The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-01 00:00:00

TIVERTON RACES.-FIRST DAY.

The Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of
5 sovs. each.

Lord Palmerston's Illione,3 yrs, 7st 91b 4 1 1
Mr. Scobell's Cracksman, 4 yrs, 93t 41b 1 2 dr
Mr. Bond's Sir Felix, aged, Bst 91b
Mr. Foster's Variety, 3 yrs, 7st I Ilb ; Mr. Foster's
Turncoat, 5 yrs, 9st ; and Mr. Downes's Tarrilda, 4 yis,
also ran in the first heat. Cracksman won the second
heat, but was distanced for crossing Illione.
The Ladies' Plate was won in one heat and a walk over,
beating ST Felix, Lucretia, and Ciacksman.
The Town Plate was won by Mr. Hey's The Moor,
beating Sir Felix and Rory (Mere in two heats.
The Galloway Purse was won by Mr. br m,
aged, beating three others.

FOUR-OA RED CUTTER MATCH. —The young tradesmen
and mechanics who compose four-oared cutter crews yes-
terday had a very spirited contest for a wherry with a new
pair of sculls, oars, &c., for the first prize, and five silver
medals for the secant.* boat. Chandler, of the Ship Ta-
vern, Milbank, the donor on this occasion, was partially re-
Mi,ursed for the outlay by an entrance fee from each person
who rowed. The match was in three heats, with eight
boats, and the following the competitors :—The Champion,
florselydown, pink ; D. Haily, M. Casson, J. Good, W.
Mahoney ; coxswain, W. Clark. The Swift., Chelsea,
brown ; T. Chettle. J. Amish, H. Jealous, G. Shep-
hard ; coxswain, S. Wenn. The Stranger. Stangate,
green ; E. Collins, G. Goddard, J. Lloyd, H. Trem-
; coxswain, J. Welsh. The Old Don, Green-
wich, yellow ; H. Hardingc, W. Struth, C. Inward ; J.
Moore ; coxswain, H. Taylor. The Sylph, Stang.atc,blue;
G. Chipps, J. M xwell, C. Dodesmead, J Pocock; cox-
swain, J. G,:stli I. The Deception, Milbank, white;
C, Husband. A. Laurence, H. Hawkins, T.' Hawkins ;
coxswain, T. Buckstone. The New Don, Milbank, red ;
W. Hanser, W. Lane, R. Miller, P. Sullivan ; coxswain,
J. Sullivan. The Phenomenon, Stangate, black ; J.
Willis, T.-Boxhall, J. Constable, J. Phipps; coxswain,
D. Bushnel. The four first of these contended far the first
heat, and the remainder for the second, the two first boat:.
of each being entitled to row in the grand heat. After
some good sport, in which all did their best, green, brown,
and red started at a quart:er past seven for the grani
heat, the dicrince being from the Ship. round a boat
moored near flungerford-stairs, up to Vauxhall-bridge,
and back to Chandler's. Brown took tho lead and main-
tained it throughout, winning l.y three lengths only; red,
who had a hard strugle with them, were second. There
was an imm«nse concourse of spectators.

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NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE
ARMY OF 7'HE INDUS. 2 Vols.
Bentley, London, 1840.
The late campaign of the army of the Indus, in
'Sind and Kaubool, under the command of Lord
Keane, which was attended with such brilliant re-
sults to the British arms; is detailed with much suc-
cinctness in these volumes, which are time production
of Dr. Kennedy, who acted as Chief of the Staff of
the Bombay Division of the expedition ; and has
recorded his personal reminiscences in a Diary',
which was jotted down froth day to day, while the
events it relates were yet fresh in his mind. To-
wards the close of 1838 the Division to which he
was attached quitted Bombay harbour, and after a
short' voyage reached the Hujamry mouth of the
Indus, where the soldierqisembarked. They were
compelled, however, to make a longer halt than had
been calculated on, in ccipsequence of the want of
camels; but these being,At length provided, they
set' forward on their tedious land-march, meeting by
the way with various distressing contingencies, such
as the deativof several of the troops from cholera,
and theindisposition of others from fatigue—to say
nothing of such minor miseries, as the loss of many
of their camels; the intolerable clouds of dust in
the more desert tracks over which they passed ; and
the incessant robberies perpetrated on them by the
natives whd harassed them at every step of their
progress. The Division, however, boldly braved all
obstacles, and on their fourtjs march reached Tatta,
which was once a city of great consequence, both as
'regards wealth and population, and of which Dr
"Kennedf saiss.
is very imposing ; the 1
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thably be forrOcd of ifiV qehris of the ancient
oupa rising
ground?-Itta . or swen,
with abundant u
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pro-
'city.
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Dyer-

sopping the trees of the rising ground in successive
stages, formed altogether as fine a picture of city scenery
as ,I remember to liac seen in India ; excepting, in-
deed; the first 'view of Brbach, which, in my opinion, is
unequalled anywhere. But Tatta, like Broad, has
now no fcrthcr interest, except in its history, extending
into the age of fable, N scanty population,aindee two
thousand souls, is scattered about its ruins in mud-built
hovels ; what were once the palaces of the Mogul
nobility are now desolate and unoccupied ; and the
river, which once flowed under its walls, now rolls at
four miles distance to the eastward. A more perfect
picture of decay cannot well be imagined.--Nothing
that I have ever seen has at all equalled the perfection
.of the art of brickmaking, which is shown in the
bricks to be found in these ruins ; the most beautifully
'chiselled stone Could not surpass the sharpness of edge,
and angle,.and accuracy of form ;. whilst the subitance
was so perfectly homogeneous and skilfully burned,,
that each brick had a metallic 'ring, and fractured with
a clean surface, like breaking free-stone. I will not
question the possibility of making such bricks in Eng-
land, but I much doubt whether such perfect work has
ever been. attempted."
Soon after leaving Tatta, the Division was in-'
formed by the natives that the enemy was advancing
in overwhelming force against them ; this, however,
turned out to be a false report, set purposely about
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first saw the Pulla Fishery on the Indus,
a piscatory pursuit which' more nearly reduces the
human form divine into. an aquatic beast of prey than
Isaak Walton, or any disciple of the gentle craft could
nave contemplated by the silver .Thames. Al large,
light, and thin earthen vessel, of the strong and no_
equalled pottery of the Indus' clay ,o
thoroughly ;baked,
.forms the fishertnan's float ; four feet in di-
ameter, and' about thirty inches high ;„'Of a verygiat-
tened form, and exceedingly buoyant. On tbifte,
fisherman balances himself on his stomach, coy,ering:tlA.
short neck and small aperture at top, and 'limn-alike
himself forth on the current, paddles with his legs
behind to steer his course, drifting with the stream,
and holding his pouch-net open to receive the pre,,'
which, when caught, lig deposits in his reservoir, the
vessel he floats on. Ti.e pulla i's arr oily fish•Ot a Ver.),
strong potted.lobster fiAvour,dnd greatly admired by our
gourmands ; but it is unfortunately most detestably
bony, and that to a degree - which renders it unsafe for
an unwarned and hungry traveller to reat_unton_tt. The_
fish we saw averaged twenty inches in length, and might
weigh a pound and a half or nearly two pounds ; the
shoals are migratory, and ascend the river as far as
Bukka betwixt January and April. The natives ima-
gine that they travel thither on a religious pilgrimage to
the shrine of Kajuir Kizr ; and gravely assure us, that
on swimmieg round the holy islet and shrine of the Sal.. t,
they followed our St. James's Court etiquette, where no
courtier's back can possibly be turned upon sacred roy-
alty ; and that the poor pilgrim fishes never presented
their tails towards the hallowed footstep-place of the
Saint, till fairly round and back again past the islet."
As the Division advanced further into the Sind
district, it was subjected to the most batwing
exactions by the natives, as it was supposed,: at the
suggestion of the rulers of the country. The ba-
zaar prices were everywhere quadrupled, and the
servants and followers of the expedition were re-
duced almost to ,starvation by prices higher than
had ever before been heard of in India -; and this,
too, in a country proverbial for its cheap markets
and abundance of grain and forage. The Division,
too, was daily and hourly plundered by the inha-
bitants, who exhibited uncommon faculties of ap-
propriation, and were so expert at their work, that
it ..vas found almost impossible to take any effectual
precautions against them. Enraged at such re-
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lars of which are thus detailed :

" Every day was now destined to have its catastrophe ;
ten Beloochies had been summarily executed on this
ground by Colonel Sandwith, of the first regiment of
Native Cavalry, under written orders from Sir John
Keane, as his Excellency passed with the Bengal co-
lurna. The first order was a verbal one ; but Colonel
Sandwith, not liking it, repaired a written one, and re-
ceived it on half a sheet of note-paper. He has had the
wisdom to preserve it. The poor wretches had their
elbows secured, and were made to sit on the ground,
when each had a bullet sent through his brain from a
carbine. Lieutenant Loch, the officer who superintended
the execution, spoke very feelingly of what. he had been
no willing agent in. .Some of them, he said, sat quietly
down and submitted to their fate ; some resisted, and,
to keep them quiet, the execution-party fastened their
heads together by their long luxuriant hair, which served
to secure them for their destruction. Two young lads
seemed horrified to bewilderment by their fears, and
implored for mercy, seizing the feet and knees of the
cityetedly
superintending officer ; but they were made to sit down.
Ere the fatal volley exploded they were endeavouring to
embrace, leaning their heads against each other, weep-
ing''
bitterly their last farewell. This was sad work, an
of Kandahar,
did no good : we were robbed, and our camels stolen
Lt every stage."
w hOe rtel t arrivingthe d ivi s ilow, halt,
Dr. Kennedy was much surprised at the manner
in which the apartments of one of the principal
aton
madethe t ancient
unexpectedly
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houses in the citadel were decorated. " The walls,"
he observes, ~ had a novelty of decoration not pe-
culiar to Affghanistah, as I have seen it in India,
though never so well done as in the rooms I speak
of ; the chunam or plaster being stamped v: hen
moist and plastic, and worked into a pattern, over
which a varnish of powdered talc i, spread, which
more nearly resembles the richness and hue of new and
unused frosted silver plate, than any thing I have
seen elsewhere. This might be introduced in Lon-
don--a very cheap and elegant drawin,
g t oom decora-
tion." Though once a place of some importance,
Kandahar is DOW little better than a ruin. But
such is the case with most of the ancient cities that
figure in Indian history. The hand of time has
pressed heavily upon them, but man has committed
Still, greater ravages. Every where may be seen
proofs of the dreadful devastations occasioned by
war. Majestic ruins of temples, palaces, fortresses,
shrines, and mausoleums of mighty kings and con-
querors, compared with which some of the proudest
structures of Europe shrink ; into
.nsignificance,
rivet the traveller's gaze in all directions, and
force on his mind sad considerations of the con-
vulsions to which the East has from time
rnmemorial been subject. A more impressive
homily than ever was preached from the pulpit,
tray be read in the deserted streets of Kandahar,
and the stupendous ruins of that queen of cities,
imperial Delhi. It is a mere truism to say that
cities, like individuals, must have their periods of
growth and decay, and that what Babylon now is,
our own vaunted London must one day be; but

throughout the vast extent of India, man has uni-
formly anticipated the work of time ; it is not age
that has shattered-the walls of Hyderabad, and bid
rank weeds spring up in the fallen shrineS of the
Moguls at Delhi ; but the destroying power of the
conqueror. His is the hand that has levelled to
the dust the majority of- the finest cities in India ;
and in
,no other quarter of the globe has he left such
terrible proofs of his malign influence.
Ater a two months stay at Kandahar, the Divi-
sion set forward again on their toilsome march ;
and on the road to the town of -Nourek, Dr. Ken-
nedy, and his friend, the Reverend G. Pigott, were
witnesses.of.this singular phenomenon
We found the bushes, near the bank of the river,
covered with clouds of a large-sized, bright-brown itt.
sect oflhe dragon-fly tribe, buzzing about and merrily
enjoying their brief existence. While sitting, together,
we observed a scaled reptile creeping up the tent wall ;
at u, certain height it stuck, and appeared sbortly'to be
undergoing sundry throes and Convulsions, which were
sufficiently marked to attract our attention ; finally, the
scaly coat of the creature burst, and an enclosed winged
insect very slowly, extricated itself from its husky
tenement, and gradually developed its gauzy wings, a very
differeat figure from the reptile on whose flimsy tram-
parent shell it remained perched. It was one of the
merry, noisy dragon flies, and this appeared to be its
winging time. How long it remained ere it took to flight
we did not observe ; but the period that elapsed betwixt
its being a creeping thing on the tent-wall, and its shaking
off its earthly coil to expand its transparent wings for
the regions of air, was less than two hours. Who would
not envy such a translation from . earth to heaven
--These—brol.vujusee.4,4ppeared, however, to hive little
that was envi*ble in their lot ; they were falling by
thousands into the river, and shoals of fish were busy
devouring them. Our anglers had much amusement, as
our camp was always on the bank of the river. Two of
them, while pursuing their sports, obitervingtwo natives
standing knee-deep in water in a zomcwhat unusual
marine:, approached them, tri-tatislS7 their eu-iosity,'on'
which they fled precipitiliely.; -and, on:itieir moving, the
body of one of our followers whom they had murdered,
and on which they were standing, to keep it out of sight
unol the gentlemen •should have passed, 'rose to the
surface, and was rolled over fl)y.the stream. The mur-
derers, I believe, escaped."
. The, Division was now approa-ching Gbizni, the
most important frontier fortress of Kaubool, and
were struck with admiration of the , scenery that
surrounded:them. Winding streams, dayk green.
fields, valleys studded
.with_thriving villages, and.
enriched with luxuriant orchards, ilumerous hill§,
,topic abrupt and precipitous, and
.others ascending;
gradually, presented a delightful contrast to the
country tbey had so lately 'passed.' -The vineyard's'
and grapes of Kaubool eenddd greattv to enhance
.their sense of enjoyment ; brit,indeed the camp was
deluged with all .sorts of the. roost delicious fruits ;
and the soldiers purchased,. for the merest trifle,
heaps of the juiciest and' largest apples ; peaches
ter inches in circumference, and weighing nine
ounces ; ..and plump, fleshy, dark-purple grapes,
each of. which was an inch and a half' in length.
After the capture of Ghizni, where " a booty was
divided of twenty•five thousand pounds," the army !
remained in Kaubool, till affairs were put into
a train' of settlement, and then slovdY set out on
their return home. " Orr our second march,"
says,Dr. Kennedy, " we halted on:the same ground
we; had occupied on our toad Fro Ghizni ; and,
on reaching it, two skeletons were, accidentally.
stumbled on, to which were still clinginglattered
relics distinctly indicating that they were the bones
of our men ; the marks NI violence were too evi-
dent. A strange occurrence had taken place, for
a wild pigeon had built her nest,; and laid her eggs,
in the cavity of one of these skeletons !" Deviat-
ing from their former route, the army passed along
the bank of the' celebratA .Aubistad Lake,
" marching," observes our author, " full fifteen
miles in length, in sight• of it,' and never once
seeing across'it. It looked like an inland sea, and
one felt surprised not. to see the white sails. of corn- 1
rnerce or pleasure on its expansive waters." On I
their next halt, after quitting this lake, some light-
fingered natives made free with the baggage of the
soldiers,- but being dete-c-tedrfittii--71nte deliclo, they 1
• were,senteuced to a
_wholesome. flagellation. Wet,l
subjoin an account of the puniShment of the chief
marauder,:—

" When tied up according to military etiquette for
r_Tanishment_ his :Tau .4)1. lett+4---cxc.,..l.cd—all—daserip-
tion. He roared out his prayers to all the patriarchs
and all the prophets, and rang the changes on Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, and Ishmael, and Moses, and Elias,
and the Mahomedan prophets and saints, with a frightful
rapidity of utterance, and a horror-stricken paleness of
countenance, and protruded parched tongue that was
ghastly beyond all I ever witnes,ed. When tiol up
he looked round for the executioner and the sword,
which he firmly believed was to sever his head from his
body ; but when the drummers commenced applying !
the lash, and he was distinctly assured that a few square
inches of skin was all that he had to lose, the change in ,
the animal's countenance and demeanour was antipo-
dicall It was clear that he could stand " a hundred
lashes administered in the usual way, on the bare back," i
without the aid of Moses and the prophets ! He
grinned grimly enough, but his terrors were at an end ;
and there was a re-lighting up of his glazed eye, and a
colour returned to his ashy cheeks and lips, that made
him appear another man. I never saw the fear of
death so painfully displayed, and bodily pain so clearly
proved to be a minor suffering compared to mental
agony."_

Raving trespassed beyond our usual limits, we
must now bring our notice of Dr. Kennedy's vo-
lumes abruptly to a close. His work is interest-
ing, bat this rather from the freshness and variety
of his incidents, than from any particular charm
in his narrative. His style is careless, sometimes
ungrammatical, and he possesses little or nothing
of that picturesque power which impart:3 such zest
to description. Throughout his volumes we feel
the want of a quick and ardent fancy. Though he
passed through one of the most extraordinary
countries in the world, visited some of the most
striking ruins in India, was present at a siege, and
witnessed its results, yet such is his defective mode
of description, that his narrative takes but a slight
hold on the imagination. It is read one day, to be
forgotten the next. We must protest, too, against
our author's occasional flippancy ; and the spleen
—to give it no stronger term—that is apparent in
several portions of his work. To sum up our cri-
ticism in one word—Dr. Kennedy has tried hard
to produce a dull, unreadable book, but such were
the richness and abundance of the materials at his
command, that he has failed in accomplishing his
object. On a future occasion, he will probably be
more successful.

LORD A. B. CoNyNGHAm, Al.P.—Many con-
tradictory rumours have at times prevailed respecting the
health of Lord Conyngham. The truth is, we be 1i( ye,
that his general health is usually good, but an affection of
the heart causes cn the least excitement great suffering and
danger. This is the sole cause of his wishing to retire
from public life, which he will do whenever his friends can
be prevailed on to relinquish his services.—Kent Herald.
AGNES STRICKLAND'S " LIVES OF THE
QUEENS OF ENGLAND.—The third volume of Miss Striek-
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Norman and Plantagenet Queens. has just appeared. The
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MY LORD-it is enacted by 19 Charles IL, c. 2,
sec. 28 :—" That the second day of September (unless
the same happen on a Sunday, and if so, then the next
day following) be yearly and for ever hereafter observed
as a day of public fasting and humiliation within the
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I am, my Lord, your obedient servant,
Ilfracombe, Aug. 29, 1840. CRANMER.