The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. crs DAY.) ( 13 efo m re the ASSISTANT -JUDGE and a full bench of Magistrates.) r :The October adjourned quarter-sessions for the 611filY commenced this morning, at the Court-house, ts!l9itehwell-,,reen The calendar contained the names _7a.prisone6rs, of . whom 62 were cases of felony, the beep Cr being misdemeanants. The grand jury having ee n sworn The Learned 3- delivered his charge. T he _ d ASSISTANT,. UDGE A ss first point to which he should direct their attention That s at tlist of the summary conviction of juvenile . offenders. o Was a course to which he had b,en most strongly PP°sed, because - he felt convinced, with respect to those oofo rt lio nAT "ate children, is was only condemning them to_ a ex„%e_ss alternation of living either by thieving or at the in a y ... lß e of the country in a prison ; for after be , i7sum- tuo'Zl convicted, and sent to prison for three weeks or a a ' they had no other re,uu . rce than to return for s to this to their old course of lite. When they were_ . e t nt d eo is Court the Judge was enabled more eflectuall) such lag 11 - 4 7 with them according to their previous habits, in st.ici inpatisil_h_er as to afford a chance of reformation. In nia oil, thee ob servations he might also remark that this t is i ti t e e,s efinio n of many of the metropolitan police ma e - The next subject he should refer to was on . o e t - usti been lately before the public rather promi ineftt Yhe meant the system of corporal punishments effe l n e d te e d in some of the metropolitan prisons upon n o you t n h g e gra m r ,S; and he could assure the entleme of u f nish. toen t,s JarY that With respect to this species cop e r : l ar as the gaols in the county p were Iswed: a e ', no such thing as flogging with the cat was al estiztie. Was the habit in those . of some of th , e adjacent to t h e ' The maoistrates of this country were adverse ly tts f a Y s tetil of floggi ng with the cat, but whenever it Of thi°ll,4ild advisable that punishment should be inflicted had hot ill'eerintion a birch rod was always used. He _ Itislitn'in6elf Made up his mind as yet whether eve e n oo p i n . dispen!ht with a birch rod might not be adhvarutiata mighl3t Pro ! , 'ed with; there were some cases w e e it so and in others the reverse, but he had made iu kalltla able rule, whenever he did order such a withl Whi e h e . n t+ to defin e most distinctly the instrument jo4:t i,vas ,_ : ,_. to be inflicted. th loop c (1 , 417 t 8 a boy whose head scarcely reached to vcfoi of 44 ' bar ' was indicted for stealing a quantity 4 111 c a ".0111 a h inthe course of erection in Gray's ~--,ok,d boa Ile , kote tKtiPber was one of a gang who caused . the il i e W bu 3 i - td in fihtl and loss to the workmen employed in the i eitt rileel - I n g ß around the suburbs, and the jury having '' e ' ll eeici th e 4 7 erdiet of Guilty, the Assistant-Judge sen h,. ;'` l rsat e d I'Llsoner to four months' imprisonment, and Itlio theyth if he or any of the same gang came there w ould be transported. Stit th Ole (I mt ,. : V SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) -4 414 -",Lags were resumed this morning before Mr. „i+44;2" other magistrates. „' t trool`"te+ a labourer, was indicted for stealing a pair N . l ih ,ef e o lll o ß4l 4 a other articles from_ the house of a person He pleaded J n a ttl ril ilty . s ' e ll, at Walton- on- 1 hames. 41 h r hi e : Q. , e3 c l -ett the prosecutor, stated that on Monday . k e i: ir t%p t ,_ llo 1 4th ' of September, he left his house sea - `eril e ,-. h nis five children, on :his return in illviti°°- '" found of thewindows open, and mi i s too steeat a un. one ' Th e n ; *hi ck r Pair of trousers from a box in his oed att4 Prop er ': e now identified in Court as his property. t. ttleo t I .Y was subsequently traced, through_ thein "th Posse a ity Of . Charles Hollington, ot the rural police, °l,4seedssion ofaperson at Guildford, who bad pur e 'lle c,„ ar t or the clothes of the pris , `ller• -. % 4 lo" t ' b r Y found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to ,hucooeti-liirr,prisonment with hard labour. e it'Srb 4 , ; ', ( iwg aged 19, was indicted for stealing a 'Noref — "er al ' id a g q quantity ot lead from the house No. ~k a--,„'`'l'd-street the u property of Mr. 11+ ad. . ° 4 13- '"aci, the ' ev er Ci ew , daughter of the prosecutor, de_po , s m et e l r; E r the house'l a 3's before the 3el of October she had g . -g h lit - even to the roof, and found everything r e l i t ue ktt 7o_ ee ,,,e ll : e t thi_4 i L was passing the . house about a quarter wt, ,1 44 ills. ,pziock in the morning, when he heard a 111 gl °Pee. l ue the house, and observed that the door eo so y ttn After whistling and calling,. without , obtain erNsov. 4 wtr, he entered the premises of No. 1, in . I tA ti d er th h - 4 t:' - e iti e l tc i t l i i r a s e w ornrad . e, 83_ . L. They found the pri h immediately ran up to the roof, ItiaatiP' of lt vta "Y hf lead him on the top of the next house. A t el l, N id the _ was found cutoff fr r t e m ady for carrying 1, 1 3 : fOr d en volVer was removed its setting also he °th rartnr e . th e Prison ollct"man confirmed this evidence. fre',Prei,ir stated, that seeing the house-door . open f o 4 th °lt s bight he had entered to shelter himself "p anti,: w eather ; that being suddenly awoke he fled ~,Gtdit. thought w ith 44"' Withouttenced to twelve months' imprisonment Ord labour SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YESTERDAY'S RACES. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Match, 200 hft ; Bst 71b each. A.F. Mr. Lambden's Chance (Nat) 1 Mr. Onslow's Ruff Won easy, by a length: Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, and only 10 ft if declared ; for 3 yrs old, and upwards. D.M. (9 Subs, 3 of whom declared.) Mr. John Day's Miss Slick, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (A. Day) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 2 Mr. Sh-_ Hy's Campanile, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Sir J. Gerard's Curi , sity, 3 yrs, Est 71b Sir G. Heathcote's Japan, 3 yrs, Est 6lb Betting-10 to 6 agst Free Lance, 7to 2 agst Curiosity, 4 to 1 agst Miss Slick, 4 to 1 agst Campanile, and 5 to 1 agst Japan. Miss Slick made all the running, and won easy by a length. _ Match, 150, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Strathmore's Secundus, 7st 71b (Crouch Sir J. Haw!ey's Bishop of Ilomford's Cob, Bst 91b 5t02 on the Cob. Won easy by a length. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Mostyn's Ennui, 7st, received ft from Lord Glas gow's Physalis, Bst 71b. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 soya, each, 10 ft, and only sif declared, &c., with 100 added. The second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Last mile and a distance. (141 Subs., 78 of whom declared). Mr. Nunn's c, by Touchstone—Sis. to Joanna (A. Day) 1 Lord E. Russell's Sting Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Greville's Alarm—Mr. Meiklam's Lightning—Mr. Mutton's Sorella—Major Yarburgh's Red Robin—Col. Peel's Garry Owen—Col. Anson's Ingo—Sir J. Ger rard's Panta:a—Mr. Wigram's Kesheng—Duke of Rich mond's Refraction—Sir .7. Gerrard's Grimston—Mr. Wyatt's Laundrymaid—Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower— Lord Eglinton's Sotades—Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy-- Lord Miltown's Due an Durras—Mr. R. Boyce's, jun., Colleen Bawn—Mr. Treen's Buttress—Mr. Crockford's Terrier—Lord Exeter's Sis. to Pergularia—Mr. Roll's Alexa. Betting-3 to 1 agst Sis. to Joanna colt (taken), sto 1 agst Alarm, 14 to 1 apt Best Bower, 16 to 1 agt, Lady Wildair, 9 to 1 agst lago, 18 to 1 agst Red Robin, 18 to 1 agst Conspiracy, 25 to 1 each agst Garry Owen, Th,fraation, Sis. to Pergularia, and Alexa, and 33 to 1 each agst Sting and Kesheng. Won by half a length ; Sting, who ran out at the finish, beating Lady Wildair by two lengths ; Terrier fourth. Match 200 h ft. First half of A.B.M. THE RIVER PLATE. The barque Melody, Captain Hooper, arrived on the 24th at Plymouth, after a passage of 61 days from Monte Video, having left (1.1 toe 24;a cf August. A short time before her departure, Mr. Hood, the British Envoy, had been in communication with General Oribe. The interview took place beyond the lines out side Monte Video ' • it was private, and its especial ob ject unk nown to the Monte Videans, whose city con tinued under siege by the General. Mr. Hood was Preparing to depart for Buenos Ayres in her Majesty's steamer Electra, for the purpose of negotiating with General Roses for a suspension of hostilities. Her Majesty's frigate Vernon and two other British men-of-war were at Monte Video ; also her Majesty's steam-ships Gorgon, Devastation, and Electra. The Firebrand had left for Buenos Ayres. About 30 English merchant vessels were waiting for cargoes, and upwards of 100 other ships of all nations, including Danes, Swedes, Norwegian, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Belgian. reights were quoted at 525., but difficult to be obtained in consequence of the block ade. There was nothing in the market but hides, and those very scarce, excepting dry hides, some of which had apparently been ten years in store. Bread, 235. per cwt. ; flour in proportion ; beef, not very good, Is. 2(1. per lb. The Melody has a full cargo of green hides for her owners, Messrs. Heycroft and Pethick, of Plymouth ; and, looking at the large number of recent casualties among shipping in the Atlantic, she has had a very favourable passage. The only rough weather she ex • perienced was during the last ten days, after making the Western Islands, from which, and from other recorded data, it may be inferred that the late fearful storm was confined to certain latitudes north of the Azores. The Melody observed many vessels, especially outward bound ships, near the Channel, but spoke none during the voyage home. DAVIS'S STRAITS WHALE FISHERY. . . Col. Peel's Vert-Vert, Bst Glb (Nat) 1 Lord Glasgow's Discontent, Bst 21b Betting-7 to 2 on Vert-Vert, who won by two lengths. ABERDEEN, OCT. 33.—The Pacific, Reid, of this port, has just arrived from Davis's Straits, and brings the fol lowing report of the fishery, which is a considerable im provement on the previous accounts:— " STATE OF DAVIS'S STRAITS WHALE YISIIERY UP TO SEPTEMBER 29, 1846. "Peterhead—Travelh r, 4 fish; Joseph Green, 5 do.; Superior, 1 ditto.; Resolution, 1 ditto. " Aberdeen—St. Andrew, not seen; Pacific, 7 fish. "Dundee—Horn, 8 fish; Princess Charlotte, 5 ditto ; Advice, 5 ditto. " Boness—Alfred (bore up on the 27th), 5 fish. " Kirkaldy—Chieftain, 4 fish ; Caledonian, 4 ditto ; Regalia, 4 ditto. " Newcastle—Lady Jane, 6 fish. " Hull—Lord Gambier, 2 fish ; True Love, 2 ditto ; Prince of Wales, 4 ditto; Abram, 5 ditto. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mrs. Gamp gave a tea and turn-out here last even ing in honour of the wedding of the'daughter of her old friend, Mrs. Betsy Prig. In the opening scene we are introduced to Mrs. Gamp, (Mr. Wright), who, with her basket and umbrella, is returned to her lodgings at Sweedlepipe's, from a nursing expedi tion. Mrs. Gamp is knocking at her door when she meets with Charley Muff, (Mr. Worrell), viho has been making love to her niece, Miss Selina Gamp, (Miss Ellen Chaplin), a figurante at Drury-lane. She invites him to tea and turn-out, and scarcely has he left her, when she meets his father, an opulent tallow-chandler, Mr. Magnus Muff, (Mr. Cullenford), who in other days, before she knew the late Mr. Gamp, had been a suitor for her favours. He is on the look-out for his truant son, but it is unbeknown to Sairey that the suitor of her niece is the son of the friend of her youth, and she asks old Muff to the tea and turn out also. We are then introduced to Betsy Prig (Mr. Munyard), and her daughter (Miss M. Taylor), and her daughter's husband, an Irish tailor (Mr Red mond Ryan), who waxes jealous in consequence of the intrusion of a certain Mr. Alfred, a quondam lover of his wife, who is no other than the Don Giovanni of humble life, Mr. Muff, junior. To appease him, Betsy Prig declares that all Mr. Muff's attentions are devoted to his old Betsy ; and the Tailor, wondering at young Muff's taste, is appeased. The scene then changes to Sairey Gamp's. First of all we have the two young ladies, who, having discovered the falseness of Mr. Muff junior, attack him and faint in his arms. He leaves them and takes refuge under the bed. Then the old woman brews a bowl of punch from a receipt book, given by Mrs. Harris to Mrs. Gamp, and makes divers odd mistakes by reading across from a receipt for punch to a receipt for a salad, so that the rum and sugar and hot-water get sttangely mixed with mustard, vinegar, and oil. Then the party assemble, and this punch is served out to the great horror of the drinkers, and a grand quarrel scene between Sairey Gamp and Betsy Prig ensues. The young Muff emerges from his hiding-place, and with the consent of his father marries Selina Gamp, and then comes a dance in which old Sairy in white kid sandals and black silk stockings, and a white muslin gown with a black sash, dances a jig in the most outril fashion imaginable. Mrs. Gamp, moreover, favours the company with a moral song, which is, of course, encored, and, thanks to the admirable fooling of Wright, the piece goes off amidst such shouts of laughter as we never heard ex cept within the walls of the Adeiphi. The house was crowded, the laughter was uproarious, and Mrs. Gamp will, no doubt, be at home every night for many weeks to come. „Peito... His DAY.) 101;4ts ER Y-STREET --(T-- fl ERRY.— iii.„ opt THE MARCHIONESS OF , s; 8 PearCe and Bridyct 8 of the Mar elitoti uPon Coutts' bank, in the . name charged ENs with ullivan, krth;„BB of Queensberry, were Place. The'le.taraina ti on;before M. Henry. a _ y Gage, *ere 4414reidOttees and her daughter, d ...kr. j2te,?lll, tnodated with seats ne ar t 17t4e saes "11 (Of the firm of Smit,il. bench. Mary prisoner v i, tit 1 .,, t , to prove the handwriting and of Mu t l h li e ns v ), ri c s alled „,_ 4 lr e y e arce. thtvel ' h ea ,ag, of No. letters addressed to -e that to th© best of his belie Bloomsbury-square, solicitor, 13, tin o c in the handwri g d f I P '%ll :ll ' :. i .s eil eas of Queensberry, Mrs. Wilberforce, and o r e t ll l 'e. 11 sow put t w f n e r h handwriting in the body T h e chea u e s oelieved that ni.;"B was his. qletltee4eacr admitted the letters, but denied that the kr -LWere Written by him. . him to b, • Yeller who attended for him, recommendedhan ds. effect. ..04-118,1,,1e11t, a nd d leave the case . in his adviser's same e , .t'ea,;' witnesses were examined to the 11, 11 1 -,en protested means of know ' e tie • had had sufficient m k g , L Med that they against their evidence being received, 'els handwriting. li. rye prisoners were committed for trial. THIS DAY.) 4111_,ER(y_STREET• --(THIS rough-looking men, Itej;,°44 Felts and William lo oked at the bar charg Finnedtwwith agbrutal and un l'oked assault. ql - 4Z e il h ti Douglas, 24, Church-lane, said he had been at a in Grafton -street, and was returning after one ),,i,'sek this morning, in company with a friend, and their kok In Tottenham-couri-ro-ad they wished to have lit, l ° beer, and leaving their wives at the door of a pub lqs °u se, went in themselves, but they had not been itiit Within when they heard screams outside. They i rt ik,°, ll t and saw the defendants, with several others, befc,-;eg their wives. They made towards do them, n but Felts ,4trttelet hi e Was aware he was knocked 41 t of ,"01 severely before and after he was down, and i n Wilir e n l kicked him on the head. "Iltrs-41 Ward, who was also assaulted by the pri i. Pq.' corroborated Douglas's evidence. 4141 nee'eonstable E 166 saw Felts knock Dougla t s . ' e s Q °o wait the rails - . The defendants, who saidwereh "rderttie,actts had been the first to insult them, a s k • ' c ' PaY 31., or go to prison for six weeks. .n -44444,15 e Bellinger was .12rought up this morm g, itiWilill 4 clashino. young naval lieutenant.. elielis yet,4lMapolice-constable C 92, said he saw the -It i4*,anout quartr before three o'clock this mo e r r n al titlill''ketadon-street, Haymarket, accosting 4'41 s e it ve e, and tr • them round. They expressed a ',-. -.. st eiQnto a bil m t g hat the defendant was a woman, te h kto rePeated this annoyance to others, he . took s "etal eae'tod He said he knew her, but she r tf, ~1Y ver y 3 :: •N3d: ”' ' lnlet her usual quietness, -ta.eli en dsnt, in consequence of sit e d . ~', .4'lf,.°l3'llf"W A - pp f HIS DAY.) 18 71 4 v t e i ire.)4t44tehile °lO vv - a—s -‘ ch ß arg .— ed ‘ w ii ith stealing a brass sill i ykrristil,iths i s i h, op window of Messrs. Dean and Winkly, cat . Le on ' 4-ugh-street, Borough. ore ago- s aid th t the preceding day h© is. had oe lit; -,."e hisOntsidea°nsh when be missed a portion 113118",gitt it 11:ill-ple_te. .A. fe P v ' s , minutes after the prisone it r Wil l i he 11940 the shop, saying that . he supposed ti der the !It ttnef),./P. 4 1 ,:' as he found it lying for a re- It tfor h ?tio ll, " Lwas about to ask him „ came in and telvii,,-Aeci M tn ,Wt.ge a gentleman qtieCet, tli,z, Town- he saw the prisoner steal it,. teatic...the pZ_lva-iiiill, but being watched . b and walk az ba y ek. That Ward-(7a vs,Zgaer most likely to bring ;Iteinatti„4 riAt44:t n attendance, but wo l u t ld come for- S I th :ee ti. oneasion. Another charge was brought Jitcd 11 Iliop 0 }%. , 4` for stealing a - shawlhandkerchief Ti; -I t'l - iii ' "gr'Tying, hosier, corner of Halfmoon lett hllveY, 'ere"' ilis e 64 , t tlt of k ustody b said that after the prisoner hawl hanging e ep e ;' lB pe e k 3' Mr. Dean, he saw the s _ a shop. ow re et. and o • tion he found * was given licit..treket , n examina N e en it which led to the discovery of the ktel , . of k four o'e oel ici it wr' ,Tring's assistants identified the t shawl, The Y'e4terd-S- ganging outside the shop door a kitttiat Pll%ll ttY: i t 4 et rltt e fee er e viic l 'lnt deny the charge, but asked the '` ve la tc, if'c'd, stating - that he was starving. Food • IN ~ i5iZ7.,,a,....,................."1" hVas remanded. , Sta,,,lP 7'ii.`'%,,SON itli'c'it to ih.‘ 4111 1 41,..,2 1C' ,. COLUMN. I-4TOR OF THE SUN. . is yo u ,:"'-rt 4 --.1- need not apologise for requesting L •m at j•-• Paper beet co ntradiction to the paragraph mNi tti - ci t iii d ci'd."eatded " Nelson Column," stating .---4 11a3teSit; your God, I never was in better 5, t o ' obedient servant, P [ II wet telgp JOHN TERNOUTH. 'll. 4Pkragre tre'Plane, Pimlico. P Was co pied from a morning paper , (lit, 1N4..., -"-,- E , Q,, ...p et s '""..••••...,.....-------____-- L ,•,..._________ -ear,„ Nil., TtAAIIIOAT A CCIDENT.—On Satur- Atts4;'er 4 v;,'44bout balf-psst six o'clock, the Citizen 4 e'll! fr4a l i s i her waY down the river, making her last it ID, Isiot, witha to Lon don-bridge ' and in avoiding o tl ° ctikill , woo , , of th e of th s , .. '--n steamer% ra b n ' . foul of the f - 11 h, ell; h.,,,,,,tt,o_riclen Fire I,,,trlblizdimert, moored t: e 10t, Ndi.,,,,, " , thle of South wf...rk- bridge.. tin e 4"--- e,-'l3 was assertsht dby the et - Allston, and I) • 111,'"r stewed id„ red i t .. round, Ixe the funs; I could etrie, ad fctipte in e,,ntact with the arch of to t cli ti _ 41., 14,)„,g_ilaPei the deck w ith a trenielndoaun tuiltitlQ gdeehil qireeigv je hit Iw3.rot,l:llse seated °f on a the n middle t e in kiiti;4,4), :l, t ' stet, steam-chest, was knocked down by ttii ked h ..",leh struck her over the head and face, and vi , Lene.,3 abi%,1,11,0..n105t they n3anner. The steamer's 1,, 1 ,: :. ? e' ti',l,,‘c,llt,,;ry were cornp!etely disabled by the 1N,•,) , r+ , i ,•, ""i{, an - i the ee.s• I lN . 1 Si brought up in 1114,c,,,,;.!. n'", ,n 'itr, i ~.,-,1,1 ~ ~,o, t ;:Pr a- si,f ince ',41 Ll 4,: r . j r z ` ' l'''"'"'" 1 _-, ,'. he : %. r,. Ic-nt Iva' ll ' '. " . iv''.3'."l it a ~,1) to . i , e 1 0e.... eei lief luOthel, 'lt Blle.° ,haS 4in ee . ' i s 14 n remained, and we regret to add, q dos precarious condition. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy of The Relapse, Sheridan's version of which, entitled A Trip to Scar borough, has long be en f am ili ar to a ll old playgoers, was revived at this theatre last evening with the fol lowing very powerful cast :—Lord Foppington, Mr. Walter Lacy; Sir John Friendly, Mr. Clifford ; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson ; Young Fashion, Mr. George Bolton; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell; Bull, Mr. Tumour ; L or y, M r . S . C owell ; Syringe, Mr. Romer ; Amand a , M rs . R. G or d on ; Berinthia, Charles ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy • Nurse, Mrs. C. J anes . Th e great feature of the play in byegone times was the Miss Hoyden of Mrs. Jordan, which w as a p i ece of genuine unsophisticated nature , who, n l: g lr ;s s i . ntch N e l e a et l h te eh r as L da a yb c unapproached and unapproac h a bl e. T he Miss Hoyden M w l ra s o d. n y d J e o r o f rn u d l a nt p e i ece of y e s en i o s f no a c s o t a u g l d e have approached Mrs. Walt er L acy i n this character. Her Miss Hoydon is quite as great, after its sort, as was Charles Young's Sir Pertinax M'Sy cophant, and it bears the same relation to the Miss Hoyden of Airs. Jordan that did the Sir Pertinax of Charles Young to the Sir Pertinax of George Frederick Cooke. Her husband's Lord Foppington, was perfect —by far the best we have ever seen. He was the beau of the old school—the Mr. Chester of Dickens. Of Mr. George Bolton's Young Fashion we cannot speak so favourably. This gentleman has taste and a fair conception of character. It was evident that he knew exactly what ought to be done, but he did not know exactly how to do it. He was at times awkward, and it was evident that he felt he was awk ward— poela nascitur—but an actor is not born such— nature must give him genius, but art must teach him his profession, and Mr. George Bolton must submit to the drudgery of learning, ay, of drilling, until he has learned all that art can teach ; then he will take a high rank in the profession he has chosen. There is stuff in him, but he does not yet know how to bring it out. Wilkinson's Sir Tunbelly , was ri c h an d unctions"; and Mr. Leigh Murray s.Loveless was de cidedly the best thing that he has yet done. Mrs. R. Gordon, as Amanda, was true to nature, and there fore admirable. She has reached the highest point of art—the ars celare artem. We expect great things from Mrs. R. Gordon. Miss Charles, as Berinthia, was coquettish and lively, and rattled thrugh the character in excellent style. We are glad to see our old friend Mrs. C. Jones once more on the stage. Her Nurse was the most artistical piece of acting of the evening, and reminded one forcibly of the good old times, when one character alone was not thought sufficient to make a play. The comedy was put on the stage with every attention to costume and scenery, and Mr. Bolton may well be proud of the manner in which he has produced this, the first of his series of revivals. We were glad to see that the theatre was very well attended. FRENCH PLAYS.-Mr. Mitchell has completed his preparations for the ensuing season, which is to com mence on the 11th of November. It opens with Ferlet, Cartigny, Rhozevil, and Mademoiselle Brohan, the premiere soubrette of the Francois, who will perform in several comedies, including some of Moliere's, and a series of vaudevilles. Frederick Lemaitre and Made moiselle Clarisse will follow, and appear in several of their well-known dramas, as well as in the new play of Le Docteur Noir. Their successors will be Lafont and Mademoiselle Farqueil, after whom the celebrated comic actor, Alcide Tonsez, will make his finitt appearance in this country, with Mademoiselle Du verger. Made moiselle Rose-Cheri, who so much delighted the audience last year, will then come with a new repertoire, and will he followed by Regnier and Mademoiselle Denain, of the Francois. The inimitable Bouffe, who has not been here for these three years, will give a limit e d num b er o f representations, and the whole season will terminate with the ettgagea.ent of Mademoiselle Rachel, who, besides playing a series of tragedies, will act Celimene, in the Misanthrope of Moliere. This list oft excellent per formers shows that the spirit of the enterprising Mr. Mitchell has not in the least abated. We have to announce the death of the Countess (Dowager) of Huntingdon, who expired on Tuesday last at Boulogne-sur-Men. Her Ladyship was the eldest daughter of the late Joseph Bettesworth, Esq., and mar ried, first, Alexander Thistlethwayte, Esq. ; secondly, Hans Francis, eleventh Earl of Hunting( Ion; and thirdly, in April, 1838, Colonel Sir Noel Harrits, THE GREAT BRITAIN EXPECTED. --The New York Tribune of the Bth inst. says:--" The Great Britain is now in her sixteenth day. Her non -art ival in season to send replies to the correspondence broug ht by her, in the Great Western, is provoking, and no doubt will be a serious annoyance to our mereilann3." A company has undertaken to earlvey paszengers from the Star, Edgware-road, to the l Atlq Apple, Ilan gerford-market, for 2d, each. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAYfiEVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1b46. everywhere regarded with feeling of the utmost kindness and affection. A survey of the river Beas was in pro gress, with a view of selecting the most eligible place that could be found for the construction of a bridge to permit the Lahore force to return within the Doab, as well perhaps as to enable the troops in the Doab to ad vance on the capital at a moment's notice should occasion require. The Jamoo chief is said to be strengthening his army ; the rumours that he entertains hostile intentions towards us are as yet unsupported. It is probably not in his nature to remain long on terms with any one with out some dreams of treachery towards them. In Cash mere there appear to have been some slight disturbances —most probably not greater than those which occur continually, though we now hear more of them from our closer proximity to the place of their occurrence. The rumours of troops mustering in strength on the frontier appear to have been extremely exaggerated—they are once more passing away. They seem to have arisen from the usual reliefs being made on a somewhat extended scale, and from the embodiment of a couple of new regiments, obviously intended to assist in absorbing the disbanded Seikh soldiers. SIR JOHN LITTLER. The MofussiiiieContin;es from time to time to call attention to the neglect experienced by Sir John Littler in the distribution of honours, and the discredit this reflects on the highest civil and military authorities in India. Disagreeing on a good Many points with our contemporary, we heartily concur with him in this, and hope that a case of such flagrant injusice only requires to be kept sufficiently before the world to secure redress to its victim. One would fancy, from the manner the gallant and able defender of Fcrozepore has been treated, that some grave and un disposed-of imputation lay at his door—that he, and not Brigadier Reid, was the party who for a moment brought the good conduct of her Majesty's 62d Regi ment into suspicion, and that, instead of stating a fact as he observed it, adding the only solution that could pos sibly have occurred to him, he had been guilty of rash ness or indiscretion in giving too ready an ear, or too inconsiderate a currency, to an invidious and ill grounded report. It is true the Commander-in-Chief declares hini blameless, but declines permitting the fullest of acquittals to be given to the world. He be stows on him the most important and delicate command he can confer in evidence of his opinion, but he declines influencing that of the authorities at home, originally biassed by the most groundless of prejudices. The judiciousness of the selection that has been made in the Lahore command has been proven by the uniform ex perience of six months; the value of the defence of Ferozepore, and the baselessness of the prejudice by which its defender suffered, cool reflection must have abundantly established. It is, we most readily admit, notwithstanding our prepossession in favour of the Governor-General, a sad slur on both him and the Commander-in-Chief, that matters should remain as they are; it is a piece of pitiful littleness we were not pre pared for at all. (From the Overland Calcutta Star, Sept. 7.) LAHORE.—A few days ago we were " frightened from our propriety" by the intelligence, through that ordinarily (or rather extraordinarily) correct journal, the Delhi Gazette, that Lall Singh had been assassinated while riding out in the morning. The date of the event was put down for the 18th, but it ultimately turned out that there was not the slightest foundation for the event ; Lall Singh having been neither Fieschi-ed, nor other wise considered (as German metaphysicians say) in an objective light, about that period. There cannot be much difference of opinion as to Lall Singh's ultimate fate if he continues at Lahore after the British force shall have quitted it. Dewan Moolraj continues negotiating. In his latest protocol he states himself to be willing to pay the balance of 18 lakhs required by theDurbar, and to admit officers appointed by the Durbar to the command of forts within his jurisdiction, but he asks as a counter-agreement the consent of the Durbar to credit him with the value of the stores and munitions of war in those forts as a set-off against the claim. The Dewan .still claims English in terference and arbitration. From Peshawur, it would appear, that the Yoosoof zaie insurrection had been put down, and that Shere Singh was on the bank of the Attock, preparing to follow up his success by the pursuit of:the ringleader Ursulla, Khan, when he received a summons to appear at Lahore, giving up charge of his forces and functions to Chittur Singh. He announced his readiness to obey the recal, and stated that a number of officers of his, who had long been away from court, wero desirous to pay their re spects at the royal levee along with himself, a royal yearning that was over-rudely chilled by orders to them return to their duties at Peshawur. Matters are evidently in stage quo, all eyes being directed to British movements, and all efforts to the fabrication of excuses for consuming time till the retire ment of the British army leaves the " strong Govern ment" to manifest its capabilities. Major Lawrence is busy in the Jullundur Doab, and Major M'Gregor has proceeded thither to join him, the representative at the Durbar being Mr. John Lawrence, brother of the agent. JAMOO.—It would appear from the return of the Go vernor of the Hazareh province to Lahore, that the boundaries between the sovereignties of Lahore and Jamoo have been demarcated by commission. We have not, however, had any formal announcement to that effect. The Star stated a few days ago that a commis sion, consisting of Mr. Vans Agnew, of the civil service, and Captain Cunningham, of the Engineers, had been appointed to lay down the boundaries between Ghoolab Singh's territories and our own, and also between Ghoolab Singh and the Tartars. The whole of the tales, current about the time the last mail was dispatched, of differ ences between the British and Ghoolab Singh, and the latter's running restive on being called upon to fulfil the stipulated conditions to which he had previously sub scribed, are, we have reason to believe, without the smallest foundation. Several of our young officers have been touring through his states, in various directions, on pleasure parties or with scientific objects in view, and have been uniformly treated with consideration and kindness. NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER.—We learn from private letters that the dubious aspect of Lahore politics has determined the stay of the Governor-General in the neighbourhood of that country. The political officers have accordingly prepared to locate themselves at Simla during the ensuing year. Lord Hardinge proposes to tour through the Jullunder Doab and along our frontier, holding a grand fair at Hooshearpore (anglice, wide-a wake town), and it is not improbable that his Lordship will follow up with success a consolidating and peace policy, if the sequence of events across the Sutlej do not compel a recurrence to arms. We have heard nothing further of the expected army of observation, the reports concerning which we noted last mail; but we have con fidence in Lord Hardinge that he will not hazard a second campaign like that of 1845-46. There has been a slight disturbance at Ferozepore between the Hindoos and Mahomedans, of some corps there, in which blood was drawn and life lost; but we believe the matter has been fully inquired into, and the causes of disunion removed, as well as the promoters of the disturbance traced. At Loodianah we have probably been saved by an in dividual accident from a repetition of the dreadful loss of life which by the last mail we see has occasioned such a 5 sensation ot h Q ue e i n n , s En o g t la fi n n d. clin g The sufficient debris accommodation moda unfortunatetion in their own quarters, and the Horse Artillery being now ,cantoned at Umballah, a general orde r was issued to fit up the former hospital of th e Horse Artiller y for the use ,n .of the 50th. It appears the preparations went on for some time, when, on the 12th of August, the falling of a pillar, hich killed a mason employed on the repairs, seems for the first time to have suggested the necessity , 1 of an examination into the trustworthiness of the mate rials constituting the original building. A committee was ordered to report, and they reported that the build ing " should be condemned as totally rotten and un serviceable." We cannot imagine anything more cul pably careless than seems to have been the conduct on this occasion, supposing always the information to be correct, which we derive from the Nofussillite. That men should be ordered into quarters, into the stability of which not the slightest inquiry has been made, is a spe ,cimen of inattention to the lives of our troops that can not too strongly meet reprehension. It matters little who is the particular individual in fault ; the department is answerable for it, and the consequences are too serious to allow matters to be minced. AFFGHANISTAN.—The reconciliation of the Ameer post Mahomed and his son has been followed by consi derable devotion to business on the part of both, and events have furnished them with business enough. Tht ,chronicler of the Delhi Gazette reports that the Ameer "held a general muster of his troops, and to insure their attendance circulated an un-official rumour that its ob ject was to pay up their arrears. Whether the review was brilliant or otherwise the deponent does not testify, but the rumour appears to have been the cause of serious . disturbance. Finding their pay not forthcoming the artillery seized their commander, Shah Mahomed Khan, as a hostage for the performance of what they consi dered a promise, and the mutiny assumed a formidable appearance. Force was at first sought to be resorted to, to crush the demonstration, but the infantry were found to be as refractory as the artillery, and concession as the alternative was then attempted. A sum of money was forwarded to the artillery, and a solemn promise with it that their arrears should be discharged within the fol lowing month. The measure was successful, but the next day the infantry followed the example of the artil lery and mutinied for pay. They, too, achieved success, the Ameer being compelled to borrow money for partial discharge of the arrears; and there the matter rests till the Ameer's promissory notes fall due. There is some mysterious hint given about a nego tiation endeavoured to be opened by the Ameer with the British—a thing we apprehend considerably more likely than any negotiation with the Persian Sovereign. The source from which we draw, which will be found in another column, talks about the Ameer wishing the Bri tish to be on the same terms with him as Shah Soojah, and says that he (the Ameer) " is most willing to receive similar support on the same conditions, being most i ..nxious to enter into a treaty by which he might derive s , me benefit." We have little doubt of the sincerity of . t l, ie Ameer in such a wish, seeiug the state of his trea , .1. try as above evidenced. What a Whig Ministry and a 1 lobhouse Board of Control may see fit to do with Ceti• tr al-Asian relations remains for the womb of time to s h ow. The notorious Ameenoolah has been released at t h, 1 intercession of the Candahar sirdars, and so has s ts , Itan Jan Khan—both names familiar to the readers a the numberless volumes generated by the Affghan ca r . , P ~ :NASSERIM PROVINCES. — In our last we referred to sever. 11 arbitrary acts alleged to have been committed by s , in Durand, and the commissioner of these provinces. It has . since transpired that as regarded Major M‘Leod and Captain. Sharp, the deputy governor of Bengal has passed a o 1, to their st otguilty, and restored those officers with honour • • t „ Lions.. A recent arrival of the Tenasserint has, however, ,ought • lr us lute Igence of an act so arbi yrary that vie feel Iwo . it cauct escape ti l e no ti ce o f I t • Government. The facts appear to be these:—Captain Durand, annoyed by the strictures of the Moulmein Chronicle upon his conduct, resolved to enforce any law that might be deemed applicable to apply to the circum stances to suppress that journaL To this end, Captain Durand applied specifically to Government to ascertain whether the law known as Reg. XI. of 1835, or the press law, applied in as many words to the Tenasserim provinces. They were held so to apply, though, having some distrust apparently of Captain Durand's judgment, the Bengal Government required the Commissioner to explain to the parties concerned in printing, the con struction of that Government. The Government order wag notified to the proprietor of the Moulmein Chronicle, a Mr. Abren, who finding that he had for some time rendered himself amenable to the pains and penalties dwelt on in the Act, proceeded, with as little loss of time as he could, t o comp l y w i th the provisions of the Act. His fault had been that his paper had issued a single day without the name of the printer (he having none) being attached to the foot of the print. That single appear ance determined its fate. An official was found to de nounce the obnoxious journal and its illegal proceedings, and a suit was accordingly filed against them. Instead of, as one might imagine, a trifling mulct being laid on for a breach of the law, impossible to be evaded, a sen tence was pronounced of two years' imprisonment and 300 rs. fine. The maximum punishment for the offence in question is, by law, two years' imprisonment and 5,000 rs. fine. We must, therefore, conclude that the proprietor of the Moulmein Chronicle was deemed nearly worthy of the heaviest punishment by law awarded for a single day's omission of his printer's name on his publication. CALcuTre..—We have not had much worth noticing. A native committee went up to Government a short time ago, stating that the police as at present constituted was utterly inefficient. On the deputy-governor wishing to have facts to support this opinion, the committee no minated a new committee to collect facts, though one would suppose the facts had been already collected and arranged before any representation to Government had been ventured upon. This, however, is not the way with our local progressives. A gallery for fine art exhibition has been ordered to be reported upon by Colonel Forbes. It is to be erected somewhere on the Esplanade. Government will contri bute 45,000 rupees, and the remainder is to be raised by private subscription—probably in shares. Government has also nominated a committee of seven members, four medical and three lay, to examine into the validity of Dr. Esdaile's mesmeric facts. The mem bers of the committee are Dr. Atkinson, Dr. Duncan Stewart, Dr. Jackson, Dr. O'Shaugnessy, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Evelyn Gordon. Match, 150, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, Bst 21b. (Nat) 1 Mr. Neville':: Reverse, 7st 61b Won by a head. Sweeps of 10 sovs. each, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5 yrs and upwards, Bst 81b. Winner to be sold for 350/. Criterion Course. (10 Subs.) Lord Orford's Blackie, 3 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Winchester, 4 yrs Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Rumford's Cob, 6 yrs Lord Lonsdale's Joy, 3 yrs 4 The following also ran :—Sir G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies—Mr. Pedley's Miss Burns—Mr. Worthing ton's Dr. Husband—Mr. Wigram's Hereef. Betting-2 to 1 agst Winchester; sto 1 agst the Cob; 5 to 1 each agst Blackie and Joy, (taken). Blackie made all the running, and won by a length. Cob a bad third. Match, 500, 200 ft. D. I. Mr. W. 11. Johnstone's Ilop , r's Daughter, aged, Bst 71b, received from Mr. Clifton's Brother to Nottingham, 5 yrs, 7st 71b. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Merton's Missed Stays, 7st 71b, received from Mr. Greville's Ferina, Bst 71b. Match, 500, h ft. T.M.M. Mr. Gully's Old Eng land, Sat 71b, received 175 soya. ft, from Mr. Mytton's The Baren, Bst 71b. Match. 500, h ft. B.C. Mr. Mytton's Auricula, Bst, agst the Duke of Bedford's Leopard, 7st 71b, off by consent. Match, 200, 50 ft, Mr. Lambden's Chance, received from Mr. Mytton's Little Ben (dead). Betting on the Criterion Stakes-2 to 1 agst Con ingsby, ktake 5t02) ; 3to 1 agst Climentina. Pla net's starting is declared to be doubtful. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT. BETTING ON THE CRITERION. sto 2 agst Clementina I sto 2 agst Coningsby 4 to 1 agst Main Brace (the Sheet Anchor filly). Planet's starting is declared to be doubtful. DERBY BETTING. j Bto 1 agst Van Tromp (t) 40 toi agst Miss Iris c (t) 20 to 1 agst Epirote (t) 40 to 1 agst Marpessa c 30 to 1 agst Glentilt (t) 50 to 1 agst Liberator (t) 1,000 to 15 agst est India Planter. ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 SON'S. each ; winner to be sold for 801. Needful, 5 yrs—Devil-to Tay, 5 yrs--Little John, 5 y-s Kith Kranki, 3 yrs— Wooden Wall, 3 yrs—Arkwright, 3 yrs —Nell Cook, 3 yrs—Peasant, 3 vrs —Thersites, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. D.M. Winner to be sold for 200/. DiPthong—ch f by Sir Hercules, out of Deerslayer's Louisa Newell—ch c by Hornsea, out of Industry—Bendigo —ch f by Elis, out of Antler's dam—Marie Louise—Circas sian Maid. Handicap Plate of 1001. D.lll. Age st. lb. Inheritress aged 10 0 Dulcet Little Hampton Board.-school Miss 5 8 2 Cranebrook Giantess Leopard The Mangler Plantagenet Nannette colt 3 7 6 Glory Footstool Sister to Nob 3 7 2 Ennui Age st. lb. Buttress . ... 3 611 Driffield Farthing Candle Tragical Leaconfield ... 3 6 7 Little Vulgar Boy 3 6 7 Taglioni filly Polka Libation Sis. to Pergularia 3 6 0 Tit-bit .. 3 6 0 Seven's-the-Main 5 5 13 Prospect Zela ... ~. ......., 5 5 6 _ NE W MARKET RACES (THIS DAY) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Sweepstakes, 10 Sove. each. Last half of Ab. M. Arkwright ...................................................... 1 Wooden Wall ... 2 Sweepstakes, 10 Sovs. each. D. M. Circassian Maid Industry colt • Dipihong Match, 300. T.Y.C. Vanity received, from Phcenix filly. Handicap Plate. D.I. Footstool Plantagunet Prospect Criterion Stakes. Coningsby Clementina Mainbrace Redshank cult THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLESEX. Mr. Shadwell held his Court yesterday at the Vice- Chancellor's Court, Lincoln's Inn. Mr. W. H. James and Mr. George Fitch attended for the Liberals, and Mr. J. Payne for the Conser vatives. The Rev. H. G. Watkins, claiming in the St. Mary Bothaw list, under the provisions of the -Fire Act, was objected to by the Liberals. A second qualification was attempted to be shown, that of an interest in the burial fees, but which failed. Mr. James applied for a case of appeal, which was granted ; and the caso of the Rev. Mr. Roberts was con solidated with it. A claim appeared upon the list, made by a Mr. Had land, but no one appeared to support it. Mr. Payne complained that he had been put to the trouble for the last three years of objecting to this claim, which was still persevered in; he should, therefore, ask for expenses against the claimant. Mr. James observed that it should first be proved that Mr. Hadland had made a claim; the claim might have been sent in by Mr. Payne for the purpose of get ting costs. Mr. SHADWELL said without it being proved that it was a vexatious claim, he could not allow costs. The greater portion of the time of the Court was oc cupied in taxing the overseers' bills, long arguments and discussions arising between the overseers and Barrister upon the items inserted therein. —The Court then ad journed. Mr. Miller says, that the Edinburgh and Perth project will be an excellent paying concern, and that there are no engineering difficulties whatever. But did any one yet ever hear of an engineer who gave a con trary opinion of a line which he was employed to survey and which he was to be employed to make ? INCENDIARY FIRE AT THE TOWN HALL, SIIEF FIELD.—About half-past one o'clock on Saturday morn ing, a fire was discovered in one of the cells underneath the Town Hall. An alarm was instantly given, and one of the engines belonging to the Sheffield Fire Office was on the spot before a score of pt-rsons had time to con gregate, and the fire was subdued before it had extended beyond the cell in which it originated. It appears that a man named Thomas Gillman had been brought in drunk, a short time before, charged with creating a disturbance at Mrs. Askey's, in Watson's-walk, and was placed in a cell unde' the office, usually occupied by disorderlies. He had not king taken possession of his quarters when the office-keeper heard him bawling out that he was cold, and wantud a fire ; and on visiting him found that the straw in the cell wr.s in a blaze. The drunken ircen diary (o ho had, it appears, set fire to the straw with luciter matches){ and four ether prisoners from adjoin ing cells, ot ere conveyed to Mr. Fordhem's, the Black Rock, and left in charge of officers. It was a fortu nate circumstance that the police had the presence of mind to remove the prisoners from the locality where the fire originated, or the consequences might have proved fatal, owing to the suffocating smoke which filled their cells and other places on the ground floor. usstAN BUTTER.—A. vessel, just arrived in one of iock :striblitilanent, from Russia, has brought, in to a cargo of tar and wood goods, 39 casks of u. pruclu. Thu inii,:ortatin of this article of general consumption, from the northern coun try mentioned, is not usual. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. 81-MONTHLY SUMMARY. (Prom the Bombay Times.) TUESDAY, SEPT. 15.—We continue, as for months past, to suffer from scarcity of intelligence. We have letters from Sinde only eight days old, but they are newsless. The country seems generally pretty quiet, but the people continue to suffer severely from scar city. The unhealthiness of the chief stations is at length admitted by the Kurrachee Advertiser, long understood to-be the organ of the local Government. Everything is tranquil at Lahore, and peaceful and prosperous in the Jullundur Doab ; but no prepara tions have as yet been announced for the withdrawal of the army, though we are now within a few months of the time when we pledged ourselves to retire—the end of the year. Lord Hardinge and the Commander in-Chief are expected about this time to quit Simla and proceed on a tour of inspection along the frontier. Colonel Lawrence, the agent for the Governor. Gene ral, has gone to Lahore. The rains are now almost entirely over, the weather for six weeks back hav ing been singularly beautiful. The Governor of Bom bay and his family are about to proceed to Khan dalla for the benefit of change of air : the Commander in-Chief and staff remain at Poonah. The Governor of Madras continues at the Neilgherry Hills, so that by next month all the Governors and Commanders-in- Chief of India will be above the ghauts. Though the harvest promises to be abundant, aEd the supply of grain in Bombay is so large that much of it must be destroyed before a new crop is admitted, the dealers, who exercise the closest and most capricious mono poly, have raised the prices almost to famine rates. SINDE.—We have letters to the Gth of September from Kurrachee, but they are almost useless. Sinde seems generally pretty tranquil, the people suffering severely from scarcity. Cholera had again shown itself in the lower Delta, but in a form very mild in comparison to that formerly assumed by it. The flood of the Indus was nearly at its height, and the waters had spread over a surface unusually extensive. The perusal of the first part of Colonal Outram's work had created the greatest sensation amongst the officers of the Sinde army. Much as had been written on the subject, no one serving under him could believe— till they saw him convicted on their own testi. mony—in the fearful mass' of untruths to which Sir Charles Napier had given utterance, or the frightful amount of dishonesty in which he had indulged. If this much light has burst on his ad mirers from the prefacial volume, the concluding one will clear up their eyes with a vengeance. The un happy old man has remained till his character has be come exposed'to the scorn of those by whom he con quered, and he, retires from power when the clouds surrounding his name are at the blackest. His friends, indulging in flights of imagination kindred to his own, have given out, apparently by direction, that he is to be elevated to supreme command over the armies of India ! If one particle of truth attaches to the further rumour that Lord Hardinge has been the in stigator of some such election as this, it will be the most singular instance on record of the mere attri bute of courage, which characterises the most worth less in the nation, procuring advancement in defiance of the disqualification which the want of every other attribute reckoned essential to the character of the officer and English gentleman supplies. With the head of the army still afflicted with Ellenboroughian delusions, no man can tell what will occur. We find the following in the .Kurrachee Advertiser of the 29th ult. It strikes us as something about as diverting as any document we ever perused : " HEAD -QUARTERS, KURRACREE, AUG. 18.—No. 3. The Major-General Governor placed Lieutenant Moore under an arrest, because that officer took upon himself to divide his detachment, and to send part of it to Chutter, for the purpose of assisting the subjects of the Khan of Khelat against his Highness's enemies. He also made a long and dangerous march towards the hills, and might have lost half his men and horses by coups de soleil. The proceedings were contrary to orders. Lieut. Moore appears to have forgotten that no officer in Sinde, except the Governor of this province, has a right to move detachments and occupy fresh posts even within the pro vince ; yet Lieut. Moore took upon himself to do this far beyond the frontier, and without permission —a re sponsibility which the Governor himself would not pre sume to take without leave from the Governor-General. No officer who knows his duty as a military man ever presumes to move the troops under his command with out orders. A ready assumption of responsibility is the surest sign that an officer does not know his business. " The Governor will for once pass over this disobedi ence of orders, and Lieut. Moore is to return to his duty. But should such again occur, it will oblige the Governor to uphold discipline, and bring the offender to a court martial. Zeal excuses much, but is no excuse for dis obedience of orders, because such conduct dissolves a military force, and turns an army into a rabble. " The Khan of Khelat must protect his own subjects, the Kyheries ; if the latter choose to behave like cowards, they must take the result. (Signed) "C. J. NAPIER, Major- General Commanding the Troops in Sinde." Why this is Satan reproving with a vengeance. It is as good .as the remarks from the same quarter on Colonel Moseley's want of veracity. What the Governor of Sinde himself would now do or leave undone we are of course ignorant ; what he has done, not only without consulting the Governor-General, but in express defiance of instructions received from him, Khyrpoor, Emaum ghur, Hydrabad, and the districts beyond the Desert can tell. The allusion to the Khan of Kbelat is amusing enough when we remember the manifesto which preceded when his Highness's q l ui 4 e s, twas the grand reason for ae inability iu e l x irt expedition o l o i tyki o marchingf forth. borders January, rth 8 It is vain now to , get up excuses for maintaining an army of fifteen thousand men in Sinde just as it is about to cease to be an inde pendent province, and therefore little wars, even for the protection of our allies, are considered inexpedient. THE PUNJAUB. Early in the month a rumour gained currency that the Wuzeer Lall Singh had been murdered. It came from so good a source, and seemed so eminently pro bable, that it quickly gained general credence. It proves without any foundation whatever. The army under Sir John Littler continues quiet and inactive at the capital. We were bound by treaty to withdraw them by the end of the year. The General, it is said, has written that the Government is gaining in strength daily, and that there is no reason to apprehend the con sequences of, or delay in, the w ithd rawa l o f the troops; and it is understood that some time in the cold weat h er there will be a g enera l move. Colonel Lawrence, the agent for the Governor-General, has set out from Simla for Lahore. Lords Hardinge and Gough were, it was understood, about to start on a tour of inspection. The river Ravee had to an unusual extent even during the floods overflowed its banks, and the country near the capital had been for a time partially submerged. Some of our officers were amu s i ng t h emse l ves with boating under the w a ll s . A n a b undant crop was expected as the result of the flood. A remark a bl e c hange in the weather had occurred a b ou t t h e m iddl e o f A ugus t, w h en coo l and refreshing breezes had taken the place of the stifling sweating atmosphere which had prevailed since May. The force had throughout enjoyed ex cellent health, and never were troops more distinguished for good conduct, and order and propriety, than those composing the army of occupation at Lahore. The arrangements betwixt Government and the Chief of Mooltan were on the point of being amicably settled by the firm and prudent proceedings of Colonel Lawrence. The terms of the treaty are said to be these :—The Moolraj to pay 180,0001. as a gift to the Lahore Go vernment; the police of the latter to occupy all the forts of the former ; that a return of the state of the revenues of the country should be made every year at Lahore by the Chief in person ; that Misr Bhugwan Singh should that the whole tribute ofth e present he had acquired ; and be permitted to retain that portion of the Mooltan terri toryassented to these conditions,demurring appeared to have his forts,and present year should be immediately paid up. The Chief quit his own country on a visit to the capital. him self to only to the occupation of He assembled all his chief officers, cordially thanked them for the assistance they had given him during the late disturbances, and selected s a large cortege to accom pany him. The Moonshee J s Mull was sent on a de putation safety was under • • for his reception ; his personal escort, under Dewan Deena to intimate that arrangements had been made guarantee, and an honorary h.H and was received with the cus tomary honours. But for our assurances, there is no that he would have entrusted_ great reason to imagine . on the 20th of August, himself to the hands of his superiors. THE JULLUNDUR Seldom or ever have the quarters hurriedly occ u pied by our troops, in a newly-acquired ter r it ory, received such commendations as those that h ave a b n e a en ver b a e g s e to s w p e e d . on almost every station in the Jnllundur Doab. Sh ou ld cthimeepareosfenittsscelaismonatea,ffoitrdseaenmystbliiknely like that our new ter ritory will supply one vast sanatorium to the E uro p ean troops on the north-west frontier . It is said that Loo dianah is no longer to be maintained as a milit ary post of any consideration — that station being about to be advanced to Philoor, one of the lately -acquired for tresses. Ninety thousand pounds had arrived about the middle of August to pay the battaof the t roops. The farmers were extending cultivationin all directions, and lands which for a long lapse of years had been waste, were beginning to be cropped again, under the assurance experienced from our presence that the husbandman will be fully protected, and enjoy the fruits of his lab ours . A slight disturbance bad occurr ed betwi xt the country people and the men of the 10th Irregular Cavalry, brought ~ t 1 by the grasEcutters of the latter having extended their operations into private property. It was easily suppressed, and so grateful do the people appear for our inter ne that we &re ference, so happy under our protectlo MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES OF INDIA REPORTED SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL, AUGUST 27. Her Majesty's Troops.—Ensign C. T. Cormick, 50th Regiment, at Loodianah, August 23; Lieut. S. A. Ker- shaw, 80th Regiment, at Lahore, August 22. Bombay—Assistant-Surgeon E. J. Wallace, residency surgeon, at Bhooj, August 29. Madras—Lieut. W. B. Griffith, 51st Regiment, at Kulladghee, August 29. Bengal—Ensign R. T. White, 26th Regiment, at Urn ballah, July 3d; Lieut. W. S. Dodgson, 81st Regiment, at Hawalbough, August 17; Captain A. Humfrays, Ar tillery, at Delhi; Brevet Captain H. S. Stewart, 29th Regiment, at sea, on board the Queen, March 24; Assistant-Surgeon Goodridge, at Meerut. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &C., ANNOUNCED SINCE DISPATCH 01' LIST OVERLAND MAIL ON THE 27th AUGUST. Her Majesty's Troops.—Dragoons- 1 3th Regiment (Lancers)—Lieut. Anderton has leave to remain at Nnynee Tal till December next. 3d Regiment—Lieut. Barton to Calcutta from Deccmber to February next, and to England for two years on private affairs. Lieutenant Swinton to England for two years on private affairs. 10th Regiment (Hussars)—This corps arrived and took pos session of the barracks at Kirkee on the sth inst. 14th Regiment—Lieutenant Thompson is acting as Pay master, Captain G. R. M. Dawson has leave to Bombay for three months, and to Europe for two years on private _affairs. 15th Regiment (Hussars)—Captain Blackford has proceeded to Europe on medical certificate. 16th Regiment (Lancers)—Colonel Cureton, C. 8., has leave to sea for three months. Captain Meik proceeds to England by sea. Lieutenant Knight precedes the corps by the overland route. Infantry.-4th Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon Light- , body, arrived at Bombay, in the Persia, has proceeded en route to join his corps in the Madras Presidency. Bth Regiment—Head-quarters, in the Anne Armstrong, arrived at Bombay, August 26 , and is now stationed at Poonah. 9th Regiment—Lieutenant Taylour remains at Landour, on medical certificate, till December next. 17th Regiment—Captain Wetherall appointed an as sistant in the Sinde survey department, vice Mild may. 21st Regiment (Fusiliers)—Lieutenant Mikes is on leave at Umballah. 29th Regiment—Lieut. Scuds more is at Calcutta, with leave for four months, to appear before a board of medical officers ; Lieu tenact J. R. Duncan, to be captain, and Ensign H. P. Onslow, to be lieutenant, in succession to Coventry de ceased; Lieut. C. F. M`Donald has qualified as an inter preter. 32d Regiment.—Lieut. Coils has leave to Cal cutta, to appear before a board of medical officers. 50th Regiment—Ensign C. T. Cormick, deceased, at Loodi anah, August 23. 60th Regiment (Rifles)—Lieut. E. Campbell, appointed aide-de-camp to his Excellency Sir C. Napier, G.C.8., vice Captain W. Napier, appointed military secretary. 63d Regiment—Lieut. P. Le P. Bookey, appointed adjutant to the corps. 78th Regi ' merit (Highlanders)—Lieut. G. A. Lockhart is on leave at Bombay; Assistant-Surgeon Bowle has rejoined his regiment at Poonah. 80th Regiment—Lieut. A. S. Kershaw, deceased, at Lahore, August 22. 84th Regi ment—This regiment proceeds to Bellary when relieved at Fort St. George by the 94th. Lieut. Snow has pro ceeded to Europe on two years' leave on medical certifi cate; Lieut.-Colonel Macbean K. H., to England for two years, on private affairs. 80th Regiment—Ensign E. B. Weaver to be lieutenant, vice Archer, deceased. En sign Mildmay has resigned his appointment in the Sinde survey department. Lieut.-Colonel A. S. Aplin has leave to Bombay till the end of the year, on urgent pri vate affairs. 94th Regiment—Head -quarters of this corps has been ordered to be relieved from Aden. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Ore? land Price Current, Sept. 7.) The Government express of the mail, viol Bombay, with London dates to the 7th July, came in on the 17th ult. ; but, although the intelligence received by this op portunity of a change in the Ministry, naturally induced a belief in the extension of free-trade measures generally, it was not at the time supposed that any very material alteration would be attempted in the scale of sugar duties supposed to have been determined on by the previous Ministry; and as this was almost the only point on which any revisal of the tariff could materially affect this coun try, and the advices of most our other staple exports were much the same as by the previous mail, business was but little interrupted ; on the 3d instant, however, the arrival of the Hindostan put us in possession of fur ther advices to the 24th July, with intelligence of Lord John Russell's intention of at once doing away with the differential duty between free and slave-grown foreign sugars, and ultimately of that between foreign and colonial ; this, if carried into effect, would of course in time greatly increase the competition, and reduce the price of our sugars ; so that, although opinions vary con siderably as to the period likely to elapse before the cul tivation in the slave states can be materially increased, none can deny that the proposed alteration will sooner or later be prejudicial to the produce of this country ; and, in consequence, notwithstanding a steady decline in exchange, purchasers have appeared indisposed to ope rate freely at the previous currency ; in other staples of export, however, a fair amount of business has been done, and more activity has been observable than for some time past. In imports, generally, but little improvement has been discernible, an occa sional increased inquiry for one staple being, generally speaking, accompanied by a slackening in the demand for others, so that on the whole the sales effected during the month have been far from heavy, whilst the steady decline in the rate for remittances has, of course, had a further prejudicial effect on this branch of trade. In our last we quoted 2s. old. to 2s. (v. per rupee as the rate for good ten months' date paper : since this, how ever, it has, contrary to general expectation, gradually given way to the extent of led., without any apparent reason, with the exception of the slightly improved position of our money market ; the business doing in imports having continued on a moderate scale, and the remittances from home, until the last mail (previous to which the greatest fall had taken place) having been ex tremely limited. Freights have declined from ss. to 10s. per ton, owing to the numerous vessels anxious to clear out within the next 18 days, to escape the detention of the Doorgah Poorja holidays, which commence on the 25th, and last for 10 or 12 days,during which all business will, as usual, be at a stand ; it is, however, possible that as the time approaches shippers will be equally anxious to get off their goods, to effect which they may probably submit to some advance for vessels on the point of starting, and it is therefore impossible to form any opinion as to the currency likely to be established in the interval. _ _ _ We have no material alteration to notice in the position of our money market, but the directors of the Bank of Bengal have again reduced their rates one per cent., the interest at present charged for loans on deposit of Com pany's paper being 9 per cent. ; Government Securities and Bank Stock bave but slightly fluctuated in value since our last, as will be seen by our quOtations, which are about the rates of the day, although we do not hear of any very extensive operations. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price * Current.) BOMBAY, SEPT. 15.—There has been a consider able business done since our last in the principal descriptions .of imports, but the improvement in prices which was expected to have arisen from the favourable nature of the monsoon, and the easier condition of the money market, has not been realised to anything like the ext ent anticipated. Indeed, the rates obtained for cotton piece goods have been in many instances a good deal lower than those before cur rent. The accounts received from the agricultural dis• tricts continue generally satisfactory. Metals—The prices of copper have improved about 2rs. to srs. per cwt.; and most kinds have been in good demand. In iron we have heard of no sale, nor does there appear to be any material change either in prices or demand. British bar is a shade higher than before. Spelter and quicksilver are slightly lower ; and in oth er articles there is no alteration to notice. Cotton Manufactures—There have been some consi derable sales, but owing to the course pursued by some holders in forcing their goods on the market, a pretty general reduction of prices has taken place. Gray and white longcloths of low quality, and light madapollamo, both gray and bleached, can only be disposed of at unremunerating rates ; fine bleached longcloths and heavy white madapollams are, however, a good deal inquired for. Gray domestics maintain former rates, but are just now in little demand. The low and middling- qualities of jacconets, gray and bleached, have still further declined in value ; white jac conets, of fine quality, are scarce, and in some demand, but prices are still uuremunerative. For book Ec tus ii ns , lappets, &c., there is no inquiry. Prints. with the excep. tion of good styles, are neglected. Zebras have been sold at low rates. Yarns—There have been some sales of mule twist at a slight advance upon previous rates, and in water some improvements have also taken place. In dyed yarns we hear of no change. Woollens—The market for these continues inactive, and the offers made by dealers are generally low. We have heard of the following transactions:- 3,000 yards of woolen cloth, at it. 6a. per yard. 1 500 ditto ditto at Ir. 4a. ditto. _ _ _ Marine Stores--Prices remain without change, with the exception of that of Swedish tar, which is about one rupee per barrel lower than before. There has been a sale of 90 cwt. of white paint at 12i-r. per cwt. Beer—No transactions appear to have taken place since our last, and prices remain unaltered. The dealers appear to be for the present pretty well supplied. Spirits—The demaad for these has been languid, and no improvement has taken place in existing rates, which are far from remunerating. We hear of no transactions. Cochineal—This article has continued to improve in price ; 3r. 3a. per pound has been refused for it, and we now quote it at 3r. 4a. Satfron—The market for this is also more favourable, but prices are still unremunerative, and for the best qua lities no more than 17ir. per pound can be obtained. The stocks both of this article and of cochineal are very light. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—Rather more animation has prevailed in the market for this staple since the arrival of the mail from home ; but, owing to the scarcity of good cotton, buyers find themselves somewhat embarrassed in their opera tions. There is little change to record in prices. Coffee—Mocha is rather cheaper than before, but in Malabar there is no alteration. No transactions have come to our knowledge. t Opium may now be quoted at I,loOrs. to 1,200r5. per chest. Wool—Prices remain unaltered, but the qualities at market are very inferior, and no purchases have, conse quently, taken place. In other articles of eastern produce the only changes worth notice are a reduction in the price of Concan hemp, deer-horns, and ginger ; a rise in Indigo. Siam sugar, and cardamoms ; and a decline in Nankin and Canton silk. FREIGHTS. There has been an improved demand for tonnage for Great Britain, and freights have consequently advanced to 3/. 10s. per ton for London and Liverpool. The rate to China may be quoted at 6irs. per candy. From the number of unemployed vessels in the harbour, it does not appear likely the improvement will be long main tained. MONEY MARKET. Annexed are the current quotations of Government paper : Five per Cent. Loan of 1825-26 ... Four per Cent. Loan of 1832-33 ... Four per Cent. Loan of 1835-36 ... Five per Cent. Loan of 1841.42 ... Four per Cent. Loan of 1842-43 ... EXCHANGE. ... 110 rs. ... 99 ... 96 ... 106 ... 96 The bulk of the transactions for the mail have taken place at is. 11d. to Is. llid. for bills at six months' sight. The rate is now Is. llid. to is. Hid. On Cal cutta Exchange has fallen to 98i rs. at 60 days' sight, and on China the rate is 209 rs. per 100 dollars. BANKS. Subjoined are the current rates of Bank shares. Some shares in the Oriental Bank have changed hands at th• figures quoted:— _ Rupees. Bank of Bombay Oriental Bank, Old Shares Ditto, New Shares 27 to 28 ,f Agra Bank 54 to 55 PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Bank of England notes, per £ lO „ CHINA. HONG-KONG, AUG. 28. The late riot at Canton has led to a long corre spondence between the Consul and the British mer chants. The merchants claim, as a right established by treaty, that one of her Majesty's vessels should be permanently stationed off the factories, to be at hand in the event of any outbreak ; but the Consul maintains that according to the treaty, which pro vides for a vessel of war at each of the five ports, Whampoa is its proper anchorage, which, though ten miles off, he, in common with the Chinese, holds to be the port of Canton. This seems vastly absurd, and is ably exposed both by the merchants, and in an article in the China Mail for July 30. Any future riot, like previous ones, would probably be over before assistance could be procured from the outside anchorage ; where, however, it, must be ob served, no British vessel of war 'has ever been per manently stationed, any more than off the factories, their occasional visits being always made after they are wanted; so that both now, and on a similar oc casion four years ago, her Majesty's subjects have been obliged to seek assistance from an American ship one time, and from a Danish another. It is the more influence of such protective force within hail that is especially valuable, and Sir John Davis has over ruled the Consul's scruples, and ordered the Nemesis steamer to lie close to the factories ; and though she has no marines or forces to act on shore, so long as she remains in sight there will be no more rioting. The British community having no assurance that they will be protected by their own Government, have resolved to do their possible to defend themselves, having formed into three regiments of volunteers, which meet regularly for, it must be admitted, a rather irregular drill. They have sent to England for 300 muskets and accoutrements, and will then only require a drill sergeant to teach them how to make the best use of their weapons. The musters, however, are already productive of good effect upon the Chinese, who, while they are not themselves very knowing in military tactics, have great re spect for the powers of a body of Englishmen with arms in their hands, and a design to use them. It is to be hoped our countrymen will not presume upon this to insult or maltreat the Chinese without good cause. With all their ill-feeling against the English, they are seldom the aggressors in any row with the Fanquei. Recently, the proximate cause of the riot was a Chinaman being struck or severely poked with a stick, because in a crowded street he was in the way of a merchant, who has made himself disliked by the populace for bis offen sive conduct towards them. This fact is not alluded to by the Consul in the course of the correspondence; but his attention has since been specially called to it, both by Sir John Davis and Keying, who require an investigation into the cause of the riot, in which several lives were sacrificed, and considerable damage done to property. The news from Canton induced the Governor to hasten his return from the north, without accom plishing the principal part of his errand; for it was his original intention to have visited Japan, and en deavour to establish commercial relations with that country. The design is postponed until the arrival of Admiral Inglefield, and we must, therefore, be anticipated by the Americans, French, and Danes, who have each sent vessels to Japan, it being our turn to improve upon their negotiations. Subjoined is the proclamation issued on the surrender of Chusan, and the Gazette intimation of consular changes, these being all that has yet transpired of the Gover nor's northern tour. PROCLAMATION. DIPLOMATIC DEPARTMENT. The island of Chusan, having been restored to the Emperor of China in conformity with treaty engage ments, is no longer to be considered as one of those ports or places with which trade is permitted. British subjects are therefore warned, that after the depariure of her Majesty's 93th Regiment, whi ch is fixed fk)r the 22d instant, any persons resorting to the island, or to any of its dependencies, will become liable to the penalties provided by the 4th article of the supplemyn. tary treaty. J. F. DAVIS. God alive the Queen. Given on board her Majesty's Steam-vessel Vulture, this 16th day of July, 1846. True copy, A. R. JOHNSTON. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. DIPLOMATIC DEPARTMENT. His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, 8:0., is pleased to make known the following appointments : Rutherford Alcock, Esq., to be her Majesty's consul at the port of Shanghae, vice Captain George Balfour, who retires. Richard Belgrave Jackson, Esq., to be her Majesty's consul at the port of Foo-chow-foo vice Mr. Al coc k . George Grey Sullivan, Esq., to be her Majesty's acting consul at the port of Ningpo, during the absence of Mr. Consul Thom, on sick leave. John Backhouse, Esq., to be her Majesty's officiating vice-consul at the port of Canton, subject to the pleasure of her Majesty's Government. Victoria, H B on y g? Kong,rder, . Aug. Aug . 24 , 1846. R. JOHNSTON. In addition to the appointments gazetted, the fol lowing changes take pla ce among th e i n t erpre t ers a t the respective consulates :--Mr. Medhurst, of Shang hae, returns to England, on sick certificate; Mr. Parkes, from Foo-chow-foo, is to act in his stead ; and Mr. M. C. Morrison proceeds to Foo-chow-foo. _ The recent adoption of free-trade principles at