The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-07 00:00:00

MORNING SUN speculations to which the proceeds were de voted. Where then, and who, every body asks, are these accomplices, and why are they still at large ? It seems clear that other proceedings are in progress, or meditated, at the Treasury, and that some explanation on the subject must shortly be made public. In the meantime it is difficult to say how far the claims of innocent holders may be affected by the extraordinary turn which the trial has taken. INDIA, TURKEY, AND EGYPT. By an extraordinary express from Marseilles we have received, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, files of all the newspapers published in the several presidencies of India, together with let ters from our Correspondents in Bombay and Calcutta. The steamer Berenice, which conveyed the mail, left Bombay November 1, and arrived at Suez on the 20th ult. The mail reached Alexan dria early on the morning of the 23d, and was immediately despatched to Marseilles, where it arrived on the Ist inst. The intelligence which we have received by this mail is not of a striking character. There had been no arrival at Bombay from China since that of the Atalanta steamer, with news to the 24th of August, which was taken by the mail of last month. _ _ The chief topic of interest now is the visit of Charawaddie to Rangoon, whither he is accom panied by some hundreds of thousands of soldiers and rabble. The British residents at Moulmein have been highly alarmed at his approach. Va rious opinions have been current as to his inten tions, some being of opinion that he will proceed to attack Moulmein, if the opportunity be fa vourable. Under these circumstances, the Go vernment of India had been most active in send ing troops to defend that important position.. A strong fleet of steamers had been got ready from Calcutta and. Bombay. It is'confidently asserted that Tharawaddie, who is accompanied by his wives and children, does not desire war; never theless, every preparation is made by the British to prevent a surprise. The rumour has been repeated of expected dis turbances in Nepaul, but nothing positive is known on the subject. An officer has been de spatched by the Supreme Government to exa mine and report upon the proceedingS of the Sikh invaders in Thibet. It also asserted that diplomacy is at work, and that a treaty, offensive and defensive, has been entered into by the Sikh Chief, Shere Singh, with the Government oflndia. Shah Soojah is said to have been dangerously ill; his death would contribute to produce a dif ferent feeling in some of the tribes of Affghanis tan, among whom lie is very unpopular. Sir W. H. M'Naghten, the British Envoy at his Court, who was lately named Governor of this Presi dency, would, as it is now stated, not come to Bombay for some months. His experience of the Affghans may render his presence there at this period a matter of high importance. Earl Auckland has, it is said, refused permis sion ,to a Russian Prince and agent, who was anxious to travel in the Punjaub. No intelligence of importance has reached us from Higrat or Persia. In Scinde the freebooters continue their old system. Major 'Outram, the present Political Agent, is about to exhibit his active and energetic movements, which will, it is to be hoped, lead to a good result. Nusseer Khan, whose wanderings caused so much trouble during the last twelve mouths, has at length been placed on the throne of his father in Khelat, and has signed a treaty of alliance and friendship. The lessons of the last year will no doubt prove useful to him during life. The disturbances created by the unruly Arab troops in the service of the Nizam have been put down. A number of the prisoners have been tried and sentenced to transportation, but only one to be hanged. Sickness has prevailed among some of the regi ments quartered at Bombay; of the 17th Regi ment, a portion was sent to sea for a trip in con sequence of the fever prevalent in the unhealthy barracks at Colabah. Among the remarkable matters in which the na tives are concerned may be mentioned the fact, that a young Hindoo widow is about to be married at Calcutta to one of her own caste. The marriage of widows is a new step in Indian civilization. A young Parsee, who some months ago was bap tised under the care of one of the missionaries, notwithstanding the utmost efforts of his wife, tetMIA.O t 9 his embracing Christianity, threatened to have her married to another. The Bombay Bank, which has an excess of capital, is now discussing with the Government of India the right of establishing branch banks wherever it suits the views of the shareholders. INDIA. (From the Overland Bombay Courier, Nov. I, 1841.) We have received no intelligence from China during the last month of later date than that contained in the Overland Courier of the Ist of October. The sailing of the squadron from Hong Kong to the northward has removed the scene of hostilities to a greater distance from Bombay. Our communications with the force will therefore be both less frequent and less rapid than for merly. There is but little probability of any news of im portance connected with the expedition reaching Bombay until nearly the end of November. The topic of greatest interest at the present moment is the prospect of a war with Burmah. The dates of our latest intelligence from that country are Moulmein the 22d, and Rangoon, the 25th of September. The King (Tharawaddie), was, on the latter day, within seventy miles from Rangoon, where it was expected he would arrive in less than a fortnight. Great preparations were b e in g ma d e for his recep tion. Ills Majesty has with him almost the whole of his army, amounting, it is said, to nearly 50,000 fighting men, besides a large number of followers, as also women and children. The number of boats in which they de scended the river from Ava is estimated at from 15,000 to 18,000. The Princes of Prome and Pekhan com mand the advance and rear guards, the former being one day's journey in front, and the latter the same distance behind the Royal camp. The deposed Monarch of Ave, together with every member of the Royal family, whe ther male or female, young or old, is present with the Court. This has been done as a precaution against rebel lion. One old chief of high rank has been left in charge of Ava, but his wife and son remain with the King as hostages for their relative's fidelity. The natives of Rangoon were very quiet, but the European merchants were greatly alarmed, and were seeking an opportunity of proceeding to Moulmein. The intentions of Tharawaddie are doubtful, but it is generally considered that he meditates hostile operations against the British with the view of recovering the Tenasserim provinces, which are at pre sent in a defenceless state. The Governor-General evidently thinks the danger imminent. Immediately the above intelligence reached Calcutta orders were i ssue d f or the despatc of troops to Moulmein. Transports have been taken up and a t,;,,,(1 for the occasion. Her Ma jesty's 50th Regiment, together with a corps of Na tive Infantry and a detachment of European Artil lery, amounting altogether to about 1,000 men, have accordingly proceeded to the scene of action. A portion of them were conveyed by h er majesty ' s ship Calliope, which was refitted: for the purpose with all possible celerity. Various small detachments have also been sent to reinforce the outposts on the Arracan frontier. The Forbes steamer has been sent from Cal cutta to Singapore to intercept two ir on steamers, the Ariadne and Medusa, which were on their p assage from Bombay to join the squadron in China, and direct them to proceed without delay to Rangoon. The Honourable Company's Bengal steamer, Enterprise, which arrived at Bombay during the last month with a freight of treasure, has been commissioned at this port by an officer of the Indian navy, and has proceeded to the . Irrawaddy. T wo Government schooners have also been fitted at Calcutta as gunboats, and are destined for service in the same river. Orders have likewise been given for all officers belonging to the regiments of the Madras Presidency stationed at Moulmein, who hold staff appointments, to join their respective corps without delay. In Seinde and Affghanistan all has been comparatively quiet. The Zemindawer force has been broken up. A portion of it, consisting of two squadrons of Schah Soojah's cavalry, together with a detachment of horse artillery, had succeeded in dragging two 18-pounders and four six-pounders through the pass of Toombruck, after crossing the river Helmund, and had joined a large force under Major-General Nott, which had been despatched from Candahar for the purpose of enforcing the submis sion of the chiefs of the territories adjacent to the vallies of Durawut and Turreen. The late defeat of the rebels at Secunderabad, notified in our last number, coupled with the apparent facility with which the guns were conveyed across, the mountains, appears to have produced a great moral effect amongst the bill chieftain s , ma y o f whom were hourly tendering their submission. llcr Ma .inatv's 40th Regiment, together with the 21it Native Infantry, have been ordered to proceed to Candahar, where they are likely to remain for one if not two years. Altogether, there appears reason to suppose that Af ghanistan will soon he tranquillized, and that the refrac tory chieftains, being convinced of the futility of oppo sition, will cheerfully submit to the influence of their legitimate Monarch. The latest dates from Sydney are to the 16th August, and from Hobart Town to the 16th July. From Calcutta we have received intelligence per or dinary davvls to the 20th, and per express to the 21st ult. Th e only important items of con nected with th at Presidency local intelligence are relative to the despatch 1 of re-inforcements to Moulmein, which we have before I noticed. The latest date from Ceylon is the 22d ult. BOMBAY. India has been remarkably dull•during the last month, and there are few events to apprise, you of. The most prominent of all perhaps is a slight insurrection to the south-weJt of IfyderabtA ,(WAs Highness the ;Nli,zam's dominions), caused by discontented persons, and fomented secretly by some of the Mahratta Jagheerdars. For some time past the whole of the southern frontier of the Nizam's dominions, and the Company's bordering on it, has been in a disturbed and unsettled state •, and the affair at Budamee, in the Company's country, failed to check the disposition to rebellion which was openly mani fested by some of the frontier Jagheerdars. Informa tion was given in the early part of this month to General Frazer, the Resident at Hyderabad, that a body of 4,000 Arabs, and other soldiery, had col lected to the south of Hyderabad for the purpose of plunder, and a brigade of regular infantry, with guns and a regiment of cavalry, was despatched in search of the insurgents. Either the alarm was false, however, or they had dispersed before the brigade could reach them, for no enemy could be found. A brigade of cavalry, which was sent in another more westerly direction, found a body of insur gents strongly posted in a small fort ; they consisted of Arabs and men of the country, and had been assembled by a discontented Jagheerdar. The fort was summoned but without effect ; and the officer commanding the ca valry being unable to make any impression upon it with cavalry alone, sent to the station of Sholapoor for in fantry and guns. These arrived in a few days, and the fort was shelled—badly, however, the fuses of the shells having been injured ; it is believed a sortie was made by the garrison upon the guns, but repulsed by the artil lerymen (Europeans) and native infantry, and a charge was made on the retreating enemy by the cavalry. After this the garrison was admitted to terms, and as a foolish custom has hitherto been observed in many instances of allowing Arabs to retain their arms on surrender, with out making any distinction as to whether they were re bels or honourable enemies, so on this occasion they were permitted to march out with their arms, pending a reference to the Nizam's Government. This convention was disapproved of, and the men were disarmed ; not, how ever, before an atrocious attempt had been made to assassi nate Colonel Blair, who commanded the force, which happily failed of success, owing to his personal presence of mind and courage. The Arabs were sent to Hyderabad, under an escort of cavalry, and will be tried for their lives as rebels, plunderers, and murderers. This is a bold measure, and will test the stability of the Nizam's Government, and the fidelity or otherwise of the mercenary Arab soldiery of the capital. In the event of any capital punishment being decreed and carried into execution, a rise of these men is, perhaps, to be apprehended, or the rescue of their countrymen attempted. Should either of these take place, there is no doubt that the subsidiary force will be employed to suppress this insurrection. I trust, how ever, that there will be no rise. Nothing can come of it to the Arabs but expulsion from India, and I can hardly think that they would risk that for a few rebellious coun trymen. Nevertheless, I should be glad to see them dis missed fairly, and I think that the Supreme Govern ment should insist upon the measure, for the Arabs, notoriously ill-affected towards the English, are a powerful body, have a strong position, and are only of use to their own Government, the Nizam's, as a means of oppression, not unsparingly used, in the collection of the Government revenues. The expense is a serious consideration, and as the Supreme Government has interfered on several occasions to check or diminish the expenditure of the State, so this is a fair opportunity for an exercise of the same consideration, and a saving of an outlay of upwards of 21 lacs a year at least, for a very questionable and useless purpose to a Government which, though not much in debt, is always in difficulties. While I am on the subject of this State I will mention to you that the Company's Government has demanded, and the resident at the Nizam's Court di rected the Nizam's Government to pay, the expenses of the troops which marched upon and captured Budamee, on the ground that the insurgents were Arabs from the Nizam's country. The demand amounts to a lac of ru pees, or but little more or less. There is no doubt that the money will be paid, because the Nizam and his Minister would pay any demand rather than risk a rupture with the Company's Government with such a force as there is stationed at the gates of the capi tal, ready to be employed against it on any fair pre text ; but the grounds on which the demand is made seem to me, and to every one who knows the circum stances, extremely unfair and inadmissible, except by a weaker to a stronger power. The Arabs w*, it is true, inhabitants of the Nizam's territories ; they were unemployed soldiers, ready to take service with any one; they were not subjects of the Nizam. They were en listed by a Brahmin, who had, or pretended to have, Powers to collect troops from some disaffected Jagheerdar subjects of the Company, and having assembled on the frontier they attacked and took Budamee, a hill fort, which they plundered. The Nizam's civil authorities on the frontier gave early intimation of this insur rection to the Company's authorities. The Minister, Chundoo Lall, was the first to report it to the Resi dent, General Fraser, and means both in money and the troops of the Government, Arabs and Puthans, were placed at the Resident's disposal ; and the latter co-operated with the regular troops, and prevented the insurgents from entering the frontier, guarding at the same time several strong places, into which had the insurgents thrown themselves they could only have been dislodged at great expense and trouble. This is the true state of the case, and I confess I see no reason whatever for the demand. I write this to you, because it is fit that the Home Government should know that the acts of its Government here cannot escape public observation and comment, a consideration which has produced, and public voice of England is beginning to be sensibly heard and felt on many very important questions. The King of Burmah, Tharawaddie, has arrived at Rangoon with his wives and family, and an army of 70,000 men, with many war-boats. The army is said to be the best ever equipped in Burmah, and the object of his expedition only remains to be dis closed. At Moulmein it is the decided opinion that his intentions are hostile, and will ere long he dis played. Yet one can hardly imagine, knowing the difficulty we had in reaching his capital in the first war, that he should voluntarily place himself, as it were, in our power at . Rangoon, where he could not fail of being cut off at the outset of a war from his places of security up the country, and whence retreat would be impossible. Again, if his purpose is hostile, he has abandoned an advantage he might have gained by pouring some of his troops into his old territory of Arracan, which at pre sent is but ill defended. His movement may be one of eccentricity, and a desire to form a new capital near the sea, and this is the only probable conjecture one can arrive at. On the other hand it is well known that the Em peror of China has written to him to "combat the white dragon"—that he believes U 5 to be powerless from our wars in China and in Affghanistan, and just now un able to employ any force of consequence against him either by sea or land ; that we have suffered reverses in China, and that all our energies are directed to that quarter. His people are eager for war, and confident in the strength of the army. Stockades have been erected, and the defences of Rangoon im proved; and on these grounds, and the tone of the people on the spot, it is thought beyond a doubt at Moulmein that a war is inevitable. The Supreme Government have taken further precautions. The troops at Barrackpore have been warned for service. A regiment of her Ma jesty's service has gone to Moulmein, and a ship of war also. These are necessary, as well as spirited precau tions, to show Tharawaddie that his movements are narrowly watched, and events provided against, and•to revive in his mind a proper dread of that power by which he was so humbled in 1824-25, and it is to be hoped cordially a salutary one. A war with Burmah would likely enough, in the present position of the monarch and his army, be short and decisive; but it would be very ex pensive ; it would tax the resources of the Government of India in men and money to the utmost ; and would, which is the most to be deplored, put a stop to all local improvements, by absorbing the revenues on which they depend. But if it comes it will be met in no niggardly spirit ; and there would be another large slice of the Burmese kingdom attached to British India. To come again home, if you are not tired of my lan guage, I would wish to interest you in the education of the people of India ; and there is much discussion of a healthy and vigorous tone at present going on in the Cal cutta papers, for thence alone do any remarks on the subject appear, Bombay and Madras being alike dark on the question,. _ 'rite discussion commenced in the pub lication of a minute on education made by Lord Auck land, wherein he recommends that certain sums of money which had been appropriated to the support of English classes in several of the Oriental seminaries and col leges by Lord William Bentinck, should be restored to their ori g inal purposes, he (Lord Auckland) wi s h es that funds previously appropriated to the cultivation of Oriental learning had been spared, and other means placed at the disposal of the promoters of English education ; and further is of opinion that, had other means been placed at the disposal of the pro moters of English education, they might have pursued their object aided by the good wishes of all. This is very true, but where are the funds to come from ? The home Government allows only about 24,0001. per annum out of the 13,000 sterlino , of Bengal to be appro priated for education. The following are the items : BDParliamentarylnterest Escheat gg v le G e e r a. College m n t s e Government Notes Rupees. 8,888 s 3,030 2,666 d 2,065 250 1,701 Agra College Endowment of Villaces ...... 1,175 lnterest of GovernM ent Notes 622 S 1,797 per memsem, equal to about 24,0001. pee 20,387 a Of this no portion could well be abstrac n t rl e u d m i rom the Colleges and Institutions it maintained, but Lord William Iw2:n 1- 13 e ntinek had established English classes in leges, and their growing popularity threaten e d t the sse col leges, of Oriental learning, few students f(h) studies in Arabic and Sanscrit , which led to no perso n benefit to them. The Orientalists among the old Civi lians, still a strong body , urged on by the Moulvees and Pundits, have made a strong stand in defence of their favourite literature, and consider the English e d ucators in their Colleges to be interlopers with no good intent, and they grudged the money which we n t to the support of the English. Lord Auckland seems to have given into them at once : the necessities of the English classes were great, and required further assistance. i Ire has not only refused all further assistance n colleges, but has taken away that which bad been given by his predecessor. CHINA. (From the Bombay Times of Nov. 1.) We stated in our last that we expected no additional news from China for the present despatch of later dates than those formerly given on the Ist of October, and we find ourselves in the catalogue of beatitude with those who expect nothi ng — we haire not been disappointed. We observe that a statement made by us in our issue of the 19th July—" That Sir W. Parker manifestly consi dered the expedition not likely to close for a year or two to come"—has occasioned some discussion amongst the papers last received from England. Of course what we then said was mere inference ; we know nothing of how long hostile operations in the China seas may require to endure. Those who imagine that Sir Henry Pottinger would in a few weeks reduce matters to order must keep in view that - Sir Henry himself must have entertained very different expectations when he summoned first forces from England, and then war steamers from India. Both of them have, it is true, been long since despatched ; but from the time of their leaving they could by no pos sibility reach their destination so as to make their ser vices available on the China coast before the months of March or April. This date extends far beyond those which the more, sanguine have assigned to the whole ope rations of the expedition, a date at which we expect ac tive operations on a large scale will only just have begun. Our news by the Atalanta extends to the 24th of August. It is now the season in which rapid voyages are effected by sailing vessels, so that before our next monthly issue we may expect intelligence to the month of October at least, though we confess we do not look for much news of interest for some months to come. The following extracts from a Hong Kong letter, will be found peculiarly interesting. The information con tained is at once graphic and new:— " What I can tell you of Hong Kong amounts to very little—l merely give you my first impressions, formed from what I have seen in one evening and one morning's visit to a much-abused island. That the harbour formed by Hong Kong with some of the adjoining islands (and part of which I believe is the main land) is most splen did, besides being a good and safe anchorage, and in every way adapted for the purposes of trade, none can otherwise than admit ; on the other hand, it must be allowed that, from some cause or other, it has proved fatal to many of our men, and that to such an extent as, from the first view of the circumstances, to appear not altogether undeserving of the character it bears—of being a most unhealthy station. In coming to this con clusion, however, Ido net think that all those peculiar circumstances, totally unconnected with locality, but which inevitably attend the occupation of a new station, and more especially in the present instance, are suffici ently taken into consideration. I allude to that neces sary exposure to the sun during the day, crowded tints, and to the heavy dews at night, very frequently with nothing but the cold earth, or at best wet grass, for a bed, instead of the comforts to which both European and native soldiers are accustomed. Besides this state of fatigue and e xposure, nothing has been said of the qua lities of that most infernal nectar of the imperial gods, " sam-shu," which is of course taken, being always easily obtained from the want of police, or ineffectual state of the guard over such commodities; nor has that state of re-action into which men necessarily fall after such ex citement and exertion as must have been suffered at the taking of Canton been taken into consideration. Some such suggestions cannot otherwise than present them selves when you see a spot denounced as the valley of death,' but which, judging merely from appearances for health, would certainly be considered a good locality, more especially when supported in your opinion by the fact that, since we have known, the inhabitants have enjoyed good health, and generally attained a more than moderate old age. Barracks are now nearly completed for the men who are to keep guard on shore ; they are built of wood and mats—of course only temporary, but at present quite sufficient for the purpose. They are situated on the side of a high hill, which rises abruptly from the sea just above the part of the island we have selected for our position, and where the Chinamen have already built what may be considered, in point of size, a very respectable village. Mats are, however, the only walls and roofs at present used, except in two instances —one a house for magistracy, another most useless building, I fear, the congee house. Both these are in a great state of forwardness. Another, by-the-bye, in the harbour, which I have most unpardonably forgotten to mention, belonging to the house of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Company. This substantial building really appears to have risen by magic. We have not oc cupied the place four months before a most excellent godown of 100 feet long, proportionably deep, and two stories high, is nearly roofed in and completed—and that of the finest granite. In front is a jetty running out 100 yards into the sea, and about 10 yards wide, making a most excellent landing place for boats with merchan. dise. So much for the place ; now a word or two on the people. Upon my honour since I have been here (in China I mean) I have done nothing but open my eyes and stare—l am astonished at the people. As I have said before, we have not occupied Kong Kong four months ; at the time of taking the island I believe the whole population did not yet amount to 4,000 ; now the floating population in the harbour is estimated at be tween 5,000 and 6,000, the bazaar about 3,000 or 4,000. At one time there were 1,500 Coolies employed here by Government, all obtained at a few days' warning—to give you an idea of the resources on that head. Most true the Chinamen will do anything for money ; then their capabilities—most excellent masons, stone-cutters, brick-makers, carpenters—in fact I defy you to say what they cannot do ; they certainly are the most intelligent hard-working race I have ever seen—l am quite in love with them ! Now I cannot say more about Hong Kong, as we are just about to start. The people at Amoy are very cockey, sending down all sorts of impertinent mes sages by word of ships, Ex. ; indeed they have a strong force there, and I dare say there will be .many broken .A.I V A% Ail A & • • (From the Bombay Times, Nov. 1.) We mentioned in our last that the movement of the King of Burmah towards Rangoon, attended by an armed force of between 100,000 and 200,000 men, had alarmed the Bengal Government for the safety of Moulmein, and that her Majesty's ship Childers and the steamer Ganges had been sent down to watch his motions. These, it would seem, appeared so unsatisfactory and unpacific, that the Ganges steamer was, on the 30th of September, despatched from Moulmein to Calcutta, which she reached on the sth of October. Immediately on her arrival arrangements were made to strengthen our force in Burmah. The Indus steamer, her Majesty's ship Calliope, the transports Roberts and Thetis, on board of which her Majesty's 50th Regiment has been de spatched, were immediately taken up by Govern ment. The 47th Native Infantry follow with Artil lery, Sappers and Miners, as speedily as possible. The Forbes steamer meanwhile was sent off to Singapore to see if it was possible to overtake the iron steamers Medusa and Ariadne, whieh left Bombay on the 29th of September to join the China fleet. These vessels had little hope of being able to - get beyond Singapore for the season, so that their recal to serve for a month or two in the Irrawaddy will probably in no shape disconcert the arrangements of Sir W. Parker in contemplation of their arrival. The Ganges and Forbes will, we presume, re turn to Moulmein without delay. The steamer Enter prise, then at Bombay, having been sent round with treasure, was immediately put into commission. She sailed from this for Burmah direct on the 28th ultimo. A steam frigate is expected also to be ordered round from Bombay. We shall thus have in the Irrawaddy, besides her Majesty's ships Calliope and Childers, and the Orissa and Eagle fitted as gunboats, eight powerful steamers; the most formidable steam flotilla which ever was convened in the Eastern seas. The purposes of the Government have not as yet transpired, and it is likely, indeed, that these will be guided entirely by circumstances. Nothing could be more expedient or desirable than the promptitude and vigour which have just been displayed. From the mag nitude of the river portion of the armament, we should suppose that something very decided, should occasion permit, was proposed to be done. A better time for reading King Tharawaddie a lesson, not to be forgotten, could not have occurred. We shall be able to show him that, notwithstanding the extent of our engage ments in Affghanistan and China, the castigation of such small deer as he is merely a morning's exercise to the Government of India, with steamers to help them. Our forces in the Burmese provinces before the present movement began, amounted to about 2,500 men, with 20 pieces of artillery ; and the present reinforcement when completed will nearly double this. For the present ex pedition to Burmah—for this second Burmese war as it may turn out—we are indebted to Captain C. Elliot and his employers. The belief everywhere prevalent in the Eastern seas that we had been foiled in China, led, and very naturally led, the Golden-footed Monarch to seize the opportunity he considered most suitable for attack. (From the Indian Papers.) ButtmAu.--The proceedings of Tharawaddie appear to have called forth the deepest attention of the Supreme Government. Our readers will have gleaned from our summary of Bengal intelligence that nume rous reinforcements have been ordered to Moul mein. By the arrival of the steamer Ganges at Cal cutta our intelligence from the former place has been brought down to the 29th, and from Rangoon to the 25th of Sept. Tharawaddie was then at Sarawah, about 20 miles above Rangoon, where it was expected his Ma jesty would arrive in about ten days. The whole of the Royal Family, men, women, and children, have accom panied the King, who has with him nearly all his army The number of boats in which they have been conveyed. down the river is estimated at from 15,000 to 18,000. Tharawaddie appears to have taken every precaution against any attempt at insurrection during his absence from the capital. There is only one man of high rank left at Ava, and to insure his fidelity his principal wife and son have been taken as hostages, and travel with the Court. The general impression on the part of the mili tary authorities at Moulmein is, that a skirmish with the Burmese will shortly take place. That Tharawaddie meditated hostile movements against the British at the time he left Ava is evident ; but it is doubtful whether he will dare to carry them out. Some accounts state that after his Majesty has approached tolerably near Rangoon, he was informed of the Chinese having been defeated and compelled to ransom the city of 'Can ton. This intelligence is said to have considerably weak ened the warlike propensities of the Golden-footed Monarch. The power of the Chinese has ever been con sidered by the Burmese as greater than that of all the other nations of the world. The news of the defeat of the Tartar troops cannot have failed to produce a great mural effect in Burtnah. It is therefore highly pro bable that Tharawaddie will refrain from offensive mea sures. Private letters have been received from Calcutta, stating that the Bengal Government had despatched the steamer Forbes to Singapore, with orders for the Ata lanta, Medusa, and Ariadne to proceed immediately to Rangoon. Thu arrival of the Atalanta at Bombay was, of course, not known at Calcutta when the Forbes took her departure. Thi s portion of the Supreme Govern ment s arrangements will ther e f ore b e f rus t ra ted. The twoiron steamers will, however, find the order for pro ceeding to Rangoon awaiting Bombay Times. their arrival at Singapore.— AFFGHANISTAN. Affairs appear to be tolerably quiet in Affghanistan, and, with the exception of a talked-of expedition against the Kohistanees, are likely to continue so. What effect THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1841. the change of Sir William blacnaghten for Sir Alexan der Burnes will have on our proceedings in that country, we are not yet prepared to say, but as a military man, and having a more practical acquaintance with the pecu liar character of the Affghans, Sir Alexander is likely to infuse a more vigorous spirit into the Executive, and control by the strong hand the insurgencies and emeutes that marked his predecessor's embassy. The attempts so repeatedly made by the people of the country to waylay and murder officers have not ceased. A recent, but happily an unsuccessful one, was made upon Lientenant Waller, who wasattacked by three men, one of whom fired a pistol at him, which, however, missed. This occurrence took place near Brigadier Shelton's camp. Nothing but a system of reprisals will ever effec tually put a stop to these attacks, and a bunch or two of the assassins dangling from a gallows would wonderfully impress others with the heinous nature of such pursuits. The latest intelligence from Affghanistan mention that Shah Soojah had resolved to winter at Cabul, which will render it unnecessary for an European regiment to escort Lord Auckland's King and his harem, the only efficient establishment in his kingdom, to Jullalabad. Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry were to have left on the 4th inst. The extensive mortality which prevails among the Company's camels has led to the assemblage of a Com mittee, which is now sitting, to investigate into the cause. It is supposed the animals are poisoned by digitalis, or foxglove, which abounds in the Cabul valley, and which the natives, such is their friendly feeling towards their English benefactors, mix up with the forage of the ani mals.—Agra Ukhbar. CABUL. The following items are from a Cabul letter, dated September 24, and are the latest we have 44 The 13th Light Infantry marched for Jullalabad on the 14th October. General Elphinstone, who is still very unwell (having been sick ever since he arrived), leaves about the Ist October ; he drops down the Indus to Bombay, whence he takes steam for England. An expedition, consisting of 200 men of her Majesty's 44th, the sth Regiment Native Infantry, one regiment of Shah's Infantry, one detachment of Sappers and Miners under Lieutenant Sturt, two iron and fonr brass 9-pounders, and two 8-inch mortar 3, under Captain Abbott, and the mountain-train under Captain Back house ; moved forward under command of Colonel Oliver, Native Infantry, towards the Zoormut valley, to the S.E. of Cabul, on the 27th t v t, to level a village and strong holds in which a notable villain, who, for months past, has been haunting the roads and passes, robbing and mur dering all that came in his way, had taken refuge. The cief who sheltered him had already been urged by Captain hay, 35th Native Infantry, who was in the neighbourhood, collecting revenue, to give up his friend, but he merely replied by a volley of abuse and shot, killing two and wounding three of Hay's men ; the Captain then tried the effect of two 6-pounders he had with him, but they were useless, and- he was obliged to return, and the above-mentioned force, a pretty strong one, has been sent on: The place against which the detachment proceeds is a very strong one, being a large walled village with five forts, all flanking each other within gunshot range. It is, however, supposed that the chieftain's courage will vanish, and that he will take himself to the hills, when he sees our formidable preparations, though the place is to be blown up, we understand, whether he resist or not. The only other scrap of news is the certain expecta tion of Colonel Stoddart's arrival at Cabul in a short time : this circumstance, the authenticity of which we have every reason to believe, must be gratifying . to all who, with reason, have so long deplored the sufferings of the Gallant Officer, and animadverted upon the apparent neglect of Government in allowing him to languish so lon g in prison. Colonel Stoddart's liberation will also add much to our knowledge of the country in which he has so reluctantly resided, and any further information as to its resources must at this time be very valuable.— Delhi Gazette. PERSIA. Accounts from Teheran of the 18th of Octobor an nounce that Sir John McNeill reached that capital on the 11th, but had not yet been received by the Schah, who was laid up with the gout. All the Ministers, however, had waited on our Envoy to congratulate him on his return. ADEN. Our intelligence from Aden has, in the course of the month been both copious and interesting ; a few selec tions from it will be found under its proper head. There has been a fire within the lines, which destroyed a great deal of property, and without the lines there has been one attack, or supposed attack, from the Arabs on the garrison, and one attack from the garrison on the Arabs. We have called the first an attack, or supposed attack, because there really is a doubt whether we fired on enemies desiring to assail us or on fugitives seeking our assistance. The attack from the garrison was genuine enough ; the troops marched forty miles and blew up an old house with nobody in it. It is sin gular management, surely, which can neither conciliate the friendship nor adequately chastise the hostility of the Arabs. But of all places in the Company's dominions the political management of Aden is, perhaps, the mos singular. MADRAS PRICE CURRENT. CoTToN.—The transactions in this article sinoe our last have been to the following extent : Tinnivelly ( ant, 1,4... ids Nellore (inferior) 50 Ditto „ INDlGo.—Continues in fair request,. and extensive pur chases have been made both at the presidency and in the interior for fine Kurpah at 41rs. and 42rs. per maund ; those of an ordinary kind in the market realise 35rs. and 37rs. per maund. PIECE Goons.—ln very limited demand, and prices remain nominally the same as before. GRAIN.—A purchase of 4,500 bags of Mooghy rice for shipment to the eastward is the only transaction re ported since our last. The market for other descrip tions of grain continues dull, and prices are drooping. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. The transactions in these since our last have been as follow : METALS.-10 candies of tile copper, at 272r5. per candy ; 13 bags of old tile copper, at 273r5. per candy ; and 5 bottles of quicksilver at 6rs. per maund. COTTON PIECE GOODS.-4 cases of long cloth, 2 ditto of cambrics, and 2 ditto of checked muslin, at an advance of 10 per cent. on prime cost ; 4 ditto of cambrics (infe rior), at 8 per cent. discount on prime cost ; 1 ditto Turkey red mulls, 55 pieces, at 7i rupees per piece ; 2 ditto of jaconets, 200 pieces, at 3 rupees per piece ; 2 ditto of printed garments, at 2i rupees per piece ; 3 ditto of dhooties, Ir. lOas. per piece ; 1' ditto of checks, at 6 annas per yard ; 1 ditto of stripes, at 5 annas per yard. TWIST.—The stock is large of this article, and sales are effected with difficulty. MONEY MARKET. SOVEREIGNS.—In fair request, and prices range from 10.4 to 10.5 rupees each. BILLS ON ENGLAND.—No change has yet taken place, and current rates may be quoted as before. GOVERNMENT PAPERS. —Also without alteration, and little doing therein. A sale of Tanjore paper has lately been effected at 17 and 17i per cent. discount. FREIGHT.—To London (at per ton of 50 cubic feet), dead weight, 31., scarce ; light goods, 31. 15s. to ; cotton, 31. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the. Overland Price Currant, of Nov. 1.) BOMBAY, Nov. I.—But a limited amount of business in imports has been done since the departure of the last mail, as compared with the transactions of the preced ing month. This is in a great measure owing to the prevalence of the Dussurah, and the approach of the Dewallee holy days, which are just about to commence, and until the termination of which it is not likely that any activity will prevail. In prices there is little alteration to notice. METALS.—SaIes of sheet and sheathing copper have been effected, it will be observed, at rates in advance of those current at the date of our last number ; but for most descriptions of metals the market remains dull, and prices continue as before. I❑ English iron there hare been very few transactions, holders being unwilling to submit to further reduction in price, and dealers refusing to purchase to any extent at the current rates. Stocks aro large, and accumulate daily. Corrox MANUFACTURES.—The demand for these ap pear to have been chiefly confined to grey and bleached goods. WOOLLENS.—The market for woollens is still dull. A sale of 790 yards inferior scarlet cloth, at 1 rupee 7 annas per yard, and 500 yards at I rupee per yard, is all that has come to our knowledge. MARINE STORES.—There has been little done in any of the articles under this head, and prices remain much as before. We have heard of a sale of 100 barrels of pitch at 71 rupees per barrel. BEER.--The prices quoted in our last have been main tained during the month, but sales have been limited. 50 butts of Allsopp's, at 168 rupees per butt ; 25 casks of Allsopp's, at 70 rupees per hogshead ; 112 hogsheads of Tennent's, at 50 rupees per hogshead. SPIRITS.--Little is doing in any variety of these. We have heard of a sale of 40 hogsheads of brandy at Ir. 10as. per gallon, but have no transactions to report in other descriptions. WINE.—Fifteen butts of sherry have been sold at 195 rs. per butt of 130 gallons. EASTERN PRODUCE. OPlUM.—There was a sale of 578 chests of Govern ment opium on the 21st ultimo, which averaged 618, 2,81 rs. per chest. The quality of the article was very inferior, and the comparatively high price obtained for it is attributable to the gambling transactions of the native speculators. Good qualities may now be quoted at 745r5. to 725r5. per chest. 1,280 chests have just been shipped per Sir H. Compton. FREIGHTS have no t var i e d muc h d ur i n g the month, and may b e quoted as under :—To London, 3 1 . los. ; Liverpool, 31. 15 s. ,• China, 16rs. to Macao. There is no ava il a bl e tonnage for the Cl y d e . THE MONEY MARKET. There appears to have been no alteration whatever in the prices of Government paper, and we therefore again quote the rates of last month, viz. :- 5 per Cents. Transfer Loan, 108 rs. to 109 rs. 2d 5 per Cents. Loan, par to per cent. premium. 4 per Cents. Loan, 89rs. EXCHANGE ON LONDON has risen slightly since our last, and the rate of six months' bills may no' be quoted at 4s. old. to sell, and 2s. op. to buy. The average of remittance may be considered about 2s. Oid. ; 30 days' sight bills are at ls. CALCUTTA AND MADRAS.—Exchange has further de clined. The rates are at present 99rs. for bills on Cal cutta at 30 days, and 10Ors. to 100frs. for bills on Madras. CHINA.-210rs. to 212 rs. per 100 dollars appears to be the rate of exchan6e OR China. BANK SnAnEs.--Shares in the Bombay Bank remain at 24 per cent. prem. PRICE OF BllLLlON.—Sovereigns, each lOirs. to lOrs. 15as ; Bank of England notes, lOrs. to 10firs. per £. TURKE Y. Our accounts from Constantinople come down to the 7th ult. The preceding week had been entirely occupied with the religious ceremonies performed at the close of the Ramazan, anti the solemnities of the Bairam. The ceremony of the Kadirghedjessi, which pre cedes the latter by four days, was celebrated with the usual pomp in the Mosque of Topkhane, during the night of the 11th. Pious Mussulmans believe that it is on that holy night the Prophet reveals to the angels, charged with their execution, the decrees of Providence for the ensuing year. The Sultan repaired thither by water, in great state, escorted by the whole Court and a number of the principal functionaries of the various ad ministrations. On his landing he was saluted by rounds of artillery, and fireworks illumined the march of the cortege to the mosque. During the prayers the square of Topkhane, in which an immense crowd had assembled, was also lighted' in the same brilliant manner. On his departure from the mosque the Sultan was conveyed back with the same ceremonial. The weather was extremely favourable, and no accident occurred, although an im mense concourse of people encumbered the square of Topkhane and the adjoining streets. On the 12th the Sultan attended prayer in the Mosque of Yeni-Djami, and on the 14th ult. at two o'clock in the afternoon, and towards sunset, the land batteries and the ships in the arsenal announced the opening on the following day of the feasts of the Bairam, which were celebrated with the usual solemnity. The three days devoted to them were spent in the customary visits of ceremony, and all business was consequently suspended. The affairs of Greece continued to perplex the Divan, and two three-deckers and eight frigates, then ready for sea, were believed to be intended to make a demonstra tion on the coast of that country. The Tahiri Bahri steamer sailed on the 15th for Candia, with 800 men on board. , The Count de Pontois embarked at Constantinople on the lath instant on board of the French steamer Veloce, direct for Toulon, according to the Impartial, whilst L'Echo de L' Orient states he would perform his quaran tine at Malta, but, not having made his appearance, the former is most probably correct. The French Government steamer Acheron, which ar rived at Smyrna on the 18th instant from Beyrout, brought intelligence from thence of the 15th that the situation of affairs in Syria remained the . same, and that the hostilities between the Druses and Maronites still continued, and were in favour of the former. The Porte has sent an officer to Syria for the purpose of endeavouring to put an end to this religious war be tween the two sects. The Daphne and Beacon arrived at Smyrna on the 16th instant, the former from Vourla. The Austrian frigate Venere, bearing the flag of Ad miral Bandeira, sailed on the 16th instant from Smyrna, for Constantinople, where she will undergo repair in the arsenal. r. The Nile, Egyptian steameri-was to leave Constanti nople for Alexandria on the 18th or 19th instant. Very boisterous weather had prevailed in the Bos phorus, no less than five vessels had gone on shore in the Dardanelles, one of them an lonian braceira, Madonna di Agrili (the Captain and crew having been suspected of making away with part of her cargo, had been put into prison), was totally lost at the entrance of the Straits, and but very little expected to be recovered from her. The Austrian vessel Marianizsa, Captain Tuppar, from Malta, laden with stones and other goods, bound to Constantinople, went on shore at Barber's Point, but owing to the skil fulness of the Captain, and throwing all the stones over board, she got off again, and had arrived at Constanti nople. Then followed an English brig (name not stated), but she got off during the night. After this the Helen, of Liverpool, laden with a cargo of bale goods, which hove broadside on the beach, where she remained for 36 hours bumping away,' and the sea washing clear over her; but, notwithstanding, she had not made any water, she would have to discharge her •entire cargo before she could get afloat again. Lastly, the English schooner Admiral Nelson, laden with oil from Leghorn, went on shore in the bay of the Dardanelles, but she got off again by assistance from the Consulate. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 23. Egypt has been unusually dull in politics, and every thing else, for the last six weeks. Surmises have been made by some as to probable changes and new introduc tions in the government of the country ; hopes were en tertained by others that free trade would be shortly in troduced, and consequently a great impulse given to commerce ; but all has been going on in the usual way, the old routine of business has been adhered to, and, if any change should take place, it will probably not be be fore many months have elapsed. The Ramazan is over, and the festival of the Bairam began on the 16th instant. Said Pacha, in the absence of his father, held the usual levee at the citadel of Cairo, and all the officers of the State paid him their respects in, the Nizam dress, and not in the Turkish uniform, as'had been confidently foretold by many. Mehemet Ali is still in the upper country, where he is superintending the gathering and the despatching to Alexandria 'of the crops of the year, and the sowing of seed for the nett sea son. Ibrahim Pacha, is in the Delta for the 'same iu-K1 find Pleha is atCairo, cnioviri, himself a diet! v. Boghos Bey some time ago issued a notice that, for the encouragement of trade, any person might build boats on the Mahmoudieh canal or on the Nile, under the following conditions, viz : 1. Third the captain and crew of the boats should be all Egyptian. _ 2. 'Nat the flag carried by the boats should be that of the country, and that they should pay the established tonnage duty. The Oriental having brought advices from Europe of the advance in prices of grain and pulse, Boghos Bey has suspended all sales of comestibles for the present, and, it is supposed he will not sell his produce until the rise has been confirmed, and that then he will demand higher rates. In the absence of the Paella, his Excellency has it all his own way, and makes and suspends sales at pleasure. SYRIA. FRONTIERS OF SYRIA.-BEYROUT.-CESSA, TION OF HOSTILITIES. lIEcaTE, Nov. 27.—1 hasten to write a few lines, to inform you that we left Beyrout on Saturday evening last, the 20th instant, bearing dispatches from Colonel Rose, &c., the senior naval officer, respecting the Syrian affairs. For the past month, up to the time of our departure, the Druses have been committing dread ful havoc amongst the Christians, slaughtering them in all directions, and burning a great number of their villages to the south of Beyrout. They extended their ravages as far north as Zahlee, and intended making a descent upon that place, but the Turk ish troops had taken up a position in the neighbour hood, and their presence no doubt saved its destruction. At present there is a cessation of hostilities, and, indeed, it is to be hoped that this nefarious warfare is brought to a close, as the Druses were returning to their houses. The town of Beyrout is swarming with mountaineers who have taken refuge, and more especially of the most peaceful portion of the community, consisting of the aged and women and children. We left the Thunderer in St. George's Bay, as also an Austrian corvette and a French corvette. The Scout was on the coast to the south. We have encountered very heavy weather for some days past, wind right a-head, the fuel was all consumed, and we were obliged to have recourse to all the wood that could be rummaged out in the ship. MALTA. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Nov. 28. We have no other movement to notice than the arrival late on Friday evening of the Iberia, contract steamer, with the mails from the lonian Islands and Greece, after an unusually long passage from Corfu of four days and some hours, having encountered tremendously boisterous weather and strong head winds ; indeed she had but a few hours' supply of coals left when she reached our har bour. We are much gratified in being able to announce that her Majesty's brig Weazle, touching whose safety some fears were entertained, as she was supposed to have long since left Corfu for Malta, and indeed had the Iberia not brought intelligence of her being safe at Zante, the Medea was under orders to go in search of tidings of her. It appears she had sprung a leak, and the Medea will leave early this morning for Zante to convey caulk ers to put her to rights. The Medea will perhaps con tinue on the lonian Islands station, the Vernon having sailed from Corfu for Malta 'on the 21st instant, though it was reported at Corfu that the Magicienne would be her relief. Her Majesty's steam-packet Alecto arrived from Gi braltar yesterday morning with the London mails of the 15th inst., announcing the glad tidings of her Majesty's having given birth to a Prince of Wales. The Alecto did not, either on her voyage to or from Gibraltar, fall in with either of the four ships of the line or the Acheron, which have lately left this for the west ward. She left on the 22d instant the Implacable, Has tings, and Lizard lying at Gibraltar. The Oriental arrived from Alexandria at two o'clock this morning, bringing the India mail. That portion of the mail which is intended for the overland route will be despatched to Marseilles at three o'clock to-day by the Polyphemus steamer, which will convey thither Cap tain Williams, of the Stromboli, whose charges against Mr. Erton, midshipman of the Cambridge, arising out of a note written by the latter to the former, having been de clared proved before the Court-Martial held on Thurs day last, on board her Majesty's ship Monarch, and of which Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis sat as Preshlent, the youthful officer was sentenced to be dismissed from her Majesty's.navat services--and to suffer an imprison ment besides of six months; to reckon from Ins arrival in England. The CircaSsian yaoht, Captain W. Lyon, from Malaga to Gibraltar, has arrived bringing Viscount Cas tlereagh. PROMOTION. -Mr. Rushbrooke, Mate .of the Monarch, to the rank of Lieutenant, and'appoin'ted . to the Calcutta. The Hecate arrived yesterday with despatches from Beyrout of the 20th instant, bringing intelligence that the sanguinary warfare between the Druses and Maro nites still continued. Syria generally is hi a very un settled state, and trade at an end. The French steam-packet from Marseilles of the 21st instant, due yesterday, has not yet arrived. The Medea steam-frigate left this morning with the London mails of the 15th instant, brought by the Alecto, for the lonian Islands and Greece. SHIPS IN Powi.—The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, K.C.8.; Ceylon, 6, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.; Impregnable, 104, Monarch, 84, Ganges, 84, Vanguard, 80, Cambridge, 78, Savage, 10 ; steam-frigate Medea ; steam-packets Prometheus and Polyphemus ; steam tender Locust, Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, French steam-packet Minos, and Leonidas. SOUTH AMERICA. FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—The Pigeon packet, Lieutenant T. James commander, direct from Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the 21st of October. Only one passenger (a lady, who died on the voyage). From 15,000/. to 20,0001. in treasure on freight. The intelligence by this arrival is very immaterial. Her Majesty's ship Dublin arrived at Rio on the 13th of October, from England, and sailed again on the Kith, for the Pacific. Admiral King left for the Cape, in the Southampton frigate, on the 17th preceding. The Rio Grande enieute remained in stale quo. The tax for granting means to the Go vernment to meet their financial deficit had not yet passed the Senate, and both Chambers would sit a month longer to bring the important measures of the Session to a termination. Exchange, 324 ; Stock, 74%. Eleven, P.M.—Also arrived, late this evening, the Express packet, Lieut. Herrick, from Mexico. Her dates are, Tampico 7th of October, Vera Cruz 24th fol lowing, and Havannah the 7th ult. On freight about 114,000 dollars only. The news brought by this vessel, although her passage is short, has been in effect nearly all anticipated by th recent steam arrival at Liverpool from Boston and Halifax, and the lateness of the hour prevents our saying more this evening than that Santa Anna was in full possession of power and authority, and Bustameete deposed. Great stagnation of business pre vailed throughout the Republic, and the prospects are gloomy as to a revival, for want of public confidence. The (Great) Liverpool steamer, with the Alexandrian mails, and the Alert packet, with the West Indian mails, have been prevented from proceeding on their respective voyages in consequence of the extreme severity of the weather, and remain. Among arrivals to-day the fol lowing : Dutch galliot Eendragh, Lemmin, from Am sterdam for Genoa, out 37 days, leaky and damaged ; Ironside (iron brig), Brown, from Newcastle for St. Thomas's ; Audax (clipper), White, from London for St. Michael's ; Jordeson, Jordeson, from London for Odessa, out 24 days ; Chase, Powell, from Liverpool for Alexandria ; also Sir Hyde Parker in his yacht from Cowes for Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, DEC. 4.—ln addition to the information conveyed in our communication of • last evening, we are now enabled to furnish you with a list of the Ministry summoned by General Santa Anna, in his capacity as Provisional President, on the abdication of Bustatnente, viz::--Don Manuel Gomez Pedrasa, for Home and Fo reign Affairs ; Don Francisco Garcia, for the Trea sury ; Don Jose M. Pernel, for the War Depart ment ; Don Crispiniano del Castello, for Public Instruc tion and Industry. Although this change was quite new, and the position of the Government thought to be a difficult one, still it was expected some good results would arise from the new order of things, and more especially so to commerce ; indeed hopes of a revival of trade were fully indulged in. The consumo duty, which in the course of the political pro ceeding was reduced to the old scale, would, it was gene rally believed, likely remain so. The weather still continues most tempestuous and un settled. During a gale, however, this morning, the (Great) Liverpool steamer, for Malta and Alexandria, took her de parture; and the Alert packet, for the West Indies, made preparations to follow, but afterwards furled topsails, seeing no probability of doing any good by putting to sea. The ship Orient, of Belfast, Taylor, master, from Madras, with a cargo consisting of cotton, sugar, indigo, tea, &c., and bound to London, ran into port during last night in great distress, with eight to ten feet water in the hold, having been struck by a sea on the 29th ult., in a heavy gale of wind, and which shook the vessel consi derably. Had she remained out twelve hours longer, it is more than probable she would have foundered, as the crew could not gain on the water, and were nearly ex hausted on arrival. Prompt and effectual assistance was • afforded from the shore, and it is intended to land the cargo forthwith. PORTUGAL. FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—The steamer Tagus arrived this afternoon, and after landing the Peninsular mails, pro ceeded in the evening for Southampton. Passengers :—Mr. and Mrs. Rees and family, Captain Shirley, Major and Mrs. Roche and family, Madame Lample, Messrs. Hewitson, Meinetzhazen, Schoenkopff, Robondo, Jones, Vanzeiler, and Waghorn. Also arrived the packet Pigeon, from the Brazils ; nothing new at Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the 21st October. The exchange keeps high, being at 31i. On freight 10,0001., of which about 7,000/. is on account of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Association. LISBON, Nov. 29.—The Government having been au thorised to raise 500 contos in cash towards meeting the deficit, and also to capitalize a portion of the arrears, is en deavouring to carry.the same into effect by a common operation, in which hitherto it has not been very success ful. The holders of the Government paper for arrears of salary due to the persons in its employ, officers of the army, &c., are offered 4 per cent. per annum, and those who hold the paper given for pensions, &c., to persons not in active employ, 3 per cent. The Government is limited as to the amount, and can only at the utmost capitalize 500 contos of the former, and 2,000 of the latter ; the object is to induce the parties capitalizing to advance money to the Government. In consequence; however, of the 10 per cent. tax on the dividends, and the somewhat unsettled state of things, the funds here are lower than they were, which of course acts unfa vourably for Senhor Avila's operation. The Five per Cents, are quoted at 49 to 50, but I hear that sales have been effqcted at lower rates. The Government will have difficulty, therefore, in raising money at 10 per cent., unless a reaction takes place. The numerous rally, necessarily augment the difficulties of the present Government, which, however, I trust and believe, will be eventually overcome, if the peace of the country be only preserved. A numerous and powerful association, of which the Duke of Palmella is the head, .bas been formed for, the purpose of devising ways and means for making roads on a large scale. They calculate that 600 leagues of road will be required, which would cost on the average, 8 contos (2,0001.) a league, and, with the bridges, &c., the whole would not cost less than 6,000 contos, or near a million and a half sterling. The idea, I believe, is to recommend the imposition of an additional property tax, to the amount of from 25 to 50 per cent. on the present decima, which would guarantee the int eres t on sh e mone y expended on this great undertaking ; while the landed proprietors, farmers, &c., upon whom the tax would fall, would, no doubt, be amply reimbursed by the advan tages of being able to send their produce to market, from which they are now quite debarred ; and a great deal would be exported from Portugal which is now nearly va lueless, from the same want of communication. The ad vantages to the country will be immense if the land lords and farmers will only submit to be taxed for it. I forgot to mention that aportaria was issued from the Foreign-office, ordering that Pascoal Plums, the Consul for. Tuscany at the Havannah, shall no longer be allowed to give Portuguese papers to vessels there. He formerly acted as Portuguse Consul, until that office was abolished • since then he has continued to sign papers, and has no toriously encouraged the slave-trade to an enormous extent. An attempt was made on Monday night, by the pri soners in the gaol called the Cova de Moura, to break out of their prison. There are 600 or 700 desperadoes there, all sentenced to transportation, but allowed to re main for years in prison ; they broke open some doors, but were soon put down. Most exaggerated reports were spread about here. There was no one either killed or wounded. Baron Marechal, the Austrian Minister at this Court, is daily expected here. There is a report that the Pope's Nuncio, Monseignor Capuccini, has arrived. The Revenge and Indus, line of battle ships, are on their way from Malta for Lisbon. The Lynx schooner of war has arrived from Plymouth. The Espoir brig of war leaves for England in a day or two ; she has been four years in commission. Brigadier Oribe has escaped from Peniche. He was married to a French woman, and the French Minister is said to have interested himself in getting him off. I be lieve Pezuela is or was at St. Übe's. The Revolucao reports that barracks are being pre pared to receive an English division. In this case at least the proverb does not apply of " the wish being fa ther of the thought." The Margaret steamer, with the London Mail of the 20th, only arrived this morning in consequence of the bad weather. It is blowing a gale to-day from S.S.W. THE IRON DISTRICTS OF SOUTH WALES. MERTHYR TYDVIL, THURSDAY.—On last Monday night an express arrived here, bringing information that all the men engaged at the Rhymney iron-works had struck, and were proceeding in large parties to the several other works for the purpose of compelling them also to stop. Upon the arrival of the express here, Dr. Thomas, an active Magistrate, immediately called out the whole new police force, and pro ceeded with them to Rhymney. Upon his arrival at those works he ascertained that the information brought to Merthyr was painfully correct, and that the conduct of the turnouts, although not riotous, was very menacing, and threatened the worst con sequences. As soon as Dr. Thomas had made the best arrangements for securing the public peace, he forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant of the county a full account of the state of the district in which the works are situated. In the meantime news reached this place that a portion of the workmen of Rhymney were on their march to compel our men to leave work, while another body of them were on their way to Tredegar and Nantyglo, to oblige the workmen of those districts also to stop. It is impossible to describe the alarm, confusion, and terror, which this alarming intelligence created amongst all classes. The authorities were im mediately on the qui vive, and by precautionary mea sures anticipated the worst. The civil forces of Tre degar, Nantyglo, Dowlais, and the other adjoining districts, were all put in a state of readiness, as well as the military of Dowlais, and whatever other military were scattered as outposts through those dis , tricts, so that they could act upon a moment's notice. As yet, however, nothing has occurred beyond the men quitting the works of Rhymney, an example that will, no doubt, be followed by the men of the other iron works, unless some immediate steps be adopted by the masters or Governmentt orel and ev starvingetheworkicnognedliatsiosens. In consequencefromtheir of o ppressed,wretched, the men having simultaneously left the Rhymney works, all the furnaces were immediately extinguished, and a desert silence reigned where, within a ver y brief period, was all bustle, hurry, and hum of busy active life. These works are the property of a joint-stock company, of whom Mr. Alderman Thomp son, M.P., is chief and actieg director—Sunday Times The freedom of the City of London has been voted to the Duke of Cambridge. It is to be presented in a box value 100 guineas. MORNING SUN MONEY and COMMERCIAL NB," r' CITY, MONDAY EYE . A good deal of business was transacted to-a"; in the Public Securities, and in all instanc es the gal, tions were well supported. For delivery to-reerrein Consols realised 89i to 894, and for the openiei.„ January 884 to 884. The news from India of the man King's chequer Bills were 10s. to 12s. premium, and East 1111 , 51. Bonds 2s. premium. Bank Stock improved te i. l l ; .`d Bargains were effected in many Securities which not been dealt in previously for some time, the,,' r Five per Cents. being at 117, the Three-and-a-11%16 Cents, of 1818 at 981, and the Three per Cents. of at 884. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. w l e firm at 984 to 4, and the Three per Cents. a 884 Cent le o f prices. .11S, In the Foreign Market the operations ere ne', e i magnitude, and generally prices underwent nom atcienr, alteration. The Active Spanish Bonds left off, heloy rather better, viz., 231 to 23k. The Coupon s were st at 20. The New Three per Cent. Portuguese 13°-',O, were at 334, and the Three per Cents. 19 1 1 to 20. ; lombian Stock was at 204 to 204, and Mexic T hree p er French Fi per Cents. were 1161, and te Cents. 80f. ve 374 c; Dutch Two-and-;-Half pe h r Cents• re A, lized 524. othe r The Brighton Shares continued heavy, but the at linesman tained their quotations. Great Western b3rnbe 154 ; Birmingham Thirds, 291 ; the New, 2 3 4 L o th York and North Midland, New, 1 5 ; and the to Western, 164 to 174 premium ; Brighton Were 144, and Croydon, 24 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night-) ro alla LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 4 . --The d e on ly for Cotton to-day has been extremely moderate, be sine' s 2,500 bales having been purchased. Tho has been entirely confined to the trade. ems Mark et LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 4.—ln"•—poteril to-day the following quotations are reported : Counties 7i ; Great Western, Half Shares, 57k , and Birmingham, 158 ; Ditto, Quarter Sinifsies' prig Ditto, rte r Ditto, Midland Counties, Qua' Shares, 2 el and North Midland, Half Shares, 30. Th e MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, „„ e 4 cesW i market is firm to-day, and Stock scarce- „J'a r T ive rpee; and Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham , 011 Ydeta0 and Manchester Railway Shares are in gutlt The sales are—Liverpool and Manchester,. H aan $ t 914:; London and ,Brighton, 354 • London anirs; Western, 574 ; Manchester and 'Leeds, Quaa Union Plate W .- Wass, 7. Th e The arrivals this morning are very nunl e °, Are s Mexican packet Express arrived with dates fret Cruz of the 19th Oct. ; she brings $ll7O °ri s tioo °. ots and confirms the accounts of the complete teredef the Mexican revolution, and the establishinee t 0 a fe` f Anna as Dictator, received via the United state days back. ed,„e The Brazil packet, the Pigeon, has also 21:4. - dates to the 21st October, brings from 15,0 i ,j on freight. Exchange was 324, and Stoc k 7 , ". Oe n ), Both the English and Foreign Stock Wak e° coa_ A se' steady at the closing quotations of Satu rday B e artrr, for the Account are 884 ; Three per Cet s. 951: 884 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Redu u r t 'i t i ."; r a chequer Bills, 10 al2 premium. Spanish P•cli'-'ese 234 ;soassive, 514; Deferred, 114 1 • Por i t „. u hq ; A r . per Cents., 33+ 1 4 1 ; tto Three per. Cents-'g' lombian, 201 ; Mexican, 25 11 • Dutc,u n t Half per Cents., 52 a 524 ; ditto per t' i e, r" at''' . - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY.„,c- RAIWLAYS. Paid. Per Srir to London and Brighton 50 to '• London and Birmingham to Ditto * Shares Ditto Thirds Ditto New London and South Western 3Bl ...... ...... to York and North Midland 5O ..... . ..... to Ditto New Shares.... l5 ..... BO '' • ;;11 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBL , »'", 3 per Cent. Consols — Three and Half Stock 97 • Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Deb s. 6 Per • Ditto New 1830......... 98 Ditto 4 per c ent ''' . •." IBGarannkdSctoacriys.Ao be k a ...c1,..0t, c to 34 per Cent. Debs. 404 Royal Can --- ,l c bee f ' There has been but a limited business rots ee , English Securities this morning. Bank St ( f i l ; 1 . ,, h/ 10 done at 1651; Three per Cents. Reduced,' SZ f r 13P c s o o• and-H Cot t:.Rednced 98 1 4 ;Elc' le ". c os 10 12 premium. There have been few transactl° ots• ot o sols for Money and New Three-and-Half P er , 9 91 t bo former have been done at 894, and the lette'doillg Consols for the Account have been do?e ini o morning at 881 ex. div. ; and are now 8 8 tglitao °"- In the Foreign Market there is also hut, as w bo Spanish Active Stock have been markeu..o Boa'6i 234 ; they have, however, improved, 50 4Ar quoted 2344 ; the Passive 514 ; Mexican"- Portuguese Three per Cents. 20 ; Mi tch 99 Half per Cents. 52 ; Ditto Five per Cent s : yet i IV In the Share Market the transactions ar e — ota d London and Brighton are 354 ; Western 56 ; London Birmingham Thirds 2 10C r itr TWO 6 ; 0 Consols, 884 ex. div. Mexican, 254- guese, 335 ; -Spanish, 23% I. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 1654 !India S toc k , .....'• 3 per Cent Red. BB/ Ditto Bonds ..... !i ieg 3 per Cent Cons 894 Ditto Old Aneu' l i c o:o t ipo l 3i per Cent Red 9B* Ditte 'New 1 1 ,fi n ; 1 / 1 .91 (1 0F ° New 3i per Cent 994 Ei. Bills, ...• jer s New 5 per Cent ll7 Ditio " " Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Jan . 1 1 ,4 ? 0 .,t__ _ l2i I Bia ndi k a s Sit o o c c k il k a f f ° o o r il r A " c " c:; • 5 wr cent F . ? I , IE_IGN -1 1 7F 0 : u N g ' : 0 ! . Austrian, Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto..•,"' Brazilian 80nd5.... .. . Buenos Ayres, 6 per cei Russian, 5 per an t i .. Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Nl eta llic .....t.. . jlo Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cel' Ditto, 1824. d ... • .4. .- Ditto Deferre ' 0 .11 0 " Danish, 3 per cent , French, 5 Per .. . 80 1 5 7k0 „gee': 1- Greek,lBls:s per cent. Exchange••• i t. 6- Mexican, 5 per cent. :.. 251 French, 3 , Per coo t ' ''''' 99 g Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, ent• '''' Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 6 801 SHARES. ,‘ . '''' Si Great Western Railway( 65 LAW/ 351 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) '''''''''''''' London and Brighton ( 50 . '''''''''' 221 London and Birmingham (90) '''''''' '''' 54% Ditto Quarter Shares ( b paid) ''''''''' 251 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ....,..."• ... 5 5i Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) -• ''''''''' London and South Western '' 111 London and Croydon Railway (Trudics... ii ) - York and North Midland Railway (u - Ditto New Shares (15 paid .......•••" ------------ 6 , loic LLOYDS' SHIPPiIk ,:s.W S. bilie' LONDON, DEC. 6.—Wind this day ta n oo- cO O STANDGATE CREEK .--Arrived di e % f el Odessa and Constantinople. DEC.* te .hik l . l ; o o o / DEAL, DEC s.—Wind W.N.W., mod, era- tjaPP G Ol lll ' AireY, Nicholson, from Calcutta; Rambl er :hod, '',l Demerara ; Emma, Lilly, Trinidad; Switg, e ' geft Yid; New York ; Oromocto, Crouk, St. John s,,',i Nei.. wick ; Superior, Demerara ; Richmond gill, Op; Boadicea (t), westward. Juliet, Calcutta ; i''.. aa rbsve Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Druid, for P fa uvo t, Arethusa, for St. Vincent ; British Qu i e ld. Coast Castle. Arrd. from the River an?, ' ; ,; c o-1 China ; Mary Thompson, Mauritius ; 0'4 0 ,01 , for Buenos Ayres. Arrd. from the River, J0„,,1t a , , 6 1 n,0) my ; Sophia, for Jamaicai LydfOrd and zi";,4 3 tar OFF SCILLY, DEC. 2.—Baltimore, Bala" - '°' sterdam. SiCr . .1 FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind W.S.Vi r . t° , gales, with violent squalls. 4.—W., strong p,sl' heavy squalls.--Arrd. Pigeon packet, Rio, sa 4 .,, e ' eV, October, with about 15,0001. in gold, 01 1 iii 64 7,,,ev press packet, Mexico, sailed from TamPic ° ' Asn ot•t irl ' ll Cruz, 24th, and Havannah, 7th ult., with'lP', - 01 11 D 2 ' dollars on freight; Ironside, Newcastle for 'i fe . ; I, '' Audax, London for St. Michaels, sails sp lit, `- ;.. 1 0 1 son, ditto, for Odessa, out 24 days, and 11;ii4 0 ;0 4 ‘ lat. 44, lon. 5; Chase, Liverpool for Alex a i A, i sails split, and loss of h er bulwarks. St; V'V e Liverpool, for Alexandria. Put back tae 9.,,, Young, for Jamaica, after being in long it° og is Endraght, from Amsterdam to Genoa, h as tareftoe leaky, with sails split, &c., and, must disc ret yyt f ig being in lat. 45. long. 5. 4th. The Orient, -1 , s" f o Madras to London, has put in here very le'7,tvisgeolg been struck by a sea 29th ult., with nine fet„ o o 9 ,Altit her hold, and must discharge. The Stratu"tilelt; Newport to Leghorn, which put in here 27a1,04,n0g has been surveyed, and must discharge. , ite 4r7; packet, for the West Indies, has been pre"' by the violence of the weather. Jew,,Lf.. 1 TORBAY, DEC. 3.—The Juliana, from fp r ' braltar, has put in here leaky, and with loss ti t b e t Aii schooner Munster Lass, of Cape Town, 4 5 ,,„ e i is , ~ lass during the gale of 2d inst. , and has c ° '" 1 ,10 harbour to refit. ; of 4) 10 ' YARMOUTH, DEc. s.—The schooner El-,, 144 ci f ~,hor ton —crew eedea• - ,1 4 bi of j ne e r an , a n n c d y, M of ar t y l:is o p f o l r v t, h w it a by s _crunredwown las t 00 1 ) sa ved. , i ;41 ves c s L el yp is E 7 N m o in v g . 3in._wsitihd.dFamneangdesthoipbovvvirsiisoo, ,10 1 ! ..i , or ) and John Denniston, Hettrick, Mobile. v ideo' 7 - ti . ' CORK, Nov. 2.—Arrd. Betsey, M onte rienced severe weather. in S ell' l Bl' BRISTOL, Nov. s.—Arrd. Ruby, ArY b— ' ben ce g . land. The Joseph Anderson, which s ailed „ 05 , I p i , ult. for Newport and Messina, has put back 01e 4 ,41 , 00 ,1 CARDIFF, DEC. 4.—The Earl of Durhani'stitr fling, bound to Liverpool, in proceeding to reLdoekt 1 took the ground, and is now leaky, having sici i j iirtt must be brought in to discharge. The e r° , 4 , O' l 7J of Hamburgh, has been put on Pinach Be a ": ~ / 4 r damage, having been on shore. iv Alr 'II PORTSMOUTH, DEC,' s.—Wind .N.W p , .-..- .. „to' , mona, Stu lc Fayal.. i d INell ~ .„„,- __- 'Ar .. t r. J.,, e , LIVERPOOL, DEC, s.—Wind W. 0 .,, • i rs tai.7 v• Queen, Smith, Bombay ; Aderoateck, fra c ' Nei' o ft York ; Sheffield, Allen, ditto ; Susan Preg ts r,,; o iff leans ; Cheiftain. Tabor, St. John's, N• l3 . ; ~...s s tet Sld. Swallow, Strugnell, Azores ; Coloa;.01 , AI Judkins, Halifax and Boston. Off port, A frd St. Domingo. Put back, John Taylor, for ~s n, b° x ik blew very hard last night at W.N.W. The 1 ..;.; ee , tr o f d to is F eh li a n rg t, in i g s . on A s s h m or a e ll g at the mtootaultihyofclitshm:ted,• 1.0%, port in tow of a steamer. Davidso n ' „ K fr : r 7 &l OFF MARGATE, DEC. 5. —Henry don for Bombay, with windlass disabled ; so., by ditto, for westward, with loss of bow . sP rt ' - Cif been in contact with a schooner. c A vr acb Plit'e' ABERDIVEY, shore 4.—The Williatn, 0 - o(t hiay 1 .„ narvon, is on about four miles north _., l ovil BALLI BADOIG.—Arrd. Heroine, from Sl"''' , e r _.—........... •.s it g.,s' •.t Where are you coming to, boy urc hIll r' st, 'orl'oo 0 fr e t, tleman in an angry tone to a dirty little met face to face on the narrow pa vement ou t on Saturday night. " There, Sir, when Yln the laconic reply. The gentleman gave bi • i ,p, Ap Tl l )14 .4 ~-, ~,,