The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

Just published, Second Edition, price Is. REMARKS on our PRESENT POSITION with AFFGHANISTAN and CHINA, addressed to Bear-Admiral Sir Edward Tucker, K.C.8., by ROBERT WISE, Esq., of Allonby, near Carlisle, (late of Liverpool). The profits arising from the sale of this work to go to the Caubul Fund. OPINIONS OF TIIE rarss. " Some points are new, and are put forth by one whose in tegrity is indisputable, and experience is extensive."— Colonial Nagazine. " Mr. Wise's views on China are sound and practicable."— Indian News for July. •• The great value of this work consists in the practical infor mation which it contains."—Gore's Liverpool Advertiser. " The information it conveys is the more valuable, as it is the molt of personal observation obtained many years ago, and niatured and strengthened by the remarkable operations car ried on by the British forces on the west and east of our Indian possessions." = The Sun. Whittaker and•• Co., and Smith, Elder, and Co., London ; J. Mawdsley, 4, Cattle-street, Liverpool ; Love and Bartons, Market-street, Manchester, . and at Thurnam's, stationer, Carlisle. " 115 -o§llll zwiA4-$ ' ' ..-L-12111 * SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. 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 tries 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 Aff ghans 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 POLLOCK and the firm determination exhibited both by the officers and men, that they would meet with little resistance. The Affghan chiefs were divided amongst themselves, and the con test would be not with the English, but between one another, in order that the more powerful might make their peace with the British Commander,_ by betraying and delivering up their comrades. It is gratifying, there fore, to contrast this aspect of affairs, with scenes which would certainly have occurred had the orders of Lord EL LENBOROLIGII been carried into effect, and our troops been ingloriously withdrawn frean 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 Hindostan, 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 200 from Canbul. These two ports are the best commercial marts on the west banks of the Indus, and might be of vast service in ()toning rthe trade with the populous regions in the north, as well as centrclling the restless and warlike tribes on the west of cur Indian.possessions. For the intelligence from China we must reeer our readers - to the numerous dispatches published' under that head, which they will find well worthy of perusal. Sir HENRY POTTINGER is now frightening the " Bright EYE," in good earnest, and convincing the " Celestials" that they have entered into a contest.pf no ordinary character. Our forces had proceeded up the river Yang-tea- Kiang, and captured the forts at the month of the IVOOsung and the city of Shang-hae, with a vast number of tuns, having sustained a loss of only two killed and twenty-five wounded. The troops, on. oectipying the city, destroyed the public buildings, and gave the extensive grana ries to be distributO among the people. . The Mandarins in the two most fertile provinces of China were dreadfully alavnied lest Wang-choo fol.l, :Ca n ia , and other im . portant.places, should be takea and sacked r aud. the-month of the Great Canal seized, Th Q , 6.01 . &2:d a wish to nifike terms, and 'sent for a son'nf - ifo WRI: to act as interpre ter, but as the BrlM:ire'iiiiiontiary snspe.cteil. their object was only to'" retard operationsi. arid their overtures were not 'based on conditions which lie considered satisfactory, he refused to treat with them. Sir HENRY very properly seems to think that the EmrEnort 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 th e near approach of our troops to the Great Canal, by which the entire coininunica tion with the most wealthy and populous cities of the empire might be cut off, may open his eyes, and finally compel him to accede 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 and. France have sent frigates to the northern parts of China to watch the movements, and expect, no doubt, to profit by oar victories. The scene altogether is one of the most remarkable on record aad may well attract the attention and interest of civilised nations. We gave in our last intelligence r:* -Inl China to the 7th June, containing a short notice of the captUre of Chapoo, the Gov3rnmeitt 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, Batalha, 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 amonr , the General Officers in the Royal cortege. The QUEEN and Duchess of BRAGANZA 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. I t 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 following announcement in the Sentinelle de l a M ar i ne , t h e ir contents are unimportant :..._ " Eight ships of the li ne t o rema i n arme d—viz., l'Ocean, le Genla Vi tie-Marseilles P(o-Peish rAlger, le Marengo, la l'lntt4ithic, in the Levant and passage to Rio Janeiro), , and two others amongst those itiel are at Brest. said whether Admiral Ilug,on will re ma • head of this r e d uce d fl eet. 44-514: 9 pining twelve ships of theline will re main 60 , i mission within the harbour;' Our private letters state, and are borne out by the Ministerial. papers,. although th e that 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 kin.,dom of France amounts to 34,494,875 inhabitants divided amongst 363 arrondissements, 2,846 cantons, and 37,040• communes. The KING and the QUEEN of the Belgians left Paris for Brussels on Thursday evening last. The Tunisian brig of war Scheieu, commanded by Reis MAttomn 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. Prete Five per Cents. 118 95... 118 95... 118 95... 118 95 4% per Cents. 105 75... 105 75... 105 75... 105 75 Igir a per Cents. 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 25 3 per Cents 89 39... 80 35... 80 30... 80 35 Bank of France 3272 ...3280 ...3272 .. 3280 Belgian Bank 810 ... 810 ... 807 50... 807 50 Belgian Fives lo3i ... 103* ... 1034 ... 103 i Spanish Active 22i ... 22 ... 22 ... 224 Neapolitan.. Boman 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. A Cabinet Council is summoned to meet at three o'clock this afternoon at the Foreign-office, at which all the Ministers are expected to be present. Lord Fitzgerald, President of the India Board, is expected to leave town after the Council for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Liverpool Cotton Market the sales on Satur day were 4,000 bales at steady prices. Railway Shares were quiet, and no material alteration had occurred in prices. Eastern Counties were 8 1 1 -; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 4i.• Grand Junction, 174; Birmingham, 181 ; Brighton, 34 ; and Paris and Rouen, 22k. The arrival f 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 fastly 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 Slinister of Tinance is stated in the accounts re ceived from Antwerp, to 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. From Hamburgh the exchange comes 4 mark lower, viz., 13 8, and the price of gold had droppedto 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 thi4'inornino• has had a beneficial effect uppn the market for ite public securities. Consuls for Aecount, Ivhich left off on Saturday all but nominally at 934.94„ ve touched 0, and up to the present hour the advance -has been well , maintained.. The great abundance of money continues to be, a matter of conversation irr the €ity ; but how should it be otherwise ? The accumulations orcapital are rapidly, progressing without any corresponding vent for it in the shape of trade and commercial liperations of any importance. Consols for Money have obtained precisely the same value as Consols for time. There is, however, no movement upwards in the. Three-and-a-Hall per Cents. Reduced. This shows Unit 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. GOs. Bnnk Stock has advanced to 170, and India Stock is 'firm, at 255. The ;Old These-and-half per. Cents. of 1818, have been quoted this moining at 100 - • , The Brokers for the Savings Banks bought about 10,0001., stock (lAree per Cents.) this morning;. There has been a good demand for Foreign Borich to (Thy, and at unvaried prices. MexiCan Stock ha's - reaclied:' `I:4 (a further remittance having been rcceived'fin:!. iinividend.) .Peruviena, 174- •, Colombiani . 21 : Spnisb Three per Cents, -22+ ; Dutch Five perr Cc:its., 00- 4 I ; Balgian, 102 ; and Spanish Consols, 18 N -184. The New Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds have been in demand at 221 ; Deferred Stock wa, sla,st done at , 1 4 . 0. 1 k. • . No`!: many transactions were reported in the Railwa3' . Shares to-day, but, taken on the whole, we cannot (peed, an improved Market. The Birmingham and Gloucestctr have realized 59 discount ; the Eastern Counties, 14-V, dis. ; Gnat Western, 19 prem. ; New Ditto, 111.; prem., the London and Brighton, 14* dis. ; the •Soutl ) Western, 18k prem..; the -Sonth Eastern Scrip, 2-1 dis. ; 'find the York•and,North•Mialand, New, 17i prem. ktp the Joint-stock Bank• houses, only a • 'few transactiony have occtrrred.• r PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. -, R A ILWAYS.. :fa id. Per Share. - m Birmingham and Glou&ster' - 100-- 4 ~.... 41" to i Eastern Cont‘ties - ii . Croat Westerg Ditto New .4 . - to , London ant'. Brighton ...... ...,.. SO ..,,.. 36*i London and South Western ... 41% ... .. 60 to Midland Counties... 100 Swath Eastern and Dover - - 50 Ditto Scrip ~.. .. fork and N firth :Midland bo. . .. to i Ditto New Shares.... JOiNT STOCK BANKS. Aubtralasia( New ) - -:.. 10 ... . 155 to NationalProvincialofEngland... 35 354 to Ditto New National oflreland lii lO to 4 . 7 MANCLIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. s.—We have had rather more business doing to-day, without im provement in prices. The sales comprise—Mancheiret and Birmingham, 191 19 11-16 ; Manchester aad Leeds Quarters, 4* ; Manchester and Liverpool District Battik, 10* ; Manchester Assurance, 9 1-16. .. - - - CHURCH-RATES, STEPNEY.—We have just re ceived the final state of the poll from one •of } the scrutineers. Th ere were For the rate Against it q beingaMISCELLANY FOR NVE3 balancein favour of the LiboeralsißEß of —Eal24u7 BENTLEY'S to the best of the preceding Numbers of this most-enter taining of our periodicals. " Mr. Ledbury's Adventures" continue with unabated interest, and we predict before they terminate will place the gifted and humour some autho;•, Mr. Albert Smith, in the frod rank of writers of light and amusing fiction • !indeed, the character of Jack Johnson is alreaCly l . on g par with some of the best sketches of character pour trayed by Charles Dickens. The illustrations By Leech are gems, especially " Soiree dansante," Cruikshank can not surpass it. H. R. Addison contributes three papers, brief, but inciting, and written with first-rateßowers of description; they are, " Placing a Nuwaub on the Mus nud," "A Traitor's Doom," and " Malay Vengeance." " Her First Visit Afloat" is a dialogue between two Tars, by the author of " The Naval Sketch Book," &c.," The Life and Songs of Anacreon," is a graceful posy of poesie, some of the odes very beautiful, and the adaptatian of others to the most popular Irish Melodies, felever and sprightly. " The Haunted Mine," a domestic story by R. B. Peake, is well written, forcibly in incident and dialogue. ".A. Monumental Pic-Nic" has some good bits. In the " Ballad Literature of Ancient Greece," the talent and learning displayed by Dr. Tailor, are cre ditable to his industry and mind. " A Campaign with the Christinos" is fraught with incident, and will both instruct and amuse. " The Dying Child" is a poem far above 'wily that appear graced with old-established names—the two last verses are beautiful. "Paddy Car roll, the Piper," is a prime Irish story;, placed on paper with spirit, and worthy of the best writers of the legends of Erin, or tales of Irish life. " The . Persian Spy," by J. B. Fraser, is a capital story.' Last, not least, comes Alfred Crowquill, with "The Philosophy of Fighting ;" the reading matter T is good, but the illustrations, eight in number, beyond all praise. With the talent displayed in ' every department connected with the Miscellany, it must continue in the front rank of our light literature, and command the patronage of all who delight in cheerful reading, flashes of merriment, and side-shaking - laughter.—Shropshire Conservative. STATE OF THE POOR.—The condition of the poor in this town and district has undergore little improve ment since this time last mr. Work is certainly not more abundant, nor have wages been at all ad vanced; the only improvement is in the reduced price of provisions, which to those who are in employment makes their wages produeb about one-fifth more of the comforts of life than they yielded at the approach of last winter.—Leeds Mercury. Lord MountthciasshmelorapnidngCaptain F B i r t u zg h e s r w a i l e d k , R. Pier,.N had a most splendid passage in the having g Navigatio n Black G ar n i l e -e r I d avla e l a l l t r leaaNm. Company's stew -ship Wilberforce, Captain John Stranach, of only eighteen hours from Antwerp. S k,9" ri A I' V-; 8 AND Vtibitt P tlita tZo " 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 MacLaren, and are all burning with impatience to meet the enemy in any field. General England's retreat from Can dahar to Quettah has been conducted with skill and complete success without any loss. On the 20th of the same month 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 and indefatigable Broadfoot's Sappers. Dispatches have 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 Wadsing 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 The Sun of this day. The Levant mail with letters from Constantinople of the 17th states that Prince Ghika is to be removed from the hospoderat of Wallachia, and that as well as Moldavia, will, it is thought be entrusted to Prince Soutzo. It is stated from Servia that Prince Milosch 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 Uzerny George iri 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 yester day the Hospital 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 tip 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. nrowny-TizaDE-COMPIZEZLCE. At Bolton and Bradford there has been an improved demand ; at Manchester 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, NV) , fich ran from Molehill 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, sire already twenty-one subscribers to the.first chase. ' ' C OURT - rASIZIOTTABZE. The'Duke and Duchess of Beaufort left Beaufort 41 j ise on Saturday last for Badminton, for the hunt season. • rilic.Earl and Countess Amherst have arrived at I3odelwyddan, ',l.l,ntshire, on a visit to' Sir J. and Lady S.-WilliaMS. The Earl and C,ountess of Eglinton have arrived at Yglinfo - un , Castle, Ayrshire, from Newmarket. .The Eart.and Cotintess Grosvenor left Motcombe :Park, Shaftc4niry,.on a visit to the Queen Dowager t Canford House,. The Earl and Countess of Verulani t, ill leave Gnrhambury in the cqurse of a few days fbr Long `ford: Castle, Wilts. The,,Earl and ~Countess, of Beverley leave the Faked at Rielunop i cl this day for Portman-square. The Earl and dountess of Kinnoull leave Hampden House to-morrow fdi Scotland. The Earl of St. Geimains has arrived in town from Port Eliot, Cornwall; Viscount Morpeth Pined 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 Rtissell, after a residence of nearly three months at Endsleigh Court, left on Fri day lasffor hir.,Laboucheres seat, near Taunton. Lord Stanley left town .01 - Saturday for Windsor Castle. zVizzenLLAlzTnous. At the last meeting of the 'Loyal Asiatic Society, among the Oriental curiosities wa on the table was an autograph letter, Oil ellow paper, froth the Emperor of China to Governbr Lin, which was sent by Mr. Bridgman to Sir AldiOnder Johnston. Lord Blayney is seriously ill at Dublin. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-( , THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 7.—Wind' this day at noon, north, moderate breeze and fine. • •: . • DEAL, Nov. s. —Wind, N.E., strong. 6.—Wind, E.N.E., fresh.—Sailed Palirrurus, Jamaica ; Thetis, Westward ; Chalhain, Sydney, :New Sonth Wales ; Bo livar, St. Vincent ; Post Boy, F.ayal. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 5 AND N.E.—Sailed Lady Katharine Barham, Jamaica. Arrived off, Arte mise, Gothenburg to Batavia. The Mary Alice, from Newport to Hamburgh, which pa in -here 4th inst. leaky, has been surveyed, and will be lightened. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 6.—Arrd. Medway Packet, from West Indies ; Montrose, steamer, with Mediterranean mails. Sid. Tagus packet, Gibraltar. JERSEY, Nov. 4.—Sld. Caesar, Barbadoes ; Racer, Peronet, Pernambuco. , . RYE, Nov. s.—The Rebecca Eliza, "Vernis, from Rouen to Newcastle, which was ashore, on Dungeness Beach, has been got off and into the harbour. PENZANCE, Nov. s.—Arrd. Five Sister§, Conway, for London, With loss of bowsprit, having been, in contact. OFF GORLESTON, Nov. 3.—Hudson, Riga for London, with sails split and loss of bulwarks. . PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrd. Laura and Elise, Raropache, Monte Video, Hamburgh. FALMOUTH, Nov. s.—Wind N.E. to E.N.11, fresh gales. 6. Wind N.E., fresh breezes.—Sld,l Ranger, packet, Brazil ; Ellen Gillman, Alicant. Arrd. off; Wellington, Chadwick, New York; sailed 11th 'Ult. LIVERPOOL, Nov. s.—Wind N.E. light. 6. Wind E., do.—Arrd. Si r C. Napier, Griffin, St. Andrews ; Royal Bride, Welsh, Montreal. Sld. Agricola, Bombay; Ellen, Trinidad ; Sisters, Berry and Jilam ; Morphew, Barbadoes Commercio, Arregorten, Havannah ; Bona Dea, Brown and Therms, Brown, New Orleans ; Courte nay, Turner, Apalachicola. CAUTION TO. MARINERS. Her Majesty's Ship Shearwater arrived at Lowestoffe, reports having passed a sunken vessel, with one of her masts above water, directly in the track of shipping, Conchilne Ness W.N.W., Lowestoffe Church N.N.W. INQUEST NEAR CIIESTERFIELD. — ConsiderabIe ex citement was caused in Chesterfield, on Saturday morning week, by a rumour that a gentleman had been that morning found lying on the Mans field road, between Hasland and Sormanton, in a dying state, having evidently been thrown out of his gig. On investigation, it turned out that such was the fact, and immediate inquir:es were made at the different inns, &c., in Chester field, to ascertain whether any one answering the de scription had called at any of them on the previous evening. From those inquiries it transpired that the unfortunate gentleman was Mr. George String, aged 36, a coach-proprietor of Nottingham. Everf thing calculated to restore consciousness was done, but he never rallied, and died the same evening. An inquest was held, at which the Jury returned a ver dict of " Died from apoplexy, aggravated by the fall from the gig." NEW TAXING OFFICES.—Several houses on the eastern and south-eastern side of Staple Inn are now in the course of removal, preparatory to, the erection of new buildings, for the accommodation of the taxing officers appointed under the recent Bill. The object in selecting this site has been to centralise the Chancery offices as much as possible. An entrance is proposed to be made to the new buildings from Quality Court. The lessee of Drury-lane has determined to keep that theatre optn 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. THE MARKETS.—(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals were tolerably good of Wheat and Barley, and small of other Grain. This morning's supply was short. English Wheat 2s, and Foreign is per quarter dearer than last Monday. Barley maintained its value. Beans and boiling Peas were un altered. Grey Peas were is per quarter dearer. Oats met a fair demand, at is per quarter advance on the prices of this day se'nnight. The Flour trade was in a dull state, on account of the disagreement between the top price millers and the undersellers. JPRICRX ON BOARD or SYIP, Wheat,Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small(new) 342.353. ----.- White (01d)......—5. —a. (old) .35' :iB6. .---- Bed(1842) .46 5. 501. Tick (new) ...... ... 26. 233 .--- Fine 525. 545. . (old) 30.. 325. Superfine 50s 14s Harrow (new) 30;.315. —White (1842)....52.5. 5Ss. -- Fine —8 s Rrank —5....,^, —Superfine 56s 60e Oats,Feed —s.—.; ----Foreignfree 40s 566. Neu ....166.21e. Ryc f.Os 31s Poland —s.—s. Barley 265.326, New 2ls. 255. .--- Grinding '253 29s Potatoe — s .-s , Malting 30s 325. Malt LO3. 565, Scotch 253.275. --- Fine New .565. tOs. -- Irish 143.... 19 , .21r. Pease, Grey, New 48s. 306. Flour Town (per sack).— 458.475. ,---- Maple New . .Sos. 335. Seconds 406.426. .--. White .323. 346. —..... North Country....3Bs. 401. Bone's Ms .40s. Bran 75. 88. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. English Irish — 6 5,603 20 Foreign 2,332 brls SMITHFIELD. At some of the outports the arrivals of stock from abroad, since Monday last, have been moderately good ; but those for our market, as will be seen below, have been comparatively small. We had on sale here, to day, six Bcasts, from Jutland ; thirty Oxen, from Spain ; and ten ditto, from Hamburgh and Rotterdam. Some portion of this stock, especially about ten Sheep, from Vigo, was extremely good in quality, but the remainder unusually bad, end produced, with difficulty, miserably low figures. From Ireland, we have received 61 Pigs, and 47 Cows and Oxen, in very middling condition. We had also 16 Calves, by a steamer, from Corp which sold at no more than 3s per Sibs. Notwithstanding, the present low rates obtained for stock, we understand a large arrival will take place this week, from Corunna. The following is a statement of the importations during the week ending on Saturday last, and of those previously this year, under the new tariff FROM GERMANY, DIMING THE 'WEEK ENDING NOV. 5. Beasts. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. London Hull 3O 20 30 4 Total for the week... 36 20 30 4 Previously this year 789 276 254 48 Grand total 825 296 284 52 FROM HOLLAND. London Hull lO 8 Week's arrival l5 11 Previously this year - 622 Grand total - 622 FROM SPAIN. London 35 Southampton Margate - Ramsgate — Devonport ... lO Week's arrival 9O Previously this year 85 230 Grand total FROM FRANCE. London Southampton Week's arrival l6 Previously this year 217 - 140 Grand total 233 The arrivals of Beasts fresh up this morninr , from our grazing districts exhibited, as compared with those on this day se'nnight, a falling off of nearly 900, yet they were quite adequate to meet the wants of the dealers, whose attendance was rather numerous. Owing to the general quality of the Beasts being inferior, the primest lots sold freely, and in some few instances an ad vance of about 2d. per stone was obtained for them; but for all other breeds the sale was dull, at unaltered rates. The supply of Sheep was again good ; while the Mutton trade was somewhat moderate at fully, but at nothing quoted beyond, last week's figures. The Veal trade was dull, at barely stationary prices. In Pigs little was doing, and their rates had- a downward tendency. The Bullock supply was divided as follows :-2,400 Short-horns, Runts, and Irish Beasts from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Warwickshire ; 180 Scots, Runts, Home-breds, &c. , from Norfolk, Suffolk Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; 450 Herefords and Devons from our south-western; counties ; 200 of various breeds from various other parts of England ; andl.s horned and polled ScotS by sea from Scotland. • Per stone of Sibs. to sink the offal. _ _ _ _ Coarse and Inferior Beasts 2s 10d to 3s ; Second quality ditto, 3s 2d to 3s 4 d ; Prime large, 3 s 6 d to 3s 10d ; crime Scots, &c., 4s to 4s 4d ; Coarse andlderior Sheep, 3s to 3s 2d P • Second quality ditto, 3s 4d .to 3s 6d ; Prime coare-vi - oolled . -;hcep, 3s 8d to 4A 2d ; Prime South Down ditto, 4s 1d to 4s 6d ; Large coarse Calves, 33 4d to 4s ; Prime small ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 4d ; Large hogs, 3s 10d t o 4 8 4d'_‘, Neat Small Porkers, 4s 6d to 4s Bd.—Sucking 18s to 30s ; and Quarter Old Store Pigs, 13s to .113 s each.—Beaste, 3,453 ; Sheep, 28,670 ; Calves, 82 ;Yigi, 514. NEW GATEI,AND LEADENIIALL. At no period within, the last ten ye ars h as s o muc h heaviness been observed here i n th e d eman d f or eac h kind of meat—the supplies of w hi c h, b ot h town an d country-killed, have proved very extensive—as has been that experienced since this day se'nnight; and, although the salesmen have again submitted to lower rates, clearances have not !been effected. In many instances country-slaughtered ,meat has- gone off with difficulty, at miserably low figures. In the following table will be found a correct returp of the arrivals of meat coastwise and by land-carriageotp to these markets:_ ARRIVALS 1M RING TILE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. Scotland .... •••• • •••• 32 515 412 Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk . Essex , 12 100 92 90 Surrey Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts Total. • 131 2,091 352 1,891 Previous week's arrival 116 1,867 155 1,725 Increase since our last 18 224 197 66 At the correspondipg period in 1841, the arrival con sisted of 68 carcases tie %el, 800 ditto of Mutton, 140 ditto Veal, and 860 ditto of Pork. The following ay,,,this day's currencies, per Sibs. by the carcase :—lnfcrior Beef, 2s 10d to 3s ; Middling, do, 8s to 3s fid ; Prime` large do, 3s to 3s 4d ; Prime 4s Middling, do, 3s Gd to 3s 8d ; Prime do, 3s 10d ; small do, 3s 4d to. 3s 6d ; I n f er i or Mutt on , 3s 2d to to 4s ; Veal, 3s tos4s ; Large Pork, 4s to 4s 4d ; Small do, 4s 6d to 4s BOROTIGH IMP MARKET. _ Since our last report the market has undergone little variation. The finest pockets of new still command steady, but by no Means brisk inquiry, at full rates of currency, but, in ,all'other kinds of hops, scarcely any thing is. doh)... Duty called 160,0001. East Kent, in pockets, 51 lOs' to 61 8s ; Mid Kent, in pockets, 515 s to 6! ; Sussex, do., 4/ lOs to Si 8s ; Farnhams, 81 to 101; Old Hops, 31 to 4/10s. BOROUGH 4ND SPITALFIELDS POTATOE MARKET. Although the arrivals of Potatoes, from all quarters, have not been v 43 extensive, since our last, the demand has ruled inacthe, and previous rates have been with dif ficulty snporte:d. York reds, 55s to 60s ; Scotch do., 45s to 50s ; DOtons, 50s • Kent and Essex whites, 40 s to 50s ; Wizbeach; 50s ; Jersey whites, 35s ; Jersey and Guernsey blues; 40s to 45s per ton. w odoL. The imports of Wool into London last week were 1,558 packagp.s, 403 being, from Hamburgh, 716 from Constantinople, and 439 from New South Wales. From our manufacturing districts our accounts are gloomy, which prochice much heaviness inlthe demand here ; and prices are with difficulty maintained. TALLOW. _ _ We have but little alteration to notice in this market to-day. Epees have remained tolerably steady, through out quota tions have been 48s 6d on the spot, and 49s for the springh. e ifewetetle' and the demand moderate. The rs have be e n delivered from St. Peters burgh this morning, d a t e d the 29th ult., prices were steady. White, the s hip m ents were 109,000 casks, against 128,000 do. to the same period last year. The weather was mild. Town tallow is 49s nett cash. FIRE AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.--OR Saturday night, about a qUarter before ten o'clock, as one of the constables of the Eastern Counties Rail ,way, was going his rounds, his attention was directed to some premises, situate near the Shoreditch station, bepriging to Mr. Curtis, the contractor of the works, by t observing a dense mass of smoke issuing from the same, and upon gaining that part of the premises he found that th e y wore on fi re. Th e premises we re used as stabling, and owing to the inflammable nature of their content s , th e f i re sprea d w ith such amazin g rapidity, that i n l ess t h an t en minutes after th e outbreak the place was one body of fire. A mes senger having been dispatched in the interim to the various engine stations with intelligence of the fire, in art incredibly short period the West of England and several brigade engines were on the spot, and, not withstanding that they arrived so shortly after the dis covery of the fire, their services were of very little use, as the place w as comp l e t e ly levelled to the ground in leis than twenty minutes after the alarm was raised t ; and we regret to state that, besides the total destruction of the premises, a valuable horse also perished in the flames. The fire was caused through some toys dischar g i ng f i reworks, which fell into the stable s and set fi re t o t h e; h a y, &c., which shortly after communicated to the building. A ',genteel English stranger," says an Irish pro vincial, journalist, visited and left Cork last week, after vainly attempting forgeries to the amount of 2,6001. upon the Provincial Bank, and Bank of Ireland, in that city. He assumed the designation of " Henry .Belville, ' and represented himself as ,a man of capital in steam-mil about to invest larg e l y operations. LA W INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY',—(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day till eleven o'clock. CALVERT V. GODPREY.-JUDGMENT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, the only question in which was, whether a lady of the name of Watson, the purchaser ®f certain property was to be considered as having accepted the title in consequence of taking possession. The case came before his Lordship upon appeal from the deci sion of the Master of the Rolls, deciding that Miss Watson had not accepted the title and was entitled to a reference with respect to it. His Lordship was of opinion, that the judgment below was correct, and it must therefore be affirmed. Motion refused, but without costs. CASWELL V. BELL. The arguments in this part-heard case were re sumed to-day. The case came before the Court upon motion to vary an injunction restraining the de fendants, who are the Commissioners of the Bourne Fen, near Spalding, from interfering with or taking land belonging to the Black Sluice Commissioners. The arguments had not concluded when our Even ing edition went to press. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY) His Honour Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM did not sit to-day, in consequence of indisposition. It is under stood that he will sit as usual at ten o'clock to-morrow. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY) The Court was engaged the whole morning in hear ing motions for new trials. No case of any import ance had come on up to the time we went to press. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) CLARKE V. STEWART. This was an action to recover damages for injury done to the plaintiff's cabriolet, by an omnibus belong ing to the defendant being driven against the carriage, and overtt#ning it. It appeared, that in the concus sion the defendant's servant was thrown out of the cab, and was so severely injured that he died in a day or two after. The cause was tried at Guildhall, and the Jury, not being able to reconcile the conflicting evidence on both sides, found for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS subsequently obtained a rule to show cause — wiry—there sliould not _ho np_uz trial, on the ground that the statements of the de fendant's witnesses were inconsistent with each other, and that the verdict was in so far not warranted by the evidence. Mr. Sergeant CRANNELL now showed cause against the rule, and stated his arguments in support. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS replied in defence of the rule. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that, under the cir cumstances, it appeared to the Court that justice re quired that the case should go to trial again, and the rule must be made absolute. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. THE REV. H. MITCHELL V. THE REV. E. WILLIAMS. This was an action for malicious prosecution, tried before Mr. Justice Wightman, at the last assizes at Bristol, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages 4001. _ _ Mr. CROWDER now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted, on the ground that there had been no evidence to criminate the defendant, and of an excess of damages. The COURT granted the rule. INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY). IN ItE AUGUSTUS NEWTON. Mr. CookE moved in this matter that the schedulp of the insolvent be transmitted to Cheltenham, through Mr. King, an attorney of the 'Court, to substantiate certain charges of forgery, and fraudulently becom ing possessed of a will which. the insolvent brought against Lady Ricketts, widow of the late Admiral Sir J. Ricketts, in the police court of that place. . The Couvr granted the application, first ordering the party to lodge a copy of the schedule with the officer. THE' LEVANT MAIL. We have received ,by this mail intelligence from Constantinople to the 17th ult., Beyrout to the Bth, and 'Alexandria to the 2,4 th. Advices from Egypt mention the departure of Mehemet Ali. for Cairo, where he will make a len4thened stay. The Pacha is said to have several grand ; plans in contemplation. The large dock at Alexandria is nearly completed, and he is about to undertake the construction of locks, or sluices, on the canal of Malimoudie, by which means boats may pass directly From Alexandria to Cairo. The contract for supplying. timber for this purpose has bee n g i ven t o Ah me t Feriii . late Capitan Pacha, who will import it from Coni;tantinople. Mehemet Ali next intends to construct canal between Fastat, Old Cairo, and' Kolzim, near Suez, such as formerly existed under the occupa tion of the Arabs. This canal will be of immense advantage in facilitating the transit of goods from India to Europe, through Egypt. Another favourite idea of the Pacha is to place in the course of the next year, steamboats on the White River, for the purpose of exploring the source of the Nile. On the Bth of October, Mr. Holman, the blind traveller, had an audience of the Pacha, by whom he was well re ceived. Mehemet Ali laughed heartily when lie was informed that this gentleman had, been arrested „ill Russia as a spy. On the 15th. ult. Mehemet Ali re ceived the Catholic Bishop Salero, who was presented by the French Consul. His Grace returned thanks on the part o": the Pope, for the four alabaster columns sent to Rome for the church of St. Paul. On the same day were presented to the Pacha Selim Capu dan, who commanded the expedition to the White River three years since, and M. Arnaut, a French artist, who accompanied him. All sales of provisions had been suspended, by order of the Pacha, until an account of the stock on hand should be taken. Private intelligence from Constantinople states that M. Boutenieff, the Russian Ambassador there, had withdrawn all opposition to the confirmation of the new Sovereign in Servia ; reserving, however, his decision until his own Government should have ex pressed its opinion. The Divan had appointed Emir Effendi to proceed to Servia to withdraw the decora tion from Prince Michael and to invest Prince Alex ander with it. M. Boutenieff had obtained one great advantage by the dismisFal of Prince Ghilia from the govern ment of Wallachia. The inhabitants of Lebanon were still indulging themselves with the hope of the return of their old Governor, the Emir Bechir, a fact much to be doubted. Her Majesty's frigate Inconstant and Vesuvius steamer, accompanied by the Veloce, _Austrian cor vette, sailed on the 7th from Beyrout for Jaffa. Great excitement had been created at Damascus by the arrival there on the sth ult. of one of the wives of the late Sultan Mahmoud on her journey to Mecca. LITERATURE. WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1842. The most striking incident in this story, is that of the murder of one of the chief personages, Sir Horace Wentworth, which is perpetrated through the agency of his unprincipled friend, Lawson, who contrives to make the young Baronet's mo ther administer to him a dose of laurel-water, she of course supposing that it is the medicine sent by the apothecary. This incident is no coinage of the author's brain, for the crime was committed, pretty nearly as is here related, about the middle of the last century, and the parties concerned were Sir Theodosius Brough ton and Captain Donnellan, the latter of whom poisoned the former, in the hope, if We remem ber rightly, of marrying his widow, and so gain ing possession of the estate. The circumstance, though now nearly forgotten, created a wonder ful stir throughout the country at the period of its occurrence, and is alluded to by.more than one contemporary writer. Mrs. Thompson, the authoress of the story before us, has introduced this tragic episode with great adroitness, and re lated the particulars with impressive force and earnestness, but, at the same time, without ex aggeration. But we gladly turn to the more cheerful points of her narrative. Her sketch of the fussy, conceited bachelor clergyman, Mr. Gadsden, who imagines that every woman who looks at him is desperately in love with him, is cleverly and naturally drawn; Adeline Meadows, too, the heroine of the tale, is a delightful por trait ; and the description of the manufacturing town of I\ T orthington is so life-like in its minute touches, that we almost fancy we know the exact locality. On the whole, " Widows and Widow ers" is an amusing narrative, of a second-rate order of excellence, fluently written, and full of bustle. ON DlGESTlON. — Bouchardat and Sandras have been led by their experiments to a theory of digestion differing somewhat from that generally adopted. It is a generally received opinion that the food is brought into zhe stomach and there changed into a homoge neous gray substance of a sweetish, slightly acid taste, which still retains some of the properties of the food, and which has been called chyme. It is sup posed that this so-produced chyme passes subsequently into chyle. Bouchardat and Sandras believe that the substance which has been called chyme is a mixture of undissolved remains of the food, the solution of which is perhaps continued in the windings of the in testine, and of excretions from the glands and mucous membranes of the intestines, which are destined after wards to form the excrement ; but they do not be lieve that this mixture is expressly prepared for as similation.—The Chemical Gazette, No. I. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet, Countess of Lonsdale, arrived this morning off the Tower, with mails and passengers from Hamburg. LONG ANNUITIES. (From the Observer.) A question of great financial importance, and one, too, deemed w'ell worthy of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, has been mooted among some of the leading monied men in the City. It is, whether there exists any pfactical or real objection to extending the annui ties which will terminate in 1860 over a more length ened period of time ? thus permitting those who exist subsequent, to participate in the expenses of the wars in which Great Britain established the peace of Europe on the plains of Waterloo, as the future generation will enjoy all the advantages of the great object then obtained, while the payments, as far as they are concerned, will be reduced. It is not an unimportant object for the states man to keep in view, as far as respect the finances of the country, how large a diminution will be made a quarter of a century hence in the interest now payable upon the National Debt, especially if the rumour be correct that Government have it seriously in contemplation to reduce the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. into a Three per Cent. Stock. That this is an important question the following fact will demonstrate: The Long Annuities, which expire on the sth Ja nuary, 1860, are an annual charge upon the resources of the country, speaking in round numbers, of 1,290,0001. The Annuities for terms of years, granted by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in exchange for stock or for money transferred, amount probably now to 1,800,0001. With other annuities, terminable at specific periods, not including life annuities, it is estimated that a total charge upon the revenue at the close of twenty-five years, will be annihilated, amounting to nearly, if not above, 5,000,000/. To this may fairly be added, the " Dead Weight Annuity," payable to the Bank 'ai England, of 585,7401., until the year 1867. So that within a period barely exceeding a quarter of a century, and that time is a scintilla in the . history of a country, the Treasury will be re lieved from the payment, of annuities — to the enormous extent of between 5,000,0001. and 6,000,0001. a-year. Add to this the certain reduction of the dividends upon the National Debt, with the conversion of the threeand-a-Half per Cents. to Three per Cent. Annuities, completed, and there will be a diminution of the responsibilities of the Treasury, in the period stated, of full 7,000,0001. per annurr. Thp_zreat question then is, can any plan be ievised to throws - portivii -1.,..t-uf-tlw vt the country over an extended period, by enlarging"the time at which the annuities will expire, and for which a quid pro quo would no doubt be gladly given by the public, having money to spare. The subject is thought to be one deserving the attention of the Executive. LADIES FORMERLY IN PARLIAMENT.—GUrdOII .in his Antiquities of Parliament says, «The ladies of birth and quality sat in council with the Saxon WTita's." " The Abbess Hilda (says Bede) presided in an ecclesiastical synod." In Wighfred's great coun cil at Beconceld, A.D. 694, the abbesses sat and deliberated, and five of them signed the decrees of that council along with the king, bishops, and nobles." " King, Edgar's charter to the Abbey of Crowland, A.D. 961, was with the consent of the nobles and abbesses, who subscribed the charter." "ID Henry the Third's and Edward the First's time four abbesses were summoned to Parlia ment, viz.—of Shaftesbury, Berking, St. Mary of Winchester, and of Wilton." "In the 35th of Edward 111. were summoned by writ to Parliament to appear there by their proxies, viz.—Mary Countess of Norfolk, Alienor Countess of Ormond, Anna Des paiser, Phillippa Countess of March, Johanna Fitz- Water, Agneta Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St. Paul Ccuntess of Pembroke,. Margaret de Roos, Matilda Countess of Oxford, Catherine Countess of Athol. These ladies were called ad colloquium et tractatum by their proxies, a privilege peculiar to the Peerage to appear and act by proxy.' During a violent storm on Thursday at Aire, Pas de Calais, the lightning entered the manufactory of fecula, of that place, but passed through without doing any material damage, and went along the streets and the border of the Lys, to the barracks, which are occupied by Cuirassiers. Here it made its way in, and ran from room to room, breaking every thing before it. In the Salle de Police it found two men in confinement, both of whom were affected, but not seriously. A stable was its next attraction. Here it knocked down five horses, but did not touch a sol dier that was with them. At length it escaped by the main gates, and disappeared in the Rue du Doyen. Powerful and extensive as was the current of the fluid,. it is surprising that the damage it did was so small. Woomvicu, Nov. 4.—This morning a court-mar tial was held on board the William and Mary, Royal yacht, on a sailor of the Dee steamer, for threatening to take the life of one of the lieutenants of that vessel. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life. 1141DDINGTON.—SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—The fine 41b., loaf is now selling here at 6d., and the household 'loaf at sil. ; beef 5d., mutton 4d., and lamb 3d. per lb. :,- American pork 3d. and 3id. per lb. ; eggs ls. per dozen ; fresh butter lid. per lb., salt ditto 9d. to 11d. per ditto • oatmeal 9d. to 10d. per stone; pota toes 10s..yer boll of 4 cwt.; apples ls. per gallon. THE ELEPHANT AND THE TURNPIKE GATE.—Yes terdav senniglit, as Mr. Van Amburgh's elephant was going to Wellington, ready for the next day's .perthiinance, on coming to the turnpike gate, which was shut, the gate-man refused to open the gate unless the conductor paid extra toll, which he refusing to do, went through the side wicket, saying to the elephant, " Jack, I must go without you." But it was not to be so ; for Jack would be as good as his master ; so, without any ceremony, Jack applied his proboscis to the gate, and just eased itself of the hindrance by. prostrating the gate in the road, to the no small amazement of the gate-keeper. We understand there was some injury done to the gate the expense of which the keeper cheerfully paid.—Salopicni Journal. A USEFUL HINT. The Paving Board of the parish of St. James's, Westminster, have just com pleted a total re-painting of all the directions at the corners of the streets; a plan strongly recommended for the adoption of the other parochial authorities of the Metropolis. OPENING OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, GLASGOW.—The formal opening of Queen's College, for the education of ladies, took place on Friday, at two o'clock, in the Assembly-rooms, Sir J. Campbell, Lord Provost in the chair. The large hail of the Assembly-rooms was' filled to overflowing by a highly respectable company, almost entirely composed of ladies, the gentlemen pre sent chiefly accommodated on the platform.. Among the latter were—the Rev. Dr. Hill, Professor of Theo logy in the University ; Rev. Dr. Fleming, College ; Rev. Dr. King, Grayfriars ; Rev.. Dr. Heugh, Rev. Mr. Rose, Rev. Mr. Hunter, Rev. Dr. Symington ; Professors Penney, Wilson, Easton, &c., of the Ander sonian University ; Dr. Weir, Bailie Leadbetter, Convenor Ure, Mr. A. Rankine, Mr. J. M'Lellan, Mr, J. Simpson, from Edinburgh, Dr. Gibson, Mr. W. Church, Mr. J. Loudoun, Messrs. Greig and Nelson, Western Academy; Mr. D'Orsay, and nume rous other gentlemen interested in the cause of ediv , ' cation. Dr. Penney addressed the meeting on the ad vantages and pleasures of knowledge, and the import ance of the present Institution.—Scolsman. MACBETH'S WITCIIES.—The place where Macbeth met with the three weird sisters, is in the county of Moray, about seven miles westward of Elgin, and five miles on this side of Forres. It is nearly a mile in length, and in some parts more than half a mile in breadth. It is a singularly bare, desolate place, with a range of high hills on the south side, and a large open space of country, now generally cultivated—with the Moray Frith and the Caithness hills in the distance. Nor is this all. Not only is the moor itself, atwhich the meeting in question took place, still a " blasted heath," but, from its peculiar soil, it must ever remain so. The progress of cultivation can never reach it. It may farther be mentioned, that so desolate and barren is the place, that people have a great dislike to travel through it in dark nights. The road to Forres, and thence to Inverness, lies now, as in Macbeth's time, through this large tract of moor, still covered over with the " heath" so common in the mountainous parts of Scotland.—Joseph Jenkins, a new Work, by the Author of " Random Recollections." The works for the construction of the German federal fortress of Ulm commenced on the 18th ult.. the anniversary of the battle of Leipsic, and have since been continued with the greatest diligence, under the superintendence of the Director of Fortifi cations, Von Prittwitz. 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 wherry Warspite broke from her moorings opposite Battersea. Crew in a state of insensibility at the Red House, and removed by 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.—Purech. A CONFESSIONAL AWKWARDLY SITUA TED.—In TUA the cathedral of Girgenti, in Sicily, the slightest whis per is borne with perfect distinctness from the great western door to the cornice behind the high altar, a distance of 260 feet. By a most unlucky coincidence, the precise focus of divergence at the former station was chosen for the place of the confessional. Secrets never intended for the public ear thus became known, to the dismay of the confessors and the scandal of the people, by the resort of the curious to the opposite point (which seems to have been discovered accident ally), until at length one listener, having had his cu riosity somewhat over gratified by hearing his wife's avowal of her own infidelity, this sell-tale peculiarity became generally known, and the confessional was re moved.—fferschers Treatise on Sound. OVERIik,NT) MAIL AFFGTIANISTAN ,- INDIA AND CHINA. Letters and papers have been received by tile Overland Mail from Bombay, the Ist of October, and convey a great variety of important and in teresting intelligence. The operations of the British army in Affgha nistan are very satisfactory. The decision of the Government to send the troops towards Caubu l , and take possession of that place, has given gene ral satisfaction, and inspired our brave array 111 that quarter with fresh courage. Candabar was finally abandoned by us on the 10th of August. General Nott, with a force of about 7,000 men, including two Queen's regiments and a battering train, is now on his way to Ghuznee and Caul ) " at which latter place he was expected to have arrived about the 15th of September. We l ' avc heard indirectly of the first 150 miles of his mar" being accomplished. General England, Iv" quitted Candahar simultaneously for a move in the opposite direction, reached Quettait in safety on the 26th, having marched his detachrneot of 4,000 men 140 miles without obstruction. The Quettah force is looked for in Scittdc orb' in October, in the course of which month the o th , e entire withdrawal of our troops front beYend Passes will have been completed. General -L. °l lock has for the last three weeks of August beell a moving his troops gradually upwards towaru' Gundamuek, at the mouth of the ?ass, 26 wil es On his . towards Caubul, preparate r Y t° a. making „rapid dash on the capital, on lleto'if • of General Notes advance. On the 2 3 d and ,21t-.1 of August a detaatinent of abouf2,ooo of the enemy, having taking up a position inconv near to us, were atiadked. by General rc i. `' •. and dispersed, after five hotirs' fighting% villages and strongholds' being' destroYen , " t i their vineyards and their fruit trees cut "';._ • tie has - lurt the posts - itr - his rear sfreng } f e 6 , a risoned. He was expected * tb„ be ready Jo`, march on the sth or.• 6th September, our lat''t lews extends to the ad. • r The progress of General Nott into the WI/ Lis, of Affghaniz;tan appears to have fortunate. His corps is desert, in beasts of burden, &c., every itcomplishment of the arduous undei. , 4 16 , 14 ,.. t his .wotildbe , useless to disguise the fact, 03 " „ a t march from Candahar to Caubul is one uf importance, for when • successful it will de ll b )- ut strate to the world that all the clamour a : ° , Afghan patriotism and their. wonderful pross was of no value. • , 4th Intelligence from General. P o ll o ck to tu e of September states that his troops had b e tit eminently successful in their gradual ninv e . ille e f to Gundamuck, and in routing some b odies i t the enemy. The arrival in the camp of Fu ,4 1 0 Jung, the son and heir of Shah Soojah, of had effected his escape from the person ir- Akbar Khan, was considered, in the e.e. cumstances, as an event of great Inag nittid e a He came from Caubul attended by fcn irte e l. persons, although only one was "at firs t re lowed to enter the camp, but orders Il d e subsequently issued to admit the remain, 11ete, On his reaching General Pollock's tent as e . 0a *, of welcome was instantly fired. His reeePtia; proved the intentions of the General t ° be i3o l vourable to his rights as. Sovereign of o° , l t o The orders for a rapid move frOm G u ndaran7 it Caubul on the 6th or 7th o f September .. was said, been issued, but- some doubts were e to tertained of that march being effected Prie,,rtt the certainty of the approach o f G e neral - 1 -"" from Gliaznee. Akbar • Among the rumours Was one that -- . Khan had been seized by-the Kozzilbasite' Of . „ ts constitute a large portion of the inhabita";', Caubul, and who, in ord'e'r to save the city destruction, were in the.,intereat of the - ", 13 ',1 1e alliance, and for that reason also protected " is British prisoners. One item of painful new s that the gallant Sir Robert Sale was seriously in disposed, in consequence of an inflammation (31' the ports kidneys. scattered There abroa d were.n many con flicting r e respecting r which subsequently prove d erroneous• would not surpris e me ," said. one writer, " if d a much greater number than is generally suppose of the officers and soldiers said to have been mas the prisone7 t , sacred in January last should make their aPKI . : . ance on the arrival of the' ritish troops at Caulint' . A report was circulated in Bombay on the l ed, of October, to the effect that Gh uzne e had °p ole ' its gates without any gieat resistance on the nY e ; pearance of Nott's army. Sir Charles NnP f. l o left Bombay in the beginning of Septenlbe: the Scinde, in order to take the command ot troops from General .'England. Her Mai e r stY o , • '2Btlt Regiment had suffered severely i l p .c) be cholera during its. passage to Kurraclice• r l as corps under the orders of General England vile; after the districts around Quetta had behl,at, placed under the jurisdiction of the young of Khelat, come through the Bolan Pass on the 26th of September in order to take 'JP is station near the. Indus. The presence nt • t t . corps had become necessary in consequence lace • quarrel and a conflict which had taken P"-nf between the Ameers of Hyderabad and soMe vas „ • their neighbours, he consequence of wl)icl i th e • calculated to be, that both parties, or at lo st •.b EP weaker one, was - likely to appeal to the Brt t ile authorities fbr koteetion. The tyranny °f , hc ir Ameers is proV'eibial, and the removal of government would be a blessing to all the in . , e , tants of the banks 'of the Indus. It was fore considered probabie that the British for vernment will, for its own sake, as we ll eg in thet advanceMent of civilization, be specdilYose ,duced to control th e op p ress i ve acts of h mischievous despots. the pee ed It seems 'to be ex t in India that a t British army, on the junction of the two onl is t i n f Caubul, will,.tsubsequently to the libe rati° i l ded the prisoners, ,be called upon to take dec:era steps for introducing a proper system of g ° t he ment and the admihistration of justice o ° Le rn Sikh country. General Poll o ck, on his re °t ber towards India, may therefore have au„tic object to attain worthy of the most cn er ikli. steps, viz., the taking possession of a re country. The mass of that population , "', 1, 11 , - fully aware of the blessings produce d ". / er to British administration, are described as ea g sa ch obtain the management of civilized rule rs ' t her as the British people have g iven to th e - parts of . 11indostan. loth of Lord Ellenborough ar r i ve d on the -- September at Siinla, the proximity a inlvdica place to Lahore, as well as many othe r f thetions, tions, led many to consider the occupation ee ° n od Punjaub as probable. Th e Governor -G it and the Commander-in-Chief, being in itAbitli mediate vicinity of the Sikh capital, ring out out difficulty learn how the British forc eg '' - 0 n- • their passage through the Punjaub, ought to d ' ucs duct themselves, so as to support the int° tion there of a good and just government. 113, In the interior of I n di a tranquillity genet's prevails. Aloe The rains w ere mos t plentiful thrown India in the month of September. Th e n'l ; t ie talked-of apprehensions entertaine d of a Jam in the districts near Delhi have vanished. The army to ass emble . of reserve has been ordered on the Sutlej i n th e mo nth of November' p r e t paratory, as it is s a id, to some demonstravel against the Sikhs. her There have been some serious losses in wamPeu boats Majesty's 50th an d 62d Regiments while Pr°-; ceeding up the Ganges. A boat was s • fl near Cawnpore, and e i g h teen. men of tu e - were drowned. A wing of the 62d going i tora at near Bhagulpore, was overtake n by moor night, which forced the boats from thcullatints ings, and thirty-eight mcn ,including L ien "' Scobel and Gson, we on it re lo s st. voyage from L eud°ll The bark Raicardo, to Calcutta, struck on a sand-ban k in th minu te Hooghly, and heeled over, and in one teM ber ' The Delhi Gazette of the 21st of SeP t he went down. Ten persons were drowned. the latest paper received at the closing L' 1 ,, mail from the north-west of' Akbar Khan had resolved to abandon I), u and to take the prisoners to ilindoo Ko°`" India, stal..ea.s_tb;i:,.,,_ .- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1842 I I