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

o pt• 01E9' n ot our ions; DOOk 2 r 1 1 , 6 0., ao3bl 4 6a _-----"' it " I '' s / ab et► . i ' o of e" fiv ces vie Kay' with reg re n s may., SPORTING NOTES. No. COLXXX f. COVENTRY AND LY:.N'MEETINGS, &c, _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR, —The colt by Slalom, out of Verb,rui, uill nproved upon hi ; running in Ireland by winning the Cl.ington Stakes at Wolverhampton yesterday very easily. It is butte enough th at h e h a d noth i ng of consrquenc, to beat; W • considerin g hi s trave l s lately, nd, c ntii quently, some hat defi c i ent wor k , his victory is very creditable to la • lie is a h orse t h at will make some Licit() in the world before he closes his racing career. Patshull Handic a p was won very cleverly by hisownddird, who f oun d hi msel f perfectly at home over St ar peculiar length —a ile an a hal. Morning En? receiving 151bs of the m winner, d and 32. f bs of Youngnglandg managed to beat the latter for second honours. tnp `i" !, who won t h e F ree Handicap last year w i th t h e Sh' e w h e a l s ht u jt contrived to ditto that performance. • evidently improved in form duri . og the present Bering an d her sunimr, and not improbably may the course t u o u rLie m k n t: p thing or two with her in enable thn Galr a " 18111 ub t whom there has been so much said , t h ci t' c u. : e ilo of late, was brough; out yesterday, " n v.eland Cup from Trifle and Cotliwoiltcr. The Itatt e, - , evidently stale, had to concede some three stone fro ° the winner, and his chance, in cons 4 quence, was out is n o e g w n diasutiaom animal, will, slashingTlahce i daughter fillyll , a' t a ti no l tb . h''ei orn gnijenoxcvtteorry spring,aSSaind If not over weighted d:, a " good thing." The only st a k e at Coventry that the public seem in , ato bet about is the aptly, though strung ,, ly , b.. - 1 13 , 3 ed Peepin g T om Handicap, a three-quarters of a t..hiiired, o spu r rt; out of an entry of eighteen it will have a Tn more, at the post, Wila THE KNIGHT (F THE -ISFLE, or BULLFINCH the winner. At the Lynn meting only two races are likely to Norfolk speculation in town. For the first, the %Vest A orfolk 'Handicap, a two mile run, SURPRISE and KING OF TROY, to my thinking, will be first and second; and for the other race, the Stradsett Hall Stake,s, SCANDAL is reported to be as good as any thing. Both these meetings come off to-morrow. The betting was not very bri,k last night, nor is it to this morning; the principal investments were on the Ebor Handicap and St. L ,, ger. The following were the latest quotations:—Reading Stakes-5 to 4on Vaultress, Sto 1 agst Michaelmas Maid. Innkeepers' Stakes-5 and 6 to 4 agst Kilmeny, the latter odds tak, a freely; 4to 1 each agst Theorem and Earns. Peeping Tom Handicap-6 to 4 agst the Knight of the Thistle, take 2 to 1. Ebor Handicap-6 to 1 agst Weatberg,ige, taken freely; 7 to 1 agst Li, de Elerry ; 8 to 1 agst Vol tiaeur; 12 to 1 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard; long odds cffared sgst Nancy. Great St. Leger-3 to 1 agst Song tress; 4 to 1 agst Stockwell, taken freely; 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke; 40 to 1 agst Lapidist; 100 to 1 agst the Major. —I am Sir, &c., Aug. 11. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHANIPTON RACES.—TUESDAY. Th e Patshull Handicap of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 30 added. One mile and a half. . t .(17 Subs., 5 of whom declared.) au% Dtleiklana's Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, fist 51b ...(Carrol) 1 Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star, 3 yrs, 5s 41b lir. Phillips's Le Juif, 4 yrs, Bst Si!. R. , Denman no, b g Young England, 5 yrs, 7 st 81 b 0 fir, J. Saxon's Courier, 6yrs, 7st file ~ kb.r. Gifford na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, flit 31b 1113 Cleveland Cup, by subs. of 10 sovs. each; second to receive 201. out of the stakes. Three miles. (7 Subs.) )dr. • Foley na G a l v anism, 3 yrs (Carrol) 1 Lord I, , wisha m na Trifle, 3 yrs 2 r • ,„,_ Bi gneil , s Clothworker, aged 3 artfeoretts old;i ;r gtonStakes of 10 soya. each and 50 added , colts, Bst 70); fillies, Bst 51b; winners ones 3lbs extra . T.Y.C. (12 Subs.) Lo by k rd Cal e d on ' s br c Simoom—Verberia (White) 1 Cdr, J. Mer r y' s D es d emona 2 r__ tiatford's f by A ssau lt—Newton Lass L` 1 ;r. T. Shepherdson's Pastrycook 0 49 1.r.Plintoff's Whalebone 0 Tile B orough Members' Plate of 60 soya., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. One mile-and-a-half. ~(7 Subs.) ailti jr.. M___onntford's Thunderbolt, 3 yrs, (50/)...(Clif) 1 ...r. Bartlett's Tancred, 4 yrs, (301) 2 Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, (300 0 The Dawson's Miss Truth, 4 yrs, (30/ ) 0 ' - ue Free Handicap of 5 ova. each, 3 ft, with 30 added, f °r three yrs old and upwards, the second to save his k e Lordl, Warwick's Grief, 6 yrs .................. (Croucb) 1 ..,..I.r. Pliritoff's The Reaper, 4 yrs Mr. Sparrow na Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs 1 , 441 :: li_argr ave ' s O s b a ld eston, 5 yrs lir; tilgnell's Clothworker, 6 yrs ................... its!. J Adey's Liberty, 5 yrs -'4r. Holdforth's Wilmont, 5 yrs GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.--IIIESDA.Y b T he Vauxhall Stakes of 3 sovs. ea ch, a nd 30 added, eats, three quarters of a mile, were won by Chorus Thanng Sabra • Miss Sarah. .. anti e Zlorfolk and Suffolk Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 Mr, ft, and 3 only if declared. Two miles. (6 Subs.) 1-I ,,_ r i ; C. Boyce's Ingratitude, 4 yrs, 7st 51b...walked over. '',. Tradesmen's Two Yrs Old Stakes of 10 sovs., 5 ft, 11:71.1.,nre,vtiltih550 added ; colts, Bst 7ib ; fillies, Sat 21b ; AI 1., . Francis'sLti s t o i e x tra.iD nign s de P r lacid The Bora • Won by a length and a half. aiad uproar , I •gh Members' Plate of 501, for three yrs old Ingr ß a t, A tud : s t ; e h a Z one mile and a (pricier, was won by LTTIN G A m Urbanity. AT I: MANCHESTER.--TDESDAY. THE,e GREAT EBOR HANDICAP (YORK). -8 to 1 agst .7.. atnergi. ge (t), „Ilyacinth 12 to 1 apt Haricot (t), 100 to 6 agst (t), 100 to 6 agst Sir Rowland Trenchard (t), ~„ I.e GREAT YORKSHIRE STARES, -2 to 1 apt Stock well (t), 2 to 1 agst Songstress (t). St ockwell LEGER _3 to 1 agSt' Sonptress (t), 4 to 1 agst - "°ekwell (t), 5 to 1 agst Daniel O'R,mrke (t). CREMORNE GA RDENS. NOVEL AND STARTLING PERFORMANCE. t The wonderful and unprecedented feat p erforme d uere on Monday evening by Edouard Boutellier, one cf . th e Italian brothers, whose gymnastic exhibitions created BO much interest at Drury-lane last year, ! 4 (1 have excited great enthusiasm in the circus and 4 u the garden at Cremorne this season, will be re peated to-morrow, as though resolved to outdo a ll that had been previously attempted. The trapeze (a light bit of wood, about an inch and half in thickness and three feet long, suspended by two cords twelve feet long), is fixed beneath the car of the balloon, and as the gigantic machine rises majestically into the air, the daring athlete (accompanied by Mr. Chambers and Mr. L. Mermead, the intrepid aeronauts), is seen hanging by his feet, and so continues, swinging with his head downwards, until the balloon attains a con siderable elevation, when he swings himself up, and, seating himself upon the bar, commences his amazing evolutions, with the same fearlessness and skill as though he had been performing in a drawing-room, instead of being some thousand feet perched up in air. The balloon on Monday took an easterly course, thus traversing the greater part of the metropolis, and eventually made a safe descent in Victoria-park. The intrepid gymnast continued his bold and startling evolutions throughout the whole of the aerial voyage, and, as the balloon never attained a very great eleva tion, he was seen by myriads in all parts of London, and the cheers of the multitude evidently nerved him the more for his daring achievements. He ascended into the car just before the descent of the balloon, and reached the gardens between nine and ten o'clock, in time for his customary performances in the circus. We need hardly add that his reception on his return, by the thousands that thronged the gardens, was such as Englishmen are 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 the repetition of his bold and daring ascent. DREADFUL THUNDER-STORM AND Loss OF LIFE IN MANCIIESTER.—Yesterday forenoon Manchester and neighbourhood were visited by a severe thunder-storm, ac companied by heavy showers, which, it is feared, must have i?ccasioned great damage to life and property. Among the 'Mal consequences already known are the death of four men and the serious injury of another, who were employed at a 114,?7( building in Ridgway-street. The bla c k e n e d corpses of the four unfortunate men present a horrible spectacle in the of !in:llyard public house, near the scene of the calamity. One the deceased was a fine youn a g man, aged 19, named i Tho mas Dowd, an apprentice to mason. The sashes and nof of th e b u i lding were shattered to pieces by the destruc ive element. THE MILITIA.—On Saturday orders were issue d ti T the L or d_Li eutenant of the county of Middlesex, and by Lord -Li eutenants o f ot h er counties, to their deputies to i Ko immediate steps for raisi ng th e requ i red number o f men their respective districts to ser ve i n the militia, to b e em ndied in aceordance with the A ct passed in the last session yie...l".arliarnent, and during the next w ee k general courts o f t , q tetlancy will be held in most of the count i es throughout he kingdom to settle the preliminary matters. FA- PARTY OF PLEASURE FOR AUSTRALIA .— Among o Passen gers w h o went out to Aust ra li a i n the mail steamer gormosa, which left Southampton on Saturd ay, were two eutletnen of that town, who went out in her on pleasure, mild intend returning to England immtaliately. One of the erth. ,tttlernen took his wife with him ; the other only made up riMind to go in her a day or two before she sailed, and as , ° °n as he did so went and paid his 90 guineas for a first-class Fancy rnen going on a pleasure trip to the anti es, and getting to the end of their voyage in 10 weeks! m e 413' we live in an age o f mar vels. The fact that i s j ust ttioned is of considerable significance, as it shows that l ' e ,;'P'a are benning to think that a voyage to Australia is I m , v e - -'3 7 grea effort after all. Next year, when the Austra p. ' a n and Pacific Company's steamers begin to run between holiday and L OOS a and Sydney, a man with a six months.' tie whole of the way. If any one had tit i n his pocket may go round the world and live splendidly nig a century ago he would have been placed in a madhouse. PRINC E OF WALES YACHT r prognosticated such a ha fourth /patch of the season came off yesterday. The first class sailed r :orn Bl ac k wall to Gravesend and back, and the race was won fy,o the Valentine, M r . B. Wallis. Th. re were s ix competitors. and back, there w ere three stelae f .. r . the second ace, which wag from Blackwal l to G:een , and Pro ved tub the Calliop e, M r. W. Tuckw rs ell. t he winner TilE SUN, THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOITTO", TUESDAY.—The General Screw S'am Shipping C,_;mpany's steam• ship Propontis, Comman der Thomas W. Glov , r, arrived here last evening, about seven o'clock. The intelligence by this mail is far from sqisfactory. Disorder and danger Exist; all along the border, and it is feared that the enemy is es..ahlishing himself in the mountains and forests near Uitenhage and Fort Elizabeth. General Cathcart has commuted the sentence of death on Cornet Andri:•s Botha, the rebel Hottentot, into transportation for life with hard labour. Head-quarters continue at Fort Beaufort. Colonel Eyre, of the 731 Regiment will, from ill health, be obliged to quit the field, at least for a short time. M4jor Hogge, one of her Mjesty's AssistP:nt- Commissioners for settling aff,drs on the frontier, died at Bloem Fontein, Orange River Sovereignty, on te 9ith of June. II left England thirteen months peeviously, and lost biy life through fever, caught by exposure in the rain at a meeting of chiefs in Mo isheh's country. Ta* following monthly summary of proceedings on the frontier is taken from the cape Town Mail, of the ht ulr : - " Our hat was published on the 29th of May, but subsequent mails from some of the remote districts brougut intelligence of much earlier dates. Thus, trom Whitdesea a letter of May 3 reports the circumstances of Captain Tyldcn's canip, and the apparent mustering of the enemy in the neighbourhood. Tne difficulties of an English officer commanding native lovies consists not so much in long and laborious marches over a rugged country, as in getting their coloured squads to stand the tug of war.' The native, whether friend or foe, is but a • trembling coward,' if without the cover of a rock or tree to serve at once as embrasure and breastwork. Hence in ambuscades the deadly precision of their attack while aiming at some unsuspecting wayfarers. "From Whittlesca 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 Lyodoch joined in the pursuit, and after various expeditions the sheep were found ou the 18,h, near the boundary of Somerset and Cradock, when 400 were re-taken. " May 15—At Fort Cox the Kafirs surprised and murdered one of the 2d Queen's, who had been cutting wood not 300 yards outside the fort; and a few days after three of the 6th were wounded at Mount Macdonald similarly engaged. " May 20—A letter from Waterkloof reports that re gular attacks are made twice a week by the Rdies, who are encamped there. " May 22—Mr. Robey's cattle, on Manley's Flat, were attacked. Two of the herdsmen were shot on the first fir 'e. One of the survivors (a native) then ran for help, leaving the fourth (an Englishman) to provide for him self auvl the cattle. The prompt arrival of Mr. Robey rescued him from his perilous situation. On the same day, in the Addo, two waggons belonging to Mr. Whit ing, on their way from Port Elizabeth to Graham's Town, were attacked by 40 Hottentots. Captain Pullen directed Commandant Hurter, also of the Levies, to co operate with him in pursuit of the robbers. But in the twilight indistinctness of the following wet morning, Captain Pullen's men mistook their comrades for the enemy thy 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 sticion. The missionary there denied having seen any but two friendly visitors! Thus far the guerilla escaped detection and pursuit. " Same day.—Fifty Hottentots surrounded the kraal of the chief Toise, who is friendly to us, stripped his vrivea 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, Kefirs and Hottentots. Some as cribe the atrocity to the Hottentots alone; others allege that Sandilli commanded the Hottentots to kill Toise, a nd that they refused. The whole may hav e b een a premeditated ruse. Toise brought back a letter from Uitbaalder 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 suspicious in stances seem to prove. It will be remembered that Cap tain Bevil, of the Levies, was shot accidentally by a Hottentot of his party, and that doubt still hangs over Major Wilmot's lamented death, whether or not it was by Fingoes of his own party. Two or three (several during the month) of the Rifles also have been wounded, either by the awkward precipitance of the Fingoes, or by their being mistaken for Kafirs. Such friends are little less dangerous than enemies. " May 26.—Some 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 were safely ludged 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 Kafiss under pain of death. IA 0 N D 0 N, on a ginall scale, had excited the attention of all the in habitants. " 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 ieto the open country. The death of Mr. Humphries is one of those events that rivet public attention upon the miserable details of the war. Hfamily His had been previously in comfortable circunavances, but hav ing lost nearly all they possessed, the deceas e d an d his brother became waggon drivers. The same mail ac quaints us with the death of Mr. T. Phillips' Justice of h frontier h w t i a er r. the Peace, another victim to this slow, consuming `Like hundreds of others,' writes ono o f the papers, 'he had been forced to becom e a ouseless wanderer, until at length he sank under the effects of hardship and exposure. "June 2—About half-past 11 at night a body of Hot tentots, under Utthaalder, attacked the cattle-kraal be longing to the Missionary Institution of Mount Coke. Seven men of the place were killed and nine wounded; but the 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 300/., were driven off and secreted in ono of the bushy vaileys at the confluence of the Kat with the Fish River. " Concurrently with these depredations, the news from rile ssf emote districts borderingTambookieland tell of suc cesh!eohnfaeovriln3ayg . _ rre forays:—from — e f t In taken ro rebel. o m D e o l. tip v u m o Stein, of Mooi Pleats, 500 Bons while proceeding from HotH ot t e G n t r o a t h s aattacked Town five w P a o g e - t Beaufort, though guarded by a d e t ac h men t of 31 S appers rebels d el M s i o n n er t s h , i u s n o te c r a thesion had posted of Captain M oo dy. Th e a themselves in the thick bush of the Konap-hilt, and they opened a suddes soon as • , b th y e w sm hi a c l h l convoy appeared the leading mule-waggon was disabledn • d small convoy killed. During the contest, which even e llse the for some time, nine more were wounded, but the re mainder were brought off in good order by the cool al: g lantry of Captain Moody. The waggons contained some ammunition and Minis muskets, which latter were, how. ever, rendered useleLs by the precaution of removing the nipples. "On the same day, tho mail from Graham's Town was seized near the Beka station by ten rebel otten tots, but was again recaptured by Tabai (Uwkei's) son. On the 15th, 40 oxen suers taken from H. Bezuiden hout's place, Highlands. "June 19.—Major-General Yorke, with a large force, supported by Colonel Michel and Colenel Eyre, mar ched against the camp of the rebel Hottentots, which was reached the next morning (a day before the Hot tentots expected to be attacked). Our s uccess was signal A Cape Corps sergeant, who was taken prisoner, was immediately hanged. Three of the Millie rifles, and part of the ammunition lately taken ai, the Konap were found. Among the slain was a Cape Corps deserter, who had a gold watch and chain; and a soldier found a pouch full of sovereigns. A Kafir boy was taken in Fort Beaufort, who disclosed the mode of replenishing the stores of the enemy. In the evening, women, car rying wool, enters the town and remains till 10 at night, when they manage to leave, laden with supplies. '"lttie last mail has also brought the sickening in telligence of a brutal murder at Olifant's Hoek. '.his is the second victim of wanton barbarity who has fallen in this place by the hands of rebel Hottentots within ten days, but we trust that the reign of philanthrophic humbug is drawing to a close. We purposely reserve our concluding notice for a review of General Cat heart's dispositions and macceuvree; but we feel our inability to detail plans known only to himself, and which will receive their first historical de lieeation in the field. We are persuaded that the Com mander-in-Chi& has not been idle. His judicious 'nee sures' have already impressed the enemy with wholesome awe, and we perceive in the capture of Toise merely the cut/throw d. vice of a bewildered rebel to convey a letter to his Excellency. " In the Sovereignly, affairs were r re i lll t,, y ie br t i h g e h y ten o i l n k e iv , laileatopect which hod been f ia r ad P i e o eto c r j il m ha i d h3 lo p u , a n d ,c tra f, , i . *altered into between the War Couecil and her Majesty's Assistant Commissi none Lloshesh still pursues a very equivocal policy. Appreherehd rebels have be trayed the fact of procuring gunpowder from this chief. " While tee write, our hearts ate saddened and our t "gg"'s death. Teh genilemau 's c expeciecce, prospectsuaatt iu the melancholy tiding s of Ma j i hem d e , tied -rteken merits iyof ruar.ovtatieg:eantPrhuilsPi:ulclitliti:Clecdollt:iareguie: de:": ut‘eVnaiiihnloel: ourselvesrht j :l u i s t tiG eL :d s'ta • gdfi4tor.:gfil:gteh'e: lamity. Th e s uch a crisis, • classes with his serrow' reeectful syereathy ot " "41; widow aecaurpenies her departure Iraq 011 r :Inures. to be a public ca hrld 6• N 4.' 'va s n ; 'U"et. 4 5 0001 of ti:o colftc.,l. the of buor, as shown by the success of Mr. Morewood's experimen; patch from General Somerset, stating that the neigh bourhood was altrmed by hosiile bands committing out " SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK. ' rages in Lower Albany. He ordered one squadron of " The events ot this week are of a checkered character the 12:h Lancers, one company of the Royal Sappers and —the dark squar es , h ow ever, having greatly the predo- Minerva, end three companie s o f to 74th Regtesent to minatme. Twomore_ Hottentot b an dits, and a third seriously wounded. One support , but stated that the establishment of a rural colonists have been murdered by mar c h u p er i Graham ' s Town for their protection end w as waylaid in Olipham for of police was the only meas ure b at cou ld b e re lied upon of them, au Elm:list - imam Hook, stripe:el naked, and had his brains b eaten out the internal s ecuri t y of the border districts. This police with a bludgeon. The other, a man of colou r, was shot force he is now or g an iztrift- After making a torsof in deed whilst resting in his own cottage in fanc ied aeon- spectiom and visiting th e diff erent cones , &c., he to rity after his day's toil. The wounded man was return- turned to Fort Beaufort. ing to his home, and was shot from an am buscade, but " Here he received a letter from the rebel Hottentot leader Uithaalder, hinti ng that he had no o bj e ction to liaeY, possibly, escape with li fe. "It the information from Uitenhage be c orrect, w hich ent e r i n t o correspondence, as he was acting independently computes the rebel banditti in the Zuurberg at from 250 of the Kafir chiefs. This man, it seems, at the iusoga- to 300 strong, then it follows that the main body of the lion ot Sandilli, had seized the Kafir chief Toise in his Hottentot rebels on the Buffalo must have been when own kraal, not far from King William's Town, upon a attacked by Colonel Eyre and the gallant men of the 43d, charge of treason against his lawful chief or feudal sove weaker than usual, though then estimated at from 500 to reign. Sandilli ordered him to be put to death, but 600 men. Should this be so, then it very plainly marks Uithaalder and his associates demanded a fair trial for the formidable character of the rebellion, and the hem their prisoner, and on that being refused, give him his portance of the whole country being aroused to a sense freedom, and sent him home in safety. Toise's own tetr a the necessity of dm immediate tied effectual tuppr , es• ratite! is very curious. sion of the insurrection. It this bo not dose with a "Vi hilt; the General Was b ury in complet i ng errange strong hand, the safety of the whole colony said be mists for the pretec hen of the frontier districts, the jeopardiztit, and the most disastrous coasequencee may enemy were not idle. Oa the eml of May a consider euene. able force attacked Mount Coke, a missionary statio n Tho spirited attack on the rebel camp on the between King William's 'Pot n arid East m e nden, and Buffalo. by Colonel Eyt e and the 43d Regiment relieves suceeeded in carrying off it lot of draw; ht oxen, killing the dark ferttures of the *Aire, and by exciting hope 7 Ftngoes and wounding 10, also en Englishman nam ed affords matter for coisgraldation. The attack was well Fold, and two of Soware's Kafirv. And on the 2i of designed, and would, there can be no doubt, had the de- June they intercepted th e pest-riders b etween Fort ferent cinsi luns arrived at the concerted time, have been Peddle and King ‘- t illi denca's Town. But the most seriou s eminently successful. But i n this c ountry, to in sure ac- affair occurred on the 13,h, when they surprised five curate titan in a night march from different points, i s a Government waggons proceeding from Graham's Town movement of extraordinary difficulty, and especially to Fort iteautore under the charge of C apta i n bloody where there are men who would consider it as a miefer• with a detachment of 31 Sappers and Miners. Seven tune to he last, and indeed a reproach not to be first, in of the riflemen were kill e d end nine wounde d . Th e the pretence of the enemy." waggons, containing among ot h er things, a cons id era ble The Cape Town Mail, in a leading article, says : quantity of ammuniti on and arms, were captured an d " Peace, accomp a nied by such security from d anger to Plundered, and the oxe n carr i ed off. life and property as is consistent with residence upon a " They have since, however, received some punish barbarian border, is all that is hoped for by a large e Yorke 2lst, and the yColonel were not 0 E t y quilt© unprepared,ment. On the 20th a combi ne d movement was made b y body of the colonists from the pres en t un h a ppy General t hostilities. Such is also the sol o a i m o f t he Though expecting that th e attack would not be ma d e British Government, who, on th e co l ony ' s b e h a lf, are until Co at this time incurring the v a st ex p ense o f t h ese hos ee on ijithaaide r 'd end camp.Co lonel Eyre, who arrived fi rst, and rather too soon for tilities. Both bodies, the I m p er i a l G over nment support, had a smart affair b e f ore the enemy broke an d and the colony, have to co-operate in en d eavou ring to dispersed. It is stated th a t G eneral Yorke ' s div i s i on attain this object. Without their perfect co-operation it have followed up this success, but the official account is seems impossible that anything final can be done; and not yet published. before they can co-operate cordially, each must know i • Anticipating the completion of hi s arrangem ents for the policy which guides the conduct of the other, and the defence of the frontier dist r i cts, General Cat h cart both must see clearly what measures are beat to be has announced his intention to march into Kreili's coun adopted before the great end in view can be attained. try early next month. The ablebodied men of the i• How, then, are they to work together under present frontier districts have again been summoned to co-operate circumstances? How can the British Government come with her Majesty's troops, under their own commandants, municate with the colonists? War was declared, and with a promise of an equitable distribution of the cattle last 18 months. This intelligence has the Queen's representative called on the colonists 'to rise which may be taken in the course of the expedition, as en masse, and ixterminate' the enemy. From the very some compensation for the losses and sufferings of the manner in which the object of the war was stated doubtsjust been received, ' ' BY ears EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT•GENERAL THE " ' ,andliwelallo. arose. Was it right to exterminate the Kafirs, in the and all that is yet known of it is contained in the follows ordinary sense of the word used in the roclamation? If ing proclamation:— theyhs GEORGE territory CAisTsHeCpAaßraTt,ed&e. 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 whereas the Kafir chief Kreli, who resides beyond Kei anything to be necessary that is not right. the of her Majest ' from that part " What the war arose from is of less importance than , -y s dominions called British Kafraria, by the question—how must it end? The intended eater- that riser, although recently chastened for his well mination, originally proclaimed, of the enemy, has since known underhand . as well as open hostility, by order of been diminished to his banishment beyond the Kei. Is iGovernor of Sits Harry Smith, has not ceased, from the this ielispensable? If indispensable to the extent of time the expedition was withdrawn, contumaciously to security which we think to be necessary, has it been c sna ort and assist her Majesty's rebellious subjects, rightly earned by the Kafir people at our hands? If now associated with the rebel chief Sandilli, Kafirs indispensable for our present security, if just, is it safe as well as Hottentots, in carrying on a protracted for the future? Will not the new colony between the war, and even to harbour rebel Hottentots in his own Fish River and the Kei—for the country between the country. Fish River and the Keiskammte although nominally a " ' And whereas the said contumacious chief Kreli, colonial district since 1848, is scarcely in a different when mercifully called upon by me to desist from his position from British Kafraria, in fact—will not thi s evil practices, and use his well-known influence in put new territory in future years suffer as fearfully from th e Ling an end to the Gaika rebellion, and in token of his tribes who then will border on the Europeans, as Albany good faith and due submission, to pay up the fine of and Somerset do now from their present neighbour s ? cattle imposed by my predecessor, Governor Sir Harry If, again, it be alike indispensable for the present in- Smith, which the said chief had promised to pay, and terests of the colony, safe for its future interests, and on the faith of which promise the last expedition right as far as the Kafirs are concerned, is it possible to was mercifully withdrawn after the infliction of half the ' exterminate' them from their present homes, and come punishment deserved, has insolently sent back my peace pel them to emigrate beyond the Kei? The colonists able remonstrance and just demand, in defiance : alone, even if they were agreed upon answering all the " ' And whereas it is necessary, in vindication of questions above in the affirmative, cannot do it. A large her Majesty's authority, and in order to put an end to British army has been trying to succeed in this during a this war, that the said chief Kreli should, without loss year and a-half, and have hitnerto made but little progress. of time, receive the full chastisement he d eserves : " A more modified view, even of the idea of th e ex - " ' ow, therefore, Ido hereby proclaim, declare, and pulsion of the Gaika nation from their present country, make known, that, for the purpose of inflicting such has lately seemed to gain ground. It is said that General chastisement, it is my intention, on the 6th day of Au- Cathcart wishes only to expel the individual Kafirs, if gust next, to assemble a sufficient force of her Majesty's they can be singled out, or the individual chiefs, who regular troops, cavalry, infantry, and artillery, paid have taken part in the war. But will this be politic, or levies and enrolled Fingoes, with abundant supplies for even possible, in the case of a people holding their chief s the campaign, on the Umvani River, n ear B ram Neck, in so much honour? The war arose sc arcely so much, midway between Shiloh and the White Kei :—and that, as Bishop Gray is said to have stated in England, from it is further my intention with this force to cross the the incurable cattle -stealing propensities of the Kafirs, Kei, and establish my head-quarters at Kreli's Great as from the partisanship of the pimple with their chiefs, Place. whose power it was the avowed policy of our Government " ' But, wishing to show to her Majesty's enemies to endeavour to undermine and destroy. We established that, besides the force of her regular armies, she pos- British rule tin Kafraria, and persuaded ourselves that sesses the loyal support of her faithful subjects, and the people were more contented end prosperous under that, at her call, they are ready and Willing to take the that rule, than under their former native institutions of , field in her cause : government. So, perhaps, they may have been for a " ' Wishing, also, to give to those who, as a body, have time. The Government of the day persuaded itself also suffered severely from the war, an opportunity of re that the colony was more free from cattle-stealing visits, covering, by force of arms, some compensation for their veal more safe from a chance of their recurrence. So losses, I hereby, in the name and on behalf of her stated Sir H. Smith's dispatches and public declarations, Majesty. command all burghers of the divisions of repeatedly and positively. When rumours of war came Graaff-Reinet, Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Somerset, Sir H. tmith summoned one of the former chiefs before Craddock, Albany, Albert, Victoria, Fort Beaufort, and him. The chiet set the newly-established authority in Colesberg, capable of bearing arms, to take the field his country at defiance. The people cho se th e s id e upon the old commando system of the colony, and join of their natural sovereign rather than that of the me on the Univani River, near Bram Neck, midway foreigner. We have te tempted in v a in, d u ri ng 18 between Shiloh and the White Kei, on the 6:11 of Au months past, to bring these alleged rebels to submission, gust, whence I will lead them, forthwith in person into t the If this be the history of the war, and if it be true that a country of the contumacious chief Krell, to despoil him national feeling unites the Kafir people, even th oug h of his cattle, us the best means of effectually bringing they were for a time happy and contented under our him to submission, and thereby terminating the present rule, to resist any intrusion upon them of what they tiresome hottilities. must needs think a foreign yoke,—are not the questions "' I further hereby make known to the colonists of respecting their expulsion, extermination, destruction, all classes, who shall voluntarily join in this great com. and so forth, which we have d escr ib e d above, such as mando, that all cattle that may be captured by them must naturally suggest themselves to the m ind of every shall be divided among the captors, for t h e ir own use man of civilizod femme At present t h e r e a r e no suffi- and benefit, according t o such equitable division as may cient means of thoroughly ascertaining pnblic opi n i on b e determined on by their own commandants. in the colony on a subject of such intricacy and difficulty. " ' God sa ve t h e Queen, W henev er the colonists meet in an organized represen- " ' Given under the public seal of the settlement at tative Legislature, they can say for themselves what they the Cape of Good H ope, this Ist day o f J u ly, 1852. tnink is best to be done for t he attainment of the sole "' By command of his Excellency the Governor, object of the present, as of all wars,—peace. They will " ' RICHARD SOUTHEY, deliberately judge, and will consult with the authorized ct 4 ,%, , , t chng-Seeretary to Government." ' servants of the Queen's Government, what evils which Her Majesty's steam er S tyx arrived a t Simon 's ma y now be allaye d h a ve c a u sed alike the Kafir war and B ay on t h e 16 t h o f June; sailed for Table Bay o n the Ho rebellion and what can be done to le Hottentot ;ssen the 28th, and left for East Ist of July. London on the o these evils. Until then all parties continuel Bel oit remove Her Majesty's t s eamer sounds which relieve the e-Hydra, Commander in the dark, and tne sole g grave and the Rhad• Belem, of the real object of the contest, and ' . . anlaethus, Commander neral ignorance were lying in Simon's Bay. of the war, are heard from our injured the real grounds The Chusan screw steamer on the border-colonists, whose many sufferings naturally prompt eamer left Table BaY of the enemy as mere bloodthirsty mis- 29th of June for Port Phillip. them to think heavy murder; bat who • delighting in ravage and in . The garrison •at Sierra Leone was healthy, creams, be wrong. rain had set in. Major from O'Connor had returned this judgment may of the nature of our en d to "These very views nothing less than their utter annihilation the Banana Islands • hema de h is hal f- yearly insPec. notion that i and that they do not deserve to • could restore peace, tion of the troops on the 23d of the object ofthe June. . exist—the proclamation that _ war was Her Majesty's steamer P Commander • tion—have retarded the close of the con- olyphemus, ed their extertnuaaPhillips, from the Rio p July started test . The enemy, Kafirs ong•os the Ist of / test more than anything that theyy, sad on a cruise the 19th of July at present Hottentetmhear it ogaiii and again,. must choose instate of • '1 a civi war, to Sherporo, Hottentots d resistance and their destruction. between continue Lieutenant Her Majesty's Yet if comparative peace, not the safety of London and steamer Bloodhound, 20th of York, but such comparative peace as borderers must be Christian, arrived at Sierra Leone on the c In satisfied with, can be attained by anything less than Sir July : from Ascension the 18th of June, with ? er- Harry Smith's proclaimed o bject at h the opening of the mender Bruce's dispatches. The gallant Cowman" war, neither Britain nor the colony a t e aenytrue interest in-Chief had relieved the blockade at Whydataa in seeking that object; and, to say h the least, it is f" measure calculated to give t esfaction to the grea sa 1 from certain that either of them hasright, any more native chiefs. than it possesses the interest, Ser Her Mejesty's steamer F . Lieutenant " A commission of inquiry into all the causes of con. 'reflyt s laves on test, sent out last year, might have saved Great Britain mour, had captured a slaver, but with 0 0 many thousands of pounds. A simila r commissi on , even board, and brought her to St. Helena. now, would be of the highest va l ue . The establi s h ment, H er M a j es t y ' s s t eamer Pluto arr i ve d at Sierra St. in addition, as speedily as possible, of representative in- Leone on the 13th of June left on the 14th for for the stitutions, having public confluence, and through which Vincent' s , an t i returned with English mails on the real opinion of the colony could be clearly heard, 15th of June, on the 7th of . would enable all the parties concerned to understand Her M• t ' ajes y s steamer Bloodhound Pr • on 1 for the each other perfectly—to decide clearly upon what was the 7th f Jul to oyAscension with the n ull best to be done—and to cooperate sincerely towards the c ommodore. restoration of peace on a permanent basis." H Lieutenant From the South African Commercial Advertiser j er Majesty's steamer Myrmidon , we extract the following : olliffe, was cruising in the Bights. got a way from " Though General Cathcart has not been remiss der- Two steamers with 1,000 slaves had . with 10 guns ing the past month, his dispatches by the present mail th e Gallinas. A large armed slaver wi • "ng off th• will carry little consolation to the Chancellor of the Ex- and Spanish colours, is reported to be crlitsi e ieutenant chequer. His predecessor, Sir Charles Wood, last year Gallinas. Her Majesty's brig Crane, and asked only 300,000/. for the Kafir war, under an iropres. Bonham had left SierraL in pursuit, ra don that the contest was drawing to a clese. Mr. Dis.. turned on Leone ..__ same y da her raeli now (April 30) requests an additional 660,000/. Majesty's the 11th of July. Oo str Vincent's Cape But Sir Charles Wood ' thought the Right Hon. Gen. ye steamer Pluto left for a ils of the 15th of ileman would find himself very much disappointed in tbe rde, to convey the English M off Sherboro, estimate which he had formed of the probable expense July to Sierra Leone. When Cruising, d lke, and siv a the Kafir war. The probability was that the 460,000 e a boat was seen in the river, paintemen. of-war ; she, which he had first named would be pretty n ear l y cx. posed to belong to, one of our slave vessel which ',ended by the Ist of March, and it was going on et the however, turned out to belong tO4OO slaves, and got rate of almost 50,000/. a month.' L e one had received elapsed since the Ist of March, which, according2oo to th e clear. The Governor of Sierra ready for ember estimate, will account for the addition al what it was While information of 2,000 slaves beingb htbourne's l i on Ist state of the war is pretty nearly of its drawingeverythenecessary t o tory in the Rio Poops, witla k" leave-the bar a close has not improved, rrange- made for resistance until the 66stoe protection of the relents in progress for the . colony cud racoons. the enemy imply an increasin g Sierra Leone on the the annoyance of Higher motives than g Her Majesty's brig Crane left rate ot expenditure.. parties • mere 17th of Jul doubt inspire all with an The y.of July, 20 miles west economy no savage conflict Pro ontis on the 19th with her desire to bring this to of e „P 7 d colours ardentsufficient even economy alone is a . •nt reaso n id . oierra Leone, exchange an end; but of Ministers something more than jesty's brig Crane. and Pluto were for demanding Herald,Torcb, `maintain the honour of her m a .. Her lvt •I. , h . -majesty a s e ips July. just enough to tre has yet been accomplished, at Cape Verde on the 26th of joE.ty's arms.' Nothing more arrived from ng d rebel bands within • the The Queen of the South arrived e _ There are Kafir camps, an Beyond it, nothin • 30115 ot and •the colony. boundaries of i The idle , spont, range of musketry or cannon sailed ,1 of Ju-y• wife that is not within the of her Itlejesty's firms' the 7th or July, and sailed Simply to ' maintain the honour e has cos, Captain Watts, arrived on The , Teeiot sailed for • t the border tribe e. ., accord_ the - for 18 months agates , 0 000/ with 1-, e saute day for the Cepe. and the Harbinger, Wood's estimate, about 96 , i , , tee the B' .1 231 of July, ing to Sir G. - mail. In" losses of the 0 ram son the ugland on the 26th of loss 017 many brave officers and are not less u le . '"Ptain Lane, arrived from E time - in life property, end colony , .g. July, It is ft most ruinous affair. MinatC, of Scilly, was at d operations during th e The schooner " A summary of even ts en- , h e details of !Assault s anchor at Cape Verde on • f E I a month is given elsewhere. But e ' British e • , , '71,1 roe sailed •or i ng.ana on and e robeeries murders pursuits, skirmishes, . ip le onal ',rig, eielten aa.un , , .. •,. .. -, _. •,,, h ave been distieguithed the 18th of July, epee is, in wraith cotouti s : • 'enced no Worth -east h -east trades on more columns. Dis- The ''• actors or suffirere, would fill many .1. i opontts expert i war, have become her generally wee terlyi winds to order and danger, as well as actual sines of aborder outward passage, f Africa f h rem southerly familiar f,_. r 50 tra iks o r more en both tie, Cape Verde, oa the coast o The latest re- • She steamer 1 the whole wee, line some 100 o - 150 miles in length. . es t , winds, with heavy rains. .. g pant ot active , ports give reason to fear that stron having contrary winds, with the exco ption of 50 hours marauders have already established themselves among under sell alone the mountains and forests not far from the towns of south-east trades were fresh for Homeward the out hours under . . IJ:tenting° and Port Elizabeth. 78 under sail, with Cathcart has to about four days. She was " such is the field which General ____. . '`) miles a 'use she ran 7E ,- ( verag con'etnelate and operate upon, tiga i ne i, an enemy adroit, °, Tit steam, in which ti 1 from Sierra Leone fresh , inw 10 knots per hour, from Cape Verde active, desperate, and well armed. Fort ''eauVort he ' N.W. winds sonatat showers, ape Verde " Attar removing head-quarters to .l -, 2 fresh and until three days from Ply. made a visit to Graham's Town, i n con sequence of a dis- i northerly winds . . ..„ niguth, when w.N.W. winds preval ea. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST Her cargo consists of 9 paekage3 of specie, 5 caskl of rhinocerosivi 90 .to b r a n l e sheep-skims, s : 56ta 59 bales of ivory, 3n of wool, gre 2 green hidas ss 34 dry hides, 19 bales of gnat skins, 48 packeges sundries, and 5 casks 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 Rifles), Captain Fitz,geraid) 60th Rifles), Captain Vians (45th Re gi ment), Cornet Elves ( 12 th Lancers), Mr. Darnell, r. 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. , l e ft M ay 28 , a t 8 . 30 P . M.; ar rived at Sierra Leone, June 3, at 4.30 r. M. left ditto June 3 ; arrived at the Cape, June 26. On her hoinew . ,lrd voyage she sailed irom Cape Town July 2 at 6 P.M.; arrived at Sierra Leone, July 18, et 1.45 P.M , sailed J u ly 19, a , . 10 A M.. arrived at St. Vincent's, July 24, at 4 15 P.M., sailed July 26, at 6 P.M. ; and arriv e d a t Pl ymouth, August 9, at 6 P.M. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROZI OUR OW Ui CORRESPONDtNT COWES, A lIG. 9 DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY . FOR THE CON FINENT. Her Majesty's lieges had a grand tr ea t h ere l ast even inghaivcithog signified her intenti on o f embarking and Albert this after noon,tehnae Victoria the whole of h er M a j esty ' s in one of the most beautiful sights many ever h a d v yachts sham fl e et proceeded into the boy i n f ront of (Morns House, taking up p ositions in a line to the eastward, and all the yach ts that could be mustere d (a goodly number), led by the Commodore of the R o y a l Y ac h t Squadron in the Xsrifa, formed a line to the westward, and a prettier s i g ht has seldom been seen tha n these beautiful vessels sai ling in line into the bay. Her Majesty an d t h e ro y a l ine s s the e d . royaloh The h o ga f am ily embarked at halt-past six o'clock under a royal salute from the steain•trigates and yachts, all dressed out in their varie d fla g s , with y ards manned. The fleet remained for the night in the bay, and at six o'clock this morning steamed away with their royal charg e f or I AntWErP. DEPARTUR E o f the ROYAL SQUADRON. PORTSMotaff, TUEsDAY.—Her Majesty the Queen, early this morning. his Royal Highness Prince Albert, four of the eldest g t anchor off Osborne of the royal children, and the ladies and gentlemen fired royal salutes. of the Court, left Osborne Palace at half-past six o'clock, and embarked on the Victoria and Albert, steamers ms s h t e a irp r ss t , i n at. n d This morning the weather was very fine and pro 'dons a fine summer breeze blowing from the west. PI , The royal Equadron got 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 m Tw hi a t n eh n theln d e yards,ri'f-w d intentionrr e s s s following order :-- The Vivid steam-packet, Master-Commander Smitbett (in advance about a quarter of a mile). The Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., with the royal standard at the steam-yacht, Master-Commander main. first Lord of the Admiralty, the The Fairy royal yacht screw• tender, Master-Com- Pe T tl h ey e mender Welch. Duke of Northumberland, on board ; Admiralty flag Black wt h EthaegFlei at the main. The Odin steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, C.B. The Magicienn e steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay. a The Sampson st eam -frigate, Captain L. T. Jones. r T he eg i ß e. The Retribution steam -frigate, Captain Hon. R. s.aracouta s team-frigate, Captain Hon. S. T. Cn Drummond. The royal squadron passed through Spithead about 7,30 A.M., with the wind a little to then northward of west, and on the starboard quarter, prenting 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, topga llantsails, royals, studdin g sails. oWf When n he off 13 Ise of rlading Harbour (which is the east end Wight) a signal wa s thr own out from the roya l y acht, " 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. Baroouta now thought it quite time to shake off her lethargy, for (like magic) she passed the Magicienne and Odin in succession, and at 8.30 was nearly hull down, about a mile astern of the royal yacht. We saw the last of the squadron at 9 30, thirteen miles to the eastward of the Nab light-vessel, and their position was as follows :—Vivid, Victoria and Albert, Black Eagle, Fairy, Barracouta, Odin, Magi cienne, Sampson, and Retribution. As the rovtd yacht passed Spithead the Blenheim, 60, Captain Gardner, and the Tiger, 20, Captain Gif ford, dressed in colours, manned yards and cheered. The Niger screw-sloop, Commander Heath, also got - mouth Harbour , Victory -ships, under weigh, and then rounding the Spit buoy, coming into harbour fired a royal salute, and manned her mo rigging and cheered. Tne u in colours early, and as the royal yacht passed they all saluted. mwsehrieP3l:ls ino d rPortsdressed At Portsmouth it was supposed that the royal squadron would sail at daylight, and in consequence the Royal Artillery were on the qui vive at that time and at their guns, but it was not till about seven that the salute was fired from the Garrison Battery: The interesting spectacle of the royal yacht pass ing to the eastward was a most pleasing and beautiful sight, and a number of the inhabitants and visitors to Portsmouth were up and on the seward lines of the town, End enjoyed it. Around the coast a sharp look-out was kept for the royal squadron from Saturday morning. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Dover on Sa turday, and proceeded to Walmer, leaving instruc tions that a messenger should be dispatched to Wal mer Castle as soon as the royal ships hove in sight. DOVER, AUG. 10.—This afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, the royal squadron hove in sight to the westward of Dover, and their approach was imme diately announced by royal salutes fired in succession from the Drop Redoubt, at the Heights, and the gun battery below the Castle keep. Her Majesty's mail packet Vivid, of the Dover station, took the lead, the royal Victoria and Albert yacht being second, fol lowed by her tender, the Fairy; and another of the squadron, the Black Eagle steamer, bringing up the rear. The weather was delightfully fine (although much rain had fallen during the day), with compara tively calm sea and favourable wind. The royal fleet steamed past at a rapid rate, and after clearing this port about two miles, hauled in for the Downs. A number of ladies were observed from the shore on the deck of the royal yacht, which probably included her Majesty the Queen; but this, in consequence of the distance, we could not say positively. Great demonstra tions of colours were made by the naval and military authorities, the royal standards being hoisted, and numerous elevated points of the town decorated with flags, during the passing of the squadron; meanwhile dense crowds thronged the heights, parade, &c., to obtain a view of the royal squadron, which remained in sight of our town for nearly half an hour. The Royal squadron left the Downs at 4 o'clock this morning, on its course to Antwerp. Weather fine. ANTWERP, MONDAY.—Her Majesty Queen Vic toria will arrive here to-morrow, but it is impossible d t ibn o o t s th a h y eo f w m h ot hre morning n e t r gi mo t e h r ewi in t h e e o a s her eervqepunraiodngrgro,ensa progress wil l may be xp wwiel arec e m m ignorant eecntcee, 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 roya l y acht is escorted by six frigates and several stea mers. The presence of,so many vessels of war will give extraordinary anima• tion to the port, and will m i ghti l y delight our jolly old burghers. ---- COURT CIRCU LAII. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wars, 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 tile Admiralty, embarked also in attendance on her Majesty. of Tier Majesty was atte n d e d by the Counetelion. ( Gainfoorough, the Hon. Beatrice Byog , tbGibbs is , Colonel Phipps, and Sir James Clark. Mr' 0 prince 1 in attendnce on their Royal Highnesses th of \Vales and Prince Alfred. E ag le. Waiting, embarked cn board the Bl e ac geed at anchor Lord Colville and Colonel Bouveriei; The Royal yacht and squadron r d P ro ceeded about s o during the night off Osbornoe, the eastward. seven o'clock this raorring t__________ j o y , with the Earl of Baron Brunnow had an t. IPaterrevsidence in Downing- Derby yesterday at his ofli o c k l e, Sir Brook William street. Sir James 13 „,, r° d Mr. Compton, had t a 3o in . Bridges, Mr. Cuoad , le b Earl yesterday. 1 terviews with the Die Equerries in 11, EXPERIMENTAL TRIP TO PARIS. TO THE EDITon OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As th e paragraph in your paper of to-day, with the above heading. contains soma information which is likely to mislead the, pul:lic, end injure the Newhaven and Dieppe routs, I trust you will do me the justice to insert the following:—" The new steamer Paris, built this year expressly for the above line, crossed from Newhaven to Dieppe, on Saturday lest, with 100 ;xis sengers, a large quantity of luggage, and three horsos, in ten minutes less time than the steam-yacht Wave Queen, with only about a dozen ladies and gentlemen, both ves sels starting nearly together; the result proving that the Paris was the better boat for the trade, and having re peatedly made the passage in five hours." Yo u wi ll perceive that the present arrangements. on this route, are tar from being " defective."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, HENRY P. MAPLES, 5, Arthur-street East, Aug. 9, 1852. F. Slight, Esq., Secretary of the Loudon, Brighton, and south Coast - Railway Company. Sir, —The paragraph wi.ich anneared in the Thus of yesterday is evidently written under a miFsapprehonsion of the tots, and is cilcu!ated to do some injury both io ropelf and to your company, a s it w ill l eave an impres sion that your directors are nissatiiied with the manner in which the steam service between Newhaven and Dieppe is at present performed, and that consequently your chairman was present at the trial of the Wave Queen, with a view to substituting; better boats. As it is stated .that the speed and genera! results of the trial of the Wave Qieen 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 pa sage in ten minutes less time, I am justified in supposing that the servic', 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, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. London Terminus, Aug. 10, 1852. sir,—ln reply to your letter of this date with refer ence to the experimental trip with the Wave Queen, I am desired to say that the service between Newhaven and Dieppe has been performed by your steamer, the Paris, satisfactorily to the directors of this company, the pas sage having been made on the averege in less than five hours and a-half. I am to add that the chairman of this company was present at the trial of the Wave Queen, in order to witness an experiment with a vessel of a novel construction, and not because this company is dissatisfied with the manner in which the present service is per formed.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, H. P. Maples, Esq. FRED. SLIGHT. [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 Establishments of this country, as well as to convey a personally-favourable opinion of the ale brewed by Messrs. Allsopp and Sons:— BARON MEMO TO HENRY ALLSOPP, ESQ., BURTON-ON-. TRENT. The unguarded remark of a French chem i st, that the strychnine imported in England is emplovedinps lately s i a substitute for hops in the manufacture of beer, ha spread alarm among the lovers of pale ale. Having been y 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 nrtx vomica, from which it is well known that strychnine is obtained. The peculiar morbid symptoms, however, which resulted from the consumption of this adulte rated beer, speedily led to the detection of the fraud. The effects produced by nux vomica and strychnine are so characteristic, that every medical man will readily detect their origin. The French novelist, Alexander Dumas, has described them, though with more imagi nation than truth, in his romance of " Monte Christo." It is possible that the Westphalian case, which, from being made the subject of a criminal trial, obtained great notoriety, has given rise to the assumption that in England the strychnine imported is used for the purpose of mixing with beer. But nobody at all acquainted with the great breweries of that country could seriously entertain the suspicion of an adulteration of beer with strychnine or any other deleterious substance. It is practically impossible that any operation of a doubtful character could be carried out in these extensive esta blishments, on account of the large number of workmen employed in them. Any attempt on the part of the brewer to impart qualities to his beer in an illicit man ner, which are not to be obtained from malt or hops, would necessarily lead to his ruin, as he would be obliged to communicate his secret to too many persons, and to employ too many accomplices. The draymen them selves, as good connoisseurs in beer, would protest against any manipulation of a suspicious character. The case has even occurred of an eminent brewer not ven turing to make use of a method suggested to him for the purpose of clearing his beer more effectually, because the addition of a new material to the wort might have induced a suspicion in the minds of his workmen thet it was au illicit proceeding, and this would have endan gered the good reputation which his beer enjoyed. He 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 every body. Daring a sojourn of several days at Burton- on• Trent, I had an opportunity of becoming intimately sequz,inted 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 reals and hops, and upon the ingenuity exhibited in conducting the processes of mashing and fermenting. Our continental brewers have much to learn in these points to come up to the English brewers. I have no hesitation in saying that England possesses the greatest adepts in malting. I know posi tively that the chief brewers of Munich, who undoubtedly produce the best beer is Germany, have gone through an apprenticeship in Burton. This may account for the predilection entertained by the general public, as well as by medical men, for these varieties of beer; for the in stinct of humanity and experience appear to be as good guides in the choice of things that contribute to health and enjoyment as the profoundest philosophy.t llent Professor Graham Graham and Hofmannn, ti t i he al e le ex ad ciceultera port already addressed toy ou up h a ve indi g cated a very tion of the pale ale by strychnine, simple process for detecting the most m inute quantity of strychnine contained in beer. I have satisfied myself of the great convenience and accuracyan of t he ir s meth o d, and have farther assured myself, bY an of ' ral specimens of pale ale obtained fro L o n groundon housndlesses, supplied by your establis hment, noss of the imputation t hat this of th- be e ao r mf wa s ellu p p c o p h i o s er o mt n e i e ds d tisn w wm i h t y h o strychnine. I am positive, a nd views by the concordant ana lyses have occupied themselves with the examination bee f never r, that the poisoning of pale ale wh se add that it never will occurred. I believe I may safely take place; for although an i gnor ant brewer might be induced, from interested motives, to add nux vomica to his beer, the word strychnine so forcibly suggests one of the most virulent poisons, that whoever has heard any thing about strychnine at all is sure to be aware of this. By adulterating 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, ono 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. The specimens of your pale ale sent to me have af forded me another opportu n i t y of confirming its valuable qualities. lam myself an admirer of this beverage, and my own experience enables me to recommendne i t , English i n ac cordance with the opinion of the mostem in phy s i c ians, as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage both for the invalid and the robust. Giessen, May 6, 1852. JUSTUS LIEBIG. NARROW ESCAPE.--Yesterday afternoon three OV .. gineers attached to the factory at Woolwich Dockyard went on board the Widgeon steam-vessel, lying alongside the wharf-wall adjourning the storehouse, to do some work abou t i the boilers, and for th at purpose opened the manhole, &Ot t three descended int o th e interior without having takenke° to was precaution of ascertaining that the one they entered , o ther free of foul air. It was soon evident that one afterl7, i tair, of the three engineers had been overpowered by the th a w if and fallen helplessly to the bottom of the boilervibeinea to sav e not immediately taken out, it would be inWe.ss ini , ThoniP: their lives. Highly to the credit of PeN t a the limo on son, one of the gang of convicts at wo rk the r b i e s d h e rother board the vessel, he offered to go cloy:33w, a nd hY h i . re peated take up the engineers, which he did a , n ~ a t convicts, who all lent a willing s b elf a seve n r il e Vn t h three bodies es to get efforts, having to come up Nin in giog u „p o i,;, a most di ffi cult fresh air, he succeeded of the m a t e . - one of the engi through the narrow openining q of th e „ c o - t - a "ppear the slightest task under the circumsttr body for u.P., he boiler. Fortunately, all neers being so far gone atcetoero di r c a l; of a quarter of an respiration in his taken 01 : 1 , t ° 4-1, - e - heroic conduct of Thomp hour after h e three engineers, at the the engineers hawvnetshreee°Livecrro. especially as he has son, who saved doerves free e - the pardon, : n , f ifour months of the period of risk of his 0i5 : ;x 3 : ..„0 vears already served . don to which he was sentenced by a s porta , trail away from a picket of the Royal seven Yeare 1 for r u nnin g was serving at Bermuda. court-rusrtia , . cb corps artillery, in wh ich CHAMPION SCULLS. — The contest TBE Am teur champion sculls, presented to the river by for th" ; „Vfi' o id, about twenty years since, was appointed to Mr. ~,7 yesterday at nine o'clock, the distance being from take P — ,'"O Kew -bridge. The last contest for this honorary d ut rinn was In August, 1849; as for 1859 and 1851, M r . s" -- u nchallenged. This year, Mr. Peacock, bei ng t h e Bone w" only c h a llenger, became entitled to row the holder (M r . B o ne) the final heat yesterday ; the usual trial he a t, 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 quickly followed by the umpire in the eight-oared cutter of the Thames Club. After waiting twenty minutes, at the risk of losing the tide, and Mr. Bone not appearing, and no signs of him or of any preparations on his part being visible, Ur. Peacock started alone, and rowed quietly over the course, arriving at Kew bridge at ten o'clock, forty minutes having been occupied in rowing the distance-5 3 / 4 miles. THE RUMOURED DEATH OF THE EARL OF TAN KERVILLE.—A correspondent says—" An announcement of the demise of this venerable Peer having appeared in the Gateshead Observer of Saturday last, inquiries 'were made at his Lordship's residence, in Rertford-street, May-fair, when it was ascertained that the statement was premature, his Lordship being in the enjoyment of perfect health. The Earl Was born is 1776 , and consequently is in his 76th year. „PERIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. lIERALD.—Mr. Webster has spoken at Marsh field. lie is answerable for much needless and dan gerous el;ci, - .ement, when he tells a popular audience to rest assured that the matter of the fisheries along her lelejesty's coasts in her North American colonies l ”is a subject on which n o one slept at Washington.' We cannot say as much for the wakefulness of our British administrators for many years past. Mr. Webster will surprise Europe by the precipitate course 'ne pursues on this occasion. We had ex pected better things from one who is not only a most eloquent speaker, but who has no small claims to take his place among the foremost of living statesmen. He is one of those whom'Dante describes with all the inspiration of his severe and stately muse : " Con occhi tardi a gravi, Di gran autorha al for ambianti." And yet most assured he will soon discover, that, in the ground he has so rashly seized, he has nether facts, it';7, nor reason, on which to stand. What does he say of the E ,. 7g,ih Go‘ e r nmen i? Th a t th ey h ave v i o l a t e d a treety.2s 0! end he cannot say Toe moat clear and intiisputaLde, and let us add, undispizted provisions of the lss; trtats - , the treaty on wh,:.lki this whole ques tion dip.l.,ds, not only sanction what they do, but would justify much more th an th ey i nten d or w i s h t o e ff e ct. Doss he allege that, withou,' violating the provisions of the convention of the 20th of October, 1818, her Majesty's present Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has strained any d,greo their im port? Not even this is advanced. Is the coA plaint that those provisions have been put in force wialout necessity, and with harshness ? Something liko this is hinted. We shall soon see with what truth ; And, brief as shall be our remarks, we can promise to diosi pate a whole cloud of misrepresentations. But, firs!, 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 fi s h at a distance from the land not less than three marine miles. Within that distance, even on the open coasts, the possessors of the settlement had pro prietorship of territory and jurisdiction, by law, by international right generally, and by virtue of this treaty expressly. Then came the question of the " bays, harbours, creeks, and inlets." From these (with the exception of some distinctl y and categori cally named, from Cape Ray to the hameau I s l an d s , and from Cape Ray to Quirpon Islands, and even these under certain restrictions), the American fishermen were clearly prohibited by the convention. Stress of weather and other extraneous exigencies were allowed as excuse for intrusion. This being so, then arose the question of the Bay of Fundy. The Ame ricans represented that, though a bay, it was so extensive that it partook of the character of the high sea, and claimed liberty to fish there, within the usual and admitted limit of three marine miles from the coast on either hand. Lord Aberdeen, in 1844, conceded the requested advantage in a friendly spirit —not as a right, but as a permission. We may here remark that the demand for this permission, as well . as the grant o f i t , guarded bya reference to, and reservation of, the l aw and right to withhold and to withdraw it, wholly overthr ow as h i a indeed the d the argument of a supposed " right by prescription " suffered possession of ad mitted force of the tr ea t y; f or if, there then existed a "prescriptive" and thirty years' standing (as st a t e d b y Mr. Webster), w hy accept it as a concession, why not protest ag ainst it as a favour ? But it is urged that it was harsh suddenly to withdraw this leave. It is not withdrawn. The American fishermen can still pursue, and have not for one instant been checked in pursuing, their avocations in the British waters of the Bay of Fundy. What of this American smack that has been seized ? 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. N otice of what measures? Here is the mistake. Notice, indeed, was given. Yet is there no change of policy whatever, of which a notice might be necessary. There is merely a change from the supposed protec tion and maintenance of the 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 rAcessary tor a new Government to give notice that it intends to respect treaties, to enforce all clear rights, and to discharge its most sacred obligations ? Nevertheless, notice west given to the United States Government in June last that, for the purpose of securing to cur 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 as numerous, the American fishermen will not Le 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 efficiently than the force already there was able to accomplish. At the same time it is to be observed that our fleet, though in creased, is not greater than that which the French maintain on their own fisheries ; nor is it unworthy of notice that the French, against whom, or rather, towards whom we have adopted the self same mea sures, have evin ce d no such susceptibility as that which Mr. Webster is endeavouring to excite among our kinsmen of the United States. We must, in con cluding, say a word on the subject of the necessity of these measures, and of the conditions of the fishery, as th ey affect the two nations. The Eng lish fish in the B ay o f Fundy by right. The Americans take fish there by courtesy, and in virtue of a permission granted to a friendly state. Since these i 45 the two nations have dropped their nets into and, waters, side by side, under dissimilar condtiotioenss ; friendly_B • The we may add, with very dissimilar g ad vtoanthegproduce, English fishermen, who bad carries his fish to the neighbot:rirnikohAt el of 20 per cent. and there is compelled to pay ytmerican market, l a n e port fish which he The American brings to th_e t s h a e liberality of the Go has taken only in virtue f the welcomed intruder vernment of his co o ti bounty, the bounty whichtor, and receives a large Thus there is a double ac rightful ved from the duty which the Pre:hate the value of the produce to tion in force to dep men have a right, secured by the g ri a g i h n t s fu b l- ei p p o g ss a e c ss tuorallY9 which our counattrts ; and a double cause at the same time ino p tetrtion-eto enhance the price of the commo dities to w his rival has access only by courtesy, most formal rteser an °hell: 0 11 f the country to which he belongs who signally injured. Mr. Webster is in th i° American fishermen shall be protected bat the saY ° i t , a nd line and bob and sinker." We also have ner so boo- the cou in those waters, and the waters are theirs ; fi s hermen an d we want no more for them, and we have long been c ontent with much less than fair play for " their hook and line, and bob and sinker." THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—We are glad to learn that posts are now being put down for the erection of the telegraph between Glasgow and Ayr. Communication by this means between Ardrossan and the metropolis of the west will, it is expected, be completed in about two months, and between Ayr and those towns shortly after.—North Bri tish Mail. DR. NEWMAN.—A correspondent says that a cir cular letter from Cardinal 'Wiseman was read on Sunday I all the Roman Catholic chapels in London, requesting the congregations to contribute towards the expanses of th late trial. The means to be used far carrying out this ob ject are left to the discretion of the priests, and i n most places a collection will b e made after each of the serv i ees o! next Sunday. Tex he letter st a t es th a t D r . N ew man's _ penses amount to 7,5004 and that of this 2,500/. has Deem already collected. Mr. D T. C. Yoonrkofetnhisanger, Q, C which CITY).—In( consequence of the death of c• Gr Mr. Thursday , a took .ns w p i l l s l ti last, there is vacancy in the rep resenta• the Temple Church, London, ner a will be no active steps taken by either party next Thursday, and there cebeguidndteenrried aint until after that event ; but Lard Adolphus Vase , son o f the Marquis of Lon dondtrry, and the defeated Protectionist candidate enwick at the last election, will again offer himself. Mr. H. W. , of South Hill, will be brought forward in the Liberal in terest, Lord A. Vane was defeated -by Mr. Atherton by soma three or four votes at the last election, and the contest will necessarily be a close one. After the death of Mr. Granger -re was known in Durham , soma influential electors put them . m selves in communica tion with Sir George y,hut otherwise co t ßarone: -t • s equence of previous arrangeents the ht Hon. d ec li ne d having his n ame put in nominati on, seat would have been secure to him. N EW posv o rricE REGULATION.—By a new r - gulation issued by the Postmaster-General, which came into o peration las t week , , all letter s posted in the United King dom, or within tne metropolitan di s t r i c t f or places in the king d o m, must either have a sta m p t h ere on, n e be sent unpaid, no prepayment by means , This ne w regulation will have the effect of simpirog the ns of money being allowed. F (Aida' accounts, and also of keeping the actual co ection of , the revenue more directly in the ha nds of the Post-office att• 1 , thorities at St. Martin'e-le-Grand than before* 1852.