The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-13 00:00:00

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Vine Hall, arrived Itere last H Y ."" t ig at ten o'cloele, having made the passage from h C ape in 38 days, including stoppages. She left . ; 5 13 CaPe on February 2 • Sierra Leone on the 21st 1-114- q, having stopped i there four days to coal. e left Cape St. Vincent on the 28th of February. ht,The celing at the Cape on the l eav i ng o f th e Bes '"r118 was that Sir Harry Smith would very shortly were the K a fi rs to su bj ection. Troops and money ta, however, much wanted. The extracts from the p e rs will sh ow th at t h e ga ll ant commander was t r e o tit na taki ng d ec i s i ve steps. Th ere were 3,000 °ll there, and 2,000 Hottentots, under Sir Harry has On her arrival in Plymouth Sound, the Bosphorus brought direct alongside the pier of the Great e ltern Dock C ompany, an d t h e ma il s were at once 111 1 1 ' 1 A in charge of Mr. Markes, the postmaster of b_Y tl inUth, and conveye d t o t h e stat i on o f t h e S out h ?en the Company. n I I-S the ordinary train would not start before 6h. 03132..tbis morning, the officials of the railway, agree hidY prior arrangement by the directors, at once tit, a special t ra i n p repare d t o ta k e on t h e ma il r : lttc hes, and such pass enge r s as were di spose d t o it:11 themselves of it. This t ra i n was rea dy f or the at about a q uart er t o t wo thi s morn i ng , an d wijtiefore by thi s arrangement near l y twe l ve h ours 4, be gained in the delivery of the letters in Lon letters Had the vessel gone o n t o S ou th am pt on , h er could not have arrived in L o nd o n u n til some wig a d ( 71' eight hours at the least later than they. now 1 4d 111 ,?e mail included several boxes for the Admiralty to' o r other department s o f th e G overnmen t, an d l t /' s eamen's letters. of !Ye glean the following from a very scanty supply Journals • Pel l Cap;7f Good Hope Exch ange G aze tt e , o f The i sa Y s the last post brought news of a success achieved over 114, Kafir enemy. On the 21st ultimo, at 9 A.m., Fort tor e ; a nd Alice Town were a tt ac k e d by a ver y s t rong tase - ' e stimated variously at from three to six thousand be t 4ghting in divisions, and supported by a large num htie, tt iounted men, a mong whom were supposed to „T4 be ! ri ? , Vsndilli and Umlangeni. lighting lasted till a quarter-past 2 P.M., and t 5 a, ' f urious captures and recaptures of cattle belonging Ot ie , 6 Post, ended in the total defeat and retreat of the tli t V. The brunt of the affair seems to have fallen on le 4 ; t cgoes, some 300 in number, who fought with great re kui et Y, and the artillery, which played on the enemy's fi 0 ,,," With fi ne e ff ec t. M anana , b rot h er o f th e c hi e f to l n was shot. From the number of corpses already 4 30 - „„` a ti upon the field, they cannot have lost less than It i t "' e n, and, from the execution done by the artillery, tosr."Pected that the lesson given them was still much M ot severe. Numerous bodies, wounded or corpses, The ,tcl be seen thrown across horses and carried off. wfi "a on our side was 6 Fingoes killed and 10 ts tit Aed tam viNteritsreneral Somerset regrets, in his dispatch, 'not w ile ° earl able to follow up the success ; but he had I,l‘4: l tted his garrison by dispatching a force to meet a pros °f waggons expected from Graham's Town, which 14 lw antially did not make its appearance till after the ta Y T h ad dispersed, and arrived in safety. !tt e ,, lo 7al part of the Kat River people, at Fort Arm 41e1 l b Were reported to be in great distress, the rebels a t driven them to the Tower, taken possession of all 41Zternal buildings, and cut off the supply of water. 4 rie t ,;,'ltress had reit ' ched Graham's Town from the t`, ll - , 41 2 1 '. The garrison at Fort Cox were all right. 4 essi,r"titi Davies, with 300 or 350 men of the Albany 4 4 Li s ' had marched from Trompettera, it was supposed, klt t ,„ 4l° Drift, where he would be opposed by Seyolo, with ~Otit „ 4 e force. P er h a p s th e l a tt er ma y be att ac ked on the Qate> i si cte, at the same time, by a force from King Wil• Town. 4t4.4ae,rfollowing is RR extract of a letter, dated Gra m' Ail incertitude Jan. 18 : Vl6.4d'tieertitude and doubt; nothing is the horizon to i lia i' e4 cur hearts; the apparent lull in affairs gives !tor t . o . : B erioua apprehensions. Our lines of communica °ltek"`th the army cut off—every pass being completely 1 , 4 ~4 e' zi by the enemy. The little intelligence gleaned VaZ, - " l 'Ved by stealth through the instrumentality of Ate,"l.,', who run a great risk in bringing in dispatches. hit ort Hare we are more fortunate in getting news. git i r t : a l Somerset is busy in enlarging and repairing !Pp e j. t • Few Kafirs seen in that neighbourhood; they 'het to have seceded from that spot and gone else -1)%14; all is imagination whither. It is, however, sus ttathat the were assembling near Line Drift to f ,f s i:h t , l ' i .e sup lies y and the next express may bring either S;'4ll intelligence,or something to cheer our spirits. 111 1 7t, t hing hines on Sir Harry's next step; if success e_t°t't„-?) Slambie g s are safe for a period; if a faux pas be are,7tted, the colony will be overrun and devastated. ttlk: a nnot dive into futurity, but we are sitting on the itif t ° ,,f a volcan o . V er y f ew K a fi rs y e t i n th e co l on y, th t leel confid en t on l y th ose w h o h ave e i t h er d eserte d i t'rriee of their ma s t ers , or w h o h ave b een di sm i sse d ls b - gara, and on their ro u t e t o K a fi r l an d. Th e co l on i sts , 1 e 1 1 1 41 1 will observe by the papers, have suffered sev e r e ly. the pounded are doing well. I saw several parties from kiiecatitry, and they had come from different parts, 4,,, a either Kafirs nor the spoor of Kafirs were seen . i to; 'cum four or five waggons have arrived in Graham' s giA f rom Port Elizabeth, without molestation, let , or iel lta ce. The Kafirs evidently intend to have a des- Qv° struggle for their country. lam happy to say ~ht , " th e charg e against the Kafirs of having murdered t nti kl a and children is denied. Up to this nothing of ' l D e - ; Il d has taken place. Mutilation of the dead is un taii,;'"Y true, as in former wars. We have quite sufficient 41 4 4 1 1 to witness, without adding to it by exaggeration. 4(3th witness, exists regarding Fort Cox and Fort White, !akii. ° F Whi c h mus t b e s h or t o f p rov i s i ons . If the `,4lt,larY forces d o no t h as t e n to the front, it is dread anticipate the consequences to • the poor creatures ire is in these batteries. An epidemic of some kind 01 4 :, -a ue• Ophthalmia no doubt will prevail. These e Mpl: °WEI fears—may God avert such visitations..Th K,artt eagerly calling out for Sir Andries; if he r h to t u rse - " 144 . 0 f tbousands will flock around him. " * LI ,„ tae bad in this town to the " pressgang." Shock- cone `ue scenes attendant en it; and, shame' to say, it Zl4-kaed solely to the natives. What will Britain say '`le hears that coercion is used to force the Hoti lie - n ° fight, while the white man is spared? Alas Zet in frightful times. I heard some Hottentots say 17 ) 410' might force them to go to Kafirland, but they tt' n ot make th e m fir e ! By the bye, speaking of the d ad t; l ia t t ," ll ! are you not both surprised and shocked to l e; it defection ? Here it is thought to be general; Quartet bring my mind to think so. Zia i t ,‘. l 1 seen much of them, and though they tt 1 15 - 11 much of the Government, and more 1 411 of Sir Harry Smith, yet I be- R "' l eft loyaL Some misguided wretches i 4 fe V r e joined the enemy, and some from fear and i tl4 l4 l 4 6 l ‘it the groat body of the hottentots are true iNtle men, as will be shown ere the war terminates.. tr;!`" mote than one reason for their disiiclina- L.lth r ,"glit, but the inoat'serious obstacle to their telt i7-11 field is the want o f confidence in those who have the lic'einted as their officers. Let men in whom they N Q , I confidence be placed over them, and then the its will . have no reason to suspect either their th„, their valour. However, there is not a doubt mkh "L those who have deserted to the enemy will ! i ve ri a , ° ery serious effect on the race in general, for I am `ttiq, l " () understand that some influential . individuals are t i e olltst the ranks of the Kafirs. If Sir Andries were c 'w himself there would not be a deserter. Could I ' , ,,e4 p°l3 tht to believe the Hottentots intended to pin the tti l Would not remain one minute on the frontier. Fear:aPe Mounted Riflemen would be sure to go also. ; 1 ; Were entertained of the Theopolis people, as a ru "e; was in circulation, that on a farmer going there to ask ~ - , EtPers, he was answered that they wished every top tlisbman's throat cu t." I have 19 of these men on tl l, tt tat reaping, and one or two of my friends have ~I h tLr l ia of 30. This is a contradiction to the report, say. However, the Rev. N. Smit, of Graham ,4th's the pastor of the Hottentots, on hearing that some 4t t ,'" gat River people were gone over to the enemy, ~he- l e e,"' it advisable to proceed to Theopolia to find out -h"er any communiastion had been made to the peo .slitite-4.e. He found there had not; and states that he tra ti them all loyal. Probably you will hear through tli ti , t her chann e l the full particulars of his interview ZPli;" 111 . Upwards of 200 burghers marched off yes kr Fo r t P e ddi e , c hi e fl y H o tt en t o t s; amongst N „" were the first contingent from Port Eliza kh When the next batch will be forthcoming no t \ f isp„'""la• You may well imagine Sir Harry's anxiety to tle s luent as he is in a great measure on the fickleness so tbek 'ambies. In fact, it surprises me that they have Ote,.`alained faithful. How sadly he blundered even with A den he told the chiefs that he should hold them r i‘tltt t - ,"° l e for the pacific intentions of their people. se r4l ' his whole lic has been directed towards un at4lll4'a_their power . as chiefs. Hot and cold with a t he ae 141 (4 v: 4n' At one time, when it suited his viet a e o uge their power and give strength to it, and ' sl3 ' policy to destroy their chieftainship its toto. t) • . th lt ITN 4 e N o tq - I , Wt i r,l u in re te c i t ligence this morning from the front is k , .`" Of 400 Hottentots have joined the e . nemy, 'il lq tti •• the liatirs are making every effort to enlist the ;1 It2trEt,-,, population in their favour. , ~ of another letter, dated Graham's Town, ‘jl t () 18 51, half- past two P.M :"" / . 1 0 j e tti ß h t43 , lt a b . 0 8 V, since my to last to you, that the favour of r 4,71 V conveyedyou regarding the Hotten d Evidence has this tt? SQLa po is is quite reve , g 4 t imk(lll before the clerk of the peace to the effect at nsPiracy exists arrainst the English. Measures 'L thooper.ation to disarm them. I am fully aware in this town Litv a t unjust antipathy the people Oite, t : the coloured race—tticugh they uv, am tone a - 71 °A' to call out for their assistance. I t ' I N - 4 to believ now, from the many facts which I f 4ll is to disclosed, that the defection of the _Rotten ~- r t t t I:l5° M extensive than is dreamt of. In other re 7 i bod l ii w e are in statu quo. This hemisphere, dark and !tll,:', l ', 0 , one knows what an hour may bring forth. ra t 4 `-niphant'i Hoek—a division between the English 1 , 4 4 q.:. batch, almost coming to actual conflict. I have i utlt x 1 . 11 my possession giving the whole particulars, 'l \ 4 4 w w . l i t ,b-beld saying more for the present, hoping that Ittbi l L '' .. ,brnfio•la, asperitieF. I am not desirous that ,7nu Erighott kinula in the moat remote manner divided, at a time then unanimity of fading ought to exist. The Frontier 'ime*, of Jan. 21, says Since the deTcht and death of the traitor flertnanns, at Fort Beatffort, on the morning of the tth inst., there has been no aggressive movement on the part of the enemy, either in British liar:atria, or within the limits of the colony. Ilia Excellency, it is well understood, is con centrating as large a force as he can muster at head quartors, to assail the enemy. In the mean time, the Kutirs, it is supposed, are closely watching his proceed ings, end will probably make a desperate effort to inter cept the supplies, which must in a short time be sent to the two posts, Fort Cox and Fort White, with which all communication have been cut off for some weeks. Ir they should be unsuccessful in this attempt, and his Ex cellency should be sufficiently reinforced to be able to follow up any sucuss by vigorous severity, they will in all probability overrun the colony. Their first rush will be tremendous, and will be withstood only by the most populous towns and the largest fortified camps. Look ing, then, to this obvious probability, it is earnestly and anxiously recommended' that all' the small lagers that may exist throughout the country should be at once abandoned, and that all preparations be completed with out delay in every town and village to repel the enetny, fur in the present state of aff,irs, no man residing in any of the border districts can count upon his safety for a single day. The Cape of Good Hope Observer, of Jan. 28, says:— The intelligence from lisfirland is that the Governor would move, it was supposed, yesterday morning, upon • . an encampment of the Kafirs on the Debe Flats. between Fort Cox and Fort White. It is trusted by all that the Kafirs will hero attempt a decided stand. The desultory operations of last war were the strength of the enemy. They scarcely once offered our troops a hope of entering into fair contest with them. Wearisome marches and counter-marches, with the position of our nimble• footed enemy very often unknown to us, were the character. istics of the contest. The Prophet has so far worked upon their hopes this time, that Hermanus and his people had the boldness to attack oven the town of Fort Beaufort, and they happily met with a fit repulse. Ho has, it is said, held out hopes to them of successfully en. countering the troops on the open field—a proceeding in which the military power of the civilised man, when opposed to that of the savage, will not fail to assert its superiority. The prospect, thus, of some effective proceedings against the Kafirs appears nearer. The speedy arrival of the volunteers sent from the west had much encou raged his Excellency, and they would form probably a part of the force with which Sir H. Smith would procet d. 'The movement, it is stated, was of the. greater import ance, as it would convey relief and the means of com munication to Forts Cox and White. A letter from Graham's Town, of which an extract is published below, spa ska very despondingly of the ex tent of the disaffection attributed to the Hottentot-. The people at the station of Theopolis are said, it is feared upon unexceptional authority, to be disaffected to the English, and to be engaged in some conspiracy against them. The number of persons at this station is not large, certainly, but each addition is painful that is made to the distrust which exists between the several portions of the community in the east. From Kat River reports are more favourable. The Frontier Times states that 400 Hottentots are in camp at Buxton, under Field-Cornet Botha, and 300 are at Foit Armstrong. Of the loyalty of these no suspicion is mentioned, a circumstance in the highest degree en couraging. Field-Cornet Botha is the officer named in his Excellency's recent proclamation, commented upon last week. Some particulars of the proceedings at Theopolis are given from the Frontier Times. The employment of the press-gang at Graham's Town for the compulsory service of coloured persons only, is a most unfortunate business. There can be no doubt that on the coloured people at this time, within the border depends much of the safety of the colony. Some fears are entertained of their faithfulness, exaggerated perhaps, but yet having at least a measure of founda tion. Hence the present is not a time, if any time may be permitted for the purpose, to make any improper dis tinctions between the races, or to tempt them to view the whites otherwise than as friends and equals. It will be seen that there are references above, which want of papers preclude our rendering clear. The latest intelligence received from the interior districts is to January 22, but supplies nothing of importance to add to the foregoing. Arrangements had been made further to facilitate and induce the enrolment of volunteers. The Governor had appointed Friday, February 7, as a day of fasting and humiliation, in consequence of the war.—Daily News. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE. SLOUGH STEEPLE CHASES. WEDNESDAY. Free Handicap Steeplechase `of 5 son. each, with 20 added; the winner to nay '5 soya. towards expenses. About 4 miles. Mr. Vevers's Volatile, aged, 9st 101 b ...(Sadler) 1 Captain Fraser's Kilkenny, aged, lOst 10Ib...(Frisby) 2 Mr. H. Thomas's Rensburgh, lOst 51b... ... (Sail) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Kilkenny, 2 to 1 agst Rens burgh, 4 to 1 agst Volatile, and 5 to 1 agst The Hunter. Won by six lengths, and about the same distance be tween second and third. The others did not pass the post. A Selling Race of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added. the win ner to say 3 soya. towards expenses. About 4 miles. Mr. J. Darby's Cowslip, lOst 7lb ... ...(Seyfort) 1 Mr. G. Gray's Outcast, list ... (Land) 2 Mr. Smith's Tatnwortb, lOst 7lb ... (Burrows) 3 Farmers' Stakes of 1 soy. each, with 10 added; list 71b each; winner and professional jockies extra. About 3 miles. Mr. Shackle's Chronometer, 12st 31b... ...(Rackley) 1 Betting—Even on Widow M'Crea. Won in a canter, all the others having gone the wrong course. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING, 1851. The following is a list of the horses that have arrived for the ensuing races:- 1, Mr. Cunningham's ch g Quadruped, aged; °Mr. El more's b g Mulligan, aged; Mr. J. H. Kemp's br g Hope, aged; *Mr. J. Darling's b h Bedford, 5 yrs; Mr. Atkinson's Chieftain, 5 yrs; *Mr. Walker's b g Cadeby, aged; *Mr. Higgins's b m Maria Day, aged; Mr. Jamie son's b f Monument. 2 yrs; Mr. H. Stebbing's b c Knook Knoll, 3 yrs; Mr. H. Stebbing's br f by Ithuriel out of Miss Norton, 2 yrs; Mr. H. Stebbing's b a Guardsman, 3 yrs; Mr. Farrar's bl c Viscount, 5 yrs; Mr. G. Bar ton's b f The Little Fawn, 3 yrs; Mr. G. Barton's bl f Madame Wharton, 3 yrs; Mr. Allen's ch c The Saxon, 3 yrs; Mr. Jones's ch c by Faugh-a-ballagh, dam by Liverpool, 3 yrs; Mr. Lister's b in The Wharfdale Maid, aged; Mr. Foster's ch in Nanny, aged; Mr. Phillips's b g Tally-ho, aged; Mr. Wiley's br I Eliza Middleton, 4 yrs; Mr. Eddison's b c Slang, 4 yrs; Mr. W. Wright's b f Miss Flyaway, 3 yrs; Mr. B. Eddison's ch c by John o' Gaunt out of John Cossar's dam, 3 yrs; Mr. T. Lister's br f Nancy, 3 yrs; Mr. Armstrong's b c Har leiton, 5 yrs; Mr. T. Lister's Lady of the Grove, 3 yrs; Mr. Lawson's b h Keloshea, aged. (Those to which an asterisk is prefixed are engaged in the steeplecase.) Boxes are also engaged for Lord Eglinton's Belus and Pepinia, Mr. Dawson's Old Claret and Reversion, Mr. Stobb's br h Witchcraft, Mr. Hutton's Psyche and Dame Tattle, Mr. Gardner's Little Queen, Mr. Osborne's AM el-Kader, Mr. Lamplugh's Standard and The Wild Hero; and numerous others from John Scott's, Wad low's, Osborne's, John Shepherd's, C. Peck's, J. Dawson's, &c. PEDESTRIANISM AT THE REDIIOUSE. Battersea was on Monday the scene ot an unexatnpled occurrence in pedestrianism. Dead heats for sellingers have been threefold, and for most of the minor turf events, memory will serve to recal the like occurrence. But in a fourteen-mile race between a pair of bipeds, such a result is a long waY beyond the memory ot that respectable personage " the oldest inhabitant" of any where. Charles Westhall has so often appeared before l the ldu t h his d pu thatetaai detailed p p p i le r in fo e r n in t a o ri f e a e s, d a a n i daily ;o more. Old y journal would Smith, of Ipswich, first burst upon the world as a " fast one" some tour years since. They were matched yes terday for 501. to %%all( seven miles, and run seven miles, successively; and in consequence of frequent interrup tions on the turnpike, they selected the enclosure at the ltedhous, , . Battersea, for the contest. THE MA ca.—At three o'clock the pair started to walk the seven mil 1 l e e r s . much t in advance, but alternately es'et l w ea e d il it t ig ogi ;o th r e kur neimtli g that time the p ace , consider i n t h a t the ground was slippery, and the men welkin o n turf, was terrific. About this period it appeared to tell on Westhall, for Smith got a lead, which he gradually increased till the seven miles were completed by him 100 yards in ad vance. Time, 58 minutes! The men, immediately on arriving at the mark, went off at a run, Smith's 100 yards giving him nearly 170 advantage, when NVesthall changed his style of going. At about two miles, Westhall, by dint of great exertion, came up to Smith and passed him. t T h he e thirdold ' u m n persevered, i leof the run n Westhall running in inalittl m difficulty; seeed a b t ut a b b o o t u h t kept gamely to their work, keeping so close that, when ever one slackened, the other for a time took the lead. This occurred at least twenty tiu3es during the last four miles of the race. Finally, the last round of the enclo sure a desperate struggle took place, W est h a ll l ea ding with strong running; but about 120 yards from home Smith got to him, and at the straight run for the finish the long race ended with the closest thing ever seen. The referee, a most respectable and unimpeachable man, pro pounced it a dead heat ! Total time, 1 hour a n d 44 mi nutes! A decision which was assented to by many who were nearest the go 3l , among whom the general pinion was, that a more decided do had scarcely ever been seen in the shortest of sprint races. A prize of 51., given by Mr. Ireland, the proprietor of the ground, was then run for, di.tance 120 y ar d s. J. Patterson, Jesse Smith. Mayne (Mile-end), mid Lee (a novice), appeared at the post. They started level, and Mayne won a good race by a couple of yards. The weather was unfavourable, but the attendance good. ANTICIPATED VISIT OF BEE MAJESTY TO PEM IVROKE.—It 18 now fully anticipated that her Majesty will honour Pembroke Dockyard with her presence on tho ces sion of the launch of the Victoria, first rate, which it is ex pected will take place very s h or tly. Should her Majesty honour the neighbourho o d with her presence, the Earl of Cawdor will place his seat, Stockpole-court, at the disposal of her Majesty. The dock-yard strength has been increased to 898 men.— Advertiser. Extraordinary virtues are ever defamed by those who want the courage to imitate them. —• Eliza Cook's Journal. A CAUTION.—Never nod to an acquaintance at an auction. We did so once, and when the sale closed we found four broken chairs, six. cracked flower pots, and a knock kneed bedstead knocked down to us. What we intended as nods to a frifzud, had bean taken by the auctioneer as bids for the kitchen furniture, LoNDoI4, LiTtRATUItE: VIE GERMANk AND AdßirbLA or PACiTUS. With English Notes. By the Rev. John T. White. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Editions of Tacitus, the incomparable historian of antiquity, cannot, to our thinking, issue from the press too frequently. As a perfect model of style in prose composition, as the most admirable prototype that could, perhaps, be selected from the literature of any tongue, in regard to the graces of narrative, Tacitus must ever be welcomed by the judicious and discerning. The learned and reverend editor has, therefore, acted wisely in choosing his text in parti cular for annotation. In extracting his " Gerinanits" and his " Agricola," from the mass of voluminous records in which they are, as it were, imbedded, Mr. White has exercised a no less laudable discretion. Mach of these masterly productions has, with all its astonishing condensation, the indisputable merit of completeness. The one affords a comprehensive view of the origin, the geographical position, the manners, and the people of Germany, not exactly of the coun try known now-a-days as Germany, but what was formerly known by that designation, namely, the land beyond or nn the eastern bank of the Rhine, Germania Transrhenana. The other relates the memorable career and achievements of Julius Agricola, accompanied (a matter of no small interest to us Idnglish !) by a description of Britain, and an account of the famous defeat of the Caledonians. Those who have in any way endea voured to appreciate the beauties of Tacitus will re quire no reminder whatever of their splendour; they will cherish a vivid remembrance of the felicities of his ripened and eloquent diction, the charms of his episodical illustrations, the force of his onward moving and picturesque narrative. Who can forget his graphic portraiture of the German people :—"lpse eorurn opinionibus *coed°, qui Germanise populos, nullis aliarum nationurn connubiis infectos, propriam et sinceram et tantiim sui similem gentem exstitisse arbitrantur. Uncle habitus quoque corporum, quam quam in tantohominum numero, idem omnibus : truces et ccerulei oculi, rutilce conue, magna corpora et tantiem ad impetuns valida." A minutely finished and exquisitely coloured enamel of the ap pearance of the ancient Germans could convey no more brilliant picture than those closing syllables. Again, how perfect in its minute exactitudb that mention of the personal aspect of Agricola—" Quod si babitum quoque ej us posteri noscere velint, decentior quam sublimior fait : nihil metals in vultri : gratia oris supererat." Surely, after its kind, this is as marvel lous a portrait in pen and ink as any ever traced by the hand of Minasi. The notes appended to the vo lume by the rev. editor are laboriously lucid and ex plicit, betraying more than once, without one vestige of ostentation, an intimate acquaintance with most of the masterpieces of classic literature. CHAMISSO'S PETER SCHLEMIHL. With a Vocabulary and copious Notes. By Faith Le bahn. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Adelbert von Cbamisso should have survived until now, instead of dying in 1839, that he might have witnessed this very splendid tribute to his abilities. A Frenchman by birth and educa tion, he nevertheless rendered himself so pro found a master of the Teutonic language as to have produced one work at least worthy of being numbered among the masterpieces of German litera ture. The wonderful history of "Peter Schlemihl, the Shadowless Man," had been many years familiar ised to the reading population of Europe before its author bad breathed his last; but, honoured as he had been by reiterated translations, it was reserved for Falck Lebahn to confer upon Chamisso the greatest glory yet accorded to him as a writer. He has se lected " Schlemihl" for a standard classic of his tongue, as the model for the acquisition of the Ger man language, just as " Telemaque" has been the model for the 'acquisition of the French language, fragments of " Quixote" of the Spanish language, or stories from the "Decameron" of the Italian lan guage. The laurel crown thus placed by scholars on the head of Fenelon, of Cervantes, or of Boccaccio, has been at length placed also on the temples of Chamisso. The author of this posthumous corona tion, moreover, is no other than Falck Lebahn, a Ger man grammarian, who has already done so much towards imparting a knowledge of his mother tongue to Englishmen. We are rejoiced that the wonderful history of the " Shadowleas Man" has been thus put to an account so peculiarly admirable, and been employed for a purpose for the furtherance of which it is so excellently adapted. We have always considered that the selection of an entertaining class book, through which to break up the difficulties of a language, was the accomplishment of half the labour of tuition. The imagination in its perusal aids the judgment, and the dryness of mere rules of syntax and prosody becomes lost in the interest of the narra tive. No story more admirably calculated to secure these advantages could have been chosen than the story of the strange and surprising adven tures of " Peter Schlemihl." The student will hurry on in his task-work in his anxiety to watch the unbending faithfulness of Ben del and the rascally knaveries of Rascal. The bird's nest cap rendering Peter Schlemihl invisible, the inexhaustible purse of Fortunatus endowing him with incalculable wealth, the seven-leagued boots enabling him to perambulate the globe in five minutes, are all incidents that arrest the fancy and stimulate the curiosity of the reader. The horrid consequences to poor Schlemihl of having sold his shadow to the abominable old gentleman in the grey coat, only tend to rouse the attention to a more engrossing vigi lance. Added to which the melancholy close of the love passages, first with Fanny and afterwards with Minna, imparts to the fiction a pathetic charm, blended with its many grotesque and fantastic pecu liarities. The horror with which the narrator re counts his first interview with the grey devil, who afterwards deprived him of his shadow, when he pro duced from his pocket so many incongruous articles— eine Brieftasche, sin Fernrohr, ein Teppich, zwanzig schritte long und zehn breit, ein Luftzelt von derselben Grosse, und alle dazu gehorigen Stangen und Eisen, !—cannot be forgotten as among the more hu morous portions of the narrative; and these portions seem to us to indicate most vividly the quiet sense of fun with which Chamisso contemplated his fantasy throughout the major part of its composition. Ap pended to the present edition of " Peter Schlemihl," are, as the title-page truly proclaims, very " copious notes," accompanied by a❑ elaborately compiled voca bulary. Altogether the volume is deserving of every commendation ; and we doubt not will tend very considerably to confirm Falck Lebahn's already widely-extended popularity. THE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. With Thirty Illustrations. Cundall and Addey. Numerous as are the editions already existing of these classic poams, the sweetest fruits of the genius of Oliver Goldsmith, there is yet room for more— especially when they come to us, like the present, with so many graceful and characteristic embellish• ments. Upon the illustrations here given to the Traveller," the " Deserted Village," and the fugi tive pieces by which they are happily followed, the delicate and congenial fancies of John Absolon, of Birket Foster, of James Godwin, and of Harrison Weir have been employed. Each of these draughts men has performed his part in the labour of love to admiration. The frontispiece, by Foster, is an ex quisite little sketch of Auburn—" Sweet Auburn." In one page " the hollow sounding bittern guards its nest," in another " the swain responsive to the milk-maid sings ;" here the noisy geese are gab • bling o'er the pool," and here again " the village statesmen talk with looks profound." Scarcely a line but suggests an engraving to itself, and of these suggestions the very best have been realized. We are rejoiced to see that similar editions of others among the English classics are in preparation, and anticipate with satisfaction the issue in this guise of the " Vicar of Wakefield," the " Seasons" of Thomson, and the poetical works of Gray and Cowper. The series is entitled to very general encouragement. BORIS VACIV2E : a Thought Book. Collected. arranged, and edited by James Elmes. Longman Brown, Green, and Longman. A lovely little bijou of a volume, printed after the bygone fashion, with scrolled initial letters, and capitals to the majority of the nouns substantive, with a wood-brown medieval-looking binding, and brick-red edges—such is the external appearance of the force Vaciew. Internally the book is precious, being a col lection of thoughts culled from the writings of " the w ise spirits of all ages and all countries, fit for all m en and all hours." Charles Lamb would infallibly have kissed it, as he did his dear mouldy old folios. is Thoughts," saith Jeremy Collier, " take up no room : when they are right they afford a portable pleasure, which one may travel with, without any trouble or incumbrance. ' And thoughts like these are here in a bundance, gathered up from the lore of ages by the scholarly band of James Elmes a learned man, who tells us, very t ouchin g l y , in his preface how his love of letters has had to struggle against the great calamity of blindness, as it does likewise in the case of two illustrious historians, now living, a Frenchman and an American, Thierry and Prescott. weighed down by the sorrows of his most grievous infirmity, James Drees has, neverthe less,contrived to gather together, in what he very beau tifully calls his " spicelegium of golden thoughts," the wisdom of many varying generations. The book is to general literature what the " Thumb Bible" (a work also published by the Messrs. Longman) is to biblical literature exclusively. The mere enumera tion of the great men who here speak to us in their own words —poet., annalists, divines, essayists, novel ists, philosophers —would be a labour cf needless ex tent in the present notice, seeing that our aim is to commend all readers, hut especially all thinkers (for tRUASbAY __VJANING, MARCH 13, 1861. unfortunately there is a difference between them) to tfP3 voi4e and sententious pages of the Home Vacivce. 1 1 ‘7 EXCURSIONS AA' D AD DUPES, TN . NEW SOUTH WALES By John flendersoW, Esq., drc. We have seldom met with a work more likely to flat public attention than the one hearing the above title, particularly at this tiroo, when the swelling ocean of politics is strongly urging the tide of seam' gration towards distant, and, to the inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere, unknown settlements. And though a careful perusal of " Excursions and Adven tures in New South Wales," replete as these volumes decidedly are with multifarious information on all practical points, leaves us in considerable doubt as to the moral which the author wishes us to draw from his tale ; though we are at a 1055 to say whether his intention is to hold out inducement to future settlers in favour of that colony, or to deter them froth the attempt, by an unflinching and positive account of the difficulties that await them in that region ; though we cannot even discover whether the writer's enter prising spirit was ultimately rewarded for his un wearied exertions by a moderate share of sucees§ l or whether sore disappointment was the result of his strenuous efforts, certain it is that the picture he draws of life in Australia is such as deeply to interest all classes of readers, but most of all those who may be now contemplating the selection of a spot whereon to " co:nntence the world anew;" and on these last in particular the author has a strong claim for grati tude. For, though the picture is not a flattering one; nay, more, because it lays bare all the disadvan tages they, the intended emigrants, will have to con tend with—because it gives a real insight into things as they really are, so far as to enable them to pause and ponder ere they come to a decision, their best thanks are due to him, the honest chronicler of the present history of a country which bids fair, under good management, to become one day one of the most important colonies of Great Britain. But the author's claims for popularity do not rest only upon the utility of his work to emigrants. To the general reader, also, it will prove highly entertaining, from the vast fund of information it contains upon many points connected with travels, natural history, botany, geology, &c., and last, though not least, from the many personal adventures of the writer, which would make the account of his residence in New South Wales almost as fabulous, and of course attractive, as the once incredible, and therefore by many readily believed, adventures of Defoe's hero • but that such things are now of d a ily occurrence , and consequently divested of much of the prestige which attaches to the marvellous, but not of the admiration due to patient endurance, energetic perseverance, indomitable cour age, under most trying circumstances. But to the hook, as a book, we hasten to return. After a humorous, though in some respects ominous, descrip tion of his departure from the mother country, and progress to the antipodes, and of his safe arrival in Sydney (for which he is in duty bound most grate ful to the captain of his ship, seeing that he had well nigh commenced operations by a most venturesome and dangerous enterprise), we find him employing several months in reconnoitring the ground, procur ing information, visiting localities, and at last going to work in earnest. From that moment we follow him through several years of a settler's life, and can not but wonder at his good fortune in escaping un scathed the many dangers to which Europeans are exposed from ungenial climate, from the host of natural enemies which the very soil generates against man, or from the still more fierce hostility of the na tive tribes; at his having been able to retain through out his severe trials that taste for literature and the arts—that admiration of the beauties of nature—that aptness to see, discern, and judge, for which he was indebted to the civilization of the Old World, and which we find amply recorded and exemplified in the pages of his book, particularly in the latter part, in which he takes a scientific view of the subject he had before treated in the light of a great and important speculation. Finally, we leave him with the only regret of not knowing precisely what conclusion to draw from the whole, and recommend our readers to do as we did—read and judge for themselves, only promising them that they will find room for merely one disappointment, viz., the omission of a chapter which the author doubtless deemed unnecessary, as being entirely personal to himself. GAVA.ZZI'S LECTURE. Father Gavazzi, the great Italian preacher, gave a second lecture at Willis's Rooms yesterday, at half-past two o'clock. The subject was, " The Celtbacae of the e..3letay." Father Gavazzi is better known, generally speaking thee he is in particular, and therefore a few words on his anteCeflente will not perhaps be unaccept able to the reader. He was born in Bologna, in the year 1909, and was regularly brought up to the service of the Catholic Church, as member of the order of Eta. Barnabas. Subsequent to his ordination he obtained the profeseer ship of rhetoric at Naples, and in due course became the most popular preacher in Italy. In fact, from Como to Calabria, and from Genoa to Ancona, his fame resounded in every city. It is to his credit that at this period, though still essentially a priest—and we are told that " the snake cannot slough his skin"—he was noted among his compeers for the largeness of his religious views and for the liberality of his secular politics. When Gregory XVI. died, and Pio Nono ascended the Papal throne, Gavazai hailed, in common with all his onentrymen, the advent of a new era for the oppressed Reline people; and an eloquence almost unprece dented in pint of force and effect gave utterance to his aspirations for frea?om. In fact, at this period Gsvaezi was the vox patprii; of the Roman states; for the people spoke through his targets, His first ap petirtnee,t however, as a politician was on the occasion of the Milatieee insurrection of 1848, when he solemnly pronounced a benedletien of that event in the great church Santa Maria dells Aottando, at Rome—better known as the " Pantheon." .root thenceforward, as Maiiifli was the head, so was Gavazzi reeovised as the voice of t:dish freedom; and day after day he Baits ngued thousands of Ruffians in the ancient theatre of their greatness ) the sirens of the Colosseum. Pio, unable ttl stem the flood of liberty that then overflowed the land like a life-giving deer, treacherously yielded to the cur rent, the better to divert it; and consequently affected to encourage the orator. His object was, however, to re move him from Rome, which he effected by appointing him to the chaplainship general of the Papal levies, known as "Crusaders," numbering some 15,000 of the best blood of Italy. It boots not now to enter on the subject of the tredson of the Pope to the cause he pro• fessed to espouse; hilt Father Gavazzi asserts that he himself received positive instruttions from Pius IX. to attack the Austrians near Vicene4—the Austrians who are at present "the whitesbeeded boys" of his Holiness, the "head of the Catholic world." From Vicenza Father Gavazzi went to Venice, and, in feenjunctice; w i t h Daniel Manners, of noble and exalted memory, he len: his best efforts to the cause of Italian regeneratlotl, It is owed that, on the occasion of his preaching in the Grated Piazza de San Marco, in that city, the whole population not only poured out to hear him, but ono and all flung their choicest treasures into the common fund for the re demption of their country. Can such a people ever perish, ever become brute slaves like the Irish and the Austrians? It is impossible. Gavazzi after this went as a missionary in the sacred cause of freedom to Tuscany, where he was expelled by the faithless Grand Duke, no doubt at the instance of the Pope; but subsequently when General Zucchi, one of the late Count Roast's familiars, seized him, the timorous as well as treacherous Pontiff yielded to the popular indignation once more, and released the eloquent priest. Upon the declaration of the Roman Republic, Mazzini and the Triumvirs re-appointed Father Gavazzi as chaplain general of the Roman army, and in that capacity he lent all his powerful energies to the recon stitution of the hospitals, and the care of the wounded and dying. He frequently accompanied the troops to the field, and at the close of the sortie, in which Oudinot and the French Pepalini were defeated, he stood by the side of the brave Garibaldi at the head of the column, succouring the wounded and soothing the last moments of the dying, though a hail of balls was whistling round them. He also assisted at the defeat of the Neapolitan brigands and lazzaroni, who the King of Naples had created into a marauding army. His integrity, his piety, and his bravery won for him even the good-will of the French invaders of his country; and he succeeded through these means in escaping the fate of his friend end fellow-labourer in the" good cause," Father Ugo Bassi, who was ruthlessly murdered by the Austrian invaders at Bologna. From Italy he fled to England, and here he has lived in all the anguish which the res angusta dome can inflict upon an exile. " Nessum maggior dolore, Che ricordarse to tempo felice Nei miseria." A few " friends, Romans, and fellow-countrymen," in dividually as straitened in circumstances as himself, col lectively straitened themselves still more to obtain the means of publicity for his eloquent denunciations of clerical and secular oppression in Italy; and once again Father Gavazzi is the pox populi in England of Italian nationality. The lecture of yesterday was crowded by persons of the highest consideration in this country, as well as by the /lite of the Italian and German emigrants at present in London. He denounced the celibacy of the clergy as a political institution of the Church of Rome, having for its object purely secular purposes, and he challenged the " doctors," seraphic or secular, to justify that negation from Scripture. The passages is Paul he held to be in terpolations, and he denied the institution of celibacy even the merit of originality, inasmuch as it was .common to the Pagan priesthood of all forms of worship, 20 ages before the advent of Jesus Christ. ' He like wise showed that the "fathers of the Church" were at issue with one another on the subject, and that more than one council " in the purer days of Christi anity had rejected it as a mockery, a delusion, and a snare. After much to the same purpose, which every man of reading knows by heart, he concluded by con _ trasting the gross licentiousness and profligacy of the dignitaries of the Catholic Church, the Bembos, the Sadolettis, the Bentivoglios, the Dubois, with the squea mishness of their sucessors in hypocrisy, ifnotin vice who since the return of Pius IX., and the subjugation of the Eternal City, have covered the nakedness of the statues in all public places—their own private cabinets excepted —so as to convert the cape d'operc of the greatest sculp tors into uncouth absurdities, lest it should shock the susceptible morality of the French " camp followers." Repeated applause greeted the orator during the whole of his impassioned and eloquent apped, and at the close of the lecture he was literally hunoured with a public ovation. SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL.—Tbe anniversary festival in aid of the funds of this comprehensive and most valuable charity took place yesterday at the London Tavern. The chair was filled by the Earl of Hardwicke, supported by the Sheriffs, Sir James Law Lushington, and other influential gentlemen. About 100 guests sat down to dinner, which was served in the usual style of the London Tavern. Little need be said in favour of an institution the merits of which are so obvious as those of the Seamen's Hospital, and which has now pursued its career of usefulness for 30 years. To all who know anything of the port of London, the value of a charity where cases of disease and sickness among the sti lors of all nations are promptly and efficiently attended to does not require to be pointed out. Everybody who has passed up or do% n the river must remember the old nought moored off Greenwich, her great hull appropriated to the relief of those whose " home is on the deep " to whatever c+untry they may belong. From the report submitted to he company last night, we learn that during the p as t year nes-ly 4,000 seamen have been relieved at the h osp i ta l. During the evecing subscriptions in aid of the funds mere an nounced to the amount of between 80 /. and 9 0/. Mr. Higgs officiated on the occasion as toastmaster. GROSS NEGLIGENCE.—A child was burnt to death on Saturday morning last, under the following circum stances:— It seems that a woman named Catherine Morris, of Duke-street, St. Clement's, wife of a foundryman, had left her child of ten months' old in a wicker chair, within a foot of a biasing wood fire, whilst she went out to gossip with a neighbour. On her return the chair was on fire, the clothes of the infant were burnt off, and the little sufferer was re duced to a cinder. The woman just bef ore s h e l e f t ac t ua lly piled some long pieces of thin deal on to the fire, before which there was no guard, and within twelve inches of which was the infant seated in a wicker chair. No doubt one of these blazing pieces of wood fell upon the child. An inquest was held the same day, when a verdict of " Acci dental death" was returned; but the jury expressed an unanimous opinion that the mother had been guilty of gross neglect in leaving the child in such a position.—lpswich Express. THE BATH STARVATION CASE.—The husband of Harriet Spsring. who died tram starvation at Bath, has been apprehended and 1 , dged in the Bah Gaol, t• await his trial at he ensuing assizes. on he charge of wilful murder. The pr;anner, n hearing that an inquest was to b held on his wife. absconded, and suc:..eeued for some ime i a evading he vigilance of the police. I ap iea-s hat he went to Bristol, mid -or a me days lodged with Mr. I.lsncl. a publcan, under the rage of Edwaro Woodman, but was very reserved, and ept himse f remarkably qu;e . Ile th n enlisted in he 30th Regiment of the line, and cm Wednesday was len off t, Kent with other recruits Mr. Bence having substqueotly seen a disser,pti ,n of Sparing in the Hue and Cry, suspected his lodger to be the man, and immediately give informati n o the chief of the lath police. An cfficer, accompanied bo Mt. Benue, was dis patched in search of the prisoner, whom they found enjoy ing his dinner in Weimer Barracks, Kent, but on se- ng the officer he becam3 much frightene i and trembled violently. Ile was at nee b-ought back, and yesterday lodged in the Bath Gaol, under the coroner's warrant. TROOPS FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The Singap re, Peninsula-an-1 Oriental Company's steam rat Souttamrton, belonging to the Mail Company, will Inks ut to the Caps 300 men, namely, ab 1 , 0 from the dept of the 45th regiment, now in the Isle of Wight (who were ready on Tuesday last to embark), and a detachmentof about 150 man, volunteers for the Cape service from the Ist Bat talion of the 91st Regiment now at Liverpool, tte latter de tachment expected at Southampton. They are to embark to•morrow, an I sail on S .tarday. Mr. E. Chamberlain, the chief clerk in the Port Admiral's-office at Portsmouth, is to have the charge of victualling the soldiers on board the Sin gapore. The Vulcan screw steana•shi , Master-Commander Penn, arrived at Queenstown on the 10th, to embark the 74th for the Cape. THE MAIL DUE FROM THE CAPE.—We learn from Plymouth that on the 11th the Clifton, Captain Beasly, last from the Cape and St. Helena, had arrived there. The Clifton had not put in at the Cape, but she brings intelli gence that the Bosphorus, which has been daily expected in England witk the Cape mails, was hourly awaited at St. Helena, whence she would take the regiment on station to Cape Town. Mn , . think it no shame to give handsome obsequies to those dead, whom living they had suffered to starve un noticed; hut the struggle of shrinking poverty passes unseen in its corner; the pompous trappings of death are witnessed by all the world. —Eliza cook's Journal. A daring attempt at highway robbery will made a short time ago upon a person of the name of Brown, a ser vant at Capenwray Hall, near Lancaster. He was passing Skerion Green about seven o'clock in the evening, when he was accosted by a man, who, after walking by his side for a few paces, suddenly tripped up his heels, brought Brown to the ground, and then demanded his money. Brown, how ever, gathered himself up, and belaboured the fellow, who, in turn was brought to the earth, and was there left, while Brown proceeded on his way home.—Cumberland Pacgutt NEW HOSPITAL TOE KING'S COLLEGE.—Thm cor poration of King's College intend making application to Par liament in the present session, for a Bill to authorise the purchase of the old burial -ground of St. Clement Danes, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and to erect thereon a new and enlarged hospital, to accommodate an additional number of patients. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Mr. George Asser White Welch, a mate of 1848, late of the Powerful, 84, and the senior on the list, has re cently been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. The f o llowing mates received their certificates at the Royal Naval College, for the rank of lieutenants, on Tuesday :—Mr. Miller, late of the Howe, 120 ; Mr. Robinson, late of the Bellerophon, 78 ; and Messrs. Thompson and Alexander. Mr. Miller is the eighth officer of her Majesty's ship Howe who has received first-class certificates both for gunnery and seamanship. Lieutenant J. Byng, son of - Admiral the Hon. H. D. Byng, bas arrived in England, invalided, from the In flexible, 6, steam-sloop, in the West Indies. THE CUMBERLAND, 70, FLAGSHIP OF SIR GEORGE SEYDIOUR.—Lady Seymour and the two Misses Seymour and servants arrived at the George Hotel, Portsmouth, on Tuesday; the gallant admiral also arrived yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock. He will not embark on board the Cumberland till this morning, when his flag will be hoisted, and, if the weather permits, will sail on Friday morning. The Cumberland proceeds first to Bermuda, where the Wellesley, 72, Captain Goldsmith, with the flag of Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G.G.8., has been ordered to wait her arrival. The shipwrights completed the defects on board the Cum berland yesterday morning, and the Sprightly (that took oat some stores for her) brought them into harbour. 'THE SHELL PRACTICE AT PORTSMOUTH.—The shell practice on board the Excellent, to test which sort are the best, has closed, and the committee will make their report. We understand that Captain Moorson's per cussion shells have proved the most correct in bursting, and in all re.pects are better than the concussion shells that have been recently tried. We suppose the old 'rapaz will now be sold or broken up; she is knocked bout a good deal. Bonetta, 0, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Wake, left the Downs on Tuesday for Devonport to be paid ad vance previously to eftidiog fur Brazils. Banshee steam-packer, Lieutenant-Commander Hes ken, leaves Davenport this day, after the arrival of the mail, for Malta. The Fairy royal yacht embarked her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent this afternoon at the Clarence yard, for Osborne, to visit her Majesty. The Port- Admiral and staff, and a guard of honour, received the Duchess, whose standard was saluted by the Vengeance, Cumberland, and the garrison battery. The Penelope, 22, steam- frigate, Captain Lyster, was taken under the shears yesterday, and masted. The American packet. ship Congress, and the India „pin , e ;:dagascar arrived at Spithead to-day, from the Themes, to embark passengers and stock for their re spective destination:. The Sprightly steam-vessel, Mt. George Allen, Master- Commanding, returned from Devonport yesterday. TEE FIRST LORD'S FIRST LEVEE FOR 1851. VifooLwieu, MARCH 12.—The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring, Bart., held a levee yesterday, ,at the Admi ralty, at Whitehall, where he received the following officers Rear-Admiral David Price. Captains—lietify Dundas (1826), Hon. George F. froth= (1628), Thomas Dickinson (1832), Abraham M. Hawkins (1835), Russell Ehott (1838), and Thomas F. Birch (1850). Commanders—Thomas Hope (1841), Thomas Cha loner (1845), E. A. Inglefield (1845), Frederick A. Campbell (1846), Henry E. Wingrove (1846), Gillmore Harvey (1846), Charles Jenkin (1846), Alan H. Gard ner (1848), Charles Codrington Forsyth (1849), George Hancock (1850), Stephen S. L. Crofton (1850), and George Western (1851). Lieutenants—William B. Noble (1814), John Sanders (1815), Charles W. Hallett (1841), Justus B. Kooystra (1841), Samuel H. Derriman (1842), John Seccombe (1842), John D. Courcy A. Agnew (1843), and William Codrington Forsyth (1845). Surgeon Thomas Robertson (A), (1794). Paymaster and Purser Joseph Mason (1808). The Alecto steam-sloop, Commander George Lavie, left Woolwich this morning for Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted by Captain Johnson, and will then proceed to Plymouth, where she will take out the mails for the coast of Africa. The Rhadamanthus steam troop-ship, Master Com mander Belem, on her arrival at the Cape of Good Hope, will remain and relieve the Dee steam troop-ship at that station. ADMIRALTY HIRED TRANSPORTS. TROOP SHIPS, CONVICT-SHIPS, AND FREIGHT SHIPS, NEW REGULATIONS. The following new regulations for the survey, &c., of ships tendered as transports for the conveyance of troops or convicts, and for the freight of stores, also regulations with respect to the number of the crew required for the manning ships chartered by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, have been issued by the Board:— Admiralty, March 11, 1851. 1. The hold to be cleared fore and aft, the keelson, limber boards, breast hooks, and transoms to be cleared and exposed to view, and a listing, from two to three inches wide, to be cut between the breast hooks on both sides. 2. A listing, from two to three inches wide, about twenty feet in length, to be cut between the keelson and the second futtock heads on both sides, when required by the surveying officers. 3. A listing Irom two to three inches wide, about two-thirds the length of the ship, to be cut on both aides of the second luttock heads; one-third on one part, and one-third on the other. 4. A listing from two to three inches wide, about one-third the length of the ship, to be cot amidships, under the clamps of the hold beams on both sides, and a stage to be slung under the beams, fore and aft, in order that the state of the beams and knees may be carefully inspected. 5. The 'tween decks to be perfectly clear, and a listing from two to three inches wide to be cut just above the spirketting on both sides, in length about 20 feet for ward and 20 feet aft; and also amidships, if required by the sum ying officers. 6. The state and condition of the decks, waterway s, knees, outside planking, and copper on the bottom, to be carefully inspected in a dry dock, and the masts and rig ging to be carefully examined, for the purpose of ascer taining that they are in a good and soend condition. 7. In all cases the owners are to cause such bolts to be driven out, and other works performed, as may be considered necessary by the surveying officers to enable them to form a satisfactory judgment of the state of the ship. 8. All ships ordered for survey must hoist a union jack at the main, or where best seen, and keep it flying until the ships have been surveyed, a neglect of this re gulation having caused much inconvenience to her Ma jesty's service. All ships must be ready to be surveyed at the periods stated in the form of tender. to prevent the surveying officers being taken unnecessarily from other duties. 9. All ships accepted for the conveyance of troops or convicts are to have such bulkheads put up and other works performed. &c., as are usually required, and which the surveying officers will point out, who are to report their fitness and extent of accommodation fur Govern ment purposes. FINE ARTS. View of the Building in Hyde park for the Exhibition qf 1851. View of the Interior of the Building in Hyde-park for the Exhibition of 1851. Published ___ ___ by G.l3erier, Holywell-street. These lithographic views of the exterior and the interior of the Crystal Palace give a more accurate idea of what the wonderful structure really is than any that we have yet seen ; as works of art, also, they possess great merit. At the foot of each engraving we have fac similes of the signatures of Prince Albert, the originator of the Exhibition, and of that of Mr. Paituu, the architect of the Palace. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDLY. _ _ . The Queen and Prince were prevented, by the in clemency of the weather, from taking their usual early walk this morning, and the younger members of the Royal Family were kept at home for the same reason. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by her Lady in Waiting, is expected at Osborne this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. There was no addition yesterday to the Royal dinner party. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Sir George Couper, left her residence, Frogmore, near Windsor, at ten o'clock yesterday morning for Farnborough. Her Royal Highness left the Farnborough station, attended by Lady Fanny .Howard, for Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, Downing•street. Present —the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary). The Earl of Harrowby had an interview with Eutl Grey yesterday at the Colonial -office. Mr. J. Morris, solicitor to the parish of All Saints, Poplar, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yester lay, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earl of Minto gave a dinner to the Cabinet Mi- nisters yesterday evening, at his residence in Eaton square. . _ The Transatlantic. Packet•station Commission met yesterday at the Board of Trade. Present—Earl Gran ville (Chairman), Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., Sir John F. Burgoyne, K.C.8., and Captain Stephenson Ellerby. Lord Hobart, Secretary to the Commision, was in attendance. The late Dowager Count Pas of Sefton's funeral is appointed tq take place on Friday, when she will be buried by the side of the late Noble Lord, at the family vault, Hanwell. UNPRECEDENTED DISPATCH IN SHIPBUILDING.— The screw steam-ship Arabian, of 830 tons and 130 -horse power, now lying at the Bromielaw all ready for sea, was laid down on the 12th of December, 1850, was launched on the 3d of the following February, and was ready to start on the 28th of the same month (Frid ay ) , making altogether only ten weeks from the time the keel was laid till the com pletion of the whole contract. Such dispatch is, no doubt, wonderful, and shows what management and the division of labour can accomplish in these go-ahead times. The Ara bian is a particularly handsome vessel, her great length giving her very fine lines, with a long floor. Her length is 200 feet; breadth, 26 feet; depth, 17 feet; screw, 11 feet diameter, driven by spur gear, with engines on the im proved beam principle. She is intended for the Liverpool and Constantinople trade, to run in connexion with the Gre cian, recently fitted out by the same eminent builder, Mr. Robert Napier. The Arabian is owned by the Glasgow and Liverpool Shipping Company. and will b e comman d e d b y Captain Ewing, fate of the West India mail service. Glasgow Citizen. The Arabian arrived in the Mersey on Friday, and after a run from Greenock of only 16 hours. — Liverpool Albion. CAFE or GooD HOPE —Letters and papers have been received direct from Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, which confirm in all particulars the accounts p rovieus ,_, f) arrived re garding the commencement of war on the frontier, and the entry of hordes of Kafirs into the colony. Although the alarm of the colonists was very great, every available mea sure had been taken for their defence. The worst feature in this intelligence is the confirmation of the report that four thousand rounds of ammunition had fallen into the hands of the Kafirs, and that several of the Cape Mounted Riles had mutinied. The Katirs are stated to be well supplied with arms and ammunition. The E as te r n Province Telegraph says, that during the last nine months no less th an one hun dred thousand pounds weight of gun powder had passed through Port Elizabeth, consigned to private parties in that province, together with between two and three thousand stand of arms. These supplies hd b two sources, viz., coastwise and dir a ect e en receiv©d th roug h ARCHITECTS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.--Tbe first annual meeting of the friends of this charity Wm held yester day afternoon, at the Freemasons Tavern, Mr. Sidney Smirke in the chair. The minutes having been read and confirmed, the report of the committee was presorted. Although the society, which had for its object the relief of decayed members of the profession, had only been founded a few months, it had received very considerable support, giving a very favourable augury of its future success. At the close of last year 170 gentlemen had become annual subscribers, and 30 or 40 more had since joined. The amount received up to the 31st December last was, altogether, 3901 , of which 300/. had been invested, and the remainder left to be applied to the ordinary purposes of the society. Some large donations bad been received this year. Th e Royal Institute of British Architects had kindly granted to the association the use of their rooms for the meeting of the council, thus effecting a considerable saving to the society, and adding greatly to' the convenience of some of its members, The council had drawn up a complete code of by-laws, which would be submitted to the meeting for their confirmation. The report having been agreed to, the by-laws were decided upon, and, after the elec tion of its officers, the meeting thanked the chairman and separated. LARGE IMPORTATION OF PEARL SIIELLE.—The vessel Martha, which has just arrived in the docks from Panama, has brought the extraordinary large number of two millions and one hundred and four thousand pearl shells, consigned to an eminent foreign house in London, and comprising the entire cargo. We believe so large an importation of this shell as on the preset./ occasion to be entirely unprecedented. 1t MAR 1. Listings will not be required to be cut in any ship tendered for the conveyance of ttoops, convicts, or stores. during the period of her being in the class A 1 of Lloyd's Register Book. 2. Listings are to be cut in ships below class A 1, which may be tendered for the conveyance of troops and convicts; and it is left for the surveying officer to decide whether h-tings are to b. , ' cut in ships tendered for the conveyance of mail detachments of troops or of stores, who are to report whether listings have been cut or not. 3. Ships in the class A t wilt not be required to be put into a dry dock or laid on the ways to examine the state of their bottoms, if satisfsct Jry certificates be pro duced of their having been so docked or laid on the ways within the last twelve months, unless they have touched the ground or been on a voyage since their last survey; and the docking of ships not more than twelve months old which have not performed a voyage will not be re quired; but in all cases of doubt they must be docked if the surveyinv officers should consider it necessary. Note.—Ships tendered for the conveyance of troops of convicts must not be less than five feet eight inches from deck to beam, and the deck must be properly laid on the beams, and those chartered for such services must be fitted with lightning conductors. 4. Ships tendered for the conveyance of not more than 20 tons of stores will not be required to be surveyed; but if for ammunition and powder they will be surveyed or inspec'ed, and the ammunition and powder must be stowed under two decks, and the ships must be fitted with lightning conductors previously to their being sur veyed. 5. Ships tendered for the conveyance of troops or con victs, of a class below .1E (red), or for the freight of stores below IE (black), will not be accepted. 6. All ships must bo classed, and the classification inserted in the tenders, and likewise the national flag under which they are sailing. 7. Ships leaving out Government stores will be liable to any expense incurred thereby, and to a mulct, at the discretion of their Lordships. 8. All ships tendered must be in the river above Gravesend. 9. Ships engaged for troops or convicts, must proceed to Deptford to be fitted, and when engiged foe stores exceeding one-half their registered tonnage, ty must also proceed to Deptford to load, if required. 10. All the columns and particulars s pec ified in nd th! printed forms of tenders must be properly; _ d fli that upwad signed as directed, and it is to be obse rv will i be e ciding upon the ships tendered, their Lordships guided by the character, capacity, or eligibility for the performance of the services r e q uired, without reference to the rate offered. Regulations with respect to the number of the crew req uired for manning s hips chartered by the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty:- 1. Transports and troop freight ships to be manned at the rate of four men and one boy for every 100 tons register O.M. of ships not exceeding 700 tons burden, and at the same rate of men only for every 100 tons be yond 700 tons. 2. Convict ships to be manned at the rate of five men and one boy to each 100 tons register O.M. of ships no t e xceeding 700 tons burden, and at the same rate o f men f, , r every 100 tons beyond 700 tone. 3. The crews of all ships to consist of cne helf able seamen before the mast, and the remaining f half of the o ffi cers and ordinary seamen who must have been at sea. 4. Ships chartered for the conveyance of stores may be manned according to the practice of the merchant service. By command of their L'srd‘iiips, J. PARKER, Secretary. LOYAL WAR`CRT FOR PROTECTIONISTS.--" Rally round the Crown"—that is, rouni Five Shillings fixed duty cia Gan.— Punch. INJUSTICE TO THE L ATE ADMIRAL WI LD COLLING WOOD. TO THE EDITOR 07 THE MORNING HERALD. Sir,--I have p eruse d with infinite gratification 'o,. tr remarks upon th e injustice shoe n to the family of that amiable and most distinguished officer, the late Act - mind', Lord Collingwood. _ _ _ It is well known that the only fcvour he asked of thwl then existing Ministry was, that his peerage might be, made over to his eldest daughter, as be had no sons.. This hero (next only to Nelson) literally died in the service of his country, for it is a known fact, that t the battle of Trafalgar he was never out of his ship until he came to die at Minorca, six years after. Of what use to him was a peerage uno'er such circum stances; to a man at the time advanced in years, and not likely long to enjoy it, as it happened? It had been fondly hoped and expected, that the late King, who professed such great regard for him, would on his ac cession to the throne have made it a point to rectify this scandalous neglect; but if he so intended, it mis never carried into effect; why ur wherefore none can explain. The peerage of the late Viscount 'Hill was very p ro - perly at his decease made over to his nephew. Lord Harris, too, the hero of Seringapatam, who had also been neglected for nearly twenty years, at last received his. ..... May not then a similar tardy mot of justice be deals out now to the family of this Gallant Admiral? Better late than never, and lam sure the voice of the nation would applaud any Minister who should have the gm* to accord it.—l am, Sir, &c., FELL& Tunbridge Wells, March 11, 1851. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK.. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The return for the week ending last Saturday ex hibits an unfavourable state of health amongst the population o f th e me tr o politan districts. It piss formerly shown that the mortality rose in the third week of Yebrnary to 1,213 deaths, and slightly de clined in the subsequent week, when the number was 1,148; but it is found that the deaths registered last week amount to 1,247. Taking the ten corresponding weeks of 1841.50 for comparison no example occurs in the series of so great a mortality; the highest return (in the tenth week of 1845) having been 1,141, whilst the average did not exceed 1,001 deaths. This average, with a correction for the assumed rate of increase of population, is 1,092; on which the 1,247 deaths re turned for last week show an excess of 155. Last week 570 children died under 15 years of age, whilst the corrected average is only 478; 374 peasons died at 15 years and lades. 60, while the average is 361; and 302 persons of 60 years and upwards died. though the average is only 252. Hence it appears that the young, and persons in advanced life are now the princi pal sufferers. The excess both on the previous week and on the ave rage is principally due to diseases which affect the organs of respiration. Hoopingcough carried off 70 children, considerably more than tonal at this period; bronchitis 160 persons of various ages, but principally amongst the old, though the greatest number in any corresponding week was not more than 95; asthma 40 persons; laryngitis and laryngismus stridulus 8; croup 13; influenza, whjch is increasing, 15. Pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, was tatal in 96 cases, a great majority of which were among children; but the number attributed to this cause is not remarkable. Consump- Lion destroyed 154 lives, which, with one exception, is a greater number than in any corresponding week. The symotie class, besides hooping-cough, croup, and influenza, already mentioned, comprises small-pox and measles, both of which are now more fatal than usual; also scarlatina, typhus, and other complaint:, which dis cover no remarkable results. The births of 1,590 children (of whom 795 were boys and 785 girls) were registered in the week. The average of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 was 1,412. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on Sunday and Monday; the mean of the week was 29,890. The mean daily temperature was on each day rather below the average of the same day in ten years, except on Tuesday and Wednesday, when it slightly exceeded it. The mean of the week was 39 deg. 4 m. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE LAST WEEK. SIINDAY.—The sky was generally free from cloud during the morning; one-half covered during the after noon, and at night; the amount of cloud was variable; cirrostratus and fleecy clouds. MONDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. TUESDAY.—The sky was one-half covered with cloud till sh. P.K., and overcast afterwards; cirrostratus and fleecy clouds. WZDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Rain fell generally throughout the day. THIIRSDAY.—The sky was generally clear till near noon, and covered with cloud throughout the remainder of the day. FRIDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast till 7h. P.M.; front this time till 10h. P.M. the clouds were much broken, and the sky was clear afterwards. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the mainmast, and read each day at 9b. A.m.. was 41 •7*; and the meaa reading at 9h. P.M. was 41 'o° ; the mean reading at the Royal Observatory fur the the same times were 39 'l° and 39 .3° respectively. The direction of tte wind was principally N. on the first and last three days of she week, and was mostly S. W. on the remaining three dept. The reading of the barometer increased from 30.03 in. at the beginning of the week to 30 .27 in. by 10h. A.X. on the 2d, and it continued at this reading till atter 9h. P.M.; it then decreased to 29 .53 in. by 9h. P.M. on the sth, and increased to 29 •94 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 8, Ibsl. epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*251 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 50 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 208 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 125 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 70 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ••• ••• -•• ••• Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• . ...• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ..„ Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ••• Malformations... ... ••• ••• ••• eremature Birth ... ... •• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ••• ••• ••• •S• •• • Sudden ... ... ••• ••• ••• ... Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• ... 72 ... 36 ... 20 ... 45 ... 3 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1841. of 1850. week. West Districts... 301,189 . . 123 ... 175 North Districts.. 376,568 .. 160 ... 220 Central Districts 374,199 ... 160 ... 255 East Districts ... 393,067 ... 186 ... 272 South Districts .. 503,340 ... 246 ... 325 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 „, 1,247 - 582 ... 665 Males Females 'EEL ... 795 ... 785 BIRTHS IN THE Males ••• ••• ••• "' Females ••• ••• ••• Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,580 •In this number are included 20 by Scarlatika, 36 by Typhus Fever, and 13 by Diarrhoea. INSTITUTION OP CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday (William Cubits, Esq., President, in the chair), the paper read was a " Description of the Mode of Working an Inclined Plane, of 1 in 27k, on the Old Branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway," by Captain J. M. Laws, R.N., Assoc. Inst. C. E. The mode of working this incline was by a com bination of locomotive power and gravity. It was at first proposed to be worked by a hortiontal wheel, rope, and pullies, with a locomotive engine and train at each end of the rope, so that one train might descend, while another ascended the incline ; but as this method ap peared to be liable to many co ntingencies. by which the regular traffic would have been deranged, and the ex. pease of locomotive power increased, a balance weight was substituted for the descending locomotive, on e li tic, of rails being appropriated to it, and the other ret:ined for the goods and passenger traffic. The balance weigh t of th e b re al" W i Aitt rnectiluineen,tlaYnd this ' was found to consisted of a heavy break van, and a Dumb waggons fi lled with sand ; but in plat* of latter , loaded the, ooter, alocaodaeldpciotaaltwthagegtoonpsowf etrheeti be a most economical and advantageous way of work -11)g the coal tra ffi c. When the Bill wag i n asn Parliament, it was stated in evidence, that there would be great dan ger in desceading so steep an inclin at i on; but the experi ence of seven years—during whi c h broken several times, and t h e period the rope bad allowed to run down by • break van bad once been itself' without doing any serious Pin injury—had proved this o • ion to be erroneous. The ordinary passenger trains ascended and descended the incline at from 20 mil being to stop at the es to 25 miles per hour, the mode foot of the incline to attach the rope, then back the en • the scotch at tho git to p , so as to draw the balance train off the train ascended. oPihis when mdsteam o t e he of working te . ndnd with t h e most perfect success, an d it wa s thought, th a t if more attention was paid, in the construction of railways, to w h at could be accomplished by gravity and impetus, in combination with locomotive power. a great Saving in the original cost of the line mould be the result. The wire ropes which had been used were manufac tured by Messrs. B. S. Newell and Co.; each rope w as rather more than one mile and a quarter in length, 3i. inches in circumference, weighing 126 cwt., and costing 3161. Their average duration was about two years and four months. The following paper was announced to be read, at the meeting of Tuesday, March 18th: " Account of the Sea Walls a t Penmaen Mawr, on the line of the Chester 4nd Holyhead Railway," by Mr. H. Swinbuane. SUGAR CAN/14. An inmport . atio❑ of ten cask s of sugar canes bas taken place by a vessel which has just ar rived in the docks trom Madeira. Some trifling imports I we of the sugar cane have been made on two or thre3 occbsi ins from this place, and also from the West India Islands, but we have never known an importation to take place of the article to the same extent as on the present occasion, and the arrival Le of some interest. .. 321 1,247 tit