The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-30 00:00:00

-....,...........______ ..._. ~,W--,PSTIIIINSTEIi.—(THIS DAY.) , w o , ,fil i''sPi.ol,%bl. dressed women, wh, nvt' the "111,,'S , ta arrell, ~,H , Il t , i';"e and Smith, were charg-d this ta-roieg bele, : e %lb the suticg magistr oe, with hiviii;; stolen PeNon of Mrs. F. Briant a purse and 9s .6 1 0, r e P osecutrix deposed that last night she was in 1 . ,, . th e °` ll3 at the Creatorne G , rdens, when she oosers b ed , floors ter Smith. ~., °Prisoner take from her poCket . and hand a purse to L She felt in her pocket, aid missing ktPQr,se, followed the prisoners, and upon telling them ,u )44..re should give them Into custody, a t a ll. , h i y" against Smith, and, as she thought, the purs TI, to her, for she male off immediately. 8 'lister • 1 of h • said, that after al e tall -tn. aw t a prosecutrix . tff dred a_l'ornall sadb pushed against d Smith, they both T he to go into ark patio and be searche .. a . Ptell we re remanded for a a eek, to allow time to p °ad the other prisoner. lirob h o „, 4‘SI-lIP-S TREET.—(TIIIS DAY ) tore Mr 4 % as Green, aged 12 years, was charged be ~, itte nt tb t il l with cutting and wounding Sarah Brown, whin T h ,'° do her sortie serious rat,chief. No. 1, wili.ninplhinant, about 17 years of age, atliving rev.o_ , ttiai n , Kingsland-road, raid that the f i t i a Lut e !'"b et sw yen o'clock, she was at home, when tehlig!ri, followed by the prisoner, ran into her house, 1401;1 violently. The prisoner laid hold of her by titto:,r of her head, and said that he would cut her ---.. 41 kittt o 118 had a koifa in his hand, with which he 1 7 1 . 1 toiv iti ntilict a wound across the child's throat, W little Ne i l ; I nt laid hold of him, observing, "Y"uk„ Illitt,4l,nNt." Be remarked, " You b— l in d )04fetillu Plunged a, knife through her tight arni.B kt goo k r°lll the wound, and complainant was taken to ' a o i„ titod`elolistable N 442, who took the P , -s°n • i er into I llaod.' Produced a pen-knife, which vrai smeared with Co ln , , ttterapttmlisnt said this was not the prisoner's first lit, 4 444,4111 Zr. said it was appalling for a boy of such The ' e%t e to ah d• •rion til t a% ow such a isnost . Don. rw as remanded for the attendance of the . CColi"' ( MLR'S' INQUEST. 11! 4 .kNe 4 ~,, , (THIS DAY.) SWIMMING 4, 41 .--A, ° DEATH IN THE HoLI3oRN H. kl 11111( in held this morning byMr. H i, Ol 4 ex, 4 quest was Broad street, Blooms tillos,,,a-the b„ t ,, t kle Brown Bear , . ~ Roberts, aged 29, i i ;44 i n tkuu,Yot Henry Digt.,ins 4 the 'ktelle," Holborn Swimming Baths. i It 44..1 Itoherts, 13, Cross - street , Islington, father i e sho g ed, said that his sun was a constant visitor ' Nara to bathbeautiful le, e -et h ---% anti ne was a bold an covered from a Nereatt4eLueeeased had bat recentl re under dis kefth, Z of cholera, and he also laboured - ‘ l. -"a • ' in the 1 amily. ll edr Th ota rt. which was Great James-street, khu,d-ro w le M'C'hristy, of 28, the swim eaObtal. , earrist-r, st4ted, that he was in .nwhen ki.44,,i110 a bout 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, Illi tn ed :Ns called to the deceased, wno ikc l ePlex,:„ t he platform at the lower end of was the bath ; gyb es eltd,,, ' ll was exceedingly filnid; in a few moments2o lL wie,'lingioto the water, and swam !thoutyards, less than el•ti took his attention off him, but in tti' 4. ads h i l6:te, itu ri tson drew his attention to the spot and be lif 6 ratth -" wing raised cut of the bath by two or 6 .4 1, 1,7 8 ; he was perfectly insensible, and apparently Ic,t s 'e was carriedby the attendants to a warm Iti,ne . an d placed in a warm bath immediately.. nn - ' , l, 111 "rge°of P tu al-street, Lincoln's I i t 4 1 , n, or g h tt r. S f° l4 ptly in attendance. a careful itilltikarte:4B, surgeon, said he had mad b e ody, and Ilk tae ',elimination of the deceased ' s . eisesaed Ville wayag covering the heart in a very he sank in Of • . deceased died before kti o v titt el . fe opinion The't. `° l ll the sudden stoppage of the heart's tyti.ltn ,e tad tur n dverdict of " Natural Death from of, e a neart." , Tat; BKAZiLS. i t \ l o l the eli L IVERPOOL , THURSDAY. PPer ship E mpress , i n thi rt y th ree d a ys It i ; t4 ,a ti l e have advice from Rio de Janeiro to kv er rL uahia to the 26th ult. A 4 4 t. g4 ( l not left Rio, but was much less tli tit hf os 6 4 15,, 1 S C tin ate affair, in which her Majesty's oft Nile uraiorant was concerned, bad taken place. Llik tti g q v es t ,went into Paraguay and took possession :11 0 ° Ilt : 1 11 said to be slavers, and whilst towing 4 , 4 kt i ! L ati e t e ared upon from the fort, the shot it bni ln and wounding others. The Cur trj° ti - I ":' ia telY sent off the prizes, anchored tort, and, with her 84-pounders, il lt tals7 e , cl it- Great excitement prevailed h 44, 4 ' tue time it was not safe for an Engl , is , h- Zov e ,qll,." la certain parts of the city. The , 7 14 4 - " t ibeg t 'P ‘ r e , entati ves immediately authorised the `° impose higher duties on all English goiCt• !tt11„-8,1kad shipping; a measure the Senate • ~,c" tile 4 , 14 likely to approve of. This, in addi hiattaf L t denCe (say our letters), and the pro e; Own Government, go to render our 1 04 ` 1 e14, - ;'eountr uncomfortable. 'oar al t ong s at Rio Y was 26,1 0 . Freights, 425. 6cl. 4 4 468 6' 1 . Coffee 3 , 500 to 3,600 reis. No 1 4 kb' , 00 the place. ‘ l ltei k te it ' A s eh ange was 27; money scarce. Cotton, S t „ugars, brown, 1,600 reis ; white, 2 - `g4 uf manufactures excessive. Tar, _____:_______t_______ TE i sq,." C LEMENT DANES. kw, l ) 4 lt, -41 mo SPILL VIAN. n a tee' VIAL TO MR. lts..-11P ton a dinner , which was must admirably e, Ne n :, `eolt nt the Lyceum Tavern, Strand, k tl i ,. , elm n.. y ace at ;',4e4rpoti:ntits being chiefly past parochial officers, et, Geer s Presenting to the proprietor thereof,. Olt h e 44; P i lleaan, a handsome testimonial, t; t4. 4 4 j ki . I , e ''„ e as churchwarden of the abovepa f r u i r sh h . is N. 4 e5.. 41 ": s l :l""ctit the . present senior churchwarden, I_ l e d : rlit-o;oef_tenrjhe usual loyal toasts had been duly / I ' 4 llo ter,,i a ' a addressed Mr. Spillman, and . evil is‘ ll 44 e ella e " as churchwarden of the . parish, and N Nt er -s• •° If eet as privatefriend; and in conclusion liklenitl„,act elegant massive, and highly.chased " TIN 30h oz, the gift of several past officers, and Wtifqsh„.4l followin inscription :- 41 tiedntl,._ . . Ltk'l44g subsc ribed for and presented by . the t re tie Au Private friends and parishioners of S 4il ef e ` 10 ba Mr . George SPi llin4t4 as who were de -44154' the ol'Yitig their regard and esteem for him, on Thiehle.,4banity he has evinced towards themall )317,, 1 i5t 0 4 f llRttet 29, 1850." hsti'plat,,,llattes followed. hol 4 Ili I ' 4 N, in k wledging the testimonial . , exd to 4 114 10 ac no . 0 0 Lflo , m as exceediegly grateful to his fri . en s l e,Nla e- Ifi 1 L' 414 1 the honour to attend and contribute 'to ihNetin'," Present, which, he could assure them he 11 0 them .-e rve and hand down to his children, and, 11,41144",clitin111° hop.d, to his grandchildren. Ilta '' ta at '''l the above, a vote of thank , assed at 114441,;441:ttieitirtnvt,s_try_, beautifully engrossed and . illumi. w asalso presented to Mr. Spillman. kip i t ,h 001,°,f toasts eded. concluding The '4, tae C hairer s i ti e t n e and the proceedings ter k A, ki;tt,.; ll , l ' To COLONEL s AMORE.—It is with kihith_v.,,,e h oetacaafirm a C u re o p report of a serious acc a i . - pl 4ll l . i i ti e N t ir te a! taid to have happened tp a C s ol a o t n t e e l o S y c b d een to,, 1 !1! 1 1 With ~u _ tlich, in this county, who h 1 VitC l althm. r il et lais family at Boulogne, for the benefit 0 4 R on the it ~,,, appears that Colonel Scudamore was 41e11 ,1 /t eeini,.. - ,"St when, his feet unfortunately slipping,._ s„.t'e as,-"'"xl about ' forty feet down the rocks, by It t' l rY t k t N it ..erwise t° state , both h d is . leg e s w v, e ,a r s e broken, and imme,iately it t l :le nit te i l i a re elriously injure ~ h to It ap e i l l t _i t is denee and received the best surgical . tb er wh, s atisfactory to ttrjsC,Pla s ji ll 4 1 States that the .. add that we have just Colonel is progressing as Pas ‘4 that 11,tInder the distressing circumstances of the f`l 4 it i s b ' with the skilful medical treatment he is rea •Nrite,lthiirpecl he may soon be restored to health e — re. 4 - "Nei I le most sincerely and cordially join.—Here- 14 4 ) _ 44 % 1, P 4 1, 1k 4 11 4011(14:tIlicat. ENSEMBLE.—The approaching kntal icirleat, the 2d of September, a l t th a e ttractive. VIII% ~ ef sn„, ee, PrOtni3e3 to be sing e 7 rls, and C01d tk,1414))41 tan - oo ?3'ttl Artillery, 2d , Life N •%6l e b 44 tled t 'term (by permlbslo bl. o s f h u m t a h e e n i r , 1 ~, ut tel 0 the band of the este 1 t present ti a v a e 11 1 1 , a 1 . 1 (lis a , (.11 heard. Beethoven's Grand . Battle Spit.- ~4 ._ h ° 4 'ls to form part of the selection. 8-IZilleiti..,,TB LAND IMPROVEMENT COMPANTZ th r t „ ilOa s ' o Rkeneral meeting of the shareho i l le de o r in s c o e t q, s i , )ar':hol,ie„d's-entit,!;l,y_e,ebeen held yesterd 1_41 0 , 1. 8 ta rtse ' n ' Uorenall ill t bu te t a a s m th ee e t r i e e n y w g, a e t re t not sufficient • the proceedings Nej,talaraed sinet.% (lentil lq , , rs en,Att ott _ . ul • a ),! 1 1 44 i e ltt th e 3 AEPAIR.—A few nights ego, youngwas 1, th it 11,,,s service of Mr. Page, of 404, High-street, . s,'K, 11:41„41,,'„el-rootu with her hands and feet fastened siq w , a o ' n 't her neck tied with a napkin. This she stated 44 4 . 111 4 itif n e bY a man who entered her room by the 114 fluffs was given to the police, and from the 11, - ,`,' , t4,' the premises which they made, and inquiries e t . 4' 13 theqficers were satisfied that the _;i.rl herself was .r. l h 'l stlyllt?r11) 4transaction. She was examined by m tet,Peni`getsergeon, and no marks of violence—except l ly 4,11:1). Sib tithe the cords and napkin—were found . upon_ e hi,, ll te tL i fr 6tWe has since admitted that she committed s t a h . ktlNtes, gees been provoked to do so from somethi t ng let might it): th e •”'c'nd this it i 3 impossible to say what #4 , it i d,__Rirl s do -- ' 74 4 0 i reason tor perpetrating the strange 0 ett ss " 4 re l'k na • k to 411 tli,,ie harlequins, there is always a second 14 4 4 I lls - .grat.---Eliza Cook's Journal. lite 4 OF 1. L ~-, thPte,„Norti 14 -114 isarrisu AlusEum.—The British _ Nlil ' f q th 4 r e closea from this day (Friday) till & the 7th of to i , 41 Y eittnseedPurpose of the reading rooms, c., being 1 4 141 (4 44 Cl , tll , i the 0 ., ItPRAN ASYLUM —Yesterday a l t-,14 estecvernors of• • held in the Asy -11(i Or th est,, r. , . this charity was. a general N lire 4 ._e Lite „• eridge-road, to elect a president in the tittS, to btikunke ot Cambridge. His Royal Highness ~... f at, () t te e of Cambridge having signified his an 'h. 41 eePt the office via unanimously elected pre , 3 h ti l l ti lli clS o ir ttkiiilL't Ain ~- 'NZ INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—" 4 11 . 11 4 1 : 43 11dt i . 9 'it on Wednesday next, for the hearing 404 tiete t at , I,;"eitlons. Parties, by availing themselves of 11° gir de r ths p rote ent . of prison until their hea f rint s . ah L ti ll , kll it tr4 eted f or t e i ti" . A.,et...!)f persons out o pr en,lee nt A . ttg, t , r 4 ,, the sittings in November. met44%re 4,f „.I:llE.S•rita..—Mr. Hudson, the popular e,. 4 ti. the IrSh characters, after a somewhat length- I ttle t ist t e s i , has abatte States, where he has achieved grea , t , !thekts'lits4-`erned tok a good store of "Californian gold. en; ha ?,`pears the Metropolis, and will, we uLderstand, , l hat lit one:Neigh:flat I,he Haymarket Theatre on Monday L'iti n l i l t il hse l ete ento-rft.,aea, and other pieces. Great l. fear d s '4 Prol, e , 4l bari ted : ti tlerl for his safety, as it was be ieve th iii ia t zt. ' ' M ai to' l3r Lur()Po yeas before the late sto . rms -n p., 1ah 0 ,,, ' 1440 Y els on the American ‘'Hilatoti`g. Manchester consecrated a new I.4tri. onMOttday. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY THE SCREW PROPELLER. (raoM A CORNESP3NDTNT.) It ilqS IY.k-II at de.ideraturn ever since that ingeni ous cootrivance, the screw propeller, was employed in steam navigation to improve on the invention, by discovering a mode of attaining the utmost degree of velocity compatible with complete security. Se veral experiments were tried with various success, and it ic. at last ascertained will certainty, that by e::clusing the screw in a strong iron cylinder, open at one end, and its semi-diainekr in length, the object designed can be achieved in a manner the most simple and efficacious. Water being incompressible, it appears that the rapid rotation of the screw acts with increased force on the portion contained in the cylinder, creating a partial vacuum, and instantly generating an external column in the resisting ele ment, on which is expended the entire power, with out any loss or waste arising from lateral divergence. Should this cheap expedient be generally adopted, and realise the anticipated results, the advantages gained are ton valuable not to be justly appreciated. Tile moving power will be attached to the firmest part of the ship, and placed indirect line with the centre of gravity—the screw, protected and concealed, will supersede that enemy of all symmetry, the clumsy paddle-box—additional speed will be acquired—that tremulous vibration, which shakes the framework of the vessel, and produces such unpleasant sensations, will be quite obviated, while its sailing qualities will be assisted and improwd. The plan is also admirably adapted to canals, as the banks can sustain no injury from an under current that causes neither agitation nor disturbance. From these considerations, it is clear that the subject is worthy of notice and deserves public attention. L. G. CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY. The annual meeting of proprietors of this company was h.-1 , 1 yesierday. at the offices, 9, Vllliera-street, Strand; Mr. Coles Child in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the tolls tor the half-year ending the 31st July lust amounted to 3,1181. Its. 7d. (being 110/. 18s. 4d. less than the receipts for the corresponding period of the previous year); the rent and interest received to 239/. 13s. 31.; and there is a SUM of 871. 10s. due for the rent of the company's wharf at Midsummer last. The balance at credit of revenue is 2,149/. 145., but there are claims against this account for interest, &c., to the extent of about 000/., reducing the same to 1,249/. 145.; adding to this 871. 10s., the amount due to the company for the rent of the wharf, the bum available for dividend will be 1,3371. 14s. The CHAIRMAN expressed surprise and regret at the f.dling oil of Vie tolls, but angered well for the future from the liberal policy of the South-Western Railway directors in granting season tickets at reduced rates, a course which must, he thought, encourage build ing to a coneiderable extent in the vicinity of the line, and thus benefit the bridge company. It also appeared that the directors availing them -elves of the balance of revenue left in their hands by the proprietors declining a dividend at (he meeting in February last , inenedietely liquidated the unsatisfied claim of the Hungerford Market Company, amounting to 5001., thereby saving the interest accruing thereon, and closing all existing questions with that company. The balance due to Mr. Chadwick for the erec ion of the bridge and approaches having been certi fied to be 3,3961., this claim had been satisfied by the issue of bonds of the company at five years' date, bearing interest at the rate of 4i and 4 per cent. The London and County Bank, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. Wood, to whom severally the sums of 8,5001., 1,0004 and 500/, were owing, have also accepted Coeds ter their respective d e mande By a reduction in the charge fur gas su pp lied to 'the bridge a further annual saving of at least 501. will be effected; and the directors, having appealed /. aeainst the assessments for rates and taxes in respect of the bridge, anticipat:4 that the amounts of the assess ments will be raeaterially reuuced. The formation of the proposed new street between the York anal Belvidere reeds, referred to in the last report, has had the unceas ing attention of the directors, and i:egetiations on the sub ject are still pending. Oa this point they have considered it their duty to communicate with the directors ti the South-Western Railway, in order, if possible, to secure their co-operation in carrying out the project. Sug cestions hive also been under consider=ation for the era c tion of a steam- boat pier at the south tower of the bridge, in which it ie proposed that , the railway, bridge, and market compenies should be interested. After V e ad.-peon of the rep et, it was moved by Mr. TURNER and seconded by Mr. Few, that "Inasmuch as the company have received from Messrs. Jackson and others the sum of 10,000/., and, as admitted by the ac counts submitted to this meeting, are debtors to those gentlemen in this amount, but have hitherto resisted re payment thereof under the advice of counsel, arrange ments be made for the cessation of further litigation in reference to such repayment, and for the settlement of the demands of the parties claiming the said 10,000/. in such manner as the directors may deem expedient, and that the directors do take the necessary steps to give effect to this resolution." Atter a prolonged discussion the proposition was ne gatived, priecipally on the grbund that a special notice ought to have been given befire so important a question was gone into. Tne CHAIRMAN moved—" That a dividend of 7s. 61 on each origteal share, and interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on the amount paid on each eighth share in the company, be paid for the half-year ending 31st July." This was carried. The election of officers followed, and after the usual complimentary votes the meeting disperset THE SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—DOVER, THURSDAY. This afternoon his Grace the Duke of Wel lington visited the Submarine Electric Telegraph, that now connects the 81 ores of England and France. The wires are carried in temporarily at the terminus of the South-Eastern Italway. In the absence of Mr. Reid, the telegraph engi neer, who superintended laying the wires across the Channel, his foreman showed the Noble Duke the working of the in struments, and explained to him how the wires were insu lated, and the p , an adopted for laying them across. At the Duke's request he also furnished him with a specimen of the insulated wire. His Grace seemed highly pleased, and would no dt übt appreciate this wonderful agency that could com municate in a second of time between this country and the continent. The interest generally felt by the public on both aides of the Channel on the completion of this triumph of scientific skill will render the following brief description of the communicating wire worthy of perusal. We are in debted to the Gutta Percha Company for the specimen from which we are enabled to write. The wire is of copper, of the size used for bell-banging ; and, in order to preserve it from the action of the sea water, it is cased in solid gutta percha, of the diameter of about half an inch The wire, therefore, has a defensive coating of a quarter of an inch all round. This combination of wire and gutta percha renders the cord perfectly flexible and very strong, while, from the indestruc tible nature of the sheathing by the water, it will secure to this telegraphic communication a permanency of many years , . THE SoUTH AMFTON DOCK COMPANY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Bishopsgate - street Within, Mr. Thomas R. Davison in the chair. The report stated that after paying the in terest on the mortgage debentures, the preference stock, &c., there was a small deficiency in the revenue account. The contract for the Brazilian mail would come into operation in the month of January next, giving to the revenue the ad vantage of the receipts from twelve additional steam-packets per annum from that source alone. The receipts for the past year had been 1.,1281, and the disbursements 10,4111. The report was adopted, and some formal business transacted, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. THE SEA GIVING UP ITS DEAD.—Within the last week the remains of some bodies have been washed ashore near Margate, presumed to be those of passengers on board the Royal Adelaide, the total loss of which vessel and of all on board will be in the recollection of our readers. A DANGEROUS PREDICAMENT.—About two o'clock on Sunday morning last groans were heard issuing from a ditch in the rear of the gasworks, Birkenhead. Some lads, who happened to be strolling in that neighbourhood at the time, immediately proceeded to the spot, and discovered an old man completely sunk in the gas tar which flows from the works. After some difficulty they succeeded in releasing him from his perilous situation. On being taken to the in firmary he was promptly attended by three or four medical men. His nostrils, eyes, ears, &c., were filled with the tar, and. in order to cleanse him, six or seven gallons of oil were used for that purpose. His clothes had to be cut from his body. The unfortunate man had walked into the ditch whilst in a state of intoxication.—Liverpool Courier. Intellect is a mercenary who will light under any banner, and never once stumbleS over moral scruples.—Eliza Cook's Journal. A Nlicaoscoric DIVIDEND. — In the matter of Bowles, Ogden, and Wyndham, of Shaftesbury and Salis bury, bankers, who were bankrupts in 1810, a final dividend of one-eighth part of a penny in the pound has been declared. THEnt's Uar.—" I say, captain," said a little keen eyed man, as he landed from the steamer Potomac, at Nat chez. " I say, captain, these here arn't all. I have left somethin' n board, that's a fact." " Thera's all the plunder you brought on board, anyhow." " Well, see now, I grant its OK accordin' to list—four boxes, three chests, two band boxes, a portmanty, two hams, one part cut, three ropes of inyans, and a teakettle; but you see, captain, I'm duber some ; I feel there'a somethin' short. Though I've counted um over nine times, and never took my eyes off Um while on board, there's somethin' not right somehow " "Well, stranger, time's up; them'a all I know on ; so just fetch your wife and five children out ea the cabin, cos I'm off." •' Then's urn I darn it, them's urn ! I know'd I had forgot somethin'."l PAISLEY.—The manufacturing population here is at present fully employed, and good weavers are still in de mand. This presents an agreeable contrast to the state of matters at the corresponding period last year, and for many preceding. We are glad to learn that the expenditure on account of pauperism is lower at the present moment than it was even prior to the great distress of 1842-3. Crimp has of late months greatly decreased, so much so that at this date the prisoners are one-fourth less than they were half•a-year ago.—Glasgow Citizen. The town, we are happy to say, is filling very fast. Arrivals continue to pour in, and houses are in great demand. —Brighton Gazette. MELANCHOLY DEATH AT THE HOLDORN SWIMMING BATAS.— On Wednesday evening a young man named Ro beits, 19 years of age, the son of a highly respectable house-decorator, residing at 13, Cross-sire. t, Islington, en tered the Holborn Swimming Baths for the purpose of bath ing:. Ile plunged into the water at the lower end of the bath, which is about 70 feet i❑ length, at which time there were about twenty persons swimming. On his rising to the surface he swam towards the upper end, which he had just reached, when he was seen to struggle for a few moments by a Mr. Pratt, a d then disappear under the water. Mr. Pratt instantly swam to his assistance, and by diving brought the lody to the surface. The attendants immedi ately conveyed it to an adjuinii g room ; and Mr. Jones, a surgeon of Portugal-street, and several other gentlemen were promptly in attendance, life, how. ver, being quite extinct. A brother of the deceased was a si ectator of the melancholy occurrence.' The deceased laboured under disease of the heart, which, in the opinion of the' medical gentlemen, was the cause of death. ROYAL PROGRESS to SCOTLAND. NEWCASTLF, AUG. 29.—This morning at ten o'clock, her Majesty took leave of Castle Howard, and proceeded on her way nor hward. her depar ture was of the same sitnpfr, unoitentatious character as her reception. The approach to the castle was lined on either side by the school children on the estate, the boys being arranged on one side and the girls on the other. At an early hour in the morning they assembled at the castle to breakfast, and afterwards turned out to pay an affectionate tribute of loyalty to their Queen. Their shrill hurrahs met with a gra cious acknowledgment from her Majesty. At Castle Howard station everything was, of course, prepared for the departure, and without any delay the train was soon sweeping on its way at express speed. In a short time York, with its splendid cathedral and its castlelated walls, was reached. Here the royal party were transferred to the care of the directors of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, the special train being propelled by an engine of theirs appropriately decorated for the occasion. A very short stay at York sufficed to complete the prepara tions for moving northward, and the royal train was soon in full progress towards the border. The line from York to Newcastle passes along a fine open tract of country, and abounds in noble prospects. There are richer and more picturesque districts to be met with in England along the course of our great iron highways, but few leave upon the mind of the traveller a more agreeable impression from the great sweep which the eye commands, and the delightful manner in which on either side the view is terminated by ranges of low hills, looking cool and blue in the distance. At present this tract of country is seen to great advantage, crowned with harvest honours, and gladdened by the beams of an autumnal sun. As you p.tss along, evidences of the great coal-field -4, which form the wealth of this district, present them selves, and in a less disagreeable manner than at first sight might be imagined. Villages appear on either hand, and tail chimneys, sending up dense columns of smoke, but there are other objects of interest also.. On the left are seen the stately towers of Durham Cathedral ; on the right, and situated on the very summit of a hill, a monument to the late Earl of Durham. The position and architecture of this structure are both extremely fine, and viewed from the railway it produces the best effect. Further away a glimpse is caught of Lumley Castle, the seat of the Earl of Scarborough. Passing these objects in its rapid course, and crossing the winding and picturesque banks of . the %'Teir, the royal train, shortly after midday, stoproached the smoke-begritnmed town of Newcastle and the river Tyne with its coal associa tions.; The railway here runs at a high elevation, and beneath is seen this busy depot of mineral wealth looming through a murky cloud of vapour, and re minding one of the dismal entrance to a place which the ancients politely called Hades. A descent into Newcastle, thanks to our railway engineers, is no longer so difficult as to call up recollections of Dante. Time was when this was different, when crossing the Tyne hardly struck the traveller as a less arduous undertaking than crossing the Styx—so perilously steep was the road on either side. The lofty iron oridge which here spans the Tyne is a noble work, and the manner in which it looks down upon the puny structure by which until its erec tion the river was crossed, forcibly reminds one of the progress in mechanical and engineering skill which this country has made, and of the grandeur of that system of internal communication which this age will bequeath to those who come after it as one of its noblest heirlooms. To the High Level bridge has now been added, at Newcastle, a work in , terior certainly in grandeur, but not unworthy of being placed so near it—l mean the Great Central Station, which her Majesty formally opened to day. This station is made up in breadth by three arches, supported throughout on light iron pillars, the roof. of open ironwork, well lighted, loftier than such struc tures usually are, and the whole building being un usually airy and graceful. The entire available space within this splendid shedding was this morning occu pied by the inhabitants of Newcastle, who assembled in great force to give their Sovereign a true north country welcome. The entrance to the station was handsomely decorated with evergreens, and above each archway were erected three emblematical bas reliefs in imitation of stone—the centre containing the royal arms, that on the right being a full length representation of her Majesty, surrounded by figures symbolical of the different portions of the empire, while on the left was a likeness of his Royal High ness Prince Albert, and the arts and sciences im personated around him. Outside the station and along the line of railway an immense conormrse of spectators had assembled, and every corner was crowded with a highly respectable assemblage. As the hour approached for the arrival of the train the excitement rose to fever heat. At last it came in sight, and slowly glided in amidst deafening cheers and the waving of a perfect sea of handkerchiefs and hats. Her Majesty and the Prince repeatedly and most graciously acknowledged the enthusiastic demonstrations of attachment which greeted them. Notwithstanding the immense concourse of people present the utmost order and regularity prevailed in the proceedings. A wide space on the platform was kept clear for the ceremony of her Majesty's recep tion by a guard of honour, consisting of a detach ment of tne 33d Regiment of Foot, attended by the regimental band, under the command of Captain Mundy. There was also a company of the Queen's Bays present, and a party of Horse Artillery at the flee old castle on the south side of the station, to tire the royal salute on her Majesty's arrival, and again on her departure. The grounds outside the . nation were admirably kept by the pensioners. As hopes were at one time entertained that her Ma jesty would alight and partake of refreshments, pre parations were made by the directors for her recep tion ; the Royal party gratified them in their expec tation, and remainki, a short time in the two handsome apartments prepared for their reception.. During their stay they were welcomed to Newcastle by the chief magistrates of that town, and the ad joining one of Gateshead. The following is the ad dress presented by Mr. Joseph Crawhall, Mayor of Newcastle "To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The bumble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Newcastle-upon•Tyue. " May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ap proach your Majesty with cordial and sincere sentiments of loyalty and attachment to your Majesty's Crown and person. " We hail in your Majesty and your illustrious Con sort the enlightened promoters of the arts of peace, and we feel that there can be no fitter occasion for the expression of our attachment to your Majesty, and our admiration of the virtues and qualities which adorn your Majesty, and the high station which your Ma jesty worthily fills, than is afforded by the dedication to the public of the magnificent works of your subjects .vishin the walls of which your Majesty is this day received. " We pray that your Majesty may long reign over a happy, prosperous, and united people. " Given under our common seal this 29th day of August 1850." The address presented by Mr. Hawks, the Mayor of Gateshead, was framed in similar loyal terms, and to both her Majesty made a very gracious reply. Earl Grey, the lion. Mr. Grey, Mr. Hutt, M.P., Mr. P. Howard, M.P., Mr. Matthew Bell, M.P., Sir Walter Trevelyan, and a number of the neighbour ing gentry,. were on the platform during her Majesty's stay, and joined in the hearty mani estations of at tachment with which the royal party were welcomed. The whole reception at the new station was of the most gratifying kind, and the coup d'wil which so spacious and elegant a structure presented, filled with an animated yet orderly throng, decorated with ban ner,' and evergreens, was as remarkable and beau tiful as probably this town has ever witnessed. The arrival of the royal train took place at twenty minutes before one o'clock, and some idea of the cheering may be formed from the fact that within the station alone there were more than 5,000 people as sembled, all of whom shouted and hurried as loud as they could. Great credit is due to Captain O'Brien for the manner in which the arrangements at the station were carried out.—Times. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO NEWCASTLE, OPENING OF THE GRAND CENTRAL STATION AT NEWCASTLE AND THE VIADUCT AT BER WICK-UPON-TWEED. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) NEWCASTLE-UPON-TT NE, THURSDAY, AUG. 29. This has been a proud, and will long be a memor able ancient day a n to d the i3op upeoplepopulous of to w n " c i a s n n e y n d N e a e r w i n c g a l s y t e t m a e a d t h b i y s its inhabitants. Just twelve months ago her Majesty first visited the town, and graciously deigned to sanction with her royal presence and favour the com pletion of the famous high-level bridge, one of the marvels of our age and country, which will attest to future generations the enterprising genius and spirit of the time and locality from which it emanated ; and to-day again our beloved Sovereign, in one of her royal progresses, has halted for a brief interval to witness the dedication to public use of the Grand Central Station at Newcastle, another link in that wrest chain of rail vvay communication which connects the tnetroFolises of England aod of Scotland. Until recently there had been a great and inconve• nient break in the line of railway from London to Edinburgh at Newcastle, by reason of the obstacle which the river Tyne at this place threw in the way of the communication. That obstacle was at length surmounted, at an immense outlay of money, by means of the high , level bridge to which reference has EVEN IN(, been made, and which now carries the passenger traffic across the river far above the level of the houses, and at an alticude from the v. , ater, for which, I believe, there is no parallel in the world. That great 01-j,ct being completed, there still re mained to ha achieved a grand termini scheme, into which ail the various northern lines of railway should run which converge at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. That great desideratum has now been supplied by the erectio❑ of an extensive and magnificent structure, to be henceforward called the Central Railway Station, which has been this day opened to the public. This building, erected on a locality called the Forth, is of a crescent shape. The roof, which is composed of cast-iron and glass, is divided into three compart ments, is supported on metal pillars, and extends over the whole area set :Tart for the purposes of the station. There is a spacious and commodious platform on each side of the line, and a fine suite of offices on the north side. Long before the hour (half-past twelve) at which her .111,9esty was expected all tne available area of the station was occupied by an immense crowd of well dressed people, the greater part of whom were ladies, who had come far arid near to catch a glimpse, how ever fa - Into:if their Sovereign, whilst, as far as the eye could reach away beyond the station, the populace had congregated in inappreciably large numbers for the same purpose. A convenient space, on which was erected a raised platform, covered with red cloth, to facilitate the descent of her Majesty and the approach of the civic functionaries of Newcastle and Gateshead, was marked out opposite the main entrance, and protected by barriers from the crowd. Within this privileged space the baud of the 33d Regiment of Foot was stationed and played several lively airs at intervals, which served to beguile the tedium of wait ing the arrival of her Majesty. Detachments of the same regiment under the command of Colonel Pole were placed at intervals along the platform ; and strong detatchments of the local constabulary kept back the " pressure from without " outside the sta tion. The civic functionaries of Newcastle and Gates head, headed by Joseph Crawhall, Esq., and George Hawkes, E , q., their respective mayors, also mustered in great force, and occupied places within the space to which I have referred. A great number of the resident and neighbouring gentry were also present to greet her Majesty on her arrival, among whom we noticed Earl Grey, the Hon. Mr. Grey, the Hon, Thomas Liddell, Mr. Hutt, M.P. for Gateshead, Mr. Bell, M.P., and hi r. Ogle, M.P. for South North umberland, Mr. P. Howard, M.P. for Carlisle, Sir Walker Trevelyan, and many others. The entrance to the station was tastefully festooned with evergreens, and from almost every conspicuous point within view of the station banners waved grace fully in the breeze, many of them bearing expressions of welcome and good-will towards her Majesty. Precisely at twenty minutes to one o'clock a gun fired from the battlements cf the old castle signalled the arrival of her Majesty at the Gateshead station, on the opposite side of the Tyne, and though a con siderable distance intervened, the cheers which greeted her Majesty's arrival at Gateshead were dis tinctly audible at the central station at Newcastle. At a quarter to one o'clock the train conveying the Queen moved slowly and majestically into the new station, amid the most enthusiastic shouts of welcome from ie thousands there assembled that ever rung in human ears. On the approach' of the Queen's car riage within the station every man present uncovert d himself, the ladies waved their 'handkerchiefs, and again and again shouts of welcome rent the air. Earl Grey, Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Northumfferland, and Sir Walter Trevelyan, the High Sheriff, stood uncovered on the raised platform to receive her Majesty. Before the train stopped, Sir George Grey stepped out and joined them. Earl Grey opened the carriage door and her Ma jesty and Prince Albert immediately alighted. This act was the signal for another enthusiastic and pro longed round of cheering. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, both visibly affected by this welcome, bowed gracefully on all sides to the assembled multitude. They were accompanied by the Prince of Wales and three other of the royal children. The scene and the excitement at that moment were the most thrilling we ever remember to have witnessed. The Mayors of Newcastle and Gateshead then led the way to an adjoining room, her' Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children, following, where a dejeuner had been prepared for them, of which they partook, her Majesty having previously received the address presented by the Mayor of Newcastle, given above. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the children, pre ceded and accompanied by the civic officers, then returned in the same order to the platform. Shouts from the multitude again resounded on all sides, which her Majesty and the Prince graciously ac knowledged; and having returned to their carriage, they stood at the window visibly moved, and made their obeisance to the people by whom they were so rapturously eheered. Her Majesty, the Prince, and the Royal children, were attired in deep mourning. The whole of the royal party appeared in excellent health and high spirits. At a quarter past one,lhaving:stayed half an hour at Newcastle, her Majesty proceeded, amidst the cheer ing of the populace, on her way to Berwick, where she opened the magnificent viaduct which has been recently erected there across the Tweed. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EDINBURGH, THURSDAY. Her Majesty arrived here in perfect safety at five o'clock. At Berwick she inaugurated the magnificent new viaduct over the Tweed as the " Royal Border bridge." The reception was of a very enthusiastic character, and the scene altogether was very impos ing. Addresses from the towns of Alnmouth and Dunbar were presented to her Majesty through Sir G. Grey on her road, and on the arrival of the train here the whole of the population turned out to wel come her. _ The display was among the grandest and most striking the metropolis of Scotland has ever witnessed. The slopes of Arthur's seat, round the base of which the Royal party passed in procession, were covert-d with thousands of spectators; and amidst loud cheering and und e r th e protect i on o f b er b o d y g uard of Royal Archer s h er Ma j esty was con d ucte d Palace of ceof Holyrood. Edinbu rg h and of Scotland g greatly delighted at finding Holyrood once e e hr r e a more ancientl inhabitantsarPe occupied as a R oyal residence. POST OFFICE NOTICE. SUNDAY POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. The fdlowing notice to the public, and instructions to all postmasters, su b - postmasters, and letter receivers, has been issued by command of the Postmaster• Gederal:— " The Instructions No. 21, 1850, which have been in ' force since the 23d June last, relative ts, the Sunday postal arrangements, are now cancelled; and the reguls dons laid down in the p rev i ous itst ructioias, N,.. 1, 1850, a copy of which is annexed, are to be reverted to on and from the fat day of September next, and must be carefully observed in every particular until further orders, all modifications on points of detail being re served for subs. quent consideration. ' "Coil? OF INSTRUCTIONS No. 1, JANUARY, 1850. " Oli and utter Sunday. the 13th inst., all po.t-offices in England and Wales will be closed to the public on Sunday from 10 A M. for the remainder of the day, ex cept in those cases where . the delivery commences be tween 9 and 10 A.M., when the office must continue open ter one hour after the letter carriers are dispatched; and except also in those cases where th e d e li ver y com mences later than lo A.M , wh e n the office having been closed at 10 A.M., must be re-opened for one hour after the dispatch of the letter ehrriers. " On and lifter the same 'late, to inland letters will be received on the Sui.day except such as are prepaid by stamps or are unpaid, for the deposit of which the letter-box will be open as usual through out t h e day. "Until the closing of the office at 10 A M ., or during the sub.rqueut hour after the dispatch o f the letter carriers, foreign letters may be pre; aid, po s t age stamps meanytb oef obtained, strangers, renters of private boxes, an d those who reside bey on d the limits of the letter carriers' deliveries, may al so , while the mthe usual and registrationletters may fe be re gistered on pay e; office is open, obtain their letters at the office window. "Except at the times above-mentioned, ve- f m ro e m n tio t t h e e d, O n ffi n c l e ett o e n rs th o e r newspapers can be delivered Sunday." allod to tread t h e ground English peopl e g i ve to this we TO THE EDI7'OR OF TEE Suzy; Sin,—lt appears Hapittu, the " butcher an d woman flogger," as you most properly call him, is on hi s wa y to London. ma W n, ha w t ho rec o e u p g t h io t n n w ot il t l o t b b e e hallowed by lio.rty and toleration? Should the Goveroiront not send this monster back— which I am afraid will not be the case—he ought to be hooted wherever he goes, and any one seen in his com pany ought to he marked for ever, that he may go and tell his Imperial masters 11,,w their bloody agents are re ceived amongst us.—l am, Sir, your CONSTANT READER. Stockton-on-Tees, Aug. 29, 1850. P.S. There is u rumour 4 f a public meeting here against Haynau's admission in England. DARING ESCAPE.—On Monday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, a prisoner named Jamieson Bremner or Smith, alias William Macfarlane , made his escape from the gaol at Greenock, where he has for a. , me time been incarcerated wait( g trial for shopbreaking. The mode by which the exit was effected was as follows :—He was in the exercising hall at the time of his escape, and had only been left alone for a few minutes while th e warder went t o the gate. In that short time he contrive d to extract so me nails which fastened down the window-sash, and succeeded i n wrenc hi ng away pa r s t q o u f e eozneedo himself, se stanchions ant h outside; en opening dropped into the yard, from which he climbed the wall of the dung-heap, and sprang on to the boundary-wall, and dropped into the str e et. An old beggar who sits at the Sheriff Court-h a ll w i tnesse d the descent of the convic t, and gave informati o n to one if the criminal officers, but the prisoner had g o t a f a i r start before he was followed. Information was also given to the police, who likewise gave chase, but, notwithstanding all their efforts, he got clear off.—Glasgow Chrfiticle. A ITG UST 3O, 1850, LITERATURE. MEMOIRS OF EMINENT ETOIVIANS; with Notices of the _Early History of Eton College. By E S. Creasy, M.A. "Floreat Etona" is very appropriately the motto of this work, which commemorates the glories of Eton College—a college which we are here reminded " for four centuries has given this country a bright and un failing supply of men duly qualified to serve God in Church and State. She has for four centuries been the nursing mother and the shelter of statesmen, generals, philosophers, poets, orators, judges, and divines." This enumeration is fully corroborated by the biographies which follow. Chatham, Fox, Canning, Sir Robert Walpole, Fielding the novelist, the poets Gray, and Shelley, and Waller, and an almost innumerable mul titude of others, names more or less celebrated, are sufficient evidence of the interesting reminiscences as• sociated with the "antique towers" of Eton. These various biographies have lost none of their interest by the manner in which they have been here set forth by Mr. Creasy, himself an Etonian, and a staunch lover and supporter of Eton and Etonians. A little of this partia,ity is, perhaps, apparent in the biographies, but the subjects of the memoirs are for the most part men so estimable and deservedly popular, that the laudations of their fellow-collegian are generally judiciou'. Some of the biographies, as those of Sir Robert Walpole and Lord Chatham, are sufficiently elaborate to admit of an interesting enu meration of the principal events in the lives of their subjects, and in some cases, as in the life of Chatham, extracts of Parliamentary speeches are given, and serve as characteristic examples of the eloquence of the orators of Eton. Again, the lives of the poets are graced with specimens of their works, Gray's We being necessarily introduced in a work relating to the college which it immortalises. Alluding to Johnson's criticism.on this ode, in which criticism it is observed, "that the.•prospect of Eton College suggests nothing to Gray which every beholder does not equally think and feel," Mr. Creasy very justly rejoins—" Perhaps every beholder (or at least every Etonian beholder) may at the prospect of Eton College equally think and feel what Gray did, but who before Gray ever expressed those thoughts and feelings, and who, since Gray, hat not experienced them the more vividly and the more pleasingly, by reason of the beauty and truthfulness with which Gray has expressed them.", In addition to the bio graphies,. which of themselves render this work both valuable and attractive, inasmuch as they present a series of memoirs of some of the most remarkable Englishmen of modern days, the various vicissi tudes of the college are recorded since its foundation by Henry VI., some four centuries ago. No Etonian possibly can dispense with this work, but its general interest is such as to render it attractive to many readers who are not equally bound to respond to . its motto, " Floreat Etona." EL DORADO; or, Adventures in the Path of Em pire. By Bayard Taylor. 2 Vols. This is an interesting and very amusing picture of life in California, together with an account of a voyage thither by way of Panama, and some expe riences of Mexican travelling. When Mr. Taylor commenced his perilous expedition he found among his fellow-voyagers persons of all kinds and charac ters, not even, as he facetiously observes, sea-sick ness, next to death, the greatest leveller, could assi milate such incongruous companions as the marvel of California had assembled together. Unlike his corn paniens, however, Mr. Taylor was not allured by any golden visions, consequently his observations and his record of those observations claim the merit of im partiality. The idea given of the life and labours of the golthdiggers is very vivid. The value of these volumes is increased by an appendix, containing the report of. the HOD. F. Butler King on California, and the work altogether is well qualified to realise its author's wish by serving as a memento of the mar vels associated with the name of California, and a re cord of that exciting epoch, when she dream had come again Of a treasure land, where a daring hand had only to glean for gain." The volumes are illustrated with views of the coun try, and sketches of some of the scenes described. MEMOIRS and PAPERS of SIR ANDREW MITCHELL. By Andrew Bisset. 2 Vols. The editor of this very valuable and interesting work tells us in his preface that he had recently oc casion, on account of some family affairs, to look into the manuscript papers of Sir Andrew Mitchell, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Great Britain to that of Prussia from 1756 to 1771, a period embracing that of the momentous seven years' war. Mr. Bisset was struck with the interesting nature of the documents, and very favourably impressed by the character of Sir Andrew, finding him to have possessed (a rare quality in a diplomatist) a "bold, blunt, straight forward " manner, combined with extraordinary tact and sagacity. "Finding also," continues Mr. Bisset, " that my own impression was more than borne out by the opinion of impartial judges, it seemed to me that there ought to be some published record of his services." The task of undertaking this publication Mr. Bisset has taken upon himself, and by so doing he has entitled himself to the grati tude of all who may happen to peruse this work—one of the most interesting works of its kind (to say nothing of its historical value) that we remember reading. We cannot give a better idea of the nature of these papers than by again quoting the preliminary remarks :—" One principal feature," writes Mr. Bisset, " of the Mitchell papers is that they furnish a narrative written on the spot, in camps and on bat tle-fields, of some of the most remarkable military operations that have ever been performed on the world's stage. The writer of them narrates the operations in clear and simple language, and, like a man of sense as he was, abstains from all military criticism of his own. But as be enjoyed in a high degree the confidence and esteem of Frederick, he is frequently enabled to give that great soldier's criti cism of his own operations, and occasionally of his own faults, as well as those of the enemy ; so that the papers possess some portion of the interest and value which would belong to diTatches written on the spot by one of the greatest commanders Of ancient or modern titnea." Sir Andrew Mitchell appears to have been possessed of a manly and independent spirit, as is evidenced on more than one occasion by his con duct towards Frederick, and towards his own Govern ment at home. Thus we read of his indignant refu sal to chronicle and transmit to his official employes the trivial remarks and private conversations of the King, especially those in which they them selves might be concerned, and he adds, "I should blush for the vocation I follow if I were compelled to descend to such disgraceful meddling." This passage is quoted from Thiebault, but it is amply corroborated by many incidents in the original papers. As an evidence of the terms on which the ambassador stood with the King, and as a sample of the interesting matter contained in these manuscripts, let us quote the following letter (vol. 2, p. 153) which is highly characteristic of both King and ambassador, and equally honourable to both : "HR. MITCHELL TO THE EARL 01' HOLDERNESSR. " Private, per Lambe, " Frey berg, " 30th March, 1760. " About a week ago when I came to dine with the King of Prussia, I found a book laid upon the table, which, he told me, he intended for a present to me ; the title of it is ' Euvres du Philosophe de Sans Souci.' He said it was of his writing, and had been the occupation of his leisure hours, that it contained some imitations of Horace, Lucretius, and Ovid; that he never intended it for the public, though a few copies of it had been thrown off at his own press at Potsdam, some of which he had given to particular friends &c. ; that lately the book had been surrepti tiously published in France and since in Holland. * * In the meantime he desired me to read over what he gave me, and dropt a hint that he should be glad it was known in England that this book had been published, not only without his consent, but against his will.' This declaration I considered as a sort of apology for the book, and had nothing more at heart than to look into it immediately; but my curiosity had like to coat me dearVor the Philosophe the next day asked my opinion, and observing that I was shy and reserved upon the point, pressed and encou• raged me to speakjtreely, which I, not caring to dis semble, complied with snore easily, as there are really more things to be admired than blamed in the book. I praised with decency and without exaggeration, and blamed with freedom where 'Thought I was well founded ; and this has afforded matter of conversation for five or six days at table, when only his Majesty was present. Tne particulars are too minute to be transmitted, therefore I reserve them till I have the happiness to see you in England. It is but justice, however, to acquai❑t you that the King heard with candour and with temper my trifling remarks, and at the sarna time to declare that of all the authors I ever conversed with the rhilosophe de Sans Souci bears criticism the best." MIRACULOUS ESC A PE.—L EWES, WEDN ES DAY.— Yesterday a ticket-collector at the London and South Coast Railway station here, named Isgar, was, literally, within a hair's breadth of losing his life. He was on the rails below the platform, when he saw a train entering the station and just upon him. He shouted to the driver to stop, though he felt that it was useless to do so. It was equally imposible for him although a light an d act i ve man, to gain the plat form. In this dreadful position Isgar, with admirable pre sence of mind, threw himselt on his face, feeling assured that the bodies of the carriages would pass over him safely enough, but dreading lest he should be crushed by the ash box, which hangs much lower. His fearful position was seen by the station clerk and other porters, who fully ex pected that he would be found clashed to pieces when the train had passed. There was one moment of agonising sus pense, and then up leaped Isgar, his forehead scratched by the ground, showing how clos ly he h a d c l ung to it as his only hope f life, but not injured in any other way. Isgar, it should be stated, is an exceedingly small made man. The first emigrant ship from Birkenhead left that place on Tuesday. 13uenos Ayres was the destination. TINE ARTS. VOICES OF THE VI- GLIT. Illustrated by Mrs. Lees. An elegant ornament for the drawing-room table has been presented to the fashionabl6 , world by Mrs. Lees. A folio volume, most delicately bound in the palest blue and gold, containing six graceful sketches, illustrative of some of the very beautiful and popular poems of the popular American poet Longfellow. The first poem illustrated is " The Prelude," or intro duction to "The Voices of the Night"— "Pleasant it was when woods were green, And winds were soft and low, To lie Heald some sylvan scene • Where the long-drooping boughs between Shadows dark and sunlight sheen Alternate come and gu." (If the figure in the illustration stretched " Beneath some patriarchal tree" - - be intended for the poet, Mr. Longfellow will have little cause to feel flattered.) The next illustration, " The Hymn to the Night," is more successful. The figures of the kneeling. maiden and of the angel are both exquisitely graceful and delicate. The whole composition is suffused with the same spirit of repose which characterises the poem— " 0 holy night, from thee I learn to bear What man has born before; Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care, And they complain no more." "The Reaper and the Flowers," that beautiful poem on the death of children— "lt was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheave,," " The Footsteps of Angels" and " The Beleaguered City" are the subjects of the remaining plates. The execution of come of these illustrations is very in ferior to the conception—in " The Footsteps of Angels," for example, those solemn and tender lines which of themselves conjure up a picture such as few painters could pourtray : "Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms grim and tall Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall, "Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. * "And with them the being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. "With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle baud in mine." These lines, as illustrated by Hrs. Lees, are very far from doing justice to the poet's idea. Yet it Mr. Longfellow might be justified in complaining of the treatment he has received in one or two of these illus trations, the very production and publication of this elegant volume is another proof of the high estima• tion in which the true-hearted author of the " Psalm of Life" is held in the old country. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EG EIA M RACES.—YESTERDAY. The effect of a marked improvement in the card will apparent in the number of well-filled special trains dis patched yesterday morning from the Waterloo-bridge terminus, and in the company assembled on the course; that it was up to the mark in fashionables, or that the betting fraternity showed in as much force as usual, we do not say, but, numerically, it bas not been exceeded for many years; the meeting, theretore, irrespective of the racing, may be said to have gone off with tolerable success. The managers are entitled to praise for their efforts to pr.mote sport, and to " make things go plea sant" to the visitors. They would have succeeded better had there been a sufficient number of police to keep the course properly, and to check the pickpockets. The robberies were carried on with a boldness and success which reminded us of the "good old times," and elicited complaints from all quarters. The racing commenced shortly after two o'clock, and terminated at five. Elacchcap• Sweepstakes of 10 glom each, 5 ft, with 30 added. One mile. Lord Exeter's Visite, 3 yrs, Est 411) Harlock) 1 Mr. Lumley's Hood, 3 yrs, 6st (J. Smith) 2 Mr. Bingley's Christiana, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Thick) 3 Mr. Carew's CEdipus, 4 yrs, Tat 91b...(R. Sherwood) 4 Major Martyred The Moor, 9at 6lb (W. Abdale) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Visi(e-2 to 1 apt Christiana— and 3to 1 agst (Edlpus. A very fine race between the first three; terminated in favour of Visite by a neck, Flood beating Christiana by a head. Queen's Plate of 100 ga.; three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, 9st llb; five, 9st 11114 six and aged, lOst 21b. Two miles and a die. Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs (I Mann) 1 Major Martyn's The Swede, 3 yrs (G. Brown) 2 Count Batthyany's Valentine, 3 yrs (Crouch) 3 Sir G. lieuthcote's cby Velocipede, 3 yrs (Sherwood) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Tile Sa ede, and sto 2 Elgin Little Jack; the others not backed. Little Jack made strong running from end to end, and won in a canter by three lengths. Run in 3 min. 47 secs. ThißAilway Stakes of 5 sous, each, with :25 added; for two yrs old, sst 81b; three, 7st 91b; four, Bst 71b; five, fist 101 b; six and aged, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners extra; the winner to pay 5 soya. to the fund, and to be sold for 100 sots. if de manded, and allowance if to be sold for less. (6 Subs.) Mr. Roberts's Heroine, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 91b (Brown) 1 Mr. Death's Montpensier, 6 yrs (501.), Bst (Abdale) 2 Mr. H. N. Powell's Fisticuff, (501.), ist 11th (Sharp) 3 Mr. Humphries's Carbuncle, (501.), 7st 41b (Cheswas) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Heroine, and 6to 4 eget Mont feusier. Heroine made nearly Blithe running, and won in a canter by three lengths. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 25 sots. each, 15 fc, and only 5 if declared, with 50 added; the winner to pay 15 soya. to the judge, and to subscribe to the race in 1851. Two miles and a distance. (20 Subs., 11 of whom declared.) Duke of Hertford's St. Rosalie, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Pettit) 1 Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs, 7st 21b...(J. Mann) 2 Mr. Francis's Repletion, 4 yrs, Bat 71b...(W. Abdale) 3 Betting—Even on St. Rosalie, and 5 to 4 agst Little Jack. Little Jack cut out the work at a bad pace to the distance, where he was joined by the favourite and Re pletion, the former taking up the running half-way up, and winning easily by three lengths. Run in 4 min. 7 secs. The Egham Stakes of 5 son. each, with 25 added; for three years old, 7st; tour, Bst 4113; five, Btt 101 b; six and aged, 9it 11b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners extra; the winner to be sold for 300 soya. it demanded, and allowances if to be sold for less. Ileatg, one mile. Mr. Payne's Brington, 4st 91b (to be sold for 501.) 1 1 Mr. Itaretsbottom's Beebee Bunno, 7st 41b (1000 4 2 Mr. S. Scott's Marquis of Conyngbain, sst 71b(501.) 3 3 Mr. Carew's Neruinton, 4 )rs, 6st Mb (tool.) 5 4 Mr. Lumley's Hood, 3 yrs, sst (50/.) Eacb beat won by two lengths. The winner was sold by auction for 701. BETTING ON THE COURSE. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 4 to 1 sgst Tophana (taken 18 to 1 ugst Miss Ann freely) ST. LEGER. Even on Voltigeur 18 to 1 agst Cyprus sto 1 agst Pitsford (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 9 to 1 agst Beeh tinter CANTERBURY RACES.-THUItSDAY. The City Members' Plate of 501. Vests, one mile and a half. (3 Subs.) Mr. Richardson na Nutbrown, 3 yrs (Plummer) 1 1 Mr. Iliggins's California, 4 yrs (C. Boyce) 2 '2 Mr. Sherrard's Florence Dumbey, 6 yrs (Etwall) 3 di East Kent Handicap of 10 sous. each, 5 fc, and 2 only it declared, with 80 added; the winner to pay 10 sov, towards expenses, and thu second to ri.ceive 201. About two miles. (19 Subs., 7of whom declared.) Mr. flawkins's Marchioness 4 yrs, 6st.. (Sherrard) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Rodney, 4 yrs, 7st (Dockers)) 2 Mr. Hooper us Landseer, 4 yrs, --(Lowe) 3 4 Mr. Anderson nu f by Redshank, 3 yrs, sst 121 b The Ramsgate Plate of 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each; the winner w f inn ( e 3 r su to ba. be ) sold fur 2004 one mile and a A M , r r.. s ll im or ru nd o b u y's 0 ds,sl l ) d Fox, ~uTu c ( k l e s r o , l. s )( ) C. rs Fln o o o r i.) sb, j (E y tyb o a n t ? 1 l ) 2 dr Mr. Anderson's Diana, 3 yrs (501.)...(G. Mann) 0 dr The Ladies' Purse, with a Sweepstakes of 2 BOYS. each added (6Suh6sl.b),(mr. sul wsswiwon o i n n ds a ), es b n ea te ti r n b g y L l a ) c l 3 n Tucker, 5 yrs, lost Fordwiek, aged, and two others not placed. TAUNTON AND WEST SOMERSET RACES. TUESDAY. The Taunton Stakes of 10 boys. each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, with 40 soya, added. One mile and a half. (17 Subs. 9of whom declared.) Mr. Scott's Landseer, 4 yrs, 7st .....,,.....(Williams) 1 Mr. Winch's Zack; 3 yrs, 7st 10lb (W . Treen) 2 Mr. Cowley's Second Sight, 4 yrs, Bst 101b(Cricktnere) 3 Mr. E. Scobell's Fugitive, aced. 7st Blb (Water) 4 Woa easy. The Ladies' Pl a t e of 25 suvs. added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya, each, once round and a distance, was won in three well -contested heats by Mr. Southby's Vesta, aged, 9st 10Ib (Yeates), beating Mr. E. Brayley's Harum Scarum, 3 yrs, Tat Bib (Williams), Mr. Poult ney's Quiver, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (W. Treen), and Captain Potts's colt by Galanthus, out of Ariel, 3 yrs, 7st Bib (Ellett). The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, one mile and a half (5 Subs.), were won cleverly, in three heats, by Mr. Sudd's Salute, 3 yrs (W. Treen), beating Mr. Lovett's Hest' away, 5 yrs (Yeates), Mr. Evans's Bella Donna, aged (Donaldson), and two others. The Innkeepers' Plate uf 25/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, once round and a distance ;(5 Subs.), were won in two heats by Mr. Treen's Woodlark, 4 yrs, Bst Blb (W. Treen). beating Mr. Nicholl's Jain cf Berwick, 3 yrs, ist 4lb (Iliett), and Captain Crofton's Chicot, 4 yrs, Bat 81b (W. D4‘). The Borouh WEDNESDAY. g Members' Pfaie of 501., added to a Sweep sialis of 5 sovs. each. Heats, once round and a as tatine. (5 Subs.) Mr. Jenkins's Larkaway, 7st 71b (T. Burn) 1 1 Mr. Clark's Mude Safe, 3 yrF, 7st 71b (Hiett) 3 2 Mr. Itobinson's Confidence, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Gunter) 2 blt Mr. Winch's ZAdoc. 3 yrp, ist 71b (Banbury) dis. rhe Tzademen's Plate of 25 sovs., added to a Sweep stakes of 3 soya. each. One mile and a half. (4 Subs.) Mr. Covdey's Second Sight, 4 yrF, Bst 121 b ... 0 1 1 Mr. Treeu' s W oo dl ark, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ( Y ates ) 0 4 4 Mr. Winch's Zadoc, 3 yrs, 7st tilb (W. Treen) 0 2 2 Mr. Nichell's John of Berwick, 7fittilb (liktt) o' - 3 s The first was a dead heat ; the others were won by a neck. I 11; /7."- 4 4. The Hurdle Stakes cf 3 sous. each, and 15 added, Once_ round and a distance (3 Subs.), were won in two heats, by Mr. Southby's Vesta, egeu (Mr. Reilly), bestineMr. - Smith's Mias Fanny, aged (Mr. A. Wilkins), and Mr. Powell's Subduer, aged (Mr. W. Haddy). A Free Handicap of 2 sovs. each, and 10 cove. added, once round and a distance, was won in two heats, cleverly by Hasteaway, 5 yrs, Bst (Treen), beating Chioot, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Crickwere), and Helm, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Hid°. GOODWOOD RACES. A Cup, value 3001., to be called the Goldianiths' Cup, will be given )early by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell (late Storr and Mortimer), of Bond-street, to the Goodwood Meeting. It is proposed to be a race for two-year old colts and fillies. ET CRI. ELEVEN 'OF ENGLAND CK v. TWENTY-TWO OF PETERBOROUGH. Three days' play, consuming Monday, Tuesday, anti Wednesday, brought this match to a close. the 22 proving victorious, as, by the odds and power of fielding, they ought to have been, or have remained " unboasted and unhonoured th' annals of the tented field." The score is Riven below, and will surprise many from the admi rable success which attended Tinley's bowling agai ns t Fuller Pdeh's batting, to say nothing of the fall of other wickets, whose guardians were considered " a tower of strength," before the "shoi.ters" of Mr. Buttress:— THE ELEVEN. First Innings. Second Inni ngs . Clark, b ButtrEss Wisden, b Buttress ... ..... Parr, b buttress Pilch, c and b Tinley ........ 2 b Tinley. Guy, b Buttress Martingeli, c Attmore, b But tress 0 b Tinley ...... ........ 0 N. Felix, Esq., b Buttress .... 0 c Kittermaster, b But- tress 9 G. F. Cooke, Esq., c Coleman, b Mayers Chatterton, b Mayers A. Glynn, Esq., c Smythies, b Buttress Hiilyer, not out • Byes 11,1 bl, w 1 ....... . ... 14 Byes, &c. . 3 Total 1 t 0 PETERBOROUGH. First Innigs. Kittermaster, c Wisden, b Hillyer l5 b Wisden ...... 4 W. Jackson, Esq., b Wisden 10 not out 0 Boning, b Hillyer Buttresr ' c Chatterton, b Cl ar k 4 not out . ... 0 Garrett, b Hillyer F. Tinley, c Felix, b Mynn .. 19 Woodward, c Felix, b Hillyer 4 Attmore, c Chatterton, b Mar tinged ... Major Rogge, b Martingell 7 R. B. Smythies, Esq . , b Hillyer 3 b Mynn 5 Coleman, b Hillyer G. Mialls, Esq., b Hillyer A. C. Smith, run out ... .. .... 0 b Mynn 2 W. Mayers, b Hillyer ...... 2 Maxwell, b Hillyer Gardner, b Pdartingell .. . 0 E. Johnson, c Felix, b Mar tingell F. Woodward, b Martingell... 1 G. Johnson, b Hillyer ......... 0 E. Speechley, b Hillyer 0 Sergeant, c Felix, b Martingell 5 b Wisden 5 G. White, not out ............ 4 b Mynn 2 Byes 2, leg byes 2, wide 3... 7 Byes, &c. ..0 Total 5O Second Innings. Total 133 Total 2B NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. It:Nu-Admiral Fairf.►x Moresby, C. 8., the newly ap pointed Commander-iu-Chiof to the Pacific station, has returned to &act House, Exmouth, and will proceed to Devonport, and hoist his flag on board the Portland, 50, on Monday next. This frigate was commissioned on Wednesday morning by Captain H. Chads. Commander Prevost and the surgeon have taken up their appoint ments. Rear -Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., accom palled by the gentlemen or the pay office, went out to Spitheed in the Portsmouth yacht, and paid the crew of , he Blenheim, 60, screw-sbip, Captain Henderson, C. 8., six months' wages, yesterday. AFFRAYS BETWEEN THE SEAMEN OF THE Fox AND THE MILITARY AT PoRTSMuIITIL—We are sorry to state that for the last few days past the seamen belong ing to the Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, and the sol diers of the 50th Regiment have exhibited a moat vin dictive feeling Against each other, but as yet the conse quences have only occasioned a few broken heads and Week eyes. It commenced on Monday last, when one of the Fox seamen and a private of the 50th, both hal drunk, ran against each other in Queen-street, and im mediately began fighting. This was about nine o'clock. The picquet guard coming by separated the com batants, and took the sailor to the guard house. The next night (Tuesday) a strong muster of Foxes took place in the neighbourhood of Queen-street, and also a more pcwerlul muster of the sUth, when a general battle took place. The inhabitants were alarmed, and closed their shops. The police mustered in force, but could do nothing with the belligerents. At last a piquet guard came up, and marched the soldiers away to their barracks, and the row ceased. On Wednesday night, soon after seven o'clock, a large party of the 50th again mustered in Kent-street and Queen-street, in expectee 1 :ion of again meeting with the Foxes (fortunately they bad been kept on board). The shops in those streets were closed, and the men paraded the, streets. Meeting one pour sailor that they took foe a Fox, they heat him most severely with their belts, and also attacked other inoffensive persons. Marching to Common Hard and expecting to find some Foxes at the Row Barge Inn, the doors being closed, they smashed the windows to pieces. As this occurred before " t itoo" time, the piquet guard were not out, but so soon as they arrived, the 50th dispersed and went to their barrack. The Lieutenant-Governor, Lord F. Fitz clarence himself, was soon on the spot, directing and ordering the officer of the piquet guard to take up all offenders. The 50th on Thursday evening were on the Common, and it was supposed Lord Frederick Fitzcla rpnce would harangue the soldiers on riotous conduct. Non-commissioued officers were yesterday placed at the gates and roads leading into Portses, to prevent all pri vates of the 50.1 a from going into the town. Fairy, yacht screw-tender, Master Commander Welsh, has been brought into the basin at Portsmouth, and the Elfin, tender, Master Commander Balliston, has been taken into dock to have her rudder altered. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzcla rence, G.C.H., is returning stores and furniture previous to her going up to her harbour moorings. Furious, steam-frigate, recently launched, has been taken into the basin at Portsmouth, to be rigged and fitted for the river, to which place she will proceed for ner engines, in course of construction by Miller, Raven nill, and Co., of Glasshouse-fields, and Blackwell. Greenock, iron screw frigate, at Devonport, will have another trial round the Eddystone to-day. Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander Allen, with Mr. Belem and party, left Devonport on Wednes day morning for Sheerness. Vengeauc — e, 84. Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., was taken out of dock yesterday at Portsmouth, but the tide being sluggish, water was obliged to be pumped in to float her. bhe will go out alongside her hulk. Al though short-handed, she progresses very fast in her qnipmPrit; her topgallant masts a r e p a i n t e d th roug h cePs. I'oaTaMOUTIE REGATTA.—This affair came off on Wednesday and Thursday. There were one or two tolerable rowing matches, but the wind was too light tor trials of sailing to create any interest. The best part of tho business on Thursday was a goose hunt by small boys in six washing-tubs; however, the goose got Ft crack on the head (by accident), and was captured. Eight ordinary boats started; but on account of the light wind the regatta altogether was a very slow affair. GOVERNMENT INQUIRY RESPECTING THE WRECK OF THE PRINCE ARTHUR.—Captain il. N. Denham, R.N., commenced his inquiry respecting the late wreck and the intended " harbour of refuge" at Claremont House yesterday week. The inquiry was concluded on Wed. nesday, but the result cannot be known until the Official report has been made.— Southport Visitor, August 24. PORTSMOUTH, TRIIRSDAY.—A Board of Admiralty arrived here this evening to commence their annual in- +peetion of this port. Their Lordships were entertained at dinner this afternoon by Admiral the Hun. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., the Port Admiral, at his mansion iu the Dock) arcl, where all the captains of the fleet were in vited to meet them. Lieutenant Bamber, gunnery lieutenant of the Vic tory, is appointed flag-lieutenant to their Lordships during their visit to this port, which is expected to oon finite some days. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane will pay a visit to Cherbourg, on the occasion of the review of the French fleet, in the Lightning steam-yacht. A large number of officers at this port will go over in the Fire Qu« en steam-yacht, to witness the same inn posing ceremony. APPOINTMENTS. WooLwlcu, Arc. 29.—surgeon James!Browne, (1833), to the St. George, 120. at Devonport. Surgeon William Gunn, M.D. (1835), to the Cumber land, 70, at Chatham. Paymaster and Purser William B. V..Farror (1841), to the Portland, 50, at Devonport. Midshipman Henry Miller, to the Trafalgar, 120, at Sheerness. Clerk Brice W. White (1848), to the St. George. Clerk's-Assistant Thomas A. P. Brooks, to the Tra falgar. Naval Cadet Horatio F. Blair, to the Dauntless stenm• frigate, at Portsmouth. The Lightning steam. vessel, Master-Commander Pot lay, left Woolwich, at a quarter-past four o'clock, ♦.m., to-day, for Portsmouth, to convey a distinguished party to witness the review of the French fleet off Cherbourg. THE ARMY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. -GENERAL ORDER. D e puty-Adjutant-Genet - erg - office, Woolwich, Aug. 27, 1850. 1. Her Majesty, has been ple.sen io approve of ths following promotions in the Royal Regiment of A ttil lery, viz.:— F r,t Lieutenant the Hon. William Charles Yelver tot to be Second Captain, vice M'Qut qn, deceased. Second Lieutenant Robert Horsley Ricketts Rowley to be Fitts( Lieutenant. vice Yelverton. Dated August 10, 1850. 2. His Lordship the Master-General has appoint( d Lieutenant Taswell to the Royal Horse Artillery, in this room of Yelverton, promoted. • Lieutenant R wi. v is tto refore posted to Major Mee." eompany, Bth battalion, vice-Unveil. J. E. JONES, Colonel-Assistant A djt3tantrGcnoral Tr N r )