The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

ri•LX °ll. I irons, al, bo cce SO W ' tie ° itil l3ll I role, a c ro e borgs c ol d 16 ° fe te us itita , , WlO l sit I; yof job~ Nee o , ego ° 0 adla ud ft 13° 0. St. le e water, 130 floY , bp ' l lO ll C d r So i ode r " ser ; 7 '' Se° Sl .co cosi6 Sl i%r Arr a ' .440111 e. pee' 0 BS 9 ;1 .1 ja r 3 C 3 t 10 .1 1,]: ,you , f or ~,ving „ c ste 6diii i3ei ?OP 1) of iod; 51 0 6 j to 110 ' 0 ;0 . 1 soy jo e oc ero - 0 0,k ... 43:e f 0 . 0 f ie r 4 the baba edaer tlyt 1 13 $O3 i Pall er p oie- e d lii :iredOeii4; $140, 00 , Qpryr°:er, vto 10019 o f of :" i the 'be t°llo o.eo to. 0 topllo, 04 P ' SPORTING NOTES. No COVENMY AND LY •J EE TIN GS. &c TO THE EDITOR OF TH.P.: SUIV. SlR,—The colt by Simoona, out of Verbena, improved upon his running in Ireland by winning the Chillington Stakes at Wolverhampton yesterday very easily. It is true enough that he had nothing of conscquence to beat;' but, con..siderirg his travels lately and, consequently, some what d e fi c i ent work, his victory is very creditable to him. He is a horse that will make some noiLe in the World before he closes his racing career. The Paishull Handicap was won very cleverly by Paddy Bird, who found himself perfectly at home over his own peculiar length--a mile and a half. Morning Star, receiving 1.511 as of the winner, and 321)* of Young England, managed to beat the latter for second honours. Grief, who wan the Ffee Handicap last year with the trip weight up, jwit contrived to ditto that performance. She has evid-n , ly improved in term during the present spring and summer, and not improbably may enable her noble owner to pick up a thing or two weLh her in the course of the autumn. Galvar.isus, about whoii there has been so much said in public of late, was brought out yesterday, and won the Cleveland Cup from Trifle and Clothworker. The latter, evidently stale, bad to concede seine three stone to the winner, end his chance, in con , quence, was out from end to cud. This daughter of the Doctor and Shadow is a flue sla,hing filly ; and being a vcify fin. proving animal, will, late in the ticum), or next spring, if not over weighted, do a " good thing." The only stoke at Coventr:, that the public seem in clined to bet about is iho aptly, though strangely named Peeping Tom Handicap. a there-quariers of a mile spurt; out of an entry of eighteen it will have a third, or more, at the poet, will THE KNIGHT 01 THE THISTLE, or BULLFINCH the winner. At the Lynn tn , eting only two races are likely to ornate speculation in town. For thy- first, the West Norfolk. Handicap, a two mile run, SURPRISE and KING OF TROT, to my thinking, will be first and second; and for the other race, the Stradsett Hall Stakes, SCANDAL is reported to be as good as any thing. Both these meetings come off to-morrow. The betting was not very brisk laht night, nor is it so this morning; the principal investments were on the Ebor Handle ip and St. Leger. The following were the latest quotations!—Reading Stakes-5 to 4on Vaultreis, sto 1 agst Michaelmas Maid. Innkeepers' Stakes-5 and 6 to 4 agst Kilmeny, the latter odds takes freely; 4to 1 each agst Tneorem and Eurus. Peeping Tom Handicap-6 to 4 agar, the Knight of the Thistle, take 2to 1. Ebor Handicap-6 to 1 agst Weathergage, taken freely; 7 to 1 agst LiLtle Harry; 8 to 1 agst Vol tigeur; 12 to 1 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard; long odds off4red egst Nancy. Great St. Leger-3 to 1 agst Song stress; 4 to 1 agst Stock., ell, token freely; 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke; 40 to 1 agst Lupidist ; 100 to 1 agst the Major.—l am Sir, &c., Aug. 11. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING IN TEL LIGEN CE. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.-TUESDAY. The Patshull Handicap of 15 Boys. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 30 added. Ono mile and a half. (17 subs., 5 of whom declared.) Mr. Meiklam's Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, Est 51b ...(Carrol) 1 Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star, 3 yrs, 5s 41b Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. R. Denman na b g Young England, 5 yrs, Tat 81b 0 Mr. J. Saxon's Courier, 6yrs, 7st 61b Mr. Gifford na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, Est 31b The Cleveland Cup, by subs. of 10 sovs. each; second to receive 20/. out of the stakes. Three miles. (7 Subs.) Mr. Foley na Galvanism, 3 yrs (Carrol) 1 Lord Lewisham na Trifle, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Bignoll's Clothworker, aged.... The Chillington Stakes of 10 soya. each and 50 added, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners (ica 31bs extra. T.Y.C. (12 Subs.) Lord Caledon's br cby Simoom—Verberia (White) 1 Mr. J. Merry's Desdemona 2 ~,Mr. Ha , ford's f by Assault—Newton Lass „ 4 !r. T. Sh s ph er d s on's Pastrycook 0 cu*. Flintoff's Whalebone 0 The Barough Members' Plate of 60 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Ono mile-and-a-half. (7 Subs.) Mr. Mountford's Thunderbolt, 3 yrs, (501.)...(C1if) 1 Mr. Bartlett's Tenured, 4 yrs, (30l) 2 Mr. Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, (30/0 0 Mr. Dawson'a Miss Truth, 4 yrs, (30l) 0 The Free Handicap of 5 soya. each, 3 It, with 30 added, for three yrs old and upwards, the second to sate his stake. Lord Warwick's Grief, 6 yrs (Crouch) 1 Mr. Flintoff's The Reaper, 4 yrs .. . 2 Mr. Sparrow na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs Mr. Ilargrsve's Osbaldestuu, 5 yrs Mr. Bignell's Clothw o rk er , 6 yrs kr. J Adey's Liberty, 5 y rs 0 Mr. Holdforth's Wilmont. 5 yrs ......... 0 GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.--TUESDAY. The Vauxhall Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added, heats, three quarters of a mil e , w e re won by Chorus beatin g Sabra and Miss Sarah. The Norfolk and Suffolk Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if d ec l are d. T wo m il es . (6 S u b s .) ~e Mr. C. B o y ce ' s I ngrat i tude, 4 yrs. 7st 51b...walked over. •".. 9 Trciestnen's Iwo Yrs Old Stakes of 10 sous., 5 ft, t., with 50 a dd ed ; colts, Bst 7 . b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; ...i nners Sib extra. T.Y.C. (15 Subs.) la_ Francis's Placid ... Mr-k 'rancis's Inder Tha j3Oroz Won Plato by a length and a half, and u ,,,, gh Members' Plato tel 501, for th ree yrs o!d li /.. . 4 rds, heats, one mile and a quarter, was won by g r atitode beating Urbanity. RET I TING AT MANCHESTER. —TUESDAY. (-2 TU R Iv _ a :-- ,AIIEAT EBOR HANDICAP (Yon).- 8 to 1 asst „ e.herga ge (t), 12 to 1 apt Haricot (t), 100 to 6 agst laYacinth (t), 100 to 6 agat Sir Rowland Trenchard (t). THE GREAT YORKSIIIRE STASES,-2 to 1 agat Stock well (t), 2 to 1 agst Songstress (t). ST.; LEGER.-3 to 1 apt' Songstress (t), 4 t o 1 agst Stockwell (0, 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke (t). CREMORNE GA RDENS. NOVEL AND STARTLING PERFOR MANCE. The wonderful and unprecedented feat performed here on Monday evening by Edouard Boutellier, one of the Italian brothers, whose gymnastic exhibitions created so much interest at Drury-lane last year, and have excited great enthusiasm in the circus and in the garden at Cremorne this season, will be re peated to-morrow, as though resolved to outdo all that bad been previously attempted. The trapeze (a light bit of wood, about an inch and half in thickness and three feet l ong , suspen d e d b y two cor d s twe l ve f eet long), is fixed beneath the car of th e b a ll oon , an d as the gigantic machine rises majestically into the air, e darin g athlete (accompanied by Mr. Chambers and Mr. L. Mermead, the intrepid aeron au t s ), i s seen b a ngieg by his feet, and so continues, s w i ng i ng w i t h is head d own wards, until the ballo on a tt a i ns a con siderable elevation, when he swings himself up, and, seating hi, self upon the bar, commences his amazing evolutions, with the same fearlessness and skill as though he had been performing in a drawing-room, instead of being some thousand feet perched up in air. The balloon on Monday took an easterly course, thus traversing the greater part of the metropolis, and eventually made a safe descent in Victoria-park. The intrepid gymnast continued his bold and startling evolutions throughout the whole of the aerial voyage, and, as the balloon never attained a very great eleva tion, he was seen by myriads in all parts of London, and the cheers of the multitude evidently nerved him the more for his daring achievements. He ascended into the car just before the descent of the balloon, and reached the gardens between nine and ten o'clock, in time for his customary performances in the circus. We need hardly add that his reception on his return, by the thousands that thronged the t erdens, was such o d g on tv e e to Of f ho a s l e l who as Engli s h men are always read display suc h ceurege as he hard that have yet b een attempted this is the greatest feaantds to appearance the most daring and venturesome, but the great muscular energy and strange presence of min 1 of the intrepid performer take away the feeling of fear, and make that certain success with him which it would indeed be dangerous for others to at tempt. We have no doubt the gardens will be crowded to-morrow to witness the repetition of his bold and daring ascent. DREADFUL THUNDER-STORM AND Loss OF LIFE ix MANCHESTER,—Yesterday forenoon Manchester and neighbourhood were visited by a severe thunder-storm, ac companied by heavy showers, which, it is feared, must have occasioned great damage to life and property. Among the fatal consequences already known are the death of four men and the serious injury of another, who were employed at a new building in Ridgway-street. The blackened corpses of ?le four unfortunate men present a horrible spectacle in the armyard public house, near the scene of the calamity. One ,of the deceased w as a fine young man, aged 19, named roof Dowd, an apprent i ce to a mason. Th e sas h es and of of the building were shattered to pieces by the destruc tive element. • THE MILITIA.—On Saturday orders were issued by. the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex, and by the Lord-Lieutenants of other counties, to their deputies to take immediate steps for raising the required number of men hi their respective districts to serve in the militia, to be em bodied in accordance with the Act passed in the last session Of Parliament, and during the next week general courts of lieutenancy will be held in most of the counties throughout the kingdom to settle the preliminary matters. thA PARTY OF PLEASURE FOR AUSTRALIA.—Among e passengers who went out to Austr a li a i n the mail steamer For passengers which left Southampton on Saturday, were two gentlemen of that town, who went out in her on pleasure, and intend returning to England immtdiately. One of the gentlemen took his wife with him; the other only made up bia mind to go i n h er a d ay or tw o b e fo re s h e sailed, and as n 'Pe as he did so went and paid his 90 guineas for a first-class berth , Fancy men ping ou a pleasure trip to the anti- Ddes, and getting to the end of their voyage iu 10 weeks! t 4 r ulY we live i n an age of marve l s. Th e f act t h at is just Inentioned is of considerable significance, as it shows that Ppeople are beginning to think that a voyage to Australia is %403.vey great Effort after ail. Next year, when the Austra lan and Pacific Company's steamers begin to run between ' - „, , _naa and Sydney, a man with a six months' holiday and ''Jut in hie pocket may the go round the world and live splendidly a . Whole of the way. If a n y one had prognosticated such a wking a century ago he w 1 ' placed in a madhouse. ou d hav e been PaiNc E OF WALES YAe n , flr T 1 match of the season came rho fourth !roni Blackwell to Gravesend °IrY-es-t—er-day7l-111e. q , the Valentine, Mravesend and back, and the race was won V .B. Wallis rr — first class sailed --' ix competitors. or the second race • nere were s . hithe and back, th , T. which was' from Blackwall to Green proved to be ~_ Calliope,e , were three starters, and the winner the Dir. AV ' ~. TVickyiell. THE SUN, THE KAFIR WAR. PLYIIIoTITEJ, TULSDAY.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's steatn•ship Propontts, Comman der Thomas W. Glover, arrived here last evening, about seven o'clock. The intelligence by this mail is far from satisfactory. Disorder and danger exist all along the border, and it is feared that the enemy is establishing himself in the mountains and forests near Uitenbage and Fort Elizabeth. General Cathcart has commuted the sentence of death on Cornet Andries Botha, the rebel Hottentot, into transportation for life with hard labour. Head-qu,?..rters continue at Fort Beaufort. Colonel Eyre, of the 731 Regiment will, from ill health, be obliged to quit the field, at least for a short time. Hogge, one of her Majesty's Assistant- Commissioners for settling affairs on the frontier, died at Blount Fontein, Orange River Sovereignty, on the 9ch of June. He left England thirteen months previously, and lost his life through fever, caught by exposure in the rain at a meeting of chiefs i❑ Mo sheh's country. The following monthly summary of proceedings on the frontier is taken from the Cape Town Mail, of the let .ult. " Our last was published on the 29th of May, but suth,equeut mails from some of the remote districts brought intelligence of much earlier dates. Thus, from Whit , lescis a le ter of May 3 reports the circursastances of Captain Tylden's camp, and the apparent mustering of the enemy in the neighbourhood. Tao difficulties of an Ene,lish officer commanding native levit2s consists not so much in long and laborious marches over a rugged country, as in getting their coloured squads to stand the tug of war.' The native, whether friend or foe, is but a trembling coward,' if without the cover of a rock or tree to serve at once as embrasure and breastwork. Hence in ambuscades the deadly precision of their attack while aiming at some unsuspecting wayfarers. "From Whittlesea a letter, dated May 11, states the Kafirs to be getting troublesome. May 14—From Mr. Sydserff's place at Eildon 600 sheep were carried off. Three men from Lyndoch joined in the pursuit, and after various expeditions the sheep were found on the 1811, near the boundary of Somerset and Cradock, when 400 were re-taken. " May 15—At Fort Cox the Kafirs surprised and murdered one of the 2d Queen's, who had been cutting wood not 300 yards outside the fort; and a tew days after three of the 6th were wounded at Mount Macdonald similarly engaged. " May 20—A letter from Waterkloof reports that re gular attacks are made twice a week by the Rifles, who are encamped there. " May 22—Mr. Robey's cattle, on Manley's Flat, were attacked. Two of the herdsmen were shot on the first fire. Ono of the survivors (a native) then ran for help, leaving the fourth (an Englishman) to provide for him self and the cattle. The prompt arrival of Mr. Robey rescued him from his perilous situation. On the same day, in the Addo, two waggons belonging to Mr. Whit ing, on their way from Port Elizabeth to Graham's Town, were attacked by 40 Hottentots. Captain Pullen directed Commandant Hurter, also of the Levies, to co operate with him in pursuit of the robbers. But in the twilight indistinctness of the following wet morning, Captain Pullen's men mistook their comrades for the enemy they were seeking, and fired into their rear, wounding four men. The spoor of the retreating Hot tentots was traced to the Zuurberg, towards Z varte Hoogte, and into Slagtboom; then five spoors were seen leading to Enon station. The missionary there denied having seen any but two friendly visitors! Thus far the guerilla escaped detection and pursuit. " Same day.—Fifty Hottentots surrounded the kraal of the chief Toise, who is friendly to us, stripped his wives naked before his face, and carried him off as a prisoner to Sandilli. Reports are conflicting as to the precise disposition that was manifested towards the cap tive by the two parties, Kafirs and Hottentots. Some as cribe the atrocity to the Hottentots alone; others allege that Sandilli commanded the Hottentots to kill Toise, and that they refused. The whole may have been a premeditated ruse. Toise brought back a letter from Uithaalder to the Commander-in -Chief, reading him a grave lesson of peace without consulting his Kafir allies. This, we have reason to believe, was the real aim in view. " The amount of risk we run by employing natives, whether Hottentots or Fingoes, several auspicious in stances seem to prove. It will be remembered that Cap tain Bevil, of the Levies, was shot accidentally by a Hottentot of his party, and that doubt still hangs over Major Wilmot's lamented death, whether or not it was by Fingoes of his own party. Two or three (several during the month) of the Rifles also have been wounded, either by the awkward precipitance of the Fingoes, or by their being mistaken for Kafirs. Such friends are little less dangerous than enemies. " May 26.—Some ICafirs from Waterkloof visited Colonel Napier's camp at Blinkwater, and took 27 oxen out of the kraal. On the following morning a patrol started off and captured in reprisal 51 Kafir women, who were safely lodged in Beaufort Gaol. It is very desir able that these women should be prevented hereafter from carrying back ammunition and intelligence to our enemies. The complaints made of the successful espion age of these viragos are quite vexatious. The p',ilan thropy which connives at the cunning practice occasions the loss of many a waggon, and exposes the life of many a brave soldier and colonist. Our humanity is, there fore, exercised at the price of blood. We are glad to see that the Commander•in-Chief has, by an order dated May 30, prohibited the practice among the Levies of selling their ammunition to the Kafirs under pain of death. 66 may 29.—Eleven waggons, belonging to Mr. Pohl and others, were attacked near De Bruin's Poort while bringing produce to Graham's Town; Mr. Humphries was mortally wounded, and 27 oxen and two horses were driven off. Mr. Pohl was attacked three several times before emerging from the bush into the open country. The death of Mr. Humphries is oue of those events that rivet public attention upon the miserable details of the war. His family had been previously in comfortable circumstances, but hav ing lost nearly all they possessed, the deceased and his brother became waggon drivers. The same mail ac quaints us with the death of Mr. T. Phillips, Justice of the Peace, another victim to this slow, consuming war. 'Like hundreds of others, writes ono of the frontier papers, he had been forced to become a houseless wanderer,' until at length he sank under the effects of hardship and exposure. "June 2---Ahout half-past 11 at night a body of Hot tentots, under Uithaalder, attacked the cattle-kraal be longing to the Missionary Institution of M ount C oke. Seven men of the place were killed and nine wounded; but the cattle cut from the waggons would have been preserved, bad not a large mounted reserve appeared. The firing was heard at Fort Murray, and General Yorko dispatched a squadron of Lancers and Cap e Corps, under Major Totenham, who joined in the pur suit as far as Debe Neck. June 3—From Eland's Aloof, four miles east of Gra ham's Town, four spans of oxen and other cattle, worth 3001., were driven off and secreted in one of the bushy valleys at the confluence of the Kat with the Fish River. " Concurrently with these depredations, the news from the remote districts bordering Tarnnookieland tell of suc cessive forays:—from Dome Stein, of Mooi Plants, 500 sheep having been taken. 4 June 13.—The rebel Hottentots attacked five wag gons while proceeding from Graham's Town to Fort Beaufort, though guarded by a detachment of 31 Sappers and Miuere, und er t h e command of Captain Moody. The rebels on this oc cas i on had posted th emse l ves in the thick bush of the Konap-hill, and as soon as the small convoy appeared they opened a sudden volley, by which the leading mule-waggon was disabled, and seven of the small convoy killed. During the contest, which lasted for some time, nine more were wounded, but the re mainder were brought off in good order by the cool gal lantry of Captain Moody. The waggons contained Borne ammunition and Mime muskets, which latter were, bow_ ever, rendered useless by the precaution of removing the nipples. the Beka station byten flotten was scud near "Oa the saw) day, the mail from Graham's Town ..._. __ tots, but was again recaptured by Tabat (Unaket's) sera On the 15th, 40 oxen were taken from H. Bcauiden hout's place, Highlands. " Ju ne 19--Major-General Yorke, with a large force, Hot tentots supported by Colonel Michel and Colonel Eyre, mar chedA Cape was against the camp of the rebel Hottentots, which part of Athrueonet;ie the next morning (a day before the xpected to be attacked). Our success was signal Corps sergeant, who was taken prisoner, was wh od, had a gold slain was a immediately hanged. Three of the Minis rifles, and ammunition lately taken at the Konap were found. the stores of the enemy, pouch full Cape Corps deserter, of sovereigns,watchand chain; and a soldier found a rying wool, enters the Y t . the mode of replenishing nAanl:ttir remainsboy tiwilalsotaatknenighitn, Fort Beaufort, disclosedwho whe tey manage to laenFavioe,nb l t a n d e e ,n ev w e i n th ing s:p w p o li m es e . n, car " Trio last mail has telligence of a brutal murder rought. the sickening in the second victim of wanton l e a d Ohl ant's Hoek. ibis is this place by the hands of rebserlbarity who has fallen in days, but we trust that t h e H ottentots witnin t en humbug is drawing to a close, rei gn of philanthrophic .. We purposely reserve our eonclud' g review of General Cathcart's dispositio in- notice for a but we feel our inability to detail pl :s and maeceuvres; himself, and which will receive their finrsatknown only to lineation in the field. We are persuaded that the Com sures have already impressed the enemy w i th b u s wet% w ole seth , awe, and we perceive iti the capture of Tetse merely the cumbrou. , device of a bewildered rebel to c onvey a letter to his Excellency. "In the Sovereignty, affairs were really h r ie h . a ie tunn for Pretorius had lotted mans to persuade the Veei,;' read to confirm the peaceful compact which had been entered into between the War Council and her Majeety's Assistant Comu3issieners. Moshesh still p uter , es a very equivocal policy. Apprehended rebels have be trayed me fact of procuring gunpowder from this (Thief. " While se write, our hearts are saddened and our prospects deeded by the melancholy tiding of Majer ti " g g" ( 1,- ' o e.h• This g.ntlen3dn'A C lonia.' experience., m ature juagment and prudence, qualified him in aie ecni• n" i l t t , _degree for the cask wwhich he h-ei undertaken. Without the qtghtest intention of disparaging the merit s uu feel our ci !,, Al _ , C. °were, his surviving colleegue, vie )et uatial 1.) ;ees justified in prOAGUlicieg Major Hegge's 'amity T'hinuval, at such a crisis, to be 0. public ca • 0 re.; ' 1 his senor/. Pectfue sympathy of all cee,ses with mg witio our shores. w accompanies her departure front " In Natal all w been collected. ,„% quiet. 4,0001 of the hut-tax had as shQwu v the 4. 11 h possibility of manufacturing sugar, " ee ta* of Mr. Morewood'e experiment LONDON, on a small scale, had excited the attention of ell the in " SII.`•IIrIARY FOR THE WEEK. -' fhe events of this week are of a checkered character —the dark squares, however, having greatly the predo ininaece. Two more co'tonists have been murdered by Hottentot bandits, and a third seriously wounded. One of them, an Englishman, was waylaid in Oliphant's Hook, stripped naked, and had his brains beaten out with a bludgeon. The other, a man of colour, was shot dead whilst resting in his own cottage in fancied secu rity after his day's toil. The wounded man was return ing to his home, and was shot from an ambuscade, but may, possibly, escape with life. " It the information from Uitenhage be correct, which computes the rebel banditti in the Zuurherg at from 250 to 300 strong, then it follows that the main body of the Hottentot rebels on the Buffalo must have been when attacked by Colonel Eyre and the gallant men of the 43d, weaker than usual, though then estimated at from 500 to 600 men. Should this be so, then it very plainly marks the formidable character of the rebellion, and the im portance of the whole country being aroused to a sense of the necessity of the immediate and effectual suppres sion of the insurrection. It this be not done with a strong hand, the safety of the whole colony will be jeopardized, and the most disastrous consequences may ensue " The spirited attack on the rebel camp on the Buffalo, by Colonel Eyre and the 43d Regiment relieves the, dark features of the piceire, and by exciting hope affords matter for congratulation. The attack was well designed, and would, there can bo no doubt, hod the dif ferent celumns arrived at the concerted time, have been eminently successful. But in this country, to insure ac curate time in a night march from different points, is a movement of extraordinary difficulty, and especially where there are men who would consider it as a initfor tune to be last, and indeed a reproach not to be first, in the presence of the enemy." The Cape Town Mail, in a leading article, says : " Peace, accompanied by such security from danger to life and property as is consistent with residence upon a barbarian border, is all that is hoped for by a large body of the colonists from the present unhappy hostilities. Such is also the sole aim of the British Government, who, on the colony's behalf, are at this time incurring the vast expense of these hos tilities. Both bodies, the Imperial Government and the colony, have to co-operate in endeavouring to attain this object. Without their perfect 00-operation it seems impossible that anything final can be done; and before they can co-operate cordially, each must know the policy which guides the conduct of the other, and both must see clearly what measures are best to be adopted before the great end in view can be attained. ‘• How, then, are they to work together under present circumstances? How can the British Government com municate with the colonists? War was declared, and the Qeeen's representative called on the colonists to rise en masse, and *xterminate' the enemy. From the very manner in which the object of the war was stated doubts arose. Was it right to exterminate the Kafirs, in the ordinary sense of the wor d use d i n t h e p ro clamation? If they deser ve d suc h a f ate, was it necessary? Or, to propose a third v i ew, was i t necessary b u t n ot right? if, indeed, God w ill ever perm i t h uman b e ings to argue anything to be n ecessar y t h at i s no t r ight. " What the war arose from is of less importance than the question—how must it end? The intended exter mination, originally proclaimed, of the enemy, has since been diminished to his banishment beyond the Kei. Is this indispensable? If indispensable to the extent of security which we think to be necessary, has it been rightly earned by the Kafir people at our hands? If indispensable for our present security, if just, is it safe for the future? Will not the new colony between the Fish River and the Kei—for the country between the Fish River and the Keiskamma, although nominally a colonial district since 1848, is scarcely in a different position from British Kafraria, in fact —will not this new territory in future years suffer as fearfully from the tribes who then will border on the Europeans, as Albany and Somerset do now from their present neighbours? If, again, it be alike indispensable for the present in terests of the colony, safe for its future interests, and right as far as the Kafirs are concerned, is it possible to exterminate' them from their present homes, and com pel them to emigrate beyond the Kei? The colonists alone, even if they were agreed upon answering all the questions above in the affirmative, cannot do it. A large B ypue r ,sr t i is Aoa h nn md a o r oaf m r. tehh y aem h l f G a , o s adan b ii fidk e ea e hd n anyv t ae r it y eihow ing int,hfeer t vr o oetmno madeott. su cceed et hire butpinthis idea eel aistet nl oet f d pe u rtooh r ug i e n ur g teersxyg a :. has lately seemed to gain ground. It is said that General Cathcart wishes only to expel the individual Kafirs, if they can be singled out, or the individual chiefs, who have taken part in the war. But will this be politic, or even possible, in the case of a people holding their chiefs in so much honour? The war arose scarcely so much, as Bishop Gray is said to have stated in England, from the incurable cattle-stealing propensities of the Kafirs, as from the partisanship of the people with their chiefs, whose power it was the avowed policy of our Government to endeavour to undermine and destroy. We established British rule din Kafraria, and persuaded ourselves that the people were more contented and prosperous under that rule, than under their former native institutions of government. So, perhaps, they May have been for a time. The Government of the day persuaded itself also that the colony was more free from cattle-stealing visits, tted more safe from a chance of their recurrence. So stated Sir 11. Smith's dispatches and public declarations, repeatedly and positively. When rumours of war came Sir H. Smith summoned one of the former chiefs before him. The chief set the newly-sstablished authority in his country at defiance. The people chose the side of their natural sovereign rather than that of the foreigner. We have tr tempted in vain, during 18 mouths past, to bring these alleged rebels to submission. If this be the history of the war, and if it be trite that a national feeling unites the Kafir people, even though they were for a time happy and contented under our rule, to resist any intrusion upon them of what they must needs think a foreign yoke,—are not the questions respecting their expulsion, extermination, destruction, and so forth, which we have described above, such as must naturally suggest themeelves to the mind of every man of civilized feeling? At present there are no suffi cient means of thoroughly ascertaining public opinion in the colony on a subject of such intricacy and difficulty. Whenever the colonists meet in an organised represen tative Legislature, they can say fur themselves what they mink is best to be done for the attainment of the sole object of the present, as of all wars,—peace, They will deliberately judge, and will consult wtth the authorized servants of the Queen's Government, what evils which may now be allayed have caused alike the Kafir war and the Hottentot rebellion ; and what can be done to lessen or remove these evils. Until then all parties continue in the dark, and tne solo sounds which relieve the ge neral ignorance of the real object of the contest, and the real grounds of the war, aro heard from our injured border-colonists, whose many sufferings naturally prompt them to think of the enemy as mere bloodthirsty mis creants, delighting in ravage and murder; but who in this judgment may be wrong. The enemy, Kafiri' aad " These very views of the nature of our enemy—the notion that nothing less than their utter annihilation gain, that they could restore peace, and that they do not deserve to exist—the proclamation that the object of the war was th-ir extermination —have retarded the close of the con test e me e no n tl e t ' o hh o ae t na t n ra e it i Y e e tghai r il e g s a i e s n t lds a e n a. ce and their destruction. I h l e o t t . must choose more aatiaßritain Yet if comparative peace, not the safety of London and York, but such comparative peace as borderers must be satisfied with, can be attained by anything less than Sir Harry Smith's proclaimed object at the opening of the war, neither Britain nor the colony has any true interestwhieh in seeking that object; and, to say the least, it is far t from han icte possesses rtain that theeit h i e n r tme o r f ieg t sh t t e them have e s the sav e d right, ure " A commission of inquiry into all the causes of con. test, sent out lust year, many thousands of pounds. A similar commission, even "l Advertiser now, would be of the highest value. The establishment, in addition, as speedily as possible, of representative in atitutions, having public confidence, and through of lastthe year the real opinion of the colony could be clearly h eard, best restoration bi n oe a ntd b ho, l e ; all the parties concerned to understand each other perfectly —to decide clearly upon what W as done— e.e and ,on t A o af e r o pice o ar p nin er ac a n t oe e hm s t i m n he c ar e sc r is e ia. ly to wards th e o o i n n a g l S on s o a o t we extract the following : " Though General Cathcart has not been remis s dur ing the past mouth, his dispatches by the present c W h i e ll g e u a e r r r . y e His eon predecessor,so consolation t s o ir th c e h C ar h l tt e n a c vv ell o o o r t asked only 300,000/. for the Kafir war, under an im sten that the contest Was drawing to a close m , reeli now (April 30) requests an additional according2oo, o 001, But Sir Charles Wood thought the Right Hon. IG,see'• tleman would find himself very much disappointed in o n e . estimate which he had formed of the probable expense - of the Kafir war. The probability was that the 460000/ which he had first named would be pretty n early The prospect of its drawing to on M th r s . Pp h s e . rate ex pendedof almost bythe Ist so ,0 0 0 f 0 11 B a r c h month.'and it was Four t vv o h t i h lee the state of the war is pretty nearly what it was on the elapsed estimate, account e l u s u t t o for f li t a h r e c h which,additional a close has not improved, and the necessary arrange. weuts in progress tor the protectfon . of the colony an d Ist of January, 1850. the annoyance of the enemy imply an increasing rate of expenditure. Higher motives than mere economy no doubt inspire all pa rt i es with an ardent desire to bring this savage conflict to an end; but even economy alone is a sufficient re ason or demanding of Ministers something more than just enough to maintain the honour of her m at jesty's, arms.' Nothing more has yet been accomplished. There ate Kafir camps, and rebel binds within t h e boundaries of the colony. Beyond it, nothing is held safe that is not within the range of musketry or eennon. Sitnely to ' maintain the honour of her Majesty' s are as , for te mont h s ag ainst the border tribe s.has *test, accord ing to Sir C. Wood's estimate, about 960,0001., w i t h the loss of many brave officers and men. The losses of the colony in life, property, and time are not less appalling. It is a most ruinous affair. A summery of events and operations during t h e month is given elsewhere. But , he details of tissaults, robberies, murders, eursuit''' skirmishes, ant. personal exploits, in which colonists have been distinguished ac, ors or suff. rers, would fill many more colum ns Die_ order and danger , well as actual war , h ave become familiar fir 5 0'miles or more tat both sides of a border line some 100 o. 150 miles in length. The latest re ports give reason to fear that strong parties of active ineratelers have already established themselves amon g the mountains and for,- s not far from the town s of Uitenhage a n d Port Etiz:b t eth. " Such is the field which General Cathcart has to contemplate and operate upon, against an enem y a d ro i t, active, desperate, and well armed. " After removing h eadquarters to Fort Beaufort, he made to visit to Grahavai 'Town, • once of couseq WEDNESDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 11 : 1852. neigh bourhood was at,amed by hostile hands committing out patch from General Somerset, stating thst the the 12th Lancers, rages in Lower Albin y. He ordered one squadron of Miners, and three companies of the 74th Regiment to march upon Graham's Town for their protection and support, but stated that the establishment of a rural police was the only measure that could be relied upon for This police the internal security of the border districts. one company of the Royal Sappers an d force he is now organizing. After making a tour of to Fort in spection, and i he re turnedenter into correspondence, " Here he received a letter from the rebel Hottentot leader Uikhaelder, hinting that he had no objection to visiting different camps, &e a of the Kefir chiefs. This man, it seems, a the instiga tions of S ' udil l i , had seizA the Kafir chief Toise in his own kraal, not far from King William's Town, upon a charge of treason against his lawful chief or feudal sove reign. Sandilli ordered him to be pat to death, _ but_ r Uithaelder and his associates demanded a fair trial fo their prisoner, and on that being refuse 4, gave himhis as he was acting independently freedom, and sent him home in safety. Toise ' s own nar rative is very curious. While the General was busy in completing arrange enemy were not idle. On the 22d of May meats for the protection of the frontier districts, the consider able force attacked Mount Coke a missionary station between King William's Town and East Loudon, and succeeded in carrying off a lot of draught oxen, killing 7 Fmgoes and wounding 10, also an Eoglishman named Ford, and two of Seve g anee Kafiri. And on the 2d of June they ir efereepted the post-riders between Fort Peddie and King William's Town. But the most serious Government waggo ns affair occurred on the leth, when they surprised five ato Fort Beaufort, under the charge of Captain Moody with a de•ach . • ment of 31 Sappers and Miners. Seven of the riflemen were killed and nine wounded. The waggons, containing among other things, a considerable " They have since, how ever , quantity of ammunition and arms, were captured and proceeding from Graham's Town plundered, and the oxen carried off. ment. On the 20th a combined movement was made by General Yorke and Colonel Eyre on Uithaalder's camp- Though expecting that the attack would not be made until the 21st, they were not quite unprepared, and Co lonel Eyre, who arrived first, and rather too soon for support, had a smart affair before the enemy broke and the defence A de n fe ti n c e i r o t t i n i g he th i e ro c n o t m ie p r le d ti i o s n tri o o f ts h , is Gene received some punish dispersed. It is stated that General Yorke's division have followed up this success, but the official account is not yet published. arrangements has announced his intention to march into Kreili's coun try early next month. The ablebodied men of the frontier • • districts have again been summoned to co-operate with her Majesty's troops, under their own commandants, with a promise of an equitable distribution of the cattle which may be taken in the course of the expedition, es Cathcart some compensation for the losses and sufferings of the last 18 mouths. This s. intelligence has just been received, and all that is yet known of it is contained in the follow ing proclamation:— "' BY HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT•GENERAL THE HON. GEORGE CATHCAR T , BLe. " Whereas the Kafir chief Kreli, who resides beyond the Kei, and whose territory is separated from that part of her Majesty's dominions called British Kafraria, by that river, although recently chastened for his well known underhand as well as open hostility, by order of Governor of Sir Harry Smith, has not ceased, frcm the time the expedition was withdrawn, contumaci' nsly to comfort and assist her Majesty's rebellious subjects, now associated with the rebel chief Sandilli, Kafirs as well as Hottentots, in carrying on a protracted war, and even to harbour rebel Hottentots in his own country. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY. FOR Atm THE CONTINENT. Her Majesty's lieges had a grand treat here last even ing in one of the most beautiful sights many ever bad witnessed. The Queen having signified her intention of embarking on board the Victoria and Albert this after_ noon, the royal yachts and the whole of her Majesty's steam fleet proceeded into the bay in front of Osborne House, taking up positions in a line to the eastward, and all the yachts that could be mustered (a goodly number), 19d by the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron in the Xarifa, formed a line to the westward, and a prettier s i g ht h a s seldom been seen than these beautiful vessels g n line into the b a y. H er M a j esty and the royal 3 f iinly embarked at half-past six o'clock under a royal s e salute from the steara•trigates a n d yachts, all dressed r emained their ned f or varied th e flags, nig h t w i i n t ht the yardsbay, and manned. a,t six o'clock he eet steamed away with th e i r royal charge for this Antwerp.morn g DEPARTURE of the ROYAL SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—Het' Majesty the Qu een , hi s Royal Highness Prince Albert, four of the eldest Court, left Osborne Palace at half-past six of the royal children, and the ladies and gentlemen and embarked on the Victoria and Albert, intention of starting early this morning. meu-of-war steamers at anchor off Osborne manne d yards, dressed ships, and fired royal salutes. Thi s mowing the weather was very fine and pro pitious, a l s summer breeze blowing from the west. a l squadron got up steam early, but it was not The royal till 45 m inutes past six that the vessels began to move, the Solent and through the anchorage in the both steam and canvas. The squadron following order : The Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander Smithett (in advance about a quarter of a mile). The Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus wT oo sv 'f h c h i t l ee h ot n hc t ke e d e r G.C.H., with the royal standard at the main. The Fairy royal yacht screw- tender, Master-Com- Welch. mander The Black Eagle steam-yacht, Master-Commander with the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Petley, of Northumberland, on board ; Admiralty flag Duke at the main. The Odin steam -frigate, Captain Henderson, C.B. The Magicienne steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay. The Sampso n steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones. The Baracouta steam-frigate, Captain Hon. S. T. F came tz cl u s P rence, I Carnegie. Drummond. assed through The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Hon. R. S. The royal squadron. pSpithead about e 2 am kn a o n ts d , a fo e ll r o o w w e d d n by t. the man of-war A.M., with the wind a little to the northward of west, and on the starboard quarter, presenting a mag nificentyacht had a foretopsail set, and passed sight to early risers. topgallantsails, royals, studdingsails. W hen o ff Beading Harbour (which is the east end of the Isle of Wight) a signal was thrown out from the royal yacht, " Catch me who can ;" for there was an immediate struggle for posi tion, and a regular race ensued. The Magicienne was through nf. T w haerreosayet royal yacht underrate soon alongside the Odin, and these steam-frigates canvas— courses, topsails, were neck-and-neck for upwards of two miles, when of st l the Odin shook her off, and again stood number one. Baracouta now thought it quite time to shake off her lethargy, for (like magic) she passed the Magicienne and Odin in succession, and at 8.30 was nearly hull down, about a mile astern of the royal yacht. We saw the last of the squadron at 9 30, thirteen miles to the eastward of the Nab light-vessel, and their position was as follows :—Vivid, Victoria and Albert, Black Eagle, Fairy, Barracouta, Odi n , M • - cienne, Sampson, and Magi cienne, Retribution. As the royal yacht passed Spithead the Blenheim, 60, Captain Gardner, and the Tiger, 20, Captain Gif. fard, dressed in colours, manned yards and cheered. The Niger screw-sloop, Commander Heath, also got under weigh, and then rounding the Spit buoy, coming into harbour fired a royal salute, and manned her rigging and cheered. The Victory and Neptune, flag-ships, in Porte mouth Harbour, with the Excellent, were also dressed in colours l ear y, and as the royal yacht passed they all saluted. At Portsmouth it was supposed that the royal squadron would sail at dayli g ht , a n d in consequence the Royal Artillery were on the qui vivo at that time and at their gu • ns, but it was not till about seven that the salute was fired from the Garrison B attery. The interesting spectacle of the royal yacht pass ing to the eastward was a most pleasing and beautiful sight, and a numberof theinhabitants to Portsmouth were up and on the seward lines of the town, and enjoyed it. Around the coast a sharp look-out was kept for the royal squadron from Saturday morning. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Dover on Sa turday, and proceeded to Waltner, leaving instruc tions that a messenger ahould be dispatched to Wal mer Castle as soon as the royal ships hove in sight. DOVER, AUG. 10.—This afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, the royal squadron hove in sight to the westward of Dover, and their approach was imme diately announced by royal salutes fired in succession from the Drop Redoubt, at the Heights, and the gun battery below the Castle keep. Her Majesty's mail packet Vivid, of the Dover station, took the lead, the royal Victoria and Albert yacht being second, fol lowed by her tender ' the Fairy ; and another of the squadron, the Black Eagle steamer, bringing up the rear. The weather was delightfully fine (although much rain had fallen during the day), with compara tively calm sea and favourable wind. The royal fleet steamed past at a rapid rate, and after clearing this port about two miles, hauled in for the Downs. A number of ladies were observed from the shore on the deck of the royal yacht, which probably included her Majesty the Queen ; but this, in consequence of the distance, we could not say positively. Great demonstra tions of colours were made by the naval and military authorities, the royal standards being hoisted, and numerous elevated points of the town decorated with flags, during the passing of the squadron; meanwhile dense crowds thronged the heights, parade, &c., to obtain a view of the royal squadron, which remained in sight of our town for nearly half an hour. The Royal squadron left the Downs at 4 o'clock this morning, on its course to Antwerp. Weather fine. ANTWERP, MONDAY.—Her Majesty Queen Vic toria will arrive here to-morrow, but it is impossible to say whether the royal squadron may be expected in the morning or in the evening, as we are ignorant both of the time when her progress will commence, and of the point of departure. The Queen will most probably remain until Thurs day or Friday, and will be entertained at the pal ace of Lacken. His Majesty King Leopold will receive his illustrious relative to-morrow, if she arrives in the afternoon ; and on Wednesday, should she not come until the evening. In the latter cas e th e Q ueen will not land, but remain on board the Victoria and Al bert for the night. The royal yacht is escorted by six frigates and several steamers. The presence diso many vessels of war will give extraordinary anima tion to the port, and will mightily delight our jolly old burghers. " And whereas the said contumacious chief Kreli, when mercitully called upon by me to desist from his evil practices, and use his well-known influence in put ting an end to the Gaika rebellion, and in token of his good faith and due submission, to pay up the fine of cattle imposed by my predecessor, Governor Sir Harry Smith, which the said chief had promised to pay, and on the faith of which promise the last expedition was mercifully withdrawn after the infli c ti on o f h a lf t h e punishment deserved, has insolently sent back my peace able remonstrance and just demand, in defiance : " And whereas it is necessary, in vindication of her Majesty's authority, and in o r d er to put an end to this war, that the said chief Kreli should, without loss of time, receive the full chastisement he deserves : " ' Now, therefore, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known, that, for the purpose of inflicting such chastisement, it is my intention, on th e 6 t h d ay o f Au gust next, to assemble a sufficient force o f h er M a j es t y ' s ievis andregulare t r orlos, enrolled r cavalry, ipg infantry, an d art ill ery, pa id o e with abundant supplies for the campaign, on the Umvani River, near Brain Neck, midway between Shiloh and the White Kei :—and that, it is further my intention with this force to cross the Kei, and establish my head -quarters at Kreli's Great "‘ But, wishing to show to her Majesty's enemies that, besides the force of her regular armies, she pos sesses the loyal support of her faithful subjects, and that, at her call, they are ready and willing,to take the field in her cause : " 6 Wishing, also, to give to those who, as a body, have suffered severely from the war, an opportunity of re covering, by force of arms, some compensation for their losses, I hereby, in the name and on behalf of her Majesty, command all burghers of the divisions of Graaff-Reinet, Uitenhage, Port El aabeth, Somerset, Craddock, Albany, Albert, Victoria, Fort Beaufort, and Colesbrrg, capable of bearing arms, to take the field upon the old commando system of the colony, and join me on the Urevani River, near Bram Neck, midway between Shiloh and the White Kei, on the 6th of Au gust, whence I w ill lead them forthwith i n perso n into,th s country of the c ontumacious chief Kre li, t o despoil him of his cattle, as t h e best moans of eff c t ua lly bringing nim to submis s i on, and thereby term i nat i ng the present tiresome ho,tilities. " ' I further h ere b y make known to the colonists all classes, who sh a ll voluntarily j t oin in this great.em com mando, that all cattle that may b e captured by b shall be divided among the captors, for their own may use and benefit, ac cor di ng to such equitable division as be determined on b y their own commandants . " ' God save the Queen, o , " ' Given under t h e public seal of the settlement at the Cape o f G ood Hoe this Ist day ofJaly, 1852. " ' By comma n d of his Excellency the Gover nor, " ' RICHARD SOUT HEY, " ' Actin g -S ecretary t. ,, Her Majesty's steamer Styx arrived at •.,! Bay on the 16th of June ; sailed for Table onJo!a_y u. the 28th, and left for East London on the IstoidßeT Her Majesty's steamer Hydra, Comma nder Belam grave, and the mon's Rhadamanthus, Commander , were lying in Simon's Bay. The Chusan screw -steamer left Table 1333, on the 29th of June for Port Phillip. The garrison at Sierra Leone was healthy, heavy returned from rain had set in. Major O'Conner bad to Governme_a a tour throu g h th e districts round the co l o ny, and to the Banana I s l an d s; he made his ha lf -yearly inspec tion of the troops on the 23d of June. Commander Her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus, Julstarted Phillips, from the Pi --. 0 Pongos the Ist of ..) .y, t present on a cruise the 19th of July to Sherpnr°l ti & in a state of civil war. Her Majesty' s s t eamer Bloo dh ou nd, Lieutenant Christian, arrived at Si erra Leone o n the 20th of July : from Asce ns i on the 18th o f June, with Com mander Bruce's di spatches. The gallaet CW t hydah, a in-Chief had reli eve d the blockade 8 satisfaction to the measure calculated t o g i ve great native chiefs. ant S Her Majesty's stea mer Firefly, o slaves e r. on mour, had captured a s l aver, b u t withLieuten n board, and brought her to St, Helena- . Her Majesty's ste amer Pl u to arrived at Sierra e 14th for St. Leone on the 13th o f J une left on i t . h h mails on the Vincent's, ani retu rne d with Englis h 15th of June, on the 7th of July. Her Majesty's st eamer Bloodhound proceeded on the 7tb o f J u ly t o A scens i on with the mail for the Commodore. Myrmidon, Lieutenant Her Majesty' s s t eamer Jolliffe, was cruising in the Bights• got away from Two steamers with 1,000 slaveshad with 10 guns the G a lli nas . A l arge armed slavero be cruisi L ng off the and Sp an i s h co l ours, i s repor ted t Crane, ieutenant Gallinas. Her Majesty's brig in pursuit, and re turned had left Sierra Leone in the same • day her turned on the 11th of July. f St. Vincent's Cape Majesty's steamer Pluto left for mails of the 15th of Verde, to convey the Eng.' off Sherboro, cruising July to Sierra Leone. When like, and sup posed boat wa s seen i n th e paintedrivert,nur men-of- war ; she, posed to belong to, one or t o a slave vessel which however, turned out to beloni passed the Crane at night with 400 slaves, and got clear. Th e G overnor o f Sierra i ready for embar information o f 2,000 slaves of Mrs. Lightbourne ' s fac tory i n th e Ri o Pongos, cation withi n t en m iles being ready had received w ith every preparation "stock'' leave the bar made for res i stance until the racoons. Her Majesty Her 17th of July. Majesty's brig Crane left Sierra Leone on the The Propontis, on the 19th of July, 20 miles west of Sierra Leone, exchanged colours with her Ma jesty's brig Crane. Captain ~ s hips Herald, Torcb, and Pluto were at Gip Verde on the 26th of July. The Queen of the South arrived arrived from Eng land at the Cape Verde on the 30th of June, and sailed therefrom on the 23 of July. The Hellespont, at 6 P.M. Cap- a i n was at Watts, arrived on the 7th of July, and sailed the same day for the Cape. The Teviot sailed for her Durward of July. The tt,e Brazils on the 233 of July, and the Harbinger, winds to Lane, arrived from England o s n cu t i la y e , 26th of July, The British schooner Minato, anchor at a b t ri Cape Verde on the 26th brier, Ellen Munroe, sailed for England on the 18 - h or July. p , ssig e, generally westerly The Propontis experienced no north-east trades on Cape Verde, on the coast of Africa fresh southerly winch:, with heavy .rains. She steamed the wholeway, h aving contrary winds, with the exception of 50 hours under sail alone. Homeward the south-east trades were fresh for about four days. She was 78 hours under sail, w ith out steam, in which time she ran 782 mike (averag ing 10 knots per hour) from Sierra Leone, fresh _ .W. w i n d s an d co nstant showers, from Cape Verde fresh northerly winds until three days from Ply,. 112911 t b : when W , X.W. Windf) SeVililed. ! Her cargo consists of 9 packages of specie, 5 casks EXPERIMENTAL TRIP TO PARIS . 1 of wine, 90 bal es sh e ep -skins, 59 bales of woo l , . 552 TO THE EDIT 'R OF THE TIMES. i rhinoceros horns, ,56 t us k s o f ivory, 373 green hid Sir,—As the paragraph in your paper of to-day, with 34 dry hid es , 19 b a l es o f goat skins, 48 package s the above heading, contains some information which is sundries, and 5 casks pineapplee. likely to mislead the public, and injure the Newhaven She brings as passengers from the Cape—M rs. ;and Di e pp e r oute, I trust you will d o me the justice to , insert the following:—" The new steam er P aris, built Hogg and c hild, th ree f ema l e servan ts, a n d one male ditto, Captain Hall (Rifle Brigade), Captain Mac- this year ( xpressly for the above line, crossed from kenzie (60th Rifles), Captain Fitzgerald) 60th Rifles), Novvhaven to Dieppe, on Saturday last, with 100 pas !engers, a large quantity of luggage, and three horses, Captain Vians (45th Regiment), Cornet Elves (12th w m it t h enminutes less time than the steam-yacht Wave Q ueen , Lancers), Mr. Darnell, Mr. Morris, Mr. Slater, Mr. only about a dozen ladies and gentlemen,ls both y es - Henders on , R ev . M r. G r i dge (Chaplain of Simons se _ _ _ . starting nearly together; the result proving that th e Town), Mr. Seligm an , C ap t a i n Brown, Mr. Harrison , Paris was th e b e tt er b oa t f o r the trade, and having re and two men servants. peatedly made the passa.ge in five hours." You will The Propontis on her. outward voyage left Ply- perceive that the present'arranwements, on this reuse, mouth May 15, at 3.30 P.M., arrived at St. Vincent's, are far from being defective :' - - I am, Sir, your obediew May 27, at 7 A.M., left Ally 28, at 8.30 P.M.; ar- servant, 5, Arthur -street East, Aug. 9, 1 11 8 E 5 N 2. 11Y P. rived at Sierra Leone, June 3, at 4.30 r sr., left MAPLES, ditto June 3 ; arrived at the Cape, June 26. On her homeward voyage s h e sailed from Cape Town duly 2 at 6 P.M.; arrived at Sierra Leone, July is, at 1.45 P.M., sailed July 19, at 10 AM. ; arrived ut St. Vincent's, July 24, at 4.15 P.M., sailed J , a3l . 1 2R at 6 P.M. ; a n d arr i ved at Plymout, August 9, a 6 P.M. F. aright, Esq., Secretary Of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. Sir,—The paragraph which appeared in tie Tines of yesterday is evidently written un d er a m i sappre h tns i o n of the facts, and Li OileWatei to do some injury both to myself and to 3.?ur company, as it will leave an impres sion that your directors are clissatifled with the manner in which the steam service between Newhaven and Dieppe is at present performed, and that consequently your chairman was present at the trial of the Wave Queen, with a view to substituting better boats. As it is stated that the speed and general results of the trial of the Wave Queen were satisfactory to your com pany, and as my vessel, the Paris, whi c h l e f t Newhaven on Saturday twenty-five minutes after the Wave Queen, and was the first to land her passengers, 11,:ving mad e the passage in ten minutes less tune, I am justified in supposing that the service, as at present performed, ha s been far from unsatisfactory to your directors.—Y ours obediently, HENRY P. MAPLES, 5, Arthur -street East, Aug. 10, 1852. London_, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. Sir,—London Terminus, Aug. 10, 1852. In London to your letter of this date with refer ence to the experimental trip with the Wave Queen, I am desired to say that the service between Newhaven and Dieppe has been performed by your steamer, the Paris, - satisfactorily to the directors of this company, the pas sage having been made on the average in less than five hours and a.half. lam to add that the chairman of this company was present at the trial of the Wave Queen, in order to witness an experiment with a vessel of a novel construction, and not because this company is dissatisfied with the manner in which the present service is per formed.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. P. Maples, Esq, FRED. SLIGHT. [ADVE RTISEMENT.] Messrs. Allsopp and Sons aro informed that some of their respected competitors conceive that they have made too exclusive use of Baron Liebig's letter to Mr. All sopp; and they, therefore, feel themselves called upon to republish the letter, in order that the public may form a correct judgment of the intention of that eminent autho rity, which was, un questionably , to i n d uce general con fidence in the genuine nature of the productions of all the leading Brewing Establishments of this country, as well as to convey a personally-favourable opinion of the ale brewed by Messrs. Allsopp and Sons:— BARON LIMO TO HENRY ALLSOPP, ESQ., DIIRTON-ON TRENT. The unguarded remark of a French chemist, that the strychnine imported in England is employed in part as a substitute for hops in the manufacture of beer, has lately spread alarm among the lovers of pale ale. Having been appealed to by you to express my opinion on this sub ject, which appears to me to be,in a dietetic point of view, one of considerable public interest, I now offer the fol lowing brief statement:— About a quarter of a century ago a brewer in West phalia fell into the practise of adulterating his beer with nux vomica, from which it is well known that strychnine is obtained. The peculiar morbid symptoms, however, which resulted from the consumption of this adulte rated beer, speedily led to the detection of the fraud. The effects produced by nux vomica and strychnine are so characteristic, that every medical man will readily detect their origin. The French novelist, Alexander Dumas, has described them, though with more imagi nation than truth, in his romance of " Monte Christo." It is possible that the Westphalian case, which, from being made the subject of a criminal trial, obtained great notoriety, has given rise to the assumption that in England the strychnine imported is used for the purpose of mixing with beer. But nobody at all acquainted with the great breweries of that country could seriously entertain the suspicion of an adulteration of beer with strychnine or any other deleterious substance. It is practically impossible that any operation of a doubtful character could be carried out in these extensive esta blishments, on account of the large number of workmen employed in them. Any attempt on the part of the brewer to impart qualities to his beer in an illicit man ner, which are not to be obtained from malt or hops, would necessarily lead to his ruin, as he would be obliged to communicate his secret to too many persons, and to employ too many accomplices. The draymen them selves, as good connoisseurs in beer, would protest against any manipulation of a suspicious character. The case has even occurred of an eminent brewer not ven turing to make use of a method suggested to him for the purpose of clearing his beer more effectually, because the addition of a new material to the wort might have induced a suspicion in the minds of his workmen that it was an illicit proceeding, and this would have endan gered the good reputation which his beer enjoyed. Ho stated to me at the same time that no improvement could be introduced into a brewery, the object of which was not perfectly evident to everybody. During a sojourn of several days at Burton-on-Trent, I had an opportunity of becoming intimately acqesinted with the method pursued in the manufacture of pale ale. I convinced myself that the qualities of this excellent beverage depended mainly upon the care used in the se lection of the best kinds of malt and hops, and upon the ingenuity exhibited in conducting the processes of mashing and fermenting. Our continental brewers have much to learn in these points to come up to the English brewers. I have no hesitation in saying that England possesses the greatest adepts in malting. I know posi tively that the chiet brewers of Munich, who undoubtedly produce the best beer in Germany, have gone through This may account for the an apprenticeship in Burton. of be • for the by medical men, for these varieties beer; predilection entertained by the . g!neral public, as well as contribute to health guides in the choice of things that in stinct of humanity and experience appearto be as good fmann in the excellent - Professor Graham and Ho , and enjoyment as the profoundest philosophy. strychnine, have indicated a very lion of the pale ale by s re port already addressed to you upon the alleged adultel have satisfied myself of strychnine contained in beer. simple process for detecting the most minute quantity of accuracy of ir , the great convenience a nd self an analysis of method seve y ral specimens of pale ale o btained from ondon houses, and have farther assured my b supplied by your establishment, of the utter groundless ness of the imputation that this beer was poisoned w ith strychnine. I am positive, and am supported in my views by the concordant analyses of all chemists who have occupied themselves with the examination of beer, that the poisoning of pale ale with strychnine has never . occurred. I believe I may safely add that it never will take place; for although en ignorant brewer might be induced, from interested motives, to add mix vomica to his beer, the word strychnine so forcibly suggests one of the most virulent poisons, that whoever has heard any_ thing about strychnine at all is sure to be aware of thi s . By adulterating his beer with strychnine, the bre wer would be knowingly committing a crime whi c h , in the present state of science, must be followed by immediate detection and punishment. Mr. E. Merck, of Darmstadt, one of the most exten sive strychnine manufacturers in Europ e , informs me that this substance is peculiarly adapted to destroy it is the ver faanct- y fully min of all kinds. In many parts of G erm popular poison for rats and mice. This that has lately ac counts for the large amount of the drug been commerce, The specimensroduced ala sent to me have af intinotfo 3,our af forded me another opportunity of qualities. l am myself an confirming its valuable admirer of this b everage , a nd my own experienc e ena bl es me to recommend it, in ac cordance with th e op i n i on of the most eminent English physicians, as a ver y agreeable an d e ffi c i ent ton i c , and as a general b everage bath f or the invalid and t h e robust. Giessen, May 6, 1852 . JUSTUS LIESIG. NARROW ESCAPE —Y es t er d ay a f ternoon three en' gineers attached t o t h e factory at Woolwich P cs i c ci k a Y :h r e went r f o_ll w b a 1 0 1 a a r d d j t o h u e r n W i n i g d g t e h o e n s t s o t r e eahmo se, s t e o l , lying long., „- ri; a bout , do seEntT e an d all the boilers, and for that purpose opened the ruallu° ta k en the three descended into the interior without enter ed havie Was precaution of ascert a i n i ng th a t the one th e a av fter the other 1 tree of foul ai r . It was soon ev id e nt tbat r eil ed y , the foul t ail:, t t o ha sa , v . e f of the three engineers had been overp and fallen helplessly to the bottom of . _ ;rn „ oes ib a . l n n e d Thom not immediately taken out, it wouldre °lle:Bbli liearm' the i time work their lives. Highly to the .o c,_d at ata tm boiler and son, one of the gang of convigom assisted byhisbrother into o take up the engineers, which hand, and, after repeated board the vessel, he offered to times to get efforts, havin to come p g ipg i n g up the three bodies convicts, who all lent ar - , - ; nt ealf several cceeded in open' of the case, one of the engi fresh air, be g s ening o f the manhole, a most difficult through the narrow P di d d o , wn h t there did not appear the slight‘st , r neers being pets- b o d y for upwards of a quarter of an respiration .e. in was taken out of the boiler. Fortunately, all hour after he have re covered. The heroic conduct of Thomp task under the dram saved the lives of the three engineers, at the son,, wh i r 0 ,,,, n , deserves a free pardon, especially as he has risk (1. s e rved two years and four months of the period of lre -ears' transportation to which he was sentenced by a the engineers seven tial for running away from a picket of the Royal c ourt-ma • Art illery, in which corps he was serving at Bermuda. T HE AMATEUR CHAMPION SCULLS.—The contest for the amateur champion sculls, presented to the river by Mr. Wingfield, about twenty years since, w as appo i nted to take place yesterday at nine o'clock, the distance being from Putney to Kew-bridge. The last contest for this honorary distinction was in August, 1849 ; as for 1850 an d 18 51, Mr. Bone was unchallenged. This year, Mr. Peacock, being the only challenger, became entitled to row the holder (Mr. Bone) the final heat yesterday; the asual trial heat, upon the 3.1 of August, being in this case unnecessary. A few minutes before nine o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Peacock appeared at the starting post, and was quickly followed by the umpire in the eight oared cutter of the Thames Club. After waiting twenty minutes, at the risk of losing the tide, and Mr. Bone not appearing, and no signs of him or of any preparations on his part being visible, Mr. Peacock started alone, and rowed quietly over the course, arriving at Kew bridge at ten o'clock, fortyr minutes having been occupied in r ow ing the distance-53i miles. Tess RUMOURED DEATH OF THE EARL OF TAN" KERXILLE.—A correspondent says—" An announcement of the demise of this venerable Peer having appeared in the Gateshead Observer of Saturday last, inquiries were made at his Lordship's residence, in Hertford-street, Mayfair, when it was ascertained that the statement was premature, his Lordship being i n th e en j oyment of per f ect h ea lth. The Earl wag bun in 1776, A nd ongequeutly is in big 76th year. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty, his Royal HighnessßOß N E, PrinceAlbert,Tllnn the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, embarked at half-past six o'clock last night on hoard the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. of the The Duke of Northumberland, First Lor d e h er Admiralty, embarked also • in attendance o Majesty. B Countess of Her Majesty was attendee' by 13 n g, the lion. Gainsborougb, the Hon. Beatr:cr ,_ . .Y gr. Gibbs is Colonel Phipps, and Sir James C . te_r: sses AI. the Prince in attendance on their Royal Iligu m of Wales and Prince Alfred. Bonn Br i e , Equerries in Lord Colville and Colon/ the Bieck Eagle. Waiting, embarked cn "ruadron remained at anchor The Royal yac ht and bsogrne, and proceeded about during the night off 0 . 3 t o the eastward. seven o'clock this mere,. 0 Bann Brunnow hmd a n iltervie . w with the Earl of Derby yesterday at his official resi . dence in Downing. street. Sir Janes Brooke, Sir Brook William Bridges, M r . Cunard, and Mr. Com p to n , had also in- Bridges, with the Noble Earl yesterday. of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. HERALD.—Mr. Webster has spoken at Marsh field. He is answerable for much needless and dan gerous excitement, when be tells a popular audience to rest assured that the matter of the fisheries along her Majssty's coasts in her North American colonies " is a subject on which no one slept at Washington." We cannot say as much for the wakefulness of our British administrators for many years past. Mr. Webster will surprise Europe by the precipitate course he pursues on this occasion. We had ex pected better things from one who is not only a most eloquent speaker, but who has no small claims to take his place among the foremost of living statesmen. insHepiirsaotinnoeof of his severe and thosewhomDanattaetedley musescribes with all the Dig mostca a n C s s o a n n u r t e ° o d e r e i for And yethi a he t rdl , oagm soon rbaivai d l'9 i t s i c 2 o ' Itt,gnroorunredahsoevh,aosns(w) rhaieshhlytosesi,:zaendd,.hellh7haas t n v d e e o r t eh , se t r h h a fea t , scat i ya p ; of the English Government? Liat they have violated a treaty. No! and he cannot say s^. Toe most clear and indisputable, and let us add, undisputed provisions of the last treaty, the treaty on which this whole ques tion depends, not only sanction what they do, but would justify much more than they intend or wish to etTect. Does he allege that, without violating the provisions of the convention of the 20th of October, 1818, her Majesty's present Secretary of State for Foreign Atnirs has strained in any degree their ins port? Not even this is advanced. Is the co m pl a i nt that those provisions have been put in force without necsesity, and with harshness ? Something like this is hinted. We shall soon see with what truth ; and, brief as shall be our remarks, we can promise to dissi pate a whole cloud of misrepresentations. But, first, let us s ay one wo rd respecting the most vehement o f Mr. Webster's accusations. He protests against the English Government because they have now put upon the treaty in question an interpretation differ ent from that which Lord Aberdeen adopted in 1845. This is at variance with all the facts of the case. Lord Aberdeen interpreted the treaty pre cisely as it is now interpreted by her Majesty's Government; and, what is more, Mr. Everett and the American Government, as we can show, then accepted this same, and still, in all respects, un changed interpretation. On the 20th of October, 1818, the two Governments agreed, and signed the treaty, that all along her Majesty's open coasts in America the Americans should be allowed to take fish at a distance from the land not less than three marine miles. Within that distance, even on the open coasts, the possessors of the settlement had pro prietorship of territory and jurisdiction, by law, by international right generally, and by virtue oithis treaty expressly. Then came the question of the " bays, harbours, creeks, and inlets." From these (with the exception of some distinctly and categori cally named, from Cape Ray to the Itameau Islands, and from Cape Ray to Quirpon Islands, and even these under certain restrictions), the American fishermen were clearly prohibited by the convention. Stress of weather and other extraneous exigencies were allowed as excuse for intrusion. This being so, then arose the question of the Bay of Fundy. The Ame ricans represented th at , t h oug h a b ay , it was so extensive th a t i t partook of the character of the h i gh sea, sual a d and cto ofisn the coa s t on e i ther band. Lordd 14, conceded th e requested advantag e three marineAber these, m w i i l t e h s in freni the ma friendly e, spirit B4 —not as a r i g h t, but as a permission. We may here remark that the demand for this permission, as well as the grant of it, guarded by a reference to, and reservation of; the law and right to withhold and to withdraw it, wholly overt h row the argument of a supposed " right by prescription" as against the ad mitted force of the treaty; for if, indeed, there then existed a " prescriptive" and suffer e d possession of thirty years' standing (as stated by Mr. Webster), why accept it as a concession, why not protest against it as a favour ? But it is urged that it wa s harsh suddenly to withdraw this leave. It i s not withdrawn. The American fishermen c an still pursue, and have not for one instant been checked in pursuing, their avocations in the British waters of the Bay of Fundy. What of this American smack that has been seised ? It was seized in that part of the Bay of Fundy where the Americans were never allowed to fish at all—. namely, within musket shot of the British coast. Much has been said of the duty incumbent on her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs to have given notice of the measures he was about to adopt. Notice of what measures? Here is the mistake. Notice, indeed, was given. Yet is there no change of policy whatever, of which a notice might be necessary. There is merely a change from the supposed protec tion and maintenance of the undoubten rights of our poor fishermen, to the actual protection and mainte nance of those rights. There is no change except from culpable inaction to the performance of an avowed and bounden duty. Is it necessary for a new Government to give notice that it intends to respect treaties, to enforce all clear rights, and to discharge its most sacred obligations ? Nevertheless, notice was given to the United States Government in June last that, for the purpose of securing to our fishermen what remained to them of their indisputable rights, after Lord Aberdeen's concessions, an additional naval force (the former o ne being inadequate), would be stationed i n those seas. Were the squadron twenty times as numerous, the American fishermen will not be prevented, even in the Bay of Fundy, from filling their nets, provided they do go within three miles' distance from the coast, and not under the very sha dow of our countrymen's homes. For such a mere measure of police no notice was needful, though a notice was actually given. When the French in crease their naval force in the British Channel for the protection of their fishermen, they neither give a no tice to us, nor are we so foolishly jealous as to expect it. Every state disposes as it pleases of its navy, and moves it from station to station in full freedom, without notice to other Governments. No new duty whatever is to be performed by our ships on the shores of our British American colonies. An old ser vice is to be discharged more efficiently than the force already there was able to accomplish. At the same time it is to be observed that our fleet, though in creased, is not greater than that which the French maintain on their own fisheries; nor is it unworthy towards whom we have adopted the self of notice that the French, against whom, or rather, as that mea sures, have evinced no such susceptinilitY which Mr. Webster is endeavouring to excite . am c o o n n g . our kinsmen of the United States. We uisf;;eicnessity eluding, 5 5y a word on the subject of the of the same of these measures, and of the conditionsa,he English fishery, as they affect the two The Americans fish in the Bay of Fundy by g ri ht ;irtue of a friendly take fish there by courtesy,. snd dl in state. Since 1845 permission granted to a fiv e % y their nets into these the two nations have drop dissimilar conditions ; and, nations._ waters, side by side, we may add, with very c i l ja _ d a right to the produce, English fishermen/ w h o ,bad American market, F i Bsimilar advantages. The n e to pay a duty of 20 per cent. and there is comP. e ; - , to the same port fish which he The American bri v n irtue of the liberality of the Go has taken only:in9 co mpetitor, and receives a large carries his fish to th which the welcomed intruder . Go vernment of bounty bounty, the sins neingsuessor well OUT coun tr ym en .uendnde b ct i " ua ny derived from the duty which the pays. Thus there is a double ac d a double cause at the same t r i j o g u b tif:lioPrDese to have t he a valuerigh right, secured the produce to w ' en an hance the price of the commo dities t o which his rival has access only by courtesy, dities the courtesy of the country to which he belongs who atrteioant.ietso it'us'ininetitfhnoirsofnmpaealr.nner so signally injured. Mr. 'Webster so ya that the American fishermen shall be protected e hook and line, and bob and sinker." We also have fishermen in those waters, and the waters are theirs ; and we want no more for them, and we have long been content with much less than fair play for " their hook and line, and bob and sinker." THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —We are glad to learn that posts are now being Put down for the erection of the telegraph between Glasgow and Ayr. Communication by this means between Ardrossan and the metropolis of the west will, it is expected, be completed in about two months, and between Ayr and those towns shortly after.—North Bri tish Mail. DR. NEWMAN. all the Roman Catholic congregations to late trial. The means —A correspondent says that a cir cularmal Wiseman was read on Sunday letter from Card . ject are left to the discretion contribute tb towards u the expenses chapels in London, requesting the ensuestactlS o ti b l - o the ca r r i ry est i s n , g an o d in most places a collection will be made after each p of the services of next Sunday. The letter states that Pr. Newman's ex penses amount to 7,5001., and that of this 2,500/. has been already collected. DURHAM CITY . --In consequence of the death of there til a a n f d ter that Mr. T. C. Granger, Q.C., which took place suddenly at Yo r k on Thursday last, there is a vacancy in the representa tion of this city. Mr.iGrooger's remains will be interred in elit'ehauter P n r g otectionist candidate at the I t ‘ b ,i e ll l b 'e u m n p u le ac C tiv h e ur s c t h e , ps L t o ak nd en o n b , y n ei e t x h t er T p h a u r r ty sda u y n , do even tncle r ;but ry,a L u o d rd th A e d d o last election, will again offer himself. Mr- IL W. Fenwick, of South Hill, will he brought forward in the Liberal in terest. Lord A. Vane was defeated by Mr. Atherton by some three or four votes at the last election, and the contest will necessarily b e a close one. Alter the death of Mr. Granger was known in Durham, soma influential electors put them selves in communication with Sir George Grey, but in con a previous arran em sequence his , g ents the Rightßaronet declined having name put in nomination, otherwise the s eat would have been secure to him. NEW POST -OFFICE REGULATION,-17 a new 1.3 ' gu l a tion issued by th e P ostmaster-Genera l, which came into operation last week, all lettersposted in the United King dom, or within th e metropolitan d i s t r i c t for places in the kingdom, must eith er h ave a s t a mp thereon, or be sent p unpaid, no prepayment by means of money being allowed. This new regulation will have the effect of simplifying the official accounts, and also of keeping the actual collection of the revenue m ore di rec tly in the hands of the Post-office au thorities at S.t. Martin's-le-Grand than before. ESP° ..r." resig-t 111 "o [S