The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Marquis of Normanby arrived at Osborne House
on Friday, on a visit to the Queen, and had the honour
of joining the royal circle at dinner.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived, at
six o'clock on Friday afternoon, attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, Bart., from her
residence, Frognuire House, Windsor.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked on Saturday,
both morning and afternoon, in the pleasure-grounds of
Osborne House. •

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
went to the beach on Saturday.
The Marquis of Normanby left Osborne House on
Saturday.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort took their usual early walk in the pleasure grounds
of Osborne House, and the royal children took their ac-
customed airings.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of'
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strehtz honoured the perform-
ance of the Italian Opera with their presence on Satur-
day evening.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Lord
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, Earl Grey„theChancellor of the Exchequer,
the Earl of Auckland, Sir John llobhouse, Lord Camp-
bell, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde,
Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Council sat two hours.
A numerous deputation of the drug trade, among
whom were Mr. Drew (chairman), Mr. G. M. Mowbray
(secretary), Messrs. C. Barron, D. B. Hanbury, T. Roper,
H. J. Preston, G. Tonge A. White, G. Meggcson, W.
Squire, J. Savory (President of the Pharmaceutical So-
ciety), J. Bell, 'l'. N. R. Morson, P. Squire, T. Barkley,
and J. I'. Barry, oi London; and Messrs. J. F. Macfarlan
and G. Blanshard of Edinburgh; Messrs. T. Standing
and J. Woolley, of Manchester, azcompanisd by the
Member for Durham, Mr. Bright, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, on
the subject of the intended Excise regulations, under
which it has been proposed to place chemist and drug-
gists. Mr. John W oud, the Chairman of the Excise,
and Mr. Hart Davis, the Deputy Chairman were pre-
sent at the conference.

Viscount Falkland (late Governor of Nova Scotia)
has arrived in town. His Lordship attended at the
Treasury on Saturday.
Dispatches were s,nt off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India
Colonies.

The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paulet and Sir
Frederick Trench, attended the early service yesterday
in the Chapel Royal, S. James's. Prayers were read by

the Rev. Jr.) Wesley. At the daily service the prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. H. Dakins, and the lessons
by the Rev. T. Helmore. The sermon was preached
by the Rev. F. Perkins. The Anthem " 0 Lord give
ear" (Greene) was sung by Messrs. Hawkins and
Hobbs. Mr. Cooper presided At the organ. The Mar-
quis of Winchester, and Lords Churchill and Dillon,
were among the nobility present.

LITERATURE.
THE BRITI6II QUARTERLY REVIEW.
No. VII.

Although somewhat of a bantling among the quar-
terlies, the present has already acquired for itself a high
character for classical erudition, philosophical astute-
ness, and healthful morality. The seventh number is
an admirable illustration of the two latter characteris-
tics. To us the most valuable—we had almost said in-
valuable—contribution, is one commemorative of the
celebrated William Hyde 'Wollaston, one of the most
eminent and industrious of the many eminent and in-
dustrious practical philosophers of Great Britain. WU)
the reviewer we are astonished that no one has hitherto
assumed to himself the honour of being the biographer of
so great an intellect. It is indeed matter of astonishment
that, while many memoirs have been written of the career
of Sir Humphrey Davy, the life of his scarcely less cele-
brated contemporary should never have been narrated
to the extent of one substantial volume. We observe
a very singular blunder of judgment in one observation
uttered by the reviewer, namely, where he doubts the
petulant chagrin of Wollaston on being rejected by the
council of St. George's Hospital. The reviewer quotes
in disproof of this a passage, in which it is ob3erved that
Wollaston " relinquished, in 1800, a profession he never
liked," meaning the medical profession. Surely his dis-
like for the profession was sufficient of itself to arouse
such petulance on struggling unsuccessfully to gain a
position in a career which he abominated, and which he
not unjustly conceived to be ungrateful to himself. In
other respects the judgment of the writer is never di-
rectly at fault; his sentiments are always perspicuously
expressed, and the composition is eminently pleasing.
Another laborious article is devoted to the " Life and
Letters of John Foster." The paper on " George
Harvey" is agreeably written, and evinces an elegant
taste. Among the most useful productions in the
number we must particularly mention " Modern Spain,"
" Over population and itsßemedy," and " The Industrial
History of Nations." Every page conveys information.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LANCASTER RACES.—Titu RSDAY.
The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added, Heats,
once round and a distance. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Osborne's Bedale, 4 yrs (Abdale) 4 1 1
Mr. Wilkins' Barbara Young, 4 yrs ... 1 3 2
Mr. Birch's Talleyrand, 5 yrs 2 4 3
Mr. Phillips' bm by Physician—Theano, 5 yrs
Won in a canter.
The Hurdle Stakes were won, in two heats, by Mr. Smith's
Cumberland Lassie beating Mr. Hopkin's Chintz Print, and
Mr. Barton's Ibrahim Pacha, by a length.
SALISBURY RACES.—FRIDAY.
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yra old colts, Bst
71b, and fillies, Bst 41b; winners once, 31b, twice, 51b extra.
T.Y.C. (4 Subs.)
Mr. Wreford's b c Whirligig (A. Day) 1
Mr. Boyce's Cottisford ... 2
Won in a canter.
The Salisbury Handicap of 20 sow. each, h ft, and only 5 if
declared, with 150 added; the second to save his stake.
Two miles and a quarter.
Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (A.,Day) 1
Mr. Jones's Miss Shirley, 3 yrs. sst
Mr. J. B. Mill's Giantess, 4 yrs, Bst 61b
Won in a canter, by two lengths.
The Gold Cup of 100 soya. Two miles.
Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs, Est 101 b, walked over.
The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a handicap of
5 sovs. each. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Jones's Miss Shirley, 3 yrs, 75t...... (Donaldson) 1
Mr. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 2
Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 yrs, 7st 61b a
Mr. Herbert's Miss Lettv colt, 7st 131 b ..
Won by a head; Fraudulent a good third.
The City Bowl of 18 soya., with 12 added to a sweepstakes
of 5 sovs. each. Heats, one mile. (5 subs.)
Mr. King's Sparsholt, 4 yrs, 7st llb 2 1 1
Mr. St. Loe's Eliza, aged, Bst 81b
Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 yrs, sst 131 b
Sparsholt won in a canter, and was claimed for 250/.

DEATH OF LORD BLOOMFIELD, G.C.8., G.C.H.—We
regret to announce the decease of the above Noble and Gal-
lant Officer. His Lordship expired on Saturday last at his
residence in Portman-square. The deceased Benjamin
Bloomfield, Baron Bloomfield, of Oakhampton and Redwood,
in the county of Tipperary, in the peerage of Ireland, G.C.B.
and G.C.H., a Lieutenant-General in the army, Colonel Com-
mandant of the Royal Horse Artillery, Governor of Fort
Charles, Jamaica, and P.C., was born on the 13th of April,
1768, and married on the 7th of September, 1797, Harriet,
eldest daughter of the late John Douglas, Esq., by whom he
leaves issue one son and two daughters. His Lordship com-
manded the Royal Horse Artillery at Ross and Vinegar Hill
during the Irish rebellion of 1798, and received the thanks of
Lord Cornwallis, the Lord. Lieutenant of Ireland, and of
General Lord Lake, to whose staff he was appointed on the
dispersion of the rebel force in that year. The Noble Lord
sat in three Parliaments for the borough of Plymouth, until
his appointment as Privy Purse to the Prince Regent in 1817,
and afterwards for several years filled the offices of Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
Sweden. His Lordship is succeeded in the family honours
by his son, the Honourable John Arthur Douglas, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at St. Peters-
burgb, who was born in November, 1802, and married, in
September, 1845, the Hon. Georgiana Liddell, youngest
daughter of Lordßavensworth.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON LUDGATE-BILL.-011 Friday
afternoon a gentleman, named Donking, a law stationer by
profession, was thrown off the top of a Chelsea omnibus on
Ludgate-hill, with such violence as to splinter his left arin
and to lacerate his face and head in a shocking manner.
The cause of the accident appears to have been the sudden
stoppage of vehicles when going up the hill towards St.
Paul's-churchyard. No blame was attached to the driver by
those who witnessed the shocking occurrence.
CLEARING OUT THE SEINE.—The French Chambers

have this year allowed six millions of francs for the regula-
tion of the Seine. In the lowest section, one of those diffi-
culties arising from the meeting of salt and fresh water—
viz., a sandbank (traverse) of twenty kilometres extent,
is to be coped with. if the Seine is flooded by rains,
the bank is pasked downwards from Quillebceuf
towards Havre, while the spring tides will make
it recede backwards, and it will extend, at low
water, as far as Villequieux. Vessels drawing three
metres of water cannot pass it but during spring
tides, six or seven days each month; and even coast-
ing crafts are unable to pass. It was especially M. Arago
who contributed by his arguments to show the pessibility
of removing this great obstacle to navigation. He drew an
analogy between the embouchure of the Seine and that of the
Ganges and Amazon rivers, and contended that if the bed of
the former river were narrowed by extensive dykes, and
thus compelled to flow in a narrower channel, its current
would become more rapid, and an immense power created,
which would constantly contribute towards clearing the
passage.
SINGULAR CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.-011 Monday
afternoon, an inquest was held at the Wheatsheaf Tavern,
High Wycombe, Bucks, before Mr. J. C. Hunter, coroner,
on the body of Henry Abbott, whose death had been caused
by the bite of a dog, which he had received six weeks ago.
The bite was received from a cocker dog. Mr. Wilson,
surgeon, .deposed—l was called to attend the deceased on

Tuesday morning last ; my young man had previously
dressed h►s hand when he received the wound. He had an
intense pain in the stomach, and had a difficulty in swallowe
ing liquids in particular. I sent him a mixture and som-
pills, but on returning I found he could not swallow the
mixture, though he had taken the pills. From that time
the symptoms increased, particularly the difficulty in swal-
lowing and the aversion to water. I bled him to relieve
the pain, and called in Dr. Smith in the afternoon, who
agreed with me that it was a case of hydrophobia. There
was a violent sighing and a heaving of the diaphragm, and
it took sometimes two or three persons to hold him down,
Towards the last his convulsive efforts returned nearly every
minute, and hip dread of water was intense; whenever lie
saw or felt it, it convulsed his whole frame. I have no doubt
he died from hydrophobia. He spoke to me of the bite of
the animal previous to his illness. Charles Bennett de-
posed—l am assistant to Mr. Wilson. About six weeks
ago the deceased came to Mr. Wilson's shop and stated that
he had been bitten in the right hand by a dog. I cauterised
it freely, and appled some dressing to it. There were
marks of teeth in the hand. The wound subsequently
healed. The jury returned a verdict of "DieylTrom hydro-
' pltpbio Pocationci by tap bit?) pf 4 dog."

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL-

LIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS, AUGUST, 13, 1846.
Mate Edwin Augustus Porcher, to Excellent; for rank
only. Seniority, June 8, 1844.
Mate Charles Oakes Blackwood Hall, to Excellent. Se-
niority, February 6, 1846.
Mate Henry Harvey, to Excellent. Seniority, April 11,
1846.
Master's Assistant George Wall Burtchael, to Caledonia.
Master's Assistant Charles Frederick Rickett, to Caledonia.
Additional.

AUGUST 14, 1846.
Surgeon James Salmon, to Sidon. Commissioned.
Assistant-Surgeon Richard Croker Russell, to Sidon. Com-
missioned.
Surgeon John Read, to Actaeon. Confirming appointment
of the senior officer on the coast of Africa.
Assistant-Surgeon James Campbell (a), to Action. Con-
firming acting appointment. Seniority, June 9, 1845.
Powrsarotern, SUNDAY.—A striking instance of the indis-
position of officers to serve on the coast of Africa has been
manifested in the state in which the Contest, new twelve gun
brig, Commander M'Murdo, has been compelled to put to
sea. This vessel, when commissioned, was expected to have
been destined for service on a. healthy station. The
applications for appointments to her were most nu-
merous. We are told that as many as four hundred
lieutenants applied for appointments to her. It is well
known she was manned in a few hours. Well, the usual
number of officers were appointed to her : among them three
lieutenants, the complement for vessels carrying commanders.
All these officers left the Contest. Why? She was ordered
to the coast of Africa; and the vessel, after shipping her
mails and Admiralty dispatches, was detained at Spithead
for more than a week, because she could get no lieutenants
to join her. She has at last gone to sea with only one officer
of that class, Lieutenant W. H. Hood.(1846), and he has
been for years past engaged in the coast-guard service.
The same state of things is exhibited in the Columbine, 16,
Commander Booth, which arrived here on Thursday from
Chatham. This vessel came round from the eastward with
only one lieutenant, and he debilitated from service on the
coast of Africa (Lieutenant Daniel Dawes). The ship was
also without any master, mate, or midshipman, and in this
disgracefully inefficient state has worked round during
very severe weather. The Columbine will be ordered to sea
in a few days.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess
Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Napier, Maid of
Honour, Lord Alfred Paget, and Baron Stockmar, will pro-
ceed on Tuesday (weather permitting), in the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, to
Devonport, where the royal party will remain two days,
inspecting the various objects of interest at that port,
sleeping, &c., on board the yacht. From Devonport her
Majesty will proceed to Falmouth, thence to the Scilly
Islands, and cruise about; the entire excursion occupying
about a week or ten days. The Fairy and the Black Eagle,
Admiralty yacht (which arrived at Cowes from Woolwich last
night), will accompany the Victoria and Albert. It is pre-
mised that one or two members of the Board of Admiralty
will go in the Blach Eagle. The Royal Family will remain
at Osborne.
The Aurora, Sardinian corvette, Captain Spinola, sailed
yesterday for the downs.
The Mariner transport, Lieutenant Still agent, sailed yes-
terday with military invalids and returned stores for Chatham
and Deptford.
The Sylvia cutter, tender to the Seafiower, arrived yester-
day from Jesey to refit.
The Tagus, with the India mails, arrived this morning at
the Motherbank.
The Queen, Peninsula steamer, arrived at Southampton,
about the same time.
Some remarkable results have been produced by the shot
practice from the Excellent on the Ruby iron steamer, ordered
by the Admiralty to be experimented upon, in order to test
what resistance the iron hull of a ship would offer to a shot;
and it is expected that the Admiralty will, in consequence,
stop the building of iron steamers, and other vessels for the
present. The shots which struck the Ruby not only pene-
trated the side first struck, but in several instances passed
through the other side, carrying with it whole plates of iron.
In action this would risk the total loss of the vessel, for on
heeling over to leeward, such a body of water must rush in
that she would inevitably sink with all on board. A repre-
sentation of this important result has been made to the Ad-
miralty, and should further experiments prove that serious
risk will be occasioned to iron vessels of war when exposed
to the chance of being struck with heavy shot, it is doubtful
if the Board will not abolish them as men-of-war.
The committee of management for erecting a tablet to
the memory of the late Commander Estcourt, of the Eclair
steam-sloop, having more than sufficient funds in their hands
for the completion of their patriotic object, have most consi-
derately presented the surplus (151. 4s. Id.) to the building
fund of the Seamen and Marines Orphan Schools, Portsea.
APPOINTMENTS.
Commanders—C. L. Hockin (1846) to the Star, vice Dun-
lop, deceased.
Lieutenants—W. G. Stanbridge to the Hound.
Surgeon—J. Read (1840) to the Actaeon.
Mates—E. A. Blacket and IL J. Blomfield to the Royal
Naval College for study.
Assistant-Surgeons—R. C. Russell to the Sidon; C. L.
Lester to the Recruit.
Clerk—J. G. Messina to the Cyclops.
Naval Cadets—W. B. Bingham to the Hound; A. F. Duff
to the Collingwood ; J. A. Forbes to the Queen.
Gunner—C. Chamberlain to the Victory.
The following mates have passed for Lieutenants at the
Royal Naval College :—Messrs. H. Harvey, E. A. Porcher,
and C. 0. B. Hall.