The Express. — London, England, 1853-01-17 00:00:00

„.------ so ,,a,a to, through which a pathway passes does to the two .0. 4 a pagodas on the ridge of the hill ; this road i eo 'Arrow as not to admit two abreast. is very precipi ow in most places, and is skirted by thick brushwood. The men did nut &armlet far before the Burmese opened Sr,. on them from this jungle in which they were lying in m uss, Ade, and were informed of the approach of our troops by the •:gliel gun. Captain Gardner, who was in front. sro i mmediately shot dead by a jingal ball in the bead- • ascotsr just behind him met with a similar fate. TM statelier of Burmese , in this advantageous positidn, whence glee could see the movements of our fellows from their b i l i s,: plates, without themselves being seen, seemed very emssidersble. The Subadar lefkin command of tbs party W WI to have made a good attempt to posh his way, in asmuch as oil of his men were wounded—two danger . They were, however, so hard pressed as Mender it impossible to bring away the body' ef the fallen officer and of the havildar, which I mre in consequence li ft in the hands of the Eurmese. I Twre is no doubt both were killed on the spot. The ',pop retired t i the taste side, according to the testi any of thine who saw them, with perfect steadi ness and in good order. One is at once struck with else straw impropriety of allowing so strong a place as itkoltduag, with its commanding hill, to remain us prnsoned, a detachment of 40 men, Europeans or Natives, was surely not sufficient to prevent 'the enemy from re ;rig themselves of this commanding high ground. bad the detachmeht b. ec located on :he eminence with iastrucoune to hold their own, that would have been as Ea ch as could have been cap ec ed of them ; but to aced Ell men under one European officer to scour ground, the nature of which afforded concealment to considerable bodies at the enemy, see m% unaccountably rub. General Godwin returned to Rangoon on the 24th Nov.. in the steamer Mahanuddy, the Nerbuddah seemining at Pegu. Had this city been retained when captured some months before, as it ought to lave been, the present sacrifice of life would have been avoided. A couple of Europeans are said to have been cut off by cholera after the occupation of the city. Nothing . particular has been heard from Frame, where provisions arc said to be exceedingly lam . e tut of 1,400 men who garrison hlartabao 870 Acre in hospital ; and an equal number of sick were unfit for duty at Mauhuain in the early part et November, the European company of artillery having mile fifteen men in barracks. The detachments posted at ]calla, Passendown, and Kemmendine, had put a stop to the robberies and murders before se common about these places, and everything Mlle quiet. An expedition of gunboats started from lbw goon on the night of the 24th to scour the Della creeks. On the 26th Reid's battery, a portion al H.M. 51st LI., and a number of the ltamghur ha tallion horse, started for Promo by steam ; and Ge mini Godwin was to follow shortly after. On his arrival there, the stockade at Etheomen was to be captured. Further than Proms it is believed our force will not advance until forced. There seems to be no doubt entertained of the annexation of the country up to that city. A curious anecdote is told of the commander or some one of the Moozuffer and Oeneral Godwin. The steamer had just arrived from Calcutta, when the little steamer Mahe /middy approached her and a staff officer naked what news? The answer given is said to have been, that • the old woman Godwin had been superseded, and that General Cheape had been appointed to the sommand in his room!” The staff officer was the General himself! The story is too good to be true, I fear. Just as the mail was leaving Rangoon a steamer was discovered to be on fire : she had on board a large quantity of ball-cartridge, and con- Alembic alarm prevailed on board, when a sergeant eof the 51st Foot I presume) courageously went below, and at great personal risk succeeded in quenching the flames. The subjoined are the Pegu despatches: THE PUNJAUB. In my last I told you of the flight of the Khagur chief, and the occupation of his fort by the irregular troops under Major Abbott and Lieutenant Pearce. Major Mackeson continued in the valley for some time settling matters, and on the 19th Nov. the run away chief delivered himself up to him. Since then his adherents have all followed his example, and and quietness prevails throughout the Pen h From other par's of the province there is to relate. Captain Marshall, 42nd Madras Fltle N. 1., captain of the Lahore police, has resigned. A Mr. Feeney, of the salt department, is said to have been poisoned at Kurrumpoor by his native officer en the 3rd November, for the sake of the mouey he had by him. The unfortunate man was under sus-' pension for intemperance, and it is therefore quite possible that in an evil hour he may have put an end to his own existence. It is thought probable that Bir H. Wheeler, is place of going home, will be appointed to the divisional command at Lahore, as Brigadier-General Yates is sup- , =to have declined it. A very good I ption of black tea has been reared by Dr. Jameson near Kangra, and the Chinese saltinters seem to think the district will prove imiisently favourable for . its cultivation; some sent from Knutson in 1848 have attained a bight of five and six feet, and have yielded this mans several hundred pounds of tea and more than bile ton of seed. Lieut. H. N. Miller has bass' appointed a captain in the police, and been succeeded in the Guide Corps by Lieut. G. N. Harding,. Major D. Macpherson, 22nd N. 1., is to act as mili tary secretary to the Board of Administration at La hare. A convalescent station is about to be perma nentlyestablished in the Mures hills. The 15th N. 1., on their way to Peshawur, reached Rawul Pindee on the 2nd inst., all welL Strange to say, not a line of news from the former station has been published during the fortnight, from which it may be inferred that nothing particular has occurred. Sickness, at the generality of the stations was decreasing, and the weather was becoming cold and pleasant. Mr. K Branton, C.S., deputy commissioner at Leia, has gone away for change of air, having been unwell for some time. SCINDB. Though considerably abated, sickness still con tinued very prevalent at Kurrachee, and I regret to have to announce the death there, on the 29th alt, of Assistant-Surgeon Bewes, of the 83rd Foot, of fever. The health of the 83rd had improved, but not so that of the wing of the 84th at Hydrabad. The European Recruits left by steamer for Mooltan Des the 24th, and the wing of the 2nd Grenadiers for Bakker on the 26th. The &inde News office had ben seized on by the military authorities, and the eablicatiou of the paw suspended. Why or wistree_ . lons is not stated. The measure seems one ei Ilhe Muscat severity, and to my thinking is deserving a( Iles condemnation of every freeman. The News me emionally indulged in biting sarcasm, and, I as Wry to add, unbecoming personalities; but this &ems no valid resew why it should be suppressed. Had Sir Charles Napier been the author of such a proceeding, the Bombay press would have teemed fora month at least with articles couched in the most indignant language : as it. is, one paper seems to insinuate that what has been done must be right, and another merely calla attention to the arbitrary set, se endangering the liberty of the press. Ma- L ' i l zY ' a"ehY' brigade-major of the ic. on Queen's troops at a isn deputed ta ejie aial duty— it supposed to inq uire intotlzrachee the cause of the invalids having b een despatched to Bombay in boats not properly covered he by which aspect the men suffered great inconvenience, and nee died of coop de win' on the way down. Kr. Nem, the commissioner, was on the 3rd still shwa at Hydrabad. Owing to the absence of a couple of the members, the court-martial on Major Shaw. had not assembled. Dr. Rooke, superintending sarisalts had gone ou his tour to Bhooj. Captain &lamb is command of the Indus flotilla, was at K mad was said to be rather unwell. Out of tie alive boats on board which the 6th Native I= hit Bombay for Kurrachee, only twelve had their destination ; twelve Lave returned to Bosky. awing to bad weather ; two are still miming. Rowe, the headquarters of the Indus flotilla, bad been nearly deserted, owing to the sickness which bad followed the inundations. The weather on the out was cool and agreeable, and it was believed the elation of Kurrachee would soon regain its good name he healthiness. The stalls in the house built for the peat fair were being taken up slower than it had Deep expected they would be; but there was still plenty of time before the opening of the fair to enable traders from afar to reach Kurrachee and take them let. All transit duties on goods passing down through Beide to Sonmeanee are suspended for three years, by the Jam of the former place, at the request el the Khan of Kelat. BENGAL AND THE NORTH-WEST is at se he la pra Is 0 to leave Simla for timbale on the 13 h inst.: he in tends visiting the Deyreh Dhoon and other districts in February, and then returning to the hills. His Excellency was in good health. Lady Comm was ailing. The parties who recently defrauded the Bank of Bengal, by means of forged cheques, have been discovered—they are, or were, employes in the establishment, as was suspected from the first: one of them has turned Queen's evidence, although in formed he would gain nothing thereby. The Mar quis of Dalhousie proceeds shortly after New Year on a tour through the eastern provinces, and will be accompanied, among others, by Mr. C. Beadon. The Darya-i-door diamond, said to be a far purer gem than the celebrated Koh-i- Noor, was sold at Calcutta on the 29th of November for 5,9001. It formerly belonged to the father of the present Prime Minister at Hyderabad, who obtained it from the Mahratta princes fur 13,0001.: how it got into the possession of the late Itunjeet Singh is not stated. A great number of articles of value were also being disposed of by go vernment • amongst others the emerald armlets of Nadir Sha h and the state dress of Shere Singh. Mr. W. Inglis, registrar to the board of customs, salt, and opium, died at Calcutta of cholera on the 23rd of November. Mr. Boldero, C.S., has resigned. It is reported at Caleutta that the London Times has offered Mr. Marshman, editor of the Friend of India, who is about to return to England, 1,0001. a year as its Indian editor ; and a more talented or fit person for the berth could not be wished for, though Mr. Marehman has at times in India been accused, and with much justice, of being in many matters something of a toady to govern ment. Ensign White, 42nd N. 1., has been tried by leourt-msrtial at Fort William, he having refused to avail himself of the alternative of resigning the ser vice. The electric telegraph across the river has been completely repaired ; it had been damaged by a ship's anchor. The Saucer and Nerbuddah territo ries are to be placed under the government of the north-west provinces. The Seikh birders nowcaptives at Calcutta are to be allowed to drive about in a car riage three times a week, and are to be provided with an establishment for that purpose at the expense of their gaolers. The Calcutta papers usaure us that Mr. C. R. M. Jackson, advocate-general, had received the appointment of puisne judge at Bombay by last mail. He is to be succeeded by Mr. C. R. Prinsep, standing counsel to the East India Company, who is to be succeeded by Mr. Hogg—a son of Sir James tiegg's—who is nearly the youngest member of the Calcutta bar. The latter appointment explains the 'whole matter. Captain Phayre was to leave Calcutta in the Zenobia on the Bth : ho had been appointed commissioner of the Pegu provinces, and on arriving at Rangoon the annexation proclamation would be published. MADRAS. The Presidency was visited by very heavy rain, and it was feared that damage would be sustained by the river embankments in the neighbourhood. It is said that government intend placing steamers on the large rivers, should they be found navigable throughout the year, such as are now so extensively employed in Bengal ; but it is feared the scheme will not answer oa more than the Godavery. Mr. Bur gess . has been re-appointed Sheriff of Madras for the ensuing year—much, of course, to the annoyance of the enemies of Sir H. Pottinger. There was no truth whatever in the report that Colonel Vivian was on the point of applying for sick leave to England, he being in good - health, and merely wishing to stay on the Neilgherries for a few months for relaxation, and on private leave. The Mysore commission is losing three of its members at once : Dr. C. J. Smith has resigned medical charge, Captain Kirby goes home, and Lieutenant Ramsay to the Cape and Australia—the latter being sick. Captain M. Galway, of the Madras army, goes home on medical farloegh. The report of the Honourable Mr. Elliott being about to retire from India turns out incorrect—as indeed do one-half at least of the rumours Which gain currency in the papers of that presidency—the others being bat a shade better for that matter. The European seamen at Madras are said to have entered into a combination not to take, service on boardOny `vessel under 3!. 109. per men sam at Bombay two-thirds this amount is con s4red a good salary. NIZAM'S DOMINIONS. General Fraser quits Hyderabad on the 31st inst. he Madras, where he embarks for England, after haying retired from the army. He has recently been Left &large property at home, and, like a sensible man, he means to try and enjoy it. It was not true, it appears, that the general had resigned in a tiff at something harsh being said to him by the Governor- General. It is expected that Major Malcolm, of the Bombay army (now political agent at Owalior), will succeed to the Hyderabad residency, and a better selection could not be made, for the major was for several years assistant at the residency, and is well acquainted with the people around the Nizam. It is believed that annexation of the en tire province has been recommended to the home authorities from India ; and the sooner the recommendation is acted on the better. At present the country harbours bands of lawless rufilars—Rohillas and Arabs—many of whom are said to have been hired by the Candeish malcontents, and to be at this moment is the field in considerable force against us. Surely then, if the Prince cannot root them out from his dominions, or keep them from annoying us, we ate quite justified in taking the law into our own hands and preventing such annoyances from again occurring to us. The state of the province continues as bad as ever, and it is absurd if not cri minal in the British authorities to allow things to continue in their present state when they could so testy be mended. A correspondent of the Bombay Mess the. addresses instant r- Your sedate la the Timm of the nth on the Nissai's Ta loaders is my 'undo sad entirely comet in every respect, mops ass very essential op, which is, that in the late Ta ;Widens fights, the applicants to the Minister did not, as yes have pat it, ask permission. sad receive the reply you have gives," that he (the Minister) interfered with no man's stein, sad the parties might do as they pleased," but quite the seatrary. in one of those small wars, that at Edlabed, whale 473 sea were killed and wounded (I have this frees Iles leaden) on both sides, the Minister bad given orders ia lb emu writing for the engagement of Robins', or other assereeries, by meth party, and, what is mate, bee to pay To ms an expedition al obssirdasi he emplepd OM separate parties and paid the to dispute in arms his pre orders, and this wee dose with a ferocity which has so parallel in regular warfare. To be sure he had taken ma soy from both in advisees es the Telooka fir which the fighting took place. It is hardly necessary to as that the district has been utterly rained, and will eld little or so revenue this year. What occurred at Edla bad is now being repeated at a place called Wallooj, where two Talookdars ars fighting for possession, one an Arab =done a Robins : by the last account upwards of a hundred men had been killed and wounded, and the war was still raging. I dare say these examples will be followed by others, for nothing sea 'seed the residelsame of the minister's pro ceedings. It is becoming a system with him to oust those is pommies of Tatookas by taking advances from others, leaving the two parties to fight the matter oat as beet they can, not however on their ewe respoosibility but on his given deliberately, as I have told you, by written orders, or endorses's. upon the representations on either side. Such papers are event, and are, or I am much mistaken, knows officially to the resident, having come before him in an investigation in regard to the stoppage of the regular government Tapal at Edlabad and maltreatment of the runners G I Fraser has not yet received a reply from Calcutta about his resignation, but has made preparations for his voyage home. I wish we could get Outrun, we want a man who will not endure lies, and one to bring about reforms, if that be possible. BOMBAY. Lord Fitsclarence left Bombay for Poona on the sth instant., for the purpose of inspecting and re viewing the troops at Poona and Ahmednuggur. His lordship took the good people at the former s ation by surprise on the Bth, and the same day commenced looking about him and seeing things as they are for himself. Ho next day inspected the European Fusileers ia their barracks, the weather being too wet to admit of a parade out of doors. Some officers of the corps in Poona are said to have been quite nonplussed at the questions put to them by the general as to the internal economy of their com panies--theyiumber of their men ;in hospital, &c., being apparently unknown to them. Many of the soldiers whom his lordship fell in with were interro gated by him as• to several matters on which he wished for information, and it is believed that some radical changes are likely to follow his inquiries. He was well pleased with the Fusiliers, and compli mented the 86th most highly on their discipline and be sari, beheld a finer - PROVINCES. I ap; earanee--he had neier, , The Don. IL G. Campbell, civil service, goes home corps in, any country or service ; and his praise Si medical leav e . Si r John Littler was to leave for war certainly well deserved. After inspecting England about the 9th or 10th; and Lady Dalhousie, all the regimeUts at Poona, Lord Fascia 1t is said, proceeds home shortly. Tho Governor- rears started for Ahmednaggur on the 10th, but General continues at Calcutta. Sir W. Gomm was was compelled to return, owing to the rivers being THE EXPRESS, MON DAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1863. anfordable from the heavy and unusual fall of rain which had occurred all over the country; he was to start again on the 18th, and is looked for back at Busboy by the 26th. His lordship is looked on as ra ther a rum gentleman in the matter ofdress—nothing seems to please him so much as being buckled up in "leather stock, which he is said to wear constantly in-doors as well as abroad !—and of course his staff must follow his example. Now there is no part of a soldier's attire in India which has been more decried than the horse collar, as it is termed, and experience has proved the reasonableness of the allegation that it has been the exciting cause of innumerable cases of apoplexy and other diseases ; so if his lord ship attempts to make its use general in the army, ho will be looked on as a Tartar. General Somerset has been appointed to the command of the northern division of the Bombay army; and Brigadier-Ge neral James resumes charge of the southern division. General Staveley returns to Poona on the 22nd. All three generals are still at the presidency. Conse petit on these appointments, Brigadiers • Stalker, Wilson, Roberts, and Cavaye, have reverted to their brigade commands at Rajpoutann, Dee,a, Kurraehte, and Rajkote. There is no further talk of General Robertson going to the Cape. The Governor is at the Presidency in good health,—as also Lady Falkland. A grand ball is to come off iu the Town-hall on the evening of the I 20th—to be given by the Bachelors—at which it is expected all the great men at the presidency will be present. During the first week of the month the weather all at once set in wet, and some half an inch of rain or more fell at the presidency, while in the Deccan, in some parts, upwards of four inches were measured. The 6th N. I. ou their way to Kurrachee ' tell in with stormy weather, and a large number of the native boats in which they were embarked had to return to Bombay, after tossing about for some weeks at sea. Another writer has been convicted of having been concerned in the Baroda Khutput busi ness, and discharged from government employment. Still the lower class of culprits only are punished— the higher are not meddled with. Colonel Outram's ' blue book is anxiously looked for here ; it will arrive by the mail on the 20th,—and then I have no doubt the Times will come down on the authors of the gar bled documents it is said to contain. The right win of the European Fusiliers go to Aden by the mail steamer of to-day, to relieve the wing of the 78th Highlanders now there. The wing of the latter carpe at Colaba stand fait for the present, the re staining wing of the Fusiliers ordered to re here them remaining for the present at Coon, owing to the disturbed state of a large portion of the Candeish co!lectorate, which is alluded to at length elsewhere. 'lle Earl of Balcarres has arrived, with large numbers of recruits for her Ma jony's regiments serving in this presidency. Capt. 142, assistant superintendent Indian navy, halt rc that appointment, and been appointed to the end of the steam frigate Queen, Capt. Daniell taking his place in the marine office. Commodore Leeke gives Captain Young the highest praise in the order announcing the above exchange, and all agree in thinking the commendations well merited. Captain Young has an eye to a commodore/hip, which has in duced him again to tempt the ocean, while he might have remained ashore for a long time to come on a much higher salary than he will receive as com mander of a steam frigate. Mr. Oliver's berth as first assistant to the Master Attendant has not yet been filled up: the Commodore's son is not to get it, neither did he ever apply for it. Mr. Oliver gives promise of becoming a very efficient magistrate in a short time. Mr. Eight, the balloonist, is about to astonish the natives by a balloon ascent from Fort George. He has already astonished the good people by stating the price of a ticket of admission to be ten shillings! when all people have to do is to assemble outside the fort walls, and they can have a sight of him and his balloon for nothing. Professor Lees and his three sons have just lett for Calcutta: the accomplished family must have netted while in Bombay at least 1,0001.—1 n the bottom of the ship Margaret, just brought into dock, was found a portion of the horn of a sword fish, which had entered one of the timbers to a depth of nine inches and split it up. The vessel was in the midst of a shoal of whales when the sword fish made a desperate onslaught on her bottom! Can itibe that the creature was endowed with under standing of the objects of those on board, and thus endeavoured to protect his brethren of the deep?— The criminal sessions occupied only four days in all; the calendar on the present occasion being one of the lightest on record. Sir W. Yardley's patent as Chief Justice having arrived by last mail he was duly sworn into office under a salute from the battery, on the Bth. Nothing certain is as yet known as to who is to succeed Sir William as Puisne Judge. I Much regret has been felt here at the death of Sur- 1 geon L W. Ryan, which occurred at home on I the 22nd October, the deceased gentleman having' been long a member of society at the presidency I while holding the appointment of garrison-surgeon. I Ensign Elrington of the 78th is now on his trial at Colaba, charged with disobedience of orders: he should have been so long ago for conduct unbecoming the character of an officer, &c. Should his commis sion be taken from him, he will only meet with his deserts. An officer of the same corps, of sport ing celebrity, is also said to have been lodged where an officer holding her Majesty's commission should not be. Brigadier Wyllie, commanding the garrison of Bombay, has been seriously unwell, but is now considered out of danger. Dr. Seaward has obtained a furlough to Europe on medical certificate. The case of the Rev. Mr. Fewer, of the free church, still occupies public attention : one party assures as that he has been very ill-used; another that he has been dealt with very leniently and properly. Faction amongst the members of the free church congregation runs high unfortunately; but it is the general belief that Mr. Fraser would never have forsaken the church had he not been told he had better leave it and go elsewhere. My own opinion is, that once having been ordained a minister of the gospel, no consideration should induce any man to forsake the church; but many pious men seem to have an eye to worldly as well as heavenly wealth, and cannot resist the temptation of higher= no matter by whom offered. A more e man than Mr. Fraser does not probably exist, bat many consider that he should not have forsaken the church on any aooount.—Mr. Leake, son of Sir H. Leeks, is, it is reported, to be Sheriff of Bombay dar.ng the ensuing year. He may be a very clever young man, but what he can know of the dottrel of the shrievalty it is hard to surmise. The berth is in the gift of the Governor, and Lord Falkland has on this occasion attended more to personal than to public claims. It was understood that in future the sheriff was to be a man chosen from the legal profes sion, and that the office of deputy sheriff was to be abolished—bnt all this has apparently for the present been set aside. In the Budder Adawlut, the other day, we find Mr. W. Howard, a barrister, accused by ' Mr. Lerneesurier, the Advocate-General, of having used language "most unwarrantable, unjustifiable, and unprofessional," in a case in which the learn ed I gentlemen were engaged on opposite sides—and Mr. Howard retorted by stating that he was " not desirous lof saying anything which should further inflame a naturally inflammatory mind." This is really ri:Late ; both are able men, but both are but poor nature after all. Mr. Millen, the second mate of the ship Dauntless, fell overboard as that vessel was entering the harbour, and was never seen mere; the melancholy accident occurred on the 9 th Instant. Dr. Morehead, principal of the Grant College, and surgeon to the Jamsetjec Hospital, left yesterday on four months' leave to Madras ; Dr. Cole performs his duties till the return from the Neil gherries of Dr. Giraud, looked for by the beginning of next month. News has been received from the Cape that I/r. Peele's health had materially improved and that Captain W. F. F.des, of the Indore Real dency, whose life, on his leaving Bombay, was der paired of, was fast recovering from his sickness. Captain Hamilton, of the Artillery, goes home oa sick furlough. Mr. V. Hervey, chief officer of the brig Sassoon Family, a brother of the governor of , Hong Kong's secretary, died on the Bth, in the house of Dr. Lowry, from whom ho received every attendee and care. Lieutenant H. G. Itaverty, 3rd Native Infantry, one of the most accomplished he exists in the Bombay army, has been placed at the disposal of the Supreme Government for civil employment in the l'unjaub. Veterinary Surgeon Gooch, 3rd Cavalry, goes home sick. Seventy-five men of the Stith Foot, on the 15th, ob tained their discharge for the purpose of proceeding to Australia. A man of the corpe, named Murphy t had given a written statement of the grievances ell himself and comrades, and had been placed in ems- flatulent by the colonel, precuratpry to being tried b 3 a court martial. It is indeed high time the complaints of the soldiers of this g►llant corps should be looked into : when we see old sergeants leasing a regiment, we may very naturally inner that there is something wrong in its internal economy. Lord Fiteclorence is just the man for causing an inquiry to be made into matters such as these. Mr. Baumboth and Limjee Manockjee have been elected directors of the Bank of Bombay, in room of Mr. J. B. Hailow, ret red by rotation, and Ma nockjee Limjee deceased. Major Healey, brigade major Queen's troops, Bombay, having proceeded to Kurrachee on special duty, Lieut. Charter, of the Bth Foot, has been directed to perform his duties during his absence. Colonel Lyons, town major of Bombay, has been removed from the Gth N. 1., and posted to the Ist European Fusiliers, and Colonel Woodburn, C. 8., just arrived from furlough, vice CCM. CANDEISH. An emuele has broken out in the Candeish collec torate, owing to the natives misunderstanding the objects of the revenue survey about to be made in the district. The ryots are sure to give any when the matter is explained to them. Meanwhile a con siderable force has been sent out to the scene of re volt, to act as may be necessary. This consists of the 1 lth and 22nd N. 1., a few guns, 400 of the libeel corps, and 100 irregular horse. A wing of the Ist European Fusileers, and the 2nd troop 11. A., are in readiness at Poona to start should they be culled on, but of that there, to most people, seems no chance. Trade at Bombay has of late been languid, and there appears to be no buyers in the market as yet. Cotton for shipment to England has been in demand. The rate of exchange for six months' bills is 2s. 1 jd. to 2s. lid. Tonnage is not very plentiful, and rates of freight have risen to 31. 12s. 6d. to London, and ss. higher to Liverpool. P.S. The deed is done—Mr. H. E. T.ceke has been wizened as sheriff for 1853. Mr. Atkinson has been appoiuted to act as first assistant master attendant in room of Mr. Oliver, and a Mr. A. Daniel, an acting master Ind - an navy, is to act (or Mr. Atkinson—all acting till Mr. Thornton's return from the Cape. The Oates of despatch of the mails have been altered, they are to be as follows s—January 14 and 29, Feb. 14, March 1, 14, and 29, April 14. These dates have been fixed on in consequence of the new arrange ments of the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Dr. T. B. Larkins has been appointed civil surgeon at Ahmedabad. Oa the sth inst. was witnessed, in St. Paul's Cathedral at Calcutta, the rare spectacle of two protestant bishops walking up the aisle at the same time; the second being the Prelate of Victoria, who is on a visit to the City of Palaces. It is said that a number of the uncoveuanted servants are to be sent from Bengal to Burmah, as collectors, &c., of the newly-acquired provinces. Lord Brownlow Cecil, and the Honourable Algernon Massingherd, late of the Blues, are about to start for Burmah, to serve as volunteers with the brigade under Colonel Reig nolds . • Lieut. M. Toonley, 10th Hussars, is to be and A.D.C. to the gallant brigadier. Messrs. H. Liddell, W. W. Bell, A. Elphinston, and J. W. liadow have been appointed collectors of Surat, Ah medabad, and Kaira, the last-named acting at Ahme dabad, while the second continues at Ahmednuggur. Mr. It. H. Ryan is to act as assistant-judge at Surat. On the 4th the Chenab steamer left Mooltan for Kurrachee with 220,00 W. worth of old coin for re coinage at Bombay, and a large number of passen gers. On the 2nd a severe shock of earthquake was felt at Umritsir, which lasted for full a minute. The Rajah of Patteeala, in the Punjaub, is said to have caused the apartments of his step-mother to be set on fire, and the royal lady fell a victim to the flames. The case was being investigated by the Lahore Board of Administration. The new ruler of Bahawul pore has confined his elder brother in the fort of Islamghur, in the desert, where he is to all intents and purposes starving . him to death. Mr. Charles Bailie' is to be Commissioner of the Lahore division, Mr. Tucker having declined the appointment. Major H. B. Lumsde ,n of tho Guide Corps, and Major N. Chamberlain, secretary to Board of Administration, are on their way to Europe for change, both being unwell. Mr. Mocckton has been appointed assistant-commissioner at Lahore. There are upwards of 2,000 prisoners in the Central Criminal Jail at Lahore. Captain Sleeman, Thug . gee Superintendent, was at Lahore on the Bth inst., as also Mr. Brereton, of thesame department. Num ; hers of Thugs had been captured, and the superinten dent was is hopes of speedily suppressing the in : human traffic in blood to a great degree, if not alto gether. The Lieutenant-Governor N. W. Provinces was expected at Jaunpote on the 10th, and Goruek pore on the 18th instant. He was to return to Agra by way of Benares and Allahabad. One of the larg est of the stables at the Bazar Stud was destroyed by fire on the 3rd instant ; seven horses were burnt, and the loss to government is reckoned at 2,0001. The Maharajah Dhulleep Singh and his tutor, Dr. Login, are at Futtyghur. The Prince is virtually a Chris tian. Colonel Low, C. 8., is to be the new resident at the court Of the Nitam, and Berar is at once to be given over to us. Lieutenant Macbean, 84th Foot, is about to be tried by court-martial. The head quarters and right wing 25th foot reached Canna nore on the Ist instant. Major Fishe, commanding artillery at Aden, has bad his leg broken by a fall from his horse, or rather by. his horse falling with him. Mr. Strange, the commissioner in Malabar, having finished his inquiries into the Moplah affairs, has goneback to Madras to make his report to go vernment. H.M. ship, Spartan, Capt. Sir W.Hoete, was to leave Madras for Rangoon on the evening of the 10th inst. CHINA. The Ovarimed /Wend of China says "Of the =d tin imearre:tion we have this month but main to tell beside what appeared in our semi weekly issue of the 13th, and which we here sub join : ". Sea has really moved Into Hunan, and It is still in current report that he permanehtly relieves Sapshang-ha, recalled. An imperial edict has been received, having refe relies to the alto* on Chang-sha, the capital of Hunan ' in which the rebels were uninteceasful But, although de feated In several encountete, they (the insurgents) are still working ahead, and should they succeed in their alleged determination of getting up tO the Yang-tsokiane, matters will become more serious than ever. Tien.teh still holds his swain Hwangei! " Eliseo this wee written a report has been flying about, said to have got here by the way of Shanghse, that the rebels are in large force on the river—the main artery of the empire. HONG KONG. Twz Osuaisors.—Last month the total number of sick was 86—this month there is a decrease to 76 (against 82 at same period last year). Of deaths since last report we hear of three only (against seven in same period last year and twelve of the year before), viz., one of the 69th regiment from dysentery, one gan Lascar from fever, and one of the Ceylon Rifles from disease of the lungs. The hospital list yeeterdar (Nov. 28) stood as follows :—H.M.'s 59th Regt., 36 ; Ordnance department, 17; Ceylon Rifle Regiment, 23; total, 76. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualty by Death in the Armies of India slam the de parture of the Mail on the 3rd December.—Beneel : Capt. Gardner, 40th Regt. N. 1., at Yekatoong, near Promo, on the 19th Not. PARISH OP WHITECIIAPEL.—PROCEEDINGS TOE Tunas.--A great sensation was created throughout the parish of Whiteehapel on Saturday by an announcement which was made by means of placards and boardmen, that the Rev. W. W. Champrem the rector of the parish, and one of the canons residentiary of St. Paul's Cathedral, hod Sled a bill in the Court of Chancery against seven of his pa rishioners for arrears of tithes, and that similar proceedings had been threatened against a large number of other per sons resident in the district. It appears that for some time put mash ill-feeling has subsisted in the parish on the sub ject of tithes, and that a public meeting of the parishioners is to be callsd in the course of a few days to take the met e ter into consideration. COMMUTATION Or SENTENCE OT DEATH. —lt is stated that Margaret Bell, who was convicted at the Glas gow Circuit Court for the murder of her infant at Paisley under very distressing circumstances, and who wee recom mended to mercy by the jury, will have her sentence of death commuted, and her life will be spared ha considera !ion of the circumstances attending her conviction. ISLE OP WIGHT RAILWAY.—It is understood that neither the Queen nor the Earl of Yarborough will oppose tho Isle of Wight railway. In consequence of the railway starting from West Cowes it will not interfere with her Majesty's property. As to the Earl of Yarborough, his property, the Apeldurcombe estates, which will be affectod by the railway is fur sale. It is espeeted that the promo ters of the railway will purchase Appeldurcombe to prevent all litigation between the earl and the railway com pany.' The selling price of the Appeldurcombo estates is 175,0001. VW Court. • WINDSOR, Jaw. 15. The Duke of Cambridge and the Prince and Prin cess Augu►tus of Colsourg, also the whole of the visiting Company have left the Castle to-day. The Itsv. Dr. Plulpett arrived this afternoon on a visit to the Queen. T. Margin's of Breadslbane had an audience of her Majesty tl-day, and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Chamberlain. Those who had the honour of dining with her Majesty this day were the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leinin gen, Princess Adelaide of Huhenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Dueliees of Kent, the Baroness de Spill, and the Rev. Dr. Philpott. Ber Mojesty's private band was in attendance after dinner in the Castle, and played the following pieces , Oveeture.”Le Vaaspyr" Lindner:user. Chwur et Priem tt liaillanme Tell" March, '• OrAialoaul Oratorio . . . ......... . LlandeL Allegro Whir, Hinman', Trio and ria . ale r Sinfosta I m aw ,. e, JAN. 16. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Prince's Rnyal and Princess Alice, with the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen and the Priuct is Adelaide of Hultenlohe, atten led divine service in the private chapel of the Castle this morning. The ladies and gentlemen of the court and the domestic household were also at the service. The lion. and Rev. 0. Wellesley read the prayers and the Rev. Dr. Pliilpott read the communion service and preached the ierraon. Lieutenant-Colontl Sir L. Mitchell had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle on Saturday at the Colonial Otnce. Sir James and Lady Graham arrived iu town on Satur day from aindsor Castle. Mr. J. A. Jackson had an interview on Saturday with the Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial Office. The Chancellor of the Eschrquer and Mrs. Gladstone arrived in town on Saturday front a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council is to bo held at the Foreign office this day at two o'clock. OFFICIAL APPOINTNIFNTS. The lion. W. Villiers Stuart, brother of Lord Stuart de Decien, and who represented the county of Wa terford in 1 parliaments, is the new Under-Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Ruben tlandynde is the new Scotland. The Earl of Aberdeen has appointed Mr. Clinton Daw kins to ho his second official private secretary, in conjunc tion with Mr. J. H. Cole, of the Treasury. Mr. Dawkins was late her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, and was formerly private secretary to Lord Aberdeen at tl.e Foreign-office. The Duke of Newcastle has appointed Mr. Henry Ro berts to to his private secretary at the Colonial office. The Duke of Argyle, Lord Privy Seal, has appointed Mr. J. P. Campbell to he his Private Secretary. The Lord Advocate of Scotland has appointed Mr. J. Boyd Kinnear to be his Private Secretary for Official and Parliamentary business. Sir Charles Wood ham appointed Mr. T. G. Sarin to Le his Private Secretary. Mr. Robert Lowe, Secretary to the Board of Control, has appointed the lion. F. A. H. Chichester (of the Board el Control) to be his Private Secretary. Mr. James Wilson, Financial Secretary, has appointed Mr. li. Wilbraham (of the Treasury) to be his Private Secretary. The new Lords in Waiting are all appointed, and con sist, with one or two exceptions, of the noblemen who re signed their offices on the appointment of the Derby admi nistration. OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION. ELITISTS DAT. The usual time of keeping open the poll was con siderably abridged on Saturday. The Vice Chancellor, instead of sitting in a cold, comfortless place, without fire, for six hours, to record the votes of twenty members of Con vocation, opened it at ten, and, at half-past, adjourned it to two o'clock. Very soon after the adjournment of the poll. several voters in the interest of Mr. Perceval arrived, and found the Convocation doors locked. Tinge earnest sup porters of Mr. Pereeval stated that they could not possibly wait until two o'clock, as that was the hour the train started by which they intended leaving Oxford. A consul tation was held between both committees., and it was de cided, if the Vice-Chancellor consented, to take the wet at once. The Viee Chancellor, after a short time, wee found, and 'greed to the request, and all proceeded to the Convocation House; but lo! on their arrival the doors were found locked, and the Clerk of the Schools gone away with the keys. Messengers were sent in all directions, aid at ant he was found, and the , doors were opened. In the meantime the Vice-Chancellor, whose patience, no doubt, was exhausted, had left the Schools, and another express had to be sent after him • he good -humouredly returned, and, fortunately, the votes were recorded in time for the voters to return by the two o'clock train. The poll opened again at two, and was adjourned at half-past to half-past four, when it was again opened until awe, and then closed for the day. The result of the day's polling added twelve more votes to Mr. Gladstone and eight to Mr. Perceval. - STITI 01 Till POLL.-11Th 11•11311DAT4 Gladstone 959 Perceval Majority for Gladstone 134 Amongst the supporters of Mr. Gladstone ooSaturday were The Hon. and Rev. J. Somers Cocks, 8.N.C., Hon. Adol phus Liddell, All Souls; Germaine Layie, Esq , Ch. Ch.; Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, Bart., University; N. G. What man, Esq., Ch. Ch. ; Rev. T. C. Southey, Queens ; E. F. Smith Pigott, Esq., Balliol ; and on Friday, the Rev. W. IRELAND. •••=1•11 DUBLIN. Jaw. 16. The Right Hon. Maziere Brady, Lord Chancellor, took his seat yesterday morning on the Chancery bench, for the first time since his second elevation to that dignity. His lordship appeared in court in the ordinary costume, and without any parade ' • so that a casual observer would not have perceived that any official change had taken place. As soon as the Chancellor had taken his seat, Abraham Brewster, Esq.,Q.C., and William Keogh, Esq., Q.C., appeared at the side bar, dressed in full court costume, when his lordship informed them that her Majesty had been pleased to appoint them, by letteqi patent, her At torney and Solicitor-General for Ireland, and re• quested them to take their seats within the bar ac cordingly. The learned gentlemen then took their' seats within the bar, the former as Attorney and the latter as Solicitor-General. The Mail says:—" It is generally rumoured to- day that Mr. Villiers Stuart, some time member for the county of Waterford. is to be the new Under Secretary for Ireland, in the room of Mr. Winne. The newspaper war against the Irish piss:omen is sustained with as much inveterate animosity and perseverance as ever; the columns of the Toted, Notion, and livernan, and of a host of humble imitators in the provincial press, being still filled with the subject. There is a great deal of blunder and inconsistency in the denunciations uttered . against Messrs. Sadleir and Keogh. while the friends of those gentlemen for the most pert content themselves with treating the matter, as one in which personal enmity forms a principal element, the chief promoters of the agita tion being the proprietors of the three Dublin papers which have suffered most by the establishment of a cheap weekly paper by Mr. Sadleir and some of his friends. Neither does the phalanx arrayed against the plaoemen appear very firm or compact in itself, for independent of private bickerings which occur at committee meetings, and do not meet the eye in the public press, symptoms of jealousy are also externally visible. Thus we find Mr. Duffy, writing with the pronoun " I" for " we" in this day's Notion, throw ing out soma hints of dissatisfaction with the senti ments of Mr. G. H. Moore. In his recent epistle against Messrs. Sadleir and Keogh Mr. Moore said : —" I have always objected to pledges being made so comprehensive as to be incomprehensible. I thought the resolution passed at the Tenant Conference objectionable on this ground. Mr. Keogh and Mr. Lucas thought differently, and that pledge, as 1 com prebend it, has been since then very lightly dealt with by all parties." The passage in the honourable gentleman's letter has higherto escaped comment, but " a clergyman" calls Mr. Duffy's attention to it as "most dangerous and most damaging," and Mr. Duffy, thus appealed to on the subject, says : I observed the obnoxious sentence in Mr. Moore's letter on its first appearance; and as my reverend friend is a thoroughly practical man, he will understand me when I tell him that I passed it over, because it is undesirable to raise new issues, while so serious a one is still pending be fore the tribunal of the people. But since be challenges inquiry, I will say, for myself, that I do not know, and cannot conceive, upon what ci-cumstances Mr. Moore founds his opinion, that the pledge was treated lighay " by all parties." Considering that Mr. Moore is the acknowledged chief of those who now call themselves the " Irish party," this questioning of his meaning on the part of a subordinate "officer," and his unmistakeable sinuation against the integrity of his party, argue anything but confidence in the remaining rause of the tackle:4 " Irish brigade." The campaign of the Carlow election has been commenced in earnest, and promises to furnish one I of the most dh'graceful chapters in the not very cre- ditable history of Irish agitation. The tenant leaguers have resolved on the desperate course of joining heart and hand with the Orange party for the purpose of returning the Orange candidate in opposition to Mr. Sadleir; and thus crowning their factious hostility by a disgraceful revenge, which the state of the constituency renders it but too probable they may bo able to effect. A person, whom the Freeman styles "a highly respectabie, able, and popular catholic gentleman,' is to make his appear ance on the Carlow hustings on Monday, and ho there proposed as a candidate, for the put pose of giving an apology to some eight or a dozen electors, —even less would do—to vote for hint against Mr. Sadleir, and thus show Mr. Alexander, the D. rbyite, to carry the election. The manteuvre is too palpably monstrous to be coloured over with arty plau sibility ; so that if the deputation who have been sent down from the Tenant League nod "Religious Equality" committee should be able to influence a few of the electors to refrain from voting for Mr. Sadleir, it is even possible that the clumsy contriv ance of starting a pseudo-liberal antagonist to him might not be resorted to. This, however, is not pro bable, for the two deputations have been met with such a storm of unpopularity that they will scarcely be able to find any opportuniti of carrying out their purpose. Although the greater number of them are priests, the accounts from Carlow this evening state they had a narrow escape from the hands of the people. One report was, that they had been flung into the river, but they were rescued from this fate by the interference of the police, whose presence was indispensable to protect them. Dr. liely, tho Roman catholic bishop, is a most warm supporter of Mr. Sadleir, and the famous Father Maher, whose influence is said to be all-powerful, has not, with all the efforts made for the purpose, been detached front Mr. Sadleir's cause. The Rev. Mr. Maher has come to Dublin to-day, it is said fur the purpose of consult , ing Archbishop Cullen, who, I have no doubt, has good sense enough to give his advice in favour of Mr. Sadleir. The name of the "liberal catholic" who is to oppose Mr. Sadleir has not yet transpired, though various parties are spoken of. Before Mr. Moore proceeded to Carlow yesterday, the following very remarkable correspondence passed between him and Mr. Sadleir, who, it will be seen, ably vindicates his own character : Morrison's Hotel, Dublin, Jan. 13. My dear Sadleir,—You are of course aware that I disap prove of the course you have taken is act cpting oftise under the present government, and breaking no, as far as in you lay, that indi pendent party in parliament, in con nexion with which we have so long acted together. I felt that on such an occasion I was bound either to join you earnestly or oppose you earnestly ; and I have thought it my duty to adopt the latter course. Pubic opinion must declare between us ; and you have appealed to the public of Carlow. I wish to appeal to the people of C.rluw also, and to state the ground: on which I have separated from you, and condemn your conduct. Your letter to Mr. Lucas assures me that you are anxious fur public disco:Sion, and it is necessary for the information of public opinion that sorts discussion shJuld take piles. In accordance with these circumstances, and deputed by the committee of Religious Equally, of which you are or were a member, it is my intention to proceed to Carlow, on Saturday, and I intend you to meet me in public discussion, youwherever app ynur oint. better knowledge of the loca.ity may lead to Alter the constant intercourse, public and private, which has for years subsisted between us without the interruption of a single doubtful word, or doubtful feeling, I need not assure you that I am influenced by any motives but those of public duty; and that no issue shall be raised by me but the injury which I believe you have inflicted on the publie Clll3.4 . .—Your's sincerely, G. 11. Moist& John Sadleir, Esq., M.P., Carlow. Carlow, January 14, 1863. Sir,—Your statement that, I have to the utmost of my power, broken up the Irish Party, is an unfounded allega tion, and the future conduct of that party will furnish the best refutation of your assertion. You have leagued youiself with those who rely on a sys tem of mitirepresentation, to prove that lam a pl..dge breaker, a perjurer, traitor, and government slave—that I have altered my convictions, abandoned my opinions, and betrayed a party and a cause. You have linked yourself on to those who declare I have been always dishonest. You and they resort to malignant insinuation and to libel, for the purpose of raising a cry that, by joining Lord Aber deen's government, I have been guilty oft erjury, treason, and corruption ; but you know—and Messrs. Gray, Lucas, and Duffy know—and you cannot conceal from the country the) fact—that my joining Lord Aberdeen's government is ' regarded as a proper and consistent step on my part by men quite as distinguished for ability, experience, firmness, and sincerity, as auy one of my assailants. You know the opinions on this subject of Mr. Sharman Crawford and many others, whose convictions on this point it is not safe to disregard. You have had your meetings and your discussions, and the libels issued against me have had their swing; but the liberal electors of Carlow—of wham the revered Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin is one—are united, are determincpto present an unbroken front in the impending contest with the tory candidate. f hat candidate is backed by a powerful phalanx ; and the liberal electors feel they have quite enough to occupy their minds at present in resisting that party, of whom Mr. Alex ander is the champion, without allowing the harmony whisk now prevails to be assailed by the harangues of host.ledepa- Wiens. Your presence here would not only be hailed by the tory party as a favouring omen for their failing cause, but your presence here at this juncture would be re garded by every cool head and sound heart in the liberal party as promoting the cause of discord and division, and not the cause of calm and deliberate discussion. To talk of coming here now, on the pretext of aiding in a course of frank discussion upon a question which you have not scrupled to prejudge, is too absurd to obtain credence In this town. LA your object and intentions be whatever you please, if your mission to Carlow make any progress it could only tend to defeat the liberal party, aad o hand ever the representation of the borough to a bitter faction. It has not been considered sufficient to slander me —no, the liberal electors who have always supported, and who support me at the cost of fearful sacrifices on their part, must be also attacked, and, accordingly, they are held up to the public as a venal and corrupted constituency, secured by bribes, aad sustained by bludgeon men. If you can form an idea of the feelings which each eon duct can excite in the breasts of men prepared fur any sacrifice rather than forfeit their independence, you sea imagine the indignation which this scurrilous system of wholesale calumny has evoked in this town. I disapprove of your appearing here, and I shall be ne party to your movement, which I regar d u a vain effort on your part to secure the return of Mr. Alexander, to give an insidious blow to the liberal party, and a stamp anti . ' currency to the libels which lutes been concocted and sir matted against me. I am, your obedient tenant. JOHN SADLIIII. Genge Henry Moore, Esq., M.P. AN INMATE OF A CONVENT POISONED. BRISTOL, SATURDAY ETININIL An inquest has just been brought to a close before Mr. Fry, coroner for North Somerset, at the White Hart Inn, Brislington, touching the death of a fine young wo man, named Emma Forty, but known in the convent u Melanie, who was a penitent in the Convent of the Good Shepherdess, at Amos Court, and who came to her di ath through poison, administered to her by the Sister Assistant, Miss Sophia Ryder, in mistake fur a medicine which had been prescribed for her by the medical attendant, Dr. O'Brien. Miss Ryder is stated to be the daughter of a pro testant bishop, a near relative of Earl Harrowby, and a niece of Sir George Grey, and she is herself ape . A great number of rumours had got abroad respecting the , circumstances under which the deceased had been poisoned, 1 and a very unusual degree of interest was manifested thequghout the very lengthened inquiry. The jury having viewed the body, a number of witnesses were examined, the substance of whose evidence was, that the deceased was suffering from an internal complaint, fer which the physician of the hospital prescribed the proper remedy in the shape of a draught. 'f he dispensing of the medicines prescribed, however, was entruNted to Sophia Ryder, one of the nuns, and she in mistake used tincture of aconite and morphine instead of tincture of quinine in making up the prescription. The consequence was that deceased died in a few hours after the adwinistration of the medicine. A post mortem examination ut the body showed that death had resulted from poisoning by aconite, and it was also demonstrated to have been cawkil purely by accident. _ . The coroner having summed up the evidence, The foreman of the jury said they wished to return • verdict in the following form: " That Emma Forty's death was occasioned by Om negligence of Miss Sophia nyder, who administered to her aconite, a poisonous drug, in mis take fur medicine prescribed for her, and the jury consider that much blame is attributable to the authorities of the convent fur allowing a practice which prevails therein of permitting persons to dispense medicines who; from their want of the necessary education, are ignorant of their nature. The jury further wish to express a hope that such practice will in future be discontinued." Mr. Dillow, surgeon, said be was desired by the superior to say that • change would be introduced. He (Mr. Gillow) bad formerly dispensed the medicines, until his in creasing engagements prevented his so doing. It was here suggested that the term " negitgenee" im plied a duty, so that the verdict might amount to one of manslaughter. The foreman avid such was not the intention of the jury. They merely wished to censure the ►ystem ; and ultimately the verdict was modified by :ltcring the words to " was caused by the administration by Miss Ryder in mistake," &e. CARDINAL WISE AN, during his visit to Leeds, at the early part of neat month, is to be the guest of hones Uoldforth, Esq., of Burley, near Leeds.