The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-28 00:00:00

Now Ready, VOL. VI. OF MADAME D'ARBLAY ' S DIARY AND LETTER`, " The present volume is nr.t a whit inferi t) these which have preceded it. It occu...ies an interval of nineteen years—from 1793 to 1812 ; and contains anecdotes of the English and French Cour.s, which are of historical value."—AthLmetun. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marnorough-strcet. Now ready, in two vols. small Svo., with Portrait, price I2s. bound, POETICAL WORKS of HORACE SMITH, one of the Authors of " REJECTED ADDRESSES." Now first collected. Orders received by all ltooksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3.lailwrough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support arid patromage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Re., take place every TrzsDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at Bic Hail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours,] containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Isnme dietely disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence with Benedict's popular Opera of THE CRUSADERS. Bohemond, Mr. Harrison ; Raymond, Mr. Borrani; William, Mr. 'Weiss ; Hassan, Mr. Stretton ; Ismael, Mr. King; Almer, Miss Romer; Iseult, Miss Rainforth. After which, the celebrated Ballet of THE DEVIL TO PAY, In which will appear Mons. Bretin, Mr. Wieland, Mons. Theodore. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. Howell, &c. ; Mdlle. Fabbri, Mdlle. Louise, Madame Theodore, Miss A. Payne, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comely, in three acts, entitled QUEEN MARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster, Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, &c. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Roll; Sir Arthur Love!, Nlr. Bowe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. To be followed with (by desire) a Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Cintterbuck, Mrs. Humby. _ During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, " Les Mousquetaires de la Reins," and " Lestocq ;" the " Old English Airs" (Fantasia); and " Rococo" (Walzer.) To conclude with Buckstone's Farce, entitled THE IRISH LION. Principal characters by Messrs. Hudson, Brindal, Tilbury ; Miss P. Horton, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Buckin:;ham, Miss Woulds, Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. tinder the Management of Mrs. Keeley. "MRS. HARRIS" WILL APPEAR EVERY EVENING, THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Wooßidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Misa Hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Binary Shivers, Mr. Meadows; Fanny Platt, Miss Arden; Mrs. Harris, Mr. Keeley. After which the Farce, entitled AN OBJECT OF INTEREST. In which Mrs. Keeley will perform. To conclude with a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMIVI ? Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham, Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, and Miss Turner. THEATitE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be presented a new dorn4stie drama, entitled EUGENIA CLAIRCILI.E ; or, The New Found Home. Fre4erick Stan more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr, Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0. Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard • Mrs. Toffey, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia Claireine, Madame Celeste. After which will be produced MRS. GAMP'S TEA AND Ttli&N-OUT ; a Bozzian Sketch, in one act. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Miss M. Taylor. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, in two acts, called THE JOCKEY CLUB. The principal characters by Messrs. Paul Bed ford, Wright, Redmond Ryan, Selby, NVaye, Mitclienson, &c. ; 3liss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses Eilen ChaAn, Harding, Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c. To conclude with the popular Farce, entitled DID YOU EVER BEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honey bun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. lloneybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. It is respectfully announced that this Theatre, having, during a brief recess, been renovated and re-decorated, will Open THIS EVENING, October 28th, when will be performed (for the first time), a new and original Romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Gkelle." Tho principal characters personified by Miss eleorgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda (his first appearance), Walton, T. Hill, Honner, Feren, &c. After which, a new Comic Drama, entit'ed ALL FOR THE BEST: Mr. Walkinpop, Mr. Compton ; Alfred, Mr. A. Harris ; Parchment, Mr. Smith ; Isaac, Mr. Honner ; Clara, Miss /former. To conclude with the favourite Farce of MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Characters by Messrs. Granby, Roxby, Compton, Ilarris ; Hrs. Hughes, Miss E. Honner, and Mrs. Fosbroke. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Foppinz ton, Mr. Waiter Lacy; Young Fashion, Mr. G. BAton ; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nur' e, Mrs. C. Jones ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordan ; Berinthla, Miss Char!es ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT and MU. /MAI, MELANGE. To conclude with the Farce of THE TURNPIKE GATE Crack, Mr. J. Cowell. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be wrformed Shakspere's Tragedy of KING' LE AR. King Lear, Mr. Macready ; Earl of Gloucester, Mr. Neville ; Earl of Kent, Mr. Cooper; Edgar, Mr. Saville ; Regan, Mrs. Ternan ; Cur delia, Mrs. Gill ; Goneril, Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the Drama of THE BRIGAND. In which Messrs. Neville, Lewis. Saville, Pelham; Mrs. Saville, Miss It ch srason, &c., will perform. Box•otHce open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'SI ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and itoyai Family. Continued success of Herr Amodio .Neupert, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, with feats of strength on glass bottles. The Champion Vaulters, Messrs. Henderson and Lee, will execute twenty, thirty, and forty somersaults. THIS EVENING Will be produced the grand Dramatic Spectacle cf MAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse. Support.id by the principal dramatic talent of the Company. After which, new SCENES of the CIRCLE. In which the Bri tish and Foreign Artistes w.ll appear. To conclude with the WASIIECtWOMAN OF ST. REMY. Mr. BATTY begs to acquaint the gentry and public that he has formed an expensive engagement with STAT I'MAISTER HEIN BRECHT, from Berlin, w:th his four highly-trained Horses. This foreign Artiste, having arrived In London, will appear for the first time in England in a few days, in his new and peculiar exercise of equitation with those highly-trained Steeds. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six aid cnimence at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. WEATHEIL—Surt OFFICE, OCTOBER 26. T.IEBDIONETER, Lowest, 38; Highest. 47 ; Noon, 44, BAROMETER, 30 31.- WIN; N.N.E. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BILIDGE TEID. , DAY. Morning .. 7 minutes after 7. Evening .. 46 minutes after 7. „, 1 1 / 4 71 . ..1) . ~,,NII•WA4 .ft , .:,••`'....' :. ,-. - 0 6 ~o -4,--...,,,,F ,_(,,,,t, . _ ~, ~ . .-:.., -4. -- ,.. ... A sr wo ~.,..-” 04. Roil' • "" k• ';:: litail iep b " ''' ..." ' ' .... , dra . ; ,..„ pr".Ah1 ...:, ~..", . .,2 ,, ,..4 4,. .,,,r.,,, 4,.. literMiltA LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1846, Thanks to the intelligence of our fll .e..ow-country men, we have frequently had occasion to rejoice over the progress of enlightenment in these islands. We have repeatedly rejoiced over the opportunity of con gratalarthe community upon the progress of eivilisarfon, and upon the signal manner in which the vestiges bf past ignorance and of bygone super stition were being eradicaled from society. With the gradual realisation of civil liberty we have exulted over the widening acknowledgment of the blessings derivable from religious tolerance. The many and grievous wrongs inflicted upon mankind by fana ticism ; the despicable consequences of sectarian bigotry ; the narrow-minded and evil-hearted zealots of the conventicle NV ere becoming as rare as the fisher. We endeavoured that they would ultimate their memories would on curiosities of literature, mastodon and the megat' geological museums. Our ably premature. Our al .. _ contradicted. It is with compelled to make this acknowledgment, and we must add that the circumstance which has elicited this declaration has inspired us with the most ex treme indignation. That circumstance may be briefly mentioned, and when mentioned it will be a sufficient testimony that, instead of advancing in enlighten ment and toleration, we are retrograding in bigotry and fanaticism. From the sixteenth proximo, in the year of the Redemption One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-six;the Sunday passengers' trains on the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway will be permanently _ _ _ _ _ discontinued—by order of the directors ! Let it be especially observed that this resolution has been • passed solely on the authority of the directors of that railway ; that since its opening, in February, 1842, np to the present period, Sunday trains have been uniformly running along the line on Sundays ; and that, notwithstanding the periodical pertinacity of ANDREW Aonzw, notwithstanding the impor tunities of certain jolter-headed religionists, and in spite of the fanatical resignation of a former chair man, the shareholders have been throughout most solicitous for the continuance of this Sunday travelling. Let these things be this remem beied, and it will be manifest that this pious resolu tion of the directors is altogether a piece of gratuitous tyranny. What ! simply for the purpose Of appeasing the very narrow and very ignoble consciences of a score or so of gentlemen, Ire the religious liberties, the municipal preiro three; And the associated rights of the people to be ga :e, t. •ur intense gladness, e and the kirg- to p -Ives, indeed, :ely bee. and that nly be chro ong the just as the 9:. .f the therium are treas. our it exultation has bee .t- -mticipations have been . ‘y the deepest sorrow we are set at naught ? Are these things to be effected, we repeat it, simply for the purpose of appeasing the very narrow and very ignoble consciences of some , half-dozen gentlemen ? For none but men with the I narrowest understandings and the most ignoble notions of religion could endeavour, and endeavour so effectually, to render the seventh day of every I week—the day peculiarly set apart by Christians as a most noble and beautiful festival—to render, we say, that seventh day most hateful instead of most welcome to the population. It has been observed by a great philosopher, that supposing mankind had not been restricted from labour on the Sabbath, according to the beneficent institution of the Christian Church, that in that case some such a regulation would have been absolutely required from our human legislators. Some relaxa tion is imperatively required from physical and mental exertion. The bow, unless unstrung, gradually lcses its tension, however tough or elastic its materials. As the human body is only preserved in health by the refreshing intervals of the quiescence produced by sleep, so does society require for the preservation of its vigour such periodical cessations from toil as those afforded us by Sundays. In the vicinity of the Glasgow terminus there are somewhere about 350,000 :souls ; at the Edinburgh terminus there are upwards of 200,000 souls. Reflecting for a moment upon the thousands of in dustrious artizans comprised in that calculation ; upon the men, women, and children, who are there pent up in the confined and unhealthy bye-streets and courts of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; upon the six weary days of labour, living hand to mouth, breath ing nothing but polluted atmosphere, seeing nothing but smoke and bricks, hearing nothing but the roar and clatter of industry ; remembering the many limbs that must ache in those two great cities on the seventh day, the many brows that must burn with the toil of the preceding week, the many hearts that must sicken with the breath of the factory and the workshop.—it is impossible to regard this restriction on the part of the railway directors otherwise than as a most cruel and unjust transaction. We do not presume to interfere with the doctrinal differences of any one; but we would earnestly de mand that these enemies to Sunday travelling should only possess the power of legislating for themselves. The true apostles of Christianity coerce no man to their creed. We have always understood that the rubrics of a church are enforcible only by moral and not by physical agency. Much less should men be empowered to dominate over the multitude for the satisfaction of some extravagant ecclesiastical whim. W ith the proper observance of the Sabbath these Sunday trains have not the remotest connexion ; on the con trary, their continuance has been an extraordinary boon to hundreds, who would have been otherwise without any means of attending Divine service. We are assured that through their instrumentality many hundreds of Roman Catholics were enabled to reach their chapels in Glasgow every Sunday from a considerable distance in the country ; and Christians of various other denominations have been benefited in like manner. By the stoppage of these trains every means of communication between the two principal towns of Scotland will be entirely destroyed, coaches and postchaises having been long since abolished on the high road, in consequence of the facilities of steam transit. These highly religious directors have thus debarred the poorer and even the middle classes of the inhabitants from breathing the pure air of the country ; and be that noble saying never forgotten, that man made the town, but GOD made the country ! We should be disposed to comment in more strin gent language upon this monstrous specimen of in tolerance, but that we remember that its very per petration must inevitably produce its own punish ment. The directors will find that they have a higher, and, we hope, a more enlightened authority in the shareholders ; and we call upon those share holders, for the sake of the health of the community, for the sake of civilisation, for the sake of civil and religious liberty, to rescind this extraordinary and bigoted enactment. It is the constitutional privilege of every British subject that he shall be deemed innocent of any offence charged against him until he shall have been convicted thereof by a jury of his countrymen ; and in case the circumstances should admit of a reasonable doubt, the presumption in favoui of innocence should prevail, the accused should receive the benefit of that doubt, and be discharged from any of the penal consequences of an act that had not been clearly and distinctly brought home to him. This right of trial by jury is the great palladium of the liberties of Englishmen, and any derogation therefrom must necessarily be regarded with the utmost jealousy. The Legislature has of late years frequently taken from this right. In many instances it has given to magistrates a power of summary conviction, a right to hear and decide a certain class of cases, to exercise the functions of judge and jury, to decide whether the person accused is innocent or guilty of the offence laid to his charge, and, if guilty, to pronounce the punishment of fine or imprisonment within certain pecified limits. Should the evidence be conflicting in its nature, the magistrate has, generally speaking, the option of sending it before another tribunal, where it will be investigated before a jury of twelve men on their oaths, which he may also do if it appears deserv ing of greater punishment than that within his power inflict; but, should he take it upon himself to decide the question, he should act as a jury would be directed by the presiding judge to do, and he should give the accused the benefit of any doubt, and certainly he ought not to decide, as in a civil case, according to the weight or balance of evidence. In conceding this great and unconstitutional power, the Legislature was actuated by considerations of public convenience. In many trivial cases the sending of a person for trial would be a far greater punishment than the infliction of a small fine, and much time and expense would also be saved to the complaining parties by the obtaining of an immediate decision. It was also influenced by the high respectability of the gentlemen on whom it conferred this power, and the knowledge of the force of public opinion that would be brought to bear upon any person by whom the power was abused. It is peculiarly the province and the duty of the public press to call the public attention to any case in which the presiding magis trate appears to have acted on erroneous principles, in order to prevent the recurrence of a similar mistake on another occasion. It will be in the recollection of our readers that a case was brought before Mr. BROUGHTON, the magis trate of Worship-street Police-court, on Wednesday, the 14th instant, against a young man named WIL LIAM SCOTT, who was charged with " drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and obstructing the police in the discharge of their duty." The case was a peculiarly unpleasant one, inasmuch as it involved swearing of the most contradictory character—ln spector JULIAN and several policemen, six in all, declaring that SCOTT was intoxicated, and that he was exceedingly noisy and turbulent, while, on the other side, a surgeon, two respectable tradesmen, and another witness, whose station in life was not stated, came forpard, and positively swore that the young man was not intoxicated, and that he was perfectly quiet and orderly. The witnesses for the defence also de scribed the conduct of Inspector JULIAN as of the most outrageous description ; that he rode furiously backwards and forwards, goading his horse so that was by a miracle he escaped trampling on and severely hurting some of the lookers-on. On this evidence Mr. BROUGHTON was called upon to adjudicate, and his decision, and the grounds on which it was given, appeared to us at the time to be of a most extra- ordinary character. He stated "that the balance of evidence was in favour of SCOTT'S intoxication, and that therefore he would fine him 55., or a week's im- prisonment, for being drunk, and that he would leave out of consideration the allegation of intern- perance and violence against the inspector, as it was not formally before him for adjudication." Now in this the most of principles were involved. In the first place, he expressed a doubt, not merely n words, when he spoke of the balance of evidence, but also in the quantum of punishment, and in de- dining to consider the conduct of the complainant. If he was not perfectly satisfied and thoroughly con vinced of SCOTT'S guilt, he should not have sentenced him to any punishment, however slight, which might involve much more serious consequences than the pecuniary penalty. He was not justified in omitting so important an element as the conduct of the cum plahiarit in coming to a conclusion on the case, and if he really believed the accusation, the fine of ss. was perfectly inadequate for the offence. In either case, therefore, the magistrate was wrong. In fact, it appeared a sort of compromise which never should be tolerated on the bench of justice. If SCOTT was discharged, it would be a serious rebuke to the police, whose testimony the magistrates, we regret to say, are generally disposed to place greater depen dance on than that of any private individuals, how ever respectable ; and a weighty punishment could not be pronounced in the face of such evidence as came forward on the occasion, and which should have insured the dismissal of the charge. We, however, abstained from comment, inasmuch as a further in vestigation was to take place respecting the conduct of Inspector JULIAN on the occasion. This has since taken place—Mr. THOMAS BLAKE, a watchmaker, one of SCOTT'S witnesses, having preferred a charge against the inspector of having attempted to ride over him (BLAKE), and having put him in bodily fear, The affair received the fullest investigation. A num ber of respectable persons corroborated the statement of the complainant, that the inspector, without the slightest cause, made his horse plunge; that he ad dressed BLAKE, who was standing quietly, and galloped after him, nearly riding over him. They dscribed BLAKE as having been under the neck of the hone, which was rearing and plunging furiously ; that his escape was a most fortunate one, and that he was nearly paralysed by fright. They also stated that the attack was decidedly premeditated ; that the horse was wantonly urged on by his rider ; that there was no noise or any interruption given to the police. Mr. BROUGHTON, in giving judgment, de clared that he firmly believed everything that was stated by the witnesses, and that he could not view the affair in any other light than as most extraordinary and unwarrantable behaviour, and that he would fine the inspector in the full penalty of 51. and costs. After this decision, i❑ which every disinterested person must have concurred, we are convinced that Mr. BROUGHTON must be satisfied that he inflicted a serious injury on poor SCOTT, and that he owes him the only reparation in his power, Tiz., a public acknowledgment of his error. And we trust that the lesson may not be lost to him during his continuance in the magisterial office, and that he may not again sentence any person to punish ment unless fully satisfied of his guilt. The conduct of Inspector JULIAN and of the police who so stoutly sup ported him by their evidence is, we think, deserving of the most serious consideration of the police authori ties. It is painful to see, as in the Dagenham case, a body of men prepared to make any statement at the desire of their superior. If they can explain or jus tify their conduct they should have an opportunity of doing so ; if not, we cannot conceive that they are fit persons to be entrusted with powers that may be so greatly abused. Letters from Berne of the 21st state that the Sar dinian Government has ordered two regiments to march to the Swiss frontier. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. They are filled with accounts of the dreadrul dis asters occasioned throughout France by the floods. " The Loire and other rivers," says the Journal des Debats, "are continuing to subside; and the mails and diligences can come up from Tours, Nantes, and Angers. It is, however, apprehended that, if the present rain be protracted, the retiring of the waters will be delayed. The accounts that reach us from the inundated country are still most melancholy." " Our most recent advices from the Upper Loire," says the Constilutionnel, "state that the waters are retiring but slowly, and successively exhibiting the enormous losses inflicted by the inundation. A notion may be formed of its extent by the fact that at the Pertuiset bridge, which has resisted, the water rose, between noon and six in the afternoon, from six metres to fourteen metres forty centimetres / Before it had risen to this inconceivable height, the Loire had done unheard-of damage. Never had its levies given way ; they had always stood the most violent rises ; they have now been broken through at two or three places." The ravages committed by the Loire in the districts of Aurec, Andrezieux, and Roanne were fearful. At Andrezieux it had partially destroyed the St. Etienne Railway. Boats laden with merchandise of the value of upwards of 1,000,000 francs had been sunk in the Canal of Digoin. Among this merchandise there wee 1,000 hogsheads of brandy and 1,500 casks of wine. At Pouilly 1,700 hogsheads of cin ordinaire had been carried away by the flood. The Indian mail, in consequence of the floods, was de layed twenty-four hours, and did not ar rive in Paris until Sunday. The Bordeaux mail was delayed from the same cause, so that we are without any further intelligence from Spain. It is said that the Due DtAUM ALE has arrived at Ba yonne. It would appear that M. GUIZOT has reckoned without his host, in imagining that he could obtain the support of the Northern Courts to his Spanish marriage policy. It is said, that the answers which he has received to his notes from the Courts, both northern and southern to which he ap pealed against the pretest of England, have been anything but satisfactory. So far from acknow ledging Queen ISABELLA, these Courts emphatically repeat that they know no Sovereign of Spain but the Count DE MOztTEMOLIN, and they accompany this declaration by an unqualified expression of their hostility to the arrival of any French Prince at sovereign power in Spain. The Austrian Cabinet has, according to the Universal German Gazette, gone still further. It has openly expressed its great displeasure at the readiness with which the POPE granted the marriage dispensations. His HOLINESS, not having recognised the Government of Queen ISABELLA, might, they say, have withheld his assent, and thus defeated the intrigue of the French and Spanish Courts ; instead of which, he sent off the dispensations by return of post. The seven ships of war which had sailed with troops and stores for Otaheite, were driven back to Brest on the 23d, by stress of weather. It is said that the Carlists have, for the present, abandoned their intended project of an insurrection in the north of Spain. The officers of that party, prisoners in the citadel of Blaye, have published a declaration disclaiming all idea of the kind, but they add that, as faithful subjects of CHARLES VI., they are now and ever ready to obey his Majesty's orders. Subscriptions to aid the sufferers from the inun dations have been opened in Paris. The administration of the Customs had published the returns of the import duties collected during the month of September last, and which amounted to 13,839,732 f. They had produced, in 1844, 12,463,402 f., and in 1845, 12,088,980 f. The receipts of the nine months of 1846, ending on the Ist of October, were 114,395,806 f., showing an increase of 1,101,826 f. as compared with those of the corresponding period of 1845, and 1,622,707 over 1844. The firmness of our Money market on Friday pru duced a rise in French stock in Paris on Sunday. The Three per Cents. were done at 82f. 70c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. OCTOBER 25. Belgian Eastern Junction, 1416—Direct Bombay and Madras, 14 —Dutch Rhenish, s%—East Indian, 76—Great Western Bengal, —Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, 3 —Northern of France Constituted, 1116—Orleans and Tierzon, 13—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 5 ,6—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s —Paris and Strasbourg Con. stituted,446—Rouen and Havre, 2616—Sambre and Meuse, s —West Flanders, 3. NELSON COLUMN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am sure I need not apologise for requesting you to insert a direct contradiction to the paragraph in your paper, headed " Nelson Column," stating that I am dead; thank God, I never was in better health.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN TERNOUTH. 9, Lower Belgrave•place, Pimlico. [The paragraph was copied from a morning paper.— ED. Sun.] WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Colonel Kingscote, Liberal, and brother-in-law of the Duke of Beaufort, is spoken of as not unlikely tobe a candidate for West Glou cesterehire, in the room of Mr. Grantley Berkeley.— Cheltenham paper. THE GREAT BRITAIN EXPECTED.—The New York Tribune of the Bth inst. says:—" The Great Britain is now in her sixteenth day. Her non-arrival in season to send replies to the correspondence brought by her, in the Great Western, is provoking, and no doubt will be a serious annoyance to our merchants." A FAMILY or MUTES.—There is a singular family of mutes in Jeantown, Lochcurron. They are orphans, seven lads and two girle, all deaf and dumb, and yet the most industrious people in the village. Strange to say, three of them have adopted a sea-faring life, and have a boat and nets, in which they sail by themselves in pur suit of herrings round the whole coast. During the day the helmsman directs the others by signs, and at night he carries stones in his pocket which he throws at them; one intimates a desire to stand by the halyards, and two to reef. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night., The Cotton market at Liverpool was buoyant yester day, and there was a slight advance in prices. In many instances id. per lb. more was obtained. The sales were 10,000 bales, of which 4,000 were on speculation, chiefly American sorts. Shares improved a little. At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, to-day, the market was firm, and rather better prices were obtained. A good many shares were in demand, and a good proportion of them sold. The following are a few of the principal sales:— _ _ Great Southern of Madras £0 4 6 Cornwall Great Indian Peninsular East Indian Yorkshire and Glasgow Union 0 13 0 Shropshire Union and Canal South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 2 15 6 South Wales Louvain ala Sambre .. 1 14 6 Manchester and Southampton London and Blackwall, New • •••• „••••..• 6 3 0 London and Croydon, Thirds 9 14 0 Paris and Lyons 5 7 0 Madrid and Valencia. ....................... Goole and Doncaster .................. .. South-Eastern and Dover, N 0.4 Namur and Leige ........................ Eastern Counties, York Extension .... Sambre and Meuse .......... Great Eastern and Western Upon the subject of the dried fruit trade, we have some interestinginformation in a report drawn up by the firm of Witherby and Hanson. Alludingto thearticle of currants, it is stated :-" There has been no alteration in prices during the month. Patras, of good and fair quality, has been eagerly taken off at 555. to 565., and Zantes at 545. We are at this moment without any stock of cur rants, and several cargoes of fruit have been purchased this week for arrival at 545. to 545. 6d. The clearances of raisins of all kinds at the port of London, from Ist September to the 20th inst., were 1,560 tons, against 1,050 tons during the like period of 1845 ; but of the former quantity, Muscatels constitute a larger portion than usual. The 18 . ,000 dru ms o f fi gs received by the Achilles steamer, via Southampton, have all been cleared off, the first to hand realising the high price of 705., and the remainder 60s. to 655. The market is now com pletely bare, and is ready for the cargoes by the Rebel and Torch, a portion of both of which appeared at Bo tolph•wharf yesterday morning." The importance of a quick deli very f or f ru i t w ill b e recognised by all, and it appears that the extraordinary dispatch with which the figs, per Achilles, were passed through the Custom House at Southampton, and for warded to London, has been much commended. It would benefit the fruit trade, which, from its nature, requires great expedition, if similar advantages existed at the Custom House of the port of London. A want of hands, it would seem, in the department immediately connected with the clearance of goods on which the duty has been paid for home consumption, checks the facility of dispatch so indispensably necessary in the present day, and which, in all other branches of her Majesty's service, has been so liberally afforded to the public. The letters from Calcutta do not give so favourable a statement upon the subject of the market for British, Cotton piece goods, as for some of our other manufac tures, and fur exp orts. Th e M oney Market, however, was decidedly easier, and in China there was more facility in effecting sales of goods. Ships were wanted in the ports of the latter country. The detention of the Overland Mail, until this even ing, has just given the favourable opportunity expected for aziswerirg correspondence received by the present opportunity. The English Stock Market is still rather under a cloud, and there has been some little speculation for a fall in prices. Consols are 94 : 4 - 3 - i f for present transfer, and 9-4 to 95 for Account. The premium on Exchequer bills has been 138. to 11s. only, being a decline on the previous values. Bank Stock has been marked 20i to 205 f, and East India Stock 257. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents, have been 95f to 95k. The Foreign Market continues heavy, but the transac tions are at the same time rather more numerous than they were yesterday. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 264, and Portuguese Four per Cents., 41f, being very dull. Mexican have recede dto 224 f. Grenada Deferred Bonds are 3f to 34. Brazil Stock is at 85 to 85k. French Three per Cents. have been marked 83 francs, with the exchange at 25 70. Dutch Two. and a-Half per Cents. have been 58-,1 to 591. For Shares there is a moderate inquiry, and prices appear to be steady. In some instances they are better. O. CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICE s. Bank Stock 9 05% 205 205 3 per Cent. Reduced Anus....-.. 933 )% 93y' s 3 per Cent.ConsolsAenuities 94 7s : 1.1 94./ 1 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1706 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 951 / 2 % 95 3 / 4 Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 9; 7 8 9 15-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 9 11-16 9 11-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860.... 10 3-16 1 / 8 India Stocli. ...... .. .................. 257 India Bonds, 1,0004. ..,,. .. ...... .. - Ditto under 1,0001. ,"; ..... ....... 26 p Consols for Nov 26 ....... 95 94: 7, 8 Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., lihd.„. 12 13 11 - pm. Ditto 5001. - - pm. 1.. Ditto Small - - pm. 10 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, Account . 85% 85 4 A Dutch, 2% pe r C en t., 12 Guild.- LBy B 58, 7 4 Ecuador Bonds - 3% Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. - - Ditto, Deferred 3 3 / 4 1.4 3% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1844 - - Ditto. Account 1 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 412 41 1 A Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account - 26% Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent - - Ditto, Account ...... 37% 37% Dividends on the abo ve paya bl e i n L on d on. French Rentes, 3 per Cent....... 83f . -c. 83f. -c. Exchange ........................... 25f. 70c. 25f. 70c. Belgian 4% per Cent....... 9B 98 Ditch, 2 1% per Cent . ............ 58% 594 594 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 92 PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING it AMWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Ab er d een - Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%,.... 3 1 / 8 3% Armagh, Coleraine, and P or trush l% .... .. - _ Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%,,,,.. _ - Belfast & County Down 4% ..... . Birmin. and Gloucester..loo ...... ..... Ditto New 17% ...... - ..... ........ - Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 24,.... , ...... - Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 225....... Bristol and Exeter ..... 75 ...... 80%,.. B O l /2 - Ditto, New 51 Bristol and Liver. Junc 2 %...... ...... Buckinghamshire ~ die. .. 3 4 dis. Caledonian Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... . . 51 .. 22% Ditto Half Shares...-. 2% ...... 1 . ..... 1 y Ditto Extension ...•.. 2%...... _/'...... ... ... .... •••• 4 Cambrian & Grand Junc 42s . - .... Chester and Holyhead... 27%,....: ...... - Churnet and 81ythe...... 2 ...... ..... - Chester and Manchester 425. ...... _ Cheltenham and Oxford 2 - ...... _ . ClytlesdaleJunction.. ... 20 ..... _ Cork, Blackrock, and Passages Cork and Waterford ... 1 1 / 2 ...... _ Gonwall - ............... - Cork and Killarney - Ditto, Half Shares ..... ............ Cornwall& Cent'lDevon 2% ...... ... ... ...... Direct Lincoln, East net ford, and Shetld. June. 2% ......... Direct Northern ......... 2%., 1%% ...... --• 1 erby and Crewe...... ... 2% - ............... _ 1 - ..... Direct Norwich - .............. -- Dublin and BelfastJunc lO ...... - ... ........... Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine - ........ ....... - Dublip and Galway... - 4 ...... - ............. • Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 - .. ...... . Eastern Counties 14/. 165.. ..... 2 1 %%............ ' Ditto New l2/. 16s ...... . , Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... - Ditto ditto; No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d.. . - Do., York Extension.. 12s. ...... 3% ..... • """• EastDereh'inandNoech 1 Eastern Union 35 - ............... •• ••• - Ditto, Quarter Shares 83y.:.... . Do. Exten.(Harivich) 1', t ...... -- Do., Cam b. and Ely.. 2% ....., - ......... ***** Ed D i n it b t u o r , g (4 h ti a a n rt d er Gl s as h E as b l itt L o in u c a o l l f ns s l b li a r r e es ... 10 East Lancashire - Ditto, New 1%...... 1 East & West of England 1%.,„.. ow,Kinnar. Exeter,Yeovil,&ltois.e. Dorset Edinburgh &Northegarronew.s. 15020%•••• 5214% **- __lB l 4- ••• Edinburgh and Perth., 3 Ely and Huntingdon * h....•• Enniskillen and Sli *** 71 - - _16 3 / 4 17 ... Glasg Ditto, New • . . Yl. 50 ...... - Do., VI Shares **** ( .. . ** 15 ' - 10 1 , 3 257 21 3 A 3% 18 1/4 . per cent. guar.) .. ....... 12 %— , ••• _ Glouc.,Abeiystwith, and 1 / 9 dis, Central of Wales ...... 1 %•••••• — a/ tz_ dis Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 425• ...... /s lb ... Grand Union (Notting and Lynn ..•.. ........... 1% ...... ....... ...• •• Great Eastern &western 2%.»••• GreatGrimsby and Shef- Gr(fiea1er1ted15in:uZii.....an.....d....W......e.5...t..... 2170% ............ 2 - 9 IX, ... _ _ Great Munster ........ .... 2% ...... 237% Great North of Scotland 2 %••••" — 7l i 61 Great North of En la d WO ..... 23 72 gn - . 69 55 Ditto New ............. 5 ...... 5g Ditto, New ........ 15 •••••• - 21 137 Ditto, New ........... . 1% ..... 80 Great 'Western ............ 85 ......137 19 3 4 Ditto lA Shares ...... ... 50 ...... WA — Ditto Shares ......... 10 ...... 7% Ditto ' ifth s 20 ...... ........... 7 3 / 4 los% Ditto, New ........ .... 2 ...... 1 , Hull and Selby ..... 50 ..... 108 /2 ....... Ditto 4 Shares ...... 12% ...... Do. Half Shares ...... 25 ...... _ Ipswich c , t Bury St. Edm. 11% ...... Do., do , and Norwich 2% ...... Killarney ,a n d ...... I '4 "' 63 Kendal and Windermere 1% ...... 6 - 3 Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New ............... 5 _ Larne, Belfast, and B a t_ 74 lymena .................. 425. —7 73/s _.... Leeds and Bra dford...... 30 Leeds and Carlisle ...... 25 ••• "' .. ....... .... --. Leicester & Birmingham 225. —, ~d i2 l4 d ' s • _ Leicester and Bedbrd... 225. ...... 74 Leeds and Dewsbury ... 22% — .... LpooL, Binotistr &New caatle JtuictiOu 291 A, Liverpool and Bury l4 .. ... London and Blackwall. 161, 13s. 4d. Do. ICew Ditto Extension •••••• 7% ...... London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths ... 49 ...... „..,„ ........ Lindou and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. Do. Guaran. 5 per cent. 9 Lrindon and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d — Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — London, Hounslow, and Western - .. ... Le/leen and N. Westernloo 199 Do. Quarters . 2 Do., do., New Shares.. 2 Ditto Fifths ..... .... 2 Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% — . Do., New 1 4 Shares G. J.) Do 40/. Shares( L. M.) 8 ...... Lona. & S.Western 411 6s 10d — ...... .... ... Do. New ConsoL Bths 40 Do. New .. Do. New London and York 2% ..... I'7 B ..... ....- .... Do. 1 /0 Shares London and Windsor . 1%... . London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry & Coleraine 12%...„. ... L6ndonderry and Ennis killen l 2 l /2 — Lynn and Ely ... ... ...... 15 ...... Lynn and Dereham :5 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 lO4 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths .... 614 — ...... Do. Extension 42s. Manchester and Birmin. 40 — Do. Quarters (A) Do. Quarters (B) Do. Quarters (C). 1 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock... .. 42s — p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ... ... .. Manehest. & Southampt. 2 Midland Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo lO9 •• Midlnd& East. Counties 2%...... Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick 15 Do. North Shields ... 25 NewcastlP and Carlisle...loo Newmrket &Chesterfrd 21. 12s — p Newport &Abergavenny 2%,..... Newry and Enniskillen 4% — .. ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... ~ Norfolk . Do. Half Shares Do. Extension North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shari a Do. Fifths Do. Quarters ........1 1 4 3l/s N Do. Extension Northern and Eastern 5O Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New -•—• ...... . . North Staffordshire 42s. ...... 2 p North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Wit ney, and Cheltenham..., Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Do. 1 / 2 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. I2s. Richmond Royston and Ilitchen ... 1% — Rugby and Leamington 42 i; Scottish Central Scottish Midland 12% ll% Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, anderewe.„ 1) ...... Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 14 — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsli• Junc. 2 1 / 2 Sligo and Shannon l% South Devon... 35 ...... South & Midlands Junc. 425...... South StaffordshireJunc. 2% South Eastern & Dover. 33% — Do., No. 1 2O Do., N. 2. Do., No. 3 Do.. No. 4 .. 2 3 / 4 St.Alban's, llatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. - ........ ••.•• Staines and Richmond... 1 - ........ Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / South Wales ..... ... 5 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ...... ... . ..... .. Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ... .. .. Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Vale of Neath Wakefiel.i, Pontefract. & Goole v%...... Warwickshire & London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. -,.... Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterford and Limerick 22% Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin W aterford, Wexford, and Valentia Waveney Valley 2 Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall West London,Old Shares 20 .Vexford and Carlow ... 2% ...... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Warwick,and ) Rugby York and Carlisl e 2 3 /4 ... .—.. ... York and N ewcas tl e ...... 25 ... 42 Ditto New York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares Do. Scarboro' Br anc h. 25 Do. Selby Do. Extension 2O . .... 38 3 / 4 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo- Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and A miens... 16 ...... ... .. Bordeaux & Mediterra n . 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 .... . Calais, Dunkrk,andWest Flanders Calcutta and. Diamond Harbour ....... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast 1 •• ••• •.. . Central of Spain ... ••• • ... Ceylon •• • •• •••• Demerara Dendre Vallr Direct Bomba- d ty an Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian ... ..... •••• 53. Fampoux & Hazebro u k 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. ...... Great Western Bengal... ss. Great WesterliCanada... 3 1 A •••••• Italian and Austrian. ... 4 ••• Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey ...... - • ... •••• Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ••• • v, .•• Luxembourg. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... Madras ... Madras, Nellore, and Arcot l /8 — .. ..... ..•• Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... Mauritius .. Namur and Liege Nn ofFranceConstituted 5 ...... 12 North Jamaica Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 .... Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Over Yssel 4135 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lO .... ••. ......... •• Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic • Tours and Nantes Con stituted ... 5 -, •• Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell...—. 8 Trinidad West Flanders 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Union of London... MI. IPA 'ES. Real del Monte Unregd COURSE OF EXCIIA. Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 8 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 5% Rotterdam ...• • • 2U. 12 8% Antwerp... ...... 2G 15 Hamburgh .... • • 31.8. 13 14 Altona • • . ...... Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 85 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles • • ••• . • • 26 15 Bourdeaux • • • • 2G 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 4 Petershurgh, 3 U 5...... Vienna, effee. • • 10 10 Trieste, ditto •• • . 10 10 Madrid • ...... 35% Cadiz • • •• . : • . 36% 8i1ba0.... • • ..... Barcelona...... 3% 4 cGE. — (YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar. ...... •• Leghorn • • •••• 30 65 Genoa ........ 26 20 1111 an ...... • • Venice....... ........ Naples ...... •••" • • • 39 % Palermo, per oz. ...• 119% Li5b0n......... • •• • ... 52% 0p0rt0.... • • ..... ..• 424 Rio Janeiro ..... ••• .• 24% Bahia .• • Buenos Ayres • • New York, 21 days' sight —• Philadelphia .......... PRICKS OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars .. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 0 0 SUSTITUTE FOR THE POTATO. —Mr. Lloyd, the agent of the Ormonde estates in Kilkenny, having issued a circular to the tenantry, recommending the planting and cultivation of the parsnip as the best substitute for the now-doomed potato, the tenants are to be furnished with seeds gratis, on a certificate being given that the land is properly prepared and manured for its reception. 26 10 OVER AND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. 81-MONTHLY SUMMARY. (From the Bombay Times.) TUESDAY, SEPT. Is.—We continue, as for months past, to suffer from scarcity of intelligence. We have letters from Sinde only eight days old, but they are newsless. The country seems generally pretty quiet, but the people continue to suffer severely from scar city. The unhealthiness of the chief stations is at length admitted by the Kurrachee Advertiser, long understood to be the organ of the local Government. Everything is tranquil at Lahore, and peaceful and prosperous in the Jullundur Doab ; but no prepara tions have as yet been announced for the withdrawal of the army, though we are now within a few months of the time when we pledged ourselves to retire—the end of the year. Lord Hardinge and the Commander in-Chief are expected about this time to quit Simla and proceed on a tour of inspection along the frontier. Colonel Lawrence, the agent for the Governor. Gene ral, has gone to Lahore. The rains are now almost entirely over, the weather for six weeks back hav ing been singularly beautiful. The Governor of Bom bay and his family are about to proceed to Khan della for the benefit of change of air : the Commander in-Chief and staff remain at Poonah. The Governor of Madras continues at the Neilglierry. Hills, so that by next month all the Governors and Commanders-in- Chief of India will be above the ghauts. Though the harvest promises to be abundant, and the supply of grain in Bombay is so large that much of it must be destroyed before a new crop is admitted, the dealers, who exercise the closest and most capricious mono poly, have raised the prices almost to famine rates. SINDE.—We have letters to the 6th of September from Kurrachee, but they are almost useless. Sinde seems generally pretty tranquil, the people suffering severely from scarcity. Cholera had again shown itself in the lower Delta, but in a form very mild in comparison to that formerly assumed by it. The flood of the Indus was nearly at its height, and the waters had spread over a surface unusually extensive. The perusal of the first part of Colonal Outram's work had created the greatest sensation amongst the officers of the Sinde army. Much as had been written on the subject, no one serving under him could believe— till they saw him convicted on their own testi mony—in the fearful mass of untruths to which Sir Charles Napier had given utterance, or the frightful amount of dishonesty in which he had indulged. If this much light has burst on his ad mirers from the prefacial volume, the concluding one will clear up their eyes with a vengeance. The un happy old man has remained till his character has be come exposed to the scorn of those by whom he con quered, and he retires from power when the clouds surrounding his name are at the blackest. His friends, indulging in flights of imagination kindred to his own, have given out, apparently by direction, that he is to be elevated to supreme command over the armies of India I If one particle of truth attaches to the further rumour that Lord Hardinge has been the in stigator of some such election as this, it will be the most singular instance on record of the mere attri bute of courage, which characterises the most worth less in the nation, procuring advancement in defiance of the disqualification which the want of every other attribute reckoned essential to the character of the officer and English gentleman supplies. With the head of the army still afflicted with Ellenboroughian delusions, no man can tell what will occur. We find the following in the Kurrachee Advertiser of the 29th ult. It strikes us as something about as diverting as any document we ever perused HEAD -QUARTERS, KURRACIIEE, AUG. 18.—No. 3. The Major-General Governor placed Lieutenant Moore ender an arrest, because that officer took upon himself to divide his detachment, and to send part of it to Chutter, for the purpose of assisting the subjects of the Khan of Khelat atainst his Highness's enemies. He also made a long and dangerous march towards the hills, and might have lost half his men and horses by coups de soled. The proceedings were contrary to orders. Lieut. Moore appears to have forgotten that no officer in Sinde, except the Governor of this province, has a right to move detachments and occupy fresh posts even within the pro vince ; yet Lieut. Moore took upon himself to do this far beyond the frontier, and without permission—a re sponsibility which the Governor himself would not pre sume to take without leave from the Governor-General. No officer who knows his duty as a military man ever presumes to move the troops under his command with out orders. A ready assumption of responsibility is the surest sign that an officPr does not know his business, ".The Governor will for once pass over this disobedi ence of orders, and Lieut. Moore is to return to his duty. But should such again occur, it will oblige the Governor to uphold discipline, and bring the offender to a court martial. Zeal excuses much, but is no excuse for dis; obedience of orders, because such conduct dissolves a military force, and turns an army into a rabble. " The Khan of Khelat must protect his own subjects, the Kyheries ; if the latter choose to behave like cowards, they must take the result. (Signed) "C. J. NAPIER, "Major-General Commanding the Troops in Sinde." Why this is Satan reproving with a vengeance. It is as good as the remarks from the same quarter on Colonel Moseley's want of veracity. What the Governor of Sinde himself would now do or leave undone we are of course ignorant ; what he has done, not only without consulting the Governor-General, but in express defiance of instructions received from him, Khyrpoor, Emaum ghur, Hydr a b a d, an d t h e di str i cts beyond the Desert can tell. The allusion to the Khan of Khelat is amusing enough when we remember the manifesto which preceded the expedition of January, 1845, when his Highness's inability to keep the borders quiet was the grand reason for our army marching forth. It is vain now to get up excuses for maintaining an army of fifteen thousand men in Sinde just as it is about to cease to be an inde pendent province, and therefore little wars, even for the protection of our allies, are considered inexpedient. THE PUNJAUB. Early in the month a rumour gained currency that the Wuzeer Lull Singh had been murdered. It came from so good a source, and seemed so eminently pro bable, that it quickly gained general credence. It proves without any foundation whatever. The army under Sir John Littler continues quiet and inactive at the capital. We were bound by treaty to withdraw them by the end of the year. The General, it is raid, has written that the Government is gaining in strength daily, and that there is no reason to apprehend the con sequences of, or delay in, the withdrawal of the troops; and it is understood that some time in the cold weather there will be a general move. Colonel Lawrence, the agent for the Governor General, has set out from Si m l a for Lahore. Lords Hardinge and Gough w(re, it was understood, about to start on a tour of inspection. The river Bavee had to an unusual extent even during the floods overflowed its banks, and the country near the capital had been for a time partially submerged. Some of our officers were amusing themselves with boating under the walls. An abundant crop was expected as the result of the flood. A remarkable change in the weather had occurred about the middle of August, when cool and refreshing breezes had taken the place - -of the stifling sweating atmosphere which had prevailed since May. The force had throughout enjoyed ex cellent health, and never were troops more distinguished d for good conduct, and o r d er and propriety, those composing the army of occupation at Lahore. The arrangements betwixt Government and the Chief of Mooltan were on the point of being amicably settled by the firm and prudent proceedings of Colonel Lawrence. The terms of the treaty are said to be these :—The Moolraj to pay 180,0001. as a gift to the Lahore Go vernment; the police of the latter to occupy all the forts of the former ; that a return of the state of the revenues of the country should be made every year at Lahore by the Chief in person ; that Misr Bhugwan Singh should be permitted to retain that portion of the Mooltan terri tory he had acquired ; and that the whole tribute of the present year should be immediately paid up. The Chief appeared to have assented to these conditions, demurring only to the occupation of his forts, and proceeded him self to quit his own country on a visit to the capital. He assembled all his chief officers, cordially thanked them for the assistance they had given him during - the late disturbances, and selected a large cortege to accom pany him. The Moonshee Juss Mull was sent on a de putation to intimate that arrangements had been made for his reception ; his personal safety was under British guarantee, and an honorary escort, under Dewan Deena Nath, was sent out to meet him. He reached Lahore on the 20th of August, and was received with the cus tomary honours. But for our assurances, there is no great reason to imagine that he would have entrusted himself to the hands of his superiors. THE JULLUNDUR DOAB. Seldom or ever have the quarters hurriedly occ u pi e d by our tro.vs, in a newly-acquired territory, received such commendations as those that have, been bestowed on almost every station in the Juilundur Doab. Should the present season afford anything like an average spe cimen of its climate, it seems likely that our new ter ritory will supply one vast sanatorium to the European troops on the north-west frontier. It is said that Loo dianah is to longer to be maintained as a military post of any consideration—that station being about to be advanced to Philoor, one of the lately -acquired for tresses. Ninety thousand pounds had arrived about the middle of August to pay the batta of the troops. The farmers were extending cultivation in all directions, and lands which for a long lapse of years had been waste, were beginning to be cropped again, under the assurance experienced from our presence that the husbandman will be fully protected, and enjoy the fruits of his labours A slight disiurhance had occurred betwixt the country people and the men of the 10th Irregular Cavalry, brought on by the grasacutters of the latter having extended their operations into private property. It was easily suppressed, and so grateful do the people appear for our inter ference, so happy ulAcler par protection, that ive tiro everywhere regarded with fueling of the utnaest kis& and affection. A survey of the river Beas was in gross, with a view of telecting the most eligible P that could be found for the construction of a bridge pet mit the Lahore force to return within the Deal ) ! well perhaps as to enable the troops in the Doab to vance on the capital at a moment's notice should (veal require. The Jamoo chief is said to be strengthening, army ; the rumours that he entertains hostile intents towards us are as yet unsupported. It is probablt in his nature to remain long on terms with any on ce out some dreams of treachery towards them. In mere there appear to have been some slight disturbel —most probably not grea t er th an those which o. continually, though we now hear more of them fr° l° , closer proximity to the place of their occurrence,: rumours of troops mustering i n s t re ngth on the Ir°„ appear to have been ex t reme ly exaggerated--th e ! r . once more passing aw a y. Th e y see m to 112 '" t pc from the usual reli e fs b e i ng ma d e on a so mewhat 0 7 scale, and from the embodiment of a couple ° regiments, obviously int en d e d t o ass i s t in absorb in g disbanded Seikh soldiers. SIR JOHN LITTLER. t The Illofussilite continues fro m time to erne ° J . attention to the neglect experienced by 611. d ' Littler in the distributio n o f h o nours, 11 , 1 11 discredit this r e fl ec t s on th e hi g hest n` v ". - military authorities in India. Disagreeing on ;or many points with our contemporary, we heartilyogi with him in this, and hope that a case of such re iejthice only requires to b e k e pt sufficiently bid fat world to secure redress to its victim. One wn ti ; n jei from the manner the ga ll an t an d a ble de' e- j rozepore has been treated, that some grav e I } l e , disposed-of imputation l a y a t hi s door—lnn" mosl not Brigadier Reid, was the party who for brought the good conduct of her MajestYs 6 ":fic ment into suspicion, !Ind that, instead of stating ,0I he observed it, addin g th e on ly so l ut i on thet , c°- f sibly have occurr e d t o hi m , h e h a d b een guil t y r 0 or ness or indiscretion i n g i v i ng too rea dy en ea"nd inconsiderate a curr enc y, t o an i nv idious f :„QI grounded report. It is tr ue th e C om mander: g declares him blameless, b u t d ec li nes perw itti lle fullest of acquittals to be given to the world. stows on him the most important and delicate ccP c i e cli he can confer in evidence o f hi s op i n i on , but he influencing that of the authorities at borne, pe— biassed by the most groundless of prejnell judiciousness of the selection that has been in:. o ita Lahore command has been proven by the noes perience of six months; th e va l ue o f the "Nies Ferozepore, and the baselessness of the Prei l , B l which its defend er suffered, cool reflection In ad' abundantly established. It is, we most retie"' o f notwithstanding our prepossession in favour 5 J Governor-General, a s a d s l ur on b o th D 1.70.0 Commander-in-Chief, th a t ma tt ers s h ou ld ren 3 ' — n oti are; it is a piece of pitif u l littl eness we Or e " pared for at all. (From the Overland Calcutta Star, Sept.o7'oll LAHORE.—A few days ago we were #. frigh' orc hes our propriety" by the intelligence, throughtba, t he . 1) (or rather extraordinarily) correct journal, - o rs Gazette, that Lall Singh had been assassi nit r aal l riding out in the morning. The date of th e 000 put down for the 18th, but it ultimately turn ed ~,, pia there was not the slightest foundation for w or ott Lall . Singh having been neither Fieschi-edi 11 , 1 )1 0 wise considered (as German metaphysicians s t " be to l objective light, about that period. There eall n° s ; 1 5t difference of opinion as to Lall Singh's ulti n3e 'l ll he continues at Lahore after the British forc e 5 quitted it. T h i s la Dewan Moolraj continues negotiating. ba s , protocol he states himself to be willing to 00 1 ` of 18 lakhs required by the Durbar, and to at'r fts appointed by the Durbar to the command ef l , ° ",aest his jurisdiction, but he asks as a counter-ag r ' - ols e consent of the Durbar to credit him with the to o the stores and munitions of war in those forts: s , 4 o against the claim. Th e D ewan still c l a ims terference and arbitration. at From Pesh awur , i t wou ld appear, t h a t W ho 511 zaie insurr ec ti on h a d b een put down, a nd t tof)/ Singh was on t h e b an k o f t h e Attock, prep grft up his succes s by t h e pursu i t o f: t h e r i n gleaay s ajib,; Khan, when h e receivt.d a summons to apPee r to giving up c h arge o f hi s f orces an d f unc tions tb ele Singh. Ile announced his readiness to obey bse and stated that a num b er o f officers of his, rih ° t hatt been away from court, were desirous to PI a 1,1 spects at th e roya l l evee along with him_ i s e ors to yearning that was over - ru d e l y c hill e d by or"" be ' return to th e i r d ut i es at P eshawur. it ele 10 1 Matters are ev id ent l y in Asia quo, abrt.4 directed to Briti s h movements, an d all elf ll the ne t fabrication of excuses for consuming time Go vei ti 'ent of the B r iti s h army leaves the stro ment"' to manifest it s capa bili t i es. l:g o see- „ 1 m a jor ) -6 re got i busy in the Jullund ur D oa b, and MaP r 31 „;ative it ss S e proceeded thither to j o i n hi m, t h e re p rese - f thin Durbar being Mr. John L awrence , broth' r ° f o f toe JAmoo. —lt would appear from the ret urn oa t vernor of the Hazareh province to Lah°r e Locife; boundariea between th e sovere i gn ties of sire Jamoo have been demarcated by co mmission. ot to not, however, h a d an y f orma l announcem e 0 Co o j i effect. The Star stat e d a few days ago that, 0 scat sion, consisting of Mr. Vans Agnew, o f thee' s ' hol o b o j e and Captain Cunnin g h am , o f the Engineers'n Gl' ^' appointed to lay down the boundaries betw ee "„ Gilv f e Singh's territo r i es an d our own, and also betwee n cur' Singh and the Tartars. The whole of the &OP, a t about the time the last mail was dispatched, cood ecces between the British and Gl lo ° l ab Sing to fr'fu L fli sli ti latter's running restive on being called upo n .0 9 1, stipulated conditions to which he had pfe /l i t bea, o scribed, are, we have reason to believe, ` l ,' fiser s e'o smallest foundation. Several of our young site eP s. been touring through his states, in various ta ia on pleasure parties or with scientific ekk ec iss etie l/ and have been uniformly treated with coast" - lc i°,l kindness. f r ota,P, NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIER.—We learn ib° letters that the dubious aspect of Lahore 5, 4 ipti cetermined the stay of the Governor-Ge ne e s, neighbourhood of that country.. The pol i te at have accordingly prepared to locate thenaselvre fi ef during the ensuing year. Lord Harding° P ta .ol,.o' tour through the Jullunder Doab and along i ? 4 holding a grand fair at Hooshearpore (a"9,"f,lfo r 00 4 , wake town), and it is not improbable that " l g ) o' will follow up with success a consolidatinLiej u ,siC,° policy, if the sequence of events across the "Lclit e " p oo; compel a recurrence to arms. We have he th e t e 'sof i ' further of the expected army of observation, hge.,jo concerning which we noted last mail; but lit be fidence in Lo r d H ar di nge that he will 12 °` i ce second campaign like that of 1845-46. fere te c ote There ha s b een a slight disturbance at 0 0 0 I e between th e Hi n d oos and Mahomedans, o f s„ bt i d the, there, in whi c h bl oo d was drawn and l if e 10 5 " of believe the matter has been fully inquired il lt° , ll ' et causes of disunion removed, as well as the P ro the disturbance traced. a blio' _At Loodianah we have probably been ar e Lb' dividual accident from a repetition of the dres o dssr . l life which by the last mail we see has oceasi ° „ ll o forr, sensation in England. The debris of th°Lxiss7po l l 50th Queen's, not finding sufficient aeo n ': be l N r their own quarters, and the Horse ArtillerJ; s site ss er cantoned at Umballah, a general order W as ;ser v e a up the former hospital of the Horse Artillery e at of the 50th. It appears the preparation s l e fah i e f some time, when, on the 12th of August , - he re c ei l " a pillar, which killed a mason employed 011 , he ee Ot te ' seems for the first time to have suggested f the irs of an exansination into the trustworthiness A ° aoo b t a ifr rials constituting the original building. n t th e was ordered to report, and they reported 0 ' 4 7 4 se tr, ing :` should be condemned as totally ret" r aef e c ; o 4 " serviceable." We cannot imagine an thing 0 0 ' 1 0 v i pably careless than seems to have been th e a c t ion Of this occasion, supposing always the inf °rlt' isde,,• i bt); correct, whi c h we d er i ve from the Ne.f u '' 3 sts' men should be ordered into quarters, into t' l a d e is :cr' ' O ho which not the slightest inquiry has been ni- e s ' t e Ors cimen of inattention to the lives of our tf °° l .`, lit t 'af not too strongly meet reprehension. It maqe,,streeorios is the p ar ti cu l ar i n di vidual in fault ; the tie r -tee , e tr answerable for it, an d th e consequence s sr" to allow matters to be minced. of the seed AFFGHANISTAN.—The recon c ili a tion -- es 1 1- Dost Maho me d an d hi s son has b een f o llowe i . beth , derable dev o ti on t o b us i ness on the P art °f ugh' events have furnished th em w i t h b us i n ess en t he " - I se, chronicler of the Delhi Gazdle reports th at 010 01 ; s held a general muster of his troops, a nd t° t wig l e i! , attendance circulated an un-offiLial rumou r the tbeterOi`,,l; ject was to pay up their arrears. Whetu e n ot te st es was was brilliant or otherwise the deponent doe' of g but the rumour appears to have been the ce , ti i i sotorPer. disturbance. Finding their pay not for' bos oes artillery seized their commander, Shah i n th e felid eb t e as a hostage for the performance of svid l ; a for.s te d.'i dered a promise, and the ,mutiny assume d rese r ssq, appearance. Force was at first sought te " s eere o ti ) ; to crush the d emonstrat i on, b ut t h e infantry t too loi to be as refractory as the artillery, and e° ll( i 03 01/ : s itb„,;, alternative was then attempted. A sure % m issi le P 0 forwarded to the artillery, and a solemn P r e i bia t he t that their arrears should be discharged wi s p!, he " At e , lowing month. The measure was s ucce i s e of tact,' next day the infantry followed the examll, ef ed rs o rti l i lery and mutini e d f or pay. They, too, anu' ey far o er the Ameer b e i ng compe l le d to .borrow In °l3 at ter r e 6 discharge of the ar rears; an d t h ere the a l en s - the Ameer's promissory notes fall'due. bout go tits There is some m y s t er i ous hi n t given e s e er tiation endeavoured to be opened by the / or" l'" 0 British—a thin gs e apprehend considerablf...ige, than any negotiation with the Persian S° vet ' h e tlie source from which we draw, which w illshing another column, talks about the Ameer wls s b a ti res es o tish to be on the same terms with him eti a g t° and says that he (the Ameer) "is most wl_ beingeolr e similar support on the same conditions, _ ;c ht , ts ,;,), he try some anxious to enter into a treaty by w".- - be 0 some benefit." We have little doubt of t he to o sbl the Ameer in such a wish, seeiug the e losistr4 C sury as above evidenced. What a Whig do tislo Ifobhouse Board of Control may - see l " ; n ib °Loe b' , tral•Asian relations remains for the "' bo n rese Yo show. Tile notorious Ameenoolah has and the intercession of the Candahar sirdarp to t he r i fer Sultan Jan Khan—both names familia r t he a t° of the numberless volumes generated by referrea campaign. our listriwcoeevltieece:cl TEN ASSERIM PROVINCES.—In several arbitrary acts alleged to have bee be Pe e r led sip Captain Durand, and the commissioner. . 0 ,N1` , .: 46 6e o r It has since transpired that as regardsd ALL'. I haer o oe, • e nga ..ah Captain Sharp, the deputy governor of ' eers wo:1 0 0, A , verdict of not guilty, and restored those nu; the 1 10 .:, to their situations. A recent arrival °i s ait act " H • oe' has, however, brought us intelligence 0, lir Crary that we feel sure it catmeS e4c9, 60 1 A 84 09 204 .32 1 / 3514 P 20 1 / 2 114 ii die l ii p 12 41 46% 46 38% 17% _ _ 3% 11% TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESBAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, imn.