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.e de and e con d pot 'n'e o tb° LY) • earo or otiler treln e saes. lboo r ' O.) m 00 ICellP wanes/ uestio o g sonle butt t h i j f " ISO ICet e •.••M..Mnt. • COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. - (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) c ROYAL YAk_,HT SQUADRON REGATTA. for Princ e AUG. 10.—The tottowine• vessels started this day au ww — a f t. ba w ri a e n riz e d e ,f ,t , tr a s Course, from Cowes Roads" to the off Yarmouth, thence to the Nab, 4-`0" : .._.;ad, 70 t ons, J o h n Q uantock, Esq. Heroine, 35 tons, J. R. Carnac, Esq. Intrepid, 55 tons, Duke of Beaufort. Spider, 33 tons, I. E. Lacon, Esq. Th . Drift, 55 tons, James Lyons, Esq. li ffere is was a handicap race, and the allowance of time for nce of tonnage was according to Mr. Ackers' scale. fro t he gun fired at 11 Aar., there was a strong breeze teethe northward and westward, and the yachts proceeded iV westward, the Drift taking the lead, closely followed i)3.'fta‘the Heroine. On their return from Yarmouth the Drift nin t the adv antage by three minutes and a hal; and in run baF. the Nab sh e i ncrease d i t to nine minutes, but in a0 " 4 " 12 R back she lost ground, and only came in four minutes 13 „ 41 half before the Heroine, which vassal being allowed 10 sec., was declared the winner. The next vessel I r '° the Intrepid, which came in 33% minutes after the ...eroine, and the Spider 22 minutes after her. The Naiad forround the Nab. Never could there have been a finer uaY for the match ; but the vessels during the whole of the n 4 g. a . t 4 do not seem to have been well matched—there was rag like neck and neck in it. W n ler ISlajesty, the Prince, Princess Royal, and Prince of ialeas left Osborne yesterday morning in the royal yacht, ti l " e ` u ding to proceed to Devonport : it blew so strong that th, Yacht brought to off Yarmouth for the night, and this '1"444a1n proceeded, accompanied by the Black Eagle and " tender. tll:44st Cowes' Regatta took place yesterday. The crews of much Whole. of the sailing boats appeared to have taken too t:,,,,,gr0g on board, as two of them capsized. Fortunately riAP`am Morgan of the Adder Revenue cutter, raw the ac „_uent, and immediately put off in his boat and saved the non:ten; as he returned to the cutter the second boat upset ; fWas fortunate enough to pick up one of the men, and the tb_ r :Ybeat th e o th er. This is the eleventh man that Roberton, or ferryman, has saved, and the seventh that Captain oas renned. to -the RE P O TATO BLlGHT.—Whatever doubts there may be as extent of this visitation last year, there is no mistake t ," B Year ; it is too general to admit of a doubt, whether on Ar ad hills or the valleys, the garden_s _or the fields, all seem qtad or dying. From all parts of the county the accounts dre equally the same. COURT CIRCULAR. , Isis Royal Hi g h ness t h e Hereditary Grand Duke of Meck 41aburg Strelitz arrived in town yesterday. His Royal High ales returned to Kew in the afternoon. The Milbank Prison Commission had their first meeting r titti, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Commission it:keesent were the Earl of Chichester, Lord Seymour, and ...**44ickharn Escott M.P. Gar. ti • • macke bad an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, the Col onial -office. Mr. Archibald Cuninghame had also Il it . er v b iew yesterday with the Noble Earl. Cla te ;, - c'arl of Radnor had an interview with the Earl of 3'esterdav't IVlrTiVesterday at the office of the Board . of Trade. Rendal had an interview with Sir George Grey D;s a r the Home-office. from h atches Were received yesterday at the Colonial- office, Of S t g -over... of the Mauritius and from the Governor e r • elen 441) her respneuess oflnverness had a dinner party yesterday at The juten.ce in Keteington•Palace. Pri p_sucheial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honourable recg''"uncil sat yeKerday. Dr. Lushington gave judgment, from R n e g the itul.gment of the Court below, on an appeal Zb e ,F4gal, Cr,wie v. Renfrey. the Roils present w ere the Lord President, the Master of CAI — ` 3,1 4 0 41 Campbell, and the Judge of the Admiralty rt. 4 fter • NS % h earing Dr. Addams on a petition, their Lordships -- - S PORTIN G INTELL IGEN CE. The R T ,E N tRIDGE WELLS RACES.—YESTEaDAT. ~_ V u ge Stakes of 10 sous . eac h, h f t , an d on l y five i f de- Mr. acLared, &c., with 50 added. One mile and a , half. t r il.l:: h i_: , :;:d's Tit-bit, 3 yrs, Est 71b .. ...... ( G unton) 1 2 Mr, 1,4 1 ". 301 1's Syntaxiana, aged, Bst Redleg, 3 yrs, 6st 21b Nr. Ifilws Lady Flora, aged, Bst Xr. b c 'e k e ray's Lady Charlotte, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 5 .ualchin's Sir Edmund (h b), 3 yrs, Est 101 b 6 The S te Won by half a length—the race disputed. 2 tewards' Plate of 20 sous., added to a Sweepstakes of Tn a° ''s• each. The winner to be sold for .60 sovs.of de 111,:aged, 8". Heats one mile and a distance. Al t k/10,11'8 Devil-among -the-Tailors, Bst Illb ... 1 3 1 tit taita Judex, aged, Bst Illb 2 3 2 Nr• j aw 's, keggar Girl, 6 yrs, Bst 1 Ilb alr. Ainfty's Ealing, 6 yrs, Sat 41b 5 4 4 14.... oort's Conservative, 4yre, Bst 81b.. titela nes's Puck, 6rs, Bst 41b 4 dr h eat woo b y half a length—the winner claimed. _(RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ORK AUGUST MEETING. Th e h WEDNESDAY. D`411°14.9 Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30 added. .ar, J, „ One mile and a quarter. t ":i a Y' B The Hero, 3 yrs, Est Blb (A. Day) 1 Air. pie"Elanfa Lightning, 5 yrs, Bst 91b 2 Nr. All molar's The Barmaid, 3 yrs, fc 81b 3 6 to bo b Lady Alice, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ell Hero, 2to 1 agst Lightning. Won easy by two --'lllestoire Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft. One mile W, c and three quarters. kr, L. k , ' - ' e ott's Sir Tatton Sykes •A4n . ,the Wrestler If er V a a on Sir Tatton. Won by half a distance. _ k r. 1 : /J ava ,I,esty's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles. 1 f ejkla ; L ilt Hero, 3 yrs DI er add4lnheritress, 6 yrs 2 Jinglepct, 4 yrs ... 0 Th e L ighw ayman, 4 yrs it 4tO 1 n Hero. Won a neck. o- ery Plate of 251., added to a y Sweepstake of 5 sovs. . I, ord each. One mil e . 111 , , -, Aesterfield' s S na k e , 3 yrs (W. Abdale) 1 • iv alter's Ratcliff e , 5 y rs 1 1 , _ague. , Headsmen, 3 y rs 3 be -P rince of. Wales':Stakes, of 10 sows. each and 50 added, T . , for two-wear-olds. T. Y. C. (Si xty - four subP.) rd George tentinck's Slander, 3 yrs (W. Abdale) 1 Payne's f by Venison out of Cobweb . 2 3 kr. Mostyn's fwisoges (Piccaro . on filly) a,The following also ran :—Christopher, Vice Consul, Ben ``go, Twilight filly, Pink Bonnet, Little . Ne 1 , 1 ., Sultana, George tiepli,enson, Daring, Adroit, Erna, Bit Nibble, Cheapside, D' -L'lewinan, Nottingham, Helias, Souter Johnny, and the colt.—Won by a length. Th e Gre a t Eb or Handicap of 200 sovs., added to a Sweep stakes of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared; the .lA.(l a eeond to save his stake. One mile and three-quarters. 25 Subs, 84 of whom declared.) 17:Copeland's Arthur, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Sharp) 1 iv ory yarburgh's Miss Sarah, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 2 • be , skald a Farthing Candle, 3 yrs, sst 21b ... 3 We following also ran :—Bourton, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Miss 5 A 4 ,Yrs, 7st 1 0113—Coheiress, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—Example, eatlikist 81 b—Legacy, 6 yrs, 7st 41b--Sir George, 3 yrs, 54 Robin Burns, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Camera Obscure, 3 yrs, ---,..kr_° L aura colt, 3 yrs, s s t 51b—Columbus, 4 yrs, Est 31b Eat f°sll isl nent, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 18t L 23 - " - Satyr, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Slashing Molly colt, 3 yrs, " -- -Won by a length. Th e /3 , BLOXWICH RACES. Is'er °x lvich Trial Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added, were e „ 1 , Kinnersley'Sßrewood. The Hurdle Stakes won nd ' by Brewood. Sweestakes of 2 sovs each, were won by reNti)Z'F's Mrs. Caudle, and the Hurry Scurry Stakes by Th e tr o j 3 ROMSGROVE RACES.—TIIESDAY. ,11. 7grOVe Stakes of 10 sows. each, and 40 addecl. Twice round and a distance. 41.1 r, f re,t's Exhort, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Bradley) 2 1 nd b c, by Chit Chat, 3 yrs, 7st T h aster Downes and Pal were not placed. Won easy .1-lewell Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, tw ice sir a distance, were won easily by Mr. : ‘'aest re ti ; ' S t 21b (Collinbourne), beating Mr. Davenport s ' and Mr. Taylor's Rosa filly. Th e WEDNESDAY. r ound &minters' Stakes of 30 sovs. each, and 20 added ; twice Roeb uc k a dis., we r e won, in 3 heats, by Mr. Cowp er , s Polly , 3 ' 4 yrs (Brown), beating ch c, by the Count, out of yrs, and Niobe, 5 yrs. twi" Vrafton Mno ar Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added, 4 yrs -A rouou and a dis., were won by Mr. Cowper's Roebuck, Bst 121 b, beating Exhort, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b. ' ll 4,,Raek Stakes were won by Mr. Phillips' Elei. --z,VON AND EXETER RACES.—IYEDNESDAY. e First Claus of Home Stakes of 25 sows., added to a aSweepstakes of 10 sows . each, 3 ft. Heats, 2 miles _ D t ani Croft on ' s R osa, 4 yrs, (h b). ......( Mr. S co bl e ) 1 1 Iting's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs . 2 dr, Won easy. T he Ilaldon Plate of 30/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each 1 ft. Heats, the new course. e l t ,aPta_i C f n's ' Zuleika, 3 yrs, Bat (Stockers) 1 1 Lir• Go n lds r w ° Orlhey's Woodbury, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b......... dr dr otr. Ilex's Flirt, 5 yrs, 6st The Hurdle Stakes of 3_ sous. each, and 20 added, 12st each. Heats, one mile. Mr. Waring's Fortune-Teller, aged .....(Luke) 1 1 th% Knott's The Baron (late Topthorn) 2 2 • Bioore's Troubadour, 6 yrs ~.. 3 3 Won by a length. THE RIVER PLATE. toPon-ramouTH, WEDNESDAY.--Her Majesty's ship America, g li c ru4 Captain the Hon. John Gordon, arrived this morn a'rorn the Pacific with a freight of 1,800,000 dollars on ghants' accounts. Ir al l er dates are from Mazatlan, Feb. 9; St. Blas, March 3; s i C r aiso, April 26 ; and Rio, June 23. 48 iwt cr ossed the equator on the 9th o f J u ly i n l ong 24 d eg. Ilvult• W. 4 n(ric h l,s arrival we have nine days later news f rom Ri o C ar : Parana • from the latter place rather di sas t rous . Orep.rairl Gordon has visited California and the di s p u t e d th e ?,"ti t erritory, and suffered very much in health w h en on o , n oast of Mexico. arri v .,, t he day the America left Rio (the 23d of June) news ete lt ,"' there from the River Plate. The ships (five war Daeo,,,,r°, mentioned in the news brought by the Swift los s ") and convoy had returned down the Parana, with the n. _°l three vessels run ashore and destroyed. a nd affairs with Rosas seem to be in as bad a state as ever, ist• °tit horrors. ki ii i e st r egret to announce that Mr. Hamilton, the British getti, er at Rio, had had a severe paralytic attack, but was T h e better when the America left. Pla ca ac coudientent of the Empress of Brazil . had not taken c1811„ 11 P to the date of the America leaving Rio, but it was li e . 7 e xpect d e • tor n ,_ Admiral Engle fi eld, with the squadron . under his were in the River Plate when the America left. kr. it- r ef were brought was immediately taken charge of by and c - vert --"u, a member of the firm of Shaw, Maxwell, Th e • ' of London, for conveyance to the Bank of Englan d . chatBe qh in e er sii i-ea ecie. is ordered into harbour this evening to (Its- MG R dit e „,_ . TALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number . of Si lt 'l. registered in the metropolis during the week ending of ,1 11 : 14 3 7 , Aug. 15, 1846, was 967 ; , of this total the number Bo ila thaeths from disease was 925, showing a diminution with l weo. number of deaths from disease, as compared 2 wit . f the 43,3e,npre.ceding. The deaths from chola were 3 rm cou stt e r3, 8 ; and from diarrhcea, 149. The . deaths from during he were 128. There were 1,363 births registered- -,-,tho week. „ .. y, i ~,, ~..- I th e a '"" i'l l'"'lß CHARLES WE'rriEuELL.--Th" remains ue ctur ' le ,It• Charles Wetherell- will bo removed from I . 'regtoo k e... 3', .Ifthist,iie, thls foray un for the family mansion, in filer tvtex:Nttare. It is understood that the funeral of the deceased 14 , 111, tiav,„Pace on Tuesday, and that his remitias will be Consigned toile ''''4,ll-1.1.1.4u1ti Toraplt, ____ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1846 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. DEFEAT OF THE KAFIRS. We have been favoured with the following supple ment to the Cape Town Allail of the 13th of June, which gives the full particulars of the engagement of the British troops with the Kafirs We learn from a communication from Reit Fontein dated June 7th, that "the Kafiri have passed this with about 20,000 sheep and goats, belonging to the Dutch at Kill's Lager, which have got safe through into Kafirland. The authorities at Fort Beaufort have used the inhabitants very badly in this neighbourhood, never, on any occasion, giving them any assistance until it was too late, and then only tbr nights, so that they have been left entirely to the mercy of all Kafirland. Sir A. Strockenstrom seems to have gained the esteem of everybody round the neigh hood of the Kaja and Bavians river, aiding and assisting everybody that applies to him." JUNE 15, 1846. " The Frontier post, which arrived this morning brings intelligenne ofan engagement having taken place near Fort Peddie, in which the Kafir have at last felt the weight of the arm they had so long and daringly provoked, and which has been so unwillingly lifted against them. " The Frontier Times of the 9th instant contains the fol lowing particulars, which we hasten to lay before our readers : (Graham's Town Journal Extra.) We have the satisfaction of announcing that dispatches have just reached town, brought by Lieutenant Bisset, Cape Mounted Rifles, containing particulars of a very spirited en gagement with the Kafirs yesterday at the kraal of the Kafir chief Stock, and in which the enemy was utterly defeated, with a loss variously estimated from 300 to 500 men. There appears to be no mistake as to the character of this engage ment, and which may be considered a fair trial of strength between the combatants, and who appear to have been very equal in number. The vast superiority of our forces was never for an instant doubtful. The Kafirs, seduced by their recent astonishing successes, appear to have exhibited at the outset great daring, not shunning the engagement, but chal lenging the troops to come on—an invitation which, in this instance, there was no backwardness in accepting. This ap plies, however, only to Stock's Kafirs, as in the subsequent and most successful engagement, the enemy .was taken en tirely by surprise, and•appears to have been almost totally destroyed. " DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY, NEAR FORTPEDDIE. " TUESDAY, SIX P.M. " As we were going to press we received intelligence of a brilliant•engagement that took place yesterday between the division under Colonel Somerset and a numerous body of the enemy, near Fort Peddie. The particulars, as they have come to hand in private letters, are as follows. The dispatches were brought in to the General by Lieutenant Bisset, Cape Mounted Rifles. " FORT ?EDDIE, JUNE 8. "Colonel Somerset has just arrived from the most success ful trip against the Kafirs which he has teken yet. A party of the Burghers and Fiogoes were ordered off last night to scour the Fish River Bush in the direction of Stock's and Urnkai's Kraals, and Colonel Somerset himself joined them to-day early with the Cape Mounted Rifles, and two great guns. Not far from here (I think about the place where the waggons were burned) the Kafirs were seen in great force, and then commenced the day. The smoke of the guns could be distinctly seen from the tower, and from before nine A.M. till about two P.M. the firing from cannon and small arms was kept up without ceasing. At last Colonel Lindsay sent out Captain Hogg with his troop, and King and his gun, which turned out a most fortunate circumstance, as it seems that Stock, with whose men they were engaged, sent off mounted expresses for I'ato to come to his assistance ; but just before they ar rived Somerset had driven Stock from the bush, and met the others under Umhala, with Captain Hogg in their rear ; so that they could not retreat, and were thus between two fires. This was Somewhere about Mount Somerset—the dragoons charging; through them, forming, and then charging hack again. The Kafirs being so knocked up with running and fighting, they could do nothing, and were cut down by scores. The flats are covered with dead, and all the kraals on fire, and very strong suspicions of Stock himself having fallen. I have not heard the estimated number of slain, but it is thought about 500. Sir Harry Darell is wounded in the arm and leg by assegais. Bunbury also wounded in the arm and leg by assegais. Cap tain Walpole, Royal Engineers, is wounded in the thigh by a ball, and severely wounded in the neck by an assegai, which laid bare the windpipe —none of the cffieers, however, are dangerously hurt. Five of the 7th wounded—one, I believe, dangerously, the assegai having entered ab ou t th e sma ll o f the back, and coming out opposite in-front. " A Cape mounted sergeant was killed—the only one,—so this is all the casualties on our side. Two prisoners hav e been taken, who say that the Kafirs were just assembling in the buAl to intercept the waggons from Trompetter's to-morrow. All the Burghers, when coming in, had bundles of assegais, and captured guns. A great many good-looking horses were also taken. " FORT PEDDIE, JUNE 8. " Colonel Somerset has been out to-day in the direction of Stock's Kraal. About an hour after he left we heard heavy firing, which lasted for two or three hours. It appears that they were challenged I.)y a lot of Kafirs in the bush; they went in after them, and gave them a regular mauling, shot a great number of them, and coming out on the flat when they had polished these gentlemen off, they fell in with a body of about 500 to 600, whom they also charged, and shot like so many dogs. I believe, at the lowest computation, 350 were left dead on the field. This last body that they fell in with were Pato's Kafirs, who heard the firing at Stock's Kraal, and were hastening to his assistance, when, luckily for us, they were caught upon the open flat, and the 7th Dragoons and Cape Corps charged them and literally rode over them. I trust that this affair, coupled with the attack on Peddie, will cool their courage considerably. One corporal of the Cape Mounted Rifles was shot dead, and Sir Harry Darell, Captain Walpole, Royal Engineers, and L. Bunbury, together with some men of the 7th, are slightly wounded, I think four of them slightly, and one very dangerously. Colonel Somerset seems the only man that can bring them to their senses. They were all going down to attack supply waggons that were to come up from Trompetter's to-morrow morning, but I fancy, after to-day, they will not attempt it. The following dispatches refer to an action previous to that above described : OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. Head-quarters, Graham's Town, May 30. The Governor and Commander-in-Chief publishes the fol lowing dispatch, which his Excellency has just received from Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, 91st Regiment, commanding at Fort Peddle : " Fort Peddle, May 29. " Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the information of his Excellency the Commander-in -Chief, that on the 27th instant, about one o'clock P.M., the resident agent informed me that his spies had come in to say that there were parties of Kafirs about the hills north of the post, who would pro bably try to take off tome cattle grazing furthest from it. I directed the troop 7th Dragoon Guards, with fourteen Cape Mounted Rifles, and the light six- pounder, to patrole round the hills, and protect the cattle. About an hour after this the gun was fired several titres from the direction of the north-west bill, about two miles and a half from this; and I at once caused the infantry to be turned out, and sent out two companies, amounting together to one hundred men, of the 91st Regiment, with the view of affording the cavalry and gun some Support if necessary. I ordered Major Yarbo rough out to take command of the whole. The infantry arrived on the ground where the cavalry were about half past three o'clock, and met the g un retiring to the post dis• abled, in consequence of one of the wheel-horses having been shot. The cavalry were then in extended order engaged with the enemy near a dense bush. " The infantry advanced, and extended one company, and commenced firing. Major Yarborough after some time ordered them to retire, so as to draw the enemy more into the open country, which succeeded, and Captain Sir H. Da rell, who had retired behind the infantry and closed, had opportunity of charging with his troop, and reports having sabred from 15 to 20 of the enemy before they could get to the bush. " The infantry then advanced again, and afterwards tried the same plan of retiring; the enemy came out a little way, keeping up a brisk fire though at long range. The 91st then halted, and ceased firing, waiting for the enemy to come on, but as they did not do so, and it was getting dusk, the whole came back to quarters. " Major Yarborough reports satisfactorily the steadiness of the men, and the conduct of the Fingoes, about 100 of whom were skirmishing on the left. He thinks the number of the enemy actually engaged was from 800 to 1,000, and considers about 30 or 40 were killed or wounded in the skir mish and charge, besides those who must have fallen from the effects of the shells, which were thrown into the kolof before he came up, where Captain Sir 11. Darell reports the Kafirs were in great numbers. The only damage sustained by the force sent from this was-1 troop sergeant-major, 7th Dragoon Guards, wounded through the shoulder ; 1 charger (Sir H. Darell's), wounded; 1 troop-horse, 7th Dra goon Guards, wounded ; and I horse, Royal Artillery, killed. " The enemy expended a great deal of ammunition. Their skirmishing was perfect—hiding themselves in advancing and retiring behind the smallest ant-heaps and cover. " I have further to report that this post was attacked yes terday by about 8,000 of the enemy. About ten o'clock A.M. the look-out on the tower reported that there were Kafirs on the ground where the skirmish took place the day previous; and about half-past ten o'clock a dense body of Kafirs made their appearance on the southern hill near the Graham's Town road, with another body some distance to the right, composed of horsemen. These moved a little way down, as if to entice the troops out. I was aware, from the information of Captain M'Lean, that the enemy were in great numbers all around us, and, therefore, was not drawn out to leave the post open. " All the cattle were driven below the Star Fort, pro tected by the Fingoes. The wives and children of the Fin goes were in the ditch of the fort. About half-past eleven o'clock an immense number of Kafirs, horse and foot, ap peared on the south-west hill, arranged in three dense masses with detached clumps of horses; other large bodies were also on the hills all around. " The force at the post was distributed as follows :—The cavalry, with 20 infantry, were at the cavalry barrack, and the rest of the infantry were in the barrack and Star Fort, a sergeant's party at Mr. Webb's, and pickets in the officers' and engineer range. "At twelve o'clock the whole of the enemy moved down to the post steadily, preceded by clouds of skirmishers. When they came within range I directed Lieutegant King, R.A., to send a round shot at one of the masses, which killed three men. A shell was then thrown and a' 12-pound rocket. The latter frightened the cattle, which rushed down towards the Kafirs, and were easily driven off by the Kafirs. The Fingoes pursued them, and succeeded in capturing a good number. " The enemy, as soon as they found our shot so well di rected, scattered "and got into the kloofs and hollows. One party of some hundreds got clown the deep trench to Mr. Webb's house, from which the defeated party had been withdrawn, and began to plunder what little was left by the owner, but a shell pitching into the yard, they quitted it, but got into the ditch and gardens about it, and fired at the barrack and fort, without doing any injury; but several of their number were shot from the Infantry Barrack. "A large body came down the small kloof on the left of the Beaufort-road, but were dispersed by shells from the Tower, and by shells and rockets from the Fort. Some of that body Came so near the Tower as to be shot by musketry from it. " Whenever a body of Kafirs were seen together, a shell or rocket was sent at them, generally doing damage. I take this opportunity of saying that Lieutenant King's practice, which was under my own observation in the Star Fort, was much to my satisfaction. " The Kafirs, finding that their attack on the post had failed, except as regarded the capture of cattle, retired to the kloofs about two o'clock, when I sent out the cavalry to cut up any stragglers, but they did not succeed in getting near any. "The resident agent has reported that 4,000 head of cattle were taken off. " The attack was made by the combined Gaika and T'Slam bie, and the numbers who came down as reported above are not overrated. " The enemy's loss was severe ; 92 dead bodies have b een reported, and many more must have fallen, as the Kafirs were seen putting their dead and wounded on horses, and bearing them off the field. I should think their loss may be safely estimated at 200 killed and wounded, most probably more. " There has been no casualty on the side of the troops— two Fingoes were killed, and three wounded, in the attempt they made to recover their cattle. " I beg to enclose a sketch of the scene of labour yesterday, which Sir Harry Darell kindly did for me. " I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient, humble servant, " M. LINDSAY, " Lieutenant-Colonel, 91st Regiment, com manding Troops at Fort Peddie." " The Deputy Quartermaster-General, &c., Graham's Town. " CHARLES LENNOX MAITLAND, " Grenadier Guards, " Acting Military Secretary." " Head-quarters, Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, May 29 , 1846. " His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief publishes the following extract from a report of the Civil Commissioner of Cradock : " Very few depredations have yet been committed in this division, and where such has been the case, the enemy has been repulsed with loss. Assistant Field-Cornet P. S. Van Heerden has been attacked twice in the night, and his cattle and horses carried ofF. In both instances he has fol lowed up the thieves, and captured his property, killing several of the enemy.' "Acting-Field-Commandant Alcock reports that a patrole of 27 men, from the upper part of Sunday's River, with some waggons, under the command of Mr. Michael Muller, of Malmarson, who was proceeding to Courney for for age, was attacked near Swanenpoel's Kraal ; the enemy were gallantly beaten back, with a supposed loss on their part of 10 men killed, besides wounded. The enemy made two attacks on the waggons during the night, and another at dawn of day. Mr. Muller succeeded in securing the forage waggons, and speaks very favourably of the conduct of his men. " Sir Andreas Stockenstrom has been patrolling with his force, from the North to De Bruin's Drift on the Fish River, and has reported to his Excellency that the enemy have left that part of the country. Sir Andreas also states that some of the farmers beyond the border bad joined the force assembling on the Tarka frontier, against the common enemy. "The Commander-in-Chief regrets having to notice the loss of a large detachment of waggons conveying com missariat supplies, which were captured in an attack made by a numerous body of the enemy on the escort in charge, in the pass between Trompetter's Drift and Fort Peddle. His Excellency notices with approbation the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Dickson, of her Majesty's 91st Regiment, and of the small advance-guard nuder his command on this occasion. " Colonel Somerset reports to his Excellency-that he pro ceeded with a strong patrole, on the 22d inst., into the Zuurberg, where he found no spoor of Kafirs, nor any traces of there having been there for some days. The Colonel fur ther adds, that on the morning of the 23d, at daybreak, he moved forward 400 infantry in the Bushmen's river Poort, detaching 100 mounted Burghers, under Field. Commandant Muller, into the Zuurberg, and down the Tootobie stream to its junction with the Bushman's river, and proceeded himself with the cavalry and guns to the left bank of the river, passing the head of the Buffalo and Swartz Kloofs. The whole of this force met on the following day at the farm of H. Bezuidenhout, on the New Year's river. " During this movement the infantry, under the command of Field-Captain Size, fell in with a body of ab ou t 20 K a fi rs , of whom four were killed by his men, and two severely wounded. " Field-Captain Size also succeeded in recapturing a horse and 66 head of cattle. "Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, 7th Dragoon Guards, acting in concert with Colonel Somerset, has patrolled the ridge between' Hilton' and the Bushman's River Poort, and states his conviction that no body of Kafirs are at' present harboured in that neighbourhood. "In consequence of a communication received from Field- Captain Melville, stating that the Kafirs were reported to b e in considerable numbers in the Hell Krantz he was directed to scour that krantz and the adjacent kloofs; he reports that he saw no Kafirs, but the spoor of great numbers, and of a few horseS going towards Kafirland ; that he examined tire bu-h end every.foutpatb,-and feels confident that not a single Kafir is now at Hell Krantz. Captain Hogg, 7th Dragoon Guards, was also detached Willi IS party fr.= C. 7191101 Somerset's " FORT PEDDIE, JUNE 8. " I must now give you an account of the slaughter that took place shortly after. We were all very tired,•having been on our legs from 9 o'clock last night to inid•day to-day, with hardly any refreshinent. We therefore hastened to the camp ; however, we were disappointed in having re • freshment. We saw the. Colonel's division a mile or two ahead, marching quietly on. Presently we saw a party ride ahead, and soon after a race. Then firing com menced. I rode up as fast as I could to the ridge; a spectacle was then presented to my view which I shall not forget. A large party of Kafirs had collected near the Kies kamma, intending to move to-day towards the Fish River to intercept the waggons and atop the communication. This party heard the firing, and thought that the waggons were attacked. They hastened to help, but what was their astonishment when they found a large force in front of them. Fortunately there was no bush to shelter them ; they fired one volley and dismounted from their horses—about 300 mounted and 700 foot. The dragoons then charged them, and killed many ; a panic seized them—they ran off and were shot like sheep—Dragoon s,Ca p e Corps, Boers—.all firing at them, following them up full six miles. They became com pletely exhausted—they could not run. The slaughter was awful! They were followed up to near the Kieskamma. The slaughter was on the Gwanga, near Mr. Tainton's late place. The lowest estimate is, I believe, 300 killed; very few were seen to get away. " We took three prisoners —one at Umpakati, belonging to Creili. He said the intention of the Kafirs was to drive the Umlungu into the sea. We asked how it was to•day. He said it was all finished to-day. Pato has crossed the Kieskamma. limhalo and Seyolo were with this command. How they fared we cannot tell. It is supposed that Stock was this day killed. FORT PEDDIE, JUNE 8. "Colonel Somerset's division left .this- morning to attack Eno's Kafir% and fell, in with the enemy in great numbers, who were, however, in the Kloofs. The infantry, Hotten tots; and Fingoes swept the bush, killing- an immense num ber. As the: party were returning they fell in with about 600 liafirs on a flat near Somerset Mount, killing at least 350. The enemy were pursued for four miles, the colonial forces riding within ten paces of them, quietly dismounting and shooting at them. The Kafirs fought with great deter mination until turned. " One of the Cape Mounted Rifles killed. Captain Sir H. Darell, Cornet Banbury, of the 7th, Captain Walpole, Royal Engineers, were wounded—none of them dangerously. " Sir H. Darell was wounded with an assegai in the thigh and arm ; Captain Walpole by a spent ball, and by an assegai in the neck. Captain Donovan had a narrow escape of being dragged off his horse, but was saved by the bravery of a man named Brown, formerly of the 75th Regiment, who rushed up and killed the Kafir. One of the 7th Dra goons was badly wounded. Lieutenants J. O'Reilly, Bisset, and Armstrong behaved gallantly, killing many Kafirs each. One Kafir killed himself in battle, to prevent himself from being killed by the troops. The Chief Stock is reported to have been killed, and there seems reason to believe that Colonel Somerset's success had baulked a preconcerted scheme of attack on Trompetter's post, so as to cut off all supplies from this place. One Fingo was killed. Upwards of 100 stand of arms (muskets) were taken ; also 200 bundles of assegais, and 20 horses, several of them Cape Corps horses." " TUESDAY, JUNE 2. "In consequence of a report received that several houses in the neighbourhood of the Kareiga were on fire, a party of Stubbs's corps were sent in that direction to scour the bush. Mr. Maloney, who happened to be in town, accom panied his party. No Cape post. The Malay volunteers arrived in town at six P.M , with their banners flying, the crescent united to the union jack (the crescent and the cross), the first instance on record of such an intermixture. They appear to be a very fine body of men, and will no doubt do good service. Their priest and lieutenant rode at their head, with his rifle slung at his back. They were marched up to Fort England, where the General himself saw them com fortably lodged. The night was remarkably fine and calm ; the unusual, but not unwelcome, sound of sailors glees were heard along the moonlit streets. " WEDNESDAY. " Intelligence received of the safe arrival of Colonel So merset at Fort Peddie. It appears from a Kafir spy who has been taken that Colonel Somerset had a very narrow escape in conducting his long waggon train through the bush. The Kafirs had been informed that Colonel Somerset would march by Trompetter's, and it is said that the whole of the immense body of the Kafirs who attacked Fort Peddie was lying in ambush for him in the bush beyond Trornpet ters's, where they attacked the waggon train under Captain Campbell. Perceiving their mistake a large number of them wheeled round to Committees, and just reached it as he was passing through. Had the whole body been in readiness for him, as they intended, the struggle would have been a severe one ; indeed it is very doubtful whether it would have been possible to defend 105 waggons against such a force. The recent attacks upon Fort Peddle appear to have been attended with a greater lose of Kafirs than was supposed. Many bodies have been found near the post, and .their loss is now estimated at from 400 to 500 men. The number of the Kafirs who attacked the post has been ra ther under-estimated in the dispatch of Col. Lindsay; it has been ascertained that there were at least 9,000 men in the field ; the loss of cattle has also been understated, the Kafirs having carried off upwards of 6,000. A chief of the Slambie tribes is believed to have fallen in the second attack, as the usual cry of lamentation when any great chief is killed (an unearthly prolonged yell) was heard from the large division, supposed to be Dushani's tribe, as they retreated. Those acquainted with the Kafirs imagine that Susani, Nonibi's son, the great chief of Dushani's tribe, is the person killed. The Kafirs attacked the Fingoes' cattle the same night as it was supposed they would, but were repulsed, the Fingoes killing four of them. We have heard the good conduct of the Fingoes spoken of with approbation; one instance of generous forbearance should not pass unnoticed. Several Kafirs had been pursued by the Fingoes until from exhaus tion they fell, and endeavoured to creep off on their hands and knees; the Fingoes would not shoot them in this de fenceless state. . . . . Dysentery appears to be prevalent amongst the Kafirs ; either from this cause, or from exposure and want of proper food, most of the bodies picked up are much attenuated. "COLESBERG, MAY 20. " Our district is beginning to be alarmed from the im mense number of Katirs (I believe, Tambookies) that are congregating near the' Witbergen,' where they have droves of cattle, and many of the Kafirs are coming amongst the emigrants in that part of the country. The emigrant Field-Cornet Weber, who had volunteered to assist the Government, has now declined, as he is preparing to defend that part of the country from any attack of the Kafirs, and has written to Colesberg for advice. Thus you see the Kafirs appear to have spread themselves along the whole border of the colony. However the country about the Witbergen and Kraai River is destitute of bush, and the Boers being well mounted, would very soon cut them up. Besides, artillery could be brought to bear with great executio n , _ the country being so well adapted f or it s use. The Witbergen are situated at least 150 miles from here, therefore need have no apprehension of danger, th e countrybetween being occupied and very open. You can see a man coming for miles. "The emigrants of the Modder River are busy making every preparation to attack the Griquas. They openly de clare their intention of taking the cattle that were captured at Zwart Kopjes and distributed to the Griquas. John Kock, their leader, has written to the Griqua captain to sur render up the cattle, which of course he politely refused. Captain Warden has sent for the two field-pieces and a sup ply of ammunition, all of which went last week, but he has “nly 46 Cape Corps, therefore how ,. he intends acting w i t h iv- cannon I cannot rtm INceive. hat a joke if the Boer!, were to capture them ! The Boors always declared imme diately the troops were removed from Culesberg they would hate Anoka phy at the Griquaa l and tjle latter hate, since the letter received from Rock, driven their cattle nearer, I camp, at Cypher Fontein, to reconnoitre in the neighbour- Phillirpolis, and, by order of Captain Warden, have patroles hood of Hell Krantz, and reports having seen' the spoor of in various parts of the territory." = I about 100 Kafirs going out to the colony, as well as the spoor of horses, but of no cattle. "Colonel Somerset's division reached Cypher Fontein on the 26th inst., and encamped there. Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson marched, with the troops under his command, into Graham's Town, on the 25th inst. "CHARLES LENNOX MAITLAND, "Grenadier Guards, Acting Military Secretary" The following "summary of the week" is given in the African Journal of June 11. It must be observed that the summary was written before intelligence of Captain Somer set's last success had arrived : The events of the past week have been of a less exciting character than for several weeks that have preceded it. As we intimated in our last journal, the Kafirs have retired, glutted with the spoil of the colonial farmers, across the border. There are still a few struggling parties on this side of the border, chiefly infesting the bushy country between the Zuurberg and the Addo, and which keep that district in a state of alarm ; but it seems to be pretty certain that these are not in any great force, and that the great body of the in vaders have been recalled to concert some new enterprise, and which it will be well for our Government to consider with the most careful attention. The power of the confe derated chiefs should be accurately estimated, and arrange ments corresponding thereto be at once made to meet it. The following, though a rough calculation of tkis force, will be quite near enough for all practical purposes : Creli's tribes lB,OOO warriors. Sandilli, Macomo, and others of the Gaika tribes lO,OOO do. Umhala and others of the T'Slambie tribes 8,000 do. Pato, and the Congo tribes 2OOO do. Mapassa, and part of th e T am b u tr ib es Total.. If we allow for all who may remain neutral of this host, 2,000 men, it is, we apprehend, as far as we can go, thus leaving 38,000 infuriated savages to be resisted, driven back, and, if possible, subjugated by the power of the colony. It should also be borne in mind, that the principal Tambu, or Tambookie Chief, Umterara, is at present doubtful; but should he join in the league he will throw an additional 12,000 men into the scale against it. To meet this large force we have, according to the estimates made, say 20,000 men, including 4,000 disciplined troops of all arms. But then we have other resources. We have several ships of war upon our coast, and reinforcements of military may be speedily expected. We have a right, too, to expect the co operation of Faku, the Fetcani, or Amaponda chief, and who, if he take the field, Ne ill at least furnish full employment for Creli, and thus diminishing by 10,000 warriors the estimated force opposed to the colony. Besides this, it must be borne in mind that all the warriors in Kafirlaud cannot possibly engage, any more than all the men among us, in the active duties of the field. The wealth of the Kafir is cattle, and these must be tended, an employment in which the woman and children are never permitted to engage. Subtracting, there fore, all so employed, it is probable that the total amount of the Kafirforce which may actually take the field will amount to 30,000 men. And when we reflect that these are all prac tised to the use of arms from their childhood—that their mode of conducting war are is extremely harrassing to dis ciplined troops; when we estimate their boldness, and the tact displayed in all their enterprises, and then add to all this the difficulties of the country, the result may well make our Government proceed with the ;host watchful circumspec tion, as well as awaken a full determination to carry forward whatever measures may be resolved on with that determined courage and perseverance without which the colony cannot reasonably hope, ultimately ; for de c id e d success . It is un derstood that his Excellency the Governor will quit Graham's Town in the early part of next week for Fort Peddie. GRAND DINNER TO HER MA JESTY'S MINISTERS. Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertain ment to her Majesty's Ministers, their ladies, and a very large party. It was one of the most magnificent banquets given even in the present most brilliant and hospitable mayoralty. The present Lord Mayor has, in the perform ance of the duties of the office, known no party. The mo ment the Whigs came into power his Lordship, although the supporter of the Conservatives on all occasions which furnished opportunities of advocating their views, in vited Lord John Russell and the rest of the Government to the Mansion-house. The invitation was most warmly accepted. The dinner was supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, and in every respect supported the high character of that house. Amongst the company were the following:— The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, Premier of England, and Lady John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Mar quis and Marchioness of Clauricarde, Earl of Auckland, Earl and Lady Grey, Earl and Countess Minto, Earl and Countess Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Mor peth, Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Right Hon. J. C. Hobhouse, Earl and Countess Fortescue, Earl and Countess Morley, Lord and Lady Carnoys, Lord and Lady L ang d a l e , Lord Monteagle Lord Ebringto n , L or d P aget, t h e Lord Chief Baron Pollock and lady, Chevalier Bunsen, Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle and Lady, Admiral Sir C. Adam, Admiral Dundas, C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel C. M. Burgoyne, Bart., Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Bart., M.P., and lady, Sir John Hogg, Bart., M.P. (chairman of the East India House), Sir Moses Montefiore and Lady, Sir Allan M'Nab and lady, Baron and Baroness de Rothschild, Baron Goldsmid, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the Right Hon. R. L. Sheil, the Right Hon. G. S. Byng, the Solicitor-General, the Hon. Captain 1 Berkeley and lady, the O'Connor Don, Lieut.-Colonel Maberly and lady, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., George Lyall, Esq., M.P., Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., James Mor rison, Esq., M.P., and lady, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, the Rev. Charles and Mrs. Charles Farebrother, Mr. David Salo mons , th e Sh er i ff Elect, and Mrs. Kennard, Mr. William Johnson (the Lord Mayor's brother), and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. Wombwell ; Alder men Lucas, Farebrother, Humphery ; Mr. John Humphery, j un. ; Aldermen Kelly, Wilson, Sir George Carroll, and their ladies; Mr. Sheriff Chaplin and lady and Miss Chaplin, De puty and Mrs. Brown, Miss Lucette 'Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, Mr. Michell, and Mr. Harmer. After the cloth was removed, grace having been said by the Lord Mayor's chaplain, and the loving cup having gone round with the usual formalities, The LORD MAYOR successively proposed the toasts of " The Queen," " The Queen Dowager," " His Royal High ness Prince Albert," " Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," which were received with all the honours in the most enthusiastic manner. The Loral Mayon, in proposing the next toast, expressed his regret that the honour lie had anticipated of the attend ance of a numerous body of the prelates of the Church had not been fulfilled, owing to their unavoidable absence from town on their diocesan duties. He was, however, honoured with the presen ce o f one pre l ate, an d he begged leave to pro pose "Prosperity to the Church," and to couple with that toast the name of the Bishop of Oxford.—(Cheers.) The Bishop of OXFORD, in returning thanks, observed that so unable did lie feel duly to acknowledge the unexpected honour just conferred upon him, that if he consulted his own feelings he would silently acknowledge it, but rather than be guilty of any seeming neglect, after the manifestation of such kindness, he would venture to say thus much :—He attributed the magnificence and abundant hospitality this day displayed, the greatness of the country, and of its desti nies, to the institutions of the country, as connected with the Church.—(Cheers.) It was a proof of what that Church was intended to accomplish, and what, with God's blessing, lie would venture to say it should accomplish in the world.— (Cheers.) He begged to thank the company for the honour done him. The next toast proposed by the Lord Mayor was that of " The Army and Navy," which was suitably acknowledged by Admiral Sir Charles Adam and Colonel Maberly. The LORD Mawoii next rose, and said that he was per fectly satisfied the guests who honoured him that day with their company would perfectly understand the object for which they were assembled—namely, to give a welcome to her Majesty's Ministers. He felt great pride and pleasure that the office he had the honour to hold as Chief Magistrate of the City was not a political office, but one in which it was his duty as it was his pleasure to welcome her Majesty's Mi nisters upon all occasions. —(Cheers.) He was confident his fellow-citizens would join him and the distinguished com pany assembled round the table in giving that welcome. He begged to propose " The health of her Lord John and to unite with the toast the name of Lord John Russell, first, as Prime Minister of the Crown, and next, as one of their own representitives in the Commons House of Parlia ment. He called upon the company to rise and do all honour to the toast.—(Great cheering followed the announcement of the toast.) Lord Joilx RUSSELL rose, and was received with renewed plaudits. His Lordship said—l rise to return thanks in the name of my colleagues, and in my own name, for the honour you have just done us. Your Lordship has rightly said that the office you hold is not a political office, and should not be so used ; and confident I am that every one present can bear testimony to the perfect fairness and impartiality with which you have held the reins of authority and power in this great and important city.—(Cheers). It is quite true, as your Lordship has said, that I am not only the First Minister of the Crown, but that I have also the honour to be one of the representatives for this great city, and I believe I am the first person who ever held the office of the First Minister of the Crown and at the same time been intrusted with the re presentation of the City of London.—(Cheers.) The duties which my colleagues and myself have taken upon ourselves are both arduous and anxious, but in the performance of those duties we are encouraged not only by the favour which is shown to those who intend to perform honestly their charge, but we are likewise supported by the aid which in every department of the State is given to the Ministers of the Crown. My Noble Friend at the head of the Department for Foreign Affairs knows that any representa tion he may make. to foreign powers will be received with that weight which is due to the authority of one who speaks in the name of this great and respected nation.—(Cheers.) Those who are intrusted with the commercial concerns of this country know that they have no slumbering or sluggish energies to reuse. They know that it is only their part to watch the course of the sagacity, enterprise, and power which are displayed by British merchants, and which are added year by year to the wealth, the prosperity, and the strength of this empire.—(Loud cheers.) Those of my col leagues who are charged with the naval and military depart ments feel confident that those engaged in its army and navy would emulate the example shown in former wars by their predecessors, and that the valour displayed during former wars will, if required, be repeated in every quarter of the globe, under every disadvantage of climate, and every cir cumstance of privation and peril by those who now serve the Crown in the army and the navy, and who will be ready at the call of their country to shed their blood in her defence. So likewise with regard to all other departments of the state our task is lightened by the confidence we have in the good feeling of the people; and I say for myself and those who have to guard. the general concerns of this country, that we believe that in the spirit of this country, in the industry of this country, and in the love of freedom which prevails in this country, there is a security which may make them sleep easy and unconcerned, even with the great task and immense responsibility which attach to them.—(Great cheering.) If any part of this empire is suffering distress and privation at the present moment we shall be sure of the sympathy of the other part of the empire to carry their suffering fellow-countrymen through those periods of dis tress and suffering; and last of all I believe there is that sense in the people of this country of the blessings which they, under the signal favour of Providence, enjoy, as will prevent them from lightly hazarding the safety of those in stitutions under which we live; and whilst we see the epis copal bench adorned by men of learning and eloquence— whilst we see the judicial bench upheld by men of great ability and acknowledged impartiality—all these institutions derive strength and stability from the increased hold they have upon the affections and regard of the people.—(Loud cheers.) These are circumstances which make it possible for the Ministers of the Crown to carry on the affairs of this great empire with the hope of success. Having said thus much, I now turn to perform that which I think is my duty to this company—namely, to propose to you the health of the Lord Mayor. We have all heard how well he has per formed the severer duties of the high office he holds, and we all know and see how well lie discharges the more pleasing task of displaying hospitality. Assured that you will join me heartily in drinking this toast, I beg leave to propose to you" The Health of the Lord Mayor." The toast was received with every mark of respect and enthusiasm. The LOAD MAYOR said he could assure Lord John Russell and the company, that when he was placed by the choice of his fellowscitizens in the honourable post he held, he under- I took it with a determination to discharge its duties t o the best of his ability. If he had so far succeeded, nothing could give him greater pleasure than to carry out the same principles to the end of his year of office, when he hoped to restore the trust to his fellow-citizens without having re laxed any of those powers or influence which he hoped would be long continued without being at all disturbed.—(Loud cheers.) His Lordship next proposed "The Health of the Forego Ambassadors," coupled with the name of the Prussian Minister, Chevalier Bunsen. The CHEVALIER returned thanks in a few words. The LORD MAYOR next proposed The Marquis of Lans downe and the House of Lords. ' The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that by connecting his name with those of the other Peers there present, the Lord Mayor had constituted the representation of a more nu merous body than at this period of the session was to be found in the House of Lords itself. He and his Noble Friends were deeply sensible that the House of Lords were indebted for the strong hold, he hoped the permanent hold, which that House had on the opinion of the public to the frequent inter course and social relations which the members of the House of Lords had at all times, and at none more than the present, maintained with all other classes of the community—with none more beneficially than with those great institutions and corporate establishments which were all, in a greater or less degree, essentially interwoven, or connected with the free doni, prosperity, wealth, and happiness of this great country. The Lord MAYOR next proposed "Lord Morpeth and the House of Commons." Lord MORPETII—My Lord, I must confess that my name has certainly been coupled rather unexpectedly with so distinguished and important a body in the State as the House of Commons ; and though numerous as are the names of the Members of that House here present, asdetailed to us previously to pledging the loving cup, I am sure I can venture to speak in behalf of all of them, that they value to the utmost the extending enterprise, the expanding wealth, the developing industry, and the practical benevolence and virtues of that great metropolis, that wonderful city, in the midst of which they meet for the public weal.—(Great cheering.) Your Lordship has been pleased to advert to the office, which 1, by the favour of her Majesty, at this moment fill. lam sorry to find that in. this office I inherit some little matters of dispute with the august body of which your Lord ship is the head; but I trust we shall so consult together in all such matters, and so dispose of them that we shall find that our differences are of that sort which may be likened to the quarrels of persons tenderly attached to each other; and that it will be found that an arrangement may be made which shall not only detract nothing from, but add some thing to the Crown's grace and the City's loyalty.—(Loud and universal cheering.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE proposed " The Health of the Lady Mayoress," which was drunk with enthusiasm, and the ladies withdrew. The remaining toasts included " The Bar of England," " The Members for the City," and all the great public institutions. To the proposal of the health of the visitors, Mr. Harmer, the late respected Alderman of Farringdon;Ward, replied in a speech of much feeling. The company parted at a late hour, evidently delighted with the very great efforts used to make them all happy. Mr. Harker, the City toast-master, performed the duties of his office to admiration, and the band of the Coldstream Guards, under the direction of Mr. Godfrey, greatly en livened the scene. Sugar—Hogsheads, tierces, and barrels were sold at from 225. 3d. to 28s. per 1001 b., according to quality. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Jamaica Bank-60 days, % per cent. prem. Colonial Bank-60 days, % per cent. prem. 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. Planters Bank-90 days, par. 60 days, % per cent. prem. 30 days, 1 per cent. prem. Commissary's Bill- 1 4 per cent. prem. THE NAVY. THE RETIREMENT AND PROMOTION. We this day present to our readers the Admiralty scheme of retirement and promotion as introduced into the House of Commons, on Monday night, by the civil member of the board, the Hon. W. F. Cowper : THE PLAN OF RETIREMENT FOR TWO HUNDRED CAPTAINS, 1846. First—The rank of retired' rear-admiral to be given by seniority to such applicants from the 14s. 6d. half-pay list as may be willing to accept it, with the pay of 255. per day, and the correspondent pension to their widows, under the usual restrictions. Second—An addition of 7s. 6d. a day to be given to ap plicants, by seniority, from the 12s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. half pay lists, being captains of not less than 20 years' standing and 55 years of age, officers from both lists to be promoted to assume the title of rear-admiral at the period when they would have obtained the flag by seniority had they re mined upon the active list; their widows to be entitled to a pension of 1101. per year, and to the pension of rear admirals widows when the rank of rear-admiral has been attained. Third—The vacancies upon the U. list to be filled up by officers now accepting the 18s. per day; but the permanent retired list to be reduced to 100, by making one appoint ment for every two vacancies, and no higher retirement to be given hereafter than 1/. per day, with the right of assuming the rapk of rear-admiral when entitled to it by seniority. Fourth—The active list of captains to be reduced to 500. A corresponding reduction to be made of the 14s. 6d. and 12s. 6d. half-pay lists. The first to consist of 75 captains, and the latter 100. Fifth—Good service pensions to be retained by captains until they reach the rank of rear-admiral, or of retired rear admiral. Sixth—No flag promotions to take place until the plan of retirement is carried out. The admirals' list of 140 to be then completed to 150, and to be maintained at that number by continuous promotion of qualffled men. Thirt) admirals, or 10 of each squadron. Forty-five vice -admirals, or 15 of each squadron, and Seventy-five rear admirals, or 25 of each squadron. Seventh—ln the event of a general promotion, such officers as may have served the time required to qualify them for their flag, to be placed on the active list of flag-ofctrs, and those not qualed for their flag to be placed on the list of retired rear admirals, the active and retired lists not being increased until they shall, by deaths or other causes, be reduced to the original numbers of 150 or 100 respectively. Eighth—The plan of retirement to come into operation on the let of October of the present year, and all letters relating to it to be treated as strictly confidential. On the above plan the Morning herald remarks:— This is the plan on which Mr. Cowper made his state ment; but we have much gratification in announcing that, from the objections taken to some portion of it, the injustice and harshness of which we took occasion particularly to point out, that part of the 6th paragraph printed in italic, and the entire of the most obnoxious 7th article, upon recon sideration, have been expunged; and that too, it should be stated, by the Admiralty themselves, before the interview of Sir Charles Napier, yesterday, with Lord John Russell on the subject ; which circumstance gave the Noble Premier the satisfaction of most agreeably anticipating the objec tions which it was the Gallant Commodore's intention for cibly to urge, by informing Sir Charles that they no longer existed. The above alterations have not, however, reconciled the navy to the amended plan, and it is generally held that its susceptibility of further alteration is very great, that its only recommendations to notice are its obnoxious provi sions, and if they were removed it would then be merely a clumsy, useless, and inefficient measure. For the last two or three years the general inefficiency of our flag list to provide admirals to command our fleets and squadrons at sea has been insisted on; but, although the number was reduced far beyond that on the list since the year 1800, no promotion has taken place to recruit it, whilst the num ber of captains have been periodically increased. In fact, the number of admirals at present on the list is ac tually thirty-four below the number on the list in 1841, before the promotion, and the captains' list which should have been reduced by the promotion of one to three vacancies has been increased to the extent of thirty officers; so that the service has suffered by the growing infirmities of the un-recruited admirals, the captains' chances of employment have been re duced by the large additional number made to their rank, and the seniors have had the mortification of standing still at the head of the list, witnessing the growing decay of their superiors, and, at the same time, feeling their own infirmities of age coming on with rapid strides, and debarred from suc ceeding to that rank which they had earned so many years before, and in which only they could be usefully employed. A reduced flag-officers' list, and a crowded and overloaded captains' list, compelled the suggestion of a scheme which failed only from the small proportion of money to the num ber required to retire, but, doubtless, would have answered if the money voted had been given to a smaller number; points of form, narrow-minded scruples, and a too strict adherence to exploded precedence, have combined to prevent the adop tion justof and liberal views, and thus the old officers have been kept on the tenter-hooks of expectancy month after month, nntil such a measure is brought forward as the above ill reflected shadow of what the old officers deserve, and the nation desire they should have. It is naturally remarked that the naval officers at the Admiralty, including Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, Rear- Admiral Dundas, Captain Berkeley, Lord John Hay, as members, with Captain Baillie Hamilton as oue of the secre taries, and Captain Eden as private secretary, ought to know what is required to make an efficient flag-officers' and cap tains' list, and must be well aware of what is due to captains of 1808 down to 1820. In some quartefs it will not be believed that naval officers have had anything to do with the formation of the measure, or the veterans of the service would have been better consi dered, whilst in other places, where its failure is confidently predicted, the flattering hope is entertained that finally it will be left entirely to the Board of Admiralty to remodel it, and nothing short of a most complete revision of the rule of naval promotion will be made. This measure is objectionable in very many respects, and clumsy and inefficient in most of the others. 'To say nothing of the absurd test of eligibility and ineligibility by which captains, some of them having 40 years of seagoing service, are to be measured, grossly inconsistent, inasmuch as those who are considered not qualified were to be retired, and not reckoned in the active list, whilst the admirals' active or efficient list would actually contain the very officers who were formerly retired, we will point to the ultimate remuneration of the permanent retired list. The officers are not to have more than 20s. a day ; and to force them to take this at once, 25 have been cut off from the 100 at the top of the list, on the pay of 14s. 6d. a day, and 50 from the next 150 on 12s. 6d. a day. This " save-all " re tirement is to be at the expense of the 2s. a day promotion from the junior to the senior lists—a sort of stealing from Paul to make Peter poorer. And what inducement, we would ask, is there to the 12s. 6d. list to retire, containing as it does officers who, in the event of the adoption of the scheme, must, in regular course, succeed in about eighteen months or two years to 255. a day, and the rank of rear admiral ? It is well known that the captains of the upper portion of the 12s. 6d. list are, for the most part, quite as aged as those on the 14s. 6d. list. They are, in fact, the incubus which forms the barrier between the young and active captains and the old experienced officers who should be on the admirals' list ; and that plan must be considered clumky and ineffective that should fail in its offers to induce the officers on that list immediately to take the re tirement. In order to make the proposed retirement acceptable to the service, and at the same time to insure the completion of the object in view—that of causing the old and ineffective officers to retire—it would be much better that the first 100 who are to be entitled to the rear-admiral's rank and half-pay should not be limited to those on the 14s. Gd. list only, but it should be extended to such of the 12s. 60. list also as had completed 30 years' rank as post captains. Further, it is considered that with the view of inducing those old officers to retire, who, though they have served the time to qualify them for their flags, are too old ever to ex pect to serve again, they should have guaranteed to them the higher rank and pay as flag-officers, it they should live long enough to attain them, which they would have received had they remained on the active list, by declining to accept of the proffered retirement. This proposition we hold to be in every sense fairer and more just, and therefore, in order to carry out this act of jus-' tice, and at the same time to benefit the service thus essen tially by the removal of these gallant officers from the effec• tive list, we hope the offer will be made to them, and our be lief is a great number will accept of it, inasmuch as they will lose nothing by doing so. We submit these remarks with deference, but with a strong sense of what is due to the gallant and much neglected officers on the captains' list, and to follow up the exposition of the "eligible" and "ineligible" distinctions, we invite from the latter a statement of their services as commanders and lieutenants. The Archbishop of Dublin, accompanied by his family, Lady Mary Hope, and suite, and Captain Campbell, R.N., were among the distinguished passengers that arrived yester day morning by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Soho, from Ostend. In announcing the arrival of the America, 50, Captain the lion. John Gordon, from the Pacific, with freight, we are happy to have it in our power to give a contradiction to the many absurd rumours which have been so industriously circulated to the pre judice of Captain Gordon. It has been stated that that gallant officer had left the station on the coast of Mexico at a time when his ship and his own services were doubly required, as the then existing state of the Oregon dispute warranted the supposition that war with the United States was inevitable; that he had left without the orders and, indeed, against the will of the Commander-in-Chief on that station, for the purpose of deriving the pecuniary advantage accruing from the shipment of a freight. We are authorised to state that Captain Gordon left the station solely at the urgent entreaty of the merchants who had intrusted their money to his keeping, they being convinced that their property would not be safe in an 18-gun sloop. The idea of a freight having any influence in inducing the gallant captain to bring home his ship is monstrous, the very amount giving the lie to the reports which have been put ix circulation.—Times. EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY.- Preparations for the extension of this railway to the vicinity of Waterloo-bridge are actively progressing; a number of houses in the Wandsworth-road and Vauxhall-gate are already demolished, and the occupiers of premises in the Westminster-bridge-road are now vacating them. It is intended to cross this thoroughfare by a viaduct extending in a diagonal direction from the Upper Marsh, near the Old Marsh-gate, towards Waterloo-bridge, PEDESTRIANIS3I.-RICHARDS AND BENNETT.—James Richards (of Shepherd's Bush) and J. Bennett (of Ealing), walked their seven mile match yesterday, for a 20 sovs. stake, at Bedfont, over a measured mile, near the Black Dog. By' the condition., Bennett received half a minute start; the "Novice" made good use of this advantage, gaining full 125 yards. Richards went off speedily, and in the first mile and a half had lessened the distance consider ably, but from this time ho fell off. The pace told on him, and Bennett, so far from losing his given lead, increased it steadily. At the turn of the sixth mile the " Novice" led by some 200 yards, and at a quarter of a mile from home Richards gave up the contest. Time Ih. 2m. 15s. Bennett, for a first appearance, gave good pro mise of proving an excellent pedestrian. STEAM COMPETITION.—Within the last few days the town and vicinity of Richmond have felt the advantages of steam competition by some of the steam-boat companies carrying pas sengers for Bd. The fare is to be reduced by some of the boats to 6d. next week. HORSE STEALING IN THE METROPOLIS.—Yesterday the police received information that a gentleman, named Rushton, residing in Laurie-terrace, Walworth-road, had been robbed of an iron-gray horse, worth 100/., which he had entrusted to a man to convey to Barnstable's livery yard, Blackman-street, Borough. Gentlemen ought to be very careild of leaving their horses in charge of strangers in the streets of Loudon, as the practice of steal ing them under similar circumstances has become very prevalent of late. THE POPULATION OF ROME.—According to official returns for the year 1846, the city of Rome is divided into 54 parishes, inhabited by 35,988 families. There are 41 bishops, 1,533 priests, - 2;845 monks, and 1,472 nuns. The Jews, who are about from 8,000 to 10,000, are not comprised in this census. The whole population in 337 was 156,552 ;in 1840, 1 04 ,632 in 1845, 167,160 ; and in 1846, 170 190( # In consequence of the Great Britain requiring repairs, she will not leave Liverpool till the 224 of September neat, at eleven ♦,Dt, THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTISAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The Teviot, Royal mail steam-ship, Captain Allan, arrived this evening, with her usual unexampled punctuality, shortly after seven o'clock, bringing the fortnightly West India mail. And it is here worthy of passing remark, that Captain Allan, when he left this port nearly five months since, on his outward voyage, engaged to return and dine with a party, at the house of a friend,this evening at seven o'clock precisely. Although the engagement was not fulfilled to the letter, the circumstance goes to show the confidence Captain Allan had in his noble vessel. She was descried rounding Calshot Castle at half past six, and by delaying the friendly m ea l j us t one half hour Captain Allan was enabled to meet his friends at the social board. This is far from a solitary instance, and we feel bound, as an act of justice to the Royal Mail Company, to notice this extraordinary circumstance in connexion with the celebrity these matchless steam-ships have now attained for their good management in every particular. The latest dates brought by the Teviot are—St. Jago de Cuba, July 19 ; Demerara, 19; Trinidad, 21; Laguayra, 22 ; Jamaica, 24; Barbadoes, 24; Grenada, 25; St. Thomas, 30; Faval, August 13. Her freight consists of 163 ounces of gold dust, 102 serons of Havannah tobacco, 29 tierces of coffee, 14 chests of Ha vannah cigars, 12 bales of sarsaparilla, 30 barrels of ginger, and 50 packages of arrow-root, succades. &c. &c. Her Majesty's ship Electra has left Port Royal for Belise and the Gulf of Mexico; her Majesty' s b r i g D ar i ng a l so l e f t Port Royal for Bluefields and the Gulf of Mexico on the 21st of July. Left at Port Royal her Majesty's ship Imaum, and schooner Pickle. At Fay al, on the 12th of August, her Majesty's ship North Star, from Australia, for England. The Severn, Company's steam-ship, sailed from Kingston on the 16th of July for Chagres, &c. The Eagle was at St. Thomas's on the 29th July, with the home mails from the northern islands. She was to be taken on the slip for repairs on the 31st, and afterwards sail for Porto Rico. The Tweed arrived at Grenada, with the English mails, on the 25th of July, and thence sailed for Trinidad. fhe Medway sailed from'Grenada for Tampico and Mexico on the 25th of July. The Reindeer left Bardadoes for Demerara on the 24th ult. The Teviot brings no news of material consequence from the West India Islands. They were all in a healthy state, and refreshing rains had fallen generally. In Jamaica the r .ins had effected a complete renovation, and everything was favourable for the next year's crops. There was, however, great depression in the money market, consequent, no doubt, upon the expected admission of slave-grown sugars into England, the settlement of which question was looked for ward to with much anxiety. In Demerara heavy rains had fallen, as also at Trinidad, and all the northern islands. The same remark applies to Barbadoes, St. Vincent, and Antigua. All was quiet in Hayti, and the Government was sup ported with much more confidence. At Saint Lucia, on the 26th of July, a heavy squall cap sized a nogger, with twenty-one hogsheads of sugar on board, and all hands perished, witb the exception of oue. The Teviot reports a sad casualty happening to the American-built steamer Genie, plying between St. Jago de Cuba and Bitabano, with mails en board. It appears she was on her passage from St. Jago when two of her boilers sud denly burst, and soon afterwards became a total wreck. :The commander, engineer, two passengers, and ten of the crew lost their lives, and eight more were very seriously injured. The mails are also reported as lost or destroyed. A large American frigate was seen on the 15th of July at the east end of Jamaica, under all sail, steering for the west. The Jamaica Dispatch of the 21st ult., announces that his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to is sue his proclamation, further proroguing the Honourable House of Assembly to Tuesday, the Ist of September next. The Teviot spoke the following vessels on her voyage homeward :—On the 3d of August, in lat. 24 16 N, long. 60 40 W, the brig Hamburgh, No. 64, with emigrants, steering westward. August 10, in lat. 34 38 N, long. 40 14 W, the barque Heath, steering E.N.E. ; also, in lat. 34 54 N, long. 39 30 W, the brig William and Lydia. The brig Lucretia, Perry, from Hamburgh, had arrived at Kingston. The following is the list of passengers brought by the Teviot Nethersole, Esq., Rev. Mr. Irish, Lieutenant Neville, R.A., and Mr. Maunder, from Inchmel ; Mr. Nunes, lady, and family, Mr. Stubbs, lady, and family, Mr. Dacastro and f a mily, Mr. Masons, and Mr. Dulmeda, from St. Thomas's; Hon. Robison, Mr. May, Mr. Howes, Mr. Burke, Mr. and Miss Smith, and child, and Mr. M'Neigb, from Demerara: Mr. Strand, lady, four children, and three servants, Mr. Dunbar, and Mr. Woolley, from Antigua; Mr. Maycock, lady, brother, child, and servant, Lieutenant Newman, Lieu tenant Ifell, Mr. Denny, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Da nacott, Mr. Hobson, Rev. Mr. Garland, three children and servant, Mr. Bailey, 3 Swap, Mr. Lamont, Mr. Rema hem-, Mr. Berne, Mr. Fontaine, Mr. Rarponing, Mr. Dollace, Mr. De Renzi, Mr. M'Farlane, Mr. Cunningham, and Miss Forbes, from Fayal. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From De Cordova's 3lercantile Intelligencer, July 24.) Flour—We report the foll ow i ng sa l es s i nce our l as t : -900 barrels Philadelphia at 255. 6d. cash ; 700 ditto George town ; 300 ditto Richmond ; 1,000 ditto Georgetown at 275.; 500 ditto Baltimore at 28s. ; 300 ditto ditto (nearly five months here) at 245; 1,000 ditto Philadelphia, at 255. 6d., on terms of credit equal to cash; 140 ditto New Orleans, " hard " at 245. 6d. Some parcels, which were laid in during the last month at about 28s. per barrel, are now being re-sold at 21s. to 225. The stock is still very large. Cornmeal—This article remains in a very depressed con dition. Some few days back a parcel of 2,800 barrels was refused at 145.; subsequently about 1,000 barrels were placed in lots of 50 barrels, at 15s. The sale, however, of 1,000 barrels, which arrived here afterwards, at 165., four months, has caused a greater degree of firmness in the market. Bread is very abundant. We note the following sales :- 80 barrels Philadelphia Pilot, " Buddy's," at 165.; 70 ditto, Navy, ditto, at 15s. ; 20 ditto, Crackers, ditto, at:2os.; 100 ditto, Baltimore Pilot, at 155.; 100 ditto, Watson's ' at 17s. ; 400 ditto, at 14s. 661. ; 200 ditto, Navy, a t 11 s . ; 150 ditto, Crackers, at 20s. Rice continues to decline; we have heard of two sales amounting to 1,200 bags best Bengal, at 15s. per 1001bs. There have been no operations in Carolina, which is held at 205., but ineffectually. Butter-The stock of Irish butter is unusually large for this season; and the sales are limited to parcels for imme diate consumption, at prices varying from 7d. to 9d. Hali fax commands 7%d. to Bd.; 59 kegs Philadelphia have been parted with at sd. per lb. Lard-The best American cannot command 5d.; 144 kegs Philadelphia soft have fetched only 3d. per lb. Candles-The stock of all sorts is very heavy • the last sales of Baltimore were at G id. per lb.; 700 half boxes and 25 boxes " London olive o il wax. candles', have been parted with at Bd. per lb. Codfish-The immense receipts have caused a still greater decline in the price of this article, which has been selling at 8s to 9s. 6d. in casks, and 12s. to 15 s. i n boxes, according to . quality. There are two entire cargoes and portions of others yet unsold. Mackerel-Nos. 2 and 3 are dull at 345. per barrel, and No. lat 365. The demand is light. Alewives-The stock of this article, as well as of all other articles of pickled fish, with the exception of salmon, is very large. We report a sale of 200 barrels at 10s. Herrings have been sold at Gs. to 145., according to quality. The late arrivals have been very i4ferior. A p arce l a t p u bli c sale brought only 2s. per barrel. Sahnon-There is none at market. Soap-There have been some large sales in Olden's at 10s. 6d. to 11s. for 601 b., 10s. fo r 501 b., and Bs. 6d. for 181 b. boxes; 200 boxes Steel's , 481 b.; have been taken at 10s. 6d. per box. The stock of this brand is enormous. We have heard of no transactions in Stockdale's. Pork-100 barrels prime American were placed at 645. The principal holders are now firm, at 665. to 685.; the stock is very heavy. There is no demand for Irish. Hams- The large quantity of other sorts interfere with the Lancashire descriptions, which may be quoted at Bd. Cumberland has been sold at Bd., and bacon at 9d. per lb. American fetch 44d. to 6id. Cheese-D Gis worth 10d. to lOid. Pigs' Tongues command 48s. per half barrel. They are very scarce. Corn-450 bags Philadelphia ha ve c h anged hands at 6s. 6d. per bag of two bushels. Oil-The stock is so heavy that 13. 6d. to ls. 9d. is with difficulty realised for cod. Lumber-The market is very inactive, and no inclination is evinced to purchase. Salt may be quoted at 7s. 6d per sack. • EXPORTS. • • Rum-la puncheons have been taken for exportation, 41 ad. Per gallea and 3dr per head. S N ~ MILITARY FLCOGING. Yesterday afternoon, a meeting . as held at Exeter Hall, in order to consider the best Means of obtaining the abolition of the system of military torture now prac tised in the army; Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The meeting was very numerously and respectably at tended, and before the arrival of the chairman on the platform, a number of soldiers of the Grenadier Guards, who entered the Hall, were vociferously cheered. Mr. Weimee said, the gratification he ,derived from being before the meeting and presiding on such an occa sion, was greater, they could readily believe kim, than he was able to express, because that was an occasion which was honourable to the humane feelings of the na tion—it was one which was honourable to human nature, and it was peculiarly gratifying in consequence of a re cent occurrence. The bond of union which cemented that meeting on that occasion was sympathy for their suffering fellow-creatures. They believed that acts of injustice and cruelty were perpetrated in the name of what was called discipline, and, entertaining that beliefs they were there to express their opinion in dissent from its If the authorities who had so long advocated that systems of cruelty with reference to the army and the navy, had but duly reflected on what might have been done by a more humane system of treatment, in all probability that meeting would not have been then assembled; but the authorities seemed to have forgotten that those who took situations in the army and navy, when they took their offices, did not cease to be human beings, and were ani mated by human sentiments. If they believod, for example, that the soldier and the sailor possesse 'd the same feelings which they themselves entertained, and could be actuated by the same motives, they we uld not for so long a p er i o d h ave consente d and have desir ed to inflict upon them a punishment now not employe d even upon the brute creation. In the present advance wont of knowledge, and the improvement of moral feel ings, this savage system of punishment was giving way, and was made to yield to the force of moral feelings which an improved system of education had produced on this country. But there were officers who constantly exclaimed that no discipline could be maintained in the army unless the power of inflicting the lash were re tained, and unless that infliction every now and then took place; but when they were asked if they did not believe that if another system were adopted—a system of rewards instead of a system of punishment—it would serve the same end—they had not replied to it; they had no way of argument; but they turned upon their heels and exclaimed that they did not believe in the efficiency of such a system, and that they rejoiced in having that atrocious power in their hands—the power of infliot;og punishment upon their fellow-creatures, who were cer tainly equally as honourable with themselves—(Loudi cheers)—equally 'as just, and! equally as sensitive as themselves. The voice of the British nation had been raised against this atrocious cruelty. It was branded and stigmatised—it was cendemned, hated, aad despised, from one extremity of the kingdom to the other. Who was there,he would ask who dare to say that such iniquity should continue? The voice of the public would be omnipotent in this cause, as it had been in every other cause in which it had been recently expressed—(2-m -meuse cheering)—and he felt assured that the day Of flogging, if it had not ceased, was, at all events, near ther approach of its termination. The pretence had hitherto been raised, in consequence of igno • ranee or otherwise, That there was no danger to human life in flogging; but experience —not only recent experience —but experience of remote times — had proved indisputably that it was not only dangerous to life, but that it had killed—and killed again and again ; and he was sorry to be compelled to express the opinion that it had heen enforced with the knowledge' that it had been fatal to human life. From circumstances which he was unable to explain, that circumstance had been kept back from public consideration. Now, how ever, it was universally known, and no longer could it be said, when an unfortunate soldier or sailor was sen tenced to have his back lashed with that infernal ma chine, the cat-'o-nine-tails, that the infliction could be made withont danger to human life. Why, they were told that a surgeon should examine the body of the un fortunate culprit before his punishment was inflicted, and that he should determine what amount of suffering a fellow-creature should be enabled to bear before life was in danger. For such a statement to be made in a civilised country was in itself a miracle. Good God, let them only conceive that a man should be required to test beforehand the capabilities of endurance of is human being—that he should gauge the strength of the human body—that he should be required to ascertain by the application of his scientific skill what amount of suffer ing, what quantity of pain could be endured by a fellow creature before his life was put in danger. It was an insult to the profession to which he had the honour to belong.—(lmmense cheering.) If he were in the army, whatever might be his prospect of degradation—punishment —poverty—or deprivation— his answer would be, that he would not be answerable for the consequences of one single lash.— (Enthusiastic applause.) He would—when the unhappy being under the lash had received one—he would tell the commanding officer, standing by, in as stern a voice as he could, that he would not be answerable for the second. Oh, there was something in it which was in itself so disgusting, and so repulsive, that it was difficult to speak about it with common feeling or patience. He would ask, did the soldier, when he became such, did he cease to be a citizen—did he cease to enjoy the civil rights which other men possessed ? They were suffi ciently ready to laud the soldier when they believed that he had protected them from danger. The soldier who risked his life in their cause and for very bad pay — (Cheers)—who was kept in a state of constant suffering —who was under his general, colonel-major, captain, lieutenant, ensign, sergeant, and coporal ; and if he did not appear a very humble man, and extremely sub missive before all persons, he became a marked man, and it was indicated to him that before long the farrier should become his intimate acquaintance. Yes, even if a poor fellow in a mistake were to call out to his superior officer " hallo," the chances were that in a few days he would find himself with a scored back; he would find that he had been lacerated and torn, and that his life had been endangered. Now was it believed, or could it be believed by persons in authority, that the English people would endure such a state of things?—(Cries of " Never, never.") Now that their minds were directed to the subject, and had become acquainted with all these cruelties—now that the fiat of public opinion had been launched against it—those who admitted it to continue would be marked and stigmatised as being as bad as the system itself. But for a moment, leaving out the question of the physical suffering, and the danger to the physical constitution, were they to forget what were its effects, and what might be its influence on the moral condition of the man ? Why, they might increase the number of lashes, if that were only concerned ; but let them picture to themselves an unfortunate man brought inside a square, before hundreds of comrades ; be saw before him the halberts, or a ladder nailed to the side of a house ; he had to strip or be stripped, and to walk to the ladder or the halberts, and there to be tied hand and foot, with his limbs stretched to their utmost extent, in order that he might not exhibit what was the amount of agony and suffering he endured. He said, let them pic ture to themselves a man placed on that rack of 1846-- (Loud cheers) —for he called it what it well deserved to be called—it was a rack ; and tell him did they send from that place a man with an unbroken spirit, or an un subdued mind—a man who did not feel himself degraded down to the lowest point of human degradation ? Tell him if that man afterwards was ever likely to be a good soldier, or to raise his head as an honest and independent man ?—(Cheers.) He questioned if the moral degrada tion were not worse even than the physical punishment ; and he questioned whether its effects on all that was valuable in a man, were not calculated to hinder him ffom being a good member of society, to make him a good soldier, a good brother, or a good friend. And was not this effect infinitely worse than the danger to his life, or the torture of the physical infliction ? and if that were the case, how could the punishment be justified? And for what offences was this punishment inflicted? He was not acquainted with the military code, and therefore he would not attempt to name it, but circumstances which hadbe be l ieve e c v o e m t e ht to t his t k w n a o s w liend g fl i c a t e i d ndu fo c r e d t h h e i m m t o o think s ttrmiflki trifling g n d to and pardonable offences—for the most pardonable offences their fellow-creatures had suffered this horrible and un endursble torture. But returning to the physical con stitution—was there any person in that meeting so in experienced as not to know that the most trifling wound would sometimes occasion death—a wound that occa sioned the most trifling inconvenience, and that only for a moment, and, as far as the individual suffering was concerned, did not require any description of medical treatment? There were peculiarities in certain consti tutions which rendered wounds dangerous, and no skill or sagacity of the surgeon could discover them. A slight scratch of the skin might produce erysipelas and death; a trifling injury to the extremity of the finger might produce lock jaw and death; the cutting of a nail too closely to the skin had frequently produced death; and the cutting of a corn too closely had also produced death; but it was laid down as a rule that lacerating, cutting, scoring, pounding, and mincing the back of a human being would not produce death ; and some even spoke of it as not a disagreeable operation. He must confess he should like to see it tried on the backs of those parties; and, further—medically speak ing—it was his opinion that they richly deserved the operation.—(Cheers.) But, to make another appeal to the English public, why were the authorities unjust to the o ffi cers? and he wi s h e d to s p ea k o f th em as favour ably as possible, but, in his opinion, that which was beneficial to the men ought to be applied to the officers. —(Cheers.) It was a great injustice to withhold it from them.—(Cheers and laughter.) If the practice were so good for discipline, and so effectual for the promotion of pure morals, then the young officers had reason to com plain that they had not had the benefit of it. From what he had heard, it would occasionally be advan tageous to them; and in any case they should have that themselves which they advocated with reference to their men. If it were good for the men it would be good for the officers. If it ought to be applied to " the men;' were not the officers men.—(A voice—" No, some of them are boys.") He always heard the expression " officers and men," and never " officers and privates." If it were good for the men it was good for the officer& unless the officers would wish to indicate that they were not men ; and ho must say that, if they continued the practice of flogging, they were men who certainly would not be much admired. He heard it stated, only a few days since, in argument, in a different place, that the chances were that the men would shoot their officers in battle if this punishment were not retained, and even in a less degree occasionally used. What did they think of the privates ? Did they think that a private had such a peculiarity of human feeling that he was a man likely to shoot his officers if his officers did not flog him. There was something so curious in the logic of that argument that he had failed to comprehend it. In his re o a ren_ me prac tice, during life, he had found that: he t rea te d asted as they ought to be treated—if h e treated in •_ ,poAsessing the same feelings ! y ;1 ; she quaities. tE ee. same cingui—on bag - anwwwtr_esnedeitL. ay. be g ress 3 AT this ir the ADY ; g the a nd ft [alai" tera ant 10 I:litcb, , 51id g c br if sghe° be fore' ;sof , t(7 L ir° ass I°4 witl iesi r • 0 t tl' f e d lot Iv ilB b eib e d l ' • 5° Id ,c 1 ," ; ~fl