The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

A Y MOnNING, SEPTEMBER 18 1845.

DONCASTEE, RACES.
(BY SPECIAL EXPRESS.)

RACE COURSE, FOUR O'CLOCK.
13)); one o'clock the room was closed.
The Municipal Stakes, of 200 sow. each, h ft, fur two yrs
old colts, Bst 716 ; fillies, Bst 41b. Red House in. (9 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's b c Arkwright, by Don John, walked
over, and Colonel Anson's Borghese saved his stake, and re-
ceived two of the forfeits.
The Selling Stakes of 10 SAWS. each, with 30 added ; three
yrs old, Est 121 b ; four, Bst ; five, Bst 71b ; six and aged,
Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold fOr 200 sous. if demanded,
&c. St. Leger course (7 Subs.)
Mr. Vane's ch c Valerian, 4 yrs
Lord Miltown's gr f Colleen Bawn, 3 yrs
Mr. Hornby's b c Cock Robin, 4 yrs
Mr. Hesseltine's b c The Helmsman, 3 yrs
Mr. Dawson's bf by Sheet Anchor, out of Valencia, 3 yrs 5
Captain Bastard's ch c Merryman, 3 yrs
Betting-7 to 4 agst Helmsman ;sto 2 agst Valerian;
and 7to 2 agst Colleen Bawn. Won easy.
Tne Municipal and Selling Stakes got over, the bell rang
for saddling for the only event that possessed any interest—
the St. Leger—and shortly after three o'clock the horses
having taken their preliminary canters, were paraded to the
post, and started by Lord George Bentinck. Time will not
permit us to give more than the result—the details must
stand over.

Tile Great St. Leger Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three
yr 3 old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. The owner of the
second horse to receive 200 sovs. out of the stakes, and the
third to:save his stake. The winner to pay 100 sow, to-
wards expenses. St. Leger Course. (101 Subs.)
Mr. Watts's The Baron (F. Butler) 1
Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah (Holmes) 2
Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa (Marlow) 3
The following also started, but were not placed :
Major Yarburgh's Red Robin (Templeman) 0
Sir R. Bulkeley's Chertsey (Cartwright) 0
Lord Chesterfield's Twig
Mr. Gully's Weatherbit
Mr. Ferguson's Clear- the -Way (Robinson) 0
Mr. Lane Fox's June (Joy) 0
Mr. St. Paul's Mentor (Lye) 0
Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale -.... (Marson) 0
Mr. Ratusay's Mid Lothian .. (H. Bell) 0
Mr. Painter nd The Pacha ...(Whitehouse) 0
Mr. He.sseltine's Fitzallen (Bumby) 0
Lord Miltown's Duc-an-Dui.•as
Betting-5 to 2 agst Miss Sarah (at one time 2to 1
taken), 4to 1 Aga Mentor (taken), 8 to 1 agst The Pacha
10 to 1 agst Weatherbit, 10 to 1 agst Pantasa (taken), 12 to 1
agat Annandale (taken), 16 to 1 agst The Baron, 25 to 1
agst Duc-an-Durras, SO to 1 agst Mid-Lothian, 35 to 1 agst
Fitzallen, 50 to 1 agst Chertsey, 100 to 1 agst Clear-the-Way,
100 to 1 agat June.

Won by a length. Annandale a good fourth. A very
fast race.

The Plate race was not run when our express left.

DONCASTER RACES.
DONCASTER, TUESDAY EVENING.
The short interval between the race this afternoon and the
departure of the post puts it out of our power to give so de-
tailed a report of this day's proceedings as their importance
deserves. The racing will speak for itself : it was ample and
good, the weather was favourable, and the assemblage above the
average in number and quality. The St. Leger continues to
excite the most extraordinary interest, and the betting on it
to be marked by fluctuations altogether without a parallel.
Weatherbit's ups and downs, in particular, are wonderful : last
night he was " broken-winded," and went to 12 to I—this
morning he went a strong gallop, pulled up as sound as his
best friends could have wished, and before the races com-
menced, on a large outlay, rose to 4 and sto 1 I We presume
so good an opportunity of hedging was not lost upon his party.
The last hope of the backers of Forth's horses was extinguished
this morning by a declaration that Ould Ireland was lame and
would not start! The other movements will be sufficiently
indicated by the state of the odds given underneath. Of the
racing this afternoon, we subjoin the usual return.
The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added;
three yrs old, 7st Mb ; four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and
aged, 9st. Mile and half. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's br h frueboy, 5 yrs.— (J. Hutchinson) 1
Major Yarburgh's b c Little John, 3 yrs
Betting-2 to lon Trueboy. Won in a canter, by four
lengths.
Match for 200 soy& Half a mile.
Mr. Clifton's!b h Nottingham, 5 yrs, 7st —(Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Jaques's br m Semiseria
5t02 on Semiseria. Won in a canter.
The Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for two-years-
old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. The second to save his
stake, and the winner to give six dozen of Champagne to
the Racing Club. Red House in. (42 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice (Abdale) 1
Mr. O'Brien's b c The Traverser

Colonel b c lago ^ 3
The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Ste-
phenson's b c Sheraton—Mr. W. Cuthbert's Banana—Mr.
Osbaldeston's f by Stockport, out of Mountain Sylph's dam—
Mr. Ramsay's ch c Malcolm—Mr. J. Cookson's Fair Star—
Mr. W. Scott's b c Mr. Mansfield—Lord Chesterfield's b c
The Free Lance—Sir J. Hawley's b c Prospect—and Mr. F.
R. Price's b c Kismet.
Betting—Even on Malcolm-6 to 1 agst Peri colt-7 to 1
each agst Free Lance and Fair Star-8 to 1 agst Princess
Alice—and 10 to 1 agst lago.
The Stockport filly, . lago, the Peri "colt; Free Lance, The
Traverser, and Princess Alice ran in front to the distance,
where Princess Alice took the lead, kept it to the end, and
won cleverly by a length, The Traverser beating lago by a
neck. Malcolm and Fair Star lost start, and Banana waa
left behind altogether.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas, for three yrs old, 7st 91b;
four, 9st; five, 9st 91b; six and aged, lOst. Four miles.
Mr. Cook's b m The Shadow, aged (T. Lye) 1
Colonel Cradock's b c Jinglepot 2
6to 5 on The Shadow. Won very easy.
The Cleveland Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 60 added ;
the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs.
towards expenses. One mile. (21 Subs, Bof whom de-
clared.)
Mr. Meiklam's br c Godfrey, 4 yrs, 7st 81b ..... ...(T. Lye) 1
Lord Chesterfield's ch h Knight of the Whistle, 6 yrs, _
Bst 121 b .................................................
Lord Eglinton's b m Quebec, 5 yrs, 7st 71b 3
Mr. Wiggan's b f Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st 41b 4
Mr. Hornby's b c Cock Robin, 4 yrs, sst 91b...... 5
Betting-6 to 4 each agst Knight of the Whistle and God-
frey. A. splendid race between this pair, and won only by a
neck ; Quebec a bad third.
Sweepstakes of 500 sovs. each, h ft, for 2 yrs_old. Red House

in. (3 Subs.) - ,
Lord G. Bentinck's br f Ennui, Bst 41bLimn)1
Lord Maidstone's b c Tom Tulloch, Bst 71b
5t04 on Tom Tulloch. Won in a canter, by four lengths.
A Plate of 50 sovs. for horses that never won a Plate or
Sweepstakes. 3 yrs old, 7st 71b; 4 yrs, Bst 71b; 5 yrs and
upwards, 9st. Heats. St. Leger course.
Mr. Dawson's b f by Sheet Anchor,
3 yrs.,.(T. Lye) 1 2 1
Mr. Bell's br c Sowerby, 3 yrs 4 1 2
Lord Maidstone's ch f Deuce Ace, 4 yrs
Lord Glasgow's b f by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs
Mr. Osbaldeston's b f Petit Morceau, 3 yrs 5 dr
First heat, 6 to 4 agst Dawson's filly; won cleverly by
half a neck. Second heat, sto 2 on Dawson's filly; a good
race, and won cleverly by a length.
The Two Years Old Produce Stake (reduced to a match)
of 100 sovs., h ft, Red House in, Mr. Jaques's bl c Pedigree
received from Mr. Brooks's b f (dead) by Hetman Platoff.
BETTING.--TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOCK.
ST. LEGER.
3 to 1 agst Miss Sarah
5 to 1 agst Mentor
5 to 1 agst Weatherbit
11 to 1 agst The Baron
13 to 1 agst Pantasa—taken
14 to 1 agst The Pacha—taken
14 to 1 agst Old England
16 to 1 agst Red Robin—(friendless)
25 to 1 Midlothian
25 to 1 agst Annandale
Ould Ireland is declared not to start.

COURT CIRCUtAi.

Irs Royal Hi&liness Prince Albert accompanied her Man
jesty the Qucen Dowager from Osborne House, on Tuesday
afternoon, to Cowes. Her Majesty was accompanied by her
Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and watt
attended by Frances Lady Clinton, the Earl of Denbigh, and
Sir Horace Seymour. The Queen Dowager, the Duchess
Ida of Saxe Weimar, and suite, embarked at half-past four
o'clock in the Fairy steam-packet, commanded by Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, on their return to Bushy Park, where
the illustrious party arrived at seven o'clock. Prince Albert
returned from Cowes to Osborne House.
Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert took an
airing i'i a carriage, and also walked on the beach.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal,
and the Princess Alice, were taken airings on the beach yes-
terday forenoon. _ _

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their
Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar and the
Princesses Anna and Amelia of Saxe Weimar, left her resi-
dence, Bushy Park, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, in
a carriage and four for town, arriving at Marlborough House
at a quarter before one o'clock. Her Majesty's suite followed
in several carriages and four, and included Frances Lady
Clinton, the Hon. Caroline Boyle, Sir Horace Seymour, and
the Rev. George Townsh-nd Hudson.
Sir George Cockburn had an interview with Lord Stanley
on Tuesday, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-
office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dispatches were also sent off last evening for the Go-
vernor of South Australia.

Sir David and Lady kinloch and family left Farrance's
Hotel, Belgrave-street, yesterday, for Leamington, War-
wickshire.

THE NORWICH FESTIVAL.

Nonwrcn, SEPT. 15.—The rehearsal commenced this morning at
ten o'clock, with Spohr's oratorio of Calvary, and Haydn's Seasons.
The orchestral and choral forces are magnificent; the former
amounting to a hundred and fourteen, amongst which are
Lindley, T. Cooke (who leads), Howell, Grattan Cooke,
Williams, Lazarus, Puzzi, Baumann, Harper, Prospere, and
others well known for their instrumental excellence; the
latter consists of eighty-four trebles, fifty altos, sixty-eight tenors,
and seventy basses. Benedict is the conductor of this mighty musical
army. The principal singers are Madame Grisi, Miss Dolby, Signor
Mario, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Machin, Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Poole,
Signor F. Lablache, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Bradbury, and Herr Staudigl.
The Bishop's palace is already crowded with guests, among whom
are Lord Lansdowne, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir John Boileau.
Lady Ward, and other noble families. Lord Suffield and
the Dowager Lady Lichfield are staying at the splendid
residence of Mr. Kitson ; indeed, every nobleman's and
gentleman's house in the neighbourhood is crammed from parlour to
attic ; the genial hospitality for which England in the olden time was
so gloriously distinguished would appear to be again restored. The
festival commences to-morrow evening with Handers Alexander's
Feast, Mozart's sinfonia in G minor, and n miscellaneous mixture,"
in which the Italians will exercise their most sweet voices.

THE INCOME-TAX.

TO THE EDITOR Ol• THE SUN.

Sin,—Knowing that your columns are always open to
the cries of the oppressed, and that you are always
ready and willing to render your assistance and to give
your advice to such as are sufferers by the conduct of
others, I venture to bring before your notice a case of
as great hardship and punishment as can well be accom-
plished under the Income-tax Act, except the one of
Messrs. Fielding, of Todmorden.
I have been a small manufacturer of hats in this place
for nearly thirty years ; I have always fulfilled my en-
gagements during that period with punctuality. None
of my creditors have been paid less than twenty shillings
to the pound value, as my receipts will prove. I have,
with great care, industry, and frugality, raised a small
family, and also saved a little against old age. Never
did an execution from any of the courts of law enter my
house until the Bth instant, when the collector of income-
tax, with a police officer, entered my warehouse, seized
and carried away five pieces of silk plush, of the value
of 40L and upwards, and in five days after they sold, by
public auction, so much of the silk plush as satisfied their
demands for a presumed income-tax upon my trade for
the year 1844, ending 1845—not upon a real income, but
upon their presumption of my income for that year.
Now, Sir, I did not receive the income. The Commis-
sioners have taxed me for that year ; consequently I re-
sisted the payment. If I bad received the income, I
would have paid it on demand. I gave the Commissioner
an exact account in figures (as near as I could come) of
my income for that year, and as no person living but
myself knows what my income iso I do conceive a great
hardship has been dealt out to me in surcharging me
above my statement; and in having my goods seized, car-
ried away, and sold by public auction by men that ought
to protect me by securing to me just laws, administered
by just men, is, I conceive, as great an oppression as
any man can suffer.
If you consider this case worthy a place in your
valuable publication, you are at full liberty to make use
of all or any part of the same, -as I trust my name and
address is a sufficient guarantee of its correctness.
Springfield, near Manchester, Sept. 15.
(Here follows the name of the writer, with his address.)

DREADFUL MURDER AT BUENOS

AY RES.

The Buenos Ayres papers received by the Sultana
bring accounts of several atrocious murders committed
in or near that blood-stained city, and amongst them of
the butchery of all the members of a Scottish family
named Kidd, who were slaughtered in their own house,
in the country, in the district of San Vicente, not far
from General Rosas' country seat. This family con-
sisted of not less than nine persons, including several
young children ! -but neither childhood nor innocence is
any protection in a country in which murder has been
reduced to a system, and made a common instrument of
governing. It is impossible to tell, from the few parti-
culars given in the Buenos Ayrean papers, whether this
atrocity was perpetrated by ordinary villians for the pur-
pose of plunder, or whether it was perpetrated by the
cut-throats in the payment of the vilest Government on
the face of the earth, to terrify Europeans resident in the
Republic. The following are all the particulars which
we can gather from the Buenos Ayrean papers :
" A most horrible murder of a whole Scottish family
(named Kidd) of nine persons, adults and children, has
been perpetrated in the district of San Vicente. The
justice of peace of the district immediately advised the
chief of police of the event, who, on the same day (27th)
forwarded a note to the judge in criminal cases, and in-
formed the Governor. His Excellency ordered on the
same day that the justice of peace should continue the
diligent researches which he had no doubt the justice
had hitherto made to d scover and apprehend the bar
barous wretches, holding him seriously responsible for
the least neglect ; that circulars should be forwarded to
all the justices of the peace of the country districts,
besides those which had been sent by that of San Vi-
cente ; and that the chief of police should redouble his
investigations and researches for the discovery and ap-
prehension of the ferocious murderers. On the same
day (27th), an individual was apprehended on suspicion
in the city, ani placed in the public gaol, at the disposal
of the judge in criminal cases, who will occupy himself
in this matter in preference to every other. We know
that the greatest activity and zeal prevail in order to
arrive at the discovery and exemplary punishment of
the authors and perpetrators of this atrocious crime to
the end that justiee and public security may be satisfied."
Since the above article was in type, we have seen a
gentleman who learned all the particulars of this mon-
strous crime from one of the first persons who entered
the house after it was committed. He informs us that Mr.
and Mrs. Kidd were found in bed with their throats cut
from ear to ear ; that the nurse, a young woman of abcut
twenty, was found dead on the floor, also with her throat
cut, and still clinging to an infant which had been mur-
dered in the same manner ; that a little boy, about four
years of age, who had evidently attempted to escape, was
found behind the door, with his head nearly severed from
his body ; and that every other member of the family had
been butchered in the same manner. Our informant
says that the universal belief was that this atrocious
crime originated-in political motives, and was the result
of the malignant hatred of foreigners, which General
Rosas has taken so much pains to excite.---Liverpool
Times.

CHRIST CHURCH HOSPI CAL.--On Monday next,
the 22d inst., being the day after St. Matthew's Day, the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Sheriffs, with the Governors of the several royal
hospitals, will attend Divine service at Christ's Church, Newgate-
street, when a sermon will be preached by the Rev. W. H. Guille-
mard, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge i • after which,
they will proceed to the Great Hall of Christ's Hospital, where four
orations will be delivered, according to annual custom, by the four
senior scholars, on the benefits of the royal hospitals; that in Latin
by Edward Tudor Scargill ; that in English by Gowen Edward
Evans ; that in Greek by William F. Greenfield; and that in French
by G. Voigt. Eight poems Will also be recited by the other senior
scholars, viz. :—A Latin Alcaic Ode, on "The Nornien Conquest,"
by T. J. Potter; a Greek lambic translation of the first felft of
"Bellal's Speech," from Milton, by M. Laing, an English Ode, on
China, by T. S. Polehampton ; Latin Hexameters, a translation from
Pope's " Windsor Forest," by E. Hayman ; Greek lambics, " The
Address of Regulus to the Roman Senate," by E. A. Newton; Latin
Elegiacs, on the Murder of the Two Young Princes in the Tower, by
C. E. Searle ; Greek Sapphics, on the Queen's late Visit to Christ's
Hospital, by J. D. Williams; and an English poem, on the Fall of
Babylon, by W. A. Russell.
SIR GEORGE HAYTER.—SiT George Hayter con-
tinues in a progressive state of convalescence from the unfor-
tlliiate railway aceidetit of the 28th of July last, and will
soon be enabled to resume his professional engagelnents, pre-
viously to going to Italy.
Vauxhall and Cremorne-house gardens were both
closed on Tuesday, in consequence of the inclemency of the weather
Szarous ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, about half-past
eleven o'clock, as Mr. F. Johnstone, licensed victualler, ofKingsgate-
Street, Holborn, was returning from Lee races, in a phaeton, in com
pany with Mr. Ireland, the ale brewer of Hungerford-market, and a
gentleman of the name of Irving, the horse, which is a very spirited
one, in passing the Lyceum Theatre, suddenly took fright, and the
three were thrown out, Mr. Johnstone coining with considerable
violence to the ground. He was picked up bleeding profusely from
the head, but, pertinaciously refusing to be taken to the hospital, he
was conveyed to the house of a friend, Mr. James, the proprietor of
the Sir John Falstaff Tavern, Brydges-street, when a medical gen-
tleman having been sent for, his wounds were dressed. Mr. Johnstone
remains in a dangerous state. Some scoundrel, taking advantage of
the accident, made off with a new great coat belonging to Mr. John-
stone, and also a valuable mounted gold cane.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CITY MERCHANT.—Tues-
day, a gentleman, named Mordaunt, who carried on business in
an extensive way as a merchant in the City, expired in Charing-
cross Hospital from injuries he had received by being thrown from
an omnibus. It appears that about four weeks since Mr. Mordaunt
was proceeding down the Strand, seated on the front of an omenfibtuhse,
when, by some unexplained cause, one of the fore wheels
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evening they left in a waterman's boat, with the inten-
tion of returning to Plymouth. On Monday morning Mr.
Findlater, the foreman of the works, shortly after land-
ing, discovered the body of the lad, with a basket under his
arm, on the northern side of the Breakwater, near the Jetty. This
discovery was the first intimation which Mr. Graham had of his loss.
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APPALLING ACCIDENT AT THE
ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH,

SEVEtt LIVES LOST YESTERDAY MORNING.
One pf the most frightful ciectifteileea that has lately occurred,:hap-
' petted thp, in,:ning In the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich. A few
minutes before JO teeloe'- a loud explosion was heard in the laboratory
department, at it know,; as No. 1 breaki»g=Up shed, and as-
sistance was immediately tit ham:, the men rushing from
various parts of the departllient to the spot. AS soon
as ingress could be obtained a fearful spectacle presented
itself. Iffunediately behind the doar, crowded together in
a confused heap, lay the scorched bodies of five men and two
boys. These were immediately removed to an adjacent shed on
stretchers. The building being on fire, the alarm-bell was rung,
and the engines from the different departments, with the Royal
kapperS and Miners and Royal Artillery, were speedily on the spot.
The Parries, by the exertions of the men, were soon subdued,
their ravages being confined to the building, the roof of which
had been already blown off, and some slight damage done to the
roof of an adjacent building. It would appear from what has been
gleaned in other parts of the sane department (for not one of the
unfortunate beings in the devoted building has esCemed to furnish
any information), that the men and boys were at the time em-
ployed in breaking up rockets, and, through some friction, the
whole mass accidentally ignited, thus at once consigning
seven unfortunate individuals to instant destruction. The
names of the persons who thus lost their lives are John Craig (master),
an aged man, and one of the oldest servants in the department,
Henry Butters, an aged man with a large family, and his son Henry
Butters, a young married man, Robert liurbage, and Michael
Purtell. Four of these were what is called laboratory men.
In addition to these, two boys, named Robert Leonard
and Henley, lost their lives. Purtell was a labourer
belonging to the storekeeper's department, and was engaged at the
time in loading rockets. A man named William Reed, who was
engaged with him at the same time, had a very narrow escape.
It would appear, that when the fatal occurrence took place, the
unfortunate persons made a sinialtaneous rush towards the
door. Unfortunately, the doors opened inwards, and to this cir-
cumstance some of the chief officers of the establishment attribute
their destruction. By the side of the doorout of which they had vainly-
endeavoured to escape their blackened corpses were ihtind. The
writer visited them shortly afterwards, and they presented a Mtrful
proof of the dreadful agent to which they had been exposed. Their
clothes, and even their boots, were either wholly or partially con-
sumed, their bodies literally roasted, and the flesh in many cases deeply
inci ed ; every vestige of hair was consumed off their heads, and
their features so disfigured as to render identification almost impos-
sible. As soon as the fire was subdued, a party of the Royal sappers
and Miners, under the command of Colonel Barney, R.E., one of the
heads of the department, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Webb, R.E.,
proceeded to pull down the remaining parts of the shed, many of
which were in a dangerous state. The remains of a dog were dis-
covered in one corner of the building. It was the opinion of a me-
dical gentleman who viewed the bodies, with the writer, that death
took place from asphynta, suffocation by carbonic acid gas.

NAVAL RETIREMENT.—We understand that the
senior commanders at the naval ports, and in the metropolis,
are preparing a memorial to the Right Hon. the Earl of Had-
dington, soliciting of his Lordship the recognition of the jus-
tice add expediency of applying to them the same principle
of retirement which has been recently bestowed on the
veteran post captains.

The journeyman shoemakers of Marseilles have
struck for an advance of wages, particularly on the new
articles introduced into their trade since the year 1833.
Some of the masters have given way, acid the workmen have
expressed their readiness to submit their demands to the
prefect or the mayor.

l'avrsTocx.—On Friday night last, while the
miners of North Maria mine were sinking about 10 fathoms
under the surface, which is near Wheel Maria (so abundantly
rich as to teturn nearly 10,000/. profit per month), they dis-
covered a very rich lode of copper, which promises the ad-
venturers good profits upon their outlay. The lode had the
appearance of being closely allied to the sister mine. Many
of the shares in this mine are held by tradesmen in Tavi-
stock and Plymouth, but the gfeater part by a gentleman of
Plymouth, John Bayly, Esq., and the owner of the land,
John Davis, Esq.—Devonport Telegraph.
THE WHIRLWIND AT ROUEN.—We have already
stated that the owners of the property destroyed near Rouen, by
the whirlwind of the 19th ult., have brought an action for in-
demnity against the insurance companies, on the ground of the
calamity having been occasioned by electricity, in which ease it Is
contended that the companies are liable, the policies bearing the
following words :—" The company insures against fire, and against
the fire of heaven, and the damage which may result." Strong
evidence of the presence of electricity, which is the fire of heaven
alluded to in the policies, has already been offered, but the com-
panies contend that the losses of the insurers were the result of a
storm of wind, and not of lightning. This is the point to be de-
cided by the Tribunal; but, in the meantime, it may not be unin-
teresting to allude to a suit by the owners of the property destroyed
in a similar way at Cette, on the 231 of October last. The question
having been brought before the Tribunal of Commerce of Mont-
pelier on the 10th of December, the Tribunal ordered that a corn.
mission of scientific men should be formed, to report as to whether
electricity was present in such a way as to give the assured the
benefit of the clause in their policies respecting " the fire of
heaven." The report has been drawn up, and sent to the Tribunal,
but it has not yet been read.—Rouen paper.

JENNY LIND.—A German paper states that this
celebrated vocalist, who has created such a furore in various
parts of Germany, made her debilt at Cologne on the 20th
ult. in the opera of Norma. Notwithstanding the prices of
admission were trebled, the theatre was filled to overflowing.
The fair cancatrice was called before the curtain, and applauded
to the echo, at the termination of each act of the opera. The
greater portion of the enthusiastic audience consisted of English,
many of whom have signified their intention of following Jenny
Lind from place to place. She is to appear next it Frankfort

WOOLWACM, SEPT. 16.—The Princess Alice steam-
vessel, Mr. L. Smithett, Master-Commander, arrived this
morning from Dover to be refitted, and her commander and
crew will proceed to Dover in the Swallow steam-vessel, to
resume the duties at that station. The Black Eagle steam-
vessel, Mr. S. Black, Master Commander, arrived this morn-
ing from the Isle of Wight, and will occupy her usual station
opposite the Dockyard, Woolwich. Commander John B.
Purvis, recently commander of the Alfred, 60 guns, and
Captain Grace, with several other naval officers, have been
named as anxious to obtain the command of the Grampus, 50
guns, fitting at Woolwich. Several of the arrangements
connected with this fine vessel have been made under the
direction of Captain Grace, who was deputed by the Ad-
miralty to see them effected. Some idea may be formed of
the great strength of the Terrible steam-vessel, when it is
stated that the diameter of the axles of the paddle• wheels in
their brass beds, is one foot nine inches, and the length of
the stroke of the engines eight feet; causing thirteen revolu-
tions of the powerful engines per minute.

SCULPTURE ON THE C'ioNTlNENT.—Amongst the
numerous additions making to the splendour of the square of
the Opera, in Berlin, the following sculptural embellishments
are spoken of as in project or preparation. Gigantic groups
of warriors, and of Victory," are executing, after the de-
signs of Schinkel, for the Royal Bridge ; and the same artist
is making designs for the ornament of the Guard-house. On
the side of the Unter den Linden, the monument of Fre- '
derick the Great is proceeding rapidly—Rauch having nearly
completed its numerous figures. Opposite the colossal eques-
trian status of that -monarch, it is proposed to place a simi-
lar statue of Frederick William 111. To the statues of the
Generals Bulow and" Stliarnhorif tit the Guard-house are to
be added those of Kleist and Tauenzien • beside Blucher,
to be placed bronzed statues 'of GeneralGneisenau and
York; and the Palace of the Princesses is to be ornamented
with statues of Stein and Hardenburg. For all these works
Rauch, it is said, has already receiyed the royal command.
The Austrian Emperor, on the occasion of his coronation at
Milan, as King of the Lombards, gave a number Of ,omsnia-
sions to the most distinguishecti of the Milanese sculptors,
leaving them perfect latitude in^the choice of subject These
works, to the number of Seven, ari.n6w exhibiting in
Vienna :—A statue of "Peace," by Cajetano ; a " Prodigal
Son," by Albondio Sangorgio ; an " Infant Jesus," by Ri-
naldoßinaldi ; " Rachel and Jacob at the Well ;" a figure of
a " Fate," by Croft*; and two by the Professor Pompeo Mar-
chesi—one a bust of the poet Monti, and the other a group
on the old theme of " Venus carrying off the weapons of
Love." We may mention here that the marbles of the
Pyrenees are coming into use for the supply of the large
works executing in Prussia, Twelve fine columns of the
marble of Campan have just been finished at Bagneres de
Bigorre, for the Museum at Berlin. The monument decreed
by the Stated of Bohemia to be erected to the memory of the
Emperor Francis iStieg-tid, It is to be an equestrian statue
of the monarch, invested in his robes as King of Bohemia;
and will be ornamedted with twenty=fotir statuettes repre-
senting the circles of the kingdom, the capital, and allegorical
allusions. The whole is to be seventy-five feet high,
LYCEUM THEATUE.—On Monday evening, atter
the deservedly successful drama of The Governor's Wife, the admirable
burlesque of Open Sesame; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves, was
revived, and acted for the first time this season. lii the burlesque
Miss G. Hodson made her debut. She is very pretty, and will no
doubt prove an acquisition to the company at this theatre. Although
suffering from extreme nervousness, she went through the part of
Cogia with complete success. She possesatla S good voice, which will
be heard to greater advantage when the timidity of it first appearunce
wears off. She was deservedly encored in most of her sotigd, Mrs.
Keeley, of course, acted the part of Morgiana, as she alone can act.
Keeley, as the brave Hassarac, Wa.i as droll and humorous as ever,
and kept the house in a continual laugh. Miss Fairbrother was of
course the Captain. Frank Mathews and Wigan each took their
original parts. It would be unjust not to mention the doings of " the
forty." The gallant and devoted band went through their perforin-
ance with great military skill and precision, and were rewarded with
great applause, which was richly deserved. Great credit is due to
their drill-sergeant for the pains he has taken itith them. The re-
vival is a decided hit. The house was crowded to sufrocatimi,

F
00T-RACING AT IN ALWORTIL—UII Tuesday the
Beehive Cricket-ground, at Walworth, was very largely attended by
the admirers of the recreative sport of pedestrianism, who were highly
gratified by witnessing the prizes contested by some of the most supe-
rior runners. -The first race was for a handsome silver snuff-box, con-
tested in heats over 100 yards. The entries were—Glenn, Mak-
piece, Exeter, Bertram, Smith and Pattersons, novices, Martin, Mor-
timer, Weaver, and Brompton. Martin, Makpiece, and Weaver,
who were the several winners, then ran the grand heat, and after a
spirited race, Martin won the prize. Second prize—A silver snuff-
box, which was walked for by eleven men, and the distance being
seven miles ; after two miles, several of the competitors fell into the
reaf.fank, and the race was made by Jacques, Haynes, and Willet,
who struggled hard for the trophy, and which terminated by
Jacques coming in first, and Turner second. The walking of
Jacques was much admired, and he performed the seven
miles in one hour and ten minutes, fair toe and heel.—
Tint EGG Minn.—The novel feat undertaken by Molloy, jun. (a lad
of sixteen), and which was to clear one hundred eggs from the ground,
they being laid in a line at a yard apart, to go down and pick up one
egg with his mouth, and convey it in this manner to one end and de-
posit it in a tub of water, and ninon the whole within fifty minutes,
for 101., came off yesterday. The stripling entered upon his hercu-
lean task with great activity, descending to the ground and
rising with elasticity, and bounding away with the egg to its destina-
tion. He made repetition one hundred times, and in the course of
the match proved himself " a true chip of the old block," and finally
concluded his undertaking in forty-eight minutes, thus winning by
two minutes, and covering five miles and three quarters (less twenty
yards) within the stipulated time. The weather was very unpro-
pitious, notwithstanding which the youngster achieved the stakes.
ELOPEMENT.—Tuesday morning, a young lady,
residing with her parents in the Kennington-road, eloped with a gen-
tleman from her home. The family were thrown into considerable
alarm and anxiety by her sudden disappearance ; but about twelve
o'clock her father received a letter from the ftigitive, informing hair
of her marriage. The young lady is about eighteen year:
°af ige;a. ti v
possessed of considerable property in her own right,
THE RECENT ACCIDENT AT SIR C
SHALL AND Co.'s.—Tuesday
‘fmorning.rsh :IlLalPneNitidtoonA.:l;7a9,lmltilaApilpßelf-ri
the employ of Sir Chap
Thames-street, who rece-imveadnso—s4e-riouasil an injd
ury on the previous
day, by fracturing his skull from a fall into a cellar beneath one of
the warehouses, an account of which appeared in The Sun of yester-
day, expired at it. Thomas's Hospital, only surviving the accident
a few hours. The poor fellow has left a widow and family to
ament his untimely end.
A man named Cirier has been condemned to death
by the Court of Assizes of the Aisne for setting fire to the house in
which' his wife and his mother-in-law resided, with the intention of
burning them to death. He confessed his crime, and said he had pre
viously made three unsuccessful attempts. The intended victims
wore with difficulty rescued from the fate that threatened them.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—The person
who was found
drowned on Saturday, in the river Avon, near Rugby, proves to be
Mr. Dearlove, of the firm of Dearlove and Fenton, of Leeds. He
was seen on Saturday on the borders of the river, and soon after his
wig, coat, and waistcoat, .were found hung on to his walking-stick ;
and his body was seen by Mr. Montague,
one of the Rugby scholars,
his pocket
floating on the water. In was found a letter to his wife,
and a bottle of laudanum, of which, however, he had taken none.
He had also loaded his pockets with stones. Heavy payments arising
seem to have driven him to this awful alternative. He was about
55 years of age, and has left a widow to mourn over this rash con-
clusion of an industrious life. A number of hands have been thrown
Out of employ by his loss. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of
" Found drowned."
If the grand experiment of the at•nospheric prin-
ciple should be terminated successfully, it is the intention of the
Directors of the Great Midland and Western Railway and Canal
_Company to adopt it upon their line. By a recent survey it has been
found that the canal banks will be available for the purposes of the
railroad for almost the entire of its course ; and it will be matter of
interest for the scientific world to hear that serious attention will be
given to the feasibility of working the lips by the water power of the
canal, is case tAo atmoryberic traction ;bald be actePted.

THE CORN TRADE.
(From the Mark-lane Express.)

With the exception of a few partial showers in
different parts of the country, the weather has continued
uninterruptedly fine ; harvest operations have conse-
quently been rapidly proceeded with, and in most of the
southern counties the bilk of the corn has been carried.
In the north of England there is still a considerable
quantity of grain abroad ; but the lately experienced
sunny days have brought the crops forward amazingly,
and in situations where, a month back, it was feared the
corn would never arrive at maturity, the sickle has
lately been actively employed. On the whole, our pros-
pects as to the future have undergone an immense im-
provement since the 20th of August, but to suppose that
the evil effects of a decidedly wet summer have bee*
entirely remedied would be altogether unreasonable.
That a great proportion of the wheat of this year
growth will be of inferior quality, and light weight,
is unquestionable ' • nor is it possible that the defi-
ciency from the defective set of the ear, so gene-
rany complained of, can have been made good ; we
must therefore adhere to the opinion already expressed
on former occasions, viz., that besides the falling off in

meal in consequence of ale want of weight and otherwise
inferior mealing properties of the berry, the acreable
produce will be found short of an average. It is yet
too early to form anything like an accurate estimate as
to the extent of the deficiency. Many parties rate it
much above what we are inelined to do, and others
deny that the crop will fall at all below an average ; in
this !date of uncertainty we feel inclined to reserve our
opinion until something more definite shall have been
ascertained by the test of thrashing than is at present
known ; but that there is a deficiency, to a greater or
less extent, we feel perfectly convinced. Public opinion
has lately been so much occupied in investigating the
result of the wheat harvest that comparatively little is
said of spring corn or pulse, but in the absence of com-
plaints it is fair to infer that there is not much amiss
either as regards quality or quantity.
In judging of the probable value of wheat during the
ensuing winter, the injury which potatoes have suffered
in many of these districts where this article is most ex•
tensively grown must not be overlooked. Until lately
the blight, or to whatever else the failure is attributable,
was supposed to have extended no further than the south
of England and the Channel Islands. Within the last
week, however, complaints have reached us from Lin-
colnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Yorkshire, from which it
would appear that the extent of the ravages made by the
disease is not yet ascertained. Considering how large
a portion of food of all classes consists of potatoes, so ex-
tensive a failure must be regarded as a great calamity.
Already prices have risen considerably, and it is certain
that if the mischief should prove anything like so
extensive as it is represented to be, the consumption
of bread stuffs must be increased enormously. These
considerations lead to the conclusion, that though
no material advance may occur in quotations of
wheat immediately, the article may hereafter rise
in value. In speaking of potatoes, we omitted to
mention one important fact, viz., that orders have been
received here from Holland and Belgium for the pur-
chase of the article at very high rates, whilst their ex-
port has been prohibited by the Government of the last-
named country. We have heard it reported, on good
authority, that a contract has already been closed at
Poole to ship 1,000 tons to Holland. The export of
agricultural produce from England to the Continent is
certainly a new feature.
The wheat trade has, since our last, assumed a firm
tone, and at several of the leading provincial markets
slightly enhanced terms have been obtained for fine
qualities ; the advance insisted on by sellers has, how-
ever, tended to check the demand, and the actual trans-
actions have been rather on a restricted scale.

At Liverpool, on Tuesday, only a retail business was
done in wheat, but the sales effected were at rates id. to
2d. per 70Ib. above those of that day se'nnight ; subse-
quently the inquiry rather subsided, but the advance
was well maintained on Friday.
The accounts from the principal town in Yorkshire
are not of a very lively character. Neither at Hull nor
Leeds was any:rise on former terms established on Tues-
day ; there was, however, much less anxiety to press
sales than had been apparent the preceding week. At
Wakefield, on Friday, holders of wheat demanded Is. to
2s. per quarter more for the best qualities, and the im-
provement was in some instances realised.
From the west and north-west we have advices of ad-
vancing prices. .elt Bristol, on Thursday, new wheat
was quoted from ss. 9d. to 6s. 3d. per 601 b., being a rise
on previous terms. At Birmingham, on the same day,
holders declined selling except at is. to 2s. per quarter
above the currency of that day week, and needy buyers
were under the necessity of paying the enhancement.
At the chief shipping ports on the east coast the turn
has also been against the purchaser, and on the whole a
decided check may be said to have been given to the
downward movement.

By our letters from Scotland it appears that the west•
they had continued auspicious for bringing the crops to
maturity in the backward districts, and securing those
in the more forward localities. There, as with us, the
wheat is stated to be short in quantity and indifferent in
quality; but complaints as to potatoes are, we are happy
to say, comparatively rare.
The advices from Ireland are also, happily, silent on
the subject of the potato blight.
Business in grain had, it appeared, remained quiet, as
well in the Scotch as the Irish markets ; but consider-
able firmness had been displayed by the holders of wheat
and oats, and prices had rather tended upwards than
otherwise in both countries.

The quantity exhibited at Mark-lane by land carriage
samples from the home counties has been trifling, and
the greater part of what has come to hand has been of
this year's growth.
On Wednesday the Kent stands were nearly bare, and
from Essex and 6uffolk only a few runs were shown.
The new wheat, though by no means of fine quality, was
more sought after than old, owing to the price of the
former being somewhat below that of the latter. Both
kinds were held at fully the currency of Monday last,
and at the close of business little remained unsold-.

_
On Friday increases firmness was displayed by fac-
tors ; they could not succeCd, however, in obtaining any
advance on former terms.

Malt has latterly become very diftctilt of disposal, and
only choice samples have this week obtained former
terms, it having been necessary to submit to a small
abatement to effect sales of the common runs.

The total arrival of oats, inclusive of foreign, has
amounted to 11,662 quarters. Of this quantity 850
quarters are • from our own coast, 781 quarters from
Ireland, and the remaining 10,031 quarters from abroad.
The bare state of the market, the failure in the potato
crop, and the probability that oatmeal will therefore be
more extensively used than in ordinary years, have
combined to give an impetus to prices of oats, and
within the last few weeks good qualities have risen Is.
to Is. 6d. per quarter. Of English and Scotch feed
there are scarcely any to be had. The best sorts of
Irish have therefore been taken by consumers, whilst
the dealers have been compelled to have recourse to free
foreign. Archangel oats, which were currently sold on
the Ist inst. at 20s. 6d. per quarter from on board ship,
duty paid, have this week commanded 21s. 6d. to 225.
per quarter ; and Danish, Swedish, &c., have risen in
value to nearly the same extent. As yet there is not
much prospect of a decline in the duty, but unless in-
creased supplies shortly reach us, there is some probabi-
lity of a fall occurring.
The arrivals of English beans have about kept pace
,-7,lth,he demand, and no quotable variation has occurred
in prices.
Peas of all descriptions have been firmly held at the
currency of Monday. Most of the bonded peas on the
market have been bought for shipment to Holland ; the
rise which took place in the duty on Thursday is there
fore of little importance.

SUICIDE IN A STATioN*HOUSE.—FELO-Da- SE. "-'
On Monday evening, at the conclusion of the inquiry relative
to the melancholy death of Mrs. Theobald, of Dawn Lodge,
near Hounslow, Mr. Mills, the deputy coroner, proceeded to the
Greyhound, at Staines, to hold an inquest on the body of
Matthew Bond, aged seventy-three, who destr Ledt he Mello win
the police-station at the last-named place, In! _
ing circumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence tnhdaththade
dbee
ecte afsreedq,u
e n
tl.thoughconvicted
no old
citnedy.eaf
fres;
own
y, b
as as in crime,ywoulda seem,
he carried on his miserable existence. On Friday night last,
about twelve o'clock, the policeman on duty near the premises
of Mr. Harris, farmer, in the above village, discovered the
deceased emerging from an outhouse. He immediately went
up to him, and on laying hold cf his collar, he dropped from
beneath his coat a fowl, which, on subsequent inspection,
proved to be the property of Mr. Harris. Deceased, on being
conveyed to the station-house, was locked up in a cell by.
himself. The man on duty during the night looked in se-
veral times and saw nothing wrong ; but on the cell being
entered in the morning, deceased was discovered with hie
handkerchief tied tightly round his neck and fastened to the'
gas pipe, which passed about half way along the wall. Th:
handkerchief was extended, and the deceased was lyhigo
his stomach on the floor. He was immediately extricated
from his position and a medical man sent for, who
time extinct. It further
pro-
nounced life to have been for some
assigned for his committing
of insanity, and the only reason
asent out of the country. The
appeared that the deceased had never
si evinced any symptoms
the rash act was the fear of being
fel° de se, iccor danc with
some time on a the evidence ad-
duced, returned a verdict of
jury having deliberated f
last night buried by
which the body of the deceased was
torchlight, and without
funeral rights.
.lUlt• MATHESON, OF A
DINNER TO CHANY,
--On Wednesday, the 27th ofAugust, the inhabitants of Stor-
noway invited their worthy landlord to dinner, when about
one hundred gentlemen sat down, at five o'clock, Mr. Ro-
derick Morrison, banker, in the chair, supported on the right
by Mr. Matheson, Lieutenant Percival, R.N., Professor Gor-
don, Mr. Smith, of Deanstone, and Mr. Caunter ; on the left,
Cbyhatmhebeßrelavin.
Messrs.
Srsirff
seriMAalcacrade'onaanldd andM Mr. Moore, air.
.Swbie
Mac-
leod acted as croupiers, supported by Mr. Murdo RobertlNlat
Captain Robertson, Mr. John Cameron, n, t.. D. Munro, Mr...
D. L. Mackenzie, Mr. John Mackenzie, Mr. D. Macdonald,.
Mr. Alexander Morrison, Mr. Jeffreys, &c. After the usual
loyal and patriotic toasts had been given from the chair, the
company were delighted to observe Mrs. Matheson and a
party of elegantly-attired ladies enter the hall. Mr. Mathe-
son stated, that one of his first endeavours would be to draw
forth the energies of the natives. He has engaged a High-
land factor, and is resolved to employ Highlanders on all oc-
casions, when practicable. The Inverness Courier says that the
principal object must be the drainage of the moss lands, which
forms so large a portion of the island. Thig the cotters have
neither capital nor skill to effect, but a judicious advance of
money by the proprietor will be of the utmost importance.
The system of Mr. Smith, of Deanston (who has been con-
sulted on these improvements), will no doubt be adopted and.
enforced under proper superintendence, the tenants paying a
small per centage for the outlay. The speech of Mr. Smith,
of Deanston, was also directed to these practicable topics..
The " barren heaths and brown bents" of the island, be says,.
" are capable of cultivation and bearing grain, and the
fisheries may be ,prosecuted on a more extended scale with
great success." . By liberally promoting such undertakings,
Mr. Matheson will, indeed, confer, solid benefits on WS
country.— Caledonian Mercury.
A boat, with three seamen on board and some pas-
sengers, was returning a few days back, from the fete of
Vieux-Boucau, near the Landes, when it capsized, and all on
board were thrown into the water. Two young girls caught
hold of one the the seamen, and the three were drowned.
P 29 Mt of the peg were 641'4

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