The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-24 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

The fortified position of the Servians ■t VerlaEz has
been stormed by the Hungarian troops. The Servians
lost 3,000 men killed.

ITALY.

VENICE.
The following proclamation was issued at Venice on
the 12th by the Provisional Government:—
" VENICE, AUG. 12.—CitizensI In this hour of danger
we have need to take prompt and energetic measures. To
the end that you may not be without a chief, I have not hesi-
tated, although it be only for a few hours, to take upon my-
self the office of Dictator. Necessity has made this course a
law to niv, but your kindness will render it less painful than
it would otherwise be. To-morrow will meet the Assembly
of your representatives, whose first care will be to constitute
a new Government, and afterwards to provide for present
emergencies. Have confidence in God, in us, in Italy, and
also in the aid of other free nations—aid which we have de-
manded, and which will not fail us."

The Provisional Dictator 711istix has alto addressed
the following proclamation to the army:—
"Italian soldiers !—The war of independence for which yon
have alreadyshed your blood has assumed a disastrous phase
for us. Perhaps at this moment our canals close the sole re-
fuge for Italian liberty I Venice must, therefore, guard this
sacred spot at any price. Courage, citizens! In the name of
that Italy for whom you have fought, and desire still to fight,
I conjure you not to relax your zeal for the defence of this
sacred asylum of our nationality. The moment is solemn.
The stake is the political life of an entire people, whose des-
tiny may depend on the fate of this last bulwark. You sol-
diers who have come from the river Po, from the Mincio,
and from the Ticino, for the defence of the common cause,
remember that i❑ saving this city you will save the most
precious rights of your native land. Your families will bless
you, Europe, in admiration of your noble perseverance, will
give that perseverance the reward it merits ; in that day when
Italy shall be able to call herself free, among so many monu-
ments sacred to the valour and the glory of our fathers, she
will raise another, on which she will inscribe these words :
"fhe Italian soldiers in defending Venice saved the indepen-
dence of their country.' " MANIN.
" Venice, Aug. 12, 1818.'
The Opinione of Turin publishes the following letter
from Venice, dated the 13th:—

" The Sardinian fleet has arrived here with the Venetian
one, and has declared that, having no orders, it will stay
here at the disposal of Venice. The forts are continually
tiring upon the Austrians. The Assembly, convoked for this
day, has named the new Government, consisting of Marlin,
Cavedalis, and Graziani. The Piedmontese will not quit us;
the Sardinian fleet returns to blockade Trieste."

LOMBARDY.
A party has declared itself among the Lombards for
the creation of a Duchy, at the head of which the Duke
of LEICIITENBERG, the son Of EUGENE BEAUHARNOIS,
who married the Princess MARIE of Russia, should be
placed.

- Placentia has surrendered to the Austrian troops, who
also occupy Brescia, Bergamo, and Como.

ROME.
The POPE has appointed the Swiss General, LA.TOIIII,
Minister of War.

NAPLES.

On the 12th of August the Neapolitan Ministers,
with the exceptions of the Ministers of War, Marine,
and Justice, tendered their resignations, on the ground
that they did not receive sufficient support from the
Chambers. The KING had not decided whether he
should accept them. The expedition to Sicily has been
postponed, in consequence of the Ministerial crisis.
The Courtier Francais says that the King of NAPLES
has addressed a note to the different Cabinets of the
Great Powers, to whom he has sent his protest against
the election of the Duke of GENOA as King of SICILY.
In this note he declares that he is willing to consent to
the separation of Sicily, and to the concession of a con-
stitution of the most comprehensive kind, provided that
the Sicilians consent to take his second son as heredi-
tary Viceroy. It is added, that the English Ambas-
sador has offered his mediation, and that be has gone
to Palermo to recommend to the Sicilians to enter into
an arrangement with the Neapolitan Government.

PIEDMON T.
The New Ministry was appointed on the 16th. It is
composed as follows :—The Marquis Alfieri, President
of the Council of Ministers ; General Baron Perron,
Minister for Foreign Affairs ; the Chevalier Final,
Minister of the Interior ; the Count de Revel, Minister of
Finance ; the Chevalier de Santa Rosa, Minister of rub-
lie Works; Count Frangini, Minister of War and Marine.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
Nu VTGILICX AND Zzia.l) El nriuts..x.
These markets were tolerably steady to-day, at full prices.
Beef from 2s 8d to 3s Sd ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 3s
10d to 5s ; Veal, 3s 4d to 48 2d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d
per bibs., by the carcase.
sup-
plied to-day, yet the general demand was in a sluggish state.
SountALL,Auctil. 2f. —AarOu marketa iZ
wasET tt moderately i
at barely stationary prices. Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s
to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s to ss: Veal, 3s 6d to 48; and Pork, 3s
10d to 4s 4d per Sibs., to sink the offals.
ROMFORD, AVG. 23.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in
good request, at full prices. In other kinds of stock, only a
limited business was doing. Beef, from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 4s
Ntoew4ld;ittNo, 3/
to 58; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s to
4s 6d per 81bs. Quarter Old Store Pi3glss,3ltsos4tlo;2N2seewacdhi.tto
LEWES, Auci. 22.—Beef, from 3s 4,6ds;toN4esw2ddi;ttos,l3uittioons,t4sz
2d to 5s ; Lamb, 45 6d to ss; Veal, 3s
p per
rd i to
oa
load
; aArlmPoodrekr,a
moderate
to 4s 4d per bibs. Supply but moderate, and trade dull.
MAT DLAitIVETS.
SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 ss to 41 ; new
lOs to 41 lt's ; and Straw, 114 s to 11 98 per load. Trade
5N51 New I;
w ditto, 3/ lOs
ditto, 2/ 5s to 3/ lOs; •Old Clover,at4yol,Sti3o:
per load. 8 upplys
dt42r
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CUMBERLAND.—OId
Eunss3lßd;:l ,rtasao2nt:B3drD;ai the
.ow_i ,ltoadrsoabol;Ciwoidi
Ovld:63,ael
Clover,
age:
truao:od44tosdaliwoltttwi
000 t:
Clover, quotations.
.1:1
103
supply and a steady demand.
IVHITECHAPEL.—
limited, and trade firm.

COAL MARRET.--YESTEILDAY.
Charlotte .. .. ...... ... 15s Od Lambton Primrose l6s Od
Davison's West Hartley 15s Od Belmont l6s 6d
Dean's Primrose ...... 13s Od Braddyll's Hetton 16s 6d
Hasting's Hartley ...... 158 Od Haswell l7s 3d
Holywell Main ... ..... 145 6d Hetton ..„ l7s Od
New Tanfield
6d
'Canfield Moor .... ..... 145 Od,Caradoc l6s Od
Townley l3s Gd Cassop 155 9d
West Hartley ........ 16s Od Heugh Hall
Wall's End, &c. Reline 165 Od
Gosforth ..... . ......... 15s 6d Adelaide Tees
Hedley
liarton
Washington
1165:
03ddil Howsharipda's
atW
m*il; rNk eett.h. ;5155s Od
Eden Main .

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL' AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORE
For the Week ended Agu. 23,1843, made up fronl,the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
I I
I WHEAT. I BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. BEANS. I TEAS.
PRICE .• I 511 Ott 30s 3d 21s Sci 31s Ild 378 94 363 3d

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
wuzet. Liiimr. i OATS. I ETC 1 BEANS. 1 PEAS.
at Od 35 Od 2s 6d 3s Od 35 Od 3a Od

A deputation, including Mr. Charles Russell (Chairman of
the Great Western Railway Company), Mr. Saunders, and
Mr. Hunt, had an interview with the Commissioners of Rail-
ways yesterday, at their °dice in the Board of Trade.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COUR I.
_ _ _

(Before Mr. Baron PLATTa4IIft. Alderman Gums.)
CASE OF POISONING.—The grand jury have ignored the
bill which was presented to them against Mary Spry and
Mary Ann Dore, who are at present out on bail on a charge
of having caused the death of a child by administering poi-
son. They will, however, be tried upon the coroner's inqui-
sition.

Upon the application.of Mr. CLARKSON, this morning, the
case which stood upon the paper for to-day was postponed.
TRANSFERRING MARE OF GOLDSMITHS' HALL TO AN
ARTICLE OF Srunious METAL.—.Robert Gordon, a man of
colour, aged 40, and described as a jeweller, was indicted for
feloniously transposing and removing the mark of a certain
die used by the Goldsmiths' Company for marking and
stamping silver wares, to wit, from a silver spoon to certain
ware of base metal.

Mr. CLARKSON, in stating the case for the prosecution,
said that it was one of great importance as it involved an
offence of a very serious nature, by which the public might
be defrauded to a great extent. The prisoner carried on the
business of a working-jeweller in Great Russell-street,
Bloomsbury. A gentleman lof the name of Dr. Halley em-
ployed him to manufacture a Scotch purse, or sporral, which
forms a portion of the Highland costume, and the contract
was that the clasps should be made of standard silver. 1)r.
Halley called at the shop before the article was finished, and
on seeing it expressed some doubt, from some pe-
culiarity in its appearance, as to the purity of
the metal, but the prisoner assured him that it
was good silver. To make certain, however, that it was
composed of pure metal. he '.esired the prisoner to have the
mark of the Goldsmiths' Company placed upon it when it
was completed, and the prisUner promised that he would do
so. There was a person of the name of Johnson in the em-
ploy of the prisoner, and the prisoner said to him that it
would be easy to remove the mark of the Hall from another
article and place it on the purse, to which Johnson replied
that he would not do such a thing for f.so/. The jury would
find, however, that the Hall mark was atterwards taken from
a tea-spoon, and placed upon the article. When the purse
was taken home, Dr Halley expressed himself satisfied, and
paid the prisoner 4L les , which was the value of it made of
silver. Subsequently Johnson and the prisoner had a quarrel,
and the former went to yr. Halley and informed him that
the purse was made of base metal. This information led to
an inquiry, which resulted in the present prosecution by the
Goldsmiths' Company.
A number of witnesses were called, whose evidence bore
out the statement of the Learned Counsel. It was stated by
the deputy warden of Gold,miths' Hall that the mark which
was transferred from the spoon bad not been used since ➢lay,
1845, and that the mark for the present year would have
been altogether different.

For the—defence, which was conducted by Mr. Parnell, it
was contended that Johnson was the guilty party, and not
the prisoner, in proof of which a witness, named Wood, was
called, who stated that he was present when .iohnson offered
to make the whole article and get it stamped for 183. The
prisoner, he added, consented to the offer, and gave Johnson
103. on account.

Several witnesses were called to speak as to the prisoner's
character.

Mr. 134.5.0 x PLArr having briefly summed up,
The jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to
transportation for the period of 10 years.

IV.E W GOUit I'.

(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman FARNCOMB.)
THIC ROBBERY AT MESSRS. :NICHOLSON'S WHARF, LONDON-
BRIDGE.— William Henry Smith, 36, a respectable-looking
young man, was indicted with stealing thirty-nine boxes
of raisins, and other goods, of the value of 1051., the pro-
perty of Messrs. Nicholson, Besley, and Co., his masters.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin were for .the prosecution,
and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner.
From the statement of Mr. CLAntisox, on the part of
the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner had been in the
service of Messrs. Nicholson and Besley, as foreman of the
fruit warehouse, since the month of February, 1847. In that
situation he was responsible for all the goods that came into
and went out of that part of Messrs. Nicholson's warehouses
that was devoted to the French department. Oa the 30th of
last May the prisoner came to the warehouse early in the
morning, and before the arrival of the partners of the house of
Messrs. Nicholson. At nine o'clock on that morning he stated
to one of the labourers that he was unwell, and under that
plea he left, and nothing more was heard of him until be was
taken into custody. His absence excited suspicion, the stock
in warehouse of the fruit department was taken, and pro-
perty to the amount of upwards of 1001. was louLd to be miss-
ing. In the month of June, Messrs. Nicholson received a
letter from the prisoner, expressing his tears that his absence
had done no good fur his character, and expressing a wish to
explain the cause of the deficiency of the goods in the fruit
department. On his interview with Mr. Besley, one of the
partners in Messrs. Nicholson's house, the prisoner explained
the cause of the deficiency of eleven boxes of raisins by stating
that he had charged the douse to which they had been sent
with eleven boxes less than had been sent to
them, and this upon inquiry was found to be the case; but
the deficiency unaccounted for by the prisoner was found to
be so great that Messrs. Nicholson had ruin taken into custody
and brought the present charge against him.
Mr. Besley and several other witnesses were examined at
considerable length, to prove that the prisoner had received a
great quantity of baskets and boxes ut raisins, and other pro-
perty; that he had not accounted for it, and that it was not
to be found in the warehouse appropriated to the fruit depart-
ment, of which he was foreman.

The policeman who took the prisoner into custody found
in his possession a memorandum-book, in which were
copied three letters, two intended to be sent to Messrs.
Nicholson, in which the prisoner denied that he had been
guilty of the robbery, complained of the loose manner in
which the business of Messrs. Nicholson was ccnducted, the
facility it afforded to robbery, and stated that as
ho had fallen a victim to the system, it was his
determination to leave the country tor ever, iu order
to avoid the disgrace of a public prosecution.
The prisoner also, in another letter, stated that if he had
committed the robbery he would have done so to a far greater
extent, and that he would have fired the warehouse sooner
than have been discovered.

Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury at some length on be-
half of the prisoner, contending that, although the prisoner
had been guilty of a breach of trust and duty, for which he
was answerable before a civil tribunal, lie had not been guilty
of the crime of larceny with which he was charged before the
Court criminally.
Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character.
The liEcoaDEtt summed up at some length.,
The jury found the prisoner ; aud
The kh sentenced him to one year's imprisonment
and hard labour in the House of Correction.

DREADFUL RAILWAY FlRE.—Shortly after two
o'clock this morning a dreadful fire happened at the
Chariton station of the West Kent Railway. It broke
out on the part near the tunnel at Charlton. Messen-
gers were sent to London for the engines and firemen,
and those belonging to the London establishment and
West of England arrived shortly before three o'clock.
Water could not be procured in a sufficient quantity,
and the flames made sad havoc. Plenty of assistance,
however, was at hand, and the sleepers, about 1,000 in
number, were saved. By five all danger ceased, but the
loss will be at least 1,0001. Nu cause could be ascer-
tained for the calamity.
On the arrival of the steatn•ship United States at
Southampton, on Friday last, it was reported incorrectly
that the steam-ships America and Hermann both reached
New York on the 4th inst. The fact is, that the America,
which sailed from Liverpool on the 22d ultimo, arrived at
New York on the 4th, at noon ; and the Hermann, which
left Southampton at midnight on the 20th, arrived on the
sth, at seven o'clock, A.M.
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at her Majesty's marine residei.ce,
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rural Isle ofNight,
with more than ordinary effect.
fete, similar to that
E of Kent's birthday given in celebration of
last week, but on a more extended and marine
of the Duchess
P scale, will be given ; and to guard against the discom-
fortlike the present, a num-
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days past in repairing and rdittsiehngt off ailUtMoboersboorfnteenbtys
and marquees recently brought from the Pavilion at
thel3r Brighton
hoi tuotnh:" Western
PEMBROKE Railway.
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r.COLLECTION OF COINS. —T h e
sale of this extraordinary and important collection of coins,
after lasting twelve days, e idv atAhs
Among
orhoni togugghlithte rcraoi
cicnelsso se on Satur-
day, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the auctioneers, of
llaVsetldlianygttoiniossetrzt:ichStrfeatneli.
curious gold coins of Cyrene, of great rarity, v
hsiwoc lhedr esoonls some
the'me
57/. ; two little silver coins of Nubia very'
of admission
sold' for 41. 16s. ; a curious " cuntomiate or ticket admission to
the publc games and spectacles 'of Constantine the Great,
stated in the catalogue to be unique, sold for 21. 153. The
most remarkable coins in the day's sale were the Roman Im-
perial coins and the coins of the Byzantine Emperors, most
of which were purchased for the British Museum. The fol-
lowing were worthy of notice :—Romulus Augustus, struck
A.D. 475-476, and of extreme rarity on account of the Ro-
man empire in the west ending with this emperor, sold for
9 guineas ; Michael 111. and Theodora, Isis mother,
struck A.D. 842-856, having on the reverse the
bust of our Saviour, in the act of blessing it, sold for
4 guineas a coin of great rarity of Theodore, A.D.
1054-1056, having on the obverse the bust of the Empress,
and the reverse a bust of Our Saviour, sold for 41. 7s. Among
the miscellaneous objects, three curious antique Roman
bronze weights were bought fur the British Museum for
11. 35.; a beautiful medallic carving in wood, inches in
diameter, representing twe royal personages habited in the
costume of Germany, of the early part of the 16th century,
stated to be " cut on wood by Albert Darer," and menticned
in a book giving a full description of the works of that artist,
under the title of " Das Leben and die Werke Albrecht
Darer," published by Heller, at Bamberg, in 1827, sold for
31. 14s. The sale was wound up by the disposal of the cabi-
nets which had contained this rich collection, and, although
they were dropping to pieces from age, they fetched remark-
ably high sums. The collection produced in the aggregate
5,905/. 14s. It will be gratifying to know that the most
valuable of the coins still remain in the country, our own
national collection, the collection of Major-General Fox, that
of Dr. James Bird, recently Physician-General at Bombay,
&c., having been greatly enriched by it. For the continen-
tal museums Mr. Curt purchased largely.
MONEY MARKI.T.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 11 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.42; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.324, it follows that gold is 0.38 per
cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
Acimburgh the price of gold is 4334 per mark, which, at
the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.91; and the
exchange at llamburgh on London at short being 13.9,
it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent, dearer in llamburgh
than in London. The course of exchange at New York
on London is quoted by the last arrivals at 1091 per
cent., and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the
exchange is 0.33 per cent. against England; but the
quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60
days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above
difference.

EXTRAORDINARY STEAM TUG.--An iron steam-
vessel, of unusual proportions in this country, has recently
been built by the Hayle Foundry Company. She is called
the Dordrecht, and is 205 feet in length, by a width of only
23 feet. Her engines are nominally of 200-horse power, but
are equal to nearly 300, and the machinery weighs 200 tons.
She is intended to ply as a steam tug on the Rhine, and her
extreme draught of water is only 4 feet 6 inches. She left
Hayle on Friday week, and the weather proving rough she
was struck, when off the Longship, by a heavy sea, and not
being constructed for a sea-boat she sustained an injury
which induced her commander to return. The requisite
Wecautions having been since taken she sailed again on
ednesday for Holland, where her owners reside.—Bristol
Atirror.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
ECLES RACES.—MONDAY.
The SweepstakesC of 3 sow. each, with 20 added, one mile
and a quarter (5 Subs.). was won by Mr. Green's Clara,
yrs (Ftintoff), beating Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs, Grand
Seignior, 5 yrs, and five others, easily.
'the Gentlemen's Purse of 95'., added to a Handicap of 3
sous. each, one mile and three quarters (6 Subs.), was "0
in two heats by Mr. W. G. Hobson's Billy from Brigg, 4
Bst 6lb (Abdale), beating Little John, ist, Grand Seignicit
I Ost, and three others, easily.
The Pony Race was won by Rod Rose, beating three othePi

BASINGSTOKE RACES.
'I he Innkeepers' Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 15 added, one
mile and a quarter (6 Subs.), were won in three beats by Ur;
Williams's Rosalinda, 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib, beating Moodkee,*
yrs, Bst 101 b, Sultan, 4 yrs, Est 10Ib, Hippona, S yrs, 7st lab,
and Royalty, 5 yra, 9st 81b.
The Hackwood Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 added, o°,B
mile and a quarter, were won in two heats by Mr. Sadler!
Faith, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b, beating Frank, 5 yrs, 9st 11b, Prospect'
5 vrs, 7st 131 b, and four others.
The Selling Stakes of 4 soya. each, and 20 added, one mile
acd a half, over hurdles, were won in two heats by Mn
Haligan's Ploughman, aged, lOst 41b, beating Bella 1)0111
9st 121 b, and Arkwright, Sat Sib.
YORK AUGUST MEETING. WEDNESDAY.
The Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 added; Or
three vrs old, 6st 81b; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 91b; sixand
aged, list ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a
quarter. (8 Subs.)
1
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged ... ••• 2
Mr. Payne na Philosopher, 4 yrs ... •••
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old, 7st 9nl
four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 41b; six, 9st 71b; and aged, 't
. miles.
91b Two
_ _•

Mr. Pedley's Cockermouth, 3 yrs ... 2
Mr. Woflenden's Raisthorpe. 4 yrs... ... •d.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 Adde;
for two yrs old colts, Bst 7th; and fillies, Bst 21b; Win°
21b extra. T.Y.C. (34 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's Farthingale ...•'" 'l2
Lord Zetland's Ellen Middleton
•••
Nine ran. Won cleverly.
The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 soya. each, 20 ft; for too
yrs old, Bst 71b each. One mite. (10 Subs.). -r,
Mr. Bell's Velox •••
Mr. J. Moore's Old English Gentleman ... ••• '
Match, 100 aovs., 25 ft. Half a mile.
Mr. Holmes's Mysticle, 2 yrs ... ••• 2
Mr. W. H. Dawson's Snacks, 2 yrs, 7st 111 b •••
The Ebor St. Leger Stakes of 25 nova. each ; with 100 eons'
for the second, and 50 for the third ; colts, Bst 71b;
Bst 31b; winners extra. Two miles. (61 Subs.)
Lord Stanley's Canezou
. Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher
Lord Chesterfield's Distaffina
Lord Stanley's Canezou won in• very clever style by
length, Distaffina a very bad third. Run in four minute
six seconds. After the race the winner was backed at 4se
5 to 1 for the St. Leger, and 8 to 1 offered againstFlateatcheri
The Lottery Stakes Plate of 251., added to a sweeps of
soya. each, for three-years. old and upwards, the second to
save his stake. One mile. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Bowes's Man in the Moon, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Charlton)
Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn, 3 yrs, 6st 51b •••
Mr. Padley's Lady Mary, 3 yrs, Est Ilb • v
The following also started but were not placed :--31r.
Osborne's gr c by Robin Gray, out of Queen of Carthage'
3 yrs, 6st 81b—Mr. Scholey's Chesterfield, aged, Bst 31b--01
Mr. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs, Bst. •
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Mary, and 3to 1 agst Man in
the Moon. Won easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 51 ffec•
The Knavesmire Stakes was no race.
LATEST BETTING.
EBOR HANDICAP.
3 to 1 agst Dough I 6 to 1 agst Meaux (t)
sto 1 agst Remembrance I9to 1 agst Ellerdale

7: 2

ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst Springy Jack 5 to 1 agst Canezou
4to 1 agst Justice to Ire- 11 to 2 agst Surplice
land (t) 8 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (t)

CHOLERA.
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
On Friday afternoon, during the delivery of his inte
resting and important lecture upon the Asiatic Che
tracing its connexion with the electric condition of tbs
atmosphere, Mr. 'sham Beggs suggested a means u,l
which the mortality caused by that great scourge of the
nineteenth century might be very materially dimanisheu9
by which, indeed, in the instance of many hundreds ill
terrors might be altogether evaded. The mode eft'
plained by the lecturer is one so peculiarly simple, se
yet so obviously efficacious, that at the first moment 10
suggestion of it almost amounts to "an 15
suit to one's understanding "—the effect
surprise experienced by those who heard it I
Friday afternoon was only comparable ,to L
depicted by Hogsrth upon the features of the se-
nish courtiers when Columbus made the egg stand 0111
the table. Yet. preposterously simple as the expediee
of Columbus was, it had never occurred to any one he
fore the great navigator flattened the broad end of 1116
egg upon the mahogany. Mr. Beggs then propusel,
that those whose fortunes admit of the expenditure shoe'
escape from the ravages of the Asiatic cholera bf
taking up their residence in some elevated localiti,
as not one single case of the epidemic
ever been known to have occured upon Su'
top of a mountain, whereas in fiat countries, in vallies'
and especially in the neighbourhood of water, the 010,r
tality has been enormously great. Beyond' this, 111•
learned gentleman observed that the track of 111
cholera can be calculated with the utmost degree
precision, and that consequently the most certain mess°,
of avoiding the chances of death from this particalt
disease would be to shun those towns and cities 'Wel
the cholera must inevitably traverse. In testimony e`
the accuracy of this assertion, we need °elf
refer to the speech recently delivered in Ms
House of Commons by Lord Morpeth, in which
it was shown from authentic statistics that the course
pursued by the cholera was very nearly identical in eserf,
respect with that followed by it on the occasion of the
last visitation. Among the more ingenious portions of
the lecture in question, was that in which Mr. Baggi
developed one et the most beautiful theories of Justee
Liebig; and it must be acknowledged that the former
investigator carried out the views of his illustrious con'
temporary by a sin"ulurly simple process of ressonloP,
In every man's blood, said he, there is a certain quantity
of iron, and Liebig believes this iron to be an agent 10
the arterialization of the venous blood. He supposes
that the dark venous blood contains the iron in the feral
of protoxide, and that, in passing through the lungs to
the arteries, this protoxide becomes peroxide by the
absorption of oxygen in the process of respiration.
Supposing this to be correct, Mr. Beggs maintained that
o
a corollary of extreme interest necessarily follows. The
venous blood containing protoxide .of iron must froth
rom
that circumstance be magnetic, and the arterial blood
containing the peroxide must, on the contrary, be dia-
magnetic. The circulation of the blood therefore in this
condition, he argues, constitutes a continuous relative
movement between conducting and magnetic matter,
and must consequently give rise to the generation of
magneto-electricity, which currents will be, doubtless,
found upon investigation to fulfil most important physic'
logical functions. Thermarkable character of the lectures
now being delivered by Mr.lsham Baggs impresses us only
the more forcibly with a sense of the usefulness of suet's°
establishment as that of the Royal Polytechnic Insilco'
Lion; and the arguments of the lecturer, applying 0 they do, so immediately to ,the sanitary condition of
1116
people of these realms, call in an especial manner for
the attention of the Government.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COES, AuGusT
ROYAL YACHT SQUAD OW REGATTA. 23.
PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP.—The Flirt, Enchantress, and
Capricorn, started this morning at eleven o'clock, the
Capricorn appearing to have the lead. There was $/
nice breeze from the westward, and the vessels ran 013
nearly together; the Flirt got round the Nab half °
minute before the Enchantress, and one minute and
half before the Capricorn. In beating down, she gained
so much that she rounded the vessel off Yarmouth save„:
minutes before the others, and arrived at the starting
vessel at twenty-four minutes past eleven, the ()Was
being considerably astern, indeed not in while we write'
,
Daniel Corke steered the Flirt, and, as usual, 10".
the Cup.
•

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Auldjo, Mr. William Char
man, Mr. Ambrose Moore, and Mr. Atcbeson, Directors of the
Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, had an interrieW
with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
THE CHARTISTS AND IRISH CONFEDERATES.
Another large meeting of these parties was held le" ,
night at the South .London Chartist Hall. The Choir
man observed, that according to the Attorney-General'
it was sedition to repeat at one meeting any seditious
language that had been spoken by other speakers at ell
previous meeting. There were, he went on to gate;
70,000 men out of employ in London, bat the Cher"'
would cure this, and all their other grievances whilst
the measures of Messrs. Hume and Cobden would prove
wholly inefficacious. The proceedings at the meeting
were of no general interest.
The Lord Chancellor has issued an order appoin,t-
ing F. A. Warburton, Esq., barrister-at-law, an Aefil-
tant-Registrar in Mr. Commissioner Holm} d's court, al
consequence of the prolonged and serious inness of 51,1:.‘
Millar, the registrar, who has been ill for four months
past. This is the third instance in which an assistant'
registrar has been appointed under the Act.

BIRTHS.
On the 7th of June, at Mss uoorie, the lady of Captal
Renny, Bengal Engineers, of a daughter. f
On the 19th inst., at Old-square, Birmingham, the Fife o
V. W. Blake, Esq., of a son.
On the 19th inst., Mrs. Vickers, of Trinity-square, Toner-
hill, hill, of a son.
On the 19th inst., rt Wells, Eomerset, the wife of ROT/
Bernard, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
At Ladyland-house, Ayrshire, on the 18th inst., CsPtain
Robert W. Wilson, to Janet Glasgow, youngest daughter 0f
the late NV. Cochrane, Esq., of Ladyland.
On the 21st inst., at Fulham, Lieutenant F. L.
Cottont,
R.N., to Louisa, eldest daughter of John Goodered, E2(l' °
Elysium-villa, Fulham. n son
At St. John's Church, William Neville, Esq., Lu•—•' 3
of Mrs. James Raymond Barker, of London. to Franced
Mary White, eldest daughter of the late C. V. Whit!' an
granddaughter of 'l'. White, Esq., banker, of the said city

DIED.
On the 13th inst., Mr. James France, of the Marquis
Camden, Great College-street North, Camden-town, aged 60,
most deeply and sincerely regretted by his family end friends.
On the :12d of June, at Mussoorie, Eleanor Josephine, the
infant daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Kenny, Bengal Engineers.
On the 16th inst., at Glasgow, Anne, youngest daughter of
the late T. Cole, EL.+
On the 21st inst., at Fulham, John F. Waller, Esq., of the
late
office of Woods. &c., aged son of John Waller, Esq.,
cashier of the said office.
On the 21st inst., at Hampstead, accidentally drowned,
Charles Edward, aged 11 years, the youngest son of IS'illiam
Hughes, Esq., of Lincoln's

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, al
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the county ft
Ididdleaex, Thursday, August 24, 1848,

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