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Archibald, ditto ; Glenlyon, ar,lilairbead, ditto. Sid. Welsh, Belize ; Ariel, Mackay, ne a; 'Peru, Smith, ditto; Mavi,o, Bishop, ditto; Columbus, (sreen, Pernambuco ; Jessie, Oliver, Apalachiola. The Rz e-"verY, front hence to Miramichi, was wrecked on the north T a Pe of Prince Edward's Island, during a gale, Oct. 29. ' e from Virginia to this port, put back to t , opton Roads on the 11th ult., leaky, and rudder damaged. oORROLYHEA D . — J osepha, Quebec, for Belfast; Emigrant. "'it; Nov. 2 9.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. John Francis ,k,,nes, Quebc. ..s.,„33v,:sPaciTtioeßnaa;ki....—Jane, Quebec; William and Thomas, Wil- Q u 1 , 181 ' 0 4 Dice. I.—Wind light.—Arrd. Ganges, Lawson,. A e ,.ueo• Sld. Letitia, Thorpe, Porto Rico ; Neptune. Jamaica. Prin ' e t : l L LE : ar(s o l N s - l . an 2 d 9 . .—Arrd. British 1,..dy, Townser, Q t r e i s itr "D, Nov. 30. Wi n d N . E — A rrd. Hardware, S haw, Cee• Sld., Lima, R e d mon d, ü b a. Leed s I ~' Nov. 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Perseverance, Quebec. „ wx, _Nov. 30.—Wind N. fresh.—Arrd. Philomel a , BesrTobice, for Liverpool. Ir ANG ES IO I.7TII, Nov. 27.—J o h n an d Ri c h ar d, P ugwas h . SCII IDEI '"D, DEC. I.—A wreck, supposed to be a Brixhain ve2n.er, has. been floati ng a b out t h e b ay f or a wee k . T wo pel' o in tow have not succee d e d i n secur i ng h er. Ltmrrit,water-logged vessel, with E. So ut ° 4 l Vie stern, supposed to be the Spry (query Spring), of th e , 13 hields, was passed 23d inst., lat. 49. long. 18 W., by sae I, shields, Acadian, arrived here. Arrd. Friends, Ramsey, ci k ile naY • Fair Acaian, Hedgeley, Quebec ; Hercules, gutfoot azditto. John Nov. n • s Lte, 3o.—Several logs of mahogany have be o ricked up between St. Agnes Head and this port, by t Ir a arrd. here. toti 11 411 "rTII, Nov. 29.—Th e Hebe, Thompson, on Winter s ec, has b ecome a wreck. W• Irrer°l4 BRIDGE, Nov. 30.—The Juliana, Large, from la:beach to Dantzic, took the ground in pulling to sea 27th Nir,,, i ;nd has been brought in here very leaky. eltr,„• - ,; . b 3 r, Nov. 29.—The Hedenfernes Miracle Bey, from 11 4 - "ana to Grangemouth went on shore near Robin Hood's bj.; cargo discharging,crew saved. The vessel is likely to -u lzia a Wreck. 11141 -RKET NE WS.—(l` HIS DAY.) CoD v EXCHANGE.—WED NE SPAY Pare e i s rw of English Wheat samples have embraced many oy , eft over from Monday, but the fresh arrivals were t d e „, llle alls large. The attendance of buyers being small, t lb and was in a very sluggish state, and prices were "tely r e 'lty supported. In free foreign pittle 'was doing at late rates. Cornunder lock was !Xtr "t 415 tninal. The few samples of Malting Barley sold at qurile rates, but other kinds were much neglected. The her ?). for Malt was restricted to retail parcels ; in prices we 144tItaodarlit.teerda.tion to report. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour, t tri ntlil li I' ' 11 • " ...... ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley, I Oate I Flour. 9,270 qrs. 9,320 qrs. 4,910 qrs. I 3,450 sks 5,720 . - . 1,6550 I 7,280 Malt, 5,330 qrs. b 'WHITE C EAPEL. a very slo w i nqu i ry f or eac h ki n d o f meat, yet ti ce3 tto l ,", e re mostly supported :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d , Itlt o ' 4d to 4s 6d ; the arc Vea case c l, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 48 8 d p er 81bs. by C pf Th . , - ANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) 141n' t h is day, at ; - ` 4 ° 4 l Chanc ten o' ello crock. in the Old Hall, Lincoln's sat ANDREWS V. WALTON. . lA T led et "eD CRANcELLoR, on taking his seat to-day, made that he had directed every inquiry that could be tL t ,' ° take place in the case, and from the result of aillreuquiries he had ascertained that the grounds on !list ,7.1% Andrews had made his application did not ! list, the ground-work, therefore, ot t e application Ilt % "' end it must be dismissed with costs. ATTORNEY -GENERAL v. THE MASTERS, &C., OF THE Ai s . CITY OF BRISTOL. t 111 441, Cttse, it was stated, had been put on the paper by P l ak,• and was or d ere d to st,nd over generally, for th e "119—in `', Of ' could come the Attorney Generalto e tix e. a day into Court and argue the us u. , Tbi, TRA. . tte c t - e ase Was also on ILL the v paper ßALL by mistake, and or to stand over. The n DAVIS v. CHANTER. lllqg wilUrt Was occupied the remainder of flie d mmoernnt the Vtite arguments in this appeal from the h ju t g ttera ec ice ehanc llor of England, decidin --itustration were sufficient to pass pr pert OIetoi; C ,HA.NCERY.—(THIS GL D AN A LO Y.) 8 ... 11 s1s . h.,.,t'e VICE-CHANCELLOR of EN g 1r..134,,, -- b• CLARK.—THE PICTORIAL 111!)011 kotieo'ELL applied this ni • oRIAtoL hisAL ALMANACS. d in e e n o d _l n eZda lt l s P fr a o r in te, p fo u r bl a ish sp in e g eial oi l i a rkru i t a ' vo l r A ' lmanack." The c w ti h o i n ch to th re ey str h ai i n d pk in ul tifr l ated 7 " Old Moor's Pictorial Pie t . ,as it is well known, is the proprietor of the Irhi e r h al Zhnes, and had published naalscok.:l,n ti ck e called "The Pictorial Alma T al i r i n e a a n l a m c a k . , Palk PUblished y the defendant was a piracy h of that l ice I w Bh as ed .hY 01! plaintiff; and to restrain t a publiea- , evi l to thehe obje ct of the present motion. The great thetwo plaintiff was, that the defendant's vulgar imi ti °1 his almanack was hawked about the Strand as plaintiff'spublication. T he ,_ , ti 1 .6 .. 4 r fraud , vt and immediately CE-CHANCELLOR sai said grantedit_was TERRY V. WACIrr• this case, the argu at the eai injunction.e aseof a , Aft BETRPLL replied to• a rt, (4en tti in which have occupitdyhethepuCrpoousret o se f ve o r b a t l a d in a i y n s g . "le suit was instituted for t aa h account from the defendant of certain . moneys said to by him for the maintenance and sup 't'e been received of the name of Edward Edendon. ?I't of a young was filed by the personal representa ne bill, which heft of Edendon, stated that he . was . a married man ; hat he had been separated from his wife, and had been to the receipt of 1,0001. a year; that he was add t o habits of excessi ve i ntemperance, the long contdicteinua nce of which had greatly impaired his intellect; that a father, being aware of his son's disposition, had 'tteed him under the care and control of the defendant, defe ndant Wacher, who was a co nnex i on of the family, and the tt 1 a ndant was to receive 21 a-week for his board and od g i k a ng, and as a remuneration for taking care of him. re..eadea continu e d t o live with the def en d ent till about a7,_ Months before his de a th, w h en he went to reside pith Thomas Fleet, at Harbleden, in Kent. It appeared h o lt t alter the death of tho father of Edenden, an ar .. of j, e . ,,,,.. t neat was made by his executors, that the annuity :444h 1, 1 . should be paid to the defendant on . behalf of feetf!' as his guardian, trustee, and agent, that the bills tiT t e received the annuity, and paid Edenden's 4 few ° ,l; i ° ll . it, but did not allow him to have more than * 4 a Lings in his pocket at a time ; that the annuity t ook erer „ 'Pent for Edenden, but that the defendant idet; d ied in s urPlus for himself. It appeared that Er . en I,oo:tta,i t r ,..:e4s2e, having, by his will, bequeathed all his peir uad t ate u ( trust, for his wife absolute y. c irc P um jn stances the bill was filed by the per km' representatives of Edenden, praying that the de- Edney rec might be d ecreed to account for all sums h • h o lf of f ved by him for the use and on e a it tto ifi'r,"en• The evidence on behalf the defendant wei to d,l that he had in every resp,ct acted as a friend 4 : -. Ecien den; that he had received his annuity, but Whe,i he handed over the money to him, except . thq p ad u e was requested to pay any . bills on his account %e t h . enden had at all times i-xereised complete control said lE ' "n money, and the defendant could te hsttellave acted in' a fiduciary character towards him,. s heCeir liable to account for the money received on his kr. 1.. Stuartad I.44ethr. Boyle were in support of the bill, lief '4lr• Stuat and Mr. Lloyd were counsel for the ead tilite , Th e , v . • ?„etheipc, leE-CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of Mr. 'e der" rt'Ply to-day, gave judgment, deciding that fo re ._ enclant held a fiduciary character, and must there lAl;4t+ for the money that he had received. The 'l, therefore ordered the decree for the account, as Ye d by the bill. (Before Vice. Chancellor Sir J. WIGRAM.) k orn Ilia PRES TON V. W ILSON. lioNotat deliver e d judgment in this cause this 'tit . 111 g. In this case a bill had been filed, an answer Dte li : ‘ ,? , and the bill re-amended, and the plaintiff at t lip t ,,'t had two petitions before the Court of Bank atie),* Several other Proceedings also took place, a 64 . i, . cause came before him last May, and ph,iilt..l. order was made for the protection of the 1 ,/th , l i t °. The case was ordered to be argued on the It!f"te tt is 'tilt and 19th of November last. On that occa- N e , t l had to consider the laws of bankruptcy as tbi e : by that Court, and what would be the more ad ‘tal itr.sYstern to be adopted in all matters relating to tlttteier,-L'i4g cut of bankrupty cases, and he was of b t apt e c h tlaat it would be better if the Court of Bank 'll4 w 'ad it to deal with all such cases, blt it did not possess powers such powers, and it did thekr'hsasess theP°B'gcesnseral jurisdiction to enable Pcit et ,'" deal with particular cases when they arose. The Zikt,..,pecikiret.ite_poiniuissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy 411, qiy 4 ...seu under particular statutes, and was necesn „,N„rulted• power was certainly vested in them N % ti t a - , .°,_eeasions to dismiss petitions, but he did not ` - ,,,;'aee t -- " i e3r had any Power to deal with cases like the dye ".' and the Courts of Bankruptcy did not "lde " Power to appeal. The plaintiff had ‘ l ll an / 1 . 4 de a pplication, and what the decision ilemire tt , tnurrer might be it would not be necessary for nit a 7• In the caae before him, having regard to bee n lined ti ttles of the case and the arguments that had Zttli'Nl n ., on both sides, he could not make up his mind eab - F e e Points, becau , se he could not find any statutes il l ease to the case. He would not dismiss k th,, („on the ground of war.t of jurisdiction t, d e - e r'e Court_ He would not grant the plaintiff f , Iv 6, e without he adopted a course different II to -4 , t he - p4,l'e,, had already pursued. The evidence 4 3', r eat .' of the plaintiff was not sufficiently satisfue a,,iga in g chiefly on the testimony of a person named 01.6.70.11 pet o:74l.wyhtohrreeeceived instructions to draw up the agree the 15%14. th e was a days before he became possessed of the I); 44l lte t lie did not find that there t w ory account of what had taken place parties It was clear that after tt) eik ki r t - h itul e t o ti li tt :h ‘ nd Put ' the defendant in rent. possession he ei r _ se h e Cuts not to pay him any The only to Na na __ eosught it w ould be right to . ad ,l o p p s. t, under the It 111Z,Treuewheqveorubde before e t o the r e l c 7 t t h t two il. )e . e(n. The fi rs t b 1842, ecliPit). ZinLagreed by the Plaintiff to sell defendant the ter the redemption of the property; and secondly,. paire'tilett the time e f si gh i ng t h e p a p er ,;,., the 17th of r) 1 842 w et . ,_ , the contents and true purport of that v Koolvti to the plaintiff. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNE - SDAY EVE_NING, DECEMBE QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Ju,nee EItLE and C.nirnon Juries.) TINGLEY V. DALTON. Mr. Addison appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ser geant Shea and Mr. A. A. Fry for the defendants. Mr. AmnsoN said, this was an action brought by the plaintiff; a s rvant, named Sarah Pingley, in forma panperis. to recover damages from the defendant, who is a butcher at Westmoreland, near Lung Eaton, under the following circumstances:—The plaintiff was engaged by the defendant as a cook, at 91. a year, and she entered ' into his service on the 3d of March last. Shortly after, she found that the situation would not suit her, and on the 3d of April she intimated that she should leave on the following 3d of May. She sent for her uncle, to whom she had intimated on the 2d of March that she intended on the following day to give her master warning, to come for her, and to bring a cart to convey her things to his home at Long Eaton. He found, however, that the defendant would not allow her to leave, on the gr. , und that she bad not given warnin g . She left, h o w ever • ' but the defendant relti,e to allow her to t a k e her clothes and boxes with her, and they were lett in a wash-house. Before she left her uncle told the defendant that if she had not g:ien him a month's notice that he might deduct a month's wages, adding to the plaintiff that so long as her clothes remained in the defendant's possession, she would he entitled to cages. In addition to her clothes, which were stivrior to one in her c ass of life, there was a mahogany tea-chest, and a rosewood work-box. She had been unable to obtain her clothes up to the pre sent time, and had in consequence been prevented from earning her livelihood as a servant, owing to the wantof proper garnn:nts. The hiring was for one year, and a mouth's notice cr a month ' s wages was necessary for both sides to terminate the contract before that time. The action, therefore, was brought to recover the value of her clothes, and damages for the injury she had sus tained in consequence of their detention by the de fendant. George Hoare, the uncle, proved going for his niece and that her clothes, &c., were worth about 171. 10s. He admitted, in cross-examination, that he had not applied to the defendant for the things, and that she left at half past six o'clock on Saturday night. Mr. Sergeant SHEA submitted that there was no case for the consideration of the jury. No evidence had been adduced to show that the plaintiff gave the defendant a month's notice, and that he had not acted in a perfectly legal manner. Mr. Justice ERLE considered that the case, notwith• standing the meagreness of the evidence, ought to go to the jury, but in the event of their returning a verdict for the plaintiff, he would allow him to enter a nonsuit. The accepted law on the subject was that a master might either give his servant a month's notice or a month's wages, but he could recollect no authority where it was held that a servant had a right to say to her employer, " Take a month's wages, and let me leave instantly." Mr. Sergeant SHEA said the action eas nothing more than the speculation of the attorney for the plaintiff, as it was commenced only two days after the girl left the defendant's house, and before any demand had been made for the goods. Not only was no demand made, but no evidence had been adduced to show that the plaintiff gave any notice of her intentiontO or that he had prevented her using her clothes. No douht it was her intention to leave on the day she did without the consent of the defendant, and without having given any previous notice. A servant was not entitled to leave her situation just when she thought proper, but more especially a time when her absence might cause contusion in the family, when perhaps he expected com pany, or when his wife was ill and his children required her care. Mr. Justice ERLE having explained the law to the jury, they, after a few minutes' consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff for 37/. 10s., 201. for damages and 17/. 10s. the value of the clothes. I Mr. Walton said that the prisoner had been employed ! by him for more than seven years. Ile was in his ser vice up to Saturday, 21st November, when witness dis charged him in consequence of some defalcations he had discovered. Before discharging him, he requested him to give him the names of thoe customers from whom he had received money, and to state what sums he had received without accounting for them, as, if he did so, it would prevent him (witness) from applying for monies which had already been paid. The prisoner said he could not do so ; and witness then said, " Well, then, there's the door, you may go." Inspector Logan, F division, took the prisoner into custody on the 20th November. The prisoner (who neither cross-examined any of the witnesses, nor made any defence, was committed for trial. John Illason, who described himself as a marble po lisher, was charged before Mr. Jardine with keeping a private still at No. 9, Princes street, Drury-lane. John Levvins, an Excise-officer, said that, acting on information he had received, he went this morning at eleven o'clock to the house No. 9, Princes -street, where the prisoner keeps a tobacc o shop, and finding nobody in the shop went down to the cellar, where he found the prisoner working a still, which was in full exercise. The prisoner, who made no defence, was tined 301., and in default of payment was committed to prison for three months. AIARLBRCY-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William Job Liddington, a pianoforte timer, was charged with committing an assault on his son. William Augustus Liddington, the son of the prisoner, stated that the defendant had deserted his mother twenty-three years ago, leaving her with three children; and he ascertained some time since that he had returned to London, had entrapped another woman into mar riage, and was living with her. The complainant had written several times to his father, with the view of ob taining a maintenance for his mother, but last night about half-past six o'clock, he took his mother to the defendant's house. When his father came in, he asked complainant what he had to do there. Upon telling him his object, the prisoner struck him a severe blow with his fist, walked into another room, and, having returned, struck him again with a tuning fork a blow on the head, which cut it open with a deep gash. Hannah Liddington, the complainant's mother, corro borated evidence. Police-sergeant, 10 D, banded in copies of two mar riage certificates attesting that Job Liddington had been , married to Hannah Malpus in the parish of Cirencester, on the 19th of December, 1816, and that on the 28th of March, 1831, in the parish of St. Giles, William Liddington had been married to Jane Howland. Mr. HARDWICK sentenced him to a fine of 51., or two months' imprisonment, for the assault, and ordered the police-sergeant to retain the certificates, in case any future steps should be taken against the defendant for bigamy. Patrick Flannagan, for creating a disturbance at an eating-house in Cleveland-street, after eating a dinner, which he had no money to pay for, was sentenced to a fine of 405., or one month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. GIRVAN. THE PRESENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF BRITISH AGRICULTURE. What has British agriculture clone ? What is it doing ? Wh a t d oes it expect to do ?—are the three importa n t quest i ons proposed for consideration in an in teresting article under the above head in the current number of the Edinburgh Review. As a reply to . the . first que tion,s th e wr i ter appeals to the fact thatßrvish agricult ure h as expanded in productiveness with our rapidly increasing population, our average corn imports up to:last year being about the same as they were twenty years ago. H e also appeals to the experience of full grown men as to the greater breadth of land in culture, and its vastly more productive modes since that period. This last proof seems more conclusive than the other, as there is no doubt, though the people of Britain contrived to subsist chiefly on our home produce f or t h e last twenty years, they did so by being put on " short commons" through the operation of the restrictive corn la ws . H a d such hi ge d ut i es not existed in foreign importations there is not a doubt but that greatly more c orn would have been consume d and im ported. The people were by no means indulged with such a fulne ss o f b read, as is desirable, nor the i r corn consuming powers put to full proof. Both the appetite anti the means were by these laws unnaturally restricted. Bad trade, currency derangements, &c.—then surely fol lo ec ed the years of dearth and high prices. To the second question the writer furnishes an answer, by a rapid an d i nteresting survey or tour of the island. He starts from the remote Caithness, whence arose the most energetic agriculturist of his e'ay, Sir John Sinclair, and who stirred up practical men to new exertions. In this country the improve ment has been rapid and striking ; rentals increased from six to eight times w ithin living memory ; and worthless moorland pasture converted into rich fields of oats, wheat, clover, &e.--50 bushels wheat, 56 oats, and 300 or 400 stones hay, being the occasional return per Scotch acre. Of Sutherland, with its famous clearings and large sheep walks, the writer admits the great im provement in roads, buildings, stock, &c. ; but gene rously questions whether the clearing has not been carried too far, and whether it would not have more largely increased the sum of human happiness, added more to the stre ngt h of the state, and to the rent roll of the propriethr, to have encouraged and educated the na tive population, and k ept them on the land. Passing into Ross -shire there is much fine farm ing-, and great activity in Easter Ross-5 quarters of wheat and 7 of oats per imperial acre being the produce of some parts of it. Improvement has even penetrated the straths that run across the country: and in strath glens the writer met a cart laden with guano and in a way -side schcol heard the boys taught agricultural chemistry. Inverness is equally for. ward; and though the cost of the transport of wheat or oats to the Edinburgh market averages 20s. an acre, land at the head of the Beauty Loch lets at 40s. an imperial acre. The steam-ships from Inverness have been of im mense benefit for the conveyance of fat cattle, &c., &c. Travelling southwards along Loch Ness, wheat is grown and ripened at a height of 800 feet, while in Strathern a beautiful crop of turnips have been raised at a height of 1,200 feet above the level of the sea—only surpassed by an instance in Wicklow, where a pupil of the Glassniven school raised a fine crop at 1,600 feet. Nairn and Moray claiming the title of the " granary of Scotland," have done much and may do more. Before the drain, the ; ague and mildew, once prevalent, have disappeared, while these with liming have tripled many rentals. Driving rapidly over Aberdeenshire, improved breeds of stock, liming, fencing, training, and reclaiming, are everywhere visible. Descending through Perth, Forfar, and Dundee, to the Carse of Gowrie, which once grew clover three feet high, deep ploughing, and a ready out fall for deeper drains, are the most serious questions, and their practical solution the likeli es t mo d e of restoring something like the traditional fersility. Crossing to Fife, tile-works and lime-kilns, and subsoil ploughs frequently visible, show the ancient kingdom in each of its " neuks " to be all alive. Now the Lothians are reached, where, though capital and skill have done their best, he deprecates the farmers resting on their oars, and points out much to be done. Reaching. Ayr and Wigton, the gre a t er pro d uce of grain and turnips, the abundant tile drai n i ng, an d waste land reclamations are approvingly unnoticed. " Public gra titude is due to those who reclaim the bleak moss and the wild moor, and who plant their feet firmly on the quaking bog," such as in the south-eastern parts of Ayr shire, particularly along the first six miles from Barhillto Newton- Stewart, or the Wason country, where, at a great expense, the enterprising proprietor, Rigby Wason, Esq., has formed a new road across the moor to Cree—drained and limed, and recalled to fertility a wide extent of once barren moor. Crossing to Arran and Campbelton, the change within the last fifteen years is equalling surprising and agree able ; then there was scarcely a saddle-horse in the country, and the cattle, the poor small black High landers. Now, fifty or sixty tenants come to market in their own gigs, while Ayrshire stock and a lowland im proving tenantry have been introduced. Hastening over other portions of the country, and noticing the border improvements, where one farm out of lease last year rose in rent from 751. to 9201. per annum, or 1200 per cent—and how the land carries triple the stock, and yields triple crops by thorough-draining. England entered, and Northumberland is deservedly praised for its activity and forwardness. Too much time has been spent in Scotland, with which, indeed, the writer seems most conversant, and the northern counties of England is rapidly sketched off. A stop is made at Lincoln, where, with much naturally rich land, constant and high manuring is required to keep the " warrens" from returning to a state of barrenness, and where the knowledge unfolded by chemistry as to manure, &c., is of vital importance. On a review of the whole tour, the writer is satisfied that great activity is being put forth ; and, "in spite of corn-law repeal, the energy of the agriculturists as a body is not depressed, their wits not stagnant, nor their hands void of cunning." To the third question as to future progress, he thinks the produce may be doubled by the general adoption of the improved practice now known, while greater disco. 'cries and improvements give hopes of a much larger increase. Another hasty review is made to show how much waste land yet remains to be reclaimed, and in how many places the present best practice is to be in troduced. Pipe tiles, cheapening land drainage, bone mills, railways bringing lime, fuel, and manures to remote places, artifi c i al manures, ' resident landlords, education, tenant rights, subsoil ploughs, &c., are desiderated to become general, and such they are every day hast en i ng to become. The much good which our absurd enta il s hinders i s a l so we ll not i ce d , and their m odification or repeal very much wished. Absenteeism and the qua li ty of l an d un d er t rus t ees (which might b e so ld to new improving proprietors but for the entail) are also great hindrances. For England also the abolition of reserved rights, such as timber, game, &c., and a better machinery, are very much wanted. In the article of thrashing mills, not at all common in England, 1,200,000 quarters would be saved by their general introduction. Agricultural colleges would also do a great good. Of these there is one at Cirencester, and one at York. The article is wound up by the cheerful statement that there is every reasonable prospect for abundant food and employment for an increasing people, and that the change in the corn- laws need act not as a depressing hut as a stimulating influence upon agriculturists. Whatever art cau extract of enlarged crops from foreign soils may be reaped in Britain. Oar capital and mecha nical skill, aided by science, should place our farmers beyond the reach of any protracted competition in the home market. The loss of the potato crop is with equal philosophy t urne d to good account. Affliction of this kind may lead to goo d b y rous i ng to new exer tions, a nd opening up new resources. RELIEF FOR THE HIGHLANDS. - PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—The ./Eolus, store-ship, Mr. Thompson, master, on her way to the Isle of Skye, has arrived here from the river. She has been brought into the harbour to take in a large supply of biscuit and other provisions from the Clarence Victualling Yard, to be distributed in the districts in Scotland which are suffering from scarcity, and when loaded will proceed immediately to join the Belvidere, store ship. Captain Layton, R.N., is in that ship, and is appointed to superintend the issue of the various stores. The „I3elvidera is destined for the Isle of Mull. Yesterday Rowland Hill, Esq., entered upon his new appointment at the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand, and was congratulated on the occasion by the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Postmaster-General, and Colonel Maberly, the secretary of this establishment; c also by T. S. Duncomb e , E sq ., the M em b er for Finsbury, who paid a special visit on the occasi on . DEsAoTII wello krnCoAwrn in TAlNtheMscAiNenutrifi world by his , R N.—This inven tions,gentle- man, more particularly his life-rope for saving ship wrecked mariners, died on Thursday week last, after a severe illness, at Cheltenham, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.—Yesterday evening the first general quar terly meeting of the governors and directors of the Hos pital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest (since the opening of the new institution at Brompton) was held at the board-room, the Hon. Edward Speer in the chair. The routine business having been disposed of, it was stated that at the present time the hospital con tained forty in-patients, with twenty more on the books for immediate admission. An additional assistant phy sician was appointed, together with two visiting apothe caries, and two clinical clerks. Among the governors present were the Hon. J. W. Percy, Philip Rose, Esq., attended,fienry Vaughan,upEsaqt. ed to the chairman, the meeting, R. G. C. Gardiner, Esq., M.D., J. Forbes, Esq., M.D., ' a late hour. F.R.S., F.G.S., titc.• the Rev. Robert Mscncrn..o,ThAla.nAk.s, broke which RAILWAY DEPOSITS.—The railway deposits in the 19a s h . (1 1 ( 0 )n d. ; in Ireland to 373,8121 10s., and in Scotland to account of rail ways aovb sessionlenrgt was si beennv l e B e rr4a;;feiuonlrl Esq . ,d England in Ireland to 180,763/. 15s. For the session of 1846 the deposits into 866,3671.; and in Scotland to 2,323,371 L The deposits for the ensuini., • r session must be made in the course of next month—before Jan. 16. POST-OFFICE NOTlCE.—Yesterday the following v, th a e ys Co a u na r o t u o n f te C d. h t a o nc i er l y ,39 i 6 n ,7 E B3 7 . was affixed at St. Martin's- le-Grand :—Mails will be made up for the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and Sydney, to be for warded b y her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake. All letters in tende d to be so forwarded must be addressed, " By H.M.S. Rattlesnake," and will be liable to a packet rate of postage of one shilling, not exceeding half an ounce, &c. The Rattlesnake is ex pected to sail from Devonport to-morrow. Letters in time this evening and to-morrow morning, ANOTHER CONVERT TO ROME. M r. H enry Pownall, son of H. Pnwnall, Esq., of Spring-grove, Hounslow, has just given in his allegiance to the Church 9f 1191110.—. Herald. LATEST PRICES OF SH ARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTPLER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1. JOINT-STOCS h Dividend Amount ' r ; Name of Company. per of Paid, Prici Annum. Share. I A..-.....-....-.....-.-..-. .------. Y £ 1. d. I MiStralaliit •• •• -- • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - BritshNorth American Si. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - ?, Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - I. Colonial . 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - e Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - if London Joint-Stock ... Cl. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 e provincial of Ireland. • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Er Ditto, New. ••••• • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 00 I - e National of Ireland - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 1 - ~ Nat. Provncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 , - ~ Ditto, New... ••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 , t Onion of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 I - _ Union of London. -- , 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - I INSURANCE COMPANIES. B Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price • Annum. Share. , £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. A:bion •••••••••• -•• 3/. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 1 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0, 11 0 0 18% r Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 00 1 5 0 0 5% Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 V i ' British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 00 , 50 0 7 lleriel,Med.& Gen• Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 1 210 0 10 1 county .............. 31. 100 0 0' 10 0 0 Crown .............. 105. 50 0 0, 1 5 0 0 - 1 Eagle .... • . ...... •• • • Gm. 50 9 0 ,, 5 0 0 5 %xd Eng. & Scot. Law - I • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 European Life ... ••• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 I All paid. 20 r Freemasons' ... .. .• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 135 , Guardian •.. .... ••• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47% Imperial Fire .... •• • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 230 imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - indemnity Marine •. . • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31 Law Life..........., 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% i•andon Fire .. .•ondon Ship ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15 1 ,4 Marine.. ••••• • • • ... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - S.`ed. Invlid& Gen. Life 451. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life.... Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. Os. Phoenix • - - 205 Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 1 0 0 - Provident Life-- -• • 1/. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life..........., 45. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - - Sat Fire.... ..... .. - - 210 Ditto Life . 11. 6e. - - 49 Universal Life - LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. --- X a. d. £ a. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 175 Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 159 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 220 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162% National Bank ...... - 10 0 0 141.14 s Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 91 Western Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 85 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank.. •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 131.8 s Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11 1 ,6 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 41. 11 5 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 71. Is City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 6s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 255. Od Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% [nsur. Co. of Scetlnd- Si. per cent. 110 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur 5% /.pr cent. 1200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent.lloo 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur 6/. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 12 10 0 18 1 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75 Ditto, q Shares... • 7s. 6d. p. a. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% ; Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. p er cen t. 50 0 0 All paid. 69 % Glasgw&Greenck Rall. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 161,ti 1 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 125 0 0 AU paid. 3958 i Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent., 25 0 0 All paid. 37 Standard LifeAssernce.l N. per cent. 50 0 0 I 210 0 ' 9 2 10 0 CANALS. , . 1 Names of I ...7) 'Dividend . Names of r o ; Dividend ( . Companies eci per Prie s"' Companies. :rs per Pn( .0 Annum. v: Annum. Co X X kshtn& 014111 97 1 51.55. pc 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. - Ashby-d-la -Z 113' 4/. I 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley.. • • 160; 12/. 1180 Macclesfield. 100 -.- Basingstoke 100! - 1 - Neath ••• • • • 100 17/. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. 1 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. - Cromford llOO I 14/. 1 - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley loo' 41 ' i - Regent's • ... 33 11. ss. 20 Derby .•• • • 100 6/. i 73 Rochdale ..• • 85 41. - Ellsmre&Chs 133, 41. 55 Shropshire • • 125 81. - Ezewash •• • 100 1 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 North & Clyd 1001 41. - Do•Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - UrandJunctn 100 7 1. 83 StlTrd &Wore 140 281. 270 (.rand Uniohlool 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - tllamorgnsh.:l72l 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 315 (41str&Brkly1 , 001 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - arantham • .11501 121. - Severn and} 26 11. 85. 32 Huddersfield.; 571 - - Wye Rail. Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5X Trnt & Mr-1 50 301. Lancaster..., 47; 1/. 10s. - sey, m sh. - Leeds& Livrp ' 100 ; 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester ..• • I 140; 10/. 105 Worcstr &1 . , 78 21. 43 Leicstr &Nth; 83' 4/. 52 Birming.i Loughboroghl42, 701. 850 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 DOCKS. Name of Company. Dividend Amount per I of I Annum. Share. 1 I Paid. X s. d. Commercial .... • • 31. per cent. Stock. East and West India ... , 61. pr cent. Stock. East Country I 3ndon .......• •.. 51. pr cent. Stock. •:t. Katharine • ... 5 per cent. ' Stock. iouthampton ••.•• • • • 41. per cent. 50 0 0 Name of Company. WATER-IVORIES. X 8. d. 0 0 Dividend Amount per of Paid. Annum. Skare. S. East London.... •• .• . • SI. 100 0 Grand Junction ••. • . • 3/. 10s. 41 13 Kent.• • • . .••• • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 Vauxhall •• •• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 West Middlese . . • 5/. ss. pr cut. 63 12 0; 4 ! - 0 ! 0 - 9 Price, 141% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. 113 : 5931 Price, (From the London New Price Current of December 1.) SUGAR.—To- day although importers of West India Sugar of every kind were desirous to realise, and submitted to a re duction on the rates of Friday, of is for brown, inferior yellow, and grey, and 6d per cwt for the better qualities of yellow and grey, still all kinds were purchased with caution for the scale and pan, the private operations amounting to only 250 hhds and trcs. The parcels offered at public sale were only in part sold at a fall on last week's rates of 6d to ls, the decline being more apparent on the lower sorts. REFIXED.—To-day there was only a limited demand for Refined goods from the home trade, and lower rates were taken, that is to say, 61s for brown melting lumps, 62s to 62s 6d for brown grocery, and 63s to 63s 6d for standard lumps. Bonded crushed Sugar was purchased with increased freedom, and prices advanced from 33s to 33s 6d per cwt for first quality. MAtmmus.—This afternoon the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 5,437 bags, but little desire was manifested to operate, and a part only sold, although a reduction on former rates of 6d to is per cwt was submitted to. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon three parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting _to 5,201 bags, were brought to public sale; merchants were inclined to realise, and submitted to a reduction on former rates of Gd to is per cwt, but nearly the whole sold. This afternoon, at public sale, 74 puns of new St. Vincent's Molasses were taken in at 225. FORXION.—This afternoon there was little desire evinced to operate in Foreign Sugar, and 123 2i-cases and 10 bar rels of Bohea at public sale were only in part sold at rather lower rates, middling greyish white went at 50s, low 48s 6d, fine yellow 47s to 47s 6d, good 465, middling 45s to 45s 6d, low 44s to 455, good brown 43s 6d, washed 35s to 45s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon Coffee met with increased attention, and 2,051 bags 81 casks at auction were sold at full prices, viz.—mid greyish Demerara kind at 58s to G4s, low mid 54s to 575, fine fine ord 49s to 535, fine ord 46s 6d to 48s, good ord 44s to 45s 6d, ord 41s to 42s 6d, pea berry 50s to 62s 6d, triage 36s to 40s, and damaged 35s to 495. Native was only in limited demand privately, and 300 bags at auction were all taken in at 37s for good ord pale, which was the former value. TEA.—Today there was only a moderate business trans acted in Black or Green Tea, but holders were firm, and in sisted upon previous rates : common sound Congou for cash was not to be obtained under 10d per lb. Letters have been received from Canton to the 25th September; the shipments for England up to that period, in round numbers, were 8,000,000 lb, against 13,000,000 to the corresponding period last year ; the deficiency consisted of about 4,000,000 lb in Congou and 1,000,000 lb in Scented Teas. Rim—To-day there was no public sale of East India Rice, and the few parcels sold privately were at barely former rates. FRlllT.—Although the quantity arrived has been immense, still prices rule high, the trade operating largely. Patras Uurrants 5Gs to 575, Zante and Cephalonia 555. Of Musca tels there are free sellers ,and of Turkey Figs some of the im porters seem determined to force sales at almost any price. Valentia Raisins of good quality in demand at 465, but for the out of condition and interior sorts there is a dull sale. INDIGO.—For East India there has been a good export demand for all sorts, and the home trade have been pur chasers to a fair extent. The rates paid show an advance on those of the last quarterly sales of 2d to 3d for Bengal and Madras. At public sale 68 serons of Guatemala Indigo were partly disposed of at fully former rates. COCIIINICAL.—This ate' noon the quantity offered at public sale was large, and amounted to 165 bags, all Honduras, but the demand was less active, and a part only sold at former rates. . SALTPETRE.—Rough has attracted attention, and the par cels disposed of privately were at rather higher prices. The supply at market is less than it was. At auction 400 bags Calcutta were disposed of at 25 s 6 d for gool middling grey rather damp small chystal, 7 per cent refraction. English Refined has been in excellent request, and prices rule firm. Prices are firm for Nitrate of Soda Oats.—The supply having increased of . Southern Oil, and the home trade purchasing all descriptions with caution, whilst there ara few export orders, a decline in the value of 15s to 20s per tun has taken place, and holders are evid en tl y i n clined to realise, although there is not a large stock here, and the consumption being good. At auction 100 tuns were disposed of, fine quality at 291 to 291 ss, an d goo d 28/ lOs per tun. TaLLow.—lmporters of Russian are still desirous to realise, and have submitted to a further reduction ; on the spot, how ever, a large demand has been experienced, but there are sellers of fine Petersburgh yellow candle at 47s 9d to 48s per cw t. For forward delivery very few contracts have been entered into. Town Tallow is in good supply, and there are sellers at 49s to 49s 9d nett cash, although the consumption is diminished. LADS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY.—Yesterday there was considerable activity at the various receiving houses for seamen, at the east end of the metropolis near the docks, in consequence of the recent regulation respecting lads for the Royal Navy. During the day large posters were circulated throughout the metropolis ; and every inducement is also heid out for lads between 16 and 19 to enter her Majesty's service. Smart, well grown youths are taken, though not accustomed to the sea, numbers ( f whom entered during the day. NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES.—Application is intended to be made to Parliament next session, for leave to construct a bridge from the church at Lambeth, to the opposite shore at Westminster ; the want of which has been much felt by the increasing population on both sides of the river. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) FLANDERS V. SIR H. BUNBURY. The arguments in this part heard case were continued :his morning, and were not concluded at the rising of ,he Court. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.), EDKINS WILSON.-ASSAULT UPON A VROCESS SERVER, In this case the plaintiff sought to recover compensa- tion in damages for an alleged assault committed by the defendant upon him. The plaintiff (formerly an omnibus conductor) was employed by attorneys to serve writs, and about the Bth of May had occasion to serve a copy of a writ upon the defendant, who carried on business as a publican, in Old-street, St. Luke's. Accordingly about eleven o'clock of the above day he proceeded to the house of the defendant, and left the copy of the writ upon the counter of his shop, and having done so he left the house. Upon his doing so the defendant fol lowed, and while crossing the road knocked the plaintiff down with his fist, by which he was severely injured. Several witnesses were called by Mr. Sergeant JONES (who appeared fur the plaintiff) in support of these statements. Mr. M. CHAMBERS, on the part of the defendant, cln tended that his client was not guilty of the charge. The action on which the writ had been issued was settled some days prior to the time of the attempted service of it by the plaintiff, and that he insisted upon serving the writ notwithstanding his having been informed that the action was settled. One of the witnesses called on the part of the defence said that the plaintiff had offered to give the writ up to any person on payment of 55., that being the sum he was to have for the service of it upon the plaintiff. A policeman who was present at the time of the alleged assault, said that the plaintiff was rot sober at th e time, and that he took off his coat and wanted to fight ; upon which he was told by the witness that unless he went away quietly he must take him to the station house and lock him up. No blow was struck by the de fendant while he was there. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) WAREHAM V. PEARCE, NASH, AND ANOTHER. THE GREAT WESTERN ROBBERIES. The evidence on behalf of the defendants having finished last night, on the opening of the Court this morning Mr. Sergeant WILKINs replied. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) LIABILITY OF PARENTS.—IN RE S. GARROD. To-day was appointed for choice of assignees under the estate of this bankrupt, who is a grazier at Hackney. The bankruptcy was founded on an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The debts were not considerable. A proof was tendered by Mr. Green, a tailor, for 4.51., for goods sold to bankrupt's son. The bill commenced in 1841, when Mr. Garrod, jun., was a minor, but be had been in the habit of paying money an account from time to time. Mr. Green rested his claim on the fact that the bankrupt was cognisant of the orders, and fre quently asked whether his son had paid the money, from which it was to be inferred that he held himself respon sible if his son did not pay. The bankrupt said he never countenanced any de mand on him on this account. The CODI3IISSIONER asked what the son was ? The Bankrupt said a clerk in the Stock Exchange, had supported himself, although he slept at home ; he, the bankrupt, never directly or indirectly authorized the claimant to supply on his responsibility. The COMMISSIONER—I do not consider you have any right to prove under this estate, to the prejudice of cre ditors. You let the account run five or six years. and take all you can from the son, never charging the father till now. I cannot allow the proof. Mr. Green—Then I will only claim for the time lie was a minor. Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.—I can't help you — you have not made out your case. You have, through out, been dealing with the son, and I cannot interfere. In the case in bankruptcy reported yesterday, " Re Wray," it should have been the Taw Vale Railway Company, not the " Torbay." The error was inad vertent, and in consequence of the difficulty of getting at the proceedings, the Company was variously described in other vipers. The Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company is correct. SECONDARIEs'.—(THIS DAY.) There was only one case set down for hearing this ay, and that was withdrawn. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) A policeman of the City force, named Robert Stokes, was brought before Mr. Alderman Sidney charged with committing the following shabby thefts from his " bro ther officers":— It appeared from the statement of the inspector, Mr. Joy, and other witnesses, that at the station-house in Moor-lane there are about fifty of the men lodged, hav ing a mess-room and a kitchen in common, there being in the latter a separate locker for each to keep his own pro visions, and other things. Every one of these lockers had a different lock and key, notwithstanding which from time to time it was discovered that one of the men was in the habit of opening the lockers, in the absence of the others, and pilfering the provisions. At length suspicion fell on the prisoner, and his Sergeant Fowlger, 89, determined to watch him, and accordingly this morn ing, when the other men were at breakfast in the mess room, the prisoner was observed, through the window in the kitchen, forcing open the lockers, and helping him self to slices of bread and meat from one and another. It seemed that he cut a slice off one piece of bacon, which had been marked to entrap him, as coins in a till are sometimes marked to secure the conviction of a suspected shopman. He was taken into custody, and, by order of the Commissioner, brought to this court. lie admitted that he had stolen the bread and meat, hut attempted to justify himself on the pretence that it was usual for the men to pillage each other in that way. This of course was denied by the witnesses ; and the Alderman observed that in ordinary cases he would have dealt with so paltry a theft in a summary manner, but he thought it necessary, when he found a policeman guilty of such misconduct, to tr ea t him with more than omit ary severity, as it was expected from persons in his position to conduct themselves with more than ordinary rectitude. He committed the prisoner for trial. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William Lou. lac, a young man lately in the service of Mr. Walton, newsvender, of 36, Bell yard, Temple Bar, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with embezzling several sums of money received as for his employer. Miss Tucker, of No. 5, Chancery-lane, said that in the course of the week before last she paid the prisoner 1/. 6s. 9 , 1., due from her father to Mr. Walton. Mr. Ilenry Itivett on the 22d April paid the prisoner 6d due to Mr. Walton. _ Charles Clarke on the 9th November paid the prisoner 21. 3s. 4d., due from Mr. Bird, of Lincoln's Inn, to Mr. %lion, for newspapers. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY. A respectable looking young lad, named John Galt, was charged with stealing 21 watch chains, the property of Messrs. Edward Walker and Sons, of Red Lion-street. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, who was an apprentice to Mr. Parkinson, of Red Lion street, entered the prosecutor's shop yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, and asked to see a watch chain, which he bought, and went away ; soon after which 21 other chains were missed, and information having been given to the police, it was ascertained that the prisoner had offered some of the chains at a very low price to a fel low-apprentice, when the former was taken into custody, and the property found upon him. He was fully com mitted for trial. Charles Sharpe was charged by Mr. Dodd, the dust contractor, for the district of Clerkenwell, with stealing a quantity of dust. The prisoner was observed by the complainant's foreman to remove a cart-load of ashes from the Chalk-road, Islington, which they took to the premises of Mr. Stuckey. _ _ In his defence, the pr'isoner said he was in the employ ment of Mr. Stuckey, who had built a great many houses in the Chalk-road, and he was sent to remove the ashes, Owing to the carelessness of the contractor, heaps of dust and ashes had accumulated in such a manner, as to be a perfect nuisance to that neighbourhood ; and al though Mr. Dodd was strict when any person interfered, for cleanliness sake, the dirt and rubbish might remain there for ever, for all he seemed to care about it. The foreman stated that his master paid 1,000/. a year for the right of taking away the dust, and he was very frequently plundered. Mr. COOMBE said he should only fine the prisoner a shilling, but trusted that would be a warning to him and others that they acted illegally. RAILWAY LABOURERS WORKING ON SUNDAYS.— At the Town-hall, Horsham, on Saturday last, the en gineer to the Horsham Branch Railway made an appli cation to the bench of magistrates, to grant permission for the labourers employed on the line to work on Sun days. He said it was necessary for a portion of the labourers employed on the line to work on Sundays, to prepare the temporary roads for the removal of earth, which would prevent a number of men remaining idle on Mondays. Applicant had found that when the men were not enabled to commence work on Monday mornings, it was with the greatest difficulty that they could be got to work at all, as they began drinking, and seldom returned for a week. The practice was adopted on nearly all the lines at present in course of construc tion, and had been found to prevent, in a great measure, intoxication. Sir Charles Burrell, the chairman, most positively refused to grant the application. NARROW ESCAPE —On Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, M. Perrier, French messenger, in going on board her Majesty's packet Dover, Mr. A. Hammond, acting commander, missed the steps and fell into the vatv., but fortunately caught bold of a pieee of iron pro jecting from the quay. A rope was promptly thrown from the vessel, but ineffectually, as M. Perrier would not relinquish his " iron grasp." Police -constable Saunders was on duty near the spot, and hearing the alarm ran to the quay, on reaching which he knelt down and attempted to reach the messenger, but could not. He then allowed himself to be let down head foremost to ' the water—his legs being held by Mr. Gibbons—and by this means Saunders succeeded in reaching and holding M. Perrier by the collar until a ladder was brought and speedily lowered, when C. Chonradi, steward of the Dover, and T: King, steward of her Majesty's packet Onyx, descending and suc ceeding in rescuing him from his perilous situ ation, he having only sustained considerable fright and a thorough drenching. M. Perrier then went on board the Dover, where every attention was paid by the steward to his comfort on the voyage to Calais.—Dover Telegraph. ACCIDENT AT WINDSOR.—An accident occurred yesterday afternoon to James Hopkins, Esq., a gentle man residing at Earl Grey's mansion at Datchet. He was riding a spirited young horse from Datchet to Windsor, attended by his groom, and on passing by the castle gates, in the Frogmore-road, the animal took fright, proceeding along Park-street, at a tremendous pace, into the town. Instead of making for the High street, the horse dashed into the stables of the New Inn, the left side of Mr. Hopkins's head coming into violent contact with a large iron lantern which was sus pended in the centre. A severe wound was inflicted, trom which the blood flowed profusely, and Mr. Hopkins was rendered for a time insensible. Mr. Pearl, surgeon, of Windsor, was speedily in attendance, and the sufferer, in the course of the afternoon, was conveyed to his resi dence at Datchet. A LUCKY SHIFT.—Some days ago a grocrig. er in the A ed h how to t o ingenuity gues s a s t t o o theit its contentsuttermost. was wa a was length, however, he solved the mystery by Hi g h-street received an old half-sized herring barrel arrel from the Highlands, whose weight told him thatn simply ipioutzzelme p t h t y a b b a u ffi t ing one of the ends , whe n, t o h is astonishment, he f o o p u e n n d it stored with honeycombs, beautifully arranged accord ing to the nicest rules of bee architecture. On consult ing an invoice that was afterwards handed in, he then learned that his Strathtay customer had had a thriving summer bee trade—so much so, indeed, that the number of swarms went beyond his usual quantity of skeps, and compelled him, as a last resource, to scrub the barrel in question and convert it to the purposes of an apiary. The bait took, a noble swarm, careless of its uncouth appearance, entered into immediate possession, and throve so well, t hat before bud and flower had left the hill side and " lea rig," the colony was " put down" in the usual barbarous way, when it was found that the barrel had increased in nett weight 841bs. From such a favourable result, we suppose that next season old herring barrels will not be at such a heavy discount in the B ighlands as here t ofore.—Perth Advertiser. GRAND JUNCTION CANAL COMPANY.—The half yearly general meeting of the company of proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal was held yesterday, in the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. The report which was submitted to the meeting stated that the nett ton nages for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, amounted to 41,6131. 3s. 7d., being 16,5261. 19s. 11d. less than for the corresponding six months of the pre ceding year. This decrease, it was stated, had been caused by the reductions which it bad been found neces sary to make in the tonnage rates, as also by a diminu tion of the thoroughfare trade. At the same time, how ever, the local traffic had materially increased, notwith standing a very considerable reduction of the local coal trade, and while the whole traffic on the canal within the last six months stated had decreased, as compared with the corresponding period in the year 1845, it had tone nevertheless exceed e d by 22 , 985 t the is average traffic of the last seven year s . Th e committee had investigated various projects for the improvement of canal navigation, fin' the amalgamation o f existing canals with railway companies, for canal companies undertaking to be their own carriers, and these important subjects would con tinue to occupy th • ' their serious attention. Th elud declaration ed by recommendi ng the e report con -365L ( of a dividend of 31. per share, amounti ng t o 34 from which th e income-tax would have t o be deducted), to b e p a id on Friday, the Bth day of January next. The report was adopted by the meeting, and ord ere d to be circulated among the proprietors. Notwith - standing the heavy gale which was felt so severely at Plymouth and other ports on the coast, on the 21st and 22d instant, eves y vessel in the outer and inner roads of Falmouth rode it out with the greatest case, and not a single accident has occurre d . T he gale began at S.S.E., which is directly in to the harbour, and continued for many hours from that point.—Fal mouth Packet. ELGIN CATIIEDRAL.—The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have resolved to effect a great improvement in the close vicinity of this ancient and beautiful ruin, by the removal of the line of old houses at the south of the principal entrance, which have so long been an eye sore to the community and to strangers visiting the town —Caledonian Mercury. 2, 1846. OVERLAND MAIL! ~ thel2lde se insur rection in Cash mere i s said to be nearly at an end. Sheik Emau m - oo d-D een has again temporised and made a sh ow o f y i e l d i ng, and has even withdrawn his troops from th e s i ege of a small fort called Hurree Purvut. But th e w i nter i s about to set in, and then the greater num b er o f the passes from Jamoo into INDIA AND CHINA. of m N i-m ov o e n m th b l e y r, ex a p r r r e h s . s ed fr lastom A n l ig ar h s t e . ille I s t , b in brings an ticipation several item s o f i mportant intelligence. The ticipati on o f t h e mails from Bombay, to the date of the vale of Cashmere will be closed, and the Sheik, unless dispossessed previously, may laugh for a time at the armies sent to attack him. In the meantime there are considerable forces in movement towards Cash mere,—viz., Ist, the whole force of Glioolab Singh ; 2d, the Lahore army (10,000 men), under Tej Singh ; 3d, the British division (6,000 men), commanded by .. General Wheeler, which has march( d from the Jullunder Doab to Jamoo for the purpose of taking possession of that capital and of guard -3.1 ing it for Gh oo l a b ; an d, •I t h , t h e b r i gade which Left ) Lahore, on its being relieved by other troops from xd Ferozepore, crossed the Ravee and marched into 1 Ghoolab's dominions. The movement of this power • ' ful force shows that the Governor-General and the ' Commander-in-Chief look upon the proceedings at 1,,,, 1 Cashmere as of great moment. It is evident from the preparations that some ulterior measures of great importance will soon be adopted. It is rather pro ,, bable that the British authorities are by this time convinced of the impolicy of placing the Mahom medan population of Cashmere and the neighbouring Os )4 districts under the y o k e o f t h e Sh e ik Gh oola b , with . whose rule they are not likely ever to be satisfied, and that the dominions of Ghoolab will, ere the close ,% of the present campaign, be much circumscribed. The British authorities, although they gave him the transfer of all the hilly or mountainous country east ward of the Indus and westward of the Ravee, are not bound to keep an army there to maintain order ice. amongst his subjects, or to collect his tribute. The _ inhabitants of Cashmere have many reasons for wish ing to be rid of the Seikhs as governors, for their P country has been ruined and half depopulated by the ) exactions of the Seikhs. i " The Lahore force, under Tej Singh, had by the r i middle of O c t o b er got w i t hi n twelve miles of Bheem % 8, bur, when he declared his inability to proceed for I t s % want of carri age . Thi s d e l ay looks rather suspicious. 1 6 s s The conflict ap pears t o b e going forward between oc) Ghoolab's troops and the Cashmerians, but the details t% are not known. % The settlement of the affairs of Moulton is said 1 6 1 4 to be going forward favourably at Lahore, where the X 1 Dewan Moulraj Moultanee has been received in state by his Sovereign, Dhuleep Singh, and his mother, who performs the duties of Regent during the minority. ) From Sinde there is nothing remarkable. The regiments which are to be relieved are not to quit _ that country until about the Ist of February next. Ice- There was sickness again at Sukkur and Kurrachee, arising from the heats of the months of October and November; but it was expected to end when the cold weather set in, in November. Sir C. Napier is said to be engaged on a work having for its object to refute the statements of Colonel Outram's " Com mentary." There were slight disturbances in Bhopal, created by some mercenary troops who had been expelled from the Niaam's territory, and who joined the dis affected retainers of an abandoned character, Ameer Mahomed Khan, the grandfather of the sovereign, who aimed at becoming Raja. This lawless force was speedily surrounded, attacked, and routed by the con tingent under the orders of the political agent. The rapid suppression of this revolt has had the best effect in the interior of India. Nothing new appears to be known of the state of Nepaul; the Maharaja had returned to his capital, where he is ruled by his second wife. There is no truth in the rumour of the Governor- General's son and other British officers being pri soners in Cashmere. The financial difficulties of the Nizarn's Govern ment remain as great as ever. The re-opening of the loan of 1841-42 by the Government of India has not produced a subscription of more than six lacs in Bombay, where the exchange on England was rising. There was an important discussion going forward at Madras, where the Government had removed the whole of the judges of the Suddur and Foujdaree Adawlut, the upper courts of the lion. Company. The cause of this removal s was the decisions of those courts in favour of the natives, and against certain acts of the missionaries of Tinivelly. This has pro duced great excitement amongst the native community of that presidency, who held a great meeting to call on the Government to reinstate one of the judges (Mr. Lewin). The whole matter has been referred to the Court of Directors. In Bombay another subject of interest has been created, in consequence of the trial being ordered of a civilian of high standing for supporting a widow against some acts of oppression by a native func tionary, who has since been displaced. The mere words of the judge in expressing his convictions are the grounds of this trial, which has not yet been brought forward. An episode has been created in this matter in consequence of one of the Bombay newspapers having published some allusions to certain members of the Suddur Court at thlt presidency being involved in debts beyond their power of extri cating themselves. Sir H. Roper left Bombay on the 2d of November, and Sir D. Pollock was to be sworn Chief Justice on the 3d. Great curiosity existed to know who would be named Governor of that presidency, and also who would be the next Commander-in-Chief. The monsoon burst at Madras with extraordinary violence. The fall of rain within 24 hours up to noon of the 21st was 17-,ir inches. The mail was carried from Bombay to Suez by the Akbar steamer, from Alexandria to Malta by the Ariel, and from Malta to Marseilles by the Spitfire. GENERAL SUMMARY. (From the Bombay Times.) The alarming aspect worn at the date of the last dis patch by the affairs of Cashmere has in a great measure passed away. The troops of the Maharaja have, by repeated successes, retrieved the reverses originally encountered by them. The Sheik Emaum-ood-Deen has sent in his submission ; and, in evidence of the sin cerity and peacefulness of his intentions, has caused the siege of Hurree Purvut to be ra i se d. Not trusting to appearances, however auspicious, the Governor-General has directed the military arrangements, commenced in apprehension of an active campaign, to be continued until everything be satisfactorily concluded. The sus picions of the good faith of the Lahore Durbar appear to have been groundless. The Moultan affairs seem in a fair train for satisfactory arrangement, and the threatened interruption of the even tenour of our pacific policy has proved transient and temporary. It seems highly probable that the whole of the provisions of the Treaty of Umritsir will be carried out as originally intended. The force of Brigadier Wheeler is in vmm p e o uar s knn s e ei: s rai s t i ti s o is on said a o piw f pei ie J ttah a or m atbnh o ece o em — l a. ab t g h o asau i t renivn f e r igr o ne m iun : ap L epek a fen h ar et o i s r gss e ai beingnbisdiye .beginningt oo Theimnee Gotmoot r subvert some of the most damnatory of the portions of Colonel Outram's work. The services of four of the war steamers of the Indus flotilla have been made over for the use of Government, and will be employed for the purposes of river transport. This is an eminently wise and judicious measure. The Government Five per Cent. Loan --mainly required, as is understood, for the exi gencies of Sinde—is filling up apace. Further loans may come to convince the people at home of the unreality of the surplus of 80,0001.—0 f the substantiality of the de ficiency of a million a-year, which must be met by bor rowing. An insurrection in Bhopal, which threatened serious consequences, has beetbi has suppressed by rushered in force b of arms. The Madras monsoon hurricane of unusual violence and a deluge of rain—no less than 171 inches of fall, two-thirds of the Englisl. fall for one year, having occurred within 24 hours. Tee governors of the three presidencies are at present all enjoying themselves above the ghauts. The re port that Mr. George Clerk is to rule over u‘; at Bombay has given general satisfaction: no better appointment could have been made. No change was wished for, but Mr. Reid we knew could not be continued in office. The Chief Justice, Sir Henry Roper, takes his departure for England by this day's steamer, his resignation having been accepted and his seven years' term of service elapsed. Sir David Pol lock, who has for a month past been at the presidency, will take his seat on the bench, and be sworn in imme diately. The cold season has now fairly set in, and the weather is eminently agreeable. 'I he Calcutta papers inform us that the committee appointed by the Bengal Government to examine into the success of Dr. Esdaile's operations performed on patients under the influence of mesmerism have given in their report. There is reason , LAHORE. Our latest news from Lahore comes down to the 15th of October, at which date Colonel Lawrence had pro ceeded to bring the Cashmere arrangements to a con clusion, with the best hope of its being an auspicious one. Our troops were that day to make a short march of seven miles trom the camp, on the right bank of the Ravee, there being a river to cross at its close. Her Majesty's 80th joined them the preceding day—eight of the Seikh guns having at the same time crossed and pro ceeded northward. They were intended to assist Tej Singh, then some way in advance ; a treasure chest con taining 50,000/. accompanied them. Itt ur Si ng h h ad at length moved on to join Tej Singh—both moving on with snail-like pace, unwillingly. The latter, when 12 miles from Bheembur, intimated his inability to go on for want of carriage. Luckily, services so reluctantly afforded are not likely to be at all required. Colonel lluish, in the absence of Sir J. Littler, commander of all the troops in the Punjaub, bad charge of the Lahore detachment. The Dewan Moulraj Moultanee continued at Lahore, and the arrangement of the affairs of Moultan proceeded favourably. The following account of the presentation of the Chief at the Court of his Sovereign, is so characteristic of these ceremonies, as observed in the east, that it deserves a place entire : " Juss Mull having announced that the Dewan Moul raj was, close to the citadel, the Maharaja Dhuleep Singh and all the heads of the people were summon( d to take their places in the Durban The Dewan, accem panied by Dewan Dena Nath, entered, and presented the I)usserah nuzzuranas to the Maharaja Dhuleep, and to the Minister. After some miscellaneous conversation and complimentary discourse, Raja Lall Singh particu larly desired to know why the Dewan had grown so very thin? He replied that it was entirely owing to the grief which the death of his relatives had occasioned, and the dread of the anger which he feared he had created in the breast of tne Government. Moulraj then, accom panied by Lall Singh and all the other Sirdars, pro ceeded to pay his respects to the Ranee in the Summun Boorj, where the Moulraj also presented her Highness with a list of presents wnieh he had brought for her, and said that he had brought the key of the fort of Moultan, and his life also, to lay at her feet.' lie further said that, had a proper person been sent for him in the first instance, he would have attended the Durbar instantly, snit as such anger had been shown towards him by the Minister without any cause, and troops sent against his province, he felt the indignity, and resented it. The Ranee said the Sirkar had great confidence in him, and i looked upon him as a trustworthy person. Moulraj (hen presented his sword and shield, which she took and returned immediately. After a short time the Ranee retired, and Moulraj accompanied Lall Singh to his house where ho is said to have declared that he was ready to show the m. st perfect obedience to Lall Singh's wishes. Lall Singh assured him that he regarded him (Moulraj) as a brother, and as such loved him. After examining the presents brought by the Dewan. they all proceeded to pay their respects to Major Lawrence." THE PUNJAUB. (From the Delhi Gazette, Oct. 17.) It will be seen by our native correspondent's letter that Lieutenant Lumsden has accompanied the force of Sirdar Tej Singh as agent. A part of Brigadier Wheeler's force had reached Barra Pind, two marches to the north of Seealkote, on the 10th of October. Colonel Sibbald, in command of a detachment, consisting of the 41st Native Infantry, of the 3d company Ist battalion Artillery, with two guns, and of two troops of the Bth Regiment Irregular Ca valry, was halted on the 7th instant, on the right bank of the Ravee, in consequence of some of the horses of the battery (No. 17) having been knocked up. He quitted Noorpoor on the 4th, with the 41st, being relieved by a detachment of the 44th from Kangra, passed Pathan kot, a new Seikh station formerly of some importance, on the sth, crossed the Ravee on the 6th, and expected to reach Jesrowta about the 13th or 14th. A detach ment of the 44th, under Captain Anderson, is in occu pation of Hoosheearpoor during the absence of the 59th from that station. A friend with Brigadier Wheeler's troops says that " all were well, the troops in high spirits, the country fine, and the climate delightful." From Ferozepore we learn that the force intended for Lahore, and consisting of her Majesty's 62d Foot, two troops of Horse Artillery (Lane's and Campbell's), the 6th Light Cavalry, the 3d Irregular Cavalry, with the 51st and 44th Regiments Native Infantry, were to march from Kussoor on the 12th instant, with treasure and food for two months, the whole under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Ashburnham, C.B. Brigadier Reid remains in command of the station at Feroze pore. The cavalry of the late Bundelkund Legion welt:, under orders to march to Jhansee forthwith. Captain Beatson (54th Native Infantry) had joined his regiment. (From the Delhi Gazette, Oct. 21.) O interest. letters from Weh beyondaveprt epred theheaSutlej followingcontai abstractnmuehmat of te th rou e fr i ir te contents :—From Cashmere and the neighbour ing districts we learn that Sheik Emaum-ood-been, elated probably by his temporary success over the troops of Maharaja Uhoolab Singh, was induced to withdraw his first offer to surrender, and which we recorded some time since on excellent authority. But subsequent events not so favourable to his interests, and manifest ing a lukewarmness on the part of his followers (which was to be expected where a temporary disturbance, with such advantages as it might bring, was all they contem plated), have had the effect of again inducing the Sheik to listen, and that more seriously than before, to the overtures which have been made to him, and which seem to us far more favourable than he deserves. These events involve the defeat of no less tban three of his parties in the Rajaoree and Poonah passes,* by the detachments of the Maharaja's troops, and more important than all, the compulsory raising of the seige of Hurree Purvut (Hur irreletphoeo p r r o e n s e t n h c e e Cashmere p side s o f s e tnhte byP e e L r i e P u a t n e j n e a l n P t ass E d ) . , wardes from Reehursee ; we therefore look forward, more confidently than ever, to a speedy cessation of hos tilities, and to the return of our troops to their several cantonments to carry out the details of the relief, as far at least as recent circumstances will permit. The more we think of the rebellion of the Sheik, the more we are confirmed in our belief, that it is the rebellion of an individual whom, whether saint or devil, a certain lawless portion of the population of the country would, at all times, be ready to follow so long as it might suit theirpurpose, or as long as he might have the means of maintaining them in their vagabond habits. The first reverse has proved how insincere they were in their professions of having taken up arms for the sake of their faith, and how little patriotism had to do with the matter. With such mountain defiles as they might, under able guidance, have secured the pos session of, a people, determined to be free, might have n maintained their ground eoeitigrhrii offences. i tfit n e s t, ah, t i r a ce e n ‘s 3 fii - rhosedtArddossii.fficf leader t3a t h. h deh i .. n . ars g shi e nei a ni prove more triumphantly that it is not a movement of r f or as asserted by the petitiondt h u e e p d e L P f e l o e such, n a p s s a u r r d g o e n n tos tthano tiij traveller k in the country , h u a oj vi u n s g sd b it e e r ontthhee idolstrengthof the o pf eople,(on this account we deem it necessary to controvert statements which otherwise might obtain the credence to which they are by ny no means entitled) we have ascertained, beyond a doubt, w that h e never was inCashmere alwaysbefor the year 184 4 1 ll e employed in negotiaotin and M a h ara j a Runj negotiatin g hbeent,s.e, between d n the he c a h s a h v m e e b r e e e e been (et Singh ? What then becomes of the love borne by the Cashineree, to the Sheik, to • It appears by more recent information, that the troops of Ghoolab Singh were only defeated once. A confusion of ' dates induced a belief on our part that [they had been re pulsed on two different occasions. to believe that it will prove most interesting and high 1 satisfactory to mesmerists. CASHMERE. The promise of tidings of interest afforded by Cash mere at the date of our last has not been realised, in so far at least as those are concerned who consider (ales of battle and of blood the only interesting tidings' India can supply. The then formidable-looking insurrection under the auspices of the Sheik Emauin-ood-been has been subdued with comparatively little resistance'; and there is at present every probability of matters returning to such a state of tranquillity, long before the term for the retirement of our troops arrives, as to permit the treaty of Uniritsir to be fairly worked out. The Gover nor-General, the moment the defeat of the troops of Ghoolab Singh became known to him, having made every effort to assist in bringing about an arrangement, caused Lieut, IL Edwardes, assistant to Colonel Lawrence, to be dispatched from Lahore, that he might endeavour to bring the insurgents to reason. The Lahore IDurbar meanwhile exerted themselves to the same end, and Dewttn Hakeim Rae, a man in higji confidence and esteem, was dispatched on an tmbassy totA ards G'achutere. While un his way the accounts of the re verse of the Jawoo Chief reach, d him, and delayed his progress. having at length got into correspondence with the insurgent h ader, by this time aware of the con fiscation of hi, property, and the arrangements made to coerce him, arguments wore found of suffici. nt poteitcy to extract a prouti.e of submission —seen likely soon to be compelled. The arrangements for the movemtnt of troops mentioned in our last had by this time been com pleted. The Maharaja marched out with all his array, Brigadier Wheeler's force occupying the chief posts in his rear during his absence, a Seikh force from Lahore co-operating with him, :and a strong division of our troops front the same quarter moving in concert with those of Brigadier Wheeler. The following has been supplu d us from an [inquest ionable source : It was quite true that the Jamoo troops originally sent out had been worsted, be t neither to the extent nor in the manner described; ttat the bulk of them had gone over to the enemy is alto.. gether groundless, and the report seems to have been founded on the fact that 500 or 600 Rohillas did tc tually join the insurgents. Since then the Cashmerians has 2, on three several occasions been beaten by the Seikh troops. Letters of the sth of October, from Cashmere, in timate that the Sheik, in evidence of the sincerity of his professions of submission, has entirely raised the siege of the fortress of Hurree Purvut. All the garrison wanted was a supply of water, with which they will now be able to provide themselves. With abundance of this at their command they can defy any attack likely to be made on them, and maintain themselves with facility till the siege be raised, should this prove needful. There was, how ever, every reason to believe that the war was over, and that there was no more risk of conflict. The Governor- General had wisely determined that our exertions should not be relaxed—that we should be prepared for the worst that might occur till everything was tranquillised. Col. Lawrence was to leave Lahore for Cashmere on the 15th, followint , the two assistants who had preceded him, when it was hoped a final amicable adjustment would be brought about. It appears that so light and equitable, compared to what it used to be, is the revenue settle ment we have made in the Jullunder Doab„ that the Byot warriors, who, according to a correspondent of one of our north-west contemporaries, were likely to have shut us up in Cashmere, would most probably be the very first to make a general rising in our favour were we in danger. / to / to / ' tO