The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

L.

No alphabetic characters we sec,
More requisite in trade than L. S. D. ;
Which letters of the alphabet, I deem,
Will furnish Moses with a tidy theme.
Pounds, Shillings, Pence, in all their worth we see
Embodied in the cyphers, L. S. D.
In all transactions, all affairs of trade,
These characters are legibly displayed ;
And well 'twould be if nq one would abuse
The arithmetic signs which thus they use.
The ancient adage daily goes its rounds,
That p nee amount to shillinzs—shillings, pounds.
How necessary, then, that all should see
The importance of improving L. 5. D.
These characters may be improved by all
Who favour Moses' warehouse with a call.
By here obtaining Moses' famous dresses,
You'll very shortly change your D.'s to S.'s.
Nay, more than that : experience daily tells
That S 's here are charged to golden L.'s.
I here allude to moderate prices paid
For all the articles in Moses' trade.
The reader can't do better than to try
Muses and Son's superior sapply.
Sound (pi ility and elegance appear
In all the various clothing purchased here ;
And as to pr.ce, you cannot fail to see
What honest use is made of L. S. D.
LLST OF PRICES,

READY MADE.
Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every
The It ulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0
The Paletot, ditt0........ •• 0 18 0
Chesterfield, ditt0.......... •• • • 1 0 0
The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style
ofOv.r Coat ...... .........• .. • • . I 5 0
Shooting Coats ........ •• •• ..
Lounging or Morning Coats .......... • 0 4 6
Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... 0 4 6
I)itto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6
Ditto Vests .. ..... 0 2 6
illack Silk velvet Vest:
Dress Coats ••••• • • • • ... 017 0
Frock Ditto .......... ..... •••• • • • • •••• 019 0
Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style,
from .... • • .... • • .... 0 7 0
Hussar snot Tunic Suits • .
•• 0 14 6
Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests ..... 0 0 8
MADE TO MEASURE.
Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats ..from 1 1
The Chesterfield Wrapper, In a warm ma-
terial, lined .............. ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 8 0
The l'aletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0
The Eglinton Wrapper, a very elagant style of
The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest
style, lined throughout •• •• •. ••• • • • 210 0
Autumn and Winter Trowsers, In Tweed and
D0e5kin.......... ..
Best Black Cassimere ditto ......... . I 6 0
Autumn and Winter Vests •• ..
Best Black Cloth ditto • • •• ••••• . • • • 0 13 6
Black Silk Velvet ditto ......... .• . • • ... 0 18 6
„ Dress Coats.-- .• .• •• • • from 325. to 2 15 0
„ Frock ..... •• • • from 355. to 33 0
Ilussar and Tunic 5uit5........
Men's Shooting, Coat • • • • • ••
.• 0 15 0
Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety,
A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201.
Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c.
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice.
A Suit of Mourning complete for I/. 108.

The new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with full
directions for Self-measurement, can be had on application, •r for-
warded, poet free, to any part of the kingdom.
Notice—The Fur Department is new replete with every novelty
the season.

Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to
measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned.
E. MORES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers. Hatters,
Hosiers, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 85, 84, 85, and 86 Alalgate, City,
London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast
Establishment.

Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
against imposition ; but having heard that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern,"
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons,
hey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other hews
In or out of London, except their Braneh Establishments, 36, Far-
:ate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ;
,nd t dose who require cheep and genuine clothing, /cc., should call
at or send to the IN/inc./des and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of
the Branch Establishments, as above.

A I A E.
ill One half the world are desolately single, and the other
supposing them married. qnestionably contented. Diffidence, or a
'ease of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
altterthe latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
3omprosing hurry ; but the trath lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
nil broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
:ad soeitl content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
-.lernent. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
'eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
lIEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
-ach (by post, in stamps, 11. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
7efined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
mieinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
,hem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
far the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the einpyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two other
ittlo publications claim your attention (same price is. each,
by cost Is. 6d.) caller " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
parnp lets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
Mere Ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
'ife who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servaen of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would he done unto—to live after natere's laws—and to keep always
on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 141, Fleet-street • Mann,
39, Cornh111; Spokes, 5, Holborn hill ; or direct (by post or other-
wi.e) front the anther (who may be conferred with personally,
mornings and aysnings). 10. Argyll-place Regent-street: and all
Booksellers.

How THE ELECTRIC EEL IS CAUGHT.—AII other
fishes fly the vicinity of these formidable eels. Even the
fisherman, angling from the high bank, fears lest the
damp line shoald convey the shock to him from a dis-
tance. Thus, in these regions, electric fire breaks forth
from the bosom of the waters. The capture of the
gynanoti affords a picturesque spectacle. Mules and
horses are driven into a marsh, which is closely sur-
rounded by Indians, until the unwonted noise and dis-
turbance induce the pugnacious fish to begin an attack.
One sees them swimming about like serpents, and trying
cunningly to glide under the bellies of the horses. Many
of these aro stunned by the force of the invisible blows;
others, with manes standing on end, foaming with wild
terror sparkling in their eyes, try to fly from the raging
tempest. But the Indians, armed with long poles of
bamboo, drive them back into the middle of the pool.
Gradually the fury of the unequal strife begins to
slacken. Like clouds which have discharged their elec-
tricity, the wearied fish begin to disperse; long repose
and abundant food are required to replace the galvanic
force which they have expended. Their shocks become
gradually weaker and weaker. Terrified by the noise
of the trampling horses, they timidly approach the bank,
where
they are wounded by harpoons, and cautiously
drawn on shore by non-conducting pieces of dry wood.—
Humboldt's Aspect: of Nature.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants—W. C. Harris (1811) to be agent tc
the Princess Royal transport ; R. H. Wharton (1841)
to 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.
COASTGUARD SEIZURE AT PORTSMOUTII.--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,S P.M.—Wind westerly,
moderate and cloudy.
The Ganges, 84, Captain Smith, C. 8., a ill not be
ready to leave Devonport for Plymouth Sound until
the 28th instant. She has 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-
ment 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 Oth
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
way to Singapore.
The Wolverine, 12, Commander Falcon, is to leave
Devon')9rt 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, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Carmi-
chael, has removed from Devonport Dockyard to
Barnpool, and is ready for sea, manned within two
or three. She goes to the Mediterranean to relieve
the Rosamond.

The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Lord F.
/err, 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
likraailian schooner slaver, American built, after a
@hese of several hours, and only succeeded in captur-
ing her by the breeae 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 VEssm.s.---We 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, eaeh 1
pivot-gun, 10-inch, 87 cwt. Total 30 guns.

RANGES 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 Houston 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 er 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.
KING'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
prizes founded by the late P. H. 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 awarded 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
escape the vulgar kens—Eliza Cook's Journal.

Superior washed and pulped, 4,500 to 5,500 per aroba
Superior 3,800 to 4,000 —lst Good 3,400 to 3,600 —lst Ordinary 3,100 to 3,200
2d Good 2,800 to 3,000
2d Ordinary 2,450 to 2,600
Triage 1,500 to 1,700
and, as these prices were an inducement to some
planters to accelerate the sending in of their produce,
the supplies had been more ample than heretofore.
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 Terms) prices ruled, for
Redondo, 2,600 to 2,800; Batido, 2,400 to 2,600;
and 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, 525. 6d. ; Ham-
burgh, 405.; and the Mediterranean, 455. to 50s.
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
lying.

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 Gama and Iris,
Portuguese; the Brandywine, John Adams, and San
Louis, American; the Constitution, Affonso, and
Berenice, Brazilian ; and the Algerie and Entrepre-
nant, French vessels of war. At. Bahia she left her
Majesty's ship 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 House, 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
down 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
as 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.

AEI{OSTA'IIION-
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—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 introduotion 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 aerostaticn 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
object 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.

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

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

ROYAL ARTILLERY.--WOOLIVIC 11, 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
Beresford 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., K.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 oft the common at a trot, proceeding on the east
side of the reservoir 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
the 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. The men's dinner hour was put off
until two o'clock, and the guard mounting until four
o'clock, P.:11.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial•office for the Governors of the Mauritius
and Lab m.

2 to
2 to
2 to

Mr. Gannon's Regina , 7 11
Lord Chesterfield's c by Lanercost, out of Con-
certina ..
Mr. Fowler's The Monk 7 8
Mr. Robson's ch f Laura
Lord H. Lennox's Little Jack 7 3
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Village 7 3
Duke of Richmond's Hamm Scarum 7 0
Mr. Dawson's Shamrock
Lord Chesterfield's f by Don John, out of Sister
to Ainderby
Lord Exeter's Ghio by Scutari, out of Merope
Captain Lowther's Bastinado
Lord Clifden's Rabelais
Mr. Meiklam's French Susy 6 7
Mr. Merry's Countess
WEDNESDAY'S RACES.

Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs old;
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra. D.M.
dlr. Gratwicke's The Nigger, Bst 121 b walked over
Lord Exeter's Preslaw, Bst 71b withdrew his stake
Match, 300. D.M.
Hr. Payne's Glauca, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1
Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia, Bst 41b...(F. Butler) 2
Betting-5 to lon Glauca. Won by two lengths.
Ran in 1 min. 45 sec.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, 6st 91b;
three, 8,,t 71b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st llb ;
the winner to be sold for 250 sovs. if demanded, &c.
Last half of Ab.. M.
Captain Archdall's Rose Pompon, 2 yrs (W. Treen) 1
Colonel Peel's Sisyphus, 2 yrs ......(G. Brown) 2
Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, 3 yrs... ..(Flatman) 3
Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 2 yrs (G. Oates) 3
Betting—Even on Ploughboy, 5 to 2 agst Sisyphus,
and 7to 2 agst Rose Pompon. Rose Pompon made all
the running, and won easily by two lengths. Run in
52 secs.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft,l for two

yrs: old. First half of Ab. M.

Mr. Stephenson's c by Dromedary, 7st 71b ...(Pearl)
Lord Chesterfield's fby Don John, 7st 101b(Flatman) 2
Lord H. Lennox's The Wren, Sst 71b (S. Mann) 3
Lord J. Scott's Albreda, Bst
Betting-7 to 4. agst Albreda, and 2to 1 each agst
the Dm John filly and the Dromedary colt. A good
race between the first three, the Dromedary colt winning
4y a head ; a length between second and third. Run in
53 sec.
Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for
three yrs old and upwards. The winner to be sold
for 100 sots. if demanded, &c. T. Y. C.
Lord Strathmore's The Probe, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Pettit) 1
Slr. King's filly by Muley Moloch, out of Pendulum,
3 yrs, sst 101 b (lliett) 2
Ur. Wullor's Pottinger, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Wakefield) 3
Lord John Scott's St. Oswald,:s yrs, 7st I llb 0
Lord Orford's c by Cotherstone, out of Mandan°, 3
yrs, ist 71b (Flatman) 0
Ur. St. Aubin's St. Denis, 3 yrs, 6st 81b ... (Miller) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst the Pendulum filly, and 4to 1
agst-The Probe and St. Denis. The lot got off in a
ine, and ran almost head and head into the cords, the
Probe, who then took a slight lead, winning by half a
length. Run in 1 min. 12 sec.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three yrs old, 7st 71b ;
four, Bst 41b ; five and upwards, Bst 81b ; the winner
to be sold for 401. T.Y.C.
Mr. Death's Montpensier, 5 yrs ...... (W. Abdale) 1
Colonel Peel's lone, 3 yrs
Captain Archdale's Paquita, 3 yrs
Mr. Bulkeley's Cigarette, 3 yrs (Purr) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst lone, and 2to 1 agst Montpen-
sier. A capital race between Montpensier and Ione; it
terminated in favour of the horse by a head. Run in 1
min. 14 sec.
Subscription Plate of 50L, for two yrs old, 6st 71b; and
three, Bst 10Ib; the winner to be sold for 350 sovs. if
demanded, &c. T.Y.C.
Captain Hervey's Strongbow, 3 yrs (Flatman) 1
Mr. Newton's Falcon, 2 yrs (Dockeray) 2
Lord Orford's fby Slane, out of Exotic, 2 yrs (Hiett) 3
Colonel Peel's Sisyphus, 2 yrs (G. Brown) 0
Mr. Hensburgh's Nimrod, 2 yrs (Robert Sherwood) 0
Mr. Dennett's Subterfuge, 2 yrs
Betting—Even on Falcon, 2 to 1 agst Strongbow, and
3to 1 agst Subterfuge. The running fur the first half-
wile was made by Nimrod; it was then taken up by the
Slane filly, who went on with it to the cords, where she
was joined by Strongbow and Falcon; a beautiful race
home terminated in favour of Strongbow by a head; half
a length between second and third. Run in 1 min.
14 sec.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old; colts, Bsl
711); fillies, Sat 41b; the winner to be sold for 70 sovs.,
if demanded, &c. First half of Ab M.
Col. Peel's fby the Gladiator, out of Malibran (Rogers) 1
Mr. F. Clarke's General Seydlitz (A. Day) 2
Mr. J. Ford's Eunuch.... (J. Sharp) 3
Mr. William's Pamela (Longstaff) 0
Lord Orford's Mandarin (F. Butler) 0
Meiklam's Emma (Templeman) 0
Mr. Davies's Pansey (Whitehouse) 0
Mr. Goddard's c by Ratcatcher, out of Esperanza 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst General Seydlita, 3to 1 agst
Eunuch, and 4to 1 agst Malibran filly. Eunuch, the
Malibran filly, and General Seydlita ran together from
first to last, the Malibran filly winning a capital race by
t short length; General Seydlita beating Eunuch by a
bead. Run in ono min. 52 sec.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, let
71b; four, Sat 21b; five and upwards, Sat 71b ; the
winner to be sold for 150 SOTS. if demanded, &c.
T.Y.C.
Mr. Pedley's Chatterer, 3 yrs (Macon) 1
Mr. Minor's Shropshire Witch, 4 yrs .. (Rogers) 2
Mr. Drinkald's Thornhill, 3 yrs (Rodney) 3
Lord Enfield's Bryce Snailsfoot, 3 yrs (Flatman) 4
Duke of Rutland's The Fiddler, 4 yrs (W. Boyce) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Chatterer, 2to 1 agst Bryce
Snailsfoot, and 5 to 1 each agst Thornhill and Shrop-
shire Witch. A very close head-and-head race with the
five until within fifty yards of the chair, when Chatterer
went in front, and ran home an easy winner by a length.
Run in 1 rain. 15 sec.
Handicap Plate of 501., for three yrs old and upwards.
A. F.
Major Pitt's Mounseer, 3 yrs, 6st llb. (Rodney) 1
Mr. J. S. Douglas's Sir Gilbert, 3 yrs, sst 121 b
Duke of Richmond's Helter-skelter, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 3
Mr. Green's Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 0
Mr. Crawfurd's Iron Rail, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Rogers) 0
Lord Clifden's Loadstone, 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(Robinson) 0
Mr. Steward's Creole (late Tawney) (Wakefield) 0
Mr. Payne's Glenlyon, 3 yrs, 6st I llb (Dockeray) 0
Mr. Isaac Day's Colocynthis, 4 yrs (Wakefield, jun.) 0
Air. C. Peck's The Swift, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Wells) 0
Mr. Osborne's Carthagenian, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Osborne) 0
Mr. Daley's Cayenne, 3 yrs (car. sst 91b) (Marwood) 0
Betting—Even on Mounseer, and sto 1 agst Glen.
lyon. Loadstone, followed by Helter-skelter, made the
running to the bushes, where it was taken up by Helter-
skelter, who carried it on to the Ab. M. bottom; Moun-
seer then shot ahead, and ran home a very easy winner
by a length. Run in 2 min. 17 sec.
Mitch, 150, h ft, T.Y.C.—Mr. Gregory's Rhesus, 7st
121 b received forfeit from Lord Chesterfield's Ferule,
Bst 61b.

LATEST BETTING.
NURSERY STAKES.

3 to 1 agst Bastinado-5 to 1 agst French Susy-6 to
1 agst any other.
NEWMARICET—WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LATEST BETTING.
NURSERY STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Bastinado (t) 8 to 1 agst Little Jack
6 to 1 agst French Susy 8 to 1 agst Hamm Scaruna
8 to 1 agst The Monk (t)

DERBY.
agst GhillieCallum 20 to 1 agst Mildew (t)
agst Bolingbroke 20 to 1 agst The Italian
agst Knight of 1000 to 45 agst Clincher (t)
Avenal 40 to 1 agst The Nigger
ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY.

Subscription Plate, D.l.—Dulcet,nged, Bst 101b—Cock.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.—III compliance
with the wishes of the Postmaster-General, this com-
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.-Total weekly receipts for the
week ending October 20, 2741. 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. ls. Bd.;
goods, 1461. 16s. Bd. ; total, 452/. 18s. 4d. Corres-
ponding week, 1848 :-Passengers, 6,867; amount,
31V. 6s. 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, 455/. 7s. 11d.; goods, 2951. 4s. 2d.; total,
7501 12s. Id. Corresponding week, 1848 :-Passen-
gers, 8,551 ; amount, 438/. 17s. sd. ; goods, 3621.
18s. 7d. ; total, 8011. 16s.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
_ _

The royal sport of Queen Elizabeth's time was

bear-baiting by 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 our legislators (Mr. Wyndham),
some fifty years ago, as 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.

THE CHOLERA.—Professor Liebeg, of Giessen, has
forwarded to the Darmstadt Gazette a letter which he
has received from Dr. Maxwell, of Ifydrabad, giving au
account of a remedy which he had used 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 be 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 persons 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, 20 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 are the property of
Messrs. Lancaster, the Ince Hall Coal and Canal Com-
pany; and it now remains a question as to how far this
excellent alkaline spring might be rendered available for
baths, &c. Below this rock the miners w
cut through
e
various metals for about fifteen yards, when to
to the mine, which is four feet six inches
yexclusive
of what is called the " buzzard" coal
water the
in the mines in
miners have frequently found salt
Ince, but we believe that this is the firstae discovery of the
source from whence it emanated.—Preston Chronicle.
THE LATE MYSTERIOUS AN) EXTRAORDINARY
AsiAIR AT CIIELSEA.—We aro 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
50Z, 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
Demson, of Bermondsey, who was drowned, owing, as
he had been informed, to a small boat in which 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, owing to the
lengthened period which has elapsed since his disappear-
ance, should he hare met his death as it is suspected by
foul means, his identification may be a matter of consi-
derable difficulty.

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