The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

m o ,..iatfer, which occurred on the 16th July, of shah disastruns event I enclose a full account. General Godwin and his stall returned to Cal- 1 ear's ors the Bth inst. fax gallant officer is not, it is s aid, to go back to Burmah, but takes up his corn- I , 0 ,,1 in the provinces. Ilia parting from the a iti.crs at Rangoon is said to have bcen a very cos- 1 deal one, and in the speech made by . the general he' I hinted that in all the oper ati ons just concluded he acted according to orders! if this be so, the isfaut officer is exonerated from all the blame and coma , .o liberally showered on him by all parties in ladcs oud at home. General Sir John Cheap° will ap..st prolably assume command in Pegu. AU was quiet in Burnout. One of our sepoys had been ear n, J of from I'rorae to a camp 45 miles off, but bad b e en released by the chief whose force was stationed t h e re, and sent back under an escort. Great scarcity appears to exist in the country, and the poor people were furled to resort to plunder to maintain them pleas. A party had gone out from Prome in search o f s gang of rubbers, but had come back as they went. The steamer 'Medusa was at 51eaday toassist the small garrison in case of need. 'f he Calcutta EugtisAutua says: The population of Pegu are in a state of the utmost des. titaness —famine ram theta in the face, rice is sold at 3 sail 1%1.'41 the rupee, and the people stern to subsist un fYaale rows, plaiataiia leaves, and stalks and many other miserable substitutes for vegetables. Cholera is raging in =iff y plc. S o though the town of Itangoon is free from it. }row Tenehoo, Shuy-geen, Sitang, &e , the reports of the /if 044.4 amongst the Burmese of this disease were appalling, Lie- particularly at, end around the former station, where for nearly a month the inhabitants had been carried off in va‘t numbers daily. The villages along the banks of the river had become charnel houses, and were very generally dreerted by the survivor, who took to their boats cud wan dered, they cared not whith r in search of food, sad exemp tion (rum the terrible scourge, which seems to be attribut alavest entirely to the scarcity of the common nemes saries life. Were it otherwise, who could account foe the exemptioa of the well fed troops. amongst whom eel one (fatal) cue had occurred at Tonghoo in thirty day., whilst the average number of deaths witbia the tort walls during that period was 10 daily, and that amonget a very scanty population ? Sickness, principally diseases of the bowels and lunge was on the increase, and we regret to learn that the Ist Bengal lusilien had buried 23 men during the month of July, and had 160 in hospital at It engem, Peps, and Shuygeen about the middle of that tooth; their total lon in Burmah appears to have beam 1a:. rank and tile. lt.M. 19th Royal Irish had lost 315 men by disease and the enemy up to the 20th July, and H.M. 51st tied 90th Regiments have buried 653 men be twee them since the commencement of the war. TM most healthy corps appears to be the Ist Madras Fusilien, whose losses had been remarkably light; amougat the, native regiments the 19:h Madras, was the most healthy sad the sth M.N.I , the least so ; the former had loot only I I men, the latter 116, had sent an equal number away sick to India. and had upwards of a hundred in hospital at Rangoon and Tooghoo. More than a fifth of the Ravildan, sad a fourth of the native officers, have died in Burnish. The 9th M. N. I. had lost 67 men, sent 100 away sick, and bad about 60 in hospital. The 35th M. N. 1. are reported elthy, with the exception of the European officers, who have suffered greatly. General Godwin seems to think they retain their health by drinieiog potent liquors, to which, like the S.ppere and :diners, they are prone. The Bengal utile corps have not suffered so severely, we are glad to taking their strength into consideration. In com paring them with her Majesty's and the Madras sth sad 9th Regiments, the number sent away sick was, perhaps, 'inter in each corps, bat the deaths fewer. The 10th D. N. I. bail lost as minty men as the 9th M. N. 1., had sent 140 to Calcutta sick, and had 40 in hospital. The Fox frigate quitted Rangoon on the 13th July for Trincomalee, the departure of her officers being much regretted by all. THE PUNJAUB. Troublous timea are again apparently coming round on the frontier. A correspondent of the Iklhi Advertiser of 20th inst., writing from Pesh awur, says : On the evening of the 3rd instant, a party consisting of the chief political and staff officers of this station rode out to Muttony., a village fourteen miles distant on the road to ROM, to select a site suitable for a fort about to be erected there—the commencemi nt of a cordon of garrit'ons which gov.trnment has ordered to be erected right through the ICohat pus—u a primary measure towards the coercion of the Affeedie races. The site being duly selected, sad a force left there to protect the working party of pioneers, the gay group returned the evening following. There is not the least doubt but that the Afreedris will offer every impedi ment to the erection of these fortifications. It is already reported that they have let off all the supplies of water contained in the reservoirs or teaks at the foot of the hills, and have removed with their women and effects, into the interior. Captain James, Deput7-Commissioner of Peaha wur, narrowly escaped being captured by the Afree dies on his way back from the districts : fortu nately a duststorm hid him from the view of a party of these lawless freebooters u they were passing each other. The Kohat-pass appears to be entirely in their heads, and we must either drive them out or pay them black-mail. The Leia district has been completely inundated, and it is feared that the dice!' of the inundation will be severely felt by the people, both in person and pocket. A shock of earthquake was felt at Peshawar, Cashmeer, Lahore, Mooltan, and in nearly the whole of the northern portion of the province : in many parts heavy rain had fallen, while in others the crops were suffering from want of moisture. NIZAM'S DOMINIONS. Colonel Low has been succeeded u resident at Hyderabad by Mr. Bushby, from Bangor. At the &Aar held by the Nizam for the reception of Colonel Low, on Nth July, the retiring resident is reported to have spoken out to the prince,and solemnly warned him that our government was determined not to be trifled with any longer. What he was required to do had been pointed out to him, and he must either conform to our behests or prepare himself to be stripped of the dominions he was incapable of ruling aright. The Berar province has been taken posses sion of without disturbance of any kind, and is now part and parcel of oar territory : how long it will be before the remainder of the Mum's dominions shares the same fate remains to be seen. The following ap• pointments have been made for Borer : sort William, Foreign Department, the 12th ihmart, 1833. The Most Noble the Governor General of luilft in council has been pleased to appoint the uadeementioned Olken to the several district, amigned t• the DM& Ge tetumtat by the late treaty with His Klemm the Nina. Rem District, Northern Division.—Ca i stain T. H. Bul lock be deputy commissioner. Lieut. J. J. Hamilton, 2nd Bengal N. 1., to be assistant commissioner Ist elan. Mr. H. A. Palmer to be assistant commintioner 2nd clam. Southern Division.—Major J. Johnston to be &petty ema musioner. Captain J. B. Pays to be anietant eemniseioner, lit clue. _ _ _ llMelton Dash Dintriolt, &elm Micklans.—Molor G. F, Hampton to be al** misaissfraer. am* Captain Iris Campbell, OM Maine N. 1. to bo misbent eemsaiseioner let clam Wafts Division.—Snit Oiptele J. a. Hal mein, Mans ArtHery, to be deputy sismielseer. It. F. Taylor, 17th Madras N. 1., Is be aseistaat commissi oner let elms. Western Distrists.--Ooptein P. M. Tayla or to be deputy commissioner. Licit. Cadell, 36th M dras N. 1., to be ambler* osommimitem W. or let elms. J. P. (}germ, 014. Seep. to the Govt. of lodia. BAHAWULPOOR. The Lahore Chronicle of the 30th July this; writes of the state of matters in this provisos : Babewulpoor affairs are going teem bad to wont. The soldiery are becoming mutinous, a sum des of the worst point at which a state can anise, sad we maybe/ I' some catastrophe that will bring the Dosedpsoirs principality to the brink of Mu, if not over it. Only He other , lay the regiment, commseded by Mr. John Howell (sot Holmes as mesdesed b. a ibman Miro) bearing dad ay pay et their commsmdend bid boon issreausd, dernsedod ti sheen is his Good ketone, sad basset their media mast was denied, besieged him in his house, took him prisoner, carried him elf to their lines, and threatened to pat him to death, a threat which, having the bad example of their blood-thirsty prince before them, they are very likely to carry into exe cution. The affairs of the state are, of coarse, brought to a dead lock by such proceedings, sad we may soon espret to bear of a very general outbreak of some kind which will pron4bly end in the deposition or murder of Mk* blahomed, and the elevation, to the clangorous throne, of Another brother. BCINDE. Upper Beinde, 378,890;—t0ta1, 1,214,527. Of the total, 681,451 were make and 533,046 females. A comet had been visible for many nights 25 •degrees above the horizon. CA BOOL For some titan we have not received any news from Cabool,but the follois ing has been sent to us by our former correspondent : Dort Mahomed Khan has lately adopted the system of hoarding up money by means not very creditable to his government. All t►e men of had character are let loose to commit theft and pick up quarrels with men of property. Both are fiord apparently, but the favourites, or the nuns alente of the Dut, get back the fine inflicted upon them, and the stolen property is divided ►etween him and the thief. lie had resolved to go against the rebellious " Tophee Ghiluees," but they hams sent their families into the inaccessible valleys, destroyed the villages, and burnt every blade of grass they contained, and plunder the caravans and travellers coming to Cabool. Alladad Khan and Ameer Mahouts! Khan, the ambassadors of the Duet, have re turned from Persia and are now staying at Candahar, on account of the bad and unsafe state of the road. Buie ood-deen Shah, the King of Persia, has not accepted the presents sent to him by the Candahar Chiefs, consistir.g of ten pieces of " Zurbuft," and ten pairs of Cuhtneer shawls, and dismissed the agent with threats for " Kuhuncial Khan," ite. His Majesty has also despatched Mirms Najaf Kh in to Hunt fur the purpose of protecting and taking care of the young son of the late Vusesr Yu Mahomraed Khan. The Queen's depot is beingformed as fast as pon- Bible under Capt. Murray of the 83rd Foot, who is to hold command till the arrival of Colonel Welleeley. The ship Rubicon, Captain Van:, reached Kurrachee on the 14th inst. in 101 days from London; 1,000 hhdi. ale and 1,350 porter, for the troops in Upper India. The Scindiin tells us that the exports in 1n52 amounted to 100,0001.; value of all goods prising the custom-house 733,3431., or nearly double what it was in 1847-48. The weather was cool and delightful and the health of tho troops excellent. The sttamers and fiats were brushing up for the approaching season, during which upwards of a thousand recruits will have to be transported up river, together with some eight or ten thousand hogsheads of ale and porter. The prospects of the season as regards crops were good. The population of the province in December, 1862, is set down as follows: Kurrachee or Lower Scinde, 256,407; Hy drabad or Central Bcinde, 579,230; Shikarpore or THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1853. public. Moldova of cotton goods are very firm, and they are encouraged to ooatinue so by the perceptible and whole- some falling off in the 'endings from home, particularly as respects twist and unbleached fabrics. The business dons in ! mole twist has been good, and the price of the article generally has advanced • little. Turkey red yarn,. both Chianti and British have been freely placed at former value. Orange and green are dull. Copper is quiet but firm. The holders of iron have increased their pretensions, while dealers are quite willing to pay recent quotation. There is but little doing in spelter, holders however are very confident, and look for better prices than those cur rently offered. 1,650 mds. pig lead are reported sold at 7.4 per md. Salt is in good demand at SW prim; fine Liverpool is quoted at 95 to 100, and butter at 94 to 9,5 per 100 Inds. Tee money market is kept well supplied, and aecontmo• dation can be obtained on comparatively moderate terms. The share market is firm with an upward tendency. Bank of Bengal shares are firmly held at 6,185 each ; Bengal Coal Company Scrip has risen to 1,100 is., which is equal to 10 per cent. premium. New Oriental Life Insurance shares are readily taken, when procurable at 60 per cent. premium. The Agra Bank his declared a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum on capital stock, at the same time, making an addition of 63,978 re. to the reserve fund, which now amounts to Co.'s lia. 8,51,345 ra. This bank maintains its high credit, and its shares are quoted at 40 per cent. premium, with very few sellers. Government promissory notes remain without any material change. Exchange has not undergone any material alteration. First-class credits have been riding 2.01 to 2-1, and &mu ments at cheaper. t ink of England post bills, 2.0}. Australian Bank bills, at 30 days sight, at 2'07. Bills on China, with opium documents, 235 n. per 100 doll. Tonnage is very scarce. Freights have not however much I altered, owing to the small business doing in exports for Great Britain. the quotations to London are 31. 15s. salt petre ; 31.155. sugar ; 41. rice ; 41. ss. to 41. 10s. oil seeds. Rice to ee Mauritius Rs. 24 to 2.6 per bag. The adver tisements show only two ships on the berth for London, four fur Liverpool, one New York, three Australia, two France, four Mauritius, three China, two Straits, and three Rangoon and Maulmain. ble an object; and, as a result, we are now upwards of three weeks without a word of intelligence of what hu been done by the organised insurgents and the rabble Tartar army. This mail, theretore, conveys to England nothing new regarding the rebellion. Admiral Pellew arrived in Hong Kong, in her Majesty's ship Winchester, on the Ist inst. ; in his wake following the steam sloop Styx and brig Lily. Never at any time before has there been such an immense squadron of steam war vessels on the coast of China as at the present time. We speak of the steamers of other nations as well as our own. Fol lowing is a list of them :—British H.M.S.B. Rat tler, 9 guns; Hermes, 6 guns: Salamander, 6 guns; Styx, 6 gnu. American: Mississippi, 10 guns; Susviehansah, 9 guns; Powhattan, 9 guns. French : Le Camini, 6 guns. Russian : Vastock, 2 guns. Sailing Vessels—British : Winchester, 50 guns ; Spar tan, 22 gnus; Lily, 12 guns; Rapid, 8 guns. The lest fortnight's news from China says : " The Imperialists have made another unsuccessful attempt to re-capture Amoy, and from the accounts received of the spiritleis behaviour of the Tartar troops, both on this occasion and also Chin-Keang- Foo, it is now evident that all is up with the Mancboo dynasty. - "From Shanghai there is no news from Nankin, but two visits have been paid (the first by the consu late interpreter, Mr. Meadows, the second by a mis sionary) to the insurgent camp at Chin-Kiang-Foo, the city at the junction of the grand canal with the Yang-tee-Kiang. id • The mercenary fleet blockaditig Chin-Keang- Foo consists of eight English and American square rigged vessels, between thirty and forty Por tuguese armed lorchers, and about twenty junks. With the single exception of the flag-ship, Sir Her bert Compton, all the European Teasels are small. The English commander of the fleet is of opinion that nothing, can be done against Chin-Keang-Fuo without the effectual co-operation of a land force, and there is no chance of any such being rendered by the Tartar troops now before the place. Sir George Bonham has at last issued a proclamation apprising all British subjects of the illegality of engaging in warlike operations in China without the Queen's license, and warning all such that he will strictly enforce the penalties provided in the Act 59 of George 111., chap. 69, against such offences. "The government at Pekin is in the greatest dis tress for money. "A scarcity of grain was beginning to be felt in Pekin, owing to the districts by which the capital was principally supplied being now in possession of the rebels. "On the 3rd of August Commodore Perry and his squadron left their anchorage on the coast of Loo choo, and sailed for Japan. The commodore has pur chased as a coal depot a piece of land on the is la nd called Benito,' in the neighbourhood of Napakaing, found to be inhabited by Scotch and Irish families.' Thisis the first possession the Americans have acquired in Asia." LOSS OF TILE STEAM FRIGATE MOZUFFER. The following is an account of this serious disaster, referred to la the letter of our Bombay correspondent " The East India Company's frigate Mosuffer lett Cal cutta on the Sth July for Armen, and on the 11th, after having embarked on board a p .rt of the Armin Local Battalion, the proceeded on her voyage and overtook the H C.S. Zenobia (which had left about half en hour before the forma vessel), and by sunset bad run the Zen o bia nearly hull down. On the 11th, the Mosuffer experienced a very severe gale of wind from the southward and west ward ; the was eased, and kept in flys or ail fathoms water, and having both leads going, steered a point higher than the usual course from Negro» to the Elephant to allow for the setting of the tide. Capt. Hewett remained on the paddle box until 3 cm. of the 14th when he was relieved by the master. At 8 a.m., whilst running in for the land in 41 fathoms, she suddenly deepened her water to seven fathoms ; she was stopped, and se it was very thick weather at the time, it was considered most pru dent to bring her to an anchor. At 8.30 cm. she was again under easy steam. The muter and one midshipman were looking out in the foretop and the captain on the paddle box, keeping both leads going. The patent log showed that the entire distance had not been completed up to this time, and, with a good look out aloft and at the forepart of the ship, she suddenly shoaled from Bto 1111 fathoms. She was immediately stopped, but before she lost her way she grounded in 2 fathoms. The engines were reversed end the guns forward were run aft, and every endeavour that expo »eau and seamanship °egad suggest to get her off. The bower anchor end other anchors were then laid out, and everything was prepared to heave her off the next tide, which was attended with success. She was then run down to the south-west about fifteen miles, and then hauled op again to her course, the same vigilant and anxious look out being kept up. The cholera was on board and Captain Hewett was anxious to get in soon as possible. She was going " all ceased" when the suddenly grounded again on the 15th. The engines were reversed and she got off. The Captain stood down to the southward again for about an hour and a half and then hauled up again. This made all hands anxious and vigilant, particu larly the captain. The land was sighted, and from its ap pearance it resembled that of the eastern grove at the en trance of this river. The bearisgu were taken and the soundings agreeing with them she was laid on to the proper course. The weather was fine and the sea smooth, and not the slightest doubt existed but that all was right. But they were disappointed, for she grounded again. Every exertion was made to get her off, but we regret to say they proved useless. When the tide commenced leaving her she began to fill, and had about five feet water in the hold. Guns were fired, but no answer was made in return. All the pumps were working and the discharge pipeabrere opened : hopes were now entertained that they would be suocessfal the next tide. The flood made, and she, although the pumps were going and the discharge pipes were closed, com menced filling faster and faster. All partible exertion was made to get steam up, but her bottom having been stove in amidships it jammed the boilers up against the deck, and the steam chest was jammed also. The fires were put out by the npld increase of water in the hold, and the efforts made to steam up were entirely frustrated. She rolled over, and preparations were made to save the lives of all on board. The water rose up to tha decks, and all hands got up where they best could ; some up the rigging. and paddle box. Every officer and sailor deserves credit - for the able and cheerful manner with which they worked, and praise is due to Capt. Hewett for the mother end presence of mind he displayed oa this trying ocoesion, and the com posure with which he commanded end retained command. H.M. ship Fox (which was lying at anchor at the mouth of the river) having learnt that the Wean was thus criti cally situated, despatehed a boat op to town with the infer =anon, and said that if assistance was not sent down immediately, the Mosuffer would be a lost rued. The boat arrived in town *boat midnight of the 11th and at 2 a.m. of the 17th we were glad to learn that both the Pluto and the &noble had started off two hours after the dreadful news had reached. Captains Roger., Pasedrh and Burbank deserve the highest praise for the qyuickdespafrA with which their vessels were started. Qersieau Leahert detained the barque Colonel Berney to melee tie Ilassits, but as the captain had no orders from hie Norm Crisp and Co., • request was made to those ter her services, whish, we ere happy to ll a s e TiM a llnedietely complied with. The Zambia, I'luto, anew arrived at the plus where the unfor tunate Ifferaffin was laying nearly a total wreck on the 17th instant. The An n e = Battalion end priest* peona ge» were transhipped on board the Plato, and sent up to town immediately in that vessel. The joint efforts of the officers end crew of both the Masan and the Zenobia were now exercised sad put into play fee the preservation of the fernier Teasel, bat we are aerey to say that owing to the fearful rush of the tides there nothing but the guns, carriages, and a few atone were I saved. The Mosuffer was new sinking, and finding all efforts had failed, and any further attempt. would be fruit less, she was abandoned to the mercy of the wave, on the 22nd hist, after the captain, office», and crew were up to their waists in water on the paddle-box. All lives were saved except that of Lieut. Mason, of H.M.B. Fox, who, whilst endeavouring to get on board the Mosuffer in the frigate's gig, which was swamped, was drowned. Her crew were picked up by the Mosuffer's boat, and sent on board the Fox. Capt. Hewett, we are sorry to say, has lost his beautiful gold mounted sword, which was presented to him by the Hon. the Court of Directors, foe his meritorious ser vices in China in 1841-42-43, and a splendid silver vase, which was presented to him by the merchants of China and others in token et their esteem, u well as for his gallant nduct in the China sees in those years. The Zenobia and the Pluto returned to town on the 23rd inst., with Captain Hewett, the office» and erew of the ill-fated Mosuffer, on board. We deeply sympathise with the unfortunate suf ferers, and sincerely »net that both the government and the public will subscribe to meet the urgent demands of the shipwrecked people with a cheerfulness which has always been evinced by Britons oa behalf of their fellowoufferere." ACCIDENT FROM FOUL AIR.-04 Tuesday after noon a new steam stamp was being set to work at North Levant Mine, St. Just, and, in order to get " feed" for the engine, some men were employed to draw a few buokets of water out of au old shaft that was elm by. The bucket got jammed between some rocks, and one of the men went down to clear it. After waiting a little while, his comrades called to know why he was so long, but received no answer ; upon which another man slid down the rope to see what was the matter. The men at the surface called again, but both below were speechless. The awful truth was then suspected, foul air had been generated in the bottom of the s h aft, it is thought, by the gas from the coals burning at the engine. Means were immediately resorted to to dispel it, and the two men were soon brought to the surface, but both quite dad.—Co►nwali %mete. VD, Court rt f their lot stated, d e go e e e t z og t e lt o n hb r e l eo t r omu f fellow -country men, yl cheers) - for ft r y ot: m ye e mo n u :, ich o o lP :r 7r e their vhslai side whatever e hves o rs f pursuits might have led them , ennd. ba t ohlwp o etpbdei e s oroo t , b e tnc n egtd ; :,:t:ti t :or, h i:ol a i t unfnd p ri teuo r h:m o i ets- - t m t e n depend g i are u o :ourhe this government oat divided country th eTe iis enabled no country so remote, s osed "ngP holy ot hnetmoree ext e rnal cause.rt e to era w atd i! I ICh l uhere h nne s er d i t t e hiP h atGt o w n wt es o ure u honour s t t encou rage the diffusion of free institutions among those nations who wished to obtain them. (Cheers.) And th-ugh we never pretended to impose on any country a form of govern ment which the people of that country did nut of them selves desire, yet I am persuaded that the great and enlightened audience which I am now addressing is animated by the tame feeling, which upon all former occa sions inspired the people of the country, namely, that they approved of the conduct of their government, when it extended a helpine hand to those whe were anxious to obtain for themselves, and by their own exertions, the inestimable blessings of free institutions and constitu tional liberty. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, there w as one ot h er subject which was dear toourhearts, and which, I know well, inspires the greatest interest among all those whom I have now the honour of addressing—l mean the suppression, the extinction of that detestable crime which, by a hypocritical perversion of the expression, has been denominated by those ' who perpetrated it the African slave trade—(cheers)—es if there were anything in common between that odious and abominable crime and those legitimate and honourable pur suits which are embraced in the expression of "trade." Gentlemen, we were greatly successful. We succeeded, in the first place, in obtaining from Spain great powers for the suppression of her slave trade. Up to the period when the government of Queen Isabella and Parliamentary in stitutions were established in Spain, the only powers which this country had fur interfering with the plane trade of Spain, were limited to the northern portion of the Atlantic. My noble friend Lord Clarendon, who now so ably conducts the foreign relations of this country—(loud cheers)—and who by his independent and truly British feeling, by the firmness of his mind, by the greatness of his talents, by the clearness of his perception, and by the determination which animates his conduct, will amply answer and repay the con fidence and support which I trust and am persuaded he will receive from the great mass of his fellow-countrymen— (cheers)—Lord Clarendon, who now so ably performs the duties of your Foreign Minister, was then our representative at Madrid. (Cheers.) Well, gentlemen, we had greatly con ' t:ibuted to the vast improvement which the Spaniards had obtained in their form of government ; we asked for no selfish reward; we asked for no advantage to England, in commerce or in political influence, but we said to the government of Spain—lf you think, as you cannot deny, that we have done you good service—that we have enabled you to accomplish objects important for the welfare of your nation, there is one repayment which we ask, and that is additional powers to put down your slave trade. (Cheers.) Lord Clarendon, then minister at Madrid, most ably executed the instructions of his government, and be ob tained from the government of Spain the same powers all over the world which had been obtained previously in re gard 13 a small portion of the slave trade of Spain. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I congratulate you upon the altered condition of things in regard to that abominable crime —(cheers)—a crime, I will say, the greatest that ever eart• stain upon the moral condition of mankind—(cheers)—a Grime degrading and debasing to those who commit it, as much uit is sfitcting to those who are its victims. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, Brazil has been compelled, aye com pelled, by the energy of the British navy, whn`l tin ac complish anything—(much and most enthusiastic cheering) —that navy which, I say, can accomplish anything which is within human possibility... Brazil reluctantly, and sorely against her will, her prejudices, and what she imagined falsely to be her interests, has been compelled to put an end to that crime, as perpetrated by her. (Cheers.) Still Spain continues, to a small degree, to practice that iniquity ; but I trust that means may be found to open the eyes of the Spanish government, as the eyes of the government of Brazil have been opened; and that not mush time will elapse before we can add Cuba to the list of those countries which shall henceforward he hermetically shut sgainst the importation of slaves. Bruit has derived the greatest ad vantage from the compulsion we put upon her. The capital which used to be employed in the traffic of the bah and blood of men is new employed in internal im provements; roads begin to be made, railways are planned, improvements of all kinds are going on, and I will venture to say that ten years will not pass over the heads of the Brazilians before they thank the people of England for the necessity which has been imposed upon them 01 abandon ing the vicious traffic of the slave trade. (Loud cheers.) But, gentlemen, it is in the unfortunate regions of Africa that the advantages of your interference—l say your inter ference, because it was the good feeling of the people of the United Empire that enabled the government to achieve MIMS they have deae—(cheers)—it is in Africa that the heneflts of that interference are mat strikingly and mani festly exhibited. These places which were heretofore the nests of pirates, sallying forth for plunder, murdering, burning, capturing, selling, and destroying--these haunts of crime are now becoming the seats of peaceful commerce. The missionary is following the merchant, and we may hope that Christianity will accompany the progress of civilisation. (Loud cheers.) That must be a great satisfaction to all the people of this country, and more peculiarly to the inhabi tants of Glasgow ; because 1 know that in no place more than here has a deeper interest been felt in that sacred cause. (Cheers.) That must be a great satisfaction to the people of England ; and if the good things which mankind do are visited in equal dispensations with those which inva riably attend the bad things they do, I trust that the people of these islands may not find themselves the worse off in their temporal welfare, in the dispensations of Providence, for having . so nobly acted in rescuing the whites from crime —in rescuing the Macke from destruction. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, it is a wonderful sight for those who, like myself, have not visited Scotland for a considerable number of years, to see the vast improvement, of every sort and kind, which meets the eye wherever the stranger may go. One of those qualities for which the British nation are emi nently distinguished is steady, unflinching perseverance. It is a quality that belongs to our race, and it is a quality without which all other qualities are vainly exerted in the promotion of the welfare of mankind. (Cheers.) But I say it without compliment, that if there is one portion of the United Empire which more than another is distinguished for this great and eminent quality of steady and unflinch ing perseverance, undoubtedly it is the Scottish nation. (Cheers.) And it is to that quite as much as to the great intelligence of the people, the great interchange of know ledge, the great disposition to industry—it is to your un flinching perseverance in those measures and that course which are calculated to produce progressive improvement that Scotland is now a bright example to, I may say, all Eu rope in regard to everything connected with the civilisation of man, with intellectual improvement, with material and physical welfare. (Loud cheers.) There was a time, gentle men, when it was the fashion for public men to say, show me a proved abase and I will do my best to correct it. Times are changed. Men now say, show me a practitalins pruvement, and that improvement I will do spy best to realise. (Cheers.) That is, gentlemen, a maxim not only engrained in the daily habits of the people, but engraves upon the minds of those who are called upon to administer the affairs of the country—(cheers)—and I will venture to say that so greet has been the progress of intellectual im provement among those who are called upon to act as public men, that there is now no party in the country who, if called your ,according affairs, to wouldtheir respective n t act upon notions t th at o i all ; a r to v p e m rog m ad ir s 7ie v l h tee l l i w m o p u ro ld ve n m ot e ac at y u w p t o th n o t u h t e pwrutinucoipgletwofhto ing im pelled by the impulse of proved and undeniable abuse. I am sure that the people of this country will in that respect give their seistanee to the executive government, because it is plain that the range of observation of a government must always be to • certain degreetimited ; and that they must derive the greatest possible assistance from suggestions made to them from every part of the country in which local arrangements may be susceptible of material improvement by any alteration or change. (Cheers.) I can only say, in regard to the department which is now committed to my charge, that I shall always be thankful to any one who may I have again to say Gentlemen, out mti tomilasett may y t w in hi t ch ham is how o w l'."Pai i ngie s o a l g t d o deeply pogbul right. sensiblewimp rovements,wu( o Cn hg t a ah and amu pointing eon conferredth t l e e gnat ma up o nsad ft t e t e ; r andnghlon can is ansaadareconaiyaduartahttasabswhtriacehtl!musfrotanathturallyPahraatvaealn!famdelialg BALMORAL, Eery. 26. Her Majesty and Prince Albart attended divine service yesteriay in the parish church of Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. 1)r. Lee, of Grayfriars, Edinburgh. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness dined at Abergeldie in the evening with the Duchess of Kent. SIFT. 27. The woods of Balmoral were yesterday driven fur deer. The shooting party consisted of the Prince, Count Alex ander Menadorlf, and Lieut.-Col. the lion. A. Gordon. The Queen, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred were pre sent during the drive. The royal dinner party in the evening, in addition to the royal suite, oonsistad of th e D uc h ess o f K ent, C ount Alexander Mensdorff, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, and Sir George and Lady Couper. Mejor•Oeneral Sir Richard Doherty had an interview with the Doke of Newcastle yesterday. The Bishop of I. endon had also an interview with his grace at the Colonial office. Viscount Palmerton arrived in town last night from Carlisle. Lord Brougham has arrived at the Hotel Maurice, Paris. PRINCE ALBERT AND THE LAIVSON OBSERVATORY. The following is a copy of a letter written by Col. Phipps, at the command of his Royal Highness, to William Felicia, Esq., late Mayor of Nottingham, and who, it will probably be remembered, tendered much and valuable assistance in furtherance of the Great Exhibition of 1851: " Balmoral, Sept. 24, 1853. Sir,—l have received the commands of his Royal Highness the Prince to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., together with the documents which accompanied it. " His Royal Highness has commanded me to assure you that you have not over-estimated hie Royal Highness's in termit in the encouragement of all institutions that may be serviceable to science, or to the spread of useful knowledge. His Royal Highness will willingly contribute one hun dred guineas towards the sum which Mr. Lawson requires to be raised for the building and endowment of the observa tory, to receive his magnificent gift.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obdt. humble servant, " C. B. Phipps. " Wm. Felkia, Esq." LORD PALMERSTON IN GLASGOW: [Prow the Giospoto The freedom of Glasgow was presented to Lord Viscount Palmerton, in the City Hall, yesterday (Tuesday), in presence of an immense assemblage of ladies and gentle. men. The hour fixed for the commencement of the proceed ings was 12 o'clock, but even before eleven, a considerable crowd had collected around the principal entrance in Can dleriggs-street, and when the doom were thrown open, those who bad been fortunate enough to obtain tickets crowded in with such eagerness that, in the course of • very few minutes, every seat in the spacious area and galleries wu occupied. A more respectable, a more densely packed, • more enthusiastic auditory, never filled the immense hall. Nearly 3,000 tickets were issued, and being divided among the members of the town council, they were well distributed over the more respectable classes of the community. The demand for tickets was altogether unprecedented, and we have little doubt, if any place could have been found where double the number could have obtained a glimpse of his lordship's visage, or been brought within range of his voice, every available space would have been fully occupied. Precisely at noon, the Lord Provost, accompanied by Bailie Gourley, his lordship's seconder in moving the pre sentation, conducted Lord Palmerston to the platform. The appearance of the noble lord was the signal for a loud, unanimous, sod most enthusiastic burst of applause, which lasted several minutes. It would be difficult to imagine a more cordial or gratifying reception. Amongst those presented to his lordship, and on the platform, were-13ailies Watson, Stewart, Whyte, Gilmour, M'Gregor, and Drummond ; the Lord Dean of Guild ; Dr. Strang, the City Chamberlain ; Dr. Davie, the City As sessor; Messrs. Forbes and Turner, Town Clerks; the majority of the members of the Town Council ; the civic authorities of Corbels ; the officials of the Chamber of Com merce, and the Merchant Company ; Alex. Hastie, Esq., M.P. for the city ; Sir Jas. Anderson, M.P. ; A. Mune, Esq., M.P. for Paisley ; Provost Martin and Bailie M.llwreith, of Greenock; Sir James Campbe ll, of Straca thro ; Wm. Coonal, Esq. ; John Tennant, ~ St. Rollo: ; Wm. Campbell, Esq., of Tilliehewan ; Jas. Scott, Esq., of Kelly; the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P. for Perth; n drew Orr, Esq., Chairman of the Glasgow and South West ern Railway; Sir Archibald Alison, Dart.; Professor Nicol; Witham Steele, Esq.; Alexauder Campbell, Esq., of Bonhill ; the Rev. Drs. Bur, Cralk, and Buchanan ; toe Rev. Mr. Gillen, and many other gentlemen. The cheering which greeted the entrance of Viscount Palmerton having subsided, The LOUD PROVOST rose and was received with loud cheers. After presenting the burgess ticket, he ad dressed Lord Palmerston, and in the course of his re marks said—l cannot help in these times when every one is more anxious than another, mentioning what was said of you by a great statesman, and one whose name I have already meationed, Lord John Russell. Hie lordship's words were—" He is not the minister of France, he is not the minister of Austria, he is not the mi ulster of Russia, but he is the minister of England." (Much cheering.) These words it was my fortune to hear in the House of Commons ; well do I remember with what cheers they were received, and these cheers were re-echoed throughout the whole country. (Loud cheers.) Sure I am, my lord, I only express the universal opinion when I state, that all rejoice to see you at the present moment oc cupying so prominent a place in her Majesty's councils, and trust that you may long be spared in health and strength to devote for the benefit of mankind, and the good of your country, those brilliant talents which have hitherto proved of such signal service. (Much cheering.) Viscount Pautearirox,who was received with a continued burst of applause, said—My Lord Provost and Gentlemen, —A man must indeed be utterly insensible to all those feel ings which ought to animate the inhabitants of a tree and constitutional country, Who was not deeply moved to the very bottom of his heart by the sight and the occasion of which I am now a witness. (Loud cheers.) The honour ' which you have conferred upon me is one which must be dear to any man who deserves to be a member, and as a public man, an active member of that great country to which all of us belong. But if a man ought to be proud ' of the approbation of a gnat mass of hie fellow-country ' men, distinguished by their enlightenment, by all those ' qualities which belong to high civilisation, and which en ' noble and dignify a country—if a man ought to be proud of the approbation of such a mass of his fellow-countrymen, I venture to say, without paying you the people of Glasgow, an undue or unmerited com pliment, that there can be no portion of the people of this great empire whore approbation oht to be more an object of ambition to any man who has devoted himself to the public service, or from whom honours proceeding ought to bee more ample and satisfactory recompense for any efforts ' which he may have made in the performance of h is public duty. (Cheers.) I can enure you, my Lord Provost and gentlemen, that I feel moat deeply and sensibly the great ' value of the honour which you have this day conferred upon me. (Cheers.) I estimate duly the honour of being ad mitted a bargees of this great commercial metropolis ; but still more do I value it as a proof that the humble services which I have been enabled, in the performance of my duties, in your opinion, to render to my country, have met with your esteem and approbation. (Loud cheer.) It is, gentlemen, the privilege of the people of a hoe country thus in public meetings to express their opinion of the conduct of those whose lot it may have been, in any capacity, high or less exalted, to serve their country. In countries where the governments are SWOT toastely framed upon a different model public opinion is gagged, and expresses itself only in ways which do ail often conduce to public tranquillity or to the postal web. faro ; but it is the privilege and the good foreman eff iagelL national countries that public men are there enabled his time to time to have as their guide the expression of piddle ' opinion ; and, when they are fortunate enough to obtain, as I have now the honour to obtain, the approbation of their countrymen, they receive the greatest reward for their past conduct, and the mosh ample encouragement to pursue that course which they have thought for the benefit of their country. (Loud cheers.) The Lord Provost has also men tioned the names of those illustrious men with whom it is my good fortune to be this day associated in honour as I have in past and in present times been associated also in labours and in public duty. It must be gratifying to me to be told that the honour which I am this day receiving, has also bean conferred upon my friend and colleague Lord John Russall—(loud cheers)—a man whose name will ever live in the grateful recollection of his countrymen as the most energetic, the most consistent, the most persevering champion of the cause of civil and religious liberty in every quarter of the world. (Loud cheers.) It adds, no doubt, greatly to the satisfaction which any man must feel at receiving this honour from your hands that he holds it in common with a man like Lord John Russell. (Continued cheering.) It is also gratifying to think that you are ema ciating me with that eminent man, Mr.Macaulay—(cheers)— a man who has the rare faculty of combining in !Unperson the sagacity, the wisdom, and the practical experience of a status man, with that intellectual distinction which qualifies him to be one of the greatest historians which this country bas ever produced—(loud cheers)--and of whose writings I may say that, although he may have written almost more than any living author of the same distinction, there is hardly a page that he has written which doss not contain some moral sentiment, or some maxim of political wisdom which the man who reads it would not wish to have for ever engraven on his memory. (Much sheering.) Gentle men, in regard to the course of my public life, I can simply say that it has been my anxious endeavour, In whatever duty.positionwmrmore sthve(a than op a t he hitiatdisol cheers .) bet duty n m adily y ob el e very ons,ntp to l ma p laced, placed—ought, o hhouoehv s ote i ,rr m ht ap p er l e y tm it:tenoyd b ea tdb e i t s o n no y : e fr his ourmac a tie b do il na. ile co s if eeF to rsoi r tga. dlefaeseevictlierateltutottyhtnitndedtahuvetoyduissrh,cohuuargluid discharge oLofptehrrde proud - of the honour which has been - conferred, I feel gratified not merely in my own person, but as one of that body of men when lot has east them in the public service, because I feel that you are doing a great good to the country whenever you step forward, as you are doing to day, and though undoubtedly over-rating any merits which the individual may possess open whom you have been pleased to confer the honour you are doing. I repeat, a great good to your country, when you hold out to public men the prospect, that, if they perform their duty honestly, conscientiously, and energeticaily, they will receive testi monies from great and enlightened bodies of their country men ; they will be told that they have done what is thought right ; and, when they are not so told, they may infer that a different opinion is entertained. (Cheers, and a laugh.) The expression of such feelings and opiuions, by great and enlightened bodies like that I have now the honour of addressing, depend upon it, is a great element of free and constitutional government, and you may be certain that, by practising and pursuing this course, y rring as great a benefit upon your ou are, to the utmost eatent of your great means, conf erring country as you are conferring, frequently indeed not • sufficiently deserved honour upon the individual whom you may select as the object of your approbation. (Loud cheen.) My Lord Provost and gentlemen, I beg again to return you my most hearty and sincere thanks, and assure you that I shall ever retain the most grateful sense of the great and flattering honour which I have this day been so fortunate as to receive. (The noble Viscount sat own amidst repeated and most enthusiastic plaudits.) Three sheen were afterwards given for the Queen; three for the new burgess' three for Lady Palmerston ; three he the Lord Provost end magistrates, after which the immense assemblage quietly sepat ated. Lord Palmerston then proceeded in the Lord Provost's private carriage, accompanied by his lordship and the Ilea. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., to visit the public works and buildings. EXPECTED VISIT or MR. GLADSTONE to MAN. cnssrm—The Right Ron. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is expected on a visit about the 10th pros., to Manchester, and will be the guest of Mr. 3. C. Harter. The visit is to be, it is said, of a private cha- S I : \ /.'• racter. PESHAWUR. The road to Kobel is spin unsafe. Kamm Kkan plays the double game. He gets some thousands rupees from the Peshawur authorities for keeping the road open and safe, while he secretly advises the " Afredees " to disturb the place continually. He divides the money and tells them if the road is sure permanently, the British will not care to pay him.—Deloti Gazelle. August 13. DEATH CASUALTIES. List of deaths amongst the officers of the armies of India reported since despatch of last mail on the 30th July:—Surgeon S. T. Lel, 3rd Madras Cavalry, at ltellarv, on the 17th July. Assistant Surgeon T. Blenktn, 23th Madras Native Infantry, at Nladras, on the 25th July. Surgeon D. Keith, 3rd Sikh Light Infantry, at Minim, on the 14th July. Lieut. T. Tidcombe, 42nd Bengal Light Infantry, at Be nares, on the 25th July, of cholera. Major J. R. Birrell, 11th Bengal Native Infantry, at Allahabad, on 26th July. Lieut.-Colonel Danes, 36th Madras Native Infantry, at sea, on his way home, on 9th June. Major W. Stewart, Governor-General's agent, at Benares, on the 20th July, of dholera. Lieut. Mason, Royal Navy, drowned at Rangoon while making for the steam frigate Mooznffer, on 15th July. Ensign A. G. Shard, her Majesty'. 24th Foot, at Sealkote, on 27th July. Captain Bean, com manding 4th Sikh Infantry, drowned off Prome, on the 6th July. Surgeon W. Harvey, her Majesty's 70th Foot, at Cawnpore, on Ist August. Lieutenant Harris, Madras Sappers, at Sitang in Burnish, on 22nd July. Lieut. J. C. Remington, 16th Bengal Native Infantry, at Mussoorie, on 12th August.', Captain J. Ferns, C. 8., 20th Bengal Native Infantry, commanding 2nd Sikh Infantry, at Dhurmsala, on 14th August. Captain Alainwaring, 42nd Bengal Infantry, at &earn, on the 3rd August, of cholera. Lieut. F. Chute, her Majesty's 70th Foot, near the Salt Water Lake, in July. Captain Fowlis, Madras Horse Artillery, in Burmah. Captain James, sth Madras Native Infantry, in Burmah. Lieutenant Vaughan, Madras Engineers, in Burmah. Ensign Brown, Ist Madras Fusilier,, in Burmah. Lieut. J. E. Smith, Madras Artillery, at sea, on 9th December last. Lieut. Anderton, 74th Bengal Native Infantry, at Cawnpore, on 17th August, of cholera. Lieut. Gibson, Bengal Ordnance, at Cawnpore, on 18th August, of cholera. FURLOUGHS, &c., GRANTED TO OFFICRES OF THE Annus or biota since the departure of the mail on the 29th July. BOMBAY : Lieut. L. De Dan/weenie, 28th Native Infantry, Cape of Good Hope, Australis, &c.; Second Lieut. T. W. Grahame, Artillery ; Second Lieut. G. F. Hogg, let European Regiment ; Cornet J. A. L. Muspratt, 2nd Light Cavalry; Capt. J. W. Rennie, 19th Regiment Native Infantry ; Second bent. G. H. Stone, Artillery. Bnyout.: Liant. Horses Brimfield, 17th Na tive Infantry ; Lieut. Henry E. Ellice, let Light Cavalry ; Capt. C. C. J. Scott, Invalids ; Robert Stewart, 30th Native Infantry. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMIAT, TEAM JULY 29 T4Auo. 29. The easy state of the money market which we have re corded for Nome time put stall continues, and money is abundant for all legitimate purposes. The Bank of Bom bay have reduced their rates of discount 1 per tent. The speculation in Company's paper which led to the advance two months ago having long since ceased. In government securities and Bank shares few transac tions are taking place ; bat silver bullion has been in re quest for the China market. Since the date of our last report there has not been much rain, but favourable reports still continue to be received of the crops up country. A good fall of rain is, however, now much desired. A good deal of business has been done during the last month, and prices generally have risen, but the price of piece goods and yarns is scarcely remunerative, and that of metals is still under the coat for which they can be landed here. consequence of a slight rise in the prim of freight, and ea increase in the price asked by dealers, but little has been done in this st%ple lately. We now quote for Broach and Bent, Re. 106; Dhollera, Rs. 101 to 103 ; Oomrawutte, Rs. 94 to 96 ; and Compta, Its. 93 to 95. We are small in stock, but fresh supplies may be expected immediately. Famouts daring the month have considerably fluctu ated. We now quote 31. to London, and 31. 2s. 6d. to 31. se. to Liverpool ; to China the nominal rate is Rs. 16 to 17 per candy. Them are now three vessels on the . berth for Australia, the average freight being from 61. to 71. per ton. _ iiicmhttos.—The rates we quote are 2s. 15.16 d. for first class credits, and 2s. 1 id. for document bills at six months' sight. Bills at 60 days sight on China have risen to Rs. 247 to 260 per 100 dollars, and even at that are not easily had. On Calcutta bills at 60 days' eight are quoted at Ra. 99 to 99i. _ _ _ MONEY MiRKET.—Aue._29, Exchangea—On London At 6 months' sight, per Rs. 2a. lid. for document bills ; 6 months' sight, per Rs. 25.10.. fee credit bills. On Calcutta : At 60 days' eight, Rs. ; 30 days' tight, Rs. 991; at sight, lie. 90 9.16. On Madras : At 30 days sight, 1001 100} ; at fright, 104. On China: At 60 days' sight, 100 dots. —. Res. 245 nominal. Bank and other Shares.—Bank of Bombay, Rs. 1,000 seek, 33 sales; Oriental Bank Corporation, Es. 260 each, 92 93; Commercial Bank, Re. 1,000 each, 25 per cent. prem. SOW; Beat, Re. 500 each, 45 per cent. prem. ex div. ; Beak of Madras, 5.a. 1,000 each, 1,000, 19} per cent. prem. ; =Prase Company, Rs. 12,600 each, 12,000, WOO. Preis Company, Rs. 5,750; Colaba Land Company, I Rs. 10,000 each, 7,400; Bombay Steam Navigation Com ray, Rs. 610 each, 400, 65 per cent. ; Great Indian Pesiasula Railway Company, Rs. 60 each, 19 Rs. prem. sash share. Governmeat Bscuritim.—Fin per cent. transfer loan, I re. 12 per 100 does; five par ant. loan, 1829 26, n. 106 per 100 siona ; five per cent. loan, 1829.30, n.106} per 100 alma ; five per cent. loan, 1841-42, n. 104} per 100 Co.'s; four per rent. loan, 1832-33, is. 1061 per 100 shwa; four per cent. loan, 1835.36, rs. 991 per 100 Co.'s; four per cent., 1942-43, n. 991 per 100 Co.'s. Prices of Balboa—Sovereigns, each, rs. 10} nominal; Bank of England notes, is. 10 per Loom.; Spanish dollars, n. 247 per 100 ; Republican dollars, re. 245 to 246 per 100 ; German crowns, is. 20 per 100 ; Byres silver, n. 104} to 186 per 1001.1 s.; gold loaf (range of quality), is. lel per tola geld ingots, according to touch for 97 touch, rs. 151 per tola. Freights.—To London, 31. 2s. 6d. per ton ; to Liverpool, 31. 6,1. per tea; to Calcutta, nominal, per ram; to China, re. 16} per ready. CALCUTTA. Aro. 19. The steamer Bombay was *mamboed an the 11th instant, and cams up on the 12th, bringing Loadt.a dates to the Bth July. The position of trade at holm was good, although business bad been checked by the uncertain state of the Turkish question, parties in consequence only buying for immediate wants. _ . The reports from the indigo districts are still unsatisfac tory, and aeseeding to reeent appearances the crop, if it exceeds in qmatity that M last year, can only do so by a few thominal rule. The shipments of indigo up to date emeennt b AM mintaining Fy. mds. 100,297. Shell lee awl lee dye rem in unchanged. An average business ham bees dean in hides, both for England and the United States. Limed has continued in &mire demand for Great Britain and America, at an advanced rate, say 2.9 a 2.12 per md. The inquiry for rapeseed bas been lees active, and its value has consequently declined • little. Jute of good quality is very scarce, and this, added to high rats 401 freight, has caused • further decline in prices. the shipments of rice to Great Britain have been moderate, not eneneding nide. 18,629 since the first of the month ; the de amilfor Rangoon has subsided. Saltpetre has continued is Illaite_general demand, with free supplies, and former prim Transactions in safflower have decreased, and that asMile is obtainable at rather easier rates. The business dam k sugar for shipment to Great Britain his been very limilisddaring the past fortnight, not exceeding 600 tons ; vim however, are dm, and about 2e. to be. per cwt. above Uwe quotations. The business dons in cotton place goods has been compa ratively limited. not from any nalavourabla alteration in rya peMes of the market, which is healthy and good, but *s illieulty of obtaining steam water carriage to the Upper Provinces. For some years past this carriage was supplied by the government, the Ganges and the India Ge neral Steam Companies. The exigencies of the Burmese war compelled government to withdraw its boats from the line. A dispute has recently arisen between the India General and their native supporters, in consequence of whichthe traniport of cotton goods by that channel is in a great degree been withdrawn and suspended. The only available boats there fore are those belonging to the popular Ganges Campeau, but they are too few In number to satisfy the wants of the MONET MARKET. CURRENT N. ALUE OP GOVERNMENT SECORITTES, BANK STOCK, &c.—Transfer Five per Cent., RI. 106.8 to 107 p. 100; New Fives, Rs. 102.12 to 103 p. 100; Second ditto, Rs. 100 p. 100; Third ditto, Rs. 100 p. 100; Company's Rupees, Four per Cent., Its. 99.11 to 09.14 p. 100 ; Sicca Rupees, Four per Cent., it. 99.8 to 99.10 p. 100. Bank of Bengal Shang, Company, rupees, 4,000 to 6,150 each; Agra Bank, 500 to 695 each; North Western Bank, 400 to 275 each ; Indian General Steam, 1,000 to 6.50 each ; Bengal Coal Company, 1,000 to 1,100 each ; Bonded ware house, 445 to 250 each ; Oriental Life Insurance, 250 to 400 each. At Company's rupees :—Spenish dollars, at 100, 220.14 to 221.8 ; Mezican ditto, ditto, 220.8 to 220.14 ; Sovereigns, each, 10.1 to 10.2; Bye.' Silver, Co.'s rs. 100 each, 104.4 to 104.11. CANTON, Avo. 4. EXCHANOIL—Eat India Company's Bills on Bengal government (accepted), 2 fi. 4 rs. to 2 ti. 2 re. per 100 dol lars. Bank Post Bills, at ss. 61d. to fa. 7d. per dollar. Western Bank of Scotland Bills, at 90 days' sight, at 6s. 70. to ss. 81 per dollar. Union Bank of Australia Bills, at 30 days' sight, at 51. 7d. to Ss. 71d. per dollar. Oriental Baak Bills on the Union Bank London, at six months' sight, at ss. 3d. per dollar. Oriental Bank Bills on Bengal, at three days' sight, at '262; and .011 Bombay, three days' sight, at 262. Baring's, Brown's, and other credit", on London, at six months' sight, ss. 71d. to ss. Bd. per dollar. Private Bills on Bombay, at 16 days' sight, 293 ra. to 265 n. per 100 dollars. MONEY MARKET. BULLION RATISTL6;ii, 21.40 dole. per to. Sycee, 6.1 to. per rent prom. Mexican dollars, 6 per cent. discount. Carolus dollars, 10 per cent. premium. OPIUX Martxxv.--Closing Rates: Old Patna, 4231 doll. ; new Patna, 4231 dole. ; new Bemires, 4271 dole.; Malwa, 425 dole. ; Turbo'', 325 dole. SHIPPING IN HONG-KONG.—Britisb, 8,231 tots; Atne riean, 769 tons; Spanish. 220 tons; Dutch, 2,842 tons; Swedish, 450 tons ; Bremen, 800 tons; Hamburg, 320 tons ; Austrian, 302 tons; Siamese, 860 tons; total, 14,794 tons. Total quantity of mercantile shipping in China, exclusive of those in Macao, river steamers, lying up vessels and coasters, say 47,000 tons, against 46,000 tons of last report. CHINA. Our own Correspondent writes : HONG-KONG, Action 7. It is currently reported that the American com missioner, Colonel Marshall, has taken a very decided step in reference to the contest now going on in China, and, singular enough, the American policy is opposed to the spirit of liberal and free institutions, the commissioner having, it is said, warmly espoused the cause of the Emperor, and volunteered, on behalf of the United States government, to advance the im perial executive one million of dollars, or any other assistance at his command. Should this rumour turn out to be well founded, it is proba ble that Sir George Bonham will make another trip, or despatch a mission, to the Mime rnt camp to explain the matter to the patriots, in order that tho latter may not oonfuond one nation with the other. Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew, in hor Majesty's ship Winchester, has arrived here, accompanied by the sloop Lily and the steamer Styx, so that the lives and property of British sub jects are well cared for. At the present moment we are in a state of consternation in consequence of a fearfalinstance of piracy and murder committed al most within sight of this place, and in which the master, two mates, part of the crew, and two pas sengers, were brutally murdered by some Chinese passengers and Chinese lascars. The vessel has been brought in by the gunner and survivors of the crew, but the villains escaped. The following parti culars of this shocking outrage have just been circu lated by the editor of the Friend of China : We have a painful teak in writing the detail of a horrible tragedy. The well known clipper brig Arratoon Apcar, of Calcutta, Henry Lovett, master, left this harbour yesterday morning, bound to Singapore awl Calcutta, the crew con sisting principally of Bengalees, with eight Chinese and two Chinese carpenters. According to the logbook, at noon, with a moderate westerly breeze, Often Island ben N.E. distant 6 miles. This is the last enry. At midnight, the pilot left, and this morning delivered to the agents, Messrs. Lolcaca and Co. hen, a Letter from Captain Lem% covering one for Mrs. Lovett in Calcutta, to be forwarded by the mad leaving today. The second mate, Mr. Wood burn, relieved the chief mate of his watch when the pilot i left. Half an hour afterwards the Chinese part of the crew, assisted by two other Chinese, pumngers, came aft, armed with very sharp square knives, and, having despatched the second mate, and thrown him overboard, proceeded into the cabin, w hen were sleeping Captain Lovett, Dr. Thomp son, late of the Lady Mary Wood, and Mr. Smith, late commander of the Red Rover, passengers, Mr. J. H. Skit. slag, chief mate, and an European lad, Charlie (a relative, we believe, of Captain Ludt's). Of all these five persona only Capt. Lovett's emus remains, and it is supposed that, Wing it useless to reels armed men, the poor fellows jumped overboard. Thar, are a good many blood meats on the sides of the cabins, but no pools by which it might be in toned that they were killed outright on board. The chief mate's cabin doer is cut about a good deal. At the time of the ampult, a Goo Portuguese Saennle by mew of Augustin, was at the wheel. He says they: to kin him also, but he got away up the rigging, WINN dea fied the Lamar seamen of the watch. The gram mho broagh. the Arratoon'Apcar into harbour this memo ing, a little after eight, with the ensign lylag mks downwards, says he slept forward until two &sleek, when he was awoke by the Luaus from aloft, and learnt what had happe ned. On going aft he met Captain Lovett, who said, Give me a drink of water," and ha taken it, drew a long breath and exUred ; death ns h aving occurred from a severe out in the abdomen, whence the bowels were protruding. The gunner found both quarter boats gaze, the topsail halyards cut away, the guns spiked, and fire in the after hold, the menndrels having so attempted to blow up the vesseL About six this morning a pilot came on board somewhere about Linda', and, with his assistance, the brig was brought to Hong-Kong. As the vessel was not far from two islands at the time, it is possible that the miming peo ple were able to reach the shore. Mr. Smith it is mid jumped overboard unwounded, and, being a good swimmer, we entertain strong hopes for his safety. Two steamers leave in search immediately. Captain Lovett's dog, of English bull breed, is cot severely across the nose and hip ; and having , it is said, fastened his teeth pretty deeply into the calves of the assail ant's legs, it is hoped that by aid of his marks the wretches, who cannot be far off, may be discovered. There was not much treasure on board to excite their cupidity. The eight seamen had been two voyages in the brig. It would appear that the Calcutta Lamers took to the rigging, with the exception of two Malays, who I made a determined resistance, although unarmed, but were overpowered, killed, and their bodies thrown overboard. The head of Dr. Thompson was almost severed from the trunk. All the bodies, except that of Captain Lovett's, were thrown overboard, some being forced through the after or stern ports, the sides of which are smeared with human gore, as if the victims had resolutely endeavoured with their last remaining strength to prevent their murderers forcing the bodies overboard. The China Mail says : Since the last mail left there has been but one death in the garrison, a soldier of the Nth Regiment, from chronic dysentery. The health of the troops generally is good. The disorganised state of the country about Shang hae, and the immense interests at stake, should be sufficient reasons, we might suppose, for measures being taken by our government to secure to the public an uninterrupted semi-monthly communication be tween the northern ports in China and Kong-Kong. It does not comport, however, with the practice of the office of the superintendency of British trade in China to take any steps towards promoting No desire- -kaavaszkkag 1