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INDIA. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE QUEEN. (From the Times.) By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived our private letters and correspondence from Bombay to the 9th November : The following is the letter of our Bombay corre spondent : "BOMBAY, Nov. 9. " Remarkable events crowd upon us with great rapidity. While, on the one hand, our attention is engaged upon the contemplation of intricate mili tary movements throughout the vast Continent of India, our interest is concentrated to an equal de- gree in the consummation of the last political changes in the constitution of this empire. We have had, as usual, victories—not unalloyed by mishaps—of which I shall presently give you narrative. But that which claims the first atten- tion at my hands is the Proclamation by which the Queen's direct supremacy over India is finally sub stituted for the rule of the East India Company. I anticipate that long before this letter reaches you her Majesty's Proclamation will have been made public throughout England. My impression— which is that of most educated men in this coun- try, even among those who see the least cause to rejoice at the change which it creates—is that this Proclamation is one of the greatest docu ments, the weightiest instruments that has ever , appeared in this country ; that it has a sim plicity and a force well calculated to inspire re spect and to rivet public attention. It conveys, with a solemnity worthy the greatness of the occasion, the principles on which the future policy of England in India is based. It affixes a stamp of a Royal guarantee on a course of policy founded on he experience of the past, It declares, once for all, that England is sovereign mistress throughout th length and breadth of these lands. It confirms treaties, assures toleration, and promises such re forms as are consistent with the peculiar form of the institutions under which this country has been governed. In so far as lam able to judge of public feeling in this Presidency there is but one opinion, —in favour of the new state of things. A few, it is true, among the Europe ans affect to consider that the assumption of direct rule in India by Queen Victoria is a fit occasion for a display of grief at the departure of the East India Company; but I should be sorry to think that this sentiment could be indulged in at the expense of the loyalty which we all owe to our Sovereign. Those who do not see the magnitude of the change which has been effected will learn to appreciate it by its results ; while, if there be any among whom time does not efface the painful impression made by the abolition of the Company, we can only pity their want of that sentiment which ought to animate the bosom of every Englishman. As for the natives, apart from certain carpings at the declarations that her Majestiy relies on the truth of Christianity, the experience of the last few days shows that they are perfectly alive to the greatness of the change just wrought, and that they consider it a fit subject for rejoicing. " The Proclamation was received from Allahabad by Lord Elphinstone in the last days of October, and was publicly read on the Ist of November. All the troops in the garrison, the whole population, European and native, were convened to meet in the Town-hall and on the Green before it, to hear the solemn declaration of Indian rights and duties read. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the Governor and public functionaries assembled in the Durbar-room. By the side of the brilliant uniforms of the Staff mingled the snow-white dresses of the Parsees and the Mussulmen, the gay turbans and scarves of the Hindoos, and the dark habili ments of the clergy, among whom appeared not only the European ministers of the Protestant and Roman Catholic faiths, but the dusky forms of 4. native converts, with shaven heads and black scalp ocks. A procession having been formed, with less attention to the etiquette of each one's rank than would have been possible in the days of Ossory and Charles 11., Lord Elphinstone and the Secretaries of Government advanced to a platform erected on the steps of the Town-hall, and proceeded to the busi ness of the occasion. The scene presented from the spot where Mr. Young, the Chief Secretary to Government, stood, holding in his hand the Royal Proclamation, was not without its peculiar charac teristics. To the right and left of the principal actors in the scene stood the beauty and fashion' of Bombay. On the steps below the platform was a choice assemblage of native gentlemen, and on the Green, or crowding onwards from the side streets abuting upon it, waved to and fro a turbaned crowd, the variegated hues of whose dresses, full of that harmony peculiar to the East, gave a marked charac ter to the scene. The houses, in themselves suffi ciently mean, were decorated with flags and prepa rations for the coming illuminations. The roofs were filled with spectators, whose scanty clothing allowed their long thin limbs to be seen in relief upon the deep evening sky. The circular road round the Green was kept by the regiments of the garrison. A flagstaff stood at the foot of the Town hall steps, another erect on the point of the cathe dral, awaiting the unfolding of the standard of England, which was to wave for the first time over the city of Bombay. In the midst of the deepest silence Mr. Young read the Proclamation in English, which was afterwards delivered in Mahratti by the chief interpreter, Mr. Wassewdeo. The troops saluted. the bands played God save the Queen,' and the Royal standards rose simultaneously to the summit of the flagstaffs hoisted on the cathe dral, expanding at once to the breeze and showing the lions of England. On the lower flagstaff the Royal standard hung listlessly, and it was not till the troops had begun to move, after the cheering and booming of the Royal salute had been heard, that the emblem of English sovereignty was found to have been hung upside down. There was a pang in the breast of the superstitious at that moment, who consoled themselves, however, with the thought that a similar accident had not happened to the flag on the cathedral. Evening was closing in when the ceremony was completed, and as the crowd dispersed from the Town-hall the first signs of the illumination were visible in the increasing gloom. Triumphal arches had been thrown across the streets, not only of the Fort, but of the native city. Thousands upon thouqands of lights gave out in fire the outlines of colonnades, windows, Curious gables, and quaint devices. Queen Victoria's name waseverywhere —as ' Queen of India, Empress of Hindostan.' There were ' Farewells to the East India Company,' new hopes for the future of India emblazoned on more than one edifice. Crystal chandeliers were hung from house to house amid festoons of light, and throughout the streets glaring yello w , blue, and green in the obscurity of a moon less night ; crowds of people in every walk of life flaunted gaily along and enlivened the scene. The gates of the Fort, the bastions, and ravelines were embroidered with flame, the ships in the harbour shone out in the darkness amid the blaze of blue lights. Bombay had never seen such a cele bration, nor had its population, fond 24 Ori entals are of glitter and glare, ever enjoyed so much of it. Of the fi rew • or cs exhibited on the oc casion I need only say that they were as good as it was possible to produce with the means at our command. The results of similar demonstrations at Madras, Agra, Delhi, Kurrachee, Poonah, d o ther presidency towns have already bee n Le public here ; non e vied with Bombay •in their de monstrations and rejoicing. " The following is the "PROCLAMATION. "BY THE QUEEN IN COUNCIL TO THE PRINCES, CHIEFS, AND PEOPLE OF INDIA. "Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the colonies and dependencies thereof in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australasia, Queen, Defender of the Faith. " Whereas, for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved, by and withthe advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament assembled to take upon ourselve the government of the territories in India heretofore administered in trust for us by the Hon. East In dia Company. "Now, therefore, we do by these presents notify and declare that, by the advice and consent afore said, we have taken upon ourselves the said govern raent, and we hereby call upon all our subjects - within the said territories to be faithful and to bees true allegiance to us, our heirs and successors, and to submit themselves to the authority of those whom we may hereafter from time 1 o time see fit to appoint to administer the government of our said territories, in our name and on our behalf. " And we, reposing especial trust and confidence in the loyalty, ability, and judgment of our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and. Councillor, Charles John Viscount Canning, do hereby consti tute and appoint him, the said Viscount Canning, to be our first Viceroy and Governor-General in and over our said territories, and to administer the government thereof in our name, and generally to act in our name and on our behalf, subject to such orders and regulations as he shall, from time to time, receive from us through one of our Principal Secretaries of State. " And we do hereby confirm in their several offices, civil and military;all persons now employed in the Hon. East India Company, subject to our future pleasure, and to such laws and regulations as may hereafter be enacted. "We hereby announce to the native princes of India that all treaties and engagements made with them by or under the authority of the Hon. East India Company are by us accepted, and will be scrupulously maintained; and we look for the like observance on their part. " We desire no extension of our present territo rial possessions ; and while we will permit no ag gression upon our dominions or our rights to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall re spect the rights, dignity, and honour of native princes as our own ; and we desire that they, as 1 well as our own subjects, should enjoy that pros perity and that social advancement which can only be secured:by internal peace and good government. "We hold ourselves bound to the natives of our Indian territories by the same obligations of duty which bind us to all our other subjects ; and those obligations, by the blessing of Almighty God, we shall faithfully and conscientiously fulfil. " Firmly relying ourselves on the truth of Chris tianity, and acknowledging with gratitude the solace of religion, we disclaim alike the right and the desire to impose our convictions on any of our subjects. We declare it to be our Royal will and pleasure that none be in anywise favoured, none molested or disquieted by reason of their religious faith or observances, but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the law ; and we do strictly charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under - us that they abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship of any of our subjects, on pain of our highest dis pleasure. " And it is our further will that, so far as may be, our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service for the duties of which they may be qualified, by their education, ability, and integrity to duly discharge. " We know and respect the feelings of attachment with which the natives of India regard the lands inherited by them from their ancesters, ancil we desire to protect them in all rights connected there with, subject to the eqitable demands of the State; and we will that generally, in framing and adminis tering the law due regard be paid to the ancient rights, usages, and customs of India. "We deeply lament the evils and misery which have been brought upon India by the acts of ambi tious men who have deceived their countrymen by false reports and led them into open rebellion. Our power has been shown by the suppression of that rebellion in the field : we desire to show our mercy by pardoning the offences of those who have been thus misled, but who desire to return to the path of duty. " Already in one province, with a view to stop the further effusion of blood and to hasten the paci fication of our Indian dominions, our Viceroy and Governor-General has held out the expectation of pardon, on certain terms, to the great majority of those who in the late unhappy disturbances have been guilty of offences against our Government, and has declared the punishment which will be inflicted on those whose crimes place them beyond the reach of forgiveness. We approve and confirm the said act of our Viceroy and Governor-General, and do further announce and proclaim as follows : " Our clemency will be extended to all offenders, save and except those who have been or shall be convicted of having directly taken part in the mur der of British subjects. With regard to such the demands of justice forbid the exercise of mercy. " To those who have willingly given asylum to murderers, knowing them to be such, or who may have acted as leaders or instigators in revolt, their lives alone can be guaranteed ; but, in apportion ing the penalty due to such persons, full considera tion will be given to the circumstances under which they have been induced to throw off their allegiance and large indulgence will be shown to those whose crimes may appear to have originated in a too credulous acceptance of the false reports circulated by designing men. " To all others in arms against the Government, we hereby prolnise unconditional pardon, amnesty, and oblivion of all offences against ourselves, our crown and dignity, on their return to their homes and peaceful pursuits. It is our Royal pleasure that these terms of grace and amnesty should be extended to all those who comply with their conditions before the Ist day of January next. " When, by the blessing of Providence, internal tranquillity shall be restored, it is our earnest de sire to stimulate the peaceful industry of India, to promote works of public utility and improvement, and to administer its government for the benefit of all our subjects resident therein. In their pro sperity will be our strength, in their contentment our security, and in their gratitude our best reward. And may the God of all power grant to us, and to those in authority under us, strength to carry out these our wishes for the good of our people." " PROCLAMATION. " BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. " Foreign Department, Allahabad, Nov. 1 " Her Majesty the Queen having declared that it is her gracious pleasure to take upon herself the government of the British territories in India, the Viceroy and Governor-General hereby notifies that from this day all acts of the Government of India will be done in the name of the Queen alone. "From this day all men of every race and class who, under the administration of the Hon. East India Company have joined to uphold the honour and power of England, will be the servants of the Queen alone. "The Governor-General summons them, one and all, each in his degree, and according to his oppor tunity, and with his whole heart and strength, to aid in fulfilling the gracious will and pleasure of the. Queen, as set forth in her Royal Proclamation. " From the many millions of her Majesty's na tive subjects in India, the Governor• General will now, and at all times, exact a loyal obedience to the call which, in words full of benevolence and mercy, their Sovereign has made upon their allegi ance:and faithfulness. "By order of the Right Hon. the Governor. General of India, G. F. EDMONSTONE, " Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General." " Let me revert now to sterner subjects. We are proclaiming peace and good will towards India We offer pardon and oblivion of the past to the actors in the tragedy of 1857; but some of the more malignant among these are still braving our anger and require punishment. In one field of rebellion, however, 1 am happy to say the übellion is at-last on the eve of being extinguished. Tantia Topee, with all his talent for running, has been brought to earth, and has requested to be allowed to sur render. How he remains yet at large, how he has been reduced - to his present state, I shall now proceed to tell you :—After the battle of Sindwa, which, as you know, took place on the 19th o, October, General Michel, who fought that action with Lockhart's Infantry and the Sale's Cavalry Brigades, was led falselyto in believe the that Tanti a or tia Topee had fed to the north, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1858, the Betwa. The line taken by the rebels in their flight should have prepared him to mis trust that information, for the rebels were pursued towards the Jamni river, on a road en tirely opposed to that of the Betwa. However General Michel marched in pursuit to Lullutpore, on the latter river, and Tantia Topee fled in the opposite direction, towards Malthowe, bent on plundering the rich and open town of Bhilsa and the undefended city of Bhopal, which he had rea son to believe he would find, ompletely undefended. Michel, however, though tardily apprised of his real movements, made up by repeated and rapid marches for the time he had lost in following the wrong track, and returning from the vicinity of Lullutpore through Multhowe, he came up with Tantia Topee at Korrai (on the 25th of Oct.) killed 500 of his men, took all his guns, and cut his army in two. The smaller division fled off to Khimlossa and has, no doubt, been accounted for by either Scudamore, Diddell, or Whitlock—either of whom from the vicinity of Chundarce, Tehrec, or Chutter pore, may have fallen in with him. The main body under Tantia and the Bao of Banda, pursued its journey towards Bhilsa, which it still hoped to plunder. Fortunately, Park's Rajpootana Brigade had marched from Seropj, crossed the Betwa, and covered Bhilsa, so that, after a slight skirmish be tween the vanguards, Tantia Topee was obliged to turn off and make for the Nerbudda. Michel's force only reached Bhilsa on the 28th, and Park's Brigade retired to Bhopal ; but Kerr with his Mah ratta Horse, had, in the meanwhile, reached Ho sungbad, on the Nerbudda, and I hear on excellent authority, that Tantia Topee, hard pressed by this vigorous partisan, sent in a message to him, asking on what terms he would be allowed to surrender. Kerr replied that he would preserve his life until he had conferred with the competent authorities for instructions, but warned him that if he caught him in the field he would cer tainly have him hanged. When you consider that Kerr had with him but 600 men, natives, but well known throughout India for their boldness in ac tion, you will be convinced, as I am, that if the in telligence I have now given is confirmed, we have nothing more to fear from this notorious free booter. It is known, indeed, from prisoners who surrendered after the battle of Korrai that the fol lowers of Tantia, though still numerous, were weary and footsore, that they have no guns and scarcely any small arm ammunition. Without these, it is needless to say, Tantia Topee could no longer fight. It was stated positively enough yesterday that Tantia Topee had crossed the Nerbudda, whence he threatened the Deccan, and the despatch of a battery from Ahmednugger, with troops eastward and northward from Ellichpore and Jaulna, the sudden departure of H.M.'s 3d Dragoons from Poona, and the 17th Lancers from the neighbour hood of Goona towards Bhilsa, seemed to justify this belief; but intelligence of Tantia's desire' to surrender has, I am told, been since received by telegraph. " Turning from Central India to Behar, we find results somewhat similar produced by the move ments of Brigadier Douglas, and the various de tachments from Buxar, Arrah, and Sasseram towards the jungle strongholds of Ummer Sing. Driven from Jugdespore to the eastward, as it were cornered in the angle formed by the Soane and the Ganges, unable to cross either of these rivers, they were, on the 21st October, apparently on the eve of destruction. But Ummer Sing and his men again slipped from our detachments, fled to the westward, were caught and severely handled at Secreeta, on the road to Sasseram, but made good their retreat at last to the Rohtas hills, whence I hope they will not be permitted to return. In Oude movements combined by Lord Clyde in conjunction with his own to push the rebels from Rohilcund downwards have been commenced. Columns from Futteghur and Shahjehanpore have already made rapid strides in the direction traced out to them. The Futteghur column, having crossed the Ganges, occupied Palee and Sandee without opposition, and marched south. Roheea, where the life of Adrian Hope was sacrificed, has been taken (October 27th) from Nerput Sing, who abandoned the place after setting fire to it. From Shahje hanpore Brigadier Colin Troup advanced, on the 21st of October, to Pusgaon, and is proceeding to drive the rebels from the upper frontiers towards Lucknow. On the southern border a column from Azimghur has been in motion to drive the insurgents east and north up the angle formed by the Gogra and Goomtce. General Grant having placed two regiments of his Sultanpore force midway between the Gogra and Goomtee, to prevent the enemy from forcing their way downwards into the Juanpore district. Lord Clyde, taking with him her Majesty's proclamation, would leave Allahabad, I believe, on the Ist inst., to sweep the country on the north bank of the Gogra, and reduce Loll and Beni Mah doo. Ido not expect that they will fight, though, if we believe their bombast, they intend to hold out to the last extremity. Oude, you will see, will be a field for the exercise of police duties in a few months. The Begum asks but to surrender. Many strong forts have lately fallen into our possession. Sundella had been captured by Brigadier Barker when I last wrote. Birwa, 10 miles from it, has since been reduced. On th 21st October Brigadier Barker, with the 88th, the Rifles, some Irregulars, and guns, assaulted the place and stormed it, losing 20 killed and 80 wounded, and killing numbers of the defenders. Mahmadi Hoosein, thinking Sultan pore weakened by the despacth of regiments to Dostpore, thought fit to approach with 6,000 men, among whom were our old friends the Nusseerabad Brigade. He was met on the 20th Oct. by Briga dier Horsford with 1,000 men, and completly beaten with the loss of two guns—the same that our Bom bay Lancers lost so many men at the outbreak of the rebellion in attempting to capture. The fort of Mendowlee has been taken and destroyed. Another attack on Inbrowlee has been repulsed with loss to the enemy. A detachment from Duriabad has taken possession of Atumda. All these victories achieved, with the exception of the capture of Birwa, without any loss on our past, confirm me in the belief that Lord Clyde will meet with but feeble .resistance. • " In the Punjab all is quiet; the same may be said of Rajpootana. With the exception of some trifling demonstrations by Rohillas in the direction of Burrumpore, which some Europeans from Malli gaum and the 23d N.I. from Dhoolia have been sent to put down. North Candeish is quiet. " At Bombay a painful piece of intelligence has reached us from Singapore. I cannot bring it to your notice more fitly than by the following quo tation from a local journal : " ' We announce, with the deepest regret, the death of Mr. Standen. The melancholy event took place on the 11th Oct., at Penrang, whither Mr. Standen had been taken from Singapore, in the vain hope that the atmosphere of the hills would restore him to his wonted vigour. But the fatal disease under which he laboured was not one which change of air could cure. After languishing a few days he died of abscess on the liver. The loss of this accomplished gentleman is a source of mourning not to us only, but to European society in India. Mr. Standen was beloved in the circles which he frequented because of his unalterable kindness, his admirable good temper, his taste for letters and art. Of a wonderfully tenacious memory —he was an oracle whom none consulted in vain. The depth and variety of his reading were wonder ful, while the cheerfulness with which he imparted it, the illustration which it gave to his conversation were charming. Five years have hardly elapsed since Mr. Standen came to Bombay. After a short career at the bar he was promoted to the office of administrator-general axd registrar of the diocess, by which he was entirely withdrawn from the ac tive duties of a barrister. His health began to fail about three months ago, and our regret is great that he should have preferred seeking its re-establish ment in the tropics rather than in Europe. Had he chosen the latter course we might not perhaps have had to mourn his death in the very prime of his years.' " Mr. Bartle Frere has arrived here with Mr, Ellis from Scinde. The latter, I hear, succeeds Mr. Hart, as Secretary to Government. Lord El phinstone is here. " Trade ie brisk. Exchange, ls. ld. to 2s. od. 1-31" THE ILLUMINATIONS. (From the Bombay Gazette.) Mr. Venayek Wassudew read the Proclamation in the Marathi language. At the conclusion of the reading several hcar . ty and loud theets . weie (riven by the audience. The Royal Standard was immediately hoisted on the temporary flagstaff in front of the steps of the Town-hall, and at the Castle, the Cathedral tower, and the Acbar main- royal -masthead. The Fort George battery had begun the salute of 101 guns a little earlier than the pre arranged time, which was after the playing of "God save the Queen." The troops then presented arms, and remained so until "God save the Queen" had been played through by four united bands. The ships Acbar, Auckland, Feroze, Zenobia, and Clive also fired a royal salute in succession, after the gar rison salute had terminated. A few minutes after the garrison salute the bands splayed " Rule Bri tannia," which concluded the ceremony. The troops then marched away to their respective barracks amid loud cheers. Printed copies of the Proclama tion were then distributed among the audience, and the crowd began to disperse, wending their way to witness the fireworks, which were displayed near the Bazaar-gate of the fort at 7 p.m., and the illu minations prepared by Government and the residents of the town and fort, as demonstrations of rejoicing and loyalty. The pyrotechnic display was on a scale never before witnessed in Bombay. The native town was startled from its propriety at the display of man's ingenuity; the skyrockets piroutetting in the air, the sudden explosion of the shells in their up ward flight, the noise of the squibs and crackers, the glare of the cascades and trees of fire, drew every one to the glacis of Fort George. The weather was favourable to the illumination, there being no bois terous wind to dim the glow of loyalty . which her Majesty's subjects had prepared. The illumination was general throughout the city, all the leading tho roughfares being lit up at dusk with good taste, every Parsee street in the fort and town, and almost all the Hindoo and Mahomedan streets in the native town were covered with decorations ; but the quarters inhabited by the majority of the European resi dents, such as Malabarhill, Breach Candy, Byculla, Colaba, and Mazagon, and those inhabited by a few of the lower classes of natives, were enve loped in gloom. The Fort and Native Town were the thoroughfares in which the best displays were made. The concourse of spectators was very great, and from every direction an unbroken throng of carriages and pedestrians in one continuous torrent swept along the streets. At the Bazaar and the Church-gates the crowd became packed in one dense mass, and for a time the avenues became im passable, so much so that by a sudden movement of the crowd a Marwaree was pushed into the low walled well on the side of the ramparts near the Bazaar-gate, and there lost his life. We can only give a cursory description of the principal illumi nations. To begin with the fort, the Townhall, as we have said before, was the centre of attraction. In its rear on the left hand was the Mint, which was splendidly decorated with lamps along the whole of the building, and had a large crown with a " V." and " R." on each side. Next to it were the Town Barracks, which bore the glittering words " Queen Victoria" and" Prince Albert." On the other side the Post-office and the office of the B.S.N. Company, the Hydraulic Press Company's buildings, and the offices of Messrs. Crawford and Co., auctioneers, displayed numberless lights with appropaiate devices. Lord Cornwallis's statue on the Green was surrounded on the top of the dome with two crowns and two " V.R.'s." Opposite to it the office of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company presented a brilliant appearance by exhibiting a large crown made up of a number of railway signal lanterns, of .different colours, each lantern appearing as a sparkling jewel ; on each side of the crown were the letters " V" and " R" formed of similar laterns. The office of Messrs. Forbes and Co., and Jejeebhoy, Dadabhoy, Sons and Co., on the Green, displayed a tasteful ar rangement of lamps and devices. Apollo-street was lighted throughout in the shops, but the best illumi nations were exhibited at the dockyard, the Bombay Gazette office, and the British Hotel. The first had a large chandelier at the gate,with the motto " God save the Queen" above it, and two stars of swords on each side, with banners stretching over to the Supreme Court, which latter had also a few lights. The Gazette office, by its favourable position at the convergence of four streets, showed its masses of lights, stars, crown, and " V.R." with great effect ; and the third had arched lights ; flags, and motto " God save the Queen." The Secretariat-office ap peared with appeared with rows of lights from the roof to the walls of the compound. Going on direct we enter the Parsee Bazaar-street, which was wholly illuminated up to the Bazaar-gate, the por tion of it inhabited by Bomonjee Hormusjee Wadia and other members of the Wadia family being adorned with various devices and evergreens. Turning back we come St. Thomas's Cathedral, which was very grandly decorated, the upper por tion of the tower exhibiting lights through coloured glasses and transparencies, and the Royal standard floating over all. Going into Church-lane we arrive at the mansion of Mr. Framjee Nusserwan jee, facing the Secretariat. In the whole of the fort this was the most magnificently decorated building, and the beautiful effect produced by its illumination was particularly admired. Here were some large transparencies—two of them,the largiest, placed on the terrace projecting into the compound, represented the coronation of her Majesty and the Royal procession on the occasion, and were in scribed with the mottoes, " Her Most Gracious Ma j esty the Queen of India," and " God bless our Queen," with transparent " V.R.'s" below on the two gates. In front of the house a triumphal arch crossed the street. Facing Church-lane is the Dady or Pa tell-street, which was entered through a large arch decorated with banners, and bearing the words, " Long live the Queen." This street presented a marked feature in having a long row of flags and small arches with evergreens and wreaths of flowers, and the place seemed, as it were, turned into a garden. The Union Band in this street enlivened the hearts of the loyal Parsees by its strains of sweet music. We will not attempt to go inio the details of minor streets of the fort, which were all very handsomely illu minated, and almost all of them exhibiting the mottoes " V. R.," " God save the Queen," &c. We now pass to the Church-gate-street, and here in the centre we have to pass through a grand and superb transparent arch, decorated with - flags and festoons of flowers, and bearing the motto in large letters on both sides, " God save the. Queen of India." The whole street was one great and magnificent blaze of light. The house of Mr. Cowasjee Jehangheer, and of Furdoonjee Hormusjee (the Peninsular and Ori ental Company's oT.ce), were tastefully illuminated. Sir Jamsetjpe Jejeebhoy's Parsee Benevolent Insti tution had a very beautiful device, representing the Queen and Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, with the motto give yo u Li g ht." We now and turning to the left we observe on the the Bombayehec Church-gate; g r c h h t v a Bank-and the Commercial Bank neatly illuminated, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, the Chartered Mercantile Bank, the Agra Bank, and the Oriental Bank, ex hibiting magnificent devices with a variety of mot. toes. The Indian Navy Club, and the residence of Mr. David Sassoon, were splendidly decorated with flags, arches, transparencies, argand lamps and chandeliers. In Meadow -street, the offices of Mr. Augustus Gumpert, Consul for Oldenburg, Bremen, and Hamburg, and Mr. J. G. Volkart, Consul for Belgium and the Netherlands, displayed the devices of their respective consulates, and had banners sus pended from the windows and roofs. AlmOst all the' shops in this and adjoining streets were illuminated with devices of various descriptions. The shops of Messrs. Watson and Co., Mr. Edaljee Nesserwanjee Colabawalla, Mr. Batherjce, Mr. Jaffer Sulliman, Mr. Meeajee, Mr. Nansey Parpia, and Mr. Rus tonjee Pestonjee, and others, were brilliantly lighted up and decorated, some with transparencies and others with flags. On the right of the Church-gate turning into Hornby-row, we have the whole place illuminated, the most attractive places being the Fort Improvement Library, with the motto " Rule Britannia," Mr. Maneckjee Nes serwanjee's house, with the motto " God save the Queen" on the roof, and Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeeb hoy's two mansions. The latter was among the most richly illuminated places throughout the fort; the old mansion of Sir Jamsetjee was most magnificently adorned with flags, devices, and mottoes, and a - large and superb crown over the middle of the gateway. All the lights and re flectors behind them of different colours, and large crowds of people were collected to witness the rich decorations here exhibited. The Collector of Bom bay's office had transparencies of the Royal Arms and " V. R.," and the Municipal Commissioners' office was also conspicuous in the same line. Pass ing on we observed the Bania Bazaar and streets well lit up. The three gates of the fort were handsomely decorated, each having a crown in the centre with the Royal arms above, and motto " God save the Queen," and two stars of swords, one on the top of each avenue for pedestrians, as well as the glittering words " Great Britain" and " Hindostan. ' Going out of the fort we cross the esplanade, and approaching the native town we pass under a large arch between the Money School and the premises of the Religious Tract Snciety, and observe that the whole thoroughfare of the Kalbadavie-road is illuminated. On the other side —that is, the Breach Candy-road, the first decora tion met with is the arch of the Native General Library, with the motto " Rule Britannia." Next is a larger and more graceful arch, at the fire temple of Mr. Bomonjee Hormusjee Wadia, with the motto " God save the Queen of India," richly illuminated, and ornamented with evergreens and flags. The whole street is thus one row of illumi nation, and we then reach Dr. Bhow Dajee's mansion, where the design which appeared to attract and undoubtedly deserved the largest share of attention was that of a large transparent picture on the roof of the house, representing the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, and the King of Oude with his family in a begging posture, supplicating for the restoration of his dominions, in the centre, and . portraits' - of Lord Canning and Lord Elphinstone on each side, with the Royal arms. The mottoes were " Peace be to all Mankind ;" " Justice," " Fortitude," " Power," and " Mercy)" the whole compound of the garden was illuminated with Chinese lamps with various devices and colours, and lamps turn ing as they hung. The mansion of Mr. Juggo nathjee Sunkersett, on the same road, and his country-house at Gowallia, displayed very rich illuminations with transparent mottoes. The Parsee Cama family at Gowallie had their respective man sions handsomely decorated and illuminated. On the other side of the Girgaum-road, the coatry house of Mr. Munguldass Nathoobhoy, displayed a long row of lights, extending about a mile through the garden, the gates having transparencies with inscriptions " God save the Queen," &c. The David Sasson School of Industry at Girgaum was also lit up, and the ladies displayed miniature fire works, probably made by their own hands. The Maragon Castle of Sir Jamsetjee displayed a bril liant and attractive exhibition of lights, with a large triumphal arch stretching from the gateway over the road to the opposite wall. At Mazagon, the house of Mr. Merwanjee Framjee was one blaze of light, and surpassed all the other illumina tions in that district, and the residence of the Nawab of Surat was adorned with handsome tran- sparencies, bearing the mottoes, " We welcome the Queen's Government," and " God save 'the Queen and Royal Family." At Byculla, the house of Maneckjee Cursetjee was gaily ornamented with lamps and transparencies, one of them being a pic ture of Her Majesty. The railway works, the Byculla schools, and the Education Society's print ing establishment, presented a pleasing display. The Roman Catholic chapels at Calbadvie, Girgaum, and Mazagon honoured the occasion by illuminations and appropriate decorations. The mansion of Mr. David Sassoon, at Byculla, was illuminated and handsomely decorated. Among the grand sights of the evening, one, that for simplicity and singularity attracted the attention of the people about Mazagon, was the illumination by gas over the gate at the entrance of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's dockyard. It simply repre sentod the letters " V." and " R." on a black ground with a large star separating the two letters, but for brilliancy and effect it was unequalled. The Mahomedan streets of the native town were also illuminated, even . the poorest of that community manifesting their loyalty on the occasion. In con sequence of the high price of glasses many of them could only procure earthern vessels, which were filled with oil, and made the best available substi tutes. This circumstance showed the sincerity of their efforts to produce a display. A week or two before the Proclamation glasses could be hired in any number at the rate of srs. per 1,000, but towards the close of the month the rate rose to the enormous figure of 6rs.and 7rs. per 100. Some of the wealthier Mahomedans had their residences very brilliantly decorated and illuminated. The lights from the towers of the Juma Musjid, the principal mosque of the Mahomedans in the ,bazaar, could be seen from a great distance, even from the bazaar gate of the fort. Mirza Ali Mahomed Khan may be justly considered at the head of that community, being a Justice of the Peace and Consul to the Su blime Porte. Great preparations had been made at his residence, a little to the south of the Babooia tank, and the display was very effective, and drew together large numbers of sightseers. This gentle man entertamed a large party of private friends in honour of the occasion. In striking contrast to this was the dark and dismal mansion of the Persian Consul in the vicinity, where there was no display , at all. The whole of Bhendy Bazaar and adjoin ing thoroughfares were lit up with miles of lamps, A very beautiful display of illuminations also ap peared in the Marwaree Bazaar, extending from the mansion of Mr. Ramlal Thackoorsedass at Mum badevee up to about the Green-market. Here, though there were no rich designs of devices or flags, the effect was produced by the excellent ar rangement of lamps, which consisted of festoons crossing over the street at very short intervals, each having one chandelier of five lights, and two globe lamps on each side. This arrange ment, got up by subscription among the Hindoo merchants of that division, presented a very striking rappearance, as the bright festoons ex tended for more than a mile. The rejoicings in honour of the occasion were, however, so similar in character, and there was such general enthusiasm, that it is not necessary to give a detailed account of the illuminations in other parts of the town. At Colaba the Bombay Gazette printing-office, the houses of Mr. Cursetjee Furdonjee, Mr. Eduljee Nesserwanjee and •other Parsee residents, were handsomely illuminated. Lord Elphinstone in spected the illuminations of the fort and native town, and, if we are not bad physiognomists, we can say that he appeared highly gratified at the de monstration of such loyal feelings on the part of his subjects. While driving along the Parsee-street, in the Vhundunwaddy-road, he started with mo mentary surprise at the flowers thrown into his carriage by a number of Parsees, but immediately after, in a very obliging spirit, his lordship turned round and saluted the donors of the flowers. Many of the chapels and churches, especially the Roman Catholic, Parsee temples, Hindoo pagodas, and - Mahomedan mosques, were lit up. At Bandora, the chief village of Sasette, inhabited by Goanese and native Christians, the Royal Pro clamation was read in public. The Accad de Graca was repeated and the Te Deum sung in Mount Mary's Church, and 42 guns were fired to do honour to the Queen's accession. Nothing approaching to riot or confusion oc curred, and the night passed away without any serious accident being reported, with the exception of the one we have mentioned. The Indian navy and shipping in the harbour also took a good part in the ceremony of the Proclamation. At 8 a.m. the Acbar, Auckland, Feroze, Clive, Berenice, and Mahi, were dressed in full with the national flags at their several mastheads, signal flags and pen dants over all, rainbow fashion. We have men tioned above the part they , took in firing salutes and hoisting the Royal Standard on the read ing of the Proclamation. At 8 p.m. the Acbar illuminated with long lights from each yard arm, lower booms, jib-boom, and taffrail, and was followed in succession by the five others. The Acbar having burnt one set of lights, threw up rockets (30 at a time) and continued to do so, while the other vessels were burning long lights at their yard-arms, &c., in succession, according to seniority, for the space of about two hours and a half. After this two guns were fired from the Acbar, when the whole of the vessels illuminated from yard-arms simultaneously, and then, on the ascent of a single rocket from the Acbar, all the vessels at the same time lit up the whole line of gunwale from stem to stern. The merchant ships also dressed with flags and made illuminations, and some fired guns. The ship Neptune, Capt. Fillan, we learn, fired a Royal salute at noon. The spec tacle which the harbour presented in the evening was one of rare and almost matchless beauty. At the last display of blue lights the order to man the pards was piped, and the Jacks, eager and willing to obtain the loftiest and most important position on the yards or shrouds, answered the call with the greatest alacrity. At once they could be seen swarming up the shrouds like bees, covering the rigging as they mounted higher and higher, climb ing out along the yards till rows of men fringed every spar ; and then in three hearty cheers of " God save the Queen," given as only British sailors can give, the seamen seemed to vie with each other which should most vigorously exert their stentorian lungs. The fete on the whole, notwithstanding the breeze, which put-out many of the lights, was as splendid and sucbessful as the community at large could wish it to be. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON TILE STATE OF TILE BOMBAY MARKET, FROM OCTOBER 26 TO. NOVEMBER 8, 1858. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Madras, A. R. Aldham, with the English mails of Oct. 2on board, reached Bombay on the night of the 26th October. On the sth inst., however, we received English news up to October 9, by electric telegraph from Point de Galle. The money market continues easy, without any material alteration. IMPORTS Cotton Piece Goods—A fair amount of business has, not withstanding the Deewallee holidays, been transacted in our import market during the fornight ; and in most in stances the prices have advanced. Gray shirtings, 45 inches, are most in favour ; gray longcloths, gray T cloths, and gray madapollams have participated in the general im provement. Bleached and Fancy Goods.—Bleached madapollams are dull and not inquired for ; bleached jaconets, low ar d medium, continue unchanged ; and bleaching shirting are scarce and in good inquiry. Fancy and Turkeyred goods have not improved, and stocks in the market are increasing. Lappet scarfs, small size, are scarce, and in moderate inquiry. Cotton Yarns.—Both mule and water have advanced in price, the former being in active inquiry. There has been little doing in coloured yarns. Metals.—The prices have generally given way, and the market is dull. Tile copper and nail rod, round, have ad vanced in prices, and are in good demand. Marine Stores.—There has been little or nothing in canvas, the same may be remarked of cordage, while twine has been sold in small quantities. Exr OVA'S. Cotton.—The high prices are still maintained. We quote Veravel at 145 r. to 146 r. ; Compta, at 134 r. to 1361 r. Broach has been in very active demand. Oil Seeds.—Teelseed is in demand and scarce; linseed and rapeseed have declined in prices, and Niger is quite dull. Tonnage.—The rates of freights continue unimproved, and we quote 17e. 6d. to £1 for Loudon, and 16s, to 17s, 6d, for tilt/pool, while for China we cannot quote more than 31r. to 4r. per candy. Exchange.—The amount of specie received by the last China steamer had the effect of checking the upward ten dency of the rates ; and our closing quotations are 2s. ld. for Bank paper, 2s. Id. for documents, at six months' sight, On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, we quote 991 r. ; on Madras, at 30 days' sight, 99r. ; and on China, at 60 days' sight, 216 r. to 218 r. per 100 dols. THE WIZARD AT THE DIGGINGS. We find the following amusing letter in the Aberdeen Herald : Ballarat, Victoria, Sept. 2. I told you of my great nights under the patron age of the Communn na Feinne," when all Scot land around Geelong visited the theatre. I have now to tell you of another Scottish patronage received in Melbourne a week afterwards. Hav ing finished my engagement at Geelong, I pro ceeded to Melbourne in order to give six repre sentations of Rob Roy.' I had effected an advan tageous arrangement with Mr. Coppin, and was very glad, for his sake, as well as my own, that the opening night was one of the best houses which had been seen in the Theatre Royal. For the five following nights the theatre pre sented an almost equally crowded conditi3n—the last night (Saturday) rendered memorable by the members of the Caledonian Society of Victoria at tending in Higland costume. This society is but of recent origin, though it already numbers many of the most influential Scotchmen of the colony among its members. Its patron is the governor Sir Henry Barkly. The society is to have a gathering at Mel bourne in April of next year. Invitations have been forwarded to all the Scotchmen in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Polynesian Islands, to attend. Orders have been sent home for dresses and orna ments. The governor has commissioned his tailor in Scotland to fit him out in kilt and philabeg in a. manner befitting his position ; and every body interested is vieing with everybody equally as interested, to see how each can best look the High lander at the first great " gathering" in Australia. Hear this, ye dealers in tartan ! make a note of it, ye consignees of Cairngorums I pay attention to it, ye designers of dirks and manufacturers of Cale donian curiosities ! I know of one jeweller in Mel bourne who alone has sent home for a thousand pounds' worth of Cairngorums ; andthere is a draper in Collins-street who tells me that the order for tartan he sent home two months since will strain the energies of three of the best manufacturing houses up to the time for shipment in January next. If a thousand Scotchmen do not come out in the ship which brings that cargo I shall be very much disappointed, for I hear a rumour that the ship is likely to be the Leviathan. Her coin ing to Port Philip Bay is one of the chief topics of talk. Every, one believes that she will make the voyage out in a month, so that her passengers will have a month in which to see the colony —be another month going home, and thus after having voyaged 17,00 0 miles, seen the richest colony .of the southern hemisphere, and re turned by another voyage of 17,000 miles, being again in their shops in London; Edinburgh, Glas gow, or Aberdeen, after tan absence of only three months or thereabouts. Should this be accomplished, as I have no doubt it will, a change will come about in Victoria as great as that made by the discovery of gold. No country on the globe will then be a remote one when Australia becomes a pleasure trip from England. Here remoteness is already fast diminishing, for rumours are abroad that as soon as the electric telegraph is completed to India, it will be brought over the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, and across Torres Straits to this great southern land. There will then be daily communi cation between Melbourne and London, and " the other end of the earth" will be at the finger ends of him who who works the telegraph in Collins-street, Melbourne, or in Lothbury London. Verily, science will then have accomplished the greater part of her mission to humanity, as Pope so well defines it— " To speed the intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole." Meanwhile, however, while science waits with her boundless resources at command, capital and enter prise seem sadly at fault with relation to Austra lian intercourse. To expect the arrival of the mail at the time when it is due, and to have anyregular information on Englishmatters, have become fancies in which no sane Victorian now indulges. When in old heroic times they , wished to express the idea of indulging in foolish anticipation or vain exertion, they used the simile of its being as ab surd as "to seek the source of the Nile." At the present rday in Victoria, the simile they employ, under similar circumstances, is "to expect the mail on the sth." Thus no one would think of seeing snow here in January, being, cold at Christ mas, warm in July, or neglecting to see the per formance of the great Wizard of the North, any more than they would 'expect the mail on the sth.' If it get in twenty days after it is due people think it pretty well ; and considering the number of mis haps which befel the last mail steamer on her voyage from Point de Galle, if the next two or three mails never come in at all no one would greatly wonder. Not that the Victorians are the sort of people to submit to an annoyance of this kind tamely and quietly. On the contrary, they have already pretty well determined to take the mail service into their own hands, and have obtained from the Colonial Government the promise of a large grant of money to make the attempt. The probability is that the Panama route will be the one selected, though there 'is a chance of both that and the Suez one being used, the communication being by each alternately, so as to establish a bi-monthly service. This is re quired by the importance to which the colonies have attained and their vast commercial intercourse. I left Melbourne for Ballarat by taking the road to Geelong, and thence on, to the gold fields. At present the roads of Victoria constitute one feature of its most striking deficiencies. There are only two lines of route which are in anything like good order—that from Melbourne to Castlemaine, and that from Geelong to Ballarat. But even these are characteristic of Australia. You mount a coach, which is no coach at all, but a large American van, painted red, with rows of seats across the interior so that the passengers are seated knee to knee and back to back. Around you and over your head is,a leather canopy, made fast by straps, but altogether removed in the hot weather. Six thin, spire, bony little horses start with you at full gallop, and at bidding of the Yankee coachman, will go helter skelter with you anywhere. These Yankee coach men are remarkable fellows, and have done much to open up communication -with the interior. My previous experience in the United States rendered them no novelty to me when I again saw their small, thickly-set bodies, dark eyes, and resolute look on the box-seat -of " Cobb and Co.'s Telegraph Line" in Melbourne. But to a stranger who has never visited America they must be very noticeable portions of Australian society. They will drive you anywhere, down anywhere, overanything, through any forest or over any field, and handle their horses with as much tact and to as great nicety . as thtugh they were performers in a circus, and their animnls the " trained steeds." It is a very pleasant trip from Geelong here if you have fine weather. You do go down in a gully sometimes, and through a steam of water now and then, and you do see mud in more plenitude than you ever saw on any road before. You have the Yow-Yang Hills to your right., and the bold ridge of the Banabools stretching away in the hazy dis tance to tha Cape Otway ranges, which can be dimly seen away to your left. There is Mount Bun-, inyong straight before you, and by and by, when you have got fairly on your way, you will see a bit of thereal Australian scrub. The " bush" of Aus tralia-is not composed of the loftiest of trees, but chiefly of gums and wattle trees—the white gum, the red gum, and the blue gum—the stringy , bark, box-tree, and lightwood. Every now and ' then you see the trunk of a tree perfectly black and charred on one side, with,- perhaps half the interior of the trunk thoroughly encamped. Some natives, or some wayfarers of a lighter skin, have encamped against it, and there made their fire for the night, causing the same tree to shelter them with its boughs and warn them with its burning wood, or occasionally you will trace for miles by charred trunks of still leafy trees the track ofsome bygone bush fire. I am playing at the most popular of the three theatres here—" The Charlie Napier," as it is called — a nd am doing an excellent business. There are three theatres built and one building. Of those built, two are closed; the one which is open, and in which I am to perform, is essentially the people's house. It is where the diggers resort in the evening to see the play, and afterwards to in dulge in the delights of the dance. A strange set are those diggers —men who are far away , from home, friends, and all friendly associa tions—who are' thoroughly "on the loose," and who lead a careless, merry life ; working hard though at times, and ofttimes very hard—so hard, indeed, that few would like to be subjected to the same amount of labour in Scotland or England without the certainty of receiving a better reward than the digger is certain to get. He may " make his pike," or he may get nothing. He may work two years and never dig up a grain of gold, and he may'at length make a hundred pounds in a week. It is the, most haphazard game in the world this digging, and many have found it such to their sor row. Ballarat is the chief of the gold fields, but not the one for the poor man to come to if he means digging. Capital and machinery are necessary for him who would now rob Ballarat of its golden trea sures. You scrape up no nuggets on the surface, nor pick them up among the grass. There is the earth before you, and down into that earth you must go deeper than perhaps you have ever dreamt of going. If you have been brought 4 , up to the calling of a gravedigger so much the better for you. There is a chance for your finding the labour to be light. All gravediggers turn out to be fortunate here. I know of one who when he first went to the diggings had but 75., who made £2,000 in four months, spent it all, and is now a master of the ceremonies in a cheap ball room in the neighbourhood. I had wished to see a gold mine, and the other day my wish was gratified. I went down the deepest one in Ballarat. It is called the " Great Eastern," and it is on what is called the " Malakoff Reef." They received my party in the most cour teous manner, and each endeavoured to outdo the other in the politeness of his attentions. I was shown how they had gone through the alluvial soil, how they had gone on through the basaltic rock and the sandstone, and how they had come at last to the alluvial soil and the quartz gravel drift in which the gold is now found resting on the schist which once formed the upper table rock, when the gutters in which the gold is now discovered were the water courses of the country in archaic days. The gold-seeking being finished I produced my " Inexhaustible Bottle," which I had taken down the mine with me, and treated all the workers to its contents. It was the first time of the Wizard of the North performing in a gold mine, and a strange group we must have appeared. My bottle was never before called upon to do duty so arduous. Whisky was the liquor most in requisition, but your miners are thirsty souls, and no moderate allowance of the Glenlivet would satisfy them ; the small glasses which I usually employ, would have ' been of very little use. Some would have the whiskey poured into the lid of their pannikins, others held up their caps to catch the flowing stream, and some collected it in the hollow of their shovels, and drank whiskey out of the same shovel with which they had just dug gold. They begged me afterwards to leave them the bottle as a curio sity, pressing me to do so, if I had another for my magical display in the evening. Having first ob tained a promise from them that no one should try its magical capabilities more than once a year, and then on the anniversary of the day of my visit, I presented them with it in due form. It now hangs from the roof of their shanty, with " Professor Anderson's Magic Bottle" on the label attached to it. I am much afraid, however, that when they come to use it they will have forgotten the lesson in magic I gave them, and altogether fail in finding out the secret of its inexhaustibility. lam on the eve of leaving Ballarat to return to Melbourne, and thence proceed to Sydney. You will, therefore, receive my next communication most probably from New South Wales, instead of from Victoria.—l am, sir, yours faithfully, JOHN HENRY ANDERSON, Wizard of the North. COUNTRY MARKETS. CAMBRIDGE-DEC. 4. At this corn market we had a fair supply of wheat. Ill conditioned barley was a dull sale, but fine qualities sold at high prices. In other descriptions not much change. Wheat, white 44s to 46s Beans, Mazagan..—s to —s I red 38s to 39s Middle & small 42s to 50s Barley 2Bs to 34s I White peas 408 to 60g Oats 2 os to 258 I Grey.. 4os to 60s CHELMSFORD—DEc. 3. To-day there was a moderate show of wheat in bad con dition. The best yellow samples made is under previous rates. Oats, beans, and peas in demand, and tending up wards. Wheat, white 348 to 46s Peas, Partridge —448 to 468 red 308 to 438 White 418 to 438 Barley 34s to 41s Boiling 42s to 485 Chevalier ....37s to 45s Dun 448 to 46s 38s to 4 0 s Grinding 27s to 33s Beans, Tick .. Malt 70s to 73s Harrow Ticks 38s to 42s Chevalier 728 to 73s Mazagan. 36s to 398 Oats 258 to 35s OXFORD--DEC. 4. Wheat and flour were somewhat steadier to-day, but the demand was still very limited, at the currency of this day se'nnight. Choice qualities of wheat lower, and met a fair sale. Oatmeal sold rather slowly, and former prices were barely maintained. Flour, 31s to —s Od per sack. LEICESTER—DEC. 4. The supply of English wheat at market to-day was far shorter than of late, and sold slowly at about last week 'o rates. Fine barleys maintain their values ; inferior malt ing and grinding rather easier to purchase. Oats meet with a better inquiry, at somewhat enhanced rates. Other articles unchanged. STAMFORD—DEc. 4. Rather lower rates were asked for wheat of all qualities, and buyers operated cautiously. Good barley rather dearer, but no change in the value of other grain. Wheat ...........40s to 46s I I Oats.. 26s to 3 25 White do ..40s to 48s Beans, new 40s to 425 Barley .....36s to 42s Ditto, old .44s to 465 NORWICH-DEC. 4. At this morning's market there was a very small at• tendance, and rather more tone in the trade, sellers making fully last day's prices. Foreign quiet and unchanged in value. Flour in limited demand. In barley a nd other kinds of spring corn not much passing. White wheat, new, 45s to 46s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 324 Red do. 313 to 42s Oats, old, .. —s to -- 0 Old white 42s to 47s New do 30s to 323 Red do. 38s to 41s Beans.. 44s to 483 Barley, malting.... 38s to 42s I Malt.. —s to —4 BELFAST—DEc. 3. A large supply of wheat to-day, at last week's prices. Barley was quite as dear. Oats met a better demand. Beans and peas unaltered. DUBLIN—DEc. 3. At our-market to-day wheat *as very quiet ; full prices were piked, but little business was done. Flour was uu• changed. Barley was more inquired for, at the decline of last week; nothing doing in foreign. Oats dull, an d tho turn cheaper. Beans and peas sold slowly, at late rates. Indian corn again nominal. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 24 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 22 6 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black ll 0 to 12 0 d. 8. d. s. Do., new ll 6 to 13 0 Bere ll 6 to 12 6 Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 6 Bakers' flour Indian corn CORK—DEc. 3. • Rea The following were the quotations this morning wheat, 16s Od to 20s 6d; white, 15s to 22s 6d; barley lls 3 3 to 14s Od; oats, lOs Od to 13s Od. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—The ship Excelsior , Captain John Q. A. Swift, which left Liverpool on the 28t 11 . of September for New York, came up to her dock at Not York on the 19th ult. and presented fearful evidences ei the terrific hurricane Of the 25th, 26th, and 27th of October through which she passed, losing all of her masts and most of her canvas, besides four of her crew and one passenger. The following are the names of those who lost their lives —Wm. Stevens, second mate ; Michael Torney, Heal Thompson, and George Proper, seamen; W. W. Fisher , passenger. The gale lasted from the 25th to the 28th of October, the ship going from 10 to 11 knots per hour when she was first struck by the gale, when the five persons were, lost. The carpenter of the ship, George Butler , was washe d over the side, but was saved by the firm grasp of the first officer ' Mr. G. S. Pendleton. She had 200 passengers, which 30 were in the cabin and the rest in the steerage, an how their lives were saved must be a wonder to all—liver pool Mercury. [ADVERTISEMENT:narey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of it conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, 11 , 0 Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far moo and better nourishment than its cost of lid. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual saving if the keep. But its principal advantages are a great improve ment in the digestive functions, the stamina and general condition of horses enabling them to perform far more labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigor. to sick, debilitated, or old apparently w o rn-out horses , a nd it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle generally, and Dar proves the milk in cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rarei and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London . Packed in tins of about 90 feeds, lls. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about ltd. Po feed. BIRTHS. COCKCRAFT.--On the 28th ult., at Kinsale, prematurely" the wife of Commander Cockcraft, of a son. MANNING.—On the 28th ult., at 6, Harley-place, Clifto n / Lady Manning, of a daughter. MONCRIEFFE.—On the ad inst., at Moncrieffe House, Perth shire, the Lady Louisa Moncrieffe, of a daughter. ROSE. —On the 3d inst., at Hampstead, the wife of Henri Cooper Rose, M.D., of a son. MARRIAGES. HISCOCK—MANLEY.—On the 3d inst., at St. Paul's, Caor den-town, John Hiscock, Esq., of Great College-street, Camden-town, to Mary Dulcibela, eldest daughter of t h° late Chas. Manley, Esq., of Portsmouth. MARRIOTT—RANSOME.—On the 2d inst., at the Cathedr al, Manchester, Francis Marriott, Esq., of Manchester, o f Elizabeth, second daughter of J. A. Ransome, Esq., St. Peter's-square, Manchester.: DEATHS. ASIILEY.—On the Ist inst., at Windsor, the Hon. Lienti Ashley, aged 51. BFAUMONT.—On the Ist inst., George Beaumont, EST' J.P., of the Bird-cage, Halifax, aged 65. COCKCRAFT.—On the 30th ult., at Kinsale, the infant S" of Commander Coekcraft, R.N H A DDINOTON.—On the Ist inst., at Tynninghame, the Right. Hon. Thomas, Earl of Haddington, aged 79. , MATTHEWS.—On the 3d inst., at his residence, 4, Victoria" road, Clapham-common, John Francis Matthews, E 861. ' aged 41. Munu.—On the 3d inst., at 73, WestboUrne-park Vim' Mr. J. W. Mead, aged 63. TOWSEY.—On the 3d inst., Mr. Stephen TOVISCY, of Nottingham-place, late of her Majesty's Customs, ` 4 ° - 76. : Printed and Published by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 1 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count" ° Istddlesex, Monday, December 6, 1858. Alt B .fix 3 - Be • . ,10 ,~;` . .RA v; Ino me 'no end titlC be& pri 1101 tirn fon, on but th e the