The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-10 00:00:00

HS DAY . ) , to. S.E., light ry, Halifa x for, i; crew, ever' I Foster, bends . Cape Beeps k ; crew se ed, oa shore 2911 i doubtful it sl ,, the cargo 'u during s Wh in, h as become .e al on shore 01_ t. proves to w w saved. m. 26.—The 0.0 71b June, pig'' ; rge Heal 0: put in here I.—Arrd. Sosig a for St. refe r a, Levant , Csl. to B.S.D. rrd. Ilellesposs c 0 usdsvie. :trope! Bald vi 03, Lad) . °' ra ; A /of ;nay LI D "' c o o P a lboaaie , oo , Off p Oll, Arg o, ea Lau* r. ay geeing'', 01° g il d• gotleb [aria, De° lest° ' E,.—Sid' ls6°bll os Ad oss • Artd. ' brig, of n tb gl; agi ot, Elias 5)410 At* to rlph. bi 6 ", — ,juDer 25 $"A cargo 01 t Pined. EVCIS LA PEO WzD ssivi obt mail fiteorLio ced in P ° 7ofl4 DID Nev i 01 11' ; rect on the minutes 5.113,:53 41 ins had r ew o o ;panisb 000. nd Frencbdi f 0 ish Cos"- 3uban die s not kun:;001 ern an d Pi rto of the Id boarding ; bout the W* done. he i t to h Wss li e Lily reP" be jor y further Lment. b c o, on Spoi ls ' Or :ed at .c' e " co bv, ranee to t island. Captain .1°°71114 a tbe 'l o 4 o from Soot' at New th ult. ts of the 07, 00 . 17th ul t. c it. ring broken Th l ably 0 0 ; 01 01 f ; b ou gh it 0 o ver , scarce. unsteguif roe.' ivo urable. have tuketi Yoo Genneseee corn, ra il , as quiet. se : ng steadY% 1" to i i o f t ; fair, 91'1' Or el ui t price§ T o* at fernier F o te); (sales Inoue BUJ 'MT cry b.* lier dates 1110 leo, 31; 51i Pernarebu ct ; . Si 1; Macleit" it down ° , 1 . 1 „ 0 ctly he~lt red at Pe r coo , 'gust. S h e ,el a gold 01w ; of had a 10117; Oriental, et rand CaPsrieli . 4 be t h re e dor al b° o brancbe. ty TerCeil l hey csee° t ;di ight be eiPe GENE* 14. ERO, )urnat) t elP tier the loiteell were ore T he in it the 0 011du .-- • o f th e et , losing bilhlgi mlet to v thougu Ail bl e d , 10 days, market Inoitt at 29 et 9 ,. ° 01 6° „ er, and , lUOtatioll9._.o Og. & V era !TAO Bequen tly i" h ad a It were P 15 1 04 001 as limite d ' 0 of th came,so 4 Jpon F no, on the 7t h 6 . 4 1 14 was the 1100 the 23d, pa uently the J' be al a fter 3 „bell n the 1 5113 ' ;Pl° and their to dolls. 114 0 Os rr ed, but, A o nr ioll J o lla. an d "re t Aim a 000 de llB ' la rg e O° ae 810 8 0 . a hm 60 dal' a bot ) ► elten fill" t 610 I.- tPdIY O ld . b et ware 11 0 a t 303 do Is. f 13 ° P. Bank 0 .0 re: the inte r ' d tP kno wn, 0! ;t1 01 Pill be OW ineetivp s pied been tr.l in r, th e , o over ten t 0 WEDNESDAY EXPoRTS. COffee--Priees, which %ere firm at the close of the Pa!t it'crith, have since athealced, in consequence of the uupePertßnt receipt, of racW together with further erri- I " fr ''r° the United Stones, Which alone almost inva rttlY suffices to render the market firmer. almo st ILee th e t'rrival of the Teviot business has been ut.restricted to the completion of cargoes, and our ' a l e :, a !8 have the to the prices required by the lion "4.BoEvhst purchasers can only b© found at a reduce of lull) 100 r cis per erroba. off of the present crop Tile accounts from the interior represent the falling compared with that of 1850 1851 a .' l ikl , ly to be greater than was previously supposed, and Z`ll , t hi'l he hereafter confirmed a farther advance may be i l f. i _Pated, both here a d likewise in foreign markets. possible are, however, E 0 very conflicting, that it is not arrive at any correct estimate. allTheesatl°eesince Ist may be estimated at about 28,000 L e x lce P t it'g 5,000 bags, for the United States. ocrttptia,tedl422.B9o7o to Baltimore, 11,534 Channel, 1,980 "ten 2 107 Imbott, 2,903 Marseilles, 12,560 Now 48 381 bags. Philadelphia, 200 Valparaiso —in all Freieht. --"'' d ull, and quotations almost nominal. Disc MONEY MONEY MARKET. E zeh - e asy at 6 per cent. and th e ft :Re was firm on the Ist at 29-1 upon London, yan:..pwci.s.t,wand ute2t9ni e were of some importance until 7th,. , ee v ri r etch the roarket was a shade flitter, bills having bills at 6 " Y to 90 ck, on 9 h at 29 to 294, and at 2 gk 10 29i, ftiv,r Plate and other indirect k r „ ce li• 328 and 330 have been the extiem,s upon ree 615 the Only rate quoted upon Flarn Stock at 74 , eurgh. 8 steady at 90 ; Five per Cent.has been sold deSutete--13uainess limited to some few transactions in Shares. az,d (toilers at our quotations. It elk- ' 4l ett 01 Cotarnereial Bank at 620 dolls. ; of B an k of lirazil, scrip, at 5 dolls. disee,nnt. Coffee- e t POSTCRIPT, 6 P.M. to 16 .000 b ast evening and this day toe sales amount Ship ped 's , at our quoratiome the d iv, „ 'lnce the Ist instant, 50,290 bags. Stock tzelfzurooo the thi s ri „ 2807001e.setiem.--ate4 tam amount of business has been done t „• I at 29.1 the transactions, since Severn, at 20 0 000 "P c ° London 500 ,000:, upon France, &c. ' mare, banco London, Huburgh. ko heme NTHLY REVIE w OP THE MARKET. tOlith w .. te meta Of the various markets during the past Lz por r ui more than usual interest. Previ etu a were u p o n a more extended scale than in any 414411415013th eince July, 1847; the sales in coffee were Year, the of those in the like month of any previous preeio...e revenue Of the Customs exceeded that of any A, r,s_tuenth b e any year, serv e t r Peeta of of imports it may suffice to ob criptiel:" the Matket revs over -supplied with everyde- articl e , ' eathenware, salt, and some few unimportantruled YeryiewezeeDted, and, as may be imagined, prices 4 evid, ; thelaleN effected entail immense losses, and it h ov er eat t.'in thst the c onsumption of this market is much seppli es riaated. The sales were very extensive, receiptsre kti fia t heads continue abundant, and unless but t ;or very far, more moderate than they have ai de th berets hither ill result even more unpro Ti le 4ello h Pretefur e . * ';', Part i9tinue d hi demand for outeprimary - article' . of e th x e - Ih tel Bt car lY, and now almost exclusively, for 4 , l3 cuse tte ates, despite the unfavourable advises from all i n in ts3 o4t : e s, caused prices to improve during ' d ieoti o ' the higheet having ruled at the close, with tia °f a further advance. Ha gar e BAHIA, AUG. 18. aided to th e this article little or nothing can be the steekthe observations in our former Price Current; ,_ ltt g, kid L i u the public warehouses are rapidly decrees hle kespi7fea continue very firm; some of the holders ZllSPar c h. 6 : tint of the market, and there is a difficulty .4 1 i n g any considerable number of cases; the rYeal ut eri or to the lateness of the season, , 2 a r ,,,, eripp 2 1- sru doll. - At 1 ,600 dolls. per arr. for browns, and , 1 ,e.54 „-• Per nrr, for whites, they stand in 15s. Bd. and per ejoirl-eyet. free on board, at the exchange of 29d. thettnen......dVs. and frei g h t exc l uded. arrivals have taken place latterly, but L °B o(j e e tt -11 "II halidB .s' ificant, being about 600 N eur Giratigno:teta.is article is co i n n ti l tfu n es to be much neglected, the l a tttati .ions have taken place for some time past; se - te e or ~ • unfit& , '- l leril' 48 are no ' 1 though, in consequence n n o! tb a tle to IL freights. it is probable that they will m i er 1 0 4 4 : Fu shun le-VeB * At 4,800 dolls. to 5,000 dulls. P 'ft- utig e 29 d, it would cost 5.10 d. to 5.30 d. per ktietle°,4-°rari_,,ezeluvive of freight. . qt hil , ein g , b viits of the new crop continue iasignifi tith I V ig ' . out 500 arrobas during the week, and the ;"1. per very inferior; sales have been effected at 2,750 l ',; 6 (1 44 °4, at which, exchange 29d. it stands in ‘;o, eel' 05St f without freight. lo p - 4,.... 4. e • ree on board I, *l h 'tv bags have been imported from Ilaeos, t lt li",,, l 'h tet-eet..10.0 dolls, per arroba are demanded, at q ea t 29,i e 225• per cwt. tree on board at the ex s- L Ilid '*l and freight included; no sales have trail ta t 4 .--T h ~ LIP-1, e d emand continues brisk, and pricet.srlodorky ttl t th. te ' s r• for salted, and 140 r. per lb. fieNti et"ed, although no purchases have y e n o t s _b g e n t- i n . h t• t g6e retell. The stocks on hand are i i Ilti to 41 eo tip, t se tleeties to sell slowly at our quotations, ac -441,41 te quality. t h t to:atimi.Tnere is no inquiry, and prices are flat; the l k , ° v ,_` i i , r 1 - 11' Z . ' rtll 4 -t e a l .k e e:lY in small lots at 2,000 dolls. to 2,200 t eh - . , the:bi•eu t ransactions of . have taken week having been consequence . th"Nted 'l,9n:tents made during the tb:ttetee,t,',,Or be fore; there are about 7,ooobungles_ ~ otw itt -2. .whih the owners demand 10,000 dolle lb e fitiiiti' 'l'44 superior. l 'ob 4t lutie t tl,t ' ir Y e e ° '"*. No arrivals, nor anything in first hands; bop s een ~. ,bri s k. have been ' ' I qta o'f 4 ' eat • -- Arrivals have been insignificant, d a i n , ,! t ; i l/ o " t stl of at 3,.alosed, seconds, and thirds of.n„e. , dOO dolls• and 3,350 dulls., others . i t littiltittieitcea!e offereci at 3,200 dolls.; the stocks in first ti ;reed feignificant. i,t!l dlitie,..actlraniii—Nothiog has been done in this ar reilthie the past wt, k. 141 a etc _ s Etre altogether L 't b -.4 since our last; our quotations i eetaa . nominal, no quotations are having hard,y b k t.eet le. v. , 4 re f te ontinues firm at 29,1. per 1,000 d . oll . s fi . c . a b h i t l p h sr e ° ,? r the steamer have been very insignificant; ill" 3. 4; 11 . l c the market. bl vie-.4ved a cargo of codfish, per Chanticleer, the sli tti 'left has not been effected. k.°(te44l,tleu, AtTGll ' ST.—Freights perfectly nominal. 401 111 4 / ,'" been taken at 3s. Bd. per lb. 4i t IN un London, 281 i 11 ""..---------:--- ISO STR,ALIAN GOLD DISCOVERIES. 6 a . advices from YIII44IOTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—By the 2db e 11 Steamer Teviot we have 1, 7 t tlere t° t he 2 6th of May, brought to Pernambuco 46,,, el le • into Pernam- Zi t .-rrias Arbuthnot, which put ttbe t) , 'aPPlies and water on the 20,h of August. kr 11.°"°%ving extracts from the Empire, ..pe i `)- the 2 1st, 22,1, and 23d of May last, with Sydney 4 tii i .t tu ohothe recent discovery 14 'may l tt% Ih t be of interest : of a gold mine, near th- ft liai ll ?. °l of the information contained . in the gr l e e a t- t INi-74134%11m is, that there is gold, 1 41 4 ail Y au( ' difficulty in getting [teat eTnoseivfeollalonvtd•-- ; , ,lee i ll eXtreet of a letter from an G o ' IV, the Bathurst district : . k i t : j ep a re all in the greatest . excitement here, 4, 1 4 1 e, i' 4 ) a antne from despair, anticipating famine, some i. d i ei t to k t % jai tl'a death. I 3111 glad to hear the military 1 4 IRV UP ; we shall sadly want them. Went lt, c lie kgl•ltind in three hours got one . o n u l nc a e m of af g r o ni l d d •lii i •Igtt l ump. Carriage is so high `, A 4114.4 L supplies. livatietis be awe to get up ve that is letter, received by the search -k 1 roc khas been discovered in i tii Od . A salt a Sydney merchant, 4414% es, regul a r company . d a ily opera -08 41 °E 4 member of council, w is at whose daily under the ~ avers l 'it e Ilf . • that gold has been t 'ti "in their results a full ounce per man. 4,l,svttea 414nd Mercury states situate between ttC g r i ,ttle rh .„u the tract of country D bbo on the north, k " Ette " t it oil the south, and -u , T he more : 1111 44 4 . W ° as the Wellington districtr 'te piece tJf • two or three small kh 4 :accounts warrant us in believing that on i e l , b t , I brnine Ounces, . and tti D ta t'te lf :!, r eral ounces weight, and 4 ' i ll t have been found by the parties e.,,Beti i„ 8 already some pounds of h, qh. " di gging there. isi4l;l•l4,le pprentices who ran away from Bathurst, A ani , a few days with seventeen ounces of gold, ) p -%,, "ig for 511. .tiki ti lt e,4it. e 4t onside °r quantities of gold and gold dust h ut - t he i t 0 41 4 at Bathurst when the Thomas Arb elatt:ldneY, Until an escort should convey it to t e , 4 t Plac e GO h e " 413 n . • Aship has a piece eb, i . e,,,; -vementione. -grtin is from Bathurst, an eti is g 4ilbs., it dis in of gold on inthe te t° ue Placed - Great Exhibition. t.A,sa-a i1 4 4 4-1 01: 11 e t 4 , ta RtiTY'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.. —At 1 01 , 1 0eSd.2F of the Liverpool town council, held yester litiii.keiveaY I, the may or state d t h a t a commu nication had o t 7t t,mer :win Colonel Phipps with regard to the objects t. 4 "ItY might wish o inspect during her intended ' a wn on the 9th of October next. Her Majesty th 1 1(i l p ock int a first instance, to go to the landing stage at h p ' l ts t o " to proceed oti the river in her own boat, ttibd „Vst a ! the purp. se of inspecting the docks. She hour and a half may be c,,nsidered sufficient 11 )1 1 '544 to She will then return to the landing-stage, ttl Dtogrthe inspection of some of the buildings named t rt4 t tur it at ''file, without leaving her carriage. She will 4, 4 % 4 4 . 4 ,the town-hall to receive an address, and to r, t t t c ,„pto e : t rietlY private luncheon. Her Majesty will:after -41/4 trie,i o — °D. her rout to Worsley by the railway. At 4 r,1 4 110 , 1 the mayor's statement there were loud cries kitt t ,th 4t and "No St. George's Hall." His worship tir..oPetu't recepti on b e ,trusted th e counc il wou ld nom i na t e suc h corn ne of her t.s,y;oiacjesty arry out the arrangements .tit It a rq t t gaG IR tit • b e IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage is under tif arranged between the Marquis of Chandos, , e , eu 'he Duke aud Duchess of Buckingham, awl Miss 1 4 ip ri s‘bp oi ghter of Mr. Harve of Langley Park, Bucks. yo'e_add that the pecuniary prospects of this high- Ner i t ,Lig nobleman will be increased by this match, kp 4t tt of t l' a lAY add to the happiness of both parties. The t e t t(l fi e r . Pr oee ' s e Noble Slarquis dui ing the whole of the unfor- Vq? d e L t ings, still fresh in the recollection . of our . ' l ts t „ 1 1 1 stir r ying of the greatest possible praise. His ylci tti 't• represents the borough of Buckingham in Par ' tbi t ',With h .has latterly resided at Wotton, county of C 4 ke. 18 . 111 ` ) ther, who is partially separated from the t 1 , 1% t I - Advertiser. 4 0 )1 1 44 to arl lEs•—lt is said of the French ladies, to ? ? ioritehss. for . effect runs to such . excess , .. that widows Their husbands , practise attitudes of despair umug"gaos. THE SUN, GREAT NORTHERN COAL TRADE. The managers of the Great Northern Railway Company are taking most effective measures to de velop this traffic to its uttermost extent. The arrange ments made by Mr. Coles Child, the manager of the coal traffic, are such that, if London will buy the coals, the Great Northern Railway Company can supply them at a greatly reduced price, and ,with the utmost faci lity. With the view of supplying the London public with as much of the black diamonds as they can be expected to consume, Mr. Coles Child contrived the following arrangements :—At the Maiden-lane station, which will remain as the goods station of the Great Northern Company, there is a long range of store-houses for coals. The coal trucks run into these stores, and deposit their burdens in them in the twinkling of an eye, by apertures made in the bottoms of the trucks ; through these apertures the coals drop into the stores immediately beneath, be tween the rails. From these stores the sacks of the consumers are filled by allowing the coals to run down over a sieve, by which means a sack is filled with coals in an astonishingly short space of time, and the opera lion of screening is thoroughly well performed. The time and labour thus saved not only enabled the con sumer to have his waggon filled almost in the space of time formerly spent in filling a single sack, but the expense of the operation is materially reduced. By the above-mentioned means the Great Northern could supply the London public with 2,500 tons of coal per day—if they should ever want as much. The stores will hold 2,500 tons at a time, and the coal trucks above them will hold 750 tons in addition. As many as fifty gangs of men could be at work at the same time, attending the operation performed by the machinery of storing, screen ing, and sacking the coals, a force equal to dis posing of full 2,500 tons in a day. In the meantime, that is, while the coal trade amcunts to much less than 2,500 tons per day, the expense can be nearly appor tioned to the extent of business done. They need not have a man more than they require. At present the whole coil trade of the Great Northern amounts to about 1,2001. a week, the gross sum which the com pany receive for the carriage of each ton being a little under 7s. ; the charge for conveyance is about per mile per ton. If the London trade alone should ever amount to 2,500 tons per day, the gross receipts per, annum would be about four times as much as the whole of the present coal traffic. 2,500 tons a day would be productive of a gross receipt of about 263,0001. a year, half of which would probably be profit to the company. But to speak our own mind, we must say we are not sanguine enough to expect results from the coal traffic so large as this.—Herepath GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —Traffic for ,he week ending September 6, 1851 : Numb,r of passengers k 25,426), goods and parcels, horses and carriages ... £4,377 12 9 Corresponding week in last year for Glasgow and Ayr, and Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railways ... Glasgow, September 8. ... £3,707 0 10 STATE OF FARM BUILDINGS.—In the COUTSO Of OUT practice we were led, some time since, to give more than ordinary attention to the arrangement and construction of Farm Buildings, an interesting subject for inquiry which has not been pursued to the extent it deserves, and in going over a number of farms for information, were astonished at the miserable condition in which the greater number of them were found. The buildings are ruinous; ill contrived; placed without any regard to convenience, still less symmetry; and erected in most cases regardless of known expedients for les sening labour and saving expense in the long run. Even where there has been a willingness wisely to invest money in erecting new buildings or improvingold ones, incompetent persons have in many cases been employed, and the result is very unsatisfactory.—Builder. A FARMER'S HELPMATE.—A young lady who, perhaps, is better acquainted with French than farming, and is more attentive to her piano than her dairy, was recently married to a farmer. In examining her new domains she one day visited the byre, when she thus interrogated her milkmaid :—" By the bye, Mary, which of the cows is it that gives the buttermilk?"— Montreal Courier. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO POISON A MOTHER.—OR Wednesday a young man, named Daniel Richardson, was taken bffore R. Fitzjohn, Esq Baldock, charged with at. tempting to poison his mother with Spanish flies The pri soner is a man of notoriously bad character. Several years ago he was transported. for a felony, sent to iihraltar, and afterwards to Millbal k Prison, where he remained fifteen months, when his sentence was commuted. The very day of his release he went to Baldock, and during the night en tered Messrs. Hogg and Lindsell's bank by the chimney; for this offence he was tried at the Hertford assizes, and sen tenced to twelve months' imprisonment. He had not been out of prison many days when the criminal attempt with which he is now charged was made. The prisoner had been to London, and upon his return was heard doing something in the kitchen, from whence he returned into his mother's living room. She was at the time looking over some papers, and had a glass of porter by her side. The prisoner bent over her for a minute, and on his mother immediately atter taking up the porter to drink she found something clinging to her lips, Evil on looking into the glass detected something gree fl ating on the top. Something of the same kind also adhered to her lips. On examination, the foreign substance proved to be Spanish flies. The mother, afraid of her life, gave information to police-constable Hawkes after the lapse of some days, and at that time the constable found parts of two flies in his waistcoat pocket. The prisoner was com mitted to the assizes for trial. —Hertford Mercury. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 9.—The Royal Mail steam-ship Severn, Captain W. Vincent, took her departure this afternoon with the usual mails for Lisbon, the Brazils, and the River Plate, in charge of Lieutenant Strover, Admiralty agent. The Severn took out 57 pas sengers, a very large cargo, and specie value 73,000/. sterling. Tue next Brazil mails will be brought by the Teviot, Captain R. Revett, which vessel will be the first homeward arrival under the new arrangements, and will be due here on the 16th inst. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Ma trid, Captain John Weeks, sailed on Monday with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. She had a large number of passengers, a full cargo, specie value 2,5001., and 1 bottles of quicksilver on freight. The Iberia, with the next homeward mails, from the same ports, is due here on Sunday next, the 14th inst. The United States mail steam-ship Washington, Captain G. W. Floyd, will leave Southampton on Wednesday (this day) at 2 P.M. She will take about 160 passengers and about 200 tons measurement goods on freight, the latter principally from Germany and France. MURDER. About eleven o'clock on Saturday night the inhabitants residing in the Tontine-close were alarmed by the cries of murder proceeding from the house of a tailor named Jack, who lives in that locality. The police having entered the house, found that Jack had been abusing his wife in a dreadful manner, and ttey took him into cus tody. In about an hour and a half afterwards word was brought to the Central Police-office that the poor woman had died in consequence of the injuries she had received. Dr. Easton was immediately in attendance, and made a par tial exami ation of the body, but no injuries of a serious nature were apparent. From the statement of a little boy who was in the house it appears that Jack and his wife had quarrelled, and that he had attacked her with his fists, and knocked her down, an't white on the floor had seized her by the throat. A postmortem examination will, we understand, be made, when the cause of death will probably be arrived at. Jack was apparently not drunk when taken to the office, and the victim of his cruel rage was, as far as we can learn, previously enjoying good health. Jack denies having ill treated his wile, but states that she was taken unwell, and while he was engaged fling her pulse she died. The statement of the police officers, again, is, that the poor wo man was alive when they took the husband into custody. Both Jack and his wife are advanced in years.—North Bri tieli Daily Mail. HARLOW Bu CATTLE FAIR, SEPT. 9.—This fair immediately succeeds that of Barnet. The supply was equal to any former oecasion, and the prices, generally, for store beasts, from the large Lincoln to the tiny Scot, were much the same as at the great fair at Barnet, which, to some extent, regulates the price of live stock. 'I he milch and in-call cows of the York.hire breed made rather more money, the cow jobbers buying several large lots at from 151. to -A/. each for the London markets. The polled Suf folks made from 121. to 161. each, a long price for a Suffolk, but they were some very choice animals. The horse-fair, heretofore a very celebrated and still an important one for the sale of cart colts and horses, was abundantly supplied. The best 5-year-old cart-horses, suitable for London work, very readily made 50 guineas each, and in some instances very choice animals reached 6 guineas ; middling size, fur agricultural purposes, 30 to 35 guineas each ; cart colts, 2 years old, were in great demand, making 18 to :z5, and 3 years old ''o to 35 guineas each, several large lots being bought by the farmers and dealers train Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, who invariably attend this fair. A TEA DRlNKLE.—Elfieitt, the celebrated writer and critic, usu Ily rose at from one to two o'clock in the day —scarcely ever before twelve; and if he had no work hi hand, he would sit over his breakfast (of excessively strong black tea, and a toasted French roll) till four or five in the afternoon silent, motionless, and self-absorbed, like a Turk over his opium pouch ; for tea served him in this capacity. It was the only stimulant he ever took, and at the same time the only luxury; the delicate state of his digestive organs prevented him from tasting any fermented liquors, or touching any food but beef, mutton, poultry, or game, dressed with perfect plainness. He never touched any but black tea, and was very particular about the quality of that, always using the most expensive that could be got; and he used, when living alone, to consume nearly a pound in a week. A cup of Hazlitt's tea (if you happened to come in for the first brewage of it) was a peculiar thing; I have never tasted anything like it. He always made it for him self; half filling the teapot with tea, pouring the boiling water on it, and then almost immediately pouring it out, using with it a great quantity of sugar ;.nd cream. To judge from its occasional effect upon myself, I should say that the quantity Hazlitt drank of this tea produced ultimately a most injurious effect upo him, and in all probability hastened his death, which took place from disease of the digestive organs. But its immediate effect was agreeable, even to a degree of fascination ; and not feeling any subsequent re action from it, he persevered in its use to the very last, not withstanding two or three attacks similar to that which ter minated his life.—Douglas Jerrold AN EDITOR ' S VINDICATION OF A FRIEND ---An editor, in vindicating the private character of a friend, who had been nailed for the crime of sheep-stealing, thus de fended him:—" We have known Mr. Thomas for twelve years. Our acquaintance commenced with that great equi noctial storm which blew down our grandfather's barn. At that time he was a young man in the prime of life, and we think raised the best maiiyivfat peas we ever ate. Ile was a good mathematician, kind to the poor, and troubled with fits. In all the relation of a husband, father, uncle, and trustee of common lands, he has followed the direct stan dard of duty. Mr. Thomas is at this time forty-three years of acze, slightly marked with the small-pox, an estimable citizen, a Church member, and a man •of known integrity for ten years. And as to sheep-stealing, what he would have done if he could get an opportunity Is without founda tion in point of fact. Mr. Thomas could have stolen our lead.pencil several times. but didn't do it." FULL DRESS —A. French naval officer of distinc tion, lately returned from a cruise in the Pacific, brought with him, as a present to his sister, the complete costume of an Indian princess, on one o f the Society Islands. t con sisted of a necklace LONDON, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LICHFIELD RA ..IES.—TrESDAY. The Gold Cup of 50 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 snvs. eacn. One wile. (9 Sula , 3.) Mr. Austin's Miss Julia, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, Bst 81b (Denman) 2 Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, aged, Bst 61b...(Marlow) 3 Lord Lewisham na Mayday, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (White) 0 Mr. Whitworth's Lady Jersey, 5 yrs, 83t (G. Oates) 0 Mr. Merry's Pierre do Touche, 7st 71b (W. Sharpe) 0 Won easily by two lengths. Free Handicap of 10 sous. each, h ft, and 30 added. One mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Whitworth's Lady Jersey, 7st 41b (G. Oates) 1 Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, aged, 7st 71b (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Brown's Lucy, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (Denman) 3 Won by a neck. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats. Two miles. Mr. J. Morland's King ofOude, 9sr 61b( Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. Greville's Cariboo, 4 yrs, 94 61b (Asteli) 2 dr The first heat was won by a head; anti the second a walk over. RADCLIFFE RACES.—TUESDAY. The Stewards' Cup of 401., added to a handicap of 5 soya. each, the second to save his stake. One mile. (14 Subs.) Mr. Walter's Maid of Team Valley, Bst (M. Noble) 1 Mr. W. Halford's Worcester, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Carroll) 2 Mr. Smith's Ewma,3 yrs, Sit 7lb (Wells) 3 Mr. John Osborne's Lady Hylda, aged, Bst (Simpson) 0 Mr. J. Pilling's Lady Ed. n, 4 yrs, 7st (Osborne) 0 Mr. Ewbank's England's Glory, 6st 81b (Charlton) 0 Betting-2 to 1 each agst England's Glory and Lady Eden, 5 to 2 agst Worcester, and 4 to 1 agat Maid of ream Valley. Won by a head. The St. Leger Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added; colts, Bst 71h; fillies and geldings, Bst 21b; winners this year 51b extra; if entered for 6001 allowed 51b; for 50/., 91b, &c. One mile and a half. (4 Subs.) Mr. Shepherd's Labyrinth (501) (Charlton) 1 Mr. Osborne's Cheap John (1001) (Osborne) 2 6 to 4 on Labyrinth. Won easily by a length. Free Handicap of 5 sow. each, and 25 added. One mile and a dis. (14 Subs.) Mr. Pedley's Paquetta, 3 yrs, sst (Hayboe) 1 Mr. .r. Parr's Vancouver, 4 yrs, 5s 61b (Wells) 2 Mr. Heap's Brown Fly, aged, sst 121 b (Roden) 3 Mr. Holdforth's Romance, aged, Est 41b (Gorse) 0 Captain Cunningham's The Meese, 6st ...(Charlton) 0 6 to 4 eget Paquetta, and 5 to 2 agat Vancouver. Won easily by two lengths. GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.—TUESDAY. The Vauxhall Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 25 added, three-quarters of a mile, were won in two heats by St. Fabian, beating Alice Bray. The Norfolk and Suffolk Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to save his stake. Two miles. (6 Subs. three of whom declared). Colonel Peel na Gladiole, 4 yrs, 7st 13'b Mr. S. Cowley's The Clown, 4 yrs, lot 61b Sir E. Lacon na Valentine, 4 yrs, 7st 31b 3 Won by a length. The Two years old Stakes of 10 sows. each, and 50 added; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b; winners 51b extra. About three-quarters of a mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. W. Edward's The Old Lad Mr. Harris's f by The Emperor, dam by Caesar Won by two lengths. The Borough Members' Plate of 50/. ; for three yrs old, 7st ; four, Bst llb; five, Bst 121bs; six and aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31bs; the winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Jack in the Corner Bells lima 1 3 2 St. AIM 3 2 dr Catiey Combatant 2 0 dr The first heat was won by a length, the second by half a length, and the third by a neck. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.-5 to 2 apt Cal culator (c), 6 to 1 agst Cossack (t), 6 to 1 agst Nanoy, 10 to 1 agst The Castle, 12 to 1 agst Antigone (t), 14 to 1 agst Alonz , (t), 20 to 1 agat The Sweep (t). CESAREWITCH STAKES.-16 to 1 agst Black Doctor (t), 18 to 1 agst Mokanna (t), 20 to 1 agst Grand Duke (t), 25 to 1 agst Confidence (t), 25 to 1 agat Mark Tap ley (t). ST. ILEGER.-7 to 4 agat Hernandez (t), 3 to 1 agst The Ban, 8 to 1 agst Aphrodite, 10 to 1 agat John Day's lot. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. Acceptances for the Cesarewitch Stakes. Age at lbl Age at lb Woolwich . Nancy 3 8 7lGarfortla . Ru,sborough . 4 8 4' Tricksiress The bigger 4 8 &Mrs. Taft ... ..... 6 6 0 Vampyre a 8 &Narcissus I 4 6 0 1 Backbiter 6 8 a Hippelytus Ninus Rhesus 5 7 9 , Champion Hernandez Hothorpe 3 7 7 Quicksand Sir Charles-- .... 4 7 6 Harp Clarissa Little Jack 4 7 2 Barcelona Montague ... 5 7 0 Hungerford Herbert Loadstone Windischgra:z ... 4 7 0 Sis,toClothworker 4 5 7 Westow Sauter-la-Coupe... 5 7 0 Antigone The Italian 4 6 12 Sunrise Mark Tapley 4 6 12 Terpsichore Exeter.. 3 6 121 Miss Flyaway 3 5 3 Goldfinder Hesse Homburg 3 6 10 { Reindeer Newwinster Confidence 4 6 10' out of The Ab- Black Doctor 3 6 10, bess 4 .5 0 Haricot Chief Justice Cocktail . . 5 6 5 1 La Fiancée 4 4 13 Millie 4 6 &Slodmere 3 4 12 Vancouver ....-... 4 6 s'Candlewick... Officious Cheerful The Heriot 3 6 4 Cane Fire-eater Dulcet a 6 4 Gay Lass 3 4 0 The rest pay 5 soya. each. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1851. Acceptances for the Cambridgeshire Stakes. Age at lb Age st lb Woolwich 5 9 0 The Heriot Vatican 5 9 0 Anspach Nancy Teddington ...... 3 8 9 Guy Mannering 3 6 4 Uriel Bordeaux Grecian 3 8 6 Hungerford Russborough 4 8 4 Recruit . Lady Evelyn ... 5 8 2 Ebor The Nigger Aphrodite 3 7 12 Haricot 4 6 2 Rhesus Hothorpe Hernandez Prime Minister... 3 7 9 Harp 3 6 0 Loadatone 6 7 7 Antigone Nea-ham Knt of Gwynne... 4 7 6 Tonic 3 5 13 Windischgratz ~. 4 7 5 sokanna Clarissa 5 7 5 Truth Sauter-la-Coupe 5 7 4 Paquetta Montague - 5 7 4 Equiria The Italian Mark Tapley ... 4 7 3 Humphrey Velox Black Doctor Ariosto 3 7 2 . 3 5 9 Exeter Newminsta-r .... Mountain Deer 3 7 2 Ribaldry Ephesus Woodlark .... Chief Justice Dulcet Westow 5 6 13 Sister to Wanota 3 6 13 Officious Cranberry 4 6 12 Royal Hart Confidence Heroine 5 6 11 Hesse Homburg 3 6 11 California Darkie Eliza Middleton 4 6 10 Ilookem Snivey 3 6 8 Clelia 4 6 8 Runnymede Vancouver Garforth Elleralie 4 6 7 The rest pay Faux- pas Flying Gout by Gladiator, out of The Ab bess La Fiance, I F by Gladiator, out of Sprite Rei❑deer 1/E)lus 11%rpsichord. Nbderlaaman Kil3g Charming Cane Candlewick F by Pantaloon, out of Fugle man'a dam Falcon F by A)pneus, out of Board ing School Misr Follow-me-lads Curl Cyclops Gaylass 5 soya. eaoh. 5 8 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 3 5 2 5 2 5 U 5 0 4 10 4 9 4 9 4 7 4 4 4 4 On Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock, while a goods train was coming in from Leith Junction, a man, apparently a labourer, was observed lying on th e op posite line of rails, with life all but extinct. Assistance was immediately procured from St. Margaret's, and he was removed first to the station at Waverley-bridge, and then to the police-office. To all appearance he had, in a state of helpless inebriation, wandered upon the line, and been overtaken by the train which leaves for Musselburgh at nine o'clock. The body was frightfully mutilated, both feet, together with the right hand, having been cut off, and he died shortly after being discovered. He was a middle aged man, and as yet has not been identified. —Caledonian Mercury. DEATH OF Miss SHEIL.—Miss Sheil, a maiden sister of the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, died at Water ford, on Saturday last, after an illness of but two hours; so her death, like that of the illustrious orator, was sudden, resulting from a disease of the heart. How peculiar are these diseases in the members of families. The death of the late Lord George Bentinck was preceded but a short time by the equally sudden death of his mother. Mr. G P. R. James, the novelist, who is now in the United States, has been severely injured by being thrown prom his carriage while driving an unruly horse. His in- Aries are not considered dangerous. . DA HENRYs raydMmEentrf 8 DRAY- mEN. E —A T:t OoneF ONofSir Henrym eu was passing through Tottenham yesterday morning he was observed to fall in the cart, and upon being carried out he was found to be dead. The death was supposed to have originated from apoplexy. ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, WATERLOO-FOOD; Yes.. terday the temporary church named St. Thomas, at the cor ner of Thomas•place, Waterloo- road, having been duly li censed by the Bishop of Winchester, was formally opened for divine worship, with the customary ceremonies. The building was formerly used as a school. It contains seats for 300. A frontage, with spire and belfry, has been erec , ed iu the Waterloo-road, in the Norman-Saxon style of archi tecture, the material being Kentish rag-stone. The Rev. mac, Weekil hs kw 0PP94104 gut iNgratreacyt THE KAFIR WAR. • (From the Times.) PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's steam-ship Hellespont, Captain William Watts, arrived here about midday. Her dates are—Cape of Good Hope, August 1 ; Sierra Leone, August 16 ; and St. Vincent, Au gust 24. Her accounts of the state of affairs on the frontier are far from satisfactory. Sir Harry Smith appears to have made no move ment of consequence during the previous month, while the Kafirs and Hottentots are spreading them selves through the eastern provinces, and penetrating settlements previously considered secure from danger. Just previous to the departure of the steamer news reached the Cape of an attack upon some English, between Fort Beaufort and Graham's Town, when live were killed by the rebel Hottentots. Strong patrols were sent out immediately, but with what success is not known. It appears that while Sir Harry Smith has been checking an enemy on the frontier, the Kafirs ano Hottentots have been invading and pillaging the in terior. Our correspondent at the Cape, under date Aug. 1, From what I can learn, Major Warden ha been defeated in the Sovereignty, the Kafirs are within five miles of Uitenhage, and the war, conse quently, in the heart of !he colony." About the - 20th of July, on the return of a patrol under Colonel Mitchell, from Kieskamma, they were unsuccessfully attacked by Seyolo, who stated thA as he had lost his country and cattle, he did not desire peace. The news from Kreli is pacific, and he pro fesses to have discovered his error. Sandilli is said to be dejected, and to be contemplating removal be yond the Kye. Pato continues attached to British tprests. No further supply of troops had reached the Cape subsequent to the arrival of the Vulcan, but the Go vernment dispatche., forwarded by the Hellespont, were sent to the frontier by her Majesty's steamer Hermes, which was provided with sufficient furl to go on to the Mauritius, where there are spare troops. On the 25th of July, during a strong northerly gale, the merchant ship Vimeira, Lawson master, parted from her anchors and went ashore in Table thy; crew saved. O❑ the 29th the brig Fanny, Bristow, parted from her anchors in Table thy during a N.E. gale, and ran ashore under the battery; crew saved ; all the cargo expected to be saved. On the 19th the William Foster, from Table Bay to Algoa Bay, struck on Cape Receife, and immediately went to pieces ; crew and passengers saved. The fine ship Randolph, 700 tons, belonging to Duncan Dunbar, from Calcutta, with Coolies, was lost on a reef off the Mauritius ; one passenger, Lieutenant Scott, two seamen, and 27 Coolies drowned. _ Her Majesty's steamer Alecto, which arrived at Sierra Leone about the 12th, was left there on the 18th of August, and her Majesty's ship Dolphin was signalled on the 18th, standing into the river. The Birkenhead and the Cyclops called at Sierra Leone, with troops for the Cape, all well. The rainy season was nearly over, and Sierra Leone generally healthy. The Brazilian mail steamer Tay left St. Vincent, Aug. 24, at noon, for Pernambuco, Rio, and Bahia. Her Majesty's steamer Dover, having on board the Governor of Gambia, was at anchor at St. Vincent when the Hellespont left. The Cyclops, Sydon, and Retribution touched at St. Vincent, on their way to the Cape, with troops. Spoke on Passage—Aug. 25, in lat. 19.20 N., long. 24.10 W., a screw-steamer, supposed to be the mail-packet Bosphorus, Captain Hall, bound to St. Vincent and the Cape of Good Hope; Aug►. 26, in lat 21.10, long. 25, the Highland Home, bound to the Cap,. of Good Hope , July 22, in let. 32.45 S., long. 16.26 W., signalled the ship William Stewart, homeward bound ; Sept. 3, in lat. 41.44 N., long. 19.17 W., signalled the brig Fanny, from Liverpool for Barbadoes; Sept. 7, in lat. 48.15 N., long. 10.40 \V., the schooner Eagle, 63 days out from Constan tinople. The Hellespont brings passengers from the Cape : Mr. and Mrs. Serrurier, Mr. and Mrs. Rice Jones, Mrs. Joseph and child, Lieutenant Barnes, 73d Regiment ; Mr. Greig, Mr. Baker, Mr. Maurice, and Mr. Joseph; from Sierra Leone, M. Dury and Mr. Lewis. Her cargo consists of wool, golddust, hides, skins, aloes, wines, and gold specie to the value of 2,0001. The mails, in charge of Commander Robertson, R.N., were landed after the departure of the Bristol train ; the letters will be sorted in Plymouth, and sent on by the London mail train at 6.40 rM. Beside mails from the Cape, Sierra Leone, St. Vin cent, and the Gambia, there are bags from her Ma jesty's ships Flying Fish, Niger, Sampson, Archer, Prometheus, Penelope, Harlequin, Alecto, Castor, Dover, Sidon, Retribution, Birkenhead, and Cyclops. The Hellespont left Plymouth on the 15th of June, and arrived at the Cape on the 24th of July, at 6 A.M., having made the passage in 38i- days. The home ward passage occupied 40 days. She did not require coal at Sierra Leone, but it is said was detained there 43 hours for the Governor to write dispatches. In consequence of this detention she did net reach St. Vincent until after the arrival of the Tay, when both vessels having to coal at the same time, each lost 18 hours through the limited staff at the island. A passenger says the Hellespont lost 61 hours through the Governor of Sierra Leone, whose want of dispatch is contrasted strongly with the alacrity of the colonial officer at the Cape, who delayed the steamer only two hours after the receipt of important paper; from the Commander-in-Chief. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CAPE TOWN, AUG. 1. The most important events that have narked the progress of the past month are, on the whose, of a very unfavourable nature. A combined attack on the Amatolas, hough suc cessful, has driven the enemy into the colcay, where they have committed the most frightful ravages. Whole districts have been laid completely waste. A short summary of the military operSions, and other intelligence from the seat of war, since the de parture of the last steamer, will be found below. The native levies, whose term of service has ex pired, have declined to remain longer in the feld, have been disbanded. This reduces the force in iafirland by upwards of 1,500 men. Orders have been issued for raising a force of 1,090 volunteers, but it is very doubtful whether anything like that number will be obtained. The cheering intelligence of reinforcemen:s from England, now hourly expected, has had a most bene ficial effect in raising the spirits of those in tae ex posed districts, as well as the forces in the field. Her Majesty's, steamer Hermes started for East London on the 25th ult , whence she proceeds to the Mauritius for her Majesty's 12th Regiment, vhose services have been placed at the disposal of the Coln _ mander-in-Chief. Her Majesty's steamer Rhadarnanthus arrived on the 4th ult., after a long passage of n early tiree months, with stores, ammunition, and 100,0001. in specie. From the Orange River sovereignty the intelli gence is important, and of a nature calculated to cause considerable alarm. Major W a rden, the d`. t o Resident, in endeavouring to quell some disturbances between the native chiefs has suffered a repulse. In in action on the 30th of June the British troops were forced to retire, and Moroko, our ally, is stated to have lost upwards of 130 men. Major Warden wcs preparing for a combined movement, at the head d 3,000 men, against the enemy, on the 20th ult.; but all the regular force at his disposal does not exceed 170 men, principally of the 45th Regiment and Cape Corps. From Natal the news up to the 2Gth ult. is, how ever, favourable. The colony was perfectly quiet ; the Zooloo contingent had been disbanded, and the natives were returning to their work. A small force of volunteers had been raised, and was waiting orders from Sir Harry Smith. The collection of the native taxes was going on without the least interruption. FRONTIER AFFAIRS. The latest intelligence from the seat of war on the departure of the last mail was, that Sir IL Smith was preparing for a combined movement of the two divisions of the army, under General Somerset and Colonel Mackinnon, against the enemy in the Ama toles. This was carried into effect on the 26th of June ; their operations continued until the 30th, and were attended with signal success. 2,200 head of cattle fell into the hands of the troops, and the enemy was driven with considerable loss from one of his strongest positions. The casualties on our side were, one sergeant and eight rank and file killed. Lieut. Bruce, 74th Highlanders ; Captain Melville, of the levies, and 17 rank and file wounded (2 mortally). On the 2d General Somerset continued his operations in the Amatolas, and succeeded in driving the enemy from some of his favourite fastnesses. Sir Harry, however, warned the colonists in the general order that a result of this successful movement might be the dispersion of the defeated Kafirs in small marauding parties with in the colony, where they become most formidabl e , and fearfully has his Excellency's prediction been verified, for although General Somerset was directed immediately to establish posts along the line of th e exposed districts to prevent the incursion, the ravages they committed before this could be done, owing to the small force at his disposal, have been frightful. It appears that Macomo, with the Kafirs and rebel Hottentots who were routed out of the Amatolas, crossed the upper "sprints" of the K o nap, and thence ' precipitated themselves on the colony ; a n d b e f ore they could be checked by a sufficient force the pro perty swept off and destroyed was immense. It is stated that the whole of the fine tract of country watered by the Barisans, the Kaga, the Konap, and the Kat rivers is devastated ; the dwellings of the inha bitants are laid in ashes, while not less, it is affirmed, than 20,000 Merino sheep, 3,000 head of cattle, and 300 horses have been swept oway by the enemy EVENING S SEPTEM within the last six weeks. On the 19th Colonel Mi'chell's patrol returned to King William's Town, after nine days' continued operations in the Fish River bush, during which he dislodged several parties of stock Kafirs, destroyed a llottentot camp, and captured 80 bead of catr.le and several horses. His loss was, two of the 6th Regiment killed, and two wounded. The last frontier post brought intelligence from head-quarters to the 19:h, and Graham's Town to the 22d July ; from the former the news is of a favourable nature. Colonel Eyre had returned that evening with his patrol of 700 men, bringing in 224 head of cattle and 14 horses; but had no fighting. Some Kafir women, whom he took prisoners, confirm the report of the alarm of the Gaikas at the combined movement in the Amatolas; they state that many of them are crossing the Kei in small parties, and that Sandilli himself had a very narrow escape from falling into the hands of the troops during these operations. As the express left, information was received that Colonel Napier, who had gone out at the same time in com mand of 200 cavalry, had captured 280 head of cattle. In all the actions the Cape Mounted Rifles have be haved most gallantly. Kreli has made no movement on the aggressive as yet ; very little is indeed known about him. Advices from General Somerset's division are up to the 20th. They confirm previous accounts of the deplorable state of the country and the ravages com mitted by the enemy, who have penetrated the colony as far as the Quagga Flats, on the other side of Port Elizabeth. Judicious measures were, however, being taken to check their progress. Camps were formed at Haddon and the Fish River Rand, whence the most active patrols were sent out to scour the country and protect the farmers, who were called upon to return to their farms and assist the troops in checking the encroachments of the enemy. A report that the force under General Somerset would be called away to join Sir Harry in another movement towards the Amatolas had caused great alarm. From Alice information has reached of a smart contest between the Fingoes and Kafirs, who had attempted to carry off the cattle, in which the latter were gallantly and successfully repulsed. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Deputy Inspector• General of Hospitals, A. Melvin (father of the gallant Lieutenant Melvin, 91st Regi ment, who fell in the early part of the war), has assumed the duties of principal medical officer in the room of Dr. Hall, who has been ordered to Bombay. Captain E. Wellesley, 73d Foot, is appointed Deputy- Assistant Quartermaster-General attached to head quarters. Major Anstruther, C. 8., of the Madras Army (who was confined in a cage by the Chinese while a prisoner during that war), having volunteered his services to the Commander-in-Chiet; has joined the army in the field. The Duke of Wellington having disapproved the appointment of Royal Engi neer officers to the general staff, Lieutenants Jessie and Stokes, who have been acting as Deputy- Assistant Quartermaster-Generals, will join their corps from the Ist inst. The Cremona arrived on the 19th ult. with the women, children, and baggage of the 74th Highlanders from Gibraltar. This regiment, under Colonel Fordyce, is attached to General Somer set's division. Its discipline and bravery have been most conspicuous. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Rhadamanthus was to have relieved the Dee, but owing to her inefficiency for this service, the latter vessel will be retained on this station for the present. Her Majesty's steamer Hermes has taken in stores in order to proceed to Mauritius for troops, if required. Tne Tanjore freight ship arrived in Simon's Bay on the 28th ult., from England, with Government provisions, &c. Her Majesty's steamer Castor, Commodore Wyville, and the Rhadaman thus are the only two vessels-of-war in the bay. Her Majesty's steamer Dee left Algoa Bay on the 21st ult., for East London; she brings back the rest of the levies. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. CAPE TOWN, AuG. 1, 1] A-M. The frontier mail arrived early this morning. The dates are from Graham's Town, July 26, and from head-quarters up to the 233. A patrol under command of Colonel Michell had returned that day without booty, nearly all the Kafir cattle, as wed as those taken from the colony, having been driven to a distance; a patrol under Colonel Eyre had not yet returned. The news from KreJi is pacific. Two messengers had arrived at King William's Town, with a message trom him to the Governor. The substance is stated to be a desire for peace, a profession of fidelity toward.; the British Government, and, as a proof, a request that the British Resident may be sent back in order to be the medium of future communication. Sandilli, it is said, contemplates a removal with his people to beyond the Kye. lie had sent messengers to Mato, who had gone to Fort Murray to receive their communication. What the substance was is not known. The next intelligence is very distressing ; another attack has been m4de on the fron'i^r mail near L!-eu we Fontein, between Graham's Town and Fort Beauforr, by the Hottentots. The party (among whom were two respectable tradesmen of the latter town, who availed themselves of the return of the post) were fired on ; six were killed and one wounded, the man who brought the intelligence alone escaping. On the same day a party of the European levy, in pursuit of some cattle, met with a severe repulse from the same enemy, five of the levy being killed. G - eneral Somerset had sent out a strong force in pursuit. From Port Eizabeth information had been received of the great destruction of property in the Zuurberg and Oliphant's Hoek. It is said that the line of Sunday's River, if not that of the Zwaart-kops also, is contested by the enemy. (From the supplement to the Cape Town Mail of Aug. 1.) Cape Town Mail Office, Friday, Aug. 1., 11 A.M. The post which has just arrived from the frontier brings additional intelligence of a painful and dis heartening character. The Kafirs and rebel Hotten tots were spreading themselves in large parties over the country, from Sunday's River to the Amatolas, slaying, pillaging, and burning in all directions. Some atrocious murders of frontier colonists had been committed by the Hottentot banditti. In British Kaffraria there was comparative peace. The patrols sent out from King William's Town en countered few enemies, and obtained no booty, the cattle of the Kafirs having been driven to a distance. The accounts of the irruption of the Kafies into the Zuurberg are confirmed. A great number of cattle and horses had been swept off from the neigh bourhood of the Sunday's River, and numerous fires had been observed in the direction of the great Zuur berg and towards Oliphant's Hoek. Two engage ments had taken place (as mentioned in yesterday's paper). in which five of the Kafirs were killed, and three of the colonists were wounded. The following letter and extracts comprise all tho important intelligence received by this post : (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) GRAHAM'S TO WN,JULY 26. The Cape Town post, which was due here at noon on Monday, did not arrive until late on Wednesday evening, and the letters consequently were not deli vered until Thursday morning. The post riders brought information that the Addo Bush seemed to be full of the enemy, as numberless spoors were ob served crossing the road at various points. They also reported that Mr. Pullen, of Uitenhage, had lost all his valuable stud of horses reckoned to be the best in the eastern provinc e . Air. Pullen himself, while out with a party in search of some stolen cattle, had received several wounds from musket shots. Much excitement and speculation were occasioned by the character' and tenor of the disp a t c h es rece i ve d from England, as notified in the supplements to the several Cape Town papers. Some people are so san guine as to believe that the Governor will imme diately act upon them, and that the Council, as now onstituted by authority, will be forthwith summond to meet, and that the first meeting will be held iu Graham's Town. Of course there is a diversity of opinion on the subject, but we believe the general feeling in this place is in favour of such a measure being adopted. _ It is evident that something is requi site to be done, in order that the whole public busi ness of the colony may not thus remain for an indefi nite period in abeyance. Yesterday evening a party arrived in town under command of Lieutenant Thackeray, of the 74th Regi ment, which officer brought the following intel ligence :—The usual post to Fort Hare, consisting of the man with the mail-bags, and en escort of eight or ten mounted burghers, left Graham's Town on Wed nesday morning, about nine o'clock : they were ac companied by Mr. S. P. Impey, and Mr. Curley, both residents in Fort Beaufort, and who, having been some days in town on business, were returning to their homes, wives, and families. They were both active young men, from 23 to 25 years of age, who had been married and settled within the last two or three years. The party reached Fart Brown in safety, but between Fort Brown and Leeuwe Fontein. while rising the hill from the Koonap, and whiles to tally unsuspicious of danger they were fire du n b byy a large party of Hottentots, who were cur ambushed the spot,ley, and not the side of the road. Mr. Impey,Mr. three of the escort, were shot dead on having the opportunity of three of the escort their cowardly assailants. Othereven returning the fire of were wounded, one of wh om secreted himself in the bush; the man in charge of the bags, who was the only unhurt person of ll t e wayto Leeuwe Fontein, party, and two of the wou nded men, made their w h e re they reported w hat had take n place. The enem y were stated to be at least 200 in number, all • nce of H o ttentots, with th e exce p tion of two Kafirs, and th e y extended along the line of road for a distance y 200 yards. Lieutenant Thackwray an d about 25 men went to search for the bodies the same night. The found Mr. Impey end. two of ate @NM OA We two, ER 10, 1851. perfectly stripped of their clothing, and took them back to Leeuwe Fontein. The next day in corning forward to Graham's Town they discovered a little further down the road Mr. Curley and the other man, and they also found the wounded man who had secreted himself. These they brought on to Fort Brown. There they further ascertained that a simi lar catastrophe had befallen a patrol sent out to look after some stolen cattle. Six of the men by some chance had been separated from the rest, when they were suddenly attacked, four of them killed on the spot, one wounded and supposed to have been also killed, and the sixth man still missing. The post from Kafirland, yesterday, brought no in telligence of importance. We learn this mornin g that no sooner did the news of the unfortunate event reach Fort Beaufort, than an express was sent off to General Somerset, at Fort fidre, with the tidings. lie immediately ordered out 200 men with strong injunc tions to track out the party of ruffians, and to remain in the bush until they found and destroyed, or dis persed them. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (From the Graham's Town Journal, July 26.) 'The intelligence from King Wiiliain'a Town is to the 23d inst., on the aftornoon of which day a patrol, under the command of Colonel Michell, returned to quarters. They bad been to the KPiskurama, hut came back without booty, nearly all the Kafir cattle, it is said, with a great many swept off from the co lony, having been driven to a distance, or placed for a time among the herds of the friendly Kufirs. On the return of the patrol, the rear was attacked by a strong party of Kafirs under the Chief Seyolo, but these were soon repulsed, without loss on our side. The accounts state that the Fingoes attached to Colonel Michell called out to the enemy to know if they had had enough, to which Seyolo replied, " that he had lost his country and his cattle, and did nut desire peace, and if peace were attained, the Governor must make it himself." A patrol under Colonel Eyre had been out since Monday, but not having returned no account is given of its movements. The news from Kreli's country is of a pacific character. Two messengers from the Chief Kreli arrived at King William's Town, on the evening of the 231, with a communication to the Governor, purporting that the Chief was now sensible of having committed a great error, and is willing to make every reparation in his power, and be responsible for any mischief which may have been done in his country. That he will main tain peace in his country so long as the war may con tinue here, and act with fidelity towards the colony under the eye of the British Resident, who he re quests may be recalled to act as his future medium of communication. This is said to be the substance of the communication made to the Governor, whose answer had not been given at the date of the coin uounicatioa. The accounts further state that messengers from Sandilli had arrived at the kraal of the Chief Pato, who had been sent for from Fort Murray to receive their communication. This is supposed to have some reference to terms of peace, but nothing beyond sup position is stated in the accounts transmitted. It 6 added that Sandi is greatly dejected, and contem plates removing, with all his people, to the unoccupied country beyond the Kye. Information Ibis come in from General Somerset's camp to yesterday. The General had heard of the fatal affair on the Koonap hill, and had instantly de tached 100 men of the 74th Regiment, 30 of the European Levy, and a detachment of the Cape Mounted Rifles, under Lieutenant Green, the whole under the command of Captain --, 74th Regiment, to proceed to the scene of the murder, and to follow the banditti wherever they may pursue their murder ous career. The following has also come to hand by the same opportunity . " Yellow Wood Camp, July 25. " The Kafirs are very numerous about here, but they manage to escape most of our patrols !—although both men and horses are done up with hard work. The waggons from Ainslie that came here with sup plies, when returning were attacked between Maned zana post and T. Webster's farm in the drift, and although escorted by 25 Fingoes and 8 Europeans, the combined force of Hottentots and Klfirs attacked them su fiercely that they succeeded io capturing the waggons and oxen and all they contained, including seven guns, 700 rounds of ball cartridge, blankets &c., and killed one Fingo and wounded the two Slit tons (father and son). Seven of the enemy fell, and were left on the ground." The following are the names of the persons killed and wounded in the affair at the Koonap Hill : Killed—Messrs. Iwpey and Curley, of Fort Beau fort ; Messrs. Mortimer, B. Lang, and Clarke, of Alice Levy. Wounded—Sergeant Bradshaw and Private Nelson, of Alice Levy. Missing—Privates 'White and Redington, of Alice Levy. Private Brewer escaped unhurt. Of the Fort Brown party the following were killed : Sergeant Rosenblon, Corporal Griffiths, Privates M . Guire and M•Veety, of Alice Levy. Missing—Private M. Hoare, of Alice Lvvy. The following communication (the latest from Beaufort) gives a more satisfactory statement of the conditiou of affairs there, subsequent to the fatal rencontre on the 25th of July :7 " CA - PE TOWN, AuG. 1. "THE PRAAAIDEIIG KAFIRS-BEAUFORT. " A letter has been received from the Rev. Mr. Alhiet, missionary of the Rhenish Society at Schiel tonteio, in the Beauf..rt district, calculated in some degree to allay the apprehensions entertained respect ing that part of the colony. Mr. Albeit writes from Victoria (Beaufort), on the 23d of July :---‘ Some time ago it was reported that a great many strange Kafirs and Hottentots of the Kat River were collected in the Praambergen. Some thefts by Kafirs were reported, and some expressions of the Kafirs gave cause to fear that war would break out here. The Civil Commissioner went to the Praamberg, and on his way called at Schielfontein, leaving word for me to follow him. On Monday morning I was at the camp at the foot of the Praamberg, where about 100 farmers were assembled. I proposed to go alone into the mountain with Daniel, my elder, who had accom • wird me. I wished also to have a witness on the part of the farmers with me, and the field cornet was chosen for that purpose. In consequence of our proposals, the Kafirs came out of the mountains with out arms. Two thieves were apprehended, and will be sent to Beaufort this day. The Hottentots were obliged to take masters. This affair is consequently settled in peace. Not a gun was fired ; the only smoke seen was that of my pipe. Every body . rs re turned home, and I leave for Schielfontein to morrow.'" COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell will leave Minto Castle this day, and proceed to Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster, to visit the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. A deputation from the Windsor Local Board of Health had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health at their offices, Whitehall. The de putation consisted of Messrs. lugulton, Lawrence, and Darvill. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial -office from the Governors of the West India Is lands. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Gibraltar. A NEW APPLICATION or THE SCREW.PROPELLEIS. —A new screw-steamer, call e d th e Frankfort, has lately ar rived at Liverpool, having a novel application She belongs to Mr. Chappel, of the firm of 1, 75 f I ) anna the Jones . and Co., of Liverpool, and is intend e d to trade from ' this place to Genoa, Leghorn, Naples. and Sicily. The Frank fort is about 700 tons burden, built 4f iron, with engines of 100 horse-power. The screw is placed abaft the rudder, out side of all, instead of between the rudder and the ship, as heretofore, and this is the principle of the new application. The rudder is divided into two parts, connected by a ring, through which the shaft is carried to the screw outside of a second sternpost, acting freely in solid water, and doing away, at the same time, V, ith that unpleasant vibration so charac teristic of all steamers, both paddle-wheel and screw. Daring the trial-trip on Thursday last she performed to the admira tion of her passengers, and fully bore out all that the paten tee promised ; for, although only of 100 horse-power, she steamed 11 knots against a headwind, going through the water with the easy motion of a sailing vessel, and so per fectly under control that she could be brought round almost within her own length. Besides these advantages, the screw is of a very high pitch, enabling her to sail several knots faster with a fair wind, without the screw being a drag. The patentee is Mr. John Beattie, of Liverpool. STATE OF TRADE.— MANCHESTER, SEPT. 9.—ln cloth we have bad rather less animation, but though manu facturers have in some cases manifested a disposition to do business on easier terms, generally speaki change are rather firm. The announcement on the E that a manufacturer at Blackburn had been obliged t o s uspend, and that a house at Halifax was in difficulties, created some uneasiness, though it is believed that the liabilities are not heavy in either case. The house at Blackburn (Abbott's) is said to owe 12,000/., and the chief creditor is a spinner at Bolton. In yarns spinners were disposed to yield a fraction in price. Both mule and water twist were bought rather freely on easier terms, with one excep tion, 30's water—which is in request for Russia, and also for the East Indies, and commanded full prices. Among Russian agents there is a rumour which may hereafter be traced to a reliable source, that the Czar is disposed to re move the heavy duties at present levied on yarns and manufactures of this country, and that so imminent is the end of protection among Russian manufacturers that they have already begun to set their houses in order by lightening their responsibilities. CONFLAGRATION AT LORD HARRY vANE's, EWHURST.— On Sunday night a terrible conflagration broke out at New House Farm, Ewhurst, the prop er t y of, and occup i e d by, Lord Harry Vane. It appearsthatso them e c hildren of Irish labourers, who were encamped near premises, obtained lucifer-matches and wont into the straw yard. By accident they fired the straw, which communicated with the farm buildings. A barn, with thirty loads of p eas in the haulm, half of which w ere white, and a lodge, were burnt down. Great praise is due to thelabo n u ( rers in assisting, otherwise a peastack, and a beanstack, and haystack, which stood within a few feet of the barn, must have been vis nbur t down. We have n o t y et learned whether the pro . WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH OUR CONVICTS ? LETTER 111. TO THE EMIT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, EARL, M.P. &c. &c. &c. Sir,—lt has been often asked, How does it happen that all the plans of the Colonial -office have so signally failed, and that at this moment, as far as the transportation system operates, the reclamation of the convict is more hopeless than at any former period, and crime increasing to en enormous extent ; for assuredly such plans have included every variety of treatment, from that which bordered upon excessive cruelty to that whose fault was of an opposite character. Of the effict produced by the plan of cruel treat ment, the Chief Justice of New South Wales told the Transportation Committee, "That he would not hesitate to prefer death under any form that it could be presented to him, rather than such a state of en durance as that of the convict in Norfolk Island." Nor were the effects produced by a lenient plan of a better description, for, after having been in opera tion some years, Mr. Stewart, who was directed to report upon the condition of the convicts in Norfolk Island in 1846, represent s "the state of crime there as being of the most atrocious character, and the in subordination of the men as very excessive." Upon this Lord Grey directed measures should be taken to break up the establishment with the least possible delay. But Archbishop Whately's proposition shows most clearly why it is that all the plans have so utterly failed ;it i s b ecause t h e C o l o nial -office has al ways wade the interests of the colony, through the medium of the settler, the primary object. Thus we have the deliberate opinion of one of the foremost men of the present day fully confirmed by the results of expo. rience. Surely such a coincidence must to every rational mind be conclusive as to the necessity of 11 change. _ _ Now it is clear there are only two modes of effect ing a change of the present system--either to abolish the punishment of transportation, or to continue it in a totally different manner from any yet practised; there is no third course worthy the attention of a statesman, or a philanthropist, and any different manner of continuing transportation can only ac complish the desired effect by strictly adhering to the principle laid down by the Archbishop; and caring nothing for the colony, nothing for the settler, except as such interests must be incidentally promoted, by an effectual punishment of the convict, giving the best prospect of his reclamation from ♦ice. Such was the object of the plan which last year I submitted for your consideration, believing that you, who have already effected so great and salutary change in the treatment and in the condition of the convict in this country, would, although the subject was not in your department, exert yourself to pre vent your praiseworthy exertions being rendered nearly useless, by handing over the half-reformed convict to the tender mercies of the Colonial-office, to be treated as formerly, contrary to every sound principle as deducible from theory—from logic—and from experience. I observed in my former letter that my plan had this material distinction from the probation system devised and carried out by Lord Stanley and Sir J. Graham, inasmuch as they sent the convicts to an old colony, whereas I proposed that they should be trans ported to a new one; and I submit to your judgment that this distinction alone would be quite sufficient to account for the failure of their plan, and to hope for success from the adoption of mine. But as two of the most eminent statesmen of the present day entrusted with the responsibilities of office devised and carried into effect a plan for the reclama tion of convicts in the colonies, surely it must be con ceded that there cannot be anything very absurd or ridiculous in the principle of such plan ; and when it WAS found to produce such lamentable effects a wise man and a fair man would have endeavoured in the first place to ascertain the cause of failure. And the slightest examination would have convinced even the Colonial-office that the failure of the plan could most easily be accounted for, without imputing the slightest blame to the principle. I think the at tempt to carry it out in an old colony instead of a new one is in itself a sufficient cause, but beyond this nothing can be more certain than that the plan never had a fair trial ; and that, if the authorities in the colony had resolved that it should fail, they could not pos sibly have adopted plans more certain to produce that effect, for the best plan must fail unless carried out by faithful agents. Sir W. Denison's statement is decisive upon the point as to the manner the authorities in the colony carried out Lord Stanley's plan. He says, " The general complaint of the inefficiency of the officers at the different convict stations applies in its full force to those to whom the religious instruction of the convict is entrusted." Can it be necessary to say a single ad ditional word to prove that the failure of his Lord ship's plan was eruirely owing to the manner in which it was attempted to carry it out, and did not proceed from the plan itself? Why ! it is precisely the same plan which you have carried out with such marked benefit at the Island of Portland. What earthly reason can exist why that which has been effected at Portland cannot be equally well carried out in the colonies ? Certainly, it would not be reasonable to expect that talent such as yours, or Lord John Russell's, or Sir James Graham's should hs found in the colonies ; neither is it necessary, be cause in your hands ought still to remain the adminis trative authority ; and all that is requisite is zeal and fidelity to carry out your plans. I cannot conceive that anything short of imperious necessity would induce any man of sound judgment to propose that gangs of convicts, to the number of 30,000 or 40,000,* should be distributed throughout these realms, and then let loose upon society, after the expiration of their respective sentences, in a country where there is little or no employment for them, and still less desire to take them into service. I have the honour to remain, &c., RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Sept. 1, 1851. • The number now under sentence in the colonies. BALLOON DESCENT AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM.- The veteran Green, having made his 485th ascent from Vauxhall gardens in the Nassau balloon on Monday evening acconipad;re • d by a party of gentlemen, effected a safe descent on the lawn in front of the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum. Many of the patienis, who were enjoying their evening, amusements immediately assisted him in securing the bal loon, and rendering him the required assistance. It being the intention of the company, which consisted of a party of distinguished military officers, again to embark at dawn of day on an aerial voyage, the descent was accomp li s h ed with scarcely any loss of gas. Balloon ascents being now of so frequent occurrence they scarcely deserve any notice in a public journal, but it is with much pleasure that we record this, being a practical illustration of the great improvement which has been effected by Dr. Conolly, and others hallos , ' ing his humane views, in the treatment of the insane in this country. here a large quantity of afflicted persons imme diately rendered the r, quired assistance; and, although the extensive ground s soon b ecame visited by neighbours from all directions, with whom they mixed, they cheerfully re turned to the wards of the building, without any mischievous excitement from the event. Mr. G. een and his friends hav ing been received and made welcome by Dr. Diamond, they again ascended early in the morning, Mr. Green observing, it had never been his lot to alight in a more suitable or cheerful spot; his companions, some of whom had travelled much in foreign countries, expressing in very strong lan guage the "immense humanity" now here displayed in the treatment of lunatics compared to similar establishments they had visited. T E NEW PRINCIPLE OF ASCERTAINING VITALITY. _ _ —Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Bedford, the coroner, in the Board-room of St. James's I`, orkhouse, on the body of a male chill. The circumstances of this case would scarcely be worth reporting but for the new light shown by the surgeon as to the probable existence of a child, and the inquiry altogether was of a moat interesting charac:er. On Friday night a lad was going through Golden-square, when a child called to him that there was a bundle by the side of the railings. When he took it up he saw the body of a child, and took it to the workhouse, in case life should exist, but as the child was dead they told him he must take it to the Station-house in 'Vine-street, and bring it back in the usual way. The body was accordingly taken to the station-house, and, of course , im mediatel y sent back to the workhouse. ' Mr. French, of 41, Great Marlborough-street, here examined the body, and had no doubt the child lived, although now in a state of almost putrefaction. He found the lungs were fully inflated, which showed that the child had breathed. The forem an of the j ur y ask ed if the inflati on of the lun ge might not be caused by the gases arisin g f rom decomposition. Mr. French said it could not be so. had weighed the lungs of the child, and they w - place the vessels grains. If the child had not breathed the ordinary weight 81 0 would have been 600 grains. '1 he foreman wished' how this difference was accounted for, and he repliedtolv ke that ingollw i t f e w x e is r t e ed life existed, respiration must of course take l heavier where tion sets the functions of the heart in motion th p Respira loiffethhea l ungs d been t became hanw filled.hen it h a They d n ot thus s he jury seemed highly satisfied with Mr. I , tench's • and probably the best test, andexplanation of this new dead." returned a verdict of "Found THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BUCKIIsGHAMsHIRE RAILWAY.—The inquest on the bodies of the persons who were killed in consequence of this accident was yesterday resumed at Bicester, The Engine-driver underwent a long examination, as did Mr. M'Connell, the superintendent of the Locomotive Departme n t of the North-Western Railway- They both gave it as t h e i r opinion that the aecidentwaa occasioned by some displacement taking place in tb epointsthe after the locomotive had passed over them, and before carriages had arr i ve d on them. The inquest was gain journed. again ad- SHOOTING IT A RAILWAY TRAIN.—The seven o'clock train from Paddington, on passing the Roebuck I nn , aUtxb: believing r Oxford-road, o - r u o e a d , on Tuesday ev ening last, was maliciously shot party unknown. The engin e-driver in command he had passed over a detonating ball, the usual signal of danger, blew the guard's whistle and stopped the train, when he found that the stoker distinctly saw two per sons, one of whom pointed the gun and fired, the shots of which wore heard on the tender. S U SPECTED PoisoNntos IN NORTHUMBERLAND.— The county of Northumberland bids fair to be notorious for its poisonings, another suspected case having just com e to village of Strkwhelpington. Two children i n et a peasant died last week, within twenty ftloihguehrtfhoaimn the ' u i r i s j of each other. both of whom are supposed to have died from poison. The coroner, Mr. Stephen Reed, has f i xe d Wednesday (this day) tor holding the inquest, and has directed a post morkm examiaiti on t i? b e mete til • the lasi : WU% I