The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

~! LAW INTELLIGENCE. S PIR IFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This EnrsoN V. NICKLIN. -- was an aet;.on to recover the sum of 171. 18s. 6d., %tumult due on a - ,1 attorney's bill. The defenda n t pleaded that he had a set-off for work " 1 11: 9e and performed, but he did not appear to defend the enltsequently a verdict was taken for the plaintiff for the full amount. DEAMISH AND ANOTHER V. PAYNE. This was an action to recover the sum of 11/. Ns. 11d. pods sold an d d e li vere d, an d u p on ac count stated. SHA.W stated the case to the Jury, and said that : I l e Plaintiffs were ale and porter brewers in Dublin, and "e defendant resided in Fenchurch-street, and was a Publican. The defendant was in the habit of receiving e°':ls from th e plaintiff, and the amount named in the d eclarati on was for the balance of the account. Witnesses were called who proved the delivery of the goods, and Mr, JAMES for the defendant, called witnesses to P r ove that th e or d er was given on account of the father °i the defendant ; it was, however, shown in evidence b u e a f t the father of the plaintiff had been dead some time of 9 . ze the present debt was incurred. Another ground gJefence was, that the business was not carried on in 4/ name of the defendant, but that of his mother. several witnesses were called to prove that the defen nt has employed as a waiter to his mother. One '*ltnes s , a porter, in the establishment of Mrs: Payne, oul d swear that the defendant was tot his master, for !li he often called him " Richard," and sometimes " Dick." t he varn't my master," said the witness, "he vos ony 'QC vaiter."—(Laughter.) • Mr. JAMES —Did the defendant engage you ? Wit . g ess---In coarse not. The Jury, however, did not think - this evidence suffi tient, and therefore returned a verdict for the plaintiff. f O n the application of ground James, the writ was stayed e °l ' a fortnight, on the a the verdict being against lipdene*, in order to go before the Judge in Chambers. "t Court adjourned at one o'clock. IN SOLVEN TCOURT--(THIS DAY.) IF RE JAMES ATKINSON. Ole insolvent applied to be liberated on bail until the rp appointed for his hearing. His chief detaining cre itor was his mother, the others being small ones on aetainers from the Court of Requests. TllO Learned CRIEF COMMISSIONER examined him Ivit , v a) , ‘ " , r espect to the manner in which his mother's debt was utraeted, or whether it was bona fide. In reply, he F a t,Ql that his mother was actuated by spite against him odging the detainer. ,„ to Court eventually ordered the case to stand over Monday, in order that further inquiries might be made t► i s Peeting the orders frothe Court of Requests, as the at which the insolv en t 's hearing came on would e t er - the period during which confinement under these e ct,ses were legal. o 'he Court was occupied entirely with bearing unim ttant applications for bail, of which there were no less toiletty-one. Thirty were London, arid the remainder y cases. 11 0 LICE INTELLIGENCE. tOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) tk There was no case of any interest before the Court tnorning. ' MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) .fitment S ar ti n , a p r i va t e i n th e 3d battalion of the Ist ,4'e.„Rialent of Foot Guards, was charged with robbing a ' 4ll or named Edward Huntley of a 5/. Bank of England under the following circumstances:— I . ' - he prosecutor was yesterday morning discharged v 1.0 n3 , her Majesty's ship of war, the Sulphur, a bomb dssel, lyi ng o ff W oo l w i c h, an d on b oar d w hi c h he had en servin g f or a c o nsiderable period as an able seaman, _ had been drinking, about from one public-house t t/ h Ituotber during the day, and about seven o'clock in evening met with the prisoner somewhere in the Pthbourhood of Lambeth, and wishing for " a mess te to say a word to, and not have all the fun to him .7lf, they had something to drink together, and then he rated bun to the Surrey Theatre. The performance rt b e i ng i n his (the prisoner's) opinion ship-shape they left before it was half over, and proceeded in tvab to see Madame Tussaud's Exhibition, at the t here in Baker- s t ree t, P or t ma n-squ a r e , but on arriving :ere found it was s h u t u p ; th e y th ere f ore a djourned to a xi e4 Rhbouring p u bli c -h ouse , an d d ran k ver y i n t e mper a tely, atlast the prosecutor got into a cab in Conduit-street, fo nd - street , int en di ng t o p rocee d h ome , a nd w a s bidding Prisoner " good night," when he jumped up on the °ithe P of the cab, and snatching the note in question from wanlougst several others the prosecutor had in his hand, lzras runeinK- " off with it as fast as he could, but was pe u '" u by police-sergeant, No. 7 of the C division, who the note . 4 the moment and secured him. He dropped The e 13' .nst as he was seized hold of. s° ner made no defence. A v e . "'Pant of th e regiment said that he had borne a good character since he enlisted. ne was fully committed to Newgate. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Five lads were brought up for bathing iu the Surrey ')al on the preceding evening. 4 . -rhe defendants were observed in the canal between gen and eight o'clock in the evening, and shortly after l'ds presented themselves in a state of nudity on the l io n s, at a time that the young ladies belonging to a ti:cling school in the neighbourhood were walking. As 0 , , hour appointed for bathing, which was after nine d e e r i rit at night, had not arrived, a policeman took the ', ll (lants into custody. oi '.l he defendants said that they did not intend to insult ele ? . Person, and had gone into the water to cleanse theta -11,e3 after their work. iO 4 ‘ gentleman said that the schoolmistress was to blame ho t taki ng h er sc h o l ars to t h at p a rt of the canal where the / 8 were bathing, as all the inhabitants knew it was ap- C a oPriated for th a t purpose, and that she could easily xe avoided that spot: to The MAGISTRATE said that he should not punish per -48 for. enjoying the recreation of bathing, which was eli a luxury, and at this time of the year, and tended bl preserve health. He thought the schoolmistress was alrieable in taking the young ladies near the spot which e ° uld have been avoided according to the gentleman's 4 tt e , e° unt. He, however, Cautioned the defendants to keep 4 rch out of public observation as possible when bath and t discharged them. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. orTiNGHAM, TUESDAY NIGHT.—The excitement in- Ses here momentarily. After the grand derrionstra :Yil in the Market-place had concluded yesterday, the which they leaders instantly repaired to the out districts to they had been appointed, and were in all received the most flattering assurances of co-operation. In the evening they re-assembled in Nottingham, and pro ' ceded in a body to Bunker's-hill, where a commodious _ t atform had been erected, and where the very largest 7 semblage ever beheld in this town had congregated to r eceive them. Mr. Sturge was engaged at Snenton , consequently could not attend at Bunker's-hill ; b ut the enthusiasm with which his name was received 4ored me that his honest and straightforward de :faration of principle had won the hearts of all. Mr. Guest was called to the Chair, and the meeting was a ddressed by Commodore Mead, Dr. M'Douall , and O'Connor. At the commencement of the pro '_eiedings an attempt was made by the " Blue lambs" , " create a disturbance, but the power of the People very speedily quelled the first symptoms, and ,tlinpelled the intruders to take refuge in the Bunker's 1. ittil public-house, one.of the rendezvous of Walter's fac -I°ll. A report was currently circulated that a thousand ( Lillie lambs" were in readiness, but the warning and re of Mr. O'Connor insured their absence. A ft e r re proceedings had terminated the vast assemblage fell I n° procession, and, preceded by a number of singers, kale and female, perambulated the town to a late hour, Passing through the market-place and the principal streets in " full cry." As they passed - the Georg e the Vourth, Mr. Walter's hotel, they gave the Hon. Can ' didate a taste of their " sweet, voices," but not in the 3 arne key as when the Chartistst honetest fell ows in the world." At the Assembly-he room, s the Meeting-place of the Tories, another note was sounded, but not of approval. This morning all the corn : Mitte., l . , s are on active service, and the Chartist leaders are at their posts in the out districts, while elown is alive with the busy bustle of speculation. 4 - number of Dissenting ministers are now in town, . Charged with the presentation of addresses from their sever a l bodies to Mr. Sturge and the electors of Notting ham. The Tories have several presses employed in the Manufacture of squibs, but they are of the coarsest breed, and are instantly met by spirited retorts from the kurge Committee. A large body of non-electors pa raded the streets all night, as a watch upon the " Secret • Service " Committee,_ and put several skirmishing par ties to the rout. The Walterites have not, up to the Present hour, ventured upon a single open-air meeting, neither have they announced their intention to hold one. The demonstration:to-morrow;S . expFcted to surpass any thing of the kind ever witnessed in Nottingham, and tIPon the day of nomination Mr. Stur g e will be escorted by an immense multitude to the Exchange. In short, as far a s I can judge, the arrangements of the several com mittees are admirable, and there are not fewer than thirty at full work, principally composed of non-electors out of VtPlohey. A number of Tory voters, for the most part outcrs and bakers, are so t h orou ghly disgusted with the compromise, that they have volunteered their votes and services to Mr. Sturge. Mr. Cooper, of Leicester, and other Chartist leaders, have arrived in town this morning , and were instantly dispatched to the out districts. From the best accounts that I could procure, it would appear that the winner Most poll about 1,900 votes, while the Whigs speak con fidently of registering 1,400 unpurchaseable ones for Sturge ; and, upon the other hand, the Tories cannot Muster of the same class more than one-half the number, i f so many.- 'SERIOUS RIOT AND DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF THE BLUE LAMBS, OR TORY BLUDGEON AIEN, Norrixonert, WEDNESDAY.—The Rev. Mr. Stephens 'laving been engaged to aid Mr. Walter in his election, _Told the friends of Mr. Sturge having announced their intention of holding a public meeting in the market- Place at seven o'clock, the Blues imagined that a fair op portunity presented itself for trying a physical encoun ter- At six o'clock the Sturge hustings—a waggon— was placed in the centre of the market-place, while con inderably higher on the ground the Blues had stationed theirs— a , waggon, sheeted over the "rigging" with plank. At seven the assemblage was great, and at a few minutes past that hour Mr. O'Connor and his friends mounted their waggon, which ha d been repined by; the people to within a few yards .: f!-11 at yan on the the at its eI or ) % ' •al ° asir e 4 v e D e oa klid t fol 00 c) ell 3 0 1 1 (1 5 : bY lt 3c s ' 'Ol of the Blue hustings. Upon Mr. Sturge's friends pre- p stinting themselves they were hailed . with deafen ing cheers by the people and groans from the Blues. T'ne appearance of Stephens was the signal for one ge neral burst of indignation. For fully half an hour no thing could be heard but cheers and counter cheers, groans and counter groans. In the midst of the increas ing confusion, Mr. Sturge forced his way through the Blues, and mounted his own stage, and upon presenting himself, the appearance was truly astounding, and, as a man loving peace, showed by his cool conduct that he did not fear the result of their loud and vicious threats. Still the confusion continued, and at length Mr. Sturge requested of Mr. O'Connor to allow the waggon to be removed, in the hope of drawing the soberpeople . from the drunken bludgeon-men, to which Mr. O'Connor replied that if the waggon was moved an inch he would leave Nottingham, as the enemy would claim a triumph. At a quarter to eight, the hired ruffians, armed with bludgeons, iron bolts, stones, and life preservers, urged on by their leaders, thought that value would be required for Tory gold, and accord ingly a sudden rush was made by the most daring amid the cheers of their party. The Chartists, unprepared for such an attack, gave way a few yards, and the fight ing began ; bolts and stones, sticks and fists, were flying in, all directions, while the ground was strewed with the wounded. The first shock was like lightning, and the instant the first blow was struck, Mr. O'Connor sprung from the waggon, forced his way through his own party, and placed himself right in front of the enemy, who now began some to fall, and others to retreat in all directions, Mr. O'Connor literally fighting his way by the strength of his arm. and flooring the bludgeon men right and left. The front was now turned and driven down a nar row street, when the rear charged Mr. O'Connor and his friends behind. Mr. O'Connor was knocked down, and about thirty men over him, and lay for a consi derable time on the ground, and at length was seen above their heads without his hat, fighting his way to the enemy's stage, which was still in possession of four of the stoutest, the renegade parson and his backers having cut on the first show of re sistance. The top of the stage was about eight feet from the ground, and one corner was defended by the bravest of his party, the rest having ran away. At this point Mr. O'Connor sprang, and when his head passed the summit the sentry aimed a frightful kick at his fore head, which, however, he avoided, and seized his oppo nent by the ancle, and pitched him head foremost from his post. Young Clark, from Stockport, who was im mediately after Mr. O'Connor in the defence, together with Dr. M'Douall, had scaled the hustings on one side, while Mr. O'Connor mounted it on the other, amid the the most tremendous cheering; his clothes were flying about, and his appearance rendered laughable by a small leather cap which an Irishman had placed on his head. In less than a minute the captive blue hustings were rolled in triumph, and amid the cheers of the rioters, to the' Sturge waggont , Not a vestige of blue remained upon the ground, they had gone in a body to the police to exhibit their black eyes and broken noses, each swear ing that Mr. O'Connor had inflicted every wound; and a fishmonger, named Waltman ' one of the " ringleaders," applied fora warrant against Mr. O'Connor, which, how ever, their Worships requested time to consider of till this morning. About twenty others have applied for warrants against the same individual, and at this moment 'the police-office is beset, while the new batch of Tory justices, made, no doubt, for such occasions, are in deep deliberation as to the best means of covering their friends' defeat and retreat. Applications have been made at Court for warrants against Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Al derman Frerson. Warrants have been accordingly issued against both—against Mr. O'Connor for larceny, for the cap which was sworn to be taken from the head of one of the Blues, for assault upon a number of per sons, and for an affray ; and against the Alderman for instigating to a riot. The Graham Justices were for hearing the case at ten to-morrow, before three Magis trates, in order to prevent O'Connor from meeting Wal ter at the nomination ; but the old Magistrates stoutly interposed against such a monstrous piece of injustice, and have appointed one o'clock to-morrow, or imme diately after the nomination for the hearing. I have just learned that the hearing of the charges against the Alderman and Mr. O'Connor has been postponed to Sa turday morning at eleven o'clock. _ MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. CHRONICLE.--The Report of the Directors of the London and Brighton Railway, preparatory to the ap proaching half-yearly meeting, has been printed, by which we observe that the cost of this important line is 2,568,0001., and not 2,639,0001., as had been formerly stated by the inadvertent inclusion of a loan of 71,000/., as part of the cost of construction. By the revenue ac counts to 30th June last, the receipts of traffic amounts to 63,326/. 17s. 2d., which added to balnc of 12,479/. 12s. Bd., makes an aggregate of 75,806/. a 9s. e 10d., from which falls to be deducted 38,796/. 15s. 104., being the expenditure up to said date, leaving 37,009/. 145., which sum, however, is chargeable with interest paid on mort gage bonds and sundries of 9,364/. 25., showing an amount of 27,645/. 12s. at the disposal of the Share holders, chargeable, however, with interest to the 30th of June; but, on the other hand, a portion of the interest due upon the debt payable to the South Eastern Rail way Company is applicable to the profit and loss ac count of the same date. During the first three months of this year, ending on the 2d of April, the average receipts per week was 1,824/. ss. 6d., and during the last three months, ending on the 2d of July, it was 2,989/. 16s. 4d. per week, and the average weekly expense of working and maintaining the line was 1,4941. ; and in the month of July the average receipt per week was 3,968/. Os. 9d., thus showing a great progressive increase. At the last general 'meeting 211 shares were forfeited, of which number 201 have since been allotted to the several Pro prietors, upon their paying all the calls due with interest. The Directors have raised by loan notes, under the seal of the Company, the sum of 300,000/., as authorised by the last general meeting, and will apply in the next ses sion of Parliament for an Act to confirm that loan. The Directors received 327,334/. 15s. 2d. from the South Eastern Railway for that portion of the Brighton line which they are authorised to take, which had been in vested in the sum of 357,4101. 10s. Bd. Three per Cents., in the names of Trustees. It is stated that there is no instance on record where works of the same extent as the Brighton Railway have been executed in so short a time, or nearer the estimated cost. SUN.—Prices of the Funds kept gradually creeping up, until Consols left off at 911 sellers for Money, and 911 918 for the Account ; Bank Stock, 1691 1701 ; India Stock, 2491 2501 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 52 54 ; New, 50 52 prem. This improved state of the Market may be mainly attri buted to the intelligence from India, which appeared in The Sun of this evening. If it be correct that the Chinese be inclined to make such concessions as the payment of ten millions sterling and the cession of Hong Kong, much will have been gained ; but from the subtlety which they have always shown, it would appear that some further demonstrations would be necessary before a proper appreciation of our power were arrived at. Like the Americans with regard to their pledges when borrowing money, the Chinese are tricky, and if favourable circumstances for them should occur, the Em peror may refuse to acknowledge the acts of his Minis ters, as the several Legislatures have repudiated their debts. The details, which most probably will be de livered to-morrow, are looked forward to with much anxiety. The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 1011 1021- ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511 51* ; the Five per Cents., 1011 1011 ; Danish, 811 821 ; and Brazilian, 63 65 ; with very little business. The quotation for Mexican was 351353. London and Birmingham Railway Shares were 180 182 ; Birmingham and Glouceste r, 47 49 ; Great Wes tern, 891 90, 1 , ; the Half Shares, 631 641 ; South Wes tern, 62 63 ; North Midland, 59 60 ; the New Shares, 29 30 ; South Eastern and Dover, 221 233 ; Eastern Counties, 81 93 ; Northern and Eastern, 40 41 ; Black wall, 991 ; and Brighton, 34* 343 per Share. The nominal quotations for the Bonds, for scarcely anything was done in any of them, were—Colombian, 20* 213 ; Peruvian, 151 161 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 333 331; the Three per Cents., 191 20; Spamsh Five per Cents., 21 214 ; and the Three per Cents., 201 201. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedingsni the House q! Commons.) WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. Question put, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:" —The House divided:— MAJORITY —AYES, St k'Coart, Capt .. I Gaskell, James Milnes Masterman, John Affix, John Peer 1 Gladstone,_ W. E. Meynell, H. Arbuthnot, lion. H : Gordon. Hon. W. Mundy, E. Miller Arkwright, George Montague Nicholl, J. Baird, W. Gore, W. R. G. Pakington, J. S. Baring. W. B. Graham, Sir James Peel , H on. Sir R. Bateson, Robert Grant, Sir A. C. Peel, Colonel . 1 . Bentinck, Lord G. Greene, T. Polhill, Frederick Beldrro, H. G. Grogan, Edward Pollock, Sir F. Borthwick, Peter Harcourt, G. G. • Praed, W. T Botfield, Beriah Hardinge, Sir H. ton, G. W. J. Broadley, H. Hardy, John Round, John Bruce. Lord E. Henley J. Warner Sanderson, R. Buller. Sir J. Y. Herbert, Hon. S. Scott, H on . F. Burrell, Sir C. M. Hervey, Lord A. '''' Sheppard, T. Clerk, Sir George Hodgson, Richard Smith, Abel Cockburn, Sir 0. Hope, Hon. C. Stanley, Lord Colville, C. B. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stewart, John Cripps, W. Jermyn, Lord Stuart. H. Darner, Hon. G. Jones, Theobald Sutton, Hon. h. M Darby, George knatchbull, Pr P.. lhoinpson, Aid. Douglas, Sir H. Lefroy, Anhony Trench, Sir F. Douglas Sir C. Leicester,_ Earl of Trollope, Sir John Eliot, L ' ord Lincoln, Earl of Verner, Colonel Escott, Wickham Lockhart, William Young, John Ffolliot, John Lyall, George flower, Sir James Lygon, Hon. Gen. Forester, G. C. W. Maclean, D, Fuller, A. E. TELLERS. Fremantle, SlrT. Pringle, A. ;NORITY— NOES, Langston, J. H. Martin, J. Morris, David O'Brien, J. Plumridge, Captain Scott, R. Tancred, H. W. Villiers, Charles P. Bowring, 1)r. Brotherton, J. Bryan, George Duncan, George Gore, Robert Heathcoat, J. Hollond, Rcbert Howard, I'. H. Wall, C.B. Ward, H. G. Williams, W. Wyse, 'Thomas Yorke, H. R. TELLERS. Hume, Joseph O'Connell,ll. Five other divisim the same Members a ins► took place, but they consisted nearly 01 as the above. DIOCESE OF SALISBURY.—The death of the Rev. Dr. Goouenough has rendered vacant the Rectory of Godrnanstone, Dorsetshiry. The Rev. gentleman was instituted to the Rectory in 1824. In the Parliamentary Returns of 1831, the net average income of this living is said to be 2401. The patronage is in the family of the deceased Rector. The Perpetual Curacy of Nether Cerne, in the same diocese, also becomes vacant by Dr. Goodenough's death, value 601. The Rectory of Hil perton, value 260/, is vacant by the death of the Rev. George Innes, M.A. Patron, Walter Long, Esq. AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 2.—To-day being the 24th anniversary of the birthday (.4 his Royal Highness P r i nce Alexander, his Majesty's second son, was kept with thg usual ceremon ies. . THE ' SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _VENING, AUGUST 4, 1842 OVERLAND MAIL. CHINA, INDIA, AND AFFGII ANISTAN. The latest dates from China, Affghanistan, and India, are Macao 12th of April, Jellalabad 26th o 4 May, Candahar 25th of May, Calcutta 7th of June. Bombay 18th of June. BOMBAY, JUNE 18. The intelligence from India by the present mail s of considerable importance. The army of General Pollock remains inactive at Jellalabad. The pri soners and hostages remain in the hands of the enemy and are treated as well as can be expected under the circumstances. Three children had been born in captivity. Negotiations for the release of the pri soners had been going on between Akbar Khan and General Pollock, through the medium of Captain Mackenzie, who was permitted to come into Jellala• bad on parole, but their nature has not transpired. The hostages were said to be in the keeping of the high priest of Caubul. Caubul was in a state of revolution ; an attack had been made by Akbar Khan on the Balla-hissar, which signally failed, and we are told in a letter, dated Jel- lalabad 26th of May, that " Akhbar Khan's treasury being exhausted, he en• deavoured to raise a loan in the city, offering exorbitant interest, but so low in estimation has he fallen, that he could not procure the two lacs he was negotiating for. As a last alternative he endeavoured to rally around him all the fanatics of the country by proclaiming a re ligious war involving death to every infidel, but here again ho failed; those to whom he appealed declaring that. the infidels had not injured them, but, on the con trary, by a lavish expenditure of money, had enriched the country. Thus low stands the Buruckzee party just now." By far the most important topic of intelligence is the immediate withdrawal of the British troops from Affgha nistan. Of this there has been yet no official announce ment; but it is generally believed, even by those who would wish it otherwise, that an order to that effect has actually been issued. An order from the Adjutant- General's Office, Calcutta, dated May 14, commences thus : " Instructions having been issued for the withdraw a with n the British provinces of the troops serving ives of the Indus, it has become necessary to make arrange• men's for the comfort of the different corps during their march across the Punjaub." As this is a subject of some importance, it may be proper to bring into one view the arguments which have been adduced for and against the probability of this alleged abandonment of Affghanistan, and it must be confessed the preponderance is in favour of the former. The Bombay Times of this day says— " Our readers ars aware that this measure is one which we have all along most strenuously advocated. Without adverting to the enormous and cruel injustice of a continuance or renewal of the w'ar, it may be enough to state, that acccording. to Sir Robert Peel, it has already cost us nearly seventeen millions sterling, and can only be maintained at an outlay of above three millions a year. Of this last-named sum two millions at any rate are sent into Affghanistan in coined silver money, and never returns to us ; so that for every month the war continues we have the circulating medium of India diminished by nearly 170,0001. in specie with drawn from the currency of the empire. Our armies are dispirited by mishap, and the officers ruined by their own expenses, and beyond measure sic k of the war. We have no baggage cattle to carry our artillery or com missariat along ; nor is it possible at any price to pro cure them. The winter sets' in beyond the mountains early in November, and the snows are not entirely cleared away before April arrives ; so that as we have no fortified post, camp, or cantonment, and shrunk before from the cost of their construction at Caubul— any expedition which could have been undertaken would have been one of a few months' duration only—where our purposes would have been frustrated, and our armies eluded by the retirement of the enemy beyond the moun tains ; so that our troops in all probability would have had to fall back pall melt in October, without anything whatever having been accomplished ; and next year, had the vat. been renewed, it would have been at a cost of twe* millions sterling 1" A dreadful hurricane has taken place at Calcutta, destroying numerous houses, and damaging about fifty vessels in the river, with great loss of human life. The loss of boats with produce down the river will be enor mous, and of ruinous amount. This will be chiefly of sugar, saltpetre, rice, and cotton. At Bombay two ships have been destroyed by fire within the last fortnight. The Vansittart, formerly one of the East India Company's China ships, and the Corn wallis, both on the eve of sailing for China with cotton cargoes. The loss of property amounts to above 100,0001. It was strongly suspected that these fires were the work of incendiaries, and the suspicion is confirmed by the circumstance of another ship, also ready for sea, and to sail for China to-morrow, having been discovered to be on fire ; but it was promptly extinguished. It appears that the Lascars had prepared a large quantity of com bustible matter, placed it below a cask of spirits in the hold, and then set fire to it. The fire-engines from the Government steamers were sent on boad, and speedily extinguished the fire; but the Lascars all jumped over board, and attempted to make their escape in boats, but they were were all seized, and are now in confinement. These people get six monts' pay in advance • it therefore becomes their interest to destroy the vessel in order to release them from their engagements. These are the people for whom a spurious sympathy is frequently ex cited in London. Sir Jamsetjee Lejeebhoy has given 30,0001. as a dona tion for the relief of the Parsee poor of Bombay and Su• rat, and for the education of their children. He will purchase his way to a peerage ere long. . The knight hood of Sir Jamsetjee is looked upon by many as very ridiculous. Was our gracious Sovereign, when she was advised to bestow this mark of distinction, informed that he belongs to a caste who treat the female part of their families with contempt, feed them from the refuse of their tables, and even when in the pains of child birth, thrust them into a kind of dungeon, where they remain neglected for many days ? Most assuredly not. Commercial affairs here are in a most deplorable state. The Bombay Times says:— " Nothing can be more unfavourable. Prices of all descriptions of imports are miserably low ; while those of exports are by far too high — notwithstanding the low rates of freight—to be safely shipped. The season is now over, and no business of consequence will be tran acted till after the monsoon, without any prospect of im provement even then." Wi.h regard to shipping prospects at Bombay, the same paper says : " We regret to state that, since the departure of the last mail, shipping prospects at Bombay have materially altered for the worse. The harbour continues crowded with shipping, and is every day receiving from some quarter or other an accession to its tonnage. Freight to Liverpool has been engaged at 14s. per ton—while to China and other Eastern ports' cargo can be procured scarcely on any terms. There is not, in fact, a sufficient quantity of produce in the place to fill more than one half the ships in harbour ; and as the monsoon is set in, no further supplies can be received for some months. The consequence is, that many ships must either lay up here—proceed home in ballast—or to Calcutta or some of the other Eastern ports, in quest of employment ; but the extreme difficulty experienced there by North Ame rican built ships in obtaining freight—from the refusal of the underwriters to effect insurances on them—may probably deter those of that build from proceeding thither. Numerous vessels, too, are expected from England during the next two months, and altogether prospects are as bad as possible." CHINA. IMPORTANT FROM NINGPO. (From the Canton Press, April 9.) We had last week the pleasure of publishing Sir Henry Pottinger's circular, giving an account of the gallant repulse by her Majesty's forces of a large body of Chinese. By the Mysore transport, since arrived, we have had accounts of new deeds of arms, and several of our friends having kindly allowed us the perusal of their letters, we shall now lay before our readers a brief ac count of the occurrences of the 15th and subsequent days. It appears that after the unsuccessful attack on Ningpo, the Chinese attempted to annoy the British garrison by obstructing the supply of provisions, and in telligence having, at the same time, been received that a body of 3,000 or 4,000 men were encamped at the town of Tsee-kee, about 11 miles to the westward of Ningpo, Sir Hugh Gough determined to attack them. A force, consisting of detachments of the 18th, 26th, and 49th Regiments, and a naval brigade, in all about 1.100 strong, was taken on boaxd and in tow of the Nemesis and Phlegethon steamers on the 15th of March, and on arriving near Tsee-kee the Chinese were seen posted in a tolerably strong position, immediately to the west cf the town, the walls of which were scaled at once, with out meeting with any resistance. When, however, the British troops went out to attack the encampments, the Chinese fought well, keeping up for some time a fire from gingalls and matchlocks. The marines and sailors were directed to attack them on the hill, which formed the right of their position, while the 49th took the centre, and the 18th and 26th the left of their camp. Here, it seems, the much shorter distance (and no doubt impatience to engage) which the marines and 49th had to traverse, brought on the fight rather prematurely, they getting into action much sooner than the 18th and 26th, who had a long distance to go over steep hills. The 18th were unable to get at the Chinese till they had begun to run, and they then tum bled a few over. According to all accounts the Chinese have shown more courage on this than any other pre vious occasion, and their loss as well as numbers are very variously estimated in different letters we have seen; the former at from 400 to 900 killed; the latter at from 14,000 to 15,000, although most of the letters mention the enemy to have been about 6,000 strong. On the side of the British the loss of the naval brigade was three killed and 14 wounded, including a marine officer,- Mr. Hambly ; of the 49th there were six omerie an h d er L t an ie e or eight wounded, among them Captain Reynolds, slightly, and ; theatLieutenantslatter a s Mntgo se severely the arm that it was obliged to be taken off in the field. On that night the British troops slept in the neighbourhood of Tsee-kee, and on the following morn ing burnt the camp and several mandarin and Govern ment houses in the city and suburbs. Intelligence being re ceived of another camp at about five miles distance, the troops were marched there, but found it utterly deserted. On the following morning the troops returned to Ningpo and Chinhae from his successful expeiTon. It seems that the flying Chinesi have been rallied by some man darins and reinforced by new troops, acid that they were again gathering near alarge city of the name of Shouhing, to the north of Yuyaou, and that Sir Hugh Gough in tended to route them thence within a few days after the date of our intelligence. Rumours were also rile of an intended attack on Ningpo by a very large force, say 30,000 men, on about the 25th, so that otir gall int Inc n will have enough on their hands for some time to corn( . It was said to be Sir Hugh Gough's intention imme diately to move on Hang-chow-foo, the capital of the province - of Chekeang, to execute which movement the position of Ningpo will no doubt have to be abandoned. The Sesostris steamer had been despatched to Amoy to bring up 300 men of the Royal Irish. Most of the letters we have seen agree in representing our loss at Ts :T-1c( e three killed and forty wounded, and that of the Chine :e uncertain, as above stated. (From the Bombay Times.) We have news to the 12th of April from China, only eight days later in date than that given in our last. It appears that after the attempt, formerly mentioned, to destroy the garrison at Ningpo, the Chinese encamped, about 6,000 strong, some eleven miles to the west .varr with a view of cutting off our supplies. A fore of about 1,100 men embarked, and were towed up the river by steamers till opposite the enemy. An attack having been made, the Chinese were dispersed in every direc tion, leaving from 500 to 700 dead upon the field. They fought with much more determination than on any pre• vious occasion—thence their loss. We had three men killed, and forty wounded ; the troops returned next day to camp. It is said that a force of no less than 30,000 is collecting, once more to attack Ningpo. It is also affirmed that Sir Hugh Gough is about to execute a movement on the capital of the province of Chekeang, and will probably carry the whole of the troops along with him. After the first affair at Ninpo the enemy's treasure chest fell into our hands. It contained no more than 2,000 dollars. By the time the last of the rein forcements now on their way to China have arrived, we shall have have 56 ships of war, 17 of which are steamers, in the Chinese waters, with from 40 to 50 transports and store-ships, and 15,000 fighting m en , b es id e s mariners, who may be employed on shore. We have already slain nearly 8,000 Chinese, and captured awl destroyed 1,819 pieces of artillery. It is said that the Chinese are preparing to rebuild the Bogue Forts ; also, that they are about to offer us 40,000,000 of dollars to get rid of us! There is no news of political importance from Canton or Macao. Sir Henry PottingFr was at Hong-Kong by the last accounts. The Hong -Kong G overnmen t G aze tt e , and the Friend of China established by Captain Elliott , for the promulgation of officialhina and orders, K o Kung-Kong ong been Gazette, discontinued, a net journal, has taken its place as a Government mouth-piece. The following on Bits extracted from the paper in ques tion, may be taken for what they aae worth:— ON DIT—In the bazaar, that Yang, an Imperial Com missioner, is en route to offer 40,000,000 dols. as com pensation to the British for the expenses of the war, and the surrendered opium, also the cession of Hong-Kong as the price of peace. ON DlT—The Chinese have already commenced re moving the debris and rubbish preparatory to rebuilding the Bogue forts. ON DlT—Colonel Jancigny has given the Imperial Commissioner Yibsan the best advice, and which, it is confidently asserted, he dares not follow. ON DlT—During the last month the most stringent measures have been taken by the Mandarins for the suppression of piracy in the Canton river and its em bouchures, which have issued in the capture of nearly 100 offenders, of which number 44 were decapitated at Canton on one day ; since then 16 more have been exe cuted. Rigorous measures are still pursued by the Man darins against piracy. Amoy was, by the latest accounts, very quiet, and very dull. The natives had deserted the island of Ko-long- Soo, on which the troops are quartered, and the latter were not permitted to visit the city, but the officers suc ceeded in amusing themselves tolerably well with racing and hunting. The steamer Sesostris has been despatched to Amoy by General Gough, in order to convey 300 men of the Royal Irish to Ningpo, so that the garrison has by this time been materially weakened. The subjoined is a proclamation recently translated and published. It illustrates very vividly the compas sionate feelings of the Chinese:— " The High Imperial Commissioner Yihking, awe spreading general,' and Tishun and Wan—his coadjutors —hereby make clear proclamation. " It appears that amongst the black barbarians,' there are many natives of the land who, having been taken captive by the English rebels, are by change of dress so altered in appearance, that they cannot be recognised. Being forced by these rebels to do them menial service, they are grievously oppressed, and have the prospect of being placed in the day of battle, foremost, to stand the whole brunt of the conflict, or on the other hand, the fear that, if they retreat, they mill meet death at the hands of their oppressors. Unable to speak out, and without opportunity either of advancement or retirement from among them, these are indeed to be commiserated. " Among the red barbarians,' too, there are some who have been brought by those rebels from other lands, with no will to follow them, and with no share of their plunder. Why should these continue in their employ ? " Therefore is this clear proclamation issued. If, in the day of battle,—either red' or black' barbarians will—should they be on shore cast away their arms, 'and kneeling offer submission—or should they be afloat, refuse to fire, they shall in all times be spared alive. Any one who shall seize and deliver a great birbarian eye (or chief) shall be rewarded with a high dignity . And who shall make prisoners of the common demons,' (privates or sailors), shall be richly rewarded with money, and if any shall deliver up a foreign vessel, they shall receive for their reward whatever goods the vessel, shall contain. " A Special Edict. " 21st year of Toukwang, 12th month, 12th day." (30th Jan . :: 1842.) Trade still continues in a sluggish state. J b , AFFGHANIsTAN• JELLALABAD, PESHAWUR, AND CAUBUL. The affairs of these three eminent, but to us omened, localities, may be fairly lumped together. No further forces of any . sort have crossed the Punjaub from the Indian frontier since our last ; nor have any rein forcements or supplies of note found their way through the Khyber Pass. The Seiks continue to ke e p open the pass from Jumrood to Ali Musjid; but it is s aid the y in tend to abandon this irksome service—in which they have, since April, been employed—some time in June. It is added, that the Afreedis have returned to their strongholds, and are threatening once more to shut the mountain country against us. A suitable detachment of our troops is stationed at Lalpoorai, about forty miles down from Jellalabad, to assist in maintaining our com munication with the plains. The heat around Jellalabad has become very oppressive, the thermometer through out the day ranging above 110 degrees in the shade. Holes, about ten feet square and four feet deep, had generally been dug under the tents to enable the men to escape frum the heat; even there, however, it was oppressive, being about 90 degrees. The dust storms which had prevailed throughout the month were in the last degree annoying. The troops were on three-quarter rations for the present; but from the scantiness of the previous supplies were suffering much from dysentery. They had never been able to get up the baggage left by them at Peshawur in the end of April, just before their advance; and had thus been suffering severely for a couple of months for want of tents and clothing. It had, at one time, been resolved to move out to Gundamuck, a station at the m outh of the line of passes leading to Cau bul ; thi s i s 2,603 feet higher than Jellalabad, and 4,616 above the level of the sea. Though only 28 miles from the present cantonmentss, it was found that carriage sufficient could not be procured to carry on the army even for this short distance. General Pollock has only about 3,500 camels with him ; his force would require 10,000 at least for any continued march ; yet it is found impossible to obtain 1,000 at Peshawur on any terms. We have, in fact, required nearly 70,000 camels since 1839, from those countries which never needed more than 5,000 at any given time for mercantile or military uses : 50,000 of these have been destroyed, and there are no more in existence to supply their place. No order for the withdrawal of our troops has yet been published ; but it is universally believed they will be almost immediately withdrawn. Akbar Khan was at one time believed to have pro posed to accede to our terms, and entrust his person in our hands. This thought, if really ever entertained, appears quickly to have been departed from. Captain Mackenzie was sent, as formerly stated, into our camp on the 26th April; and, though nothing certain is known of the propositions entru sted to him, it is said that three proposals were offere d us-1. That we sh ould re lease Post Mahomed, and p led g e ourselv es to evacuate the country, retaining a resident at the Caubul Court ; I the prisoners of course , we presume, b e i ng a t onc e re stored to us. D2.osTth;atanCl'e then, if exchange the pri soners, we were determined to subjugate the country, to fight it out. It is asked, in the third p lace, what conditions we will grant if the Affgha ns submit at onc e? These of proposals— ao r n e i s , s aid ethot Genter, have :abloefferenro DI the oeg first k2oso o o series believed to have de clinedl. simpliciter for the release of all the prisoners. Captain Mackenzie, having returned to the Affghan camp, in terms o f hi s parole, was in a few days (9th May) sent back again with the extravagant proposition on the part of Akbar Khan, that we should pay him 80,0001. for the prisoners —guarantee him the throne of Caubul—with a pension of 20,0001. a year ! On the 13th Captain Mackenzie again quitted his friends at Jellalabad, and went back to and. Captain Troup the Affghan Chief wit h a re p l y to these from General Pollock, the nature o f which is unknown. Meanwhile set out for the Sirdar, leaving h is p risoners at Tezeeanr,ty still held n d st es h e i r m ibing ; he wrote on the his condition, Caubul, ati lioenßalls awl taking khi Hisser,. nsmagr. sorelyauj t o t r e hl Jungot pressed ii by r glve with h his s p the other parti e s, who a nd entreating him f or assistance. Another repo rt s tates that he has jo ined Mahomed Akb ar — the occu pants t h appe a rAlay t o- of Balla Hissa r having at once succumbed to him t h o av General e e n o e rn ral bie Peodll against a k i g without firing a shot. One rumour states that the Sir dar has now an army of 50,000 men waiting on his plea sure. A letter of the 26th, received just before going to press, • states that accounts of his having been entirely defeated at Caubul about the 20th had just reached Jel lalabad. The revolutionary war seems to rage with un abated ferocity around Caubul. We know nothing as to particulars. There appear to have been three chil dren born in captivity amongst the prisoners. The trea sure chest at Jellalabad for 12,000 men contained, on the 22d May, no more than 60,0001,-,the pay of the army &woe, irrespective of extraordinary . expenses, amounted to 10,0001. a week. There was tt - month's pay due, so that when this was expended, as it must be immediately, the treasure old be reduced to 20,00/. (From the Bombay Times extra, June 18.) • LATEST FROM JELLALABAD. Our letters from Jellalabad extend to the 27th ult., and present anything but a cheerful view of the state of the army, and if the signs which are manifesting them selves are to be taken as genuine evidences of coming events, we strongly incline to the belief that a retrograde movement has been finally determined upon, especially as our advices from Simlah state positively that the march towards the provinces was to commence on the 4th instant—a pretty convincing proof, notwithstandinp, all that has been hinted at in certain high quarters, that the Commander-in-Chief made no other mistake than that of allowing the determination of withdrawing the army to become more public than was intended. "Camp, Friday, May 27. " Further accounts have been received to-day from Caubul, stating that after Akbar's defeat and retreat from the city he again came forward with guns, expect ing to inspire his antagonists with fear; but this was not the case, Futteh Jung sallied out, beat off Akbar khan, ;nd killed 150 of his followers. Report gives out that Lad 4, Sale has written, urging the necessity of our moving forwards as the cnly means of saving the lives of the prisoners, and if this is not done she fears the worst consequences will ensue. The quarter-masters of corps attended the Assistant Quarter-master General this morning to mark out the ground of encampment at Char 13agh, five miles from our present site, but up to lour P.M. no order has been issued for our march thither ; it is generally thought we are to move on Mon day next. In tea., coffee, and sugar, we have enough in hand for about six weeks, but as there is abundance of these kinds of stores at Peshawur (as also rum) our Commissariat may be considered to have a supply in hand for all the troops for- nine months ; the grain will be ripe at Caubul next month. Appearances indicate that at present everything is working together for our good. Gad grant it may be so is the sincere wish of him whom you are pleased to call your indefatigable cor respondent."—Delhi Gazette, June 8. We have letters from I)hakka up to the 26th May, which, we regret to say, give anything but a glowing pic ture of the state of the troops at that place. Epidemic bowel complaints prevailed throughout the camp, and fears were entertained that the freedom from mortality which they had hitherto enjoyed would not be of long continuance. Of course little or nothing relating to in tended movements had transpired there.—lbid. CAN DAHAR. We have intelligence of the 25irfrom Candahar, and of the 22d from Kelat-i-Ghilzie. At the latter place a fight had occurred on the 21st. The enemy advanced in two columns, each of about 2,000 strong. They were provided with scaling ladders to take the fortress by storm or escalade. They succeeded in placing ono of their standards on the wall, and some of them actually tumbled over the parapet. They were, however, after a sharp action of two hours, everywhere driven back. Four standards were captured, and 104 men left dead upon the field ; our troops having sallied out, completed the rout. The prisoners, in attempting to escape, were all cut up by us. Our casualties amounted to one killed and three badly wounded. Cavalry are very greatly wanted. The Candahar bri gade, which left on the 20th, was expected to arrive on the 25th ; it was commanded by Col. Wymer, and not by General Nott, as formerly stated. Sufter Jung was once more endeavouring to assemble an army in the field. He had collected about 6,000, and intended to make an attack on Cadahar about the 29th. It was said that, should, he carry this resolution into effect, General Nott proposed to march out with three regiments and some guns to attack him on his advance, while crossing the river on his way to the town. This arrangement looks still less like an advance beyond Kelat-i-Ghilzie than that adverted to when Gen. Nott was understood to take command, Gen. England remain ing behind.—Bombay Times, June 18. CANDAHAR AND QUETTAH. The brigade of 2,700 men, under General England with 3,500 camels and 100,000/. in treasure, besides am. munition, medical and miscellaneous stores, which left Quettah on the 26th April, experienced no interruption after reaching the mouth of the Kujjuck Pass. They were there joined by Colonel Wymer's brigade sent to meet them, and reached Candahar on the 9th May. The joint force amounted to about 10,000 men, including two Queen's regiments (40th and 44th, each 800 strong), with a park of 22 guns besides mortars. Kelat-i-Ghilzie —a fort about 80 miles to the westward, occupied by 1,100 men, with four guns, itself very strong and well supplied—having been reported as beset by very superior numbers of the enemy, Colonel Wymer was dispatched toits relief on the 20th of May. He took with him a detachment about 5,500 strong, including her Majesty's 40th, and accompanied by six or eight guns. His ob ject is supposed to be the relief of the fort, and with drawal of the garrison. The enemy having on the 21st May advanced, 4,000 strong, in two columns, on the garrison, §icceeded in reaching the walls and plant ing a banner on the parapet, when they were beaten back with a loss of 100 men and four standards, Colonel Stacy having been detached with a considerable force to attack a very numerous encampment under Jungg-oo Khan, dispersed the enemy everywhere. They tied before him, indeed, without so much as fighting. It is supposed that, after it is seen what can be done for the recovery of our prisoners and hostages by some manoeuvring iu the direction of Ghuznee—we do not imagine the fortress itself will be sought—the whole army will fall back on Quettah, and there remain till the approaching winter enables them to return through Scinde to India. Major Reid, with the 12th Native Infantry, and some irregulars, in charge of 4,000 camels. with ammunition, stores, and 100,0001. of treasure, reached Quettah on the 10th of May ; and there they for the present continue. They were to move out on tr.c 9th of June ; and after having delivered their stores to General Nott, take up a position at Killa Abdoolah—probably with a view of covering our re treat. The communication which for some time was entirely interrupted between Candahar and Quetta!), has now been fairly opened up ; the ..Nitibship of the Pi sheen Valley having been conferred on the chief, he takes charge of our letters and despatches. The works 'at Quettah continue to be strengthened, with a view, wo presume, of securing the commissariat and troops in case' of Sudden attack, as we can scarcely suppose that it is meant to be held throughout the winter, if the other posts to the westward be abandoned. Thus ail returns to where it was before the war began—all, save the 40,000 lives, British and natives, which have been sacrificed on both sides ; and the 17 millions of British treasure, which, according to Sir Robert Peel, has been flung away. Our latest dates from Quettah are to the 29th, Candahar 25th, and Kelat-i-Ghilzie, 22d May. INDIA. (From the Bombay Times of June 23.) CALCUTTA. _ _ • _ . On the 3d of June a hurricane of fearful violence visited Calcutta, destroying and seriously injuring no fewer than forty vessels in the river, with a great loss of human life. It scarcely visited Bombay, but its vicinage was manifested by the most extraordinary, and at the same time inexplicable; depression of all barometric in struments. At Bombay a couple of old East India Com pany China ships have been burnt within a week of each other when just ready for sea. The Vansittart was re duced to ashes on the 3dond the Cornwallis on the 10th of June. The loss of property occasioned by these events amounts to above 100,000/. The fires are believed to have been the work of incendiary lascars (native sea men), and 50C1. reward has been offered by the insurance offices for the detection of the culprits. _ (From the Calcutta Englishman, June 6.) We are grieved to find from the various reports that have reached us, that the destruction of life and .pro perty, through the storm on Friday and Friday night, have been fearfully extensive. On shore scarcely a building has been left uninjured. Scarcely &garden has escaped conversion into a wilderness. In every direction branches of trees lie scattered over the ground, and in many of the streets in Chowringhee, and along the Garden Reach-road, entire trunks have been prostrated, carrying with them the walls and railings which formed the enclosures. The most exposed places have suffered the most. The Maiden and Esplanade row, for example are a succession of wrecks, from the fine old peepul tree, at the southern extremity of the plot of ground, known as " the cocked hat," (which has been torn up by th e roots,) to the house formerly occupied by Mrs. Stacy, where the roof of a verandah has been wrenched off, and the railing, in front of the house, uprooted. Another friend informs us hat the Lord 'William Bentinck and Gunduck, iron steamers, have sunk. Also the Diana hulk, the Bhaugurattee accommodation flat, and the Soorma flat, while the Jellenghee flat has been severely damaged and totally dismasted. The Lady Clifford is ashore. The Resolution, Coringa packet, and another, are locked together, &c. , all damaged. The Eastern Star says—" News arrived in the town on Saturday evening of the Lord Western having gone ashore off Mud Point, with a detachment of troops on board which were returning from Arracan." It is with deep concern that we find the Semaphore announces the loss of the Globe and Symmetry, both of which vessels, we are informed, went down off Kedgeree, and, with the exception of five persons, all perished on she wrecks. The following vessels are numbered amongst the un kirtunate craft : Canopus, ashore, much injured. Lord Althorp,mizenmast g . one, and other wise damaged. Agnes Ewing, severely injured. Resolution, ashore, much damaged. Narval, much damaged. Persia, bulwarks stove in, and otherwise damaged. Meg Meldon, ashore lying over, and severely damaged. SCINDE. Cholera, which appears to have ravaged the villages— leaving some of them, indeed, nearly half depopulated — has very much abated, and will, in all probability, speedily disappear. The troops seem less sickly than they were—the hot season is set in with its usual intensity— and the Indus promises to afford a plentiful flood. Major Outram left Sukhur on June 1, with a view of proceed ing by Cameldakh to Dadur, and thence by the Bolan Pass to Quettah, where his presence is demanded. Lieut. Hammersley has been removed from the politi- , cal charge at Shawl, in consequence, it is said, of the advice he gave for the sudden abandonment of Killa Ab doolah ; and the information he did not give on Gene ral Engand's first advance. To the want of this last the repulse of Hykulzie was in part ascribed. Lieute nant Hammersley is generally spoken of as a very de serving officer; and the representations to the Supreme Government are, it is said, likely to give rise to some curious inquiries—from which he has less cause to fear than his accusers. Lieut. Pontardent has also been re moved from political charge in Beloochistan ; no cause for this is assigned. Nusseer Khan has quitted Gun. dava ; and along with Captain Pontardent retired to the cooler atmosphere of Kelat. A detachment of the 6th N. 1., wider charge of Captain Carstairs, has been sent down to Beebee Nance to es( ort a convoy up from it Dadur to Quettah, thiough the Bolan Pass. Gemnal Farquharson has returned from command at Kurracht and ts succeeded by Brigadier lit ghc ; the former ha.% arrived at Bombay, the latter eal.not get away from it, l i n c onsequence of the S.W. mins, on now blowing. BOONDELKUIiD. Tn o gallant actions, in both of which our arms were victorious, have been fought with the Boondela insur gents, in the vicinity of Saugur, and quiet has again been restored. The first engagement took place on the Bth of May, within about threr marches from Saugur. The enemy, to the number of 400, were ove,-taken after a forced march of 400 miles, by a body of 2.10 troopers belonging to Scindeah's contingent, under the Command of Major Minto, and immediately attacked great spirit, The conflict lasted two hours, at the expirOon of which period the rebels were utterly routed, leavin i , -. • of their number dead upon the field, and 19 prisoners U' the hands of the foe. It would have terminated earlie, and been even more decisive, had not the nature of th e ground where it was fought, the ravines of the Kreenat river, materially diminished the efficacy of our cavalry. The second engagement was of an equally successful kind. Lieutenant Ferguson, of the 36th Native Infa'itry, was the leader, and with a small detachment of the Bhopal contingent, succeeded in dispersing about .350 rebels, who had taken up their position on a hill coves ed with jungle, and driving them in confusion into the ply. fl. with a loss of a hundred killed. Our loss on these oc casions was about fourteen killed, and thirty wounded. Another conflict was expected to have taken plac on the 12th,:but we have not heard anything furthe, respecting it. The rebels appear to be silently assembling in large numbers in different parts, so that, though the late measures have bad the effect of restoring momentary tranquillity, it will no doubt be necessary to strike a heavy and determined blow before the insurrection - Can be entirely quelled. All is now quiet, but, if we may believe the predictions of parties on the spot, it is but the calm which precedes the bursting of the storm. OUDE. The King of Oude---whose decease has been long ex— pected—died at Lucknow on the 16th ultimo, and was quietly succeeded by his eldest son, Prince Sooryah Jah. Up to the very hour of his death, it was considered doubtful who would obtain the throne, and several parties supposed it :probable that Nuwaub Jaffer flee lihan, whose succession was reported some two years ago to have been arranged by a Secret Committee at the ' India House, would turn out to be the fortunate indi vidual. Some disturbance was naturally enough ex pected, but from the judgment and prudence of the Re sident, who took the necessary precautions to secure tranquillity, none whatever took place. The new King was crowned on the 17th, with the usual demonstrations of joy. It is supposed that the Minister Sherf-Ood Owlah, to whose perfidious intrigues so much of the misery that has befallen this u nha ppy connty is attri buted, will now resign his office ; and if the new Mo narch have sufficient firmness for the undertaking, it is to be hoped he will direct his best energies to the repa ration of his predecessor's errors, and the tranquillization of his distracted kingdom. BOMBAY. The new Governor of Bombay, Sir George Arthur, arrived with his family by the Zent•.bia steamer on the Bth of June. He is the first Governor who ever reached India overland. He held a levee on the 13th, and after wards a durbar for the reception of native gentlemen ; both of these were most numerously and respectably at tended, not only by the members of the Company's civil, military, and naval services, but by all the most eminent individuals in the Presidency. Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy has bestowed the sum of 30,0001. on an endowment to be known by his name, for the pro motion of knowledge amongst the Parsecs of the Pre sidency. The south-west monsoon has fairly set in at Bombay, but most moderately. We have had a great many squalls and heavy showers, but as yet no steady gales or settled fall of rain. Cholera, which a month since raged with so much vio lence, has now almost entirely disappeared. SIR JAMSETJEE JEJEEBHOY.—Sir Jamsetjee's patent was presented to him by Mr. Anderson, thelate Governor at Parch!, on the 25th ult., in the presence of a very bril liant party of the chief European and native people of Bombay, who had assembled to celebrate the anniversary of her Majesty's birthday. For the sayings and doings on this momentous occasion, as well as for the proceed ings at a meeting of natives held at his own house on the 15th instant., when addresses of congratulation were pre sented to him, I must refer you to the summaries, which contain several columns of details. I may mention, how ever, that a fund amounting to 1,500/. has been raised in honour of the new-made knight., and will be devoted to the translation into Guzerattec (the Parsee vernacular) of scientific, historical. and other useful works ; and that :Sir Jamsetjee, determining to co-operate with the presentees in so good a cause, has set apart three lacks of rupees (30,0000 for the purpose of promoting the spread of education among his countrymen. This deed speaks for itself—it requires no eulogium ; and her Ma jesty will see, from the combination of goodness with greatness which has distinguished Sir Jamsetjee's con duct, that the honour she has conferred upon him has been worthily, as well as appropriately, bestowed. ADDRESS TO MR. MATLIESON.—An address and testi monial have also been presented to Mr. Matheson, the China merchant. CADBUL SUBSCRIPTIOIC.—This fund now amounts to 48,531 rupees (4.8531. 165.) Sir Jamsetjce Jejeebhoy has subscribed 1,000 rupees towards it, and his three sons another thousand. The Raja of Sattara's subscrip tion is 5,000 rupees. PERSIAN CONSUL.—Agra Mahomed llahim, a Per sian merchant, has been appointed his Majesty the Shah of Persia's Consul at Bombay. He has had the title of " Khan" conferred upon him, and received a finnan and several presents, all of which has been very pleasing to the spirit of Aga Mahomed IZahim Khan. Cholera has almost entirely disappeared. This was to be expected on the commencement of the rains, which set in on the sth inst. Sir E.Gambier has been duly installed in his office as Chief Justice of Madras. This took place on May 28th. Major. General Home expired at Kampter on the 12th of May. Colonel M`Leod succeeds to the command of the Nagpore subsidiary force, rendered vacant by the death of this officer. BOMBAY.— Sir G. Arthur, our new Governor, arrived on the Bth instant by the overland mail steamer. He held his first public levee on the 13th, and subsequently a durbar, at which the principal natives of the island at tended. They were much pleased with his civility and condescension. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. SHIPPING PROSPECTS AT BOMBAY. We regret to state that since the departure of the last mail, shipping prospects at Bombay have materially al tered for the worst. The harbour continues crowded with shipping, and is every day receiving from some quarter or other an accession to its tonnage. Freight of Liverpool has been engaged at 14s. per ton, while to China, and other eastern ports, cargo can be procured scarcely on any terms. There is not, in fact, a sufficient quantity of produce in the place to fill more than about one-half the ships in harbour, and as the monsoon has set in no further supplies can be received for some months. The consequence is, that many ships must either lay up here, proceed home in ballast, or to Cal cutta, or some of the other eastern ports in quest of em ployment; but the extreme difficulty experienced there by North American built ships in obtaining freight— from the refusal of the underwriters to effect insurances on them—may probably deter those of that build from proceeding thither. Numerous vessels, too, are expected from England during the next two months, and altoge ther prospects are as bad as possible. THE BOMBAY MARKET. BOMBAY, JUNE 18.—We have little change to note in the aspect of affairs here. Nothing can be more un favourable. Prices of all description of imports are miserably low ; while those of exports are by far too high—notwithstanding the low rates of freight—to be safely shipped. The season is now over, and no business of consequence will be transacted till after the monsoon, 'without any prospect of improvement even then. COTTON.—There is now very little in the place, and that generally of inferior quality. Prices of Broach may be quoted at 105 rs. per candy, and other qualities pro portionably lower. The small quantity now here, and the immense quantity of shipping, render holders firm, notwithstanding the unfavourable accounts of the home markets for the Bombay staple. _ _ OPIUM.—The price is 706 rupees per chest. The fol lowing exhibits the stock in the place : Passes granted up to date, 15,068 ; imported, 16,535 ; including 2,000 chests imported last year ; exported 9,9ss—leaving a stock in the place of 6,580 chests. FREIGHT.—A glance at the shipping list will show the depressed state of freights at present. Many of the ships, unable to procure cargoes here, have proceeded, or are about to proceed to other ports, in quest of employ ment. Tonnage to Liverpool has been let at 14s. per ton. EXCHANGE.—At present ranges between 2s. id. and 2s. lid. per rupee, six months' sight, at both of which extreme, as well as at intermediate rates, transactions have been made. We are unable to ascertain at which of these rates the bulk of the remittances by the present mail have been made. TRIPOLI. JULY 23.—The new Pacha has commenced well. His first act was to free from their shackles, and open the dungeon-doors to from 300 to 400 of Askar Ali's uafor tunate captives, several of whom having reported that they had been forcibly despoiled of their property by this wretch, he has been compelled to make restitution, and all have now returned to carry happiness and joy into the bosoms of their heart-broken families. Boatia, the secretary of the late Ab-el-Gellel, will shortly re turn to Ferran, to proclaim in person to the Arab tribes, the change of affairs, and influence the re-establish ment of the once prosperous trade between the interior and Tripoli. The cold-blooded deeds of darkness (chiefly by cutting throats and strangulation) of the universally-detested Askar Ali are ascertained to have numbered as many as eighty victims —many of them innocent children —pri soners in the Castle. He has been called upon to render a full account of his administration in a financial point of view, since he has held the reins of Government, and also to pay twenty months of arrears due to the troops. As the audit is a very rigorous one, and the Turks not over clever in these matters, he will scarcely get away for another two months. The Sheik Woomah, in the west, has sent in a courier with a communication to Mr. Consul Warrington, ex pressive of bis desire to make peace with the new Pacha, which being made k nown to the latter, a reply has been sent, assuring him that he would be cordially received, a nd t re ated with due respect. Indeed, the Consul has volunteered to meet him, with Lieutenant Lunn, com- B. _ u ..,..0 , - , ~,74111Li,..2. • • .3, 4 1 W,1, 0 ' , .... r .trAli.**,e - 4 . m •Andi.-g• the British w ar - s t eamer . A ' 1 4 . ' • ' DE t of Tripoli. Mt ch intrigue is goi ng on in certai ;.c . \ ' -.:' ". ' : a , rmine the influence which Colonel VT'' , ••• ' 1 ' rg le v. ,mw to pos ess with th e new P acha ; burfdr - thiTscit V• . 0 f humanity, it is earnestly hoped that tic Pacha will not g How himself to be misled. MALTA. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, JULY 24. Suirs OF WAR IN PORT.—The Ceylon, receiving ship, ! K oring the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis ; the ,Afok•treh, 84, refitting ; the L'Aigle, 24, also refitting ; the &Ake, 16 ; the Devastation, war ste a m er , i n qua rantine ; and te Polyphemus, steam-packet, awaiting the Overland India Mail from Alexandria, to convey !he same to llarseilles. DISTRIBUTION OF THE. REST OF THE FLEET,,—The (Queen, 110, bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir E. W. C.' R. Owen ; the Howe, 120, b. wring the flag of Sir F. Mason, second in command; th Impregnable, 304 ; the Rodney, 92; the Indus, 78; to d the Meita wai-steamer, cruising off Malta; the P o . Inidale, 84, at Cadv; Thunderer, 84; Bclvidera, 38; Jas our, 16, and Lizarl ,steam-tender, all at Gibraltar; the Scout, 18, at Corfu ; the Beacon and Magpie, sur vey; Hg ve;:sels,.at Port; the Vanguard, 80; Cambridge, 78, a MI Phoenix, war steamer, at Bisika Bay, near the 3) : i, lanelles; the Stromboli, Avar-steamer, at Top Lane, DC at Constillitineple ; the Inconstant, 86; Hecate std V e si unions, Afar-steamers, at Beyrout ; the Vernon, .50, a' ad T.ocust steamer, at Tripoli. in Barbary; the Magi d cute, 24, and Savage, 10, at Tunis; and the Cyclops st earn-frigate cruising off Alexandria. The steam-packets ometheus, on her way from Gibraltar, with the English ma ils, and the Alecto on her way from Patras and the lot iian Islands with the mails. r ACIVEDIENTS SINCE THE 15TH INST.—Vice-Admiral 'ii • E. W. C. R. Owen, in the Queen, together with a t , t ar-Admiral Sir F. Mason, in the Howe, with the En pte Enable, Rodney, and Indus in company, were towed out of Malta harbour by the Devastation and Medea war sten triers on the 15th instant. The Medea returned into port on the same evening, bringing in for surgical treat- Le m t the gunner of the Rodney (with a broken leg), and s erne seamen of the same vessel, who had auffered inju r. ies I iy the breaking of the tow rope or hawser, and it e ortunate that so few men were standing by at the me, eer the consequences might have been more serious. A_ nava c t the Medea got his hand also crushed in tow , 'eig . out cure of the other ships. After getting the fleet , dear of the port, the Devastation was sent away to ipoly,:to order the Snake and Vernon to Malta. She ret urned on the,lBtle, bringing some seamen of the \ rnon aid despatches announcing the arrival there feel n Constantinople of the new Pacha, the successor' or the universally detested Askar Ali. With these des. patches she was sent away on the 19th to seek the Admiral, and on the 22d returned with letters fret n the fleet to ride out her quarantine. On the lot 'e the Savage sailed from Malta harbour and com mu with the Admiral, who seat her on to Tri- • 1; of y, and thence to Tunis, and a Tunesine schooner c r, ear, which arrived from Tunis on the 23d, brought a re port that a brig of war, supposed to be English. had f die u in with, and captured several piratical boats on the c Da& ; of Barbary, which may, perhaps, prove to he the e: e ea t 7 e, A Greek merchant brig, the Presentazione di ti Virgine, laden with wheat from the Black Sot •, bonne to Leghorn or Marseilles, nut into Malta on the evening - of the 12th, reporting that the current and con tinued c,elm had drifted her on a shoal, near the Chs rgeni Islands, on the coast of Barbary, when, .hav ing asked assistance from a schooner cruizing therea boa is (no doubt a piratical craft), the master was recom mended to send st. boat ashore. Having accordingly sent one with five hands, it did not return, but the vessel in ther t meanwhile had floated off and come to an anchor in de el , water. That five days after, whilst awaiting the re turn of her boat, a boat of a large size was descried, w bich, on nearing the Greek vessel, dropped her. so it in such a way as to cover the whole boat, not, evever ' before the brig's crew -perceived that the be at had a numerous crew. This excited the G. reek Captain's suspicions, and he immediately • ped his anchor and run for Malta, followed for some rs by the boat, and without having seen or heard anyt ping further of his own, one of whose crew was the rapt sin's father. As the Charchenis lay in the direct taut se of the Savage from Tripoly to Tunis, it is possible she may have fallen in with mid taken the pirates. The Austrian Rear-Admiral Baron Bandiera who • rived at Malta in the Venere frigate, from the Levant, on . the 15th, was admitted to pratique on the 19th, and sa filed again on the 22d for Tunis, intending, its said, to - visit the ruins of ancient Carthage before returning to SE i yrna. The L'Aiglc arrived from Smyrna, Athens, mei Corfu, on the 19th, and the Snake from Tripoly on • the 21st, and on the 22d the Medea. was sent out by the Rea r-Admiral Sir John Louis to the fleet, which con tin" e in the offing, limiting their cruizing ground to be ewes •n Malta and Cape Passer°, in Sicily. There appears to let no other object in this cruize than mere exercise of II fie crews, and trying rates of soling ; but in this latter the weather has not favoured them, having bee a generally calm until the last 48 hours, when the Rot ney has manifested a decided superiority even over The Queen. The Alecto left on the 15th with the rails for the lonian Isles and Patras, and the Pre metheus on the 18th fur Gibraltar, with those for Enuland. The Polyphemus will convey to Marseilles the hourly expected India overland mail by the Tagus, t: eat a Alexandria. The Monarch was admitted to prat•i- VE' on the 19th. Several of the crew of this vessel have die 1, and nearly two-thirds are now in a most emaciated b e e t,e from the effects of malaria fever, contracted on her we expedition to the river Xanthus, to remove the j eec. ia,n marbleollected by Mr. Fellowes. Much of this, and i n .. fact all, S i attributable to the indecision of the naval et , thorities at Malta ; for, notwithstanding Com mander (e of the Beacon, who had expressly sur veyed the . , uins, made a full report to Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, to the best means to be adopted for re moving the ire irbles, as far back as the 18th of March, pointmg- the e necessity of avoiding loss of time, to protect aga u . fever, which rages during the sum :did not leave Malta for this service out ti. Medea , tLdt ethe and even then went fret to Athens the Monarch, whereby the unti the t 2 0 8t h p i of ck work was not commem. 'd until the 12th of May, when it might by tlne. time have been com pleted. The arrival o f new Commander-in- Chief, Sir E. W. C. B. Owen, a, oes certainly, in some Mason, out of whore manner, relieve from blame F. The late arrival of , hands the matter of course the expedition on the coast has broug lit about the sad results, which might have been avoided, ,had Commander The Van bGurtavd-euse' t r t e ) p ib t a l, t b o e ffi .en ce e r a t r r o lie ma c i a ,e rri t e b d is out, rcm aaerfx.3 %Ve think it Van guard, Cambridge. and Plernix, after visite, ng Athens, Syria, and Port Tria (where they watered;• reached C finally Bisika Bay on the 13 th, from whence omman der Richardson of the Phoenix was sent away ill the Austrian steam-packet, by Sir David Dunn of the Van guard, with despatches to Sir Stratford Cannhee at Constantinople, where the Stromboli arrived on the 29. th of June, and immediately took up her station at Top hane. The Thunderer reached Gibraltar on the 28th of J tb u e n e s , tb a nd ju Formidable left p ss te m G ifbrriaglat frigate f e r is o c r r u Ca i zi d n ion g z ofi : Alexandria. The Little Nile river boat, belonging to Lieutenant Waghorn, R.N., reached Malta this morning from England and Gibraltar. The repairs of the Iberia contract steamer will be completed by the 2d proximo to enable her to resume her voyage between Malta and the lonian Islands and Patras. LATEST NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, JULY 27.—Vice-Admiral Sir E.N.C. R. Owen, in the Queen, 110, with the Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, the Impregnable, 104, the Rodney, 92, and the Indus, 78, stood close in on the 25th, and the weather being calm, they were severally towed into port by the Devastation war steamer. They have been nits no harbour since leaving Malta on the 15th inst. The good sailing qualities of the Rodney have been most conspicuous, and equally so the dull ones of the Howe, which was even beat by the slow In:preg nable. It is generally rumoured that, owing to the dis tressing state of health of Lady Owen, Sir Edward will give up this fine command, and Admiral Keppeir is spoken of in naval circles as likely to be his successor. Captain Sir James Stirling of the Indus is also under the necessity of proceeding to England, and Captain Walpole, of the Vernon, has, it is said, been offered the vacancy. Her Majesty steamer Geyser, arrived from England and Gibraltar yesterday. It is said that on getting up her steam at this latter port, she caught fire through some neglect of not filling the boiler, and that some combustibles were thrown overboard as matter of precaution. • The Vernon, 50, arrived yester day from Tripoly, bringing accounts of the departure thence for Constantinople of Askar Ali in the same Ottoman frigate which brought his successor, Mehemet Pacha. The Medea war-steamer was dispatched to Ancona by the Admiral on the 22d instant. • The Alecto steam-packet arrived with the mails from the lonian Islands and Patras yesterday, and early this morning the Tagus contract steam-packet, from Alexandria, with the mails from India, dispatched from Bombay the 19th ult. by . the Cleopatra for Suez, where they arrived the 18th inst. The Polyphemus leaves immediately for Marseilles with the overland mails for England, and the Tagus will continue her voyage to-morrow morning. The Egyptian fleet is reported to be preparing for a cruise under the new Admiral Caid Pacha. A division of small vessels belonging to the Sultan are also going for a cruise in the Archipelago. KINGSTON-OA-RAILWAY.—The attention of capi bweehnichfovuenryd. talists to sound objects of investment, has led to in f Inuo the r es secondary s r e e u sP tb e - c l t ‘i respecting objects te t r h n e l o n f e 11,1 railways,nset m i w n e t n u m t: n n b y e a f •t o p Kingston-on- Railway is springing up, under the wing..of some of the leading London bankers, who ha ve a g reed to advance 10,000/., in addition to 50,000/ : previously advanced, to complete the buildings, and to give time to a Joint-Stock Company, with a capital of 200,0001., to carry out the whole. Mr. John Stephens, who is favourably known to the pub lic by his designs for a national mausoleum and a second Greenwich hospital for merchant seamen, has been fixed upon to superintend the works.. We understa n d th a t t hi s Joint-Stock Company was, in the first instanc e , li m i te d to builders, which is highly objectionable, as all such matters ought to be thrown open to the public.—Morning thegi gives s s t t l Mfzotz,,vinNg. sin gular Chronicle. R a C T n l a — ll l m a h i I l u a s m t be an h ie one!t fellow : Ei s Ec t ie , Pd. lB42.—Received from the Sheriff of Person Tw Edward d a A a A l; Chronicle, jl A aurn ß e ßECElPT county, N. C., 30 lashes, in part of adeht due me from the Commonwealth, for bigamy, to be paid in two ether annual instalments." ME QUEEN DOWAGER.—On Monday last her Majesty the Queen Dowager paid a visit to the grounds of Mr. J. Th omas Wil mer, of Sunbury Nursery , Fl or i st, by special a pp o i ntment, to the Queen, for the purpose of viewing hi s extens i ve collect i on of carnat i ons an d pic cotees. Her Majesty expressed herself much pleased with her visit, and the splendour, beauty, and extent of the collection. een grIS V., 11 g - . s-- Mr. ince tter, Rill Irn . den, was are are then pets', )hire epic! , ford and eci. be tted, sew All t the trate p re enter 7 ,e on barn -1,531, 3 Jr. y the at pis nd ibcr• the in the 10' • h Iv LI le I iod n ed is in the 'ttd 3t " l' "35) ) d , 1 Lilc l'3 erS) w~ . i