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

SPORTING NOTES. CCLXXXI. COVENTRY AND LYNN lI:ETINGS. &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM z' ori n- . --Tlie colt by Smoot:), out of Verh a, improved ,Isorti.ikeb,is running in Ireland by winning the Chillington at WolveitiAmpton yesterday very easily. It is true enough that he hadnothing but, et consequence to beat; a.considering his travels lately,and, consequently, some what Re deficient before work, .his victory is somevery creditable , to is horso that will makenoise in the _ he closes his racing career. .to ratshull Handicap was won very cleverly by -•audy Bi rd found . 1 0. „ who himself perfectly at home over his peculiar lenth—a mile and a half. Morning -ar, rree.; _. Ria , g i and "lug laths of the vrinner, and 321bs of Young topG l e L anaged to beat the latter for second honours. wel t ' l .7 2° won the Free Handicap last year with the Sh e t i g" UP, juo. contrived to ditto that performance. sp r i n e vtdi-nay improved in torsi during the present tier ri -g obi an d surnm-r, and not improbably may enable the e Owner to pick up a thing or two with her in Co urse of tla. autumn. G in allac ieln about whom there has been so much sa id _ puhlie of late, was brough• , , out yesterday, and won the Cievt.lanci Cup from Tittle and Clothworker. The al ter, evidently had to concede some three stone to the w - • Y stile, o inner, and his chance, in coni , quence, w a s out Shado w is a. fine slashing filiy ; and being a very im. !rasing animal, will, late in the antuten, or next spring, if not overweighted, do a " good thing." T he only stake at Coventry that the public seem in elined to bet about is the aptly, though strangely, Named Peeping Tom Handicap a thrfe-quariers of a lei of eighteen it will have a th —4ll , or more, et the post, wi , h THE KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE, or BULLFINCH the winner. At the Lynn meting only two races are likely to treate speculation in town. For the first, the West Norfolk Handicap, a two mile run, SURPRISE and KING 4 , 3 ? TRov, to my thinking, will be first and second; and for the other race, the Stradsett Hall Stakes, cCANDAL is reported to be as good as any thing. Both these meetings come off to-morrow. The betting was not very brisk last night, nor is it ao this morning; the principal investments were on the bor Handicap and St. Leger. The following were the latest quotations:—Reading Stakes-5 to 4on Veultrets, Sto 1 agst Michaelmas Maid. Innkeepers' Stakes-5 and 6 to 4 agst Kilmeny, the latter odds takia freely; 4to 1 each agst Theorem and Earns. Peeping Tom litandicap-6 to 4 agst the Knight of the Thistle, take 2 t o 1 . Ebor Handicap-6 to 1 agst Weathergage, "'Ken freely; 7 to 1 age Li , tle Harry; 8 to 1 eget Vol tißeer; 12 to 1 agst Sir Rowland Tranchard; long odds offared „gat Nancy. Great Sr. Leger-3 to 1 agst Song -Btrfas; 4 to 1 agst Stockwell, taken freely ; 5 to 1 apt r, 4 niel O'Rourke; 40 to 1 apt Lapidist; 100 to 1 agst toe Major. —I am Sir, &c., Aug. 11. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVEREIA.NIPTON RACES.—TUESDAY. T he Patshull Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 tt, and 5 only if declared, with 30 added. One mile and a half. ..(17 Sub s ., 5 of whom declared.) 41 ,,..'• Msikl am ' s Paddy Bird, 3 yrs. 6st Sib ...(Carrot) 1 .._ 4l tr- Snelmer.line's Morning Star, 3 yrs, 5s 41b 2 Xt. Plidlipi's Le Juif, 4 yrs, Bst k r. R. Denman na b g Young England, 5 yrs, Tat 81b 0r 1 , • J. Saxon's Cciurier, 6yrs, Tat 6 1 h ~0 The Giffnd na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, Est 31 b 'be Cleveland Cup, by subs. of 10 sovs. each; second to receive 201. out of the stakes. Three miles. (7 Subs.) Mr' Foley naGalvanism, 3 yrs (Carrol) 1 --.o r d .„ Lewisham tea Trifle, 3 yrs 2 " 41. ' 131 11' ' . 1. gne s Clothworker, aged.... "ue Chillington Stakes of 10 sovs. each and 50 added, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners ones 311 as extra. T.Y.C. (12 Subs.) Lordir.,Fedon's br cby Simoom—Verberia (White) 1 b._• J. Merry's Desdemona 2 Zi_ . • lialord's f by Assault—Newton Lass . 4 .'.r. T. Shepherdson's Pastrycook 0 0 t r. l'iin toff's Whalebone ° Borough Members' Plate of 60 soy a., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. One mile-and-a-half. 11 (7 Subs.) M I :: 111 _ enntford's Thunderbolt, 3 yr s, ( 50/.)...(C1if) 1 f• Bartlett's Tancr e d, 4 yrs, (30 1 ) 2 -R„ Z r * Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, (301.) 0 i i :' Dawson's Mi ss T ru th, 4 yrs, (301) 0 'be Free Handicap of 5 soya. each, 3 it, with 30 added, for three yrs old and upwards, the second to save his stake,Li g t)r d arwick'a Grief, 6 yrs .................. (Crouch) 1 zr. Plintoff's The Reaper, 4 yrs ................. . 2 .ur. k r. I Sp arrow as Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs 3 kr. Big g all Osbaldeston, yrs .......... , 0 0 M. tstlguell's Clothworker, 6 yrs k r ti,... Adey's Liberty, 5 yrs 0 • ttoldforth's Wilmont. 5 yrs T he YARMOUTH. RACES.—TuEsnia. eats , Vauxhall Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added, e. '.t?, three quarters of a mile, were won by Chorus The Sabra and Miss Sarah. 'u f Norfolk and Suffolk Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 k r. t ,tand 3 only if declared. Two miles. (6 Subs.) The Y- BoYoes Ingratitude, 4 yrs. ist slb...walked over. .I'ttadestnen's rwo Yrs Old Stakes of 10 sovs., 5 ft, winners 50 added ; colts. Bst 7th ; fillies, Bst 21b ; k r. 'lra 51 b extra. T.Y.C. (15 Subs.) lir. Ins ! r mg's Placid . Francis's Index .. 2 The B ornt ; NV : ° n by a length and a half. andanintwtado-leuatlianembers' Poste of 501, for three yrs old 11l .. ‘: -4r uo heats one mile and a quarter, was won by liWeaathEerkGg TETI;IIN4 'Urbanity. A g T MANCHESTER.—TUEBDAY. -EAT EBOR HANDICAP (YORK).-8 to 1 agst age (t), 12 to 1 agst Haricot (t), 100 to 6 agst Hyacinth (0, 100 to 6 tsgst Sir Rowland Trenchard (t). We --' GREA T YORKSHIRE STAKES,-2 to 1 agst Stock ll (t), 2 to 1 egg Songstress (t). s S T';LEG ER .-3 to 1 eget' Song,Wess (t), 4 to 1 agst "° o kwell (t), 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'R nuke (t). , CREMORNE GA RDENS. tOVEf., AND STARTLING PERFORMANCE. -Lae wonderful and unprecedented feat per f o r m e d here on Monday evening by Edouard Boutellier, one et . the Italian brothers, whose gymnastic exhibitions : P eated so much interest at Drury-lane last year, inci have excited great enthusiasm in the circus and peahe garden at Cremorne this season, will be re to-morrow, as though resolved to outdo all that bi, d been p rev i ous l y a tt emp t e d. Th e trapeze (a light wood, about an inch and half in thickness and le feet long, suspended by two cords twelve feet long)!the g i gantic i 8 fixed beneath the car of the balloon, and as the g l gentic m ac hine rises majestically into the air, nd dar ing athlete (accompanied by Mr. Chambers h. -‘f-a• L. Mermead, the intrepid aeronauts), is seen sow e•s feet, and so continues, swinging with kill head wards, until the balloon attains a con ealderable elevation, when he swings himself up, and, seating himself upon the bar, commences his amazing evolutions, with the same fearlessness and skill as instead he had been performing in a drawing-room, 'teed of being so me thousand feet perched up in air.. The ball o on on Monday took an easterly course, thus traversi ng the greater part of the metropolis, am eventually made a safe descent in Victoria-park. The intrepid gymnast continued his bold and startling evolution s throughout the whole of the aerial voyage, t and, as the balloon never attained a very great eleva "o4, he was seen by myriads in all parts of London, and the cheers of the multitude evidently nerved him the more for his daring achievements. He ascended into the car just before the descent of the balloon, and reached the gardens between nine and ten o'clock, in time for his customary performances in the circus. We need hardly add that his reception on his return," by the thousands that thronged the gardens, was such as Englishmen ate always ready to give to those who display such courage as he had done. Of all feats that have yet been attempted this is the greatest, and to appearance..the most daring and venturesome, but the great muscular energy and strange presence of mini of the intrepid performer take away the feeling of fear, and make that certain success with him Which it would indeed be dangerous for others to at tempt. We have no doubt the gardens will be Crowded to-morrow to witness t he repetition of his bold and daring ascent. DREADFUL THUNDER-STORM AND Loss Manchester 114 MANCHESTIR.—Yesterday forenoon oesrterLiaFntd a s neighbourhood were visited by al3 rapanied by heavy showers, which,it everethunder-storm, ac s;; is feared, must have oc casioned great damage to life and prope rty. Among the fa tal consequences already known are the death of four men corpses of arid the serious injury of another, who were em ployed at a n ew building in Ridgway-street. The blackene d One 1," four unfortunate men present a horrible spectac le l.t in the mYard public -house, near the scene of the ca d am l9 l , y. named of the deceased was a fine young man, age vaornas Dowd, an apprentice to a mason. T he sashes and truc ',;°°f Of the building were shattered to pieces by .eve element. the des 1 TUE MILITIA..—On Saturday orders were issued 2' the Lo r d-Li eutenan t o f th e county of Middlesex, an d by 4 'ut Lord -Li eu t enan t s o f o th er count i es, to the i r d eput i es to 1- 484 4 immediate steps for raising the requ i re d num b er o f men 11 their respective districts to serve in the militia, to be em !?died in aceordance with the Act passed in the last session 1).1 P arliament, and during the next week general courts of iltritedancy will be held in most of the counties throughout e kingdom to settle the preliminary matters. F PARTY OF PLEASURE FOR AUSTRALIA,—Among a Passengers who went out to Australia in the mail s t eamer gecb A ri: "sa, which left Southampton on Saturday, were two ntlernen of that town, who went out iu her on pl easure, ati__ d in tend returning to England imm4diately. On e o f t h e rantlemen took his wife with him ; the other only mad e up ' Mind 800 to go in her a day or two before she sailed, and as b er n as he did so went and paid his 90 guineas . for a first-class tti. fancy men going on a pleasure trip to the e". and and gettin to th nd of their voyage in 10 weeks! rely we i . g a e M....:. ive in an age of marvels. The tact that is just blue is of considerable significance, as it shows that are beginning to think that a voyage to Australia is 1„.,_ Y great effort after all. Next ver 1 ,7 0 ;02 and Pacific Company's steamers begin to ru n . between year, wnen the Austra tth,,e, whole 30 01, in Sydney, a man with a six months' holiday and s o p f o t c h k e e w t m a y a . y glof roundthe n d world p r 0 a nd g nosticated such a in live splendidly Lung a century ago he would y madhouse. PRINCE have been placed a ,_. NC H OF WALE% YA.CIIT CLUB.--The fourth match of the season came off firs t class sailed •orn Illic.kwall to Gravese V iyesterday. The ats W o n '3 , the Valentine,, Mr., B. Valli;. There back, and the race was ,ois. For the second tac4i,' ivhich i. ~,I t he and back, there wag • front Bla,lwall to G , Lei '' v Vad t bc • 0 the elhowere three of and the winner Poi Ur W pi, ' --• --ckpa;ll. 741) 9 ' r— ur, ,ey ol :,,ea ert l , 7 ei lt 13'1 tbis o P • e ti doll bit bA he der t tbe a t M• r. 1 ' r Ef e4 , 3 i. mo y e or f llis $' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY on a small scale, had excited the attention of all the in habitants. " SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK. The events of this week are of a checkered character —the dark squares, however, having greatly the predo minance. Two more colonists have been murdered by Hottentot bandits, and a third seriously woun ded . One of them, an Englishman, was waylaid in Oliphant's Hoek, stripped naked, an had his brains beaten out with a bludgeon. The other, a man of colour, was shot dead whilst resting in his own cottage in fancied secu rity after his day's toil. The wounded man was return ing to his home, and was shot from an ambuscade, but ' may, possibly, escape with life. " If the information from Uitenhage be correct, which computes the rebel banditti in the Zuurberg at from 230 to 300 strong, then it follows that the main body of the Hottentot rebels on the Buffalo must have been when attacked by Colonel Eyre and the gallant men of the 43d, weaker than usual, though then estimated at from 500 to 600 men. Should this be so, then it very plainly marks the formidable character of the rebellion, and the ire porteece of the whole country being aroused to a sense of the necessity of the immediate and effectual suppres sion of the insurrection. It this be not done with a strong, hand, the safety of the whole colony will be jeopardized, and the most disastrous consequences may ensue. " The spirited attack on the rebel camp on the Buffalo, by Colonel Eyre and the 43d Regiment relieves the dark features of the pit ure, and by exciting hope affords matter for cougra,.ulation. The attack was we ll designed; and would, there can be no doubt, had the dif ferent celumns arrived at the concerted time, havo been eminerftly successful. But in this country, to insure ac curate time in a night march from different points, is a movement of extraordinary difficulty, and especially where there are men who would consider it as a misfor tune to be last, and indeed a reproach not to be first, in the presence of the enemy." The Cape Town Mail, in a leading article, says : "Peace, accompanied by such security from dangeteto i s sts all ir t o h m at i b b a o r d b y a roi of n hopedfshe presentfor byuan unhappy life and property as is consistent with residence upon a th b e ord c e o r l , on i hostilities. Such is also the sole aim of the British Government, who, on the colony's behalf, are at this time incurring the vast expense of these hos tilities. Both bodies, the Imperial Government and the colony, have to co-operate in endeavouring to attain this object. Without their perfect co-operation it seems impossible that anything final can be done; and before they can co-operate cordially, each must know the policy which guides the conduct of the other, and both must see clearly what measures are best to be adepred before the great end in view can be attained. " How, then, are they to work together under present circumstances? How can the British Government com municate with the colonists? War was declared, and the Qieen'a representative called on the colonists to rise en masse, and exterminate' the enemy. From the very manner in which the object of the war was stated doubts arose. Was it right to exterminate the Kafirs, in the ordinary sense of the word used in the preclamation? If they deserved such a fate, was it necessary? Or, to propose a third view, was it necessary but not right? if, indeed, God will ever permit human beings to argue anything to be necessary that is not right. " What the war arose from is of less importance than the question—how must it end? The intended exter mination, originally proclaimed, of the enemy, has since been diminished to his banishment beyond the Kei. Is this indispensable? If indispensable to the extent of security which we think to be necessary, has it been rightly earned by the Kafir people at our hands? If indispensable for our present security, if just, is it safe for the future? Will not the new colony between the Fish River and the Kei—for the country between the Fish River and the Keiskamma, although nominally a colonial district since 1848, is scarcely in a different position from British Kafraria, in fact—will not this new territory in future years suffer as fearfully from the tribes who then will border on the Europeans, as Albany and Somerset do now from their present neighbours? If, again, it be alike indispensable for the present in terests of the colony, safe for its future interests, and right as far as the Kafirs are concerned, is it possible to exterminate' them from their present homes, and com pel them to emigrate beyond the The C ol on i sts alone, even if they were agreed upon answering all the questions above in the affirmative, cannot do it. A large British army has been trying to succeed in this during a year and a-half, and have hitherto made but little progress. " A more modified view, even of the idea of the ex pulsion of the Girths nation from their present country, hat lately seemed to gain ground. It is said that General Cathcart wishes only to expel the individual Kafirs, if they can be singled out, or the individual chiefs, who have taken part in the war. But will this be politic, or even possible, in the case of a people holding their chiefs in so much honour? The war arose scarcely so much, as Bishop Gray is said to have stated in England, from the incurable cattle-stealing propensities of the Kafirs, as from the partisanship of the people with their chiefs, whose power it was the avowed policy of our Government to endeavour to undermine and destroy. We established British rule tin Kafratia, and persuaded ourselves that the people were more contented sad prosperous under chat rule, than under their former native institutions of government. So, perhaps, they may have been for a time. The Government of the day persuaded itself also that the colony was more free from cattle-stealing visits, and more safe from a chance of their recurrence. So stated Sir H. Smith's dispatches and public declarations, repeatedly and positively. When rumours of war came Sir 11. Smith summoned one of the former chiefs before him. The chief set the newly-satablished authority in his country at defiance. The people chose the side of their natural sovereign rather than that of the foreigner. We have attempted in vain, during 18 months past, to bring these alleged rebels to submission. If this be the history of the war, and if it be true that a national feeling unites the Kafir people, even though they were for a time happy and contented under our rule, to resist any intrusion upon them of what they must needs think a foreign yoke,—are not the questions respecting their expulsion, extermination, destruction, and so forth, which we have described above, such as must naturally suggest themselves to the mind of every man of civilized feeling? At present there are no suffi cient means of thoroughly ascertaining public opinion in the colony on a subject of such intricacy and difficulty. Whenever the colonists meet in an organized represen tative Legislature, they can say for themselves what they tniok is beat to be done for the attainment of the sole object of the present, as of all wars,—peace. They will deliberately judge, and will consult with the authorized servants of the_ Queen's Government, what evils which may now be allayed have caused alike the Kafir war and the Hottentot rebellion ; and what can be done to lessen or remove these evils. Until then all parties continue in the dark, and tne sole sounds which relieve the ge neral ignorance of the real object of the contest, a n d the real grounds of the war, are heard from oar injured border-colonists, whose many sufferings naturally prompt them to think of the enemy as mere bloodthirsty mis creants, delighting in ravage and murder; but who i n this judgment may be wrong. " These very views of the nature of our enemy—the notion that nothing less than their utter annihilation could restore peace, and that they do not deserve to exist—the proclamation that the object of the war was their extermination —have retarded the close of the con test more than anything else. The enemy, g etf i rs aad Hottentets,hear it again and again, that they must choose between continued resistance and their destruction. Yet if comparative peace, not the safety of London and York, but such comparative peace as borderers must be satisfied with, can be attained by anything less than Sir Harry Smith's proclaimed object at the opening of the war, neither Britain nor the colony has any true interest in seeking that object; and, to say the least, it is far from certain that either of them has the right, any more than it possesses the interest. " A commission of inquiry into all the causes of con.. test, sent out last year, might have saved Great Britain many thousands of pounds. A similar commission, ev en now, would be of the highest value. The establishment, in addition, as speedily es possible, of representative in stitutions, having public confidence, and through which the real opinion of the colony could be clearly heard, would enable all the parties concerned to understand each other pet fectly—to decide clearly upon what was best to be done—and to cooperate sincerely towards the restoration of peace on a permanent basis." From the South African Commercial Advertiser we extract the following : " Though General Cathcart has not been remiss dur- ins the past month, his dibpatohes by nce the present m a il chequer. His predecessor, Sir Charles Wood, last yEexreaat: si, that the contest was drawing to a close. Mr. ui Dis raeli now (April 3 0 ) requests an additional 660,0130 * But Sir Charles Wood 6 thoug h t t he R i ght Hon. G,,- tlean would find himself very much d isappointed e in o e estimate t the i ma K t e a w ti la r i war h a r h . e The h ad p f r o a r h m a e h d i i i t o y f was the t p h r a o t ble x ethe. tn which he had first named would be pretty nearly e vended by the I st of Marc h, and it was going on at the rate of almost 50 , 0001 . a month. Four months h a y. elapsed since the I st o f March, which, accordin g to the estimate, will account for the additional 200,000/., w hile the state of the war is p rett y nearly what it was on th Ist of January, 18.50. The prospect o f its drawing to a close has not improved, and the necessary arran ge _ ments in progress tor the protection of the colony an d the annoyance of the enemy imply an increasi ng - rate of expenditure. Higher motives than mere economy no doubt inspire all parties with an ardent desire to bring this savage conflict to h M as "j c e o s s t t Y , 's an end; but even economy alone is a sufficient reason for demanding of Ministers something more than just enough to ' maintain the honour of her m a . jesty's arms:- Nothing more has yet been accomplished. There are Kafir camps, and rebel bands within the held boundaries of the colony. Beyond it, nothing i s safe that is not within the range of musketry or c annon. onth arm s ' SimplyfolB to months' maintain against thethe borderho nour tribes, o r i t h e her s, accord ing to Sir C. Wood's estimate, about 960,000/., with th e 105 , 5 of many brave officers and men. . The losses of the coiony in life, property, and time are not less appalli ng. It is a most ruinous affair. g or m " A summary of events and operations during th e have becom e is given elsewhere. But the details of assaults, . x . robberies , murders, pursuits, skirmishes, and personal act P o i r "'" ' in which colonists lasso been distinguished fee r u reed,ff s -. 0 t i i miles o o u r i dmfioirlemoanny more columns. Dis orderear,The latest re portsalreadyarthat familiar give,. d r a eo h a g soo r en r, ltso s o s fme w i e l l e l s a i s ns actualtlreonngt hi: both sides of a border marauders ha ve l ine some 10 parties of active themselves among e the mountains and forests- established far Uitenhage and Port " Such is the field Elizabeth. not t from the towns of General C a thcart has to cOrl'f ?In Lte'qnd-op,rai which l, c ,,,,, , ,i,,,r), rate, and w o u ll pob, egai,:ist an t nerny a(=. nt, After removing ad-quartershearwed. " to F or t Beaufort, he inade a visit to Gnaw 6 OWE, in consequence of 4 dis patch from General Somerset, stating that the neigh bourhood was alarmed by hostile bands committing out rages in Lower Albany. He ordered one squadron of the 12th Lancers, one company of the Royal Sappers and Miners, and three companies of the 74th Regiment to march upon Graham's Town fur their protection and support, but stated that the establishment of a rural police was the only measure that could be relied upon for the internal security of th e b or d er d i str i cts . This police force he is now organizin g . Af ter ma ki ng a tour of in spection, and visiting th e diff erent camps, & c ., he re turned to Fort Beaufort. " Here he received a letter from the rebel Hottentot leader Uithaalder, hi n ti ng t h at he had no o bj e ction to enter into corresponden ce , as h e was acting i n d e p en dently of the Kafir chiefs. Thi s man, it seems, at the instiga tion of Sandilli, had seized the Kafir chief Toise in his own kraal, not far from King, William's Town, upon a charge of treason against his lawful chief or feudal sove reign. Sandilli ord ere d hi m to be put to death, but Uithaalder and his associates demanded a fair trial for their prisoner, and on t h at b eing refused, gave h im his freedom, and sent him home in safety. Toise's own nar rative is very curious. " While the General was busy in completing arrange ments for the protection cf the frontier districts, the enemy were not idle. On the 221 of May a consider able force attacked Mount Coke, a missionary station between King Willi a m' s T own and E , ist Lon d on , and succeeded in carryin g o ff a l ot of draught oxen, 7 Fingoes and wounding 10, also an Englishman named_ Feld, and two of Sewaries Kafirs. A n d on the 2 ,1 of June they ireercepted the post-riders between . Fort Peddie and King William' s T own. But the most se rious affair occurred on the 13th, when they surprised five Government waggons p rocee di ng from Grahams Town to Fort Beaufort, under the charge of Captain Moody with a de.achment of 31 Sappers and Miners. Seven of the riflemen were killed and nine wounded. The waggons, containing among other things, a considerable quantity of ammunition and arms, were captured and plundered, and the oxen carried off. " They have since, however, received some punish ment. On the 20th a combined movement was made by General Yorke and Colonel Eyre on Uithaalder's camp. Though expecting that the attack would not be made until the 21st, they were not quite unprepared, and Co lonel Eyre, who arrived first, and rat h er too soo n for support, had a smart affair before the enemy broke and dispersed. It is stated that G enera l Yorke ' s division have followed up this success, b ut t h e official acoount is not yet published. " Anticipating the completion of his arrangements for the defence of the frontier district s , G eneral C at h car t has announced his intention to march into Kreili's coun try early next month. The ablebodied men of the frontier districts have agai n b een summoned to co-operate with her Majesty's troops, under their own commandants, with a promise of an equitable distribution of the cattle which may be taken in the course of the expedition, as some compensation for the losses and sufferings of the last 18 months. This i n t e lli gence h as j ust been received, and all that is yet known of it is contained in the follow ing proclamation:— " BY HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE 110 N. GEORGE CATHCART, &C. " Whereas the Kafir chief Krell, who resides beyond the Kei, and whose territory is separated from that part of her Majesty's dominions called British Kafraria, by that river, although recently chastened fur his well known underhand as well as open hostility, by order of Governor of Sir Harry Smith, has not ceased, from the time the expedition was withdrawn, contumaciously to comfort and assist her Majesty's rebellious subjects, now associated with the rebel chief Sandilli, Kafirs as well as Hottentots, in carrying on a protracted war, and even to harbour rebel Hottentots in his own country. " Aod whereas the said contumacious chief Kreli, when mercifully called upon by me to desist from his evil practices, and use his well-known influence in put ting an end to the Gaika rebellion, and in token of his good faith and due submission, to pay up the fine of cattle imposed by my predecessor, Governor Sir Harry Smith, which the said chief had promised to pay, and on the faith of which promise the last expedition was mercifully withdrawn after the infliction of half the punishment deserved, has insolently sent back my peace able remonstrance and just demand, in defiance : " And whereas it is necessary, in vindication of her Majesty's authority, and in order to put en end to this war, that the said chief Kreli should, without loss of time, receive the fall chastisement he deserves : " Now, therefore, Ido hereby proclaim, declare, and make known, that, for the purpose of inflicting such chastisement, it is my intention, on the 6th day of Au gust next, to assemble a sufficient force of her Majesty's regular troops, cavalry, infantry, and artillery, paid levies and enrolled Fingoes, with abundant supplies for the campaign, on the Umvani River, near Brain Neck, midway between Shiloh and the W h i te Kei :—and that, it is further my intentio n with this force to cross the Kei, and establish my head-quarters at Great Place. But, wishing to show to her Majesty's enemies that, besides the force of hur regular armies, she pos sesses the loyal support of her faithful subjects, and that, at her call, they are ready and willing to take the field In her cause : " Wishing, also, to give to those who, as a b ody, h ave suffered severely from the war, an opportunity of re covering, by force of arms, some compensation for their losses, I hereby, in the name and on behalf of her Majesty, command all burghers of the divisions of Graaff-Reinet, Uitenhage, Port Elisabeth, Somerset, Craddock, Albany, Albert, Victoria, Fort Beaufort, and Coleabilrg, capable of bearing arms, to take the field upon the old comm an d o system of the colony, and join me on the Umvani River, near Bram Neck, midway between Shiloh and the White Kei, on the 6th of Au• gust, whence I will lead them forthwith in person into,the country of the contumacious chief Kreli, to despoil him of his cattle, as the b es t means of effectua lly bringing him to submission, and th ere b y terminating the present tiresome hostilities. " ' I further hereby ma k e known to tho co l o nists of all classes, who shall v o l untarily join in th i s gre at com mando, that all cattle that may be captured by them shall be divided amo ng the captors, for t heir own use and benefit, accordin g . to such equitable division as may be determined on by their own commandants. cc ' " ' God sa ve t h e Queen, Given under th e p u b lic seal of the settlemen t at the Cape of Good H ope, this Ist day of Ju l y , " ' By command of hi s E xcellency the Governor , " ' RI CHARD S OU THEY, , " ' Acting-S ecretary to Government. , 8 Her Majesty's stea mer Styx arrived at Sim on Bay o n th e 16 t h o f J une; sailed fcr Table B a y 00 the 28th, a n d l e ft f o r E ast London on the I s t of July. Her Maj e sty's steamer Hydra, Commander B el. grave, and the Rhadamanthus Commander Belau), were lying in Sim on ' s B ay. , The Chusan screw steamer left Table 839 ° n the 29th of June f o r Port Philip. 1852. The garrison at Sierra Leone was healthy, heavy rain had set i n . Major (I', —onner had return ed fro m dto a tour through th e di str i cts round the colohYt." ~ the Banana Island s ;h e made his half-year l y i nspee tion of the troops on the 23d of June. Her Majesty's steamer Phillips, from the Rio Pongos the Ist of July, started on a cruise the 19th of July to Sherporo, at prese nt in a state of civil war. • utenant Her Majesty's steamer Bloodhound, Lle h of Christian, arrived at Sierra Leone on the corn. July : from Ascension the 18th of June, withndermender Bruce's dispatches. The gallant Comma, b, a in- Chief had relieved the blockade at W"a t a o the measure calculated to give great satisfaction native chiefs. Say" -P°l37phemus, Commander Her Majesty's steamer Firefly, Lieutenanttoes on naour, had captured a slaver, but with no 5 board, and brought her to St. Helena. Her Majesty's steamer Pluto for St. Leone on the 13th of June left on the 14th on the Vincent's, and returned with English mails 15th of June, on the 7th of July. eeded on I.lr Majesty's steamer Bloodhound pa il for the the 7th of July to Ascension with the Conamodore. arr i o d b at Sierra Jolliffe, was cruising in the Bights. Her Majesty's steamer Myrmidon , ,1 got away from Two steamers with 1,000 slaves had g v i l ith 10 guns the Gallinas. A large armed slaver u i s i n g off the and Spanish colours, is reported to be cr Lieutenant Gallions. Her Majesty's brig Crane r , su .. , it and re- Bonham had left Sierra Leone in Pus day her turned on the 11th of July. On the Vincent's 'Cape Majesty's steamer Pluto left for St. Lieutenant is of the 15th of Verde, to convey the English reF ri like, and sup a boat was seen in the river, paintemen. of- war ; she, July to Sierra Leone. When cruis d i posed to belong to, one of our s lave vessel which however, turned out to belong t° 4 ° oo slaves, and got passed the Crane at night with g Off Sherboro, L eo ne had received clear. The Governor of Sierra. rea dy for ember information of 2,000 slaves being every preparation cation within ten miles of Mr s• in the Rio P o ngos, vil i t stock leave the bar made for resistance until the ' s g Lightbourne's fac racoons. Her Majesty's brig Crane 17th of July, h of July, 20 miles west The Propontis, on the 19t lours with her Ma of Sierra Leone, exchanged a° lours brig Crane. Herald, Torcb, and Pluto were Her Majesty's ships ~ 1 ,. left Sierra Leone on the at Cape Verde on the 26th 0 1 . 0 `' Jr h of June, and land at the Cape Verde " t h e f J u ly. The Hellespont, sailed therefrom on the 2d 0 7thof andsailed , e Cant • / ,ain Watts, arrived on ru The Teviot sailed for the same day for the CaP e • and the the Brazils on the 23d of July, on the Harbinger, The Queen of the South arrive3doatrrived from Eng 26th of Captain Lane, arrived from England Jul y, at 6 p.. f Sal 26'h of July , The Briti s h b r i g, Ellen Munroe, s ailed for -. England on he British m schooner Min ato, ° Y, was at anchor a t C ape V er d e on the the 18th of July. her Pro antis ex The P generally westerly winds to _ outward having contrary winds, Passage , o f Africa fresh southerly Cape Verde, on the coast steamed the wholew a winds, with heavy rains. perienced no north-east trades on She .. , Y, under sail alone. trades were fresh for with the exception of 00 hours south-east , Uome ward the south out steam • which time 78 hours under sail, with about four days. Sbe was - , in , Sierra Leone, fresh ins; 10 knots e - hour) from N.W.IN wind s and L constant showers, from Cape Verde she ran 782 miles (averag. fresh northerly winds until three days from Ply. 111 911th, whoa W,N.W. winds preypiled. THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOUTIT, TUESDAY.—The General Screw Steam Shippifkg Company's steam• ship Propontis, Comalen der Thomas W. Glover, arrived here last evening, about seven o'clock. The intelligence by this mail is far from satisfactory. Disorder and danger exist all along the border, and it is feared that the enemy is establishing himself in the mountains and forests near Uitentiage and Fort Elizabeth. General Cathcart has commuted the sentence of death on Cornet Andries Botha ' the rebel Hottentot, into transportation for life with hard labour. Head-quarters continue at Fort Beaufort. Colonel Eyre, of the 73d Regiment will, from ill health, be obliged to quit the field, at least for a short time. M,:jor llogge, one of ber Majesty's Assistant- Commissioners for settling aff,irs on the frontier, died at Blom Foutein, Orange River Sovereignty, on the 9nh of June. 114 left. England thirteen months previously, and lost his life through fever, caught by exposure in the rain at a meeting.of chiefs in Mo sheh's country. The following monthly summary of proceedings nn the frontier is taken from the Cape Town Mail, of the Ist ult.:— " Our last was published on the 29th of May, but subsequent mails from some of the remote distrioes brought intelleeeece of much earlier dates. Thus, from Whittlesea a letter of May 3 reports the circumstances of Captain Tylden's camp, and the apparent mustering of the clew) , in the neighbourhood. Toe difficulties of an English officer commanding native levies consists not so much in long and laborious marches over a rugged country, as in getting their coloured squads to stand ' the tug of war.' The native, whether friend or foe, is but a trembling coward,' if without the cover of a ruck or tree to serve at once as embrasure and breastwork. Hence in amhmeades the deadly precision of their attack while aiming at some unsuspecting wayfarers. "From Whittlesea a letter, dated May 11, states the Kafirs to be getting troublesome. " May 14—From Mr. Sydserff's place at Eildon 600 sheep were carried off. Three men from Lyndoch joined in the pursuit, and after various expeditions the sheep were found on the 18th, near the boundary of Somerset and Cradock, when 400 were re-taken. " Ma,y 15—At Fort Cox the Kafirs surprised and murdered one of the 2d Queen's, who bad been cutting wood not 300 yards outside the fort; and a tew days after three of *he 6th were wounded at Mount Macdonald similarly engaged. " May 20—A letter from Waterkloof reports that re gular attacks are made twice a week by the Rifles, who are encamped there. " May 22—Mr. Robey's cattle, on Manley's Flat, were attacked. Two of the herdsmen were shut on the first fire. One of the survivors (a native) then ra❑ for help, leaving the fourth (an Englishman) to provide for him self etel the cattle. The prompt arrival of Mr. Robey rescued him from his perilous situation. On the same day, in the Addo, two waggons belonging to Mr. Whit ing, on their way from Port Eiizabeth to Graham's Town, were attacked by 40 Hottentots. Captain Pullen directed Commandant Hurter, also of the Levies, to co operate with him in pursuit of the robbers. But in the twilight indistinctness of the following wet morning, Captain Pollen's men mistook their comrades for the enemy they were seeking, and fired into their rear, wounding four men. The spoor of the retreating Hot tentots was traced to the Zuurberg, towards Z warte Hoogte, and into Slagtboom; then five spoors were seen leading to Enon station. Tee missionary there denied having seen any but two friendly visitors! Thus far the guerilla escaped detection and pursuit. " Same day.—Fifty Hottentots surrounded the kraal of the chief Toise, who is friendly to us, stripped his wives naked before his face, and carried him off as a prisoner to Sandilli. Reports are conflicting as to the precise disposition that was manifested towards the cap tive by the two parties, Kafirs end Hottentots. Some as cribe the atrocity to the Hottentots alone; others allege that Sandilli commanded the Hottentots to kill Toise, and that they refused. The whole may have been a premeditated ruse. Toise brought back a letter from Uithaalder to the Commander•in-Chief, reading him a grave lesson of peace without consulting his Kafir allies. This, we have reason to believe, was the real aim in view. _ _ _ " The amount of risk we run by employing natives, whether Hottentots or Fingoes, several auspicious in stances seem to prove.. It will be r emem b ere d t h at Cap tain Bevil, of the Lems, was shot accidentally by a Hottentot of his party, and that doubt still hangs over Major Wilmot's lamented death, whether or not it was by Fingoes party. T wo or t h ree ( several duringthe of his w month) °" of the Rifles also have been awkward precipitance of th e wounded, either by the Fingoes, or by their being mistaken for Kafirs. Such friends are little less dangerous than enemies. " May 26.—Some Kafirs from Waterkloof visited Colonel Napier's camp at Blinkwater, and took 27 oxen out of the kraal. On the following morning a patrol started off and captured in reprisal 51 Kafir women, who %ere safely lodged in Beaufort Gaol. It is very desir able that these women should be prevented hereafter from carrying back ammunition and intelligence to our enemies. The complaints made of the successful espion age of these viragos are quite vexatious. The philan thropy which connives at the cunning practice occasions the loss of many a waggon, and exposes the life of many , a brave soldier and colonist. Our humanity is, there fore, exercised at the price of blood. We are glad to see that the Commander-in-Chief has, by an order dated May 30, prohibited the practice among the Levies of selling their ammunition to the Kafirs under pain of death. " May 29.—Eleven waggons, belonging to Mr. Pohl and others, were attacked near De Bruin's Poort while bringing produce to Graham's Town; Mr. Humphries was mortally wounded, and 27 oxen and two horses were driven off. Mr. Pohl was attacked three several times before emerging from the bush into the open country. The death of Mr. Humphries is one of tho s e events that rivet public att en ti on u the miserable details of the war. His family rand been previously in comfortable circumstances, but hav ing lost nearly all they possessed, the deceased and his of one o f the e w ie i s r a . brother became waggon drivers. The same man ac quaints us with the death of Mr. T. Phiellots,ni n Justicei the 'LikeP eac e h , n a n n d o r t e h i e s r 0 victim fo o em t , to writes this slow, papers, 'he had been forced to become a hou wanderer,' until at length he sank under the effects s of hardship and exposure. "June 2—About half-past 11 at night a body of Hot tentots, under Ilithaalder, attacked the cattle-kraal be longing to the Missionary Institution of Mount Coke. Seven men of the place were killed and nine wounded; but tho cattle cut from the waggons would have been preserved, had not a large mounted reserve appeared. The firing was heard at Fort Murray, and General Yorke dispatched a squadron of Lancers and Cape Corps, under Major Tottenham, who joined in the pur suit as far as Debe Neck. June 3—From Eland's Kloof, four miles east of Gra ham's Town, four spans of oxen and other cattle, worth 3001., were driven off and secreted in one of the bushy valleys at the confluence of the Kat with the Fish River. " Concurrently with these depredations, the news from Idle remote districts bordering Tambookieland tell of sue -13.— been taken. renel cessivo foraya:—from Dome Stein, of Mooi Plaits, 500 sheep having Hottentots attacked five wag gonsjwuTrile proceeding from Grabm 's Town to Fort Beaufort, though g uar d e d b y a detachment of The 31 Sappers v and Miners, under the com man d of Captain rebels on this occasion had pasted theimiele thick bush of the Konap-hill, and as aeon astshelas the co nvoy appeared they opened a sudd en vo ll ey , by which the Jeading mule-waggon was disabled, and Seven of the small convoy killed. During the contest, which lasted for some time, nine more were wounded, but the re mainder were brought off in good/order by the cool gal lantry of Captain Moody. The waggons contained some ammunition and Mim' muskets, which latter were, how ever, rendered useless by the precaution of removing the nipples. "On the same day, the mail from Graham's Town was seized near the Beka stadon by ten rebel Hotten tots, but was again reclptured by Tabin Winkei's) sun. On the 15th, 40 oxen were taken from H. Bezaiden hout's place, Highlands. "June 19.—M ia j or -G ene ral Yorke, with a large force, supported by Col one l Mi c h e l a nd Colonel Eyre, mar ched agai nst t h e camp of the rebel Hottentots , w hich was reached the next morning (a day before the .. Hot tentots expected to be attacked) Our success was signal part of the ammunition A. Cane Corps Sergeant, ' immediately who was taken prisoner, was hanged. Three df the Minis rifles, and who had a gold water was found. Among the slain lately taken at the Konap were Fort Beaufort, who discloseds'l pouch full of sovereigns. a Cape Corps deserter, and chain; and a soldier found a manage to leave wool, enters the enemy . to A Kafir boy was taken in the mode of replenishing town and the evening, women, car ryingthe stores of the also leave, laden with supplies. and remains till 10 at night, brought the sickening in telligence wh i, en rn t e he l y ast mail has of a brutal murder a r° t u t.ll ll. the second victim of wanton barbarity who f i ll h en is i i n s tentots within ten of philanthrophic this place by the hands of rebel • days, but we trust that the reign concluding notice for a humbug is drawing to a close. 61 We purpoeely reserve our cone] review of General Cathcart's dispositions but we feel our inability to detail plans kiln manoeuvres; himself, and which will receive their first historical t° t° lioeatiou in the field. We are persuaded that th i e ca C l de mander-in-Chief has not been idle. His judiciousCom mander-in-Chief cures have already impressed the enemy with wholesome mem wholesome awe, and we perceive in the cspture of Toise merely the cumbrous device of a bewildered rebel to convey a l etter to his Excellency. "In the Sovereignty, affairs were really brighteni ng, for Pretorius had found m-ans to persuade the Voilis. raad to confirm the peaceful compact which bad bee n entered into between the War Council and her Majesty's Assistant Commissienere. Moshesh still pursues a very equivocal policy. Appr e h ended rebels have be trayed the fact of procuring gunpow der from this chief. " While we write, our hea rts are saddened and our prospects eluded by the melaiieholY tidi n g s of Mil) ' r lesieg e ' e d eath. This merits of Mr. Ow g en, tnviai.tuhrceljtudgment and p g r qualifiedU ' t i le ll ll7, tirl'' c l°'i i hl m experience,iti n tient degree for the task which he had undertaken. the slightest intention of disparaging the colleague, we yet The feel ourselves. untimely his .surviving _ ,_ removal, o j v ustified in pronouncirg Major nogg° s al, at such a crisis, to be a public ca lamity.respectful sympathy of all classes with his serrowing wi s e, our shoree. w accompanies her departure fr om "In Natal ail was quiet. . l been collected. The 4,000 oi the hut-tax had __ o punishing us manuteeturiug sugar, as shown by the bti Cori Of Mr. Alorewood's experiment EVENING, AUGUST 11, Her cargo consists of 9 packages of specie, 5 casks of wine, 90 b a l es s h ee p- s kins, 59 bales of wool, 552, rhinoceros horns, 56 tusks of ivory, 373 green hides 34 dry hides, 19 bales of goat skins, 48 packages sundries, and 5 cask 3 pineapples. She brings as passengers from the Cape—Mrs. Hogg and child, three female servants, and one male ditto, Captain Hall (Rifle Brigade), Captain Mac kenzie (60th Rifleo, Captain Fitzgerald) 60th Rifles), Captain Vians (45th Regiment), Cornet Elves (12th Lancers), Mr. Darnell, Mr. Morris, Mr. Slater, Mr. Henderson, Rev, Mr. Gridge (Chaplain of Simons Town), Mr. Seligman, Captain Brown, Mr. Harrison, and two men servants. The Propontis on her outward voyage left Ply mouth May 15, at 3.30 P.M., arrived at St. Vincent's, May 27, at 7 A.M., left May 28, at 8.30 r.m.; ar rived at Sierra Leone, June 3, at 4.30 P.M., left ditto June 3 ; arrived at the Cape, June 26. On her homeward voyage she sailed from Cape Town J u ly 2 at 6 r.m.; arrived at Sierra Leone, July 18, ht 1.45 P.M., sailed July 19, at 10 A.m.; a:rived at St. Vincent's, July 24, at 4.15 r.m., sailed July 26, 6t 6 r.m.; and arrived at Plymouth, August 9, at 6 P.M. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUG. 9.. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR TIII CONTINENT. H e r Majesty's lieges had a grand treat hero last even , - ing in cne of the most beautiful sights many ever haC witnesse d. The Queen having signified her intention o f embarking on board the Victoria and Albert this aftor noon, the royal yachts and the whole of her Majest, steam fleet proceeded into the bay in front of Osborne House, taking up positions in a line to the ea s t war d, a rid :All the yachts that could be mustered (a g oodl y number ) , Ipd by the Comm odore of the Royal Yacht Squadron in the Xarifa, formed a line to the westward, and a prettier sight has seldom been seen than these beautiful vessels sailing in lino into the bay. Her Majesty and the royal family embarked at halt-past six o'clock under a royal salute from the steara•trigates and yachts, all dressed out in their va ried flags, with yards manned. The feet rema ined for the n i g ht 111 the bay, a n d a t s i x o'clock this morning steamed away with their royal charge for Antwerp. DEPART URE of the ROYAL SQUADRON. PORTsMoUTIr, TUEsDAT.—Her Majesty the Queen, his Roy a l Highness Prince Albert, four of the eldest of the roya l children, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, left Osborne Palace at half-past six o'clock, and em b a rked on the Victoria his morning. and Albert, with the intentiou of starting early t The men-of-war s teamers at anchor off Osborne manned yards, dressed ships, and fired royal salutes. This morning the weather was very fine and pro pitious, a fine suramer breeze blowing from the west. The royal squadron go,, up steam early, but it was not till 45 minutes past six that the vessels began to move, when under both steam and canvas. The squadron came up the Solent and through the anchorage in the following order: The Vi v id steam-packet, Master-Commander Smitbett (in advance abo quarter of a mile). Ba d Alberta . Captain Lord Adolphus The Victoria G . C11., with the royal standard at the Fit clarence, main. acht screw. tender Master-Com- The Fairy royal y , m ander Welch. The Black Eagle.steam-yacht, Master-Commander Petley, with the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Duke of Northumberland, on board ; Admiralty flag at the main. frig The Odin steam- g ate, Captain Henderson, C.B. The M a gicienne steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay. The Sampson steam -frigate, Captain L. T. Jones. The Baracouta steam-frigate, Captain Hon. S. T. Carnegie. The Retribution steam•frigate, Captain Hon. R . S. Drummond. The royal squadron passed through Spithead about 7.30 A.M., with the w ind a little to the northward of west, and on the starboard q uarter, presenting a mag .. nificent sight to early risers. The royal yacht had a foretopsail set, and passed through at the rate of 12 knots, followed by the man of-war escort, under steam and a crowd of canvas— courses, topsails, topgallantsails, royals, studdingsails. When off Brading Harbour (which is the east end of the Isle of Wight) a signal was thrown out from the royal yacht, " Catch me who can ;" for there was an immediate struggle for posi tion, and a regular race ensued. The Magicienne was soon alongside the Odin, and these steam-frigates were neck-and-neck for upwards of two miles, when the Odin shook her off, and again stood number one. Baracouta now thought it quite time to shake off her lethargy, for (like magic) sha passed the Magicienne and Odin in succession, and at 8.30 was nearly hull down, about a mile astern of the royal yacht. We saw the last of the squadron at 9.30, thirteen miles to the eastward of the Nab light-vessel, and their position was as follows Victoria and Albert, Black Eagle, Fairy, Barracouta, Odin, Magi cienne, Sampson, and Retribution. As the royal yacht passed Spithead the Blenheim, GO, Captain Gardner, and the Tiger, 20, Captain Gif fard, dressed in colours, manned yards and cheered. The Niger screw-sloop, Commander Heath, also got under weigh, an d th enr rounding the Spit buoy, coming into harbour fired a royal salute, and manned her rigging and cheered. The Victory and Neptune, flag-ships, in Ports mouth Harbour, with the Excellent, were also dressed in colours early, and as the royal yacht passed they all saluted. At PortsmOuth it was supposed that the royal squadron would sail at daylight, and in consequence the Royal Artillery were on the qui vice at that time and at their guns, but it was not till about seven that the salute was fired from the Garrison B a ttery: The interesting spectacle of the royal yacht pass. ing to the eastward was a most pleasing and beautifu sight, and a number of the inhabitants and visitors to Portsmouth were up and on the seward lines of the town, and enjoyed it. Around the coast a sharp look-out was kept for the royal squadron from Saturday morning. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Dover on Sa turday, a n d proceeded to Walmer, leaving instruc tions that a messenger ahould be dispatched to Wal mer Castle as soon as the royal ships hove in sight. DOVER, AUG. 10.—This afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, the royal squadron hove in sight to the westward of Dover, and their approach was imme diately annou nce d by royal salutes fired in succession from the Drop Redoubt, at the Heights, and the gun battery below the Castle keep. Her Majesty's mail packet Vivid, of the Dover station, took the lead, the royal Victoria and Albert yacht being second, fol lowed by her tender, the Fairy ; and another of the squadron, the Black Eagle steamer, bringing up the rear. The weather was delightfully fine (although much rain had fallen during the day), with compara tively calm sea and favourable wind. The royal fleet steamed past at a rapid rate, and after clearing this port about two miles, hauled in for the Downs. A number of ladies were observed from the shore on the deck of the royal yacht, which probably included her Majesty the Queen; but this, in consequence of the distance, we could not say positively. Great demonstra tions of colours were made by the naval and military authorities, the royal standards being hoisted, and numerous elevated points of the town decorated with flags, during the passing of the squadron; meanwhile dense crowds thronged the heights, parade, &c., to obtain a view of the royal squadron, which remained in sight of our town for nearly half an hour. The Royal squadron left the Downs at 4 o'clock this morning, on its course to Antwerp. Weather fine. ANTWERP, MONDAY.—Her Majesty Queen Vic toria will arrive here to-morrow, but it is impossible to say whether the royal squadron may be expected in the morning or in the evening, as we are ignorant both of the time when her progress will commence, and of the point of departure. The Queen will most probably remain until Thurs day or Friday, and will be entertained at the palace of Lacken. His Majesty King Leopold will receive his illustrious relative to-morrow, if she arrives in the afternoon ; and on Wednesday, should she not come until the evening. In the latter case the Queen will not land, but remain on board the Victoria and Al bert for the night. The royal yacht is escorted by six frigates and several steamers. The presence ofso many vessels of war will give extraordinary anima tion to the port, and will mightily delight our jolly old burghers. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, embarked at half-past six o'clock last night on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The Duke of Northumberland, First Lord of th e Admiralty, embarked als o i n attendance on her Majesty. C o otos of Her Majesty was attended by the Gainsborough, the Hon. Beatrice Byng,tuhe Alr. Gibbs is Colonel Phipps, and Sir James Clark . the prince in attendance on their Royal Highn esses lion. of Wales and Prince Alfred. ~ Equerries in Lord Colville and Colonel 130 11 , ( a r c i k ' e a gle. anchor about Waiting, embarked en board the Is Tho Royal yacht and squadro during the night off Osborne, and rernpraoinceededaetd seven o'clock this morning to the eastward. interview------;-- with the Earl of gidence in Downing- Baron Brunnow had an r., his ornciu re Sir Derby yesterday at nro , pke , tßr •••k William stre et. iDe; S i r lVl t r j a"1 e 'd and Mr. Compton, had also in ' ...ridges, M r. % inar , le -r a b gad yesterday. 1 terviews with the +a° EXPERIMENTAL TRIP TO PARIS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As the paragraph in your paper of to-day with the abo ve h ea di ng, conta i ns s om e information which is likely to mie,ead the public, and injure the Newhaven and Dieppe route, I trust you will do me the justice to insert the following:--" The new steamer Paris, built this year ( xpressly for the above line, crossed from Newhavcri to Dieppe, on Saturday last, with 100 pas sengers., a large quantity of luggage, and three horses, in ten 7 ninutes less time than the steam-yacht Wave Queen, with wily about a dozen ladies and gentlemen, both ves sels strating nearly together; the result proving that the Paris IVrts the better boat for the trade, and having re peatedly made th e passage i n fi ve h ours ." You will perceive that the present arrangements, on this route, are far l:rorn being " defective."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,, HENRY P. MAPLES. 5, A xthur-street East, Aug. 9, 1852. F. Sl',ght, Esq., Secretary of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. Filr,—The paragraph which appeared i n th e Times of _sterdny is evukutly written under a misapprehension of the fecs, and is e:ilculwed to do some injury both to myself and to your company, as it will l eave an impres sion that your directors are disatified wish the manner in which the steam service between Newhaven and Dieppe is at present performed, and that consequently your chairman was present at the trial o f t h e W ave Queen, with a view to substituting better boats. As it is stated that the speed and general results of the trial of the Wave Queen were satisfactory to your com pany, and as my vessel, the Paris, which left Newhaven on Saturday twenty-five minutes after the Wave Queen, and was the first to land her passengers, having made the passage in ten minutes less time, I am justified in supposing that the service, as at present performed, has been far from unsatisfactory to your directors.—Yours obediently, HENRY P. MAPLES, 5, Arthur-street East, Aug. 10, 1852. London, BeiFht3n, and South Coast Railway. London Terminus, Aug. 10, 1852. Sir,--In reply to you: letter of t hi s d a t e with refer ence to the experimental trip with the Wave Queen, I am desired to say that the service between Newhaven and Dieppe has been performed by your steamer, the Paris, satisfactorily to the directors of this company, the pas sage having been made on the average in less than five hours and a-half. I am to a dd t h at t h e c h a i rman o f this Q ompany wa s p resent at the trial of the Wave Queen, in order to witness an experiment with a vessel of a novel construction, and not b ecause this company is diss atisfied with the manner in which the present service is per formed.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. P. Maples, Esq. FRED. SLIGHT. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Messrs. Allsopp and Sons are informed that some of their respected competitors conceive that they have made too exclusive use of Baron Liebig's „letter to Mr. All sopp; and they, therefore, feel themselves called upon to republish the letter, in order that the public may form a correct judgment of the intention of that eminent autho rity, which was, unquestionably, to induce general con fidence in the genuine nature of the productions of all the leading Brewing Establidiments of this country, as well as to convey a personally-favourable opinion of the ale brewed by Messrs. Allsopp and Sons:— BARON LIEBIG TO HENRY ALLsOrp, Es(.l., DITRTON-ON- 1 TRENT. The unguarded remark of a French chemist, that the strychnine imported in England is employed in part as a substitute for hops in the manufacture of beer, has lately spread alarm among the lovers of pale ale. Having been appealed to by you to express my opinion on this sub ject, which appears to me to be,in a dietetic point of view, one of considerable public interest, I now offer the fol lowing brief statement: — About a quarter of a century ago a brewer in West phalia fell into the practice of adulterating his beer with mix vomica, from which it is well known that strychnine is obtained. The peculiar morbid symptoms, however, which resulted from the consumption of this adulte rated beer, speedily led to the detection of the fraud. The effects produced by nux vomica and strychnine are so characteristic, that every medical man will readily detect their origin. The French novelist, Alexander Dumas, has described them, though with more imagi nation than truth, in his romance of " Monte Christo." It is possible that the Westphalian case, which, from being made the subject of a criminal trial, obtained great notoriety, has given rise to the assumption that in England the strychnine imported is used for the purpose of mixing with beer. But nobody at all acquainted with the great breweries of that country could seriously entertain the suspicion of an adulteration of beer with strychnine or any other deleterious substance. It is practically impossible that any operation of a doubtful character could be carried out in these extensive esta blishments, on account of the large number of workmen employed in them. Any attempt on the part of the brewer to impart qualities to his beer in an illicit man ner, which are not to be obtained from malt or hope, would necessarily lead to his ruin, as he would be obliged to communicate his secret to too many persons, and to employ too many accomplices. The draymen them selves, as good connoisseurs in beer, would protest against any manipulation of a suspicious character. The case has oven occurred of an eminent brewer not ven turing to make use of a method suggested to him for the purpose of clearing his beer more effectually, because the addition of a new material to the wort might have induced a suspicion in the minds of his workmen that it was an illicit proceeding, and this would have endan gered the good reputation which his beer enjoyed. lle stated to me at the same time that no improvement could be introduced into a brewery, the object of which was not perfectly evident to everybody. During a sojourn of several days at Burton-on-Trent, I had an opportunity of becoming intimately acquainted with the method pursued in the manufacture of pale ale. I convinced myself that the qualities of this excellent beverage depended mainly upon the care used in the se lection of the best kinds of malt and hops, and upon the ingenuity exhibited in conducting the processes of mashing and fermenting. Our continental brewers have much to learn in these points to come up to the English brewers. I have no hesitation in saying that England possesses the greatest adepts is malting. I know posi tively that the chief brewers of Munich, who undoubtedly produce the best beer in Germany, have gone through au apprenticeship in Burton. This may account for the predilection entertained by the g eneral public, as well as a r e t r; fo teh e ond i- by medical men, for these v aietis ap o p g f e be o ba r es stinct of humanity and experience to health guides in the choice of things contributethat and enjoyment as the profoundest philosophy. excellent Professor Graham and Hofmann, the alleged , inthe re port already addressed to you upon adultera tion of the pale ale by strychnine, h ave indicated a very simple process for detecting the quantity o of f urinate d myself strychnine contained in beer. I m ba os v t e m sa in tf u s the great convenience and accuracy of their method, and have farther assured mysel f.ed byfrom an analysis of seve ral specimens of pale ale obtain, _London houses, supplied by your establishment,.s ()f the utter groundless ness of the imputation that this beer was poisoned with strychnine. I am positive , and am supported in my views by the concordant analy ses of all chemists who have occupied themselves with the examination of beer, that the poisoning of pale ale with strychnine has never occurred. I believe I may safely a dd that it never will take place; for although an ignorant brewer might be induced, from interested motives, to add nux vomica to his beer, the word strychnine so forci bl y su gg ests one of the most virulent poisons, that whoev er has heard any thing about strychnine at all is sure to be aware o f this. By aulterating his beer with strychnine, the brewer would be knowingly committing a crime which, in the present state of science, must be followed by immediate detection and punishment. Mr. E. Merck, of Darmstadt, one of the most exten sive strychnine manufacturers in Europe, informs me that this substance is peculiarly adapted to destroy ver min of all kinds. In many parts of Germany it is the popular poison for rats and mice. This fact fully ac. counts for the large amount of the drug that has lately been introduced into commerce. pale ale sent to h o o f pp y o e r u tu r nity of confirminginit e s vaalvueabalfe , myself an admi rer o f t hi s beverage, and or T a d l e n i t el e f e m s : e e : l e o: a t n h s e r my own experience enables me to most em tore. co_mm int e n n e d i and efficient ac cordancetont'ici,nandp bsie physicians, a a withs a verytheop re in a io g nof e able as a general beverage both f or t h e i nvalid and the robust, y Giessen, hiey 6, 1852. JUSTUS LIEBIG. NARROW ESCAP E. -- yesterdayafternoon three en gineers attached t o the factory at Woolwich Dockyard went on board the Widgeon steam-vessel, lying alongside the wharf-wall adjourning the storehouse, to do some work thatpurpose abou,t, the boilers, and for opened the manhole , three descended into the interior without having n ta e l ' l _,l W as precaution of ascert^inin t at the one th e t e free of foul air. It was soon evident that one a ey f ter the other of the three engineers had been overpowered by t he , I , ° ii g a ^ t, and fallen helplessly to the bottom of the boiler, ar to save not immediately taken out, it would be imPott b in e Thomp their lives. Highly to the credit of 130 0 J 3 the time on son, one of the gang of convicts at work a the boiler and board the vessel, he offered to go down stied by his brother take up the engineers, which he did, ?ss and , A fter repeated • co ff n o \ r , t i s ct , sh, having o g a t l o l lent come t; ni a ifillhini ti'gslarr u s 7 herfaie h times toget efTbrts, bodies fresh air, he succeeded in bring g hetanhole, a most difficult through the narrow openings f the ca se, one of the engi of an n t a e s e k rs u b n e d i e n r g t iba h noe e twha c rias i s r g c ot u bari M okeo_d s ev t ne , eii ce dri b u ie wa d r inc: o t f a p a p ea ,g r u t a l r ie te sli g htest o f the boiler. ortunately, all The heroic conduct of Thomp rheosupriraatfitoenr the engineers haveree.. lives of the three engineers, at the a fro pardon, especially as he has son, who saved the risk of his wn; w d o t ; e e r a r ve s s and four months of the period of ,transportationr rtinnrunning a t iv o a 3 w , h t i r c o h ni h a e was piek sentencedpicket of the by Royala which corps he was serving at Bermuda. sevenca°l ruerat 13: esslertri 7 t :Enit CHAMPION SCULLS.—The contest f A o r r t T i t i b ille e rS l a teur champion sculls, presented to the river by Ding P? about twenty years since, was appointed to take place yesterday at nine o'clock, the distance being from putne yto Kew-bridge. The last contest for this honorary distinctio n was in August, 1849 ; as for 1850 and 1851, Si r. Bone was unchallenged. This year, Mr. Peacock, being the on ly challenger, became entitled to row the holder (Sir. Bone) the final heat yesterday ; the usual trial heat, upon the 31 of August, being in this case unnecessary. A few minutes before nine o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Peacock appeared at the starting post, and was quicokfllovhsiinfmoglloot:hyeefdtidb; the umpire in the eight oared cutter of the Thames Club. After waiting twenty minutes, at the risk of and Mr. Bone not appearing, and no signs preparations on his part being visible, Mr. Peacock sotaratn3ed. alone, and rowed quietly over the course, arriving at Kew bridge at ten o'clock, forty minutes having been occupied in rowing the distance-53:i THE RUMOURED DEATH OF THE EARL OF TAN. I:E L d m of E A this correspondent v enerable says---" An announcement of Peer having appeared in the Gateshead Observer of Saturd a y l ast, inquiries were made at his Lordship's residence, in llertford-street, et May-fair, it was ascertained that the statement was premature, his Lordship u bore in rt . 6 th e enjoyment of perfect health. Th e o w rdsh h ipbeingi7 ) gald CMASequeutlY is his 76th Year' E 1852. S IT 11 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC ..19tRif '' ij : HERALD.—Mr. Webster has spokin aCiatil..see t re'Se4 ;- • ' L field. He is answerable for much nee4l6llSinfrailit.t.lt46, „ 2 . 4 gerous excitement, when he tells a pdreular andienete—.4' We v‘h t , o ei ree re ac s ia t sanhj a neh s ojs s tte u ye r s,ts e a ey d eno t aa h i a th t ms the matte r of the fisheries - ' 27 t ' ) e-1 inuh i e n hn h -fo er oor N net o hs r el t e h p A .. hel....n av British administrators for many wakefulness years past. course better h e things from o n this one :o 1 ; 6112" M . our r s r r - Webster w n h ec o ns z i 's nn l not He is one of those whom Dante no doe s fs m cmr a iu l se c ee la 7 im it s t a o ll ta th k e e Weonly had am ex pectedos t eloquent speaker, but who has inspiration A n d y e t_imost his place among the foremost o o s f : t , his liona assurede ve occhirhe e andtas, will di l statelyil He Di gran autoritii Li for eagm soon rbaivain' ti .'' discover, law, nor reason, on which to stand. Wbatndotehserhfacts, the ground he has so rashly seized, he has o f the E ngl i - h Government? un T d :a p t u th e e d y p r h e a::: i s o ' violated a e e t f e t d i a l y e treaty. No ! and he cannot say se. TD e most clear and a Indibputublv, and let us add, last treaty, the treaty on which this whole ques tion depends, not only sanctioa what they do, but would justify much more than they intend or wish to effect. Does he allege that, without violating the provisions of the convention of the 20th of O cto b er, 1818, her Msjesty'e present Secretary of Stare for Foreign Affairs has strained in any d.gree their im port ? Not even this is advanced. Is the complaint that those provisions have been put in force without necessity, and with harshness ? Something like this is hinted. We shall soon see with what truth ; and, brief as shall be our remarks, we can promise to dissi pate a whole cloud of misrepresentations. But, first, let us say one word respecting the most vehement of Mr. Webster's accusations. He protests against the English Government because they have now put upon the treaty in question an interpretation differ ent from that which Lord Aberdeen adopted in 1845. This is at variance with all the facts of the case. Lord Aberdeen interpreted the treaty pre cisely as it is now interpreted by her Majesty's Government; and, what is more, Mr. Everett and the American Government, as we can show, then accepted this same, and still, in all respects, un changed interpretation. On the 20th of October, 1818, the two Governments agreed, and signed the treaty, that all along her Majesty's open coasts in America the Americans should be allowed to take fish at a distance from the land not less than three dby vir b t y ne la o w f , marine miles. Within that distance, even on the open coasts, the possessors of the settlement had thispro prietorship treaty expressly. Then came the q uestion of the international rightter r territory o r g y e n e a " bays, harbours, creeks, and inlets." From these generally, and jurisdiction, an (with the exception of some distinctly and categori cally named, from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands, and from Cape Ray to Quirpon Islands, and even these under certain restrictions), the American fishermen were clearly prohibited by the convention. Stress of weather and other extraneous exigencies were allowed as excuse for intrusion. This being so, then arose the question of the Bay of Fundy. The Ame ricanssueexsaut,eanlasnai dvne r d e c r abl r daa e imt s m e ii n ett dtt admitted liberty rlt t i om h o a ik t t , ootffhti three jah u regfieheeham charactertah b rei a nr y ee , , itmw of iitlthewhseiansfhritoghsmhOe remark k e t d h the at t h e requestedadvantage ,iemandthis isas pi permission. . fl a m the coast on either band. ord Aberdeen, in 1844, permission, as —not as a right, but as a perm We may here as the grant of it, guarded by reservation of, the law and right to withhold and to withdraw it, wholly overthrow the argument supposed " right by prescription" as against the of a ad mitted force of the treaty, for if, ind ee d, there then existed a " prescriptive" and suffer e d possession, of thirty years standing (as stated by Mr. Webster), why accept it as a concession, why not protest against it as a favour? But it is urged that it w as harsh suddenly to withdraw this leave. It i s not withdrawn. The American fishermen can still pursue, and have not for one instant been checked in pursuing, their avocation s in the British waters of the Bay of Fundy. What of this American smack that has been seised ? It was seized in that part of the Bay of Fundy where the Americans were never allowed to fish at all— namely, within musket shot of the British coast. Much has been said of the duty incumbent on her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs to have given notice of the measures he was about to adopt. Notice of what measures? Here is the mistake. Notice, indeed, was given. Yet is there no change of policy whatever, cf which a notice might be necessary. There is merely a change from the supposed protec tion and inzeintenance of the undoubted rights of our poor fishermen, to the actual protection and mainte nance of those rights. There is no change except from culpable inaction to the performance of an avowed and bounden duty. Is it necessary tor anew Government to give notice that it intends to respect treaties, to enforce all clear rights, and to discharge its most sacred obligations ? Nevertheless, notice was given to the United States Government in June last that, for the purpose of securing to our fishermen what remained to them of their indisputable rights, after Lord Aberdeen's concessions, an additional naval force (the former one being inadequate), would be stationed in those seas. Were the squadron twenty times a s numerous, the American fishermen will not to prevented, even in the Bay of Fundy, from filling their nets, provided they do so within three miles' distance from the coast, and not under the very sha dow of our countrymen's homes. For such a mere measure of police no notice was needful, though a notice was actually given. When the French in crease their naval force in the British Channel for the protection of their fishermen, they neither give a no tice to us, nor are we so foolishly jealous as to expect it. Every state disposes as it pleases of its navy, and moves it from station to station in full freedom, without notice to other Governments. No new duty whatever is to be performed by our ships on the shores of our British American colonies. An old ser vice is to be discharged more efficientle than the force already there was able to accomplish. tit the same time it is to be observed that our fleet, though in creased, is not greater than that which she French maintain on their own fisheries ; nor is it Anworthy of notice that the French, against whom, 01 rather, towards whom we have adopted the self-same mea sures, have evinced no such susceptibility as that which Mr. Webster is endeavouring to excite among our kinsmen of the United States. We must, in cone eluding, say a word on the subject of the necessity of these measures, and of the conditions of the fishery, as they a ff ect the two nations. The English fish in the Bay of Fundb • ht. The Americans y rig fendly take fish there by courtesy, and in virtue Since 1845 permission granted to a friendly state. the two nat i ons have d roppe d their _ nets i n to these conditions ; and, waters, side by s id e , under di ss imilar coad advantages. 'The we may add, with very dissimila English fishermen, who bad carries his fish to the neighbouring and there is compelled tohpeae' The American brings to otf same a to the produce, arighti American market, du ty of 20 per cent. port fish which he the liberality of the Go -1 has taken only in virtue etitor, and receives a large I vernment of his coni v r bich the welcomed intruder bounty, the bounty derived from the duty which the gains being actuallys Thus there is a double ac rightful posiessof P : e :iste the value of the produce to tion in force to ne tryPmen have a right, secured by the which our cou:aies ; and a double cause at the same most formal L e station to enhance the price of the commo time in c 'r h e f c h his rival has access only by courtesy, dities to w of the country to which he belongs who the coaFteser rso signally injured. Mr. Webster is la this manner - American fishermen shall be protected that the says knok and line, and bob and sinker." We also hays """ a 3 in those and the , bermen an d we want no more for them, and we have lon g been content with much less than fair play for " their hook and line, and bob and sinker." THE ELECTRIC TELEGRA,PII.—We are glad to learn that posts are now being put down for the erection of the telegraph between Glasgow and Ayr. Communication by this means between Ardrossan and the metropolis of the west will, it is expected, be completed in about two months, and between Ayr and those towns shortly after.—North Bri tish Mail. Dlt. NEWMAN.—A correspondent says that a cir cular letter from Cardinal Wiseman was read on Sunday a all the Roman Catholic chapels in London, requesting the congregations to contribute towards the expenses of th late trial. The means to be used for carrying out this ob ject are left to the discretion of the priests, and in most places a collectio n w ill b e made after each of the servicese_f! next Sunday. Th e l etter states that Dr. Newroan's •x -penes amount to 7,500/ ., and that of t hi s 2,5001. has b ee 's already collected. I\lr. T. C. Granger, Q.C., which took P inthe representa - DURHAM (CITY).—In consequence of the death of 'York on Thursday last, there is a vacancy 1 Thursday, and there the Temple Church, London, nest tion of this city. DlNGranger's remains *II until after that of the Marquis of Lon be interred in Protectionist candidate at the P M art n Y lL W. Fenwick, N e v v i e ll n b t e ; b n u o t a L c t o i r v d e A s d te o p li s ,h t us alte N n,. a b ß y e n , eit n n er lastlon Lon donderry, election,an dwtihlle again defeated himself.oa,errr9 ward in the Liberal of South South Hill, will be bro defeated by Mr. Atherton by some terest. Lord A. Vane waslast election, and the contest will three or four votes at the influential electors put them- Grey, but in con selves in communicsataiWith arrangements the Right Hon. Baronet .so mes After ir G th e e org d e eath of Mr. Granger n lsse e aq c su es ke s nn a co r e i N l y y onf b pin e re a vvi c o l aiu o sr s hn e t: o nimo n ni e put in nomination, otherwise the declined having h new Ca- NEW issued by the Postmaster-General, which came into gulation s po I.oreerniscescußreEtGouhLimlT. ioN._By a sin tge week, b all letters posted in the United . dom, or w must either have a stamp thereon, or be sent kingdonf, o i o u n l d i liashtshativne the metropolitan district for places in ey being allowed. id, no prepayment by means of mon , . lifyi ng the unpaid, imp This new regulation will have the effect of s collection of o ui e h i l accounts, and also of keeping theactual the POSt-Offict au the revenue more directly in the hands of , _. seat awt au thorities at St. Martin'a-le-Grancl thAA I).wre oo; or X iota: )G& r. at 31,06 b, 6d __, S 1 o 1 ~• 9 i ialce 4 1 ~