The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

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Au r managed to convey the
pci th,2 i;:atien-holiso.
Toe jai:.on,-r s,id he wit; very drunk al the Limo, and
recollecte,i n,tiiing about it.
Mr. I;ARDW:CI7.I'. ...iset that was no excuse. The p,dice
were net t:, be let the mercy of every drunken man,
and as a war, ir.g to others he (Mr. Hordwiek should
him for ten Jays to the lions? of CO? recion.
Alfred Gail:, a cora,Osit,)r, was brought up on a ma-
gistrate'., w.ot ant, charging him with reiasing and ne-
glecting to maintain his
Elzubth Clark said she wx:, the wife of dtfendant.
lie le:t her on the 17th of November last, after bcatieg
her mo,t severely. On the following Saturday he came
again and r, cpiested a reconciliation, which, after some
consented to, and arr.u.igeinCllZS were made to
that effect. He then left :he house, and she saw nothing
rn-•r,: of him till this morninv, in custody. She was
14t without a farthing, and in consequence was
oblig d to become chargeable to the parish. Dc-
lea;.-.lit was in the employ of Messrs. Hansard, and
was receiving 30s. a week, but still he refused
to maintain her. A solicitor, who attended on
the prt of defendant stated, that the complainant
was en drucka:d, and i.p,nt all the money his
client earned.

Mr. HARDWICKE said that did not man.; darcwlant
was b,;und to supp,.rt hii wile, and that was the cp,,stion
now before the court. lie knew compositors, when in
employ, generally earned a deal of money.
Delendant's fathtr said his son had not been earning
more than I Is. per week for some time past, and was not
kbli, to pay more than 2s. 6d. per week towards his
maintcnnee.

Mr. 1-lAarowneKE said that was all nonsense. He should
send a proper I.;ersnn to Messrs. Mansard's to enquire
what :were the average wages defendant earned, and
should adjourn the case till that was ascertained.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MOURNING FOIL THE QUEEN DOWAGER.--ll.struc-

Lions as to the mourning required to be worn for the
late good Queen Adelaide by the officers of the fleet
and the Royal Marines will be found elsewhere.
We are sorry to state that Admiral Superin-
tendent Prescott, at Portsmouth, still continues un-
well, with a slight increase of rheumatic pain. Dr.
Sir John Richardson has attended from Haslar to see
him, in conjunction with Dr. Henderson, of the dock-
yard.
Lord Guillamore, a midshipman of the Thetis, 36,
Captain Cods ington, has left the service. It appears
that his Lordship had a misunderstanding with his
captain, who stationed him between two guns on the
maid-deck for some time, cn temperance allowance,
by way ofeorrection. This sort of discipline was not
atpll palatable to the noble aspirant to naval
dii-
tinetion, and it was subsequently arranged that his
Lordship should quit a service in which a nobleman
was subjected to such restraint in person and ap-
petite.

A passing day was held on board the Victory,
flag-ship, at Portsmouth, on Wednesday, when
Messrs. Broadhead, Jay, and Morgan, midshipmen,
passed for mates ; another young gentleman offered
himself, but was rejected. The passing officers were
Captain Yates and Commanders Crispin and Stevens.
It is reported that the Fire Queen is to be placed
as a packet at Holyhead; but we cannot help ex-
pressing an opinion that she is not fit to perform that
service. She was never built to stand the heavy sea
vthich she will often have to encounter in the Irish
Channel, neither is her steeple-engine well adapted
for that boisterous locality.—Herald.
The anchor lost by the Constance, 50, has rot
been recovered, and the search for it has for the
present been w..bandoned.

The Termagant, screw-frigate, is, wo understand,
to be again tried along the measured mile in Stoke's
Bay. There can be no question that a ship of her
lines ought to be fast, and there is as little doubt that
engines of 650 horse power, costing about 35,0001.
ought to propel the vessel at a greater rate than eight
and a half knots an hour.

The Flamer steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Jones, arrived from Kingstown, Ireland, yesterday
morning, and went into Portsmouth Harbour. Her
lieutenant-commander and crew are to be turned over
to the Fire Queen.

The Contest, 12, was commissioned and the pendant
hoisted on Wednesday by her commander, the Hon.
J. W. S. Spencer. She will commence entering men
forth.. ith, her complement being 125.
The Penguin, 6, packet-brig, Liautenant-Com-
mender Leslie, was paid wages yesterday, and was to
sail for Falmouth, to be in readiness to convey the
February mail to Brazils.
The Tortoise lightei, Shearman master, arrived at
Devon port on Wednesday evening from Donaghadee,
Ireland; and last from Pembroke.
MALTA, Nov. 18 —The Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Tagus arrived last night, and is
detained here to convey some passengers to Gibraltar ;
she leaves to morrow in pi atique.
By her, news reached us that Sir W. Parker's fleet
was sti'l at the Dardanelles, but would leave for
Malta, all or in part, without delay. The French
admiral was still at Vourlah with his squadron.
The Firebrand steam-frigate arrived last night, and
is to relieve the Bulldog. She, with the Rosamond
and Ardent, is under orders for England.
Mr. NV. Elliot, the gentleman under whose super-
intendence the new dock was comipleted, is ordered
to Gibraltar to superintend the works there.
Rear-Admiral Harvey has changed his flag in Jhe
Ceylon from blue to white, on his promotion.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Mary Ann, India-
man, Captain Darke, arrived off this port this day,
from Madras, Aug. 3; Tranquebar, the 13th; Cape
of Good Hope, the 19th of October; and St. Helena,
the 27th, and landed passengers and mails, which
were forwarded to London this evening. Captain
Darke " cracked on " and made a splendid run,
bringing news eight days later from the Cape than
her Majesty's ship Eurydice, which will be found at
length elsewhere.
The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, ar-
rived at Simon's-bay a day or two prior to the 19th
of October, and was immediately dispatched by the
Commodore to the Mozambique channel to relieve and
send back the Dee steam-troop vessel, as the Gover-
nor wanted to remove troops, and could not do it
conveniently without that vessel.
The Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill ; the Geyser
steam-sloop, Commander Brown ; the Seringapatam
store-ship, Muter Commander Russell • and the
Neptune convict-ship, Surgeon-Superintendent Gib-
son, were lying in Simon's•bay, cn the 19th of Oct.
Mr2.—Monk, It N., has come home in the Mary Ann,
from the Geyser.
The Fairy, royal yacht, Commander Crispin,
embarked Lord John Russell, the Premier, at the
Clarence-yard, Gosport, at 2 P.M. to-day, and con-
veyed his Lordship to Osborne to visit her Majesty.
His Lordship joined the royal circle at dinner this
evening.
The court of inquiry on hoard the Eurydice ter-
minated this afternoon at 2.15. The result has r.ot
transpired.

.1) NI A I
t 4, L„,

(From the IL raid.)

We have received hy extraordinary express our
files of papers and private correspondence from Born-
bay of November 3 ; and from Calcutta of October
24. Nothing furth r from China. The political
news if not of much importance. The remainder of
the Seikh chiefs who were engaged in the conspiracy
with Chteter Singh and Shere Singh have been
seized and placed in close custody. Fresh disturb-
ances hive br,,ken out at Go,_mscor. All other parts
of India are tranquil. The commercial intelligence
from Bombay and Calcutta is gratifying. Trade
was improving in both Fresidkncies. The barque
Orpheus, of London, was wrecked at Cochin on the
13th October.

(From the Bombay Times of Nov. 3.)
SUMMARY.—In our last we mentioned the seizure
of the greater part of the Seikh Chiefs who had
been set at large after the victory at Goojrat.
Since then the last remaining out at large have
been captured, and all hereafter will spend their
days in well-merited bondage. The country secnas
on this to have been considered so much more secure
than before, that permission was immediately given
for the families of officers and men to join them
at all the stations in the Punjaub save two of the
extreme outposts. Half a year's batty has
been bestowed on those serving in the late
campaign, and this seems all they are ever likely to
receive in the shape of reward—all the State in its
present poverty can afford to pay. They are also
to receive a medal,—those present at Moultan and
the battle of Goojrat receiving a Bar in addition for
each. Aden is about to be proclaimed a free port by
Government.
The reliefs for the Bengal army have just been
published : those for Bombay may be daily expected.
Mhow is to be transferred from Bengal to Madras ;
Nusseerabad and Neemuch from Bengal to Bombay.
Peshawur and Moultan are to he in the hands of Ben-
gal troops exclusively. Her Majesty's 22d and 601,k are
to be transferred from Bombay to Bengal. The head
quarters and a wing of her Majesty's 78th High-
landers are about starting for Aden, the 2d Euro-
peans returning thence to take the place of the 78th
at. Belgaum. The goyernment of Bengal have of
fered a prize of Ra.e5,000 for the invention of a
good and economical machine to separate the cotton
wool of India from is seed. The sum will seem a
large one to those who remember that for this
a thousand native machines might be purchased
entire, and in the best working order ; but the de.
sideratum is great, and we have no hope that it will
be brought out by the prize. The sum of 5001.
allotted annually to the Agricultural Society of
Western India as a prize fund for the encourage-
ment of agriculture, has been withdrawn, the whole
scheme having proved a failure, it having been im-
possible to get anything like a show competition
established, or even samples sent in. Disturbances
have again broken out in Goomsoor. Sir Charles
Napier was expected at Delhi on the 24th ultimo.
From Delhi the Commander-in-Chief visits the
Punjaub. The Cornmanders-in Chief of Madras
and Bombay, and Sir L. Peel, of the Calcutta
Supreme Court, have returned to their posts. The
barque Orpheus, of Londen, was wrecked at Cochin
on the 13th October. Captain D. Roes, I N., late
Master Attendant at Bombay, died on Monday last.
India throughout continues tranquil and healthy.
Goomsooß.—We copy the following from the
Calcutta _Englishman:—
" The disturbances in Gooms-or have ktely again as-
sumed a very serious shape. In the low country, within
the last two or three montiv, Chokro Bissye'a followers
have burned ten villages in the Moutahs of Oonagherry,
Pauchgnur, Gullery, and Bibelly, and killed and
wounded 25 people. And lately Chokro Bissye him-
self' wend. to Gattignoda (which is within twenty
miles of Rusaellcorida) and murdered two chiefs.
Villages have also been hurried in the Mootah of
Cooklouba. And within the last few days a party of
armed men, amounting it is said to several hundreds,
have appeared in the Mootah of Juggernath-
persad, and required the Sirdar and paiks of the
Mootah to join there in order to obtain the restoration
of the Goomsoor Raja, and on the Sirdar's refusal
burned several houses and murdered the people. On
the hills two Brahmins and their servants have been
murdered in the Coormiughia Ghat, and the principal
Khond Chief, Madwa Khonro of Rai:mogul:lga, has fallen
in an attack made upon his tribe by Chokro Bissye. We
have not heard how mail, if any, meriahs havo been
sacrificed in Boad Goomsoor, but we are assured that as
many have been immolated in Chinna Kimedy as if the
agent had never gone there or withdrawn one intended
victim. In the Boad Hills Chokro Bissye alone has any
power, and in Tentilghur and Athora Mootah (in
Goomsoor) the tribes are fighting fiercely among them-
selves, and have practically thrown oft the control of
Government. They drove off the 11111 Sirdar's son and
a party of Sebundies: who had been sent to reduce them
to peace and obedience."
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Casualties by death in the armies of India, reported
since the departure of the mail cn the 17th Oct.
HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Lieut. T. Dowse, Bth Foot,
at sea on the 12th Sept.
BOMBAY.—First Lieutenant J. T. Kier, Artillery, at
Kurrachee, on the 20th October; Captain C. D. Dela-
matte, Native Veteran Battalion, at sea, on the 15th
June; Surgeon R. J. Beham, in England.
MADRAS.—Lieutenant R. C. Oakes, 40th Native In-
fantry, at Secunderabad, on the 19th October; Ensign
F. G. Hall, 25th Native Infantry, at Jaulnah, on the 9th
October.
BENGAL.—Assistant-Surgeon W. R. Glennie, M.D.,
24th N. 1., at Goruckpore, on the 4th October.—Lieu-
tenant J. P. Bennett, 41st N. 1., at Simla, on the 28th
September.—Captain A. B. Morris, 20th N. 1., at Cash-
meer, on the 28th September.—Ensign A. 0. Travers,
54th N. 1., at Agra, on the 28th October.—Lieutenant
H. B. Pearson, 56th N. 1., at Simla, on the 15th Octo-
ber—Lieutenant-Colonel John Jervis, 27th N. 1., at
sea, on board the steamer Precursor, on the 31 Septem-
ber.—Captain A. Fenton, Ist N. I, at home, on the
14th September.
INDIAN NAVY.—Captain D. Ross, late Master-Attend-
ant at Bombay, on the 29th of October.—Lieutenant W.
C. Ranken, at Perth, on the 6th September.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS FROM

OCT. 17 TO NOV. 2, INCLUSIVE.

BOMIXAY, FRIDAY EVENING, Nor. 2.—The amount
of business done in imports since the date of our last,
when the native merchants were busily engaged cele-
brating the Dewallee festival, has not been to such
a large extent as vseis expected ; still considerable
sales have taken place, and the market has presented a
tolerably healthy aspect. The present inactivity of
those dealers who r.uichase largely for the up country
markets, is ascribed to the fact of their having laid in
large stocks a short time back, and which they had
been unable, from the long-continued monsoon, to fur-
ward to their destinations till a late date compared to
what they had expected. Till they become aware of the
results of their former speculations, they are naturally
averse to enter into fresh transactions. The amount of
supplies from home to hand during the past fortnight
has been small, only two ve,sels having arrived during
that period. In exports a pretty active business has had
effect during the fortnight.
THE MONEY MARKET.—Capitalists still complain of
being unable to fled profitable employment for their
money. In another month or six weeks, however, we
expect there will be less room far complaint. Govern-
ment Securities, with the exception of the new Five per
Cents., have not been in much request, and quotations
remain without material alteration. Bombay Bank Stock
has expelienced a further decline, and we cannot quote
it higher than 194 at 20 per cent. premium.
FREIGHTS.

There is little disposition to ship, present prim of
cotton being too high, and teenage is thus not much in
request. We quote rates to London and Liverpool 31.
2!.. 64. to 31.55. per ton, and to China at rs. 10 per candy.

wit-tally low quotations attracts little attention, End large
impOtts of iron con inue to send down prices.
The rate ef exch.r.ge for bight
bilk continues 1:;. 10 7-161 to 1.,;. ICs2i
With an abandaut ply of tonnage th: re has ban
a decline in fr:ights. Toe rates to all quartets are now
extremely mulerati,. Sup.-,ar may be quoted to Lint, n
31. 155., to Liverpool 3L IW. per ton.
Indigo—There is nothing to report of indigo. Some
of the new crop has colic in, but no transaction: of any
importance Ere likely to be effected until the result ot
the IL•miLn. Oczol.cr sales become known.

The etop will probably- ly2 rather in exces3 0
120,000 Lade.

THE CHOLERA.

The controversy which at present ergages public
attention relative to the contagious nature of the
cholera has left the question nearly as doubtful as at
the commencement of the discussion. Though it
would be presumptuous to nssert anything positive on
the subject, in our infant state of knowledge regiad-
ing this mysterious disorder, still it is obvious that
much confusion has arisen from the want of a proper
use of terms. In order to come to a right under-
standing, and to arrive at a correct conclusion amid
conflicting argument and opposite opinions, it is indis-
pensable to ascertain, in the first instance, whether
contagion and infection are synonymous in the medi-
cal acceptation of the words, then distinctly to define
the meaning attached to each exprestieis, and, lastly,
to eadeavour to find out the true cause of the disease.
It is admitted that cholera can be generated in the
human body only in one of the following ways—viz.,
either by contact with an infected person or any
article containing the virus, or by means of Lod or
drink received into the stomach, or through the
medium of atmospheric influence conveyed into the
lungs. With respect to the first, it is evident that
were the poison introduced into the system through
the pores and absorbent vessels, like the small-pox,
&c., the process would be too slow in its operation to
account for the effects almost instantly produced.
Nothing whatever has appeared in practice to warrant
the supposition, and we may safely affirm that in this
view it is not contagious. Remarks nearly similar
apply in the second case, and no fact has been authen-
ticated that would lead us to infer that the malady
commenced in the quarter specified, while all the
symptoms can be clearly traced to the action of
malaria on the lungs, vitiating the blood, engendering
coagulation and serum, disturbing the intestines, and
deranging all the vital functions. The evil effects are
quickly exhibited in all their fearful terms and
awfully fatal character. The original cause of the
pestilence will probably remain for ever in obscurity,
but it appears certain that there is a kind of morbus
ceefiovhich at particular periods favours the spread of
disorders. Susceptibility to infection seems to attach
to individuals as well as localities. Persons most
liable to attack are those predisposed by delicacy of
habit and disorganization of the viscera. Where
animal and vegetable matter is allowed to accumulate
the infection is sure to be propagated, while the
noxious effluvia is not confined to the tainted spot, but
becomes diffused in all directions, until ultimately
expended.
The course of this erratic visitation is governed by
no recognised law, and it is difficult to ascertain the
precise limits to which it may extend without com-
erunication, or whether it would have crossed the
Atlantic had there been no intercourse with America.
How far electricity is engaged in the matter it is hard
to determine, but it is well known that no substance
With which sae are acquainted is more surcharged
with electricity, in proportion to its dimensions, than
the gem-like drop of dew, and that when impregnated
with marsh miasmata, it inflicts deadly destruction
to human life if taken in by the breath. Respiration
through a common silk handkerchief has been found
a perfect preventive under such circumstances, s.ik
being a powerful nonconductor. Perhaps the pre-
caution may also be useful with respect to cholera.
That the plegue has been transmitted from one
country to another by means of woollen goods is
recorded in history. It is not unlikely thet it is
similar with cholera—au inference that may be de-
duced from a statement made by a highly respectable
clergyman, and on the truth of which the utmost reli-
ance may be placed.
He mentions that an entire family were swept
away by cholera in his parish, and that some of their
effects, consisting of clothes and blankets, were packed
up in a large deal box, which was sent to a relative
residing in a villege distant about sixteen miles,where
the choler a had never appeared. The trunk remained
unopened for a year, and at the expiration of that
period was unlocked by an old woman, who was im-
mediately struck with the disorder and died the same
day. Three other members of the family were also
attacked, and the pestilence spread through the dis-
trict for the first time, raging with extreme virulence
and attended.. with more than usual mortality. Though
no specific has yet been discovered for the cure of the
cholera, it may be advisable to mention some
of the modes of treatment that have hitherto
proved successful. Tartar emetic, sulphur, and char-
coal have been employed with beneficial re-
sults in the advanced stages, and it is not
improbable that a prescription composed chiefly of
these ingredients may, ere long, under the Divine
blessing, afford a triumph to medical science. In the
meanwhile, during the premonitory symptoms, a
simple remedy has been administered with excellent
effect, and cannot bs too strongly recommended in
the absence of professional aid, being readily pro•
cured and easily applied, consisting of a glass of
brandy in a cup of hot tea. The effects are quickly
perceived. The heart begins rapidly to beat, perspi-
ration profusely sets in, the fluids are put in motion,
the organs resume their usual duties, and con
valescence ensues. By this means the progress of
the malady is arrested, and often completely checked.
Another important point is fumigation. On this
subject it is ascertained that miasmata poison can be
decomposed even by feeble chemical agents. In cases
of this kind damp gunpowder, when sufficiently dry
for ignition, is peculiarly efficacious, being an article
of combustion that possesses the property of disin-
fecting noxious air, injurious to health, and restoring
it to a pure and wholesome constitution. K.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY.
The absence of the majority of the members at the
Leamington Steeplechase prevented any business de-
serving a quotation.
WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON DECEMBER
MEETING.—TIIURSDAY.
The Hunt Cup Steep'echase Stakes of 10 sous. each,
100 aCded, for hunters, ]lst 71b each. Three
miles. (11 Subs.)
Captain Thomas's Merriman, 1 Ist
Captain Peel na Kllltenny, 1 Ist 71b...(Captain Peel) 2
Lord Lurgan's Sobriety, 1 2st 71b (Lord Strathmore) 3
Mr. Steward's Ge•&.:11e, aged, 1 Ist 71b (Owner) 4
The tollowing also ran:—Mr. Robertson's Ace of
Trumps, 1 2st (Mr. Datcnpeit), fell; Mr. ArkwriOit's
Tee Agent, 1 2st (Owner); and Mr. Rmvley's Mangler,
Ilst (Owner). Won by a length.
The Grand Open Steeplechase Free Handicap of 20
sous. each, 10 ft, and 100 added. Four miles. (18
Subs.)
Mr. J. Fort's Knight of Gwynne,l Ist 11b (Wynne) 1
Capt. Thompson's Abd-el Kader„ 9st 101b(Canavan) 2
Mr. Fowlea's Little Fanny, 9st 41b (Owner) 3
Mr. Elmore's Ltritieh Yeoman, 1 Ist 121 b (Mason) 4
Mr. J. Smith to Peter Simple, 1 2at4lb(Cunningham) 0
Captain Little's Chandler, 1 Ist 41b ((►riye') 0
Lord Strathmore's The Doctor, list
Lord Iluwth's Agitation, 10. it 81b (Magee) 0
Mr. TreadizoLe's Maria Day, lOst (Rackley) 0
Mr. Robert's Little Houghton, 9st 91h
Mr. Carew's Laraquerret, 9st 711, (Reeves) 0
Mr. V4-yer'a Vain flope,:lOst alb (Archer) 0
Won by a length.
The Professional Stoellechase Stakes of 3 sow. each,
and 20 added, 12,t each, Ste. Three miles. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Gur.lon's Fr g, 7ib (Archer) 1
Mr. F. Robbins'e Vanity, 10st 71b (S. Darlieg, jun.) 2
Mr. SsL's Alexander, lest 7ib (Owner) 3
Time following also ran:—Mr. J. Cuwper'a Cabena,
lOst 10Ib (Boyce)--Mr; Bullet's Your), Lottery, 1 let
71b (0..c-ner)—and Mr. May's TLe Witch, eged, lOst 71b
(M.y). Won easy, by three lengths.
The Free (Hurdlc-race) Handicap, of 5 revs. each, and
30 added. Two miles. (19 Subs.)
Mr. J. Oakes's Scinallbeer, 9st 1 lib (R. Sly, jun.) 1
Lord Lurgan's Fugitive, list
The following also started:—Mr. 11. Lane's Midnight,
10et 101 b (Wycherly)—Lord Strathmore's Spectator,
lOst 91b—(Rackley)—Mr. W. Gulliver's Fazeley, lOst
B.b (Archer)-11r. Phillips's Tallyho, aged, lOst Glb
(Thrift.)—Lord Strathmore'm Mi,s Burns, lOst 41b
(Frisby)—Colonel Shirley's Fultleman, 10. it 21b (S.
Darling, jue.)—Mr. Wilkin's Lea, lOst 21b (Ralph)—
Mr. Hamp's Redstreak, 10st (Wynne)— Mr. Armstrong's
Rosabel, 9st 121 b (Madeck)—Mr. Ady's Mischief-maker
(late Mrs. James), 4 yrs, lOst 31b (Bradley)—Mr. T.
Ezkrett's Vent Rein, 9st 101 b (Boyce)—Mr. nnii-
toun's The Prophet, 9st 81b (Reeves)—Mr. Barnard's
Jack-of-all-Trades, 9st 21b (James)—and Mr. William a
Syrup' Bst 81b r).
NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING
DIEETING.
TUE PUPPY tiTAILLS.
Second Tics.
Renown beat Lengwaist—Tinta beat Sinetrity—Path.
finder beat Littlego.
THE ALL ACED STAKES,
Second 'ries.
Rattler beat Desperate—Tout beat Perseverance
Field- Marshal beat Agnes—Bridesmaid beat Girl of
Kent.

TUE EXNING STAKES FOR AGED DOGS.
First Ties.

RockEt Leat Pilot—Verity beat AErLt.

THE NEWMARKET STAKES FOR PUPPIES.
Ir. Dobede's Dewdrop beat Mr. Inskip's Akbar.
111 r. Round's Lottery beat Mr. Holmes's Mystery.
Mr. Gillett's Wanes. beat Mr. Miller's Magic.
Mr. Bueltworth's Beeswing bt Mr. Lonnisn's Lightning.

THE BOTTISRAM STAKES.
Mr. Dobedt:6 Drift beat Mr. Gillett's Gas-light.
Mr. Dobeelt,'s Doron brat Mr. Richardson's Vivid.
Mr. Buckworih's Baron teat Mr. 'Tyson's Mon tte.
Mr. Inskip's Jenny Lind beat Mr. Fyson's Fairy Queer.

The Law of Primogeniture has been abolished in
every country except England, Spain, and Patugal.—
Putria.

TFI _E S 1 N, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 7.

LC;URT CIRCULAR.
OS
BORNE,
Q.:: ea nn FrincetoßLlTLNE, T
ca r:7
il,tlAYwasaDlt.his
morning in o,borne Perk.
Ili s Royal highness the Prance of Wale; and the
youpgrr members of the RoyalTamily, walked and
rode as usual.

Ihero Win no addition to the royal dinner party
yesterday.

Sir William Wynniett Lad an interview with Earl
Grey 3 esterday. Mr. Richard West Nash had also
an interview yesterday with the Noble Earl, at the
Colonial-office.

Lord John Russell left Pembroke LOdge, Richmond
Pa.k, yesterl4 morning, for Osborne, Isle of Wight.

THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER.

The final instructions relative to the funeral of thu
late Queen Dowager were yes!erday issut.d by the
Lord Chamberlain to Messrs. Tapprell, Holland, and
Son, of Marylebone street, Regent street. The re-
mains of her late Majesty will nut lie in state, and in
cons( quence of that part of the mournful ceremony,
being dispensed with, the day appointed for the funeral
has been altered from Saturday week (as previously
announced), to Tuesday, on which morning the
solemn procession will be formed at Stanmore, and
the mortal re mains of the Queen Dowager will be
conveyed to Windsor Castle, where they will be de-
posited in their last resting place, in the daytime, as
it was the express wish of •her late Majesty to
combine economy with dignity. The arrange
menta in St. George's Chapel have been com-
pleted under the superintendence of Mr. Bant-
ing and Messrs. Tapprell and Co. The whole of
the solemnities will be under the management of Mr.
Banting, and the details hinder the immediate su-
perintendence of Messrs. Tapprell, Holland, and
Son. Tickets of admission to St. George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle, on the day of the funeral, can only
be obtained from the Lord Chamberlain or the Dean
of Windsor.

The procession will leave Bentley Priory at an
early hour on Tuesday morning, and proceed by
way of Ruislip, Uxbridge, and Slough, to Windsor.
At Slough the cortege will be joined by the Prince
Consort, and other members of the Royal Family,
who will accompany it thence to St. George's
Chapel.

The distance to be traceried, from Bentley Priory
to Windsor, is about twenty miles, and the interment
is fixed to take place at one o'clock.
The outer coffin, which is not yet completed, will
be exhibited at Messrs. Banting's, in St. James's-
street, to• morrow (Saturday).

The following circular has hem issued to the
officers of the navy and Royal Marines :
" Her Majesty does not require that the officers of
the fleet bhouid wear any other mourning on the
present melancholy occasion of the death of her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, with their undress uni-
forms, than black crape on the left arm, hat, and
sword knot; nor with their dress uniforms, than
black gloves, and black crape upon the left arm, hat,
and sword knot; nor that the officers of Royal
Marines should wear any other mourning with their
uniforms than black crape on the left arm, hat, and
sword knot; except on duty, when they are to wear
also black gloves, and the sash covered with black,
and a black crape scarf over the right shoulder; and
except at Court, when they are to Rear black crape
on the kit arm, hat, and sword knot, and a black
crape scarf over the right shoulder.
" The drums of the Royal Marines are to be co-
vered with black, and a black crape is to be hung
from the pike of the divisional colour staff."

THE VIOLET BUY.
lIIITatES FOR YOUNG READLRS.
(From Eliza Cook's Joicnal.)
'Pswae on a day in early tp,ing,
Before the butterfly took wing,
Before the bee was seen about,
Or sleepy dormouse ventured out.
Grey clouds shut in the sky of blue,
The buushine tried to struggle through,
The wind was angry in is gust,
Bearing a load of blinding dust,
April was groping somewhat old;
But yet 'twas cold; oh, very cold!
A tiny boy, with pallid face,
Stood in the city's thickest place,
His limbs were lank as limbs could be,
His tattered garment sad to see;
A basket on his arm he bore,
Which gave to sight a little store
Of violets in bunches spread,
Fresh gathered from their native bed.
Their perfume scarcely lived at all,
Their purple heads were very small,
Their leaves were pinched and shrivelled in,
Their stalks were turning dry and thin;
'Twas very, very cold spring weather,
And boy and flowers seemed starved together.
For many an hour his tired feet
Paced up and down the crowded street,
And many a time his moistened eye
Looked at the wealthy passers-by,
Without one fellow-creature staying
To list the sad words he was saying.
At last, a gentle lady stopped,
For she had seen a tear that dropped;
She gazed upon his cheek so pale,
And heard him tell this simple tale.
" Oh, lady, buy my violets, pray !
Fur I have walked a weary way;
Long miles I trod before I found
The primrose bank and violet mound.
hungry, penniless, and c';ld,
My flowers will fade before they're sold,
I've not touched food since yesterday;
Oh, lady, buy my violets, pray !"
The child was telling mournful truth
He had no friends to guard his youth,
And there he stood, with roofless head
And whitened lips that prayed for bread.
The gentle lady gave him pence,
And kindly bade him hasten hence
And purchase food.—The hungry boy
Looked up with gratitude and joy,
And fast and eagerly he went,
And honestly the mite was spent.
It chanced, the lady strolling back,
Upon the wry selt-same track,
Espied him sitting low and lone
Upon a seat of humble stone,
Devouring with an earnest seal
The simple loaf that form'd his meal;
And as ho ate his relished fare,
'lwas plain he'd not a bit to spare.
A dog—a lean and famished brute,
Most sadly pitiful—though mute,
Just at that moment dared to come
And watch for any fulling crumb.
His ribs stood plainly through his hide,
And fearfully he crouched beside
The violet boy, as though in dread
Of getting blows instead of bread.
The boy looked down upon the betat,
And for an instant stayed his feast;
But soon he spoke in coaxing tones,
Patting the creature's staring bones.
Then lured him close, and gave him part
Of what had cheered his own young heart;
He gave the poor dog many a bit,
Without or.e thought of grudging it,
Though he himself was hunery still,
And had not eaten half his fill.
And so—not knowing who had seen them—
The bread of life was shared between them.
The lady who had marked the deed,
Now walked toward the child of need,
And asked him why be gave away
His bread, that would have served the day ?
" An hour ago," the boy replied,
" You gave me money when I cried,
And had compassion when I sought
The food your kindly mercy bought.
This poor dog came to ask of me,
As I before had craved of thee;
eufftred long the bitter woe,
The cold and starving only know,
And lady say, what could I do?
For ire was cold and starving scot"
The lady smiled, and rightly guessed
There must be good in such a breast;
That 'mid all sorrow Want could bring,
Still helped a dumb and friendless thing.
She questioned him—and all be told,
Did but the mournful truth unfold:
His father in the churchyard lying,
His mother in her straw bed dying,
His only brother gone to s( a,
And none on earth who cared to be,
Acquainted with a wretched talc,
That only breathed in doleful wail.
Sho sought him oat—she had him taught
To live as honest people ought;
To gladly work—to wisely read,
To spend and save with prudent heed;
She found a good man to employ
The little, pallid, starving boy,
And ample did his worth repay
Her charity, that cold Spring day.
That boy may now be often seen
In comely garments, neat and clean;
With rosy cheeks and bounding feet
Pacing that very city street;
And sometimes in his leisure hours,
He goes among the fields and flowers;
And then an old dog trots along,
With ribs well covered, sleek and strong,
And licks his band and seems to know
It saved Lim, starving, long ago.
Perehence, that boy may sometime be
A merchant of a high degree;
Perchance, he may not gather wealth—
Content with Happiness and Heal.h—
But this is sure, that come what may
Ot Fame or Fortune in his way,
His riches and his rank will spring,
'Through mercy to a poor dumb thing!
ELIZA. COOK.

There are about 10,000 tons of shipping at present
building on the banks of the Clyde, prneipally steamers
—.No. tit British Moil,

1849

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PORTSM9UTII, THUR9D4 Y. - The Mary Anne,
Captain Darke, from Madras and the Cape, passed
thin port to. day, and sent in passengers and mails by
a pilot•bo:t. The mail from the Cape, is eight days
later than that brought by her Mljesty's ship
Eurydice, viz., to the 19th of October. Captain
Darke was the first to inform us of the cessation of
the Kafir war, and we now are indebted to him for
the following intelligence from the revolted Cape
colony :
(From the Cape of Good Hope Shipping a: d Mercami:e

Guzate ofOet. 12-)

The following resolutions were adopted yesterday at
a meeting of the Anti-Convict Association. The meet-
ing was not only the largest that has been held from the
commencement, but it was the most enthusiastic, har-
monious, and determined; and the resolutions were

carried as soon as their object was distinctly understood,
uut only without a dissentient voice, but without a word
of doubt or hesitation. They unquestionably lxpress
the deliberate sense and will of the community, and
there is no doubt that they will be thoroughly and
effectively carried out:
" That in consequence of the bad faith of the Right
lion. the Earl Grey, and of his attempts to make this
colony a penal seth ment against the wishes and in de-
fiance of the petitions of the inhabitants; and that in
consequence cf the detention within the limits of the
colony of the ship Neptune with convicts on board,
whose destination is the Cape of Good Hope, on the
ground of a professional opinion given by ber Majesty's
Attorney-General as to the illegality of sending them
away, which the whole of the other members of the bar
have pronounced to be erroneous, society in this colony
is rapidly falling into disorder from cue end of the
country to the other, and the lccal Government is every
day becoming by reason of this disorder and dissatisfac-
tion, less and less capable of fulfilling the duties of a free
Government, and less and loss capable of protecting the
lives and property of the frontier and other inhabitants,
should any troubles arise among the native tribes and
people on the border.
" Therefore it is the duty of all good and loyal
subjects of her Majesty at once from this dsy to sus-
pend all business transactions with the Government, in
any shape or on any terms, until it is officially declared
that the Neptune with the convicts on board will
go away as soon as all necessary supplies for her
voyage can be put on beard; and that all intercourse
and connexion betwaen private individuals and
his Excellency and beads of the victualling departments
shall be dropped from this day, the merchants, bakers,
butchers, shopkeepers, and all other good and loyal
people dealing only with such private individuals as
they know and clearly understand to be unconnected
with those departments by or through which supplies
sufficient to afford a pretext for the detention of the
convicts may possibly be obtained.

" And that the measures already taken for this pur-
pose being too slow for the urgency of the case, it is re-
commended that after this day all shops and stores shall
be closed, as for a solemn fast, except for the accommo-
dation of ordinary private and well known customers,
that his Excellency may no longer be in doubt as to the
impossibility of detaining the Neptune with her convicts
within the limits of this colony.",
On the 17th, the house of a Mr. Fairbairn (who,
if we are rightly informed, is a sort of leader in the
anti-convict agitation) was attacked by coolies, and
himself maltreated and his furniture injured, on ac-
count of the inhabitants refusing the requisite sup-
plies to the Government authorities. The house of a
Mr. Norden had also been similarly attacked. Upon
which the Governor issued the following :

" PROCLAMATION.
"BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR Hinny SMITH.

" Whereas it is reported that the house of Mr. Ben-
jamin Norden, in Cape Town, and the house of Mr.
John Fairbairu, at Green Point, were last night respec-
tively attacked and sei only injured by riotous and un-
ruly rnAs, and human life imminently endaugered; and
whet% as so long as an. present excitement is kept up,
and more espt.cially so lo:-;g us the lebourirg classes are
kept in idleness and expos‘ d to privation by the stop-
page of trade and business, now sought to be enforced
ty a dangerous tonicdcracy in this city, all crowds and
assemblies congrepling in the public streets and tho-
roughfares arc caiculatt d to excite much and well-
founded alarm in the minds of her Majesty's peaceable
and loyal subjec s, and are thereft re by law illegal; and
whereas. whilst I desire at nil times to respect the lights
of her Majesty's subjects to meet freely at safe and fit-
ting places for all lawful purposes—a right which I
myself was lately instrumental in conf;rring—l cannot
in the existing circumstances of this city and its vicinity
permit the assembling of crowds or hinge Lumbers of
persons in the public streets or thoroughfares for the
purpose or under the pretence of discussing public ques-
tions, or of hooting and insulting individuals who happen
to be obnoxious to such mobs, or for any other purpose
of an exciting nature and unconnected with the ordinary
pursuits and avocaticns of thrice:able inhabitants;
" Now, therefore, I d t hereby, peremptorily prohibit
all such mobs, crowds, or meetings in any public street
or thoroughfare, and authoriza and-enjoin the police
force, supported, if necessary, by military power, to
prevent the formation of all mobs or crowds of persons
collecting together for any such purpose as aforesaid,
and to disperse any such mob or crowd which may
happen to have formed, so as to set free from the present
state of intimidation such of her Majesty's subjects as
are deterred, by fear of violence in personal property,
from transacting their ordinary and lawful business, and
so us to preserve, as much as may be, ciaiet and good
order throughout the city, and repress in their origin
the excesses to which such irregular and illegal assem-
blies, in periods of excitement like the present, have a
tendency to lead; and I most earnestly exhort all her
Majosty's fsithful subjects to resume or pursue their
several avocations, and aid and assist in preserving the
peace of this city, so long and so honourably distin-
guished for its order and tranquillity."

A " general order" frum- her.a•quarters at Cape
Town, dated the 16th of October, contained an
address from the Governor to the troops in the colony,
congratulating them upon their forbearance under
the trying circumstances surrounding them, especially
with retard to the case of adequate supplies being
withheld from them, and enjoining them to puisue
the same line of conduct as most certain to be the
best they could follow, both for themselves and the
preservation of that peace so desirable and indis-
pensable to the safety and welfare of the community
at large.
While Captain Darke was at the Cape the impres-
sion was that the inhabitants would soon resume
their usual occupations. The Neptune still lay in
the Bay.

THERE ARE KIND HEARTS EVERYWHERE.
Deem not when cares perplex thee,
And thou feolest in distres3,
Or when the world doth vex thee,
.And thy fainting heart oppress,
There are none to y (pp a; hise
In our many trials here:
Let not such a thought arise—
There ere kind hearts everywhere.

Yes; on Afric's desert wild,
And amid Siberia's snows,
Are found tender hearts and mild,
That can f, e 1 for others' woes.
And travellers awe nry
Have been waited on with care,
Among the thserts dreary—
There are kind Inane everywhere.
If you have met from neighbours
With unkindness for rr gard,
No azsi,larice in your labours,
Or Iron) certain j(li debarred,
Think not that all arc surly
You may chance to meet with here—
Oh judge not so untruly,
There are kind hearts everywhere.
If we from friends have parted,
Or when toms ills betide us,
We find the pour kindhearted,
And ready to oblige us,
No matter what the stations
Of our loved and tried ones here,
Or what their occupations—
There are kind hearts everywhere.

M. TRIERS' HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND
EMPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON.—The ninth
volume of Mr. Colburn's authorised translation of the
above important work, comprising particulars of the
war in Spam and Portugal, is published this day, and
may be hid of all booksellers. Also, 2. Lives of the
Princesses cf England, by Mrs. Everett Green, editor of
the Letters of Royal and Rustrious Ladies, 12 vols. 3.
Sir James Alexander's Acadia; or, Seven Years' Ex-
plorations in Canada, &c., 2 vols.; and 4. Pepys' Diary
and Correspondence, new, enlarged, and cheaper edition,
complete in 5 yds., vtith illuLtrations, 103. 6d. each.
We understand that Messrs. William Tegg and Co.
have removed, or are about to remove, from their pre-
sent premiss, to more extensive ones in Queen-street.
This ,establishment has always been celebrated for its
stock ofjuvenilo books, and we are sure that, in antici-
pation of Christmas, their:lament stock of books for
juvenile readers is. replete with every novelty of the
season.

MR. NICHOLLS' SIIAKLSPERIAN READING, EXETER-
HALL.---Considering the distinguished reputation which
Mr. 11. Nicholls has already earned for himself as an
elocutionist, it would be superfluous of us now to criticise
in detail his reading of Macbeth. A more masterly
exposition of one of the best plays of the great poet has
seldom or never been heard before. He is possessed of
au uncommonly fine voice, which he modulates with the
;.,reatest ekil , while his true and accurate conception of
the various characters he presents to his audience quite
deprives the entertainment of any resemblance to a mere
recitation, so much so indeed that one feels as deeply
interested in the play as if it were being performed
upon the stage, sutrounded by the usual concomitants of
scenery, accessories, and all the gorgeous tinsel trappings
and gewgaws necessary for adramatic representation.
For three or four hours he is listened to with rapt
attention, that best criterion of a good piece and a good
actor (for which latter capacity we consider him emi-
nently qualified), and at the conclusion he is always
rapturously applauded.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, bad an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Pressly, Mr. Timm,
and Mr. Trevor, had also an interview yesterday with
the Right Hon. Barenet, at his official residence in
Downing street.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. An appeal from Bengal, "The East India
Company v. Ooditcliurn Paul," was concluded. An
appeal from Bengal was commenced, " Muttylole
Seal v. Anundochunder Sandie."