The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-15 00:00:00

',_INDJA_ AND CHINA. By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we (Time's) haim received our private correspondence and files of papers from aticutta to the 9th of Nov., and from Hong Kong to the 29th of Oct. The following is the letter of our Calcutta correspondent : " NOVEMBER 10. " The Proclamation was published all over India on the same day, the Ist of Nov. It has therefore been for a week in your readers' hands, and I need therefore say nothing of its terms. On this side of India it has been received with unmixed and cor dial approval. The press is for once unanimous in its praise, and I have not yet heard a single dis tinct or intelligible attempt at criticism. Even the paragraph about Christianity, the point on which the greatest diversity of feeling exists, has been ac cepted as a fair and satisfactory solution of the question. Her Majesty, while pledging herself to toleration, still expresses her belief in a faith which is regarded in India, as the Established Church used to be in Ireland, as a standard of supremacy as well as a means of salvation. I question whether politi cians at home yet understand how intense is this feeling among large classes of Europeans in India. A very large majority, particularly of officials, who will bear anything else from England, carry out any line of policy, or obey any orders, will not bear the slightest hint of what they deem an anti- Christian' policy. A direct order, for instance, to abstain from contributing to missionary funds would produce a direct refusal to obey, and, if ne cessary, resignation from scores of the best officers in her Majesty's service. For the rest, the different parties write in praise of the proclamation. All, whether oppOsed to amnesties or not, allow that a wide amnesty was the fitting commencement of a new reign. On the only point of dispute—annexa tion—there is no bitter controversy. The anti annexationists are delighted with a paragraph which they consider a pledge against further ac quisitions, while the annexationists declare it is not half so strong as the parliamentary resolution of 1813, and that neither pledges nor resolutions will stop a tidal wave. Native opinion is, if possible, still more strongly pronounced. The natives in Cal cutta, and in all stations from which we have yet heard, illuminated with the greatest good will, and in Calcutta at least without the slightest official pressure. One native editor (the Probhakur) places at the head of his paper, in addition to the English and Hindoo dates, the day of the Victorian era;' and the Queen's name, which admits in Bengalee of the equivoque it would convey in Latin, is the basis of dozens of complimentary puns. On the 3d inst. a meeting of the inhabitants of Calcutta was called to consider a loyal address to her Majesty, and the following speech by a native merchant sufficiently conveys the native feeling : " BABOO RAMGOPAL GIIosE said,—Gentlemen, since I came into the room I have been requested to second the resolution which you have just heard read. I consider it a privilege and an honour to have been requested to do so. I feel that lam somewhat in a false position, inasmuch as I see around me many of higher rank and of greater in fluence among my countrymen, who would have more worthily and ably represented the native com munity on this important occasion than I can pre tend to do. But at the same time, my intercourse in life has been so much with Englishmen, and I know so much of the vast resources, the great power, and the great goodness of the English people, that I do not think myself altogether in competent to offer an opinion on those points. (Cheers.) If I had power and influence I would proclaim through the length and breadth of this land--- , from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin—from Bermapootra to the Bay of Cambay—that never were the natives more grievously mistaken than they have been in adopting the notion foisted upon them by designing and ambitious men that their religion was at stake,—for that notion I be lieve to have been at the root of the late rebellion. (Cheers.) They do not understand the English cha racter—(hear hear) —they do not understand the generosity, the benevolence of the governing power —the even-handed justice with which that Power is willing and anxious always to do that which is - right between man and man, without any reference whatever to the fact whether the men belong to the governing or to the governed class. (Cheers.) If all this were known, where would be rebellion in this land ? Certainly there would have been no such outbreak as that which recently shook the foundations of this empire. The only remedy is education. (Hear, hear.) Nothing has distressed me more, among the late acts of Government, than the positive prohibition against incurr,ing any ex pense on the score of education. (Hear.) Lord Wm. Bentinck, a name which must ever be remem bered with reverence, in reply to the address which was presented to him on the occasion of his de parture from India, said, after enumerating all the evils, all the oppressions, all the grievances under which India labours, that the first remedy was edu cation—that the second remedy was education— and that the third remedy was education. (Cheers.) But to come round to the point. I have read the Proclamation of her Majesty - with great pleasure— with awakened feeling—with tears when I came to the last paragraph. (Cheers.) A nobler production it has not been my lot ever to have met with in my life. The justest, the broadest principles are enu merated therein. Humanity, mercy, justice, breathe through every line, and we ought all to welcome it with the highest hope and the liveliest gratitude. (Cheers.) Depend upon it, when our Sovereign Queen tells us,—" In your prosperity is our strength, in your contentment our security, and in your gratitude our best reward," the future of India is full of encouragement and hope to her children. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) What could have been nobler or more beautiful, what could have better dignified even the tongue of a Queen, than language such as that ? Let us kneel down before her with every feeling of loyalty ; let us welcome the new reign with the warmest senti ment of gratitude—the deepest feeling of devotion.' " Genuineness of Asiatic feeling is always a pro blem, but I have little doulit it is in this instance tolerably sincere. The people understand an Em press,' and did not understand the Company. Moreover, they have a very decided notion that the Queen has hung the Company for offences " which must have been great," and that fact gives them hope of future justice. Lastly—l am speaking of the masses, and repeating actual opinions uttered in my hearing—they think her Majesty inconceiv ably, and I am afraid a little ridiculously, honest for accepting her predecessor's debts. Immediately after the proclamation appeared a gazette extraor dinary announcing a change in the form of the pro missory note, which completed native satisfaction. " The effect of the amnesty will not be known just yet, and it is useless to predict. The prevalent idea, however, is that it will be accepted by all except a few leaders too deeply compromised to believe that it is offered in good faith. How far they will be able to influence their followers remains to be seen. As y 4 no surrenders have been 'reported, and the cotamUs are advancing. Brigadier Troup, with a brigade from Rohilcund, is nearly at Seetapore, which he is to occupy. Sir H. Grant is moving, but with a heavy baggage train, upon Salone. The rebels, beaten in little skirmishes, but not as yetin any great engagement, are preparing for flight, or flying, across the Gogra, and my next letter will, I hope, announce the final advance of Brigadier Row croft, who, moving from south-east to north-c:ast beyond the Gogra, will drive the rebels into the trap prepared for their extinction. Throughout Oude they appear to have lost heart, and scarcely wait to be attacked. They are brave enough—some of them, at least—but, like tome European troops, need hope to make them fight well, and they shrink with something alm ost of cowardice fro m th e immea surable superiority of the Enfield. That weapon has been worth an army. The bare fact that• its range is three times that of Brown Bess has given the. Sepoys a sense of hopelessness which usually is produced only by actual defeat. "In Central India, Tantia Topee, still alive and unsubdued, is reported to •be moving towards the Deccan, whither, according to our spies, he is always going the moment they lose the trace. A number of the servants of his ally, the Nawab of Banda, recently gave themselves up at Saugor, and gave . a curious account of his position. They say he has plenty of treasure, which is true, and 15,000 regular soldiers, which is false. He has, however, no guns• and no ammunition, except a few rounds in the Sepoys' pouches, and he has issued an order to his men not to fight if they can avoid it. The fugitives are cumbered with women, and perfectly aware that escape is hopeless, and that they have only to keep on marching till they die or starve. The amnesty will, probably, give them the courage ,to disperse. " In Shahabad, also, the rebels are in full flight. It is quite useless repeating the incorrect, or half correct reports of skirmishes which reach us here ; but the general result is sufficiently intelligible. The rebels have been driven out of Shahabad to wards the Rhotas hills. They have lost, chiefly, from the terrible rapidity with which they were pursued by Sir Henry Havelock, upwards of 1,000 men, and are not only quarrelling, but fight ing among themselves. By the last official ac counts Hurkissen Singh had been killed, and Umur Singh, the only leader of any real importance from his feudal authority, had fled. The remainder will, it is believed, try to reach Oude in twos and threes. Messrs. Burn and Co., the railway contractors, have engaged to cut down the Jugdespore jungle, 23 miles long by three broad, and have commenced the task. On entering it it was discovered that the rebels, with an imbecility they do not often display, had thrown up are earthen entrenchment some six miles round, which, when built, they had neither numbers to garrison nor hearts to stand by. The jungle was their true defence, and the axes of the railway men will soon clear that away. I scarcely think Umur Singh will return, and the campaign in Behar may be considered over. ,‘ It is believed that a decree will be issued dis arming Behar, as Mr. Montgomery is disarming Oude. I told you in my last letter he had deter mined to carry out this policy at once and effec tually, and the annexed proclamation is stern enough : " THE OUDE PROCLAMATION. " ' By direction of the Right Hon. the Governor General of India, the Chief Commissioner of Oude hereby calls upon all Talookdars, Zemindars, in habitants and residents in Oude of every grade and class, with the exceptions herein enumerated, to deliver up to the servants of Government at the nearest police station, within one month from the date of this Proclamation, all cannon, firearms, swords, bows, arrows, spears, or other descriptions of weapons whatever; also all gunpowder, shot, shell, sulphur, saltpetre, and munitions of war of every kind. " 2. Failing in obedience to this order, whoso ever, after the period of one month from this date, shall be convicted of wearing or possessing any of the weapons or warlike stores abovementioned, shall be subjected to the penalty of fine of 5,000r5., and of imprisonment for one year with flogging ; and, if a landholder, of the confiscation of his lands. " 3. In case of the discovery of concealed arms the owner of which cannot be traced, the like penalties shall be inflicted upon the Talookdar or landholder of the place, or on the village commu nity where they may be discovered. " 4. Further, it is notified that if any Talookdar ' or other inhabitant of Oude, after the issue of an order for the dismantling of his fort, shall in any way attempt to reconstruct the fortification, or shall have in his possession, or shall make prepara tibia for casting or collecting, any cannon, muni tions of war, his talooqua or lands shall be liable to be confiscated, in addition to such other punish ments as may be awarded. " 5. Any person giving information which may lead to the discovery of concealed weapons, gun powder, or munitions of war, shall be entitled - Co a moiety of the fine, or, if no fine be imposed, to a reward. " 6. Deputy Commissioners, or other officers in charge of districts, will be hereafter authorised to grant, under certain rules, licenses duly signed and sealed, to carry and possess or make and sell gun powder and warlike weapons to parties of approved character. " 7. Such licenses shall confer no right to make, sell, or possess cannon of any description, or ammu nition for cannon. " 8. Any infringement of the license will be punished by the penalties above specified. " '9. The classes exempted from the penalties of this proclamation are European British subjects, British soldiers while present with their regiments or on service, and Government officials employed on civil duties. " ' F. D. FORSYTH, " ' Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Oude.' Nothing short of the most determined severity will induce the nobles to surrender their cannon, and cannon are wholly useless except for rebellion., There is more to be said for the swords while our police is so corrupt, and in practice I suspect the edict will only be enforced vigorously against fire arms. Swords do not matter much. against the Enfield. "The telegraph from Gallo to Madras, through the submarine cable across the Straits of Manaar, is now open to the public. A bit of the coast line between Madras and Calcutta is still imperfect, the bamboo posts put up in extreme haste and for a special purpose having rotted away. The overland mail of the Bth of October was, however, signalled from Galle to Calcutta, via Bombay, in 24 hours. The line from Kurrachee to Bombay is also com plete, and there is not now an important city in India from which intelligence cannot be flashed to Calcutta in 12 hours. If you remember that India is as large as Europe, Russia included; that the entire country is within the range of the tornados ; that our lines are all above ground ; that we have just regained the North-West ; and that the first idea of a mutineer is to cut the wire which conveys the lightning mail,' you will appreciate the energy and services of the department. All is now ready for the Red Sea Telegraph, which is watched with:extreme interest, notwithstanding a very ge neral though vague notion that it will prove an infernal nuisance.' Indian merchants are too spe *culative altogether to oppreciate certainty, while Indian statesmen abominate the idea of being pup pets pulled by a wire. " Mr. Halliday, the Lie . u . t.Governor of Bengal, has sent in his resignation from the Ist of May next, and it is reported that Mr. J. P. Grant has been informed that he will be appointed to the vacancy. Calculations of this kind six months in advance are not, however, of much value: The only thing cer tain in the matter is that Mr. Halliday has re- signed. a The Parliamentary return of our revenue has been, of course, for months in your hands. I may notice, however, that it bears out the desponding conclusion I reported to you three months ago. The deficit for 1857-58 is stated there at £9,500,000. That of 1858-59 will be • larger; for; though the million and a quarter stolen by the mutineers will not recur, there is a huge addendum to be made in the shape of the cost of levies. Add the value of Government property destroyed which must be re placed, the claims for compensation, and the cost of refilling the arsenals, and you have a loss at least of £25,000,000 sterling in the two years. There is then the old deficit of 1857, X 900,000 and the cost of 45 additional regiments of Europeans. No mode of calculation will reduce the deficit below £5,500,000 a year, to be met out of a revenue as yet unelastic. This, and not reorganization, will be the primary difficulty for. Lord . Stanley to meet, and if he succeeds without crippling our military strength—that is, without periling. the empire—he will have well earned the right to be considered the-first of modern Indian statesmen: . ..On this.side. of India he is already trusted as no President' since Dundas has been." THE OPERATIONS IN OUDE. (From the Times' Special Correspondent) Head-quarters Camp, near Pertabghur, Nov. 2. The Commander-in-Chief took the field this morning very early indeed... While the fireworks were lighting up the Ganges and flashing far through the troubled night -of Oude on the Ist of November, Lord Clyde, escaping as soon as he •could from the unreal cannonade, Roman candles, fireballs, and the devices of Oriental pyrotechnists, was preparing for his morning's march. It was 2 o'clock on this morning when Lord Clyde, General Mansfield, Colonel Metcalfe, Colonel Mac pherson, Major Turner, Major Crealock, Captain Alison, and Captain D'ormer left their quarters and proceeded to the bridge of boats across the Ganges, about five miles from Alle.habad, at a place called Papamow. Heie an escort of the Carabineers was waiting to receive his Excellency. The bridge is very wide and well built, and must be several hun dred yards in length. It was lighted up by rude lamps, which cast a yellow light over the flow of the Ganges, " rolling rapidly." Not a sound broke the silence, except the gurgling of the waters as they struggled against the floating barrier, and rushed away in angry swirls from the contest, ex cept the challenges Of the native sentries, and the tramp of the cavalry. Soon the party were in the hostile province, and at a smart gallop, through clouds of dust, not visible, • but palpable, rode across the sandy plains, by deep ruts which served as sub- ' stitutes for roads, towards Soraon. With no greater annoyance than the occasional loss of the right path by some of the party, they arrived at Soraon just as the sun was rising. Again the challenges of our sentrie 3 showed that the village was held as one of our posts, but the main body of the column which had occupied it were off, under Colonel Wetherall, on our left flank. The fort, a stout mud-walled enclosure with ditch and bastions, was taken by poor Berkeley during the rainy sea son, and was the first of our posts pushed out from Allahabad. Here our Carabineers halted, and the duty of escort devolved upon a party of the Lahore Light Horse, who seemed very much improYed and much more soldierly than when I last saw them on duty. Fresh horses were ready at this place, and the little cortege continued their march at a rapid rate towards the camp. Several bodies of Oude police and Punjabees were passed on the road. In the fields all the labours of husbandry were being carried on as usual. , The villages were inhabited, and nothing but the presence of armed men and their march would lead one to imagine that we were carrying on war with the kinsmen and near relations of those peaceful-looking agriculturists. At a village some 23 or 24 miles from Allahabad the Lahore Horse were relieved by a strong squadron of Carabineers, under Captain Betty—fresh horses were mounted—a hasty halt and a rapid breakfast under a tree—gallop—trot—walk—and gallop over and over again—till at last, about 9 o'clock, our vedettes made out the agreeable outlines of a camp in the distance, and at 10 o'clock we pulled up at our tents at Beylah, three miles beyond Pertabghur, and about 39 miles from Allahabad. General Mansfield arrived first, and the rest dropped in at intervals, Lord Clyde remaining on his way for a short time at Brigadier Pinckney's camp. Nov. 3. To-day the instructions were sent out for the guidance of the columns on their march towards Amethie and Rampore, and for the due observance of the amnesty. Colonel \Vetherall did notreceive his directions in time, and attacked the fort of Rampore, in which were 5,000 men, bombarded it, and then the Belooch Battalion, the 79th, and the Sikhs carried it with the loss of 70 or 80 men. Colonel Farquhar, of the Belooch Battalion, and Dr. Smith were wounded. Several of our casualties were caused by the springing of a mine. The loss of the enemy is not stated, but there were many Sepoys in the fort who fought in their red jackets, and made a stout resistance. The Commander-in- Chief has sent a summons to the Rajah of Amethie to give up his forts, dismantle them, surrender his guns, and present himself to make submission in camp. He has left Amethie, and is. out in the open, but his batteries are all manned, and he gives out that he will resist. Nov. 4. This morning, at 3 p.m., the Carabineers marched towards Atayia, where Sir Hope Grant has already arrived. His troops are now within four miles of the Amethie Rajah's position, and much anxiety is felt as to the course which the latter may adopt. I rejoice exceedingly to say that the proclamation is beginning to make itself heard and felt—in a very small degree, it is true, but still in a quarter where the voice of pardon has had as yet no in fluence. Two Sepoys, whose misery and emaciation were rendered more conspicuous by their tall erect figures, came in and surrendered themselves this morning. They denied they had been fighting against us, and, as a proof their sufferings, they referred to their appearance. " Look at us," said they, " and see if we could fight even with children." They report that there are upwards of 100 of their comrades in the neighbour hood who will come in in the evening. Of course these men have been in arms against us, but they will receive the full benefit of the amnesty should it appear that they have not participated in the murder of Europeans. Yesterday evening the authorities received some 30 or 40 stand of arms, old matchlocks, swords, and daggers, from the country people, and it is hoped that a larger col lection will be made to-day. The fight at Rampore yesterday seems to have been tolerably sharp ; about 30 casualties took place on our side ; the colonel commanding the Beloochees has lost a leg. The enemy sprang a mine, which blew up some of our men as they advanced to the assault, and then evacuated the place, but left many dead behind them. The dispatch ends with that convenient close of a telegram, " Cavalry and guns are in pursuit." There is a report that the rebels in the neighbourhood of Troup's column have been resorting to the horrible practice of murdering their women and children before they fly, so that the former may not fall into our hands, but I trust the report is untrue. It is, unfortunately, only in accordance with the custom of the natives in many of our past wars, when driven to extremity. Nov. 5 The Amethie Rajah has sent an answer to the summons, in which he enlarges on his wrongs and evades the question of direct submission. The Commander-in-Chief has sent another missive to him, to the effect that if he does not tender his sub mission before the close:of the day, the forces under his Excellency's command will at once proceed to extremities. There is firing going on now in the direction of Amethie. Sir Hope Grant has joined his force to Colonel Wetherall's column, which was occupied yesterday in blowing up the Fort of Rampore. THE w SUN, LONDON, :WEDNESDAY ,EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1858. CHINA. The following is the letter from our own corre spondent, dated Hong Kong, October 29 : " The steamer Cadiz, bringing the 9th of Sept. mail from England, arrived on the night of the 24th inst. ; and the steamer Singapore, with the outward mail, leaves to-day. " Our Shanghai advices are to the 22d inst. Lord Elgin and the Chinese Commissioners, since the latter arrived at Shanghai, have had several conferences, and, although what has passed is kept a profound secret, it is understood that no great difficulties have been presented in revising the tariff and trade regulations, and we believe all the points may be considered as essentially settled. The subject, the discussion of which, it is said, caused some delay, was that on -the article opium, and this only had reference to the amount of duty to be imposed. We believe the matter has been referred to Pekin. The amounts mentioned are 30 taels and 40 taels per chest. Lord Elgin holding out for the former, and the Commissioners requiring the latter. The latter, at the present rates for opium, would be equal to about 7 to 81 per cent. ; with ordinary prices ruling, the duty would be over 10 per cent. While obtaining the expressed consent of the Government to the import of opium, we could have wished a low duty to be fixed so as to remove the inducement that has hitherto existed for the Chinese to evade their own Government. A tax, less in amount than the proposed one of 40 taels, has been tried at the various ports by the local Go vernments, but it was not found to answer. " We hear that Lord Elgin is to come down here immediately, and it is to be hoped that he will, on his arrival, be able to effect a final and satisfactory arrangement of matters at Canton, and decide the site for the British factories. After this, as far as we are able to judge at present of the concessions obtained from the Chinese by the late negotiations, it will only remain for us to assert the privileges granted to us, to see an alteration take placein our intercourse with this country li' rely ta, be even more beneficial to the Chinese than to foreigners. There will be considerable responsibi'Lity incurred by those whose duty it will be to guard against any treaty rights being set aside for any cause whatevf4T We have already seen the disastrous effect of the adop tion of such a policy. " Matters at Canton show considerable improve ment since we last wrote, and teas are now being shipped off. Since the opening. of the market about a week ago, some 100 chops of new congou have been settled at from 23 to 32 taels. The tea-men are very confident in their opinion as to a short supply, and for the last day or two have shown some speculative dispositi . on, and have offered an advance for teas they had previously sold. The market is already cleared ora, 11 the best chops, and from the advance in price sett lements had ceased. At the other ports there is nrs . s . particular feature of change since last writing. The decrease in the ex port is now estimated at about 11,000,0001 b., and on that of 1856-57, 16,000,0001 b. " His Excellency Mr. Reed has returned to Shanghai from Japan, and at the date of last ad vices his Excellency Baron Gros was hourly ex pected to arrive from the same place. " It is reported that the Emperor of Japan died soon after the American treaty was signed. The cholera, it is said, had disappeared from Nagasaki, but was raging at other places. "It is reported that the insurgents have lately issued from Nankin and have taken several cities from the Imperialists. " The North China Herald gives the heads of the different clauses in the Russian treaty. One clause stipulates for the appointment of a commission to settle the boundaries of the two countries,. This opportunity may be availed of by Russia to obtain considerable advantages, but otherwise her treaty only secures her the same privileges as other na tions. It removes, however, the restrictions that existed against the-Russians carrying on trade at the ports. " The troop-ship Lord Raglan arrived here on the 25th inst. with the Ist Royals on board, under the command of Colonel Haythorne. " Her Majesty's 59th Regiment will leave shortly for the Cape. " We have no late news from Cochin China. The steamer Scotland left for :that place a couple of days after the arrival of the mail. " Captain Edwin, lately in command of her Ma jesty's steamer Tribune, leaves China by this steamer to join her Majesty's ship Chesapeake, having been appointed Commodore on the East India station. Capt. Edgell has been for a long time senior naval officer at Canton, where his duties have been ardu ous, and he has performed them so as to gain general confidence." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Englishman, Nov. 9.) The Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steamer Simla, with London dates of the 25th September, arrived here on the 30th ult. On the sth inst., we received our letters and files via Bombay, from London, of the 2d Oct. The produce market has shown some activity since the resumption of business on the 24th ult., but in consequence of the current high prices and spare stocks of most articles of export, this activity has been confined to a few articles alone, such as jute and saltpetre, which have further in creased in value. Indigo has also attracted attention. In raw silk some business has been done in the fins sizes. Corahs have continued quiet. In sugar only a small busi ness in progress for the home market. Linseed in good demand for America. Safflower has attracted more atten tion at enhanced rates. Cutch inactive and declining. The Import Market.—The piece goods market has con tinued inactive, former prices being well maintained with a good demand, and in some instances higher prices have been paid. On the whole the market has assumed a firm and healthy tone, which we expect to see continued. Mule twist, however, has not changed for the better, and the demand continues languid at the previous decline. In metals there is hardly anything doing. The Money Market.—We have no alteration . to notice under this head. Money continues abundant and easily procurable at lower rates from private individuals and bankers than those charged by the Bank of Bengal, the rates whereof are for discount on private bills for three months 6 per cent. Government acceptances for 30 days 6 per cent. per annum. Mint certificates 5 per cent. per annum. Interest on deposit of Company's papers and goods 6 per cent. The margin on Company's papers being 25 per cent. on 4s. and 12 per cent. on ss. The following are the returns of the Bank of Bengal for the week ending the 3d Nov., 1858: LIABILITIES. It. A. P. Proprietors' capital Reserve fund 4,49,480 6 5 Current accounts Cash credits =drawn 4,16,329 7 0 Other claims Bank-notes 1,79,32,315 0 0 Post bills 4,16,610 11 0 Total Company's rupees 4,17,00,392 6 1 ASSETS. R. A. P. Government securities Dues from Government Cash Loans on deposit of securities 1,19,63,300 0 0 Discount loans on ditto Accounts of credit on ditto 8,20,600 0 0 Government bills discounted 31,059 9 11 Mercantile bills ditto Dead stock 1,94,887 11 0 Total Company's rupees.... 4,17,00,392 6 1 Company's Paper.—With the change in Government there is but little improvement in Company's paper. It is gazetted that receipts for payment to the open loan will be granted in the name of her Majesty's Secretary of State in Council for India. No intimation is given of the closing of this loan, but a rumour is current that the taking of 4 per cent. paper as subscription to a moiety will be stopped, and the easy position of the money-market will fully warrant this step. It is understood that arrangements are com pleted for making the interest on the Indian loans payable in London as well as India by sight draughts on the various Indian treasuries. We quote 5 per cent. paper at Com pany's rupees 5 8 to 6 discount, and 4 , per cent. at Com pany's rupees 12 8 to 13 ditto. Joint-stock shares maintain their value generally, but the favoured scrips continue to be India Generals and Assam Companys. Holydays have so interfered with busi ness that transactions have been very few. Owing to the loss of the Carolina steamer, belonging to the Steam Tug Association, shares in the company have considerably fluc tuated in value, and are now much below'par. In bank shares there are no transactions to report. Exchange for the mail opened a t 2 s . 04d. for first-class'six mo nths' sight credits, but 2s. 00. is the closing rate at which a large business has been done. Documents have been sold at 2s. ld. Freights—Very little has been done since our last re port, and rates are, if anything, still lower. The arrivals of shipping have been large, and are expected to be so all this month. Country freights are also miserably low. HONG KONG, OCT. 29. The import market here has been quiet during the fort night. Cotton —Only 500 bales Bombay sold. Medium to good quoted 13 dols. 50c. to 14 dols. 80c. ; fine, 15 dols. 20c. Cotton Yarn—lnquiry continues for the low numbers. Quotations are Nos. 16-24, 35 dols. to 36 dols. 25c. ; Nos. 28-32, 36 dols. 50c. to 37 dols. 50c. ; Nos. 38-42, 38 dols. to 39 dols. hirtings--Transactions have been small. Grays quoted 2 dols. 05c. to 3 dols. 20c. ; whites, 2 dols. 40c. to 3 dols. 50c. Woollens are inquired for, and stocks are very light. Rice there is no inquiry for. Bullion, Syce silver, 7 to 7,1 per cent. premium ; gold leaf, 23 dols. 25e. per tael. on India, 221 r. to 222 r. TEoxnchnaangegeisonst England, iv 4 e s . . sid. ; Canton —Some little business has been done in imports, and it is hoped that it will go on increasing. We have already mentioned the opening of the market for new con gous. Before next mail leaves we shall probably be able to advise the departure of some ships. Amoy dates are to the 18th inst. The advices report mail transactions in imports and exports. Foochow advices to the 20th inst. report only a moderate business had been done in tea during the fortnight. De mand was chiefly confined to common congous for the co lonies, the quotations for which were 14 5 taels short. The sales comprise 14,300 chests congou at 9 taels to 53 taels; Oolongs, 19,130 chests, at 16 7 taels to 20 taels. Quota tions are :—Congou, dusty leaf to good common, 10 taels to 14 taels, short ; flavoury and souchong kind, 14 5 taels to 11 taels, short; Kaisow kinds, 20 tads to 23 5 taels, short ; souchong, new seasons, 20 taels to 25 taels, short ; oolong, common to good ,16 5 taels to 22 short. The Sir Isaac Newton was the only departure for London. Shanghai advices are to the 22d inst. The import market was quite stagnant, and quotations were merely nominal. For black tea the market had notopened. Musters of about 30 chops had been shown. The report on the teas is that they are inferior to last season's. In greens about 60,000 packages had been taken at about previous rates. Silk—Transactions for the fortnight reported at 6,500 bales. Prices had advanced 10 taels. Of good and fine Tsatlees there were few in the market, and those qualities are said to be scarce in the country. ol vs ba a le d s e . crease on that, of last Exchange on Eng land, 6s. 6 1 d. six months' sight ; cot The year e export r t t h e for same the time m s season s i o f n s 13 India, 306 r. to 307 r. Freights to London, £3 for tea and £4 10s. for silk. m an illa dates are to the 22d inst. Current clayed sugar quoted 61 dols ; Pampanya, 6h dais hemp, 51. Excl,ange on England, 4s. 11d. six months' sight bills. Mexican dollars 15 per cent. premium. Our latest dates are—from England, Sept. 9 ; CalcuttaManl, Sept. 23 ; Bombay, Sept. 30 ' • Singapore, Oct. 17 ; Oct. 22 ; Sydney, Sept, 10 ; Melbourne, Sept. 15 ; Shang hai, Oct. 22. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.. - HONG KONG, OCT. 29. - SHIPS OF WAR. At Hong Kong—The British ship Calcutta, the frigate Amethyst, the steamers Adventure, Assistance, I n flexible,CMagicienne, Niger, and Tribune ; thegunboats Cormorant, Fierce, Hesper, and Volcano; the French steamers Audacieuse; Catinat, and Marseau ' • the Russian n•unboats Djugnitte and Palastom ; and the Dutch steamer BailL At Macao—The Portuguese brig Mondego and the lorcha Amazona ; the American frigate Germantown. •At Canton River—The British frigate Cambrian, 'the brigs Bittern and Camilla, the steamer Hornet, the gunboats Algerine, Bustard, Clown, Drake, Forester, Haughty, Janus, Kestrel, Leven, Plover, Starling, Staunch, Wood cock, and Watchful; the French frigate CapriCieuse and the steamer Lily, and the Russian steamer Manjow. At Swatow—The British steamer Fury. • At Amoy—The British brig Acorn. At Foochow - -The British steamer Sampson. At NingpoL-The British gunboats Nimrod and Opossum. At Shaig,hai—The British frigate Actaeon, and the steamers Cruiser, Furious, Highflyer, and Retribution; the gunboats Dove, Lee, and Banterer; the American steamer MinneolOn, the Russian frigate Askolde, and the steamer Vaivad6. At the Gulf of Peeheli—The Russian steamer America. At the East Coast—The British gunboat Slaney. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong—Oct. 13th, tho Birchgrove, from Lon don; 14th, the Solent, from London; 22d, .the Mauri tius, from Swansea, the Marion M'lntyre, from London, and the Botninelerwaard, from Cardiff; 23d, the Primero de Espano, from Liverpool ; 24th, Lord Raglan, from Liver pool via Gibraltar, the Oscar Vidal, from Cardiff, and the Jacobs, from Newport; 28th, the Veretis, from Sunder land. DEPARIURE3 TO GREAT BRITAIN. . From Macao—Oct. 18th, the Spartan, to. London ; 22d, the Aden, to Liverpool. From Foochow—Oct. 19th, the Sir Isaac Newton, to London. From Shanghai—Oct. 22d, the Jubilee, to Loudon. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, NORTHERN CIRCUIT—IdvEuPooL, Dec. 14. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) MURDER AT WINDLE, NEAR ST. HELEN'S. Hugh M'Cabe, aged 22, and Michael Murphy, .z ged 21, were indicted for the wilful murder of Robert Vose, at Windle, on the sth instant. The charge against M'Cabe was only upon a coroner's inquisition. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Simon and Mr. Temple ; and the defence by Mr. Wheeler and Mr. J. B. Aspinall. Mr. Simon, who opened the case, said that at the outset he thought it only right to state that it was quite possible that the evidence would be of such a character as to release the jury from the responsi bility of considering the charge as a capital crime. They would, however, have to discriminate between the prisoners as to their individual responsibility , and guilt. It might be that both prisoners were in volved, but it was still possible that only one of them was. The prisoners were both labouring men, residing at St. Helen's, and on the night of Oct. 5, the deceased, his cousin, and some other men were in a public-house called the Peel Arms, when the prisoners, who had previously been drinking at the Star beer-house came in. A quarrel ensued respect ing a quart of ale, and an angry altercation took place. At 12 o'clock the landlord ordered them out of the house. Deceased, and his cousin Richd. Vose, left the house first, and the others came out after wards. M'Cabe and deceased began to fight, and others taking part in it the melee became general. According to the evidence of one witness, deceased struck the first blow, but another witness said that M' Cabe first struck Vose. During the fight Murphy ran across the street to the place where they were -fighting to assist M'Cabe, and was knocked down by Richard Vose. According to the latter witness's evidence deceased ran down. Water-street for the purpose ofgoinghome, and was followed bp M'Cabe, but according to another witness, after deceased and M'Cabe had been struggling on the ground the police arrived, and they both got up and ran away. About ten minutes afterwards a man was found lying on some waste ground near the road. The man who discovered him thought he was drunk, and there being a rattling in his throat he only thought he was going to vomit. He turned the man over, but did not observe any blood upon him. It was very dark at the time. The body was found about half-past 5 lying in the same place quite stiff and cold, and on examining it two wounds were discovered—one on the left arm, and another on the left breast, penetrating into the chest. This wound was-the cause of death. Mr. Simon then detailed the circumstances of the arrest of the prisoners, particularly dwelling upon the fact that when M'Cabe was arrested, although not charged with any,offence, the first words he uttered were, " Is the man dead ?" The learned counsel contended that this question was only consistent with the prisoner's knowledge that he had inflicted a dan gerous wound upon the deceased. The examination was conducted by Mr. Temple. A number of witnesses having been called on the above facts, Mr. Aspinall addressed the jury on behalf of M'Cabe, dwelling upon what he considered the insufficiency and discrepancies of the evidence. In the melee it was quite possible that the stab might have been inflicted by some other person, and with regard to M'Cabe's remark, " Is the man dead ?" it was accounted for by the fact that when the crowd followed the prisoner he had overheard their con versation and remarks. His lordship having summed up, The jury retired, and in about half an hour re turned a verdict of acquittal in the case of Murphy, and a verdict of manslaughter in the case of M'Cabe. Sentence deferred. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY A NEWSPAPER PROPRIE TOR AT WIGAN. John Pollard, 34, proprietor of the Wigan _Exa miner and London Colliery Guardian, was arraigned on a charge of forging receipts and transfers of cer tain shares in a building society, of which he was chief secretary, in Wigan. There were five dis tinct bills found by the grand jury against the pri soner, all for felony. Though he had upon arraign ment pleaded not guilty, the prisoner upon being called on for trial withdrew that plea and pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. The trial of Henry Reid for the murder of his wife (by strangulation) at Manchester, had just opened when our parcel was despatched. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) Carl Stadtmuller, 24, and Auguste Wilhelm, 29, were indicted for the wilful murder of Margaret Bilborough, at Manchester, in September last. Mr. Sowler, Q.C., and Mr. Fearnley prosecuted ; and Mr. Torr appeared for Wilhelm, and Mr. Deighton appeared for the other prisoner. Mr. Sowler said that his learned friend and himself had given the facts of the case their best consideration, and they had come to the conclusion, under his lordship's sanction, to take a verdict of acquittal in the case of Stadtmuller, and make use of him as a witness for the prosecution. His lordship thought that this was an unusual mode of proceeding, and that if a prisoner turned approver he ought to do so before being given in charge to the jury. Mr. Sowler, however, having handed up to the bench a legal authority upon the point, . His lordship acquiesced in the proposed course, and a verdict of acquittal was therefore taken in Stadtmuller's case. Mr. Torr, who said he had not received any inti mation upon the subject, but, on the contrary, had been assured by the counsel for the prosecution that they had no fresh evidence to tender, applied for an adjournment of the trial to the next assizes, in order that he might be informed as to the nature of the revelations which would be made by Stadt muller. His lordship, though he admitted the inconve nience and embarrassment of Mr. Torr's position, said he could not adjourn the trial unless Mr. Torr could cite some case as a precedent. Mr. Torr could not cite a case exactly analogous, but he did mention one, in which on the ground of fair play alone his lordship had, at Stafford; taken the unusual course of trying two prisoners indicted for the same offence separately. His lordship still thought that he could not adjourn the present case. ir. Torr, having consulted with Wilhelm, an nounced that the prisoner preferred being tried at once. Mr. Sowler (having explained that up to the very last moment the counsel for the prosecution had refrained from receiving Stadtmuller as an approver, but that they found they could not reach the other prisoner except through his evidence), proceeded to state the facts of the case. The de ceased, Margaret Bilborough, was a young woman 28 years of age, full grown, and exceedingly robust in constitution and habit. In the course of last year she resided with some relations named Bilcliffe, who kept a tea-garden, atHulme, near Manchester. Afterwards, however, she went home to her friends in Tadcaster, but. in Feb. of this year the Bilcliffes opened a beer-house called the General Havelock, in Stretford New-road, Manchester, and she came again to live with them and to assist them in their business. She remained there from Feb. until early in Sept., when (for what purpose would be seen afterwards) she became in the habit of sending a woman and a man to the shop of the prisoner Wil helm for medigines. Mr. Torr here interposed an objection. The chief evidence would show that death was caused by in struments, and was Mr. Sowler at liberty to show that which would amount to other and separate violence ? Mr. SoWler explained that the use of instruments was in some measure the cause of death, but not altogether. There were medical preparations for the use of the instruments, and it was relative therefore, he contended, to show the use of such preliminary medicines. His lordship being of opinion that Mr. Torr's objection was not strong enough to stop the case at this stage, Mr. Sowler proceeded—For several weeeks before deceased's death she had been in the habit of send ing to the prisoner Wilhelm for medicine of a par ticular description, which was conveyed to her by two digtinct messengers, and on five or six diffe rent occasions. She was, as he had before said, of a robust habit, and the medicine which was adminis tered (ergot of rye) had not the effect of expelling a child four months old. On Saturday afternoon, the 28th Sept., the deceased went to Wilhelm's shop, in Strangeway's, from about two o'clock until half-past eleven. About six o'clock"a girl named Robertson heard screams five or six times issuing from the prisoner's shop, and about half-past 11 Wilhelm's wife and the deceased were seen getting into a cab and driving from the shop. The de ceased was evidently in great pain, and "Mr. Bil cliffe would inform them that when she got home she seemed to be exceedingly ill and disordered, and went to bed almost immediately. On Monday, the 27th, she was so ill that the prisoner Wilhelm was sent for. - Wilhelm went again to the house that day, and after remaining down stairs until a person who was dining there had left, he went up and saw the deceased. He told Mr. Bilcliffe that she was suffering from inflammation, and that he would send her medicine. The medicine was sent, and Wilhelm called again on the same evening,and also next morning. On this last occasion Stadt muller' was with him. They went upstairs, and after consulting together, they ordered some leeches to be sent for. A woman who was nursing the deceased was ordered, to leave the room, and when a person named Stuart, who came with the leeches, arrived, Wilhelm udopted the unusual course of ordering her also out of the room, and stated that he would apply the leeches himself. The leeches, however, had not the desired effect, and Wilhelm subsequently left the patient. The deceased still . got worse, and when it was proposed to send for another medical man, this was objected to. Wilhelm and Stadtmuller called again and saw the deceased that evening, administered some white powders, and other things, and then went away. Later on, the deceased became so much worse that another medical man (Dr. Wilson) was sent for by Mr. Bilcliffe, and when he came he saw that she was sinking rapidly, and could not possibly re cover. He prescribed a pill and ordered an injec tion. (The learned counsel then explained that from the effect of this injection it was evident that an attempt to procure an abortion, by instruments, had been made, but that in reality the foetus had not been removed ; that great laceration and injury had taken place, through the use of au instrument called a" perforator," and that death had taken place partly through a shock to the nervous system, and partly through absorption of pus throughout the system.) She died about 10 o'clock on Tuesday - night. On the following morning Dr. Wilson was sent for, and he immediately felt convinced that deceased had died by some foul means. In consequence, Bilcliffe went to Wilhelm's shop, and asked for a certificate. Wilhelm wrote out a certificate which it would be seen ascribed the death to a totally dif ferent cause from the real one. Dr. Wilson himself afterwards saw Wilhelm and told him that the death was not caused as he had set forth, upon which Wilhelm made use of the extravagant ex pression that " she must have made use of a shoe or a stick for the purpose of procuring abortion." It would be found, however, from medical testimony that it - would have been utterly imposssible for the deceased thus to have produced upon herself the injuries which presented themselves. Upon search ing Wilhelm's house a pair of forceps and the for midable instrument called a " perforator " were found. This latter instrument undoubtedly had been used. But though they had surrounded the prisoner with all this evidence they were not able to say whose hand it was and under what circum stances these instruments were used, and it was for the purpose of proving that that they wished to call Stadtmuller, who went into Wilhelm's service as an assistant a few days before the prisoner at tended the deceased, and who would detail what took place on Sunday afternoon, the 26th, and how the instruments for procuring abortion were used. The learned counsel then proceeded to call wit• nesses. _ Dr. Wilson stated that the cause of death was internal laceration, and not disease. The canals or avenues provided for the natural secretions to escape had been so violently operated upon as to make a communication between the two. Some sharp in strument must have been used, such as the perfora tor. He could not say whether ergot of rye had been administered in this case. There was no pelvic malformation in deceased to require instruments. This evidence was corroborated by another surgeon who had attended the post mortem examination. Carl Stadtmuller was then examined (the Rev. Mr. Steinthal acting as interpreter.) He described the visits of the deceased to Wilhelm's house, the modes adopted by the prisoner to ensure secrecy as to his operations, and finally the application of the instruments to procure abortion. The Judge summed up, and after a brief delibe ration the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, the foreman expressing his regret that the law. would not allow a verdict of manslaughter to be returned. The learned Judge said the verdict was inevitable, under the circumstances. A clearer case of guilt he had never seen. He would, however, forward a statement of the feeling of the jury to the proper quarter. Sentence of death was then passed in the usual form. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 14. M ANSION-HOUSE.—AIex. Kokanowsky, Jacob Goldwater, and Myers Goldsburg, were brought before Sir R. W. Garden, for final examination, upon the charge of having feloniously forged plates for the manufacture of Russian rouble notes, with a view to defraud the Russian Government, and also with having had in their possession plates for the accomplishment of that object. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Messrs. Oliverson, La vie, and Peachey, of the Old Jewry, appeared for the Russian Government, and Mr. Beard attended for Kokanowsky. The other prisoners were not professionally defended. Mr. Sleigh said he had but one witness more to call to complete the charge. James Nathaniel Baker said—l live at No. 5, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, and am in the employment of Mr. Roll, in Sun-street, Bishopsgate. About two months ago Goldwater came into Mr. Roll's shop. I was there alone, and Goldwater asked me if we could engrave foreign languages. I told him " Yes." He said he wanted a gold plate, 6 by 4, engraved, with several lines and an eagle. He said it was a very particular job, and the gentleman would not care what he paid to have it done well. I showed him some specimens, and he asked me for ax estimate, which I said I could not give him without knowing the number of lines. He then asked me whether I could give him an esti- mate for seven lines. I went for Mr. William Roll and brought him in, and they had a con versation together ifi my presence, but I paid no particular attention to it. I was at work at the time. The next day I saw Goldwater again. He was with Kokanowsky, and I saw young Mr. Roll show them some specimens of engravings. I afterwards saw the same two prisoners at Mr. Roll's shop, and I also saw Goldsburg on one occasion. Sir R. W. Carden, upon the application of Mr. Beard, directed that the gold watch found in the possession of Kokanowsky should be given up to that prisoner, upon the undertaking that it should be produced at the trial, Mr. Peachey having made no objection on the part of the prosecution. The prisoners, each of whom said he had no state ment to make to the magistrate, were then com mitted for trial. George Elgar, aged 15, was charged with having stolen two pocket handkerchiefs. Policeman 562 said—On Monday evening I saw the prisoner, who was accompanied by another boy, in Fenchwch-street, try to pick the pockets of several gentlemen. He succeeded in getting a handkerchief out of the pocket of one gentleman, and he handed it to his companion, who disappeared ; and I saw him soon afterwards try to get another. I succeeded in apprehending him, but his accom plice escaped. He seemed not to recollect his name when taken to the station-house, and he also forgot where he resided. Prisoner—l did not forget my name, I assure you. Policeman—He could not say what it was when he was brought here this morning. Sir R. W. Carden—l have reason to believe that though a young boy he is an experienced thief, and I shall send him to Bridewell to hard labour for six weeks. William Marsh, a soldier in the 2d battalion of the 13th Infantry, was charged with having de serted from his regiment. The defendant said he was not a deserter, but was merely absent from his regiment a longer time than his permission extended to . . _ Sir It. W. Carden said he believed the state ment of the defendant, but was obliged to return him as a deserter. A letter, however, should be sent to the commanding officer, stating the opinion entertained by the bench on the subject, in the hope that it would operate in favour of the supposed deserter. WORSHIP-STREET.---William Anderson, a young man of gentlemanly exterior, who stated that he was married, resided at St. Albans, and that his wife was on the eve of her " accouchement," was charged with grossly misconducting himself towards two young ladies in Victoria Park. The evidence was completely made out by one of the park-keepers, and of course most reluctantly corroborated by those whose feelings had been most outraged, but it was of such a scandalous character that any description of it is precluded. The charge was denied in Coto, and a friend of the prisoner gave him an excellent character as a strictly moral man. Mr. D'Ey ncou rt observed that he was induced to believe this class of offences was greatly on the increase, end on being informed by the keeper that such was the case, said, it could not be accounted for, but appeared to him a species of insanity. The public must be protected, and, sorry as he was for the defendant's family, he must send him to the House of Correction as a rogue and a vagabond for the term of two calendar months. Females were much to be commended for the courage they evinced in giving evidence against those who thus scan dalously insulted them. Patrick O'Reilly, a young Irishman, was charged with indecently assaulting a servant girl while kneeling at the steps of her master's door, in the Curtain-road. Prisoner protested that he fell over the com plainant's legs by accident, and that what after wards occurred resulted from it ; but the case was conclusively proved, and Mr. D'Eyncourt fined the offender £5 or two months. ' • CLERKENWELL.—Richard King, aged 28, of 6, Abbey-place, St. Pancras, a well-known thief, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with being concerned with others in committing a number of daring robberies, under the following circumstances :-- It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was seen a few days since in the passage of the house, No. 45, Guildford-street, Russell-square, but, owing to the fright of the servant, the prisoner made his escape. The entry into the house was effected by means of skeleton-keys. A few days prior, the prisoner in the evening got into a house in Torrington-square by opening a parlour window, and upon going downstairs was much surprised to find some one there. Sergeant Egerton, 14 E, and Sergeant Chown, 5 E, said the prisoner was well known, and asked for a remand to enable other cases to be brought against him. The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, w . as remanded until Monday. COUNTRY MARIBTS. LIVERPOOL—DEc. 14. The supplies of grain, flour, and Indian corn from the American continent are this week almost nil, having bed only 676 qrs wheat, 10 barrels of flour, and no Indian corn from the United States, with 2,200 qrs of peas from Canada• From European ports, however, we had liberal arrivals of wheat, flour, and Indian corn. The trade during the week has been languid, and, excepting Indian corn, which line improved about is per qr, no other change of price can be observed. Good articles are scarce, and upon such the de mand has been and is chiefly, so that holders do not think of preszing sales, unless at fully late values. The weather is open and mild. To-day there was a thin attendance of buyers, and the general business was moderate. The better sorts of wheat, flour, and Indian corn quite supported late rates, whilst the lowest descriptions were almost neglected• Oats and oatmeal were rather lower. Barley, beans, and peas not much dealt in. LEEDS—DEc. 14. Supplies of wheat come quite equal to the demand. We do not make any alteration in the price. of wheat from Fri day, but the trade is slow, and business limited in extent• Barley very dull. Beans recede in value. Other articles as before. • Averages for the.week : Wheat 4,388 qrs., at 40s 100 Barley . ...... . . 3,311 „ 338 6d Oats 4l „ 26s 0 2r Rye 2B 12 • 3ss 4 1 Beans . 63 „ 44s Peas ' ••• • 7 ,1 523 Od Arrivals this week : Wheat 2,260 qrs. Oats Barley Beans 516 Rapeseed Linseed 5 NORWICH CATTLE—DEc. 11. There was a good show of store beasts to-day, consisting of Scots, shorthorns, Irish, and Devons. Sales were yell' fair. The selling price for Scots was 4s to 4s 6d; s hort' horns, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; Irish, 3s to 3s 6d per stone of 141bs• estimated weight when fat. Fat beasts firm at 8s Od to 86 6d per stone. Sheep—Fat sheep, 7s 6d to Bs, prime lots Bs6d per stone• Pigs—Good store pigs, 15s to 20s per head. Fat pork, 5s 6d to 6s, prime 6s 6d per stone. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—DEC. 14. The market was good at the opening, but soon gave Nay I to 4 per cent., closing tolerably firm at the decline North British, 59 94—York and North Midland, 774. 78 Eastern Counties, 12 13-16 I—Midland, 1024 I—Chester and Holyheads, 444 s —Caledonians, 874 4—Lancashir e and Yorkshire, 98I—London and North-Westerns, 96 I East Lancashire, 954 64—Dutch Rhenish, 3 9-16 dis.'" Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16 I—Great Western, 56 Leeds Northern,4Bl—Dovers, 22 9-16 4—Berwicks, 95 Great Western of Canada, 171 174—Blackburns, 11 4 • Birkenheads, 661 67. MANCHESTER—DEC. 14. The market was good, a heavy and general busine o being reported, but prices closed rather easier. Lon& 11 and North Westerns, 964---Sheffields, 38B—Leeds, 98e . Leeds, new £9 , dis—Midlands, 102I—Holyheads, 44r; Dovers, 22 9-16—North Western, 13 5-16—London av North-Western Eighths, nd. LEEDS-DEC. 14. • There was little business, and prices were rather bettO Dovers, 76—North Western, 13 f—Midland, 102 102 r North Midland, 77—Berwicks 94I—London and N ord , Western, 96 c—Bradfords, 11 pm—East Lancashire, 9 0 "" Turkish Sixes, new, 105 t. BIRMINGHAM—DEC. 14. Very little business doing to-day, but prices were Midlands closed at lO2l—Great Western, Stour Vs Guaranteed stock. 56—Shropshire Unions, 46---South S fords, 10I —Birmingham Guaranteed, 74—London all North Western, 961, sellers. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—.YESTERDA.T. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17i 11 17 Antwerp N q Brussel.; — 25 30 25 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 32i •25 3 7 Frankfort on Maine - 1181 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —35 k Madrid; — 491 49 Cadiz —49 i Leghorn — 29 60 29 7 5 Genoa — 25 45 25 5 0 Naples Palermo —122 i Messina — 122 1 123 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • E.I. Co's bls. House big. 6 01 Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 23 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 2 ta East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult• `- the Bth inst. Bengal £1,201 5 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £1,201 6 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 = 9 Mexican• Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 grO v [ADVERTISEMENT. ] - SIGHT AND HEARING.-- -- TACLES..-POWERFUL TELESCOPES.-OPERA, RACF, PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —Messrs. S. and B. Solonl°!2; opticians, 39, Albermarle-Street, Piccadilly. 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The great advantage (101 l l ,: from this invention is, that vision becoming impail a re preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons tio enabled to employ their sight at the most minute ocialP.,,• o g —can see with those lenses of a much less magauroi, power, and they do not require the frequent changes to, us dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. re r ' d ean be suited at the most remote part of the world by sT o d ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, o stating the distance from the eyes they can read small P ri with it, and those who have not made use of spectacle die statingtheirage. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Ors ta d Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-inv e f e •PP instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all it' I. ,iy surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probso ever-can be, produced. Being of the same colour as,. ei ,t skin, is not perceptible. 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