The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

THE SUN,

majority of the miles were covered in ten minutes arid
a half.
The task was commencer! at six o'clock on the even-
ing of the 7th of July, and the last raile was walked on
the morning of the 18th of August, at a few minutes
after nine. We may observe that Searles, despite his
long deprivation of continuous sleep, not only was fresh
at the conclusion of the match, but, so completely
is
habit second nature, that he felt little inclination for
extra rest.
As this is the first well-authenticated achievement of
what is pupularly known a, the " Barclay Maich,"
brief note of the performance of " Allard3ce of Ury,"
from a journal 40 years since, may not be unacceptable:
" In October, 1808, Captain Barclay made a match
with Mr. W, hater, a gentleman of celebrity in the
sporting world, by which Captain Barclay engaged to
go, on foot, a thousand miles in a thousand successive
hours, at the rate of a mile in each and every hour,
for a bet of one thousand guineas, to be performed at
Newmarket heath, and to start on the following Ist
of June. In the intermediate time, the captain was
in training by Mr. Smith, of 0 wston, in Yorkshire.
He started at twelve o'clock at night on Thursday,
the Ist of June, in good health and high spirits. His
dress from the commencement varied with the weather.
Sometimes he wore a flannel jacket, sometimes a loose
great coat, with strong shoes, and two pair of coarse
stockings, the outer pair boot-stockings without feet, to
k« ep his legs dry. He walked in a sort of lounging
gait, without any appal., nt extraordinary exertion,
scarcely raising his feet two inches above the ground.
During a great part of the time the weather was very
rainy, but he felt no inconvenience from it ; indeed, wet
was favourable t his exertions ; as, during dry weather,
he found it necessary to have a water-cart to go over
the ground to keep it cool, and prevent it becoming too
hard. Towards the conclusion of the performance, it
was said, the captain suffered much from spasmodic a'-
fection of the legs, so that he could not walk a mile in
less than twenty minutes ; he, however, ate and drank
well, and bets were 2 to 1 and 5 to 2 on his completing
his journey within the time prescribed. About eight
days before ho finished, the sinews of his right leg be-
came much better, and he continued to pursue his task
in high spirits, and consequently bets were 10 to 1 in
his favour at Tattersall's.
" On Wednesday, July the 12th, Captain Barclay
completed his arduous undertaking. He had till four
P.M. to finish his task, but be performed the last mile by
a quarter of an hour after three in perfect case and
great spirit, amidst a great crowd of spectators. For
the last two days he appeared in higher spirits, and per-
formed his last mile with apparently more ease, and in
a fawner time, tbun be bad done for some days past.
" With the change of weather he had thrown off his
loose great coat, which he wore during the rainy period,
and walked in a flannel jacket. He also put on shoes
thicker than any which he had used in any previous
part of his performance. When asked how be meant to
act after be had finished his feat, he said he should that
night take a good sound sleep, but that he must hate
himself awaked twice or thrice in the night to avoid
the danger of a too sudden transition from
almost constant exertion to a state of long
repose. One hundred guineas to one, and indeed
any odds whatever were offered on Wednesday morn-
ing; but so strong was the confidence in his success
that no bets could be obtained. The multitude who
resorted to the scene of action in the course of the con-
cluding days was unerecedented. Not a bed could be
procured on the Tuesday night at Newmarket, Cam-
bridge, Bury, or any of the towns or villages in the vici-
nity, and every horse and vehicle were engaged.
Among the nobility and gentry who witnessed the con-
clusiou of this extraordinary performance were the
Dukes of Argyle and St. Alban's; Earls Grosvenor,
Besborough, and Jersey; Lords Foley end Somerville;
Sir Julio Lade, Sir F. Standish, &c. The aggregate of
the bets is supposed to have amounted to 100 0001."
Notwithstanding the severity of this and various other
remarkable gymnastic feats, the captain is still enjoying
a green old age at his seat at Ury, near Stonehaveu, in
the county of Kincardine, respected as much for his
kind awl gentlemanly demeanour in private as he is ce-
lebrated for his sp.:rung exelaits in public.—Advertiser

THE NIZ AM.
(From the Times.)
Intelligence has been received from India to the
effect that the Government of Calcutta has at length
conclusively determined on immediate interference in ,
the affairs of the Nizam. This menace has been so
long suspended over the Court of Hyderabad, and
the embarrassments and disorganization of the Deccan
have constituted so interminable a subject of remon-
strance and report, that the information thus commu-
nicrved, will, perhaps, appear to carry little novelty
or interest. Yet the conjuncture is not without an
importance of its own ' • and it is difficult, indeed, as
the reader will presently see, to predict the ultimate
results of such a movement in dominions like those of
the East India Company.
The Nizam or " Administrator" of the Deccan is
the representative of a family founded about a century
ago at the dissolution of the Mogul empire. The
word " Deccan" signifies " South," and was applied to
the portion of India between the rivers Nerbudda
and Kistnall, which stood in that geographical relation
to the seat of Imperial power. To this spacious terri-
tory there was dispatched from the Court of the
Great Mogul a renowned lieutenant of the Emperor
with the title of "iN izam," a distinction which he
perpetuated by transmitting it to his descendants
along with the province which he had been sent to
superintend, and which, after eastern fashion, he
had converted into a princely inheritance. On our
first intervention in Indian politics we found the
Nizam of the Deccan a formidable Sovereign,
though he was brought before the close of the cen-
tury to hold his crown by our protection. The al-
liance between his State and the British Government
was serviceable to both in turn, but it ended in ar-
rangements which have led by degrees to the present
crisis of affairs. As the strength of the native Powers
declined, and that of the British increased, it was
natural that our contributions towards a common ob-
ject should take the form of military force, while
those of the Nizam should be confined to pecuniary
subsidies. Some of the obligations thus accepted
were commuted for territorial cessions ; others re-
tained their original form ' • and the ultimate pacifica-
tion of Peninsular India left the Nizam under en-
gagements with the Governor of Calcutta to defray
annual charges to a very considerable amount.
It will be readily understood that these liabilities
would become more and more disagreeable as the re-
collection of the services rendered became more and
more indistinct. The undisputed ascendancy of the
British released the Nizam from all those perils
against which he bad purchased protection ; he had
no enemy to apprehend, and be found it irksome to con-
tinue payments the consideration for which seemed to
have long passed away. Moreover, his kingdom was
running the usual course of oriental sovereignties, and a
declining revenue and deficient means quickly followed
upon a reckless and dissolute Administration. The
British engagements had stipulated for the continu-
ous sojourn of a Resident at the court of Hyderabad,
whose aid and counsel were to be always at the com-
mand of the Sovereign, and whose influence it was
hoped might tend to maintain him in the paths of
prudence. But, unfortunately, our system of pro-
tective alliances was partial and imperfect. It ope-
rated effectually enough to disarm the protected
prince of all power for external action, but it left him
in independent authority to mismanage the affairs of
his particular dominions. We could control his deal-
ings with other states, and regulate his military es-
tablishments, but with his domestic administration we

made no pretence to interfere. The consequences of
this policy have been but too visible both in the Dec-
can and in Omle. In the state of which we are now
writing, the Nizam either selected a Minister after
his own heart, who was at variance with the British
Resident, or he accepted a nominee of the Resident
with such repugnance and ill will as neutralised the
effects of the appointment. Practically there was no
Government at all, for the influence of our
authority was just sufficient to check the ma-
chinery without communicating a beneficial
impulse to the Administration. Meantime pay-
ments fell into arrear—a circumstance which,
while it called fur more urgent intervention
on the part of the Resident, increased also the objet
tions attached to his capacity and presence. In this
manner have the affairs of the Deccan proceeded
under a succession of rulers, until the sum due from
the reigning Nizam to the Exchequer of Calcutta
amounts to 850,0001. ; and the British Government
have at length resolved on exercising a power reserved
to them of temporarily confiscating a portion of his
dominions, and applying the revenues to a liquidation
Of the debt. It may seem at first sight that a con-
tingency so long contemplated, and apparently so
natural, was not likely to be attended with any very
serious consequences ; but all things in India have a
character of their own. The Nizam himself might
possibly conceive no great concern at the collection
of part of his revenues by British officers. Large
private funds enable him to satisfy the demands of
oriental luxury, and to maintain an attitude of sulky
indifference to the remonstrances of the Resident and
the complaints of his subjects. Some, however,
of those subjects have arms in their hands, and
it is extremely probable that our proceedings
may provoke the use of them. There exists
in all India States troops, more or less numerous,
of mercenary soldiers, the remains either of disbanded
armies, or of military communities, or of those native
forces which have from time to time been shattered
under blows. Besides these, the Arabs—that Cam•
sian race whose influence is felt from the straits of
Gibraltar to the islands of the Eastern Archipelago—
have long furnished India with a fierce and turbulent
soldiery. These elements of disorder are to be found
more or less throughout the country, but they have
swarmed in extraordinary numbers on the dominions
of the Nizam. Not only was the anarchy of the king-
dom generally favourable to their profession, but the
position of the Sovereign himself invited their notice.
The ".-N izam's army," so termed, is commanded by
British officers, and under the exclusive authority of
the Resident, so that his Highness has been compelled
to levy and maintain a distinct force for such occasions
of state and government as were still recognised by
his protectors. This double drain upon his Treasury,
while it has contributed in no small degree to the
present embarrassment of his finances, has filled
the country with crowds of ill-paid and urn
governable mercenaries. First, the Sovereign
himself, and then his nobles and favourites, are se-
verally supporting large bands of retainers, whose
wages are always in arrear, and whose pecuniary
claims and military strength give them great practi-
cal influence on the measures of the Government. To
dismiss these troops is impossible, for there are no
means of satisfying their demands, nor is it probable
indeed that they would consent to be dislodged from
-e settlement so congenial to their habits; sn that
Sikhs from the Punjaub, Arabs from the Gulf, Beloo-
Ares from Sciude. Rsjpoots from the north-west,
end Patens from Affghanistan—all the fiercest foes,
in short, of all our Eastern wars—are now mustered
for mischief in the Deccan. At this moment the re-
venues of the Nizam amount, we believe, to about
1 000,0001 sterling—a sum so inadequate to the exi-
eencies thus induced that there a deficit of some
300,000/. was an annual event. From this income
he British Government proposes to intercept some
350 0001., so that the deficit will be more than
doubled, and the question which disturbs Indian ob•
servers is, how a state which was barely kept together
es it stood, can maintain even a semblance of substan-
live power when more than a third of its revenues is
taken away. It is believed that the Nizam could, if
he pleased, meet the demands of his creditors from his
privy purse, but it is not conjectured that he will so
incline. Another method lies in the resumption of
" jaghires," or Crown revenues, from the favourites
on whom they have been profusely bestowed ; but
these favourites retain small armies of Arabs, who
will incontestably fight to the death, if not fur their
masters, at least for their pay. In fact, the whole
revenues of the Nizam and his followers may be de-
scribed es pledged to a powerful and extortionate
band of military creditors, holding actual possession,
and likely to surrender their advantages only with
their lives. We are not, of course, insinuating that
the prodigious strength of our Indian Government is
likely to fail against such antagonists as these, but
their desperate ferocity has been proved in many a
field, and we may anticipate isolated contests of ex-
treme severity before the Deccan can be rid of its
invaders. Coupled, too, with this contingency, is the
indefinite peril with which warfare in India is always
attended. The risk is, perhaps, less than usual in
territories so long peaceful and so well under com-
mand as those of the Madras Presidency, but it still
exists, and may at any moment evoke an enemy into
being. Neither is it probable, all circumstances con-
sidered, that our proposed intervention will actually
terminate with the recovery of our dues, so that what
appears the simple execution of a compact may not
only lead to bard fighting, but may introduce a new
epoch in our relation with the Princes and people of
India.
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COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE. MONDAY, AUG. 18.

Divine service was performed yesterday, morning at
Osborne by the Rev. Mr. Protheroe, before her Majesty,
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
and the Princes* Royal.
Tne Royal suite and household attended.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner party
yesterday.

Sunday being the birth-day of the Duchess of Kent,
the morning was ushered in at Kensington by the ring-
ing of merry peals on the Church bells, and hoisting
the Royal Standard.
Yes.taday evening her Royal Highness's London
tradesmen Illuminated, and, as usual, they dined together
at the Kieg's Arms Tavern, Kensington.
By ber Majesty's gracious command, a dessert of the
finest fruits of the season was sent from the Royal gar-
dens at Frogmore, and by the Duchess of Kent's orders
the table was supplied with a fine buck.
Mr. W. N. Wright, sen., presided as Chairman; and
the vocal department, under the direction of Mr. Rana-
ford, contributed much to the hilarity of the evening.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong.
Dispatches were also received from the Governor of
Canada and the Governors of the other North Ame-
rican Colonies; and also from the Governor of the
Gambia.

PARISIAN STREETS AND HousEs.—Great improve
ments are observable in the streets by those who have not
recently seen Paris: trottoirs are almost universal; ttte
painted signs have nearly all disappeared ; and the drainage
is very different from what it used to be. The largeness ,of
the houses enforces the employment of an architect, and
affords an opportunity for the display of ability. Land is
very dear in Paris, and the result of course is, that all the
houses are carried up very high. Not long ago a plot of
land on the Boulevard was sold, and realized at the rate of
1601. for every 36 feet superficial of the area; this, however,
was probably a maximum price. There are at this moment
few private buildings going on. In their executed works
the French architects appear to hold fast to established
styles, but there is a desire abroad, as here, to work out some-
thing new. Most of the houses that have been built within
the last five years display a considerable amount of external
sculpture. In decoration, it will be observed that much
greater use is made of statues and busts, though they may
be but casts, than amongst us. There are many pretty cast-
iron canopies recently put up over doors : the cast iron woe k
generally, as our readers know, is very good. The duration
of external gilding in Paris, as compared with London, is
very treat, and affords evidence of the condition of our at-
mosphere—a condition which we might, and ought to, ma-
terially improve by enforcing the combustion of smoke. The
gilded lamp-posts in the Place de la Concorde, look as fresh
a. if but recently done. And what a glorious place this is !
When the sun shines upon its fountains and orange trees, its
Luxor obelisk, Chamber of Deputies, the Aladeleiue, Champs
Elys(ies, and the Tuileries, we know no piece of a city more
beautiful in the whole world.—Builder.
NORTHUMBERLAND LIFEBOAT PRIZE.—The com-
mittoe on lifeboats have presented their report to his Grace
the Duke of Northumberland, and the premium which had
called fourth a great amount of talent to the competition, has
been awarded to James Beeching, of Great Yarmouth. There
were many other models and plans of considerable merit;
amongst these the following are the next in order to the
successful competitor. The relative values of the models
was expressed by numbers, 100 being understood to express
a lifeboat complete in all respects :—Jarnes Beeching's num-
ber was 84; Henry Hinks, Appledore, bevon 78; J.. and
E. Pellow, Plenty, Newbury, 77 ; William Teasdel, Great
Yarmouth, 75; Harvey and Son, Halifax, Ipswich, 74;
George Farrow, South Shields, 72; Semmens and Thomas,
Penzance. 72; George Palmer, Nazing-park, Essex, 70;
William Van Houghten, Rotterdam, 70; Alexander Robin-
son, Hartlepool, 70; J. and J. Harding, Whitby, 70; Forest
and Laurie, Commercial-road, 70; Thomas Gaze, Mundes-
ley, 70 ; illiam Greener, Aston, Birmingham, 70 ; George
Lee, Tweedmouth, Berwick, 68 ; R. Littlejohn and Son,
Spittal, Berwick, 6' ; John Edmund, Scarborough, 67;
William Falhingbridge, Whitby, 66 ; Thomas Costain,
Liverpool, 65; William Cambridge, Filey ; Yorkshire, 65;
Joseph Hodgson, Blyth, 65 ; R. Taylor, Newcastle, 65 ; W.
Goodridge, Swansea, 65 ; Johnston and Haines, Brighton,
65 ; John Cockey, Portsmouth, 64; Thomas Wake and Sons,
Sunderland, 63; Benjamin Birch, South Shields, 63 ; John
Thompson, Retherhithe, 63; J. Bertram, East-street, Man-
chester-square, 63 ; R. Tredwen, Padstow, 63 ; Robert
Blair, South Shields, 63; C. F. Gower, Ipswich, 63; T. and
J. White, Cowes, 62 ; John Arrowsmith, Gosport, 62 ;
Charles Gurr, Portsea, 62 ; John Lister, Sunderland, 62 ;
Josiah Jones, Liverpool, 61. Besides the persons named in
the above list there were 285 competitors of various degrees of
merit.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette.
A TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.—A negro rode up to Mr.
Baker's, at Galveston, about sunrise yesterday (July 11),
and inquired the way to a neighbour's house, and was in-
vited by Mr. Baker to alight until the family were, done
breakfast, to which they were about to sit down, add the
negro did so. About this time Colonel E.S.C. Robertson
rode up, and, upon examination, found the negro was a run-
away, and he and Mr. Baker tied and ;placed him in the
house. Colonel Robertson then left; soon after which, Mr.
Baker met the negro at the door, he having cut himself
loose with a large butcher-knife which he held in his hand.
On Mr. Baker's attempting to retie the negro, the latter
grappled with and commenced stabbing him. Mrs. Baker,
seeing her husband in this perilous situation, ran to his re-
lief, when the negro stabbed her, the knife enteringjust above
the left nipple, severing the arteries of the axillar, producing
hemorrhage and almost instant death ; and after stabbing
Mr. Baker four times, thrice in the back, near the spine, and
once in the side, the negro got on his horse and fled. No
one was present during the horrid tragedy, except five
little children, whose screams soon assembled some of
the neighbours. Medical aid was immediately summoned to
Mr. Baker, but there is not the most distant hope of his re-
MELANCROLY ACCIDENT.—HASTINGS, AUG. 18. covery. A large number of our citizens immediately armed
—Mr. W. R. Quarry, a young man aged 26, lost his life here themselves and went in pursuit of the murderer, but at our
yesterday morning, in a very painful manner. At twenty last accounts from the scene of the murder, he had not been
minutes before seven o'clock he entered the sea opposite arrested.—Texas State Gazette, July 12.
Carlisle-parade, with six or seven other persons, leaving his
watch and clothes in charge of a companion,DISAPPOINTED ANGLERS.—A somewhat laughable
scene occurred at Middleton, near Manchester, a few days
Mr. Joseph
t ielder. The sea was ebbing, and nearly at its lowest, and ago. A party of thirty-seven persons, furnished with roils,
there was some surf, with a breeze from the south-west. In
ten or twelve minutes the party came out of the water, ex- lines and baits, went to a ledge of water on the Demesne,
and p
cepting Qnarry, who was then missed all by his companions. the manoeuvres of their favourite art to capture using
the fish,
W.: was seen by the latter alut three minutes before, stand- , roceeded to compete as anglers for certain prizes,
which it was known bad been abundantly stored in the lodge
ing with the water breast high and occasionally dipping. A for the purpose. They patiently watched for two hours, the
young man named Hollands at once went to the spot where pe,iod over which the competition was to extend, and then
•Qu cry was last seen, but could find no trace of him. Boats found that the whole take amounted to one small jack,
and drags were put in requisition, but without avail, and
weighing under half an ounce. They retired from the scene
although every exertion has been made, up to the present of this wonderful piscatorial feat amid the laughter of some
hour the body has not been found. lt is supposed that the hundreds, who had assembled to see the sport. To add to
c'eceased sank in some soft mud, and that his body is row their chagrin, it is said they have since discovered that the
concealed in it. The spot in question is the si e of a sub- 1
fish had been stolen.
terranean forest, and the sands are very treacherous owing
to the presence of decomposed vegetable matter. The de- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—In the course of
ceased conducted a chytr.W i
's business n All SAnts-street, yesterday the grand jury returned a true bill against Lord
land his untimely end has caused considerable sensation in the Ranelagh, for an assault, and ignored those arising out of the
neighbuulhood. i counter-charges preferred by his Lordship.