The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-02 00:00:00

THE

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LON DON,

Yrs stib
Voltigeur
Newminster
Woolwich
Cariboo ......... 5 8 8
Pitsford ...... 58 6
RuiAorough
Marlborough Buck 4 8 5
Prime Minister 4 8 4
Black Doctor
Ringsion
Confessor
Goldfi . nder ......... 4 8 3!
Truth .
Hernandez ......... 4 8 21
......... 4 8 21
Daniel O'Rourke . 3 8 1
Ariosto ............ 4 8 0
Lady Evelyn
Efirkie •
Sir Charle ....
5 7 13
Stockwell 3 7 13
Stilton ............ 3 7 13
Bon gatres3 ......... 3 7 13
4.10rz 5 7 12
.........
Lartartice
Cardinal Wiseman 4 7 10
Chief Baron Ni-
chnlion
Ji'e Miller 3 7 101
Little Ha ..
rry
Mont9gtr z
Windisehgr.at ••• 5 7 9
Fr at
3 7 S
Trickatress ...
Haricot
• 5 7 10
Edward of York 4 7 7
I‘l,eubara
~aerpdchore
idlopold
.......... 3 7
Clothworket:
°Y' Tommy
Indian Warrior :•• 3 7 5
Cockcrow
zitu id FFawn▪ 4 7 4
shell
Colsterdale 4 7
Cost
Snivvey 4 7 4
,ting of Trumps 3 7 4,
Wok
• 37 4' 14elford
Bird on the Wing.• 3 7 3
Adine
13acktho.r.a 3 7 2
4si
5 7 2
cign
....no:light of Gwynne 5 7
10,.'4'IrrY Bird
~.410thorpo ▪ 47 0
oather
• Thames 3 6 13
Red Lis ..
5 6 13
l; 3 6 13
Lot ginn, .......
5 6 13
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-toting England
Juif ▪ 46 13
t,'Akio ...
3 6 12
.
vitas
4-oodle ▪ 3 6 12
Allegro ......
IVY Troublesome........ ▪ 4 6 12
eathergage ...... 3 6 11
BAmyott ..... 3 6 11
rchioness .... 3 611
ut rPsichord ...... 4 6 11
. Michael ....... 3 6 10
bl. 1
of the Garter 4 6 10
bY P-a-
ailagh, aug
out h
of
al.ul 3 6 10
Y .........
r, g Charming 4 6 9
tsandlevvick
.. 5 6 9
04 Rowland ...
Chard
b •. '••••••.. 4 6 9
Y ....... pe
° of Sally War-
fo"ot -

Yrs st lb
Proctor
Dulcet a 6 8
Butterfly 3 6 7
Snowstorm
Conmore
Lancaster
Sheravegue 3 6 7
;Galvanism
‘luscovite
'Kate 3 6 6
Ptquetta 4 6 6
K'ng Fisher
Urs. Birch
Koh-i-noor
ti,tckbut
Follow-me-Lad
King Pepin 3 6 4
IR,dmondO'Hanlon 3 6 4
IPhlogra
!Sea rrcrow
Ik—
ilquade 4 6 3
IVermuth 4 6 3
Phleaethon .
by Venison, out
of Wedding My 3 6 2
Fljaninth
The Drag
Paddy Bird 3 6 2
Cava,u
Ammonia
WV verley ...
Ilex 3 6 1
Benita 3 6 0
P.m
Sir John Barley-
corn 3 5 13
Merryman a 5 13
Billy bar . 4 5 12
La Gszza Ladra 3 5 12
Harrier
Lady Meaulys 3 5 11
IWaterfall
Lindrick 3 5 11
Fledgling
Bit of Blue 3 5 10
Rachett6s
Athenm Pallas
Cleveland
Captain Flash 3 5 9
Jullien 3 5 9
Mary Ann 3 5 9
Fancy Free 3 5 9
Richard Primmer 3 5 8
The Varmint 3 5 8
Knight of the Shire 3 5 8
IlLerrywhent
Houlakin
'geld. by Gladiator,

Won cleverly by half a lrngth.

SPORT/NG NOTES.
No. CCXCVIII.
WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—Two days of next week, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, are devoted to the autumnal meeting at Warwick.
It commences as usual with the Racing Stakes of 5 soya.
each, with 25 added, for two yrs old and upwards, seven
furlongs, to close and name on Monday evening by seven
o'clock.

The Foal Stakes will result in a walk over for Prince
Rupert or the Fama colt.

The Leamington Stakes I have already commented
upon, therefore it is hardly requisite for me to state more
than that I expect to see LADY EVELYN and CLEVE-
LAND in the first and second places, with Hirsuta and
Storyteller well up.
The Castle Park Stakes is a certakty for ELISIS•
THORPE, if they please to run him; in his absence Pre-
vention and Cory bantes may perchance compy the two
first places.
The Guy Produce Stakes will, in all probability, ter-
minate in a walk over; but whether this tremendous feat
will be accomplished by Purser, Orpheus, or Glenlune,
I have not the least idea.

out Of Abbess 3 5 7
Lady Harriet 3 5 6
Ingratitude 4 5 6
Madeline 3 5 5
Little Davie
Dangerous
Babette
c by Melbourne,
out of La Femme
Sage
Sister to Singapore 3 5 4
Termagant
Dollond
Jessica... 3 5 3
Missive ... 3 5 2
Pancake 3 5 2
Snarry
Grand Duchess
t by Lanercost, out
of Jemima 3 4 12
Barcelona
Poetess
dr.
Tom Holtboy 4
Uriel ; 6

Wednesday's bill of fare is much better than the pre-
ceding day's; the first race on the card is that for the
Borough Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added,
for two yrs old, seven furlongs. Elmsthorpe figures at
the top of the handicap at Sat 91b, and Romeo at the
other end at 7st. Halfway between these extremities is
CHARMING WOMAN, weighted at 7st 61b; if intended, I
should say she could not well lose the race.
The Welter Cup, value 100 sovs., by subscription of
15 soy& each, 10 ft, mile and a half, is likely to fall to
the lot of the owner of Remunerator.
The County Stakes of 100 sovs., added to a handicap
of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, &e.. mile and a half, out of a ra-
ther large entry will, in all likelihood, be contested by
a good field, from whom I select Lough Bawn, Tophana,
Gladiole, and Paddy Bird as being the most favourably
treated by the handicapper; the last-named three I con-
sider will fill the first three places in the race.
The Warwick Cup of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added,
three miles, to my thinking, will fall to the lot of
Little Harry or Buckthorn, whichever John Day pleases
to start.

•••...... 3 6 9

ROUGHTON X
TUEstwp.—Weights for
Of 25
fora sers. each, 10 ft, and
R.
• -•' Au.oaday, September 13.
Yrs st lb'
Zeddiußtan
....... . 4 9 3
ttountain
'c(eWrai Deer . . 4 8 12
,Urnusnster. ....... . 4 8 10
1
14 .. .. ........... G 8 10
Grecian rinse kfinister
.., 4 8 8
,itaford ........... 4 8 7
A
....
.. 5 8 6
,hkiehier Justice ...
5 8 6
thiron
....... 6 8 6
Lt4:11th•......... 4 8 6
ataba. ...
... jct..... . 5 8 5
,ITrtlabdez
... 4 8 5
i"a .......... 6 S 3
_eitht,n
.......... 3 8 3
9ffiArioito .........
4 8 2
ejozg
.... ............ 5 8 2
24Y Evel .............. 6 8 2
krifiediseh r t 58 1
Pbeßu9 g " ...
.. 4 7 12
tu,4111e10'11:oso.; ..
..... 3 7 12
bl. Charles 57 11
likltiltnti ....... 3 711
e. _ , . ............. .
Lien‘nan3'

EETING, 1852.

the Cambridgeshire Stakes
5 only if declared on or be-

Yrs st lb
b f by Faugh-a-
Ballagh, out of
Motley
Red Hind
Young Trouble-
some 4 6 8

The Great Warwickshire Stakes, one mile and three-
quarters, will be carried off by HIRSETTA.
In answer to H. L.'s first query, Mr. W. Davis, of
Southampton-street, is not the gentleman known as the
Leviathan, that prince of betters being always to be
found or heard of at the Salisbury Arms, Durham.
street, Strand. To the second question, he only trans-
acts business personally and not by correspondence.
H. L. can attain his object through one of the regular
turf commissioners—Mr. C. Brown, of No. 2, Penton-
street, Haymarket, for instate°, their system being at
once the most reasonable and best mode of investment.
I am, Sir, yours, &e
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Father Thames 3 6 8
Now-or-Never
36 6 7
6 8
Lady Agnes
Poodle 3 6 7
Miss Fanny . 4 6 7
Dulcet a 6 6
Lancaster
King Fisher
Galvanism
Bardolph 3 6 6
King Pepin 3 6 6
Deceitful 4 6 5
Phlegra
Evadne
f7onvulsion
ISanita .......
Scarecrow
Sliaravngue 3 6 5
Kate 3 6 5
Kilqnade 4 6 4
Old English Oak 3 6 4
Sackbut
phiagethnn ......... 4 6 3
Athena Pallaa ..... 3 6 3
Butterfly ............ 3 6 3
Koh -i-noor ....... . 3 6 3
Vermuth ......... 4 6 3
Bit of Blue ......... 3 6 2
Child of the Mist 3 6 2
Merryman a 6 2
Knight of the Shire 3 6 2
Follow-me lads ... 4 6 2
Azael
Hyacinth
lex 36 1
3 6 1
f byLaunceston,out
of Wedlock
Lindrick
Sophistry
Benito,
La Gazza Ladra 6 6 0
Cavan
caddy Bird 3 6 0
Amonia . 3 5 13
Puritan
Alfred the Great 3 5 12
Snowdrop
Billy Bar 4 5 12
Lady Harriet ... 3 5 11
Sir John Barley-
corn
b g byGladiator,ont
of The Abbess 5 5 10
Plot 3 5 9
Winfred
Lady Meaulys
Easerystone
Teeter 3 5 8
Raney Free 3 5 8
Henrietta
Rachet6. 3 5 7
But
Jullien 3 5 7
Varmint 3 5 7
Sistpr to Singapore 3 5 7
Babette
Brawn . . 3 6 5
Cotton Lady 3 5 5
Snarry...
Termagant ..... 3 5 4
Dividend 3 5 4
Pancake
Jessica
Cornelius
Peacock
Dollond
iSabra
Madeline 3 5 2
Priam the Third— 3 5 1
'lsabelle, by Irish

Sept. 2.

HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Royal party arrived at Cupar Angus at ten
minutes past eleven o'clock yesterday, where they par-
took of some refreshment in the station. They then took
carriages, and proceeded by the Spittal of G!enshee,
where luncheon was to be served, to Balmoral, which
it is expected they will reach about seven o'clock in
the evening.

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ti
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44,,r, 3 7 I]
T041:4 of York 4 7 10
lt, •••• 4 7 10
1.44
line 7 9
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9
TrierY
Nrk9trets 4 7 9
Chiefulnger
,k Baron
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Middleton 5 7 8
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4 7 8;
7 7
nas
1? .
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7
ptixpas
r?pold .rief
ng of
6 7 6
Trumps 3 7 5
IVY Tommy%
10~-
....... 4 7 4
4;;;11 Warrior ... 3 7 4
1,;(3'1 ............... 3 7 4
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......
pterptieL ......... 3 7 4
"°rn•4 7 4
4"b k,utler ......... 4 7 3
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4110 Sully
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........ 5 6 9
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Yrs, Uriel, 6 y

. _
Birdoatcher, out
of Celeste
f by Hetman Pla-
toff, out of Infi-
delity
b f by Laneroost,
out of Jemima 3

5 0

'rs, Tom Holtby, 4 yrs, pay

) ,
t, Ftvi„ vuOLN RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
441
,4' t0,(,'4. Stak.a of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added
11%* ll' driZs °4l. Abont half a mile. (5 Subs.)
l' 'lla t '''''.l3 Andubm B=t 121b......wa1ked over.
1444!1r, 'l4°4 Plate of 100 's
• three years old, ast 21b;
114. It
41b1 aye, 9st 91b;gsix' and aged, 93t 11b. Two
4tr 4Doi
air, r, tilitfi ‘.. . .
, *. No. ~ Inosletan, 5 yrs (G Brown) 1
, 1.1+:,1q,,.;„,--c 3.,, m TOrdesiii4R, 5 yrs (Charlton) 2
r b'antl;„,,Vriam the Third, 3 yrs (Basham) 3
,41.12`br'ssi,i;,•""ns Litt! Queen, 6 yrs (G Simpson) 0
kMt ")%itv,;'n''s Tato ofe - ;a, 4 yrs (FAT, arson) 0
r: qh,-- F. o,llh_ .3' the Gro
..1 ~...nolvi,4 ~..".Is, 3 yre (Gunton) 0
ph q ;'int,), . -kettle Jane, 6 yrs ...(FI Johnson) 0
pl,"lr ~,,s4 -I,)",„t":qby Don John...(W. Johnson) 0 51i:,;4114, -- Ala,en,,,, and 4 to 1 agst Priam and 4rooti A severe rso.; won by a length.
~ ht, ea? ,i, takes (Handicap) of 5 sore. each. One
%Ai q: PlintZ:lo and a quarter. (5 Subs.)
/1 ll'ided ,' erhn Reaper 4 yrs. 73t 1 1 lb walked over,
.11,,.
tir be forfeits with Mr. Inman 's Maid of Lin-
krt,*„^ T°::111-49 Sta.kes of 5 each, and 20 added, for
f),, k.:114,-t. nla and soya. mile. (4 Subs.)
)4114tir, "4D's A upwards. One tt dubon, 2 yrs, Est
kr: Cll.lo2^,ard's Plorence, 73t I llb (Charlton) 2
4 t 1841414 a Musician, 5 Y. Oat 51b...(G. Brown) 3
1,14111 C'
2 Do ° by Veloeipt•de, 2 yrs. 6st (Wats") 4
+ll4 !it hsd ill'lldobon. Won by a neck, cleverly; Mul-
ti_ .4ro.te: . rd.
,inttilic.s
,11.1111
oSitrlkes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added,
his
uter„,ll. aori ft and upwards the second to save '
4"lt o.;'. for '"e winner to be s'old for 1251. unless en-
.. . ho,. t'ss. rr
1,-. st ~ sn --ants. One mile. (5 Subs.)
..41's 117.„.NW's 81"4, rift, (301) (Charlton) 4 1 2 1
.. A.- iaelt-eyed 3 / 1 3 3 3
misoles 0, i„ Susau, ( 0 .) , 2 4 ueo, 63t 91b (301.)„ 3 4 A

MUSICAL CHIT-CHAT.—A correspondent, whose
attention has been drawn to the remarks made upon the
former and recent improvements in pianos by Mr. James
Stewart, inquires, " If Mr. Stewart has been the patentee of
so many inventions, where are such inventions now; and if
they be worthy of anything, why were they not represented
at the Great Exhibition?" Mr. Stewart has taken out sevtu
distinct patents—besides the one in America which gave the
origin to the square pianofortes with the check—all of which
embrace most important improvements, and are looked upon
as peculiarly consecutive and progressive in rendering the
piano more and more perfect. Mr. Stewart's patents were
represented through the eminent house of Collard, but his
name was not given in as their inventor. The last inven-
tions of Mr. Stewart are his own property, and they as far
surpass those which have gone before as each of those ex-
ceeded its predece-sor —a fact which the musical public who
have visited the new works of Mr. Stewart, in the Old St.
Pancras-road, most frankly and cheerfully admit.—Stundard.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND
HEREFORD RAILwAy.—On Tuesday last an accident oc-
curred at the Craven Arms station, on the Shrewsbury and
Hereford Railway, to a postman, named John Mayo. It
appears that the unfortunate man is a waggon shunter at
the station just named, and when the accident occurred he
was in the act of shunting a single waggon, with a horse,
from off the main line on to a siding, After he had un-
hooked the horse be ran to the points to turn the waggon
on to the siding, when his foot got jammed between the
paints, and no one being near to stop
the waggon, he was
thrown down, and the waggon passed over both his legs.
On the arrival of the 10.57 A.M. train from Ludlow, he was
placed in the guard's van, and conveyed to Shrewsbury;
and when the train reached the, latter town, he was placed
on a stretcher and borne off to the Salop Infirmary. On
examination, it was found that his right leg was broken and
fractured in several places, and his left leg very severely
bruised. It is believed that amputation of the right leg at
lead will be ;meow..

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Chapman'a Little Queen, (301.)...... 22 4 dr.
SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
INTELLIGENCE EX. rrt lA. The first heat was won easil) ; the others well con-
TIMES.—A great deal, as might have been ex-
NEW 11A.RKET SECOND OCTOBER. MEETING, tested.
1552. STOURBRIDGE RACES—(C6szerstsDED). pected, has been written and said of the Rev. Robert
Weights for the Cesarewitch Free Handica of 25 sevs. The Ladies' Purse of 20 sove. (Handicap), added ton Moore and his emoluments. The discovery, or rather
''tlch, 15 ft. Acceptances to be signified on or be`ore Sweepstakes of 2 ...soya. each (8 Ziubs), were won by hedi the public announcement, that in the middle of
Slneixiber 13. a leerrth, by Mr. J. D ivies's Giy Led, 6 yrs, Bst 71b this 19th century there still existed an individual
(Sly) beating Mr. Flinteff's May Day, 6 yrs, Set 71b, possessing in private fee a sinecure office worth 9,0001.
I and Mr. Copeland's Director, 3 yrs, Est 11b. a year, a rectory worth 1,0001., a second rectory worth
The Gold Cup Handicap of 10 goys. each, h ft, and 3ft another 1,0001., a third producing 6001., a fourth 1501.,
only if declared. with 50 added; the second to save
his stake. Two miles. (20 Subs., 12 of whom de- and a cathedral stall of the most desirable fertility to
boot, was an incident well calculated to arrest the
Glared.)
attention of the public. Such visions are monsters of
Mr. Isaac Day's Waterfall, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ...(Wells)
Lord Caledon'a Aaron Smith, 4 yrs, Bst 516
Mr. Holdforth's Wihnont, 5 yrs, Bst 6lb
Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
Betting-6 to 4 ugst Aaron Smith, 3to 1 asst Wil- as he expressed to ourselves, at the reflection
moot, and 4 to 1 agst Waterfall. Won by half e that he "should have been held up more than
length; Aaron Smith a bad third, and Candlewick others similarly circumstanced to public odium,
beaten off, and made the subject of misrepresentation and
The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sous. each, end 20 added. exaggeration." Now, though our first considera•
Heats. One mile and a half. (3 Subs) tions are due to the interests of the community
Mr. J. Tats's ch tby Don John, Bst 111 b (Taylor) lat large, we should but ill discharge our office
Mr. Jones's Fairing, aged, llst 41b 3 2 if we rendered less than justice to any indi•
Mr. Morgan's Little Billy, llst 91b 2 3 vidual. Once more, therefore, with a confident ex-
Won cleverly.
. tation that we shall carry with us the opinions
The Hanley Stak-s of 3 Boys. each. Heats. One mile Pee
and a quarter. (4 Subs.) of the public, and with some hopes of extorting the
Mr. Leach's gr g Derby, 3 yrs, 6.t 41b walked over assent even of Mr. Moore himself, we submit his case
ECCLES RACES.—WEDNESDAY. to a fair and comprehensive review. That our origi-
The Hurtle Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 15 added, for nal remarks did not contain, substantially speaking,
3 yrs old, 9st; four, lOst 21b; five, list; Six and aged, any " misrepresentation " or "exaggeration," has
1 Ist 101 b; halt-bred allowed 71bs; winners eibs and been shown from the communications volunteered
Sibs extra; one mile and three quarters
(15 Subs.); and authenticated by several competent correspon-
were won easily in two latats by Mr. Grimor's Slug-
dents ; indeed on the whole, Mr. Moore's emoluments
gard, 3 yrs. (Turner), heating Mr. Walker's True Girl, have been proved to bear even a larger proportion to
4 yrs, Mr. Powdrell's Nero, 4 yrs, and Lieut. Croft's .
his duties than was at first presumed. The circum-
Haruna tcarum, 6 yrs.
The Eccles Handicap, of 2 SOW. each, and 20 added. stances of his position, so far from being " exagge-
One mile. (10 Subs.) rated," were actually to some extent understated.
Mr. Jackson na Augean, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b... (Fowler) 1 But it is rot to this income in itself, however prodi-
Captain Scott's Dsy and Martin, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
Captain Heywood's Duxbury, 5 yrs, 7st 41b 3 perfectly well understood that Mr. Moore received his
Sister to Fencer, 7st 121 b; Lady Jersey, Sat 121 b; four rectories and his cathedral stall from a patron
Brown Fly, Bst; Lady Speedy, 7st 51b, and two others, competent to bestow them; that there was then
also ran. no legislative provision forbidding this accumula-
tion of benefices on a single recipient, and, what is
more, that custom in those times gave its compli-
mentary sanction to what law allowed. Fifty years
ago such a disposal of church patronage would have
induced a man, not so much to impugn the pro-
ceedings of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as to re-
_ Bret that he himself had not an Archbishop of Can-
. •terbury for his father. No person proposes that
Mr. Moore should be disturbed in his possessions. As
I far as these enormous church revenues are concerned,
we do but point a moral for the benefit of the present
age by contrasting the past, and make one further in-
quiry respecting the uses to which such profits have
been turned. Considering the notorious requirements
of morality and religion, Mr. Moore himself cannot
maintain that the distribution of patronage by which
he has so largely benefited is intrinsically creditable
or proper. It now stands condemned, indeed, not
only by the enlightenment of opinion but by the solemn
decrees of law, and no Archbishop of Canterbury can
in future do what Archbishops of Canterbury have
done. Mr. Moore cannot with any justice complain
that a position from which he derives such substan-
tial advantage, denounced as it is by law and reason,
should carry with it a certain odium. A clergyman
permitted to retain four rectories and a stall, in addi-
tion to a gigantic sinecure, must be content to balance
his pecuniary receipts against his public reputation.
Pluralists know their bargains, and if they dislike
the invidiousness attached to their gains they have
always the option of resigning them. As regards,
too, the uses of this revenue, Mr. Moore is fairly ex-
posed to the verdict of opinion. Rightly or wrongly,
he enjoys many annual thousands of church property,
and if; as has been alleged, his liberality in promoting
church interests has been disproportioned to his means,
no person can say that public censure has been here
misplaced. The case of the benefices, therefore, lies
in a very small compass. They were legally con-
ferred, and nobody purposes to resume them, but as
they have not been generously employed, there was
room for animadversion; and so flagrant an example
of what was once held permissible by law, admissible
by an Archbishop, and tolerable by public opinion,
was matter of proper comment for instruction and
warning. But the question of the registrarship will
prove,
we trust, to be something different. The
office, Mr. Moore tells us, is a " patent office of great
antiquity," and has " always been executed by de-
puty." But was a vicarious source of remuneration
also provided for these vicarious registrars ? Mr.
Moore expressed himself anxious that the public
should be rightly informed respecting the emolu-
ments and duties of this important office, but they
are at fault still. We can understand the discharge
of duties by deputy as a common though by no
means desirable practice, but surely it is a necessary
condition even of this liberal arrangement that a
deputy should be provided by the principal, and the
duties discharged. Very many of Mr. Moore's spi.
ritual functions must needs be performed by deputies,
but they are performed, we presume, nevertheless, and
at his expense. The:Archbishop of the province, we
may safely conclude, takes good care that the paro-
chial ministrations of Hunton, Latchington, Eynes-
ford, and flollingbourne shall be severally and suffi-
ciently maintained, although there is but one incum-
bent between them. If the Church services were
neglected his Grace would promptly apply to the
"Principal," and it is exactly that which has
occurred in the office of Principal Registrar in
Doctors' Commons. The work is likely to be sus-
pended and the business to remain undone. We
call, therefore, on the " Principal," not indeed to
perform his duties, if prescription excuses him, but
to provide those who shall duly perform them in his
behalf. Does Mr. Moore mean to allege that by
the constitution of his appointment he is wholly and
totally exempted from any obligation whatever to
secure the execution of its duties ? Is the Principal
Registrar of Wills, being in receipt of 9,0001. a-year,
an officer without any connexion with the registra-
tion of wills at all ? If this is the fact, there is no
help for it at present, but we can hardly conceive it
to be so. In this view of the case, Archbishops of
Canterbury would be invested with the official privi-
lege of quartering their sons or nephews on the public
tor ever without the smallest consideration given or
obtainable. They would in fact exercise in every
generation, as regarded the Wills-office, the power
which Parliament once exercised as regarded the Post-
office, by ordaining that the Dukes of Marlborough
should receive a large stipend from the profits of that
department. If we rightly apprehend Mr. Moore's
exculpation of himself, a Principal Registrar is no
more obliged to see that wills are registered than a
Duke of Marlborough to see that letters are properly
distributed. Even the Marlborough pension is not
very Com-
mons,
contemplatedleastcoinmtmbeemilloorautse tie
e o
salva-
tion of Europe from temporary subjection. A prelate
graciously
buthera
at
of the Church, however, can, it seems, do just as much
for a son, a nephew, or a nominee—and without a Blene
beim. But we do most fervently trust that this may
not prove to be the nature of the office in question.
We hope it may be discovered that the " Principal
Registrar," though exempted from personal duties, is
bound to provide proper deputies for the discharge of
his nominal obligations. With the bestowal of the
place it is too late to quarrel. Mr. Moore holds it
lawfully, and that is enough. Neither is it yet corn_
petent to us to save the public from payments which
are probably three times as large as the best per-
formance of the work can require. We must take
these things as they are, but we shall not he thought
unreasonable in expecting that wills should be securely
kept and registered at the expense of the officer who
receives for keeping and registering wills a very great
deal more than such custody and registration would
naturally cost. We do not complain of Mr. Moore
for being Principal Registrar, for doing nothing in
that capacity, or for pocketing a large sum in respect
of this inactivity; but we complain that when so
much is paid for executing the duty those who exe-
cute it should not be paid at all. We complain, as
Archbishop Sumner would complain if Latchington
Church were likely to be shut up for want of an offi.
ciating minister; and though nobody in this country
would interfere with the vested rights of an indi-
vidual, we do think the satisfaction of the kingdom
would be universal if Mr. Moore could be proved
lawfully bound to provide proper deputies out of re-
ceipts amply large enough to enrich deputies and
principal together.

TFIURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2,

[A summary of the following
AMERICA.
appeared in our
paper of yesterdey.l
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—By the United States
mail steam-ship Pacific, Nye, commander, we have
advices from New York to the 21st tile She has
brought 600,000 dollars in specie on freight.
A telegraphic dispatch, dated Baltiteore, August
20, communicates the particulars of a shocking steam-
boat catastrophe which occurred on Lake Erie, near
Buffalo, on the morning of that day. It appears that
at about two o'clock the steamer Atlantic, belonging
to Messrs. Ward, came into collision pith the pro-
peller Ogdensburg. A dense fog preveiled at the
time, and, as the numerous passengers en board the
Atlantic, composed chiefly of Norwegian
emigrants,
were unable to see the exact nature of their danger,
they were greatly alarmed, and several leaped over- I
board. The captain endeavoured to restore confi-
deoce, and the steamer kept on her course, the officers
hoping to be able to reach port,
was leaking badly the water, however, gained
rapidly on them, despite the efforts of the crew,
and by the time they had proceeded aboat two miles
from the spot where the collision took place, it
was found that the vessel was rspidly sink-
ing, the fires in the engine-room being extinguished
althoagh the boat
by the water. The emigrants, who could not under-
stand a word spoken to them, by their cries and ter-
ror added to the horror or the scene. The cabin pas-
sengers, and all who could be made tc understand,
were exhorted by the captain and officers to remain
in the cabin, and provide themselves with chairs, set-
teas, bade, te.c., all of which were patent ife- preserver,
and would buoy them up in the watee Numbers,
however, unheeding or not understendng the advice
given them, rushed overboard to certain death. At
about half-past two o'clock, amidst the wild shrieks of
the passengers, the steamer settled aid sank. The
propeller had kept in the
wake of the Atlantic, and
those on board her did all in their pover to preserve
the lives of the hundreds of human bangs who were
now seen struggling in the water.
The fog was a sad hindrance to their efforts, but
about 150 were rescued. The las; persons taken
from the boat were Mr. Given, clerk of the boat,
and Mr. Bueil, first engineer. The sterner bad then
sunk all but her stern, and they, with some Illinois
passengers, were
floating mast and the wreck, being up to their
h
As soon to a rope attached to a
soon as the shrieks of the
soulder sinwa ter. c. lin
drowning passengers were hushed the voice of a
little boy was heard, and it was then first discovered
that a child, about eight years old, was also clinging
to a rope a short distance off. The little fellow,
talking to himself, was saying, " Oh, I can't hold on
much longer! If papa was here he would hold me
up." A man from Illinois, a
fine powerful fellow,
immediately moved a long rope, and seized the boy
as he was about to
.sink. He held on for some time,
tot hisG Given made
as
an
and
nc
ea
al l
reldy out
at ou
sGt
dv ahrry t
toh
e comewe
gh,
attempt to reach him, but in vain. tit that moment
the boat of the propeller, loaded to tie water's edge
with rescued passengers, passed, ant Given hailed
them, and entreated them to save the boy. Mr.
Blodgett, first mate of the Atlantb, who was on
board, jumped out, and swam to the rope, took the
Re was thus saved.
Theboy off,httalned rfeeltitinedorwwtao the
swe
ibtohathia
uncle, who was
drowned. The next boat from the propeller took off
the clerk:, first engineer, and the Illinois passenger.
on landing they assembled together for, the purpose
to Erie, where
The rescued passengers were conveyed
of returning thanks to God for their deliverance. It
composed chiefly
Among the list of
ofmw spssoisontrga teei
msd tghhreaantn
let
msb, oehu
of
fd2mopOre
sr
.ipsehresdon s ,
Cornwell,
Burritt.sister of Elihu
Bay St.
of
Fundy
John ' s, New
hasbeenßrunswick,
papers state that
thecompletely cleared of
American fishermen. A rumour was current at
Halifax that her Majesty's steamer Devastation had
taken four prizes in Charlottetown.
The
A letter from Boston says that Commodore Perry
would return to New York with the steam-frigate
Mississippi in time to leave for Japan on the Ist of
September.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from Washington on the 20th, states
that the Committee on Foreign Relations did not
consider that they were called upon to take any step
towards a settlement of the fisheries question, believ-
ing it to be the duty of the President to take the
initiative, and, after the example of General Wash-
ington, law his views before Congress, and ask for
advice. In such event," says the !Herald's cor-
respondent—
" It is highly probable the British Government would
early become acquainted with our ultimatum. In any
event, unless the British Government disavows an inten-
tion of forcing her construction of the treaty by an
armed force, retaliatory duties will be imposed. The
official edifices received by the last steamer by Mr.
Crampton, it is stated upon what I deem good autho-
rity, confirm the opinion that the British Government
are determined to press the offensive construction of the
treaty, a 9 interpreted by the Crown offiepr., and upheld
upon all occasions by the Earl of Derby, while Lord
Stanley. The Linglish Government will not listen to
any negotiation for opening the fisheries, unless such
negotiations also embrace the whole subject of reciprocal
trade with all the provinces, That Congress in its pre-
sent condition, excited by a British fleet on our northern
herders, and called upon to make concessions almost
under duress, will consent to such negotiations, is out
of the question. The fish difficulty must be settled by
itself before any reciprocity measures for Canada will
be listened to. It is the opinion of many leading and
distinguished men here that it'England persists in car-
rying out the offensive attitude which it is on good
authority believed she has determined upon, by
ig
the headland construction of the treaty, serious diffi. cu
ties must arise. When the subject comes up again e-ehin
as
the Senate it will be seen that recent information,
greatly embittered the feelings of that body. England
must back out.

185'2.

of 1841, forms part of the European Alliance. Its pre-
servation, its independence, and its entirety are indis-
pcmsable to the maintenance of the equilibrium of Eu-
rep-, and every event that has occurred daring the last
twenty years incontestably establishes that Europe in
every respect regards it in that light."

WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND
SOCIETY.
The third annual meeting was held on Tuesday
evening, at St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre, P. E.
Mr. Barnes, Esq., in the chair.
G• Hug ett the secretary, read a letter from
Mr. C. Lu hington, resigning the office of President,
manatee.
on. accountsof his having ceased to represent West-
nster.
On the motion of Me Colvill, seconded by Mr.
Car, Sir J. V. se •
President. Shelley, Bart., M.P., was elected
The third annual reportsta of the committee, as read
by the Secretary,
twelvemonth since the last The lapse of another
annual meeting of the
Society, imposes upon
your
members committee the duty of
presenting to the
Society.the third yearly report
upon the affairs of the
be gratified to know that e The members will
pecuniary moral, and
advantages of the societs"hiaa:v'e been, and
are steadily being realized to an extyent.far beyond the
promoters
most sanguine expectations of its original
The general movement for the multiaiucinhaattiiloin of Free-
holders has been, from the beginning
en-
tirely progressive; and your committee hnow,av
gratification of being enabled to state that theleVetshte- minster Society continues to hold a foremost
position
among the numerous associations engaged in this cause.
The history of the society during the past year is
most satisfactory, as is evidenced by the fact of their
being 1,411 shares now in existence, exclusive of
those taken up on the Kent Town Estate, Moulsey,
the Holmsdale Estate, Reigate, and the Long Ditton
Estate. The members will also find another satis-
factory proof of the continued popularity and effi-
cient working of the society in the large sum sub-
scribed, the receipts for the past year amounting to
6,6851. 15s. 3d., making the total receipts from the
establishment of the society 15,6101. 4s. Bd. The
estates which have now been acquired in addition to
the East Moulsey and Reigate properties (already
reported) are purchasers in Long Ditton, Kilburn,
and Reading. The Reigate and Long Ditton Estates
have been allotted since the committee's last report.
With regard to the Kilburn Park Estate, un-
doubtedly one of the most desirable building sites in
the vicinity of London, the committee beg to state
that the contract for the sewers has been entered into,
and they are now in course of construction, upon the
completion of which the roads will be immediately
proceeded with. The allotting of this estate will
take place as soon as the contract for the roads has
been accepted. The arrangements for the distribu-
tion of the Reading purchase are also being proceeded
with, and will be completed next after the allotment
of the Kilburn Park property. The committee were
influenced in the Reading purchase by their desire to
consult the wishes and interests of the provincial
members; and the ready attention which your com-
mittee have always felt it to be their duty to pay to
the reasonable suggestions of the distant subscribers,
as well as of those residing in the metropolis, has
been, they are glad to say, one of the causes of the
society's present popularity. With the view of en-
suring a permanent value to the allotments the com-
mittee have always adhered strictly to the principle of
securing to the members land suited to building pur-
poses ; and have the satisfaction to know that every
one of the purchases (being eligible building sites)
are daily increasing in value. Your committee de-
sire to express their continued confidence in the sys-
tem of rotation and non-payment of interest, as
adopted by this society, and have much gratification
in referring the members, as the result of that system,
to tho following rates of premium obtained on shares
standing next in order of Allotment, showing an ave-
rage profit of nearly one hundred per cent. on the
capital invested—viz., Kent Town Estate from 31. to
51, Holmsdale Estate from 31. to 71, Long Ditton
Estate from 31. to 51., and Kilburn Estate from 71. to
121. 10i. Tne plots themselves, after allotment, have
obtained the following premiums :—Kent Town
Estate from 71. to 211., Holmsdale Estate from Si.to
101, and Long Ditton Estate from 311. to 641 The
number of voters, in respect of property obtained
through this society, is increasing ; and must con-
tinue annually to increase. In addition to the fifty-
two members who have bad the opportunity of voting
at the late West Surrey election, there are this year
placed on the list of voters, and unobjected to, four-
teen of our members for the Kent Town property,
and eleven for the Holmsdale Estate. The committee
feel that the fullest information should be rendered to
the society, and have therefore, in addition to the
balance.sheet, now in the bands of the members
thought it desirable to present them an abstract of
accounts between the vendors and the allottees on the
estates. The committee think it unnecessary to say
much on the political results obtained by the society;
the recent elections have made patent to the whole
world the important part Freehold Land Societies are
destined to play in the future parliamentary history
of the kingdom. At this time, when it is the general
impression that a large extension of the constitutional
right of participating in the return of Members to
the House of Commons will not be long delayed, it
would seem to be deservedly a subject of honest pride
that while others may obtain the privilege of the
franchise by the tardy concession of an unwilling
Legislature, the members of the Land Societies have
achieved unaided, save by their own united efforts,
that position to which their intelligence, their unre-

THE TURK'
- ------- ---
With regard to the SH LOAN'
Turkish loan, the subjoined
statement of the revenue and expenditure of the
country is understood to
- comprise the information
furnished to the contractors when it was arranged to
issue the present proposals on the stock-
markets of
Paris and London. Looking at the position which
Turkey occupies among the Governments of Europe,
together with the fact that she has no public debt,
that her political and financial honour will certainly
bear a comparison with that of other powers' and
that, as respects the absence of a constitutional
system, she is only in the same
position as her neigh-
bours, there seems no reason to
regard the new stock
otherwise than as entitled to rank favourably with the
general run of foreign loans. The
smallness of the
amount is of course an important element in this
consideration, and another circumstance calculated to
impart confidence consists in the subscription taking
place at Paris as well as in London, and its being
thus divided between the people of the two Stateshe
upon whom Turkey is most entitled to rely. At the
same time it is necessary to remark, in connexion
with the following document, that an exact transla-
tion
of the firman of the 10th of June authorizing the
loan should also be furnished to the public :
" The budget of the Turkish Empire shows
of 750,000,000 Turkish piastres—say 7,000,0001.—an
about an equal expenditure.
Piastres.
6 revenude
The revenue is derived thus Piastres.
on produce of land ... ...
Tax on
. • ••• ..„ ..•
...
220,000,000
40,000,000
Personal tax on subjects not Mussulmans
85,000,000
Customs ...
. ...
...
...
30,000,000
Tribute from Egypt ••• .. •••
Tribate from the principalities of the Ds-
-5,000,000
nube (Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia)
Difie • •
rent indirect taxes, patents, stamps,
1 0 000,000
excise, tolls, post-office, mines, &O. o** -5 '
-----.-
750,000,000
220,000,000

miffing industry, their forethought and self•denial,
show their incontrovertible title ; and all men, of
whatever shade of political opinion, cannot but yield
to the conviction, that the best interest of the country
are concerned in developing the freehold land move.
ment.

The report was unanimously adopted, and a vote o
thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings.
---

t the corner of Regent
---cceAssful attempt to give va-
buo :lc
aTnUdR Es
u.
andSßßeaEkE- Ts
t rAe
e tits cal I
riety to our external architecture by th •
e aid of colour has
Just been accomplished. The colours
carmine, which, assisted by the all- are black, gold, and
sun's rays or the azure grey of the
aPt
ervading yellow of the
co
nto agreeable and harmonious mosphere, are brought
belongs, have not Futvoye, to whom the establishment mbination. The Messrs.
con-
Fined these chaste embellishments
but have carried them to to the shop façade alone,
additional houses having a great depth down Beak-street,
The style of the been incorporated for that purpose.
considerable taste ont.i architecture itself is a mixture, but display'
e part of Messrs. Laugher, Dwyer,
and Co. The trade to new one in
this country,and • be carried on is almost a the
includes •
articles of jewellery, &c., fro Ting,
value of many hundreds down to a few francs, colnPrT
indeed, the finest ture of su
na-
tions, specimens of the art manufacture
notice of
several of which have received the especial n
Majesty and the Royal Commission.—Observer.
the arrival
A fortnight back mention was made of, from Liver-
of the screw-steamer Tamaulipas at St. Tholnaaosc
having cupied only
Liver-
pool, in twenty days and a half, she hanvdia- mail steamer
three days more than the new
West jumble weather from
Magdalena in her run home, with
, ~.,fitarti"ed to Liverpool, and
that port. This vessel has Ps' —shed of an entire voyage
experience has, therefore, been farant
tb on her passage to St.
out and home. It appear% .
b a weather, and that the run
Thomas's she encountered. e _n
di eighteen instead of twenty
might have been accomplia;
d the passage to Liverpool from
days. She has now maays,
d including two days detention
Tampico in twet-siaxn _
d to receive cargo, thus making the
at Havannah coilte -o twenty-four days and the passage from
sailing from Taininc days. She brought 50,000 dollars in
Havannah nineteen ico
p , and this sum, it is said, would have
freight from
increasedTampico,
but for the influence of reports which
been much
circulated that specie was subjected to a higher
had been the Temaulipas than by the mail
rate of insurance by
- The success of the experiment has caused the ship
steames.
to be advertised for a second voyage on the 11th instant, and
it is an '
derstood that similar yes: els are likely to be put upon
the line.
The fact or this competition on the part of a private
firm being even attempted, in the face of a company
subsidized for eleven years with 270,0001. per annum, fur-
nishes a striking suggestion of what might by this time have
been accomplished on the West India route if the buunty
system had not been in operation.

A
. Theepxpproeandimitautree
acmonosuinttts of—
The Sultan's civil list ••• -
Civil list of the Dowager ..gultan;.and 0f 75,000,000
..•
. married sisters. ...... 00 000 000
. 3 „
Army. 8,400,000
Navy
fortifications•••
War stock, attlMUlltiol3, artillery, "41- 30,000,000
Maintenance of the different offices of a
..:. 37,500,000
d.
195,000,000
ministration ...
Foreign affairs,ambassadors,consulate •
, 10,000,000
&c. •••
Dotation of the Treasury for works of
encou-
ragement service, roads and ways,
agement of agriculture, &o. ••• "•
Expenses of different kinds, such as a
grant„„ to the Administration of the
Mosques for the maintenance of the
es-
tablishments dependent thereon, annui-
ties, and pensions
ntheeerg sultana's

10,000,000

84.100,000

5u0:1, 0 00
Abbas, O 0 O
the
more 0 thanvenu
03 00 ,tOTO Ou,roko,,
late , 1
TTularekteryibute arrangement of f
mEgypt
yh a st
the
a beensu l
ta
n increasedw7i by the
Pasha from 30000,000 to 40,000,000
wih'uierhkimshaypibaestrrees.
tpainerord aop:ollasasuregpases.re possesses
in extant
r andiehri
th fertile tVrtb,autndecrgere.itt,ory more than three
tighs:ao4brtd:Fortl' t()tchrionilaca:coduot hPbThPiy:ruis)trxtskajaitnaseehaxotpoiiivfeauilii
piastres
rttieesit:suarrree.: Im:t has no public debt,
with the exception of itspaper circulation, amounting to
1 (about 1,600,0004 bear-
ing interest; and a few months since it was decreed
by means
should be withdrawn from circu-
lationmeans of a special tax, to exist only till this
le
bet is attained, and which is now being regularly col-

TELEGRAPH BETWEEN DUBLIN AND CORK.--The
Cork Examiner says—" We have been informed, upon the
best authority, that a line of telegraph will be completed in
the course of the next three months between Dublin and
Cork, thus bringing the south of Ireland throughout the
length of the Great Southern and Western Railway, in com-
munication with Dublin, and, by sub-marine telegraph, with
London, also with Glasgow, tbrough the submarine telegraph
between Portpatrick and Donaghadee.
CLOSING OF THE NATIONAL AND VERNON GAL-
LERIES.—Notice was issued yesterday at the National
'Gal-
lery, Trafalgar-square, and the Vernon Gallery, Marl-
borough-house, St. James s, that both these fine collections
of ;paintings will be closed to the public during the vaca-
tion, which commences on Saturday, the 11th inst., and will
be re-opened to visitors on Monday, the 25th of October
lnext, when they will be admitted, as usual, gratis, on Mol-
days, days, Twaglus, Wednesdays, aukThurpdays.

" As has been announced in the public journals, a first
Step
paper money, calling in about 4,000,000 f. worth, which
has li,en already made in the withdraNal of tha
Wa
s s publicly burnt in the presence of the Sultan. Besides
thi, Turkey has a floating debt of about 10,000.0001. or
12,000,000 f.. which it owes tothe contractors from whom
it buys for delivery the European products necessary for
i 8 army and navy, &c.
The preceding data are drawn from the best sources;
but it is, 118 may be easily understood, impossible to gua-
rantee their being rigorously correct.
"ig°§l RIM of vier, 'Xurkey, by the treaties

I
, THE RIFLED MUSKET.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
i oir)-1117 attention has been drawn to a letter
, from Sir Charles Sbaw, in the Times of the 28th
iof August, which contains, among others, th
following remarks. He is criticising an article
the Quarterly Review, of which 1 cm the writer :
As it is evident that the reviewer is not only an
officer who has minutely studied his profession, but
has also seen much service in the field, one of his
assertions must not bo passed over,
rifle has no blank-point e
4 that the Mini
alsrtning remark._ Consider'
old and experienced officerthe fol-
lowingc r makes
wwhhaat
te v et
the
.e' e
eTe hs
ei s_
quences will ba when a regiment armed with the Minie
rifle is pressed upon by a line of infantry weilding im-
proved plain-bore muskets; the former givicg their fire
eagerly, perhaps accurately, will be astonisted to fled
that the nearer the enemy approach the less fatal their
volleys become, while the latter, encouraged by the im-
munity from danger which they experience,
will first
shake the ritlereen with a telling discharge, then keel
their bayonets, aud sweep them trove the fiel '; and so
lit will be when cavalry fill upon squares, of
which- the
fire, though very destructive at 200 yards, is even
more uncertain within these limits than beyond them;
such squares will as certainly be broken as they axe
attacked.'"
Your correspondent evidently does not understand
the cess with which he is dealing; otherwise he
would not have impunged the accuracy of a state-
ment which carried conviction to the minds of the
highest military authorities, and led to a careful
revision of the principle on which the rifle was
sighted, and rectification of that and other detects in
its construction.
Pernepe however, others of your readers will be
better Mel.; to appreciate the importance of my sug-
gestion ater they shall have perused the paper herein
enclosed. It is from the pen of one of fire most ac-
complished and scientific officers in the army, and was
drawn up so long as March last ; I did not, there-
fore, speak in April out of book :
" The aim taken over the fixed and lowest sight of the
Minie musket gives a range or 200 yards; and this is
believed by many of the unlearned, and by others who
should know better, to be the point-blank range. This is
not so. The lines of sight taken over the upper surface,
through the notch on that fixtute, gives to the exis of
the musket an elevation of 58 min. 37 sec. in round
numbers 1 deg. This produces a range of 200 yards
to the point at which the trajectory intersects a
second time
sight, and consequently the
linecli o
different nt degrees, higher than that
the
in
throughoutis' all the space comprehended between
flue trajectory
those two points. Thus, while elaborate pains are
taken to ' sight' the rifle-musket from 200 to 900 yards,
there is no sight by which to regulate the firing within
that distance—no point-blank sight, nor anything ap-
proximating to direct ,aiming and direct horizontal
firing.
" Having laid down accurately, with the requisite ele-
ments, the trajectory of the shot at that lowest sight, I
made some important experiments, three days ago, in a
private shooting ground, to try the accuracy of my cal-
culations and conclusions, and found theta fully con-
, firmed.
" A Minie musket was carefully laid upon a steady
shooting-stand, by aim taken over the fixed and lowest
sight, at a Point in the same horizontal plane, 100 yards
average of many rounds, 2 feet 4 inches over the point
upon an ".Thus, infantry armed with these muskets, firing
enemy advancing within 200 yards—a rush of
cavalry, or a charge of infa 3,-7-would, in firing by the
lowest line of aim, fire far tnotoar-
yards
A shot aimed at
the chest of a man at 100 yhos
considerably over his head. hdistance would pass
is
highsescrs deviation from
the aim when the trajectory
verges more or less from the aim throluag3l9 feet, and
utthe space
di-
comprised between the first and second intersetion of
yrecdorrective
cool
the line of aim by the trajectory. The omnol
or remedy for this defect, if not re
would
be the individual intelligence, skill, tact, end
of soldiers so armed to be aware of this s
de-
fect of their weapons, and so allowing for it by aiming
lower and lower, as the enemy comes on within 200
yards up to a certain point, and then reverse the pro-
cess. At 150 yards it would be necessary to aim at the
knee to hit the chest, and at 100 yards to aim at a
little above the ancle ! This will never do. The fixed
sight should be reduced to give 100 yards range (a
dispart sight placed on the muzzle of a musket is ex-
tremely objectionable), and the elevation then carried on
to the folding sight. Thus, commencing at 100 yards,
the range would be so near the point-blank power of the
musket as to serve with considerable and sufficient pre-
cision for all the 'petite distances,' so that the shot will
hit nearly the point aimed at, unless, by the mal-adresse
of the tireur, it miss. But, with the present Milne rifle,
the tireur, firing adroitly. according to the fixed sight,
will be SUN/ to miss at 100 yards a man at whose chest
he has accurately aimed!
" The most important faculty of a musket, for the ser-
vice of the infantry of the line in particular, is for direct
' horizontal firing in close action, but by this detect the
Min é rifle musket is rather adapted to distant firing
than to close action, and the fire of infantry thus armed
would, at that meat critical moment which requires
direct heriz-eital firing to ba poured in with well-regu-
lated precision, and upon which the issue of the battle
will &peed at that important and decisive moment when
the rush or charge is making, the error is greatest, its
existence unknown, its amouut uncertain, end the
rationale of it incomprehensible to any but we trained,
intelligent, and well instru led men; and the serious
consequences of this detect may th,tc,tore ne greatly ap-
i ptehenctee."
Permit me to add, that the question as to the hest
method of ermine; our infantry is still unsettled. Wo
have, as yet, neither a good rifle nor a good musket;
nor can we ever hope to combine in one implement
qualities so essentially incongruous es those that ap-
pertain to each. The Minie firelock will certainly
not keep its ground in the end. It is bad both as a
musket and as a rifle ; but we are in the right direc-
tion, and with so energetic a Master. General as Lord
Hardinge to go before us, I have no doubt that we
shall, in due time, reach something like the point at
which we are aiming.
Your most obedient servant,
A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE " QUARTERLY REVIEW."

Ships i 3 Harblur—The Waterloo, 120, with the
broad pendant at the main of Commodore the Hon.
Muntagu Stopford ; Monarch, 84, Captain C. Hope,
Superintendent of tae Dockyard ; London, 90, ad-
vanced ship, Captain G. R. Mundy; Meander, 44,
Commodore Charles Talbot; Megfcra, 6, steam troop-
ship, Commander J. Johnson ; Horatio, 22, screw
steam guard-ship, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie;
Anaphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, and Cyclops, 6,
steam-sloop, advanced steamers of the first division of
reserve squadron ; Wildfire and Lizard, steam tenders
to the Waterloo and Monarch ; Thames and Hart
yachts.

-In the Fitting Basin—The Achille, 76; Hawke,
72 ; Bittern, 12, Commander Vansittart, fitting for
foreign service.
In Dock—The Howe, 120 ; Ganges, 84 ; Tribune,
30, screw steam-frigate, on the north slip, ready for
launching.

IVoor,wlcu, SEPT. I.—A number of fir A-class
boys, 17 years of age, who have served at sea or in
boats, can now be entered on board the Fisgard fl .g-
-ship at Woolwich, for service in the Royal navy.
The TridPnt steam-vessel, Lieutenant R. B. Har-
vey, built of iron, was payed about three or four
months ago on the outside of her bottom with Mr.llay's
composition on one side, and Mr. Mebin's compoA.
Lion on the other. On being taken into dock here to
have her bottom examined, Mr. hay's composition
was found in such good condition compared with the
other, that the Admiralty have orderf.el both sides of
the bottom of the vessel to be payed with his composi-
tion previous to her departure for service on the Bra-
zilian station.

IMPROVEMENT in GAS MANUFACTURE.
We have occasionally pointed attention to the hydro-
carbons and their singular combinations and changes as
a hopeful source of those improvements and that cheapen-
ing of gas manufacture which we have long anticipated.
The vegetable and animal creation teem with hydroaar-
bonaceous products, which we yet hope to see turned to
public profit in this way without either waste or nuisance,
and with increased convenience as well as economy.
One of the most recent attempts to realize these pleasant
prospects appears to consist in the composition of an
artificial fluid or oil easily convertible into illuminative
gas, by combining pa:m oil with Canada balsam and
caoutchonc in distillation in such a way as to leave no
residuum that is not alio resolvable into the same
vegetable oil in new distillation. Much cbe9per Bnd
_,
more abundant ingredients, however, will doubtless yet
be found to be easily combinable into the requisite it
or solid form that will ield pure
is known, for instance, that linseed oil
to combine
in certain circumstances, such a terdienntoo37
fl,me saon-
that they not only do so, but
bursiteaperiments, with
taneously. Might not some hopetuan
d say turpentine,
abundant ingredients such as these,
common coal, be
resin, tar, bitumen, cannel, endow
fluid result be most
gone into, and the requisite ism
It probable that any three
readily and cheaply
Pt %tilled in common will assume
gas
waintdh cotton have,
or more hydro-carbons distilled
a more distinct and Pel.
anent intermediate form than
- : quits possible, too, that soma
of the more insoluble, any two so distilled. .le, 1
such as cannel, may thus be
d o-carbon acting in association with
a
intermediate bY r solvent one.—Builder.
the fluid form by means of an
highly h-Ar°- ........----------.
readily convertible into

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till d dates,
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h--el3la9n:kh
of Stock.
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mention
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Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, from
inst., till Wednesday, the 20th of October ; re
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inst., till Tuesday, the 19th of Octobe ;Lon
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of Octo-
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from Friday, the 10th inst., till Tuesday, be closed
the 19th
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CAPTURE OF A FLYING FISH AT BLACKPOOL.—
Last Sunday morning, as Mr.. John Pollard, of Leighton-
terrace, near Bacup, was strolling on the shore of Black-
pool, he was surprised to meet with a str, uge fish, which
had been left on the beach by the tide receding from it. He
went towards it, when it made an attempt to fly at him.
He then called to some persons near him tor assistance, and
soon afterwards captured the monster. It was found to be
a flying-fish, with tour wings and two feet, and measured
54 inches in length and 25 inches in breadth. Mr. Duke,
of the New Inn, intends to have it preserved.—Preston
Chronicle.

AN EARTHQUAKE AT SEA..—The following is an
" On the 17th July,
extract from the log of the Tropic, arrived in the Downs -eTs—
at 7. 20 A.M., being then 70 deg.on
from Jamaica, a severe n;ngt
nearly two minutes the shockt ofb an ear!thqsumalg,bc ti
t and wind
very light, ship going 21/w2 water
el:Aral:and steering west
by north, when the shock commencedP on port quarter, and
progressing forward, ended on the starboard bow; the ship
had then lost her way, and the watch below ran out of the
forecastle, declaring the iron tanks (each containing four
hundred gallons of water) were dancing in the 'tween decks.
NA, bile the horrid rumbling noise continued going along
under the bottom, the sensation en deck was that of a
ship tearing over rocks at a violent rate; in a few minutes
the ship was quietly gliding through the water, at three
miles per hour."
EMIGEATION FROM BEISTOL.—The ship Vellore
has left this port for Melbourne, freighted with a large
number of passengers and cargo for the all-absorbing gold-
diggings. The passengers numbered nearly 300, and their
departure occasioned quite a sensation in the city. Thou-
sands of persons of all grades crowded down to the Cumber-
land-basin to see her start, a steam-tug towing her down the
river Avon. She passed along amid the cheers of the as-
sembled spectators, of whom there were 7,000 or 8,000 pre-
sent. Emigration is
.taking place to a large extent from
Bristol, and an effort is being made by y the authorities to
obtain the sanction of Government to its being made a port
for the departure of Government emigrants, on the ground
that it is most centrally situated for South Wales and the
rest of England.

Lord Colchester arrived in town yesterday, and
transacted business at the Board of Trade. His Lordship
otprad tV Kidinouke in the Afternoon.