The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

LON DON, TUESD A. IT EVENING, OCTOBER 5,

to receive the unanimous congratulations of the an-
dEnce. The afterpi,:ce was a transatlantic ballet comique
by M. Leek!req—Theßoatnicn of the Ohio. Mrs.
and Miss Louise Leclercq danced some very pretty
characteristic solos to popular American melodies,
arranged expressly for this ballet by eiiss Louise Le-
clercq, which brought down upon them thunders of
applause. Sam Slick, a clock maker, Dandy Jem,
and Julius Cwzzr, a piccanini slave, found capital re-
presentatives in M. Leclercq, M. Leclercq, jun., and
Master Arthur Leclercq. On Tuesday was played
a legendary drama entitled the Fayre Lasse of Ply-
mouth. Michael Erie (Mr. T. C. King), the maniac
lover, is driven to despair and madness by the 108 S of
his sweetheart, who is carried off by Lord D'Arville
(Mr. Warde), and for many years the unfortunate
Michael wanders about a houseless and incurable mad-
man ; till at length he meets with D'Arville, the cause
of all his iiijuries, and upon him he takes a terrible
revenge. Miss Page supported the character
of Mary the " Fair Maid of Plymouth."
The after pieces were The Boatmen of the
Ohio and The Broken Sword. Oa Wednesday, The
Peasant Boy was performed. Mr. King played as
well as need be the part of Baron Montaldi, whose
cunning and treachery were, well depicted by the
actor.

COURT Citi.CULAR,
BALMORAL, OCT. 3.
Hor Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Aiberl
drove yesterday to see the Burn of the Vat.
Sir Edwin Landseer arrived at Balmoral yesterday,
and remains on a visit to her Majesty.

A deputation of the Local Board of Health for
Woolwich, consisting of Mr. Edwin Arthur Bernays,
Mr. Joseph Tuckett, Mr. George Hall Graham, Mr.
George Hudson, and Mr. Edward Sargent Clerk, had
an interview with the General Board yesterday, at
their office, Whitehall, for advice on the drainage
works r6quired for that suburban district.

Lord I:4ovaine had an interview with Mr. Secretary
\l'a!pole yesterday at the Home-office.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land,
Gibraltar, and Malta.

SPORTING NOTES.
Nr).
ANALYSIS OF THE CAIIBIZIDGES'AIRE
HANDICAP.

TO THE EDITO.7 OF THE SUN.

Sia,—We are rapidly approaching the termination of
the rPgular racing scallop, for I am now about to take
under consideration the last gree); stake of the year.
The Cambridgeshire Sakes were ushered into exist-
ence in 1839, under the auspices of the Jc-ekey Chib;
and was won the first time by the celebrated Lunercast,
4 yrs, Bst 91b, beating the not less redoubtable lietrisan
Platoff, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b, and ten others, including the
Mickleton Maid, 3 yre, sst 121 b, who was third. Run-
ning second to Lanereost, at a' difference of only 111hs
for the year, was one of the best performances of Hetruau
Platoff. The winners of the subsequent years, ages and
weights, aro as fol!ovv:-1840, Roscius, 4 yrs, 7st 31b;
1841, Vulcan, 4 yrs, 7st 41b; 1842, Ralph, 4 yrs,
Bst 71h; 1843, Nat, 3 yrs. Est 91b; 1844, Evenus, 4 yrs,
7st 10lb; 1845, Alarm, 3 yrs, 7at gib; 1846, Prior
of St. Margaret's, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; 1817, The
Widow, 4 yrs, 7st; 1848, Dacia, 3 yrs, sst 91h; 1849,
Raby, 3 yrs, sst 101 h; 1850, Lsndgrave, 4 yrs, Est 111 b
• (carried 6st 131 h); and last year, Truth, 3 yrs, sst 131 b.
Thus the pull of age is equally divided between the four
and three years old, each age having won it six times.
It has, therefore only once tallen to any other age, that
being in the case of The Widow in 1847.
Of the hundred and seventy-three nominations to the
Stake this year, two-thirds—or rather one hundred and
eight—have accepted; and, in all probability, the field
will be as great ti 3 it uEuslly is: all the great stables
being naturally anxious to carry off the last great stake
of the season.

As Teddington hcad3 the I will begin with
ALEC TAYLOR'S

stable, which contains two of the entries, TEDDINGTON, 4
yrs, 9A 91b, including Gib extra, and SISTER TO SINGA-
PORE, 3 yrs, sst 71b; neither of wilt= can have uny
reasonable CAalleo of taking this stake.
M. DAWSON

has only one—TunNus, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b, who it is re-
ported, will start; bat though the oistinc3 will sink
him, the weight will stop him. and he cannot win.

TORT TAYLOR

has a trio—LADY T/VELYN, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (including,. Gib
'ztra for winniLg the Leamington Stak,..l.); GLADIOLE,
5 yrs, Est 121 h (inclulling 31e extra for her Warwick
victory); and BABETTE, 3 yrs, sst Gib. The first
named, in my opinion, has no chance whatever of win-
ning; the second but an indifferent one; the third has
evidently the best, hut had is the bent.
TOM DAWSON'S
_ _ _

string is the largest entered for ihestake, numbering
not less than nine, namely—Russnle.ouGH, 5 yrs, Bst
sth, whose chance is not altoretner out; STILTON, 3 yrs,
7,st 111 b, who cannot win; KING Cl' TRUMPS, 3 yrs. 7st
515, in a not much better predicament than the last;
THE ITALIAN. 5 yrs, 6st 131 b, whose temper is so very
queer, that without he takes a fancy to go, no matter
what weight there is on him, neither jockey nor any one
else can make him win; colt by Melbourne, out of Sally
Warfoot, 3 yrs, 6st 91b, is a had spec; EVADNE, 3 yrs,
6st 81b (including 61n ext;a), is a very dangerous
animal over this course, weignted perhaps a little too
heavily; BIT OF BLUE, 3 yrs, 6st 21b, a very moderate
animal; LINDRICK, 3 yrs, 6st 11b, who has shown
some running and will again, but not in this race;
and VARMINT, 3 yrs, sst 7ila, who, probably enough,
may be trusted with come of the stable cash. He is
well bred, being by Birdcatcher, out of Parasina, but
has never done au) thing worth mentioning. lam in-
clined to think, at the present moment, that Mr. Meik-
lam's Evadne will be the representative of the stable; and
if she had not undergone so many preparations this year,
having started very nearly a score of times, she would
have been the absolute winner of this race. As it is, if
she runs to win, her chance is decidedly above par.
KENT'S
lot consists of HERNANDEZ, 4 yr.., Bst 51b; who will not
run, having broken down ; OFFICIOUS, 5 yrs, Bst 21b,
who is not in first-rate fettle at the present time; HAR-
BINGER, 3 yrs, Bst (including 61b extra), who, notwith-
standing the weight, will proably represent the stable,
but to no purpose; and CHIEF BARON NICHOLSON, 3
yrs, 7st 81b, who is not thoroughly again himself as yet.
DOCKERAY
has a trio of Mr. Payne's among tho nominations,
namely—GLAucA, 6 yrr, Bst 31b, who has been off her
work, but is now going on right again; ADINE, 3 yrs,
7st 41b, weighted rather too heavily; and COTTON LADY,
3 yrs, Sat 5,b, who, of course, has no chance.

DILLY'S
batch is composed of ARIOSTO, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; GLEN-
LUCE, 3 yrs, 6st 91b; SCARECROW, 3 yrs, Est 51b; and
KNIGHT OP TIER SHIRE, 3 S rs, 65t 21b. The interest
at the present moment entirely centres in the last
named; but, without I am very much mistaken, will
eventualy ho shifted from him to Ariosto or Adine.
More about this lot when I have ascertained which way
the money goes.

STEBBING
has five animals engaged, nameIy:—KINGSTON, 3 yrs,
Bst 31b; NEASHAM, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb; HUNGERFJRD, 4
yrs, 7st 61b (including 61b extra for winning the Great
Yorkshire Handicap); THE INDIAN WARRIOR, 3 yrs,
7st 41b; and ALFRED THE GREAT, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.
Without the last-named is deficient iu preparation he
ought to be able to make the rest of his stable coins-
nioas perfectly safe; Neasham being no go; Hungerford
a bad one, without he is lightly handicapped; and The
Indian Warrior is altogether out of the affair at 7st 41b.
I presume the interest of the stable will be divided be-
tween the great Alfred and Kingston; who, though of
the same ago, are separated by no less than thirty-three
pounds in the handicap.
ISAAC DAY
has only EPHESUS, 4 yrs, Tat 121 b, in preparation for
this event. He is very sanguine of winning with him ;
and has not only backed the horse himself, but several
persons connected with the stable have done so likewise.
This son of Epirus and Enterprise has only accomplished
ono respectable feat out of four efforts this year, and
that ono was for the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot, when,
carrying Est 121 b, be won easily by two lengths from
Little Savage, 3 yrs, 6st (second), and Pan, 3 yra, Est llb
(third), beating twenty others, including Hyacinth and
Knight of the Shire; both of whom, however, were
weighted very stiffly, having carried 6st 91b. Time is'
exactly a stone difference between the weight Ephesus
had at Ascot and that that he will have to carry at New-
market, which I am rather inclined to think will seri-
ously militate against his chance of coming off victori-
ously. J. SHEPHERD
has SIR CHARLES, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b, in preparation. The
course that this stake is run on will suit him; but the
class of animals he will meet, being much above his own
grade, will not.—l am, Sir, &c.,
Oct. 5. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
(To be resumed to.morrow.)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
THE CESAREWITCH STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire—taken
and afterwards offend
11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Ariosto—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Phillips's Lo Juif—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Parker's Bird-on-the-Wing
20 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Weathergage
25 to 1 agst Lord W. Powfrtt's Soaravogue—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ph!egra—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Lady Amyott
33 to 1 agat Mr. Copeland's Candlewick
35 to 1 agat Mr. Batson'slland—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Rogers's King Charming
The only outlay of any amount was on the Knight of
the Shire at 8 to 1, and on Ariosto at I 1 and 12 to 1,
the latter throughout the afternoon being in great force.
THE CADIBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
12 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Knight of the Shire—
tek en freely
20 to 1 agat Major Marlyn's Convulsion
20 to 1 agst Sir W. Booth's Azad
25 to 1 agst Mr. Waller's Ephesus—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Duncombo's Alfred the Great—t
50 to 1 agst Mr. Elwes's Longinus—taken
50 to 1 agat Mr. Combo's Brawn—taken
THE CLEARWELL STAKES.
2 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne—taken
THE PREICDERGAST STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Lord Clitden's Cheddar—taken
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Lord Derby 'a Umbriel—taken and
afterwards offered
25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Pharos—t to 5001.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CONGREGATIONS.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 4.—Notice has been given, that
there will be Congregations on the following days of the
ensuing Michaelmas Term:—
Monday
Monday
* Wednesday Oct. 27, at Eleven.
*Thursday
*Friday Oct. 29, at Eleven.
Wednesday Nov. 10, at Eleven.
Wednesday Nov. 24, at Eleven.
Wednesday Dec. 8, at Eleven.
Thursday
* At the congregations on these days the several
graces recommended by the Statutes Revision Syndicate
will be offered to the Senate.

BILLETING OF SOLDIERS.—IMPORTANT DECISION.
—A case was tried at a justice of peace court held in Orloff
on the 9th ult., regarding the billeting of soldiers. The
person upon whom a soldier was billeted, instead of accom-
modating the soldier in his own house, offered to provide
him with quarters elsewhere; but the soldier refused to avail
himself of it, and brought an action for billet-money. The
justices were unable to come to a decision, and they agreed
to refer the case to the Secretary at War. He was accord-
ingly communicated with on the subject, and the question
may now be considered settled whether or not a householder
is bound to provide accommodation for soldiers in his own
house. The following is the letter from the War Office :.....
" War Office, Sept. 21. 1852.
" Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 10th inst. I am di-
rected to acquaint you that the householder upon whom the
soldier was billeted was not bound to receive the soldier into
his own house; and that having offered to provide quarters
for him elsewhere, the householder has satisfied the obliga-
tion imposed upon him by law.—l am, &c.
(Signed) " B. Hawns."
NEW ARTICLE OF EXPORTATION.—Crowds of
girls and boys are rambling over the face of the country here
in quest of sloes, which they bring into the town in large
quantities, for which they find a ready sale at sd. per stone,
from a man who is styled the " sloe merchant." Already
many tons weight have been shipped off, but their destina-
tion remains a mystery. It would not be difficult, however,
to judge for what purpose they are intended. It is well
known that the sloe makes a capital port wine, as it gives
the rough taste, with a rich colour.— Galway Packet.
ANTWERP, OCT. 2 —The Hors. Mrs. Villiers and
family arrived yesterday by the Gensral Steam Navigation
Company's steam-ship Ravensbourne from London.

ALIE U/CAN NE WS.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.
By the Royal mail steamship Europa, R.yrie cora-
-1 mander, which arrived in the Mereey at four o'clock
this ,:rfternooo, we have advices from New York to
I tho 22d ult. She has 373,168 dollars in specie on
' freight, The Europa experienced head winds during
the whole passage.
The United ;3tates mail steamer Pacific, Nye
commander, arrived at New York on the 1813
ult. ; and the Royal mail steamer Africa, Harrison
commander, on the 21st alt.
General Scott, the Whig Presidential candidate,
was on a political tour through the west. The official
returns of the elections in Missouri. North Girolina,
and lowa show (says the Pew York Herald) the
following general result in each of those States :

" MISSOURI.
inston—Whig.
Vote for Governor ... 32;834

Democratic majority... ...
N,..RTU CAROLINA.
Kerr—Whig.
Vote for G'Jvcrnor ~. 42,993

Prier—Dew
46,302
32,834

... 13,468

Reid— Dem,
48,484
42;993

Democratic mojority
lOWA.
Jenkins—Whig. M'Clenry—Dem
Vote fur Socrotary of State 15,027 16,884
15,0i7

5,49

Democratic majority 1,857
From Maine and Vermont the ofLial returns have
not yet been received, but the following is the result
as far as heard from :

MAINE.

V/11:g. Dm,
Vote for Governor (two D3rn.candidates) 27,990 59,603
27,999

Democratic majority
VERMONT.

Whig. Dem. Free Soi
Vote fur Governor 22,487 14,028 2,137
14,028

Total Do nocratic and Frcesoil vote 23,165
22,417

liNority against Whig candidates 678
Whig Majority over Democrat ... 8,459"
' Advices from Tampico to the 12th ult., via New
Orleans, state that " the City Council opposes Car-
(l,:qias, though the Legislature clothes him with ad-
ditional powers." A telegraphic communication from
New Orleans says—
" Matamoras dates to the 4th inst. have been received,
at which date the caeiten:ient regarding Cardenas's
Mu:patio:l continued. Tee National Guard have de-
clared in favour of Peieto, and encamped on the Ameri-
can side of the Rio Grande. General Avalos has issued
a proclamation, which seems to be in favour of Car-
donas. The principal cities of Tamaulipas are opposed
to Cardenas.
"Governor Lecher, the late Minister to Mexico, left
this morning for Washington.,"
Intelligence had been received at New Yotk from
Para (Brazil) to the 29th August. At that date the
yellow fever prevailed to some extent among the
shipping. A French war steamer had arrived from
Cayenne in search of provisions, the inhabitants of
that colony being in a starving condition.
Telegraphic advices from Quebec of the 21st ult.
say—
" The Assembly have placed in the hands of the Go-
vernor- General the ed,lress to the Queen, requesting
power to pass a Bill for the distribution of the clergy
reserves. This address, after being debated for four days,
was finally adopted, by 52 to 22. Mr. Young, the Com-
missioner of the Board of Public Works, has resigned,
in consequence of the Government having resolved to
put on American vessels passing the Welland Canal the
same tolls as arc paid by British vessels passing both the
Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, and to restore the
differential duties against direct American trade, by
pacing higher duties on goods coming that way than on
those coming by the St. Lawrence. Mr. Ilincks, in be-
half of the remaining members of the Cabinet, ex-
plained to the Assembly that the object of the new
policy was to induce the United States to grant reci-
procity."-

The fishing schooner Charles Knight had been
seized by the British cruisers, and taken into Char-
lotte-town.

We hive Havannah dates to the 14th ult. A
court-martial bad sentenced the persons connected
with the Voice of the People to death.
The Spanish war-steamer Pizarro had been totally
lost on the bar of Mariel. At the time she struck
she was in pursuit of a suspicious-looking American
barque. The barque afterwards turned out to be a
merchantman. There were very few ships in the
harbour.

Since the departure of the last steamer there has
been a steady, uniform demand, for Government
stocks and other leading securities. The demand for
those funds, for the purpose of forming banking capi-
tal, was so great that all offering were readily taken.
Railroad bonds were in good request, and large sales
bad been made on European account.
There was a more buoyant feeling exhibited in the
money-market ; the supply, however, was fully equal
to the demand. Foreign exchange was in good de-
mand. Bills on London, 110 to 1102 ; Paris, 5.121
to 5.15 ; Amsterdam, 40i to 40+ ; Frankfort, 40-1 to
41; Bremen, 79 to 79+ ; Hamburgh, 362- to 36+.
The cotton-market was in a very inactive state; the
stocks in port are very light, but still the little offer-
ing was too much for the demand, and parcels were
obtainable at fully -lc. per lb. reduction.
The wheat and flour markets were a little firmer.
Provisions were unaltered. _

Freights to London, is. 10d. to 2s. per barrel for
flour; 5 d. to Gid. per bushel for wheat and Indian
corn.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrivals cut at Now York—The Pacific and Africa
steamers, Great Western, Montezuma, Clarmont, E. C.
Scranton, and Samuel Lawrence, from Liverpool; Lady
Knight, from Newcastle; Victoria, from London, Isabella
from Glasgow, Penelope from Bordeaux, Kosmo from
Bremen, ,Medcra from Havre, James Raddin from
Glasgow.

Ai-rived at Boston—The Robert, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Baltimore—The Mary Hale, from Liver-
pool; Chesapeake, Adler, and Mibsissippi from Boston.
Arrived at Quebec—The Glasgow, from Bristol, St.
John from Huil, Aurora from Sunderland, Eromanga
from Glasgow.
Arrived at Charleston—The John Routledge and
Edwan from Liverpool.
Arrived at Montreal—The Niagara from Liverpool.
Arrived at Philadelphia—The Mary Pleasants from
Liverpool, Superior from Londonderry, Emblem from
Shields, Douglas from Newcastle.
Arrived at Providence—The Zero from Glasgow.
Arrived at Wilmington—• The Muskingum from Liver-
pool.

EVIDENCE IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY.—The
new rules and orders in Chancery will regulate the admis-
sion of evidence, both oral and documentary, in proceedings
under the new act•, which acts will affect some consider-
able alterations with respect to evidence in the court. The
evidence on both sides, whether taken orally or upon affi-
davit, is to be cloied within nine weeks after issue joined.
The Court has power to enlarge the time, but after the
period fixed no further evidence is to be given without the
special leave of the Court. Any witness who has made an
affidavit is to be subject to oral cross-examination within
one month after the expiration of the nine weeks stated, by
or before an examiner, in the same manner as if the evidence
given by him in his affidavit had been given by him orally,
Any party in any cause or matter may, by subpoena, require
the attendance of any witness to be examined before a❑
examiner, and may use his evidence upon any claim, mo-
tion, petition, or other proceeding, before the Court, in like
manner as such witness would be bound to attend and be
examined with the view to the hearing of a cause. -Under
the new law something like expedition will be attained in
obtaining evidence.

PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.—A young gen-
tleman of Glasgow started on Sunday morning last, at a
quarter past one o'clock, on a pedestrian tour to Dundee, a
aistance of fully 84 miles, and that notwithstanding the dis-
suasions of apprehensive friends, who insisted that his slight-
built frame would prove unequal to the task. Stirling was
reached between seven and eight o'clock, where the amateur
pedestrian breakfasted; and on resuming his journey at the
latter hour he was joined by two of his acquaintances,
whom, however, he was compelled to leave behind at the.
gh
reachedardu-
fifteenth mile-stone, arriving at Perth at ten minutes past
six in the evening. At this stage a halt was made. of three-
quarters of an hour, when, after dinner, the daunti!ss youth
road,e
m oraen dthsaunccegulloyucrse,m
ardu-
ous taskeai n inon little e
ent of this difficult Dundee at 15 minutes past twelve o'clock on Monday morn-
evt
having
morn-
ing. The triumphant accomplishment
un-
dertaking is all the more extraordnindariys
nwo.
thyenet we2l
years
sdeorf
drives the quill in the office of one
'faell heavily during the last
that the pedestrian busily
of our leading storekeepers dsi.y,
age. We may add that the rairi
four miles, so that, from the. sloppy state of the roads, his
progress must have been considerably retarded. We believe
that he is prepared to lay an even bet that he will accom-
plish 90 miles within the 24 hours—the match to come off
three weeks after the posting of the money.— Glasgow Paper.
gold in Australia, there happened to be living in
A LUCKY SPECULATOR,--Shortly before the dis-
coverye a Captain S—, formerly a resident in Liver-
pool.one day an auction-room, he entered it,
mel ouhornf
Passing
though without intending to buy anything. However,
some large tracts of land being disposed of at very moderate
prices, he was induced to become a purchaser. He bought
2,5000 acres, at 2s. 6d. an acre! Scarcely had he done so
when a person in the room offered him 101. if he would
transfer the purchase. The offer was accepted, and it was
arranged that the money should be paid the following day.
But it was not— therefore the land remained in Captain S. 's
possession. It is now of considerable value, being in the
centre of the gold regions.—Liverpool Mercury.
A CUR'S TOILETTE.—An amusing circumstance
occurs every morning in Bridge-street-row, Chester, close by
the entrance to the Chronicle office. When the servant is
employed polishing the external brasses of Mr. Davis's (the
chemist) shop, the spaniel belonging to the latter makes a
point of taking up his station on the stall to watch the ope-
ration, and as soon as it is finished offers his neck to the man
for the purpose of having his brass collar furbished up in a
manner suitable to a dcg of his pretensions. Sometimes the
servant pretends to forget this mark of attention, when Don
takes care to remind him of his neglect by a very significant
bark. The process cf adornment invariably concludes by
the presentation of his paw, as an acknowledgment to his
valet de chien,— Chester Chroniote.

1852.

DEATEI OP .?11R. THOMAS THOMSON.
We regret to have to announce the death of this
gentlemen, which took place at Edinburgh on the 2d
last. Mr. Thomson was a very remarkable man. lie
was a coadjutor of Jeffery, Sydney Smith, and Lord
Brougham in the establishment of the Edinburgh
Review, and was a prominent member of the Liberal
party at the Scotch bar. He bad an incomparably
better knowledge of the history and antiquities of
Scotland than any one of his contemporaries. He
held for many years the office of deputy clerk register,
and in that capacity rendered the most valuable ser-
vices
to the public, by collecting the national records,
and making them available. For there services be
was very ill-rewarded. And it is, perhaps, to he
regretted that he did not employ the time spent
in arranging and elucidating the muniments and
archives of Scotland in writing its history. For this
task he was admirably qualified, as well by his pecu-
liar attainments as an antiquary as by his refined taste
and the purity and ease of his style. But a certain
constitutional indolence rendered him averse from
grappling with any great or continuous labour; and
he contented himself with preparing those materials
for others which he could have used better than any
one e'se. For several years past Mr. Thompson
officiated as one of the principle clerks of session.
Instead, however, of having had to write out the
judgments of others, he should himself have been
judge. But that perfect, knowledge of the law, and
the possession of the other qualities that fit a man to
adorn the bench, do not always raise him to that
elevation. And superficial mediocrity, if assisted by
a lucky combination of circumstances, has little diffi-
culty in Edinburgh, as elsewhere, in rising above the
best sense and the most solid acquirements, if desti-
tute of such aid. Mr. Thompson was endeared to all
who knew him in private life by the gentleness of his
manners, the warmth of his affection, and the variety,
and extent of his information. Though be had at-
tained to a very advanced age, his cheerfulness never
forsook him • and he preserved to the last the fu
possession of? bis faculties.

LOSS OF THE MOBILE.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.—We have made further, inquiries
as to the loss of the Mobile, Captain Tarbox (not Far-
ber), and at:certaieed from Messrs. James Brpane and
Co., the consignees of the ship, that she sailed from this
port on Tuesday morning last, with . between fifty five
and sixty passengers, and not forty, as before stated.
Being favoured with a fair wind she pursued her course
at a rapid rate, and at midnight the captain went below,
leaving the second mate in. charge, with strict injunc-
tions to steer west-southwest, and to see that he (the
captain) was called at two o'clock, or sooner, if the
weather assumed a more threatening aspect. The wind
at the time the captain went below was blowing a fresh
breeze from the cast-north-east, with a heavy sea, which
increased to a violent gale; he was, however, not called
until two o'clock. On coming on deck, the captain in-
quired whether the ship had been steered as he ordered,
and then found that the second mate had misunderstood
the orders given him, and had ordered her to be kept on
a went-north-west course, which had carried her directly
on a lee chore, from which it was found impossible to
extricate her, although every-human effort was made.
We saw two of the meu who were saved, and from them
we learnt that she had eighteen men before the mast, a
cook, and a steward, who, together with the captain and
first and second mates, made a total of twenty-three
hands. The steward's wife was also on board the ship.
From the above it will be seen that the loss of life will
be upwards of seventy souls, instead of sixty as pre-
viously reported.
DUNDALK, OCT. I.—The schooner Mary Elizabeth,
Richards, of Nevin, North Wales, about 11 A.M., on the
30th September, Tara Hill, off Arklow, bearing N.W.,
distant 20 miles, saw part of a wreck with a number of
people on it; bore down on her—got out the boat, and
proceeded to the wreck, which turned out to be the ship
Mobile, Tarbox, of Bath (United States), from Liver-
pool for New Orleans, with passengers. After a great
deal of risk and exertion on the part of Captain
Richards and his crow, they succeeded in saving the last
four of the crew on board of the wreck, who report that
five others were saved previously by a schooner bound
to Glasgow; and.also report that the fifty passengers
(with one exception) were lost, as also the captain,
mate, steward, and twelve of the crew. Capt. Richards
treated the four men with the greatest kindness (one
of them being nearly exhausted), and has landed
them safely at this port. Two of the crew saved by
Captain Richards are Swedes. The ship struck on
Arklow Banks at three o'clock am. on Wednesday,
having sailed from Liverpool on Tuesday, at twelve noon.
DUNDALK, OCT. 2.—The American Consul was down
here yesterday from Dublin, to look after the crew of
the unfortunate ship Mobile. He started •at night to
Arklow, to look after the wreck. A collection was made
to-day by the Harbour Master and Swedish Vice-
Consul to provide little comforts for the poor fellows
saved by the crew of the Mary Elizabeth. The Steam-
packet Company, with the greatest kindness, provided
them with a passage, per the Pride of Erin, this evening,
for Liverpool, where they will be taken care of by the
Swedish and United States Consuls, for whom they have
letters from the Vice-Consul here and the American
Consul at Dablin. Captain Richards and his crew de.
serve the greatest praise for their meritorious conduct
and charitable sympathy for their suffering fellow-orea-
tures.

The following is the testimony of the four men landed
at Dundalk by the Mary Elizabeth:—
" We, the undersigned, being part of the crew of the
unfortunate ship Mobile, wrecked on the 29th ult. off
Arkiow Banks, beg to bear testimony to the kindness
we received from Captain John Richards and the crew
of the schooner Mary kind Elizabeth, of Nevin, who not
only risked their lives in taking us off the wreck, but
also supplied us with food, clothing, and warmth until
we arrived at the port of Dundalk, and provided them
with autttble lodging and board. Whey mast also bear
testimony to the kindness they received from the Swe-
dish consul here, the harbour-master, and the American
consul, who posted et once from Dublin to render them
assistance. They wish to tender their obligations for all
the kindness they have received.

- "C. WYATT.
" JOHN DOLSTREM—X, his mark.
" JOHN BROWNE —X, his mark.
" JOHN BISBURN—X, his mark.
" Dundalk, Oct. 2, 1852."

UPSETTING OF ANOTHER OF BEECH-
-ING'S PRIZE LIFE-BOATS.

Intelligence has been received of the upsetting of
another of Beeching's prive life-boats, which was nigh
being attended by as disastrous a loss of life as the
trial trip of a similar boat, at Lytham, near Liverpool.
As already known, Beeching obtained the Duke of
Northumberland's prize of 1001. for constructing the
most efficient life-boat, and different points of the
coast have been supplied with craft of the above per-
son's build. One of them, intended to be stationed
at Port Madoc, arrived at Carnarvon on Thursday
evening, and on the following (Friday) morning
Mr. Jackson, the surveyor of the Port of Carnarvon,
accompanied by several beachmen from Port Madoc,
proceeded to try her in the Menai Straits. They
pushed off opposite the town, and when about three
quarters of the distance over the Channel, a squall
caught the boat, which carried at the time a large
lugsail, and she was thrown on her beamends. The
wind was blowing very fresh from the south-west,
and a strong ebb tide running. All efforts to right
the boat failed, and she eventually turned keel up-
wards. The occurrence being witnessed from the pier
and shore, assistance was speedily dispatched to the
crew of the overturned boat, who were hanging to
her side. The ferry steamer and the life-boats of the
port, with other craft, made all haste to the rescue,
and eventually succeeded in preserving the poor fel-
lows, who bad suffered much from fear and immer-
sion. One of them, a man named Richards, when
taken off was completely exhausted, but proper resto-
ratives being applied, he soon recovered. But for the
prompt help rendered them, however, they would all
have perished. The' boat, after eome difficulty, was
towed ashore, and it was stated, with what truth we
cannot state, that when righted the two end air-boxes
had water in them. The mishap with such a boat
bas created much excitement.

THE LATE HIGH— GA7 E BURGLARY.
Charles Johnson was again placed at the bar before
Mr. Chester, at the Highgate Petty Sessions, yesterday,
on the charge of burglary and assaulting a policeman
while in the execution of his duty. Henry Donkin,
233 S , stated that he was on duty on Saturday night,
the 25th ult., at about half-past eleven o'clock, and
while passing near St. James's Church, and coming
towards Highgate, he perceived the prisoner carrying
a blue bag and a gun. He questioned prisoner,
when he immediately aimed a blow at him. A struggle
then ensued, during which witness's staff and rattle
were wrested from his hand and flung away, and
witness was compelled to use his cutlass before, the
capture of the prisoner could be effected. he pri-
soner during the struggle inflicted several wounds
to
upon the face of witness, and hadendeavoured
gouge out his eyes. Peter Thwaites, gardener,
identified the articles as the property of his master and
himself. Thomas Blanch stated that on the night in
question he was aroused
by cries of " Murder," and
on proceeding to the Muswel - ill-road, he perceived
the prisoner lying on the ground, being held down by
Mr. Robinson. The policeman, who was bleeaing
from the eyes and face,
was picking up the stolen ar-
ticles. Both policeman and prisoner were in an ex-
hausted state. The prisoner stated in defence that he
did not intend to injure the policeman, which the
throwing away the staff and rattle plainly showed,
but that having committed an offence he was anxious
to escape. The prisoner was then fully committed

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THE WARDENSHIP OF THE CINQUE PORTS.—We
understand there is no foundation for the statement which
has appeared in the papers, that the Earl of Derby has re-
ceived the Wardenship of thei Cinque Ports. We have, on
the contrary, reason to believe that his Lordship has advised
her Majesty to offer it to the acceptance of Lord Dalhousie,
whose absence in India may for some time prevent the actual
appointment from taking place. In the mean time, how-
ever, the duties of that office will be temporarily discharged
by the Earl of Derby.—Herald.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—Lord and Lady John
Russell arrived at Stirling on Wednesday last, en route to
Gart House from Tulliallan Castle, where they had been on
a visit to Lady Keith. His Lordship and family leave their
summer quarters for the south on the 12th inst.—Edinburgh
Orturant.