The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-05 00:00:00

014130 N, THURSDAY ZVENING

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIGHTON RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Pavilion mblt•s of 30 s, vs. each. 20 0; for two yrs
old, colts. Bst, 71h; and fillies. Bst 31b; winners of a
sweeprakes of 200 sovs. value, 510. extra, twice, 71b
extra. T.F.C. (8, Subs.)
Mr. R. H. Neville's Dover
Duke of Ric!rnond's R•floc.tion
Count Bathyany's E4remont ••• ••• ..Mr. llostyn s Mastiff .. ••• •• 4
3 to 1 on Dover, who male all the running, and won
easily by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 18 sees.
The Brighton Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, with 100 added; the second saves Its
stakes. The Old Course; two miles. (36 Subs., 23
of whom declared.)
Lord Stradbroke's Lyncrus. 4 yrs, Bst 7lb (F. Butler) 1
Lord Cheats-r 6 ld's fby Din John. 3) rs, ist 101 b 2
Sir J. Hawley's 'Vanity, 3 yrs, 7st 91b
Mr. Gratwicke's Joyful, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ,„ 4
Mr. Grevilie's Polka, 4 yr-, Bst ••• ••• ••• 5
Alr. Brown nd Sir Peter Laurie, 4 yrs, Bst 41i) ... 6
sto 2 agst Polka. 3to I eat-h agsi Lyeceus and Vanity,
and 7 to 2 agst Joyful. Won in a canter by three
lengths, the second 'beating the third by a neck. Run
in 3 min. 32 sec,
The Town Plate of 501., added to a Sweenstakrs of 5
soya. civil; tor three yrs old, 7st 31h; four, Bst, 71h;
five, 9st Ilb ; six and aged, 9st 41h, &c. The winner
to be sold for 2501., &c. Heats, the New Course.
Mt. Gratwieke's Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs, ist 131 b 2 1 1
Mr. G. Hobson's Chatham, 5 yrs„ 9st llb ... 1 3 2
Mr. B ,nd's Cast-off, 3 yrs, 6,t 61b ... 3 2 dis
Mr. Elwes's Messenger, 4 yrs, Bat 711) dis
Mr. Boyce', Colleen Bawn, 5 yrs, Bst 71b dis
For the first heat Messenger came in first, Colleen
Bawn second, and Chatham third; but the two first
having, by an oversight of their owners, carried 31b
extra for winning a handicap (handicaps and matches
being excepted), they were distanced, and the heat given
to Chatham. The second and third heats were won in a
canter.

... (J. Marson)

The Marine Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 40 added; three
yrs old, 744 51b; four, SA 51b; five and upwards, Bst
121 b. The winner to be sold for 100!., &c. Heats,
1 mile.
Mr. Shelley's Millwood, 3 yrs, ist 51b... (Mann) 1 1
Mr. G. Hobson's Binnacle, 4 yrs, Bst 51b
Mr. Worley's Headsman, 4 yrs, Sst 51b
Mr. Meiklarn's Duncan, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 5 4
Mr. S. Smith's Black Satin, 3 yrs, 7st slb
Won easy.
BETTING ON THE EBOR HANDICAP.
7to 2 asst ;Mathematician 10 to 1 agst Halo (t)
7 to 1 agst sLr. Martin 10 to 1 agst Deloraine
9to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First 10 to 1 aget Ulysses.
chant'e in the St. Leger.
RADCLIFFE RACES, 1847.
Handicap for the Wilton Cup, and Handicap Sweep-
stakes of 15 sous. each, 10 tt, 5 only if declared on the
9th instant.

SOUTHAMPTON., MONDAY EVENING.—The Royal West
India Mail Packet Avon, Captain R. S. Nort n, with
with the Mexican and West India Mails, arrived this
evening at nine o'clock, and lauckd mails from the fol
lowing places, in charge of Lieurenatit John Fitzßrand,
R.N., Admiralty agent, which were despatched by the
1 15, ordinary Mail Train,
Weather during the voyage.—Fine, with the wind
from the E.N.E., with the exception f one day, when
we had it from the northward and westward, but it did
not remain long in that quarter.
Freight.-286.016 dollars from Mexico, 890 oz. gold
dust, 1,603 oz. British coin, 101 serous of cochineal, and
a general cargo consisting of 127 cases of cigars, 70
boxes of vanilla, and 65 cases of pines.
Dates of Sailing :—Vera Cruz, July 3 ; Tampico,
June 25 ; Havannah, July 10 ; Chagres, June 25 ;
Honduras, 20; Carthagena. 28; Jamaica, July 9; Deme-
rara, 5 ; Trinidad, 7 ; Barbadoes, 9 ; Grenada, 11 ; St.
Kitt's and Nevis, 13 ; St. Thomas's, 16 ; La Guayra,
11 ; and Bermuda on the 20th.
Station, of her Majesty's Ships :—Jamaica,
Imaum ; Havannah, H.M.S. Alarm (sailed Bth June for
Bermuda and dalifsx) ; Vera Cruz, H.M.S. Pers;an ;
Bermuda, H.M. schooner Bermuda (building) ; officers
and crew on board the Royal Oak ; Nassau, July 13,
H.M. surveying hulk vessels Thunder and Lark ; Aug.
4 at 545 A.M., passed the Experimental Squadron, con
:'fisting of four three•deckers, one of two decks, and two
steamers.
Stations of West India Steamers :—S. P. Great Wes-
tern, Gulf ; Thames, at Bermuda. on return to Jamaica
by way of Nassau ; Severn, at Grenada, on her route to
Jamaica.
Ships observed on the voyage :—Passed several on
our return home. 29th July, signalled bark Priscilla,
standing to the southward and eastward, desired to be
reported. On the 30tb„passed the Harvey brig.
News from the Islands .:_Healthy,but the windward
ones in want of rain.

l'antasa, 5 yrs, Bst 111b—Lightning, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—
Grimston, 4 yrs. B,i 21b—llatciiff-, 6 yrs, 7st 91b—Sir
George, 4 y rs, 7st 51b—Magnet, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Intre-
pill, 6 yr, 7st stb—Ludy Flora, aged, ist— Vanish. 4
yrs, ist —The Dart, 6 yrs, 54 1310— Hooton, aged, Est
1 I lb—Maid of Ly toe, 4 yrs, 6st 61b--Nlaid of Disley, 4
yrs, ssi 131b—Smuggler Bill, 4 yrs, 5. 121b—Ibrahim
Pacha, 3 yrs, srt 71b—Comme it faut, 3 yrs, sst 71b.
The Grr at Manchester Cup, added to a Handicap of 10
sovs. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared by the 9th
instant.

Lightning, 6 yrs, Bst 121b—Godfrey, 6 yrs, Bst 51b—
Grinaston, 4 yrs, Bst 21b--Radcliffe, 6 yrs, ist 91h—Mag-
net, 5 yrs, 7sc 51b—Sir George, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Vanish,
4 yrs, 7st 2113—Efoocon, aged, 7st—Romance, 4 yrs, 64
131b—St. Leon, 3 yrs, Est s,b—Tommy Moore, 5 yrs,
6st 31b—Smuggler Bill. 4 yrs, 6st 11b—Maid of Disley,
4 yrs, Est 11b—Ibrahim Maths, 3 yrs, sst 21b—Comme
it Taut, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Brown Fly, 4 yrs, sst Glb.
The Stewards' Cup of 50/. To declare on the 9th.
Lightning, 6 yrs, 9st—Godfrey, 6 .yrs, B.t 9111—Rat-
cliffe, 6 yrs, 8. t—Lady Flora, aged, ist 10ib—Vanish,
4 yrs, 7st 4,b—Magnet, 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Maid of Disley,
4 yrs 6st 21b—Ibrahim Pacha, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Cast-
steel filly. 3 yrs. sst 81b—lrio. 3 yrs, sst 81b—Brown
Fly, 4 yrs, 5 t 41b—St. Lou,e 3 yrs, fiat 210.
DONCASTER, 1847.
The Cleveland Ihmitcap of 20 sovs. each. 10 ft, and 5

only if thchared on Sattp day week.
Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Fancy 'Boy. 4 yrs,
Rst 71b—Plover, 4 yrs, 85t 21b—Winch. ster, 5 yrs,
Bst 21b—Shurstuo, 4 yrs, 7st 111b—Vanish, 4 yrs ist 7lb
—Pilgrim, 4 yri:, 7st 510—Kung of Morv,n, 3 yrs, 6st
101b—"th.• Mangler, 5 yrs, 6sl. 91b—Woodpi-eker, 4 yrs,
6st gib—hector, 5 yrs, 6st 9ib—Sotudus, 4 yrs, 64 71b
r, 3 3 rs, 6st 7111—Chrisiopher, 3 yrs, Est 71b—
%Various, 3 31-s. 6,t 71b—Oxonian, 3 yrs, Est 61b—
Inrabiin Paella. 3 ) rs, Est 41b-1).-vil-ine-eare, 3 3 rs, sst
101b—Don Cse.ar. 3 y is, sst 41E—King of the Forest,
3 yrs, 54 41b—Uheapside, 3 yrs, ssi 4 h—Nerista 3 yrs,
sst 410—Piide of Eden, 3 yrs, sst-- Mary, 3 yrs, 55t—
Sloth, 3 yrs, sst.

The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft,
and 5 only it d, elared on Saturday week.
•

Inheritress, ag d, 9sr 51b—Miss Sarah, 5 s rs, 131 b
—Mentor, 5 yrs, 84 131 n —Burgundy, 4' yrs,'
SiN 12 b
Fancy Boy, 4 yrs, 8$ 10113—Lightning, 4 yrs. 8$ 101 b
Mendicani, 4 y rs, Bst 711,—Chanticleer. 4 yrs, 84 7ib—
Gritnstono, 4 yrs. 8$ sth—Voynton, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—St.
St. Lawrence. aged. Bst 2 h—Rowena, 5 yrs-B'.t 21b—
Sir Luton Sykes, 4 yrs, B,t—lnglew-od, 4 yrs. 7st 121 b
—Neweourr, ag.d, ist 12!13—Eryx, 3 yrs. 7st 10:b
Plover, 4 yrs, 7.. t 10th— Lt,thatio, aged. 7st 61b—Plaudit,
5 yrs, 7.t 61b—Sheraton, 4 yrs, 7$ 61b—Yardley, agcd,
Tat 516—Ent.ui, 4 yrs, 7$ 5 b—Mr. Martin, 3 yrs,
ist 316—Quadruped, 4 yrs, 7$ 21b—Best of Three, 6
yrs, 7st lib—Duke of Kent, 5 yrs, 7st—Arthur, 5 yrs
7st—Miss Burns, aged, ist—Clear-the-way, 5 yrs,
6st 1310—Vanih, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Pilgrim, 4 yrs,
6st 12in—Spi:head, 4 yrs, 6$ 1216.—Movverina, 4 yrs,
6$ 1210—Fitzaden, 5 yrs, Est 1 216—Fitzwillism, 4 yrs,
6$ 1016—Sir George, 4 yrs, 6$ 101 b— Romance.
4 yrs, 6$ 91b—Mathematician, 3 yrs. 6$ 91b—
Dreamer, 6 yrs, 6$ 913—Limestone, 3 yrs, Est 916
—Hitch, 4 yrs, 6$ 81b—Tim Whiffl,r, 3 yrs.
6st 81b—Oxonian, 3 yrs, 6st 816—Alliance, 4 yrs,
6$ 71b— The Wizard. aged, 6$ 716 Wood-
pecker, 4 yrs, 6$ 51b—Croan Prince, 4 yrs. 6st 516
Wanota, 3 yrs. 6$ 516---Elehas, 3 yrs, 6$ 516—Shel.
forth, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Crozier, 3 yrs, Est 41 o—Epirote,
3 yrs, 6$ 41b—The Liberator, 3 yo,s, 6st 41b—Camera
Obscura. 4 yrs, 6$ 416—Maid of Motherwell, 3 yrs, 6,1
41n--Stultz, 3 yrs, 6't 316—Sagacity, 3 yrs, 6st 316
Queen Mary, 3 yrs 6$ 3113—Malt, 4 yrs, 6$ 3;h-- Vra-
weal, 4 yrs, 6st 31b—Mongrel, 5 yrs, 6st 216—Queen
Mab, aged, 6st—Executor, 3 yrs, bst—King of Morven,
3 3 rs, 6st—Erin go bragh, 4 yrs, 6s—Ulysses, 3 yrs,
sst 1216—Ibrahim Paella, 3 yrs, sst 1216—Wiseacre,
3 yrs, sst 1016—Martexi, 4 yrs, 5$ 91b—Punch, 4 yrs,
sst 916-IMoraitre, 3 yrs, sst 81b—C,st steel filly, 3 yrs,
sst 7113—The Admiral, 3 yrs, sst 6th—Sir Peter Laurie,
3 yrs, sst 416—Projectile, 3 yrs, 5$ 41b—The Premier,
3 yrs. sst 41b—Sir Martin. 3 yrs, 5$ 316—Lyme, 3 yrs,
sst—Vanity, 3 yrs, sst—Palma, 3 yrs, ss—Pride of
Eden, 3 yrs, sst—Lady Tightly, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Morok.
3 yrs, 4st 71b—Claribel, 3 yrs, 4$ 716—Pantomime, 3
yrs, 4$ 41b.
The Gold Cup of 3001, added to a Sweepstakes of 10
sovs. each, with 50 for the second. Cup Course.
Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 4 yrs-- Mr. Merry's Lime-
stone, 3 yrs—Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, .5 yrs—Mr.
Bouverie's War Eagle, 3 yrs—Mr. Shelmerdine's %Val
ingate Bar Without, 3 yrs—Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin,
3 yrs—Mr. Mostyn's Wiseacre, 3 yrs—Mr. John Day',
The dero, 4 rs—Mr. Pedles.'s The Coss Lek, 3 yrs—
Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus the First, 4 yrs— Mr. Keegan's
Burgundy, 4 yrs—Lord Eglinion's Ervx. 3 yrs—Lord
Eglittron's Van Tromp, 3 y rs--Alr. St, phenson's The
Black Dwarf, 3 yrs—Mr. J. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes,
4 yrs.

NEWMARKET, 1847.
The following matches arc off b.) const-nt
FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. Duly Laurin& agst
Doubttul ; ditto. Abdiel agst Circassian Maid.
SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.—Eryx agst Bridle ;
ditto, Miami receives 100 sovs from Isirrissa.
HOUGHTON MEETING, THURSDAY.—The match be-
tween Van Tromp and the Liberator, made for 500/.
each, is raised to 1,0001, each.

:ii.UntrßT I

A
?value of ten guineas ; for wi,:eli the following yachts ; vislT 'Pat) AILSA CRAIG.
'grandeur
which
characterises
approachingrtje.Criari,j4. the bold i ol ted
/ started :—Don Juan, 8 tons, the property of the Messrs. :
a'nd w..hich expsanaded
Coop' ; Enchantress, 10 tons. belonging to R. Atkin-
to the eye the less the distal ce between it and us son. Esq. ; and the Pet, Emlward Coxwelt, E•q.
came, excited the wonder and admiration of all.
be-
This was an excellent race, and was decided in the fel-
lowing manner :
Don Juan 1 Aisa rev afar off.
Ailsa, seen at hand is a very different object from
Enchantress ... • lieived At a distance you are struck
...
... ... 2
Pet by the singularity of its position, and its peculiar form.
The Pet, which belongs to Mr. Coxwell, sidicitor, At its base the serene. vastness of the pile, piercing
was, in this instance, also entered to make up the match, the upper air as with a wedge, overcomes the cold-
it being one of the regulation.; of the club that in all ness of curiosity and speculation, and fills you with
races three vessels shall start, or it shall be considered as
no race. an indistinct emotion of awe, akin to that so exqui-
sitely expressed in Coleridge's sublime invocation to
It has been matter of surprise that in such an exten-
sive club as the Rod al Southern, there cannot be Mount Blanc, as he gazed on it before sunrise in the
a
found an adequate number of gentlemen who are suf-
vale of Chamouni. On a base ]bout two miles in
circumference the rock rises 400 feet perpendicularly,
ciently enterprising to sail their yachts so as to afford
a good day's sport, rot only to yachtsmen. but to the and then ascends in the form of a cone 700 additional
numerous spectators who eenerally line the shore on feet, being a together I,lot, feet from the sea-level to
such occasions as these. Regattas,
at the best of times, I its apex. From its perpendicularity, rising up boldly
afford but little interest to landsmen, unless ii be inter- , and at once from the sea, the uneasy sense of terror
esting to see a reasonable number of yachts contesting ; I inspired by rocks that project and overhang the spec-
and it is but sorry work to witness such a paucity of , tator, as if momentarily about to fall upon and crush
vessels contending for prizes, which in tact, are worthy him, is entirely awanting ; but this very circuni-
of some emulation. In this case, however, it is affirmed stance is rather an advantage than otherwise, for
that many yachts were prevented reaching Southampton
under it the
in sufficient time to start, in consequence of light winds. scene actually grows upon you ,in
lam led into these remarks by the tact /hat the bills an-sublimity—the loiser you look the more sensi-
flounced six matches to take place this the first day, and 1 five do you become to its amazing grandeur,
yet on the cards, when they appeared at a late hour, only , greatnesi, and power. And there it stands,
three were staked, and these three numbering only seven that huge remarkable rock, composed, as Keats
bond fide vessels to sail! has beautifully conceived, of "two dead eternities, '
It is to be hoped that to-morrow we may anticipate one for ever above, the other for ever below, the wave !
better sport, for I believe an exertion will be made this Could it but burst silence, to use the figurative lan-
evening by those who take an active management of the guage of Carlyle, and tell what it has been thinking
club to induce members to take a little more interest in of from eternity ! Than this craigvee can fancy nothing
the matter. Regattas are certainly on the wane here, and
unless some little spirit be inlueed into the club it will more suitable for a national walhalla, or a temple in
soon become a nonentity.agesfortheScandinavian gods.
Ossianic or heroic
ancient hindoos had their temples hewn in the solid
The ball will take place at the Club-house this even-
roc s of . ora. afabric.
ing, and I understand a great many tickets are die- k Fllura. Here is erected likewise by
,
posed of. nature, surpassing all others in magnitude, with a
The usual club dinner will take place to-morrow dome to match which even St. Peter's would fail ; all
evening; the commodore, the Earl of Cardigan, in the that is wanted is only Michael Angelo, with his true
chair, supported by the vice and rear commodores as eye and stout arm, for architect., and-the old, stern,
vice-presidents. Ilia Lordship and other officers of the indomitable sea-kings for worshippers ! But lest in
club will afterwards patronise the theatre, having ape- these suspicious days, when the cry of " pantheism"
cially ordered the performances for the occasion. rings so often in one's ear, our orthodoxy be called
The town is fast filling with visitors. Every train
brings a vast accession daily; and now that the elec-
in question, and the charge of a leaning to idolatry
tions are nearly over, and the country more tranquil, it be laid at our door,
times,
is anticipated that the Southampton season Will nut provewhat better Mount Moriah
Old Testament let us suppose another case. In
an indifferent one. - than this could- you find for some devout old Hebrew
THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

man of God, whereon to offer up, in the unwith-
holding obe.dienceprornpted by his deep heart routed
faith, like Abraham's acceptable sacrifice and adora-
tion to the Most High ?
Ailsa Craig, however, is by no means unconnected
with the marvellous. Its history, if the legends of a
remote age could he credited, is singular enough. A.
witch in the Highlands, as the story goes, was build-
ing r
r a
yhfrooumse,
Ireland. In
pllolyi,ehdistwheaydetvo the
north, carry
north, laden with a huge burden of these pon
n heran i stonesficen t
derous materials, he dropt Ailsa Craig by the way,
and Dumbarton Rock farther up the Frith ! Strange
work is attributable to his. Tartarean majesty. The
foregoing is of a piece with the freak handed down
by German tradition. Near Altenhurgh is a rock,
which the united efforts of five hundred men could
not move—the devil put it on his head for a hat, and
carried it in triumph through the fields!
But to return to our description—" From its soli-
tary and detached position," says Dr. Maculloch, this
craggy ocean-pyramid " frequently arrests the flight
of the clouds, hence deriving a misty hue, which more
than doubles its altitude to the imagination ; while
the cap of cloud which so often covers its summit
helps to produce, by concealing its height, the effect
—invariably in such cases—of causing it to appear
far higher than it really is ; adding that appearance
of mystery to which mountains owe so much of their
consequence. What Ailsa promises at a distance it
far more than performs on an intimate acquaintance.
If it has nut the regularity of Staffa, it exceeds that
island as much in grandeur and variety as it does in
absolute bulk. There is, indeed, nothing, even in
the columnary scenery of Ske, or in the Shiant Isles,
superior as these are to Staffa, which exceeds, if it
even equals that of Ailsa. In point of colouring, these
cliffs have an infinite advantage ; the sobriety of their
pale grey stone, not only harmonising with the sub-
dued tints of green, and with the colours of the sea
and the sky, but setting off to advantage all the in-
tricacies of the columnar structure; while, in all the
Western Isles, where this kind of scenery occur, the
blackness of the rocks is not only often inharmonious
and harsh, but a frequent source of obscurity and
confusion. Nothing can exceed the magnificence of
the columnar cliffs on the south 'west and western
sides. Pile upon pile, tier upon tier, they rise, the in-
terstices and tops—wherever in fact the tiniest hold
can be had—crowded with the nests of innumerable
legions of sea-fowl. The din and delay created
amongst these denizens of the rock, as the steamer en-
croached slowly on their domains, was quite astounding,
In quick, long successive strings of thousands upon
thousands, they came wheeling from their haunts, some
taking circuitous flights at a distance, some plunging
and leaping along the surface of the water which
whitened into rough foam as they breasted it sharply
aside, whilst multitudes hovered above the steamer.
filling the whole atmosphere like flakes of snow—the
hoarse screams of all fairly drowning the dash of the
paddles and the snort of the waste pipe. The scene
at this moment—the picturesque beauty of the birds,
the gracefulness of their movements, and their variety
of effect in light and shade, air and sea—baffles all
description. The face of the cliffs, too, were swarm-
ing with the young birds, and reminded us strongly,
of the description given by travellers of the multitu-
dinous-peopled shelves of a Chinese watching house
after the birds have chipped the shell.
Ailsa Craig is the property of the Marquis of Ailsa,
and from it he takes his title as a British peer. The
Craig is let for the purposes of fowling, fishing, &c. ;
land Mr. James Davidson, the jut .111 gent tacksman,
informed us that he usually begins his operations,
aided by two or three assistants, iu the month of MaA,
and during the whole summer is engaged alternatel%
in taking the birds and in the cod and ling fishing off
the rock. The birds, which are prized almost entirely
for their feathers, are taken in two modes. Accord-
ing to the first, a large net is spread over the cliffs to
which they resort, and left there. (Jn being visited
at any time during the day, it is generally found that
as many as will fill a sack or two have entangled
hemselves in the meshes of the net, and the yowler
nes nothing to do but to pick them out and dis
patch them. A very different and much more
perilous practice is resorted to for taking the birds
which resort to the shelves of the perpendicular
rocks—a plan, we suspect, copied from the customs
of St. Kilda. Here, morning and evening, when the
birds are quiescent, the tackaman or at, assistant is
let down from the summit against the face of the
rock by means of a rope, which is securely held by
two people above. The man, thus dangling between
ky and sea, is armed with a long pole, to which is
attached a gin made of hair, and this he slips over the
head of the slumbering goose or gull, draws tight the
loop, and the business is done. The birds thus dis-
patched are cast down below, and picked up by the
boat at leisure. The feathers are sold principally in
Ayrshire and Glasgow for the stuffing of beds ; and,
notwithstanding the immense numbers which are thus
taken, the general mass never seems in any degree
diminished—the feathered multitude in this sense
being like the wave which " takes no furrow from
the keel." In a month or so from this date, the birds
have completed the purposes for which they became
the tenants of Ailsa; they then leave in detachments
according to their kind, and early in autumn, the
myriads of solan geese, cormorants, puffins, links, and
gulls have entirely taken their departure for other
regions. The rock, however, is even then not with-
nut inhabitants, for in addition to great numbers of
rabbits, between forty and fifty goats work hard
amongst the cliffs for a decent subsistence. The rab-
bits are thinned during the month of January, when,
according to the season, from 50 to 100 dozens are
taken off the rock, and as their quality is generally
excellent, they are great favourites in the market
The tenant pays a yearly rent of 341., and seems quite
contented with his dreary occupation, excepting at
seasons when ill-bred persons come off from neigh-
bouring shores, and render all his labour fruitless by
frightening the birds with the reports of their fire-
arms.—Ayr Advertiser.

CRICKET.—KENT v. ENGLAND.—This interesting
match was yesterday broughtT The
a conclusion, Kent
winning by three vrickestesc.on
, 154; total, 221.
thus:—
England, Ist innings, 67;
KeToth,elaßtriintn6ihnzasn.
anti North American; total, 224.
dses3ceonsdcore stood
Catnbria left Liverpoof ye.terda
.pmastseflulgller.stffirthewith the mails and
s and Canada. She went
60,000/. in specie. taking also about
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
E tst India Litai,e, when the Right Hon. the .Earl of
of adnousie Was appointed Governor General of India.
freight Unitedatmip
passengers,
s. mail steam-ship
and 111,.j.r•GPrieral the Right B.n. Sir Henry Pottinger.
Bart., G.C.B , Governor of Madras.
THE LATE ACCIDENT AT BATTERSEA•BILDGE.—
Last evening, at seven o'clock, Mr. T. Wakley, M.P.,
held an inquest at Cnelsea workhouse, on the respective
bodies of Mary k;yles, aged twenty, and Thomas Cox,
aged twenty-six, two of the unfortunate parties who lost
their lives by the upsetting of a boat, near Battersea
bridge, on Saturday, a- me particulars of which appeared
in this journal of Monda) last. Evidence of a character
similar to that already published was given. Verdict in
each case—" Accidental death.
Too STRANGE TO BE TRUE.—The following strange
paragraph is given by the Universal German Gazette a.
the 29th ult., as an extract of a letter from Warsaw;
" The abd cation 'of a certain 'illustrious p“tsonage is
ge willulnacistisetshtieonbi,
considered as certain to be shortly made. This report
is said to he connected with the financial affair whieh
made so deep a' sensation a few months ago.
remaindertbe
It i,l
thought this august persons
of his days in Italy. It is not expscted that this
have__ re'
will make any change in the law of succession teyent
Throne. The august personage is
asyonsutfo-
offeriiinogs,viDattelyti.'d'
otirtloierepfearrastr;thtiza
ti or9r IsTictplge, i