The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-08 00:00:00

REPEAL of ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.-- BELL'S WEEKLY MESSENGER—the Oldest and Largest Conservative, and best Family Paper in London—INSERTS AD VERTISEMENTS, not exceeding Three Lines, at 2s. 6d.; Six Lines, 3s. 6d.; and 6d. ibr every additional line.—Office, 2, tsridge-street, Blackfriars. Money Orders payable to Thomas Masters, Publish-r. THE PATENT SMOKELESS FUR NACES successfully adapted to land and marine boilers, coppers, pans, stills, &c. Measurements free of expense, with estimates for imme diate work. The increasing demand for skilled labour, however, and the vast number of orders to be executed in pursuance of the Acts of Parliament now in force, and of others cominz soon into operation, render it very doubtful that the present advantageous terms can be insured for future contracts. Ascertained saving of fuel from 15 to 25 per cent. Information res:,ect:ng licenses to manufacture or use the PATENT SMOKELESS FURNACES is given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the offices, 63, King William-street, City, L o ndon, where drawings, testimonials, &c., may be seen, and refere nces obtained to several highly respect able firms in London and elsewhere, upon whose premises the Patent Smokeless Furnaces are in daily operation. Also by Messrs. Francis Morton and Co., 10, North John-street, Liverpool, and 18, St. Mary's-gate, Manchester—sole agents for those cities. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 8, Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT! NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 8, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, J. Johnstone, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Madames Sarah Lyons and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK ; or, THE MERCHANT OF " VENICE PRE SERVED." Principal character by Mr. F. Robson. THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Last Two Nights of the present Season. The increasing popularity of the National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, which has now completed its 74th night, has by far ex ceeded the most sanguine expectations of the Lessee, who, anxious to meet the public taste, has increased the attraction of that re nowned Spectacle of a Splendid Military Brass Band. In an nouncing the Grand Production for Two Nights more (when it must be withdrawn to make room for the New Classical Burlesque, conjointly with the Hippo Drama of Life on the Turf, which has arrived at its 103 d night —a fact unprecedented), he feels confi dent that he is only meeting the wish of his patrons, who nightly flock to this popular Establishment to witness their represents tion. To afford every possible Novelty, Mr. W Cooke's Scenes in the Circle are entirely changed each week. Miss EMILY return of . EMILY COOKE from her Continental Tour was hailed with de monstrations of delight. She will repeat her matchless perform ance every evening. N.B.—Due Notice will be given of the First Appearance in London of Miss KATE COOKE. The long promised Classical Burlesque will be produced on SATURDAY, the 10th inst. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 8, And during the week, excepting Saturday, will be presented the BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE. Concluding with (103 d time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF. Box-office open from Eleven . till Four. Sta ge Manager, Mr. IV. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 8, Brilliant Routine of Entertainments—Panorama of CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive, in five large Glass Tanks. The Molluscs, Zoophytes, and Crustacea procured expressly by P. 11. Gosse, Esq., the eminent Naturalist. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist. The whole concluding with the wonderful Tableaux of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLO SION of CHINESE JUNKS. Admission, is. _DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following p'aces at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON-N., strong breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE-N., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH-N., gentle breeze—overcast. STRooD—N., gentle breeze -partially cloudy. itwnsmort—N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. LEIGI3TON-N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—W., gentle breeze—cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—N.., calm—cloudless. YARMOUTH—N., hard wind—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—S.W., calm—cloudless. MULLINGAR—N.E 2 calm—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—N.E., calm—partially cloudy. CREWE—calm—partially cloudy. CONWAY—S.E., calm—clear. LANCASTER —W ., calm—cloudless. WHITBY—CaIm—overcast. DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SHAD--W., calm—principally clear. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 52 min. after 4 I Evening 12 min.a ft . 5 TO•MORROW—Mornin g 32 m i n . a ft er 5 1 Evening 53 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.—Sim Onica, Sarr. 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'01 WIND, N.—Light airs, and dull, cloudy weather. h t "AP • Aus„ ~* M-~- LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1853, " I do not mind holding the plough in Val. Diemen's Land, but I cannot make up my mind to do it here," was the remark fully 20 years ago of a respectable farmer to a friend who was dis suading him from emigration. The style of living expected of him in England, the parlour life which his daughters must lead, the disinclina tion of his sons to work as labourers, combined with the high rents due to the competition of his own class, convinced the sensible yeoman that England was no longer a home for him and his family. They at least could not enter upon life in the style in which he was living, and maintain it ; while neither he nor they had courage to dismiss all servants to whose work their own hands were physically competent, and to become literally working farmers, dining in the kitchen with their servants. Possibly could they have done so, they need not have taken the voyage to Van Diemen's Land. This little incident, how ever, is a striking illustration of the painful posi tion of a large number of our middle classes, and of the only remedy which they can look to. There has been a natural and growing tendency amongst the class lying between those whom th 3 income tax begins with and the wealthy, not merely to educate and cultivate their minds, but to adopt to th e u t mos t the i n d u l gences an d re finements in daily life of those above them. S ens, whose fathers began their apprenticeship ith the roug h an d hand i craft work of the i r e, what they have brought up merely to superintend situations, never worked at ; or, professions, soetTships, and employments of all kinds for them which will not demand a n .., 11 p g t t hands ana n, th or compel them to soil their The daughters too-heoilli.,superfine black coat. whose mothers could do anything in the not venture e sw e f rbtoenYlondthemaksicnugllethrye to the attic, dare most delicate pastry or piano, s t , h lest their hands should be unfit for the feud a l e awingbook, or embroidery. The fe way, with which the parents began,nti the small dining at the same time with them, i l n e s t ervants he onl room which was enliv y n ened by a fir e i n the witer was gradually changed as the family grow up; an impassable line was dra wn betwee n the kitch en ; and the parlour ; the mother and father, indeed, remain from early habits a kind of connecting link, but the children have become members o f another caste ; they are young l adies and y oun g gen tl e men of the present half century. The pipe is exchanged for the cigar, the cheerful song for the piano, and a thousand things " very proper for pa' and ma' in their young days, —whv they won't do now. Now this would all be pretty enough and bearable enough but for one unhappy result—the young men don't get on, and the young ladies don't go off ; the former come back upon their fathers to save them from sinking, the latter surround mamma till she looks more like a Lady Abbess than a matron. It cannot be denied that the evil, as we sup pose we must call it, is a wide-spread one. The lower strata of the middle classes are cultivating domestic and business habits which will not bring up and settle families in the world. What, then, is the remedy for it? There is none whatever but a return to working habits. While corn-laws interfered with the eiml . rant's market for his b chief produ c t, and while at home that families d ur was such a drug doing their own work was only a sure means to fill the parish workhouse, the encouragement to fall back on manual in dustry was much less. Now it is altogether Our domestic servants are rapidly becoming co gain.m. cc h e l ps ," it being questionable wheth er we shallil not need an immigration of negroes or coo li es, if we are to retain the mastery in our own houses, while the cost of keeping servants will advance rapidly. Young gentlemen and young ladies, de riving that title from dress, education, and accom plishments alone, will, if things go on as they are now doing, find it remunerative enough to use their muscular system a little more than many of them have done ; and if they can guide its exer tions by a clear head and a willing heart, they need not despair even in old England. If, how ever, like the farmer, with whose remark we began, they cainot brook the apron, the paper cap, or the smock frock at home, they can easily put up with it all in a colony. There, not only are the witnesses of their former habits left behind, but all their new associates will live in like style, or rather in no style, with themselves. Many will also be found who will sympathise with them in the first hardships of a change which they themselves experienced. Still the remedy is the same ; there must be the change from polished idleness to plain rough work. They must take Mrs. CHISHOLM for their teacher, must doff the attire of the office, the counting-house, and the parlour, and. make up their minds to honest industry in the most un varnished sense of the phrase. On no other terms can our overdone middle classes relieve themselves. Labour is alleviating its condition by emigration, in the case both of those who go to a better market for their work, and of those who remain to enjoy a widened one. The hundreds of young men and young women wh o a ns wer in vain every advertisement for a secre or railway situation, fo r a nursery tary, clerk, governess, or a teacher of every accomplishment for 201. a year, must relieve their market also. They are not wanted here ; they are not wanted an ywhere. In this country they only lower the salaries of the lucky ones who get a berth till the luck is hardly to be envied. In Australia, or in Canada, they are equally superfluous ; diggers in Australia, or working-farmers in Canada, espe cially if commanding but a very moderate amount of capital, may see their way to a certain inde pendence ; but educated quill-drivers find no use for their powers but that of writing melancholy letters home. If, however, whether male or female, they have sufficient physical vigour to get over the commencement of a life of sober work, their sky soon begins to brighten. Habit soon makes all easy, robuster health and conscious independence imparts the pride of men and women to their bearing. They soon cease to be ashamed of what daily makes them aware of its advantages, and the hope of yet better days makes the young lady, from some terrace in an English town, sing merrily in a Melbourne kitchen ; or a 8.A., and even an M.A., of one of our universities, whistle as he drives his waggon to and from the baggage covered quays. For our part, we still prefer agriculture to gold digging. Van Diemen's Land is now becoming as wealthy by the gold diggers paying 4s. for the 41b. loaf, as the diggers are by keeping what they can save after such enormous expenses, and so many failures. The grower of food will for a long time have the advantage over the digger. The supplies from England or America are so distant, that all the farmers within easy reach of the Land of Gold must always have a first-rate market for their produce. The tempta tions and the risks of the agricultural life are also much less, and the prospect every way better for those who purpose a colonial settlement. In regard to Canada, the letter in our Friday's paper, from an old correspondent, entirely bears out Mr. RONEY'S interesting statements. There can be no doubt that the able-bodied industrious labourer, the little farmer of small capital, hardly getting a living on a few acres of land, and carting for his neighbours ; the farmer's son, active and strong, with an amount of property which here is scarcely sufficient to work properly a small farm ; the farmer himself, yet hale, with a vigorous rising family, hardly able to make two ends meet— would all find on the Banks of the Ottawa, and almost anywhere in Canada, a glorious field for their industry or their capital. An interesting festivity took place last evening at Dover, in celebration of the opening of the Lord. Warden Hotel—a splendid establishment in connection with the terminus at that seaport of the South-Eastern Railway, and one which it is understood will be conducted upon a scale pre cisely similar to that of the Pavilion Hotel at Folkestone. The occasion was one possessing a twofold interest in every respect entitled to pub lic consideration. It indicated a large amount of local prosperity already achieved, while, at the same time, it augured the yet farther continuance of that success and its more extended develop ment. During the last ten years, as the Chair man of the occasion intimated yesterday, the con tinental traffic via Dover has been actually doubled, and this, moreover, notwithstanding the deteriorating effects of perpetual competition from London direct and from Folkestone. Doubled in a single decade, while the railway sys tem of the Continent may still be con sidered as, comparatively speaking, only arrived at the period of its commencement, the traffic through Dover to and fro between France and England may be reasonably expected to attain before long an increase much more ex traordinary. It is only now, as Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR remarked last evening, that a trunk line of 360 miles has connected the frontiers of Spain with the city of Bordeaux, while in another direction a yet larger enterprise of a similar character, a trunk line 400 miles in length, has just been completed between Strasburg and Switzerland—in addition to all which it may be confidently anticipated that Dover and Marseilles will speedily be brought together by a new route of direct steam communication. Bearing those three facts in recollection, it must consequently, we take it, be perfectly obvious that a remarkable stimulus is at this moment on the eve of being imparted to that Continental traffic, the extension of which has even now been so astonishing both in rapidity and magnitude. And of the Conti nental traffic Dover remains up to this hour indisputably the focus, or centre, or prin cipal point of radiation. Of this fact we can not possibly doubt for an instant even while we remember the sudden rise of the neighbour ing harbour of Folkestone. It becomes a matter of interest, therefore, to all those who are soli citous to observe the fulfilment of those golden anticipations, that the South-Eastern Railway Company should in all respects aid, as far as it possibly can, this advance along the path of social, physical, political, and commercial improvement. It cannot be forgotten, of course, that for the progress already made in the direction above indi cated, the country is mainly, if not exclusively, indebted to the enterprise displayed by the direc tors and promoters of that vast establishment. Without the intervention of the South-Eastern Railway Company, nothing of all this, obviously enough, could in any way have been accomplished. But for th e zea l s h o wn by the Directors of th a t Company in acquitting themselves of their o nerous and complicated responsibilities, we might still ha ve miser able been not very far ahead of that miser olgrrt em ment i one d l as t even i ng by M r . Ric z, under between whi c h a b oat traverse d th e c h anne l half a dozen Dove r and Calais a t a sn ail's pace, with bed, cabmen, and wretchedconfined" a passengers literally " crib the like of which nee for a period during now adays the traveller pro ceed comfortably from London may fOrtifications ! Tha n k s to the admirable t o th e P ar i s e manage ment, however, of the South-Eastern Railway Company, matters have arriv e d at a position wonderfully different. The original project has been happily conducted by that management mid way between the Sc and ylla of the publi c the Cha rybdis of the shareholders — the latter being an in satiable greed of dividends, and the forme r an equally insatiable greed of accommodation. Insomuch, indeed, has the onward movement been expedited by the Directors in spite of all these interposing difficulties, that one of the after - dinner orators yesterday had the delightful effronte r y to t alk about the certainty of the time arriving when alarms d, w travellers—[don't let the reader be C MAY'S ever e are not going to allude to Mr. MA lastine. New Zealander !]--when travellers from 6 China shall procure tickets at the South-Eastern Railway Station to carry them direct to Pekin. And, what was more, the charming audacity of the suggestion could be listened to last , evening by a body of commercial men as not by any means extravagant. People's minds, in fact, have of late years become accustomed to these colossal notions, when telegraphic messages are flashing instantaneously between Cornhill and the Boulevards ; when electric wires can be " paid out" in a gale of wind to Ostend ; when autumnal excursions are made not to Boulogne or Weston super-mare, but to Alexandria and Constantinople; when millions upon millions worth of gold can be shipped to the mother country from Australia ; and when the Celestial Empire is being overrun from Yunnan to Mongolia by an army of Chinese revolutionists. At such an epoch in the world's history the opening of an establishment, like the Lord Warden Hotel at Dover, rises to an importance far above the sordid level of a mere commercial speculation. It must be regarded as something worthier of consideration —as another link, for instance, in that great chain which is binding together the nations of the earth, and bringing them into more immediate association. In speaking thus we are guilty of no exaggeration whatever. We are not giving utterance to merely fantastic hyperboles. We are talking of plain matters of fact. We are simply evincing our appreciation of what we be lieve in our heart and in our conscience to be at once the channel and the security of the great civilising movement of the age—that vast railway system through which the marvellous powers of the steam-engine and the electric telegraph are rendered subservient to the social, political, phy sical, and intellectual advancement of the human race. TERRIBLE OCCURRENCE IN THE STRAND, AND LOSS OF LIFE. This morning, between the hours of eight and nine, the greatest excitement was caused in the Strand, in the immediate vicinity of Norfolk-street, in consequence of the following frightful occurrence, which was attended with fatal results to three per sons, the destruction of a vast amount of valuable property, and serious injuries to one or two other persons. In order to make the account intelligible, it is necessary to state that, at the corner of Arundel street, the opposite side to the Whittington Club house, a great number of men have been employed by Mr. Lucas, the contractor, under the direction of Mr. Abrahams, the surveyor, in preparing the foundations for an extensive range of premises for the Messrs. Smith, the well-known newsvenders. The house adjoining the spot first named, was numbered 184, in the Strand, was tenanted by Mr. Thompson, a tailor, Mr. Henderson, a daugerreotype artist, and several other families. Fortunately, however, with the exception of Mr. Thompson and his family, the other residents were out of town, or the loss of life which we should have to record would have been far more serious than it really has been. At a few minutes after eight o'clock, a young man named George Dunn, proceeded as was his daily custom to open the shop. Having taken down one of the shutters, the glass commenced cracking. At that moment a man was driving one of Smith's express carts along the Strand, and hearing the glass breaking, he called out to Dunn, " You have broken a window, have you ?" He then noticed Dunn enter the passage, and at the same instant the whole of the lofty building fell with a crash resembling a peal of thunder, which so terrified the horse in Messrs. Smith's cart,: that it refused to move an inch. At the same time articles of furniture, heaps of bricks, and heavy pieces of timber fell, some into the street, and a considerable quantity amongst the men employed on the adjoining property. For the space of nearly five minutes it was almost impossible to tell the amount of mischief done, for the whole neighbourhood became completely ob scured in dust. As soon, however, as the dust had in some measure cleared away, it was found that not one brick of the building was left standing, and that every person who was in the house at the time was buried beneath the debris. Information was at once sent for the aid of the police, and. forthwith Mr. Superintendent Pearce and Inspec tors Dodd and Wilkinson arrived with a powerful body of men of the F division. The officers at once stopped the thoroughfare, and then com menced searching the ruins for the missing parties. As soon as they had removed a few things from the pavement they heard the cries of a female be low. Mr. Dodd upon removing the grating over the vault that runs under the pavement, found that the cries proceeded from that part of the pre mises. This person was found to be a young woman, and Mr. Thompson's niece. By removing the rubbish, the police and the men engaged on the adjoining works succeeded in rescuing the young woman, who was terribly alarmed, but for tunatly uninjured. She then stated that she was certain Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were in the ruins, as they were going to sit down to breakfast, when she went to the cellar to draw some ale. It was exceedingly fortunately that she did so, or she would have been numbered with the dead. The most strenuous exertions were made by all present to get to the other unfortunate persons, and after the lapse of some time, James Roe, fore man to Mr. Lucas, was found amongst the ruins that had fallen into the vacant space in which the men were at work, with his right thigh and leg broken. He was forthwith placed on the police stretcher and removed to King's College Hospital, where he remains in a state of great agony. Every one present laboured in a most praiseworthy man ner, and after the space of an hour the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were found terribly crushed about the head and shoulders. They were likewise placed on stretchers and taken to King's College Hospital. The whole medical staff of the institution was at once in attendance, but after examining the bodies, pronounced life to be in each extinct. The police, the workmen of Mr. Lucas, &c., were next engaged till past 10 o'clock, when they at length discovered the body of George Dunn, the shopman, which was found terribly crushed and quite dead. This body was likewise removed to King's College Hospital. It is presumed that this unfor tunate person, on finding the glass breaking, per ceived the house was sinking, and that he entered the premises again for the purpose of alarming his employer, when the structure fell as he was passing along the passage, and by that means lost his life. The area of the intended new building for the Messrs. Smith is a most extensive one, and there can be no doubt that the catastrope was occasioned by the operations for the foundation. There have been for some few weeks at work on this site thirty labourers in the employ of Mr. Lucas, and under the immediate inspection of Mr. Abrahams, of Howard-street, Strand, the surveyor to the Duke of Norfolk's estate. It would seem that every precaution had been taken for securing Mr. Thompson's house by shoring it up, but there is too much reason to fear that the digging for the foundation was carried too deep for the props to have any secure standing, and that, consequently, their base being undermined, they gave way, and the house thus suddenly deprived of its main support fell as above described. Information of the melancholy event has been dispatched to the coroner's office, but the time is not yet fixed for holding the inquest. It was at first reported that no fewer than 16 persons had been prematurely hurried into eternity by this accident, which, in all probability, would have been the number had the other families living in the house not been out of town. The house was in the best state of repair, as some few years since over 30 01 . was expen d e d on it. The latest intelligence from the hospital reports James Roe, Mr. Lucas's foreman, to be in a most critical state. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1853. COURT CIRCULAR. EDINBURGH, SEPT. 6. Tier Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, left Holyhead yesterday morning at half-past 8 , by railway, for Edinburgh, where the Royal party arrived at 7 o'clock, having travelled through Chester, Preston, Lancaster, and-Car lisle. In attendance were—the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Marquis of Breadalbane the Earl Granville, the Hon. Colonel C. B. Phipps' Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, and Sir James Clark. likely to b e un it e d t o th e son of a PO R RT O A Y T A I noblem an. d a uMARRIAGEa I isr r e c H e n I t a l i; d L e l e F e E a . s — e tis eminent ruepoomrtaend statesman c th a a th t o t l he ii cs imported f or many years into this country has just been L oN S i u_Rit o E n v e Z of o o t to e G m lc o n s L t G e A x ß tr D a E o N r s d . i — n aNryoVaEnLimlays added to the very fine collection of this establishment. It is the first of the kind ever exhibited, and cannot fail to prove eminently attractive. It is described by natu ralists as the Sirnai Ilarnadryas. This is an adult speci men of a blueish -grey colour ; the extremities of a beau tiful pink intermixed with blue ; it stands about 4 feet in height, and the neck and shoulders are clothed with a thick mane ; its habits are ferocious, and altogether forms a most interesting specimen of the Creator's works. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. _ . The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,500 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export. The market closed heavily. The sales comprised 200 Pernam and Maranham, at 71d. to ; 100 Bahia, at 61d. to bid. ; 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to ls. ld. ; 700 Surat, at 3/d. to 4id. ; 100 Sea Island, at 2s. id. to 2s. lid., and the remainder American. Railway Shares continue very depressed. Of the dried fruit trade in London, as well as of its general prospects in the country, the following particulars are supplied by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson : " There is a slight alteration in the range of our quo tations of currants, owing to an improvement since our report of the 24th ult. of ss. to 6s. per cwt. on the or dinary and middling qualities, which had for some time past been neglected and dull of sale. We have thus had in each of our bi-monthly reports since Bth July, a po sitive advance to notice, each differing in character and degree : first, ss. per cwt. on new fruit, which has, how ever, since been barely supported, then ss. to 6s. on fine fruit owing to purchases by the trade ; next, 6s. to Bs. on the same description, the trade having resold to speculators at that advance, and now ss. to 6s. per cwt. on ordinary and middling sorts, which have been taken also from the trade, principally by out-port purchasers, leaving the former in possession of compa ratively very little stock to meet any sudden or ordinary demand. Of fine fruit the quantity offering is so small, that it is difficult to execute colonial orders. New fruit is held with equal tenacity, owingto the forthcoming crop being found to be much smaller than was expected even a month ago, and prices likely to open exorbitantly high. We expect in our next to report a more positive feature than at present exists in the rai s i n mar k e t. Th e accoun t s from Turkey leaving little hope of more than one third of a crop, Elemes have been bought at 505., and Chesmes in barrels for (it is said) outport account at 48s. Other descriptions have not been affected. The stock of old Valentias here on the Ist inst. was about 400 tons, only two-thirds of which, or less, are of sound quality. That of Sultanas was about 170 tons, a small stock in face of the short supply of New to come forward. That of Chesmes, in barrels, is still extremely large. Black Smyrnas continue to be the favourite articles ; this description, Elemes, and Sultanas, cannot fail to attract notice as the season ad vances. Some large contracts have been made this week in Blacks afloat, and our highest quotation has been paid paid on the spot for fine fruit. The arrivals of Denia will be small for the present, prices having further advanced in Spain ; shipments have been much retarded, and many charters thrown up." The Commissioners of Land and Emigration have announced their desire to receive tenders for vessels to Portland Bay on the 19th, and to Melbourne on the 24th of next month. Among the incidents worthy of notice is the re port of new foreign loans. How any parties can be found to give encouragement to these in the present state of our money market would be a question difficult to solve, if it were not that under any circumstances they contrive to make it pay, the subscribers, of course, suffering in the long run. Austria, it is asserted, has need of money, and will soon make the attempt to get it in the usual way. B elgium is supposed to be in the field, and Spain, as every one knows has been trying for some time past. Added to this, many of the United States railways are introducing their debentures upon our markets, and these compete strongly with similar securities issued by the English com panies. All who desire to assist in preventing greater difficulties should strictly abstain from countenancing these projects. A s.zange rumour has been circulated during the last two or three days, in Stock Exchange circles, namely, that the piessure of Consols upon the mar ket arises from sales made for the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The object of these sales is stated to be the purchase of Exchequer Bills, in order to maintain their premium, and the stocks sold be long, it is asserted, to the Savings Banks. If we could place any reliance in these bold but incredible assertions, we should say that the operation was not only most injudicious, but likewise unjustifiable. There is a large amount to be provided by Government next month for payment of dissentients, unless new stock is issued, but what is now alleged to be done cannot furnish the means, and while it exercises an injurious in fluence upon unfunded property, it raises arti ficially the market value of the floating debt, and makes it rule out of all proportion to the absolute condition of the money market. This is not a proper financial proceeding for an English Minister, and we doubt whether it would answer the purpose said to be intended even for a brief period. No one could suppose that Mr. Gladstone was answerable for the appreciation of money, for no one imagined that we should have such a deficient harvest, and that gold would be swept from us faster than it arrived ; but such being the case, without any imputation upon his judgment, and without being in any way held answerable for what some may esteem a failure in his calculations, the Chancellor of the Exchequer should raise the interest upon the bills. We have always advocated the payment of as small a sum as possible as interest upon the floating debt, because the public purse is to be considered as well as the advantage of private capitalists and bankers, but what former ministers neglected to do when there was a good opportunity, cannot be forced in an al tered state of the market. The judiciousplan would be to await the tide of events, and if necessary to raise the rate of interest. The bills drawn by the Honourable East India C om p an y during the last fortnight have been to the following amount : Bengal ... ..................... X 78,811 12 2 Madras ......................... 15,626 16 10 Bombay ..................... 1,702 18 8 £96,141 7 8 The settlement of the account is in progress in the English stock market, and prices are most un favourably influenced thereby. The s p ecu l a t ors have been selling largely for next time, and by this the better to buy b ac k now rise. The still unsettled condi tionquestion, and the large food re quirements, embolden the operators for a fall, and even the returns of the t ra d e o f th e U n it e d K in g do m, wm ietahnoos without arelie causingeenabled b la Eastern ed showing such a large increase in exports, justify the andimpression profitablethat t money will continue to find ready employment in commercial circles. Consols have been quoted 96g to 7 3 - for transfer, and 961 to 97 for October ; but they are now t lower. The New 31- per Cents. have been 991 to par, and the Reduced 3 per Cents. 97/ to In Foreign Securities there is less doing. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been 22/, and Mexican have receded. from 26i to 254. The Swedish Loan has been at 94g. Russian 41. per Cents. are quoted at 1014, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 98i to I-. Railway Shares have been decidedly worse again, owing to the decline in Consols. London and North-Western have fallen 11. to 11.10 s.; Midland to the same extent ; and Oxford and Wolverhamp ton, South-Eastern, York and Berwick, and the other lines, proportionally. French shares have given way about ss. to 7s. 6d. on the 161. and 201. paid - The Gold Mine Shares have been exceedingly heavy, and the Australian Banks are lower again, Union being down about 11. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1853. 1852. Great Western £23,652 £19,160 North Western South Western 14,686 14,248 Brighton 15,258 14,046 Midland 27,357 25,603 South Eastern 21,137 20,315 Caledonian and Edin. and Glasgow 16,150 13,924 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 21,446 19,928 York and North Midland, Newcastle and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 30,506 27,405 The shares of the Land Companies have been lower, with but few purchasers. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock ... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.... ....... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities . 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 3i per Cent. Annuities lOO 99i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5i 15-16 Dittc 30 Yeau, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO l2 Consols for Account 13th October Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 11500 2 d par Small 2 d par PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4A per Cent. Spanish New Deferral, 3 per Cent. 2 221 Swedish 4 per Cent 94a Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2 1 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..,,,,.. - HALP-PAST TWO. Consols 96A Ditto October Account . 96i i AMERICA. (B Y ELECTRIC; TELEGRAPH) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States mail steam-ship Humboldt has arrived off Cowes, with the usual semi-weekly American mail, and dates from New York to the 27th ult. The New York papers publish the reply of Lord John Russell on behalf of the British Government respecting the proposition for a tripartite treaty with regard to Cuba. Lord John Russell, whilst admitting the right of the United States to receive the proposal, observes that Great Britain must at once resume her entire liberty, and upon any oc casion that may call for it be free to act either singly or in conjunction with other Powers, as to her may seem fit. The yellow fever in New Orleans has increased, and one of the latest reports mentions 315 inter ments in one day. Advices from Jamaica, to the 12th ultimo, state that the political and commercial situation was un changed. The steam-ship Cherokee, one of the New York and California steamers, was destroyed by fire at New York on the 26th ult. The Money Market at New York was unchanged, although the extreme pressure for money was supposed to be over ; the banks were not disposed to take any except the shortest and best mercantile paper, and discount in most cases less than half of what is offered to them. The rates for money varied from 9 to 12 per cent. The Stock Market, after receiving a temporary check, had become firmer ; exchange firmer, at 109± to 109 i on London, and sf. 13/c. to sf. I*. on Paris ; the regular bankers were larger buyers of exchange than usual. Ashes were inanimate. An improved demand for breadstuffs prevailed. Cotton inactive. Flour and meal exhibited an upward tendency. Grain less active, and rather easier. Pork quiet, but firm. Coffee and sugar active in freights, owing to the break in the canal. There was little flour offering. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The Board of Trade returns for the month ending the sth of August were issued yesterday, and exhibit a continuance of the remarkable totals presented throughout the year. As compared with the corresponding period of 1852 they show an in crease in the declared value of our exportations of 1,405,9181., and their general character still indi cates the extent to which they have been influenced by the Australian trade. Thus beer and ale, which in last month's returns figured for the extraordinary increase of 41,5801., now appear for an increase of 61,4591., or nearly 150 per cent. upon the quantity in August of last year. In hardwares and cutlery, and also in leather, including saddlery, the rate of augmentation, great as it was in the preceding return, is likewise considerably more prominent on this occasion. The most striking advance, how ever, is in haberdashery and millinery, which has become the most important single item in the list, and has reached a sum, for the month, of nearly half a million. A very large portion of this has consisted of ready-made clothing for Australia, and although in a country where it is more costly to wash than to buy the consumption can be estimated by no experience, there is reason to fear that supplies sent forward month after month, upon the scale now exhibited not only in this but all other respects, will prove wholly dis proportionate to any possible demand of a popula tion which, with all the increase it has undergone, is still, taking the three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia together, not so large as that of the city of New York. Among the other largest items metals are conspi cuous, the increase being mostly in railway bars and implements of wrought iron, of which the latter only have been heavily shipped to the colo nies, the bars having probably been chiefly sent to the United States, to be paid for, it may be appre hended in many cases, by doubtful railroad bonds. The aggregate value of our exports during the first seven months of the year has been 49,861,6431., against 40,138,5601. in the like period of 1852, showing an increase of 9,723,0831., or more than 24 per cent., which has occurred in the following order : Month ending Increase. February 5 £1,410,060 March 5 919,097 April 5 May 5 June 5 1,187,558 July 5 1,033,637 August 5 1,405,918 As compared with the same period of 185 t there has been an increase of 9,349,5871. As regards the articles of food imported and taken into consumption, the chief point for notice is an increase of 416,000 quarters of wheat, and the importations for the first seven months of the year have now reached 2,757,104 quarters, against 1,331,651 quarters in the same period of 1852, so that the total taken has been more than double. In flour, likewise, although the present return shows a decrease, there has been a large augmenta tion during the year, the supply for the seven months having been 2,955,597 cwt., against 2,417,453 cwt. in 1852. In the seven months of 1851, however, the importation of bread-stuffs was about equal to that which has now occurred. The consumption of salted provisions, butter and cheese, eggs, cocoa, sugar, rice, spirits, wines, spices, tobacco, and coff ee , h ave been excessively large, much of the improvement in the latter article, which has steadily increased throughout the year, being attributable probably to the sup pression of the chicory adulteration. In the con sumption of tea there has been a considerable in crease since the commencement of the year, but none during the month ; the importation, how ever, has been very large. The quantity of wine imported has also been singularly great, the total for the month being 1,119,481 gallons, against 528,502 gallons in 1852, a result in some measure to be attributed to extensive purchases on the part of dealers possessed of capital, under the expecta tion of a great future scarcity from the vine disease. Letters from Amsterdam state that the amount of silver lately sold by the Dutch Bank has been 3,500,000 guilders, or nearly 300,000/. From Brussels the advices mention the probability of a new Belgian loan. CUSTOMS DUTIES.—The Lords Commissioners' of the Treasury have caused a communication to be made to the Commissioners of Customs, desiring that the twilled handkerchief, of similar quality and make to Pongees, differing only in the fact of its being twilled instead of being plain wove, and called by the trade China silk handkerchiefs, because worth about is. to 2s. per piece more than the Pongees, may be deemed to be Pongees and charged with duty accordingly. Their lordships have also desired it to be stated that they see no objec tion to including in the tariff, under the head of China crape shawls, crape scarfs, handkerchiefs, and pieces, plain damask and embroidered, at 3s. to ss. the lb., and further, that having regard to the little experience which has as yet been derived from the recent substitution of rated for ad valorem duties, their lordships are not dis posed to make any further alteration in the tariff in re ference to China silk pieces and East India goods. A.dvices from Australia state that "building materials of every description continue to realise almost fabulous prices, and, notwithstanding the exorbitant charge for land carriage, yield to those willing to part with them enormous profits. A peculiar galvanised tinned iron tile, shipped from London, is much sought after, as it is not only applicable to the roofs but the sides of houses. A few rough poles and a sufficient number of these patent tiles will afford a habitation wholly impervious to wind, snow, and rain. They are made of large size, and pack very closely, costing but little for freight by measurement. The cases bear the brand of Morewood and Co., Steel Yard, London,' and from the supply, they must be stamped with immense rapidity. It would rather startle those at home, who must send for a special labourer for each description of work, to see how well the inexperienced put these things together here, al though the grooves and nail holes render it almost im possible to err in their arrangement."—Herald. REVOLTING CRUELTY OF A HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE.— On Thursday evening last, as a dissipated couple named Chalmers, residing in the notorious Croiley's-land, and in the same tenement which was the scene of the New Vennel murder, were engaged in a drinking bout, a quarrel ensued—the man insisting upon taking posses sion of a ricketty table which he proposed to pledge at the nearest pawnbroker's for the purpose of raising funds to procure a fresh supply of whisky, and the wo man as obstinately determining to retain the furniture. From words they soon came to blows, Chalmers, in his drunken exasperation, seizing a heavy piece of wood, and inflicting several fearful gashes on his wife's head, from which the blood flowed profusely. Not satisfied with this exhibition of his brutality, the heartless wretch became possessed of a clothes rope, which he twisted round the poor woman's neck and pulled so tightly that she would soon have died from strangulation had it not been for the timeous interference of some of the neigh bours. Upon the police being called to the house, they found Mrs. Chalmers in a deplorable state, her hair clotted with blood, her face swollen to an unnatural size, and discolourations on her neck—the effects of the applica tion of the rope. The ruffian had, however, contrived to escape before their arrival, but on the following night he was apprehended in a public-house in one of the. lowest parts of the city. At the Central Police-court. on Saturday morning, where the above facts were ex piscated in evidence, the assault was found proven. against Chalmers by Bailie Drummond, who, after re marking on the atrocity of the case, sentenced him to. two months' imprisonment —the latter half of the period! to be accompanied with hard labour. If any evidence were wanting to demonstrate the'expediency of extend ing the recent act for the protection of women to Scot land, it is abundantly supplied by this and many similae cases of daily occurrence before our police-courts. — North British Mail. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS FRANCE. The Emperor has granted pardons to 68 prisoners, and also to 60 others who were sentenced by courts martial to transportation to Algeria after the in surrection of June, 1848. The Emperor and Empress will return to Paris on Saturday, and again set out about the 15th for their long-announced journey to Boulogne and the north of France. Letters from Algiers, of the 30th ult., state that the cherif of Ouargla, and some other insurgent chiefs, were at Rouissat and its neighbourhood, with about 300 horsemen. The populations, which have furnished these contingents, are de scribed as suffering dreadfully from want of corn, since the Souf and the Oued-R'ir have ceased to supply them ; in fact, they live at present almost altogether on dates. Selman, the murderer of the family Ben-Djellsh, and-the friend of the cheriff, had contrived to impress the insurgent tribes with the idea that Tuggurt, the principal town of the Oued-R'ir, is the last bulwark of Islamism in Algeria, and has induced them to undertake some defensive works around that place. The intelligence from Beni-Mzab represents them as still divided into two parties, one faithful to the French, and the other in relation with the choriff of Ouargla. The latter lately made an irrupti on on the Beni-Isguen, who remain faithful to the French, and a considerable number of men were killed on both sides. On the frontiers of Morocco, the Mzaouirs and Mais have committed so many acts of brigandage as to excite the serious atten tion of the authorities on the frontier. General Pelissier, to protect the tribes of Tlemcen against their turbulent neighbours, has lately ordered cer tain measures of surveillance which, it is thought, will be attended with satisfactory results. General Changarnier arrived at Interlaken some days ago. 'He subsequently proceeded to Benin zona, and left that place on the 2d, with Baron Nathan Rothschild, for Piedmont. Gen. Bedeau is at present in Switzerland ; he was recently at Thoune. M. Calderon de la Barca leaves Paris for Madrid on Friday. It is not at all certain that he will de finitively accept the portfolio that has been offered to him in the present cabinet. • A letter from Laou (Aisne) of the sth inst., states that the price of flour declined considerably in those towns on Saturday, but not in time to influence the price of bread for the first 15 days of Sept. The price would consequently have risen at Laon not less than 40 centimes the 5 kilogrammes. The Prefect of the Department, imitating the course pursued by the Prefect of Paris, has assumed the responsibility , of reducing the 40 centimes to 20 centimes, pro posing to the bakers to compensate them for their present loss by permitting them to continue the present rate after a fall in the price of flour. A letter from Nantes, of the 4th inst., states that the price of wheat in that town was quoted at the beginning of last week at 28f. the 78 kilo grammes, with little demand, and with a prospect of a fall. Good fresh flour was sold to the bakers at 80f. the 159 kilogrammes, and inferior flour at from 75f. to 78f., according to quality. But the news of the measures adopted by the Government surprised everybody, and stopped all business. The buyers withdrew, and the orders given for the pur chase of wheat abroad were countermanded. The speculators at the Bourse yesterday, alarmed at the substance of the last dispatch received from Constantinople, and likewise by a report that the French Government would shortly require a loan of 500,000,000 f., offered Government rentes and railway shares for sale, both of which consequently declined. The Three per Cents. opened at 78f. 50c., and closed at 78c. 35c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 102 f. 10c. with the coupon detached ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, I,loof. ; Havre, 520 f. ; Great Northern, 875 f. ; Paris and Stras burg, 935 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 942 f. 50c. ' • Western of France, 750 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 542 f. 80c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 830 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort states, in a letter from Vienna, that the rumour of the Rus sian Ambassador there having expressed to the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, his convic tion that the Emperor of Russia would accept the modifications of the Note of Vienna made by the Porte, as he would regard them as unimportant, had become very general. The Lloyds of Vienna contains a letter from Brody (Galicia) of the 30th ult., which says : " Letters from Odessa stats that certain firms of that place have realised, in a single day in the corn trade, •upwards of 100,000 silver roubles each. Immense quantities of wheat remained in store." ". A letter from Warsaw," says the Breslaw Gazette, " mentions a rumour there, in well informed circles, that the Emperor of Russia will honour with his presence the manoeuvres at the camp of Olmutz." A - certain degree of excitement prevails at Con stantinople Aug. 29, owing to th e mo difi ca ti ons which the Divan has introduced into the Viennese note. Relying on the support of France and Great Britain, and finding itself at the head of an army of 200,000 men, Turkey is inclined to go to war. Fresh troops are daily pouring in. The army in Asia numbers 80,000 men. A Cabinet Council was held on the 24th of August, and measures were canvassed for the de fence of the country. The Spanish General Prim is on the point of leaving Constantinople for the head-quarters of the army on the Danube. Omar Pasha, the com mander of that army, has changed the positions of various corps, so as to be prepared for all eventu alities. The attitude of Greece is watched with great interest by the Turkish politicians. It is said that the cholera is making great pro gress in Russia, especially in the southern provinces, where large bodies of troops are stationed. The disease has made its appearance on various points of the frontier of Eastern Galicia. ITALY. The Modena Messenger publishes letters from Rome of the 25th and 26th ult., from which it appears that the number of individuals arrested in that city amounted to 45. Among them were the lawyer Petroni, of Bologna ; Casciani, an officer of the Salt and Tobacco Administration ; a priest of San Lorenzo ; A Lepu, the son of an apothe cary; Ruspoli, a nobleman ; Alexander Castellani, the son of a rich jeweller ; and Trabalza, an em ploye of the post-office. Numerous arrests had likewise taken place at Bologna on the 30 ult. The Univers relates the following fact relative to the arrest at Rome of the Advocate Petroni : " This person," says that journal, " did not leave Rome, like his comrade, after the city had been taken by the French, He remained there and contrived, up to the 15th ult., to baffle the police. Mazzini had highly approved of his determination, and, without doubt, turned to use his presence in Rome during the last four years. Amongst Petroni's papers was found a letter from Mazzini, in which this letter thanks him for the services which he had rendered to the sacred cause, and compliments him on his address in escaping from the search of the police. A copy of the reply of Petroni was also found, in which he says As to the police, do not be under any uneasiness ; I am so well concealed that I defy the devil himself to discover where I am."' General Allouveau de Montreal, commander of the French army of occupation at Rome, went on the 28th ult. to Civita Vecchia to inspect the troops and the material. He returned to Rome on the 30th. SPAIN. The Three per Cents. were done at 44± ; the New Three per Cents., at 23, 1; the Debt of the First Class, at 101 ; and that of the Second, at 5 3-16ths. AUSTRIA. The Official Gazette of Venice, of the 30th ult., says order to contradict the exaggerated rumours which have been circulated of a scarcity, we are happy to announce that the harvest has not been so bad as was a t fi rs t f eare d, a nd that there arrived l as t wee k a t V en i ce suc h a quantity of corn that it is diffi cu lt t o fi n d storehousesh wheat t h de posit it in. Thi r ty- seven vesse l s laden w and maize have entered the port. The prices,t not withstanding, are quoted higher." The Gazette of Turin, under the head of Faenza, of the 27th ult., says :—" The Austrian mayor of Ravenna has taken possession of and which this the apartment just left by the head of theupoielid. The gonfalonier e latter had previously of Kerli, menaced in consequence e s:lene° of the scarcity of which he had imposed a bread, and the manner in tax on the various trades, took to flight last night, proceeding to Florence. DEPARTURE OP MRS. H. B. STOWE.—The celebrated authoress of "Uncle's Tom's Cabin" bade farewell to this country yesterday at noon. She took her depar ture from Liverpool in the United States mail steam ship Arctic. She was accompanied to the steam-tender by several of the principal inhabitants of Liverpool, amongst whom were John Cropper, of Dingle Bank, the Rev. Dr. Raffles, and several of the resident clergy. The Mayor of Liverpool (S. Holme, Esq.) invited Mrs. Stowe to breakfast, but her time being limited she was obliged to decline the invitation. The Arctic carried out 204 passengers, besides the usual mails, and a very large and valuable cargo of merchandise. R OCHE STE n RACES. Hothorpe Assoio (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MA IDEN PLATE. VISITORS' PLATE. Odiham Nine ran. SPORTING NOTES. ST. LEGER SUGGESTIONS. The meeting which terminated at Warwick yesterdal was marked by no incident of sufficient significancee2). exeroie material influence on speculation on th Leger. The unexpected victory of Little Harry. lac' , ever, sekimingly encouraged the backers of Ratapla% who consequently figured with increased prominency „,1 g iven 1 " the betting. Additional support was also The Reiver, but the investments on him were not extra; ordinarily heavy. The movements connected with We s . Australian have, recently engrossed the chief attention,: their origin is apparently inexplicable, and their ten ency ency is regarded with c o nsiderable doubt and perpleiutbl; Still his partisans are seemingly nothing dismar d the determined hostility which he at times encounte and continue to display the most unshaken confidence i" the superiority of his chance. Notwithstanding tla all opposition, W es t A us t ra li an has main tain a his position of leading favourite in the betting ; 00 position which he will, undoubtedly, hold up t° t h e hour of starting. Indeed it is probable that, in her teeth of all opposition, 2 t o 1 w ill b e betted on biroe it on or before the day." Rumour assigns various rteurf sons to account for his seeming uns t e adiness in th e d market ; b u t th e y are as s ill y as they are unfoun e f and must b e regar d e d on l y as very wea k inventions °r the enemy. Th a t th e intentions "of his 0wn,,,,e ' trainer, and j oc k ey are h onoura bl e, I un h e sitatingly 1 '; lieve, and that West Australian will achieve the vier I confidentlyexpect. His performances and the proc eecilne connected with him give th e s t ronges t support t a me s ) e convictions. Aft er W es t A ustra li an , th e next n of importance is unquestionably Sittingbourne —as and true a hor se as ever l oo k e d t h roug h a briv Notwithstanding Th e R e i ver ' s reporte d va st itaP r f: ment of form, I ent er t ain b ut s l en d er hopes chance, and Rataplan will, as in. the Derby, W it ' cumb to Cineas, The field for the St. L eger w ill b e nu merical) Y in % nificant ; the subjoined l is t comprises the name s °' only animals likely to muster at the starting post West Australian, Orestes, Umbriel, Honeywood, Filbert, Cineas, Sittingbourne, The Reiver, Mr. Sykes, P Orrock. _ An g I shall yet have further opportunities of dise P*- fully the comparative chances of the competitor September 8. A FRESH .111.-°'" THE CHATHAM SAILORS' HOME' • On Tuesday last, a deputati on f rom thi s port 113 " he ;t f honour of waiting upon the Ri g ht H on . the 9 ' r ; Of Darnley, at his seat, Cobh am H a ll, f or the purP °9 h - ee a interesting his lordship in the movement which 1 13 . 9 : 0 0 recently making for the establi s h men t o f a s ailor's the here. The noble earl entered very minutely in to s, details submitted to him by Capt. W. H. Hall, .t i the managing director of the Sailors' Home Ills" t f e ° 3 in Craven-street, and not only expressed the sense h e t he of the advantages to be derived by our seamen from % d proposed home, but co n t r ib u t e d a d onat i on o f 20/.1,7 11 0 an annual subscription of 31. towards its future suPP °r iice the same time kindly cons en ti ng t o accep t the e „ re , of Patron. The Sailors' Ho me I ns tit u ti on havi,ng„ r i e y, viously contributed 501. as a l so Si r J ose ph "'" dy Bart., we understand that s u it a bl e p rem i ses have 31ref4 t , 6 4 been engaged near the water-side, and it is e x P ec ive that the house will be in every respect ready to rec e inmates by the end of the present month. ogre° It is truly gratifying to remark th e ra pid p these admirable institutions have been recently Or t his A year or two ago we had but two Homes il l o f, country, and those in the metropolis. We hav e ! Av g or are on the eve of having homes at the fo llow ' ports : Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, chstbro Devonport, Dover, Dublin, Dundee, Falmouth, '' c '- v oiy• stone, Glasgow, Greenock, Limerick, Liverpool , ' e , mouth, Poplar, Portsmouth, Queenstown She er!) eh, Shields, Stornoway, Sunderland, W a t er f or d,' Wo ol and Yarmouth. When we reflect upon their utility and na tions., n o portance, this great increase i n th e number of "0 Homes is not to be wondered at • nor indeed, lollg t ; the list is, is it half as long as we should wish to 0 6 1 0 1 rl for we would have it record the name of oval ° 151 7,10 along our entire coast ; a resu lt w h ic h w ould s° ° , l 7 o oo attained were the public only half as zea l o us in the our warm-hearted lady the Queen. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.. • Ci% g The fourth general quar t er l y mee ti ng of 61 0 " CP A was held yesterday a t th e F reemasons ' Tavern, numerously attended. Viscount RANELAGH presided. His lordshiP t en the report of the executive committee, which sw t he that the total number of shares issued during c y twelve months was upwards of 6,000, represen tili for subscribed capital o f 300,0001 ., on w hi c h u pward of, 52,0001. had al rea dy b een pa id . Th e numb rs of shares on the order of rights, on the termio e tl , ° biet that day's drawing, w ou ld b e no l ess th an 1,436, 0 1 ". 1 ,03, nearly 800 had been so pla ce d by th e p u blic dre iv o l fP and 300 by rotation. A ver y f ew mon th s would ° , r( ls, to entitle every shareholder, up to 1,000 and te l ice di to select lots on estates. Th e num b er o f r ights at t ime exhausted on estates actually allotted up to th e foe was upwards of 600 ; whil s t seven es t a t es of tn - e boll" teen purchased yet remained for distribution. Th e e i e tf , man said he was happy aga i n to congra t u l a t e the ° c o?! for the fourth time, on th e i r rea l an d su b s t an tial s i d i . l 4 so gratifying to the di rec t ors , an d t o a ll con cerne e eip tg the first quarter of the society's operations their re it , the had been 6,486/. ; in the second quarter, 10,780 1 - ;_,,greg ° third, 15,164/. ; and in th e l as t, 19,78K —the P' - ce ding in the last quarter bei ng grea t er th an i n a ny Pr e to l‘e ll one. In the first quart er th e num b er o f share s Th e was 896 ; in the last, 1,600, or nearly dotabl!' amount of withdrawals from th e soc i e ty since tu e o ro mencement was under 501.. w hil e i n one of WOO societies it was as much as 2,000/. per week' iren tee ll the National Society h a d b een i n exis t en ce 08 t h o ug h months, they had received 21,0001.: this soc iety, 0,0 0 only established twelve months, h a d r eceived en doi They had issued 6,018 shares, at 501. ; they hadl O 0 e in hard cash 44,0001., a n d th e allotments had o n ly d place in the last five month s . Th ere were he small estates, at Hertford and W oo d -green, t his allotments were not tak en up. The es tates ° h boo',; ciety would not b e a nuisance to their n e ' g d, They would rather beautify the neighbour h l la yi Forest-hill they had shown the good examPl e °few dote out ground for a church. (Hear, hear.) Int!' Give a definite conclusion would be come to by t° A e ct ive as to increasing the salaries of the agents. 7 4- ' 9 , yeer_f e t intelligent men might make 2501 . or 30 ". no these agencies. He believed that there w n l e soe' e a t by th atry, b investment in England than that offered Not only were they well supported in this o n chios iiil they actually had applications for shares from CaColonel lilcutta. (H rrox movedear, hear.) tion of thethe adrt. t reP ° Or el op Mr. H. T. POWNALL se con d e d th e motion. s nd on the importance of the privilege of possessi n g hold. The report was unanimously adopted. o dd, r os Mr. ALDRICH m ove d, an d M r . C A NNEY se c Cha appointment of M r . J. C. B enne tt and I ‘-'- r * iders' Richards, as auditors, on behalf of the sh areb° nl O Agreed to. ent le o o/ Mr. J. ARTHUR complained that these. goers/ were unknown to the majority of the sharen ° o nsni, or e • ..ro r CtIL that due notice had not been given of their r t i n I c o After a conversation, it was suggested the to be P 21 days' notice should be given of the names posed as auditors. nie ° Some routine business was disposed of, a th ing then proceeded to ballot for allotine.°: t be nob close the thanks of the society were voted to chairman. ____ g e pt.„: ft I THE MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, WednesdaY, '-',-,, ti o -,; The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navig3t'intoP•l pang's ship Madrid, Capt. John Weeks, wile o ai! , with the usual mails for Vigo, Oporto,,Lll,: 0pec,.19 and Gibraltar, 59 passengers, a full general orgi:isillie4•o' value 9,000/. for Lisbon, and 10 bottles g al- of t 9 The Tartar, a beautiful new paddie-wheel steacaerifessrs, tons, built on the new diagonal principle, bY„,i C o °: White of Cowes, for the-Peninsular and Orie ll- Mes 6 T pang, with engines of 150-horse power, by Son t '; Sumners, Day, and Baldock, of Northam, 1 ?, e ,,,,i, e 's 2' ,4 1 am ton, was tried at the measured mile in s"" c pee' on Monday, and attained a very excellent - 11 be t The ween Ta H rta on r g w K il o l ng sh a o n rt d ly ca b n e to s n e , nt in to co C nj un ction o w re ' p ani i i to 111 0 the Canton, a steamer belonn to the s a,tne r , c diz sy l already on the station. The screw steamer t he con° - take her departure for n the Indian seas in the - In hAf of a few days, and after her arrival out, th e 200 tor° and Madras, two fine screw steamers d ono the In' and 270-horse power at present .employ: stlrc dian lines, will be placed on the Singapor an d A u , e the P i Tian station, to convey the Australian mails in bein g 0 of the Chusan and Shanghai, which vessels', „ohors'Y respectively only 750 and 600 tons, with i ' o ver power have not been found to be sufficientlY ll en in th e sta; o p , ful, and were, in fact, only placed on the first instance as experimental vessels till °the ' ee reo r e suitable could be prepared. Two now 4 11 0 0.1) 00 steam-ships, the Colombo, of 2,000 tons and and 50 c C i ? power, and the Norna, of 1,100 tons ree l. ' s . horse power, built by Messrs. Tod and Macg „ b i n will with reci Glasgow, are nearly ready for sea, and rePa , few weeks come round to Southampton to he ! ) ,,, i coin for service on some of the Peninsular and Orie l ''! e t, be pany's lines of steam communication. The Sole_ fine longing to the West India Mail Steam CompnintYoo the paddle-wheel steam-ship, of 1,800 tons , b i t : 1 1 , 1 0 40 e ," j diagonal principle by White, of Cowes, is " s ree l° , pected here from the Thames, where she l ief, D well her machinery at the factory of Messrs. Miller! iinal: hill, and Co. The United States mail steam-fl,r_l; -y'ori' boldt, Captain J. D. Lines, with dates from fle w St e , 0. 4 " to the 27th ult., and the usual mails, IS pected to arrive off Cowes en route to ilavre. co; th i br: ti E th ( roc .5 1 1 a 'ore to I to r , of f l l.l an ad t