The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-18 00:00:00

THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.

The following letter from President Roberts con
tains particulars of the progress of the Republic of
Liberia. The first paragraph relates to the projected
experiments for the growth of cotton :
" Government-house, Monrovia, July 16.
"Mr. Strand is still here, and I believe, from what
observations he has been able to make, he is quite
sanguine as to the success of his enterprise. lie is
about commencing experimental operations on a tract
of land which I have granted him for the purpose.
Should he succeed to his wishes, then permanent ar.
rangements for as much land as he may require will
be entered into.
"As yet, we hare no full information with respect
to the success of the commissioners sent by this Go-
vernment six or eight weeks ago, to Gallinas, Cape
Mount, and the Vey Country, to settle, if possible,
the disputes and wars which for many years have ex-
isted among the tribes occupyirg those territories. I
have noticed that several threatening disputes have
been arranged, and in one instance, certainly, an ap-
peal to arms prevented.
"The principal difficulty, it appears,now exists with
the inhabitants of a large barricaded town in the rear
of the Gallinas—many of whom were originally slaves
to the Gallinas and other surrounding chiefs—who
from time to time have escaped and taken refuge
there, and have hitherto foiled every attempt which
has been made to recover them. And now by conti-
nual accession of such persons they have become so
formidable as to defy the combined forces of the chiefs,
and have declared a war of extermination against their
former masters. And so enraged are they against
them, in consequence of former ill treatment, that
they have not yet consented to accept the mediation
of our commissioners. We hope, however, to be able
soon to reconcile them—such is the impression of the
commi:sioners. Such as these and other difficulties
are constantly arising among the tribes around us, and
to settle them gives us much trouble, as well as being
exceedingly expensive to our infant government—
decidedly more so than our present resources really
warrant, to keep commissioners continually travelling
from place to place for that purpose. Still we cannot
remain idle spectators and withhold an effort to pre-
vent the shedding of blood and to avert incalculable
sufferings, always the result of African wars.
" The slave trade is now effectually abolished from
the additional territory lately purchased by us with
aid from London. We are doing all in our power to
encourage and establish legitimate commerce, and, I
am happy to be able to inform you, with considerable
success."

In the advertis'ment of Mr. Banks's new book,
which appeared in The Sun of Tuesday, it should have been
" Staves for the Human Ladder," by G. Linnaeus Banks,
and not " Staves of the Human Ladder," by G. Linnocrus
Banks, as erroneously printed.

•
We are happy to announce that the Rev. Henry
Neville, of this city, has just been appointed to the chair of
Logic and Metaphysics in Maynooth College, vacant by the
recent decease of the Professor Behan. The various candi-
dates for this appointment had to un' ergo a " Concursus,"
or Fublic examination, upon all the most abstruse questions
of theology and philosophy, which continued throughout four
days, and in which Mr. Neville eminently distinguished him-
self. The result has been his elevation to the vacant chair,
an academic distinction upon which, in common with his
numerous friends in the south, we heartily congratulate the
Rev. Gentleman.— Cork Examiner.
Our hotels have had a capital run of business.
Most. of them are literally overflowing; and our principal
drives and walks daily prove the vast influx of visitors we
have lately received. The band of the Bth Royal Irish
Hussars performed on the pier last Friday, and in Regency..
square on Tuesday, to large and fashionable assemblages. A
report prevails that the out-door pertbrmances are to be dis-
continued ; but whilst the present fine weather lasts, we trust
that the Colonel of the regiment will permit the band to play
as usual. Such a regimental band is exceedingly attractive.

—Brighton Gazette.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—The
committee of associated shareholders have issued a long ad-
dress to the proprietors in this company, calling upon them
to take steps for superseding the newly-appointed board of
directors, and for a general reform in the management of
aff.irs, upon the ground that the dividends have declined
from eight to two per cent., and the value of the shares
from 2001. to 401. They state that the vote at the late gene-
ral meeting did not fairly represent the views of the proprie-
tors, as only one thousand of them voted out of a total of
about five thousand.
THE CAMBRIDGE MONUMENT.—The officers of the
21st 'loyal North British Fusiliers have each subscribed a
day's pay to the Cambridge Monument Fund, which monu-
ment, it is proposed, will be a charitable institution of a must
comprehensive kind.
SALE OF HORSES.—The exportation of horses this
year from Ireland to England has been unparalleled for a
number of years. Mr. Dawson sold a lot of ti first-class
hunters to Mr. Murray, of Manchester,for the enormous sum
of 2,300/., a price for a " lot" from one dealer to another
without precedent in this country.
A HAPPY BOROUGH.—At Sunderland, Mr. Mat-
thews, the revising barrister, found neither objections nor
claims made by either of the political parties.
A Nsw SHELL.—A French chemist has invented a
shell that, it is said, "in a few minutes will send to the bottom
a ship of 120 guns." Will the shell be exhibited in 1851 ?
We hope so. It is from such a shell that time way hope to
hatch the (19ye pf peace—perstaal peace.