The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-08 00:00:00

THE STATE OF INDIA. Cara), DECCAN, Nov. 25, 1848.—There was nothing enacting in regard to news in India to induce me to write to you by the last mail. Nothing had been done at . 1 11oul'ati. The army to be assembled was still in fragments here and there, none of them progressing very rapidly to the scene of operations. There seemed to be much vacillation in what was being done, no connected movements being appa rently concerted. Troops were ordered here to day and there to-morrow.. Brigades were not formed, nor did commissariat supplies - appear to be ready; nor those equally imortant ones, materiel for siege or geld operations. General Whish, although Shere Singh had left Moulton, was, or appeared to be, in no condition or humour to renew the seige, nor was there any probability or possibility of reinforce ment from Bombay or from Ferozepore. Shere Singh was passing northwards to join his father, already suc cessful in the region he occupied beyond the Jelum,'and threatening the garrison of Attock, while he was pursuing his intrigues with the garrison of Peshawur, as yet steady under Major Lawrence. There was no decisive move by any party, the most actively em ployed, perhaps, being Brigadier Wheeler, who, with a small, but compact brigade, was busy reducing the small forts of petty chiefs to .the northward and on the left bank of the Beas—a service in which he has met with the success• which his active character deserves. By the last news, however, the scene has changed, and there is no longer inactivity on any side. Our own procrastination, I surmise, more than any other reason, has at last:caused the defection of the garrison of Peshawur, which, on the 23d and 24th of October, mutinied, and declared their &tendon of joining Chuttur Singh or Shere Singh. Major Law rence's admirable management of this body for the last four months has, therefore, proved abor tive. Seduced by the offers of Chuttur Singh, and seeing in the advance unmolested of Shere Singh to Join him hope of the national cause, the whole broke, and Major Lawrence and his assistant, Lieutenant Bowie, were obliged to fly. They have taken refuge in Kohat, where Mrs. Lawrence and her children had proceeded previously. It does not seem certain whether the garrison of Attook had actually joined the insurgent party ; the report, as I write, is that it had on the 28th. Nor is it surprising should it have done so, with the temptation before it of the successful enterprises of Chuttur Singh and Shere Singh, and the likelihood of their junction in the neighbourhood of Attock. Captain Abbott in the Hazareh country, aided by the chiefs who had joined him, still held his ground, nor had his forces, though unable to cope with Chuttur Singh in the field, shown any symptoms of wavering in attachment. They are to a man Mahometans, and, as Major Edwardes s men still are, may be firm and faithful. If no other result followed from this, their position and num bers would at least prevent Chuttur Singh getting into the strong country of i the llazareh, while under attack from our troops were assembled, these men would be ready to operate upon their flank, and thus materially assist our operations. There is still some danger that they may abandon Captain Abbott and remain neutral, if they do not join the insurgent cause ; but I have hope from their first active move ment, that they may not be dismayed by the defection at Peshawur, nor seduced by the offers which will, doubtless, be made to them by Chuttur Singh and Shere Singh. On our side, also, a column of Ghoolab Singh's troops, under Colonel Steinbach, is in the field, and will long ere this have joined the advanced brigades under General Cureton, which had pushed on towards the position of Shere Singh, and will prevent, if possible, his junction with his father, and the troops under Aotar Singh in Bunnoo, &c., also in revolt. I see by the papers that the news from the north west is considered unsatisfactory, on account of these additional risings, and that we_ are not yet considered strong enough to meet them. To a certain extent, no doubt, it is most unsatisfactory that there should be additional risings; 'most unsatisfactory that there !should be a war at all ; but I cannot see what else could be expected than what has happened after the delay which has taken place in the assemblage and Marching of troops. Instead of putting down the Moulton matter at once, at any risk of temporary in convenience to those engaged, our own brigades were delayed, and an insufficient force sent at last, Ed wardes placed in a false position, and Shere Singh allowed to remain, when he ought to have been sent across the Sutlej, or to a point where he could have been watched by the Bombay forces at Sukkur. Chuttur Singh has been allowed to gain head. No troops were pushed on to occupy Attock or the central Doab, no activity displayed commensurate with the importance of the time ; and the consequence is what we see, which does not in the least surprise me, nor, I am confident, will it surprise any man who considers that the Seikhs as a body bad evidently long, prepared a strug gle for domination, and that it is the interest of all, or appears so, to join in what may now be termed a national movement against u', as they formerly made against the Afahometans. But withal it is not so very formidable as to cause any serious apprehension. The estimate of the whole rising may be thus taken for the north-west : Chuttur Singh .. 8,000 good troops. Shere Singh , . 5,000 good troops. Peshawur men .. .. 6,000 good troops. Aotar Singh , 2,000 good troops. 20,000 These have from 60 to 70 field-guns in good order, and the Pest awur troops are known to be in a very efficient state of equipment and discipline, superior, perhaps, to the rest. I hare seen no estimate of the troops in the Bunnoo district which have revolted, but it is understood that they are at least 3,000 to 4,000 strong, and may possibly unite with the main body or bodies. It is evident that it is the purpose of the leaders to unite, and there is nothing to prevent a junction at least of the Peshawur force and Chuttur Singh, or of 14,000 to 15,000 men, or if joined by Shere Singh, of 20,000. To meet this, the cavalry and infantry brigades, under General ureton, have been pushed on, and, as he was not far from Shere Singh in the last week of October, and had called up Eckford's brigade, which was on the Ravee, it seems likely he might be able to attack Shere Singh, and prevent his junction with Chuttur Singh. It does, however, seem unpardonable that a strong brigade of 3,000 to 5,000 men was not pushed on to occupy some point on the Jel um, or at least to prevent, if possible, the junction of Shere Singh with his father. This, as I have observed, may be effected, but it is by no means certain, and if the enemy's divisions join, we shall not have force enough in the field to cope with them for a month or six weeks to come. General Cureton's force, if joined by Eckford's bri gade, which had been left at the Ravee, near the bridge of boats, must be far superior to Shere Singh's in numbers. It consists of the cavalry division, her Majesty's 3djand 14th Dragoons,sth and Bth Cavalry, 12th Irregular Horse, three troops of Horse Ar tillery, Godby's brigade, 500 cavalry, and 2,000 in fantry, in all some 7,000 men. Eckford's brigade, which had been called up, consists of the 31st and 56th Native Infantry, two companies of artillery, and one light field battery, in all some 2,000 more ; making a total of 9,000 men at least, by whom a very good account ought to be given of Shere Singh, if he can be inter cepted, or he wait an attack. Colonel Steinbach's force, whatever it may be, is not included, but it is understood to be stanch. Independent of the forego ing, brigades have been ordered on from Koondah ghat, Gunda-sing-wella, and Ferozepore. An ar rangement is being made at Lahore which, by concentrating the troops, would allow of three regi ments more moving if re quired. The rest of the troops required for the grand army will, on hearing of the defection of the Peshawur garrison, be pushed on at double speed, and as the Bombay force is already well on its way, we shall soon see at least 30,000 men in the Punjaub, with a large proportion of ar tillery, more than sufficient, one would think, for entire conquest. I see, therefore, no cause whatever for any anxiety or apprehension, dilatory as have been the Preparations, and vacillating the conduct in regard to the movements of brigades. This will be no time fur further hesitation, and as the Commander in-Chief arrived at Perozepore on the sth, his pre sence may serve to accelerate matters to the general assembly of the army, if that, indeed, be practicable or desirable in the present scarcity of grain and forage in the north-west, and peculiarly upon the Sutlej and near Ferozepore. There will be much na tural anxiety as to the result of Cud horsereton's adarvtainlleeerymoisvea ment. His force in cavalry and superb one, and as he has enough of infantry and field artillery, too, oug ht not to hesitate, nor will he, to attack whoever and whatever may be in hi s reach. It is certain that the delay which has occurred ha s de veloped the whole of the Seikh strength in the north and west of the Punjaub; and so far it may h ave been of value. It is better to have open enemies than treacherous friends, and as v, e should inevitably have to go through the same course of events as the pre sent at a future time if the Seikh army remained in its integrity, so, perheps, as things have been allowed, whether by design, or through neglect, to cora° to the present pass, it is the best policy to allow all to assemble, all to rise that can rise, and by a decisive blow to break at once and for ever the power which, even in its relics, is as formidable as we see it now. It is very evident, whatever may be the fate of the Punjaub, that_we can no longer trust any part of the Seikh army, and that it will form a subject for serious consideration in the new settlement which is made, if the Punjaub be not absorbed, how it can be replaced. I have never written otherwise than in condemnation of the subsidiary force system, yet in this case it would almost appear the only resource. The country must have an army, the frontier must be guarded, and, unless we take the whole for good, we must, as at Gwalior, remodel the army on our own plan, or, as most likely will be the case, entertain new men. It is, however, premature to speculate, as much must necessarily be done ere matters can be brought to a point which will admit of discussion. At Moultan matters are very slow indeed— strangely so. The ostensible reason of the raising of the siege was the defection of Raja Shere Singh, and the assistance he was supposed to be able to give to the Dewan. On his departure it was speculated that the trenches would be re•opened, and that Moultan would fall. Nothing, however, has been done. Men are to join from furlough, which will increase the force by near a thousand ; and the Bombay column, under General Auchmuty, will raise the British force at Moultan to near 10,000 men—ample, one would think, to cope with Moolraj, if, indeed, he do not re sign his fort and command in earnest before it can all assemble. He is even said to have written to the Governor-General on the subject, offering, on promise of life and pardon, to evacuate the fort. I do think had Napier heen in command that he would have seen the inside of Moultan ere this. _ No detail of the forces and brigades now advanc ing into the Punjaub has appeared, but we are already sufficiently strong to meet any advance by the insurgent leaders, should they even succeed in uniting, and endeavour to make a dash on the capital. We have already four brigades of cavalry and five of infantry, which are available, with a fair proportion of European troops, viz., three regiments of dragoons and four of infantry. Others are pushing forward, but the movements were commenced too late to allow of the assembly of the force in all October, and so as to allow .of the fine month of November being used for,isetive service. In reference to present events, however, I have_great hope in the activity and intelligence of General Cureton, who will hardly let slip any opportunity of attacking Shere Singh, and, if possible, crippling or routing him. One brilliant affair and victory would go far to redeem the past, and the hopelessness of their cause might even yet be made apparent to the Seikhs, thus saving effusion of blood. I fear, however, that they are already too con fident, that our delay has increased this confidence. Most of these Seikh troops have never met us in the field, they have the honour of the Khalsa to regain, they are fighting for existence and superiority both, and will, I suspect, fight desperately when ever they meet us, whether in the field or in fortified places. The :operations of the ensuing month must needs be very interesting, and even now important events may have taken place of which we are neces sarily ignorant, though you may hear something more of General Cureton's proceedings by the mail which now goes out. He was only 30 miles from Visierabad, one of Chuttur Singh's positions, by the last accounts, and, as he was not halting, an affair seemed imminent. In the Deccan the question of the Ministry of Suraj ool-Moolk has been set at rest by his formal dismissal by the Nizam at a recent Durbar held, at which Ge neral Fraser was present, and read the instructions he had received from his own Government on the sub ject. These were very distinct as to the independence of the Nizare, not only in regard to :all his subjects and dependents, but in regard to the continuance of the ex-Minister in office, and the appointment of a new one. Suraj-001-Moolk was present, and was charged by the Nizam with many faults of omission and commission, to which he could make no reply. The Resident is stated to have assured the Nizam that he was entirely free to act as he pleased; that the instructions, which he read and explained, were distinct; and thus the long and vexatious struggle which I have often alluded to has for the present ceased. The day following the Durbar the officers of state were forbidden to attend Suraj-001-Moolk, the Nizam having assured the Resident that he would be responsible for forming a Ministry in the course of as short a time as possible. It is reported that , the Nizam declared before he understood his complete freedom, that did the Governor-General desire the continuance in office of Suraj-001-Moolk, he had better send for him (the Nizam) to Calcutta, as his residence at his capital would be impossible —terms sufficiently strong, indeed, to mark his utter want of confidence in Suraj-001-Moolk, and more, his sense of the degradation he would be subjected to in any continuance of him at the head of his affairs. No successor has been named as yet. It is understood, however, that Shumsh-00l- Oomra, an aged but very respectable and intelligent nobleman, will perhaps be appointed, who will be as sisted by his two sons, young men who have been well educated, and are held in estimation, and by either Bala Ponshad, the son of the late Chundoo Lall, or by some other }Endo° official, as Peshcar, or Finance Minister. A few days more will probably decide this question, but it is needless to say that whoever takes office has no ordinary work to do, no ordinary embarrassment to encounter. Suraj • eol-Moolk's in cumbency has been of no benefit whatever ; indeed, the contrary. A new debt has been contracted to the amount of a crore, for which, and for even the interest of it, there appears to be no provision. Money lenders are :exhausted, and many can hardly meet their engagements. The revenues of the country have been extensively forestalled in defiance of all engagements, arrears to all departments are heavy, and there is a general mistrust prevalent in the country which precludes any present alleviation of difficulty. Though I have advocated freed.-An of action to the Nix= in reference to his own Government, yet, as I have expressed before, it has been on no solid ground of hope that he, or any officials appointed by him, can afford relief, or retrieve affairs which have so declined. To introduce reform would require intelligence, activity, and honesty of purpose, which no native Hyderabad official could be found possessed of, and the Nizam himself is in many respects utterly incom petent; but anything was preferable to the divided authority which existed before Suraj-001-Moolk's dismissal, alike injurious•to the country and to our reputation as encouraging it. What I wrote you a year ago has been fully proved—that it is as impossi ble as it is injurious and undignified to support a Minister against the wishes of the acknowledged inde pendent Sovereign of a country ;:and it is tome, in many respects, strange that any attempt should have been made to this effect whether by public or private in terest. Had Suraj-001-Moolk been as capable and energetic as he has proved the contrary, it would not have affected the position I assumed, and which, in all essential particulars has been fully proved. Whatever the Nizam's course may now be, provided an utterly incompetent man be not appointed, much real good can be effected by the Resident in support ing and encouraging every attempt that may be made at reform and good management, and it will re dound to his honour if, by conciliation and those interchanges of civilities which have a large effect in securing not only the respect, but the affection of natives of rank, he can lead the Nizam personally into that course of reform and retrenchment which his Highness himself is now aware is absolutely ne cessary for the redemption of his affairs. I shall watch the progress of events with some anxiety, not hoping for much amelioration for the present, but trusting that some may ensue, as well for the sake of the State on which so many thousands are de pendant, as for the sake of the people, who are, and have been, so discouraged by misgovernment. I observe by the Calcutta papers that an attempt had been detected to tamper with the native troops at Barrackpoor and Dumdum, near Calcutta, which was revealed by a Subadar major of the Artillery. Per tab Chund, the once famous pretender to the Gaddee of Burdwan, was the instrument employed, but by whom had not at first transpired. He was secured after some slight resistance by European constables, and is in custody. Some other arrests had been made of persons of wealth connected with the upper pro vinces, but some days would be required to come at the truth, which will doubtless be revealed either by the parties who have been tampered with or the agents employed. In times like these, when any war, or any resistance to our rule, holds forth hope, however vague and indefinite, of success, such intrigues will be set on foot, and though all will prove abortive, yet it behoves all our authorities to exert additional vigilance, and to watch the proceedings of any in regard to whom there may be suspicion. There has never occurred any so-called crisis in India without them, and unhappily there are ever enough of dis affected spirits abroad who attempt to make the most of any opening for these proceedings. A long inquiry regarding the proceedings of Cap tain Macpherson in Goomsoor and the Khond country, brought on by the charges of General Dyer against hp, and conducted with great patience and ability by Mr. Grant, of the Bengal Civil Service, has re sulted in the entire acquittal of Captain Macpherson, and the record of an opinion that Captain Macpher son's proceedings were characterized by judgment, forbearance, and humanity. This in itself is suffi cient reflection upon General Dyer, who will have some difficulty in extricating himself' from the position in which he has involved himself. The inquiry fills 1,200 folio pages, andi a t h is ea s v a y id s t u o m ha c v o e n c s o id st er G in o g ve o r u n ; ment 70,000 rupees — present financial condition, but probably unavoidable under the circumstances of the investigation. As I write, I have received news from Hyderabad of the formal announcement to the Resident on the and the appointment by the Nizam of 20th lost. of the dismissal of Suraj 0 01-Moelk from theMinistry,Syf Jung, a no b leman of rank, an d, I understand, a connexion of Shumsh-00l- Oomra's. Of the character and qualificatio ns of this nobleman I am as yet igno rant, never having heard of him before in connexion with public affairs. His installation was to take place on the 23d, but the Resident was not invited—whe ther purposely and because the appointment would not be publicly approved, or because his presence was not considered necessary, is not mentioned. It must necessarily take some time to develop what may be intended by the Nizam, and the party headed by Syf Jung, with which his Highness is identified. The following movements may be of interest as marking progress to the westward of brigades of the grand army :—GeneralThackwell's brigade, 2d bri gade of cavalry, 6th brigade of infantry, two troops of horse artillery, and light field battery, to march from Ferozepore en the Bth, with 15 lace of treasure for army head-quarters; General Gilbert, with five brigades of infantry, troop of horse artillery, part of the train, &c., on the Pth instant; reserve train, with artillery, sappyrs and pioneers, artillery and engineer parks ; &c., on the 15th, with 7th brigade of infantry, and 4th brigade of cavalry. The Commander-in.-Chief had arrived at Feroze pore, and would dispatch troops as fast as possible, preceding them if possible or if necessary. It is evi dently his Excellency's policy to allow the Seikhs to get head, and with the large army he has assembled to make a clear sweep of them, which, after all, per haps, is the best thing that can be done.—Times. THE POST-OFFICE ROBBERY ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS. EXETER, SATURDAY.—The two men in custody on a charge of having robbed the down mail between Bristol and Bridgwater on the night of Monday last were brought up for re-examination this day, before the Mayor and a full bench of magistrates, at the Guildhall of this city. The proceedings excited great interest, and the body of the hall was crowded in every part by per sons anxious to hear the evidence. Among those present we observed Mr. Charles Russell, chairman of the Great Western Railway; Mr. Woolcombe, chairman of the South Devon ; Mr. J. W. Buller, chairman of the Bristol and Exeter line ; Mr. Saunders, the secretary, and Mr. Seymour Clark, superintendent of the Great Western Railway ; and many other gentlemen of influence resident in the district, including the High Sheriff of the county of Devon, John Silliford, Esq. Mr. Christopher Arden (Mayor) was presiding magistrate. The following members of the bench were also present :—Dr. Miller, Dr. Pennell, Mr. G. C. Holroyd, Mr. E. Woolmer, Mr. H. Hooper, Mr. W. Kennaway, Mr. J. Carew, Mr. D. B. Davy, Mr. Kingdon, and Mr. J. Harris. Mr. Peacock, Solicitor to the Post-office, attended to prosecute. Mr. Ramsay, Inspector-General, and Mr. Cresswell, Surveyor of that establishment, were also present. Mr. Scoble Willesford, of Exeter, attended to watch the case on behalf of the accused parties. Shortly after eleven o'clock the prisoners were placed in the dock. Poole is a good-looking man, with a remarkably shrewd and quick expression of countenance ; he is somewhat below the middle size, and appears about thirty years of age. As already stated, he was formerly a guard on the Great Western Railway,' from which service, after being guilty of many peccadilloes, he was at length discharged, about nine months since, for conveying in his mail guard's box a female ho had not paid her fare. Since that period be has been residing in Exeter in a large and fashionably situated house, most expensively furnished, a handsome harp being somewhat osten tatiously displayed at one of the windows. It is said by the gossips of the city that Poole's wife, a very showily-dressing woman, with some pretensions to beauty, was formerly the chere amie of a gentleman of fortune, who gave Poole a handsome sum to marry her, and that the money was subse quently invested in the expensive furniture found in his residence, with a view of taking lodgers. The other prisoner, who still refuses to give his name, is somewhat taller than Poole, and has a heavier expres sion of countenance. When apprehended, he wore a valuable diamond ring, worth 301., and a handsome gold watch and chain ; but, notwithstanding these aristocratic appendages, his appearance generally is of the most ordinary description. The efforts of the London detective police to discover his identity have hitherto been fruitless, although three of the most intelligent officers have been down here for that purpose. During the examination both prisoners paid the greatest attention to the evidence, and Poole was in constant communication with his solicitor. On being asked their names, the one replied, "I decline giving my name." The other answered boldly, " Henry Poole." Mr. Peacock, having briefly stated the facts of the case, quoted the Act of Parliament, 1 Vic., c. 36, sec. 28, by which it is enacted that stealing letters, &c., from the Post-office is a felony, punishable with transportation for life, the 37th section providing that, for the more effectual prosecution of such offences, they may be dealt with in any county or place where the offenders might be apprehended, as if the offence had been committed at such place. The first witness called was Mr. Edward Henry Augustus Fisher, who said—l reside at St. James's Cottage, Beauvoir-square, Kingsland, near London. I am a clerk in the inland department of the General' Post-office, at St. Martin's-le-Grand. On the even ing of the Ist inst. I made up the dispatches for the Taviatock and Truro mail bag. In that bag were several registered letters. Mr. Willesford—lf he is to speak to letters, they had better first be produced. Joseph Gibbons, superintendent of the Plymouth constabulary, having been called on, produced a packet of letters, which he had received on the night of the Ist inst., from Mr. Clarke, the station superin dent at Exeter. Mr. Fisher—Among the letters in the Tavistock bag was a registered one which I found in the parcel produced by Gibbons. It is addressed 11. P. Dwarris, he Rectory, near Callington, Corn wall. I have a distinct recollection of the letter ; it came from the Receiver-General's office. It was enclosed in the usual green letter-cover, addressed to the postmaster, at Cal lington, and the name of Dwarris written at the cor ner. Letters for Callington are put into the Tavistock bag. Among the letters put into the Truro bag there was also a registered letter, produced by Gibbons. It is addressed to the Rev. J. Hardy; and it was put in the usual green cover, and addressed to the postmaster at Truro. Both the letters bear the stamp of the in land office of that night. A letter bill accompanies the letters in the bag. The two bills produced are those which relate to the letters in question. The registered letters were both entered by myself upon those bills, and I compared those entries with the let ters when I put them in the bag. The general letters were tied up in bundles, and the registered letters are tied at the top of the bundles. After the letters were put into the mail bags they were tied and sealed with wax in my presence. The Tavistock bag 1 gave to Mr. Collinson, another clerk in the same office ; and the Truro bag I put into the Truro and Penzance sack. The sack was then tied with string and given to the mail guard. I produce two sorts of string, one rather stronger than the other, which is used to tie the sacks, and the weaker is used to tie the bags. James Collinson was next called—He said I reside in Wellington-place, Newington-butts, Surrey. I am a clerk in the inland Post-office. On the evening of the Ist inst. I made up the bags dispatch to Ply mouth. Amongst the letters placed in the bag were two registered letters, produced by Gibbons. One was addressed to Mr. J. A. Page, 17, George-street, Plymouth, and the other:to Mr. Robert Morris, Bank of England Branch, Plymouth. Cross-examined—l have a distinct recollection of having entered those letters on the slips now produced, which is my own writing. Re-examined—These letters were inclosed in the usual green letter-covers, addressed to the Postmaster at Plymouth. Both bear the inland office date stamp of that evening. A bill accompanies each letter, on which the letter is entered. The billy now pro• duced are those sent by me with those letters in the bag. The several letters were tied in bundles, and the registered letters were tied on the outside. I re ceived the Tavistock bag that night from Mr. Fisher, and after inclosing the Plymouth letters in the Ply mouth bag, I put into it the Tavistock bag, and the Plymouth bag was then tied up. I sealed it, and the bag was taken to the door and given to the mail guard, who was in waiting to receive it. There are several other letters not registered, produced by Gibbons, addressed to Plymouth, which all bear the inland office date starer of the Ist of January; and they would in regular course have been conveyed in the mail bag of that night to Plymouth. C. Holder, Esq., Manadon, near Plymouth; Miss D. Cannon, Horribridge ' near Plymouth; Mr. H. W. Snell , 5, Octagon, Plymouth ; Captain Milman, of the Sir George Seymour, care of J. B. Wilcox, Esq., Ply mouth ; Mr. John Tregoe, Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth ; Mr. Wallace, 25, Park-street, Plymouth, are the addresses upon those letters. I made up and dispatched, also, on that evening, the Devonport mail bags. Amongst the letters pro duced by Gibbons are two bearing the inland office date mark of that evening; one to Mr. Gran ville, jeweller, 48, Fore-street, Devonport; the other to Mr. W. C. Cox, 89, Fore-street, Devonport, and they were forwarded in due course in_the mail bag to Plymouth. Leman Barrett, of No. 1, Mary-place, Stoke Damerel, said—l am a mail guard employed by the Post-office. I was the guard of the night down mail train from London to Devonport of the Ist of January. On that evening I received at the General Post- office the mail bags and sacks to be conveyed by the Great Western Railway. Amongst these were the Truro and Penzance sack, the London and Ply mouth bag, and the London and Devonport bag. I accompanied these bags in the Post-office accelerator to the railway station at Paddington. The bags were then taken out and placed in the Post-office tender, and I rode in the tender with those bags to the rail way station at Bristol. On the way, between Chip penham and Bath, I arranged the bags. The Ply mouth and Devonport bags I laid on the right hand side of the carriage ; the Truro and Penzance sack was laid on the left of the door. We reached Bristol at ten minutes past one, and I there took out three bags for Bristol, and put in the Taunton and Exeter bags. I then got out of the tender and locked the door, leaving the bags in the situation in which I had placed them ; they were then in the same state as they were when I received them in London. I then went into the travelling post-office. The train remained at Bristol from four to six minutes THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, J ANUARY 8 , 1849.7 before it was put back to the Exeter shed. Two or three minutes after that the train proceeded. It con sisted of two second-class carriages next to the engine, then the travelling post-office, then the post-office tender, and then one first-class travelling carriage. I rode in the travelling post-office, and there was no guard in the post-office tender. There are two roof lamps in the tender. The train did not stop till it reached Bridgwater. I then went to the tender, and on unlocking the door I found the Plymouth bag had been removed from the spot on which I had placed it ; and, on examining it, found it had been opened. It was tied with a piece of string, but the ends were cut off close and not sealed. I then went out of the tender, shut the door, and went back to the travelling post-office and acquainted Mr. Burchell, one of the Post-office railway clerks, with what had happened, and he accompanied me to the tender. Mr. Silk, another clerk, also came. Mr. Silk and I examined the Devonport bag, and found that that also had been opened and tied again. The string with whihh the bags were tied was very thin string, differing from that ordinarily used by the Post-office. I left Mr. Silk in charge of the tender, and then walked down to the first-class car riage, and saw a gentleman in the first compartment covered up in a corner : I should not know him again. The next compartment was appropriated to ladies, the blinds were pulled down ; in the third compart ment the blinds were also pulled down very close, so close that I could not see the light at all; and in the last compartment was a gentleman, also covered up. I then called the railway guards B,heynheart and Thomas, and the policeman on the platform. I communicated to them what had taken place, and then went again to Mr. Silk and further examined the bags, and found that five or six bags had been opened. Mr. Silk gave me two pieces of string, which I pro duce; they have been in my possession ever since. I again returned to the platform and found the guards at the door of the third compartment of the first-class carriage. I opened the door and found two persons sitting in the division next the platform ; they were the two prisoners. In the other division was a gen tleman named Andrews. Poole was dressed in a cloak, with a collar nearly up to his eyes ; he wore a green Jim Crow hat, and he held up a pocket-hand kerchief to his face with his left hand. The other wore a sort of Chesterfield, buttoned up closely to his neck. Previously to seeing the prisoners 1 had made a communication to Mr. Barlow, one of the directors, who was travelling in the ladies' compartment. Mr. Barlow came to the door of the carriage where the prisoners were. He called "Poole" three times, but he received no answer. Poole was still holding up the handkerchief to his face. He then took hold of Poole's hat, and shook it. Poole still remained silent, amid Mr. Barlow took off the hat altogether, and said— " Ah, Poole, you are very sleepy to-night." Mr. Barlow then left the door, and Rheynheart got into the carriage. The witness Gibbons then came up and said—" I'm a policeman ; the superintendent of the Plymouth police. I have been to London with prisoners.",,l then told him that " a robbery had been committed in the mail tender, and I was quite certain the persons there were the parties who had committed the robbery, as it must have been done from the first class carriage, no one else being at all able to get near the tender." This was said within the hearing of the prisoners, who made no reply. Mr. Gibbons then entered,the carriage with Rheynheart, and Williams, the policeman from the Bridgewater station, and the train proceeded to Exeter. The prisoners, on our arrival, were removed from the carriage, and taken into a room at the station. While there a shawl was brought into the room, which was examined by Mr. Silk, and it contained a number of letters. I pro ceeded the same morning to Plymouth with the train. On arrival at the Plymouth Post-office I saw the Plymouth bag opened. Inside was the Tavistock bag, which I examined, and found that it also had been opened and tied up with different string to that used by the Post-office. I have known the prisoner Poole four or five years. He was one of the Great Western Company's railway guards, and alter nately with the other guards he used to travel with the night mail train up and down on a Sunday night. The key used for the Post-office tender was similar to that used by the company's servants. The lamps in the tender are not the same now as they were when Poole was a guard. They were then fixed at the aide, and any person might open them and get to the light, which they could not do now. (A candle and wax being found in connexion with the prisoners, it is believed that they intended to re-seal the bags so as to preclude all possibility of detection until the bags reached London. The roof lamps, however, could not be opened, and they could not therefore light their candle.) I made a trial yesterday morning at the Bridgewater station to get from the first-class car riage to the tender, and succeeded. I went from the third compartment of a first-class carriage, along the step across the buffers between the carriage and the tender, taking hold of the handles of the parcel compartments, on the step of the Post-office ten der. I then let down the window from the outside by shoving up the glass with my nail, and got through the window into the tender. I produce, besides the string I had from Mr. Silk, three other parcels of string. Two of them were taken from the sacks and bags broken open, and by which they had been re-tied. The third was given me by Thomas or Williams, and it was of the same kind as the other. A fourth parcel of the same kind of string was picked up in the tender, as also some wax. I have also a wool-comber's hook, which was found in the first class carriage at Lairs, by which a firm hold would be secured by a person hanging on the train. Joseph Gibbons examined--:1 reside at Plymouth, and am a superintendent of the police there. I was a passenger by the down mail-train from Bristol on the night of the lit of January. On arriving at Bridgwater I heard from the mail-guard that the mail-bags had been robbed. I then entered the car riage in which the prisoner Poole sat with Rheynheart and Mr. Andrews; and Williams was in the other compartment with the other prisoner. I told the prisoners they must consider themselves in custody on of them, that they kn ew no thi ng a b ou t it. suspicion of having robbed the mail bags. They re plied, both Poole hoth if he knew the other man, and he said no, he did not. I said to the other I thought I knew him ; and he replied he had never seen me before ; and, also, that he was a respectable person, and had fifty meon in his employ. I as k e d hi s name , b u t h e made an swer. I proceeded to Exeter with them, and as we went along Rheynheart gave me a pocket book taken from Poole, which I produce I examined it, and it contained a 5/. city of Exeter banknote, No. 926, dated February 11, 1848 ; also a pair of mus• tachios, some crape , a gold chain and key, and a piece (Poole here appear e d very cons id era bly an d communicated earnes tl y w i t h his eoxf excited, g. soli citor.) On arriving at the railway station at Exeter, I searched the other prisoner, and found upon him a gold watch and chain. The:m a k er ' s name i s " N ew t on , London, No. 817 ; the letters "G. M." are engraved n i was a gold pin in his cravat ; Th diamond ere ring on his fi n ger, and had in The prisoner -11 . 15 s. there should be. ha o nsd pocket t h h e e w boarclek 11. 8s• 8s . a Witness—l received from Rheynheart two pieces of crape, which might be used as masks. (The wit ness here put one on his head.) They were gathered at one end so as to fit the head, and the four corners had all pieces of string, by which they might be tied behind the head and around the waist. I also received five pieces of red sealing-wax and a wax candle from Rheynheart. I also produce a knife which Poole gave me. Shortly afterwards a bundle was brought into the waiting-room at Exeter. I produce it. The contents were thirteen packets of letters : they were wrapped in a striped handkerchief. The person who brought them in said—" There they are; I found them under the seat of the carriage under which they were sitting." Poole made answer—" Where is that Bridgwater policeman ? He should be here to view the carriage searched. Why were they not found then ?" lie also said—" You saw the carriage searched ; didn't you see them hold the light down ?" I replied—" It was not searched in my presence." Silk and Burchell then. made out a list of the letters in presence of the prisoners, and marked them. I took charge of them. The prisoners were then taken to the Guildhail station-house at Exeter, and they wore there charged with the robbery. Joseph Rheynheart said—l live at Plympton, and am a guard in the employment of the Great Western Railway Company. 1 was the guard of the night down mail train on the Ist inst. Just before the train left the Exeter shed at Bristol I observed the two prisoners on the platform. I wondered where they came from, as they could not have come by me from the office. I let a passenger into the compartment of a first-class carriage next the tender, and then held the door open for the two prisoners to go in. They looked in, but would not go in. They went back to the third compartment. They hesitated there; but the time being short, I grumbled, and they went in. There was a gentleman already in the carriage, named Andrews. This was about forty minutes past one. On arriving at Bridgwater the robbery was disco vovered ; and I went to the tender and saw the bags scattered on th e fl oor diff e rently to their usual orderly disposition. I saw pieces of string and sealing wax, which I picked up and gave to Gibbons. I went to Mr. Barlow, a director of the company, who was in the train, and told him. I then went to the compart ment where the prisoners sat, which was next the platform, and asked them to produce their tickets. They immediately produced first-class tickets from Bristol to Exeter. Mr. Andrews was beyond the division in the compartment, and I saw his ticket. I am certain I was the first person who opened the door of the compartment in which the prisoner sat at Bridgwater; they were then quite awake, and did not affect to be sleeping. I shut the door, but shortly afterwards went to that compartment, and I saw the door open, and Mr. Barlow standing near it upon the platform. The carriage was not searched in my pre sence. I got into the carriage. We did not search the prisoners, as it w as 150 small. After a short time lt, took the prisoner who refuses to give his name into the further compartment. Williams and Gibbons ' al.o went with us into the carriage ; and we pro ceeded to Exeter. I discovered that one of the prisoners was Poole at Bridgwater. I knew Poole very well, but I did not know him at Bristol, as he was dressed in a manner so different to that to which I had been accustomed. On our journey, I asked him by what train he went up to Bristol ? lle said he went up by the third class early train. I asked him if it was by Jem Clarke's train, that goes from Laira at half-past seven in the morning, and he replied yes. I then asked him if he knew the other man, and whe ther they both went up together, and he said he had no knowledge whatever of the other person in cus tody. The other prisoner said to Poole, " I know you, I saw you a few days ago, and I knew you twelve months ago ;" and in reply to an observation made by Gibbons, he said he had from fifteen to twenty men to look after. Poole also asked me how it was that the mail guard did not ride in the tender. I searched the pocket of the division in which the prisoners were sitting at Bridgwater, and found the two pieces of crap.; and a piece of wax-candle pro• duced by Gibbons. On the way to Exeter I ob served Poole fumbling under his cloak, and putting my hand into a pocket in the front of his dress. On searching Poole at the waiting-room at Exeter, I found the sealing-wax produced. I took the other prisoner's great coat, and I found that it was made to be worn as well inside as out. One way it would be a sort of paletot, and the other way, having large pearl buttons, velvet collar, and a rough shaggy appearance, it would appear to be a kind of pilot coat. I found a piece of string with wax upon it. The string waq of exactly the same kind as that used at the Post-office to tie the bags. Charles Williams said—l am a policeman on the Great Western Railway, residing at Bridgwater. 1 remember the arrival of the down mail-train at Bridgwater on the morning of the 2d. I was one of those who came in the carriage with the prisoners to Exeter. On the arrival of the train the prisoners were taken out, and Thomas, the under-guard, searched the carriage in my presence. I saw him take out a large bundle from underneath the seat at the corner where Poole sat. Neither I nor Mr. An drews left.the carriage until Thomas came to search it. I afterwards found a piece of string coiled up underneath the seat where the other prisoners sat. It was coiled up neatly, with the end twisted around it. I also found a piece of string, hanging partly out and partly inside the carriage. I tried to pull it, but it was fast. Thomas then opened the door, and took possession of it. Mr. Andrews, solicitor, of Modbury, said—l was a first-class passenger from Paddington to Plymouth on the Ist of January. I did not get out at Bristol; and just before the train left that station two persons entered the carriage and passed through into the farther division of the compartment. They closed the partition door and pulled down the blind. When the two persons first entered they dragged in with their feet a piece of twine, which was left on the floor at my feet. On arriving at Bridgwater the robbery was discovered; a partial search took place, but not under the seats. On reaching Exeter, a more perfect search was made, and I saw a parcel of letters in a handkerchief found under the seat. The person who searched the carriage was the only person who entered it or came to it after the prisoners were taken out. John Thomas, under guard of the mail train, proved having recognised Poole. The witness found a wool dealer's bag hook in the carriage in which the prisoners were riding. The evidence of several parties to whom some of the registered letters . had been addressed was next taken, after which _ _ James Osborne, of the South Devon Railway Po lice, was called. He said, on Monday, the tat of January, two persons came t) the Starcross station, at twenty minutes before eight, for two first-class tickets by the up mail train to Bristol. I issued the ticket, and the person who paid for them, and to whom I gave them, had a drab scarf or shawl round his neck. I think the prisoner nearest to me (Poole) is the person to whom 1 issued those tickets. Other evidence, tending to show that Poole and his companion were the perpetrators of the robbery on the up mail as well as the down mail, was then taken. Mr. Peacock, said that was all the witnesses he had to call at present, but he hoped the Magistrates would consent to the prisoners being remanded for a week, as he expected to be able then to adduce further evidence. This was agreed to, and the depositions having been read over and signed, the prisoners were removed to the city gaol, and the proceedings, which had occupied nearly seven hours, then terminated. After the close of the proceedings a rumour became current that the name of the hitherto unknown pri soner had been discovered, and that Mr. Peacock had been put in possession of some most important evidence. It is generally believed that the communication alluded to by Mr. Hooper, oue of the magistrates, in his reply to the prisoner's counsel, was an intimation to the effect that one of the prisoners might be induced to turn Queen's evidence. it is rumoured that Poole had 5001. with his wife, who is also in receipt of 501. yearly. He was for same time a guard on the Great Western Railway and has held four shares since its commencement. He was dismissed from his situation soon after the rob bery of a box of sovereigns, on their transit from London to Truro. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLEI?KEN WELL. Mr. Sidney, solicitor, of Hatton-garden, attended at the court, accompanied by Mr. Biddell, brassfounder, of Rosamond-yard, Clerkenwell, and applied for a warrant of assault under the following circumstances:—Mr• Sidney said, that his client was a respectable man, who had good-naturedly become security for a loan from a loan society, but the principal did not pay up regularly, and process was issued against him from the Palace Court, and execution levied on his goods. On Friday before Christmas-day he was walking through Bowling green-lane, Clerkenwell, with some brasswork in his possession, which he had finished for one of his custo mers, when he was met by two men, who said they were bailiffs belonging to the Palace Court, and insisted that he was taking: away his goods, which had been levied upon. He assured them to the contrary, telling them it was a jab which had been completed for a customer, when they seized him, dragged him along, took the pro perty from him, and beat him most unmercifully, and subsequently they proceeded to his residence and took away other property belonging to his customers, and he had been laid up ever since, which was the cause of his not having applied before for a warrant against the par ties. The property, he contended, had been unwarrant ably seized, and an outrageous assault committed on his client, which he submitted would justify the bench in granting a warrant, as they would forego other pro ceedings. Mr. Biddell being sworn confirmed Mr. Sidney's statement. Mr.TYRWHITT said he could see no reason why a sum mons should not be issued for the assault, and it was immediately granted, and Mr. Sidney and his client left the court. Our reporter is requested to state that the Countess of P-- and the Earl of C-- have each sent a donation of 51. in aid of the poor-box of this court, with a request that their receipt might be acknowledged in the news papers. LAMBETH. On Saturday Edward, Stone, alias Ginger, alias Hudson, alias Jepson, alias Chumley, one of the most expert and successful pickpockets, and thieves in Eng land, and a notorious member of the " swell mob," was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott for further exami • nation on two charges of housebreaking and robbery. Mr. Charnock, the barrister, attended on behalf of the prisoner. The present charge against the prisoner was that of being concerned with two others, not }'et in custody, in entering the dwelling-house of a widow lady named Tinekin, in Leip.ic-road, Camberwell, and stealing therefrom a great variety of valuable property on the morning of Saturday week; and the principal witness against him was a little girl, who swore positively to his being the person she saw jump from the window of the prosecutrix. This witness wss, however, unable to at tend through severe indisposition. The prisoner was also suspected of being concerned in a robbery at the house of a gentleman named Schroe der, which is also situated in the Leipsic-road, on Christ mas night, when a quantity of property had also been carried away, arid a young woman identified the prisoner as a person she had seen lurking about the neighbour hood both on Christmas evening and the morning be fore. The witness also swore positively to having seen the prisoner stand at the gate of Mrs. Tinekia on the night of the robbery. Mr. Charnock called two witnesses, named Howes and Bullock, a cab and omnibus proprietor, to pro►e an alibi, as far as the rubbery at Mrs. 'finekin's was concerned, and these witnesses swore they were at the Elephant and Castle tap from half-past seven until nine o'clock on the Saturday, and that 'all that time the prisoner was ' , result. The distance from the house of the prosecu trix to the Elephant and Castle is about twelve minutes' walk. Mr. Rubinson, the superintendent of police, was in attendance with a long list of convictions against the prisoner, who was again remanded. THAMES. On Saturday the court was crowded to excess with Danish and German seamen to hear the examination of the Danish masters and mariners charged with pulling down the German flag from the Schleswig-Ilulstein vessels in the West India Docks on Monday last, and a good deal of national feeling was displayed. Mr. Pelham appeared for the prosecution, at the in stance of Drolenvaux and Co., a German house, of No. 14, Mark-lane, who have a great many vessels from Schleswig-Holstein consigned to them. Mr. Grunsund, of the firm of Litchfield and Co., ship and insurance brokers, John-street, Minories, acted as the interpreter and advocate for the Danes. Mr. Bonam, from the Danish Consul's office, was also present. Captain Johann Christian Wulf; master, and Peter Mortenser, of the ship Fanny and Marie, and Klemens Jorge's Larsen and Aeon Elesson, seamen of the Baby and Susannah, were charged with riot and assault and pulling down the Schleswig-Holstein flags from the Elbe, the Lucie, and the Pax, in the West India Docks. A seaman named Carl Emile Schmidt, of the schooner Soereddcn, was included in the warrants, but he had since left England for Denmark in his ship. Mr. Pelham stated the case at great length, and said it was highly desirable that both Danes and Germans should be taught that they could not fight out their quarrels in this country with impunity. The Schleswig- Holstein men had not committed any acts of aggres sion, but the Danes had. There were now 300 or 400 sail of vessels in the ducks from Denmark, Holstein, Memel, and the Elbe, and it was necessary to preserve the public peace, and prevent a repetition of the gross outrage committed by the Danes on Monday last, when they proceeded from ship to ship, pulled down the Schleswig-Holstein flags from three vessels, and as saulted Heinrich Jansen, of the Elbe, who was knocked down and received a black eye in defending his flag. The object of the prosecutors was not to call for a vindictive punishment, but to make the Danes understand that they were not to make war on the Schleswig-Hoisteln flag in a neutral port. Peter liogsen, mate of the Lucia, then deposed that, during the absence of his captain on Monday, a number of Danish seamen, under the command of Captain Wulff, came on board, and two of them, of whom Mortenser was one, hauled down the Schleswig-Holstein flag amidst very great cheering. He was ordered to strike his colours, and on refusing to do so Mortenser hauled down the flag. The Danes were armed with handspikes and other weapons, and overpowered witness and his shipmates, who wore only four in number. Captain WuJff remained on the dock quay and shook his fist at the ship and excited the men. The Danes said the flag was a robber flag. He saw the colours hauled down from the topmast of the Elbe, and the flag of the Pax was served in the same way. The flag was hoisted on board the Lucia forthe purpose of measurement by the Customs. Mr. Gronsned denied that the flag was hoisted for any such purpose; and said the flag was an illegal one. The duchy of Schleswig-Holstein and the vessels from that place had no right to hoist any other than the Danish flag. Mr. YARDLEY would decline going into the political part of the question, and said if there was any attempt to justify the act of the Danes, he should be inclined to deal with the case very severely, and send the defendants for trial for riotously assembling, and for an assault. The Danes and Germans must not bring their hostile feeling into this coun try. Whether the flag was illegal or not, the Danes had no right to interfere with it. If it was a robber flag or a pirate flag, the authorities here only would have to interfere. He did not consider this case so much in the light of a private injury to individuals ; it was a serious offence against the laws of England, and not to be tolerated. Mr. Bonsm said, that now the Danes knew they had done wrong, they would not be likely to offend again, and there was no doubt the affair arose out of a burst of national feeling. He explained that he only came to that court in the capacity of an interpreter for the Schleswig-Holstein men, and that the Danish Consul sanctioned no other flag on the Holstein vessels but the Danish one. After some further discussion, Mr. YARDLEY said this was not so much an outrage against the Holstein ships as it was against the laws of England, which must be vindicated. If such a proceed ing was ever adopted again in this port, either by Danes or Germans, he would send all the offenders to prison for trial ; and before he gave his decision in this case he would consult the dock authorities, and adjourn it to Tuesday next. He called upon each of the defendants to put in bail, himself in 801., and one surety in 401., to appear on Tuesday, and keep the peace in the meantime. Mr. Gron.uud was accepted as bail for Captain Wulff, and Mr. Bonam became security tor the other Danes. BAMMERS-MITH. On Saturday . the court was much crowded in antici pation that Thomas Chilcott, a sweep, who was on Saturday week charged on suspicion of being con cerned in the late extensive robbery of Bank of England notes, gold and silver coins, jewellery, &c., at Count Carlo Pepeles residence, No. 11, St. George's-terrace, Gloucester-road, Kensington, on the evening of Christ mas-day last, would be again examined ; but it soon became known that he was no longer in custody on the charge. It appears that subsequent to the remand of the ac cused 1,,r a week the police, in the course of the in quiries they are instituting into this mysterious robbery, finding that they were not likely at present to obtain any further evidence tending to prove his connexion with the affair, early in the week made an intimation to Mr. Beadon, the remanding magistrate, to that effect. Mr. Beadon, immediately on being informed of that fact, in accordance with his promise to the accused while remanding him, issued an order for his immediate re lease from the House of Detention, to which re manded prisoners are taken, and he was liberated on Tuesday last. It is understood that the police, who are still pursuing their inquiries with great perseverance, will be able to bring them to a satisfactoly conclusion ere long. Mr. BEADON begs to acknowledge the receipt of a 101. note from the Earl of C , and a 10/. note from the Countess of P-, for the purposes of the poor-boxes of the Hammersmith and Wandsworth Po lice-courts. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—The duty on wheat has advanced to 9s. per quarter, and on flour to 5s 6d per barrel. The market yesterday was generally inactive. Free wheat and flour were both a shade easier to buy, but bonded were held at fully late rates. Oats and oatmeal met a dull sale, and prices were scarcely so good as on Tuesday. Beans and peas were difficult to move. Malting barley vi as is _per quarter lower, but there was no change in grinding parcels. MANCHESTER, JAN. 6.—Although the business pass ing during the present week has been by no means large, a decidedly firmer feeling has prevailed, and a tolerably fair demand from consumers has been experienced for flour and the best descriptions of oatmeal at fully previous prices. Of barley coastwise, and oats and oatmeal from Ireland, the arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are on a more extensive scale than - of late, but of other articles they continue to a limited amount. READING, JAN. 6.—The attendance was rather short, and a much decreased supply of wheat. This being the case, there was a fair demand for that limited quantity, and about the same prices as those of Saturday last were given. Some inferior samples sold as low as 34s per quarter. Barley was in fair supply, with a moderate de mand. Prime samples maintained late rates, but interior descriptions were full 2s per quarter cheaper. Oats, beans, and peas, which were in fair supply, are rather lower in price, with but little doing. Wheat (old), per quarter, 34s to 56s ; ditto new, 35s to 565; barley, 25s to 365; oats, 16s to 21s; beans, 303 to 41s; peas, 303 to 42s.—Pig market: a short supply of stores, with a fair trade. Fat hogs, 9s to 9s 6ci. Porkers, 9s 6d to lOs per acore.—Poultry market: Fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; ducks, ditto, 3s 6d to 43 6d; geese, each, 5s to 5s 6d; butter, per pound, is Id to Is 2d; Eggs, 8 to 10 for Is. DERRY . , JAN. s.—We have a large show of wheat and barley, chiefly by farmers; sales proceed slowly, at late rates. Oats and beans both dull sale, and the turn cheaper. Wheat, 46s to 50s per 36 stone; ditto, red, Ms to 525. Barley,3os to 333. Old oats, 24s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 44s to 47s per 38 stone. Flour, 34s to 38s per 20 stone. SHEFFIELD, JAN. 2.—The following is the in spectoeb return:— Qrs. Bls. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wheat 2lB 2 ... 553 16 2 210 9 per qr. Barley 4B — 0 76 4 0 111 9 ditto Oats . lB 0 ... 19 5 6 1 1 5 ditto Beans 7 4 ... 13 15 0 1 16 8 ditto P€ll3 0 0 ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 ditto Best household bread, 6d per 41b. Second's ditto 5d do. GLASGOW CATTLE AND SHEEP MARKET, JAN. 4.- There was about an average supply of cattle brought forward to-day, for which there was a steady demand, at last week's quotations. Best Angusshire and East Lothian oxen brought from 50s to 53s per cwt ; inferior from 45s to 48s ; and cow and ordinary from 40s to 445, sinking offal. The sheep market was more than usually well supplied, and the demand was dull, at a slight re• duction in prices. The best black-faced sheep brought from 30s to 325, and the second descriptions from 24s to 28s each, or from sid to 6d per lb. A considerable number of sheep, particularly these of inferior quality, were left unsold. DUMFRIES CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 3.—The number of carcases of pork exhibited this morning amounted to 317, which met an early sale, owing to the favourable morning for curing purposes, combined with a better attendance of buyers, indicating an amended state of public health in this and the sister burgh. Prices today for the best articles 5s 7d; secondary and inferior 5s 2cl to 5s ad per stone. The supplies of potatoes still limited, more from a disinclination to open pits in the present hard weather than to visit us—at least, this reason was given us yesterday, on inquiry at an extensive grower's. Prince Regents are still bringing from 4s to 4s 6d per cwt, and coarser kinds in proportion. DALLEITH, JAN. 4.—The supply of grain at this day's market was less than last week; sales ready. Wheat on the top per quarter same as last week, average 2d up; oats same as last week; barley 6d per quarter down; peas and beans also declined 6d per quarter on last week's rates. The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 81b; 18st 41b; and 16st 81b. Oats, 12st 91b; 12st 41b; and 10st 111 b. Barley, 16st 91b; 16st 01b; and 14st 10113. Peas and beans, 19st Olb; 18st 121 b, and 17st 21b. Quarters. Best. Current. Inferior. 341 Wheat ... 21 12s odl2l 8s Oil I/ 14s Od 1,103 thits 1/ Is 41101 18s 8;101 1 9 3 03 726 Barley 1/ 12s Od 11 8s Od 11 is Od 27 Peas, &e. 11 108 0,6/ 8s Od 1/ 4s Od Average of wheat, 2/ 4s 03 per qr. ABERDEEN MARKET, JAN. s.—There vests a good at tendance at market to-day, and a fair business done at our quotations. Oats, 14s to 16s, 401bs per bushel; bar ley, 24s to 25s 6d, bear, 24s to 255, 521bs per bushel; wheat, 50s to 545; oatmeal, 13s to 14s per bull ; flour, 43s to 49s per sack, ABERDEEN PROVISION MARKET, JAN. s.—There was an average supply of vegetable end other provisions at market to-day, except in dairy produce, which was very limited. The demand ruled heavy at but. little va riation in prices. Beef, 5d to 7d; mutton, 5d to 7d; veal, 5d to 7d per lb; pork, 4s Od to 5 per stone; tallow, 4s 63 to 5s per stone; potatoes, 10d to Is per peck; butter, 7d to Sd per In; eggs, 93 to 10d per dozen; hens, 3s to 3s 63; chickens, is 63 to 2s; ducks, 2s Od tc 2s 6d; ducklings, 2s to 2s 6d per pair; turkeys, 4s 03 to 5s Od; geese, 4s to 55 Od each. Butter for exportation (present cure), 52s per cwt. Eggs, wholesale price, 7d per dozen. Bread, 4lb loef, 83; 2'b loaf, 4d. Pork, per stone of 14h, 3s 611; pork, fine small, 5s 63; pork, large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Ship pork;per barrel of 204 lbs, 100 s. ABERDEEN NEU,' MAIULETp.JAN. 4.—W120 iupply of meal at market to-night was moderate—prices a shade below our last questions. Oatmeal, is 4d to Os Od; bearmeal, is 4d to Os Od; peasmeal, 2s Od to 2s 2d; aids, 6d to 7d; Harley flour, is 5d to is 6d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour„ 2s to 2s 3d; barley, per lb. 14d to 2d. BELFAST, JAN. 4,—As usual at this season the supplies of grain are small, but, from the fine bracing weather, the condition is good, and qaality better than usual. Wheat sells freely at former prices, and lots come into better demand at 91 15s to 101 for home-grown, and foreign 101 lOs to 121 per ton. Flour is in moderate demand at former rates, and American sells freely at 28s to 28s 6d per barrel. Barley maintains its value, and a small con cession on the part of holders would induce pretty large sales of parcels. Oats maintain the advance noted last week, and are in fair demand. Oatmeal is also in de mand at former rates, and is going rapidly into consump tion. Indian Corn is rather a slow sale at 71 lOs to 71 15s per ton, at which sotne holders decline selling. CORK, JAN. s.—Flour—Fir,t quality, 15s 6d to 16s 6d; second ditto, 143 Od to 15s 6d; household, lis to 14s; third ditto, 9s to les per cwt. Oatmeal, 12s to 12s 6d per cwt. Indian corn, 71 5s to 81 lOs OJ ; Indian meal, 91 to 915 s per ton. Bran, 41 5s to 5l 5s per ton. Hay— Farmei s', 32s to 46s Od; average, 435 ; retailers , 42s to 50s per ton; old hay, 45s to 60s per ton. Straw—Far mers', 25s to 355; average, 28s; retailers', 003 to 00s per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof, 6s 3d per imperial gallon. Breed, 6d to lid per 41bs. Fresh butter, 10d to 12d per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; mut ton, aid to scl ; veal, aid to 4id; pork, Sid to 7d ; bacon, bid to 9d; sausages, 5d per lb. Coals—New port, 17s; Lydney, 18s. Culm, 16s per ton. Potatoes, white, 10d to 14d; Minions, 20d. Hides—Market ditto, lls to 17s; salted ditto, 12s to 17s per cwt; market skins, 2d to 24d; calf ditto, 2d to 24d; veal skins, 3d to aid per lb. Tar—Archangel, 18s per bl. Timber—Quebec red pine, 31 15s; yellow ditto, 31; deal, 171 to 20/per hundred ; Bangor Queens, 3/ 2s 6d per ton. Scotch herrings,l9s to 20s per barrel ; Norway ditto, 00s. New foundland dry cod fish, 11/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow 475. Wool, lOs to 12s per stone. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Jes. 6. STOCK EXCHANGI.—The den - sand for shares has been pretty active, and stock was in request at our quotations:— Great Northern (A Shares), Deferred, 5 ex int.—London and North. Western, 126—Ditto, Fifths, WA p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, VA dis.—Midland Stock, New Halves, 7 dis. ex jut.—North British, Quarters, 3 , h—North Staffordshire, 3%—North Union (A), 210 Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 8 per cent. guaran teed for ten years, 9 1 A— Shropshire Union, 2 3 4 dis. es int.— South-Eastern and Dover, .1.40. 4, Thirds, Ph—York, New castle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), par ex int. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 6. - - STOCK EXCHANGE.— Few transactions took place to-day, but there was a slight improvement in prices. The sales are —North Staffordshire, 37i dis.—Shrewsbury and Birming. ham (B), 4/. Is. 3d. dis.— Ditto, Preference, 18s, 9d. p.— South Staffordshire, 4j q dis. YORK, JAW. 5. SToex EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was as follows:—Great Northern, 9 1 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, No. 1), 14 3 4 dis.—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 14 3 / 4 dis.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 7y B die. ex int. GLASGOW, JAN. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 16 IA — Edinburgh and Glasgow, 82—Gl asgow G eneral Terminus, 10,— Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. ls.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 45 1 ,4—Ditto, Halves No. I, 5/. 3s. 6d. —Ditto, Halves, N 0.2, 5/. 7s.—Scottish Central, 26. DEATH OF ALD. ARCHBOLD.--We regret to have to record the death of James Archbold, Esq., one of the Justices of the Peace for this borough, and an Alderman of the Corporation, which took place at his house on Tuesday. A contemporary says;—"Few men have spent a more active and useful life in the various public offices which it has been his;lot to fill, whether corporate, ma• gisterial, or parochial, or connected with the charitable institutions of the town, arid few have been more conspi cuous for the correct discharge of the duties and chari ties of a more private and domestic character. The deceased became a member of the old corporation at a very early age, and continued one of the body up to the period of its dissolution; and when the Municipal Reform Act came into operation, his fellow -townsmen were not unmindful of his past services, and elected him one of the new body. He was more recently elected an alder man, and served the office of Mayor in the year 1846-7, when his great hospitality and the efficient and attentive manner in which he discharged the important duties which devolved upon him, as chief magistrate of the bo rough, rendered him extremely popular." Mr. Arch bold was never married, and leaves an only and deeply attached sister to deplore his loss.—Newcastle Guardian. [ADTERTisinniNT.b—Ringworms, Scorbuti c Affec tions, and other Skin iseases, Curable by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—ln the East Indies, diseases of the skin are very prevalent among the natives, and Hollo way's Ointment and Pills have been most sucessfully used in a variety of cases. The Editor of the Mofussilits instances that of a Coolie employed in his establishment, who was " afflicted with myriads of Ringworms which defied all the Meerut doctors, and promised to devour the poor man, before he was even under ground." Hol loway's Pills and Ointment were then tried, and in a month be was perfectly restored to his former health!) condition and cleanliness of skin. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. TWO DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN BETZNAI,GREEN.--"" On Saturday last two serious fires broke out in the pa rish of Bethnal-green, which were both attended with considerable destruction o f property. The first occurred upon the premises of Mr. Charles Long, a eabinet maker, No. 112, Church-street. The flames originated in the workshops at rear of the dwelling-house. The engines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of England Company having been sent for, they at tended with all possible expediti on , w h en the firemen found the entire range of workshops and all they con tained in flames. In spite of the most strenuous ex ertions of the firemen, Mr. Long's.. workshops were totally destroyed, the back window sashes of the dwelling burned out, and the furniture extensively damaged by fire. The house, No. 111, in the same street, belonging to Mr. Robert Clement, corn-chandler, and No. 113, in the tenure of Mr. Joseph Newport, are also materially damaged by fire, water, and the bast/ removal of furniture. How the fire commenced is st present unknown.—The second fire broke out at noon in a large store, about 60 feet long, belonging to Mr. Thos. Phillips, a corn-chandler, in Ann-street, P o ll ar d' s -row- The building was filled with hay, straw , and clover, which proved such a powerful auxiliary to the flames that very speedily the place was on fire from end to end- The parish and other engines attended, and owing to the abundant supply of water, the firemen were enabled to confine the flames to that portion of the property, in which they originated; not, however, until the premises were burned down. Mr. Phillips, who will be a serious loser, was not insured for a single penny. STRIKE OF THE COLLIERS OF WIGAN A N D TOO NEIGHBOURHOOD —A large number of colliers assemble d in the Scholes on Friday morning, for the purpose of talc" ing some steps t advance their pre sent rate of wages, or otherwise to stint their labour to two or three days 5 week. About twelve o'cli ck at noon some two or three hundred of them paraded the streets, accompanied by band of music, and carrying three large flags bearing th e motto of " United we stand, divided we fall." A meet ing of the masters was expected to take place at th e Royal Hotel yesterday aft ernoon , an d if no arrang eme , nt is come to, it is the intention of th o co lli ers t o give "a their notices to-day.—Preston Chronicle. EXECUTION OF JAMES KELLY, AT KIRKDALB.'"" It is little more than four months since it was our pain ful duty to announce a public execution at Kirkdale• On Saturday, however, James Kelly, a young man' aged only twenty-four years, who pleaded guilty at th e last assizes to having, at Stockport, cut the throat of his sweetheart, Elizabeth Faulkner, a co-worker in th e same mill, forfeited his life to the offended laws. 00 the night before execution, Kelly, we understand, Was restless and disturbed. e took his supper, howeven and also his breakfast next morning, w i t h the usua l relish, and declared to the governor of the gaol that even if he had the offer of a reprieve, so seriously was his 0 00 : science tormented, that he could not think of acc ept it.--Liverpoel Albion, A serious acident from the escape of gas occurred. on Friday evening at Clarence House, the town rer dence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, . 13 1 which the housekeeper and a footman were much . jured. A charwoman in attendance on the h o usekeepe r e was conveyed to the hospital, her i n j ur i es being mo r e dangerous than those sustained by the others. The oc . cident took place in the china clo se t, w h ere g as is in CO' stant use. BIRTHS. On the f'd inst., Lady Frederic Kerr, of a daughter. On the 4th inst,, at Croxteth, the Countess of Sefton , t ) '' a son. On the 3d inst., at 35, Haymarket, St. James's, the WI of C. Marshall, Esq., of a son. • On the 3d inst., at Watford, the wife of B. A. Kerrisotl, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square, th e wife of S. S. Wigg, of a daughter, stillborn. On the 4th inst., at Frognal, Hampstead, Mrs. T. 1112 5- band, of a daughter. On the sth inst., at West Brixton, Surrey, the lady of D . Nisbett, Esq., jun., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Eaton-place West, Mrs. Conway 105e ' of a son. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at St. Peter's, Jersey, Major John Single' ton, H.M. 11th Regiment of Infantry, to Frances, Yoll°ge daughter of the late Richard Y. Vancr , , Esq. On the 3d inst., David De Pass, second son of Daniel De Pass, Esq., of Devonshire-house, Hornsey-road, to Al stree icet: youngest daughter of H. Hyarn, Upper Gower- Bedford square DIED. Lately, aged 22, after a painfully protracted a ffliction , borne with exemplary Christian fortitude and pious resigC,. tion to the Divine will, Tabith a , youn gest daughter of lt Joseph Bullen, organ builder, tunist &c , o f Fulham Mary Magdalen, Norfolk. gir Samuel cOll, On the 27th ult., is ,a a t rt W ., Wood-end 64. end,near Thirsk, Yorksh ire, ire ' On the 30th ult., at Li Barns, Altrincham , C hesh aged 67, Samuel 11. Were, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., &c. Ego On the 2d inst at Wimbledon, Surrey E. E. Pigot t, , youngest son of S. Pigott Esq., of Ca ' d Queen's Colla ee t." Ireland, aged 32 . ' Par , On the 3d i nst., at N orwoo d , near C roy d on , Mr. Cha rl Wooderson, aged 49. richoter On the 4th i ns t.. a t G r eat Marlborough-street, W. f son, Esq., eldest son of the late W. Thompson , Esq'' ° Kentish-town. ugh . ' On the 4th inst., aged 23, Anne Elizabeth, second da ter of J. Leader, Esq , of Buntingford, Herts, On the sth inst., Mrs. Sarah Sizer, of Newington-catlee. way, ur. oh, On she 2 re 9 y th ult., at Wavertree, near Liverpool, H annah' the wife of Mr, T. Laker. US London , Printed analPubliblied by MITIMO • G ' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The S un Office, N°• 4 ; a Strand, ia the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 001131`, Middlelex• Alwiday, January 8, 1848.