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60 days' sight, at 1 per cent. premium ; and at 30 days, I )1 premium. Drafts against gold purchased at par. Freight on gold, per sailing vessels, 8d per ounce ; per overland mail steamers, three -fourths p er cent., deliver. able at the Bullion office, Bank of England. Insurance, 1i per cent. ; and overlan d, 11 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 on gold transmitted by the overland route, per cent. Insurance, 14 to 1i per cent. The banks of Australasia, 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, commencing from the Ist of January, 1858 ; —On monthly minimum balance of current accounts, of not less than 2001., 2 per cent. per annum. Oa sums deposited, subject to three months' notice of withdrawal, 3 per cent, per annum. Oa do., subject to six months' do. do., 4 per cent. 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 ; do. 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. Ernst', for Suez 52,624 17. Maidstone, for London April 1. Norfolk, for London 10. Formosa, for Calcutta .. 2,555 ~ 12. Royal Charter. for Liverpool „ 14. Cornwall , for 'Jong Kong Steamers for Sydney Small Shipments 268,675 Amount 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. 834 887 .... 400 March 17. Maic:stone, for London April 1. Norfolk, for London 2. May Qneen, for Cowes 12. Royal Charter, for Liverpool 2,687 No. of bales shipped from Jan. 1 to Mar. 16 23,191 Total bales SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE 25,881 The following vessels have arrived at, and departed from Melbourne, since the date of onr last summary: — Arrivals—Merchant Prince, from Liverpool ; Royal Charter, ditto ; Minnehaha, ditto ; Bruce, Glasgow ; Sea Park, Plymouth ; H.M.S. Megasra, Calcutta; Tornado, Liverpool ; Witch of the Wave, London ; Rodney, Ply mouth, Sultana, Liverpool ; Alice Walton, ditto ; Eagle, London ; Macanley, 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 ; Emeu (s), Suez ; Child of the Regiment, Emily Farnum, 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 ; Formosa, Calcutta ; Royal Charter (s), Liverpool ; Caractacus, Callao. (Prom the Melbourne and Victoria Journal of Odunnuree, of April 14.) In our last month's summary we held out a slight hope that 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 that 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 cf 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 I channels through which, without respite, we are perseveringly flooded with every kind of merchan dise by the A.nglo-Australian mercantile commu nity. Each single shipping house seems to have been se;zed 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 season when all parties appa rently 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 ono 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 totais 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 had the 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 showed for all December ; and a decided improve. went in price in these articles, which at the depar ture of the lest 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 clra2s nll frem day to d a y unsa ti s f ac t o rily and slug • gishly, with not the least prospect of making any single article of import but moderately remunera tive. Of course when trade falls off in this man ner, and goods in first hands are obliged to br sold out almost in retail, the worse the business the larger grow expenses, as it requires not only more hands to do it, but increased outlay for storage, by no moans an insignificant item, and c ,nconeitantly with it a great loss iu interest of money. To this must be added that, no doubt from a feeling of sympathy for importers, the banks have been renewing their race for gold, an d the price in consequence having advanced, the excliaege is at 1 per cent. premium, whilst the rat e of discount, without any necessity, is kept up at 8 and 9 per cent. One charge and the other thus taxes imp rte with 3 to 4 per (rent. additionally to what they were burdened with some time back, a very important item if we as ert that for the last flee mouths, on an average promiscuous shipments, of regular and suitable goods have not left 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 shiptients but such which have consisted of moderately good articles, and it ex cludes all mention of brandies, whisky,i (id t )111, boots and shoes, iron, powder, timber, and many other articles which lose 20 and 30 per cent. On i first-class brandies 15/. of a loss per hogshead on shipmente made from last September onward is about the average ; those whose who have gut out I with less have m anaged remar k a bly we ll. B u lk old torn, which still comes forward in every Lon ri ship, seems likely to sink the whole cost, unless stailits a chance of being sold again in London if reshipp e d h ome. W hat to say too boots and shoes we d o not know ; the profits in former years it is true were larc, e but the proverb ce r t a i n ly a ppli es to them thatts never run u so quick as losses. Tho lots weelZlyosat crificed at aue p n io are something enormous, a ri d ;liikers a n st ill con ti nua ll y coil • signing, led away 3l some f doled repor.s of the s uccess of other i Deals by London vessel , , which a Baltire nevrrsaOleanf as these sipped direct from tha c, and then,_,re ;and as these do not sell a i well, have been pushed otr at go l 3 which are always shipp e d g large quan ti t i es' with the loss soon becomes heavy. Stran ge to ver _sar, at the fag-end of the summer, and arrivals in previous months, salt has le a Y Proved l a rge d coarse is worth 4/. ss. Of bottled beers the ship ments, and more especially of Byass', hav e b een oil a ridiculously large scale—a shilling per d ozen freight having apparently enticed every one into shipping. The result is that Byass has been sold at 9s. 6d., and that other brands scarcely sell at all over 6s. 9d., except such as Dunphy's, Friend's, Blood and Harper's. Of iron and ironmongery 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 13d. Oats, for the firs t 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 6s. Oilmen'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 appeara nce , an d th e pub lic have again to deplore that our postal arrange , ments are controlled by such miserably feeble and incompetent 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 Columbian, is really au 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, ws sincerely trust that 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 here 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 be otherwise than for the better. THE SUN, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MONEY MARKET. —The money market is without change : money is plentiful, but the rates of di-count 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 ba'is. In the share market there has been rather more activity, and local stocks 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 loLrest tender being about 5,000,0001., the highest 7,000,000/. It is expected that for the ilasent 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. ALE AND PORTER.—Throughout the month there has been a brisk demand for Bulk ale. Bass' has been eale able at 91. 108 ; Salt's and Worthington and Robinson's at 8/. to 8/. 103. Any Bulk ale, if but sound, has be• worth 61. to 71. 10s., and much which was not quite sound, and which a month or so back sold for 21. 10e., 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 daring 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 Ds. 61 for half-ale-half porter, although regular holders of it have kept the price at 103. to 10s, 6d. ; at auction two.thirda porter and one-third ale brought 9g. dd. r BUTTER.—This article has been in continuous demand during the month, and though the price was allowed to recede to 132 id., 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 140., 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 ♦ND SHOES.—The market has again got worse, and large shipments have been pushed off at auction at eery unsatisfactory prices. For 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 14d., but the bulk of the shipments to hand 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 —Oar 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 Faurrs.—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 would have brought remunerative rates. EASTERN PRODUCE.—W e 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 V GRAlN.—Prices of flour have gone backward in consequence of supplies from Ade laide having come more freely to band, and the very best brands cannot be quoted higher than 171. 53., whilst many are selling at 161. 10a. to 171. Wheat has de clined io 6e. 9J., and is offering much more freely, arid we bear far less of shortness of crops now than we dRi a month back—in fact by all accounts the harvest, both in Victoria and South Australia, has after all been abundant, aad prices of grain have a downward ten dency. HAYS AND BACON.—During the entire month Hams have been scarce, and really good, in white covers, have brought 161 . tcon has been selling more freely than it did, at Ild. to 111 d, METALS AND BUILDING MATERIALS.—Iron Continues to arrive in excessive quantities, and although the con sumption of Bar and liod 13 just now large, imports ate too heavy to allow of improvement in value. SETTLING OF THE CAGLIARI QUESTION. (Prom the Times.) The public has reason t be satisfied not only with the settleineriich i t of the Cagliari 3 affair, but with heraldt. h o mannerlast ninnight, in ta t hnm n 1 was s, arranged. Mr. Fitz er to a question fr, Lord Derby an d his colleagues had of Commons th a t Mr. Deasy, informed had pre sen t e d a note to the Ki ng of Naples, that sufficient indemnity plebs' requiring not only two British subje c t s who had should ou b be given to the 'en s g og ri ri a e n v d ou i:e ly r wronged by his acts, b ut that tlieCalia ofo e n our cause s glad t e o wn e had suff e r e d • of common fthe ern Crown oenregd, credit tnfdo for the spirit with w hi c h give th e r resent advisers they demanded a common redress. They mightav have contented themselves with obtaining satisfactione for our own wrongs, but they recogni se d t h at 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 refusals" was at an end, and did not even wait until the Sardinian Representative at Naples had made laii demand. The Cagliari and In r crow were released before the final categorical deina'id from Turin was deli were i 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. He might also suppose that a ready acqu.escnica in our demand mighl pave the way t i a renewal of diplomatic relations. Lord Malmesbury, however, is well entitled to the favourable consideraion of the country for the efficient manner in which he has brought this troublesome affair to so satisfactory a conclusion. TIIR COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON SIR IL MEUX.— The hearing of evidence closed this morning, and Mr. Edwin James addressed the jury on behalf of Lady Meux. Several other speeches have to be delivered prior to the summing-up by the learned commissioner. It is not expected that the case will close before late to-mor row evening, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E V ENING7 , 7JUNE l6, 1858. H 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. Titiens. Maffio Orsini Madame Alboni, Gubetta...Signor Vialetti f Petrucci, Signor Aldighieri. Gazella, Lignor Beneventano. 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 EAablishment will appear in the Prologue, To conclude with the entirely New Ballet Divertissement, by M. Massa, entitled LA REINE DE3 SONGES. The principal characters by Madlle. Marie Taglioni, Mesdlles. Annetta, Rosa, Pasquale, Morlaechi, 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. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Titiens, Alboni, Giuglini. Piccolomini, Ortolani, Belletti, Beneventano, Aldighiori. The following arrangements have been m tde : TO-MORROW—LUCREZIA BORGIA and LA REINE DES SONGES, with Madlle. Taglioni. MONDAY, June 21—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 ; Worm, Signor Castelli ; and Miller, Signor Beneventano. A pplications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. LES 'HUGUENOTS. Iu 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, Madlle. I'vfarai ; Dama d'Onore, Madame Tagliafico ; Urbano, Madlle, Didiee ; Marcello, M. Zelger ; II Conte di San Brig, Signor Polonini ; Il Conte di Nevers, Signor Tagliafico • Meru, Sig. Pierini ; Tavannes, Signor Rossi ; Huguenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; and Raoul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Conductor—:fir. Costa. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. Delechaux and Esper, and M. Desplaces, Prices of Admission :—Boxes---pit tier, 51. 15s. 64.; grand tier, 61. 6s ; first tier, 51. ss. ; second tier, 2/. 12s. 64. ; orchestra stalls, 1/. ls. ; pit, 10s. 6d. ; amphitheatre stalls, 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 in Bo w street, and at the principal musicsellers and librarians. ROY A L ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. NEW THEATRE. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. On SATURDAY NEXT, June 19, will be performed Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosini, Madame Bosio ; Bertha, Madame Tagliafico ; Figaro, Signor Ronconi Bartolo, M. Zelger ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafice ; Fiorello, Sig. Soldi ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. After which, LA. BRESILIENNE, in which MAdlle, Zina will appear, On TUESDAY NEXT, June 22, , Anber's Opera, FR:A DIAVOLO. Zerlina, Madame Bosio ; Lady Allcash, Madlle . Marai ; Il Marchese, Signor Gardeni ; Lorenzo, Signor Nori•Bsraldi ; Matteo, Signor Pol7nini ; Beppo, Signor Tagliaftco ; Giacomo, M. Zelger ; and Lord Allcash, Signor Ronconi. In a few days will be produced Irlotow's Opera, entitled MARTHA. ROYAL p r . R t l or , N m OE C S h S' I S s T K H EAT R E. Pror.THIS EVENING, will bo presented MUSIC HATH CHARMS. After which, Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Shylock, Mr. C. Kean— Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with LONDON ASSURANCE, Followed by A WTRIICING WIDOW. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes. it . . Gallery STRAND THEATRE. —Lessee and Directress, Miss S wanborough.—This Evening will be performed THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. After which, a new Burlesque, entitled THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS. Messrs. Charles Youngl Turner, &c.; Misses M. Oliver, Swanborough, &c. CANTERBII RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tog company of Vocalists aro engaged for the pe"formance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brulell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs, Anderson; flerr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. .Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. W. T. Critehtield, John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; ,harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &a., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAIIAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury hail. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. Mr. SAM. COWELL This Evening, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment. THE WE ATHER--SIIN OFFICE, JUNE 16. THERNIOSIETEII, IN THE SHADE. 84—highest since noon yesterday. 66—lowest this morning and during the night. 82—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.91. WIND, S.S.E. ; rather fresh. It veered to the North •st this morning, and is now Southely. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins DAY—Morn., 25 min. aft. 4—Even., 49 min. aft. 4 Co-NIORRow— Morn., 16 min. aft. s—Even., 40 min aft. 5 r Tf 2 r) Nab, i . 3 ) I 5 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1858. The Property Qualification B►ll 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. OE course, there were mourners at its obsequies— " NERO was lamented," and th© " 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 RAYENSWORTH 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 pr3te3ter. He did not ven- ture on a division which he well knew would be carried against him. But ho had an eye to ulterior measures, and the extension of the County Franchise was the bete 4lt:4r in his sight, inasmuch as it might materially reduce the influence which he has notoriously exercised in the election of, at least, one member to a seat in the House of Col:R[120LO. Lord CLAM ART; 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. Ho 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 Chris 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, notwithstinding 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 that honour, inasmuch as, if he did not possess the necessary qualification himself, he must, be fore he 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 grass and palpable falsehood, with all its demoralising consequences, was disregarded, somebody that had 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 ex?r 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 had 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 1 might well be the heading of many a letter and leader in the " Leading Journal." Certain enough, however, is it, that on this subject it neither leads nor follows the public opinion of the country. Almost every immigration scheme, unless, per haps, an audacious French one, almost every dif ficulty connected witl. our African or Cuban anti slave squadron, every letter vilifying the emanci pated peasantry, a.l 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 certain appearance of homage to the deelly•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 whoa, 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 how "British Outrages" may pos sibly be nursed "to keep them warm " till the glorious sth of July. Then, inded, 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 sl aves, 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 tie 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—oven of an individual ; but, in the name of common sense, what individual would ask that the colour or quality of his coat should 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 know 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 " ETPERTUS" 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 lilserty on the habits of the negroes. The pamphlet containing the answers lies before us, and we have examined every one of the numerous fetters 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 rather than toil for wages? "beasts," as we are told, rather than men ; with none of :he wants of civilisatior, and therefore unwilling to work for what they do not wish for ? It is dear that the facts are altogether the re verse 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 laay 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 ruin, and willing idleness the exception. The grand obstruction to negro industry is the conduct of the planter. He offers a man from eightpeuce to eighteen pence—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 car be cheaply rented or bought, and that is the case over a considerable part of Jamaica and some other islands, the negro does what we must surely commend him for--he works for himself. lie tills his own ground and sell-4 the produce In this way he keeps the market of the island well supplied with provisions, and not only that, he raises a very large quantity of produce for exportation. Sugar itself, coffee, pimento, arrowroot, &a., he cultivates so succes fully, that it is duo to him that the exports of Jamaica rival now those of the latter years of slavery. The roads, we are 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 MALMESBITEY. 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 Cavoun, 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 MALMESBURY. There is no longer any danger of hostilities that might disturb the tranquillity of Europe, and, perhaps, even tually lead to a general war. There is a strong contrast betwee❑ 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 ob'tained 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, bath 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 I—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, iu 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 o o ur b liow,anil, couseq uently, be even more then duly independent. part V eerfy commercialcopious extractsand all oth er her news from Mel found in another bourne to the 15th April inclusive. The Duchess ut Kent visitect-the Princess Alice and the younger royal children yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness honoured the performance of the Italia❑ Opera with her presence in the evening. In attendance were Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Anna Maria Damon, and Colonel Stephen& L A TEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAILS. We have received by Extraordinary Express, 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 Ranee of Jhansi, 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 an 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 cccurred. 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 Jhansi 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 sick 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 Jhansi, 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 ordered to be served out to the men. 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 pieces ; 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 guard to keep us in 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 in hospital 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 means, 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 resjiliCe but to plunge into the Jumna. The greater part of them would have been destroyed but from the frightfulness of the heat. The whole of our men continue, despite their sufferings and fatigues, in the highest spirits, impressed with that confidence 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 rebels, 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 Colin Camp bell joined General Whitlock at Futtyghur on the 27th of April. Penny made up with him on the 3d of May. Their next move was on Shah jehanpore, 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 passing us got into our rear and besieged the 82d. The column under Brigadier General Jones, co-operating with the chief from the Moradabad side, reached Bahadoor Singh's bridge at the entrance of Bareilly on the Gth. The reconnoitring party was fired upon, when a series of skirmishes ensued, which lasted three hours, when the enemy were dispersed w ith great slaughter, the bridge being seized, an d three guns falling into our hands, The en t ran ce to the city being thus gained, J ones pushed on. The fire from the Com mander-in-Chief's column approaching from the opposite side was now heard. The two columns were in communication with etch other the following morning, the chief having just before had a successful engagement with the rebels. The enemy decamped in all directions, and the follow ing day the whole city was in our possession. On the Bth Brigadier Jones marched to the relief of Shajehanpore, where, a 3 already stated, 500 of the 82d, left behind by the Commander-in-Chief, bad been besieged by the enemy. We have not heard of the results ; he was expected to reach by the 11th or 12th, without experiencing any resistance. We mentioned in our last that Brigadier 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 f'shajehanpore on the Ist, he was anxious to examine a suspicious looking village in the neighbourhood. They bad marched 20 miles during the night. At early dawn the brigalier, with Captains Cracroff and Wilson, escorted by 20 of the Carabineers, were ahead of the advanced guard, commanded by Capt. Curtis. This officer pointed out that there were horsemen on the right, but Penny believed them to be men sent ahead by him over night. A lighted portfire was then pointed to, but this was supposed to be * 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 rushed headlong on the foe. A deep trench, filled with:Gazees 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 are 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 last, the large discretion left the commi-t -sioner, wisely and liberally exercised, hia' 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 cos' flict. Koer Singh, by far the most 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 Lucknolf 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 2 41 " 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 Punjailu Rifles. They halted at Alumbagh on the 28tho and reached the Cawnpore side of the BO' nee bridge on the 29th. On the 30th they or' • rived at Khantha, where they remained for a dal; The place was found deserted, but the people tale' them that the mutineers, of whom they were is pursuit, in passing through shortly befor° o mustered 10,000 strong with 15 guns. Grant Iva! to continue for a time watching the Lucknow an d 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 1 08 t the defeat of the Nawaub of Bandih with a force of about 15,000 strong on the 19th ult. We 0 0 gave merely the fact. Particulars of the battle are subjoined, as furnished by a staff officer with 0119 force : " Camp Bandab, April 2 0 . " Thermometer in tents 113 degrees, in the sun 134 dr grees. My last informed you of General Whitolock's lc ? lumn having driven back with great loss a strong region' noltering party sent from Bandah, at th e v ill age of 5 11 brai, and also of the advance on Bandab, then tweill miles off. On the morning of the 18th the force march' to Mahtound, ten miles from Bandah. Here we heel the Nawaub had prepared a warm reception for us, e ( that his troops amounted to some 15,000 infantrYt Ai e which 1,500 were said to be Puckah pandies and b ei cavalry of the same genus, with 28 guns. The gene makes his arrangements so as to reach this same village ° daylight ; the camp is struck in the evening, aud t l< „ whole force march out a short distance upon the Baa d road, and rest on their arms, until a couple of h oed „ before daylight. The enemy's pickets and our on had been watching each other throughout the del; and had actually exchanged shots. This looked l i t( business, and every heart beat quicker at the idea A the long looked for moment having come at last., strong advance guard preceded the column by a interval, under the command of a first-rat e s oldier, e ," who has seen many a bloody field, C o l one l Apthow. It was composed of two divisions of Horse Artillery, troop of H.M.'s 12th Royal L ancers, 100 o f the 2 1 1 0 Regular Cavalry Hyderabad Contingent, four coinlo ° 4 o of the 3d European Madras Infantry, three conoP* ll , '„o of Madras Sappers. Day had dawned when the til' h it in question was approached, and from the villagel g i. was ascertained that their pickets had retired as w e , b o vanced, and that beyond the village we should fin e 0 4 enemy in great strength ready to receive ns. Such Cal news we had aotheard for six months, and almost dour-01 its reality. However we were not allowed to remain 10 , 1 , 0 in suspense, for no sooner did Pandy catch sight of I t head of the column than he opened fireat somewkere c i lr er f 700 yards. On went the advance, the Horse Ast i ' on the loft rapidly returning their fire, and the Cav gi 'd, on the right, the Irregular Cavalry some wh a t i n advan c e I must first of all, however, describe the nat ur e of selec t position the enemy had chosen to show how w e ll 'it had been. Their right rested on a tope of trees 0- - 4 the village, about which were high mounds of earth , (1 0 on their left was an open maidain much out up by ' l ,, a ,r i e and narrow water-courses, affording protection for 00 infantry, and the worst possible ground for cavalry get over. We return to the description of the stitc h ,/ under Colonel Apthorpe. The cannonading wail g et A bat warmer and warmer as the distance was shorten e d tween us and the enemy. Round shot Plu ng i .del through the infantry and Irregulars, caused the 0 , t o to be given to Mackintire by Colonel APtk er o t' charge the guns, which that excellent Offie er l -1 4 tempted in most gallant style, but a withering dien b f ,4 tb o , of grape within thirty y ar d s o f th e muzzles Lrloe guns emptied many a saddle, and for the moment them back ; but their brave leader quickly reform , and seconded by his no less gallant Adjutant, P w itli again went at the guns, and captured them along h four elephants and a number of camels, laden wit t hei munition, &o. The Lancers on the extreme riP tto ckl now come up, and nobly took their share in the n" Tb° charging into a battery and capturing the Po e ' 'der flying enemy on the right were pursued for a couol o d ble distance, and were cut up by the cavalry in, !Orl i style. The guns having thus been silenced the l' n eee on the left had the game all to themselves an d itbOi Master Pandy with their minies so b r isklfr j tbs none but those discreet enough to bolt escaPc'i, 01 ball or bayonet, and it was the univorsal rear, the all who witnessed this young regiment working l e d V° first time in action, bow very steady they were, a° , 00 implicitly they obeyed their o ffi cers in the fieree" e ; to of the action. The great body of cavalry inc i t ni ll escape, owing to the badness of the ground, an d cavalry we could spare to pursue. A short pu re kit attempted, but it was not carried far. About b e L o tO, the force had water and a dram s e rve d ou t: The 1 0 , this time was overpowering, and a fte r this A o the column advanced towards Bandab distant 01)° ,roor miles. Upon a ridge of hills directly on the road , n o ° e h ' of horsemen wer e s ee n, i n th e m id s t of whom w g dently scale person of state. They bad gn P ar them, and seemed as if bent upon disputing o f 0101; cage over the ridge ; however, a few sesunde, ° welt!, quickly cleared them away, and the guns an d o pler galloping to the front, it soon became * I c) e ot i l rout, the cavalry sabring right and left n ett fort 00 i enemy was seen. At the ford an ugly-looking {0 becl g i defending the retreat of the flying enemy woos: • etl i the river, and it was thought necessary to witbu rlh io ye, and cavalry out of reach of its fire. The fight t e e over ; the battle had lasted five hours, and no AA deny that it had been well contested. The e.; to yi tremendously powerful, but exc it emen t eatteea„ l but e „ little felt. The casualties o n our s ide were 3° , of t he the Hyderabad Irregular Caualry bad 10, a fifth 0 01 strength ; so warmly were they received 1 1 t", at the guns. That of the enemy is conjentu re _ u t P o a - tween 600 and 700 killed, for not a prisoner ei'n ° , oo ll o l The Nawab had managed to make a large select', 11 the following regiments being on the grairod 3d, 98th. 21st, 44th, 50th, 52d, 53d, the 2 `',, 1, 0 Gwalior Infantry, and the Nusserabn, ir a a,s Police Corps. The Irregular Cavalry rale the 3J, or Tale.; Horse ; the sth and • ti Bengal Horse Artillery were seen wor k b i e 60 1 0 guns. The Pandy General was shot i° t tr yiefi d o as was al,o the second in c enman d, whoa g ob ' o r bolt, was polished off by his own men. The . 03 nie oral boking on at his disc ,mfit ure , an d w hen 130t i n gr the bill, at the last bu rs t, evaporated. Th e Irregulars fought viciou s ly, ma ki ng officers e co te ef o jects of their bostili y. I n thi s w ay the L of " 0 , the Irregulars had to dispose of a few. Jn ne ;fellabii Lancers, bad a passage at arms with one of th: l ' o ,,, of 0 d and was severely wounded before he could di_ . ? t on 11 ,49 opponent. Paddy Ryal got a cut on his sw ol- 03 , btu _ 0 ( a lick over his horses's head, and Macantire nee W i r e , his sword over one or two catiffs' heads ; rt t: .,._ n ilearrt , er g b, l ,ll, • ooo % the day was the plucky Brigadier of A who went at a gun single handed, and took "' r ight °' is ,averely cut about the head and tace, and th? „, ,,,,. / on b ,j joint laid open. It was a gallant deed, sna g , r ealm delighted to hear his wounds are doing ° o ed across the river this morning and took Pacr is i s te, f , ro s traitor Nawab ' s possession, dring a r"Y n oer itisb hoisting the British flag. There is a large. r Ol, O O at Futteypore we bear, 50 miles o ff , and 1 0 ; th Jo 0 110 Pantry Brigade, the 43d Light Infantry, an d o o it:, „0 , Native Infantry, are about 12 m arches _ now well backed. Sir H. Rose ha s march a What :s to be done with us, nobody knovvfhlif Gen. Whitlock now establishad hiar e nbo uldi o y tens, until the remainder of th e brigaao t him. The fort* under his comma most exclusively of cavalry and artillery,o,_"lo. uri I I"' flo g' try not being able to keep pace to OP latest dates from camp are the Bth rood i, 06 fur an Nil still at Bandah, but preparing r ., vance on Calpee. On the 20th of Av . l, l ,ti a i - i ;,a of the civil service, arrived foam Alla" trate , Or outer hEiusrdoupteiaens oasfficcioalllsewctiotrh alluideirmf:llosB,lll orriaertio..f.ego: Colbeek, vatlT w r i o n seemed daily,em e t too regard t he great this c ao as lp d orn e a i l ev i l s g a u l t ' r e t e , o ds s i s i d . g; e 1; ;; 00 - f fa i r t . e hl u e o l i ; : j o of m i ngad t r r a a fi ng E n u i r ll o i p ty e . an L , ie w u i t t . h . Weltrou e to - cite t H he yd l e o r t a h b . ad ()Contingenth h o a f April j3 g 30 ,: , ro,,ffi.cecievredof othrie eaten i " 113. 0 be o __ „no Carpenter, party o f th e with t a a h light e rebels, h a l a force, karee. They were expected to re_ti . r i u tio t c) :7ol Ogg 9 ih, not having met the enemy. IV hal lov jest Pen eve cfre is i: .tw( 3 D oe : Do. kanl Cred Do. Oriel New Lye/ New G eue gent to ri dese: it 81 attel those *wee] Bohol but n 11.6 and I to re( tight the s prop the 14 tknd Unsei often the c Roya was from carfr tion in th some ratio Was the 'recei Wort praci of be attai ketr) for ovid4 mast Fox mop] 44, NEI w •harp whici 1114 d i fleets orchi of th w►pit balm indel and I 1 hi rapid bout The ir©' of tl Rum Way rtqu OVe