The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-08 00:00:00

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 VON., T" E BRO T II E-R S By the Author of " Oliver Cromwell," " Marma4l4e Wyvil,"&c. " This author is destined to take a high rank among the writers of fiction. He has imagination, eloquence, a knowledge of human na ture, and the power of touching the heart deeply."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. In 3 l'ols., post 51,,. ASECOND EDITION of " WHITEFRIARS ; OR, THE PAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND." AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE: • IS SOW READY AT AU. THE LIBRARIES. fleury Colburu. Publish or, 13. Grata .%torlborough-.,trees. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, WW be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Ads, called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Bon= ; Thaddeus, Mr, W. Harrison; Arline, Miss RainforthrQueen of the Gipsies. Miss Betts. _ _ After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled-HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN Or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum bine, Mis Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 7s Second Price 33. lid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 511., `mond Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price Middle Gallery 2a.. S2CJnd Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price tid. THEATRE ROYAL, Coy ENT-G A RDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. FHIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Feb. 8, there will be no Per formance. the Theatre having been let previous to M. Julliee's occupation. TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9. Will be performed (first time) A Grand Descriptive FANTASIA, selected from Roch Albert's Opera, entitled THE DESTRUC TION OF POMPEII. Solo, Cornet-a-Piston, Herr Kosuig. Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson. Door. Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle 2s. dd. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews ' New BontL.street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox-stteet, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE'I MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE RE-ENGAGEMENT OF MR. JOHN PARRY. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY $, Will be performed WHO'S YOUR FRIEND? or, The Queens- Derry Fate. Giles Fairland, Mr. Charles Mathews ; lhe Countess of Rosedale, Madame Vestris. Ater the Drama, Mr. JOHN PARRY will sing "The Old Bachelor." After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury ; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New t• airy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoeo, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 58. • Pit, es. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance commence at Seven. -- Pickets ;;ai'lCes to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. THEAI RE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Unprecedented success of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be acted To-morrow, and three times a week till further notice, thus ca-t :—Sir John Falstaff: Mr Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Page, Mr. Howe; Caius, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, Mr. Brindal; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. The Lessee respectfully informs the Patrons of this Esta blishment that Mr. J'IHN PA RUT will sing this Evening one of his Popular Songs—. The Old Bachelor." Th.: New Fairy Extra. vaganza of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks," Every Evening -Graceful, Miss P. Horton; Lucidora, Miss Julia Ben nett. The New Conic Drama of " Used Up," will be repeated Toni ht , on Saturday, and three times a-week. " Who's your Friend? or, The Queensberry Fete," To-night. I. 'l'. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., TH CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. After which, a New Play, in Three Acts, entitled JUDITH OF GENEVA. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, Wright, 0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Yates. To conclude w;th the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Bullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland ; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. 'l'. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Corent-gaiden and Drury-lane; Pants. loon, Mr. Johnstone. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, oxFonmsTitEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, Will be repeated an English version of DON PASOUALE. Principal Characters by Madame Eugenia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Iturdini, and Paul Bedford. After which, the Petite Drama, called nits, GREEK SLAVE. Zaida (the Greek S'ave', Madame Eugenic Prosper. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. 11. P. Grattan; Pon. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leat, Miss R. Isaacs, AsTLEY•S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Ttitunphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THIS EVEN] NG FEBRUARY 8 Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of . i'HE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaorte, Mr. Gomersal, his ori ginal character _ _ — New Scenes in the Circle, and Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SHANTER. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stal4, 55. ; Boats, 45.; tipper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, la.; Upper Gallery, Id. Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea ; Half.price to Ditto, Halt-a-Guinea. Private Boxes, Two ineas; Half-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Halfprice, Halt-past Eight. DAY WOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE. Enormous hit of " Stella Rittersdorr—tnore crowded' than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overtiow. ing with fun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTERS. DORF. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Honner, Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, • eslop, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. After which, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by "Boa," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitabl e P ro p er ti es a nd Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley 111erray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. 11. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta loon, Mr. Hawitins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. o bee, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING FEBRTIARY 8, Will be produced THE GNOME OF THE GOLD MINES, supported by Messrs. Freer, Nantz, Miss Vincent. &c. After which, THE FAIRY LADY ; or, The Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. 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Places more remote from the great lines will receive their papers by the Morning Mails. Orders received by all news-agents, and at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, London. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 7. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33; Highest, 37; Noon, 40. BAROMETER, 29.38. irVLND, W. _ _ Nora.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 27 minutes after 4 I Evening 46 minutes after 4 repeal, to penetrate to the interior of every house in Great Britain, and to the firesides of every man in England, Scotland, and Ireland, speak for themselves. We need not make one remark, save that the atten tion of the world has been drawn to the condition of Ireland, to the real cause of this repeal agitation, and to the necessity of doing justice to Ireland, more by those prosecutions, instituted by the Government, than vearq of unchecked agitation could have accom plished. Thus Providence always ordains, that from ap parent evil, real good shall spring—out of the very depths of sorrow, comfort shines forth,—and if O'CoNNELL had wished to raise the character of his country, to call attention to its wants, and to place it on the very pinnacle whence it would attract the most attention, he could not have done half so much as the Attorney-General has done. Ireland now stands proclaimed as a country whose natural capabilities have been checked by artificial and unnatural means—whose union with England has produced only the results of ill-assorted unions, disquiet and discomfort— and whose happiness must be sought by far different means to those hitherto employed. Ireland claims and must have justice—not in words only, but in deeds. She demands equal laws, equal privileges ; and then, when she has these, will she forget, in solid, sub stantial enjoyment of actual benefits, the injury in flicted upon her by centuries of misrule, terminated only by a corrupt annihilation of her separate Legis lature, to be again tortured by Tory and arbitrary rule. Let Ireland feel that she is truly a part of the em pire, and truly cared for in the Imperial Legislature, and no cry for repeal of the union will then be heard. Until that be the case, no wonder that " the captive leaps to break his chains." The public interest attached to the Irish State pro secutions which had been flagging for some time past, was revived in all its ardour on Monday by the an nouncement that the chief traverser, Mr. O'CoNNELL, was on that day to be heard in his defence An im pressive speech was expected from him on the occa sion, and the expectation was not disappointed, for his defence was admirably conducted—skilful in its management of details—lucid and forcible in its lan guage—argumentative and, to a great degree, matter of fact in its tone—and characterised throughout by a temperance—a moderation—and even a deference to his legal opponents. Mr. O'CONNELL kept the strictest watch and ward over his feelings throughout his speech, preferring rather to convince the understand ing, than to rouse the sensibilities of the jury. Ile made out a strong case in his favour, and was par ticularly happy in his comments on the " conspiracy'' part of the charge, on which, it maybe remembered, the mild and gentle-natured Attorney-General laid great stress in his opening address. " The entire strength of this prosecution," observed the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, " consists in that cabalistic word ' con spiracy.' If I look to the dictionary for its import, or if I ask common sense, I find it means a secret agreement among several to commit a crime. Really it is too bard for one to defend himself against any conspiracy committed in open day, and com mitted by public announcement with the ring ing of bells, to know who would come as wit nesses to the conspiracy. A conspiracy ! Where was the secret agreement made—when was it made —how was it made ? Was it made in winter or in summer—in spring, or in autumn ? When was it attended ?On a Sunday, or on a work-day ? Who was by—who made the secret arrangements— who moved and seconded the resolutions ?" Mr. O'CosNELL continued, at considerable length, to comment on the folly of his public agitation for re peal being tortured into a secret conspiracy, and his pungent, apt, and forcible remarks will not, we sus pect, be without their due effect on the jury. This new doctrine of conspiracy, indeed, applied to public agitation that may happen to be unpalat able in Downing-street, is one that cannot be too strongly reprobated, for it strikes at the root of all freedom of discussion. Once establish the precedent in Ireland, and the malign consequences will not be slow of developing themselves in England. Such a convenient doctrine—so admirably suited to Ministe rial views—will be sure to cross the Channel ; and, Mr. O'CONNELL being convicted of conspiracy for agitating an obnoxious question in Ireland, what is to prevent Mr. COBDEN being convicted of the same misdemeanour, for agitating the ugly question of the corn-laws in England ? Hav ing succeeded in the one country, Government — goaded on by the furious monopolists—will exhibit no great reluctance to try their chance in another ; and should their efforts be crowned with success, a stop will be put to all public agitation the instant it reaches a point that may render it troublesome to a Tory Ministry. If there be a conspiracy in Ireland, it is not on the part of the traversers, but on the part of the Irish Executive, who, it is clear, have con spired together to bring the word into contempt, and drive common sense out of court. Mr. WALLACE has followed up the notice he gave to exclude from the Committee on Railways all those Members on the list given in by the President of the Board of Trade, who were directors of railways, or shareholders ; and the Honourable Member succeeded in so far as to stop the appointment of the Committee until the names should be revised, and a more fair selection be made. The Member for Greenock has done good service, by attracting the attention of the House of Commons and the country to the construc tion of Parliamentary Committees; and it will be the fault of the country and of the public press if the evils arising from the shameful manner of appointing Committees, in which almost always are to be found many who have direct pecuniary interests to protect, be not remedied. It says but little for the composition of the House of Commons, while it speaks volumes as to the notorious existence of class legislation, that men of all parties are always ready to become members of Select Committees in which their own interests are or may be concerned. Take the case before us. A Committee was to be appointed to inquire what changes should be made in the Standing Orders of the House of Commons respecting railways, and also to see how far the re gulations under which the existing railways are conducted are such as the public are entitled to. A more important question cannot be found ; for now the existing railways have superseded all other modes of conveyance, and having attained thereby a monopoly far more complete than even the most sanguine of their projectors anticipated, it is time that the system should be overhauled and thoroughly sifted by an impartially selected tribunal. Let us see how the President of the Board of Trade views this. Being officially called upon to select proper persons to place on this impor tant inquiry, he fulfils his official duty by select ing no fewer than six Chairmen of Railways to be of the number of the Committee, in addition to him self—a large shareholder of railway stock. Here are seven persons out of fifteen, all having a direct inten tion to protect themselves and their railway sharehold ing constituents, placed by the President of the Board of Trade on a Committee of the utmost importance to all ranks, and especially to the working classes! We do not know how many out of the eight remaining Members are concerned in railways. A new list of names must now be laid before the House of Commons at least one day previous to their being appointed members of the Railway Committee, and we trust that those who have so well defended the public from the infliction of an injury by a Committee evidently nearly all on one side, will take care that this principle of impartiality shall be carried out in the choice to be made—and that men of tried ability as well as integrity shall be entrusted with the discharge of the difficult and all-important task to be assigned to them. , • 6 -41.1 Alt fr .' • .I.A ',...,*;;; i , __ _._J ..., .. -,. . - -•-•,\ - , : ii .s rt 7 ~, . _.7e .s.- , ,:- ,'-.4•:,. ~ , . ..,..,: w -.., , 4 0. ,;,....‘. i fi v • ~,,,,..- , itote ... - ' , .. f .,. • . ,i0 71 : ~,: j0 .wic.',..." bko 11 . '" : , ..e' l ..N i i lt . .....-- i. - -... . ... t . . . 4 .- --=-. ~...., _,, ar) fag LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1844. The Lords did not meet yesterday, and the Com mons sat only for three-quarters of an hour. The few proceedings that took place will be found in the Par liamentary report. The case fur the defence of - O'CoNNELL and his fellow traversers has now closed, and the Solicitor- General for Ireland has only to reply upon the evi dence in order to make the whole matter ripe for the summing up of the Chief Justice. This week, will therefore, in all probability, see the end of this most important trial, so far as the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland is concerned. We have elsewhere com mented upon the speech of O'CONNELL—a speech worthy the best days of the English or Irish bar, combining all the oleaginous nature of SCARLETT, in his best days, with the forcible eloquence of O'CoN NELL. And here let us pay a passing tribute to the matchless talent displayed by the Counsel for the de fence. We doubt whether any bar could ever have afforded such splendid specimens of genuine oratorical power as the Irish bar has exhibited on this occasion. S HE IL, MOORE, lIATCUELL, FITZGIBBON, WHITESIDE, 111‘DONOUGII, HENN, and O'CONNELL, will go down to posterity, side by side, as having combined to show the very perfection •of talent, and the happiest instance of useful combination upon legal record. Now comes the part for the Chief Justice and for the jury. The real trial of the accused is gone by, and the public mind is made up as to their guilt or innocence. For never was guilt more foully charged, more signally disproved, and more utterly discredited, The Paris papers are almost entirely filled with the or innocence more clearly apparent, than on the pre- • report o f t h e debates in the British Parliament on the sent occasion. The public has pronounced its fiat of Qu7N Sir R. PEEL and Lord BRO UGHAM , an d i n 's Speech. M os t o f t h em comment on the speeches . not guilty, and no man in the three kingdoms, who is by made general regard the opi n ions expressed in both Houses as o free to exercise an honest opinion, will or can pro- of a friendly ch arac t er towards France. The National nounce any other verdict. of course forms an exception. T The tact with which the Crown officials have con - The funeral of General B ERTRAND took place last ducted this trial—the judgment they have displayed— week at Chateauroux. The whole garrison was under the discretion which they have exercised, in trans- arms. The pall was borne by the Prefect of the Indre ferring the seat of repeal agitation from the Corn by Generals G aEHENEC and DE RIGNY, commandant of Exchange to the Court of Queen's Bench—in publish- the department, and by the Mayor of Chateauroux. ing to the entire empire in a legal form, speeches and i The funds slightly improved on Monday. The Three proceedings which they denounce as illegal, and in i per Cents. closed at 81f. 90 c., and the Fives at .allowing the arguments for, and in justification of, 124 f. 90c. IRISH STATE TRIALS. TWENTIETH DAY. QUEEN'S BENCH.—DUBLIN, TUESDAY. CLOSE OF THE TRAVERSERS' CASE. The Counsel for the defence announced to the meet ing of the Court that they intended to examine only a few witnesses, and they kept their word, for the case for the traversers closed at the rising of the Court. The reply of the Crown lawyers will probably occupy two days. What time may be occupied by the Judges and the jury it would be difficult to say; but it is generally believed that the verdict will be returned by Tuesday at latest. Mr. MOORE, Q.C.. addressing the Court, said—The Counsel for the traversers have availed themselves of the indulgence so kindly afforded them last night, and they do not think it would be right to go over the evidence in this case which has been already proved. They have come to the conclusion that the facts and circumstances upon which the traversers, with very few exceptions, rest their defence, already sufficiently appear before the Court and the jury. They have been under the necessity of bringing a very considerable number of witnesses up to Dublin, who are now in town, who would be able to prove a considerable number of facts which the counsel for the traversers think are already sufficiently in evidence ; they have, therefore, come to the conclusion that they would not be warranted in unnecessarily taking up the time of the Court to prove that which they con sider already sufficiently established, and, therefore, I am happy to announce, that, with afe exceptions, the facts are already sufficiently established, and we do not mean to waste the public time in the remaining evidence to be adduced. Mr. William Conway, the proprietor of the Evening Post, was examined by Mr. HATCHELL, and stated that in 1810 he was editor of the Freeman's Journal, and in that year he acted as secretary to a meeting held at the Exchange, in order to petition for a repeal of the union. Sir James Riddle, the High Sheriff, was in the chair ; the father of the Recorder was also present, and a number of respectable citizens. (The witness here proved the general accuracy of a speech made on that occasion by Mr O'Connell.) In 1800 the Evening Post was the property of Mr. Magee. There was in it a report of a meeting, held in that year, to express hostility to the union, and'Mr. O'Connell ex pressed his sentiments on the subject ; the name of wit ness was to an address to Mr. Grattan and Mr. Shaw, the representatives of the city, presented them in the year 1810, and expressive of hostility to the union ; witness also read the answers of those two gentlemen, which Mr. Sheil had stated in his speech ; witness was a member of the Catholic Association. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not mean to offer any captious objection, but to give evidence as to the acts of the Catholic Association was clearly irre levant. Mr. HATCHELL observed that the object was to show that the proceeding at the Catholic Association was to circulate papers in the same way as the Repeal body did. The CHIEF JusricE considered that the objection came too late, as such a class of evidence had been al ready admitted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that this was a diffe rent species of evidence from what had been already given, as it had nothing to say to the question of the re peal of the union. The COURT considered the evidence was irrelevant. Cross-examined by Sergeant WARREN—Have you any connexion with the Freeman's Journal?—No. It has passed into other hands ?—Yes. You are now proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post? —Yes. Mr. James Perry was called, to prove the rules of the Society of Friends, in reference to arbitration; but The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the evidence was clearly inadmissible. Mr. WHITESIDE insisted that the evidence might be received, as showing what was the intent of the tra versers ; the effect of it might be quite another thing. It surely was more pertinent to the issue than the speech of Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Commons, stated by the Attorney-General. Mr. APDONOUGH followed on the same side, and Mr. Sergeant WARREN replied, observing, that if the rules of the arbitrators were legal in themselves, they need not be supported by the rules of any other body ; and if illegal, they would not be less so because any of them might be taken from the regulations of any other society. The CHIEF JUSTICE said that he considered the evi dence was admissable. The indictment charged the traversers with conspiring to bring into disrepute the courts of justice, and intent was the very essence of the charge. Was it not, then, material to show that a most respectable and peaceable body of persons had adopted the same system of arbitration as that recommended by the traversers ? Judge CRAMPTON dissented from the rest of the Court. How could they judge of the intent of one man by the acts of another? And if the rules of the Quakers were to be admitted, how could the Court reject the rules of any other political body, not only in this country and in England, but across the Atlantic, in America ? Judge BURTON concurred in opinion with the Chief Justice. Judge PERRIN concurred in opinion with the majority of the Bench. It was most material for the traversers to show that the Society of Friends had entered into rules which had the effect of withdrawing cases from the courts of justice. The intent was still a question for the jury. Mr. Perry was then examined, and read a rule of the Quakers, in 1696, recommending their members to have their cases referred to arbitrators ; and in 1697 they recommended that any member should be expelled who did not obey the award of the Friends. Those rules were uniformly acted upon. Witness had a case left to the arbitration of the Galley Club, and Mr. Brewster pleaded. before it.—(Laughter.) Mr. William Corgrave, a solicitor, deposed that he was Secretary to the Angel Galley Club since 1810 ; when an arbitation was entered iuto the parties signed a printed deed of submission ; the members consisted of 40, and the mercantile body it was which generally sub mitted their disputes to those gentlemen ; the parties lodged from three to four guineas each for the expenses of the arbitration. Cross-examined by Mr. BENNErr.—It was open for any one who had a dispute to go before the gentlemen ; there were no court days held. Mr. Charles Vernon, registrar of newspapers, was examined, to prove several speeches of Mr. O'Connell and others in 1841, which, the traversers were of opinion, mitigated the strong language used in other addresses.. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to the reading of the Register, which was a daily paper, and not circulated by the Association. It was not a paper belonging to any the traversers, and upon what ground could it be ad- mitted? Judge ClumrroN said that the paperwas not evidence, unless they had a reporter who would actually prove that the speech sought to be read had been delivered by him. Mr. Fivz.cinnorr then proposed to read a speech de livered in 1141 by Mr. O'Connell, reported in the Free man's J 011,71 cd. The SOLDCITOR-GENERAL objected. It was not com petent to being forward statements in a paper to make evidence far a man. Why not produce the reporter who took ()town the speech, or at least account for his absence ? Mr. Frrzuannort urged that, as the Freeman's Journal was the property of one of the traversers, he was entitled to show whit had been reported of the proceedings of the Association.. The Coup T admitted the evidence as applicable to the case of Dr. Gray only. A variety of extracts from the Freeman's Journal and Pilot were read. Wm. AL nen examined by Mr. HercirELL.—l reside at Tullamore, and follow the business of a coachmaker. I can perfe qtly remember the meeting held at Tullamore on the 16th .4 July last, and know where Mr. Dean's house is in tb at town. On the morning of the meeting, at ten o'clocl. I saw an arch across the street ; there , was a motta, on the arch, " Ireland and her Parliament, or the world in a blaze." I assisted in taking down this motto. I l'abow Mr. Steele, but he did not speak to me at the monaen t the arch was taken down. Mr. Steele ordered it to 'be taken down, and said he did so at the instance of M r. O'Connell, who was very much displeased at its having 'been put up at all. Cross-ex'am heard there was a Committee to get up the int .eting ; Mr. Dean, from whose house the arch was sus pended, was a painter. The arch was erected in tht front of the chapel. There was a large attendance at ; the chapel that day. Mr. Dean is in town, and can te up with me. Sir COLDIA : O'LOUGHLIN gave in evidence the resolu tions adopted at several meetings to petition Parliament for a repeal a! f the union. After the e: vtmination of Mr. Vernon, the traversers' Counsel appli, ed to allow the Rev. Mr. Power to be exa mined the n'.3l .t day. He was unwell, and had not yet arrived in tome n. The person who served the subpoena stated he only went down •)n Saturday to effect service. Their Lo ED SHIPS were of opinion that the trial could not be delayed because service had been effected so lately on Mr. Power. Mr. FITZG,III no said, that what he would have been examined to was the letter on " the duty of a soldier," which Mr. Bower was ready to avow. Mr. Moom,, Q.C., having consulted with the other Counsel, said - that the evidence for the traversers had closed. THE SUN, LOVIJONT, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1844. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt Optntoit. 4 , Who runs may read." ron.ErGaz. The French mail brings no news from Paris or Madrid f the slightest interest. An outline of the intelligence brought by the Overland Mail will be found under the proper head. Boghos Youssouff Bey, Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Commerce to Mohammed Ali, Viceroy of Egypt, died at Alexandria, in the afternoon of the 10th instant, at the age of about 71. He was considered the highest person in Egypt after Mehemet Ali and his family. By the Philadelphia packet, which reached Liverpool on Tuesday evening, accounts have been received from St. Louis of a most terrible and distressing steam-boat accident, by which 90 or 100 persons had lost their lives. The vessel which plied between Cincinnati and St. Louis struck on a sunken tree in the water, three miles from St. Louis, and al most immediately went to pieces. LAW AND POLICE. At Guildhall, a man of the name of Davis, a journeyman baker, was charged with the murder of his wife, by cutting her throat with a razor, on the 11th of December. An inquest had been held on the body, when the jury, having no suspicion to the contrary, gave a verdict that she committed suicide, being in a state of insanity. The evidence was con fined to the testimony given by the relatives of the deceased, who considered her insane. The sitting Alderman directed the officer to summon other witnesses, and remanded the prisoner till Friday. Damages were assessed in the Secondaries' Court in the case of Litton v. Rowe. The defendant, under a misconcep tion arising out of a transaction about a bill for 181. 1 ls., caused the plaintiff to be apprehended on a charge of felony, through which he was kept in a felon's cell, at the police station, a whole night. The defendant admitted, by his counsel, that he had done wrong, and the jury gave 50/. damages. At Union-Hall Thomas Sparks, formerly shop-keeper to Mr. Bvfleld, pawnbroker, Kennington, was fully committed on a charge of robbing his late employer of 411, IWICEI.7.4IITEOUS. The weather here has again staienTy - changed from a keen frost to a thaw, accompanied with rain, and the baro meter stands very low. _ The opening of the South-Eastern line between Folkstone and Dover was celebrated on Tuesday by a dinner, given by the Mayor and Corporation of Dover to the Chairman and Direc tors of the Company. The whole proceedings were of the most enthusiastic and gratifying character. 'An Anti-League meeting was held at Lichfield on the same day. Mr. Manley, the High Sheriff of Stafferdshire, presided, and the usual resolutions were adopted. The nomination of candidates for Devizes took place on Tuesday, when the show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Bruges. Afh-Temple demanded a poll. On Friday, the first of a regular line of Post-office packet ships for New South Wales, sailed from Gravesend for Syd ney, carrying out all letters which were posted at the General Post-office up to Thursday evening. At Guildhall, on Tuesday, Mr. Alderman Gibbs was una nimously elected Chairman of the Commission of Sewers for the ensuing year. A select dinner party, consisting of Noblemen and Gentle men connected with the Fox Club, took place on Saturday, at Brooke's. Among those present were Lord Dinorben, the Earl of Errol, Earl Fortescue, Lord Rowley, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Duncannon, Lord John Russell, M.P., Lord Strafford, the Hon. C. Ponsonby, M.P., Lord James Stuart, M.P., and the Hon. Fox Mettle, M.P. An Anti-League meeting of landowners and farmers of the Eastern Division of Gloucestershire was held at Cirencester on Tuesday, and was well attended. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Stock Market closed with a somewhat better appearance than yesterday ' Consols being 97h to i,. Rather an extensive business was done for present transfer. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were firm, and in the Unfunded there was no alteration. . . The business done after our first report was very trifling. Spanish Five per Cents. were 231 to 24 , and the Three per Cents. 321 to a. French Three per Cents. were done at 81f. 50c. Portuguese Converted closed at 471. Mexican were not quite so good, being 35 to 341. Brazilian New were 751. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 551 to 1. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Eastern Counties Extension were 1 ; Gravesend and Chatham, 1 ; Hull and Selby, 91 ; Guildford Junction, 1 ; South Western, 351; Do. Eighths, 21 -1-; Croydon Scrip, 6 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, 71 to 1 ; Newcastle and Dar lington, 17/; and South Eastern Scrip, 11 1 to 1 premium. Great North of England, 8 to 9 ; Brighton, 41; Greenwich, 71 ; and Manchester and Birmingham, 1/ to 1 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) In the Liverpool market yesterday, the sales were 13.000 bales, at previous rates ; speculators took 7,000 bales.—Bir• ming and French Shares were rather lower, but other stock was firm. Birmingham and Gloucester, 721 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 591; Birmingham, 244 ; Brighton, 451; Manchester and Leeds, 113 ; Paris and Rouen, 321; South Eastern and Dover, 351. _ The delivery of the general correspondence by the Overland Mail, is expected to take place to-morrow ; but the roads in France are described as being so bad, that doubtless active exertion will be necessary to accomplish this. As far as the mere summary of commercial news can afford data for conclusions, we should say that there is a prospect of improvement in the Indian trade, though it will hardly this year take the developement which some parties anticipated with respect to China. The Consular arrangements appear to be progressing steadily, and also the necessary port regulations ; but it is hoped the other settlements may not prove so unhealthy as Hong-Kong. The Funds have not recovered the depression of yesterday ' Consols for Account have been 97 to 974, and for Money the same. The Commissioners have purchased at 974. Exchequer Bills are 675. to 695. premium, being steady. Bank Stock is 1924 to 1931, and India Stock, 2774, neither having fluctuated to any extent, and being tolerably firm. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, are 102 to 101/, and the Reduced 102 i to 103. The Spanish Market is not so gay. For the Five per Cents. the rates have been 244 to 234, and for the Three per Cents., 324 to 321 ; Portuguese Converted Bonds have alternated from 474 to 1. Mexican are 35 for Money; and Columbian, 121 to 1, which is an advance. Dutch Five per Cents. bring 1014 to 4. Business in Shares is dull. Birmingham are not higher than 140 premium, and the French lines are quiet. Great Western, Brighton, and the few others dealt in are much the same. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 6.—The market continues firm, and considerable business has been transacted, Ditto New, One-Eighths, 31 to ; Man at the following prices :—Dublin and Drogheda, 55i ; East ern Hal f Shares, 50* ; South Eastern, ; Counties, Reg►stered, 12 5-16 ; Ditto, Perpetual, 29i ; eS ii eu tt s T e , rWScairiesdpt,eLr:se'ea:Stso: ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 14j. _ - CLOSING PRICES. - BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ............ 1921 India Stock .. 277i pm 3 p er Cent. Red....... Ditto Bonds $ per Cent. C0n5...... 9 4 Ditto Old Annuities — 3i per Cent. Red....... 103 Ditto New Annuities — New 3} per Cent ...... 102 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. lid 69 pm New 5 per Cent. ...... Ditto 5001 69 pm Long Annuities to ezpire Ditto Small.-- 69 pm Jan. 1860 ......... 12 i Bank Stock for Acct — Oct. 1859 ......... 12 11-16 I n di a St oc k f or A cc t 2781 Jan. 1860 ...... • 12 9 -16!Consols for Acct 97a FOREIGN FUNDS. A lama, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent lielgian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilia n ßussian, 5 per cent D Prus itto s , ia l i t t ie . tam s pe c r .. c . e .. n . t. : —___ 6 per cent... 124 Spanish, 5 per cent alerk(,sAsßroesn6dspe..r...c.;;. —__ etiDan, 6 per cent. Colombian, 24 Ditto 1824 ............... Ditto, 3 per cent — Cloa Bonds, 6 per cent 93 Ditto, Deferred.... .. : ] 3 i Danish, 3 per 5ent....... French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange ...... .... —t —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 341 i French, 3 per cent. Blf. 50.4. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. 65k Peruvian,lB2s,6 perct. ..::- Ditto, 5 per cent.... 101/ SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) loi Ditto Extension (13a 4d paid) Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (2i p) 2i Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 91 Great Western ( 75 paid) ll3 Ditto Fifths (12 paid) Hull and Selby (BO paid) .._ - - -- +s9i London and Brighton (56 pad) 45• London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dpd) London and Guildford Junction ( 5 paid) bi London and South Western (4116 s 10dpd) 77 Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) ... 24 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ... 164 Ditto Scrip (74 paid) .. „ • 134 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... •••••• Ditto New Shares (30 paid) Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 394 Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) ..... Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid` 324 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) ........ ...... 334 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 36i COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and his Royal High ness Prince Albert still continues in the strictest privacy. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived to-day at the Castle. Sir Henry will dine this evening with the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Suite, and will also remain to sleep at the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England yester day, in Hanover-square. In the evening, his Royal High • ness, attended by Colonel Keate, dined at the Hall of Com merce, Threadneedle• street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Woodham, Mr. Hanley, Mr. Hawant, and Mr. Alhx, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The Belgian Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Thornton, Deputy Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Hon. Manners Sutton had an interview with Lord Wharncliffe yesterday at the Council-office. Sir Robert Peel has issued invitations for a grand Parlia mentary dinner, on Saturday, the 17th inst., at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had interviews with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. The Lords present were the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Brougham, Lord Abinger, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron. Parke, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Solicitor , General was heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The Right Hon. John Wilson Croker, one of the executors of the late Marquis of Hertford, and also a legatee named in a codicil, dated 28th October, 1838, at Milan, v. the Most Hon. Richard Seymour Conway. Marquis of Hertford, and also the Right Hon. William Baron Lowther, E. Hopkinson, Esq., S. H. de Horsey, Esq., and H. Meynell, Esq. Dr. Harding followed on the same side. Lord Brougham then intimated that their Lordships would adjourn the further hearing of the case until Wednesday the 14th inst. Sir Glades Wetherell, Mr. Kindersley, Queen's Counsel, and Dr. Addams, attended for the respondent. Baron Koller, first Secretary to the Austrian Embassy, sat in Court during the proceedings. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough arrived at Far rance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Tuesday evening. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at:ten minutes before Four o'Clock. Several petitions for private Bills were presented. The Earl of LINCOLN brought up the First Report of the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Metropolis. Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Donnington, in Northamptonshire, praying for protection to the agricultural interest. Mr. VERNON SMITH presented a petition from the licensed victualleri of Northampton and Stoney Stratford. praying that the dues now paid by them for the shops and warehonsesittivbinh their stock in trade was stored, might be repealet. NOTICES OF MOTION—SLAVE-TRADE. Lord PALMERSTON said, that in consequence of the unsatisfactory statement recently made in another place on the part of the Government, with regard to the negotiations be tween this country and France on the subject of the Slave-trade Treaty, it was his intention to move on Monday, the 19th inst., that an humble address be presented to her Majesty representing to her the deep abhorrence with which the people of this coun try regard slavery, and beseeching her Majesty not to consent to any alteration or modification of any of the treaties now in force with foreign countries, which would tend to render more easy the commission of so detestable a crime. EDUCATION. On the motion for the Order of the Day being read, for the House going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. W YSE said he wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Right Hon. Gentleman had already de clared that the great ignorance which privailed through out England could only be eradicated by education ' • and, having yesterday declared that it was not his in tention to add any clauses to the Factories Bill respecting education, or to propose any measure to Parlia ment on the subject, he begged leave to ask whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to ask, during the pre sent session, for any enlarged grant of money, or whether they would adopt any other means to extend the benefits of educa tion ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was not prepared to answer the question of the Right Honourable Gentleman. It was not the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to ask for any increased grant of money. With regard to the Orders is Council passed on the subject of educa tion, there were come orders on the subject which would be produced if the Right Hon. Gentleman chose to move for them. SUPPLY- The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to, and leave was given for the Committee to sit again on Friday next. ESTIMATES. On the motion of Sir G. CLERK copies of the estimates were directed to be laid before the House. REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Cupar Angus, pray ing the House to redress the grievances of the people, before voting the supplies, and to grant a full representation to the people. IMPORT DUTIES-SMUGGLING. The Hon. GENTLEMAN then gave notice that on Tuesday week he should move for the appointment of a Select Com mittee to inquire into the subject of smnggling, as far as regarded tobacco, silk, spirits, and other articles paying a high impart duty ; into the extent and nature of the frauds thus practised ; and also into the effects they pro duced on the revenue, the trade, and commerce of the country, and the morals of the people, and also into the expenses of the Coast-guard system, and report the evidence, and their opi nion thereon to the House. HAWKERS' LICENSES. The Hox. MEMBER then moved for a return of the number of hawkers licensed in the years 1800, 1810, 1820, •1830, and 1840.—Agreed to. The House then adjourned at a Quarter before Five o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceed:nes of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 6. SUPPLY.-MR. S. CRANiTORD'S AMENDMENT. MAJORITY-AGAINST, 130. MINORITY-FOR, 22. , - Barnard, E. G. Duncan, George Strickland, Sir G. Blewitt, Reginald Ellice, E. Wakley, Thomas bodkin. John James Felhien, J. Wallace. Robert Rowring, Dr. Gibson, T. M. W awn , J o h n Bright, John Hindley, Char'es Brotherton, J. Hume, Joseph TELLERS. Butler, Colonel Leader, J. T. Crawford, W. S. Butler, P. S. Plumridge, Captain Williams, W. Duke, Sir lames Scholefield, J LITERATURE. JAMES OF THE HILL. 3 Vols. Newby, London, 1844. The hero or this romance, " James of the Hill," is a Scottish outlaw, whose wild and varied adventures occupy a considerable portion of the work. The scene of action is laid in Scotland, chiefly among the High lands, and the period chosen is the year 1630—a stir• ring and troublous period both in England and the sister country. The story is told in some places with spirit and ability ; but the dialogues are frequently prolix, and the incidents are scarcely numerous enough for the space they occupy. The descriptions of Scot tish scenery are uniformly good, and constitute the redeeming features of the work. THE HERETIC. 3 Vols. Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1844. This story is a translation from the Russian of M. Lajetchnikoff, by a gentleman named Shaw, Professor of English Literature at the Imperial Lyceum of Tsarskoe-Seloe. Of course, being unacquainted with the original, we cannot vouch for the accuracy of the translator's version ; but we may observe that his language is spirited, especially in the dialogue portion of his narrative, and that he has placed before us a fiction which will be read with interest, if only for the minuteness and apparent fidelity with' which it deli neates the manners of the Russians in the middle and lower walks of life, and the skill with which it deli neates the character of the Czar, Ivan. The epoch selected by M. Lajetchnikoff is the fifteenth century —an epoch, says the translator in his preface, " most powerfully interesting in the history of every country, and not less so in that of Russia." The best sus tained character in the story is that of the traveller. Aphanasii Nikitin, portions of whose curious itinerary —which is, we understand, still extant in the chief public libraries in Russia—the author has adroitly contrived to interweave with his romance. irII iTERT,SEMENT 4 SUPPL IEN TS 'RATIS WITH THE " DISPATCH." Every Week during the GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT DUBLIN. A succession of SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH THE DISPATCH. The First on SUNDAY, February 4, con -16 taming Mr. Shell's Speech, a gem of oratory... j The Second (of the full size of the WEEKLY DISPATCH) on SUNDAY, February 11, con taining the Speeches of Mr. Whiteside, Mr. O'Connell, and other Leading Counsel who . 45 may address the Court in the course of the • Week, for which the services of several Short hand Writers of Eminence have been engaged._ • The dimensions of the succeeding Supplements will be re gulated by the importance of the matter; but the last Sup plement will be also of the full size of the DISPATCH, and form the early portion of the trial, and embrace the proceed ings from the commencement to that stage at which the first begins, so that every subscriber to the WEEKLY DIS PATCH will be in possession of a complete and faithful re cord of this great national trial—a trial which must become a matter of history, and ever be regarded as an event of un usual importance. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of MR. O'CONNELL will precede the account of the Trial, which will he written by a Gentleman intimately acquainted with the " great Agitator," and consequently one who has treasured up many reminiscences that will render the Biography a paper of general and absorbing interest. The SUPPLEMENTS, forming a great number of columns, will be printed uniformly with the DISPATCH, and contain a quantity of information equal to at least an Octavo Volume of 1,000 pages. Orders received by every Bookseller and News Agent in the United Kingdom, and at the DISPATCH Office, 139, Fleet-street. WILL OF THE LATE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD.- The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council met this morning to hear an appeal by the Right Hon. J. Croker, claiming as a legatee under a codicil of the late Mar quis of Hertford. The Solicitor-General appeared on the part of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Lords Brougham, Denman, Abinger, and Campbell, Chief Justice Tindal, &c., were present. Mr. James, M.P., has been confined to bed at Brussels for upwards of a week, by Inflammatory fever, but is now in a fair way of recovery.—Carlisle Journal. THE POOR-LAW AND FACTORY ACTS.—Sir James Graham has entered upon the books of the House of Commons notice that, on Tuesday, he will move fcr leave to introduce a Bill " to amend the Factory Act;" and, on Thursday, for leave to introduce a Bill "to amend the Poor-law Acts." The public will look forward with much interest to both those measures en such important subjects. While speaking of the poor-laws, it may be as well also to mention that Lord Ashley will, on Thursday week, move for a Select Committee "on the mode of administering medical relief to the sick poor" —a matter that loudly calls for reform. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a very dis tressing nature occurred yesterday afternoon, at Messrs. Barclay and Perkins' brewery, in Park-street, Southwark. It appears that three individuals : Henry Roberts, the foreman, and John Steadman and Thomas Harris, labourers, were about to cleanse out a vat in the south-east divi sion of the building, from which a quantity of strong ale had been drawn about a fortnight since. It was the duty of the foreman to see that the carbonic acid gas, which, it is well known, always accumulates from the fermentation of the beer, had thoroughly dispersed, before any person de scended into the vat, and the only survivor, Harris, states that Roberts took the usual precaution of lowering a lighted candle, upon raising which, unextinguished, he observed it was " all right," aid directed Steadman to descend by a ladder placed inside, and to remove some of the hops which had accumulated round the tap, in order that the dregs might be drawn off. Steadman at once descended, ancliafter remaining at the bottom of the vat for a few moments he was observed to make for the ladder, and hasten up in a weak state, as if nearly overcome by the noxious vapour. The vat was about IS feet deep, and the poor fellow had nearly rea c h e d th e summit, when he suddenly fell back senseless. Harris im mediately offered to descend and endeavour to rescue his companion, but Roberts would not allow him, and insisted on going down himself. He reached the bottom of the vat, and caught hold of Steadman, raising him a few inches, but imme diately afterwards relaxed his hold, and like his deceased companion, fell lifeless. An alarm was instantly given, and Mr. French, the foreman of the works, and several other per sons hastened to the spot. One man named Hicks volun teered to descend if a rope were made fast to his body, and this having been done, he was lowered a few feet. The men who had charge of the rope, however, observxl that he lost sensibility, and on drawing him up he was found to be in an almost lifeless state. The most active measures were imme diately adopted, and in a few minutes both bodies were ex tricated jrom the vat. Medical assistance being on the spot, every endeavour was made to restore animation, but in both cases unfortunately without success. OVERLAND MAIL' INDIA AND CHINA. The accounts brought by this mail from India. and China are very satisfactory. The affairs of Gwalior have been settled without shedding fl drop of blood. The Governor-General;reached Agra on the 11th of De cember, and was making arrangements for marching the army of exercise, under Sir Hugh Gough, into the country ; but its services were not required. The authorities, on finding that they had no chance of re sisting such an overpowering force, held a council of war, which was attended by the principal officers and leading men of the country ; and after a short delibera tion resolved to give up the Minister Khasgeewalla, who was regarded as the prime mover in the late de monstrations against British authority in that quarter. He was immediately sent off prisoner under an escort of fifty men to Agra. The young Baja, who was considered the rightful heir to the throne ; took refuge in the British camp, and in due time was to be regularly installed as Sovereign. Lord Ellenborough was to proceed to Gwalior, accompanied by thv young Prince, but no par ticulars had transpired as to his ultimate plays. That district, however, is now entirely under British dominion. Affairs remained nearly in the same state at Lahore, but preparations were made for resistance in case an attack should be made on the Sikhs by the British troops on the other side of the Sutlej. Sinde was per fectly tranquil. Sickness still prevailed to a consider able extent. A number of medical officers had been dispatched from Bombay to attend the sick, and hopes were entertained that the malady was only temporary. Sir Charles Napier was in good health. At Sukkur, the sickness was rapidly diminishing. From China the in telligence is favourable. The supplementary treaty, by Sir Henry Pottinger and the Chinese Commissioner, would; be forthwith signed by the Emperor without waiting for the signature of the Queen of England. The sickness at Hong-Kong had abated, but we regret to state that Major Pottin g er, Colonel Knowles, and two surgeons had been carried off by it. GIVALIOR—THE ARMY OF EXERCISE. ( From the Agra Obar of Dec. 23.) Out accounts from the army of the Chumbul (we do not admire the title of Exercise, and purpose to exclude it henceforth) are somewhat meagre, though as yet we can hardly expect any one to see beyond his nose. As stated in our overland issue, the surrender of the Khasgeewalla is an important feature in the negotiations with Gwalior, as removing one great impediment to the settlement of affairs ; th" effect is the submission of the Baee and the Durbar, who have agreed to the terms imposed, but confess their inability to disband the troops, for which purpose, therefore, the army con. tinues to advance. The Governor. General and Commander.in. Chief arrived :4 Dholpore on the 19th, and orders were issued for the advance of the army in the following order : The vanguard, under the command of Major. General Valiant, K. 11., consisting of three troops Horse Artillery, No. 17 Light Field Battery, the 3d Brigade of Cavalry, and 3d Brigade of In. fantry, to cross on the morning of the 22d. On the 23d the Commander.in.Chief's camp, No 10 Light Field Battery, and 4th Brigade of Infantry. On the 24th the sth Brigade of Infantry, with: a portion of the Artillery, and Engineer park —on the 25th, the 6th Brigade of Infantry, and remaining portions of Artillery, and Engineer park. The Governor. General would cross either on the 23d or 24th, after sending off dispatches by express. The ford, over which the army will pass, is only three feet three inches deep, with good firm footing, so that there will be no trouble in crossing the army ; the advance column would halt on the right bank until the whole had crossed over, when the army would move on to a place called Hinganna, where it is expected that the Baee and Durbar would meet the Governor-General to tender their submission, when, no doubt, a proclamation will be issued, calling on the soldiers of the Gwalior Raj to submit, under pain of being treated as rebels. The report current in camp as to the future arrangement of the force at Owalior is, that a 2d contingent will be brigaded under Brigadier Stacey, and the Sipporee contingent increased, so as to have two separate bodies of 5,000 men in each of all arms—but this is mere rumour. The army was encamped at Dholpore, on a splendid plain, on which an army of fifty thousand men could have manceuvered with ease. The Rana of Dholpore, not to be outdone by so insignificant a force as the army of the Chumbul, sent some of his tag-rag-and bobtail, with a couple of old guns, one iron and the other brass (to show that he possessed both kinds of metal), to swell its numbers, to do honour to the Governor-General, and to protect the English Artillery during the night, in case some secret enemy should steal on it unobserved and annihilate it. They were talking in camp of the probable time they would be back at Agra, and what was to be done after, whether to remove to the Sutlej, or settle down again quietly. Whispers were current that the former was the more likely move ; and words falling by accident from the lips of authority, were greedily picked up and speculated on. This is all pleasant enough in camp, where the smallest hint serves for an exciting discourse at the mess table. Among other sayings which had been discussed, was one of a rather peculiar nature, as connected with the Punjaub, but which may be taken in a double sense : " there is plenty of time to look after the Punjaub." This may mean, let us first settle this affair, and then we can mind the other ; or it may mean that the Punjaub pear is not ripe enough yet, and therefore there is plenty of time to think of it. Be it as it may, the opinions of many are decided that some interference with the Punjaub is contemplated in high quar ters—and there the matter may rest in the mean time. The following is another account, and furnishes intel ligence from Bombay to the Ist of January. The army of exercise has been successful without firing a shot : A ♦ery large demonstration has been made before a very small foe, and the latter, seeing resistance useless, has wisely given in. The movement on Gwalior was made from three directions—the main body of the army of exercise marching from Gwalior, and the left wing from Kooneh in Bundelkund ; while a strong force, con sisting of Madras troops, moved up from Ellichpore. The place of rendezvous of the latter was fixed at Balapoor, and there the troops accordingly assembled, on the 20th of November, under the corn. mand of Brigadier Bagnold, of the Arunzabad division. No sooner, however, had they all collected, than an order arrived for their re. turn, and the regiments at once retrograded to the different stations, Ellichpore, Neemuch, Jalnah, Fic., from which they had been drawn. The cause of the sudden dissolution of the force is under stood to have been the receipt of intelligence of a favouraqle nature in regard to the state of affairs in Gwalior. The issue was favourable to the party who had espoused the British interest, and the attempt made by the other side to regain possession of the usurping minister, Dada Khasgeewalla, signally failed. Soon after the struggle, Bapoo Seetooleah, the leader of the successful party, prevailed on the Baee to consent to the dismissal of a number of Khasgee's creatures, whom she had kept about her person ; and abo to give up Dada himself to the British authori ties. He succeeded, likewise, in getting himself appointed to the full charge of the Government. An attempt was now made to send the prisoner to Agra; but it failed, owing to the opposition of some of the Sirdars and troops. Efforts were used to procure the sanction of the British authorities to his confinement as a state prisoner within the Gwalior Raj; but these were equally unsuccessful. No prospect being apparent of a pa cific adjustment of differences, the warlike party again ob tained ascendancy in the Councils of the State, and some very vigorous preparations for hostilities were entered into Our Government appears ail along to have acted with becoming firm ness, and to have determined upon obtaining entire acquiescence in all its demands, without tile slightest limitation. The Gwalior durbar, unanimous in nothing but dissimulation and intrigue, ex hibited constant vacillation, arid was valiant or submissive by fits and starts, according as the warlike or pacific party happened to be uppermost. About the Bth of December, however, it was pretty generally determined that the Army of Exercise should be opposed, and Seetooleah's intentional absence from the durbar seemed to be a signal for active measures of preparation. The arrangements for defence were discussed and concluded, and letters were sent to the chiefs of Boondela and the Prince of Rajwarre, craving assist ance in repelling the British. Bapoo Seetooleah, desirous of sparing useless effusion of blood, endeavoured a second time to send off the Khasgeewalla, and a second time failed, owing, as it afterwards ap peared, to his custodians having been bribed by the Baee. It thus appeared evident that hostilities must ensue. Lord Ellenborough arrived at Agra from Calcutta on the 11th December, and the army being in readiness to move, the first brigade, under General Valiant, of her Majesty's 40th, marched the next day towards Dholpore. On the 13th, 14th, and 15th, the rest followed. The left wing also marched, from ihaussee ; and about the 16th, intelligence reached Gwalior of its arrival at Chaudpore Soonbaree, while the main body had appeared on the bank of the Chumbul. The courage of the adverse party at Gwalior now oozed out at their fingers' ends ; the Baee, whose worthy valour had shamed the most accomplished of Scindiah's warriors, became gentle and peace-loving, and at length the great " bone of contention," if I may use so irreverent an expression, Dada Khasgee, was marched off to Dholpore, under an escort of fifty troopers. Here General Valiant's brigade found him on the 17th, and he was immediately sent to the Governor-General's (for his Lordship's inspection, I presume), and thence to Agra, where he is now confined. Lord Ellenborough is to go on to sailor. The expense of this force will be defrayed from the revenues of territory to be ceded to us for the purpose. Mania Sahib is to be restored to the office of Minister, and the cost of the " Army of Exercise " is to be paid by the Gwalior Government. No resistance is expected to the entry of our troops,. The whole of the army at present halts at Dholpore. The siege train returned to Agra. THE PUNJAUB. The Punjaub has this month pretty equally divided attention with Gwalior. No renewal of disturbances has as yet taken place, but everything seems tending to a further outbreak. The arrival at Lahore of Golab Sing, the powerful chief of Jumboo, was no. ticed last month. The number of troops which accompanied him was somewhat exaggerated it should have been twelve instead of twenty-two thousand men. The report that he had assumed the post of Vizier in supercessior. of Heera Sing, was not in accordance with fact, since the latter chief, though deferring in important mat. ten; to the judgment of his uncle, never really resigned the charge of affairs. The most important events that have happened since the date of last month's accounts are, an attempt to run off with the Ma. harajah, made by Jawahir Sing, his maternal uncle ; violent quarrel. lings between Soochet and Heera Sing; and the sudden and some. what mysterious departure of both Soochet and Golab from Lahore. The two latter occurrences seem to have been consequent on the first. It would appear that Heera Sing has never been liked by the Khalsa (or united Sikh people), and that a rather strong party has for some time past existed, whose object is to get rid of the minister, and raise Kashmeer Sing, an illegitimate son of Runjeet, to the throne, putting Dhuleep, the present occupant, to death. Chund Koor, the Maharajah's mother, a shrewd woman, of energetic tempera ment seems to have suspected the two elder Rajahs of having abetted at least the latter part of this design ; and her brother, doubtless with her concurrence, attempted, on the 25th of No vember, to frustrate it, by carrying off the young prince from the palace. The thing however, was badly managed, and failed. Jawahir Sing was caught, confined in chains, and his property confiscated. Soochet Sing, who it is supposed was cognizant of the proceeding, joined Chund Koor in remonstrating against the severe punishment inflicted on her brother, and this occasioned a fresh and violent quarrel with Heera Sing. Golab Sing, after many ineffectual attempts to reconcile his brother and nephew, at length succeeded in persuading Soochet to quit Lahore. This was agreed to, however, only on the condition of Golab accom panying him. They both left on the 4th, Golab having sent to Chund Koor, prior to his departure, and informed her that he was about to visit Jumboo, but would not make a long stay. Soochet, it was supposed, would go to Rannuggur. The latest accounts from Lahore are to the 18th of December. The Delhi Gazelle of the 23d gives detailed advises down to the 12th. The only item of importance is the dispatch of reinforcements to attack Mulick Futteh Khan, who was creating disturbances in the territory of Tank. It was announced at the durbar on the 12th that this Chief had sustained a reverse, having fled from the fort of Mutteah to the hills. " There is certainly," says the news-writer, "an improvement in the bearing of the Sikhs, stnd they now profess themselves ready to obey the orders of Heera Sing " General Ventura has left Lahore for Loodiana h. he has quitted the Punjaub for ever; others that Thehe hasfereier is the rn p on a political errand to the British authorities . states that "the Some r s e a e y eed t h e a d more likely to be the case. The Bomba y Tim es European resident* who were abo ut to cross the frontier, and seek shelter in the Company's dominions, entertained no doubt and the British tapvernment would very shortly be compelled to in terfere." Now that the Gwallor affair is settled, we may shortly exPe ct to hear the question of interference in the affairs of the Ponjanti decided. Lord Elienborough, I think, is not the man to senla in , quiescent at the had of such a force as the army of exercis e, and with a tempting bait like the runjatib to lure him to war. SINDE. Our intelligence from Sinde this month again chiefly relate s t° the sickness of the troops. It is comforting to know that arrange' merits are in progress for the withdrawal of the invalids, the whole of whom, to the number of three or four thousand, are to come t° Bombay. Their place, it is s lid, i s to be supplied by a brigade of Madras troops ; but probably, now that Gwalior is tranquillised. the Bengal regiments originally ordered to garrison the province will be permitted to proceed to their destination. The 13 ° 11nbsr Government has latterly evinced the greatest activity i n furnishint medical aid. " General N a pier," says th e B om b a y Times, " i said to have expressed hi s d e t erm i nat i on to part with no tro ° P" whatever their condition, u ntil re i n f orce d by a corroPon d l a number of efficient men." If this be the c as e, the arrangem ents for the removal of the sick cannot p rocee d ver y ra pidly. The following movements of troops h ave t a k e n place: --The left wing of the 2lst Native Infantry has dropped down the Indus from Hyderabad, and proceeded to Kurrachee. The right wi n g will follow, and the whole come to Bombay. The remnant of the 2d Kuropeans has been withdrawn from Mandavie to Kurrachee. Sono portion of the men have arrived in Bombay, whither th e whole regiment is to come preparatory to proceeding to Bellie u T r : to take the place of her Majesty's 86th, which relieves the n ::: Sinde. The head-quarter wing of the 18th Native Infantry arrived in Bombay from Baroda, for embark a ti o n to Kurre ch A e f; and the le ft wing—now at Dhow — will soon follow. The reinsin'`" of the 78th Highlanders leave with the 18th Native Infin it ' ' , Leslie's troop of horse artillery, and Whitlie's battery ha le h , turned to the Presidency, and the forme r h as p r oceeded to ' ll3 Deccan. The 13th Native Infantry, s e nt som e time since fr° ll , Bombay, has arrived at Hyderabad. H er M a j es ty's 13th Lig ht Infanty is en route to Sukkur from Ferozepore. r. Among the officers who bad died were Major Robert s . ~,,t b Pollard, and Captain Woodburn. The l a tter expired on the of December, on board the steamer in which he was proceeding the mouth of the Indus, for the purpose of coming to ilombaY• Of military movements, or political e ven t s , th e r e Is little to teil'e General Simpson, who went across the I n dus with the 250 Se t or Infantry and the Bth Native Infantry, two guns, and 50 hoo e ' go the purpose of punishing some Belochee plunder s an d cattle ste aler as well as to settle the boundary on that side of the river, retur° to camp on the 1 I th, having met with no enemy. 10 The Governor of Sinde :is about shortly to return to HY— Ap-r 2 ,0 from Kurrachee. He now has the northern division of the 1 " immediately at his disposal. HERAT. . n rps• The three nephews of Tar Mahomed, late Vizier, b u t noir "r ec i rently ruler, of Herat, have qu arre ll e d w ith th e i r unc l e, anal°tri' the two sons of the late Shah Kamran, against him. T he ,, D e. lowers of the five young men assem bl e d th e i r f o ll owe rs and o f steged Herat. A conflict ensued outside the walls, the r esult c, which was, that the " sirda rs an d pr i nces, b e i ng v i c torioll, ceeded in shutting up Tar Mahomed in the for;." NEPAUL AND OUDE. There have been some ho s til e co lli s i ons b etween the Pe ° P .. a :. Oude and the Nepaul ese , an d th e di sputes b etween t he two r, vernments are of a natur e so ser i ous, t h at i t i s b e li eve d the '"' ference of the British will be necessary. A short time ago the tr °° ', at e r r , Cawnpore were ordered to h o ld th emse l ves i n rea di ne ss for vice, and it was believed hostilies were contemplated. Seth,,ine however, was done. The Delhi G a z e tt e o f t h e 23d Decelm' oo r i ; received this morning, intimates that or d ers have D o, issued for the instant march towards Et awa h ( on the : in the Dooab, between Gwalior and Oude) o f th e f o ll o wing t rw- , 13 1 :e —" A wing and head quarters of the 1 lth Infantry, an 6fec i ish: troop of her Majesty's 9th Lancers, another of the 11th to Cavalry, and two nine-pounder guns, manned by a detail ol d o f third company's 7th battalion, the whole under the contni Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, of the 11th Infantry." The 193 100 fantry, and the right wing of the 18th, are likely AU° t° oe 4 Lucknow for Etawah. Sir William :Lott has temporarily' testa l. the residentship at Lucknow, on the score of ill health, and Pollock has succeeded him. AFFGHANISTAN. int er We have this month a considerable a moun t o f i n teresting , ligence from Caubul. Dost M a ho me d s till rema i ns en the 01' ; but is esteemed as little as before by thos e aroun d hirn• °c o s presses the people as much as ever, and there continues t ° n ed very strong feeling against him. Great difficulty is elcP erie h ol• in collecting the revenues from the var i ous di s t r i c t s —the in- a in tants in many places resisting those sent f or th e purpoge SW°,r, e<' hand. Ufzul Khan, one of the Dost' s sons, w hil e out a ; t • tbS cursion of this kind, sustained a severe def ea t a t the hand' " e d to people of the Bungush country. Akbar Khan has rat tnl : t tsA Cabul. His object in proceeding to Jellalabad was not t ° s ePC Peshawur ; nor does there seem any likelihood of such a I n°/ ' at present, either on his part or that of the Dost. CO ° The following extracts from the latest news.letter sro --- , n o to will well repay perusal. The date of the com mu nication is 13th November : • and lets " Wuzeer Yar Mahomed, at present ruler of Herat, ter to chief minister of Shah Kamran, has a dd re s s ed a friendlY Dost Mahomed, through the Sirdars of Kandahar, with ten 4 ,ot4 horses, and a sword inlaid with jewels, as a:present, and it is beavos that being anxious to cultivate the Wuzeer's good Br act s ' 1 00 Mahomed, will, in return, dispatch Ameer Mahomed Akl"" to Herat with a gift." bul t ' ? " The son of the ruler of Shuhur Subz has arrived at be , pay his respects to Dost Mahomed, and to cement a frien c9 ";iged tween him and his father. He is the same person who Dust Dost Mahomed, when a prisoner at Bokhara, in effecting his e "., - , 0 ,t and getting clear off. On his arrival in the vicinity of Cebu', h its Mahomed sent his son with an escort of cavalry to receive is with honour and every demonstration of kindness, and bring h itu tti e to the city. It has been reported in the town of Cabul, by persons arrived from Kandahar, that Meer Dil Khan was sh °°t leave that place with a few suwars to visit Dost Mahomed, to c municate confidentially with him regarding some important ara.'' It is also said that the son of Mahomed Morad Beg, ruler of Ktin ieh may be shortly expected at Cabul, on a visit also of an imports fit nature." CHINA. (From the Bombay Overland Courier). We last month gave news from China to the 30th of Oet° l ' Sf ; and our present advices extend to the Ist of December, ha vi 7 beer, brought by her Majesty's steamer Spiteful, which left kW '', Kong on that day. The most prominent points of the intelligence are signing of the supplementary treaty, the occurrence of a , and destructive fire at Canton, and the death of 'Maj o r Der , Pottinger. The treaty was signed on Sunday, the Bth o f octe i . in a building erected for the occasion near the Anunithrle:rby and not far, it is said, from where the opium was dest r°Y l ioul Lin. Sir Henry Pottinger had proceeded thither the P re tti er ; evening, accompanied by his suite and seve ra l other gen tle 00 1 and after the signatures of the two Chinese officers, the I T° to. Commissioner Keying, and the Governor of Canton, Xe gether with that of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, bad he e ".,l, affixed to the document, the wh o l e party were r egaled W i 'Tpe dinner. They returned to Macao Roads the same nigh t ' fi boo t Emperor had consented to ratify the treaty ; di al/ waiting for her Majesty's ratification, and a copy was acc 0 13 , dispatched to Pekin for that purpose. This, on its return' W A DY be dispatched to England; and it was expected to be teceiv..-, is the 20th December. Major Eldred Pottinger, who had 01 730 ,1 China on a visit to Sir Henry, was selected as the borpers would have left in that capacity, had he not unhappilY fella snu g, tim to disease at Hong. Kong. He expired at Government saf" Victoria, on the 15th of November. "It were needle:: be or the Friend of China, " to pass an eulogy upon the °le e ri ; merits of the Hero of Herat a n d C a ub u l ; his name wit cb thri rolled by posterity amongst the foremost of those . eole r. prudence, talent, and bravery, have served their countrYli"rnotsqa gencies which had appalled less n o ble minds." The S u P i P .,b, tO t a Treaty is promulgat,l by the Plenipotentiary, and te the treaty itself is "duly ratified, exchanged, obedience is strictly enjoined. We also give a number "I_3oo • • roclao, documents of different descriptions, comprising P, Thin ese tor and notifications both from the British and fay' peg and thorities. The Government of India has been nook e rn its proclamations ; but the Government h a s 'c r a seems to surpass it immeasurably. Short ea e the fir period of the latter's existence, its St ' 3 ! would already, we should think, form a p ortii iinpe rtid i i, Amongst the documents to which we allude, the most v t r, are :—A Government notification, under date 4th Ocn o , of the attention of the " Masters, Ow n ers, and Ce n ' ig l n o for merchant vessels sailing under Briti s h colours, to t he Ant; P o , chant seamen, commonly c.,lled Sir James Graham.' lea ves, n o clamation by the Imperial Com m i ss i one r, and his C° ' daring " that the war e house s b e l ong ing to the n e "l„b a nta ‘: 10 : 5 1 (outside men), and those w hi c h appertain to the old o_.'ith,,ot Hong merchants), are now to be considered identical,. to e n° ole difference whatsoever," and the obj e ct of which al so 1 , , ,,b as ,De age and promote a wider extension of the trade, ina s "' for b , f merchants of all nations resort to the province 0 __, tin ser, purposes of traffic ;" a proclamation by Sir HenrY f r , 01 1 '74 lishing ass order by the Queen in Council, and cop ies : o r the r t ' h v er nication received from the Imperial Commissioner, t ° o er afforded to it, relative to the resort of merchant r...- vi bjcb, s „, , ports than those thrown open by the treaty, a thing An d finefe"ber readers are aware, has been expressly forbidden; an der , o st re sa, " General Memorandum," addressed to the Con ini the Chin nion sa• Majesty's vessels, and those of the Indian navY, i n iany .s 1 0 1 fo rce. calling attention to such parts of the Plenipote nt oie na v9 rlo ver' Lion last noticed as impose particular duties on ung , the d The Hong merchants have again petitioned Ke l ' Apb ts 011 ..1 not ice nor-General of Canton, on the subject of their ;4 see ei on trih u " ties; but their memorialcontains nothing w orth/ 1 ; 1 0y e ltein , to beyond a modest request that Government their neVe- 53 lbe Go lions on the merchants engaged in trade unde r it O• d ion aid in releasing them from their pecuniary oh l ' g- •,, suglf e ", ; noM l4 ; vernor of Canton , in reply, informs them that ce ase pe" ro t te. not be complied with, and recommends them t° ,l ce give them and wait patiently till proper officers are appoin t ' - t° `lig htly deliberation. b a ying the recovered from its late depression, The latest accounts describe trade at Canton Its no o wing ~bich relaxation in same measure of the injudicious rig , it is be' l or formerly trammelled it. The Chinese Govern Men the tW i to , r e4 a circurnat3tiol,tion'_,...efed, intends remitting its claims, to a good extent, on he be ciai will no doubt tend greatly chants, and this act of consideration, shoul d it refill o f Ca °°l6 f Oe t' C fairs. The fire, which took place on the 24th h gong ' ou se , her, completely destroyed the Danish and hun dred " or itish portion of the French, together with about tw i t ! „• h , esti: to improve the state of ot b o s and and a vast amount of prop,rty of every descrip;7avod. w hich Conaulate was burnt out, but the papers w to the C hine Arg )tbec mated that the value of the goods belongio ng ooo ° Hs". der b ei'le t were lost during the fire, amounts to 30-, „ et tin e _le bit fire broke out on the `2oth, but was fortunatcal.Y.:, b °coo , any coosiderable injury was done. RC39011 1 f °rM e d e DY 15 , both were the acts of incendiaries. The been rent nece oar , pied by the British and Dutch factories t o he b ropon th e rtio. British authorities, 14130 propose erecting rivet ° P a „ e 'r d e"' • 0. arrived s ' ', / ,tain • The Consuls for Amoy and Shanghai have lor ;C _ bir o Consular offices, and letting the remainder top nations. Henry Gribble, Esq., is Consu f .411"40m, Y...6c9coun for Shanghai. I% * '._ e i a st,s ns. Balfour, of the Madras artillery, and by to hi , du ci been appointed officiating Consul at Ning t p o , ttie scene ofto ne had proceeded, or was about to proceed, d at Cht ian Trade „ To c o on tariff, is prohibited pending his arrival. was rather fiat. The importation of goods at Ningpo, even according j:C I bee , active, but by the latest advices yet been appointed at Foo-chow.foo COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Overland Price Current, Jan. 10 b u t cortie% A fair extent of business has been done since our last. dioi, to n the heavy importations of many articles, combined wi tb s ad ort' ution in the number of buyers, attributable to the continu— 00 0 ' settled state ofthe Punjaub, prices have in several instanm - what roceded. prig °C METAThere is little alteration to notice in the 1 ) , . - ' tt , o ar copper. Tile braziers, bnd raised bottoms are in fair delnan't:- Oa quotations. Sheeting has been sold at 53 rs. 5 as. Pe r ,r - ' SOO within the last week 53i rs. have been refused fore"" t 4/ rs. American has slightly advanced, a sale having been ro a o f the to 4736 rs. British bar lion sold freely in the beginningwited. month at advanced prices, but the inquiry has latterly beep bar bar and it has declined again to near the previous rates, Sl' ore r was disposed of a short time since at 48 re. 10 cently dealers have offered r 1 hear f 5 ,1 e ili b ig ste el J rs., and we o a 51% rs . • Outer descriptions of iron are all` lightly dearer and exhibits an advance of N rs. to 1 rupee pe cwt., and spellerlimited tin-plates maintain former prices. Lead is at' pres ent .1' r ther e For nuleltsilvieuoc 0 request, and sheet has slightly given way. has latterly been some demand, and sales have been as., but to . h 0 .~.--- .