The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-27 00:00:00

BALMORAL CASTLE.

1 M. Distin and his sons, in conjunction with Miss
M. O'Connor, had the honour of performing before her
Majesty and Prince Albert, at Balmoral Castle, last
Monday evening, Sept. 23, the following programme:
Quartette, Fantasia, on Airs from Lucia
and La Fiylia del Regiments, Mr.
Distin and his Sons Donizetti.
Madrigal, " Down in a flow'ry vale," Miss
M. O'Connor, and Messrs. H. W. and
T. Distin, composed in 1541 Feats.
Terzetto a Canone, " Venue a Colei," Sax
Horns, Messrs. H. W. and T. Distin ... Costa.
Madrigal, " Since first I saw your face,"
Miss M. O'Connor, and Messrs. H. W.
and T. Math], composed in 1600 ... Ford.
Solo, " All is lost" (Sonnambula), Sax
Horn Alto, Mr. H. Distin ••• Bellini.
Glee, " Sleep, pude lady," Miss M.
O'Connor and Messrs. Distin ... Bishop.
Fantasia on Themes from Le Proph'e.te,
Sax Horns, M, ssrs. Distin Meyerbeer.
Her Majesty was so much pleased with the per-
formance that she commanded a repetition Onie glee,
and requested the Messrs. Distin to perform their ar-
rangement of Rossini's " Cujus Animum," from his
Stabat Mater, for the Sax Horns, which her Majesty
recollected from a former performance of theirs at
Buckingham Palace.

ALARMING ACCIDENT AT THE
RH UDDL AN EISTEDDFOD.
RHUDDLAN CASTLE, HALF-PAST ONE, P.M.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 2G.—The afternoon, yesterday,
was occupied chiefly in the contest on the harps for
the different prizes offered. Mr. Ellis Roberts, the
well-known Welsh harpist, eventually won the gold
medal, but the other two prizes were not awarded.
The proceedings commenced this morning at the
usual hour, Lezd Mostyn occupying the chair. The
great hall was crowded in every part. The reading
of the poems, essays, and the awarding of prizes were
continued, relieved by addresses on different subjects.
Charles Winston, Esq., of London, barrister, of the
Inner Temple, read a short arcbreological report of an
old painted window in Llanrhaiddr Dyffrynclwd
Church, near Denbigh.

The proceedings, however, were suddenly brought
to a conclusion by a most untoward accident, which
has just happened within the great hall. Behind a
platform at the west end of the hall, elevated about a
yard and a half from the ground floor, and on which the
president was at the time sitting, are several rows of
seats elevated, still higher than the president's platform,
one above the other, and forming an ordinary gallery.
These seats being much crowded with ladies and gen-
tlemen, the harpists were contesting for one of the
prizes, when the entire audience, consisting of some
thousands, were suddenly alarmed and terrified by a
loud crash which proceeded from the neighbourhood
of the platform. There were instantaneous cries of
"The building is falling in," and the rush to the dif-
ferent doors was positively frightful. In a few mo-
ments after the crash the platform fell in at its
centre, one of the midway supporters having broken.
The screams of the lades who were now sliding down,
so to speak, from one side of the platform, were most
alarming, and all being jostled together into the centre
below, a scene of consternation and confusion such as
is seldom witnessed in any public assembly, was the
consequence.
The president's platform in a few moments
afterwards gave way, and carried, of course, the chair
with it, but the venerable Nobleman had already
vacated his seat the moment the alarm was given, and
fortunately was out of danger.
Great exertion was made to extricate the ladies
from their perilous position. Fortunately, few com-
paratively speaking, were found to have been injured.
Mrs. Thompson, of Liverpool, had her leg broken,
and received other severe fractures. Mrs. Dawson
and several others are injured, but in the confusion
which at this moment prevails it is impossible to as-
certain the exact particulars.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION.
RETIREMENT OF MR. COWLING.
CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 2G.—Some little astonishment
was created here this morning by the announcement
of the fact, that Mr. Cowling had retired from the
contest, and thus left Mr. Wigram in undisturbed
possession of the field. It appears that at a late hour
last evening Mr. Cowling's committee made a com-
munication to that of Mr. Wigram, resigning on be-
half of Mr. Cowling all further claim to the represen-
tation, as they did not think it expedient further to
prolong a contest which they had reason to believe
would end in the return of Mr. Wigram, and which
could only tend to disturb the peace of the University.
This communication having been acknowledged on
behalf of Mr. Wigram's committee, the affair was at
an end, and this morning the committee rooms were
denuded of their placards and all the outward signs
of the procedure of an election.
An address announcing the retirement of Mr.
Cowling, directed to Mr. Wigram's supporters, ap-
peared this afternoon. The election will now be a
mere matter of form

TOWER OF LONDON IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday a
large numt er of workmen were busily engaged in making ex-
tensive alterations and improvements in various parts of the
Tower of London. The two lofty gun-towers of the eastern
and western extremities, facing Trinity-square, areleimg re-
constructed on a new and patented plan, recommended by
Government. The high walls near the water-side have been
pulled down, and are to be rebuilt on a new principle, with
gun loop-holes. The interior of this ancient fortress is also
undergoing a regular repair, under the superintendence of a
military officer specially appointed fa the purpose by his
Grace the Duke of Wellington.

SPO RTING INTELLIGENCE.'
TA TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY.
The business transacted yesterday was on 'too smr.ll a
scale to require more than an enumeration of the average
prices at the close.
NEWMARKET TWO YRS OLD TRIENNIAL.
10 to 3 agst Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith
10 to 3 agst Mr. Ford's Payment
6 to 1 agst Lord Enfila's Hernandez
NEWMARKET FOUR YRS OLD TRIENNIAL.
5 to 4 on Sir J. Hawley's Vatican
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Landgrave—taken and
afterwards offered
10 to 1 sgst Mr. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken
and afterwards offered
12 to 1 agst Mr. Mangan's Russborough.--taken
12 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Backbiter
20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Nlulgrave—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. filling's Lady Eden—taken
25 to 1 agat Mr. Jaques's Chautrey—taken to 1001.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Combe's Trouncer—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo—taken and after.
wards offer( d
30 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain
33 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Bon Mot
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
6 to 1 ag,t Mr. Me,klam's The Italian
20 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's Ilagley— take n
50 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Equiria—taken
DERBY.
30 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith—taken
and afterwards offered
30 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation—taken and
ufferwards offered
50 tot agst Lord Zetland's Lightfoot—taken and
afterwards offered
MANCHESTER RACES.— TR URSDA Y.
The Champagne Stakes Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft,
and '5O added, for two yrs old; the second to save his
stake. One mile. (15 Subs.)
Mr. Hesseltine's Unity, 7st 101 b (Longstaff) 1
Mr. Barton's Madame Warton, 7st 121 b (G. Oates) 2
Mr. Copeland's Colibri, 7st (W. Sharpe) 3
Mr. Merry's Maid of the Mountain, 7st 61b...(Evans) 4
Mr. Ei Buckley's Grotten, Bst llb (Whitehouse) 5
5 to '4 agst Madame Warton, 2 to 1 agst Unity. Won
easy by two lengths.
The Chesterfield Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and
5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to save
his stake. One mile and seven furlongs. (18 Subs.,
5 of whom declared.)
Mr. Meiklam's The Cocktail, 4 3rs, 6st 41b (Arnold) 1
Mr. Nicoll's Woolwich, 4 yrs, Bst 121b...(Donaldson) 2
Mr. Oasborn's Lady Hylda, 6 yrs, Bst 31b...(Abdale) 3
Sir C. Monk's Vanguard, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb...(11o/mos) 4
5 to 4 on Woolwich,2 to 1 agst Vanguard, 4 to I agat
Lady Odylda, and 4to 1 agst Cocktaif. Won by two
lengths.
The Autumn Welter Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, and
40 added, the second to save his stake. One mile and
a dis. (10 Subs.) Gentlemen riders.
Mr. Lawson's Valiant (h b), lOst 61b (Mr. Gaman) 1
Mr. gsborne's Lady Hylda, 6 yrs, list 131 b 2
Mr. Kemp's General Sale, 4 yrs, lOst 81b 3
Mr. 4rskine's Scarborough, 3 yrs, 9st 21b
Mr. Birch's Queen of the Vale, 4 yrs, Sit
Mr. Peace's Repulse, 5 yrs, lOst 21b 6
Won by a length.
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 40 added; three
yrs! old, Bst; four yrs, 9st 21b; five yrs, 9A 91b; six
yrs and aged, 9st 131 b; mares, &c. allowed 31b. One
mile and a dis. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Foster's Osbaldwick, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (Wakefield) 0 1
Mr. Dawson's Gardenia, 3 yrs, 6st 1 lib (Arnold) 0 2
Mr. Fraser's Emma, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Evans) 3
, The deciding heat was won by a head.
WHITBY RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Sweepstakes were won easily, in three heats, by
Mr. Piearson s Lola Montez, beating three others.
The Whitby Stakes were won, in two heats, by Mr.
Benscln's Little Queen, beating two others.
The Borough Stakes were won, in two heats, by Mr.
Sheene's Elimore, beating three others.
The Commodore's Plate was won by Mr. Hayes's
Standard, beating Lola Montez and two others.
LEINTWARDINE RACES.
The Warden Stokes were won by Mr. Smith's Nancy
Dawson, beating Mud Bouts.
Thi Leintwardine Stakes were won by Mr. Lewis's
Matilda, beating Mr. Jackson's Sister to Mud Boots.
The Sweepstakes were won by Mr. Oakes's Fly-by
night, beating two others.

CRICKET.
ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF
LOUTH.
This match, which occupied three dais, was brought
to a close on Wednesday. The following is the score:—
LOUTH.
First Innings. Second Innings.
W. L4cock, Esq., b Wisden
R. P. Allingtou, Esq., b Wisden 2 b Clark
R. Sutton, Esq., c Hillyer, b
Wisden ... . 3 b Clark 0
H. Ctleales, Esq., b Wisden ....... 5 b Clark ..
0. Hthibury, Esq., hw, b Clark 0 b Clark
J. Hoflway, Esq., b Wisden ... 10 c Box, b Hillyer
P. Tinley, b Clark 9 c Felix, b Hillyer... 3
Rev. E. Elmhirst, b Wisden
E. Blayds, Esq., c Marshall, b
Wisden ...
G. Ldard, Esq., run out ......
C. P. Loft, Esq., b Wisden
W. Chapman, Esq., b Wisden ... 6 b C ark 4
J. Rogers, Esq., c Box, b Clark 0 b Clark
J. Tunnard, Esq., b C1ark....... 28 b Hillyer .......
A. JU Morgan, Esq., c Guy, b
Wisden
J. B.: Parker, Et.q., c Box, b
Wisden
J. Ili'', Esq.; b Wisden
R. Walls, Esq., b Clark 0 b Hillyer ... 1
11. Smythe, Esq., b Wisden 1 not out ........ ... .. 2
W. Marshall, Esq., b Clark. 2 c Marshall, b Clark 22
11. Grantham, Esq., b Wisden 4 run out .... .. ....... 0
J. M. Lister, Esq~ not out
Leg bye ... .. ............... .. .. 1

Total lO7 Total 69
THE ELEVEN.
Hillyer, c Morgan, b Parker
Clark, b Parker
Parr, c Blayds, b Tinley
Wisden, c Morgan, b Parker
Martingell, k w, I;Tinley
Pilch, b Hollway
Box, c Ray, b Smith 9
Guy, c Locock, b Tinley ...... . ..... ....
N. Felix, Esq., c Allington, b Tinley. lB
A. Marshall, Esq., not cut
A. Mynn, Esq., c Holloway, b Parker
Byes 2, wide 20 22

Total lB4

GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the di-
rectors of the Great 'Western Railway instituted a rigid in- I
quiry into the circumstances attending the late accident at
Wotton Basset station, which was so near proving fatal to ,
the engine-driver and a number of passengers. The investi-
gatiop took place in the board .room, at Paddington. Mr.
George, the superintendent of the station at Wotton Basset ;
Mr. Burton, the superintendent of the railway police at Bris •
tol, Who was passenger in the train at the time of the acci-
dent ; Ailas, the engine-driver; Morgan, the stoker, and a
number of the company's servants from Wotton Basset, were
in attendance, and gave evidence before the board. As the
inquiry was strictly private, the result is not yet known, but
it is said the evidence implicated Scull, the pointsman, whom
White relieved, in the charge of negligence, for which the
latter is undergoing two months' imprisonment.
THE GREAT FIRE IN THE ClTY.—Notwithstanding
that tmwards of a week has elapsed, there was, as late as
nine o'clock last night, an immense quantity of fire still re-
maining in the ruins 'of the premises destroyed in Mark and
Seething-lanes. At that hour the engines were actively
emplpyed in pumping cold air into Messrs. Cunliffe and
Dobson's wine cellar, in order to reduce its temperature,
so that the valuable stock in trade might not be totally
spoiled. During the afternoon, a very large quantity of pigs'
bristles were dug out of that part of the ruins which the
firemen had succeeded in cooling.
BATHS AND WASIIHOUSES IN ST. MARGARET'S
AVD ST. JOHN'S,' WESTMINSTER.—The vestry and parochial
authorities of the united parishes of St. Margaret and St.
John, Westminster, have now in the course of erection, and
which is nearly completed, a spacious building, situated in
Pye-street, near Peter-street, Westminster, which will be
appropriated to baths and washhouses on a very extensive
scale. The area will contain two plunging baths of between
forty and fifty feet in length, and of a depth varying from
three feet and a half at the sides to five feet in the centre.
There will also be above fifty baths for men and women,
with accommodation for washing and ironing linen. Tha
cost of the structure, including the purchase of the ground,
for which 3,0001. was given, will be nearly 14,000/. A shaft
has been built similar to that at the baths and washhouses of
St. Martin's. The parish authorities of St. Giles intend,
when they can get a piece of ground, to erect a similar esta-
blishMent in that neighbourhood, and in the parish of St.
James steps have been taken for a like purpose.
AUDACIOUS ROBBERY AND APPARENT ATTEMPT
AT Unpin:it AT JERSEY.—On Thursday evening, between
seven and eight o'clock, an atrocious robbery and apparent
attempt at murder occurred at Beauval Cottage, in the Vaux,
inhabited by Mrs. Haycock and her three daughters and a
female servant, and of which residence Mr. Centenier Le
Bailly is' the proprietor. Whilst the ladies were at tea the
servant went out to shut the greenhouse. On her return
her attempt to open the door was opposed, as she thought,
by some object which had fallen on the other side; but on
her using more force, and the door giving way, a man stood
before her with a knife in his hand, with which he struck
at her over the heart. The weapon was rendered almost
harmless by her stays, and she escaped with a slight incision
in the breast, but fainted with terror. Two stones seem to
have then been thrown at her head, but missed their aim ;
when the ladies, hearing the noise and men's voices, raised
reiterated cries of distress, which fortunately were heard by
a neighbour, who ran to their assistance. The villains,
however, thus surprised, had already taken flight, but had
carried with them two small caskets which they had stolen
from a bed-room on the ground-floor, and which contained
23/. in money, and plate and jewellery of considerable value.
Mr. Centenier Le Bailly, informed of the circumstance, im-
mediately went in pursuit of the thieves, but that night un-
successfully; and we have not heard that the malefactors
have yet been discovered.— Jersey Times.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--All accident oc-
curred on Wednesday morning, on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway, ab ut two miles from Sheffield,
involving the death of a man named Thomas Shemaloine.
It appears that about eight o'clock on Wednesday morning,
a special train, consisting of empty waggons, which had been
dispatched from Retford to Sheffield, was run in'o while
passing through the Darnall tunnel, by a passenger-tiain,
returning from the Eckington station, the junction with the
Midland Railway to Sheffield. The deceased, who was act-
ing as guard to the first train, and was standing on the
hindermost carriage, was thrown back by the collision, and
falling on the line in front of the engine, was run over and
killed on the spot. His head was very much crushed, the
brains, &c., bespattering the rails. The accident is attribut-
able to the dense fog which prevailed at the time, which ren-
dered it impossible to distinguish objects though only a few
yards distant.

Accounts from the lonian Islands, received by
way of Malta, announee that the currant crops have suffered
material damage while lying dry on the ground, by heavy
premature rains.