the horses were plunging and kicking, and the inside passengers were to be seen in serious confusion making their escape by the windows on the upper aide, whilst eight of those who were on the top were lying on the ground shockingly injured. The foreman was carried to a neighbouring surgeon's with a compound fracture of the left les,, fractured ribs, &c. Mr. Bliss, the proprietor of the van, also sustained fractures of both bones of the right leg, with contusions on various parts of his body. The former was conveyed in a cab to St. Thomas's Hospital, and the latter to Guy's. Another of the party received a concussion of the brain and a lacerated wound of the scalp by falling on his head, but be was taken home. Others who were very seriously injured were likewise conveyed to their respective residences. Most of them were going on favourably, but the reporter was informed that one of the men had expired from the effects of the injury during Sunday. DEANS OF CATHEDRALS AND HEADS OF COLLEGES. —According to a recent Act of Parliament (13 and 14 Vict., chap. 98) it is provided that it shall not be lawful for rny person appointed after the passing of the Act to the deanery of any cathedral church to hold the office of head ruler of any college or hall within either the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or the office of provost of Eton College, or of warden of Winchester College, or of master of the Chatter house, together with his deanery. This enactment is not to apply to the Dean of rho Cathedral Church of Christ in Ox ford, as chief ruler of the c.dlege there maintained. Heads of colleges in the Universities are not to hold cathedral prefer ment except in cases where benefices or cathedral prefer ments may be permanently attached to or form part of the endowment of the office. The Act is entitled, "An Act to amend the Law relating to the holding of Benefices in Pie' rality." THE ESSEX MURDER.—An eye-witness states that a more distressing group than the family presented on Sa turday, in Doddinghurst churchyard, at the funeral of Jael f D a t e i n ) it a would isnea c r e l r y ta s i e n v l y e n t be y a difficult s of a to e a c n once t r e e n:i . ot T h h e e r is more than sixty. All their means of l i v i ngs s derivable from the scanty wages of the old man, as a labourer on the farm of Mr. Cumbers, who took Last into his employ when he was discharged a few weeks since by Mr. Drory, sen. Mrs. Last is a woman of tolerable education, and has brought up a family of eight children, of whom the de ceased was the youngest. Last had also eight children when he married Mrs. Denny, some years since, but both families are now grown up, and the deceased was the only child who resided with her parents. The poor old couple are, in truth, very worthy objects of sympathy, and if any charitably-disposed parties should feel inclined to ex tend to them a little temporal relief in the hour of their aNiction, Mr. Hammond has consented to receive subscrip tions, addressed to him at the Brentwood Post-office, and to see the funds applied for their benefit. MAILS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, &C. —The following notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office, respecting the mails to the United States of America and the British North American colonies : "Henesforward all letters and newspapers for the United States, if not directed to be otherwise sent, will he trans mitted by the first packet, whether British or United States, which is dispatched after they are posted. Letters specially directed by British packet, or by United States' packet, or a bLa e n w y ith particular th e desirevessel th us named, expressedwill tthe wt i e n r s a . c c oTrhde postage on letters and newspapers is precisely the same— letters, Is. per half-ounce, optional, and newspapers Id. each the latter must be prepaid—w hether they are conveyed by the British or United States' packets." SOUTH WALES IRON-WORK% —lncreased activity is apparent in portions of the great mineral field in South Wales, particularly in the neighbourhood of Bridgend and Maesteg. It is currently reported that the Maesteg Iron works, which have been closed during the last four years, will very shortly be re-opened under extremely favourable circumstances. At the Garth works an increased number of men have been employed, and in the underground works greater activity is visible. Surveys have been undeitaken preparatory to the formation of new tramways, the opening of fresh levels, and extension of air and ventilating pits. The Llynvi works are likewise to be enlarged by the addition of a new mill to the finishing department.—llereford Times. PETERHEAD, OCT. 17.—Passed by this afternoon the vessel Horn, of Dundee, Sturrock master, from Davis's Straits, and reports as follows, viz. :—The Joseph Green, of Peterhead, 1 whale; Pacific, of Aberdeen, 3 whales; St. Andrew, of Aberdeen,*3 whales; Advice, of Dundee, 3 whales. 60 tuns of oil ; Alexander, of Dundee, 4 whales, 57 tuns of oil ; Horn, of Dundee, 7 whales, SG tuns of oil ; Prin cess Charlotte, of Dundee, 5 whales, 6S tuns of oil; Chieftain, of Kirkaldy, 3 whales, 30 tuns of oil ; Regalia, of Kirkaldy, 1 whale, 12 tuns of oil; lane, of Bo'ness, 1 whale; Ruse, of Hull, clean ; Abram, of Hull, 2 whales; Lord Gambier, of Hull, clean ; True Love, of Hull, 3 whales ; Ann, of Hull, 2 whales ; Swan, of Hull, clean ; and an American ship, 4 whales. The Joseph Green was spoken on the 15th of Sep tember last, and all the other vessels on -the Ist inst. The vessels in search of Sir John Franklin were last seen by the Horn on the 23d of July last, and the master cannot, of course, communicate anything respecting them that is not already well known. PwLnara, OCT. 20.—A chronometer was picked up on the beach, about four miles from Port Dynllaen harbour, also the wreck of a large long boat; the chronometer has been identified as belonging to the Jemima, which sailed from Liverpool for Africa Ist October. SALE of LANDS.—The lands of Knockewart, in the parish of Ardrossan, were sold for 10,00C1. in the Royal Exchange Sale Rooms, Glasgow, on Wednesday last. LAUNCH OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM .FRIGATE LEO raap.—The launch of this ship from Deptford Dockyard has been postponed until the sth of next month. BURNING of THE LORD or THE ISLES WINDER DEERE STEAMER .—The burning of this steamer in the month of July last will be remembered, at r t which time a discover rew ofd ar of 50/. was offered by the company fohe y the supposed incendiary. From inquiries which have since been made, suspicion attached to two men ffi emplo , e ttt d ehhdee b ryto y e the wba com p a ny, James May, the fireman of the burnt vessel, aid William J ac kson Archer, fireman of th e Lady o f M the Lake,were r 8 w hi c h resulted in their bei n g taken before the Kendal bench committed last m w i e t e t l e t d , when the a t l h magistrates e attheassizes, consideringadm it ted as sufficient ground of suspicion against the accused, if they could find the necessary sureties. to r io ort, lir ,o1 1 `; rto 00 6 130 g. e• rooli c eio; 0 0 ' Or. • • aela baY' 'od e ; oF.0; 30 13 ha I t— oile, 20 1 f r oo letO r l l O -'l ,Qa de Berl7 I ot. e ter. . t y oec coo' trO , be 1131