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to ugh ' f t : t s_till q uott 8 It, 4144:114t1;_ketr:::041111,5:1::1117;;:::1: Lit t : l al3 : 1 fr om jau :ek niceef Town BT ~T I. • • • • 1 _ 3I !1 1 ' or 1 8 1.7: 1818. 1819. 18 46. 10,057 418 od to 42s 6,1 1 ,963 12,592 2,206 12,066 453 6d :26,3 8 :23,841 1-, \ T- D1 Lk _ 38+ 9d to 37s Od 38s 621 to 67.1 9i 1,619 1,9 , 8 16,857 2,399 1,491 16,675 ' 15,07 493 61 47s 6d 40s Od 383 Od 14,655 15,450 47s Od 44s ‘'a to • 7s thl to 44, 9,1 2 ,0 ,, 6 2,000 11,454 14,4 4,Z,07 4,107 21,010 21,000 (From the Times.) anticipation We have received by our ordinary semi - monthly express from Marseilles our dispatches i n of the Overland Mail, of July. which left Bombay on the `2sth the 6t of July, Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, on . The suicide of Colonel King, commanding her The cir has excited a painful sensation in India. lows ;—A private of the regiment was sentenced for cumstancea which led to the rash act wer , e en a te s n f e o e l t - i some time back to receive corporal punishment .,,, charging the Colonelat state i n w t i v t a h l 1 :h o . wa l r ' l i i i i e ce, pr s i t a a o t n in e; that v.•aS f ' n having been e. ov‘ palpable intoxicutio , br( ught on parade for punishment i i i n ,e il ettoget sentence ; the punishment drunk in the guard-roomof ri t a h s e , 1 1 1 4 el t , l e i rt i h v e h l i e l s e s, u i n n i r l , e ). r ; °I ',Nell n t 26,515 1 47,359 1 41,637 1 22,519 ceeded with. , - , itt o `""-- . , ondon .. .. .. .. 5, 1 24 T A Liverpool .. •• .. 4,539 prisoner, infuriated by pain an When freed front d th d ,e rin t k riin ( g h l e es h t a n d e ttno, _....,._.______-....._.-- ishil t ßite n s "S Tlt EE T._(THIs D A Y.) becoming, as might have beet} foreseen outrageous drunk in the guard-room near two bottles of spirits), for, '!lla t i,„ cIDE IN ..yDE PARK —. z lam repeated his former ti t 4 1r, ilie7l Hamburgh, was placed at the bar be- sence of the whole regiment, placed in confine l'k - -131 11irli. Tan- !arid abusive, rushed up to the Colonel, and ' in the pre- Se r e lf by thgto, charged with attempting to drown 1 to transporta _Nee dowing himself from the bridge into the charge, for which d l h ie y 11,748 p4"ide•Park. meat and sentence son it seven years, 8 4 1: 11 8 utifti -, one of the boatmen employed by the tion for refused, was aco "court-martial again-m art a which the ances of the case, heirldll ttftere SQeietYl stated that about two o'clock on in-Chief to his sentence eircumst the Commander and ordered the man to return . 4,, lie a " ,!loon he was near the receiving-house under .. Pet or a " the defendant throw himself from the . f a- troop.. to what he said at Lahore (" that w ho tohi c ,_ ge into the water. Witness immediately this trial, added to sanction,Th remarks of the Commander-in-Chief on hi. Ns at and rowed to the spot, but a gentleman "%tor t hat In - in a ',, Colonel King so deeply fibs . e•bh at . oment coming under the bridge led ), stungas to induce the men of the 14th would go anywhere if properly tt i h'slti o „ seized the defendant by the collar as he him to commit suicide. 110 8 , 0 18 oes 3 f %cl Pulled him into his boat, and with the le te ' o sibe e tf:tness conveyed him to the rect,iving said to have led to the sad event. The following are the general orders which are t ietti I ; and 4 3 4 ilautil remedies were applied by the 1 04 , 1 1 4 00.1, ker au hour or so defendant was suffi mbled " N. 43.-1. At a general court-martia B l so ass% ivare l k 0 111‘• v e a as to allow them to take him to the " Head-quarters, Simla, July 8. - 411 • oli ox , i Majesty's 14th (or King's) N , 756, of her i s , as letter John M'Lean, .L. the 3d of June, 1 ; P was found in his pocket:— ht Dragoons, e t '44 1860. Regiment of Light , Pit,„ inp,..,, D , "London, August . Ist, . foll.,wing charg• : d insubordinate conduct, IN •stio,, gild he tne Purpose of relieving you from cutregeous and insubordinate arraigned on the 4 t i t o, a kcin 1 . 14 anxiety thisevening,l deem it prefer- , . OD the g, " n a parade cf the regiment at Lahore, r oral of kaave.aint YOU by these is of my intentions. "For biably 141°,,4%tilialen tlislonte m d e it not in my power sentence of a .court martial, advanc m ed and. Iter tl4 bl ° t he Burn I 'an to-night, I punishment, 2 in Gt h h7f n Ma o rc b h, 1850, after having undergone co p to t'tin ,et, to fac 2 - promised you manner, u , ing gros y rih!-.o 4veb - You and the world any more. My in a threatenin ing the regiment, and in having violently ,in any moon too great of lite, as to be able to sup- wards Lieuten y ant-Colonel J. W. King, C.8.,.c0ua 1 140 , lust ,Y 0 ttlere, so I have resolved to destroy myst If. which secured him. ie„kof, of Yon, hladarne 'that soon as you have resisted the escort "Finding—The Court is of opinion that the prisoner, lb 'St ti my d eath , is,.. as it abusive 1, gunge to that officer; . m rela -641 sreb ur b you will intimate tom vela- No. 756, Private John Dragoons, is guilty of the iii ° llat o f g , who I have no doubt will remit you Regiment of Light lo b ' h Ite eei t eY debt owine• tell them it is my dying King's) (or. APLean, of her Majesty's I . 4'h No. 756 . , The Court sentence the prisoner, ttott he al v i e „ i nY thanks for' the kindness and leniency charge preferred against him. " Sentence—The Kin 's) sour tiwe-48...peyvineed towards me, and the farewell Private John M•Lean, of to transportation for seven 4 1 , 0 s.. P Regiment of Light Dragoons, ( ~448 , I) " WILLIAM TANsMITH." I et. b. Linn 4 c , n, years. her Majesty's 14th . (o _ g II te l gather a purr-street ,te 04 1: 3' t o k e "" s- docks," hov e .. of ~, • BINGHAM, the prisoner said he had 'fie nd .ork for four months, _and he had not a lit,,cit b onn 'n Lond on : 4 (l' hldeggin-g-,,Ztbob. w asin court, said the defendant had kb t . l . des r eost , er for some time, and his conduct ilit i Poedie (zernplary. Latterly he had been in a tli tp . to pr,..g state of mind in consequence of his iti i„,lBh_re k fl oe Would einPlostnent. If the prisoner was clis /'el,,-.8 484 guarantee to take charge of him till lilt e 4 hi ghly could communicate with his friends, 111,4•,t17 Y respectable T h 486 ,4 8, 44 having adm • oni h d the defendant en ti t% h e tler ce :B of his offence, discharged him. I'llse Inant expressed his ratitude for . ii t elt e loo2Lr d, and left the sou with with Mrs. Dunn. (. 1: , " 4) il l h lain kci MINSTER._(IS DAY.) 44 . ) 314, 3e t t i e f ea r ptert'o n elderly man, was . charged with commit self-destruction by throw ~e iro m ope ,q 4 of the Citizen steam-boats yester ii,, i ~ wi2 4 111 4. , U trlift . .. A, t o 74 , tt i : YeatervilCl. Captain of the City steamboat E, 1 lil t ° Pri s „, a "3 Inorning he was in Battersea-reach It.stt_kinactdetheiseeri.askieidu him a if he would h post a letter t Sp et b, h an t ( o ) Wa tch bine nsw eredhnet prisoner asked and e asked a I t i 1 44 1 . 4 4 Qz„l,?°Bt his closely,letterand then rolled into the tt 011, 1 . 5 1,4,1%48 were reversed, and ropes got under ii 4 .en . me wa i. iiii , t o Pier, Wit _ !Lauded on board, and, being taken II Itt, Pier, wa g 3 given into custody. The letter was Nt h N.. El'ect that by the . qitt, 'l* "later le , . time his brother : I,,tut wil lt3 atep arni... 'elved it he should be no more, and 11,is e 8 s41 4 _rd, t ook ',A6 a.current which, instead of taking 44,11!atIvuetrIllioltlizatisii,)sdck. backward. e if . his friends . were present and L It ikielf ed i 4 the 'm t ./ bail In s of negative said that he would lake et! °l'• Was • for t h WO sureties in 25/. each. l'. not coming, and the prisoner was . A .,i - v r'''••••••........._ • L RICAN NEWS. 8 (laA, q t Y tli t t,' tLP -----4 " ---- --r tq a 01, lc `koyet Mail RIC TELEGRAPH.) i '' fr oh ,e h oe 4 _ ll steam ship Cambria, Captai , n ',,' to c 7 IVe w v v ices from Boston to the 21s e. Vietl t nnei eett _•° , k to the 20th ult. The telegra ,,A, b e 8 , • utl between New York and Halifax ek e! , ea tr . 6B , 1. . °II th e iP Pu to th - Iter, ce th ho .;_roPa arrived at Boston at eight Rio J of the 21st August. !N t e i ' "lt t li' tti ''''" daeiro,dated confirm 6th, appear fo ur liti,,,a"k Papers. ti e pt, e to the devolitionThey the intelli ,e,,lh ,•,, I4 9b y ,, , of a fort and capture ll, t 'to lo , ''ona t d , re Cormorant. Mr. Hudson, the p 8 ,4 te 4r ; and ors ! said to have disowned.the pro kltltenred. I,l"esequently his passports have not P 8 0 ( 17 to ho_enrntnander of the Cormorant was BL O th, ~ received his orders direct from 'llt Rio 4 9,00 market %till's Pri ce harreis-,et flour sales for the month were F t frog h ad . at rather improving prices. For '4. t glveri mi a llit a ur o . wa y, consequent upon the ac -1411 h ad b Pe ,ini ii , - "Il rather brisk to Europe, but were Vhe I,Be 2 1 i 44444 t clrtli gtl: l3 271 ' tt,liit!on, of. question had been settled at ,„ , tio '',lit of . th rtil .B . 4 l was to make provision for tiOse eaerm e four clas and to refer the case ' Armstr on g ' , • • f 11 1 , 14 PO to tne arbitration o 14 4 1' r ei tio Ri c hi L l tlt6 e . 4B th e We learn that in consequence of '1 t ile i e 'N pr ro i l Ps were all down. There was cills, Port . ° Zoe() left at Mayguez to load the '3lllm was going at 3 dolls. 50c to tii t ilrl ,ll te S 4 I ppi--------________ tk, tgal:011, Q u ' 4 , INTEL L IGEN CE. N . tsi d 2r, ,j 4 , e of the West, Caroline, Nesmitt, 1 41 ., te ‘,o llB, ii-,,ndes W.right, Washington, Manhat ql4 Ae le t4 ,,, 4 eld, cer fromßichard Alsop, from Liver hß.t.cttli •t c 0, Havre ; Northumberland Liver #°w ,' Co'rltiveli Pass,ngr from London ; Jowa, ,t o a , , k, ° net, fr from Galway ; Amalie, from 1 1" Id " / . 0 1 .1 i w al Dublin • Coralinn, from Glas hill 144 • ' SPlendfid, ;ind Elizabeth Bruce, 11 4, 41 1%1 Powod, 0 , kad 'pleb e Mtn H , arnburgh . ;'. Orion, •‘l ol kk il 11 lellli , Neptune, .1 rancis, Binsia, Ste ,N .-rt ee • 1 1, from Bremen ; Alexander, tilie l ' at -1, Allat, New York ; Isabella, from t t 4 tl4 frltoto Zit:4llore ; N Washington Irving and 4 1 , qt -41 .1, 184 .1;13001; Eclipse, from Greenock ; Ilirt!sotte4B4goe, .84'in, Dahlia, and Competitor, ‘(, t , 't kid ' Sir and Sophia, from Marseilles, , s t,, ha g Fr ed ,u• L. Goldsmith, from Car e,,,/ h N o „ ell e ', It sr ch 414 .. ; Ca.._, .Gustave, from Bordeaux, p tt i , , v, 40,, virnim...oria, from Newport, at 4 4 11 8 , ‘ ' 8t ii,, Lie er ,., 6 ,, l r,a Gentoo, from Montreal ; , pi od ~.,,, A l td e s u r i i ' 4 nd William Sturges, from ; c, ll 4t *,\;lttip e) , pi ; Milan, from Newport, at 41, 44 14 r eal N i e -L4iberty, from Belfast; Cumber • N I I t i lte e and ii„krt ; zEulus, from Ham burgh; Nt 9f sat ' f "Irietta, frota Liverpool ; Conrad 1 1 11 3' t, St el Glasgow • and I'ennaug ham, tk t ,t ,51,1,4 t s t. Quebec J - „,, 1) k A i t , t j111: 1 1 114 ti oh n , s, New B e: il.eddi k ri,. front LOD -41144 tVt‘451.141.141" ,-, rth ) from Greenock for Quebec, I to ef.4ten Cls.,dismantled condition, ea., . erboard. tam e ,. Ten children di(d on the 4 http % k l i kt e k Nltr, litk "Z s r - A -- -------- iNI„ 4 4; al c t,.., 1 LIN LELLIGENCE. 'ti g/4 s 4t ' i t " St ocks there is no marked change ( L I N . , i i kt i t : t e Wi th The demand has been fair, and '4, k 4 40 86 1 1868, 116014 i •inportant charge. Unit( d liagte ' ' I°oi State to 11 61; 1867, 118i d to n 1 1 .51 11 4 'alb % . Stock . 1 8 qt, u ttli e , itr of eott very steady, an i I 101,1/CkStiaf&terid:olle,are 4,000 bales, and the market 4 4 It l 1 Th' 4 t uoCi . • 0 41 6; dq j Itty thou" Inquiry- for fl ur, without change silth ec • 14. nusatid bushels of Canadian when , t, 1 : 1 40,:t6 k p ile% d e 4 good desnand for United States', trke j str o , th e ~.414ded. Good demand for Indian t_e, -le. ori els ' , e e l, •,„ . _ 'tl title: dolls " Red. - Or' ~ g e a t ,,. to 6 _,_ , aes 175 barrels, at 6 dolls. f;1; 4 (41 4. at oti it i _ u° 1 1!. 121 c. tor pots. i ei i 2 se. Ass is 34 selling steadily at 35 dolls. per 1p (14144.,r-N thootthe:,dtitaLt 19 dolls. 25c. cash, and ItrB4l)B,4Bts. W as was Without much activity. %her "aurt:ielles; nt s. ° ask ed _ingaged for Liveipool at i 9ci. remaining of tered, no w mi h uu a ll s y ro t a h l e i Ole %,_,!tio, Isl c „ iii• Dri• " of 14, :es t .toti o „ W ORLEANS, AUG. 15. lIIa Is 4 1:te - u4ve be ets 2,300 bales, and at 4 t 1 2A " 110 err' , tit„ s 1. I to 12 , _ tv . al of the Niagara LOW/3 ; Nl ti fl rilor 4 ce t . l ,, i lh V t(l 4 "tea r y 1 3 - 0 ------ --- 4 t t' t fie t t to:P a g e r of Brazil has left Ostend in 4, It , oo i i. at oll° , o . rta,,, i. - v 9 . Before her departure she 2(%.,ta , t.ter a Be :- natedige ip N:' l t; 4l ttie.-... tstiter, the Princess of the death of Louis ti l t:)4 l ,, Z ill th: li ltut tan , _ de Joiuville. q i itt kt o eh i r at Sala r,i ce 0 ., N•ri!i.E. The engine -1,144,44, f fly eo. r ord 0 the Eastern Counties Railway LAI :op e Otir a 1 , nyn ed t _ ,Il Saturday, but their proceed 't to 014tenty a 4 . 1% 1 , „:' ihe readin g of letters containing t hey gaipat ( h 7 ,118 or the country and allegations elBPloliZobeellattetZ aPurdesesn,t..driyer; he men appear ' gil ° tiler ILibee;al are stated to have I n4 'ro~ d' r.,,BPatehect L Alig. 7, `-„matad t "1, 5111 Fs "' S • • oadi t ,„ • • 7. 04 . 0 6 ana dp ha ded • 1.4 g, os. Cr, 7th l o 4pd artery • • • .. at t he arils.. kivigatiol"e of to mo n '• 14 er 4. *'• 8 t i 4 , 1 : 0 01... •• • I . (i therl„" • e Nek ik cglist, poll4 ; '°ll4 nd " bertnalw ••• • • • , ra ttet :1...„ ..• LLOW SI 1850 . CaSks. lIIPPIXG AT ST. 1' 'ETE ItSB U RG 11. 21,623 17,697 3 9,320 - Caske *8 075 t ; ,225 1 ,817 1.481 921 26,515 17,023 43,534 74,594 118,1 i 2 7,692 3,969 1, , N5 4,460 1,941 1,127 3,511 2,330 !.n45 1,056 21,62 3 . arrived, ditto Casks 47,389 7,724 55,113 7-1,391 129,' 04 Casks. 41,537 11,879 V,516 7,24 S 23,024 $,344 2,14; 5,523 2,518 3,303 2,501 1846. Casks, 22,519 7,229 131,864 18,908 1,5!:0 29,748 b 3,475 113,223 7,C•31 3,s 93 1.317 4,11'2 3,679 2,163 3,013 3,172 1,341 2,136 2,132 1,676 113 " Head-quarters, June 18. "Revised—ln revising the proceedings of the Court, lam obliged to call its attention to some facts which demand the most serious notice. " 1. The prisoner was allowed to get drunk in the guardroom of her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, then under sentence of a court-marl ial. " 2. The prisoner was brought drunk to the parade. " 3. Assistant-Surgeon Fasson, whose business it was closely to have examined the state of the prisoner who was about to suffer corporal punishment, did not examine him, and did not perceive that he was intoxicated, till drink and the pin of punishment had made him so furi ous, that the assistant-surgeon's own words are,—` I thought he must be either mad or drunk.' " 4. The Adjutant, Lieutenant Apthorp, equally unob serving with the assistant-surgeon, did not find out that the prisoner was drunk till after he had received punish ment. " 5. The consequence was that the soldier was flogged when in a state of intoxication, and all this took place in presence of Lieut.-Colonel King, the commanding officer of the regiment. " 6. When freed from the triangles, the prisoner, in furiated by having drunk nearly two bottles of arrack and some beer in the guardroom, as proved before the court, became outrageous and abusive, as might have been foreseen. " 7. I ask the Court, therefore, to reconsider and to mitigate its sentence ; for, however disgraceful and in subordinate the conduct of the culprit may have been, it was certainly as much produced by neglect of duty in others as by the drunkard himself. The sentence ap pears to me to be severe beyond all proportion to the crime, in the peculiar circumstances above stated. " C. J. NAPIFR, General, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies." " REVISED SENTENCE. " The Court having carefully considered the remarks by his Excellency the Commander-i❑-Chief on the sen tence passed on the prisoner, private John M'Lean, No. 756, of her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, beg respect fully to adhere to that sentence. Head-quarters, July 1, 1850. " I am sorry that the Court felt itself called upon to adhere to a sentence which I have no power to com mute, and cannot, in the extraordinary circumstances of the case, execute. I have, therefore, no alternative but to pardon the prisoner; nut excu,ed by his drunken ness, but by facts stated in my remarks to the Court on its proctcdings being revised. I assure the Court that great severity, without a duo consideration being given to circumstances, is not justice, not conducive to dis- cipline. " The prisoner is to return to his troop. " C. J. NAPIER, General, " Commander•in-Chief, East Indies." • The Affreedees have again closed the pass to Ko llar, and seem inclined to be as troublesome as ever. A man of the Horse Artillery has been shot by one of them close to bis quarter guard. A plot has been discovered for effecting the release of the 10 Seikh State prisoners confined at Allahabad. General Campbell has returned to the Punjaub, but a large party of officers still remain in Cashmere, where they are treated by Ghoolab Singh with the utmost kindness amd attention. The south-west monsoon, so long delayed, has at last sot in in earnest, and all apprehensions of famine in Western India were at an end. In Bengal the rains were injuriously heavy for the indigo cultiva tion, and there were great floods in the neighbour hood of Calcutta—the course of the intended railway to Budram being described as at present a " sea of inundation better adapted to the operation ofsteam boats than steam-carriages." The Lahore Chronicle says, that "the order re taining Sinde allowances for the troops beyond the Indus, at the time the Governor-General had ex pressed his anxious desire to assimilate the pay, is the real ground of the feud known to exist between his Lordship and Sir Charles Napier." The same journal states that a " singular communi cation has been received at Lahore from the Gover nor-General, intimating his Lordship's surprise that the executive officers should have taken upon them selves to disburse sums of money for carrying on public building on the order of the Commander-in- Chief, when the instructions limiting their discretion are so very precise, and intimating his Lordship's in tention to hold the Engineer officers personally re sponsible for all sums expended without his sanction previously obtained." This must have reference to Sir Charles Napier's orders respecting barrack space and ventilation, enacting that there should be at least 100 cubic feet of space per man, and that barracks deficient in such respect should be enlarged to the re quired standard. The Seikh prisoners at Allahabad still keep the authorities there in a state of disquiet. They have been detected in communication with the ex-Ranee (now in Nepaul). On the 26th of June a Cawnpore Brahmin, named Seetaram, was found inside the quarters inhabited by the prisoners, ten in number, notwithstanding all the precautions and vigilance used to prevent every species of intercourse. No thing was found on the man, though he acknowledged being in Seikh pay. The next day a court of inquiry was assembled, and sufficient was elicited to prove that a deep. laid plot had been organized. Several letters were found addressed to the friends of the pri soners, and one document, containing the names of the different officers in command of corps and the sta tions where their regiments were located. Information was likewise obtained of two Seikhs, who were con cealed in a Ghcssain's house in the city, having in their possession a sum of 20,000 r., dedicated to pur poses of bribery. Upon the person of one of the prisoners a file was found. The Jemedar and sentries in charge of the guard have been placed in arrest on a suspicion of collusion. A tragical event has occurred on board the Hon. Company's cargo boat Kaleegunga, in tow of the steamer Berhsmpooter, at Patna. It appears that she left Allahabad with 39 Seikh convicts with a very weak guard. The arms of the guard were piled be tween them and the convicts when at Patna ; the latter having seized the firearms, which were loaded, rose upon the guard, and a desperate conflict ensued. Two of the guard and two of the convicts were killed, and the convicts succeeded in running the boat ashore and escaping. It appeared that the affair took place in the day time, which renders it still more extra ordinary. The following casualties by death in the armies of India are reported since the departure of the mail on the 25th of June IIER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Lieutenant J. F. Wood house, 61st Foot, at. Peshaaur, en the 24th of June; Lieutenant 11. A. Malony, 60th R fles, at Meerut, on the 3d (1 July; Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. King, C. 13., 14:11 Light Dragons, at Lahore ' on the 6th of July. " MADRAS.—Lieutenant F. Keiglily, 24th Native In fantry, at Kamptee, on the 6th of June; Lieutenant J. Knowles, 32J Native lattintry, at Kamptee, on the 17th of June; Ensign U. St. A. Burdett, 2d European Light Infantry, at Maauldooroo, en route to Madras, on the 20th of June; Major H. N. Noble, 401 h Native Infantry, at Jaulnah, on the 14th of July. " BEDlGAL.—Captain R. Stein, 49th Native Infantry, Phillour, on the 10th of June; Assistant-Surgeon D. AUSTRALIA. tions : " Ist. To unite in one grand political league for mu tual protection and defence, and for general advance ment, the five Australian colonies of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, South Australia, Port Philip, and Cooksland, or the Moreton Bay country; that the inha bitants of these colonies mey henceforth feel and know that they are no longer iaelated and detached communi ties—to be governed and oppressed separately and inde pendently by ukases from Downing-street, with none to interfere for them from without—but one people, having common interests and common objects, the nucleus and elements of one great Australian nation. 2. To prevent the degradation of any one of these colonies into a mere receptacle for the convicted felons of Great Britain and Ireland; and to remedy, as far as may be practicable, the enormous evils that have already re sulted from the prevalence and abuse of the transporta tion system in certain of these colonies. " 3. To encourage and promote, by every legitimate means, the influx of an industrious, virtuous, and thoroughly British population into these colonies, that their vast and inexhaustible resources may be duly and fully developed, and that they•reay be fitted ag speedily as possible fur taking the high and influential place which they are evidently destined to hold in the ci vilized world, as the great leading power of the southern hemisphere. "4. To achieve, by moral means exclusively, and with the full approbatio❑ and concurrence of Great Britain, the entire freedom and independence of these colonies, and their erection into sovereign and independent states; to be incorporated into one great political federation, like the Swiss cantons of Europe or the United States of America, under the style and title of • The United Pro vinces of Australia.'" Assuming that England will agree to the erection of the proposed republic, Dr. Lang's scheme descends to the minor arrangements for its government, which be would commit to the hands of a president, with a salary of 3,0001. per annum. A general Legislature would assist and control the president, with functions it is designed to assimilate to those of the American chief magistrate. On all matters of internal legislation, education, re ligion, police, public works, and so forth, Dr. Lang recommends that the respective states of the federation should be left perfectly free. Dr. Lang entered into the details of the scheme at great length, and every _ word was applauded to the echo. Dr. Lang appears to have been subsequently cast into prison arbitrarily for some matter of debt, to the great displeasure of the Melbourne public, who were raising a subscription to procure his release. The particulars of the affair are not given in any of the papers that have reached India. The mining interest at Adelaide is in a flourishing state, and the total proceeds of copper-mines during the last 41 years are estimated at 592,252/. Gold- washing has commenced with sufficient prospect o . success to stop emigration to California. Experi merits have been made on the sand, from the bZ , d o he Unkaparinga, a stream south of Adelaide, with a newly-invented machine, capable of washicg from 25 to 30 tons per day. Two ounces of gold were ob- .ain6d from 1601 b. of sAnd. Very promising indica [one of coal have been met with on the south side o Kangaroo Island. A newspaper in the German lan guage, called the Sued-Austratische Zeitung, has been established in Adelaide, and appears to be conducted with great ability. I; circulates chiefly among tl.e Germa❑ immigrants, whose numbers are increasing fast. Morgan, medical establishment, at \aiuee Tal, on the orarge yarn Ha arwas per lb. have been obtained for a 21st of Jane; Lieutenant. T. S. Irwin, E.:pueers, at small lot of seveci i al= s. Sales:— Hazaree'aaugi), on the IC:h of ,Ju:l, - ; ptaiu IL 11 , arty, 60 bales water twist, 300ib. each, No. 30, at nas. per lb. 62d Native In'aotrj, at sea, on bosrd the Bucaphalms, on 60 ha'cs wa for t wilt, :WO. each, No. 30, at Bas. per lb. the 2d of February." t 36 hales water twis', 40016. each, No. 30, at Bigs. per lb. 100 bales mule twist. 3001 b. each, Nos. 20, 20 bales, at annas 61; 30, 30 bales, at annas 8 1 1 ,-; 40, 40 bales, at as. 91, 30, 10 bales, at annas 11 per Ili. 95 bales mule twist, 3001bs. each, Nos. 18, 20, 22, at auras 6 per lb. 50 bales mule twist, 300Ib. each, Nos. 40, at as. 10 per lb. 7 bales orange yarn, 400:b. each, Nos. 30, 40, 50, at annas l2il per lb. Metals.—Copper —An improvement has taken place in the price of b o tt oms, s h eathing, and brsz . ers. A ustra li an is in moderate demand, while sales in South American are with difficulty effected. Iron—Hoop, abet t, and square nail rod remain as Lefare, while round nail rod and English bar have slightly advanced in demand and value since our last. SieZl—Swedish in bar and tubs is mly and firm; in faggots dull of sale. Lead—Sheet has somewhat improved, and pig is in rather Letter de mand than formerly, though no advance in price has taken place. _ Spelter has slightly improved in demand and value during the month. Cochineal —No transactions reported. Saffron—Prices la main as before; stocks continue large, and demand axtremely dull. Baer—ln Hodg,son's we h :ye not heard of any trans. actions. The market has bean stripped of Allsop's, 560 hogsheads having been disposed of at 65r. per hogshead, and sales of 27€ hogsheads "to arrive" have berg effected at the price paid for what was in the market. Bass's has also sold to some extent at 65r. per hogshead. Marine Stores—Oil of linseed and spirits cf turpen tine are the only articles under this heed at atl in de mand. 200 bolts bleached canvas have been sold at 174 rs. per belt. Cordage and sewing twine are dull. A sate of 300 cwt. red lead is also reported. Bottles-100 gross Liverpool, and 200 crates other kinds, quarts, have been sold at 15a. and 18a. per dozen respectively. Corks—A sale of 900 gross, at qrs. per gross, is re. ported. Melbourne papers to the 16th of May have been received in India. They bring intelligence of the , commencement of an open and determined agitation of the question of the severance of the Australian colonies from the mother country. The agitation has been originated by the Rev. Dr. Lang, a Presbyte rian minister and old colonist, who, it will be remem bered, published lately in the English papers a strongly written letter to the Colonial Secretary re garding the misusage of their colonies by the Colo nial office. Dr. Lang has delivered a long lecture on the subject at Melbourne, breathing respect for the (been, and general good-will to England, yet strongly advocating separation end indepvdence. Ho recapitulates the leading instances of alleged mis-usage under which the colonies have suffered, and like wise puts forward other reasons of a cogent description for the adoption of that step, to which he believes Great Britain will assent, " on a proper representation of the case." While in England he had comulted men of em r.ence in the political world, and received from them assurances to that effect. His idea of forming a great political league, in order to bring about the desired release, was cordially approved by the colonists, and they informed him that England was now fully pre pared for such a movement on the part of her colo nies generally, those of them especially that were able and willing to govern themselves, and to offer proper terms for the future, and the day for sending forth British troops to put down insurgent colonies, and to hold them against their will, was past for ever. Dr. Lang goes on to recommend the immediate for mation of an "Australian League," to consist of all colonists who pay an entrance fee of 5e., with a yearly subscription of not less than 10s. The exe cutive powers of this body, he proposes, shall be in trusted to a president, a vice-president, one or more secretaries, and a council of fifteen, who will pursue I the objects set forth in the four following resolu- EXPORTS. Opium—The price of best quality Malvva has risen considerably since our last, and may now be quoted at 1,385r5. to 1,390r5. per chest, at which a large quantity has been purchased. Stock being low, and good opium scarce, this rate is likely to continue for some time. The following is the result of the last Calcutta sale, as re ported by the Bengal Hurkaru of the Bth instant:— We give the results of the ninth opium sale of the season, which took place at the Exchange this morning:— Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceeds. Behar ... 2,085 1,025 1,015 1,021,3-11 21,29,300 Benares.., 865 1,035 1,025 1,029,4-10 8,90,350 This exhibits another rise in the averages of 20-2-3 r. for Patna, and 27-7-3 r. for Benares. Cotton Woel—The purchases during the month amount to 11,850 bales and 3,325 candles, almost entirely for the English market. The great demand and high prices ruling at home have caused the value of all descriptions at market to ad►ance considerably-7r. and Br. per candy higher rates having been paid during the month than were obtainable at the date of our last. The latest advices from China for the staple were unfa vourable, and scarcely any purchases have been made for that market. EXCHANGE.—We quote six months' sight bank and first-class credit bills on London at 2s. Oid., and docu ment bills at 2s. Old. On Calcutta, 60 days' sight, par.; and on China 215 r. per 100 dolls. FREIGHTS —To London and Liverpool the rate of the day is 31. per ton; to Cork one vessel has been taken up at 31. 2s. 6d. per ton; and to China 7ir. to Br. per candy. The departures of vessels during the month have been numerous, and the arrivals comparatively few. There are now in the harbour 30 English vessels, of which there are on the berth f, r London 4, for Liver pool 11, for Cork 3, for Hull 1, and for China 4. (From the Calcutta Englishman, July 13.) We have since our last issue to notice an increased activity in our export market, which has, however, within the last eight days again received some check by the aJvanced position taken by exchange, and slightly increased requirements in freights. Indigo, of which none is offering, without a trans action. Sugar has continued in extending general inquiry at the extreme rates ruling on the departure of last mail, which have in some instances been slightly exceeded. Saltpetre has commanded a steady share of attention at firm previous value. Rice in but partial demand, and former rates main tained. Raw silk less active, buyers being reluctant to accom modate themselves to the higher range of requirements ruling towards the close of last mail. CoiCabs meet with inquiry for the better kinds only, which are held for higher prices on the score of the limited supply. Oil seeds continue in unabated extensive demand, both for American and home shipments. Shellac more inquired after, and prices rather stiffer. Lac-dye quiet, and the ordinary native sorts obtain able at a further small concession in prices. Safflower, of which the supply is now sensibly falling off, held to extreme former value. Jute continues in active inquiry, at extreme pre►ious rates. Opium bv, since the sale, slightly declined in Patna, this sort being sold at 1,015 to 1,017 rs.; but Benares commands 1,030 rs. In our import market we have experienced but little desirable change since cur List, unaltered low prices ruling without proving any incitement to rouse our na tive purchasers from their apathy, the less since our abundant stocks increase the efforts for realization, which remain steadily resisted, the large home shipments during the month of April furnishing buyers with addi tional lessons for a determined reserve to go into stocks. Gray shirtings have, by dint of their depressed prices, met with tolerably current sales in the ;40-inch kinds, others being as neglr cted as ever. Gray jacor ets are at the lowest previous prices in somewhat better demand, v. hick also applies to madapollams in an improved degree. All sorts of bleached goods remain dull, and without the slightest improvement. Dlule twist has continued in good demand at the full rates prevailing at the close of last mail. Metals continue neglected, except copper, which has commanded an improvement of 8 annas, but within the last few days buyers refuse to meet these terms. The money•market in general is unaltered, but the pressure in the bazaar continues unabated. The Bank of Bengal has declared a dividend for the past hall-year of 8 8 per cent. per annum on stock, and shares are in demand, without sellers. In Exchange an unusually small amount has been done, for the want of takers, and rates ruled from 2s. Old. to 2s. O'd. for six months' sight, credit, and first-class documeut bills, till within the last week, when the rate was pushed to 2s. Id., at which some document draughts were negotiated. Freights have for London further slightly improved, but rates to Liverpool remain much the same. IRELAND. NEW LAW APPOINTRENTS.—Mr, Baldwin, Q.C., ad vising counsel to the Government, has been appointed one of the judges of the Insolvent , Debtors' Court, in the room of the later Mr. R. Farrell. Mr. J. Gibson, for merly Member for Belfast, is appointed assistant bar rister for the Queen's County, in the room of the late Mr. Schoales. COLLECToR-GE NERAL OP TAXES.—The Lord-Lieu tenant has appoint e d A lderman Staunton, for many years proprietor of the Dublin weekly Register, to the office of collector-general of taxes in Dublin, an office created by the New Municipal Act, and for the arduous duties of whi c h that gentlemen is eminently qualified. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A paragraph having Evening's paper, to the effect that a box, containing contributions to the Peel Fund, had been stolen from my shall m fe l e g l h. m t udeoh appeared in your Friday obliged by your contradicting serious injury to me in my busice3s. The fact i the box in question was concealed "or up the chimney, fort a lark." The mountain, there fe, has brought .. h a mouse, for the magnified amount of a few shillings in the box it really no more than a few pence. And, believe me, with respect, yours, p th a e rl s o a u m r, e l , most obediently, J. STURUH, Acting Manager for Mr. Watson. Warwick Arms, Pimlico, Sept. 2. respectable parties e h F rn i a s r o ty ld : s r !) itnhge, noseat t the of same one o t f i m u e i DARING ATTEMPT AT RODBERY.-- L ast about half-past nine o'clock, while three night, were leisurely walking along London-street, the hating I y rather solicited p n e d h e a n r t i i tT proached by a man in the guise of a mendicant, who w e h a ih ' The other two were not so confounded by the fellow's dence, however, but what they detected the dodge that N P v u ft . being practised on their companion. The apparent beggar, 8 u while holding with one hand his hat immediately before the n p d u e eyes of the party in question, had dexterously contrived to carry the other, under cover of the hat, to the waistcoat of the latter, whose watch-chain was dangling conspicuously there. The scoundrel had got the guard within his hand at the instant that he was detected; but, on observing the game to be up, he struck one of the party who attempted to collar him a violent blow on the face, and, before he could be stopped, made his escape at full speed by way of the Green. Two men, who appeared to be acting in concert with him, though keeping at a small distance, were, however, appre hended. One of them is a flesher by trade, and neither are known to the police.—North lii itish Mail. Mr. Carlyle, in his last pamphlet, makes two ima ginary personages carry on the following dialogue : - " ' What are bishops?' Overseers of souls.—' What is the soul?' The thing that keeps the body alive. - How do they oversee that?' They tie oa a kind of apron, publish charges: I be lieve they pray dreadfully, macerate themselves nearly dead with continual grief that they cannot in the least oversee it." LINCOLNSHIRE.—An extensive farmer, writing to a friend in Leeds, says:- "We are now very busy with the harvest. Wheat has received great damage from mildew, which I think extends throughout this county, a great part of it having milling but bran. Barley and oats are also much lodged from the heavy rains, and I fear will be gene rally of inferior quality." - Leeds Mercury. ACCIDENT ON BEs-Navis.—On Monday last a young gentleman named Henry Grant, son of Duncan Grant, Esq., of Newhall, Glasgow, had started with a party of friends from the Caledonian Hotel to ascend Ben-Nevis, and on the way down, regardless of their remonstrances, preceded them by some distance. They followed more leisurely, an d on arriving at the glen, were much surprised at not tindinc , him there before them. A search was at once instituted, and about seven o'clock on Tuesday morning, his body was found lying at the foot of a precipice at the turn of the glen. From the injuries received the unfortunate gentleman must have expired instantaneously. He was of most exemplary conduct and character.— Scotsman,. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—We understand that the organisation of local committees throughout the United Kingdom is now considered to be complete. Eighteen have been appointed for the metropolis, and 321 for the remainder of the kingdom. THE SUN, LONDON, :OVERLAND MAIL AUSTRALIA, CHINA. AND CHINA. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Achilles arrived at Bombay on the 19th of July,with the China mails of the 23d of June. Considerable sickness prevailed at Hong-Kong, upwards of 100 of her Majesty's .59th Regiment being in hospital at one time. O❑ the 13th of June the barque Elizabeth Ainslie, from Calcutta, was destroyed by fire, with 300 chests of opium and 1,200 bags of saltpetre on board. Governor Bonham had arrived at Shanghai, but nothing more has transpired relative to the mis sion of her Majesty's sloop Reynard to Pekin, or rather to the Peiho. A report was current in Shanghai at the departure of the mail that the Reynard had grounded on the bar at Tien-tsin and been fired into by the Chinese; fears are entertained for her safety, but apparently on insufficient grounds. The Chinese are in considerable excitement regarding this mission, and some foolish foreigners have been doing what they could to increase their apprehensions. The new Governor of Macao, Senhor Da Cunha, has arrived in China, together with three small ships of war and about 1,000 troops. Communications have passed between him and the Imperial Commis sioner, but their precise nature has not transpired. It is rumoured that he is instructed to demand the abso lute session of the peninsula of Macao to the Portu guese, and the withdrawal of all Chinese posts within a certain distance, together with the expense of the present expedition. His force is, however, considered insufficient for energetic coercive measures should his demands be refused. EGYPT. Our dates from Alexandria are to the 21st of August. Cholera continued to prevail throughout the country. At Alexandria there were about fifty deaths daily, at Cairo double the number, and throughout the Delta it exists more or less. Abbas Pacha, the Viceroy, bad gone down the Damietta branch of the Nile, and stays alternately at Mausourah and Damietta. His Highness has a steamer in readiness for him at the mouth of the Nile, to embark, should the cholera assume any degree of intensity in his vicinity. Trade was dull now in consequence of the cholera. The new crops were coming down rapidly from the interior, and are generally said to be abundant. Cotton continued in high favour, and 14 dollars per cautar was the last price paid. Exchange on Lon don, 97f piasters per pound sterling. COM MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24. Tho money market continues as easy as at date of last report, and, as u,ual during this period of the year, there is an enormous amount of capital laying unem pleyed in the banks and the hands of the native mer chants in the bazaar. The import market has been very inactive during the month, and there has consequently been little business done to report on. A consider able degree of activity has prevailed in the cotton mar ket, the purchases being entirely for exportation to Eng land. By the date of our next dispatch Cocoa-nut day will have passed, and the coasting trade of the port been partially re-opened. Whether the commercial season will open favourably or otherwise, depends on the pros pects of an abundant or scanty harvest. Up to the pre sent date the appearances throughout the interior are said to bo in favour of the former. Piece Goods—During the past month 40 and 45-inch grey shirtings of and above 56 reed have slightly im proved in value, and have been in demand. White shirtings of 66 at 72 reed, particular makes; grey ma depollams and T cloth, over 61b. in weight, have been in some .light inquiry, but at former rates. The only descriptions of fancy goods for which any inquiry exists are grey and bleached mulls, fancy border bleached dhotis and lappet scarfs. For Turkey red goods there is at present no demand whatever. The advices from Mare ar of the prospects of the season not being con sidered favourable, have had the effect of deterring the native suppliers of its markets from purchasing—added to which a considerable portion of their old stocks re main on their hands to be disposed of before entering on fresh transactions. The following is a memorandum of the sales of the month:- 2 000 pieces 40 X3B grey shirtings 3r. Ila, per piece. 500 „ 40 X3B 6 0 ~ Cotton yarn has been di spose d of to a larger extent during the month than might have been expected, the sales amounting to 156 bales water and 245 mule; and the prices obtained for 20a. and 30s. of both descriptions show an advance on former rates. We have not heatd of any sales of Turkey red, but understand that a good demand exists for best quality a lir, to lir. per lb. For MONDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1850. LITERATURE. Bart. SOUTIIEY'S LIFE AND CORftESPON. DENCE. Vol. V. Another instalment of this voluminous biography will bring it to its completion. Within the pre sent volume the narrative is continued by the reverend editor down to the fifty-fifth year of the late Poet Laureate's existence, namely, down to the winter of 1827-1828. During the period which elapsed in the interval between that season and the spring of 1820, with which the fifth volume commences, much was accomplished by Southey to extend and elevate his literary reputation. Much reason also was unhappily afforded by him to his political assailants during those same years— reason, namely, to charge him with the most flagitious tergiversation. As if to afford a testimony that there really was some ground for these accusations, Mr. Charles Cuthbert Southey, the edit o r o f this biography, observes, with a view to their refutation (p. 2), " It has been the fashion with many of those persons whose opinions were opposed to those my father held in later life " (thereby implying that he had held different opinions in earlier life) "to main tain that he had veered round like a weathercock upon a gusty day,' that he was a renegade, an apos tate, and a hireling.' " These are the expressions re pudiated by his son as unjust in their application to Robert Southey. Yet, as the previous sen tence sufficiently demonstrates, the filial de fender of Southey in the very act of extenuating his conduct indirectly confesses, in the manner we hare previously intimated, that his sentiments as a politician were different at different periods of his career. While we persist in arguing that the accusers of Southey were justified in in veighing against his shameless inconsistency, we must at the same time protest that there was nothing whatever in his character which could empower any one to charge him with having forsaken the cause of ultra-democracy, and with having become thereupon the champion of ultra-conservatism, for the sake of a , pitiful pension granted to him by a Tory Government. Those who can at all estimate the nature and the genius of Robert Southey can never have supposed for an instant that he was actuated, in his political variations, by a miserable regard to mere pounds, shillings, and pence. Lucre was not, we are satis fied, the cause of his abandonment of liberal princi ples. Yet, while acknowledging thus much, we are perforce necessitated to attribute that disgraceful apostacy to motives scarcely less deplorable—namely, to a wretched subserviency to the authoritative, a contemptible sycophancy to tbe great and powerful. Gladly, however, do we let these bygones be bygones now that the gifted subject of our remarks has de parted. Nor should we have reverted to matters so fraught with painful considerations but that the son of Southey, from a mistaken and blundering affection, has revived a discussion which he might have done better in abandoning to forgetfulness. Scarcely less objectionable in tone is the reference made by this same descendant to Lord Byron, in allusion to the well-known " Vision of Judgment." The whole manner of these remarks upon Lord Byron, but for its being intensely absurd, would give cause for seri ous reprehension. Thus, for example, what can be possibly said of the observation, that from 1 813 " Lord Byron became year after year more noto rious," but that it is at once coarse and ridiculous? • Or again, how can we hear without derisive laughter that Southey regarded Lord Byron "as a man of the highest talents"—that wonderful genius in whose resplendent presence the little glow worm intellect of Dr. Southey " paled its ineffectual fires." Making all allowances, however, for these errors of judgment on the part of the editor, who must of course be supposed to be liable sometimes to be car ried away by his filial predilections, the life and cor respondence before U 4 progresses with very consider able ability, and with an interest that enlarges as we proceed in our perusal. As embellishments, we find in the volume just published a charming group re presenting Isabel, Bertha, and Catherine Southey, at an age when they were children, as also a rather sombre view ofnassenthw4ite Lake, near IVhinlatter. THE STUD. By Hurry Hieover. A capital little volume, has been penned under this title, by Harry Hieover, as a sort of supplement to the " Pocket and the Stud," a work already noticed by ourselves. The present effusion is addressed particularly to practical men, being, moreover, according to its very title-page, designed for strictly practical pur poses. No writer upon stable economy could be more admirably qualified to proffer the pertinent and wholesome advice compacted into these six chapters ; no one, we maintain, could he better qualified than our hilarious and indefatigable author, who draws all his facts from personal observation and all his de•. ductions from personal experience. Besides this, he is ever in such good humour as to render his hints and his gossip at all times acceptable. This latter cha racteristic, be it observed, is no slight advantage to one who, like Harry Hieover, is anxious to inculcate truths upon a subject peculiarly fraught to most people with irritating recollections. As a pleasant token of the constitutional hilarity of the author we would commend our readers just to glance for a moment at the two engravings prefixed to this volume of the " Stud," copied by the hand of Hacker from original paintings by Hieover ; one being entitled " Rayther a bad sort for any pur pose," and the other, " A pretty good sort for most purposes." As to the practical nature of the sugges tions offered in the letter-press, that can be readily perceived by a cursory " skim" through the leaves. For instance, it will then be perceived that the diseases of the horse, its imperfections and its propensities, are con sidered under separate heads and in separate divisions. Among the diseases are particularly mentioned such internal diseases as inflammation of the lungs, cholic, inflammation of the bowels, megrim, staggers, and bleeding at the nose, together with permanent diseases, such as glanders, defective wind, defective sight, chinked back, roaring, and whistling. Among the external imperfections, again, are especially par ticularised, stringhalt, swollen or capped hocks, swollen necks, windgalls, spavines, and a variety of others subsequently enumerated. One of the most felicitously written portions of the book is that dedicated to the ill-habits of the horse, such as biting, kicking, starting, shying, and jibbing. Best of all, however, is the close of the volume, in which are specified those points in the make and shape of the horse which are more or less desirable. This section of the " Stud" is to some extent a prose ver sion of the celebrated passage in " Venus and Adonis," and with some reason may Harry Hieover pique himself on having therein unintentionally illus trated the comprehensive truthfulness of Shakspere. PRA CTICAL HORSEMANSHIP. By Harry Hieover. Encouraged by the success of his previous volumes relating to the selection and treatment of horses, Harry Hieover has here undertaken to give tyros in eques trianism som e pr ac ti ca l suggest i ons on horsemanship. Like all his former production, the present book re veals at once the b • nho mn i e o f th e aut h or an d hisinti mate acquaintance with th e s u bj ec t o f hi s lucubrations. Mare lecturing he sedulously eschews, all his ad vice being conveyed to the reader in a manner most delightfully conversational. It is more like a friend and boon companion giving one hints upon the matter under discussion, than like the dogmatic instruction proffered by -an elementary writer. Nothing can be more tho.oughly pleasant and agreean:e than the tone in which Harry Hieover pens his chapters. If we had space sufficient just now ter the purpose we would afford a capital illus tration of this by transcribing his facetious account of the conversation which occurred some years ago between Mr. Jessanly and himself, Master Harry Hieover. The pa ssage i s i ndicative of his keen ap preciation of fuu and his skill in the employmeot of irony. Better, however, even than the anecdotes scattered through th e pages b efore us are the practi cal hints given by the writer, himself a proficient in the science of horsemanship, such hints as those re ferring to good nerve and good temper, to long riders and short riders, to firm seats and long stirrup lea thers. As to equipment, again, his ideas are emi nently useful relating to bits, curbs, snaffles, bridles, reins, lip -straps, neck-straps, forehead-bands, throat latches, saddles, stirrups, buckles, and all such para phernalia. Nor is the closing chapter the least valu able in its instructiveness, we mean whereour author is discour s i ng a lt erna t e l y on rearing, kicking, plung ing, trotting, cantering, and galloppuig. Altogether, GODOLPHIN. By Sir Edward Bawer Lytton, A particular interest attaches itself to this cele brated novel from the circumstance of its authorship having continued so long a matter of uncertainty. Unaided by the reputation of its illustrious writer, it rose, more slowly, it is true, than his other fictions, but quite as steadily into popularity. That circum stance alone is a sufficient attestation of its peculiar merit as a contribution to our light literature. Now that it has achieved for itself a place among the mas ter-pieces of our poet•romancist, it is, of course, in teresting to find it at length acknowledged by him in the dedication addressed to his friend Count Alfred D'Orsay, who is designated by Sir Edward, with perfect justice, "the most accomplished gentleman of our time." That panegyric, coming as it does from the author of " Pelham," is peculiarly splendid, and, in a twofold respect, appro priate. It is only discovering another illustra tion of the astonishing versatility and fruitfulness of Sir Bulwer Lytton's genius., when we find from the Preface to the present cheap edition of Godolphin" that it was compcked " almost simultaneously with Eugene Aram,' " works of as contrary character almost as could be found within the range of our romantic literature. From the healthy moral diffused thr,ughout " Godolphin" we are rejoiced to think that by its present popular republication its influ ence will be diffused mire generally thrcughcut the community than was hitherto practicablo. the last work from the hand of our Nimrod the Younger is not the least meritorious or the least at tractive in its character. UIDE TO THE ENVIRONS OF THE METROPOLIS. By E. L. Blanchard. A circuit round London of some thirty miles is comprehended within this pocket guide-book, and the descriptive letter-press is embellished with an elabo rate map of the environs of the metropolis. Scarcely another volume could be produced more generally attractive to the inhabitants of the capital--every one of whom must be more or less interested in those sylvan haunts and suburban pastures, in which, leisure permitting, they may at any time obtain agreeable relaxation. All the localities mentioned in these delightful pages, crowded with a multitude of charm ing associations, are, let it not be forgotten, readily accessible to the London population. Whether the excursionist proceeds up the river by Richmond, TwickeLharn, Teddington, Kingston, Ilampton, Sun bury, Walton, Chertsey, Stakes, and Wind:or, or down the river by Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Et ith, and Gravesend, he may always proceed on his way w ith the utmost facility either by rail or steam boat. Ilarnp3tead, Finchley, Highgate, and Isling ton ; Harrow, Willesden, Greenford, Hanwell, Ealing, Acton, and Ba 3 svvater ; Chelsea, Fulham, Chiswick, Brentford, Isleworth, Harlington, Norwood, Bromp ton, and Knightsbridge, ss ith other clusters of yet more attractive " villages," present allurements to the pedestrian of such perpetually changing varic ty, that their interest can scarcely ever be exhausted. These are each in succes sion particularised by Mr. Blanchard, who con trives with his literary recollections and never-failing enthusiasm to invest them with perennial fascinations, telling us, for example, that in that streamlet Izaak Walton angled, or that in yonder cottage Goldsmith penned his " Vicar of Wakefield." As a companion to the fields and woodlands surrounding the metro polis in all directions, this admirable guide-book can not but prove even to the habitual frequenter of its environs an unfailing source of information and en tertainment. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. I. CHERBOURG REGATTA. The President of the French Republic havin g inti mated a wish, through the French Ambassador at this Court, that he should like to see as many yachts of the Roy al Yacht Squadron at Cherbourg as possible, on his visiting that port, the Commodore (the Ear) of Wilton), the Vice-Commodore, and a large fleet oVyachts, will proceed thither. They are to sail from Coivekat 7 A.M., on Tuesday morning, the 3d inst.; there will also be a muster from the South-Western, Royal Victoria, and other yacht clubs. The Constance, Lord Conyngham; Fair Rosamond, W. Lyon, Esq.•, and Corsair, Joseph Gee, Esq., have already arrived there. The Russian yachts will accompany the fleet to Cherbourg; the Em peror's is sent here to try her sailing qualities with the yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron. EXCURSION TRIPS.—The Ruby and Gem steamers have this day brought over to Cowes about 500 pleasure and health seekers, who had come down by the cheap trains from London. The fare from London to South ampton and back again is only 35., and thousands every Sunday avail themselves of the treat. Numbers take a sixpenny dip in the sea from the bathing machines on the beach, others proceed on to the wood below, and jump in there and save their sixpences. THE BATHING SEASON.—This is the season fur change here; one-half the houses are changing tenants; those who have been here yachting for the last two months are now off partridge shooting, and fresh company is daily arriving for the bathing season. A great reduc tion has this year taken place in the rents of houses; twelve-guinea houses having been reduced to eight, and all others in proportion; and we have good reason to be lieve that the proprietors of houses will do better at these low rates than at their former high ones, as they will let for much longer periods. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Aug. 24. Fenella cutter, John Grey, Esq., from west ward; Osprey cutter, John Petre, Eq., from Cherbourg. 26. Novice schooner, Lord Londsborough, from westward. 29. Brilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq., from westward; Osprey cutter, H. C. Goodden, Esq., from Wey mouth. 30. Talisman cutter, Captain H. N. Smith, from Dartmouth. 31. Freak cutter, W. Curling, Esq., from the west ward; the Queen Victoria; the Emperor of Russia. SAILINGS. Aug. 26. Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq , for Ports mouth, to lay up. 28. Gulnare y awl, Wm. Peareth, Esq., for Sandgate. 29. Pearl cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, for London; Corsair cutter, Jchn Gee, E.g., Cherbourg; Fair Ro• samond schooner, Wm. Lyon, Esq., Guernsey and Cher bourg; Constance, the Marquis Conyngham, Cher bourg. YACHTS AT THE STATION. Alarm, Capricorn, Wizard, Xarifa, Elizabeth, Frisk, Water Lily, Brilliant, Sibyl, Osprey, Eagle, Wyvern, Susan, Aurora, Fenell2, Arrow, Gondola, Cygnet, Talisman, Novice, Merlin, Titania. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PAISLEY RACES..-..FRIDAY. S xe(pstakes of 5 sous. each, 2 ft, and 20 added. Once round. Sir. Itobprts' Miss Lottery, 3 yrs Captain Holden's Woodland, 4 yrs ... Mr. A. Johnstone's b c by Charles XII., 3 yrs Mr. Nicoll's Laundrymaid, aged ... Mr. Nicoll's Theodore Hook, 4 yrs ... Lord Eglinton's Pessifiiti, 3 yrs ... Mr. Jainieson's Recluse, 3 yrs 0 The Silver Bells and 50 soya. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Two miles and a dis. Mr. Brown's Haricot, 3 yrs ... (G. Oates) 1 Mr. Thrift's John Dory, 4 yrs The Hunters' Stakes of 10 says. each, h ft, and 20 added. Heats, two miles. Mr. G. Batton's Smuggler Bill, aged (Mr.Poulett) 1 1 Mr. Donaldson's Petticoat, aged ... ... fell The Railway Stak e s o f 10 sovs. eaob, h ft, and 25 added. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Roberts' Miss Lottery, 3 yrs... (Pringle) 1 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Methodist, 6 yrs 2 dr The Aftershots Free Handicap of 3 says, each, and 15 added, one mile and a dis., was won by Woodlark, beating Laundrymaid and Methodist, in a canter. (Pringle-) 1 . . 2 WARWICK RACES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--This will be a busy week with the good people of Warwick and Leamington. The summer meeting this year bids fair to surpass, both in quality and quantity, all preceding ones, and should the weather be fine, I ex pect to st e a very large company enjoying the sport provided, under the management of the indefatigable Mr. Merry. The racing commences to•n3orrow, and first in the programme is the Racing Stakes, which closes this evening. The Foal Stakes, of 10 sous, each, 7 Subs., I must leave to St. George or Arena. The Leamington Stakes, had an entry of 101, out of which 37 accepted. This will be a race of great Interest. The top weight, Collingwood, as I told your readers in my last, has not the quality of staying a distance; after his performance at York, his friends I think must be sa tisfied of this fact. Cossack, I hear, is a sure starter, and with the nice weight of Bst Vlb, I should not like to be against him. Fernhill, ist 131 b, I have a great fancy for; at Brighton, with Bst 71b, he won in a canter from St. Rosalie, 7st 101 b, third ; thi s mare t h e f o ll ow i ng day won the Brighton Cup easily from 'Borneo, and the Dark Susan colt; and at Egham, on Thursday, with Bst Mb, she won the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, in a canter, from Little Jack, who on the same day with consummate ease beat The Swede, the third to Pitsford in the Great Yorkshire Stakes. I should also observe that Calmar, a bad fourth to Fernhill at Brighton, with lots more weight, won the Berkshire Stakes easily the following week, at Reading. According to public running, then, Fernhill is one of the most dangerous horses in the race; but then comes the question, does he run, and run to win? This is a query cannot answer. In making these observations, I am guided by public running, and public circumstances, but I have every reason to believe the horse is well, and meant. Woolwich, Vampyre, and Glauca, I do not fancy will show on this occasion. Inheritress, 7st. 31b., is well enough in, but she belongs to a stable which I do not like to meddle with. Cockermouth and Defaulter I fancy not. Priestess, another of Dawson's lot, is very well in, and, if intended, must be handy. Miss Ann has been a favourite of the public more than once this year, when the deceived them. She won this stake last year, and, if she runs kindly, may get a place this. Snowstorm, Flatcatcber, Fugleman, and Montague, I do not.think will contend for the prize. M Rib k aldry, Grief, L angton, Cheerful, Kennington, and from this l o t.ley—l do n o t thi n k the winner will spring The Juggler has shown a little running of late, and, with the nice weight of 6st. 31b., ought to be forward. Doubt, Est 81b, is exce e di ng l y we ll i n , an d mus t run well; I advise Doubt to be kelt t on the right aide. Thornhill will find the company too good for him. Tophana, 5 yrs old, sst 121 b. This animal is turned completely loose ; the is troubled with the slows, but with such a weight the must be very handy. Lammermoor, Captain Grant, and Pity the Blind, will not run for my money. Docility, sst 91b. Doubt must certainly make Doci lity safe on the same ground in the spring. Doubt gave Docility 131 b and a beating; now they run at a difference of 51b only—how then is Docility to beat Doubt? Gilliflower, Deicoon, and Knight of Gwynne, will, I believe, be absentees. Minimum, sst 31b., ran second to Fernhill at Brighton; she meets him on Sibs better terms here, but I doubt her being abl e t o reverse the running; but Minimum will be very forward. Warmly ke, Brennus, and Warwick, I shall dismiss without an observation. , be supposing l u sl up my remarks; supposing them to run and FRNIIILL as my champion, expecting to see Tophana, Minimum, the best of Dawson's, Doubt, Cossack, and Miss Ann, in the first flight at the finish. The Ca:tle Park Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old, has an entry of 17, in the ib- The Warwick Gold Cup of 200 sovs. has an entry of 13. Elthiron looks the best on paper, but report says he will not put in an appearance. In his absence, Dawson seems to have the best of it, with either Priestess or Itsby. The County Stakes of 100 eovs has 23 acceptances. Turnas, Uriel, and Alonzo are all well in. I prefer them in the order named. The other races dq not call for a remark. ECLIPSE. NAVAL AND MILITARY RIOTS AT PORTSEA. PORTSMOUT H , S NDAT.—The row between the Milk men of the Fox frigate and the privates of the 50th Regiment did not subside on Wednesday last, for on Thursday the ringleaders of the " Foxes" having been singled out and coxfined on board, a number of the other men were allowed their usual leave. At sevt n o'clock the men, with a number of other seamen, and a large mob, consisting of all the vaga bonds of both sexes, assembled in Queen -street, armed for fight with sticks and trenaile. For tunately the privates of the 50. h had not been permitted to enter Portsea, otherwise the con sequences would have been terrific. Shops were all closed immediately, and a good 'naby of the borough magistrates assembled, with Air. Leggatt, the superintendent, and the police ; the Riot Act was read, but the police could do nothing towards clearing the streets until the piquets arrived; and through the personal exertions of the Lieutenant- Governor, Lord *Frederick Fitzclarence, and of the officers composing his staff, the streets were at length cleared • the seamen an d th e i r f o ll owers, however, made their way to Landport, vvhere.they gave chase to every individual soldier that could be seen, chasing them into and through private houses, and into ladies' chambers, to which these men fled for refuge. Many of them were severely beaten, but we have heard of no broken bones, although several soldiers are now in hospital from the effect of their bruises. There are so many different versions of the com mencement of the affray that it is difficult to know which party is the aggressing one; but the excite . ment is now so powerfully vindictive that nothing I will prevent collision but the removal of the parties. The Fox adjusted her compasses on Tuesday, and it is to be regretted that she was not ordered to Spit head on the first breaking out of the affair. She is to go out in tow of the Echo this evening to Spit head, and has bent sails and crossed royal yards. She can complete her fitting there as well as in the harbour. The seamen of this frigate wear a blue cap, decorated in front with a red fox, but we have seen several men wearing this cap that did not be. long to the vessel. It is also said that in days gone by, when the Fox and the 50th Regiment were in India together, they were enemies, and that the old feud is renewed. We hope the 50th will be re moved from Portsmouth garrison ; and it would be no had move to send them to some warmer climate to take the rough edge off their temper, for we be lieve this is not the first town which has been in convenienced by their riotous conduct. The Lieu tenant-Governor throughout has personally done everything in his power to suppress these riots, and at present there are sentries placed at all the avenues leading into the town of Portsea to prevent private soldiers from going in, and the 50th are confined to barracks. In consequence of anticipated disturbances between the seamen and soldiers of the garrison, the admiral commanding in chief issued orders last night (Saturday) for all the respective captains and officers to repair on board their vessels, and remain there till further orders, and that no part of the crews should be allowed leave on shore. This order has, we understand, created partial discontent on board some of the vessels in harbour, which, how ever, will soon blow over when the leave is again granted.—Herald. EARLY. WlNTER.—During the last week the higher range of mountains were covered with snow.—PerthAite Courier. The Duke of Buccleuch has set apart a field of several acres in extent, near Hawick, for allotments to the working classes. WHOLESALE FLT-CATCHER.—Attich a piece of muslin to a hoop of cane or wire, with a handle similar to what is used by anglers. Let the muslin be about a yard deep, and taper oft to the bottom. Where flies are very troublesome, many hundreds may be caught and destroyed by these means in a few minutes. This instrument is very useful in butcher's shops; or other places where flies are numerous. DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH BAILEY, M.P. FOR THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD.—It is with the greatest regret that we announce the death, on Saturday last, in Belgrave square, of Joseph Bailey, juu., Esq., of Pen Myarth, Breck nockshire, and Easton Court, Herefordshire, one of the Pro tectionist Members of Parliament for the county of Hereford. Mr. Bailey was son of Mr. Joseph Bailey, the Protectionist Member for Brecknockshire, and was born in 1812, conse quently was only thirty-eight 3 ears of age, and married i n 1839 the daughter of W. C. Russell, Efq. He was a Deputv-Lieutenant of BreCon, arid Chairman of the Birken , head, Lancabhire, and Cheshire Railway. He commenced his career in public life by contesting the borough of Mon mouth at the general election in 1535. He was unsuccessful on that occasion, and was defeated also at the subsequent ge neral election in 1837; but was shortly afterwards chosen for Sudbury, in the room of Sir James John Hamilton, Bart., who acc•pted the Chiltern Hundreds; and in the same year was first returned for the county of Hereford. MURDER OF A YOUNG FEMALE, NEAR NORWICH. —On Saturday a man named George Burley was.committed to Norwich Castle by the magistrates of Thurlaton, near Norwich, for the wilful murder of Caroline Warmes, aged 13, by beating her skull in with a blacksmith's hammer. The dying declaration of the unfortunate girl, which was adduced against the prisoner, contains the whole of the circumstances connected with the unhappy affair. It was to the subjoined effect : —The accused, George Burley, had been a lodger of her father's three or four years. They resided at Thurlstolf,. and she was in the habit of sleeping in a room adjoining his bed-room. They had never quarrelled, nor had he made any improper overtures to her. On Friday (the 23d ult.), about six in the morning, she was in bed in her own room awake, playing with a cat, when he opened her door, and entering, asked her if she was going to get up. She made answer, "Not just yet," and lay down and covered over the cat, not wishing him too see it. He immediately came up to .the bed-side, and struck her two heavy blows on the side of the head, and then caught her up in his arms and carried her down stairs, where her screams attracted the attention of the neighbours, who came in and found her covered with blood. At the time he struck her she did not know what it was he struck her with. She afterwards saw, while in the kitchen, that it was a large hammer. The poor girl died of the it juries on the following Monday. The prisoner ab sconded, but on the following day was apprehended by Mr. Superintendent Hubbersty, of the Norfolk constabulary. No reason could be elicited from him to induce him to attack the girl with the hammer as he did. The coroner's jury has also returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder against the prisoner." A HUSBAND'S LIABILITIES.—The Countess de Landsfelt (Lola Montes) and Mr. Heald, shortly after their arrival in Paris, ordered M. Jacquand, an artist of some cele brity, to paint their full-length portraits, representing the latter making the marriage present to the lady. The price agreed on was 10,000 f. for the painting and 500 f. for the frame. The portrait is not yet completed; but, fearful of losing his money by the sudden departure of the loving couple, M. Jacquand yesterday caused Mr. Heald to be cited before the Civil Tribunal to recover the amount in question. But, considering that the painting is not "finished, the Tri bunal gave judgment to the effect that Jacquand should only be authorised to receive 2,000 f. on account, and that ha should give up certain articles which had been remitted to him to copy in the painting. Mr. Heald's advocate. M. Blanchette, complained that the sum of 10,000 f. was greatly too high. THE CANTERBURY COLONISTS.—The colonists who are about to proceed to found the Canterbury settlement at tended Divine service in St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday morn ing. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon ap propriate to the occasion. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Captain Judkins, sailed for Halifax and New York, from the Mersey, on Saturday last, having 180 passengers, the usual mails, and a good freight on board. RACKETS IN TEE QUEEN'S BENCH.---For many years the four racket grounds of this prison were kept in order by prisoners, who, in return, received the profit thereof; by which time-honoured custom many earned enough money to effect their liberation. During the present month of August, Ifso , this privilege has been abolished, and two new regulations have been promulgated:—First, " No person shall be allowed to play on the grounds except he is actually a t th e ti me a prisoner. " Second, " The racket master shall not be a prisoner." The fourth racket ground is still to be reserved free for " county pnisoners." EX TRAOR DINAR Y MATCH AGAINST TIME•OLI Tuesday, at four o'clock, a pedestrian from Leeds commences the almost Herculean task of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 successive hours. The feat, which will occupy six weeks within a few hours, is undertaken for a wager of 2501., the stakeholder being a highly respectable gentleman on the other side of the water. The ground selected is a field near the Tranmere Hotel, where a suit a bl e cover i ng has been erected." The pedestrian will walk a mile at the close of the first hour, and another at the commencement of the second' hour, thus securing for himself an hour and a half 's rest be. tween every walk of two miles. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of his Grace the Duke of Manchester with Miss Harriet Sydney Dobbs, one of the beautiful and accomplished daughters of Mr. Conway R Dobbs, of Castle Dobbs, county of Antrim, was solemnised on Wednesday, 28th instant, in the parish church of Kilroot and Templecorran, in the presence of a select circle of friends and relativse. The lovely bride, whose grace and beauty excited universal admiration, was accom panied to the altar by her beautiful sisters and by Miss. Bainbrigge, Miss Bland, Miss M'Neile, the Misses Stewart, and Miss A. Verner. Immediately alter the ceremony the happy event was celebrated by a splendid dejeuxer at Castle Dobbs, the hospitable mansion of the bride's father, at whick Vg ere present upwards of a hundred of the gentry of the. neighbourhood. The noble bridegroom and his fair bride proceeded to Tandragee Castle, previous to their leaving Ireland for his Grace's seat, Elitubolten Cattle, Hunting., donshire. ------ . A Poon MINER FALLEN HEIR TO £100,000...- W. B. Walton, a poor miner, living near Aldstone, was, last week, left by will heir and executor to the property and 410 , tate of William Bell, Eeq., High Shield, near Hexharn, esti mated to be worth about 101,0001. The fortunate heir of this magnificent property is a decent respectable man, witll4l large Journal. The Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland enter , - tained Sir B. Brodie at dinner, in Dublin, on Friday ; and in the course of the proceedings Sir Philip Crampton pre sented the distinguished guest with a complete set of the instruments used in the treatment of aneurism by com pression. sence of the Marlhorou2,h riuck and iLas, whose starting is doubtful. I must select Faux P.s, cr The Prime Minister, to do the trick. The Borough Handle on Wednesday I shall place to the account of the Marquis of Exeter, with the asbistance of Little Jack. ti lo