The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-31 00:00:00

farther advance in the qu0i0!..i,,D4 of 23 per 81bs. The Primest Scots srld withrlu;rliffimP,y, from 3i 104 to 4s 11 " 816 , and ael araix. , Was t.ffewe.i • efore (dos.. of b mitn , ,qi hours. Tr !Arrival. from Norfolk, Suff,lk, sseX, and C$ tnid,,,,e,hirP, ranounred to 1,800 Scots, , .Bvhorthons. aed Herefords; from other parts of rg l acd. 500 Herefords, runts, D./roes, &c.; and 4°,,c1) Scotlznd, 440 homed and polled Scots Shea yids an ar'diti..,na! iricre4se in the supply of ee p, which clsicripion of stock clap- to hand in i!oorl conditi on. For all I,r,eds the inquiry was rattier smilve 11 11 11 „ 11 5 1 last week' s i m p rovement in va l ue . Th e pr i caest ( if "owns producPcl 4s; but the general top figure tor ta ti n t d to n Was 3s 10d per 81bs. Limbs came freely to full ; , nevertheless,.. the inq u iry for t h em was s te a dy at an „P t i lees, viz., 4s 2d t o 5,4 d p er &ba. Abow 450 ti,,, — "resh to hand from the Isle of Wight. Although 84 PPly of Calves was extensive, the Veal trade was . ;nu at Friday's advance in the quotations. In Pigs e rY little business was transacted at late rates. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. Ise rlO , S. d. to 8. d. s. d. to s. d Secoud r n ' e AStB..... 2 it 210 inferior Sheep •• •2 19 3 ° Prim e ealltY —•• 3 0 3 4 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 4 ?ni t . - 'Lae Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 C , arse-woolled ditto 3 6 8 8 Larg o s"'u n ta ••••• • 3 10 4 0 couthdown Wetber 3 8 310 Prlz - " I ' B B Calvet 3 6 4 0 Ditto .ut of tho wool 1. 0 0 0141138.11 ditto .. 4 2 4 6 Large Hogs -••• • • 2 , 6 3 4 Litnlb: l C alvo •20 0 :6 0 •4rnall Porkers •• ,• , 5 6 3 8 ' '• •° • •• • 4 2 5 4 "),uarter old Pigs —l6 0 20 0 }l east TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 3 ,390 5 • Shprp, 1 Calves. Pigs , I 26,860 I 317 I 415 Beasts FOREIGN SUPPLY. 35 4 - I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. It. 1,160 , 210 -- p Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of F at Sto c k exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, airlB Mday, June 2, 1851, and this day, Monday, May 5 on 2. Per Blbs., to sink the °this. June 2, 1851. s. d. s. d. Coos. and p 0 —• inferior Beasts ... ... 2 4to 2 6 'ld quality ditto ... ... 2 8 210 p ri ll la large O xen ▪ 3 0 3 2 . Scots h ▪ 3 4 3 o_rse and inferior Sheep... 2 8 2 . 10 F r rnd quality di tto .. 3 ... 3 0 n 2 p ri tt le coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 4 0 6 L Southdown ditto ... 3 8 31 0 ' 8 4 4 5 6 p )4 ga coarse Calves ... 3 0 3 j,W r tla small ditto ... 3 8 4 0' Bin r g e Ho g e "' 2 8 3 May 31,1852. s. d. s. d. 2 Bto 2 10 30 3 4 36 3 8 310 4 0 210 3 0 32 3 4 36 3 8 3 8 310 42 5 4 36 4 0 42 4 6 26 3 4 fall P~ 'oilers ... ... ... ... 3 6 3 8 3 6 3 8 Beasts ... ... .. .. ... 3,482 3,390 Sheep and Lambs .. ... 31,540 26,860 Calves ... .. ... ..• ... 334 317 Pigs ... ... .. . 481) 415 tt B E " PPLIEB ON SALE, JuNE 3, 1850.—Beasts, 3,261; .p and Lambs, 26,720 +3 Calves, 243 ; l'igs, 310 'aloes. 4, 1849 —Beasts, ,566; Sheep and Lambs, 26,440; '‘les. , 276 • Pigs. 240. nOWLOUGEL AND SPITAIMIELDS. h. The supplie.;ot Potts,o. $ having increased ttte demand Deconie inactive, and prices are now very irregular. 1. 4 ; 5 „ t "Ilk 100 sacks came to hand from Calais. York lo r K - 7 c e Regents, 95s to 1255; Scotch Regents. 80s to L, Ca , nb r id ge an d Wi s b cac h, 8 a to 105 a; Kent and .014 1 1 ,X Regents, 85s to 105 s. • VirG.A.TE AND LEADENELALIL. I t i„i'licagh fair average time-ot-)ear hUPPIteS Of each ot in tif meat have been en sale in these m.rheis dim" %,:,las.t report, the gene al demand has ruled steady, "'Prices have had an upward tendency. ?t ett, At per stone by the Carcase. N. d. to • . S. d. to it. d. U lterior...". 2 2 2 4 Mutton, interior • • 2 8 210 ••••: 41 , 7 , 1 „. 441 . 111 3 •• 2 6 2 8 --. middling.. 3 0 3 4 - 210 3 0 --- prime.... • 6 3 8 1 7 4 4 . 1 :rhae small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large. • 2 6 3 0 • **** •••• 3 4 4 4 small .• •••• •• 3 2 3 8 I,itimb, 4s Od to 5x 2.1. Th. 8 031017 GS BOP Ie . aIUILET. h ie " ac counts from the plants kris sate that the b , ine . ma ill atle rapid progress of late, and is tolerably tree Ja ° l - 1 1 ; ert aini nevertheless the demand for most kiieds of Po ' ,;1; .8 steady and late rates are w•-II supp ,reed. Suss'3s —e tse 5 183 to 61 6a; Weald of 61 to 71 5s;_ M d bpd East mid Olds 7110 121 10s; Yearlings, 3110 s to 51 10s; ) 1 2s to 21 lOs per cwt. WOOL tThe Public Sales of Colonial Wool are still in pro soess A 41bout 18,000 bates have been disposed of up to to a t ", at an advance in the (potations of from ~Per lb., w i t h every prospect of the ris . b r i ng tnatu are tattleu to the en d o f t h e ser i es. P r i vate ly B rit i sh W oo l s 414'4 }to dem a nd, a nd h o ld rs reuse to sell °s hill:, an improv em ent o f f u l ly Id per lb . L ist wee k' s lop; ° ,, rt a Were about 4 000 b a l chiefly from our co " 8, Germany, and South America. Al h TALLOW. ge ne i,Loagh the deliveries continue limi ed, h o ld ers i n h ti 41 are v er y fi rm , an d the l a t e a d vance in the quo at g, is well supported. PY C on the spot i, selling p er 8, a nd for delivery during the laqt three month s , 38 a °it • Town Tallow, 35s 6d to 36s per owt, net cash; Rh Fat, 28s Old per lbs. kick this day •• " beeof 'Y. C. •• • • to V fr o l ast week •• ult fro Julie k • t— ,41114‘11 last wee uitte from, June' • No of Town •• ,I° 50 We t r atsy üb se A, ItUd 185 1, w qtY 1848 1849. 1850 1851. 9,680 45a Od to• OsOd 1,101 25,295 25,729 38s 9d 36s 9d I to OsOd to37sod 92 1,224 263 932 3'',533 41,834 37 9d to. 37d Od 38s01 JO 08 Od 723 749 103,071 369 242 277 2,342 85 39s 6d 38s Od 108,)71 33s Od 38s 9d .Ye that he above table for 1848, 1849, up to th , 21 of Jaw:). as mad (%i EEN 'S BEN CH.—( THIS DAN' ) tte-t Rinn Bane() before Lord CAMPBELL, Mr. Justice Ca t „„ - , Mr. Justice ERLE, and Mr. Justice Sir QUEEN V. EAST INDIA COMPANY. ni t eth-7geatit BILES applied to the Court on behalf of /adi a , a r'es Napier tor a rule, calling upon the East ilhouldign3PanY to show cause why a writ of mandamus % to , not issue requiring them to pay over to Sir 11 1 '6. ; e s a certain quantity of East India rupees, amount -14 3 i n value in British money to upwards of 2,0001. In f ore _ 011* Charles Napier comm -tided the Compay's es Snide, and was chii fly 'instrumental in n an zyl!lg that territory. vcars e of the Ca mp g bv Tk to the British dominions. In the booty was EnpaTo very considerable . sil ver be Conquerin g army, consistir g of gold and litany ocherrs ewe ls, a variety of ornamental gems, and estimated vablable articled . the value 'of which was at between four and five millions of the Com trustesrred Upon atiel 8 ru P e ", and by a Royal charter the property was the - East India Company in e itlitaiai to diatrihute the same in lair and e Pro:I/onions amongst the offitn-rs and gorewho had assisted in the subjection of Stride. re the distribution of the booty Sir Charles Nha 4Treturned-troth India, but the state of aff its in h e , s ae : again required his presence there, and in 1849 ee t ,,,,. r linglY went out a second time. He then held a tr sr ,'ssiela as commander in-chief of the Queen's tii - Pe, and secondly as commander-in-chief of the ea t, t roops, for both of w hi c h comman d s he was for tbt I ke ? being in receipt of considerable pay. Sir Charles 4, des possessed the local rank of general in 41, Was also an h onorary mem b er of the C , ucci l i n 'nen ml ai but no pay was attached to either of th , se two t 'alces. The p a y w hi ch he reeived as commander-in let of th e Quo ea ' s an d the Company's troops was at t h athe . iv rate of 14,000 rupees per month. In May, 1849, 0, 4 ' Charles arrived in India, and immediately afterwards e Sinde bounty was COEDIncIiCfA to b, distributed in t r i n" dividends, and the distribution b , gae accordi ng ly. i n% the first dividend no ques ion or dispute arose, and 1849, the second custr.bution took place. The !;001pietits continued to receive tneir pay afterwards in ':ne course up to the end :d.srch following but in April,. " 0 , an order was issued by the India Boa rds ating that Sind tertain cha rges which ought to have b een debited t o the e prize.mon had been omitted , and the o ffi cers % nsoldiers woul d, ther efore, be required to r , fund. Their Pay fur the month of Ma and part of Juce, was RC ordingly sto pped, but not l. without protest from Sir 1,-;arlaa Napier and the other tffieers who had served in :oinde with him, who contended that the deductions not be made, inasmuch as seven years had ehipstd srle the capture of the booty. Char les CAM PBELL remarked that be supposed S i r Caries Napier wanted to recover the pay which bad iki r .*l _ B(l ,. Sto pped. • Sergeant BYLES replied in the affirmative. 4- Lo rd 61 CAMPBELL—what; you have to m a ke out, then, 44l Ceurtes Napier has a le ga l rig ht f ur ' L e t t demands, without any Irgal remedy. th., r• Ser geant B YLES h o p e d h e should b e a bl e t o s h ow efi' en w h the proceedings of Sir Charles N apier an d h is m ee t% became known to the East India Government at an order was sent out commanding further stop -hell to be mad - ei from the payment of the of f icers, and VeZ di ngly, in the following months of Octob er an d No -usr th, l stoppage was made. Sir C. Napier afterwards 4 Pplicatibn for hese two months' pay, but it was re abt:l-cA.; and as the deduction was contrary to law, the 3d tied- 4 th 'Victoria, chap. 22; expressly providing at no tb,; (le tiens whatever should be made, except onl y . in case - e laficer should absent himself from service, Sir fe rt4 `;; l s is tl r a i p; l ,',, t e s. wa . anxious to have a mandamus in en- Lo his CAMPBELL do b.ed whether a m andamus w o u ld ot ; the claim ut Sir Charles stood., more in the posititri h a n i na perfect o bli ga tion than a legal r ig ht, for which polder tnuorerne remedy,. - and he was afraid the C ourt had no interfereNlated by the East r. Sergeant BILES insisted that the law bad been Act of Par -India ComPgnY• alita'nent expressly provided that no deduTc:hiteins sbc_uld be allaexte'dmitide!ttrwoapsfi upon that condition that the ',vete upon that condition that the Qiern t serve in India. th - ntkjuatica COLERIDGE Yell wake a distinction, e_ ,ruetween the ~tlt.• Sergeant lA Q4' S on n oti on whatever; it eli's troops and the native troop: B YLES—No; the Act makes no fi th ! t i t i s all be moth, distinctly declares that; no de i- . from the pay of either troops exeep n the case he had already mentioued. ma de th 411. Justice CoLE RIDGE —S uppose the Queen bad s e eeduction it, Nab quite clear that a roana..auius L u d not lie. Sergeantl BYLES—No doubt, my Lord. Incli a * p uus tiee COLERIDGE—WeII, thin, do not the Eatt i n the - - ` ucn i 3a nY. in retere,.ce to their own troops, stand lir position of a quasi sover..ign. aire A . "geant BILES contended that they did not. C " Parliament proven , ed that; and upon the tim e!? th o f dd h t he Act which be had mentioned he con- The wel entitled to this rule. COURT took time to consider the application. STR ANGm DaSsine .1 - " - -INIATiviTv. —On WednEslay as a lady was res o p,, ; 40 ng Holborn she encountered a young woman of sucie`aole appearpnce, but unknown to her, who had been one ealy taken ill in the street. Feeling anxious to assist to of her own sex, she called a cab, and ordered the driver Pro ce , b avaii dto Forster -street, Bishopsgate, the home of the b:or .liqf ci th • onSearcely, however, hpd the ve hicle proceeded a few yards when a crisis of nature came on, sand tN..ant was added to the party. The cab was then order, t y,t,, Giles's workhouse attentions young mother and her '“Avt received the amplest . 401 2, 39 2,632 48s 6d JL JI.JL JLA TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. I SIR.-1, have just rea d whu pie,re, your admirable this eventrg's Sun on Me 1-XtieltiVitiaVobilbtitty cif s, war taking under a rijicirciiinstain - btrrsvern - EnglAnd , Ind Ft anc , --a war which, if it occurred, would, tls yi‘u justly observe, be almost as disastrous to the eotqueror as it would be to the corlu red. Your able tern,rks, and the enlightened views expressed in the Presses must no only receive the cordial sympathy, but spp al successfully to the e nlightened judgment, of the people of the two oouivrics. For they aro beginning to learn that the truest interests of nations•consist not in foh'tering those antiquated tends and absurd, prejudices which have too long existed be - fween them; anti which have lad to many a fratricidal - contest; but in sttengthen ing the bonds of international goodwill and fraternA feeling, by fighting iu the army of progress, engaging vigorously in the peaceful pursuits of au unfettered commerce, and helping forward the msrch of ideas. The article from which you quote is another proof of the pacific spirit ics - * our neighbours across the Channel towards us; and it should cause us to reciprocate their prof,sions 0 , friendship, not by imitating the bluster of •the lionnurable and Learned Member for Sheffidii, who st,etns to have - a go.,d opinion of no one but himself; nut, by the expression of similar sentiments, stud by avowing our belief that France, Lite En,:l..end, is tired of war, with its untold misery and eitabing expense, and desirts peace. Again I beg to express my lit-arty sympathy with the noble sentiments you enunciate, which aro, in har mony with that watchword of the c‘ge—' Progress." I am, Sir, 80., F. W. eIIESSOis.T. PI tv Broad street, City, May 27. THE LATE ELOPEMENT. Wo gave on account in Sal urday'a Herald of the elopement of Dr. A. P from Brighton, with a young woman named Emma Y., also bringing with him 1,9001. sterling, money claimed by Colonel 11,, of the British army, the p aticulars of which we gave in our previous account. On Saturday, it seems, the doctor did not relish the county gaol, and intimated that he would like to see Emma. The messenger, howeVer, returned, and stated that Emma would not eonsent to an interview unless he restored the money claimed by the colonel. At first the doctor returned an answer that he had not got the colonel's money, and, therefore, could not comply with the request. However, during the afternoon, he requested the deputy sheriff to _take him down to the Irving-house. Here an affreting interview took place between the two, in the presence of Mr. Edwards, the counsel of the colonel. Mr. Edwards ultimately promised to release him from custody on his paying back the ma nay. The doctor could resist no longer, and believed that by so doing he would not only be restored to his liberty, but also to his loving Emma. The doctor, on concluding to give up the money, said he had only 1,6001, and opening his watchfob, drew therefrom, in a ,mall leathern bag, a 1.0001. Bank of England note, a 500/ note, and a 100/. rve. air. Edwards took the 1.5001., leaving the doctor the 1001. to seek his tort inn in the land of liberty. The doctor was then liberated from custody. For the balance of the money be gave the colonel his liability. Notwithstanding the payment buck of the money, Emma still refuses to cohabit with him any more, under the sidv:ce of Colonel H. and others, but. has concluded to return back to her parents, and do better for the future. It is said that the intimacy between Emma and the doctor has been going on tor some time past, until she discovered that, ere long, it would be impossible to di•guise the ordinary course of nature, and accordingly consent-d to dope t o America for an asylum. She has now, it appears re pented of her previous course, and, under the promise of torgiveness by her parents, who, it seems, are very she concludes to return twine by the steamship Niagara, which ssii. next Wednesday, What the doe or in , . lids to do, we know not; but we would a d v i, him also to return Inime to his wife tal'i children, and ask th, it forgiveness, and settle down like a min under is mn promise never to do so any more.—.A etc York Herald. IRISH CHANNEL SUBMARINE TELE- GRAPH. The Hon. George one of the direct , Ta of the MA I en a nn,l Sunmanne El.-ct ,Tekgraph Company, has arrived ire Belfast with a view of superintending t h e oemplerion of this great national undertaking. The IVortitern Whig thus reports progress:—" At the Sconh of One chaonel the operations have neen exceedingly brizk. Tr,nches are being opened from Dumfries to Portpatrick for the reception of the telegraphic cable.— tor, as our reader.; are awaro, the telegraph, tor-, the purpose of greater security from accident, is intended to be subterranean as well us submarine—and the works, under the superintends nc» of Mr. Fletcher, are proctteding rapidly. The landed proprietors of the stewartry bn d of Dumfriesshire are all warmly into rested in the project, and are affardieg it every sup port in their power. Stranruer is . not in the di rec t route to ID , taken by the wire from Dumfries to Vortpatrick. but it is the intention of the company to run la, each lines to the various tons in the stewartry, provided the inhabitants of towns so accommodated will secure them from loss. Our respected towuman Ms. R. Henderson has promptly offeied the company the use of a steamer and tug to render any assistance' that may be require l; and Government steamers have 'been ordered to Portpatrick to aid in laying down the wires under the experienced oirection of C totaia Skin ner, of Holyhead, and Captain Hawes, of Portpatrick. Dumfries is at present in direct telegraphic com munication with London, Manchester, Liverpool, Pit moo' h, Mist 01, and, in fact, all the principal thattutacturing towns end military and naval stations in England, as well as with Giasgow, Paisley, Edinbur4h, in Scotland; so that when this great work has b brought to a completion Belfast will have the vast ad vantage of an almost instantaueous transmission of in telligence to and from these places—an advantag of the utmost importance to a large mercantile com muniv such ns this, and ono which we feel assured will be. appreciated at its propr worth. We may state.that the Honourable Mr. Massey is at present staying at the Donegal Arms, and that he will remain in the neighbourhuoi until the completion of the under • taking, happy to render . all the information in his power to those interested. The Scotch contractors are bound to use the unaust diligence, and we have authority to state that the trench along the road- from Dumfries to Port oatrick must be fully opened by the 31st inst., at furthest. As to the deposition of the wire from P..rt pa•rick scro,s to the Li-h coast, from the entirety, of the preparations made, and . the aid which the company hay- at hand in the way of powerful a t,,,mer, and other accessories, it is probable the cable will be down by the s , „ltt proxtmo, but the high spring tides of the 2d and 3 , 1 may cause its delay a little longer. It is not suppo , ed that, unckr shy circumstances, tin completion cart be delisted beyond the 10th proximo. The op,n tog i•f the line to Et.:l sat will be c. , fetarated by a fete on a scale of great, magnificence, to which it is intended to invite his Exceileocy the Lard-Lieutenant and the Countess of Eglinroun " THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT l OPPUL.-CHORLEY, FRIDAY.—The adjourned inquiry into the fearful occurrence by which thirty-six lives were lost, was held at the Royal Oak, in this town fr-day. before Mr 'r'almer, of Preston; Mr. Dickenson, Government iusp.ctor, being present. Thomas Smith, one of the firemen, dep sed that it was his duty to examine the south side of the new pit, where the explosion took place, every morning before the men com menced work, and if he discovered gas in any of places. to warn them against going there with naked lights. It wwir.rts;l lamps. eduty of the master to find the labourers and firemen Ps. It was the duty of the colliers and drawers to Supply themselves with lamps. On the morning of the accident witness found a quantity of gas in several parts of the pit, which satisfied him that it was unsafe for the men to work there with naked lightS. Told all the men he saw that they mus no go to work unless they had lamps, and left his son to wan the rest. The explosion occurred about an hour and a half afterwards, and witness with difficulty escaped. The whole of the evidence tended to show that the accident was solely attributable to the recklessness of the colliers themselves. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." • ANOTHER COAL PIT ACCIDENT NEAR CHORLEY.=- At an early hour on Friday a rumour spread with alarming rapidity that Mr. Hargreave's coal-mine at Coppull, where thirty-four livtA were lost last week, was again the scene of another explosion. Upon inquiry it appeared that .one ot the colliers, named Richard Booth, being of opinion that it was unlucky to start work on a Friday, and, refusing to work ou that day, took a lighted candle in his hand, and proceeded towards an old working to gather up his tools; and atter he had been gone a tew minutes, an explosion of fire-damp took place. On examination it was found thit the explosion had taken place in a working which had been closed up for some time, and on examination being made of the whole of the workings it was found that four persons (two men and two ,boys) had been injured, and they were conveyed home in carts. The injuries sustained by the men are s, serious that doubts are eutert tined of. their recovery. The names of the sufferers are Richard Booth and James Bannister, both unmarried, and very seriously burnt, and William Cooper and Joseph Turner burnt on the arms and br,ast. As might. be expected, the exciteme tinthe neigh bourhood is very great, the recollection of the catastrophe of last week being still so fresh in their recollection. .. , FATAL C OLLIERY ACCIDENT.—.A.StiTiOUS accident has just taken place at 'the Penrhyn .slate quarries. The workmen having made preparations for blasting, retired to a place hiclftheyassus of explosion w a large mass to the spot where they had assembled. . Two men were ha frightfully dall his r ibsd i and s loca d t i e e d d ; asoonnd s tl e f v te a r r w al a ill; 'others An haveold man had all his ribs d i s l ocated; a nd several 'others have stir severe and in some cases alarming injuries. MANSLAUGHTER. ON-SPIIP BoaltD.---Qo Saturda y last an bluest was hell before the Li ver p ool coroner,' on the body of Ferdinand Mielke, an apprentice on board the barque Amelia Lwira, who, on the preceding morning, was struck by the mate of the, vessel in consequence ot some alleged diq-bedience of orders, and after repeated blows the deceased was being. dry at man received such injuries as to ,cause knocked overboard into, the deck, which t ward Toe v:,-,lerice of the mate dt by En l h . e i,s depose._ _o two g is carpenters who (Schwarz) thehis deathtinit h s e h( ); r e t u ly t . i g a ter but the captain of the barque—the whole were pas ing ' i ! h are G Iman—L,ave the mate a high character for crew of w and ki n d treatment. The jury returned a " Manslaughter," and the prisoner w a s committed to Kirkdale gaol t o take his trial at the next assizes. verdict gen t of len w h ich AMERICA.—On Saturday afternoon , at a q four. the British andpNsPoarilthTUAitmEerOicraTnli:oSyai I ll a il steam -ship- America, leftTuEarAtbel:illtP d States, Canada , &c. , United a, R.N , Admiralty Neil Shannon command , r, the Mersey for Halifax and Boston. with the mails for the U ni in charge of Li euten ant Grant RA) m o n agent Taere wer e ou board about ninety passengers , a nd a moderate fr e i g ht. have reasoa to An idea oft en t a lk ed of is New York i+, we PitoPoSED E QUESTRIAN S TATU E TO WASHING TON. believe, about t o t a k e v i sible Corm an d shape. 4. equestrian statue of the be own , who the joint work of the ~c ulptors Greenough and B. have already commenced the t:L signs for the work. The military ce.tume of i he Revolution i , , to he' pre,erved, and a W"hington has b.-en projeced, to height of 14 feet, fur the statue, exclusive ot the pectotal) is i contemplated.--Builder. SPORTING NOTES. NO. 'OCXXKVI. THE. EPSOM 11ACING.--,ITS EFFECTS ON_THE FUTURE. . _ TO:•THE- - EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sit;,—My-intention is not to touch upon the minor races, but-upon .the Woodcuts, Derby, and Oake Sales only. The winner of the Woodcote, Orestes by Orlando, dam by Bay Middleton out of Vitale, was, in the first instance I believee the property of Mr. Hobson, after- Wards of Mr. Oldacree and lastly, this spring,.became the purchase of Baron ReAliserbilci.': !He_ is a- fine speedy animal, furn6theel with • thorough loins, and will make a great — stir in the. - Derby betting between now and next May ; but I fancy he is another Orelio all over—speed being his forte, not distance. •He ma n ag ed to beat, how ever, a fine slashing Ally in the Sisters° Mountain Deer. Dagobert, late lonidese is ti*ry-itiferior animal in com parison to Orestes; end as to- all the rest that were beaten in the race, Hataplan and Speed the Plough are the only two likely to make any noise in the• world. Orestes has not another engagement this year, and at present only two for the next—the- Derby and Leger. The second in the Woodcote, the Sister to Mountain Deer, is a splendid animal, very much like her brother; and, notwithstanding the defeat she . sus tained at her debit, will yet . . enable the Squire to realize out of her numerous engsgements a goodly sum of money.: Retaplan end Speed the Plough are both improving animals, and- will be seen to advan tage hereafter. Dagobert is in as good form at the pre sent time as he can be made; as a two years old, he will do little or nothing; as a throe years old he will get on a little better. The accidental win '(for accidental it must be called) of Denial O'Remeke for the-Derby—the second, third, and fourth being,..ae it is generally admitted, much better than the winner—will capsize many a calculation as to his future engagements. Had Job. Manion, Nat, and R gore been upon- Barbarian, Chief Baron, and Hobbie, Daniel, to a -certainty, would have been fourth. It was Butler's head-piece that won the Derby, not Daniel; Barbarian, Chiet. Baron Nicholson, and Hobbie's chances having been thrown'away by the very singular riding of 'their jeekiea—at least. such is my opinion, in common with many others.' Daniel's engagements are numerous, his first being at Ascot for the St. James's Palace Stakes, where, :if he is not particularly wide awake, he will be beaten by Alcoran.- His next engage nt is in the Gateshead Lottery Stakes at Newcastle, where, as he has only two opponents of any note, Augur and Gossamer, Ito may possibly be 'triumphant; but I doubt their' pelting him out on this hard course. As Goode oed he is engaged 'in the First Ben thick Memorial Stakes; but as Longbow is in the some stele-, here , again he will. probably be an absentee; or, if he runs, it . will be but to be beaten by Hobble Noble. For the Ebor St. Leger be is penalised six pounds; and .as Longbow, Alfred the Great, and Frantic are also- entered for this stake it is hardly likely he will put in an. appearance. His next engagement is for the great St. Leger, for which already he is a great fat/emelt , but if lam not egregiously in error, hieznatne s:not the (nee that will bead the return lists. He is also engaged in the Scarborough and Don 7 caster Stakes at Doncaster, but as he is penalised ten audio for each, of course he - has no earthly chance of winning. His anal engagement this year is tor the St. Leger Stakes at Newmarket, where he will • have to en counter Stockwell at tedtfference of two pounds; which the twain is likely to be the winner I have not the moat ghostly ides - Barbarian we shall hear of to advantage in some races where staying is tt quieted. • The Chief Baron will come out in his winning colours at Stockbridge, lud. in :after races_ will prove that he is a t•lasher. Hubbie Noble's speed will serve him in many a mile and mile and halt race yet to c one. Harbinger evideenrolbis name- as a . victor several times this )eai. . Alciiran will do ditto, - Alfred the Great and the King of Trumps, together with Stockwell, will, in all probability, be in term by the St. Leger day; at aey rate, they will .be great favourites inr the D• ',caster great go." H ie d, the running was p r p e r . t i ) ba e b n l g y a a g s e m tr e u n e t s a In the race for t h e Oaks, w i t h the exception of Red e ou c l o d ur b s e e . s in it th e in ,f h t e he w yearmner b s one s a e t v l e e r a a s l t el- which she will probably pull off for the 'Wizard of the North. At Ascot she is en gaged in the Third Triennial Stakes with Red Hind, Harbinger, and'Filies in opposition. •At -Newcastle she is entered for the Gold Cup Stakes, but as Nancy figures Lancashire Oaks, but as she a doubt - surrounds her start in the opposition, I resume' she will not run. At Liver ip3o penalisedol s b e is entered seven p9 f n r d t i h , j u g. She is in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, for which she will have to carry four pounds extra; likewise in the Great St. Leger and Doncaster Stakes. I had forgotten to o bserve that she is also in the Third Triennial Pro duce Stakes at Newcastleeforwhich She or Claverhouse will probably walk over. I am, Sir, yours, &o., THE SPIRIT OF TkiE TURF. May 31, 1852. COWES , ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, MAY 29. E xc uastoN TRAINS —The heavy rains of this day (Saturday) have depriv. d numbers of our islanders of heir promised trip to L mdon by the cheap steamers and trains, and has doubtless also prevented hundreds from London visiting this neighbourhood. It was ar ranged that the train from L:)ndon should reach South ampton about twelve o'clock this day, and that to Lon don leave Southampton at two o'clock; one train, there fore, was made available tor both purposes, and time was given for parties to get from all parts of the island in time for the train. The same arrangement was made for returning on Tuesday next, but the weather has spoilt all. MAY 30. SERIOUS :acq.DLNT A acc ide nt o f a very serious nature has thfi evening befallen Hiss Charlotte Ward, of Wvethill park. As this highly-respected lady was *Breeding the stairs of Westhill House, her foot slipped, and she broke both the bones of her left leg. Drs. ° ffaj ei We steraudDavida were call ed in, and the fracture reduced. hope that she will be speedily restored to the poor of this town - and neighbourhood; her life has been one work of charity. MR. FEARGIJS O:CONNORin NEW YORK. Among the antusing, notattituies which our city has had the honour of receiving l a tely from Europe, Mr. Featgu' O'Cennor, who arrived here a few days ago by the Europa. occupies the most distinguished niche. His past career as a great political agitator, Member of tint British Parliament, proprietor, of the Northern Star, leader ot the Chartists of England, ono originator 'ot the Seigg's-end land scheme, bas brought him so prominently before public attention, hat he bed beco m e s omewhat notorio us, even in this country. For the last few years, however, his eccentri cities have so manifested themselves, us well in the great council chambt-r of the nation es in bis private and pub lic life, that it was apparent his intellect was becoming d,rat d, and a short time since his friends instituted the preliminary Proc ee di ngs t o issue a writ de lunatico - inquireudo, for th e eurpo , e o f having him p l a ced under restraint; but h e avoided the exec ution of this process by withdra w i n corning to this wary, g- where—as he had wit enough 'tuft to discern--European Englandaren only 'L'eurefr ch of. n1134"444°111 tint.. feted, admired , and His mind, too, bad bee n so long. dwelling on the six p o i nts o f t h e Charter, that, after it had fax , me ' der d, per haps have mane mu ange it may, imagined the totistenCe of souse affiuity. between them and the " Five Points" situated in our city, which have attained such wirld-wide celebrity. Whatever may have been his principal mot i ve, h ow ever, he .is now here among us, and we should not be at all surprised if he was found takin g an _ act i ve P a rt in the Presi dential movements. His presence at the Fill more meeting this evening is not a vary improba ble contingency, and v./Dula we doubt not, crea te quite a sensation. Mr.•O'Connor's partial insanity is, however, ive -rt , grot to say, a confirmed fact. his con .duct at the Irviug•house; where be has been staying, re mov,..s every doubt us to the certainty of tbat melancho l y tertnivati6n - pr his exciting political career. At the table di larite aberritions ot intellect manifeSt thein selves in the strangest way. He sometimes takes a fancy for dishes not to be found in the bill of ;fare, and fights with the .waiters for not . attending_ to his orders. 'He exhibits a - wonde rful curiosit y to 'find out the nativity of all that are sitting near him; risks gentlemen to send him over their wine; drinks health with every one .about the table, addressing them as .‘ your Majesty;"'qtiotei poetry, recites Parliamentary speeches, and amuses the company by telling anecdotes of 'the Queen and her husband, O'Connell, Peel, end Little Johnny rttwell.. Hsi frequently visits Stew art's marble palaoe,,and shocks the sensitiveness of the ladles by his strange manner and strange questions, asking Ante; , aMorsg , other drolleries, why they don't wear beards on their chins.- None of his friends have as yet' ilia& their appearance here to take him in charge; but,: ea' 'hid .. _insanity is so ucquestionable, some surveil. lance sFiould be - placed over him by the proper authority until they do arrive, Which will probably be by the next steamer.—New York _Herald. Mr. HENRY CLAY. —The Washington correspon. dent of the . :Seat York Journal of Commerce says—"l fear that Congress anti the country will soon—very soon—be called upon to bestow funeral honours on one whom they have long honoured in life. Mr. Clay asked very earnestly to-day wheh his - son, Mr. J‘ln Clay, of Kentuky, would arrive. He was pleased to know that he would be here to night. On Sunday he asked Mr. Jackson, of Philadelphia, whether his death would be a painful one, and whether it would not; be by suthication, which he had feared. Dr. Jackson replied that his death would not be by suffocation —that it would be perfectly easy, that his nervous energies of hill' iiiental were entirely destroyed, and nature would yield without a at its approach. stugglei anxiety for Mr. Clay has bean perfectly cheerful throughout his protracted illness and is still calm and in full possession expressed any He it ta H lk e s o w f a d s ea a t n h x w io i u th s n fo o r re s2 g o r na et e He has neither expected to recover, no; weeks to get to the Senate Chamber once more, intending to,express his views on tt was denied to hi m Be le t!tiject of int erven ti on , b u t thi s countrymen against a ll the rief. t aging injunctions to his doctrines and the measures that would involve the country in o dissensions; and is re a dy to oreign broils or in do mes ti c depart." BANVASID'S New PANORAMA. Mr Banvard is engaged open a new panorama, which is" • shade all previous panoramic paintings." Ittoithrow into the to be called ' the Orient, and.is composed of scenes paint d by in the course of, a two years' tour in the'l Mediterranean, Egypt, artist Egypt, Nubia, Arabia, .the Dead Sea, Palestine, jeerranean, rnsalem, llaalbec, Tyre, and Sidon. This panorama will contain six times as large a surface of canvas as his panorama of the rilississippi, and will be exhibited in London some t i me in the courts of the nest season.—Bwilder. AAIERICAN NEWS., • Ar ARRIVAL OF - THE - EUROPA. . LIVERPOGL , MONDAY MORNING. • • The Europa "arrived at — six P. M . She b r i n gs "Ali hundred and twenty-five passengers, and specie to the amount of five hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars. The Atlantic was at New York on the 16th instant. The Africa passed at ten P.M. on the 19rh. Amongst her passengers` - is Feargus O'Connor, M.P. - 'The United States news is not - important. -Con gress was still engaged in discussing the Deficiedoy Bill. The vote for additional aid to Collins' steamers was to be taken on the day the Europa sailed. Kossuth had reached Albany in a state of impaired health. The widow of tbe late J. Quincy Adams, ex• Pr esident of the United States, died at Washington on the 14th inst., and her funeral was attended by nearly all the distinguished personages at Washington. Nothing new in relation to the presidential elec tion had taken place. Jenny Lind's farewell concerts at New York were numerously attended. She met a most enthusiastic reception. By . the arrival of the steamers Daniel Webster and Serra Nevada, at New riirk, with it lsrge number of passengers, and gold dust amounting to 2,300,000 dolls., advises from San Francisco to .18th April had been received. Naves of little moment. The States Senate had passed a Bill for the pur pose of promoting the arrest of fugitive slaves.' A Bill also was before the Legislature, dividing Cali fornia into three States. i duce Coolies and South Sea I s l an d ers. The depreda tions of the Indians were,of an extensive and alsrm ing character. Business at San Francisco was t v gr ea improved, and the accounts from the mines continue highly favourable. Latest Australian news up to February 20 bad reached California, which stated that the mines con tinued prosperous; but the demand for gold was limited. The Sydney population were all emigrating to the Victoiia placers. Great depression prevailed at Adelaide: Gold, 675. 2d. 'per ounce. The accounts from Mexico announce that !such excitement prevailed there in consequence of the discovery of the gigantic conspiracy against the Go vernment. Late news from South America had been received. Valparaiso dates of the 9ih of April mention the execution of Climbing°, the notorious insurrectionist end chief-murderer, at the Chi Hun convict colony. Before being , shot, he confessed his :crimes, and acknowledged the justice of his sentence. In the provinde of Coquimbo forty political pri soners were being tiled, and amongst them was the celebrated Lieutenant Valdiva, who precipitated the revolutionary, movement of September 7; alo the clergy man, Don Joaquin Vera. The copper mines were flourishing. From Peru there is nothing respecting the Flores' expedition. • The commercial regulations had been published, and a decree issued abolishing the old one, which obliged all merchants to use unstamped paper f a r the flre , t page of their books. • _ • The Government bad issued a decree against Ge neral Flores' expedition, dated the' 14th of Ilarch, and stating that they, having received repeated juror mation of the warlike preparations taking place ik Peru ordered the prefects of the different provinces to take all possible measures to put a stop to them. Tbat Government will not afford protection to anyp eru . vian citizen who should embark on this expelition, or take any part in it; also, that all Peruvian vessels engaged in the expedition will no longer be ooniidered as bearing the national flag. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money as abundant as ever. Exchange on London bad advanced to 110 to 1101. Cotton in gcod de mand, at advancing prices ; rates cent. up sin e th e Baltic sailed. Slow request for flour. Cure( provi sions mostly unchanged. Freights to Liversol dull, and not much offering. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (coNTINUED ON MONDAY S ANDWEDNESDOZ I3 .) Sir,—On Thursday th e 27th, the House wt s occu pied by a long debate on the motion . : for the Second Reading of the Valuation (Ireland) Bill, hating for its object to make alterations in the applicatiot of the Tenement Valuation under 9 and 10 Vict, c. 110. The promoters of the Bill do not appear to hive been successful in their attempts to , establish the*, case ; for the Second Reading was finally supportedby only 6 against 89. A question was asked of the Governmet during the evening, on the subject of Mr. Murray, in Eng lishman by birth, now under sentence of death at Ancona, whether with or without trial, sr at' all events with what kind of trial, the English Govern ment does not appear to know, or else is sly in say ing. Even on the question of what the clerge is, it appears to be in the same state of ignorance, or else of un-easy transmission and reflexion. The utmost that can be extracted from it, is that the ittlination of its mind is to believe the charge to bapolitioal. The facts, as in spite of the use of wordsloithe con cealment of ideas they can be collected 'fhb little danger of mistake, are as follow. An Eglish re tired officer took a commission under thi Roman republic, and was afterwards translated to b head of the Police at Ancona.. In that not very moal town, where Hull men as I chance to know used Pity years ago to walk with pistols in - their pockets, eormitiea ran high under, the excitement of late eventi and at tacks on individuals in the streets took pitie s ending in deaths, which as was likely, fell to the she of the defeated rather than of the predominant parr. The the Republican unknown, and tb the things. 3 facts po li ce bad in them, are among chief of e of so p ff ol e i r c e e rs, wa o s f c a o c o cu o s i yelloo e f . cou .w rse ha b t y : o e party were, either of the deaths or of the share theohief of goernment ordered an inquiry, how far approaching to 'regular permitted to know. But was that the chief of police was discharged nd sent back to his office. When • the Roman repulia was trial is among the things put down by the regimented slaves of and FraPes is not the old tyranny restored be lie chief of policeappears to have retired as needs must, but not to , aye left the country. The end was, that he was seieds result and after being kept some three y ears in prison, set dowe . , to Ancona to be hanged, or i n such other wise isPseu of as the fashion of the place n la i h e. The i;nglish consular author ear ities app to hav e i nterposes as f ar as they were able ; and the dispute, is lef at the interesting point, of a consular agent having rslueated the Governor of Ancona to grant twenty -f o e hours' he dela is y very unlikely to accedeon his Own respomibi'lty, _ a req ues t t which The case is far from being an easy one. Vhat is clear to unsophisticated minds, iesthat it la I case of reactionary murder under pretence of law. lut who is to interfere with reactionary murder t i l ler pre tence of law ? is it not part of the " donaeslc 4 ' 4 ' tations" of every country, as slavery i s o f t h United States ? One powerful 'method of int er f e tnce our present Government is not p arti enlat 1 y eik ly. to , his trying the eff ect exert; ---whic- -t- .- -ect of a f ew oches of State Paper, commentmg upon the whole circum stances in a way to act strongly againat tkeinterests of the adverse party by holding out a wipes:dive r a llying point for its enem i es w h en the u ni t comes. Thi s weapon is one of which th e nee is cane I t approaches to 'at understood. —apoleon'a des proclam ations• Iu th e present cas e it liar acts at pecu liar advantage. Nobody can or will ce c°ra e to Lmdon, to avenge a remQp*traki?Unpleasan t th e pat Pan- And it is precisely jandrum. be ess remon strance cannot be so avenge d , while at t h reee time it rallies elements of infini te.. peril ,to the paties re monstrated with, that it is . voted ' exceedieglY dis agreeable," which is precisely %It at i s waate d. A correspondence which should excite and direct the hopes and wishes of every individu a l of Anti. Papal and Anti. Gallican tendencies in tb --e Roman States, might well be held out in terrorem as a counteipoise against the pleasure of strangli ng _ u, 4 indieidtal Eu g lishmalh • •evidently in . The law of NVllls is t a state admittlig of a parody on Rasselas's es tim ate ba i t, ue diffieulties of being a poet. "Enough . ! . .onvincednie that no man in England can make a w i n, ,, , might be the exclamation of every perso n who 1 , -.eard thede bate. It is not at all certa in _that the Govern ment lawyers are not,talting th e beSt c -eu rse ; tied if their way, as was PrOVed b '• • so, they will haste Y a divi sion of 121 against 64 . till drags ai The Mayuooth guidon s . - "ngs and is it done with on like to do. Men thoug ht ... Tutsday but there it is at three on Fr iday morning, and ,, De bate further adjourned till this . d a y. _ rm. On Friday, more maynootb . t; at ination sad re criutination ; both sides aiming not h ing, and hit ting their mark. . that on rising it sh ou ld adjourn tilt Thursday The House determ ined of ig the 3rd June. I am, Sir, yours ve ry s incerely, ...._ AN OLD 1852.REFORRER. Blackheath, 31st May, 1r I • pricl4BYelVrovodutehtaot anxious to procure and the Westmin ster, times teompanies THE EMIGRATION IMPULSE.—O 4 be made day before the emigration office in Park-strut, of Police for a the carriage-w ay passage to ster, was literally besieged by applicants of great political excitement, the ne ighbourhood has never presented Greeaedlyon. crow w d e a d a a 1 t l i a nbdutsioin aspect.numerousPa T s a i '.lel(3m:Er'attt Except propose to dispatch four ships—two to Melbourne, Geelong ; and one to Adelaide —as soon as they can OFFICIAL: APPOINTMENTS. —Mr. Richard Gros • venor Butler is , appointed Inspector-General British Guiana; Dr. Horatio Nelson Chipman is appointed a member of the Legislative Council of the Bahama Island s • Nathani e l F oder i ng h am a nd James Walker, F, a n 1. r e. , are an' Pointed members of the Cot ndi of Barbadoeo• .-- OVERLAND MAIL ,CAPTURE OF MARTABAN AND RANGOON. We have received letters and newspapers in anti cipation of the Overland Bombay Mail. The dates are, Bombay, May 3 ; Calcutta, April 22. There is no further news from China. BOMBAY, MAT 3.—Yesterday's post brought a telegraphic dispatch announcing the capture o f Ran goon and Martaban. To day's post (this instant re ceived) has brought further particulars. The fol lowing is from the Calcutta Morning Chronicle of the 24th of April : " Yesterday morning the electric telegraph an nounced the arrival of her Majesty's steamer of war Rattler, from Rangoon, with the flag of Vice- Admiral Austen flying, that officer being himself ou board. When passing the sea terminus of the Elec tric Semaphore, the steamer signalled the taking of Rangoon and Martaban, the former on the 14th, and the latter, as reported by mistake, on the 15th. Mar• taban was taken on the 6th by the Moulmein brigade, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Reignold , , C. 8., of the 18th Foot, and consisting of the right wing of that regiment, the right wing of her Majesty's 80th, the Madras regiments quartered at Moulmein, and the artillery. The capture of Martaban was a work of comparative fa cility, the troops having been landed under a protecting fire from the ships, led by her Majesty's ship Rattler, and advancing rapidly, in conjunction with the artillery, upon the works of the enemy. The whole operations lasted, we believe, only some four or five hours, when the place was ours. After its cap ture the troops re-embarked, and proceeded to the Rangoon river, where they and the Madras troops joined the Bengal force, and the operations against Rangoon commenced. On Easter Sunday, the 11th, the entire squadron proceeded up the river, not in tending, however, to commence operations on that day, but the steamers towing the transports up having taken them higher up than was intended they came within the range of the river batteries of the Burmese, which immediately opened upon them, and a reply , was inevitable. A terrific cannonade was then com menced on both sides, the steamers opening their broadsides on the river face of the Burmese works on both banks of the river, and entirely demolishing them, both at Rangoon and Dalla. Her Majesty's ship Serpent then proceeded up to Kemmendine, upon the works at which place she opened fire, but the return was so severe and the enemy's guns so well served, that the brig was obliged to haul off, and send down the river for aid, when two war steamers were sent up to her assist ance. With these the Kemmendine batteries were silenced, and a landing having been effected, the ene my deserted the works, which were occupied by sailors and marines from the ships, and European troops. During the cannonade and shelling on Sun day, besides the destruction of the Burmese works on the river face, the enemy suffered great loss by the explosion of their powder magazine, a shell from one of our guns falling on it and causing it to blow up with a terrific sound. On Monday, the 12th, the land operations commenced, the troops effecting their debarcation under the protection of the ships' guns, and all the boats of the squadron being employed in effecting the landing. Here the brunt of the work commenced, as it was necessary, soon after landing, to attack and capture a strong stockade a short distance in shore, where the enemy fought most gallantly and caused considerable loss to our force. On Tuesday, the 13th, there was a pause, which was occasioned by the unavoidable delay in landing the heavy guns from the ships, the last of which did not arrive in the camp, if we may so call the bivouac of the troops, till mid night on the 13th. On the 14th, in the morning, the entire force broke ground, and advanced towards the great Pagoda stockade, throwing out skirmishers, the Burmese also fighting well in their fashion, and knocking over many of our men. Nothing, how ever, could check the advance of our soldiers, se ended by a tremendous fire of artillery, and they advanced rapidly but steadily, towards the Pagoda stockade, taking some minor ones in their forward movement. At length, towards noon, it was resolved. to deliver the general assault, which was made by all arms with the greatest spirit and intrepedity, on the north-east angle of the Pagoda hill and stockade, when the enemy gave way and retreated at all points. They never expected that the assault would have been made at this point, and a gate was actually found open there, through which ouf troops rushed in and instantly occupied the place, when all the fighting was concluded by two o'clock in the after noon. We regret to announce the following casual ties among the officers :—ln the action of the 12th, on taking what is called the White-house stock ade, Major Oakes, Madras Artillery, and Major Griffiths, Madras Infantry, who both died of coup de soleil : Colonel Bogle wounded by a musket shot through the thigh; Lieutenant Donaldson, Bengal Engineers, mortally wounded ; Captain Blundell, her Majesty's 51st, dangerously wounded; Lieu tenant Trevor, Engineera, very severely wounded; Lieutenant Harris, Madras 38th Native Infantry, severely wounded ; and Colonel Foord, Madras Ar tillery, struck down by coup de soled, but soon re• covered. On the 13th, the day of cessation, Colonel Warren, commanding the Bengal brigade, and Lieu tenant Piercy, her Majesty's 18th, struck down by the sun, but since recovering. On the 14th Lieu tenant. Colonel Coote, her Majesty's 18th, wounded in the assault, and Lieutenant Dorin, Adjutant of her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish, killed, when advancing to storm the Pagoda stockade. All arms behaved splendidly, but we have especial pleasure in recording the gallant and praiseworthy conduct of the 40th Native Infantry, who did not rest satisfied with per forming what they had ageeed to do,' but lent a hand to everything, guns, working parties, 8:e." The following is from the Calcutta Gazette Extra ordinary, published by authority, Friday, April 23 : " NOTIFICATION. " The Governor-General in Council has the high est satisfaction in announcing that dispatches have this day been received reporting the capture of Martaban and of Rangoon by combined attacks of the naval and military forces now employed in Burmah. " Tne Governor-General in Council is pleased to direct that, in honour of this success, a royal salute 'shall be fired at every principal station in India. " The dispatches will be published for general in formation. " C. ALLEN, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India." (From the Calcutta Englishman of April 24.) " We have received the following communication from the Secretary for India, which, with our own correspondent's narrative, will put our readers in possession of the most material features of the pro ceedings at Rangoon : " Martaban was stormed at eight o'clock of the morning of the sth of April. " Her Majesty's steamers Rattler, Hermes, and Salamander worked in concert with the troops, bombarded the place, and covered the landing of the troops. " The troops engaged were a wing of her Ma jesty's 18th, a wing of her Majesty's 80th, a wing of the 26th Madras Native Infantry, with details of Bengal European Artillery and Madras Sappers—in all about 1,400 men. " The attacking party was commanded by Colonel Reignolds, and Captain Gillespie, of the 18.1), was first on the walls. Only eight men were wounded ; no officer killed or wounded. " On the 10th and 11th of April her Majesty's and the Company's vessels destroyed the whole of the stockades on the Rangoon river. On the 12th, her Majesty's 51st, her Majesty's 18th, and the 40th Native Infantry landed, and took, after severe fighting, a stockade called the White-horse picket, Major Fraser, of the Engineers, being the first into the stockade. " The heat was so excessive that further operations on that day were suspended. Majors Oakes and Grif fiths, both of the Madras army, were killed by the sun. Colonels Foord, Warren, and St. Maur suffered severely from the heat. " On the 13th the heavy guns were landed. On the 14th the troops landed at 5 A.M. Two companies of her Majesty's 18th, 80th, and 40th Native Infantry formed the advance. "The enemy's position was turned, and the Pagodat! a ppr o ached on the east. side... At eleven, A rt ill e ry had played - on • and dest ro y ed t afhteer. east It con entrance, the storming party was formed. s i s ted of one wing o f he r Ma j est y 's 80th, two comps flies or the 18th, and two companies of the 40thl Native Infantry, under the command of Colonde theCorotae.. The troops advanced steadily, and stormde goda witti a rush. All the country rola fell with the Pagoda. " OFFICERS BILLED. " Lieutenant Doran. "Ensign Armstrong. " WOI7NDED. " Lieutenant Donaldson, mortally. " Lieutenant Chads, slightly. " Captain Allan, severely. '' slig Lieutenant Williams, htly. "Lieutenant Trevor, severely. " Captain Rundall, slightly (Madras). " Lieutenant Ford, slightly (Madras). " Her Majesty's 18th—Colonel Coote, severely. " Her Majesty's 18th —Captain Bruce, slightly. " Her Majes t y 's 18th—Lieut. Elliott, slightly. "Her Majesty's 80th—Lieut. Turner, slightly. " Her Ms.ljesty's 51st —Captain Blunchell, dan gerously. " Madras —Ensign Hawker, slightly. " adras—Lieutenant Harries, dangerously " Madnie—Lieut.-Coloael Dogle, severely.i' Killed. " Officers • r "Rank and file... "Laicars " Total ... ... 15 17 - Wounded. 14 .. • - 132: * _ ._ The following is from the extra of the Bombay Times:— "On the morning of the sth of April the Hon. Com pany's steamer Proserpine anchored off Moulmein, having on board Lieutenant-General Godwin, C. 8., and Rear-Admiral Austen, C. 8., and was followed during the day by her Majesty's steamer Rattler (bearing the Rear-Admiral's flag), Hermes, anal Salamander. "The general and admiral proceeded at once in the Proserpine to reconnoitre Martaban. The same even ing the Salamander went up and anchored abreast of Martaban, at a distance of about 1,800 yards, and the following troops embarked en board the other steamers: —6O of the 21 Company's sth battalion Bengal Artil lery, under Brevet-Major C. S. Reid; the left wing of her Mjesty's 18th Royal Irith, Lientenant•Calonel Reignolds,„ C. 8.; head-quarters and right wing of her ~, ,,. .;es.ty's 80th R. , giment, Major Lockhart, and the 26th liegimont Madras Native Infantry, Lieutenant-COlonel Johnson. At d a yb rea k , the following morning, the whole proceeded to take_up_theirposition off Manahan. Unfortunately the Hermes grounded about 2,000 yards off, but the Rattler and Proserpine brought up, the for mer at 218 yards from, and the latter within 50 yards of, the main wharf: " The enemy were in considerable numbers lining the mud wall which runs along the bank of the river to oppositethe the wharf Pagoda, e d ae a h s soon openedasa h the two sa r steamers came which was returned with goodwill by th e enemy, both with guns and musketry. The fire from all four steamers was most effective; the Rattler and Proserpine, from being so close, must have caused many casualties, and the practice from the Salamander and Hermes was ad mirable; even at the distance they were every shot told. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain Brooking for the noble manner in which he worked and fought his little vessel—the Proserpine. " When the landing place was cleared of the enemy, the troops, which were at hand, were landed from t h e steamers, and most gallantly drove the enemy before them, following them up the hill, and from position to position, meeting with considerable opposition from their musketry, but immediately driving them from and getting possession of their guns. The town was at the same time cleared, the first to make his escape being the Governor. The place was entirely in our possession a little after 8 Li., but the last of the troops did not return to the big Pagoda, where the General had es tablished his head-quarters, till about 1 P.M. " The whole of the troops that were engaged did their work well, notwithstanding the heat, which was exces sive, and fortunately the casualties were very few. A havildar of the 26th Madras Native Infantry, and a pri vate of her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish, being the only two dangerously wounded, and 15 Europeans slightly so. The loss of the enemy is not known, for they removed all their dead and wounded; but it mast have been con siderable, for the fire from the steamers was very sharp and continued for some time. " The artillery returned to Moulmein the same even ing, and the European infintry the following morning, leaving the 26th Madras Native Infantry to garrison Martaban, where they were jr ined during the forenoon by the company of Madras Artillery, with its light field battery, with instructions to erect a bastioned stockade with four guns on the top of the hill overlooking the town. " Only two small brass and two iron guns, with five or six wall pieces, were captured, though it is well known that many others were in position when be com menced the attack. One or two light•fingered gentry are believed to have appropriated after the action (when Martaban was filled with persons of all descriptions who had come over from Moulmein) what they had not as sisted in obtaining. " Thus fell Martaban, an easy conquest, notwith standing the various and exaggerated reports of its strength. On the morning of the attack the garrison consisted of 3,000 men, who were evidently unprepared for our rude visit. They had been hard at work for 15 or 20 days previous, cutting down jungle and clearing away houses, but we were too sharp upon them, and dis turbed them in the midst of their preparations. " On the evening of the 6th the following troops were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Rangoon the next morning:— "2d company sth battalion Bengal Artillery, Major C. S. Reid, and head-quarters, and 100 of 18th Royal Irish, Lieutenant-Colonel Reignolds, C. 8., on the Rattler screw steamer. " The remainder of the 18th Royal Irish, with the General and staff, on the steamer Hermes. " Right Wing of her Majesty's 80th Regiment, camp followers and baggage, Major Lockhart, on the steamer, Salamander and transport Jessie. " The two first vessels having received the troops allotted to them, weighed anchor at two P.X. on the 7th of April (leaving the Salamander and Jessie to follow as soon as the baggage was on board), and anchored at the mouth of the Rangoon river at one P.M. on the Sth. We found that the Bombay steamers with the Madras troops had arrived the previous evening. " The following are the vessels now at author here:— " Her Majesty's frigate Fox, Commodore Lambert. " Her Majesty's brig Serpent, Commander Luard. " Her Majesty's steamer Rattler, Commander Mell huish, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Austen, C.B. " Her Majesty's steamer Hermes, Commander Fish bourne. -------- " Her Majesty's steamer Salamander, Commander Ellman. __ _ " Hon. Company's steamer Fercv, Captain Lynch. " Hon. Company's steamer Zenobia, Captain Ball. " Hon. Company's steamer Mezuffer, Commander Hewitt. " Hon. Company's steamer Sesostris, Commander Campbell. " Hon. Company's steamer Berenice, Lieutenant Nesbit. " Hon. Company's steamer Medusa, Lieutenant Fraser. " Hon. Company's steamer Phiegethon, Captain Nib lett. " Hon. Company's steamer Tenasserim, Captain Dicey. " Hon. Company's steamer Enterprise. " Hon. Company's steamer Pluto, Captain Burbank. " lion Company's steamer Fire Queen. Captain Boone. " Hon. Company's steamer Mahttnuddy. " April 11.—The fleet weighed anchor at 8 A.M., and proceeded opposite Rangoon. The steamers had all taken up their positions, when a fire of cannon and mus ketry was opened upon them from the Della side, and immediately afterwards from the southernmost stockade at Rangoon. The steamers lost no time in returning the fire, which continued for an hour and a quarter. A shell from one of the Bombay steamers exploded a mine or magazine in the right stockade, and shortly afterwards the enemy's fire was silenced, and orders were given to cease firing from our ships. All the stockades appeared to be filled with men. A detachment was sent to attack the Della stockades, consisting of a detachment of Eu ropean infantry and seamen, who carried it immediately, losing one officer, Ensign Armstrong, her Majesty's filet Regiment. " On the morning of the 12ih the troops disembarked. The 2d company sth brigade Bengal Artillery landed at six A.m., and put together their guns, and were ready to proceed by eight o'clock, when the advance was made, headed by the light companies of the 51st Foot. On coming within 850 yards of the first stockade, Brevet-Major Reid, with two 9-pounder guns and two 24-pounder howitzers, unlimbered and came into action, firing shrapnel and round shot. The practice was ex cellent and most effective. It was instantly returned by a well-directed fire from the stockade. The enemy fired rather high at first, but after a few rounds they obtained our distance exactly. Just as Major Reid's ammunition was expended, Brevet-Major Oakes, of the Madras Ar tillery, brought up two 24-pounder howitzers, and con tinued the firo till the order fer the storming party to advance was given, and the stockade was carried with out - out any loss. Before the advance of the stormingpi! Madras r y a gunner of the Bengal Artillery and one of th e an.ed. Artillery were killed at their guns, and two te w w ou nded. vo d o to bring " The following day (the 13tb) y ot e h d er - Immediately on i s n t g o r u e ' : , f a r n o d m o t n h the morning ships supplies of vanced to the attack of Rangooond.e otfhaweniaBlm4udthneititohne sarnmd tho musketry commenced onboth leaving the bivouac of the previou a the rising groun dall around us reaching an opening s y i s s , h aarnpd firing t w o stockades concent rated the firooohf etrhrieviirngguantsaudpinsa. us and did some slig ht damage. tance of 800 howitzers,to wheh from bad thebeanGrderaatgPgaedgondpa four 8-i nc h from the rear by the seamen of the fleet, were brought to bear upon it, and continued to firo till about 1 o'clock, when the order was given for the storming pttr 18th Royal t y headed by her Majesty's gal lantlrish. It received little advance, mo lestation till it commenced the ascent of the steps leading to the Great Pagoda, when it was received by a discharge from two guns and from hundreds of muskets and matchlocks. The three first who ascended were Lieutenant -Colonel Coote, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Doran, of her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish, and Captain Latter, and 1 regret very much to add that the first officer was severely, and Lieutenant Doran, mortally wou nded. Poor fellow, he received seven wounds an d by expir ed every fa h ti c l e f r a a n n dh man u a r deeply n , in the and regiment, e g ime n sincerely an d most regretted de servedly so, for a nobler fellow and more gallant am iable soldier never lived. No other offi cer wa and the returns of wounded have not yet b eenr s ete il i al v en e dd d from regiments. " The army is now occupying quarters about the Great Pagoda, and evidently the enemy were totally unprepared for our attack; quantities of food just cooked, clothing, &c., were found in every direction. A return of the ordnance captured is being taken by Majors Reid, of the Bengal, and Mont gomery, of the Madras Artillery; the number is about 100 guns, of sizes (including nine 1 8 -pounder iron guns), and 70 or 80 wall pieces, and jinjalls. Thousands of balls and pieces of china were lying by the guns, most of which were found loaded and spiked, some to within six or eight inches of the muzzle, one filled with duck shot. The place is most offensive from the number of dead bodies of men and dogs, and from the stench of the de cayed fish which the Burmese are fond of, and sickness has, I am sorry to say, commenced to a very great tain tent. Cholera is raging fearfully ; one officer, Cap Hint, Paymaster of her Majesty's 80th ected fallen a victim, and another is scarcely cxP are to recover. The soldiers of the different regiments dying in numbers, been fearful. " The heat since the troops landed has Madras Artil- Two officers, Brevet-Major Oakes, of tha e Madras Bri ' lery, and Brigado-Major Griffiths, of thotb, and Briga- Foot, has al ready gade, died from a coup de soled on the dier Warren and many others, with have suffered severely from the sti r ' rho guns of Major " the morning of the 12. nume rous soldiers, Reid's battery were dragged into position. about a mile and a half, by the men of the company, the bullocks not hating_been landed, and after having b een we ll f ou ght by them, the. - limbers were taken bac& in the same manner a fresh supply of ammunition. • ".Her Majesty's brig Sdrpent, and the Hon. Com pany's steamers Mozuffer and Feroz, were sent on the evening of the 13th to attack and take possessic,n of Kemmendine, which they did most gallantly. We hear that two lacs of rupees werefound there. " At present nothing is known of oar future proceed ings, bat it is generally believed we remain here during the rains." The-fiallawiag-dispatch from Captainll. B. Lynch, Indian Navy, commanding the Indian naval squackon, Bay of Bengal, to Commodore Sir Henry Leoke, K.H., Commander-in-Chief of the Indian navy, Iviia been obligngly placed at cur disposal by Sir JJ. Leeke, R.N.:— " Sir—ln continuation of my last letter of ...he 10th inst. - I - have the honour to inform you that Rear-Admiral Austen and the Whole of the squadren having job , ed us below the Hastings Sand, on eve evening of Satur the loth, the squadron under my command—each ee having two transports in tow en the morning of the 11,1 1 (wiJr - th - h - r - x-ntlstiom of the Zenobia, which vessel un-• fortunately grounded on the Silver Shoal, and was not in company) crossed the Hastings Sand, and anchored a little below the stockades, having east off the trans ports when clear over the Hastings Shoal. Almo st immediately on our anchoring, at 9 30 A et., the enemy opened fire, which was returned by the Feroze, Sesostris, and Mozuffer, the Beren;ce a nd Medusa having anchored some distance below. At 9 40 Alc the magazine of the principal stoeltivie at the King's-wharf was blown up by a shell eroin the squadron; at 10 A.M. her Majesty's ship Fox pas %ea up in tow, and opened fire. The enemy's fir© was soOn silenced; at 10 15 A.N. ceased firing, and at 30 minute.‘ past noon a party from the Fox landed, took and burnt the Della stockade, on the right bank of the river. At 5 p.m. weighed and stood up the river, anchoring ahead of her Majesty's ship Fox, abreast of the King's-wharf, the Admiral having previously taken and burnt the stockades on the right, or Dalla bank of the river; at 5 55 l ex., t wo stockades just above us having opened fire, were quickly silenced by our fire. The maga zine of the stockade on the upper wharf having blown ' 3 l), the enemy's fire ceased for the night. At 4 Alt. nexts morning (12th April), landed her Majesty's 51 Moza 9 ff h er t _egirnent from the Feroze and Sesostris, and the the night. aannd ed d anchored abreast the zo 3s e t e h hi M a a t d h r e as ze l h i o a h ti i v a e ha l v n i f e a g nt i r o y ine fr d o d m ur t in h g e Having landed the troops, and obtained. the Admiral's perm vessels of the squadron the river and proceeded up Mozuffer, and g n ed ev t a t a st t o e c d kad es without opposition, upperu under der stockade, com m u' i a t n h d th o e f a p Sesostris, taiti Cthaempebneelml,yanhdabviunr Zenobia, and landed parties from the the g no' ! landing of the party. Been them previously to the abreast of the Great Pagoda, and the line of upper end of an open plain, effect, the sh e ll s b urs ti n g nei t o c the over found the w e e c pagodao l d do . signal 4 , e fsti desired m the Admi Commodore mmodore Lambert came ongby and board to proceed up to Kemendine, where berMac'sty's b r i g Serpent, and Phlegethon steamer lied attacked the stock ade, weighed and stood off, Mozuffer in company ade and anchored at dark ofa-head i fi.lin commenced shelling, and the Serpent, pal aboutk three quarters of a mile below the Kemendine stockade. "The next morning (April 13), flood tide having made, the river being too narrow to allow the ship to ride at anchor off the stockade, dropped up iu company with the Serpent, Mezufter, and Phlegethon, abreast the stockade, which not returning our fire, landed a party from the vessel, as previously arranged, under command cf the first lieutenant of the Serpent, and burnt the stockade, the enemy having evacuated it on the approach of the steamers. I then returned, Mo zuffer in company, and rejoined the admiral off Rangoon,. anchoring in the same position as yesterday, abreast the Great Pagoda and the squadron shelled the pagoda during the night, by order of the Admiral. At two ceased firing to allow the troops then near the stockade to advance; and I am happy to inform you that Rangoon was taken by our troops this afternoon. "I send this off too hurriedly to be able to forward any other papers from the squadron, which I am happy to state is all in good order and health. "It is probable the Mozuffer will be detached for the protection of Martaban, the Zenobia, and Berenice for troops to Vizagapatam, and the Sesostris to Calcutta with dispatches,' " I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) " H. B. LYNCIT, " Captain Corn. the squadron, Bay of Bengal. " Off Rangoon, April 14, 1852." The following letter, addressed by Captain Lynch, in command of the Bombay Squadron, to Sir IL Leeke, Commander-in - Chief of the Indian Navy, appears in an "extra" of the Telegraph and Cou rier " Feroze, Rangoon, April 17, 1852. . _ ' The fall of this place gives me an opportunity, which I gladly seize, of addressing you, and offering my re spects on your safe arrival in India. " You will be aware of our movements by the official reports which go with this, and which I try to make a faithful record of our proceedings, and as far as I can gather from the very kind manner and expressions of the admiral and Commodore Lambert, they are quite satis fied with our part of the work. " We bad a pleasant voyage across the bay, and found the Commodore on the 7th off the mouth of the river, or rather inside it. The Admiral and General Godwin joined from Martaban on the Bth, when we moved up to ' the Hastings Sand, where the whole fleet assembled by the evening of the 10th, crossed it in steamers, each towing two transports on the 11th, and came under fire almost immediately we anchored. ' '• The General, 1 believe, had an idea that we should not come into action on that day, and cur orders were to anchor out of range. But this was impossible, the whole space above the Sand being in range, and we, of course, anchored above all; but the stockades, although giving a good fire for the first quarter of an hour, were quite unequal to heavy guns, which sent shot and shell right through them—the latter bursting in the middle of them. They were soon seen to slacken fire, and a shell blow ing up their main work at the King's-wharf, sending the immense pile into the air, appeared quite to put them out—and the firing soon ceased. I have detailed so much in my official letter that I need only add that the Fox and Rattler and Tenasserim having burnt the stock ades on the Dalla side during the afternoon, and we having moved up and silenced those in the Rangoon side in the evening, so that not a gun was fired from the river defences atter dark, all were burning next morning, after which we shelled th e Great Pagoda with effect till or dered to go up and take liemmendine to which place the Mozuffer and ourselves moved the samo evening, and joined Serpent and Phlegethon, and burnt it without opposition next morning. This made an end of the river work, and we then returned and shelled the Pagoda. All the troops advanced on the 14th and took it by storm. " Our crews are healthy except the worm (guinea worm) ; but I am sorry to say the cholera is among the troops, and a few cases afloat, but I trust it will not spread. " This is a very fine-looking place. The effect of th e Great Pagoda on the hill is very striking and beautiful, and the blase of the burning stockades at night must have astonished the Burmese. are not depending " I know noth in g of the probableopelrations, or when any of the ste amers will be at liberty to return to Bum b them for your 6. We are hard a t work, so I trust you will excuse a , a monsoon n d only mail you a a rrangement. this h as ty scrawl, !cc., " H. B. LYNCH. .. p.S._While closing my letter signal on board ; the Admiral informed was called by should proceed himself to Calcutta, me he Sesostris, as had been arranged, , instead of the m y letter go to you without and I cannot let very kind manner in which the telling you of the himself with reference to 0 Admiral expressed operations. He said he felt fullyilr Part ; .n the late vices—the vessels of the Indian the value of our at tackser- vices—the and in shelling the 1,, navy —both in the expressed himself tiny satisfiedp:'=, and that the General had we had been of the most have much inessential service, and he should pleasure making it fully known in the dispatches. l am sure this will gratify you as muc h as to concurrent testimony of th e whole force, I am h a p I to o k tle y opportunity say, goes with the Admiral's opi nion.r Pportunity of mentioning to the Ad miral the probability of one or more of the steamers being required to assist in the mail duties during the monsoon, and suggested tn his cons'd e ' r i ng that point when in Calcutt a w i t h b ch he said he would, and thought one one mig G h e t n b er e a s pared. which There is scarcely work here of oar steamers, and now for so many their absence ay].l, I fear, muc h inconvenience you. 1 " H. B. L." It is G e neral has sent the stated that the Governor- Kin g of Ava a bill, amounting to 250,0001., for the expenses incurred up to the 31st of March, with a notice that he will be charged at the rate of 10,0001. a day for the expenses of the expedition till he comes to terms. The present strength of the expe di t i on is about 6,000 troops, sixteen or seventeen steamers, but two armed), four or five transports, aline-of (allbattle ship, a 44-gun f r igate, and a brig of war. If operations on a larger scale . are required after - will be in readiness with re the rains everything contingency. The Governor-Ge ference to such a neral has stopped all leave of absence, f u rloughs, and the armies of Bombay and Madras. _ - retirements in - Th e o rder exte nds to the officers of the Bengal army, but not to its Sepoys—a tacit acknowledgment that the latter are of no use for foreign service. I t is for• tunate that their services can be dispensed with, and that the troops of the minor Presidencies are eager to do so wi thout inconvenence. and are sufficiently num erous to i supp ly their place, Another melancholy instance of the smell de:pen.. deuce that can be placed on the soldierly qualities of the Bengal regular cavalry occurred in the neigh bourhood of Peshawur on the Slat of March. Lieu tenant Tottenham, with the 5 al troop of the ith Light Cavalry, having succeeded in getting between a party of the Momunds and the hills, immediately ordered by the subardar No stra;ln is g the charge, and set the example by dashing them himself, only followed, however, t of ro t o h p e , tr00p%,% .who, o , i ta is sd said , a s i n b g a l d e a n o;ptrumpeter.ortu opportunity assigned for the dastardly conduct of theeama of .whole,. a blow more severe than an of regular cavalry, on their have yet felt. This instance is not,y the I.lomuvds a singular one ; it is only a few un.fortunatel.y. weeks since a party way from Kobat to Perhawur, surrendered thel • r horses and arms to a party of Afreedees withou t sustaining a wound or