The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

- 1 - ) 4 1.L.1.1.4 LiA 7, - TA Kz‘ 1-31_ INDIA AN D CHIN A. Dispatches in anticipation of the overland mail, Which left Bombay on the 16th ult., have been re ceived. They contain no remarkable facts. The news from the kingdom of Lahore, and the new king.-!orn of Jammoo, represent them as both Propp e d up by British troops. In Jammoo there are four armies besides the troops of the numerous moun tain Rajas. The four armies are, first, that of Ghoolab S ingh, who is struggling to obtain possession of his Purchased sovereignty, composed, as it is, of the most discordant materials ; second, the army (the strength Of which is unknown) of the Sheikh Emaum-ood_ been, who, secure in the vale of Cashmere, refuses to submit to Ghoolab; third, the force under the Lahore general, Tej Sing, which has gone on the (to them) most repugnant mission of fighting for the traitor Ghoolab; and fourth, the two British divisions com manded by Generals Littler and Wheeler, who are i n Possession of Jammoo, the capital, which they hav e u ndertaken to protect for Ghoolab, while he himself is engaged in the field. The position of Ghoolab is ludicrously critical. 4 e has no right or title to the sovereignty of the rzarah (or hill country), save that he bought it t urn the British, who were never in possession of it; and as he is looked upon as a traitor by the Seikhs, an d as ari infidel by the Mahomrnedans, he can have 4 '° hope, except through his money (the spoil of t ,'unjeet Singh's treasury), and through the protec l'un of the British. He has bought and paid for t he Government, but the bill tribes, who are Mahom tnedan, refuse allegiance to him. The British autho lities cannot waste blood and treasure in putting 411 in possession of mountain districts which he will "t be able to hold. He is becoming daily more and mo re embarrassed and indebted, and will have to 37i elci the rule of his newly-acquired country to other Pe tty soverigns, who may, perhaps, pay him tribute fo r a few seasons. Sheikh Emaum-ood-Deen, whose resources appear :t to be understood, ha s contrived, by various shifts, t Put off the day of surrender until the snow fell 11 , November. The latest news from Sir John 1 ittler's force, which was encamped at Bukreewallah 1 1 , 11 ,t, on one side of the Cohenab, and Brigadier \ ;neeler's on the other, is to the effect that they t e re all disappointed at the non-surrender of the a o e ik, which ought to have been effected before the t hi but had not taken place. The united Lahore b u d British forces were delayed several days by e avY rains. th The G overnor -G enera l l e f t Si m l a f or L oo di ana on l a : 26th o f O c t o ber. He has much to do in regu "B. the affairs of the Punjaub. ki L all Singh, who is Vizier at Lahore by the per -4 s 'ion of the British, lately su ccee d e d i n b r i ng i n g that cap it a l t h e Ni zam o f M ou l ton, w h om h e t o tie ezed to the effect of obtaining promissory notes til l! large amount ; he then bestowed various honours t o _dlc Nizam, and gave him leave to go home, where 4405. Probable he will speedily contrive some means of T k l h ing the payment of the notes. h e presence of the British troops can alone pre -4: the kingdom of Lahore from breaking into t oh l little states, such as existed forty years ago, th_ re old Runjeet, the Lion of Lahore, subjugated eta. F rom Sinde there is no news of importance. Sir 4tl eg Napier was at K urr achee, where the c limate telt 4 Pleasant. Preparations are going forward for the c o °lll of five native regiments from Sinde in the prey of January or February next, unless their 0 4 4 , 4 should be required by any disturbance with tyet t ue frontiers. It will speak volumes for the tit - f - k ell t of Sir C. Napier, when after the settlement em' Punjaub such a large force can be removed th e : Sinde without any disturbance being created • Sir Charles presented colours on the 4 th of ..." e hlber to the Ist Bombay Fusiliers. his address m ost effective. ti the interior of India tranquillity prevails. The a ch zar n's Gov ernmen t i s un d ergo i ng a favourable k.ge• He has at length named as Dewan, or h n It e - s j i , s ter, the nati v e nobleman whom th e B r iti s h 'gent had previously proposed, but to whom the 1 / 4 1 % 11 had refused to grant powers. The new I,t t lister i s Sooraj -001-Moolk, and is described as possessed of great administrative qualities. .the subscriptions to the new loan in Bombay are i 44 to amount to ten lacs; but the sums subscribed to the interior are not known. They are supposed Sat least, equal to the former amount. 1 84 Z t te Govern or -G enera l l e ft the hills at the end of 11 e month,' to pay a visit to the Jullundur Doab. tli4T , it . splendid force in and about the Punjaub, folltb Ise 'if needs be, to put down the most formidable etat e should any occur—though the unsettled tost-.,(4 Affghanistan affords little probability of any of :Le demonstration from that quarter. The safety sElphinstone and Arthur Hay, the Hon. % 4 „`"‘"n llardinge, and other gentlemen who were t,ePP sed to ha ve b een se i ze d an d mur d ere d by the o?`merees, has been proved by their return to `li gult after an unmolested and interesting tour "ong the hill s and valleys of that beautiful region. From China the news is interesting. A conflict :7 41 taken place between the Chinese and Portuguese kacao, in relation to fiscal and general regula „°lls, in the course of which several of th e Chi nese faB t-boats" had been burned and sunk. AOrder had o restored in consequence of the firmness of the eh t uguese governor. The corresponden ce in re , It 'ice to B r i t i sh tra d e w ith th e ce l es ti a l empire Whfiecrh. e cTY from the Chinese papers, will be read with agerness. , b„ (From the Bombay Times.)' to 0 h ope in these times to make . a summary interesting ur r eaders--in so far as exciting intelligence .. might b_ • ou,, b arcied of greater interest than instruction —we 4,1" to draw on the columns of the English, not the se4 e an, Journals for material ; or what might perhaps tvh- equally well, and be simpler, without tending one lt facts : l ore to mislead, draw on our imagination for our the ~7t o other. Of the alarm to be entertained h from ;ascends the 1 4 7 „ eti ging sword of Ukbar Khan when I nsd;l in tld—the calamities to arise from Cau e b . :l being e Rai t he centre of Persian and Russian intrie— 411_,our intelligence from the Globe. The Morn i ng 110w °4 4 ."e enlightens us on the importance of Sinde as a f Qhe i r °fltier o f the insecurity of the position o . -oi a b .• . • • i ss o f appropri %tin,. Singh. and the indispensan ene thie, t he Punjaub. We, on the spot, know non toull't of these things. To have appropriated 4 4CriffY Which swallows up a million sterling, and 4.1-..ces five re.iments year—which places our tromstrongholds in our rear, those of our enem) . , in our thit see to US here rather to damage than improve itre rontie m. r—t., s„ impoverish rather than increase our i~tri gulp'e care - nothing for Caubul as the centre of the and despise the idea of an attack from beyond tt ly We m us t fi rst see t h e B aru k z y e s able to tv o ito Lo t their authority amongst their own people before tlot r:,enend a desc ent on our own territories. We do a r m goise the soundness of the measures on which Attedebassnred that the millions of India will be bene eoaqup Y wasting the fruits of their exertions on the Posiii o -st sof other millions, or that we shall improve our o pen e L Y going forth from our strongholds into the sttaoj e los• that th e enemy ma y h ave th e a d van t age of ads I ng us f rom their fastnesses when dr i ven b y our to ti ce to resistance. The signs of war the times afford Cast! in India are derived from the submission of the the ,nler e insurgents ; t h e conso lid at i on ofSeilth authority; tene4eduction, by 7,000, of the army of Sinde, and the th e r at spread of peace and contentment ! In this is Qovgen e ral summary of our news compr i se d. Th e Ult. "n or - General left Si m l a f or L oo di ana on t h e 26t h .; the C ommander-in-Chief would remain till the leaf of December. Some curious instances of ha v e ncy toward s offending officers tried by court-martial k . __e lately becom e th e subjects of general comment. "el,, 'Ae months back Li eutenant Macdougal, of her Ma ra 28th Foot, was tried on the charge of living at Most extravagant rate f or of weeks at a tavern, and of lug up a bill of 1501. w h en he knew he had no means ounltteeting it, and finally proposing to settle it by order Wer e a gent with whom he had no funds. The Court writt e lln allimous in finding him guilty on the evidence of ord ers 11 documents—the receipts, ac k nowledgments, pri fla , and bill s ; an d sentenced hi m to be cashiered, The pith' °nit a ny recommendation to mercy or consideration. on th''rnander-iti-Chief of India revers e d th e sentence, cie n'ere plea that he considered the evidence insuffi rettti-7 an d W ithout explanation or reference to the Court, li ai rd Mr. Macdougal to his regiment. Lieutenant tri ed '," the 25th Bombay Native Infantry, having been na t ini: o r ungentlemanly conduct at mess—for habitual eln obscene, abusive, and brutal language to wardstenee., a brother officer at table,—was in like manner sen -1:10„,,4 to be cashired, when the Commander in-Chief of ser7llY reversed the sentence and restored him to the sneer more Two cases of mercy more undeserved—of leni er More subversive of discipline --cannot be conceived. SINDE. ~„. T he inti mation that two European and five Native re ,„l3l°nts, with near l y the whole of the regular cavalry ~,,7 tr tillery, are i n t h e course of a few months to be elf.udrawn from th e I n d us, is the principal item of in- Igen ee with Whi c h S in d e supplies us. As our fron- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 29, 1846. tier is pretty much in the same condition now, as to . _ 1,,,n for two years • t' 0. 1.1),00U inn defence, has 'o• superfluously strong, or that 7,000, to which it is about to be reduced, must be dangerously weak. The truth is not unlikely on the present occa sion to lie between the two :—the financial difficulties from which we at present are suffering, naturally lead to the contraction of the drain through which a million sterling is anumdly drawn to meet the deficiencies in Sinde ; while t')e approaching change in the political arrangements on the Indus will gi , t rid of the necessity of maintaining an cm.» :sous army to enable a e..aehke Governor to indulge his love of battle by going forth into the wilderness or the mountains to see and provoke some one to quarrel. Iler Majesty's 17th is about to embark for England ; her Majesty's 86th is understood to be on the eve of its return to Bombay; while her Ma jesty's 60th Rifles are said to be intended for service in Bengal; the three corps are now at Kurrachee. The building of the barracks for Europeans at Hyderabad still goes on, though it is now known that they are never likely to be occupied. Two curious instances of wil fulness on the part of the supreme local ate hority have just been brouj,ht to light in reference to trials by court-martial. Mr. Macdonald, a commissariat con ductor, was tried some time since for permitting pro visions to be served out with false weights and steel yards, whereby the soldier was cheated in his supplies. He was fully and honourably acquitted ; and the Court having been ordered to reconsider its finding, adhered to it, when it was refused to be confirmed. The conductor had been stigmatised beforehand in general orders, and must endure so much of the punishment, though ac quitted of all the guilt. Mr. Clifford, of the same department, having been accused of permitting some of his people to seize on a bullock for commissariat use, without paying for it, was tried by court martial so far back as July last, and, like Mr. Macdonald, fully and honourably acquitted. The Court, in this, as in the other case, having persisted in adhering to its finding, was dissolved—a new one being assembled, and a fresh trial, on the same charges twice submitted, ordered to take place. The result in the second case was the same as that in the first—a full and unqualified acquittal. The Court, having by order revised and re-considered the evidence, adhered to their original finding, and there the matter rests. The prisoner, twice fully committed, con tinues, as he has been for five months, in arrest, to suffer the punishment that would have befallen him if guilty— deprivation of his warrant. The following statement has appeared in the Bombay Courier. (We can give no further vouchers for its accuracy than these—that, monstrous as it seems, it is not one whit more so than some dozen of the circumstances revealed in the Blue Book, and that it appears in a journal remarkable for the caution and mildness of its tone, and the general cor rectness of its information on Sinde affairs):— " Our intelligence from Sinde is but scanty. It em braces, however, one or two items of interest. From Hydrabad we obtain a most painful and humiliating proof that the adroit policy' which led to the appropria• tion of Sinde, still characterises the administration of the affairs of that province. The mother of Meer Shadad, we are informed, recently applied to Sir Charles Napier for permission to send four men on a mission to her son. Permission was granted,—and by Sir Charles's orders, the men were provided with purwannahs, or passports of safe conduct to Surat. More treacherous than the conduct of Proteus to Bellerophon, was that of the Governor of Sinde to the royal lady whom he thus pretended to oblige. The same officer who was directed to furnish her messengers with the purwannahs, was also instructed to have these men narrowly and secretly watched; to have them waylaid on the frontier of Sinde, carefully searched, and then brought back to Hydrabad. These orders were duly executed. About seven hun dred rupees in money, and some jewels, were found on the men. The latter we believe were returned, the former had not been so at the date of our corres pondent's latest information. Whether any letters were found on the men, and what was their purport, we know not; doubtle,s, however, Sir C. Napier expected to dis cover some mare's nest. And such is the state of official morals in Sinde, that we should not be surprised if some convenient Moydeen, or Gholam Shah, were to substitute for the missives of affection actually found on the messengers some treasonable effusion from the widow of Neor Mahommed to the captive Shadad, urging him to stir up the Talpoor blood within him, to set fire to Surat Castle, murder the collector, corrupt the troops, and, marching at their head, to re turn to Sinde, to execute the fabulous threat put into his mouth by the Guernsey novelist, viz., that he would place an iron ring in Charles Napier's nose, and thus drag him in triumph throughout the towns and villages of Sinde. There is no treachery, no meanness, so base as to be beyond perpetration in Sinde. Of the truth of this we have already had some pro.)fs: on the breaking up of the Napierian rule, these will become more rife. Budrodeens, Moydeens, Meer Mahommed Khans, and Gholam Shahs, speedily learn what would be agreeable to the Burrs Sahib;' and without a compunctious qualm they supply it. No questions are asked, and should any overscrupulous official express a misgiving, Sir Charles has always those about him who, as in the case of the Persian documents, are ready to assure him that "there can be no doubt the papers are genuine." But to return to the act of treachery itself. No political exigency can, in our opinion, justify so thoroughly un principled a deed. It was unworthy of a British officer, or a British diplomatist. In comparison with it, SirJ.Grabam's Post-office espionage was manly, and becoming the cha racter of a gentleman. In comparison with it, Mr. Bell's treatment of Beejar Khan appears scarcely dis graceful. In comparison with it, Sir Charles Napier's previous subtle expedients,' happy ideas,' and 'in genious devices,' sinkLinto insignificance. Nor is it merely because it inflicts another foul blot on the faith of Englishmen, and the honour of England, that we object to it. We have another reason for denouncing it. A military officer was the instrument used by Sir Charles Napier in perpetrating this vile act ; obedience to the instructions of his General was a military duty incum bent on that officer. He received the order, and though his soul may have loathed alike the duty imposed on him, and the man who imposed it, obey he must. There was no alternative. Is it, we ask, to be tolerated that high minded British officers are to be exposed to the risk of being compelled to perform mean and disgraceful actions, whenever it suits the whims of one alike ready and un scrupulous in his expedients ? Whether the officer in question was a high-minded man we know not, nor shall we stop to inquire ; but he was a British officer, and we are therefore bound to believe an honourable gentleman." A letter from a Captain Napier, p.N., in reply to some observations made by Mr. Sullivan at a meeting of the Court of Proprietors of India Stock, has just reached us; we shall publish it in an early issue, accompanied by the quotations from the Parliamentary papers, to which, in contradicting Mr. Sullivan, it gives the lie direct. The statements of the India proprietor Isere mere repetitions of what is set forth in the Blue Book by Sir Charles Napier and Lord Ellenborough, whom he has thus un wittingly contradicted. Unfortunately, there seems to have been no one on the spot sufficiently familiar ssith these things to silence him as his uncle was last year quotations. Perhaps, in the case silenced—b}' simple it w ould d have been difficult to find a news paperto admit the contradiction ! No men know a t home o betterm e than in the Napiers how to avail them selves of public gullibility, and to adventure on the most hardy and groundless assertions—in the nenfidence that x impudence would carry the day , and that bold misstate ment might for a time escape det e c tion. The s y stem has been e ,innsitvheolymr(cssotrmteid,.etroabinlelndi exposures.a , bu t has The h invariably ci; m at resulted e of the sea coast of Sinde i s pecu li ar ly agreeable at pre sent, an d the of cases been at this season of the year. country infinitely less unhealthy than it has in the maj or i ty THE PUNJAUB. CASnmEnE at the date of.-h—tsTt he Seikh districts, whi c h Littler promised to advance . dispatch,tranquillisation bas a ll b ouftthreeali sedifavourably discontented pro mise. We formerly noticd the simultaneous adtsvanc of the two large forces under Brigadier Wheeler and Major-General Sir John Jullundur Doab, the latter f from the —the former ine• in the direction of Caslm r° e ni r d'these movements, and of the resent proceed- The following notice troops, has been furnished us by present position of the Littler's force ; it is later in pointaonf o d ffi agkh t e io e r fe‘t w she i e t e with Chenaub,n e r General com munication from the same quarter we than any ITERS OF LATEST NEWS FROM HEAD_ THE PUNJAUB DIVISION. Camp Bukree Wallah, left ban 31st October, 1846. Sir John Littler marched from Lahore on the 15a, instant, arrived at Seealkote on the 21st, and has e , menced crossing the Chenaub to-day. The 12th Native Infantry, sth Troop Ist Brigade Horse Artillery, 2 d Company 6th Battalion Foot Artillery with No. 9 Light Field Battery, are directed to cross to-day ; lI.M. 80th Foot, 42d and 45th Regiments N. I.; and Wing 2d 'Fre iiular Cavalry, complete the Brigade marching with the Major-General, and which is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Iluish, C. 8., senior officer present. The Brigade under command of Brigadier Wheeler, C. 8., is one march in advance, moving towards Bimbur : it consists of the 15th, 30ih, and 33,l Regiments Native Infantry ; 4th Troop Ist Brigade Horse Artill er y, and 4th Irregular Cavalry. Detachments of Sappers are with each brigade, and a large depot of medical stores—upwards of 100 camel loads—accompanies the division. The mountain tops to our northwest are now covered with snow." Colonel Lawrence, agent for the Governor-General, it will be remembered, quitted Lahore on the 15th of October with a view of joining the foremost of the ad vancing troops. He joined the combined Seikh armies of Ghoolab Singh and Tej Singh at Naoshera on the 18th. His assistants, Captain!, Brougham, and Lieuts. Edwardes, Nicholson, and Wroughton, had arrived there before. Some days before this the leader of the insur gents, Sheikh Emaum-ood-Deen, had intimated his de sire to submit, and in evidence of his sincerity, ordered the siege of Hurree Purvut to be suspended. On .the 17th and 18th the Jammoo troops were engaged with the insurgents, the former being successful. About this time Fuqueer Oola Titian, Chief of Rajouree, and son of Ruheem Oola Khan, one of the most active leaders in the rebellion, surrendered himself to Lieut. Edwardes, at Naoshera, and it was intimated that on the 23d the Shiekli himself was about to quit Cashmere with the in tention of surrendering. It is probable his purposes might have been altered, and his departure delayed, as he had not, so far as appears, been heard of at the head quarters of Sir John Littler on the 31st. Extended in formation dispels the delusion that the Cashmere insur rection was the result of any general feeling of indigna tion amongst the people, awakened by aversion to the rule or hatred of the Oppression of Ghoolab Singh. The excite ment seems to have owed its origin to the machinations of two or three individual chiefs, who, caballing toge ther for their own personal ends, managed to collect followers, and to incite all the idle, dishonest, and dis contented to insurrection who hoped to gain by any change. The cause has none of the dignity of a war of independence; there is no reason to believe the Jammoo chief more tyrannous or unpopular than his predeces• fur our ,Impitl - 1-:- with thc:4-? rc6ist 1115 authority. With the f,ur render of the leaders there is every reason to expect that the ,rebellion will be quickly brought t o an en d. Matters have ,at length been finally, and apparently sat;.sfa,ctorily, settled with the Moultan Chief, who has agreed to pay 35,0004 in the shape of arrears of tribute —one-third of the territory formerly under his charge to be formed into a separate province, to be governed by Misr Bhugwan Singh. The revenue of the remaining two-thirds was to be raised one-fourth above what was formerly charged on it. The father of the present Chief of Moultan, the sagacious Dewan Sawun Mull. was ori ginally a councillor at the court of Rubjeet Singh, and received the vice-royalty in consideration of his personal services and the regard entertained for him by Ms sove reign. The revenue paid was fixed at a specified sum for each particular district; and, though a man of much authority and importance, he never had the slightest claim to independence. Successive usurpations of pa tronage and authority by degrees increased the power of the local government, until the disorders at Lahore, and the weakness and dissensions of the Durbar, enabled the Dewan Mooli'aj to brave them for a time with impunity. !le wilt by this time have reach( d his own capital, for mally re-invested with au:hority, and with every ground m jealousy and misunderstanding removed. The general tspect of matters at Lahore is on the whole improving, tud there seems no reason to despair of the provisions of the treaty of Umritsir being carried out. AFFGHANISTAN. If ever nation received a lesson on the calamitous con sequences of the indulgence of ill-regulated avarice and uncontrolled ambition, England has been taught on e no t to be forgotten by her conduct towards the countries bordering on the Indus. On the affairs of Sinde it is not at present our purpose to enter. The hopes of reap ing a harvest of wealth from the opening of the Indus— the dreams of annual fairs at Shikapose, whither all the traders of the East were to resort—have soiled the pages of our annals with the blackest stain that can disgrace the history of any country, and saddled us with a peren nial outlay exceeding the revenue of a German principa lity. Neither need we revert to the more immediate and frightful consequences of our advance beyond the passes, for the fanciful purpose of improving our frontier, and increasing our traffic, written as these are in characters of blood and fire, a warning to all future generations. The present state of Western Affghanistan supplies us matter for melancholy reflection—on the disorganisation occasioned by our unprincipled and insane interference with the internal affairs of countries which concerned us not. We found a sovereign at Caubul who bore the character of one of the most vigorous, discreet, and wise rulers in Central Asia. Under him com merce flourished, and traders were comparatively safe; justice was administered with an even•handed impartiality not known in any of the countries around ; and if the administration of the Ameer from 1830—when he became known to us—till 1838, when we resolved to dethrone him, would bear no comparison with that of the more enlightened nations of the West ern world, there were few in the East to which the most favourable contrast was not supplied by it. The whole of the mechanism by which these ends were compassed, was by us broken to pieces, and though it could hardly have been imagined that the restoration of the Ameer would have brought matters again to the position in which we found them, the even-handedness with which justice has presented the poisoned chalice to our lips almost exceeds the ordinary boundaries of immediate retribution. The armies which left their bones in the dark defiles and snows around Caubul were sent there to open up or maintain the channels of commerce at the bayonet point. Not only were these at the time closed behind us by the perturbations we occasioned, but the stream seems destined long to be in a great measure dammed up. Traders complain that at no time within the present century have they been so annoyed and assailed; and to move a kafila to Caubul in safety scams next to an impossibility. It was the boast of Mr. Secretary Torrens that between the years 1838 and 1841 our trade with Affghanistan, through the line of our north-west frontier, rose from seven to thirty eight Inca' worth of goods annually; from the former to the latter, we raised it chiefly in commissariat stores for the supply cf our own troops. Of the million sterling worth of goods imported by the five various routes enu merated by Masson—forty-five lacs' worth being be lieved to be drawn from British India—how much is at this present moment purchased from us ? Does five— does one—lac worth of British produce pass the fron tier for consumption beyond the passes ? We not only lost our character, destroyed an army, and flung seven teen millions of money away, but the very object for which all this expenditure was incurred has been frus trated, and our commerce with the countries beyond the Indus has been extinguished. We take the following xtracts from the Delhi Gazette of the 31st October : " Our latest correspondence from Caubul extends to the 24th August, beginning on the 10th of that month, where our former letters broke off with an account of a feud, renewed for the twentieth time, having broken out between the Ameer and his hopeful son, shortly after the celebration of the marriage of the Wuzeer to the daughter of Yar Mahomed of Herat. On the 10th, the merchants trading to the East again presented them selves in a body at the Durbar to pray that some mea sures might be adopted for securing the safety of goods coming up the passes. They now complained that no less than 80 loads had been stolen from one kafila by th• Ghilzaies, in the neighbourhood of Gundamuck,andstated that if their goods were thus to be exposed to plunder they must seek some other place of abode, saying that even in the troubled days of Nadir Shah the trade of the country was considered of sufficient importance to command the attention of the local Government, which extended its protection by employing a select body of Arabs tc accompany the kafilas backwards and forwards through the passes. The Ameer replied that if they would only have patience, he would send troops to repress the evil disposed amongst the Ghilzaies, when all should be settled to their satisfaction. The Ameer, full of grief at the present state of affairs, went on the following day (the 11th August) to the tomb of Asghan Arefan, with only two atteudants, and spent the whole morning in prayer ; on his return, he went direct to the private apartments, refusing to receive any of the Chiefs at Durbar. Our correspondent says on this, that the pros pects of this part of Affghanistan never could have been worse than at the present time. 'An important rule with a true Wuzeer, a starving soldiery, and the mer chants ruined by the plunder of their kafilas.' On the 12th, a Durbar was held, at which Sirdar Osman. Khan reported the receipt of a letter, stating that the inhabi tants of Jellalabad were in such fear of an attack from the Ghilzaies, that they were removing their property to the different forts in the neighbourhood. A letter was thereupon addressed to Murdan, the Deputy Governor, commanding him to assure the people that they need he under no apprehension, as troops would speedily be sent to put down the Ghilzaies. At a private council held on the 14th of the month, to consider the affairs of the Ghilzaies, Meer Hajee Saheb and Hafizjee having been summoned, produced a letter from Azeez Khan, tte chief of that tribe, which they had lately re ceived, in which it was stated that peace should not and could not be restored in his country unless Mousseh Khan, Barukhzaie, were delivered up to him by the Wuaeer, with the view of his being put to death, in stisfaction taw murder of Meer Afoul Khan of G undo muck. The Ameer objected to this that Mousseh Khan was one of his own tribe, and that tribe being the ruling one in the country, it surely could not be expected that he would be given up in satisfaction of the death of a mere Zumeendar of an inferior tribe. The priests both replied that the law of their religion was explicit on the subject, and it was no use adducing local customs against the laws of the Prophet. The Ameer was silent. It was then asked, why with such a difficulty in the immediate neighbourhood of Caubul, a large body of men had been sent over to Toorliistan, and suggested that these should be recalled and ordered against the Ghilzaies. There appearing some objection to this plan, it was determined that troops, with a sufficient complement of guns, should be at once ordered from Gaubul, and the necessary orders were given accordingly. A rumour having, on the 15th, been spread in the Dur bar that the British troops bad arrived in Peshawur, Nawab Jubbar Khan said it was no such thing, but that the rumour originated in the fact of some Seikh troops o whomm an d h e e d by a knew F w e e r l i l n , g a li n e d e of the name of John P6sh a l I w o u l m r e s c , m ' said the Nawab, many equally unf oun d e d t hi s manner, who had been many y ears in the Lahore service. In having reached deputation was sent by the Ameer to the W uzeer , t o the rumo urs get abroad, and are believed. On the 16th a learn his intentions in present state of affai rs . O n it was with theutmost diffi cultyAmeer in the Durbar that been able to makehis way through the the 17th a Icassid arrived from the east, who t o ld th e he had Passes, the same being occupied in every direction by the Ghilzaies. On tl..e following day the deputation to that such was at p resent t h e sta t e of his eyes, that he had been the Wuz eer s t a ted that they had been d a il y in attendance at the h ouse o f M a homed Ukbar Khan , but ice Ghoolam Mahomed, Khan Shereen K han, and c eerza un able t o rece i ve them. Th e Ameer then deputed Meer ;i Ha- AC-dool. Summeh Khan, to visit the Wuzeer, and sec what from the D ur b ar, matters- , so long as he absen t ed him s elf mus t continue in their present they wou ld do with him, Etc state of confusion. The Ameer took the opportunity of expressing his displeasure at the conduct of those be m their ore fitm a h l p e r shouldact ie who were fomenting the feud between him and his son , adding that he would have their noses cut off if they continued es a t presentTh The chiefs nam peresent said it the persons he alluded to, as t h ey were severally ignorant who was meant, but the A meer gave no explanation. On the would 19th a letter arrived from Meer Attalik Beg (son of Meer Morad Beg, of Koondooz,) and other chiefs of Toorkistan, who had not heard of the dispatch of the troops to their assistance, complaining of the long detention of their Vakeel, and the delays which had occurred in answering their r • app mation and saying that th ose on l y were friends who, were so in the time of need and rouble On the 20th August, a letter was received from the Deput y Governor of Jellalab a d, s t at i ng that he had used his best endeavours to infuse confidence into the mind s o f the people, but with little success, in consequence of some of the small forts having already been attacked by the Ghilzaies. Torebas Khan wrote at the same time to say that the insurrection of the Ghilzaies had induced the people of Kama and other places to rise and plunder' everybody and everything coming within their reach. These letters annoyed the Ameer so much, that he broke up the Durbar and withdrew to his private apartments. On the 21st, the deputation above-mentioned; reported that the Wuzeer had also refused to see them, on the continued plea that his eves were so painful to him that he could not hold any conversation with any one. The Ameer thereupon sent a confidential slave to use his best endeavour to find out the real state of the Wuzeer. A long consultation, of six hours' duration, was then held with the chief men of the place, but the nature of the discussion did not become public. On the 22d the Ameer went himself to make inquiries respecting his son's health, but does not appear to have been admitted. It transpired at the Durbar, which was held on the same day, much to the displeasure of the Ameer, that the yoon , 4er brother of the Shere Mahnmed Khan, 1.1 neon frt cr.Kntly t o hi m m0r; , ,) ,, 0r t: _,- the Wuzecr had received two letters by kat•sid from Herat, the contents of which he had kept a profound secret. Matters thus remained in statu quo up to the date of our letteral eaving Caubul." COMMEGCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY NIARKE I'. STATE OF THE AIARKET.—BOMBAY, Nov. 14. The cotton pit ce-goods market Q.ntin ties without much animation, but as holders appear disposed to move off their stocks, the amount of business done during the week, is fully equal to, if not larger than, what we re• ported in our last. Yarns—There has been some inquiry for first quality mule, and 85 bales, each 2001 b., have been sold at 64 as. for No. 20, and 71, as. for No. 30. Common qualities are rather dull, and we do not alter our former quotations. Saffrons-2001bs. of best quality have been sold at 184 rs. per lb., and 401 b. of inferior at 12 rs. Metals—The market continues quiet. We have but one sale to report--35 cwt. of tile copper at 3l rs. Cochineal is in good demand. We hear that 31 rs. per lb. for silver has been refused. Beer—Allsopp's is in good request. We have to re port a further sale of 33 hhds. at 66 rs. Of Bass' we have heard of a sale of 6,000 dozen, Bombay bottled, at 2/ rs. per dozen quarts. Cotton—The 'market has been very active, and prices have further advanced. There have been several pur chases made for both England and China, Bales. Rupees. 1,500 Broach and Jumboseer 125 Ditto 300 Ditto (all ro un d) 200 Dhollera 500 Ditto 100 Ditto (best quality) 76 to 76/ 200 Candies Mangarole, with all faults..... 54 , 200 Compta ....................................... 68 *. 200 Ditto •• ............................ 175 Mawah, with all faults 70 to 71 The following are the quotations of the day:—Broach and Jumboseer , 81 to 82 rs .; Surat, 83 to 84 rs.; Dhol lerah and Bownuggur, 74 to 77 rs.; Compta, 60 to 70 rs.; Mangarole, 64 to 65 rs. Freight—We have heard of engagements for Liver pool at 31. 15s. to 3/. 17s. 6d.; the latter rate has been paid for a going vessel. To China the rate has ad vanced to 12s. rs. per candy, which is freely offered. As yet no vessel has accepted this rate; we look, therefore, tbr further advance. Exchange —During the week large transactions have taken place at 2s. per rupee, six months' sight, in the first-class China paper. There is yet a large quantity in the market, and bills are now lieely offered at 2s. 1-16c1.--Bombay Times, Nov. 14. CALCUTTA. EXCHANGE.—Notwithstanding the heavy remittances received from home by drafts on the Treasury during the month of October (about Company's rupees 7,500,000), exchange has continued steady at from ls. 11d. to Is. 11/d. at ten months' date, and ls. 104 d. to ls. 1 lid. at six months sight. Operations for the present opportu nity have, however, as yet been moderate, neither draw ers nor buyers showing much anxiety to operate at cur rent rates. ' MONEY MARKET.—We have no change to notice in the position of our Money Market within the past fort- Light; neither in the value of Government securities or Bank stock . CHINA. THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT MACAO. (From the Boletim do Goloerno.) In consequence of the repeated complaints of robberies perpetrated in the Chinese fast-boats which run between Macao, Canton, and Hong-Kong, without anypossibility of discovering the perpetrators, because of our defective information on the subject of those vessels and the people employed in them, who have not the best character, and ere believed to belong in a great measure to the band of pirates which has committed so many depredations in this neighbourhood, the Governor in Council for Chinese affairs had resolved to impose a tax upon these boats, obliging them to be registered in the procurador's office, and not admitting them into the port without a num bered ticket, which should be renewed every month, upon payment of one dollar, to be appropriated to the repair end preservation of the public wharf of Tarrafeiro, which is set apart for the mooring of the fast-boats, for the facility of registration, as well as the greater convenience of the public, Rho have only to proceed there when they desire to employ any one. • The edict having been published to that effect, the proprietors of the fast boats, more especially those termed headmen, refused to yield it due obedience, and in con sequence three of them were detained, having attempted to leave on the 3d instant without complying with the law. Upon this the others who had prepared to leave remained, and having collected a band of robbers, about 1,500 in number, the greater part or nearly all being vagabonds from Canton and neighbouring places, and having disguised themselves, entered the river by the passage of Pac-san, and having disembarked on the Sth at six P.M., placed themselves with three guns in the Tarrafeiro ; it was their plan to get possession of this place and the Custom-house, and these points with the whole line of the bazaar being secured, to deliver the city up to pillage. But the Governor being informed of all, had caused these points to be garrisoned, and had employed all convenient measures to repel an y at tack. As soon as it wa s k nown on the morning of Thursday that the robbers were on shore, the Governor sent a picquet of forty men in command of Lieutenant Julio, who, placing himself at the head of the street commonly called Jozi Lopes, opposed the ad vance of the robbers, who already were entering the city by that st ree t. Sh ortly after that he was rein forced by another picquet and a piece of ordnance under the command of First Lieutenant Placido, and the rob bers were soon dislodged from Tarrafeiro, all running towards the fast-boats. Being there attacked by an other force which had marched up by the street. of the bazaar, commanded by Second Lieutenant Fidellis, and surrounded on all sides, they retired in disorder on board the fast-boats, by w hi c h they attempted to effect their flight. In this they were prevented by the Government schooner and some Macao lorchas. Mr. John Smith's schooner Alpha, and the lorcha Canton, belonging to Messrs. Dent and Co., promptly offered their service to the Governor. In little more than five hours the robbers were com pletely routed, ten of the fast-boats burned, eight run ashore, and many others sunk and otherwise destroyed. The destructive and well-directed fire of grape, and the incessant discharges of musketry, mu st have caused great destructi on i n t h e i r ranks, hat with those who fell under the discharge from our guns, and others who were drowned in their flight. Our force returned with out having suffered the least accident, not even one wounded. This is due above all to the good order a n d di sc i pline which was main tained during the firing, from which so much credit redounds to the small but brave battalion of Macao. The conduct of this corps on the present occa sion entitles them to all praise, and confirms the good name and the confidence which they have gained by their subordinati on an d loyalty. Nut less honourable were the proceedings of the inhabitants of Macao on this occasion : as soo n at t h ey knew that the city was in peril, all ran to assist their brethren in arms in the de fence of the pl ace . Th e pleasure and readiness with which they presented themselves, the promptitude with which they obeyed the orders, and, finally, the alacrity with which they executed them, convinced all of their perfect patriotism and of their self-dedication to the public good, as well as of the loyalty of the inhabitants of this more than ever loyal city of Macao. Imprudent and ill-advised acts, and also indecorous to the chief authorities of the place, perpetrated to the detriment of b thegood name of th e good Macaenses, would have pre judicedahhniosgreatestooufrttoa h t b h eti h e e nmeaaesnsti support national nl tepohmaii: dignity a o i ognpfdni mannerni ttt i hy t o , e n o d atnhidne f the authority hweo which rhueGr of Governor entitles t r dffeor confidence Gnr, ; cetoedhv ee u w t urt whithech them selveset rho is this day reposed in them by the chief authorities of the place, who will not lose a moment in expressing it, and in manifesting to them the complete satisfaction which they have felt on this occasion. So complete was the rout of the Chinese that in the night of the same d ay per f ect qu i et and tranquillity were restored in all the city, which has not since been disturbed ; and i t i s not to b e b e li eve d t h at it will be again, after the severe lesson which has been given to the rebels, and the beneficial terror struck into the Chinese in general by the superiority of our arms and the decisive conduct of the Governor. The bazaar, which was closed on Thursday, was opened on the morning of the following day, in consequence of an edict of the Go vernor, which the Chinese promptly obeyed, as well as thd various other orders emanating from his Excellency; and up to this day the supply of provisions for the city has not been interrupted, which, and all other matters, continue as before, as though nothing had hap pened. His Excellency the Governor, not being able at the commencement of the troubles to anticipate all the results, and desirous of employing every means to protect the life and property of the inhabitants of the place, in case of some unforeseen disaster, sent, without loss of time, to the Governor of the colony of Hong-Kong, soliciting a vessel of war, which might serve for a secure asylum, as well for the subjects of her Majesty as for the strangers here resi dent, when need should be. To this end was dispatched, at ten ♦.M. the cutter of Mr. P. S. Forbes, consul of the United States (which was cheerfully placed at the dis posal of the Governor), with the official dispatches of his Excellency to the Governor of Hong Kong. In conse quence the war steamer Vulture was immediately sent over to Macao. It arrived here at seven .4.31, of Friday, and remained until the following Monday, when it left for long-Kong at two o'clock in the afternoon. CANTON MARKET, OCT. 26. IMPORTS. Cotton —Owing to the want of rain interfering with the water carriage, and to the great scarcity of money, this staple has somewhat receded, notwithstanding the smallness of the stocks. The net quotations are-5 taels to 6.3 for Bombay; fine Banda, 7.4; and Tinnivelly, 5 to 7 taels. It should be remarked that there is little or no fine Bombay at market, and the best would command some mace more than the above quotation. The follow ing is the statemNa of imports, stocks, and deliveries for the month ending 30th instant:— _ _ Stock same Imported. Deliveries. Stock. period 1845. Bombay, bales 24,000 15,022 58,355 64,466 Bengal, „ 1,791 U,392 6.493 1,508 Madras, „ 5,547 4,326 6,389 12,170 America, „ none none 475 1,397 Total... 30,338 21,739 71,712 79,341 The stock at same period of 1844 was 150,027. N.B. This report has no reference to the sales by im i porters during the month; the imports show the quanti ties entered at the Custom-house and actually landed; the deliveries, the quantities delivered from the pack and c‘itt, the stock, that remains in the pack-houses, cold and not sold. - Cotton Yarn—The demand for this article continues good, and prices have rallied, especially for low numbers. The heavy imports which caused apprehension some months back have been placed, and as the supply for some time will be upon a moderate scale, the present quotations are sure to be maintained. The imports of the month are reported at 2,269 b.ilos, the deliveries 1,435 bales, and the stock r =lining 3,775 bales, against 1.825 last year at the same period. The present quotations long are—Nos. 16 to 24, 28 dol. to 29 dol.; Nos. 26 to 32, 31 dol. to 32 dol.; Nos. 34 and 42, 33 dol. to 34 dol. Long Cloths—Sales continue upon a very limited scale, and the article continues much depressed. The quotations long are—Grey 1 dol. 70c. for common, up to 2 dols. 60c. for heavy 72 reed; and whites 2dols. 30c. for common, up to 3 dols. for the best. American Goods—Owing to the high rates ruling in the north, holders have manifested much firmness. The stocks appear light, and there is a considerable degree of confidence existing in the article. The quotations long are—Drills 40 yards, 3 dols. 30c. to 3 dols. 40c., and domestics 40 yards, 2 dols. 50c. to 2 dols. 75c. Long Ells have fluctuated considerably, and the sales 9 dols.; purple, 8 dols. 90c.; mazarine blue, 8 dols. 10c.; yellow, 7 dols. 80c.; black and green, 7 dots. 50c.; light blue, 7 dols. 30c.; ash, 6 dols. 40c. Spanish Stripes—Are very unsteady and difficult. Those reported are upon a small scale. The following are the quotations long for household goods :—Scarlet 9 dols. 90c. ; brown move. The sales reported are upon a moderate scale, and the stock in second hands seems heavy. The quotation long for assortments is 1 del. 25c. to 1 dol. 35c., the respective prices of each colour being—purple, 1 dol. 40c. to 1 dol. 45c.; scarlet, 1 dol. 40c.; mazarine blue, 1 dol. 30c.; gentionella, 1 dol. 20c.; black, 1 dol. 10c. to :1 dol. 15c.; brown, 1 dol. ; light blue, 95c.; green, 85c.; yellow, 80c.; ash, 65c. Camlets—Although this is the best season the demand continues very slack. A small sale of English is re ported at 22 dolls. 50c. long. 500 Dutch pieces have also been placed at 26 dolls. to 27 dolls. 50c., and a few pieces broad at 33 dolls. Lead—Has declined to 5 dolls. 25c. long. Iron—Has advanced. Sales are reported of nailrod at 3 dolls. 20c. to 3 dolls. 50c. long., of hoop at 3 dolls., of bar and bolt at 3 dolls. 20c. to 3 dolls. 40c., and of wire at 4 dolls. to 5 dolls. Tin Plates continue saleable at 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. . __ Betel Nut continues extremely dull. A few sales have been made of new at 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 20c. long; but as that rate cannot now be obtained, it is clear that it has been overheld. Still the dealers are short of stock, and the quantity held by importers is not short. Rattans—A considerable quantity have been placed during the month, at the following rates long, which exhibit an improvement:—Banjarmassing, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 25c. ; Straits. 2 dolls. 75c. to 3 dolls. ; water, 1 doll. 80c. to 2 dolls. 20c. Putchuck very dull, at 6 dolls. 50c. long. Cloves have receded to 25 dolls. Cochineal has advanced to 300 dolls. Rice has advanced, owing to the want of rain having caused a deficient crop. Arracan is 1 doll. 40c.; Manilla and Java, ldoll. 75c. to 1 doll. 90c. Opium—Malwa remains very dull, and the stock con tinues to accumulate. The rates are nearly nominal, and holders appear content with what they can get ; 620 dolls. is the highest quotation for the best. Patna has been governed entirely by speculation, and the legitimate demand has been small. The demand has been principally at three weeks, and snch was the extent to which speculation was carried that an unlimited quantity could be disposed of. The cash demand was very selall, and the price was ruled entirely by the rate at three weeks, ranging 10 dolls. to 15 dolls. below it. The rate for Patna at three weeks was run up to 690 dolls. During the last few days, these three weeks' bargains have become due, and the buyers are unable to clear. Confidence is paralysed, and as more bargains fall due daily, it seems as if repudiation were to be the order of the day. The legitimate demand is quite swamped by this excitement, and cannot be expected to appear until it has subsided. It is hard to determine the cash price of this day, because no one durst force the market, but we question if 630 dolls. cash could be got for any quantity. Benares and old Patna are not in quired for. Turkey remains steady at 490 dolls. AMERICA. We have received New York papers, via Havre, to the 3d of December, three days later than the previous dates. We append a few extracts, but no thing of importance had taken place since the sailing of the last arrivals : GREAT WEBSTER DINNER.—A great dinner was given at Philadelphia, on the Ist of December, in honour of this statesman ; 400 persons sat down at two o'clock to the banquet, 1,500 ladies occupying the gallery. Upon the removal of the cloth the reading of the regular toasts commenced. The third toast was, '° Daniel Webster, the faithful representative, the able negotiator, the fearless statesman, the eloquent defender of the constitution— his patriotic services demand our gratitude—his untar nished honour is the nation's property." After the clamorous manifestations of approval of the above senti ment had somewhat subsided, Mr. Webster arose and commenced the delivery of one of his most masterly and eloquent efforts. The course of the present administra tion of the general government was elaborately com mented on, and a comparison was instituted between the measures of Andrew Jackson and those of James K. Polk. The Mexican war was brought upon the tapis, and Mr. Polk was condemned as being the origin of it. Mr. Webster considered that this was not his opinion alone, but it was also the opinion of a majority of the people, as the result of the recent elections plainly in dicated. No better evidence of the dissatisfaction of the people with regard to the measures of Mr. Polk and his administration was wanting, than the mere fact of the recent great revolution in political affairs. The idea of the Senate's making the Oregon treaty to meet the sanction and approbation of the President, was expa tiated upon in the most bitter and sarcastic manner.— Courier. MEXICO. Files of Vera Cruz papers, to the 7th of November in clusive, have been received at the Navy Department. The general character of the contents of these papers indicate a determination on the part of the people of Mexico to rouse themselves to some great effort. All means are made use of to excite a national spirit, and inflame national animosity. The most exaggerated accounts are given of the excesses committed by the American (volunteer) troops at Monterey, who are charged with robbery, murder, and rape. Extracts of letters from the United States are published, in which it is represented that our people, especially in the northern states, have become thoroughly disgusted with the war on account of its enormous expenses, amounting to halt a million of dollars per diem, and that it has become so odious that it will be impracticable fur our Government to raise the required number of troops—that the Senate will refuse any further appropriations for the war!— that the British Government has insisted on its media tion being accepted, &c.—Union. THE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA. THE MESSAGE.—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT.— The wind having kept in the N.E. for some days past, it is not very probable that the American President's Message can arrive by either of the sailing packets. The steam-ship Caledonia will be 13 days out on Wednesday next, and may be looked for on that or the following. day. She will bring the Message and a week's proceed ings of Congress. DEATH OF THE HON. J. BARRINGTON FORBES.— We have the painful duty to announce the death of the lion. Jonathan Barrington Forbes, eldest son of Lord Forbes. The Hon. Gentleman died at Oxford on Thurs last, of scarlet fever, after an illness of only two days; he would have attained his 18th year on the 4th prox imo. The deceased was at the university pursing his studies, being a Fellow Commoner of Oriel College. His death will be a severe affliction to Lord and Lady Forbes, as his attainments gave great promise. DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE MITCUELL.—On Saturday accounts were received of the death at Fisher ton Anger, near Salisbury, of General George Mitchell, at a very advanced age, for had he lived a few days longer he would have completed the 89th year of his age. He died on Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, after a short illness. The gallant deceased was known to every person residing at Salisbury and its vicinity, from the singularity of his habits, and many tales are told of his eccentricities. He repeatedly called in the poorest of his neighbours to share the hospitalities of his table ; and his benevolence to the indigent was most bountiful. The venerable general entered the army as far back as February, 1776, nearly 70 years ago. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE IN WINDSOR AND ITS VICINITY.—THE Q UEEN'S GIFTS . — Her Majesty's gifts to the poor of Windsor, consisting of blankets, meat, bread, plum-pudding, &c. will be given away to the poor of Windsor, consisting of between 400 and 500 families, under the superintendence of the Hon. and Rev C. L. Courtenay, the Queen's domestic chaplain, and the parochial authorities, in the Riding-school at the Royal Mews, on New Year's-day, in the presence of her Ma jesty. the Prince Consort, and the members of the court. TIIE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA.— His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and suite, according to present arrangements, will embark for North America on the 4th of next month, from Liverpool, on board the Boston mail-packet steamer, whence his Lordship pro ceeds overland to Montreal. The Earl and Countess are expected to arrive in town on Monday next from Scot land. The Countess will not join the Noble Earl until the advance of the spring. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE AN APOTHECARY'S SHOP. _Limestone contains from 24 to 42 per cent. of the car bonate of magnesia, from which Epsom salts are pro cured by the application of sulphuric acid. Hence, as Westminster -bridge is built of the rock, it would, if covered with water and sulphuric acid, be converted into Epsom salt. DISMISSAL OF POLICE-OFFICERS.-011 Saturday last, at the meeting of Commissioners of Police in Scot land yard, no fewer than 22 officers connected with various sections of the metropolitan police were reported for drurkenness and other breaches of conduct in the performance of their duties on Christmas day The re sult of which led to a rigid investigation of tho circum stances. llowever, the whole of them were dis6iarged, no twithstanding many had been some years in the force, which would have entitled them to a pension. COBDEN TRIBUTE FUND.—The Manchester sub script' ,ns to this fund have been considerably increased during the week, the principal contributions being from places at a distance, including Tlllicoutry, Scotland; Norwich, Leek, and Newcastle-on• Tyne. Total of the Manchester subscription, 52,5764 ls, 6d. Manchester Examiner. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) ( I Saturday was : , b ,, erved as a holiday in the L'verporl The absence of many speculators from town at this season prevented a large business being done at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s s a l e o f Railway Shares on Saturday, but prices were all very firm. The following are a few of the principal sales : Great Indian Peninsular £o 5 0 Vale of Ne a th 1 8 0 Great Luxembourg Northern Counties Union 1 5 0 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire, Old 0 10 0 Louvain ala Sambre Manchester and Southampton, 1847 1 12 0 Madrid and Valencia 1 0 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 6 0 London and Blackwell, New . 4 6 • Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0 Newport and Abergavenny Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 10 6 Eastern Counties, York Extension 3 11 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock There ale later accounts from the United States, viz., to the 4th inst., but the int.lligence is not of particular importance, and the chief matter of interest now looked for is the receipt, per Caledonia steamer, of the President's Message. There was a fair prospect of the supplies of grain for Europe continuing abundant, a cheering circumstance in our need, and see ing that prices continue to advance here. To-day wheat is full 2s. per quarter dearer. Referring to the matter of corn supplies, the " Circular to Bankers," though affording some interesting calculations, is rather warped by prejudice against the last Currency Bill of Sir Robert Peel, and anticipates a decided pressure from this necessity of importing from abroad. The writer asks : " What amount of current money or capital will be taken from its ordinary uses in general trade for this great, new, imperative traffic in foreign corn ? In France and England combined, we believe not much less than ten millions sterling. A great proportion of this large amount will pass out of the possession of these two countries, into the hands of Russia and the United States, to enrich and strengthen them. In France and England a greater amount of money is required for circulation, because of the enhanced value of almost all— and certainly all the principal—commodities to be circu lated by the agency of money. And the system of cur rency prevailing in France and England, forbids the en largement of their monetary circulation for their internal traffic. This describes the "fix" in which those two old countries will, we fear, find themselves within the r next six months. Payments for calls on fbreign railways by British subjects will certainly not amount to so large a sum as the investments by England in State Stocks, and other securities of the United States, in the year 1638, and immediately preceding years. The extension of continental railways must be regarded comparatively as unimportant; or not a highly important, aggravation of the existing evil of monetary disturbance and the drain for them must be principally for France a common sufferer with England from the same causes. Austria and Prussia will take care of themselves by the free use of paper-money —however temporary may be its use—and by the direct patronage and identification of their Governments with the railway adventurers." Whatever Austria and Russia may do, we should be sorry to see England copy them in their paper issues. The English Stock Market is firm, although extremely quiet. Consols realise 94* -I, the New Thr , e•and-a- Quarter nor Cents. are 96 to *, and the Three per Cents. 94* to 4. Bank Stock has been firm at 206. Exchequer bills are Bs. to I 1 s. premium, being rather heavy. There is not expt cted to be much done until tie dividends are paid next month. In the Foreign Stock Exchange the transactions have been on a very moderate scale. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 264 being ecarcely so good as previously. Portuguese Four per Cents. have risen to 384. Mexican Stock is quoted, 241; Grenada, 194; the Deterred, 34; and the Equador, 3*-; Buenos Ayres Bonds are at 42 to 43, and Peruvian at 39, being in most instances about previous rates. Venezuela Stock is 39k. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. have improved to 61 and 61*. The accounts from Lisbon are almost as inde finite as ever, and it is not easy to determine on what ground the bonds have improved. The Share Market looks well again to-day, and in some cases there has been a slight advance in the quotations .—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 114 to 11k; Caledonian, 34 to 29k; Direct Northern, 2-1 ; Eastern Counties, 23 * ; Great Western, 126 ; South- Western, 63. ; London and York, 2:1 ; North British, 36 -* ; North Staffordshire, 94 a ; Scottish Central, 22 224 ; South-Eastern, 40 ; York and Newcastle, 38 ; Great Northern of France, 11 ; Sambre and Meuse, 44 ; and West Flanders, 5. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 206 206 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 9481,4 94% New 34 per Cent. Annuities 96 1 / s 96 • 1 /s Long Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 978 9% India Bonds, 1,0001 — Ditto under 1,000/. . ....... South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Opening 944% Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1%d.... 811 8— p Ditto, 5001 Ditto. Small ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 oer Cent. 42 43 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent... Equador Bonds Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. l9 Ditto, Deferred 3% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 4 ,4 Ditto, Account — Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 39% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto. Account ... ....- ..... 38% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account . 26%% Ditto 3 per Cent...... Ditto, Account — Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 39% Ditto, Deferred ll% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 934 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2% 3 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .... 1%,... Belfast & County Down 4.N ..... . Birmingham and Dudley 425. ... .. 6% p Birmin. and Glaucester..loo Ditto New 17% — ... ... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc.... 2 3 / 4 — Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. 3/ 4 3 /8 r , rs Bristol and Exeter 75 Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Bristol and Liver. June.. 2144 Buckinghamshire ~ aledoniar, Ditto Halt Shares ..... . 2 1 /i 2% 2% Ditto„Clydesdale June '25 ...... Chester and 1101yhead... 27% — Claurnet and Blythe— 2 Chester and Manchester 425. ••• Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... . Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford ... 11/2 — Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% ..... . ..-.. Direct Lincoln, East Ret- 93% 94 8p 8p 8p CLOSING PRICES 43 88% 3); 19 1 ,4 3 1 ,4 24 1 4 24 1 / 2 39% 26 5 ,i 38% 40 11% 61% 93 6 % P 11% % P ford, and Sheird. June. 2% Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June 121,4i — Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 141. 165....... 23% Ditto New l2l 16s 71,4 p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... EastDereh'sn andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union Ditto. Quarter Shares 10 Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17 , 8 — ......... Do., Cainb. and Ely.. 21,,E East Lancashire Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Orrnskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip l l% East Lincolnshire ... •• 1 1 4 East & West of England . ......... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 76 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ......... Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% l5 .. ......... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ...... ...... Ely and lluntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2%,,..., Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 2% Glasgow,Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 Ditto, New .. 15 Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ...... 12 1 / 2 Goole, Doncast er , & c . .. 2 Great Eastern &Western ....... •••• •• Great South. and West (Ireland) Great Munster ... 2 1 ...... Great North of Scotland 2 1 4...... Great North of England..loo 239 238 Ditto New Ditto, New Ditto, New Great Western B5 126 - 3%q 23 7 % P . 1 /i p 3% 3 05/ -18 21 1 /, 18% 151 14 1 4, 1% 2% 28 1 A Ditto % Shares. 50 Ditto 14 Shares lO Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... .. 2 Huddersfield & Manches. 13 •••••• Ditto, Extension Hull and Selby 50 Do. Half Shares 25 Ditto M Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 ~.. Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New Leeds and Bra liOrd 10 Leicester and Bedr.)rd... 16s Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 22 1 / 2 311A.. ........ .... Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — Do. Extension( Green) 24.• Leeds and Thirsk 1 7 14...... 16: 1 4' Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per U t. 3% 5 14 ...... ..... Do., Mnchstr & New castle Junction. 2IX, ..... I.r.ndon and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 46 Do. New 3 ••• •• ....' ...... . •• •• ... 4/ 106 13 1 4 4, 67!4; 7.7 ,314 311 / 4 4 3 / . 7 1 514 Ditto Extension 7 1,.....• .. ........ ... London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. .. 59 1 / E 59 is:— . .•:‘ , l:, DO. LR,Vi. Eighths.. 10 Do. (i•.:arant. 5 per ct. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — . . London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westeratloo Do. Quarters .. 2 Dn. , ci0.. New Ditto Fifths Do. IA Shares (G. J.) 5 ••• Do 40/. Shares( L. M.) — Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 5 - 10/. (M. X ' ' --- Do. 10/. M. & B:) B. 5 Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 London. Uxfor' Cheltenham l% 0d ... ... ........ .. .. Lond. & S.We s t ern 411 6a 1 De. New C onso L Bths 40 Do. New .............. 221 .. Do. New .......... ... 18 Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 .. Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 ""•'...... Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ...... ...... 4 ..... -- London and York 24 ....... 2 34 %re Do. Extension ..... ......... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 2%.. .. . . Londonderry& Coleraine 15 ..... Londonderry and Ennis- ....._ killen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds 82 108 34 Ditto lA, Shares . ... 38 ...... Do. Quarters Do. Fifths ...... . 5 . , . Do. Sixteenths ... 64 Do. Extension 42s. 11,4% p ... Do. Liverp. and Bury 24 Do. do. Fifths ...... ... 1 blanchester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... 1 1 4% p - Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ... .. . 1 h 3 / 4 Midland lOO l3l 129 1 / 2 1301 , 2 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birin., and Derbyloo lO 4 l /4 AL....." Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle end lierw:ck 20 Do. North Shields . . 25 Newcastlf- and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2%...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, ... and Rostrevcr 5 • ~......••.. Norfolk ......... ......... ...100 129 .... »....... Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk... Do. do. Waveney Val. Northern Counties Union 2 1 4.-- North Br.tish ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares - ... ..... Do Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 ... 3% Northerr, and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 .4 — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 ---- 91/234 Ni,rth'Vales ... Northern and Southern Td, -and Connecting North Western... 24 Oxford, W ,, rcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witt) ey, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Do. I „ . ', Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. — dis. ....... ... Richmond Royston and Hitcben ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% — Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1a ...... Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 •• 5 % 1 /8 ...... ..... Ditto ditto, Class B. 114 2% Shropshire Union South Devon.. South S taffordshire J unc. 2% South Eastern & Dover. 33% 4O Do., No. 1 2G Do., lic , 2. Do., No. 3 Do., No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. — ••••• Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 ...- South Wales 5 - . • • •••••• meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 3 - ••• ... •••••••• Vale of Neath 2 Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole Waterford and Kilkenny 11 • - .. Waterford and Limerick 27% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ..... -- 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. 2 IA% p ...... ... West Cornwall tVexford and Carlow Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 ..... 38% 38 Ditto New 5 ...... 12%....• . ..... . Do. Preference fork anti North Midland 50 Ditto IA Shares-- ... 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension 2O - ........... Ditto, Preference Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2 1 ,[ 2 .•• Boulogne and Amiens... 18 ......„ Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cettc (Mackenzie's)... 2 ~ ~, ............... Do. (Espelete's) .... 2 .... . ..... ......... Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders ... 2 ...... Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 .. ... ... .. ......... Central of Spain ... Ceylon Demerara 2 l /2 .., _ ~, Ue.lcire Valley Direct Bombay and Madras j Dutch Rhenish 6 East ltidis.o ... ..... .... ss. Fampoux & llazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ..... Italian and Austrian.... 4..... Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 - Jersey Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... . ...... Luxembourg...... ..... .. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 — Madras . Madras. Nellore, and Arcot % Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... — Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege Nn of France Constituted 5 ..... 11 . North Jamaica 1 Orleans ,and Vierzon ... 10 ...... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... ~, ~,„ Over Yssel 4l3s 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 8 Paris and Orleans 2O .. . Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 ... 41 /2 , ••••• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence & Atlantic Tours and. Nantes Con stituted ... ... . 5 - .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... ~.. 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London..- ..... 10 British North American 50 Commercial of London 20 Colonial London & Westminster. 20 London Joint Stock National of Ireland 2 2 14 — National Prov. England. 35 Union of Australia MINES Real del Monte Unregd. 59 47% 15% 19% 63% 26 3 4 5% 2% 17% 17 108% 50 1% p 13b p 1 3 / 4 130% 32 7 1 4 10444 347 i 129 11% 36% 13 1 ,4 3q 11A 3% 9% 22 1 / , 1 24 . 4 4 dis 24;4 17 1 4 3% 3% _ 2p 97 s 3$ 12% 81% 38 3 4, 14% 18% 15% X 1% - % 3 1 /4 10% 144 8 1 -A 491/i 41 ADVANTAGES OF THE PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON.— The Miranda, Captain Leonard, trading between London and the West Irdies, came into the Southampton Docks, on Wednesday, in a very eistressed state. She was bound to London from Antigua, laden with sugar and molasses, having about 500 hogsheads on board; and having experienced a very stormy passage, she was much beaten about and a great part of her cargo damaged. Her tonnage is about 300 tons, and she appears to be a strong-built vessel. Being in such a distressed condition, it was deemed advisable to avail themselves of the safety of this port, rather than incur the dangerous passage round to London, and she accordingly came into the docks to dischargs her cargo.—Hampshire _lndependent FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.—On Saturday night, shortly after nine o'clock, an alarming fire, resulting in loss of life, occurred at a house in Fox -court, Kent street, Southwark, occupied by deceased, whose name was Ann Fleetv, out', aged 40 years. The firemen promptly attended, and, after throwing a quantity of water into the room. they were able to ent(r the place, when to their astonishment and horror, they discovered the lifeless body of the female completely roasted to a cinder, and nll her ch , thing burnt off. After •the fire had been ex tinguished an examination was made of the premises by Mr. Henderson, when that officer found that the deceased woman must have fallen asleep before the fire, where her cicthes by some means became ignited, which communi cated with the apariment and caused the death of the deceased.