The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

THE 5U:1%,1, LONDON, TUESDAY ErENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1846

I should have had more of my friends around to support
me in the emerkency•—(Cheers.) When I was about
being appointed sheriff 1 had the same difficulties to
contend with, but I braved them, and placed myself in
the hands of the Livery, and the result was triumphant.—
(Cheers.) If it appears to be their desire that I shall
do so on the present occasion, I :Ilan do so, leaving the
result with confidence in their hands.—(Loud cheers.)

After a short interval,
➢ir. JAMES (the Secondary) stated that, a poll having
been demanded, it was his duty to inform the Livery
that the polling would commence that afternoon at three
o'clock, and continue until four o'clock, that it would
be resumed to-morrow morning at tine o'clock, and
continue until three o'clock for seven days, and that on
the last day the poll would be kept open from nine till
four o'clock.
Mr. Alderman llooPErt then came forward, and said
that he had not the least idea that his name would have
been used in the way it had been, or for such a purpose.
It was without his knowledge or concurrence; be wished
his fellow-citizens to know that it was no act of his ; it
was, however, out of his power to object to such a pro-
ceeding.—(Hear.) The parties who bad used his name
for this purpose thought it was the best mode of ascer-
taining the opinion of the Livery, and he bowed to their
decision ; but he begged to say that he was no party to
it.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted the Livery would under-
stand the real position in which he was placed.—(Hear.)
A vote of thanks was then proposed, seconded, and
can ied unanimously to the late Sheriffs.
Mr. LAURIE returned thanks, and the hall was then
adjourned to three o'clock, at which hour the polling
commenced.
[We shall give the further proceedings in our Third
Edition.]

PROCESSION and INSTALLATION
OF THE STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WEL-

LINGTON.-(THIS DAY.)

Long before the hour appointed for the advance of the
procession which was appointed to escort the statue of
his Grace the Duke of Wellington in its progress from
the studio of Mr. Wyatt to its destined location, in
Piccadilly, the streets and thoroughfares along the route
through which it was intended to pass were crowded.
The extreme fineness of the weather added considerably
to the other inducements which contributed to make this
affair one of more that ordinary attraction. Business
it appeared was altogether suspended, and the shops
along the Harrow and Edgeware-roads, as well as
through the streets nearer to the destination of the
monster figure, were closed. Some impatience be-
gan to be manifested by the assembled thou-
sands, which blocked up the passages in
the neighbourhood of the Harrow-road, when
an hour and a half passed after the time they were led
to suppose that the procession was to advance. The
disapprobation of the crowd was manifested by some
good humoured jests, and their wrath was prevented
from being exhibited in a more decided and disagreeable
manner by the splendid performance of the band
of the Horse Guards, which headed the escort.
An accident of a very serious nature took place about
halt-past eleven o'clock, in the Harrow-road. A
flower-pot fell from an attic, with great force, on the
head of a poor woman named Elizabeth Ladd, and gave
her a very severe wound on the forehead. The sufferer,
who was felled to the ground by the force of the blow,
was immediately attended by a surgeon, and afterwards
conveyed to an hospital. At twenty minutes after
twelve the procession, whose progress was so long and
impatiently waited for, began to advance, amid the
cheering of the thousands who witnessed it, the crash
of military music, and the discharge of pistols, shot
from the balconies of the hotels and private
houses, which to their very tops were crowded by
elegantly-dressed ladies, whose enthusiasm on the oc-
casion appeared to be as intense as that of the com-
panions in arms of the " hero of a hundred fights,"
many of whom were mingled with the crowd, and by
their looks testified the feelings of pride and exultation
which they experienced on witnessing "the pomp, and
pride, and circumstance" which attended the progress
and installation of the statue of their veteran leader.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANB.)
IN RE BUTTERWORTH.
In this case the bankrupt had carried on business as a
licenced victualler, in King-street, Cheapside, and an
application was now made to tke Learned Commissioner
in consequence of the bankrupt persisting in refusing to
sig❑ a document for the transfer of his licence.
The Learned CommtssioNEa asked whether the bank-
rupt was present, and was answered in the affirmative.
The Learned COMMISSIONER—I tell you it is only
right for you to sign it, and if you do not you shall
never have your certificate as long as I live, and no one
else has the power to grant it.
The bankrupt still refused, and asked the official as-
signee what he would advise.
The official assignee said something might be made
out of the property, and that the bankrupt would be a
fool and a madman to continue to refuse.
The bankrupt's wife, who was present, earnestly en-
treated him not to do it, but he ultimately signed, when
she burst into tears, and said he had parted with the last
he had, and she would have to starve.

THE WAR IN hAFIRLAND.

(From the Herald.)

Cape of Good Hope papers to the 17th of July in-
' elusive have just been received. Our previous ad-
vices came down to the 11th of July. The present
arrival, however, contains little news; but it is
satisfactory. Skirmishes with the Kafirs still con-
tinued to a small extent; but no very serious
consequences had resulted therefrom, nor were any
anticipated. The enemy may continue to harass and
plunder, upon a small scale, for some time to come ;
but they have received such a check, and are so much
cowed, that a repetition of their former daring and
successful exploits is not to be apprehended. We
regret to learn the death of Mr. Gordon Nourse, a
young gentleman of high character and great pro-
mise, who received a mortal wound from a Kafir's ball
while pursuing the marauders. We annex extracts
from the papers now received
(From the Graham's Town Journal of July 11.)
WEDNESDAY.—An express arrived this morning from
Fort Beaufort, with the mournful intelligence of the
death of Mr. Gordon Nourse, one of the most intelligent,
enterprising, and high-spirited residents on this frontier.
The facts of the case, as detailed ia a communication
from the Lieutenant-Governor, Colonel Hare, to the
officer commanding Graham's Town, are to the follow-
ing purport :
" On the evening of the sth instant, a small party of
the Kafirs having succeeded in capturing a herd of about
100 head of cattle, while grazing near the Guala Post,
the residence of the deceased, were immediately followed
by him and a few others. The marauders were overtaken
in the kloofs, and the cattle were recaptured, with the
loss of four of the enemy, who were shot. Mr. N. had
nearly reached the end of the kloof when a ball. fired
with fatal precision by a lurking Kafir, stretched him
lifeless, and also one of his companions—as we under-
stand a man of colour. We are informed that another
of the party was also wounded."
The men who rode the express report that on Monday
evening last six or eight mounted Kafirs approached to
within gun-shot of the wooden bridge at Fort Beaufort,
and fired a volley. The place was instantly in alarm,
and pursuit was made, but the marauders, who appear
to have been actuated by a mere spirit of bravado, were
off, scampering through the bushes which are thickly
spread over the ground in that neighbourhood, and high
up the Kafirland mountains. We learn also that 30
head of the contractor's slaughter cattle were swept off
from the vicinity of Fort Beaufort about 14 days ago.
This morning Lieut. Cu!. Johnstone, with the 27th Regi-
ment, marched from Graham's Town for the mouth of
Fish River, where he is appointed to command the camp
on the eastern side of that stream, and also Fort nacres,
on this bank. The mouth of the Fish River and its
vicinity is to be, it is understood, the depot, not only for
Government supplies, but also for cattle captured from
the enemy. This evening an express reached town
with the welcome intelligence of the arrival of the
Waterloo, at the Fish River. Every preparation was
in progress, at the time the accounts left, for,the
landing of the supplies required by the troops no* en-
camped in the immediate vicinity of the spot in question.
Report received this evening from Hilton states that a
strong party of Kafirs had made their appearance in the
vicinity of that station, and had attempted to carry off
the cattle while grazing in the field. In this attempt the
marauders were, however, baffled, but assistance was
urgently requested, it being thought that the Kafirs
were in considerable force, and that another attempt
would be made to secure this booty. . A party of 100
Stellenbosch Burghers was immediately ordered to move
on this point, and who proceeded there accordingly,
under Field Commandant Onkruydt.
FRlDAL—Commandant Onkruydt, with the Stellen-
bosch Burghers, returned to town last evening, after
having thoroughly scoured the jungle in the vicinity of
Vaal Krantz and Hell Poort, where it was supposed the
Kafirs who, as reported, had attempted to drive off the
Hilton camp cattle, had taken shelter. No Kafirs were,
however, fallen in with.

SATURDAY.—Received the following communication
From Fort Beaufort, dated 7th instant:—

" Bodies of Kafirs consisting of from 10 to 20 continue
to invest this part of the frontier, and whenever they
can succeed in driving off flocks or herds by stealth they
do so, avoiding, however, to combat, either to capture,
or for the protection of what they may have stolen. In
these forays several horrible murders have been com-
mitted lately by these cowardly assassins on herdsmen
in the vicinity of this place. Last week they shoat two
Fingoes while herding cattle near Macomo's Kraal, and
not satisfied with killing the poor fellows they tor-
mented one of them by flaying his face while he was yet
alive. The other escaped from them mortally wounded,
but has since died. The day after this Field Captain
Loxton was ordered out with his Hottentot corps on
escort duty, and on his return home at daybreak of the
2d inst., he discovered the traces of a flock of sheep
which the Kafirs were attempting to drive across a drift
on the Kat River, near the Blinkwater Post, but who on
hearing the approach of his men had taken
shelter in the bush with the sheep. On being fol-
lowed into the thicket the Kafirs retreated, leav-
ing 490 sheep in the hands of the pursuing
party. From circumstances which have trans-
pired subsequently, it appears that these marauders,
after losing their booty, took post during the remainder
of the day on a high conical hill, overlooking the spot
where the sheep had been taken, watching the
herds from the Blinkwater Post, in hopes that chance
would afford them an opportunity of repairing their loss
at the expense of these men. Unfortunately some strag-
gling sheep being seen near where these Kafirs lay in
ambush, two of these men were induced to proceed to-
wards the spot, and were intercepted and fired on—one
having his arm shattered, and the other his gun split
in two near the lock. The latter, however, escaped, and
on reporting the case, Captain Loxton was ordered out
with his company to the spot, where the bloodspoor was
traced for about half a mile, and here a most shocking
spectacle presented itself. It appeared that the wounded
man had dropped from loss of blood, and that the
Kafirs had then tortured him in a horrible manner.
They had first torn open the sleeve of the
shattered arm, they had ripped open the wound
with the assegai, and extracted the bullet. They
next stabbed him once in the bowels and six times in
the neck, also in the mouth and breast, and mutilated
and bruised the broken arm with knobbed keeries. The
remains of this unfortunate man being buried, the bush
was then effectually scoured, but without finding the
murderers. This is now generally the case, the Kafirs
never presenting themselves voluntarily unless in over-
whelming numbers. Besides these affairs, one or two
other skirmishes have been reported—in one of which,
the friendly Kafir, Hermanus, recaptured a few head of
cattle and killed one or two of the marauders ; another
is the case of Mr. Ryneveld's company, who having
pursued some of his oxen which had been carried off,
succeeded in overtaking them and shooting two out of
the three Kafirs who were driving them. The third,
who was on horseback, escaped. Information has been
received that a number of Kafirs have been seen in Vader
Kloof (behind the Kromme Berg), and a force was to
be sent in quest of them."
Received also information of a spirited affair, on Thurs-
day evening, between a party of Fingoes and Kafirs in
the vicinity of Fort Beaufort. It appears that in the
afternoon of that day a strong party of Kafirs sud-
denly presented themselves and attempted to capture
the cattle. The Fingoes, however, who were in charge
of them, resisted this with determined bravery, and ulti-
mately beat off the assailants. Five Fingoes were killed
in this affair and eight Kafirs. Received some further
information respecting the death of the lamented Gordon
Nourse, and from which it appears he succeeded in reach-
ing home, and survived the fatal wound about two hours
—perfectly conscious that it was mortal. The ball it
seems struck him a little above the hip, and cutting up-
wards obliquely had passed out near the opposite shoul-
-1 der. His friend and companion, Mr. Vowe was, we un-
derstand, with him at the time of his death. The spot
where he fell is known by the name of Fuller's Kloof,
and which forms one of the main sprouts of the Blink-
water. The cattle taken by the Kafirs were the joint
property of the deceased, Mr. Vowe, and Mr. Botha.
The Hottentot who fell with Mr. Nourse behaved very
gallantly, seized the gun of the latter on his falling,
and though mortally wounded himself, got out of
the bush with it. A person named Wilkie was also
severely wounded—a ball carrying away a portion of
the chin, and then lodging in the shoulder. He is, how-
ever, said to be in a fair way of recovery. Sir Andreas
Stockenstrom was in Fort Beaufort two days ago, but
the following day he returned to Maastrom
Report received that 18 head of cattle were recaptured
from the Kafirs on Thursday, on Driver's Hill, by some
persons in the employ of Messrs. Ford and Jeffries. The
accounts from the front state that Captain Hogg, with
about 800 Hottentots, was to move this morning from
Trompetters for the Amotoli, for the purpose, if possible,
of surprising Tola's Kafirs, who are said to be encamped
in that locality.

THE STELLENBOSCH BURGHERS.
It is satisfactory to state that the Stellenbosch contin-
gent are appointed to defend and maintain some of the
most important positions on this immediate frontier.
These are stations lying on some of the great thorough-
fares, and immediately contiguous to several of the most
frequented Kafir passes into the colony. This contin-
gent, too, it should be observed, is composed of a re-
markably fine body of men—young, active, zealous, and
well appointed. Their commandant enjoys their fullest
esteem and confidence.

CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.
—Yesterday the twenty-eighth annual general meeting
of the members of this society, which was established
in 1820, for the purpose of giving permanent relief,
without distinction of religion, sect, or country, to de-
cayed artizsns, mechanics, manufacturers, &c., who
may be overtaken by distress, was held at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, M.P.,
presided. The report congratulated the subscribers on
the support which the institution continued to receive
from the public. The contributions had exceeded those
of any previous year. The sum of 8991. had been re-
ceived at the annual dinner, held in the mouth of March
last, 501. of the same being the subscription of the presi-
dent, the Marquis of Breadalbane. According to the
financial statement, the total receipts amounted to
2,3071. 18s., including a balance from last year of 5581.,
annual receipts 693/. 10s., donations 7771. 45., dividends
285/. Deducting the expenditure, a balance of 484/.
remained. Pensioners, both male and female, were ad-
mitted during the year, and the total now amounted to
fifty-three. The report was agreed to. The meeting
then proceed to elect officers for the ensuing year, when
Lord Ashburton was chosen president.
SHEFTON MALLET.—The strike of shoemakers iii
this town has terminated ; the men are gone to work at
a something less than their orignal demand.—Sherborne
Journal.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Alas ! alas ! for the days of the original drama. A
new drama (at least what in these degenerate days is
called new) was produced here last night under the
name of Clarissa Harlowe. It is a transla-
tion from a French adaptation of a French
abridgment of Richardson's celebrated novel.
It is in three acts. The first act sets forth the
loves of Clarissa and Lovelace, and ends with the
elopement. The second act represents the attempt at
the seduction of Clarissa by Lovelace and her rescue
by Jack Macdonald ; and the third act represents the
death of Clarissa. The following is the cast :
Mr. Harlowe Mr. Ryder
Mr. Anthony Harlowe Mr. Paulo
James Harlowe
Mrs. Harlowe Mrs. Fosbroke
Clarissa Harlowe
Arabella Harlowe
Lovelace
Macdonald
Mr. Smith
Joseph Mr. Oxberry
Mary
Mrs. Smith Miss Somers.
Charles Mathews was evidently overweighted in
Lovelace ; in the serious scenes his failure was pain-
fully apparent ; and in the more joyous scenes, as, for
instance, the scene in the second act with his roue
companions, when it might have been expected that
his success would have been certain, there was no
buoyancy ; he was weighed down by the sense of
what he would have to do in the subsequent scenes,
and in those scenes his pathos was burlesque minus
the fun. Wallack is the only man on the stage who,
in the present day, could act Lovelace decently.
To do justice to the character would require an Ellis-
ton. Mrs. Stirling's Clarissa was beautiful exceed-
ingly. Throughout there was great power. In the
earlier scenes she was the simple trusting girl—in the
latter ones the indignant, and high-minded woman.
Circumstances acted as a forcing bed, and the girl
became a woman at once. It was a beautiful, a per-
fect, piece of acting. Her honours were shared
with her by Mr. H. Hughes, whose Jack Mac-
donald was very very fine. In the earlier scenes, as
the scamp about town, he exhibited a devil-me-care-
ism which was perfectly true to the character ; and
when the scamp discovers he has a heart—that the
scheme in which he is engaged is too bad even for
him—and that he, the rejected of all decent society, is
a more honest, a more true-hearted man than the
polished Lovelace, Mr. Hughes left nothing to be de-
sired. From what we have seen of Mr. H. Hughes
at the Surrey, whenever he has had a part worthy of
his talents, we had formed a high opinion of his
genius, and now that he has a field opened to him in
which he may prove himself an actor, he kas
not disappointed us. We are rejoiced to see him at
the Princess's, and if he has a fair field, we venture to
prophesy that Mr. H. Hughes will prove himself, in
his own peculiar line, one of the first actors of the
day. Miss Marshall, as Mary, had little to do, but
that little she did excellently well. The piece was
admirably put on the stage, and was announced for
repetition every evening amidst the loud applause of
a crowded house.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

CHATHAM, SEPT. 27.—This afternoon ten detach-
ments of regiments serving in India arrived at the inva-
lid depot, Fort Pitt, from Gravesend, where they disem-
barked from the ship Herefordshire, consisting of 2 ser-
neants, 1 corporal, and 7 privates, of the 3d Light Dra-
goons ; 8 privates, 16th, Queen's Lancers ; 10 privates,
9th Foot; 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, and 26 privates, with
2 women, of the 29th Regiment ; 2 sergeants, 1 corpo-
ral, and 26 privates, with 1 woman and 1 child, of the
31st ; 1 sergeant and 21 privates of the 50th ; 17 pri-
vates, 53d ; 7 privates, 62d ; 1 corporal, 17 privates,
with 4 women and 5 children, of the 80th ; and 1 man
of the 10th Foot ; making a total of 152 men ; these
being a part of those that were wounded in the engage-
ments on the Sutlej with the Seikh forces, during the
battles of Moodkie and Ferozepore, under Sir John
Littler, and at Aliwal and Sobraon ; and out of that
number of men about 130 of them are minus either a
leg or arm. One, a very fine young man, Quarter-
master Sergeant of the 29th Regiment, has his left arm
shot off and three of his ribs, which were carried
away by a cannon ball. The troops are particularly
healthy, very few of them being required to he placed
in hospital. These troops left Ferozpore on the 14th of
March last, and arrived at Bombay on the 27th of April,
having been conveyed in steam-boats from the mouth of
the Indus, and they embarked on board the above ship
on the 16th of May from Bombay, and taking also a
detachment of the 31st Regiment, consisting of 2 ser-
geants and 66 men, which has joined the depot at
Chatham Barracks. One man of the detachment died
and 2 other soldiers during the voyage. The ship put
in at St. Helena for water and stores, and they also put
in at Fayal, one of the Western Islands, where the
officers and men received every kindness from the British
Consul, Mr. Mincham, in procuring provisions, as they
had been ten days on half rations. Lieutenant M.
Deane Freeman, of the 80th, who was shot through the
thigh, died on the passage. These troops were in
charge of Lieutenant J. P. Robertson, 31st Regiment,
with Quartermaster Thomas Paul, and Assistant-Sur-
geon W. Rutherford, 62d, and Assistant-Surgeon F.
Laing, 3d King's Own Light Dragoons. A detachment
of the East India Company's foot and horse artillery,
came home in the above ship.
THE 37TH REGIMENT. The bead-quarters of this
regiment arrived at this garrison, and quartered in
Brompton barracks yesterday afternoon, from Wales ;
they left Newport on Thursday last by steam, for Bris •
tol, which place they left on Friday by railway, and
arrived at the Paddington station, were placed in quar-
ters for_the night, and then proceeded next day by the
Blackwall Railway, and embarked in a Gravesend
steamer en route for Chatham. The strength consisted
of 15 sergeants, 8 drummers, and 225 rank and file,
under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon.
George Augustus Spencer, Captain J. Owen Lewis,
Lieutenant W. Joseph Bazelgetta, Lieutenant Charles
Lusmore, Lieutenant T. Jackson, Ensign S. Bloys, Pay-
master William George M. Clibbou, Adjutant James
Jones, Quartermaster Richard Hamilton, and Surgeon
Alexander Browne, M.D. Two other detachments of
this regiment arrived here previously, consisting of 10
sergeants, 2 drummers, and 384 rank and file, under the
command of Major G. W. Francklyn, Captain Harvey,
Captain W. Clay, Captain E. D. Atkinson, Lieutenant
R. P. Harrison, Lieutenant S. Le Hunt Hobson, Lieu-
tenant R. P. Pelly, Ensign J. L. George, and Ensign
George D. D. Pilkington. Another detachment, com-
prising two companies, are yet to arrive from Wales.
This regiment is expected to be placed under orders for
Ceylon, to relieve the 95th.
At six o'clock on Saturday morning, the 26th inst., a
detachment from the Provisional Battalion, consisting of
two sergeants, two corporals, one drummer, and fifty
privates, marched to Gravesend, where they embarked
on board a steam-packet for Harwich, under command
of Captain D'Arcey, 65th, and Ensign R. Smith, of the
25th, to relieve a detachment of the 46th, which returns
to this garrison to join their four company depot under
orders for Guernsey.
THE ARRIVAL OF THE HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE 57TH
REGIMENT FROM INDIA —This afternoon (Monday, the
28th instant), the head-quarters of her Majesty's 57th
Foot (West Middlesex) arrived at Chatham Barracks
from Gravesend, when they disembarked from the ship
Mary Ann, consisting of 14 sergeants, 12 corporals, and
165 privates, with 12 women and 30 children, under the
command of Major Thomas Shadforth, with Captain
John J. Bull, Captain Edward Stanley, Lieutenant
Robert Hunt, Lieutenant Robert A. Logan, Lieutenant
John H. Chads, Quartermaster D. Morrow, and Assis-
tant-Surgeon J. Jackson. Three of the above officers'
wives and three children came with the troops, which
embarked at Madras and sailed on the 16th April last,
and on the 2d July the ship put in at Simon Bay,
where they remained thirteen days, and sailed
on the evening of the 14th. Captain John J.
Bull and Acting Adjutant Thomas J. Grant were made
prisoners for reporting that Major Shadforth came on
board drunk, and a communication of the report was for-
warded to the Commander-in-Chief at Cape Town, when
Lieutenant-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.8.,
caused a Court of Inquiry to be held, and Major Shad-
forth proved himself to have been sober, and Captain
Bull was ordered by the Commander-in-Chief to be
placed under arrest, and kept a prisoner during the
voyage to England, and the Adjutant, Thomas Grant,
was placed under arrest by Major Shadforth, for pro-
mulgating the report that he was in a state of intoxica-
tion. On the 29th of July the ship put in at St. Helena,
and took in water, and sailed again on the evening of the
30th. Being short of provisions during part of their
voyage, they boarded five vessels to get relieved with
provisions, and on their coming down the Channel the
compass getting unshipped, in the night they took the
Blackness for the Dungeness Lighthouse, when just at
daybreak they discovered the error, and fortunately
succeeded in saving the vessel from running on shore.
They tacked about, and got abreast of Deal, ran up to
Margate on Thursday, and arrived at the Hope of the
Thames, and towed up yesterday to. Gravesend by a
steamer. Four soldiers died on board, one private was
left at Simon's Town sick, and also Paymaster J. Potter.
As soon as the next detachment of this regiment ar-
rives, the 57th will be removed to Deal Barracks. The
head-quarters came in with their band and colours, and
their drums and fifes, and played through the town.

PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.—The following letter
has been received by the President of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society of Guernsey:—" Osborne House, Sept.
15, 1846.—Sir,—I have received the command of the
Queen to forward to the Agricultural Society of the
island of Guernsey her best thanks for the two beauti-
ful cows which have been sent for her Majesty's accept-
ance of the breed so celebrated in that island. They
have safely been delivered to her Majesty by Mr.
Rougier, and have been very much admired. I am, sir,
your most obedient servant, G. Amon. W. Dalgairns,
Esq.; President of the Royal Agricultural Society of
Guernsey."—Guernsey Star.
ATROCIOUS CASE AT ROTHESAY.—We regret to
state that a very atrocious case just occured at Rothesay.
Early in the present month a respectable young female
from Hamilton took up her residence in Rothesay, for
the benefit of her health, as many persons from all parts
of the kingdom have done before her. In taking her
quiet and solitary walks, she was accosted by an indivi-
dual who turns out to be Mr. John Macmillan, a master
upholsterer, and no inconsiderable personage in Rothe-
say,
connected with the Free Church, one of its aspiring
deacons, ready writers, and distributor of free tracts;
and, without going into further details, this Macmillan
struck down the poor sickly defenceless girl, and com-
mitted a foul rape on her person. Her groans and cries
were heard at a distance, and she was found besmeared
with blood and carried to Rothesay. The villain himself
attempted to escape, or to disguise himself with the
coolest effrontery in his own dwelling; but the girl's
friends, hearing of her brutal treatment, came to Rothe-
say, and compelled the authorities to seize him. He is
now in Rothesay goal on a warrant, at the instance of
the Procurator Fiscal. The Sheriff Depute arrived from
Edinburgh on Monday, and the proceedings will, of
course, be reported to and followed up by the Crown
agent, at the instance of the Lord Advocate. What
adds to the atrocity of this case is, that besides wear-
ing the mask of religion, the alleged culprit is a mar-
ried man, with several children.—Scotch Reformer's
Gazette.

STEAM POWER ON THE SHANNON.—There are at
present on the Lower Shannon, the Tribune and Water-
witch, screw steamers, trading between Limerick and
London ; Garryowen and Dover Castle, paddle steamers,
between Limerick and Kilrush ; Stromboli, ateam-
frigate, at Tarbet ; Dee, steam-frigate, at Foynes—both
discharging provisions for the Commissariat ; Alban,
steam-sloop, and Pluto, steam-sloop, transhipping these
supplies to the quays of Limerick. On the Upper Shan-
non navigation, belonging to the enterprising City of Dub-
lin Company, for the conveyance of passengers and
merchandise, are no less than seven steamers, viz.—Lady
Burgoyne, Lansdowne, Clanricarde, Avonmore, Gazelle,
Dunalley, and Wellesley. Total of steam-ships, 15. In
addition to this fleet of steam craft, the Limerick Ship-
ping Company have twelve sail of superior fast-sailing
schooners, trading direct to and from Limerick stud Lon-
don, twice a-week, viz.—Alarm, Arbutus, Elizabeth,
Belle, llarriet, Ann, Hebe, Eleanor, Undine, Limerick
Lass, Souvenir, and Maria. This is entirely inde-
pendent of the vessels belonging to the port of Limerick,
the coasters and foreign traders, which are very nu-
merous. _ _

FATAL AFFRAY AT HAREFIELD, MIDDLESEX.—
Since Saturday last much excitement has existed in the
village of Harefield, situated four miles from Uxbridge,
by an affray between some monkey boatmen who were
passing up the Grand Junction Canal, which has termi-
nated fatally to one of the parties. It appears that on
Saturday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, two
boats laden with coals were proceeding up the canal
passing through the parish of Harefield. In the boats
were fur men, whose names are Carpenter, Compton,
William Norman, and George Norman, the last-men-
tioned being in command of the party. On arrivinc, at
a lock Norman blamed Carpenter for some negligence
in opening the gates, and words ensued, which shortly
after led to blows, and the party adjourned to a neigh-
bouring meadow to have their fight out. They fought
for about a quarter of an hour, and then sat themselves
clown on the grass for a minute or two to get wind, but
on Norman attempting to rise he fell backwards on the
grass, and died in a few minutes afterwards. The lock-
keeper sent for Mr. Kidd, surgeon, who promptly at-
tended and opened a vein, but life was quite extinct.
The body was removed to the King's Arms Inn, in the
village.- Both Carpenter and George Norman have been
taken into custody, and on being examined before the
Uxbridge bench of magistrates were remanded till Wed-
nesday.
FALMOUTH ROYAL JUVENILE REGATTA.—This
regatta took place on Wednesday, in Penryn river, when
no less than twenty boats competed for the prizes.
Every class was well contested for two hours and a half.
After the contest with the four classes was concluded,
all the boats started for the Sweepstakes. The little
fleet drew together a highly respectable and
numerous
company of spectators, who appeared particularly in-
terested and gratified.--.Falmouth Packet.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
TATTERSALL'S-31014mm'
THE CESAREWITCII STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes
12 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's The Baron
15 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tom Tulloch—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan .Wild
25 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Terrier
25 to 1 agst Lord W. Powlett's Montreal colt
25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss
30 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Finvaragh—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Kesheng
50 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolf-dog—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Pemberton's 1 ugnet.
The betting, on the whole, was not at all extensive, but a
good deal of money was laid out on the three favourites,
Jonathan Wild and Torn Tulloch, and a strong desire shown
in two or three quarters to back Boarding School Miss, the
Montreal colt, and Ke:heng. Even money was laid that
there will be 50 acceptances, and 1,000 to 25 agst Sir Tatton
Sykes winning this race, the Grand Duke Michael, and Cam-
bridgeshire.

CHESTER CCP.
50 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat
66 to 1 agst Mr. Mytton's Sorella— taken
DERBY.
8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
18 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirot—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt
40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken
40 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's The Reiser—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale.
WOOLWICH G.ARIIISON RACES—YESTERDAY.
The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 251. added, one
mile and a half, five subs, were won in two heats by Captain
Gambier's Resolution, 5 yrs (h b), list 61b (Captain Wil-
lau), beating Lieut. Fortescue's The Artist, aged, 11A 61b;
Lieut. Clerke's Lucy Neil, aged, list 61b, and two others,
cleverly.

The Selling Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added, seven
subs, were won in two heats by Lieut. Patten's Flirt, 5 yrs,
lOst 51b (Captain Torrens), beating Lieut. Mountain's
Eoline, 4 yrs, lOst 21b, and Captain Gambier's Matilda, 4 yrs,
lOst 21b, easily.
The Scurry Stakes of 1 sov. each, six subs, were won by
Captain Gambier's Matilda, 4 yrs, Bst (Mr. Berkeley), beat-
ing Lieut. Clerke's Obscurity, lOst .81b ; Lieut. Mountain's
&dine, lOst 101 b; Lieut. Paget's Moncrief, list 21b; Lieut.
Milman's Darnley, 9st 71b ; and Lieut. Clerke's Dan Tucker,
lOst, easily.
NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.