The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-30 00:00:00

up with small red candles their domestic joss houses. The men pull each other's tails and play half-drunken practical jokes in the same temples, or strew the street in front of their doors with crackers and set them on fire, keeping up a constant deto nation all over the city. Moreover, there are feasts at the eating-houses, and sing-song girls, with painted faces, sing turn-turn songs and make tum turn, music. If you want any work done you are told., "In two three day can do." If you want to bv.y anything, the shopkeeper tells you to come ii.gain two three day, for that he "too muchee drunkee that samshu." Yet there is very little or no riotous drunkenness. They act like stupid old children, without the innocence, the grace, or the natural freedom of childhood. The site of the New British Factory, or rather settlement, has been fixed upon. The old site is to, be abandoned, for many reasons, but chiefly be tau.se other European nations have claims upon it. The new site extends from the creek which formed the eastern boundary of the old factory eastwards along the bank of the river to a point opposite the Dutch Folly. The ground now taken is about four times the extent formerly occupied, and it extends from the river back to the city wall. And now adieu to Canton and to its river. If aver a chastisement was merited, it was merited by the inhabitants of that city. If ever chastisement was mercifully inflicted, it was so inflicted by the expedition which, with so small amount of blood shed, has humbled their barbarous conceit and muzzled their dull ferocity. If we hold that city for two years we shall show them things by which even a Chinaman must learn. Having done with Canton, I may now recur to the questions of general policy. Upon these I have much news to tell which may be curtly told. In a former letter I suggested the possibility that the early spring might see alt the great civi lised Powers in co-operation. This has happened. England, France, America, and Russia are now in cordial accord. Ten days age the American and Russiaai embas sies were settled at Macao doing nothing. Soon after the intention of raising the blockade wait announced, it became known that Mr. Reed had made preparations for departure northwards, and it was suggested that his object was to be out of the way while points of difficulty arose, and to allow them to fruetify during his absence. Again a little while, and they who were curious in watch ing symptoms noted that the Hon. F. Bruce, the secretary to the embassy, was absent. It was Rot diffi cult to learn that he and the French secretary to the embassy proceeded in a gunboat to Macao, had an interview with Count Putiatin, then, finding that Mr. Reed had left and was already so far on his way as Hongkong, started for Hongkong, and after seeing the American Minister returned to Lord Elgin at Canton. Following up this chain of public incidents—which were known, or might have been known, to every man in the fleet—we saw that after this interview Mr. Reed immediately returned to Macao and set his home in order, gave up all thoughts of his immediate journey north wards, sent the Minnezota up the river as far as she could safely go, and went on to Canton in tho Antelope (a steamer of light draught which. he has hired) and visited Lord Eigin on board the Furious. About the same time a special courier arrived from Count Putiatin, and groat activity was ob served in the Russian Embassy. All these little facts, patent to the eyes of all the world except to the lazy quid-nuncs of Hongkong, —who find it easier to invent some ridiculous " shave" than to observe what is passing under their noses—showed that some unity of a Lion had been agreed upon, and set some of us inquiring. I have great reason to believe that the overtures made by Lord Elgin and Baron Gros wore at once franklyand cordially accepted by the representatives both of America and Russia, and that every act yet done by the belligerent allies is now adopted and approved by the two hitherto neutral Powers. I believe it has been agreed between the four Powers that they shall proceed in the first instance to Shanghai, and there, if possible, make one general treaty. If the Court of Pekin should remain un impressed by the union of the four first-class Powers of the world, reinforcements are coming out. Rus sia will not be long represented by a siugle ship ; America is sending : France has vessels on their way ; and England, if she is to keep the lead which she has so worthily assumed and hitherto so wi se ly maintained, will also strengthen her force. It is, however, to be hoped that no further act of con quest will be required. Each of the four Powers has, as I understand, sent to Pekin a general state ment of grievances and demands. Mr. Oliphant, Lord Elgin's private secretary, and le Viscomte de Coutades, Baron Gros's private Secretary, left Hongkong yesterday in the Formosa for Shanghai ; whether the Russian and American despatches went by the same steamer I have not heard ' • bufthat they are gone, or a re i mme di ate l y about to ( - JO, is undoubted. I think it will be found that the four Powers, in these communications, invite the Em peror to send to Shanghai a Minister of high rank, properly accredited, to treat for a new treaty upon the basis of free trau-it throughout Ch:na under proper protection from Chinese authority, perma nent diplomatic relations at Pekin, unrestricted commerce, and indemnity for losses and expenses incurred. The result of these communications it would be very rash to attempt to predict, but it is comfort able to know that we are now acting, not as a single State, but in concurrence with all the civili sation of the world. It is the end only which can crown the work, and I offer no unreserved congra tulations until I see the treaty ; but hitherto Lord Elgin and Baron Gros have certainly clone well— our diplomatists have been as fully up to their work as our sailors and soldiers. Lord Elgin and Baron Gros will go north ix about three weeks. The Count Putiatin goes almost immediately —for his little steamer will have a long struggle against the monsoon. Mr. Reed goes to Manilla, to pass the interval between the present date and the time when he must proceed to the rendezvous at Shanghai. The Inflexible, with Yell on board, is gone down to Hongkong, and is preparing to proceed with that Mandarin—who is now the prisoner of the four nTeat PJwers—to Calcutta. 0 Notwithstanding all the work which we have upon our hands in India and elsewhere, the posi tion which England holds in this movement of the civilisation of the West against the barbarism of the East is worthy of her THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. On EASTER MONDAY, April 5, will be performed AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buck atone, Chipendale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss A. Sedgwick, M r s. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitzwilliarn. After which (first time) a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO AND PROSERPINE. Commence at Seven. 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 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 O Gallery R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. On EASTER MONDAY, will be prsduced a new farce, entitled THE STOCK IXCHANGE ; or, The Green Busi ness. After which.- will ha ravivarl F 1 TNT A IFII MARGUE RITE, Mephistophiles, Mr. C. Kean, To conclude with (for the first time) a new farce, entitled SAMUEL IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF. CA.NTERBURY Westmin3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow hg company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S,leetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CfIORIJSES, GLEES, DUETS, dre., viz. :—Miss Russell, M rs.Y Madlle. Marietta, Mi ss Brinell, Miss Ray, Mara "",, a artoletti, Mi ss M ontague, and Madame Marietta ; Barker j4nghmans, Mr. flenshaw, S. .70;:e5, J. Bad , MW. M elling, Seno r A n t on i o, E . L . Hi mo, M r. gey, r. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Kr. Bernard; Messrs, T. Maclagan, W. T. Critchqeld, G. Forde, and E. Mackney. hallo-forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jongheaans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely, Suppers, drs., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAITAX will appear every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRI DGE. TRU DAY—Morn., 29 min. aft. 2 —Even., 45 min. aft. To-Idowtow —Morn., 1 min. aft. 3 - Even., 19 min aft. TELE W EATHER—St - TN OFFICE, MAnCri 29. IFIETtIIONIETFIII., IN THE SUADE. 'SI lowest Gl—higheet since noon this morninyesterday. '"and during th e n i g ht , .. 2— this d ay at noon. Banomamtn, 29.78—fallin WIND, S.W. ; g. sunshine. With some rain for a n h our, then c r e'n't ,71kje— rs(r ,• 1 , N., • - ci‘JAA:II„ • • - • LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1858. In another part of our impresssion will be found the new Government of India Bill. It more than justifies the observations we have already offered on its provisions, as explained in the admirable speech by which it was introduced. The re is the liberal tendency that encourages us to hope every thing from the Cabinet which produced a measure so large and comprehensive, and, at the same time, so judicious. Indeed, its chief fault, saving the Ballot, and that which is so strongly objected to by quasi Liberals, is, that it goes too far in the path of liberality. There is too complete a surrender of patronage. No savour of a Whig job can be detected —no aristocratic friends of the government provided for. The waiters on Providence are astounded. " The loaves and fishes " are removed to a safE distance. They beheld the savoury viands in which they cannot hope to participate. It will be but an infinitesimal biscuit that can fall to the share of even the hungriest seeker. TAPER is horrified; his hair stands on end; while TADPOLE'S voice sticks to his jaws, and he is scarcely capable of communicating his detestation of the sweeping measure. There is actually nothing taken for the Ministry. The fresh appcintmen ts even of theCßowN nominees, are to be made by Parliamext. And when they are at last to be made, high qualifications are required that will be fatal to the pretensions of any of the happy families, the governing castes of England. Even a RUSSELL, GREY, or ELLIOTT cannot be slipped in unless he has seen ten years' hard service in India. The civil and military services, as well as the diplomatic, must be repre sented among those appointed by the CROWN, while there must also, even of the elected mem bers, be evidence of fitness, by either residence or service, or trading with India. We need not say that the clique who hoped for these fat pickings, these rich and unctuous mor sels, have been deeply and bitterly disappointed —Hine illce lachr ymce. hence the senseless hostility of the Times, and the servile flock of imitators that follow in its wake, and fancy that the deep notes of the ophicleide may be imitated on a penny whistle. Let any disinterested and unprejudiced man compare the bills of Lord DERBY and PALMERSTON, and say which is the fairest, both for England and Let Lord ELLENBOROUGH and Mr. VERNON SMITH be weighed in the opposing balances, and say which is entitled to the greater confidence. The painful misconceptions with the French Government have been satisfactorily arranged. WATT is in England, and PARKS on bail. HODGE has been sheltered under the iEgis of Bri tish protection. A Reform Bill will be brought forward. Sanguine hopes may be entertained of important fiscal and monetary ameliorations. Why, then, should the people oppose the Ministry that certainly afford the best prospects of conced ing matters on which the popular mind is justly anxious, and which will be calculated to promote the happiness of those who earn their daily bread by their daily labour ? The most serious difficulty to be encountered by the Government will be the financial scheme which must ere long be propounded by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Events totally unex pected twelve months since have rendered a con siderable increase in the national expenditure not merely expedient, but indispensable. No person, however saving his disposition or parsimonious his habits, would advocate any reduction of ex penditure that could at all impair the efficiency of the national defences, or of either branch of the public services. There is still war in India and China, and we must keep a sharp look out at home. Not that we believe that there will be any European war, but the Minister who neglects to maintain an army and navy qualified to meet every probable or possible emergency would justly be regarded as fool or knave, or perhaps a combi nation of both. Lord DERBY is not likely to commit so grievous a mistake. And we do not suppose that even the most factious opponent would advocate undue economy in these matters for the sake of damaging their political adversaries. The supplies will, unquestionably, be granted ; but the providing the ways and means devolves on the financial Minister. Nor is it only the increased expendi ture that he has to look to. The additions to the Army and Navy estimates will amount in the aggregate to nearly 2,000,000/. sterling ; but we have Exchequer Bonds to an equal amount falling clue in May, and a sinking fund on the War debt of 1,500,0001. These different sums amount in the aggregate to FIVE MILLIONS AND A HALE ! And it must also be borne in mind that the re sidue of the War Income Tax has been collected ; that the tax-gatherers no longer demand 161. in the 11., but must, perforce, be contented with id., and that even that id. will, from and after the sth of April next, the termination of the financial year, be further reduced to sd. in the pound—a loss of two . millions more, inas much as each penny has on the average realised a million to the Exchequer. This is a difficult task to overcome, but we may remind our friends that we explained the proba bility of a serious deficit in 1859, resulting from the financial scheme of Sir G. C. LEWIS. This must be boldly met. We are well aware that whatever may be proposed will be met with cap tious objections ; that the most admirable sugges tion ever offered would be criticised by the waiters and place-hunters, who look only to men, and disregard measures, and disguise their real feelingsunder a flimsy veil of liberality. But let Mr. DISRAELI disregard the red-tapism of the Tapers and Tadpoles, or the affectation of men who, al though nominally popular representatives, under stand nothing of the feelings or wishes of the people. Let him legislate for the million and establish a solid foundation and broad basis for the Govern ment of which he is so influential a member. exclusive benefit a temple erected to the hideous idol, and that the welfare, happiness, and pros perity of the industrial population of the country should be periodically sacrificed at its shrine. They are the victims, while the high-priests of bullionism rejoice in the spoil. " A Scotchman," whose very able letter will be found in another part of this day's impression, has very clearly, and at the same time concisely, pointed out how totally the iniquitous and im politic act of 1844 has failed in accomplishing the object for which it was enacted, or rather, how thoroughly the fictitious pretences, on which it was justified, have been disposed of. It was to prevent these rapid and violent fluctuations in the rate of interest which, as Mr. Con- DEN truly declared, "had occasioned greater damage to the trade and commerce of the country than the failure of all the banks of issue that ever stopped payment." It requires but little argument to sustain this assertion. For 130 years the rate of interest at the Bank of England was never more than 5, or less than 4 per cent., save with one brief exception in 1838-9 ; while within less than five months, between the beginning of November and middle of March, it varied from 10 to 3 per cent., and we know that the changes were even more violent out of doors, where discounts had alternated from 2 to 20 per cent. But even at these exorbitant and usurious rates the trading community might have gone on, but :hat it was frequently impossible to obtain an ade quate supply of the circulating medium—the very life-blood of industry—at any price. The sudden contraction of the currency—the hoarding and panic thereby occasioned—the utter paralysis of trade and commerce—the sacrifice of the savings of years, were every day perceptible. The Execu tive stood by, with folded arms, witnessing with c3lm composure the sufferings of the people, and never thinking of any interference until " the Old Lady" was tottering and the game was carried too far, even for the " hard calculators" themselves. We have repeatedly explained that ,he much-prized convertibility of the Bank note, under colour whereof all these evils were perpe trated, was seriously endangered by the undue precautions adopted for what was asserted to be its security. A brief statement will establish this incon trovertible fact. It was on the 12th Novem ber, 1857, that the act was for the second time suspended, and virtually abrogated. On the 11th the day previous the reserve of notes was reduced to 957,7101., and the coin in the banking department, which could only be resorted to without the withdrawal of notes, was but little more than half a million (504,4431.). Here was, then, the quasi-National Establishment, with 1,462,1531. to meet demands which might be preferred to the extent of forty millions. It could scarcely have paid a shilling in the pound, at the instant, on its liabilities. So far from preventing speculation, it enhances it when it should be checked, and restrains it when it ought to be encouraged. These are its pllpabla results ; and surely it is time that the MoLosa which preys on the national industry should be overturned, and that laws more in ac cordance with the dictates of Free Trade should be established. ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE OF SAXONT.-DOVER, MOII- day.— His Royal Highness the Prince of Saxony, accom• panied by a numerous suite, arrived here this afternoon from Calais, and was received on lauding by General Cranford, Colonel Ponsonby, Majors Doyley and Bar nard, Capt. Ilwaine, and a guard of honour of the 11th Regiment. The royal party dined at Birmingham's Lord Warden 110 4 .e1, and left by the half-past 7 txprees train for London, %Ir. Way, superintendent of the rail way, having made arrangements for their accommoda tion. ST. MARTIN'S HALL,—Handers oratorio of the "Mes siah" was performs:l last night at St. Martin's Hall, under the direction of Mr. Hullab, in a highly creditable manner. The choruses, consisting of the members of the upper singing school, went without that wavering intona tion and partial absence of precision which was observable in the oratorio of "Israel in Egypt," given about a fortnight since. The Hallelujah Chorus, at the close of the second part, was executed with astounding force and precision, showing, beyond all doubt, that Mr. Hulah devotes himself zealously and steadily to the training of his upper singing school. BANKRUPT .IMP.—In the Bankruptcy Court yes terday, an adjudication of bankruptcy was m ado against Mr. John Townsend, the present member for Greenwich, upon the petition of Mr. R. Shepherd, of the Surrey Theatre and New Darset•place, Clapham, who states that he is a creditor for 2001., money lent. The petition was ballotted to Mr. Commissioner Fane. Mr. Whitmore was appointed the official assignee. Messrs. George and Downing are the solicitors to the petitioner. Amongst the rumours which had an unfavourable in fluence upon the market fur English railway stocks yes terday was one to the effect that negotiations fur termi nating the competition between the London and North Western aad Great Northern Companies have fallen to the ground. ROUTE TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON GOOD FRIDAY.— The public will be saved much inconvenience in reach ing the Crystal Palace next Friday by attending at Lon don•bridge terminus not later than 10.45, or by starting from the new terminus at Battersea. The old Green wich Act forbids the running of trains over the viaduct on Sundays, Christmas•day, or Good Friday between 11 and 1 o'clock, so that except passengers to the Crystal Palace next Friday start from Ba'tersea, where no such impediment exists, or from London-bridge at 10.45, a large crowd will infallibly accumulate at the latter sta tion, where no locomotive can start legally before one o'clock. The Crystal Palace will open at nine, and He may then both provide for any anticipated deficiency and conciliate the many by a very simple course, and one strictly in accordance with the policy he has already enumerated. He was the only financial Minister that recognised the dis tinction between the hard earnings of industry and the dividends, interest, and annual profits of ac cumulated and realised property. Let him fairly and properly carry out these sagacious and states manlike view:s. Let him give the bees of the national hives, at least, an instalment of justice. The reduction about to take place on the sth of April may be extended to those charged under schedule 11, while the others might either be continued at 7d. )r pos-ibly increased to Oil. or 101 The indus trious classes would be really grateful for such a change. It would render the Ministry, by whom it was introduced, deservedly popular ; would prove that they were the true Liberals, and, in the event of any f ac ti ous vote on such a point, they could appeal to the country on a subject that z altt bainie:wbarrmeadlyth r o e: p th o e n dl la la d d . we to thro ug h ou t the trains from Battersea will ru❑ from 10.30 a.m. ATSTRALIAN AND INDIAN INTELLIGENCE.—The Simla arrived at Suez with the Australian mail a few hours before 6he was due. Owing to the mail baying been rapidly pushed across the Isthmus, and a fast steamer (the Tamar)] taking the mail on from Alexandria to Malta, it reached the latter place two days before time. The Marseilles portion will therefore be due in London on Friday, the 2.1 proximo, and the heavy portion will be due at Southampton on Monday next, the sth proximo. The nfxt Indian telegram will not be due be fore the 11th April. It will bring one day's later news than that just received. Oa the 17ch of April most in , . portant news of the bombardment of Lucknow will most probably be received. This news will be from Bombay up to the 24th inst. OPENING OF THE NEW CIIELSE I SUSPENSION BRIDGE. Yesterday afternoon this new bridge leading to Battersea Park was formally opened fur the public traffic, without the slightest attempt at ceremony. The bridge has been so recently described as not to render a repetition here necessary. THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY AT EASTER, The Lord Mayor yesterday said, just before he quitted the bench in the justice-room, " With reference to the prop Fed Easter holiday on Saturday next - ,, as suggeste I by me on Saturday last, it is my wish to state publicly that I have this morning seen the Governor of the Bank of England, and also the Chairman of the Stock Ex change, and that both of these gentlemen cordially inti mated to nee their willingness to co-operate in every possible way in carrying out my suggestion, and I hope that so influential an example %ill not be lost upon the principals of large establishments generally. WAGES OF DOCKYARD LABOURERS.—A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Townsend, M.P., and other gentle. men, waited on Sir J. Pakington, First Lord of the Ad miralty, at Wbitelvall, yesterday, to represent the state of the labourers in the dockyards, and submit their claims f r an advance c f wages. The right hon. baronet paid great attention to the statements of the deputation, and said he would visit the dockyards himself and investigate the grounds of their claims, and if he could do so with jus tice to the public, would endeavour to ameliorate their condition. A . t:o f ,tuerie:tt; examination x t a h m e infiartei,o the e of inquiry some THE LATE FATAL FIRE IN BISHOPSGATE-STREET.— The inquest , all of whom this fire was held yesterday . of the occupants of declared their entire ignorance of was still further ad ve ropeate:Flyrepe_oituratedcl,o? ut-talae abnolute c compatibility of Currency. There is no possible rea.a.aofeuttered \ cc protection should be extended to " IwialarYd calculators," that they should still retain for their THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, _MARCH 30, 1 LATEST NEWS. INDIA, MALTA, MARCH 29, 4 P.M. The Vecti, from Alexandria, with the over land Bombay mails, brings the following additional items of intelligence : ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 26. The intelligence from Bombay is to the 9th of March ; from Lucknow, by telegraph, to the pre vious day. The enemy had erected a strong line of defence along the canal, which would require siege artillery. The casualties from the 3d to the Gth of March inclusive were two officers and nine men killed, and 323 men wounded. The enemy was alarmed, but likely to fight. One party was anxious to treat. The green flag was hoisted by a fanatic, who proclaims a religious war. The rebels had attacked the friendly Raith of Chodarce, whose troops mutinied. They captured his guns and retired to Calpee on the 21st. Jung Bahadoor was to cross the Gogra oxi the 2d. Chamberlayne's force had entered Rohilcund. Sir Hugh Rcse had forced the Midenpore Pass, on the Jhansi road, which is now clear. His first brigade was near Goonah. He was expected to reach Jhansi about the 15tb. Whitelock's column is believed to have reached Rewah. Nana Sahib was still in Oude. The °Alpe° rebels are inactive. General Roberts marched from Nus;eerabad upon Kotah about the 9th. Sir John Lawrence arrived at Delhi on the 24th. All was well in the Punjab. The rebel leader in Sawunt Waree was still at large in the jungles, but watched. The 92d Highlanders had arrived. Prices of cotton had improved. Tonnage very abundant. same evening passed a large screw steamer, white funnel with black top, supposed bound to Oporto. The steamer Scamander, from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 24th. The Sultan brings no mails. FRANCE, PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The preliminary investigations into the late out break at Chalons are almost concluded. It is said that seven individuals will be sent before the next assizes of the Saone-et-Loire, at which M. Dela cuisine will preside. The prosecution will be sup ported by the Procureur-General. The trial, it is expected, will lead to some serious disclosures rela tive to secret societies, particularly on that of the Marianne. Exchange on London, 2s. lid. to 2s. lid. ThePera, from Southampton, arrived (at Malta) this morning, and the Valetta, with the overland mail, is coming in from Marseilles. The following t , legraphic despatches have been received here : We have been favoured with the following tele gram from the India-house : " HAMBURG, March 28.—The Danish Ministry having made a cabinet que , fion of the bill on the fortifications which has bem so much talked of, the supreme council, after a long discussion, has definitively accep'ecl it by a m ijority of 38 to 15." " MADRID, March 27.—The Government has to day presented to Congress a bill on the press which diminishes the amount of caution-imney, and im proves the condition of the responsible editors." BOURSE, March 29.—The following were the closing quotations : 41 per Cents 93 10 Do. end month — 3 per Cent. ..... 70 20 Do. end month 69 25 Bank Shares _ 3150 Credit Alobilier Do. Account Bl5 - RAIL' Orleans Northern New Ditto 782 Lyon and Mediterau. 845 New Ditto BO5 Geneva To J. D. DICKINSON, ESQ., INDIA-HOUSE. LUCKNOW. The Commander-in-Chief seized Dilkoosha on the 3d of March. He was at Beedeecoll on the s th of March, having been immediately joined by General Franks. The rebels have strongly fortified the line of their camp. Our batteries will be ready in five days. Sir J. Outram crossed the Goomtee on the 6th of March with 6,000 men and 30 guns to take position on the left bank of the river, and clear the country up to Fyzabad. He was immediately attacked, but repulsed the enemy. Brigadier Campbell has placed a strong brigade and patrols as far as the old road from Cawn pore. In the attack on Dilkoosha Colonel Little was wounded, and in an engagement which General Franks had with the enemy just before he effected a junction with the Commander in-Chief's force Major PeTcy Keith, of the 2d Dragoons, was killed, and Lieutenant Inner, of the Engineers, wounded. Before his junction with the Commander-in- Chief General Franks had cleared the road from Sultanpoor to Lucknovr. On tb^ in"- . - sc prevented a j u n c tio n iwtiireen Bundeh Dussein Chukladar and Nazim Meudee Doosseiu, attacked them successfully on the same day, and defeated them with a loss of 800 men and six guns ; on February the 20th he made a forced march and seized the stronghold of l3adhayan, which Nizim Mendee Docssein was proceeding to occupy. The Nazim then took up a strong position at Badshah gunge, two miles from Su.ltanpoor, with 25,000 men and 25 guns. Credit Foncier Belgian 4l Piedmontese (5) Roman Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt 37 On the 23d of February, General Franks at tacked and carried the pohition. He drove the enemy in crowds before him for some miles, killed 1,800, took 20 guns, all their ammunition, and a standing camp. Among the wounded were Rajah Hussain Ali Khan and other leaders of note. Our loss was only two killed and 16 wounded. Midi Western 660 Strasburg Grand Central Sardinian Austrian General Hope Grant's bri ga d e on F e b ruary 23 attacked Meangunge, a fortified town in Oude. After a breach had been effected the place was stormlosted b 37 60 hero killed and four Majesty's 53d Regiment. The rebels guns. Our casu alties were 18, two officers not named being among the wounded. Jung Bahadoor had crossed the Goomtee at Sultanpoor on the 3d inst. ; smallpox had broken out in the Ghoorka camp. A large force of rebels crossed in Ghorachpoor on February 5. They were attacked by Colonel Rowcroft, and pursued for seven miles. Enemy's loss great, and eight guns taken. Tho gazetta del Popolo of Turin states that on the 24th Mr. Hodge was allowed an interview with M. Brofferio, who has been appointed his counsel by his friends in London. It also mentions a rumour to the effect that he is first to undergo a preliminary trial in Piedmont, according to the forms prescribed by existing international treaties. He is described as a young man of prepossessing exterior. Th o e f B fo a r r c o e d underiaonMarch 1, Sir --. 14 11gh Rose occupied the Fort and repulsed an at tempt made by the enemy o n th e f ort d ur i ng the night of the 3d of March. Sir Hugh Rose forced the passage of Mudinpore en route to Jhansi. The report that the ex-Kin g of Delhi had been convicted and sentenced to transportation for life was erroneous. His trial is not yet completed. Goneral Roberts arrived at Nusseerabad on the 22d Fob. The advance on Kotah is immediately expected. Operations against the Bheels are in active pro gress. The Lloyd of Pesth states that the Turkish budget comprises the following items :—" War, 230 million piastres ; artillery, 25 millions ; navy, 60 millions ; justice, 10 millions ; public worship and instruction, 25 millions ; agii culture and public works, 30 millions ; police, 6 millions ; foreign affairs, 10 millions ; finances, 60 millions ; interior, 160 millions ; inte rest on debt, 30 miliione ; and the civil list of the Sultan, 100 millions. The expenditure of the Sultan swallows up a sixth of the total receipts of the empire." The insurgent Dessayees have taken refuge in the Carrara districts of the Madras Presidency. A movement was made against them by a fort© under Col. M'Cl ean ou the 3d March, but they evacuated a strong p osition which they had chosen, and are now with their followers dispersed through the Canara jungles. Punjab and Scinde all quiet. NIZIIII'S country all quiet. CHINA. Commissioner 'Yell is on his way to Calcutta, to be kept under surveillance. 11, L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. Bombay Castle, March 9, 1858. Per steamer Vectis, Malta, March 29. From VINCENT MONTANARO. THE MZDITERRANEAN. (BY W.,ECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHA MPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Peninsu) ar and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, Captain Cook, arr i ve d thi s morn i ng from Alexandria, It Arc h 13 ; Malta, 18th ; Marseilles, 21st ; Gibralt ar , 2 4th. She has tw o passengers from Gi b raltar, 3 001 . i n specie, 554 b a l es of silk, 482 bales of cotton, 27 cases of silk, 200 b arrels of oranges, an d miscel laneous cargo. The Sultan spoke, March 24, at 6.30 p.m., the Pera steamer, and at 7.50 same evening the Tagus steamer, both f or Gib r altar ; 27th, passed the screw steamer Aleppo, homeward bound ; and AMERICA. NEW YORK, MARCH 17. The bill for the admission of Kansas into the Union continued to be warmly debated in the United States Senate. A petition from the Legislature of Utah had also been presented, and read in the Home of Represen tatives. The document recites the alleged wrongs of the saints, and calls upon the President to re store to the Mormons their lost property in -Mis souri, and punish the murderers of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the assassins of Parley P. Pratt. They say, if the Government will restore their constitutional rights, withdraw their invad ing army, and permit them to make their own offi cial appointments, all will be right ; but intimate that unless this be done trouble will come of it. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald telegraphs as follows : It has been rumoured about for some time that owing to the delicate health of Lady Napier, his lordship will shortly resign his position near this Government and return to England. Since the defeat (~f the English Ministry and the success of the Tory party, with whom he has ao sympathy, intimations are given out to some of his friends here that he intends to carry out his former designs. The same journal says : Despatches were received by last mail from Mr. Dallas, our Minister In Laudon. He thinks the new Ministry will be more f:wourable to the United btatee than the old one. He is also of opinion that it will not, anew:oink; to presto. remain lung in power. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, MARCH, 29. The Orient, Captain Lawrence, from Adelaide, which she left on the 21st of December, with 600 ounces of geld and a full cargo of copper ore, wool, and hides, was off the Scart this morning. She has 70 passengers, of whom. 11 landed here, imluliug Mr. George Fife Angus, member of the Legislative Council. The Orient touched at the Cape of Good Hope on the 9th of February and lett on the 12th, 13 days after the last mails. Governor Grey was still on the frontier. Forty-two Cakres confined in a stockade at Cape Town had escaped, but were re-captured easily within a few days. Very hot weather prevailed, and the inhaEtants were ler a short time in want of water. The only ship of war in port was an American. The mail steamship Phoebe was preparing to leave for England with the Marca mails. Spoke, Jan. 8, the James Scott, out 46 days from Hong Kong for Melbourne; Feb. 9, the White Eagle, from Madras for Demerara ; she entered Table Bay, and sailed again on the 11th ; Feb. 16, the Duke of Roxburgh, out 63 days, from Bombay, and the Symmetry, out 65 days, from Moulmein for London ; Feb. 20, the London, Bussorah Mer chant, and the French ship Brilliant, all three go ing into St. Helena ; March 2, the Clymene, out 74 days, from Calcutta for. Liverpool ; 4th, the Harvest Home, out 101 days, flora Madras for London ; 7th, the A valauche, out 95 days, from Colombo for London ; 19th, the Indian, out 122 days, from Bombay for London ; 20th, the Rode rick Dhu, out 97 days, from Coquimbo for Swan sea ; the Strathmore, from Shanghai for London; 28th, the Queen Victoria, from Demerara for London. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, March 30.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy with rain. FALMOUTH, March 29.—Wind, S.W. —Sailed—General Sale, for New York. SWANSEA, March 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived--Thos. Daniel, from CoquimbJ. PLYMOUTH, March 29 —Wind S. E. —Arrived—Eleanor, from Moulmein. COWES, March 29.—Wind E.—Arrived—Caroline Middleton, from Callao. SHIELDS, March 23.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Keep sake, for Quebec. BELFAST, March 30. —Wind S.W.—Sailed—Standard, for Miramichi. JERSEY, March 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Glory, for Monte Video. PILL, March 29.—Sailed—Margaret, for Tobago ; Dora, for Barbadoes. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind W., rain. Arrived—Dundonald, from Newport ' • Wonder (s), Jer sey ; L'Etoile, Cherbourg-; Selina, Swansea ' • Allia n ce (s), Havre; Sultan (s), Alex an d r i a ; B en , res (s), Clyde. Sailed—Panther (s), for the Mediterranean ; Havre (s), Havre; Express (s), Jersey. LIvERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.S.W., fresh. Arrived, March 29.—Simonds, George, Rappahannock, and Ocean Monarch, from New Orleans; Bannockburn, Charleston; Arm Mary, Singapore; Oberon, Pernambuco; Vesta, Rangoon ; United, Buenos Ayres ; Grand Master, Matanzas ; Princess Royal, Monte Video. Arrived, 30. —Elwy, from St. Domingo ; Earl of Hare wood, Rio Hache ; Athene, Venice; C. S. Pennell and Ashland Moore, New Orleans ; Amelia, Lisbon; Youth, Aspinwall. _ Sailed, March 28. —Agenoria, for Stettin. Sailed, March 29. Revenie, for Trinidad ; Huntress, Frederica ; Sunder Jylland, La Guayra. Off—Shuttle, from Macsio; Janet Kiloton, Mobile; Forest King, New Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W., tido Ist hours' flood, weather line. Arrived, March 29.—Excel, from Ostend; Elizabeth Ann, Calcutta; Belfast Lass, Bingess; Fronkie, Dorcun; Ciiipin, Guez nsey ; Heornanso Queridos, Banos.; Emma Eden, Guernsey ; Fure c , Gravelines ; Chapman, Fuo chow-foo. Arrived, March 30—Star, from Niouport ; Lord Coke, Dunkirk. Sailed, March 30—Thames, steamer, from Hamburg ; Rowena, Monte Video; Dement, steamer, Genoa; English man, Madras ; Belgium, steamer, Ostend. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. Passed—Malcolm, from London, for Cardiff ; Isabel (s), St. Michael's, the north. Sailed— Westburn, for Hong Kong; Eclipse, Madeira; Wanderer, St. Lucia. There is a brig on the Goodwin Sands, called Active, of Whitby, in ballast ; several boats are gone to her assist ance. She is not observable from the shore. 'AYS. FREE TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, -e-We having accepted the principles of,Free Trade, don't let us do it by halves ; don't give pro tection to one class more than to another, far less to a class who have least need of protection, the capitalists, alias the Hard Calculators. As we have accepted, as a sine qua non, the abo lition of the Corn Laws, we must also make up our minds to forego that rather expensive t.iy, the Bank Charter Act, as all the objects for which this was framed have entirely failed—viz. : Ist. It has failed to prevent the sudden contrac tion of the currency, by which a commercial crisis is brought on, but aggravated it tenfold, as we found to our cost, in the calamities of 1847 and last year. 2d. It has failed to insure the convertibility of the Beek of England note, for, most assuredly, it the act had not been suspended, the Bank of Eng land must have stopped payment. On the 12th Nov., 1857, the day the act was suspended, the bullion in the Bauk was only 7,170,0u0/., whereas its liabilities were 40,875,0001. ; these figures at once showing the inability of the act to secure the convertibility of a Bank of England note. 3d. It is said it checks speculation ; it does the very reverse, it encourages speculation. When gold flows into the Bank it immediately issues notes to the value of the gold, thus, when there is a great influx of gold into the country, which, by the way, the Bank is obliged to buy, it forces its notes out when they are not required, seducing the rate of discount to something like 2 per cent., thus giving at once the greatest possible encourage ment to speculation by the cheapness of money. There is not a more dangerous currency than that based on the retention of gold in this country. It is impossible to retain gold in the country suffi cient for its wants. However, it is not gold, but notes that we want. Why limit the Bank of England for the issue of notes and securities to 14,000,0001. Look at the consequences of such a measure. Suppose two bad harvests in succession, a large excess of imports over exports, or any other cause that would drain the gold out of the country, the Bank, instead of extending its issues to the amount of the gold so withdrawn, contracts them, causing at once a double pressure on the Bank itself ; creating at once a stagnation in all business transaction, a general feeling of distrust, a panic, the most respectable houses suspend; this continues, say for three weeks, every day adding larger and more numerous failures, till at last comes the Old Lady's turn in Threadneedle-street, and there are just two alternatives—national bankruptcy, or suspension of the Bank Charter Act. Ministers who have previously turned a deaf ear to all petitions to suspend the Act, answering that they will see the country ruined (or to the same effect) merely to secure the convertibility of a bank note. At last they are coerced, the Act is sus pended ; it is enough, the panic is over ; the people don't want the notes, they only want to know teat they can get them, and confidence is again restored. But what has it cost the country. It has ruined thousands, stopped factories and works in every part of the country, thrown millions out of employ ment or on half time, and the loss by the deprecia tion in the value of shares and all other property incredible. It is a iaJld assertion, but I believe nevertheless true, that half the farmers in the United Kingdom are at this moment all but in a state of bankruptcy. , Who benefit by the Bank Charter Act ? It is the capitalists, they who have lately pocketed the usurious rate of 10 per cent. for their money. Their own organ boasted same time ago that it had made one sovereign worth two, which is equl valent to reducing every otaer species of properly cent. per cent., showing at once who alone are the benefited by the act. Before the act was paSsed the rate charged by the Bank of England for discounting bills was never above 5 per cent. except on one occasion, when it rose to 6 per cent., but only for little more than a year. This is a fact worthy of notice. Are we again to be subjected to all the horrors of an 1847 or an 1857 ? if we are it will be our own fault. I say again, let us have Froa Trade, and no Pro tection to the monied aristocracy, I say let us 11%Vei the abolition, the whole abolition, and nothing bat the whole abolition of the Bank Oftener Act of 1844. A SCOTCHNIAN. Leith, March 20, 1858. THEATRE IiOYAL, DEURY-LANE. The first of the series of the Pyne and Harrison con• carts took place at Drury-lane Theatre last evening. Ile programme was judiciously selected, and the orchestra, conducted by Mr. Alfred Mellon, was very effective. The concert commenced with a symphony by Beethoven. Madlle. Finoli then sang Rossini's beautiful cavatina, "Una voce poco fa," in her usual effective and brilliant style, leaving nothing to be de t sired, and the audience evinced their appreciation of it by a most enthusiastic call for a repetition. Later in the evening this accomplished artiste sang the lively brindisi "Il Segreto" by Donizetti, and a very charming romanza by Morlacchi, " Cara suono Lusinghier," for which she was greetAl with the warmest demonstrations of applause. We congratulate Miss Louisa Pyne and Ar. W. Harrison on having..engaged so pleasing and talented a lady, who certainly proves a very great ac quisition—the more particularly as we are deprived of Miss Pyne, in consequence of a domestic aftl,ction. Miss Arabella Goddard's performance of a concerto in C Major, by Mozart, and Thalberg's solo on the theme of " Home, .sweet Home," were grand, and applauded to the echoes. Mr. W. Harrison was effective in Weber's "Oh, 'tie a gloriou • sight to see," and Balfe's " We may be happy yet." Miss Thirlwal, quite a young lady, charmed her audience by the very pleasing manner in which she sang Mozsrt's "Batti batti 1" Indeed, the whole performances went off admirably, and gave universal satisfaction. MARS #.T NEVUS.—(This Day. HAY MARKETS. SmrnuriELD.—Meadow hay, 21 108 to 4/ ss; clover 31 lOs to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ 58 to 1/ 10a per loau A fair average supply, and trade rather slow. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 ss; clover, 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 68 to 11 lss per load, Trade less active. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 43; clover, 3/. lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5i to 11 lOs per ioac. A slow inquiry, at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market is 'steady, although business is in active. Common Congou remains at 13,1 per SUGAR.—A. moderate amount of business has been done in the lower kinds for exportation, but for home consump tion there is little demand. In the refined market a very limited business has been done , _ at at about previous rates. COFFEE —There is not much inquiry, but prices remain steady. Plantation Ceylon continues in good demand, at fully former quotations. RITE.—A very limited business has been done, and only a few lots of Bengal have been sold for export, at rather lower rates. Rum The business is steady, with a moderate enquiry for good Demarara, which realised 2s 4d per gillon. SALTPBTRE.--There is little activity to report in this market, and the public sales announced for to-day have been postponed. Prices may be quoted a shade lower. TALLOW.—The market is inactive. P.Y.C. is quoted on the spot 54s 6d ; April to June, 53s 6.1 ; and last three months 52s 6d per cwt. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.— ALTERATION OF MARKET DAY.—For the future the market fur the sale of cattle, sheep, and swine will be held on Thursday in each week, instead of Friday as heretofore. This South-Western Railway station at Salisbury was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The origin of the fire is as yet unknown, but it is supposed.to hare originated from some defect hi the gas pipes. Trains will con.inuo to run a , usual. TESTIMONIAL TO THE NEW BISHOP OF CALCUTTA The masters and pupal of Alar!b ;r , .u4h College raisin,: by subscription, amongst thenuelves, the hand some sum of 5001, for the purpose of presenting a tests. minial to their highly-esteemed Ilettd-Master, Dr. Cotton, previous to his departure for Calcutta. —Sals bury fourne. DEATH Ol HoGAN, THE IRISH SCULPTOR.—We deeply ra, ; ret tue demise of this eminent artist, which took place on Saturday inerning in Wentworth-31ace, atter a short illness. His death is a national loss. Ile was emphatically the Irish eculptor, and ranked in the very first class of art—with the Gibsons, the Thorwaldsens, and Dannekers, whose friendship he enjoyed, and whose reputation ho would have rivalled had f rune been more propitious.—Ritceman's Journal of yesterday, THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT CARMARTHEN. 7 lt wil' be lemernbered that, a: the late as-iz,s at Caz mart hen, c man named John J, , nes was sentenced to death by Baru , Bramwell fur a bureary, accompanied by violence upon the inmate, who was his sister-in-law. A letter has j u _, been received by the governor of t ;e Carmarthen gao respiting the condemned convict during her Majesty'.. pleasure. It is expected that the sentence will be com muted to penal servitude for life. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (B fore Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) IMPORTANT TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.- WATSON V. PHILLIPS Mr. Buchanan appeared fJr the plaintiff, a commer eiDA traveller in the stationary line, and sought to recover the sum of al. for goods sold and delivered. Plaintiff proved the order and the promise to pay. Mr. Buchanan put in a notice in bankruptcy received from defendant, and said that this was at all events an admission. His Honour thought perhaps not. It was only a wish to be clear of all posible claims. What were the goods ? Plaintiff—Five hundred weight of Parliamentary r€ ports, Ills Honour—All I No wonder we have to pay so much. Mr. Buchanan—l apprehend there being no defence you will give me a verdict. Verdict accordingly. MASON V. MORGAN. Mr. DuAnnan for plaintiff, Mr. Philp for defendant. This was an actio❑ to recover 4/. 14i. for goods deli vered. Defendant is a fish salesman, of Birmingham. Raintiff said he received Oa order from defendant's wife, who put her " cross" to it. The goods supplied were old newspapera. Upon applying for the money in the Market-place, Birmingham, plaintiff said "It will be time enough to pay when we receive the goods." Plain tiff, upon inquiry, found that the good• had gone by mistake to another person. Another lot of goods were sent, and defendant repudiated the order. His Honour—Where is our jurisdiction Mr. Buchanan—The order to send by Chaplin and Horne gives the Court jurisdiction. Plaintiff—l had such an order. His Honour—That being so, we have the power to adjudicate upon the case. Mr. Philp said that defendant refused to accept the second lot of goods. Mr. Philp a ked plaintiff if, looking at the order he would swear defendant's wife made the "cross." Plaintiff—l do. Mrs. Morgan —I did not. The order given was for one hundredweight of newspapers-11. ss.,—and plaintiff Pent me nearly four hundredweight, amounting to 44 7s. His Honour said commercial travellers should not exceed the order given. No wonder orders were repu diated. It was impossible to carry on the commercial aff,irs of the country in this way. It would ruin the business of London. Plaintiff could not swe..r he sent an invoice with the goods. 'He believed be did. The goods are still at the railway station at Birmingham. His Honour—We can't go on with this case. Mr. Buchanan—l'll take a verdict for 201. His Honour—The only question is the costs I must allow to defendant. I allow a verdict for defe❑dant with costs. THE TRIAL OF THE KING OF DELHI. (From the Calcutta Englishman, Feb. 20.) EVIDENCE OF MRS. A LDWELL BEFORE THE COURT ASSEMBLED FOR TEE TRIAL OF THE KING. Sophia Aldwell, being duly sworn, stated as follows : —" I am the wife of Mr. Alexander Aldwell, a pen ioner of Government, and was residing in a house in Durriaogunge on the 11th of May last. The first news of the mutiny that I received was from my syce, who between eight and nine o'clock in the morn ing brought me intelligence that the troops at Meerut had mutinied, and were coming from Meerut, and were murdering all the Europeans they came across. He ad vised me to order my carriage, and get out of the place as quickly as I could. Soon after Mr. Nowlan, our next door neighb mr, came in and confirmed the tale. My husband and Mr. Nowlan went to the sepoy guard of the garrison hospital, which was near our house, and asked them if they would assist us in case of any attack. They replied, 'Mind your owa business, and leave us to mind ours.' At this time none of the mutineers had arrived Trim Meerut, and so could haie held no communication with these men. Mr. Nowlan and my husband, after consulting together, determined to make a stand in our house, in case we should be attacked, as it was the larger and more defensible of the two. , They proceeded to arm themselves and barricade the house. Several of our friends and their families took refuge in our house. We numbered in all about 30 souls, as far as I can judge. Soon after this I saw several troopers riding on the river bank under our house. They fired without effect at some people who were on the roof of our house. I saw the mutineers cross the bridge from Meerut. I should say there were more cavalry than infantry. After some time had elapsed a Mahommedan dyer of the town rushed into our compound, nearly frantic, with a, tulwar drawn in his hand, and covered wi h blood. He was repeating the Kulrean, or profession of faith, and saying that they were going to kill all the infidels. Mr. Nowlan shot him dead. About 11 o'clock Mrs. Fowler, a neighbour of ours, was brought into the house very badly wounded by a sword cut on the head. About 3 p.m. I heard the explosion of the magazine. Before this our friends had made their escape out of the place in the beet way they could. After the explosion I prevailed upon my husband to allow me to leave the house with my three children in Mahommedan disguise. We left in native doolies. We went to the house of a grandson of the King's, called Mirza Abdoolah. His family had for some time va-t been acquainted with us, and we had been in the ha bit of vi iting him. We remained with him till 8 o'clock in the evening, and then went to his mother-in law, I left what property I had with me (about 200r5.) in his hands, as he said be would take care of it for me, a, it would be safe wiih him. The next morning I sent for nay property ; I received answer that Mirza Ab doolah bad nothing belonging to me. He added that I bad better leave his family, or he would send and have me and my children killed as infidels. His uncle shortly after arrived with armed attenoants to kill us. My moonshee's me her, who was with us, upbraided him with such cruelty. She said, If you wish to kill any one kill me first. lam a Syndanee, and by killi ng m e you will perf o r m a meritorious action.' She alluded to the fact of the feud between the Syuds and &anew/. The King's family are Sunnees. They replied, 'lf we did so we should be no better than infidels.' At length, after some altercation, we were allowed to live till the evening. My tailor came to me and advised me to take shelter in Nawab Mahommed Ally's house, where there were some more Europeans, as he had heard. We, hew ever, went to my tailor's own house. Hearing the next day that there were several Europeans in the Palace, whom the King kept in confinement, bet with the pro mise of their live;; being safe, I determined to go and join them. Accordingly in the evening (this was Wednesday, May 14th), my tailor and a trooper of the 3d Cavalry, who owed him s bine obligation, escorted us thither. Au soon as we arrived at the• Lahore Gate we were stopps d, searched, and made prisoners of. We were taken before Mirza Mogul. He ordered us into confinemanb with the rest of the prisoners. We were about 50 in one dark filthy room ; there were no windows, and only one door. The sepoys and crowd ha free access there. They used to insult the Europeans. We were obliged to shut the door in self-defence, and then we had no aperture for light or air. The Khasaburdars wished to kill us at once, but the sepoys would not let them. On Thursday morning a sepoy informed us that they meant to mine the place and blow us up. They used often to frighten us by such stories. On Friday a servant of the King's asked one of the ladies how the English would treat them if they regained Delhi. She replied, As you have treated my husband and children.' On Saturday morn ing all except myself and children and an old Museulman, who was imprisoned with us, were taken out and mur dered. I and my children were believed to be natives. Before I came into the Palace I had learned and taught my children to repeat the Mahommedan profession of faith. I had also bad a petition written in llincrostanee, addressed to the King, "styling myself a Cashmeree, and asking for his protection. This was taken from me by the guard at the Laboro Gate, and hence my disguise suc ceeded completely. The Mussulrnans used to eat with us ; and our food was given us separately from the Christians. The prisoners were taken out by the Kleassbur dare ; they ordered the Christiana out, and said to us, You Mussultnans are to remain apart.' Upon this the oth-r ladies and children began crying, saying they were going to he killed. They were, however, reassured by the men, who swore their most sacred oaths that the King merely wished to put them in a better residence. They were taken out and a rope put round the whole of them. They were taken to the tack in the court and murdered there. The It . hassburdars alone took part in the murder. They boasted of it as a privilege. It is reckoned by Mus sulmans that to kill an infidel is to assure themselves a lace in Paradise. After the massacre two gems were fired in token of rej , ,iclng. After the Europeans had been murdered we were taken before the King's Multi Or lawyer) who told us we were free. We went to my tailor's house. The Thanadar of the quarter, however, having suspicions of us, took us prisoners the next day, and took us before Mirza Mogul, saying we were Chris tians. Mhz i Mogul ordered us to be executed. However, the 38th sepoys would not allow this, and hid us in Capt. liougla,'s quarters We hid ourselves iu the city and seed as natives. After the defeat at the Hindu') the Hindoos upbraided the Mussulmans with want of cou rage, and with having deceived them by false hopes. The sepoys were all desponding and downhearted. The liindooi said that it they the ught their lives would be spared they would return to the British. They ex pressed doubts as to whether Government had really in tended to interfere with their caste. Thu Musulmano were mast hitter against the infidel Englieb. I heard Hahommerian women teaching their children to pray for the destruction of the English and to execute them. As soon as the troops arrived in te Palace the Hindoos induced the King to give an order that no cows or bol locks were to be killed in the city. I believe this order was strictly observed. There was a disturbance expected during the Buckra EA, when the Mussulrnans usually kid an ox. They a voided the difficulty by omitting the from the city on the 9 th of ePtFeMv•beri i" , and ad ;e t m oy al e ri ' e u d 'P it e t disguise till the British retook the place, when I returned.' „N . B.—Mr. Ald well escaped to Meerut safely, and has rejoined his wife in Delhi.' tl a] ATIC act alto Trt per per! . rate Ott( tral. requ 3 pei ladh Cots PR Para Vac Fran, .Do