The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-02 00:00:00

were glish Pm xley, last :~.E E:. halg and Wel l g to Oa' ) . 0 is L'. f 110 F,IVENTINti SUN. AND TURKEY. CHINA, INDIA, EGYPT, We have received, by extraordinary express, from Mar seilles, accounts anticipatory of the overland mail from In dia, with the following dates—Calcutta, June 6; Born ,' 3', June 19 ; Alexandria, July 19 ; and Malta, July 22 . There are no later dates from China than we have by received, nor are there any news of importance 10 ,Y this arrival. in the Bremer left Calcutta on the 26th of May, t he Queen steamer, and it is expected that the whole sect will reach Canton by the beginning of July. The whole of the 55th have proceeded to China. The Came jf_lians and the 41st are to follow. The steamers have fitted up with carronades for river service. The E mperor's edi c t s b rea th e vengeance against, and exter mination of, the English, and he swears " both Po w e rs t 1,9 not stand, one or the other must conquer or d ie. " E a" ord ers are, " S e i ze t h e b ar b ar i an s, and make an en , extirmination and end of them." These edicts were Published a t M acao on th e 31st March. The Sesostris, h a) ° , iron steamers, and the Larne, are awaiting at Bom the arrival of Sir H. Pottinger and Sir W. Parker. __ePost Mithomed Khan had reached Calcutta a s a pri aorter of war. • The King of Madagascar, expelled by his subjects, has ri ll veil at C a l cutta to solicit British aid to reinstate him. the the Punjaub affairs wear a worse aspect t han ever ; ~ c ountry continues in a most disordered a nd tumid tarus state, and the Sheiks are said to have p lundered to uu " four or five lacs of British treasure on its p assa g e Cabo o l, an d to h ave d es t ro yed the bridge of boats acrossie the Ind us . A war with the Nepaulese is again j'iced of, in consequence of their having made f resh en -o'44:lents on the British territory. From Scinde there 'ring of importance. ttr accounts from the Mediterranean are eq uall y avoid of political interest. BOMBAY, JUNE 19. Clll NA. The contents of the overland mail will no doubt again e" use much di sa pp o intment. Another month has passed ' il " and we still continue without intelligence from China. all probability nothing of importance has occurred, etie 1 , 1 ,_ afters remain in statu quo at Canton ; but the pre er"sing anxiety with regard to the proceedings at the seat derv.saar does not seem to be much allayed by this consi ee ti °n. It can hardly be doubted that had any event been occurred information of it would have 7„„ Ilmnediately despatched to Calcutta. So I think .Is 7r readers may rest satisfied that the aspect of affairs e avotirabl e , iiik•bramodore Bremer left Calcutta on the 26th May teh ple steamer Queen after a month's stay, during or ch the whole of the preparations fur the despatch ea ,the second expeditionary force were made. Its h l flY departure is chiefly. owing to the indefatiga i iexertions of the Commosty dore. The transports oe " 'g on board her Maje's 55th Regiment are tar their way to China. It was found neces 111,e however, -to disembark a hundred men from the ee'toarn, her accommodations being insufficient, and l se will p r o cee d ( w ith th e officer, Lieutenant Hamil- Zn) along with her Mtijesty's 49th, for the conveyance be Which regiment the John Adams and Mermaid have the Th David Malcolm h been taken up C e tragnsd.port of e seven officers and as 178 men of the eeeeronians. "s T he Lady Willi a m Bentinck, pilot-brig,. mounting 41 live guns, left i n t ow of the Queen, and it is said that rae _Pper schooner, armed with one carronade and four , asnuetoons, and probably the Phlegethon steamer w ' nieh arrived from Ceylon on the 23 d, and is now un eZ°h?g repair) will be added to the force. The boats t ee :s l ng to the steamers, as well as some others, have fitted u p w i t h carrona d es , &c., and a light iron forwarded, drawing about four feet water, has been already boa et while a second is to go. This shows that a aeal of river service is likely to take place. I,ea_atters are al so i n a f o rward state at Madras. Captain eti ja and Lieutenant Ochterlony have been directed to the Ti with detachments of the artillery and sappe rs, and teed fro Company of the Ist Native Infa ntr y is to pro her 3,1, 111 Masulipatam. All these are to be conve y ed b y teeess Eeestfe troop-ship Jupiter, which has received the eo reni ar Y orders. Lieutenant-Colonel Elderton is to lik ot „ a n,d the Madras troops in evra; and it is thought f t . teethwill round and take his departure e come Admi r the last - at Sir W. Parker not having arrived here by sostris Pone t h u ntil, it has of course been necessary to post e departure of our quota of the force. The Se jest " a teamer, one or two iron steamers, and her, Ma the Y's ship Larne, are all held in readiness to leave on tr arrival of the Admiral. It does not seem that any ° °Ps are to proceed from this side of India, and indeed We could not well spare any. With regard to the proceedings of the new expedition I : 4 lits arrival nothing is positively known, and opinions of course materially differ. The Bengal Burkaru says that the first step taken will be the recapture of Chusan. : k a le a convenient depot for the troop s will be required, "us does not appear improbable. Other authorities, on the Contrary, a ssert that all the forces will be concen , j i r ated for an immediate attack on Imperial Pekin. Much, rever, I should think, will depend on the posture of e c 7 a irs when the expedition reaches its destination, and e t t .' the behaviour of the enemy during the intermission h h ) . estilities. That no favourable change in t he Em- F a .cr *s senti men t s t owar ds us had taken place up to the t te te _ of his receipt of intelligence of the capture of the ae Forts, will be perceived by the following procla mation, Which was published at Macao on the 31 st of en ar ch, and will be altogether new to your readers. The t o ns ed Tartar seems resolved to continue his oppositi on t hei 'Last, but perhaps he may find that to " seize the ant e i ; ish b ar b ar i ans an d ma k e an entire extermination of end of th e w h o l e o f them" (!) not a matter s o eas y ne e e omplishment as he anticipates —and we ma y y et w b e r Him cause to " gnash his teeth" with " combined itl-ecati°ns," more terrible than those which have erto fallen from the Celestial tongue. The following ."/ the edict : l i ' At five o'clock on the 28th day of the 2d moon (20th Pr il o r l ? h ' 184 1), the Imperial commands arrived in this 4 '",'",ee, as follows :- 11 0 . ‘ ;"`„ n e English rebelling on a former occasion, and It o v , i - r ,",g, seized upo-1 the for tresses of Shakuh and Taekuh, hae;`ing our high and subordinate officeis and troopers c aused us to gnash our teeth with co mbined impre cations. We therefore specially deputed Yihshan, Lung ek.! and Yangfang to assemble from ever y qu arter the i e e nt troops, and to advance and e xterminate the fc, e t n,— , Y. But now they have attacked an d destro y ed the les r s i e '' s of Foomun (Bocce Tigris) , an d have even reek (ea Y dared t o ap p roac h near to the confines of t he cit y Lai lit°4 ), creating vast confusion. Being destitute of dyr, re as°n, contemptuously regarding. our Celestial to ti,ja. Y' they have carried their unsubunssive rebellions b ot h extreme, and I, the Emperor, now swear, that l eer - cowers shall not stand (one or the other must con ore ti .Z e die), Let Yihshan, Lungwan, and Yangfemg, at reckoned upon for their arrival forthwith put in se der our patriotic troops, and with undivided effort uriEnglish barbarians, and make an entire exter sienatmn and end of the whole of them. Then will sub. the our wrathful indignation. If the whole number of 4,14, be not thus effectually destroyed, how shall I, the aneer°r, be able to answer to the gods of the heaven et, a t he earth, and cherish the hopes of our people ? Pact this." .atr a fon lo have the Imperial commands been received as ow, tp " T he rebelli ou s barbarians having form erl y seized T the f orts of S h a k u h an d Taekuh, wound i ng our ii r si l l and subo r di na t e o ffi c ers and troops, was c ause for feoetnoreinereased attention to rigoro us means of de 28tie• But on th e Bth day of the 2d moon (Feb ruar y 0 841 ), these rebellious barbarians destroy ed our Positionl of Foemun, evincing that all the gre at officers pr epa e r s 'l l d region were entirely in a state of utter un l're; :-euness, and that the military affairs of Ksvantung gea 'ree were in a ruinous and unfit condition. Let the wt ,,e als a the army, therefore, of this region, together the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Assistant eir e r als, Literary-Chancellor, the Judge Intendairt of t (Tabutae), with the Foo, Chow, and Heen Magis trates,°e be all disgraced from their rank, but retaiaed in effort, Respect .9, 1 e make up their delinquencies by efficiency of " etespeet this . Sir Fleming dt- kt ''' -ac ao, March 30th, 1841.", Mrs. Noble, Senhous has contributed 51. towards the ev a l b e l eription raising for the benefit. of poor C hines e shameful treatment, while in the hands of the frnese, will be fresh in the public mind. The following a ' letter written on this subject by Sir Fleming .A : "Mrs. Noble.—Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, off h 3 March 10th, 1841.—Sir, Under feelings of t e - e deepest indignation at the barbarous and savage ilduct of the Chinese in the immediate vicinity of the oo the High Commissioner, Elepoo, at Ningp z'e treatment of a poor unfortunate widoweu ship (Tfl''‘eked female, by confining her in a cage of the cube 3 feet by 3 feet 2 inches, and retainin g her in prison un til the very mo ment almost in which she was about to I) ring into the world an orphan c hild of her depart d hu sband, w drowned in the wreck ; at a time, also, when tr e had been exercising for eight months t he most ex chrne and unparalleled f or b ea r a nce and kindness to the ese ; thereby incurring an expense of probably the at amount of the remuneration we are seeking ; and e it time when we were actually liberati n g the prison :s Without ransom or restriction, giving up their pro fiertY to a large amount, I beg you will set my name ) o w n i .. as a subscriber of 5/. to aid in procuring for Mrs. ale the littl e com forts she must require in her deso hs u and pitiable state, as my mite, if she will eonde a d to accept the same, with whatever more may be added by others. th :` In such case you and Co., will have the goodne ss to p resent Is to Messrs. Lindsay Co who will be pleased to PaY you the said sum on account of my subscription Itt ade for Mrs. Noble.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " H. L. FLEMING SENHOUSE, " Captain of H. M. S. Blenheim." ee t eCanton Register states that it is calculated that e are a b ou t 3,000,000/. sterling of Br i t ish p ro p ert y now afloat in the Chinese waters ; nor does this seem to he too heavy an estimate. It is reported that the govern ment of Bengal have Purchased two clippers, the Sylph and Rob Roy, for the Purpos e o f plying between Calcutta and China. The price of ri 6 ftihpeees. Rob Roy was a Inc. an d of th e Sylph THE PUNJAUB. This country has now attained an almost unparalleled s tate orconfusion and disorder. Notwi thstandin g the ex- Iticus of th e M a h ara j a h an d his Minister to preserve som e LfirF lik e or d er i n t h e army by paying up the arrears due different regiments, and bribing them with presents , it has become completely disorganised. Gangs of marau 71's are engaged in the work of .devastation in every dlrUction, plundering and firing villages, and destroying la crops around them. There have even been disturb - !?_eeis at Ferozepore from the influx of lar g e bodies of 'landed Seikh soldiery. The Governor of Cashmere his been murdered in his own Durbar by a party of soldiers who waited upon him to demand the same scale of pay and allowances as the troops at Lahore, and were incensed at his refusal to comply with their requisition. His son has fled from Cashmere, and Rajah Golah Singh has constituted him self Governor. It is said that when Share Singh was in formed of the above tragic affair he evinced much concern. There are reports that the Royal Treasury has been plundered by the disaffected soldiery of ten lacs of ru pees, which were intended for the payment of the army in Peshawur, and that four or five lads of our treasure have also fallen into the hands of the Seikh's troops. These statements, however, have not yet received con firmation. The bridge across the Indus at Attock has been de stroyed. Captain Broadfoot, who, with a datachment consisting of 400 recruits, 200 Affghan Horse, and 40 or 50 Sepoys of the sth Native Infantry, was proceeding wards Peshawur in charge of a kafila, containing Shah Soojah's wives, has been in considerable danger, a large body of Seikhs, amounting to 6,000 men, having opposed his probes. Indeed, had it not been for the prompti tude displayed by Brigadier Shelton, in taking measures to afford him assistance, an engagement would have been inevitable, and the precious nature of Captain Broad foot's charge of course induced him to avoid, if possible, a recourse to hostilities. It seems that the Seikhs supposed the kafila to con tain some twenty-five lacs of rupees, and the close vici nity of so large an amount of treasure excited their seldom dormant propensity for plunder. Their supe riority in numbers created a corresponding degree of contempt for their enemy, which was soon evinced by a deputation waiting on Captain Broadfoot, demand ing the surrender of the women and treasure, and pro mising to spare the lives of the Europeans if all were delivered up quietly ? This somewhat singular requisi tion was not complied with, and the deputation departed highly enraged, and vowing instant vengeance on those who could neither estimate the strength of their army, - nor appreciate the value of their merciful proposition. Captain Broadfoot now took up . a strong position at a pass between a range of mountains, and threw up a bat tery, composed of above 3,000 camel's saddles. Here he remained three days, without any show of hostility on the part of his enemy. Immediately intelligence of Captain Broadfoot's dan gerous position was received at Jellallabad, orders were given for the whole of Colonel Shelton's brigade to march to his relief. The troops advanced by forced marches, and as soon as their approach became known to the brave Seikhs, the latter broke up their camp and re treated with the greatest expedition, and Captain Broad 'foot was enabled to proceed without molestation. He was expected to reach Peshawur by the 28th May. General Avilable, the Governor of Peshawur, was some short time since stated to be shut up in a fort in that district, surrounded by rebel troops. He must soon, however, have got out of this unpleasant situation, if ever in it, which is somewhat doubtful, inasmuch as letters from Junirood, dated the 18th of May, mention that he had paid the camp a visit there and was well received. General Court is at Lodiauah, where he intends to reside for a short time. SCINDE. The hot weather has effectually put an end to hostile measures for the present, and with the exception of an abortive movement on a place called Noasky, for the purpose of punishing a chief named Fazi Khan, who had successfully attacked one of our allies, we have nothing of moment to record. On this service was employ ed a field detachment, under the command of Colonel Soppitt, consisting of the 4th troop of Horse Ar tillery, a squadron of the . 3d Light Cavalry, two companies of the 41st and the 20th Native Infan try. The force left Quetta on the 3d May, and Colonel Soppitt, having previously collected every available in formation concerning the enemy, made a forced nig ht march of forty intention . miles with the of taking to Khan by surprise. Fazil Khan , however, was not to be caught so easily—he also had obtained information of what was passing, and when the troops reached Noasky they found he had fled far away into the desert. The cavalry, and two companies of Europeans (mounted on camels) were despatched to seek him, but the chance of success on such an errand must be very slender. Nusseer Khan is at a remote town called Kedge in Mekran. The period allowed him for deciding on the acceptance or rejection of the proposals of our political agents has long since expired, and of course no f overtures will be made on our behalf. Should he come in, the act will be spontaneous. The Beebee Gunjan has been again " negotiating" with Mr. Bell, the political agent, and, it is said, ex pressed a willingness to guarantee the submission of the young Khan if the khanate of Kbelatwere assured to him. It would appear either that Mr. Bell has refused to employ her intervention, or that her influence with Nus seer has been found nugatory, for she has returned to Kotria, and Shah Nimaz has been sent for by the politi cal a gent. Th latter circumstance leads us to conclude that as Mr. Bell cannot secure the king he wants, he is about to make a virtue of necessity, and invest Shah Nimaz with regal power. In order to pacify the country we deposed this prince from the throne we had ourselves given him, on the death of Mehrab, and endeavoured to persuade Nusseer, the son of the latter, to assume the government, but Nusseer incomprehensibly refusing his own legiti mate inheritance, we now have recourse once more to Shah Nimaz, and offer to reinstate him in the Rhanate. Highly complimentary this to Shah Nimaz. What mi serable politicians are those who have had the conduct of affairs in icinde, and what contemptible puppets are the Belochee princes if they can be played with thus. As soon as the hot weather is over military operations will doubtless be resumed. This Scindian war is costing , us dear, and there seems to be no prospect of its termi nation. Were the country entirely conquered, the dif ferent tribes subdued, and peace establishished, this fa vourable state of matters could not be preserved without the continual presence of large bodies of our troops, and it is much to be doubted whether armed interference would not from time to time be rendered necessary from the jealousies and quarrels of differe nt chiefs, and the various internal dissensions which in a country such as this but too often arise. As it is, it may be pretty con fidently anticipated that many a valuable life will be sa crificed, and many a lac of treasure expended ere the pa cification is effected. The inundations of the Indus are very late, and great fear of scarcity in the spring crop prevails. AFFGHANISTAN. Everything is pretty quiet in this direction—at least comparatively speaking. A small fort in the neigh bourhood of Kela-ti-Ghilzie has been captured—and this is the only event of importance which has occurred to break the pacific aspect of affairs. The fort was taken, after a smart engagement, in which Captain Macan and Lieutenant Hoppe were wounded slightly ; and Captain Sanders of the Engineers very severely. The enemy lost their chief and 15 men ; a few pri soners were made, and the rest of the garrison escaped. A fort is in the course of erection at Kelati-Ghilzie for the protection of our tro o p s. The Ghilzies, it is said, are much annoyed at this. The garrison has been with drawn from Ghirisk. His Majesty Shah Soojah and Sir William M`Naghten were expected in CandahHEßATar. in October. Nothing has occurred which seems to require notice. Yar Mahomed evinces no inclination to give us further trouble, which may be looked upon as a very satisfac tory piece of information. CAPTURE AND RECAPTURE OF THE FORT AT BUDA MEE.—The districts around Belgaum have recently been infested by a band of insurgent Arabs, who, after perpe trating a few minor offences, at length succeeded in ab stracting 8,000 or 10,000 rupees from, the government treasury, and in getting possession of a fort at Budamee. This is supposed to be one of the strongest hill forts in India, and it attained some celebrity during the Mahratta war. The force sent to retake it was a large one, con sisting of 200 men of the 26th Regiment, under the com mand of Major Johnston ; 500 of the 9th, the greater part of the 7th, 100 of the Queen's Own, and 50 artillery men with guns and mortars. The Pettah was taken on the 10th and the fort on the 12th instant. The particu lars we have as yet received are not very satisfactory, but the capture seems to have been effected by a detach ment of the force, and without much difficulty. Two artillerymen, four of her Majesty's 4th Regiment, and fourteen sepoys were killed, and Mr. Davidson, the col lector ; Captain Pinkey, or Penny, of the 7th Madras Native Infantry, and one artilleryman were wounded: No account of the enemy's EPAU loss has arrived. NL. It is reported that the Nepaulese have made fresh encroachments on the British territory. If this be the case, there is little doubt that the tardy vengeance of our government will now overtake them. Almost un paralleled forbearance has been exhibited hitherto, but it can hardly be supposed that such audacious aggressions will be borne for ever. One can scarcely imagine how the Nepaulese could have been possessed of sufficient daring thus to insult a power which had all the time a large army in the neighbourhood of their frontier. BURMAH. A report has been current in Moulmein of a rebellion. at Amarpoora, on the part of the "Shans," who were said to be up in arms and making head against the Royal troops. Little credit, however, is attached to this state ment, and it is believed that the country is, generally, in a state of quietness. The Honourable Company's new steamer " Tenasse rim" was launched on the 23d April. CA LC Uri:A. Dost Mahomed has arrived at Calcutta, under the charge of Captain P. Nicholson, and is the grand lion for the time being in the City of Palaces. He is invited to balls, soirees, and similar entertainments ; convers es freely with Lord Auckland, and plays chess with the Misses Eden. How new and strange must such a life seem to the old warrior, and how gratified must he be at receiving such courteous treatment from his conquerors ! Our Bengal friends have, too, another illustrious indi vidual sojourning amongst them, the King of Joannah (a small island near Madagascar), who arrived in the iron steamer Phlegethon on the 23d May. He has been driven out of his kingdom by a Madagascar prince, to whom, when in difficul t y and danger, his father gene rously afforded an asylum, but who has requited this kindness by taking up arms against his benefactors. The assistance of the Bengal Government to reinstate him in the possession of Joannah is now solicited, and in all probability, as his requisitions are moderate, he will ob tain it. His Chief claim on the protection of the British is understood to rest on the exertions he has made to suppress the slave trade. With a little aid from us, he anticipates an easy conquest over his opponent, whom he represents as an inordinate slaver. Ajeet Singh, dne of the Seikh Sirdars,_ is in Calcutta. He has come down for the purpose of obtaining an audience from Lord Auckland on behalf of the claims of Chuna Koomour, the widow of Kurruck Singh. LORD KEENE AND THE BENGAL TROOPER. • Another letter has appeared in the Agra Uhkbar on this subject, but as these disgraceful attempts to vilify the character of his Lordship have no doubt been treated by tilt British public with the contempt they deserve, it T}l t SUN, LONDON, MONDA V - , AUGUST 2, 1841. will be unnecessary for me to make furthar mention of the matter. CALCUTTA MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. INDIGO.—Since our last the accounts received in town of the coming crop are very favourable, and the planters generally seem to expect a larger crop than that of last season. The weather latterly has been very hot and dry with an occasional shower, which has had a very bene ficial effect upon the plant in most of the Bengal dis tricts, and in Benares and Mirzapore. As we said before, however, every thing depends upon the weather during the next six weeks or two months. Our market for the remaining portion of last season's crop is not very ani mated, and at a sale by public auction held yesterday the prices obtained were below those of last January a good deal. SALTPETRE—Has been in good demand to Great Britain since our last, owing we believe to the increased quantity of tonnage now in the River, and to the fall to the rates of freight lately, and also to the unfavourable accounts of the Home Sugar market, which, combined with high prices here, deter people from shipping other dead weight than saltpetre, the price of which has be come moderate lately. SUGAR.—The bad accounts received by the April mail have caused great dullness in our market, and prices of Khar and Brown Sugar have declined from 8 as. to 12 as. per and—we have heard of some of the new crop having arrived lately, but no transactions have as yet come to our notice. HlDES.—Since our last large quantities of hides have arrived from the Mofussil, but principally of the best slaughtered up-country and Berhampore qualities, of which we have about 20,000 pieces now offered for sale at rates too high to induce shippers to purchase. Dry Hides have been in good demand for the English, French, and American markets, but owing to their scarcity, ope rations have been very limited. Buffalo Hides are in good demand for the American market, but the low li mits of the orders received by the last mail prevent pur chases being made to any large extent. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE, &C. BRITISH WHITE COTTON PIECE GOODS.—A good number of sales have been made during the last week, but we hear that prices have ruled rather below thtin above previous rates. COLOURED AND PRINTED GooDs._Several sales of Chintzes of all descriptions have been made since our last; in fact most goods under this head appear to be in improved demand. WHITE MULE TWIST.—The market for Twist conti nues dull, and the sales of the week 'exhibit no improve ment. BOTTLES.—Our market being supplied with Beer, the demand for Bottles is good, and sales have taken place at Co.'s' R. 8 8 for Scotch quarts and pints, and Co.'s Rs. 9 4 for London quarts and pints. EXCHANGE.—The transactions since our last have been to the extent of about 4 lacs rupees at 2s. Id. to 2s. lid. for 10 months' date Bills, but these rates are not now obtainable. Treasury Bills are scarcely to be had. FREIGHTS.--O wing to the great quantity of tonnage in the river at present, rates of freight have fallen considerably, for dead Weight especially ; the quotations of the day being as follows, viz. : LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. Saltpetre, Sugar, and Rice, 41. to 4/. 10s. per ton 20 cwt. ; Indigo S. P. goods and R. Silk 5L do. ; Gruff measurement Goods, 31. 10s. to 41. per ton, 50 cubic feet.; Rice to Mauritius, Co.'s Rs. 1/. Bs. a 2/. per bag.—Commercial Advertiser Price Cur rent, June 4. MADRAS. There has been a violent storm at Madras, which has slightly damaged some of the shipping in the roads. The greater portion, however, have escaped without injury. The Isadora was totally wrecked in a severe gale at Vizagapatam on the 18th of May. A Court-martial has sat to inquire into a charge pre ferred against Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, of the 2d Light Cavalry, relative to official complaints made by him to the Brigadier commanding the Hydrabad subsidiary force, of the conduct of the Paymaster of that force in the distribution of certain Government lottery tickets. Lieutenant-Colonel Smith was honourably acquitted of the charge, and the proceedings of the Court-Martial have been confirmed by the Commander-in-Chlek ANOTHER MURDER ON BOARD A CONVICT SUM—The brig Freak. which left Bombay for Singapore some short time since, has been cut off in the Surat passage, and her captain and chief mate murdered by a party of convicts (forty-five in number) which she had on board. There was, as usual, no guard. The murderers are in custody, at Penang. The system prevailing in Bombay of allowing convict transports to leave the port without a guard, cannot be' enough censured. It is the province of the ship to take precautions for the security of the convicts, and Govern ment might easily frame a regulation prohibiting such vessels from proceeding until the necessary arrangements had been made. A mere dash of the pen would prevent all these horrors, and yet nothing is done. The moral responsibility rests with the Government. Loss OF THE BRIG AGRA.—This vessel, from the Mauritius, was wrecked off Point Palmyras on the 22d May, and the captain, crew, and passengers, left her in the long boat and jolly boat the ensuing morning. The chief mate, three of the crew, and two Malabar passen gers, who proceeded in the latter, met the Col. Ne wall two days afterwards, and were taken on board. Of the other boat, which contained the captain, nine of the crew, and two European and two native passengers, no thing whatever has been heard, and great apprehension exists for her safety, as it was bad weather which caused the two boats to part company. WRECK OF THE FERGUSON.- —The Ferguson, bound for Madras, and having on board a detachment of her Majesty's sth Regiment, was stranded on the grand bar rier Reef, Torres Strait, on the 27th of April last. She was soon abandoned, and the officers, troops, and crew, were put on board the Marquis of Hastings and Orient, which then sailed for Capang for the purpose of obtain ing supplies. No lives were lost. A statement to the above effect was found deposited in a chest on Booby Island, where the Berkshire touched, on the 6th of May. MADRAS MARKETS. . COTTON.—The Market for this article remains without change, and we have not heard of any recent transac tions of consequence in Tinnevelly Cotton. In Western, purchases of what comes to Market are being made at Rs. 44 and 46 per Candy. INDIGO.—The sales Knee our last have been confined to a few parcels of fine Kurpah at our quotations; in other descriptions there is little doing, and the supplies in the Market are small, of good quality. DIETALS.—We have to notice the following transac tions :-100 Candies assorted Iron, at Rs. 24 to 25 per Candy ; 50 ditto Tile Copper at Rs. 245 do. ; 50 ditto Sheet do., at Rs. 275 to 280 do. ; 45 do. Pig Lead, at Rs. 48 do. ; 10 Bottles Quick Silver, at Rs. 59i per Maund ; 100 Boxes Tin Plates, 221 per Box. GRAIN AND PIECE GOODS.—Our quotations for these goods are the same as before, and we have no change to notice in them. EUROPE ARTICLES.—The sales since our last have been very limited, and there is a general depression in the de• mend for Imports ascribable to the scarcity of Money. MONEY MARKET. SOVEREIGNS.—The demand for these at present is limited. The value may be quoted at Rs. 10 12 to 10 3 each. BILLS ON ENGLAND.—We have none to report under this head. Exchange quoted at 1 111 to buy, and 2 1 to sell. GOVERNMENT PAPERS.—The Value of the old loans is still nominal, and there do not appear to have been any transactions therein sufficiently large to establish a fixed rate for them. In the New Five per Cent. Loan invest ments are being made very slowly, and in all do not this time amount to 14 Lacs. FREIGHT. To LONDON.—Porto Novo Iron, 15s. per ton of 20 cwt. Dead weight, 3/. 10s., light goods, 5/. 55., cotton, 4/. 4s. per ton of 50 cubic feet. BOMBAY. The steam frigate Auckland, bringing the London mails of the 4th of May, arrived on the morning of . the 6th inst. ; thus thirty-three days only were occupied between London and Bombay. The south-west monsoon has set in generally through out the presidency. I alluded in my last communication to an unfortunate accident which befel the Donna Pascoa, a fine new ship, as she was proceedinm 6 o ut of the harbour, bound for Cal cutta. The result has been her total loss. The heavy rolling of the vessel rendered it necessary to cut away her masts, and the leak increased to such an extent that she became water-logged, and utterly unmanageable. In this state she drifted, during the night, over to the oppo site coast, and grounded on a sand bank. Here, in a short time, she was an entire wreck. The hull was sold for 9,000 rupees, but the monsoon having set in it could not be floated off, and the purchaser must have been a loser by the speculation. Another vessel has gone to pieces on the S.W. Prongs, the scene of the wrecks last year. The Memnon, which left Bombay for Liverpool on the Ist instant, having sprung her topmast during some boisterous weather, was returning to this port, when, on the evening of the 11th, about eight o'clock, she ran aground close to the light house. The weather was fine at the time. This accident must, I think, be altogether attributed to gross and culpable carelessness on the part of the captain, who, it is said, was disputing with his mate as to the right course when the vessel struck. Some apprehensions have been excited for the safety of the Buckinghamshire, from the fact of a bale of cotton having been picked up by the Westmoreland, which was identified by the shipper as a portion of the cargo of that vessel, and a great number more having been seen floating around. When the Buckinghamshire left this (on the Ist of June) she had a quantity of cotton lying about her decks, and there is nothing more likely than that, meeting with bad weather, it was thrown overboard to facilitate the management of the ship. That she is safe, cannot be reasonably doubted ; for had she gone ashore, intima tion of the disaster would long ere this have reached Bombay ; and, had she foundered, portions of the wreck must have been seen by some one of the numerous ves sels that have subsequently arrived. The Rev. Michael Antoine de St. Louis Gonsagoa, Roman Catholic Vicar-General of Bombay, has been committed to prison for solemnising a marriage in con ' tempt of an order of the Supreme Court.. 0. P. Q. IN THE EAST. P.S. 1, forgot to mention in connection with China affairs, that a report was brought by the last over land mail that Sir Henry Pottinger had been appointed to supersede Captain Elliot as Plenipotentiary. To this, credit has been pretty generally attached, but as nothing positive is known, I shall abstain from commentary for the present. Calcutta papers just received contain nothing of im portance. The Englishman intimates the intended de parture of the young King of Joannah for the Mauritius, to the Government of which colony his case is referred by Lord Auckland. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. A late letter fro* sukkarrays, "This place has *enie a regular bunder, and there are many rich soucars :already r establiihed here ; boats daily arrive with goods, a.ad lines of Camels daily move off with bales," Sze- GOVERIMENT ADVANCES,—The Government hare just raised the rate of exchange on advances to Englan'.. from 2s. to 2s. Id. per rupee., NEW FIVE PER CENT. LOAN.—We understand that the sums invested in the new five per cent. loan in Bo nbay are of very inconsidereble amount. The same appears to be the case in Bengal. A correspondent of the Englisi :man states the scarcity of money is as great in the u . pper provinces as it appears to be in Calcutta. The Government treasuries, he says, are empty, and very - few payments have been made to the different collecto rates on account of the Five . per Cent. Loan ; and at I some " moderate men are beginning to get frightened at the endless drain this North-West expedition has infli eted on the country." The actual extent of the mischief ; he adds, is not yet ascertained, but it is certain that a r such greater pressure than has hitherto been felt will ere losig be experienced. At six per cent. there would be no lack of money either from Indian or English capitalists. The Berkshire, arrived, yesterday front Sydney„ - we regret to state, brings accounts of the loss of the sihip Ferguson, in Torres . Straits, having on board a. ( le tacatent of H.M. 50th Regiment, bound far IVladr. as. We are happy to state that no lives have been lost on the occasion. We have been politely favoured by Capt. Norris, of the Berkshire, with the following partie;a- Jars :—" The barque Berkshire left England in Nov ens ber last, for Sydney, and sailed from the latter place on the 17th of April last, for Bombay, through Tom :es Straits, in company with the Margaret, Canney ; An le- Henly ; Samuel, Smith. and au American vessel, t he Victoria, Proctor, with 100,000 dollars in specie on board, and were joined by the William Lushington, %A kins, at the entrance of the Barrier Reefs, Torres Str ai IS. The vessels, under Captain Canney, of the Marg: ix et, had a very quick and safe passage through the St. r fit, and to whose intimate knowledge of this intricate n a vi gation, skill, and ability as a seaman, the command era and passengers of the above vessels, beg publicly to .ex press their acknowledgments. On the 6th May the Berkshire spoke the Miranda from Hobart Town bo and to Lomback, and which had been on shore on Portl ock Reef, Torres Strait, in a calm, but received no dama r,e ; on the same day (6th May) the Berkshire, with the co tier vessels touched at Booby Island, and - found deposit& 1 in the chest placed there under a flag-staff and called the Post-office, a statement of the following vessels hat ing passed, viz. Brig Betsy and Sarah, Coppell, April 25, all well ; Sir Charles Forbes, Bacon, April 25, all w ell ; barque Competitor; Pritchard, May . 2, all well. ' rhe Sir Charles Forbes spoke the brig Mary Gray,. o f Peterhead, bound for Torres Strait, on April 22, all well. The chest also contained a statement dated the sth of May, and signed by Virtue, late master, the Commander of the detachment, and surgeon, that ti'se Ferguson had unfortunately been stranded on e Ze Grand Barrier Reef, Tores Strait, on the 27th Aprili in latitude 12 18 South, and in longitude 143 54 East. 1Z he Verguson in company with the Marquis of Hastings :s rid Orient, left Port Jackson four days before the Berksbi ire was bound for Madras, and having on board Capta .in Bell, Dr. Williams, Lieutenant Waddie, Ensigns Barn, rd and Moot, Mr. Reed and a detachment of her Majesty's 50th Regiment under the command of Major Serjeant s on. The vessel was abandoned, and the officers, troops, .:and crew put on board the Marquis of Hastings, and Os sent, which vessels proceeded to Capang for water and :pro visions. We are happy to add that the statement in mikes no mention of any lives having been lost on the unf, ) rtu nate occasion. The Margaret having as passenger C. A. Brownrigg, M.D. R.N., parted company in lat Etude 11 and longitude 121 East, and proceeded to Lomba The Berkshire brings a mail from Sydney." BOMBAY MARKETS, JUNE 18.—There has been, but little done since the despatch of the last mail. be S. W. Monsoon set in on the 7th instant, and transac Lions have subsequently been very limited in extent. METALS.—Moderate sales of iron have been effe ted, but at no improvement on our last quoted prices. The following are reported up to the 14th instant, be yond which date none of the transactions inserted it t our present number extend. British Bar, 150 tons, at 301- rupees per cal Idy ; Swedish Bar, 18 tons, at 55 rupees per candy ; Nail -rod. 10 tons, at 36 rupees per candy ; Sheet, 26 tons, at 64 rupees per cwt. Sloop, 15 tons, at 51 rupees . per .cwt ; Nails, 142 kegs, at 14 rupees per cwt. COTTON 'MANUFACTURES.—The market has been . s - ery dull,' and the sales trifling and unimportant, as is ge ne `rally the case at this season, COTTON YARNS:—The demand for these has also ter , minatecl. for the geese!). The only sales we have he and of since our hist number are as follows :—Mule Tv ist, No. 20, 2,0001b5. a 64 ; No. 50, I,Boolbs. a 94 ; and No. 100, 4001135. a 121 as. per lb. Water Twist, No. 20, 6,6001b5. a 7 4 1 - ; and No. 40, 6,6001b5. a 11 as. per lib. MARINE STOBES.—The sales'which have been inti mated to us are :-248 cwt. of White Paint a Rs. .11 4 annas a Its. 11 10 annas per cwt. ; 120 bolts of ble ached. Canvas a Rs. 18, and 50 bolts a Rs. 18 10 annas per bolt; and 4481bs Twine a9l annas per lb. Paints are doll of sale. _ BEER.--The best sorts sell pretty freely at our quota tions. Of Allsop's 50 hhds. have gone off a Rs. 42, 100 a Rs. 41, and 200 a Rs. 40, and of Bass' 400 hhds. a Es. 42 and 150 a Rs. 40. 20 hhds. Worthington's have been sold a Rs. 33, and 100 hhds. of Hodgson's a 32. BRANDY.-800 gallons have been disposed of a. Rs. 1 10 annas per gallon. COCHINEAL.—Large supplies and dull of sale. The last price fetched was Rs. 2 7 annas per lb. CORKS.-500 gross have met with sale aßs.3lper gross. PASTERN PRODUCE. COTTON.--A few days after the date of the P.S. to our last, there was a good demand for Cotton, and prices ad vanced Rs. 2 a 3 on most qualities ; but since the arrival of the overland mail on the Bth inst., transactions have been extremely limited, as shippers are offering lower rates, whilst holders, having stored all their cotton for the monsoon, evince no disposition to submit to any re duction. The price of Broach may now be quoted at Rs. 110, Oomrawuttee a 106 a 110, Dollera a 102, and other descriptions in proportion. OPIUM.— Shipments have been made to China per the Caledonia and Good Success. Trifling purchases have been made at rates varying from Rs. 680 a 695 per chest. We subjoin an abstract of the official returns published on the 17th inst. : Balance of last year's importation chests ......... 6,667 Imported from the 25th May, 1840, to the 15th instant ................................................ 19,5051 ............ 24 :9 17 7 2 5 1 Deduct exports for the sameTpoetarlioidra.l.).o.r.,:s.. Stock, Chests...... 8,197 FREIGHTS.—The numerous arrivals which have taken place since our last have effected a considerable reduc tion in the rate of freight. The quotations of the Cham ber of Commerce yesterday were as follows : To London 41. 55., and to Liverpool 41. 45., to 4/. 7s. 6d. To the Clyde nothing doing. THE MONEY MARKET. No alteration of importance has taken place. The Five per cent transfer loan is a Rs. 108 a 109, the second Five per cent loan at par to per cent premium, and the Four per cent 90 a 92. Bombay Bank Shares have risen to 30 per cent premium, and the:shares of the Asia Bank which have been fluctuating a good deal, may now be quoted at 8 per cent premium. Bombay Bank Share, 30 per cent. prem. ; Asia Bank Shares, 8 per cent. prem. Exchange on London is at 2s. Old. a 2s. OP. for six months bills, and at is. 114 d. a ls. Hid. for thirty days bills. Both on Calcutta and Madras, 991. On China Rs. 206 per 100 S. PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Its. 10 8 a 10 10 Bank of England Notes per .£ 10 8 a 10 12 Memorandum of Money advanced by Government on Shipments of Good to Great Britain. Amount of advances up to the date of our last number Rs. 3,19,807 Subsequent advances 3,23,231 Total amount of actual advances......... Rs. 6,43,038 ** The rate of Exchange at which these advances are granted has just been raised to 2s. ld. the rupee. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA. JULY IG.—Colonel Napier is still here, and his mission _ appears to await the decisions of the Porte. Troops are now under orders for the Hedgas, the military occupation of which it has been found necessary to entrust to Mehemet Ali, every species of disorder and anarchy having resulted from the short period in which those countries had been under the direct dominion of the Porte. Much excitement was occasioned last Week by an at tack by a party of the Pacha's soldiers on the country house of a French gentleman here ; but the delinquents have been apprehended, and full satisfaction promised by the Pacha in reply to the remonstrances of the French Consul : as yet, however, punishment has been limited to the degradation of the officer who was in command of the party, who also received fifty blows of the stick— a punishment no novelty to officers of all grades in his Highness's service. The Pacha has just sold the remainder of his cotton crop at $l3. A portion has again been resold as high as $l3l. The sale of the new grain crop is to be de ferred for another six weeks. As the old grain crops might be considered as very nearly closed, I annex a note of the exportations of the past season :-320,000 ard. of barley, 315,000 wheat, 17,000 Indian corn, 13,000 chick peas , 415,000 beans, and 70,000 bales of cotton, of which about 15,000 bales are yet for shipment. juLY further thanl9.—i)tiring the last three days not hi ng h as transpired the publication of th e sentence hady and received stopped one on the soldiers who broke into M. Pastr e ' s country house. The officer in command of the party h as b een d fi e f p ty ri b y l ed l o s f o h f is th r e an s k tic fi k n ; ed th o e n m e en month's pa have month's pay, and received three hundred blows each ; and the Bey, by whose orders the arty left Alexandria without proper authority for so doing, has been placed • in fifteen days' arrest, and ordered a hundred and fifty blows. The Oriental arrived on Saturday, bringing London letters up to the sth instant. A naval commander and two surgeons, for the Syrian establishment, passengers by the steamer, left yesterday for Beyrout by, the Em metyce packet. Ibrahim Pacha went yesteriay to visit the Oriental. This steamer takes home Boghos Bey's reply to the East India and China address. • Mr. Waghoru revisits England by this conveyance on taking leave of t he Pacha last night he obtained a firmanas a personal favour , to put another st e amer on the Nile. The Pacha expressed himself much pleased g he intended to bring the machi nery on ly f r Om England, an d build the boat at Cair o , on a plan proper l y a n dap e t or the Nile ; in fact, boats fo r th e Nil e can b e oh ar f better built in this country. Hill's little steamer, With its new machinery , is infinitely better than the Lotus ; _vtihaotiabo3:towed boats do not answ er i n a river so full of We hear nothing more said about free trade. Those who have been fortunate in getting produce to Alexan dria are allowed to export it without romark on payment of twelve per cent. export duty, but the same difficulty in finding transport for produce from the interior, or allowing it to be taken from the interior, still exists. Colonel Napier remains here. Nothing official has yet come from Constantinople. Colonel Barnett, our new Consul, arrived at Malta, by the Oriental, whence ho de parted to deliver his credentials at Constantinople, and is expected here in another month. The Indian mail arrived here last night. The news is devoid of general interest. From China they had received in Bombay, up to the 19th ult., no later news than the 31st March'. Sir G. G. Bremer had departed from Calcutta for Canton, and a portion of the new expedition, including the 55th and 49th regiments, a detachment of artillery, sappers, and a company of native rifles, had already de parted. From Bombay no troops had been sent, but to complete the expedition they were waiting the arrival of Admiral Sir W. Parker and Sir Henry Pottinger. In the new expedition are included many armed small craft for river service. Opinions appeared divided in India as to whether the re-possession of Chusan, or an imme diate advance on Pekin were the first objects of this ex pedition. In the Punjaub things still remained in a most distracted state. The Governor of Cashmere had been murdered. In Scinde affairs appeared as far as ever from a settlement. The Nepaulese had become troublesome, and appeared to require a severe lesson. In Affghanistan things were comparatively quiet ; Dost Mahommed was amusing himself in Calcutta, where he was treated with marked attention and respect. In He rat things were again quiet, and Yar Mahommed was likely to give no further trouble. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 13.—A Turkish steamer reached this place on the 9th, bringing despatches of a favourable nature from Tahir Pacha. ,Ilis expedition against the Candiote rebels may be considered as ter, minated. After defeating the insurgents in divers skirmishes and encounters, two provinces submitted at discretion ; and the third, with the exception of the mountains of Skasia, has followed the example of its neighbours. Tahir Pacha, in communicating this intelligence to the Porte, states that the officer commanding the British ship of war on the station had offered his mediation be tween the Ottoman Government and insurgents ; but that he (the Capitan Pacha) had declined all me diation or interference, from a conviction that the Sul tan would not permit any foreign Power to come forward at its own pleasure and interfere between the sovereign right and the pretensions of rebellious subjects. " Go and ask your own Government," said Tahir Pacha," what answer it would make were the captain of a French line-of-battle ship, off the St. Lawrence, to come forward and propose his mediation between Eng land and its rebellious Canadian subjects. The Porte will be, doubtless, grateful for the good intentions mani fested by the British captain, but it must be permitted to judge for itself in this instance, and to adopt such mea sures as it may judge best for the maintenance of its own undoubted rights." The Capitan Pacha also states that the insurgents had offered to surrender upon his con ceding certain conditions ; but that he had declined this off, at all events, until such time as the Sultan's pleasure should be ascertained. He consented, however, to sus pend active operations until a reply could be received from Constantinople. The steamer returner this morning with the Sultan's reply. In this it is stated that the Porte approves fully of the Capitan Pacha's refusal to accept the proffered mediation, and directs him not to consent to any condi tional surrender on the part of the rebels. It enjoins, however, the adoption of the most lenient measures so soon as the insurgents shall have laid down their arms and expelled from amongst them the small band of foreigners who are ostensibly encouraged by the Grecian Government. It is said that the commanding officer of the French ship of war also offered his mediation. This is not likely. It is against all reason to suppose that France, who has refused her amicable and moral influence in sup porting the Porte against a rebellious subject in Syria, should of a sudden start from that isolated position in which she has chosen to place herself, as best adapted to her own interests and influence (?), in order to defend re bellious subjects in Candi& The intelligence from Syria continues to be satisfac tory. The affair of the Haaroun has been settled ; it turns out that the nature of the insurrection was misun derstood, even at the Porte. The outbreak, which was much exaggerated, was not against the Government, but against the Arabs, The latter had been accustomed from time immemorial to exact redemption money for pasture land. This exaction had been abolished by Mehemet Ali but was again put in force on the return of Syria to the Sultan's rule. Nejib Pacha, not being aware of the ex act nature of the ferment, sent troops to the Haaroun, the population of which at first opposed their approach, but, upon matters being explained, the Pacha directed his sol diers to assist the complainants, expelled the Arabs, and compelled them to renounce all future attempts to enforce the payment of tribute. The latest accounts from Lebanon, and the Maronote districts complain, in most unqualified terms, of the pro ceedings of the French missionaries (Lazarists), upwards of fifty of whom have been despatched to Syria. The object of these men, who act under the assumed autho rity of their Government, is to preach disobedience to the Turkish rule, and to induce the Christians to look to France as their only friends and protectors, in short, to bid defiance to the edicts of the Sultan and the orders of all Turkish functionaries. It is said that the Emir of the Druses is in possession of a letter, signed, or pretend ing to be signed, by M. Guizot, in which it is distinctly declared, that in virtue of ancient concessions, granted in 1525, 1673, and 1796, France is the acknowledged pro tectress of the Eastern Christians, and that come what will, the French Government is resolved to support them. The mischievous tendency of their intrigues requires no comment. Seid Bey and his suite, consisting of forty-two per sons, have been permitted to land at Selir Bornou to per form their quarantine ; their encampment, fenced round with hurdles, and guarded by a cordon of troops, is formed upon the spot close to Unkiar tskelessi ' where the memorial to the Russian troops was erected by Sultan Mehemet. It is somewhat curious to see the grandson of Mehemet Ali bivouacking upon the identical spot that commemorates the arrival and departure of the foreign army, and in front of the Palace, occupied by the am bassador, through whose energetic and sagacious exer tions greater results have been produced than were ex pected, or even contemplated by the whole Russian army. Seid Bey is said to be a very worthy young man, and somewhat a phenomenon in point of weight, as, in con sequence of the constant prayers offered up for his in crease, he has the satisfaction of counting a stone for every one of the twenty years during which he has ap peared in this world. The Alexandria Consuls return to their post in a few days. THE EASTERN QUESTION. The following protocol of the Conference was signed on July 10, 1841, and is published by the Augsburgh Gazelle : " As the difficulties in which his Highness the Sultan was involved, and which induced him to accept the aid and support of the Four Powers, are terminiffed ; and as Mehemet has fulfilled the act of submisston to the Sultan, which the Convention of July aimed at, so have the Representatives of the Powers signers of that Treaty, thought fit to recognise and consecrate the old usages of the Ottoman Porte for preventing armed ships of war to enter the Straits of the Dar danelles and Bosphorus. To give a common and perma nent sanction to this, and, at the same time, to give a mark of the harmony and unity which guide the inten tions of the Powers, it is agveed to guarantee this and to get the Sultan to invite France to join therein. As this agreement is intended to give Europe a pledge of the unity of the four Powers, the British Foreign Secretary has undertaken, in concert with the other plenipoten tiaries, to communicate them to the French Government, and to take part in the arrangements, by which the Sultan declares his determination to uphold the said rule, the five Powers on their side making known their resolution to respect it. (Signed) " ESTERHAZY, " PALMERSTON, " BRUNOW." " NEUMANN, " BULO W, SPAIN. The Chambers are summoned by decree to meet on Monday next, at two o'clock, in the Saloon of the Senate, to witness the swearing in of the new guardian of the Queen, Don Augustin Arguelles. Trifling in itself as this ceremonial might appear, a knowledge of the secret working of party enables me to assure you that it has been sought to make it a matter of serious importance, and a means of overturning the present Cabinet. The Minister intends, it is said, to propose, one of these days, the substitution of regular officers of the Spanish navy for those now in command on board the vessels of the coast-guard company of Lane and Ors. The step is useful as preparatory to the rescinding of the contract. The Spanish Government are well aware of the inten tions and practices of this now nearly defunct asswiation of smugglers. The projects of law for the support of the clergy and public worship, and consequent sale of Church property, are still under discussion in the Chamber. Several of the articles have already been approved. Five per Cents. Active, 241 cash to -day. THE MURDER AT NORWICH. CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER. John Self, the young , man convicted cn Wednesday of the murder of Jemima Samson, has, since his conviction, made an ample confession of his guilt. It will be recol lected, that he and his victim were working on Saturday week in the same field, and he states, that when they were getting their dinner he took some liberties with her, which she resented, threatening to acquaint her mother, and they bad some words about it. On their way home he attempted to appease her, and to induce her to say nothing about it, but she persisted in her resolution, and he thereupon turned round and deliberately -struck her a most violent blow on the head with a spade. This felled her, and he gave her two or three similar blows and threw her into a ditch, where he left her. As he he looped at th e un f ortunate girl, and was going see ing her "away, quivering' in in the ditch, he dragged her forth and threw the body into the pond in which it was afterwards found. The prisoner then continued his j ou rney homeward, and on his way met and conversed with two or three young men whom he knew with the utmost unconcern, and on his arrival at home he set about finishing a straw hat which he was making for one of his brothers, as coolly and unconcerned as if nothing u nusual had occurred ! It is unnecessary to add that he is left for execution, and his untimely fate excites no sympathy in any quarter. We learn that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to rant a pension of 2001. a year, on the Civil List, to Lay Jeremle, the afflicted widow of Sir John jeremie, late Governor of Sierra Leone. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW .S. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. -- CHRONICLE.--The financial and commercial r-!- forms enunciated in the Whig budget of 1841, and in .. i especial the proffered boon of the repeal of the breasi, tax, are prizes worth fighting for, and render the return..! of the Whig party to power at an early period necessary' as the means of securing them to the nation ? unless the-, Peel Cabinet should bring forward similar measures, an& i . proceed with the revision of the tariff on imports, se soon as the new Government is definitely constituted . and the preliminary steps are tone through in the Parlia ment about to nss emble. Wt shall not stop to consider the I point of political consistency connected with the propound ing of such. measures bx those who were chosen for the special purpose of p r event i ng t h e i r success. T134,,!;1. a point l - /eyond the sp h ere o f our department, ana which th e majority of the new Parliament must settle amongst. themselves. We are contented to state the fact, and to leave Conservative statesmen to arrange the con sequences to their party. It is plain, however, that the doom of monopoly is sealed, and that no section of po litical men can conduct, the Government of this country with success., unless t'e.e.y adopt a liberal system of com mercial policy. T 1 h e, people are too enlightened to submit to taxatior . , in order to supply the deficiency in the public ex .chequer, after a practicable scheme has been brou7:nt forward by the responsible advisers of the Crown to increase the revenue to the amount of 6,000,000 ' 1. sterling per annum, by reducing the taxes on t ae chief necessaries of life, and approxi mating to the principles of free trade by a j u di c i ous relaxation A of the duties charged upon articles imported for hem a use and consumption. Various sche mes , no doubt, have been hinted at as likely to be adduced in stead . by Sir Robert Peel to equalise the public revenue and. expenditure, but all of them founded on the assump ti ..m that lie will either propose new taxes or have re course to a funding of Exchequer Bills, or a loan, as an expedient to give him time to take that calm, " compre hensive view of the financial position of the country" , which he intimated to his followers in the defunct Par- liament would be his special business, should the past elections (as they have unequivocally done) return a majority of his supporters. It is cer'inly quite in the power of the embryo Mi nister of Vinance to fund Exchequer Bills preparatory to the issue of a fresh batch of them, but by so doing he will accept the rejected offal which his predecessor spurn ad, and add several millions more to the public debt, for w hich taxationnuist still be the final provision. It would be a far more business-like thing for him to come fiarward at once as a borrower in the Money Market, which he might do to the extent of 10,000,0001. at the present rate of Consols, without doing much to pro duce a depression in price, for the London capitalists would readily supply him to that extent, and the additional business it would give the jobbers would render the proposal popular on the Stock Exchange. But whe;ther Sir Robert Peel should give notice of a funding of Exchequer Bills or issue notices for re ceiving tenders for a new loan, the one or the other, or both, are neither more nor less than pitiful make-shifts ; temporary expedients to afford breathing-time ; a mere putting off of the evil day ; and let him take one or the other, or both, they will make an increase to the public debt of from. 8,000,0001. to 10,000,0001., to provide for which new taxes must ultimately be imposed. To that complexion must he come at last, while by the adoption of such a irdserable hand-to-mouth system of financial patch-work, the root of the evil remains untouched, for neither by a funding or a direct loan, to plug the hole in the Exchequer, would any fillip be given to trade. The mill-owners would not be enabled to turn their short hours into full working time, nor would a single mouth ful more bread be distributed amongst the thousands of destitute, starving families, that crowd the streets of, our manufacturing towns. TIMES.—The letters from Manchester allude in de sponding terms to the depression of business, which had within the hast, week been increased by the numerous Scottish fail'ams. The joint-stock banks of Manchester are accused, in the first instance, of having produced these deplo - mble results by their imprudent advances to parties whc se great aim was to turn a large amount of business v,rithout considering the unsoundness of the basis upon. which it was conducted • and it is mentioned that one suspended firm had acknowledged having turned with the assistance of these institutions, 130,000/., upon a 6,000/. capital. Such was the distressed condition of the operatives in consequence of the stagnation of business, that we are told about 800 hand-loom weavers were out of employment, and exposed to the horrors of starvation. An appeal on their be half has bean got up, addressed to the " merchants, manufacturers, and gentry," particularly of Manchester and its vicinity. It is stated that many of these poor fellows have not the means of providing food either for their families or themselves for a single day. The meeting of creditors for the choice of assignees in the bankruptcy of Daintry, kyle, and Co., was to take place on the 3d proximo. The yearly meeting of the Ashton, Stalybrid,ge, Hyde, and Glossop Bank, was held on the 30th, and. the report stated that no losses had been incurred (luring the year, but that 71 per cent. pro fit had been mnee upon the paid up capital, upon which 5 per cent was. divided, and the remainder ordered to be carried to 'le "reserved fund," to meet any future contingencies., The - folloNving letter was written by the Spanish Mi nister of Fi'lance to a gentleman in the city, who had re quested to know whether it was the intention of the Government to capitalise the overdue interest into a three per cent, stock :-- " Madrid, July 21,1841. " Sir,—ln reply to your obliging letter of the 7th instunt, I beg to say the Spanish Government has always entertained the most favourable opinion of the loyalty of the foreign bondholders, and is convinced they will take into considera tion the evils and disasters which have been .caused in this unhappy countxy by a most cruel civil war of seven years' duration. In 4:onsenuence I have thought it my duty to ca pitalise the overdwi coupons, and exchange the.,l for a three per cent. stock, as it. was announced and promised in the de cree of the st of January last. Orders have therefore been given to cap , Aite the new bonds necessary for the conversion ; and the Go'fernment, you may be assured, will not neglect any measures leading to the fulfilment of the promises that have bee'a made to foreign creditors, being anxious to attend to all their claims. " i have the honour, Sir, to subscribe myself, " Your most obedient servant, " P. S. RULL." FREE TRADE—LIMITED DUTIES OF GOVERNMENT. So much is at present said, and so little under stood, on the above subjects that we have thought the following passages from the " Wealth of Nations," would now not be unacceptable. Adam Smith says : Whatever, besides, tends to diminish in any country the number of artificers and manufacturers, tends to di minish the home market, the most important of all mar kets for the rude produce of the land, and thereby still further to discourage agriculture. Those systems, therefore, to all other employments, in order to promote' it, impose restraints upon manufac tures and foreign trade, act contrary to the very end which they propose, and indirectly discourage that very species of industry which they mean to promote. They are so far, perhaps, moro consistent than even the mercantile system. That system, by encouraging manu factures and foreign trade more than agriculture, turns a certain portion of the capital of the society from sup porting a more advantageous to support a less .advan tageous species of industry. But still it really, and in the end, encourages that species of industry which it means to promote. Those agricultural systems, on the contrary, really, and in the end, discourage their own favourite species of industry. It is thus that every system which endeavours either by extraordinary encouragements, to draw towards a par ticular species of industry a greater share of the ca pital of the society than what would naturally go to it, or by extraordinary restraints to force from a particular species of industry some share of the capital which would otherwise be employed in it, is, in reality, sub versive of the great purpose which it means to promote. It retards, instead of accellerating, the progress of the society towards real wealth and greatness ; and dimi nishes, instead of increasing, the real value of the annual produce of its land and labour. All systems, either of preference or of restraint, there fore, being thus completely taken away,. the obvious and simple system of natural liberty establishes itself of its own accord. Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his in dustry and capital into competition with those of any other man or order of men. Th e S overe i gn is completel y discharged from a duty, in att emp ti ng to perform w hi c h I se must always be exposed to innumerable delusions, and for the performance of which no human wisdom or knowledge could ever be sufficient, the ditty of superintending the industry of private people, and of directing it towards the employment most suitable to the interests of the so ciety. ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM OF NATURAL LIBERTY, THE SOVEREIGN HAS ONLY THREE DUTIES TO ATTEND TO ; THREE DUTIES OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, INDEED, BUT PLAIN AND INTELLIGIBLE TO COMMON UNDER STANDING—FIRST, THE DUTY OF PROTECTING THE SOCIETY FROM THE INVASION OF OTHER INDE PENDENT SOCIETIES ; SECONDLY, THE DUTY OF PROTECTING, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, FROM THE INJUSTICE OR OPPRESSION OF EVERY OTHER MEM BER OF IT, OR THE DUTY or ESTABLISHING AN E XACT . ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; AND, THIRDLY, THE D UT Y OF ERECTING AND MAINTAINING CERTAIN PU BL IC hieh i t WORKS AND CERTAIN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,. can never be for the interest of any individual, because number of individuals, to erect and in aint t a o in any indivi dual, profit could never repay the ,Ter small great society. fre quently do much more than repay dual, or small number of individut:'lxst,ptoensae though it may ot Dr. [Such is the language Smith, admitted to be the most sagacious po time. His of his time, or perhaps of any His wisdom,for the however, i s completely thrown away, for the whole race of political qua cks, whether Whigs or Tories, continually vi o late Dr. Smith's pre cepts. They,th most Y short-sighted of mortals, modestly think t l e 'r wisdom and kno wl e d ge suf ficient lbr what Smith says the no accomplish. While y are utterly dom can veryacc°lllv o ften to regulate their own i nco mpetent ist have conservators, trustees, guar di an s, or a affairs, and m i ssi g is assignees, they decide that they know best what the most useful and profitable ' every individual of the great employ-leent for family mankind, and proceed to regulate it according to their of fancy. We make our remark as general as possible, because such is" the har monious and closely dove-tailed nature of society that it is impossible for the labour of a single c l a ss, or perhaps a tingle individual, to be mis directed by legislation in England, without af fecting some corresponding or co-operating class or individual in the United States, Hindostan, or China. Our cotton cloth displacing the cottoa EVENING SUN. of India, our woollens entering cheaper or dearer into the markets of China, and our cutlary sup plied to, or withheld from, the United States by our fiscal laws, affect labour in all those coun tries. All are part of one stupendous whole."— ED. Sun.] , 11 j 1 u U LY R 2 D 3.— E A R wh I o N le fa L m l ily ll3 co O ns N isti . ng of four .I I LISBON persons, was mudered, lastuight in a hou.ee not 100 yards , distant from my residence. The victims i were a French widow of the name of Lobo, her daughter about is 1 years of age, her son a boy of twelve years, and a ser- Tant woman. The alarm was first given (=fortunately l 'oo late) by a young Englishman, who lives in the house ocPosite, and who having heard a scuffle and seen a man go :o the balcony and throw a little dog out, which he 1 0 :ew was a great pet of the family, immediately suspected that .something wrong was going on, and at once ran off to call L 'he police guard. Meanwh.ile some other neigh bours who ' had heard the noise, ard were looking out to see what was the matter, saw a man leap out of the first floor re.'ndow and run on. This took place at about one o'clock .in the morning. Shortly * after the police came, and hay..V forced the doors open, found the mother, the little bvy. a „-rd the servant d, Aad ; but the girl, who was still alive, cri.'d out, as soon & she saw them, that the murderer was her' own cousin .Lobo, a student of . medicine, living at No. 4, lira de 5 . .. Bento, and that he had had no accomplice in the .deed. Imme diately the guard set out in quest of him, and seized him in a few minutes after he had reached his I_ some, where they found him with his hands and do Vies steeped in blood, and with a quantity of bank not es and Government bends, of which he had plunderer I his victims, about his person. He was at osaaa brought back and confronted with the girl, who again declared that he was •the murderer, and that he had_ requested her mother to allow him to stay in the house that night as his servant had died that evening, and he did not like to pass the night in the same house with a corpse. The girl died at nine o'clock this morn ing, but fortunately for the ends of justice she lived long enough to give the fullest evidence, but for which the wretch would in all probability have escaped, as lre was to have gone by the steamer to Oporto next day, an,i his relationship to the family would have screened him 1.-orn suspicion. The sensation caused by this dreadful crime has been so great that I have just heard that the Minis ter ofjustice has gone down to the Cortes to propose,. that by a legislative act the multitude of dilatory forms by which trials are protracted for years in this country should be dispensed with in this instance, and that the criminal should be tried by a summary process and e.xe. cuted without delay. MELANCHOLY CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER. —On Sunday morning last an elderly labouring man, named John May, who has brought up two grandsons at Laindon Hills, Essex, their mother being dead, de sired one of them to go to church, when, the lad re fusing, a quarrel ensued, and the old man turning round hastily, with an oil bottle in his hand, swinging it, struck him with it in the temple, which caused a concussion of the brain, and unhappily occasioned the boy's death. An inquest has been held; and a verdict of " Manslaughter" returned against the grandfather, who has been committed to the Convict Gaol, Spring field, on the Coroner's warrant. The prisoner, who is between sixty and seventy years of age, and bears the highest character, evinces the most distressed feelings. Deceased's name was John Parker, and he was about sixteen years old.—Chelmsford Chronicle. SUDDEN DEATH.—Lieutenant Harvey, who is said to have belonged to the Royal Navy, and had been resident in Calcutta for about a month, was found dead on Sunday evening, in a room at Spence's Hotel, the body appearing to be in an advanced state of de composition. The deceased had come round from Bom bay, and was living at Spence's. He is said to have indulged in intemperate habits to an inordinate degree, to whtch is ascribed his sudden death.—Hurkaru, June 1.• SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO AK INFANT.—Late on Saturday night an inquest was taken before Mr. Payne, at the Bell, Great Tower-street, City. on the body of Sarah Ann Batterley, aged ten months. The deceased's father was a private in the Ist Regiment of Grenadier Guards, quartered in the Tower. About nine o'clock on Friday morning the mother left the room in which the deceased was for the purpose of fetching a pitcher of water, the child at the time being on the floor playing with a small toy. In. another part of the room a washing-tub was on the floor half filled with water, and during the mother's absence the child crawled towards it, and, haring thrown the toy' into the water, raised herself on to her feet and tried to get it out ; in doing so she overbalanced herself, and her head being immersed in the water she w:as suffocated. Five minutes after her mother came into the .r°°ll2. and raised an alarm. A surgeon tried the usual reOlevu es ; but without effect. Verdict, " Accidental death." • • On the 24th of this month the gamekeeper of Mr. W. Nelson Clarke, at Aberuchill Castle, in St-ath earn, flushed in an oak coppice wood a brood of woodcocks, consisting of two old birds and 'hive young ones. Of, the latter he nearly caught one, a s it rose with difficulty. A few days after Mr. Clarke himself flushed two old and two young birds of the same: kind in another wood, besides a single old bird in a different part .of the cover. Not long since another gentleman in the neighbourhood flushed a brood in the park at Drummond castle. It is probable that more birds of this species breed in Scotland than is generally supposed, for in the vast extent of natural wood which exists in the Highlands, there is so little disturbance during the summer months, that many birds may remain without exciting observation. The wood in which the above were seen is quite open and hollow underneath. Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday night a man who was proceeding over Blackfriars-bridge was observed by police constable Roe, 356, suddenly to stagger and fall. Roe immediately ran to his azsistance, when he discovered that the poor man was in a state of insensibility, and with the assistance of Sergeant Taplin he conveyed him upon a stretcher to the station-house, where he was promptly attended by the surgeon, who opened a vein in the aria, but no blood would flow. The body was afterwards conveyed to the Bridewell bone house for identification, and to await a Coroner's inquest. It is dressed in a dark coat and trousers and plaid wait t coat, and has the appearance of being that of a workin g :: mechanic. The mackarel season still lingers on, but very few fine fish have been caught, and these have fetched'. 255. to 30s. per hundred. Trawl fish is very plentiful, soles being retailed as low as from 3d. to 4d. per lb. Whiting is also exceedingly cheap, a score being pur chasable for about a shilling.—Brighton Herald. PROPERTY OF MADAME DE FEUCHERES.— • The Royal ordonnance authorising the administration of the Hospitals to accept the donation made by the Baron de Feucheres of all the property which he may inherit from the late Baroness has been signed by the King. CANTERBURY HOPS.—The plantations present no alteration that is worth notice. The bine continues to look healthy, and many grounds are coming into burr very fast. If congenial weather follow the planters may confidently anticipate a good crop. At a Court held on Monday last of the Gover nors of St. Thomas's Hospital, Sir John Cowan, Bart., Alderman, in the chair, Mr. John Flint South, many years connected with the Hospital, was elected surgeon in the room of Mr. Travers, resigned. DEATH IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. — On Saturday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, on the body of Elizabeth Marshall, aged 23, a prisoner therein. The parents of the deceased were persons highly respectable. While under their roof deceased, who was of prepossessing ap pearance, fell a victim to a seducer, who s ubsequently deserted her. Shortly afterwards she abandoned her home to pu rsue a life of infamy.. On the 16 th ult. _ was admitt e d i n t o t h e a b ove p r ison under a sentence cf_ fourteen days' imprisonment, having been cc!in itteif from Marlborough-street Police Court as that prostitute. On entering it was discovered was d'ng She was. labouring under disease of long a d t i disorderly prostitute. day last, when she died. The tex:ra morning. Verdict, 'would have expired on the following placed in the infirmary, where she coo6f.nhtienrul idn.ptirlilsoTnhintirsen.; " Natural death." T m it o E rn E ing AS a TE m ß a l: COUNTIES RAILWAY. DREADFUL ACCIDE NTS an excavator on the line of the named John Hoppilsarl;av, was carried to the London Eastern Counties N. Hospital apparently. NSTast relay atwork near Brentwood. Early • Juries while receiving in in a * dying state, in consequence of t h e cut ting on the line, a part of the earth on one side gave way except Hopkinson, fortunately escaped in m orning - , as th e y were en g a g ed in forming a a nS fell in. All the men, time elapsed before he em b a nkment, and a long in time ; he was buried completely under the embankment, cou ld be extricated, and then he was found al most crus hed. All his ribs were bro ken, as also his thight, with serious internal injury. On the previous Thursday morning William Cox was admitted to the hospital, ha ving received nearly as violent injuries, owing to a simi lar accident. Both these poor fellows are in such a pitiable state that it is not expected they can possibly survive. DESPERATE ASSAULT.-011 Saturday last as Major Smith, who commands a detachment of the 15th Regiment of Foot, at present in Deptford Dock-yard, was passing down the Lower-road, Deptford, he met a private named Duckwood, who was in a state of intoxi cation. Major Smith desired him to go to barracks. The man walked for a few moments, when he suddenly turned round and struck Major Smith a violent blow, at the same time exclaiming "You once caused me to be flogged, you b--, and now you may shoot me." Major Smith instantly called for the assistance of some persons to secure the soldier, when two privates, who were in a public-house close to the spot, ran out for the purpose of doing so, when Duckwood kicked one in a dangerous part of the body, and he fell to the ground. Some persons, seeing the violent and determined conduct of Duckwood, ran to the Docks and procured a guard, and he was, after con siderable resistance, handcuffed and taken to the barracks by upwards of twenty soldiers. On the following morn ing he was brought in custody before Major Smith, when he appeared fully sensible of the awful situation in which his conduct had placed him, the offence of which he had been guilty rendering him liable, acoording to the articles of war, to be shot. He expressed the greatest sorrow and contrition for his conduct, and Major Smith after properly admonishing him, ordered him to be con fined to barracks for two months. Such a lenient sen tence for so unprovoked an assault is much talked of by the soldiers in the Dockyard. LAURENCERIRK.—CURIOUS OCCURRENCE. —Some time ago, a piece of Brussels late that had been laid out in Dr. Fettes' garden, suddenly disappeared, and was missing for some time, till a bird -nester, in his pe rambulations, discovered it, in a blackbird' s nest i n she e garden hedge. Th e w h o l e p i ece of lace—nearly two yards — , •was beautifully i n t erwoven w i th the crust of the nest, and was of course allowed to remain untouched.