The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-22 00:00:00

,n Victoria are also advancing in §
" quite as well, or better," says a
Ay anticipated. At the village of Ely
.re finished, and fourteen in various
ion. The settlers had already raised
lan sufficient for their own consbmp-
_ton, and had consrquently taken some to market.
Wheat and other grain had been sown, and ground pre-
pared for more. At Auckland they have about an equal
number of houses finished and in progress—their village
well and regularly laid out, seeds sown, &c. The men
of this village particularly employ their leisure time in
cutting timber ready for sale, or for use after the sowing
season is over. At Joanasberg, Woburn, &e., houses,
lands, &c., are in various stages, some finished, and
habitable, and generally the men much pleased With
their situation and prospects.

PORT NATAL HARROUR.-011 Saturday last the bar
was sou:•.ded by the Burt Captain, and at half tide twelve
feet of water was found. This clearly proves our bar is
not so dangerous as has been represented ; for even six
days previous to full moon this quantity of water was
found at half tide. What, then, v.ould he the case on
the full, and change, and high tides? We should say
sufficient to bring over vessels of large burden ; and ft
small outlay of capital, judiciously employed, is all that
is required to make our harbour fit to be entered with
the greatest selty.-2Vatal Patriot.
The Heroine barque, 307 tons, W. Crielemay, from
Madras 3d May, for London, cargo sugar, put into the
Cape on the 7th of July, for refreshments.
The Nautilus brig, 232 tons, J. Ellis, from Mauritius
15th of June, for the Cape and London, arrived at the
Cape July 12, cargo sugar. l'ass.engers—Messrs. A.
Elden, Shetland.
The Cantata ship, 514 tons, T. Tilson, from London
Ist of May, to the Cape and Calcutta, arrived on the
14th of July,

DIJTCII EAST INDIES.,
The Dutch papers contain the following account of
the insurrection at Siam :
" A fearful insurrection has taken place here. The
sugar plantations, which form the staple produce of
the country, are cultivated by Chinese emigrants, a
class of sober, intelligent men, while their Siamese
masters are indolent and oppressive, and reap all the
benefit of their labour.

" Great discontent has been brooding among these
labourers, which has suddenly broken out into an
entente, which seriously threatened the capital of
Bangkok. The intervention,of ,arbitrat.aqs accepted_
"li`y the two parties fias, however, been the means of
re-establishing order.
" The first signal for the revolt was given on the
19th of March, when the insurgents took possession
of some manufactures belonging to the King, and
massacred all the functionaries. As soon as the in-
telligence
.reached Bangkok, which is eight miles
distant, a superior officer was dispatched to Thrat-
chyn, with about 100 men, with orders to disperse
the rebels. He immediately advanced towards them,
and desired to speak to their leader. They requested
him to come forward with fear, but he had scarcely
come within gun-shot distance, when he and a num-
ber of his followers were struck dead by a shower of
balls. This discharge was followed by a vigorous
attack, when the royal troops, deprived of their cap*
tains, found their hopes were futile.
" This treachery called for more decisive measures.
The Prime Minister put himself at the head of 5,000
men, and went in person to attack the insurgents at
Thratchyn. The engagement was fierce, and both
parties fought with great energy. The Chinese, when
they saw 300 of their bravest men fall, and a great num-
ber taken prisoners, abandoned the field of battle, and
fled in all directions. Encouragedby, victory, the Prime
Minister imagined that he had quelled the insurrection,
and hastened to return triumphantly with his army to
Bangkok, leaving about 100 men to guard the manu-
factories. The Chinese, however, rallied their forces,
selected as King the Governor of the North-East
Plantations, took possession of the fortress of Tchou-
Songsaw, on the 14th of April, which was fortified
with 60 pieces of cannon and ample stores of provi-
sions. Having also made themselves masters of several
other districts, they prepared to march simultaneously
upon the capital in a regular army, for the purpose of
proclaiming the King whom they had chosen. The
Siamese had no time to lose. The immense danger
roused their natural apathy, and in the course of a
few days they collected an army of 10,000 men, the
command of which was confided to one of their most
experienced generals, who by stratagem encompassed
the rebels, and compelled them to retreat to the for-
tress, where a most sanginary combat took place.
Flight was impossible, and the Chinese had no alter-
native but to conquer or to die, for the army had re-
ceived orders from the Sovereign not to make any
prisoners. The fortress held out for four days, but
numbers at length prevailed over courage, and the in-
surrection was vanquished, that is to say, it was
drowned in an immense quantity of blood.
" Meanwhile the country is tranquil, and the few
Chinese who did not take any part in the revolt are
closely watched, in order to prevent any new con-
spiracy, but commerce is almost annihilated. A great
number of sugar mills have been burnt. Numerous
villages have been reduced to heaps of ruins.
" The Europeans have had a meeting at Bangkok,
to deliberate on the perilous position in which they
placed. The Europeans will not sustain any danger
if they abstain from taking any part in the contest.'
—Dutch papers, Sept. 2.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Agent appointed by
John Kaye, Esq., of Dalton-hall, near Huddersfield, for
the sale of his celebrated 14'orsdell's Vegetable ResVrative
Pills, beg to caution the public against spurious imita-
tions. Every box of John Kaye's Pills is enclosed in a
wrapper with directions, on which is printed the arms of
the above gentleman, and also a facsimile of his signa-
ture; and without these none can be genuine. The
thousands of cures effected by this remarkable medicine
aro truly wonderful: especially in cases of indigestion,
billions affections, nervousness, headaches, outaneous
diseases, derangement of the respiratory organs, bowel
complaints, and dropsy. This has induced Mr. Kaye to
instruct his London Agent to give the utmost publicity
to this health restoring and invigorating medicine. A
list of testimonials, containingithree hundred cases of
cure, has just been issued. Suld, price ls. lid., 2s. 9.'.,
and 4s. 63. per box, by all respectable Chemists and
Medicine Venders.

NEVILL BOLT, LEICESTERSHIRE.—The sale, by
Messrs. Robins, at this old mansion has created consi-
derable excitement in the neighbourhood ; indeed,
visitors from all parts have, in consequence of the fine
weather, been attracted to the spot. On Monday the
grounds resembled more the appearance of a race
course, so many sporting characters attended to witness
the sale of the blood stock and dogs, which fetched ex-
cellent prices. The sale on Tuesday included the in-
teresting collection of miniatures, many of celebrated
persons of the Elizabethan period. The pictures were
not remarkable for excellence, with the exception of the
" Head of David," by Carlo Dolci, which possessed con-
siderable county reputation, and was stated by Mr.
Robins to be undoubted ; this picture was put up at 100
guineas, and the biddings rapidly advanced to 320
guineas, when R. Berkeley, Esq., of Worcester; was
declared the purchaser. No sale in the county had
created such a sensation for many years, the mansion
having been possessed by the Nevill family for centuries.
A SANITARY EXPERIMENT.—Yesterday a shaft
six feet by three was sunk from the centre of the Black.
friars-road, at the point of junction of the main sewers
from the Kent-road, Friar-street, and Webber-street ; at
the mouth of this opening into the sewers an iron grating
was bricked in ; above it, and about three feet below the
surface, a furnace, composed of sheet iron, was erected.
A space about twenty feet square was enclosed around
the shaft, for the deposit of coal, &c., and on Monday
the furnace will be ignited to test the practicability of
thus destroying the foul air generated in the sewers,
which in this locality penetrates the dwellings of the
inhabitants, rendering them unfit to dwell in. Should
the experiment be attended with success, similar shafts
are to be sunk at stated distances, with architectural
columns or obelisks to carry off the smoke.
SEIZURE OF ILLICIT STMTS.—Yesterday after-
noon, as Mr. Mills, an officer of Excise, was passing
over London-bridge, his attention was drawn to a horse
and cart going towards the City with a heavy load, con-
sisting of casks, apparently filled with some liquid.
There were certain suspicious appearances about the
vessels, coupled with a strong odour arising therefrom,
which impressed the officer that the cart contained mo-
lasses or illicitly distilled spirits, and ho determined on
stopping the vehicle to make an examthation. His sus-
picions turned out to be correct, for the whole of the
casks contained contraband spirits of a strength of sixty
over proof, which he immediately seized, together with
the horse and cart, and conveyed them to the Excise
warehouses in Broad-street. It is believed that the
spirits were on their way to a noted receiving house for
ib Again " jigger" stuff in the neighbourhood of Cheapside, and
that in a short time a clue will be obtained as to where
the spirits were distilled.
FEARGUS IN A Fix.—STOPPAGE OF THE Sup.
PLIES.—From a letter in the Northern Star, of Saturday,
addressed "To the Land Members," signed "Feargus
O'Connor," it appears that the Parliamentary inquiry
scheme
individualsh a s d
a who
the
effectinto the f
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theth ep
eyesre precious ut
the
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had embarked in it. Mr. O'Connor says—" From the
moment the Committee was appointedm to investigate the
affairs of the company,
as if
at iso n
ins
otherf ell off
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have h
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eaodbsoeornvness—xio"nHweirteh,
the working classes, I find their resolution most magna-
,mbounts ththei:
receiptspra
a week, from which dedeutcict
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nimous,
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month buts
pusillanimous. For
salaries of clerks, ehsai.vmefoonsr most pusillanimous.
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abroi ve
se, 301
the
stationery, postage, parcels rent,
rates, and taxes ; and I should be much obliged to those
who exclaim eI aol
exclaim
pay 5001.
wind up,' if they would inform me
5001. a week out of the residue of 301.
a week, after deducting 26/. for weekly expenditure."
Feargus has still the enormous profits of his newspaper
to fall back upon, unless, indeed, they are as apocryphal
as the land scheme, or the national bank.--Herald
POST-OFFICE NOTlCE.—Yesterday notice was
issued at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand,
that ship letter mails would be made up and dispatched
for Malta, Constantinople, and the Black Sea, by the
Euxine steamer, to sail on the 25th inst., and by the
Sarah Sands, to sail for New York on the 10th of
October.
LEs " SWEETS" D',UNE REVOLUTION.—A Pastry-
cook says it .is a pity the dinner never was given to
Louis Blanc. "it would have such a eight of Blanc-
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