The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

LO.. N DON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1856.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

superintending architect's report on the proposed im-
provements bzi received ;" which having been seconded,
a division took place, when Mr. If. L. Taylor's motion
was carried by a division of 15 to 7.
After transacting some other business of no importance
the board adjourned.

The ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Works was held yesterday in the Council Chamber,
Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair.
The minutes of the last court were read and confirmed,
and the following financial statement was laid before the
board :

BANK OF LONDON.

CASH ACCOUNT.
Balance in hands of treasurer, Aug. 4,1856 £6,340 10 3
Cheques drawn, but not presented 6,332 14

The adjourned general meeting of the proprietors was
held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Sir J. V. Shelley,
Bart., M.P., in the chair.
The auditors appointed by the proprietors at the meet-
ing on the Bth July presented their report, which was
read by the secretary, as follows :—" The charter of
your bank confers upon you the important privilege,
enjoyed by few joint-stock banks, of selecting your own
auditors, and as we have the honour to be the first audi-
tors so appointed, we thought it our *duty on this occa-
sion to enter very fully into the examination of your
affairs, and to add a few words to the formal verification
of the accounts, implied by the subscription of our sig-
nature thereto. We directed particular attention on
this occasion to the preliminary items of accounts, such
as the capital account, and preliminary and building
expenses, and having been furnished with ample info',
mation and proper vouchers, we certify that those
accounts. are accurately and properly stated. The title
deeds of property purchased, and the securities of vari-
ous classes in the bank, were produced to us, and we
attended at the Bank of England to verify accounts of
Government stock. All these items were found to be
correct. We may add that we have found the business
of the bank in London has been steadily progressing
from the commencement, that a considerable country
agency has been acquired, and that the Charing-cross
branch is already a source of profit. The accounts of
the bank are kept upon a system which enabled us to
inform ourselves without difficnit ---upon..4oll94lkido;
nathigg—withia the piopef- range o our inquiry was
withheld; the bad and doubtful debts incurred are re-
markably small ; and we have the satisfaction of-stating
our opinion that your affairs have been managed hitherto
with great prudence, and that a continuance of such
management must tend to promote the interests of the
proprietors, and to maintain public confidence."
On the motion of Mr. E. Hastruiv, seconded by Mr.
MITCHELL, the above report was adopted unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said the next business was the election
of three directors to fill up the vacancies caused by re-
tirement. Since they last met be had succeeded in carrying
through Parliament a bill which enabled the shareholders
to re-elect directors who retired by rotation, and though
he had no wish unduly to influence the choice of the pro-
prietors, he must remark that the gentlemen who had
now vacated their seats at the board had from the first
rendered the greatest assistance in the management of
the affairs of the bank. (Hear, hear.)
The retirieg directors, Mr. C. Joyce, Mr. H. Morris,
and Mr. J. Greatorex, were unanimously re-elected.
The CHAIRMAN then moved the following resolution :
—That the meeting hereby authorises the directors to
call future ordinary general meetings on such days as
they may deem convenient, between the Ist and the
15th of August in each year." He said, in submitting
this resolution, he wished to observe that he had that
morning seen the report of the auditors for the first time,
and was previously entirely unaware of its nature.
(Hear.) If an audit was to be of any value, it must
be quite independent of directors. (Hear, hear.) Since
the last meeting he bad seen a letter in a newspaper in
reference to the Life Assurance Office adjoining the
bank. On that subject he would now repeat what he
had supposed himself to have stated distinctly enough
before : that that bank had no sionnection with the Life
Office, except as regarded the relative position of land-
lord and tenant, banker and customer. (Hear.) He
thought it his duty to place that point clearly before
the meeting. He begged to add, that the future meet-
ings of tho company would be held in a room at the
bank.

Availablelbalance l5 15 7
Amount of deposit account 127,522 2 2

Total general balance £127,538 17 9
Considerable discussion arose as to whether Mr. Les-
lie's motion on Ithe jmain intercepting sewage, and the
seven resolutions that had been upon the agenda paper
for several days, be printed and circulated amongst the
members of the board, and theyjbe discussed on Tuesday,
next.

This motion was put and lost on a show of hands ;
upon which Mr. Leslie demanded a division, when the
numbers were—for the motion, 5; against it, 21.
THE SOUTHERN MAIN DRAINAGE.
Mr. BAZALGETTE, the engineer, presented the follow.
ing further report upon the main intercepting sewage of
the south side of the Thames, in conformity with the
views of the Government :
",Gentlemen,—l have now the honour to present the
plan, section, and estimate for the extension of the main
outfall sewer on the south side of the Thames to Long
Reach, as directed by the foregoing resolution.
"I recommend-the construction of a sewer 10 ft. 6 in.
in diameter, 74 miles in length, and with a fall of 2 ft.
per mile, commencing in the Plumstead-road, at the
east end of Woolwich Arsenal, where it forms a junc-
tion with the main outfall sewer, which was adopted by
the board on the 26th of May last. The extension line
continues thenoe along the north.side of the North Kent
Railway, through Erith, under the river Darent, to the
Thames at Little Powder Creek, which is about the
centre of Long Reach, one mile below Purfleet; two
miles above Greenhithe, arid 19 miles below London- I
bridge.

" This sewer would be substituted for the last mile
and a half of the outfall sewer, across Plumstead-marshes,
which will, therefore, have to be deducted, leaving a net
increased length of about six miles. The invert of the
sewer at the point of discharge in Long Reach will be
32 feet below mean high water, requiring pumping
power in addition to that already provided in my esti-
mate of the 3d of April equal to 328 nominal horse
power, and the cost of duplicate engines will here be
provided for, as in the original estimates. It will, how-
ever, be unnecessary to provide these duplicates until
the anticipated improved water supply and increased
populittion shall have been realised, which will not be
the case for many years to come.

"I recommend that for eleven months in the yoar the
discharge of the sewage into the river should take, place
at high water, and during the first half of the ebb-tide ;
and that for the remaining 20 or 30 days of heavy rain
the discharge of the diluted sewage should also take
place one or two hours before high water, by which
means a reduction of the size of the covered reservoir
from fifteen to four acres might be effected, and an in-
crease of ite depth obtained, so that it would contain
about two millions and a half cubic feet. In other words,
it would not be more than half during nine months in
the year, and would leave the other half of the reservoir
free from the storeage of upwards of a million of cubic
feet of rain during the remaining three months. Thi■
will be found sufficient, probably,' for the next 15 or 20
years, and it would be better hereafter, if necessary, to
enlarge the reservoir, rather than now to spread its con-
tents over a more extended surface. The foregoing in-
structions, however, direct the preparation of a plan for
the discharge of the sewage at and after high water only,
I therefore beg to report, so sudden and unequal are the ,
quantities of rain that fall, that to avoid the discharge of
the sewage before high water on the 20 or 30 wet days per
annum would necessitate the construction of a reservoir
of double the size now proposed, at an increased esti-
mated cost of about 40,000/.
"It appears from the late Mr. Foster's tidal experi-
ments that a float started at the proposed outfall at
Long Reach, at half-ebb, would ascend with the follow-
ing tide to about 52 miles about the starting point, or
ti Halfway Roach, and that discharged two hours before
high water would ascend only four miles above the
starting point, or to Erith Reach, the latter being the
most favourable ; but in neither case would any of the
sewage so discharged again return within the limits of
the metropolis. I therefore recommend the construc-
tion of the smaller reservoir.

In reply to a question,
The CIIAIB3IAN said that the dividends would always
be paid half-yearly, though the meetings would only be
held annually.
The motion was then agreed to.
A PROPRIETOR suggested that in future the report
should be circulated some days before the meeting was
held.

The CHAIRMAN said he believed that was not the cus-
tom of the old banks, but that was no reason why it
should not be adopted there.
After some conversation with regard to the possible
inconveniences of circulating the report several days be-
fore the meeting—inconveniences which the shareholders
generally did not appear to consider worthy of attention
—it was moved by Mr. KERRY, seconded by Mr. CLARK,
and resolved unanimously, "That on future occasions
the balance-sheet be printed and circulated amongst the
proprietors seven days at least before any general meet-
ing."

Mr. Bazalgette's estimate of the proposed
extension to Long Reach is
Less tbe cost of tbesewer and reservoir across
Plumetead-marshes..

114,580

On the motion of Mr. J. JOHNSON, one of the audi-
tors, thanks wera voted to Mr. Marshall, the manager,
and to Mr. B. Scott, the secretary, of the bank.
The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairman and his colleagues in the direction.
LO 111.0117—.arrE A/num zuz-i- tizr.

£183,040.

This, added to the estimate of the southern
drainage

821,696

Gives a total of c0i,014, av
"I have the honour to be,
"J. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer."
It was resolved that this report be printed and circu-
lated amongst the members of the board, and be brought
up fur discussion on Tuesday nexti.

The following letters are from an auditorand a director
of the London Life Association :

" Sir,—As you invite a reply to the following para-
graph in your city article of the 6th inst., on the Lon-
don Life question, namely—' The simple question is,
will the fulfilment of the promise.; held out to the now
members be in any way jeopardised by the contemplated
act ? ' I will give you an answer in as plain a manner
and in as few words as I can, and without the possibi-
lity of contradiction by any director.
"1. I deny that any promises have been held out to
new members as to the amount of the abatement of pre-
mium, and if any director has done so he has exceeded
the limits of his authority. All he could do, or, I be-
lieve, has done, is to invite his friends to insure at this
office, as the abatement of premium, after 50 years' ex-
perience, has been 70 per cent. for the last five years.
" 2. I mest emphatically, sir, declare that the dividing
the 230,0001. as proposed, will not, in the slightest de-
gree, affect the 70 per cent., but it may in a slight de-
gree affect the last increase of 4 per cent. abatement de-
clared by the directors since this question has been agi-
tated.

NEW STREET EROM CHEAPSIDE TO THE WEST-END.
Mr. LESLIE brought forward a resolution, of which he
had given notice, calling the attention of the board to
the desirability of combining in one or two acts of Par-
liament the following metropolitan improvements :
An entirely new line of street from the west end of
Cheapside, having a viaduct across Farringdon-street,
with a continuation through the proposed improve.
ments in Carey-street, with a continuation front thence
to the proposed improvements to which his Grace the
Duke of Bedford has agreed to contribute 15,000/. ;
the whole length of such new street from St. Mar-
tin's-lane to the west end of Cheapside would be
about one mile and 1722 feet, equal to 7002 feet lineal.
Mr. Leslie said he thought that no one would doubt the
necessity of a new thoroughfare to relieve the traffic be.
tween the City and the west end, from the west end of
Cheapside. He thought it was equally certain that any
attempt to improve Holborn-hill would not meet the
wants felt by the metropolis in this respect—what he
desired was that they should have a continuous line, ex-
tending from the west end of Cheapside to the southern
side of Newgate, crossing Farringdon-street by means of
a viaduct through Carey-strert, joining Hart-street, and
connecting itself with the new thoroughfare proposed by
the Duke of Bedford, to go into St. Martin's-lane, run-
ning into Cranbourne-street, Leicester-square, and into
New Coventrystreet. There were several plans on the
subject—one by Mr. Tite, another by Mr. Bennoch, and
another by Mr. Mosely. There was also another plan,
of which there was a beautiful model in the possession
of the Corporation of London, which he had desired
should be brought before the board, but Mr. Hall had
objected, saying they had a plan of their own. He re-
gretted it, because he thought it would have afforded
valuable information to that board. Mr. Leslie con-
cluded by moving his resolution.
There being no seconder the motion fell to tho ground.

" I do believe that the chief motive of the directors
for giving this increased 4 per cent. has been that it ab-
stracted 92,000/. from the surplus, so that they may say,
by a quibble, the whole 230,000/. does not exist as a
surplus, though it did when our resolution was first car-
ried in the general court, notwithstanding it was a fact
they denied.---I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
"JOHN ALLNUTT, Auditor of London Life.
"Clapham common, Aug. 7.
"P.S.—The foregoing was written before I read your
paper of to-day, and I think what I have said fully an-
swers what is there repeated. But I feel it a duty to
ma'se a remark, both for your information and on account
of the ignorance of your correspondent, by whom there-
fore you are misled as to the practice of the Equitable
Society. The truth is, we are only proposing to follow
their example, by the just disposal of the surplus, by
giving it to those who had created it."

THE NORTHERN MAIN DRAINAGE.
Mr. Corzursorr moved that the resolution of the board
of June 17 (No. 7), to the effect That the report of the
engineer, so far as it relates to the extension to Barking-
creek, be adopted," be rescinded ; and that, in lieu there-
of, the engineer be instructed to prepare plans and esti-
mates for an extension of the northern drainage outfall
to some point beyond the limits of the metropolis, near
to Long Reach.
Mr. COLLINSON said be bad brought forward this mo-
tion in order that the board should act with consistency,
for it was quite certain that if the Government objected
to Plumstead, on the south side of the Thames, for the
outfall of the sewage, they would equally object to
Barking-creek, on the north side of the river. For his
own part, he could not see the necessity of their being
compelled to go so far as Long Reach on the south side,
but it having been carried, he thought it would only be
a delay of the sewage question if they did not determine
on altering the site of the present northern outfall, as
the Government would be sure to reject it.
Mr. SAVAGE seconded this motion.
Mr. WRIGHT opposed the motion on the ground that
any alteration would be calculated to rescind and upset
the whole of the bases upon which the northern great in-
tercepting sewage bad been settled by their engineer.
Mr. BAZALGETTE, in answer to questions put by Mr.
Wright, said it would to a certain extent set aside his plan
for the northern main sewage. It might, in consequence
of such alteration, be necessary and desirable to connect
the southern main sewage with that of the northern side.
Mr. WRIGHT moved as an amendment that this ques-
tion be deferred until after the board had discussed the
question of the general outfall.
Major LYON seconded the amendment ; and
Mr. Hows and some other members baying spoken,
The amendment was declared to be carried. On a
division the numbers were—for the amendment, 15 ;
against it, 12.

"Sir,—As you have allowed Mr. Baxter to state the
grounds on which ho proposes to divide a large sum, part
of the capital of this association, I hope that you will per-
mit me, one of the directors of the company, to point out
that such a division of capital would be unjust and illegal.
Mr. Baxter says that the association, founded upon the
avowed principle of applying all profits yearly to the re-
ductions of the annual premiums, has, in consequence of
that principle not having been carried out, become pos-
sessed of an accumulated capital arising from over-pay-
ments of the members' premiums (chiefly within the last
30 years) to the extent of between 400,000 i. and
500,0001.' _ . .

"I say that this sum of nearly half. a-million exists
only in the imagination of the gentlemen who are pro-
posing to divide it. I write with the last balance-sheet
of the society before me, a copy of which may be ob-
tained at the office, and I say that, excepting a sum of
37,468/. reserved by our laws for claims which might
have accrued, but were not ascertained; and for claims
which might accrue between the time of making up the
account and the Ist of July last,' all our profits have
been divided in providing for the past, and securing the
future reduction in the premiums. I do not include a
doubtful sum, depending on the value to be placed ou
our stock. Mr. Baxter believes it to be properly valued; I
differ with him on that point. This year the premiums of
all members who have been insured seven years are re-
duced 74 per cent. To secure this reduction a sum of
1,702,0001. in present money is required. Mr. Baxter
wishes to take 230,0001. of this capital, and divide it by a
new law, under which the value of every policy in the
association will be changed. He says that the directors
propose to divide the same sum in a different manner.
This I deny. The directors have already applied this
capital in reduction of the premiums of the members.
We cannot continue the present reduction of premiums
74 per cent. and pay our policies in full if this sum be
divided. But, Sir, there is a class of members with re-
gard to whom this division of capital would be a spolia-
tion not yet witnessed on this side of the Atlantic.
Early in the year the society represented that the accu-
mulation of their capital was so large that new members
must be content to take out policies on the terms of hav-
ing 10 per cent. lds reduction in their premiums than
the older members might receive.
" Large amounts have been insured on these terms,
but now it is I,ctually proposed, ltorreseo referens, to di-
vide the very sum which is necessary to secure the old
inembers•this reduction of 10 per cent.

"Those who joined the society on the faith of its ac-
cumulated capital may fief that very capital divided by
and among thine who held it out as an inducement for
parties to join the society!

" I say therefore that the proposed division is illegal,
unjust, and cannot be carried out. Changes have been
lately made in our laws for the benefit of the older mem-
bers—other changes are now under consideration. To
make those changes legal they must relate only to future
profits—to make them just they must be such as all the
members may have a chance of enjoying them in their
turn.

'

'• I have the honour to 1,9 your faithful servant,
" WILLIABI CORM

6' August 7,"
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Sporting Intelligence.

Entries for the Cesarewitch.

The weights to be published in the Calendar after War,
wick Races, and acceptances to be signified on or be-
fore Tuesday, the 16th of September, to Messrs. Wea-
therby, in London. 137 entrances.

Quince .
fby Alarm—Duvernay 3
Bay Hilton
Cockatoo
Vanity
Middy -
Determination
Stradbally
Typee
Peter Wilkins .
Peter Flat
Thames Ditton
Warlock
Fandango
San Francisco
Cotswold
The Earl
Termagant
Alice Wentworth.

~... 3

.... s

Alice
Aldford
Tame Deer .
December
Yellow. Jack
Sarabg,nci

Coroner
The Assayer
The Hind (h b)
Johnny TaLtAibl....«.a.
Ermighton
Alma
The Courtier
Falstaff
Middleton
A raga
La Victime
LadyYlorence 3
Tumbler
Pitapat 3
Sly Fellow
Porto Rico
Sister to Hesse Cassel 3
lqincepie
Rogerthorpe
Stanhope 3
Aleppo 3
S wyndel Dhygga 3
Grampian
Cerva

Carious
Fanny Gra7
Westminster
Treachery
Intimidation
Secret
Imogene
Gortschakoff
Fullbeck
Heir of Linne
Viscount 3
Newington
Humgufan
Siding
Flatterer 4
Redemption..... 4
Homily
Poodle a
Nathan
B g by Surplice out of
Clementina 4
Lord Der w entwater

Entries for the
Weights to be declared at
Cesare witch,

Age.
Bay Hilton
Stradbally
Blood Royal
Arbutha
Welham
Duet 3
Prestbury
Typee
Peter Wilkins
Peter Fiat
Thames Ditton
Warlock
C by Orlando out of Cla-

rissa 3
Cotswold 3
Remunerateur (bred in
France)
Imposture
Little David
NAt..,

c..ve

-4
3

:reeze

Termagant
Alice Wentworth

Mice
Tame Deer 3
Yellow Jack
Coroner . 3
Saraband 4
The Assayer
Berezina

Lance
The Hind (la b)
Johnny Taft (h b) _ 4
Houghton ....... 3
Alma
The Courtier
Claret
Falstaff
George Brown
Gamekeeper
Arago
La Victime 3
Tumbler
Pitapat
Jack Sheppard
Sly Fellow
Omer Pasha 3
Affg-han
Porto Rico
Sister to Hesse Cassel, 3
Mincepie 3
Rogerth orpe
Stanhope 3
Grampian
S wyndel Dhygga
Cerva ,,,.—. 3
Artillery
Fanny Gray
Treachery
Romeo 6
Intimidation
Secret
Lady Florence 3
Emily
The Fair Geraldine 3
Gortschakoff
Byrsa
Tho Heir of Linne 3
Viscount 3
Newington 3
Gbika
Flatterer 4
Frederick
Bessie ... 4
B g by Surplice out of
Clementina

Age

Lady Tatton
Mary Copp
Vandal
Sugarplum
Coup de Main
Good Friday
Eiyaston .
Glautias . .•
Ellington
St. Andrew 6
King of Scotland
Preston
Hospitality 3
Herald 4
i Enchanter
Mr. Sykes (II b) 6
Speed the Plough
Absolution
Barfleur
Polestar
Laird of Hazlewood
Shoreham
Potter a

Prince of Orange 3
Miss Harkaway 3
Pretty Boy 3
Newmarket 4
Duke of Hamilkon A
--'..-""---"--- .- ,ne out of
3

Delaine

Mary
Red Robin
Tom Thumb
C by Conyngbam out of
Jolly Marine
rioress
Vengeance
The Trapper
Yorkshire Grey
First Fly
De Ginkel
Spinster
King Brian
Bandalore
Lawn

Polmoodie
Lundyfoot
Border Chief
Venison
Stark
Aladdin (late Goaway)
(pedigree unknown) 5
Winkfield
Swalcliffe 3
Fisherman
Diego
The Duffer
Royalist
Merlin
Cannobie 3
Hungerford a
Comedy ... —.— 3
C by Ratan—Alice 3
The Fair Geraldine 3
Brother to Grey Tommy 6
Grey Pyrrhus 3
Puck
Typhon
Rialto
Tyre 3

Cambridgeshire.
the same time as for the
148 subs.

Age
Nathan
Chalice 4
Cotswold 3
Lord Derwentwater
4
. 4
LLaorday
ATrftrteodn
Early Bird
Theodora 3
Glen Lee 3
Nlary Copp 3
Flacrow
The Poacher
Vandal 4
Vindex 6
Sugarplum
Coup de Main 3
Good Friday ' 3
Elvaston
Glantias
Lduvat 4

Herald 4
Hospitality
King of Scotland
Vandermulin
Speed tho Plough
Absolution
Flyaway 3
Typhon • 3
Eliza
C by Paragons out of

Sneer V 4
Polestar
Laird of Hazlewood
Aleppo 3
Mary 4
Red Robin
Tom Thumb
Prince of Orange
Pretty Boy 3
Miss Harkaway 3
C by Conyngham out of;
Prioress
Falcon 5
Vengeance ' 4
The Trapper
Raphael
Yorkshire Grey 4
First Fly 3
De Ginkel
Spinster
King Brian 3
Bandalore
Kestrel
Polmoodie
Lundyfoot
Lord of the Isles
S walcliffe 3
Royalist
Merlin 3
Topsy (h b) 5
llungerford
Comedy
B c by Ratan—Alice 3
Middy 3
Puck
Walmer
Eloquence
Pembedw
The Border Chief 4
Stork
Venison
Leamington
Agra
Winkfield

BRIGHTON RACES.-FRIDAY.

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 60 added, for two•
yr•olds ; colts, fist 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; the winner to

hie sold for 150/. ; allowancesif entered to be sold for
less, &c. Half a mile. Nine subs,
Mr. Snewing's Annot Lyle, by Grecian, 7st 91b (M.)
(J. Goiter). 1
Lord Anglesey's Miss Nightingale, Tat 91b (501.)
(Fordham) 2
Mr. T. Stevens's Sorceress, 7st 91b (501.) (Prior) 3
The following also ran :—Delusion, The Shiner, Cutty
Quean, Chow, Media Noce, and f. by Pyrrhus the First.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Chow, 7to 2 agst Miss Nightin-
gale, 100 to 15 each agst Catty Quean and Media Noce,
7to 1 each agst Annot Lyle and The Shiner. Miss
Nightingale made the running, followed by Sorceress ;
within the last few strides Annot Lyle came with a rush
and won on the post by a head ; about four lengths be-
tween the second and third; Delusion was fourth;
Ruby's dam filly and Chow were next. The winner
was bought in for 70 guineas, and Chow was claimed
under the Newmarket rule for Mr. Saxon.
Brighton Club Stakes (Handicap) of 10 soya each, h ft,
with 50 addel ; winners extra. New Course. Five
subs.
Mr. Beville's Perea Nena, by Spanish Jack, 6 yrs, 9st
(Mr. Beville, jun.) 1
Mr. Payne's mare by Van Tromp, out of Queen Mab,
5 yrs, list (Captain Little) 2
Dqtting-5 to 4 on Peres. Nena, who made all the
running, and won by a neck.
handicap Plate of 100 sovs. Bristol Mile.
Dake of Bedford's Questionable, 4 yrs, Bst (Flatman) 1
Mr. Brown's Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Prior) 2
Mr. I'. Hughes's Romeo, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b (D. Hughes) 3
The following also ran :---Tom Burke, Golden Plover,
Pantheon, The Turk.
Fordham weighed for Termagant, and her number
was displayed on the telegraph ; but the mare not being
on the ground at the time appointed for starting her
number was taken down. On taking their preliminary
canter both Romeo and Coal Black Rose threw a plate,
in consequence of which the start was tediously delayed.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Coal Black Rose, 4to 1 agst
Questionable, 5 to 1 agst Romeo, 6 to 1 agst Golden
Plover, 7to 1 agst Turk. Coal Black Rose made play,
with Golden Plover lying second, Romeo third, and
Questionable fourth. At the distance Golden Plover
was beaten, and Questionable passed Romeo. A.
fine race from the half distance ended in favour
of Questionable by a head ; feur lengths between the

[PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD•

(J. Goater) 4
Mr. T. Hughes's Little Tom, 6 yrs, list 7lb (Mr. Hunt) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Lord Albemarle, 2to 1 agst
Bishop of Osnaburgh, 7 to 1 agat Little Bird, 8 to 1
agst Little'Totn. The Bishop of Oanaburgh made all the
running, and won by a length'and a half; bad third.
A Plate of 70 sous for beaten horses ; the second to re-
ceive ten sous out of the plate ; gentlemen riders ;
professionals 51b extra. T.Y.C.
Mr. Payne's mare by Van Tromp out of Queen Mab,
5 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr. Boynton) 1
Mr. Howard's Mermaid, 3 yrs, list slb (Capt. Little) 2
Mr. Sait's Turk, 3 yrs, list 51b (inn. 51b ex) (J. Goater) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Queen Mab m, sto 2 agst •Mer-
maid, 3to 1 agst Turk. Queen Mab m led from start to
finish, and won in a canter by a length. Turk was
beaten off.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
EBOR HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst Warlock (taken)
Bto 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken)
8 to 1 agst Coroner (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lady TAtton (taken)
ST. LEGER.
3to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken to upwards of
2501.)
DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken)

MAZZINI'S THIRD LETTER TO MANIN.

In one of your letters dated, if I am not mistaken,
May 28th, you proclaimed Victor Emmanuel the king
destined to unite Italy ( e unificatore d'ltalia).
In that of the 26th June you profess to teach the Italians
in Naples, through the medium of the Eng:ish press, the
means by which to make of King Ferdinand the consti-
tutional monarch of the Two Sicilies.* Whether thou-
sands or rather millions of men, crushed under an un-
limited tyranny, could quietly agree to practice univer-
sally a remedy always difficult, and rarely attempted
even in countries where freedom and right are under the
guardianship of deliberative assemblies ; and whether,
even supposing such a miraculous harmony of will could
be arrived at, it would not be better to raise barricades
at once, and rid themselves of their hated government, is
a question which the people of Naples—should your coun-
sels ever reach their ears—must decide. I write to ask you
and your friends how you reconcile one unity of Italy
under Victor Emmanuel with the re-establishment of a
constitutional monarchy in Naples ? Italy, Mania, has
long deplored your silence ; I fear that ere long you will
deplore the hour in which the suggestions of false or
injudicious friend. induced you to break that silence.
What is it that you do desire ? In whom do you be-
, ieee ? Whet peaetical means of resurrection do you'
propose to Italy ? What is your guiding principle, or
the_citttl of every man who takes upon
gnb—uL
these things clearly. You assume the concise, laconic,
dictatorial language of a man who feels himself a
leader, and demands to be followed ; cannot you be
equally open, logical, precise in idea ?
Do you desire the union of Italy under a single mo-
narch, or do you desire seven princes, who, under the
menace of internal or foreign danger, may swear to con-
stitutions to-day, and unswear them to-morrow ? Do
you desire a national revolution which shall win us a
common country by force of arms, or do.you want some
local reforms, to give us an Imencepathic dose of liberty,
concessions which lull us, and amnesties which disho-
nour us ? When you tell the people to agitate,
do you mean the agitation of petitions, and peaceful
demonstrations like those which preceded the five
days in 1848, and which now would be responded
to by grapeshot, or those partial outbreaks which fore
tel and sometimes hasten insurrection ? When you say
that the revolution is possibly at hand, do you hint at
an uprising of the people, or a spontaneous movement of
the monarch of unity ? When you entreat Rome not to
move, do you mean to teach a cowardly fear of insurrec-
tion, or do you trust in any hidden designs of the man
of the 2d of December ?

It is you and your followers' duty to answer these
things, but you will not. You will not do this ; you
will pretend to disdain questions which you will call im-
prudent, and assume the air of diplomatists who cannot
without danger reveal their secrets. But the fact is that
you cannot answer. You have no secret, you have no
programme, you have no principle to guide you. YGu
do not breathe the breath of Italian life, but of foreign
inspiration. You week Italy, not in the aspirations and
the strength shown a few years back by her people, but
in the suggestions and instigations of cabinets, which
have ever betrayed UR. I know their agents, and could
name them.

The governments of Europe, dear Italy
Poor Italy ! Christ among nations, by her sufferings ;
yet has Providence confided to her the word of the great
universal resurrection, and they know it. They kieow
that the day in which, inspired by a moment of supreme
faith, she shall dare to proffer that word, tho sepulchre
in which the peoples lie entombed will burst asunder to
usher forth the new life.
They know that we hold in our hands the question of
the nationalities—the map of Europe.
They know that the cry of a mighty redemption can-
not arise in the land that has twice given the word of
unity to Europe, without arousing Hungary, Poland,
1 Germany, France, Greece, and Southern Sclavonia.
When the position of European affairs, fresh deceptions,
increased tyranny, and the exertions of the party to which
I esteem it an hour to belong, brought about that ferment
alluded to by the memorandum, in ministerial speeches,
and in the European press—the governments, perceiving
they could not extinguish it, sought in alarm how they
might at least divert it from its true aim. They cm-
ploye,l the old artifice of 1331 and 1848 —that of dividing
into two currents the flood that threatened to overwhelm
them, and splitting up into two camps the camp of the
nation. They urged on the tardy to a semblance of mo-
tion which led to nothing. They restrained the eager
with the hope of a coming crisis and a general union of
forces, that will never take place, save as the result of
some daring fact achieved. To accomplish this plan,
which is the moving spring of all that is being done, or
hinted at, in governmental circles, and to create a dualism
in our ranks, they wanted a banner and the authority of
a name known and dear to Italy, and they selected you.
You are, unconsciously, the Gioberti of 1856.
Turn again to us, Manin ; return to the national
camp—to the men who defended the honour of Italy in
Rome, while you defended it in Venice. Return to the
people—to the people that combat and die—to the people
that do not betray—to the people of the five days—to the
people of the great deeds of Sicily, of Bologna, of Bre-
scia, of the city that gave you birth. There is yet time.
Tear up all your letters, and keep only the " If not, not,"
of the first. A year of circumlocutions, of cowardly hesi-
tation, arid of unfulfilled hopes, has for ever effaced that
" IL" You resigned yourself then to a last trial: de-
clare that that trial is now over. Return to us. Say to
the Italians—" Accept me as one amongst you-1 have
no longer faith but in you." They will receive you ap-
provingly, and, trust me, on the unanimous accord of
the men of every fraction of 'opinion, they will respond
by deeds that than be to the glorious deeds of '4B what
the conflagration is to the sparks that foretel it.
Italy is now on the verge of one of those supreme mo-
ments in which the people must decide either to act and
be to-morrow, or submit to a decennium of slavery:
Our geographical position, the well known accord of
every heart from the Alps to the sea, and tho opinion of
Europe, have decreed that the initiation of the Corning
war of o
She oppressed nationalities belongs to Italy. must
either seize it or abdicate her position, and await her
salvation from the slow uncertain modification of Euro-
pean affairs. Insurrections that are foreseen, and pro-
nounced inevitable by public opinion, are supported by
public opinion. Ours would burst forth as the incar-
nation and material expression of an idea, of a principle
that has already obtained an European citizenship. The
I confessions of diplomacy itself—the watch kept over our

* Signor Dranin's proposition was D, universal and spo'A•
taucgto rawfal tv pay taxes.

seco 0.-1 and third ; Pantheon was fourth, and Turk fifth
the ot her two beaten off.
Plate, of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each,
for :1-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b ; allowances
and penalties. T.Y.C. Nine subs.
Mr. Ps yne's filly by Orlando, 7st 1116 (Flatman) 1
Mr. T. Walker's Orianda, 85t...... ....... ..(Wells) 2
Mr. C. Forniby's Banner Bearer, Bst (D. Hughes) 3
Mr. E.. R. Clarke's Yorkshircman, Bst (carried Est 21b)
(Dockeray) 4
Bettii ig--5 to 4 agst Orianda, 2 to 1 agst Farmer's
Daughter filly, 6to 2 agst any other. The Yorkshire-
man jam,ped off with the lead, and shoWed in front for
the first quarter of a mile, when Farmer's Daughter
filly took up the running, followed by Orianda, and won
by a length ; bad third•;- Yorks-hiren3an was beaten
about two lengths from• Banner Bearer;
The Brighton Club Plate of 70-sovs, for 2 and 3-yr-olds ;
optional selling and other allowances. Last half-mile.
Lord Anglesey's Miss Nightingale, 2 yrs, Cat 2lb (501.)
(Plumb) 1
Mr. Dawson's Bobby B, 3 yrs', Bst Sib (50/.) (Kendal) 2
Mr. Lucas's Garnet, 3 yrs, 7st 6lb (50/.) (Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Hart Royal, Sister to Bold
Buccleuch, Coal Black Rose, Ninette, Eloquence, and
Jeu d'Esprit.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Sister to Ilold Buccleuch, sto 1
each agst Eloquence and Miss Nightingale, 6 to 1 each
agst Jen d'Esprit and Bobby -B. Bobby B made the
running to the distance, where Miss Nightingale chal-
lenged, and after a fine race in won by a head ; three
lengths between., the second and third ; Hart Royal was
fourth, and Coal Black Rose was fifth. Soon after
starting Sister to Bold Buccleuch cannoned against Elo-
quence, was thrown out of her stride and was stopped.
She afterwards followed the others round, but took no
part in the race. The %%ismer was sold to Mr. Angell
and sister to Bold Buocleuch was
claimed for Mr. Bell.
Plate of 70 sovs (Handicap); gentlemen riders ; pro
fessionals 51b extra. T.Y.C.
Lord Clifden'e Bishop of Osuaburgb, by. Surplice,
3 yrs, list • (Captain Little) 1
Mr. Hank's Lord Albemarle, 6 yrs, 12st 71b
(Mr. Boynton) 2
Mr. Pattison's Little Bird, 3 yrs, 9st 10Ib
(I.llr. Beville, jun.) 3
Mr. Howard's Mermaid, 3 yrs, 12st 21b (inc. 51b extra)

sapjtal.PfWL to
_drive out the foreigner, and at one
anu Abe same Lune iruK:ruetr XSUUttrun *be uuurctitU-
tional king of Naples, and Victor Emmanuel the king of
united Italy.
July 2.

JOSEPH MAZZINI.

SUSPECTED MURDER OF AN AUSTRA-
LIAN ADVENTURER AT HAMPTON
COURT.

During the past few days the greatest excitement llas
prevailed in the vicinity of Hampton Court, through the
discoveryof the lifeless body of a respectably-dressed -co an
in the river, several stabs about his person leading to. the
suspicion that the unfortunate man has been assassii.rated
for the purposes of robbery. It seems that some parties
were on the river in a fishing-punt, when they observed
a human body floating down with the tide. The. whole
of the body, together with the face, was quite immersed,
and it was only through the shallowness of the w.Ater tbat
the corpse was by any chance seen. It was immediately
dragged into the punt, and taken on shore. The deceased
appeared to have been a seafaring man of the better class.
His coat was unbuttoned, and beneath he wore a Guernsey
Yost, his troweers being supported by a beltinstead of sus-
penders. Dr. Garrett, of Thames Ditton, was at once
called to see deceased, and was' enabled to observe that
the man had ibeen dead some: time. Dr. Garrett sub-
sequently proceeded to make a minute examination of
the body, when, to his surprise, upon stripping back the
deceased's under vest, be discovered several severe stabs
on the left side of the chest. There was a large opening
in the thorax on that side, and this seemed to have been
produced by three several stabs, the wounds cutting
obliquely downwards, twice severing the sixth rib, and
thrice cutting through the seventh, while the eighth was
likewise splintered. The thrusts must have been of the
most desperate character, and Dr. Agnis, of the 3d Light
Dragoons, who assisted at the examination, expressed
his astonishment at the clean appearance of the wounds.
Proceeding internally three distinct incisions were traced
through tholeft lung, and three more distinct wounds
in the substance of the heart. There was also a short
out observed on the diaphragm, which penetrated the
liver. The wounds were sufficient to cause instan-
taneous death, and must have been inflicted with
either a bowie knifa or a sharp two-edged dirk of the
Italian character. In the deceased's pocket were found
some cheques on the Now South Wales Bank to the
amount of 5901., and some papers, which, together with
the deceased's general appearance, leads to the belief that
he had lately returned from Australia. The coroner's
inquiry has been formally opened before Mr. Wakley,
and adjourned to allow the police time to gain further
information.

VICTOR HUGO AT GUERNSEY.

We work. All the world knows what he (Victor Hugo)
is doing. All the household works. The quantity of art
which this home, the offspring of politics, produces is in-
credible. Charles has the gift to do all that he desires.
Photography, this is nothing; that is, it is admirable; it is
a machine which defies Rembrandt ; it is science pro-
ducing art—but the artist goes for little in it. It is then
the sun that produces the figure—but Charles produces
the frames. Ho paints around our portraits exquisite
frames of showers of blossoms, branches, birds, mosaics,
&c. He has inexhaustible invention, wondrous delicacy,
and colour, to disturb the reputation of the old missals.
But painting is the holiday of the mind. What repose
in the work of the hands ! When Charles has rested
himself by painting,- he turns to 'his writing again. Ro-
mances, stories that area medley of verse and prose ; it
is a heavy fatigue, but lighter to him than to others. He
was born in literature. As 'a child he played with
rhymes. He and style were brought up together. When
he grew up, well-turned phrases looked tenderly at him.
translation is, that it is a translation
Victor is translating Shakspere. Will it nontubgeoreAd,
Shakspero filially translated by a son of
others translate the translation of
fsingularityk s
po of
.rteh s
Letourneur. Their biography is another transla-
tion from the poets. Madame Victor Hugo is writing
her husband's life. Nobody could have written as she
will write it. For she can say that she has not left her
husband. She has known all his actions, all his thoughts,
all his words. She is writing a book that is true in two
senses, in information and in sincerity—and that will be
the natural complement of Victor Hugo's work. For the
best explanation of a man's labour is his life. " * We have
sweet evenings. When we, have worked well, Mdlle.
Victor Hugo rewards us by, playing upon the piano
some melody she has inst Found. It is charming music
—original, born alone, far-front the Onora, far from the
Conservatoire—evolved 'Spontaneously from nature and
the heart, the flower of tha rock, the light of a star. " *
I have an original librarY ! Diqou know what I have
read this year ? For romance!, Los Miserables—for
poetry, Dieu, la Fin de Satan, Les Petites Epop4es—
for the. drama, Homo, le Theatre en Liberte, Les
Drames de l'lnvisible—for lyrics, Les Contemplations,
and Les Chansons des Rues et des Bois—for philosophy,
a book which 25 years of thOught have not sufficed to
complete, and which will be called Essai d'Explication.
I have, for library, the manuscripts of Victor Rego,,,_,
"Pro.filCi and Criltnaccs,. &Y l'alfito F*Pcrie,

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4itehesigparierser:aaelldcobuyntrtihes—the organisation, -
insurrection of whether spontaneous or operated, by the men. of our
party among the people of -every city in Italy, have all
prepared the field for those who dare possess.themselves
of it. Any glorious fact of will, or daring, am:lmp:l;4a: 'ld:
in the name of the natipn ao- clif the nations, will be
lands. A dozen _popular -banners will be unfurled to
,respond to that fact.
. _Zele-ozetheeother hand (it is useless to attempt to die.
funicrniwere it now disappointed, would
iduswur:
olofseltBh3eog.roTunhed
inertia systematically adopted, through mistaken calcu-
lations of opportunity, by the Poles in 1848 and the
ff
following years, hag silenced, that throb of affection, and
the have conquered by
B:teerzel-Yth'ean
the deeds of 1848 and 1849. The
heartise oitf)E'Puurbolip7b-2eat high with faitltand hope for Poland
for many ge
u § 7yeeraYr-s
an opinion (which I know to be without foundation)
is universally diffused, that Poland is dead, or Rus-
sian and impotent ; and that opinion was one of the
principal causes._ that _withheld the English people
from compelling their= own Government to change
the tendencies of the last war: The same thing would
happen to us were we to betray the universal expecta-
tion,_ We have so often-laid bare our wounds before Eu-
rope—we haVe so persistently repeated the story of our
sufferings, and of our rage and raenace—that we should
have no right to blame anyone-but durselves, if Europe,
wearied of always finding us wanting at the opportune
moment, should say of us, " They are cowardly brag-
garts; they deserve contempt, not sympathy or help.
We must act, or perish. And we'may act and succeed.
Those men who really love -their country more than
themselves, will forsake all tortuous ways ; and re-
nounce the idea not of profiting by, but of accepting in-
spiration from, diplomacy. Leave the programme of
the future to the emancipated peoples—in so far as it
can be useful—the co-operation of every element, with-
out subduing their own action to any, and all unite in
bold, manly, and incessant action on the following cote.
neon ground :—We seek a country; we seek to be a
nation. We will that an Italy shall be. We may sc•
cept and avail ourselves of civil administrative reforms,
but we will not ask for them. Europe must be taught
that twenty-five million of . men—sons of the
which give moral Anjtje:tatehilialitltiti : —do
-reg,,t.eiaketlse.aftnr-16f- an ameliorated condition, but de-
mand to be admitted as a nation among the nations.
The liberty and unity of Italy can only be won by our
own efforts, by our own blood, by the battle of all for
all. Our most powerful allies must be those peoples
oppressed like ourselves. We shall have them with us
according to the energy we show in our arising. The
strong are certain to be followed. • •
Whatever be the intention& 'Whiiiever the designs, of
the Piedmontese monarchy, the initiative of the move-
ment belongs of necessity to the people. Popular in-
surrection will be the only check to those designs, if evil;
the only means of giving a field for their development,
if good.
Whatever, therefore, be hie opinion on this subject,
every Italian, who truly loves his country, is bound to
use every effort to promote the insurrectional initiative.
Italy is more ripe for a successful rising than she was
in '4B, when we were uncertain of the people, which is
now deliberately ours, in every province and in every
city. We must net toil over work already done. We
must not lose time an trouble in vast pre-organised de-
signs, which are invariably discovered or betrayed be-
fore they can be reduced to attion. We must call the
brave to open action by acting openly.
To inspire faith in the irresolute we must convince
them of the possibility of arising, and leading after us
the multitudes- Like the philosopher of old, we must
prove the possibility of motion by moving.
To diffuse on every side the ferment, the expectation,
the longing for the signal, and concentrate all practical
definite work upon a given paint where that signal shall
arise—such is for us the secret of victory.
Each province, each important city of Italy, is capable
of being the central point ; every,province, every city ‘of
Italy, should strive to become-such. In every portion
of Italy dwells the right and duty of the nation. Any
portion of Italy can seize the initiative of the movement,
and become the vanguard of the.great national army.
The first that rises must rise in the name of all ; and
all must at once answer the signal.
A way with the foreigner ! Dawn with every tyranny,
whatsoever it be ! The nation is Oee and sovereign :to
it alone belongs the inalienable, eternal right of prescrib-
ing the formula of its own destiny,
-- Whatsoever rejects
such a programme belongs not. to•-the national party,
but is a man of sects and factions. Whosoever accepts
it let him declare it, and spread'-it among the nucleus
of men around him; let him eagtrly gather together
money and materials of war, put: himself in commu-
nication directly, or through his own nucleus, with the
centre of his province or city. I;et an insurrectional
government born of, and approved by, the insurrec-
tion it4elf, govern its component parts. Let those who
come into the field to support tho movement already
initiated be received, whomsoever they may be, as
brothers and allies, not as masters. Deeds, not words :
sacrifices, not pompous and rhetorical phrases, or inter-
minable discussions about programme; : cartoeches, not
books. An enslaved people may be allowed to be any-
thing but ridiculous ; and we—the slaves of foreigners,
of popes, of priests, of kings, of gensd'armes, of every-
body, and of everything, by talking always of arising,
and yet never arising—are advancing towards the ridi-
culous with rapid strides.
Turn to us again, Mania ' • give
_these principles the
support of your name ; and the nation will forget your
letters, to remember only Venice. "And if not, not."
The nation then, I fear, will forget that you were once
great aeieader of a great people, only to remember the
Than WM', after-freeee. ,s--eeeeebeen -healed the head of a
r4LA:O;o, repeatedly sacrificed the principle to which he
bad sworn, in favour of a reonarea-3,Anrbada tha_ivture

,
411.

ER MAJESTY'S TIIEA.TR/ 4
FAREWELL NIGHT at REDUCED PRICES.
PICCOLOMINI—ROSATI—LE CORSAIRE.
THIS EVENING (SATURDAY, August 9), will be pr
e.
seated Verdi's Opera,
LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta, Mane. Piecolomini.
With the new grand Ballet of LE CORSAIRS,2arJdora,
Madame Rosati.
Reduced Prices :—Three Pair, 11.1 s. Two Pair, 1, !Ms .6d.
Tit and One Pair, 2/. 12s. 6d. Grand Tier, 31. 3s. Pit, ss.
Gallery rOXeS, 15s. Gallery Stalls, ss. Gallery Si( le Sta
3e. 6d. Gallery, 2s. 6d.
The free list suspended, the public press excepted.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Baeltatonth

THIS EVENING,
SECOND LOVE.
Followed by
THE CAPTIVES.
After which
MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER.
To oonalude with
THE SPANISH SERJEANT.

ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI.
Proprietor and Bfanager, Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Madame Celesta.
THIS EVENING,
URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
Followed by
OUR GAL.

To conclude with
BORN TO GOOD LUCK.

LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Cuss Las KEAN.
THIS EVENING,
MUSIC H
After which.
VIE WINTER'S TALE.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lea" via m9,nazer, Mr. Alfred wlgaa.

THIS EVENING
THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.
After which,
MEDEA.
To conclude with
THE IVELiff GIRL.

AsTrxrs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manarer, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
(First week) Shakespere's Tragedy of RING RICHARD THF.
THIRD ; or, the Battle of Bosvrorfa Field. Compressed into 3 acts.
Mr. W. Cooke's splendid stud of horses effectively introduced. Grand,
striking, and indescribable tableau of the Battle of Bosworth Field.
Alter which,
The SCENES in the CIRCLE, and a variety of select entertain-
Inents.

Box-office open Prom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director. Mr. IV. Cooke, Jun.

HIGH WATER AT. LONDON BRIDGE.

TH/8 DAY—Morn. 49 min. aft. 6—Evening 10 min. aft. 7
Ta-MORnow—Atorn.32 min. aft. 7—Evening 1 min. aft. 8

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 9.
TLISIMOMETEB, IN THE SHADE.
7t—highest since noon yesterday.
64 —loweSt this morning and during the night.
73 —this day at noon.

BARommurt-29 70-29.81.
WIND, Southerly.—Rain fall yesterday afternoon, but
no thunderstorm. This morning it rained heavily up to
2 o'olock.

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