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faithfulness may be entirely depended on. Chuttur Singh having managed to collect around his some 1,500 of the country people, in addition to the original mutineers, directed his steps against Captain Abbott, who, being without guns, and with a very small number of troops at his disposal, found it neces sary to fall back. On the 31st of August, Lieutenant Nicolson, then ;in the fort of Attok, applied to Major Lawrence for further reinforcements from Peshawar ; and accordingly Osman Khan, with a small but deter mined detachment, immediately proceeded to his relief. He was afterwards joined by Lieutenant Herbert, with some additional men. Chuttur Singh was at this time twenty-six miles from Att 4 Qk, advancing in full expecta tion of gaining admission lens the fort. Finding Attok provisioned for three months, and maintained by above 1,000 sturdy Affghans, he paused to deliberate what he should do next, when Lieutenant Nicolson resolved to quit the fortress and proceed to join the levies ten miles off that had formerly attended him. It was now the turn of the insurgents to retire, and they fell back accordingly to Rawul Pindee. On the sth of September Lieutenant Nicolson determined to attack the detachment of insur gents posted in the Murgulla Pass, with a view of occu pying the attention of the rebels and preventing them from assisting the troops in the Hazareh country, where an insurgent brigade was blockaded by Captain Abbott and his levies. He did not succeed in obtaining possession of the hold which commands the pass, but after a severe struggle, in which he himself was wounded, was able to take up such a position as completely to interrupt the movements of the enemy. Two Seikh regiments were now dispatched at our desire by Ghoolab Singh to attack the insurgents; instead of this, they are reported to have gone over and joined them. A strong force was on the 22d of September moved from the Jullundhur Doab into the Hazareh country, consisting of her Majesty's 61st Foot, a wing of the 7th Regular and the 2d Irregular Cavalry, the ad troop Ist Brigade Horse, and 4th com pany 6th Brigade Foot Artillery, and the id and 53d Native Infantry—above 3,000 in all. We have not as yet had tune to hear further of their proceedings. Re turning to Peshawur we find that on the 4th September Major Lawrence was informed that the Residency was to be attacked by the Seikh regiments at that station in the course of the night. Having set spies in the camp it was considered prudent, from what was observed by them, to secure all the artillery ; over one party companies of trustworthy infantry were placed ; the Mahomedan commander of the other gave his men to understand that the first sign of misconduct he saw amongst them he would salute them with a few rounds of grape; the assurance proved sufficient to keep them at peace. Beyond this no thing has occurred at Peshawar to occasion anp,oz ance th ou gh there is little doubt but that the SeikEihrt of the garrison are watching with intense anxiety the success of the insurgents, and that they aro ready to turn on us so soon as the auspicious moment arrives. We must at present, while taking all the care we can employ to protect ourselves, watch them, for so soon as our success becomes known, and our power once more shows itself irresistible, our doubtful friends will endea vour to veil all their treason. On the mountain frontier of the Doab to the north-west of Jullundhur the Chief of Noorpore began to take the opportunity of giving us annoyance. Ram Singh, son of the Vizier of the Noor pore Raja, having been somewhat summarily removed from office by the Commissioner, betook himself to the hills and collected around him a band of freebooters, who began immediately to plunder and assail all around them. A strong force, consisting of four companies of the 71st, one company of the 29th, 250 men of Hodson's Seikh corps, with strong parties of the 15th and 16th Irregulars, and 150 of the hill Seikh regiment, were sent against him. On the evening of the 18th of September they arrived in camp outside Noorpore. The insur gent force was encamped on a low spur covered with thick jungle, surrounded on three sides by the dry bed of the river. It was accessible only by rude paths tra versable by one man at a time. On the fourth side it was connected with the hills by a narrow ridge of jingly broken g round, with thick coppice and brushwood on either sie. The attack was planned by Major Fisher, and most gallantly carried out by the troops. Parties forced ?heir way up the steep on all sides, and met on its summit. The insurgents were met in with: they fought with the utmost courage and coolness, loading and firing as they retired. They were com pletely routed and defeated, leaving, out of 250, between 50 and 60 killed and wounded behind them. Fifteen prisoners were taken; the leader escaped. We had one man killed, and eight or ten wounded. The news of the defection of Shere Singh on the 14th reached Lahore on the 16th, and though it might have been supposed that the chiefs at the capital were corresponding with the malcontents in the provinces, up to that date everything was quiet and 'peaceful. About ten o'clock at night, just after the ill-omened tidings reached the Residency, orders were sent to her Majesty's 53d Foot to hold themselves in readiness. They occupied the Huzooree Bagh—a garden connected with the palace by a vaulted entrance long since blocked up. The passage was immediately opened up, and a Durbar assembled in the citadel. It sat from four till nine in the morning of the 17th, during all which time the entrance to the citadel was guarded by our troops. Alt the commanders of regiments were in attendance, ready to receive instructions, at the Quartermaster- General's; till the meeting was over the troops were or dered not to quit their lines. The Sirdar Gholab Singh, son of the insurgent Chuttur Singh, and brother of the traitor Shere Singh, was arrested in the Durbar, and all hie papers seized. The Maharajah Dhulleep Singh had been betrothed to his sister, and Gholab had, in consequence, an influential post in the palace. It had been Baia some time before, that in consequence of the appearance of a planet, English influence was nearly over in the Pun pub, and the family—three members of which have not been named—proposed to carry off the young Maha raja, expel us, and re-seat him without trammels ou the throne. Four other arrests took place during the 18th, European sentries being placed over the arrested par ties. The impression had gone forth that the Maharaja had :tetuslly been made away with, and to counteract this his Highness took a ride in public in the evening. Near the large Seikh city of Umritsir stands the strong fortress of Govindghur, a palace, a fortress, and a p:ison. The faithfulness of the garrison of this strong hold having become doubtful, it was resolved to oc cupy it with British troops, and accordingly a Te giment of infantry and Skinner's Irregular Horse were dispatched to capture it. A party of fitly of the Guide Corps first obtained admission on pre tence of escorting prisoners. The cavalry followed, when the garrison were made aware that their services were no longer required. Govindghur is now commanded by Colonel M‘Sheery; the cavalry have left; the in fantry remain behind. It will be seen, on taking a summary view of the whole, that Meehan is the only quarter where the enemy has as yet appeared in force, or threatened to make head against us. The Maharaja of Jamoo, though suspected. has not been convicted of treason, and all the evidence of his guilt we as yet ap pear to possess is founded on the presumption a life of treachery affords, that when traitors are in the field he wilt soon be found in the midst of them. He is at pre sent in the province of Cashmere. The report that Chuttur Singh has a force of 10,000 men attendant on him, seems so monstrously improbable as to be unworthy d belief. Even of those who followed Share Singh into the camp of the enemy, a half at least seem to repent of what tlrey have done, antl to be desirous to return. Our own gross mismanagement it has been that has tempted tho Seilths to treason. In all likelihood none of all this would have happened had Colonel Lawrence been here. SIDE. The banks of the Indus once more resound with the din of military preparations. The following troops are at present in the country—we give the strength of each partly on conjecture, but believe it will be found pretty near the truth :-3d troop Horse Artillery (130), 4th company 4th battalion Native (80), her Majesty's 60th Bides (1,000), Ist European Fusiliers (800), 4th Native Infantry (800), and 2d Belooch battalion (1,000), in all 3,800, at Kurrachee; the 11th and 19th Native Infantry ,(1.600). the Ist Belooch battalion and part of the Ist Sinde Horse (1,500), 3d company 2d battalion Foot Artillery (90), Ist company 3d battalion (Native 80), a company of Sappers and Miners (100). in all 3,360, at Hyderabad ; the 9th Native Infantry (800), at Sukkur; the 3d Native Infantry (800), and Ist company 4th bat talion Native Artillery (80), at Shikapore; a detachment of Sinde Horse is on the frontier (500), the camel corps at Jerruck, and baggage corps at Larkhana; or about 10,000 in all ready for field service. About 8,000 are in call under the Sinde command, while an armed police keeps the coun t r y. Immediately intelligence that Ge ne r a l Whi s hh a d bee n compelled in to . raise the siege of Moultan reachin g re quisition for troops was madeto h head quarters, a ment ; when a company of Sappers t e Bombay Govern ment of Foot Artillery, with rll and Miners, a bat tery 60th Rifles and the Bombay Fusileers, were ordered , to proceed without delay overland to Tatta, wheats embark in boats and be towed up the Iceer t to ney ß were to —a distance of 250 miles. Unexpectedly, a deficiency eree of marriage was experienced, and instead of starting inth last week of September, as was intended, it would b e the 10th or 15th October before they could move. Their places were to be taken by her Majesty's Bth Foot from r .Peonah and B9,l:nba,y, the 24th, 26th, and 29th Native In fantry, from the presidency, proceeding to Sinde, to sup ply the places of the troops moving upwards. A com pany of artillery from Bhooj, another from Shikarpore, and a troop of horse from Kurrachee, complete this army ; the Ist Lancer s from Deesa, and part of the Sinde Horse, compose the Cavalry ; the 3d ' 4th, 9th, and 19th, from the N ative Infantry portion of the force. Tho forces in Sinde are to be commanded by Major- General Auchmuty, now in command of the Poonah division—Brigadier Dunb.% now in an command, to take charge of the field force, which is to rendezvous at Roree. The Bombay force will scarcely reach the point of destination in time, and should the Bengal troops, after the capture of the fort, require to move eastward, the western army will be able to take charge of the lower Punjaub till matters are finally settlad. The steamer Napier, which left Moultan on the 18th, reached Hyderabad on the 22d; the river being now in flood accounts for the celerity of the voyage. She was met in the Rahoo Creek by the Assyria, which took her passengers on board. They consisted of Major and Lieut. Gordon, of the 60th Rifles, Captain Brown, secretary to the Sinde government ; two officers of the Fusiliers; and Dr. Ritchie—all of whom had gone some weeks since to Moult= to be present at the siege. Captain Brown, it seems, is dangerously ill. Lieutenant Christopher, of the Indian navy, had been the leg, and amputa tion was found necess ar y : ho is to be succeeded by Lieutenant Berthon of the Atalanta. The wounded, 60 in number, were daily expected at surrachee. The Assyria was to proceed up the river again on the 28th. All the steamers now in the Chenaub Moult= were to b e down immediately, their ser -4VBSI' ‘l. ' "being required on th e Lower Indus. Sinde seems 7 (------4.--,-- -:rf ly healthy at presen t, and the. c ountry tranquil --„,;- -- , All will be bustle agave ui the province tor -' - 7 i tX Iric7:-?*:1,97;":t; 7. ' '' ' 4' r -- L--; e .0 4 ' ; (. et4 l3ut. I -"`--- v7- - - ;7 -- - - :F.-A, -.., ''',, S 111,11...•••1•4111.1•1•1111 1 1 , -1 1 1- 11 tr .nl, - .1..111•411JUN, _MITA .li.:S-JJ some time to come. A wing of her 3 tajesty's Bth and part of the 26th Nrtive Infantry left L '.ombay -for Kur rachee on the 29th, and the remainder of the latter on the 30th. General Auchmuty is expect( d at the Presi dency immediately, in progress to Sinde. PESHAWUR. (From the Delhi Gazette of September 16.) Our anticipations regarding the danger .at .Peshawur have been verified, but we are happy to sa, y, only par tially, and without any serious result. letter of the sth inst., which has unfortunately not come to hand, appears to have described what actually t, aok place, but we gather from one dated the 6th that a c, anspiracy had been organized, the chief object of which was to seize the guns. It appears, however, to have be en defeated, and to have been anything but general, as the greater part of the troops of each caste are said to have been much disgusted at the ringleaders of the conspiracy Guards were placed over the guns and kept on, according to the latter advises, to prevent accident, and no fears seem to have been entertained of their being . rescued before the announcement of the fall of Moulta.n, which is naturally looked for with much anxiety. Major Law rence appears to have at one time entertained the idea of sending Mrs. Lawrence to Kohat, but everything was so quiet on the 6th that be had given it up. The regular dak communication had been interrupted, but it is clear by the receipt of our letter that the Asl..istant at Peshawur had speedily opened another means of con veying intelligence. Chuttur ',Singh, who, by-the-by, has eight guns with him, is reported to be in great want of money; and it is ascertained that many of .his men would desert if they could possibly manage it ; but the watch kept over them is said to be very strict--at least, this is the report of some artillerymen who have actually deserted from his camp, and gone into Peshawur. class vessels are preparing for a start to Calcutta, where freights have of late materially improved, and likely to range still higher. Cotton Piece Goods—The demand for gray and Bri tish manufactures of low to middling qualities has during the last ten days been to a considerable extent at rates current when the last mail left. Within the last few days, however, business has not been so generally active, owing to the receipt of advices from the Punjaub, Moul tan, and Upper Sinde of the operations of war. From our list of sales it will be seen that 40 in. grey shirtings have declined slightly in price—on the other hand 45 in. have experienced a slight advance in price. The busi ness transacted in bleached goods, it will be perceived, has been to a very limited extent. Printed and dyed goods have been sold at a moderate extent. A few prints have been disposed of, but prices have not improved. Twist—The sales effected in twist have not been so extensive as during the first fortnight of the month, and the prices then ruling have scarcely been maintained. Metals—British bar iron has declined one rupee per cwt. since the date of our last. Heavy arrivals of cochi neal have depressed the market for this article. Copper has also declined in price. Cochineal The following sales are reported :- 3,2001b5. Rs. 3 per lb., 3,0001b5. at Rs. 2 15 per lb. Cotton—The stocks of cotton are moderate. The business transacted in the article has been to a fair ex tent, and at rather higher rates than those prevailing when the last mail left. The following is a list of the purchases :- 500 bales Surat cotton ... 83 per ody. 200 „ Broach do. ... ... 84 „ 200 „ do. do. ... 84 „ 100 „ do. do. ... „ 200 „ do. do. ... 86f „ 100 „ do. do. ... 86 4 „ 600 „ Dhollera do. ... 85 „ 300 ~ do. do. ... 86 „ 100 „ do. do. ... 86i , Telegraph and Courier-office, Bombay, ict. 1. FREIGHTS. To London, per ton 21. 15s. to 31. To Liverpool To China, per candy 101 r. to 11r, EXC3ANCES. i London, at 6 months' sight, per R., ls. 9. 1 to is. 9 i td. 3 months' sight, Is. Bd. 1 months' sight, ls. 8 4 d. China, at 60 days' sight, per 100 Spnsh. dllrs, 207 r. to 209 r. Madras, at 30 days' sight,... . . ... 99r. at sight ... ... ... 99 Sr. Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, per 100 R. ... 99r. 30 days' sight, ... 99ir. at sight ... 100 r. PRICE OF BULLION. R. a. Sovereigns ... each ... 11 7 Dragons „ 11 7 Bank England Notes, per X 11 8 Spanish dollars, per 100 ... 219 0 German crowns, per 100 ... ... 217 0 Sycee silver, per 100 tolas 1041 Gold leaf, per tola (range of quality) ... 16 to 164 BANK SHARES. Rs. Bombay Bank ... ... 34 per cent. prem. Oriental Bank I,ooor. (500 paid up) 14 dis. Commercial Bank ... ... 144 Agra Bank (500 r.) ... 15 prem. Bank of Madras (1,000 r.) ... 5 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Rs. 5 per Cent. Transfer Loan ••• 114 per 100 Sicca. 4 „ Loan 1825-26 ... 105 per 100 Sicca. 5 „ Loan 1829-30 ... 105 per 100 Sicca. 5 „ Loan 1832.33 ... 89 per 100 Sicca. 5 „ Loan 1835-36 85 per 100 Co's. 4 ~ Loan 1841-42 ... 99i per 100 Co's. 4 „ Loan 1842-43 ... 85. per 100 Co's. :ORIENTAL BANK. RATES OF EXCHANGE. Drafts on London at 6 months' sight, above 501. 1 9 ditto at 3 months' sight, above 201. 1 9 ditto at 1 month's sight, above 201. 1 8 ditto at 1 day's sight, above 51. 1 8 Circular notes payable throughout Europe, and drafts on Ireland and Scotland at one day's sight ... ... 1 8 Com X RCI A L BANK OF INDIA. -{ 6 months' sight ... 1 9 1 3 months' sight ... 1 8k Exchange on London 2 months' sight ... 1 8k 11 months' sight ... 1 Bi. Sight ... ... ... 1 84 A 3, Great Marlborough-street. THE YOUNG COUNTESS, A NEW NOVEL, By MRS. CB OLLOPE, IS NOW READY, at :the Libraries, In 3 volS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, On Saturday next, Part 1., t a small Bvo., price 2s. 6d., MEMOIRS of Cl[ ATEAUBRIAND. WRITTEN 11 - Y HIMSELF. Translated frc all the French. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders reeeiyed 'sy all Booksellers. T HE INCORPORA TED LAW SOCIETY of the UNITED KINGDOM. THREE COURSES of LECTU rI3:ES will be delivered in the Hall of the Society on MONDAY and l'!") LIDAY Evenings in the !donnas of November, December, January, F el iruary, and March next, at Light o'clock precisely. EQUITY AND BANK B UPTCY LECTURES. By Richard Jebb, Es.q. , Barrister-at-Law. I. Equity Pleading. These Lecti ires will embrace a general sur vey 01' the system of Pleading as a, whole, with a detailed examina tion of its chief Darts, illustrating and explaining its principles and leading rules.—ll. Equity PractiD Bankruptcy :—l. Condi tions required for constituting a 1 ;ankrupt. 2. Proceedings under the Fiat. 3. Effect of Bankruptcj? .—IV. New Enactments, Orders, or Important Decisions, occurring .during the delivery of the present Course. COMMON LAW AND CRI H lINAL LAW LECTURES. By J. Alleyne Maynard, 3 :sq., Barrister-at-Law. 1. The Law of Executors and AA lministrators.-2. On the present State of the Law of Evidence.-3. 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TIM WEATHER.—Su r I OFFICE, NOVMEBER 1. TIIERNOMETER, Lowest, 43 ; Highest, 48; Noon, 46. 13AROME17. &2, 29.6. WIND E.N.E. ; du 11 hazy weather. HIGH 'WATER AT LONI>ON BRIDGE THIS DAY. morning .• 33 fin• after 4 I Evening •. 50 min. atter 4 '-:' 1... . 7 .:' , :i n , .. • ;;-fii - _ • 4 4 r . I. ' il '' 1,"•,?-% * ii . 7. 7 • 1 • 1p,, ,, :" . e o nor. ...., LAHORE. LAHORE, SEPT. 18.—The palace gun has ceased to fire, and Dhuleep Singh is literally a prisoner in the palace of the Moguls. A European guard mounts there, and is relieved every twelve hours, and the guards on every part of the Summun Boorj are of Con Tally's Sepoys. The city seems, however, quiet; but the Dus serah is at hand. Two years have now nearly a lapsed since the treaty of December, 1846, and the verification of your prophecy regarding its speedy and ultimate fate is even now sailing before us on the swift stream of time. MILITARY ITEMS. For the following we are indebted to a friend at tin ballah : " A wing of the sth Regiment Irregular Cavalry, under second in command from Meerut to Bareilly—to march without delay. 9th Regiment Irregular Cavalry from Bareilly to Ferozepore—to march when relieved by a wing of the sth Regiment. Her Majesty's 24th Foot, from Agra to Ferozepore—to march as soon as practicable. A wing of the 12th Regiment of Native Infantry from Allyghur to Delhi, to relieve the 30th Regiment there, until the arrival of the 14th Regiment from Nusseerabad, when it will proceed to Meerut and to be stationed there until further orders—to march on the 2d of October. 15th Regiment Native Infantry, from Moradabad to Ferozepore—to march when relieved by a wing of the 43d Regiment from Shabjehanpore. 25th Regiment Native Infantry, from Agra to Feroze pore—to march without delay. 30th Regiment Native Infantry, from Delhi to Ferozepore—to march on being relieved; by wing 12th Regiment from Allyghur. 34th Regiment Native Infantry from Agra to Loodianah —to march when relieved by 63d Regiment. A wing ' of the 43d Regiment Native Infantry, from Shabje hampore to Moradabad—to march without delay to re lieve the 15th Native Infantry. The Loodianah Siekh Regiment, from Meerut to Cawnpore—to march as soon us practicable. The Sirmoor Rifle Battalion, from Deyrah to Umballah—to march as early as practicable, leaving a detachment of 100 men at Deyrah. Her Ma jesty's 9th Lancers, and the Horse Artillery aro to move upwards together (under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel Grant, H. A.), as soon as carriage can be procured." We are informed that Dr. Renny, superintending sur geon of Meerut, has been appointed superintending sur geon of the army about to assemble on thetrontier. The appointment of Dr. Renny has given, we understand, the greatest satisfaction to the members of his profession— a circumstance which affords strong ptoof of the talents, energies, and aptitude of the incumbent. We have not yet heard who is to be the field surgeon, and therefore conclude that the appointment has not yet been deter mined on. T HEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Manager, Mr. MINN. THIS EVENING, The Entertainment* will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled RAIDEE 1 or, the secret. Loredano, Mr. Sims Reeves • Maizenio, Mr. Whitworth ; Andrea Donato, Mr. Herberte; Ilaydee, Miss Lucombe. THE AMAZONS. Josifa, 3fdlle. Louise; Nisida, Mdlle. Plunkett; Don Ether. M. Petipa ; Don Oscar, Mr. W. H. Payne • supported by Wiles. Celeste Sterhan, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, Horne, Sophie, Annie Cashale, Le Tete, Lowe, and Fenton; 3lessrs. Paul and Jules. Mr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of tke Royal Italian Opera, is enabled to avail himself of the vast resources of that celebrated Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported by a raise en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the view of representing the Perfermance.s submitted to public patronage in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal Artistes with whom he has entered.into engagements : FOR GRAND OPERA. SOPRANI AND CONTRALTL—MdIIe. Nissen (principal singer front the Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petereburgh), Miss Isomer, Miss Rossano, Miss Wallace (sister of the composer, her first appear mice), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage). Miss Messent, and Madame Stoltz (the renowned singer irota the Grand Opera at Paris). 11.188E3 ♦ND BADITONES.—Mr. ltorrani, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur dini, Mr. M. Corgi (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin), Mr. S. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips. Ti nods.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Ilcrherte (his first appearance an the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves. The Orchestra has been entirely re-arranged, and selected freaN the first talent, oa a greatly increased scale. Musical Director, Signor Schira. The Chorus will he augmented to an unusual extent, and will com prise the best voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Land. THE REINFORCEMENTS. On the arrival of news of the raising of the siege, arrangements were made at Lahore, and the upper pro vinces of India, to send troops to the aid of General Whish. The following extracts from the Delhi Gazette and Mofussilite will show the nature and extent of these preparations:— • " Colonel Cureton was to leave Simlah immediately, to resume command of a cavalry brigade, which is to take up a position at Kussoor, to consist of her Majesty's 3d Dragoo:is, two regiments of Light Cavalry, and two regiments of• Irregulars, while Colonel Eckrord is ap pointed to the command of a brigade to mo►e •imme diately on Moultan. The 60th Rifles have been ordered up from Karrachee, as also the Sinde siege train from Bukkur. "The,lBth Royal Irish to be ordered up:from Calcutta to take the place her Majesty's 24th Foot at Agra. " UMBALLAII. - " We are all to move, Ist, 2d, and 4th companies 4th battalion, and Ist company 6th battalion, to Ferozepore, to be joined at Umballlll . ,;by the head-quarters, 2d bri gade Horse Artillery and No. 17 Light Field Buttery; the whole to be at Ferozepore by the 12th, where an army is to be formed, consisting of the following number of corps:— " Five regiments European Infantry, 16 Native In fantry, six cavalry, three dragoons, nine troops of Horse Artillery, and five light field-batteries. "I fancy there will he plenty to do, as Chuttur Singh bas beaten Abbott and Nicols‘,n." "LAHORE, OcT. 22. " I have nothing to tell now that has not appeared in your extra, except that as soon as 10,000 4 of whom the 29th, 98:11, and 2d European are to be part, can be col. lected, they are to move. General Gilbert is to com mand." _ _ _ On the receipt in Sinde and Bombay of expresses an nouncing the raising of the siege event, measures of military preparations were adopted by the authori ties in those places. The Bombay force, which is to assemble at Itoree, awl to be under the command of Major-General Auchmuty, C. 8., will be composed as ARTILLERY. 3d Tronp Horse Artillery, now at Kurrachce. 4th Company 2d Battalion, now at Bhooj. Ist Company 4th Battalion, now at Shikarpore. CAVALRY. Ist Light Cavalry (Lancers), now at Deesa. Part of the Siude Irregular Horse, now on the frontier. INFANTRY. Her Majesty's 60th Rifles and Ist European Regi ment of Fusiliers, now at liiirrachee. 3d Regiment of Native Infantry, now at Shikarpore. 4th Regiment of Native Infantry, now at Kurrachce. 9th Regiment of Native Infantry, now at Sukkur. 19th Regiment of Native Infantry, now at Ilyberabad. Two companies of Sappers and Miners (one from Poona, and the other from Hyberabad). The general relief about to take place was suspended, and the subjoined movements directed in order to supply the places of the regiments proceeding on service:—. Read-quarter Wing her Majesty's Bth Foot, to march from Poona to Panwell, in three divisions, on the 29th and 30th inst., and the Ist proximo. Wing her Majesty's Bth Foot, embarked from Bombay on the 29th inst. Wing her Majesty's 22d to leave Poona in three divi sions on the 2d, 3d, and 4th proximo, taking temporarily garrison duty at Bombay. 4th Company 2d Battalion Artillery, to march from Bhooj forthwith. Ist Regiment Light Cavalry, Lancers, to march from Deesa forthwith across the Desert. A company of Sappers and Miners, to march from Poona to Panwell on the sth proximo. A wing of 2d Grenadiers, Native Infantry, to march in two divisions on the 6th and 7th proximo, taking tempo rarily the garrison duty at Bombay. 24th Regiment of Native Infantry, from Bombay and Tannah to Sinde, will embark on being relieved by the 28th Native Infantry. 26th Regiment of Native Infantry embarked on the 29th and 30th current. 27th Regiment of Native Infantry to march from Bel gaum forthwith: to Vingola, thence to Bombay, to re lieve the 29th Regiment. 28th Regiment of Native Infantry to march from Maltigaum forthwith for Bombay, to relieve the 24th Regiment. .29th Regiment o f N a ti ve Infantry to embark for Studs when relieved by the 27th Regiment of Native Infantry. Her Majesty's Bth Foot and the 26th Nativo Infantry have already embarked for Sinde. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Telegraph.) BOMBAY MAIIKET, OCT. 3. There has been a fair amount of business transacted in theimport market since the date of our last report. Piece goods have been sold on a large scale, but the de mand has been freely met by the holders. Metals have been sold to a limited extent at about former rates. Twist has slightly declin e d i n p r i ce , as will be seen o n . reference to our list of scales. In the money market we have no alteration to report. Government Securities remain the same, with the ex ception of the new Five per Cent. Company's Loan, which has advanced to par. In Bank Shares there has been little doing. Bombay Bank Shares are now quoted at 33i per c ent . premium, Oriental Bank 12 per cent. discount, Commercial cent. ialßparnek. 16 per cent. discount, and Agra Bank 14 per mium. The shares of the Oriental Bank have changed hands during the month at 15 per cent. discount, and they have again advanced to the above figure, and there are few sellers in the market. Exchange on London may now be quoted 1-9 i to id. bills drawn by the local banks. There are no other bank bills offering. Local drawn merchants' bills are offered at 1-9 to id., and bills with shipping documents at 1-9 t. depar ture o f f r freights lastts no steamer, change has owing occurredto. the discouraging the r ag ng ad vices recently received of the English markets for Indian produce, more especially for our chief staple, cotton. There are two vessels on the berth for Liverpool—one of North American build, for which 4-5 at ss. are barely obtainable, and the second of British build, loading at 6. The latter may be quoted as the rate for London . Several ships have been recently taken up for China at 1Q rupees to 10 per candy for cotton, and mu) , first.. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, _ Will be performed COURT BEAUTIES. Principal characters Messrs. Selby, C. 'Mathews. R. Roxby, F. Matthews, Granby, Par selle, Miss Howard, and Miss Marshall. After which, MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE MB, is which Mr. John Reeves will appear. To conclude with THE CRITIC ; or, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sir Fretfhl Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews ; Tilbarina, Mrs. Yates. , r 0.4 Boxes, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ir • half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington-street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Solo Lessee and Manager. During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel lished In a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan delier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been nude for the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort aid cenTealence of the audience. THIS ETENING, Will be performed the Opera of NORMA. After which, a new Farce, entitled lIIS FIRST PECCADILLO. To conclude with the Ballet LE DIABLE A QUATRE. ROYAL SEA-BATIIING INFIRMARY.. --Last evening the 53d anniversary dinner of the patrons and friends of the above institution, which is situated near Margate, took place at the London Coffee house, Ludgate-hill, when about 70 gentlemen sat down to an entertain pro vided in the best style of that excellent establishment. The Lord Mayor presided, and in the course of the pro ceedings gave all the toasts usual on such occasions, which were duly honoured by the assembled company, and graced by the appropriate musical performance of the Messrs. Sporle, Martin, Bruton, &c. Mr. Browne officiated as toastmaster. Amongst the speakers and advocates of the claim s of the charity, were the chairman, Alderman Gibbs, Dr. Coulson, the Rev. Mr. Dear, the Rev. Mr. Day, Mr. Sergeant Channell, Mr. Pugh (the secretary), Mewtmahrat amongsti aatrt a ynee t: c l ate , h4it cvd neighbourhoodeietd. o nfo T art h t e choen amount ienovgte enani bnt o og f fur toa donations mn3dlli tregTa yeart h a e ne and wasnaddmisubscrip tionstissr sa 211 as ll. e i sn t ;as s e hr gaebeseecxno: announcedeme r fi nmediu o n f nglietft, which ttwooh was be most increasingot h st e n ob e j e e d c e t ai on Its t st h s s e aml e u r e l ta t a e nr r sy - , its sphere of utility, to those e and operation. , his sot, Eituodon, xortiaturi wn be y r e i s an te d rd . ay afternoon, for FOR GRAND TIALLET AND SPECTACLE, Wiles. Plunkett and Sophie Fnnee (both from the Grand Opera do la Nation, Paris), lldlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdlle. Mencelet, Jldile. Galllot, and Mdlle. Arnal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris), Mdlle. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse from the San Carlos. Naples); M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the Theatre de la Nation, Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La Scala, at Milan), M. Paul, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cermack (from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. Mazi lier (his first appearance these eight years). and the most renowned Dancer now on the Continent, M. Durand ; with a mere numerous and effective body of Corps de Ballet, Figarantes, and fromeneases, than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatre. Amongst other novelties of the season, will be produced a new grand Ballet by M. Barren (expressly composed for Mdlle, Plunkett.) The celebrated Opera of " Hayclee" (the last production of Messrs. Scribe and Auber, and adapted to the English stage by Mr. Lavenu), will be Instantly producc.l. A grand Opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre by Mr. W. V. Wallace. " The First Wulpurgis Night" (th. , Poem by Goethe, and the Ma sic by the late Dr. Mendelssohn), will he given iu a dramatic form by all the immense resources of the Theatre. A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the first time by J. P. Planche) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the magnitude et the subject will permit. A new grand Opera, entitled " Kenilworth," by Signor Schira ; and a grand semi-seria Opera, composed expressly by Mr. W. Dalfe. An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle. Maywood. Numerous treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer is daily expected from the celebrated llerr Pischek. Principal Scene-painters—Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. Property Maker—Mr. 'Bemire. I Ballet Masters—MM. Barrez and Ruiner. Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett. Stage Director—Mr. G. Ellis. ENTRANCES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION. Grand Entrance, Bow-street.—Grand Tier Boxes, 31. 3s. ; First Tier Boxes, 21. 2s. and it. I Is. ad. ; Pit Boxes, 21. 2s. ; Stalls, 10s. 6d.; Single Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 7s. Bow-street Entrance.—Pit, Es. Gd. _ . . Piazza ,Entrance.—Public Boxes, ss. ; Gallery Amphitheatre, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. 6d. Half-price to take place, as usual, at Nine.—To the Public Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Gallery, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office Is open from Ten till Five, under the direction of Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old ftrempten. The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations, and the whole re-decorated. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Tragedy called THE PATRICIAN'S DAUGHTER. After which, WHO'S YOUR FRIEND! To conclude with HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, Mr. Hudson. THEATRE ROYAL, ♦DELPIII. rnder the direction o: Madame Celeste During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely redecorated, tke original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys tem of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs guided to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable. THIS EVENING When will be performed the original Drama, called HARVEST HOME. Principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Lambert, Wright, P. Redford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Turner, &c. After which THE DANCE OF THE SHIRT. To conclude with tho Farce of THR DANCING P.ARBER. Lord Miacington, Mr. Boyce ; Lady Flitterly, Miss E. Harding. I L'AjrnilllC LONDON, WEDNESDAY:, NOVEMBER 1, 1848. ----410 IMPORTANT NEWS FROM INDIA. Extraordinary reverses :have been encountered by the British forces encamp ed before Moultan, as will be observed by the accounts contained in our dispatches from Hindostan. 'Preach cry has again embarrassed the tactics of the English Commanders, and has again cast dishonour and infamy .upon the Oriental charac ter. At the very moment when the brigade of General Winsn had commenced operations against the MOOLRAJ, its brilliant .exertions were interrupted by the defection of one of our Eastern auxiliaries— SHEER Suing with the five thousand Seikhs under his command having sudden ly deserted to the DswAst, carrying with him twelve; guns and howitzers, to gether with eighty of the lighter pieces of ordnance called zumboorucks. By this abrupt movement the British forces were suddenly changedfrom a besieging army into an army of observation ; and the assault which would otherwise have. commenced within thirty or forty hours was altogether abandoned. After the with drawal of the troops to a considerable distance from the batteries, it was found to be absolutely necessary to retreat still further, aril that too with all possible expedition. On the 17th September, therefore, the army under General Wiiisu had, fallen back eighteen miles from the capital in the clirection of Bahawulpoor. Such, in a few syllables, is the nature of the disasters which have descended upon the gallant forces col lected by the genius, animated by the enthusiasm and inflamed by the audacity of our young and illus trious countryman Lieutenant EDWARDES. All his achievements have only been inaugurative of our discomfiture. His heroism. has led only to misfor tune. His assiduity has been lavished to no purpose save the enhancement of his own precocious repu tation. Reviewing the whole of the occurrences which have transpired in the Punj:aub since the joint mission of AGNEW and ANDERSON, it is impossible not to regard those occurrences with mingled sentiments of sorrow and indignation, of pride and shame, of exul- , tation and astonishment. Our sorrow is for the use less effusion of heroic blood ; our indignation for the mad incaution of our superior officers, and the melan choly procrastination of our Government; our pride is for the glory of EDWAKDES and his coadjutors ; our shame for the parsimony by which all their splendid deeds of daring have been rendered ineffec tual ; our exultation is at the conduct of our subordi nates; and our astonishment for the shameful inca pacity of their civil and military superiors. In order to arrive at some adequate estimate of the grief which these reverses under the walls of Moultan may be presumed to have engendered, it is only necessary to reflect upon the movements of the be seiging army during the seven days which preceded its discomfiture. It will be discovered upon exami nation that, notwithstanding their ultimate disasters, the troops there assembled under the command of General Wnisst covered themselves with as much glory as his dilatory and deficient ar rangements appear to have covered himself with disgrace. Whether under the direction of Lieutenant EDWAILDES, of Lieutenant LAKE, of Colonel CORTLANDT, or of our faithful and distin guished ally EMAUM•OOD•DEEN, the QUEEN'S soldiers, and their companions, the brave Sepoys, proved them selves worthy of the arms they weilded and of the im mortal colours under which they served. Cavalry, infantry, and artillery alike participated in the dan gers of the undertaking and are alike entitled to share in the honours won at its commencement. Without entering into a detailed recapitulation of the movements of the British forces in the vicinity of Moultan from the Bth to the 14th of September, from the feigned attack of the Doudpootras to the desertion of the 5,000 Seikhs, under the treacherous Raja SHERE SINGH—it will be sufficient to assert upon the authority of those , who witnessed the different engagements, and whoare eminently qualified to pronounce suc h an opinion, that the fire sustained by our troops surpassed in fury the deadly discharges at Moodkee and at Sobraon. Under that blighting whirlwind of cannon-ball and musketry out of the ninety men of her Majesty s 10sh Regiment, who were engaged on the 9th September, no less than forty were disabled. Yet in the very teeth of th ese a pp a lling obstacles th e besieging forces pressed steadily forwards until every defencible point in one of the most important suburbs had been cap tured, and until the battering guns were advancing to within an interval of merely six hundred yards from the fortifi ca ti ons o f Moultan. To accomplish this ex traordinary feat of arms, however, required the daring, of men who were infuriated almost to insanity by the atro c i ous crue lty of their antagonists. In the agony of a struggle which was at one time becoming absolutely desperate, all thoughts of humanity were forgotten. The Europeans were infected by the ferociou s r i gour an d i ne xorable rage of their oppo nents. They fought like men possessed—like desperadoes intoxicated with passion—like veterans thirsting for vengeance. In a narrow square 400 men were encountered by the besiegers—every one of those 400 men was either shot or bayoneted ! In another direction one hundred of the defenders fell like corn in one mass under the blasts of the artillery ! Sixty of the ruffians, who had cut down a young Ensign (Um)), while parleying with them, were destroyed by her Majesty's Tenth—only five out of the entire party effecting their escape ! On the springing of one mine alone, when the dust had been dissipated, and the stench of the gunpowder had abated, the ground was found to be covered with hundreds of the scorched and blackened bodies, heaped together, of the men slain in the explosion. Major. General Wnisn had a horse shot under him ; Colonel PAYTOUN, Quartermaster TAYLOR, Major MOETIZAMBERT, Ensign LLOYD, and Lieutenant CUBITT, are said to he amongst these who have gloriously fallen in the en counter ; whil e many o f our moat distinguished EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1848. officers are described as desperately wounded. It is after the perusal of these murderous conflicts, when the mind is enabled in some measure to appreciate the brilliant successes won by the good swords and muskets of our soldiery, that we can at length com prehend the depth of the calamity which after wards befel the besieging army, when SHERE SINGII deserted to the DEWAN MooLRAJ with 5,000 veteran Seikhs, compelling the British Commander-in- Chief to save his army by a retrograde movement. The Raja SHERE SINGII, however, is far from being the only deserter. The Seikh defection has become general. The rebellion is no longer local or isolated, it is wholesale and systematic. With no dragon's teeth, the Cadmean miracle has been re peated—the soil of the Punjaub has sprouted with armed men. A rising has occurred throughout the whole of the Hazareh districts ; and this rising has been headed by the father of the RAJA, who de serted from our forces at Moultan—Sirdar CIIUTTUR SINGII. Peshawur has witnessed the same outburst. Noorpore, Pathan-Kote, and other localities, have re sounded with the footsteps of the Seikh rebels, throng ing to the standards of the different insurgent chieftains. Proofs exist moreover of the complicity of GHOOLAR SINGII, the famous Maharaja of Cashmere, in this enormous and flagitious conspiracy; beyond which Sir FREDERICK CURRIE was so impressed with the perfidy of the Sirdars at Lahore that he had caused most of them, including RUNJOOR SINGII, to be ar rested, while he watched with an eye of vigilant scru tiny every member of the Durbar. Vast reinforcements were being accumulated on both sides in consequence of this great and daring rebellion. Thou sands were marching from all vrarters to reinforce the army of the DEwAN MOOL.• RAJ, who has by this time rendered the fortifi cations of Moultan all but impregnable. The fort about a mile, and the city about two miles, in cir cumference, being surrounded by a ditch twenty feet wide at the bottom ; and the artificial defences being strengthened by groves of enormous trees, by cum brous brick-kilns, by enclosed gardens, and palli sadoed orchards, as well as by the singular multipli city of the watercourses which intersect the ground in the immediate neighbourhood. Against these numerous and disciplined adversaries the British Government are at last beginning to send for ward a military power of proportionate strength ; not, however, let us observe, until the dangers of their preceding conduct has been fearfully experienced. For it is impos sible to deny that the whole of the Seikh rebel lion is attributable to the miserable delays and the deplorable vacillation which has marked the conduct of the Government since the first mutiny in the Pun jaub. The folly of the paltry mission, and the dig proportioned powers of AGNEW and ANDERSON—the wretched and fatal hesitation of the Resident—the reference of the disagreement to the Councils of Cal cutta—the lamentable dissensions at head-quarters— the prolonged and inconceivable procrastination has imparted confidence to the treacherous Sirdars, has fired the ambition of the Seikhs, has enabled the MOOLRAJ to develope his forces, and to strengthen his fortifications, and has ren dered a conspiracy, which was once insignificant, now gigantic in the extent of its ramifications, and formidable in the energy and desperation of its pro moters. The Punjaub from being at first the an noyance has become at last the difficulty of the Earl of DALHOUSIE'S Administration. One signal, how ever, and EDWARDES will not in vain have demanded aid from the Government. One vigorous movement and Moultan will be in ruins, the Punjaub will be restored to tranquillity, and the Seikh rebels will be exterminated. The " Bears " are still labouring in their vocation without cessation or remission. Although the events of the last week have clipped their wings and reduced their powers, they have still the enormous profits of the last eight m on th s t o f a ll b ac k upon, d ur i ng t h e entire of which period the game was in their own hands, and they carried on their nefarious pro ceedings without failure or reverse of any kind. Their ill-gotten gains may sustain many of them against the " heavy blow and great discouragement" that has at length been inflicted upon them. The game has been too profitable to be easily relinquished, and combined efforts will, undoubtedly, be made to restore the unfounded panic which they had succeeded in exciting. All these efforts must, however, prove unavailing if shareholders are only true to them selves, and refuse to listen to the vague fore bodings that are uttered on every side, the rumours and insinuations that are circulated with the most persevering industry. There is no form that will not be assumed in turn. It may be that of a shareholder, trembling for the savings of his honest industry, and stricken with horror at the pre carious character of the securities on which he has invested it. It may be that of a trustee, on whom the responsibility is cast by the will of a deceased friend, a responsibility which he had moat unwillingly undertaken, and from which he is most anxious to be relieved. It may be some ingenious accountant, who discovers a weak point in "the statement" that has produced such consternation in the Ursine camp, the deficiency being, that the most minute details have not been published—details which it would be lin ' possible to give within the limits of a newspaper paragraph, but which are most unreasonably asked for, although the general results are given as com pletely and accurately as the most anxious inquirer, who was uninfluenced by sinister motives, could desire. In every case the parties confide their doubts and apprehensions to some sympathising journal, into whose columns they find ready admission. Thus it is that the restored confidence is attempted to be set aside, and the late destructive panic, with all its ruinous results, to be re-established. Let shareholders, however, be tranquil—let them be fully assured that these are all "bearish" movements, that their only object is to depreciate the value of railway property. Is it at the very moment that a g eneral reaction is taking place, when shareholders are beginning to breathe freely, and to shake off the paralysis under which they have so long suffered, that a bona fide proprietor would pour forth his terrors to the public, when a moment's consideration m i g ht convince him that his interests must be seriously prejudiced by anything that could by a possibility excite suspicion, or alarm in the public mind? Is it from ,the editor of a public journal that a trustee, however "nervous," would seek advice as to the mode in which he was to direct his course ? Should he not rather consult the highest legal authority as to his future proceedings, and who would direct him in what manner he would steer clear of every personal liability ? Most undoubtedly so. It will require but little reflection to convince any dispassionate man who takes into account the nature of the communications that appeared, and the critical time at which they have been put forward, that they are but weak inventions of the enemy—but part of the general system under which railway pro prietors have suffered so powerfully for some time past. The railway interest will never be suffered to rest in peace and tranquillity till the "bearing" system is wholly abolished. We have already pointed out the manner in which this desideratum may be attained. The stock jobbing Act should be extended to railway stock, and any person contracting to sell shares that are not in his actual possession or power at the time of the bargain should be subjected to stringent penalties. It would not be sufficient to render the bargain absolutely void, ab initio. The salutary pro visions of the statute to which we have alluded are every day violated with impunity. Parliament , should resolve to abate the nuisance—to grapple firmly and resolutely with the monster grievance. If it desires to maintain a legislative consistency, rich rogues should not remain unscathed, while those whose operations are on a more contracted and far less mischievous scale are punished with the utmost rigour of the law. The players at hazard or roulette, at E. 0. or rouge-et-noir, should not be sent to the Houses of Correction, while the gamblers for thou sands, who resort to every cheating and unfair device to swell their unholy profits by the plunder of their neighbours, are tolerated, and sanctioned, and per mitted to follow their infamous avocation with the most perfect impunity. This anomaly in the British law must be removed, and that promptly and ef fectually. If the shareholders go to work zealously and energetically, success must attend their exertions No person could be found with sufficient hardihood to defend the system. All must ack now l e d ge i ts impro priety and impolicy. Its mischievous results are patent to all, and yet it is suffered to gain addi tional strength day by day, until we find our Go- I vernment and Railway stock and other property, to the amount probably in the aggregate of one thousand million of pounds sterling, at the mercy of a clique of speculators, who can, by sinister influences, occasion fluctuations in the value thereof, perhaps to the extent of many millions in a few days, and bring general distress upon all the industrious classes. These things should not be, and if the shareholders are wise and resolute they shall not be much longer. The Legislature when appealed to cannot refuse protection to a great and influential body of British citizens. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The debate on the Budget was adjourned at the conclusion of the sitting of the National Assembly on Monday, and it was supposed it would not be con cluded until this evening. Thursday is the day fixed for the discussion of the report of the Committee of Revision on the Constitution ; the discussion on the report is to come on absolutely on that day, even although the discussion on the Budget should not be concluded on Wednesday evening. The first official act of M. TRouvE CIIAUVEL, the new Minister of Finance, was a graceful one, and is calculated to add greatly to the stability and the popularity of the Ministry, although it is simply an act of justice. It was to reimburse the holders of the Bons du Tresor and the depositors inithe Savings' Bank in full, instead of forcing them to accept a de preciated stock in liquidation of their claims. Prince Louis NAPOLEON is, it would appear, a mere tool in the hands of the reactionaries—the straw thrown up to see whether the wind blows to ! wards a monarchical restoration—the corpus vile, in which the experimeniuis of anti-republicanism is Ito be made. We yesterday stated that the Presse supported his pretensions, and to-day we have to announce that M. GuizoT has declared himself in favour of the candidateship of Prince Louis NAro- LEAN. These things, surely, ought to be sufficient to open the eyes of the French to the character of the pretensions of Prince Louis NAPOLEON. The debate on the Budget was resumed yesterday in the National Assembly, but was not concluded when the post left, although several chapters of the Budget had been voted. A new candidate :has appeared for the Presidency , in the person of General CLIANGARNILE, who is sup ported by the club of the Rue de Poitiers. The Socialists have united with the Red Republicans in support of M. LEDRU ROLLIN, who has commenced an active canvass in the provinces. BOURSE, PARIS, TUESDAY, OCT. 31. THREE O'CLOCK.—Everything was flat at the Bourso to-day, and the decline in the Rentes of the last two days made still further progress The Railway Shares, however, were steady. For the Account, the French Three per Cents. have declined 20c. ; Five per Cents. 10c. ; and the Lean, 10c. For Money, the Three per Cents. have also declined 10c. ; the Five per Cents. and the Loan are the same as yesterday; Bons du Tresor not quoted ; Bank of France Shares without any change ; Belgian Bank Shares not quoted ; ditto Five per Cents. remain as yesterday ; Spanish Funds not quoted ; Roman has declined f per cent. ; Rothschild's Receipts not quoted. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 45 ; ditto (90 days), 25 271. Railway Shares are without any material change. - Versailles (Right Bank) have risen 2f. 50c., and Marseilles, 3f. 75e. ; Strasburgs have declined 2t. 50e. The others are without any change. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, 0,7,.31. MBoulogne and Amiens, 6 1 4—Northern of France, 6- Orleans and Bordeaux, 1 —Rouen and Havre, 7%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 28th ult. announce the return of General NARYAEZ to the city of Alcala. it i; said that PIDAL will quit the Ministry• Should this event take place it will be a proof that the influence of NARVAEZ is greater than even that of CI RISTINA herself, as Paul, has always been her " man of all work." The rising in the Northern Provinces has com menced. All the Spanish refugees have left Bayonne, and Navarre and Arragon are up in arms. The Carlist Chiefs GERONIMO CRUR and MODESTO RE VESTER, at the head of about one hundred men, well armed and equipped, have risen and taken possession of the village of Borja., They call themselves the leaders of the liberated army of Upper and Lower Moncayo. Orders have been given for a similar and simultaneous movement throughout the whole of the Basque provinces. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA, We are still without any direct communication from Vienna of a later date than the 23d. By way of Breslau, however, we have intelligence from Vienna to the 26th, but it is imposKble to place im plicit reliance on accounts from Vienna via Breslau. 'The Breslau Gazette of the 26th says : " A Hungarian ecclesiastic, who quitted Presburg yesterday morning, states as follows : " The Commandants Windis:chgratz, Auersperg, and Jellachich, have alternately bombarded the city with heavy artillery since the afternoon of the 24th. Th e firing was not suspended except during the night of the 24th. Yesterday morning, the 25th, the bombardment continued without intermission throughout the whole •morning, and had not ceased at the moment when the train left Ganserdorf. " ' The population of Vienna are firmly resolved to be buried under the ruins of their city, rather than surren der to Windischgratz. Unhappily the city is only fur nished with provisions for five days. The Hungarians, to the number of nearly 50,000, are at Schewechat, and Kossuth is approaching with the Landsturm. All are burning with the desire to annihilate Jellachich, and to assist the heroic Viennese. To-day the .Elungariaus were to make their attack.' " The Viennese have absolutely no skilful gunners, while the artillery of the Ilungarians is ;not worth much. " The train from Up per Sil es i a has again brought neither passengers nor letters from Vienna. We have, however, been informed by a traveller from Ratisbon that the bombardment of the 24th was provoked by the attempt of four companies of Imperial troops, who de serted on that day to the side of the Viennese, and which Windischgratz wished to avert by opening a brisk can nonade, and the Viennese, not knowing the cause, re plied by an equally brisk fire." The Deutshe Allgenuine Zeitung, under the head Prague, October 25th, gives the following - - - - The Ban of Croatia, JELLACHICII, has addressed the following letter to the Slowanska Lipa Union : " Beloved Companions and dear Brethren, " My proceedings hitherto testify what I am at, and what I desire. Inspired as lam with affection for Scla vonianism, I am also perfectly persuaded that Sclavo nianism is the strongest prop of Austria; and that Aus tria also is an inevitable stipulation for the integrity of Sclavonianism. Therefore it was my duty, as a faithful and sincere Sclavonian, to oppose in Petah the anti- Austrian party, which hostilely rose against Sclavo nianism. " But as I a pp roac h e d Peath—that nest of th e M ag y ar aristocracy —oar common enemies arose, and had they conquered in Vienna my victory in Pesth would have been incomplete, and the mainstay of our enemies would have been Vienna. " Therefore I turned with the whole of my army to Vienna, in order to chastise the enemies of Sclavonianism in Austria's capital. Inexpressibly great was my joy when I saw that my brethren in Bohemia, through con victions which were strengthened by the departure of the delegates, unfurled their victorious banners before Vienna, for the purpose of offering me and my army the right hand of fellowship, and of thus conquering as heroes, or dying with honour. "I was led solely by tho conviction that I was sp.- preaching Vienna against the enemies of Sclavonianism, and I cherish the hope that you not only understand my actions, but will support them. Receive my greeting. " Given at the head- quarters of the Croatic-Sclavonian army at Zuolfaxingen, Oct. 22. " JELLACHICH, Ban." This address was read at a sitting of the Slowanska Lipa, where it was received with loud acclamations of "zivio." PRUSSIA. The following is the first chapter of the Prussian Constitution (settling the style and title of the KING, and the extent of the Prussian territory), as finally agreed to by the National Assembly : " PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION. " We, Frederick William, King kof Prussia, hereby proclaim the following constitution, drawn up in accord with the representatives of the people : CHAP. I. " Art. I. All portions of the monarchy, in their pre sent circumscription, compose the territory of the Prus sian State. The special rights accorded to the inhabi tants of the Grand Duchy of Posen, upon the union of the Grand Duchy of Posen with the Prussian State, shall be secured. Those special rights shall be further de termined by au organic law, to be published simultane ously with the promulgation of the present constitution. " Art. 2. The frontiers of these the national terri tory, comet be changed but by virtue of a law." ITALY. The Concordia of the 27th ult. states that GARAI BALDI had embarked, with 70 adherents, at Gei lora on the 24th, for Sicily, where he had been invited to xepair to assume the command of the Sicilian army. The Lucca Gazette of the 24th states that the Neapolitan Government had adhered in principle to the Italian Federation. The Patria of Florence of the 24th an nounces from Modena that the D UCHESS was deli vered of a princess at 13alzano on the 19th. The family of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY has left Flo rence for Siena, where they intend passing some time. By a decree of the GRAND Doge of the 17tb, the formation of a battalion of foreign troops is de creed. AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. The royal mail-steamer Cambria, Captain Harrison, from Boston and Halifax, arrived here this evening with the usual mails from the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, and 65 passengers ; she met the Niagara, which sailed hence on the 7th inst., between Halifax and Boston. The Cambria ha,s experienced very severe weather, which has rendered her voyage a little longer than usual ; she Boston on the 18th, and Halifax the 20th inst., being thirteen days and a few hours, including her calling and stay at Halifax. The political news is not important ; the state of Florida had returned Whig officers at the election just concluded ; and as there is in that state a United States Senator to be returned, it is very probable that one of the some principles will be returned, makin3., with Pennsylvania and Ohio, a gain of three Whijo to the Senate. ' The returns from these latter states had crept ed much surprise. Pennsylvania was for many years past reckoned a Democrat; and although Ohio was regarded as a Whig state, and has now probably re turned a Governor from the other party, yet the Legis latures of both go with the Whig party. The official returns are not yet made up, but there is no doubt of the fact, though the majority for the Whig Governor in Ohio is very small, not exceeding SOO votes, it is said. On the whole, General Taylor's success appears to be all but certain. There is a little later news from Mexico, but it is unimportant. It was announced by the last steamer that Mr. Thomas D'Arcy Magee, a relative of Mr. John Mitchel, sub-editor of the Dublin Nation news paper, had effected his safe landing in America; and we find in the papers by this arrival a letter from him addressed to a prominent member of the Irish Con federate Society of New York, in which it will be seen that he undertakes to show the reasons of the failure of the late Irish rebellion, which he chiefly ascribes to the want of the sympathy and assistance of the priesthood. The clubs had, he says, done the work in the towns, and had the rural districts, who are almost entirely under the influence of the prieot hood, been swayed by them in favour of insurrection, the work would have been successful; but, driven from the towns by the superior force of the Govern ment, the guerilla warfare, which was all they could attempt in the country, was soon put down. Upon commercial affairs, the New York Courier says : " Business is inactive, and the money market is close, not tight, and speculation is dull. The season has been beautiful, and whatever the earth produced has been gathered and is gathering in fine order and abundantly. But there is little or no chan g e to note in prices or in t he general state and aspect of the market since our last week's paper. The Britannia, after an unusually long passage, is telegraphed as below, while we ar© writing. Her news will probably be up in time to enable us to add a postscript to say what its effect is. This vessel has been eagerly looked for, especially in relation to the money market; and if Mr. Corcoran, who was to take passage in her, should arrive, bringing with him a mil lion or so of dollars in coin, it will immediately operate to the advantage of business generally. Even his return without coin, but having accomplished the object of his mission in placing a considerable amount of U. S. Six Cents. abroad, will conduce to more ease and stability in the money market, which governs all the others. " Owing in part to the non-arrival of th 9 Britannia, the demand for sterling exchange has been moderat , "--- and rates declined. Bills on London at sixty days may be quoted at from 84 to 91, without much doing. Mr. Corcoran's negotiation, of which the effect must be to bring a large additional amount of bills into the market —although doubtless this amount will be spread over as long a time as possible—will necessarily keep exchange down at rates below the specie point, and so effectually release the banks from the apprehension of a foreign drain upon their vaults, in addition to the daily and con stantly mischievous drain of the sub-treasury, " If. S. Stocks and Treasury notes, and indeed all other stocks, have had a downward tendency for some clays past. " With respect to cotton, our report must be as be fore; larger exports, receipts, and remaining stoe*s of cotton at our ports than at this period of any previous season. " The weather, so far as we hear, continues favourable for the opening and picking of the new crop, and there is a general disposition in the south to increase the esti mates of its probable extent. " The receipts of bread-stuffs at tide water are swell ing, and it the season of navigation shall yet last some six weeks, we shall have on hand the means of meeting, during the winter, any probable foreign demand. Ex ports during the past week have been inactive in this produce, as are most others, while our imports continue heavy." The market both for cotton and bread-stuffs be came at once inactive, when the arrival of the Bri tannia became known ; and the time when the mail Was made up for this departure was too short to ascer tain what effect it would have on the market. The following is the report of Monday's market : " Exchange ou England has been dull at 1084 to 109, and continental exchange is without demand. "Cotton—'The sales to-day amount to 500 bales. Prices are steady, but there does not appear to be any disposition to operate until the steamer arrives. " Up. & Fl. Mo., N.O. & Texas Infer:o r none 5 a 54- Ordinary to good ordinary 54 a 5 Si a 51 3 - Middling to good middling 6 a6l 64 a 64 Middling fair to good fair 64 a 64 64 a 7 Fully fair to good fair 64 a 74 74 a7l Fine none none " Flour, &c.—Western Canal Flour is firm, with a fair demand : sales o f common brands are made at 5 dolls. 37ic. to 5 dolls. 50c. ; good brands and pure Genesee, 5 dolls, 50c. to 5 dolls. 62$c. ; common Southern, 5 dolls. 621 c. Wheat is dull; sales of Genesee were made at 1 doll. 26c. 18,000 bushels of mixed corn sold at 66 to 69 cents ; flat yellow at 70 cents. ; round yellow is dull. A cargo of Barley sold (in the slip) at 73 cents. Oats are in fair request at 34 to 35 cents. " Whisky dull at 24 to 24 cents. " Provisions were inactive' to-day, without change in pieces. "Ashes steady. Pots, 6 dolls. 18c. to 6 dolls. 25c. ; Pearls take the same range." COURT OF THE STANNARIES.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided at a Court of Stannaries held this day in the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Somerset-house. His Royal Highness arrived at Paddington by special train via the Great Western Railway, and a special train has been ordered to be in readiness to convey his Royal Highness and suite to Slough this afternoon, en route to Windsor. SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF COLONIZATION. —We are pleased to find from the Leeds M ercury and Intelligeneer, of th e 28th i ns t an t, t h at this va . lu able society, through the instrumentality:of one of i ts most active members of the committee, Mr. Lennox Boyd, is shortly to hold a meeting at Leeds. Mr. Boyd visited that town a few days since, an d was convinced that a deputation would meet with the greatest attention ; and for Monday, the 6th of November, the Hon. F. Scott, Lord Mandeville, M.P., and Mr. Mark Boyd, have accepted an invi tation from the Mayor to attend a public meeting to be held at the Town-hall at seven o'clock. Mr. Logan, lately returned from the colony, is already explaining in Leeds the objects of the society in question, to those gentlemen who feel interested 11 1 this all-absorbi ng su bj ect o f em i grat i on to Australia. PROROGATION Or PARLIAMENT.—At a meeting of the Privy Council, held yesterday, it was ordered that Parliament should be further prorogued from the 2sl of November to the 19th of December. THE SO-CALLED LIVERPOOL LlND.—Under the flattering title of a second Lind, a young vocalist has been noticed in the London and country papers, of which the editors of the Liverpool Mercury take the following notice in their paper of Tuesday last:—"An Editor Misled and Misleading—The Sun of Thursday, u nder the head of An Editor Puzzled,' quotes the following atrocious nonsense, professing to be a notice of the per formance of a Miss Matilda Foote 'lay, as coming from the Liverpool Mercury:—' The general feeling of the audience was one of evident gratification and surprise. For ourselves, all we can say (albeit in no way musieal) is, that we went home and dreamed that wo were on the banks of Allan Water, and have tried, four or five times, to write a particular article, and cannot succeed from certain buzzing sounds still ringing in our ears ; and, in addition to that, there is the remembrance of the sweet, pensive expression of a face so beautiful that wo would give the world to trace its future career.' No such trash ever appeared in our columns. If it did (we put the contingency from an unwillingness to suppose the thing a mere invention), it was without our know ledge, and we shall be very much obliged to our con temporary if ho will just favour us with the date. If he cannot, perhaps he will be so kind as to state that we disclaim the soft impeachment.'—[The above was taken from the Morning Post.—En. Sun.] Lord John Russell, after attending her Majesty's Council, returned to Pembroke L o d ge , iti c hmond Park, -~~ Ito la Mt Pat Pril phr C Car Me 6d slu las