The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-01 00:00:00

IV AV AL INTELLIGENCE. THE CHANNEL FLEET. All the divisions of the fleet are by this time clear of the English Channel, and are engaged in trial sailings and exercise. Both Admiral Corry's and Commodore Martin's squadrons will touch at Bantry Bay occasionally, and anchor for a day or night ; but, as we stated at first, the fleet will rendezvous at Queenstown on the 17th instant, to meet the Admiralty. The other screw frigate Tribune, 31, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, will join Commodore Martin's squadron after her escort Attendance on the Royal yacht squadron. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 31. The London, 90, Captain Eden, was paid wages at pithead to-day by Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., and the clerks of the pay-office. She sails to-morrow to join Rear-Admiral Corry's division of the Channel fleet. The Daedalus, 20, Captain W e ll es l ey, arrived — at Spit head this morning from the South Pacific, last from Plymouth, where she landed her news. She is now dis charging the freight, $1,400,000, which she brought home on mc;hants' account, which will he landed at the dockyard by the Sprightly steam-vessel, Mr. G. Allen, acting-master, commanding, and conveyed thence to the Bank of England to-morrow by Messrs. Casher, freight agents and wine-merchants of Portsmouth, by special train on the London and Brighton Railway. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com mander Belam, which arrived last evening from the east ward, proceeded on her voyage to the Channel Islands with Royal Artillery. Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron passed down Channel. Seven of them were seen from the heights at 6.30 on Monday evening. Eighty-six seamen riggers are to be sent from this port to Pembroke, to assist in navigating the Cesar, 90, to Portsmouth, and are to be there by the 29th September. Mariner, 12, is to be brought forward for commission at this port. Artificers are to be placed on her as soon as more important works will admit. The Fire Queen, tender to Victory, Master Com mander T. W. Paul, conveyed Rear-Admiral Superin tendent Fanshawe (commander-in-chief pro tens.), with the Treasury clerks, on board the London, 90, Captain Charles Eden, to pay wages. Antelope, 3, iron paddle brig, Lieut. Commander Young, hauled out of the steam basin to-day into the stream to ascertain the deviation of her compass. Harpy, 1, iron steam paddle, one of the notorious " half dozen," has moved out of the steam basin—we hope to be placed up Porchester Lake, as a target for the Excellent, in the room of the old York. The Prince of Wales, India,man, arrived at Spithead this evening from London, to embark passengers and stores from Lloyds' agents at this port, the Messrs. Gar ratt and Gibbon. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 31. TRIAL TRIP OF THE ST. JEAN D'ACRE. —ln accord ance with the arrangements previously made by the master attendant, Mr. Mills, the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw steam line-of-battle ship, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, made her first trial trip yesterday afternoon. A distinguished party of officers of the navy proccederl in her, including Commodore Michael Seymour, superin tendent of the dockyard; Captain William Sand em, superintendent of the victualling-yard and hospital ; Captain Quin, of the Ajax, 58 ; Captain Kingcome, of the St. George, 120 ; Mr. Edye, master shipwright ; Mr. Mills, master attendant ; Mr. Brown, assistant master attendant ; Mr. Biddlecombe, master of the St. George ; Captain Mends, Mr. John Dinnen, Govern ment inspector of machinery, &c. The St. Jean d'Acre slipped her moorings from off the dockyard at half-past twelve o'clock, and proceeded under easy steam out of Hamoaze under the charge of Mr. Brown, of the dock yard, after which Mr. Odgers, harbour-master, took charge. The orders to proceed were communicated from the poop by Captain Crispin's telegraph, with which both sides are fitted, and all subsequent orders were readily complied with from its indications. The navigation of the very critical portion of this har bour from off the dockyard to beyond Drake's Island was effected without check, and to the admiration of all the naval officers on board ; for, to use a nautical phrase, she steered like a top, and was perfectly under command of her helm at a very easy speed. When clear of the island orders were given for full speed, and the engines were then placed in the hands of the contractors, Messrs. John Penn and Son, the emi nent engineers of Greenwich, who were represented on the occasion by William Hartree, Esq., of that firm. From this time until casting anchor in the Sound, bout five p.m., the course was variously steered, and her engines for some time reached a velocity of 53 to 55 revolutions, and without any casualty or hot bearings. In consequence of this being the contractor's trial, and from apprehension of the boilers priming from the waters of the Tamar, the usual run between the Breakwater and the Eddystone was not made, still some notes of speed were made during the trip, especially when going hard to a stiffish breeze, when she made eight knots, and this without the engines being at full power, for the steam was not well kept up by the stokers. To-day, however, better things are expected, when the measured ground will be gone over, and the rate of speed tried, for the engines and boilers are exact counterparts of the Agamemnon's which keep steam easily at 201 b. per square inch, at which pressure the boilers of the St. Jean d'Acre are loaded. After displaying her number to and chasing the channel squadron (supposed to be Commiidore Martin's), observed in the offing, for some time, her head was turned towards the Breakwater, she having been five miles westward of the Eddystone, and she ran back to the Sound before the wind. The St. Jean d'Acre is the largest line-of-battle ship of two idecks in the world, and with, we believe, the heaviest armament, and her efficiency, contrasted with other liners carrying 100 guns, is rendered complete from the superior advantage of being fitted with steam power. It is only about twelve months since we wit nessed the departure from this port of the first screw line of-battle ship constructed for our navy, the Sans pareil, 70, 350-horse power—for the Blenheim and her class of screws are simply conversions. We have now to express our astonishment at this most recent sample of the giant growth of our steam navy, which, at a like rate of progression, will shortly bid defiance to the whole world. The St. Jean d'Acre was designed by Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., surveyor of the navy, and Messrs. Edye and Watts, assistants. She left the Sound at nine o'clock this morning on her second trial, when she will be timed and observations made thereon. The Nautilus, apprentices' exercise brig, Lieutenant Dolling, master, sailed yesterday for a cruise in the Channel. CHATHAM, AUG. :jl. CONTINUATION OF THE ADMIRALTY INSPECTION. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, and the members of the board who visited Chatham dockyard yesterday, left Rochester this morning iu the Captain Superintendent's barge, in charge of Lieutenant Whipple, First Lieutenant of the Boscawen, 70, guard-ship of ordinary, and carrying the pendant of Captain Superintendent Peter Richards, C.B. Their lordships arrived at the landing place at the dockyard at half-past 10 o'clock, and were re ceived by the Captain Superintendent and the heads of the various departments, and then proceeded with Capt. Richards on board the Boscawen, at moorings in the Medway. The crew of the ship manned the yards to receive their lordship; who, on going on board, had the crew mustered and each man and boy's name called over by the Paymaster, as they passed for inspection. Their lordships remained upwards of an hour on hoard to inspect the books and documents connected with the .s_ervice afloat at this d oc ky ar d. On landi n g from the B?seawen, they proceeded, accompanied by Captain Richards, Lieut. Wise, R.N., Director of Police, and the heads of the departments, to the metal mills, where they witnessed the entire process of making sheet cop per avyfo, sheathin g r obatbatn at all her Majest ' dockyard producing all that is required dockyards. They then witnessed the casting of copp er Ys to the bottoms of for attaching the sheathing :ra i n ls d for other purposes, Chatham dockyard supplying all the other yards and the royal naval service with thata great quantity The mills are worked by steam, and produce quantity of manufactured articles, the machinery'bei'n„ a most perfect descrip tzirdier Mr. Laurie, the tiou and admirably arraw, e a o enteredb the drilling chief engineer. Their lordship s . ove the drilling department, and in a large room machine for machines inspected a new and ina np a nsievu.s. sbn i.it i e e d the saw fiaishing oars. When their lordships operation timbe mills yesterday, they witnessed a very circular ,tha for giving the outline shape to the pi ec i L intended to be made into oars, by the manner in the timber is run along a rapidly revolvinc, nwhiel l saw. The piece of timber, after being cut to the of the oar by the circular saw, is still square-sided but it is then taken to the room above the drilling : machines and passed through the finishing mac hi ne, which, by closing and expanding while it is cuttir ' r and bevelling the bla de of the oar from the centre of the front part, tapers it to the required form of the most perfect oar used for men-of-war's gunboats and others. Th e slight bend of the blade and the fine curve on the back are accomplished with great nicety ; and, on passing the round part of the oar through another finishing machine, with the necessary description of cutting and fli • hing tools, the hand end is produced, and the oar ready for use after about six inches in len g th of the hand end is reduced to about two inches in diameter. One man can rivike two oars per day by the usual plan of making them by hand labour, but the machine invented by Mr. Laurie will make 100 oars in one day of the full size used in the service. On leaving the metal mills their lordships pro ceeded to the south-west end of the yard, passing the slip from which the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship, was recently launched, the roof of which is now being stript of the copper with which it was covered, and a covering of galvanised iron is in progress of being substituted in its place. They then visited the extensive range of build ings recently used for th holding metal mills a n d store adjoining enew iron until the were completed. d The store buildin g was erect 45 foet in breadth, and in and is 666 feet in length by inexcell en t con diti on . At the rear of th ese stores thereare others of still greater length, whi c h their lordships entered,. the l a ying-room, in which the rop es for the and cables are manu factured being 170 fathoms n , g o g r,o2o f eet i n length. On a floor above of equal length, of 7th, men hemp is h ac kl ed or carded. and spun by four g au in each gang ; and as the hemp l n s d boy state, an d El, 24 being through troughs of Stockholm tar in a boiling it passes i mme diately after it passes through is cleansed of the SU )erfluous tar and rolled on large iron pi r nB * The men all walk backwards w hile s p innin g , a nd the great length-- of the floor renders it requisite for each gang to sha me their their spinning wh eel and work walking back, instead o f e forward so great a distance. By that arrangement no time is lost from their labours. When the hemp has .been spun as described, it i s pl ace d i n t o s t ore , and on its being required to make ropes or cables a demand is made on the storekeeper who supplies the quantity re quisite, and it is then worked by machinery into three ply or five ply, and these again and again put toge ther, until of the required thickness. A fine cable, of upwards of two inches in thickness, was in progress of being made to-day during their lordships' inspection. Some of the ropes made are from 400 to 500 fathoms in length. The lead mills are in excellent working order, and a sheet was rolled 30 feet long by 6 feet wide. Adjoining the lead mills are the paint works, where all the paint is ground and prepared for the use of all the yards, and from 300 to 400 tons are required annually for the use of the yards and ships in the Royal navy. Their lordships, after concluding their inspection of the works, were shown the neat and commodious chapel in the dockyard by the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Fielding, and they then went to the schoolrooms where the apprentices of the dockyard are instructed in mathematics and other branches of education which would be useful to them in foll owin g their profession ; and the first Lord appeared much pleased with the manner in which one of the pupils worked a difficult problem of Euclid. Their lordships then returned to the Captain-Superintendent's offices, where they remained about half an hour, and at a quar ter past 3 o'clock proceeded to the marine barracks, where the men were drawn up in line, under the com mand of Colonel James Irwin Willes, Second .Command ant, who received their l ordshi p s, Colonel Pilcher, Co lonel Commandant, being absent on leave. Their lordships were saluted in the usual manner, the band playing the National Anthem. Sir James Graham and the members of the board, accompanied by Colonel Willes, proceeded down the front of the line, and up the centre of the open column, minutely inspecting the men and their appointments. They also inspected about 300 young men (reel nits) recently joined. They then entered the barrack rooms and minutely insp ec t e d th em, an d also the non - commissioned officers' library, a most com modious and well-arranged room for st u dy, an d f or per using the daily and other news p apers an d pu bli cat i ons with which they are su ppli e d. Th e sergeants ' mess r oom is spacious and very well k e pt, an d i s a lt oge th er of a superior description. Their lordships also witnessed the ship gun drill exercises, and concluded their inspec tion by going over the hospital. The Vivid wail steam-paclzet, Captain Smithett, hav ing conveyed the Prince of Prussia to Ostend on Mon day night, came round to-day to attend on their lord ships, who will lea ie Rochester at an early hour to-morrow in the Vivid, for Sheerness, on an official visit to that port. WOOLWICH, AUG. 30. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Edwaad Chappell (1888), and Captain John Monday (1838), to be retired captains. Mate William H. Ives (1852), to the Waterloo, 120, at Sheerness. Master Richard W. Ward (1850), to the Arab, 12, at Chatham. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1853 nication between Plymouth and London, for the Ad miralty have actually ordered the Daedalus, 18, Captain Wellesley, with treasure from the Pacific, to proceed to Portsmouth, land her freight there, and return to Devon port to be paid off. Could any order be more absurd or more unfair to the interests of the Great Western Rail way line to Plymouth ? The sloop Harlequin, 12, Commander E. P. Wilmot, may be daily expected from the coast of Africa. A letter from her states that she left Loando July 6 for Ascension en route to Spithead, to be paid off. We hear that the Admiralty have determined to erect a new chapel at Woolwich Dockyard, without delay, for the use of the artificers, &c. THE CORN TRADE. (Front the Times.) Thetok place r ee f a l v a os last unfavourable c a h t a a n ge cr t i cal the m o w n a e weather for w h i c theh harvest, the uncertain state of the Eastern question, a t i g o g r n a a v n a d t ed th e b y i t t h e r r e u s t p o t p i o p n a g e o f o f t h t e h e .14 D , a a ll i Daubs a n n a vig corna - trade, and, lastly, the large purchases of corn made in this country by French and other foreign dealers, have had a powerful effect on our markets. The last returns from Mark-lane show a clear rise in the price of wheat cf no less than 4s. per quarter on the week ; and the aggregate average price of the pre ceding six weeks is 525., which is 12s. a-quarter higher than the comparative average for the corre sponding period of last year. The top price on Mon day was 555. to 58s. a-quarter, and flour rose to 60s. a-sack. This extraordinary increase of price, at the very time of year when a turn generally takes place in the market, is attributable to the demand abroad even more than to the fears excited for our own harvest. Although the French Government endeavours by assurances in the Moniteur to per suade the country that the crops have turned out better than was expected, the measures it has taken and the active speculations of the French corn trade prove that considerable scarcity is apprehended. Louis Napoleon judges, rightly enough, that no thing is more likely to embarrass his Government and to arrest the immoderate speculations now afloat in France than a sudden rise in the price of provisions. Accordingly, he some months ago suspended the sliding scale of the French Corn Law, and has since removed the differ ential tonnage dues on cargoes of corn. The supply of flour which we have received from France for the last few years has ceased, and the French dealers begin, on the contrary, to import largely. The floating cargoes in our ports were brought up, and we soon fo:nd that when we went to the Baltic and Black Sea ports for further supplies, there, too, French orders had sent up prices. At Dantzic fine high mixed whea:;, weighing 621 b. a bushel, cannot be bought under 585., free on board ; at Stettin the same advance had taken place ; in Holland the best Rhine wheat was fetching 60s. and 61s. Nor is there much prospect of any large supply from the Black Sea, for freights at Odessa have risen to 17s. a quarter, and are 3s. higher from the ports of the Danube. There is, moreover, a great probability that the supplies from the East will be largely required in the South of Europe. The Belgian Government has also taken the alarm, and the low duty established in that country by the Corn Law of 1850 is suspended; wheat and every other kind of grain are to enter the Belgian ports free. Our correspondent in Paris relates how rapid has been the rise in the price of flour in that city, and corn is selling in several parts of France at 100 per cent. above what it would have fetched a few months ago. The demand is everywhere excessive. The fear of con tinued!high prices is, perhaps, somewhat exagge rated ; but the stocks of old wheat are low, and the returns of the present harvest are generally scanty. It is scarcely necessary to remark that this unfortunate scarcity in many parts of Europe is aggravated by the hostile attitude of Russia in the Principalities, and by the ill-judged opposition of the Porte to the terms recommended by the Con ference of Vienna ; and it is, to say the least of it, an intolerable nuisance that the lawful operations of trade should be paralysed and the sustenance of large masses of the population of Europe raised to famine prices, because the ambition and the pride of two semi-barbarous States are pleased to inflict those evils on the world, and to increase the hard ships of a natural calamity. Our principal object, however, in calling the at tention of our readers to the peculiar state of the corn market at this moment is to show the probable effects of this scarcity on the progress of free trade. The scarcity and high prices known to be impend ing over ,this country in 1845 were the decisive causes which led Sir Robert Peel to the abolition of the Corn Laws, and from the time of the passing of that measure it was evident that the citadel of Protection was carried. The present state of Europe is strongly indicative of a similar change in other countries, for it is clearly impossible for any Government to support the odium of exclusive duties while the people have not enough to eat, and the example of England has shown that the great est security against the consequences of all artificial systems of protection is absolute freedom. Accord ingly, the French Government has suspended its sliding scale of duties and opened its ports ; but all the well-known evils attendant on that plausible but deceptive scheme are now felt in France, as they long were in England, and there is, undoubtedly, a growing disposition in that country to establish the principle of a low fixed duty. We shall not be prepared to find that the Imperial Government is prepared to take advan tage of this season of pressure to propose a modifi cation of the existing law, and, if this great breach be made in the protective system, we shall gradually see a more liberal and enlightened policy extended from the first necessary of life to the raw materials of industry, and at last to its other productions. The sliding scale of protective corn duties in France has not by any means preserved that country from a period of severe agricultural dis tress, equal at least to the depression felt in the United Kingdom, and erroneously attributed to the repeal of the Corn Laws. In France prices have been lower, rents worse paid, and the condition of the rural population more wretched in the last three years than at any period since the war ; and, so strongly was this felt by the community, that land recovered more slowly than any other kind of pro perty from the effects of the revolution of 1848, and a larger proportion of capital was consequently thrown into commercial and industrial speculations. In consequence of the want of means of internal transport in France corn is frequently unsaleable, at remunerative prices, in the departments which grow it, while the population are reduced to miser able and unwholesome substitutes a short distance off. M. Moreau de Jonnes states, in his essay on the rural population, that the food of the bulk of the French people has not improvedsince Arthur Young described it in the reign of Louis XVI. "A large portion of the French peasantry," says this writer, continue by habit and by necessity to subsist on a detestable sort of bread, an indigestible mixture of rye, barley, bran, beans, and potatoes, which is neither leavened nor properly baked, but kept for mouths, until it is covered with mouldiness and fungi, which would be revolting to th e s i g ht o f t h e most barbarous nations :" and this state of things continues, although it is admitted that the rate of wages and the profits of agriculture are at least double what they were under Louis XVI. But if under ordinary circumstances the nourishment of the French peasant is of this coarse and wretched quality, what must his condition become at a time of scarcity and famine ? A people habitually fed on wheaten bread may in a season of unusual hard ship descend. to a lower kind of food ; but, as wo saw in Ireland, a people habitually subsistinc , on the lowest kind of food have no resource left when that is deficient. Louis Napoleon professes to have established his Government on the broad basis of the lowest and most numerous class in the nation, and lie has promised to ameliorate their condition. But the first, if not the only, practical service he can render them is to insure their unrestricted ac cess at all times to the cheapest and most abund ant supplies of food. Until that stimulus be ap plied, French agriculture will remain what it now is in the greater part of the country—the most back ward in Northern Europe ; and the peasantry of one of the finest countries in the world will con tinue to be ill-fed, and exposed at times to the horrors of scarcity. We see reason to hope that the causes which are leading several Governments to open their ports on the present occasion will convince them that the corn trade ought to be placed on a more liberal basis ; and that the sustenance of a dense population is best secured by establishing large and systematic means of commercial exchange. At present England is the greatest corn maret in the world, because grain is sold in our ports not only to our selves, but to other countries under the most ad vantageous circumstances. As far as we are con cerned that position is all we can desire, but we cannot imagine that the short-sighted policy of other St a t es w ill long continue to throw into our i hands ncrea stehde f m re a ed ri o t s i m ni ha o orfe and commercial advantages we deri ve from t o heirrestrietions, and we shall be not less content tr in ade all the b o e v n e e r fi t t h s e a w ri o si rm. ng from MONUMENT TO DR, JENNER.—HiS Ral Prince Alb ert has transmitted 25/. to the o c y ommit Highness tee for the propoeed monument to Dr. Jenner, to perpetuate memory of that distinguished physician, in connexic with his discovery for the preventien of that destructive The American States, Sweden, a d n i s d e a o s t e h , e t r h f e o r s e m i g n al 1 eoznt.ehave forwarded liberal con°, tributions for the purpose. The statue is to be a colossal bronze figure, and is to be erected in a co ns pi cuous part as of7* the metropolis. W. 0. Marshall, R.A. The model h been desi gne d by SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. WEIGHTS for the CESAREWITCH STAKES. 2 miles, 2 furlongs, 28 yards. Acceptances to be signified on or before the 12th of September. Age st lb Teddington 5 9 7 Stockwell Newminster Chief Justice 6 8 9 Goldfinder 5 8 9 Mountain Deer Red Lion Lady Evelyn a 8 7 Landgrave a 8 5 Weathergage 4 8 4 Buckthorn 4 8 4 Leopold Little Harry 4 8 3 Daniel O'Rourke 4 8 2 Nancy Truth-.... . Knight of the Shire 4 8 0 Nabob Trifle King of Trumps 4 8 0 Rataplan Torment 3 7 13 Cin eas 3 7 13 Frantic Kohinoor Grey Tommy 4 7 12 Neasham . ••• 5 7 12 Fancy Girl 4 7 12 Calot Merry Bird 4 7 12 Songstress Surprise colt Colsterdale 5 7 10 Hurworth St. Michael Bairownie Muscovite Iles 4 7 9 Joe Miller 4 7 9 Caracara 4 7 9 Galvanism 4 7 9 Prime Minister Father Thames Trickstress ........ Goorkah 3 7 7 Lambto n Honeywood Indian Warrior._ 4 7 7 The Reiver Crusader Cobnut Defiance Butterfly Lerrywheut Ben Nevis Gadabout Bardolph Harbinger Board School Miss filly Maid of Team Age st lb Sextus Rattle.. 3 6 12 Lough Bawn 5 6 12 Terpsichore 5 6 12 Braxey Lord Fauconberg 3 6 12 Tickton Mentmore Lass 3 6 12 Cleveland Pug Orrock 3 6 12 Abdallah 6 6 12 Jouvence Guicowar Sackbut Ballinasloe Rackapelt Mayfair The Friar Diomedia Invasion 3 6 10 Candlewick Good Morning 3 6 9 Catspaw 3 6 9 Perfidious Richmond Laßelle 3 6 8 Dove 3 6 8 Gossip 3 6 8 Countess of Theba 5 6 8 King Pepin 4 6 8 Michaelrnas Maid 3 6 7 Black Bess 3 6 7 Dagobert Jullien Annie Sutherland (h 131 ' Peggy 3 6 6 Maria Bell 3 6 5 Hope (h b) 3 6 5 Dear Polly 3 6 5 Radcliffe Hero 3 6 5 Charley Pancake 4 6 5 Aaron Smith 5 6 5 Chesterton 3 6 5 The Proctor Missive Mr. Sykes 3 6 5 Nutpecker 3 6 4 Corybantes 3 6 3 IMrs. Birch 5 6 3 Saguenay Charity Honeydew 3 6 2 The Ratchet 3 Richard Primmer 4 Strawberry 3 Misletoe 3 Nervous 3 Miss Tennyson 3 Peacock 7 5 Valley Garforth 6 7 4 Cariboo 6 7 4 Scarecrow Friday Lucio Haricot Exact 3 7 3 Barbatus Sally Warfoot colt 4 7 2 Pelion 3 7 2 The Deformed Dick Turpin Lady Amyott Ethelbert Talfourd 3 7 1 Audubon Nutshell 6 7 0 Massa Mungo The Cruisk.. Comnburland Statesmon Mayor of Hull Old Soldier 3 7 0 Gladiole 6 7 0 Black Doctor 5 7 0 Orestes Montague Evadne Eulogist 3 7 0 Little Fawn Miss Peddie Catherine Hayes 3 7 0 Unity 5 6 13 Grapeshot Pharos Auchinleck 3 Pride Begum colt 3 .... Gavotte - Wasp 5 5 Baron Oswy 3 5 Anteverta Fright 3 5 HaCo ... 3 5 Olinder Percival Heapy Captain Cornish . 3 5 . 3 5 Brother to Grey Tommy Lord Lieutenant 3 5 Erycthion Rosalba Noisette 3 5 Crassus Contentment 3 5 Shropshire Lass 3 5 TOWN PLATE.—A sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added ; for three-year-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. Winners extra. The winner to be sold, &c. Heats, one mile. Mr. Reeve's Luxurious, 3 yrs (201.), 4st 1 Olb (Cresswell) 1 1 Mr. Hammond's Sophistry, 4 yrs (201.), 6st 51b (Cowley) 2 dr Mr. Harris's Cotton Lady, 4 yrs (201.), Gst (Palmer) 3 dr Mr. B. Land's Miss Talbot, 5 yrs (201.), Gst 1 Olb (Land, jun.) 0 dr Betting—First heat : Even on Luxurious. Won easily by a length and a half. Bad third. Second heat : Luxurious walked over. The winner was sold for 51 guineas. CUP STAKES of 10 sovs. each ; for 3-yr-olds, 7st llb ; four yrs, Bst 71b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 61b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for 3001. ; if demanded, &c. ; three miles. Mr. Barne's Waverley, by Dromedary, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. B. Land's Brunette, late Theorem, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b (May) 2 Mr. Sufflin's Antigone, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b ...(G-. Sharpe) 3 Betting : 5 to 4 each agst Waverley and Antigone. Won easily by a length ; half a length between second and third. MARKS HALL STAKES, of 10 90VS. each, with 25 added ; 3-yr-olds, 9st ; four, lOst 71b ; five, 11st 31b ; six and aged, llst 91b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; one mile. Mr. Elwes' Farmer's Boy, by Trueboy, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b (Mr. Bevill) 1 Count Batthyany's Lady Isabel, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Owner) 2 Mr. Howell's Wilmont, 6 yrs, list 61b (Capt. Rowley) 3 Mr. Stewart's YEsculapius, 6 yrs, list 61b (Captain Lane Fox) 4 Mr. Messer's Grasshopper, aged, list 6lb (Captain Burnaby) 5 Betting : 6t04 on Farmer's Boy. Won cleverly by a length ; moderate third. PLYMOUTH RACES-WEDNESDAY. HANDICAP STAKES. Ethelwolf Pride ..... Five ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Lambton Charles XII. filly . Five ran. Mr. Knowles's yearly colt Damascus, by Lanercost, out of Palmyra, died on the 25th ult. RA.CING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number of day's racing. SEPTEMBER. Lincoln (2). Bridgnorth Marlborought Cheadle (Sta ff.) (2) Warwick (2) Totnes & Briidgetown (2) 7 Bedford (2) I Weymouth Morpeth (21 Western Me f tincr 8 Manchester Autumn (2).22 Rochester &Charham (2) 8 Canterbury (2) 22 Western Z.cl•land and Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 I Bridgwatel• (1) l2 Walsall (2) 28 Northallerton (2) 29 , BER. Warwick Autumn (2) lB Caledonian Hunt and 18 OCTI Chester Autumn (2) 4 Monmouth Yorkshireth a ionHunt(l) 6 Wrexham (2;► Newmarket 0. (5) lO Kelso Richmond (2) l9 Newmarket (11.) (6) ...24 IBER. Shrewsbury (2) 15 Newtol Autumn (1) 24 Aberystwith (3) Last week NOVE: Worcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Runt (2) 9 Liverpool Aurtumn (2) 9 EXTRAO' .RDINARY CASE OF POISONING. A shocking' case has just occupied not fewer than five days' sittings of the Court of Assizes of the Aude. A young wom.o n named Saint Martin, and a man, still young, named Desprat, were indicted for hav ing poisoned the husband of the former and the wife of the latter. The facts were these :—An adulter ous connexion existed between the two accused, and it was no se , i3ret for their neighbours. On Ist March last Francis Saint Martin, husband of the woman, died suddenl!,y, after vomiting a great deal. His wife alone attended him, and she obtained no me dical advice. Towards the latter end of March Mme. Desprat wen t; to the house of the woman, and asked for a glass of .liquor, called in the country Carthagene. The woman loured out something from two bottles, and almost immed lately after drinking it, Mme. Desprat was seized with violent pains and sickness. She was con veyed home, and after lingering some days in great suf fering, expire ti on the Ist of April, crying "I burn, I burn !" Her husband was frequently requested by his neighbours to procure medical advice for her, but he re fused. These , strange deaths, combined with the adul terous connex ion of the man and woman, caused sus picions of fom. I play to be entertained. The two bodies were dug up, and rather large quantities of arsenic were found iii the intestines of each. The woman then told sonde absurd tale about her husband having just before his death confessed to her that he had taken poison,, in order to place her in an embarassing position ; but it was well known that the man, so far from having .any reason to contemplate suicide, was contented with his little fortune, and had planted vines, repaired his b ouse, and negotiated for the purchase of a horse, as if he had expected to live a long time. With respect to I glrue. Desprat, the woman accounted for her death: in this way :—When her husband told her that he had taken poison, she sought for a packet of arsenic which had been purchased some time before, .2 lid on finding that a portion of it had been taken ab way, resolved to give him an additional dose, so as to make sure of his death, and prevent him from making any accusation against her. Whilst she was completint g this design Mme. Desprat came in. In her confusion she had laid down the poison, and went to another room, and Mme. Desprat, thinking it was sugar, took sot me of it. But this story, improbable on the face of it., was disproved by the fact that Mme. Desprat contii rued in health until towards the end of the month, when she took the glass of liquor. As to De sprat, the pri r icipal evidence against him was, Ist, that his connectio:n with the woman rendered it unlikely that she could have committed such crimes without his knowledge —especially as her only reason could be f t u o s r a e l m t o o v c e a t l h l in obsta medical cle s to attendance their ttei union ldaneefo ; r hi 2 s dl w y, ife h , is no re t: withstanding she suffered dreadful agony ; and, idly, a declaration made by the woman in gaol, to the effect that "If she i vere lost, and Desprat got off, she would reveal all aboi it the poisoning." Before the court, the woman abandoned her original plan of defence, and boldly accuse 1 Desprat of having perpetrated both murders. ID ), on his part, accused the woman ; and, for some time , the court was almost horrified to see the cunning and the energy with which each tried to shift the whole hi arden of the guilt to the other. The jury declared the woman guilty of both poisonings, and Desprat of b eing her accomplice ; but it said that there were extenwa ting circumstances in favour of both. The court conders ned the woman to imprisonment with hard labour for lit 3, and the man to twenty years' imprison ment with h; and labour. .RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 31. STOCK E R CHANGE.—The share market continues inac tive, with rdilnost an entire absence of buying orders. Our quotations i!k ,r what has been done were again a shade under yesterday's prices :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 75 ; Lan caster and 'Carlisle, 106 ; London and North-Western, 1101 c., ; (Litt° One-Eighth Shares, par c. MANCHESTER, AUG. 31. STOCK EZOHA.NGE.— The market opened at the rates of yesterday, I)ut declined towards noon, and closed lower. The sales w are :—Leeds Stock, 75A 5 ; ditto Pref., 15 1-16; London Sto ck, 1111 111; Dover, 21 1-16, 20 15-16 ; East Lancashire :e ref. Qrs., 9 5-16 ; —Caledonian, 331; Eastern Counties, 12;i ; East Lancashire, 174 ; Midlands, 69. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 31. STOCK Er,CHANGE.—There was scarcely anything done in our share market to-day. Shrewsbury and Birmingham stock was tr enacted at 66 and 65i. BRISTOL, Aug. 31. STOCK EX:THANGE.—The market to-day was inactive, and prices cl A)sed dull. Great Westerns were done at 86k; and Taff Val 63 (No. 1 Pref.) at 152. THE /4 Mt DER AT LITTLEPORT.—An adjourned in quest was he id on Monday to inquire into the circum stances attnding the death of the woman who was found dead in a field near Littleport, on the 30th of July last, having several bruises on her body, and in her stomach thtare were found not less than 6i ounces of the essence of almonds. Several witnesses were ex amined but no satisfactory account of the woman could be obtained,. or of the manner in which she had met with her death, and the jury returned the following ver dict:—"Thtabt the deceased woman, to the jury, un known, was, on the 30th of July last past, found dead in a field wit bin the parish of Littleport, and the said deceased wcealan came to her death by blows and poison, feloniously s•dministered to her by some person or per sons unknown." One of the witnesses, James Jessop, stated, that .on the night of the 29th of July he dreamt three times that he heard the cry of " murder" issuing from the ph we where the dead body of the woman was afterwards f o und. Twenty years ago, he also stated, he dreamt tit Lat he saw a woman hanging in a barn, and on passing the barn next morning looked in just in time to cut clown a woman who was hanging there, and to save 'her life. ADVERTWOMENT.J-11olloway's Ointment and Pills, have effectuf ly Cured an awful Bad Leg of a person 75 years old.— :E:xtract of a letter from Mr. Illsop, druggist, Lincoln, dated April 4, 1853 :—To Professor Holloway. Dear Sir,—..N.mong the numerous cures effected by your valuable me iieines, permit me to inform you of the fol lowing : M r S. M ary Jackson, residing in this town, 75 years of age, had a d rea df u l b a d leg for upwards of five months; there were three sores on it, and it was swollen to an immer tse size. Every person that saw it thought that she wol Lid not recover : however your ointment and pills alone have perfectly cured it.--Sold by all Drug gists, and at. Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Loz idon. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From. the Registrar-General's Report.) The deaths of 1,021 persons were registered during the last week (August 21-7) in London. The number is below the average of the corresponding week in pre vious years, even if we strike out of the calculation the week of 1849, in which 2,796 persons died from epidemic cholera and other casues. Of the 514 males and 507 females, 517 were children under 15 years of age, 316 were adults of 15 and under 60 years of age, 187 were old people ; 2 of the men and 19 of the women had attained the ages of 85, 90, and upwards. The causes of death present one feature of much in terest ; 137 of the deaths were referred to diarrhoea, 18 to cholera. Five of the persona who died of cholera were adults, and the shortness of life after attack, 7 hours, 9 hours, and 13 hours in three cases, with the other symptoms, appears_ to have left no doubt on the minds of the medical men in attendance that they had before them cases of epidemic cholera. In the corresponding weeks of 1851 and 1852 the deaths from cholera were 28 and 15, and the deaths from diarrhoea were 174 and 125. But it was shown at that time, from the analogy of the previous epidemics and the general character of the cases, that the disease was not likely then to assume the Asiatic form. Now our hopes that England may escape are less sanguine ; but it is right to mention that in the last weeks of August and the first weeks of September the cholera of the common form is virulent, and sometimes simulates the Asiatic cholera, which has besides never prevailed here to any extent until it has been some months in the country. _ It is satisfactory to reflect that active measures have been adopted by the Secretary of State to close the Lon don churchyards, and that the water supply, although still bad, is likely to be greatly improved ere long. While this great disease is evincing so much activity, our sanitary arrangements, particularly that greatmea sure for the purificatio n o f th e Th ames an d th e drainage of London,- will not be allowed to linger unachieved. The public should at this moment bear in mind that nearly every quickly fatal case of Asiatic cholera is pre ceded for a few hours by a painless diarrhoea, and that in its first stages the diarrhoea can generally be cured by medical men, and the threatening attacks of cholera be averted. They should therefore in all cases of diarrhoea, whether occurring in children or in adults, immediately apply for medical advice. The importance of this rule was adverted to last week by Dr. Macloughlin, and was painfully confirmed by the ballast heaver, aged 46 years, who had early in the morning " diarrhoea, which he did not heed," and died in seven hours after the first evident symptoms of cholera appeared. The following are the details of the 18 cases of cholera registered in the week : "In the sub-district of Whitecross-street, at 9, Nag's head-court, on the 22d August, the son of a whalebone coverer, aged 6 week, " infantile cholera (7 days)." In the sub-district of St. Mary, St. George-in-the- East, on the 20th August, at 11, Princes-street, the daughter of a commercial clerk, aged one year, " English cholera (10 days), inflammation of lungs (48 hours), congestion of brain (12 hours), terminating in convulsions." At 9, St. Oswald's-place, Lambeth, on the 20th August, a labourer, aged 41 years, •'cholera spasmodica (9 hours)." The informant stated that they have no drainage beyond that into a cesspool, and that in rainy weather there is a most offensive effluvium. The medi cal man informed them that it was a decided case of Asiatic cholera. In the sub-district of St. John, St. George-in-the- East, at 32, Broad-street, on the 22d Angust, a ballast heaver, aged 46 years, " cholera (7 hours)." The re gistrar says—" I am informed by the medical attendant that this was ' a very bad case indeed of undoubted cholera ;' that he saw the deceased at 12 o'clock, who was then in collapse, had severe cramps, and no pulse ; was scarcely conscious. He could not refer the case to any cause, the house being tolerably free from bad smells, and the man of temperate habits. The patient had diarrhoea early in the morning, which he did not heed.'" In the Hackney-road sub-district, at 4, Wellington- I row, on the 22d of August, a servant, aged 15 years, '• natural death from exhaustion from purging caused by effluvia of water from a cesspool." (Inquest) Mr. Mur ray, the registrar, adds that "the deceased, a servant to Mr. Gough, of 31, Princes-square, St. George's-in-the- East, having previously had good health, was suddenly taken ill with diarrhoea about 4 o'clock on Sunday after noon, and removed the same evening to her mother's, 4, Wellington-row, Bethnal-green, where she died about 5 o'clock the following morning. The medical attendant having described the case as one of Asiatic cholera, an inquest was held, which resulted in the verdict copied above ; and, through the favour of Mr. Baker, the coro ner, I am enabled to add the remarks appended by the jury to their verdict : 'that the death was probably caused by the foetid and noxious effluvia arising from the foul water daily obliged to be pumped from a cesspool in Mr. Gough's house, and which was poured into the surface channel of the street, and stated to be of a most nauseous and offensive character, there appearing to be no other drainage or sewerage in the square.' " - At 54, Whitechapel-road, on the 24th August, the son of a watchmaker, aged S months, " cholera infantum (three days)." In theenb-district of West Hackney, at 2, Bucking ham-road, on the 22d August, the wife of an omnibus conductor, aged 35 years, "cholera (24 hours)." At 189, Fleet-street, on the 21st August, the daughter of a stationer, aged 9 months, " infantile cholera (eight days)." _ _ _ At 26, Water-lane, Homerton, on the 21st August, the son of a waiter, aged one year, " cholera infantum (seven days.)" In St. i3atholomew's Hospital, from 113, Fetter-lane, on the 25th August, a labourer, aged 30 years, " Eng. lish cholera." At 3, St. John's-place, near the Thames Tunnel, Ro therhithe, on the 26th August, the son of a labourer, aged 13 years, " cholera (3 days)." The medical atten dant adds that " the house is badly lighted and venti lated, with a privy about 8 or 9 feet from the door." At Turner's-yard, George-street, Chelsea, on the 23d August, the son of a labourer, aged 8 months, "cholera infantum (one week)." At 240, Evelyn-street, St„ Paul's, Deptford, on the 26th August, the son of a coal-merchant, aged 6 weeks, "cholera infantum (7 days.)" At 159, High-street, Woolwich, en the 27th August, the widow of a shoemaker, aged 72 years, " cholera (English), debility (one week)." At 18, Quaker-street, Spitalfields, on the 26th Aug., the daughter of a cabinet-maker, aged one year, " Eng glish cholera (5 days)," accelerated by a bad smell from back of the house, " diarrhcea (2 days.)" Mr. Deboos, the registrar, states that " the privy is close to the back room, which is unfit to live in from the effluvia." In the sub-district of St. Mary, Marylebone, at 41, Queen-street, on the 11th August, the son of a butler, aged 4 months, " cholera infantum (2 days)." At 22, Winchester-row, on the 21st August, the daughter of a letter-carrier, aged 5 years, " cholera (18 hours)." At 60, Seymour-place, on the 25th August, the wife of a coachman, aged 48 years, " English cholera (2 days)." •, , In Haggerstone, west sub-district, at 135, Kingsland road, on the 24th August, the daughter of a printer, aged 14 years, died of " diarrhcea, typhoid fever, exhaus tion (7 days)." Mr. Bowring, the deputy registrar, adds that :—" Adjoining this house there are heaps of raw bones belonging to a marine store-dealer carrying on a very large business not at all suitable to the neigh bourhood. The house is very much confined at the back, but the stench of the bones is very noxious, and they sometimes lay there so long that the steam rises from them as from a dung heap. This is the second death in the house from the same cause." In the sub-district of Waterloo (Ist part), at 1, Pear tree-street, on the 19th August, the wife of a currier, aged 52 years, " carbuncle (5 years), followed by dis eased knee joint, diseased liver, and delirium tremens." Last week the births of 803 boys and 683 girls, in all 1,486 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1,352. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'543 in. The mean temperature of the week was 58.6 degs., which is slightly below the average of the same week in 38 years. The highest temperature of the week was 74.5 degs., on Sunday ; the lowest was 47.2 degs., and occurred on Friday. The greatest difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature was 15 degs. on Sun day ; the least 0.0 degs. on Tuesday ; the mean differ ence of the week was 5'6 degs. ; nearly one inch of rain fell on Tuesday. The wind was chiefly from the south and south-west. THE MEDEA COURTS-MARTIAL. From private advices we learn something of Com• mander John Crawshay Bailey, of her Majesty's ship Medea, and the circumstances that have been brought out at the court-martial; but we refrain from comment until after the conclusion of the court-martial on the commander, the first lieutenant of the Medea, T. D. Williams, at the termination of his trial having instantly preferred the following charges against the said Com mander J. C. Bailey : " 1. For that Commander John Crawshay Bailey, being in actual service and full pay in the fleet, and in command of her Majesty's steam-sloop Medea, did, on or about the 18th of March, 1853, after Lieut. Thomas Drinkwater Williams's complaining to the said commander, conduct himself in an unofficer-like manner towards me, tending to bring me into contempt with the officers and ship's company. " 2. For that the said commander did on or about the 22d of March, at Havannah, conduct himself in an oppres sive and overbearing manner towards me, the said Lieut. T. D Williams, in having superseded me from the usual duties devolving on the senior lieutenant, formally on the quarter deck, in consequnce of my giving to him, for the senior officer, a letter requesting an inquiry into my conduct. 3. For that the said commander did, on the 26th of March, 1853, conduct himself in an oppressive, over bearing, and unofficer-like manner, in compelling me, the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, by order to sign the ship's log, such log not being a correct copy of the deck or rough log. " 4. For that the said commander did, on or about the 28th of March, 1853, at Havannah, conduct himself to wards me, the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an oppressive and overbearing manner, in having reprimanded me on the quarto:-deck for an alleged offence, in the presence of part of the officers and ship's company, without any previous investigation. " 5. For that the said commander did, on or about ,the 28th of March, 1853, at Havannah, conduct himself in an oppressive and overbearing manner, in having placed me in close arrest for an alleged offence, after holding a par tial investigation, and deducing conclusions therefrom quite contrary to the evidence given, I, the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, having denied the charge; and that the said Commander John Crawshay Bai!ey did enter, or cause to be entered, the same falsely in the log. " (i. For that the said commander did, on or about the 6th of April, 1853, conduct himself in an overbearing and oppressive manner, in confining me, the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, to my cabin for the space of ten days for au un intentional breach of etiquette, notwithstanding I had verbally, on the quarter-deck, and afterwards in writing, apologised for the same. "1. For that the said commander did, on or about the 2d of May, 1853, conduct himself towards me, Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an unofficer-like manner, in having sent me an improper message, such message tending to bring me into contempt with the officers and ship's company. " 8. For that the said commander (lid, on or about the 23d May, 1853, at sea, conduct himself towards me, the said T. D. Williams ' in an oppressive and unofficerlike manner, in refusing to take notice of a complaint of insolence to myself, when reported by me through the officer of the watch, such message tending to encourage disrespect to wards myself. " 9. For that the said commander did, on or about the 26th May, 1853, at sea, conduct himself towards me, the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an oppressive and over bearing manner, in confining me to my cabin for an al leged offence, and refusing me,'in an unofficer-like and ungentlemanly tone, to allow me to explain the circum stances. " 10. For that the said commander did, on or about the 28th May, 1853, conduct himself towards me, the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an oppressive and overbearing manner, in ordering by memorandum that no one in the ship was to hold any communication with me except the surgeon, gun-room steward, and my servant, with( ut his (Commander J. C. Bailey) giving me any reason for such order, and in keeping me in solitary confinement for the space of 25 days, from the 28th of May to the 22d of June, and only releasing we therefrom when advised of the ne cessity of so doing by the surgeon. " 11. For that the said commander did, on or about the 22d of June, 1853, at Port Royal, conduct himself in an oppressive and overbearing manner to me, Lieut. T. D. Williams, in continuing to refuse me the society of my ruessmates, although recommended the said society by the surgeon, for the benefit of my health, and notwithstand ing the expressed wish of Captain Walter Reid, the senior officer at Port Royal. " 12. For that the said commander did, on or about the 16th and 22d of June, 1853, conduct himself towards we, the said Lieut. T. D. Williams, in an oppressive manner, in suppressing or not transmitting letters on her Majesty's service, forwarded by me, through him, to the senior officer at Port Royal. " 13. For that the said commander did, between the dates of the 22d of March and the sth of July, 1853, con duct himself in a general unofficer-like manner towards the officers of the said steam-ship Medea, tending to bring them into contempt, and to produce a general discontent." ~> We leave our readers to digest the contents of the charges, and await the result of the four days' require ment of Commander John Crawshay Bailey to prepare his defence. CAPTAIN SANDOM AND HIS VAGARIES.—We have re ceived complaints from several correspondents of the over zeal of this newly-appointed official. On one oc casion, it is stated, he took upon himself to order a gentleman—a member of a Royal Yacht Club— to cast his yacht off a buoy to which she was lying. The gentleman, however, more acquainted with the re gulations than Captain andom himself appeared to be, immediately applied to Captain Sandom's superior, by whom he was informed that the superintendent of the Victualling Yard was °vers . sipping the bounds of his duty—a fact he at once communicated to Captain Sandom, who u he dared to touch his yacht "at his peril." Another complaint against Captain Sandoin is, that he has taken upon himself to rescind the privilege of inspecting the yard, hitherto enjoyed by the public, and now confines their visits to the bakery only. This is the more felt, inasmuch as it forms a sad contrast to the urbanity at all times displayed by Captain Sandom's i predec essors . W e mus t h ope th a t th e sever it y o f this relatio n w ill b e a t once re l axe d, as an excursion trainplaces—out of town ate number from th e me t ropo li s l as t n i g ht b roug ht t o th e heavy London fiscal a nodo contributions u i inter mediate sofvisitors o f s r e om not only is C but aptain Sandom liberally paid for his ser vices,desire to thevisit, whole establishment they may, perhaps, D Esmno L s v ulvorted.—Plymouth, Mail. from Devonport that the Leander, 50, Captain King, to America with returned with 35 men and a full complement, has consequence of the numerous roboys short of her number, in the other side of the Atlanti ics desertions at the ports on SCARCITY OF SEAMEN FOlt. withstathat the fine new ROYAL NAVY,—Not d'Acre 101, commanded by a , ~,W, screw -ship St. Jean twin the Hon. H. Keppel, has beenryPinPular officer, Cap the 21st May last—that is, more than commissio n since above 130 seamen short of her complement, is every exertion has been • made, and every i,nc;dthough and encourag,einent held out to good seamen oicoetnent The new acts, theref ore, do not seem to have heee n. re ceived with that app robation which the Ho use of Con e . mons was led to believe they would..] Captain Warden, who was taken from the command of the Retribution, 21, steam-frigate, and placed in a very anomalous position connected with the Admiralty Department, Somerset House, has been nominated to so me regular service again. He is to commission th e Ajax, 58 Dive ,port, th screw-ship, at as A _e superinten dent of the st( am s !rvice at that port. new captain superintendentsinp of the ne w steam-dock establishment at Keyham is, perhaps, in prospect. Sir George The Commander-in - Chief, Vice-Admiral F. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.11., arrived at Halifax, in his flag ship Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, on the 18th of August. the Com- The last accounts from Rear-Admiral Bruc e, wander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, left him, in his flag-ship Penelope, 8, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, at Loando, July 17. One would imagine that there was no railway commu• 0it ,,, .......... 1, Br eiby Fitzallen, B ou u t of Miss rns,sdam 3 5 Jacqueline 3 5 Nerva 3 5 Winter Pastrycook 3 4 Annie 3 4 Placid 3 4 Angelo 3 4 Inder 3 4 Gaslight Ambrose 4 pd Poodle 4 pd HOUGHTON MEETING. WEIGHTS for the CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1 mile 240 yards. Forfeits to be declared on or before the 12th of September. Age at lb Teddington 5 9 7 Stockwell Hobbie Noble Newminster 5 9 0 Mountain Deer Adine 4 8 8 Red Lion 4 8 7 Truth 5 8 7 Tonic Landgrave a 8 5 Daniel O'Rourke. 4 8 4 Prime Minister ... 5 8 4 Weathergage 4 8 4 Lady Evelyn a 8 4 Grosvenor .... 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The Salmon Jacqueline 3 5 0 Pastrycook 3 4 12 Annie 3 4 12 Constantine ..., 3 4 12 Poodle Broughton 3 pays ft cholson Cineas Indian Warrior 4 7 12 High Sheriff 4 7 12 Calot Fancy Girl 4 7 12 Grey Tommy 4 7 12 Rataplan 3 7 12 Hurworth The Reiver 3 7 10 Harbinger Ambrose 4 7 10 Butterfly Merry Bird 4 7 10 St. Michael Pelion 3 7 7 Lambton 3 7 7 Lascelles 3 7 7 Father Thames Octavio, Warwick 6 7 7 Swindler 6 7 7I Little Fawn 5 7 7 Gladiole Nutshell Ben Nevis 4 7 6 Hervine 5 7 6 Umbriel 3 7 5 Barbatus 3 7 5 Balrownie ' 3 7 5 Defiance Honeywood 3 7 5 Crusader 3 7 5 Go orkah 3 7 5 Evadne Scarecrow Garforth 6 7 4 The Deformed 3 7 3 Pharos 3 7 3 Snowdon Dunhill, 3 7 3 Eulogist 3 7 3 Jouvence Abdallah 6 7 2 Orestes Cobnut ..... . .... 3 7 2 Maid of; Team Valley a 7 2 Glenluce ......... lanthe .. Catherine Hayes 3 7 2 Ethelbert ..... ~ Orinoco Brocket Talfourd Lady Amyoti 47 0 Lough Bawn 5 7 0 Ilex ... The druis . ...... Mayfair King P e pi n ..... 4 6 13 Unity .. . ... . Vanderdecken Jane) , .. ... ........ 3 6 12 Miss Peddle Magnum .... . . ... 3 6 12 Boarding School Miss filly Whanghae Pug Orrock . Rattle... Hunca Munca Catspaw Braxey Glee c CHELMSFORD RACES-YESTERDAY. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE OF 100 GIIINEAS.—Three-year olds, 7st 71b ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles. Mr. Elwes' Lascelles, by Touchstone, 3 yrs. 7st 71b (S. Steggles) 1 Mr. Shafto's Garforth, 6 yrs, 9st 91b (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Sufflin's Antigone, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (G. Sharpe) 3 Mr. Barling's Bradford, 5 yrs, 9st 61b...(G. Eatwell) 4 Betting—Even on Laseelles ; 5 to 4 agst Garforth ; 6to 1 agst Antigone. A good race home between Las celles head. A and G utigornee a bad resulted in third. fa lid favour formerofrtaheford walked wa b lk ya short past the post. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 27. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tuberculix Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses lO5 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 34 Diseases of the Lungs and. other Organs of Respiration ................................. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance..... Causes not specified 49 38 DEATHS FllOll ALL CAUSES 1,021 Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated. sponding week lest 1. of 18 , 2. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Death, Totals Males Females in the Week . 164 • 197 213 . 196 . 251 980 1,021 514 507 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females 803 683 Total 1,4 SHILPPING INTELLIGA'NO4 CUSTOM-HOUSE--AUG. 31. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Edinburgh fronlllB3lLibt Prospect, Archangel ; Anna, Demerara ; -Ar ch Galatz ; San Antonia, Arecebo ; Elizabeth, Caen ; r , sr . beth, ditto • Creole, .A ew York; Umestra Senora del men, Seville ; Eagle, Lamion ; Attwood, Bathurst ;rsofe, tana, Buenos Ayrei; John Twizzle, Archangel ; c . ) . !„, Charente ; Anne, Girgente ; Constitution, Tudousa dustrie, Saguenay : Iris, Sunclswall ; Longen, Sguilert Hydra, Havana and Matanzas ; Forester, Tobago ;2:„;02 Franklyn, Wallace, U.S. ; George, Archangel : r ice Reed, Thrall; San Nicolo, Patras ; Diana,Portoisisuj Queen, Dantzic ; Niagara, Callao ; Jane, Antwelonorto: Home, Geelong ; Thea, Graveliness L . _ BetgY.h ilj o gen Planter, Caen ; Trafalgar, Antigua ; Vesta ta dt Volant, Licata • Constantia, Wasa ; Arab, Clons-03. Emma, Patras ; 'Pommer, Porto Rico ; Cassandra, dore ; Eunomia, Rio Grande. g f °l ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING,--The e dantf St. Kitt's and Nevis ; Mariner Adelaide • Ada and Bombay ; Granville, Cape of Good Hope, lade Calcutta ; Queen of Britain, Grenada LILO - D ar "' Johan n Holland Troono, Sydney; Edinburgh, Hamburg ; ton a, Frederick, Copenhagen ; Akbar, SydneY ; Wm' ilsyl Vsll' y Adelaide ; Daniel Wheeler, Sdney ; Jane Pore° , bo o, raiso ; Hester, Sydney ; Governor-General Roo v ie Geelong and 3felbourne Madras ; Omega, 316b 100f marang, Sydney ; Commodore, Rio Janeir o ; Lake, Port Natal. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. — ri onwr , Cape Coast Castle ; Harmini, Hamburg Ida, Port Caroline, Cherbourg ; Anna Maria, .Altona iirttergi Port Natal ; Blenheim, Calcutta ; Margaret,rf:oll° Fokkienna, Amsterdam ; Minden, Cape of Good e l a Vigo, and Ferrol • Hongoumont, Cape of Good Pirebrir Madras ; Flora, Landern ; Ratcliffe, Port I: r bil i P.tjkiir tina, Zoandarn ; Mary and Ann, Antwerp, ; 1 " - hie, Adelaide. The AmericanLlllVEnioßn.P. LIVERPOOL AUG. Yor 3- c . ) • Live" l"l ' spoken Aug. 13, lat. 40 N., long. 65 wag The Rhoderick Dhu, New .York t o Liverpool Aug. 17, lat. 41 N., long. 55 W. w as 1417° The Samuel Lawrence ou tward bound, 24,1 5 t, Aug. K elpie lat. 43 N., 10ng:54 W. n Ana. The, outward bound, was spok e n 50 N., long. 42 W. p oker Albert, St John' s t o Liverpool, Nos 27, lat. 57 N., long. 18 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WIT IEL 0 Ist. 44 ''' I The Sea, Liverpool t o S a l em , W.S., Aug. ' ~, . 10, long. 34 W. - 4- ' l ' The Millicete, of Liverpool, with Passe'''. aers, lat. 48 N., long ol, Li . 2 .2, la.' The Otterspoverpool to Quebec, A u g' ..;,,, N., long. 14 W. The Charles Spragu e , bound W. Aug. 20, tat. s!'6i long. 2 1, la.. The Lucy Sharpe, Clyd e t o Si nga pore, Aur' o, ' 6, is N., long. 15 W. The Guatemala, Valpa ra i so t o Liverpool, jape 39 S., long. 77 W. . olls t. s 4 The Shark, bound t o M arn h am , J--9. 27, ot. long. 35 W. 'tinst 3111/ tll The Gercon (barq ue ), N an t es t o M a ur' 0 1. 17 S., long. 26 W. Austra lia, The Marine , of Amsterdam, Swansea to '• 11 ' 20 S., long. 20'W. saln 0( 10 The Adeona, Tarragona to Port Adelaide, 36 I L, 31 The Falcon, coast o f Af r i ca t o L on don, la t' ' .1. 5 W. The Davenport, Apal ac hi co l a t o Liverpool , Al/ - 4 551 ~ 32 N., long. 77 W. 2 4, lat. The Excel. Glasgow t o P or t Phili p , Ang• long. 11 W. 22, It 4. The Courier, London to Valparaiso, MaY l. i long. 65 W. .."e, 11, 15 , The Sonata, Liv er p oo l t o H ong K on g, -- t . P S., long. 29 W. S'A'll' The Hannah Mari a , Pl ymou th t o Ad e laide • t 5 S., long. 25 W. wa cb ° . The Margaret Fo r b es (b arque ) , ou t w ard b° ' , •.1 4. N., long. 13 W. ' The Eliza Caroline ( s hi p ), ou t war d boun d, 1s long. 13 W. CUifSTRY MARKETS• nra• EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET -1i- - 01, 11 -9, There were in the mark e t t o -d a y, 4 sacks (* t elt weighing 2801bs imperial, whi c h sold thus : and 1 at 11. 12s Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW IL AUG. 30. crir .„00 There was a lar ge su pply o f s t raw o f a ll des 5 0110 0, the market. The prices were as follow , Oat straw from 5s 6ci to 6s 6d per keutrue 4 _ to tron ; wheat do., 5s 6d to 6 s 6cl ; barley do. , f oe' Hay from 9d to I.ld ; new ditto, 7d to 8d re' v• DALKEITH MEAL MARKET —A t" O 2 s tfaey , There were in the market to-day 34 bags ere re if of barleyrmeal, and 1 of pot-barley. Sa leB A - dus li `i; ta i Top of oatmeal same as last week, the seeon';,,: t er °- per bag dearer. The barley-meal 2s per bag oi° — top, and the third quality is 6d per bag O P O Oatmeal,. per sack of 2801bs Fir s t. Secot 0 -61 n impeal A Barley-meal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Od ./s Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t ET—Auo. 31. ho close of the s narltew' Waaloud, tl'e' Richmund ......... Hettou . ........... Heugh .......... Whitworth .......•• Tees ............... St. Helen's Tees •••••10 _.•••• S. &Odle W. Hartley 22 6 Willington Hartley 22 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley 23 6 Wylam 22 0 Wallsend, &c. Gibson 22 0 Riddell 2l 6 Lam bton. 22 6 ''''' .. Cowpen ..... ''' 28. 3 I Sold ....•••••• • Ship at market 2 SEABORNE MALLS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Ge e ' by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] COUNTRIES. Day when made ui in General Post- Office, London.* Frorriort Ichat jo,;(1, F , / g o, , 5011 LiverPon' 16 6eP t• biverpo o. ePt• SoutlnunPW"iiS 4 SuP t. l Son thamP tO ISeP t ' Do ver •••• • • I „sip 15 0 c .? E•Traoutri • • 1)..v0g. . Pl out ri •• /In• IS eY t. 4 D o ver • •: 0 • 0 SoutrieroP.,,' lArro- SoutriaMP poiLlo Dover •...•.IF.ept. SOLlthaMP'°Sept. SOUthanlPW'' ept° Plymouth •• Plymouth • • ee pt. P Plywootn ..1 26 Sept ` Plymouth Amts'.outharilPtutl SeutriaMPto°, 'Sa t ,. 4 Dover • • • • ,'„; SoottutruPtv Dri Dover • • ••••1 _AO 1 V ; r1 Dover ••••';'stP'' SouthinnPt° A ,4ontlnunWn T e. ea ,London •• u• S ot outharuPt ,o Loriclon • •• • •J ae pt , souk. aMPtou.`sept. ' Southampton ,gep, I Dover •• .• • ,"" ! v ete: llolybead 4 .. SOUtharriPt°"pt. I; ‘•zattriaroPtuu.'Aug. g I - Plyzno u Dover • • •• • latptI atpt Dso Pl o i tiv in teDr o w u n t . SoutbaritPt.° evericd Various s'eP t. 4 • • 'c eps, South an P° A rri , SoutriuMPt- Ar t, piyinoutri •• t;e pt• Do ver • • • •• seP t i ;,o j uric e4 Sou thatrlPtun !Every Friday ... America(byßrit.pack)N America (by United Sts. packet) .... N America (by U States packet) ........N Australia (via South-. ampton) ..........M Ditto (via M arseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good; Hope) .......... .. N Sept. 14 • • Africa (West Coast) .. N;August •?8 ........ Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m Alexandria.......... 4th & 20th of mon. Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month Belgium .......... Brazil M 9th of the month .• Buenos Ayres ...... 9th of the month .. I Cape of Good More ..N 14th of the month Cape of Good Hope ..N: Cape de Verds N 14th of the month.'; Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ~......N.l4th of the month' Channel N Mon „Wed ,&Frid. Chili..... .• . 2112 d & 17th of month China (see India) Constantinople N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Constantinople ;4th 9 20th of mon. cont. of Europe M & N,Tw;ce daily • • Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N, Twice daily.... • • Gibraltar .44, 7, 17, 20, 27 of rn. Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M;2ncl & 17th of mon., Hamburgh Tuesday. & Friday; flavannah .......... 211(1 of the mouth Holland M. Wednesday & Sat Honduras m 17th of the month., India (viaSoutirampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon., India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month ) lonian Isles (see India); Ireland ...... & .N, Twice daily ...• •• ! Ll ' b°n • " • • • • • • 9, 17,& 28 of nlij Madeira .............M ;9th of the month; Madeira N ;Aug. 28.. • • • • " • • Malta (see India) Malta ...... N :7,17,19,28, 30 °fro. Mauritius (see India) Mauritius of the month Mexico ,'Jzid of the month. Naples . N sthl6th2sthormon . ; New Granada m .2d & 17th of month New ;13v private ship .. Papal States ........N;st - hibth2 s thonno n. Peninsula ...........M :7thl7th2Bthotmon Peru . & 2:th of mon I TitQcany .. •. • N • ithlsth2stholinon. Venezuela . : .... 2d& 17th of r non th, Sicily sthl Van I nemen'sLand (;:eett A•tralia) ...... . , o th f 2 t s h t e ho rn m o i rth ,o t n : West Indies nth m month! Sept. 6 ...... Aug. 30 Sept. 4 .. Sept. 8 .------ s oli 1 1 s 0 4 the m a p eil ° tp ° * When any of these dates,unclaY, of th a clie J ______________/ dispatelie 1 on the following; thy with the exceptiol_l_ dopitt Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will De • day preceding. ifs,i r sef , Pi e Bacßisruooeior O uigeguonci n ebmihoaß t ney h nl 2 . s tNO t h. ;far ultc,l Ann at n nC M S t a A . dp a L t L au a l ig t .: t h i ri fe n r i ) 11 c eo..rCth.hu2eraci fi( h Qt . i i6 e netopo , :51 05 a e! ~r oilsieLt f ° ' th ß e oy 2 a s l tl)7 .a u v lt Y' , a a n t cl E w d l i d n -o b w urg of b ,RGic.l ; r n •d e i l augP;7l Medical Service, to Elizabeth A ' the late Hugh Veitch, Esq., of Stevrartfield. DIED• . stre et ' On the 28th alt., at his residence 11:teg- 4,, jaorune3.tsh.e3ll3roth"WnillltiamlTibMblaer'yinWheiset6eBrtnill, Y°fe'li;:r°cl‘-stlseS Bath, aged 76. " Mrs. Lady Ja ue Ps'll On the 26th alt., at Petersham , the 0 Darner, sister of te Earl of Portarlington-,. 0 th e t ioe. On the 25th ult., at Ryde, Isle of la teWighb o f tbe year of his age, Major George Jenkin' aoff E.I.C. Service. . ho r 63 1 ' 0 1jj te r On the 26th ult., at Peckham Surref,, in g pal Ann, wife of Thomas Morris, 'Esq., of - 1 - 1- General's-office, Whitehall. rool; LONDON : Printed Inct Published byNW A .- e ,it of No. 112, Strand , Printer, at Tbe Strand, in tho erectipe, ot the Savoy, in g Middlesex, Thursday, September 1, 1653. 1 1i8 eX P to 1) .. 24 ,Tc any 4 Jur 114 'I Yol t A N„, 7 , si Nsf,t'es desii ebt~n'l'°f ed With 11YDE bOx + !CR:rTiI 11 111 R A T tete:b e r v eW to ewe da'i:11:1101 Seated op / rttert oo sti the end kei t of the titled t ;' - ` 8 will ?or s hare 111 le ies to 01 1) . pollee folln • et2 B4, kedie - ' ne e At t ial refs Poli;„Zents Oett al : neve ?te tt i rtat erechtov,:elll,: p rirl y t O s fa, 1 / 4 '4 . TZBc qtAkts Hr Lk! byNi l tl b lie ie t 0; 414 I"e' , wq. l. n tba , 01Z,tiy Abh tlat 44,44, BIRTHS. la ce OF A SON. E O f it Cireco r eft uli; On the 28th tilt ,at No. 5, sou th - a E sq,, ' tbe Edinburgh, the wife of Robert Rober tson, A A, of e 2 fOrc le-r On the 27th ult.,‘at 2, Oxford-squ are, lady of Alfred S. ,Tee, Esq. ot/ OF A DAIIGIITSB . 18 Of _ a r On the 25th ult ,at Leven-house, Rya P ° 1 100 riots, the lady of W. H. Baillie, Esq. Reg e- CeP On the 28th ult., at Osnaburgh-terrace, ~e rx t of the wife of Geo. Lee, Esq., Postmaster -Gene ...,. ~ s° ad•l t 4 l 111'1