The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-13 00:00:00

movie haY 6 trade s been p o rted , %t the those —We trade wilt of it held , about 1L lbs.; 7s , a s the ) given acquei ek is as ti ' v ig, le awe? co nsr : ; utber• at the . ,a s of 0 . pr ettl weo :es • ' stoeso in cao ses will be of the oh alt es h Ithook` ler ,i ll- ;hou' e a r e% 9l) ' - moilort ed ma' . h lb e lent 6 IlUni bet it pr ;Ce :' re prO ovesn eet e i 3 c er ; I itrolt hav e n , but /1- 10 ,t. b r aen ,, - , 1 ;rns 6e cg is good, deno' D .c 3 P' )l- g Sa rij 4 3raCli°l are 11(34 • la the acu for : 0 ettilifyor fior , vool6 ie red 1 13 PKir yePe—e re tb i i r „, t0 0.. 0 - 3 00' see d e. re t ril f o ll Yell e , Eine ° 11' WAIt~N KAFFIRLAND. We' . (From the Herald.) tae °live just received Cape of Good Hope papers to 'is; th if / t k h of May_ inclusive, from which we regret to th - 'at the Raffirs continued their depredations, , , °VI with but partial success.. The settlers have j u t e . ith er security for their cattle nor for their lives ; and vii i ti l e t h lle . l ,, D elloly to think of the deplorable condition to dri es - intYare reduced for want of a powerful force to t b „ to k " ii•affir tribes beyond the boundary, or at „ least htitie!ll.theni lit complete check. Some sharp skirmishes °l ea place between British troops and the etie tey . pul sed, n several of which the latter were valiantly re sere a l V erY little loss of life was sustained in these al I. afrAits but the destruction of property was im- N se. (F ro We subjoin details : 11l the Supplement to the South African Commercial Advertiser of May 13.) e a• - Cape Town, May 14. kt• 'rontier Post arrived this morning. A Government k g , lee, dated Graham's Town, 7th May, gives an outline of enti,' Hated to that date. The outposts, villages, " legers, kit; u g il a Y.e in many instances been relieved, supplied with tt i m to tintiiite. or action such reinforcements as could be spared, •tuv, i . /Irked action has taken place on either side. The , i 4 rtiv er :Tr is Waiting for reinforcements, and till these shall 'este; 'l l ttle, floCks, and isolated houses are exposed to the tolenie.ttve enemy. Every public officer, as well as every ~I n firg,„,h is now aware of the urgency of the demand for re '7 flor i ns nn the frontier, and all-are doing their duty by t• t i ' 4 3' night. 11 4 :‘,, 3 h ot yet nppear that the Tambookies have joined, 'ytltcations are entertained that they will not all join. t e 16 ',1 1 "e; 1%1 4 1 i,ts are still only in small parties, within , h 4esi -x,„Wlierever met or seen they have been dispersed, cy o'e lli ' - i'• All that is wanting on the aide of the colonists is rtheti.)o,,, 111 ' for a 111( kk Drift, F or t B eau f ort , an d Somerset, andof from otttent,tand posts of K at Ri ver , t h ere i s no tite! gne sC. At taek s o f small part i es o f *Kaffirs, . )8 1 a w f l lire to the repulsed tok iii. .*s to the enemy, and scarcely any losa o from _ t( ' da v ll, but with great loss Of property, cootinue day I' atf:, ~1 1( 1 such will probably be the condition of the whole „s „, 11 the 13ni•gher kvies are fairly in hand. . . ) ,'"t e o - ",,1 ) .'t 'it/Tortilla announcement brought by this post is rit a "'ititioent of Sir A. Stockenstrom to command the o fd Ittlr'fleeteie- levies, and probably to come down on Kapr -' the ' that quarter, when the forces enter it on the right „,ltesktni ' o atairis - . ' . • t otv o the intelligence given below, letters from Graham's th °ll t Ci,l lv o , l ' ll t t e,.. l l at eleven o'clock on Saturday night, mention Drift,4ti _?‘ Itichardson had arrived from Fort Peddle, and . 4 ' 4 a gallant affair with the enemy at Trompetters' Ty e. 7 fell th ! 4 'ne/ ning is from the Extra of the Grah at am b ' a s lf T . to' .1„,.1'. alay 2, which reaches,' Cape Town . prat tsli - " , en Sunday last, the 10th instant, and brings down Cory to Tiles*, May 5 ' s " c estsursocaTtosr FROM COLONEL sos-.. ,,, an7•_ . e ` 'Ain here M'Luckie's, Kareiga, Sunday, ?l• i 3 a d here ," 11 Prit;, Nirrounded by Katlirs, and I only arrive f about Pate en J; t ug,ht, jut in time to save the lives o _._assembled ere, s t. - 4Mll les h and at Dens' 111 li g l l and and children, at ti „ eop. e i i ' s _ , of th e hundred people, women la . ~.,_ A had a round of ammuni , uti., ~ ,s woo had fired away their last . farm on the and have given them a h morning good fight with the Kaffirs Lis 'b.e Cowie bush, ' 4 ;7 cam e out to fight us in two bod i es, from farn the points dressing. .of mounts 0 dense Moots Igot tits .d my men a good po s i t i on f or th e gun, a n d ki tin s seal ing `'llour's li' and se nt them in the bush, and Ane! we dro";e them off and silenced tbeir_fi r e,from tli ni ! e. We got one gun and ammunition fro tl„ object in sera tle • I have. "tor e than ' in now is for ammmuttition: ,o• d t ibuted & kit / ba,„ all I %nd ~ I hare in the uches, h=• is r t _ ii l k , i 'l, i t i , ) til`., farmers, and I have given 400 rounds to lie tk,ltrabe°:isolis) people, which is in fact nothing. The ~_''t kb, ,(4 taken about's,ooo h dof cattle from this and '4 , , • i .'''' , . The latter still t ' ea beut 1,200 head, but I v 4 , l4`'ged to reinforce that-"I atm night %et seljl4are been ed as do nothing without I with 30 men, or they 11 °r th e N Men. lam much vexed that neither Mr. Sails tlt er r a r,lY I detached to Salem' have joined me. qldtt 1.1),,,,Pi" me ent irely, and I doubt if I can save those semis '', if the fr • do ' • • The Kaffirs are t ilt , g and _, farce not join me. t, . 1 Peohi `,eSttoying every farm and all the oat-hay, and t -.11,.„ r e ar...... , - . - ' 1 )4 ;7 411 13 co 1 :_ 6, -) w s orxed that I eannot prevent it. ho l e c i r o n w c ie ki froiviv'll;raca!ton with Bathurst. The_ 1 „ c f,,B. , h _ , ..tit. s Hill to the . mouth of the K w ie is full of °w hifi i kNil a : s 'eg you will write to the Lieutenan t- Governor, to t 5 aat him that unless he send the Cape . Mounted o and t , At. ki 5 well as The cavalry, to cress at Kaffir Dr . t t ft., _ e_ tf1 11) td. 8°11 as possible, the Bathurst country must be .astea d , lie -i• cannot help them, unless I have 500 men' instead 4l)1, ' If I b "t is as much as I can pos.. h et ) tlq, If old the country, i house would have i l d e I had not come here, every l'h stroyed and every man • woman, and child . . murdered. t ef e , ° tit II 4°lvi is copy of Cu l. I. Somerset's official dispatch e it ,., tog a 'lt Commissioner of Albany : . _ _ Si r River, May 4. 111`Luckie's Farm, Kareiga A i , e...1 1 „ 1.1 . with the troops under my orders to 44,1 1 1 11 e l, t og moved tri l l :i t o Albano on the Ist inst.; in order to afford pro affir '- t h • Habitantsagainst the attacks of the K hi , ae , e in that of the ti l ' , , f or " knowing your anxiety, as well as ;.I,ll.their welfare, I feel it necessary to quaint jou " the Ist inst. 11:,111g'"a,Ved here about seven o'clock P.M. on the Kowie ea,i'l w ' s erved on my route that the whole of 0 . 11; 's ti tl 4 4 3 ,_ thickly infe7sted with Kaffirs, I moved a patr 1 k," k,,„,,tue minliing of the 2d hist. to Mr. Dell's farm tri ,h eir . '4t ' ""L'a sell I foundseveral families collected in a I tah; ',. sr! . . al i tat tle 0, anxiety the Kaffirs having carried off all s tg l i ee l amounting to about 2,000 head, and the people 1)444111' ; It gam fatigue with watching. Learning that the 4iii,„"'hel.)Polis were in great distress from want of to r ,', i i tt l "' ,k communicated with that station from Mr. iltt,', (4 s'aort time Mr. Taylor, the minister, came over etei r f kql .2 arcquainted me * that his station had been Ill 4t ' 1 1" ';` . e al nights successively, that his people were . ‘ith 11,1„,,,tia1t s ermunition, and _ qui!.e exhausted, 1. 4 "'"'s hop e , a,ilai'l aUlat them that night they were o 40 4 . M'. fall a sacrifiee t h atthat there were 500 persons wh 1 (1 att .1, -0 th e who had stated they 4,4 ,_ ac there a qa i n ti _ IC,..tflirs, . ched a sergeant ), 4 , l'! men of .C.M.R, 't " with's' I I detached a sergeant 51100 amn Mr. Taylor and I supplied him 51 '.'_o_ 100 rounds of ammunitionr Taylor, an .0 left at M help. 1 went r ir. Dell's a party of as lisa immediate as a reinforce iottes,loir the night Having thus '. bur ghers, relief to that et tet P .g people I returned . ' afforded so m e nightfall I sent Ensi gn detachment detachment of 20 ome, and at olis, under tk,_l:gti Harvey, with More C.M.R. to Theop and 1! seenred these a further supply of ammunition, te oreio , people for the night. At daybreak. 3 'ester tl a lar , e i tl 4l 3' or }!-, A I "5 fOrtimate enough to fall in w'- ' ' b tart .%,, a ! ", WhO appeared to have established themselves • trio Bush and a ttackedthem with the troops and fez li ed th e , • e a In severely which will keep them quiet te tilln 3' or t wo. / the , ch I hope . „Ika ay with thn proceeded to T eop . h olis, and hating th eit lY to bring ~ at station, I arranged with the mis k„ ta ltiii: __ ug tnem all up here this day. I hope to forward , k 4 rlllu n . '" to Graham's Town at an early hour to-morrow st at s, tegether vi . th • •who here in li tht 01deatitur i somoother families, are n _ ac k ,„ '3' D es ,. ion l . the whole of their prorty, houses, ad , l e ' ay ti l , se ts, having been set on fire by the Kaffirs as ret ern 3' saw the troops advancing. These latter I beg .ie h Mend the s . to the Government to be put on rations, end t o he ti ., e nle lodgings allotted to them. t ," 14„,.` 3 Ps under my command having been detached by ebtry"Mant-Govern or for the protection of this part of the t'.'v e i„ nave been, -under Providence, the means of saving N I csable lives of several helpless families ; had they ar 14t, I ' lrt Yeight hours later all must have fallen a sacrifice to ttil, ruthless savages. milt) were only waiting to complete ! , ti ( t „WOrk oldestruction (by murdering the helpless farnilis Itoqalidrets.) to occupy and establish themselves in their kR, iC,I and having been defeated in this by the opportune i ‘ti:, , of the troops, they set fire to the buildings, haystacks. .qt t pi their property. From Mr. M.Luckie's about 1,800 4 ,V cattle have been carried off, from Mr. Dell's about '',4 fi ' f f rolll Theopolis about 1,200, besides the total destruc -I,lC,Qmost all their hay crops. 1 1; • ' :7: 1'4 l 1 remains for me to express my admiration at -tr •414,Sittl-3? that has been made by the inhabitants ~e t„, stand . t 'lltl t q the protection of their families, although surd '4'‘. '' llm e n . d f the savage enem . y they have stoo , sur d ti r o ~., re s o 1) `'ey 414 e And although seeing their propert3 :,cl. their homesteads in flames, and . their all at the t 4 with \s.f.ctkilese barbarians, have never flinched, .but have iziP,,iri e ','` a cheerful countenance) supported their charac tee," 11ie', 4 , 11, 1 Britons in defence of all most dear to them, ~1- , ,,t1 ,1 e,,`,'ad not done so, the assistance the troops have ..4 1 . ", all,-„liford would have come too late. 1 ,70t t 1,s -1:lleh indebted to Messrs. Fuller and Ferreira, of tithel-.,lch. , for their assistance in patrolling and in );ligesk i ssionaries and their families. There is vet ,lh it*l:),e• several more families on the right bank of b'''' )l (l B ,;`,.°lsi .( '" h Nt' Wire protection, hundreds of KalErs being 4 the a ,:" any e i,l 4l l for a distance ot 20 miles. B . ut I . crn t o e t Zoe c; S t 147', Illediate hope that I can cross os er inoh usle -Ile tha t 4 ' e t , either to. afford protection or to intercept _ t r S the r the lc fe e driving into Is.affirland. il l •O v orli Fort - ei e , ..,., a, rs ar . fit to detach the cave r, j r "rt p , uovernor will see di,,, e clee q Chace to that district. of this . p r z:tb to his , will communicate the contents _ am so 1 9. ed n . ;.!'' ' "neur t-Governor, as I . a„, , . tree that, 1 ieu enan . . •" stc., cannot forward a dispatch to him.- 11 . 11 sew.- e Civil Comm' • ' -- Ilt . " FT Comm. Field Force. -1181011 • R S I. , al of Albany, &e. Graham ' s To Th (From t h e G , -- 2•, - - ---,------ ' lett e ,,Vollowi n , „ ot . man S rount Journa!, May 9.) ' Wore 1187d r ate , (1 . 1 ara of a spirited affair are given in a i, 04 th . u 4 det e mor ning of " IPLuckie's, May 6. f rt iteh ment. of hiag.the sth inst., Colonel Somerset, with 41411:111 15`,Bition at tree of •60 tonme and a field piece, moved etina„, about twelve _tickie's the mouth of the Kowie, 4 4,72 4 0 n of the llill e, ,, ior the purpose of ascertaining the tte7llderi on , Post held by Mr. W. Cock, and if necessary y a hi m tv., • • of We r , ___. .sistance. On nearing the point on which ?Crath_tatue :_uerOing the detachment observed a large drove y, biZtite possession of a considerable body of the !;)7 (1 `,, 4 1th 0ti ,7,.n0 were so near . the edge of the Kowie bush, le t. ‘ 120 '' a dash m • as Instantly made at them, only ( . : 0 , Ile h ea d l, 4 were ree,ptured, the Kaffirs taking shelter Sic 'ctiej s,( l , With the loss of two men and many wounded. vs`tated '4ler-et, 1311 reselling Mr. Cock's dwelling-house, "E‘Ve rite, , a commanding height overlooking the mouth of t;;;'niS ~ 5 i,nearned that about an hour before his arrival the ''"-ri lai f oree—the number being estimated at from 4to he r sr, Vrat Lea down upon the cattle as they were being driven lo c k s ek lin the cattle guard, and captured the whole r , ti „ t is body 3f Kaffirs were mostly armed with fire .tlttroodutj kept up an incessan , t fire wt telt was spiritedly ''el'e '- u3' tli l . - • w ith a loss to the Katnrs tif h .Heal t„,e d e ittle garrison k1,. 1 k ~r'eli anti wounded,—a "la • 11 cannon at the buildin tf sertain:,,aerved and doing good execution. It was her g e left bank th " that almost the entire country on the t ie e X 0 • 1) 11 tattl e wte had been laid waste and burnt, deter r alive . carried off, poultry destroyed, . and pigs ii. in their et Karfirs fought with great te ll te ati „ yes. The ff dgreat loss in killed snore ooo ,,_ .o, and must have suffered a seen, but many ,;,, are fct • , eleve n or twelve bodies were f ' hll5 o pt ;upPosed to have fallen. The following . morning t i t 4 'R y ra , i tting upon the kloofs in this locality, a hea , I; sch ie 2 }.leard at the camp at M'Luckie's, and the a t 11 thl'ktul:‘llnstantly galloped to that point,. where it washad nun o u e enemy, taking advantage of their absence, tea i,e Post with great spirit, but were met with un 0, gallantry I • EnsignsHaney ' and Carey, the officers ki tn 'ot;,,, T ti ,- _ 3 . h. , , 4 11 , 1 h. ,,, t e r. troops had repulsed the enemy at every t 4 , 10 th ey trwen a strong body of them into ak o o I fin th.,;l/1511t 1 t • ere hemmed in. On being joined by the de ,..:`, str , ''',li immediately resolved to follow them into r r!'iti„ . ,:'iold. Accordingly dismounting, the troops, ~,,,,igoiNctl?e Cape Mounted Rifles, and a few of the 7th ti ",'l din ~,,i'll,`_.', Guards under Captain Hogg, entered the bush, i t ,t 3 n t ed, th cn a murderous conflict was for some time main fa at i , e , rival combatants being so close that in several a „ . e •et Of , s . .e Povrder of the Kaffir guns burnt the hands and •44 0 to a te - r • . oti„: l e4 h i ,„_.0.. Lieutenant Bisset had his hand slightly • A ro `, 4 ; iliju r c" . `"?:,7ey. but we are happy to • say snstalned no k,„iTest ae.',,,,,...k.ne Katlirs are said to have feueht with the N it "' Play & 1 4,1 0 n, and it was not until the field-piece was 1. Ith d, The m the p. , isition, that the enemy was completely t I !, aff,i r . A• ITh' , l are . keown to have . lost in t lt, , ‘ ",d ( l eo. a il great tnany of their number, 25 being .4 41te tt, i'; d IT 'ailY W , untied being dragged 'off the ...e' 14144 b Y t4 eir ci . I‘ . - Wbe 04111:& ea, aryo4os the - . .... _ .... Til-R SUN, I liONliON' : : l4 . oN ' D ' Alt :-*-‘' t r iEN * G, ‘lA4d: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, = Raving laid bare the pretensions of the second, third, and worst classes of the St. Leger animals, I will wind up by reviewing the " cracks, composing what may be truly termed the " first class." They are only six in number, but each one is more formidable than any ten of the other classes. First and foremost is the " Premier" of the betting list— SIR TATTON SYKES, by Melbourne, out of Vit dam, who won the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, easily defea , ing the ptiff,d-up crack Tom Tullock and the Marquis of Exeter's game nag St. Demetri, for which performance he was immediately elevated to the rank of second favourite for the Derby, and, upon the retire ment of Sting, took the premiership; but immediately preceding the Epsom week was knocked out of his po sition in the betting, and peppered most unmercifully— somewhat to the astonishment of his owner and the backers of the stable. Several rumours were afloat. One, that he went queer; another, that he pulled up lame after a gallop; but in this instance I am inclined to think that "rumour" was entirely out, for I am cer tain. that when Sir Tenon made his appearance on the Downs, he was everything his friends could wish; his doings there made noise enough; many say that Bill Scott, through exhaustion, lost the race. lam not of the number. I have no doubt he was exhausted, but Pyrrhus's game blood " told." From the distance to the winning-post, every stride the latter t.)ok brought him nearer to the front. In spite of all that Scott could do, he could not keep ahead of Pyrrhus, the latter winning beautifully in the last five strides by a neck. Now, taking these performances of Sir Tat ton into con sideration, it is very evident he must not be " potted" against, although at his present price he is not worth backing. The Derby was a jumble among several of the animals, and it will not do to rest entirely on the decision of that. race as a proof of the merits of Fancy Boy, Sting, and one or two other starters. lam not at all certain that the redoubtable Sir Tatton can beat either Fancy Boy, Sting,. or Grimston, and until he beats one of this trio I shall not be convinced of his capability of winning the St. Lager. STING, by Slane ; out of Echo, the Derby " Premier" for eleven manths out of the twelve, who won his two year old races easily, beating all sorts of fields—good, bad, and indifferent—the horse who had great odds laid against his even being second, so sure at that time were his backers of his victorious march over the Derby course. Whst a tale time has told. The once might) - " crack" (as I predicted some three or four weeks pre vious to the Derby day) was literally nowhere. It has been asserted that lie was severely dosed—in spurting parlance, nobbled; but, whether he was or not, his chance was entirely out at the turn, from beh g thrown out of his stride, any from being forced to go outside his horses. These accidents settled his chance for the Derby, and made him an outsider for the Leger. At his present odds, 40 and 50 to 1, he is well worth back ing, and of all outsiders the most formidable. He will finish in the front, if he does nothing more. It is not improbable you may have a taste of his quality at York, in the Great Yorkshire Stakes. All I have to say about him in conclusion is. keep him on the right side of your "book," which advice, if you take it, I'il pledge my word you will not repent the so doing. BRCCARDO, by Touchstone, out of Brocade —a true son of Touchstone—possessing his sire's strength and speed, and game to the back-bone. He has only started for one race, and that one was the Derby, when he run a very good third. Had either he or Sting, won the settling would have been awful—it would have swamped one-third of the ring. Upon the strength of his solitary trial and blood, he was backed to win an enormous sum. He has numerous friends for the Leger, who fancy he can beat anything. I think otherwise. PYRRHUS THE FIRST, by Epirus; out of Fortress. This stout nag of Mr. Gulley's, out of one of the best brood mares in England, made his debut by winning the Newmarket Stakes, beating 'lngo by half a length—a, performance, in the opinion of the ring, of so little con sequence that he was priced at 33 to 1 for the Derby, but at the very last he came with a rush, and left off se-. cond favourite, Bto 1 being readily taken. His winning the first race in the world proves his quality ; the finish was the most superb piece of racing, both on the part of man and horse, that I ever had the pleasure of seeing. Since then he has only been in public once, and then he walked over for a Foal Stakes, at Winchester, thus having won all the races he has ever started for. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert," and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service yester day morning, in Osborne House, Isle of• Wight. The Bishop of Oxford officiated. Het: Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince- of Wales and the Princess Royal, took a car riage airing on Saturday afternoon. The Bishop of Oxford arrived at Osborne House on Saturday evening, and had the honour of joining the royal circle. Yesterday morning her Majesty: and her Royal Con sort took an early walk. The Royal children took their accustomed walks and rides yesterday and on Saturday in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House. Ais Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday afternoon in Westminster Abbey. The Rev. Mr. Repton preached the sermon. The musical service was Attwood's in F. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine ser vice yesterday morning in St. Michael's Church, Brompton. Baroness Ahlefeldt was in waiting on the Royal Duchess. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hinoured the Italian Opera with their pre sence on Saturday evening. A Cabinet Council, the first of the new Ministry, was held at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the offi cial residence of Lord John Russell, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey. Earl Grey, Sir John ilobhouse, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H. Labou chore. The Council sat two hours and a half. _ A deputation from the City had an interview with Viscount IVlorpeth on Saturday, at the office of the Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. The deputa. tion consisted of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Hale, Mr. Harri son, and the City Rememtrancer. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Di-patches were received on Saturday at the Colonial offiee, from the Governor of New Zealand. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Secretary of. State for the Home Department; returned to town on Saturday morning. The Right lion. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrived in town on Saturday morning, from Halifax. The Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord G. Paulet, and Sir Frederick Trench, attended the early service ye sterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. W. Cape!. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. J. C. Haden, the lessons by the Rev. G. Repton, and the communion service by ; the Rev. 1)r. Sleath. The Sermon was preached by the Dean of Hereford. The Anthem was, " 3 give thanks" (Greene). Mr. Turle presided at the organ. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duke of St. Alban's, the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, the Marquises of Win chester and Ormonde, the Earl and Countess St. Ger mans, Lords Bandon, St. Germans, Spencer, Wilton, Ingestre, and Templemore, were among the nobility present. should, upon leaving England, carry with him the recol lections ,of all the kindness he bad received, but niore particularly for the attention paid to him by the first city in the world.--(Hear, hear.) The LORD MAYOR again rose and said that, after the manner in which the company had received the name of his distinguished guest, be must call upon them to do honour and give proof of the regard they had -for his illustrious father, Mehemet Ali. That illustrious sovereign had gained the confidence and esteem of the British nation, not merely for the march he had made in the cause of civilisation, but for the facilities which he had afforded the commerce of this country to communi cate more rapidly with our possessions in the East. He called upon the company to evince that confidence and esteem by joining him in drinking the health of his Highness Mehemet Ali.—(Great cheering.) The PACHA replied by expressing his desire to state that the manner in which the name of his father had been introduced had caused him the deepest sensations of gratitude, and to assure the compapy that his father was most anxious to continue those relations of amity which were so essential to the mutual interests of both ; countries. (Cheers.) '1 he LORD MAYOR, in proposing " The health of Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Ministers," said that, as he had very recently had the honour of receiving the Noble Lord's predecessors as guests in that hall, he hoped, before he quitted the civic chair, to have the ho nour of receiving and entertaining the Noble Lord and his colleagues. As chief magistrate he was bound to keep aloof from politics, and to receive with a hearty welcome those whom it might please the monarch to call to her councils. (Loud cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL rose and was received with great applause. He said that he rose to return thanks, in the name of his colleagues and himself, for the great honour which had just been conferred upon them. Having so lately accepted office from his gracious Sovereign, he could only say that it would be their endeavour to pre serve the institutions, to maintain the honour, and to give free scope to the energies of this great country.—(Loud cheers.) The task so imposed upon them they should endeavour to the letter to perform, but all they could at present ask from their fellow-countrymen was not to trust them with their confidence, but to confide to them some degree of patience until they should have a fitting opportunity of developing the plans by which they sought to achieve the objects which he had stated.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord proceeded to ob serve upon the presence of the illustrious guest of the Lord Mayor, and to express his conviction that what Ibrahim Pacha had beheld upon the banks of the Thames would not be without producing beneficial re sults on the banks of the Nile.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord concluded by proposing " The health of the Lord Ma) or." Several toasts adapted to the occasion were then drunk, and the highest degree of hilarity prevailed. Mr. Harker, the toast-master, performed his duties in a very effective manner. QUEEN'S THEATRE, TOTTEN HAM-STREET. • GRIDISTON, by Vcrulam, out of Morsel—the fastest three year old tor a distance that can be found ; his victories at Ascot and Newcastle elevated him to the rank LITERATURE. BENTLEY'S MODERN LITERATURE. Part L Walpole's Letters. The Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-street, which has been, during a short recess, entirely redecorated in the same style in which it was fitted up some years since, when the French company performed here, was opened on Saturday night for a short season, by Mr. Abington, the new lessee of the Richmond Theatre, with the newly engaged Richmond company. Great allowances must, of course, be made in judging of the first performance of a company collected from all parts of the kingdom, and alike unused to their audience and to each other. The play chosen for the opening was Shakspere's As You Like It, and the following was the cast : Duke Amiens Mr. H. Deval. of a favourite. If he is up to the mark at Doncaster they will have some difficulty in stalling him off. FANCY BOY, by Tomboy, out of Muleteer's dam, the " Pet-of the Prophets" for the Derby, and the first fa- vourite in the ring, was so awfully knocked about before starting. and in the race, that his running for that event cannot be taken as a criterion of what he can do ; the same may said of his running for the North Derby Stakes at Newcastle, where he was down twice, or he .wouLt . .most assuredly have won. My oifinion of. him. is that he will be placed for the St. Leger, and at his price, 20 to 1, ought to be backed for a good sum. The in• invariable object of the enemy in all his encounters, to con ceal, if possible, the loss he sustains. On our side the loss has been comparatively trifling—amounting only to four men—three of them wounded badly —one dangerously. The Cape Mounted Rifles, both officers and men, distinguished themselves by that wonted courage and activity which has earned for them, throughout this trying campaign, the high character of bravo men and good soldiers. The_small party of the 7th Dragoon GuardF, under Capt. Hogg, also behaved well in this bush fighting, a kind of warfare very foreign to that to which they have been trained." We have an acti f ount of a spirited affair in which a trader, named Murray, now Kaffir interpreter, with a few of the Cape Corps, and a party of Fingoes, made a dash upon a herd of cattle, in the possession of the Kaffirs, near Fort Peddle, and succeeded, besices killing two or three of the enemy, in capturing 500 head Information received to-day that the leger of C. Buckner, on the Bushman's River ha 4 been attacked by the Kaffirs, and who succeeded in getting off with about 600 head of cattle. The attack was made just at the close of the day, the Kaffirs rushing down in great force amongst the cattle. An Englishman. named Middleton, was shot dead in this affair, and Mr. Buckner is said to be wounded. TWELVE o'CLocK.—Received this moment the following from the Beaufort division . Botha's Post, May 5. The Kaffirs passed within two miles of this post at day light this morning, driving flocks of sheep and young lambs, to the number of about 10,000, from the colony, right over the mountains in the direction of Wiltshire. iVe succeeded in capturing about 800 during the forenoon. It was a heart-rending right to see the beautiful flocks driven by the infatuated wretches right in front of the mili tary post, and yet so weak is this detachment that we scarce dare leave the boundary stones of the fort, far less attempt to give chase when we see the stock of the co lonists panting into Kaffirland. As it now is, all we can & with saftety is to preserve our lives, and keep the position we hold. Information has come, in a letter addressed by N. R. Ayliff tc the Rev. W. Slim-, that the Kaffirs, about 300 strong, attacked the merino flocks of Mr. J. Howse, while in the field on Thursday last. The account states, that on the Kars opening their fire a party of Dutch boers, mounted, immediately fled. Mr. Avliff dispatched a party of 16 of his men, chiefly persons of colour, who maintained a fight. for some time, but who were overcome, leaving three of their number dead on the field. The engagement took place within sight of the fine pre mises of Leeuw Fontein. Five Kaffirs were killed. Mr. Ayliffwrites—" The Kaffirs have now taken from here, from myself, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Oats. 380 head of cattle, 7 horses, and 17,000 sheep." About one hundred people, including Burghers, are dependant upon Mr. Ayliff for focd, and he has not a sheep left to kill. We have further accounts from the N.E. boundary, the purport of which is, that the Tambookies have not yet joined in the war, and it is confidently affirmed that timti rara (limtikaka) will not join in the confederacy. The in tentions of the other principal chid', 31apa,sa, are doubtful, but as he is uncle to 6andilli, it is thought that he will join the hostile party. Kreli, it is affirmed, has already committed himself, and the Europeans in this country are in great alarm, and entreating help to assist them in getting into the colony. There are no fewer than 58 white persons now there exposed to the most imminent danger. Information came in this morning from Fort Peddie of an affair with the enemy, which the safety cf the country re quires us to pronounce as one of the most discreditable it has yet been our painful duty to record. The details, as collected by us. after very careful inquiry, appear to be as follows: On the Ist instant, the Fingoes being attacked near the Beka station by Pato's Kaffir, , , an alarm was given at Fort Peddle, ard the troops were immediately placed under arms. Our journal on Saturday closed its accounts from hence exactly at this pint. It now appears that a force was ordeied from Fort Peddie to the scene (if action, consisting of two troops of the 7th D. G., a small party of the Cape Mounted Rifles, two field pieces under Lieutenants Hill and King, a detach ment of about 60 of the 91st, under Capt. Campbell, and a few mounted burghers. The alarm was given at half-past 12, and yet these troops only moved from Fort Feddie, under the com mand of Col. Richardson, 7th D. G., at half-past two o'clock, the distance to march being about five miles, and which was done within an hour and a half, consequently reaching the spot on which they halted about four o'clock r.m. This point is a round hill, abutting in a fine open ridge, sprinkled with low thorn bushes, being upon the whole a very favourable position for the movements of cavalry. The detachment of the 91st had been directed to make a little detour, and one of the guns was halted about a mile in the rear. On reach ing the top of the ridge the Kaffirs were seen in great force along the opposite valley, in which is situated the Missionary Institution, called the Beka Station. The enemy, on seeing our troops on the height, instead of retreating, with unparal leled audacity made a signal by waving a kaross, when in stantly, in the face of the troops, the village or station was tired. They then moved boldly forward in the high road, and advanced in force to confront them. In the meantime, however, the gun had got into position, and a few shells were thrown, the first three doing no execution, but the latter, fired by Lieutenant Hill, killing, it is said, some twenty or thirty Kaffirs. Nothing daunted by this the enemy moved steadily forward along the high road. On see ing this Lieutenunt Colonel Richardson, instead of dashing forward, ordered the bugle to sound a retreat, and without firing a carbine, the troops were actually wheeled round, and retired at a brisk pace to Port Peddie I So peremptory was this order to retreat, that time was not given for the discharge of the field piece, though actually shotted, and though, as affirmed, tile officer in charge of it entreated he might be permitted to tire. The civilians were anxious, and also the Cape Corps, to engage the enemy, and it now remains for the officer commanding this force to show wherefore he withdrew to the shelter of a fort, when so favourable an opportunity was presented for crippling, or, as Colonel Hare would say, for "striking a heavy blow" !pots the enemy. We call for inquiry into this affair—for rigid, smelting inquiry. The facts, as we have stated them, are, as we are reluetautiy compelled to believe, after the Most careful inquiry, substantially correct ; and if this be so, then in what a painful position does it place those on whom rests the responsibility of this retrograde movement. Lay bare the strong points of the case and they are these :—A body of about 200 British troops,_ chiefly cavalry, with two field pieces—with 300 armed Fingoes in their immediate vicinity, and who had single-handed maintained a long engagement xvith the eremv. with the strongest fortress on the frontier only live miles in the rear, and a body of live hundred more Fingoes immediately at hand, the road perfectly unobstructed ; and vet, despite of all these favourable circumstances, a strong body of cavalry, well mounted, and whose bounden duty it is to defend this part of the Queen's dominions, retired before a horde of savages, and that at the very moment they were about to rush into and lay waste the colony. We repeat that in all its circumstances this is one of the most deplorable affairs we have yet had to record, as well as one of the severest blows the colony at this eventful crisis has yet received. That such is the fact is seen by the subsequent proceedings of the very savages, before whom this body of British troops were made thus to retire. The Kaffir's, it is said, immediately dispatched messages to the neighbouring chiefs, boasting they had driven the Dragoons before them with so much precipitation that they rode one upon another, and had even killed their (logs in their hurry to escape. The public look to Sir Pere grine Maitland, as he values the lives cf the inhabitants of this frontier, which are LOW in imminent peril, to deal with this affair upon ite own merits. We shall not attempt to make conjecture in order to ac count for this extraordinary forbearance towards the enemy. We have had it intimated to us that Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, in thus retreating, only acted in accordance with the peremptory orders received by him from Lieut.-Colonel Linasay, 91st. Regiment. IRELAND. THE ORANGE ANNIVERSARIES. DUBLIN, JULY 10.—The • preparations to commemorate the approaching anniversary of the battle of Aughrim appears to be gener a l i n t h e province o f Ulster, and serious a,pre hensions of dist ur b ance are entertained the peaceably dis posed inhabitants of the north—Protestant as well as Roman Cathslic. The evil tendency of these political gatherings was forcibly depicted by Mr. Justice Crampton • , opening the commission at Armagh on Wednesday last. " Thera is on the calendars," observedhis Lordship. " one case upon which I think it right to offer you some observe thins. It has oceurred during the course of the past month. It is a ca-e of riot, in which a considerable number of persons are implicated. It is a riot which, I fear, has grown out of Party spirit. and, indeed, perhaps I might say, out of what is often called religious differences; although I must say that I much doubt the prop: iety of the application, and that I think they would be more appropriately termed anti- Christian disputes, because I believe it is not, it can not be, from the root of religion that such bitter fruits arise. It is not in the nature of things that such should be the case. The spirit of the Christian religion, which we all in common profess, would, on the other hand, inculcate peace and brotherly love in all and towards all. We may, no doubt, in di sc h arg i ng the god offices which come in our way, prefer t hose who are members of household of our own faith, and to whom we are bound by sympathy • bnt we should recollect, al s o, th e precept of Him, whom m ac knowledge as our Head and our aster, 'to do unto e allal men as we would wish they should do unto us;' and that this spirit is within us it should be our aim to demonstrate as much as possible. We should strive to restrain ourselve., and others, from all demonstrations of a different spirit. The species of party demonstrations, to which I have re ferred, are essentially selfish. They are entirely selfish, inasmuch as they do not spring from love, they do not lead to love, they are of the spirit of evil ; they tend only to opposition, and to the creation of dissension, to strife, to bloodshed, and to murder. Ido sincerely trust, that the peasantry of this country, and the artisans, may feel the propriety of acting on the advice of those gentlemen who should exercise the leadership over them, who reside among them, and who ever prove themselves their best friends protectors, and that they will open their eyes to the absur dity as well as the sinfulness of such preposterous practices. I trust they will abstain from every species of party proces sions, or displays calculated to excite opposition. If there be past events, either of a religious or of a secular nature, the anniversaries of which may seem to some to be fit subjects for celebration, in the way of joy and merriment, let them be ce lebrated as it becomes loyal subjects and as becomes Christian men—men desirous to observe and respect the law of the land, and that Christian law which all of us profess to follow end to obey. Formy own part I would earnestly inculcate on all, that they should abstain upon this, as upon all occasions, from any public or irritating dis.'play of their' particular opinions, doC triness, and sentiments, calculated to excite aiiiino.-..ity, or to lead to breaches of the . peace. I would call upon all to abstain from every manner of provoking or insulting lan guage to their neighbours, and from the exhibition of all partyrw sYnahols and party badges of every description ; to put fo to make d nothing having the name of party attached to it, and it their rule of life to give offence to none. lam convinced, that, it the people of this country knew their own interests, an d consulted them, they would attend to these the humble individ ual i r un admonitions, they adhk-red to as they are, in the spirit of peace, by land, and the Christ' their who now offers them ; and that, if loyalty, and respected the law of the law, it would do more to preserve the peace of the country, to p romote its happiness and its pros perity, than would even n u the most stringent laws whicmh erous regiments of soldiers, or that these observations are note3uld he devised. It may be in case to which I just now referred Place, as far as regards the ; but, whether or not, it may not be amiss to impress on the the peasantry, and upon all clas ses , tTeTiF.rates, th e ge nt r y, this, because I have heard of threateningrsyl.ng importance. I say been made, of getting up some manifestations of the kind; and I will only say, to such as threaten to join in them , t h at should not do so, that they are unbecoming , that ' they they e unmanly ; it is not for me to say now that they are illega l , are but they are unconstitutional in spirit and also unchristian On the other hand, the man must , indeed , act absurdly, he . must be weak, he must be mad, who _could be tempted to join in them, after ail the lessons which have been written, in bl.,0(1, in the history of the country. But, absurd and foolish as such a man must be, there is equal folly and mad ness, and wickedness displayed by any * one who would attempt to offer him opposition." MANCHESTER ATHENEUM SOIREE.—The Right Hon. Lalot. Sheit, Esi , M.P., has accepted the invitation of the dirtetoz to be present at the an:9144 fir 4 •••• • juries he received at Newcastle are not of such a serious nature as were at first supposed. To conclude my St. Leger remarks, I will name ten animals, from which I firmly believe the winner will spring, viz., Comoush, Fancy Boy, Dolo, Grimston, Brocardo, Ingo, Sting, Pyrrhus the First, Joinville, and Sir TattDn Sykes ; and if I were obliged to take but five to produce the winner, I should name Comoush, Fancy Boy, Sting, Pyrrhus, and Grituston. The Liverpool meeting commences on Wednesday with the Bickerstaffi Stakes, which lago or Joinville will win. The Produce Stakes to Danceaway, if she goes. otherwise Louis Philippe. The Sefton Stakes to Danceaway or Thalia, the latter for choice. The Mersey Stakes will have a field of seven, nr there abouts, viz., Glentilt, Cassandra colt. Eryx, Maid of Motherwell, Wolverton, Meeanee, and Miles's Boy. Out of these two are dark. One of the latter (Meeanee) and Glentilt I select for my champiors. The match between Lord Stanley's Abdiel, Bst 71b. and Lord Glasgow's Canada filly, Bst 41b, will be won I should say by the former. On Thursday Lord Stanley's Meeanee will easily de feat Lord GlaTow's filly, by Sir Hercules, out of Deer slayer's dam. His Lordship of Glasgow's bad luck has stuck to him for so many years that it has become a settled thing to back his rivals, no matter who or what they are, and in this instance I shall not deviate from the beaten track. The Foal Stakes will be won by lago, Inglewood or Ironstone phi) ing second fiddle. The Derby Handicap will have a good field, probably ten or twelve, with Burlesque, Gannet, or the Marquis of Conyngham for winner. The Liverpool Cup has thirty acceptances out of ninety-nine nominations, and fifteen may be expected to show, viz.: —Mendicant, Intrepid, Highwayman, My Mary, Poynton, The B iron, Rowena, Satyr, Plaudit, As you like it, Inheritress, Yardley, The Conjuror, Robin Burns, Roper's Daughter. From the above lot I ‘elect Mendicant, 7st ; Rowena, 7st 81b ; Plaudit, 6st 61b ; and Inheritress, Bst 71b, as the best, both on paper and in the field, at their weights. Inheritress cannot be overweighted, considering that she is 6 years old ; neither can Rowena ; but as to Plaudit and Mendi cant, the case is different. The former is a slow affair, receiving a year and 81bs from the latter, who, conse quently, stands at a great disadvantage; yet, notwith standing her weight, I shall look to Mendicant or Rowena for winner; and in the event of these missing the mark, to Inheritress. With the trio, I'll lay odds rip safe. On Friday, the Knowsley Dinner Stakes to the Peri colt. For the Liverpool St. Leger, six or seven will be brought to the post, including Dolo, Brother to Sir Henry, and Brother to Millipede. Fancy Boy's start ing is of course very doubtful—it is hardly possible that he has recovered from his shaking at Newcastle, and if he does go he will win ; otherwise Dolo, brother to Sir Henry second. I am, Sir, yours, Ste., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Saturday eveninc. MINETIF:AD.—Ai; a toy employed to keep birds from a wheat-field adjoining Moor Brake, wa+ amusing himself by tiring small eaewei, the furze took fire and burnt incez santly for several days. Nearly the whole of it was de stroyed, as well aS potatoes in an adjoining field. Fears were entertained for the safety of the dwelling-house and barns, but the late rains have extinguished the fire.—Somerset County Gazette. AN()TIIER lionatanE SUICIDE AT NoTTINGRAM,— The Nottingham Guerdian of Friday mentions the follow ing terrible case of suicide in Nottingham, which oc curred last week i—Scarcely was the excitement allayed occasioned by the recent double mi •i le in Nottingham, than another man was discovered in the fields at Holtne Pierre pont, near Nottingham. hanging in a holly bush, and who has Si .ce been identified as a person of the name of Mellows, a huckster, who was in the habit of attending Nottingham, market with vegetables. The decease,l had been missed some days, and the body - when discovered was in a most .dreadful . decomposed state, which would induce a belief that he had been dead some time. The discovery was first made by a lad, who was looking in the holly for bird's nests, when he saw the bod y of a man suspended by the neck. The Coroner, C. S. Swann, El., was immediately . made acquainted with the circumstance, when an inquest was held on the body, at the Fox and Crown, Holme Pier pont, at which the following evidence was adduced Samuel Richmond, a lad of fourteen years of age, on being swot n, deposed that he resides at Radcliffe, and works for Mr. Joseph Burgess, at Holme Pierrepont. On Friday witness was sent to the stackyard to fetch some rakes, and in going there he went over the lawn, in front of Earl Manvers' Hall, and saw a sparrow fly into the holly bush on the lawn. Witness went to the bush, thinking there might be a nest, when he saw the deceased. hanging in the middle of the bush. At first he thought deceased was "skulking." Witness consequently shouted to a man in the road. and asked him to come and see if there was not a man hanging. The man came to his assistance, and they then discovered that the deceased was suspended from a bough in the holly bush by a handkerchief. He was quite dead. His toes and one knee touched the ground. The man cut the deceased down. His face appeared much swollen and flyblown, and his hands were very black. He was dressed, except his. hat e which lay by the side of him. From the situation in which he was discovered he could not have have been easily seen by persons walking past the bush. Deceased was placed on the lawn, after which witness went to his work. Other wit• nes4es- were cadled, who stated that the deceased had ex hibited signs of mental derangement when he was last seen alive; and it •fitrther appeared- that he was a very drunken character. 'Verdict, " Temporary insanity." DANGEROUS BUILDING IN WYCH-STREET.—The of icial referees a da n iass : n i tg e rdi r ivehiet the Metropolitan Building Act, having noticer • ttt e lihl c ic e: h4o N: un e eit, d ihodtiien4teig esNwyt that the house No. 17 , Wych • street, Strand, . was in a dangerolls - and ruinous condition, proceeded under : s dut securedro vwtehyi section teohrinf of ufi oi owner yu fourteen e e ne shove aednr oiflc: uset Act. s . trt. het eh overseers that informa tion,u n. c l e r s a the parish woted proceed to pull down or . ' shore up for the safety of the public, all expense to be borne by the sale of the material of the house. This was' the first case under two sctions. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE ON THE GREAT FRENCH NORTHERN RAIL ROAD. We jay before our readers the following details of this me lancholy affair, as published in the Paris journals of Friday and Saturday, or which had become known in the French capital up to post hour on Saturday. • The National of Friday gives the following on tilt, autho rity of a person who was at the scene of the accident, and gathered his information from persons who witnessed it : " The train consisted of twenty-four carriages, and was drawn by two locomotives. At five minutes past three the train was in front of the village of Fampoux and near Wens, where there is an embankment near a deep lake over a peat bog. At this point the rails were either disjoined or dis placed, or broken. The first locomotive, however, got over them, but the second entered the sand without going com pletely off the rails. The violence of the shock, from this sudden stoppage, was such that the chain which united the carriages to each other was snapped like glass, not precisely close to the locomotive, but at the fifth or sixth carriage. The carriages thus detached were thrown into the marsh. The first was literally broken to pieces, others were upset and submerged. Y esterday the&yere nine• carriages lying on the embankment where they h7td,stopped after the first im pulsion had ceased. Nobody can know exactly the number of passengers killed or drowned. The - water is very deep at this spot. The company admits that 11 dead bodies have been removed. The person from whom we had our information, heard on the spot, that up to yesterday it was ascertained that there were 17 killed. The Liberal of Douai states the number to be 20. As to the number of wounded, one account gives 15. At Douai and Arras, however, it was said that 50 persons had been wounded, which is not impossible, as 15 carriages ran off the rails, and we may suppose that most of the passengers in them received more or less injury. It is impossible to conceive the alarm and anxiety that were felt at the different stations towards Bel gium at the non-arrival of the train. The delay was the subject of general conversation of the crowd who had assem sled at the stations. When the report of the accident had spread there was a concert of imprecations against the com pany. It was said that they . were not provided with materiel, that their personnel was without experience, and that the whole service had been carried - on in a shameful manner. It was added that in many parts of the line it was easy to see_that the earth had sunk, and the directors were bitterly reproached for having opened the line without having taken proper precautions for the safety of the public- So great, indeed, was the indignation, that it was found necessary to order the troops at Arras, Douai, and Valenciennes, to enter the different stations to prevent serious disturbance. Car riages had been sent for to Douai, but there were none there, and it was found necessary to borrow from Valenciennes those belonging to Belgium. When it was known that linen, lint, and surgical instruments had also been sent for, the emotion became general. General Oudinot and his wife were in the train, but quite at the end, in their private car riage, and they experienced no injury. It is said that one of their men servants was precipitated into the water, and laved himself by swimming. M. Lestiboudois, the Deputy 'Or Lille, was in one of the submerged waggons, but he iavec: himself by swimming, and had only his wrist put out of joint." Every one who is accustomed to observe the move ments of the publishing world, and particularly of late years, must inevitably have remarked the wonderful facilities which are being afforded for the accumulation of libraries, at a cost singularly inferior to the intrinsic and original value of the reprinted works. Publishers, indeed, have emulated each other in co-operating with the advancement of enlightenment ; they have competed with one another (we trust, to their own ulterior advan tage, and unquestionably to the advantage of the com munity), in producing a superior literature at an infe rior price. For this admirable competition, the intel lectual Imbursement of the purchaser might be taken as the maximum, and his pecuniary disbursement as the minimum. Nevertheless, it cannot possibly have escaped observation that, whereas the first idea of this literary movement was excellent to a degree, that idea has been, during the course of its development, very materially deteriorated. With a decrease in charge there have crept in many unwelcome, and, occasionally, many un sightly accompaniments—crowded letter-press, inferior paper, small type, careless printing, and a variety of similar blemishes. We might indeed, did we wish so to do, enumerate divers other blemishes of a still more egregious character, such for example, as the republi cation of works very little short of being absolutely worthless, and others of rather demoralising ten dencies. Still, from the actual benefit which has accrued to the reading public through this enterprising spirit, we shall abstain from particularising the alloy of disadvantages which has associated itself with that benefit. Without appearing invidious, however, it must be acknowledged that a want has still continued to exist for the issuing of a periodical collection of literary pro ductions, which should comprise as many merits as were compatible with, or could well be desired in, the present state of civilisation. That want has been experienced by all lovers of literature, and that want seems to be satis fied by the library of modern literature just commenced by Mr. Bentley. We are not anticipating a result merely from the assertions and promises of a prospectus —we are commenting upon the substantial commence ment of the publication. Not only is there intrinsic beauty in the present collection, but extrinsic beauty likewise. From the various productions that are already advertised as forthcoming, we are rejoiced to recognise that great fastidiousness of selection is combined with a very agreeable variety. Paris's biography of Sir Humphrey Davy, is to contrast with Conolly's Overland Journey to India ; Coxe's Columbia River with Charles Matthews's Memoirs ; Marryatt's Diary in America with Murray's Travels in North America. Assuredly that catalogue alone gives promise of valuable, interest ing, and diversified literature ! We are delighted to en counter, at the very outset of this enterprise, those most delightful fragments of gos;ip, the miscellaneous letters of the renowned Horace Walpole. A book of more singular fascination could hardly have been chosen, as the pioneer to the attention of the readers of " Modern Literature," for those epistles of the hero of Strawberry Hill sparkle with animation—they are redolent of the eccentric and not unpleasing mannerisms of their writer; they are absolutely teeming with anecdotes of memor able personages and reminiscences of an eventful epoch. What Aubrey had previously been in the way of prudery and simplicity, Walpole proved himself in the way of elegant flippancy and scholarly ostentation. Both of them, though after fashions diametrically opposed to each other, formed the true literary daguerreotypes of their generation. Never did garrulity display itself to greater advantage than in the first fragments of Sir Horace's " Reminiscences ;" there is an air about them so peculiarly naive as to ensure for them the good natured sympathies of the peruser, hoirever churlish his disposition might naturally be ; and their 'descriptions are, moreover, so fraught with particularities, as to con vince us of their authenticity, while those particularities are occasionally so unexpected, and occasionally so hu mourous, as to render the narrative marvellously piquant and engaging. How truthful, for example, is that in cidental sketch of the personal appearance f George 1., when beheld by our virtuoso, in his sixth year : the rencounter in that anti-chamber at St. James's starts before us in colouring as vivid as the disentombed frescoes of Pompeii before Sir William Gell—the inqui sitive little child-courtier—the pale, elderly, middle sized gentleman, clad from top to toe in sombre brown, even to his stockings and his tye-wig, and who proves, after all to be the Anglo-German monarch—every cir cumstance of that brief but amusing interview, is de lineated with an exceeding vivacity, insomuch that it almost rises into the dignity of an historical occurrence. In selecting these pleasant letters by that celebrated son of a celebrated father, as the introductory portions of his serial, we conceive that Mr. Bentley has acted with discrimination. He has presented the public with a work of historical importance, and, nevertheless, overflowing with amusement. Such a collection as thi, " Modern Literature" will be welcomed with avidity by the world of readers ; rendering standard publications accessible even to those of very limited incomes, and yet doing so without either internal or external deterio ration of the works. With elegance and distinctness o‘' typography, good paper, and embellished with admirably steel-plate engravings, the collection, if persisted in, wil. tend to the decsration of the choicest libraries. Ac• cording to the plan traced out by this scheme, the suh• scribers will periodically p , ssess themselves of 7 the mas ter-pieees in History, Biography, Voyages, Travels, and Adventures. As likely to disseminate still further the spirit of true enlightenment, and as likely to divert the popular attention from frivolous and ephemeral to substantial and instructive compositions, this series of Modern Literature" has engaged our most cordial sympathies. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LI BI?ARY. No. XXXIV. Sale's Brigade in Afghanist in. By the Rev. G. R. Gleig. Now that our gallant Sale is no more, having fallen gloriously on the banks of the Sutlij, this narrative of his famous deeds in Afghanistan, and of the defence of Jell4labad, will be devoured with avidity by every Englishman worthy of the title. It forms another chapter in the records of the prowess of British soldiers, and the heroism of British captains. India has, during a mis"rably protracted period, been to England what Algeria is at present to France. May we not hope that Sobraon will be the last of those sanguinary battles which have imparted at once so much glory and so much invidious renown to our dominions over those noble regions, and that in recurring to the feats of arms in that quarter of the globe, we may henceforth do so with feelings of sabdued exultation, or of alleviated regret, from a knowledge that a peaceful Government has pre dominated over brutal violence ? Splendid as have been the military a chievements of Sir Robert Sale, of. Sir William Nott, and of Sir Harry Smith, in our Asiatic possessions, it is impossible to peruse the narrative of those achievements without regret at the woes and anguish by which alone they have been realised. Though the laurels of victory have been verdant and plentiful, they have reeked with "the stench of the battle field," their leaves have been dabbled with the blood of man. Still, as these catastrophes and triumphs are among the bygones, a dispassionate account of them is of the utmost importance, and such a dispassionate account of the campaign of Afghanistan is the present, by Mr. Gleig. By publishing this volume Mr. Murray has paid an appropriate tribute to the memory of Sir Robert Sale. THE CABINET HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Vol. XVIII. By Charles 111-Farlane. The struggle between Great Britain and her Ameri can possessions—that great struggle which brought to the former nothing but an increase of national debt and co lonial debility, while it conduced to the formation of the latter into a vast independent empire —is treated upon in the present volume of this valuable series. Remarkable for lucidity of narration, it at the same time records events in a manner singularly dispassionate. .- • Earl Grey, as principal Secretary of State for the Co lonial Department, has anpointed the Hon. Capt. Grey to be his prina SOCUtaiaotiOtwerver. The Epoque states, from information received on Thurs day, that the number of persons killed was sixteen. The Gazette des Tribunaux gives the following account of the accident : " At a quarter past two the train had passed Arras, and was approaching the station at Rceux. At this 'place the road is over an embankment about seven metres (22 feet English) in height, and is in the midst of the peat grounds which abound in this part of the country. On each side of the road are deep marshes, fall of stagnant water. The loco• motives, followed by their tenders and waggons, passed freely over, but all at once a sudden shifting of the rail threw the baggage waggon off the line. The first carriage was upset, and remained suspended over the ,ank ; the other carriages struck against it, and were falling one after the other into the water, but one of the chains that connected the carriages broke, and the remainder of the train remained on the road. Some of the waggons thrown off the road disappeared in the water; others that were upset nearer the bank were half in the water with their wheels in the air. Amongst the passengers who escaped, all who were not paralysed with fright hastened to the assistance of the persons who had fallen into the water. Admirable traits of courage and devotedness are recounted. M. Lestiboudois, the Deputyi for Lille, who was in one of the last carriages of the train, plunged into the water six times at the peril of his lite, and brought out one of the passengers who was on the point of perishing. A man in the service of the company, named Carre, at the sight of the danger jumped into the water and swain away to avoid the carriages, which were falling into it; but en hearing the cries of the sufferers he returned, and plunging several times saved.five lives. The number of persons killed or drowned is not yet known, but we are assured that three of the rail road carriages, and a messageries diligence called Les Picardes, had completely disappeared in the water." The Debats says:—" The private carriages of the Princess de Ligne, wife of the Belgian Ambassador, of Madame la Marechalle Lauristan, and of General Oudinot, which were immediately behind the locomotives, were completely pre served. The water on the peat ground,. where the carriages were thrown over, is several feet in depth, and this caused the death of some persons by drowning. The Minister of Public Works immediately sent off to Fampoux 31. Frissard, inspector of ponts-et-chaussees, and charged with the direc tion of the Northern Railroad." The Patric of Friday evening states that the number of carriages forced off the rail by the shock was thirteen, and that eight of them and a luggage waggon were precipated into the water, which is of considerable depth at this spot, ,he extraction of the peat having been carried down very low. "At the date of the last account (says this journal) the Laffitte diligence was still at the bottom with its passen gers. The number of dead known was fourteen—viz., the Aide de-camp of General Oudinot, Madame Demeldes, of Armen tieres; Marie Flamand, of Bouchain; Mademoiselle Leguay, of Fampoux; Dr. Lecomte, of 'mile ; Bourgeois and De nten, soldiers; Tabary and Picard, two boys, one taken up at Arras, the other at Creil •, a person named Lefevre, of Roceincourt ; a nun and a child, whose names are unknown, and two persons whose bodies had been seen in the water, but had not been taken out." In a subsequent article the Patric says that it is assured by a person who was in the train, that the number of killed exceeds thirty-five, amongst whom were two of the conductors. A correspondent writes :—" The Procureur-General and the First President of the Cour Royale of Douai proceeded on Thursday to the 'scene of the accident, and commenced a rigid investigation into the circumstances. The portion of the road having been made by the state, the only just complaint that can be brought against the railroad company, is for not having .xamined with greater care an embankment made over ground of such little solidity." In an account given by the Independance of Brussels of Thursday, we read " More than three hours elapsed before assistance arrived. The peasants of the environs looked on with astonishment, and the wounded passengers could hardly obtain water to wash their wounds. A sad scene presented itself to the spec tators. Young females who had been in their holiday dresses were taken out bleeding and covered with mud. Some victims had their heads separated from their bodies ; others, with broken limbs, were lying by the sides of the road. An aide-de-camp of GeneralOudinot was on the edge of the pond, his loins and three ribs broken, and praying for death. An Englishman, who was travelling with his family, had an arm broken in three places, but 'notwithstanding his sufferings he would not confess to his wife that he was wounded. At the end of the train were nine private car riages, in which were the Princess de Ligne and her four children, the two daughters of the Polish General Skrzynecki, in the Belgian service, and a Russian lady. The three last immediately opened their trunks and placed all their linen at the service of the wounded, at the same time giving to them their personal aid." The Northern Railroad Company have published the fol lowing report from the sub-inspector who accompanied the train, dated Fampoux, July 10, five : " As you have seen, by my short letter of yesterday, the train ran off the rails on the Bth, at five minutes past three, at a distance of eight kilometres (two leagues) from Arras, when going at a very moderate rate, as acknowledged by several passengers, whose names I have. Of 28 carriages, 13 were precipitated into a deep peat pit, having eight feet of water. Although the first locomotive did not go off the rail, and the second so little that the fourgon (baggage waggon) No. 1,002, which followed, remained on the rails, the running off commenced with the two next carriages. These two waggons were first detached from the train, and fell into the water, where they now lie crushed by the three diligences which followed them. The weight of these dili gences seems to have dragged the other carriages off the rails. There are, therefore, piled up, and wholly or partially de stroyed, eight carriages. The fifteen carriages at the tail of the train, and the fourgon at the head after the locomotives, escaped the accident. We have now to deplore thirteen known deaths. The following are the names that we have been able to obtain. (Here the report gives the same list as the Patrie, omitting the aide-de-camp of General Oudinot) : —Wounded—Madame Picard, of Montalaire, the shoulder broken, and severe contusions on the head ; Madame Braine, wife of a notary at Arras, contusions; the Aide-de-camp of General Oudillon (since dead), M. Deguay, chef d'escadmn, seriously wounded; an Englishman and his wife, at the Hotel de Flandre, at Douai, the husband in the arm, the wife contusions; M. Grapinet, a lace-dealer of Paris; another Englishman, at the Hotel de Flandre, at Douai. The Cour Royale of Douai has taken up the affair. An examtring counsellor and M. Best:he have interrogated me; he is partly convinced, as far as we can judge, that the company is perfectly innocent of this unhappy event. In addition to the two conductors killed, we have no person in the employment injured. The rest behaved perfectly well, and one of them named Hocq, saved eight persons by swim ming. I have also to praise the excellent co- operation of M. Haillot. We had in this unfortunate train the Princess de Ligne and her four children; the Marquise de Lauristau ; Marshal Salagne (Portuguese); M. Lestiboudoia, Deputy; and General Oudinot, miraculously saved, for' his carriage was crushed under the diligence, and bis aid-de-camp has since died of his wounds. We do not appear to have had more than four or five persons severely wounded. Eighteen carriages have been already dispatched to Arras and Douai ; these have not suffered, but the others are in a deplorable state." Another report to the company, from Douai, dated July 10, says:— " The accident which has just occurred is, in fact, exceed ing grave, though not so much so as we feared from what we heard on the way. The train went off the railsat} went off poux, near the station of R ceux. The seco nd waggon off the rails, no one knows why; the others, to the number of 13 or 14, followed it , and fell down's high emba n km en t into the bed of an old peat bog, where there were ten feet of water. The others remained above. The chain of the second waggon which had,' gone off the rails, no doubt in breaking, slightly drew the second locomotive of the train off the rail; the first remained on the way. There have been 14 victims, two of whom are.conductors • nine persons whose names are known ; t wo w h om i t has beenimpossible as yet to extricate ,from the interior of a diligence; Guerin, and a child since dead from its hurts. The greater number were drowned in a carriage which was submerged. Some were crushed, and amongst the rest a conductor who bad been at Massagran. The other passengers escaped by breaking the glass of the doors. A great number were so much disturbed in mind that they got out on the bog side, but the most of them saved themselves or were saved by others. A conduc tot named Hocq saved seven or eight persons. The men in the employment of the company displayed much in telligence. M. Haillot and M. Hovelt directed everything; the latter did not quit his train. The circulation has not been interrupted. The Cour Royale of Douai has taken the matter up, and since Yesterday persons have been employed in inquiring judicially into the matter. The magistrates who have commenced the investigation have as yet dis covered nothing to involve the responsibility of the company. M. Busche and Barrault are on the spot directing the work men with the greatest zeal ; they cannot say anything as to the cause of the accident."—(The other reports relate the same facts). A Douai journal states that M. de Lagrenee, who returned lately from his embassy in China, was in the train, but escaped injury. The Princess Czartorisky is also said to have been a passenger. -The Courrier Francais, of Friday, in a stop press, dated one in the morning, gives an account of another accident on this road, and at the same spot, Thurs day. It says_.:— We stop the press to communicate to the public the fol. lowing lute, the full authenticity of which we gugutee M ~~„ Jaques Mr. T. 11. Lacy. Duke Frederick Mr. R. Lockwood. Orlando • Mr. Craven. Adam Mr. Rodgers. Touchstone Rosalind Celia Miss Huddart . Phoebe Audrey Mrs. Selby. The Rosalind of Miss Clara Seyton was a chaste, correct, and lady-like performance. In the scenes ha thd forest, she exhibited an admirably subdued spirit of fun. The " swashing and the martial outside" was well put on, yet ever and anon the woman's ftars and woman's tenderness could not remain hidden in the heart, but would, spite of every effort, make themselves manifest. This is undoubtedly the true idea of the part, and very tastefully was it deve loped by Miss Seyton. Her declamation was beautiful, and she gave the cuckoo song with an archness and a coquetry. that won for her an unanimous encore. She was called for at the conclusion, and the enthusiastic applause of a crowded house, and showers of bouquets rewarded her exertions. She was excellently supported by . Miss Huddart as Celia. This young lady is a very promising actress. Mr. 1% H. Lacy entirely mistakes the part of Jaques, and makes him " the wild Boar of Ardennes, the tierce brigand," instead of the contempl a tive ibilosopher. There is " stuff" about Mr. Lacy out of which to make a good actor, but he must not only learn, but " unlearn," much before he can become so—more especially must he unlearn his tendency towards what old Richardzon used to admire as bould speaking." Emery, as Touchstone, was quaint ' dry, and hu mour ous ; and Mrs. Selby dressed and acted Audrey admirably. The scenery was good, and the piece was well put on the stage. The National Anthem was sung at the conclusion of the play ; and the farce of A s k no Q uest i ons co ncluded th e evening's amusements. The house was exceedingly well attended at the beginning of the evening, and before the conclusion of the play it was crowded. THE LORD MAYOR'S GRAND EN, TERTAINMENT TO IBRAHIM PACHA. Oa Saturday the Lord Mayor gave a splendid enter tainment to his Highness Ibrahim Pacha at the Man sion-home. There were present upwards of 140 of the principal commercial men of the city of London, who were invited by the hospitable chief magistrate to meet his illustrious guest. The Premier of England with much gratification accepted an invitation from his Lord ship to meet the Prince. At twenty minutes past seven o'clock his Highness's name was announced at the en trance gates of the Mansion .house, and the Lord Mayor, attended by the sword-bearer, mace-bearer, and other officers of the household, proceeded from the drawing room to the great door of the hall, and received the Prince with the necessary form. Soon afterwards the company moved from the drawing room to the Egyptian Hall, in which Messrs. Ring and Brymer bad prepared a sumptuous dinner. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the hall, and played with uncommon spirit. The following is a list of the company : His Highness Ibrahim Pacha, Lord John Russell, M. Nubar, interpreter to his Highness ; his Excellency Semi Pacha, Edib Effendi, M. Zorab, Right Hon. Sir T. Fre mantle, Right Hon. E. Stanley, M.P.,Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart., Sir J. H. Pelley, Bart., Sir G. Larpent, Bart., Sir E. Buxton, Bart., Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., M. Bon fort, secretary to the Pacha ' • Major Dickson, J. Master man, Esq., M.P., T. Baring, Esq., M.P., H. Broadwood, Esq., M.P., J. A. Smith, Esq., M.P., C. B. Baldwin, E, q „, M.P., C. Russell, Esq., M.P., B. Hawes ' Esq. , M.P., G. Hudscn, Esq., M.P., Captain S. H. Dillon, R.N., Captain Lockie, the Governor and Deputy Gover nor of the Bank of England, Baron De Rothschild, Baron Charles De Rothschild, -Baron M. N. 1)e Rothschild, Jones Loyd, Eq., Abel Smith, Esq., Charles Barclay, 14:sq., G. H. Foster, Esq., T. Pounder, Esq., G. Rouge mont, Esq., S C. Whitbread, Esq., J. Cattley, Esq., J. Hankey, Esq., Edward Harman, Esq., David Salomons, Esq. (late Sheriff), Rowland Hill, Esq., Majoribank,, Esq., Bonomy Dobree, E.q., T. S. Coale, Esq., O. Hanbury. Eng., Robert Tlanbury, Esq., A. Farquhar, Esq., J. S. Brickwood, Esq., J. L. Leanne, Esq., Andrew Cal:boot, W. Shadbolt, Esq., A. L. Gower, Esq., Frederick Huth, Esq., F. Lloyd, Ef.q., George Palmer, Esq , W. Lyall, Esq.. Thomas Chap man, Esq., Pedro de Zulueta, Esq., M. Zulueta, Esq., Alderman Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter, Baronet, Alderman Thompson, M.P., Alderman Humphrey, M.P., Alderman Farebrother, Alderman Sir James Carroll, Alderman Sir James Duke, M.P., Alderman Musgrove, Alderman Hooper, Alderman Farncomb, Alderman Hunter, Alderman Challis, Alderman Hughes Hughes, Esq., sheriff elect ; Messrs. R. H. Al-Lerman Sidney, Alderman Moon, Mr. Sheriff Laurie, ; the Rev. C . N.E F a a y r o e r b; o ; h w e r . o y r o ) r) ; Messrs. R. L. Jones, B. W. Kennard, Pigeon, Ralph, Price, Baggaleyt•h,eß.ln,tolredy, W. Johnson (chaplain (brother France, Thomas France, o t f o th th e e Lo Lo rd rd M l la l y a W. Hitchins, Edward Geldsmid• A. Howard, J o h ß Evans, n a .Jr n J. r L i s . h S 9 e ( a o y n e r, a Charlesv i sit to Wood, Deputy Brown, yir • Gladstone • &c., &c. The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the first toast of the evening, that of " Her Majesty the Queen Victoria;" said its reception, by the company ; r-s•ng• and with the honours, would be the only instance in which he should ask for a similar compliment to be paid to any other toast on his list, with one exception. I now, my Lords and Gentlemen, therefore, beg leave to propose, with all the honours, " Our most amiable and excellent Queen Victoria." The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. The toast of "The Royal Family" having been drunk. His LORDSHIP then rose and said, that the opportu nity afforded him this day of receiving so distinguished a guest as his Highness Ibrahim Pacha, had contributed to him the highest pleasure and gratification that had occurred to him since he had the honour of presiding at the Mansion-house of the city of London. He was con fident that the result of his Highness's visit to this coun try would be conducive not only to the commercial in terests of the nation over which the illustrious Prince must one day rule, but also to the prosperity and welfare of Great Britain. With these sentiments, he begged to propose " The health of his Highness Ibrahim Pacha." The toast was drunk amidst loud acclamations. IBRAHIM PACHA. rose and communicated with great earnestness for some time with his interpreter, who, in French, addressed the , Lord Mayor and company to the following effect:—He said, that by the command of his Excellency, he had to attempt to convey to the company his - Excellency's desire to express that, although he had been generally received by all classes in this great coun try with the most marked feeling, he had not ex perienced a reception more agreeable to him than that which had been afforded to him on this occasion by the Lord Mayor, the magistrates, and the chief merchants -of tigs grest - gotropolitau c 0; 6uci Ulu hi s praccacioy . S U 7 ' 7 'S.Akj-r - =' ~1 fi~ r ~c,~' ,?' .!= 10" .111NO.M11...•••••••. 1 ...4 .. 1& Yesterday afternoon, at half-past twos h e tralbr,AlkciNwjk Brussels, which left at half - past sm - en, arrived without " making the usual signals at the veryl spot where the catas trophe of Wednesday took place. The rat,'s over which it had to pass were encumbered with cranes tit...lt had been used to take the remains of the waggons out of the wat `er. The train being at full speed broke these cranes, and ti - pieces: struck the soldiers and workmen who were on the be nk with such Violence, that sixteen of t hem were more or less .wounded. One had his thighbroken.--A friend of omrs, w h o come from Brussels by thie train, saw him carried away." The following has since b ten sent round to the journals by the compary : " The representative of the board of directors, who arrived last night by the nine o'clock has confirmed the details transmitted in the. morning to th .e company. The number of dead is 14, and that of the woune'ed 10, two of whom griev ously. The death of an aide-de-ck.'IPP of General Oudinot was erroneously stated. (His wouna,‘ are, however, exceed ingly severe.) The passengers of the train which went off the rails speak in high terms of the Alev. '46 dness of the men belonging to the company. The boark. l of directors is pleased to publicly render homage to the 'nduct of these men. It has raised to the grade of inspect, or of the first class M. Hovell, sub-inspector, who after having% been himself precipitated into the water, and obliged to escap, e by swini ming, had sufficient coolness to organise all tbk l help de manded by the circumstances, and did not quit .his trains before all the carriages were raised up. The co. nductor, Hocq, who saved eight persons, has been named ..chef de convoi. M. Haillot, head of the service at Douai, ;nod M. stuber, in a similar situation at Arras, manifested the greatest intelligence in these sad circumstances. Two of the engineers of the company are on the spot to examine into, conjoiney with thB engineers of the Governn_lent, the causes of the accident." ELECTION MOVEMIENTS. MANCHESTER. All remains as quiet in this city as the most ardent lover of peace could desire. The Right Honourable Gentleman the Vic,-President of the „Board of Trade, has addressed himself to a very large body of the electors ; but beyond that, as not the slightest show of opposition was . Amide, nothing the least exciting has been dont. The nomination (no doubt the election also), is fixes.l fox Monday, the lath, when Mr. M. Gibson will be returned. LICHFIELD. No doubt whatever is made of the re-election of Lord Alfred Paget, as no opposition has been started. The nomi nation is, we believe, appointed for Wednesday, the 15th instant. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. No opposition to the return of Colonel Anson, who has accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance, has been spoken of, and his return is undoubted. The election will take place on the 27th, at Lichfield. THE WEST RIDIN T G. „ Lord Morpeth stands unopposed—eve, 1 Mr- r errand has not the temerity to speak of contesting the election with the West Riding's own. at Wakefield, The nomination is fixed for the 18th inst., . when of course Lord Morpeth, the new Chie CLlnmissioller of Woods and Forest?, will be returned. SOUTH LANCASHIRE. ➢lr. William Brown will not be opposed in contesting the seat rendered vacant by the raising of Lord Francis Egerton to the Upper House as Lord Ellesmere. The free-traders of South Lancashire will return him as the colleague of Mr. Entwisle. The nomination is fixed for the 21st inst., at Newton; OXFORD. In consequence of Mr. Maclean, the Member for Oxford, having been made a bankrupt, that city has virtually but one Member to represent it. Under these circumstances it is ex pected that should not Mr. Maclean resign the important trust confided to him immediately, a meeting of the electors will be held for the purpose of requesting him to do so. Great dissatisfaction is felt by the Conservative party at the humi liating position they are placed in, end weThave no doubt but that the greater portion of them will join the Liberals in call ing upon the Honourable Gentleman to r..'sign ; in the event of his doing so, it is rumoured that a requis:tion will be pre sented to a gentleman residing at Oxford, vvlho from his thorough business habits and general intelligence', has long been thought by a portion of the constituency a prOrr per son to represent this ancient borough. PLYMOUTH. RETURN OF LORD EBRINGTON. SATURDAY NIORT.—The polling commenced this morn.- ing, Lord Ebrington led from the first, and hoer after hour increased his majority. At the close of the poll the num bers were— Ebrington Vincent PERTH. RETURN OF MR. FOX MAULE. PERTH, JULY 11, 1846.—Mr. Fox Maule was to-day rs elected for the borough of Perth without apposition. A. D. gREIG, Esq., proposed, and Bailie CLUNIE seconded the nomination. Mr. Fox DlAutz then shortly addressed the electors, assuring them of the intentions of the Government with which he was connected to persevere in the footsteps of com mercial and general reform. • MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT TO MISS SPANKIE.—Last night, soon after eleven o'clock, much alarm was occasioned in the vicinity of Russell-square by the sudden appearance of fire in the residence of Mrs. Spankie, widow of the late Mr. Sergeant Spankie. It appears that Miss Spankie, in ascending the staircase for the purpose of going to bed, set fire to her dress, in consequence of a lighted candle having been left by one of the servants on the middle landing. The young lady shouted " Fire!" and then ran into the dmilr- , ing-room, the flames at the time mounting over her head, In passing round the room the muslin window-curtains also became ignited, and for some time it was feared that the building would have been destroyed. The butler promptly rushed into the apartment, threw his young mistress down, and rolled her in the hearth rug, fortunately extinguishing the fire. It is needless to state that Miss Spankie was severely burnt. She was put to bed, and a medical gentle man sent for. The fire in the drawing-room was extinguished by the servants. MEETING OF IRONMASTERS AT DITDLEY.--DUDLEY, SATURDAY.—This evening the last of the quarterly meetings of masters in this district took place at Smith's Hotel, in this town, at which the prices agreed to at Birmingham were confirmed. The iron trade of this district is now in a very prosperous state, and is likely to continue so for some length of time. Many heavy orders have been given during the. week at the various meetings, which have been held for iron, particularly for pig, for which kind alone orders were received for about 25,000 tons. Under these circumstances no reduc tion may be expected for the present. ratheer47l , ing BU last, P P O a S E g p irl i a l lt P ui E t MURDER eighteen years llindmarch, was found at the foot of the cliff mile. o f- age,O n n aSniuneaday Catherine Banks, on the river Wear, near Sunderland. S insensible state, and was removed to the Infirmary; ,here. peraon she lingered until Monday. It would appear that her She was in an ' had been violated, and it is conjectured that she had aft er,. wards been thrown over the rock. A man employed at thet Dement Iron Works was seen last in her company at a late hour the previous night. An inquest was held on the body during Friday and Saturday, and a great deal of evidence was gone into ; but notwithstanding the grounds for sus picion, the crime could not be traced with certainty t.O any particular party. The jury found a verdict of " Wilful Mur der against some person or persona unknown." FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.-On Saturday M r. Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of James Bennett, aged 56, a labourer, living at Fulham. Sarah Bennett, wife of deceased. stated, that at eight o'clock on the morning of the 17th ult. she was called by a police man to her husband, who was then lying in a garden by the road- side, in Crown-lane, Fulham ; he complained of a pai' in the lower part of the stomach, and, on being taken home, he was seen by a surgeon, and removed to the hospital ott the following day, when he said he had received the injury from a man who was coming out of the Crown. He thought it would end in death, but seemed quite resigned. Jereiniall. Plaster, labourer, was next examined. He knew a matt named Gibbs, and had worked with him. Was. present ont the right in question, and heard the deceased cry out; " Hai has kicked me." Gibbs was an experienced tighter, and bad • a peculiar knack of butting with his head, which be did re- , peatedly against the deceased's belly. Police-constable 89, of . the V division, gave confirma tor y evidence, and said that the., man Gibbs d absconded, and nothing whatever could be • beard of him. ha The jury at length returned a verdict of Malbt. slaughter against John Gibbs. - NTWERL FLIGHT OF PIGEONS FROM HULL TO .A -On Saturday morning last the fancy ofnurneroauis ornate ar fled in the of that useful bird, the carrier p i g eon, th o se feathered messengers fr t o f th at hßaluon highest degree by the beautiful flight of deck w n iss o r s t steamer at this port. Th e birds,. which are t he severa l fanciers at Antwerp , were brought over in the Mo march for - the purpose of, .deciding deciding by their return flight the e4 a 7 rc u tt f distribution of certain prizes as arranged by the association of proprietors. The birds were let out of the baskets, in which they bad been carefully tended, precisely at seven o'clock, and immediately rose nearly perpendicularly to a considerable elevation, when, after taking their customary circuits of observation, they Went off in an apparent direction for their native Boil. The Monarch, which proceeded soon afterwards , for Antwerp, returned yesterday (Thursday), kindness of Captain Main we hav e beenhfiarvteo following results of the aerial voyage. T and by the e u n r e of the birds the sa me day, having reached Antwerp at two o'Clock l' iles . in seven hours. o'clock on Sunda Twenty-seven e traversed atye e a ve a distancereach reached df thei °rn city2Bo i e ;O v Q e a m . .3 , 8 U same afternoon. The extreme heat of the weather •t ... P• morning, and the whole of the remainder arrive.l safe on the posed to have caused the stragglers to alight on reach:az terra firma, or the probability is that all would ha'N' their respective cotes on Saturday. The principal priz: 1 90 gained by M. Vanden Brook.-Hull Packet. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.-The last fete and flower show of the Horticultural Society tookplace, ' • or their garden at Turnham-green, on Saturday.. In addition to the promenade in the grounds of the Society, the company were permitted, by the kindness of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, to extend their perambulations through , the splendid walks and conservatories of the garden and park' of Chiswick House. The assemblage of persons •of rank and fashion was very numerous, including almost all the rank and beauty of the families now in the metropolis. The Duke of Devonshire received his Highness Ibrahim Pachs in his grounds shortly after five o'clock ; the Egyptiam Prince was plainly attired, and came in a very private manner, accompanied by only one member of his suit. He ap-a peared highly delighted with the gay scene around him,. and put many questions to the members of the council. A. splendid tent, in the oriental style, purposely manufactured for the occasion by Mr. B. Edgington, of the Borough, was* erected in the gardens for the accommodation of the illustri ous visitor, and in it was arranged ottomans, Sc., in the eastern manner. The flowers, plants, and fruits were ar ranged beneath tents, sent from the same manufactory ; they were extremely fine, and for the time of year unsur passable; the pines, in particular, were of the highest order and the best cultivation. There were some extremely rare plants from South America, an almost endless variety of roses and Cape heaths, and, in short, a collection matchless for beauty and rarity. Five military bands were in attendance. The band of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, the band of the Horse Guards, the band of the Coldstream Guards, the bands of the Artillery, and the band of the Sappers and Miners. These played alternately selections of music from the great masters; two being placed in the gardens of the Duke of Devonshire, and three in the gardens of the Society The arrangements were altogether excellent, and it will be proper to commend the activity and efficacy of the police, who performed their ioniewhat arduous task with-good temper and firmness united. The competition was a showy one, and it was with some difficulty that the judges came to their conclusion as to respective merits. .. ' " REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS.—In spite of tho 7 mopal . ., of the corn-laws, the :estotes of the late Philip Dykes, 'tael.4 , --: at Roydon and Bressiogham, were sold by auction at Disi, on Friday last by Mr. Rix. rut thirty-four years' purchase, Oa full annual rental.- Su f folk Chroni;le. f o r Mr. Hedwort4Laubt94,,sizi has pft taws 13 74 4104' Wiglit. _ -i - •:- -•-, - I ;r ~.:;~ t