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OCTOBER 25 1849

PUBLICATIONS.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
We regret to state that the venerable and distin-
guished Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Hawkins
Whitshed, Bart., G C. 8., is again seriously ill, and
not expected to survive many days. He was made a
captain nearly seventy years ago at least, having
been made a post captain at 18 years of age.
Captain Charles Eden, Private Secretary to the
First Lord, passed through Portsmouth yesterday, on
his way to the Isle of Wight.
We understand that the Phaeton, 50, frigate, when
ready at Sheerness, will be commissioned by Captain
G. Elliot, of the flag-ship at the Nora. She was de-
signed by Mr. White, the eminent yacht builder, of
Cowes, who proceeded to Sheerness on Tuesday, for
the purpose of making some further arrangements
respecting her. She will not be ready for hoisting
the pendant within the next fortnight.
Commander C. F. Shadwell, studying at the Royal
Naval College, Portsmouth. has been ordered by the
Admiralty to be in readiness for employment at
twenty- four hours' notice. It is supposed he will be
appointed to the Spbynx, steam-sloop, which vessel is
now ready, and is coaling in the basin. She is
rigged, and it is rumoured she will be manned by the
Excellent, gunnery-ship, to take out Mr. More
O'Ferrall to Malta. The Hecate, steam-sloop. is
also ready for immediate service.
The annual promotions of the officers of the royal
yacht Victoria end „Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus
Fizclarence, G.C.H., received the Queen's sanction,
and were officially made on Wednesday last, the 23d
instant. They are as we announced them a month
since :

TFII BRAZILS.

NEW NOVEL BY AII3S SINCLAIR.
Oa Saturday next, will be published, in 3 vols., post Svo.,
QIR ED WARD GRAHAM. ; or, Railway
Speculators. By CATIIERTNE SINCLAIR, Author of
" Accomplishments," " Jane Bouveric," &c.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lon:wins.
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FALMOUTH, OCT. 23.—This afternoon her Majesty's
packet Penguin, Lieutenant Leslie, arrived from the
Brazils, bringing mails and dates from Rio Janeiro
to the 7th, Bahia the 20th, and Pernambuco to the
26th of September. The following passengers came
in her, viz. :—Baron Fretstag Laringhouen, Lady
Child and servant, Miss Pooley, Mr. lien wood, Mr.
Nuttall, Mr. Westwood, Mr. Blarney, Mr. Peugilly,
Mr. Rastels, Mr. Candid°, Mr. Masset, Mr. Gianello,
Mr. Gallino, Mr. Lima, and Mr. Tobin-; with Mr.
Dailey and Mr. Bunt, steerage passengers. She has
also about 20,0001. on freight in gold and diamonds.
By this arrival we find that the exchange at Rio had
experienced a slight alteration since the departure
of the previous packet. The transactions during
the interval were estimated at 135,000/., the prin-
cipal part of which was effected at 26d. Several
=mall amounts were passed at 25,1 and 251. On
['girls and Hamburgh the business had been very
limited, at 370 to 366 on the former, and 680 to 675
on the latter place. The shipments in August were
166,099 bags of coffee, against 136,533 bags in the
same month last
.year ; .27 cases, 373 barrels, 170
begs of sugar ; 27,199 hides, 1,000 tanned half-hides;
32,963 ox and cow-horns; 355 ipipes of rum ; 661
bags of rice; 628 rolls of tobacco; 1,246 barrels of
tapioca ; 2,522 planks of Jacaranda, and 818.321 b. of
ipecacuanha. The coffee business continued brisk for
several days following the departure of the last packet
(Seagull), but on the receipt of less favourable ac-
counts both from Europe and the United States the
demand became more restricted ; ',nevertheless, holders
kept very firm, and prices continued on the rise,
principally fur the better descriptions. Prices had
been, for
Superior washed and pulped, 4,500 to 5,500 per aroba ;
Superior 3,800 to 4,000
Ist Good 3,400 to 3,600
Ist Ordinary 3,100 to 3,200
2d Good 2,800 to 3,000.
2d Ordinary 2,450 to 2,600
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i SPORTING I NTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET 110 riJGHTON MEETING.
NEWMARKET, TIIESDA` NIGHT.—The short interval
between our return from the heath and the departure of
the last train obliged us to forward our parcel without
the particulars of the race- for the Cambridgeshire. We
now subjoin them:—
Ribaldry took the lead tat starting, followed by Miss
Ann, Woolwich, Vangui tr d, Rathaiines, and Rhesus;
Raby and a.host of other iiitht weights lying up. They
ran with scarcely any cha nige to-the Duke's Stand, where
Miss Ann and Rathmines dropped back, the front rank
now being composed of Itifibaldry with a slight lead et
Raby, who was on her r ig ht, Rhesus, Glance, Wool-
wich, and Collingwood. ,About halfway between the
Duke's Stand and home, P;ti by went up to Ribaldry; his
rider at the moment raise I his whip, and the horse in-
stantly hung towards Ribr dd ry, but certainly neither ran
.against or crossed her. ECe was immediately pulled into
his proper track, went o' i with the lead, followed by
Rhesus, and 'won very cleverly b a length, Rhesus
ating Ribaldry by a len gith and a /half, Glance a very
good fourth, Woolwich fifth, and Collingwood sixth.
Run in exactly two minut es.. On returning to scale the
rider of Ribaldry made a complaint against the rider of
Ruby, on the ground that; he bad crossed him, and the
matter was gone into bete ire, the stewards, shortly after
the races, when, after ex, tm ining several of the jockeys,
it was decided that there was no evidence whatever to
support the complaint. Taus terminated a Cambridge-
shire Stakes which, in the extraordinary fluctuations in
the betting, and the intermt it excited among all classes,
has had no equal.
In our return of the race, for the 10 son. Stakes, last
half of Ab. M., we omitted. to state that, owing to the
similarity of the colours worn by the riders of Basti-
lion and Hind of the Forest , the former was declared to
be the winner. It was some time before the mistake was
discovered. • •

On Saturday, Yov'ember 3, will be published, in 2 vols. post Bvo.,
N." ALLEN; or, the Past Age,
By DAVID HANNAY. Esq.
London: Longman,Brown, Green, and Longmaus.

Just published, Third Edition, fcp. Bvo., 2s. 6d.,
HEALTHY SKIN ; a Treatise on the Manage,
meat of the Skin and Hair, in relation to Health.
By ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S.
London: John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

Dr. GULLY on the WATER CURE.
Just published, Second Edition. post Bvo. cloth, price 7s.
THE WATER CURE in CHRONIC DISEASE;
an Exposition of the Causes, Progress, and Terminaticin of
various Chronic Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Lungs, Nerves,
Limbs, and Skin; and of their -Treatment by Water and other
Hygienic Means.

By JAMES M. (SULLY, M.D., Fellow of the Royal Medical and
Chirargical Society, Lortdon.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. Malvern : 11. Lamb.

NEW -WORK by the Author of " JANE EYRE."
On Monday next in 3 vols. post Bvo., peen It. I ls. 61., cloth,
HIR LEY. By CURRER BELL,
Author of " Jane Eyre."
Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill.

Lieut. Edward Westhy Vansittart (1842), to the
rank of commander.

Mates--Herbert Campion (June 22,1848), Charles
Trelawney Jago (Nov. 9, 1848), and Belville Gran-
ville Wyndham Nicolas (Dec. 6, 1848), to the rank of
lieutenant.

BETTING .AT NIGHT.
TKE NITKIMET STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Bastinsdo 6 to 1 agst Frenoh Susy
6to 1 agst The Monk f7to 1 agst Little Jack.
TZE
to I agst Ghillie Callum 140 to 1 agst Dehmon
to 1 eget Mildew 40 to 1 agst Windhound(t
to 1 agst C;inker 40 to 1 apt Garforth
to 1 agst. Cyprus 40 to 1 agst Compass.
ACCEPTANCES FOR DIE NURSERY STAKES.

Commander Vansittart entered the navy in June,
1881, passed his examination August, 1837, and was
promoted for his conduct as mate of the flag-ship
Cornwallis, 72, during the operations on the coast of
China, where he served on shore at the capture of the
Woosung batteries. He has served as' lieutenant in
the Superb, and Spiteful, steam-sloop, in the East
Indies; in the Hibernia, flag ship of Sir W. Parker,
in the Mediterranean ; and since Jan. 1, 1848, in the
royal yacht.
Lieutenant Nicolas is the son of that distinguished
officer, Captain Superintendent Toup Nicolas, C. 8.,
K.H., and received his appointment to the royal
yacht for his services in New Zealand, having served
four years on that station, and having been gallantly
engaged in the various encounters with the hostile
natives.

► Triage 1,500 to 1,700
and, as these prices were an inducement to some
planters to
supplies
had b
accelerateeenm
the sending
mdaingpile thann oftheihreprertoodforuce.
produce,
the
Other planters, on the contrary, intended withholding
their crops entirely till late in the season, under the
impression that the deficiency of the present crop
will then be more apparent, and they will succeed in
getting higher prices. The sales in August amounted
to about 150,000 bags, and to the 6th of September
(the day previous to the Penguin's departure) to
10,000. Stock computed at 70,000 bags. In August
the clearances were nearly 167,000 bags, of which
62,500 were for the United States, 13,000 for Ant-
werp, 100 for California, 1,685 for the Cape of Good
Hope, 71,248 for the English Channel, 500 for
Genoa, 5,655 for Havre, 616 for Lisbon, 1,717 for
London, 3,235 for Malta, 1,844 for Marseilles, and
5,249 for Trieste.
In sugar (Campos and Terros) prices ruled, for
Redondo, 2,600 to 2,800; Batido, 2,400 to 2,600;
avd Muscado, 1,600 to 1,900. The arrivals from
Campos (almost of new) had been about 2,000 cases
-and 4,500 barrels and bags, and from Pernambuco
1,200 barrels and bags, a great portion whereof had,
been sold at the above quotations.
Freights were—for England and the English
Channel, 40s. to 455. • Antwerp, 52i. 6d. ; Ham-
burgh, 405.; and the Mediterranean, 455. to 503.
There was no political news of any moment current
in Brazil. The elections had nearly terminated in a
most quiet manner, and in favour of the Government.
During the time the Penguin lay in the harbour
of Bahia an American vessel succeeded in entering
the port and landing a cargo of between 600 and 700
slaves, at a point close to where the packet was

6t
Lord H. Lennox's William the Conqueror 8 lb
12
Mr. Greville's Cariboo .... 8 4.
Mr. Ga.nnon's Regina
Lord Chesterfield's c by La uercost, out of Con-
certina .. .. 7 11
Mr. Fowler's The Monk...—, 7 8
Mr. Robson's ch f Laura . 7 7
Lord H. Lennox's Little Jack 7 3
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Village 7 3
Duke of Richmond's Hama+ Scarum 7 0
Mr. Lawson's Shamrock ..,. 7 0
Lord Chesterfield's f by Don John, out of Sister
to Ainderby
Lord Exeter's Ghio by Scats ri, out of Merope
Captain Lowther's Bootblack'
Lord Clifden's Rabelais.. . 6 7
Mr. Meiklam's French Susy... 6 7
Ur. Merry's Countess
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APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants—W. C. Harris (1811) to be agent tc
e Princess Royal transport; 8,. H. Wharton (1841)
o the Agincourt depot ship of Devonport ordinary.
Clerk —Albert Lea (1847) to the Spiteful steam-
sloop, at Devonport.,
Assistant Surgeon—William F. M`Clinton, acting,
to the Scourge, steam-sloop at Portsmouth.
Gunner—Henry Burgess to be acting.
COAST- GUARD SEIZURE AT PounstouTn.—Lieut.
Joseph Brown, of the Coast-Guard, stationed at
Portsmouth, made a seizure of smuggled spirits of
some importance on Monday night. Mr. Brown was
out that night in the Solent, with his galley and four
men ; a number of boats had collected on the middle
shoal in the Solent, fishing. The revenue galley
pulled amongst them, and boarded a wherry, appa-
rently very deep in the water, and found in her no
less than 49 tubs of spirits. There were four men on
board, but no resistance was offered. The wherry
belonged to Gosport, as did also several of the smug-
glers. The wherry and spirits were deposited at the
Custom House on Tuesday, and the four men were
committed to the new gaol at Winchester.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, 5 P.AL—Wind westerly,
moderate and cloudy.
The Ganges, 84, Captain Smith, C. 8., In ill not be
ready to leave Devonport for Plymouth Sound until
the 28th instant. She bra entered about a hundred
men since her arrival at Devonport. •
The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, has commenced
entering men at Queenstown,l to fill up her comple•
meat to 720.
The Leander, 50, Captain S. C. Dacres, has been
removed from the basin at Portsmouth, and taken
alongside the dockyard jetty. She has not yet re-
ceived her armament, and is about 80 petty officers
and seamen short of her full complement. The time
for being ready for sea has been postponed to the sth
of next month.
The Octavia, 50, new frigate, at Devonport, has
been ordered to be fitted for ordinary at that port.
The Serpent, 12, Commander Barker, now ready,
and manned at Portsmouth, is ordered to sail on the
30th for the East Indies, touching at Rio, on her

Her Majesty's ship Kestrel sailed from Rio on the
15th of August for the River Plate, and her Ma.
jesty's ship Spider arrived therefrom on the 4th of
September, and remained with her Majesty's ships
Crescent and Hydra; the Vasco de Gains and Iris,
Portuguese; the Brandywine, John Adams, and San
Louis, American ; the Constitucion, Affonso, and
Berenice, Brazilian ; and the Algerie and Entrepre-
mint, French vessels of war. At Bahia she left her
Majesty's skip Griffin and three Brazilian vessels of
war, and at Pernambuco there were five Brazilian
war vessels.

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.
Letters received from Sir John Richardson an-
nounce his arrival at Norway hiouse, Lake Winipeg,
on the 14th of August last, on his way home ; he may,
therefore, be shortly expected to reach England.
The whole party were in perfect health, and had re-
covered from the fatigues of their sea-coast voyage
performed in the summer of 1848, from the Mackenzie
to the Coppermine Rivers, in search of Sir John
Franklin's expedition, the particulars of which were
fully detailed in Sir John Richardson's letter of the
16th of September, 1848, on his arrival at winter
quarters on the Great Bear Lake, and which letter
was published in our journal of the 12th of July last.
Mr. Roe, who accompanied Sir John Richardson,
was left with a select crew of active men, to proceed
dawn the Coppermine River this summer, to examine
the opening between Victoria and 'Wollaston lands,
and to aid any party that Sir James Ross may send
towards the Coppermine over the ice.
We hope shortly to be able to announce the safe
return of the faithful friend and former companion of
Franklin, who so nobly undertook an arduous, haras-
sing, and dangerous enterprise, to endeavour to save
the life of his gallant associate in former perils, such
a 3 have rarely been encountered, and who appears to
have carried out that enterprise in a manner highly
satisfactory, having deposited pemmican on various
points of the coast for the use of Sir John Franklin's
party, should they abandon their ships and seek the
continent of America.

way to Singapore.
The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, is to leave
Devonport on the Ist proximo, with the mails for the
coast of Africa.

The Contest has been masted, and will be forthwith
brought forward for immediate commission. It is
likely that she will take the December mail to the
coast of Africa.

The Hogue, 60, screw-ship, Captain Macdougall,
as we stated, left Queenstown on the 21st fora cruise.
She was ordered to
,return to Queenstown after
twenty-four hours' exercise of her engines and ship's
company.

The -Terrible, steam•frigate, will be out of the
hands of the shipwright department by the 12th of
November.

The Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Knox,
is reported ready for sea, at Woolwich, this day. She
is about a dozen bluejackets short, which she will
complete at Portsmouth, on her way to the Medi-
terranean.

The Spiteful, G, steam-slopp, Commander Carmi-
chael, has removed from Devonport Dockyard to
Barnpol, and is ready for sea, manned within two
or three. She goes to the Mediterranean to relieve
the Rosamond.

AELtOSTATION.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six,—Having watched with great anxiety the
laudable exertions which have been made, as well as
the propositions offered, for the discovery of that
daring adventurer, Sir John Franklin, I beg respect-
fully to propose an experiment, certainly a novelty in
this instance, and which from its first invention ought
to have been made use of in exploring expeditions—
viz., the introduction of balloons. I, an humble indi-
vidual, am prepared to volunteer my services as an
aeronaut to accompany any party who may be en-
gaged in the service of the Government, or otherwise,
for the above purpose ; and I feel thoroughly con-
vinced, from my experience in the science of aerosta-
tion, that some benefits must result.
I would wish it to be understood I am thoroughly
acquainted with travelling in the northern regions,
having been as far north as 72 deg. by sea ; and at
one period, during a hunting excursion in North
America, I was out 18 months in the vicinities of
Lakes Huron and Superior, and wintered to the
northward of Lake Winnipeg with a party of Chip.
peway Indians, from River St. Clare, which has
given me a perfect knowledge of what is to be en-
dured, and how far aerostation is practicable in those
regions, and the more I study the practicability of
this experiment, the greater is my confidence in the
certainty of its utility. Suppose, for instance, an
altitude of two miles is attained, a panorama of
at least 1,200 miles would be placed within observa-
tion ; besides, the party sought for seeing a foreign
of floating in the air, would no doubt make
signals, by hoisting flags or firing guns which would
direct the attention of the aeronaut to their where.
abouts.

The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Lord F.
Kerr, has been shifted from the basin to the jetty, at
Portsmouth, alongside the dockyard. She has com-
pleted coaling, but has not received her guns ; her
destination is said to be Lisbon. The Ordnance de-
partment, as usual, is all behind.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master-
Commander Cook, has some engineer defects to be
made good at Woolwich.

The Rattler, screw-sloop, Commander Cumming,
arrived off Benin, July 11 ; she had taken a large
Brazilian schooner slaver, American built, after a
chase of several hours, and only succeeded in captur-
ing her by the breeze subsiding.
The Sprightly, steam• vessel, Master-Commander
Allen, is progressing slowly, at Portsmouth, in her
equipment; her defects are not yet completed by the
dockyard.
The Confiance, steam-tender, Master-Commander
Marsin, arrived at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, from
Devonport, with some seamen supernumeraries for
the ships fitting ; and also a detachment of the Royal
Marines, lately serving in Ireland.
ARMAMENT OF OUR STEAM VESSELS..—WO under-
stand that within the last fortnight the Admiralty
have been working up the Ordnance Department to
the completion of the armament of the steam-vessels
(screw and paddle wheel) now being brought forward
in reserve. This week their Lordships have ordered
the armament of the Amphion to be prepared, which
is to consist of the following powerful ordnance :
Main deck fourteen 32-pounders, 50 cwt, and six 8-
inch guns, 65 cwt.; weather deck, eight 32-pound-
ers, 25 cwt. ; quarter deck and forecastle, each 1
pivot-gun, 10-inch, 87 cwt. Total 30 guns.

I should feel most happy to give a detail of my
plan of operation to any per3on who may feel in-
tc•rested. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obe-
dient servant, _ _

CHANGES AND REDUCTIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENTS .-It is strongly reported, and, although
we have no official confirmation, we believe there is sub-
stantial foundation for the rumour, that the steam de-
partment of the Admiralty at Somerset House is to be
absorbed in the department of the Surveyor of the
Navy. The office of comptroller of machinery is to be
abolished, and Captain Elliott, who now holds the ap-
pointment, is to be transferred to the Coast Guard Ser-
vice, as Comptroller- General, Captain llouston Stewart,
C. 8., who now holds that office, being transferred to
the Board of Admiralty, in the room of Captain Lord
John Hay, C. 8., who succeeds Sir John Louis, Bart.,
as Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard. It is also
confidently reported that the very expensive, very slow,
and over-officered establishment, the Board of Ordnance,
is no longer lo be maintained in its separate and irre-
sponsible existence, but that it is to be attached to the
Horse Guards and Admiralty, as mere branch depart-
ments, with one naval and one military officer, subordi-
nate to the heads of the army and navy authorities con-
ducting the branches, just as the other branches of the
navy are established and controlled.—Herald.

G. B. GALE, Aeronaut.
24, Mansion-house-street, Kennington.

ROYAL A.RTILLERY.--WOOLWICH, OCT. 24.—The
whole of the Royal Artillery off duty assembled in light
marching order, at half-past nine, A.M., and proceeded to
the common, where they were drawn up in contiguous
close columns in front of the Cottages—the Royal Horse
Artillery, under Lieut. Colonel Bell; the right battalion
Foot Artillery, under Lieut.-Colonel Wilson; Captain
I3eresford and Captain Crawford's companies, at present
doing field battery duty, each with 9-pounder guns,
drawn by six horses, the gunners dismounted, under
Lieut.-Colonel F. Warde; the left battalion under Lieut..
Colonel Tomkyns• and the light field batteries, under
the command of Lieut.-Colonel Anderson. Lieutenant-
General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., R.C.H, the
Commandant of the whole, arrived on the ground at ten,
A.M., accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Evans, Lieut.-
Colonel Griffin, Brigade-Major Bingham, and Captain
Tylden, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General of
Artillery. The Royal Horse Artillery immediately after
moved off the common at a trot, proceeding on the east
side of the raservoir to the Dover-road. The Foot
Artillery and the batteries, with the 9-pounder guns,
proceeded by the road in front of the Veterinary Hos-
pital, and the light field batteries round by the rear of
tl.e Cottages, and all met together on Blackheath, where
they were drawn up in review order and marched past
the Commandant at quick time. The troops marched
home through Charlton, and entered the barracks at the
south-west gate. Th© men's dinner hour was put off
until two o'clock, and the guard mounting until four
o'clock, P. 31.

RING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. The Prizes which
were founded by the Rev. Dr. Warneford for the encou-
ragement of the study of theology amongst the matri-
culated medical students of this college, have just been
awarded to Mr. G. May and Mr. A. D. Smith. The
pi izes founded by the late P. 11. Leathes, Esq., for me-
dical students who are found most worthy for their pro-
ficiency in religious knowledge, have been awarded to
Mr. J. K. Spender and Mr. E. A. H. Head. The Divinity
scholarship for the present year has been awardei to Mr
Frederic William Farrar. _ _

Poets view nature as a book in which they read a
language unknown to common minds, as astronomers
regard the heavens and therein discover objects that
escaP9 019lgar ken.-.• Elisa cook'i Journal.

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winner to be sold for 80/.--La Voleuse, 3 yrs—Sylvia,
3 yes—First Chance, 3 yrs—ch f by Gladiator, out of
Malibran, 2 yrs—The Secret, 2 yrs—Humphrey, 2 yrs.
Sweepstakes for two yrs old; winner to be sold for
40 sovs.—Emma—b c by lthuriel, out of Maria—Eunuch
—Palasela—f by Gladiator, out of Dilbar.
Sweepstakes of 50 sows.; Ab. M.—Only Damask, Bor-
deaux, Pitsford, and Green% ich left in.
The Glasgow Stakes.—The following are scratched:—
Sergius, Bender, Jet colt, Pontifex, and Sidas.
Match, 200, h ft, A.F.—Grace receives from Eva.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
ABERDEEN.—The opening of
,this railway which
was fixed for Tuesday, the 23d current, has been
postponed. We learn that the cause of this proceeds
from a delay in getting the necessary certificate of the
Government inspector, in whose mind it would appear
some doubts have-arisen as to the completeness of a
small portion of the works at one point. It is however
gratifying to be enabled to add, that a very few days
will be sufficient to remove this impediment to the
opening of the line.--Arbroath Guide.
THE lIAWICK BRANCH OF THE NORTH BRITISH.—
At length we are enjoying the benefits of railway
communication throughout the whole line to Edin-
burgh. On Saturday morning a number of trucks
laden with coals from the Lothian pits arrived
at the station at Wilton, and were very speedily
disposed of at prices much lower than we have
generally had to pay. Good coal can now be
got in abundance at lid. and 81. per cwt, and
this of itself will be an incalculable benefit to the
town. We have heard that efforts have been made
very lately to prevent Sunday morning and evening
passenger trains being run. Certainly it would be
better if these people would try and keep the Sabbath
in their own way, without asking others to do that
which they do not do themselves when it suits them.
—.Kelso Chronicle.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. —III compliance
with the wishes of the Postmaster-General, this Rom-
pany are about to accelerate the mail service by the
running of express mails during the winter.
SOUTH WESTERN EXTENSION INTO WINDSOR.—
A secure foundation has at length been obtained for
the bridge carrying this line over the Thames, and it
is expected to be opened in a fortnight or three weeks.
EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE.—The directors of
this company propose to take the opinion of the pro-
prietors as to the expediency of declaring, on the
revenue account, a dividend of six per cent. on the
preference shares.

WEST CORNWALL.—TotaI weekly receipts for the
week ending October 20, 274/. 17s. 2d.; receipts for
nearest corresponding week of year 1848, 277/.155.
BELFAST AND BALLYMENA.—The traffic OR this
railway for the week ending Oct. 20, 1849, was as
follows :—Passengers, 6,332 , amount, 3061. Is. Bd.;
goods, 1464 16s. Bd. ; total, 4521. 18s. 4d. Corres-
ponding week, 1848 :—Passengers, 6,867 ; amount,
318/..65. 2d. ; goods, 1041. 17s, 3d.; total, 4231.35. sd.
ULSTER.—The traffic on this railway was, for the
week ending October 21, 1849 :—Passengers, 10,440 ;
amount, 45.5/. 7s. 11d.; goods, 2951. 4s. 2d.; total,
750/ 12s. ld. Corresponding week, 1848 :—Passen-
gers, 8,551 ; amount, 438/. 7s. 5d.; goods, 362/.
18s. 7d.; total, 801/. 16s.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
(Prom Eliza Cook's Journal.)
The royal sport of Queen Elizabeth's time was
bear-baiting by means of savage dogs. To such an
entertainment did the " good Queen Bess" lead the
French Ambassador as to a genuine English treat !
But the sports of the people down to a very recent
date were of an equally ungentle kind. Bull-baiting
was a common amusement in England only sixty
years ago. Many of our large towns have still their
bull-rings—happily only so in name. At Grantham,
we believe, the ring at which the tortured bull was
pinned by the nose, and there baited by bull-dogs, is
still to be seen. The bull-ring at Birmingham is a
noted place. At Stamford the sport was bull-hunting.
The poor brute was tortured into fury by pouring
turpentine on its back, and then setting it on fire, by
pricking it with iron spikes, hunted meanwhile by all
the ferocious dogs that could be got together; and
the grandest feat of all was to hustle the agonized
brute over the bridge into the Witham, there to end
its tortures. And such were the scenes with which
the eyes of the rising youth of England in those days
were familiarized—happily now entirely passed. Yet
such scenes as these were eulogized in the House of
Commons by one of onr legislators (Mr. Wyndham),
some fifty years ago, us manly sports, and calculated
to stimulate the noble courage of Englishmen ! The
pugilistic ring has also been abandoned, except by
the most degraded part of our population. It is no
longer patronized by the Lords and gentry, nor fre-
quented by the middle and working classes. Men
can still be brave, cherish brave thoughts, and do brave
deeds, without needing to resort to such scenes of
frightful brutality to feast their destructive propen-
sities. The Saturnalia of Plough Monday is no longer
known in the rural districts ; nor the cruelty of cock-
throwing on Shrove Tuesday ; nor the barbarous
plough-man's play of riding under a rope on which
live geese and ducks with soaped necks were hung,
and pulling the creatures off, if they could, by the
neck : all these disgusting amusements have been
banished ; and badger-baiting, dog-fighting, and
cock fighting, are, we trust, speedily to follow them.
The world is really growing better—more humane—
more generous—and much less cruel and ferocious in
its tastes.

TILE CHOLERA.—Professor Liebeg, of Giessen, has
forwarded to the Darmstadt Gazate a letter which he
has received from Dr. Maxwell, of llydrabad, giving an
account of a remedy which he had u!ed with great suc-
cess in cases of cholera. It is as follows:—" I have
pleasure in communicating to you a fact which has come
under my notice in the treatment of cholera, that car-
bonate of natron is a prompt and efficacious remedy
against that disease. I administer, on the first appear-
ance of the complaint, a spoonful in a cup of gruel as hot
as it can ba taken. If the stomach rejects it I repeat it
immediately with a little laudanum, and a good dose of
castor oil, or any other purgative, in order to make it
descend into the small intestines, which is the seat of
the disease. As soon as there is found in the evacua-
tions a portion of the oil that has been taken, it will be
perceived that the cure has commenced. If necessary, I
repeat the remedy morning and evening, but in smaller
doses. If several 'Arsons are attacked at the same time
with cholera, I give boluses composed in the following
manner:-3 grains of carbonate of natron, 3 grains of
opium, from 5 to 10 grains of gamboge, 2 or 3 grains of
croton oil, 2i grains of soap, which is given in a mouth-
ful of carbonate of the liquid preparation of natron. In
this manner boluses and carbonate of natron sufficient
for a hundred persons may be readily carried in the
pocket. I shall not enter into any further details, and,
besides, physicians will doubtless hereafter make known
other modes of prescribing the remedy.—P.S. I forgot to
mention that the carbonate of natron relieves the pains
in the intestines, procures sleep, and in a short time re-
establishes the pulse and the heat of the body."
A SALT WATER SPRING IN A COAL MINE.—
During the past week the miners employed in sinking
down to the Arley Mine, at what is commonly called the
Patricroft Colliery, Ince, completed their task, and dur-
ing their progress they have cut through a white stone
rock of fifteen yards thick, in the centre of which, at
410 yards from the surface, they found a spring of salt
water, which, according to their account, makes about
twenty gallons per hour. The water is clear and bright,
and on a temporary analyzation is found to contain
about fourteen grains troy of the different kinds of salts
to one ounce of water. The mines aro the property of
Messrs. Lancaster, the Ince Hall Coal and Canal Com-
pany; and it now remains a question as to hew
farforthis
excellent alkaline spring might be renderedavailable
baths, &c. Below this rock the miners
whencutthrough •
various metals for about fifteen yards,they came
to the mine, which is four feet six inches thick,
top.k, exclusive The
of what is called the " buzzard" coal on
miners have frequently found salt water in the mines in
Ince, but we believe that this is the first discovery of the ,
source from whence it emanated.—Preston Chronicle.
THE LATE MYSTERIOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY
AFrara AT CHELSEA.—We are requested to correct an
inaccuracy which has appeared in several of the daily
papers, to the effect that the body of M'Guaran or
M'Guire, whose mysterious disappearance and suspected
murder has induced the Government to offer a reward of
501., had been found in the Thames, off Erith, Mr.
Broderip, the magistrate before whom the case is under
investigation, yesterday sent for Mr. Russell, the super-
intendent of the B division, upon the subject, who, in
reply to his inquiries, stated' that the body discovered at
Erith was not that of M'Guaran, but of a man named
Damson, of Bermondsey, who was drowned, owing, as
he had been informed, to a small boat in wAch he was
being rowed towards an Irish steamer being run down
by a barge. No clue whatever has yet been discovered
to the missing man M'Guaran, and, owi,ig to the
lengthened-period which has elapsed since his disappear-
ance, should he have met his death as it is suspected by
foul means, his identification may be a matter of consi-
derable difiggity.

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QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY.
)(lure Superintendent Eden, of Woolwich
1, was yesterday in active communication
Lord Mayor with reference to her .Majesty's
le City on the 30th instant, and it is under-
; the general arrangements of the aquatic
, &c., have been agreed upon between the
civic authorities. The details, however,
have yet to be considered before the programme is
issued; but it is likely that the procession will be
somewhat similar to that which was formed on the
occasion of his late Majesty King William and Queen
Adelaide's visit to Greenwich in 1835.
There will be no less than a dozen barges and boats
belonging to her Majesty's service in the royal river
squadron, in which the Queen, Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Ministers
of State, the Board of Admiralty, the principal officers
of the Admiralty, Somerset House,_ the Trinity cor-
poration and Trinity brethren, the Vice-Admiral, the
Hon. G. Elliott, C. 8., commanding in chief at the
Nore; Commodore Superintendent Eden, Captain
Superintendent Sir John Hill, of Deptford Dockyard ;
and entail' Elliot, of the flag ship at the Nore, will
be embarked.
The Lord Mayor's barge, according to present
arrangements, will immediately precede the royal
state barge; and after the barges containing the
distinguished personages above mentioned, those of
the various companies will follow according to se-
niority.
The Right Hon. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence,
G.C.H , the captain of her Majesty's yacht, will have
the honour of steering the Royal state barge.
The most effective means will be taken to preserve
the course from Westminster bridge to the Custom
House free from all obstruction. The entire line on
the City side of the River will be formed by steamers,
and on the Borough side by river barges, alloNiing a
clear space of about 200 feet in width for the royal
and civic barge squadrons to pass through. At
Westminster-bridge it is proposed to form a cordon
of steamers across the River, and the line across the
River below the Customs will be formed by large
steam-vessels. The ostensible charge of keeping the
course clear will devolve upon the Harbour Master of
the Port of London, and the civil force placed at his
disposal, and in this onerous duty he will be assisted
by the boats and blue jackets of the Royal Navy.
Should the weather not prove propitious, it is most
likely that the Queen will select one of her steam-
yacht tenders, instead of the barge, for conveying her
Majesty from Whitehall to the Custom-house ; in
which case the principal personages of the procession
will also be provided with steam-boat accom-
modation.

If the weather should turn out to be fine the barge
procession will terminate at the Custom-house, and
her Majesty after performing the ceremony of for-
mally opening the Coal Exchange, and of most
graciously condescending to partake of the Lord
Mayor's hospitality, will return to Whiteball-stairs in
the Elfin steam-yacht tender.
Both the Fairy and the Elfin have arrived at
Woolwich, and having had their masts removed, and
their funneli made to lower, in order that they may
he enabled to pass under the bridges, are quite ready
for the royal river service, but that no mistake may
occur on the 30th, the Fairy and Elfin will run up
and down the course from the Custom-house to
Westminster-bridge on Saturday next, when their
efficiency and capability in respect of draught of
water, &c., will be thoroughly tested.
We believe all the military bands of the metropolis
and of Woolwich garrison will be in attendance on
this most auspicious occasion.

Yesterday the corporation committee for making
arrangements for the reception of the Queen, and the
committee of aldermen, employed in a similar manner,
assembled in Guildhall and were occupied during the
day in attending to the minor details of the various
duties which have devolved upon them. The whole
of the time of the two committees (both whieh the
Lord Mayor attends) will be occupied until the de-
parture of her Majesty. The announcement that the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are to ac-
company their royal parents was received most en-
thusiastically in the committees.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morn-
ng in the Slopes.
The Royal Family took their usual airings.
The Queen, with his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, and attended by the Countess of Mount Edge-
cumbe and General Wemyss, drove in Windsor Park.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing this morning, accompanied by Lord John Russell.
Lord Waterpark, General Bowles, and Colonel F. R.
Seymour, were in attendance on his Royal highness.
The Earl of Carlisle and the Rev. Lord Wriothes-
ley Russell left the Castle this morning.
Sir David Dundas, Judge-Advocate-General, had
an audience of the Queen at the Castle to-day, and
submitted to her Majesty the proceedings of some
courts-martial.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will dine
with the Queen and Prince Albert this evening.
Lord and Lady John Russell, and the Hon. Ralph
and Lady Mary Abercromby, will join the royal party
at dinner.
The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has relieved
the Viscountess Canning- in her duty as Lady in
Waiting to the Queen.

The Earl of Carlisle returned to town yesterday
from Windsor Castle.

HEALTH of tho QUEEN DOWAGER

(From the Court Circular.)
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager continues much
in the same state of indisposition. Sir David Davies
remains in constant attendance, and Dr. Bright also
attended her Majesty yesterday, at the Priory, Stan-
more.

THE PLAGUE COMES, AND THE
PLAGUE GOES.
(From the Illustrated London News.)
Not often was crime so unmask'd as now—
Oh! not often was earth less blameless;
Great crowds seem to Moloch their lives to vow,
Red murder floats plumedifrom the Preslin brow—
To the god of love few worshippers bow,
And all shameful things have grown shameless.
Unbelief and base sensual greed ingrain
The %an texture of modern feelings;
And the pitying angels with grief complain
That their whisper'd advice is almost vain—
That the foulest of passions grimly reign
In the midst of the foulest dealings.
And loud wars, and rumours of war prevail,
And red blood is potted forth like water;
And the world is fill'd with a far-spread wail,
And such horrors aro done as cannot fail
To make men wax furious and women grow pale,
With the rage, or the dread, of slaughter!
But no more need the murd'rer raise his hand,
LI his vengeance or mad contention!
A shake has been giv'n to the mortal sand
Which metes the days of a numberless band—
They are mark'd and call'd to a diff'rent land
Oh, brief is their time of dissension!
Nor mardcr, nor war, has perform'd the deeds
Which a judgment will soon exhibit ;
The murd'rer recoils as his victim bleeds,
And the conquerer spares certain lands and creeds--
The latter has lines which he ne'er exceeds,
And the former still fears the gibbet.
But that which is coming cares nought for kind,
And respects not any condition ;
Its path is mark'd out, though its eyes be blind,
And its breath is an arrowy silent wind,
And each step it takes is a doom desigu'd,
With a sure and a dread precision.
The vengeance arrives ; but how changed the view !
While the earth icy stricken and pining,
Fair Charity hasten'd, all kind and true,
And o'er many a horror its mantle threw,
And from rich to poor, like an angel flew,
And e'en from above quick relenting drew—
For some gold 'mid the dross was shining.
the furnace blaz'd, and the furnace burn'd,
But the ill was not past redeeming ;
The All Gracious Judge something kind discern'd,
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MILES GEaALD KEON.

EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS....
Meetings fur the formation of local committees are about
to be held in Yorkshire, with the view of forwarding
the exhibition projected by his Royal Highness Prince
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received a commission from his Royal Highness, autho-
rising him to collect opinions and evidence with reference
to the proposed exhibition; and that gentleman and
Wentworth Dilke, D.q., and Captain Ibbetson, are to
form a deputation to explain the matter to the meetings
to be held next week in Yorkshire. The Mayor of
Leeds has also received an official letter in reference to
the subject. The first meeting will be held at Leeds on
Monday next, and the others as follows:—At York on
Tuesday, at Bradford on Wednesday, at Hudder4field on
Thursday, and at Halifax on Friday.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND PUBLIC STATUES,—A
correspondent of the Buildersays—"l visited Westminster
Abbey yesterday morning, and was much struck with
imposing the
statuo of the late Sir W. Follett, by
Behnes; at the same time I could but feel that it ap-
peared sadly out of its place, and in too crowded a situa-
tion. What a find occasion this would have been for the
commencement of a series of statues of eminent and
great men a (particu
' 1 rly with so distinguished a lawyer
as the late Sir Wm. Follett), by placing it in West-
minster Hall instead of the Abbey. It is colossal, and
is placed by the side of another statue, which it throws
into utter insignificance. Again, how much grander the
statue of Lord Maw field would appear if removed to
such a situation as above suggested. Further, they mar
the Abbey. When will this country think properly as
to works of art ?"

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