The Sun. — London, England, 1848-11-20 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHIN A. On the 2Sth of September Major-Genetll Sir J.)hn Hunter Littler, and illnjor-General Sir Dudloy St. Leger Hill, were invested with the insignia of the Order of the Bath, at the Government [louse, Cal cutta, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousiz, the Governor-General. The ceremony was of a most imposing character, and was succeeded by a grand festival. THE WAR IN MOULTAN. (From the Bomhrty Times.) In our issue of the 3d instant we brought the narra tive of events before Moultan down to the 15th of Sep tember—the siege of the city having been raised the day previous, consequent on the desertion of the Raja Shere Singh, with his whole force, to the enemy. We may notice, at the outset, the fallacy of the statement now generally urged, that Lieutenant Edwardes, from the first suspected the fidelity of Shere Sint, and re monstrated against the dispatch of the detachment under him. We think we have already made it sufficiently char, from dates, that, whatever might have been Ed wardes's opinion, there could have been no remonstrance. The Derajat troops crossed the Indus on the 23d of April —the very day the news of the Moulton insurrection reached Lahore; and there is every reason to believe that for a time Edwardes was not in communication with the resident. On the evening of the 26th the news of the murders reached Lahore; on the 27th the two brigades under Colonels Campbell and Havelock were counter manded, and on the 30th the Seikh detachment under Shere Sisgh was dispatched in their place. It was im possible that betwixt the dates just named there could have been a communication sent to Leia, where Ed wardes then was, and an answer received back from him at Lahore. It is said, however, that for a lone time the Seikh chief continued to ,be suspected when under the walls. This is not improbable, as we do not at any time hear of his having been in conflict with the enemy; and it is stated, also, that an order to move further from the town was the immediate cause of his defection. By this means he would have fur a time been separated from his guns, and Napoleon himself could scarcely more have valued his artillery than the Seikh chiefs seem to value theirs. At this time it was reported that the fidelity of the troops of the Moolraj—the Seikhs always excepted—was becoming extremely doubtful, and that a very slight reverse indeed would have been sufficient to have made them leave him. What,ver might have been the intentions of Shere Singh, it is now obvious that betwixt him and the insurgent shief there could have been beforehand no com munication on the intended movement. He was received at first with extreme suspicion, and his troops up till now have never been ad mitted within the waits ; while betwixt the leaders themselves jealousy seems so violent that nothing but the fact of their being embarked in a common cause from which there is no escape, to all appearance prevents their separation. The day before the dispatch of the last mail letters were received from Sinde intimating that on the 17th the army of General Whish had made a second retrograde movement and had encamped eighteen miles from Moultan, having abandoned a quan airy of ammunition and stores from want of carriage to remove them : this turns out to be so far erroneous in that the stores and ammunition were abandoned on his first retreat from before the walls of the city on the 16th. During the 15th the large guns were withdrawn, under a heavy but ineffectual fire, from the trenches, which was accomplished, under the directions of Major Whee ler, by one in the afternoon. The horse artillery guns followed about sunset; and when it became dark the whole of the infantry retired, leaving a small detachnaeat of infantry as a piquet in the Ram Teerut. So ably had the operations throughout the day been conducted that not a single causualty occurred on our side. During the night the tents were struck and the baggage packed ready for a start. Early on the morning of the 16th the army was put in motion and commenced its march. It crossed the large canal to Soorujkhoond, seven miles to the south-west of the city ; 1,500 of Ed warder's horse and a few of Cortlandt's guns protecting our flanks. The 2d or Ferozepore Brigade of Infantry, and the 11th Cavalry, with the heavy ordnance, and the greater portion of the baggage, under command of Brigadier Salter, started at an early hour ; the Ist or Lahore brigade, with the 11th Irregular Cavalry, under Brigadier Hervey, remaining on the ground till every thing had left. It was unfortunately found impossible to procure carriage for all the ammunition and stores, so that a large quantity of the latter, and about 25 camel loads of shot and shell, had to be left behind—notwith standing the exertions made for their removal, the sewers of the irregular cavalry each taking away one on his saddle-bow. Brigadier Hervey's appointment to a command seems from the first to have been looked upon as a matter of evil omen, and on the first occasion on which he found himself in diffleulty he nearly sub jected us to disaster. He, with her Majesty 10th Foot, the Bth Native Infantry, and four of M'Ken zie's guns, followed the 2d brigade, leaving a guard under Major Wheeler, consisting of the 62d Native Infantry, two squadrons from the 7th and 11th Irregular Cavalry, and the remaining two of M`Kenzie's guns, to bring on the shot and shell, for the carriage of which cattle could not at first be obtained. Through the exertions of Captain Christie, however, a number of camels were shortly afterwards procured, and they were loaded with the greater portion of the ammu nition under the fire of the enemy's artillery, which had seized the village in which our head-quarters had been encamped, and advanced on the plain, within point blank range of our guard, now strengthened by some police, horse, and a couple of guns, under Lieutenant Pollock. As above stated, each irregular horseman took a shot or shell before him on his saddle-bow, and the remainder were abandoned. The cavalry were now extended in line in front of the infantry, and the whole reached camp in safety. Just as they were about leav ing the ground, the corps which had been so injudici ously ordered away by Brigadier Hervey returned, this retrograde step having been made at the urgent request of Col. Franks, of the 10th Foot, so soon as the firing was heard from the guns in the roar. The only bad conse quence arising from the weakening of the guard fortunately was the unnecessary marching of one por tion of the brigade, and the detention of the whole under arms nearly ten hours, as they diet not reach camp till two o'clock. The force of Moolraj was in the field: luckily for the party left behind by Brigadier Hervey, he did not bring it to bear on them, or they most likely would have been hard set. Cortlandt's guns played on the enemy hovering around the Ferozepore division at a distance of 900 yards, whieh was returned by them, but without effect. Our camp wasgained without the loss of a man. During the 17th and 18th the hildars wore em ployed cutting down the jungle from the front and rear of our position. On the 19th a large body of the enemy were observed moving in the direction of the river, when one of our guns opened on them, which quickly made them turn on their path, two being killed and four made prisoners. News was this day received in camp that some of Shore Singh's men, who were still kept without the walls of Moultan, had gone towards La hore, to intercept 20,000 on its, way to their chief, as pay for his troops. A kw shots were fired from the fort, with the view, apparently, of intimidating our ca valry patrols from advancing too near the walls. A royal salute was also fired from the city—cause unknown. A considerable body of Moolraj's Mussulman troops this day applied to Lieutenant Edwardes for employment, but their services were declined. The troops of Shere Singb, with a few from the Dewan's army, during, the day advanced to within a short distance of our camp with the intention of giving battle. Preparations were made for their reception; a partial fire was opened, when the enemy returned to the city. Preparations were now making to retire a mile further back, to a more secure encampment; and Major Napier, with a couple of other engineer officers, had been dispatched to the banks of the Chenaub to pitch on a spot where the siege guns might be entrenched, and left to take care of themselves, in case of the force being compelled to move cut against the enemy, now daily threatening to give them battle. Several Seikh chiefs, who had come into our camp from Moultan, were directed to proceed to Lahore, and others were about to be dismissed—all those, in fact, connected with the Durbar—so as to get quit of all the troops whose loyalty was doubtful. On the 20th the Seikh chief, liau ee Bi ag i, • who, with 1,000 men, had been left to guard the bonds the_ river, ten miles higher up, proceeded with a portlion Sirdar Bhoor Singh; Ntvoltthh of, ,his men to join the Dewan. a considerable body of fol lowers, also went over of Bar :enemy. A letter wai received from the Governor Lieutenant Edwardes, intimating that as the Seikl ° m ° e u e b nder him were inclined to , ) population, a tfirn against us, he h a d Lumber of .the molestingwhe engaged to put Aiullceea (Mussu'man the Seikhs out of the way of e ha w nds should - be eua provided the plunder which should fall into thei H r to be allowed to in al lowed them for their trouble, reply, that the Mulkeeas were they wished; the only condition being, that 4) gl e laa sh.uld be prevented from crossing the Indies slid ad_ vancing on Moultan. Four native chiefs-were at the same tune dispatched by Edwardes to Dbera I smae l Khan to watch the passes into Bunnoo and other places, and prevent the disaffected in those districts from joini ng the malcontents of the former province. A further de tachment was dispatched to occupy Rungpoor, north of Moultan, with a view to prevent any further bodies of rebels from joining the Moolraj from La hore. Shere Singh would appear to have been at tempting to draw off several of the chiefs in our camp from their allegiance, and, amongst the rest, sent a letter to General Cortlendt, reminding him that he had " eaten the salt" of Maharaja Runjeet Singh, and that for the honour of the Khalsa he ought to join the Moolraj. "On the morning of the 23d," says a cor respondent, " all the right wings of regiments were ordered to parade, European regiments made up to 400 strong, and native infantry regiments to 320, with eight horse artillery guns, and the cavalry brigade, to make a demonstration (of what?). And accordingly, at six o'clock A.M., away we went, the Ist Native Infantry Brigade drawn up on the right front, and the 2d Native Infantry Brigade and cavalry on the left front ; four Horse Artillery guns with each brigade ; and marched away in open columns of com p anies, alon g the front of our camps, and so that we could be seen from the fort and city. After we had walked about for two hours, d about to go home, but no nearly that, we turned sooner had wo done so than we heard the drums in the city beat to arms, and before long out came Moolraj's men (said to have been u nder command of Shere Singh himself), and a lot of guns, and they commenced pep pering away at our rear columns, and away we went 00l- to our lines. As soon as we g but there, M of a very raj, too, made a demonst ration, different kind, for he showed us he could annoy us, whereas we could not annoy him, and consequently brought up hi s g u ns within range of our camp, and fired away like mad (though fortunately one sepoy and one horse only were killed), so that we were all ordered to remain under arms, ready to turn out at a minute's notice. AfterAullyiag . 0 for about 2i WWI, THE SUN. or perhaps more, he retired—to eat his dinner I fancy, for he has left us alone from that time to the present." Another eerrespondent writes:—" We remained tolerably quiet in our new cerep until the 231, when it haring ben previously arranged that we should chenge ground :1-gain, a demonstration was made by General Whhh in the form of a reeenneitrieg party. At da bre, , k of the above date the right wings of regiments raved out vita serae horse artillery and squadrons of cavalry, and hd vanced a few hundred yards in front of to - p.quets un molested. They had hardly returned to camp when the enemy appeared in great force, with apparently the whole of his troops drawn out in array. Edwardes soon proceeded with a large body of cavalry and some guns, to check their movements. Some long balls were fired by the parties, without more harm on our side than a sepoy (of the 51st) and a camp follower killed. Some of the shot tumbled into the European piquets and cavalry videttes, without doing any mischief, however. After keeping the sepoys and other troops wider arms for some hours (whereby the former lost their dinners), we slowly dis persed to enjoy the shade of our tents. All due pre cautions were taken in caso of a nocturnal visit, but we were permitted to enj.)y unbroken rest on that night." On the 24th the park and heavy guns were moved heel( a couple of miles into a better position, and on the morning of the 25th the force followed. The European corps moved off the ground first—the Bth and 5 0 d Na tive Infantry, with two guns and a squadron of Skinner's horse, being left as a rear guard to see ever . ) thing into camp, which they reached about ten o'clock. They had been but a short while in their tents when they were again called to arms by the arrival of General Cortlandt with the intelligence that the enemy were advancing in force. Their approach was indicated by columns of dhuaslft of in f o r o o r nt ca a m nd p o t n he t y he left. halt ed When in within adatogr a mile and oveto a recon noitre. Edwardes, who on all occasions seems to have been foremost in the fray, sent out some artillery and cavalry, and a cannonade was kept up for an hour or two, when the enemy sheered off and returned to the fort. They were on coming out determined to annihilate the Feringhees, but, most probably, distrusted one another, and so contented themselves with showing their teeth. The 26th and 27th were passed in quietnes, the troops being employed clearing away the brushwood around the camp, and planting guns and howitzers in the batteries erected on the right and in front of the left column. A party of the enemy endeavoured, on the first named day, to carry off a number of camels, but were punished for their temerity by a troop of the 7th Irre gular Horse. On the latter-mentioned date, Lieutenant. G. R. Taylor joined from Dhera Lmael Khan, from whence he had been recalled shortly before; and Colonel Drummond, quartermaster general, left on a recon noitring expedition—it was supposed his destination was the fort of Soojaabad, twenty-five miles off, whither a party of officers had proceeded on the 24th to report on its eligibility as a depot for the siege guns, engineers' park, stores, sick, &c. They returned to camp the same day. The 20,0001. from Lahore, to intercept which a portion of Shere Singh's force had quitted Moultan, fell into the hands of General Whish, who WAS at the time so much in want of cash for the troops that he had requested a loan of like amount from our ally of Baba wulpore. Meanwhile the jealousy and mistrust betwixt the Moolraj and Raja Shere Singh were daily becoming stronger—could they but have put faith in each other, our troops would have been harassed much more than they were in their movements. On the 27th, the men of the latter demanded a month's pay from the former, but he very coolly told them that as they had not yet fought with the Feringhees, they were not entitled to any wages from him. A letter is said to have been written, as if from General Whish, by Edwardes to Shere Singh, congratulating him on the approaching completion of the plot, and thanking him for his " successful schemes." Of course good care was taken that this should fall into the hands of Moolraj, who forthwith summoned a dur bar, and taxed the ieikh chief with treachery. Shere Singh was of course amazed beyond measure, and to prove his innocence of the charge brought againt him, resolved to annihilate every one of our force he fell in with! The Dewan appeared satisfied with this, but the spirit of mistrust, before strong, was doubtless increased tenfold, which may in a great measure account for their backwardness in attacking us, after three times coming almost within shot of us for that purpose. On the 28th a party of officers with a few cavalry rode to within a few hundred yards of the walls of the city, but were neither molested nor did they see any of the enemy. This was probably a lure to en tice them further on, when they would no doubt have seen rather too many of them. Four hundred camels laden with grain fell into the hands of Edwardes, which proved a godsend to us. A large quantity of ammuni tion on its way to the insurgents was seized on the river by the steamers. Two regiments and four guns joined the Moolraj this day from Chuttur Singh's force. Our force was all the 21Ith and 29th engaged, as oa the two days previous, clearing away jangle: many of the sepoys are, however, said to have refused to do so. This is improbable, as they have all along shown them selves willing to work in any way they were desired. The 30th passed away nearly as quietly as the three preceding days. A party of the enemy's horse having got scent of a sum of about 4,0001. beidg on its way from Bahawulpor to Edwardes's camp, went out on the night of the 29th to intercept it. The convoy, however, eluded them. Determined not to return empty-handed, they pounced on a drove of about 200 of our camels, which were guarded by about 70 of Lumsden's Guide Corps. The alarm was given in camp, when Capt. Plow den with the squadron of Skinner's horse were sent out to the rescue. 'I he enemy had, however, gained a consi derable distance before their pursuers were on their track, and escaped with their booty. A few of them were fell in with and cut down, our cavalry suffering an equal loss. On the night of the 29th the commander of the steamer Conqueror received intimation that his ves sel was to be attacked. The steamer was immediately , pushed into the middle of the stream, and every prepara tion:made to receive her intended captors, who, however, did not make their appearance. The grain depot at Sirdarpoor had been pillaged by Mallee Singh's troops, and those of Bhoor Singh had maltreated the steamer's men, and prevented the friendly natives from supplying her with fuel or supplies. The steamer Meaneo reached Shere-Shah-ke-puttun from. Ferozopore on the 30:h, with 50,0001. and a large supply of ammunition. A de tachment of a wing of the 51st Native Infantry and a squadron of cavalry was sent on the Ist October to es cort the precious cargo into camp; and the-steamer was ordered up to Sirdarpoor to the assistance of the Con queror. The story of the two European soldiers taken prisoners on the 9th September by Moolraj having been first tortured and then hung, turns out to be false. One died of his wounds; the othei, together with a rifleman, of the 72d, both wounded, were hospitably treated. Our troops fully expected a grand att ac k wou ld b e ma d e on them by Moolraj on the day of the great festival of the Dusserah (7th October). He was being daily reinforced from the Manjah, and would by that time, probably, have about 24,000 men collected, with about 50 guns. He was said to be determined, at all events, to see what could he done before reinforcements :reached our camp. Shere Singh was still looked upon with distrust by Moolraj, and the men of the former were said to be greatly discontented at not having received their pay. Should the enemy give General Whish a fair fight in the open field their defeat will be certain, as his force, with the troops of Edwardes and the Bhawnl Khan, must ba at least 20,000 men, with about forty pieces of field artillery. Our troops continued in the highest health and spirits, longing for an opportunity to avenge the death of their comrades who had fallen during the siege. The wounded were gene rally doing well, notwithstanding the great heat et the weather. Preparations were made at Bombay for their reception a fortnight since, but on the Ist October they were still in camp. Lieut. Richardson, 49th Native In fantry, who had received ten desperate sabre wounds, was doing well. Lieut. Herbert, 10th Foot, had been pronounced out of danger. Lieut. Irwin, 49th, was still in a precarious condition. It was feared that lockjaw would supervene in Lieut. Hollinsworth, 10th Foot, whose knee had been smashed. Lieut. Christopher, Indian navy, was delirious: his leg had been amputated below the knee, but from some cause it had been found necesary to repeat the operation higher up. All the re mainder of the wounded offi iers were doing well. The regiments forming the army ordered to assemble at Ferozepore are hurrying to their destination with all possible speed. The force will consist of about 25,000 men of all arms, and is, it is said, to be headed by the Commander-in-Chief in pirson. Lord Gough is ex pected at Ferozepore on the 2d November. Colonel Cureton is to command the cavalry division. Sir John Littler and Sir D. St. Leger Hill have tendered their services to Government in the coming campaign. All officers on staff employ belonging to regiments ordered to the frontier have been directed to proceed to Feroze pore at the public expense. The order for the formation of the army is now daily looked for. Colonel Eckford's brigade, which had been ordered to leave Fe rozepore for Moultan on the 2d October, has ben di rected to stand fast till further orders. THE PUNJAUB. spirit among movements tow th ar e a d (From the Overland Calcutta Star, of October 7.) The defection of Shere Singh has induced a mutinous rs S t .e theik h centraltroops provinces beyond have In Indus, and movements towards the central provinces have been re been occupied and it " in check, tll Generlaslßut the Lords the mutineers have on their expected ‘v of the river will be kept as.wiil enable him to resume receives such reinforce mentsK.sautime offensive oprations. The disturbances in the ; the ra and Noorpoor dis trictsnsubpypre Major s Fisher, leader, i n p a a 'n rty entirely Singh was signally defeatedb been Suppressed; the leader, Ra'n Siogh was signally defeat broken up, and himself a fugitive whose ex pected every instant. At Peshawnr downcapture is inst. all was well; an attempt to effect a 8 : t() the 18th gins of the division at that capital was f e r iz u u t re of the the contemplation of it, and though erniss tries s raed in are hard at work to induce a demonstration in favour of Chuttur Singh, they have not yet been successful. Major Law rence is, however, s.nsible of the jeopardy in which he stands, and he demanded troops from La hore without lo.s of time. Captain Abbott is still in face of Chuttur Singh at Nara. lie yet re• frains from marching towards Moultan until he can obtain the co-operation of the Peshawar division. and there are strong fears that ho will obtain it. At Lahore, it was resolved by a coup de main to garrison the fortress of Govindg'nur (which commands Umritsir) with British troops ; thifatternpt was made with great skill and crownedwith success, and the SPiklis who had held possession in the name of the Darbar, were shown the door with much politeness. Meanwhile there is a general move of our army upon the north west frontier. The complement of each regiment has again been raised to 1,000 men, and the officers of those corps which are now in the I'unjaub who are on the staff duty have been ordered to join without delay. Some of these gentlemen have been twenty years absent on civil employment, and would have been better disposed of by being permanently removed to such employment, their regimental places being otherwise supplied. LONDON, The following is th 3 t adVine from— : Govindg,hur, 22d Slst., 1843. "Cocks left for Lahore this morning, in high spirits at tho success of his trip; he remaiuel a 7 -1. extra day, 0 as to complete all arrangements_ with Col. 2,lf•Sherry. It was a very wise precaution taking charge of this fortress. Another day anl We should: have been too late, for th,s Sciklis had already corninc_need making arrangements to give any troops who nai. , ,ht presume ti approlleh a warn reception. A party. of 150 of the Guide Corps first of all obtained admittance into the fort, under the pretence of escorting prisoners, which was one of the Lahore ruses. The Seikh soldiers left the fort in a most sullen way, and the feeling in the city of Umritsir is very strong. The people are in an excited state, and publicly speaking of taking off the head of the Killsdar, should opportunity offer; the poor man is quite happy at having us in the fort; and he says he now sleeps comfortably without the prospect of losing his head. He seems to be an intelligent ysing man, speaks a little English, and is most anxious to learn and write—and become a real Killadar. "The 14th Irregulars leave to-night for Lahore, and the let, I fancy, will remain here fdr some time, until the artily is formed, when it will be relieved. Col. M•Stierry is too good an officer to be coved up here, when there is anything to be dune in the field." The following is from a correspondent at Noorpoor. The letter bears date 20th Sept.:— " The following is an exact account of what has been going on here. You have heard ere this that a party was sent to this to catch Ram Singh, the son of the Vizier of the Noorpoor Raja, who was removed by the Commissioner in a somewhat summary manner, and according to all accounts dealt with too harshly. Ram Singh, disgusted at the treatment received by his father, joined Mahraja Singh, the Gooroo, but upon that worth's proceeding towards Moultan, he returned to Noorpoor, and took up his quarters first in one place and then in another, and at last on a hill overlooking Noorpoor. Here he col lected one hundred and fifty followers, defied all autho rity, looted the country, made prisoners of travellers, committed murder in cold blood, and eventually fired at the commissioner and officers who were with him. Orders were then dispatched for - mere troops, and one company of the 29th from Hajee poor, four companies 71st from Rhodes Find, 250 men of Major Hodgson's Seikh corps from Hoshearpore, besides strong parties of the 15th and 16th Irregulars, and 150 of the Hill Seikh Regiment under Lieutenant Wallace, proceeded hither by forced marches, from dif ferent stations; and on the ❑ight of the 18th all arrived in camp outside Noorpoor. The hill on which Ram Singh was encamped is a low, though steep spur— surrounded on three sides by the dry bed of a river, co vered with thick jungle, and accessible only by rude foot paths, on the dry bed of hill streams, and traversable only by one man at a time. On the fourth side is the junction of the hill—to some low broken ground, wild and jungly' —by a narrow ridge with dense jungle on either side. We attacked the enemy on the morning of the 19th. The troops moved out of camp at hours corresponding with the respective distances they had to go. There were fonr parties. Tho Seikh Infantry, under Major Hodg son, and the Company's of the 29th under Lieutenant Johnson, attached the hill on the west by two paths. The 71st under Captain Rind, attacked the south side, and the hill men, under Lieutenant Wallace, attached the north side. The two latter forces, meeting at the top went along the ridge and thus got the: enemy in front and rear. Ram Singh's pickets most obstinately defended their posts—firing steadily at the advancing troops—and while they were retiring, stopping to re-load and fire again. The loss on the part of the enemy, which mustered 250 or thereabouts, was between 50 or GO killed and wounded. Our loss was as follows:—The 29th, 1 killed and 4 wounded. The Seikh Corps, none killed, but 4 or 5 wounded. The Irregular skirmished along the foot of the hill, and took 15 or 16 prisoners; but unfortunately Ram Singh escaped. One cannot have any sympathy with such a cold-blooded animal ; yet it is generally believed that harsh and unnecessary measures have driven him to desperation. Major Fisher, of the Irregulars planned the attack, and displayed throughout that zeal and activity which in both services, met with commendation." CHINA. We have 'received files of the Overland Friend of China to the 28th September inclusive : lIoNG IioNG.---By embarking her Majesty's 9 5 th Re giment, the disease which committed such havoc during the past four months ,has been checked. In August three large vessels were chartered (one for the convales cents), and with the exception of the men in hospital the regiment has been kept afloat. The captain and crew of the brig Spec, charged with piracy, will be tried before a Court of Admiralty, to be held ea the 3d of October. The depositions of Captain Pitman and the other witnesses were taken anew before the chief magistrate, those sent from Shanghae being informal. Several of the prisoners were not identified, and it leaked out during the examination that Mr. Con sul Alcock did not have the evidence translated to those prisoners who do not understand English, an unpar donable omission, though in perfect conformity with other proceedings in the Consular Court. THE TYPHOON IN THE CHINA SEAS. The following account of this destructive storm is given by the China Mail or September 2S : On Thursday night, August 31, this part of the coast of China was ♦isited by a storm which, from the disas trout accounts arriving from all quarters, appears to us to have been one of unusual severity. In Hong-bong, early in the forenoon, the fall in the barometer attracted attention, and the assistant har bour-master went round the shipping, and warned them of what might be expected. But little fear seems to have been entertained till the approach of evening, when the signal, "The barometer indicates bad wea ther," was seen flying at the flag-staff in front of Ped der'a• hill. From this time the wind gradually increased till half past two, when the.hurricaoe was at its height—the ba rometer being so low as 28 92. Fortunately, the China boats took the alarm early, and made for the sheltered creeks on the Cowloon side; hut even there they seemed to have suffered severely, as a number of salt and cargo boats were driven on shore, and many of their crews drowned. A few large junks and a lorcha remained at anchor off the Lower Baz.tar, all of which were de stroyed during the night. Of four which came on shore opposite Circular-buildings about midnight, the crews, with the exception of three or four men, were landed in safety. In the morning the colony exhibited a moat melan choly appearance. In the harbour—several vessels dis masted, others on shore, and the whole beach strewed with the wrecks of Chinese junks, in the midst of which dead bodies were occasionally seen floating, while on shore every house exposed to the storm suffered more or less—tiles torn from the roofs, walls levelled, veranlahs blown to pieces, and wherever a garden plot formerly ex isted the plants and bushes were either broken short off or torn tip by the roots. The following is an enumeration of the dis-asters which befel the shipping, so far as we have been able to ascer tain them:— The British barque Hermes went on shore at Circular buildings, but has since been got off with little damage except the loss of fore and main masts. Ttie American brig Charles Wirgman a complete wreck at the East Naval Stores ; since sold by public auction. The British barque Helen Stewart on Shore at Green Island ; slight hopes are still entertained of saving the vessel. The British iron barque Juhn Laird drifted foul of the Eliza Stewart, and lost her raiz:n mast and bul warks. The British ship Eliza Stewart, laden with sugar for Shanghae, would have rode ouc the galo in safety, but the John Laird drifted down upon her, and drove her against the Dos Hermanos, by which she was so much injured that she has had to discharge her cargo. The Spanish brig Dos ilermanos lost main topmast, bowsprit, and fore top gallant mast. The Dutch ship Kieu Heem, wrecked on the ea,t end of the island, close to the village of Shako. Only three of her crew saved. The British barque Salopian drifted out beyond Green Island, totally dismasted ; has since been towed into the harbour by China boats. The Portuguese schooner San F. Xavier was totally disrnas:ed off the West Naval Stores. The British sehoonar Ightul Queen's masts were cut away tl sive her from going on shore. The British brig Daniel Watson drifted to the mouth of the Cap-sing' 7 rnoon passage, lost topmasts. Tne British barque Coast Int put back, with a con siderable portion of her cargo damaged ; 2,000 packages of tea are to be sold by auction. The Bremen ship Jiiliano put back from sea, having lost rudder heads, sprung head of mainmast, and lost a few slily. The Spanish brigantine Carmen also put back, in a leaky state, having lost mai❑ t ipmast and sail. The British ship Hindostan was dismasted and driven down to St. John's Island, about sixty miles to the west ward of Macao, but has since been towed into H on ,. kong by the steamer Corsair. The British brig Calder wag dismastel near Macao, but has since been towed into this harbour, with part of her cargo damaged : 400 chests of tea are to be sold by auction. On shore very few houses entirely escaped, but those which received the greatest damage were— . His Excellency the Governor's, Major Caine's, Mr. Cay's, and Mr. Inglis's, much damaged in the roofs, yen°. tians, and verandahs. The old naval stores partly blown down, and the new much damaged. Mr. Edger's house partly down. Circular -buildings very much damaged. Mr. il‘Knight'A outhouses and walls down. A great many houses in Taeping•Shan very much injured. Of the Chinese houses along the water's edge a great many are down and many more nnroofed. Part of the wall of the Seamen's Hospital blown in, and Pr. Harland's Wong-nei•chung, much injured. Considerable damage done to the Chief Magistrate's Court-house and to the gaol build ings. West Point` and the Centrell Hill police-stations or At no l o a f e e a d o , unroofed, and venetiaua broken to pieces. East Point Station rendered quite uninhabitable. In Soo-kunpoo, but the i,ver chung, 'Aberdeen, Stanley, and indeed in was not apprehended. y village on the island, may houses are blown down at about 3 P. 51 , weather near througho ut approach of f th a e se d ve ay re dis agreeable,wt;pshi?oi lf rapidly. But the Calm wa aAttwBhieh The ti mbaer oneomeot efrrcao. rasher e a etc) high 1 r falling an g e stood at 29.69.. 1 A.M. the storm recommenced,Ab it fell in the course of th'. a si, it was 29 20, and at midnight ou a n h hour w to i blowing g 8 furiously 43 , soon from after which the gale moderated, and the quicksilver roe increased,N AV . an d and NV. N t h . N e lr n . s o brief duration, fur about much destruction was caused in the About a quarter to 3 there was another calm of about an not blowing hard however, at hour, after which the storm harbour. The commenced, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1848, N.E. soon veering to W., and W.N.W., , and subsided at W.N.W. The thermometer stood at 80 to 82 during the night. Fall of the barometer, an inch and one-tenth. The greatest clarnago seems to have been SU2 tftined is the inner harbour, acd of thi3 we have been farrow:eel with an offivial report:— Eight cargo lorchas, eleven fast boats, three large fishing boats, five passage boats, four firewood Boats, three scavenger boats, fifty-four tsnka and other small boats. The Swedish barque Carl Johan, Portuguese brig Genoveva, and Mr. Heard's schooner Ma) flower, were driven on shore, where they still remain. The French whaler Entreprise went on shore, but got off with trifling damage. The Hamburgh schooner Sylphide was like. wise on shore, but got off during the lull with loss of masts. The British barque Clio was wrecked in the Typa, and the captain drowned. The Portuguese; Go v, rnmcnt schooner sunk at the Typa Fort, with five men on board, who were all drowned. Mr. Bush's Raven sank at anchor in the inner harbour. Mr. Duran's Sylph gone to pieces. The loss of junks is very great, and upwards of 100 Chinese were drowned in and about the harbour; and a Chinese boat in which five young men had embarked on a pleasure trip, was capsized near the T} pa, and two perished one of whom was Mr. James M'Murray, long known in this colony as .a baker and storekeeper; and the other was Mr. Edward Rees, formerly second ;nate of the Island Queen : • The number of houses destroyed is stated to be— twenty-five Chinese brick houses, thirty Chinese, mat and wo ,den houses, and twelve Chinese dwellings on the river. The gardens have suffered greatly. During Thursday and Friday no little alarm was felt fur the Governor of Macao" who had set out in the morn ing, accompanied by a party of ladies and gentlemen, on a pleasure trip to the Nine Islands. As he did not re turn that night, great fears were entertained for his safety, which were considerably augmented when, after the storm had moderated next day, there was still no appearance of. his .Excellency. An the course of the evening, after every surmise had been exhausted, the party was descried at the Typa Fort, and before night fal they landed safely from a Chiness boat. It was 'then explained that having made the attempt to steer for Ni. .e Islands, they had to give it up after one or two tacks; but the boat being unable to make the Prays. Grande, proceeded to Typa, and the party landed at the fort, where the whole of that day and the next were spent. They supposed the motions of the boat must have been observed, but, whether or not, it was impossible to have made Macao until Friday afternoon. At Cumsingmoon the typhaon commenced at ten P.M., the wind blowing from the north. The storm seems to have been at its height about daylight, when the ba rometer had fallen to 28.48. During the interval' the wind shifted, but we have not obtained very precise in formation on the point. The extent of damsge sustained was very great; and the following notes on the subject we give .nearly as sent to us : _ _ . During the night several 'vessels drifted 'and dame into collision. After midnight the receiving ship Isa-. bells Robertson was driven under the bows of the Eagle, carrying away her bowsprit and foremast. Captain Lovett, of the latter vessel, having observed that they could not long hold out, and one or other must sink, Captain Kelly replied that as his barometer was rising he thought the storm would soon abate. Immediately afterwards the chains of the Eagle parted, and she drifted out through the passage to the eastward, and ran upon the beach ; but on the way the Norfolk and the Sylph both got foul of her, carrying away her main mast and bulwarks. The Sylph drifted the same course as the Eagle, and also ran ashore. Upon hauling in her chains, it was found that the anchors had parted. Both the Eagle and the :Sylph were totally dismasted, but were got off next morning, and towed into Cumsing moon, where their cargoes were discharged, slightly damaged. The Sylph has since been brought into the Hong-Kong harbour by the steamer Corsair, but the Eagle is condemned. . At daylight all that could be seen of the Isabella Ro bertson was the top of her mainmast, the vessel having suuk near the reef at the entrance to Cumsingutoon. The gunner and four Lascars were discovered clinging to the mast, and were saved by the boats of the United States' steamer Plyinouth. The gunner reported that shortly after parting from the Eagle Captain Kelly had the pumps sounded and found the vessel was sinking. He was last seen in the cabin, and is supposed to have gone down with her. The cargo was a valuable one, consisting of 700 chests of, opiam, of which about 500 were Malwa and 200 Patma; together estimated at a little short of halt a million of dollars, of which it is said not more than two-thirds were insured. Wi►h the assistance of divers, about 250 chests have since been recovered, and are advertised to be sold by auction. The Norfolk and the Sidney were entirely dismasted, and the British brig Arrow, recently arrived with 500 chests of Patens, went on shore, but, her cargo was unin jured and her crew were saved, for which they also are indebted to the boats of the Plymouth. The British barqiie Emily got on shore, but her cargo, consisting of cotton, is understood to have received little injury. • . _ _ The vessels that held on were—the receiving ships Falcon, Buparell, Lady Hayes, Sea-horse, Linnet, and the Sir Edward Ryan. The latter was the only vessel that escaped without any serious damage;. she had two anchors out, with 100 fathoms of chain cable to each. Eight or nine Chinese junks sunk, and most of their crews perished, as did also that of a smuggling boat, consisting of upwards of 100 men. As soon as daylight appeared, Captain Gedney, of the Plymouth, ordered his boats out to render assistance, and save the lives of those who were clinging to the wrecks, or were otherwise in danger of perishing. The officer on deck at first told Captain Gedney that the boats could not live, upon which he was ordered to call for volunteers, when 200 of the sailors offered themselves, and manned six boats—four cutters, the lauech, and the gig. Assistance was offered wherever it seemed neces sary, and upwards of 30 lives (Chinese and foreigners) were saved ; but some of the ships declined the proffered aid from dread of salvage, which had then never been dreamt of by Captain Gedney, who seems to have been actuated by the single desire of ailing men in distress. We do not see, however, why he should not claim sal vage, especially in cases where his services were asked for after being offered gratuitously. A correspondent of the Friend - of China, speaking of the exertions made by the captains of the receiving ships, says—" Their conduct was beyond all praise, for, notwithstanding the violence of the tempest, they and teeir crews were indefatigable, and the writer can bear testimony to the coolness and intrepidity of C iptain Endicott, of the Ruparell, and to the active humanity which he exercised in rescuing several Chinamen from the wrecks who otherwise would have met with watery graves." And further adds,—" The shore is strewed with wrecks of Chinese boats and junks, and many of the houses opposite to the shipping, belonging to the captains of the receiving ship=, are blown down.. It was a most fearful and destructive typhoon." At Canton the gale Commenced about ten P N., and in creased in violence till six next morning, when it was at its height. Judging by the barometer, which did not fall below 29.10,th'e storm does not seem to have been so violent as at Hung-Kong, Macao, and Cum singmoon ; though, of course, in the crowded river there was a f. arful loss of life and property; but we are unable to form an estimate of either, some ac counts stating the numbers who perished at hun dreds, and others at thousands. A letter written on the morning of the Ist 'describes the seen© as dreadful, the whole river being covered with the wrecks of the fragile flower-boats and small craft, great numbers of which were dashed t o p i eces by th e . laege junks, which, after being forced from their moorings, were driven furiously along by the wind and the tido, destroying everything that came in their way. Several Chinese houses and walls in exposed situa tions were blown down, and the ravages in the gardens were considerable; but upon the. whale we consider Canton was not exposed to the strength of the typhoon. The tide overflowed the gardens, but it was not so high as has been observed in June floods. A gun-boat, with a number of convalescent police on board, under charge of Mr. Smithers, the inspector, which had been dispatched fer a cruise round the island of Hong-Kong, on the colonial surgeon's recommenda tion that the sick men should have the benefit of a change of air, was sunk. The following is a list of the persons missing:—Mr. Smithers ant his son; Acting. Sergeants Hill, and Soy meur; Police.consta , .des Taylor, Stafford, Chase, Harri son, and Esldarini; five Msuilla men, belonging to the water; four Chinese ditto; three Chinese cooks; and a Portuguese b )y. In Mr. Smithers the public have lost a most efficient officer, whOse zeal and activity were unremitting. His experience had been acquired during 20 years' service in the London police, from which body he was selected as the most likely man to assist Mr. May in performing the duties here in a satisfactory manner; and to his exer tions may be attributed, in no small degree, the safety of life and property enjoyed by the residents since his arrival in the - colony, three years ago. Mr. Smithers merited and poisa,sed the confi fence of his superiors, as well as the - esteerd and respect of those under him. The Emma Sberatt, fr•no Swan River, arrived on the 10th, having picked up and :brought to Hong-Kong the remainder of the crew of the barque Sarah Crisp, which vessel took fire, and was afterwards Capsized in lat. 16.30 N., king. 114.30 E., in her passage from Moulmein to Hong-Kong, with a cargo of teak timber.. The muster and crew were 24 days on the wreck, with scarcely any provisions, and only 'a very little rain water. Thirteen of their number perished. CHINA MARKETS. CANTON, SEPT. 27. Habit Clalis.-200 pieces sold at 1 doll. 30c. to 1 doll. 70c. Medium Cloths-120 pieces placed at 1 doll. 80c. to 1 2 dolls. 60e. Long Ells have declined. We quote scarlet, 9 dolls. 70e. to 9 delis. 95e. • assorted, 8 dells. to 8 dolls. 20c. The sales have been 1,000 pieces of the former, and 1,500 of the latter, Camlets—Nothing doing—prices nominal at 20 dolls. to 22 doll. 50 c. for English, and 22 dulls. to 25 dolls. for Dutch. Lastings-14 dolls. 50c. to 19 dolts. Rimbazettes-11 dolls. 50c. to 13 dolls. 25c. Motals—lron—We quote nailrod and hoop, 4 dolls. 70c. to 5 dolls.; bar, 3 dolls. 30c. to 3 dolls. 40c. Lead is worth 7 dolls. to 7 dolls. 10c. Tin plates, 8 dolls. 25c. to 8 dolls, 50c. Steel, 6 dolls. Ginseng—Crude, 60 dolls. to 85 dolls.; clarified, 125 dolls. to 150 dolls. Cochineal—Large stock—nominal at 160 dolls. for Java, and 170 dolls. for Mexican. Betel Nut—Sales of the month 3,000 piculs, at 2 dolls. 50c. to 3 dolls. Stock large, and prices declining. Rattans—Sales trifling, imports heavy, price declining— Banjarmassing, 3 dol!s. to 3 dulls. 30c. ; Straits, 2 dulls. 80c. to 3 dolls. 20c. ; water, 2 dulls. 40e. to 2 dolls. 80c. Pepper-400 piculs have been sold at 5 dolls. 40c. to 5 dolls. 80c. The article is sileable. • Putchuck-6 dolls. 50c. to 8 dolls. Catch— 2 dolls. 80z. to 3 dolls. 60c. Sandal-wood—There have been heavy imports, but pi ices remain steady. Malabar, 12 dolls, to 13 dolls. 50c.; South Seas, 5 dolls. to 8 doll , . 50c. Rice is unprecedeutedly low—say Arracan, 80c. ; Manilla, and Java, 1 doll. 10e. Opium—Malwa 750 dolls., stock small. Bengal drug— Patna was steady at 560 dolls., and upwards, until the steamer's news advised the heavy coming supply, when prices declined materially. To-day's rates are—Patna, 502 dolls. 50c. ; Benares, 490 dolls., with more sellers than buyers. Turkey, 410 dolls. every effort has been mad , : since my assumption of the government, tf, restrict the nditure within the narrewost possible limits. The surplus revenue accuniu lat,•d in more prosperous periods has at length become (..xhatisted. It i 3 however consolatory to find, as will appear from a statement which will ho laid before you, that the revenue for the first six months of the eurrtnt year has exceeded the expenditure for the same period by the sum of 14,5941. 12a 93. But heavy expenses will have been in curred on account of the military operations since that period; ane, it will be obvious to you that means must be found, by a rigid curtailment of outlay on the one hand, and by the most cautious efforts to improve our revenue on the other, so as to adjust cur finances that the proper equilibrium may be constantly minted be tween the income and the expenditure of the colony. Upon this subject communications will shortly be sub mitted to you; and I am happy to be able to announce to you that it is the direction of her Majesty's Govern ment, that the entire expenditure of the Colony, fixed as well as contingent, shall be brought under the review of the Legislative Council. The depression under which the Colony is at present suffering in common with other parts of the world, will I trust gradually give place to more cheering prospects. /can perceive no ground for despondency. The abolition of tho export duti,s will afford some relief to the Agricultural and Commercial interests, although at a sacrifice to the public revenue ; and I feel confident that when the temporary depres sion shall have passed away, the prospects of the plant ing interests generally will revive, and that new sources of industry and advancement will be developed. I trust that no efforts wili be wanting to secure the lasting peace and tranquillity of the country, so essen tial to the welfare and prosperity of the people. I confidently rely upon your loyalty, and your anxious desire to co-operate with me at all times in the adoption of such sound and wholesome measures as will be calculated, under the blessing of Providence, to se cure the happiness and contentment of all classes of the inhabitants. •• • • The address of the Council in answer wass a mere echo of the speech. A Bill of Indemnity for the Governor, and all, act ing under his authority, for certain acts done during the -existence of martial-law, was read a first time, and there was no doubt but that it would be carried. Martial-law ceased on the 10th October. • 1 The financial statement of the colony for 1848 showed an excess of revenue over expenditure .of 14,594/. 12s. 9id. There were great complaints for the want of la bourers. LAW INTELLIGENCE. BAIL COURT, Nov. 18. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PA.TTESON.) COCHRANE V. PROUT. This was an action brought by the late candidate fur I Westminster against the defendant, fur a libel arising cut of the proceedings at the last election. Mr. WORDSWORTH having made the application, the rule for judgment, as in the case of a nonsuit for not 1 proceeding to trial, was made absolute. THE QUEEN V. THE JUDGES OF THE PALACE COURT, WESTMINSTER. Mr. PULLING was instructed to apply for a rule calling upon the Judges of the Palace Court, Westminster, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue command ing them to admit a Mr. Philip Jacquet, an attorney of this court, to practise in tho Palace Court, pursuant to the statute of the 6th and 7th Viet., c. 73, sec. 27. Mr. Justice PATTESON asked whether there *as a roll in the Palace Court? Mr. PULLING said there was. The section of the Act referred to would be faMiliar to his Lordship, as it had come before the Court in the case of " The Queen v. the Lord Mayor's Court." Mr. Justice PATTESON was aware that the question had been discussed in that case. Mr. PULLING said that the 17th section enacted . that every person who had been admitted in one of the supe rior courts at Westminster should be considered as eu titled to be admitted as an attorney in any of the said courts, or in ally of the inferior courts, and should there upon be entitled to practise as an attorney in like manner as if he had been sworn in and admitted as an attorney of that particular court. Mr. Justice PATTESON having been informed that an affidavit had been s worn that the application had been made to the court in question, and had been refused, said that it was a very important point to be settled, and the rule should be granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARY LEBOAVE. THREATENING To SHOOT.—SERIOUS AFFAIR.- I JUst before the closing of the court, Charles Day Berry, a private in the Coldstream Guards, was brought up on a warrant which bad been placed in the hands of Cameron the officer, who was directed to execute the same in. atantly, charging him with the serious offence of having threatened to shoot Jane Simpson, residing at 19 Queen's terrace, Bayswater. A letter, containing the threat, and which complainant had received by post from defend ant (who was an illegitimate child of her mother), was read by Mr. Philiips, the clerk; it was dated Nov. 17, and set forth, that unless complainant consented to lend him IL, and forwarded it to him on the next morning, he would be the death of her, as he had a loaded pistol ready for her, the contents of which he swore she should have. Ile would wait for her at Charing-cross Barracks till about five o'clock, and not any longer, and in the event of her nut complying with his request by that time, he intended to call upon ht r and carry his threat into effect. The language in which his determination was couched contained numerous oaths as to the nature of his sanguinary intent, and it was quite apparent that complainant had ample grounds for considering that her life was inimminentdangtr. _ The defendant said, thst the only object he had in view when he penned the letter was that of obtaining a portion of some money which he lent to complainant when in the country. Complainant said that such wa3 not the case, and that defendant was under an erroneous idea that he was entitled to share some little property left by her late father. Mr. LONG considered that complainant had just cause for claiming the protection of the law, and called upon defendant to enter into his own recognizance in 50/., and to find two sureties in 251. each, for his keep ing the peace for six months. Not being prepared with fibs sureties, he was locked up. IMPORTS. Cotton -Our market shows" an advance in the price of this article, caused by an increased demand far foreign staple,, in consequence of the partial failure of the native crop. The sal s, during the month have been-20,003 bales Bombay, at 6.4 to 7.6 fur old, and 7 to 8.3 for new ; 1,00) bales Bengal, at L 2 to 8.4 for old, 8.9 to 9 3 for new ; and 2,400 Madras, at 9.3 to 9 5 fol. old, and 9.7 to 9.9 for new. Longeroths-In little demand at decreased rates. The only sales which have been - made were in exchange for teas, viz. :--45,000 pieces greys at. for common, 2 dolls. 30c. to 2 dolls . 4 0 c.; 62 5 . to 665., weighing 6V 2 to 7 cattios, 2 dolls. 55c. to dolls. 60c ; and 725., 2 dolls. 75 c. to 2 dolls. 10c. 28 . 0 00 pi eces whites have been disposed of at 2 dolls. 45c. to 2 dolls. 50c. for common ; dolls. 60,!. to 2 dolls. 70c. for 66 5.; and 2 dolls. 85c. to `,.). dolls. 90c. for 725. American Goods-The sales of drills during the month have been chiefly to speculators, and at roduced prices, and amount in all to 27,000 pieces, at 2 dolls. to 2 tuts. 05c. for 30 yards, and 2 dolls. 80c. to 2 dolls. 85c. 'for 40 yards goods. 'Jeans in little demand ; 1,000 - pieces sold at 2 dolls. 35e. Sheetings nothing doing-prices nominal, at 2 dolls. 65c. Cotton Yarn-The sales of :Eng,lisli have been 1,500 bales, Nos. 16 to 24, 25 dolls. 50c. to 26 dolls. 59c. ; 28 to 32, 33 dolls. to 33 dolls. 50c.; 38 to 42,33 dolls. 50c.; to 34 dolls. Present stock 2,294 bale, and 2,369 half-bales, againit 7,665 bales at the same period last year. 500 bales American were sold in the beginning of the month at 23 dells. to 23 dolls. 50c. for Nos. 16 to N. - • - Woollens-In little demand-800 pieces Spanish stripes have been sold at 1 doll. to 1 doll. 18c.-stock EXPORTS. Teas—The market for Congous was exceedingly dull, nntil the arrival of the steamer; since which time some reaction has taken place, and 60 chops are reported as settled at rather above the current rates of last-month. This may be owing to the continued improvement in the English market, combined with the number of vessels in this port now ;wait ing dispatch. The quantity of chops estimated as left is about 100, two-thirds being Hohows and Moning kinds, the balance Kai-saou and Sinchukyes descriptions. Quotations are for blackish leaf, and Moning sorts at 15 to 20 taels; Ho llows, 15 to 18 ; Kai-saous and Sinchukyes, at 13 to 17. Of old teas 11 chops taken at 9 to 12 taels; 14 or 15 remain. Souchong, 7 chops settled at 24 to 40 taels-15 yet unsold. Flowery Pekoe, 2,000 packages, sold at 31 to 52 taels; stock 5,000. Scented teas—sales of 2,000 packages orange pekoe at 18 to 23 for fair common; good to superior at 28 to 32; fine and curious at 38 to 42. Caper, 3,000 ten-catty boxes from 20 to 24 taels. Plain orange pekoe and caper, 500 half-chests of the former taken for America at 14 1 / 2 taels. Of the latter one chop of 850 ten-catty boxes has been brought to market, for which 13 taels is asked. In Ning Yongs, te,c., the market keeps pretty firm, though in some instances rather easier terms have been submitted to; and as the season advances there seems but little doubt that the teamen will accept loser prices. A full supply, it is thought will come forward. The quantity sold this month is 10,000 packages. Ankoies are qouted 12 to 13 taels. Ning Yong and Kohue teas 16 1 / 2 to 23 taels; and for the good de scription of Oolongs 40 taels-and upwards is required. The _stock of all kinds, 9,000 packages. • Greens—The only transactions have been in Canton teas, chielly'gunpowder—say 2,000 packages at 18 to 24 taels. Musters of one small chop of the new Taeping have been sent in. Moyune and Yonnings will soon follow. Raw Silk—The present stocks are—of Tsatlee about 200 bales, held at 306 dolls. for old and 500 dolls. for new ; Tay saam, 60 bales, held at 330 dolls. The prices of Canton have advanced in consequence of a partial failure of the crop. We quote No. 1, 295 dolls.; N 0.2, 280 dolls. ; No. 3, 255 dolls. Sugar—Soft No. 1, 5 ails. 25c. down to 4 dolls. 25c. for No. 3. Chinchew sugarcandy, 6 dolls. 50c. to 7 dolls. 80c. In other exports nothing done. Exchange—On London, little doing. A few good bills at six months' sight have been disposed of at 4s. ld. to 4s. 2d. On India, Company's accepted, 213 to 214. Gold, 24 dolls. 95c. Sycee, 8 per cent.. Freights—To London, ships abundant at 41. To Bombay, 30c. per picul for deadweight. HONG-KONG. Oriental Bank Rates of Exchange—On England, six months' sight, 3s. 1 lid. On Calcutta and Bombay, 60 days' sight, 216. 30 „ 215. SHANGHAE MARKET, SEPT. 6. DIPORTS. British Shirtings—Since the Ist ult. the sales have been about 50,000 to 60,000 pieces grey, and 20,000 to 25,000 pieces white. Their present value is 2 dolls. 70c. to 2 dolls. 85c. for 6 to 7i catty greys, and 2 dolls. 85c. to 2 dolls. 95c. for good to best white. American Goods—Of drillings 6,000 pieces of 40 yards goods have been sold this month at 2 dolls. 95c. to 3 dolls.; 30 yards goods are quoted at 2 dolls. 15c. to 2 dolls. 20c. Stocks heavy. Sheetings have been sold, about 15,000 pieces at 2 dolls. 90e. for. light goods, and 3 dolls. 10c. to 3 dolls. 20c. for the heavy sorts. The demand is fully sup plied for the present. Cotton yarn has been sold lately to some extent, it being used with silk for manufacture of a fabric for native uses. Nos. 18 to 26 have brought 32 dolls. to 33 dclls. Woollens—Long Ells—ln limited demand at 10 dolls. 50c. for scarlet, and 7 dolls. for assorted. Sales of about 600 pieces scarlet are reported at our quotation. Camlets-471 pieces sold at 20 dolls. 50c., which is their present value. Metals—lron—No sales, dull at 3 dolls. 40c. Lead 600 piculs sold; present quotation 6 dolls, to 6 dolls. 10c. Tin—Banca, 21 dolls. ; Straits, 18 dolls. Sapan-wood—Sales of 4,000 piculs. Straight sticks are worth 2 dolls. 40c. per picul. Sandal-wood—South Sea Island good, 7 dolls; ordinary, ' 4 dolls. to 5 dolls. per picul. ' Rattans-340 dolls. to 400 dolls. f or common t o b es t. Sugar—Canton is worth 2 dolls. 90e. ' • Amoy, 2 dolls. 60c.; Manilla Zebu, 2 dolls. 70c. ; and T aa l, 2 dolls. 20c. Pepper—Sales of 350 piculs of black at 5 dolls. 40c. per picul. Opium—There has been a large business done during the pact month. Malwa, which was as low as 700 dolls. rose rapidly to 770 dolls. and 760 dolls., at which it has lat terly remained steady. Patna has been at 610 dolls. to 640 dolls. till the past week which has brought a decline, and 550 dolls. to 560 dolls. is now the current price. The import has been about 2,000 chests of all kinds, and the clearances rather more than that, so that the stocks are re duced somewhat from our last month's statement. EXPORTS. Teas—About 20 chops of Congou have been settled at 19 to 22 taels for the best of the Monings, 13 to 17 taels for Hohows, and 10 to 12 taels for Sinchukyes. The teas re• maining are mostly of the common descriptions; about SO chops in market. About 6,000 packages green teas have ar rived, mostly Typing and common Singlo. Some purchases have been made for the English market at 46 to 51 taels for fine ;Gunpowder, 26 tools for Imperials, and 85 taels for superior Young Hysons of the Twankay kinds ; 24 to 26 taels for fair Singlo Gunpowder& For the American market no thing has yet been done. Raw Silk—No new contracts are reported. About 800 bales purchased in the interior go forward per Sea Witch to London. Accounts of a short crop are confirmed, and holders continue firm in their demands for high prices. EXCIIANGE.—On England, nominal at 4s. 3d. to 4s, 4d. FREIGHTS.—To England, nominal at 41. 10s. Ships would load a full cargo gladly at less. CEYLON. We have received by the overland mail Ceylon papers to the 16th October. At that period the island was quite tranquil, the rebellion had been com pletely suppressed, the pretended King captured, and several of the rebels had been tried and executed. The Colombo. Observer of the 23d September gives the following:account of the capture of the pretender : ",Kandy, Sept. 22, Eight o'clock, P.M. " The pretender was taken up yesterday, and we are all on the qui vive to see him. He was taken up at Ma telbr by six of Captain Watson's Ritiemen—one of whom he knocked down. A Kandian gave the information. The • King' has made, I understand, a free and candid c )nfession of the whole affair. " The 6 King' is said to have been formerly gardener to Alwis Modliar—and we hear that he implicates all the Kandian Headmen save six:" The Legislative Council was opened on the 2d of October by the following speech from the Governor, Lord Torrington : Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,— Since the close of the last session of the Legislative Council, important events have occurred in this colony, to which I desire briefly _to call your attention. Yoa are always aware that in certain portions of 1 the Kandian districts, the evil designs of ambitious indivi duals taking advantage of the casual as well as traditional influence of their position over an ignorant population, have induced them to array themselve in open hostility to the Government; actual encounters have taken place place with her Majesty's forces, which have terminated, as might be expected, in the entire defeat and dispersion of the insurgents, and mast have convinced them of the utter hopelessness of armed resistance to her Majesty's authority. It is satisfactory to me to be able to announce to you, that the individual who on this occasion was set up as the Pretended King, has now been captured, and that not only have many of his partizans and followers been already brought to punishment, but important disclo sures have been made which will I 11. , pe suffice com pletely to establish the guilt of the originators of the late conspiracy. It is my earnest desire that the operation of martial law shall be terminated without delay ; for I have every confidence that the energetic measures which have been already successfully adopted, will suffice to prevent any renewal of the late treasonable attempts. To the rapid and vigorous movements of her Majesty's troops so ably conducted by the officers entrusted with their command, and to the prompt declaration of mar tial law in the disturbed districts, must it be attributed, that the actual insurrection was confined within very narrow limits. . That future doubts and difficulties may be avoided, a Bill of Indemnity will be laid before you, for all bona fide acts done by the constituted authorities during the existence of martial law. Papers connected with this subject will be presented to you. The slight and passing excitement which has bs:en raised in some other parts of the colony, arising from a variety of causes and misapprehensions, will not I trust be again renewed. lan persuaded that the feelings of the mass of the people will con inue to be at all times peaceable and loyal. I am happy to you. that of the twenty-four ordinances which were passed darinz the last session, nineteen have already received her Majesty's confirma tion. I shall have occasion to submit for your considera tion, a few slight amendments in the details of some of these ordinances, which will I hope be calculated to im prove and facilitate the operation of them. At a period of general commercial difficulty through- out the world. Ceylon could scarcely escape the effects of an universal crisis. But it is gratifying to me to be able to state to you, that the net revenue of the year ending 31st December, 1847, exceeded that of 1846 by the sum of about 24,0001., which was in a great measure due to an increasD in the r'ceipts from customs. On the other haul the comparative expenditure for the same ,period was in reali;y somewhat less in 1847 than in the previous year. But notwithstanding the improved state of our finances for the past year as compared with that of 1846, the fact cannot be withheld from you, that the revenue of the year 1847 fell short, of the expynditure within the i same period by * iho sum - o f - ab ou t 580 0 004 although HAMMERSMITH. THE LATE EXTENSIVE SEIZURES FOR CHURCH-RATES AT NOTTING -HILL.— IMPORTANT CONVICTION.— Satur day been appointed for the hearing of a summons against Mr. Laing Johnstone, a broker, living in Church - lane, Hammersmith, for having in a bill of costs deli vered to :Joseph Cook, hair-dresser, High-street. Not ting•hill, charged other and greater costa than by law allowed, for making a seizure for arrears of church rates, the court was from its opening crowded in every part. • Mr. - Per', the barrister, attended to support the sum mons, and Mr. Kent, a solicitor, appeared on the part of the defendant, who pleaded not guilty. ' Mr. Parry said the summons had peen taken out under the provisions of the statute of the 57th of George 111., cap. 93, by the second section of which it was en acted that no broker. seizing for rent should charge any other or greater costs or charges than are set down in the schedule of that Act, or making any other charge whatever for any Act, matter, or thing mentioned in the said schedule and not really done. The Learned Counsel stated the facts of the case, and'conteaded 'that the sixth section of the Act, which provided that the bill of costs given in by a broker should be signed by the broker himself, for the want of which the worthy magistrate (Mr. Beadon) dismissed a previous case, did not apply to the present case, inasmuch as the bill handed by.the defendant to his client bore on the back of it the words From Mr. Johnstone," which, he icon. ten led, was equivalent to a signature. The fact of the seizure of the complainant's goods and of their sale having been established, evidence was given of the account furnished by the defendant to the complainant. After hearing a legal argument in reference to the effect of the last-mentioned miter, Mr. Beadon, in giv ing his decision, observed that the defendant was sum moned for taking other and greater costs and charges than those mentioned in the schedule of the Act. In the defendant's account rendered to the complainant Cook he found a charge of 2s. 6d. for warehouse-room, but there was no such charge allowed by the schedule, and he must therefore adjudge the defendant, under the 2d section of the Act, to forfeit to the complainant 7s. 6d, being treble the amount of the charge improperly taken, with the costs. The money was immediately paid. There are about twenty other caws depending on the above decision. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18.—The duties on grain and flour are without any change this week. There was a limited attendance of millers and dealers at our market yester day morning. The demand for wheat and flour was very dull, and the prices of both were barely equal to those paid on Tuesday. A parcel of Western Canal flour has changed hands at 264 per barrel in bond. Oats and oat-. meal maintained late rates. Barley, beans, and peas were each unchanged in value. Thera was a steady de mand for India❑ corn, and fully Tuesday's prices were obtained. To-day there is scarcely anything passing in the trade, and the prices of most articles have a down ward tendency. _ . s. d. s. d Wheat, per 761 b : Engll3h, white .. 8 3. to 8 6 s. d. s. d. •• 4 6 to 4 9 00— 0 0 Do. rid.. .. 7 6 8 0 Irish, new .. • • 6 0— 7 3 Do., old • • • • 7 6—7 10 Dantsic.. .• • • 8 4 - 8 9 Do., good mixed 8 0 8 4 Lowerlialtic,whit 8 0— 8 6 Do. red. 7 9 8 3 American . •• 7 6 8 6 Canadian • • :. 7 6 8 6 Spanish, red and .; white.. .. 0 0— 0 0 Tuscan and Bar letta, red .. .. 7 0 - 7 4 Marlanopoll .. 7 2 —•7 6 Odessa, Polish • . 7 7 -- 7 8 Do., hard.. .. 6 0— 6 6 Egyptian .. 5 0— 5 6 Oats, per 451 b : English and Scotch 3 6 3 9 Welsh .. •• .. 2 9-- 3 0 , Irish, new 2 9 3 0 Do., old • .. 3 4 3 G Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 36 0 - 38 0 Irish, Scotch, and Manx,per6olb.. 4 9 5 0 MANCHESTER, Nov. 18. , been apparent in the fl )ur ti and in the little business wh necessary to submit to reduce wise met a slow sale, but v value. At Liverpool mid 11 Feeding Rye, per 4801 b Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 42 0 44 0 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b.. .. 36 0— 37 0 Foreign, duty pd. 30 0 31 0 European, per im perial quarter.. 36 0 37 0 Peas, English, per Imperial quartr 44 0 46 0 Foreign • • .. 44 0— 46 0 Malt, English, per imperial quartr 56 0 60 0 Do., Irish • • 50 0 — 6 5 0 Do., brown . • 45 0 —55 0 Flour, English, pr .. 40 0-41 0 41 0•-44 0 2801 b Iri h, extra 'tine United States, per barrel . • 29 0— 30 0 Canadian • • .. '27 0— 29 0 Oatwal, English, 86Scotch,pr2401b 93 6 29 0 Irish, new • • 27 0 27 6 Do., old -- .23 0— 26 6 Indi to corn, per 4301 b ,—lncreasing inactivity has rade throughout the week, rich could be effected it was !ed rates. Oatmeal has like without material change in uncorn the arrivals coast. .. .. 33 6- 35 6 wise continuo insignificant; andfrom Ireland the supplies (except of oatmeal, of which article 14,686 loads are re ported), are this week on a very moderate scale. Of wheat and flour from abroad the imports arc tolerably extensive. Wo cannot - report any improvement in the churact-r of our market this morning, at ahich the trassactions in every article were to a very limited amount. Wheat was offered at u reductiOn of about 2d. per 70:b, and flour might have been purchased at Is per sack below the currency of this day se'nnight. Oats must also be noted the turn lower, and oatmeal declined 6d der load. COLCHESTER, Nov. 18.—The continued fine weather of this week, which has enabled the farmers to complete their wheat sowing under satisfactory circumstances, an , ' to appear in the market again with their supplies, has produced an important effect upon prices throughout the district, which to-day have been 3s per quarter lo er, with a dull sale even at that reduction, white being 52, to 555; red, 42s to 48s. Barley was also cheaper 2s; and white peas, since we list noticed them, have been reduced 5s per quarter. At Chelmsford yesterday the reduction in wheat was full 3a per quarter ; white was 54s to 58s ; red, 45s to 48s. Barley fell 2s per quarter, best malting being 28s to 345. At Witham, at Dunnsow, and the other leading markets of the county, both wheat and barley have this week been reduced from 2s to 2s 6d per quarter. In the principal markets of Suffolk there has been a similar reduction in price, particularly at those held within the last two days. At Woodbridge the decline was 2s for wheat and 3s for even the finest malting barley ; beans were scarce, and rather dearer. At Bury the fall in wheat did not exceed is ; inferior samples of barley were 2s, the best is cheaper. At Stowmarket the supplies were small, the farmers in that district not having completed seeding; but wheat was very dull ; barley is to 2* per quarter lower. In the markets of Herts a reduction of is 6d for wheat and 2s for barley has been established. The ave rage price at Bishop Stortford on Thursday was--wheat, 49., 2 d ; barley, 35s Sid; oats, 25s Of ; beans, 35a 74e1. WORCESTER, Nov. 18.—Our market to-day was not numerously attended, the farmers eagerly availing theme selves of the fine weather, and being very busy in seed sowing. Generally the market was easier for all kinds of grain, but the best descriptions of English wheat maintained the currency of this day se'nnight. Old white English wheat is still worth 1/ to a guinea the bag, and red 18s 6d. New must be quoted at 6d per bag less money - than last week. Foreign from 15s to 19s per bag, with a slow sale. Barley is rath er l ess va l ua bl e . Grinding qualities 3s 6d, and malting 4s 6d per bushel. Malt as before, viz., Ss 6d to 9s per bushel. In oats, beans ' and peas, a decline of is p er quar t er may b e noticed. Old English oats, 3s 6d to 4s 3d per bushel ; new, 3s to 3s 3d ; Irish, 3s to 3a 6d. Old English Leans, 18s per bag ; foreign 14s to lss per bag. Good boffins , : peas, as to 6s 9d per bushel ; feeding qualities, 53. Winter vetches, lOs to 12 per bushel. At Stourbridge market yesterday a more decided de cline in prices was noticeable, the attendance of farmers being better. Wheat declined is per quarter for all de scriptious, both new and old. Barley also met with a dull sale, at a similar reduction, both in grinding and malting. In oats there was a less decided fall, the bet ter sorts maintaining their former value. Peas and beans in slow request. At Stratford-on-Avon market yesterday there was a a decline in the value of wheat and other grain of about Is per quarter, except for the finest samples of English wheat, which maintained last; quotations. At Wolverhampton market there was a large supply of samples exhibited, and.this, taken in connexion with the fall in the London market, caused a decline in the value of wheat of Is to 23 per quarter. In barley also a decline of is per quarter had to be submitted to in order to effect sales. Other grain ruled dull at a small reduction on last week's rates. At Atherstone the business done was to a limited ex tent only, and this at a reduction on the rates of all kinds of grain. New English Wheat fetched from 185 per bag for red to 19s for best white samples; old Eng lish 20s to 21s per bag. Barley sold at from 33s to 35s per quarter, with little business doing. Oats 25s to 263 per quarter tor new; and old, 31s to 32s per quarter. At Kidderminster market, on Thursday, the supply of wheat was above the average at this time of the year, and samples of barley were also freely in offer. In barley and other grain a decline of is to 2s per quarter must- be noticed.-- The following return shows the latest average prices of grain per quarter in the Worcester, Stratford, Eve sham, aad Wolverhampton markets:— , Wheat. Barley. Beans. a. d. £s. d. Xa. d. Worcester 2 12 7 1 ... 1 15 0 ... 1 17 4 Stratford Evesham Wolverhampton 2 14 6 ... 1 14 0 ... 0 0 0 The past week has been altogether dry and fine, af fording unusual advantages which have not b een ne• glected for the sowing of grain. The farmers have not had so busy a time for a long while past, and in passing through the country the greatest activity in agricultural pursuits has been observable on all hands. The pro tracted season of wet,had rendered this a moat critical season for seed sowing, and the fine weather has been, in the language of the agriculturists themselves, " the salvaion of the country." The ground is now, in most places, in excellent cenditiOn`for working. CORK, Nov. 17.—The weather during the week has been very fine, and dry, but cold. To-day however, thick rein falls. Owing to the long continued prevalence of easterly winds we have but few arrivals of foreign grain. The supplies of home grain are moderate of oats and barley, and. as regards wheat very small, the receipts for the week being:—Wheat, 1,183 brls at 19s to 27s 6d per barrel; barley, 3,084 brls at 75 to 15s 6d per barrel; oats, 11,244 brls at 7s to Ils 4d per barrel; The trade in wheat, notwithstanding the smallness of the supply, is slow, and prices manifest rather a downward tendency. In prepared Irish and foreign wheat there is so very little doing tbat prices must be regarded as quite nominal. We note but little change in the value of Barley. The market, however is very quiet. In prepared Barley we have no transactions of any moment to report. Oats also are nominally of the value of last week, but the market is excessively dull; and the trade in this article, as in the first two mentioned. is devoid of activity. Prepared Oats (Blacks) are selling in the outports at 10s. 6d. per barrel, free on board. Here the price is nominally 1 ls., but we question if any business has been done at that figure. Al though Factors, on Saturday last, reduced the price of some flours is per cwt., they have not been able to make any progress with sales of the article during the week. The trade is exceedingly dull, and, as stocks ac cumulate, it is difficult to force a trade. Coarse flours continue to meet a fair demand, but even for these de scriptions the tendency of prices is downwards. Indian corn has been sold to a fair extent, but in some cases at a decline of Is 6d per ton. We quote prices 8/ los to 81 17s 6d per ton. The improvement in the demand for the raw toaterial has not however extended to the manu factured article, Indian meal still continuing a slow sale at late prices. BELFAST. Nov. 16.—The supplies of grain at mar ket are moderate, and of oatmeal abundant. Wheat. --s The condition of wheat forward this week is so much better than previously that, ;although prices are un changed, yet the value is fully 6d better than last week; some small parcels 61 fine prepared white wheat sell at 11/ 15s per ton, and red at lOs less. Flour is unchanged in value, but dull of sale. Barley- sells slowly at former rates. Oats are unchanged in price, but the improved condition makes them 2d to 3d better value. Oatmeal has declined 2d to 3d, but sales are readily made at this decline. Indian corn is now in few hands, and yet is slow sale at 812 s 6d to 81 7a 6d pet ton yellow: and 8 1 to 81 5 s for white. ON DlT.—That the Bishop of Lincoln preached for the Church Missionary Society, on its jubilee, in one of the country churches of hii diocese--the Dean and Chapter having refused the cathedral for that purpose!- - ' Can this be true?—Church and State Gazette: FADVERTISEMENT.i—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGO AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this ralfaculoti B medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract fro.a Lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills hay effected a cure of a disorder in my li ver an d stomach all the eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had no: been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or bf rienbad. (Signed) •' ALrmonorron." These wonderful pills w in cure any dieease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also HollowaYl Ointin‘nt) at yrofessor Hollo wa y' s E s t a bli s h ment, 244, Stran d , a o ‘ll medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. BIRTH^. On the 14th inst., the lady of Frederic Mildred, Esq, of A daughter. On the 15th inst., at. Great Malvern, Mrs. Fontaine, 0f Narford-hall, Norfolk, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Salhouse-hall, Norfolk, the wife of Richard Ward, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Hornsey, Mrs. Charles Hitchcock, of a son, stillborn. On the 16th inst., at Keppel-street, Russell-square, the wife of T. Lightfoot, Esq., M.D., of a son. On the 17th inst., at Glocester-place, Greenwich, Mrs. IL G. Stokes, of a son. On the 17th inst., at Harewood-square, the wife of W. Ir e ' Robinson, Esq , of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Ketnsey, Worceste rs hi re , C a pt a in '•Y Tayler Gorle, her Majesty's 28th Regi men t, to Frances, col, surviving daughter of the late Maca r t ney M oore, E sq. , Be gal Civil Service. On the 15th inst., at Walthamstow Church, James Robert , eldest son of Robert Napier, Esq., of Lancefield, Glasgow, to Emma Mary, eldest daughter of L. H. Twentyman, Esq. , ° Walthamstow. On the 15th inst., at Marylebone, Henry Corbett Taylor' Esq., son of the late H. Taylor, E sq ., M a d ras Ci v il S er vice , to Henrietta, widow of the late Captain W. P. Deas, Madras Light Cavalry. DIED. • At Sl:rewsbury, on the 13th ult., Robert Waring Darsvi a Esq., M.D., aged 83. late of On the 15th inst., at B a th, Willi am El ton, E sq., the 15th Hussars, aged 54. On the 15th inst., Eusebius Say, Esq., of Bury-street, - James's, aged 88. On the 16th inst., at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the assistant -secretary, John Fasson, Esq., aged 56. On the 16th inst., at Weston-super-Mare, aged 45, Mariann e ' the wife of R. Wynne Williams, Esq., of Bedford-place. On the 18th in s t., a t th e Moat, Charing, Frances Die?? the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Groves, of Boughton, Ken" On the 17th inst., at Denmark-hill, Mr. W. Horne, Bankside, aged 63. On the 14th i ns t., J o h n Spear,- Esq., of Glocester - r oad ' Hyde-park -gardens. On the 15th inst., at St. Catherine's, near Horndean , b l Barnes, widow o f th e l ate J. B arnes, Esq. of East Fin . Middlesex, aged 79. d 44, On the 15th List., at Hill-street, Berkeley-square, age to , the Rev. Father Francis de Vtco, of the Society of Josue' Papal Astronomer of the Roman College. L, - 1N 12f ,endon: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YO-- 1 2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Okagell..„ 44 va Strand,- in the'Preeinet-of the Savoy. in the OP , Middlesex, Monday, November 20, 1848. I -' y I it