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Doors open at half past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven Boxes 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s , Second Price ; Lower Gallery Is. rd., Second l'rice Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price fd THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA EDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, MARCH 10, Will be performed Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison; °roves°, Mr. Leffler ; Flavius, Mr. Clement White; IsT•irma Miss Adelaide Kemble; Adalgisa, Mi s s R a inf or th ; Cl ot ild a, Miss drant. Atter which will be repeated, with additions, Milton's Masque of COMUS.—Comos, Mr. W. Harrison; First Bacchante, Madame Vestris; the lady, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Elder Brother, Mr. J. Vin ing ; Syrens, Madame Vestris and. Mks Rainforth; Genius of the Frozen Clime, Mr. Stretton ;:Euphrosyne, Madame Vestris; Sabrina, Miss Rainforth. Doors open at half-past 9x, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. 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Morning 0 minutes after I I Evening "0 minutes after I. expedition into Afighanistan, are now, alas ! too vividly apparent. Cabool Ins fallen, the whole British force there, amounting to about six thousand men, annihilated; one entire British regiment, the 44th, erased at one fell swoop from the army list, and five native regiments cut to pieces. The ladies of the Envoy and the officers, sixteen in number, have been carried into captivity by the ruthless Affghans. Sir William Macnaghten, our Envoy at Cabool, had been treacherously assassinated by the son of Dost Mahomed, his head cut off, paraded through the streets on a pole, and stuck in derision on the walls of Cabool by the infuriated insurgents. You will find a connected narrative of proceedings at Cabool, up to the 28th of December, in the accompanying papers ; but I may here briefly recapitulate that the British force, consisting of Her Majesty's 44th Foot sth Regiment Bengal N . 906 37th ditto ditto 54th ditto ditto Shah's Regiment Artillery 100 Sappers sth Cavalry Anderson's Horse 2d Rasalas , Local Horse 2OO 5,400 men, in two divisions—one half in the Bala.hissar, or citadel of Cabool, and the other half in an entrenched camp, six miles distant, con. tinned beleaguered there by an enemy from 15,000 to 20,000 strong, from the 2d November, the date of the insurrec tion, to the 28th December. The Commissariat having been destroyed at the very commencement of the outbreak, our troops were miserably ill.off for food, clothing, and ammunition, and were obliged to subsist upon horseflesh and such other food as they could procure. No assistance could be afforded them. There are only two roads into that impracticable country, one by Candahar and Ghuznee from the south; and the other from the eastward, by Jella. labad and the Khoord Cabool pass, almost impracticable at any season, but now blocked up with snow. A brigade under Colonel M'Laren, which attempted to reach Ghuznee from Candahar, for the relief of Cabool, was obliged to fall back, from the severity of the weather, the passes being completely blocked up with snow. General Sales' brigade was cooped up in Jellalabad, badly off for supplies, and unable to more in any direction. No relief, therefore, could be afforded to cur troops at Cabool. During the months of November and December, there appears to have been frequent skirmishing betty' en our troops and the enemy, and but for the severe cold there would have been a pestilence from the putrefaction of so many unburied corpses, which lay fes. tering round the city. Our troops, as well as the enemy, were at length reduced to such extremities that overtures for terms of ac commodation were at length mutually agreed to be discussed,. and on the tiSth of December, Sir W. Macnaghten, with several offi cers, were invited to a conferencewith Mahomed Akbar Khan, the son of Dost Mahomed, and other chiefs, at which dishonourable terms were proposed by the latter, viz., that we should surrender our arms, and evacuate the country altogether; that the married officers and their wives should be retained as hostages, and re.. turned to us only when we got beyond Peshawar, and Dost Ma homed was returned to them. " When terms dishonourable to the British arms were proposed by the leaders of the insurrection at Cabool, his Excellency heroically replied, that death was prefer. able to dishonour ; that we put our trust in the God of battles, and in his name we defy our enemies.'" Such is a brief outline of events, as authentically known here up to yesterday. For the last three days, however, native reports have been cur. rent of the entire destruction of our force at Cabool. These re. ports, which generally reach us from six to eight days before au. thentic accounts are received, have hitherto invariably been found to he correct in the main. You will remember that the accounts of the first outbreak in Cabool, and the death of Sir A. Burnes, transmitted to you two months ago by the mail of the Ist of December, were not, at first, believed here. Eight days afterwards, however, they were fully confirmed. The death of Sir W. Macnaghten was reported here amongst the natives six days before accounts were received; and so on in numerous other instances, the whole of which have ultimately turned out in the main to be correct. This morning, however, accounts have been re. ccived from Jellalabad to the 7th of January, two days later than the previous advices. At that time a Dr. Bryan, or some such name, had reached Jellalabad, having had a miracul ous escape, and one of the few survivors of the whole Cabool army, A hurried despatch seems to have been sent off immediately on his arrival, from which it appears that the force must have marched out of Cabool about the 29th of December. They had three hard days' fighting in the fatal Khoord C abool Pass, seventeen miles English from Cabool, on the road to Jellalabad, and Dr. Bryan reports having witnessed seven officers butchered. The ladies, sixteen in number, were taken back to Cabool by the A ffghans. A. worse fate than death awaits them! It is reported that Major Eldred Pottinger, and two or three other officers, have also escaped. We can have no furthor particulars for some days. It is not stated how Dr. Bryan effected his escape; nor is there a whisper of the fate of Shah Soojah. What is to be done to retrieve these disasters is a question easier asked than answered. Already about fourteen millions sterling Mayo been expended in attempting to retain possession of a country, the gross annual revenues of which do not exceed the rent.roll of some of the English nobility—and in creating a " friendly power" on the N. W. frontiers of India. (From the Bombay Times of Feb. I.) At the date of our last advices three regiments, which were attempting to march under Colonel 31`Laren, from Candahar to its relief, had been stopped by the snows westward of Ghuzni, and compelled to return whence they came. Ghuznee itself was snowed up ; its garrison contained but a single sepoy regiment. Sir R. Sale's brigade had left Cabool in the beginning of October, and reached Jellalabad on the 12th November, and there they remain cooped up and unable to move at peril of their existence. The beleaguered host could receive aid from no one; they were Fur. rounded by an enemy from 15,000 to 20,000 strong. Their Coin. missariat, having almost at the first outbreak been destroyed, they were by the date at which the present narrative commences, ill off for clothing, and sorely pinched for food. The force, besides, was divided. It consisted of nearly 6,000 men, one half in the Balla Hissar, or citadel, within the town, the other half in a fortified camp six miles off, a deep mountain stream which they were never able to ford in tervened. By the 20th much annoyance and some apprehens;on began to be entertained of the effects of the effluvia of the heaps of unburied dead everywhere strewed around; about ten thousand corpses lay festering about the city or near the camp of General Elphinstone, threatening to add the horrors of pcstileoce to those of famine and the sword, as soon as a relaxing temperature should stimulate putrefaction. An attempt was at this time made to sub merge the camp, by diverting a torrent from its course, and direct. ing its waters against the entrenchments. Fortunately it was pre vented ; a canal guided the stream harmlessly away. In the camp provisions had become extremely scarce; ammunition was plen tiful. In the citadel both food and powder were nearly expended. On the 19th a convoy of ammunition was sent to the Balla Ilomr, under Colonel Oliver, of the sth Native Infantry, but the Colonel having reached the Nullah, which runs between the Calmt cantonments and the town, sent to report that the bridge was im practicable. An order, therefore, was sent from head quarters, commanding the party to return ; and although, ere the order had reached, the party had actually crossed the Nullah, they returned, and brought back the ammunition. On this day there was a fight in the town, the Kuzzilbashes having incensed Shah Zemaun's party by refusing to give up some persons on our side, to whom it was alleged they had afforded protection. On the 20th it was in timated to the Envoy that an immense body of Affghans intended to surround the cantonments on the following day, and explode our magazine with red-hot shot, The powder was accord ingly removed in the night, but everything was quiet during the next day, the enemy being employed in making powder and hammering shot. On the 22d they again mustered on the heights, and Major Swayne, of the sth N. 1., was sent with a party to occupy Dehmeru. As he marched upon it, the enemy evacuated, but the place, for some unaccountable reason, was not taken, and the enemy returning got possession of it again." The cantonment had hitherto drawn their provisions from a village called Dchmeru, close by ; the guard protecting it was a weak one; it was overpowered by a native chief, with 1,000 followers, and thegrain in store and the village fell into his hands. The enemy had captured an old 18-pounder gun at Charekar on the 3d, when 800 Ghoorkas were cut to pieces by them. Haling placed this on the height within long range of the cantonments, they began to assemble in force around it about the 22d, and to annoy by their fire the troops in camp. Their strength did not at first seem to have been suspected by us. They must have mustered above ten thousand. A light detachment sent out by General Elphinstone to attack them, bravely rushed up the acclivity, hut on attaining its summit found them selves surrounded and in danger cf being cut off They succeeded with difficulty in regaining the camp hotly pursued by the enemy. A second and more powerful body immediately sallied out, and drove the enemy before them. They succeeded in reaching the crest of the hill and dispersing the insurgents posted there, but v ere unable to capture the gun, which was with difficulty carried Of by the enemy. The Ghilzies were dispersed with great slaughter, thirteen distinguished chiefs having been reported as slain. On the same day the troops in the citadel were furiously attacktal : we suspended our fire till the assailants were close upon us, and then so murderous a volley of grape and musketry was poured in upon them, that whole avenues were cut by the ar tillery in the advancing masses. A sortie, headed by the Vuz. zeer and Prince Sutler Jung, completed the destruction the storm of shot began; the slaughter was terrible; the slain lay in heaps; and it " went ill with the faithful everywhere that day." The battle on both sides had been bravely fought, nor could we boast a bloodless tictory. Colonel Oliver, Captains Westmacott, Walker, and M'Kenzie, and Lieut. Laing fell; Colonel Mackrell afterwards died of his wounds; 30 other officers were wounded more cr less severely. The enemy continuing undis mayed, next day.again attacked us, when a snow storm put an end to the fight. About this time it was discovered that Captain Johnston, who had been lost sight of at the commencement of the insurrection in the city, and was supposed to line escaped to Ge neral Elphinstone's camp, had not been heard of since the 3d, and it was inferred he trust have perished. Accounts were also re. ceived of the death of Dr. Grant, in medical charge at Kohistan, a meritorious officer in the Bombay service. CALCUTTA. On the 25th Mahomed Ukhbar Khan, the favourite son, of Dost Mahomed, joined the insurgents. At first a hope was enter. tamed that he had come on purpose to mediate in our favour with his people, and to obtain such a treaty as might meet the exigencies of both parties. The belief in this was transient : it soon appear ed that the presence of the prince added - fresh vigour to the on slaughts, and bitterness to the hate of the assailants, who were recommended more than ever to prosecute the bloody work of ex. termination against the " Feringhees." On the 28th we shelled the village of Dehmeru from the cantonments, and compelled its abandonment; but shortly after this it again fell into the hands of the insurgents. A detachment of irregular cavalry, • while guarding our baggage camels, was attacked by a force of some 1,000 or 1,500 horsemen; after a severe action and gallant defence, they were compelled to retire. They had been fearfully outnumbered, and suffered severely. On the 25th a large body appeared on the heights, with the gun which they had taken, hoping to tempt us forth to its recapture, by spreading re ports that their horse had gone out to meet the brigade advancing from Candahar. The cavalry, it subsequently appeared, were con. cealed behind the footmen; but the ruse did not succeed. Several. days passed without any fighting, the enemy threatening to attack our cantonments, but not fulfilling their threats. On the Ist Dec., however, they attacked the Ballar Hissar, but were repUlsed. On the 4th : having planted some guns on comma►►ding ground, they were firing into the cantonments all day. At nightfall they made a rush far a fort, which we had captured early in the month, where Lieutenant Cumberland, of the 44th, with 100 men, was sta. tioned, and exploded a powder bag at the wicket, but with no effect. On the sth the enemy burnt the bridge across the Nullah, between cantonments and the town, and on the 6th they succeeded in recapturing the fort, wounding Ensign Gray, of the 44th, and the garrison offering no resistances. On the Bth a convoy of am munition was attacked on its way to the Balla Hisser, and fotty horse loads fell into the enemy's hands. Qn the Bth December an attempt to throw supplies into the citadel was unsuccessful, a large portion of the ammunition having fallen into the enemy's bands. On the 9th there were only three days' provisions in camp at half rations. At this time we were once more on treaty with the insurgents—the terms proposed by them abating nothing in extrtivagance. The insurgent chiefs seemed to have had throughout a regular army in pay. There were r.o fewer than 5,000 horsemen in the - f►eld, well mounted and armed. The infantry, though about double this in number, were indifferently appointed, and not formidable as enemies. The troops, especially in the Balla Hisser, began now to be pressed exceedingly for food. The particulars of their sufferings have reached us in scanty me; sure and imperfect form. The chief part of the Commissariat fell into the hands of the Ghilzies at the beginning, and the make- shift system — of subsistence thus necessarily resorted to for lucre than fOur --- ; eekTto — stipply a force amounting at the outset to nearly 6,000 fighting men, irrespective of followers and attendants, must have so pinched them with hunger, that there is at least nothing improbable in the rumour, that by the end of November they were supported chiefly by the slaughter of their beasts cf burden, and were living on horse.fiesh. Su extreme were their nec ess i t i es, that treaties began to b e di scussed, the issue of which, under the most favourable circumstances, must have been no better for them than this—that they should be suf fered to march out with their baggage and arms, to seek their way unprovided for (the Affghans themselves were pressed for support, and could have afflarded them none) through an uninterrupted series of 90 miles of passes, the most difficult perhaps in the world, to fall back on the post of Jellalabad, at that time but a shade better off than themselves, and whose next point of retreat was through the Khybur Pass to Peshawur, still 103 miles in their rear. The terms actually proposed by the insurgents, if correctly reported to us, indicate how conscious they were that we were utterly at their mercy. These were in effect, that we should surrender our arms, and agree to evacuate the country altogether. The married officers and their wives were to be retained as hostages, and returned to us only when we had got beyond Peshawur, and Dost Mahomed been restored to them. The Envoy's answer to this was, that " death was preferable to dishonour, that we trusted to the God of Battles, and that in his name we defied them to come on." There is once more a blank of three weeks duration in our information. The fighting appears to have continued with little intermission. On the 13th of December a severe action is said to have occurred, is which we were more than usually suc cessful, having not only defeated the enemy, but managed to secure a small supply of provisions. On the 23d again a bloody conflict took place, where we were worsted, and suffered very severely. Further treaties seem to have followed this, as we find reference made in the despatch of the 25th to terms which had before this been discussed. On Christmas-day the Envoy, attended by Captains Conelly, Law rence, Trevor, and M'Kenzie, having gone out, apparently at the request of the insurgent Chiefs, to discuss the terms of capitula. lion, an angry interview ensued ; it appears probable that the same insolent terms previously rejected by the Envoy h:al been pressed upon him in a manner more intolerably offensive than those for. merly employed. He appears to have treated them with scorn; high words ensued, when Sir William Macnaghten was shot dead on the spot, it is believed, by the hand of Ukhbar Khan. Captain Trevor, having drawn his sword, and rushed on the mur. derer, was immediately cut to pieces, and there is too much reason to fear that at least two of the remaining three officers have also perished. The charge of the mission now devolved on Major Eldred Pottinger ; the much-coveted Envoyship, with a salary su perior to the income of the Governors of Madras or Bombay, with an amount of power scarcely exceeded by the Governor-General of India, fell to the lot of a Lieutenant of the Bombay artillery— Major only by Brevet—a circumstance telling fearfully of the slaughter of our politicals. Nor did it lapse into unworthy hands. Herat had before been defended successfully by Pet linger single-handed, so far as British officers were concerned. He had now a more responsible and much more difficult duty to perform. The first act of his authority was to forward the despatch announcing that "the comedy, or rather the tragedy of errors, was at an end." The terms partially acceedcd to by Sir Wm. Macnaghten were yet to be accepted, if conceded by an army perishing of hunger. They were to move fbr Jellalabad through the fearful passes of Khoord Cabool, with the determina tion of desperate men standing by the consequences. A fresh at tack on the cantonments was announced to have commenced before the despatch was closed, an evil augury of what was to follow. A private letter of the 28th announces that the garrison had not at that time left, but were about to snore immediately. This is the latest authentic date we possess. The native rumours, which usually by several days anticipate the arrival of regular intelligence, state that the force has quitted, and been in a great measure de stroyed. Other accounts mention that they have obtained fresh supplies, and can stand out a month longer. The latter unfortu nately is improbable. In a month from the 28th Dec., it would be possible for the Bengal brigade to reach them were the passes clear of snow. Their only chance lies in this. How fearful has been the havoc during these miserable wars amongst the very flower of the intellectual men of out service Eight political agents have perished violently, amongst those whose affairs they had been ap pointed to arrange. Young Edward Conolly, brother ofthe travel ler, was shot through the head by the side of Sir Robert Sale, 29th Sept. 1840. Dr. Lord fell at Purwan Durrah, Nov. 2 ; Rattray, his successor, and Dr. Grant, his assistant and friend, were killed in Kohistan on the outbreak of the present insurrec tion. Sir William Macnaghten, Sir Alexander Burnes, Captain John Conolly (not the traveller, he is at Khiva), Capt. Broadfoot, and Lieut. Burnes have become victims at Cabool. The het which we gave in our last of Lhe officers captured, wounded, or slain in or near Cabool, betwixt the 2d and 17th of November, to which our former dates extended, we find to have been an imperfect one. We stated that eleven had fallen within this brief but disastrous period—there, in fact, appear to have been 16. The names of Captains Trevor, Haughton and Rattray were omitted in our abstract ; those of Capts. Johnston and Troup, and Dr. Grant had not been been received. Casualties between the 12th and 2Sth October, of the force under Sir R. Sale, on their march through the Khoord Cahoot Pass to Gundamuck:— Killed.—Capt. Wyndham, 35th B. N. 1., Lieut. Jenkins, ditto; Ensign King, her Majesty's 13th L. I. Wounded.—Major-Gen. Sir R. Sale, commanding; Capt. Wade, staff; Lieut. Mein, her Majesty's 13th L. I. ; Lieut. Oakes, ditto; Lieut. Frere, ditto ; Licut. Jennings, ditto; Lieut. Holcombe, ditto; Lieut. Rattray, ditto; Capt. Younghusband, 35th B. N. I.; Lieut. Coombs, ditto ; Lieut. Orr, sappers and miners. Capt. J. G. Gerard, Ist B. E. L. 1., wounded on retreat from Gundamuck to Jellalabad. Capt. J. Woodburn, 44th n. N. 1., S.S. F., killed near Ghurnee 3d November. Between the 3d and 17th November, at Cahoot : Killed.—Sir A. Burnes, Bombay, N. 1., political resident; Lieut. Burnes, ditto, political agent, Ghuznee ; Captain Swayne, H.M., 44th regiment; Captain Robinson, ditto; Lieut. Rabat], ditto; Captain Maule, artillery ; Lieuts. H. M. Wheeler, 45th B. N.I. , E. W. Salisbury, Ist B. E.L.1., W. Broadfoot, ditto, Shah's force ; Ensign T. W. Gardon, 37th B I. ; Limit. C. Codrington, 411th B. N.I. ; I,ieut. C. Rattray, 20th B. N.I. Wounded.—Captain Bott, sth Bengal cavalry; Lieut. Eyre, B. artillery ; Lieut. Evans, her Majesty's 44th foot ; Captain Mackenzie, pay department ; Lieut. Sturt, B. engineers ; Lieut. Waller, B. artillery; Lieut. Warburton, B. artillery. • Between the 17th Nov. and 25th Dec., at Cabool exertion to store our magazines with grain from the adjacent vil lages. I enclose reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Dennie and Cap tain Oldfield, and casualty returns from the 11th to the 14th inst. inclusive. I have, fee. Killed.—Col. Oliver, sth 8.N.1.; Captain Mackintosh, ditto; Captain Laing, 37th ditto ; Captain Walker, ditto ; Col. Mackrell, her Majesty's 44th foot ; Capt Westmacott, 37th 8.N.1. On the 25th Dec., at Cabool : Killcd.—Sir Wm. Hay Macnaghten, Envoy; Capt. Trevor, 3d Bengal cavalry. R. SALE, Major-General, commanding Jellalabad. P. CRAIGIE, Deputy -Adjutant-General. The following is the official announcement of the murder of Sir William Macnaghten Lieut. Hamilton, sth cavalry; Captains C. Troup, 48th 8.N.1., and H. Johnson, 26th 8.N.1., reported killed, uncertain, though they are musing. Major Eldred Pottinger and Lieut. Haughton, 31st 8.N.1., wounded. In the hands of the enemy.—Capt. Drummond ; Lieut. J. B. Conolly, 20th 8.N.1. ; Lieut. Lawrence, Bengal cavalry, officiating Military Secretary to Envoy; Capt. Sir A. Mackenzie, 48th 8.N.1.; Ensign Rosc, 54th 8.N.1. Capt. Golding, commanding Janbaz corps, murdered by his men, at Candahar ; and Lieut. Patterson, severely wounded. " OINERAL DEPARTMENT. " Bombay Castle, Jan. 21, 1842. " GENERAL ORDERS BY THE HON. THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL. " It is with the most unfeigned sorrow that the Honourable the Governor in Council announces that authentic intelligence has been received of the assassination of his Excellency Sir William Hay Macnaghten, Bart., Envoy and Minister at the Court of his Majesty Schah Soojah-ool.Moolk, and the Governor elect of this Presidency. _ " This atrocious crime was perpetrated at Cabool on the 25th of December last, during a conference to which his Excellency had been invited by the leaders of the insurrection at that place, under the pretence of arranging terms of accommodation with his Ma jesty Schah Soojah.ool-Moolk. ` Higher authority will pronounce the eulogium so justly due to the eminent talents and distinguished services of this lamented public functionary. But whilst this Government abstains from tree. passing on this ground, it cannot refrain, amidst the most unfeigned grief, from resrding almost the last public act of Sir William Hay Macnaghten's life. When terms dishonourable to the British arms were proposed by the leaders of the insurrection at Cabool, his Excellency heroically replied, ' That death is preferable to dis honour ; that we put our trust in the God of battles, and in His name we defy our enemies., " In consequence of this melanoholy event, the flag at the Castle is to be hoisted N.lf.staff high to.morrow morning at sunrise, continuing so until sunset, and minute guns, to the number of seventeen (the nu mbcr appointed for the rank of the deceased), to be fired from on the fl ag b e i ng h o i sted, the same ceremony the Hon. C ompany ' s vessels of war in harbour, being under b observed ys'us ouch arrangement as the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, mssy direct. "; Similar marks of respect will be paid to the memory of Sir W. H. Macnaghten at all the principal military stations subordinate to this Government, on the receipt of these orders. " The Governor in Council is further pleased to direct that mourning be worn by the officers of her Majesty's and. the Hon. Company's civil, military, and naval services of this Presidency, for a period of three weeks from this date—an example which Government confidently expects will be generally followed by all other portions of the community. " By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, " J. P. WILLOUGHBY, " Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government." COMMERCIAL REPORT. (From the BoMbay Times of Jan. 29.) There has been very little business transacted during the week. Money continues scarce, and symptoms of tightness are beginning to be apparent in the fail of the internal exchanges. The rate on Eng'ar.d, however, keeps steady, owing to the paucity of shipments. Cotton has nominally fallen in price, but it is as yet much too high to be touched; and it is generally believed it must fall much more. Freights to Great Britain may be quoted at 2/. 15s. per ton. Exchange on London, 245. Otel., six months' sight ; on Calcutta, 97, at thirty days' sight. THE BOMBAY MARKET, SATURDAY, JAN. 29. THE PRODUCE OF INDIA, CHIN•, PERSIA, &C.-Bees wax, 68rs. per cwt. Cotton, per cdy. 7 cwt.-Surat and Broach, 90rs. to 96rs. ; Dolerah Gogo, 88rs. to 90rs. ; Oomravutty, 9Ors. to 95r5.; Comptah, 85rs. ; Porachee, BOrs. to 82rs. Coffee, per md. 41- 061b.-Mocha, 12rs. ; Malabar, Brs. Cocoa-nuts, 1,250, 18rs. to 2Ora. Cocoa-nut Oil, 281 b., 2irsr Elephants' Teeth, md., 37,51b.-Large, 82rs. to 83rs. ; mid., 60rs. to 75rs. ; small, 35rs. to 55rs. Hemp, per cdy. 5k cwt.-Concan, 37rs. to 58rs. ; Calicut, 49rs. to 41rs. ; Ghatee, 30rs. to 32rs. Indigo, per Ind. 411 b.; 24rs. to 26rs. M. O'Pr. Shells per cwt., 7rs. to lOrs. Pepper. per cdy. 5* cwt.-Malabar, 77rs. to 73ra.; Butcole, SOrs. Opium, per chest 1401b.-Malwa, 665r5. to 680 rs. Saltpetre, per bag lkewt. 16rs. to 17rs. Wood, per cdy. 54 cwt.-Sappan Malabar, 2Ors. to 22rs. Dhanasaree, 30 to 32rs. ; Sandal, 60 to 135 rs. ; Ebony, 9 to 10 rs. Wool-Khorassan, 105 ; Macron, SO.to 90 ; Marwar, 100 to 105 ; Cutch, 100 to 105 rs. Tortoise.shell, per lb.-Large, 10 to 12; small, sto 8. Drugs, per cwt.-Aloes, Socotrine, 50 rs. Met.:ll - per cwt.-Tiles, 53/ to 54 ; Sheathing, 64 ; thick sheet, 64 ; bottoms, 63 to 64 ; South American, 58 fo 39 ; old copper, 57. Iron, per cdy. 74641b.-Swedish bar, 50 rs. ; British bar, 28 rs..; rod fur nails, 32rs. to 40rs. Iron, per cwt.-Sheet, 51rs. to 6rs. ; hoop, 5 1 Ars. ; nails, assorted, 12rs. to I4rs. Steel, per cwt.-:we dish keg and Swedish fagot, llirs. to 12rs. Lead, per cwt.-Pip, 12rs. tol2irs.; sheet, llirs. ; red, lOrs. ; white; 12rs.; patent shot, llrs. to 12rs. Tin Plates, per box, 16rs. to !qrs. Marine Stores--Canvas, bleached, 16rs.; Cordage, per cwt., 25rs. Twine, per lb.. 8 annas. Provi,ions, per tierce-Prime Beef and Pork, 40rs. Pitch, per barrel, 6rs. to 7rs. Paints, per cwt., Ills. to 12rs. Tar, Stockholm and Coal, per cwt., II rs. Cotton Yarn-Mule twist, No. 20, per lb., 6 to 61rs. ; 30, 8i; 40, 81 to 9 ; 50, 91 ; 60, 10k; 70, 10k; 80 to 100, 11 to 13 rs. Ale and Beer-Ale, per hhd, Allsopd's, Bass's, Tennant's, Hodgson's, others, nominal. Castor Oil, 24 to 21 per 281 b. Colombo-roots, •6 to 7 per cwt. Senna-leaves, 6to 61 per cwt. Sago, 7 per cwt. Safflower, at. md, new, 3to 4. Gums (garbled), per cwt.-ammoniac, none; animi, 50; arabic, 18 to 19,k ; asafoetida, 15 to 16 ; benjamin, first per at., md. 25 to 25; second, per st. and , 15 to 20; myrrh, per cwt., 85 to 90 ; olibanum, 84 to 88 ; gamboge, 100 to 110 ; tumeric, per cwt., 8 to 10 rs. Lignea, per lb., 110 to 112 rs. Cardamoms, md., 37 b ; short, 42 rupees ; long Malabar, 30 to 31 rupees. c C u l°S : e c b i s c s , Els p ; e & r :c ro --- d. C , 41.061 b ; Bourbourn, 25 to 28 rupees, none. , per ditto, Bto 9 rupees. Nutmegs, per lb., 1 rupee. Mace, per ditto, 14 to 2; rupees. Silk, per seer, 1 8661 b. China nankin, none. Canton, No. 1, 11 to 12 rupees; No. 2, 10 to 10} rupees ; No. 3,9 to JO rupees ; No. 4, 6 rupees; No. 5,2 to .4 rupees. Persian, 9rs. to JOrs. Bengal, Itadnagore, &c., 9rs. to lOrs. ; Low qualities. qrs. to 6rs. SUGAR.- China,:per md. 38A1b. , , white superfine, 51r5..t0:51r5.; 2d sort, 3lrs. to 4rs. Manilla, fine, none. Bengal, per bag 1681 b . 20rs. to 21rs.; 2d sort, 12rs. to 17rs.; 3d sort, lOrs. to 11 re. Siam, per md. 38i1b.-Fme, 4trs. ; 2d sort, 4rs. WINES, &c.-Madeira, L.P., per pipe, 150 rs. to 500r5.; Sherry, per but, 150 rs. to 300 rs. ; ditto, per dozen, 6rs. to 18rs. Brandy, per gallon, qrs. Gin, per gallon, lr. to lint. Bottles, quart, per dozen, 10 to 14rs., pint, 14rs. to 15rs. SUNDRIES, per lb.-Cochineal, 2to 2i-rs. Gunpowder, to 14rs. Hams , good s Yorkshire, I, to ire. Cheese, Pine, to Ira. Saffron, 17 to 18rs. Corks, per gross, 11 to 2lrs. Freight.-London, '2l. 15s. ; Liverpool, 21. 153. ; Clyde, N. ship; hina, 18 to 19rs.; ditto, opium, 4i to 5 dollars : clipper, 6 to 6i dollars. Exchanges-London, 6 months, 2s. Old. to 2s. Bd.; 30 days, Is. I lid. Calcutta, 30 days, 975. Madras, 30 days, 9Ehs. Can ton, 30 days. NOTIFICATION. Fort William, Secret Department, Dec. 24, 1841. The Right lion. the Governor-General of India in Council has great satisfaction in publishing for general information the fol. lowing copies of despatches from Major. General Sir Robert Sale, K.C.8., the first dated the 18th ult., detailing the circumstances attending the march of the force under his command from Gunda. muck to Jellalabad, and of a most successful attack made upon the rebels before the latter place on the 14th tilt. ; the second, dated the 2d inst., reporting the brilliant success of a detachment from the force collected at Jellalabad in routing, on the preceding day, a large body of insurgents at that place. By order of the Right Hon. the Goverstor.General of India in Council, T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R. SALE, E.C.13 , COMMANDING AT JEL LALARAD, TO MAJOR P. CRAIG'S, ACTING ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY, DATE JELLALAB•D, Nov. 18, 1841. Sir,—The troops under my command reached this city on the 12th inst. It illustrates in a painful manner the excitement of the mind of the people against us at this period, to relate that my decamping from Gundamuck on the II th was the signal for the commencement of a scene of shameful defection amongst the irro. gular troops, and a general insurrection of the surrounding Kheils, which had before remained quiescent. Brevet Captain Gerard, of Captain Ferris's corps of Jezailchees, had been in. trusted with the duty of holding the Fort of the Urz Begee. The engineers blew up, under my instructions, two of its bastions, and though an accidental fire prevented the demoli tion of the other two, the ruin of the place was nearly effected by the conflagration. But as the irregulars retired towards the can tonment of Gundamuck, they were attacked by the Ooloose of the Mamoo Kheil, who had before been so submissive. In this mo ment of need the Jezailchees behaved admirably, but Captain Gerard found himself deserted by the whole of the Janhazes, who, secured by their native Commandant, Noorooddeen, a traitor fns. serest in the Shah's family at Loddianah, went over to the enemy almost at the same moment. Captain Burns's corps of Khyberees showed symptoms of disaffection, arid though a portion of them were kept around their colours, it was soon seen that a retreat from Gunda muck, which the Ooloose of the whole country were attacking, had become inevitable. The cantonment was plundered by the mutineers, who, in their breathless haste to destroy it, blew up its magazine and many of themselves with it. Captain Burns's two field-pieces were spiked and abandoned near Alec Murdan Khan's bridge, and three hours after nightfall the debris of the irregulars came in full and disorderly retreat into my camp at Futtihabad. My own line of march on the llth was no otherwise interrupted than by the attacks of bodies of plunderers on the baggage, who received signal punishment from our preCautionary parties ; but as the camp broke up on the 12th, from 2,000 to 3,000 armed men began to close round our troops and loaded ani mals, and these were joined by the whole population successively on the line of march. Lieut.. Colonel Dennis commanded the rear.guard. He retired slowly before the enemy, repelling him by skirmishers and cannon as long as the ground continued abrupt and rugged. But on approaching the plains he commenced to manceuvre, with the view of drawing them into an action on the level; their boldness favoured his stratagem, and foreseeing this result, I had despatched the Rissalah of the Schah's horse to rein. force him. At length the desired moment arrived, and the Lieu.. tenant-Colonel directed Captain Oldfield. of the sth Light Cavalry, and Lieutenant Mayne, of the Schah's 2d, to make a combined charge against the Ooloose. This was executed with great rapidity and resolution, and in very compact order, and in a few minutes upwards of 100 of the A ffghan matchlockmen were sabred and shot, and the rest driven in irremediable confusion to the heights. It was ascertained on the spot that the Ooloose had left in the course of the whole affair 150 dead on the field, and the proportion of their wounded must have been heavy. After this salutary lesson their efforts to annoy our column on their route up to the walls of this place were cautious and feeble. The defences of Jellalabad consist of a mud enceinte of upwards of 2,000 yards of.weak curtains and round towers which have a narrow rampart, of no sufficient parapet. On the northern face the profile is less bold than elsewhere, and there was excellent cover for an enemy within pisiol shot. On the evening of the I2th our infantry occupied the gates and the ill.constructed citadel, whilst the artillery and cavalry were dispersed to the enclosures adjacent to the residences of the King, and Envoy, and Minister, without the walls. On the morning of the 13th some regular occupation was taken of the place. Troops were posted in the whole of its bastions. The two infantry corps were established in the citadel, the artillery on an open space in front of it, and the cavalry in 'the Schah's garden. Abont 250 of the Khyberees had returned steadily Jo their allegiance, the Jezailchees were emulating the regular battalions in zeal and courage, and un remitting efforts were made, by plying our intresiching tools, and the substitution of camel saddles for sand bags, to put the town into a state of decent defence. In the meantime the enemy in great force had assembled under the v ails to the southward and westward, whilst other masses came down from the direc tion of Sughman, crossed the river, and invested us closely to the northward, detaching parties to set fire to the cantonment raised at so great an expense in 1840. It had been in part burnt down the night before, and was now involved in a general conflagration. The enemy, masked by trees and old buildings, kept up an incessant fire of musketry against the Ovals, at a very short range, for upwards of 24 hours, by which our men sustained some loss behind their grow_ defences;big and, as it was desirable to diminish the consumption of provisions within the city, and there was reason to apprehend that the armed inhabitants would join in any attack made on us from without, I adopted the measures, first of permitting the we. men and children to withdraw, next of exclt:ding all strangers and suspicious persons, and finally of getting rid, as far as it was prac ticable, of the whole male population, excepting the shopkeepers, whose stay was valuable to us. On the morning of Sunday, the 14th, I determined to attempt to dislodge the enemy from a part of their position. I planted for this purpose a force consisting of 300 men of the 13th, 300 of the 35th, 100 Sappers, three guns of Captain Abbott's battery, the whole of the cavalry, and 200 Khyberees, at the disposal of Lieut... Colonel Monteath, C. 8., and directed him to sally from the town and assail that part of the enemy's line from which I was most desirous of exp e lli ng them I beg to forward'his report of the very gallant affhir which f ollowed, and which I had the satisfaction of wit. nesting from the walls. This spirited attack upon notitwer than 5,000 mess hasiwholly broken up the enemy's investment, and we have from that hour scarcely seen an armed Afghan in our neighbourhood. We have availed ourselves of this Pause to .put the walls into a state. of defence, which will, I trust, ena bl e us to defy the efforts of any Asiatic force unaided by siege' artillery, and - are using every Prices of Bullion—Sovereigns, each, 1 0.13r5. to 1 0.15r5. Bank of England Notes, per £, 10.13r5. to 10.15r5. Spanish dollars, per 100, 220 to 220irs. German Crown, per 100, 214 rs. to 215 rs. Syce Silver, per 100 iota, 103jrs. Gold Leaf, per tola, Mira. Government Securities—Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, 108 to 109. Second Five per Cent. Loan, par to per tent. premium. Four per Cent. Loan, 89. 13ank Shares, 23 per cent, premium. MURDER OP SIR A. BURNES JELLALABAD, JAN. 5, 1842.—A brother of the jemadar of company i s a juzailchee, in th e Sh a h' s own service, and has been the bearer o f t h e two last letter s rece i ved, and of their answers, a man of great courl3 • a c He tells m e h e was with the party who sallied to Burnes's rescue from the Baler Hissar, and h e was woun d e d a t Burnes'-gate. The attack on B urnes ' h ouse was ma d e b efore daylight in the morning, and on the news reaching the King, he immediately sent the wazeer Nazamondowla with a force to assist him. They penetrated the town, and drove the enemy from the street Burnes lived in, but could not enter,as th e gateway was i n fl ames, and part of the house. While striving to enter, the enemy rallied, and drove them back. At this time my informant was wounded. One of the King's sons, a youth remarkable for bravery, brought reinforcements, and again penetrated the town as far as Burnes, and beyond it, but found all over, and retired. The Shah's people lost some hundred men. When party reached th e gate, B urnes ' b ody was lying in the stre t e h t e before first it, hacked nearly to pieces —but a furious fi g ht wa s going on still in the house, and the cry was, that the other Feringhee and some sepoys were sti 1 defending a room high up. He says they heard them amidst the crackling of the fire, and the shouts of both parties, and could easily distinguish the f i re from the gardens and courtyard below, and the return from the house. It seemed on both sides quite steady; it was, as he says, a very strong battle. While all were crying out to try going round to the other side to get in, the waggecr ordered a retreat, and they were furiously pursued. This was not with the second attack under the Prince; but, he says, they learned from the town's people that after their repulse, the people who had hitherto abstained from setting fire to all the house in order to secure the plunder, now carried wood and straw into the lower roams and staircases, and set them on fire, and that on the flames and smoke reaching the upper rooms the Fcringhee, with a few sepoys, suddenly threw open the doors and rushed out upon the enemy, but the latter being pre pared for this overwhelmed them at once by reifies from parties placed in readiness to fire into them whenever it should open. This fcringhee was William, beyond question, both from its being what I feel as sure would happen as if I had seen it, and from the man saying he understood always that it was not young Burnes, whom he says he understood to have been killed early in the affair, but not with his elder brother. All accounts state the resistance as desperate as prolonged ; but one thing cannot but strike you, the Baler Hisser adjoins the city on one side, the cantonments on the west. If the wazeer could penetrate to Burnes, why could not the troops ? Did they try it ? John M'Kenzie, too, was on the skirts of the city in an old fort, not very far from the cantonments. For two days he fought, having about 100 men, and then cut his way to our large fo'ce, who (Pa not seem able to cut theirs to him Burnes' party was one havildar, one naik, and twelve sepoys, and next door, but without communica. tion, were thirty sepoys over the pay.office of the Shah's force— these are said to have been first overpowered to obtain the treasure, CIIIN A. any inte poThssesesacitacourcentisyare almost purelyDeeem December, mbyertchiem,Faanledo,n beyond from d M t a h e a a t o ; We have intelligence from China, v i a C a l cu tt a, up to the 13th rest. The trade, such as it was, remained open; but the arrival of Sir Henry Pottinger was expected every day; and as the Chi. nese had been carrying on their defensive preparations with vigour ever since he left Canton, in direct violation of the terms of truce, a general impression prevailed tisat his return would be the signal for an immediate renewal of hostilities. Up to the 23d of Novem. ber—the latest date from ChUsan—the Plenipotentiary and the Admiral were both at Tinghae, and no movement had been made on Hang.chow.foo. Her 'Majesty's ship Cruiser was about to leave immediately for the southward with Sir Henry Pottinger, who, it was believed, had evinced much dissatisfaction at the conduct of the authorites at Hong. Kong, in refraining from chastising the Chinese for their presumptuous and daring infringement of the truce. Our next news from the Celestial Empire will thus, in aIJ likelihood, inform us of another attack on the " provincial city." The state of trade is most unsatisfactory. China produce, teas, silk, &c., is only procurable at high rates, while British imports are difficult of disposal at prices exceedingly low. The dulness of the market is increased by a scarcity of money, for the opium clippers from the coast bring nothing but sycee, which the manda. sins have of late given in payment for the opium purchased, in pre. ference to dollars. A million dollars has been extorted from the Hong merchants by the Imperial Commissioner at Canton, for "necessities of the State;" that is, to meet the expenses of erect_ . ing new fortifications, and repairing old ones, an employment in which the Chinese have, as before stated, been for some time past busily engaged. Numerous new forts have been built on the hills behind Canton, and others near Napier's and Howqua's fort, on Zan Junk River. These may be all looked upon as the fruits of the Canton trade ; and though it was insane in the Chinese to erect them, and will be easy for us to krock them down, the policy of our j having furnished the means of erection is very questionable. The order of the Admiral for the seizure of Goverrement junks has been fully carried out, and as our ships have in many instances seized small vessels, as well as large ones, a strong feeling is said to prevail against us in consequence. The construction of buildings, both public and private, is pro ceeding with m uc h activity at Hongkong. A bridle road, too, h as been put across the island to Tylam.bay, and a cart iage load com menced, Which is already several miles in length, and will very soon be completed, if we may judge by the vigour and celerity with which the work is carried on. Opinions still differ as regards the climate ef our new settlement. Preparations are making for sending strong reinforcements to China both from Bengal and Madras. A regiment of volunteers 8 00 strong, w ill b e embo di e d in the former presiden cy, whilst three ' native regiments, with details of horse and foot artillery, Will pro ceed from the latter. The 2d, 6th, and 17th are the corps selected for service, and two others have received orders to hold In readi ness to proceed, If required. Five hundred gun lascars are also to be furnished by Madras, and the sappers and miners previously sent arc to be completed, and reinforced by 200 men. The iron steamers Medusa and Ariadne, whic h left r ornbay for China on the 29th cSSeptember last, have had narrow escapes from wreck. When about 120 miles from Mania , the latter vessel, having burnt out her fuel, parted coma any, for the purpq,e of cc. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 10, 1842. turning to Singapore. The Medusa reached Manilla, and there ob. tained fuel, which, though plentiful,was of a bad description. She took her departure thence on the 9th of November, and on the 13th encountered a heavy gale off the Great Ladrones, in which all her furl was again expended. The compasses here shifted two points, and on the 14th the little vessel was in Hanian North Bay, in a most perilous situation, amidst breakers and seas running moun. tains high. The ship's bulwarks were now broken up, to provide the means of escape; and after two hours' steaming she was out of danger. Ultimately the Medusa arrived safely at Singapore ; but the Ariadne, which it was expected would be found there, had not been seen or heard of, and much apprehension was in consequence felt for her safety. We learn from our last advices from Macao that she was picked up at sea by a sailing vessel and towed to that post, so that she will doubtless see some service with the expedition before her consort (which, in pursance of the orders left at Singe. pore by the Forbes, is about to proceed to Moulmein) makes her appearance in the Chinese seas. THE TEA MARKET. (From the Bombay Courier.) The following extracts from Maeao and Singapore letters will prove interesting to our commercial readers : " Macao, Dec. 10, 1841, " Imports are lower than ever in Canton, and can only be rcalsed on taking the value in teas; the prices are as follows : Common congou, 26 taels ; blackish leaf common to good, 28 to 29; ditto strong, 30 to 31 ; ditto mixed, pekoe flavour, 34; twankay, common, 24 ; fine, 28 to 30 ; bohea, 21 tact, ; and other descriptions in proportion. As yet no silk has arrived in Canton, and the Chinese say that 340 bales will be the most offering this season, the crop being very small. Teas, on the contrary, are in abundant supply, but a good deal inferior to last season, chiefly owing to hasty making up. The quantity gone and going is considerable, owing to the competition to secure the best chops of the season. But, although exports may not be checked by strictly blockading Canton, there is strong probability that shipments will fall off, as many parties will not submit to the actual low prices for goods; while Iv eping in mind the large tea export of the 18th of April, they must entertain fears of unfavourable proceeds for present purchases. Prices must fall in Canton, but not sufficiently to induce large imports, as there does not appear any chance for a speedy advance in the valqe of goods. The best long cloths are worth 2. 7. 5, Spanish stripes, 1. 15. Long ells, 650t0 7 Spanish dollars; and yarn, say half mule, half water, Nos. 16 to 24, 22 to 24 Spanish dollars; Nos. 26 to 40, 28 Spanish dollars per picul. " Though freights are low, say 5/. from Whampoa and 4/. lop& ing outside, there is very little speculative demand for teas, but the Americans, and one or two other parties, requiring to load ships are in want of money, and though the rate of exchange on London, bills at six months' sight, is only 4s. 10d. by last transac tions, an advance of ss. is expected, as dollars are very scarce, the opiurn.clippers bringing nothing from the coast but sycee, which they get at 4 to 5 premium, while the Canton people (wanting dol. lars) will only take it at 3 per cent. discount. This sudden and extensive change in the mode of payment for opium probably is owing to the monied men of the country, who fear the times, and the Mandarins laying by their means in dollars, as being the less bulky article. " A good deal of attention has lately been given by houses here to Hong •Kong, but their earnest desire to build, or otherwise invest property there, is much checked by the want of a decision from Government, or Sir H. Pottingcr, as to whether that place will be held after the conclusion of the war. " The market for the drug has lately been dull here, and prices may now be quoted—Patna, 440 Spanish dollars ; Benares, 425 to 430 Spanish dollars; and Idalwa, 340 Spanish dollars. " SINGAPORE, DEC. 24, "As the Sylph will probably be the last vessel in China for the arrival of opium from the first sale, we think our present rates will decline. Benares may be quoted at 410 to 415 Spanish dollars; Malwa, 350 Spanish dollars; Turkey, 330 Spanish dollars. The market is overstocked with cotton intended for the China junks, but considerable doubts exist as to their coming this season, in which case a fearful fall may be expected. Indian imports of every description are exceedingly dull ; Lut China articles coLtinue in gteat request. Good cassia commands 12i to 121 Spanish dollars ; camphor, 42; junk tea, 8 to 9. Straits articles are plentiful. Pepper may be had as low as 490 to 51 Spanish dollars per picul ; Gambier, 2to 2 1 ; pearl sago, 10; tin 16 lA. Exchange on England, 4s. Bd., on Calcutta, 220. Freights, 41. to Si. 10s. per ton." Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Corn-law Bill was read a second time this morning, after a division, on which the unto hers were— for the second reading 284, against it 176. This result was fully expected, and no person hoped for anything di&rent. The debate was not otherwie than dull on the whole, though Lord Howlett. made a sensible speech, and Mr. SHIM threw a little of his ani mation over the subject. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, (0:), spoke well, and spoke for principles, but he was followed by Sir R. PEEL, who spoke for party and rubbed off some of the fresh polish which the Noble Lord had given to his old opinions. It was, on the one hand, very unsatisfactory to us to find that the most effective argu ments in favour of the bill were borrowed from the Whig armoury ; and very satisfactory on the other, to percdive that nothing better could be said in favour of the law than some foolish sayings and admissions of the Whigs when they were in office. The detection of their fallacies and the exposure of their inconsistencies were reckoned up by the House as so many arguments for Sir - ROBERT PEEL'S Bill, but they will not be so considered by the country. Though the cause of Corn-law abolition has been temporarily damaged by their advocacy, it is of itself too true, and too good, not to triumph, in spite of its friends as well as of its foes. We presume, however, that with this division all serious opposition to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill has come to an end in the Commons. The country seems to have little• inclination to support the extreme opposition recom mended at Manchester. Neither Leeds nor Glas gow, nor any other great town has followed its example. An opposition in Parliament, under such circumstances, which would be fruitless, would be regarded by the country as factious, and would damage that cause out of doors which must there first gain supporters, and must there be completely successful. 1 The public will learn with satisfaction that a motion, the object of which is to do away with the fatal practice of burying the dead in large towns was agreed to On 'Toes. day night in the House of Commons without one dis. sentient voice. All now admit the evil, and the only point, therefore, to be considered is the remedy. As the Government approve of the plan, and no doubt are anxious that the expense- of interment should be made reasonable, especially for the lower classes, we suggest that grants be made out of the Crown lands and commons around London, for this sacred purpose. A cemetery like that of Fere La Chaise, or Kensall Green, would give a character, as well as add beauty to many of these tracts, and the value of a few acres, is so trifling that no sound objection could be made by the lord of the manor, or those who have the right of common. The object too is for the benefit of ad, and besides conferring a boon on the poor, a clause to this effect in the General Cemetries' Bill would effectually prevent jobbings in land, and all at tempts at monopoly so justly anticipated. Would Sir JAMES GRATIAm cordially support such a plan, and at the same time cut down the demands of the Bishops for clerical fees to the lowest possible amount, he would cover a multitude of his sins. There is no news of the slightest political interesi in the Paris Journals received this morning. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, MARCH 7. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pm.. Frier. French 5 per Cents ll7 50 ... 117 50 1,7 40 117 40 4 ver Cent,. 3 per Cent, BO 50 ell 55 ... 86 45 80 55 Loan Sank °I /trance L.imttc Bank 1.0044. SI ares 11 . 25 ...l( 25 ...1( 25 5,c001 8: arcs t 045 ...5045 50,2 t ...5042 50 Selginn Bank ........... 120 . 8,5 .. S2O 825 1811 .. P 57 50 ...1000 .. 157 50 ...1001 Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 -Cri Cents., 1840 116% ... 1(16% ... 116% ... 106% •onish Active . Passive ... 5% ... ... 5% N eap o litan Rowan RAILWAY SHARES. st. Germain Versailles, 11. 11 965 ... 265 ... 360 365 L.B 222 50 ... 222 50 .. 218 ... <2URouens?s ... 527 50 522 50 ... 527 0 (Means .. The Report of the Cobbett Club Anniversary, Dr. Reid's Lectures on Chemistry, and some of the Assize [ntelligence, we are obliged to postpone on account of .he length of the Debate in thr House of Commons and he News from the East. Mr. Benjamin D'lsraeli would do tsell to stick to his old trade of fashionable novel-writing, and not trouble his head about politics, with which he is evidently very imperfectly acquainted. We always read his light, flip pant dialogues, and sketches of great folks at the West end, with pleasure, because the themes are just such as suit his lofty ca p ac i ty for fiction ; we defer, too, to his eloquent cr i t i c i sms on implicit dress ; and place faith in his views on the important subject of gastronomy, as propoanded in thos e surprising tales " Vivian Grey," and the "Young Duke;" but, when quitting this congenial walk of mind, he ven tures into the political arena, and rises among the Fer rands and the Borthwicks—kindred spirits !—to en lighten St. Stephen's by his eloquence, his position and his rhetoric alike remind us of the prophet's exclamation in Holy Writ, " So, among the simple ones, I beheld a young man void of understanding !" We defy any one who _heard Mr. D'lsraeli's speech on Tuesday night in the House, n o t t o come to the conclusion that he is in the same distressing predicament as the " young man" alluded to in Scripture. Though his theme, generally speaking, was by no means a bad one, yet he utterly marred it by his rambling and illogical mode of treatment. His most carefully elaborated points all failed, notwithstanding his boast that he had devoted a long time to the consideration of the question ; and the bolt whi c h h e l aunc h ed against Lord Palmerston—and which he e v id en tl y t h ought would be a crushing one— recoiled with tenfold force upon his own head. " E, EA ItTIIQUAKE."—A. Morning Contemporary states that " the last prophecy for the destruction of the metropolis by an earthquake, which met very ex tensive belief, was about the year 1720." This is not correct. The last prophecy- was about the year 1762 or 1763, shortly after the accession of George the Third ; and it originated with a crazy Methodist sol dier, who publicly proclaimed in the streets the ap proaching catastrophe. His prediction was believed in, not only by th lower classes of society, but by the higher and more enlightened, hundreds of whom packed up bag and baggage, and quitted London in all possible haste. The day previou3 to the prophesied catas trophe, town resembled a desert ; the river was crowded with refugees of all classes ; • not a house, lodging, or shed in Hampstead, Highgate, Crreei wieh, Deptford, and the adjacent towns and vil lages, but w as th ronge d to overflowing ; and thousands o f poor people, unable to obtain the shel ter of a roof, actua ll y bi vouacked in the fields 1 *While the panic was at its height, the celebrated . pres,chyr, Whitfield, add resse d an i mmense congregation atinl night, in the midst of a thunder-storm, in Hyde ,Part, and is reported to haVe produced an effect on his mt,..tley • audience that h as never b een surpasse d, before or sit lee. Itis lamentabl e t o re fl ect OW—notwithstanding ,:the • ~\€: `4 4 ;.,- ),)".,...-‘,. -- 70, 4t,,,,t, ' - 4 ce ~ . .•40 ; _..,r,- -g ;AA: ,j..,,,i t o 7-;-I':We.. _4 ~,,:* ' : . A Act. • ~, _1777,4, Th,,.ium0w,05,77.7„, , , , , . 4 - '"4 , ..4_•,:N ' , --,, z ,,,-. ~,,. ;.1 , --- \ • etit LONDON THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1842. INDIA AND CHINA. IMPORTANT N EWS. Lamentable, indeed, is the news brought by the Over land Mall from India. According to one letter from Bombay, of the Ist ult. the whole of the British army in Atfghanistan, consisting of her Majesty's 44th regiment of foot, and detachments of five native regiments, to the number of 5,400 men, besides camp followers, were reported to have been cut to pieces. After the assas sination of the brave Sir Wm. MACNAGHTEN, on the of December, whose head was cut off and paraded on a pole through the streets of Ca bool, and afterwards stuck on the wall in derision, the British troops, according to this letter, evacuated the city, and endeavoured to effect a retreat. From letters reported to be received on the Ist February, in Bombay, dated from Jellalabad, the 7th of January, it would appear that they evacuated Cabool on the 29th of December, and before reaching the fatal hoord Cabool Pass, seventeen miles from the city, they were surrounded by the whole insurgent army, amounting to about 20,000 men. The British troops perishing with hunger, wading through deep snow, and with not twenty rounds of cartridgei, fought bravely for three days, but in the end nearly the whole of them were slaughtered. One account states that it was a perfect massacre, the unfortunate soldiers wading through the deep snow being shot dow n like snipes. An officer who escaped to Jellalabad re ported that he saw seven of his companions coolly butchered by the Affghans ; that he did not. think a man would escape alive ; and that sixteen ladies, in cluding Lady MACNAGHTEN, all wives of British officers were made prisoners by the Affghans, who after being subjected to the most dreadful outrages, would probably be offered as a ransom for Don' MAHomF.D KHAN, the prisoner of the British Government in India. Such is the most gloomy news from India, brought by the Overland Mail. Resting as it does upon statements in native letters, there can be but little doubt that it is much exaggerated. The BoMbay Government had not received &sputa< s from Cabool of a later date than the 25th of December, at which time the army expected to hold out till the arrival of re-in f .rcements from Sir Ron Ear SALE'S camp, at J •llalabad, a distance of ninety mi es. f The road be' ween Caboul and Jellalabad lies through a series of tremendous defiles cov ered with snow, tad penetra'ed with difficulty, even when there is no t;_)e to contend with. To the:pass of Khoord Cabool there is an almost perpendicular ascent of 1,100 - feet, the pass itself is six miles long, and not exceeding two hundred yards in the -broadest place. A river _runs through it which crosses the road twenty. three times, thus creating an additional impediment to the march of an army. The country around the pass is rugged, rocky, and full of steep pre cipices, so as to be at all seasons neatly impassible .by an army. Taking, therefore, all the difficulties of a march from Jellalabad to Cabool into consideration ; reffixtinF,. too, upon the distressed condition of the troops in Cabool, as shown by Sir WILLIAM MAcNACHTEN'S consentinr , to treat about the evacuation of that city, we are forced to admit the probability of much of the terrible accounts supplied by the Aflghan correspondents of the Anglo•lndian journals. There were.lo,ooo British troops at Candahar, but they could not reach Cabool for some weeks. The murder of our excellent Envoy Sir WILLIAM MACNAGIITEN produced the most wide-spread sorrow in India. Never did the Indian Government lose . , a more valuable and more universally, beloved public servant. The sad intelligence was announced to the public by a " General Order" of the Governor in Council, dated the 21st of January, which directed mourning to be worn by the officers of the Civil, Military, and Naval Services of the Pre,ideney of Bombay, for a period of three weeks. We have not space. to-day for the whole of General Sir ROBERT SALE'S Despatches from Jellalabad, but the one to which we have given insertion proves how impossible it was for that officer to attempt a forced march upon Cabool. The Gallant General NI as surrounded by enemies who harrassed him 'day, and night, nor could he depend upon the fidelity of a single ally, from the moment his services' appeared essential to the progress of our arms. The JaubYzees, when ordered to charge the enemy, deserted to them, as did most of the Shah's troops, although in every attack our forces were victorious. The Jaubazees, before deserting, murdered their officer, Lietenant GOLDING, of the 2d European Regiment. Strong re-inforcements were, however, on their way from India. Our allies, the Sikhs, have granted us a pas sage through their country. Colonel WILDE's brigade was at the 7th of December, at Khybur Pass, waiting the arrival of General PoLLoCK, who was to take the command of the re-inforeements, consisting of her Majes ty's 9th Regiment, 26th Native Infantry, a Company of the 60th Native Infantry, the recruits of her Majesty's 13th and 44th, the 10 Light Company, a squailion of ir regular cavalry, awl a detail of artillery, with three 9- poundeN, and a 24-pounder howitzer to reach Jellalabad before the advance of General Sir R. SALE upon Cabool, a nd ti l 's fi=rm a component cart of the army destined to revenge. the. murder of the Envoy. , . Amidst so many disasters we are happy to learn that i v ithin the confines of our Indian territory tr a n qu illi t y happily prevails. From China the news of the 4th of D ecem b er. I t was reported then at Maeao that Sir lIENny l'orrixc 11 was returning to Hong Kong ereyaratory to taking signal vengeance upon Canton for infractions of the trace. His Excellency was reported to be much displeased 1 with Major-General I.3m;:atai. and Captain NIAS for having l ) f that tthe remained passive spectators of the bad improbable fidt Chinese It is therefore not at an Canton is by this time once more in possession of our troops, and if so, it is not six millions of dollars, wrung from Hong merchants, to be paid as a tax on tea by ourselves, that will ransom it. BOMBAY. I.—The intelligence by the present mail is the most gloomy disastrous that has ever been transmitted to Englat.d from the snores-at bun,- The nco s ummate wisdom _and prudence of the itl6riee b y the nuke ~__Elinfie of Wellington, the Marquis VVel and others, against the original boasted march of mind, and the general spread of edu cation—there are as many fools and ignoramuses now as there were eighty years ago, when not One out of a hundred could read or write, or count ten upon his fin gers ! The whole circumstances connected with the mad Methodist's prophecy, arc turned to mist humor ous account by Horace \Gip()lc in his Correspondence. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pubitc 4) pluton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN 44 Highly important and interesting news from India will be found In The Son of this day. It announces the entire destruction of the British army in Cabool. The proposal to inquire into the formation of the jury lists was rejected by the bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday. M. Guizot, though suffering from influenza, attended in his bureau to oppose it. PARLIAMENTARY. The Peers did not sit yesterday. Mr. Hutt, in presenting a petition from the Mayor and Al dermen of Hull, stated that the Corporation of that city had electe.l their own Magistrates from the time of Edward ill., but Sir J. Graham had lately altered that by inserting the names of eight gentlemen in the Commission. A new writ was issued for Southampton. The Commons were almost exclusively occupied by the Corn-keeping-nut Bill. On the motion to read it a second time, Lord Ebrington moved that it be put off for six months. A long debate ensued, in which Lord Howick, Sir C. Knatchbull, Mr. C. Buller, Mr. Shiel, Mr. Gladstone, Lord J. Russell. and Sir Robert Peel were the principal speakers, and which terminated at half. past one o'clock in a division, when the Bill was read a second time, and the House adjourned. PUBLIC IMPICOVMDIENTS. The new street at the back of Astley's late Theatre, which is to form a continuous line from the York road by Stangate-street to the walls of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Palace, is now nearly completed, and will shortly be opened to the public. LAW AND POLICE. At the Lincoln Assizes on Monday, Francis Jeffreys, a respectable fanner, aged 61, was tried for the murder of his wife on the 31st of January. The nephew of tke prisoner was the only witness ex amined; and, after giving evidence, which left no doubt that the unfortunate mar, had co.nmittcd the fatal deed, he stated facts which convinced the Judge and jury that his uncle was insane, and had been so for some time. fie was, therefor<aeluitted on the ground of insanity. At the Worcester Assizes, on the same day, William Pippin, in dicted for the murder of Riehatd Kington, at Severnstoke, on ti e IGth of December, win acquitted of the murder, but convicted t.f stealing from the body of the deceased a whip, a knife, and some tobacco, and sentenced to be transported for life. Six of the Wraxall burglars were tried at Salisbury on Monday, one of whom was acquitted, and the rest convicted and sentenced to he transported for life. The adjourned Sessions at Wakefield commenced yesterday. THEILWRICAL. The Ha) market Theatre closed on Tuesday, on which occasion the manager, Mr. Webster, delivered an address, wherein he observed that it had been the distinct aim of hit management "to restore legitimate comedy to the English stage," in which he trusted he had succeeded. He also alluded to the melancholy death of Power, whom he described " as one of the most genial comedians that ever trod the stage." Mr. Webster announced his intention of again opening on Easter Monday. The Italian Opera opens for the season on Saturday, March 12. Taglioni took her benefit a few days since at St. Peters. burgh._ After the performance the Emperor sent to her a splendid Sevigne in turquoises and diamonds, valued at - 10,000 roubles, rixscEzzaavilotys. The prophecy of the Earthquake has produced a sensation, not only in the East, but also at the West end of London. A man residing at Paddington, St. Mary.lc.bone, formerly a police con. stable, has sold a good business to provide the means for his leaving town ; and a clef k, holding a situation of 2001. per annum, residing in the same parish, has also resigned it for the purpose of escaping the threatened calamity. On March 9, 11466, David Rizzio was assassinated at Holy_ rood Palace. COURT CIRCULAR. ---- - The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, attended by -Colonel Buckley, visited her Majesty the Queen [Dowager yesterday, at 111ar1- borough Hou,e. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the British Institution vk ith a visit yester day. His Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an air ing yesterday forenoon to Highgate and its vicinity. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord Col ville and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Concert of An cient Music with his presence yesterday evening, at the Hano ver- squat e Rooms. tier Majesty, attended by the Countess of Dunmore, Vis count Hawarden, and Colonel Buckley, honoured Covent garden Theatre with her presence yesterday evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager was graciously pleased to sign the subscription-book for the Watermen Lightermen's Almshouses, at Pevige-common, near Sydenham ' which was submitted yesterday by Mr. H. E. Paine. Her Majesty has subscribed 100/. towards the erection of these almshouses. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House, and also the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave a dinner last eveninz, at Cambridge House, to the Directors of the Concert of Ancient Music. The company consisted of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Archbishop of York, Miss Vernon Harcourt, the Duke of Wellington, Earl and Countess Cawdor, Earl Howe, Lady Charles Somerset, Sir William Curtis, Sir George Clerk, and Mr. Bishop. After dinner the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and by the whole of his guests, went to the Hanover-square Rooms. The Royal Duke was the Dir!etor for the evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign- office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharneliffe, the Duke of Btu:clench, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of lladdington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knitehbull. The Council sat two hours. His Excellency Edward Everett, the American Minister, has removed hem Upper Grosvenor-street to 46 6 , Grosvenor place. Majeor-General Sir William and Lady Gomm have left Farre.ncc's Hotel, Belgrave-street, for Chester. MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The West India steamer was expected to have arrived before thi., and it is now generally believed has been detained longer than was anticipated, in order to bring the various branch mails from the southern parts of the United States, as well as from various parts of South America. Such an extensive plan of operations could not, by any possibility, be brought i:ito full play at once, and no doubt, as time affords room for ex perience, the arrangements will b_! perfected, sn as to a ff or d tie most important facilities to our western and even to our Aus tralian trade. The slisastrous intelligence from India by the Overland Mail has been the general theme of discussion here, and the most serious anxiety is felt for the result of such a loss of in fluence and command as has been occasioned by our reverses in Affghanistan. The China dispute, it is also now feared, will be a very protracted one ; and tea is advancing in conseqn, nee. Company's Congou is about 2s. per lb. cash, and other sortA in proportion. The Funds were flat to-day, and the operations were not upon an extensive scale. The Foreign Stocks, as well as the Railway S area, partici pated in the heaviness of the Lt!gli,h Funds. Spanish Ac tives were at 24j to 21Z; Mexican at 37i to 37i; Dutch Five per Cents. at 102% to 1026 ; and the French Three per Cents. at SO. London and Birmingham Shares were at 84k, and South Western at 19 5 / 8 premium ; Brighton were 14i discount. (From The Sun of Lust Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH B.—The arrivals have proved very extensive this week, probably about :4,000 ba!es. This being the Manchester Market day trade was rather quiet here, a moderate amnia of business was however transacted, and prices were steadily maintained ; 3,000 bales changed hands ineluaive of 700 for export. The sales comprised 20 Maranhams at 6d., 20 Bahia, 6IA d., 30 Egyptian, 8(1., 20 Peruvian, 6id., and 2,910 American, 4 id. to 6d. LivEapOot; SHARE MARKET.—Very little business was done in Rail way Shares to-day ; the market was dull and heavy, and closed with a tendency to droop. The transac.ions were confined to London and Birmingham 321. Shares 58i ; London and Brighton New 5,1 ; Eastern Counties 9i; ditto debenturs 365. 6d. MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.—We have had a good inquiry for stock, but in consequence of sellers holding back, very little business has been done. Market closes firm. London and South Westerns, 58% ; Manchester and Birminghams, 284 ; Manchester and Salford Water.•works, sli. By the arrival of a private ship from Barbadoes, papers as ►a , e as the 9th of February have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Royal mail steam.packet Dee which left Falmouth en the 15th January, ar. rived there after a short passage of 16 days and 20 hours. The ac. counts from there are of a most cheering description, the weather during the months of January and February, as far as it had ad vanced, is stated as being most propitious to the planter. The London line.of.packet slip Wellington, from New York, whose arrival in the Downs yestfrday at one o'clock was communi cated by Watson's telegraph to the North and South American Coffee-house, has since arrived in the river. The date of the papers brought by her are up to the 16th ult. The political news contained in them is not of the least interest. NEW YORK MARKETS, FED. 15.—The sales at the Board yes. terday were moderate, but at a falling off in prices. The follow. lug are the quotations :—Haarlem, 8 3 % .; Canton, 18i ; Long Island, 53 ; Boston and Providence, 86 3 / 4 ; Delaware and Hudson, 881 ; State Bank of New York, 68 ; Illinois Bonds, 18i ; Indiana, 19%. . _ • CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ••• India Stock .... .. .— 3 per .Cent Red — Ditto Bonds lO pm 3 per Cent Cons 89 3, Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red.. New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent. , Ditto 5001— ..... 32 pnt Long Annuities toexpire I Ditto Small 33 p i n Jan. 1860 •• —• Bank Stock for 0pg,... Oct. 1e59. .. ..... India Stock for Acct.... 242 Jan. 1860. F Oh 4 EIGN FUNDS. ... 12 Austrian, 5 ps. cent.— Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pei cent • Ditto, New Ditt o — Bra.zilian Bonds. — Prussi an , 5 per cent. - Buenos Ayres 6 per cest Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent.....„ 75 Ditto, A 1eta11ic....... - Colombian, 6 pet cent.. , Spanish, 6 per cent...- 243. Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... 'Ditto, Deferred.... Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent.] 17'. 50e. Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange I •c. Mexican, 5 per rent.... 371 French, 3 per cent. 80 . —c Ditto, 6 per een: - ... 1837 ',Dutch, 4 per cent.. 51 iC Peruvian, 1825, flier et. !Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 1023 SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Itail•vay (100 p) Ditto New Shares (174 paid) 152 Bristol -nd Exeter (70 paid) •• • ••• - 3t4 Eastern Co unt i es Railway a id ) (23l ... Great Western kailway 65 paid) BBi Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London a n d Bl ac k wall Ra i lway (25 pa id) - 11i London and Birmi ng h am (90) ..... • ••• ••• 174 i 95 • Ditto New Shares 2 aid)... ........ 56 London an d South W e ste rn .................. _ 2i Londo n an d C roy d on Ra i lway (T r unk) ....• i 70 North Midland Railway (100) ..... .............. 3 4 Ditto New Shares (40 paid .......... ..... . Ditto Thirds ( paid) . : ............ Paris and Rouen (14 paid) .... : ........... ••• I 22/_ 4l Bs 4d York and North Midland (50 paid) ••• 02 Ditto New Shares (15 paid) •.• 0 AMERICAN NEWS LIVEIU MONDAY We have an arrival here today one day later from New The br. Solon, Captain Buckham, arrived and anchored off the Pe i : th i a i n ging New York papers of the 15th inclusive, being one day la i r. previously received by the United States. This arrival hi! nishes little of interest to the European reader. The "Bo:" 0-10. ..seems on the increase, the New Yorkjournals being almo st °C I O ivsly occupied with the accounts of the ball given to this o 0 gentleman on the previous day. The following is the onlY . r° rnercial news by this arrival: Mr. James Gordon liennett, Editor of the Nero York Sol Herald, had been sentenced to pay a fine of 350 dollars, fello. upon Judge Noah and another, the Court intima tin g that Woo prisonment also of the defendant had been under thei r CI) ration. ....I inter' NEW TORN Mks KIM, FEB. 1 5.--The sales At the 8...- -. • e a day were moderate, but at a falling off in prices. The felf oo d. are the quotations :—Harlem, 8%; Canton, 18i • 7 - 4 " 8 B . sll 53 % ; Boston and Prov., 861 ; Delaware and ' Huds° ll ,, , gg; Union Bank, 100 ; Phsenix, 70 ; State Bank of New VP" , Illinois Bonds, 18}; Indiana, 19%. pep, 14 The following arc the quotations at Philadelphia, AI 0511 State Stocks, 44 to 50 ; Grand Notes, 34 to 35 ; St°4l" Bank of Pennsylvania Notes, 5 to 7 ; Stock, 70 to 76. MALTA, ALTA. ,O . ALTA, MARCH I.—NATAL MOYEME N TIL—The packet, in four days and eight hours from Gibraltar, arri„„,, s o p vedoo the 25th tilt., bringing the London mail of the 12th idea ) ._ co" 26th, the Premier transport, with troops for England flu pro. (out nine days) put in here from stress of wea ther, but l i e f )1 10 ceed on her voyage the moment the weather moderate.. 'i t) ult. jetty's ships Calcutta, 84, and Vernon, 50, arrive d on the 90,reith from Gibraltar in some hours short of live days, bringloS them a heavy gale of wind. Close off Malta harbour th e 0. : Se; a squall, carried away her mainyard, and split the fore- 10 %0e veral merchant vessels bound to the westward.haye bore oP u ; ro piir them under average. The Gorgon stearo.frigate , L b. Algiers, and England, took her departure Yeate rtisY.,b.. qi 27th ult., the Iberia contract steam-packet, bringllllo,' arrived from Corfu, Patras, and Zante ; she left agallla her return with the London mails, brought by the _ g rog be Benbow And Talbot proceed shortly to England, ° S service on this station having expired. The Great 1,."4001110 just arrived fro Alexandria, bringing the Ind ian Olt t ep id 01 m from Bombay • n the Ist ultimo. That portion of it .wilibeft the overland route, with the Government despatches, arset' warded at a late hour to.nightby the Prometheus 001°7-.400" Marseilles, which will sail thence immediately, as tbe 0706 1 which left Malta for Marseilles thc 20th ult., with the t ie fdllo j mail, despatched to Suez by the India steamer, will alval t stis oba y ' . . don overland mail o. the 4th inst , due here the 120 °r qd which date the Oriental, with . the London Mai l ' °.." / b e e D. ult., may be expected, A steamer is just signalised no h- Beira ward, which will, perhaps, prove to be the Plicenix, fo n ' s oot! ; the Medea, from Suda, or the Rhadamanthus, froniCorf°',, looked for. The Cambridge is also sa:d to be o n her 00" rOal from Gibraltar. . 0 0111 ' The French fleet, under Rear-Admiral La .5 10 ° , -- chcr at Vourla on the 18th ult. ea r.A 4 :lsll SHIPS PORT.—Howe, 120, bearing the flag o f i t, of - - g g : Sir T. Mason,Ceylon, 60, bearing th e- I - 04i R io r Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart, K.C.B ; ImPreg nal :l,4o; il eP er" ney, 92 ; Thunderer, 84 ; Calcutta, 8 . 4 ; Vaugual.,--nort • rso r 7 o r e ftl e a r : 72; frigates Vernon and Talbot; her Majesty's mier ; corvette, Scout ; Royal Yacht schooner Arlel b f teo 9 a s cutter Magpie ; steam-packets Prometheus and A lect i%ere o - Vesuvius, Devastation, and Locust ' • yacht cutters te. Stork ; French Government steamers Tancred an d Pin ) ' - T 1-1 E MARKET S.- ( Y I%6.4EftP CORN EXCHANGE. f • dp 0 sit; o A ti There waslittle Wheat fresh up, but the trade w a ' sea t o 13.0 d , rhe 0 1 that last day's prices could not be obtained. plentiful, and both articles met a very slack de man' trade exceedingly dull. The demand good, a T nd E i A vic A e l s A h ß ad K a E n up ward t enel :pe r . i. lb ‘ ; pany's Congou scarce and wanted, at Is. . to V. Cl/' Common Free Trade Congou, 1,. HO. cash ot . AP In the other markets no vari a ti on worth nicia N - COAL bl lARKET. ist market .day, 49• 1 I. 6 Walls End Lanibtotl4,lo.o a , 1 Walls End Hu ssar ! 0 Walls End Stcwart!siro„,.l6 Walls End }Rus h Walk EndiSernou,',.o Teci Walls End rarrinE" Be l Wails d Bowbuili:;;;r0 11 Walls Endlirovin'sl';„.olB W Us End Gordon, *ITO j g ; Walls End St.Bl-/ven , . •••••:11 Wal s d Tee. jtge """" "11 RowArti t Newton Main ...... Ships arrived since Is d.l Bell, Robson A Co. Hartley 16 0 Holy wed Main IS Nelson's West Hartley I; Old Tantiela Ord's Itedheugh l5 West Hartley .......... Wylam Walls E d kewic e and C l9 3 Walls End .7osfo:th Walls 1•:nd Killingworth IS 13 Walls End Ncwmarch l7 0 Wails End N, r,hu berlaud 17 0 W. E. Braddyll'slietton Walls End Haswe11. COUNTRY CORN 111ARKE'Lt---10 Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. l s. to s. sto t to S. 16 ; S Carlisle is3 73 3 : 3 s . 4 ° 4 6 Elexham 143 72 36 38 t 3 28 -- df 31 r Morpeth b t ( 0 i'B 11 33 34 18 24 40 43 Penrith 81 22 "• Sheffield — 64 32 -- ;7 ~4 : Wtnchest.r 62 67 28 30 20 26 ~ 0 9 I. Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s.d. s. d , s.d. 5.7 0 t, ow Carmarthen 6 9 1. 0 0 0 4i) 0 0 1 9 ; 5 $ 6 Cowbridge 76 80 00 4 00 3 O A " Swansea 7B 8 4 3 8 44 I. 0 3 v 40 P Per 8011. a 1 1 1° - 0 0 / B 0 arnardeastl It 17 08 9 90 4 0 7 4 9••- 0 6 0 A 1 Y „p Durham I/ 015 76 90 50 6 0 0 0 0 0 05 1 Richmond l2 0 15 6 1 10 0 11 0 6 0 7 4 10 0 Stockton l5 01901 9 0 90 6 0 70 1 9 0 [AOA e nding 3' NOTE for the Week o. 6 11 16 6 12 6 13 6 94 0 DUBLIN MARK From 715 Wheat,perbarrchn stone..... al 0 5,7 Mere ...... ' 4 9 Barley 815 Oats '4 stmt..... 8 0 n Flour, per cwt. .. Pst:ote..... 0 536 OattneAl--.,—. S Inoue ll 6 Sold to Bakers only. 7,1 W Cwt. f t0ur............... 8 0 .•••••••••• F10.,- , .„.., ne r.,,, z ,. , Average price Jf V‘ heat and Flour 55 , u", '0(1 u",, 1640 Ucce pts of Flour, Sales of Do. 8,943 Se e w lls ......- from l e s . , O. i '' 10.1 . 64 1 Fir5t5............. trout I: o d, I. or Thuds .... front " rate' or BRIf AM Aid. ..4. fd Quarterr, [Alit•• 6 CORK MARKEL'S...March 5. c , 01 I $i Wheat (per 20at.)16,. 0,1. tt.32• od. vats (per I tst• . "/ il Barley (per !list)! 1 8 15 0 Ili lorr (per cwt ) ;;;:tcl II Oatir cal (per cwt.)... ..... .....3.. (Id to I .", ii i te Beef, Gd. to 6#d.—Mutton, sd„ ti+6l--Veaki..per ID' i Pork, 4d. to sd ..— Fresh Outlet, ltd. 'r J. al PRIC It OF FUTTER. To the ... , To the .Icrchants. .....". First Quality B4v ............""•..• ....''' . o! Second . 78 ................. .." •Al fhird . ....... • •••• I 0 i5erie11....... ". O r , Fourth ...... ................ .....,. 50 .......•••• ".....'." • ••',. 44 .......•••"°"". ... ' Fifth ............ •••••••• I --" 'Xti) ........ ••••••• ....... 24 ........"........ i. tt rc 5 0 , CLONAIELL 11A tt K ET5...."• a h d• 0 i Pet Cwt. I • •I' 4 6 4 s. d. , ...s e :, C / P 9 0 iliderflagr , •"" ...., 1 0 14 6 Baconrlgs•••""',...g. ff . 52 i Heads......."' s 6 ~ a. d. New Butter 98 oto Oatmeal. 0 Rendered Lard 0 . - Per Bei,. ... 0 A 1 5 1 3840 8 ' l i t____lour,' F l ,Bl l 4 4o lo %.* * ;;.l o 0 " Per Barrel. a l6 . . .. Rapeseed...". 2O 0 —0 I Barley ........""' ...• • r , __,....0 Sere l3 0 I Gals .....44•••• tr . (16 / 01 0 e KILKENNY MARKETS . • 044, 0 . Wheat s prrbarrel)2B4.od.to3os.44o. Beef ' s iler ir',...,'": 0 i oa t BArley 12 0 19 4/ MutiCo ••••••• ___,.-- 4 ',., 6 I - 0 Das... ...... l4 0 15 4 , Pork ...-4•4•" --- „" 010 Flour (per bag) 25 0 :,9 0 ‘• • ea , ..,!•••••"" 4 v ° Buttcr(percwt.) 0 0 98 0 ireen Buffo '''' 0 6 5 ...• . 9 Bacon Pigs 45 0 46 0 salt 1/11. - ,- A t.l v Coals 1 0 1 2 Potatoes.! e r - . .0 Fleur. Second .-- 0 ---Household 0 HAMBURG MARKETS. AIN. . h gr l : 0 11 ' t Barley, keel% lenhah; 114,0• P I j r 4-----•• Magdebtag" . „,," 10 I :ii ---'--... HOlStein •••••• I , ' 61 II Odetbruck..oo. Kt I, I Oats, Eider ...... ••••1, lr, t o IS ' -- Alealenburg .. .. 1, 9 0 t op ffolstcio.. ......... .. 10 io A 1-- Upland ....... . .0; Vase, Alevklenbur; ..., til t os 1 Ben 9 ..... .., ....... 00 6 ' . .... 56 ID l ei Buck Wheat ...... ... .., , i . ; I ; liapAecd, ilanfocl .... 17'n to , Malt .............. ......... I, T., Tares . ................... . 1 L'ON. 6 ' ) 4 ...... A IM marrobAro ........ ........ 0 hl a d r as .......... .. .. .... ~ utat4... ............. 0::-0.01 1 Domingo .....•.••••• . ei tll4 'EE. hirEp8i.ea5rn:Gta0pininpitnaig:10.crhci.........................)...................: , ........ ;. .....i . .' r . : :,,,,, SO I ' o Bahia, Wh i t e ..... . 7 .... ... is Bro wn ........ 0,., Pernambuco, rj , ; ,„ .0 , n. 2% to git bit, Wheat, Minks 390 to 49' Magdeburg 372 to 498 white 432 to -SW red 372 to 49! Brunsaick 10 to 492 -- Mecklenburg :1',6 to 0121 -- Polish 432 to 510 -... Plob.toin Rye, Mecklenburg -- Marks 2;6 to 275 -- Elhing and Ko niesburg ..21 to 28i' -- Pomeranian ••••••••• All 11l it COTI Carolina and Tennessee 7t to 9N 5 Georgia. Ist sott 714 2d »........ 3d and 4th , C OF b1ech,5.,....., 13 to 13% Batavia ' 4% 5% Sumatra — Rio :A 5% Bahia 3 4 5i4 SUGAIt. (Wit Havannah, White...—. 3 to 3% i Brown...— :2% 23i Rio, White 25, 4 Brown Manilla. Brow THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL Ei4Pil.illiegref lea 00 4 0 3; "'"'"-'''r_!___.•T"'l-.''''-'"'"I 100:00„ —This gallant and lamented otfi ' cer, whose 12- t - h g e sea 0 , • i• onfi i r a m toe c f d Hcohn b ao y , the Overland Mail, 1°5 .1 bio st S 0 11 4 u le r s a , ble ten W th illi ß am aro F n oigrandsonsf the e p hinstoT a t . „ di • to the present Peer. He distinguished bitnaiet,;seords.i° and many of the Penins - fie ular en,* ements, as Alajor-G g 18 37 ' e 11° 0' ulEleirton P 1 0 01; General was dated 10th January', . .. min 'Ol the e beenve of resigning his command and returinS:ool P 1 0 stone succeeded by Major-General Grey. ~p.„ was in his 60th year. ter_l w a v e .; CORONER S INQUEST. Yesterday' j „ P.' 1.1) inquest G was held in the Penitentiary, at Alillban ~,,0.00 ell, the Coroner for Westminster, on v i e w of the t w i g tollu l t M'Crae,. aged 35 years, which occurred unde r , 00 0.114 Fircumstances :—lit August, 1840, the deceasen a tisa - 'eir a _i i/il' into the above prison from Dingwall Gaol, SO 00 --, try i been convicted, on the preceding April at InreryearOp°o of theft by housebreaking, and sentenced to seven year 6.0°4 portation, which being commuted, vr ou Id expir!_„, ttee-,,e0", April, le4B. The deceased had, from time to tawdeiptinsii tt' j ailing state; and at length gave way to estren o *b ob _ Att cr, and to a longing for libert which seemed ai o / pin Or" thoughts and energy and this s ate of mind gr a le s tb c t s el 0 , consumption. The Jury having satisfied then, are deceased had been properly treated, returnen be ( " Natural Death." 10 1° ," Vie doe EFFECT OF THE SLIDING SCALE:"... mi o .i„ II r of cattle killed in this city at present is about oil. e t. oi l , week less than it was a year ago ; the decline in _ n , :o ; $ 1 , 4 0 tion of sheep, & c. has been in about the saute ra,,toAreig this has taken place, it must be remembered,notnl"ooo 11001 increase of at least this even be nefit the landow five or six thousand in thenet. _, is th population. Will run ? We fear not. — Glasgow Chronicle. _ _______--.-------- , o r BIRTHS. ber ili On the 6th inst., the lady of Jonathan P eel, E s q., p ill at-law, of a sun• s k, t° On the 7th inst. in Chester-terrace, Regene/4 r 1 1 . . 1 of Griffith Richards,' Esq ,of a daughter. _ l a dy Of On the 7►h inst., at Hyde park -square, the 0 / Hyndman Esq., of a son. rir l • ll° On the ' 3d inst., at the Node, near WelwY ° ' li' t P Reid, of a son. Ellin the 3d inst ,in Hyde-park-street, the ladY 0 di G naghten, Esq., of a son. o f Re v ' hte On the 4th inst., in Brighton, the wife °- _i a clutig ThackeraY, Rect r of Hemingby, LilleosClSllire, 0 .f. ,A MA if RIED. . 4 .;esty 6 ~.d f On the 24th ult., in Cadiz Bay, on board her Am thfr J sw-141 Malabar, William Congreve Cutliffe Brackenbury, al 0 0, 0 1 J. M. I , rackenbury, Esq., K. H ,her Majesty.* CI! 1 0 °V for the province of Andalusia . , to Mogdalen Joist APO daughter of the late lion. W. M'Gillivray, °E House, Montreal, Canada. t~ DIED.• On the sth inst., Stephen Harrison► Es q f 01 6 v of S elig I race, BroMpton, aged 77 , ~,„ the On the nth init., at St. Paul's- cray, Kent, Pi s " '- of Mr. George Brooker, aged 80. yUU I) London: Printed and Publis hed by MOLD° n N. 1, Strand, at The Sux Office, No. 1' 117, 110 the County of Middlesex , Thursday, March 1 0, A .SH MAR rui Prec .. 14 4 4, Nit goki 6 VI 7ro bbk, ~~ 4 1