The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

REVIEW OP VIA WORK.

La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and liatnrity.—"-'! ['here are
scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no sp n •tator but
Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. It sppy the
mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch hint from the gulf
into which such scenes must plunge him ! In the book before us
such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and jail' ruct the
erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mi a, 1 not al-
ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is writtetri n a style
of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest: truths of
philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a
production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and• morally,
upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemious iess and
propriety. A. father may trust it in the hands of his boy.. By un
taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but • trherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice brcathin a in these
pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the adrn iitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer ou medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.
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Our regular files of Jamaica papers have miscar-
ried, the steamers from Jamaica to Havannah, with
the mails for the Trent, not having brought any;
•
we are consequently without any advices from that
colony. -
.11e learn from- Demerit/IC(11st the weither had
been very favourable for the crops, which would be of
more than an ordinary average in quantity.
The amount produce shipped from Trinidad to the
15th of September, was as follows Sugar-24,978
hogsheads, 1,975 tierces, 4,894 barrels. Molasses-
-1,780 puncheons and 137 tierces. Rum-1,060 pun-
cheons. Cocoa-2,508,6701b. Coffee-104,0851b.
Cotton-25 bales, 280 serons.
Sir William Colebrook landed at Barbadoes on the
7th of September, and was immediately installed as
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the
Windward and Carribean Islands
We have files of papers from Berbice, Demerara,
and Tobago.
The intelligence from the two first mentioned
colonies is of a more cheerful character than that
which has been received for many months past. The
quarrel over the Civil List appears
a good deal, and planters have come to a better
understanding with their labourers, so that the crop,
for which the weather is stated to be highly favour.
able, is being rapidly got in.
From one of the Berbice papers we gather that the
Dutch Government has resolved upon following the
example of the English and
emancipating the slaves in FrenchS Governments,i by
nstead of
compensation to the proprietors,urinam ; but
the slaves are to
remain indentured labourers for a period of twelve
years, and to work without pay. Such an arrange-
ment will never endure for the r periodeate r d
ia
assignedsste r
an
dto l
oists,
but will most probably entail greater
to the slave owners, and greater moral detriment to
the slave, than an immediate manumission would do.
that From Martinique we learn
aetn tranquillity
a solid
appears.
had to be in course of re-establish_ nat o
The Commissary-General
received orders from
a
home to promulgate laws gad.
tnstvagabondage, and
had h
the most energetic measureseeii prescribed to
the Governor in case of further disorder. Some
negroes, who, a few days after the
Saturnalia of St.
Pierre, under cover of the amnesty, had
hours,dorderedone.
of the inhabitants to quit his house in
pain of
imprisonment. death, had been arrested and condemned under
at
the assizes to five years'
The Trent has brought 16 cabin passengers,
amongst whom are Lieutenant Sim, Royal Engineers,
and Lieutenant Maynard, 88th Regiment, from Bar-
badoes ; also two sergeants and one corporal of artil-
lery, and one sergeant of the 42d Regiment, from
Bermuda, and eight distressed British seamen.
The freight list comprises 29,138 dolls. on account
of Mexican dividends, 1,243,205 dolls. on merchants'
account, 28 ounces gold, 32 ounces gold dust, 365
serous cochineal, 49 cases cigars, 50 bales tobacco, 4
bags coffee, and 44 packages sundries.
Her Majesty's ship_ Electra was at Vera Cruz when
the Trent left, expecting to be relieved by the Hound ;
the latter vessel sailed from Havannah for that purpose
on the 27th. The Alarm, Daring, and steamer
Scourge were with the AdmiralAt
ian
altavHanliafhax.onTthhee
Trincomalee was at Antigua.
Ist of October, the Spanish frigate Pearl, corvette
Columbar, and Patriola
The Royal Mail steamer Thames was on the Wind-
ward Island route ; the Avon at Jamaica, Severn
running between Bermuda and New York, the Forth
in the Gulf of Mexico, the Clyde on the Spanish
Main, Conway and Reindeer Windward Islands, the
Eagle on her passage to England.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]--A. Life Guardsman, one of
the Heroes of Waterloo, Cured of Rheumatism by Hol-
loway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr- Thomas Brunton
landlord of the Waterloo Tavern, Coatham, Yorkshire,
was afflicted for many months with rheumatism and
rheumatic gout ; his legs were dreadfully painful and
disfigured with colours of every hue, frightful to behold;
for ten weeks he was wholly unable to. walk. The treat
merit he received from several medical men, not only
failing to do him any good, bat leaving him, in fact, in
it,
considerably worse condition. At this juncture Hollo-
way's Pills and Ointment were resorted to, and by their
sole means he has been restored to health and strength.
Sold by all Druggists, and at Professr Holloway's Esta-
blishment, 244, Strand, London.
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Ammar, SAGACITY.—A somewhat singular instance
,ae. t h -
of animal sagacity has been told swoaving occurred
at Drumlithie market last year-old quey,
belonging which had been purchased from a drove
to
Mr. Officer, cattle-dealer, way driven to its new home at
Allardice, a distance of six miles from the place of sale,
and put into a grass park there. By seine means or
other it escaped teem the enclosut e, and
of the following day (Friday last) again made its ap-
rearance on the market•stanee of Drumlithie, where it
lay down on the very spot from which it had been driven.
Several individuals attempted to remove the animal from
the stance, but in vain ; and after resting for a short
time, and finding there was
no chance of its former com-
panions making their appearance, . it deliberately got
upon its legs, and moved off in the direction of Allardice,
where its appearance would no doubt cause as much sa-
tisfaction, as its sudden escape had given rise to spoon-
lation.—Storichaven Journal.

"His Excellency continued the pursuit for several
miles, and until it was dark ; but, it being evident
that e rebels were completely broken, he halted for
the night at Calver Fontein. In the hope of over-
taking and capturing the train of waggons, he
marched next morning, the 31st, at two o'clock, for
Bethany, which he reached early in the day, and then
ascertained that the enemy's camp no longer existed,
they having fled, with their waggons, in all directions.
On the march, evidence was every where afforded of the
precipitate retreat of the rebels, a number of horses,
&c., having been left on the road ; 49 of the enemy
were counted dead upon the field. Their wounded
may be considered upwards of 160. Owing to the
nature of the ground, which afforded great advantage
to the rebels, the loss on the side of her Majesty's
troops is unfortunately rather heavy, as will be seen
by the following return.
" By his Excellency's command,
(Signed) " JOHN MONTAGU,
" Secretary to Government.
" Return of Killed and Wounded in action with the
rebel Boers, at Boem Plaats, on the 29th of August,
1848.
" General Staff Officers killed and wounded, none ;
men, ditto ; horses wounded, 2.
" 45th Regiment (reserve battalion)—Officers killed
and wounded, none ; men killed, 1 ; wounded, 19.
" 91st Regiment (reserve battalion)—Officers killed,
none; wounded, 1 ; men killed, none; wounded, Q.
" Rifle Brigade—Officers killed, none ; wounded,
2 ; men killed, 3 ; wounded, 12 ; horses killed, 2.
" Cape Mounted Rifles—Officers killed, none;
wounded, 4; men killed, 4; wounded, 6; horses
killed, 9 • wounded, 11.

" Total :-7 officers wounded ; 8 men killed, 39
wounded ; 11 horses killed ; 13 wounded.

" Officers Wounded—Lieutenant Colonel Buller,
Rifle Brigade, severely ; Captain Murray, ditto, mor-
tally (since dead) ; Captain Armstrong, Cape
Mounted Riffes, severely ; Lieutenant Salis, ditto,
dangerously; Lieutenant Mills, ditto, severely; En-
sign Steele, ditto, dangerously; Ensign Crampton,
91st Regiment, dangerously.
(Signed) " JOHN GARVOCK, Major."
We have been favoured with the following addi-
tional details respecting the movements of Sir Harry
Smith before the skirmish with the rebels :