The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-25 00:00:00

SOFT MELTING PIG IRON.

A Distribution of the Iron and a form of tender may be seen
at the said office. No tender will he received after Two o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends or
an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
and beer In the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Pig Iron,"
and must be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter
signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering, in the sum of 3001., for the due performance
of the contract.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-Road,
• Patron—The QUEEN.

Founded 1828.
The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone. No
recommendation is required.
During the past week, 2,673 patients received the benefits of this
Charity, either as out or in-door patients, and since its foundation to
31st Dec., 1856, the number relieved is upwards of 580.000.
The Committee entreat AI D to enable them to continue this great
work of charity.

Treasurer and Banker—John liastetman, Esq., Nicholas lane,

ANK OF DEPOSIT.---This Company was
establshed in 1844, for the purpose of opening to the public
an easy and unquestionably safe mode of investment, with a high
anti uniform rate of interest.
Depos:t Accounts may be opened with sums of any amount, and
increased from time to time, at the convenience of depositors.

PAYMENT OF INTEREST.
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nience of parties re-iding at a distance may be received at the
Branch offices. or remitted through country barite's.
PETER MORRISON',
3, Pall-m Ir. East, London. Managing Director.
Forms for opening accounts, and further particulars, forwarded,
post free, on application.

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
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-ccording to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
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fddition. to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of
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Policy stamps paid by the Office.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
London, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
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-1-41 R the SEX SIDLE. TRAVELLING SUITS,
11: with Cap, complete, 2,18 s. to Three Guineas; the Beaufort
Coat, 2/. 10s. ;, the new Summer Trousers, One Guinea.;.BaLlcn
Waistcoats, Two for One Guinea.
EXCELLENCE. WITT! ECONOMY.
GEORaE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street.

DRINCE ALBERT ROAD, Hyde-park.—ln
this delightful and desirable neighbourhood are to be LET or
SOLD several select and elegantly finished Residences; their architec-
tural display is of the highest order, and the internal arrangements
are everything that can possibly he desired; int: size they are suited
'or the occupancy of both the Nobleman and flentlemau. and the
study of comfort has been the chief object of the builder. This now
most fashionable part of London renders the locality !of these
building's undeniable, being contiguous to Kensington-gardens, with
is beautiful walks, and Hyde-park, with its rides and drives; added
to which the-salubrity of the air of Kensington-gore Is proverbial.
and considered by the faculty the most healthful in the vicinity of
the metropolis. Apply at the Office, 1, Prince Albeit-Road, South
Kensington.

Q CHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER
kJ/ WATER, manufactured by J. SCHWEPPE and Co., the sole
lessees of the Holy Well, possesses all the celebrated properties of

. .
the Na'sau Spring: SCIIWEPFE'S SODA, MAGNESIA, POTASS
WATERS and LEMONADE, are manufactured as usual. Every
Bottle is protected by a Label with their signature.
SCIIWEPPE and CO

Man faeturers of Soda, Magnesia, and Potass Waters and Lemonade
London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.

QUITE NEW.

Zi 0 YER'S SULTANA'S

SAUCE.—A most

refreshing and pleasing stimulant to the appetitp, composed
principally of Turkish condiments, combined with various culinary
productions of the East. It is an exquisite relish with Fish, Meat,
Poultry, and Game, ant forms a valuable addition to Soups, Minces,
Hashes, Stews, Meat Pies and Puddings, as well as to Salads of
every description. To S.eaks and Chops it impacts a highly delicious
and aromatic flavour.
To be had of all Sauce Vendors, and of the sole Wholesale
Agents, Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to the Queen, 21, Soho-
square, London

,TR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
_ IL street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
F WEAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
,peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr.
Howard's Improvement may be within the reach of the most econo-
mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed teeth stopped and r aldered sound and useful in mastica-
tion.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five.

A N ACT OF GRATITTJDE.--5,000 Copies of a
Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulat ion.— GEORGE THOMAS,
Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss of memory,
and (tininess of sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by
following the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician,
he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit
of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore
send free, to any ad tresq, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct-
ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the
medical work containing every information required. Address, G.
Thomas, Esq , Craven II QUSC, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill- s reet,
Haymarket.—The Proprietor of these Rooms, grateful for
past patronage, and while assisted by tie able co-operation and
zealous services of the late conductor, Mr. E. LAURENT, assures his
friends and the public that he has taken every means to supply in
his establishment the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin-
guished artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce
that he has en yaced, for the above rooms, the popular composer, M
A Nrosy LAMOTTE, late, and for several years, conductor at the Salle
Valentino, at Paris; also conductor at the great annual festival of
the City of Lyons, held at the Palais d'Alcazar ; and, for his eminent
merit, rewarded by his Majesty the Emperor with a gold medal,
being the only chef d'orchestrc in Franca who has received this mark
of honour and distinction, All the pr:ncipal performers of the
orchestra are re-engaged. The rooms, redecorated for the occasion,
will RE-OPEN on SATURDAY, the 29th of August.

GREAT ,NORTHERN RAILWAY.

IMPORTANT DECISION IN FAVOUR OF

THE PREFEaE SHAREHOLDERS.
The preference sliare old ers of the Great Northern
Railway Company, aggrieved at the recent act of
Parliament, which deprived them of their dividend
for the last half-year, the sum applicable to which
having been applied in liquidation of the losses
arising from the Redpath frauds, determined to
have the question as to their priority over the ordi-
nary shareholders decided by the Court of Chancery.
A bill in Chancery was accordingly filed on the 10th
inst. After reciting the various acts of Parliament
in reference to theundertlking, the Redpath frauds,
the recent, act of Parliament in reference thereto,

Per-a...

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 25, 1857.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TA.TTERSALIIS—MoNDIY.

The Radcliffe Meeting did not diminish the attendance
in the subscription-room. Throughout the early part of
the aftelmoon the only business transacted was in con-
❑ection with the settlement of the Ywk accounts.
The few bets which were laid on the St. Leger do
not require much comment. Anything over-6 to ewould
have been taken about Blink Bonny ; 325 to 200 was
the last bet booked about her. Igrorarous was again
in brisk demand, the successes of his stable companions
at York increasing the confidence of Ha supporters ; 5 to
2 WWI taken freely about him.
The clueing prices wera as under
ST. LEGER.
13 to 8 aget Blink Bonny (taken)
9to 4 agst Ignoramus (5 to 2 taken freely)
9to 1 agst Tournament (taken)
15 to 1 ag-t ArP-nfil (ofLrecl)
DUST'.
1000 to 60 art Sedbury
3000 to 100 agst Cock-a-doodle-do).
40 to 1 agst Dumfr'es
40-to 1 agat The Hadji •
10,000 to 200 agat Etli pian
1000 even on Clydesdale agst Loagrange

RADCLIFFE RACE--MONDAY.
HEATON PARK HANDICAP.

Lazy Lana
De Ginkel..

TWO-YE-OLD STAKEL

fresperithnsa. .
Cind(ralla
Lot Ttaee

Only these three ran.
WILTON,CCP.

Bracken • - ••
Game Pulht •
Greencastle

►WAND PLATE.

Skycutter

PROGRAMME OF STOCKTON RACES.
THURSDAY.
The Mandate Trial St keg of 5 sous each, with 20 added ;-
for all ages; 2 yr-olds, 6.t ; three, 7st 121 b ; four, 9at ;
&ve, 9st 51b; six and aged, 9st 71h. Mares and geldings
allowed 31b. A winner of 100 soya in the present year
to carry 71b extra, of 200 sots 101'o extra. One mile.
—This stake has been reopened, and will close and name
on the evening preceding the race, at the Black Lion
Hotel.

The Cleveland Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added
by the gentlemen of Cleveland ; for 2-)r-old, colts Bst
71b, and fillies Bst 31h. A winner once to carry 31b ;
twice, 51b ; thrice, lib 'extra. Horses having started
twice without winning allowed 31b. The second to save
his stake, and the winner to pay 10 soya towards ex
penses. T.Q.C. Three-quarters of a mile, nearly
straight.—Omen, Garnit-h, Hepatica, Bess Lyon, Honey-
stick, Maritornee, Tcrrtfic, Blackthorn, Snuff, First-
foot, Soothsayer, Old Titus, Hesperithusa, Captain
Wedderburn, Montagu -, Captivator, Challenger, Bradley,
Early Bud, Spread Eagle.

..
The Stockton Handicap of 15 sovs eaob, 10 ft, and 5 if
declared, with a bonus of 1001. added by the inhabi-
tants of Stockton ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The
winner of any handicap of 100 130V8 after the publica-
tion of the weights to carry 51b extra ,• of 200 sovs,
101 b extra ; no horse to cArry more than 101 b extra.
The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay
20 soya toward 3 Expenses. To start opposite the
stand, and go once round, about one mile and three-
quarters.—The hi4hest weight accepting being Bst, it
has been raised to Bst 71b, and the rest in proportion.
',Yrs at lb Yrs at lb
The Assayer
Heir of Linne ... 4 8 7 El Hakim 3 6 3
Vandal
Maid of Derwent 4 8 5 Janet 3 5 13
King of the Gip- • Homm3pathist
sies . 4 8 2 Pet()

Mongrel 3 8 0
Martlett 4 7 9

Alma 4 7 9

Norton

The South Stockton Sei
with 25 added ; for all ages
olds, 83t Sib ; four, gat 71b

Evelyn
Brother to Pres-

ton 3 5 7

ling Stakes of 5 Bove each,
; 2-yr-o:de, fist 121 b; 3-yr-
; five, 10st ; eix and aged,

lOst 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner
to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered to be sold for 80,
allowed 31b ; for 60, lab ; for 40, 1411) ; or for 30, 211 b.
One mile. To elohe and name at the Black Lion Hotel,
to the Clerk of the Course, the evening before running,
betwixt the hours of 1 and o'clock.

The Members' Plate of 50 sovs, given by the members
of the Southern Division of the County of Durham,
added to a handicap stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft ; for
all ages. The winner of any handicap value 50 sovs,
af.er-the publication of the weights, to carry slb ;
twice 50 or 100 Bova, 71b extra ; or of the Stockton
Handicap, 10113 extra. The second to save his stake,
and the winner to pay 10 soya towards expenses.
One mile.

Yrs st lb
The Assayer 6 8 7
Bourgeois
Ellermire
Hospitality
Wardermarske
Breeze
Sneeze
King of Scotland 4 6 6
La Viclime
Peto

Yrs st lb
Commoner 3 6 3
Sprig of Shillelagh 3 5 13
Lingle o' Buchan 3 5 12
Minnie
Ulysses
Pairystone 3 5 7
o,ira Linne - 3 5 5
bf by Burgundy 3 5 3
Princess of Orange 3 5 0

iat 12, at 9 o'clock in the

Weights published Aug
morning.
The Elton Juvenile Stakes (Handicap) of 5 save each,
3,t, with 50 added by J. S. Sutton, Esq. ; for two and
three year olds. \\ruiners of any race after the publi-
cation of the weights 511) Extra. Secaud to save his
stake, and the winner to pay 10 soya towards exp.:usu.
Seven furlongs.
Age at lb 1 Age at lb
Saccharissa 3 8 7 I Gorsebill... ......... 0 6 12
Tutercidona 2 7 9 I The Hadji .........2 6 10
Cornbro'. 2 7 4 1 Trabuco by Wind-
Princess of Orange 3 7 4 hound ............ 2 610
I
Meta 7 2 Marit. roes ......... '2 6 6
.

Wtights published Aug. 21, at 8 p.m•

FRIDAY.
Nominations for the Zetlaud Biennial Stakes of 15
soya each, sft, to be run as two years old in 1857, and
again as three yrs old in 1858 ; colts Btt 71b, fillies Bst
31b. Those got by untried btallions or nut of untried
mares allowed 31b, if both slb. T.Y.C. And in 1858,
colts Sat 71b, fillies Bit 4ib. The winner in 1857 to carry
slb extra. Ode mile and a hall :.-Omen, Rita, Gar
nish, Hepatica, Cock-a doodl-doe, The Digger's Daugh-
ter, Longrange, Br to Vedette (dead), Sweetmeat, Dun-
eany, Meadowdale, Challenger, The Chartser, Volta,
Pelissier, Bosquet, The Eagle, Snuff, Pyrois, Terrific,
Repute, Spread Eagle, b c by Melbourne, 'Valiant, Miss
Curl, Bass Lyon, Tom Linne, b c Mauchline, The Gib,
Hulda,h, Maritornes, Lady Alice, and Adventurer.
The Garbutt Nursery Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50
added, for two-yr-olds. Winners of any race after
the publication of the weights, 51b extra •, &f the El-
ton Juvenile Stakes 51b extra. The second to receive
10 cove out of the stokes, and the winner to pay 10
soya towards expenses. 7 furlongs.
st lb et 113
Intercidona 8 7 The Efatiji
Lot 3
C rnbro'
Meta
Gorseltill
7 9 Madame Ristori 7 3
Dred

Weights pubhsbed Aug. 21, at 1. o'clock p.m..

- -
The Middlesbrough Handicap of 5 soya each, with 60
added by the inhahitants of. Middlesbrough, for all
ages. The winner of any handicap of the value of 100
sovs, after the weights are published, to carry 71b ;
twice 100, or the Stockton Handicap, 101 b extra ; no
horse to carry more than lolb extra. The second to
receive 10 sovs out of the stakes, and the winner to
pay 10 sovs towards expenses. One mile and a
quarter,

Yra st lb
The Assayer
11,urgeois
Maid of Dement 4 8 0
Victolia 4 8 0
Eiermire
Hoipitality
West Langton
Wardara,arske
Sneez3

Yra At lb
King of Scotland 4 6 5
Tiff 4 6 0
'EI Hakim 3 6 0
Skycutter
Sprig of Shillelagh 0 5 11
Minute S 5 7
Homoeopathist 3 5 6
Tempest 3 5 '2

Weights published August 12, at 9 o'clock in the
morning.

The Brancepeth Soling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25
added ; for all ages ; two-yr, I Is, Est 121 h ; three, 84t
Sib ; tcur, 9st 71b ; five, 10st ; six and aged, lOst 41b.
Mares and geldings aliovved 311. The winner to be
sold for 60 sovs ; if entered to be sold for 50 allowed
3'h ; for 40, 81b ;or for 30, 141 b. One mile.
To close and name to the Clerk of the Course, on
Thursday, the evening before running, between the hours
-
of 8 laid 10 o'Mack.

- -
The Tees Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added ;
fn. two-yr-olds, colts Jet, and fillies, Bst 101 b. The
Three reseo, 71b ; for 40, 101 b ; or for
quarters of a mile.
winner to be sold fur 80 sore ; if entered to be sold
Loot-, 01041ab1.l o wTedy3cl: ;
To close and name as for the Brancepeth Selling
Stakes.

The Thornaby Scurry Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20
added ; for all ages. A winner after the weights ap-
pear, to carry 51b (xtra. The second to save his stake.

T.Y.C.
The close and name as for the Brancepeth Selling
Stakes, and the weights to be published as soon as pos-
sible the same evening.

EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—The third f,te, which
ook place at the Crystal Palace yesterday, in aid of the
Funds of the above society, passed off very successfully.

THE -BENGAL ARTILLERY.

Tne following letter has been addre-lsel to the
editor of the Timm :

Sir,—During the last six weeks several extracts,
of le ters from the c3rrespondence of the lrae Gen.
Sir C. Napier have -appeared, in your columns, but
none, I believe, have referred to his Islxcellency's
sentiments respecting the efficiency of. tho Bengal
Artillery, composed principally, as you are aware,
•f-Europeat:s.

At the time I received the letter from which the

following is extracted I was in command of the
Artillery in Kumaon, bordering on the Nepaul
frontier, and had occasion to report on the weak
state of defences in our province, and at the same
time invited.the General's attention to other mat-
ters connected with the efficiency of the regiment of
Artillery.
Sir C. Napier replied thus :
" Simla, Nov. 5, 1850.

" I approve much your report on the state of
defences in Kumaon, and though Jung Bahadoor
has told my wife in London that ho loves'rne more
than any man living, still, as lovers sometimes
quarrel, I should like to be prepared for him, and
your suggestions shall be pressed on the attention
of Government. _ _ _

" What you say about the deficiency, and fre-
quent change of officers with the reserve companies
of Artillery is but too true. I did intend, had I
been able, to reform the whole system ; but lam
of no use—no there power have I than a lance-
corporal. I believe, however, I have succeeded
in Moving the head-quarters of your regiment into
these provinces, either to Delhi or Meerut. Delhi
is the stttion where I should desire to see Euro
pean battalions caatoned. ; but many say it is un-
healthy.
"Men from all parts of Asia meet in Delhi, and
some day or other much mischief will be hatched
within those city walls, and no European troops at
hand. We shall see. I have no confidence in the
allegiance of your high-caste inercenarie3. I have
seen a 'sweeper' show more bravery in battle than'
a BraliMn and a high-named Mussulinan. A high-
caste man cannot be attached to a Christian Go-
vernment.
" But to return to the artillery. I think very
highly of your officers generally, but especially of
the young officers. When I have found fault I have
invariably traced it to the system', and I have
vainly represented this.
"There are many errors of system which a Com-
mander-in-Chief sees but cannot change.
"The Governor-General takes two-thirds of the
power which a Commander-in-Chief ought to exer-
cise, and the Military Board take the rest !
"I cannot change the character of this army,
which is b►d and faulty as regards system of dis-
cipline, and therefore I resign.
Many of the old officers of infantry have•be-n
habituated to a bad system, and get into a routine,
of neglect from which the devil himself would not
drive them. Look at the nightly guards in the
Bengal Army—the sentries aro alone and all
go to bed.
"The whole Bombay army does not present
such an anomaly, and it arises from the ' system'
being bad. Still there are some ve'y excellent dis-
ciplinarians in the Bengal army—men who take
a line for themselves. Look at Gilbert, at Wheeler,*
at finish, and a score of others.
"In the regiment of Artillery I myself know a
dozen first-rate officers.
" The Bengal army has no want of good officers,
but it has want of a better system of discipline ;
and as I cannot introduce one, coupled with other
causes, I have resigned.
"Lord Ellenborough wisely abolished Lord
Auckland's injudicious system of 'politicals.' Young
officers commanding old ones, and war carried on
without any plan ! A happy-go-lucky mole,
which ended in Cabul, and the same system revised
by Lord D—; but pray understand that in con-
demning the system of the Bengal army I always
say this, that the artillery I believe to be, at this
moment, the first in the world." -
Thus terminated the chief's letter.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
A LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
Late Bengal Artillery.