The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,I MONDAY EVENIN'G, SEPTEMBER 22, 1862.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

The anuouncement of thedefinitive arrangements
fur the clo.mg of the Exhibition seems to have
had no effect one way or the other upon the at-
tendance. Every day last week showed a decline
as compared with the corresponding days of 1851,
and the actuaries are puzzled in consequence, when
they remember the extension of railways, the half
nilliou increase in the population, and the greater
facilities that now exist for foreigners reaching
this couutry from over sea. The death of the
Prince Consort, and the consequent absence of tho
Queen, the cotton famine and distress in the
manufacturing districts, must of course go for a
good deal, nor must the civil war iu America be
forgotten, but all these drawbacks should have
been written off by the half million increase in Lon-
don people, and we should still have shown a gain
from the increase of railway accommodation, and
the wonderful attractions of the Exhibition fteelf.
Instead of that, we have an actual numerical
falling off, and that falling oft' is to be attributed
to a cause which the calculators did not take into
account—namely the wonderful number of rival at-
tractions that hid sprung up in Loudon since 1851.
The Crystal Palace alone hag robbed the Exhi-
bition of hundreds of thousands of second visits,
and there is nothing more generally heard in omni-
buses than declarations from strangers that they
prefer Sydeuham to South Kensington. Then,
there are all the short railways leading to Hamp-
ton-court, Richmond, Gravesend, and a dozen
other places, which are now made available for
sightseers, the consequence of which is that whereas
in 1851 the Exhibition absorbed everything,we now
learn that every place of amusement or curiosity is
daily quite as much thronged as the building in
South Kensington. Visitors come up from the
country. on their ten days return tickets, and for
the eight they are to spend iu London they have
each day's work out out and arranged from the
guide book. There is seldom more than one day
for the Exhibition, and yet one day's visit only
enable.' them to bring away a confused chaotic idea
of a mass of splendid and curious sights, without
any new fact or reflection established in the
memory.
The closing of the building as an exhibition on
the Ist November seems to be generally approved
of, as with November come in fogs, and darkness,
and short days, and therefore few facilities for tli-
sminiog the wonders of science and art. Bat the
supplementary season of a fortnight for sale of the
goods is not quite so generally approved of. If the
fee be five shillings the attendance will be thin, and
as for sale, the great proportion of saleable goods
have been disposed of already. Let any one take a
walk through the western annex, and he will see
five-sixths of its contents with "sold" tickets con-
spicuously displayed. The great engines of the
Marlborough ask for no customers, nor any other
of Messrs. Mandalay's goods, which take up a large
section of the annex. Mr. Hetherington's mules and
carding machines are all marked "sold," and the
same may be said of Mestere. Platte and other great
engineers. In the eastern annex the agricultural
implement makers have done a tremendous trade,
not only selling their exhibited samples, but taking
orders for dozens of repetitious. The " articles
used as food," in the same quarter, are merely speci-
mens and not intended for sale. Coming more
centrally into the building, it is believed that the
contents of the French Court have been sold over
and over again, and that the exhibitors would he
glad if the Exhibition closed to-morrow, in order
that they might deliver their sales, pack up, and
return to their beloved France. The great pianos
have in the majority of cases found purchasers ;
and as for the " trophies," it is not hoped that any
length of season will tempt purchasers for them.
The beautiful English glass and porcelain have
found a flourishing demand throughout the season ;
and with respect to the jewellery, the moat
precious things were lent for the occasion, and
for those which could be sold there will
not be many purchasers left in town in November.
The Golden Obelisk, the Majolica Fountain, the
Skidmore Screen, are not for sale, and the eceleaio-
14cal brawl ware has all, no doubt, been made to
order. We do not apprehend that there will be a
very sharp competition for that terrific peal of bells
of the sound of which nervous visitors have so pain-
ful a recollection, and therefore we do not see that
en the whole there will be much trade left for the
supplementary fortnight. In one department there
will be some articles offered to which the ladies will
be obliged to us for calling their attention. We
mean the Indian Court, where there are sonic mag-
nificent Cashmeres, Indian lace, embroidery, and
Bric-i-brac, none of which is to go back to Blades-
tan. We have seen some scarves of great beauty
which have alreadybeen purchased at extraordinary
low prices, sod we thus early announce the import-
ant fact iu order that our fair friends may " be in
time" for the remainder.
Another idea to which the announcement of the
supplementary fortnight has given rise, is that of
appropriating special days to charitable purposes.
Amongst other things, it has been proposed that a
day should be given to St. George's Hospital, on
account of the number of accidents that were re-
eeived there during the erection of the building.
It ii quite true that death and mutilation were
tolerably busy amongst Messrs. Kelk and Lucas's
men during the progress of the works, more than a
dozen having been killed outright, besides a great
many more or less injured. But then Messrs.
Kelk and Lucas considerately kept twenty-
one beds always rented for the use of
their men in the hospital, and subscribed
largely to its funds, whilst the accident& were going
on. To them will belong the care of the cripples,
the widows, or the orphans, who may have been
made so during the purr of works which, in
the opinion of "the Trade, must result in a profit
of 100,0001. to the firm. Another proposal, and a
more legitimate one, is to give a day for the dis-
tressed operatives in Lancashire. There is not a
band in all England which would not be held up
in favour of such a scheme, and we hope that if
it assume a tangible form it will result in the
largest attendance ever seen within the walls of
this or any other exhibition.
All discussion respecting the refreshment con-
tract is, we believe, put an end to, by the full and
'complete explanation of the Commissioners, and
the foot that the composition offered has been for-
Many agreed to by more than three-fourths of the
creditors of M. Veillard. Mr. Morrisb, his sue-
*senor, has not as yet been able to fill the French

. ,
" The resolution having been read to Mr. Herber, that
gentleman, with a view to giving full effect to his intention, ,
desires now to state for the information of the public that
his discovery ia the applicability of the fibres of the marine i
plant known as • Zostera marina, or common gems wrack,
to manufacturing or other purpose.." I
The plant in question is one so common on the sea coast j
that it it difficult to account for its having been overlooked, 1
unless extreme familiarity with its appearance has lulled
perception to sleep. The following paragraph respecting it
occurs in a populist work published by Messrs. Routledge,
" Common Objects of the Sas Shore," by the Rev. J. O. I
Wood, IL A. : I
• A plant has been mentioned which does not belong to .1
the sea-weeds, although from its residence at the bottom of ,
the sea it is often thought to be of that family ; this is the
Zasterasetarina, for •• drawing of which see piste J. fig. 2 ;
• true flowerii.g plant, growing with • real root at the bottom
of the sea. Its entire character Mao completely terrestrial that ' ,
it can at once be distinguished from the alga." (Chapter IV.) ! ,
This plant, under the name of ales, is largely used by uphol-
sterers as a material for bed-stuffing. It has also been applied ,
with success in the manufacture of paper, for which purpose ,
a large trade in it has sprung up from the Mediterranean.
This important fact his gone far to encourage sanguine anti. I ,
ciliation" of the results to be obtained from the experiments •
now to be instituted. The circumstances under which this
familiar plant has been " discovered," so as suddenly to be-
come
an object of oath-mid solicitude. are both singular sod
instructive. The gentleman to whom we owe the discovery
is Mr. Henry Harben, of Oxford Villa, Haverstock-hill He
was taking a sea-side holiday • few weeks back, when
his attention was attracted to the scarcity of mate-
rial suitable for paper-making. Walking with his
children along the shore, and seeing the quantity
of seaweed lying idle and waste, it occurred to him to try
what could be dune with it towards supplying the want he
had been thinking shout. He made certain experiments
with different kinds of seaweed, such as bladder-wrack,
notched-wrack, &c., and fouod that they produced a small
quantity of fibre. But on coming to examine the grass-
wrack he found it to ooeitain fibre to an extent that sur-
prised him. He immediately collected • quantity, sad,
separating the filament, submitted it to a powerful micro-
scope. It was then only that the resemblance of what be
saw to cotton first suggested the idea that here was
something which might turn out useful as •
substitute for that material. He at once made
experiments which satisfied him of the value
of the discovery, and his conviction of its importance was so
strong as to induce him to note down on the spot the time
and place " Dovercourt, near Harwich, 6th August, 1862."
He submitted the material to Mr. J. H. Wrigley. in Liver-
pool, who, on being acquainted with Mr. Harbeu's intention
to make a present of the discovery to the public, kindly fell
in with hie views. Mr. Wrigley did not insist on hindliog
the materiel or tasting its strength, but before he gave the
report as to which some objection. have been made, the
material was seen by another cotton broker in Liverpool,
who confirmed Mr. Wrigley's opinion. Mr. Harben has
been offered large sums of money by individuals who pro-
'nosed to work the material by private undertaking.
litz
manufacturers also made him most generous pro
of pecuniary assistance if he would work it himse , and
in one influential quarter it was most strongly represented
to him that by reserving at any rate a smell royalty he
might meltee a food for charitable purposes. which would
itself be an immortal memorial of his disinterestedness
To all these propositions, however, Mr. Harbin returned
the same answer, that the adoption of any one of them
might entail at least six niontta' secrecy and delay, while
thousands of people were starving. He preferred to make
the matter known at once, that the worth of the material
might be tested universally mad immediately, and declares
himself most thankful that he his been enabled to keep to
his first intention, in fervent hope of the blessings that may
flow from it. With respect to immediate supply of the ma-
terial, Mr. Harben suggest* that the unemployed operatives
and their children might at once be transported to different
points on all the ccesta of the United Kingdom, and be
housed in temporary huts similar to those of navvies, to fled
remunerative employment during the winter in col-
lectiog the plant. To ensure • future supply,
he proposes that its cultivation in the estuaries
' of rivers, the lowlands of Lincolnshire and Norfolk, and the
! low sandy shores all round England, Scotland, and Ireland,
should be protected by an act of parliament similar to that
now in operation for the protection of oyster-beds. He be-
-1 Neves that in the Mediterranean and other sees the material
, is to be had in great abundance. Ooe of the facilities to
be expected is that the plant, like common grass, after
being cut, will grow up agein, and yield two crops in the
I year.
Whatever may be the result, of the expaiment, it is
impossible not to sympathise with Mr. Herbals in the
sanguine hopes he entertains of the many advantages which
may flow from his discovery. He is so sanguine himself of
its value that ho believes, from its strength, elasticity, and
. silky texture, it will be more likely to supersede altogether
the use of cotton, than to prove • temporary substitute
for it.

department as completely as he has all along done
his own, but he must have patience, and console
himself with the reflection, that he has by his oc-
cupation of the premises at all events prevented
the invasion of any new opponent into the refresh-
ment dominion.

During last week there wan a very marked falling
of in the number of visitors to the Exhibition, as
compared with the corresponding week of 1851, the
returns for the two periods being as follows :
1851. 1862.
Monday (1a) 60,497
Tuesday (Is.).
Wednesday (Is.) .. 53,757
Thursda) (Is.) .... 58,600
Friday (2s. 6d.1.... 21,488
Saturday (2s. 6d.).. 17,366

MONEY ORDER. OPTICEB.—On the Ist October
the following alterations will be made, viz.:—Money order
offices will he opened is Loudon sod the entombs at Caledo-
nian-road (No. 172), N. • Leather-lane, E.C. • Leinater-ter-
race Hyde-park, W. ; liathbone-place, Oxfonistreet, W. ;
Streatham-oonsmon, S. ; Watling-street. B.C. ; West Ham,
E. The money order office now known as " Bayswater,
Coburg-place," Money Order Office will is future be called
" Bayswater-temice, W." Money Order Office. Money
order Oka* will be opened io the country at Adwy-r-
Clawdd, bead office, Wrezhem ; Ballaugh, Douglas ; Bangor
Iseoyd, Wrexham ; Chew Magna, Bristol • Cottenham,
Cambridge ; Dynichurch. Follistone; Egertoo, Ashford ;
Egleryabach, Conway; }forborne, Birmingham; Haswell,
Fence Homes ; Headoorn. Steplehurst ; Manchester Road,
Bradford; Port Isaac, Bodmio ; and Roaster, Ashbourne.
The money order office at Netley Abbey will be discontinued.
Scotland: Crimood, bead office, Peterhead; Ladybank,
Ladyberik. Ireland : Money order office@ will be opened at
Daisy, head office, Bellisodare ; Forkhill, Dundalk ; Glea-
son, Athlone ; Knocklong, Kilmallock. Colonial : On the
let October, end theoceforward, money orders will be issued
by all money order office, in the United Kingdom on the
undermentioned offices in South Australia, at the same
rates of charge, and under the same regulations, as those
already established with respect to Victoria, Western
Australia, Queensland. sad New Zealand :—Adelaide,
A ldinga, Aogarton, Aubern, Callingtoe, Clare, Oambierton,
Oewler, Glenelg, Coolies, Gumeracka, Hamilton, Hind-
marsh, Radios, Kanyaka, Kapunda, Koorioga, Lysdoch,
Macclesfield. Melrose, Mount Barker, Mount Pleasant,
Nsime, Narrsooorte, Norwood, Peyote, Port Adelaide, Port
Augusta, Port Elliott, Port Lincoln, Riverton, Robe, Bah.-
bury. Strathalbyn, Tanunds, Truro, Willonga, Woodside,
and Yankalilla. The following Cas have -been added to
the list of poet-offices in New Zealand authorised to issue
sod pay money orders Kaiapoi, Tuapeke,
Wait/thous, Weatherstorie, and Whaegarei ; but for the
present money orders cannot be drawn on Akarea
Omani. The office of Stowell has been added to the list
of in Victoria authorised to Mime and pay money

Total 274,330 236,421
thus showing a difference of 37,909 in favour of
1851. _ _ _

The number of visitors on Saturday was :—Season
tickets, 6,144 ; payments, 11,277—t0ta1, 17,421.
The following are the total numbers admitted
to the building from the Ist of May to the 20th of
Sept. 'inclusive (21 weeks-1.23 exhibition days),
compared with 1651 :

lemon ticket up to lad week
During leek week

Payment. op to list week
During hat week

Total
1851.
Seesuo tip ketd. up to last week
During last week

/smog% up to last week
lturlog last week

3.975,437
186,716

4,412,161

Total 4,011,60S
Frms the above btatement it will be seen that
Se admiaxione by semen ticket& in 1882 exceed

those of 1851 by 114,812, while the numbers paying , SlVltTllvet lArßLLltitillei,
at the doors in 1851 exceed those of 1862 by, --4--.
347,562. i THE LATE DONCASTER MEETING.
It will also be seen that while 256,715 visitors . ---
were admitted by payment during the past week of TO Tith =DRUM or stilt garages.
1861, the number in 1862 is only 209,615, or 47,100 81g,—The Muenster meeting concluded as sue- .
has. It is very possible that the extension of time cesehdkr •• it beg'', and was productive of some important
results, the Derby crack, Loral Clifilen, perfroming " won-
during which the Exhibition is to remain open will den," while several urvoireoimb sod thirobridgesoire modi, .
be productive of uo financial advantage, but will dates showed iu their true colours for about the first time.
rather lead to increased expense, as the numbers The appearance of the complete lists of acceptances for there ,
was LOG mpg for a
instead of being crowded in during a month will be
lot of betting, ad had out thlkstone perfumed so well
latter handicaps ou Thursday evening
spread thinly over six or seven weeks. during the &Item-on it would have been even more spirited;
The highest temperature on Saturday, as shown however,theopinion was universal that the handicapper Ind
by Negretti and Zambra's patent thermometers, achieved one of his greatest triumphs, and the manner in
was :--111 the nave, 65.4 deg. ; in the galleriee, 67 which he adjusted the weights at Doncaster was also in every
deg. ; iu the western annex, 71 deg. The read- way worthy of "The Admiral." In the Fitzwilliam Stakes
Silkstone ran in front all the way, but was sedvely
Mg. were taken at 3 o'clock p.m. I noticed, as the King of Diamonds won so easily.
Seeing she ten lam at lfilb, and there is 37115. between
' them in the Cambridgeshire, Silkitone ought to hold
THE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE POE COTTON. him safe there, great as the King is at the distthoe. She
—a-- should also prevent any we dreaming of either Wallace or
On Saturday afternoon the following official the King in the Cesarewitch, and the former appeared Ms-
=of after the race for the Cup. Fur the Champagne,
report was published from the committee of inquiry re-
Staroford bad purchased Armagnac of the French con-
spatting the properd substitute for cotton : ' federacy with theridea, probably, that he would beat Lord
"A meeting has been held to-day in the rooms of the Clifden, who was not quite up to the mark, and the defeat
Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, at the request of Mr. of the Lerby favourite was confidently expected by many.
When he got away so badly from the starting post copious
Harben, the discoverer of a new fibre, as reported in the
haveodes
is to
ob: . had, aen da yeth uted wasrtn soy a
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Times. Mr. littiliT ABIIWORTH, president of the chamber,
in the chair. The following gentlemen were resent :—Mr. Badly win easily. Armagnac never looked so bloomiug
Thome Baxley, ILP., Mr. K. R. Jackson. Mr. Joseph before, and showed himself a good hone by deft:atilt; Karly
Leese, Mr. Hugh Mason, Mr. James Burton, jun., Mr. H. Purl so far for second place ; so that, looking at his two
.1 . Lerma', Mr. H. Nicholls, Mr. S. Hollins, and Mr. Mal-two daring the week, Lord Chides is fairly
0.1.. R.... entitled to the call in the Derby, as, when not half. pee-
"pared, Amiaguac was within two or tome wimple ot Seams-
Mr. HAMM, on being introduced, stated that he was rometer and Blue Mantle at Newmarket July,
not se inventor, but a discoverer. He then, first, showed end bee improved at meet loom. aims.
wad
fibres on paper, a few threads only ; second, small sped- quite disappointed hi
anxious friends, and a good twalear-
mans in the grey state, as picked by band, with a smell old lie will never make, whatever he niay eventually turn
specimen dyed • third, dried specimens of the plant, exbi- out; but time will do more for Fiancee, of the two, and
biting the natural and fibrous state. The discoverer stated Trojanus will never be able to fill the place vacated by Lord
in confidence the name of the plant which furnished the Clitden in Wadlow's stable. Lord St. Vincent's purchase
fibre exhibited, and then exhibited specimens of the plant has turned out a very cheap one, great as was the sum be
in its natural state. Mr. Harben suggested that the unite- gave for the Champagne winner, and it is to be hoped
*yea should at once be occupied in collecting the material, nothing befalls the colt, for a more enthusiastic and liberal.
He stated, in reply to an inquiry, that he had not gone into mMded sportsman than Lord St. Vincent does sot grace the
particular calculations of expense ; nor had be made any turf, and his lordship, short as his career has been, is quite
expennients as to the mode of rendering the fibre available deserving of being adorned with the blue rihand. The form
for cotton spinning ,machinery, his wish being that, on re- . displayed by Queen of Trumps and My Mary in the Revival
commendation of the committee, chemista, spinners, and Plate was first-rate, as they were running 'tattoo at lilb and
others may further investigate the properties, with a view glb fur the year respectively, and if My Mary could but
to public good. ' stay she would be even a better investment than Silkatthe
' Mr. Harbert then retired, when, after deliberation, the , for the Centrewitch, considering she gave the Portland Plate
following resolution was adopted : , victrix 51b, and ran her to half a length over her favourite
"Moved by Mr. 8a7.1.ET, M.P.; seconded by Mr. MALCOLM . course. How the Great Yorkshire Handicap might
Roes:—Resolved : That this committee have hoard with have resulted had not Bedouin (who had his head
much interest the statement of Mr. Harben, sad have ex- turned the wrong way when the flag fell) been left at the
amined the samples and specimens of Pinata end fibres sub- poet it is bard to say but there is no doubt Cowley won
nutted. This committee not having been asked for any with a lot in hand, soil he will have to be taken great GTO
decision on the merits of this discovery, do not express ally of in the Cesarewitch, even with fist Lb, for I fancy the
opinion in its favour or otherwise, and Mr. Barbels having course will suit him better. Doefout, Conundrum, Had-
expressed his wish, without reference to any pecuniary ad- dingtoo, Patrick, and May Gosling had their preteosious
vantage to himself, that the discovery should be given to apparently settled for the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire,
the world with a view to chemists, manufacturers, and ma- as Cowley must beat them again in the short race, and
chinists seeking out the best mode of making it avarlable Anonyms, that ran seined to bun, in the long one. Except
for the general interests of the trade, this committee that Geriutha sad the Wasp colt bad some difficulty in best-
acknowledges the disinterested conduct and candour with. log Bohemia and Gentilhomme iu the Filly and Glasgow
which Mr. Harben has communicated his discovery and Stakes, the remaining contests on the first day are unde-'
views. ! serving of cummeut ; and nothing of note _ took
—. _

place on the grand day prior to" the St. Leger.
This brought out • capital field, the only absen-
tees of moment that were on the card compris•
ing The Knave, Biondells, and Bertha; and of the
fifteen that started, only Lady Alen Hawthorn
could be set down as thoroughly bad, although neither
Hurricane, Colwell, Bonny Breast Knot, Knowsley (the
Stockwell colt), nor Old Calabar looked sufficiently up to
the mark to contest so severe a race. Cariabrook, the Mar-
quis, Backstone, and Argonaut, were decidedly the pick of
the basket, from appearances ; aria the start being an even
one, with no mishaps of moment in the race, the Marquis
auiluckstone proved themselves as notch the superior
horses as the betting and the positions in the Derby iodi-
cated, the Whitewall crack and Challouer just " doing"
Furilbam and Buckstooe by the shortest of heads. Thus
the St. Leger resulted in accordance with public running,
which is contrary to its usual custom ; and yet some of its
details are very similar to those of last year, when Ogler
On created such a sensation. It is nut only remarkable that
Challooer should win by • head again, but there was the
sone supplementary nice for third place as oc-
curred between Janus and Kildonan, and Walls just lost
the " plaice" money by a head un Argonaut, as he did
on the Baron's hone in 1861. Fordhain, great as are his
talents, was never so near winning one of the great races
before, and there are many who opine he was cc the best
bone, but lost the race through changing his whip from one
hand the other • few strides from the chair ; however,
they seemed to overlook the fact of the Marquis having come
, into collision with Argonaut in the early part of the race,
which must have lost him two or three lengths, as he
blundered on to his head, and some have it be received such
injuries as to prevent his running for the Cup on Friday.
But not seeing the horse after the race, the crowd sur-
rounding him being so great, I cannot vouch for this, and
can only venture the opinion that had nothing occurred he
might have beaten Buckstoue about as far as he did
in the Derby. John Scott's luck with the St. Leger
seems extraordinary, he having trained au fewer than
sixteen wieners of this valuable stake in the space
of thirty-five years, making it nearly even betting on his
stable ass rule ; and in many coca be brought off the coup
by the aid of outsiders—to wit, with the Berea in Itios,
Newminster in 1851, Warlock in 1856, Imperieum in 1857,
and Gamester in 1859. There was not so much money won
sod loot on the race as usual, the followers of Caractacus
having nothing to do but back the neat best to him in the
Derby when they discovered their game was up, and it was
one of the most quiet settlings ever seen at Dirocaster on •
Thursday morning. The Corporation Plate over the mile
was a scrambling affair, and Dictator hung so much upon
My Mary and Cacaos that he was disqualified, after the
judge had placed him first by • head ; end the subsequent
running of My Mary proved that but for the hindrance she
should have won easily, as Canace is a much superior filly
to the Orphan. My Mary ran the latter over the same
course to less than • length for the Eglinton,
giving her 281 b; and as she was only placed a head
before Come at 171 b, the latter would be 71b superior to
the Orphan. Name should also have beaten the Queen of
Trumps in the Portland Plate, instead of receiving a stone
beating, for she ran the Queen therein at about the same
weights as she did My Mary in the Corporation, and the
latter ran • superior filly to Queen of Trumps, considering
the impost., on Tuesday. The defeat of Caller On by Gorse
was a more startling circumstance than her triumph over
' Kettledrum last year, except to these who watched the
market, which plainly showed there was something wrong,
as the most enthusiastic of " fielders " must have been out
of their senses to stand the field at 7 to 4 if the mare were
well and wanted. for Gorse woe the best of her opponents,
and she nut " nowhere " in the Great Yorkshire
Handicap at bet 61b. Thuredey's proceedings pro-
duced nothing remarkable until the Orphan won
the Eglinton, she having been started to assist her
companion, Zetland. My Mary ran so well in the
race, that had she been entered for the Cambridgeshire in
addition to the Ceorewitch, the short race must have been
• really good thing for her, and there is no proof yet she can-
not stay the two miles and a quarter. Ace of Clubs added
nb to his Cambridgeshire weight when he upset the two
" pots " in the Cleveland, but accomplished the task so
sorrily that he is still formidable, es would be also the
Portland Plate victrix, the Queen of Trumps, could she get
the course, she possessing • wonderful turn of speed forge
furlongs. The new race, called the 1001. Plate. only pro-
duced three runners, and was reduced to a match between
Tim Whiffler and Asteroid, the issue being precisely the
' same as at Ascot, when it was thought Sir Joseph's hone
' . bad a holiday. Bilkstone was scarcely thought of before
; the start, but ran well with the pair up to the
! distance, and the Ccearewitch and Cambridgeshire
look almost at her mercy, especially when it is
recollected how highly she was tried before the Chester Cup.
Going amiss, however, just on the eve of the race, and
losing start besides, she did not run very well, and has
been kept so quiet since that "The Admiral" let her in at
' sst 101 b and Est 41b. While Polynesia woo the Dooming
Stakes on Friday she looked squally formidable at sst 12Ib
and Est 516 in the two Newmarket races, as Argonaut and

Buthenham were among her opponents ; but she soon lost
her reputation again, when running nowhere to Imparatrioe
and Hurricane in the Park Hill &Aces, and even after
ignoring Argonaut's performance on account of his showing
tLe white feather when having the race in band, the utter
defeat of Lord Chesterfield's filly was rather surprising.
Wingrave ran kindly enough in the Don Stakes to beat
Johnny Armstrong, and prove him to have been an over-
rated horse ; and Argonaut cantered away from the two
"rips" opposing him in the 200 sore. Sweepstake. The Maid
of Naaham filly wee so close to Imperatrice and Hurricane
in the Park Hill as to show they obtained their deserts
when running " nowhere" in the St. Leger ; and that the
lot contesting the great race were not of a very first rate
stamp was proven when Tim Whiffler defeated Buckskins so
easily for the Cup, which will make him a 10Ib better bone
than the Marquis! He won under the most trying circum-
stances, for making strong running from end to end he was
never approached. and finally woo in a common canter,
doing the two miles and five furlongs in four minutes and
43 seconds, within a very small fraction of as good time
as was ever made in the Derby or St. Leger, being at the
rate of a mile in about one minute and 50 seconds, which
King of Diamonds could not equal in his mile race on
Tuesday, or the Knave in the Scarborough Stakes, both
these horses being considered very fast far a abort distance.
The remaining events do not require notice, neither is there
one meeting among the many fixed for the current week of
sufficient importance to employ my pen.—l am, &c.,
METEOR.

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MtTkOFOLITAN COUNTY 0017RTS.
Sittiiia days appoitited for the present week.
WZIPTIIINUTILX, St. Martuis-law,—Tuesday, Sept. Ti; Wednes-
day, 24: Thursday, r 6.
MARTLIBONE, arylebooe.road. —Monday, Sept 22 ; TAUT. 26.
BNOSIPS at, bitehe.adugrove.—Wedonaday, Sept. Thurs-
day, 25. Friday, it
BA1:11701.1,. —Tuesday. Sept. 23.
Chaititentstu, Lhusoan-terrace.—Tuesday, Sept. 23 Wednes-
day, 24. Mr. day, N.
SkIOKEDITCII, 01dritreet-road.—Thursday, Sept. 25.
Bow, Sow-road.—Friday, Sept. Lb; Saturday, 27.
SOUTkIWARE, Swan-street.—Monday, Sept. 23; Tuesday, S 3;
Wednesday, 24; Thursday, 26; Friday, M.
Wasnowoartt, South.street.—Wednewlay, Sept. 24; Thurs.
da&itS.
tral Criminal Court, Monday. Sept V.

JUDGE'S CHAMBERS, SERJEANTS'-INN.
Bum 19.
(Before Mr. Julia, Mellor.)
THE QUlrat r. GOULDING.

This was an application to liberate on bail Martin Gould-
iog, mariue-stare dealer, Tarporley, Cheshire, who had been
recently committed on a charge of having wilfully murdered
his wife.
Mr. felntyre appeared for the prisoner, and Mr. Mullen
for the prosecution, the committing magistrates and the
next of kin of the deceased wife. . . . .

Mr. Thomas Richard Lewis, of Chester, superintendent
of an assurance society, had been acquainted with the pri-
soner for upwards of ten years, and had always found him
straightforward and honest in his dealings, and quiet and
inoffensive. The prisoner was powered of considerable pro-
perty ; be bad four children to maintain, and it was most
improbable that be would abscond to avoid taking his trial
on the charge of having murdered his wife.
Mr. Thomas Sheen, one of the coroner's jury, had n.oet
minutely examined the body after hearing the evidence,
and was satisfied that the death had arise° from natural
causes. He also testified to the inoffensiveness of the
prisoner.
After other evidenoe of a similar character,
Mr. Henry Chance, coroner for South Cheshire, deposed
that the jury had found the death of the deceased to have
arisen from natural causes, in which verdict he entirely
concurred,

Mr. 'Sullen, in opposition to the application, called
Mr. Willis/ Tomkinaoo, of Wellington, who deposed
that he was one of the committing magistrates in the ease
that :he deceased bad been before him many ',inlet with
complaints of her busbioti's violence and ill-usage. On
one occasion, two of her teeth had been knocked out
by her husband. The prisoner bad been frequently brought
before him, and always produced witnesses for his defence
who were of a class that deprived them of credibility. On
the examination of the prisons upon the charge of wilful
murder neither deponent nor his brother magistrate, Mr.
Heywood, could believe the witnesses for the defence. The
primmer was committed by deponent and Mr. Heywood no
• charge of murder, upon the authority of " It. v. Treater"
(1 Ste. 499, Foot. 292), as quoted in Archbold's Summary of
the low relating to pleading and evidence in criminal cases,
where it is laid down that in all cases where " upon • sud-
den provocation one beats another in a cruel and unusual
manner so that be dies, it is murder ;" and deponent and
Mr. Heywood considered that the prisons' having kicked
the deceased when near her confinement, and death having
ensued, his case came under that denomination. Deponeot
was of opinion that the ends of justice would be defeated if
the prisoner were admitted to bail.
Several othor witnesses wine celled. _

HIS Lordship said the evidence that be had to con-
sider was that which was given before the magistrates
who committed the prisoner, and he was of opinion that it
certainly did not make out a case of murder—indeed he
r:oubted whether it would obtaia a conviction for man•
slaughter. The question, therefore, which he had now to
consider was, whether, if the prisoner were admitted to
bail, there wasa probability of his surrendering to take his
trial on the charge. Iu order to ensure such surrender be
would require the prisoner to give heavy bail. The prisoner
would be liberated on entering into his own reccgaisances
for 8001. and procuring four sureties in 1001. each.

COURT OF BANKRUPTOY.-13wr. 20.
(Before Mr. Commimioner Faso.)
]UPPNN BROTHI/18 V. VVLLLRD.

This was a trade summons issued by Messrs. Mappin
Brothers, the well known silversmiths and cutlers, against
M. Veißard, one of the contractors in the International
Exhibition Refreshment Department.
MOSUL Mappin, who had determined upon the strictest
investigation in the matter, had retained Mr. Lawns*, to
represent their interests, but it was understood that, acting
upon that gentleman's advice, they allowed the trade
debtor's summons to fall to the ground, a stringent Inquiry
being hereafter instituted into tha debtors akin under
the deed of composition.

Mr. Wood, from the of of Mr. Aahley, who Weeded ' }lour met little attention, although offered at lower rata
for the °Gainsay, proceeded to state that deteidaut; on the Grinding !salty uuchauged. Malt, unless hue neglected.
25th ultimo, seat • parcel by rail traffic to Bishop Wort- B.ns awl pros in moderate demand. oats very sparingly
ford Station. which when placed on the platform there dealt in, altlion,A reilicti,,u of fully Is. per qr. would
was in a state of ignition an, conaequently thereby might have coocco.,,i qua,tny had buyers appeared. The
have endangered the whole contents of the break. Veer arrivals the week are : heat, asetwee, 3,076 qra. • fo-
namely, • vast quantity cf goods of various desarptioas, as reign, 4,20, Bailey. tiAi; foreign, 200. gait,
also the lives or safety of the carriage passengers. When coastwise, 110. (Mtn, coastwise, 1.097 ; foreign, 22e. Pees,
opened the package iu question was found to contain • large foreign, 12. Flour, coastwise, 1,91.15 racks; foreign, 610 brls.
quantity of -fused," the outer portion being newspapers. ladies corn flour, 115 sacks.
There was an absence of any information as to the actual NORWICH, Seer. 20.-From the very large arrivals of
contents of the parcel, and had ignition take. place at an • foreign wheat sal flour which hare lately entered the dif-
earlier stare of the journey it was probable that the case- fermi grain porta of the kingdom, today's market was dull
quences would have been disastrous. Taus the matter was
for wheat at 2a. per quarter lees money than on this day
important, and it wee imPeretiee to impress °WI We"- se'finiglit for all descriptiona. The supply was good. There
ant and others the absolute requirement of all packers sent wua far quantity of barley ofienug, and prices remained
per rail for transit being accurately labelled. I about the same. In oats, basin, and peas little doing. Flour
Mr. Beard said that the defendant was an inochtent lustre- ls. per qr. cheaper. New white wheat ( weighing 5711,.. to
merit in the hods of • tradesman named Vigor. Mr. 6:111..). 51e. to see . Dew red ditto (weighing 5716.. to
of obliging his customers by enclosing smaller package* in
Roberts, a highly respectable tradesmen, was in the habit &me.), 44e. re 52e .
, Dees chevalier mating barley (weigh.
' tug Shiba. to 55Th*.), 364. to 375. ; runs chevalier ditto
his conveyance of newspapers to the country ; and 4 (weighing 5211b5. to raimi.). 345. to 3.e.; distilling ditto
was in this wa that he received the pared which
was the subject oy f the present investigatiou. Mr. Vigra (weighing 50lbs. to 5211. a.), 30s. to 32a per qr. Flour Mc
per sack. Averages :-W beat, 2696 qrs., 535. lid. ; barley,
who really was the only delinquent, now attended to prows 521 Ts., sge. ; rate, 32 q., ed. ; pea, 11 qrs., 43e.
that the objectionable goods were so sent by him, and he
- The deliveries of barley may DOW be expected to exhibit a
(Mr. Beard) asked for an adjournment, in order that the large increase, as the waiting aorta r about to commence.
company might proceed against the right party.
After considerable discussion Mr. Leigh sad that by the I
' .
words of the act the sender was liable, and it aras pre- there was a fair Strr 20. -At our corn exchange to -day
supply new wheat, but only few samples
sumed that he knew the contents of the package; but :of old came to heed. Prices were generally Ea. per quarter
under the peculiar circumstances of this case perhaps Mr. lower than teat week ; now white wee quoted et Me' t° 661';
Vigo* would consent to pay the penalty. I old, 58s. to 645. ; new red, 50s. to 57a. ; old, 575. to 625.
Mr. Vigos declined to resume such a revocability. per 3
Mr. Leigh, upon this, remarked that Mr. Roberta was 36 stone. The supply of barley was tolerable, bat the
demand was by no means active at the prices of last week ;
really the penal amenable. The act did not require proof now mailing,t 41'4. • to 42e. ; nee foreign, 38a to 42a per
of a guilty knowledge, but it should be understood that Mr. quarter ; 0 eetedielf. 81. to 32a _
;eawolde.
Vigor was also liable, and that defendant might recover to hand more freely rd moved on at barely late
from him any penalty he might be called upon to pay. If
the 'maid framer of a parcel war to be looked for, a railway !ms. to 31a. ; new, Ms. to.2a. •. old foreign *Ms. to 275. per
tell! b and d
oapany might seek for 20 persons before they got bold of 24 stone. Beau were • loin • ow, yas
.as
heretofore; old, 41a. to 45a. per 36 stone. Super flour, 425.
the right one. Defendant must be convicted, but it would to 470. ; fine, 374- t°4la per 20 atone.
be in one-fourth the penalty. °remit), Seer. 20.-A large quantity of corn of all
Mr. Wood contended that the magistrate had no power kinds on offer, chiefly new, and a general indisposition to
to mitigate the penalty of 201. purchase unless at a reduction of price ; the few business
Mr. Leigh said that he had under the provisions of Jerrie's transactions, therefore, may be quoted a little under last
Act, and ultimately this point was rad in abeyance for I week's rates. fin potato disease, wean glad to fled, has
decision. not spread since our last notice of it. Oa all bands
we hear that the yield is immense, sod the quality has
never been better.
PETERBOROUGH. SEPT. 20.-We had rather • large show
of wheat here today, sod prices were is. to 3s. per qr.
below those made last. week. Very little spring corn. Free
malting barley made full prices. New oats were easier to
buy. Ilry new beans made 405. par 36 atone.
READING, SEPT. 20.-To-day the attendance was not
large, and the supply moderate for the season. At the
commencement of the market very few sales ot wheat
had been effected, but as the morning advanced there was
more business doing, but the trade ruled dull at last
week's quotations. The quality was not fine except is a
few instances. The supply of today was limited, and
there was some difficulty in obtaining led week's rates.
In other grain but little doing at late prices.
Rocesserts. Barr. 20. -The attendance of farmers and
dealers at this corn exchange was very large for the season of
the year, but owing to the unfavourable character of the
news received from Mark-lane and the other leading mar-
kets business was exceedingly dull. For the best samples
of this ear's wheat, former rates were well supported, but
other kinds were Is. to 24. per qr. cheerer ; best new white,
565. to 110 a. ; and red, 52* to 56a. ; beat old white, Ma. to
58.. ; and inferior, 52e. to 545. ; best red, 50a. to 56a. • in-
ferior, 48s. to Ws. There was little barley offer, and the
domed inactive ; best samples of this year's growth Inella•
taloa former quotations, but other samples were la to 2e.
per qr. cheaper. The oat trade was very dull, but prime
lees maintain their former rates. In beans and pew Ise
goo able alteration.
WISBECH, Seer. 20.-We are well applied with wheat
at market to-day, sod but very little of other grain. Wheat
meta a dull sale, and 2s. to 3s. per qr. lower. All spring
1101 M maintains its value. Prices to the grower :-Wheat,
white, 50a. to 52a., 631 be. par bushel ; red, 485. to 51e,
631 a. per bushel. Oats, 110. to ls. id. per stone. Beans,
445. to 45a. per 19 stone.
WORCESTER, SEPT. 20.-At this day's market, owing to
a fair yesterday, there was a very small attendance and •
short supply of English wheat, which sold on the terms of
this day se 'might, Forego. Is. per qr. lower. No altera-
tion in the value of cam, barley, or beans. White peas
about le. per qr. dearer.
YORK. SEPT. 20.-We had an average supply of wheat at
our market to-day, and new ports came to hand in varied
condition. Bake proceeded slowly, at 2s. per quarter lea
money. White made 584. to 625. ; red, 54e. to 58s. per 38
stone. Barley came to market mere freely, and the inquiry
proud slow, at • decline on the currencies of last Saturday;
malting, 344. to 38s. per quarter ; pinding, 305. to Irte. per
30 stone. There wee • fair show of rata, which met a fair
demand, and prices for good sort, were mallard-245. to
28s. per 24 stores. Beans were in request, and the supply
being scanty extreme teems were sustaioed-40s. to 44a.
per 38 atone rye, 34a. ; malt, 64a. to 665. par quarter.
Flour, 40e. to 425. per 20 omi.
KIRKCALDY, Starr. 20.-The weather &dog the past
week him bees fine throughout, and harvesting operations
Sr. sow pretty At our country markets this
week, we had littfrwerela.t offering. Prices la. to 2s. per
qr. lower. Oats much the same se lad weak. Barley-a
few parcels of new offering. Prices irregular. Here, to-
day, we had small supplies of all kinds of grain. Wheat
and barley Is. to 24. per qr. lower. Oats unchanged.
Wheat, 48s. to 575. per qr. ; barley (new), 245. to 325. ;
oats, 255. to 30a.
brilliant weather, which has enabled our farmers to secure
WATERPYID, Scar. 20.-We have had another week of
mod of their outstanding crops in very fine condition. Sup-
plies of Irish grain come to hand very sparingly, and we
have only moderate arrivals of foreign to report. Our mar-
ket continues devoid of animation, with a downward ten.
dewy in prices of foreign wheat and Indian corn. Farmers
wheat being wanted by our millers for mixing brings fully
previous rates, but foreign we note 3d. to 6d. per barrel
lower. Barley and oats quite as dear. balm corn is
fair request at decline of 3d. per barrel Flour unaltered in
value. Imports this week :-Wheat, 2,348 qrs.; India
97 barrels; barley, 1.188 barrels ; oats, 107 barrels; flour,
tors, 5,960 ; flour, 180 sacks. Exports this week :-Wbeat,
30 sacks ; canna, 48 sacks.

CATTLE—C*Imm.; Sem 20.—Our market this morn-
tog presented a desolate appearance, the Sands being, with
the exception of about a 'cove at lambs and about half.a-
dozen small lots of Irish cattle, completely deserted. The
beside were of the very poorest description, and doubtless
the jobbers had not thought it worth while paying the
carriage for them to Brough BilL There seemed but little
inquiry for them, no buyers being on the ground. There
was no improvement noticeable to our pig market compared
with last week, the show being both equally small and
mixed. Good animals sold quickly, but the poorer lots
remained longer on hand. Prices for all descriptions were
unaltered from last quotations.

ODTMAIAD AMERICAN MAIL. QUEENSTOWN,
SEPT. 21.—The Royal Mail steamship Europa arrived bare
at 9 a.m. to-day, embarked the mails. pasesegers, and tele-
grams, and proceed for Halifax sad Boston at 4 p.m. All
well.
DISPATCH OF AMERICAN M AILA—OD Saturday
the Cnoard royal mail steamer Europa left Liverpool for
I Bosnia, with mails for the United States mad British North
America, together with passengers, cargo, ke. Os Wedoes-
day Next the lumen steamer City of Washington will
leave the Mersey for New York, with mans for the United
States. The box at the Liverpool Poet-office will be open
ea that day for the receipt of letters, fro., to be despat6ed
by thin mail, vii Oork, till 8.38 p.m.
CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL role DISEASES OF THE
CHEST, VicrozzA-rAsc—llve number of patients relieved
at this inatitutioe during last week was 1,048, of which 184
0411, 01•11111. .

Iwrowrino TEA without colour on the leaf pre-
vents the Chinese pausing a Inferior leaves as In the used
klnas. tee Is uncoloured, therefore alma, rod
alike. Sold by.11,1%0 Agents Adverldsement.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
ASKEW.—September 18, at Montague House, Upper Sydenhara.
the wife of the key. J. Askew, of a sun.
BARN A RD.—September la, at Stringers Court, Stroud, the rife
of Mr. J. E. Bernard. of a daughter.
VAEDlONE.—September U. w. St. George's-place,l( MOW
bridge, the Marchioness e'Aud, of a son.
OATlBl.—September 17, et ChaWsm, the wife of G. E. Oates,
Kyseyy, of a daughter.
HElLBEBT.—September 17, at Wrockwardlne Ball, Salop, the
lion. Mrs. R. Herbert. of &daughter.
LlTTLlS—September 17, at Quemiegate.terrace, the wife of
Colonel Little, C.ll , of a son.
PARKINSON --September 17, at Elms Route, Leatherbead, the
wile of F. C. J. Parkinson, lip., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
suss—TENTos.—september 17, at Manhunt, Gloucester-
shire, by the Bev. A. itinith-Slauters. H. Burr. Km.. of Buenas
Ayres, to limit', daughter of the late •Captain lentem, bouts
Onrys.
0011BAM-111tOWN.—September 18. at 11017 Trinity Church,
Liverpo d by the Bev. 11. Loma*, Captain A. W. Cobham, .24th
Regt., to Louisa Brows, daughter of the late A. Brown, Eat..
of liellby Orange, Yortahlre.
CO PX-01 KR—September 17, at Rt. Pei Ws, Southwark. 1.7
the Rev. W. M. Mangum, 0. A. Cope, Esq., of Port Baud.
South Africa, to Ann Frances, daughter of lie. S. Dyke. of
Southwark.bridge-road.
DEATHS.
AMTS.—September 18, at Kingstree!, ht. James's, Maier'
General J. Aires. aged n.
ASllSON.—Peptember lb, at Ca,onbury, Mazy, wife of Mr. 0.
Ashton, aged 111
00Lia614ID.—September 16. at Xingsroad. Brighton. Gertrude
Blisatieth, wife of S. Golciamid, Esq., of Ideeklenburgh-elaW•
Joll7Bo7l.7Beptember 17. le Johnson, Kay., of Northstreet,

Westminster.
81111.30 N.--September 18, at Misted Villa, Ewa, Mr. W. Samp-
son, aged .V.
BTON —fieptember 17. J. Stone, big., of the Fir►, Ctsi•hal,
Mnfleld. aged 70.
WoLsl Y.NUOLM g.—At Woburn Lodge, Torque), Edward
Breton Wolstenholme, rag., in his 81st year.

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