The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

TAP, SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1859.

FRANCE. were sold in 1851. Altogether forming a most ele-
We read in the Meniteue—" Dispatches have gant and useful collection. It is their intention to
reached Paris; dated the 30th ult., from the admiral exhibit the same at •che Yorkshire and other meetings. '
is eommaad of the Mediterranean squadron, wnieh —From the Agricultural 11ctgazzne, Plough, and
anuounce the settlement of the differences which had Farmers' Journal.
Ailed for the presence of the squadron before the
walls of Tripoli.. Two French deserters,3it will e
recollected, had taken refuge in that place audit
/No
.endeavoured to compel them to embrace
Islamism. They refused, and invoked the protection
of the French consul-general, who claimed them. One
a them succeeded in reaching the . consulate,
Unt having been closely watched, he was, when
leaving it, pursued by the crowd, and cruelly ill-
treated. The Turkish authorities only interfered to
put him and his comrade in prison, where they were
detained in spite of the energetic remonstrances of our
consular agent. Such manifest violation of the law
of nations could not be tolerated. On the 27th ult.
the French squadron lets Toulon for Tripoli with
orders to have tue two prisoners given up, or to de-
stroy the town. On the 28th the squadron an-
chored before the piece, and a communication
took place between the admiral and the coneul-
general. The Pacha left for the interior at the
very commencement of the affair. A summons was
immediately sent to the mudir commanding the place
to give up the prisoners by sunrise the following day
at the latest. At seven o'clock in the morning of the
29th no answer having been returned, the consu
general struck his flag and went on board the admi-
ral's sip, followed by several Christian families of
different nations, who were received on board the
vessels of the squadron. The merchant vessels at
anchor in the port hauled out of the range of shot.
The squadron was about to open its fire after sending
a second summons to the mudir, when at nine o'clock
the admiral was informed that the two deserters were
about to be given up, and at four o'clock an agent of
the mudir brought them on board the admiral's ship.
On the morning of the 30th the squadron put to sea.
If the Regency of Tripoli had not immediately given
the satisfaction demanded, our squadron would have
maintained the legitimate claims of France by force."
The Minister of the Interior, by a letter, has inti-
mated to the General-in-Chief of the National Guards
of the Seine that the Prince President will pass them
in review on the 15th. The battalions will be drawn
up from the Place de la Concorde to the Berriere de
I'Etoile, on each side of the Champs Elyseee. The
Prince will arrive at eleven o'clock.
Curious mistakes are frequently made with English
names in French journals. The Patrie of Friday
mentions, as amongst the English who were present
at the funeral of Count d'Orsay, Lord 'Liebe]. It
would be in vain to search for this namein the Eng-
lish peerage. Lord Übe' of the Patrie is Air. Hughes

PIRACY AND GOLD IaIOBBERY.
(Feom the Melbourne Argus of April 3,)
Yesterday morning (April '2), at an early hour,
two boats, with muffled oars, containing twenty-two
men, armed to the teeth, proceeded from the beach at
Sendridge to the barque Nelson, lying off the light-
hoese at Williams Town. This vessel, which has
recently arrived from Geelong, en route to London,
had on board 8,183 ounces of gold. Not-
withstanding so large an amount of treasure was
deposited in her, no watch was kept, and the
pirates succeeded in boarding her, and securing
two men and a boy, who were in the forecastla
e,
before they could raise any alarm. Having di..
parsed themselves over the vessel, some- went aft
and seized the chief officer and a friend, together
with the carpenter, who were asleep in the cabin,
whilst others employed themselves in throwing over-
board all the small arms within their reach, as well
as the swivel-guns mounted on the poop deck. Mr.
Draper, the chief officer, received a slight wound in
the thigh, from a shot fired by one of the robbers,
before they succeeded in overpowering him and
his companions, which they soon did, and
having lashed their hands together, they cone-
' menced plundering the lazarette, of the position of
which they appeared to be well acquainted.
shore Cap
nd
Wright, the commander of the vessel, was aan
seven only of the crew remained on board. Having
secured the treasure of which they were in search,
and deposited it in the boats, they took the precaution
before quitting the vessel of imprisoning all hands in
the lazarette, where it is difficult to conjecture how
long they
might have remained had they not been
seaman, who, in the early part of the
fray, released
during
the confusion which ensued, succeeded
in secreting himself, and who emerged from his
urbinyga
' hiding place when well assured of the departure
of the assailants. So soon as the chief
officer was liberated from his confinement
be proceeded to Williams Town, and gave informa-
tion to the proper authorities of what had occurred.
The harbour master's and water police boats were
immediately manned and proceeded to sea, in the hope
of overtaking the plunderers, but they could discover
nothing until daylight, when they found one of the
boats half a mile from the beach towards S.. Kilda,
broadside on the sand, together with the tracks of dray
wheels brought there to convey away the plunder.
Another boat was found on the beach at Williams
Town. Upon the arrival of Mr. Level, the inspector
of water police, in town yesterday morning, with in-
telligence of the occurrence, Captain Sturt started
off with a body of the mounted police, and scoured the
country, with the view of discovering what direction
the dray had taken after leaving the beach. Up to
the time of going to press last night, we regret to say,
no tidings had been heard of them; but it is expected
that, in the event of their capture, some of their num-
ber could be recognised, though many of them had
the lower part of their faces disguised in black hand-
kerchiefs, with caps over their eyes.
(From the Argus of April 6.)
There is little to add in reference to the daring act
of piracy committed on board the Nelson. Yesterday
morning as a compositor in our employment, named
Mr. Masters, was proceeding to the beach, within
half a mile of the hotel, at a short distance
from the land, he stumbled over the empty boxes
which had contained the gold, and which were
concealed in the tea-tree scrub. They are now lying
at the watchhouse. A fancy pipe was also found
close by, as well as a blue shirt, which perhaps
may afford some clue to the perpetrators of this
daring deed. In the hurried division of the spoil,
some of the gold had been spilt about the place,
and several people were employed yesterday after-
wash in carrying away the sand for the purpose of
ing it. A bag of gold dust was found on Satur-
day morning, which is believed to have formed a
portion of the plunder.
The following is an extract from a private letter,
dated Melbourne, the 19th April:—
"Several persons have since been apprehended on
suspicion of the robbery of the Nelson, and one man
has been committed for trial."
RACING FIXTU

POLAND-
A letter from Warsaw states that the cholera is
making great ravages at Sieradz. The deat4s are very
numerous.
In the kingdom of Poland there exists an ordinance
which enacts that men shall not wear beards without
permission of the authoritis, and without paying a
duty. At the last fair at Korieglow several persons
with beards were summoned before the Mayor to pro-
duce their permissions. Those who could not do so
were placed in the hands of a barber, and the beards
were shaved off.

RES FOR 1852.
UST.
Radcliffe ................ . 13
Taunton
Barnsley • .. 23
Barnet 23
Westbury ... 24
Egham
Derby
Tiverton 26
Canterbury 26
805t0n....
Stourbridge
Eccles
Lincoln
,IDIBER.

AUG

Wolverhampton 9
Great Yarmouth lO
Gloune3ter (Frog Castle 10
Hazel Grove ... lO
Tonbridge •..... ll
Reading
Coventry l2
Lynn ... l2
Lichfield l6
Plymouth, Devonport,
and Cornwall l7
York
Pinner lB

Morpeth
Stirling
Marlborough 3
Bridgnorth 2
Cheadle
Warwick 7
Whitehaven ....
Southport
Weymouth 8
Rochester and Chatham 8
Airdrie .. di 9
Weston Z )yland and
Bridgewater
OCTI

Doncaster ...
Redtlitch
Ten by 2l
Eglinton Club _
Bedford ... 22
Leicester 22
Liverpool H. (Eloylake) 22
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket F. 0.
Chesterfield
Western Meeting

Chester
Royal Caledonian Hunt
and Edinburgh Club 6
Yorkshire Union Hunt 6
Wrexham
Newmarket S. 0 ll

Woreoster Autumn 2
Epsom
IRISEI RAC

Phoenix Park lO
11
Roscommon

Limerick 1
Curra'h
Johnstown

OCTC
Curragh l2 I
Down Royal Corp