The Press.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

SATURDAY,

ASK): PRODUCE STAKES.

Ortolons
Tros
loss Cur.

Tortuent 1

TYRO STAKES.

Merry Maid
Hotchpot
M kitsEas' PLATS.
Solyman
Fairthorn
Five ran.
The PARIS REUATIA came off with great Mat on Tuesday,
owing to the handsome prizes given by the city of Paris,
and great number of boats entered for the contests. Rouen
and Havre contributed by sending some of their best
rowing crews. The English Amateur Rowing Club also
entered the lists ; they had the misfortune of breaking two
of their rowlocks at the moment of starting. However, to
the surprise of everybody, they persevered with two instead
of four men, and the most exciting race ever seen in Paris
ensued, the English taking the lead, and keeping it to the
end, beating fifteen four-oared boats, and winning the silver
medal. In the second race the Paris Amateur Club carried
off the first prize—a gold medal.

The Princes of the house of Orleans have duly re-
gistered in the Chamber of Notaries of Paris a copy of the
original protest which they signed before a notary at Lon-
don, on June 9, Itit)3, against the sale of their goods in
virtue of the decree of January 22. In that protest they
declare that " every holder of those estates will necessarily
remain exposed to be obliged to restore them, according to
the application which the real owners will not fail to make
to that effect before the competent judges, at whatever
period they shall be permitted to appeal to the courts of
law of their country."
The coming of ale of the Marquis of Lothian was cele-
brated on the 12th instant on his lordship's estate at New-

battle with general rejoicings.
The New York Crystal Palace has not paid hitherto as
a speculation. The receipts have hardly averaged 3001.
per day—a sum barely sufficient to cover daily expenses.
The fisheries at Newfoundland have tur►►ed out an en-
tire failure this year.
The birthday of Thomas Francis Meagher, the Irish
exile, was celebrated at Boston by a festival in Fauteuil-
hall. About 5110 ladies and gentlemen partook of a dinner,
which was followed by sentiments and speeches. Mr.
Meagher delivered an eloquent address, which was received
with enthusiastic applause.
The Vienna Lloyd's states that a proposition has been
made to establish an entrenched camp near the federal for-
tress of Badsts.dt. The expense is estimated at 1,500,000
florins.
Miss Greenfield, the negro vocalist, made her delis, be-
fore a Dublin audience last week. The interest she has
excited among all classes of our music-loving public may
be estimated by the crowded character of the assemblage
collected together on the occasion. The reserved boats
we►e tilled to their utmost capacity by groups of gentry, re-
sidents of I►ublin, and st►anger vis►tors, and the promenade
section of the room was aileo thronged.
It is said that tirisi and Mario will return to London
from their American tour next year, in time to make their
reappearance at Covent Garden about the latter end of the

operatic season.
Arrange►uents are being made for the performance of
Dalian opera in Edinburgh in December and January next,
and afterwards in Glasgow several nights a week during

the month of February.
A luck, upon an entirely new principle, has been patented
by a Mr. Whishaw. Electro•magnensm is the agent em-
ployed. The most simple form of the invention is a plate
of soft iron attached to the door, which, when shut, is in
contact with the poles of an electromagnet, the fastening
and opening of the lock being effected by the making and
breaking of the magnetic circuit. Any number of locks
throughout a house may be thus secured or opened at the
same instant
An extraordinary instance of selling a wife occurred a
Bodmiu, in Con►wall, last week. A couple came to the
superintendent registrar to be married. Being cautioned
as to the serious penalty he was incurring by marrying •
woman whose husband was alive, which the registrar had
reason to suspect was the case, the man produced a docu.
went from the husband of the woman, in which she was
assigned over to him for a sovereign. The registrar there
upon refused to marry them, and they went away much
disappointed.
The moors of Strathbraan, Grandtully, Strathtay, Athol',
and Rannoch, are well stocked with game this season.
From Galloway all accounts concur in describing the pre-
sent season as favourable to the sportsman. In some
lands the envies of grouse are small in number, but all the
birds are large, well feathered, and active. Black game are
also abundant and well grown, rivalling grouse in site
already, and able to fly to a considerable distance.
A new company has been formed in Paris for the manu-
facture of flax cotton, upon the system of the Chevalier
Clansmen. The French Government, by a decree of Na-
poleon 1., promised a gratuity of a million of francs to
any one prepared to introduce in France a substitute for
cotton. This company have already proved the efficiency
of their process for converting flax into cotton, and spe-
cimens of cloth have been manufactured from this sub-
stance and submitted to the Emperor. The association is
formed on the cos►tnuadite principle.
A supply of men has been provided in Egypt to enable
the railway engineers to go on with their work, but a great
check has been given to its progress by the removal of the
sailors who were originally employed on the line, the
period of the completion of which now lies in great an-
, certainty,

AUGUST 20, 1853•

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