The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
GOODWOOD RACES.—TIMSDAY.
The Goodwood Races have now been established
forty-two years, and, after many " ups and down,,,,
l attained ave •
an eminence to which the records of the
turf do not furnish a parallel. The first meeting, in
1802, occupied three days, and produced sixteen
i;aticeest,bin4
the. highest in value 1001., and the aggregate
under 1,0001. So little encouragement did
they receive for some years, that in 1810, then held in
. f!sY, they had dwindled down to two days, and the sport
q'couple of races and three walks over, amounting in
e whole to little more than 200/.! With the establish-
-144 of the Goodwpod Stakes in 1843, the Drawing-
rl3ein Stakes in 1827, the Goodwood Cup, won by Fleur-
d! Lis) 1829, followed by the Molecomb, Lavant,
he'Grat-
°t7iar.ll;a_e:neg
, and other rich and. important stakes, and
immense advances made since 18-8, all must be
may mention, however, as a contrast be-
?eon the,present and the earlier meetings, that the
r,..„Nrartune for the current week contains nearly forty
i,"a'es, embracing stakes for horses of every age and cha-
fouerter, and for jockeys, amateur and professional, fore
stone five pounds up to thirteen stone, amounting,
ark
r a liberal allowance for forfeits, to about twenty-
Tapiav ousand pounds! It h not alone in sport that such
strides have been made—at a lavish but
It melons expenditure the course his been freed from
'l..stinliogisnal defects, and, either for training or
fatting has been brought as near perfection as the most
fastidious
trainer could desire. Above all, from this
I.tvoured
thatscot have issued most of the improvements
save recently been made in the "moral" adminis-
tration
racing concerns ; it is here that the first blow
that dealt at the wild and dishonest system of betting,
adopt hassof late years proved so inimical to racing, by the
_,,oPtioo of rules, that, followed up zealously at many
troer respectable meetings, have—pity that it should be
Newmarket a sanctuary for those whose
41 practices should have excluded them from every
ace course in the kingdom. We have taken this short
Leatrospeot.
ive glance for the purpose of showing what
.zagYembeendtre by a liberal, energetic, and competent ma-
pool, York
'tee track Lord Rosslyn, at Ascot, has followed in the
, with the most encouraging success. Liver-
, Warwick, and Doncaster, have also been
Z',_nsPicuously forward in the work of reform, and at
length'
the eleventh hour, following instead of leading,
great body, from which all laws, all
rviprovements ought to have emanated, is beginning to
rtin,e 4 diSPOSItiOn to "go with the times," that, we
surse., will lead to the complete carrying out of the mea-
outi so successfully commenced at Goodwood. The
pr„ae Pnblished in this paper on Frida last will have
iale- l'ared our readers for a brilliant mPety iog ; its re
this day, as far as 'racing is concerned, has
ex 811eCeSSall to an extent exceeding the most sanguinetv• "e
laectations, leaving nothing to which exception can be
-shortbut the very excess of sport. Nothing, in
while but fine weather was wanting to give it eclat;
tans t° make it accessible to the metropolis
vide'd special trains, and extra coaches, were pro-
deina'And, if we form an opinion from the extraordinary
ArlinT, for lodgings at Bognor,Little Hampton, and
Pursuaa extensively patronised. The Craven Stakes, in
at h:i,nee of the announcement made last week, came off
so th:"'Past twelve o'clock; an early hour, but not more
13y tO was necessary to get through so plethoric a list.
it a 14 tune the stand, more particularly that portion of
of P,opriated to the reception of the Duke and Duchess
rankl,eninond, and their visitors, presented a fair display of
°•
eeui)7l7anee, and fashion; the inclosure was exclusively
the by those more immediately interested in
in otc°ceedings of the day ; but the attendance
extteer respects was not so large as might have been
tier Led from the nature of the attractions. The wea-
str4 as we have intimated, has not been propitious—a
fre,,,g wind from the south-west, an overcast sky, and
the"nt showers, having in no slight degree lessened
•• doeegralification that the racing was calculated to
pro-
Permitt',f time, and a regard to the business of the day
• such, i;e"' we might extend our introductory remarks ;
, event ?never, has been the rapidity with the various
t• herlistnave been run off, that we must of necessity bring
ielve, a close; for the same reason we rust confine our-
the to a list of the visitors at Goodwood House, reserving
Nigeneral list for a more favourable opportunity :
/leauer and Duchess of Bedford, Duke and Duchess of
Earl. °II, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis of Normanby,
13runatsitdbroke, Earl and Countess of Eglinton, Baron
Earl of Verulam, Earl of Glasgow, Lord George
do tic; Lord Maidstone, Lord Duncannon, Lord Mac-
nald ,stme Lord Paget and the Ladies Eleanor and Con-
:Wry ne lb,
:get, Lord Stanley, Sir R. Bulkeleyt Sir W. W.
J. Shelley, Hon. Colonel arid Mrs. Anson,
Willi Captain Roos, Hon. G. and Mrs. Byng. Hon. V.
Colonel Peel, Mr. C. Greville, Captain Pettat,
slaould"illialos, Mr. S. Graham, Mr. J. Stanley, Mr.
and- ,SWorth, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Foley, Mr. Payne. Lord
the (ii-my Albemarle were prevented from attending by
b:ath of Dowager Lady Leic ester ; and Lord Jersey
ootifinlng obliged to be in attendance for her Majesty's
LordZlineot • and Lord and Lndy Chesterfield by his
pe6te IP's indisposition. Prince William of Prussia is ex-
...ehe Craven o hursday, accompanied by Chevalier Bunsen.
Stakes of 10 sovs. e.tch. One mile and a
kr. g quarter.
Lor_,
_Oyee's Corranna, 5 yrs
ltoturi:utl_tirtehst,serfield's Knight- of-the-Whistle, 6 yrs ... 23
Airl,oof Richmond's
Lothario, 4 yrs
Lord 4
rizores ejabnly
aT,elocipede, out of Fair Jane, 3 yrs 5
4 yrs
Bentinck's Best Bower, 3 yrs
"h.
so 4
agst Corranna*3 to 1 net Knight-of-the-
runitn ie,
and 4 tol agst Jamal. Oorranna made all the
zace fol, arilond. won in a canter by -Wee lengths. A good

Match 200 sovs. 'T.Y.C.
Lord G. Bentinek's Olive Oil, Bst rib (Rogers) 1
Lord Glasgow's f by Sheet Anchor, out of Canada,
Bst 416 ............................. ....•... ............... 2
7 to 4 on Canada f. Wo.a by a head.
Sweepstakes of 300 sovs, each, h ft, for four-yrs-olds ;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. "aree miles and five
• furlongs. (16 Subs.)
Lord Eglinton's Aristides
(Marson) 1
Lord Exeter's Phlegon ........... "." ' 2
................. -.
Duke of Richmond's Elysium .. 3
...... ..
Mr. Bowes's Cotherstone ............ • .... 4
2 to 1 asst Phlegon, 5 to 2 agst Cotherstone, 5 to 2 I
agst Elysium, 4 to 1 agst Aristides. This race, like the I
first, is told in two words. 'Aristides took the lead, was
never approached, and won by at least one hundred
yards. Cotherstone, Whose legs ha Ire long been under
suspicion, broke down about half a mile from home.
Tue Ham Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h: ft; for 2 year old
colts Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; 31b and 61b allowed, &c.
• ir-Y.O (42 Subs.)
buke of Richmond's f Refraction, by Glaucns (31b)... 1
2
ttorioWneireford, jun.'s c by Camel, out of Monimia
Peel's b f Hersey
.....
ileo.ifohneeifollowing also started, but were not placed:—
(61b)—Lord O. Bentinck's f by
A.nson's Jezail, , (3lb)—Mr.
1343 T Middleton, out of Chapeau d Esll6-g1;1' k
ieoawes's s you like it—Lord Chesterfi'eld's f bcyblyloßrna;
, out of Industry (61b)—Lord Glas; gl . , ,
Middl
I tton, out of Miss Whir (31b)—
I Hook's Bastion.
"I.o_Blane, out of Margravine (61b)—Mr-
ix. Gratwicae s c
inn,
to 2 agst Monimia, 4 to 1 each agst As
You like it, and Miss Whip, 5 to 1 egst Bastion, and 5 to
%-,st Refraction. The Monimia and bliss Whip colts,
traction, and The Margravine, ran in front. all the way
lec'stha.e distance, where the Monimia colt, which hadofbbeeenr
irh —log, was liaised by Refraction, who was clear
ses at the stand, and won in a canter by two. lengths.__p
c eirseY was a length from the second, t he Miss Whip
° t well OP, and As ou•like it fifth.
i Match, 100, h ft. you
mile.—Mr. Kin g's f by Ja_ck-
rd:th, a-Green, out of Eliza, received fo tfeit from Mr.
Trg's b f by Almack, d by Sampson.
" Gratwicke Stakes of 100 sovs. each',
Bst 101 h, fillies Bst 51b; 31b and 61b alloy red, &c. Mile
411 half. (64 Subs.) h ft ; colts,
rd •
)N, Stanley's Ithuriel (61b) I)4ll.rkS• Herbert's Antler ( I Butler)
21
3
kr. 4°f Richmond's Pastoral (61b)
4
co, ratwicke's Stomacher (61b) .
1 Pc ,
b..; el s Zenobia (61b) . . 5
6
1471,2 ~.of Richmond's Red Deer .
7
eoi:4
Aki- Bentmck's All-round-my-Hat
8
<in ,
sea 8 Buzz Iletti
itg4t ng---Even on Ithuriel, 5 to 2 agst .1, cutler, 4 to 1
I,._lced Deer, and 5 to 1 agst Zenobia.
tookwo false starts. At the third, All-r osand-my-Hat
rink
toili)Llead, followed by Zenobia and Stomacher, re4r . aorses being up with them, with Pa4storal in the
after, nuking his way, however, ,throu; ;ft his_ horses,.
tile t tunning about three hundred ya weds,
after
he took
a i• 4111 into the Gratwicke Course,
,followed,. ,
bitiie
y 1 1, hesitation on the part of their jockeys,
bY 1011, and Antler, the other body, headed
irito 11 round-my-Hatgoing on and retaking the turn
racethe I)rawing-Room' t Course.. This left e
who the three horses we have mentioned ;
having 4 Profited by the hesitation of "Day and Butler,
Pastoral,
, a lead of several lengths into -the straight mi-
ter or Ithuriel then drew upon him, rciached him a quer-
tind, after from home, beat him at the weighing stand,
4 leoeZrunning almost into the Ji.ta ge's chair, won by
Past it, %lain bolted into the trees the moment he was
and b 41ntler caught Pastoral a fey, strides from home,
hehbipt him for second by a It ligth. A long way
Stotoaethilem came a second lot, at t he head of which was
Matcher'
`•••Lerd ' 50/ , h ft. Maidstone Course. Owners_ uopn.l Mr, , Maidstone's Mechanic, 10 st 71b, received ft from
The ri Vs Hampton, 5 yrs, llst 91b.
eavesavanStakes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft, the second
Bst his stake, for 2 yrs old. colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies,
exst 31b. The winner of the July Stakes, &c., Sibs
kr. 4a• Half a mile. (26 Subs.)
tor,,",!ef9rd's Maid of Orleans
Duke tglinton's Plaudit ....
~ of Richmond's Refraction (J. Howlett)
21
3
1.;1e following also started, but were not placed:
-i:Zq Alb lowing
Tisiphone, Lord Albemarle's Full Sail,
and -,,G. Bentinck's Pug, Mr. Osbaldestone's Secutor,
t uulte of Richmond's f by Glaucus, out of Estelle.
iws,v,e,ll on Maid of Orleans, 3 to 1 agst Plaudit, 3 to 1
10,._‘ Itefraction, and 5 to 1 agst Full Sail. The running
oZulade by Full Sail to the distance, where the Maid of
therae, nd Plaudit singled themselves out to finish the
liw' Maid leading and winning a tolerable race by
it;alugth ; Refraction was a bed third.
1 s-ttlt,ell, 300, h ft.—Mr. B. Collett's Cattonite, 5 yrs,
oub, receivei 1001. forfeit from Mr. Milbank's Ro-
lie I,;•oaged, 12st. Maidstone Course. Gentlemen riders.
yeaurr odwood Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three
• 8 old, Bze Craven Stakes Course. Gentlemen
riders , •
kr. 1., • 119 Subs.)
kralaYne's Queen Mab, 5 yrs, lOst 1 llb (Capt. White) 0
'PI_ e es 115 Quebec, 4 yrs, lOst 1 llb (Capt. Pettat) 0
Irs,'" following also started :—Mr. Begot na Fisticuff,
1 fs, j Ist 101h—Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, aged,
kr.' ;,iIO--Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, 3 yrs, lOst 51b—
G. "Dt°BitYn's Miss, 5 yrs, lOst 51b, and 3lbs over—Lord
w..-•-,erinnt nck's Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs, lOst—Sir W. W.
w4ri 11a 2
tolea* 3 yrs, 9st 101b—Mr. R. Peel na Sea- -, E9st 31b.3 yrs '
km)' 51t9 agst Seaweed, 4 to 1 each agst Elemi and Queen
1 Mt Quebec, 6 to 1 agst liaworth, and 6 to

1 asst Miss Miggs. A dead heat between Queen Mab
and Quebec, Naworth third, and Elemi fourth. The de-
ciding heat was not run when our parcel was forwarded.
The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, &c. 3 yrs,
Bst 71b; fillies, Bst, 216. (28 Subs.) D.R.S.C.
Lord George Bentinck's Croton Oil (Rogers) 1
Colonel Anson's Joe Loved .. 2

Duke of Beaufort's C1,11A2 Frollo

Lord Chesterfield's Cookfighter 0
Lord Exeter's Algernon 0
7 to 4 on Croton Oil, who won by half a length. - A
fine race with all. _ .

GOODWOOD STAXES.—Betting-9 to 2 agst Franchiie,
6 to 1 agst Croton Oil, 7 to 1 agst Era, 9 to 1 agst Best
of Three, 10 to 1 agst Parthian, 13 to 1 agst Elegance
filly, 12 to 1 agst Murton Lordship, 14 to I agst Lucy
Banks. Red Deer declared not to start for this race, nor
in all probability for the Cup.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
GOODWOOD RACES—(TUESDAY CONCLUDED.)
Deciding heat fur the Goodwood Club Stakes.
Mr. Payne's Queen Mab, 5 yrs, lOst 11Ib
Lord Eglinton's Quebec, 4 yrs, 1 Ost I Ilb
6 to son Queen Mab. Won in a canter.
The Welter Stakes of 20 sous: each, 3 yrs old, lOst 121 b,
4 yrs 12st 41b, 5 yrs 12st 121 b, 6 yrs and aged, 13st.
Craven Stakes Course. Gentlemen riders. (4 Subs.)
Duke of Richmond's Pastoral, 3 yrs

Mr. John Day's Ben-y-Ghlo',4 yrs
Lord Caledon's Auld Lang Syne, 4 yrs
5t02 on Ben-y-Ghlo. Won in a canter by 20 lengths.
The Innkeepers' Plato of 501, added to a sweepstakes of
5 sovs. each ; 2 year olds a feather, 3 yrs 7st 41b, 4
yrs Bst, 5 yrs Bst 71b, 6 and aged Bst 101 b. The
winner to be sold fur 501. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Ape, 2 yrs
Mr. H. Stebbing's Mainstay, 2 yrs
Mr. Crofton's Paltemon, 6 yrs
Mr. Preston's Bosphorus, aged
Sir W. Don's Oh Don't, 5 yrs) 0 2 dr
Mr. Wreford's bg by Camel, out of Margellina 0 0 dr
A good race. The winner was claimed.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
9 to 2 agst Franchise 12 to 1 agst Parthian
6 to 1 agstCroton Oil—(t) 12 to 1 agst Lucy Banks
7 to 1 agst The Era—taken 13 to 1 agst Elegance filly
8 to 1 agst Best of Three—(t) 15 to 1 agst Murton Lordship
12 to 1 agst Canton _ _

Red Deer is deck.
GOODWOC

6 to 5 on Alice
Red Deer, in all proba

fired not th-smart.
DD CUP.
Hawthorn.
ability, will not run.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 91 per mine.,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. Wilt. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25
39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 47/, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 9, it follows that the price of gold is the same
at Hamburgh as in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follow:
that the exchange is 0.08 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.
The English market has been rather languid to-day,
speculators selling, on the news of the Otaheite affair,
published at length in the Times of this morning, which,
considering present high prices, was natural enough ;
but although a correspondence between the two Govern-
ments may follow, there is a general belief that Sir
Robert Peel and M. Guizot are too wise to allow the
matter to • betray them into a compromise of peace by
disturbing existing friendly relations.
The Shareholders of the New British Iron Company
held a meeting to-day, at which a report from the pro-
visional Committee was presented, giving a satisfactory
statement of the progress of the works under recent ma-
nagement. In fact, it appears, as was observed by the
Chairman in the course of the business, that every en-
deavour has been made to put the concern in a profitable
train, means having been taken to get rid of the pro-
perty which did not seem likely to promise a return,
and the money laid out in improving that which would.
During the last half-year the manufacture of pig iron
at Rhuabon was 5,135 tons, in Staffordshire 8,329 tons,
and at Abersychan 2,865 tons, making a total of 16,329
tons, which was an average of 628 tons per week. About
800 tons per week was now the average of manufacture ;
before long it was expected it would reach 1,000 tons
per week. Nib accounts were laid before the meeting,
the terms of the deed of settlement stipulating that
they should be made up on the 30th of September in
each year, but when they are presented the Directors
say they hope to bb enabled to declare a dividend. As
far as-present prospects are concerned, they regard the
progress of affairs as encouraging, because with the ar-
rangements they have made in Wales, and the neigh-
bourhood of their other properties, they can compete
with the iron masters, and secure a profit even at the
current reduced prices. The works not yet being in
full operation, and the past duties of the Committee
having in a great degree been devoted to inspection and
improvement, the next meeting appears to be looked
forward to in the belief that it will show a very im-
proved condition of affairs. It was stated that the pre-
sent amount of capital agreed to be called would, under
the terms settled with the old Co:npany, be amply suffi-
cient for the purchase of the property, as well as furnish
funds to carry on operations.
The meeting of the Proprietors of South Sea Stock
will be held to-morrow (this day), to take into conside-
ration the terms offered by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer. At this meeting it 4, is expected there will be a
contest between the Directors op,t he one hand, and a
portion of the Proprietors on the . other, the former re-
commending that the Company should ecwtinue working
on, as at present, after the concessions have been made
to the Government, and the latter being for a dissolution
of the Company altogether. We have yet to learn what
will be the arguments in favour of continuance, but the
wishes of the other party have often been expressed.
These would petition Government to incorporate the
Old South Sea Annuities into Reduced Annuities, and
the New South Sea Annuities and the "Annuities,
1751," into Consols, 100/. Consols to be given for 1001.
South Sea Stock, which, with the guarantee fund, would
be 116/. 13s. 4d. Consols for every 100 L South Sea
Stock. There would then, they say, remain the balance
arising from surplus capital, &c., to be divided among
the Proprietors, which would be above 5 per cent, bonus
on the stock, after an allowance to the clerks pow em-
ployed. These points, together with the consideration
of the Government proposition, will, from what we learn
out of doors, be discussed at the meeting.
The advantages that would be afforded to commerce
by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a
canal that might be navigated by the largest ships are
obvious to all ; and it is the supposition that all scheme
for such connexion are impracticable that causes them
to be less generally regarded than the benefits they pro-
mise would seem to demand. A passage through Cen-
tral America would throw open an easy and compara-
tively short communication with the north-western coast
of the southern continent, would facilitate the approach
to the Australian colonies, and allow of a new route to
China. However, such appears to be the magnitude of
the undertaking, that there is a general disposition to
look upon all projects for connecting the oceans with
distrust.
Setting aside, however, the general doubt, and ad-
mitting the scheme of communication to be practi-
cable in some shape or other, opinions seem to be di-
vided among three plane—the Panama passage, that
by the Lake of Nicaragua, and that by tne Isthmus of
Tehuantepec, in the Mexican territory. To this last
plan attention has lately been called by Don Jose de
Garay, who has published a pamphlet containing the
results of a survey, undertaken under the auspices
of the Mexican Government, and setting forth his pro-
ject in very full detail. As to the feasibility of the
scheme, on that, of course, we can offer no opinion, but
the pamphlet itself, which is fully illustrated by maps, is
entitled to commendation, as being one of the completest
things of the kind. The foundation of Don Garay's
project is the cessation of the cordillera of mountains
near the source of the Chicapa, and a number of neigh-
bouring rivers. This leaves a table-land about Tarifa,
composed of a soil which is easily excavated, and densely
inhabited by an active population, whose labour can be
obtained at a trifling outlay. Don Garay would cut two
trenches—one from the Ostula to the Chicapa ' • another
which, beginning a little above the " Ultimo Rancho,"
would direct the waters to the immediate vicinity of
Tarifa. To explain the workings of the scheme fully
is impossible without reference to accurate maps of the
spot, such as those which accompany the pamphlet, but
the general object is to connect the great river of Coat-
zacoalcos, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico, with
the Chicapa, which flows into the lagunes adjoining the
Pacific, and affording the advantage of an excellent har-
bour. The total cost of the work Don Garay estimates
at 85,000,000 f., or upwards of 3,000,0001. sterling.
The advantages which, according to this " survey,"
' are offered by Tehuantepec over Panama and Nicaragua,
consist in the nature of the soil, which allows of easy
working, and the healthiness of the place. Panama is
considered almost as a charnel-house, so dangerous is its
climate; while Nicaragua, although fertile, healthy, and
not deficient of population, would require the excava-
tion of the hardest rock. The pamphlet is worth read-
ing, not only with a view to the examination of the
scheme, but for the local information which it contains.
The following correspondence between the Committee
of Spanish American bondholders and Senor Mosquera,
the Minister for New Granada, contains nothing what-
ever to satisfy the creditors of Colombia. All that they
can learn is, that at present there is no information to
be obtained from Senor Mosquera:—
" 13, Austin-friars, July 25.
" Sir,—The Committee of Spanish American bond-
holders having received numerous applications in re-
spect to the claims of the British creditors of your Go-
vernment, I request you will inform me whether any and
what steps have been taken to carry into effect the
agreement which the agents of the bondholders con-
cluded with the Government in March, 1842.
" The agents of the bondholders wrote to the Com-
mittee under date of the 24th of March, 1843, stating
that a project of law was then before Congress to em-
power the Executive to arrange the settlement of the
foreign debt. •
" Since then the Committee have received no official
communication from their agents ; and they are there-
fore anxious to learn, for the satisfaction of the bond-
holders, what measures have been taken, either b the
Legislature or the Executive, with a view to the adjust-
ment of this long-pending negotiation.
" The Committee take this opportunity of requesting
that you will also inform them what is the total amount
of the remittances received by you toward§ the payment

of the interest on that portion of the Colombian debt
assigned to New Granada.
" I have the honour to be, &c.,
" G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman.
" M. M. Mosquera, Esq., &c."
" 52, Baker-street, Portman-square, July 29.
" Dear Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 26th inst.,
which was delivered to me on Saturday last, I have the
honour to inform you that up, to the present day I have
received no order or communication from my Govern-
ment which would • enable me to reply to the questions
you put to me ; but as I do receive any, I shall hasten
to bring the same under your notice.
" I have the honour, &c.,
"G. R. Robinson, Esq. ". M. M. MOSQUERA."
I
SUN.—The Stock Market did not improve this after-
noon, Consols closing at 991 to I, or -a to per Cent. lower
than on this day week. The New T ree-and-a-Half
per Cents. were 1028 to ,-1 ; and the Reduced, 103 to if.
Bank Stock was 200. Exchequer Bills realised 775.
premium.
Spanish Five -per Cents. closed at 221 ; Mexican at
36 ; French Five per Cents, at 121; and Russian at 120.
Dutch Four per Cents. were 961 to 961
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 9 ; Dub-
lin and Cashel, 21 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 15.; Great
Western, 621 ; Ditto, Fifths, 121 ; Birmingham, 131 ;
South=Western, 461 ; Midland, 3i ; Northern and
' Eastern, 14/ • Norwich and Bran on, 91 1 ; South-
Eastern, 51 ; Ditto, New, 81 ; Yarmouth and Norwich,
12 to a.; Paris and Orleans, 181; and Paris and Rouen,
181 premium. Eastern Counties were 10i, and Brigh-
ton Ito 1, discount. Australasia Bank Shares were 10
to 9 premium.
This afternoon the exchange on Hamburgh was about
the same as last post-day, as also on Trieste, while
Antwerp was not quite so good ; and Amsterdam, Paris,
and Frankfort rather advanced.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of Loudon for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver coin to Rotterdam.
/9 It Petersburgh • 45,462 „
„ bars to Hamburgh
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 44 Gibraltar —
Ditto,"at sight l2 14 Leghorn 3O .50
Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Genoa 25 85
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 12t Venice .. ...
Altona l3 13 Naples 394
Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 69 Palermo, per oz llB}
Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon 54
' Marseilles 25 90 Oporto 54
Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23
Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 23
Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Buenos Ayres —
Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssight
Vienna, effec. 11.3 M ' 9 52 Philadelphia —
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 37 Foreign Gold,bars £3 17 9
.._ .._. _.. _ •

Cadiz
iiilbao 36

l'ortugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0

Barcelona 36
Seville

New Dollars 0 4 10
Silver in Bars 0 4 11

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS,

DORSETSHIRE.—The past week has been one of
genuine summer weather, and the rapidity with which
all kinds of grain have proceeded to maturation, has
been as striking as it has been gratifying. The fields
can be almost seen to change colour daily. We are now
fairly engaged in harvesting, and few can recollect finer
crops of wheat or better weather for saving them than
it is our pleasure to record on the present occasion.
On Thursday the operations of the field were retarded
by some heavy rains, but they were but showers ; and
we are again favoured with-the most genial sunshine
that the husbandman could desire. The crops of barley
and oats are, as has been frequently stated, deficient on
the whole, but we believe that the yield and quality will
be much better than was a short time since anticipated.
The great deficiencies of the year will be hay and straw.
—Western Flying Post.
DEVONSHIRE.—SOUTH HAMS.—Since our last the
weather has been delightful, and the corn has ripened
rapidly. Harvest has commenced in all the early parts
of the district, and new corn has been sold in various
marketi. The price of cora has declined. There are
some failures in the crop of potatoes.
NORTH 13ERWICK.—It is now obvious that harvest
will be at least three weeks later than was at one time
anticipated. The late dropping showers have been so
favourable for vegetation, that the crops are rather grow-
ing in length than filling. There is reason to fear that
Much of the, wheat around here is too luxuriant, and will
be lodgecr. Hay is now nearly all stored, and is below
an average crop ; the after growth promises to be very
heavy. The only complaint we have heard regarding
turnips is that they are growing faster than they can be
thinned out.—Berwick Warder.
LANCASHIRE.—We had several considerable falls of
rain during the past week. Some of the showers were
very heavy. The intervals have been bright and sunny,
with warm airs and oppressive heat. On Saturday the
temperature was somewhat reduced, a pleasant breeze
imparting to the air a refreshing coolness. Yesterday
was cloudy, and a little rain fell. The grain crops in
this vicinity look very promising.—Liverpool Albion.
MID.LOTHIAN.—The weather, since Tuesday night,

has been pretty variable; but the heat still continues. A
good deal of rain fell in the early part of Wednesday—
the afternoon, however, was comparatively fair, with
scarcely a breath of wind. The morning of Thursday
was rather foggy, but as the day advanced the atmos-
phere cleared up, although we had several passing
showers. It rained, but very gently, up till about
twelve o'clock yesterday forenopn, after which the sky
became somewhat clear, with a light breeze. It con-
tinues so as we prepare for press.—Edinburgh Evening
Post.

LANARKSHIRE.—The weather during the last few days
has been marked by intermitting heavy showers, and in-
tense sultryness. In the immediate neighbourhood
we have not been visited with the thunder storm,
though we have had the rains which often accompany
or follow it. The weather, however, although uncom-
fortable to the person, has been most beneficial to the
country. It has literally forced on vegetation ; and on
the early soils all around the wheats and barleys are
losing the, summer green, and assuming the golden
hue of auturnn: The pastures, turnips, and aftermaths
have improved amazingly ; and the potatoes, where
not affected by taint, give promise of an abundant re-
turn. A good number of patches of both wheat and oats
have been cut in the south of England and Ireland, and
samples of superior new oats shown in, the. Wakefield
and other markets. During last week thereiVep heavy
thunder storms in various parts of England, particularly
that of Saturday last, which broke over the towns of
Rochester and Chatham. Damage has been sustained,
but only of a partial kind.—Glasgow Chronicle.
WILTSHIRE.--In some parts of this county the wheat
harvest has already commenced, under the most favour-
able auspices, the corn being well ripened, and the crops
good. We may say of wheat, that throughout the
county there will be found but very few failures, and
the
harvest will be general in the beginning of the ensuing
week, should the fine weather continue, of which there
is every prospect. Barley, in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of Dorchester, where it is sown early, in
good land, turns out excellent; but to speak
of many parts of the county where, from the continu-
ance of wet, the sowing was late, on inferior land, the
crop is a total failure, being hardly worth the expense
of gathering in; in other places there is a partial failure,
theinstances of good crops being but " few and far be-
tween." We make nearly the same observation in res-
pect of oats, the farmers of this neighbourhood being also
more fortunate than others in this description of grain.

—Salisbury Herald.
KENT.—The late weather, with the little exception of
laying some corn, has been highly favourable to the
growing crops. The barley, which but a few weeks
since was very unpromising, has greatly recovered,
and advanced to sufficient ripeness to be cut
in some ' places, with small quantities of oats.
The late showers have had a great effect in filling the
wheat ears, and the hot sunshine of this week has con-
siderably promoted the ripeness. General reports are
increasingly favourable, and a full average is expected.
Many farmers intend commencing harvest next week.
The recent storms have been particularly serviceable
to the pasturage, which now presents the hveliest green
and luxuriance ; and affords good feeding.—Canter-
bury Journal.

LORD .ELLENBOROUGEL—One' of .her Majesty's
steam-sloops on the Mediterranean station is to proceed im-
mediately to Alexandria, to embark Lord Ellenborough, and
convey his Lordship thence to Malta and Marseilles.
ANNANDALE PEERAGE.—We understand that the
infant twin son of the late Sir Frederic Johnstone, Bart.
was on Thursday served heir-male in general to the
last Marquis of Annandale, by a jury, consisting
chiefly of members of the legal profession. The evi-
dence of the pedigree was got up in a masterly man
ner. The librarians of the Faculty of Advocates
and Writers to the Signet, and the gentlemen con-
nected with the records in the Register Office, at-
tended with books and documents, from which,
the propinquity was to be established ; and a
body of evidence of the most convincing character was
laid before the inquest, who arrived unanimously at the
above conclusion. The jury afterwards dined together
in Douglas' Hotel in honour of the occasion.—Sir Fre,
derick John William Johnstone of Westerhall, Baronet,
was on the same day served before the Sheriff'of Edin-
burgh, and a respectable jury, heir male in general to
George, last Marquis of Annandale. Thomas Thomson,
Esq., advocate, presided, as Chancellor.-- Scotsman of
Saturday.
TUE LATE CROCHFORD CLUB.—Some three or four
years ago, it will be remembered, the founder of the club
bearing his name in St. James's• street, having announced
his intention of retiring from business, the total dissolu-
tion of the club would have speedily followed, had
not the Duke of Beaufort, Mr. T. S. Duncombe,
and a few influential members, after forming them-
selves into a committee, succeeded in rallying the
disjointed members, and effecting a resuscitation
of the old body, under the new title of the St.
James's Club. For a couple of years or so the subscrip-
tions came in swimmingly, and matters seemed to
flourish; latterly, however we are told, unequivocal
symptoms of sundry backslidings have manifested them-
selves, and this aristocratic body, already in a moribund
state, unless saved by some miraculous exertion of in-
dividual energies, will, in all probability, before the end
of the present year, become entirely defunct. The
quondam humble fishmonger of Temple-bar; through
whom alone, it would seem, it lived, and moved, and had
its being is now no more. How long will the club sur-
vive his dissolution?

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAlL-
WAY.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Sunday night, James
Smith, the driver, was killed near Iver-bridge, near West
Drayton, where the body now lies. It is supposed that the
unfortunate man was going aloag theluggage to speak to the
guard. Ilia head presented a moat appalling spectacle.