The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-11 00:00:00

THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. According to annual custom the walk of this noble institution have again be•eli adorned ta ith pic: - urt s se lected from most of the private collections throughout the United Kingdom. Saturday being the private view, we att e nd e d among the visitors, and were gra tified to observe a more choice and brilliant display of specimens of the great masters_ of art than we have witnessed for a very considerable period. Several of the productions hanging uoon the walls of the apart raehts are admirable as maverpieces, and o - hers as curiosities of rare value and eccentric excellence. In the most prominently placed picture of them all (No. 1 ), a picture contributed by the Earl of Carlisle, the pre-Raphaelites will discover enough distortion of hideousness and enough of microscopic Minuteness to render them more than ever worship- Pets of such men as John de Mabuse. This quaint !I nd gr o t esque p er f orman c e p u rports to represent The Adoration of the Magi," and with a r _tree of geniu s singularly commendable in such subject, the Painter's energies appear to have been mail ly directed to the delineation of broken bits of pottery and rank gras s blades, and dogs of diabolical ugliness nod pre ternatural attenuation. One or two splendid examples of Leonardo da Vinci are conspicuous among the more valuable contributions, a ° Virgin and Child" from the gallery of the Earl of Suffolk, and from ,the same source the celebrated " La Vierge aux Itocher." (No. 41), remarkable for the vividness a nd yet softness of its chiar' oscuro. In " Tha Three Mertes" (No. 17.), by Annibale Caracci, there will be discovered an anguish of expression but Seldom imparted with such psinful intensity to the "human face divine." Amor g the portraits are noticeable one of "Edward V 1.." (No. 22), by Hol bein, representing a lanky and by no means royal loeking stripling; one of "Philip first Earl of Mont gomery" (No. 35), painfully obtruncated, so that we have a canvas somewhere about two feet deep by seven broad ; one by the same great artist of his hand some contemporary " SnY den " (No. 43), the Land seer of his age; one of " Flaxman " the sculptor (No. 130), by Jackson ; one of " Master Bunbury" (No. 12 3), by Sir Joshua, most infantine in aspect and hence most agreeable ; another by Holbein of , Fisher, Bishop of Rochester" (No. 95), Withered as much it would seem by suffer ing as by age; another Reynolds—a famous one—representing " Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy" (No. 70), with the well-known picture of ‘‘ Mr. Pitt" (No. 111), from the gifted hand of our English Velasquez, Sir Thomas Lawrence. An ex traordinary effect of light in colouring is visible in the " Baptism of our Saviour" (No. 38), by Agos tino Caracci, and an unexpected minuteness in (No. ‘ 7 ) the " Landscape,", by Rembrandt. Various Paintings, well-known through the instrumentality of the engravers, will be recollected as familiar by the psitors'to the British Institution. For instance, tnere is Wilkie's fine picture of the " Maid of Saragossa" , (No. 115), the property of her Majesty, and the re nowned illustration of Dante, by Sir Joshua Rey nolds, depicting the torments endured by Ugolioo and his fellow- sufferers. Land-capes of exquisite beauty abound in the gallery, and amidst the noblest of these are prominently visible some splendid speci mens of Hobbitna, such, for example, as that lovely one (No. 54) 'with the flickered shadows cast over the foreground. " A Nymph and Piping Boy" (No. 114), by Sir Joshua, appears to us one of the most charming speci !teas of his style we have, perhaps, ever witnessed ; it has been contributed from the collection of Mr. togerstein. Perhaps one of the most exquisite gems M the whole exhibition is the " Shipwreck" (No. 129), by Vernet ; as (No. 15), "Juno transferring th e Eyes of Argus to the Peacock's Tail," by Ru bens, is the most gorgeous. A cursory glance round the three apartments will be sufficient to force upon the conviction of most observers the extraordinary merit, of those large pictures of fruit, vegetables, dogs, bleat, fish, and flowers which were jointly painted by Silyders and Lang Jan, and which are remarkable even among the remarkable works now collected together for a season under the roof of the British Institution. SPORTING NOTES. No. LXVI. A GLANCE AT THE DERBY OF 1852. " Have a care o' th' main chance, And look before you ere you leap; For as you sow, you're like to reap."— Hudibras, Part 2, Canto 1. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.. SlR,—But six years bays elapsed since I penned my first remarks on any sporting subject (the Manchester Meet ing of 1845), and in that short space of time what extra ordinary changes have come o'er the spirit of the scene; in several instances expelling the wonders oontained in the Wales of the Arabian Nights. So " fast," have we be come in these go-ahead times, that six short years have annihilated the ten-mile-an-hour mail and four-horse Coach travelling of other days, and replaced it by cover ing, not only England but the continent, with innn- Merable rails, on which, by the aid of steam, you are accommodated on a pinch with a speed of sixty miles per hour. A like revolution has occurred in the travelling of news; six -years -ego we might think ourselves especially favoured if we obtained per pigeon or rail Or any) the results of races in distants parts of the country before it arrived the day after the race by the mail coach; now, however, no sooner is tl.e race de cided than in a few minutes on the wings of lightning it is conveyed from one corner of the kingdom to the Other. The speedy conveyance of our bodies and thoughts having pretty nearly if not quite reached the acme of perfection, by which the scenes of action can be easily gained, or speculation carried on at a distance, and the result of it almost instantly known, the sporting public, still true to their fait motto cf " making strong running," have actually de laged me with letters requesting my opinion on the Derby horses of 1852, and, in one or two instanc , e, on that of 1853 likewise, which I have given below. I lust observe, however, that I cannot, with twelve months intervening between now and the day of the race, hope to select the absolute winner out of even three or four.. I shall merely make my remarks on the present favourites, and those horses that Will see short prices before the day, so as to give good hedging. A year ago I selected the following four for my Derby team, as being the most promising foals of 1849 :—Norham, by Birdcatcher, out of Bee's-wing, foaled February 25. h ; Peppermint, by Sweetmeat, out of Pantslonlid,, foaled April Ist; Claverhouse, by B rdcatcher, out of Blue Bonnet, foaled March 15th; and Daniel O'Rourke, by Birdcatcher, Out of Forget-me-not, fouled January 9th. At the pre sent time I should be inclined to take the two last for choice; they are all remarkably strong colts, are wal, and will each do a " good thing" s , me time ,or other. In the first favourite (Brother to Etthirou) Lard John Scott possesses a speedy animal, but, without I am much deceived, no Derby horse. He is engaged with Claverhouse and Daniel O'Rourke in the July Sakes, and as two out of the three will probably run, one must Ro to the wall; which that one will be time will tell. Elcot, by Venisor, out of Nth& is a fine shashing colt, and might repeat his brother's performance. Vortex, full brother to Voltigeur, may possibly turn out a good spec.; I have, however, my doubts on the point. The King of Trumps, I fancy, will prove to be anything brit the trump card on the Derby day. The Goodwood stable is very strong, having Mx nomina tions, three of whom (Eloulakin, Llumebrewed, and Maidstone) are already great favourites. Homebrewed or Maidstone I cannot have for a moment as the winner ; Houlekin, I think, is the best of the lot; and Poodle, if he trains on, is a respectable outsider. Scott's lot will be represented by Daniel O'Rourke and Norham. One or two others may come out creditably, but are no Derby winners. Claverhuuse is the best of Fubert's lot; Lucio next on the list. The mistocles and Pelopidas are not worth an investment at 500 to 1. Lord' Exeter's lot contains not even a Midas. Messieurs Payne and Greville have two fairish horses in Wingenund and Gerard. Sir J. Hawley's lot is, sin gular to say, a failure; at least, I believe such to be the case. The best of Colonel Peel's lot is, I be lieve, Lapidist; yet, his Livermere and Nabob must not be altogether lost sight of. Sir R. Pigott'e Father Thames is .worth a trifle at a " long shot." Stebbings' lot are again a failure. At Newmarket, The Old Lid, Ambrose. and Child of the Mist are fancied; I am not among their admirers for the Derby course and distance. I cannot say of Lord Zetland's Augur what I said eight months ago - of his Lightfoot,' that it was not " worth a thought," but I wily venture to assert that he is no Voltigeur. It is said Mr. Osbaldeston has another Mountain Deer in his Queen of Beauty or Hetman Platoff colts. Among the northern horses King-fisher has been talked about; he is no Derby winner. Fancy Boy's eldest progeny, out of Modesty, foaled Feb. 9, is Dawson's hope; an other Constellation, I am afraid ; no use for Epsom. The remaining hundred and sixty no minations, without there is some dark flyer in the corner, which I doubt very much, are not likely to trouble Judge Clark on the eventful morn ing in May next year. The entries for the. Derby of 1853 do not close until next month, consequently, in the names below one may be found missing. The following are the most promising foals of 1850:—Lord Fauconbere; Phryne colt; Break o'day Boy ' • Mr. Allen's colt by Melbourne (a remarkabl) fine animal);; colt by Red Deer out of Venus, by Amsdis; Barbelle colt; Fan tastic colt; colt by Old Englund, out of Mendicant; Joannina colt; and colt by Cotherstone, out of Crucifix. As the season advances, I shall be better able to sift the foregoing lots for the Derbies of 1852 and 1853; at pre sent I cannot be more pointed in my remarks. I am. Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF I.LIE TURF. Juno 11, 1851. A NEW PHRASE.—A lady of some celPbrity as an actress was lately unfortunately placed in Philadelphia. The manager apologised to the audience, but the lady in sisted upon remaining on the stage and playing out the part, appealing to the audience to know whether "dropping one's handkerchief was any evidence of not belonging to the temperance society ! " The circumstance has added a new phrase to the language; a gentleman no longer commits the impr , priety of becoming inebriated, he only " drops his handkerchief." A LAWYER'S TOAST.—At a recent dinner of a pro vincial Law Society ; the president called upon the senior solicitor present to give as a toast the person whom he con sidered the best friend of the profession. " Then," re sponded the sly old fox, " 111 give you the man who makes No owa will," some a last kr.) , r of ' d to •0 ed THE SUN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAII.IPTON The following is un outl!ne of the present engßgenlents for this mcetirg. LONDON, PAPAL •,4GGI ESSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sig,-AithOUl,ll I rt «l wy,elf not pr , perly competent to ,site on such a subjr.ei, in come-ow:9 ce cf want of time to look into the vations phases of the past, yet if we r.re allowed to reason on chic matter, as on all othere, I m a y he diowed a few words. My folekth.rs were Scotch CovenanterP, they suf fered much fr.nn ihe persecuting. spirit of their time, but they, in their turn, to the fulness oi" their power became rrtecutc:rs. We, their children, look upon the persecutions prac tised by our fathers as emanating from the heated arid barbarous spirit of the time, and in so dcing, as it were, excuse ail s! etioos of per,t eutots._ lied we the power, we now disclaim the right to persecute. If any persons professing our op.u.ous d., pars,•cure, either by it, fiteting pain, or in euppressiog di,eussion, we step forth and proclaim that they do no 4 belong to tie. We believe we have the truth, and we further believe that the more truth is sifted arid discussed the more. clear it b‘a!onans. Now, Sir, although but a bumble individual, I ask, in all respect, do the Roman Catholics profess such doc• trines and such discipline? Are they agreeable to proclaim that I, a Scotch Co venanter, ought to have the same right to promulgate my opmion. In Rom., in Spain, in Austria, &c., as they ut~H demand of us ? If they do so, I ask them to let it be known ; should then have a Lir chance of rivalry in the wui k of truth atal philanthropy. But wrtile the masses read of Protestantism being treated with harshness, if not cruelty, by Roman Catho lics, wherever they can do so, we must be excused in wishing to keep their Ovstc,l power a little in check in this country—not from a wish to persecute, but merely in self-defence. I am, Sir, yours. &c.. London, June 9. A TIN PLATE WORKER. THIS DAY. The Stand Plate of 50/. added to a SweepstAe3 of 5 sov. each, for three y ears old and upwards. Once r and and a distar ce. Mr. Goodman's Cheddington, 3 yrs; Mr. J. Sunton's b g by ~lane out of Odessa, 3 yts; Mr. Taunton's c by 13retny. rhim by fil .ckl. ck, 3 yrs; Mr. Douglas's Irene, 3 yrs; Baron Rothschild's br t by Kremlin tut of Even ing Star, 3 y re. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes—Acceptances:— Yrs. st. lb. Yrs. St. lb. Vatican 5. . 9 5( b c by Coranna Vern py re a ... 8 7 I out of Monica 3 ... 6 9 Oil I)in Tucker 5 ... 8 7 Tilsit I Bagley Eva 5 ... 7 7 I Gutsi&muri Ballet Girl Glndiele Roller The Claremont Stakes of 10 sore. each, 5 fr, and 50 added, fur two years old. Half. a-mile. Lady Isabel, Dorothea, Urbanity, Hoppicker, Mire Giddy, Kate Howard, Jasper colt, b f by Annandal-, Freedom, Lady Blanche, ch c by Archy, out of Calypso, dam by Jack in-the-Green. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sous. each. Gentlemen rid, rs. PrPsto, 3 yrs—Guardtm4n, 3 yrs—Warwick, 4 ps— Sqickbriagtl Buck, 4 yrs—Remunerator, 4 via. Plate of 50/., given by the South-Western Railway. One mile. Yrs. st.lh. Yrs. st. lb. The Moor 6 ... 8 8 Ferule . Zadoc Avia The Swtde .... 4 ... 8 7 L ittury 4 ... 7 4 The rest pay 5 sovs. each. The Innkeepers' Plate of 30/., &c. Beate, three-quar- tern of a wile. Laniseer, 5 yrs ( 501.)—Emily, 3 yrs (100/.)—f by Slane, out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs (500—Emma, 3 yrs (500—Laundr)maid, aged (800—Fernando, 4 yrs (801.)—Arlette, 4 yrs (501)—Prsslaw, 4 yrs (501.) — Marquis of Conyngbam, aged (500—Nortou, 3 yrs, (500—Faux-pas, 3 yrs (800—Gimcrack, 4 yrs (501.) —lmpression, 4 yrs (50/.)—Prima Donna, 3 yrs (800 — Prospect, aged (500 —Hazy, 3 yrs (501.). WEDNESDAY. Handicap of 3 soy,. each (to close this evening). The Richmond (handicap) Stakes of 10 sova. each, and 50 added. British Boy, 3 yrs—Guardsman, 3 yrs—Abdallah, 4 yrs—Emma, 3 y rs—Theurem, 3 yrs—lluzy,3 yrs—lrene, 3 yrs. _ The Railwfq Plate of 501., given by the South-Western R4ilway, ad& d to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; h ft, tor two years old, &c. Duster. 3 yrs (sUl.)—Emily, 3 yrs (500—Faux-pas. 3 yrs (501.)—c by Touchstone, out of Fugleman's dam, 2 yrs—Dame Tattle, 2 yrs (501.)—The Nun, 2 yrs (504) —Julia, 3 3rs (50/ )—Serus, 3 yrs. The Scurry Handicap of 10 soya. each (Gentlemen riders), to close this evening. The Quen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, 2 miles. Cheddlogton, 3 yrs—British Boy, 3 yrs—t by Krem tin, out of Evening Star, 3 yrs—The Steamer, aged— Rowena, 3 yrs—Vampyre, aged—Theorem, 3 yrs— zy, 3 yrs—Ballet Girl, 4 yrs—War Kurile, 4 yrs— b g by Slane, out of Ostesss, 3 yrs—ch c by Bretby, dam by Blackluck, 3 yrs. GOODWOOD, 1851. Handicap for the Goodwood Stakes of 25 acrra. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday next, June 17th. Yrs. at. Lady Evelyn Glauca 5 8 13 Russborough Lindgrave Vatican Car,hoo Uriel Elthiron ntsford The Nigger 4 8 3 Fuglemau B ebunter Officious Old Dan Tucker 5 7 12 Mat k Tapley Doubt 5 7 12 William the Con- Yrs. st. lb. Vancouver ... 4 6 10 fhe Savage 4 6 10 The Birotiess 5 6 10 C by Epirus out of Enterprise 3 6 9 Utrecht Cyclops Glenhawk Merry Peal 3 6 7 La Flan( 6? Bro. to Truthteller 3 6 7 third of May 3 6 6 Tilsit Camas 3 6 4 Eurus Reindeer 3 6 4 Crystal Palace.. 6 6 4 Clarissa The Ebor Humphrey Gladiola Ballet Girl Narcissus allflower 5 6 0 Phl• p-thon 3 6 0 Sunrise Antigone.. 3 5 13 Iracundus tacton 4 5 13 Unity l'ardeulus King Charming Terpsichore 3 5 12 I ttoller salute Runnymede 3 5 10 I Cornelius... 3 5 10 I Colsterdale Aristos tiordvr Boy 3 5 8 F by Hurkaway, dam by Rust Rowena K,clt-tip-the•Dust 3 5 7 :4uy Mannering 3 5 7 Empress c Wat.irfall Entre Nous 3 5 4 Presto 3 5 3 'vlonica c 3 5 3 Lever-press Prue Blue ingratitude - 3 5 0 curry scurry 3 5 0 lirdle British Bo) 3 4 12 Ischia3 4 12 hrpsichord sliss Whip c queror 5 7 12 St. Risalia Manufacturer 4 7 12 Backbiter Windiscbgratz Strongbow The Lillian 4 7 5 Duc-an-Durras Sauter-la-Coupe 5 7 4 Caprice Joc-o'-Sot Nutcracker 4 7 3 Montague Herbert Mu'grave 4 7 3 C by Gladiator, out of Korassan'a d 4 7 3 Duxbury 4 7 2 Langton Chief J ustice California The Cocktail Cockermouth 6 7 0 Theseus Bushranger 4 -7 0 Rernune.ratur Quicksand Exeter 3 6 13 The Tout ..... ... 3 6 13 Larnartine Ii thorpe 3 6 12 Engkn i's Glory 3 6 12i Cheerful Joe Surherland *Vamp) re Borneo 5 6 11 The Iletiot Haricot Luthe 3 6 lu Champion Jenny Lind 5 6 11 Lough Baur). ,• : k HAMPTON RACES. DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) Stand Plate. ••• ... ••• The Corinthian Stakes. TO THE EDITOR OF TLIE SUN. SIR,— W ill you likely afford your protection to the ladies against a rudeness shown them in (of all places in the world) our Opera Houses? O❑ most nights you tray observe them standing and struggling for a humble peep at the stage, behind the brawny shoulders of comfortably seated gentlemen, who, I am ashamed to say, rarily cfler a few minutes' rest to their de;icate and pretty neighbours. Can it be that in these days of refinement, we forget the old and honoured law, place pour les dames, or is it that we wish to show foreigner. now sojourning here, that we are, indeed, tac behind them in triouc oourtvaiea whicb,thrcwjso great a charm over good society elsewhere? Pray, Sir, jog our gentlemerx's' memories on the point, and thereby oblige very many of your countrywomen. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Mornington-crescent, June 10. A VISITOR. [lt would be a matter of satisfaction to all English gentlemen it the hint of our correspondent were taker. We trust, therefore, that all our fellow-countrymen in discriminately may afford the foreign visitors to the metropolis evidenee, however tardy, that in some respect at least the people of these barbarous islands are pro- Ecients in pulitenes. , .—ED. Sun.] [A DV I:R.TISEM ENT.] FIRST REPORT t:F THE DIl EC I'URS or THE LNW PROPERLY ASSURANCE AND TRUST SO CIE IY, 30, ESSEX-S I REET,STRAND, LONDON. At the Annual General J4ee iag, h.ld on the 30th May, 1851, at the Socii;ty'sOtilees. At this, the first Annual General Meeting of the Law Property Assurance and Trust Society, the Directors have grs at pleasure in submitting to the shareholders their Report of the proceedings of the past year. The advantages of the novel application of the prin ciples of Assurance to Leaseholds, Cepyholds, and Life holds, as well as the Redemption of Mortgages and of L ans, and the Security of Building Societies, in addition to the contingencies of Life, have been more extensively appreciatsd tnan was expected, and your Directors refer with much gratification to the transactions o this So ciety during the first veer of its existerce. 313 Pro posals have been received. of which 192 have been ce:mpl4ed, and are now in force, yielding an Annual income of 2,2:34/. 16s. 3d. In addition to these 27 more have been accepted. and are in process of completion. Your Directors congratulate the shareholders that not a single Life Policy has become a claim. The confidence with which the plans of this Society are viewed by the public is evidenced by the fact that aU the Shares in the Capital Stock of the Society are sub scribed. And your Directors, continuing to receive ap plications for further allotments, have found it expedient to declare forfeited such Shares as had not been taken up, and in order to extend as widely as possible the In terests of the Society, they have resolved to issue the few remaining forfeited shares only in small lots. The management of the Office has been carried on with the utmost caution and prudence, regard being had rather to economy then displaye The entire fixed An nual Charge upon the Society's funds, including the Salaries of Secretary, Medical Officer, Clerks, and Porter, with rent and taxes, does net exceed 800/. per annum. Thus already the Annual Income is much more than double the fixed expeedituie. The Society therefore offers the almost unprecedented instance of having become self supporting at the end of only one year. On ref. rence to the List rf Agents of this Society, it will be seen that the services of a highly respectable and influential budy of gentlemen of the legal profession have been secured, and the assistance of the shareholders is particularly requested in - increasing their number in localities not yet represented. Your Directors invite special attention to the peculiar and great advantages offered by this Society to those s ffeclieg Lite Assurances on the participating scale, in a.much a, they receive Eighty per Cent. of all the profits arising from every branch of the Society's business on the participating scale. The Assurauce of Titles is now beginning to be under stood and appreciated. Many proposals have come before the Board, some of which have been accepted, and your Directors anticipate a eery extensive and advantageous business from the plan they have adopted, in cases e here large natures are sold in small lots, tor assaying the title to each of the purchasers, and thereby saving the expense of a separate investigation of the whole title, and of an attested copy of the title- deeds. In conclusion. your Directors offer the it congratule dons to the shareholders on the entire success which has attended the Society. Feeling assured that the advan tages uttered by it are so mani - est as to require only to be wsll understood to be universally adopted, they beg to impress upon the shareholders the necessity for active co• operation in melting known its plans to their triends sod the public, and thus to assist in placing the Law Property Assurance and Trust Society in that position, which the experience of the past year asArrea your Directors it may shortly occupy,—namely, in the fore most rank of Assurance Societies in the United Kingdom. WILLI tm NEISON, 28th June, 1851. Aotuilly and Secretary. 30, Essex-street, Strand, London. LORD DIMDRENNAN —We rt•gret to learn !hat Lord Dundrerman, who has for some days past been absent from his judicial duties, has been suffering from severe indis position. The answer to itiquilieA on Friday was, that his Lordship was somewhat better.— Kdinburgh Courant. CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL.—Yt stcrday a meeting of the Governors of the above Hospital was held in the Board-room, for general business. The annual statement of the operations of the hospital for the past year showed that 19.h,5 i,.digent sick persons were relieved, at a cost of 2,4301. 3s 11d.: of these 1,210 were in. patients, 643 of which were cases of severe accidents; the out-patients numbered I'.B9s—making grand total, same its commencement, in 1818, of i 86,63 sick and needy individuals who have par , token of the advantages of the institution. THE QUICKEST VOYAGE EVER MADE BETWEEN EGYPT AND ENGLAND.—The Orietal Steam Company's new steam-ship Ganges, 4'400 tons and 500 horse-power, con structed by Messrs. Todd and M'Gregor, of Glasgow, and which was placed by the company as an extra vessel on the Southampton and Alexandria line, made her passage out from Southampton to Alexandria iu 11 days 2 hours' steam ing, being an average rate of Ili knots per hour f. r the whole passage. She arrived at Southampton on the Bth inst., having made her passage home in 11 days and 6 hours' steaming, or nearly at the same rate as on the passage out. Including the stoppages at Gibraltar and Malta the actual time occupied on the voyage has been a little under 12 days, being within one day of the actual time now occupied in transmitting the Overland portion of the mail to Alexandria through France. Messrs. Tod and M'Gregor are now con structing three large steamers for this company. The Ganges will take out the India mail of the `4oth inst. from Southampton. THE FAILURE AT LivEßPom..—Yesterday (Tues day) a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Finch and Willey, of the Windsor Foundry, Liverpool, was held at the Claren don-rooms, South John-street. M r . Wi z kh am , o f t h e Low moor Iron Company, was unanimously voted to the chair, and a statement of the accounts, drawn up by Mr. Bewlay, was submitted, from which it appeared that the total liabili ties of the firm were 65,0001, to meet which it was calculated that the assets from all sources would realize 10s. in the pound. Mr. E. Finch stated that eighteen months ago, on the retirement of Mr. Smith, who is a creditor for 7,000/., there was a loss of 6,0;'01. on the co ncern, and t h at the com pletion of contracts then on hand had since entailed a further loss of 7,000/. The bank of Liverpool is well secured, as also Mr. Geacb, of Birmingham, who had advanced 10,0001. on account of Chepstow-bridge; but the creditors of Finch and Son are also creditors to this estate to upwards of 20,000/. A committee, consisting of Mr. Pearce, of the firm of Jones, Bland, and Co., Mr. Ledward, and Mr. angton, was appointed to wind up the concern as speedily as possible. - - ft Hotel, the Richmond,entertainment was bril liantly RACHEL. — Notwithstanding the incle mency of the weather , the Matinee Literaire et Musicale, i a v n e t n ly yesterday d at the Ti ,e c hCia4sf parttle H: con sisted of dramatic recitations by Mdlle. Rachel, aided by M. Raphael and other artists of the St James's Theatre. Her scenes, which were act d. not merely read, produced a great impression, especially the celebrated one from An dromaque, in which she first took the English by storm when she wade her deb& at her Mdesty's Theatre. The in tervola were filled up by the delightful siuging of Mdlle. Charton. -------- bT. ALBAN'S BRIBERY COMMISSION.—The pm( na proposed to be appointed Commissioners of Inquiry, an d whose names are mentioned in the hill now before the House of Commons, are-Frederick Slade, Thom is Phinn, and Wil liam Forsyth, The remuneration to be five guineas a day, over and above travelling expenses. THE HIGHWAY TO THE WEST.—It is announced that Vie arrangements are completed for opening the Mid land Great Weston Railway to Galway on the Ist of August. The Earl of Clarendon has expressed his readiness to attend the inaugural ceremony. THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY GP THE INNER TEMPLE. -- On Monday evening the students of this society presented Mr. William Hurlstone with a handsome silver tea service, as a token of respect' for his long and efficient duties in the society. It bore the society's area, and the following 37th Templey ear to of M h r is inscription: " Presented by the Students of the Inner William ezi ° H u l u y r i l t s h t otnhee s i , e: Q t t i t l the completion l,rilaity T o u t' r n m is , 1851." . • Cheddington ... Irene ... Bretby colt Remunerator ... ... ... ... , Presto ... ... ... ... . Stockbridge Buck ... ..„ ... . Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. Abdallah Vampyro Don Pedro ••• ••• A good race. ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ~ . 2 ... 3 TEE NEW FEMALE COSTUME IN AMERICA.—The American papers contain scattered items of news upon the revolution in female attire of which a literary lady is said to have set the example to the sex in the United States. " The first example," says the Mihvaukie • Wisconsin of May 19, of the short skirt and Turkish trousers has made its appear ance on East Water-street this rfternoon. The dress is of green silk, and the trousers of white linen, full and gathered into a band at the ankle with a short ruff. The appearance is extremely elegant arid graceful. The young lady who has had the courage thus to face the Meths and-Persian law of long established custom, and d'scard an awkward and useless style of -dress for one both becoming and com modious, deserves the highest praise. We trust that a host of others will follow her example, and leave street-sweeping to its legitimate professors." " Yesterday," says the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald of May 22, "two young ladies, of fairest reputation and attractions, donned the new costume, and though the observed of all ob servers,' made their afternoon promenade. Their dress was elegant and beautiful. Skirts reached to the knee, and loose trousers of white." The Philadelphia Ledger of N'iay 26 says :—" Chestnut-street was thrown :nto a singular state of commotion on Saturday last, by the appearance in the public streets, for the first time, of a pair of trousers upon the lower limbs of one of the fair daughters of Eve. The sensation produced was great." The Boston Mail of May 26 has the following:—" Last evening, or late in the after noon, our citizens were gratified with a sight of the new costume. A sweet Miss of some sixteen summe•ti was out on promenade, the observed of all observers.' She had on pink coloured pants, a coatee, a belt, and nice little hat. The Turkish dressed beauty was accompanied by a gentleman who, carrying a big cane, formed her protection. They marched and counter-marched the streets, and went upon the commun." And the Hartford (Connecticut) Chronicle, of the same date, says Several ladies appeared in our streets on Saturd a y w i th pantaloons, short dresses, and fiats: As it was the first appearance in this city of this new cos tume, it naturally attracted much attention." —ln the THE JUSTICE OF A SULTAN Aleppo, where the Christians are — weak in ni nu c city Of o a f Turkish mob (unknown to the Government) produced the degth of five, the wounding of six more, and the pillaging of one hundred houses and five churches. The Sultan shot six hundred of the m^b, condemned three hundred to the galleys, and put one hundred and fifty more on their trial. He has restored ail the property he could recover to the Christians to whom it belonged, and recompensed the rest of the sufferers out of his own purse. WITS ESSES TO CHARACTEE,....,c , What do you know of his moral character?" asks the president of the court martial to a sailor in Jerrold's dramatic version of Black-eyed Susan. 6, A good deal, is the answer ;" he plays oil the fiddle like an angel."—The late Earl Dudley wound up an eloquent tribute on the virtues of a deceased Baron of th Exchequer with this pithy peroration H e was a good man, an excellent man. He had the best melted butter I ever tasted in my life." CROPS IN THE NORTH,--In many parts of the dis trict of Cunningham the winter wheat is but thin; the spring-sown looking well. Oats, generally, are looking well, except on very stiff soils, where they have rather a sickly appearance. What crops there are of here and barley are looking well, as also beans. There is a great breadth of po tatoes planted; the early planted are strong, and give ap pearance of an abundant crop. Hay, generally, is very light, and field pasture generally scanty as yet.• There is come Swedish turnip sown here and there. Farmers are waiting anxiously for some rain for sowing turnips,--North j British Mal. - * EVENING, JUNE ll, 1851. WEDNESDAY THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, JUNE 10. The General Screw S earn S.Appirg. Company's steam-ship Sir Robert Peel, Captain Boxer, arrived this morning. She sailed from Plymouth on the 15th of March ; arrived at St. Vincent's on the 29th of March ; sailed the same day for Sierra Leone, and arrived on the 31 of April; sailed on the 41), and arrived at the Cape on the 27th of April ; left there on the 2d of May. The homeward dates are— Sierra LPonc, 19th of May ; St. Vincent's, on the 26th of May; she remained at Sierra Leone 18i hours for water. The accounts by her give a total contradiction to the report brought by the Teviot of the severe iciss sustained by Sir Harry Smith, who appears to hold his own securely until he has di4ciolinecl his present irregular forces, and added to them from home, when no doubt he will be in a position to make a demon stration against the enemy. The most important intelligence is the defection of Kreili, who has openly joined the Kafirs; but this rebel's efforts on the fidelity of Pato had been hitherto unsuccessful. No doubt the faith of Pato and other important allies will be greatly strengthened on the arrival of troops by the Singapore and the expecta tions of more reinforcements from the mother country. Lieutenant and Adjutant Fletcher, of the 73d Regiment, was killed in a skirmish on the 16th of April. His body was found pierced by twenty site gays. The Singapore reached the Cape three days before the Sir Robert Peel—viz., on the 24th of April, and her troops were to go by the Dee steamer to head quarters at Graham's Town. We take the following " Latest Frontier Intel ligence" from the Cape Town Monitor of the 2d ult.:— " The frontier post arrived in Cape Town at one P.M. yesterday, bringing the latest intelligence from the seat of war. " Our advicea from King William's Town are so late as the 23d, and from Graham's Town to the 26th ult. (April). . " Communications from Butterworth had been received at head-quarters on the evening of the 23d, showing that the Chief Kreili bad committed himself with the war party, and had been personally engaged in conflict, Another patrol of 800 men had been ordered out for the purpose of followieg up the late successes against the enemy. 'the remaining remount horses from Cape Town had arrived safely and were being distributed. The disarmed Cape Mounted Rifles were being re-armed and equipped. The corps, would amount to 260 men, which, with 150 men of Armstrong's horse, would enable the Governor to dispatch a strong force across the Kei, against Kreili, if nevessary. " Toise continued to send useful information, and re ported that Mr. Gilfillan's Commando (Civil Commis sioner Cradock) had marched from Shiloh on the White Kei, and severely handled Mapass . ..'s Tambookies and some of Kreiles people, and were proceeding to sweep off their ea! le. " Major Wilmot's patrol was still out. A recent state m.rit in a Port Eliz tbnh paper, that seven Cape Mountt d Batmen had deserted, after their arms had been restored to many, and that 1 000 rounds of ammunition were found rolled up in a blanket, is denied. " By reports from all quarters the Kafirs were be coming heartily tired of the war. They would not be allowed to rest in the low countries, aryi being driven to the Anatole mountains they would expe rience much suffering from the cold and continued ha- raising, etrormatien bad been received through one of Kreili's great councillors that the &tikes cannot hold out much longer; that thirty of their great men had fallen, and that they could not count the interior victims; that they are coming in—one man with four or five women and two or three head of cattle, Sec.• "The Gaikas were in peep tual alarm, driving their cattle hither and thither, to the great injury of the milch cattle and calves. Uaihala he. sent in his son to King William's Town to seek out intelligence. He was quite uu prepared fur the news of the further patrol against Seyolo. " Pato remained steady and was in high spirits, occa sioned, it is said, by the punishment inflicted on Stock, Seyolo, &c. " A correspondent, whose information has hitherto proved to be well founded, states that he had received intelligence that Kreili had endeavoured to oppose the Burghers and other forces at the Imvani, and had been completely routed with considerable loss, having nar rowly escaped with his own life. He had retired to the great place, and had called on the Fingoes in his country to join him, but without effect. " Se,ck (Euno's tribe) end Seyolo still maintained themselves in the ravines of the Kviskamma. Their being enabled to hold out is attributed to their having received reinforcements of many fresh men from Fundisi and ether branches of timbale's people. " Kreili, after his defeat at the Imvani, had been coquettiog with the missionary station at Butterworth, desiring them to remain there in safety, &c., probably with a view to making out a case in his own defence should matters continue to go against him. " Another account of the Commando against Kreili and his allies states, that the Boers, &c, moved against the Temboes ( rambookies) in the upper part of the Bolota, where Kreili, with a large force, met them; that a bask encounter minted, when the colonial forces re trograded to the Levant neck before the vastly superiur numbers brought against them (stated to be more than four to one); that they made a stand, and opened a tre mendous fire on the pursuing Amagalkas, who soon re treated in the utmost contusion, the allied forces of Burghers end Britten charging them and carrying all before them—even in their ardour getting complet, ly within the Kafir ranks; that the Temboes stood their ground much better, and continued to fight until the victorious troops rrtururd from the, pursuit of the Amagalekas and fell on tier rear, when they were dis persed, and fled in all diredions. 18 Pl4ty chiefs have been Maul. " It is stated that the Znla auxiliaries are not corning." The monthly summary of the Cape Monitor of the 2el of May says their last summary reported Sir Harry Smith's return to King William's Town, ac companied by Colonel Mackinnon andeh e 2d division. This expedition consisted of a series of movements from the 18:.h to the 25th of March, among which was the repulse of the enemy, about 2,000 strong, on the 19th, and their flight into the Amatola mountains. To complete this account, on the .21st of March, when the 24 division under Culotte' Mackinnon marched with his Excellency at daylight on Fort Cox, and thence to Port White, a detachment was nt on to meet the enemy in full force, and a general engagement commenced. The mounted levies behaved well. The 73d and 6th turned the flank of the enemy, who were routed. On the 231 1,000 head of cattlawere captured. The British bad four killed and iiix..wounded. The enemy lost a great many. Ou the 24th, 25th, and 26th there was no move ment. On the 18 t h a pa tr ol o ' 3oo. ravaged Seyolo's country, destroyed front 30 to 40 Kafirs, and returned William's Town, with four men on the 30th to King wounded. The same day irrportantiatc.rmation was obtained from two Kafir Hottenrot,girls, in conse quence of which several Cape Mounted Rifles were arrested. On the 27th M4jor Somerset left-Fort Hare with 1,200 men, who in the night were attacked by the enemy, who attempte d, uneuccessfull yi_ to turn their flank, but were beaten at all points, and, removed their dead, unperceived, in the dark. On the 31st all th e p asses of the Eland's berg were scoured. Oa the 29th of March a great number of Kat River rebels and Cape Mounted deserters attacked Messrs. Crouch's trading station. This act was com mitted with the connivance of Kreilii.who had sent messages to Pato and Umhala bidding them to join ; they both declined, and this refusal hiti,'had its effect on Kreili. On the Bth of April Colonel MackinnOn's patrol, in two columns, sought for cattle unsuccessfully in the plains and tracks of the Buffalo. On the 10th tafirs aid Hottentots attacked Fort Brown, and carried off 200 head of cattle. It is said they were lost through the treachery of a sentry. On the 15th Colonel Mac kinnon, with 2,500 men, including 100 Cape Mounted Rifles, le ft King Wil liam's Town for a patrol of six days. On the 16th he divided into two columns. A skirinish ensued. Ensign and Adjutant Fletcher, 73d,f1i111, and Cap. min Morris, of the levies, was wounded. The columns were several times attacked 4114 rear and flank, but the enemy , wa s always replied . At five P,M. Colonel Eyre joined the right wing with 140 head of fat cattle. The day's loss was 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 4 rank and file. The eneutY.'s, loss is esti mated at 150 men. The operations of the month have been confined to patrolling, the enemy's cattle have been driveninto the Amatolas, and they are nowhere to be nen in great force. The succours from England. will greatly strengthen the Commander-in -Chief. Ou the 28th of March, on the north=eastern fron tier, there was a successful engagi' , '4e n t w ith th e Chief Morosi. No casualty occurred eiour side, and the enemy left 200 dead on the field. ' From the Tambookie country an account has also been received of a victory gained by Ciprain ldt Royal Engineers, in which the enemy; `4;000 strong, was put to flight, leaving 300 dead on the field. The Sir Robert Peel has a general carp, including ivory and gold dust. During her voyatre she spoke the Alice, bound for the Cape, on 27th March, in lat. 21 N . h mg . 23 W .; April 3, at Sierra Leone, found her Majesty's ebipa Cygnet, Dolphin, Volcano, Spy, and'the steamer Singapore. The S uips,in and DOliibio arrived during the stay of the Sir Robert Peel. 'On the 9th of April, in let. 25 N., long. 2 50 W., spike her Ma jesty's ship Sampson; on the 2011 of April, in lat. 33.40 S., long. 17.10 E., spoke the Swedish brig Christian, bound to the Cape; on the 27th, in Table Bay, found her Majesty's ship Dee, the . French na tional steamer Cassini, the Ppninmkr OA Oriental steamer Singapore, atA the MalabialEa4 It - Wittman, outward beuud. The Dee roiled ou the 9th to the Buffalo mouth with troops brought by the Singapore. In Simon's Illy round her Majesty's .hips Hermes and Ores es, and a barque, Vund to England. .Mdy 9J), at Sierra L-one., round the Cygnet, Spy, Glen bumen,leo, &c. The Spy sailed on thw 20:b. On the 26th, at. St. Vincent, found a United States brig of war and her Majesty's steamer Teviot. June 21 passed a French ship outward bound,. and on the 6th passed a Danish harque bound to the east. The following letter, dated King William's Town, British Kafraria, March 29, though not of the latest date, contains detail of several operations which have not been before &scribtd:— " After the destruction of Fort Armstrong, as briefly detailed in my idea da td the 8 ieraant, on the 25 h alt„ the combee d 'ores of Burghers and General eo tuerset's divisi m ved to ELIS% Post, occupyine it with the &rap. all levy , steering at the esme time eiehty yrieer.ers, and taking poesessien of teenty eight waggons and a large gosrvity of provi sions belonging to the rebel army. From this post they proceeded to Philipton, which, instead of finding, es hitherto supposed and proverbially stated to be, the most Ityel of all the Hettentot stttletnents, was dieco vered to be the very nursery and h• tbed of discontent and rebellion. Here seventeen waggons were seiz d, and properly to a very great extent, evidently the pro duce of the wild harvest. Utr devastation and murder which these traitors have for come time been respieg. Break ing up this nest of rebels, the whole rookery, me se navies not excepted, were marched to Elena's P. st. Here a minute investigation was made by General So merset into the cause of the rebellion among the Hottentots, and the coesequences of its progress, points not easily elucidated, i'rone the circute etance that the enereetie measures already adopted produced on the instant an universal display of the most devoted loyalty and submission. 160 of them were, however, disai mad, and forty-eight waggons con fiscated, the contents of which told but a lame tale either for their honesty or loyalty, being composed of splendid assortments of silk dresses, riding habits, fine linen, &c., which never could have been in use among the squalid and filthy beings in whose possession they were found. On the 28th of the month General Somerset returned to Burghers' Post, where he had left the Fort Armstrong prisoners, his cattle, and wounded men, and where he now mustered 46 waggons, between 400 and 500 women and children, and 370 prisoners, independent of 12 waggons he had left at Eland. During his absence at Eland, Burghers' Post had been attacked in a most de termined manner by the Kafirs, who were repulsed with severe loss by Major Blakeway, who bad been left in charge with 400 men. I had almost forgotten to men tion that the two field cornets Andreas Botha and Piet Bruintjes were absent with the rebels when • the Ge neral reached Philipton, and that it was also disco vered that this loyal settlement had furnished its quota of men for the defence of Fort Armstrong. Such was the state of affairs in that quarter up to the 3d instant, at which time General Somerset bad returned to Fort Hare, his head-quarters, from his brilliant and most successful operatiens, carried on since the 22d of the previous month. On the 10th instant an order was transmitted ham the C. mmandersin-Chief for a general court-martial to assemble at Fort Hare, for the trial of such rebel insurgents as might be brought before it, and up to the la't date of our intelligence from that place, the 21st, the court-martial had been sitting every day from nine to five o'clock, but, with whatever results it terminates, the proceeding will give little sa tisfaction to those who have suffered from the devasta tions of the Hottentots, or to the colonists at large, who have addressed memorials to the Governor, urgently seeking that a special commission may be appointed to investigate the whole affair. " I may now revi rt to the operations of the Whittlesea force against the Hottentots of Shilo, which had so un expectedly- been put a stop to by General Somerset's order to Captain Tylden about the let of February. It will be remembered that the armistice consequent upon the order we; only on the one side, as after its receipt the Hottentots and Tatutioektee made several fruitless attempts to take Whittlesea, and during its continuance they oid nut feil to employ themselves most zealously in faking possession of ail property, cattle, buries, sheep, and goats they could come upon. On the 26th of the mouth, however, a counter order from General Somerset was re ceived by Captain Tylilen, intimating, at the same time, his approbation of what had taken place, and conveying his thanks to the officers for their gallant coeduct; and it was therefore resolved that on the following day another attack should be made upon Shilo, to drive the rebels from their atrenghold, the church, and crush the revolters by one decisive blow. You may imagine their astonishment and disappointment when they discovered that the opposing force consisted of eight old women and one old men (Tambookies) from whom they leareed that the Hottentots and their allies, having received an intimation of the intention of their enemies, had de camped on the previous night, taking with them, as a matter of course, everything of a moveable description. Being determined not to relinquish an attempt upon Mapass's Tambookies and their allies, the Hottentots, on the 4th of March, they started from Whittlesea to beard the lion in his den, with a force of about 400 men, consisting of Fingoes, Cradock volunteers, Colesberg and Burghers Dorp levy, and about 170 friendly Kafirs, mounted, under Simnel Khma. On their march they were joined by De Witt, and his command of 500 beers; and, in about seven hours from the time of starting, came upon the enemy, who bad entered the narrow gorge of a mountain pass, and were waiting, far within the na tural basin which was formed beyond it, for the ap proach of their antagonists. Driven from their position by Kama and his horsemen, they were compelled to cross the river which intersects the basin, and in doing so lost eleven, of their number. Forming themselves into two parties, they took up two etro.•g positions on the other side, from which however they were ere long dislodged, but not before they bad driven back the beers, who had engaged the party on the left, and who, unfortunately, gave way when they should have stood firm. However, their work was done for them, and the intrepid assailants crossing the river, which reached their middle, and disengaging a party round thebottooi of the mountain to come upon their front, Nellie the remainder pressed upon the min the rear, drove them up to the mountain, whither the Cradock mounted volunteers pur sued them in a most gallant and heroic manner, and would, there is little doubt, have made fearful execution among them had not intelligence been sent by Kama that a large force of the enemy were about to intercept teeir passage at the ford and cut them off from the re mainder re ihtir force. Too few in number to risk being surrounded by an overpowering force, the epetd of their horses saved them, as, by a quick but orderly re treat, they gained and repessed the river before their enemies came up; the first man who attempted to fol low being shot deed upon ihe spot. ides &nig at a place of appointed rendesveuz they feund that they had only lost five men, and had two wounded in the engagement, and, to give their horses a Ii Co very necessary rest, they elf-bedded for an hour, feeling no doute, atiefied wish theirsuccess, as they had numbered 47 of their enemy Iprig dead upon the fi Id. About five o'eteck P.m , stei g-the country around them coverter with their black and ells fee, they remourned, and proceedee to leave the basin by the same harrow neck by which teey had entered it. Here the en my made a most detsrmiet d afore to prevent teen- peseine, but K sued, having first gaintd the &Ike, kept them ai ciAck until the sevef al divisions pissed tine. He, howev r, was soon utter wards ou`flenked by the enemy; darkness was coming on, and eymp'ome of fear showing themselves among the f' ingues, who, by the hy, fought with the most un flinching bravery teurieg ti e whole day, arid it required the most determined steadiness and exertion on the part of Captain . 1 Wen and the other officers of divisions, to prevent a confusion which would have led to a complete massacre. The Cradock volunteers being placed in the rear kept up an incessaet fire, and the whole force was marched through the defile with the loss of only one man killed and one wouuded. Marching direct to Whittlesea without a halt, they arrived there about two o'clock in the morning ot Luc sth, having been about twenty-four hours away. There requires no comment on this daring affair. Without any regular soldtery or field-pieces, the enemy was braved and chastised in his own fastnesses, with a dt terreimition and bravery which reflect the highest praise upon all who were engaged in it. So far, then, is our present intelligence from that part of the country also of a satisfactory description, un less there may be truth in the report which is in circu lation, as coming from a private source, that Mapassa has since broken into the colony and carried off a quan• tity of istaek belonging to the farmers on the frontier. The truth of this time of course will tell. " In the north, Field-Commandants Joubert, Olivier, and Read have been operating most zealously against the Tambookies. .From the,26'.h of January to the 18th of February they had captured 9,000 head of cattle and 400 horses, and killed upwards of 250 of the enemy. On the "Ist of the present month a strongline of posts bad been established along the Tambookie frontier, consisting of Albertie's and Greyling's field-cornetcies, and the camp of Mr. Joseph Read and Commandant Joubert had then returned home with the Colesberg burghers. On the 25th of February Mr. Read's camp was attacked by the Tambookies during the night, but they were beaten off, and on the following day followed by Read, who killed 38 of them, and took 700 cattle. ' Rather an unfortunate affair took place in the native reserve on the 22d of February with the chief Morosi, and a defachment of troops under Mr. Cole, Civil Commissioner of the Albert division, in which nine English volunteers,. eleven Hot tentots, and eight Fingoes were killed, and sixteen Fingoes wounded. The misfortune seems c hiefly to have arisen from too much reliance being placed in the chief Morosi, who by his crafty v illany in veigled his enemy into his toils. The circumstances are perfectly illustrative of the cunning sometimes displayed by these . gentlemen. The 'disaffe c ftion this chief baying been eubpected, for his haviiig counte nanced ievtral robberies' c ommitted by his people an d the Tambookies, for which neither restitution nor com - pensatiou would be made, he was report. d to the Ci vil Commissioner of the Albeit division , ..ho proceeded forthwith to hit kraal, to know his s entiments, when be pro . letsl his firm attachment to th e Govert.nient. It .wits, however, considered nec, , sury that" he should be, watched, and accordingly a part) of 100 burghers wore dispatched to the vicinity of his kraal on the Great River, to p,event him from renduritz aFshtunce to the Tambookies, with win,ra ',Viejo! Warden was engagtd on the other side of the river. • 'phis party, feat iug no mo lestation, it appears, liqd cfrsaddled, and were . Watching the proceedings going on across the river, when Morosi himself, ails a troop of hia desperadoes, dropped upon tit., - m, slid 'd. inaudett what they wanted there. By the intercession of alt{ li,v. Mr. Bertram, who happened to be there with them, they were saved, as, but fur his in terference, they would in all probability have been mur dered to a man. At this juncture Mr. Cole arrived iu the Wittebergen, and communicating with Major Warden, it was resolved that the troops. wiLh the latter, should cross over•to Morosi's kraal, and know definitely what were his intentions. This was dune by means of a boat , . which Was Comineneed and tinishi'd in a day. _1 liestmera . were timullugly tent t 9 lean big inteu. , Lions, and request his attendance at the camp. Perched , securely in his eyrie on the mountain top, he returned • for enewer that he was not for war, and that his feis of the Tartibookiee preveta«l his coming t" the camp; but that if Mr. Oi;le would approach nearer to his kraal with a small force they could then treat, he being willing to submit to any terms. Relying upon his good faith Mr. Cole approached to within about a mile and a half of his kraal, with about 100 burghers and volun teers, and dispatched another messenger, guaranteeing safe (scat to . his Highness if he would condescend to come down. " No, no," his answer was now, " if you Want me you must come and fetch me ; it's war time, Mr. Cole, and dangerous travelling." By this time it Might stimeet be surmised be hedes e unded his tocsin from Lei valley, ited i.vety hloof was pouring ferth a bhaik multitude to overwhelm the : intenders en his do ta'.in. A retries!. was the only alternativiewhich cot-i -deated utril the party was reiefercel by 'the troop s oho had heard the filing at the camp ; When the Ketire, in their oirn. were oiaiged to fly under is shower of shut cud :401, which did great ex , cutionameng them. Sixty of them were kited, and ire slaughtered'. cattle retake', Which bad been lost erten the retrea,t curneeencA. On the Ist inst. hlajor Warden had resumed to Bloem Fon tein, tor the purpote of raising as large 3 forest us pa,- sible. having arranged for an atteek.upou Merest and the TambookiPs on the 17 , h of the mouth. "On the eight of the 19 h, during the absence of the petrel :Token of le, reafter. we were. celled to arms by en alarm gtvfn from the Fingo kraals, end in a few miputes the few troops the camp ciiuld then muster vverein inns; some disposed for the protection of the place P sud others immediately on th e - spot f or the assistance ef the Fin goes. Short as the time was which bad elapsed, these intrepid fellows had driven their assailants off without .their intended seizure of cattle, and with the lose of one man. They killed one of the enemy, S utos &sure, and wounded another, who was found the following morning disabled, and was brought to the hospital of the 6th Re giment, where he died about twelve o'clock. No informa tion could be extorted from him, except only that there were 50 of them who attacked the kraals, and that they would return again that night. On the same day a party, consisting of Mr. Gillam, late of the 7th Dragoons, his Wither, and two others, were attacked within a mile.. and a half of the. camp, on their way from Fort Murray,- by a party of Kafirs, and dread fully abused. Mr. Gillam was Wounded in sevenplaces with their assegais, and still lies in a hopeless state. One of the men escaped unhurt, but the other two were each wounded, one very seriously, the other in the hand. This ecourred on the line of road on which we have hitherto had safe conduct, and, if reports • may be believed, we may attribute the cause of this violence to a spirit of revenge for some supposed insult rather than to any falling off in the virtue of our friends and allies in Pato's country. On Pato every reliance is still placed, and with good reason, as with but slight escorts of the levies we are almost daily gratified by seeing 30, 40, or 60 waggons loaded with every kind of provisions coming safely into head-quarters, sometimes, indeed, accompa nied by Pato's people themselves. "The chief Uwkye also continues faithful and of great service to us. Oa the 18th he brought safely into head-quarters several hundred sheep, 200 head of slaughter-cattle, seven waggons laden with oat hay, and several traders' waggons with merchandise. The intentions of Krehi and Umhala are still very doubt ful, the former, it is believed, having hitherto been deterred •from declaring war by the reported descent of the Zeolas to cur assistance, and the latter appears to be entirely under the control of Kreili. Perhaps the success which has attended the efforts of the boers and .burghers against the Temboekies, his neighbours, may have a similar effect and keep them both quiet, although on the 9:ti of the month we find some of their people engaged with Mr. Joseph Read's patrols near the Win.chbank, in company with those of Fedana 'and Quesha mid 150 Hottentots. Li this insmwe Com mandant Read attacked and routed, with 80 men, a force of the above-named parties 800 strong. • " On the 25th of the month we were greatlY delighted when we saw from the camp the patrols returning, which bad been away ever since the 18th, and bringing along with theni a beautiful herd of 1,000 fine fist cattle, evi deride Of success we had yet to be told of. His Excel lency the Commander-iu-Chief, early on the morning of the 18th, moved on Fula White with the 2d division under Colonel Mackinnon, consisting of three guns of the Royal Artillery, commanded by Major Wilmot; two companies of the 6th Regiment, under the command of Lieut-CoL Stuart; the 73d Regiment, under the com mand of Lieut.-CoL Eyre; a squadron of the newly mounted levy, under Major Armstrong; those of the Cape Mounted Rifles who were retained in the service, and a number of the different levies, amounting in all to about 1,500 men, for the purpose of anticipating a daring in tention of the enemy. of which he had bad certain information, to attack Fort Hare and rescue the Hotten tot prisoners now before a military tribunal at that plate. Early the following morning his Excellency marched on Fort Hare, expecting to fall in with the force of rebel Kafirs and Hottentots which bad been dis patched from the Kat River to bring away from King William's Town the deserters and traitors of the Cape Corps to assist them in their intentions; and in his ex pectations he was not disappointed. About seven in tee morning, when the division was about crossing the Kieskamma in two columns, by the middle drift and the one above it e the enemy was seen in various directions on the right, making tor a mountain called the Hegu, on the right bank of the river. Having commenced a par tial attack upon the right flanking column and been re pulsed, the enemy rapidly proceeded to occupy this mountain, where they seemed to be in great force, when a disposition for attack was instantly made by our Com maeder-in-Chief. Four columns were rapidly formed, which, moving forward simultaneously, drove the enemy' before them in one continued and gal lant rush, while Major Armstrong's tquadrcn mounted levy, a party of the Cape Corps, and the intrepid Fingoee, pushed round the mountain and intercepted their retreat, and the whole body in a mass, consisting of about 2,000 men, were driven out of the mountain at all points, and 'aimed across the open country between the Hegu and the great Amatola range and over the river Int:weal, with a rapidity which pre vented the slightest resistance. Upwards of 50 were killed, among whom were three of the Cape Corps de- • serterse while on our side only one man of the levy was wounded. On the 20th his Excellency halted at Fort ' Hare and trans acted business with Major Somerset. Di recting his route on the 21st along the foot of the western Ametola range through the populous valley of the Lim. on purpoee to provehe an encounter with the enemy, the Commander in-Chief marched on Fort Cox, burning the villages and devastating the country on his march. Numb, re of the enemy were seen, but the con flict of the 19th seemed to have taught him a least n of caution, as the troops without molestation from hum, ' reached Fen Cox, weere teey halted for a couple of hours, anal then marched on Fort White. On tipproach irg the Deue Fiats a considerable number of Kafirs here seen on the Kwatem ridge, which joins these flats to the Amatolas, and were instantly attacked by the mounted levy under Major Armstrong and the eerie Corps, the infantry miring rapidly ferwaid in rapport, nod the artillery taking position es' high upon the ridge as practiceble. A very hot engagement ensued with the mounted force, which result( d in the enemy's being closely pursued up the ridge to a corn-field, where they took reuge, bei ng well defended by a streng . nututal barrier of wood Ain rock. In 'his strong vOtitiOn they were gallantly et teched by the mounted men, who dismounted to fight, and by the Fingces aid levy, whit supported them with tee utmost intrepidity, the whole animated to exertion by their cotnmunder, Lieutenant-Colouel Cloete, De pute -Quarterrnieeter-Geheral. Hot, indeed, was the tight, ter before the fl..tikis of the enemy wile turned by en advance of portions of the 6th and 73d Regiments under their respective commanders, Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart and Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, up a eterp and diffictilt acteivity, and which was made with a rapidity that would hardly be b e li eve d, t h e y, h a d l os t thirty seven men and a number of stands of arms. Their flanks thus turned, they were eursued by the detach ments above mentioned, headed by their daring leaders, through a dense mountain forest, which ex tended to the distance of three-quarters of a mile. Here they gained an open and elevated country, a nd the Commander-in-Chief then moved on and crowned the high range of the Tab' Indods, the . troops dispersing the enemy in eve ry direction , and burning one x. of their mountain kraal s . Night coming o n, his E celleocy ordered a return by the Kwahoo ridge dusk. towards Fort White, which was reached two hoursitha after well-earned Oa the 22d tie troops were indul ged and very necessary day's halt; a n da w t three o'clock the following morning marched towards Old Fort Willshire for the purpose of devastating the fertile country of Eno's tribe and spoiling their cattle. Not long after daylight the spoor of ants was discovered, leading 'towards the KioikitUrna, opposite soon came above fort, and the troops came upon numbers of them dispersed in differentforwards, directions. In two hours the various Woofs were swept of their bellowing inhabitants, and a beautiful herd of nearly 1,000 head of black cattle was collected and driven off, it is to be hoped, as a r ewar d for their valorou s and lade atigable conduct., About two they reached Quibigha, snout ten miles . frOm Fort White, batted and breakfasted, and arrived at the latter place about an hour after dusk. In the capture of the cattle lour of our men were killed and six wounded. It would be difficult to .convey an adequate idea of the terribly fatiguing nature of these operations, and yet nothing can be done effectually unless they are carried o n rapidly and at distant points, coming down upon the enemy when he least expects a visit a from his foes. • On the 24th the column baited at Fort White, not 'only that the troops might have a necessary day's rest, but also that the Kafirs might have an opportunity of collecting themselves, and attempting it recapture of the cattle at the 11-he Neck on the following day. His Excellency's wishes on this latter point, however, were not realized; the recent' defeats of the ettemy must have had rather a stunning eflect, as the troepe marched on the 25th into heed-quarters, about 2 P.M., without having even seen a s in gle Katie on the cley's 'long march. thus ter minated a moat lahoricus but most euccwitil petrol. During the five dais the troops ,were actueily tin t h e marc h t h ey trav ell e d a distaues„ of 126 mites under as but a sun as ever glowed upon a human head in any ,c o untry, and •etiffering from a MILL of eater. Ou the 231 thee marched 26 miles heforehalt ieg either to eat or dritk, captured 1,000 head of •cattle from the enemy, were constantly skirmishing fur at. least 12 hours out of 16 they were on their feet, &nit:lg which ilm they had merchA 36 miles, independent of penetrating dente Woofs and lastnesees, and climbi ng song and ptecipinius mountain ranges. Never,' say, the Com nia uder-in• Chief in General .Ortiers, ' did troops, eudining such heat sad thirsa march greater distances in higher spirits; and his Excellency truats that, by Continuing the lessons recently taught the sa vage, this labeirotoi war may speedily be brought to a c.,neiti jou., Indeed, the e ngagement of thtillst - ;:iiii the Tab' Innoda Mquotain, ought to teach that neither his bush, his mcuntaiel, 'nor his tote4ta, cogti bias fray the sword of AA retribution, .• " Rumours from the north are not of a very satis factory description respecting proceedings en Great River. 'Nothing, however; authentic has yet, been re ceivee." ADDITIONAL TRACES OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The report that a cairn of stones, raised by Sir,John Franklin's expedition,. had been discoiered in 'Jones's Sound in 1848; by the Prince of Wales whaler, hal re ceived within these few days very distinct confirmation, rendering the statement by far the most important— presumptive or otherwise—which has yet reached us re sp.etihg the missing expeditii,n. From the vulunta.ry testimony of one .of the seamen engaged at Stri.mness fur the P,irce Albert, we have the f.ll qvitic 'vets, elicited and taken dor.n in thri preairco of . .';-r Keno.-tiy, the co mintier of that expedition, and o.th , is; awl the statement is attested by tne ameman in W ilti , maMill:r, who' elm es that, it' required, he would innito the mime upon oste. He states that he was on hoard the Prince et Wales in 1848, when; early in Septet:Wier, durin tt very thick weather, they entered (is they believed) Lancaster sound, and ;Leered west, advancing slowly. The tog continutAl very heavy for Some caps, when it suddenly lilted, and high land was see n on the larboard s i de, over the mast head. The captain, bt ing at first deubttul it it wer e , the loom of ice betg-I or of lurid, sent tt bout oil ro ascertain the fact, and of this party Will!ana Aliilar lox mi-(1 one. Hr states that on isi.dieg this walks of shoe prints were distinctly visible it. the mud, above high water mark; close by was a email cooking place, blackened by fire. and a little further on a well-built cairn, about four or five feet high, of which the party pulled away a f ew stones, but being recalled by a aignat from the ship, which wzs being driven on shore by the current,''Were compelled to return on board immediately: It was believed by the waster of the Prince of Wales, the veteran Lee. of Hull, that be had advanced in a Westerly evurse up this sound, a dtsiauce of near l y 15U miles, under the impression that be was in Lancaster Sound; but this belief was removed ou making his w a y outward, and the doubt confirmed by passing ( to t h, southward) the wide opening; and well•known hem:l4ll4 of Lancaster Sound. It became evident that he had been in •the hitherto unexplored and more .northern sound, named atter Alderman Jones, a passage which, it has long been believed, leads directly into the sea north of the Parry Islands. William Millar further declares that, at this point the passage widened, and that an open sea with islands lay before them. .It is impossible to entertain any doubt that this cairn -indicated the fact that some of Sir John Franklin's party have visited the'spot in question,. and we can have no hesitation in asserting that beneath the pile so nitro7 fully raised is deposited distinct information of his pro gress and future intention. As to the period of the visit, we may assume either of two conclusions—first, that during the detention of the vessels off Cape Riley (evi denced by the relics. brought home last autumn by the Prince Albert) a boat party was sent to explore Wel liOgton Channel, and thus would arrive at the point in qiiestion, lying, as it would appear, at the north-east extremity of that channel—this supposition not impugn ini our belief that Sir John Franklin was then on his way to the south-west, according to the first part of his instructions. Secondly, we may suppose that hiving failed in attempting to proceed in the south-west direc tion, Sir John Franklin had attempted the north -w ell _ teoey, prescribed to him as the alternative, and had gon e Weitington Chaunel, with the view of pestling west . ward, leaving notice of his. intention at the poi nt i n question. The latter supposition gives a more rece nt ante to the shoe prints, though we are assured by Artio travellers that similar marks endure wi,h distinctness during successive seasons. We repeat, therefore, that to the point in question we may look for further and positive intelligence of Sir John Franklin, and we trust that a vessel specially directed thither will be forthwith dispatched. The point lies en tirely out of the beat of any of those now employed upon the; search, and will most likely not be approached by ani of them ;,for altbough Slr John Franklin, being upon an exploring expedition, might detach a boat-party out of bis .direct course, .those gone to seek .him would naturally confine their search for traces of him to the roar he was ordered. to pursue, and thus necessarily be ignorant of the existence of those of which we write. Whatever motives may have influenced the Ad m i ra l ty jin ilts abandonment of their intention to send a steamer to 00 Arctic Sea this summer—and we will do them the 'justice to believe that some other than those pre.;. sensed by Admiral Berkeley to the House of Commons have influenced them—whatever . motives we say, have lain at the bottom of their unfortunate change of intention, the time has arrived for revising that decision, and happily it is not too late to do so. It they need such support, the aid and counsel of such men as Parry, Richardson, Sabine, Beechey, and Scoresby can be obtained at a moment's notice, and to these men can we look with confidence, that they will advise no means to be rejected which - can throw any light upon a question in which our national honour, MI well as our deepest feelings of humanity, are involved. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The second match of the season among yachts of this clubs fur a very ele,;ant silver cup A nd cover, presented by Allr. J. Wicks, the Vie , -Cr mmodote, came off yester day,, but owing t , ) the unfavourable state of the weather was ar from being so pleasurable to the company in at tendiruce as matters of this sort ordinarily are. The ar rangl'ments of the club had in every resptct been moat excejient, but the very lowering appearance of the wea thern Monday and yesterday morning deterred many, whom anticipation of first-rate sport would have been specor., from "putting in an appvarance." Tfollowing had been entered to contend:—_ Muse, 15 toils, Mr. George E. Browne—Red, with a mouse on white centre. Whisper, 19, Mr. Thomas Ereleigh—Blue, white, and red. Phantom, 21, Mr. Samuel Lane—White, red border. Se ' ret, 25, Mr. RuLert Bell, jun.—Blue, with diagonal red oss. G at, 4; Mr. H. J. Smith—Red and blue. Tit Meteor steamer bad been chartered by the club for t e accommodation of the members and their friend s , and t e band of the 17th Lancers e ngaged for th e i r amus ment. The steamer was well fill , d, considerin g the c rcumstance to which we hove alluded; besides 1 ynthis, .Ino, whit the liem;ni ste a mer. the Atalan, U Para on, Lily k.f Drvon, Fleur de Lia, leroli r , an d a num rof 3 stat e , wire in attendance. '1211) course to be sailed was from Frith to .the ChP *6 man Held and back, sod the Whisp-r wIA the fat , 4 ' ' the 4..cret being the next taken for choice; but a-citirit r " desire was expressed to see what the little Gna a t, g b . 1 ' .. sidnetlhir.g upon the Whisper mould, could do, ' In been liintcd that in light winds she might ' be u aa d i e t g h aal ad to an eight or nii.e-ton boat. nett boats all bin rninuts to one . •k' at their stations, at ten minutiee to one o'clo c k a lognal was fired to get in readiness, w hich was followed by a drenching shower of ra n. Th,, start was effected under the direc tion t M. Gowison, the able cileuiedore, at 12 hrs. 53 ini . 15 .ec.; tho wind being ti t t h, time extremely oglit awl ciiii fly from the 'writ, were, but alter- Warti veering 1., the eastvriiid !Awl makio * some beat ing - rk, which had hardly 6, cti , xpected 111 the course j ) dowuwaid. Ali were iu trim and r.4cd in slmist an in stint, he l itti'.:4 being set with Wore then the usual alac rity. The Secret and Gus. bNitilk.d to the southward, ard tdo ether three to tbe rerbwarci, but the course taken iby the Secret put fits. 'it li to wino % aril, and she i m . rne , chi ld y a te , wane wept in tidvai.ce of the whole of the hid 0 i-t. Die Mauer had the worst station, as b e i ng „,, , L w I, uward, and was, moreover, hamper e d b y e b r ig hieh put her about directly after tie start. Th e Whig er c7as a goo d second, the, Pha ntom third; mad, orb° ,Il the Gnat re al l y p r o v e d he rself to be a wonderful lade i , oa t, she or coursesoon felt astern o f y ac h ts so a perior in n 3 eourerricnt. Board succeeded board and re ach , each, without any 'radiations, and they rounded the Cliapinan head as follows: hrs. min. SM. Secret ••• ••• ••• 4 14 47 iWhisper ..• 4 23 49 'Phantom ... 4 35 16 ,Mouse ... 4 43 45 They ;all turned very prettily, and as the wind was fa vourably up they set to work w i t h flowing sheets to per form tile return journey, but had scarcely proceeded a mile wk n the Secret, which had run over to the Kent shore, got on tho Bhgh mid's, where she remained nearly five minutes, but got off before her opponenti came 9p, and thus Still retained the had. For a short time the Whisper appeared t 9 be so near *a to place the victor in the balance, but the Skeet shortly afterwards: drew further ahead, and the yachts respectively main taining their position came in thus— _ i bre. min. sec.. §ecret ... ... ... 7 29 50 Whisper ... ... ... 7 39 50 Phantom ... ... ... 7 45 10 7 58 30 The cup was presented in due form, and received with tillitubit. acknowledgment, after which the steamer re. turned to London, and malgre the wet state of the Wes thee, the company appeared much to have enjoyed th em . selves, :the attention of the stewards , t he excellence of the refreshments supplied by Mr. Gore , and the reason ableneas of the charges g ivin g universal satisfaction. It was a time race, half a minute p er ton bein g allowed. W 2 Pd public FREEHOLD LAID SOCIETY.--AA adjourned irsTE naleeting of the members an d friends of this soc ie ry,' resident in th e nei g hbou rhood of Holton , was held at t he Rosemary Branch Tavern, Holton, last evening, for the purpose of making arrangements for the transmission of subset ipauns from numbers in that locality; G. E. Dennes, .Esq., in the chair. Mr. G. Huggett, the secretary, ex plained fully the objects of the society, which he s aced was formed in August, 149, and enabled members to obtain land in Middlesex, Surrey, Essex, Ker.t, sussex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Hampshire. The land was purchased, and retailed to the members at the wholesale price, the subscription being 3s. a fortnight. Two estates had been purchased, and the committee were in treaty far others. Mr.-Farley was appointed tgent for the Buxton district,' an.: it - was arranged that the members should meet monthly, in order to orgabise a large branch in that popu 1u us neighbourhood. - CAPTURE OF A WHAL.E.—A whel-4 of very large dimenNious Was taken On nide,' last in Great Alan's Bay, on Abe coast of Connemara, and Lis capture was effected in rather t,n un'scient hie manner. It appears the huge creature pursued some fish into a 'narrow creek which was not wide enough to -give him tuning room - and there he stuck, and whenever he opened lai4 immense jaws his assuilaws poured ill the cavity large stones until t h ey tilled him to the teeth with granite, an opera tion that took th em a w h o l e week to• accomplish. In the en d, however, they got a good supply 'of blubber for their labour. —L ish Paper. Loma eNITY. ---1 "'`z is at prtsent living in the High-striet, iu the paribh of Flt. Ann, Lewes, within the space of about a quarter of a mile, in which the grammar school i 3 situate, 33 persons between CO and 70 years of age, 20 between 70 and 80, .etx between so :and t.. 0, and .one be tween.%) cnd 1 Q(), yee , : tiiere have been only 101 funerals.orthe Pariihioaere, the poptagieu . (Saes tOPre44 Floor. idacks. 30 3,850 quo- Bd to 10d; part- e tho ,was a0T(• ga'll n'd oell and ties )on )on wee rho ,g ed re, on is las or.