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

N°.17,811.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SUN, OCTOBER 25, 1849.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW NOVEL. BY MISS SINCLAIR.
On Saturday next, 'will be published, in 3 vols , post fivo.,
SIR EDWARD GRAHAM ; or, Railway
Speculators. By CATHERINE SINCLAIR, Author of
" Modern Accomplishments," " Jane Bouverie," &c.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longnrins.

On Saturday, rovember 3, will be published, in 2 vols. post Bvo.,
D ALLEN; or, the Past Age,
By DAVID HANNAY, Esq.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

Just published, Third Edition, fcp. Bvo., 2s. 6d.,
ITEALTHY 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 Terminatisn 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. GULLY, M.D., Fellow of the .Royal Medical and
Chirurgical Society, London.
_ _ _

London: John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

Malvern : H. Lamb.

NEW WORK, by the Author of " JANE EYRE."
On Monday neat in 3 vols. post Bvo., price It. I ls. 61., cloth,
HIR LE Y. By C RRER BELL
Author of " Jane Eyre."
• Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill.

SKETCHES OF CANTABS.
Now ready, price 2s. 6d., in cloth, gilt edges,
SKETCHES OF CANTABS
By JOIIN SMITH (of Smith-Hall), Gent.
London : George Earle, 67, Castle-street East, Berners-street
Oxford-street.

" We have laughed heartily at Mr. Smith's Sketches, and are
moved to recommend them to the reader who has a taste for real
mirth, sly humour, and gentlemanly good• natured satire. They have
much of the manner of Mr. Thackeray, who is evidently a favourite
with the writer ; but they have notliing of common-place imitation
about them, and beneath their surface of banter and persiflage there is
a good spirit and useful intention. The little work comes opportunely
in aid of the grave and excellent advice of the Times,' on occasion
of the freshmen's commencement at both Universities."—Examiner.

" A more entertaining little book we scarcely ever remember to
have read. Many a well-known character, and well-remembered
scene, is here depic ed with great spirit, and will be recalled with
interest to the minds of those who have been familiar with such
scenes."—Observer.

CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, &c.
Persons suffering with either of the above direful maladies
will derive all the benefit they can desire by using ROOFF'S PA-
TENT IHPROVED RESPIRATOR; or, Pure Warm Air Breather,
the only invention for the purpose, and acknowledged by eminent
physicians to be the most useful instrument ever brought before the
public. Having the appearance of a scarf, it is worn without objec-
tion.—Depot, 183, Strand, London.

RAPHAEL'S PROPHETIC MESSENGER,
1850, Half- a-Crown.
Raphael refers to the fulfilment of his predictions in the Prophetic
Vessenger for 1849, particularly to the fatal climax the cholera at-
tained on the 10th of September, the amount of deaths numbering 432
in the metropolis on that one day. The predictions for September,
1842, open with this memorable notice :—" One ofthe most important
of the configurations of the month is the quartile aspect of the son and
Mars on the 10th." "It was from the stellar orbs afflicting this sign
that the celebrated William Lilly was enabled clearly to predict the
great plague and fire of London."

LONG EVENINGS MADE SHORT.
MECHI'S famous BAGATELLE TABLES
manufactured on the Premises, 4, Leadenhall-street, London,
make long evenings appear short, and combine calculation with amuse-
ment, price 31. 10s., 4/. 10s., V. 10s., up to 12/. Sold also by his
Agents, Speirs and Son, Oxford ; Powell and Lounge, Leeds ; Eastee,
Liverpool; Wooltleld, Glasgow; Pratt, Bradford; Thompson, Not-
tingham ; Stephenson, Hu11; Squlers, Dover ; Steel and Rix, Nor-
wich. None are genuine without Mechi's name.

L.

No alphabetic characters we see,
More requisite in trade than L. D. ;
Which letters of the alphabet, I deem,
Will furnish Moses with a tidy theme.
Pounds, Shillings, Pence, in all their worth we see
Embolied in the cy-p'lers, L. S. D.
In all transactions, all affairs of trade,
These characters are legibly displayed ;
And well 'twould be if no one would abuse
The arithmetic signs which thus they use.
The ancient adage daily goes Its rounds,
That p ace amount to shillings—shillings, pounds.
How necessary, then, that all should see
The importance of improving L. S. D.
These characters may be improved by all
Who favour Moses' warehouse with a call.
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 changed to golden L.'s.
I here all,de to moderate prices paid
For all the articles in Moses' trade.
The reader can't do better thin to try
Moses and Son's superior s ipply.
Sound quslity 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.
LIAT OF PRICES.

READY MADE.
Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every
style . £0 S 6
The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0
The l'aletot, ditt0........ •• .. • • 0 18 0
Chesterfield, ditt0.......... •. •• 1 0 0
The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style
of Ov.r Coat ••• • • • •••••• • • .. • • • 1 5 0
Shootin? Coats . .
Loung;ng or Morning Coats .......... •• .. 0 4 6
Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .... 0 4 6
Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6
Ditto Vests .. ..... •• •• 0 2 6
Black Silk Telvet Vests ••.. • • • 0 13 8
Dress ('oats
Frock Ditto ••••• • • • • • ••• •• .•••••• .. • • .. 0 19 0
Touths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style,
Hussar and 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 . • • • .
The l'aletot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0
The Eglinton Wrapper, a very el.-Tant style of
The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest
style, lined throughout . • •• • • • ••• • • • 2 10 0
Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and
Doeskin ..
Best Black Cassimere ditto .. •• • • • • • • 1 6 0
Autumn and Winter Vests . • .• • • 0 8 6
Best Black Cloth ditto •• • .. •.•••• • • • • • • 0 13 6
Black Silk Velvet ditto ........... ..... 0 le 6
„ Dress Coats •••• • • • • from 325. to 2 IS 0
„ Frock ••••••••.. • • • • • • • • from 355. to 3 3 0
Hussar and Tunic Suite...... .......... from 1 5 0
Superfine •..••••• • • •• • .
Dien's Shooting Coat ........ • ••• • . .. 0
Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety,
from - _

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 11. 10s.
The new book, entitled " The Minion of the Million," with full
directions fir Selt-measurement, can be had en application, •r for-
warded, post 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. MOSES and SUN, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothier., Hatters,
Elosierr. Furriers. Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
155, 156, and 157 Minorier, and 82, 81, 45, and 86 Alslgate, 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 fer obvious reasons,
hey beg to state that t"ey have no connexion with any other honse
in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far-
oite, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ;
t .ose who require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call
et or sand to the minorics and .aldgate, City, London ; or either of
the Branch Establishments, as above.

A A E.
74 One half the world are desolately single, and the other
iapposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
tmse of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
sitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
mmprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
Vol social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
dement. Honour and justice demstnel that health should form an item
in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIILVERWELL'S little
11EMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is.
each (by post, in stamps, Is. Gel. each). Let no imaginatively
-efined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
03' misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
hem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, tut
,sir the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
they aro offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
together, aro a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
Attie publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by cost Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They aro not merely
pamp nets, 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-
servance of the maxims ho would inculcate—to do unto others as he
woctx be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
'herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann,
39, Cornbill ; Spokes, 5, Holborn-hill ;or direct (by post or ether-
wt,e) front the nether (who may be conferred with personally,
mornings and rveninsm), 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 should 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
gymnoti 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 are 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 onshore by non-conducting pieces of dry wood.—
Humboldt's Aspects of Nature.

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 Nore. 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 Sphynx, 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 and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, 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 :

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 N icolas (Dec. 6, 1848), to the rank of
lieutenant.

Commander Vansittart entered the navy in June,
1831, 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.

THE BRAZILS.

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. llenwood, Mr.
Nuttall, Mr. Westwood, Mr. Blarney, Mr. Pengilly,
Mr. Rastels, Mr. Candido, Mr. Masset, Mr. Gianello,
Mr. Gallino, Mr. Lima, and Mr. Tobler ; 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 135,0001., the prin-
cipal part of which was effected at 26d. Several
amounts were passed at 25-3- ' and 251. On
Paris 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
bags of sugar ; 27,199 hides, 1,000 tanned half-hides ;
82,963 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 for the better descriptions. Prices had
been, for

Superior washed and pulped, 4,500 to 5,500 per aroba ;
Superior 3,800 to 4,000 —lst 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

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 Terros) 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 505.
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
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Majesty's ship Griffin and three Brazilian vessels of
ar, 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
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.

AEROSTA'fION.
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 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 S. Clare, which has
given me a perfect knowledge of what is to be en-
dured, and how far aerostetion is practicable in those
regions, and the more 1 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
tAject 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 AmTILLERY.—WooLwIcir, OCT. 24.—The
whole of the Royal Artillery off duty assembled in light
marching order, at half-past nine, A.N., 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 Toinkyns; 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-Generai of
Artillery. The Royal Horse Artillery immediately after
moved of? 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 Cottage,, 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.M.

evening from
Dispatches were sent off yesterday
the Colonial-office for the Governors of the Mauritius
and Labuau.,

ermouth, 4 yrs, Bst llb—Hinda colt, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—
Tisiphone, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Backbiter, 4 yrs, Bst—Quasl-
caodo, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Doctrine, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Watch-
dog. 5 yrs, 7st 10113—lieraun, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Fugleman,
4 yrs, Bst 61b—Glenalvon, 3 yrs, 7st 121b—Champion,
3 yrs, 7st 41b—Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Mounseer,
3 yrs, 7st 81b—Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.
Handicap for two years olds; D.M.—Falcon, Bst 71b
—The Earl of Strathmore, 7st 121 b—f by Gladiator, out
of Marchesina, sst 121b—Estafette, Bst 21b—Satire, 7st
1 I I b—ch f by Jereed, out of Muff, Bst—Rabelais, 7st 71b.
Sweepstakes for three yrs old and upwards ; A.F,;
winner to be soli for 2501—Dulcet, aged—Antagonist,
5 yrs—f by Vulcan, out of Lodola, 3 yrs—Vasa, 3 yrs—
Grace, 3 yrs.

Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old; T.Y.C.;
winner to be sold for 801.—La Voleuse, 3 yrs—Sylvia,
3 yrs—First Chance, 3 yrs—ch f by Gladiator, out of
Aslalibran, 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 Ithuriel, out of Maria—Eunuch
—Pdluaela—f by Gladiator, out of Dilbar.

Sweepstakes of 50 sous.; Ab. M.—Only Damask, Bor
deaux, Pitsford, and Greenwich left in.

The Glasgow Stakes.—The following are scratched:-
Sergius, Bender, Jet colt, Pontifex, and Sidas.
Match, 200, Ift, 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 HAwICK BRANOIT OF THE NORTH BRITISH.—
At length we are enjoying th 9. benefits of railway
communication throughout the whole line to Edin-
burgh. On Saturday morning a number of tracks
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 7kd. and Bd. 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 NORTIPWESTERN.—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, 274/. 17s. 2d. ; receipts for
nearest corresponding week of year 1848, 277/.155.
BELFAST AND BALLYMENA.-The traffic on this
railway for the week ending Oct. 20, 1849, was as
follows :-Passengers, 6,332 , amount, 3061. ls. Bd. ;
goods, 1461. 16s. Bd. ; total, 4521. 18s. 4d. Corres-
ponding week, 1848 :-Passengers, 6,867 ; amount,
318/. 6s. 2d. ; goods, 104/. 17s, 3d.; total, 4231.35. sd.
ULSTER.-The traffic en this railway was, for the
week ending October 21, 1849 :-Passengers, 10,440 ;
amount, 455/. 7s. 11d. ; goods, 295/. 4s. 2d. ; total,
750/ 12s. Id. Corresponding week, 1848 :-Passen-
gers, 8,551; amount, 438/. 7s. 5d.; goods, 362/.
18s. 7d. ; total, 801/. 16s.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
(From Eliza Cooh'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 plat'. At Stamford the sport was bull-hunting.
The poor brute was tortured into fury by pouring
turpentine on its buck, 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 lining 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 his 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 de 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 Hydrabad, giving an
account of a remedy which he had wed 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 thero 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 is 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 bo rendered available for
baths, &e. Below this rock the miners cut through
various metals for about fifteen yards, when they camesive
to the mine, which is four feet six inches ththicek ,t,pexc exclusive
of what is called the " buzzard" coal o
miners have frequently found saltwatenrin the top. The
mines
thes in
Ince, but we believe that this is the discovery
first of
source from whence it emanated.—Preston Chronicle.
THE LATE MYSTERIOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY
AFFAIR AT CHELSEA.—NYC 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
McGuire, 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
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 have met his death as it is suspected by
foul means, his identification may be a matter of consi-
derable diffistilty.