The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-15 00:00:00

HAMBURGFI MAIL.

STUTTGARD, AUG. I.—An address to the Assembly of the
the Estates of Holstein was forwarded from this city yester-
day evening.
'HANOVER, AUG. 7.—The General Assemblage of the
Estates of the kingdom was prorogued to-day, till the Ist of
November, after a session of more than five in,urths
FRONTIERS OF GALACIA, JULY 26.—The harvest is al-
ready begun in the eastern circles of Galacia, and the cheerful
countenances of the peasants and the nobles prove, that
happily for this unfortunate country, there will be a most
abundant harvest. In some circles, howevcr, they look for-
ward to the harvest with fear, because the peasants threaten
not to suffer the nobles to have the whole produce. Most 01
the nobles pass the summer in the towns, and the magis-
trates of the circle has given the stricte,t orders that no. one
shall be injured in his right, and that every excess on the
part of the peasantsseverely punished. It is natural that the
great fear of the nobles increase the insolence of the peasants.
However, as there is nothing to give occasion to further per-
secution their threats may, perhaps, be as a milder interpre-
tation, conformably to the Polish character. Everybody is
anxiously looking for the arrival of Count Stadion, the Impe-
rial Commissioner, who is daily expected. It is generally as-
serted at Cracow that Mr. Von Shindler, formerly President
of the Senate, will shortly return and take part in the Go-
vernment.

VIENNA, Auo. I.—lt seems to be worth mentioning that
the Amsterdam Observer communicates to its readers, with-
out curtailment, the address of the Estates of Holsteini
against the letters patent.
KIEL, AUG. 7.—lnstead of the members of the Estates of

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Holstein, who withdrew from it, the substitutes are
summoned to meet at Itzehoe. It is estimated that
the Assembly of the Estates cannot be sufficiently
completed to come to any resolution, since there mast be at
least three-fourths of the total number present (that is 36 of
the 48), and it is supposed that, under the most favourable
circumstances, the Government will not be able to bring
together more than 30, or at the mo,lt 32 members.
VIENNA, AUG. is said that Sir Robert Gordon, the
English Ambassador, is to be succeeded by Lord Moira.f
Much is here said, in the higher circles, of the visit which the
King of Prussia paid to Prince Metternich at Konigswarth.
It is said that the Prince had a conference with the King
respecting the question of the Pi ussian Constitution.
GALLCIAN FRONTIERS, AUG 2.—Count Stadion passed the
frontiers last week, and avoiding the usual road through
Cracow and Lemberg, took that through Myslewice. He
has declined all visits from t:43 authorities; but in all the
towns in which he passed visited the prisons, in which the
' many political pri.oners are confined. It is said that he will
make a tour through all Galicia, by which he will most
ea-,ily convince himself that the peasants in certain circles
refuse to perform the services which they owe to 6, noble
lan:lovvhers in the approaching harvest. It scents strange
that the Jews, under 'hese circumstances, should buy corn of
these peasants.—Ramburgh. Papers, Aug. 11.

Si'ORTING INTELLIGENCE.
SALISBURY RACES.—THURSDAY.
Produce Sweepstakes of 501. each. h ft. One mile and a-half.
Mr Wreford's Wit's end, Bst 6lb
The Wiltshire Stakes of 25 cove. each, t 5 and only sit
declared; the second saves his stake. Two miles.
Mr. Herbert's Ajax, aged. 7st 11 lb (Sly) 1
Sir J. B. Mills' Giantess, 4 yrs, 7st
The City Members' P:ateof 501, added to a sweepstakes of
5 sovs. each. One mile and a-halt.
Sir J. B. Mills' Giantess, 4 yrs (Rolph) 1
Mr. S. Herbert's Ajax, aged
11r. William Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs 3
The Stand Plate of 501., added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs.
each, b ft; the second to save his stake, and the winner
to be sold for 300/. Half a mile.
Mr. Dixon's Fraudulent, 3 yrs (J. Day) 1
Mr. S. Herbert's fby Elia or Venison, out of Odessa, 2 yrs 2
Sir R. Pigot's Birthday, 3 yrs 3
Ladies' Plate of 30/., added to a sweepstake.of 5 soya. each.
Heats. T.Y.C. •
Mr. W. Sadler's New Forest Deer, 5 yrs .....(Boyce) 1 1
Sir R. Pigot's Birthday, 3 yrs
Mr. King's Sparshot 4 yrs 3 dr
The Qa.eti's Plate of 100 guineas. Three miles.
Sir J. B. Mill's Miss Elis, 4 yrs .. walked over
WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—THURSDAY (CoNcLtiDED).
The Innkeepers Plate of 50/., added to .-t sweep,takes of 5
sovs. each. Heats. Once round.
Mr. Mostvn's Black `trap. 4 yrs ...... ( Whitehouse) 0 1 1
Captain Peyton's Magnet, 4 yrs 1 0 3
MI. Jones' Sailor, aged

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.
This regatta commenced on Monday last, and the follow-
ing vessels started for the Cup, and came in in the following
order :-
1 Frisk
2 Medina.... Sir B. R. Graham
This excited very little interest; the course round the Isle of
Wight is only approved of by parties who can follow in
yachts.
On Thursday the following schooners sailed round the
Wight, for the Cup, having to contend against a strong
south-westerly gale :
I Flirt 132 tons ... Sir B. R. Graham, Bart.
2 Fair Rosamond 120 „ ... Marquis of Blandford
3 Maude
4 Gem 125 „ ... T. W Fleming, Esq.
In beating down the east ent of the Wight the Maude
carried away her foremast, and proces.ded for Portsmouth
harbour. The Gem also became disable.i. The Fair Rosa-
mond came in first, beating the Flirt by five minutes and
twenty-five seconds in the day's sail.
The fireworks took place on Thut'sday evening, at half-
past nine. Although the day had been boisterous, the evening
proved fine
The Royal Yacht Squadron dir ner took place yesterday;
the Duke of Beaufort in the chair.
Saturday is expected to be the grandest day of the season.
The yachts of the Thames and other squadrons will sail
round the buoys off Cowes.
The town is crowded with company, and as the steamers
to Southampton leave so late as nine o'clock is the evening,
hundreds visit us who otherwise would not.
The Yoyal Yacht Squadron annual ball takes place to-
morrow.
On Monday the Queen's Cup of 100 guineas will be con-
tended for, 2d class schooners above 140 tons.
On Wednesday Prince Albert's Plate of 100 guineas will
sailed for by the cuttar yachts of the squadron.

LLOYD'zs SHIPPING
LONDON, AUG. 14. —Wind this day at noon moderate
breeze, and fine clear weath,r,
DEAL, AUG. 13.—Wind s. W.—Arrd. Emily, Taylor, New Orleans;
John, Miranitchi; Egnida, Itichebucto ; Raritan, Adams, New
Orleans. Arrd. from the River, Northumberland, Pollock, Madras ;
Manchester, Inorice, Calcutta; Agnes Sophia, Guinan, Barbadoes ;
Witham and Mary, Watson, Bermuda.
OFE DOPER, AuG. 12. —Diana, Meyer, Porto Ric-, for Altona.
SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 13.—Acrd. Enterprise, Brown, Nova Scotia.
I,tv.saPooL, Ann. 13.—Wind :S. to W.N.W., fresh.—Ai rd. Golden
Eagle, limbs, Na sau ; Deacalion, Alen, New Orlems ; Zetella
Walsh, Prince Edward's Island ; Abbotstbrd, Lock, Quebec. Sid:
Mary Hartley. Barkett, Calcutta ; Catharine, Crane, New York ;
Susan, Mansell, San Blas ; Bombay packet, Owens, Africa; Sweden,
Shaw, New 'Orleans ; Saranak, THrley, Philadelphia; Garrick, Trask,
; Sophia M•lienzie, Isaac, St. A,alrew's, New Brunswick;
Admiral, Buchanan, Quebec. Off port, .ktagnificent. The Royal
William steamer, from Dublin, in coining up the River early this
morning, ran tout of the Scotia, for Baltimore, lying at anchor, said
carried away the head, cutwater, &c. of the latter. There were only
eleven feet wr ter in Lake St. Peter, 28th July. .
SHIELDS, AUG. 10.--SICLAVIATaIIib. Whiff!, Sydney.
NEWPORT.—Arrd. Alexander, Wrightman, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick. Sid. Diamond, ['curse, Aguilas,
BELFAST. A.llO. 11.—Arrd. Catherine, Simeon, Quebec. Sid. Leti-
tia .1. eyn, Pine, Quebec.
PETERHEAD, AUG. 9.---S •
ld Gleaner, Johnston, Greenland.
AUG.SHILLDC, l3.—Sid. Princess Helena, Gallelie, Montreal.
HULL, AUG. 12.—Arrd John White, Cruin, Richebucto. Sid. Fo-
rager, spen.i.ove, St. John's, New Brunswick.
YOUGDAL, Auo. 9.—The Gem, Murray, bound to Quebec, which
sailed hence 14th ult., has put back with loss of mainmast,
having encountered a heavy gale about 700 miles from land.

SIIOOTING STARS.—Pi-rhaps our readers are not gene-
rallr aware that the 10th of August is a
stars as the 12th of the same month Ti;hfrieasom for shooting
etaabilaous
egfuoirasthpohoetninog_
grouse. This, however, is theme:Ts::
the most remarkable of
myna occur in
which are obserriveerr furliocivanlatth.shetl2th to the 14th of November,
Unfortunately, Monday even-
and on the loth ofA g
ing, on which weh expected to witness a magnificent display
of this singular p enomemm,closed over Cambridge with a
sky and a close drizzling shower, which utterly
cloudyeuded from our view the more elevated regions of the
atmosphere and the blue stars beyond. On Sunday
evening it was likewise thick and cloudy. This we con-
sidered a, very great misfortune, as we had long looked
forward in the hope of enjoying the spectacle. Humboldt's
theory of these shooting stars is at once novel and
striking He considers them identical with those aerolites
or metoric stones which do certainly fall from the clouds,
and which some have believed to be wanderers from the
moon, projected with immense impetus from active vol-
canoes in that satellite, and prevented from going back by
the superior attriction of this planet. Humboldt's opinion
is more philosophical rind more specious, and perhaps more
sublime. There is Jupiter so much larger than this earth—
this earth so much larger than Mercury—Mercury so much
larger than those asteriods, Ceres and Pallas. Reasoning
analogically, Humboldt suppses that bodies still smaller,
indeed, infinitely smaller, mere fragments, may be wandering
through space, revolving by the law of gravitation around
the sun, and that in short these aerolites or meteoricb
stones are little planets, d• fleeted from their own orhbaittsthye
the earth's attraction. He conjectures further to _
these
shooting stars are simply the temporary appearancellis f
aerolites, which, thus revolving, become
of our
anttitt
visible
here.
in passing through the outer port.ons e
just so long
They may glow with heat and lightemit_intt_eensoxv
ea which we
as they happen to be in
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breathe. And further, In certain positions of our
,planet, in
that position which we occupy at present with regard to the
sun, it is quite cmceivable that. a. showerid these aerolites_
a host, as it were, of these diminutive asteroids—may pe-
riodically and annually, pursuing their own path, traverse
the earth's orbit, and just graze our atmosphere, so as to be-
come luminous at this 04404011.--Cambridye Advertiser.