The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-08 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC PRESS. Now ready, New Edition. price Is. HAMMOND'S COMPLETE LIST of all the NEWSPAPERS published in the UNITED KING DOM, corrected to the present period; arranged in Counties, so as to exhibit the journals of each at a glance, together with their political principles and sphere of circulation. An Ana lytical Table is appended. N.B. This Listis Copyright, and is entered at Stationers' Hall. Advertisements received for all the London and Provincial Newspapers, the London Gazette, the Periodicals, and the Paris Journals. Newspapers from every county regularly filed ; also the Times, the Railway Journals, and other London Papers. 27, Lombard-street, two doors from Clement's-lane. MR. GRANT'S NEW WORK, JOSEPH JENKL.NTS ; or, Leaves from the Life of a Literary Man, in 3 vols., post Bvo., by the Author of " Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons," " The Great Metropolis," &c. &c., IS NOW READY, And may be had at all Librariers and of all Booksellers. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, By AGNES STRICKLAND, IS NOW READY, V 0 L V, Comprising the LIVES of QUEEN KATHARINE PARR and QUEEN MARY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboroulh.street. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. ELF -DEN' 0 TION; OR, THE HISTORY OF KATHARINE RANDOLPH. Br the Authoress of " The Only Daughter." EDITED BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE SUBALTERN." " A perfect woman, nobly formed To warn, to comfort, to command; • • And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel light." WORDSWORTH. 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Direct for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to lIEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to £ls, and the Sale will close before the end of this Month. Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 15th instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, November 1, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, NOV. 8, Will be repeated a Comic Opera, called THE SECRET M AR RI A GE. Being an English version of Cimarosa's "11 Ma trimordo Segreto." The Character of Carolina, by Aliss Adelai,!e Kernble ; Fidalma, Mrs. Alfred Shaw ; Elisetta, Miss Rainforth ; Signor Geronimo, Mr. Giubilei ; Count Montoni, Mr. Leffler ; Paolino, Mr. W. Hari ison. After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club," Ice., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr: Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Huroby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. To conclude with the Farce 9f COUSIN LAMBKIN. Squiza Mulberry, Mr. Bartley; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, l'lFss Cooper ; Ros.! Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs. Humby. 'Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Priee 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price ?s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Mews. An drews, 167, New Bund-str.vt Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 8, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. O. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Paneit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a New Comic Barletta, called AN PONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss :hurray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal - Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To sonclurse with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NOV. 8, Will be presented an entirely New Nautical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK ; or, the SAILOR Ind the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. T. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks. Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. limner, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never beforeattempted. After which, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS. Burl, Mr. H. Hughes; Ellen Murray, Mrs. H. Vining. To conclude with the Comic Drama of MILITARY TAC TICS; or, THE LADY AND THE LANCER. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. iiimi WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning l6 minutes after 51 Evening 39 minutes after 5. LONDON : TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER S. 1842. The Morning Chronicle yesterday, afte making a series of observations on the many strange parties into which the community is divided, sneering at th e extreme opinio n s )f some, and the pertinacity with which they uee adhered to, recommended a renewal of political activity. " Instead," said our Contemporary, "of that general kind of apathy which prevails at present—that sulky indifference which characterises some, and that selfish indifference which characterises others, we should like to see something like a movement of activity and life. Something like an indication that the present social condition, and future welfare of the country, are not wholly indifferent to public men or private individuals." Who may be meant as sulky and sel fish, though not named, we can only guess. It cannot be the working classes, for they have recently exhibited great, but mistaken, political activity in a general and alarming insurrection. [Their associates, the political Chartists, are and ••;• kfAi.e been in a state of activity too violent for 4 . -QNVII perfect safety. The Complete Suffra rswhave summoned a convention at Binning- inurry and they have been lecturing to crowded andieneeithrOughout the country. Our pages 'have ' testif it'd that the ultra-Retbrmers of the mqroPvliS h ave .not been wholly idle. The A nti-Corn-htw. party h as eonlu teague and perfectly free trade well organized ientieed' a most extensive system of the Post, a halter, toand needs, according to make it gallop. keep it in, not a spur to Of th e Millennarians, of whom the Chronicle speaks, we have no informatio n but if they be the Puseyites, or any members of the Church, the colum ns of the pub l c j o o u f r n t a h l e s every day prove the incre as i ng activity priesthood. Mr. OWEN and the Socialist s , toe, are by no means asleep. Though the Tories, the possession of the fruits of victory, ',aye, of all parties, the least occasion to exert them selves, yet the proceedings in the municipal elections, at many of which they have gained advantages, which the Radicals have gained on others, and the Whigs seemed to have gained nowhere, show that the Tories even have not been idle. The only persons of whom it can be said with any truth that they look on with sulky or selfish indiffe •t , ice ' are the leaders of i t ii h to e Whigs,an igthe hs . T.hey have betrayed the Government of the Tories, they have placed ; the people under the hoof of their old enemies, they have contributed .to brin g on the national ;'difficulties a n d the national distress, and, with more regard to selfishness than magnanimity, they now leave the peopl e t o help themselves as they best can. The Whigs see no hope of being Speedily restored to office by popular support,— they wait for that possibility till they show them selves, and they are correctly described by the !1 Chronicle as looking on with sulky or selfish in- difference at the great struggles which the Suf fragists, the Socialists, the Free-traders, the Chartists, the bulk of the people, under different denominations, are making to improve their social condition. We may be asked what would we have the Whigs do? We will answer. They were de feated on a series of measures which they said, in 1841, and their partisans say now, would have sustained the revenue, and prevented the im position of an Income-tax. The measures of their opponents are decided failures, and the Tories are becoming unpopular with all classes. Now is the time, then, if the Whig measures would have been so beneficial—if those who pro posed them, being , the Ministers, and a great political party, have still faith in their own wis dom, for them to call public meetings, and pro voke, as the Chartists with their small means are doing, a serious public discussion on their old policy. Let them, if they have faith in it, at once declare that it shall be the basis of their operations in the ensuing Parliamentary cam ,- paign. Let them write pamphlets and artieleS in newspapers, which is more worthy of them as statesmen than writing ballads about the Ro man Mythe, and let them at once appeal to the country fur support, on the ground that their measures would save and serve it. They have money to spare for such objects, and, if they win, they will be rewarded by large salaries and patronage. Not one public meeting, however, have they convened—not one public demonstra tion have they attempted. Nor will they do anything of the kind. In fact, they have no faith in their own policy. They know that it is quite inadequate to the exigencies of the coun try ; and they know, moreover, that it would ob tain no support from any class. If the Whigs, then, cannot possibly rally the public round the standard of their past measures, what are they to do still to remain leaders of the people ? They must frame a new system of policy. They must be aware that their old scheme failed, and they must give it up. What that sys tem should be is for them to consider. To frame it is their business, not ours.. They know the diseased condition of the country, and they ought to know what will cure it. How to pro mote the national happiness has, we suppose, been the study of their lives, and; having framed such a scheme of policy, they ought to bring it before the public. In the present state of the representation, the influence of public opinion . over a sitting and septennial Parliament is, very great, and if the Whigs wish to obtain . power they must begin by gaining public opinion. It is now their business, therefore, as their Oppo nents have failed, to lay before the public a large and comprehensive scheme of policy which shall be superior to that of the Tories—which shall give us reform and keep away revolution ; which shall restore prosperity and contentment; which shall shadow forth at least the principles if not the details of measures; which shall gradu ally, through a course of years, bring and keep our institutions in harmony with the continued progress of society. A few fine phrases about free trade, such as Lord PALMERSTON sported and Mr. MAcAuLav hammered out, will not satisfy the yearnings of the nation. They will cure no poverty, and lesson no discontent. The nation requires a well defined scheme of policy, which shall be as its guiding pillar of flame for years to come. If the Whigs cannot or will not lay down such a scheme, and will not appeal to the public to rally round it, what claim can they possibly have to the character of leaders of the nation ? If they will not or cannot do this, with what right can they or their organs complain of pub lic men being distrusted? Why should the peo ple trust those who have deceived them, and who do not now show them the way out of their difficulties? Whigs and Tories have all promised us prosperity and peace, .and they have all de ceived us. The people will put faith in men no more, whatever they miglit do in well defined measures. Let the Whigs show us how we may hope to prevent revolution and secure the pro gress of civilisation—how we can give perfect freedom to industry with the least possible in jury to monopolists—how punishments can be made to prevent crime without being murderous to the criminal—how the lower classes may be elevated and ennobled without the higher classes being depressed—how religion may be promoted and priestly arrogance held in cheek—in fine, how all, having one common interest, may be made freer, wiser, better, and hap pier than we now are, and the W higs will soon rally round such a standard the bulk of those who now aspire after improve ment by isolated or conflicting efforts. If the Whigs can sketch no such system of policy, and want ability to make it the common creed of all reflecting men, what right have they, we ask again, to put themselves up for national lead ers, or pout and sulk because their mere exclu sion from offlite is not considered a recommenda tion to unbounded popularity ? The importance of the intelligence from Affghanistan and China, warrants us in giving the details at great length. We rejoice to state that it is generally of a very favourable character, and that the British forces in both these coun taies are carrying on operations with great spirit and success. By the latest accounts General NOTT had marched from the west on Caubul by Ghuznee, and General POLLOCK, with Sir ROBERT SALE, from the east, for the same place, with powerful and well equipped armies, anxious to avenge the treachery of the Alf grans and the cruelties inflicted on our unfortunate countrymen and allies, and no doubt can exist that the capital of Affghanistan is now in the possession of the British forces. A ge neral opinion seemed to prevail in that quarter, from the great preparations made by General Pommel( and the firm determination exhibited both by the officers and men, that they would meet with little resistance. The Affghan chiefs were divided amongst themselv es , and the con test would be not w i t h t h e English, but between one another, in order that the more powerful nu s might make their pe ace with h Commander, by betraying and dteliever Bigriti up their comrades. It is gratifying, there fore, to contrast this aspect of affairs, with scenes which would certainly h ave occurred had the orders of Lord EL LENBOROUGII been carried into effect, and our troops been ingloriously withdrawn from a country which honour, policy, and character alike urged us to retain. We trust that opera tions all along the banks of the Indus, and in the interior of the country on the west, will now be carried on with vigour; and that this great and navigable river will be made the highway to the regions in the north of Ilindostan, as well as in the direction of Candahar and Caubul. By means of small iron steamers, it could be opened up as far as Kalabagh, a distance of 1,500 miles, and afford easy passes into the Affghan territory, from the ports of Dera Ghazee Khan and Dera Ismael Kan ; the latter of which is only 150 miles distant from Ghuznee, and Kalabagh is less than iOO from Caubul. These two ports are the best commercial marts on the west banks of the Indus, and might be of vast service in opening the trade with the populous regions in the north, as well as controlling the restless and warlike tribes on the west of our Indian possessions. For the intelligence from China we must refer our readers to the numerous dispatches published under that head, which they will find well worthy of pe rusa l. Si r H ENRY P OTT INGER is now frightening the " Bright EYE," in good earnest, and convincin g the " Celestials" that they have entered into a contest of no ordinary character. Our forces had proceeded up the river Yang-tze- Kiang, and captured the firrts at the mouth of the Woosing and the city of Shang-hae, with a vast number of gun s , having only two killed andtwe ntyfil s , u e s l t v a o i u n n e d d a wounded. The i o le f troops, on occupying the city, destroyed the public building s , and gave the extensive grana ries to be distributed a mong the people. The Mandarins in the two m ost f • le provinces of China were dreadfully alarmed lest Warrr-Choo fon, Nankin, and other important places, should be taken and sacked, and the mouth of the Great Canal seized. They evinced a wish to make terms, and sent for a son of HOWQUA to act as interpre ter, but as the British Plenipotentiary suspected their object was only to retard operations, and their overtures were not based on conditions. which he considered satisfactory, he refused treat with them. Sir HENRY very properly' seems to think that the EMPEROR is not yet brought sufficiently to his senses, and that the only way to accomplish this is to communicate personally with himself. A proclamation, is sued by his orders in the month of June, breathes the most decided hostility to the " bar barians," but makes no allusion to victories or the valour of his Generals and Admirals. The capture, however, of Shang-hae, and the near approach of our troops to the Great Canal, by which the entire communica tion with the most wealthy and populous cities of the empire might be cut off, may open his eyes, and finally compel him to ac:.ede to our just demands. It is said the Russians are busy in exciting the Chinese against our claims, and even assisting them with officers. The United States alit' France have sent frigates to the northern parts of China to watch the movements, and expect, no doubt, to profit by our victories. The scene altogether is one of -the most remarkable on record and may well attract the attention and interest of civilised nations. We gave in our last intelligence from China to the 7th June, containing a short notice of the capture of Chapoo, the Government Gazette ac count of which we now publish. Our present dates extend to the 26th July, and notify further operations, and other all but bloodless victories. We have also given the Government Gazette account of the operations in May. We have received Lisbon news to the 31st ult„ brought by the Montrose steamer. The latest proposals of the Portuguese Government, which were looked upon, indeed, by some as its ultimatum, had been forwarded home by Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN. They were not consi dered as satisfactory so far as their contents had transpired, unless they were to be viewed (as they were, indeed, in the highest quarters), as merely furnishing a basis for future negotiation. The French Princes had set off on a tour to Alcobaca, Batallia, and Coimbra, accompanied by M. ROUEN. There was a military parade, in honour of their visit, on the 27th, on Campo Pi queno, where the KING and French Princes re viewed about 3,000 troops of the Lisbon garrison, Sir C. NAPIER being present among the General Officers in the Royal cortege. The QUEEN and Duchess of BRAG ANZA were present in open car riages. The Portuguese manufactures appear to have progressed under the encouragement they have received: the old convents form excellent fac tories, particularly as they get them nearly or quite rent free, and very little money is required to adapt them for the purpose required. Machi nery is allowed to be imported free of duty. It was believed that a special alteration would be made in the tariff as regarded Madeira. It was expected that there would be warm debates on the tariff question when the Cortes met. The Paris papers have been received, but with the exception of the fallowing announcement in the Sentinelle de la Vicrine, their contents are unimportant : " Eight ships of the line to remain armed—viz., I'Ocean, le Gemappes, l'Alger, le Marengo, la Ville de Marseilles (on her passage to Rio Janeiro), l'lnflexible, in the Levant, and two others amongst those which are at Brest. " It is not said whether Admiral llugon will re main at the head of this reduced fleet. " The remaining twelve ships of the line will re main in commission within the harbour." Our private letters state, and are borne out by the Ministerial papers, that although the idea of a Customs' union between France and Belgium had for the moment been abandoned, the KING Was resolved that it should be resumed, and the measure carried. The Journal des Debats states that, according to the official returns made to Government on the Ist instant, the population of the kingdom of France amounts to 34,494,373 inhabitants divided amongst 363 arrondissements, 2,816 cantons, and 37,040-communes. The KING and the QUEEN of the Belgians left Paris t r Brussels on Thursday evening last. The Tunisian brig of war Scheieu, commanded by R.ixs M AHOME r DJERRI, cast anchor in the Toulon Roads on the Ist inst. This vessel waits the arrival of the BEY'S Envoy, at present at Paris. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5. . First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. Frenc Five per Cents. 118 95... 118 95... 118 95... 118 95 41,4 per Cents 105 75... 105 75... 105 75... 105 75 Four per Cents 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 25 3 per Cents 80 30... 80 35... 80 30... 80 35 Bank of France 3272 ...3280 ...3272 .. 3280 Belgian Bank BlO ... 810 ... 807 50... 807 50 Belgian Fives Io3h 103 k ... 103 h ... 103 h Spanish Active 22i ... 224 ... 22i 224 Neapolitan... lO9 ... 109 ... 100 ... jog Roman ...... BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, Nes. 5 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 53% Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 1(.2 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 92 Three per Cent...„...... ---..Thlrty-seven Milli. ns, ditto -- (1840) ll3'!i Loan of City, 183'2, Four per Cent 92 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent B6 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 7tie National Society . Exchange on London (short) ... - -Brussels Papers, Nov 5. A USTIII.,N C'UNDS.—ViENNA, OCT. gi Five per Cents. sletalliques ,. 108% Four per Cents. Three per Cents Bank Shares .. Allgemeine Zeilung, Nov. 1. HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Nov. 4. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1635 Anglo. Russian Loan li 8% 103% Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 103% Inscription, lst series Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 9th Series 9B Ditto in Certificates 9734 New 4 per Cent. (1840) 87% 87% Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. ......... 51% 51 Ditto 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds — .... New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Sp.inish, New 5 p r Cents. 18 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURGM, Nov. 4 —l3 9%, Two months Li 8 RIGA, Ocrr. 29. —Three Months, 38),. STOCKHOLM, OCT. 28.—Seventy.five days, 12 12. BREMEN. N.A. I,—Two months. 6 18. CHINA EXPEDITION.—TO all those who wish to understand the operations of our forces in China, we recommend Mr. Wyld's admirable map of the scene of war, where they will see and comprehend the scope of our movements a thousand times better than by newspaper descriptions. Mr. Wyld's map of Affghanistan, Caubul, and the adjacent countries, where our Indian' armies are em ployed, will also well repay the curious (and who are not?) in these heart-stirring and momentous enter prises. Lord Mountcashel and Captain Fitzgerald, R.N., arrived early yesterday at the Brunswick Pier, Blaekwall, having had a most splendid passage in the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Wilberforce, Captain John Stranach, of only eighteen hours from Antwerp. t n h o e u n p c e e n m o e r n t t h o e f a a c c work p i b s e h a :d i n A g ix th s . e F a o b r o b v e e s . t j3 i t u l MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENS OF FRANCE Th fromsh,e_ an nouncement _ e, excited considerable attention. A very slight know ledge of French history in the reader will assure him that the Memoirs of the French Queens present fea tures of extraordinary interest. We have only to mention the names of Mary of Anjou, Anne of Brit tany, Mary of England, Mary Stuart, Mary Leckzin sky, and Marie Antoinette, to bring up a host of the most pleasing historical associations ; while others, sueli as Mary de Valois, Mary de Medicis, Anne of Austria, and Catherine de Medicis, afford no less striking pictures of the times in which they flourished. With the " Memoirs of the Queens of France," the author ha:, we understand, introduced notices of the Royal favourites, who were not unfrequently of much greater influence in the State than the contemporary Queens -consort. An allusion to Diana of Poitiers, Agnes Sorelle, Gabrielle d'Estrees, the Marchionesses de Montespan and de Pompadour, the Duchesse de la , la Valliere, and Madame de Main tenon, makes this immediately manifest. The work of Mrs. Bush cannot fail of being a desirable acquisition to every library in the kingdom. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—The smack Alacrity, which started last week on a voyage of discovery round the world, ran aground opposite the Isle of Dogs. Crew saved. The barge Bungle was seen in a state of horrible distress athwart the piles at West minster Bridge, with loss of one oar, and the other broken. A hat was picked up a little below, supposed to be the captain's. The w herry Warspite broke from her m oor i ngs o pposite Battersea. Crew in a state of insensibility at the Red House, and removed D 9, of the Battersea (Coast) Guard to the Station. The Playful Polly thrown with her keel uppermost on the beach. Crew, who had chartered her for two hours from Searle's, bolted.—Punch. .44, 4 ‘e 4tpt _ 0 , , f Ah i ge , :N r ./ 41.> -14 ON' tig, Zbit un4 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1842 THE NEW POOR-LAW. A Report of the Poor-law Commissioners' opinion on the subject of two orphan children, whose case has excited public sympathy, and which is of importance, as regards the future disposal of necessitous persons, has been directed to the parish officers of St. Marga ret's and St. John's, Westminster, and to the Board of Guardians of the West London Union. The case which has called for the interference and condemna tion of the Commissioners is as follows :—About a fortnight since a grocer, named Cook, residing in the Vauxhall Bridge-road, found two boys, ten and twelve years of' age, named Bastings, sitting on the step of his door crying bitterly. They were without home or shelter, and had come to ask assistance of their aunt, a poor old woman, who occupied Cook's kitchen, and who earned a pitiful subsistence by mangling. She was unable to maintain herself, much less to relieve the children, and, under these circumstances, Mr. Cook took them to the parish of St. Margaret's, where they refused to have anything to do with them, and directed that they should be taken to the parish of St. Bride's, Fleet-street, their f'ather and mother, who died in December and January last, having been in the employ of a gentleman in Bolt-court. The children were taken there in the pouring rain, when the relieving officer, who lived in Salis bury-court, Fleet-street, refused to do anything for them, and they were again taken back to St. Marga ret's with a similar result, and again brought into the city, where an officer at the station-house sent them to the workhouse, in which they were received for the night, but turned out in the morning. Three days were occupied in taking the children from St. Margaret's to St. Bride's and back, and they were paraded at the Mansion-house, Guildhall, and Queen-square, at all of which places they were commisserated ; but as the au thorities at either parish refused to relieve them, de claring that they would take the responsibility of refusing, Co o k was obliged, as a m a tt er of feel ing, to provide for them, and he, accordingly, by the recommendation of the Magistrates, took them lodg ings in King's Head-court, Shoe-lane. As a dernier resort, he vs as advised to lay the case before the Poor law Commissioners, and, accordingly, made a written statement of the facts. He was examined at some length before the Assistant-Commissioner last Satur day, and the officers of St. Bride's and St. Margaret's stated their reason for refusal, which amounted to neither more nor less than that the children did not belong to them, the one declaring that the other had a better right to maintain them than the other. The inquiry, after lasting four hours, then closed, Mr. Cook being recommended to still keep the poor or phans until a decision was come to. On Friday the Poor-law Commissioners made a communication to Mr. Pontifex, Clerk to the Guar dians of the West London Union, in which they ex plain the real state of the law in regard to such cases in the following words :—" The Commissioners desire explicitly to state to the West London Board of Guar dians, that the Commissioners are aware of no valid foundation in law for the opinion that a destitute person is entitled to relief from the parish in which he sleptthe night before, although he may be found destitute in another parish. The real state of the law is, that a destitute person is to be relieved in the parish in which he is found destitute, and the question of where he slept the night before is altogether imma terial. The fact of the boys having been improperly refused relief in St. Margaret's, on the Tuesday evening, could not affect the • obligation on the re lieving officer of the West London Union to give them relief on the following day, if they were desti tute in any parish in the union, and if the boys apply again, in a state of destitution, for admission into the workhouse of St. Margaret's, or the West London Union, relief should be given to them, either in the palish of St. Margaret's, or the 'West London. Union, accordingly as they happen to be destitute either in I the one or the other." LIT ERATURE. SELF-DEVOTION. 3 Vuls. ColGurn London, 1842. • " The following volumes,"says the Editor, Mr. Gleig, in his introductory notice, " came before the public • under circumstances of so striking and melancholy a nature, as will not, I am sure, - fail to give to them a degree of interest at once more powerful and more lasting than their intrinsic merits might perhaps have other wiSe called flirt!). Not that on the latter score I haveone word of apolozy to advance for them, for they are every way worthy of the replication of the authoress of the c Only Daughter.' It has become my sad duty to announce that Self-Devotion' is a posthumous work, ‘fritteni, indeed, and printed off more than two years ago, yet now standing forth as the last legacy of her whose genius wove the web. For Harriette Campbell has been removed, in the very spring time of youth and beauty, from this world to a better, without having been per mitted so much as to see, in their perfect state, the results of some months of light, but not, therefore, unlaborious exertion." Under these circumstances, criticism is necessarily dis armed ; but, in truth " Self-Devotion" stands in no need of the critic's indulgence, but may safely rest on the broad basis of its own merits. It is sweetly and feelingly written throughout, and there is just enough ofmystery in the plot to keep the reader's curiosity continually on the stretch. The . heroine, Katherine Randolph, is a portrait draWn with uncommon skill and delicacy; and the scene at the Nun's Fountain, where Julian, the twin-brother of Katherine, plights his, troth to the young atitl susceptible Lady Ida, is scarcely inferior to the memorable interview between Lucy Ashton and the Master of Ravenswood, which Sir Walter Scott describes with such em phasiS in the "Bride of Lammermuir." SUMMARY OF NEWS AND littblit ptittoit. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. . The accounts from Affghanistan and China are highly interesting. General Nott left Candahar for Ghuznee and Caubul on the 10th of August with 8,000 men in arms, among them two perfect and healthy European regiments, and two troops of Horse Artillery, besides cavalry enough (1,200) for his pur pose. Six Sepoy regiments which are with him are the tried brigades which fought through last winter and spring under Wymer, Stacy, and M'Ll.ren, and are all burning wish impatience to meet the enemy in any field. General England's retreat from Can dahar to Quettah has been conducted with skill and complete succes3 without any loss. On the 20th of the same mor.::i General Pollock moved from Jellalabad, and joined General Sale's camp, on his march to Caubul. The following are the troops under his command :—Parts of three troops Horse Artillery, Backhmac's Mountain Train, her Majesty's 3d Drngoons, two regiments Native Cavalry, Tait's Irregular Cavalry, her Majesty's 9th, 13th, and 31st Regiments Foot, the 26th, 33d, 35th, and 60th Native Infantry, Ferris's Jezailchees, and the gallant und indefatigable Broadfoot's Sappers. Dispatches hare been received from Sir Henry Pot tinger, dated on board the steam-frigate Queen, in the Yang-tze River, dated the 24th of June, giving an account of the capture of Woosing and other ports in that quarter, with the astonishing number of 364 guns, 76 of which were of brass. Our readers will find the interesting details given at length in another part of our paper. The Levant mail with I:. tters from Constantinople of the 17th states that Prince Ghika is to be removed from the hospodarat of Wallachia, and that as well as Moldavia, will, it is thought be entrusted to Prince Soutzo. It is stated from Servia that Prince Miloach has been intrigued into his late measures by the preachers of a Christian crusade against the Turks, of which he has become the victim. Russia, Austria, and France, are all said to have had part in his deposition, and the elevation of Czerny George in his stead. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Bel gians left Paris on Thursday evening for Brussels. It is remarked that the remonstrances against the Customs' Union with Belgium, at present coming from the most distinguished merchants and manufacturers in all the departments of France, cannot be rejected without causing great perturbation in the country. Rheims has decided in favour of the Union. The Elberfeld Gazette states that, according to pre sent appearances, there will be a surplus revenue in Prussia this year of 900,000 dollars. Lieut.-General Sebastiani commenced the inspec tion of the military establishments dependent on the first division, which he commands, by visiting the llospital of the Val-de-Grace. The Cologne Gazette 'states that a project of mar riage exists between the Grand Duchess Olga, youngest daughter of the Emperor of Russia and a Prince of Hesse. A decree by the Regent of Spain has been made, conferring on the widow of General Mina, the Go verness of the Queen Isabella, the order of nobility of the first class, in acknowledgment of her claims to this distinction for having, in the night of the 7th of October, 1841, when the Royal Palace was attacked, rushed to the aid of the Queen at the hazard of her own life. _ A letter from Frankfort announces that the Ger man Customs' Union have, in consequence of the ad herence of the French to the prohibitive system, ap plied to articles from France the principles which the French are so ready to apply to those of other countries. DIONEY-TRADE - comivrEncE. At Bolton and Bradford there has been an improved demand ; at Manchestei the market has become firmer, and both Halifax and Rochdale have had busy sales ; at Leeds very little has been done. SPORTING. On Friday a splendid run was made by her Ma jesty's stag-hounds, after the celebrated deer Hamp ton, which ran from Ikdehill to Greenford, a length of between 20 and 30 miles of country. Upwards of 200 hounds started, while only three were up at the take. _Hereford Grand Steeple Chase is fixed to take place on Thursday, the 16th of February next, and we understand there are already twenty-one subscribers to the first chase. COITRIC-F.itsRION/12LE. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort left Beaufort House on Saturday last for Badminton, for the hunt ing season. The Earl and Countess Amherst have arrived at Bodelwyddan, Flintshire, on a visit to Sir J. and Lady S. Williams. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton have arrived at Eglintoun Castle, Ayrshire, from Newmarket. The Earl and Countess Grosvenor left Moteombe Park, Shaftesbury, on a visit to the Queen Dowager at Canford House. The Earl and Countess of Verulam will leave Gorhambury in the course of a few days for Long ford Castle, Wilts. The'Earl and CountesS of Beverley left the Palace at RiAmend yesterday for Portman-square. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull leave Hampden House to-day for Scotland. The Earl of St. Germains has arrived in town from Port Eliot, Cornwall. Viscount Morpeth joined the Earl and Countess of Carlisle at Castle Howard, on Wednesday last, from town. The Earl and Countess of Powis have arrived at Powis Castle, near Welshpool. Lord and Lady John Russell, after a residence of nearly three months at Endsleigh Court, left on Fri day last for Mr. Labouchere's seat, near Taunton. Lord Stanley left town on Saturday for Windsor Castle. MISCELLANEOUS. At the last meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society, among the Oriental curiosities laid on the table was an autograph letter, on yellow paper, from the Emperoe of China to Governor Lin, which was sent by Mr. Bridgman to Sir Alexander Johnston. Lord Blayney is seriously ill at Dublin. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR MONDAY.—This forenoon the Queen and Prince Albert walked as usual in the Home Park. The Prince afterwards- went on a shooting excursion to Flying-barn, in the Great Park, attended by the Earl of Dunmore, Lord Stanley, and Colonel Wylde. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out twice to-day. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci arrived at the Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by her Lady in Waiting, took her departure to-day. The Rev. Dr. Richards also left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty and the Prince inspected the piece of plate to be presented to Sir Moses Montefiore, which was submitted •by Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, and with which her Majesty and his Royal Highness were pleased to express their approbation. The Royal dinner party this evening at the Castle will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Earl and Countess 13ruce Lord Fitzgerald, Earl and Countess,. of Dunmore, I.ady C. Dundas, Lady C. Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount Hawarden, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir R. Otway, Lord C. Welles •ley, Colonel Wylde, and Dr. Pia;orios. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by dbyColonsJones, left his residence at Kew, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Canford House, Dorsetshire. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yes terday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was at. tended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir James Graham, Earl of Haddington, Lord Fitzger a ld , Earl of Ripon , and Sir E dwa r d Knatchbull. The T Th Lorde Chancellor subseque ntl y j oined his colleagues.Co Council sat two hours and a half. Lord Fitzgerald left town in the afternoon on a visit to her "Majesty a t Windsor Castle. Si r John M , Neill transacted business yesterday at the Foreign- o ffi ce. Lord Stanley arrived in town y esterda y afternoon from a v i s i t to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle. The Attorn ey -G ene ral t ra nsacted business yester day at the n Forei g -office. - A public meeting of the cou nty is to be hell here (Paisley) on T hursday nex t week, to consider on some mode of relief for the suffering and unemployed work men. Air. Wallace has published a letter on the sub ject. The proceedings. are likely to be of great'inte rest.—ReVrewshire Reformer. There are said to be '3O tutors in Oxford, 50 of whom are Puseyites, and only 30 Protestants ; for a Puseyist can hardly b e considered a protester against the Roman Church. Arid it is apprehended that nearly the w h o l e o f t h e parochial clergy, all of whom have grad ua t e d or w ill gr aduate at one of the Univer - sales, will i n t i me b e b r ought under the influence of Puseyism, glican Chu rc h ; b ut how will the people like it ? This is a pleasant p ros p ect for the A n - There are, we b e li eve , s ecret influences at work in this matter t o w hi c h we do not care at present more particularly enough; and when known, there will be doings be. to allude, It w ill be known time tween High Church and ' Low Church which may pave the way, if properly managed, to the " volur.- tary system; --BrightonHerald. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. I CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Stocks closed firmly this afternoon, a fair busi ness having been done. Consols for Money left off at 94 to*, and for Time at 94* to I. Exchequer Bills were again 58s. to .60s. premium, New Three-and-a- Half per Cents. 101* to -a, Reduced Ditto 100 f tot and Old Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1001. Bank Stock continues slowly to advance. This afternoon it reached 169 to 170, since, in the event of a conver sion, there would be some little profit on management for the Corporation. India Stock also improved, being at 255 to 256. India Bonds were not dealt in. The additional transactions in the Foreign Market this afternoon were limited to Colombian at an advance to 21*, to Mexican at 33-1 *, to Brazilian at 634, to Portuguese Converted, for Account, at 33, and to Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 52* *. Shares were rather firmer this afternoon. Bir mingham and Gloucester Railway at 59i ; Brighton at 14 to 13* ; Blackwall at 10* ; and South Eastern at 27/ discount. Birmingham were 91*; Great Western, 191 ; and Northern and Eastern Scrip at 14 premium. National Bank of Ireland Shares were 14 discount; Union of Australia, 84 premium; and Union of London, 'par. - We have no further neves this afternoon. (From The Sun of Last Night.) In the Liverpool Cotton Market the sales on Satur day were 4,900 bales at steady prices. Railway Shares were quiet, and no material alteration had occurred, in prices. Eastern Counties were ik; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 44; -Grand Junction, 174; Birmingham, 181 •, Brighton, 36k; and Paris and Rouen, 221-.7 The arrival of the express in anticipation of the gene ral Overland Mail, furnishes very interesting accounts. from India and China, for the consideration of our City politicians. The movements of the army in Affghanistan are looked upon as favourable, and in China, also, our progress is believed to be lastly bringing matters to a crisis. The state of the commercial markets in India is certainly not worse as regards Calcutta than by the previous letters, and at Bombay there was an improve ment in the demand for British manufactures. The In digo planters are stated to be severely crippled by the short crops and the low price of their staple, while of raw silk the yield also appears to be limited. The Minister of Finance is stated in the accounts re ceived from Antwerp,qo have returned to Brussels, and the speedy exchange of the treaty between . Belgium and Holland was, therefore, anticipated. The British Queen had brought the satisfactory intelligence to Ant werp, of the intention of the United States Go vernment to remit the heavy charges upon Belgian vessels arriving in the ports of the republic, and should this be established -as a precedent, we suppose the Mi nistry of Leopold will also revoke the order for extra tonnage being levied upon American ships entering into the Belgian harbours. Insurances had been done on the British Queen at 25 per cent., and one journalist inte rested in commercial matters is accused of having in serted gloomy predictions with the view to profit by the alarm, and secure this high premium. The accounts from Lisbon are satisfactory in regard to the advances obtained from the Bank by the Govern ment. _ _ Froni Hamburgh the exchange comes * mark lower, viz., 13 8, and the price of gold had dropped to 4321. We have an arrival from New York by packet ship, but the dates are only to the 10th instant. The favourable intelligence received from India and China this morning has had a beneficial effect upon the market for the public securities. Consuls for Account, which left off on Saturday all but nominally at 9311 94, have touched 94*, and up to the present hour the advance has been well maintained. The great abundance of money continues to be a matter of conversation in the City ; but how should it be otherwise ? The accumulations of capital are rapidly progressing without any corresponding vent for it in the shape of trade and commercial operations of any importance. Consols for Money have obtained precisely the same value as Consuls for time. There is, however, no movement upwards in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced.• This shows that a belief is entertained that the reduction of the interest will, at no very distant period be announced. The-pre mium upon Exchequer Bills remains firm at 58s. 60s. Bank Stock has advanced to 170, and India Stock is firm, at 255. The Old Three-and-half per Cents. of 1818, have been quoted this morning at 100 1. The Brokers for the Savings Banks bought about 10,0000 stock (Three -per Cents,Y ikia morning. There has been a good demand fu's' Foreign Bonds to day, and at unvariedprices. Mexican Stock has reached 331 1, (a further remittance having been received for the next dividend.) Peruvian, 171 ; Colombian, 21 : Spanish Three per Cents, 221 ; Dutch- Five per Cents., 1001 ; Belgian, 102 ; and Spanish Consols, 18 to 18*. The New Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds have . been in . demand at 221 ; Deferred Stock wa slast done at 10*. Not many transactions were reported in the Railway. Shares to-day, but, taken on the whole, we cannot quote an improved Market. The Birmingham and Gloucester have realized 59 discount ; the Eastern Counties, 141 ; dis. ; Gmt 'Western, 19 prem. ; New Ditto, 111 ; prom., they London and Brighton, 14* dis. ; the South Western, 181 prem. ; the South Enstern Scrip, 21 dis. ; and the York and North Midland, New, 171 prem. In the Joint-stock Bank-houses, Only a few transactions have occurred. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. s.—We have had rather more business doing to-day, without im provement in prices. The sales comprise—Manchester and Birmingham, 191 19 11-16 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 4k; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. 10k ; Manchester Assurance, 9 1-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock India Stock ...256 pm 3 per Cent. Red. .... ... 93} Ditto Bonds —pm 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 93A Ditto Old Annuities 9l 31 per Cent. Red.........100i Ditto New Annuities New 3/ per Cent... ...... 101 i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 60 pm N.tw 5 per Cen' — Ditto 500/...... 60 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 5-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 169 Oct. 1859 - Jan. 1 60 l2i Consols for Acct....... 9411 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... :Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO2 illitto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds... 63i Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 pet cent...., Chilian, 6 per cent. — Ditto, Metallic-- Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent lB Ditto, 1824 2 l ll Ditto, Deferred.... . 10§ Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Danish, 3 per :eat — Exchange Greek, 1525, 5 per cent. French, 3 percent Bof. 75e. Mexican, 5 per cent 331, Dutch, 21 per cent....... 52i Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 10t/ Peruvian, 1825,6 per et. 171 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 40} Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Debentures ( paid) Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid . London and Brighton (50 paid) 36 London and Blackwall ( paid) •..•••• ••• 6 London and Birmingham (90) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 60 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 6l South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... 224 Ditto Serip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) .... Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ... ........ THE ANTIQUARY. _ Cadell. This part forms the fourteenth of the Abbots ford edition of the Waverley novels, now under re-publication by Mr. Cadell. The abbey scene of Arbroath, which constitutes so picturesque a part of the original—Dousterswivel digging for the treasure—Edie Ochiltree's listening to ti►e rumour of the swamping of Mucklebackit's boat —and the humorous interview between the Antiquary and the Phoca—have been well con ceived by the artist, who with these and half-a dozen other good designs, has embellished ten more chapters. THE TALISMAN. Cadell. The present volume completes the twentieth of the Waverley reprints, now issuin‘ , in small octavo; and the accompanying part, that Of the fifth, republiShing in size royal. So established in public favour, and the acceptance of every imaginative mind, as - are the Tales of the Cru saders, it is necessary only to make allusion to their rich Oriental pictures, hazardous incidents, arid historic scenes, clothed in the splendour of Scott's fancy, and crowded with the personages of European and Asiatic chivalry—Saladin, Richard, Berengaria; Plantagenets, Templars, and Barons—to re-invite perusal of them, in the cheap and popular form i❑ which they now ap pear before the public. Some minor pieces of Sir . Walter's, also, accompany the volume and the part. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE POPE. The room in which we were received was a small apartment near the library, and nothing could be less magnificent than this little reception room, though in the middle of the richest palace in the world. His Holiness wore a white dress, which, I believe, is that of the monastic order to which he belonged, and also the small white cap with which all portraits (Raphael and Lawrence inclusive) have made us familiar. His countenance is amiable, and expressive of much gentleness, and his stature rather below the common size. We found him standing in front of a small table, which was placed before a canopy, under which, I imagine, he would have sat, had not his politeness to the ladies he expected prevented it. . . . The party, therefore, naturally formed themselves into a semi-circle round him ; and his first words On seeing how 'extensive that circle was, were, "La stanzae troppo piccola." . . . . He looked at us all with much good humour and kindness ; but as he did not walk round the circle, and as the persons forming the circle were not instructed to pass before him, he rather harangued than conversed, with us. But considering the awkwardness of this arrangement, he managed it exceedingly well. He inquired our names from the Hanoverian Minister, in the order in which we stood, and very politely ex pressed regret that he could not address us in our own language. The appearance of the circle was singular enough from the ladies being all dressed in black, and wearing black veils (which is de rigueur), while the gentlemen were as gaily habited as possible ; all being in full dress, chiefly military, and one in the full Highland costume. This last espe cially attracted the attention of his Holiness—so much so, that the graceful young Chieftain was. compelled, in some sort, to make a step forward, that his Holiness might have an opportunity of seeing more distinctly the jewelled powder-horn. which appeared particularly to have arrested his at tention, but which he mistook for a mull, which he said he had formerly seen a Scotchman carry, offer ing the contents to all his friends very natural mistake, snuff being very properly a more familiar idea to his Holiness than gun powder. He then asked the Minister if there was not a literary lady in the company ; which being answered in the affirmative, and the individual indi cated, his Holiness inquired what species of com positions had been produced, and then remarked that there were many books written in English, but that he had not read them He then, apropos of the great advantage of a general ac quaintance with 'modern languages, spoke to us of the extraordinary acquirements in that line of the Cardinal Mezzofante, and related an anecdote respecting him, in which this remarkable faculty had enabled his Holiness to detect a renegado Christian, who attempted to pass himself as a Turk, desirous of professing the Catholic faith— the " Roman Catholic faith," added his Holiness significantly, correcting himself He told this little story with a good deal of spirit, and altogether got through the audience, which for many reasons must have been an embarrassing one, with a great deal of good-humoured ease. We remained thus standing before him for about twenty minutes , or half aa 1. 1 our, and then he bowed us off.—Mrs. Tr ollope's T tsit, o Italy. .i The lessee of Drury-lane has determined to keep that theatre open only four nights during the present week, in consequence of the preparation of and for bringing out Purcell's King Arthur, the talents of Stanfield have been secured to illustrate that dramatic opera. COURT or REVlEW.—Various reports are in circu lation in Westminster-hall respecting the vacant Judgeship of the Court of Review, one of which is that the office will not be filled up, but that the busi ness of that Court will be transferred to the recently appointed Vice-Chancellors, Messrs. Knight Bruce, and Wigram. The most prevalent opinion, however, is, that the office will be continued, and that Mr. Ho race Twiss, who formerly had a considerable practice in the Court of Review, will be appointed successor to the late Sir John Cross. We rejoice at having it in our power to-eongratu late our readers and the country on the successful issue of the city municipal elections. Glasgow is now happily free from Tory rule, and likely for a long time to continue so, unless the Reformers weaken their own ranks by injudicious or selfish division.—Glas gow Saturday Post. WOOD PAVING.—On Saturday the first section of a new system of wood paving was laid down at the entrance to Lombard-street. It is called by the in ventor the " Stereoprism " system, and is about the sixth now upon trial in the metropolis. In the Aberdeen Journal of Wednesday last, the following paragraph appears :—" At Nether hornet of Skene, may be seen a potatoe, of the round species, 40i oz. in weight, and 22 inches in circumference. Match that if you can !" But at Mains of Kin mundy, New Machar, may be seen a potato, of the round species, 43 oz. in weight Match that if can !—Aberdeen Herald. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—We have again to recoeti the almost total demolition, by fire, of the extensive mills at O'Brien's Bridge, belonging to James Dennison and Co. The fire originated in the upper lofts by some friction of the machinery, which ignited the chaff or dust, and in less than twenty minutes the en tire mills were on fire, together with the three kilns in the rear. The mills were completely burned down previous to the arrival of the engines. We are happy to say that Messrs. Dennison are insured for 4,4001. with the North British Company; a sum which, it is expected, will cover his loss. The store and dwelling house, which are saved, were insured with the West of England Insurance Company.—Limerick Repnter. OVER LAND MAIL AFFGHANISTAN , INDIA, AND CHINA . Letters and papers have been received by the Overland Mail from Bombay, the Ist of October, and convey a great variety of important and in teres The operations of the British army in Afgha nistan are very satisfactory. The decision ga ga e Government to send the troops towards C, ' and take possession of that pl a ce,bas give n gene ral satisfaction, and inspired our brave army in that quarter with fresh courage. Candahar was filially abandoned by us on the 10th Of August' General - Nom with a force of about 7, ooo batte ea ml including two Queen's regiments anda ring train, is now on his way to Glaiznee and but, at which latter place he was exp ected to baravee arrived about the 15th of Septet ia ber. W r e h heard indirectly of the first 150 miles of hismarch being accomplished. General Englan d, wh in o quitted Caudahar simultaneously for a sa l e tY to the opposite direction, reached Que tta" ' i n on the 261,11, having marched his deadline" of 4,000 men 140 miles without obstruetin The Quettali force is looked for its sein de ear ly .e in October, in the course of which inant li ,i l i t :, entire withdrawal of our troops from heyoar. - 1 , G en era) I° o Passes will have been completed. lock has for the last three weeks 'of /tile been moving G his troops gradually upwar44,,tewnjeg undarnuck, at the mouth of the 1.-'assi .o II " to on his way towards Caubul, preparatnrYie making a rapid dash on the capital, on lle 3 o l 4th a n n ea d r d t i o sp u e s r , of General Notes advance. On the 2.3 d antl, , De of August a detachment of about %OD 01_iti, enemy, having taking up a position inconvenennoef, villages t_ and strongholds being, clestroyeaion! risoned. slevde,reaf.atetrtacfikveed h b o y urs, General fighting.% and heir vineyards and their fruit trees Cl it , o _. a r- He has left the posts in his rear stronglY,.(7l. a He was expected to i ,„ readY latest march on the sth or 6th September, nnr news extends to the 3d. 1 A 'nterior The progress of General Nott int ° " - ti l os far hi beasts of of Alibi • , lanistan burden, &c., been y, ass essiag fortunate. His c ap or i l e rs ar i s a dueschrttiteed 35 ,for the accomplishment of the arduous undertakng. t his a c t, that , would be useless to ii• • disguise the f gel' . march from Candahar to Caubul is one ° j won , importance; for when succesSful it will ue ab ' o ut str:tte to the world that all the claurur_wess Affghan patriotism and their wonderful pro was of no value. the 4t Intelligence from General Pollock t° d ben every facilityit of September states that his troops lead ernineruly successful in their gradual rt le " d i ci of to Gundamock, and in routing smile n . ra tteli the enemy. j ha tl :l 4 - 1: The arrival in the camp ° . _ .t t who ,efrtl.,:cetesdonhaisndeslcileiphe• offroSnllaththSeoeplynciorl, Akbar Khan, was considered, i° the lode, cunastances, as an event of great itlin.tcea He came from Caubul attended ,bY ` fi ". st Al.. lowed to enter the camp, persons, although only one WO at o re but °r jels „iader' li his reaching General Pollock's ° subsequently issued to . admit the rea-soute tent a ept ian of welcome was instantly fired. Il ls , f f e n e be fa' proved the intentions of the Genera`,..c- 0 1 11 vourable to his rights as Sovereign ei loc k to The orders for a rapid move from Gu n , ciall i a d, i t Caubul on the 6th or 7th of SePtetnntn:eire en' tertained of that march being was said, been issued, but some dcub ts , l ,,,,. r ior t° effee teu r n r i 50 0 the certainty of the approach of GeP e from Ghuzuee. Among the rumours was ono Khan had been seized by the Itiluzz ilbtl b s itants °I constitute a large portion of the Whit 0 t roll Caubul, and who, in order to save tile, c e n otish destruction, were in the interest of tii ' d the alliance, and for that reason also protecte 5 ' i 5 • • ail n ew British • prisoners. One item of Pun' : sl y ire that the gallant Sir Robert Sal ! was sel'untion. of I disposed, in consequence of an inflam i n a . o . re' the kidneys. T 1 —mere were ma n y t h e the prib. 0 it ports scattered abroad respecti n g which subsequently proved - erroneous. 011$ Would not surprise me," said one write r : p 05 e l that w ho much greater number than is generallYstePo war of the officers and soldiers said to have 1.3e...,„ear sacred in January last should make thercaitrurbui," ance on the arrival of the British troop' at t he I ,i t A report was circulated in Bomb*, ° , l ll o pea e " of October, to the effect that Gl_aznee 0 ' the 0' its gates without any great resistance 0 ° I , l ,,pier pearance of Note's army. S ir Charles her for left Bombay in the beginning of SePtelltif th e Scinde, in order to take the connilankiese troops from General England. ger I , fro ° !28th Regiment had suff e red se vere ' cholera during its passage to gurraeee'd ,f corps under the orders of General Eingl be e l) after the districts around Quett a li n s 0 311 placed under the jurisdiction of they 00.-1,000 of Khelat, to come through the /3° la° t ip its the 26th of September in order to take d thi 4 station near the Indus. The presence cc of 4 corps had become' necessary in consequen alsee ,„aa r t , of quarrel and a conflict which had , I On" d between the Amcers of Hyderabad an", 5-cli the their neighbours, the consequence of wi l i e l s t th e i calculated to be, that both parties, or at I ; r ifi o weaker one, was likely to appeals to the e l tb i e authorities for protection. The Yra nn , f t he ' r al 0- , 3 - Ameers is proverbial, and the rernov be i l ia government would be a blessing tog'l t . t her e ' tants of the banks of the Indus. ~., w „ 3 :11 6 , 0 ; fore considered probable that the British 35'.1°' vernment will, for its own sake, as we jib' in' the advancement of civilization , be sPe e t . 00 duced o to control the oppressive act s ° , mischievous despots. that St It seems to be expected in fin g or( British army, on the junction of the two - 60 0 0. Caubul , will, subsequently to the l ibers decid ea the prisoners, be called upon to tal te ig nor ti ' steps for introducing a proper system ° i n to . t ile ment and the administration of just'e h e i s ret ifil f Sikh Country. General Pollock, 0 0 '-- n oot e m " towards India, may ;therefore lita,e,.,fierget;,- object to attain worthy ' of the In ns ,,The ii4 ' . steps, viz., the taking possession 'Ol who are Country. The mass of that po ulation, w t he fully aware of the blessings P An aced by r 0 pro,---C egge British administration, are described a n rs. 90 11 obtain the management of civilized Al le m ' et her as the British people have given t° t parts of Hindustan. 100 °I Lord Ellenborough arrived on the , w hich September at Simla, the proximal ° I .„dica' place to Lahore, as well as mall °di . er ,: " 0 .0 1 lions, led many to consider the occuPatl°oooers` Purijaub as probable. The Govern°.l:, the i ill : and the Cotnmander-in-Chief, being I" flog e uld mediate vicinity of the Sikh capita ., --° , d out difficulty learn how the British force i 3 O ow their passage through the Punjaub, n trodn e' duct themselves, so as to support flightl,.. tion there of a good and just govern ~Hera In the interior of India tranquillity gu prevails. , , .. oug hoo t The rains were most plentiful tr i l och' India in the month of Septemer. , woe 'lied of a The talked-of apprehensions entertain,, d. van ishe get o in the districts near Delhi have army of reserve has been ordered Wa s . , ig re• c NoVell ibe" 1 i 0 on the Sutiej in the month 0,.. de mon 0 paratory, as it is said, to some . dent a. . , per against the Sikhs. - losses " - There have been some serious . in D ro Mai .sty's 50th and 6f2d , A boat was ° ' r,ntb cP _ding up the Ganges. f "th e T ' near Cawnpore, and eighteen men : n in boat' ad goog. at were.di owned. A wing of the 6- _ o)r rn Regiments virllv7;lo'ped near Bhagulpore, was overtaken by 3 ~ r ra oor front tilt , ' n ts night, which forced the boats tPr itt i :„ 00 11 Scobel and Gason, were lost. froin -1 -. •"' 1 e ings, and thirty-eight men,icludiog Lieu The bark Ricardo, on its YoYage 1 , i t ' 't i .:, d- bank : a te to Calcutta, struck on and-t-`i ,„ ilan Roughly, and heeled over, in 01 ": 1 • drowned' „O'er, went down. Ten persons were f „epee 1. the The Delhi Gazette of the ‘21 51 0 , _ ili „.o it the latest paper received aftlie . ' el . n. ' s rate s til 'i mail from the north-west Akbar Khan had resolved to abank oo sb. and to take the prisoners to Ilia d° of Indle.:00 cobtt ,