The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

MUTINIES. THE SIEGE OF DELHI. The following is a copy of a letter received from a young soldier, eergeent in the 60th Royal Rifles. " Camp Guznee de Nuggur, June 3 . " My dear Father,—We left Meerut on the 17th lilt. Our force was 400 rank and file, 24 sergeants, 12 bugler; and 20 officers of our battalion, 200 troopers of the 6th Dragoon Guarde one battery and half a troop of Artillery—of all ranks under 1,000 ; arrived. here on the morning of the 30th. At about 4 the same day the insurgents took up a most capital. position, about a mile from our camp, and commenced operations with some very heavy guns. Allsr company, ' D,' was ordered in advance, got under a wall, and returned the fire in first rate order. I fired the first shot on our side. We re mained under cover and unsupported for about half an hour, when the remainder of our boys came up at the double, and our captain was ordered to charge the guns. Off we gelloped. They sent several rounds of grape and cannister into us, but we dodged them. As soon as we saw the explo sion down eve went flat on our faces, and up, off, and down again before we could say 'Jack Robin satif We got up to the guns, drove the niggers to the devil, and thought we were all right, when off went their ammunition. They had put a slow matey. to lit. Our captain (J. Andrews) and four more were killed by the explosion, and several wounded, We captured the 24-pounder siege gun wad five others. The field batteries they took away. They next took up their position-in front of a large walled. village, and fought like devils. We drove them_ into the village, and set fire to it. We were obliged afterwards to go through the fire and drive tler m i out. At last we broke them. A small band, aleout 30, got together at the back of the village, and stood their ground till the whole were killed. They actually crossed bayonets with ours, and met their death like Trojans. We returned to camp about nine p.m. At two o'clock the next day they came out again, and fought the same battle over again. We drove them from their position, and that was all. They numbered about 6,000, with a great many guns. Their cavalry charged our guns over and over again. _Both men and officers who have fought side by side with them say they could not have imagined that any of the native troops could have fought so well. I had several very narrow escapes, but one particularly so. In the village I went into a but ; one of the gents was behind the door ; as soon as I showed my nose he made a chop. I twigged him in time, took a stop to rear, fired through the door, and cooked his goose. The officer commanding the com pany, Lieut. Napier, the second day was shot in the leg, which has since been amputated. We expect to join the forces of the officiating Commander-in- Chief to-day or to-morrow. As soon as that takes place we're off for Delhi • no quarter to be given, as they give us none. We were obliged to shoot their wounded. They fought more despera. ely when hurt than when whole. We picked up several of our old rifles, which were lodged in the Delbi ma gazine. Delhi Fort now mounts upwards of 150 heavy guns and field pieces; innumerable, ammuni tion, shot, and shell in abundance, so that we may expect rather warm work. The Commander-in- Chief Anson died of cholera at Kurnaul about 10 days ago. General Barnard is officiating. We have been reinforced this morning by 100 rank and file of ours froin Meerut., and the Ghoorka Regiment (natives) from the Wells, 600 men. On accost ,t of the difficulty in procuring carriage we could only bring one change of clothing, and no white outer clothing. We are wearing the same as we did on Christmas-day, and what we have is as ragged as it cin be ; bolting 'through brambles and briars does net much improve one's outward appearance. Our greatest difficulty is in procuring water, and what we do get is very bad. The river is so very muddy that we cannot possibly use it. In case of accidents I have written a letter, which you will only receive in the event of my getting a gooser.' My initials are on the outside of the envelope. " I have written this squatting on the ground ; we don't deal in tables, and I must leave off for a sleep, as We expect a row this evening. I enclose a copy of our battalion order after the actions, also a rough. plan of the battle field. "Camp before Delhi, June 14. - "No soldiers' letters have been sent from camp since I commenced this, We left Guznee de Nug gur at 5 p.m. on the 3d en route to join the head quarter' camp, and marched 21 hours without halting more than 10 minutes at a time, through mountains and jungle ; joined head-quarters on the morning of the 6th, having made a circuit of 60 miles and.upwards, nearly the whole road too steep and rugged for a billy-goat, the whole force consist ing of the 9th Lancers, two squadrons of 6th Dra goon Guards, two troops and a half and one battery of Artillery, 21 siege guns and mortars, 60th Rifles, 75th Foot, Ist Bengal Europeans, four companies 21 Bengal Europeans, the Ghoorkas, 100 Sappers and 50 Irregular Hotse. Commenced the march to Delhi at 2 a.m., distance 10 miles. At 4 p.m. we came upon a line of batteries of the enemy, which were served with" the greatest precision. After three hours very hard fighting we drove them from their position witn great loss. We ourselves lost considerably. The socondishell fired by the enemy killed the Adjutant-General, Col. Chester. The 75th lost about 70 men. Our regiment has been very fortunate, for since we joined head-quarters the loss has been about six or eight killed and 20 to 25 wounded. Delhi lies in a hollow, surrounded on three sides by very high and steep walls ; on the fourth side is the river Jumna. After we got the gentlemen out of their first line they retired, dis puting every inch of ground for eight miles ; at the sixth we halted, had a drain of rum and a bis cuit served out to us, rested for half an hour, and then followed them up ; in the meantime they had lined the tops of the hills. The Rifles were ordered to advance in skirmishing order, which we did in fine style, and by an able flank movement, which does our commanders who planned it the greatest credit, we took possession of the whole range, cap tured the guns, and drove the enemy into the city. It was fine sport for our fellows. We kept behind the rocks as we advanced, and all the niggers could see was the flash of our pieces. .Our first point is to look out for cover—up a tree, behind a tree or rock, in a hole, or, in fact, anywhere where we can see without being seen. We took and shot two Europeans this day ; one of them confessed that there were 10 more in the service of the King of Delhi. Cap tured 17 guns this day, with a very large store of ammunition, shot, &c. They came out in great force at 7 p.m. the mine day and tried very hard to dislodge ue but it was no go.' They have been out six times since, driven back with great loss each time. They are getting reinforcements every day ; the 60th Native lufentry and 4th Native Re gular Lancer.; joined them from the waterside the day before yesterday, 2 p.m., and gave us as tight a fit as we have hid yet. If it had not been for a stratagem [ think they would have taken our heavy guns and ammunition. Oar colonel ordered us to hide just as it was getting dusk, and then he sounded the 'retire ;' the ' niggers,' who, of course, know our bugle s mods as well as we do, thinking that wo hall actually gone back, can up at the double in thousands, all of a mob. When about 20 yards distance it was boys and at them.' They were greatly astonished, and cut . their sticks as fast as they could. I have had a sight bayonet wound in the right side, and a ball through the sleeve of my jacket. The old sol liars who were at Moo!t in, Go ljerat, and other battles in India, say that this far surpasses anything they have ever witnessed " Our siege guns have been at work since the 9th but as yet 'hey-have not displaced a brick. Our re is anything but good, while the shots of the nervy are flyin g about our batteries like hail, 1 0 a. nl.-=A messenger has been sent from the t.ee"e lhi r artillerymen that if pard o n e d th e y w ill stir • Of courses a favourable answer has been sent theta. • si All quiet till this " June 17. the force, p i ek6t, , day. At . s p.m. the wlio!e of by different routZudi guird 3 excepted, proceede - 1 c r ) , two columns to attack and dislodge a battery. the place, knocked d o : n t com panies arrived first at rushed in in front of a velthtte, front gate gate, and walls, Wand then forced turoYetrryibiairreri6 from behind behind about 10 of ours wera ordered. n4lthe rastgb%teinsg; 'misted outside the inner walls to tempted to eicape. • We drove the m e. : 2 4 : 4'! ll d. who at cor- - ner, and shot 41,. all that retnainei, the olgtineoiraaeldrxv log e-caped`by 'a gate Which we had not "Ou the 19th the engmy_wore reinforced with one regitn#4 of infantry and one troop of artille ry. During the' day the whole force made a wide.eir. cuit and . got within a wile of the rear of our camp - before they , were discovered. The. artillery and cavalry went out to check them ; three companies of otu battalion were the first infantry ft:rce on the field. Ater a very hard fight, which lasted till 10 Lthe v mie wera obliged t o re ti re f or th e n ight, owing darkness, the 75th and one of our guns fired officerthr e e rounds killed, w into our company. W e had one 7 wr ounded, and about 30 men killed and vvoundeo d not be found ; the Some of the wounded : could picked up the - nett DICIII2 .• ing most horribly y mut e ilate'c!. Two of them (one a married man witia.4 lu g* f ly),. were skinned. We went ofshalie; next mo retired liNfa heavy artillery ' . adtion -' - -fc '=- " The weather is very hot. .1, h a d 72 hours 46i_ posit duty on a plain, without the'slightest shelter. .1 felt duri ng th e . day as if I had a hot: iron go i ng I THE . 617 N, LONDON, rtTESDAY _EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8 1887- tit° my - head. -We have- had a, few deaths from cholera, the last day or two, One tl.tousand men are expected in hourly. As soon a s they arrve we assault. We tried it once ' ►but it woo no go, infor mation having been given to the Rajate. "Our rations, with the exception of rum and bread, are very bad—indeed, scarcely ea - table. We get a gallon of rum to every 13 men, rand some times a gallon to 10, with a pound of broad each man daily. We should be a long time star ring on that. The rations cost, including the rum, five annas—ab )ut 7d. per . dietn. " Inf , , , rmltion has just been received that the bridge of boats has been burned, so that we are now entirely cut off. " I am here bard up for paper, and can't buy any. '' F. IC." --- The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Times Sir,—Now that the services of the militia are again required, and likely to be so for some time, permit me, while indorsing the letters of " A Mili tia Captain" which have lately appeared in your columns, to add a few remarks of my own, as I be lieve I am privileged to do, having held a commis sion in the militia since its enrolment in 1852. In the first place, it does not appear to be known to (or, at any rate, apprecia•ed by) Government that the success of a militia regiment depends chiefly on the adjutant and captains, on the latter of whom the responsibility of the companies in every way falls, as well as the chief expenses ; yet at the dis embodiment the captains were entirely overlooked, —why I am at a loss to understand, unless Govern ment thought we were so rich we could afford to throw our money away. If so, I beg to undeceive it. And now I would suggest in what manner the new battalions of the Line may be at once formed, and of tra'ned soldiers, ready for immediate duty, instead of raw recuits, whose services, if they can be procured, will not be available for at least six or eight months, and that is, by allowing militia cap tains who may be in all respects eligible to volun teer with their companies. This would be a great encouragement to the militia ; and something is surely required after our recent treatment as com pared with the foreign legions ; nor would any injury be inflicted on officers of the Line. The only obstacle I can see is, I confess, a formid able one,—viz., the dreadful shock such a course would give to venerable " Red Tapists" and their ancient customs. The gift of an ensigncy in the Line for every 75 men is no inducement for captains of militia, and they alone have sufficient influence in their regiments to take over their men by com panies. I may instance that although the men of my company were offered a handsome present each in addition to the bounty, and also en couraged by me to go into the Line with young officers who wished them, only two or three volun teered who had not previously done s'). Yet to a man they were willing and anxious to accompany their captain, to whom they had very properly be come attached. In conclusion, I would not recommend any gen tleman to accept a captaincy of Militia unless he has money to spare and does not mind spending it for his country's good ; nor, above all, would I advise young men intended for, or following other professions, to at'empt soldiering, as it totally un ti►s them for returning to their necessary avoca tions, and gives them expensive habits and tastes thoy cannot probably afterwards keep up. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Sept. 5. ANOTHER MILITIA CAPTAIN. Sir,—Fifteen regiments of Militia are to be em bodied immediately for the purpose of supplying the vacancies caused by regiments of the Line pro ceeding to India. The selection made by the au thorities of the regiments they propose calliog out could not be better, ay when these regiments were disembodied they were equal in discipline to any regiment of the Line, and will therefore garrison the different towns most admirably ; but in addi tion to this, sir, will they be able to supply the army in India with recruits sufficiently fast ? In this duty I am afraid they will fail, and lam therefore desirous to know why some of the Mid dlesex regiments are not called out ; they did good service during the last war ; for instance, the regi ment in which I have the honour of doing duty with, gave as many as 700 men to the Line, and will be able to do the same again if called out. The county regiments, well disciplined as they are, cannot furnish men so quickly as the metropolitan regiments are able to do, and this is especially the time to call them out, in consequence of orders having been received to pay the training bounty for the present year, which will be the very means of bringing all the men together. Pay the bounty first, embody the regiments afterwards, and then, sir, I admit very few met} will join ; but there is a balance of some 10s. due to them, and until that is paid they will not quit their regiments. Draw them out, then, first, and when out pay them. There is still one more question I am desirous of urging on your attention, which is, if these regi ments are not embodied, why should not the per manent staff be allowed to recruit for the Line. A circular was issued, some short time ago, direct ing adjutants to state whether the staff under their command were willing to perform this duty, and although a reply in the affirmative was forwarded to the authorities, still, up to the present moment, no orders have been received to commence this duty. The harvest is in, the men will soon be requiring work ; should not, therefore, the Govern ment seize the opportunity of trying to induce _these men to enlist at once ? This is the very time to get recruits if proper means are used. Should you, therefore, sir, consider these remarks worth noticing, I shall feel obliged to you by your giving publicity to them. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, Sept. 5. Sir,—When shall we cease to do things by driblets? Man by man is our army stepping on board transports for the East, and what are we doing to fill the fearful gap, which pestilence, the sword, and the expiration of the term of service will shortly cause in the ranks of our army serving iu that quarter of fie globe ? My opinion may not be worth much, but the experience derived from a few years' residence in India prompts me to sly that I think we are not yet within sight of the " beginning of the end" of our so-called Sepoy difficulty ; and what, I will repeat, are we doing to meet it We are enlisting some 1,500 or 2,000 men per month ; but the 15 new bAttalions and the aug mentation of the establishment of other regiments will absorb all recruits for many months to come. Why is not the whole of the Militia, or every regiment of eight companies and upwards, at once embodied. Should Indi a d eman d f ur th er rein-, forcements, let the army standard be reduced to 5 feet 4 inches, volunteering from the Militia be invited, and Government will seen have at its dis posal something like 20 000 efficient men. A couple of months will suffice for these Men evho were em bodied during the late war to pick up their drill, while an equal number will be in an advanced state, and willing to volunteer as soon as they have warmed to their work. I know full well that a very large proportion of men join the Militia to "",,see" as they say, "how they like soldiering." They will not at oece plunge into the Line. There could not be a more favourable oppor tunity for calling cut the Militia. The men have (ivory inducement to coma forward. There is the annual bounty of one guinea due to them, as well as a b dance va r yi ng i n am o un t front 4s. to 12s. on the gitatuity -allowed by Government last year sub sequent to the mee being sent to their homes. Should Bengal be shortly tranquilli4ed the Militia, can be disembodied, its in 1856, at a few days' notice, and not be called out for their annual train ing next year. I will pledge mysol4 as commandant of a Militia regiment, to encourage to the utmost my men to volunteer should their extended services be re quired, and every rightrainded commanding officer will do the same. I am, Sir, your obedient servanf, C. B. STI - . 5. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. Sir ; -1 dare say several of your readers will be glad to hear that the Golden Fleece, Captain Mai, with the 34th Regiment, and two companies of the, 42d On board, has got thus far on its tang voyage in, safety. - • - _ _ . . _ _ _ We arrived here at eleven o'clock last night, after a fine run of 10 clays,six hours from Spitbetd, which, milt co nsidering the dist:lna-3 - is about 2,350 miles, troop seotii a 1 i o o n t Ices to show what the ship is capable of per forming.On the 15th • inst , we paved the Odtavia with the 2d aa tottrd ( the number- of C. 13 regiment we Dr., coertAut), and also the Monarch, with passed a ial g .,,e on h cuards. On the 17th we a'so board, but edi3Otl3, with apparently troops on ot -.) a i , umuni ca t e . • We found here wall the head - quarters of board, .which left Kin,,,,t ° , 6th inst., and reached tZilis noon,: and ,havinff - United Kingdom , the John Bull steamer, the 38th Regiment on coaled, n e o a r t y h t e e s y m e x 1 n s t o ,:l, t l ei n r d, d i ra n f . which left the sth with another detachment of the 3'B "' th c}w ite n on o a f fTt t et h lr e ; mattori Board, hie also (1 p.m.) ust. arrived. al i t i llaxe only to add that all are well , an d that our :iiiiiibar, ever since leaving . England has been aelighttiit, and tint nothing can exceed the ,corn_ iVrt and acconnicxlation , enjoyed by all raulte on board. After completing our stock of coal we hope to leave to-morrow for Point de Galle. I am , Sir, your obedient Eervant, R. D. KELLY, Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Troops, 34th Regitaeut, Steamer Golden Fleece,' Aug. 19. St. Vincent, Cape Verde. Sir, —As it may be of interest to the public generally, I have the pleasure to inform you that I have this morning received advices from this company's vessels Australian and Sydney, stating that the former, with 290 men and 16 officers of Her Majesty's 42d Regiment Royal -lighlanders, under the command of- Lientenant.Colonel Cameron, had reached Et. Vincent's, Cape Verde, on the 25th ult., in nine days and 22 hours, from Spithead ; also the Sydney, with 288 men and 12 officers of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Gordon, in nine days five hours, from Spithead—all verycomfortabla and well. Tho vessels would proceed as soon as coaled— say in 30 hours after arrival. I am, sir, your obedient servant, MATTHEW R. SCOTT, Secretary. Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co., 167, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Sept. 7. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. The territories over which the Hudson's Bay Company claims to exercise, and does actually exer - - cite, exclusive rights of jurisdiction, exclusive title to land, and a monopoly of trade, extend from Hudson's Bay across the Rocky Mountains to the shores of the Pacific. In addition, the Company holds under lease from the •Crown, Vancouver's Island—a British possession destined, it can hardly lee doubted, to become the most valuable and im portant colony in the Pacific, a great naval station, and the point whence the adjacent coast will one day be settled and peopled. These extensive territories are held by the Com pany under various and different titles. Its oldest title is, of course, the charter of Charles 11. Under it the company now claims in fee simple all the lands the waters from which run into Hudson's Bay. But here a serious question at once arises. The colony of Canada contests this pretension. At the time the Charter was granted, all of the lands so watered did not, it is clear, belong to the British Crown to grant jurisdiction over. In the reign of Charles 11. Hudson's Bay itself and its coasts were claimed by France as well as England. And, although the English claim so far prevailed, the French colony of Canada extended over a large portion of these territories which the Company now possesses. The English colony of Canada, therefore contends that this portion of the Hudson's Bay 'Company's territories belongs not to that corpora tion, but to the colony of Canada. Now, the terri tory in dispute between the company and the colony comprises not the least valuable of the fur-bearing districts out of the profits of which the dividends of 10 per cent. on the stock of the company are paid. The question is one of the highest importance. If the colony be right, it will regain a portion at least of the fur trade. If the Company be wrong, its com mercial prosperity will be endangered. At first the Company only formed forts or facto ries on Hudson's Bay, to attract thither the Indian fur trade. As, however, that trade was vigorously pursued by the French in Canada, the English Company, very naturally and laudably, pushed into the interior ; and as the two advancing rivals approached each other, the company, as well as the French, properly desired to have their boundaries defined. Negotiations ensued as well at and after the Peace of Ryswick as that of Utrecht. But, say tte Canadians, although, during the French domi nion in Canada, the company sought a delimitati on , it was by a defined and positive line, to be acquired by negotiation. The C rporation neither then pre tended that there was anything in its charter which gave it a rule by which it could insist that the extent of its territories to the southward should be ascer tained ; nor then asserted a right to all the coun tries the waters of which flow into Hudson's Bay. Tho colony of Canada, now claiming to enjoy allthe territorial rights which the French had when it was ceded to England, altogether denies the indefinite pretensions of the Hudson's Bay Company. It points out to the Queen's Government that the claim now advanced is at variance with the boun dary line which the Company endeavoured to ob tain by negotiation from the French after the Peace of Utrecht, and that, had France accepted 'the line then proposed by the Company, that boun dary would have made a large part of the territory now occupied by the Company a portion of the province of Canada. It insists on the infinite im portance to Canada of knowing accurately where the boundary is ; and as plans for internal commu nication connected with schemes for agricultural settlements and for opening new fields for commer cial enterprise are all more or less dependent on the question, the people of Canada call on the Queen's Government for a solution of it." The question is, then, what the Charter did give the Company. The Colony requires that the Charter shall be strictly construed. The Company contends that, in grants of a considerable age, where the lan guage is indefinite and ambiguous, usage and enjoy ment are essential elements of consideration. In this position of affairs, where the Crown has at once to protect the property of the Company, and to satisfy its colonial subjects, its law officers have proposed that the question of the boundary, as be tween the Company and Canada, should be referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and that the determination of the committee, which would not of itself have any binding effect, should be confirmed by an act of Parliament. This is probably the course that will be adopted, unless, indeed, the larger question of the continuance of the Hudson's Bay Company at all, •should be de cided adversely to the Corporation by the political advisers of the Crown and the Imperial Legislature. The Hudson's Bay Company's territories are, however, much more cxtensive than those which they exercise jurisdiction over tinder their own construction of the charter. There is, however, a distinction between the two classes of territory. Whatever rights the Company possesses under the charter, the Crown can of course resume only by its surrender or on purchase and compensation. It has no power to override the rights of the Hudson's Bay Company within its own chartered territories, unless it first of all establish the illegality of the Charter it elf. The case is very different with the other or non-chartered districts. They can be re sume Iby the Crown in the year 1859. The ques tion of their resumption, therefore, equally presses for decision. The history of those districts is briefly this : When Mr. Ellice, at the request of Lord Bathurst, then Colonial Minister, negotiated the amalgama tion between the Hudson's 'Bay and North-West Companies, it became an important object of the united body to avoid all rivalry and competition within British territories. But a considerable tract to the east of the Rocky Mountains and all the British possessions (then more extensive than now) between that range and the Pacific to the West,' were not within the Charter. United States Fur Companies were, moreover, pushing forward in that direction. As a counterpoise to American enterprise, and as a means of preserving the peace of these countries, Mr. Ellice, with that forethought and sagacity which so eminently dis tinguish him, suggested to Lord Bathurst that an Act of Parliament should be obtained giving the Queen's Government authority to grant a license of exclusive trade over this district to the east and west of the Rocky Mountains. Lord Bathurst acted on this suggestion. The statute was passed, and under its provisions two licenses of 21 years' duration each have been granted to the Hudson's Bay Conipany. It is the latter which termivatel in 1859. At the time when Mr. Ellice's suggestion was adep' od and first acted on, the regions to the west of the Rocky Mountains, and the shores of the Pacific were comparatively unkown, and were re garded only as fur-bearing countries ; and it was in reference to that capacity and character that the act was passed. Time and the spirit of enterprise have, however, changed their destination. A largo part of the Oregon territory, then included in the purview of the British Statute, was transferred in 1846 to the United States. Settlement and civilisa tion a e driving onward. to the Pacific ; and Mr. Ellice himself is now foremost in advocating the withdrawal of a large part at least of this territory from the Hudson's Bay Company ; while Mr. Roe buck, more ardent if les3 astute, pictures another ,Clermany arising under the auspices of England in this &strict, to preserve the equilibrium of North Amei ica. Lastly, the Hudson's Bay Company have been entrusted with the temporary charge of Vancouver's Island. The Nor h Western Boundary Treaty, Which do rived England of Oregon, finally secured to it this island ; and, important though its position is, Lord Grey was in 1849 not a little embarrassed by its legal acquisition. Afraid of the expenss of constituting a British colony, yet desirous of utilis ing it to some extent, Lord Grey, notwithstanding the prophetic objections of Mr. Gladstone, trans ferral it to the H udson's Bay Company, which had already some es'ablishments ou it, and carried sup plies-thence to their exclusive territories on the mainland. The transfer has in every respect proved unfor tunate. Under the company, Vancouver's Island had made scarcely any progress. Possessing on the opposite coast a trading monopoly, the company has not invited settlers to the island. Indeed had it been so inclined, the terms which Lord Grey im posed on it as to the price of land would have effec tually repelled settl emen t. L or d G rey gave, too, fre einstitutions to the island. But ho fixed the stiffraga so high that scarcely any but the company's dependents participate in the elections of the logiS lature. He assigned all the patronage to the com pany ; and the judge it has appointed is one of its clerks, who wa originally a draper's apprentice. No douLt the vicinity of California has in come respects retarded the settlement of Vancouver's Island. But had the treaty of Washington estab lished that reciprocity of trade on the side of tho Pa cific which it did on tha Atlantic and the Canadian frontier, a large and valuable market for the bread stuff.; and coal of Vancouver's Island would have been found in California. As it is, Lord Grey's experiment has wholly and entirely failed ; and, to regain possession of the island, this country will have to pay a large sum of money to the Hudson's Bay Bempany for its expenditure on a district which Mr. Ellice wisely objected to their ever meddling Such are the territories of the Hudson's thy Comp any. How that company his managed them is next to be ascertained. A REFRACTORY AM BASS ODOR. (From the Times.) What are wo to do with a refractory Ambas sador ? France and England are now perfectly agreed on the Danubian Principalities question ; the countries are agreed, the Sovereigns are agreed, the Prime Ministers are agreed, and everybody is satisfied, but Lord Stratford de Redcliffe will not consent. If this is not a strong case of ego et Rex rneus, it is at any rate ultra-patriotism. Our Ambassadot differs in opinion from his country, and of course it is bettor for the country that it should give way. He will not let us expose our selves, or discredit ourselves ; he loves his country too much to let it judge for itself. No, he knows much better than we do how to manage things iu the East, and we shall. whether we will or not, have the benefit of his great experience. He is aware that he is throwing pearls before swine, that we shall not thank him for it, and that we simply want him to obey orders, but he will not let us command him to our own injury. Now, everybody knows that Lord Stratford is a kind of Sultan at Constantinople, that trembling , Pashas lick the dust'at his feet, and feel their pro motion secured or their fate sealed according as he smiles or frowns. He has now lived in the East some fifty years, he has devoted himself to a thorough acquaintance with all the intricacies and disguises, the frauds, the chicanery, and whole subterranean machinery of the Ottoman Court. He has stuck to his work •, he has carried his head high, as well from natural temper as from policy. NO one has known better the maxim that an Asiatic will respect you in proportion as you re spect yourself, or has used it to more advantage. He has carried this policy a little too far at times ineeed even for Asiatics, and has treated the Sultan himself with a dignity which the latter mistook for insolence ; but, whatever mistakes he may have made, he has had about as much' of his own way as any Ambassador ever had, and it is a reward which industry and perseverance have earned. Lord Stratford has talents which would have justified an entrance upon the home arena, and the aim at a loss local name and influence than he has acquired ; he was, indeed, t tlked of for Fo reign Minister under Lord Derby's Government, and public report for a short time hinted at a recall from Constantinople for this higher post. How he would have borne the unceremonious conflicts of our home field of politics is indeed a question ; his dignity would have boon sorely put to the test, and he would have found a great difference between one of our Parliamentary debates and a tete-a-tete with a Pasha. He would have been knocked about a good deal, for we are rather an irreverent race ; we do not allow ourselves to be put down by a look, we are not annihilated by majestic disdain, and the airs of greatness aro a good deal thrown away upon us. We measure a man, as pugilists do, by his strength, rather than by his air or grandeur of carriage, and this many a great man very soon finds out to his cost, when, notwithstanding his im posing manners and his stately carriage, his inef fable bows and his Olympian smiles, his Serene Highness finds himself rolling in the dust from an encounter with some quick-witted antagonist who has simply asked him a few plain questions and re quested an immediate answer. It is to Lord Strat ford's credit, however, that he has not made his Turkish mission a mere stepping-stone to home power or office, but has made it the work of bis life, though it is to be feared that so long an Eastern re sidence has not been without its injurious effects upon him. As the representative of a great Power he has been surrounded by flatterers, and those flatterers who do not spare the seasoning. It is said that a man is first disgusted with flattery, then tolerates it, and then relishes it, such frail creatures are we and so little do we know our weaknesses. One might think Asiatic flattery was too strong to be hurtful, but it tells in time ; th dram which almost burnt our throat at first be comes mild by repetition, and is soon necessary to soothe our humours and make us feel contented with ourselves. Fifty years of Asiatic flattery are no joke ; a man gets to thiok by that time that there must be some truth in what people tell him about himself. In ancient times the issue of this long process of adulation would have been mythological ; Lord Stratford would have had a celestial pedi gree presented to him, or been assigned a place in the &Alec, or been made a sea god, in compliment to his insular extraction. But, as we do not live in mythological days, and as Mahomedan flattery is net idolatrous, our Ambassador has been content to be thought the greatest earthly potentate next to the Sultan. This is, as we say, trying to a man, and Lord Stratford is probably now the most im perious subject that Her Majesty has. His sphere of power is indeed a local one, and his subjects are not the most respectable in the world ; but he makes up for the quality of the subject material by the remorseless sternness with which he con trols it. He rules his Court with a rod of iron ; he is•a King among the Pashas, a Triton among the minnows. Some tempers are so constituted that they prefer being despotic in their own sphere, however small it may be, to having to meet the claims of equals in a much larger one, and Lord Stratford would doubtless rather be first in Con stantinople than second in England. Well, this is Lord Stratford, and we should be prepared for a little awke ard Hess in such a potentate on thin g s not going exactly his own way in th e East. ie is also an old servant, and should be humoured to a certain extent. But there is a limit to good humour. When two Sovereigns have met, and their Ministers have met, and the issue of this conference is that the elections in the Danubian Principalities must be repeated, the English Am bassador at the Porte really ought to support this resolution, or else withdraw. Lord Stratford, we believe, does actually disobey orders; as Am bassador he must communicate the message from our Government to the Porte, and he does so. But he simply communicates it, and does not support it. He allows it to be seen that he is opposed himself to his own instructions, of which he will only consent to be the official and formal channel. This is intolerable in an Ambas sador, and, though Government might find Lord Stratford an awkward and impracticable man in the House of Lords, such an inconvenience attend ing his recall ought to be submitted to rather than such sue'i an anomaly as that of an Ambassador opposing his own instructions. What our corres pondent has said is probably true, that the diplo matic ground at Const intinople wants clearing. " It is useless to give orders and ins'reetions ; they will not change old aninicsities and bad traditions." The French and English Embassies will quarrel so long as the present men stay, and when an Ambas sador disdkes his insttucti , ns he can: always im pede them by stirring up minor questions. There , is nothing , now really to impede the settlement of affairs in the East but the animosities of Ambas sadors, and the sooner, therefore, both English and French are recalled and the it functions committed to a couple of Charges d'Affaires who will simply do what the Governments at home tell them to do, the better. Lord Stratford will make a second re jected and ill-used great man in the house, nor can we promise Government that they will soon hear the last of it. But it is better that the Upper House should listen to another great man's wrongs, and Government feel his retaliations, than that this country should be thwarted by its own Ambassador on such an important subject as that of the settle ment of the Eastern difficulty. SEAmazes WAGIBB.—A peculiar case came on for hearing before the Southampton borough magistrates on Friday, being a claim for 30/. 6s. 103. for wages claimed by the quartermaster of the steam•ship Oneida, of the European and .Atutralian Company. It appears that the plaintiff, in conjunction with the remainder of the crew, signed articles t o serve i n the Oneida for 3 years. Th e vesstls left thi s port for Sydney with her Majesty's wails, where sh e arr i ve d on the 31st of December, 1855 and from that ti me to January 31, f rom 12 to 15 men were daily absent from the ship, and about 30 deserted. With the view of remedying this evil, Capt. Hyde (commander of the Oneida) promised the men more wages —an increase of nearly one-half, and double to the fire department. The promise was formally endorsed on the articles befbre the magistrates, and duly signed by the ca pt a i n . O n the arriva l of t he ship at Southampton the company refused to pay the men the advanced wages. After the evidence had been given the belich decided that the claim could not be enforced, on the ground that the increased, wages were offered to keep the mon from leaving the ship, and that their lives were not endangered by staying in her; but they re commended the company to give a substantial bonus to every man who had not made an attempt to desert. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Jura steam-transport arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Gibraltar, in 98 hours only, with the following troops :-1 field officer, 2 captain, 4 subalterns, 1 staff, 11 sergoant4, 5 drummers, 229 rank and file, 1 officer's wife and child, 17 soldiers' wives and 32 children, of the 55th Foot; 2 field offi cers, 5 captains, 18 subaltern; 5 staff, 46 sergeants, 20 drummers, 677 rank and file, 2 officers' wives, 1 child, 50 soldiers' wives, and 57 children of the 30th Regiment. The Jura went alongside Ports mouth Dockyard, but at the despatch of this report last night (7 p.m.) there were no orders for their disembarcation ; on the contrary, an order to de tint them on board pending the determination of the War-office. Tho Sylph steam-vessel went into Portsmouth yesterday from the Thames, to embark relief's of Royal Artillery for the Channel Islands, whence she returns with three companies, who ara ordered to embark for India. The detachment of the 7th Dragoon Guards, which has baen sta.tiolied at the Leeds Barracks for some months past, left Leeds yesterday morning for Sheffield, where they will join the head-quarters, on the way for embarcation for India. On Friday a troop of the 16th Lancers arrived in Belfast on the way from Kilkenny to Edinburgh. They left for Glasgow by the Lynx steamer, which had .seen specially chartered to convey them across the Channel. The remainder of the regiment will follow in the course of this week. The Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars are under orders of readiness to em bark for India. The troop under the command of Captain Seagar, a Crimean officer, wore inspected on Thursday by Dr. Lockwood, the regimental sur geon, w:th a view to the selection of the men fitted for service in the East. The Scotia, iron screw transport, with the head quarters of the 72d Highlanders on board, and which ship attempted to sail from Portsmouth on Saturday, has been obliged to be detained, owing to a stiffness in her screw propeller. She is still alongside the Bellerophon, receivinglhulk, to which she was obliged to moor. The Gloriana, transport, Captain Toynbee, F. R.A. S., received a portion of the 66th Foot on board yesterday morning, alongside the dockyard jetty at Portsmouth, and will sail to-day for India. This vessel has established an extraordinary reputa tion, inasmuch as on her last return from Table Bay she left one day before her Msjesty's ship Vul can, whose arrival in England she anticipated by not less than 23 days. Her accommodation is of first-class character, and her decks are amply ven tilated. In consequence of the small number of Royal Artillery now at Sheerness, about 120 marines aro expected to arrive there from Portsmouth to do dockyard duty. Captain John Desborough's com pany of Royal Artillery are daily expecting orders to embark for India. Yesterday morning, drafts of the 43d Light In- fantry, 60th Rifles, and 3d battalion 74th High landers, left Chatham for Portsmouth to embark in the freight ship Gloriana, for conveyance to Madras and Cannanore. The Britannia, 120, recently converted into an hospital ship afloat, is to bo re-converted into a traming ship for naval cadets, under the command of Captain Robert Harris ; and the Illustrious is to be sent to Devonport for the like purpose. Buzzard, 6, paddle, got up steam at Devon port on Saturday afternoon, to go out of harbour, when some derangement took place in her ma chinery, which will be again made good imme dia,' el y. _ _ _ Chesapeake, 50, screw frigate, Captain R. C. B. Watson, C. 8., is reported ready for sea, and is reported to leave Sheerness for Portsmou'h to day. Yesterday, at 10 a.m., she was inspected by Vice-Admiral Edwai d Harvey, accompanied by his flag lieutenant, Douglas, and secretary, Mr. William Dyer. She manned yards upon the gallant admiral's barge heaving in sight. She is now down to her proper sailing trim, and looks remarkably grand. Ganges, 84, Flag Captain John Fulford, is still at Sheerness, waiting Admiralty orders, when she is to leave for Portsmouth. Harrier, 17, screw, Commander Derriman, ar rived at Bahia, from Rio Janeiro, on the 16th ult. Orion, 91, about to be paid off at Plymouth by Captain J. E. Erskine, is to be kept in a state of readiness in the event of her being required to be re-commissioned immediately. Waterloo, 120, flag ship, Captain Henry Har vey, in Sheerness Harbour, is daily open to in spection, and this summer has had an unusual number of visitors. She is at present very short of her proper complement of able-bodied seamen. The Termagant, 24, steam frigate, Lieutenant C. C. A. Kane in command, arrived at Spithead yes terday from the West Indies. She left Bermuda on the 4th of August with 24 invalids from sundry regiments, under Lieut. Collins, of the 26th Foot. Major-General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the South-West District, will inspect the 47th Foot, this forenoon on Southsea Common, and the third battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards about half-past 2 this afternoon, weather perrnitthlg. Her Majesty's steam troop frigate Vulcan, 6, Commander John Seccombe, w.ll ba officially in spected this day on being reported ready for sea and to receive troops, by Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C. 8., the Port Admiral at Portsmouth. She is in all respects ready for sea, having provisione on board for 1,000 men for three months, Arc. The Curacoa, 31, Capt. Forbes, will be paid off at Portsmouth on Wednesday. The Nile, convict ship, arrived yesterday at Spit head with convicts from the eastward, and to take in more from Portsmouth. The convict-hulk Defence, having been skillfully lifted from her sunken position in the bed of the river, was yesterday released from her moorings off Woolwich Arsenal, and, having been lashed to a powerful steamer on either side, she was conveyed to the dockyard, and successfully hauled into dock, where she will undergo a careful survey by the shipwright department. Captain Thring's company of the 2d battalion Royal Artillery arrived at head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, having been recalled to prepare for ser vice in India. Major-General Williams yesterday inspected the three batteries of Artillery about to embark for the East. They were accordingly drawn up on Woolwich-common, and put through a field day's mauesuvres. The steam transport Hydaspes went down to Woolwich by last night's tide, and moored alongside the Arsenal pier, for the embar kation of the above-namod batteries, together with a troop of horse artillery. The 10th battalion, on account of its extra s'rength having been ap pointed to the garrison duties during the annual inspection of last week, was yesterday morning as sembled on the barrack field and inspected by the Commandant, Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, and staff. The naval transport Diligence has arrived at WoJlwich, andis moored alongside the Arsenal pier to discharge her cargo of raturne4l slore3 from Gibraltar. The screw stem vessel Rifleman, from the South-East Coast of America, was yesterday warped iuto basin at Woolwichto be paid off. THE MILITIA. The E.rl of Abingdon, Lord Lieutenant of the county, has ordered the Royal Berks Militia to as semble on the Ist of Oct. It is not yet knownwhat the destination of the corps willbe. Oa the last oc casion of its embodiment it was sent to Corfu. Yesterday morning the East Middlesex Militia, Colonel Wood, met at Hampstead. E ►ch man re ceived one guinea and gratuities. The 4th Middle sex rezeive theirs to-morrow, :at Hounslow. Both are to be embodied. Yesterday morning the 3d Royal Surrey Militia, Challouer, commanthut, mustered at Kng=ton-on-Thame,, for training, and to be em bodied. The volunteers began to arrive early, and by eleven o'clock nearly 300 bad reached head quarters ; there are upwards of 500 on the muster roll, and all who absent themselves are to be treated as deserters'. The regiment moves to Aldershot in a few days: The City of Edinburgh Militia have volunteered their services to recruit for the regular army, and have received authority to enlist for 17 different regiments. Notices have been issue 1, calling upon the 4th Royal Lancashire Militia to assemble for embodi ment at the Militil Storehouses, Warrington, on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The Durham Artillery, under Lieut.-Colonel Stobort, will assemble at Sunderland during this month for training. The regiment is said to be very efficient. The 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia will be embodied without delay, but inconsequence of the absence of the Lord-Lieutenant (Lord Hatherton) no preilse day for' The assembling of the regiment has been notified. It is expected that shortly after its emi'odiment the regiment will proceed to the south of England to perform garrison duty. The Rival Wiltshire Regiment of Militia will be embodied in about three weeks. The 6th West Yorkshire Militia are to assemble at Halifax for training on theist of Oct., the same day as the sth are to assemble at Knaresborough. In addition to the six Irish Regiments of Militia ordered to be forthwith embodied, the Armagh Light infantry, the Royal Ty rone F us ili ers , an d the Tipperary Artillery have also received warrants of embodiment. The Journal de Constantinople contains an advertise ment of the issue of the shares of the Danube and Black Sea Railway reserved for Turkey. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. Settling the events of the past week chiefly engrossed attentio❑ during the early part of the afternoon, and spe culation, which was eventually resumed, was marked by no movement of importance. For the St. Leger both Blink Bonny and Ignoramus were very firm; 6 to 4 was offered on the field, and repeated offers were made to take 65 to 40 about the mare; GOO to 400 was taken once. Any price over 2 to 1 would have been taken eagerly about Ignoramus; 20 to 1 was offered, " bar three." For the Cesarewitch 1,000 to 40 was offered on the field. In the City, during the morning Aster and the Plush colt were the leading favourites, 25 to 1 being taken about each. At "the Corner," however, they were not in great request. Apathy was perhaps in most demand ; 1,000 to 30 was taken freely about him, which price was not ob tainable at the dos Nothing was done on the Derby worth quotation. Closing prices : GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 2 aget Sir R. W. Bulkelsy's Tasmania 5 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Melissa. 6to 1 aget Mr. H. Ivey's Hobgoblin (off) 100 to 7 aget Mr. A. Newman's Relapse ST. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny (t and off) 2 to 1 agst Lord Milton's Ignoramus (t and off) 9 to 1 aget Mr. J. S. Douglas's Tournament (t) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barber's Commotion (t and off) 25 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin 40 to 1 agst Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bashi Bazouk 40 to 1 agst Mr Mellish's Adamas CESARENTITCH STAKES. 25 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Aster, 3 yrs, sst 81b 25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's colt by Alarm out of Plush, 3 yrs, 5A 71b 30 to 1 agst Mr. Clive's Apathy, 3 yrs, 6it 101 b (33 to 1 t freely) 33 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nawman's Relapse, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 33 to 1 agst Mr. T. Hunt's Lima ' 3 yrs, sst 121 b 40 to 1 agst Mr. S. Williams's c by Epirus—Elcot's dam, 3 yrs, Gat 41b 40 to 1 agst Lord W. Powlett's Martinet, 3 yre, sat 91b 50 to 1 agst Captain Christie's Kestrel, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 50 to 1 agst Mr. R. T. Broeck's Pryor, 5 yrs, let 121 b 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Turbit, 3 yrs, 7st 50 to 1 agat Mr. Morris's Artillery, 4 yre, 7dt 61b CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Dixon's Dunb6yne, 3 yrs, 54101 b We aro requested to state that the Racing Calendar of this week will hot be published until to-morrow (Wed nesday). LICHFIELD RACES—MONDAY. Copeland Handicap. One mile and a quarter. Mater Bagot, 3 yrs, Est 2113 (Plumb) 1 Huntingdon, 3 yre, 7st 12113 (Fordharn) 2 Timotheus, aged, 6st 10113 (Prior) 3 Flyaway, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Four ran. Maiden Plate. One mile. Pyrrhus the Second .. Mary Love !1 Two ran. Staffordshire Handicap. Two miles. Miss Harkaway, 4 yrs, Bit 31b - (Arnott) 1 Moonshine, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Fordham) 2 Moose, 3 yrs, bet 131 b (Plumb) 3 Hamlet, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Aldcroft) 4 Shadow, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Kendall) 5 Five ran. Champagne Stakes. Half a mile (Kendall) 1 (Prior) 2 (Danman) 3 (Aldcroft) 4 (Knott) 5 Trot, Bst . Archibald, Bst 41b Repute, 9at Perseverance, Bst 3lb Wild Honey, Bst 31b.. Five ran. Tamworth Plate. Six furlongs. Eardrop Jane Amorous Boy .. Prince's Mixture ...... The following also ran—Duchess of Sutherland, Echo, Stormy Petrel, Mary Lovell, and Waterer. CARDIFF RACES—MONDAY. The Trial Stakes, of 3 sovs each, with 25 added. One Mile and a quarter. Lord De Mauley's Cotswold, 4 yrs (Wheals) 1 Mr. S. Williams's Malacca, 4 yrs (Prune) 2 Mr. G. Drewe's The Bat (Bray) 3 The Revival (Selling) Stakes, of 5 Bova each, 2 forfeit, with 25 added. One mile. Mr. Calvert's Annot Lyle, 3 yrs (301) (Bray) 1 Mr. Woodferton's Sweetbriar, 3 yrs (501 ) ...(Britten) 2 Mr. Lewis's Helene, 5 yrs (301.) (Grubb) 3 The Cardiff Stakes, of 15 :ova each, 7 forfeit; and 3 only if declared, with 100 added. Two miles. 23 subs. Mr. J. Clark's c by Epirus, 3 yrs (G. Bush) 1 Mr. Wallers's Octavia, aged (Wheale) 2 Mr. G. Drewe's, The Dupe, 3 yrs (Bray) 3 Mr. D. Samuel's Emerald, 3 yrs (Grubb) 4 The Innkeepers' Plate, of 50 sovs. Entrance 2 Bove each. One mile and a half. Lord De Mauley's Cotswold, 4 yrs (Wheale) 1 Mr. S. Williams's Dusty Miller, 3 yrs (Bray) 2 Mr. Evan's Blue Bell, 4 yrs (Neville) 3 Mr. Lewis's Helene, 5 yrs The Selling Stakes, of 3 Boys. each, with 20 added. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Calvert's Annot Lyle, 3 yrs (40l) (Britten) 1 Joe the Quack and S weetbriar ran, but were not placed. A S weepstakes of 2 s , )vs each, with 20 added, for horses bred in Glamorganshire or Monmouthshire. Mr. Samuels's Dogberry, 4 yrs (Captain Lindon) 1 Mr. Lewis's Helene, 5 yrs (GrubL) 2 Mr. Morris's Boadicea, 5 yrs (11. Sly) 3 AYR RACES. The concluding day's sport came off on Friday. The first race, which started at one o'clock, was The Ayrshire Handicap of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, and 3 only if declared by the 25th day of August, with 50 sovs, added by the Western Meeting. One mile and a half. Mr. Dawson's Red, White, and - Blue, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (R. Bullock) 1 A dead heat for second place by Martlet and Gather cole. Mr. Wood's Little Nell, 4 yrs old, Bst 81b (G. Waddington) 4 Gathercole made the running, Red, White, and Blue second, and Little Nell last—all close together. The pace was rather slow at first, but gradually increased, Red, White, and Bltia taking the lead, the others alto gether. A beautiful race ended by Red, White and Blue winning by half a neck. Handicap Stakes of 3 sow; each, 1 ft, with 20 sow], added by the Western Meeting. Two miles. Mr. Sharpe's Trip the Daisy, 3 yrs, Get 71b (R. Hardcastle) 1 Mr. Wood's Little Nell, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (O. Waddington) 2 Mr. Dawson's Janet, 3 yrs, sst 71b (R. Bullock) 3 Also ran Honesty and Greencastle. , A beautiful race, and won by half a length ; same distance between second and third. A. Plate of 50 soya, given by the Marquis of Ailsa, for horses not thorough-bred, and tred by farmers in the county of Ayr, and Lona fide the property of farmers in that county. Once round and a distance. Mr. Valiance's Rosabelle, late Bessie Lee, 6 yrs, (Valiance) 1 Mr. Girvan's Eugenie, 4 yrs (J. M'Murtie) 2 Mr. Logan's Little Harry, 5 yrs (G. Bone) 3 Mr. Caldwell's Minis, 4 yrs (W. Maclimont) 4 Raabelle and Eugenie made the running—the former winning by two-thirds of a length. Madeline, in going round, leapt the gate at Midton-road, and was consider. ably injured, although Cowan, her rider, escaped. A protest was taken against Itosabelle and Eugenie, that they were not qualified t) run. Tile stewards will de cide the point. A. Plate of 50 guys, given by the Glasgow and South- Western Rail.way Company, for all ages, carrying the following weights-3-yr olds, Bst ; 4 do., 9st Blb • 1) 5 do., Oat 91; 6 do. and aged, I.ost. One mile and a half heats. Mr. Dawson's Janet, 3 yrs, fist 101b...(Bullock) 1 1 Mr. Retson's Sulpitia, 3 yrs, 501., Est 1111) (J. Forster) 2 5 Mr. Robinson's Six-and-Eigbtpence, 3 yrs, 301, fist 71b (R. Ilardcawle) 3 3 Mr. Wilkinson's Gibraltar, 3 ycs,___so/ , 7st ' - (W. Gsrratt) 4 4 Mr. Watson's Merrymurn, 3 yrP, 6st 101 b (S. Bunton) 5 2 First heat won bi a neck ; second by a length. The winner was claimed. Handicap of 2 sovs each, p.p., with 20 added by the Western Meeting. One mile. Mr. Wilson's Cora Linn, 3 yre, 7st 131 b (liardcastle) 1 Mr, Dawson's Re", White, and Blue, 3 yrs, 7,4 121 b (Bullock) 2 Mr. Binnie's May Rose, 3 yrs, Gat 121 b ...(Bunton) 3 Mr. Graham's b f by Faugh-a-Balloch, 2 yrs, sst (Oariatt) 4 Cora Linn led all the way and won easily. The Corinthian Stakes of 2 sous each, p.p., with 10 addsd by Captain Archibald Campbell, for all horses. Once round and a distance. 3-yr-olds, lOst 71b ; 4 do., 1 Ist 71b ; 5 do., llet 91b ; 6 and aged, 12st 31b. Mr. Smith's Honesty (Lord Cardross) 1 Mr. Cowan's Lady Albert, 3 yrs (Rutherford) 2 Mr. Finlay's Sir Wm. Wallace (Owner) 3 Mr, Hendrie's Petticoat, 6 yrs, (Owner) 4 Won easy. AQUATICS. SCULLERS' MATCH BETWEEN DROUETT AND DAY FOR £3O A SIDE. This match, which has excited considerable interest among aquatic men, took place yesterday afternoon, and the day being fine, a considerable number of spec. tators were assembled to witness it. The distance was from Putney to Barnes Bridge, betting being brisk at 5 and 6 to 4on Day. At a quarter-past four the men took their stations, Day having won the toss, dos ing the Middlesex side. After very little delay they effected a f a ir s t a rt, Day taking a decided lead. Drouett, however, succeeded in rowing up to and passing him off the Vice-Chancellor. Off the Crab Tree, Drouett l e d , but on nearing Hammeratnith-bridge, a slight f ou l occurred by Day rowing up to and touching Drouett's scull, when Day immediately left off rowing, and claimed a foul. They both rowed over the remainder of the course, when appeal was made to the umpire, who decided the race in favour of Drouett. 71111 ISA7Vn OP BAYOA. -- TO rite RIATOD, Ot"fitil Sir,—During my tenure of the office of resident and coinnianilant at the Island of Banca from 1813 to t toe' , so of 1816, when that interesting possession was unfortunately, under conditions of the peace in 1814, delivered over to the Netherlands Govern ment, a very accurate survey of the east, north, and north-west coasts of that island was made by a very capable and intelligent officer of the Bombay Marine, Lieut. J. J. Robinson, I am sorry to say now deceased. A chart of the survey was printed and published in 1819 by Mr. Horsburgh, the emi nent hydrographer to the East India Company, and if this chart, so minutely delineated, had been in the possession of the captain of the Transit it might have been expected that nothing short of an extra ordinary convulsion of the elements would have exposed that ill-fated ship to be cast upon the rocks off Cape Oolar, if that be the spot, as very probably conjectured by your correspondent, Mr. Elphin stone, in Friday's paper, as he justly observes there is no such point as Cape Oolar. By Lieut. Robin — son's chart, which is now before me, it will be seen that Tanjong or Point Oolar is in a line N.W. from the highest point of Monopin-bill, a well-known landmark for navigators in the Straits of Banca. Off this cape runs a reef of rocks, extending W. about four miles from the shore, and another roof running N. to N.E. ; but how the Transit got there A s not very evident. It miglit be that the ship in its course up the straits was bearing up to hold communication with Minto, the chief town of the island, and it may have happened that in doing so without guidance of the chart it may have struck on the reef of rocks called Karang Hodjee, not far from Point Kaleeang, which is about eight miles from .Cape Oolar to the N., and four miles from Minto to the E., Cape Kaleeang being the extreme W. point of Baum. The Jeboos is a large river, at the mouth of which the Orang Laots, as they are called, have their habitations and fishing boats. These men received rations from the public stores at Minto in consideration of their services in conveyance of stores to Jeboos and elsewhere and their giving in formation of any piratical or smuggling boats which might make their appearance off the coasts which they habitually traversed. They were placed under authority of Lieutenant Robinson, whose gentle ness of temper and sound good sense commanded the affections and willing services of this peculiar people, and, as the Jeboos river is not more than about 12 miles from Cape Oolar, they would no doubti t if they are now as they then were) render every assistance to the Transit, so that with their aid and the more essential efforts of the Dutch au thorities at Minto it may be hoped that every prac ticable measure has been taken to provide for the safety of the trew and recovery of the stores from the wreok of the Transit. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, Castlemans, Sept. 5. M. H. COITAT. Country Markets. CHELMSFORD-SEPT. 4. A fair supply of wheat, and many samples changed hands at last day's rates. Spring corn firm, and unaltered in value. Now barley on offer and 455 per qr. realised for several samples. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr.6l new 51 red, old 49 new 49 Barley 35 Chevalier 3B Grinding 35 Malt 73 Chevalier 75 5. s. 64 Oats, per qr 24 63 Peas, Partridge 41 58 White 39 56 Boiling 39 46 Dun 40 50 Beans, Tick 40 42 Harrow ticks 41 77 Mazagan 37 79 Ditto, new 37 Official Statement of the Quai in the port of London, fro: Aug. 31 to Sept. 5, both in entities of Corn, &c en the following p 'elusive. Colchester Harwich Leigh Haldon , 174 -- 135 - 352 12 1945, 57 COLCHESTER- SETT. 5. ~ received )rte, fro* 340 322 The supply of wheat was moderate, and a firm trade, at about is to 2s per qr. advance on last week's rates. Barley in better supply, and a fair amount of business WO done at late quotations. Beans and peas scarce, and is per qr. dearer. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 60s to 66 , ; red, Ms to 58s; barley, 42s to 46s ; oats, 26s to 30s ; bean', Mazagan, 40s to 44s ; middle and small, 44s to 48s; pear. white, 38s to 42s ; grey, 42s to 465. KIRSCALDY-Szrr. 5. Wheat. Barley. Oate. 1 Beans. I First 63s Od 34s al 31s 6d I Os Od Second Third 2Bs Od 28s Od 26s (Icl I Os Od :ET.- SZPT. 7. the closo of the market Wsllsend, /so. ) 1 1 11etton _ r d 18 0 Wayne's Merthyr 21 0 South Hetton 17 0 Riddell l5 9 , ;Acorn Close lf 6 g ;Hough Hall 16 Coundon Tees l5 9 Kepler Grainge ... 17 3 ,Riding l6 0 t, 35 ; sold, 33. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton ai s. d., Morpoth West Hartley 16 6 Tauhold Moor Butes 14 9, RavonsworthW.Hartleyl6 6' Wallsend, ace. Whitworth l5 6 1 Shineliffe 15 9 ; Braddyll l7 0; Eden Main l6 9' Glosforth l5 9 &Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MA.RKETA LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7. - - - STOOK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this market have been limited, and prices closet firmly, at about the current rates of last week. North Eastern, Berwick, gig —Ditto York, 40d ex d—Caledonian, 421 2—Eastern Counties, 11i—Midland, 82 I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1004—London and Ntrth•Westerns, 100 j 4—Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 40 /—Great Western, 56- - Grand Trunk of Canada, 1 2.13.9—Laneasbire and Preston. 5 p.—South Eastern, 21I—Great Luxembourg, 7 —North British, 12 x new—Chester and Holyhead, 171. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 7., STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market was rather firmer to-day, but a limited business doing. Blackburns, 714 -- —Sheffields 411—Leeds, 1001 Dovers, 21I—E as t e rn Counties, 11.3.9. Great Western of Canada, 21 Groat Western, 564—London and North Westerns, 1001 Sheffields, Pref., 1184. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 7. STOOK EXCHANGE. - The market has been dull to day, but prices have been firmer. South Stafford' ' '9.13 —London and N o rth W es t ern , 100 --Great Wes tern', 55, 561—North Staffords, 4 die.—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 81. 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Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On tho Gth inst., at 3, Park-terrace, Ilighbury, Mrs. it Boyer. On the 6th init., at Bassett House, Claverton, Bath o the wifo of Captain Dumergue. OF A DAUOUTER. On the 7th inst., at 90, Oxford-terrace, Itydo-park, M+rs• Henry Law Hussey. On the 6th inst., at Cheyne House, Chelsea, the wifo of C. J. Lewis, Esq. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at Mitcham, Walter Henry, the son of Charles Newbon, Esq., of Grosvenor-park, to Ellen Ann, the only daughter of the late Mr. Martin, of Camberwell, Surrey. On the sth inst., at St. James's, •Paddington, Charles, eldest son of the late James R. Todd, Esq., of Portland place, formerly M.P. for Honiton, to Sophia Mary Ade laide, oldest daughter of James A. Campbell, Esq., of verneil and Ross, Argyllshire, N.B. DIED On the Gth inst., at Hampton -court Palace, Anna Marla, Dowager Marchioness of Ely, aged 73. On the 7th inst., Benjamin Hooke, Esq., of 53, Bernard . street, Russell-square, aged 87. On th 3 Gth inst., Mrs. Mary W a k e l oy, o f St. Ja mes" Palace, for upwards of 20 years housekeeper to her Majesty the Queen. On the 4th inst. at 127, Piccadilly, Li eu t enan t-General William George Cochrane, Colonel of the 11th Regiment of Foot. On the 4th inst., at 7, Jewry-street, Aldgate, Mr. John Walbancke Sly, aged 79. sec O on u l sothen of MacLeod,&liost. atSt o Lf elcLod o ra naclr o 's-o . n a -S g e e a d 6 , l To . rquil °lave , On the 2d inst., at Westbrook, Margate, o , Esq., s en ., o f P em b roke Cottages, Caledonian- , oory-laue, conv e y ancer , age d 72. J r oh a n d Bettaono! LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, 112, Strand, in the Preoinct of the Savoy, in the county f Middlesex, Tuesda Nelltember 8,185 T. FUN I Sir P9ter I Mr. Alden. Itr. Alden ) 4r. Alden it. W. Cra' W. J. 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