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

THE BRITISH INSTITUTION. According to annual custom the walls of t his noble i nstitution have again been adorned with pic t u res se lect, d from m os t of the private collections throughout ‘ ll e United Ki ng d om . Sa'urday being the private , view,..„ we attended among the visitors , and w ere gra tified to observe a more choice and brilliant display of specimens of the great maters of art than we have w itnessed for a very considerable period. S everal of the productions hanging upon the wails of the apart ments are admirable as masterpieces, and others as Curiositi es o f rare va lue and eccentric excellence. I n t 1. 11 ,° most prominently placed picture of them all ( N o. a picture contributed by the Earl of the pre-Raphaelites will discover enoug h d istortion of hideousness and enough cf microscopic minuteness to render them more than ever worship pers of such men as John de Mabuse. This quaint an d grotesque performance purports to represent " The Adoration of the Magi," and with a farce of genius singularly commendable in such su b j ect, the painter's energies appear to have been mainly directed to the delineation of broken bits of pottery and rank ereee blad e s, and dogs of diabolical ugli ness and pre ternatural a ttenuation. ,One or two splen did exam p les of Leonardo da Vinci are conspicuous among the more valuable contributions, a " Virgin and Child" ! 4 1 the gallery of the Earl of Suffolk, and from same source the celebrated " La Vierge aux others" (No. 41), remarkable for the vividness sod yet softness of its chiar' oscuro. In ‘ . l Tha Three Maries" (No. 17.), by Annibale Caracci , there will be discovered an anguish of expression but s eldomimparted with such painful intensity t o the , human face divine." Among the portraits are 1 1 _ noticeable one of "Edward VI." (No. 22 ) , b y Hol bein, representing a lanky and by no mea ns ro y al- Looking stripling ; one of " Philip first Earl of Mont gomery" (No. 35), painfully obtruncated, so th at we have a canvas somewhere about two feet deep by seven broad ; one by the same great artist of his hand some contemporary " Snyders ' (No. 43), the Land seer of his age ; one of " Flaxman" the sculptor (No. 130 ), by Jackson ; one of " Master Bunbury " (No. 2 3), by Sir Joshua, most infantine in as p ect and fence most agreeable ; another by Holbein of " Fisher, Bishop of Rochester" (No. 95), Vithered as much it would seem by suffer ing as by age; another Reynolds—a famous Comedy" " Garrick between Trag ed y and ( (No. 70), with the well - known pictu re of .„ 4 Mr. Pitt" (No. 111), from the gifted han d of our English Velasquez, Sir Thomas Lawrence. An ex traordinary effect of light in colouring is visible in the " Baptism of our Saviour" (No. 38), by Agos tino Camel ' and an unexpected minuteness in (No. ' 7 ) the "Landscape," by Rembrandt. Various Paintings, well-known through the instrumentality of the engravers, will be recollected as familiar by the visitors to the British Institution. For instance, there le Wilkie's fine picture of the " Maid of Saragossa" (No. 115), the property of her Majesty , and the re nowned illustration of Dante, by Sir Joshua Rey- Zelda, depicting the torments endured by Ugolino and his fellow-sufferers. Landscapes of exquisite beauty abound in the gallery, and amidst the noblest of these are prominently visible some splendid speci- Mens of Hobbima, such, for example, as that lovely one (No. 54) with the flickered shadows cast over the foreground. " A Nymph and Piping Boy" (No. 114), by Sir Joshua, appears to us one of the most charming sped naens of his style we have, perhaps, ever witnessed ; it has been contributed from the collection of Mr. Angerstein. Perhaps one of the most exquisite gems in the whole exhibition is the " Shipwreck" (No. 129), by Vernet ; as (No. 15), " Juno transferring the Eyes of Argus to the Peacock's Tail," by Ru bens, is the most gorgeous. A cursory glance round the three apartments will be sufficient to force upon the conviction of most observers the extraordinary Merit of those large pictures of fruit, vegetables, dogs, meat, fish, and flowers which were jointly painted by Snyders and Lang Jan, and which are remarkable eve n among the remarkable works now collected together for a season under the roof of the British Institution. SPORTING NOTES. No. LXVL A GLANCE AT THE DERBY OF 1852. " Have a care o' th' main chance, And look before you ere you leap; For as you sow, you're like to reap."— Hudibras, Part 2, Canto 1. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—But six years have elapsed since I penned my first remarks on any sporting subject (the Manchester Meet ing of 1845), and in that short space of time what extra ordinary changes have come o'er the spirit of the scene; in several instances expelling the wonders contained in the Tales of the Arabian Nights. So "fast" have we be come in these go-ahead times, that six short years - have annihilated the ten-mile-an-hour mail and four-horse coach travelling of other days, and replac ed it b y cover ing, not only England but the continent, with innu merable rails, on which, by the aid of steam, you are accommodated on a pinch with a speed of sixty miles per hour. A like revolution has occurred in the travelling of news; six years ago we might think ourselves especially favoured if we obtained per pigeon or ra il (if any) the results of races in distants parts of the country before it arrived the day after the race by the mail coach; now, however, no sooner is the race de- Fided than in a few minutes on the wings of lightning it Is conveyed from one corner of the kingdom to the other. The speedy conveyance of our bodies and thoughts having pretty nearly if not quite reached the acme of perfection, by which the scenes of action can be easily gained, or speculation carried on at a distance, and the result of it almost instantly known, the sporting public, still true to their fast motto of " making strong running," have actually de luged me with letters requesting my opinion on the Derby horses of 1852, and, in one or two instances, on that of 1853 likewise, which I have given below. I must observe, however, that I cannot, with twelve months intervening between now and the day of the race, hope to select the absolute winner out of even three or four. I shall merely make my remarks on the present favourites, and those horses that will see short prices before the day, so as to give good hedging. A year ago I selected the following four for my Derby team, as being the most promising foals of 1849 :—Norham, by Birdcatcher, out of Bee's-wing, foaled February 25th ; Peppermint, by Sweetmeat, out of Pgntalonade, foaled April Ist; Claverhouse, by Birdcatcher, out of Blue Bonnet, foaled March 15th; and Daniel O'Rourke, by Birdcatcher, out of Forget-me-not, foaled January tub. At the pre sent time Ishould be inclined to take the two last for choice; they are all remarkably strong colts, are well, and will each do a " good thing" some time or other. In the first favourite (Brother to Elthiron) Lord John Scott possesses a speedy animal, but, without I am much deceived, no Derby horse. He is engaged with Claverhouse and Daniel O'Rourke in the July Stakes, and as two out of the three will probably run, ono must go to the wall; which that one will be time will tell. Elcot, by Venison, out of Nik4, is a fine shashing colt, and might repeat his brother's performance. Vortex, full brother to Voltigeur, may possibly turn out a good spec.; I have, however, my doubts on the point. The King of Trump s, I fancy, will prove to be anything but the trump card on the Derby day. Tae Goodwood stable is very strong, having etx nomin tions, three of whom (Houlakin, Homebrewed, and Maidstone) are already great favourites. Horoebrewed or Maidstone I cannot have for a moment as the winner ; Houlakin, I think, is the best of the lot; and Poodle, if he trains on, is a respectable outsider. Scott's lot will be represented by Daniel O'Rourke and Norham. One or two others may come out creditably, but are no Derby winners. Claverhouse is the best of Febert'a lot; Lucio next on th© list. The mistocles and Pelopidas are not worth an investment at 500 to 1. Lord Exeter's lot contains not even a Midas. Messieurs Payne and Greville have two fairish horses in Wingenund and Gerard. Sir J. Hawley's lot is, sin gular to say, a failure; at least, I believe such to be the case. The best of Colonel Peel's lot is, I be lieve, Lapidist; yet, his Livermere and Nabob must not be altogether . lost sight cf. Sir R. Pigott's Father Thames is worth a trifle at a " long shot." Stebbings' lot are again a failure. At Newmarket The Old Lad, Ambrose , and Chi l d of th e Mist are fancied; lam not among their admirers for the Derby course and distance. I cannot say of Lord Zetils Lightfoot.and'aAgu Augur what I said eight m onths a g o of h that it was not " wo rth a th ought," but I will venture to assert that he is no Voltigeur. It is said Mr. Osbaldesto n has another Mountain Deer in his Queen of Beauty or Hetman Platoff colts. mong the northern horses King-fisher has been talked about; he is no Derby w inner. Fancy Boy's eldest proge n y, out of Modesty , foaled Feb. 9, is Dawson's hope; an other Constella tion, I am afraid ; no use for Epsom. The re mainin g hundred and sixty no minations, without there is some dark flier in the corner, _which I doubt very much, are not likely to trouble Judge Clark: on the eventful morn• ing in May next year. The entries for the Derby of 1853 do not close until next na , :uth, consequently, in the names below one may be found miss:ng. The following are the most promising foals of IS3o:—Lord Fauconberg ; Ph-uric colt; Break o'day Boy; Mr. Allen's colt by Melbourne (a remarkably fine animal); colt by Red Deer out of Venus, by Amsdie; Barbelie colt; Fan tastic colt; colt by Old Engla nd, out of Mendicant; Jeannine colt; and colt by Cothorstone, out of Crucifix. As the season advances, I shall be better a ble to sift the foregoing lots for the Derbies of 1852 and 1853; at pre sent I cannot be more pointed in may remarks. I ara, Se r, yours, &C. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. June 11, 1851. A NEW PnaasE.—A lady of some celebrity as an actress was lately unfortunately placed in Philadelphia. The manager apologised to the audience, but the lady in- ' sisted upon remaining on the stage and playing out the part, a ppealing to the ,audience to know whether dropping one ' s handkerchief was any evidence of not belonging to the temperance society ! " The circumstance has added a new phrase to the language; a gentleman no longer commits the impropriety of becoming inebriated, he only " drops his handkerchief." A LAWYER'S TOAST.—At a recent dinner of a pro. vinciai Law Society, the president called upon the senior solicitor present to give as a toast the person whom he con sidered the best friend of the profession. Then," re sponded the 5 , 13 , old fox, " give you the man who makes his own ' Floor. ,--- Sacks. some kn last 3 qtlo - to i 10d; ) part• ke the 11, was Y•) )er of ed to ) Lon . • )4 the estiou in beto d the !re of those , and Woos mot en flied Arc. THE SUN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HAMPTON RACES. The fol!owing is an outline of the present engagements 'or this meeting. THIS DAY. Tie Stand Plate of 50/. added to a Sweepstake3 of 5 sovs. each, for three years old and upwards. Once round and a distance. 24r. Goodman's Cheddington, 3 yrs; Mr. J. Sunton's b g by : . :lan o out of Odessa, 3 yrs; Mr. Taunton's c by Bretby, dum by Bhckl,cli, 3 yrs; Mr. Douglas's Irene, 3 yrs; Baron Rothschild's br f by Kremlin cut of Even ing Star, 3 yrs. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes—Acceptances: — Yrs. st. lb. Yrs. at. lb. Vatican 5 .... 9 5I b c by Coranna Vampyre a ... 8 7 1 out of llcnica 3 ... 6 9 Oid D-tn Tucker 5 ... 8 7) Tilsit Hagley Eva • 5 ... 7 7 Guardsman ...... 3 ... 6 0 I Ballet Girl Gladiole Roller The Claremont Stakes of 10 sore. each, 5 ft, and 50 added, for two years old. Half , a-mile. 4s Lady Isabel, Dorothes, Urbanity, Hoppicker, Miss Giddy, Kate Howard, Jasper colt, b fby Annandale, Freedom, Lady Blanche, ch c by Archy, out of Calypso, dam by Jack-in-the-Green. The Corinthian Stakes of 10 soya. each. Gentlemen riders. Presto, 3 yrs—Guardsman, 3 yrs—Warwick, 4 yrs— Stockbrigge Buck, 4 yrs—Remunerator, 4 yrs. Plate of 501., given by the South-Western Railway. One mile. Yrs. st. lb. The Moor 6 ... 8 8 Zacloc Avis. The Swede Yrs. st. lb. Ferule . Leybourne 3 ... 6 5 Woodlark Miss Lottery 4 ... 7 4 The rest pay 5 sovs. each: The Innkeepers' Plate of 30/., &c. Heats, three-quar ters of a mile. Landseer, 5 yrs (500 —Emily, 3 yrs (1000—f by Slane, out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs (500—Emma, 3 yrs (500—Laundrymaid, aged (800 —Fernando, 4 yrs (800—Arlette, 4 yrs (501)—Preslaw, 4 yrs (500 — Marquis of Conyngham, aged (50/.)—Norton, 3 yrs, (500—Faux-pas, 3 yrs (801. )— Gimcrack,4 yrs (50) —lmpression, 4 yrs (500 —Prima Donna, 3 yrs (801.) — Prospect, aged (500 —Hazy, 3 yrs (501.). WEDNESDAY. Handicap of 3 sous. each (to close this evening). The Richmond (handicap) Stakes of 10 son. each, and 50 added. British Boy, 3 yrs—Guardsman, 3 yrs—Abdallab, 4 yrs—Emma, 3 yrs—Theorem, 3 yrs—Hszy,3 yrs—lrene, 3 yrs. The Railway Plate of 501., given by the South-Western Railway, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each; h ft, for two years old, &c. Duster, 3 yrs (500 —Emily, 3 yrs (500—Faux -pas, 3 yrs (500—c by Touchstone, out of Fugleman's dam , 2 yrs—Dame Tattle, 2 yrs (5 01.)—The Nun, 2 yrs (501.) —Julia, 3 yrs (500—Serns, 3 yrs. The Scurry Handicap of 10 soya. each (Gentlemen - riders), to close this evening. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, 2 miles. Chedtttngton, 3 yrs—British Boy, 3 yrs—f by Krem lin, out of Evening Star, 3 yrs—The Steamer, aged — Rowena, 3 yrs—Vampyre, aged—Theorem, 3 yrs— Hszy, 3 yrs—Ballet Girl, 4 yrs—War Horse, 4 yrs— b g by Slane, out of Odessa, 3 yrs—ch c by Bretby, dam by Biacklock, 3 yrs. GOODWOOD, 1851. Handicap for the Goodwood Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday next, June 17th. -- -.--. Yrs. st. lb: Lady Evelyn 5 Glauca 8 13 Russborough Lindgrave Vatican Cariboo [Trial Elthiron Pitsford Yrs. st. lb. Vancouver .. ..... .. 4 6 10 The Savage 4 6 10 The Baroness 5 6 10 C by Epirus out of Enterprise Utrecht Cyclops Glenhawk Merry Peal 3 6 7 The Nigger 4 8 3 Fuglemun La Fianc6a 4 6 7 870. to Truthteller 3 6 7 Third of May 3 6 6 Tilsit areas 3 6 4 Eurus Reindeer 3 6 4 - . 13,-ehunter Officious Old Dan Tucker 5 7 12 Mark Tapley Doubt William the Con queror 5 7 12 St. Rosalia Crystal Palace 6 6 4 Clarissa The Ebor Humphrey Gladiola Ballet Girl Manufacturer 4 7 12 Backbiter Windiscbgratz 4 7 9 Strongbow The Italian 4 7 5 Duc-an-Durras Sauter-la-Coupe 5 7 4 Caprice Joc-o'-Sot Narcissus Wallflower 5 6 0 Phlegethon 3 6 0 Sunrise .... • 3 5 13 Antigone. Iracundus Nutcracker 4 7 3 Montague Herbert Mulgrave 4 7 3 C by Gladiator, out of Korassan'a d 4 7 3 Duxbury 4 7 2 Langton Chief Justice California The Cocktail Cockermouth 6 7 0 Theseus Bushranger 4 7 0 Remunerator Quicksand Exeter 3 6 13 The Tout 3 6 13 Lamar tine Hothorpe 3 6 12 England's Glory 3 6 12 Cheerful Joe Sutherland 5 6 12 tlacton 4 5 13 Unity Pandemus King Charming 3 513 Terpsichore 3 5 12 Roller Salute Runnymede 3 5 10 Cornelius 3 5 10 Colsterdale Aristos . 3 5 8 Border Boy 3 5 8 F by Harkaway, dam by Rust 3 5 7 Rowena Kick-up-the-Dust 3 5 7 any Mannering Empress o 3 5 5 Waterfall Entre Nous 3 5 4 3 5 3 Presto Monica c 3 5 3 Letter-press True Blue Ingratitude : 3 5 0 hurry Scurry ....•• 3 5 0 Girdle British Boy 3 4 12 Ischia harpsichord Miss Whip c *Vampyre Borneo 5 6 11 The Heriot 3 6 11 , Haricot lanthe Champion Jenny Lind 5 6 10 Lough Bann 0-# 1 titian HAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.) Stand Plate. Cheddington ... Irene ... Bretby colt IP" •• • •• • ••• The Corinthian Stakes. Remunerator ... • Presto ... ... ••• ••• .•• Stockbridge Buck ... ..• ... Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. Abdallah Vampyro Don Pedro ••• ••• A good race. THE N EW FEMALE COSTUME IN AMERICA.--The American papers contain scattered items of news upon the revolution in female attire of which a literary lady is said to have set the example to the sex in the United States. " The first example," says the 111ilwankie Wisconsin of May 19, " of the short skirt and Turkish trousers has made its appear ance on East Water-street this afternoon. The dress is of green silk, and the trousers of white linen, full and gathered into a band at the ankle with a short ruff. The appearance is extremely elegant and graceful. The young lady 'who has had the courage thus to face the Mede-and-Persian law of long established custom, and discard an awkward and useless style of dress for one both becoming and com modious, deserves the highest praise. We trust that a host of others will follow her example, and leave street-sweeping to its legitimate professors." " Yesterday," says the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald of May 22, "two young ladies, of fairest reputation and attractions, donned the new costume, and though the observed of all ob servers,' made their afternoon promenade. Their -dress was elegant and beautiful. Skirts reached to the knee, and loose trousers of white." The Philadelphia Ledger of May 26 says :—" Chestnut-street was thrown into a singular state of commotion on Saturday . last, by the appearance in the public streets, for the first time, of a pair of trousers upon the lower limbs of one of the fair daughters of Eve. The sensation produced was great." The Boston Mail of May 26 has the following :—" Last evening, or late in the after noon, our citizens were gratified with a sight of the new costume. A sweet Miss of some sixteen summers was out on promenade,' the observed of all observers.' She had en pink coloured pants, a coatee, a belt, and nice little hat. The Turkish dressed beauty was accompanied by a gentleman who, carrying a big cane, formed her protection. They marched and counter-marched the streets, and went upon the common." And the Hartford (Connecticut) Chronicle, of the same date, says :—" Several ladies appeared in our str s eets on Saturday with pantaloons, short dresses, and flats. A t A u m e p e t p, oiwast,nwatthhueerreefil naturally t hee a t t p r p cs e eh a tr r ei a ds n t micaenuseihn attention:'th i s city f this new cos tume, housesn k n o THE JUSTICE OF A SULTAN.--11l the city of T feuaretknhi one of five, hundred the wounding wll bred(are weak in numbers, a o and to the Cl i ove six hundred of the mob, condemned trhnrmeeeillt:upnrdord e( u i c . e t d o the t.h of six more, and the pillaging galleys, and put one hundre five churches. The Sultan shot e He has restored all the property and fifty more on their trial. perty he could recover to the Christians to whom it belonged, s a e nd recompensed the rest of WITNESSES TO CHARACTER...." court-martial to a sailor in , Terrold's is l t . dramatic liWhat know of his moral character ? " asks the president a ary ldedeceased Des oci version s t i o h eee tl y e df Black-eyed Susan. " A good deal," plays on the fiddle like an angel."--The la answer ;" he wound up an eloquent tribute on the virtues of 11-t 'f Baron of the Exchequer with this pithy peroration : 4 , He was a good man, an excellent man. He had the best melted butter I ever tasted in my life." CROPS IN THE NORTH, —ln many parbs of the dis trict of Cunningham the winter wheat is lout thin; the spring-sown looking well. Oats, generally, are , looking well, except on very stiff soils, where they have rather a sickly appearance. What crops there are of bere and barley are l o oking well, as also beans. There is a great breadth of po tatoes planted ; the early planted are strong, and give ap pearance of an abundant crop. Hay, ger ierally, is very light, and field pasture generally scanty as yet. There ,is some Swedish turnip sown here and there:. Farmers are waiting anxiously for some rain for sowing turnips,—North British Nail. PAPAL AGGRESSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Although I feel ulyelf not properly competent to write on such a subject, in consequence cf want of time to look into the various p heses of the past, yet if we are.allowed to reason cn this matter, as on all others, I may he allowed a few worth. My forefathers were Scotch Covenanters, they suf fered much from the persecuting spirit of their time, hut they, in their turn, to the fulness of their power became persecutors. We, their children, look upon the persecutions prac tised by our fathers as emanating from the heated and barbarous spirit cf the time, and in so doing, as it were, excuse all sections of persecutors. Had we the power, we now disclaim the right to persecute. If any persons professing our opinions do persecute, either by inflicting pain, or in suppressing discussion, we step forth and proclaim that they do not belong to us. We believe we have the truth, and we further believe that the more truth is sifted and discussed the more clear it becomes. Now, Sir, although but a humble individual, I ask, in all respect, do the Roman Catholics profess such doc trines and such discipline? Are they agreeable to proclaim that I, a Scotch Co venanter, ought to have the same right to promulgate my opinions in Rome, in Spain, in Austria, &c., as they now demand of us ? If they do so, I ask them to let it be known ; we should then have a fair chance of rivalry in the work of truth and philanthropy. But while the masses read of Protestantism being treated with harshness, if not cruelty, by Roman Catho lics, whenever they can do so, we must be excused in wishing to keep their physical power a little in check in this country—not from a wish to persecute, but merely in self-defence. I am, Sir, yours, &c., London, June 9. A TIN-PLATE WORKER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,--W ill you kindly afford your protection to the ladies against a rudeness shown them in (of all places i in the world) our Opera Houses? On most nights you may observe them standing and struggling for a humble peep at the stage, behind the brawny shoulders of comfortably seated gentlemen, who, I am ashamed to say, rarely offer a few minutes rest to their delicate and pretty neighbours. Can it be that in these days of refinement, we forget the old and honoured law, place pour les dames, or is it that we wish to show foreigners now sojourning here, that we are, indeed, far behind them in those courtesies w hich,throwlso great a charm over good society elsewhere? Pray, Sir, jog our gentlemen's memories on the point, and thereby oblige very many of your countrywomen. I am, Sir, your ohedient servant, Mornington-crescent, June 10. A VISITOR. [lt would be a matter of satisfaction to all English gentlemen if the hint of our correspondent were taker. We trust, therefore, that all our fellow-countrymen in discriminately may afford the foreign visitors to the metropolis evidence, however tardy, that in some respect at least the people of these barbarous islands are pro ecients in politeness.—ED, Sun.] [ADVERTISEMENT.] FIRST REPORT oF THE DIRECTORS OF THE LAW PROPERTY ASSURANCE AND TRUST SO CIETY, 30, ESSEX- S TREET, STRAND, LONDON. At the Annual General Meeting, held on the 30th May, 1851, at the Society's Offices. At this, the first Annual General Meeting of the Law Property Assurance and Trust Society, the Directors have great pleasure in submitting to the shareholders their Report of the proceedings of the past year. The advantages of the novel application of the prin ciples of Assurance to Leaseholds, Copyholds, and Life holds, as well as the Redemption of Mortgages and of Loans, and the Security of Building Societies, in addition to the contingencies of Life, have been more extensively appreciated than as expected, and your Directors refer with much gratification to the transactions of this So ciety during the first year of its existence. 313 Pro posals have been received, of which 192 have been completed, and are now in force, yielding an Annual Income of 2,234/. 16s. 3d. In addition to these 27 more have been accepted, and are in process of completion. Your Directors congratulate the shareholders that not a single Life Policy has become a claim. The confidence with which the plans of this Society are viewed by the public is evidenced by the fact that all the Shares in the Capital Stock of the Society are sub scribed. And your Directors, continuing to receive ap plications for further allotments, have found it expedient to declare forfeited such Shares as had not been taken up, and in order to extend as widely as possible the In terests of the Society, they have resolved to issue the few remaining forfeited shares only in small lots. The management of the Office has been carried on with the utmost caution and prudence, regard being bad rather to economy than display. The entire fixed An nual Charge upon the Society's funds, including the Salaries of Secretary, Medical Officer, Clerks, and Porter, with rent and taxes, does not exceed 8001. per annum. Thus already the Annual Income is much more than double the fixed expenditure. The Society therefore offers the almost unprecedented instance of having become self-supporting at the end of only one year. On reference to the List of Agents of this Society, it will be seen that the services of a highly respectable and influential body of gentlemen of the legal profession have been secured, and the assistance of the shareholders is particularly requested in increasing their number in localities not yet represented. Your Directors invite special attention to the peculiar and great advantages offered by 'this Society to those effecting Life Assurances on the participating scale, in asmuch as they receive Eighty per Cent. of all the profits arising from every branch of the Society's business on the participating scale. The Assurance of Titles is now beginning to be under stood and appreciated. Many proposals have come before the Board, some of which have been accepted, and your Directors anticipate a very extensive and advantageous business from the plan they have adopted, in cases where large estates are sold in small lots, for assuring the title to each of the purchasers, and thereby saving the expense of a separate investigation of the whole title, and of an attested copy of the title-deeds. In conclusion, your Directors offer their congratula tions to the shareholders on the en tire success which has attended the Society. Feeling assured that the advan tages offered by it are so manifest as to require only to be well understood to be universally adopted, they beg to impress upon the shareholders the necessity for active co. operation in making known i'ts; plans to their friends and the public, and thus to assist in placing the Law Property Assurance and Trust Ssciety in that position, which the experience of the past year assures your Directors it may shortly occupy,--namely, in the fore most rank of Assurance Societies in the United Kingdom. WILLIAM NEISON, 28th June, 1851. Actuary and Secretary. 30, Essex-street, Strand, London. LORD DUNDRENNAN.—WO regret to learn Lord Dundrennan, who has for so cue days past been absen , from his judicial duties, has been s affering from severe indis position. The answer to inquiri , is on Friday was, that his Lordship was somewhat better.--. 1 ;dinburgh Courant. CHARING- CROES HOSPITAL. —Yesterday a meeting of the Governors of the above F lospital was held in the Board-room, for general business.. The annual statement of the operations of the hospital for the past ye ar showed that 19,105 indigent sick persons were relieved, at a cost of 2,4301. 35.11 d. : of these 1,210 wet .e in-patients, 643 of which were cases of severe accidents; tl re out-patients numbered 17.893—making a grand total, sir ice its commencement, in 1818, of 186,863 sick and needy individuals who have par taken of the advantages of the in: st itutuan. THE QUICKEST VOYAGE EVER MADE BETWEEN EGYPT AND ENGLAND.—The On el tal Steam Company's new steam -ship Ganges, 1,200 tons an d 500 horse-power, con structed by Messrs. Todd and II 1: Gregor, of Glasgow, and which was placed by the compel , as au extra vessel on the Southampton and Alexandria 'fine, made her passage out from Southampton to Alexandria. in 11 days 2 hours steam ing, being an average rate of 11.4 knots per hour for the whole passage. She arrived at S. a uthampton on the Bth inst., having made her passage homey in ..11' , days and 6 hours' steaming, or neatly at the same r a to as on the passage out. Including the stoppages at Gibre a tar and Malta the actual time occupied on the voyage has been a little under 12 days, being within one day of the aci coal time now occupied in transmitting the Overland portio c s of the mail to Alexandria through France. Messrs. Tod an M‘Gregor are now con structing three large steamers for this company. The Gauges will take out the India f 0 ail of the .20th inst. from Southampton. THE FAILURE AT LIVERPOOL. ---Yesterday (Tues day) a meeting of the creditors , st Messrs. Finch and Willey, of the Windsor Foundry, Liverp a4) . 1, was held at the Claren don-rooms, South John-street. Lir. Wickham, of the Low moor Iron Company, was unani etiously voted to the chair, and a statement of the accounts., drawn up by Mr. Bewley, was submitted, from which it ap p eared that the total liabili ties of the firm were 65,0001, to n ieet which it was calculated that the assets from all source s would realize 10s. in the pound. Mr. E. Finch stated th a t eighteen months ago, on the retirement of Mr. Smith, Nho is a creditor for 7,0001., there was a loss of 6,0.001. on the concern, and that the com pletion of contracts then on han.l had since entailed a further loss of 7,000/. The bank of Liv erpool is well secured, as also Mr. Geach, of Birmingham, wb ao had advanced 10,000/. on account of Chepstow-bridge ; bi at the creditors of Finch and Son are also creditors to this e setate to upwards of 20,0001. A committee, consisting of Mr. :Pearce, of the firm of Jones, Bland, and Co., Mr. Ledward, ar d Mr. Langton, was appointed to wind up the concern as speed ily as possible. MDLLE. RACHEL.—Not 'withstanding the incle mency of the weather, the M islinee Literaire et Musicale, given yesterday at the Castle :Hotel, Richmond, was bril liantly attended. The chief pa rt of the entertainment con sisted of dramatic recitations by Mdlle. Rachel, aided by M. Raphael and other artists of the St. James's Theatre. Her scenes, which were acted # not merely read, produced a great impression, especially the celebrated one from An dromaque, in which she first to( IL the English by storm when she made her debiit at her Blajesty's Theatre. The in tervals were filled up by the delightful singing of Mdlle. Charton. ST. ALBAN'S BRIBERY ( ;OMMISSION.—The persons proposed to be appointed Cc mmissioners of Inquiry, and whose names are mentioned in the Bill now before the House of C omm ons, are—Frederick S ade, Thomas Phinn, and Wil liam Forsyth, The re munerat, ion to be five guineas a day, over and above travelling exile uses. THE HIGHWAY TO THE 'VEST.—It is announced that the arrangements are con iapleted for opening the Mid land Great Weston Railway to Galway on the Ist of August. The Earl of Clarendon has exl Tressed his readiness to attend the inaugural ceremony. THE HONOURABLE S SCIETY OF THE INNER TEMPLE. —On Monday evenin g the students of this society presented Mr. William Hurlst( rue with a handsome silver tea service, as a token of respect fi a. his long and efficient duties in the society. It bore the so. aiety's arms, and the following inscription : Presented by the Students of the Inner Temple to Mr. William Hurl stone, on the completion of his 37th year of his connexion Wit jI the Society. Trinity Term, 1851." ... 2 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 LONDON, /- -, r.~,.-z r--~, _- ___ WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1851. THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, JUNE 10. The G- , .,neral Screw Steam Shipping Company's steam-ship Sir Robert Peel, Captain Boxer, arrived this morning. She sailed from Plymouth on the 15th of March; arrived at St. Vincent's on the 29th of March ; sailed the same day for Sierra Leone, and arrived on the 33 of April; sailed on the 4th, and arrived at the Cape on the 27th of April ; left there on the 2d of May. The homeward dates are — Sierra Leone, 19th of May ; St. Vincent's, on the 26th of May ; she remained at Sierra Leone 181 hours for water. The accounts by her give a total contradiction to the report brought by the Teviot of the severe loss sustained by Sir Harry Smith, who appears to hold his own securely until ne has disciplined his present irregular forces, and added to them from home, when no doubt he will be in a position to make a demon stration against the enemy. The most important intelligence is the defection of Kreili, who has openly joined the Kafirs; but this rebel's efforts on the fidelity of Pato had been hitherto unsuccessful. No doubt the faith of Pato and other important allies will be greatly strengthened on the arrival of troops by the Singapore and the expecta tions of more reinforcements from the mother country. Lieutenant and Adjutant Fletcher, of the 73d Regiment, was killed in a skirmish on the 16th of April. His body was found pierced by twenty asse gay s. The Singapore reached the Cape three days before the Sir Robert Peel—viz., on the 24th of April, and her troops were to go by the Dee steamer to head quarters at Graham's Town. We take the following " Latest Frontier Intel ligence" from the Cape Town Monitor of the 2d ult..— " The frontier post arrived in Cape Town at one P.M. yesterday, bringing the latest intelligence from the seat of war. " Our advicea from King William's Town are so late as the 23d, and from Graham's Town to the 26th ult. (April). " Communications from Butterworth had been received at head-quarters on the evening of the 23d, showing that the Chief Kreili had committed himself with the war party, and had been personally engaged in conflict. Another patrol of 800 men had been ordered out for the purpose of following up the late successes against the enemy. " The remaining remount horses from Cape Town had arrived safely and were being distributed. Thi - disarmed Cape Mounted Rifles were being re-armed and equipped. The corps would amount to 260 men, which, with 150 men of Armstrong's horse, would enable the Governor to dispatch a strong force across the Kei, against Kreili, if necessary. " Toise continued to send useful information, and re ported that Mr. Gilfillan's Commando (Civil Commis sioner Cradock) had marched from Shiloh on the White Kei, and severely handled Mapassa's Tambookies and some of Kreili's people, and were proceeding to sweep off their cattle. " Major Wilmot's patrol was still out. A recent state ment in a Port Elizabeth paper, that seven Cape Mounted Riflemen had deserted, after their arms had been restored to many, and that 1,000 rounds of ammunition were found rolled up in a blanket, is denied. "By reports from all quarters the Kafirs were be coming heartily tired of the war. They would not be allowed to rest in the low countries, and being driven to the Amatola mountains they would expe rience much suffering from the cold and continued ha- ressing. " Information bad been received through one of Kreili's great councillors that the Gaikas cannot hold out much longer; that thirty of their great men bad fallen, and that they could not count the inferior victims; that they are coming in—one man with four or five women and two or three head of cattle, &c. " The Gaikas were in perpetual alarm, driving their cattle hither and thither, to the great injury of the mulch cattle and calves. " Umhala has sent in his son to King William's Town to seek out intelligence. He was quite un prepared for the news of the further patrol against Seyolo. " Pato remained steady and was in high spirits, occa sioned, it is said, by the punishment inflicted on Stock, Seyolo, &c. " A correspondent, whose information has hitherto proved to be well founded, states that he had received intelligence that Kreili had endeavoured to oppose the Burghers and other forces at the Imvani, and had been completely routed with considerable loss, having nar rowly escaped with his own life. He had retired to the great place,' and had called on the Fingoes in his country to join him, but without effect. " Stock (Euno's tribe) and Seyolo still maintained themselves in the ravines of the Keiskamma. Their being enabled to hold out is attributed to their having received reinforcements of many fresh men from Fundisi and other branches of Umhala's people. " Kreili, after his defeat at the Imvani, had been coquetting with the missionary station at Butterworth, desiring them to remain there in safety, &c., probably with a view to making out a case in his own defence should matters continue to go against him. " Another account of the Commando against Kreili and his allies states, that the Boers, &c., moved against the Temboes (Tambookies) in the upper part of the Bolota, where Kreili, with a large force, met them; that a brisk encounter ensued, when the colonial forces re trograded to the Imvani neck before the vastly mu© num bers brought against them (stated to be more than four to one); that they made a stand, and opened a tre mendous fire on the pursuing Amagalkas, who soon re treated in the utmost con fusion, the ;flied forces of Burghers and Bfritisn charging them and carrying all before them—even in their ardour g e tti ng completely within the Kafir ranks; that the Temboes stood their ground much better, and continued to fight until the victorious troops returned from the pursuit of the Amagalekas and fell on thir rear, when they were dis persed, and fled in all directions. 18 petty chiefs have been killed. " It is stated that the Zula auxiliaries are not coming." The monthly summary of the Cape Monitor of the 2d of May says their last summary rep o rted Sir Harry Smith's return to King William's Town, ac companied by Colonel Mackinnon and the 2d division. This expedition consisted of a series of movements from the 18th to the 25th of March, among which was the repulse of the enemy, about 2,000 strong, on the 19th, and their flight into the Amatola mountains. To complete this account, on the 21st of March, when the 2d division under Colonel Mackinnon marched with his Excellency at daylight on Fort Cox, and thence to Fort White, a detachment was sent on to meet the enemy in full force ' and a general engageme nt commenced. The mounted levies behaved well. The 73d and 6th turned the flank of the enemy, who were routed. On the 23d 1,000 head of cattle were captured. The British bad four killed and six wounded. The enemy lost a great many. On the 24th, 25th, and 26th there was no move ment. On the ISth a patrol of 3 00 ravaged Seyolo's country, destroyed from 30 to 40 1i.afirs and returned , o n the 30th to King William 's -own with four men 'l' wounded. The same day important information was obtained from two Kafir Hottentot girls, in conse quence of which several Cape Mounted Rifles were arrested. On the 27 th Major Somerset left Fort Hare with 1,200 men, who in the night were attacked by the e nemy, who attempted , unsuccessfully, .to turn their flank, but were beat en a t all points, and removed their dead, unperceived, in the dark. On the 31st all the passes of the Eland's berg were scoured. On the 29th of March - a great number of Kai - - River rebels and Cape Mounted deserters attacked Messrs. Crouch's trading station. This act was com mitted with the connivance of Kreili, who had sent messages to Pato and Umhala bidding them to join ; they both declined, and this refusal has bad its effect on Kreili. On the Bth of April Colonel Mackinnon'a patrol, in two columns, sought for cattle unsuccessfully in the plains and tracks of the Buffalo. On the 10th Kafiri and Hottentots attacked Fort Brown, and carried off 200 head of cattle. It is said they were lost through the treachery of a sentry. On the 1 5 th Co lonel Mackinnon, with 2,500 men, including 100 Cape Mounted Rifles, left King Wil liam's Town for a patrol of six days. On the 16th he divided into tw o columns. - A. skirmish ensued. Ensign and Adju tant Fletcher, 73d, fell, and Cap tain Morris, of t he levies, was wounded. The columns were several times attacked in the rear and pulsed. At five flank, but the enemy was alwayti re with fi ve P .m. Colonel Eyre joined the right w i ng head of fat cattle. The day's loss was 1 officer, 1 sergeant, 4 rank and file. The enemy's loss is esti mated at 150 men. The operations of the month have been confined to patrolling, the enemy's cattle have been driven into the Amatolas, and they are nowhere to be seen in great force. The succours from England will greatly strengthen the C o mmander -M- Chief. On the 28 th of March, on the north-eastern fron tier, there was a successful engagement with the Chief Morosi. No casualty occurred on our side, and the enemy left 200 dead on the field. From the Tarnbookie country an account has also been received of a victory gained by Captain Tylden, Royal Engineers, in which the enemy, 4,000 strong, was put to flight, leaving 300 dead on the field. The Sir Robert Peel has a general cargo, including ivory and gold dust. During her voyage she spoke the Alice, bound for the Cape, on 27th March, in lt. 21 N., long. 23 W.; April 3, at Sierra Leone, found her Majesty's ship Cygnet, Dolphin, Volcano, Spy, and the steamer Singapore. The Sampson and Dolphin arrived during the stay of the Sir Robert Peel. On the 9th of April, in lat. 25 N., long. 2 50 W., spoke her Ma jesty's ship Sampson ; on the 20th of April, in lat. 33.40 S., long. 17.10 E., spoke the Swedish brig Christian, bound to the Cape; on the 27th, in Table Bay, found her laajesty's ship Dee, the French na tional steamer Cassini, the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Singapor?, and the Malabar East Indiaman, outward bound. The Dee sailed on the 29th to the Buffalo mouth with troops brought by the Singapore. In Simon's Bay found her Majesty's ships Hermes and Orestes, and a barque, bound to England. May , 19th, at Sierra Leone, found the Cygnet, Spy, Glen bumen, Ellen , &c. The Spy sailed on the 20th. On the 26th, at St. Vincent, found a United States brig of war and her Mejesty's steamer Teviot. June 24 passed a French ship outward bound, and on the 6th passed a Danish barque bound to the east. The following letter, dated King William's Town, British Kafraria, March 29, though not of the latest date, contains details of several operations which have not been before described:— ' detailed arnl et After s teht,es combined no the m de mdivisionby n e d st last, moved destruction force dated r c c t io e no to o of t hße F Eu o Bir a r gt nh t hd A vis r os m tipta s ho t nha r dt o t n General a i om , he mnte s brie ehrdea latseflol h y y . occupying it with the European levy, securing at the same time eighty prisoners, and taking possession of twenty-eight waggons and a large quantity of provi sions belonging to the rebel army. From this post they proceeded to Philipton, which, instead of finding, as hitherto supposed and proverbially stated to be, the most loyal of all the Hottentot settlements, was disco vered to be the very nursery and hotbed of discontent and rebellion. Here seventeen waggons were seized, and property to a very great extent, evidently the pro duce of the wild harvest of devastation and murder which these traitors have for some time been reaping. Break ing up this nest of rebels, the whole rookery, mis sionaries not excepted, were marched to Eland's Post. Here a minute investigation was made by General So merset into the cause of the rebellion among the Hottentots, and the consequences of its progress, points not easily elucidated, from the circum stance that the enereetic measures already adopted produced on the instant an universal display of the most devoted loyalty and submission. 160 of them were, however, disarmed, and forty-eight waggons con fiscated, the contents of which told but a lame tale either for their honesty or loyalty, being composed of splendid assortments of silk dresses, riding habits, fine linen, &c., which never could have been in use among the squalid and filthy beings in whose possession they were found. On the 28th of the month General Somerset returned to Burghers' Post, where he bad left the Fort Armstrong prisoners, his cattle, and wounded men, and where he now mustered 46 waggons, between 400 and 500 women and children, and 370 prisoners, independent of 12 waggons he had left at Eland. Daring his absence at Eland, Burghers' Post had been attacked in a most de termined manner by the Kafirs, who were repulsed with severe loss by Major Blakeway, who had been left in charge with 400 men. I had almost forgotten to men tion that the two field cornets Andreas Botha and Piet Bruintjes were absent with the rebels when the Ge neral reached Philipton, and that it was also disco vered that this loyal settlement bad furnished its quota of men for the defence of Fort Armstrong. Such was the state of affairs in that quarter up to the 3d instant, at which time General Somerset had returned to Fort Hare, his head-quarters, from his brilliant and most successful: operations, carried on since the 22d of the previous month. On the 10th instant an order was transmitted from the Commander-in-Chief for a general court-martial to assemble at Fort Hare, for the trial of such rebel insurgents as might be brought before it, and up to the last date of our intelligence from that place, the 21st, the court-martial had been sitting every day from nine to five o'clock, but, with whatever results it terminates, the proceeding will give little sa tisfaction to those ho have suffered from the devasta tions of the Hottentots, or to the colonists at large, who have addressed memorials to the Governor, urgently seeking that a special commission may be appointed to investigate the whole affair. " I may now revert to the operations of. the Whittlesea force teetlinst the Hottentots of Shilo, which had so tin expactebdly been pat a stop to by General Somerset's order to Captain Tylden about the lit of February. It will be remembered that the armistice consequent upon the order was only on the one side, as after ita receipt the Hottentots and Tambookies made several fruitless attempts to take Whittlesea, and during its continuance they aid not fail to employ themselves most zealously in taking possession of all property, cattle, horses, sheep, and goats they could come upon. On the 26th of the month, however, a counter order from General Somerset was re ceived by Captain Tylden, intimating, at the same time, his approbation of what had taken place, and conveying his thanks to the officers for their gallant conduct; and it was therefore resolved that on the following day another attack should be made upon Shilo, to drive the rebels from their stronghold, the church, and crush the revolters by one decisive blow. You may imagine their astonishment and disappointment when they discovered that the opposing force consisted of eight old women and one old man (Tambookies) from whom they learned that the Hottentots and their allies, having received an intimation of the intention of their enemies, had de camped on the previous night. taking with them, as a matter of course, everything of a moveable description. Being determined not to relinquish an attempt upon Mapass's Tambookies and their allies, the Hottentots, on the 4th of March, they started from Whittlesea to beard the lion in his den, with a force of about 400 men, consisting of Fingoes, Cradock volunteers, Colesberg and Burghers Dorp levy, and about 170 friendly Kafirs, mounted, under Samuel Kama. On their march they were joined by De Witt, and his command of 500 boers; and, in about seven hours from the time of starting, came upon the enemy, who had entered the narrow gorge of a mountain pass, and were waiting, far within the na tural basin which was formed beyond it, for the ap proach of their antagonists. Driven from their position by Kama and his horsemen, they were compelled to cross the river which intersects the basin, and in doing so lost eleven of their number. Forming themselves into two parties, they took up two strong positions on the other side, from which however they were ere long dislodged, but not before they had driven back the beers, who had engaged the party on the left, and who, unfortunately, gave way when they should have stood firm. However, their work was done for them, and the intrepid assailants crossing the river, which reached their middle, and disengaging a party round the bottom of the mountain to come upon their front, while the remainder pressed upon them in the rear, drove them up to the mountain, whither the Cradock mounted volunteers pur sued them in a most gallant and heroic manner, and would, there is little doubt, have made fearful execution among them had not intelligence been sent by Kama that a large force of the enemy were about to intercept their passage at the ford and cut them off from the re mainder of their force. Too few in number to risk being surrounded by an overpowering force, the speed of their horses saved them, as, by a quick but orderly re treat, they gained and repassed the river before their enemies came up; the first man who attempted to fol low being shot dead upon the spot. Meeting at a place of appointed rendesvouz they found that they had only lost five men, and had two wounded in the engagement, and, to give their horses a little very necessary rest, they off-saddled for an hour, feeling no doubt, satisfied with their success, as they had numbered 47 of their enemy lying dead upon the field. About five o'clock P. 31., seeing the country around them covered with their black and wily foe, they remounted, and proceeded to leave the basin by the same narrow neck by which they had entered it. Here the enemy made a most determined effort to prevent their passing, but Kama, having first gained the Kopjee, kept them in check until the several divisions passed bins. He, however, was soon after wards outflanked by the enemy; darkness was coming on, and symptoms of fear showing themselves among the Fingoes, who, by the by, fought with the most un flinching bravery during the whole day, and it required the most determined steadiness and exertion on the part of Captain Tylden and the other officers of divisions, to prevent a confusion which would have led to a complete massacre. The Cradock volunteers being placed in the rear kept up an incessant fire, and the whole force was marched through the defile with the loss of only one man killed and one wounded. Marching direct to Whittlesea without a halt, they arrived there about two o'clock in the morning of the sth, having been about twenty-four hours away. There requires no comment on this daring affair. Without any regular soldiery or field-pieces, the enemy wes braved and chastised in his own fastnesses, with a determination and bravery which reflect the highest praise upon all who were engaged in it. So tar, then, is cur present intelligence from that part of the country also of a satisfactory description, un less there may be truth in the report which is in circu lation, as coming from a private source, that Mapassa has since broken into the colony and carried off a quan• tity of stock belonging to the farmers on the frontier. The truth of this time of course will toll. "In the north, Field-Commandants Joubert, Olivier, and Read have been operating most zealously against the Tambookies. From the 26th of January to the 18th of February they had captured 9,000 head of cattle and 400 horses, and killed upwards of 250 of the enemy. On the Ist of the present month a strong lino of posts had been established along the Tambookie frontier, consisting of Albertie's and Greyling's field-cornetcies, and the camp of Mr. Joseph Read and Commandant Joubert had then returned home with the Colesberg burghers. On the 25th of February Mr. Read's camp was attacked by the Tambookies during the night, but they were beaten off, and on the following day followed by Read, who killed 38 of them, and took 700 cattle. Rather an unfortunate affair took place in the native reserve on the 22d of February with the chief Morosi, and a detachment of troops under Mr. Cole, Civil Commissioner of the Albert division, in which nine English volunteers, eleven Hot tentots, and eight Fingoes were killed, andsixteetn Fingoes wounded. The misfortune seems chi t efly . o have arisen from too much reliance being piacedin the chief Manzi, who by his crafty villany os in veigled his enemy into his toils. The . circumstances are are perfectly illustrative of the _c . u h nin d n gsaffection of displayed by these gentlemen. a this nan c c e h d i e several bavi n having robberiesbeen committed the Tambookies, for which neither restitution n th o c Civil pensation would be made, he we? . repor d Commissionerfortprofessedhwith htois his fi or kraal, tAo lkbehrotwdhivisissioenztimwohnots,pwrohcheenedhedo b o t h ? . g the h e o r su Greatl w d e b e e e ratahatleiachment to the Government. It dispatched to the vi watched,wa s , however, and a consideredo ho r d ih vicinity uyi t hynepcessary f tkraa lhloao t River, to prevent him (rein rendering assistance to the Tambookies, with whom Major Warden was engaged on the other side of the river. This party, fearing no mo lestation, it appears, had off-saddled, and were watching the proceedings going on across the river, when Morosi hi m self, with a troop of his desperadoes, h dro a p i po p pr e e d hn ieusdp in terference, them, and demand ed what the y wanted there. By the intercession of th e Rsv. Mr. Bertram, b e there with them , the y were saved, as, buto h t e rference, they would in all probability have been mur dered to a man. At this juncture Mr. Cole arrived in the Wittebergen, and communicating a ith Major Warden, it was resolved that the troops, with the latt e r, should cross o ver to Morosi's kraal, and know definitely what were his intentions. This was done by means of a boat which was commenced and finished in a day. Messengers were accordingly sent to learn hie lowa- tiona„ and request his attendance at the camp. Perched securely in his eyrie on the mountain top, he returned for ens,wer that he was not for war, and that his fear of the Tareboo'e:ies prevented his coming to the camp; but that if Mr. Cole would approach nearer to his kraal with a small force they could then treat, he being willing to submit to any terms. Relying upon his good faith Mr. Cole approached to within about a mile and a half of his kraal, with about 100 burghers end volun teers, and dispatched another messenger, guaranteeing safe escort to his Highness if he would condescend to come down. " No, no," his answer was now, if you want me you must come and fetch me ; it's war time, Mr. Cole, and dangerous travelling." By this time it might almost be surmised he had sounded his tocsin from hill to valley, and every kloof was pouring forth a black multitude to overwhelm the intruders on his do mains. A retreat was the only alternative, which con tinued until the party was reinforced by the troops who had heard the firing at the camp ; when the Kafirs, in their turn, were obliged to fly under a shower of shot and shell, which did great execution among them. Sixty of them were killed, and the slaughtered cattle retaken which had been lost when the retreat commenced. On the Ist inst. Major Warden had returned to Bloem Fon ' teio, for the purpose of raising as large a force as pos sible, having arranged for an attack upon Morosi and the Tambookies on the 17th of the month. "On the night of the 19th, during the absence of the patrol spoken of hereafter, we were called to arms by an alarm given from the Fingo kraals, and in a few minutes the few troops the camp could then muster were in arms; some disposed for the protection of the place, and others immediately on the spot for the assistance of the Fin goes. Short as the time was which had elapsed, these intrepid fellows had driven their assailants off without their intended seizure of cattle, and with the loss of one man. They killed one of the enemy, Syolos Kafirs, and wounded another, wh o was f oun d th e following morning disabled, and was brought to the hospital of the 6th Re giment, where he died about twelve o'clock. No informa tion could be extorted from him, except only that there were 50 of'them who attacked the kraals, and that they would return again that night. O n th e same day a party, consisting of Mr. Gillam, late of the 7th Dragoons, his brother, and two others, were att ac k e d ° within a mile and a half of the camp, on their way from Fort Murray, by a party of Kafirs, and dread fully abused. Mr. Gillam was wounded in seven places with their assegais, and still lies in a hopeless state. One of the men escaped unhurt, but the other two were each wounded, one very seriously, the other in the hand. This occurred on the line of road on which w e have hitherto had safe conduct, and, if reports may b e believed, we may attribute the cause of this violence to a spirit of revenge for some supposed insult rather than to any falling off in the virtue of our friends and allies in Pate's country. On Pato every reliance is still placed, and with good reason, as with but slight escorts of the levies we are almost daily gratified by seeing 30, 40, or 60 waggons loaded with every kind of provisions coming safely into head-quarters, sometimes, indeed, accompa nied by Pato's people themselves. " The chief Umltye also continues faithful and of great service to us. On the 18th he brought safely into head-quarters several hundred sheep, 200 head of slaughter-cattle, seven waggons laden with oat lay, and several traders' waggons with merchandise. The intentions of Kreili and Umhala are still very doubt ful, the former, it is believed, having hitherto been deterred from declaring war by the reported descent of the Zoolas to our assistance, and the latter appears to be entirely under the control of Kreili. Perhaps the success which has attended the efforts of the boors and burghers against the Tambookies, his neighbours, may have a similar effect and keep them both quiet, although on the 9th of the month we find some of their people engaged with Mr. Joseph Read's patrols near the Wagebbank, in company with those of Fedana and Quesha and 150 Hottentots. In this instance Com mandant Read attacked and routed, with 80 men, a force of the above-named parties 800 strong. " On the 25th of the month we were greatly delighted when we saw from the camp the patrols returning, which had been away ever sinceethe 18th, and bringing along with them a beautiful herd of 1,000 fine fat cattle, evi dence of success we had yet to be told of. His Excel lency the Commander-in-Chief, early on the morning of the 18th, moved on Fort White with the 2d division • under Colonel Mackinnon, consisting of three guns of the Royal Artillery, commanded by Major Wilmot; two companies of the 6th Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Stuart; the 73d Regiment, under the com mand of Lieut.-Col. Eyre; a squadron of the newly mounted levy, under Mej or Armstrong; those of the Cape Mounted Rifles who were retained in the service, and a number of the different levies, amounting in all to about 1,500 men, for the purpose of anticipating a daring in tention of the enemy, of which he had had certain information, to attack Fort Hare and rescue the Hotten tot prisoners now before a military tribunal at that place. Early the following morning his Excellency marched on Fort Hare, expecting to fall in with the force of rebel Kafirs and Hottentots which had been dis patched from the Kat River to bring away from King William's Town the deserters and traitors of the Cape Corps to assist them in their intentions; and in his ex pectations he was not disappointed. About seven in the morning, when the division was about crossing the Kieskamma in two columns, by the middle drift and the one above it, the enemy was seen in various directions on the right, making for a mountain called the Hegu, on the right bank of the river. Having commenced a par tial attack upon the right flanking column and been re pulsed, the enemy rapidly proceeded to occupy this mountain, where they seemed to be in great force, when a disposition for attack was instantly made by our Com mander-in-Chief. Four columns were rapidly formed, which, moving forward simultaneously, drove the enemy before them in one continued and gal lant rush, while Major Armstrong's squadron of mounted levy, a party of the Cape Corps, and the intrepid Fingoes, pushed round the mountain and intercepted their retreat, and the whole body in a mass, consisting of about 2,000 men, were driven out of the mountain at all points, and pursued across the open country between the Hegu and the great Amatola range and over the river Incwazi, with a rapidity which pre vented the slightest resistance. Upwards of 50 were killed, among whom were three of the Cape Corps de serters, while on our side only one man of the levy was wounded. On the 20th his Excellency halted at Fort Hare and transacted business with Major Somerset. Di recting his route on the 21st along the foot of the western Amatola range through the populous valley of the Incwezi on purpose to provoke an encounter with the enemy, the Commander-in-Chief marched on Fort Cox, burning the villages and devastating the country on his march. Numbers of the enemy were seen, but the con flict of the 19th seemed to have taught him a lesson of caution, as the troops without molestation from him, reached Fort Cox, where they halted for a couple of hours, and then marched on Fort White. On approach ing the Debe Flats a considerable number of Kafirs were seen on the Kwahoo ridge, which joins these flats to the Amatolas, and were instantly attacked by the mounted levy under Major Armstrong and the Cape Corps, the infantry moving rapidly forward in support, and the artillery taking position as high upon the ridge as practicable. A very hot engagement ensued with the mounted force, which resulted in the enemy's being closely pursued up the ridge to a corn-field, where they took refuge, being well defended by a strong natural barrier of wood and rock. In this strong position they were gallantly at tacked by the mounted men, who dismounted to tight, and by the Fingoes and levy, who supported them with the utmost intrepidity, the whole animated to exertion by their commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete, De puty-Quartermaster-General. Hot, indeed, was the fight, for before the flanks of the enemy were turned by an advance of portions of the 6th and 73d Regiments . under their respective commanders, Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart and Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, up a steep and difficult acclivity, and which was made, with a rapidity that would hardly be believed, they bad lost thirty seven men and a number of stand:: of arms. Their flanks thus turned, they were pursued by the detach ments above mentioned, headed by their daring leaders, through a dense mountain forest, which ex tended to the distance of three-quarters of a mile. Here they gained an open and elevated country, and the Commander-in-Chief then moved en and crowned the high range of the Tab' Indoda, the troops dispersing the enemy in every direction, and b u rning one l of their mountain kraals. Night earning on, lus Edx cellency ordered a return by the K wahoo ridge towers Fort White, which was reached two hours after dusk. d On the 22d the troops were indulged with a well-earned and very necessary day's halt; and at three o ' clockthe following morning marched towards Old Fort Wiltshire . for the purpose of devastating the fertile country of E l. no h 's t tribe and spoiling their cattle. Not long after ay s ig h the spoor of cattle was discovered, leading _toward t t e Kieskamma, opposite the above fort, a ni n h d er t s ho o _ troops pressing forwards, soon came upon_ n nu two f hours the dispersed in different directions . 1 various kloofs were swept of their bellowing inhabitants, and a beautiful herd of nearly 1,000 head of black cattle was collected and driven o ff, it is to be ho p ed, as a reward for their valorous and indefatigable conduct. About two P.M. they reached Quibighe, about ten miles from Fort White, halted and breakfasted, and arrived at the latter place about an hour after dusk. In the capture of the cattle four of our men were killed and six wounded, Is would be difficult to convey an adequate idea of the terribly fatiguing nature of these operations, and yet nothing can be done effectually unless they are catried o n rapidly and at distant points, coming down upon the enemy when he least expects a visit from his foes. On the 24th the column halted at Fort White, not only that the troops might have a necessary day's rest, but also that the Kafirs might have an opportunity of the cattlecolleet ating themselves, and attempting a recapture o the Debe Neck on the following day, s Excelleney's however, wishes on this latter poi n t, ~ were nostdrealized; the recent defeats of th e enemy must have h rather a stunning effect, as the troops marched on the 25th into head-quarters, about 2 P.M., without having even seen a single Kafir on the day's long march. Thus ter minated a most laborious but most successful patrol. During the five days the troops wero actually on th e march they travelled a distane of 126 miles under as hot a sun as ever glowed upon a human head in any country, and suffering from a want of water. On the 23d they marched 26 miles before halt ing either to eat or drink, captured 1,000 head of cattle from the enemy, were constantly skirmishing for at least 12 hours out of 16 they were on their feet, during which time they had marched 116 miles, independent of penetrating dense kloofs and s f a stnesses, end climbin g long and precipitous mountain ranges. ' Never,' ays the Commander -in-Chief in General Orders,,' did troops, enduring such heat and thirst, march greater distances in higher spirits; and his Excellency trusts that, by continuing the lessons recently taught the sa vage, this laborious war may speedily be brought to a conclus i on , Indeed, the engagement of the 21st, on the Tab' Indoda Mountain, ought to teach him that neither his bush, his mountains, nor his forests, can save him from the sword of just retribution. ceiveci, " Rumours from the north are not of a very sada- Factory description respecting proceedings on the Great River. Nothing, however, authentic has yet been re- ADDITIONAL TRACES OF Silt JOHN FRANKLIN. The report that a cairn of stones, raised by Sir John Franklin's expedition, had been discovered in Jones's Sound in 1848, by the Prince of Wales whaler, has re ceived within these few days very distinct confirmation, rendering the statement by far the most important— presumptive or otherwise—which has yet reached us re specting the missing expedition. From the voluntary testimony of one of the seamen engaged at Stromness for the Prince Albert, we have the following facts, elicited and taken down in the presence of Mr. Kennedy, the commander of that expedition, and others; and the statement is attested by the seaman in question, William Miller, who declares that, if required, he would make the same upon oath. He states that he was on board the Prince of Wales in 1848, when, early in September, during very thick weather, they entered (as they believed) Lancaster Sound, and steered west, advancing slowly. The fog continued very heavy for some days, when it suddenly lifted, and high land was seen on the larboard side, over the mast head. The captain, being at first doubtful if it were the loom of ice bergs or of land, sent a boat off to ascertain the fact, and of this party William Millar formed one. He states that on landing the marks of shoe prints were distinctly visible in the mud, above high water mark; close by was a small cooking place, blackened by fire, and a little further on a well-built cairn, about four or five feet high, of which the party pulled away a few stones, but being recalled by a signal from the ship, which was being driven on shore by the current, were compelled to return on board immediately. It was believed by the master of the Prince of Wales, the veteran Lee. of Hull, that he had advanced in a westerly course up this sound, a distance of nearly 150 miles, under the impression that ho was in Lancaster Sound; bat this belief was removed on making his way outward, and the doubt confirmed by passing (to the southward) the wide opening, and well-known headlands of Lancaster Sound. It became evident that he had been in the hitherto unexplored and more northern sound, named after Alderman Jones, a passage which, it has long been believed, leads directly into the sea north of the Parry Islands. William Millar further declares that, at this point the passage widened, and that an open sea with islands lay before them. It is impossible to entertain any doubt that this cairn indicated the fact that some of Sir John Franklin's party have visited the spot in question; and we can have no hesitation in asserting that beneath the pile so care fully raised is deposited distinct information of his pro gress and future intention. As to the period of the visit, we may assume either of two conclusions—first, that during the detention of the vessels off Cape Riley (evi denced by the relics brought home last autumn by the Prince Albert) a boat party was sent to explore Wel lington Channel, and thus would arrive at the point in question, lying, as it would appear, at the north-east extremity of that channel —this supposition not impugn ing our belief that Sir John Franklin was then on his way to the south-west, according to the first part of his i n structions. Secondly, we may s u pp ose that having failed in attempting to proceed in the south-west direc tion, Sir John Franklin had attempted the north-wes terley, prescribed to him as the alternative, and had gone up Wellington Channel, with the view of passing west ward, leaving notice of his intention at the point in question. The latter supposition gives a more recent date to the shoe prints, though we are assured by Artie travellers that similar marks endure with distinctness during successive seasons. We repeat, therefore, that to the point in question we may look for further and positive intelligence of Sir John Franklin, and we trust that a vessel specially directed thither will be forthwith dispatched. The point lies en tirely out of the beat of any of those now employed upon the search, and will most likely not be approached by any of thorn; for although Sir John Franklin, being upon an exploring expedition, might detach a boat-party out of his direct course, those gone to seek him would naturally confine their search for traces of him to the route he was ordered to pursue, and thus necessarily be ignorant of the existence of those of which we write. Whatever motives may have influenced the Admiralty in the abandonment of their intention to send a steamer to the Arctic Sea this summer—and we will do them the justice to believe that some other than those pre sented by Admiral Berkeley to the House of Commons have itilluenced them—whatever , motives we say, have lain at the bottom of their unfortunate change of intention, the time has arrived for revising that decision, and happily it is not too late to do so. If they need such support, the aid and counsel of such men as Parry, Richardson, Sabine, Beechey, and Scoresby can ho obtained at a moment's notice, and to these men can we lcok with confidence, that they will advise no means to be rejected which can throw any light upon a question in which our national honour, as ,well as our deepest feelings of humanity, are involved. ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The second match of the season among yachts of this club, for a very elegant silver cup and cover, presented by Mr. J. Wicks, the Vice-Commodore, came off yester day, but owing to the unfavourable state of the weather .was far from being so pleasurable to the company in at tendance as matters of this sort ordinarily are. The ar rangements of the club had in every respect been most excellent, but the very lowering appearance of the wea ther on Monday and yesterday morning deterred many, who in anticipation of first-rate sport would have been spectators, from " putting in an appearance." The following had been entered to contend:— . Mouse, 15 tons, Mr. George E. Browne—Red, with a mouse on white centre. Whisper, 19, Mr. Thomas Eveleigh—Blue, white, and red. Phantom, 21, Mr. Samuel Lane—White, red border. Secret, 25, Mr. Robert Bell, jun.—Blue, with diagonal red cross. Gnat, 4, Mr. H. J. Smith—Red and blue. The Meteor steamer had been chartered by the club for the accommodation of the members and their friends, and the band of the 17th Lancers engaged for their amusement. The steamer was well filled, considering the circumstance to which we have alluded; besides which the Gemini steamer, the Atalan, Cynthia, Ino, Paragon, Lily of Devon, Fleur de Lis, Terolie, and a number of yachts, were in attendance. The-course to be sailed was from Erith to the Chap man Head and back, and the Whisper was the favourite, the Secret being the next taken for choice; but a great desire was expressed to see what the little Gnat, built something upon the Whisper mould, could do, as it had been hinted that i n light winds she might be found equal to an eight or nine-ton boat. The boats all being at their stations, at ten minutes to one o 'clock a signal was fired to get in readiness, which was followed by a drenching shower of rain. The start was effected under the direc ti▪ on . of Mr. Goodson, the able commodore, at 12 hrs. 53 ram. 15 sec.; the wind being at the time extrem el y li▪ ght and chiefly from the northward, but after wards veering to tne eastward and making some beat ing work, which had hardly been expected in the course downwatd. All were in trim and round in almost an in stant, the sails being set with more than the usual alac rity. The Secret and Gnat hauled to the southvard, and the other three to the northward, but the cou rse taken by tho Secret put he r well to windward, and she im mediatelyt in h e advancew o rofsthampered by the t o w n h , o a l s e of e the little fi e e afterwards The blousewhad moreover brig which put h er about directly after the start. The , most to leeward , an d was, . Whisper was a good second , the Phantom third; and, a lthough the Gnat really proved herself to be a wonderful little boat, she of course soon fell astern of yachts so measurement.su- Board succeeded board and rpeearciohrreian ch,without any variations, and they rounded the Chapman Heed as follows: hrs. vain. sec. Secret •.• .•• ••• 4 14 47 whisper 4 23 49 Phantom ... ••• ••• 4 35 16 Mouse ••• ••• ••• 4 43 45 They all turned very prettily, and as the wind was fa vourably up they set to work with flowing sheets to per form the return journey, but had scarcely proceeded a mile when the Secret, which had run over to the Kent shore, got on the Bligh muds, where she remained nearly five minutes, but got on' helibre her opponents came up, and thus still retained the lead. For a short time the Whisper appeared to be so near as to place th victor iu the balance, but the Secret shortly de a fterwa! s drew further ahead, end the yachts respectively main taining their position came in thus— bre. win. sec. 7 29 50 Secret -• 7 ••• ••• 39 50 Whisper ... ... 7 '45 10 Phantom ... ••• ••• - 7 58 30 Mouse... -- *** The cup was presented in due form, hic and received with h the steamer suitable acknowledgment, after which state o f the re turned to London, and wea ther, the company appeared them selves, the attention of the . y _ . the refreshments supplied b ableness of the was a time race, halt a maie much to have enjoyed e stewards, the excellence of mr Gore,_ and the reason giving universal satisfaction. It charges minute - per ton being allowed. WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. AA adjourned public meeting of the members and friends of this society, resident in the neighbourhood of II # — ° ll . oll ' was held at the Rosem ar y Branch Tavern, Hoxton, last evening, for the purpose o f making arrangements for th e transmission of subscriptions from members in that locality • G E. Dennes, Esq., in the chair. Mr. G. Huggeetramt,,bhteihe:she to obtain ex plained fully the objects of the society, formed in August, 1849, and enabled m in Middlesex! Surrey, E ssex _ K eelated land was Cut, Sussex, Hertfordshire, 13uckinghamshire Berkshire,' was purchased, and retailed toand Hampshire. The land the members at the wholesale price, the subscription being 3s. a fortnight. Two e states had been purchased, and th e committee were in treatykt_ far others. Mr. Farley N . was appointed agent for the oxton district, and it vas arranged that the members should meet monthly, in order to organise a large branch in that popu lous neighbourhood. CAPTURE or A WHALE.-A whale of very large dimensions was taken on Friday last in Great Man's Bay, on the coast of Connemara, and his capture was effected in rather an unscientific manner. It appears the huge creature pursued some fish into a narrow .creek which was not wide enough to give him turning room, and there he stuck, and whenever he opened his immense jaws his assailants poured in the cavity large stones until they filled him to the teeth with granite, an operation that took them a whole week to accomplish. In the end, however, they got a good supply of blubber for their labour.—lrish Paper. LONGEVITY. —There is at present living in the High-street, in the parish of St. Ann, Lewes,• within the space of about a quarter of a mile, in which- the grammar school is situate, 33 persons between 60 and 70 years of age, . 20 between 70 and 80, six between 80 and 90, and one be tween 90 and 100. In ten years there have been only 101 ' funerals of the parishioners, the population being 750. — Sussex .ExPress. 3,860 a ga:.tt Y•) Lord' case! and artieS Y.) this bill. tis the the les, ono and wed