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

THE ll N I LONDON, TUESDAY 1V NINE, SEP t EMBER 8 iHN7 THE INDIAN MUTINIES. THE SIEGE OF DEMI. The following is a copy of a letter re2eived from a young soldier, sergeant in the GOth Royal, Rifles. " Camp Guznee do Nuggur, June 3. "My dear Father,—We left Meerut on the 17th ult. Our force was 400 rank and file, 24 sergeants, 12 buglers, and 20 officers of our battalion, 200 troopers of the 6th Dragoon Guards, 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 . My 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 galloped. They sent several rounds of grape and cannister into us, but we dodged them. As soon as we saw the explo sion down we went flat on our faces, and up, off, and down again before we could say 'Jack Robin son.' 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 match to lit. Our captain (J. Andrews) and four men were killed by the explosion, and several wounded. We captured the 24-pounder siege gun and five others. The field batteries they took away. Thsy 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 them out. At last we broke them. A small band, about 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 mat 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 seep to rear, fired throu g h th e d oor , an d 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 giv en , as they give U 3 no ne . Vire were obliged to shoot their wounded. They fought more desperately when hurt than when whole. We picked up several of our old rifles, which were lodged in the Delhi 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 from Meerut, and the Ghoorka Regiment. (natives) from the hills, 600 men. On account 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 can be ; bolting through brambles and briars does not 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. T 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 Guznea de Nug gur at 5 p.m. 'on the 3d en route to join the head quarters 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 andupwards, nearly the whole road too steep and rugged for a billy-goat, the whole force consist ing of the 9tn Lancers, two squadrons of 6th Dra goon Guards, two troops and a half and one battery of Artillery, 21 siege guns and mortars, 60th Rifids, 75th Foot, Ist Bengal Europeans, four companies 2d Bengal Europeans, the ChoorlEco3, 100 Sapputs and 50 Irregular Horse. 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 witu great loss. We ourselves lost considerably. The secondishell 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. alibi 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 mea n ti me th ey h a d lined the tops of the bills. The Rifles were ordered to advance in skirrni,hing 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 pos,ession of the whole range, cap tured the gun', awl drove the enemy into the city. It was fine sport for our fellows. We kept behind the reeks as we advanced, and all the Huggers coul I 5 , ,) 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, any wh re where we can see without b jug seen. Wo t ,ok and shot t .vo 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 s 11113 day and tried very bard to dislodge us, but it was no go.' They have been ou sec times since, driven back with great 10, , s each firm.. They are getting reinforcements every day ; the 60th Native Infantry and 4th Native Re gular Lancers j-dnecl them from the waterside the day before yesterday, at 2 p.m., and gave us as tight a fit as we have hid yet. If it had not beau for a stratagem t think they would have taken our heavy guns and ammunition. Our colonel ordered us to hide just as it was getting dusk, and then he souuded the retire the niggers,' who, of course, know our bugle sounds as well as we do, thinking that we ha 1 actually gone back, came 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 slight bayonet wound in the right side, and a ball through the sleeve of my jacket. The old soldiers who were at Moo!t an, Goojerat, 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 they have not displaced a brick. Our re is anything but good, while the shots of the nemy are flying about our batteries like hail. " 10 a. ne —A messenger Iris been k ent from the Delhi artillerymen that if pardoned they will sur render. Of courses a favourable answer has been sent them. r into my_ head. WO have had a few deaths from cholera the last - day or two. One thousand men are expected in hourly. As soon as they arr ye we assault. We tried it once, but it was no go, infor mation having been given to the Rajah. "Our rations, with the exception of rum and bread, are very bad—indeed, scarcely eaLble. We get a gallon of rum to every 13 men, and some times a gallon to 10 ) with a pound of bread each man daily. We should be a long time starving on that. The rations cost, including the rum, five annas—about 7d. per diem. " Information has just been received that the bridge of boats has been burned, so that we are now entirely cut off. " I am here hard up for paper, -and caul buy any. "F. K." 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 hive 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 chef expenses ; yet at the dis embodiment the captains were entirely overlooked, —why lamat a 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 trained soldiers, ready for immediate duty, instead of raw recuits, whose services, if they can be procured, will no t b e ava il a bl e f or at l east s i x or eight months, and that is, by allowing militia cap tains who may be in all respects eligible to volun teer with their comp an i es . Thi s wou ld b e 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 shozli 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, ouly two or three volun teered who had not previously done so. 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 attempt soldiering, as it totally un fits them for returning to their necessary avoca tions, and gives them expensive habits and tastes they 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 calling out could not be better, as 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 bringinc , all the men together. Pay the bounty first, embody the regiments afterwards, and then, sir, I admit very few me n w ill j o i n ; b u t 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 shoat 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 i n , th e men w ill soon b e requiring work ; should not, therefore, the Govern ment se.ze the opportunity of tryin; 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 remar k s wor th 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. B. Sir,—When shall we cease to do thing 3 by driblets ? Man by man is our army stepping on board transports for the East, and what are we doing to 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 in that quarter of the globe ? My op:nion may not be wet th much, but the experience derived ft orn a few years' residence in India prompts me to say that I think we are not yet within s'glit of the "beginning of the end" of our ro-c tiled Sepoy difficulty ; and what, I will repeat, aro we doing to meet it ? We are enlisting sone 1,500 or 2,0)0 men per month ; but the 15 ne4r b Attalions and the aug mentation of the establishment of other regimen's will absorb all recruits for many months to come. Why is not the whole of the Militia, or every regiment of eight co m p an i es and upwards, at once embodied. Should India demand further rein forcernents, let the army standard be reduced to 5 . feet 4 inches, volunteering from the Militia be invited, and Government will soon have at its dis posal something like . 20;000 efficient men. A couple of months will suffice for these men who 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 " i see" as they say, "how they like soldiering." They will not at once plunge into the Line. There could not be a more, favourable oppor tunity for calling out the Militia. The men have every inducement to come forward. There is the annual bounty of one guinea due to them, as well as a laJlan.ce varying in amou n t f rom 4 s. to 12s. on the gratuity allowed by Government last year sub sequent to the men being sent to their homes. Should Bengal be shortly tranquillised the Militia can be disembodied, as in 1856, at a few days' • notice, and not be called out for their annual train ing next year. I will pledge myself, as commandant of a Militia regimeht, to encourage to the tithost my men to volunteer should their extended services be re quired, and every rightminded commanding officer will do the same. June 17. "All (pi tt'l .e i I this day. At 5 p.m." the whole of the force, pi e l iet by different rou i t :nd guards excepted, proceede 1 dislodge a battery 3 iOn two columns to attack and ur companies arrived first at the place, knoc k eddown the front crate (Tate and ,-- . rushed in in front of a vety Lea ,:, a ,'. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. walls, and then forced two othervy fire from behind Sir —I dare say several of your readers.will be about 10 of ours Were ordered ibnartrhicaded gates ; glad io hear that the Golden Fleece, Captain - Hall, 6 , 110, e rest being with the 34th Regiment, and two companies of the posted outside the inner walls to the ai t l all who at- 42d on board, has got thus far on its long voyage in tempted to ecare. We drove them ethers a cor- safety. - nor, and shot 41, all that remained,.. We arrived here at eleven o'clock last night, ing e , caped by a gate which we had not g ,: a e , rs de h d . 7" after a fine run of 10 days six hours from Spithead, "On the 19th the enemy were reinforced with which considering the distance is about 2,350 miles, one regiment of infantry and one troop o f artillery. forming, ces to show . what the ship is capable of per- Dutimg the day the whole force made a wide cir cuit and got within a mile of the rear of our camp ( Tin t ge t 15th inst., wo pawed the' Octavia with before they were discovered. The artillery and treollps-" hoard (the number of the regiment we cavalry went out to check them ; three companies could not on 2d Dragoonacertai")' and also the Monarch, with hr,,e,l Guards. On the 17th we a!so of out battalion were the first infantry force on the the 2d a board, but did'' field. After a very hard fight, which lasted till 10 not communicate. with apparently: troops on p.m., we were obliged to retire for the nigh., owing to the darkness, the 75th and ono of our guns fired We found here on arrival three rounde into our company. Wo had ono with the head-quartersrrival the John 801 l , officer killed,and about men two wounded , 30 board, which left Ki n of gstovv n the 38th Reei. ~ went on killed and wounded. Some o f the wounded could 6th inst., and reached th' on the morning of the not be feted ; they were picked the morn- noon,' and having next coal _ , te port yesterda,y after , iee xes ing most horribly mutilated. uP United Kingdom steamer, which left to-day. The Two of them (one awith married man with a large • •another detachment Kingstown on family were skinned, the sth of the 38th Itegi- We went out the next morning ), 20th),they ' t board, has also (1 but men on p.m.) just arrived I retired after a heavy artillery acti(addthatall On. have only to "The weather is very hot. I had 72 hours out- weather ever since leaving England basbeenour posh duty on a plain, without the slightestshelter. delightful , andthat . nothing can exceed the coni 1 felt duping the day as if .L had a hotiron going fort and accommodation enjoyed by, all ranks on 0 Sept. 5. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. B. board. After completing our stock of coal we Lope to leave tomorrow for Point de Galle. t am, Sir, your Obedient servant ; R. D. KELLY, Lieutenant-Colonel Commaqding Troops, 34th Regiment! Steamer Golden Fleece, Aug. 19. St. Vincent, Cape Verde, Sir,—AF; it May be of interest to the public generally, I have the pleasure to inroad 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 Highlanders, under the command of Lientenant -Colonel Cameron, had reached St. Vincent's, Cape Verde, on the 25th ult., in nine days an 1 22 hours, from Spithead ; also the Sydney, with2BB men and 12 officers of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Gordon, in nine days five hours, from Spithead—all very comfortable and well. The vessels would proceed as soon as coaled— say in 30 hours after, arrival. suffrage so high that Fcarcely any but the company's dependents participate in the elections of the legis lAture: He asoigned all tIA3 patronage to the com pany ; and t':e ju lge it haS . plioiuted is ono. of it-i clerk., who was originally a draper's apprcii'ice. No daul:t tho vicinity of Californra•has in some tespeets retarded the settlement of Vancouver's Island. But had the treaty of Washington estab lished that reciprocity of trade on the side of the Pa cific which it did on the Atlantic and the ,Canadian frontier, a large and Valuable market for the bread stuffs 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 Bompany for its expenditure on a district which Mr. Ellice wisely objected to their ever meddling with. Such are the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company. How that company has mhnaged them is next to be ascertained. A REFRACTORY AMBASSADOR. - I am, sir, your obedient servant, ' - MATTHEW R. SCOTT, Sboretary. Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co. ' 167, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Sept. 7. (From the Times.) What are we 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 mews, it is at any rate ultra-patriotism. Our Ambassador 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 Aself. No, he knows much better than we do how to manage things in 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 be 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 ; be has carried his bead 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 less local name and influence than he has acquired ; he was, indeed, talked of for Fo reiga 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 oar home field of politics is indeed a question ; his dignity would have been 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 are 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 his 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 seasonin g . 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 soo tba.o ur humours and make us feel contented with ourselves. Fifty years of Asiatic flattery are no joke ; a man gets to think 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 Zodiac, 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 not 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 harving to meet the claims of equals in a much larger one, and Lord Stratford would doubtless rather be first iu Con stantinople than second in England. Well, this is Lord Stratford, and we should be prepared for a little awk ardness in such a potentate on things not going exactly Lis own way in the East. He is also an old servant, and should be humoured to a certain extent. But there is a limit to goad 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 snpport 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 such 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 Constantinople wants clearing. ' it is useless to give orders and instructions ; they will not change old animosities and bad traditions." The French and English Embassies will quarrel so long as the present men stay, and when an Ambas sador dislikes his instructions 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, th e refore, both English and French are r eca ll e d andi their 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. SEAMEN'S WAGES.—A peculiar case came on fur hearing before the Southampton borough magistrates on Friday, being a claim for 301. 65. 10d. for wages claimed by the quartermaster of the steam-ship Oneida, of the European . and Australi an C o mp an y. It appears that the plaintiff, in conjun c ti on w ith the remainder of the crew, signed articles to serve in the Oneida for 3 years. The vessels left this port for Sydney with ber Majesty's mails, where she arrived on the 31st of December, 1856 and from that time to January 31, from 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 before the magistrates, and duly signed by the capt a i n . •On tho arrival of the ship at Southampton the company refused to pay the men the advanced wages. After the evidence had been given the bench decided that the claim could not be enforced, on the ground that the increased wages were offered to keep the men from leaving the ship, and that their lives were not endangered by staying in her ; but they re commended the company to giye a substantial banns to a every man who had not wade au attempt to desert:, Naval and rrliiitny Intelligence. The Jura steam-transpo t arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Gibral'ar, in 98 hour.; only, with tie following troops :-1 field officer,'2 captains, 4 subalterns, 1 staff, 11 sergeants, 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 subalterns, 5 staff, 46 sergeant., 20 drummers, 677 rank and file, 2 officers' wives, 1 child, 50 soldiers' wive;, 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 tain them on board pending the determination of the War-office. The Sylph steam-vessel went into Portsmouth yesterday from the Thames, to embark reliefs of Royal Artillery for the Channel Islands, whence she returns with three companies, who are ordered to embark for India. The detachment of the 7th Dragoon Guards, which has been stationed at the Leeds Barracks for some month 3 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 The troop under the command of Captain Seagar, a Crimean officer, were inspected on Thursday by Dr. Lockwood, the regimental sur geon, with 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, receivingjhulk, 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 Majesty'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 are 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. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S -MONDAY. Yesterday morning, drafts of the 43d Light In fantry, 60th Rifles, and 3d battalion 74th High lander; 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 be re-converted into a tra'ning 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 diately. Chesapeake, 50, screw frigate, Captain R. C. B. Watson, C. 8., is reported ready for sea, and is reported to leave Sheerness for Portsmoult. to day. Yesterday, at 10 a.m., she was inspected by Vice-Admiral Edward 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 l9oks 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. R 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. Coiling, 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 permitting. Her Majesty's steam troop frigate Vulcan, 6, Commander John Seccombe, w . ll be 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 provisions on board for 1,000 men for three months, 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. Capt tin Thring's company of the 2d battalion Royal Artillery arrived at head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, having been recalled to prepare for ter vice in India. Major-General Williams yesterday inspected the three batteries of Artillery ab ult to embark for the E te. They were accordingly drawn up' on Woolwich-common, and put through a field day's manoeuvres. The steam transport llydaspes went down to Woolwich by last night's tide, and moored alongside the Arsenal pier, for the embar kation of the above-named batteries, .together with a troop of horse artillery. The 10th battalion', on account of its extra s'rength having bean 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 Woolwich, andis moored alongside the Arsenal pier to discharge her cargo of returned stores from Gibraltar. The screw steam vessel Rifleman, from the South-East Coast of America, was yesterday warped into basin at Woolwichto be paid off. Settling the events of the pa , it week chiefly en'gros,ed attention during the early part of the :&;erro:in, 'and spe culation, which was eventually reaumed, was mui.ked 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; 600 to 400 was taken once. Aoy 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 close. Nothing wag (:one on the Derby worth quotation. Closing prices THE MILITIA. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. sto 2 apt Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Tasmania sto 1 agst Lord Clifden's Melissa. 6 to 1 agst Mr. H. Ivey's Hobgoblin (off) 100 to 7 agst Mr. A. Newman's Relapse ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 agst Mr, W. I'Ailson's Blink Bonny and off) 2to 1 agst Lord Milton's Ignoramus (t and off) - 9 to 1 agst Mr. J. S. Douglas's Tournament (t) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barber's Commotion (t and oil) 25 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin 40 to 1 agst Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bashi Bazluk 40 to •1 agst Mr Mellish's Adamas CESAREWITCH 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, sst 7th 30 to 1 agst Mr. Clive's Apathy, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ib (33 to 1 t freely) 33 to 1 agst Mr. A. Newinaa's Relapse, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 33 to 1 agst Mr. T. Hunt's Limi ' 3 yrs, sst 121 b 40 to 1 agst Mr. S. Williams's c by Epirus—Elcot's dam, 3 yrs, Est 41b 40 to 1 aget Lord W. Powlett's Martinet, 3 yrs, sst 91b 50 to 1 aget Captain Christie's Kestrel, 4 yrs, 7st lib 50 to 1 agst Mr. R. T. Broeck's Pryor, 5 yra, 7st 121 b 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Turbit, 3 yrs, 7st 50 to 1 aget Mr. Morris's Artillery, 4 yrs, 7st 6lb CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. The Earl 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 known what the destination of the corps willbe. On the last oc casion of its embodiment it was sent to Corfu. Yesterday morning the East Middlesex Militia, Coldnel Wood, met at Hampstead. Each man re ceived one guinea and gratuities. The 4th Middle sex receive theirs to-morrow, at Hounslow. Both are to be embodied. 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Dixon's Dunbe.yne, 3 yrs, 54101 b We are requested to state that the Racing Calendar of this week will not be published until to-morrow (Wed nesday). Yesterday morning the 3d Royal Surrey Militia, Lieut.-Col. Challouer, commandant, mustered at Kingiton-on-Thames, for training, and to be em bodied. The volunteers began to arrive early, and by eleven o'clock nearly 300 had reached head quarters; there are upwards of 500 on the muster rol!, and_all who absent themselves are to be treated I.as deserters. The regiment moves to Aldershot in a few dayd. 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 Militia Storehouses, Warrington, on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Tho 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 in'consequenco of the absence of the Lord-Lieutenant (Lord Hatherton) no precise day for the assembling of the regiment has been notified. It is expected that shortly after its emhodiment the regiment will proceed to the south of England to pei form garrison duty. The Royal WiltAire Regiment of Militia will be embodied in about three weeks. The Gth West Yorkshire Militia are to assemble at Halifax for training on the Ist of Oct., the same day as the sth are to wsemble at Knaresborough. In addition to the six Irish Regiments of Militia ordered to be forthwith embodied, the Armagh Light Infantry, the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers, and the Tipperary Artillery have also received warrants of ern bodirw: nt. LICHFIELD RACES—MONDAY. Copeland Handicap. One mile and a quarter. Master Bagot, 3 yra, bat 21b (Plumb) 1 Huntingdon, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Fordham) 2 Timotheus, aged, 6st 1011) (Prior) 3 Flyaway, 4 yrs, Bdt 10;b , (Cliff) 4 Four ran. Maiden Plate. One mile. Pyrrhus the Second . , 1 Mary Lovell Two ran. Staffordshire Handicap. Two miles. Miss Harkaway, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Arnott) 1 Moonshine, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Fordharn) 2 Moose, 3' yrs, Est 131 b Hamlet, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Aldcroft) 4 Shadow, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b Five ran. Champagne. Stake 9. Half a mile Trot, Bat (Kendall) 1 Archibald, Bst 41b (Prior) 2 Repute, 9at (Denman) $ Perseverance, Bst 31b (Aldcroft) 4 Wild Honey, Bst 31b Five ran. Tamworth Plate. Six furlongs. Eardrop . 1 Jane Amorous Boy — 3 Prince's Mixture The following also ran—Duchess of Sutherland, Echo, Stormy Petrel, Mary Lovell, and Waterer. Tho Journal de Constantinople contains an advertise ment of the issue of the shares of the Danube and Black S;;3 Railway reserved for Turkey. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, The territories over which the Hudson's Bay. Company claims to exercise, and does actually exer cise, exclusive rights of jurisdiction, exclusive title to land, and a monopoly of trade r 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 canhardly be 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 landa 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 grtint 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 those 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, i ill regain a portion at least of the fur trade. If t ompany 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 tto Canadians, although, during the French domi nion in Canada, the company sought a delimitation, 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. The 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 oioi enterprise are all more or less dependent on the qneAtion, 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 ago, 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 bas 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 extensive than those which they exercise jurisdiction over under 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 Hud ,, on's Bay Comp an y within its own chartered territories, unless it first of all establish the il!egality of the Charter it elf. The case is very different with the other or non-chartered districts. They can be re sume I by . 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 Ministe,r, negotiated the amalgama tion between the Hudson's Bay and North-West Companies, it became an important object of the united lildy to avoid all rivalry and competition within British terntories. 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 directio n . A s 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 Company. It is the latter which terminates in 1859. At the time when Mr. Ellice's suggestion was adop+ed 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 large 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 less astute, pictures another Germany arising under the auspices of England in this district, to preserve the equilibrium of North America. 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 expense of constituting a British colony, yet desirous of utilis ing it to some extent, Lord Grey, notwithstanding tho prophetic objections of Mr. Gladstone, trans ferred it to the Hudson's Bay Company, which had already some es'ablishments on 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 settlement. Lord Grey gave, too„ free luaitutions to the island. But ho fixed the: CARDIFF RACES-MONDAY. The Trial Stakes, of 3 sous each, with 25 added. One Mile and a quarter. Lord De Mauley's Cotswold, 4 ya (%Vheale) 1 Mr. S. Williams's Malacca, 4 yrs (Pruce) 2 Mr. G. Drewe's The Bit (Bray) 3 The Revival (Selling) Stakes, of 5 sous 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 sous each, 7 forfeit, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added. Two miles. 28 subs. Mr. J. Clark's c by Epirus, 3 yrs (G. Bush) 1 Mr. Wallera's Octavia, aged (Wheale) 2 Mr. G. Dre we's, The Dupe, 3 yrs (Bray) 3 Mr. D. Samuel's Emerald, 3 yrs (Grubb) 4 The Innkeepers' Plate, of 50 sous. Entrance 2 soya each. Orie 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 St-dies, of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Calvert's Annotle, 3 yrs (401.) (Britten) 1 Joe the Quack and Sweetbriar ran, but were not placed. A Sweepstakes of 2 s 'vs each, with 20 added, for horses bred in Glamorgansh;re or Monmouthshire. Mr. Samuels's Dogbcrry, 4 yrs (Captain Lind* 1 Mr. Lewis's Helene, 5 yrs (Grubb) 2 Mr. Morris's lkadice3, 5 yrs (R. 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 We'kern Meeting. One mile and a half. Mr. Dawson's Red, White, and Blue, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (R. Bullock) 1 A dead heat fur second place by Martlet and Gather- Cole. Mr. Wood's Little Nell, 4 yrs old, 84t 816 (G. Waddington) 4 _ _ Gathercrle male the running, Reel, White, and Blue second, and Little Nell last—all close together. The pace W 3 ,3 rather slow at first, but gradually increased, Red, White, and Bina taking the lead, the others alto gether. A beautiful race ended by Red, White and Blue winning by half a neck. Handicap Slakes of 3 sous each, 1 ft, with 20 sovs, added by the Western Meeting. Two miles. Mr. Sbarpe's e. Trip the Daisy, 3 yrs, bit 7lb (R. Hardcastle) 1 Mr. Woo , l'e Uttle Nell, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (G. Waddington) 2 Cdr. 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 goys, given by the Marquis of Ailsa, for horses not thorough-bred, and trod by farmers in the county of Ayr, and bona fide the property of farmers in tbat county. Once round and a distance. Mr. Vallance'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 Miuie, 4 yrs (W. Maclimont) 4 Rosabello 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 Rosabelle and Eugenie, that they were not qualified to run. The stewards will de cide the point. A. Plato of 50 Boys, given by the Glasgow and South- Western Railway Company, for all ages, carrying the following weights-3-yr olds, Bst ; 4 do., 9st 81b ; 5 do., 9st 91b ; 6 do. and aged, lOst. One mile and a half heats. Mr. Dawson's Janet, 3 yrs, Est 1011)...(13ullock) 1 1 Mr. Rotson's Sulpitia, 3 yrs, 501., Est 111 b (J. Forster) 2 5 Mr. Robinson's Six-and. Eightpence, 3 yrs, 301, fist 71b (R. Liardcas lei 3 3 Mr. Wilkinson's Gibralter, 3 yrs, 501., 7st (W. Gsrratt) 4 4 Mr. Watson's Merrymorn, 3 yrs, Est 101 h (S. Bunton) 5 2 First heat won by a neck ; second by a length. The winner was claimed. Handicap of 2 soya each, p.p., with 20 added by the Western Meeting. .... One mile. Mr. Wilson's Coca Linn, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (fiardeastle) 1 Mr, Dawson's Re , ', White, and B:ue, 3 yrs4_74 121 b (Bullock) 2 Mr. Binnie's May Rose, 3 yrs, 6 t 121 b ...(B un t on ) 3 Mr. Graham's b f by Faugh-a-BAlloch, 2 yrs, 53t (Garratt) 4 Cora Linn led all the way and won easily. The Corinthian Stakes of 2 sous each, p.p., with 10 added by Captain Archibald Campbell, for all horses. Once round and a distance. 3-yr-Dlds, 10st 71b ; 4 d o ., 31st lib ; 5 do., llst 91b ; 6 and aged, 12st 31b. Mr. Smith's Honesty (Lord Cardrows) 1 Mr. Cowan's Lady Albert, 3 yrs (Rutherford) 2 Mr. Finlay's Sir Win. 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 yek.t•2rdsy afternoon, and the day being fin ,, , 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, chos, ing the Middlesex side. After very little delay they effected a fair start, Day taking a decided lead. Drouett, however, succeeded in rowing up to and passing him off the Vice.Clianc:llor. Off the Crab Tree, Drouett led, but on nearing H a mmersmith -bridge, a slight foul occurred by Dly rowing up to and touching Drouett's was mad scull, when Day immed iatel y left o ff rowing, and claimed a foul. They eal both rowed e over the rem a i n d er o f the courec, w he„pp the umpi re , w h o decided the race in favour of Drouett. TffE ISLAND OF BANCA. TO THE EDITOR, OF THE TIMES. Sir,—During my tenure of the offiee of resident and coatinanden.; t . le Islan lof Ban..ta from 1813 to the elese of 1816, Nl - 11 , n that interesting, possessor was no fertte a,teiy, under e , ndit ions of the peace in 1814, delivered over to the Netherlands Govern ment, a very accurate survey of the east, nor 1 1 1 and north-west coasts of that island was made by a very capable and intelligent officer of the Bombal Marine, Lieut. J. J. Robinson, I am sorry to sa g now deceased. A ch a rt o f the survey was print ° . and published in 1819 by Mr. B.orsburgh, the etai 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 expect e d th a t no thing short of an extra ordinary convul s i on o f the e l emen ts would ba"! .. exposed that ill-fated ship to be cast upon the rear off Cape Oolar, if that he the spot, as very probably conjectured by your corresponds It, Mr. Elpkill_: stone, in Friday's p a p er , as h e j us tly o b ser vei is no such point as Cape Oolar. By _Lieut. Rubi n . , sou's chart, which is n ow b e f ore me , it w ill be see; that Tanjong or Poi n t O o l ar i s i n a line IN-W r fr° the highest point of M onop i n -hill, a Ns-e 11-kto w landmark for navigato rs i n th e St ra it s oc Ban: Off this cape runs a reef of rocks, extendi.°o,f about four miles from th e s h ore , an d another red running N. to N.E. ; but h ow th e T rans i t go t ttc." s not very evident. It might b© that the ship in its course up th e st. nits was bearing up to hold communicati on with Minto, the chief town of the island, and *7. may have happen e d th a t i n d o i ng so withal; guidance of the cha r t it ma y h ave s t ruc k on the reef of rocks called Karang Hodjee, not far from Point Kaleeang, which is about eight miles from Cap e Oolar to the N., and four miles from Minto to the E., Cape Kaleeau g b e i ng th e ex t reme W. point i Banca. The Jeboos is a large river, at the mouth of which the Orang Laots, as they are called, hav e their habitations and fishing, boats. These ree 3 received rations from the public stores at Minto in consideration of their services in conveyance of stores to Jeboos and elsewhere and their giving ill' formation of any piratical or smuggling boats which might make their appearance off the coasts whi ch they habitually traversed. They were placed under authority of Lieutenant Robinson, whose gentle' ness of temper and sound good sense ccenmandea 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 doubt (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 tb ° safety of the •sew and recovery of the stores from the wreok of the Transit. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, Castlonians, Sept. 5. M. EL COURT. Country Markets. CHELMSFORD—SEPT. 4. a A fair supply of wheat, and many samples, chal 3 o 4 hands at last day's rates. Spring corn firm, and unalter°7 in value. New barley on offer and 45s per qr. realigse' fur several samples. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr.6l new 51 red, old 49 new 49 35 0. o, per qr 24 0 " Partridge 41 44 White 39 41 Boiling 39 46 Dun.,' 40 V I Beans, Tisk 40 r K Harrow ticks 41 %'" Mazagan ..... 37 Ditto, new 37 '" 61 I Oats, 63 Peas, 58 56 46 50 42 TT 79 Barley Chevalier 38 Grinding 35 Malt 73 Chqva,lier 75 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c in the port of London, from the following P Aug. 31 to Sept. 5, both inclusive. receive" nts, fro° o Colchester Harwich 135 Leigh hialdon :1945, 57 COLCHESTER— SETT. 5. The supply of wheat was moderate, and a flan 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 Pe! qr. dearer. Prices to•daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 603 to 6 " red, sis to 58s; barley, 42s to 46s ; oats, 26s to 30s ; bean ft Mazagan, 40s to 44s ; middle and small, 44s to 48s ; Petl f l white, 38s to 42s ; grey, 42s to 465. KIRKCALDY-SErr. 5. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. J Beans. I First 63s Od 34s 0.1 C 31s 6d I Os, Od Second Third 2Bs Oct I 23s Od 1 268 Od I Os Od COAL MAK 7.- Sur. 7. the close of the market Wsllsend, Prices of Coals per ton ak s. d. Morpcth West Hartley 16 6 5 : d Di otield Moor flutes 14 9 Iletton lB 0 0 RavensworthW.Hartleyl6 6 w ayne ' s M er tb yr 21 : South Hetton 17 ' Wallaond, &c. Riddell l5 9 . 17 S Whitworth l5 6 ' Acorn Close Shincliffe 1 6 Braddyll 3 1 75 0 9, c H o e u u n g d h o l n l a 1 l Tees ........ ..... 1 5 6 ; Eden Main l6 9 Kepier Grainge ... ..... . 17 16 4 Gosforth l5 9 Riding phipa at market, 35 ;- sold, 33. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7. vet STOCK EXCHANGE.--The transactions in this Man. _ have been li m it e d, an d pr i ces closer ) firmly , at about P,..° current rates of last week. North Eastern, Berwles , 23e b—Ditto York, 401 ex d—C a l e d on i an, 42A 2—Eastern Counties, 11g—Midland, 82 A—Lancashire and Yorkshire , 1004—London and N or th-W es t erns, 100 a 1 -11fancher tor, Sheffield, and Liocoln, 40 i—Great Western, 56- 5, Grand Trunk of Canada, 12.13.9—Lancashire and Prest°,7" 5 p.—South Eastern, 2lti—Great Luxembourg, 7 —Nor''' British, 12 x new—Chester and Holyhead, 171- MANCHESTER, SEPT. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. - Tho market was rather firmer to-day, but a limited business doing. Blackburns, a-- -Sheffields, 44—Leeds, 100$ —Dovers, 21$—Ealste ru Counties, 11.3.9. Great Western of Canada, 21 i" Great Western, sq —London and North Westerns, 1 00 Sheffields, Pref„ 1184. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT.. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market has been dull day, but prices have been firmer. South Staffords ' - —London and No r th W es t ern , 100 —Great Westerns, 55,‘ 561—North Staffords, 4 dis.-13iimingham and Star Valleys, B}. WRECKS.—During the month of August the number of wrecks reported was 139. For the month of January the number was 286 ; in February, 205; in March, 20 9 ; in April, 168; in May, 92; in June, 122; and in Julie 12—making a total durirg the present year of 1,303' Shipping Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —By thejoint action of these two inestimable speoifiee all cutaneous eruptions are quickly banished from the system, the worst description of wounds or ulcers are easily eradicated, the morbifio matter which nature find° itjurious to her is thrown out,, and a thoroughly health,' state of the blood and fluids is the result, restoring 5 sound mind and body to sufferers after other treatment has been found ineffectual, is many cases saving surgil?• cal operations and even life itself, by their miraculous power. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; an d E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OF - A SON. On the Gth inst., at 3, Park-terrace, Highbury, Mrs. Boyer. On the 6th inst., at Bassett House, Claverton, Bath t, the wife of Captain Dumergue. OF A DAUGHTER. • On the 7th inst., at 90, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, Mrs' Henry Law Hussey. On the 6th inst., at Cheyne House, Chelsea, the wife of C. J. Lewis, Esq. MAA,RIED. On the 4th inst., at Mitcham, Walter Henry, the son oft 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'', Paddington, Charier, eldest son of the late James R. Todd, Esq., of Portland'• place, formerly M.P. for Honitou, to Sophia Mary Ade'. laide, eldest daughter of James A. Campbell, Esq., of 1 0 ' verneil and Ross, Argyllshire, N.B. DIED. On the 6th inst., at Hampton -court Palace, Anna MariN . Dowager Marchioness of Ely, aged 73. On the 7th inst., Benjamin Hooke, Esq., of 53, Bernard. street, Russell-square, aged 87. On do 6th inst., Mrs. Mary Wakeloy, of St. Jamd ° Palace, for upwards of 20 years housekeeper to herMaies t i . the Queen. Ou the.4th inst., at 127, Piccadilly, Lieutenant-Generq William G eorge C oc h rane, Colonel of the 11th Regiment of Foot. On the 4th inst., at 7, Jewry-street, Aldgate, Mr. John Walbancke Sly, aged 79. On tho 3d inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Torquil Olav e • second son of MacLeod, of MacLeod, aged 16. On the 2d inst., at Westbrook, Margate, John Bilton , Esq., sen., of Pembroke Cottages, Caledonian-road, Chair. • cery-land, convoyancer, aged 72. 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