The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-24 00:00:00

prospects of commerce at home. In the export depart ment, the present month shows a considerable improve ment upon the paid, which, in its tarn, shows more favourably than the preceding. Thus a progressive improvement is taking place, and we may with reason look forward to a great secession of spirit and activity in the market as soon as supplies come more plenti• fully to hand. During the period under review stocks of almost all our staples have been exceedingly low, and owing to this scarcity, operations have not been gone into on so extended a scale as the active inquiry existing would have led us to expect. In indigo only a moderate business has been done, owing to the rapidly drawing close of the season. The same may be said in regard to Benares sugars, of which the market appears almost completely bare. Dates move off freely at full rates. During the first part of last month, supplies of saltpetre were ample enough to meet the demand, and an active business was done; latterly stocks have declined, and less has been doing, although at improved rates. R aw silk has declined in value, and is only moderat el y inquired after. Corks are in good requisition, and sales can readily be effected. The speculative feeling for rice for shipment to England has in a great measure died away, under the influence of increasing rates of fre i g ht. Transactions have been on a limited scale. For shell lac and lac dye the inquiry remains good, and sales have been reported to a fair extent. Hides remain in active demand, and all qualities readily move off at full rates. Jute has not declined in public esteem, but parcels of first quality are very scarce. Oilseeds are generally neglected. In other minor arti cles of produce a fair scale of business is reported, and we only wait the arrival of supplies to be able to report a more active and spirited business. In the import branch we have not an active fortnight to report upon; at least operations have not been on the scale we had expected from the promising features expe rienced some time since. In some measure this may be accounted for by the reluctance evinced by the dealers to enter into fresh operations until the close of the Native commercial year. The demand has not been active for Manchester piece goods, and prices have latterly ruled a shade lower. Mule twist has returned to its former po sition. The market for metals remain dull and inactive. We may reasonably calculate upon some i m provement in the position and prospects of this bra nch of our business, now that affairs in the North - West a re fast a pp roachin g to settlement. Full particulars will be found under the respective heads below. Within the last few days a decided improvement is ob- servable. TIE MONEY MARKET.—We can hardly be expected to - report any change in the position of this market. It is however satisfactory to know that the chances of any change taking place are in favour of its being in the way to improvement. Money continues abundant, and is readily available for commercial objects at easy rates when good and tangible securities offer. The feeling in the bazaar continues much the same, although, if we may judge from tlfe reluctance to clear off imports lately observable, the feeling is towards increased tightness. Tho following exhibits the market value of bullion and foreign coin, and shows the current rates of banking transactions:— PRICE OF BULLION. Dollars Co.'s Rs. 220 10 to 220 14 per 100 Sovereigns Gold Mohurs old 2l 5 21 6 „ new Five-franc pieces (silver) 2 G 2 1 „ Bank of England notes.— 11 4 11 8 per £ Gold 5 China, bars Straits, dust l5 8 16 0 „ Silver, Sycee lO4 5 104 11 p 100 tls. BANK OF BENGAL RATES.—Discounts: Private bills and notes at or within three months, at 7 per cent. per an.; Government acceptances, 4 ditto. Interest charged: On fixed loans, not exceeding three months, on deposit of Company's paper, 5 per cent. per an.; on opium, 6 ditto; on deposit of metals and indigo, 6 ditto; on depo sit of other goods, 7 ditto; on accounts of credit, not exceeding three months, on deposit of Co.'s paper, 5i ditto; on opium, 61 ditto; on deposit of metals and in digo, 6i ditto; on deposit of other goods, 71 ditto. GOVERNMENT LOANS AND BANK SHARES.—The va lue of Government Securities exhibits a trifling change on our last figures. The tendency is towards improve ment. A very moderate amount of business has been done in them. Bank Shares remain without alteration, and in very moderate inquiry. Profits on the operations of the Bank during the month of February are at the rate of 51. 12s. per cent. per annum; those on the pre vious month having been 1/. Os. 10d. per cent. more, making an average on the two months at the rate of Company's rupees 6 5 3 per cent. per annum. The shares of other Joint Stock Banks have experienoed no improvement. EZCHANGE.—A scarcity of good mercantile bills has continued to prevail, and latterly the demand has been considerably in excess of the supply. Owing to this circumstance rates of exchange on England have receded to ls. 10d. to ls. 100. per rupee for first class documents bills at six months' sight. Exchange on China is Co.'s Bs. 214 per 100 dollars. Our quotations are as below:— Treasury bills at thirty days' sight according to amount Is. 91d. to Is. 9id. per Co.'s rupee. Navy bills at three days ' s sight at Is. 9d. to ls. 9id. per Co.'s rupee. Bank ditto. at 30 and 60 days's sight, at ls. 9d. to Is. 9d. per Co.'s rupee. Oriental Bank ditto, at sight to six months' sight, ls. 9id. per Co.'s rupee. Private drafts against shipments, at six month's sight, at ls. 100. to is. 100. per Co.'s rupee. Agency on London correspondents, at thirty days' to six months' sight, at is. 90. to Is. 100. per Co.'s rupee. Government advances on shipments to London and Liverpool, on bills at six months' date, are at le. 10d. per Co.'s rupee. Freights—With the improved feeling in the export market rates of homeward freight have progressively advanced. Arrivals have not been on any considerable scale, and shippers being in the market, consignees have been enabled to obtain a small increase on our last quo tations. 'ihe market is at present not firm, and we do not anticipate any further rise. IMPORTS. In this department of our trade the fortnight has been rather a dull one; business has been done on a moderate scale, demand has been less active, and prices have, in many instances, ruled lower. This decline we attribute in some measure to a little increased tightness in the money market, and to the absence of encouraging ac counts from the up-country marts, on which our import business is so much dependent. We have, however, good grounds to look forward to more encouraging accounts from the upper stations. Within the last two or three days a decided improvement is observable, and more encouraging accounts have been received from the up-country marts. Copper—Throughout the past month the market has been in a dull state, and prices have been looking down. Accounts from blirsapora have been discouraging; lat terly they are, ,however, better. Sales have been very limited. Iron—Supplies of almost all descriptions are plentiful in the market, but the demand is languid and market dull. This market begins to show improvement. Speller—The market ins been far from brisk during the month, and prices are ruling at Ct. Rs. 8.10 to 8-12. The following sales have been reported since the Ist instant:-150 mds. at Ct. R 9. 8-7.6; 90 mds. at 8-10; 150 mds. at 8-12; 1,500 mds. (during the early part of the month) at Ct. Rs. 9 4 per fy. md. Steel—We have heard of no business under this head; prices are quoted nominally at Co.'s Rs. 6 5 per fy. md. Quicksilver—The sales of the month are:-24 boxes at Co.'s Rs. 4-8-3, and 4 boxes at 4 8 6 per fy. seer. Tin Plates—Sales are:-40 boxes at 18 12 per box. The market is bare, and prices are quoted at 21 to 22 per box for the usual I C mark. Wines and Liquors—A very fair amount of business has been done in this market. Transactions are re ported-1,080 dozens French Brandy at Co.'s Rs. 9.8 to 12-8 per dLz.; 300 doz. Port Wine at Co.'s Rs. 13 per doz.; 150 doz. Sherry at Co.'s Rs. 11-8 per doz. Ales: There is no activity in the market; a few sales have been reported of Allsopp's new brew at Co.'s Rs. 85 per hhd. A sale of Tennant's is reported at 37 to 40 per hhd., a few sales have been made at 85 to 90 per hhd. Salt—A good business has been done during the last month in this condiment. The following are the sales: 56,500 mds. Liverpool at Co.'s Rs. 76 to 81 per 100 mds., 4,000 mds. Bombay at Co.'s Rs. 35 per 100 mds. Prices are well maintained. Cotton Piece Goods.—During the past month the market has been quiet, and a moderate business has been reported. Arrivals of Manchester goods have been few, and stocks of Glasgow fabrics are likewise low. Prices have, notwithstanding, receded a shade from those ruling at the early part of the month. An improved feeling has latterly been observable. Europe and Shop Goods.—Throughout the past month a moderate amount of business has been done, and the market exhibits no altered aspect. EXPORTS. _ _ Considerable spirit and activity have been imparted 0 this branch of our trade by the favourable accounts latterly received in regard to th e health y position and improving prospects of the produce market at home. Almost every single staple has improved in demand and value, and au active business has been doing, only re stricted by the scantiness of supplies in the market. A healthy feeling pervades business, and we have every prospect of a continuance of it. Indigo—Sales begin to be few and far between, giv ing evidence of the rapidly drawing close of the season's operations. The sales which have been held during the month show well-maintained prices, and in some in stances a shade of improvement. Inquiry is made for private lots, but holders ask high. The season, as re gards the coming crop, as far as it has gone, appears favourable; the showers we have had must have materi ally assisted the new sowings in Lower Bengal. Fol lavving are sales by private contract during last month. Jeffry Finch, Shahpore, Oondee, Tirhoot, 243 chests at Co.'s Re. 112 8 per md., and 4 chests rejections at 94 per rod. Raw Silk—A fair business was doing in this article at the beginning of last month, but the advices from home last received have completely damped the inquiry. A few sales have been reported at prices which show a de chili! of 12 annas to 1 rupee per sec. Silk Piece Goods—Corahs rema i n i n g ood f av our, and full prices are paying when parcels offer. Stocks are exceedingly low. Choppas and B an d anos are i nac ti ve . The following business is reported:-8,750 pieces Cos aimbazar Corahs at Co.'s Its. 94 to 11-8 per corge ; 520 C3ssimbazar Choppas at Co.'s Rs. 97.8 per corge ; and 128 pieces Tussers at 5.4 each. Saltpetre—Stocks of this staple have been sufficient to meet tire active demand that has existed throughout the month of March. Latterly, however, stocks have de clined and choice is limited; business has consequently been somewhat restricted. Prices show an advance of 4 to 8 as. per sad. Sugar—Notwithstanding an active inquiry for this article, business has been done on a moderate scale, owing to the want of Benares qualities at market. The new crop has not yet c9nle down. Operations have been THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, confined to Dates and Dobarahs, which have been moving away at improved prices. We have heard of small batches of the new crop having been placed at 8.8 per md. Hemp and Jute—A fair demand is making in Jute, but stocks now consist principally of second and third qualities, for which prices are well maintained. The fol lowing business has been reported during the last month :-300 bales at Co.'s Rs. 8-8; 550 at 8 , 12; 750 bales at 2; 950 at 9-12; 200 bales at 9-2; 250 bales at 10-4-0; 466 bales at 10-8 per bale, and 583 mds. at 1-9-3 to 1-10 per md. Rice—A reaction has taken place in the feeling for this article, assisted no doubt by the advancing rates of freight, which are now at 5/. A very moderate business has been done for some time, and much of that has been through natives. A fall in freight would cause a shoal of native speculators to rush again into market. Ship ments have been going freely forward to the Mauritius and Bourbon. We have no alteration in value to notice. Exports from Ist to 31st ult.:—To Great Britain, 81,418 mds.; France, 13,004 mds.; Hamburgh, 5,424 mds.; Mauritius, 84,726 mds.; Bourbon, 81,600 mds. Lac—A fair amount of business has been done in both these articles througllout the past month. Latterly shell lac has not been quite so active, but this is in con sequence of reduced stocks. The following transactions have been reported:—Lac dye 584 chests Beerbhoom at Co.'s Rs. 17 to 23-8 per md.; 19 chests Mirzapore at 14-4; shell lac 91 boxes. Beerbhoom at 8-10 to 9.8, and Bhorah 438 mds. at 11-4 to 11-12 per md. Stick lac has been placed, 1,296 mds. at 3-15 to 5-4 per f. mds., and 100 mds. Assam at 6-3 per md. Opium—Since the fifth Government sale, held on the 19th ult., prices of this drug have fluctuated consider ably. Several lots have changed hands much above the averages of sale, and even as high as 1,120r5. per chest has been paid. Since the arrival of the Red Rover and the Ariel prices have declined but a shade; they are quoted—Patna, 1,160; Benares, 1,120 per chest. CHINA. (From the China Mail of March 29.) The greater part of the following article was written a week back, but perhaps it may still pass muster. The mort importanladdition we can now make, is the very probable rumour that a favourable reply has been re ceived from Peking. Canton has for some time pass been fertile in placards and military preparations. Through their means the community, both Chinese and foreign, is kept in a state of chronic excitement. Stripped of all garnishing, the real state of affairs seems to be, that the Chinese people, having talked very big about resisting any attempt on the part of the out side barbarians to enter the city of Canton, the ladrones, feeling assured that the right would be asserted, and thus lead to disturbance, hare been collecting in hosts in the surrounding country, watching the opportunity to plunder their own countrymen. The Chinese are much more apprehensive on this score than about our obtaining free access to the city, and, besides other preparations,% they have accordingly been very active in raising a municipal guard for the protection of their properties, each hong and shop having freely contributed men and money in proportion to their importance. According to one of the street notifications which appeared in our last issue, every shop is to sub scribe a month's rent to meet expenses, besides provid ing a certain number of men well armed. The volunteer force in the department of the city is estimated at upwards of 200,000, and the money contri butions at several millions of dollars. Besides the city suburbs numerous towns and villages in the Kwang tung province have raised contingents, many of whom, it may be assumed, have enrolled themselves under the impression that they are required to fight the barbarians. None of the documents we have seen threaten aggres sive measures, and most of them set out with asserting the danger to be apprehended from lawless banditti, some coupling with this allusions to the crafty nature of the barbarians; but such are probably rhetorical flour ishes, intended to work upon the prejudices of those who might not otherwise be moved. That the primary ob ject of these guards is not to resist foreigners, however, but to defend their property from their own banditti, is evident both from the contents of the notifications, and from the fact that in the hilly region to the north-west of the province the caterans muster in such force as not only to frighten the tea dealers and others who must pass through the district, but to overawe the local autho rities, who could offer no effectual resistance to their descent upon Canton, in case of a rupture with the Eng lish. A mandarin of high rank who fell into their hands has been put to death. We cannot, however divest ourselves of the impression that such preparations will be superseded in a great de gree by an Imperial rescript recognising the right of en try, and enjoining every one to respect it. This would be more effectual than any display of force on the part of either the Chinese or British authorities, both of whom are desirous to avoid a rupture. The unsettled state of affairs of Europe and India are insuperable arguments against hostilities with the Chines, even for a better cause; and the appointment of a member of the Peace Society as consul at Canton may, we think, be taken as an indication of the feelings of the home Go vernment on the subject. Except the fleet, the only overt precaution on our part has been to station a body of marines on board 'the guard steamer opposite the factories 4 We learn that Sea has been informed that they are sent for the protection of our countrymen, and to assist him in case or need; but he of course considers his own preparations sufficient, and declines to have any such favour forced upon him. A portion of the Ameri cans have urged the propriety of moving the United States ship Dolphin near the factories ; and though the requisition was by no means unanimously supported, it was signed by so many that Commodore Geisinger complied. All documents and placards calculated to excite the people have been prohibited by Seu, and his orders seem to have been so far obeyed that we understand no printed copies have been posted up. There are others, how ever, such as the long one detailing the plans of the people to the north of the city, which, "issued with the view of protecting life and property, and not in defi ance of the laws," no governor would think of sup pressing. It is impossible, however, to prevent such as are intended merely to stir up ill-feeling against foreigners from being written and handed about in manuscript, in which shape it is that they reach the factories in abundance ; for the Chinese penny-a liner, seeing the great interest attached to anything de nouncing the barbarians, and finding it an easy way to please their customers, as well as gratify their own taste for malice or waggery, have of late hatched many apochryphal papers. Few of these have ever been seen by respectable Chinese, and Seu has probably heard of them for the first time through the remonstrances of our own authorities. THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN DA COSTA AND HIS MISSING COMPANIONS. The surmise that Captain Da Costa, of the Royal En gineers, and Lieut. Dwyer, of the Ceylon Rifles, had been murdered, has been confirmed, though only one body—that of Captain Da Costa—has as yet been found. During the first search spots of blood were traced along the path below the village for a considerable dis tance, when they were suddenly lost sight of. The search was continued unsuccessfully during that and the follow ing day, when, about six o'clock in the evening, as the police boat was shoving off from the rocks for the purpose of returning to Victoria, a piece of bamboo fell from the boat into the water. The attempt made by one of the men with a boat-hook to recover the bamboo seems to have disturbed the water, and caused the body of Mr. Da Costa to rise gradually to the surface, about 20 feet from the shore. Next morning, on examining the rocks close to the spot where the body was found, a good deal of blood was observed in various places, leading over the stones to wards the part of the pathway where the track had for merly been lust sight of. From the marks of blood, the police are of opinion that the body must have been carried along the pathway, and then turned off to the rocks, over which it had been thrown. A coroner's inquest sat on the body of Captain Da Costa on the Ist March. The place has been visited and scoured, not only by the police, but by large parties of troops, and the crew of her Majesty's steamer Fury. From the evidence at the inquest we select the fol lowing:— "Fenwell Martin Tweddell, being sworn, states—l am a surgeon attached to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment quar tered at Stanley. On Sunday afternoon last, the 25th of February, I left our quarters, in company with Lieutenant Dwyer, Captain Da Costa, and Lieutenant Grantham, for the purpose of taking a walk. I accompanied the party some short distance— perhaps a quarter of a mile and then sepa rated, as also did Lieutenant Grantham. I returned to my quarters about twenty minutes past five. Captain Da Costa and Mr. Dwyer proceeded towards ' the village of Wong-ma-kok, which is situated . about a mile and a quarter from our barracks. We dine at seven o'clock. As Captain Da Costa and Mr. Dwyer did not return to dinner, I became alarmed, and went out to look after them, with a sergeant, cor poral, and three men. We proceeded to the village of Wong•ma-kok. lat that time saw nothing to excite suspicion. I saw an old man there, who was very civil, and gave us oil for our lamps. In answer to some ques tions I put to this old man relative to the missing gen tlemen, he said that he had not seen any Europeans about; I consequently returned homewards. When about 200 yards trona the village, close to the pathway, I found a three pronged spearhead, broken short off, which I now produce. I took the spearto our station, and reported to Lieutenant M'Donald, being the senior in command. He, with a p art y of soldiers went out, in order to make further search. I did not accompany them. They returned about tw o o'clock the following morning. Oa Monday morning M r. May .with a party of police arrived at Stanley. I accompanied them, in order to show the road which the missing party had taken. We separated in various directions. I first dis covered marks of blood in the immediate vicinity of the village of Wong-ma-kok (corrects himself), I first dis covered marks of blood about 600 or 700 yards on the other side of the village, which I traced close into the village; from thence to the sea side, which is, perhaps, half a mile from said village. The water was deep w here we • Amongst these has been the erection within the past week of a gallery of bamboo, with sentry-boxes at intervals, along the roofs of the houses fronting the river, and stretching from the factories to the extremity of the city. It would thus appear that an attack of the ladrones from the water is apprehended. The erection might be pretty effec tual against their spears, or such weapons as they are likely to use, but is exposed even to pistol-shots from the river, and cannot, therefore, be intended to resist foreigners. P The Phlegethon conveyed the Marines from Hong- Kong; but having been damaged on her way up, the Cor sair was chartered to take her place until she was repaired. The accident to herself was, unfortunately, not the only damage done ; for, having got foul of a junk, A cilium WM rialgt unt9ward orent At thaCrs 1, traced the blood, near to which place, say about 200 yards, the body of Captain Da Costa was discovered in the water. I did not see the body taken out of the water. I have very frequently visited this village, but always armed. The villagers have seen that I was armed. I have always received civility. Captain Da Costa, when he left his quarters, was dressed in a white shooting jacket, a Chinese felt-cap, turning up all round, blue striped cloth trousers, and common shoes. He had with him a gold watch and small gold pocket chain slightly exposed to view. I think he had two gold rings on his fingers, one of considerable value. He wore the rings on his left hand. Both hands are bruised; I cannot say that one is more than the other. He had no firearms on him, but bad a Malacca cane, loaded with lead, say about 11 ounces—from that to 2 ounces. It was a powerful wea pon. lam not aware that he had any money on his per son. Lieutenant Dwyer had a gold hunting watch with a gold guard chain round his neck, both of considerable value. The chain was slightly exposed to view. He had no firearms about him. Had a Malacca cane; no money. The three-pronged spear I found was a likely instrument to have caused the wound in the eye of Captain Da Costa, as before described. "By Dr. Mitchell—Was the spot where you picked up the spearhead, which you have stated to be about 200 yards from that village, in the sight of that village? " Witness—No, it was shut out by a turn in the road and the wood. " Could the cries of men struggling for their lives be heard at the village where you took the old man into custody, from the spot where you picked up the spear head? " I am of opinion they could not be heard. Am not precise as to the distance being 200 yards, but think it was sufficiently far to preclude human cries from reach ing the village; The spearhead I picked up had the appearance of being recently broken. I cannot say with any degree of certainty that any of the prongs had blood on at the time. On Monday last Mr. May took a man into custody at Wong-ma-kok. He had a wound on, I think, the right side of his head, over the parietal bone, which had apparently been inflicted by a stick—such a stick as Captai❑ Da Costa carried would be a likely instrument to inflict the wound. IC appeared to have been inflicted twelve or fifteen hours. He had marks of blood on his left leg and foot; also on the band of his trousers, which is pro duced. On my return home from the village of Wong ma- kok on Sunday night, I did not see any fire whatever, save that which I myself caused along the pathway from the village. This fire was entirely extinguished before I left. I fired the grass to see my way more clearly, the night being very dark. That fire which I afterwards saw at a latter period on Monday was not a continuation of the ignition caused by me. It appeared to have been kindled in many places at one and the same time. "By Mr. Strachan—When Captain Da Costa left his quarters on Sunday he was in his usual good spirits. He was not excited by wine. The same remark applies to Mr. Dwyer. "F. M. TWHDDELL, "Assistant-Surgeon, H.M. Ceylon Rifles. " Lo-yoang-shing, alias Lo-asse, being arraigned as a prisoner, and cautioned that what he states may be used as evidence against himself, states—l am a husbandman, and have resided for many years in the village of Wong ma-kok, on the island of Hong-Kong. On the third day of this moon (corresponding with our. Sunday, the 25th February), two English officers came to the village of Wong ma-kok about dusk. They went into my house. I myself was there, my wife was cooking, and my daughter-in-law was keeping the fire up. One of the officers, the shorter one of the two, embraced my daughter-in-law. I made motions with my hand for him to desist. The girl cried out; my wife went up and pulled the officer away. I also begged them to go away, when the tall officer struck me with a walking-stick on the head—a common stick (opponent shows a cut on the right side of the head,* which was the result of the blow inflicted). The villagers hearing the cries of my daughter-in-law, came in, and tried to get the officers away. As the villagers came into my house, they were struck by the officers [the villagers ihearing his girl cry ing out, came and wished them to go away, saying it was improper for them as officers to meddle with the common people; but they struck them, and they began to fight—Register's Report]. My head at this time was bleeding; blood came into my eyes. I could not well see. A villager residing next door to me, named Chui-apo, with six of his men, came in, they armed themselves with spears; a conflict ensued between these men and the English officers, whom they wounded. It became dark. I could not see the finish of the encounter. The disturbance arose princi pally because Chui-apo and his men would not submit to the treatment displayed towards my daughter-in-law. [lt was only through Chui-apo and his men being vexed at what they had done that the fight occurred. He is an old menet and only wished them to go away.—Register's Report.] I did not interfere. I did not run away, be cause I had done nothing wrong. The names of Chui apo's men are, &c. Chui-apo has lived in the village for ten years. He goes away sometimes, and returns. Ho-yeen-ping has been in the village about one month. He had a license from the Government to make powder there. Some of the others have been residents of the vil lage for two or three years. They did not till the ground. They cut grass, and sometimes go out fishing. They are not regularly employed by Chui-apo. Seven or eight men took part in the scuffle with the English officers. It first began in my house; five or six men first entered. The English o ffi cers did not fall in my house, but they were wounded there. I did not see any blood on the ground in my house. The officers rushed out of the house, but were pursued by the assailants. The name of my daughter-in-law is Lo-chow-she; she is aged eighteen years. She was taken from the village on Sun day night—at all events I have not seen her since. The officers used to visit the village occasionally. [The officers often came about shooting, but seldom came to the house. —Register's Report.] Inever knew then/ to converse with my daughter-in-law during any of these visits. The two 01- ' cers, on Sunday, before coming into my house, had en tered Chui-apo's, where they had interfered with women, but they were driven out. In the house, during the struggle, the tall English officer wrested a spear from Chui etpo, knocked him down, and kicked him. In aim ing a blow at Chui-apo, the spear broke. Ido not know whether Chui-apo was wounded. I could identify the spear that was broken (deponent is shown several spears and identifies the one found by the party of Dr. Twed dell, a three-pronged spear). It was after the spear was broke that the officers rushed out. When I was wounded my wife shouted out Help, help, save my life.' The villagers then rushed in, but they did not come armed; they pulled the officers out, and in attempting to do so they were struck with sticks. [The villagers came and took hold of the officers with their hands to pull them out of the house. The officers resisted and heat them with their sticks.—Register's report.] The villagers then got spears. The officers did not make any attempt before the conflict ensued and before the spear was broken to escape. In the house of Chui-apo there were two women ; one aged sixteen, a married girl, daughter-in-law of Chui-apo ; the other was an old woman, his wife. I never heard the result of the conflict, nor do I know what has become of the officers. The Stanley officers set fire to the grass. Late on Sunday a party of officers and men came to the vil lage, and inquired what had become of the two officers. I replied, 'that they had been interfering, and a disturb ance had taken place, but that I did not know where they had gone to.' I suspected that the two English officers had been killed, from the way they were fight ing, but I was afraid to say so to those who came in search. lily eldest son was outside my house during the conflict; h h e a afterwards e r o e m t u m r n u e n d i e , a b t i u o t n did nor n T o e t t say an aoyy thing. I of the villagers who took part in the conflict. " Low-a-kow, after having been duly cautioned in a similar manner to the last deponent, states:—l am a son of the last deponent, and reside at the village of Wong ma-kok. On Sunday last, I remember two English offi cers coming to the village. At the time I was not in my father's house, having out-door occupation. I saw them going into several houses looking after women, and into my father's house amongst the rest. On my entering my father's house, I saw one of the officers embracing my sister-in-law. My father and mother in terfered, and desired him to desist. He would net. My father tried to pull him away, but could not. The villa gers then came in. They were not called. They came of their own accord. They were then armed with spears and knives. They fought with the officers in the house. A spear was wrested from Chui-apo by the tall officer. I did not see any wound inflicted by this officer. I saw him aim a blow at one of the villagers. It (the spear) fell on the ground and wad broken. The officers de fended themselves, and backed out of the house. They did not attempt to go away before this [' and would not go.'—Register's Report]. They were not wounded in the house. When they backed out they were followed by their assailants, and then wounded. They kept re ceding—and at last fell about 1,000 covids (a coved is about inches) from the village, on the pathway lead ing to Stanley. The wounds they received were mortal. I saw them dying. They were about 100 covids from each other. I saw them slung on bamboos, and carried down to the water-side near the fishing-nets, and thrown into the water. They were at this time dead ; but when they were slung on the bamboos, they were breathing. When they fell some of their assailants went back to the village for bamboos and ropes. It was dark when they fell. There were ten of the assailants. lotHhffieec e o m we u r u a l s d r s. d the ei Ir d . e d n rii t dcn i fg*hnylnoeitaa.ldalseperoteh him in the etake affray. their tches h e o rings.r officers entered the village I saw they carried sticks. I saw them strike Chui-apo with a stick on his back as he was coming out of his house, having gone in to light his pipe. I heard Chui-apo say to them in Chine se , You had better mind what you are about, or I will kill you. I have done nothing to you.' The officers were drunk. They throw stones at everybody who stood to look at th em . When they entered my father's house I also went in. I remained there until the villagers came in armed. In the interval I saw both my father and mother struck; blood was drawn from both of them. They were both struck on the head. They did not call in the villagers to their assistance; they came of their own accord. °All the villagers were looking on during the conflict —more than twenty. My mother is now in Stanley. My sister in-law has gone to Little Heongkong to her mother's. The family name is Cheen—Cheen. ashing is the name of my whatak taken hadto Stanley hee om become ofy some their tw offi cers. o co mrades, because I was not properly questioned. The sist l er di i d n-w. n two deceased officers were thrown into the water l o a t iell l them was t at one and the same time, at the same place. During the conflict I particularly noticed Chui-apo and Chui amon. I saw them stab t he two officers with spears. I can't say where in the body they were stabbed. I cannot say in hours elapsed from the time they fell u p to the time t h ey which hand the spears w ere held. Perha p s two were thrown into the water. Th e p eo p le who carried them down were the same as comm itted the murder. They were thrown into the water to avoid detection. I did not see any of the party burning the grass. Chui • Lieut. Dwyer, the taller Qf the pfliGers, Nas left-Lauded. apo was the man who struck the first blow. I don't know that any of the villagers were wounded. It was the small officer who caressed my sister-in-law, the one with whiskers. I know that the officers were looking for women, because I heard them inquire fur Amoey. I know that the two officers were drunk; when I passed them at Chui apo's house, I smelled (?) liquor ; they were standing by Chui-apo's house. At the commence ment of the affray my younger brother was not present, he was herding cattle ; but he was present when the affray was being carried on, on the hill a little distance from the village. He saw the finish. He saw the officers fall. (A three-pronged spear is shown to the deponent.) He identifies it as one used by Chui-apo; another spear as used by Chui-amon ; both are broken short off. " Loi-y at-chow, a boy 11 years of age, being warned in a similar manner to first defendant, states—l reside in the village of Wong-ma-kok. On Sunday last, the 25th February,l was engaged in tending cattle. In the evening, as I was returning with them, I saw my sister in-law carrying two buckets of water into our house. I saw two English officers in the village. When my sister saw them, she hid herself behind some hay used for fir ing in the house. I went into said house. I saw one of the officers hug my sister-in-law. My father and my mother interfered. My father as well as mother were struck by one of the officers. I saw blood come from my father's head. I did not see any of the villagers go into my father's house armed with spears. The English officers went out, and fought in the village, and on the bill near the village; I saw the officer fall on the hill; he was dead—the short one. I went to see him. I saw them both afterwards slung upon bamboos, and carried away. I don't know where they were taken to. The bodies of the officers were carried past the village, that is, through the village, by the same men who had murdered them. None of those now in custody were concerned in the murder. lam quite sure that life was extinct when the bodies where carried off on bamboos. I did not see any of the Chinamen take any watch or rings from the deceased officers. "Chui Asze is duly cautioned: I am a native of Tam shui in Tweisheen. lam a fortune-teller: I predict good and bad weather. On Sunday last I was in the village of Wong-ma kok. On Sunday, the 25th of Fe bruary, two English officers came into the village. I think they were drunk. They began to go into the va rious houses there, and assault their inmates. I did not see them go into Chui-apo's house; I saw them go into Lo-yaong-shing's. I do not know what took place there. I saw a fight going on in front of the village. Chui-apo gdhidting not go into Yaong-shing's house. When near the village I did not see any wounds inflicted on th e E ng li s h officers. The latter were only armed with sti c k s a t first, until one of them and dy his we m re en fi wrested a spear from a Chinaman. It was getting late in the evening, and I could not see the end of the strug gle. Before any disturbance commenced I heard cries from the women in Yaong-sbing's house. It was then that the villagers armed themselves with spears and fought. I have not been in the village of Won b asma kok yet two months. I h ave never seen the English officers in the village before. When I was at Wong-ma-kok I lived in a room adjoining Chui apo's. Ido not know that Chui-apo cultivates the ground at Wong-ma-kok, but I know that he has a number of cattle there—l cannot say how many.* lam 65 years of age. " Lo-chow-she (who came of her own accord, and being mad e a prisoner, and duly cautioned) states—l am daughter-in-law of Lo-yaong-shing, alias Lea assee. I was in the village of Wong-ma-kok on Sunday the 25th of February. I was in my father-in-law's house. I was engaged in cooking, when two English officers came in ; one of them hugged me, putting his arm round my waist, and on my.hreast. He had never done the same thina. before. It was the small officer who ca ressed me. I did not notice anything particular about the officers. My father and mother interfered with the officers, when they were struck by them. I saw blood from both of them. The blows fell upon their heads. They called out. I then, being very frightened, ran out to the hills above the village, where I remained all night. I did not see any disturbance Going on between the offi cers and the Chinamen. I did not return to the village, because I was afraid of the officers. I have heard of such a person as Chui•apo, but I did not know him. I have not heard that any English officers were killed on the night of the 25th of February. lam a married woman, my husband's name is—l don't know it—[According to the Registrar's report, she gave her husband's family name as being Lo, but did not know his surname—that is, his ming, or given name.] Have only been married a short time. When I was on the hills I got nothing to eat. " [Mr. Caldwell states that he went to the village yes terday with the elder boy, who pointed out to him the spot were the murders were committed. Captain Da Costa had only got about fifty or sixty yards from the house, and Mr. Dwyer about 250 yards farther, where the spears were found. He could see most distinctly where Mr. Da Costa's head had lain and been beat, and the marks of b lood cn the earth. The grass had been burned where Mr. Dwyer fell, but the earth bore evi dent The boy pointed marks of feet as of people strugg lin g . y porn • ted out where the bodies were thrown into the water (the same where the body was found) , and the way by had which they were carried, being the sam ethe H y inted Pore ut viously traced by the marks of blood. po the spot in the kitchen where his sister - in-law was when Mr. Da Costa went to her, and where Mr. Dwyer stop ped outside the door of the kitchen. Apo only come into the court of the house, and there the spear was taken from him. He shows some pieces of twig and leaves marked with blood, picked up where Mr. Da Costa fell. The grass there is covered with blood.] — ED. China Mail. " VERDICT.—That Chui- apo, Ho yeen-ping, Chui ar-man, Wung-a-cheong, Chui-arsarme,Loo-aqui, C hay a-hing, and others to the jurors at present unknown, late of the village of Wong-ma-kok in the colony afore said, labourers, on the 25th day of February, in the year aforesaid, with force and arms at Wong-ma-kok aforesaid, in the colony aforesaid, in and upon the said Frederick Augustus Hippolito Da Costa, in the peace of God and of our said lady the Queen then and there being, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice afore thought did make an assault upon him the said Frederick Augustus Hippolito Da Costa; and so the jurors afore said, upon their oath aforesaid, do say that the said Chui-apo, Ho-yeen-ping, Chui-ar-man,Wung-a.cheong, Chui-arsarme, Loo-aqui, Cheat) hing, and others to the jurors aforesaid unknown, him, the said Fre derick Augustus Hippolito Da Costa in manner and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, did kill and murder, against the peace of our said lady the Queen, her crown and dignity; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath afore said, do say that the said Chui-apo, Ho-yeen-ping, Chui-ar-man, Wung-a- Cheong, Ch e i. ar e eareee L ea . aqui, Chay-a - hing, and others to the j urors aforesaid unknown, after the doing and committing of the felony and murder aforesaid, withdrew and fled for the same; and the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say that the said Chui-apo at the time of the doing and committing of the felony and murder aforesaid, had goods and chattels—to wit, ten cows, otherwise cattle which remain in the Custody of Charles May, superin tendent of police. "In witness whereof, See. --Robert Strachan, William Henry Mitchell, James Smith, Thurston Dale, William Frazer Bevan, Samuel Gray, " CHARLES G. lIOLDFOETH " One of the coroners f or t h e colony of II ' ong Kong.'' CANTON MARKET, MARCH 23. As prognosticated in our last, the unsettled state of affairs has entirely paralyzed trade; while the hordes of banditti which at present surround Canton, ready to take advantage of the disturbances expected by them in the beginning of April, render the safe transport of goods into the interior impossible. IMPORTS. f the month, when sales to the theextent. beginning . o 2 2O 0 bales, no transactions place . with importers, and the stocks are con sequentlyCotton—Since becoming very heavy. The following usual monthly statement: — Imported. Delivered. Stocks. Stocks 1848. Stocks 1847. Bombay 11,216 23 , 885 44 , 84 4 47,052 19,508 . • • Bengal ..• • • non e 580 5,934 11,126 3,107 Madras... • • 3,007 5,6.55 9,527 18,647 6 , 7 68 American 1,4 , 9 , 0 12! 1,369 500 1,130 • • Shanghae • • 2 ' 0 80 2,358 2,653 591 15.953 30,286 64,022 75,022 31,104 N.B. This report has no reference to the sales by im porters during the month; the imports show the quanti ties entered at the Customhouse and actually landed; the deliveries, the quantities delivered from the Pack house to boats taking the cotton, &c., to the interior; and the stock is what remains in the Pack-house, sold and not sold. Cotton Yarn-1,200 bales English sold soon after the departure of the mail at—for No. 16 to 24, 22 dolls. 50c. to 23 dolls. 25c.; 28 to 32, 26 dolls. to 26 dolls. 50c.; 38 to 42, 26 dolls. 50c. to 27 dolls. 1,100 bales American were likewise disposed of at 20 dolls. to 21 dolls. fur Nos. 18 to 26. The deliveries were 1,929 bales and 1,191 half bales; and the stock is 6,122 bales and 1,305 half bales, against 3,649 bales and 2,388 half bales last year. - Long Cloths-The sales in the early part of the month were very large. in consequence of a resolution come to by the dealers, that after the 3 d instant no purchase would be made by any of their number till the question about foreigners entering the city was set at rest. 92,400 pieces grey were thus disposed of at 1 doll. 95c. to 2 dolls. 10c. for common, weighing 5f to 51 catties; 2 dolls. 40c. t o 2 dolls. 55c. f or 6 2 5 . to 665., weighing 6 to 64 catties ; an d 2 dolls. 55c . t o 2 dolls. 60c. for 725.; weighing catties; and 19, 000 pieces white at 2 dolls. American 35c. to 2 doll s . 40c. for common; 2 dolls. 55c. to 2 dolls. 60c. for 645. to 665.; and 2 dolls. 80 c. to 2 do lls. 85c. for 725. Present prices nominal. Goods-The sales o f drills amount to 21,200 pieces at I doll. 88c. to 1 doll. 95 c. for 30 y ards, and 2 dolls. 45 0. to 2 do ll s . 50 c . for 40 yards. Stocks in second hands large, with little demand. Jeans in fair request at 2 dolls. 48c., with small stock. Of sheetings , 10,000 pi eces h ave bee sold at 2 dolls:411c. to 2 dolls. 50c. Woollens -The transactions have been very limited, nor can we hope for much improvement till affairs be• come more settled. Spanish Stripes-840 pieces sold at 1 doll. to 1 doll. 15c. Ihhit and Medium Cloths-Prices nominal. Long Ells-The sales have been 3,500 pieces at 7 dolls. 60c. to 7 dolls. 99c. for assorted, and 8 dolls. 85c. to 9 dolls. 10c. for scarlet; stocks small. Camlets-English were in fair demand in the early part of the month, at 19 dolls. 50c. to 21 dulls. 60c. for common, and 23 dolls. 80c. for superior. Dutch dull at 20 dolls. to 23 dolls. Lastings and Bombazettes are likewise in request at 14 dolls. 50c. to 16 dolls. 50c. for the former, and 9 dolls. 50c. to 11 dolls. for the latter. Metals-Iron: The sales amount to about 4,000 piculs at 3 dolls. 50c. to 4 dolls. 25c. for nailrod, 4 dolls. 70c. to 4 dolls. 90c. for hoop, and 2 dolls. 10c. to 2 dolls. 80e. for bar. Tin Plates : none in market -wanted at 10 dolls. to 11 dolls. Swedish steel, 5 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 80c. Lead, 7 dolls. 10c. Ginseng -In demand at 75 dolls. to 105 dolls. fur crude, and 130 dolls. to 160 dolls. for clarified. About 70 year st and, Cochineal—Dull at 100 dolls. to 155 dolt Rattans—There have been neither sales nor imports. A moderate quantity would now fetch, for Banju massing 3 dolls. 75e. to 4 dolls.; Straits, 3 dolls. 40e. to 3 d his. 80c.; water, 3 dolls. to 25c. Pepper—There have been transactions which we are unable to report. The market is however supplied, the quotation being 5 dolls. 75c. Bethel Nnt—A moderate import of good would com mand 3 dolls. 25e. lice—llas fallen about 20e. The market is entirely dependent on the weather for the next two months ; throughout the month it has been most favourable. Ar racan is 1 doll. 60c, to 1 doll. 70c. Manila and Java cargo, 1 doll. 60c. to 1 doll. 90e. Opium.—Malwa has continued rather dull. Our stock is 1,300 chests, and present quotations 680 dolls. The market for Bengal has been very fluctuating, having been alternately excited by speculation and depressed by ar rivals. The demand has, however, been very good, and clearances heavy ; leaving us with a moderate stock at Cumsingmoon of about 1,000 chests, notwithstanding the heavy supplies we have had. Our present quota- tions are—Neiv Patna, 530 dolls.; old Patna, 585 dolls. (very scarce); new Benares, 527 dolls. 50c. Turkey firmly held, we have heard of no sales over 440 dolls. EXPORTS. Teas—There has been but little doing in this staple since the departure of last mail, owing principally to the small stocks of almost every sort. Black—Congou, 4,000 chests only are left, and these all of low grade. Souchon-2,000 cheats are left. Flowery Pekoe—About 1,000 chests of fiat and old are left. Scented—The mar ket is cleared also of Ning Yong and Ankoi. Green— About 5,000 half-chests of young hyson of all qualities (many made out of hyson and skins), are in market. Hyson—The stock is reduced below 5,000 chests, and the greater part of this of common quality. Imperial and Gunpowder—All left is of low grade, stock about 1,500 half-chests. Twankay—None, and the stock of country packed skin does not exceed 1,000 chests. Can ton are without demand, and the sorts now in the market are mostly of low quality. Raw Silk—Some 350 bales have been sold at, for best Tsatlee 440 dolls. to 445 dolls., and Shuhing 250 dolls. to 255 dolls. No Taysaam or Tsatlee now in market, and only about 200 bales of Shuhing. Sugar—The new crop is coming in, and promises to be a fair average. Cassia Lignea—Very little remaining of the old; price 10 dolls. to 10 dolls. 50c. The new is shortly expected. Oil 175 dolls. Anniseed oil-90 dolls. Vermillion-58 dulls. for the best. Quicksilver— Has risen to 119 dolls. Freights—To England, 3/. to 3/. 103.—little offering and ships plentiful. Some are going to India in ballast. To United States, 17 dolls. Exchanges on-London at six months' sight, 470. Com pany's bills 213 to 214. Bullion—Sycee, 9 per cent. premium; Gold, 24 dolls. 80; Mexican Dollars, 2 per cent. premium. Heavy shipments of bullion are being made to England and India, and more would go if insurance could be effected. MAY 24, 1849, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Parodi has secured her position as the Qaeen of lyrical tragedy. She appeared on Tuesday in the character of Semiramide, and even surpassed the expectations of her warmest admirers. As a whole, (and it is as a whole that the impersonations of Made moiselle Parodi must be judged, for she is no mere self seeking point-maker, but a conscientious interpreter of the whole inspiration of her author, leaving the points to make themselves, which they do much more effectually than when strenuous efforts are made to bring them out), as a whole never has the character of the majestic yet guilty Assyrian Queen been more truthfully or more grandly developed than it was on Tuesday by Mademoi selle Parodi. She was equal to Pasta in her grandest moments. In the earlier scenes she was indeed queen-like; there was a calm dignity about her impersonation which seemed to awe all those about her into respect, it was the calm majesty of conscious power, the innate sense of an undoubting and admitted superiority which has no need to exert itself in order to prove its exist ence. Mademoiselle Parodi has reached the highest pitch of art—she understands the secret of repose. Never have we seen anything more majestic than her acting during the whole of the magnificent quartett " Di tanti regi e popoli," which was sung as perfectly as it could be by herself, Colletti, who was the Assur, Lablache, who was the Oroe, and Bartolini, who vi as the Idreno. The "Bel Raggio" was magnificently sung, and acted beautifully. The Queen was for once sunk in the woman, and the majestic Semiramide was again a girl in her love for Arsace, and in her joy at the favour able response of the oracle. It was an oasis of human feeling in the sterile desert of heartless state in which she who wears a crown is condemned to live, and move, and have her beicg. She was, however, again the Queen, ay 1 every inch a queen in the speech from the throne, in which she an nounces to her assembled subjects her choice of Arsaco as a husband. And the conclusion of this scene, the magnificent finale " Guiri Ognuno," was, whether consi dered as a vocal or as a dramatic display, one of the most magnificent,; one of the most perfect ever witnessed. Never have we beheld anything finer, anything more classical, than the attitudes of Mademoiselle Parodi, as she listens to the voice of the spectre; never anything more terribly sublime than the changes of her counte nance in that supreme moment of terror and of horror. Never, not even by Pasta herself, has this terrible scene been more sublimely embodied. Every attitude of Parodi was a study for a sculptor, whilst the rapid changes of her mobilo features put the painter's art at defiance to catch them. The opening scene of the second act, the great duet with Assur was, per haps, the triumph of the night. The haughty dignity of Mademoiselle Parodi in this scene was magnificent and intense, as was her expression of indignation—and never have we seen indignation expressed with greater intensity—it was the indignation of a Queen who felt and knew her power, and never once forgot her state. The stately pride and haughty dignity with which she commanded Assur to respect in Arsace his sovereign was sublime, and then that sudden gust of feeling with which she exclaims," Send questa gioia," as she hears the music announcing the approach of Arsace and his troops, was perfectly thrilling, and went at once to the heart. The scene with Arsace was also a magnificent display of histronic power. Never has the expression of the most acute mental agony been so truthfully depicted as it was by Parodi, in which she lets the paper fall from her hands which reveals to her the history of Arsace. She gives but one look —one momentary glance—before she covers her face with her hands ; but that one glance is a glance of such unutterable anguish as to show that in that moment is concentrated the agony of years. In the far-famed duet which fol lows " Ebben a to ferisce," the conception is beautifully carried out. She is no longer the haughty Queen, bid ding stern defiance to Assur, and breathing forth threateninga against him ; she does not address Arsace in a tone of defiance, but as a guilty woman, bowing to the irresistible decrees of fate, to whom death would be a welcome refuge from the more than mortal agony which she suffers. Piteously she implores him as the minister of the gods to give her that death. This duet was deliciously sung by Parodi and Alboni (who was of course the Arsace), and the middle move ment, the far-famed " Giorno d'orrore," was rapturously encored. The triumph of Mademoiselle Parodi was complete, she has made the character of Semiramide, perhaps the most difficult in the whole range of Italian lyrical tragedy, her own, and this is but the foretaste of many future triumphs yet in store for her, among which, not the least, will be her Medea. She was called for at the conclusion of the first act, and at the conclusion of the opera, and also frequently during the course of the performance. Mademoiselle Alboni was the Arsace; this was the character in which she first made her deblit, and by her personation of which she at once secured her position. tier rich mellow contralto tones were never heard to greater per:ection than they were on Tuesday. Her magnificent rendering of the opening aria, " In se barbara," excited a perfect furore. We have frequently heard her in the part of Arsace, and always with de light, but never have we heard her in such excel lent voice, never has she acted the part of Arsace so excellently as on Tuesday. Coletti was magnificent as Assur, both as regards his singing and his acting. In the second act he nobly seconded Parodi by his impassioned energy; in fact this scene has never before been so perfectly rendered in this country as it was on Tuesday by Coletti and Parodi. Lablache, in order to strengthen the cast, took the part of Oroe, the High Priest, and the consequence was a representation of the chef d'oeuvre of Rossini as nearly approaching perfeetiou as possible, more perfect by far, as a whole, than any representation of it which has hitherto taken place in this country. NEW NO V E L S. BY DISTINGUISHED WRITERS. Sir E. BELWER LYTTON'S HAROLD. Third Edition. 3 vols. J. FENIMORE COOPE R'S SEA LIONS. 3 vols. 111. BERMAN MELVILLE'S MARDI. 3 vols. IV. DUDLEY CRANBOURNE ; or, a Woman's History. 3 vols. Sir H. HUNTLEY'S PEREGRINE SCRAMBLE. 3 vols. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE; or, the Fall of Napoleon. 3 vols. VII. PALGRAVE SIMPSON'S LILY OF PARIS. 3 vols. VIII. HELEN CHATZTERIS. 3 vols. IX. CERVANTES—EL BUSCAPIE. 1 vol. ELIZA LYNN'S AMYMONE; or, the Days of Pericles. 3 Tols. ion. Miss SYDNEY'S SADNESS and GLADNESS. 3 vols. XII. Miss COSTELLO'S CLARA FAKE. 3 vols. XIII. II NS C. ANDERSEN'S TWO BARONESSES. 2 vols. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Immediately, in 2 vols., NEW WORK BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT, VALERIE. An Autobiography. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performance. will c;;;;;Wce at Half-past Seven o'clock with LA VENDETTA. To conclude with TOUCIIEZ PAS A LA REINE. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in- Ireased expenses of the present entertaimnent, the prices of admis 'ion are determined as follows: Boxes .. .. Pit .. .. Amphitheatre .. .. 6s. Od. • • 3s. Od. .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the rheatre, which is open daily from eleven till live. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Appearance of Mille. Carlotta (iris!, being her Benefit. TII IS EVENING, Will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, LA GAZZA LADRA. In the course of the Evening a Selection from LA ESMERALDA. To conclude with the Second Act of LA GISELLE. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke's to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as usual, price 10s, Gd. each. Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA. TO-MORROW, Will be performed Beethoven's Opera, FIDELIO. Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office ; and at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent• street. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARIOET. Mr. B. Webster, Selo Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENINt, - Will be p^rformed RUNAWAY HUSBANDS. After which a Classical Extravaganza, called THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE IRISH POST. After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled TIIE DEVIL'S VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VeStril. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe ,vs. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE WATER PARTY. After which, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. To conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DO3l. Dregs Dozes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, h. No lalf-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Opera of LA VIVANDIERE. After which A CONCERT. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. C. Braham ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. • Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at one time : Mdnes. Adelaide Hinnio, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand , Davidson, Avery, and La Petite Jeanette. In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc ing that he has engaged that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte, whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America havo ac quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress, and whose first appearance will be duly announced. Last Week of the grand Easter Spectacle. In active preparation, and will be produced at Whitsuntide a new grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, entitled MOOLTAN and GOOJERAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To Conclude with the favourite Afterpiece of CHERRY BOUNCE. Boa-office open from Eleven till Your. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ADELPHI THEATRE. Last evening witnessed one of the greatest triumphs of the theatrical season of 1849—the benefit of no less a favourite of the English public than Madame Celeste. The house, crowded to the very ceiling, and by no means stinting in its plaudits, testified the high estimation in which the talents of that accomplished artiste is held, and showed that a London audience still retains, to the full, the capacity of appreciating true histrionic ability. Of Madame Celeste we might without exaggeration re peat some of those beautiful epithets of panegyric which on Monday evening were so happily pronounced in re ference to another gifted lady, the Queen of tragedy, by Mr. Charles Dickens. The archness, the pathos, the elegance, the nervous and impassioned energy of the acting of Madame Celeste, are familiar to ninety• nine out of every hundred who may chance to read this paragraph in the metropolis. And these qualities it is which have secured to Madame Celeste the regard and admiration which were so strikingly evinced towards her by her numerous and enthusiastic audience of last evening. The drama in which the fair directress made her appearance was one which has recently risen into a very masked and deserved popularity—the eccen tric but witty and sparkling drama hight The Devil's Violin, and the Revolt of the Flowers. No one who witnessed the " performance" on the Devil's Violin yes terday could fail to recognise in it—one of those legiti mate Adelphi bits, of which Buckstone's Green Bushes was an example. Among the other attractions of the entertainment, was the appearance of Mrs. Glover in the first piece, Who's Your Friend? or the Queensberry Fete, in which Mr. Webs'er himself was the Giles Fairland; also the drolleries of Going to the Derby, in which Paul Bedford was the John James Chuck and Wright the preposterous Jere miah Twiddle. Madame Celeste has every cause for congratulation upon her splendid reception last night at the Adolphi. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the West India Colonies. LEEDS, CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 22. —Our supply of wheat this week is large ; moderate of other grain. The wheat trade is slow to-day, and where sales are effected, rather lower rates have to be submitted to, In beans, oats, and shelling no alteration. febetning LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1849. " That which ALEXANDER attemped, the British Indian army has accomplished." Those are expres sions contained in the farewell addressed to his soldiers by the Conqueror of Goojerat ; and they have reference to an achievement, the importance and magnitude of which can only be rightly esti mated by posterity. That achievement is the formal annexation of the Punjaub to the British dominions in Hindostan—an event announced in a proclama tion, dated the 29th of March, 1849, and issued by order of his Excellency, the Earl of DALHOUSIE. By this extraordinary proceeding, our empire has been enhanced by the acquisition of a territory larger in dimensions than the whole of the islands of Great Britain put together the Punjaub extending over an arca of 100,000 square miles, watered by the Indus and its tributaries, containing a population of three millions and a half, and 'yielding, even under its recent mismanagement, an annual revenue of one million sterling. The quietude, com paratively speaking, with which this final decision has been arrived at, and the positive apathy with which the intelligence is received in England, are of themselves sufficiently indicative of the vastness of that great empire which has diffused the dorninatio of the Anglo-Saxon ra , 2e throughout the various clinic es of the g;(,bo, and into all the in,bitable recesses of both hz_iniEpheres. When a little snore than seventy years ago DUPLEIX was forming to himself the project of increasing the glory of the Bourbons by the spoliation of the Asiatics, it was scarcely conjectured that before another century should have elapsed, the vast and populous peninsula of the East—a country abounding in all the riches and adorned with all the magnificence peculiar to the Orientals—would become the property, the sole and undisputed property of England. Yet such, as history has already narrated, has actually been the case-- such has actually been the consequence of the conspiracy at Pondicherry. Our dominion in that quarter of the earth stretches northwards as far as the range of the Caucasus, and southwards to the extremity of Cape Comorin ; it reaches even across Palk's Strait and the Gulf of Manaar to the noble i.land of the CingaleEe ; it spreads eastwards to the Himalayas, and westwards to Beloochistan; it is diffused through the whole of the provinces traversed by the waters of the Indus and the Ganges ; it comprises the treasures in specie and jewels, in precious stones and precious metals, accumulated by a succession of despotic rulers, as well as fruitful regions prolific in rice and all the other varieties of Asiatic vegetation• In the acquisition of this remarkable territory, the fame of England has no doubt been sullied by some crimes, and before the re-organization of her Indian Government by CravE, by many atrocious cruelties. Nevertheless, it will be acknowledged by all future ages that the evils entailed upon the Asiatic multitudes by the subjugation of Hindostac by England have been immeasurably more than counterbalanced by the blessings conferred upon them by British law and European civilization. And among all the successive conquests and annexations which have marked the progress of our arms in the East, not one can be mentioned more perfectly just" fiable, more obviously necessary, or more strictly honourable in every particular than the conquest of the Seikhs and the annexation of the Punjaub. a It must be borne in recollection, that in reducing the Ilindostanees to obedience we have acted very differently than in bringing the Redskins into a state of vassalage. The Iroquois and the other tribes of that noble race, the abo rigines of America, were—it can never be forgotten so long as the name of GEORGE CATLIN is preserved in remembrance, so long as a charm cone tinues to be attached to La Longue Carabine, so long as a heart can throb or an eye can weep over the melodious and pathetic verse of " Gertrude of Wyoming"—unpolluted by vice and gifted with all those moral and physical attributes which are the most calculated to ennoble man when in a condi' tion of natural vigour and primitive simplicity. 1 dealing with the inhabitants of the Eastern peninsula we were, on the contrary, dealing with a race enere vated to a state of unexampled degeneracy—a race habituated, generation after generation, to all the villanies of chicanery, cruelty, and despotism. AnY change likely to introduce amongst them the practice of honesty and the principles of justice could not fail to be beneficial ; and especially was this probable if with those general practices and abstract principles were introduced also the benign and humanizing dogmas of Christianity, and the elevating enlightenment of Civilization. Again, and more particularly, in regard to the conquest of the Seikhs and the annexation of the Punjaub—that con' quest, that annexation are the result not of Bpi treachery, not of any selfish lust of spoliation , but of a glaring and unavoidable necessity. When the Jannissary bands of Lahore, mustering under the banners of their Chieftains, made an unprovoked in" cursion upon the territories of British India by cross' ing the current of the Sutlej—upon them, and upon them alone, rested the responsibility of the possible, nay, we should rather say, the inevitable consequenc es of that expedition. They it was who threw down the gauge of war. They it was who forced upon the comprehension of our Government the conviction that there remained no security for our possessions so long as the Sutlej con tinued to be our northern boundary. For a time the necessary result of this flagrant act of defiance on the part of the Seikhs was post poned. For a time the dangerous necessity of still further annexation was delayed—dangerous we soft because of the already gigantic dimensions of our dominions. A second act of perfidy and defiance--coupled this time with two mos t dastardly and execrable murders—reduced th e Supreme Council at Calcutta to the acknowledgmen t that our policy was confronted to this decisive alter native—either to annex the Punjaub to our domini ons after beating down the insolence of its tree' cherous and rebellious warriors, or to con" tinue matters in their present state with th e certainty of the periodical recurrence of these m urders and insurrections. Acting upon the only possibl e determination that could be come to, Lord DO' ROUSIE has caused the little Maharaja Maas ° SINGH to sign away his crown. His Excellency ha s driven back the boundary line to the Caucasian Mono' tains, he has annexed for ever to British India the famous country of the Five Rivers. This he has been enabled to accomplish thus rapidly by the triumlil l of our brave soldiers over the two most warlike an redoubtable races of the East, and by the heroism f the veteran Commander-in-Chief, his Excellency th e Lord GOUGE'. So decisive was the brilliant victor"' gained by that eminent soldier at Goojerat, that th e march of Sir WALTER GILBERT after the fugitiv es —a march which will be long remembered in •th e records of our Indian warfare for its admirable Pr e ' cision and its astonishing rapidity—was ma d : without crossing swords with the enemy. DC'' MAHOMED has fled through the Kyber Pass in t° Affghanistan. The MOOLRAJ is to be tried an d subjected to a fitting punishment. Cour! SINGH and SHERE SINGH are, as is generally b e ' lieved, to be imprisoned for life. The boy MAU RAJA, is to receive a pension of four lacs per annion' with a suitable residence ; and, as among the most striking trophies of our recent successes, the celebrated diamond, one of the larges t ' if not the largest diamond in the world , known among lapidaries as the Koh-i-nee r ' or Mountain of Light, is to be presented to he; most gracious MAJESTY, and will henceforth she d its cloudy radiance from the diadem of Quee n VICTORIA. One thing can assure to the British Government that the acquisition of the Punjaub is an advantag e , and not a curse, and a cause of involvement : and that thing is the laying down of trunk railways through' out Hindostan. We look for this as a consunun e : tion of the great deeds already achieved by the svv° lch of GOUGH and the counsels of DALHOUSIE. We have repeatedly directed the public attentioo to the Attachments Bill, introduced by the Honour; able Member for the city of Dublin. We had hop ed that this measure, so important not only to the vie r cantile and trading interests of Ireland, but to 618 English merchants and manufacturers, who sell t he " , goods on credit to Irish dealers, would long si ne ci e have passed the House of Commons. It was rece ive 5 with general approbation ; none denied the gi . , °9 e abuses to which it gave rise, none could u: fend the existing system, which led to res ult : such as those so clearly and ably exli ese 3 by ME. REYNOLDS. It was shown that I t occasioned the greatest frauds, enabled malig nti t il he scoundrels to indulge their v i n di c ti ve f ee li ng s in " A most oppressive manner, fr equen tl y i n fli c ting irre; r rable injury on perfectly solvent parties; that it via , freely resorted to by p ersons w ith d ou btful or "/"; puted claims, to enf o r ce a se ttl emen t o f their unj ti9 j demands, of demands sustained by the most open 91 0 unblushing perjury, and that in many cases it adopted as a means of sweeping off the en ti . v , property of an in so l ven t t ra d er , and deP rl d s ing the fair creditors of the reasonable dividers.ce which might otherwise have been obtained. N° y°i , s; was raised in defen ce of th os e iniquitous proceedia%, no person, could be found to advance a s i n gle arg ment in support of these flagrant abuses ; yet a trifi !.. r g h t obstacle has hitherto retarded the progress of the J: 0 and equitable measure now under the con siderate u , O i of Parliament—an obstacle utterly insignificant der in ve comparison with the great advantages to be ,otai from a judicious alteration of the law, and the abolition of proceedings by attachment. ea of It may be well here to state briefly the nature the process of which Mr. li,grzior.Ds, on behalf ° f O I.# 4 . ''. 41, , , • ,,..., 4 ,:rirsfiek 7... ~ . .. • ,:,;,, , ___ '.,+ ~, k.. I , . bimA 7,14.t._. .41. •• ` • ft. 4 Vet . 1., 1:0 lin 0 1 ...L. , • 411.....a:t1,, IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. Under the patronage of her M es L Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS_ The Nobility, Gentry, and the Pablic are respectfully Informed that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. Representation of the STORMING of BADAJOZ by the British Army, under the command of the illustrious Wellington ! Tho distinguished patronage which this establishment has for a lengthened period enjoyed, and the triumphant success of each suc ceeding spectacle, has stimulated the proprietor to increased exer tions to maintain its envied celebrity. Messrs. Danson, by whom the present subject has been modelled, designed, and produced, have devoted many months to it, and the un rivalled skill which they possess, assisted by Messrs. Turner, Adams, and other first-rate artists, have enabled them to produce a picture unequalled for magnitude, accuracy, and beauty of execution. The ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT is extensive and varied, and has lately been enriched by several rare Importations, including the splendid presents of his late Highness Ibrahim Pasha. The Embellishments of the New and Maguiricent ORCHESTRA are now complete. REA.IINGTON'S AERIAL BRIDGE. The BAND, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, has been selected from the most talented Artists in the profession. Among ethers of first rate ability will he found—Mr. Baker, Messrs. Richardson, Collins, jun., George and Viotti Collins, Griesbach, Hardy, Egerton, Shearon, Calkin, Winterbotham, Boileau, Stevenson, and Reynolds. The VOCAL DEPARTMENT will be sustained by a succes!lon of the most popular and favourite Singers. First appearance of Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder. The FIREWORKS by the Messrs. Southby, whose skill in Pyro techny has been too long established to need eulogising. ItEFRESIIMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only could be procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments mazy be had of the first quality, and at the usual Prices. Doors open at Nine o'Clock.—Admission One Shilling. Children admitted to the Reserved Seats and Shilling Gallery at half-price. Feeding of the Carnivore at Five. The Pelicans, &c., at Halt-past Five. Concert at Six o'Clock. Pyrotechnic Exhibition at Dusk. Mons. JULLIEN will give a Series of GRAND CONCERTS during the Season. Due notice will be given of his first appearance. TO NEWSPAPER FANCIERS. 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