The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

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LONDON, AUG.' 1 0 .—W ind at noon S.S.E light breeze and fine. PORTO GRANGE, ST. VINCENT, CAPE DE VERDS, JULY 15 —The Esther Ann, of Liverpool, Trieste to Pure4mbuco, has been wrecked on the Hartwell Reef. N.E. side of Boa Vesta; crew, passengers, and part of cargo saved, the latter in a damaged state. CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, JULY 3.—The Sumatra, Shanghai to London. which arrived here 29th slay; to stop a leak, sailed on the 4-h Jute. The 'Nimes Henderson (Amer ship), Manilla to Liverpool, Was spoken 20th May, with damage to masts, &c., and intended putting into Rio for repairs. The Raja of Sarawak, London to Madras, put in 16th June with loss of bowsprit, foremast, mainmast head, &c. It is blowing fresh here today from the northward, with a heavy se a on. NEW YoRK, JULY 30.—A British barque is reported be on shore at Port Dullard, Sraits of Magellan, 14th tay, that two of the crew had been murde red b y the Ettlgetians; remainder escaped in the boat, and got on Board another vessel. DEAL, AUG. 11.—Wind light and variable from S. to to B .E•—Arrd. Jarrow, Richibucto. Arrd. from the River, Kestrel, Madras. Arrd. from the River and bid. Goddess, Demerara; Nora Creina, Antigua. PLYMOUTH, AUG. 11.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Pro- Pontes steamer, Cape of Good Hope; left 4th July, Sierra Leone 21st, and Cape do Verds 28th, and proceeds for London. FALm. , urru, AUG. 11. —Wind S.E.—Arrd. J. S. Southard, Havannah ; Alchymist, Quebec; Jane Low den, Q ue b ec. OFF THE LlZARD—Chatham transport, Antigua. LIVERPOOL AUG. 11.—Wind S. — Arrd. H u g e S v a ne, Iceland ; Mel i a, ditto; Najadin, ditto; Epaminondas, New Orleans. Sid. Wagnolm, Manilla; Earl of Lens dale, Lima; Bonita, Pernambuco; New World, New York; Philadelphia, ditto; Caledonia, Quebec. The Whitehaven steamer took fire last night in the Clarence dock, but it was subdued without its having done much injury. SuoßEEtear, AUG. 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Britannia, Quebec. OFF FALMOUTIL—Mary, Callao; Columbia, Callao. PILL, AUG. 11.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. Glenswelly, Quebec. KINGROAD. Arrd. Armata, Havannah ; Climer, Quebi.e. _ _ BRISTOL,AUG. 11.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Clara Ann, New York; Sir Henry Pottinger, Quebec. GLOUCESTER.—Arrd. Erin-go-Bragh, Quebec; Ar tYle, Quebec. Sld. Five Sisters, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 10.—Wind S .—Arrd. Eliza .I "en, Laguna. Sld. John Frances, Quebec. SUNDERLAND.—Arrd. Clarissa, Handley, Quebec. Piamorrn.—Arrd. Wanderer, South Australia. JERSEY, AUG. 10.—S1d. Irene, Denia ; S hePPegan. .„ EVirPORT.—SId. Trident, St. Thomas; Julius Car], St. Thomas. SHIELDS, AUG. 11.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—SId. Watchman, Monte Video. ~„i S OUTHAMPTON, AUG. 1 1.--Af rd. Severn steamer, Ito Janeiro. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 Os; 11 °N , ditto, 31 Os to 3/ 103; old Clover, 3 / lOs to 4/ 10s ; n ew ditto, 315 s to 4/ Os; and Straw, 111 s to 11 lOs p er e td• Supply good, and trade dull. N-mstnEaLitio.—Old Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 4/ 4s sew ditto, 3/ Os to 3/ 12s; old Clover, 3/ lOs to 4/ 8s; "raw ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ Os; and Straw, 11 2 s to 11 12 s p er (1 . A full average supply, and a sluggis h demand. ~,z, RITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3l 5s to 4/ Os; n eW ditto, 3/ Os to 3/ 10s; Old Clover, 3/ 10s to 4l 10s; n ew ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ Os; and Straw , 11 2 s t o 1110 s p er l l oad. Trade dull, at barely late rates. COLONIAS. 'lnds Plantation was rather dull , only 360 'lnds having been sold ; 930 bags Mauritius mostly sold 'teas) , rates, brown 28a to 295, low to good yellow, t's 6d to 375, and grainy 37s 6d to 43 5. Of 1,730 a ge Bengal offered, the Benares (about one - half) sold at rs to 42 s 6d, being 6d decline; the brown was w it hdrawn °r Want of buyers at relative rates. 3,583 bags Penang W ent at 6d to is decline; low brown 28 s to 29 s 6 d , good b rown 303 6d to 31s 6d, low yellow 32 s to 34 5 , and grey „ 48 Gd to 375. 200 barrels Porto Rico mostl y found " buyers at 6d decline from 35s to 403 6d; but 80 hhds and 80 barrels St. Croix sold freely at 39s Gd to 445. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at t he East and West India Docks was 1,910 hhds, 267 tierces 1,088 barrels; and there were taken for home consumption, 1,591 hhds 180 tierces 880 barrels. The stock in the same places is 18,437 hhds 2,485 tierces 6 , 3 36 barrels. COFFEE.-300 casks and 100 bags Plantation Ceylon i Went steadily at 47s to 67s 6d; but 1 , 030 bags washed tto was held above the present market value; a few lots sold at 39s to 41s. Privately, 1.000 bags Native Ceylon sold at 40s 6d, with a few superior at 41s. Rum—ls without alteration. The quantity landed last week at the East, and West India Docks was 502 Puns 28 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 126 puns 25 hhds, end exported 177 puns 90 hhds. The Stock in the same places is 13,083 puns 1,403 hhds. • RICE.-1,000 bags good mid white Bengal were taken In at 91 9d per cwt. TAILow.—P.Y.C. is 378 9d to 38s per cwt on the spot, and town, 39s 6d. TILL—The market is steady. • CoTrox,—This article is firmer, with a moderate BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE QUARTERMAINE Pimlico bankrupt was described a s o f Eaton-mews West, Inalico, livery-stable-keeper, and to - day was app ointed f Or ecnstderation of his certificate. Mr. Duncan appeared to oppose according to notice, b at withdrew the opposition; and Mr. Lawrence for t he b ankrupt. 11o:court suspended the certificate for six months, " the ground of bad bookkeeping and expenses ex -I,!leding profits; the certificate to be of the third class. r °teetion was granted. MANSION-HOUSE —(1 1 HIS DAY.) , placed Man of gentlemanly appearance was this mor nin g "' e ed before the Lord Mayor, on a charge of indecently b i lsaulting a tradesma naed Perkins, who carries on ustnesa in Cannon - street . The defendant was brought 1 1 0 to the court on Saturday, but was remanded and re :,ased from custody on bail, in consequence of the non attendance of the complainant. Mr. Buchanan, a solicitor, attended on the part of the " Le Pendant The complainant, having been sworn, deposed that the 43 , sault was , committed in a court close to his resi dence between eleven and twelve o'clock on Friday tight last. On remonstrating with the defendant, ho 1141 off, but ho was subsequently apprehended by a Policeman, to whom he had mentioned the circumstance. Complainant had been drinking two glasses of brandy I ltid water, and some stout, but he was perfectly sober, and knew what he was about. To the best of his belief the defendant was the individual who assaulted him. The complainant showed some hesitation, in the first %tancp, on this point; but he subsequently said he tould swear the defendant was the man. The Lotto MAYOR—Why were you not here on Sa turday to press the charge? Complainant—Business Prevented me attending, 'sod I told the police that I could not appear at the court until Monday or Tuesday. The L ORD MANOR — T hen you thought you were jus tified i n g i v i ng , to every appearance, a respectable per -804 in custody, and allowing him to be locked up in the Bt ation-house, on a serious charge of this nature, and 11 °t attending to proceed with the case, as you were b ound to do, both for you o wn sake and th e interests of t, ;" Public?—The complainant re p lied that h e could not - pure time from business on a Saturda y . , ' l.4 r. Buchanan said the charge was a most un. th"aded and improper one, and be should prove that e complainant was altogethe r mistaken in alle g in g th at the defendant had assaulted him. The defendant ~,"4 a a highly r e spectable person, known to man y gentle men Present in the eourt, and his mor al conduct was Tve all suspicion. k n 't merchant in the City was then call ed—He had elm the defendant fourteen years, and he considered ' LI ! a most moral and exemplary person. pulice-sergeant said the complainant was partly in ticated when he came to make the charg e at the ebtion-ho but he seemed to know what he was use, Out. N l ' 4 (3 LO RD MAYOR said he felt bound to dismiss t he th e in the absence of any corroborative testimony, but k i o Parties would not be precluded taking it to the ses -1.,_1 if they thought fit to do so. 'Cue defendant then left tho court in company with friends. 111 kiILBRO'-STREE T—(THIS DAY_, a -LBSA.U LT ON A POLICE•CONSTABLE. — James Carey Bal l g ary , Ki n( two denizens of that respectable locality 0 1, Peter-street, wore brouitht before Mr. Bingham, IC„ a i r ,ge with eing drunk and riotous, and assulting of"ee- d constab b le Silverton, 53 C, while in the execution 1 114 duty, o 'ie officer stated that on the previous night he was duty in Peter-street, when his attention was called to l o e t , t WO prisoners, who were very drunk, and fighting 1 ,,,`"s middle of the road, surrounded by a mob of the p; r r t s t k uf characters. Ile went up, and endeavoured to th o , s t ueni, when the man struck him a severe blow on r , ; L oss and made it bleed, while the woman followed t lC ,`bie attack by laying hold of his legs, and tried to otltlhirn down. Being, however, stronger than them t o I , l h , he cont r i ve d t o c ollar them and conveyed them T stafion • mated to prlsors, who denied the charge, were com priso ne n for ten days. ho4LLEGED BILL STEALING.—Mr. Peter Scott, Vernon "ll,3N Pall-m a ll, was c h arge d with obtaining a bill of f e utlnga for 531. from James Anderson, solicitor, 14, Pr i e et o ° n r o tr . oad, West Brompt3n, by false and fraudulent ' to O h tl the case bei ng ca ll e d o n the prosecutor was found of t h aVe suddenly made himself scarce from the precincts e ,,, O urs, and was nowhere to be fouud. " °lir, who attended for the defendant, said it was 411 i ... i _ ea "; his cheat had been lucked up at the station th ,, la 'F'lt, and now when he was brought here to rebut 4flarge the prosecutor was non est. Qe_er• BINGHAM—YOU know your remedy; it is now f , V 1 1 o'clock, and I shall therefore discharge the do "t'thdat. PICKPOCKETS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. -- Jam es before' J o h n M cCann, and James Smith, were brought Bil l.T.r. Bi ng h am, charged with being suspected per i felon the Exhibition for the purpose of committing a McCa in was arse suspected of having stolen a c ontaininf; 3/. 10 3 . i n go ld. BroadB2 L, depo se d th at a b out h alf-past 5 o 'i lce k yesterday afternoon he was on duty at the Exhibition in 11.. RS CWT 4 ' . ".44... iiftl fli t, .--,,,,.__.„ THE SU`N, plain c'othes, when he saw the prisoners, whom he knew to be thieves, coma out of the Z )lherein depar ment, which at present is very much frequented. Ihey stood for a few moments, and then went into a passage leading to the waterclosets. They all three then got close to each other, and he saw McCann take something from his pocket and, by his appearance and manner, he believed he (McCann) was emptying something out into his hand. At that time a person came out of one of the waterclosets and they then walked to a bench close by. McCann sat down on the bench and took cif his hat, which he placed between his knees. Witness then saw him take something out of his pocket and place in his hat. He then went up to them, and asked McCann what he had got there? McCann looked up into his face and said Oh, nothing at all." Witness then looked into his hand and saw the morccco purse pro duced. He took it from his hat and put it in his (wit ness's) pocket. He then procured assistance, and took them to the station, where they were searched, and en McCann was found 3/. 10s. in gold and a gold pin; on Bailer 11. and Bs. Bd. in silver; and on Smith 53. lOci., and a Sardinian gold coin, of the value of 31. 125., in English money. Witness questioned him (McCann) as to his possession of the purse, and his replies were co equivocal that he came to the conclusion the purse was stolen. Several constables of the L division proved that the whole of the prisoners had been seen tcgether coming out of a notorious house in Ilerbert's-buildings, Water loo-road, no later than Friday last. Three former con victions were also proved against the prisoner Butler. The prisoners, who protested their innocence, were remanded till Saturday next. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. An Italian version of Mr. Balfe's most pleasing and most popular comic opera Les Quatre Fils Aymon, was produced here last evening, under the title of I Quattro Fratelli. The performance was for the benefit of Mr. Balfe himself, whose exertions as musical director at her Majesty's Theatre have been during the present season, more especially, most un tiring, and most arduous, and to whose admirable organization we are indebted for the present admir able orchestra. The theatre was crowded before the rising of the curtain—a fit and proper tribitte to the high merits of the most popular of English composers and conductors. The music of I Quattro Fratelli is full of melody, it is characteristic, dramatic, and has about it that undefinable charm of unflagging sprightliness without which all the mere school learn ing in the world is of no avail. When originally produced at the Opera Comique in Paris it enjoyed an immense popularity. A Ger man version of it produced at Frankfort had a great run. The opera was then re produced at Vienna, where it was frequently represented at three theatres on the same evening, and in this country it achieved for itself an enduring popularity, when pro duced at the Princess's Theatre, under the title of The Castle of Aymon. To detail the plot of an opera so well known as this would be indeed work of supererogation. Who does not remember Ivon, the old Caleb Balderston sort of steward to the four poor sons of the Duke of Aymon ; who does not re member the pompous and stingy Baron di Beaumanoir and his delightful daughter Her minie, and bow a marriage between herself and Oliviero, the eldest of the brothers (preceded by those of the three brothers with three of her cousins), is brought about by the tact of Ivon and the wit of the rich and lovely damsel ? In order to adapt the opera to the Italian stage, Mr. Balfe has turned tfle spoken dialogue of the original into recitative ; he has also composed two new airs for Madlle. Sofie Cruvelli, who sustains the part of Erminia. The first of these, "Di Duchessa it nome Otero," occurs in the first act, and is one of the most marvel lous efforts of execution ever heard. Mr. Balfe seems to have taxed his powers to heap together every conceivable species of difficulty, in order to show with what facility and adroitness all difficulties can be overcome by Mdlle. Sofie Cruvelli ; the second, " Or qui verra," in the third act, is a delicious melody, replete, however, with difficulties, in the overcoming of which Madlle. Sofie Cruvelli seemed to revel. This brilliant and exquisite piece of vocalization excited the most rapturous applause. Her rendering of the exquisite melody " Giovin belea" was delicious; and the duet with Oliviero (Gardoni), " Quando tornar ridente ' " was perfect ; never have we heard two voices blend together more delightfully than did those of Mademoi selle Sofie Cruvelli and Gardoni in this exqui site duet, which is, to our thinking, the gem of the opera. Gardoni, who was in excellent voice, sang the beautiful music allotted to Oliviero with infinite taste, and Pardini, as Riccardo, rendered the martial air in the second act with great spirit. Coletti, as Ivon, exhibited a degree of rough humour, for the possession of which we had not before given him credit, and his heartiness of manner was moat telling in the character of the old Seneschal. The making-up of Massol as the Baron di Beaumanoir was as perfect in its way as the making-up of Lablache in Don Pasquale, and Massol sung and acted in the true Italian buffo style ; we have never seen any buffo duet more effectively rendered than the duet descriptive or the riches of the sons of Aymon, by Coletti and Massol. In the duet with Made moiselle Sofie Cruvelli, in the third act, in which the bells are introduced as an accompaniment, Massol was also admirable. The concerted music was perfectly given, and we have seldom heard any thing more quaintly effective than the chattering quartet of the four cousins. The bril liant overture, and the whole of the music was admirably rendered by the orchestra. At the conclusion of each act the principal performers were called on, and at the conclusion of the opera there were loud calls for Balfe, who was led on by Gardoni to bow his thanks. LONDON,: THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOUTH, Mormay:—The Geneal Steam Screw Shipping Company's steam-ship Sir Rubel t Peel, Captain Glover, arrived off the port at nine A.m. this morning. Her outward dates are—St. Vincent, May 27, nine A.M. ; sailed, niy 29, eleven r.m. Arrived at Sierra Leone, June 1, five p.m. ; sailed, June 3, four P.M. Arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, June 26, four P.M. Homeward—Sailed from the Cape of Good Hope, July 4, two P.M. Arrived at Sierra Leone, July 20, five P.M. ; sailed, July 21, two P.m. Arrived at St. Vincent's, July 26, ten A.M. ; sailed, July 28, noon. She brings no decisive intelligence respecting the Kafir war. Sir Ihrry Smith was on the frontier. The enemy was in check, and he contemplated a de cisive movement, which it was hoped might lead to a ermination of hostilities. Sandili continued on the Amatola mountains. It is said that his favoured prophet, TJmlangeni, had de serted him and joined another chief. Pato remains faithful to the British cause. The colonists at Cape Town believe that a consti tution has been sent to them, but that the officials have not published it. The Cape Town Mail of July 1 takes a gloomy view of the then existing condition of affairs " The accounts from the frontier war become at every post more painful and disheartening. It is evident that the colonists there find themselves unable to make bead against the increasing hordes of the enemy. The most active and resolute leaders are falling one after another. Field-Cornet Gray, in Lower Albany; Field-Cornet Bouwer, of the Kaga; Field-Cornet Albertse, of Albert District, have all been struck down within a month. We receive week after week lamentable news of the murder of travellers, tho burning of homesteads, the de vastation of wide tracts of country, where the horizon is described as lighted up at night by the flames of deserted farmhouses. There is no wonder that, as our corre spondent writes, a general gloom prevails at Graham's Town. The frontier colonists have certainly done al most all that has been done during the last six months, and that is not a little, for the defence of the colony. But there is no concert, no system—in a word, no Go vernment. Our enemies are united, and the colonists, the troops, the military officers, the civil authorities, are working, if not absolutely against one another, at least without co-operation or sympathy. The levies are about to return to their homes. Sir Harry Smith, who lately announced the approaching close of the war, has ordered a European force of 300 men to be embodied at Graham's Town for a term of six months. But under the present system there is no apparent reason why the war should not continue for six years. Yet, with a colonial Parliament, uniting all classes of the colonists in a phalanx for the common defence, and with Sir Andries Stockenstrom as Commandant-General of the colonial forces on the frontier, this wretched contest, which is wasting the best blood and devouring the wealth of the border districts, might be brought to a close in six weeks." The same journal declares that the rebellion of the frontier Hottentots had assumed a new development during the past month. The insurrection had spread more widely, and the general nature of the objects which the rebels had in view was becoming better known. " These objects," according to the Cape Town .3lail " Were the expulsion of the English colonists from that portion of the frontier districts which is situated between the Sunday's, the Baviaan's, and the Keis kamma Rivers, and the occupation of that territory by the Hottentots, as an independent nation.' These in tentions, however, have not been entertained by all the Hottentots in that part of the country. Many of them have remained faithful, in spite of the defection of their comrades and relatives. The Hottentots in other parts of the colony have had no concern in the plot whatever, and have evinced no symptoms of disaffection. The re bellion, taken in connexion with the general hostilities, cannot be properly termed a war of races. As the Fingoes have been contending against the Kafirs, so, in like manner, the Hottentot levies from the western dis tricts have been fighting unhesitatingly against the rebellious Hottentots of the frontier. The insurrection, in fact, is a purely local affair, affecting only a com paratively small and well-defined section of the colony. A review of the occurrences of the past month pre sents few incidents of a cheering or satisfactory charac ter. In the latter part of May the marauding bands of Kafirs in the frontier districts became more numerous and bold than they had before shown themselves at any time during the present war. It was generally reported that the Kafir chiefs had given orders to their people to enter the colony, and subsist in it by plunder during the winter, which had jest commenced with unusual seve rity. This plan of hostilities has been vigorously pur sued by the enemy during the month, with disastrous consequences to the colonists, whose losses of property have been heavier than in any previous month of the war. Many valuable lives have also been lost, three field-cornets and several other respectable inhabitants having been killed in repelling the inroads of the plunderers. " Sir Harry Smith has remained at King William's Town, and has continued to send strong patrolling par ties of troops into the enemy's country. The Kafirs have thus been kept on the ale: t, and have been prevented from sntering the colony en masse. A few of them have been killed, some of their huts destroyed, and some hun dreds of cattle captured. It does not appear, however, that any injuries have been inflicted upon them at all commensurate with those which the colony has sufLred from them. The rebel Hottentots among them, how ever, are reported to bo in bad plight, from want of provisions, and a few have come in and surrendered themselves. "The Hottentot levies at King William's Town, chiefly from the western districts, were likely to return home at the close of their term of enlistment, which expires on the 10th inst. Very few of them had con sented to re-enlist. Their general conduct is highly commended. " A party of frontier colonists, proceeding with a train of waggons from Cradock to Graham's Town, were at tacked by Katirs, several of the waggons plundered, the oxen carried off, and one of the defenders, Mr. G. Dyason, son of the resident magistrate of Bathurst, was killed. Two days before, Mr. Whiting, another traveller, proceeding to Cradock, was attacked in his waggon, and stabbed to death with assegais. "The accounts from the north-eastern boundary re present that part of the colony as in a deplorable con dltion, from the ravages of the Tambookies. " At the last accounts from head-quarters (21st ult.) Sir Harry Smith was preparing for an important move ment, said to be a patrol intended to continue for two or three weeks, and (according to one report) to be com manded by his Excellency in person. It is even ru moured that Sir Harry entertained the hope of being able by this movement to bring the war to a close. Fears prevailed among the frontier colonists that a peace would be patched up' on such conditions as would result in a renewal of hostilities within a fow years. " General Somerset was engaged, during the latter part of May, in attempting to expel the Kafirs and rebel Hottentots, who, under the chief Mocomo, had taken p e a,;e a aine of the Kat River settlement. The Major- General's force, however, proved to be insufficient to ac complish this object. The enemy constantly withdrew' as he advanced, and returned upon his traces whenever he retired to his encampment. Some sharp skirmishing took place, but with no important result. " The most unfortunate event which had occurred during the month—and, next to the Kat River revolt, the most unfortunate occurrence in this war—has been the insurrection of the Hottentots of the Theopolis Mission Statioe, in Lower Albany, near the sea -coast, and about thirty miles south-east of Graham's Town. These Hot tentots had been previously joined by some deserters of the Cape Corps, through whose counsel and assistance, it appears, the insurrection was concerted and carried into effect. At day-break on the morning of the 31st of May the Hottentots suddenly fell upon several Fingoes who resided at their station, and murdered them. They then loaded their waggons with their families and goods and moved off towards the Bushman's River, sending, at the same time, to ono of the Kafir chiefs to ask for assistance. Theopolis, it should be stated, al though considered a station of the London Missionary So ciety (and having been, in fact, the seat of one of its earliest institutions' in South Africa), had been for two years without a resident missionary, being only oc casionally visited by the missionary resident in Gra ham's Town. The number of persons at the station has of late years been about 300, of whom about 70 were grown men. Many of the Kat River settlers ori ginally emigrated from Theopolis, and an intimate con nexion has consequently always existed between the two plus s. " The news of this insurrection spread with great ra pidity, and caused the utmost excitement in Graham's Town, and throughout the ueigbouring country. Major- General Somerset happened to be at the time in Gra ham's Town. The 74th Regiment, which recently ar rived in the colony, had reached Graham's Town on its way to Fort Hare only three days before. The Major- Geuerul at once ordered about 300 men of that regiment to proceed towards Lower Albany, in order to intercept the insurgents—he himself preparing to take the com mand of the force which was to surround and crush them. The raham's Town Mounted Rangers, however, pushed on before the infantry, and, being joined by some mounted burghers from Lower Albany and Uitenhage, made an attack upon a party of the rebels, about 100 strong. A desperate conflict ensued, but the rebels were at length driven from the field into a neighbouring ravine, leaving their waggons and oxen, and seven of their number killed. Of the colonial force, Field-Cornet Gray, au old and much respected settler of Lower Albany, was killed. Captain W. Stubbs, of the Gra ham's Town Rangers, and Commandant Woest, of the Uncnlnige Bur g h ers , w i t h severa l ot h ers, were woun d e d. "This action took place on the 3d ult. On the sth, early in the morning, Major-General Somerset having assembled a force of about 600 men, proceeded to sur round the stronghold in which th e re b e l s h a d t a k en re foga. This was a covert, enclosed by d ense b us h, i n a bend of the Kareiga River. The rebels were partially surrounded, but through some unfortunate mistake, or m i ma aagement, they were allowed to escape at an un gusrdecl outlet. They fled, leaving some waggons and a bout 600 cattle in the hands of th e troops. I mmed i ately afterwards, in obedi"nce to orders from head-quarters, General Somerset and the 74th Regiment proceeded to Fart Hare. The rebels, alter burni ng t h e b u il dings at Theopolis, retreated into Kafirland." Considerable anxiety exists as to the return of the Hottentot levies to their homes. The Governor had them assembled at King William's Town, and offered them, for a re-engagement of only six weeks, a bounty of 1/. and a full suit of clothes, but which offer they declined, persisting in their original determina tion of returning to their homes. An abstraction of 1 so large a portion of the force in the field, and that TEETOTAL DEMONSTRATIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,—The following letter has been received by the committee who conducted the above demonstrations, and as a practical testimony that rational amusement is perfectly compatible (if not greatly enhanced), by the absence of all intoxicating beverages, we beg most re spectfully to solicit its insertion in an early number of your valuable paper. T. C. PREBBLE, Hon. Secretaries. E. GRIFFITHS, Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, Aug. 7, 1851. Sir,—lt gives me infinite pleasure to bear my testimony to the conduct of the vast assemblage of persons who thronged this establishment on Wed nesday las!. In the first place, I think I am right in stating that so large an assemblage was never before congregated in a place of amusement; but this I am certainly right in, that a more orderly and decorous one I never beheld. I did not hear of a rob bery or quarrel, or even anything that was unpleasant, a profane word never reached my ear. Now, Sir, when you take into account the vast number (nearly 25,000), this will appear (as it certainly is) a most remarkable event, and one which reflects the highest honour on the cause you advocate, as well as the general public; for bear in mind that at least 8,000 persons did not belong to the Teetotal Society. Sincerely congratulating you on the success of your exertions, I am, Sir, your obedient servant. W. TYLER, Proprietor. To Mr. W. Tweedie. ARCILIEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY AT GREAT YAR stourn.—There is a tradition thut soon after the erection o the fortifications at the south end of the town, near where then stood the Blackfriars Priory, and adjoining one of the towers, was the garden of a convent of nuns; that the Lady Abbess while walking in this garden overheard four of the monks talking, and one of them boasting of the familiarity he had had with her; fearing that her reputation would be destroyed, she determined to get rid of such dangerous wit nesses ; she therefore poisoned the wine they were drinking. They were seated at a table in the room of the tower, which is still standing; they all perished; and the tradition pro ceeds to state they fell from their seats in the form of a cross, thus t, and as they fell, so they were buried. The tower belongs to Mr. George Denby Palmer, who has hitherto been decidedly opposed t o any search b e i ng ma d e. B u t a f ew w eeks since, when in company w i th some gen tl emen , th e conversation turning on th e su bj ect o f an ti qu iti es , M r . J a y, of the Market - row, mentioned the a b ove t ra dition, and Mr. Palmer gave Mr. J. H. Harrison, who rents part of the pre misei, and a Mr. Blythe, a conditional leave to examine the tower ; Mr. Harrison proceeded to remove the soil from the lower chamber or cell of the tower, and very shortly came to the top of a stone coffin lying in the direction north and south ; the foot of another was soon uncovered, lying in the direction from south to north; while the foot of a third was discovered at right angles; evidently proving that there are four coffins lying foot to foot in the form o f a cross. The tops or lids are of Purbeck, with a double foliated cross, and pediment of three steps. To TELL THE NUMBER THAT ANY P ERSON SHALL THINK OF, BE IT EVER So GEEAT.—Bid the Party double the number which he has fixed on in his mind; which done, bid him multiply the sum of them both by five, and give the product (which he will never refuse to do, it being so far above the number thought of), from which, if you -- cut off - the last figure of the product (which will arrays boa cypher), the number left will be that first thought upon. As, for example, let the number thought of be 26, which, doubled, makes 52 ; that multiplied by 5, produces 260 ; then, if you take away the cypher which is iu the last place, there will remain 26, the number thought (A. —Family Econom i st... The sentence on Henry Groom, convicted at the late Norwich assizes of the murder of John Ayton, at Holk ham, will not be carried out until the 16th instant, Saturday next. The convict has fully acknowledged his guilt. The convict Mary Cage, who was found guilty of poisoning her husband at Stoneham Apsal, will be executed on the same day at Ipswich. RESTORATION OF THE SEPARATE SEE OF GLOH" CESTER. —The petition for this object has been forwarded to the Home Secretary, for presentation to her Majesty. Ap pended to it are the names of no fewer that 169 of the paro chial clergy of the diocese of Gloucester, and 227 church wardens, besides which there are the signatures of a large body of the nobility, magistrates, and resident gentry of the county, making a total of more than 1,300 names. This list might have been increased to a very large extent had it been the desire of the promoters to display mere numbers; they, however, confined the signatures to those only who perfectly understood the object of the petition, and really felt the necessity for its prayer being granted.— Gloucester Journal. The Law Amendment Society of Glasgow have appointed a committee to consider the best mode of begin ning the preparation of a report on a general scheme of amalgamation of English and Scotch law. The late Dr. Lingard has left his valuable library to St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw.—Lancaster Guardian. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1851. portion the parties best adapted for bush-fighting and Kafir warfare, must be a serious loss to the Gover nor. Added to this, it is impossible to foretel what effect it will have in re-assuring the enemy. When Sir R. Peel left a rumour was prevalent that Earl Grey had consented to grant a constitution to the colony, and that a dispatch had been received from the Noble Earl, in which he expressed his approval of the "16 articles." The Cape Town Mail says on this subject : "We believe that we may congratulate our fellow colonists on the approaching triumph of the cause which they have at heart. It seems probable that the privilege of self-government is at last about to be conceded to this colony. The rumours which are afloat, and confident tone of Mr. Fairbairn's letter, the encouraging ,tenor of the remarks which we copy from the Times, with various other indications, leave little room for doubting that a constitution will shortly be granted to the Cape, based in its main provisions on the 16 articlet,' of the popular plan of government." The mails, in charge of Commander Mellor, were landed immediately, and a special engine has been put on by the South Devon Railway to expedite their delivery in London. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Aug. 7:— ASSETS. Cash in band ... ..,. ... f.4&5,823,45 5 9 Ditto in branch banks ... 132,520,563 0 Bills past due .. .. ••• 255,084 Bills discounted, but not yet due, of which 12,563,6511. were received from the Branch Banks ... 38,663,662 40 Bills in the branch banks ... 66,003,437 0 _ _ Advances on coins and ingots... 1,139,600 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... 1,767,950 0 Ditto on French public securities ... 8,309,746 10 Ditto by branch banks... ... 2,394,806 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tri.lsor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000 0 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,678,118 53 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,952,725 74 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0 heal property of the branch banks ... 3,532,791 0 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0 Ditto branch banks 168,004: 0 Expenses of administration of the Bank 77,867 56 Ditto at the branches ... ... ... 121,877 O Iliscellaneous 2,260,687 70 ••• ••• •••• f. 892,270,371 20 LIABILITIES. Capital f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14 Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 422,211,800 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 114,823,175 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) 7,068,691 48 Account-current with Treasury creditor 114,576,511 49 Various accounts current ... 83,123,615 56 Ditto in branches ... 28,381,399 0 Bills payable at sight ... 7,502,500 0 Ditto at branches ... 3,290,020 0 Dividends payable ••• • • ••• 920,617 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 7,760 0 Expenses anticipated ... ... 261,722 98 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 266,584 80 Ditto of branch banks ... ... 479,099 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 96,733 70 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 227,245 0 Interest on protested bills ... 419,275 25 Miscellaneous ... 382,870 55 L 892,270,371 20 Certified by the Governor of the Bank, D'Ano OUT. It appears from the preceding account that the cash in hand has increased by 5,750,000 f. The commercial bills discounted have decreased by 14,850,000 f. The Bank ❑otes in circulation have decreased by 3,500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in creased by 2,200,000 f. Sundry credits have increased by 1,500,000 f. LONDON AND PARIS. (From the Journal des Debuts.) Magnificent weather enlightens and renders gay the fetes offered to the delegates of England, and we congratulate ourselves on it, because it flatters our vanity as Parisians. Paris more than London has need of fine weather, because the way of living is more out of doors. Paris is all to all ; it is cosmopolite par excellence—from the first moment of arrival one is at home. At London one must be English, or half so; at Paris one is all that one wishes to be. Everybody is Parisian, but everybody is not a Lon doner. No passports are required to enter England; but they are necessary to enter English society; whilst, when you are once in Paris, whoever you may be, everything belongs to you—the museums, libraries, churches, restaurants, and cafes. Not only the neces sities, but the superfluities of material, intellectual, and moral life are within the reach of every one. Paris when the sun shines is twice as beautiful as in bad weather, for it is the city of monuments—it is especially, compared to London, an architectural city. The Arc de Triomphe, the Madeleine, the Quays, and the Louvre become embellished by light; but the most brilliant sun in the world could not 'lake a monu ment of Buckingham Palace, or g ive architecture to the dovecots which decorate the academy in Trafaig ar square. London, it is true, has width and grandeur in its streets—it has extent and space. When, arter an excursion on the other sid e of :he water, we return to Paris, we find horizons drawn closer, and points of view diminished by half. All appears les sened, as when we see, after seseral years, . the houses, gardens, or chambers, in which we lrved in infancy. One would say that Paris has been sub ject to the Collas process—there are the same squares, the same streets, the same e difices, the same houses ; but all on a red uce d sca l e . There is a phy sical impression common to all th os e who have pre sed some time at London. But if London is larger, Paris is more elegant—it has more harmony in its propor tions. We take it in a glance, either from the boulevards or the bridges: Our quays and b oule yards are probably two things unique in the world. London has no quays or boulevardes, and London. does not wish to have any. The great storehouses which line the banks of the Thames are an undisputed ugliness ; but they are the sources of enormous profits. The Londoners greatly prefer for quays entrepots, which receive directly the merchan dise of all the ships of the world, to pro menades planted with tr ees an d orna mented with seats for idlers ; and we u n d ers t an d th e ir preference. London, it is true, has something which we have; not —the parks. We may, if we will, prefer to thorn t he garden of the Tuilleries, or th e Lu xe mbourg, OT the Jardin des Plantes; but the parks of London tar e not the less something quite different, something apart, something original. The Londoners are justly proud of them ; they love them; they are considered privileged gro und, as might be seen when part of Hyde-park was taken for the Crystal Palace. One of the last kings of England asked what it would cost to close the parks against the public. " Three Crowns," replied ! the Minister. But no town in the world has the boule vards of Paris. They are what are veritably, essen tially, uniquely Parisian ; what are to be , found neither in Hyde-park of London, nor in the Toledo of Naples, nor the Corso of Rome, nor in the Cas eines of Florence. If London wished to seek a point of comparison, it could only find the Thames. The Thames is the true boulevard of London. The descent of the river from Hungerford bridge to Blackwell is for London, in the English style, what the line from the Arc de Triomphe to the Bastille is for Paria. Naturally, we are not inclined to undertake a controversy on the comparative ad vantages of the two towns ; in this respect there is nothing absolute, and we must no more dispute national preferences than tastes or colours. But we only wish, on behalf of Paris, for the judgment of the English themselves, and we dread nothing, since they retura to it always. The two nations, however, have serious instruction to derive from the exchange of visits which are taking place so rapidly and so happily. Thus we can show with pride to the English the Museum of the Louvre, the Museum of Versailles, the Jardin des Plantes, and our admirable libraries; all our national edifices, opened gratuitously to all, whilst in England you cannot look at, a pic ture, nor read a book, nor even offer up a prayer, without a tariff being presented to you. But, on their part, the English may reply to us :—" W e have not such fine things, it is true, but the things we have we made ourselves. If we have no monuments in our streets we have none in our budget. We have not such fine stations as that of the Strasbourg Rail way ; but when we want a railway we do not request the assistance of the State. The state for us is not a servant of all work—we do not ask the State to think, to work for us—we do not ask it to keep up our roads, to water our streets, to clothe us and shave u s ; and when we build a Crystal Palace to give hospi tality to the universe we do it at our own risk and peril, with the aid of private fortunes, not with the budget. It is we who make the State live, but it is the State which makes you live. When you pass along the streets of London, or visit the faubourgs and villages, you may read on certain: edifices, ' Supported by voluntary contributions,' and that is worth your three words, Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite: " That is what the English mi g ht say to us, and we do not see what we could reply to it. They might also say to us that we possess works of art which they do not envy us, like the fortifications and the detached forts, and edifices of which they make little use, such as barracks. They might, also ask us what pleasure we find in exchanging our peaceable black coats for a National Guard uniform, and with a musket and sword standing two hours as sentinels in the rain or the sun to prevent little dogs and parcels from entering the Tuileries. They might also put to us many other questions. But who knows whether our pacific visitors will not be corrupted by the air of Paris, and will take back with them military tastes ? Were not two hundred municipal guards on horseback sent to receive the Lord Mayor at the Northern Railway station, and did not the sentinels the other day present arms to him ? We should like to have seen the worthy and grave magistrate of the City make the military salute —he who does not permit a soldier to pass Temple bar and enter his domain with arms. And what will he think after having seen the sham•fight in the Champ-de-Mars ? By the way, how is it that the Peace Congress has not risen in insurrection against this corrupting spectacle? How can it allow the di vision of General Guillabert to make an offensive re connaissance on the division of General Carrelet, and throw a bridge over the Seine to attack Trocadero ; then, on being repulsed by considerable forces, repass the bridge and confine themselves in the Champs-de- Mars under the protection of their cavalry and artil lery ? Such is the abridged and softened programme of this barbarous fate. Fortunately all terminates by , the filing off of all the troops united. MAGAZINES, &c.--(CONTINUED;. BENTLEY. The series of papers now publishing in Bentley, under the title of the " Picture Galleries of England," promises to be both valuable and interesting ; the notices of " Northumberland House and Sion House," which appear in the present number, are models in their way. " A Visit to a County Gaol at the Public Expense," is the narrative of the gaol experiences of an unfortunate individual, who, unable to pay a fine inflicted on him by a police magistrate, for some petty misdemeanour, was committed to the 'county gaol. This narrative fully confirms the statements of Mr. Ernest Jones, as to the atrocious tyranny habitually practised by the governors and authorities of the gaols on those unhappy persons who are committed to their tender mercies, and who are subjected in many instances to severe flog gings at the mere will of the governor, and whose scanty allowance of provisions stopped for the most trivial offences, and frequently for no offence at all. These matters all require reform, there must be a clean sweep out made of the greater number of the gover nors and officials of all our Houses of Correction ; and above all, they must be deprived of the power of inflicting any disciplinary punishment save by the w ritten authority of two of the Visiting magistrates, who would, in such case, be held responsible. Alfred Crowquill gives us a delighful paper on Vauxhall in the 18th century, and the admirab le Zool ogical Notes and anecdotes are continued, the manners and habits of eagles being the subject of the present notice. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. " Chatterton" and " Maurice Tiernay" are conti nued. In the former, we find the bov-poet, after an unsuccessful attempt to impose on Horace Walpole, bent on abandoning his native town, and following the professional walk of literature in London. The capture of the ill starred Due d'Enghein, whose hur ried execution in the midnight fosse of Vincennes, brought such odium on Napoleon (Talleyrand and Savary being in our mind the real culprits), is nar rated in the latter. " A Visit to Warmbrunn and Grcefenberg in Silesia" is told in a fluent conversa tional style, the very thing for the pages of a maga zine. The lovers of Spenser will enjoy the paper on " Irish Rivers," devoted to the Mulla and Allo, streams which the glorious poet loved and sung. An article, entitled " The British Of ficer," is exceedingly worthy of peru sa l, repl e te with excellent observations, and written by one of evident experience in matters r e l a ti ng t o th e military profession ; we are inclined to attribute it to the same agreeable and accomplished writer to whom the magazine has been indebted for several months past for that admirable series of dramatic feuilletons, " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager." A criticism on " Pendennis" treats that work of Mr. Thackeray fairly and impartially, not forgetting to giie him a rub for his cockneyish Hiberno-phobia, the worst fault of a shrewd and humorous author, who, if " Pendennis" be not a first-rate production, has, at least, in " Vanity Fair" given to English literature the best every-day-life novel since the immortal " Tom Jones." In the opening paper, " Fruits and Flowers," we find a garland of poetic beauties skilfully selected, but J. F. Slingsby might, we think, just as well, and somewhat better, figure as a contributor of original matter than as a lazy collector of the effusions of others. The best among them are the knightly tale, " Sir Rainulf's Henchman," " The Roses," " A Storm at Sea," a sonnet commencing— " Down springs the hawk-winged tempest from his lair Upon the slumbering sea," and " July," a set of delectably melodious stanzas, of which we give one as a specimen—a perfect pic • ture " Not a single cloud is drifting O'er the far blue sky, As throughout the twilight starless, In a light skiff, not cigarless, Quiet gaze to Heaven uplifting, Languidly I lie, And behold thy glories shifting, Beautiful July!" Of the deeply interesting paper, " The Line of the Lakes," we shall only say at present that it merits the attention of every one desirous of entertaining a just conception of the vast. natural advantages pre sented by the peculiar features of British North America. We may take a future opportunity of ad verting to its valuable contents. COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE. Mr. H. St. John continues his " History of the British Conquests in India," which he has now brought down to the first partition of the territories of Tippoo by the Marquis of Cornwallis. Captain Bellew concludes his interesting account of the con quest of Arracan. We have in this number the first part of the journal of an officer at present engaged in the Kafir war; this journal we commend to the at tention of all who are interested in the subject; it exposes the causes of the war in a masterly manner, and among those causes are some which few will suspect who have not read this officer's journal. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. No. ITT We have here three additional chapters of excellent classical fun, illustrated by a glorious view of the wonderful act of rapid horsemanship of Marcus Curtius. MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. We were yesterday indebted to the courtesy of the Vice-Presidents and Council of the United Service Institution for an admission to what they term a pri vate view of a model of the battle of Waterloo, and we deemed it due to them, to their interesting mu seum, and to the importance of the subject, at once to avail ourselves of their offer ; nay, more, in the pre sent lull of politics, how could we better employ the breathing time left us by the recent prorogation than in devoting an hour or two to the inspection of the work of art, for in that light we view it, introduced in their extensive and entertaining collection of military and naval trophies and specimens, and, much as has been said and done, printed and pub lished, in reference to the great event which closed the late war and restored peace to the world, every thing which tends to throw a light on the ever memorable battle of Waterloo is sure to excite inter rest and fix public attention. Such, no doubt, will be the case with the new model, and thousands will be indebted to the United Service Institution for a clearer notion of, and a more practical acquaintance with, that great contest who would scarcely form an idea of what a battle is, judging from mere maps and plans, or even from descriptions in books. Here we have so clear and so faithful an imitation of the field of battle, of the villages, farms, houses, even of the very clumps of trees within its range, that the dullest comprehension becomes at once familiar with most of the principal features in the case. One thing only, we admit, created regret in our mind—an absurd scruple, maybe, but we are un der its impression—large as the new model is (about 20 feet by 20), the figures employed to represent the real actor in the drama, man, are necessarily so small, and many of those who were engaged in the affair we have been accustomed to look upon as so great, that we could hardly reconcile ourselves to connect the diminutive forms before us with the heroic names, rwhether as friends or foes , we may well be proud, as contemporaries to transmit to posterity. But we hasten to silence our strange notion on this point, to award our meed of praise to the taste which prompted, and to the talent which executed, the new model, which at no distant period we shall be glad to visit again. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Among the fashionable company attending the performances at the Royal Italian Opera last evening we observed their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis of Northampton, the Marchesa Brancaleone and Mdlle. Brancaleone, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Cork and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, the Countess Poulett and Miss Dormer, the Earl and Countess of Besborough, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, Viscount Ingestre, Lord and Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carrington, Lady Suffield, Baron Steinberg, Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, Lord and Lady Rokeby and the Hon. Misses Mon tague, Lord George Manners, M.P., Lord Arthur Hay, Lady Glamis and Lady Frances Lyon, Lord and Lady Colborne, Mr. and Lady Caroline Sanford, Baroness Von Stenz, Capt. the Hon. Evans Freke, Colonel the Hon. Arthur Upton, Hon. Hugh Rowley, Sir Henry Webb, Sir George Armytage, Lady Pigott and party, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir John and Lady Campbell, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Miss Bur dett Coutts and party, Colonel Tyrwhitt, Mr. H. Greville, Mrs. Morier, Mr. Martineau, Mr. G re g or y , Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. De Blaquiere, Captain Ellison, Captain Shearson, Captain Paget, Count Rosen, Hon. C. Haiabury, Hon. Francis Stonor, &C. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.—The works for the filling up and formation of the new breakwater in the harbour at Ilolyhead are steadily progressing. A large number of /al on e! are regularly employe d, a nd the stones and material a re c ave har , ve yed from the quarry to the breakwater by loconicem_ power, which runs along the staging. The new wf mence d on the western side of th e h ar b our , for the accommo dation of the Irish cattle traffic, has been abandoned, owing l from the to the impracticability of making a deep chan n e e d wharf, in entrance of the inner harbour up to the P gro - u r :d P . °s The eastern consequence of the hard and rocky wharf erected there side of the harbou r i s now spoken of. A would be in cl ose p rox i m ity t o the railway station, and in every way convenient. FATAL ROWING MATCH. -- The St. Paul's, Shad well,t ofe a s race,e o f thefor a "out rigger" Inprize regatt a was y e sterday prem aturel y brou g ht to a close by a fatal accident, resulting below bridge. the firstfrom h u heat presented by the residentsl of the district, for Is competition by in rowin , by free watermen , a man named Robinson, h overboard ; and, in the s econ d heat, the g wagermen had rowed rolved hut a short distanc e , w h en two of them, Si mon d s and John Skeers (thelactatpersizaed u , nae young man lthough there was be longing to Shadwel l dock) were only at the time a trifling ripple. Simonds was immediately picked up, and sustained but little harm more th an conse quent upon immersion ; but a l t h ough a number of boats rowe d towards Skeers he was never seen again. This lament able circumstance of course put an end to the regatta. HOLYROOD PALACE. ---011 Wednesday, workmen commenced to excavate the foundation of the site in front of Holyrood Palace for the statute of her Majesty, now in course of completion by Mr. 11. Ritchie. It is expected to be placed on its pedestal previous to the approaching visit of her Majesty to her Scottish capital.—Scotsman, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty commenced their annual inspection of this port and its dependencies this afternoon. The Board consisted of the Right Hon. Sir F. T. Baring, B art., M.P., First Lord ; Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., M.P., Senior Naval Lord ; Rear-Ad miral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., Captain Alexander Milne, R.N., the Right Hon. William Cowper, M.P., and Captain W. A. B. Hamilton, R.N., Second Secretary. Captain Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K C. 8., &c., Surveyor of the Navy ; Greene, C. 8., Director of Engineering and Archi tectural Works ; Captain Charles Eden, Private Sec retary to the First Lord; and Mr. Francis Graves, clerk, were in attendance on the Board, which left London by the 11 o'clock express train on the South- Western Railway, and arrived at Gosport at a quarter to two, where their Lordships' local representatives were in waiting to receive them. First Lieutenant George Mason, of the Victory, was appointed their Lordships' flag-lieutenant pro team The Board first proceeded to the Royal Marine Barracks, at Forton, where Colonel-Commandant Menzies, K.H , and staff wore in readiness to commence the inspection of the corps. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzcla ence, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, joined the Board at Forton. The corps was minutely inspected by the gallant party, who ex pressed their warm satisfaction with the proficiency displayed, and the high and serviceable state of the division. From the Royal Marine Barracks, we be lieve, the board went to the Royal Naval Hospital at liaslar, and the Clarence Victualling Establishment, both under the superintendence of Captain Sir Ed ward Parry, F.R.S., who accompanied their Lord ships over each, and with the economy of which the Board were well pleased. The executive of each establishment also received their Lordships' commed dation. The Board embarked in their barge, in charge of Flag-Lieutenant Mason, at the Clarence-yard, at 10 minutes to 5, when, the flag being hoisted in the bow, the Victory fired the customary salute of 19 guns in honour of their Lordships' office, and they landed at the stairs of the Gun-wharf, ordnance depot, under the direction of Mr. Alexander Stewart, the storekeeper, who conducted them over that establish ment, whence they visited the barracks of the Royal Marine Artillery Corps, under Colonel-Commandant D. A. Gibsone, who, with his staff, was in waiting to receive them, and conduct them over that establish ment, whence they proceeded to the George Hotel, their own head-quarters during their visit, to transact a little other business, after which they were enter tained at dinner by the Commander-in-Chief, at the Admiralty-house in the dockyard, where a distin guished circle had the honour of being selected to meet them. The Centaur steam-frigate,' Captain Cannon, flag - ship of Rear-Admiral W. W. Henderson, C.B. K.H., fitting out for the command on the Brazil station, has been taken into the steam-basin to-day to proceed with her outfit. The Tiger, new steam-frigate has been brought under the shears to-day to have her masts, which are to be reduced three feet, taken out. The Victoria and Albert royal yacht, in charge of Commander Crispin, went down to the moorings off Osborne this morning. It is stated here that Captain Lord Edward Rus sell, of the Vengeance, will leave that ship and join the Rodney, and that Captain C. Graham will join the Vengeance, and proceed in her to the Mediter ranean. The Rodney was taken into the Angle-dock this ;morning to have her copper cleaned and in spected. Captain Graham and her commander joined her this morning. DEVONPORT, AUG. 9.—VISIT 01' THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS, FAMILY, AND SUITE TO THE DOCKYARD, &c.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans, with the young Comte de Paris and his brother, ac companied by the suite of the Duchess, arrived to day at Plymouth, from Torquay, by the 10.15 A.M. train of the South Devon Railway. The carriages of Admiral Sir John Ommanney and Major-General the Hon. Henry Murray were in waiting for the dis tinguished visitors, who proceeded to the official re. sidence of the port admiral. After a short sojourn the Duchess, with the ladies accompanying her, and the admiral (Sir J. Ommanney) and Captain Lowe, of her .Majesty's ship Impregnable, proceeded to the dockyard in carriages, through the town, while the young Princes with the suite went round to the ar senal in the ship's boats. On the arrival of the Du chess and her peaty in the dockyard, they were received by J. E. Miles, [Esq., master-attendant (the Gallant Commodore being still confined by serious illness), and the other principal officers of the establishment. As soon as they were joined by the young Princes, and the party forming the suite of her Royal Highness, ac companied by Captain Lord George Paulet, of her Majesty's ship Bellerophon ; Lieutenant 'Warren, flag-lieutenant to Sir John Ommanney ; Lieutenant Lord John Hay, flag-lieutenant to the commodore, they were conducted through the ropery, where the process of the formation of rope was explained by Mr. Gard, the master ropemeker. From thence the visitors proceeded to the several building•slips, where they inspected the ships in various stages of building, and passing the mast-houses on to the smitheries, where Nasmyth's tilt-hammer was set to work and appeared generally to interest the whole party. The party then proceeded to the slips, wait ing whilst the young Princes visited the Sanspareil, new SO, gun screw steam-ship, in the North Dock. The party then left the dockyard in the barge of the St. George, and having visited the new works at Keyham, proceeded on board that ship, which they minutely inspected, and proceeded thence to the gar dens and beautiful grounds of Mount Edgecumbe, returning to the port-admiral's at about half-past four o'clock. Her Royal Highness and party re turned to Torquay by the train which leaves Ply mouth at 6.25 P.M. The Lords of the Admiralty are expected to arrive at this port, on their annual official visit, on Sunday next, the 16th inst. The ball in aid of the funds of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum (annually patronised by the First and other naval Lords) is an nounced to take , place on Monday next, at Moors bead's Royal Hotel. This excellent institution, which is thus annually honoured by their Lordships, is es tablished for the support, clothing, and instruction in domestic work, so as to fit them for service in respect able families, of the female orphans of seamen, ma rines, and others employed in the public service ; and, judging from the experience of the past, is a charity every way worthy of support, and as such we com mend it to the support of all who feel an interest in the welfare of the united services, and those dependent upon them. The Virago steam-sloop was commissioned this day for Commander W. H. Steward, by Mr. Inskip, master. Mr. Joseph Brown, son of Mr. Brown, clerk in the Master-Shipwright's office, has been appointed a third-class clerk in this dockyard, vice Dent, pro moted to the second class, vice Gibbs, superannuated. APPOINTMENTS: WOOLWICH, AUG. 11.—Second Master George Stovin (1843), to the Shear water paddle-wheel steam vessel, of 160-horse power, commissioned this day at Woolwich. _ Clerk in Charge—John M. Jefferson (1845), to the Shearwater. Assistant-Engineers—Henry D. Gardner, James King, and Ebenezer Clements, to the Shearwater. Master's-Assistant—Alfred Lidbetter, to the Shear-. water. The Vesuvius steam- sloop embarked Captain Craw-i ford's company of Royal Artillery at nine o'clock A.M. to-day, and in less than a quarter of an hour after the men were on board left for Jersey in charge of Mr. Macdonald, Master-Attendant at Woolwich Dock yard. She will bring back Captain Taylor's company from Jersey, to join head-quarters at Woolwich. Mr. Bean, Master of the Fisgard, is appointed to do the duties of Master-Attendant at this port until Mr. Macdonald's return. The Myrmidon iron paddlewheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander William K. Jolliffe, had her compasses adjusted in the basin to-day by Captain Johnson, and is under orders to leave on Friday next for the coast of Africa, where she is to be stationed. Mr. Muntz has given notice of a motion for next session, to the effect that the reporters be allowed to remain in their gallery during divisions of the House of Gammons, and to take into consideration if the strangers in the other gallery can also be permitted to remain there during the divisions, without prejudice to the business of the House. THE AGE WE LIVE IN.—One evening last week a gallant Marquis, having returned from his accustomed ride, was leisurely ascending the staircase of his mansion, not a hundred miles from Park-lane, when his ears were saluted with double knocks at the street door, in quick succession. The porter having opened and shut the entrance without any, audible result, the Peer was induced to look over the bannis ters and inquire who it was that knocked. "No one in par ticular, my Lord," replied the pampered janitor, " only the cat's butcher and lady's-maid's Herald." S SPORTING NOTES. No. CIV. - 4:, ENDS FROM WOLVERHAMPTON. (BY CT ELEGRAPH.) (B ODDS AND yE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 1:1 - 1. 4 ** 0 SlR,—Sotterley, General Sale, Th e Italian,Xlicton Ebor, Salute, and Cheddingtou will not run for the -4 .6. - Cleveland Cup. HIProGRIFF, Labyrinth, and Cloth worker will be about first, second, and third. Only three or four run for the Chillington Stakes ; they will, probably, pass the post thus:—MY FANCY first, Lady Amyott second, and The Monarch third. The Greek, Wedlock, Athena Pallas, and Morning Star are non starters. The three first for the Patshull Handicap are marked to Grief, 5 yrs, ist 111 b; Le Juif, 3 yrs, ist 21b; and Green Oaks, 3 yrs, 6st 41b. Herbert, Truth, British Boy, and Manchester are non-starters. The Holyoake Stakes, to-morrow, will be contested by Egret, 6 yrs, 7st tolb; Border Boy, 3 yrs, sat lilb; Ischia, 3 yrs, sst 91b, and, perhaps, another or two. IscurA. and Egret will figure as the first two. Backbiter, Champion, Administrator, The Ebor, Sunrise, Elcho, and British Boy will be non est on the occasion. SP; T may just win the Free Handicap; and THE DECEITFUL will, it is presumed, walk over for the Foal Stakes. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Aug. 12, 1851. HALF•PAST ONE, P.M. P.S.—Last night a " move," originating at the Le viathan's, was carried out very extensively, considering the odds, on Nancy for the Great Ebor Handicap; the rush, however, was a brief affair, for, after having ad vanced to 3 to 1 yesterday, this morning plenty of offers against her 4 and sto 1 ure to be met with. The bet- ting to-day is quite as brisk as it was yesterday; the Wolverh ampton races being the principal attraction. Latest prices :—Cleveland Cap-6 to 4 agst Hippogriff, 2 to 1 agst Clothworker, 5 to 1 agst Egret, 10 to 1 each Langton and Labyrinth. Chillington Stakes-6 to 4on agst My Fancy, 6 to 4 ags t Lady Amyott, 5 to 1 rid filly. Patshull Handicap—Even on Le Juif, 4to 1 each Humphrey and Herbert. Holyoake Stakes-3 to 1 each agst Ischia, Egret, and Herbert; the last-named is reported to have arrived at the scene of action; 8 to 1 agst Leap-year. Foal Stake s -2 t o l o n lanthe, 2to 1 a gst The Deceitful. Berkshire Stakes-6 to 4 agst Cranberry, 3 to 1 eget Mefferd, 3 to 1 agst Brington. Reading Stakes—Even on Grey Tommy. Ebor Handi cap-4agst Haricot. Timid to Fawnil g sr reported "the 5 to l edan,the thing" for the Huntingdon Sweepstakes, and colt by G i braltar, out ofApricot for the Huntingdon Two years old Stakes. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S — YESTERDAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. At the commencement of the betting 7 to 4 was the highest offer against Nancy, and 5 to 2 might have been got about Neasham; at the close, however, 2 to 1 was offered against each, ,with scarcely anything to choose between them; 4 to 1 and 7 to 2 were taken about The Marlborough Buck, and 20 to 1 offered against anything, bar four. ST. LEGER. The first bet laid on this event was 1,000 to 500 against Hernandez, who afterwards receded to 3 to 1, but rallied a little towards the close, leaving off, however, with plenty of enemies. Nothing else mentioned. CAMBRIDGESHIRE - STAKES. 1,000 to 30 agst Nancy—taken. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—MONDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added; three yrs old, 7st 41b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st lib; six and aged, 9st 51b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners of 100 or two fifties 31b extra, of 200 or three fifties 51b extra; those that have started three times and not won allowed 31b. Once round and a distance. (4 Subs.) Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, 4 yrs (W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. J. Hargreaves's Osbaldeston, 4 yrs (R. Dauman) 2 The Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added. Once round. (9 Subs.) Mr. HaHord's Prime Minister, Bst 31b ... walked over The Wolverhampton Stakes of 25 toys. each, 15 ft, and 5 ft only if declared, with the Trades' Purse of 1001. added; the second to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. (30 Subs., 17 of whom declared.) Mr. Palmer's Goldfinder, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Knott) 1 Mr. E. Dixon's, jun., May Day, 5 yrs, Gst 41b (Johnson) 2 Mr. T. Parr's Clothworker, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Flatman) 3 Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm, 5 yrs, ist Blb (Lye) 0 Mr. J. Wiggan na The Reaper, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Wells) 0 Won by a neck. _ _ The Welter Handicap of 10 sous. each, h ft. Gentlemen riders. One mile and a half. (6 Subs.) Mr. J. Davies's, jun., Gay Lad, 10A 91b ...(Owner) 1 Mr. W. H. Scott's Aristos, 3 yrs, 10. i 41b ...( Walker) 2 The Ladies' Purse of 501. Heats, once round and a dia. Mr. G. Hawkes' Milk Boy, 7st 31b(W. Sharpe) 0 1 1 Mr. Taft's bf by Don John, Est Sib (Ashmall) 1 2 2 Mr. T. Stanley's sister to Clothworker (Hiatt) 0 4 3 Mr. Deacon's Minna, 3yrs, Est 81b (Charlton) 2 3 4 WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1551. SECOND DAY. Nominations for the Borough Handicap. Ono mile. Cane, 3 yrs—Harp, 3 yrs—c by Touchstone, out of Fugleman's dam, 2 yrs—Trickstress, 3 yrs—Urbanity, 2 yrs—Cnmus, 3 yrs—Paddy Bird, 2 yrs—Lady Blanche. 2 yrs—Deceitful, 3 yrs—Truth, 3 yrs—Director, 2 yrs —b f by Birdcather, out of Wadastra, 3 yrs—Cotton Lady, 2 yrs. . _ NorLinaCtons for tho County Stakes (handicap). One mile and a half. King of Oude, 4 yrs—Simplicity, 3 yrs—Tophana, 6 yrs—Windhound, 4 yrs—Sunrise, 3 yrs—Grief, 5 yrs— Rhesus, 5 yrs—Humphrey, 4 yrs—Miss Ann, 5 yrs— Trickstress, 3 yrs—Le Juif, 3 yrs—Little Jack, 4 yrs —Cane, 3 yrs—The Monk, 4 yrs—Doubt, 5 yrs—Gold finder, 3 yrs—Bacton, 4 yrs—ltalian, 4 yrs—Cocktail, 5 yrs—Unity, 3 yrs—Waterfall, 3 yrs—Catalpa, 3 yrs —Avia, 3 yrs—Fugleman, 6 yrs—Woolwich, 5 yrs— Alonzo, 3 yrs—Dulcet, aged—Tonic, 3 yrs—Russ berough,e4 yrs—Snowstorm, 5 yrs—Harp, 5 yrs—Agis, 6 yrs—The Heriot, 3 yrs—The Castle, 4 y rs—Vampyre, aged—Barcelona, 3 yrs—Cossack, aged—Marlborough Buck, 3 yrs—William the Conqueror, 4 yrs—Pulcher rima, yrs—PrinceCaradoc, 3 yrs —Post-tempore, 5 yrs— Candlewick, 5 yrs—Joc o' Sot, aged—Wansdyke, 4 yrs— Landgrave, 5 yrs—Herbert, 5 yrs—Gipsy Boy, 3 yrs— Clown, 4 yrs—Sir Rowland Trenchard, 3 yrs—Bush ranger, 4 yrs. The weights to be declared on the 14th inst. Nominations for the Welter Cup, one mile and a half. Aristos, 3 yrs—Cocktail, 5 yrs—Ebor, 3 yrs—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—Administrator, aged—Mutta—Garforth, 5 yrs—Agis, 6 yrs— emus, 3 yrs—Fugleman, 6 yrs— New Forest Deer, aged—Remunerator, 4 yrs—Telford, 6 yrs—Fazeley, aged—Combatant, 5 yrs—Upton, 5 yrs —br o by Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine, 4 yrs— Bushranger, 4 yrs—Aristocrat, 4 yrs. CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF SURREY V. THE GENTLEMEN OF SussEx.—For the first time the gentlemen of these two great cricketing counties met in friendly contest, and fought during the two last days of the past week. The final score was as follows•—Sussex—First innings 101; ditto, second innings, 78. Surrey—First innings, 142; second innings, 38. And so Surrey won by two wickets. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. TWENTY-TWO O F N EWARK AND DIsTRICT.—This match was brought to a conclusion at Newark, on Saturday evening. The ultimate score stood thus, whereby the Eleven were defeated by 15 runs :—Newark--First innings, 135; second innings, 70. The Eleven of England—First innings, 87; second in nings, 103. AIRS. _HARRIET LEE. Our obituary notices the death of a remarkable person, Mrs. Harriet Lee, at the very advanced age of ninety four. Much of the literature of the last century is pass ing away ; but the gathering time will come when the works of two sisters, Mrs. Sophia and Mrs. Harriet Lee, will be in the selection for perpetual preservation. These names will be conspicuous among the " celebrated wo men of England." They are, perhaps, better known as the authors of the " Canterbury Tales." The tale of " Kreutzner," by Mrs. H. Lee, inspired the genius or . Byron. He formed from it his tragedy of Werner, and in its preface acknowledged that " the germ of . Lnuc" that he had written was discernible in that I"Pulatreto ro mance." It must be for other hands to distrib u te each sister her own share of their pop 9 lar h w e or: Can tragedy, comedy, and more particularly n ' fi t we think terbury Tales;" upon which latter chic her re it was to know Mrs. H. Lee, and to enjoy . their united fame will rest. Those w hosog y r atificatioa markable conversational could trace in her Powe rs ' il ec t, her vigorous clear depth of judgment and and intellect, of arrange and comprehensive memory, ills o f genius without mont, that combination of th , e , which the tale of " Kroutzne: could not have been Writ modern literature and art morn ri r n tercommuuion of friendship ten. The wider field of can scarcely admit of 0 Mrs. Porter, who died in cur , sisters wrote.g e recently lamented the loss among authors which belonged to the age in which the of one of thes®, xiss Jane 'der to have brich t bat cons' been in the which we canna residence of eminent persons. More emi nent friends she in the elder portion of the Kemble mourned years 'l7'°'and I - vo Siddons John %-enao,e. One yet sur vives,Rogers, the friend vives, S. . . and correspondent of Mrs. The two sisters Were the first to predict the H. Lee. A • , eminence of Sir T. Lawrence, who in his after life, in 1 dement of their kindness,and • l of „know 8 his regard and friendshp, presented to them the por traits of Mrs. Siddons and John Kemble, and the more valuable portrait (one of his very best) of their friend General Paoli. Mrs. Lee retained her large and clear faculties to nearly the last moment of her life.—. Bristol Gazette. memory y ALITY m BißlNGuAm.—Never within the prisoners,o fany a living person has the calendar of assize for the county of with Mr. j Warwick presented so meagre a number of lessusgticaevemcaantiac. A logue,of crime, than that placed before county containing a Population of nearly 500,000 inhabitants in the course of live months furnished only thirty-two criminals for trial. Of these there were—From the county generally, 24; from Bir mingham, 8. If this condition of things is extraordinary as regards the county, it is even more astonishing so far as Bir mingham is concerned. About 250,000 persons, or one-half of the population of Warwickshire, are congregated in the borough and its suburbs. In such a dens;, , community good and evil must necessarily commingle; the facilities for the commission of crime must be numerous; and yet in half a year only eight offences have been perpetrated amongst us of sufficient importance to be sent before the first criminal tri bunal of the realm. With one-half cf the population of the county, Birmingham furnished only one-fourth of the pri soners for trial. The cases too were of the slightest kind. One of manslaughter was a boy who killed another lad by throwing a stone. That the offence was not a very serious an was also indicchteadrgefor perjury, The other cases consisted of a one may be inferred from the sentence, which was four days' g r housebreaking, two two robberies, and a case of b i b m u u t r p g r liastheimprisonment. n i a l e l was i n jo t. o s e A b i cut ting and wounding. There was no aggravated ooreunteateetr,infige murder, and, singularly enough, only one base coin, for the manufacture of which Birmingham -13irminghunt lourntl ne time bad an unenviable reputation. _~ w- 6 1 to 0 R '~