The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-03 00:00:00

ice AlLee orning for the Little rning for tickley as he Ca-itle the i:f:cr• , :he itegußs lsequeno Guards, evenings prl V 4. ig. returned oln gVis'll in Rl' Fcsterday lay after. CoviTer• G. D" 'orinanui nit iiitil *esidence 3' of Ja. Tian Co iv 0113 Arzeger, RE' Cher won l3ll ~. 'D eo l aking , 51)°1;: 71.1011N - 7.N.4; S7IN: TWA. INDIA, EG Y PT, AND TURKEY. weia •a re " m ch, ewed, by ex traor It - mq exprest; from Mar• actdiints atiticipattiry a the overland mail from 1 12 . 4 with thb folitiwing dates—Calcutta, June 6 ; Bom -27) 1 1 1 11 Z ID ; Al exan d r i a , J u ly 19 ; and Malta, July • There are no later dates from China than we have r eady received, nor are there any news of importance Y this arriv a l, i n ‘itonitliodere B remer l e f t C a l cu tt a on the 25th of May, ( le t " Queen s t eamer, and it is expected that the whole 4t Will reac h Canton by the beginn i ng o f J u ly. Th e ol e °f the 55th have pro ceded to China. The t°nl ans and the 41st are to foilow. The steamers have el? fitted hp with e!...rronades for. river service. The ta i n „P e ,rior's edicts breathe vengeance against, and exter shl4,49tl of, the English, and he swears " both Powers: hr. , not stand, one or the other must conquer or die." ti_ B °l'ders are, " Seize the barbarians, and make an en- Pub le, and end of them." These edicts were truedtv:obl!s at ' Macao on the 31st March. The Sesostris, bay teamers, and the Larne, are awaiting at Bum thc arrival of Sir H. Pottinger and Sir W. Parker.. Dost Mahomed Khan had reached Calcutta as a pr:- 101 1er of war arr . e King of M a d agascar , ex p e lled by his sub:cc:Ls, has j a led at C a l cutta to so li c i t B r i t i s h a id t o re instate him. th Punjattb affairs wear a worse aspect than ever ; t!..couttry continues in a most disordered and tumul tuous state, and the Sheiks are said to- have plundered to Z l t four or five lacs of British` treasure on its passage 1, 411 ° 01 , and to have des!royed the bridge of boats ta ivs k.,, s the Indus. A war with the Nepaulese is again e ro i t " c €L , of, in con sequence o f th e ir having made fresh en tiog.nelits on the British territory. From Scinde there tug of importance. • • " d e nr accounts' f rom the M e di terranean arc equally Told ofpolitical interest. BOMBAY, JUNE 19. Th e CHINA. ease C ontents ontents of the overland mail will no doubt again by much disapp o i n t men t. Another month has passed .1 d we still conti nue w ithout intelligence from China. all gadprobability noth i ng o f i mportance h as occurred, li_ea sa ters remain in state quo at Canton ; but the pre wa7 anxiety with regard to the proceedings at the seat de r ,,,. ( -oes not seem to be much rllaved this consi -.awn a • of co • at can hardly be doubted that had any event be co n ini s eq.nefre occurred information of it would have y O „ s. e inediately despatched to Calcutta. So I think cs i' a r vo r ur ale b li e s . m a y rest satisfied that the aspect of affairs in th tnedore B remer l e ft C a lcutta on the 26th May wii4 st eamer Queen after a month's stay , during Of the whole of the preparations for the despatch e ar i„ l e second ex p e ditionary force were made. Its bl e departure is chiefly owing to the indefatiga hoi• n exertion s of the .Commodore. The transports ea g on board her Majesty's 55th Regiment are Bar r t e hei r way to China. It was found neces 41"°wever to disembark a hundred men from the ri am, h cs ' a rn, her accommodations being insufficient, and toa) e proceed (with the officer, Lieutenant Harail of4:Ong with. her Majesty's 49th, for the conve,yance be en L ehi regiment the John Adams and Mermaid have fo, k e ngaged. The David Malcolm has been taken up e iot Le transport of seven officers and 178 men of the tail; e Lady William Bentinck, pilot-brig, mounting 11 ' 6 guns, left in tow of the Queen, and it is said that te us iVerachooner, armed with one carronade and four, (Onetoons, and probably the Phlegethon steamer d e web arrived from Ceylon on the 23d, and is now un hetiogeil?g.repair) will be. added to the force. The boats h eeli n e ging to the steamers, as well as some others, have *tea fitted up with carronades, &c., and a light iron f c , r eer, drawing about four feet water, has been already w arded while a second is to go. This shows that a de al of river service is likely to take place. Pears are also in a forward state at Madras. Captain re a . 4 and Lieutenant Oehterlony have been directed to e t e h • eed i r ? ll i:i c t o h m d p e a t n ae y hments of the artillery and sappers, and of the Ist Native Infantry is to pro ber fr om Masulipatam. All these are to be conveyed by nec ks a si e stY's troop-ship Jupiter, which has received the co r o,„: sa rY orders. 'Lieutenrait-Colonel Elderton is to lik e r n d the Maclas troops in China, and it is thought fr o Y that he will come round and take his departure m Masi .uva3 . 7, • th e i a, f ral Sir W. Parker not having arrived here by Pone t , s l; " n ail, it has of course been necessary to post sostris m e t d eParture of our quota of the force. The Se iesty, ~f,a m er, one or two iron steamers, and her, Ma the. „,...7 1 P Larne, are all held in readiness to leave on ta oo "ral of the Admiral. It does not seem that any We Ps are to proceed from this side of India, and indeed •,,,e."id not well spare any. ith regard to the proceedings of the new expedition aknown, its arrival nothing, is positively and opinions course materially differ. The BengalHurkare says that A the fira step taken will be the recapture of Chusan. 3 a convenient depot for the troops will be required, t his does not appear improbable. Other authorities, on • , 111 0 contrary, assert that all the forces will be concen rated for an immediate attack on Imperial Pe kin . Much, ho wever, I should think, will depend on the posture of 4/airs when the expedition reaches its destination, and , the behaviour of the enemy during the intermission hostilities. That no favourable change in the Em itierer's sentiments towards us had taken place up to the dat e Of his receipt of intelli,genee of the capture of the g,oe Forts, 4 ,oll be perceived by the following procla mation, which" was published at Macao on the 31st of i n 'L r eh, and will be altogether new to your readers. The t„ e t e i r :sed Tartar seems resolved to continue his opposition L ic , l 9, l ast, but perhaps he may find that to " seize the ofdtsn barbarians and make an entire extermination e nd of the whole of them" (!) not a matter so easy a cco mplishment as he anticipates—and we may yet Rite him cause to " gnas h hi s t ee th" with " combined hiteeations," more terrible than those wh i c h have rto fallen from the Celestial tongue. The followin g is the edict ',ll„,:t t five o'clock on the 28th day o f the 2d moon (20th t ,r ovin „ae°, 18 41), the Imperial comman ds arrived in this „ - as ronows : ,A 0 English rebelling on: a former occasion, and wo .i ng seized upon the fortresses of Shakuh and Taekuh, b a ti .,, ad ing our high a nd subordinate officers and, troopers cat '.' caused us to gna sh our teeth with comb in ed impre :,„l"B. We therefore specially deputed Yihshan, Lung cfc, and Yangfang to assemble from every quarter the eient troops, and to advance and exterminate the f ar e t ra , . But now they have attacked and destroyed the le s i es s of Foomun (Bocce Tigris), and have even reek (es Y dared to approach near to the confines of the city te nt "), creating vast confusion. Being destitute of dyn reason, contemptuously, regarding our • Celestial t VtY, they have carried their unsubmiasive rebellions ter Powers extreme, and I, the Emperor, now swear, that t iu Powers shall not stand (one or the other must con- h: r or die). Let Yihshan, Lungwiin, and Yangfang, at orde t r i me reckoned upon for their arrival forthwith put in sp .. our patriotic troops, and with undivided effort ,he English barbarians, and make an entire exter sic-17,440n and end of the whole of them. Then will sub thc,,,eur wrathful indignation. if the whole number of t ro - '" be not thus effectually•destroyed, .how shall I, the -I)er °r, be able to answer to the gods of the heaven 1 11 d the earth, and cherish the hopes of our people ? -`esPect this." f o ij o g lv ai n have the Imperial commands b een received as s " ' l ' }l e rebellious barbarians having formerly seized 1 1 P 3 n the f orts o f Shakuh and Tackuh, wounding our 4t lgh and subordinate officers and troops, was cause for f en ill . More increased attention to rigorous m eans of de- 2s,te. But on the tith day of the 2d moon (Feb ruar y t 1 841), these rebellious barbarians destroyed our ll„,Position of F oemu n, evincing that all the great officers - I the said region were entirely in a state of utter un treparedness, and that the military affairs of Kwantung -c rovinte were in a ruinous and unfit condition. Let the • generals of the army, therefore, of this region,. together With the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Assistant- Generals, Literary-Chancellor, the Judge Intendant of .Circuit (Tabutae), with the Foo, Chow, and Heen Magis trates, be all disgraced from their rank, but retained in °ffice until the make up their delinquencies by efficiency of effort. Respect this. " Macao, March 30th, 1841." Sir Fleming Senhouse has contributed 5/. towards the subscription raising for the benefit of poor Mrs. Noble, whose shameful treatment, while in the hands of the .'Chinese, will be fresh in the public mind. The following a letter ,written on this subject by Sir Fleming : s " Mrs. Noble.—Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, off Amanghoy, March 10th, 1841 . — S ir, Under feelin g s of the deepest indignation at the barbarous and savage eenduct of the Chinese in the immediate vicinity , of the peror's High Commissioner, Elepoo, at la ingpoo, in the treatment of a poor unfortunate widowed ship wrecked female, by confining her in a cage of the cube 01 3 feet by 3 feet 2 inches, and re tainin g her in prison until the very Moment almost in w hich she was about .t 0 brine. into the world an orphan child of her depart ed nnSban'tl, drOwned in the wreck ; at a time, also, when we had been' exercising for eight months the most ex treme and unparalleled forbearance and kind ness to the Chine se thereby incurring an expense of probably the f ull amount of the remuneration we are seeking ; and at a time *hen we were actually liberating the prison ers without ransom or restriction, giving up their pro perty t o a large amount, I beg you will set my name as a subscriber of 51. to aid in procuring for Mrs. the little comforts she must require in her deso late and pitiable state, as my mite, if she will sonde- Seand to accept the same, with whatever more may be added by others. " In such case you will have the goodness to present his to Messrs. Lindsay and Co., who will be pleased to Pay you the said sum on account of my subscription • made for Mrs. Noble.—l am, Sir. your obedient servant, " H. L. FLEMING SENHOUSE, " Captain of H. M. S. Blenheim." The Ca n t on R eg i s t e r states that it is calculated that there are about 3,000,0001. sterling of British property ', l °‘‘' afloat in the Chinese waters ; nor does this seem to De too heavy an estimate. it is reported that the government of Bengal have ?nrelieeo two dipw.vs, tit. Sylph and Er'h 31°Y, for the - l' a rPeee of plying between Calcutta and Chine. The, rtee of the Rob Roy was a l and of the Sylph ' ° '' ) G o rupees. THE PT:NJ-ATM. This country has now attained an almost unparalleled state of confusion and disorder. Notwithstanding the ex ertions of the Maharajah and his Minister to preserve some thin k Lie order in the army by paying up the arrears due to "itierent regiments, and bribing them with presents, it °P•s become completely disorganised. Gangs of marau • engaged engaed in the work of devastation in every plundering and firing villages, and destroying the crops around them. There have even been disturb • at Ferozepore from the influx of large bodies of di4anded Seikh soldiery; he Usytornor cashmere has 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 Shore 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 lees of ru pees, which were intended for the payment of the army in Peshawur, and that four or five lies of our treasure have also fallen into the hands of the Scikh'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 detachment consisting of 400 recruits, 200 Atlghan Horse, and 40 or 56 Sepoys of the sth Native Infantry, was proceeding wards Peshawar in charge cf kafila, containing Shah Soojah's wives, has been in considerable danger, a large body of Seikhs, amounting to 6,000 men, having opposed his progres. Indeed, had it not been for the prompti• tuck displayed by Brigadier Shelton, in taking measures to atThrd him assistence, an engagement would have been inevitable, all tin precious nature of Captain Broad foot's charge of coarse induced him to avoid, if possible, a rocourse to hostilities. It seems that the Seikhs supposed the kafila to con tain some twenty-five lees of rupees, and the close vici nity of so large an amount of treasure excited their seldom dormant propensity for plunder. Their u supe riority. in numbers created a corresponding degree of contempt for their enemy, which was soon evinced by a deputation waiting on Captain Broadfout, 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 singalar•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 Seilths, 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 Peshawar by the 28th May. • General Avilable, the Governor of Peshawar, 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, 4-la:a:oat - I as letters from Jumrood, dated the 13th of Majl4lSltoLon that he had paid the camp a visit there and was ell received. General Court is at Lodianah, where he intends to reside for a short time. SCINI)E. The hot weather has effectually put an ezti 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 night march of forty miles with the intention of taking Fazil 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 further 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 Khelat were 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 anent. The 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 Khanate. Highly complimentary this to Shah Nimaz. What mi serable politicians are those who have had the conduct of affairs in :''.cinde, 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 different 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 cificati©n is effected. The inundations of the Indus are very . late, and great rear of scarcity in the spring crop prevails. AFFGHANISTAN. Everything is pretty quiet in this direction- 7 at least comparatively speaking. A small fort in the neigh bourhood of liela-ti-Ghilzie has been captured Hand this is the only event of importance which hasN.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 troops. 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 Candahar in October. HERAT. 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 rett.ah 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 loss has arrived. §EI3AU L. 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 al the time a large army in the neighbourhood of their frontier: BURMA H. A report has been current in Moulmain 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. CALCUTTA. 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 ; converses freely with Lord Auekland, and playS chess with the Misses Eden. How new and stran7,e must such a life seem to the old warrior, and how ;ratified 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 31adagascar), who arrived in the 'iron steamer Phlegethon on the 234 May. He has been driven out of his kingdom by a Madagascar prince, to whom, when in difficulty and danger, his father gene rously afforded an asylum, but who has requited this kindness bV 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 rclnifitiolv aro model'ate. he Will ob tain it. His chief t19.1:-.1 on the protection. of the ..br:t;sh is understood to rest on. the exertions he has aulde to suppress the slave trade. With a little aid from uz, he anticipates an easy conquest over his opponent, whom he represents as an inordinate slaver. Ajeet Sir.gh, one 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 Chun: Koomour, the widow of Kurruck Singh. LORD KEENE AND THE BENGAL TROOPER• Another letter has appeared in the Agrct Uhkbar on this subject, but as these disgraceful attempts to vilify the character of his Lordship have no doubt been treated by the British public with the evntempt they'deberve, ! will be unnecessary for me to make furthar mention of the matter. CALCUTTA MARKETS. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Itimoo.- . =Since our last the accounts received in town of the coining crop are very favourable, and the planters generally seem to expect a larger crop than :hat 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 13enares and Mirzaporc. As we saiebefore, however, every thing depends upon the we-ather 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. SALTPETEE-Has hem 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 tilt: 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 ~bec ome 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. Buft'alo 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 than 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 dernand for Bottles is good, and sales have taken place at Co.'s Rt , .,8 8 for Scotch quarts and pints, and Co.'s Bs. 9 4 for London quarts and pints. EXCIIANGE.—The transactions since our last have been to the extent of about 4 lass rupees at 2s. Id. to 2s. 14d. for 10 months' date Bills, but these rates arc not now obtainable. Treasury Bills are scarcely to be had. FREIGHTS.—Owing 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 41. 10s. per ton 20 cwt. ; Indigo S. - P. goods and R. Silk 5/. do. ; Gruff measurement Goods, 31. 10s. to 41. per ton, 50 cubic feet.; Rice to Mauritius. Co.'s Rs. 1/. Bs. a 21. per bag.—Commercial Advertiser Price Cur rent, June 4. THE ;(11N, IaWsTDONy TITESDA 17, AUGUST 3, 1841. 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 pra 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-Colcnel Smith was honoUrably acquitted of the charge, and the proceedings of the Court-Martial have been confirmed by the Commander-in-Chlef. ANOTHER MURDN ON BOARD A CONVICT SHIP.—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 arc in custody at Penang. The system prevailing in Bombay of all Owing 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 yct nothing is done. The moral responsibility rests with the Government. Loss OF THE BRIG AGRA.—This vesseb, 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. Newall 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 oil 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 Itt , . 44 and 46 per Candy. lxmco.—The sales since 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. METALS.—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. 594 per Maund ; 100 Boxes Tin Plates, 224 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 mand 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 Its. 10 12 to 10 3 each. Buds ON ENOLAND.—We have none to report under this head. Exchange quoted at 1 Jll to buy, and 2 I 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 lass. FREIGHT. To LONDON.—Porto Novo Iron, 15s. per ton of 20 cwt. Dead weight, 3/. 10s., light goods, 51. 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 betel the Donna Pascoa, a fine new ship, as she was proceeding out 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 tcnript of an order of the. Supreme Court. O. P. Q. 1N TUE EAST. P.S. 1, r. 31.-1 forgot to mention in connection with China affairs, tkat 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 from ukkar ; ys, "This place has become a regular bonder, and there are many rich soucars already established here ; boats daily arrive with goods, and lines of Camels daily move Oftli GOV:MNMENT ADVANZ!ES.—The G-oveinment have just raised the rate of exclia:lge on advance; to England from 2s. to 2s. Id. per rupN.. NEW FIVE rmit C;:mT. LOAN.—We understand that the sums invested in the new five per cent. loan in Bombay are of very inconsidereble amount. The same appears to be the case in Bengal. A correspondent of the Englishman states the scarcity of money is as great in the upper provinces as it appears to be in Calcutta. The Government treasuries, he says, era empty, and very few payments have been made to the different collectorates on account of the Five . per Cent. Loan ; and at home " moderate men arc beginning to get frightened at the endless drain this North-West expedition has inflicted on the country." The actual extent of the mischief, he adds, is not yet ascertained, but it is certain that a much greater pressure than has hitherto been felt will ere lomg be experienced. At six per cent. there would be no lack of money either from Indian or English capitalists: The Berkshire, arrived yesterday from Sydney, we regret io state, brings accounts of the loss of the ship Ferguson, in Torres Straits, having on board •a de tachment of H.M. 50th Regiment, bound far Madras. We are happy to stele that no lives have been -lost • on the occasion. We have )teen politely favoured by Capt. Norris, of the Berkshi re , a`cth the following particu lars :—" The barque Berkshire England in Novem ber last, for Sydney, a n d sa il e d f rom ;t i c latter p ; ice On the 17th of April last, f or B om b ay , thrsis'igh Straits, in company with th e M argare t, Canvey Henly Samuel, Smith, an d an A me rican vessel, !! i e Victoria, Proct4t, with 100,000 d o ll a rs in specie on I board, and were joined by t h e Willi am Lushingten,.At kins, at the entrance of the Barrier Reefs, Torres Strait's. The vessels, under Captain Canney, of the Margaret, had a very quick and safe passage through the-. Strait, and to whose intimate knowledge of this intricato.navi gation, skill, and ability as a seaman, the comManders 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:hund to Lomback, and which had been on shore on Portlock Reef, Torres Strait, in a calm, but received no damage ;. on the same day (6th May) the Berkshire, with the other vessels touched at Btioby Island, and -found deposited in the chest placed there under a flag-staff and called the Post-office, a statement of the following vessels having passed, viz. Brig Betsy and Sarah, Coppell, Aoril 25; all well ; Sir Charles Forbes, Bacon, April 25, all well ; barque Competitor, Pritchard, May 2, all well. The Sir Charles Forbes spoke the brig Mary Gray, of 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 the Ferguson had unfortunately been stranded on the Grand Barrier Reef, Tores Strait, on the 27th April in latitude 12 18 South, and in longitude 143 54 East. The Ferguson in company with the Marquis of Hastings and Orient, left Port Jackson four days before the Berkshire. was bound for Madras, and having on board Captain Bell, Dr. Williams, Lieutenant Waddle, Ensigns Barnard. and Moot, Mr. Reed and a detachment of her Majesty's 50th Regiment under the command of Major Serjeantson. The vessel was abandoned, and the officers, troops, and crew put on board the Marquis of Hastings, and Orient, which vessels proceeded to Capang for water and pro visions. We are happy to add that the statement:makes no mention of any lives having been lost on the unfortu— nate occasion. 'The Margaret having as passenger C. A. Brownrigg, M.D. R.N., parted company in -latitude 11 and longitude 121 East, and proceeded to LombaCk.— The Berkshire brings a mail from SYdney." BOMBAY MARKETS, JUNE 18.--there has been bnt little done since the despatch of the • last mail. The S. W. Monsoon set in on the 7th instant, and transactions have subsequently been very limited in extent. 'METALS.—Moilerate sales of iron have been effected, 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 in our present number extend. British Bar, 150 tons, at 301 rupees per candy ; Swedish Bar, 18 tons, at 55 rupees per candy ; Nail-rod. 10 tons, at 36 rupees per candy ; Sheet, 26 tons, at 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 very dull, and the sales trifling and unimportant, as is gene rally the case at this season, COTTON YARNS.—The demand for these has also ter minated for the season. The only sales we have heard , ..,..... of since our . last number are as follows :—Mule Twist, No. 20, 2,0001b5. a6+ ; No. 50, I,Boolbs. a ; and No. 100, 4001bs. a 1.21 as. per lb. Water Twist, No.-20, 6,6001b5. a 7+ ; and No. 40, 6,6001b5. a 11 as. per lb. MARINE STORES.—The sales - which have been inti mated to us are :-248 cwt. of White Paint a Rs.. 11 4 annas a Rs. 11 10 annas per cwt. ; 120 bolts of bleached Canvas a Rs. 18, and 50 bolts a Rs. 18 10 annas per bolt; and 4481bs Twine a 9-1 annas per lb. Paints are dull of sale. BEER.—The best sorts sell pretty freely at our quOtt“ tions. Of Allsop's 50 hhds. have gone olf a Rs. 42, 100 a Rs. 41, and 200 a Its. 40, and of Bass' 400 hhds. a Rs.' 42 and 150 a Rs. 40. 20 hhds. Worthington's have been sold a Rs. 33, and 100 Mids. of Hodgson's a 32. BRANDY.-800 gallons have been disposed of a 12.4. 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 a Rs. 3 per gross. EASTERN PRODUCE. CoTTOX.—A few days after the date of the P.S. to our, - - last, there was a good demand fur 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. ils. 110, Oomrawuttee a 106 tz. 110, Dollera a 102, and. other descriptions in prlportion. OPIUM.— Shipments have been made to China per the Caledonia and Good Success. Trifling purchases have been made at rates varying from Its. 680 a 695 per chest. We subjoin an abstract of thoofficial returns published on the 17th inst.:— Balance of last year's importatitan chests Imported from the 25th May, 1840, to the 15th instant ................................................ 19,5051 Total imports Deduct exports for the same period • 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 quo t a tions of the Cham ber of Commerce y e st er d ay Were as follows : To London 4/. 55., and toLiverpool 4/. 45., to 44 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 pan to -1- per cent premium, and the Four i . er cent 90 a 92. Bombay Bank Shares . have risen to 30 per, cent premium, and theshares orthe Asia Bank which have been fl uc t uat i ng a good deal, nifty now be quoted at'B per cent premium. Bombay Bank Share, 30 per cent. prem. ; Asia Bank Shares, 8 Per cent. prem. Exchango on London is at 2s. Old. a 2s. Oid. for six months bills, and at ls. 1 lid. a Is. Ilid. for thirty days bills. Both on Calcutta and Madras, 991. On China Rs. 206 per 109 is. PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereinis, each lis. 10 8 a 10 10 Bank of England Notes per X 10 8 a lO 12 Memorandum or lloney advanced by Grernment 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. Id. the rupee. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 16:—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 disTrder and anarchy having resulted froniihe . short period in which those countries had been under the direct dominion of the Porte. Much excitement was occasioned last week'hy an at tack by a party of the l'achit's soldiers on the country house of a French gentleman here ; but the delinquents have been apprehended, and full satisfaction promised by the Paella in reply to the remonstrances of the Freneh 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 allgradei 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 $134-. The sale of the new grain crop is to be de ferred Cm 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 :-32Q,000 ard. of barley, 315,000 wheat, 17,000 Indian 'corn, 13,000 chick peas. 415,000 beans, and 70,000 balei of cotton, of which about 15,000 bales are yet for shipment. JULY 19.—During the last three days nothing has transpired further than the publication of the sentence on the soldiers who broke into M. Pastre's country house. The officer in command of the party has been deprived of his rank, fined one month's pay, and received fifty blows of the stick ; the men have had stopped one month's pay, and received three hundred blows each ; and the Bey, by whose orders the party 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 W the sth instant. A naval commander and two surgeons, for the Syrian establishthent, passengers be the steamer, If:FT• y3=tercloy fur B e y rt ,,, met tycc pacts et. Ibrahim Pitch . , „iveet yrtiiiy to the oricatal. This steamer tacos le»ne BeghoS"Bey's reply to the East India and Chin t address. Mr. IVaghor.e revisits England by this conveyance ; on taking leave of the Paella last night he obtained a firma„ as a personal favour, to put anot h er steamer on the Nile. The Paella, expressed himself much pleased on hearing lmiritended to bring the machinery only from England, and bialiVtliebeiit at Cairo, on a plan properly adapted for Vv. , Nile ; in fact, boats for the Nile can be better built in this country. Hill's little steamer, with its new machieery, is infinitely better than the Lotus fiat-bottomed boats do not answer in it river so full of lire hear nothing more s a id a bout free trade. Thos e who have been fortunate in getting produce to Alexan dria are allowed to export it without remark on payment of twelve per cent, export duty, but the same difficulty lin finding transpo r t f or , p ro d uce f rom th e i n t er i or , or allowing it to be taken from the interior, still exists. Colonel Napier remains here. Nothing official has yet cline from Constantinople. Colonel Barnett, our new Consul, arrived at Malta, by the Oriental, whence he 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 Aff.;hanistan things were comparatively quiet ; Post 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. CONETANTiNcnE, JULY 13.—A Turkish steamer reached this place on the 9th, bringing despatches of a favourable nature from Tahir Nam. His expedition against the Candiote rebels way 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. Tapir 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 interlerence, 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 Paella," what answer it would make were the captain of a .French line-of-battle ship, off the SL 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 Britis 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 ; hut 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 returne I 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 front 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 Candia. The intelligence from Syria continues to be satisfac tory. The affair of the Ifauroun 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. lue 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 tha 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 pretimd 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 the French Government is resolved to support them. .Th e 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 Burnou 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 :,kelessi ' 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 tibns greater results have been produced than were es petted, 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 Gazette : 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 terminated ; 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) " ESTERHA2Y, " NEUMANN, " PALMERSTON, " BULOW, " BRUNOW." HAMBURGH MAIL. CASSELL. JULY 23.—An express from Vienna brought last week official notice to our court of the marriage of the Elector of Ilesse to the Countess of Roichenbach- Lessonitz, on the Bth of July, at a seat belonging to the Countess near Brunn, in Moravia. The ceremony was performed by the Protestant clergyinan of Brunn. The preceding reports of the marriage which were current nt Francfort appear to have arisen from confounding the ceremony of betrothing with the actual marriage, which was delayed till the time of mourning for the Electress was expired. STOCKHOLM, JULY 23.—The celebrated geologist, Baron Leopold Von Buch, is now again travelling through Sweden. —Hamburg Papers, July 30. BELGIAN I. UNDS--.BituastLe, JULY 31. Actual Debt. 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Ccnt......- IOA Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ..... -- 3 per Cent. — --.•Thirty.seven----- ... 70% (I•. 41) lOl Loan of City, P. 12,4 per Cent. f= Society of Commme, 4 1., per Cent 93% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .. '74 NationalSoclety. Exchange on Loodoai (shot tl _Brussels Paper:, July 31. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JULY 24 f Item Cents. Metalliques Foss per Cents. NIA Three pa Cents. Bank shares ifllgemeine Zeitung. July 27 HA MBU RO BORSENH A LLE, JULY 30. Bills. bloney Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan 111•t4 tits Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, C.rtiticate 1021 10:t4 Inscription, Ist Sc:i's lOl% 101% Russian 5 per Cont. Hope and Co. 3d and 4t II Serie,: flitto in (7ertioeates '• , , ' • 'i ' .-, ''''''''' - •„..,.... •„..,.... ......RS „..., ;., .„ it ..,'',_ll :1:''1. .:!Z 3'' . • al ' 11':1 '••• ...' .. .1- .1 ..... LE:,l.l',tii.,is 1.u.... :', per (7e1.1' 7,! N. wegian5 Loan, 18:11. 4 per Cent.. 11 f % j.-. 04 Saanish, New 5 per Cents EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JULY 39.-13 51(.—Two months. 13 4 rit anrrt +ma, July 17.—Three months. 4 '4. Itrua. JULY '22. -Three 'Months, ail; . Si 1, cK t 1 n. 51. JULY '.3.—Seventy-tive days, 11. '5 BREMEN, JUNE :in ---Th% 0 months, (i It ' PETERSBURGU, JULY ,3.—Two months, 38% pence PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JULY 97. Bids bf °neg. St. Schuld. Sch., 4% per cent. ........ ..... 141( JOIN Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. .. .. ...... 101% kotchange on London, three months a poi —Prussian State Gazelle, July 23. 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 .Aug,ustin 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 asslciation 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, 24i cash to-day. MAGAZINES —CONTINUED. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. This Magazine reached us, vs usual, at so late an hour that we were unable to include it among our periodical notices. The Number, on the whole, may be called a fair enough average one, and among the best of its art'cles, is Mr. Doug las Jerrold's sketch of "Bajazet Gag," the manager, whose character suggests a very whim sical—but we have no doubt in the main, cor rect—notion of a lessee of a minor metro politan theatre. The dialogues that take place between this illustrious oddity and some of his subalterns are replete with point and fun. Here is a sample of one of them. Mr. Gag has, it seems, accepted a manuscript tragedy front a small author, but after a world of delay, finds it inconvenient to bring it out; the dramatist thereupon calls upon him, to inquire the cause of such cavalier treatment, when the following energetic colloquy ensues between them :-- "I am not a man to jest with, Mr. Gag." And Beau mont Fletcher Pettithaps reddened like a turkey. " I gave you 'The Prince of Greenland'—yes the piece, the manuscript into your own hand:l." "A manuscript !" exclaimed the manager, jumping from the chair, and slapping his hat upon his head. " The Prince of Greenland,' an historical tragedy in five acts," shouted Pettichaps. " And have I had my time taken up with a damned tragedy ? cried manager Gag. - "Not a damned tragedy, Sir," replied Pettichaps, with dignity—" not damned, but unacted." • " It's just the same—all birds of a feather. The only difference is," said Gag, " that your damned tragedies are full-grown geese ; whilst the unacted, like so many green goslings, haven't come to their proper hissing." " The Prince of Greenland,' replied Pettichaps, "is neither goose nor gosling—it is a play upon purelylisto rical principles." " I am very sorry for it, for your sake, very sorry," said Gag. " Had the thing been a real Greenlander, I could have given him forty minutes between the pieces ; as it is, I—l—wish you a very good morning." " Then, Sir, am 1 understand," asked Pettichaps, in utter consternation, " that you reject my tragedy ?' " And no mistake," replied Mr. Bajazet Gag. "Then, Sir—but the town shall hear of this—then, Sir, where is the manuscript ?" asked Pettiehaps. "How should I know ? If there's any sense at all in it, I shouldn't wonder if it had walked to the trunk= maker's." 'And Gag began to whistle. " Mr. Gag," exclaimed Pettichaps, striding up close to the manager, " I demand my property." "Property ! Why, Sir, one would think you were talking of tweezers, or a tookpick, or somethingof impor tance : whoever heard of property in a manuscript tra gedy ! Property ! Upon my word you gentlemen au thors- give yourselves pretty airs. Why, a tradesman wouldn't talk larger. Property !" and Gag laughed sar castically. "What do I know about it ?" " What, Sir ! (lid I not put the manuscript in your own hands ?" asked Pettichaps. " Can't say anything about it," said Gag. I'm busy now." "No equivocation, Sir—did I not give you The Prince of Whales'—for I have since altered the title to The Prince of Greenland'—in your own hands ? You must recollect me," urged Pettichaps. " ' The Prince of Whales,' and you yourself gave me the piece ?" "I myself gave you the piece," answered the poet of Greenland. " And pray, Sir," and as the manager spoke a new light gleamed at the corner of his eyes ; "pray, Sir — now be particular in your answer—when you gave me the manuscript was there anybody present ?" "NO one—we were alone," replied the bard. "Alone, Sir—alone !" "We were alone, were we ? Then, Sir," crowed Ma nager Gag triumphantly, " then, Sir, my definitive an swer is to you—l never received the manuscript." Those who wish to get any insight into the nature of the tricks played off by London horse !! dealers, will find much to answer their purpose in an article entitled "Screws," which is full of that best sort of worldly information which is the result of leng, practical, experience. A screw, it seems, " is an unsound horse that looks like a sound one a valuable animal in appearance, in reality, a worthless brute," and the object of the article is to point out the rogueries practised by those who trade in screws. It is neatly written, and deserves praise for the motive that suggested it. " French Fetes" is a pleasant theme, lightly and agreeably treated. The writer contrasts the popular pastimes of the French and Eng lish people, - and, naturally enough, gives the preference to the holiday-makings of the former. Mr. Hook's story of " Fathers and Sons" runs its course rejoicing ; but we cannot say so much for Mrs. Trollope's "Charles Chesterfield," which in places is ex tremely dull and languid. "The Twelfth of August in South Wales" is a sprightly, unaf fected sporting Paper. " Mislaying an Idea" is a satirical sketch of a dull, prosy bore, by Mr. Poole. " Besides, ECLECTIC REVITTV. There are several judicious and impartial re views of new publications in this Number one, in particular, on a religious Lecture laccily deli vered in London by Mr. Beaman, of the United States, gives rise to several sound and serviceable reflections on the subject of pulpit oratory. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL.—No. MIL The United Service treats on the system of transportation to the Australian settlements in the threefold view of naval, military, and penal; but growing quarrelsome in the end with the present adopted plans, draws up a category of suggestions for their modification. "Syria, during the Campaign against Mehemet Ali," conveys a good notion of the decisive opera tions of the English squadron, and a wood block let into the page, represents the bom bardment of Gebail. The " Visit to the Vol cano of Kirauca," in Hawaii, by Surgeon Rees, describes a curious species of lava, called by the natives Pele's hair, that lady being the goddess of the volcano, who is regularly propitiated by fat pigs, kalo, and bread-fruit. It runs in fine-drawn threads of glassy lava, sufficiently light to be carried away by the wind. The " Ten Months' Captivity of Lieut. White by the Carlists" cannot have been quite so dismal after all. A flute and guitar were no unmerry companions; and the frying-pan with its fish and onions is a daintiness nut to be forgotten. An air of picturesqueness distinguishes the " Reminiscences of a Light Dragoon." The present subdivision of the " His torical Details relative to the Military Force of Great Britain" is resum e d at the fifteenth cen tury, and the various parliamentary acts and sta tistics connected with the subject, seem well de duced and chronologized. BRITISH 111 AGAZINE.—No. CXVII A fifth paper on the " Poems of the Poor of Lyons," appears this month, in which the theo logy. of the W a ld enses on many po i nts is ex- . plamed and f urt h er i llustrated b y translation of a curious poem. Between this and a Chapter on Fasting, whi c h we recommen d to the Scot tish Non-Intrusionists, are several articles that deal plentifullv in learning and latinity-: In so utilitarian an age, however, it is su rprising bow tractates on Boehmenism, Bard ism, and Sweden- borgianis m , w ith other more mysterious i sms, find readers or even students. CUSTOM-HOUSE ANNOYANCES AT SOUTHAMPTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sul —I be to Nall your attention to the slovenly man ner matters are conducted by the officials at 4_:ustotn-house at Southampton. On arriving at this place from Haire early in 02 morning, I could neith2r no: even attended to. Of course b i r t e t In was y debtfignaedgeutatislsethd; worthy officials thought proper to make the necessary] xamination ;dnd through their unwarrantable delay was detaine upwards of seven hours. A great number of ladies and gentlemen were placed in the same awkward predicament ; and when at lent 7 rth the authorities did condescend to attend to their ditties the confusitnn was most disgraceffil, and more like a scramble for admission to the gallery of a theatre than the steady deportment to lit‘ expeeted from the servants of nn estabhshment devoted to the protection of her Ma jesty's revenue. H. B. MORNING SUN. LORD MORPETII. • ------ _ Defeated in the strif e for power, - In the mid haunt of his reno wn , lie proudly brook'd reverse' s h our, And did not wince at fortune's froww. lie stood with sadness is 14 heart, At having miss'd an honour'd goal, But nobly threw all spite apart, And prov'd the brightness of h 4 soul! There, in the place of former pride, Half bumbled with a manly woe, Dash'd envy's poison'd shaft aside, To play the fair and generous foe. To own a rival's triumph grand, Bow to the gainer of the race. And give him, with a liberal hand, The winning courtesies of grace! While thousands gather'd round to hear How he would meet his fallen fate ; Warm, earnest, solemn, and sincere, He charm'd the men who came to hate! And, while his lofty spirit shone All jealous meanness high above, Bound still more closely to his own The hearts of those who came to love! Then, when his eloquence grew still, And admiration's voice rose loud, There rush'd the warm and generous thrill Of kind emotion through the crowd. And strong, 'mong foes, and friends, as round The gentle inspiration ran, All felt that his " farewell" had erown'd An honoured and honest man ! —Bude Light, No. HI. RICH AND POOR TO THE EDZTOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—Your,frequent advocacy of the " Rights of the poor," and notice of the " Duties of the rich," induce me to ()tier a few remarks, occasioned by a Discourse in St. James's Church, Bury St. Edmund's, .on Sunday, the 24th inst. The text.was, " The rich and the poor .meet together ; the Lord is the maker of them all."—Pro verbs, c. 22, v. 2. While the preacher gave some excellent exhortotions both to rich -and poor, I was not the only individual pre sent who thought the address particularly consolatory to the wealthier part of the audience, and, judging by ap pearances, the number of really poor perions present was yery small. Could some of the ill-fed and ill clothed artizans of our manufacturing districts have heard the Rev. Gentleman, it is more than probable that a few would have been desirous to hold a little plain conversation with him on the subject afterwards. They might have intimated their sense of the Almighty's goodness to mankind, and their willingness to join in ex pressions !of gratitude for all his mercies ; and while disinclined to murmur at the dispensations of Provi dence, wbuld not hesitate to prove that contentment with their preSent state would only be another name for in difference, were they quietly to allow themselves and families 'to perish instead of making known their wants and grievances. They would probably point out to their wealthier neighbours and the clergy, if they " took sweet counsel" together in private, many acts of human beings,, when in power, were very inconsistent with the doctrine of " human brotherhood," and injurious to the poor man's welfare, and urge, in the sadly eloquent manner which their circumstances would call forth, the necessity of efforts being early made to alleviate their sufferings, and remove, as far as practicable, the causes of distress. Nor would it be difficult for. these humble members of the human family to quote from the Sacred writings a few trite lessons for the guid ance of the rich in their treatment of the poor, and charge them to remember the important truth, that "Faith without works is dead." In conclusion, I take the liberty of suggesting an ap propriate text for a future Sabbath: "If thy brother and sister be naked and destitute of daily trod, - and ye say to them, depart in peace, be ye warmed, and be ye 'filled, while ye give them not these things which are` needful for the body, what doth it profit ?"—J ames v. 15, 16. , Hoping you will excuse the length of these remarks, I remain, respectfully yours, - A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLEi :Yarmouth, July 31, 1841. BLOCK PRINTING. . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. So,—l have read in Th e S un of last evening a statement, extracted from th e Gl asgow Herald, in which a.description is given of various improvements, so styled, in the method of block printing. These kind of notices, at a time when the operatives are already but half em ployed, are calculated to inflict still more serious injury on their interests, and can only contribute to the re sources of those hideous monopolies that are already spreading desolation and destruction throughout the length and breadth of the land, and threatening every industrious workman with immediate distress and,desti lution. The grasping avariciousness of these machinery masters is most notoriously evident in the factohat they never could, they never can, produce anything,, in qua lity which approaches the perf e cti on o f h an d block print ing. Till dead matter bath the superiority over living intelligence, it is not possible.. This selfishnesss is still more apparent in the fact, that the . average cost of pro duction is pretty well equal, and this is explained more fully by considering the enormous waste of materials, the expensive nature of the Machinery, and the waggon loads of machined rubbish that are ,dally returned on the manufacturers' hands as utterly useless, not only ex hibiting the absurdity of the competitiOn, but its equally futile pretensions to superiority, and its eventual ten dency to the ruin both of employers and those whose. employ it supersedes, With regard to the Scotch Editor's state:nent as to the equality between the French and English !workman in manual dexterity, I will hereby stake the produce of, six months' _labour, that myself and another Englishman shall come and. do more work in the time, and do it as well, as any four Frenchmen in France. Sir, in conclusion,. as we know. you . . for the unflinch ing advocate of the poor man, I have sent you a sample of hand-made paper•bangings, and the price we can make it at, and I beg to ask you thus publicly, if - you think any machinery Call compete with it even in price. Your obliged, obedient servant , A HARD-FISTED OPERATIVE PAPER- July 31, 1841. STAINER.. [We have received the sample of hand-made paper, and taking into account the low price and the beauty of the workmanship, it certainly is a wonderful produc tion. At a little distance it does not appear at all in ferior to paper that is sold at a shilling, while this costs only one penny a yard.—ED. Sun.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S-YESTERDAY. The settling for the Goodwood Races' dreW nearly as large an attendance as is usually . seeti on the Tuesday after Epsom, and as the process of paying and receiving was necessarily confined to the room, its limited size oc• cas:oned considerable inconvenience. Everything passed off gicietly, and although this essential finale to the most brilliant. of meetings was not brought to aclose until after six o'clocic, a few straggling bets were laid on future events at the undermentioned prices DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 agBt Mr. Rawlinson's "Coronation—taken 9 to 2 , apt T.ord Westminster's Van Amburgh—t 8 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Middlehain—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ferg!ison's Tearaway—ditto 8 to 1 agst The Squire and Tearaway—taken 4 to 1 agst Middleham, Tearaway, and Eringo—t DONCASTER CUP. 1500 to 100 and 12 to 1, two or three times, were laid agst DERBY, 1842. 4 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken • 10 to 1 agst All the mares—taken 12 to 1 agst Colonel's Peel's lot 7 -takerb e 20 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Robert taken and afterwards p d • iltretaer taken 22 to 1 against Mr. Wreford's. a rd bus— taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Wil-%Nessus—taken ljorhain -40 to 1 agst Hon. S. Herb is jnster's Auckland—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Westm Fireaway—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson ' sit,T. Mostyn's Preparation—t 40 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit' • 1000 to 10 agst Mr. htwald's Manta colt—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Lie Fesrptartero BRIGHTON RACES. BRIGHTON, MONDAY MORNING. The following horses have arrived :—Orelia, Exit, Banish (2 yrs), Mungo Parke, Remnant, Benjamin, Col chicum, Aspatria, Folly, Fugleman, c out of Obelisk's dam, 10, Dismal Jemmy, Aethon, Amulet, four of Sir Gilbert lieatlicote's, two of Mr. Theobald's, and se veral others. A full meeting and plenty of sport are expected. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1841 Mr. Goodman's Belgrade, 71b Bst agst Lord Albeniarle's Minaret, 7st ; last half of Ab. M. ; 50. Captain Ross's Nicolas, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Payne's Escort, Rst 71b each ; 50, T.Y.C. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1841. Duke of Bedford's John-o'-Gaunt, Bst 51b,7agA Mr. Goodman's Belgrade, Bst ; Ab. M. ; 100, h ft. A REGION ON FIRE.—The road lay along the ridge of the mountain. On our right we looked down the perpendicular side to a plain, two thousand feet beleyt us. ; and in front, on another part of the same plain, were the lake and the town of Aguchapa. Instead. of going direct to the town, we turned round the foot of the mount in, and came into a field smoking with but springs. The ground was 'incrusted with sulphur, and dried and baked by subterranean fires. In some places were large orifices, from`which steam rushed out vio lently and with noise ; and in other 3 large pools or lakes, one of them a hundred' and fifty feet in circum- Fcroile% clirit 7.1 , , , n , •77—, bubliks three , • , taL,Lie tilt head-' ste:s of A clio:oa. • great extent, the earth . was in a state burning our boots and frightening- the Irorsez, and we wore obliged to be careful to keep the horses from falli ng through. At some distance was a stream of sulphur :ter, - which we followed up to a broad basin, made a dam with stones and bushes, and had a most refreshit warm bath.—Stephellx's Criotral America. • We learn that her Majesty has been graciously plelt:wa to grant a pension or 2001. a year, on the List, to Lady deremie, the afflicted widow• of Sir John Jeremie, late Governor of Sierra Leone.