The Sun. — London, England, 1849-01-04 00:00:00

---~~- INDIA. (From the Bombay Times of December 2 ) men, with 70 pieces of artillery—including three re- giments of dragoons, five of regular and four of ir regular native cavalry, seven troops of horse, and as many companies of foot artillery, with five field batteries, thur regiments of European and fifteen of native infantry. These are expected to advance to the northward i❑ two divisions in quest of an enemy. One body of insurgents, about 13,000 strong, are said to be posted a little way beyond the Jhelam, under Shere Singh and his brother, and a brother of Moolraj ; Chuttur Singh is somewhere near Pe ' shawur. The troops of the last-named station have mutinied. Major Lawrence and Lieutenant Bowie were obliged to seek safety in flight ; they are now in Kohat. The troops in Attock remain faithful, and Captain Abbott is still able to hold his own in the liazareh country. Of the Jamoo division, under Colonel Steinbach, we have heard nothing since our last. After some days of severe skirmishing before Moulton, an attack was made on the field-works established near our camp, and by the fire from which our troops had been for some time greatly annoyed. The arrangements seem to have been admirable—the conduct of the troops be yond all praise. The enemy were broken and driven back at all points—five of their guns remaining in our hands. This occurred on the 7th of November. Since then everything has remained as formerly. The first portion of the Bombay column—above 7,000 strong, with twenty-four guns, left Roree on the 21st ult., and would be all on their upward march within a week afterwards; they would probably reach Moultan between the 12th and.2oth inst. A detachment consisting of the 3d Native Infantry, Turnbull's battery, and 500 of Jacob's Horse, had got as far as Ooch, but when within a week's march of Moultan were directed to halt. All the troops now in the field, amounting to above forty thousand in number, excluding Whish's army and, the garrison at Lahore, and including some 15,000 of our allies, seem in excellent health and the highest spirits. it is doubtful whether any operation of im portance will be commenced until all our troops shall have arrived at their posts. There seems much rea son to apprehend that we shall for the present have no railways in India: the Court of Directors seem re solved not to guarantee a dividend of five per cent., which some parties. had expected they would have done, besides making good all risks, but to ensure this interest on the gross capital out of which the charges of the railway tells to be taken should its income fall under the expenses of working. A return of the Sheriffs of Bombay since 1800 has just been pub lished, showing that, on the twenty-six gentlemen who within the last forty-eight years have held the sinecure, 100,0001. of the public money has been bestowed—some of the more fortunate friends of the members of Government having received from 5,0001. to 10,0001. fur which no service whatever was professed to be given. The office of sheriff, which has been condemned from the first as useless and a waste of public money, is still continued at a cost of about 10,0001. a year. Some discussion on the sub ject of the Mint at Bombay has brought to light the fact that the Mint Master enjoys a salary of 4,0001. a year—he being a civilian placed in office by virtue of seniority, without requiring to possess, or in general possessing, the slightest acquair,tance with chemistry or mechanics. Tne present fortunate holder of the office was, just before his appointment, Postmaster at Bombay, Bullion is purchased by Government before being melted, and in the course of seven years before 1844, 30,0001. was set down as inelters' loss, there being that much less coin turned out than there was specie paid for ! Of late years, under a change in the meltership, all loss under this head has disappeared. At Calcutta and Madras the Mint Master is also Mint Engineer—an arrangement by which, in salary alone, the Govern ment save about 2,0001. a year—and probably as much more in management. The saving that would be effected by the abolition of the one office, and transfer of the other to the hands of an engineer, would in ten years make a hundred miles of good macadamized road at ordinary Indian charges—or open up the war from the cotton districts to the coast !—The Governor-General left Meerut for Saharunpore on the 23d ult., in progress to Umballa. The Countess Dalhousie was at Allahabad en the the 16th. Lord Gough joined the army of the Punjaub near Ramnugger on the 21st. The Governors and Commanders-in-Chief of Madras and Bombay are at the Presidencies respectively. The Bishop of Calcutta is at present at Bombay on visitation. The Commander of the Forces at Ceylon has met with an accident by which his ancle bone has been fractured or dislocated. The Government has been compelled to repeal the obnoxious gun, dog, and shop taxes. It is expected that Lord Torrington will speedily be relieved of the cares of Government, and be removed " to a more extended sphere of use fulness."—The Nizam of Hyderabad (Deccan) has dismissed his obnoxious Minister Sooraj-001-Moolk from office, and appointed another in his stead. The country is again getting into a troubled state. Mr. G. A. Bushby has been appointed Governor-General's agent at Gwalior in room of Colonel Sleeman, who has proceeded to take up the duties of Resident at Lucknow. Throughout India in general tranquillity reigns, and we have heard of no particular sickness in any quarter of the country. MOUL TAN. At the date of our last there had been some severe skirmishing around Moultan betwixt the Ist and 3d of November. Of this we were hardly able to give a notice—we had not then been furnished with par ticulars. The insurgents having about the begin ning of the month established a battery in a deep watercourse within the range of the camp of Ed wardes and Cortlandt, opened a fire on our allies, which, though distant, was annoy ing to them; and General Whish accordingly deter mined to construct a battery a mile or so in front, commanding the flank of the enemy. This was armed with two 18-pounders, two howitzers, and four mor tars, which played on the insurgents at the distance of nine hundred yards with considerable effect. Cap tain Maitland and some of the men of the 32d were cut down by falling in with some of the enemy, who pretended to be our allies. At daybreak on the 6th the working party returned to camp, when a heavy fire, which continued all day, was opened from the trenches . As usual, the superiority of the matchlock over the musket was obvious, and the enemy were able to pick off oar men at distances at which our shot never reached them ' • yet they bad no bullets, but rough slugs o f lea d for their ,guns. Instead of bombshells they fired pewter canisters from their mortars. The cannonade was resumed on the morning of the 6th, and the guards at the advanced post had some severe skirmishing with the enemy, who came in front and dared them to advance. Under such an insult as this the men were not to be restrained—thrice they threw themselves on the enemy, and thrice they drove them back in disorder. In these encounters ten Sepoys were killed, and fifteen Europeans killed or wounded. This state of matters could not lon g b e su ff ere d to endure, and on the evenin g of the 6th, accordingly, two brigades* of infantry were directed to prepare next morning for an attack. These consisted of 1,400 each, one under Lieutenant-Colonel Franks commanding her Majesty's 10th Foot, the under Lieutenant-Colonel Brooke, her Majesty's 32 d Foot, an d 600 cavalry • "Camp before Mottltan, Nov. 7, 14 8.—Division Orders. "After orders of yester.day..._The operations against the enemy the last three days not having had the desired effect their position will be attaclfed.to-inorrow, when the following details will be in readiness at half-p an four A. ~ ar to proceed under the officers named : Cavalry and Horse Artillery, Brig. Salte6or CRomanmkanandd f,ilin. e. 2d tiqds. and 11th L. C., complete to i 2d Do. 11th Ir. Do. 220 Do. 2d Do. 7th Ir. Do. 220 Do, 4th Troop 3d Brig. Horse Artillery. Infantry under Brigadier Markham. 6 Co's. H.M. 10th Foot complete to 4OO Under Lieut. 8 „ Bth N. I. 512 Col. Franks, i 8 , 52d do. 512 H.M. 10 t h . 6 Co's. ' H.M. 32d Foot complete to 5OO Under Lieut. 8 ~ 48th N. I. 8 slst do. "The 72d, and all details not included in the above, to re main in camp, under Brigadier Harvey, who will direct two thirds of the disposable Cavalry to patrole the front of camp, at half a mile distant, with four guns from the 4th troop let brig. H. A. guns 4th troop Ist brigade H.A., and 60 Suwars 11th Irr. Cay. to attend the Major-General. EL "Forty pioneers to ac com p any the 4th troop 3d brigade ::v rT LAND MAI 11_4 (From the Chronicle.) We have received by ExtraotdinEry Express, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, papers from Bombay, and our private correspondence to the 33 of December. SUMMARY.—The present, is, we believe, the first occasion on which Government have gazetted Sun day as the day of the dispatch of the mails. A me morial from the inhabitants has been sent in, praying that, at all events, the Yost-office might be closed on Sunday, whenever the steamer might be dis patched, but has not been acceded to. For some months paid the day of dispatch previously gazetted has been altered, and if this state of matters con tinues, instead of stating the Ist and 15th as being our dispatch days, we must only speak of the beginning and middle of the month as our mail periods. These things are in every way most inexpedient, and ought to be strongly remonstrated against. Our news is more important on the present than it has been for some mails past. At the date of our last, the troops which had crossed the Ravee had been directed to advance, and we have new as sembled on the Chenaub, under the immediate com mand of Lord Stough in person, an .army of 20,000 Tme, o SUN, under Major Wheeler, with Anderson's troop of horse artillery, the whole under Brigadier Mark ham. it was resolved that they should move out en hour before daylight to the eastern side of the ili that flanks th-e allied camp, and making a circuit, take the encamped position in flank, Major Edwardes's force at the came time making a cor responding advance down the nullah (Wolle Maho med's Canal) on its western side, manning the ad vanced post. To leave the British at liberty for, the flank movement and defence of their own camp, it was arranged that the heavy guns and the guard should be withdrawn, except two H. A. guns that re mained in the redoubt corner of the position—Lieut. Pollock being sent to occupy it with the Kutter mukhee regiment of Cortlandt's force, 1,000 of Lieutenant Lake's men, and 500 of Major Ed vvarties's irregulars. About eleven P.M. (6th), this detachment took up their ground, but had not long been there when six companies of Cortlandt's regi ment; in fact, all the Poorbeeas of the corps went over in small detachments to the enemy, leaving Lieute nants Pollock, Patton (of the Engineers), and Bunny (of the Artillery), to congratulate themselves on not having been attacked before they went over, or been carried over as prisoners to Moolraj. The desertion of course encouraged the enemy, who came on shout ing to the rest of the men to follow the example of their brethren. Lieutenant Bunny, who was in charge of the two guns, immediately sent up to camp for his horses and reinforcements. The outlying and inlying pickets of the right brigade (two companies of Euro pean and four companies of native infantry) went down to the post, the British officers (Lieuts. Pollock, Patton, and Bunny) remaining firm at their posts notwith standing their critical position. The desertion of one out of three regular regiments, on which the allies depended as their principal support, coupled with the depressing effect that the absence of all reinforcements from Sinde and Ferozepore must have had on Gene ral WThish's force, certainly placed him in a critical position that morning, as he could no longer depend on the co-operation of the allied force, and had not 1 men enough for offensive operations on two sides ; 1 while it became, at the same time, evident that something must be done to lower the spirits of the enemy, and raise those of the British and allied troops. To mend the matter, news had on that day been received of the defection of the Peshawur troops. Day broke in this position of affairs, and there was no longer any chance of surprise. An order was therefore given to the men to cook and make alight meal, and be ready at half-past nine, A.M. They had hardly c o mmenced when news arrived that Major Edwardes's camp was attacked in force by the enemy, who had outflanked his batteries. They were, however, eventually driven back with great loss, after a long hand to hand fight, by the regular regiments (those that remained staunch), who behaved very well. In the midst of this melee the British columns moved to the rescue, and were in time to confirm the allied force in the spirits they had gained by their successful encounter. They waited on the eastern side of the canal to form their columns, made a detour to the right, and went in at the enemy, cavalry and infantry emulating one another. Battery after battery was taken with trifling loss, and all the enemy's guns were taken possession of. It is a satisfaction to know that the enemy had suf fered severely in the attacks. The leader of the re cusant regiment that went over in the night was amongst the slain, and Hurree Singh, the commander of cavalry who deserted Vans Agnew was mortally wounded. It is hoped the battle of Soorujkooud will last the enemy till reinforcements arrive. No officers were even wounded, and only two Europeans killed, three or four natives, and about four teen of all arms wounded. The irregular cavalry charged the batteries in their zeal, and entered them with trifling loss. A troop of the 11th irre gular cavalry, under Lieutenant and Adjutant Matheson, charged a one-gun battery, and took it. Moolraj himself was in his temple, just con chiding the funeral rites of his nephew, who was killed on the 6th at the advanced post, when he heard his troops were running in. He called to the sirdars —" You gave them the guns, eh ? I thought you promised me that by this the whole camp should be moves to Soojabad. Go and break your heads with your devices." - f The enemy's loss on this occasion was afterwards computed at betwixt 500 and 1,000 in all. Our allies under Edwardes and Cortlandt behaved most gallantly, and did us yeomen service, but not without suffering severely in turn. It was remarked as singular, that on the 7th, the last of the guns which accompanied Agnew and Anderson were captured. The action had been loudly and univer sally lauded ; we had not on this, as on too many other occasions, everything left to brute force—the excellence of our tactics seemed only surpassed by the conduct of our troops. Brigadier Markham is spoken of by all in terms of the highest commendation. From this time forward nothing of the slightest moment oc curred in camp; the field works of the enemy were destroyed, and such arrangements made as to pre vent their being replaced. In the intervals of war the sports of peace were resumed, and on the 14th sky races began. The first of the Bombay detachments will probably have arrived by the 26th November, should they have been allowed to resume their march from Ooch. The main body cannot be looked for earlier than the 12th December, if so soon; and it seems unlikely that operations will be resumed until all have assembled. Moolraj has of late been strengthened by a detachment from Bunnoo, and is reported to have some 10,000 or 12,000 men under his command. It is not imagined that he will now give in. The following extract from the letter of a staff officer with the force gives the impression entertained of him by the seniors in camp : " All has been peace and quietness here since I last wrote you, and our young lads are this morning (14th) amusing themselves with sky races. Moorej is a plucky fellow and no mistake; he had a grand parade of his troops the other day, and roundly abused his men who did not die at their guns, but considered prudence the better part of valour. I have no doubt that he himself is really desirous to strike one more desperate blow for success. He says it he falls and dies on the field, our Government will respect his family, but if ho waits the assembling of an overwhelming force, he and his will be equally involved in ruin. There is truth and spirit in these reported sentiments of his. This morning he is said to have been engaged in a solemn Poojab, and afterwards he was to give us battle, but the day is quietly passing away. Our fighting men would like nothing better than that he would keep his word; but his troops have not the same stake at issue, and are not likely now to be induced to play a desperate game. From first to last Moolraj has been hilly aware of all the late orders and counter orders, and has turned this knowledge to good account on the mieds of our allies. This was the main cause of the defection of the Hiudoo portion of Cortlandt's troops, and the present doubtful condition of the remainder. The early arrival of the first instalment of our reinforcements, however small, will produce the best effect on our allies. I sincerely trust you will push on, without a halt, and if so you will reach this about the same time with Colonel Nash's detachment, which 4ft Ferozepore about 800 or 900 strong." Our latest news from General Whish's camp comes down to the 2Gth ultimo. The thermometer during the the day stood at 75 degrees, and fell during the night to 40 degrees; yet, notwithstanding this great range of temperature, there was scarcely any sickness amongst the troops. The wounded men were doing well. On the 13th the enemy had hove in sight, but had prudently retired without attempting to molest us. A dispatch has been forwarded to Lord Gough by , General Whish regarding the stop page of the 3d 80. N. I. on their march up by Ge neral Auchmuty. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS. FROM NOV. 16 TO DEC. 2, 1848, INCLUSIVE. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOCK, DEC. 2, 1848. —We have little change to notice in the state of our Import Market generally, since the date of our last, as the supplies that have since come to hand have been very trifling, only three vessels from England having arrived in the interval. The goods received have met with ready sale, and our market has at present a more healthy appearance, with more prospect of a continu ance of such, than has been the case for some seasons past; many articles of manufactures have improved fur ther in value, arid this would doubtless have been the case to a still greater extent if the short supply of rain in Marwar had not had the effect of keeping the dealers from that important district out of the market. We are glad to say that, as anticipated by us in our last, the panic caused by the discovery of forged notes of the Bank of Bombay, has been productive of no evil consequences. The Bank has lowered the rate of discount one per cent., and our Money Market is in an easy state. Cotton Piece Goods-40 inch grey shirtings of all qualities are in good demand, and have advanced in value since our last. 45 inch widths are also in good demand. Grey Madapollams continue to be much asked for, and have advanced in value since our last one to two annas per piece. Grey jacconets are' very scarce and much wanted.' 24 yard light domestics are also in very good request, and no stocks exist. T cloths meet with ready sale as they come to hand. , A better inquiry has existed during the past fortnight for the fine and heavy makes of domestics, but it has been chiefly of a specu lative nature, the Arab dealers, who ought to make their appearance about this period, being still absent. Grey long cloths suited for dyeing. purposes are in good de mand. Bleached Goods—Shirtings'of all descriptions continue scarce, and much wanted. Madapullams also are in much request. Jacconets of middling quality are eagerly sought after at a further advance in prices ; low quali ties are in good demand, but in the finer kinds, the con sumption being limited, we have no improvement to notice. Cambrics, satin spots 33-inch 24 yards, satin stripes, and common jacconet checks and stripes, con tinue in good request.—For twills an improved inquiry exists. Dyed and Fancy Goods— Turkey red plain cloth, starched mulls and jacconets are scarce, and in good de mand, but twilled cloth is not much inquired for. Tur key red chintzes, of good quality and select patterns, are in fair inquir'y. Lappets, collonade, veined, diced, and honey comb lappets, are in good request, as also choice styles of Swiss lapp - ets, but the inferior styles of 1 Delhi Gazette, Nov. 12. the last named are little sought after, and to effect sales to any extent a reduction in prices would have to be sub mitted to. Subjoined is a list of the sales for the past fortnight. It will be observed that several sales of goods to arrive have been made, and this would have been the case to a large extent had importers Feen disposed to avail themselves of the willingness displayed by dealers to anticipate expected arrivals. Cottbn Yarn—No. 20s Mule Twist have been very dull, and difficult of sale since our last, and the price has receded further. No. 40s, on the contrary, have been in increased inquiry, and stocks being light, an improve ment on the value has taken place since our last. Other Nos. are steady, and we have no change to notice. Dycd Yarn—Turkey Red continues dull of sale, and prices are somewhat under our last quotations. Orange is steady, and in fair request. Cochineal—The only arrival since our last is to the extent of 5,0001b5. The stock in the bazaars consists only of a small quantity of interior quality. hut there has been little inquiry during the past few days. We, how ever, look for some advance ere long, as the supplies for some time to come must be very small. Saffrou.—There has been a good inquiry for this article during the last fortnight, and the price has ad vanced to Rs. 14 per lb. Stocks are very light. Metals—Copper of all kinds has been in good demand, and prices generally have experienced improvement ; stocks are moderate. Iron—Swedish Bar is much wanted, and no stocks exist. British Bar continues in good demand, and Rs. 32 per candy is readily attainable for common assortment. Sheet and loop iron have im proved in value since our last, as also nail rod. Swedish steel in tubs continues in good request. Pig lead has advanced further in value, being scarce, and much wanted. Lead in sheet has also advanced, and stocks are moderate. Speller has undergone no change since our last. Spirits—Little has been doing in brandy since our last the extensive sales then reported having fully supplied the wants of dealers in the meantime. The only sale reported is of 55 hhds of inferior quality, at rs. 2:6 as. per gallon. Gin continues in good request. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—During the early part of the last fort night transactions to some extent were entered into by shippers, in anticipation of favoura,ble advices from China. The steamer, however, brought news that the staple had declined somewhat in value, and consequent upon this intelligence the market for several days past has been very languid, and prices have a tendency to further falL Opium—The market for this drug has been very firm since the date of our last, and we quote the price of the day as Its. 1,225 to Rs. 1.240 per chest, with a tendency to further advance. The following notification respecting this drug has appeared in the Government Gazette : " NOTIFICATION.-TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT, REVENUE. "With reference to the Government Proclamation, dated the Ist December, 1846, published in a Supple ment to the Government Gazette of the same date, the Right Honourable the Governor in Council is pleased to notify, that the existing price of Parses for Malwa Opium, viz. (400) four hundred Rs. per chest, will con tinue in force until the 31st May, 1850. " By order of the Right Honourable the Governor in Council, "W. COURTNEY, Act. Sec. to Government. "Bombay Castle, Nov. 23, 1848.': Freights—The rate to Liverpool has slightly improved since our last, and we quote it now as 2115 s per ton. For London, 21 15s to 31 per ton. An advance has also taken place in the rate to China, which we quote at rs. 12 to rs. 1.2 i per candy. Exchanges—But little improvement has taken place in the rate of Exchange, holders of China Bills having shown much firmness. Many parties, too, have been sending bills on to Calcutta rather than give way here. Owing to these causes the rate has remained at is 94d to is 21{1 per rupee. We quote the former as the present rate for Bank Bills. There is, however, to-day an up ward tendency, assisted by advices from Calcutta this morning that the rate had advanced there to is 10d per rupee. Bombq Times Office, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1848. FREIGHTS. To London, per ton .. ... 21 15a to 31 To Liverpool „ ... 21 15a To China, per candy . Rs 12 to 12} EXCHANGES. London, at 6 months' sight, per Rs... ... lend to ls 9id ~ at 3 months' sight ... Is 9jd China, at 60 days' sight, per 100 Sp. dirs. ... Rs 210 Madras, at 30 days' sight „ 99i Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, per 100 Rs „ 994 ~ at 30 days' sight „ ... par ~ at sight ... „ 6 annas prem. PRICES OF BULLION. _ Sovereigns, each ... ... Es 11: 3a. ' , Dragons, each ... .. ... „11: 3 a. Bank of England Notes, per g ... ... „11:12 a. Spanish Dollars, per 100 ... „ 221 German Crowns, per 100 .. ... ... 213 „ Syce Silver, per 100 tolas ... ... ... , 104 i Gold Leaf, per tola (range of quality) ... ~ 16 to 17 1 as. BATIK SHARES. Bombay Bank ... Rs. 33 per ct. pm Oriental Bank, R 5.1,000 each (500 paid up) „ 24 per ct. dis Commercial Bank ... „ 14i per ct. dis Agra Bank ... ... (Rs. 500) ... „ 9 per ct. pm Bank of Madras ... ( „ 1,000) ... „ 4 per ct. pm GOVERNIIERT SECURITIES. 5 per cent. transfer loan ... Rs. 117 per 100 Sicca 5 per cent. loan 1825-26 ... Rs. 1021 per 100 Sicca 5 per cent. loan 1829-30 Its. 102 per 100 Sicca 4 per cent. loan 1832-33 ... Rs. 85 per 100 Sicca 4 per cent. loan 1835-36 .. Rs. 81 per 100 Co.'s 5 per cent. loan 1841.42 .. Rs. 98 to per 100 Co.'s 4 per cent. loan 1842-43 ... Rs. 81 per 100 Co.'s COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness walked this morning in the Home Park and Slopes, and the younger members of the Royal Family took their usual early exercise in the Home Park. His Royal Highness, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Due de Nemours and Due d'Aumale, and attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, went out shooting in Windsor Park. The Baron Andrian and Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Viscount Clifden, and Cap tain F. Seymour, are expected to arrive at Windsor Castle this afternoon. The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper. The Queen's private band attended yesterday even ing in the Castle,' and performed the following pieces : Overture—" Die Genueserinn" Lindpaintner. Quartetto, No. 6, Op. 18, in B flat : Allegro con brio; adagio ma non troppo ; scherzo allegro ; adagio-i. "La Malinconia;" allegretto quasi allegro (two violins, viola, violon- cello : Messrs. Sainton, Day, Hill, and H. Chipp) Beethoven. Finale, ht Act—"ll Don Giovanni" Mozart. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary left their residence at Kew yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minis ter, left town on 'Tuesday, on a visit to the Right Hon. Baron Parke, at Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire. Mr. Montgomery Martin had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dr. Bowring had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Gen tleman. At a meeting of the General Board of Health at Gwydyr House, yesterday, Lord Ashley in the chair, a deputation from Birmingham, consisting of the Mayor, Aldermen Phillips and Martine au , an d th e Town Clerk, had an interview, and presented a pe tition from the rated inhabitants, praying for the application of the Public Health Act to that town. Mr. Ward, M.P., and Admiral Dundas, had an in terview yesterday with Lord John Russell. The School of Design had a meeting yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. THE WEATHER.—Since our last we have had more wintry weather than heretofore. Saturday was gloomy; with some frost both in the morning and at night. On Sunday the sky was lowering, and some rain fell in the morning. On Monday morning there was a singular sunrise, the eastern sky being brilliantly co loured with the tints of the ruby, and intermingled with streaks of yellow and green. This seemed to forebode " a downfall," but the day passed over, and atillit came not. In the evening there was a keen east wind, and the temperature became much lower. The night was frosty; and the the temperatur e , which on F r id a y was as l ow as 27 deg. Fahrenheit, and on Monday stood at 29 deg., fell yesterday morning down to 24 deg., the wind being still easterly. Yesterday was fine and frosty, and the barometer rising ; so that we may expect the frost to continue. The following telegraphic returns of the weather, at nine o'clock yesterday morning, show that frost prevails all oyer the country :—Glasgow, N. very cloudy; Edinburgh, N. by W. intensely cold; Newcastle, S.E. fine; Skipton, S.E. frost; York, S.E. hard frost ; Hull, S.S.E. hard frost; Leeds, S.E. cold; Normanton, S.E. cold; Bradford, S.E. frost; Liverpool. S.S.E. hard frost; Rotherham, E. hard frost; Chesterfield, E. hard frost; Derby, N.W. by N. hard frost; Nottingham, E. hard frost; Leicester, N. hard frost; Lincoln, N. hard frost; Peterborough, E. freezing; Durham, N. fine; Nor wich, S.E. by S. fine; Yarmouth, N.N.E. fine; Lowes toft, E.S E. hard frost; Rugby, W. favourable; Bir mingham, S.E. frost; St. Ives, N.E. fine; Cambridge, E. hard fr o st ; El y, N.E. hard frost; Bradon, E. hard frost; Ipswi c h, E . S .E. fine ; Gloucester, S.E. frost; Chelmsford, S.E. fi ne; Chesterfield, N.E. bard f ros t ; Hertford, N. h ar d f rost; London N.E. hard frost; Gos port, N.E. hard frost; Portsmouth, N.E. hard frost; Southampton, N.B. very cold and clear.--Manchester Guardian of yesterday. THE VACANT ALDERMANIC GOWN.—Testerday an influential meeting of the Livery of the ward of Dow•- gate was held at the Hour Glass Tavern, Upper Thames street, C. Prior, Esq., in the chair, at which it was re solved to support R. W. Carden, Esq., citizen and cutler, as a candidate for the ward, vacant by •the death of Alderman Johnson. The friends of Jeremiah Pilcher Esq., late Sheriff of London, are actively canvassing the ward, it being their intention to go to the poll. LONDON, THURSDAY AUSTRIA. _The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night]:— VIENNA, DEC. 28.—Count Welden has just re ceived an army bulletin from Field-Marshal Berger, from which it appears that General Puchner, coming from Hermanstadt, and Field-Marshal Ruckawina from Temesuar, succeeded in joining the army under Count Leinengen, front Transylvania, and Lieut. Berger Bierlei at Alias. These combined forces succeeded, after an attack which lasted several hours, in surrounding the fortress of Arad, which was defended by 15,000 men. After an obstinate resis tance, in which the fortress and city sustained great damage, the garrison was put to flight, with the loss of many dead, and above 200 prisoners. According to the fifth bulletin from Prince Win dischgratz, the Imperial troops had 15 killed and wounded. Among the former was Lieut.-Colonel Haileg. Sixteen of the enemy's artillery deserted to us. The Imperial troops also took four howitzers and a 12-pounder. The taking of the fortress of Orad is of immense importance ; it is now ocoupied by the Imperial troops, and furnished with provisions sup plied for six months. High commendation is given to the valorous conduct of the troops. It is a remarkable and interesting fact, that while the Austrian troops are subduing Hungary, and while the most deadly haired and ferocious warfare is raging l.etween the Hungarians and Transylvanians, a deputation of Hungarians and Transylvanians, resident in Vienna, have waited upon the Emperor at 011mutz, in order to Pay their homage to him.— Vienna Papers, Dec. 28. We have also some a ccoun t s o f th e mov ements of the Imperial forces in Siebenburgen, which, if we can trust the bulletin, they have swept clean from the Magyars. Count Nugent, with 12,300 men, pursued the fugitive rebels (it is not said when he beat them) to Janoshaza, and re - established the communication of his corps with the moveable column of Lieute nant-Colonel Anthann. This shows that Colonel Althann's corps was once cut off, a fact too unim portant to be mentioned in a bulletin. The reports from Klausenburg, in Siebenburgen, are• of the 13th of December. Lieutenant-Colonel Urban drove the Magyars all through Siebenburgen to the Hungarian frontier, near Nagy Banya. He found that the Magyars had burned all the Romanic villages on their road, and he cut down thirty-two Roman men whom the Magyars had gibbeted. The bulletin states that Colonel Urban's party killed 150 Hungarians and captured GO. After pursuing the enemy to the frontiers of Siebenburgen, Colonel Urban returned to Klausenburg by forced marches. No reason is stated for his doing so. All this hap pened in the last week of November, almost a month ago. It must have been a hard matter to get up the report, as perhaps the communication waa interrupted by the very Magyars whom Lieutenant-Colonel Urban had so gallantly driven from Siebenburgen. The defeated of a bulletin are apt to be exceedingly troublesome. _ _ " In reference t o Ve n i ce The Wiener Zeitung says, the following has been inserted in the Gazetta : " The Government, by a decree of the 30th De. , cember, has commanded that the Romish division which is on military duty here shall be sent home. The poverty of the Exchequer is not the sole cause of this measure, for the unfortunate auxiliary troops are perishing from the Lagan fever, and the air of their native island can alone save those who are suffering.' " VIENNA, DEC. 27.—The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains the state of the Exchequer for the month of October, 1848. The results are, current receipts, 6,649,273 1 ; of these, the principal are direct taxes, 2,071,134 fl.; indirect taxes, 3,957,158 fl.; other receipts, 620,981 fl. The current expenditure amounted to 11,376,923 fl., which, after deducting the receipts of 6,649,273 fl., leaves a deficit of 4,727,650 fl. This deficit is occasioned chiefly by the non-payment of the usual receipts from Lom bardy, Venice, Hungary, and Transylvania, which are estimated at 4,969,000 0. PRUSSIA. The Aix-la Chapelle Journal says that an agree ment is about to be concluded between the commis sioners of France, Prussia, and Belgium for the sim plification of the formalities on the international rail ways. This convention is to come in force at the beginning of the month, and will greatly favour and facilitate the commercial intercourse of these coun tries. .This convention has reference not merely to goods and merchandise, but to the conveyance of passengers. It is a guarantee for the continuance of a good understanding between the States, founded upon pacific bases. The Minister of the Interior, M. Von Manteuffel, had issued a circular to the Presidents of the pro vinces, containing directions as to the conduct to be observed by the officials of the Government with respect to the election. They are to abstain from using all undue influence over the electors, but at the same time to resist all attempts that may be made by the hostile party to intimidate, corrupt, or mislead them. A letter from Dusseldorf (Rhenish Prussia) says : " For some days past a great activity has reigned in all the manufactories of cotton goods within this dis trict, and particularly in those of the circles of Gre venboech, Glaubach, Kempen, Crefeld, and Elberfeld. The tobacco manufactories and sugar refineries in the circle of Duisburg are also in full work." ROME. A correspondent at Rome writes on the 23d ult.— " The state of things has been much exaggerated in some of the English journals. There has been no actual disturbance, although some attempts have been made by the Republican party, which were put down, without any act of violence, by the National Guard. It is deeply to be regretted that Pius IX. was prevailed upon to abandon his capital without establishing a Regency, and to throw himself into the arms of the King of Naples ; this last act has strengthened the opposition against him. If he should come soon, however, to Civita Vecchia matters may be arranged." PIEDMONT. - - - The Minister of the Interior communicated to the Chamber of Deputies, on the 28th, a decree of King Charles Albert proroguing the Sardinian Par liament until the 23d of Jan uar y. A similar com munication was made in th e S ena te , a fter which the President of that Ass em bl y , th e Marquis Alfieri de Sostegno, exclaimed, "May G o d save Italy, and protect the King !" The Piedmentese Gazette quotes correspondence from Pavia; 23d ult., stating that, on the preceding day, the whole garrison of the place was under arms, intelligence being received from Milan that a con siderable body of Hungarians had deserted to Pied mont. Among the deserters were also many in dividuals of the regiment of Kinsky, hitherto considered a paragon of fidelity. A rumour was current that a levy of recruits was to take place, comprising youths of from 18 to 30 yeais of age. TUSCANY. The Tuscan Monitor, of the 25th ult., contains the following decree . " We, Leopold IL, &c., considering the incontestable right of Tuscany to be represented at the Congress about to be held at Brussels, on the question of Italian inde pendence, and whereas she is most desirous to co• ope rate as mach as possible in the accomplishment of that great work, which is proiecuted by all Italian na tions; on the proposition of our Minister for Foreign Affairs, and, after consulting our Council of Ministers, we have decreed:-1. Commander Gailio Martini, our Minister at the Court of his Majesty the King of Sar dinia, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Brussels. 2. Our Minister for Foreign Affairs is charged with the execution of the present decree. (Signed) "LEOPOLD. " The President of the Council of Ministers, " G• MONTANiT.T.T. "Florence, Dec. 23, 1848." FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE DEAL AND RAMSGATE LlNE.—Last Wednesday a ft ernoon an in quest was held before Mr. T. T. Delassax, at the Bell, Minster, on the body of Stephen Chandler, who bad met with his death by being run over by the 9.40 rat. consisted train, of which o l n e l left theßamsgate engine and on t h reeM ond y, for carriages. Deal, c h and Flavell, of Deal, and fireman on the rail way, d epose d that he left Ramsgate with the train in question, and on reaching the crossing at Minster station felt the engine s pass over something w hich he supposed to b e d ecease d, as on alighting he found his body lying betwixt the down rails, quite dead. There was a fracture at the back part of the head, and his left foot was smashed and nearly severed from the leg. The train having arrived at the up platform, the carriages were unhooked, turned on the doe n line, and then crossed on to the up line; the engine having passed over the deceased when the train was going on the down line, but after it had been detached from the carriages. Deceased had no right to be where his body was found. Witness had previously seen William Joy, an errand-boy, preventing persons cross ing the line. He (witness) did not notice any lights at the station. Peter Harvey, station master at Minster, stated that on. the arrival of this train at the station there were no lighfo t h e y h av ing been extin gu i s h e d b y t h e wind, though. ;hey had not been so long. He believed the deceased, was a passenger, as near the body a ticket was found, which was such as he ought to have had, supposing him to have come from Ramsgate. Had he alighted on, the wrong side he would have been found where he • was. Further evidence was taken, which went to show V alit either he might have alighted on the wrong side, or after alighting attempted to cross the line while the carriage s were in motion ; and as regarded the lights being out, t here appeared no ground for attaching blame to the railway attendants. Verdict — " Accidental death." —Canterbv Ty Journal. CLERKS HIP or THE PEACE.—Mr. Archer has been appointe a sole Clerk of the Peace for Dublin. It is un derstood. that he is to have a fixed salary equal to the amount, of his fees under the late urangement, and that a savir i g will be effected ef from 8001. to 1,0004 a year to Ur/ citizens ,of Dublin.—Dub/in Pilot. N 3 - A IT Alt V 4, IMO. DISASTER AT SEA. PLYMOUTH, J11: - . 2.—The schooner Cygnet, 44 tons, Captain Goss, belonging to Messrs. Parker and Gleeson, of St. John's, Newfoundland, left that port on the 234 of November last, bound for the Herring ground in Fortune Bay. She had in all seven bands —viz., five seamen and two coopers. When lying to off St. Peter's, on the 4th of December, &..e was over takr:n by a hurricane from the north-north-west, which carried away all her rails, stoncheons, covering boards, boats, &c., swept the deck, opened her seams, and compelled the crew to let the ship scud before the wind under a part of her three-reefed foresail. She leaked considerably, and it was only by ba ling water out of the cabin that she was kept afloat by the crew, whose only food was biscuit soaked in salt water. In this condition they scud:led a distance of about 1,000 miles in seven days, The barque gin , ntin Matsys, 414 tons, Captain Nitchelsen, of and for Antwerp, left Havannah on the 15th of November, laden with sugar, 50 casks of honey, and a small quantity of tobacco. On the 10th of December she rxperienced a tremendous storm from the north-north-west, which carried away her foretopmast-yard, and sails, jibboom, flying jibboom, mizen, and ali sails and rigging attached, hove the vessel on her beam ends, roA forced the crew to throw part of her cargo overboard. While in this act, on the 12th of December, in latitude 37 30 N., longitude 30 40 W., they providentially des criedthe Cygnet bearing down, and lay to fur her under close-reefed maintopsail and spencer. The schooner got under the lee of the barque, dropped her canvass, and one of the crew hove a fishing lead and line on board ; to this the barquc's studding-sail halliards were fastened, and the Cygnet's crew, after throwing off their heavy clothes, fastened the halliards round their waists, and were in succession drawn on board the barque, with the exception of Edward Oats, 33, a cooper, who had been speechless, insensible, and in a dying condition for three or four days previ ously. Great danger was incurred while the two vessels lay so near together in a heavy sea; the schooner's stern was once so close as to carry away the barque's iron outrigger on the starboard quarter. The Cygnet' crew were benumbed, frostbitten, and unable to stand for ten days after joining the barque. Captain Mitchelsen and his people, like true Samari tans, chafed their swollen limbs with brandy, anointed their wounded feet with ointment, supplied them with clothing and nourishing diet, and brought them safely to this port. Senor Antonio Ferser and his lady, who, with their two children, are passengers to Havannah, confirm Captain Goss in his expressions of gratitude towards the humane and kind-hearted Belgians belonging to the Quentin Matsys. THE LATE CALAMITOUS FIRE IN GRAY'S INN-LANE. Last evening a very numerous meeting of the inha bitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and other ladies and gentlemen who had contributed to the fund raised for the relief of the sufferers at the above calamitous tire, assembled at the inquest-room in St. Andrew's, Hol born, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee and treasurer, relative to the fund, and to arrange the final distribution thereof. Mr. J. H. Taylor, the treasurer, presided. Mr. W. ELLIOTT, the Honorary Secretary, then read the report, which set forth that the sum of 1151. Ils. 10d. had been contributed. From the above sum had been awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, who lost all their fur niture, the sum of 25L; to Mr. J. J. flogg, who lost all his tools, the sum of 20/.; to John Thackeray, the fa ther of the poor man who lost his life, 5/.; smaller sums to Policemen 90 V, and 91 E, and others, for their ex ertions in the preservation of life and property on that occasion, which, after paying for printing and other necessary expenses, left a balance of 32/. 12s. lod., which it was proposed to invest in a local savings' bank for the benefit of Ann Cullen, who, at the risk of her own life, so nobly succeeded in saving the lives of no less than three chiidren. The report was then adopted. The respective sums were then raid to the respective parties. Ann Cullen was present, a pretty-looking girl, but a short slight figure, and by no means indicating the possession of that energy and courage she so eminently displayed. On the motion of T. Y. 11PCHRISTIE, Esq , (the bar rister), seconded by Mr. TARLTON, thanks were una nimously accorded to the chairman, which having been briefly acknowledged, the proceedings closed. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY YEARS SINCE. A large part of the country beyond Trent was, clown to the eighteenth century, in a state of barba rism. Physical and moral causes had concurred to prevent civilization from spreading to that region. The air was inclement; the soil was generally such as required skilful and industrious cultivation ; and there could be little skill or industry in a tract which was often the theatre of war, and which, even when there was nominal peace, was constantly desolated by bands of Scottish marauders. Before the union of the two British crowns, and long after that union, there was as great a difference between Middlesex and Northumberland, as there now is between Mas sachusetts and the settlements of those squatters who, tar to the west of the Mississippi, administer a rude justice with the rifle and the dagger. In the reign of Charles the Second, the traces left by ages of slaughter and pillage were still distinctly perceptible many miles south of the Tweed, in the face of the country and in the lawless manners of the people. There was still a large class of moss troopers \ hose calling was to plunder dwellings and to drive away w hole herds of cattle. It was found necessary soon after the Restoration to enact laws of great severity for the prevention of these outrages. The magistrates of N orthumberland and Cumberland were authorised to raise bands of armed men for the defence of property and order; and provision was made for meeting the expense of these levies by local taxation. The parishes were required to keep blood hounds for the purpose of hunting the freebooters. Many old men who were living in the middle of the 18th century could well remember the time when those ferocious dogs were common. Yet even with such auxiliaries it was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses, for the geography of that wild country was very imperfectly known. Even after the accession of George 111., the path over the fells from Borrowdale to Ravenglass was still a secret carefully kept by the dalesmen ; some of whom had probably in their youth escaped from the pursuit of justice by that road. The seats of the gentry and the larger farmhouses were fortified. Oxen were penned at night beneath the overhanging battlements of the residence, which was known by the name of the peel. The inmates slept with arms at their sides. Huge stones and boiling water were in readiness to crush and scald the plun derer who might venture to assail the little garrison. No traveller ventured into that country without mak ing his will. The judges on circuit, with the whole body of barristers, attorneys, clerks, and serving men, rode on horseback from Newcastle to Carlisle, armed, and escorted by a strong guard under the command of the sheriffs. It was necessary to carry provisions ; for the country was a wilderness which afforded no supplies. The spot where the cavalcade halted to dine, under an immense oak, is not yet forgotten. The irregular vigour with which criminal justice was administered shocked observers whose life had been passed in more tranquil districts. Juries, animated by hatred and by a sense of common danger, con victed house breakers and cattle stealers with the promptitude of a court-martial in a mutiny ; and the convicts were hurried by scores to the gallows. Within the memory of some who are still alive, the sportsman who wandered in pursuit of game to the sources of the Tyne found the heaths round Keeldar Castle peopled by a race scarcely less savage than the Indians of California, and heard with surprise the half-naked women chanting a wild measure, while the men with brandished dirks danced a war dance.— Macaulay' s History of England. HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE IN MARYLEBONE. Yesterday afternoon Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, and a jury of the inhabitants of Marylebone, assembled at the Royal Champion, Lisson-grove, for the purpose of inquiring into the death of Mr. Archibald Nicholls Arm strong, aged 65, formerly surgeon o; the sth Royal Ve teran Battalion of Guards, and lately carrying on busi ness as a surgeon and apothecary, at 18, Earl-street East, Edgware-road. Police-constable Charles Bennett, 18 I), said he dis covered the body of the deceased on Saturday evening last, about half-past five o'clock, in the back parlour of his house, IS, Earl-street. Was induced to go there by Mr. Yates, a neighbour, who said that as the shutters had been up for eight or ten days past, he feared the old doctor was dead. Obtained admission by the parlour window, iu company with another constable, 135 I), after calling Mr. Armstrong twelve or fourteen times. He took this precaution because he was told that the old gentleman kept loaded fire arms. The body was lying wrapped in an old coat in front of the fireplace, and the parlour door was open, and there were two dogs came running in and out, sniffing at the body, and then running away. All the flesh had been eaten off his face, and the hands par. tially. On searching the body there was found 16s. in silver and copper, and in an old stocking in the corner of the room was found 301. 16s. 6d. in gold and silver. In the room were found eight pistols, six of which were large horse pistols, all loaded, some of them with as many as six bullets. Found two diplomas bearing his name, one from the Royal College of Surgeons, and the other from the Apothecaries' Company, bearing date re spectively March and April, 1816. Mr. Henry Ohie, surgeon, of Lisson-grove, said, when he saw the body it was lying on the floor in a very filthy condition, enveloped in an old coat - . It was that of a man about sixty years of age, and five feet ten in height. The body was in such an emaciated condition, that it presented all the appearance of having been reduced to the last stage of exhaustion. The whole of the integuments of the face were removed, and the en tire bones, from the top of the forehead to the bottom of the lower jaw, were completely denuded of flesh, leaving the bones completely bare. The cartileges of the nose were also gone, and the sockets of the eyes were so completely cleaned out that they might have been sup posed to have been scraped with a knife. By the CORONER—My opinion is, that the flesh had been eaten away by some animal or other. I at first supposed it might be by dogs which were found running about, but I think it impossible that dogs would be enabled to have cleared the orbits of the eye so com pletely out. The flesh was also eaten from both hands, and since the body had been locked up and the dogs re moved, he had found they had been still more eaten. On opening the body, he found in the apex of the right lung a large abscess touching the clavicle. This abscess had broken, and discharged itself into the air-passage of the lung, no doubt causing death; there were also tu bt•rcles, and other evidences of corruption, the breaking of the abscess being the immediate cause of death. The deceased had evidently been dead for eight or ten days. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." THE CWMGWDY MURDER.—It is now reported confidently, that Williams, alias Griffiths, the supposed murderer of the unfortunate Thomas Edwards, at Cwmgwdy, near Brecon, is hovering about the country and within a few miles of Hereford. It has been stated most positively by several elderly people, in the neigh bourhoods of Credanhill and Tillington, that they have more than once seen the fugitive (whom they say they knew well) in tho respective neighbourhoods; and it is moreover said, that a few evenings ago an old woman, having occasion to go to a shed after dark, in which she kept her donkey, saw Williams make his exit from the shed. Badnage-wood is supposed to bo his refuge by day, and it is thought that be leaves his hiding-place by night, and receives sus tenance at the hands of some staunch friend, who is not to be tempted by the large price set upon his head. Persons residing near the wood assert that each morn ing they can discover traces of the fugitive through the wood, and some of the old people in the neighbourhood are much alarmed by seeing lights moving about the wood at night—these most probably prccesd from per sons in search. however this may be, we are informed, upon the best authority, that there are good grounds for believing that this locality is the " whereabouts" of the wretched man. It may naturally be asked, " Why do not those who are so well assured that he is there apprehend him?" The task is much easier contemplated than performed. Badnage-wood is a most extensive one, and we have not heard of its having been visited by more than two or three persons at a time, whereas it would take twenty or thirty per sons to beat it properly. A wood, of all other places, is the one where a person might be soonest apprised of tile approach of another, and where he might more easily escape dot, ction unless a number of parties could surround him. Several unhappy eights have been taken up on suspicion, and, after examination, have been dis charged—in particular, one at Aberystwith, and another at Stourbridge. One poor fellow, from his un lucky resemblance to the fugitive, has been apprehended five times. On the last occasion he begged that the ma gistrates would give him a certificate that he was not the man—a petition that was granted. It is to be regretted that the reward for the apprehension of Wil liams was not offered in the Hereford papers immedi ately on its first publication, us he is so well known in Hereford and neighbourhood.—Liereford Tanes, A BOY DROWNED ON CLAPHAM-COMMoN. le.r Yester day, at Clapham common, the ice gave way Otnnaumitr pond, known as Twinieg's Pond, while a grelaol whom of persons were skating and sliding, had a very narrow escape fron n i i rowneli.sneg,veearniacde.one fine Every youth, fifteen years of age, su una th assistance was rendered, but twenty minutes elapsed before the drags could be procured, when the body was found and taken to the p rivate la s idence of Heger Lee, E , q. Th a t gentleman had a warm bath procured, and icrenderedorrt e very assistance humanity could suggest. Dr, of Clapham, was in attendance, and used every means to restore animation, but without effect. The deceased is the son of Mr. Taylor, a carpenter, at Clap ham. A YOUNG HEROINE. The following letter, addressed by Captain Biden, master-attendant at Madras, to the editor of the Madras Spectator, gives a circumstantial account of the heroic conduct of a Miss Arnold, during a voyage to Aden : " The following remarkable and most exciting narra tive cannot fail to be interesting to the public, and, should it ever meet the eye of the dear young lady to whom it relates, I am confident the grateful mention hero made of her naval guardians, together with her own amiable and generous disposition, will induce a free pardon for the liberty I have taken in thus pro claiming to the community at large the relation of events pre-eminently worthy of the highest testi nonial. The Rainbow, from Southampton to Aden, ar rived there about the 16th ult. ; Captain Arnold, her late commander, died ten days before the ship reached that port, and the chief mate was so habituated to drunkenness that he had been confined to his cabin several times during the passage. The captain's daughter, about sixteen years of age, was on board, and after her father's death the second mate, who had assumed the command, made a daring and insidious attempt to entice the young lady and run away with the ship. She indignantly and successfully repelled all his base and dastardly attempts, and although suffering under a painful bereavement, she at once rushed on the quarter-deck, and made a public appeal to the ship's crew as British seamen, and threw herself on their protection; this well•judged resolution had the desired ettl:ct, the seamen (except two of their number, who were led away by the second mate) declared, with that manly feeling which sailors have so often displayed, that they would to a man protect her from all harm, and told the second mate and their misguided shipmates, in very plain terms, that if be dared to take the slightest liberty with their late commander's daughter, they would pitch him overboard, and any one else who dared follow his example would share the same fate. Miss Arnold then, with great presence of mind, begged the ship's company would grant her one special favour; her character, her manners, anl the well-timed appeal which she had already made, induced the crew to declare their assent to any favours she might ask. She then said that the safety of the ship and her own security from insult could only be insured by throwing overboard that instant every drop of spirits in the ship. Without hesitation the ship's company con sented, and, losing no time for reflection, they forthwith got the spirits on deck and threw every drop over board. From that time Miss Arnold had her screened cot secured near the wheel, and slept along side the binnacle, and three of the crew kept a faithful watch around her during the remainder of the voyage. These faithful guardians of one of our beloved countrywomen never failed to evince the utmost respect and preserve the most rigid decorum, honourable in every point of view to themselves, and to that charge which they had pledged themselves to undertake. Miss Arnold wrote a statement of all these occurrences, and forwarded it to Captain Haines, on the ship's arrival, when the second mate and the disaffected men were im mediately arrested and sent to prison. The chief mato had indulged himself to such an excess, that after the captain's death, and the absence of all means of resort to his favourite stimulants, he was per fectly useless. Miss Arnold has been well educated, and is an amiable, unaffected person; her strength of mind and energy of deportment need no further com ment ; she became the welcome guest of Captain Thomas at Aden, and every possible attention was shown to this► noble-minded lady by the whole society there. Her dignified and virtuous conduct is beyond all praise, and is well worthy the highest honour and reward which can possibly be bestowed, whilst the exemplary conduct of the Rainbow's devoted crew is deserving of every encomium. I shall endeavour to obtain their names, and they may, one and all, rely on my endea vours to serve them, should either or the whole of them fall in my way. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "Madras, Oct. 18, 1848." " CHRIS. BIDEN. Subsequent to Miss Arnold's charge against the second mate, Captain Haines applied to her for a circumstantial statement of all that occurred on board the Rainbow after her father's death. Miss A. complied with his re quest immediately, and her narrative was so well and so ably written that it excited admiration on all sides. At her solicitation her father's remains were preserved in a cask of spirits, and buried at Aden the day after the ship's arrival. She had always kept his aceounts. The second mate navigated the ship, but several of the crew knew the proper course to Aden, and all his proceedings were narrowly watched. THE MISERIES OF A METROPOLITAN MIDDLE CLASS DAELLINIL—A floor, consisting of two or three rooms, is his ultimatum—small, ill ventilated, and with out a single convenience but what is in common with the other lodgers. All this is to be borne with, for there is nu choice. After the business of the day is over ho returns home, depressed in mind and body, but, alas! it is no horns to him; his ears are assailed with the annoyances which his family have met with in the course of the day from vatrus causes; the closet smells offensively, and the drains are no better. What is to be done? The landlord, who lives in the kitchen, must be spoken to on the subject ; be affirms there is no cause of com p laint, it is all imaginar or very likely that it arises . froma. the carlessness of his (the tenant's) own family.h A t g In is sure poor man is informed by his better half t are gone : she cannot understand it--; , i 'union. the they are stolen. The coal-cellar the door. He kitchen stairs, with no lock on do a lock hints to the good man his landllor are thieves? ?perhaps reply is, does he think that . h a ethe Coals peoP t e satisfit ,d All this he is not his friends, when p h u e t h s a u d p b ,6 et i t t e h r ; le on the ground floor, they call, insulted . by , h t oc . k P or ring, as the case may l i n i n o v t7to if who reply to . their knokes his furniture is spoiled • m i ; o ntio eor be. The chimney bslr'nged 'to be left open in the ' the windows are ° h i- i s wife has the toothache his midst of January ; is confined takes cold, . to her bed; the doctor daughter is called in, who declares it . to b . e a.fever. The house is -dedly unhealthy; notice is given,. and he leaves, dem only to undergo the , same ev:l s ! at a different address. This is a sad . picture, but . it is what the reduced gentle- I man, the single lady with an annuity, the struggling professional man, the banker's or merc h ant ' s clerk, and man y others, have to . . undergo daily. D oes the moneyed mare who employs this poor gentleman and such of his c l a ss, and with whom he dail y c omes in contact, ever for a moment reflect upon the great evil he is inflicting the advances he makes upon such pr operty? I doubt it; and may I ask why is it so, when ho is told that it would be a good spec to invest some of his capital in the erec tion of superior dwellings for the middle classes? They are much wanted, it could not fail to answer. Paris has such, and su hes Scotland her fiats (floors), and they pay well, and are fully occupied : why should it nut be so le're?-13eilder. Du.,vrti OF CAPTAIN SEAVER.—We have received an account of Captain Seaver's death, an event which will be deplored by every one who loves patriotism, man liness, and truth. his death occurred on Saturday ' . morning last, at Heath MD, near Newry.—Dublin Pilot. ►_. ANNUS 3111rBILIS. -- - ' t'', 6,1 (From the E artitte4: - : - 4 . '.'..--:: 1 " ;' IS4B is a year, as we h / o::eaiii;Alfitle-W. 4 -9. a . contemporaries will be di5p1 0 461143....0 - lit those, perhaps, who derive pl u ciiii i3f ke events as from an exciting :. _ 4•a0 1,,, Aud , en here, too, there is a drawback; 4,..v-V4Mte ,„., generally the well-endowed, or at least the suffi ciently endowed, the funds of such unproductive classes have been too much affected and rendered precarious by the events of 1848 not to have far more alarmed than amused the desceuvres, or idle, of our social state. As to the upper classes of every grade upon the Continent, from the wearer of a crown to the bearer of a crest, never were they put in such a panic. Nor have the poor more reason to be contented. Even where they did get possession of uncontrolled power, they made such a very foolish use of it, in not in trusting it to the middle and enlightened class to manage it for them, that their reign has ended by their being crushed into the mire of Vienna and Paris, and into as profound a depth of contempt at Berlin. The middle and industrious peop!e have lent suf fered. The ant is busy on its hill again, unmir dful of the earthq u ak e th a t so l a t e ly ma d e it vibrate. The prince may not in a day re-erect the fallen columns of his palace ; but the plough, the mill, the smithy, and the shuttle, are at work as if nought had hap pened. Great nations, however, must be supposed to have at least some moments of reflection, and the present moment is the natural one for such a re trospect. What can France say on the Ist of January, 1849, looking back to its anniversary on 1848 ? It can merely say, that it has made a political sobresaut, and finds its footsteps fixed pretty much as they were before. There is indeed a different personage elected as chief upon its shoulders, but he has a very similar set of Ministers, with a budget of no less weight, an army of no less expenditure, and with a Chamber of representatives more numerous and more noisy, but possessed of not more influence in the country, than the Chamber of 1847. Louis Philppe, children and grandchildren, have removed from the Tuileries. and the gay bachelor, Louis Napoleon, has begun his reign where his great uncle ended his, in the Bourbon Elysee. There sat Napoleon after Waterloo, four-and-twenty hours motionless, thun derstruck at the immensity of his fall ; and in the same armchair may Louis Napoleon now have mo ralised on the immensity of his rise. Strange to say, the very party, that of " the monarchy surrounded with Republican institutions," which in the person of Lafayette demanded Napoleon's resignation, is the self-same party, represented by Odilon Barrot, which has aided and inaugurated the elevation of Napoleon's nephew. It has been at once the grave-digger and the midwife of Bonaparte royalties. If from moralizing on the Tuileries and the Elysee Bourbon we take our flight to the Vatican, there we find, or can no longer find, in the scarlet lady, the causa teterrima of revolution. Metternich lays all the blame of the year's hubbub upon the Pope, and poor Pio Nono seems as penitent as Metternich himself. The Romans are again trying their hand at that old experiment, in which they alone succeeded—a popular government that would prosper and conquer. But with a population of priests, wax-light makers, and sonneteers of idols and incense -burners, one may in vain look for the indomitable hardihood of the days of Romulus. If the France of 1849 has already lapsed back into the France of 1848, name of dynasty alone excepted, the Italy of 1849 seems destined to re become the Italy of any year during the last five centuries, divided, oppressed, decimated, and con temned. If we cross the Alps again, we find a more won derful restoration of the old state of things, after and in despite of the most wondrous revolutions in all the countries of Germany. The history of 1848, then, has been that of the flux and:reflux of one gigantic wave. The flux swept everything before it—kings, courts, armies, and constitutions. But these baubles floated, and the reflux in a few months' time has swept them back with a no less vehement convulsion, into their own old places. To be sure, the founda tions of these things must have been shaken, and there may be doubts of their ever being set completely straight again. But, for the time, Francis Joseph seems to stand as firm as any one of his leaden an cestors, whilst Frederick William lifts himself as stiff and erect as any statue of the pig-tailed and belted Fredericks that adorn the royal babyhouses and gardens of Potsdam. The most dangerous and deeply mortified victims of 1848 are certainly the Germans. The French may shrug their shoulders, and reflect that a revolution, that now seems to come unneeded, may well expire unlamented. The Italians, who have been for cen turies the souffre-douleurs of their more powerful arid barbarian neighbours, have but to put on their old sackcloth, and resume their mendicant's staff. But the Germans wanted a revolution, had a right to a revolution, and will in all probability not submit to be cheated out of it. If we look upon the new year's reflection of the Parisians with curiosity, and upon those of the Italians with compassion, we look upon the brooding brow of the German with feelings of hope, of terror, and respect. He is of our kin, that man. We wish him free, and we do not believe that he will remain the only Pariah of Europe, excluded from liberty and civilization. TENNIS PLAYING. Some most interesting matches were played in the Tennis Court, at Goodwood, on Friday last, between Barre, the well-known French player, and Tom kins, of Brighton celebrity, the result of which was as follows : FIRST MATCH.—Tomkins receiving half thirty, the best of five sets, won the match. SECOND MATCH.—Barre gave half thirty for bisque, the best of three sets, which match was also won by our Shaksperian friend Peter. Tuinn MATCH.—Barre gave fifteen and a bisque, which match he won. Any odds on Barre at those terms. .." The play was most excellent throughout, and elicited repeated expressions of applause from the assembled spectators, among whom were the Duke and Duchess - of Richmond, Ladies Caroline Augusta and Cecilia Gordon Lennox, the Earl and Countess of March, Honourable Mrs. Berkeley, Lord Rokeby, Lord Henry and Alexander Gordon Lennox, Lord Arthur Lennox, Sir Archibald Macdonald, Captain Stevenson, the Hon. IV. Scarlett, and several other officers of the Scots Fusilier Guards, General Bon.. chier, Mr. W. Richardo, Mr. Cole, Mr. Hooper, Colonel Knox, Mr. Morier, Mr. C. Craven, Mr. W. Ford, Mr. Manning. M. Barre, Mr. Tompkins, and C. G. Taylor, Esq., have engaged in several more contests at Brighton, and the play has been most interesting. We un derstand that M. Barre will remain a few days longer in Brighton, for the purpose of giving the lovers of the game another opportunity of witnessing his skill. Among the spectators of the recent contests, have been Lord Alexander Lennox, Sir A. Macdonald, General Upton, Mr. Mayne, Baron Rothschild, Mr. Hildyard, Mr. Bosanquet, Mr. Le Bas, Mr. Ander son, Lieutenant Colonel Pringle, Mr. Cole, Captain Bastard, Mr. Hubbard, &c. Prince Richard Metternich visited Mr. Tomkins's Tennis Court on Saturday last, to witness a match between M. Barre and Mr. Tomkins.—Brighten Paper. A WOMAN KILLED BT HER RUSSIA ztp.-Ont he Tuesday morning a man, named David Wiseinaant: .wein. to the police station at the Town-h a l! ' 'said d q h u a i d r e a d n i for np a r Al t a r a - t Saw ley , t a o n d whheosnient her and the and was at present (with his wife and chil dren) residence in ji: d i w n i T . ' taking care of his niaster's e his late ite and children r .-c-- then stated that he was coachman to at B li e r l i l n , t . Rna went to green ; that on Monday matter to communicate. -.Lne man tea ; that he his wife was tipsy , found that • Between five an d • past seven o'clo k f ound six o ' clock he children home ag himself, and see' also went home and he struck her she was intoxi- Dr. Bell's house in Mosley-street to take cated, they quarrelled, to _ 1 ruck her once or twice. He then returned . alfm. Mosley -street , ey-street, but, on going till worse for liquor ; th ey che ---- her s had some more words, and . 130 took his boot off, and it. e then took the children struck her with about h bed, leafing his wife in the kitche n.uPstairs, and went to home again, fire in the morning (Tuesday), He awoke about wife was not in bed, he and finding that his children's bed; • not seeing he got up to see if she was in the her there, ho wont down into the kitchen, and afterwards into an out-house, in the yard, where he head. f ound her, bleeding very much about the He took her but sh up e s d t i ai d rs, and put her to bed; then fetched Dr. 13e11, He (Wiseman) was also intoxicated. soon after rrh l his man, arrival. after mak ing this statement , was a b ou t to go away, saying that lie would be found at Dr. Bell's, if wanted. Ile was, of course, detained in custody; and on searching the house his shirt was found, the sleeves of which were saturates 1 with blood; the deceased's bonnet was broken to pieces, and her gown stained; and also various articles of linen, which had been hanginc , to dry, had spirts of blood upon them. It was also found that his boot was not the only weapon which appeared to have been employed, as s piece of flat wood was found, which was smeared all over with blood, except the part where it had been hold by the hand; to the edge of it there was also some hair adhering. The deceased Catherine Wiseman was only thirty-six years of age.—lllanchestcr Courier. MELANCUOLY OCCURRENCE AT ASETOTC-UNDIR• LINE.—Mr. George Walker, a local preacher in the Methodist connexion, and employed as a book-keeper by Messrs. Redfern, cotton manufacturers, was engaged on Saturday at his desk in the warehouse of the mill, taking stock, when a fellow-servant named James T oo l, went into the room, and ta kin g up a loaded gun which had been left. reared up against the window, began to ex amine it, not knowing it was loaded, pulled back the trigger, when it accidentally went off, killing Walker on the spot.—Manchcster Courier. ROYAL ENGINLERS.—hIajor Robinson and Lieut.- Colonel Sine are appointed to the garrison of Ports mouth. Lieut. Portlock, the second commandant of the Portsmouth corps, is remOi r ttl to Cork, and Lieutenant • Liddle to New Zealand. F 1411