The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

60 days' sight, at 1 per cent. premium ; and at 30 days, 11 premium. Drafts against gold purchased at par. Freight on gold, per sailing vessels, 3d per ounce ; per overland mail steamers, three-fourths per cent., deliver able at the Bullion office, Bank of England. Insurance, 11 per cant. ; and overland, 1i per cent. Bank rates of discount, 8 per cent. on bills having less than 95 days to run ; and 9 per cent. over 95 days' currency. Over 125 days, 10 per cent. The charge on over-drafts is 12 per cent. Freight o❑ gold transmitted by the overland route, per cent. Insurance, 14 to 1i per cent. The banks of A.ustralaeb, New South Wales, Victoria, Lon don Chartered, and the Union, have combined to allow interest on current accounts and deposits at the follow ing rates, comment in:, from the Ist of January, 1858 ; —On monthly mir.iinura balance of current accounts, of not less than 2001., 2 per cent. per annum. On sums deposited, subject to three months' notice of withdrawal, 3 per cent, per annum. On do., subject to six months' do. do., 4 per cant. per annum. On do. do., subject to twelve months' do. do., 5 per cent, per annum. The Colonial Bank of Australasia, in addition to the above, allows interest at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the daily balance of current accounts. The Oriental Bank Corporation and the English, Scot and Australian Chartered Bank allow interest on depo sits at the following rates :—On the daily balance of current accounts. if not under 1001., 21 per cent. per annum ; on deposits subject to 15 days' notice of with drawal, 3 per cent. per annum ; do. 3 months' do., 4 per cent. per annum ; (10. six do., 5 per cent. per annum; do. twelve do., 6 per cent. per annum. GOLD SHIPS. The following ships have sailed with gold freights since our last summary : Ounces. March 17. Emeu, for Suez 52,624 17. Maidstone, for L ondon April 1. Norfolk, for London ~ 10. Formosa, for Calcutta . 2,555 „ 12. Royal Charter. for Liverpool „ 14. Cornwall , for Hong Kong 15,003 St eam ers for Sydney Small Shipments l4 268,675 A.mount shipped from Jan. 1 to Mar. 11 Total amount 780,094 WOOL SHIPS The following shipments of wool have taken place since the departure of the last mail : Bales. March 17. Maidstone, for London April 1. Norfolk, for London BB7 2. May Queen, for Cowes 4OO 12. Royal Charter, for Liverpool 2,687 No. of bales shipped from Jan. 1 to Mar. 16 23,194 Total bales 25,881 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The following vessels have arrived at, and departed from Melbourne, since the date of our last summary:— Arrivals—Merchant Prince, from Liverpool ; Royal Charter, ditto ; Minnehaha, ditto ; Bruce, Glasgow ; Sea Park, Plymouth ; H.M.S. Megoera, Calcutta • Tornado, Liverpool ; Witch of the Wave , London ; Rodney, Ply mouth, Sultana, Liverpool ; Alice Walton, ditto ; Eagle, London ; Macauley, Liverpool ; Exodus, ditto ; Empress Eugenie, ditto ; Princess, London ; Ocean Traveller, ditto; Jennie W. Paine, ditto; Augusta Aurora, Bristol; Sara cen, London ; James Booth, Liverpool ; Wellfleet, Lon don; Laughing Water, ditto ; Hamilton C. Kidston, ditto ; Coldstream, ditto. Departures—Maidstone, for London ; Emen (s), Suez ; Child of the Regiment, Emily Farnnm, and Anglo-Saxon, Callao ; White Sea, and Evangelist, Valparaiso ; Agnes, South Sea Islands ; Hope, Rangoon ; Shamrock, Guam ; Norfolk, London ; Queen of the East, and Clarissa Bird ; Callao ; Siam, Calcutta; Esmeralda, Callao; May Queen, Cowes; Sir Charles Napier, Guam • F or mosa, Calcutta ; Royal Charter (s), Liverpool ; Caractacus, Callao. (Prom the Melbourne and Victorta Journal of Commerce of April 14.) In our last month's summary we held out a slight hope tbat some improvement in our import market was at hand ; we were led to do so from the some what increased activity which just before the de parture of the mail began to be developed, as well as from the generally entertained opinion, which to us seemed well founded, that with a large trade in second-hands going on, which at the approach of winter is from many causes greatly stimulated, even the slightest relief given by restricted ship ments would at once exercise a beneficial influence. We have to-day, we are sorry to say, to acknow ledge tkat we made a grave error, and that our views were unfortunately wrong ; in the vast capa bilities of our market we have not been mistaken, but we have been far too sanguine in believing that either the report of the crisis through which we passed in September and October of last year, and the heavy losses which were then accruing on ship ments, and the generally unsatisfactory value of all British imports, or the more severe financial con vulsion in Great Britain in November and Decem ber, could dam up, but for an instant, the thousand channels through which, without respite, we are perseveringly flooded with every kind of merchan dise by the Anglo-Australian mercantile commu nity. Each single shipping house seems to have been seized with the idea, that the greater the difficulties existing in the London market, the more incumbent it became to strain every nerve, and to take advantage of low prices and low freights to ship to this, at a geacirm when al/ parties appa rontly calculated that their neighbours were lamed and hampered in their operations, and that they alone would reap the benefit of cheap goods laid down in a market which they fancied would be ex tremely buoyant in consequence of its being de nuded of its regular channels of supply. Even the oldest Australian houses, who generally, but in times certainly of infinitely smaller competition than will ever again prevail, used to be able to judge this market pretty correctly, have been led away by one of the most specious fallaciee, because generally entertained, that can well be imagined. All calculation, in fact, has broken down, and the most egregious illusion of all has been that hand book of local speculation, " Stables' Circular," which has deceived all those who based their be lief upon the totals of export as therein given ; which, correct enough as far as December was con cerned. did not provide for the contingency that many of the early January vessels would arrive simultaneously with those which left in the pre vious month, and which has h a d th e effect of bringing in, in one month, almost twice the quantity of goods calculated upon. Of but ter and of oats we received almost more in one week than Stables' list ahowed, for all December ; and a decided improve ment in price in these articles, which at the depar ture of the last mail was felt must come, has been put entirely out of the question by the unexpected large lots that came to hand. We quote these two articles as an example not so much of any very great fluctuation to which their values have been subjected during the month, as on account of the prejudicial influence on business which these unex pected changes have on trade. Whoever now pre dicts a rise is as safe to be wrong as those who al ways believe in lower prices are sure to be right. The result is that no dealer or storekeeper buys largely. Their impression is that they will be able to replace goods continually at less, and the trade draes en from day to day unsatisfactorily and slug • gishly, with not the least prospect of making any single article of import but moderatelyoff in remunera tive. Of course when trade falls obligedin this man ner, and goods in first hands are to bi sold out almost in retail, the worsethenoutsiontelss the larger grow expenses, as it requires more hands to do it, but increased outlay only storage, by no moans an insignificafit i'ern, and c .ricomitantly with it a great loss in interest of money. To this must be added that, no doubt from a feeling of sympathy for imposters, the b an k s have been tenewing their race for gold, and the price in cells quence having advanced, the exchange is at I p,:r cent. premium, whilst the rata of discount, without any necessity, is kept up at 8 1 and 9 per cent. One charge and the other thus taxes imp its with 3 to 4 per cent. additionally to what they were burdened with some time back, a . very important item if we as ert that fer the last Me months, on an average promiscuous shipments, of regular and suitable goods have not lef t in the most favourable instances 8 per cent, clear over charges and interest—a profit perfectly inadequate to defray the heavy expenses with which business here is surcharged. In making this assertion it has no reference to any shipments but such which have consisted of moderately good articles, and it ex eludes all mention of brandies, whisky, old t)m, boots and shoes, iron, powder, timber, and many other Articles which lose 20 and 30 per cent. On first-class brandies 151. of a loss per hogshead on shipments made from last September onward is about the average ; those whose who have got out with less have managed remarkably well. Bulk old torn, which still comes forward in every Lon 1. i onship, seems lik e ly t o s i n k th e w h o l e cos t, un l ess it with§ a chance of being sold again in London if reshipped home. What to say to boots and slices we do not know • the profits in former years it is tree were large, but the proverb cer t a i n ly a ppli es profits to th em that s r n r ever run up so quick as losses. The lots weekly aae at aue-ion are something enormous, and new make rs an still con ti nua lly con success signing,ueees s 0 1 led d a t h w e a r y - by some o fabled re p or t s o f th e Deals by L on d on v essel., which are never so clean as the se s t r ipp e d direct from the B alti c , and therefore f?ye do not sell as well, have been pushed off e t always shipped• —in lar ge quantities . and as these goods which are the loss soon bec omes heavy. s'range to ay eal the fag-end of the summer, and with very-7,a,r atr arrivals in previous m onths, salt has improved, a coarse is worth 4/. ss, Of bottled beers the ship ments, and more especially of Byase', have been on a ridiculously large scale—a shilling per doze n freight having apparently enticed every one into shipping. The result is that Byass' has been sold at 2s. 6'cl., and that other brands scarce l y sell at allover 6s. 9d., except such as Dunphy's, Friend's, Blood and Harper's. Of iron and irenraongery arrivals continue extremely large ; some of the Liverpool vessels now bring manifests in which scarcely anything else appears. It is impossible to obtain a proper advance for the latter, even if the article is scarcely anything else appears. It is im possible to obtain a proper advance for the latter, even if the article is scarce and wanted ; and with every mail importers find increased difficulty to sell ironmongery, as the trade, almost without ex ception, import direct, and the number of buyers is becoming more and more restricted. Provisions are amongst the few imports that have been doing well, hams more especially, which are quite scarce, and worth ls. 4d. Butter has been up to 15d. during the month, but also down to 131 d. Oats, for the first fortnight after the departure of last mail, were very dull, and de clined to ss. 6d. for Scotch. They have since rallied, and are again worth Gs. Oilnien's Stores have been saleable, but prices are slightly lower, and though considered just now to be one of the best class of imports, leave but a very meagre margin. Up to the hour at which we go to press, the Columbian, which carries the English February mail, has not made her appearance, and the pub lic have again to deplore that our postal arrange ments are controlled by suc h m i sera bl y feeble andincompetent hands as those of the Company which pretend to carry on the mail service be tween Great Britain and Australia. The injury done by the delay of the Columbian, which renders it impossible to reply to the February letters, is incalculable, and we can only hope that the Home Government will give quick and practical effect to the unanimous resolution of our Legislative Assembly, which, on the 13th instant, recom mended that the contract with the E. and A. Mail Company be at once rescinded. The colonial pub lic is positively now a great deal worse served than when clippers carried the mail, as no business ar rangements were then made, based on regularity of arrival and departure. As the service is at pre sent carried out, we have all the disadvantages and none of the advantages of quick communication, and such an utter disarrangement of our corres pondence with home as that caused by the non arrival of the Columbia; is really an incon venience of a sufficiently grave nature to justify, even were it but an isolated case, the forfeiture of the contract. As irregularity in arriving is however the rule, and anything like proper time the exception, Rwe sincerely trust tlat we may soon hear that the contract has been again thrown open to public competition, the more so as up to the present the company has been likewise singularly unfortunate in its representatives hero and in Sydney, who we would almost suppose had received instructions to be as peremptory and un conciliatory as possible, as, whenever they have come into contact with the Government and the public, they have been as persistently disobliging towards the one as they have been illiberal with the other, and any change which we may get can not ba otherwise than for the better. W 1 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE First Night of Lucrezia Borgia. TO-MORROW EVENING, June 17, will be revived Donizetti's admired Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA. with the following powerful cast : Lucrezia Borgia Madlle. Titien s. Maffio Orsini Madame Alboni. Gubetta...Signor Vialetti I Petrucci, Signor Aldighieri. Gazelle, signor BeneventaLo. Duke Alfonso... Signor Beletti I Gennaro.„Signor Giuglini. Conductor—Sig. Arditi. To give the fullest effect to the production of this admired work, the principal Artistes of the Establishment will appear in the Prologue. To conclude with the entirely New Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massot, entitled LA REINE DES SONGES. The principal characters by Madlle. Mario Taglioni, Mesdlles. Annetta, Rosa, Pasquale, Morlacchi, and M. Durand. The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. A limited number of Boxes have been secured to the public. Price 21s and 31s 6d each, which may be had at the Box OffiCe, at the Theatre. FIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, Belletti, Beneventano, Aldighieri. The following arrangements have been m tde : TO-MORROW—LUCREZIA BORGIA and LA REINE DES SONGES, with Madlle. Taglioni. MONDAY, Juue 2I—GRAND MORNING CONCERT, with all the Artistes of the Theatre. TUESDAY, June 22— LUISA MILLER will be repeated. —Luisa, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Duchesa Frederica, Madame Alboni ; Rodolfo, Signor Giuglini ; Walter, Signor Vialetti ; Wurm, Signor Castelli ; and Miller, Signor Beneventano. Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. LES 'HUGUENOTS. In consequence of the numerous inquiries, it is respectfully announced that Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS, will be given TO-MORROW EVENING, June 17, it being the last time but two that it can be performed this season. Valentina, Madame Gr si ; Margarita di Valois, Mallle. Marai Dama d'Onore, Madame Tagliafico ; Urbano, Madlle. Didiee ; Marcello, M. Zelger; Il Conte di San Bris, Signor Polonini ; Il Conte di Nevers, Signor Tagliafico • Meru, Sig. Pierini ; Tavannes, Signor Rossi ; Huguenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; aad Raoul di Nangis, Signor Mario. . _ Conductor—Mr. Costa. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. Delecnaux and Esper, and M. Desplaces, Prices of Admission : —Boxes—pit tier, 5/. 15s. 641.; grand tier, 6/. 6s ; first tier, Si. ss. ; second tier, 21. 12s. 6d. ; 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, orchestra stalls, Is. ; pit, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Application for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets, to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the portico iu Bow street, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. On SATURDAY NEXT, June 19, will be performed Roasini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosini, Madame Bosio ; Bertha, Madame Tagliafico ; Figaro, Signor Ronconi Bartolo, M. Zelger ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafico ; Fiorello, Sig. Soldi ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MONET MARKET. —The money market is without change : money is plentiful, but the rates of discount remain nevertheless at 8 per cent. for paper having 93 days to run, and at 9 per cent. for paper beyond that currency. The bills under discount have been running off remarkably well, and it is generally considered that most parties are trading within their means, and that business is being conducted on a very sound and healthy basis. In the share market there has been rather more activity, and local stooks have a somewhat upward ten dency. The debentures which the Government will presently have to issue to defray the railway expen diture will be negotiated, it is expected, at par., but much depends upon the rapidity with which they will be emitted. The tenders for the con• struction of all the lines of railway at present contem plated, have not yet been reported upon, and it is there fore not known who will eventually obtain the contracts. The tenders for the whole line differ nearly 2,000,0001., the 10% est tender being about 5,000,0001, the bighe4 7,000,0001. It is expected that for the l resent not more than 34 miles will be contracted for, but the moment the works are begun, emigration from England may certainly be resumed without fear of labour coming to an over-stocked market. After which, LA. BRESILIENNE, in which M.1(111e. Zina will appear. On TUESDAY NEXT, June 22, Auber's Opera, FRA DIAVoLO. Zerlina, Madame Bosio ; Lady Allcash, Madlle. Marai ; 11 Marchese, Signor Gardoni ; Loren2.o, Signor Neri:Barahli. ; Matteo, S.gnor Pohnini ; Beppo, Signor Tagliafico ; Giacomo, M. Zelger ; and Lord Allcash, Signor Ronconi. Iu a few days will be produced Flotow's Opera, entitled MARTHA. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented MUSIC HATH CHARMS. After which, Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Shylock, Mr. C. Kean— Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. "fHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buclistono. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with LONDON ASSURANCE. Followed by A STRIKING WIDOW. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. ALE AND PORTER.—Throughout the month there has been a brisk demand for Bulk ale. Bass' has been sale able at 91. 102 ; Salt's and Worthington and Robinson's at 8/. to 81. 103. Any Bulk ale, if but sound, has bee worth 61. to 71. 10a., and much which was not quite sound, and which a month or so back sold for 2/. 10s., Las fetched that price. We may remark, however, that even 71. 10s., which is considered an extraordinary price for second-class ales, will not bring any one home ship ping it out on consignment, and that the probabilities are that the moment the better brands are plentiful the price will recede then to 51. Bulk stout has sold fairly in small lots at 61. 10s. for Truman's, and Taylor Walker's. For bottled beers durlog the last three weeks there has been a very good demand ; and if arrivals had not been so enormously large, prices would have advanced to lls. for Byass'. As it was, the very contrary took place, and some sales were effected at 9s. 6, 1. fur half-ale-half,- porter, although regular holders of it have kept the pric: at 10e. to 10s, 6d. ; at auction two•thirds porter and one-third ale brought 9g. 6d. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening). ds. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... ...... ..... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it ....... ... ... BUTTER —This - article has been in continuous demand during the month, and though the price was u)lowed to recede to 130., it was more owing to mismanagement on the part of importers who got frightened at some large lots brought by Jan uary Liverpool vessels than to anything else. The market rate to-day is about 14. id., and we have to notice that the trade will now more easily buy than formerly brands other than Gould's or Honan's, as many of the less known names have lately turned out very good and even in quality. BOOTS AND SHOES.—The market has again got worse, and large shipments have been pushed off at auction at very unsatisfactory prices. Tor men's winter goods, such as water tights, army bluchers, and sprigged wel lingtons, some demand exists, and for these kinds invoice to 10 per cent. advance can be made. Cheese remains a very miserable article of import. It is true that prime will bring 141, but the bulk of the shipments to band have been in bad order. CANDLES.—It seems quite impossible to raise the value of candles. The imports from the Continent of 1 lb. packages are very heavy, and they more than coun terbalance any falling off in shipments from Great Bri tain. COFFEE —Our market is well supplied at present with Ceylon coffee, both native and plantation, and the price remains stationary at our quotations. Should any addi tion take place to the stocks in hand, lower rates may be expected. DRIED FRIIITS.—The market is bare of every kind except currants, which are worth 64d., and during the whole month, almonds, muscatel and pudding raisins, and nuts %mild have brought remunerative rate,. EASTERN PROM:IE.—We have to notice a consider able improvement in almost every kind of eastern pro duce, owing chiefly to the cessation of forced auction sales both of sugars and teas.. FLOUR AND - GRAlN.—Prices of flour have gone backward in consequence of supplies from Ade laide having come more freely to hand, and the very best brands cannot be quoted higher than 171. 53., whilst many are selling at 161. 10s. to 171. Wheat has de. clined :o 6s. 9d., and is offering much more freely, and we hear far les of shortness of crops now than wo a month back—in fact by ail accounts the harvest, both in Victoria and South Australia, has after all been abundant, and prices of grain have a downward ten dency. HAMS AND BACON.—Daring the entire month Hams have been scarce, and really good, in white covers, have brought 16i. Bacon has been selling more freely than it did, at 11d. to 1114. METALS AND BUILDING MATERIALS.—Iron continues to arrive in excessive quantities, and although the con mitnption of Bar and Rod is just now large, imports ate too heavy ti allow of improvement in value. SETTLING- OF THE CAGLIARI QUESTION. i (From the Times.) Mae public has reason t . ) be . satisfied not only with the s e ttl ement of the Caultari affair, but with ; the manner in whi c h it was arranged.' Mr. Fitz ', qera'd last night, and his colleagues in t a h nswer to a question from the House had L k n r r . d Darb y Deasy, inform ed ofCommonspresented a that note to the King of Naples, that sufficient indemnitysbeel(lThe given to the requiring not only two British subjects wh o had bee so grievously wronged by his acts, but that the Cagliari and her cr ew should be at once restored . W are glad to see that there was no dissociati on from that of our Sardinian allies. W e hadousru ffcause : re a common wrong, and we give the present advisers ed of the Crown credit for the spirit with which they demanded a common redress . They might have contented themselves with obtaining satisfaction for our own wrongs, but they recognised that the cause of cur allies was inextricably bound up with our own. The King of Naples seems to have felt that the time for "argumentative refwa's" was at an end, and did not even wait until the Sardinian ltepreientative at Naples had made hi-t demand. The Cagliari and lip r crew were released before the final categs)rital dema.:d from Turin was delivered to the Neapolitan Court. It was no doubt consi dered by the Neapolitan King that there was less loss of dignity in yielding to pressure from Eng land than from Sardinia. lie might also suppose that a ready acquescynco. in our demand might pave the way . 6 a renewal of diplomatic relations. Lord Malmesbury, however ' is well entitled to the favourable considera.ion of the country for the efficient manner in which he has brought this troublesome affair to so satisfactory a conclusion. Gallery THE COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON SIR H. METJX.— The hearing of evidence closed this morning, and Mr. Edsvin Janes addressed the jury on behalf of Lady to the summing-up by Meux• Several other s p eec h es h ave to b e d el i vere d pr i or the learned commissioner. It is not expected th a t t h e cage will close before late to-mor row evening. STRAND THEATRE.—Levee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be performed THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. After which, a new Burlesque, entitled TILE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. Messrs. Charles Youtigl Turner, &c.; Misses M. Oliver, Swanborough, &c. etA.NTERBII RY HALL, Westminster-road.- - OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tag company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S3leutions from all tho popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Hrs. Badzey, Miss Brinell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, MLA Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Joner, J. Barker, IV. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L, Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard; Messrs. W. T. Critchaeld, John G. Fords, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &e., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. Mr. SAM. COWELL This Evening, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFIOE, JUNE 16. ThERMOMETER, IN THE SPIADE. 84—highest since noon yesterday. 66—lowest this morning and during the night, 82—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.94. WIND, S. S.E. ; rather fresh. It veered to the North ast this morning, and is now Sonthely. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Fnis DAY—Morn., 25 min. aft. 4 —Even., 49 min. aft. 4 ro-MORROW—Morn., 16 min. aft. s —Even., 40 min aft. 5 r, cr t c c: J ') ,•"ri • - • that honour, inasmuch as, if he did not possess the necessary qualification himself, he must, be fore ho could take his seat, obtain one from some body who did possess it, and who might be re garded as being to some extent responsible for his being a person of respectability." This was the most extraordinary argument of any. The down right, wilful, and deliberate perjury was lost sight of, the solemn declaration of a gross and palpable falsehood, with all its demoralising consequences, was disregarded, somebody that bad the magical 3001. per annum was responsible for his respect ability ! Why that person was virtually guilty of subornation of perjury, by encouraging a per son to swear to what he knew to be false ! and that very frequently merely to enable a soli citor to make some fifty pounds for the costs of the deeds ! Lord WICKLOW is a nobleman of un blemished reputation and high honour, and he is certainly not the person from whom we should have expected such a plea. At the very time that the qualification was properly abolished in the Upper House, it was noticed in another form in the House of Com mons. Mr. JOHN TOWNSEND, the member for Greenwich, had unfortunately been adjudicated a bankrupt, mainly, as his friends allege, through the political persecution to which he was exposed in consequence of his election. His constituents were, however, satisfied with his conduct, and had made very creditable exnr tions to retain his services, and which exertions, there is reason to believe, will eventually be suc cessful. Whatever might be his pecuniary means he had faithfully represented their wants and wishes, and invariably voted in accordance, not only with the pledges he had given, but with the political views he hal expressed ; and yet he will be prevented from sitting or voting until the bank ruptcy is superseded. Greenwich will thus be virtually disfranchised, and that although the privilege belongs to the constituency, and not to the representative. We know nothing of Mr. TOWNSEND personally, but it certainly seems that, on the abolition of the property qualifica tion, Mr. TOWNSEND ought to be enabled to re sume the discharge of his Legislative duties. Slavery and the Slave Trade for ever ! might well be the heading of many a letter and leader in the " Leading Journal." Certain enough, however, i s it, th a t on this subje c t it ne ith er l ea d s nor follows th e p u bli c opinion of th e country. Almost every immigration scheme, unless, per haps, an audacious French one, almost every dif ficulty connected with our African or Cuban anti slave squadron, every letter vilifying the emanci pated peasantry, all seem welcome as pegs whereon to hang a pro-slavery lecture. Conti nental despots, slaveholders, and slavery, seem to enjoy the special patronage of the Times. Of course, a cert lin appearance of homage to the deeply•rooted sentiments of Englishmen is kept up, yet we regret to feel too sure that slave traders and slaveholders, and immigration -mon gers, must easily see through the thin disguise, and rejoice in a plausible, and what would be, but for the jury to whom the special pleading is ad dressed, a powerful advocacy. We have just seen how the lying exaggerations of some Yankee skippers, and it may be the ex cessive zeal of some of our indignant young Lieu tenants, has served for a little political dust in America, and bow "British Outrages" may pos sibly be nursed "to keep them warm " till the glorious sth of July. Then, indeed, we shall read of "Stump oratory" on maintaining the honour of their flag ; and verily we wish the orators would maintain it ; that they would free it from the foul dishonour of floating over cargoes of slaves, a disgrace to it infinitely beyond any that our cruisers are likely to inflict upon it. They know that their flag enjoys at present the distin guished honour of being hoisted by every trader in human flesh—and they glory in the honour. They well know the difference between a visit to verify the title of a ship to hoist American colours, and an attack upon the American flag itself. If we wrong an innocent trader in hunting after the guilty one, let us make reparation to the wronged man. It ought to be done in every case of mis taken arrest—even of an individual ; but, in the name of common sense, what individual would ask that the colour or quality of his coat shoed pro tect him from being taken into custody on reason able ground of suspicion ? He would well know that if that were law, every man who kaew it, would have but to spend a pound or two more on his coat to enable him to rob him of his watch with impunity. Yet a little silly bluster of the Yankees, we must do the Government the credit of confessing, not shared by it, has served an English journal as a reason for denouncing our keeping up any longer an anti-slave trade police of the seas. Dr. LIVINGSTONE, who, of all per sons ought to know, assures us in his book, that when we kept an efficient squadron on the African coast we did stop the trade. We are pleased to see that the infamous ca lumnies of " EXPERTUS" which appeared in the Times, and which seemed to be very welcome, have not been left unrefuted. The Anti-Slavery Society sent over to numerous respectable and well-informed persons in the West India Islands a series of questions bearing on the actual want of labour, the effects of immigration, and the re sults of liberty on the habits of the negroes. The pamphlet containing the answers lies before us, and we have examined every one of the numerous letters in it. The whole of them appear to be written with an anxious desire to state the truth as exactly as the writer could do it, and what is the result? Are the negroes lazy, improvident, disposed to go naked ra th er tTian toil for wages? " beasts," as we aro told, rather than men ; with none of the wants of civilisation, and therefore unwilling to work for what they do not wish for Y It is clear that the facts are altogether the re v.exse of all this. True, men will not and cannot work, under a sun that is death to •Europeans, as they could and would under our temperate clime. True, also, that there are numerous individuals as lazy as individuals here, where work is compara tively pleasure. True, also, that plantation work, the work which is not only most toilsome, but which most of all reminds them of the whip and the treadmill, is not the work preferred. But, true it is also, that the readiness to work is the rule, and willing idleness the exception. The grand obstruction to negro industry is the conduct of the planter. He offers a man from eightpence to eighteenpence—generally, perhaps, a shilling—to labour ten hours under a Jamaica sun ! Worse even than that, he is but too prone to dispute payment after the work has been done, thus rendering day labour unpopular by the uncer tainty of the remuneration. Whenever, there fore, ground can be cheaply rented or bought, and that is the case over a cinsiderable part Of Jamaica and same other islands, the negro does what we must surely commend him for-..-he works for himself. Ile tills his own ground and sells the produce. In this way he keeps the market of the island well supplied with provisions, and not only that, lie raises a very large quantity of produce for exportation. Sugar itself, coffee, pimento, arrowroot, & - c., he cultivates so succes fully, that it ii due to him that the exports of TIRE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE l6, 1858. Jamaica rival now those of the latter years of slavery. The roads, we ara told, are literally crowded, at certain times of the year, with their produce coming to the towns for sale, and the country in many places exhibits their industrious small-farm cultivation, ride which way you will. It is acknowledged, in some districts, that there is a deficiency of labour, but it is denied that the indolence of the negro is the cause of it ; and truly denied. Partly, in those districts, they have not yet recovered from the decimating ravages of the cholera or the small-pox ; and partly, and that is the too common case, the planters want not la bour, but slave labour again. They cannot bring themselves to treat the negroes as freemen, they get perhaps some coolies or Chinese, which ulti mately cost them as much as if they paid good wages to the coloured people ; the coloured peo ple have however left the estate in disgust, on the arrival of the intruders, and when the appren tices have fulfilled their term, if they have not died first, the negroes have found better employ in working for themselves. All this appears to be of frequent occurrence . When the men are fairly paid and kindly treated the evidence is conclusive that they are as willing to work as the inhabitants of any tro pical clime, nay, decidedly more so than most. As to the wants of civilisation they "rival the Europeans in dress," and are fond of acquiring horses and cattle. Perhaps the most remarkable fact of all is their large contributions to religious and charitable objects. They support a large number of the missionaries who labour amongst them, build chapels and :schoolrooms, and contri bute considerable amounts for education of their children. The wonder, we think, is, that they are what they are. It is hardly five-and-twenty years since they had no induce• ment to labour but the cat-o'-nine-tails ; since labour was rendered as hateful as it could be to them by its being unrequited and cruel, since they were indeed treated as " beasts" by those who were themselves worse than beasts ; since a thought beyond the gratification of the hour was an absurdity ; and since licentiousness and de bauchery were taught them by the example of their masters, and by denial of the rights of mar riage. It is truly wonderful that such men are now peaceful and intensely loyal subjects ; that the militia even is disbanded as superfluous ; that as a body they are industrious and thrifty, and the exports of the islands are increasing every year. It is a wicked, unrighteous policy that sends among them a set of heathen Chinese and Coolies to demoralise them again by the vices of paganism, on the one hand, and to bid against them in the labour market on the other—to bid against them after having been imported by taxation, to which they must contribute. Were a labour immigration into Manchester, or into the West Riding, or into London, carried on by aid of the public taxes, we imagine it would not be long before we should have a little work for our soldiery. The maligned negroes endure it, with out even a militia to protect those who wrong them ! The last explanation respecting the Cagliari was given last night. The business was not only quietly done, but well done. The nation has every cause to rejoice at the manner in which its honour was vindicated by Lord MAL MESE [TRY. Mr, S. FITZGERALD last night stated that her MAJESTY' S Government had presented a note calling for a categorical answer from the King of NAPLES, re quiring indemnity and the restoration of the ship and crew. It was also intimated that a similar demand would be preferred by the Sardinian Government. We did not then desert our ally, and the Neapolitan authorities made a merit of necessity, and at once yielded both demands. The result was, that Count CA TOUR, on learning that the ship had been restored, and the crew set at liberty, directed the Sardinian. representative to keep back the note that had previously been forwarded to him, and the Minister for Pied mont at the Court of St. James's has expressed the satisfaction of his Government with the ar rangement made. This untoward affair has now been amicably and satisfactorily arranged, through the tempe rate, but firm and decided, course adopted by Lord MA LMESBITRY . There is no longer any danger of hostilities that might disturb the tranquillity of Europe, and, perhaps, even tually load to a general war. There is a strong contrast between the conduct of the present and the late Government in this mat ter, and that not only so far as our countrymen, but as Sardinia's, were implicated and concerned. They had sustained a common wrong, and a com mon remedy was obtained for all. The Australian overland has arrived at last, and the Government have acted wisely in delay ing the departure of the Overland Mail until to morrow, thereby affording merchants an opportu nity toreturn answers more considerately than they would have been enabled to do upon the spur and excitement of the moment of arrival. There is great complaint with respect to the postal communication by the recent arrangement with the European and Australian Royal Mail Company, who have broke down almost on every occasion, and have there by inflicted great commercial losses on the mercantile interests, besides wounding the private feelings of the community by reckless in difference to their engagements. From the first we denounced the contract as a specious job, and the result has unfortunately fulfilled our predic tion even beyond our apprehensions. We now think that the parties concerned, both public and private, ought to be brought to book before a competent tribunal. If we remember rightly, the ex-Secretary of the Treasury was the great god of the Philistines on that unhappy occasion, and wonderfully well have his chosen people contrived to mar the adventure in spite of the heavy penalties for non-performance, which were never expected to be enforced. Why, the vessel which brought the present mail has incurred penalties amounting to nearly six thousand pounds for non-performance of the contract ! Will these be paid ?—and suppose they will, what recompense will merchants receive for their losses solely occasioned by the Contracting Mail Company's mismanagement in non-performing their duty ? The public have to pay, and that rather extravagantly, in this case ; they should therefore be well served, but the very reverse is the woeful experience. Let us hope our autho rities may be luckier in their contracts hereafter. Why should there not be a mail by Panama as well as by Suez ? We should then have two strings to our Low, and, consequently, be even more than doubly independent. Very copious extracts will be found in another part of commercial and all other news from Mel bourne to the 15th April inclusive. The Duchess et Kent visited. the PrifleeßSl Alice and the younger royal children yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness honoured the performance of the Italian Opera with her pretence in the evening. In attendance were Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Culoutl Stephens. fr ; 7 , - 171 Cl WILL - m -- 1 --- 1“7 - 0 BA _LA JO.l V!' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1858. The Property Qualification Bill was last night read a third time and passed in the House of Lords. It has thus received the sanction of both branches of the Legislature, and only awaits the Royal Assent to become the law of the land. Of course, there were mourners at its obsequies— " NERO was lamented," and the " gigantic sham" found sympathisers. Sundry noble lords foresaw the destruction of the constitution, the opening of a floodgate to democracy, in the abolition of that which was only a snare to tender consciences, but which was habitually violated by all who were sufficiently reckless to make a wilfully false decla ration equivalent to perjury. Lord RATENSWORTII who ".relieved his mind" by stating his opinion that the concession would only be regarded as an instalment— , and that it would make the people so unreasonable as to demand other reforms was the first pr Amster. He did not ven ture on a division which he well knew would be carried against him. But he had an eye to ulterior measures, and the extension of the County Franchise was the bete noir in his sight, inasmuch as it might materially reduce the influence which ho has notoriously exercised in the election of, at least, one member to a seat in the House of Consmoncl. Lord CLAM:ARTY, who followed suit, contended that it was no argument in favour of the bill, to say that the existing law had, to a certain extent, been inoperative. He regarded the bill as of a piece with another then lying on the table, the object of which was the abolishing of another qualification for Mem bers of Parliament, viz., " that of Chria tianity." It was manifest, therefore, that it was not the abolition of the property qualifica tion that these Noble Lords complained of—but that the former dreaded its effects on the County Franchise Extension Bill, and the latter on the Jew Bill. Lord CLANCARTY should have been the last man to complain of the abolition of any test, for, unless we are greatly mistaken, he volun tarily absented himself from his place in the hereditary branch of the Legislature, from a con scientious and honourable objection to the form of the oath. Lord WICKLOW took a different ground. He thought that, "under the operation of the exist ing law, notwith,tinding its occasional evasion, some security was afforded that an individual who was returned to the House of Commons was at all events, to some extent, entitled to aspire to THE BOMBAY MAILS. We have received by Extraordinary Empress, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our letters and papers from Bombay to the 19th ult. The following admirable summary of the latest news is from the Bombay Standard of that date : CENTRAL INDIA FIELD FORCE.- SIR HUGH ROSE. We gave in our last particulars of the proceed ings of the force under Sir Hugh Rose, then on the left bank of the Bhitwa, up to the 24th of April. Our tidings, which are of great importance now, come down to the 14th of May. At the for mer of these dates, Major Orr, with a portion of the Hyderabad Contingent, Colonel Gall, with a wing of the 14th Drageons, having made a sweep southwards to a place called Mhow, were in the direct line of march, considerably in advance of the main body, and about 40 miles from Calpee. The Raneo of Jhanei, with about 12,000 men and 12 guns, was understood to be in a strong position at Koonch and Atite, resolved to resist our progress, and fight to the last. A picquet of the Hyderabad Irregulars near the village of Lahori, which professed to be friendly to us, having gone in search of provisions, were fired upon, and au attempt made to surround them. Colonel Gall, of the 14th Dragoons, with a single orderly, rode up to the gate, and demanded an explanation of what had occurred. He was met with shouts of derision, insults, and threats of being fired upon. He accordingly fell back on Sir Hugh Rose's camp at Pooch, close by, and, having obtained reinforce ments, left at midnight on the Ist of May to attack the place. A very obstinate resistance was offered at first, when a party of the 3d Bombay Euro peans burst their way through all resistance, and behaved so heroically that the commander of the force said that he could find no words to express his admiration of their conduct. The Dragoons followed. Some 20 prisoners, including the chief, brother-in-law of the Ranee of Jbansi were taken, and not one male adult left alive in the place. Lieuts. Deane and Newport were wounded dangerously. Lieut. Armstrong, of the 3d Europeans, who had risen from a sink bed to be present with his regiment - , and Lieut. Rose, of the 25th Native Infantry, slightly. Eleven of our men were wounded, many of them severely, but none were killed. The force started from the encamping ground at Pooch at 2 o'clock a.m. on the 7th May, and reached their destination in front of the strong fort of Koonch a little after six. The place is about six miles in cir cumference, this including a straggling suburb with temples, orchards, and gardens, where a very despe rate resistance might have been offered. We were not strong enough to surround it, and we resolved to get into the rear of the heavy works they had thrown up, turn their flank, and storm the town, trusting that our cavalry and horse artillery might, as at Jha.nsi, give a good account of the garrison as they retired. Piquets were understood to be in great force inside, consisting of the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth Regiments of the Gwalior Contingent, and the 12th and 56th Bengal Native Infantry. Our troops having rested for an hour, were about seven o'clock ordered to the front. They now marched and countermarched for several hours, the enemy retiring as we advanced. One column formed facing them ; the flank of the whole was threatened by some troops hid in a grove of trees, and was protected by a column moving at right angles to the first. Some of their cavalry having stood firm for a space were dispersed by shrapnel. A regular artillery action now com menced, the rebels returning gun for gun. At two o'clock, when the heat was terrific, the thermo meter being 160 in the sun and 115 under the thickest tents, grog and biscuit were ordereei to be served out to the r*en. In the midst of this last re past, an order was received for five companies of the 86th, under Major Stewart, of that corps, sup ported by cavalry and artillery, to storm the town. The little column rushed on, but found the enemy had fled by the opposite side. A party of Horse Artillery and a portion of the 14th Dragoons pro ceeded instantlyin pursuit. A number of the sepoys for a time stood their ground, gave the dragoons a volley, by which several saddles were emptied, and were busy loading when their pursuers were upon them, and cut them to pieces to a man. The pur suit was persevered in until the horses could no longer keep their feet, when they returned slowly to camp. About 700 of the rebels were cut to pi ece s ; one large brass gun, with a large quantity of flour, and many cartloads of camp equipage were captured. It turned out that the main force had fled early in the day, leaving only their rear guar d to keep us i n play. Some ten of our men were killed, twice this number dropped dead on the field from sun stroke, and at least as many more are sure to be carried away inhospital from the same cause. The fatality was aggravated by the utter unsuitableness of the dresses of the men for the cli mate they are now enduring—an evil only likely to be cured by hanging an army tailor or clothing committee man, for every soldier who perishes, through their moans, from unfitting dress. Sir Hugh Rose now pushed on towards Jaloun, a strong fortress about 40 miles ahead, about six miles west of Calpee, where the rebels were said to be concentrating with a view of making for Gwalior if pressed. At Oraie he captured four more guns, and the people here stated that the rebels in pass ing through spoke of their cause as hopeless. They stated that the entire battalion, the Bengal 32d (52d, we should suppose) had been destroyed, but that the rest had no resource but to plunge into the Jumna. The greater part of them would have been destroyed but from the frightfulness of the heate The whole of our men continue, despite their sufferings and fatigues, in the highest spirits, impressed with that c nifidence which success and respect for their leader inspires an army. Sir H. Rose would proba bly reach Jaloun or Calpee about the 16th, a march of 10 miles a day, which must be performed before dawn, being more than sufficient for such a climate, and when there was much likelihood besides of ob struction in the way. We fear there is not much hope of the rebels themselves being disposed of. With our limited force, and these fearful heats to be contended against, it becomes impossible to surround a town even of the most ordinary size, just as much so to continue a protracted pursuit. ROHILCUND-BAREILLY. This stronghold, which has for ten months been in the hands of the rebelg, has been taken pos session of by the Commander-in-Chief with out resistance, its occupants having all escaped. We mentioned in our last that four power ful columns had been for some weeks previous concentrating on Bareilly. Sir Celia Camp bell joined General Whitlock at Futtyghur on the 27th of April. Penny made up with him on the 3(1 of May. Their next move was on Shah jehanpure, where no resistance was anticipated, and none was experienced, the rebels having retired in the direction of Bareilly ;six hundred of the 82d, deemed sufficient to garrison the place, was left behind, when a portion of the rebels passin g us got into our rear and besieged the 82d. The column under Brigadier General Jones, co-operating with the chief from the Meradabad side, reached Bahadoor Singh's bridge at the . entrance of Ba re ill y on the Gth. The reconnoitring party wa s fi re d dispersed seized, and o ue g u pon, when a series of skirmishes ensued, w hi c h l as t e d three hours, when the enemy were ds The with e falling ghter into ,thehriclge beingha ourn entrance to the city being thus gained, J ones pushed on. The fire fro nt th e Com- ID ander-in Chief's column a pp roac hi ng f rom th e opposite side was now beard. The two columns were in communication with each other the following morning, the chief having just before had a successful engagement with the rebel 4. The enemy klempecl in ell direction , , and the follow ing day the whole city w as i n our p ossess i on . O n the Bth Brigadier Jones marched to the relief of Shajohanpore, where, as already stated, 50J of the 82,1, left behind by the Commander-in-Chief, had been besieged by the enemy. We have not heard of the results ; he was expwed to reach by the 11th or 12th, without experiencing any resistance. We mentioned in our last that Bi igadier Penny, in advancing to join the chief, had, in crossing the Ganges . on the 27th April„ experienced much dan ger by the sudden rise of the river, and then by a dust storm. On approaching S'hajehanpore on the Ist, he was anxious to examine a suspicious looking village in the neighbourhood. They had marched 20 miles during the night. At early dawn the brigadier, with Captains Cracroff and Wilson, esclrted by 20 of the Cskrabineers, were ahead of the advanced guard, commanded by Capt. Curtis. This otlicer pointed out that there were horsemen on the right, but Penny believed them to be mon seat ahead by him over night. A lighted portfire was then pointed to, but this was supposed to be a torch, when the discharge of a gun loaded with grape immediately afterwards rudely dispelled the delusion. It is conjectured that Penny's horse ran away with him, as his body was found stripped a long way a-head of where he had been last seen. Ten of the Carabineers are said to have fallen ; the rest were able to join the ad vanced guard. They were pursued by the enemy's Irregulars, who appear to have got possesssion for a moment of some of our guns. They were imme diately charged by a party of Carabineers, who lashed headlong on the foe. A deep trench filled with:thz-es was before them; of this they were not aware. Captain Wardlaw was killed ; Captain Forster with Lieutenants Beatty and Davis were severely wounded, but all aro doing well. The column, though thus deprived of its leader, pushed on, and was able to overtake the Commander-in - Chief on the 3d, forming part of the force occupy ing Bareilly. The accounts of this mishap hitherto received are so very imperfect that we shall pro bably require to write the whole hereafter. OUDE. Oude seems to be settling down somewhat at las+, the large discretion left the commis sioner, wisely and liberally exercised, hav ing gone far to neutralise the stringency of the Governor General's proclamation. There are still bands of armed men abroad every where, but we have not heard within the last fort night of any cases of pursuit or instances of con flict. Boer Singh, by far the molt courageous and active of those in the field against us, and on whose head a large price had been placed, is said to have died of wounds received in action. On April 29 General Sir Hope Grant started from Lucknow at the head of a light column, consisting of one troop of Royal, one troop of Bengal Horse Artil lery, a company of Royal Infantry, with two 24- pounder guns, two 8-inch howitzers, one 10-inch and two 2-inch mortars, 7th Hussars, a Sikh Cavalry corps, her Majesty's 2d Brigade of Rifles, her Majesty's 38th and 90th, and the sth Punjaub Rifles. They halted at Alumbagh on the 28th, and reached the Cawnpore side of the Bun nee bridge on the 29th. On the 30th they ar rived at Khantha, where they remained for allay- The place was found deserted, but the people told them that the mutineers, of whom they were in pursuit, in passing through shortly before, mustered 10,000 strong with 15 guns. Grant was to continue for a time watching the Lucknow and Cawnpore road, endeavouring to pounce on the enemy, wherever he could be heard of. GENERAL WHITLOCK'S FORCE.— DESPERATE BATTLE. We (Bombay Standard) mentioned in our last the defeat of the Nawaub of Bandah with a force of about 15,000 strong on the 19th ult. We thea gave merely the fact. Particulars of the battle are subjoined, as furnished by a staff officer with the force : " Camp Bandab, April 20. " Thermometer in tents 113 degrees, in the sun 134 de' ;trees. My :last informed you of General Whitelock's co' lumn having driven back with great loss a strong r econ• noltering party sent from Bandah, at the village of St l• brai, and also of the advance on Bandah, then twenty miles off. On the morning of the 18th the force marched to Mahtound, ten miles from Bandah. Here we heard the Nawaub had prepared a . warm reception for us, and that his troops amounted to some 15,000 infantry, o f which 1,500 were said to be Puckah pandies, and 603 cavalry of the same genus, with 28 guns. The general makes his arrangements so as to reach this same village at daylight ; the camp is struck in the evening, aid the whole force march out a short distance upon the Bandab road, and rest on their arms, until a couple of hour° before daylight. The enemy's pickets and oar owo had been watching each other throughout the dal , and had actually exchanged shots. This looked 31 business, and every heart beat q u i c k er a t th e idea °` the long looked for moment having come at last. 14 ' strong advance guard preceded the column by a a bort interval, under the command of a first-rate soldier, who has seen many a bloody field, Colonel Apthorpa It was composed of two divisions of Horse Artillery , ' troop of H.M.'s 12th Royal L ancers, 1 00 of the 2°_, Regular Cavalry Hyderabad Continge n t, f our corapani'' of the 3d European Madras Infantry, three oompanieg of Madras Sappers. Day had dawned when the vrllag a in qatestion was approached, and from the villagers l was ascertained that their pickets h a d re ti re d a s we a" e• vanced, and that beyond the village we should find till enemy in great strength ready to receiv e us. Such g° ° , l news we had uotlseard for six months, and almost doubte t. its reality. However we were not allowed to remain love in suspense, for no sooner did Pandy catch sight of tba head of the column than he opened fire at somewhere obeli' 700 yards. On went the advance, the Horse Artillery on the left rapidly returning their fire, and the Cavalry on the right, the Irregular Cavalrysotnewhat in advan° l ' I must first of all, however, describe the nature of 0 1 , position the enemy had chosen to sho w h ow we ll selected ct had been. Their right rested on a tope of trees awl the village, about which were high mounds of earth, All' on their left was an open maidam much cut up by do' and narrow water-courses, affording protection for theit infantry, and the worst possible ground for cavalry t ° get over. We return to the description of the advantl under Colonel Apthorpe. The cannonading was gett 4 warmer and warmer as the distance was shortened be • tween us and the enemy. Round shot plug;neg: through the infantry and Irregulars, caused the ord to be given to Mackintire by C o l one l Apthore . charge the guns, which that excellent officer P • tempted in most gallant style, but a w ith er i n g dischart e s of grape within thirty ya r d s o f th e muzz les of t, guns emptied many a saddle, and f or th e mom ent bur ie d them back ; but their brave leader quickly retort:oBi' and seconded by his no less gallant Adj u tant, ItYN again went at the guns, and captur e d th em along W ee four elephants and a number of ca m el s , l a d e n with I.'":jmunition , munition, &c. The Lancers on th e e x t reme right DY now come up, and nobly took their share in the atte43l charging into a battery and capturing the guns• flying enemy on the right were pursued for a eonsley o l blo distance, and were cut up by the c ava l r y in F i ld style. The guns having thus been silenced the ou the left had the game all to themselves and P o t Master Pandy with their minies so briskly, t o o none but those discreet enough to bolt escaped of ball or bayonet, and it was tree universal reenartee all who witnessed this young regiment working Of 40 0/ first time in action, how very steady they were, and art implicitly they obeyed their officers in the fiercest g t o of the action. The great body of caval r y m anage { e l escape, o eing to the badness of the ground, and the I,lB§ cavalry we could spare to pursue. A. short pursuit , attempted, but it was not carried far. About ten °i t ,/ the force had water and a dram se rve d ou t. The be°o this time was overpowering, an d a ft er thi s refreall - 00 the column advanced toward s B an d a b, di s t an t about miles. Upon a ridge of hill s di rec tly on th e roa d, a eel' of horsemen were seen, in the midst of whom a ls ',, i ilb dently acme person of state. They bad gun° p rig them, and seemed as if bent upon disputing 00 , 1 ' 01 1 sage over the ridge; however, a f ew ; w i nds 0' o ld quickly cleared them away, and the guns and ° l n l e t" galloping to the front, it score became a CO a° rout, the cavalry sabring right and left until ti t u 04 0 enemy was seen. At the ford an ugly-looking for e J iff defending the retreat of the flying enemy across the ' g oo the river, and it was thought necessary to withdralf. 0 0 1 and cavalry out of reach of its fire. Th e fi g ht o ' o aria over ; the battle had lasted five hou rs , an d no 0 ° eel deny that it had been well contented. The o n to ba tremendously powerful, but exc it ement caus ed it hot of little felt. The casualties on our s id e wer e 30, I ; t etif the Hyderabad Irregular Caualry bad 10, a fifth o ' o rof strength ;so warmly were they received by the es' at the guns. That of th e enem y i s con j e cture en gage tween 600 and 700 killed, f or no t a p r i son er was „ 10 0 The Nawab had managed to make a large selectiS,Of the foilowing regiments being on the gr ound 3d, 98th. 21st, 44th, 50th, 52d, 53d, the 2 ,1 , Doco Gwalior Infantry, and the Nusserahaa fro°, Police Corps. The Irregular Cavalry wer e % tit" the 31, or Tait's Horse ; the 5-h an d tw' the Bengal Horse Artillery were Been workiNgbt" guns. The Pandy General was shot in the. og to as was al:o the second in c enman d, who. bolt, was polished off by his own men. The Nan of e j looking on at his disc enfitura, and when we ea- iseeg: the bill, at the last burst, evaporated. TO e iel Irregulars fought viciously, moking officers ( 34 1 )13- 0 0° jests of their hostili y. I n thi s way the Latte s o f tb , the Irrtgulare had to dispose of a few. J° ° "f e lfal; Lancers, had a passage at arms with one of thee° o il), and was severely wounded before he could disr%, , ea; opponent. Paddy Ryal got a cut on his sword r at be os_v i a lick over his horses's head, and Macantire near 9 his sword over one or two catiffs' heads ; but tti: e tillar , . the day was the plucky Brigadier of Artillerfar`iieitt who went at a gun single handed, and took it, 3 . 1 ', t 'everely al so / cut about the head and tam and the joint laid open. It was a gallant deed, and eve delighted to hear his wounds are doing well. 1 , 400 of across the river this morning and took pos!ess;!ate, spa traitor Nawab's posseseion, firing a roYa l ri esh ° o . hoisting the Briteda flag. There is a large B ur 0 ;0 4% at Futteypore we hear, 50 miles off, and . 3 elad: re lantry Brigade, the 43d Light Infantry, and . 8 , sea re , Native Infantry, are about 12 marches CaIP now well backed. Sir H. Rose has marched What is to be done with us, nobody know , . _a e l ed ll . / :. - Gen. Whitlock now establishad hinisel.t"uidioLL tees, until the remainder of the brigade s it; se ed him. The force under his command co .3 ;7 i000. . most exclusively of cavalry an to es latest not being able to keep pace wit .i l ls ) . Oe dates from camp are the Bth Li e jtoP .o still at Bandah, but preparing f an 1 13 ,1 1 :,.. gsr, c , vanco un Calpee. On the 29th of A A pr isi l ab ?; oa d to of the civil service, arrived f: ora etrat e, o et fwwlttl' sume his duties as collec tor and m_ a dg'., ies er ee, other European offic i a ls with their „,tiveo :i tebt r 5 1 1 : 1 lbe ' ek, tif ° Nrvii7o•nsgedemaielyd, ttooretghaerdge this t as delighta osfi with a pri died o f al ivirigadtrraaanqEuairlloiptye.anLs:eut.-ColonevlatCeo as also it vo g iodit otticievreodf othaetliheydle,r,abb.ad On a o n t t h in e g 2 e B n t t h b o a f d A u pri 13r t i t g a 6 c , Carpenter, with a light field force, return to thr° karee. They were expected to r ,_„ k w ee party cf the Kotab rebels, said to b w e en tb t r o er c te tn o l n p lig eo Gi c jill'd 9.1 i, not having met the enemy. 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