The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-02 00:00:00

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( der •• .• 1,817 1,485 2,14'i 1,560 3 1 , 6 3 7 , 9 1 welA na ........... 1,484 4,4d0 .5,523 4,10..2 ~.• 0 i 3 kotla nd **** •• • • 921 1,941 2,548 . 2,1 , 2 . 3 2 ', ( kil l n ''•••• • • - 1,127 3 , 3,13 3,1 ' - 1,341 32 4 a-4' •• "'• • 1 , 645 3 , 511 2,501 9 , 136 2,132 44" .. • • • • '• • .• 1056 2 , 330 I - 1,676 113 • ---- -__ ___,_ • 4 21,623 26,515 47,389 41 . 637 ,” 22,519 Of I t h t bitto 1 n• - :t arrived, L on d on .. .. • • • • 5,6 • ditto Liverpool .- .. .. 4,539 ....................._................... k4/1.1 'OVERLAND MAIL INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have receirtd by our ordinary semi-monthly express from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail, which left Bombay on the 25th of July. The suicide of Colonel King, commanding her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, on the 6til of July, has excited a painful sensation in India. The cir cumstances which led to the rash act were as fol lows :—A private of the regiment was sentenced some time back to receive corporal punishment for charging the Colonel With cowardice, stating that he ra❑ away at Chillianwsllah. The prisoner was brought on parade for punishment in a state of palpable intoxication, having been allowed to get drunk in the guard-room of the 14th while under sentence ; the punishment was, nevertheless, pro- ceeded with. When freed from the triangles the prisoner, infuriated by pain and drink (he had ____________________ _ ; , C ALI3 R O ' ST ' 1 1 rrE ~,, ~. ." REET.—(THIS DAY.) drunk in the guard-room near two bottles of spirits), - ` ll / 1 , 3- ' ED °tit IN HYD E W 11 . T a n- becoming, becoming, as might have been foreseen, outrageous ~ tit _ CIDE PARIC..— i /am an- , 10 0 , lir, re of Hamburgh, was placed at the bar be-the re- Colonel, and in p 1 and abusive, rushed up to the l i e tself b t° Rhare, charged with attempting to drown i Bence of the whole regiment, repeated his former rp e titi y throwing himself from the 11,1 ,1 0 b, 11'1 1194-park. bridge into the i charge, fur which he was again placed in confine ; ment and sentenced by a court-martial to transporta arsons 0 1 11 % Lb , one of the beitmen rmployed by the ' tion for seven years, which sentence the Commander -41a%, o f r ° Society, stated that about two o'clock on 1 in-Chief refused, under the circumstances of the case, h e n lie, ftw .r,Peuti he was near the receiving-house to P t at of the brid e defendant throw himself from the ua- : to sanction, and ordered the man to return to his 4044:114 boat e nd into the water. Witness immediately i troop: The remarks of the Commander-in-Chief on 1 this trial, added to what be said .at Lahore (" that ple aitt - r lll tit that moment rowed to . the spot, but il a gentleman ia the men of the 14th would go anywhere if properly defendantcing under the t e bridge in tioiltas 4.4.b°olnadeized the ... by collar A ! led"), stung Colonel King so deeply as to induce i , %pe t 0 - . Pulled him into his boat, and with the i him to commit suicide. moo , N , ( witness conveyed him to the receiving- The following are the general orders which are 141 ' 10 4"1 t he I . t h ip , 4, and _.. Una remedies were applied by the i said to have led to the sad event. „"1 te e ,: lI J ter an hour or so defendant was suffi- l " Head-quarters, Simla, July 8. A 4 koo" . ' e recl as to allow them to take him to the ' " No. 43.-1. At a general court-martial assembled s f o n o _ . . 1 at Lahore, on Monday, the 3d of June, 1850, Private wipg letter was found in his pocket:— John M`Lean No. 756, of her Majesty's 14th (or King's) et" /4 414 " London, August 31st, 1850. I Regiment of ' Light Dragoons, was arraigned on the ohicati oo 2 . 7" - Yor . the purpose of relieving you from following liarge:— n te n 11 7 . 1 1 4 anxiety this evening, I deem it prefer- "For highly outrageous and . insubordinate conduct, of ~`,l la re V lnt you by these means of my intentions. in having, on a parade of the regiment at Lahore, on the faqvutaioi n eerl disappointed, and it is cot in my power 20th of March, 1850, after having undergone corporal kff"etlg e 1 the sum I promised you to-night, I punishment, by sentence of a court-martial, advanced to pot;.tno nave !lee you and the world any more. My wards Lieutenant-Colonel King, C.B.,.command -4•%e n, e been too great of lstir, as to be able to sup- ing the regiment, in a threatening manner, using groisly the quest more, so I have resolved to destroy myself. abusive language to that officer; and in having violently tion Pt Qafa a t° You, Madame, is, that as soon as you have resisted the escort which secured him. ti t ' s et R; b ,t ll 9 death you will intimate it to my rela- "Finding=The Court is of opinion that the prisoner, I,ietNkit—gaurgb, who I have no doubt will remit you No. 756, Private John M'Lean, of her Majesty's 14th You It oe ? ; f Iny debt owing ; tell them it is my dying (or King's) Regiment of Light Dragoons, is guilty of the 4 0 - 6 ,4 ire ,1,.. 40 my thanks for the kindness and leniency charge preferred against him. ' You r ii " n tYB evinced towards me, and the farewell " Sentence—The Court sentence the prisoner, N 0.756, . ' eanp y Private John M•Lean, of her Majesty's 14th . (or King's) 1 , 0 .._ r 8 4". Dunn "WILLIAM TINSMITH." Regiment of Light Dragoons, to transportation for seven Jp t. Z, n, 49 Burr-street, • years. i tti4 pe ply to. therine'a•docks." lip.tilt of Mr. BINGHAM, the prisoner said he had it7a ftiNid!ork for four months, and he bad not a r ! , e tai M London. li k i ° origi n 11, Who was in court, said the defendant had ' ti t ,,,Peeo 1 1 1. !Ith her for some time, and his cond uc t tl3 l ll,utai lond `, lB t exemplary. Latt er ly h e h a d b een i n a ti i o to p r i ng state o f m i n d i u consequence of h i s in toepl sheu'llre employment. If th e p r i soner was dia lak time it.WtAlid guarantee to take charge of him till k r eep o 11 ;ne could communicate with his friends, thth Ati o :" l 9 respectable. hetoo o3 4 X having admonished the defendant on liqe e d .efeu l i ci e tt ee of his offence discharged him. o il d u.s expressed his gratitude for the !Men raceved, and left the court with Mrs. Dunn. tlNsph._ 4412, 4 4 1 4 : 1 1N STER.—(THIS DAY.) ' l t hit_litte k , " a "n , an elderly man, was charged with 4 ‘seir f Yted to commit self-destruction by throw , 40 te one of the Citizen steam-boats yester 141t. St Ace 101. --av r --.ord, captain of the City steam-boat E, 14 tI rl i h tt )' p e rt e o rd aY morning - he was in Battersea-reach dot h 2e ,g - . et. ?ler asked him if he would post a letter ti lied t„ueleel: He answered in the negative, and tio t i,:eap t , ‘ " watch him closely. The prisoner asked a 4 11 1 ,;_ Th e :'.._ Dest his letter and then rolled into the I V% wh"ginea were reversed, and ropes got under ttellea pi " he was hauled on board, and, being taken k i l s tip t° ti e er '"lie given into custody. The letter was 1, h e Itacl s i e . effect that by the time his brother 'lt f ot ho sten 7r received it be should be no more, and I, l 4il P °l'd t t meg a current which, instead of taking ail, : 4 404 1 , e ° 1 t him backward. 'NI, h i t hiv ere( l l l TE asked if his friends were present, and 401141441 f • ' ll the negative said that he would t a k e 6, 4 ii 20 504 a n d two sureties in 251. eac h. lip, "41 not forthcoming, and the prisoner was ......................_-_ kIIN------ " Head-quarters, June 18. "Revised—ln revising the proceedings of the Court, lam obliged to call iti 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, when under sentence of a court-martial. " 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 pain of punishment bad 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 merit. " 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 ; fur, 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 bey,,nd all proportion to the crime, in the peculiar circumstances above stated. " C. J. NAPIER, General, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies." " REVISED SENTENCE. " The Court having carefully considered the remarks by his Excellency the Commander-in-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. " llead•quarters, July 1, 1850. " I am sorry that the Court felt ittelt' 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 excused by his drunken ness, but by facts stated in my remarks to the Court on its proceedings being revised. I assure the Court that great severity, without a due consideration being given to circumstances, is not justice, not conducive to dis- RICAN NEWS. k ( 11 1* teit,l,Lis ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 4 04", u) vi e 11111 steam•ship Cambria, Giptai t n q°ol advices from Boston to the 21s , qtrl e°11111."W YOrk to the 20th ult. Th ittile C tinic ation between New York , and Halifax L I:gtea, 1 4 114 t r i l l l ' Bh iP Europa arrived at Boston at eight tht44 e ship of the 21st August. ~Ockelvrri Rio Janeiro, dated July 6th, appear ro:„Niti v ` t 'rk papers. They confirm the intelli c4R],tPtiz,,..etto the demolition of a tort and capture I ttV °Y the Cormorant. Mr. Hudson, the NO, ar„",b4l, is said to have disowned the pro t,tVerldep7 C onsequently his passport s h ave no t 11114zitttoio,let't; The commander of the Cormorant was th, n ave received his orders direct from 44 t9 )000 1 % market flour sales for the month were 41 144 P :ice & 1 1 41 :,rels, at rather improving prices. For .4ro rg 4 'l given way, consequent upon the ae -48ki:Ight„-E uro pe. ' l 4l ' l4 d k t l I. been rather brisk to Europe, but were Th W4B 11 1) 2 7 to 271. et the Pl ll-118 to t l u ese question had been settled a t ° E Yortugal was to make provi s i on f or ,e four claims, an d to refer the SPr n • -'l4 th Armstrong to the arbitration case of y:t4 /.4i Port, , Zetim,ts th e we learn that in consequence of dollel~tCrops were all down. There was D„Poduc e left at Mayguez to load the Sugar was going at 3 dolls. 50c to 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 hat, and seem inclined to be as troublesome as ever. A man of the Ilorse Artillery has been shot by one of them close to his 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 set 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 hoed 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 withobt 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. th! l fill t „ S 1 6 , P. O " a ton n s 'NG INTELLIGENCE. 0 1 ! N , l !itto r , "fueeri of the West, Caroline, Nesmitt, "'ci d ultru es Wright Washington, Mauhat- G +1 15"81 and • 'Nod Itlchard Alsop, from Liver- Cig tv 'etio 4o y es, from Havre ; Northumberland ),7 1 t; ; 4,„ „‘ - ' o ngrept. from London; Jowa, xtOre,ZeLl L ass L fr ' orn Galway • Amelie , from 41 1 :::11" t ly 4 1 r ,_ f rotn Dublin ; Coralinn, from'Glas t.447lire, S plendid, and Elizabeth Bruce, ) 41'',41°Ward, from Hamburgh ; Orion, g tq itt. tp , d 7er e !"") Neptune, Francis, Binsia, Ste- J %Ile ; ' 4 '4, from Bremen ; Alexander, at . I I Allat, New York ; Isabella, from Ito 4 h at. 13 .oltimore ; Washington Irving and 4 4 q, ) 41 4 ,,,erP00l ; Eclipse, from Greenock ; hop ts sgo w "grilin, Dahlia, and Competitor, 4tl 'oa; s .; and Sophia, from Marseille s , L. Goldsmith, from Car tytht.‘t Fr ed eric (ll e lr k. Gustave, from Bordeaux, ( "int ; ; ‘,..eambria, from Newport, at ttb Gentoo, from Montreal phiratilverpool, and William Sturges, from 4 4 4 1 4 4 (41 414 1th ia ; Milan, from N ew p or t, a t 44 1.1 4 ? frona Liberty, from Belfast; Cumber • 9olir 14 and "'Port; rEolus, from Hamburgh; 4 047 4 8jl lenrietta, from Liverpool ; Conrad itty., 441. ; at n r°4l, Glasgow; and Pennaugham, tve S t. Stuebec ; James Reddin, from Lon -44414 at i t ,P W A uh n's, New Brunswick. Pl4litwooS,dneFpiNvorth, from Greenock for Quebec, of tl lea C .D., in a dismantled condition, te e , verboard. Ten children died on the yyr, ales. Ct'\ At._ • t. 4 t ql 41 ER ketipei4ltet.....„ClAL INTELLIGENCE. . I %te t t ' 4 4% 44 t ste m; :_ ri Stacks there is no marked change 4:::: 11 k x are pe -"-r• The demand has been fair, and , N;11, 18.,,ithout important change. United 100 r. 1 16 to 116 f; 1867, 118 f to 1151. it las State Stock very steady, and in fair O 4 Pw °I ' cotto n itl ttld t encieLe are 4,000 bales, and the market 44 t1 4 51 1 1 3 1 4 60 ).. • d„,..irt y t ,_ inquiry for 11 ur, without change 4\o4l,u4l..l3s.uousand bushels of Canadian wheat. t e , 4 ll ) „Ne t °Pee s d A good demand for. United States', 'A "Or 4°P the de Good demand for Indian t ot S t il l; e6o(l4lßw:de.k large. all e , to , Sales 175 barrels, at 6 dolly. °so ° "cal& 12ie. for pots. 1 .1:1114 tt h • is Bel t op p .lt is stead ling steadily at 35 dolls. per to t eolii , at 19 dolls. 25c. cash, and giskt,!2 l. , o, "'att en without much activity. 2, " ked n i d n gar9dd .for Liver o p, at 1 , 11 s'Lber articles remaiUi r nTno w m h tna a lly the t l 4 l O , isl et Ndh b iaie, s tlr cot ton NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 15. tit tin e , II have been 2,3 00 b ides, and at t 12 1 no t_be arrival of the Niagara news ; 1 , 111 04 t t h r : t i „ ea t T it r i tt o gr of Brazil has left Ostend in no a t to h e . 'Algal. Before her departure she ,I D. 4 r 4,111. ter, of the death of Louis ibrci;4l44-Cei; ilbtatr, the Princess de Joinville. a lt :s:ert ja . et ttl at th s t . i a evice lt o B ; The engine taeyr tu o t o Railway cee 14 5 %4 17, 1 ,,'; a qrt afford on Satur a Cl ' l 4 1 4 dtt l t t !!isy a l 'ari this I !: the reading Of letters containing I tek aitlat r is " the country, and allegations a hoy beatene present drivers: The men appear Men: ' an Cti d s everal are stated to have lines, of ,411 • r A tragical event has occurred on board the Hon. Company's cargo boat Kaleegunga, in tow of the steamer Berhampooter, 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, whicl) were loaded, role 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 tune, 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 : " HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Lieutenant J. F. Wood house, 61st Foot, at Prshawur, on the 24th of June; Lieutenant 11. A. Malony, 60th Thfies, at Meerut, on the 3d of July; Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. King, C. 13., 14th Light Dragoons, at Lahore, on the 6th of July. " MADRAS.—Lieutenant F. Keighly, 24th Native In. fantry, at Kamptee, on the 6th of June; Lieutenant J. Knowles, 32d Native Infantry, at Kamptee, on the 17th of June; Ensign 11. St. A. Burdett, 2d European Light Infantry, at Masuldoovoo, en route to Madras. on the 20th of June; Major 11. N. Noble, 40th Native Infantry, at Jaulnah, on tho 14th of July. " BENGAL.—Captain R. Stein, 49th Native Infantry, at Phillour, on the 10th of June; Assistant-Surgeon 1), THE SU - N, LONDON, Morgan, medical establishment, at Naineo Tal, on tho 21st of June; Lieutenant T. S. Irwin, Engineers, at liazarcebaugh, on thelGth of June; Captain 11. Beaty, 62d Native In:at;try, at zca, on board the Bueephalus, on the 2d of February." AUSTRALIA. 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 Queen, and general good-will to England, yet strongly advocating separation and independence. He recapitulates the leading instances of alleged mis-usage under which the colonies have buffered, and likewise 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 consulted men of emi nence 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 cf them especially that were able and willing to govern themselves, and to offer proper terms f o r th e f u t ure , an d th e ay 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 Lea g ue," to c on si s t of all colonists who pay an entrance fee of 5.9., 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 the objects set forth in the four following resolu 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 may henceforth feel and know that they are no longer isolated 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, th e 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 arid fully developed, and that they may be fitted as 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 fall approbation and concurrence of Great Britain, the entire freedom and independence of those colonies, and their erection into sovereign and independent states; to be incorp orated 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 3,000/. 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. J i ang 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 releases The particulars of the affeir 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 4i years are estimated at 592,252/. Gold washing has commenced with sufficient prospect of success to stop emigration to California. Experi ments have been made on the sand, from the bed of the Unkaparinga, a stream south of Adelaide, with a newly-invented machine, capable of washing from 25 to 30 tuns per day. Two ounces of gold were ob tained from 160Ib. of sand. Very promising indica tions of coal have been met with on the south side of Kangaroo Island. A newspaper in the German lan guage, called the Sued-Australische Zeitung, has been established in Adelaide, and appears to he conducted with great ability. I; circulates chiefly among the German immigrants, whose numbers are increasing fast. 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. On 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 Ilacao 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, had gone down the Damietta branch of the Nile, and stays alternately at Mausourah and Damietta. His Highness bas 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, 97i piasters per pound sterling. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY, W EDNESDIY, JULY 24. The money market continues as easy as at date of last report, and, as usual during this period of the year, there is an enormous amount of capital laying unem ployed 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 tho 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 Uncle 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 be in favour of the former. Piece Goods—During the past month 40 and 45-inch grey shirtings of and, above 5q reed have slightly im proved in value, and have ben in demand. White shirtings of 66 at 72 reed, particular makes; grey ma dapollarns and T cloth, over 6lb. in weight, have been in some slight inquiry, but at former rates. The only descriptions of fancy goods for which any inquiry exists are grey and bleached mulls, fancy border bleached dhoties and lappet scarfs. For Turkey red goods there is at present no demand whatever. The advises from' Marwar 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 ; Te l eese.° f 4ot h e X m3B grey shirtings . 500 Co " to a larger extenttton yarn 3r. lla. per piece. 40 has X3 b B een di ' s ' posed of 6 0 „ during the month than mig ht have been expected the sales amountin g t o 156 bal es water and 245 mule; and the prices obtained for -Os. and 30s of both descriptions show an advance on former rates. We have not heard of any sales of Turk e y red, but understand that a good demand exists for best quality a lir• to lr. per lb. For In Exchange an unusually small amount has been done, for the want of takers, and rates ruled from 2s. Oid. to 2s. Oid. for six months' sight, credit, and first-class documeut bills, till within the last week, when the rate was pushed to 2s. ld., at which some document draughts were negotiated. Freights have for London further slightly improved, but rates to Liverpool remain much the same. `ll IItELAND. NEW LAW APPOINTMENTS.-Mr. Baldwin, Q.C., ad rising 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. 1-:choales. COLLECTOR-GENER AL OF TAXES.—The Lord-Lieu tenant has appointed Alderman 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 which that gentlemen is eminently qualified. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A paragraph having appeared in your Friday Evening's paper, to the effect that a box, containing contributions to the Peel Fund, had been stolen from my parlour, I shall feel much obliged by your contradicting the same, as it might do serious injury to me in my business. The fact is, the box in question was concealed up the chimney, for a. lark." Zne mountain, there fore, has brought forth a mouse, for the magnified amount of a few shillings in the box is really no more than a few pence. And, believe me, with respect, yours, most obediently, J. STURCH, Acting Manager for Mr. Watson. Warwick Arms, Pimlico, Sept. 2. DARING ATTEMft AT ROBB11RY: s t partiesnight, et, the i 3; h were b 9- a w b e o r u e t le h i a sa lf r - e p l a y st w n a i i n k elbo ing 'cl a o l c e k a , g wti e l n e his old a r g o layc ap proached solicitedh y a mancharity, int the pushing, at f a t a tbe mendicant, aam e time, hat rather impudently under the nose of one of the party. ar i t n y: d threeon_st r e r e spectable rj rt conspicuously The other two were not so confounded by the fellow impu dence, however, but what they detected the dodge that it being practised on their companion. The apparent beggar, 3 while holding with one hand his hat immediately before the eyes of the party in question, bad dexterously contrived to carry the other, under cover of the hat, to the waistcoat of the latter, whose watch-chain was dangling there. The scoundrel had got the guard within his handet 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 there is a flesher by trade, and neither are known to the police.---Sorth Br dish Mail. Mr. Carlyle, in his last pamphlet, makes two ima ginary personages carry on the following dialogue : " • What are bishops?' Overseers of souls.- 4 What is the soul ?"The thing that keeps the body alive.—' How do they oversee that ?' They tie on 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 no!hing but bran. Barley and oats are also much lodged from the heavy rains, and I fear will be gene rally of infeiior quality."— Leeds Mercury. ACCIDENT ON BEN-NEVIS.—On Monday last voung 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 remonst r ances , preceded them by some distance. They followed more leisurely, and on arriving at the glen, were much surprised at not finding 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 or 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 kiogdohi! orange yarn 121 annas per lb. have been obtained for a small lot of seven hales. Sales:- 60 bales water twist, 3001 b. each, No. 30, at ills. per lb. 60 bales water twist, 3001 h. each, No. 30, at Bas. per lb. 36 bales water twis , , 400th. each, Nn. 30, at Bi-as. per lb. 100 bales mule twist. 300 lb. each, Nos. 20, 20 bales, at annas 61; 30, 30 bales, at annas Si; 40, 40 bales, at as. 91, 30, 10 bales, et annas 11 per lb. 95 bales mule twist, 3001bs. each, Nos. 18, 20, 22, at annas 6 per lb. 50 bales mule twist, 3001 b. each, Nos. 40, at sir. 10 per lb. i - 7 bales orange yarn, 400! ' annas 12,i p er lb, b. each, Nos. 30, 40, 50, at ' Metals. — Copper—An improvement has taken place in L the price of bottoms, sheathing, and braz'ers. Australian is in moderate demand, while sales in South American are with difficulty effected. Iron—Hoop, sheet, and square nail ro.l remain as before, while round nail rod and English bar have slightly advanced in demand and value since our last. Steel—Swedish in bar and tubs is steady 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 remain as before; stocks continue large, and demand extremely dull. Beer—ln Hodgson's we have not heard of any trans. actions. The market has been stripped of Allsop's, 560 hogsheads having been disposed of at 65:. per hogshead, and sales of 27b hogsheads "to arrive" hate bees 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 of turpen tine are the only articles under this head at atl in de mand. 200 bolts bleached canvas have been sold at 174 rs. per belt. Cordage and sewing twine are dull. A sale 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 lira. per gross, is re- I ported. Opium—The price of best EXPORTS quality Malwa has risen considerably sin ce our l ast, and may now be quoted at 1,385r5. to 1,390 r5 . per chest, at which a large quantity has been purch ase d. S tock being low, and goo d op i um 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 Wool—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 advance 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 advicea 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. Old., 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 3/. 2s. 6d. per ton; and to China 71r. 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, j of which there are on the berth for 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 advanced 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. Corahs 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 previous rates. Opium ha!, 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 our 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 1 easons for a determined reserve to go into stocks. Gray shirtings hare, by dint of their depressed prices, met with tolerably current sales in the 140-inch kinds, others being as neglected as ever. Gray jaconets are at the lowest previous prices in somewhat better demand, v hich also applies to madapollams in an improved degree. All sorts of bleached goods remain dull, and without the slightest improvement. Mule 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 STUD. By Harry Hieover. A capital little volume, has been penned under this isle, by Harry Hieover, as a sort of supplement to he "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 fur strictly practical pur poses. Nu 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 s li g ht a d vantage 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 " Ralither 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 snore 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. The money-market in general is unaltered, but the pressure in the baza ar continues unabated. The Bank of Bengal has declar e d a di vidend for the of 8-8 per cent. per ann um on stock, and shares are in demand, without se ll ers . past half-year PRACTICAL 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 some practical suggestions on horsemanship. Like all his former production, the ptesent book re veals at once the benhomnie of the author and his inti mate acquaintance with the subject of his 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 thoroughly pleasant and agreeable than the tone in which Harry Hieover pens his chapters. If we had space sufficient just now for 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. Jessamy and himself, Master Harry Hieover. The passage is indicative of his keen ap preciation of fun and his skill in the employment of irony. Better, however, even than the anecdotes scattered through the pages before 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 where our author is discoursing alternately on rearin g , ki c ki ng , plung trotting, cantering, and glillopping. Altogether, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBE LITERATURE. GODOLPIIIN. By Sir Edward Bulu•cr Lytton, Bart. A particular interest attaches itself to this cele brated novel from tha 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 quito 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 composed " 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 throughout " Godolphin" we are rejoiced to think that by its present popular republication its influ ence will be diffused more generally throughout the community than was hitherto practicablo. SOUTHEY 'S LIFE AND CORRESPON 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 bis 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 editor of 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 have 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 haviag forsaken the cause of ultra-democracy, and with hiving 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 the 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 be 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 1813 " 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 us progresses with very consider• able ability, and with an interest that enlarges as we proceed in our perusal. As embrellishments, we find in the volume just published a charming group re. presenting Isabel, Bertha, and Catherine Southey, a an age when they were children, as also a rather sombre view of Bassenthw.site Lake, near Whinlatter. 2, 1850. the last work from the hand of our Nimrod the Younger is not the least meritorious or the least at tractive in its character. GUIDE 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, Twickenham, Teddington, Kingston, Hampton, Sun bury, Walton, Chertsey, Staines, and Windsor, or down the river by Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Erich, and Gravesend, he may always proceed on his way mith the utmost facility either by rail or steam boat. Hatnp3tead, Finchley, Highgate, and Isling ton ; Harrow, Willesden, Greenford, Hanwell, Ealing, Acton, and Bayswater; Chelsea, Fulham, Chiswick, Brentford, Isleworth, Harlington, Norwood, Brornp toe, and Knightsbridge, with other clusters of yet more attractive " villages," present allurements to the pedestrian of such perpetually changing variety, that their interest can scarcely ever be exhausted. These are each in succes sion particularised by Mr. Blanchard, who con trives with his literary r e c o ll ec ti ons an d never- f a i l i ng enthusiasm to invest them with perennial fascinations, telling us, for example, that in that streatnlet 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 tartainment. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. • (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. L CHERBOURG REGATTA. The President of the French Republic having inti mated a wish, through the French Ambassador at this Court, that he should like to see as many yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cherbourg as possible, on his visiting that port, the Commodore (the Earl of Wilton), the Vice-Commodore, and a large fleet of yachts, will proceed thither. They are to sail from Cowes at 7 Aar., 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, EN.; and Corsair, Joieph Gee, Esq., have alre a dy a r r i ve d th ere . 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 bare 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 for 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, Esq., from Cherbourg. 26. Novice schooner, Lord Londsborough, from westward. 29. Brilliant schooner, G. H. Acker', Esq., from westward; Osprey cutter, . H. C. Gooddev, Esq., from Weymouth. 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 yawl, Wm. Peareth, Esq., for Sandgnte. 29. Pearl cutter, Marquis of Angle se y, f or L on d on; Corsair cutter, Jein Gee, E.q., Cherbourg; Fair Ro samond schooner, Wm. Lyon, Esq.. Guernsey and Cher bourg; Constance, the Marquis Conynghain, Cher bourg. YACHTS AT THE STATION. Alarm, Capricorn, Wizard, Xarifn, Elizabeth, Frisk, Water Lily, Brilliant, binyl, Osprey. Eagle, Wyvern, Susan, Aurora, Fenella, Arrow, Gondola, Cygnet, Talisman, Novice, Merlin, Titania. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PAISLEY RACES.--FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 soys. each, 2 ft, and 20 added. Once round. Mr. Roberts' Miss Lottery, 3 yrs ... (Pringle.) I Captain Holden's Woodland, 4 yrs ... Mr. A. Johnstone's bc by Charles XII., 3 yrs ... 3 Mr. Nicoll's Laundry maid, aged ... 0 Mr. Nicoll's Theodore Hook, 4 yrs ... 0 Lord Eglinton's Pessinia, 3 yrs ... ~, ... 0 Mr. Jauiieson's Recluse, 3 yrs ... ~, 0 The Silver Bells and 50 soy& added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sows. each. Two miles and a die. Mr. Brown's Haricot, 3 yrs ... ... (G. Oates) 1 Mr. Thrift's John Dory, 4 yrs The Hunters' Stakes of 10 soya, each, h ft, and 20 added. Heats, two miles. Mr. G. Barton's Smuggler Bill, aged (Mr.Poulett) 1 1 Mr. Donaldson's Petticoat, aged ... ... fell The Railway Stakes of 10 sovs. eacb, 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 dill., was Won by Woodlark, besting Laundrymaid and Methodist, in a canter. WARWICK RACES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 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 flue, I ex pect to si e a very large company enjoying the sport provided, under the management of the indetstiga6le Mr. Merry. The racing commences tomorrow, and first in the programme is the Racing Slakes, which closes this evening. The Foal Stakes, of 10 soya. 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; atter 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 81b, I should not. like to be against him. Fernhill, 7st 131 b, I have a great fancy for; at Brighton, with Bst 71b, he won in a canter from St. Rosalie 7st 101 b, thi r d ; t hi s mare the following day won the Brighton Cup easily from Borneo, and the Dark Susan colt; and at Egham, on Thursday, with Bst 51b, 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 lota 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 theli comes the question, does be run, and run to win? This is a query I 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. I n h er i tress , Tat. 31b., is well enough in, but she beloege to a stable which I do not like to meddle with. Cockernaoutb and Defaulter I fancy n o t. another of Dawson's l o t, i s very well in, and, if intended. l'riestess' Miss Ann has been a favourite o f th e public more than must be handy. once this year, when she deceived them. She won this sta k e l as t year, and, if she runs kindly, may get a place this. Snowstorm, Flatcatcher, Fuglnnen, and Montague, I do not think will contend for the prize. Ribaldry, Grief, Langton, Cheerful, Kennington, and Mark Teploy—l do nut think the winner will spring from this lot. The Juggler has shown a little running of late, and, with the nice weight of 6st. 31b., ought to be forward. Doubt, 6st 81b, is exceedingly well in, and must run well; I advise Doubt to be kept on the right aide. Thornhill will find the company too good for him. Tophana, 5 yrs old, Sat 121 b. This animal is turned completely loore; she is troubled with the slows, but with such a weight she 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 slb only—how then is Docility to beat Doubt ? Gilliflower, Deicoon, and Knight of Gwynne, will, I believe, be absentees. Minimum, Sat 31b., ran second to Fernhill at Brighton; she meets him on Blbs Letter terms here, but I doubt her being able to reverse the running; but Minimum will be very forward. - Wansdyke, Brennus, and Warwick, I shall dismiss without an observation. To sum up my remarks, supposing them to run and be meant, I select FERN as my champion, expecting= to HILL see Tophana, Minimum, the best of Dawson's, Doubt, Cossack, and Mias Ann, in the first flight at the finish. The Cattle Park Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 50 IMO, for two yrs old, bee en entry vi PI la Of 00.! serum of the Marlb. rough Buck and Misserrims, wboss starting is doubtfu I. I trust select Faux Pas, or The Prime Minister, to do the trick. The Borough Illndicip on Wednesday I shall place to the account of the Marquis of Exeter, with the assistance of Little Jack. The Warwick Gold Cup of 200 sous. has an entry of 13. Elthiron looks the best on paper, but report says he will not put in an appearance. la his absence, Dawson seems to have the best of it, with either Priestess or Baby. The County Stakes of 100 soya. has 23 acceptances. Tunas, Uriel, and Alonzo are all well in. I prefer them in the order named. The other races do not call for a remark. ECLIPSE. __— NAVAL AND MILITARY RIOTS AT PORTSEA. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The row between the sea 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 coafined on board, a number of the other men were allowed their usual leave. At seven 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 trenails. For tunately the privates of the 50th had not been permitted to enter Portsea, otherwise the con sequences would have been terrific. Shops were all closed immediately, and a good many of the borough magistrates assembled, with Mr. 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 and their followers, however, made their way t o L an d port, where: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 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 bead 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 bad move to send them to some warmer climate to take the rough edge off their temper, for we be lieve this is not th e fi rs t 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.— Perthshire Courier. The Duke of Buccleuch has set apart a field of several acres in extent, near Hawick, for allotments to tho working classes. WHOLESALE FLY.CATCHEL—Attach a piece of muslin to a hoop of cane or lege, with a handle similar to what leveed 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 Or MR. JOSEPH BAILEY, M.P. ron THE COUNTY OF HEREFOIM.—It is with the greatest regret that we announce the death, on Saturday last, in Belgrave tquare, of Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., of Pen Myarth, Breck nockshire, and : Easton Court, Herefordshire, one of tbe Pro tectionist Menibers 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 N ears of age, and married in 1839 the daughter of W. C. Russell, Esq. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Brecon, and Chairman of the Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Railway. He commenced his career in public life by contesting the borough of Mon mouth at the general election in 1835. He was unsuccessful on that occasion, and was defeated also at the subsequent ge reral election, in 1837; but was shortly afterwards chosen for Sudbury, in the room of : , irJarnes John Hamilton, Bart, who acc.vted the Cbiliernlitmdreds ; an d i n t h e same year was first returned f ur the county of Hereford. • MURDER OF A YOUNG FEMALE, NEAR NORWICH. —On Saturday a man named George Burley was cozninitted to Norwich Castle by the megistrates of Thurlston, near Norwich, for the wilful murder of Caroline Warinee, aged 13, by beating her sk u ll i n wit h a b lacksmith's hammer. The dying declaratiou 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 Thurlston, and she was in the habit of sleeping in a axiom 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 injuries 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 us 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 d-parture 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 he 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 10,0001. was greatly too high. Tns CANTERBURY COLONISTS.—The colonists who are about to proceed to found the Canterbury settlement at tended Divine service in St. reurs Cathedral yesterday morn ing. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon ap propriat• to the occasion. The British and North American Royal ateam•ship Asia, Captain Jndkins, sailed for Halifax and New York, from the Mersey, o❑ Saturday last, having 180 passengers, the usual mails, and a good freight on board. RACKETS IN Tali 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, Irso, 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 at the time a prisoner." Second, " The racket master shall not be a prisoner." The fourth racket ground is still to be reserved free for " county pisoners." EXTRAORDINARY MATCH AGAINST TIME. — Oa 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 Lours, 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 Tranmere Hotel, where a suitable covering 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 relatives. The lovely bride, whose grace and beauty excited universal admiration, was accom panied to the altar by her beautiful sisters and by Miss klainbrigge, Miss Bland, Miss M‘Neile, the Misses Stewart, and Miss A. Verner. Immedia.ely after 'the ceremony the happy event was celebrated by a splendid dejeuner at Castle Dobbs, the hospitable mansion of the bride's lather, at which were present upwards of a hundred cf 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, Kimbolton Castle, Hunting. donshire. A POOR .MINER FALLEN HEIR TO £100,00().-- m a a t heirof with a e W. B. Walton, a poor miner, living near Aldstone, w as , l ast week, left by will heir and executor to the property an d es tate of William Bell, EE q., High Shield, near Hezdam, esti mthaistemdatognbieficannotaphropaebrotuyt is l a O Ud,o e O n L t re s pectab l e The for u n large family.—. Mining 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 proceedin gs Si r Philip Crampton pre sented the distinguished guest with a complete set of the instrFuente used in the trAttmentog mouriom by coma- WOO' • w. to rab, fo r ierard , Arid . o lling . 'York; Sou th south fairll,iu, 'deft to ai ` ate t sr' The 10 eutif o the