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.. n ib Sa viig ij ;nott, at t„•o ditt° ; 0 1 Sifor g oo i ; w ith, b ° .; c 3 the . 10, 0 farga ret r ' . l ur c hildrejil mI (e pt let` - rrie" l on P e ,I e l ;30 1C11° `' i f „ r ) l , s 5 to u -I ' o re ;? " I wee tiog 1 1,4 1 fl the sao )f during 'it' h e%t 1 „ t t tue goteal" The Si ll Po a el ite O t ,s ' oo neatiOto y con mpg , India LI, of ;fib 15)t1f1401i IL r t h e O .0 vd • ISer - jF ca r,l Vise° bo (0 Co t he .t; p° c oo' rUet ec le• 3 5 ? el f * 6' 3 40 9 5 J. 0 01 I s ee 785. 1 0001, OVERLAN! MAIL' INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received by extraordinary express our dis patches in anticipation of the Bombay mails of the Ist of January, containing the important news that the Seikh army had crossed the Sutlej, and that they having thus declared war against the British, the Governor-General Lad issued tho following proclamation on the 13th of December:— "PR OCLAMATION BY THE RIGHT BON. TEE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INIA. The Briti s h Government has eve r been on terms of friend slhiP with that of the Punjaub. "In the y ear 1809 a treaty of am i ty and concord was con cluded between the British Government and the late Maha raja Runjeet Singh, te conitions of hich have al b een faithfully observeh d d by the Brit shy Government, ways and Were scrupulously fulfilled by the late Maharaja. "The same friendly relations have been maintained with the successors of Maharaja Runjeet Singh by the British Government up to the present time. " Since the death of the late Maharaja &sere Singh, the disorganised state of the Lahore Government has made it incumbent on the Governor-General in Council to adopt P r ecautionary measures for the protection of the British frontie r • the nature of these measures, and the cause of their adoption, were at the time fully explained to the Lahore Durbar. " Notwithstanding the disorganised state of the Lahore Government during the last two years, and many most un friendly proceedings on the part of the Durbar, the Gover nor-General in Council has continued to evince his desire to maintain the relations of amity and concord which had so lo ng existed between the two states, for the mutual interests a tl, happiness of both. He has shown on every occsion the utmost forbearance from consideration to the helpless state of the infant M a h ara j a Dh u l eep Si ng h, w h om th e B r iti s h Go vernment had recognised as the successor to the late kaharaja Share Singh. " The Governor-General in Council sincerely desired to lee a strong Seikh Government re-established in the Punjaub, able to control its army and protect its subjects. He had that important 1 to the resent moment, abandoned the hope of seeing object effected by the patriotic efforts of the Beikhs and people of that country. the The Seikh army recen tly marc hed f ro m L a h ore t owar d s Durban, Briti s h f ront i er, as it 11 as alleged by the orders of the .. " ur har, for the purpose of invading the British territory. " The Governor-General's agent, by direction of the Go vernor-General, demanded an explanation of this movement, Ind no rep l y being returned within a reasonable time, the be lieve and i was repeated. The Governor. General, unwilling to n the hostil e i n t en ti ons o f th e Seikh Government, to Wich no p rovocat i on h ad been given, refrained from taking th .Y measures which might have a tendency to embarrass C s , G overnment of the Maharaja, or to induce collisi o n be ^een the two states. t,'W'hen no reply was given to the repeated demand for ex 'unation, and while active military preparations were con 'cued at Lahore, the Governor-General considered it neces ,BarS ro order the advance of troops towards the frontier to einforce the frontier posts. v " The Seikh army has now, without a shadow of provoca ft, invaded the British territories. r o ." The Governor-General must, therefore, take measures Pti ch.effectually protecting the British provinces, for vindi- ilubnkmg the authority of the B r iti s h G overnment, and for s c h p in e g ac t e l . ie violators of treaties, and the disturbers of ° Alla Governor General hereby declares the possessions „e laharsja Dhuleep Singh on the left or British banks of '4,,,Sutlej confiscated and annexed to the British territories. all jTha Governor-General will respect the existing rights of agheerdars, Zamindars, and tenants in the said posses fide!' w ho, by the course they now pursue, evince their !t }rho, to the British Government. e G overnor-General hereby calls upon all the chiefs wit e h rdars in the protected territories to co-operate cordially tom the British Governmeet for the punishment of the str _m_on enemy, and for the maintenance of order in these th', s s Those of the chiefs who show alacrity and fidelity in ritist a i ke Zarscharge of this duty which they owe to the protecting o c t r, will find their interests promoted thereby, and those. ga contrary course will be treated as enemies to the o vernment and will b punished accordingl y. The The inhabitants , of all the e territories on the left bank of re s „tlei are h ere b y di rected to abide peaceably in their ei„:.: by the `;‘ftive ;here they will receive efficient rotec i—n:British Government. All parties of men found eh e 7 s r lhed bands, who can give no satisfactory account of I,eaee.ir proceedings, will be treated as disturbers of the public b:4-1: subjects of the British Government and those who fai s tates on b o th s id es the river Sutlej, who by their to ' 3 4 , 14 t 1 ad herence to th e B r iti s h G overmuent may be liable j ast e . in lose, s h a ll be indemnified and secured in all their. fSata and privilege& ,ne2 ' i'ren, tn, the o other h an d , all subjects of the British Govern• .Te s hall continue i n t h e serv i ce of the Lahore state, tu rn disobey thi s proclamation by not immediately re o their allegiance, will be liable t o h ave th e i r pro l~rtY on this side the Sutlej confiscated, and declared to be and enemies of the British Government. i ndi ri e Y order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of " F. CURRIE, •"Secretary to the Government of India with u the Governor-General. 'MP; Lushkuree Khan-ke-Serai, Dec. 13, 1845." BOMBAY, JAN. 3. Piain ,To un derstand the Seikh character, it i s necessary to ex- LTthat they follow the tenets of Nunok, who four centu ago formed a religion fro m Hi n d oo i sm and Mahomedan i;"", Which suited th e t as t e o f the men of Lahore. Guided .3' their " GoorGos " or priests, th ey f ought and gained consi - de ra rs e territories ' in the Punj au b , or C ountry of the Five Rive. Some of the troops, and especially those of Rajpoot descent, avumed the appellation of Singbs, or Lions. Runjeet Singh, 180.ra liheadvien tzel, hp hie bties, succeeded in placing himself at their head. laBss3a9iseini eaeteedw. h 1 eh time three of his succes and the troops refuse to obey his f The Singhs resemble, in a Dhuleep Singh is but a boy, treat me at Constantinople; and they, too, assume the right of select ingeeble s as ce u p r tr e e t . he Janissaries their own rulers. The Akhoaleaer are u . fli a tribe of the wildest fanatics, who look upon all men as objects of hatred, unless those who profess the Seikh faith. The Seikh troops are stated to amount in number to about 70,000 men, collected from the bravest of the land ; for, like th e J an i ssar i es, they admit iternits of all c l asses, on those recruits adopting their tenets. ,The Seikh troops, inflated with vanity and desirous of l',l,44dert came to the resolution of invading the British ter ''''''Y ;- and they, notwithstanding the reluctance of their G - IPnino% ernment, marched in the end of November and the be g li ft December to the banks of the Sutlej, a distance p,?_ about fifty miles from Lahore. The forced the Queen liather's paramour, Lall Singh, to accompany therh as a 28th of for her behaviour during their absence. On the ~u Of November one division of them reached Manihala, ... 4 4 0 n the 29th Behranna. The other divisions moved in ,ar Ilel routes, and on the Bth of December the whole force ?reached the banks of the Sutlej, forming a line extending 'e rn 1(osoor opposite to Ferozepore, to the Ilurreeke Ghat raroa ei Singh who was to be one of their principrl leaders, en tiureci by various excuses to delay his departure from kt7;r:oceTedlieinPgi,r.nt or Couacil of officers guided the troops in aed" ' oYe rnor-General left Delhi on the 19th of November, t,_roached Rurnal on the 26th, when he had au interview I ta the Com mander-in -Chief, Sir 11. Gough, and with_ . tor Rroadfoot, both of whom had come by dak from UM 1,..,2. It was at this meeting that the Governor-General ex wry. - Z•i his disappravol of the measures adopted by the mili thutheritiEs in hastening troops to the river's bank. On ;',_ 7 th the Governor-Gen.ral again began his march nd ti lait 7e 2d of December he ' arrived at . Umballa, where herre that dayntil the 7th, busy in reviewing the troops; and z o e n_ Por k „be moved out of the fort as . if to proceed to r to L.,.,y11 the 11th he rode from his camp, 16 miles' distance, tat.--eirinn, o n .to inspect the troops. On the 9th the determi • . It4 ( 1 ''' of tile Seikh s o ldi er y t o cross t h e Sutlej became known, Vairee°rdere were issued for the assembly of the army,.and the t he of of th e Lahore Government was desired to retire from th e e rattlthPany's terito l r 7 i proclamation Was issued on General's camp was e t s l; th T e h G e overnor Lit b lu .2 and on the _ ithin 5 miles of the ~, tl - ehrt.,,ao, Within 37 miles of the Seikhs. The Commander. ‘zol,.stationed on that day 27 ,e'4°r •General's camp above P '"ris t crossed the . ford about 12 miles Fe river by a On the 12 w th 10,000 Seikhs, with etin er'Pore; and on the 13th they were about 7 miles from it, Th;`)Png Men and guns by a bridge of boats. osed of 11,0- .ritiah army w concentrating; it w" collil s 3 of foot snilianlPlete troops of horse artillery, 11 companie Phaet7, with four light field batteries, a 12-pounder ele raort,__uttery of 13 guns, 14 24-pounders, 8 howitzers,. and eataj" Preparing • three European with seven native light eorp,'Y regiments ' including the body guard ; four complete k:e t and a wing of the sth irregular cavalry ; nine other thew6 4 i n and 25 - n c regiments of infantry, and almost ,-, — ,.',eorps of Bengal Sappers and Miners. There were hu t ,%,' m movement to reinforce the army. general states that Sir H. Hardinge was likely to have a dt,4t,ted4attle but this fact was on the 20th of December, ea t, ‘nici as ' t e a l- ally as his Su pposed to be following the power and e`efl eti t to ' ~stc r it i c l ese 17- the_ — 'Wellington school, and not to be dis fore ' .the Seil lll l he can give a blow with allele u nder si r Os were kept in check near Ferozepore by a sap who used Littler, who commands at thg e s l t i a n t e io u n i fat Red atta ck eld works to be thrown up on the 15th, and turf ii‘e had def by the Seikhs. Reports have been current l i, e h ad to eated a body of the Seikhs on * 4 no n% St eight officers. oho said t er of Seikha that crossed the river before the 14th witk!t ppL a 2 l ?unt to 30,000, with 70 gun ex s. Their great vi, i ' D. Oet an :'% 0 3 be plunder, which they t t p e e . c r te u d w t n o p fin_( - 1 thet,4B for'rClueulty. They have brough . h . l ~ P. sal Il se a e ca mPaign, as they dread being poisoned it i s. 41, TI S food found in the Brltish territories. They are tetiv_ --. to b e al b.- "ed by .t_ armed at taking Ferozepore, which is de- Sadl-,'"e the.,;,lem.a being undermined, and to be blown , up in M the enter it, They were vacillating before t ley i r ecti ac th 9ritish territory, and appeared to be more so h on t Znah iett !Ir. progress resisted. The Ranee, or to° et at Lahore, declaring she had opposed the march of Queen-Moter, Zee bap who refused to obey her. At her request a ' , Pit a l . been sent back to Lahore to protect her and the se i l l t PPrth eri .,_ attirate th e Zu . n_ vrer! entertained that the Seikh troops would I:le:41 throu'i _ es into plundering bands, and scatter t e L ltt j.e great aughethe British provinces to Susa, Hansee, &c. k e Which ~.4 2 t3' prevailed as to the results of the pitched at a ,.oelt aa is .6 .expected on the 20th of December. ~_ iio 4ed t , a tributary p;ovince of Lahore, and the troops " 4 .. "ere, to the nutnber of 30,000 men, were described th, a in z ki, eettria_4l°ved towards Bhawulpore. They were under .I\ °lta ti. u 'L of Dewan Moulraj, the Nazim or Governor of Sir ' '' s °f the • - it _ . „ h ale. „... invasioa of the British territory had reached 'l47_!)re a Go i: ~N3. l r on the 24th of December, and her Ma ttiloi y , ax,a, Nunent and the 12th Regiment Native 1 - 1- th e rt tlY ord tr ",l the other disposable forces there, were in ,_. in; „.,7u to prepare for marching to the froaiers of I; 43 estycl'.; ., _ The Ist egie By Europeans, her fll.ng in the steamy itaN;!tent_s efloßeeimerit, and the 4th Rifles, 3d and 11th ay dative Infantry, were under order 3 for 'nid e, tr , ._ . 11 , mers from. Bombay for Kurrachee, en route l atest the Sinde army. `tikEt ,na . ,e a s from Caubuldescribes a feud between Akbar il":4t,orhane,,'',.4"t Tan, which induced the latter to excite 1-1:14, ex'c'e,st Dos-.uMoinrned had grown suspicious of all (ie t i; )f his rroo n p l S Att,:v eshora Sin no, to -whom alone he confided the coin h, who some time back raised a revolt at ' 3 °Pp e :' it is not f. , 11.,!_ e h i __ a r.. .0e n -ivhetlier he is dead or alive. Some 4 ,t_ ‘ ,. 2......iu,, prisoner in the fort of one of the chiefs. Governo . • a ~?‘ arri val 44,.e steamer was delayed in consequence of the (,- "oert t t .°, the am tra winch r ook I... General's dispatches. The k 0 ,4 , p; ii,,,, i Bo , liP to Kurrachee the firs' detachment a' Ill'rnio'' aiu;"64Y returned Yesterday tomorrowno started ,lestv, !,, _en.e.thers are to start with her At al mil l o.ltre,ent, and detachments of artillery. vu dat Kurrachee that all engagemout had LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 22.—The steamer Victoria left Bombay on the afternoon of the 3d inst., and brings the important in formation of the invasion of the British territory by a large &Rill force on the 21st of lleeember, on which a battle imme diately took place:— " BOMBAY TIMES' EXTRA. " Times-office, Saturday 12 A.M., Jan. 3. "A dispatch arrived this morning from the Governor- General from Ferozepore, which mentiots that a battle had taken place at that place. Our forces had stormed one of the enemy's positions, and were preparing to storm the other when the dispatch left. Sir H. Hardinge led the centre, Sir H. Gough the right, and Sir John Littler the left. The slaughter was very great. Further particulars have not yet reached us. The steamer Victoria had made considerable way out of the harbour when the above dispatch arrived, when she was immediately recalled, and returned into port about halt-past ten o'clock." The dispatch is dated from Umballa the 26th of Dezember. 11 o'CLocx.—The news is that the battle took place at Ferozepore ; the Governor-General led the centre, the Commander-in-Chief the right, and Sir John Littler the left. The centre and right held their ground well ; the left was hard pressed. .- - - The troops had stormed one position, and were preparing to attack the other, when the dispatch left. The slaughter Was very great. There is no doubt of this, as Mr. Cochrane, the barrister, has just come from Government-house, where the Governor announced publicly the news. This intelligence relieves us from all apprehensions re lative to the garrison of Ferozepore, and to the positions of the army. The Seikhs lost 65 guns. The fighting was for three days, day and night. The British occupied the Seikh camp. Noox. - Anotherreport is that the Seikhforce of more than 50,000, and 150 pieces of artillery, invaded the British pos sessions on the 21st of December. A battle was the imme diate result, which lasted till the 23d, and was not over when the express left. The loss was great on both sides, but the enemy suffered most, and lost 65 pieces of cannon. It is also said that Sir John Littler was forced to retire on the first attack, and that the enemy were °lily routed on the advance of the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief. No doubts were entertained that the enemy would shortly be driven across the Sutlej. The steamer is about to start. As the advantages of the Marseilles and Trieste routes have been frequently and very warmly discussed; it may be useful to state, as nearly as our present means will allow us, the exact time which the transmissioa of this dispatch from Alexandria has occupied. The mails were brought from Bombay to Suez by the East India Company's steamer Victoria, and arrived at the latter port on the 19th of January. They were then con veyed by the ordinary means across the Desert, and reached •Alexandria on the morning of the 22d. The Austrian steamer Imperatrice was there in waiting, and departed at noon on that day with our dispatch for Trieste. She arrived at Dwinc, near Trieste. where her mails were landed, on Thursday, the 29th ; and late that evening the courier who carried our dispatches, and to whom we are indebted for most strenuous exertions in our behalf, left Dwino en route for Ostend. His first point was Carlsruhp, whence he hoped to obtain a steam-boat down the Rhine to Bonn or Cologne, but so extensive was the inundation that no steamer could be prevailed on to undertake the voyage, and he was compelled to post onwards, encountering all the difficulties which flood, snow, and rain could interpose, until he reached the Belgian :railroads. By this means he reached Ostend, and thence crossing to London, succeeded, with rare intelli gence, although not speaking a word of English, in reaching our office without a moment's delay. He arrived at six o'clock, and had thus performed the journey from Dwino, under every imaginable disadvantage, in some hours less than six days. The whole time occupied between Alexandria and London is a little more than 13 days. When the Imperatrice left Alexandria the Iberia was waiting for the ordinary English mail, but she was not ex pected to sail until the morning of the 23d on her voyage to Marseilles, yid Malta. Our Ma - rseillee advices of the 31st ult. state that neither the Iberia nor the Orient, a French steamer attached to the direct line between Alexandria and Marseilles, had then ar rived,'although they had been expected as earl• as the 28th. Our private letters from Suez announce that the Auckland steamer was expected there in a few days with further dispatches. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NORTH. (From the Delhi Gazette, Dec. 24.) It would be difficult to describe the almost breathless anxiety with which the arrival of the (Mks has been looked for since our last. The various phases of the Affghanistan disasters were scarcely more exciting on the public mind than the expectation which has been created by the sudden inroad of such an immense body of Seikbs into our territo ries, and the preparations made by the British Government to resist this breach of the peace, which has so long subsisted between the two nations, and to punish the invaders. Hav ing, however, carefully weighed the position of our army as well as that of the Seikhs, and now examined ourmaps, we apprehend that the delay which has taken place in the ex pected collision is more easily to be accounted for than would appear to be the case, had we correctly stated the dis tance between Bussean and Ferozepore, when we men tioned that the head-quarters of our force were, on the 17th, within 37 miles of the Seikh force. It is possible that this estimate may have been strictly applicable to the outposts of the force, but certainly not to the main body, which being near Ferozepore, must have been fully 60 miles from our head-quarters. It appears also that the neighbourhood of Bussean was assigned as the plice at which a junction should be formed between the Loodiana and Umballa forces, it having been very prudently considered un safe to allow the former to take the direct and ordinary road to Ferozepore. The consequence of these movements, through a country out of the direct line of communi cation, is (no arrangements having been made for the first few days for opening a new one), that no letters can very well have been expected until such new line shall have been completed; and we are at a loss to know how the items we were enabled to publish in our Extra of the 18th came to us from camp. Of their correctness as to the temporary ar rangements for the command of the force in the field we have since had full confirmation, with the addition that the garrison of the small fort of Wudnee (the stage next to Bussean), rendered grandiloquent by the crossing of the Seikhs, actually threatened to close their gates and with hold supplies, but thought better of it when we in return threatened instant destruction, and that on the 18th Major Broadfoot had ridden on to Bhaga Poorana to make arrange rnents for the progress of the force. As the places between Bussean and Ferozepore, elsewhere indicated, have a tem porary interest, we give a short account of them, extracted from the " roadside m esas . " o f an a bl e correspondent. EI:SWAN belonged to the Jeend state, and when that lapsed was in the portion retained by the British Government It is a pretty extensive place, has 2,500 intabitant.s, residing in about 500 houses of brick and mud, and has twenty shops, walsVotrupEine,dl,o6 m m e iles ye f a r r o s m b a ß e u k s s b e ; n t e and one templ e o f Si va. ate Captain Wudnee p t g u Murray,nna 1. 1 as a lapse: to the British Government; but Runjeet Singh, ever anxious to keep up his influence in the states south of the Sutlej, put in his claim ; eventually, I believe, it was settled on the f avour it e son, Sheer Singh, and, on hi s acces sion to the guddee, b ecame a portion of the Lahore pos sessions. To retain it, a garrison of 200 men (it would be almost a libel on the military profession to style them soldiers) is kept in the fort of Wudnee. Th e b o d y of the place is of brick, and consists of a square of about a hundred yards with a dodecagon tower or bastion at each corner, and midway in each curtain; it is surrounded by a fausse iraie of mud and encircled by a deep ditch. The bastion in the east face is prolonged and ends in a semicircle; through it is the entrance of the eneiente ; access to the fausse braie is from the north through a casemated circular bastion, and by a causeway across the ditch. On my riding towards the entrance, the man sitting sentry rose and closed the gate, and then informed me of its being honhunz naheen for strangers to visit the interior. What is contained within the walls I cannot therefore state beyond a small white temple of Siva, whose pinnacles are perceptible above the rampart. The brickwork is in a goad order, but the fausse braie is in a bad condition. The village of Wud nee, Budnee, Woodnee, or Boodnee (it is call e d by a ll th ese names), is east of the fort, and is composed of about 400 mud houses; the shops are thirty-five in number, and the inha bitants about 2,000, principally Scikhs, Brahmins, and Khetries. Bhaga Poorana, twelve miles from Bussean, belongs to Nehal Singh Aloowala; it is a small village, of about 150 mud houses, and about 700 inhabitants, Seik ha and Mahomme dans, principally the former. There are five shops but no temple of any description; and, as a symptom of verging on the desert, the three wells are about forty yards deep. Th cultivation around is various —wheat, barley, bajra, sesame, and mustard. Moodkee, sixteen miles from Bbaga Poorana, is a large village belonging to the Lahore Raj, and contains about GOO houses (many of brick) and 4,000 inhabitants, Seikhs, Mahommedans, and Hindoos. There are 30 shops in the village, and 100 Lahore Sepoys are on duty at the place. Sooltaun Khan Walla, 13 miles from Moodkee, consists of about 250 houses, of which but eight are of brick ; the shops are 10 in number; and the inhabitants amount to about 1,200, of the three religions. There is also a mosque of mud, and a small fortification of the same material. In November, 1838, the village was in great danger, if not partially burnt, from the ignition of several haystacks by some followers of a brigade of the army of the Indus. Kull is about two miles distant, and when we were there the other day the bheestis had to come here for water. This place, Farreedkote, and 58 other villages, belong to Sirdar Pahar Singh, who derives from them a revenue of 48,000 rupees. We have no reason for doubting in the full ability of General Littler to hold his own, so long as it may be ne cessary, and believe that a plan has been concerted by which it is hoped to give the best account of the Sepals which we could wish to have. In case of his being attacked, he is merely to defend himself; but, in case of the head-quarters. division coming up with the enemy first, he is then to move out and take them from his side, an arrangement which Will insure a most decisive result. In case the Seikhs should re treat altogether, without offering battle this side the Sutlej, we believe they will be pursued to the walls of Lahore by the force now on their heels, and made to fight there. The first division of the Meerut troops will be at Ferozepore or. the 3d and 4th of January, the second three days after, and the third the day after them, and will increase the force to about 35,000 men; enough to sweep the Punjaub from end to end, and clear it of the rabble soldiery. We have instituted strict in quiries regarding the alleged invasion of the Bahawulpore territory by Dewan Moolraj, and have every reason to believe the report premature ; at least such an event is certainly pos sible, but had not occurred at the date of the last advises. The disturbances which did occur at Bahawulpore arose out of a feud between two sons of the Nawab, after one of them had been placed QM the guddee. TME SUN, LONDON, FRI DAY MORNING-, FEIIRUAIt 6, 1846. taken place between the advance guard of the British army and the Seikhs at Moodkee, in which the 3d Dragoons did great execution, by routing the enemy, and taking seven teen guns. General 31‘Casitell is said to have died of his wounds on the following day. The date is not stated. Great anxiety prevailed respecting the position of the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief and their army, which was stationed between Loodiana and Feroze pore in such a manner as to be liable to have the communi cations with Delhi intercepted. The main body of our troops, advancing from Umbella towards Ferozepore, were on the 17th of December at Bus ! sean, within thirty-five nullos of the Seikh army, and with the Commander-in-Chief close by. On the 22d it was known that 'the Lahore troops, to the number of 30,000, with 70 guns, had crossed the river Sutlej, and had taken up such a position as would enable them to intercept the Ferozepore mails. None of later date than December 13 had reached Cawn p ore. The dal( between Loodiana and Ferozepore is stopped, and the whole of the intermediate jungle swarming with pluu &erers of the worst description. The departure of the steamer, which was fixed for noon this day, had been further postponed till five o'clock this evening. Every exertion is making at this port to send troops of all kinds off to Sindt., to enable Sir Charles Napier to move at the head of a large force. FRIDAY EVENING.—The mails are now closing, although the Governor-General's dispatches have pot arrived. This morning's dak brought us letters from Lahore, with intelligence of the 14th, 15th, and 16th. Also 41 letter from our native correspondent at Loodiana of the 21st, which ne gatives a report prevalent at Umballa, on the 22d, that the place had been attacked by the Seikhs, which is said there to have originated with one of the party of officers who were on their way to the army, and which, it is added, induced them to take the Umballa instead of the Loodiana route. We must confess that the latter station seems to have been some what neglected by the authorities in their anxiety to concen trate the troops upon Ferozepore. Nothing has come in from Umballa regarding the army which can be relied upon. The only report having the appearance of truth is that Wudnee had been razed to the ground on the 20th inst. by Colonel Wheeler. SIMLAII.—The following party of officers on sick leave at Simlah were to start from that sanatorium on the morning of the 19th, in order to join their respective regiments, or the army in the field :—Captains Stephen, 41st Bengal Infantry; Mackenzie, 11th ditto; Whitclock, 13th ditto; and Mavow, 2d Europeans. Lieutenants Lawrence and Mainwariog, 73d Bengal Infantry, and Drummond, 70th ditto. They would reach Ktisowlee on the 20th, and Kalka perhaps on the same day, and shape their course direct for Loodiana or for Um balla, according to the intelligence they might receive re garding the state of the roads. KURNAUL—The detachment of the 55th and 68th Regi ments, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickenson, reached this on the morning of the 22d instant. The Sappers and Miners were to arrive yesterday morning, as also the 30th Bengal Infantry from Delhi. Sir John Carey was to march towards Ferozepore yesterday morning, in command of her Majesty's 16th Lancers, her Majesty's 10th Foot, the head quarters and 3d troop 2d. brigade of horse Artillery (Lieute nant Colonel Biddulph commanding), 3d Light Cavalry, and an escort of one company of Sappers and Miners, one of the 55th, and one of the 68th. The Sappers and Miners (head quarters), 30th, 55th, and 68th Regiments, follow this morning, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel R. Wilson, Of the 30th. Colonel Campbell's detachment, which was at Pehoa on the 21st inst., consists of her Majesty's 9th Lancers, the Ist company 4th battalion of Artillery (under Captain Waller), 2d company Sappers and Miners, a party of the 2d and Bth Irregular Cavalry, the 43d and 49th Infantry, also a detach ment of the 30th under Captain Ewart, and the formidable elephant battery lately described by us. Colonel Campbel is consequently five marches ahead of Sir John Grey, ant Colonel 'Wilson will be one march in rear of the latter; al, three, with large detachments, will severally reach Feroze pore in sixteen days, by the following route : Miles Miles, Suggali lO Kotlee Mulhair Khool Pehoa Goclack l6 Wudnee Samane Nidampore Munsoorpore lO Sooltan Khan Walla... 12 BhaSemr 8 Ferozepore SHAMLEE.—The 55th and 68th regiments of infantry reached this place on the 20th, and were to have been joined by the head-quarters of the Sappers and Miners at Badowlee, with orders to keep one day's march in rear of General Sir John Grey. The 68th had not a man in hospital of their 700, and were to be joined at Kurnaul by a party of 150 men, who had preceded them with treasure for Umballa ; the cash to be made over to the co ll ec t or o f P aneepu t. MEERUT.—General Sir J. Thackwell and Captain Roche, aide de-camp, pasted through this station on their way to Umballa. Sir Robert Dick and Captain Bates are expected this day, but make no halt. Lady M'Caskill and two daugh ters, Mrs Colonel Gough, and Mrs. Galloway, accompanied by Lady Smith, reached Meerut some days ago. Lieutenant Atkinson, of her Majesty's 39th Foot, was to march this morning for Ghurrnuckteser Ghat, with a detach ment of convalescents to the lower provinces. The 3d company, Ist battalion, of Artillery, marched in from Agra yesterday morning under the command of Lieut. Watson. Detachments of the Local Police Battalion came with them from Boolundshuhur, escorting two lees of trea sure from that station —...,—. DELlll. — Lietit.-Coloncl Lane's troop of Horse Artillery, and the Ist Light Cavalry under Colonel Stedman, arrived in Delhi this morning. They leave their heavy baggage here, and march on as light as p oss ibl e . NUSSEIZABAD.—The 11th Regiment Light Cavalry, under command of Colonel Salter, marched at the shortest notice on the 17th inst., in progress to Kurnaul via Hansee, and the left wing of the 18th Regiment Bengal Infantry left on the following morning for Joonjnoo, the head-quarters of the Shekawotte brigade. We should not be surprised to hear of the Ist Irregular Horse having been ordered from Neemuch, as the Governor-General seems anxious to have an unusually large number of cavalry. ETAWAII.—The detachment of the 53d Bengal Infantry, which went to Agra with treasure under command of Capt. Hunter, returned on the 20t.h. CAWNPORE.—The 9th Light Cavalry, one company of European Artillery, some Golundauze, the 10th Bengal Infantry and a wing, with head-quarters of the 17th, are all the troops left at this station. Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, K.C.8., left Cawn pore on the morning of the 20th, for Umballa direct, and Major-General Sir H. Dick, K.C.8., followed in the evening in the same direction, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Captain Bates, both travelling by dilk via Me...rut. Major Mainwaring, of the Commissariat, also started for Meerut, and Lieutenant Paton, of the Engineers, quitted Cawnpore for the same place on the 19th. Colonel Speck, of the 17th, commands the station, and it is expected that Brigadier Webber. at Lucknow, will assume divisional command. The Artillery which marched from Cawnpore on the 15th instant are under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, and destined to man the siege train preparing in the Delhi magazine. What would not have been the advantages to Government of a railway through the Doab on such an emer gency as the present? The Bth Irregular Cavalry, whoappear to have been halted at liana-lee-Serai till the 20th instant, received on that day orders to march on to Ferozepore, which they hoped to reach on the 28th instant. Her Majesty's 53d Foot passed Muttra on the 21st instant, and may be expected at Delhi on Saturday, the 27th. It ap pears uncertain whether they are to remain here, or continue their march to the frontier. LAHORE, DEC. 11. It is reported to the Ranee that the whole of the Aeen (re gular) troops reached the banks of the Sutlej yesterday, and that the whole of the irregular cavalry will reach the ferry at Hurreeke this day. An urzee has been received from Raja Goolab Singh, informing the Ranee that he bad collected about thirty thousand country people, and that he was only waiting for intelligence of the crossing of the river by the Khalso troops as a signal to himself to march upon Lahore. He further represented that he had made arrangements for leaving Meean Juwahir Singh in charge of a hill country and of I'eshawur. It is given out as a report that the British troops have marched out of the F or t o f F erozepore , and taken up a position two or three miles from thence, a circumstance which has impressed the Khalsa troops with an idea that the fort had been undermined and was to be blown up if they should enter it. They have accordingly resolved, by the advice of the Punts, on not entering the place when they should have defeated the British, although it might be told them that the fort was filled with gold, silver, and jewels. The battalions of General Mewah Singh, which had been ordered to march to Dhera Ismael Khan, and which were encamped at Shadra, have recrossed the river, and returned to Lahore. DEC. 12.—1 t wat ascertained that the Mewah . Singh bat talions had been recalled from the other side the river, in consequence of the re p or t o f l etters from the Nawab of Munkhera at Dhera Ismael Khan, in which it was repre sented that he and others held Futteh Khan, Tawanah, closely besieged, and that he was also already so straitened that there was every probability of his speedy capture. Should such be the case, the Nawab promised to put him to death and send his head t o th e Si r k ar, as the surest way o f quenching his turbulent spirit. A report prevails also that the battalions were not recalled on the strength of his letter, but byorder of the Punt, who wrote to them to say that it was much more important to concentrate all the forces on the British frontier, than to be sending troops to Dhera Ismael Jihan, and that when the war with the English was over, there would be time enough for looking after minor aftairs. A third version is that they have returned of their own ac cord, because the Sirkar had refused to pay them the four months' advance they had demanded. A rumonr prevails thatelilrl;attalionsi of which four belonged to General Meurah Singh, bad crossed the Ghat at Ferozepore, but it is not generally believed. Another ru mour has also come in that six Khalsa Suwars, having gone across the river to see how the British were posted, were surprised to find a gun in position, which was fired upon them. None were touched, but one of them ran up to the gun, and just as it was going to be fired a second time, thrust a wet blanket into the mouth, in consequence of which the gun burst, killed the British soldiers, and wounded the man who had done this bold act. His companions immediately carried him off, and a letter has come in recommending him for a suitable reward. Some more Purbeea Sepoys have come across from the other side, and state it as a fact that the fort of Ferozepore is completely undermined. They were suitably rewarded for the information. .The informing n a a o f N t them that haswritten d t o c t o h l e l e ted people a loafrgteh thenumber of people, and that he was prepared to create 'a disturbance as soon as the Khalsa troops should have crossed the river. It is also reported that the British sent a messen ger across to the Khalsa camp to inquire why they had come so close to the river Sutlej, on which the Punt replied that the whole of the country from Ferozepore to Umballa belonged of right to them, and that the British ought to withdraw their troops from thence, and if they would'not, then they should be made to do so. DEC. 13.—The Sirkar having reason to suspect the fidelity of Sirdar Nehal Singh, Aloowallah, has sent peremptory orders to him to come forthwith to Lahore, with such troops as he had collected. It is intended, when he comes, to make him cross the River Ravee and encamp at Shadra, his Vakeel, Moolvee Ghoolam Mahomed Khan, also to be sent to Utnritser. The Punt people have written to Baba Beekerma Singh, Be deoonawallah, directing him to collect all Ow people of the country, and hasten to the assistance of the Khalsa. It is rumoured that he has already got 6,000 men collected, and that the order will be obeyed with alacrity, though doubts are entertained, by some who knew him, of the sincerity of his professions, as he is known to have a large hoard of money, which. - he will doubtless • prefer keeping. Cannons . and Ilttekery loads of ammunition are being every day carried away by the troops from Lahore, and taken out to the camp. The Hazareh people having heard that the Seikhs are about to have a war on their hands, are preparing again to create disturbances in their country. A Hurkaru came in this evening about sunset from the camp with reports for the Sirkar, and brought intelligence that on the day before three battalions of the Khas troops, with six guns, had ac tually quitted the camp, and crossed the river in the neigh bourhood of Ferozepore. The whole of the troops were to follow and pass over near the place where Bhaee Bheer Singh had been killed. When the whole troops, amounting to about 50,000 men, have crossed, they will attack Feroze pore. After the defeat of the troops there, Raja Lall Singh IS to take the irregular cavalry across and commence plunder ing towns and places the other side of the river. Sirdar Tej Singh has not yet left Lahore, and it is now said that in con sequence of his repeated delays, he will not leave at all, though he still gives out that he will proceed to join in three or four days. DEC. 14.—A Jemader, in charge of some boats belonging to, and himself in the service of; the British, and who was anxious to obtain a valuable consideration from the Sirkar Ithalsejee far his treachery, delivered over the whole of the boats to the Khalsas. The men were highly delighted, and compelled their officers to reward him handsomely. Some of these boats were actually used by the Khalsas to cross the river. It is certain that, although the greater port;on of the Aecn troops have gone over near Ferozepore, the irregular cavalry, under itaja Lall Singh, have not yet gone over. It is said this day that news came in that the British have given orders for the dismissal of the whole of the Seikh vakeds from their territories, and that the vakeels of su c h Si r d ars on t h e other side as had possessions on this side have also been desired to discontinue their service. Rae Kissenchund has accord ingly proceeded to his own Jagheer, and the other vakeels have followed his example. A rumour prevails this day that Raja Ghoolall Singh proposes marching with all his troops in the direction of Suhathoo and Simlah. It - requres con firmation. Little dependence is to be placed in the tumours now abroad. I was told positively that Runject Singh bad luitted Lahore, and yet I fins that he, as well as Sirdar Tej Singh, is still in the capital. They say they will leave for certain. on Tuesday (the 16th), but no dependence is to be placed on these promises. More outrages have been perpe • trated last night in the home of some dancing women, one of whom was hung by the villains to a post as they were going away. Fortunately it was near daylight, and the cries of a woman brought the neighbours to the spot, and she was re leased from herposition before life had departed. DEC. 15.—1 t is beyond a doubt that a large proportion of the suwars. of Raja Lall Singh have crossed the river, and that some 10,000 of them prop , sect marching direct upon Patteeallah, and in case they were joined by the Raja's troops, to commence plundering the country in every direc tion, at le as t suc h part as belonged to the British, and cut ting off their supplies and dal: communication. The cavalry have been divided into three joks or divisions, one of them to march upon Ferozepore, the second upon Loodiana, and the third upon Patteeallah. An European habited ix his own dress, and attended by some servants, was this day walking in the city of Lahore, when he was asked how he ventured to do this at the present critical time. If he had come on his own business he most divest himself of the English clothes, and dress as a Punjabee. The Feringhee replied, that he had nothing to do with the British or Kalsa Sirkar : that he was a merchant and not ;A all afraid to de clare his business or his intentions. He then went on and was met by two: Se:khs, who began abusing him, threat ening to make him a prisoner, but did not proceed to actual violence. it is also stated that a lady and gentleman, who were driving out in a buggy along the open country, were seen by some Seikh Sepoys, and shot dead. The buggy and property were seized and carried into the camp. A re port prevails that the troops (British) at Ferozepore have thrown UD some defences, while others report that they have quitted the cantonment', and retreated five or six kose, with the determination not to fight. A consultation was this day held by the Sirkar with Dewan Deena Nath, regarding the dismissal o f the Sikh vakeels by the British. The De wan said it was very cruel to t re at va keels in thi s way ; and that, for his part, he would not agree to the British vakeels being treated in the same way by the Seikh Go vernment. • DEC. 26.—1 t is given out this day that a fight has taken place in Ferozepore, and that a good many men have been killed and wounded on both sides. It is not said who was victorious. A person has arrived from ?emote and stated that Raja Goolab Singh now talked of going to Peshawur. Meean Juwebeer Singh, and Meean Punneea Singh are also in Jamoo, while the other is to proceed with troops to Lahore. 200 Suwars have certainly already come from Jamoo, and are encamped at the 13 ademee 13:agh near the fgt. A con siderable number of Poorbeeas are reported to have deserted from the British and to have joined the Khalsas. They were received wilh open arms by the Khalsas, and obtained each a golden necklace. They were immediately. incorporated with the several battalions. Intelligence has been received from Peshawur that Some troops bad quitted Caubul and Jelallabad with the intention of coming down to Peshawur. Immediate orders were issued for the march of Sultan Mahomed Khan from Shadra towards Ferozepore. He is making arrangements accordingly. It is confi dently asserted that the Raja of Patteealah has written to the Sirkah to say that he had collected all that was required except carriage, and _that, if the Khalea troops would but send him carriage, he would forward ammunition, grain, and everything else they might require. The Nazim of Umrit.- seer has consequently received orders to hasten the collection of camels, bullocks, mules and hackeries to be sent to Pat teeallah. A rumour prevails that the whole of the country between the Sutlej and Delhi having heard that the Seikhs were going to cross, are greatly alarmed. A servant of Sirdar Tej Singh rays his muster has received a letter from the troops at Ferozepore, in which it is stated that the British had attacked the Khalsa troops, who immediately turned ont acid began firing with matchlocks. The Seikhs then threw away their matchlocks, drew their swords, and fell upon the British. A severe skirmish ensued, in which 200 Khalsas were killed, and 250 wounded. The-loss of the British is stated to have been 400. The Seikhs then entered Ferozepore ( the town), and the remainder of the British force quitted their cantonments and encamped outside. Sir dar Runjoor Singh no sooner heard this than he started off to join his troops. Sirdar Tej Singh then sent for son e officers of the Mussulman troops, and told them that as he placed great reliance on them he should leave them in charge of the capital. They stated their readiness to under. take the charge, and the Sirdar forthwith quitted the capita for Ferozepore. LOODIANA, DEc. 21. As the whole of the British troops have marched towards Ferozepore from Loodiana, Uinballah, and Meerut, thus leaving this part of the country unprotected, the - people of this place are going away in great numbers. Two companies of sepoys are in the fort, but not one man is left in the city. The fort is, however, well prepared, guns are mounted, and the sick European and native soldiers ought to be able to hold it. All the ladies are gone in there. Yesterday they directed the whole of their servants to collect supplies for eight days. The order caused great alarm in the town, and it is greatly regretted that the British should have left the place so tho roughly unprotected. It is said that Sirdar Runjoor Singh is marching direct upon Phulour, with a large body of troops, and will cross the Sntlej.' The number of the inhabitants is reduced to one-half, and all who could do so have carried off their property. (From the Agra Ukbar, Dec. 24.) Reports, from native sources, are current in our Bazaar, that General Sir J. H. Littler, after an action with the Seikh troops, has obtained a victory, inflicting on them a great slaughter, and himself suffering a loss of some eight officers, 400 or 500 men killed or wounded. It is also said that a de tachment of the 2d Grenadiers, of probably 200 strength, escorting treasure with or to the Governor-General's camp, have been attacked and suffered considerably. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Delhi Gazette.) The following is a tabular statement of the troops in motion for the frontier, or at present stationed there : HORSE ARTILLERY. Ist troop Ist Brigade, at Loodiana. 2d troop Ist Brigade, from Umballah. 3d troop lst kigade, from Umballah. sth troop Ist - Brigade, at Ferezepore. Ist troop 2d Brigade, from Meerut. 2d troop 2d Brigade, from Meerut. 3d troop 2d Brigade, from Meerut. Ist troop 3d Brigade, from Umballab. 2d troop 3d Brigade (two guns), with Governor-General. 3d troop 3d Brigade, at Ferozepore. 4th troop 3d Brigade, at Loodiana. FOOT ARTILLERY. Ist company 4th Battalion, from Meerut. 2d company 4th Battalion, from Umballah. 3d company 4th Battalion, from Umballah (with No. 7 Light Field Battery). 4th company 4th Battalion, from Umballab, 2d company 6th Battalion, from Umballah (with No. 9 Light Field Battery). 4th company 6th Battalion, at Ferozepors (with No. 19 Light Field Battery). 2d company 7th Battalion, from Delhi (with No. 6 Horse Field Battery. 4 companies from Cawnpoor. SAPPERS AND unceria. The whole corps. CAVALRY. Her Majesty's 3d Dragoons, from Umballah. Her Majesty's 9th Lancers, from Meerut. Her Majesty's 16th Lancers, from Meerut. Ist Regiment Light Cavalry, from Muttra. 3d Light Cavalry, from Meerut. 4th Lancers, from Umballah. Bth Light Cavalry, at Ferozepore. Governor-General's Body Guard, from Umballah. EUROPEAN INFANTRY. Her Majesty's 9th Foot, from Umballah. Her Majesty's 10th, from Meerut. Her Majesty's 9th, from Kussowlee. Her Majesty's 31st, from Umballah. Her Majesty's 50th, at Loodiana. Her Majesty's 53d, from Agra. Her Majesty's 62d, at Ferozepore. Her Majesty's 80th, from Umballah. Ist European Light Infantry. BENGAL. NATIVE INFANTRY. 2d Bengal Infantry (Grenadier), with the Goveror-General 6th Bengal Intintry, from Shabjeeanpoor and Futtygltur. 11th Bengal Infantry, at Loodiana. 12th Bengal Infantry, at Ferozepore. 14th Bengal Infantry, at Ferozepore. 16th Bengal Infantry (Grenadiers) from Umballah. 24th Bengal Infantry, from Umballah. 26th Bengal Light Infantry, at Loodiana. 27th Bengal Infantry, at Ferozepore. 30th Bengal Infanty, from Delhi. 33d Bengal Infantry, at Ferozepore. 38th Bengal Light Infantry, from Moradabad. 41st Bengal Infantry, from Umballah. 42d Bengal Light Infantry, at Loodiana. 43d Bengal Light Infantry, from Meerut. 45th Bengal Infantry, from Umballah. 47th Bengal Infantry, from Umballah. 48th Bengal Infantry, at Loodiana. 54th Bengal Infantry, at Ferozepore. 55th Bengal Infantry, from Meerut. 59th Bengal Infantry, from Meerut. 63d Bengal Infantry, at Ferozepore. 68th Bengal Infantry, from Meerut. 73d Bengal Infantry, at Loodiana. IRREGULAR CAVALRY. 2d Regiment (a wing), from Saugor. 3d Regiment, from Umballah. 4th Regiment, from Bareilly. Bth Regiment, from Hansce. 9th Regiment, from Loodiaua. ABSTRACT. Horse Artillery—Ten complete troops, and part of one more. Foot Artillery—Eleven companies with four light field batteries. Siege Artillery-1 12-pounder elephant battery of 12 guns (the remaining part of this arm not yet accurately k nown. ) Cavalry—Three European and five Native Light Cavalry corps, including the body guard. Irregular Cavalry—Four complete corps and a wing of a fifth. Infantry—Nine European and 21 Native regiments. Sappers and Miners—The entire corps. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKET. sconttrhibe Prospects o f a arto exert a contributed (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price C urrent ) BOMBAY, JAN. I, 1846 . — We ha v e on the present o ccas i on to report a very general depression in the market for impo r t s, and a decline, in some instances considerable , in the value of m os t articles of British trade. There can he little doubt that th e commencement of h tMi stifialtilleusre with in au t b h , e combined interior with ,Int prejudicial effect upon tra de ; but the p resen t unfavourable s t a t e o f affairs ii more immediately o win g to th e prevalent s carc i ty o f money, to w • hicti we made allusion in our last. This d earth of the circulating medium became, shortly after the depa r t ure of the mail, partial failure crops Pnnj of so very serious a character, that the banks were obliged to refuse the usual accommodation to the mercantile public, even where loans were asked on the security of Government paper, at high rates of interest. Within the last few days the . muley market ha., been somewhat easier, but a severe pressure still exists, and trade has as yet exhibited no indicatien of recovery from the effects of the scarcity. In the course of a rhort time, however, this temporary embarrassment will doubtless correct itself, and thing, be restored to their former footing. Metals—The prices of every description of copper, except nails, of which article we have to report a sale of 12 cwt. at 56r. per cwt., have nominally declined, and, in the total absence of active demand, transactions have been In the last degree limited. ith 13ritish bar iron there has also been a nominal decline in price, t h e present rate being Swedish, 29r. to 30r. per candy. t n the contrary, has slightly im proved in value, a sale of 100 tons having tak en place at 51r. per candy. In nail rod, round is without change, b u t square Is scarce, and in same request, and the price has impro ve d 3r. per candy. In hoop, sheet, and nails, there is little alteratioa to notice. The first named sort, however, is wanted, and a sale 01800 b undles is said to have taken place a few days since at 6%r., the price now quoted. In iron nails there have been transactions at 1114 r. and 12!0*. per cwt. respectively. Steel in tubs is cheaper than before—in fag gots, without change. There has been a r e. sale sPelter, large-sized plates, at 15r. 2a. per cwt., and neither in t his article s oy i n l ea d, quicksilver, or tin plates, is there a n y mat erial change to notice, in value or demand. Cotton Manufactures—The scarcity of !none}, has, as might b e suppoad, affected the trade Its cotton fabrics more than any other description of British imports. with the exception of 45-inch grey shirtings and stout gray domestics, of which latter the stock is light, and for which a demand exists for shipment to Arabia, every kind of cotton piece goods has been more or less depressed in value. The better qualities of gray madapellams, and gr a y an d bi enclee l ,I k i rt i„" , l evee be en in request, and some transactions in them have taken place, but holders have nevertheless been obliged to submit t.) a reduction on former rates. For bleached madapollams, and gray and bleached *collets, there 4 110 demand, and even the Auer qualities of the latter, which before commanded fair prices, can now only besot' in small quantities at nnremunerating rates. The gene rality of dyed, printed, and fancy goods, arc without inquiry, and few transactions hare taken place in them. 'Yarns —The lower numbers of mule twist have latterly declined somewhat in price, and the demand has become languid. From No. GO to WO, however, there has been no change. Water remains sta tionary, with the exception of No. 30, Is hick, owing to the lightness of the stock, has arisen from 9%a. to 10a. and 104 d. per lb. In dyed yarns we have heard of no transactions. Turkey red, we believe, is in slight request, and has declined somewhat in value. Orange wholly unsaleable. Woollens—For these there is but little demand, and it is difficult to obtain remunerating prices. The only sale of which we have heard is in blankets, of which 240 pairs have been dis . posed of at 7r. per pair. Marine Stores —Little or nothing appears to have been done in the articles under this head. Paints are somewhat lower, and the prices of the other items must be regarded as nominal. Beer—The market is still uite inactive, and we quote prices, which cont i nue nominal, a little lower than before. Spirits —ln these there is no change. Cochineal —Prices have an upward tendency, and we hear of a re cent sale of 1,3601 b. silver grain, at 3r. 9a. per lb. Bed and White Lead—Red lead continues without alteration, but in white a nominal reduction of price, to the extent of 2r. per cwt., has taken place since our last. EASTERN ritoDucE. Cotton—The prices of produce have felt the effect of the pressure on the money-market, the same as those f British imports, and cotton, amongst othbr things, has declined in value from 4r. to Gr. per candy. Even this reduction, however, has not occasioned any great activity, or led to extensive purchases for shipment to England. Several native holders have shipped produce, receiving. Government advances at Is. I Id. per rupee —the established rate fixed a short time since by the authorities, and which has not been altered. Sub joined are the rates now current for this staple : Broach and Surat, Blr. to 82r. per candy ; Dholler, 80r. ; Gomm wuttee, 78r. to 80r. • Barsee, 75r. ; Comptah, 70r. Coffee—Both Mocha and Malabar have declined slightly in value, and are now quoted respectively at 8 3 ,4 r. to. 9r. and 6 IA r.,per maund. Gums—Animi is sr. ; and Arabic Ir. per cwt. cheaper. Olibanum unaltered. hemp—The Concan and Catient varieties have advanced in value to the extent of 6r. per candy. In Ghatee there Is no cha►,ge. Opium is 25r. per chest lower than last month. Wool—A decline in price to the extent of sr. to 10r. per candy has taken place in this article. We now quote the several varieties as Lllows : Khorassan, 135 r. per candy; Mckran, 126 r.; Mansur, 120 r. Cutch, 125 r. to 130 r. In other articles of produce we hear of no change. FREIGHTS. - _ There have been numerons aWivacs since our last, but, owing to .he engagement of several vessels to load on the Malabar coast and at Madras, no decline has taken - placeiit the - rates 01 freight. On the contrary, an advance of irs. per ton upon the rates current a fortnight ago is now generally asked to Great Britain. This, how ever, has not yet been paid, shippers being indisposed to give more than 31. 54., which may now be considered the nominal rate both to London and Liverpool. There is no ship on the berth for the Clyde. Freight to China is 15r. per candy. EY' MARKET. Government paper has kON declined in value. The following are the current rates : 5 per cent. Loan of 1825-26 - - Its. 107 to 110 4 ditto ditto 1832-33 - - 99 to 101 4 uitto ditto 1835-36 - - 94 to 95 5 ditto ditto 1841-42 - - 104 to 105 4 ditto ditto 1542-43 - - 94 to 95 Exchange—Transactions have taken place since our last at 2s. 03 d. per rupee for six months' bills on England, but the rate on Tuesday was 2s. 0%d., and yesterday 2s. to 2s. 0 1 ,4 d. for drafts at six months. On Calcutta and Madras the rate is 96r. at 60 days. Banks—The shares of both banks have given way; those of the Bombay Bank to 48 per cent. premium, and those of the Oriental Bank to 190 r. to 210 r. premium on shares of I,ooor. 500 r. paid up PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each - Bank-notes, per X - - 11% Rs. - 11 (From the Calcutta Overland Price Current of Dec. 20.) We were, on the morning of the 7th, put in possession of accounts from home to the 24th of October, via Bombay, but the letters of that date, per Hindostan, were not delivered until late on the following ; evening, so that but few could have been replied to by the Bentiack, although the closing of the mail was deferred from three to six P.M , for that purpose. The result of the October indigo sale, which was anxiously looked for when we last wrote, appeared to disappoint the expectations of most parties here, and caused a cessation of operations for a few days; bnt the market hes since been more settled, as will be seen by reference to our remarks on the dye. The accounts of both raw silk and silk piece goods have caused purchasers to act with great caution, but with these exceptions, all descriptions ofproduce have been in brisk demand, and a very large business has been done, which would doubtless have been even further increased, but for a slight advance in the rate of our exchange on England, and above all, the extreme scarcity of tonnage, or, as we should rather say, the inade quacy of the supply to the shipments in progress, as the river is at present anything but bare of shipping. Our import market continues in a most unsatisfactory state, for, notwithstanding that the accounts received from home of several articles have caused some holders to manifest a determination to resist the comparatively low currency established here, it has not as yet produced any other effect than that of curtailing business, as dealers do not show the least anxiety to operate, except to a mode. rate extent for local consumption. Exchange has been gradually advancing, and good 10 months date bills may now be quoted at Is. 11%ti. to Is. 11%d. per rupee, but this has already had the effect of causing several parties to send their goods through the export warehouse, and it seems probable (should Government continue their advances at the present rate, which the probability of a war in the Punjaub makes somewhat doubtthl) that a considerable portion of this season's indigo will be drawn against from that source ; so that the only apparent reason for the late advance is the abundance of China bills at six months' sight, which are said to have been offering in Bombay at 2s. to 2s. oj4 d. per rupee, or the limited demand for bills caused by the very moderate business doing in imports. Freights have advanced considerably since our last, end as nearly the whole of the dead weight in the river, as well as a portion of that to arrive, has already been engaged, we cannot see any reason to look for an Immediate decline, but with the present inquiry for vas , sets for the Mauritius, think a further advance almost equally pro bable, except in the event of less favourable accounts being received from home of our more bulky articles of export. Indigo—Slx public sales have been held since our last, in the course of which eyery description has been offered. At first the finer quali ties attracted most attention, but these selling, generally speaking, much above the limits, there has, of late, been more anxiety mani fested Cooperate in low and middling sorts, which had before been comparatively neglected. Very little has been done by private contract, buyers being In most instances indisposed to purchase large parcels, in expectation that the accounts by the mail now due will have the effect of lowering the currency here, and the only transactions we have heard of are the annexed. A much larger business would, however, have been done had holders been disposed to accept the offers made, which were, in several instances, very fair, considering the prices now ruling, notwithstanding that the upward tendency of exchange has rendered many less desirous to operate. At the public sales the biddings were good, and the rates obtained may be quoted at five to fifteen rupees above those of last year. It will be remarked that exports are not going forward so quickly as customary, but we still think planters will, in most instances, be dispoFeci to sell at present rates, rather than run the risk of shipping on their own account. Sugar—We have but little alteration to notice in the price of this Staple, but, if anything, it has been in favour of purchasers : supplies of second and third Benares have come forward more freely than is customary at this season, but continue to find a ready sale, especially the finer descriptions. Of really fine white none is procurable, but a few hundred bags of what might almost be called fair first quality hare been taken in at 13r. Ra. to 13r. 12a. per maund, being an advance of nearly 2r. on the price the same sugar would have brought six months since. Several shipments of European manufacture have of late gone forward, but we hear of but few sales in this market : Dalloa and Date sugars have only been obtainable to a most insignificant extent, and these, as well as Khaurs, continue entirely neglected for shipment. Exports to Great Britain, from the Ist lust. up to date, amount to 100,915 reminds. Saltpetre—This article has continued in brisk demand for the home market, and Gudna has sold freely at from 6r. 4a. to 7r. per maned, notwithstanding that it has for some time past been anything but easy to procure freight even at our quotations, most vessels (espe cially those for Liverpool) preferring a cargo of rice ; good Chuprohs and other descriptions have also fully maintained their price, although inferior sorts of heavy refraction must be quoted lower. To Ame rica shipments have not of late been very heavy, but a fair amount cf business continues to be done. Rice—The new crop has been arriving freely since our last, but the demand continues too brisk to allow of stocks accumulating, and parcels as they arrive find an immediate sale at, for good table, 2r. 12a. to 3r. per md., with inferior descriptions in proportion; and as the almost unprecedentedly high ruling of freights (61. to 61. 6s. per ton) has not has yet had the slightest effect in curtailing opera tions, we see no reason to look for Any decline until less favourable advices are received from home. Since the receipt of accounts from therlefauritius, stating that owing to the alarmingly short supply on the island the Governor had been Induced to offer a bonus of 12 annas per bag, for all imported atter the Ist of February, considerable purchases of Moonghy and Balam have been made, and prices have advanced to our quotations, notwith standing that they cannot be sent forward within 8 to 8 to 12 per bag of the rates current at the date of our last. Raw Silk--This article continues almost entirely neglected, trans actions having been confined to a few small lots which holders were forced to realise at whatever price they could obtain; the large holders, seeing that it would be useless to attempt sales in the present state of the market, are holding back, and a considerable portiow of the last band is still in the interior : prices must be looked upon as quite nominal, for although we do not hear of any lot having been offering much under our last quotations, we think, were purchasers to show any disposition to operate, they would be readily met by the native holders, who seem sensible that no material improvement can be looked for for some time to come. Exports to Great Britain from the Ist inst. up to date are only 618 rods. Silk Piece Goods—Superior cloths continue in moderate inquiry, but of these few are obtainable, and all others arc completely ne glected except at a very material decline on the rate lately current ; and this holders, generally speaking, show no disposition at present to submit to ; the large stocks of silk in the Mofussil will most pro bably induce an increase in the manufacture of these goods. Oilseeds—The difficulty experienced in effecting shipments, ex cept in broken stowage, keeps exports to great Britain on a mode rate scale, but in prices we have nothing to notice, linseed espe cially, from the continued demand for America, being seidom al lowed to accumulate in the bazaar to any extent. Jute—But Hale change has taken place in the value of this ar ticle, as, owing to the comparatively small shipments of light freight going forward at present, some vessels are still willing to take it at the rates current on the 6th (about 41. ss. per ton), and there appearing but little probability of Its being sent forward under this for some time to come, several parties have been induced to operate. Shell Lac and Lac Dye—ln our last we had to report an excited market for the former article, bat accounts since received of the state of the home market being less satisfactory than ware antici pated, the demand has again fallen off, and but little, if anything, has been done. Lac Dye continues in demand for both England and North America, but very little suitable to the former market is at present obtainable, and transactions have been confined to a few r p a u t r e c sb ases of low and middling qualities at somewhat advanced Cotton —But little has been done in this staple since our last, but the new crop may now shortly be looked for, should prices at Mir zspore rule sufficiently low to Induce parties to purchase. Hides, Horns, and 'lips—A good business cmtinuas to be done in cow hides, principally for the English market, at about our quota tions. Buffalo bides are seldom procurable, and parcels, as they arrive, find a ready sale for America. In horns and tips we have no change to notice. Opium—Prices are nominally the same as on the 6th, but it is not likely anything will he done until the next GoTenni:lent sale. The stock is now reduced to 221 chests of Patna, and 20 of Benares. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. British Cotton Piece Goods—We have again scarcely any change to notice in our markets for these fabrics. Shirtings have beeu - placed to a fair extent, but still at losing prices ; grays may be quoted as on the 6th, but bleached are rather lower. In gray jaconets large sales are reported, but at miserable rates, and in fact jaconets and Ma dapollains are only saleable at an enormous sacri9ce, which may also be said for almost all other goods under this head. Coloured and Printed Goods—This market continues quiet at pre vious rates, the Caubul dealers not having as yet commenced their purchases. Woollens—All descriptions are in very moderate demand and without improvement in prices. White Mule Twist—Number 30's are firm, but almost all other counts are difßcult of sale to any extent at previons rates. Coloured Yarn—But little has been done in yarn since our last, and prices may be quoted as then. Copper—Notwithstanding the accounts received from home, wo find many parties selling freely at last month's rates, and a fair ex tent of business has bcea gone througn. Iron—Transactions have not been heavy, but rather better prices have been obtained, British bfir being now worth 3rs. 45. to 3rs. Ba., and hoop 4rs. 4a. to 4rs. 10a. Speller is stall but little inquired for, and the only sales we have heard of have been at about 10rs. 14a. (Company's) per maund. Beer—The season is now nearly over, and 'what remains of All sop's and Bass's is saleable at 38rs. to 40rs. per hogshead, but fresh arrivals would probably bring a higher figure. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Thursday, Feb. t. There L-rilships met at Five o'cl,ck. The E Irl of sut ADBROKE presented several peti tions frcm various places in CarnhridgeJtire, the Isle of Ely; and the county of Suffolk, against any change being made in the present protective system. Lord BEAUMONT also presented a large number of petitions to the same effect, and expressing great alarm at the measures brought forward by the Government. THE PORT OF LIMERICK. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from the C ration of Limerick, praying their Lordships to i•istitute an inquiry into the condition of that port, and to make a grant of money to put it into an efficient condition. Lord MONTEAGLE was understood to say that the necessary amount might be attained by levying an adddi tional tollage on the ships entering the port. The subject then dropped. RAILWAY DEPOSITS.—REPORT OF THE SELECT. COMMITTEE.- Lord DALHOUSIE said, I have been reputed by .he Committee appointed to consider the course to be adopted with respect to the various railway projects which will be submitted to your Lordship, to report that they have met and agreed to the following resolu tion :—" That it is the opinion of this Committee that such portion of the Standing Order No. 224, as requires the promoters of a railway Bill to deposit one -tenth of the capital subscribed, should be suspended, with re spect to such railway bills as shall commence in the House of Lords during the present session. That no such rail way 13111 should be read a first time until a further S'IM of one-twentieth of the amount subscribed be depo sited, and not read a third time until an additional one twentieth be deposited, and that no Railway Bills be received after Monday, the 23d of February." I shall I cell the attention of the House to the subject to morrow, and shall make a motion in accordance with the mom mendation of the committee. Lord CLANCARTY moved for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the laws relating to the re lief of the sick poor and destitute in Ireland. He would lay before their Lordships the grounds upon which he would ask Noble Lords to grant him this committee. Looking at the present condition of the penple of Ireland and the accounts of the agrarian disturbances, assassinations, and *systematic attacks upon private pro perty which constantly reach ue, c i r cumstances which might no doubt be a tt r ib u t e d to other causes, but which in his opinion were mainly attributable to the destitution at present existing in that country—looking at these things, he thought that the Committee ought to be granted It was important for Noble Lords to inquire into the operation of such laws as were designed for the benefit of the poor of Ireland. The Medical Charities and the Poor-law Bills, he considered, deserved their mostseriousconsideration. The Poor-law Bill, in order to be efficient for its purpose, should not only afford relief to the destitute, but should also place persons above destitution. And in such a country as Ireland it might ex ercise, if properly conducted, a most beneficial influ ence . If their Lordships would turn to a report which had been laid on the table, they would see the abuses and defects of the existing law for the medical relief of the poor. They would see in that report abundant argu ments for legislative interference. He would likewise refer their Lordship to the report of a committee of the House of Commons, which had laboriously investi gated the subject nf medical chari ties. That Committee was appointed through the instrumentality of the Hon. Metn - for Roscommon. His Noble Friend, the present Post master-General, who was then a Member of the House of Commons, was upon that Committee, and he would correct him (Lord Clancarty) if he were wrong in stat ing that the Committee were unanimous in their opinion as to the importance of legislative interference with re spect to the medical charities of Ireland. They were unanimous upon that point, but unfortunately they could not agree upon any other. A reference to the poor-law statistics of Ireland would show their Lordships that the workhouses though formerly designed as receptacles only for the destitute had practically become hospitals for the treatment of chronic and other disorders, and boarding schools, as it were, for the children of the paupers. He trusted that their Lordships, in looking into the abuses or rather the inefficiency of these iustitutions, would legislate in such a manlier as would remedy the evils he had to complain of. In Ireland there were three institutions for the benefit of the poor. There were the infirmaries, the fever hos pitals, and the dispensaries, but they were so scattered apart that they were not of that advantage to the poor which the necessity of cases demanded. Now these institutions were partly supported by grants from the counties, and subscriptions from the chari table. There was also a grant to many of those charities from the Government, but the amount at dis posal was not only insufficient, but it was not so advan tageously disposed of as it could be under a well-ma naged system. In 1843, a gentleman spent much of his valuable time in looking into the present state of the medical charities of Ireland; he meant the Hon. Member for Roscommon. He could assure their Lordships, that that Hon. Member would give all the assistance in his power to any reform which legisla tion on the question would bring about. He (the Noble Lord) was of opinion that a rate should be paid by all parties who were rateable, for the support of their re spective districts. He would have the means of medical relief within the reach of every poor man's cabin in Ire land, and this would be attended with the double advantage of affording a speedy recovery in slight and easy eases, and of savin. , the valuable time of the medical men. This object could be effected by establishing a number of fever hospitals, and so placing them in every poor-law union, that they should be, as it were, at the door of every poor man. The jurisdiction of a poor law union in Ireland, ranges from within ten to twelve miles ; he believed twelve miles was about the average radius, and it wculd not be doing too much to establish a local fever hospital in each of these unions. And he would suggest also that each union in Ireland should have an infirmary. Now, with regard to the building of these establishments, it might be done in many ways. He had already alluded to an Irish Act of Parliament, wh'.ch gave the medical practitioner in each anion workhouse a salary of 1001. a year. and he would propose that the sum of 100,0001. should be raised partly by public, partly by private subscription, for the building of infirmaries, and that their medical offieers should be transferred to the new establishments. This be thought was the best mode of placing the medical relief of Ireland on a safe and sure footing. It only remained for Eifel to state the manner in which he proposed that these infirmaries and hospitals should be governed. At present the local dispensaries were under the control of the medical officers appointed to them by the local autho rities. Now he would propose that the power of governing the new hospitals and infirmaries should be trans ferred to a board, to be constituted of the largest rate-payers in the parish in which the institu tions were situated; and that a donation of 20L, or an annual subscription of a smaller sum, to the institution, should entitle the donor to be elected on this Board. This Board, conjointly with the Board of Poor-law Guardians, he would suggest, should have the power of electing medical officers as well as of auditing the accounts ; and when it was necessary that a patient should be admitted into the infirmary, the board of rate-payers should decide whether his treatment should be at the expense of the institution, or of the patient hi mse lf, Having disposed f the principal matter of detail, he now came to the consideratioe of the propriety of establishing a central medical office, for the purpose of laying down regulations for the guidance of the local authorities, and for the inspection and auditing the accounts, and confirming the general proceed ings of the local boards. An officer of this sort would have ample information and suffi cient means for reporting from time to time upon the sanatory condition of the country. lie could not conceive a subject of more importance than that of the appointment of a general board of hea lth in Ireland, and he would suggest that a central institution of this sort should be established in Dublin. He was sure, however, that the subject would receive every at tention from those who would be called upon to serve on the committee, and that proper means would be sug gested of affording proper medical relief to those who stood so much in need of it. He did not think it neces sary to refer to the lunatic establishments of Ireland, because they were under separate and distinct laws, and did not, in fact, come within the compass of the sub • je4 with which he was dealing. He did not, however, agree with the opinion of the Noble Lord (Lord Mont eagle), who was an able advocate of the poor of Ireland, and who did everything in his power to alleviate their sufferings, i sufferings, because his plans wo u ld entail, he b 1 u nnecessary expense cn that country. life w ld e h eve ever, take that opportunity o f saying ou , ow , few words with respect to the Irish population. He did not believe that there existed in Ireland at that moment, notwithstand ing the unpopularity of the Act amongst certain parti sans of the people, and notwithstanding the strong terms which had been applied to He it, a reckless disposi tion in favour o f i ts abolition. lehad taken means to inquire int o th e d ate of opinion in Ireland with respect to it, and had received several letters on the subject, which he should submit to the Committee, not one of which was in favour of the repeal of the law. Ho had before him a report of a meeting held in Dublin in 1843, under the presidency of the Duke of Leinster, and attended by real and influential land owners, and at which resolutions were passed calling for a Parliamentary inquiry, in order that the law - might be carried out in a more official manner, tut not objecting to the principle on which it was founded. It had been said, with much truth, that the poor-law had been pro ductive of drying up all the sources of charity and be nevolence to the poor ; but they should recollect that this was the natural consequence of a law having for its object the efficient support of the poorer classes, on whom such charity might, in the estimation of some, be mis applied. A Right Rev. Prelate had stated that the col lections in the churches for the benefit of the p ~ or had materially fallen off ; but he (Lord Clancarty) was ab:e to state that collections for other charitable objects had increased instead of diminished. There was no doubt about the law being looked upon with a great deal of prejudice ; but it would appear from this that the state ment that the law had dried up the springs of Chris tian charity was without foundation. Ile consid ered that that the poor and destitute should not b outcasts on society, or be left as mere ob j ects ethroroe; the casual display of Christian benerolence. lie considered that the proper field for the exercise of charity was outside the walls of the workhouse. There would be ample opportunity afforded for the performan ce of the duties of Christiana) in a silent and unosten a "ous manner, even thoug h these institutions did exi s t . Ile " did not think it right that the country should be c overed with the sick, the maimed, a n d th e d estitute ; and for that reason he considered these asylums were EXCITANGE. The rate for ten months' date paper has been gradually advancing since our last, and may now be quoted at Is. 1130. to 15. 11)3d. per rupee, with but few buyers at the former figure. MONEY MARKET. We have nothing to report under this head, Government securities and Bank Sleek having been steady at about our last quotations. The rates for dead weight have advanced considerably since our last, and, although we still quote saltpetre as low as 5/. per ton, in consequence of shippers being unwilling to pay more, we do not think shipping orders could be attained at that figure, except occa sionally on some of the large passenger ships anxious to get away, whilst for Liverpool it is refused on almost any terms, consignees, owing to the scarcity of light freight for that port, preferring to 1111 up their ships with rice, which they are doing at about 61. to 61. 6s. per ton. Within the past few days there has been an extensive inquiry for tonnage to the Mauritius, and, there being scarcely any vessels available, some partici arc bolding out for as much as 2r. Ba., per bag ; this however has not, we believe, been paid ; but, as many surplus vessels will doubtless be laid on for that port, we see but little probability of a decline in the rates for Great Britain, excepting always in the event of less favourable accounts being received of any of our more bulky articles of export. 'HE LATE .6XPLOSION AF LAMBETH.-011 Wednes day morning death terminated the sufferings of another of the unfortunate sufferers at the late explosion at a fire-work manufactory in King-street, Lambeth-walk. The deceastd is the poor child, Alfred Ainger, aged two years, who was nephew to Mr. Kenyon, the proprietor of the house, and at the time of the explosion was on a visit to the family. The female who is lying at Lambeth workhouse, under the care of Mr. Oliver Duke, the parochial surgeon, is still in a very pre carious state, and but faint hopes are entertained of her recovery. _seer erfectly necessary. I n a country like Ireland, where the sustenance of the people was chiefly dependant ut on Manual labour, and there the • relat'on between the em ployer and the workmen was only of a temporary nature, he admitted the full force of the argument, that the idle should be supported by the industrious. He thought that true poli c y, as we ll as hurnanite, would suggest that a provision should be made for the sick, poor, and desti tute of Ireland, as well as for those of England. And the only question now for their Lordships to consider was, which was the best mode of affording that relief, and most consistent with the interests of the community. Happily the case of Engl a nd was a warning against in flicting upon the Irish people a system calculated to demoralise the peotee of that country. It had been urged against the poor-law that no state of deStitution would dispose a man to resort to the work house; and on the other hand, it had been observed, that no extent of workhouse accemmodation would be sufficient for the numbers that would demand admissiott. Both those. objections had certainly been met by expe rience. Experiance had ale ays shown that the workhouse test of destitution was as available in Ireland as it was in England. He could state from his own observation, that the workhouse did afford to the infirm, the aged, and the destitute, a comfortable asylum. The pauper children were trained and educated in a manner to fit them for an after-life of usefulness, and the destitute able. b )(lied poor found the meins of refuge in the time of their diStress. He only regretted that., as it had been found necessary to have a central beard of Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland as in England, they had not ' obtained the confidence of the Irish people. Great allow ances should be made for the gentlemen who were sent over to Ireland to introduce and to administer a law such as the poor-law, when it was considered that, es 'Englishmen, they were wholly unacquainted with the people of that country. With respect to the difficulty of collecting rates in Ireland. their Lordships would remember that the reports laid on the table of that House showed that the collection of those rates was frequently resisted. This difficulty was owing to the fact of the rate-payers having been disappointed in their expectations of the effect of the • law. They were led to believe that a poor-law would _ remove the miserable objects who crowded the streets and highways, but the contrary was the resu't. At this moment Ireland prevented as much misery as before e tee - se cl ;ii the introduction of the poor laws ; and, infleed, th objects which presented themselves to excite - the fee essl,We logs ,f the caarleebl were in many instances more - -• degrading to the country than they wore fur many years before an.) thing like a poor-law existed.—(Hear.) The system of rating land is Ireland fur the poor-rates was, he thought, great l y to be deplored, but only one class of men had had the courage to complain of it, and that clas , , being poor clergymen of the Established Church, were, in his opinion, very seriously injured by the system. The value of the land, when rated for pans • h tithes, was always under estimated, but the land lord took care to increase it when his doing so tended to relieve him from a portion of the poor -rates. He hoped, however s before long to see the oarriers which bad been raised- up between the landowners and their tenants on account of difference of creeds would be broken down, and that no more of those scenes of bloodshed end violence e }rich disgraced the country woul 1 occur. He hoped the proprietors of property would do all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the people of that country. There was another point to which he wished to call their attention. It was this—that persons of the Protestant religion, who were compelled to go into the unions, were molested by the other inmates on account of their faith—that fre quently there were no Protestant clergymen in them, and that many of the children of Protestant parents were handed over to the tuition of those who professed the Catholic religion, wia:eut any reference to those who alone should exercise parentel control over them. The Noble Lord then read a statement from a Protestant clergyman, setting forth that numbers of children were thus removed, and calling on the Protes tant religion to put an end to such pracices. In South Dublin Union Workhouse there was an evil exist!ng, which he would bring under their Lordships' notice—he alluded to the classification of the inmates by their religions. Roman Catholics were separated from Protestants. He could not consider a more lament able consequence could possibly arise, than the separa tion which exists in this otherwise well conducted asy lum. He considered it necessary, that in all workhouses where there was a Catholic chapel, that there should be also a Protestant chapel. He considered the duty of the guardians ought to be more defined than at present. The Nob!e Lord concluded by moving the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Ist and 2d of Vic., cap. 16, and the other laws relating to the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland ; and also to inquire into the operation of the medical charities in Ireland, which are supported wholly or partially by grants from the county cess. Lord BROUGHANI said, the Noble Lord bad made an unfounded charge when he said his motion had not been sufficiently attended to. Why he had himself been listening to the Noble Earl for the last hour and three quarters, and what was the motion after all ? Why he had made an unopposed motion for the appointment of a Committee, and was it likely that a motion for a Com mittee would draw their Lord-hips together in large numbers ?—(Near, hear.) And what had the Noble Lord done in moving for the Committee ?' Why, he bad stated everything he intended to bring forward in the Committee. Why the Noble Earl had defeated his ob ject in lotting out the - re what he intended was to 63 issued from the Committee. He would urge the Go vernment in the strongest words he could use to bring forward those measures which were really necessary for the peace of'lreland, which wereall.nled to in the Speech from the throne.—(Hear, hear.) lie hoped and trusted that they would be brought forward at once, now they had ample time and opportunity to discuss them, and he was sure they would meet with full attention ; and he ventured to say they would pass without opposition. Every body seemed to be of opinion that' these measures were absolutely necessary, and he had merely risen to say that he was quite confident they would pass without any opposition, framed as he had nodoubt they would be, in a spirit of wisdom and mercy. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he had not the slightest objection to the appointment of the Committee, or to the appointment of any other Committee for the same purpose. The motion was then agreed to, and the Committee appointed. .~ _ PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Thursday. Feb. 5. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock pre cisely. The Sheriffs of London (Messrs. Chapman and Laurie) presented petitions from the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Common Council, for certain alterations iu the corn-laws, and for the regulation of Billingsgate market. NEW MEMBER. Mr. FREWEN took the oaths and his seat for East Sussex, in the room of Mr. Darby, resigned. NEW WRIT. A new writ was moved fur for the town of Bucking ham, in the room of Sir Thomas Fremantle, who has accepted the office of Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. RAILWAY BUSINESS. railway f r om the W est bring in a Bill for making a Mr. MASTERMAN presente—d-t; petition fo r . leaf" to India Docks to the Birmingham Rai! a fO y_ Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a and Bridport Railway. petitto w nr the Leicester "d Wt . for th me l r .. s o e r t d a C nd O S l.T o l u tr ani N p A to l n ' presented itaay. a petition for the So- BRanOdTcllEe Chester, Nt the resent Manchesterp , oannsd Leeds, e Man chesterttieAir. Leeds and Rugby, the Dumblane, and the Leeds Direct Railways. nu lioN. MEMBER presented a petition in favour of the Wolverhampton Railway. Mr. OS IVALI) presented a p et i t i on in favour of the Glasgow and Kilmarnock Railway. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH presented petitions from several places in Ireland, praying that the Great Munster Railway Bill might pass into law. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER brought up the report of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Kilmarnock Railway, and presented also several petitions for railways. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET brought up the report of the Sub. Committee on Railways. Mi. DUNCAN presented a petition in favour of the Dundee and Perth Railway. The Hon. MEMBER also presented a petition in favour of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway. Mr. ASTELL presented a petition in favour of the Direct Manchester Railway. Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented a petition against the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. THE DIRECT MANCHESTER AND SOUTH- ABIPTON RAILWAY. Mr. HOPE presented a petition from the Town Coun cil of Southampton in favour of the Direct Manchester and Southampton Railway. The petitioners,•he stated, prayed that the House might order the petition to be re ferred to the consideration of the Railway Committees. Mr. GISBORNE, in rising to move for a Committee to inquire into the conduct of certain parties who had fraudulently inserted a sheet in a petition which referred to this railway, while it was in the offices of the Go vernment, said that he did not intend persisting in his motion, inasmuch as the parties offending had made a sufficient apology and explanation. He had much plea sure in being able to do this ; for had not the cez re quired explanation been given he should tainly have called upon the House o t o o .enw if iti t e h n e . interpolation with. the most scv( re " mightw that it was in matter, feeling the fullest confidence, He in consequence thought the House now that Le taken their ands that all the necessary S. t . o P to prevent a recurrence of the th k e it a petition may be taken _ c waive the The SPEAKER said that the sheet which was added before the Committee, p ro vi d e d t 0 that Howe was withdrawn. In reply to a T!,11 sand _ d he did not bring any charge kii°:j•orn Mr. H. JOHNSTON, whatever. against an} person g EH said he could c to m it r a . f a te i r s i n ts Q p i r i e:e: ar ta call the attention of case very near]}• similar, but that the House it would not be necessary for him to do 50, en w t e ly re as h e presumed the matter in question would be referred to stohmat3efp.oFlrad.cslestoet,ehareesesuwbsoerqdus a Select Committee. i t appeared that these petitions were interpolated, and inwsrtiruteend in nn ink,the them. In n other places in pencil: After the petitions were pre sented to. the House it turned out that the additions were made without the knowledge of some of the rendes who signed them. He (Mr. French) thought it right to call the attention of the House to this subject, as it was nearly similar to that which had been just detailed by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gisborne). . The order was teen discharged. Ali. DLEWITT presented a petition against the corn-