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Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bra., r ith numerous Illustrations by Leech, TUE ADVENTURES of MR. LEDBURY, and HIS FRIEND, JACK JOHNSON. By ALBERT SMITH, Esq. Author of " The Wassail Bowl,' &c. Richard Bentley, New Burling‘on-street. * To be had at all the Libraries. CONCLUSIVE EV ID ENC E.—lf the direct written testimony in favour of the purity and perfection r BETTS'S PATENT BitANDY, given, after analysis, by three of the most eminent Chemists of the day, needed any con firmation, it will be found in the fact, that it is employed, in reference ro Foreign Brandy, under high medical direction, in many of the principal Hospitals, Infirmaries, and other Public Institutions in the Kingdom ; amonz which it may suffice to name Guy's, St. George's, and the wt•strninster Hospitals in the Metropolis; and the Manchester, llri,.tcd, end Brighton Li rmaries. Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bats, leading to St.. John-street. Price, pa:e cr coloured, in quantities not less than Two Gallons, Eighteen Shillings per Gallon. ItIH T .!: NEXT I) sT u lON of MONEY ltt. DIVIDENDN, AUT.';ORISEDard GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR if AUSTRIA, contains V "ONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O £6O £7O £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O 4:150 £2OO £•400 £6OO £t'oo £ !,(:00 .4:1,.:190 i:5,000 and .t - :".23,000 sterlin4. Amountiri 4 : tof , ;her '.o £70,170 sterli ng . Dire...A for PliOSl'Ea US with full particulars, WIT OUT DELAY, to HEIM , . BIIOTI-lERS, at HANIURGII, Cr. to HEINE itROTHERA. at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-I.ANE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 5, Will be repeated a New Grand Op,ra, in Three Acts, calledTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, atr. Borrai3; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; I'2ueen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christman Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PENN; or_ VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell ; Colum, bine, Mii• Casson; Clown, Mr. I. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress BoXV's 75., Second Price 3s. Gd. ; Upper Circles of Boxes ss, .Sc, and Prr•e ; Pit :is , Second Price •2s. ; Middle Gallery 2s, econd P [cc Is, ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price tid. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. %1. JULLIEN's CONCERTS. PROGRAMME FOR TIIIS EVENING, PART I. Overture, The Amazon (first time,—Lind aintner. Quadrille, on Chinese Airs, including the National Hymn, composed by Confucius—Jullien. Nolo, Horn, Mr. Jarrett. Trio, for two Violoncellos and Double Bass, by Messrs. Crouch, Hancock, and 11 well -Corelli. Valse, La Valse a Deux Temps—Jullien. Serenade from I)on Pa.:A - ude, with Guitar Accompaniment, the Voice Part, as sung I,y Signor Mario, performed by Herr Koenig —Donizetti Solo, Violin, Master Thirlwall. The English Quadrille—Jullien. PART IT. Opera, Robert le Diable, Grand Fantasia, with Solos for the Oboe, Bassoon, and Clarionet, by M. Barret, M. Baumann, and Mr. Lazarus—Meyerbeer. Burletta Quadrille, entitled Dancing for the Million—Jullien. Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson—Richardson. Vale, La Sonnambula— Strauss. Parade Ga lop —La ven u Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is., 'Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle, '2s . 6d. ; Private Boxes, 14 B Is. Tickets to be obtained at the ox-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, gild Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New 'Solid-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox -street, Bond-street We have received files of the New Zealand and Australian journals, which give detailed particulars of events that have transpired in New Zealand since the disastrous and sanguinary affair at Wairau, in June last, in which, it will be remembered, no less than five-and-twenty whites are supposed to have perished on the field, or to have been wounded and since died. From the interesting narrative given of this melancholy affray by the police magis trate, Mr. M‘Dorrooff, and printed in the New Zealand Colonist, it would seem that the outbreak was really unpremeditated on the part of the natives, who never fired a shot until after five of their number had fallen from the fire of the whites, including the wife of a chief named RANGIHAIATA, who held, at the mo ment of her death, one of the chief's infant sons in her arms. The determined hostility of this chief to the European settlers was well known. lie had sworn to extirpate them, but has himself since died from mor tification of the foot, occasioned by its having been transfixed by the stump of one of the thorny under woods of the country. The better disposition of the native tribes, generally, towards us may be well in ferred from the fact, that the native population of a considerable district refused to receive this man into the protection of their territory, lest they should thereby bring down on themselves the displeasure of the English Government settlers. On the 24th June Mr. M‘Dosfoou issued a proclamation, dated " Port Nicholson," calling on the natives to keep quiet, and not to fear that it was the intention of the English authorities to take vengeance on them for the blood spilled at Wairau ; it apprised them that diligent in quiry would be made in the first instance, and the law left to take its course with' the offenders, whether these proved to be native or English. Coinci dently with this was issued a proclamation by three native chiefs of consideration, calling on the tribes to respect and punctually obey the proclama tion of Mr. M‘Doriooll. The Maori Chiefs at Wan ganui, also, offered to place at the disposal of our authorities in New Zealand, 2,000 of their warriors, to assist them in taking vengeance for the slaughter at Wairau. The magistrate, Mr. SPAIN, at the request of his magisterial colleagues, proceeded up the coast to make his personal inquiries about this unfortunate event. He returned from his mission in the first week in July, having found the Chiefs determined to protect RAUPARAHA, at all hazards. At the latest advices, a strong detach ment of the 96th Regiment had just arrived in Port Nicholson, dispatched thither by the Lieute nant-Governor, and whose intention it was to remain there, whilst their Commander, Major BENNETT, would proceed in a brig to conduct some investiga tions in person at Wairau, and to visit Cloudy Bay, and he would go to Nelson on his return. We are glad to find that there is 'this spirit of fair dealing and of wise, because humane, policy afloat, which we discern in the proclamation ofthe Ma gistrate, Mr. M‘DoNoGu, to the native tribes. It is now clear that the offences of the guilty—if (which is very questionable at present) the savages were the aggressors—will not be visited on the in nocent. We have no excuse or pretence to occupy lands in New Zealand at all, or in any other territory first opened to European com merce and enterprise by the discoveries of the earlier Dutch and British navigators, if we do not carry out the great mission with which Providence has so evidently invested us. That mission is to be at once the harbingers and the disseminators of the lights and bene fits of civilisation and commerce among the yet unre claimed societies of men in another hemisphere, who are surrounded with abundant means of physical sup port and enjoyment—who are gifted with high capacity for intellectual cultivation ; but who, from ignorance of the first acts of social life, and the first elements of human know ledge, have remained for ages in the degraded condition of human animals, instead of attaining to the dignity of sentient men. Generations after gene rations of them have starved, or at best derived but a precarious subsistence, in the midst of nature's plenty; and have lived and died in brutal and sordid igno rance of their higher powers and nobler destina tion. Distinguished as Britain is by the singular advantages of her geographical position, and fortified and improved as that position has been by all the happy accidents which, in the course of ages, could develope its own strength and multiply her own re sources, internal and foreign ; the irrepressible genius of her people for mercantile occupations and maritime adventure is the visible stamp and seal of her patent to conduct all other nations in the noble work of diffusing knowledge, morals, industry, physical and intellectual cultivation, the blessings of civilization, the love of peace, and, with this love, the means of pro tecting its objects when menaced by war or invasion, among all the children of the wilderness, whether in the islands or on the mainlands of the Great Pacific—of the Southern Ocean, or of the New World. Grieved should we be, indeed, to see her abandoning this glorious prerogative, consecrated, as it has been, by three centuries of unremitted and signally successful exertion, to become the imitator of other Powers in the bad and pitiful arts of whole sale extermination. But we are sure that the hu- THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. BENJAMINhi ti, WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 5, Will be performed the Farce of TOM NODDY'S SECRET. Mr. Thomas Noddy, Mr. Strickland; Inkpen. Mr. Buckstone ; Gabrielle, Miss Julia Bennett; Mary, Miss Mattley. To be followed by THE LITTLE DEVIL. Nicolo Angell, Ma dame Vestris ; Ferdinand of Spain, Mr. Stuart; Vincentio d'Estella, Mr. Charles Mathews. After which, the Un . parallcled Performances of Professor RISLEY and his SON. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime ot the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 5, The New Drama, embracing Extraordinary Ettects, Powerful Cast, and Novel Scenic Di,play, called IHE BOHEMIANS; or, Tise Rogues of t'aris. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, O. Smith, Wright, Wieland, Maynard, Mrs. Yates, !Hiss E. Stanley, Mrs. F. Matthews. After which, a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects: Columbine, Miss dullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Roy a l, C oven t -gar d en and Drury-lane; Panta loon, Mr. Johnstone. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Six, commences at a Quarter betore Seven o'Clock. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, JANUAItY 5, Will be performed the Petite Comedy, entitled BORROWING A HUSBAND. Sir Vivian Delacourt, Mr. W. Lacy; Gilbert Buck_ horn, Mr. Keeley; Alec, Mr. Oxberry; Pamela, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by THE FLOWER OF LUCERNE. Doctor Nicodemua Darkey, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bernard Arnault, Mr. Morris Barnett; Madame Dorval, Madame Feron; Fanchon, Ma dame Eugenic Prosper. After which, TWICE KILLED,in which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley wilt perform. TO conclude with a New Musical Burlesque Spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing Song, Mrs. H. P. tirattan ; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the funniest and most successful Pantomime. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 5, Will be repeated THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Bonner, Johnson, Smith, Mrs. 11. Vining, and all the Members of the First Comp an y i n th e W orld. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, I n i m it a bl e P ropert i es and 'ricks, every thing new and of the most cos tly description, HARLEQUIN' GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. H ar l equ i n, M r. W. H. Harvey ; Grotesque, Mr. Stilt ; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Pants. loon, Mr. Haw k i ns ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother an 4 Miss Sharpe. Places and Private boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. office, from Eleven to Four. ASILEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Splendid Christmas Holiday Fetes.—West minster-Bridge is now open. THIS EVENING, JANUARY 5, Will he performed the splendid French Spectacle of THE VIC TORIES OF MURAT, THE soLDIER OF FRANCE; or, The General, Prince, and King. New Scenes in the Circle, and unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with a Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HA R LE QU N TAM O'SHANTER, and his STEED MEG; or, The Witches of Alloway Kirk. Harlequin, Mr. Gibson ; Columbine, Cushaie; Clown. Mr. King; Pantaloon, Mr. Mathews. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broarlfoot. Stalls. ss. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxe., ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, fd. Box-office open daily from len till Four. Stage Boxes, One Guinea; Half-price to Ditto, Hall.a.Guinea. Private Boxes, Two *bailees; Halt-price to Ditto, One Guinea. Half-price, Halt-past Eight. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TILENINO JANUARY 5, Will be pertermedCßO% ROADS OF LIFE; or, The Vamps of London. Devereux, Mr. Freer ; Frank Danvers, Mr. Nantz ; Louisa, Miss Vincent After which, HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM BETH ; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Wilknv Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapin(); Clown, Mr. Scarbrow Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt To conclude with THE LASE WITNESS, TO CORRESPONDENTS. The suggesCon of 6. A Wellwisher" shall tie attended to. Tit t, W EATH Elt.—` uN OFFICE, JAN. 5. TnEwmomF.TEn, Lowest, 44 ; Highest, 50 ; Noon, 52 BARON kTEII, 29.7.—W1N - NOTE.—The nu.atir 32 en the Thermometer denotes the freezing point. and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair i.i usually placed oppmite ate, told rain at 29. ti tNV ATER At LOND I / 4 19-15RIDGE THIS DAY. Nnrs,iiig minutes aftec I. Bening ... minutes after I , ',•,- 4 ~, ,- „,..„- 41 ...„,i. PI ''./ ..,-•\ , .., ' 11,' 0I T . ' "Irt 5. .. 4 ...k. , ' '4* 4/ 4,1 , '' ' /Jai (4 ..,e4- manity and manliness which are the inseparable con comitants of English courage, would alone withhold any English establishment, civil or military, from chastising an accidental outbreak of the wild Indian's reckless impetuosity, by the disproportionate ven geance and destruction of its own organised powers and forces. We must not follow the footsteps of the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors of the middle ages, or of certain naval commanders in the service of France and the United States of America, by con senting to become the avenging destroyers, instead of he beneficent and Christian elder brethren of the red rnen, or the black or yellow aborigines of the be- . _ nighted and remote, yet fair and fertile, lands, which, MEDICINE AND PHARMACY. I you may travel all England over, from the Land's-end to riIHE FIRST NUMBER of the ENLARGED Berwick without meetin with arson who com a JIL SERIES of the MEDICAL TIMES i s t hi s d ay ready, , g p vice bd. Contains Lectures b y Si r B . B ro di e, D r. C. J. B. bines the . wit and fancy of a STERNIS with the terse Williams, ER,S., R aTa it ; of P ar i s ; Six Reviews; Three ; humour of a SIDNEY SMITH. But if Dr. CROLY'S Editorial Articles ; Pencillirg of Sir B. Brodie ; Letter from Paris by Dr. De Beaumont ; Twelve Original Communica tions ; with about 50 other articles of select importance. Price—Stamped, 6d. ; 6d. per half-year ;or IL Is. for a twelvemonth, if paid in advance. The Almanac, 96 quarto columns, for sd. ; Stamped, 6d., still on sale. J. A. Carfrae, Office, 49, Essex -street, Strand. vivacity be really so objectionable in the pious, uplifted eyes of the Post and the Iterctid, we can assure them for their comfort that the Rev. Gentle man is by no means so great an offender as they may imagine; for the whole of his sarcastic allusions to the numerous offices which Alderman GIBBS hold, is a direct plagiarism from BURKE'S speech on Econo mical Reform, wherein he alludes to the various snug, profitable births of which GEORGE the THIRD was in possession,---viz., as Duke of CORNWALL, Count Palatine of Lancaster, &c. &c. Let the blame, therefore, rest on the right shoulders ; and let not Doctor CROLY be sneered at as a reckless satirist, for having merely made a dexterous application of the brilliant sarcasm of BURKE. After all, the only question worth considering, is are the Doctor's wit and humour justly applied ? Are they grounded on truth ? Has he simply given a spirited and forcible version of ad mitted facts, or has he perverted the truth in order to suit his own purposes as an orator ? This is the right light in which to regard the matter ; and if it be acknowledged —and few can doubt the fact— that he has said nothing but what every pa rishioner knows to be the truth ; then we insist that he was perfectly justified in putting that truth in such a manner that it might make the strongest and vividest impression on his au dience. Had he pursed over his charges, he would simply have set the parish fast asleep; and though this perhaps would have been more in keeping with the habits of the cloth, yet we respectfully contend that his attendance was not requested by his flock in order that he might drug them with laudanum. As regards the Doctor's passing remark, "I have been, like many others, a victim to the ingratitude of Governments, who, in conciliating their enemies, have neglected the zealous friends whom they used as stepping-stones to their I own advancement," we are decidedly of opinion that the Rev. Gentleman does not complain without suffi cient cause. Heaven knows we have no great sympa thies with Tories, or with those who advocate Toryism; but common justice demands that men like Dr. CROLY and the late Dr. MAGINN, who spent the best years of their lives in upholding the interests of their party; who brought to the support of those interests wit — learning—humour —vigour—skill, and perseve rance,—justice, we say, demands that men like these, to whom their party owes so much, should not be over looked and neglected when the day of Tory triumph comes. It is bad policy and gross ingratitude, whe ther in individuals or parties, to kick down the ladder by the help of which they rose to power. SECON D EDIT EON, (r , cc, 1 1-1 01:4 6:7444,i 'LONDON, FRIDAY, J A N UARY 5, 1844. At a late meeting of the parishioners of St. 'Stephen, Walbrook, on the tiresome and perplexing subject of Alderman Glans' accounts, the Rev. Dr. CROLY, who was specially requested to attend, de livered a forcible and brilliant speech, in which cer tain stinging home truths were told, which will bring vividly to the Alderman's recollection the old adage that " naked truth is exceedingly unlovely." For this clever and effective speech the Rev. Doctor Is roundly taken to task by the Tory journals of this morning. The Pu4t says, " While nobody will deny its power and brilliancy, if any should think it becoming the clerical character of the speaker, we regret that with such a person we cannot concur ;" and the Herald states, "led on by the cheers of public meetings, Dr. CROLT seems recently to have dropped the character of peace-maker, and to have assumed that of the political martyr and parochial patriot ;" and then proceeds to sneer at the wit and satire of the speech in question, Jas if they were offences net easily to be pardoned in a clergyman. Now, wherefore this Tory outcry against the Rector of St. Stephen's ? Is it absolutely neces sary that, because he is a parson, he should be a dull, prosy twaddler ? Are wit, and fancy, and sarcasm un becoming in one of the cloth ? It so, Heaven help SIDNEY SMITH, for he must have sinned 'beyond forgiveness in the eyes of our ultra-discreet Contemporaries. Bat granting even that brilliant qualities of mind ought never to he exhibited by one who writes "Reverend" before his name, surely the exhibition of such qualities might he pardoned, if only for their rarity. It is not at all likely that the Doctor's example will be infectious ; indeed, we think thi! very last thing that our Tory Contemporaries need be apprehe ns i ve o f, i s t h e spread of wit and fancy among c l ergymen. They are not, in general, the briskest and liveliest of created be:g' n • They usually say far few er goo d t hi ngs than they ' eat; and, perhaps, - THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY I]‘ ENING, JAN - CARY 5, 1844. in so many points of our wide-spread dominion, still invoke our cheering voice and protecting arm. The accounts from Madrid to the 28th ult. state that though the capital was tranquil, the Opposition members and journalists were preparing to arouse the provinces by issuing addresses and dispatching dele gates in all directions. The following curious apology for suspending the Cortes appears in the Government paper, the Madrid Gazette. The reasons urged are equally applicable to the suspension and abolition of the Constitution : " The great debates which took place during several consecu tive days, relative to the conduct of M. Olozaga on the night of the 28th of November, prevented the Cortes and the Go vernment from preparing the laws required by the state of the country, and excited a deplorable irritation in the public mind. A fatal party spirit stifled the voice of reason ; passions which had been subdued by the insurrection of June, had re-appeared more ardent than ever ; so that the calmness and prudence ne cessary to examine the grave matters submitted to the approba hation of Congress no longer prevailed in its deliberations. Already even too great an importance had been ascribed to words which had been pronounced in a moment of exasperation, and which might have led to fresh disturbances. Under these circumstances, the Government deemed it expedient to suspend the labours of the Cortes, which was accordingly done yester day. Repose will induce reflection, and time will allay the ir ritation. Those discussions, besides, occasioned the loss of much valuable time, which might have been usefully employed." The Three per Cents. were done at 25 251 1-16, for cash, and 25i at 60 days; the Coupons which are not to be capita lized, at 20i, at 59 days; and the Floating Debt at 42. The Paris papers are almost entirely filled with reports of the discussions, or rather, conversations, in the different Committee-rooms, respecting certain paragraphs of the KING'S speech. The only one of interest took place in the seventh bureau, of which M. Gemor and M. TIIIMIS are members, when the ex-Minister put certain questions respecting the words "friendship and intimate alliance with Eng land." We gave the substance of the questions, with M. GUIZOT'S replies, yesterday, but as they re fer to subjects of considerable interest, as regards the relations of England and France, we subjoin them in a more ample form. M. TRIERS said he was anxious to have some explanation on one or two points, for he did not wish to allude to all the topics in the Royal speech; but he would first of all declare that he was in the number of the Oppositionists—decidedly of the Opposition. — lt vvaS - matter of notoriety for a length of time that he was not an adversary of the English alliance ; but time destroyed many illusions, and experience had suggested somewhat more reserve on this point. Before pronouncing on the possibility of sincere agreement and perfect alliance with Eng land, the matter ought to be looked at very narrowly. They ought to examine if it were not possible for the Ministry to obtain for the claims of the country some satisfaction—if such demands of the nation as were dictated by honour and right could not be fully con tented. If the two countries had really come to an understanding respecting Spain, the fact ought to be declared to the Chamber. As to Greece, which, in his opinion, presented the Eastern question in a new point of view, if an agreement had been come to, it ought to be at once announced to the public. If, on those points, satisfactory explanations were given, he could readily comprehend—not that irrevocable en gagements were taken—but that an inclination, a ten dency, as it were, towards the English alliance, should be expressed. If anything more than that had taken place, he thought the matter had been urged on too fast ! The expressions employed with respect to the English alliance had much struck him. Could it be possible that the question of the right of search, which had so strongly engaged the attention of the Chamber, had been abandoned ? He wished to hear some explanations on those points, also on the ques tion of public instruction, which was of immense im portance. Was there, he would ask, any course de termined on, relative to the seminaries for the edu cation of persons intended for the priesthood ? To these questions and remarks M. GUIZOT made this reply :—" The words friendship and intimate alliance had not been employed in the speech from the throne as in the years preceding 1838, but simply the expression cordial understanding—an expression which implied, in fact, that the several questions that might divide the two nations had been discussed one by one, and that a cordial understanding had been come to. As to the right of search, a negotiation had been commenced by the consent of England, and the wishes of the Chambe rs, and of the public in generals had been taken seriously into consideration. He could say no more on the subject. As to Spain, the difference of opinion on that point, between England and France, had been one of the causes of coolness between the two States, and Spain had suffered thereby very seriously. At pre sent they had come to an understanding, and Spain would reap from it a greater security. As to what con cerned Greece, England and France marched to• nether on the same path, and their agreement on this question was the more remarkable, inasmuch as Russia held herself apart, and refused to act in con• cert with the other two Powers." In reference to the question, whether any course had been determined on to settle the disputes between the University and the Church, the Minister of Jus tice (M. MARTIN, du Nord) said the Government had endeavoured to conciliate all parties, and he had every reason to hope that all struggles between the State and the clergy would soon cease. Most of the papers simply announce the suspension, or rather dissolution, of the Spanish Cortes (for it amounts to this), and seem to regard it as a matter of course, and quite in keeping with other acts of the Catnarilla. The Constitutionnel, however, is an ex ception, and makes the following amusing remarks on the Spanish character : " It is very difficult, it appears, to govern in Spain with the Chamber. M. Olozaga was overturned because he desired to be armed against the Cortes with an ordonnance of dissolu tion. We have now his successors, who had been so much shocked at his audacity, adopting, with a slight difference in the form, the plan which turned out an abortion in his hands. They do not dissolve the Cortes: they suspend them. Except the electoral embarrassments from which they free themselves, it is precisely the Fame thing. Spain is an admirable country. There we may behold what we shall never see elsewhere. There is a Constitution which has interred two •r three others, probably with the pretension of being regarded as more serious than its predecessors. This Constitution prescribes the annual vote of the taxes by the representatives of the coun try, and in addition the examination, discussion, and passing of laws which should govern Spain. Yet, for the last year and more, this Constitution has been without action; for a year and more the Cortes have assembled to discuss no one knows what, and separate without voting either laws or budget. And 'notwithstanding everything goes on in Spain, badly enough it is true, but Spain is so mush in the h a bi t o f go i ng out of the direct line, that nobody pays any attention to the circumstance. Budgets are levied by srdonnance, laws are made by ordon nance, and future and problematical Cortes are waited for to pass a Bill of Indemnity. In truth, Spain is a happy country. If only the quarter of what is seen in Spain, was attempted in France or England, a furious kick-up would be the result." BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. 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S CITY, Pri . , "arket at There was not so Much anithation itl }feel CiAll2ll Liverpool yesterday, but liriceS remained the saf111?- plisl CI 3 PPO bales met with buyers. Speculators tools 1,000 bidet. 'Alit Share Market was not quite so good, kit still a fair business was done. Birininght.m and Gioueratte tt ere eta; Edinbergh and Glasgow, 591 ; Grand Junction, 11.36 ; Great Western, 99; Manchester and Birmingham, 39&; Manchester and Leeds,loli; Paris and Rouen, 324 ; South Eastern, 37%; Do. New, 37i; Paris and Lyons, 31. 6s. The letters by the Overland Mail were delitered this Morn , ing, but they do not contain much information beyond that communicated yesterday. It may be stated, with some confi dence, that the aspect of commercial affairs has improved. It appears that the supplies of Teas would be even greater than was calculated upon. There are, in the official documents submitted to the Con gress of America' by the President, and compiled by the Government officers, many items of intelligence of interest on this side of the Atlantic. It ought to be added that our postal regulations have excited a strong desire on the part of the Americans to have a cheap rate established, and that the propriety of rendering the post-office operations a burden upon the national revenues was spenly canvassed. In reference to the new law of Great Britain, the Postmaster- General of the Republic: thus remarks : " There has been an increase of letters, but not. to one-half the extent anticipated, and an increased cha-ge for the ma nagement greater than was estimated. Instead of an increase of revenue, as was predicted by the Committee, there was a loss of $5,2::0,268. " The system of penny postage in England, so far as revenue is concerned, has r esu lt e d i n alos of near two-thirds the re venue under the old system, and in an increase of cost of ma nagement equal to 31) per cent. " These facts will serve to show that the tax, in the shape of postage, upon the English correspondence has been lessened ; that the postage on newspapers is paid, in the shape of a stamp duty, higher than the postage on newspapers in the United States; that the correspondence through the mail has been increased; and that the revenue derived to the Crown has been greatly lessened. And they further prove that the income of the British Post-office is still greater than its cost of management. Two other facts should not be overlooked in the comparison of the revenue of the British Post-office under the old and new rates of postage. The first is, that all foreign and colonial letters which are delivered in England, in their transit to and from other countries, are subjected to a heavy postage. The second, that by law the transportation of letters by private conveyance, except where the carrier s h a ll himself deliver the lett er t o the person addressed, is prohibited by severe penalties. " If the British Crown did not need the revenue, or if it did, and the subject was willing to be taxed in the form of stamp duty or excise equal to the reduction of the rate of postage, as more equal and less burdensome, no one will question this right, and the justice of yielding to the demand to have postage reduced. " If the Post-office department of the United States yielded a revenue over its expenses, or if the charge of its mansge ! merit was paid from the general treasury, no one would doubt the propriety and justice of a reduction. "It is a question for Congress anti the people to settle, whether they will so far change the laws of the United States concerning the Post-office department, as to direct its expenses to be paid out of the Treasury. " The number of chargeable letters delivered, which an nually pass through the Post-office of the United States, has heretofore been estimated at '24,507,t . 94. The number of similar letters annually posted in England, under the old rates of postage, was estimated by the Committee of Parliament at 77,500,000. " The number under the penny-rate of like letters may be estimated at 204,234,676." A limited amount of business has been transacted to-day in Stocks, if we except the purchase of about 18,000/. Reduced Three per Cents, at 98, by the Government brokers. It is perhaps worth notice that the investment made yesterday by the Government brokers was not on account of any public fund, and hence the inference falls to the ground that a plan for the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. is not contemplated. The purchase was on private account. Our belief is strong, from facts that have transpired of late, that the conversion will be effected. Consols for Account have remained very tranquil to-day at from 97 to 971 ex dir. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has advanced to 695., and that upon India Bonds to 81s. Bank Stock is again higher, namely, at 1861. A good deal of business has been transacted in the Foreign Funds to-day, and at prices generally in advance, though but slight, on the values realised yesterday. The Dutch Two.and a- Half per Cents. have rallied to 543; the Five per Cents. to 100* ; and Colombian ex Venezuelan to Spanish Con sols, after touching 22A, have receded to 211 ; but the Three per Cents. have been pretty firm at 30* The Railway Share Market is scarcely so high as it has of late been. The principal variations have been a fall in the Manchester and Leeds, from 32 to 31 prem., and in the Edin burgh and Glasgow, from t 34 to 8 premium. The Brightons, the Blackwalls, and the South Western are a shade fewer. New London and Birmingham Shares. have advanced to 261 prem. Real del Monte Unregistered Shares are heavy at stl4 is There are no fresh quotations for Joint Stock Bank Shares to-day, BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3i per Cent. Reduced Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills, 14d. Ittl. 1000!. ' 500/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 994 Mexican Bonds 1837, 5 per Cent... .... .. 324 / 1 Ditto Deferred Stock 94 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account 22 21i Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account 3041 Dutch 24 per Cent 54;4 Dutch 5 per Cent. ... lOO4 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eirmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 644...... to 65 Bristol and Exeter 7O ..... 664 to 65i Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto New ... ... 124 144 ...... to Ditto Registered Great Western London and Brighten •••••• 50 London and Blackwall London and Birmingham 100 .238 ...... to Ditto shares London and South Western ... 4136 ... Manche3ter and Leeds ... 70 lOl ..... to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 .391..... to Midland Counties 100 ...... 89 Ditto Fifths Northi Id Ev" .... 45 eern an, —astern Paris and Orleans Paris and Hot i en .. „.. . ..... 20 Rouen and Havre .... ......... .. 6 ...... 11i South Eastern and Dover. Ditto Scrip York and N:.rth Midland... 5;O ll9i t• 120 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.—We have had less animation to-day, but prices are not materially altered, though, perhaps, on the whole rather in favour of the buyer,. —Bolton and Preston, 26; Manchester and Birmingham, 394 ; Manchester and Leeds, 102; Half Shares, 45„; Sheffield and Manchester, 531 2 - and 54 ex int. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4 7-16th ; South Eastern, Scrip, 371 ; Itothdale Canal, titq l ; Manchester Assurance, 9i. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE_FRIDAY. The supply of English Wheat on sale was very small, and we had a fair business doing in the article, at fully Monday's prices. There was a fair average quantity of Foreign Wheat Malt ;?Id at rather offering, while the trade with it was tokrahly native, and pre vious rates were well supported. Although the returns show an Peas, and other kinds little was doing. Superfine small. Fine of F iunp::uradisitoi qualities 10,000 vvere i lt i tez, n d t h . : showfull of prices, Barley bu but in more money, with a firm inquiry. Oats, Beata, Flour were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS. Wheat. , arley. I Cots. Flour English 2,630 qrs. I 10,530 qrs. 5,' 80 in/. 4,580 ›acks, Irish I 2,130 Foreign 4-10 - - _ Malt, 6,720 qrs. . The supply of beasts on sale being seasonably large, and the weather unfavourable to slaughtering, the Beef trade ruled ex. cessively dull, at an abateme n t of 2d per 6lbs. FromSeotland nearly 200, and from Ireland about 70 beasts, were received. Although the numbers of Sheep were only moderate, viz., 3,740, the demand for them was very inactive, at barely sta tionary prices. Calves were a mere drug, and quite 2d per Sibs lower than on Monday. In Pigs, owing to the large arri va l in the dead markets, scarcely any hing was doing at late rates. Alilch Cows sold slowly at from 16/ to 191 lOs each, including their small calf. U. d. to s. d.: r. d to s. Interior 8ea5t5.......... 2 ; 10 3 0 Inferior 5heep......... 3 4 3 8 Secocdmiality ditto... 3 2 3 4 Second nuahty ditto... 310 4 0 Crime large Oxen '1 6 3 8: Coari9-woolled ditto.. 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c.. '3 10 4 0' Southdown Wethers 4 6 I 8 Large coarse Cilves... 3 9 10i Huge Hogs '3 4 4 0 Prime 6inall ditto 4 0 4 6, Small Porkers .. 4 2 4 1 Suckling Calves, each 19 0 30 ( Voarter old Pigs, i,ch 16 0 24 is SIItYLY AT MARKET. BMAts. 911 I Calvvs. 3,740 197 Pirs 350 N :EV/GATE AND mr,itilyu u ThesuTpliesTrisalTwt:W;(ry large, while the demand ruled heavy, on the following terms: — At per stone, try the Carcase. s. d. to s. oi. s d. to s. d Beef, let _riot . 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior 1 4 318 -- r,-Rkiling ......... 2 1.0 3 0, ----- inuldhng..,... ;i:lio 4 o. -- !June large. - Nitric 4 2 4 4 -pi iine sump ...... 3 2 34, Pork, large 2 8 3 6 Vaal 3 2 4 41 -.mail 3 4 4 4 110RnUGH 1-10 P ivx.anza:vr. The supply of both old and new hops offering is still unu sually small for the time of year; while the demand for all descriptions continues active, at further advanced rates. SUGAR.—There has been an improved demand for British Plantation, and a good business has been done at gradually ad vancing prices, establishing a rise of fully Gil to Is on all de scriptions. About 19,000 hhds have been disposed of. For Molasses there has been a fair demand, and fully former prices have been obtained. The transactions amoant to nearly 500 puns, consisting chiefly of St. Lucia, at 21s, St. Kitt's at 235, Dominica at 245, fine Demerara at 265, and Antigua at 275. MAURITIUS AND BENGAL.— OnIy a limited business has been done privately, but for the parcels sold extreme prices have been obtained, and in S3M3 instances an advance of 6d to Is may be quoted. FOREIGN.—There has been a partial demand for yellow Havannah at the prices lately accepted, but owing to the firm ness of holders, the business done is confined to about 500 baskets low to good greyish yellow Java, which have been sold at 18s to 20a. REFINED.—In grocery descr.ptions a fair business continues to be done at fully previous prices, and in seine instances a slight advance has been obtained. In Crushed few transactions have taken place, owing to higher rates being demanded by holder s ; small parcels have, however, been sold at 265, which is a shade dearer. CorFEL.--There has been no demand for any descriptions admissible for home corvumption,and prices generally might be considered nominal, excepting for good ord Ceylon, which has been sold in small parcels only at (iOs Gd to (11s. The public sales have only offered 105 easks BerlAce and 1,900 bags Ceylon, which found buyers at and after the sale, the former at 84s 6d to 99s 6d for low to good mid culoury quality, good to fine ord broken 57s 6d to 80s, and good ord pale to good ord colory Ceylon at 59s 6d to 61s 6d, being about former rateg, anti about on a par with the prices obtained privately for the latter de scription. The loner serfs of East India have been only id martial demand, and the to isiness. done has consequently been to about 700 bags, colirlefitig chiefly of good ord Ba tatid, 10 gwidurcl whiett have Nett soldat 121 to 245, being about the firerioaVAlu. Foreign sorts remain entirely neglected, holders however continue firm. - Cott/A.-311 barrels and bags brought to auction mostly sold at 42s to 53s 6cl fur ord grey to good red. RuSt.—hotthe parcels sold rather higher prices have been obtained. The transactions consist chiefly of 50 puns. Jamaica at 3s bd to 3s 9d for 33 to 37 per cent. over proof of good quality f 50 puns D , merara, at 2s tad to 2s 9d for 34 to 36 per coif. oVer ; and 50 puns Leeward, at is 10t1 for proof strength. Lim—ln the absence of pttblie sales few transactions have taken place privately. SA I,TI ETRE.—For the few parcels sold ttlt•out previous prices have been paid. A fair business has been done in Nitrate of Soda, chiefly afloat, at alma Lis 6d. Stlcts.—Only a limited business has been done in Pepper or Cosigt Lignea at previous pikes. Pimento has been in quired for, htit there are scarcely any parcels offering. COTTON. —Mete has been an improved demand for this article, and prices for all descriptions may be quoted fully Ad to higher. TEA. —The market seems a little brisker at steady prices. The home consumption from L'mdon last year was 25,320,000 lbs., being an increase of abort, 2,000,000 lbs. on 1842. TA LLow.—P. Y.C. is 41s Ed per cwt. on the spot. HEMP.—Clean is 31s per cwt, Avignon to Marseilles 660 ... 665 ... 660 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR DEC. ACCOUNT. St. Germain 782 50... 782 50... 782 50... 782 50 ... 665 Rouen 842 50... 842 50... 842 50.. 842 50 Rouen to Havre... .. , 650 ... 650 ... 647 50 .. 647 50 Orleans Strasburg to Bale 212 50... 213 75... 212 50... 75 Avignon to Marseifles 665 ... 667 50... 665 667 50 THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " FRIARS ; OR ; THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND."— The authorship of this remarkable work promises to become as difficult a question with the critics as was that of the famous first of its school, " Waverley." The John Bull truly remarks that " it is the work of no common hand"—.but whose hand is it ? The Athenteum says, "We should be somewhat per plexed if called on to give our opinion. It is more powerful and striking as a romance than ' Arabella Stuart.' It is better than Ainsworth, but at once soberer in tone and richer in cha racter, particularly in the dialogues; if then by Ainsworth, he has published his best novel anonymously. Biit the occasional verses, from their truth of colour, recal to us the lyrics in Shakspeare and his Friends.' " The d4thenceurn concludes with observing that the work is " one of the best of its race"— an opinion in which all who peruse it, we think, will coincide; CHRONOLOGY OF SPORTING EVENT S IN 1843. Bell's Life in London of Sunday next, the 7th of January, will .eonsistof two fdlin itilnpred sheets of • the same size, the second gratis ! comprising full and accurate Chronologies of all the important Sporting Events of the year—Racing, Steeple Chasing, Aquatic, Cricket, Trotting, Pedestrianism, and the Prize-ring; all alphabetically and intelligibly arranged for immediate reference. Entries for the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger ; horses in training, trainers, and places of training ; the two-years-old and their engagements, &e. ; forming a concen tration of intelligenceinvaluable to the sporting circles. Price of both sheets, tid. Papers forwarded on transmission of 6d. or six Post-office stamps, to I%lr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand. SU a MARY OF S AND public Opinion. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The King of the French, on Tuesday, presided at a Council of Ministers, which lasted from twelve till half-past one. The French funds on Wednesday rose considerably. The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 60c.,and the Fives at 124 f. 50e. Cardinal Capaecini, the Pope's Intermtheio at Lisbon, was daily expected in Madrid, to arrange the religious differences between Spain and the Holy See. The mortal remains of the Count of Nassau, ex-King of Holland, arrived at Amsterdam on the 29th ult. On the 30th the King arid the Prince Royal went to Amsterdam to see the body, and returned to the Hague on the same day. The funeral was to take place on Tuesday. Gustave Alaxirnilien Juste, Prince de Croy, Cardinal Arch bishop of Rouen, died on Sunday night last. He was born at Chateau de l'Hermitage (Nord) on the 12th September, 1773, and was consecrated on the 9th January, 1820. M. Charles Dupin has been elected President of the Academy of Sciences, in the room of M. Dumas, and Al. Elie de Beau mont has been chosen Vice-President, in succession to M. C. Dupin. Mr. Baillie Cochrane, ALP., is returned to Paris from Bourges, having been on a visit to Don Carlos. The Hungarian Diet has, by a very large majority, adopted a resolution that an address shall be pre rented to the King, praying that his Majesty will, during this session, cause a Bill to be presented to it, for granting electoral rights and qualifica tion to become candidates for seats in the Diet to advocates, physicians, and other members of the learned professions in general; and secondly, a Bill declaring that persons not noble shall be qualified for the places and employments in the Go vernment which are now reserved for nobles exclusively. The Commerce says :—" A workman of the Rue Vielles - Audriettes, who for some time has attended the public lectures on mechanics, has invented a machine, by which a man can make 40 or 50 pairs of shoes a-day." The French press, in 1843, brought forth 6,176 works in all the languages, dead and living; 1,872 engravings and litho graphic prints; 147 maps, plans, anti charts; and 316 pieces of music have also been published. _ In the evening of ounday and Monday, a great number of Deputies proceeded to M. Lafitte's residence to congratulate him on the address, so true and so well imagined, which he pronounced on leaving the place he had filled as Provisional President of the Chamber. On Monday, Beranger went to felicitate M. Lafitte for the generous words which he had uttered. On Tuesday, at a meeting of Odilon Barrot's party they decided that they would, in the bureax, interrogate the Minis ters on the subject of the reports in circulation about a dota tion to the Duke de Nemours. 'I hey also came to an under standing to oppose the exaggeration in the Speech from the Throne relative to the prosperity of the finances of the country. The meeting were also unanimous in opinion that the Cabinet, in its relations with foreign Powers, had defended equally ill the material interests of the country, and its dignity and honour. An Algiers letter states that Colonel Charron, of the Engi neer?, in exploring the quarries in Algeria, which have been recently worked, discovered veins of marble perfectly suited for statuary and monumental sculpture. POLICE. The Lord Mayo r, at the sitting at the Mansion-house, cen sured the police for the remissness with which his orders as to the omnibus drivers and the scavengers, in the City, had 13 , :en enforced, _ A young man, highly respectably-dressed, yet covered with dirt, was brought before Mr. Hall, at Bow-street, in a most woe-begone plight, charged with stealing a number of cigars, the property of Mr. Charles George, tobacconist, Long-acre. The prisoner is well connected, but has, unfortunately, such propensities to low habits and low company, that he is incor rigible. He was once before charged with robbery, but was then discharged. He was now sent to prison for three weeks. Three flashily-dressed young men, who gave their names Henry Robins, Frederick Howard, and George Smith, were charged, at Marylebone, with stealing a coat from the house of Mr. Derbyshire, a surgeon, London-street, Fitzroy -square. They are well-known members of the "swell mob." They were committed for trial. _ . Nehemiah Shakspeare, a middle-aged man, who had been upwards of seven years resident engineer at the Lambeth Water works, was charged, at Lambeth-street, by Mr. Johnston, of the firm of Johnston and Company, of Gloucester-street, Com mercial-road, with having wilfully and maliciously caused the bursting of a steam-boiler on his premises on Tuesday morn ing last, by which the lives of upwards of 70 individuals were placed in the most imminent danger, and property to a con siderable amount destroyed. There had been a difference be .tween the defendant and his employer a day or two previous, but Shakspeare strongly denied the charge. He was re manded, but admitted to bail. Patrick Connel, a tall, athletic Irishman, was filially exa mined, at Worship-street, on a charge of having assaulted and wounded James White, aged 15 years, an inmate of St. Luke's workhouse, whereby his life had been placed in imminent dan ger. On being asked if he wished to say anything, the pri soner launched forth a farrago of inane and incoherent ravings indicative of insanity, which, however, it was the general opi nion was in part or wholly assumed. He was committed for trial. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Duke of Bordeaux, on Tuesday, arrived at Powderham Castle on a visit to the Earl of Devon, who proceeded to Teignmouth to meet the Prince. He intended afterwards to visit Solworth Castle, where he resided for some time with the rest of the exiled family in 1830. Viscount Melbourne arrived in South-street yesterday after noon, from a visit to Lord and Lady Palmerston, at Broad ] ands. Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to arrive to-day or to-morrow at Althorp Park, on a visit to Earl Spencer. Lord John comes to town on the 2.5 th instant for the season. The Court went out of mourning yesterday for his late Ma jesty King William Frederick of Holland, Count of Nassau. According to the latest accounts Earl Grey is improving in health and strength. MISCELLANEOUS. The number of presents this Christmas passing to their va rious destinations has been very large. So considerable were they in amount and bulk one day last week, that a special train was run on the London and Birmingham Railway for their con veyance into the country. On the day in question upwards of 6,000 barrels of oysters were transmitted by the train. A lady writes to a friend at Dumfries, that a draft sent by her brother in India came safely to hand through the Post office, after having been at the bottom of the sea in the Mem non, and although tke seal was so completely wasted along with the paper adjoining, that the letter in fact was quite open. Edward Waller, Esq., eldest son of the late lamented T. Waller, Esq., of Finnoe House, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Tipperary. The registration under the Arms Act goes on, in the county Cork, with great dispatch since the issuing of Lord Eliot's cir cular. At Bandon sessions, on Friday, the applications, which did not exceed sixty, were all granted in a couple of hours— no questions asked. A Free-Trade meeting was held at Bolton on Wednesday night last, at which about 500 persons were present. Mr. Gregson presided, and Colonel Thompson, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Moore, were the principal speakers. The amount col lected was 1,205/. 4s. 9d. 7he several speakers were very loudly cheered. It is the intention of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society to give premiu ms of 50 guineas each for the best prize present year, on the agri cu lt ure o f N or f o lk , e c s h sa e y sh s ir d e u :E in s g sex th , Last evening the hal f- y earl y g en e r al meeting of the London e and Wiltshire. Coachbuilders' Benevolent Institution was held a t th e R ed Lion, King-street, Golden-square, Mr. William Savage, the I President, in the chair. The Institution i s esta bli s h ed for the purpose of affording perma n e n t relief to coachmakers, trimmers, and harness-makers of the m etropolis, who may become inca pacitatedrvn si onsfo fro m following their employment, by an a ll owance o f fifteen guineas tea male, and ten gu i neas to w id ows; and to orphan children of members or pensioners, not exceed ing ten pounds per annum to one family. The Secretary read the report, by which it appeared, that, notwithstanding the Society is in an infant state, its funds already amount to 3741. 3s. 7d. stock. The annual general meeting of the Travellers' Commercial Society was held yesterday afternoon at the offices, No. 73, Basinghall-street, City. It appeared that from Oct. 1, 1842, to 1843, nine members and seven widows had been admitted on the fund. The receipts within the same period, including interest on stock, and subscriptions and donations from all sources, amounted to 5,5811 . ; of that sum 1,7621. 6s. Bd. had been paid to claimants, and 3,1671. invested in the funds. LLOYD'S SIIII I I ) 1NG.—(1 HIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. b.—Wind S.W., light airs and cloudy. DEAL, JAN. 4.—Wind S.S.W., to N. W. RAMSGATE, JAN. 4. Arrd. Albion, Newcastle for Liver pool, with slight damage, having struck the east pier in entering the harbour. OFF MARGATE, JAN. 3.—Spartan, Wilson, St. John's. PonasmouTii, JAN. 4 —Wind fresh breezes.— Amt. Sussex, London for Batavia ; Diamond, for Valparaiso. Sid. IllaLeod, Rotterdam; Ontario, New York. RAMSGATE, JAN. 4.—Hercules, Dawburn, of, and for New York, from Newcastle, struck on the Brake yesterday, and has since drifted over and sunk in four fathoms at low water, crew saved. COWES, JAN. 4.—Arrd. Margeretha, Clinker. Mazatlan ; Nayaden, Molbrarrs, Monte. Video ; Osborn, London to Cape Coast Castle. SouTHAstrrox, Jars. 4,--Sld. Lady Mary Wood (steamer), Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Wind S. S.W. to N.W.—Arrd, her Majesty's steamer Styx, Azores, and sailed for Sheerness; New Zealand, Shield s f or C ey l on. FALMOUT H , J AN. N. W., fresh gales and squally.— - And. Eliza Pembrey f or L on d on , with loss of mainmast, fore topmast, &c. BRISTOL, JAN. 4.—Arrd. Fandora, Bison, St. John ' s, New Brunswick ; Renfrew shire, Burns, Quebec. SWANSEA, JAN. 2. Arrd. Trasmerana, Viga, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 4.—Wind, W. N. W., light.—Arrd. Nightingale, Hunter. Pernambuco, Nov. 26. Sid. John Marshall, Philadelphia ; Britannia (s. ), Halifax. HA awicu, JAN. 4.—The Agnes, of Jersey, on shore on the Cork Sand, yesterday, has been got off, and proceeded. STRANGFORD, JAN. I.—The British Oak, from Caen, got on Rock Angus, but floated off and proceeded, without damage. GATEHOUSE, JAN. 2, The Greyhound, Homes, while at anchor on the 2Cth ult., at Gray ' s Point, Belfast Lough, was run into by a schooner, lost foremast, bowsprit, &c. MARGATE, JAN. 4.—About 2 or 3,000 bushels of ground nuts have been landed from the Ocean, wrecked near Kingsgate. THE LATE BISHOP OF CLOGIIER.—There was not so much secrecy observed respecting the latter days of this miserable man, as our Contemporary the Scotsman supposes. It was pretty generally known, that, at the time when he fled from trial, he was traced to Belfast, where all knowledge of him was lost, for many years. Subsequently, he was discovered to be residing at the house of his sister, at Donaghadee ; but none acquainted with the secret seemed to like the office of dragging the wretched creature from his hiding-place. He loitered about his relative's dwelling, dressed, generally, in servant's livery ; but under a fictitious name. After the lapse of some years, he became alarmed for his security; and removed to the banks of the Clyde, within a short distance of Glasgow;— taking with him two or three Irish domestics, and assuming the name of Thomas Wilson. He then dressed in the rustic Highland garb, and used to wander about t'ae streets, and the vicinity of the town. He kept up a regulex correspondence with his connexions in Ireland ; and gave away a great deal of money in presents to the poor persons who were kind to him during his concealment at Donagbadee. H's lived retired ; but, it is said, still preserved something like stlie at his table.— Northern Whig. GENERAL POST-OFFICE ORDER.- —ALTERATION OF POSTAGE TO JAMAICA.—On and after this day (Friday); all letters passing between the United King , Rim and any place in Jamaica, when conveyed by packet, will :ee subject to the uni form rate of Is. 2d. the half ounce, and son on in proportion, in accordance with the scale now in operatiai a in the United King dom. Letters, however, addressed to, er posted at Kingston, the packet port in Jamaica, will only be, chargeable with the packet-rate of Is. per half ounce, as at present, sash letters not being liable to internal colonial irstage.....By command, W. L. 111ABERLY Secretary. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY, OLD coent. (Before the COMMON SEROEANT. ) Peter Peek, groom, aged 11:, and Joseph fledburn Clipper, aged 21, were placed, at the bar, charged with stealing a geld ing, a cart, and other property, worth 25/., the property of Matthew Clements. The case having been fully nroved against the prisoners the jury found them guilty, and they were sentenced to ten years' transportation. . . There was only one other cage, and which possessed no in, terest, alter which the sessions terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE HENRY THOS. nYALL, THE YOUNGER. This was an application on bt,nalf of the bankrnpt to receive the protection of the Court umer the new Bankruptcy Amend ment Act. lie had been in very extensive practice as a surgeon and chemist in Greenwich, wl•9re he resided up to the year 1840, and subsequently until tb..!date of his insolvency in High street, Whitechapel. The amount of his debts and liabilities was 80(1., of which more than one-half was contracted without opposition being incurred, chiefly on >porting bets. One with illr. Camden, for a bet of lnol., was strongly con tended by the body of the eredims, on the ground that the in solvent had given him a fraudulent bill of sale upon his pro perty, although there was not the slightest consideration re ceived on account of this liability. The ease was postponed in cater that evidence on this head might be adduced. IN RE THOS. JENNING. In this case the bankrupt had carried on a very extensive business as a hosier and draper. The amount of his debts ex cdeded 27,0001., in liqu , dation of which his available assets were about 5,6001. No opposition being offered by the creditors he was allowed to pass his final examinatiov. IN RE THOMkS CHADWICK. This day being appointed for the choice of assignees under the fiat against the bankrupt, w!lo had been an extensive whole sale corn and provision dealer, a number of creditors were in attendance to tender proofs prier to voting. The only one contested was one on the part of Mr. Wells for 1,300/. on account of a numeer of acceptances by the bank rupt, and for which it was alleged Mr. Wells held a mortgage on his property in Thomas street. This proof was eventually allowed. Messrs. Henry Nicholls and I. 7 dward Aylmer were appointed without opposition. PO LICE INTELLIGENCE ATARYLEBOINTE.-(THIS DAY.) Eliza Dutton, a poor-looking creature, clothed in rags, who has spent more than half her years in prison, was again placed at the bar, charged with drunkenness, and an attempt to com mit suicide in her cell. It appeared that after the prisoner had been locked up, the sergeant on duty (Cummins) heard a noise in the cell, and looking in, observed that the prisoner was making an attempt on her own life. She had, in the most determined manner, torn off the waistband of her dr fastened it round her throat, and had drawn either end so tightly, that Cummins had great difficulty in cutting it with hi; penknife. When released the prisoner was quite insensible, and a surgeon, who was called in immediately, was engaged several hours before she perfectly recovered. Had assistance come a minute later life would have been extinct. The prisoner begged hard to be forgiven, but Mr. LONG committed her for a month to the House of Cor rection, and a person was placeo, in the lock-up cell, lest she should again attempt self-destruotion. Matthew Thomson, groom zo Mr. Crawley, silicitor, of Fitzroy Farm, Highgate, was fully committed for trial, for having at various times stolen split beans from the stable of his master. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Six men, in a destitute cone:tion, were charged with refus ing to do four ,hours' work for the board and lodging afforded them in Newington workhouse. It appeared the defendants had been received in the above workhouse on the preceding night, and the next morning they refused to perform the work allotted to them. The defendants said that the - I had nothing but straw to lie upon, and that the people at the workhouse wanted them to go to work betore they had any food. They (the defendants), however, were so exhausted from previous want that they re fused to work without first getting victuals. The porter of the workhouse said that the plan of giving them food before setting them to work was found not to answer, and that the guardians had therefore altered the plan. 1 he MAGISTRATE, on perus;og the Act, said that the clause specified " destitute persons were to do four hours' work in re turn for the food and lodging provided them." Now, in the present instance the Act had not been complied with, and he should therefore not think of sending the unfortunate men to gaol. Ile therefore discharged them all. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 2.—The King, accompanied by M. Con.. way, set out this morning for his country seat at Ardenne. This evening, at eleven o'clock, a funeral service was per formed in the church of St. Jacques, near Candenburgh, on occasion of the anniversary of the death of Princess Mary, liuchess of Wurtemberg, sister of the Queen of the Belgians. A great number of persons of distinction were present at this service, which his Majesty causes to be performed eve r y year. The Queen was accompanied by the Countess de 14Ierodi ; the Marquis de Rumigny, the French Ambassador; the Duke de Bassarra, Chief Secretary of the Legation ; all the Blinisters, the persons composing the Royal household, some Senators' Deputies, &c., were present. Her Majesty and all the per sons of her household, were in deep mourning. The Moniteur publishes the 14w which fixes at 4f. per 1,000 kilogrammes the import duty on Jarley till Dec. 31, 1844, and which enacts that when wheat is exempt from import duty, the Government may subject rye, to the same regime. The Moniteur, of the 3d, contains several columns of com plimentary addresses to their Majesties, in the name of the dif ferent public bodies, on New Yedr's Day. ROME, DEC. 23.—A few hours since Count Von Manteuffel, Aide-de-Camp to Prince Albert of Prussia, arrived here, ex press from Berlin, bringing to th air Royal Highnesses Princess Albert and Prince Henry of Prussia, the intelligence of the death of the Count of Nassau. Notwithstanding the deep snow, he performed the journey in eight days and a half. The Ru-sian General Paskewiteh, brother of the Prince of Waraw, died this afternoon. P. S.—'l he melancholy news of the death of her father has induced Princess Albert to give op her plan of remaining here for the season. She has determined to leave Rome withi n a week, and return to Berlin.—Ad9emeine Zeitung, Dec. 30. RICHARD DADD.—The order for the transmission this unhappy young man to England is in the hands of the • author„ :es here; h but it is held back from a kind and merciful . consideration, and will not be put in fore . e until a few days before the corn me. -:cem en t of the assizes; his imprisonment in ^ county will consequently be very brief. the common gaol of ti • Very brief also will be" his trial evidence of his insanity for some time previous to its sceits...'6„°lY consummation will be artists, sufficient to given by one or two of his intime,e hi iend3 ' satisfy the jury, although forming but a nallpart of the proofs that might be adduced, if necessary, and poor fellow will for he remainder , ,b, his s once ad l if r e e . m removed Latest. t accountsso e laan d at , s ic e b syin e him as in a bad state of health, but receiving unremitting attention from theia..rsons under whose care he is placed at Fontainbleau. —Art- Union, KING'S COLLEGE lIOSPITAI..—HOSPITAL PRACTICE. A case occurred yesterday, at the King's College Hospital, which proves the superiority of London surgeons. A man, from near Colchester, was ads fitted on the previous day with dislocation of the left humerus, or of the left arm , at the shoulder socket. He stater: to Mr. Steel, the house surgeon, that the dislocation took place three weeks ago; that he consulted a surgeon immediately after the recep.. tion of the injury, and vt as tole. by him that there was no dislocation. He then consulted two other local surgeons, who acknowledged the injury, tad endeavoured in vain to remove it. One of fix operations lasted nearly five hours, causing the patient the most hitt ase pain. Mr. Steel, asto nished at the recital of these fact's, particularly one of them, when the dislocation was so palpeble, ordered the man into a warm bath, telling him that two o'clock on the following day Mr. Fergusson, one of the chief surgeons of the hos pital, would operate on him. T'r.e patient was kept on low diet, and an hour previous to the appointed time for the operation, took a second warm bath. The critical time arrived ; Mr. Roberts, pupil of Mr. Fergusson, accompanied by several students, passed through the ward (the Albert) in which the patient lay in bed, into the operating theatre with the necessary apparatus. Great interest was shown by all the inmates of the ward for the success of the operation, rendered extremely difficult by reason of the length of time that had transpired since the occurrence of the dislocation. The presence of Mr. Fergusson, tb-r operator, was announced, and the patient rose from his bed 'cheerfully, and walked into the theatre. The first attempt failed owing to looseness of the apparatus, and the man was brougnt back to his bed still con fident. A smaller apparatus having been procured, he again submitted to the painful operation, and in less than 15 minutes the dislocation was reduced, to the infinite satisfaction of the patient himself, and to the joy of his fellow-sufferers in the Albert ward. This triumph of Lcodon hospital practice is an additional inducement to the benevolent to support the public medical metropolitan institutions. The .Britannia steamer, Captain Hewitt, has just sailed (seven r. sr. ) carrying thi , mails to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Bo s t on , U n i ted States ; the mails for Canada alone weighed upwards of a tun aed a half, and the number of letter and newspaper bags made a total of 128. A Correspondent of 'lite San papor, enclosed to the editor, in a letter from Cowes, Isla of Wight, flowers of all seasons, indicative of the extreme mildness of the weather, and, no doubt, as a strong hint, touching the soft lo ve li ness o f the air i a the wa rm sout h coast of England. But we can tell The Sun's Corresponeent (for it is a Sun's affair) that at Stonehouse, between Devoneort and Plymouth, in a garden behind Messrs. Payne and Wrentmore's premises, is a tree now garnished with two hundred apples as large as wallnuts ; not a confectioner's tweltth night show, but placed there by Nature's own sweet and cunning hand. We warpass them at Cowes, we have had flowers (blossom), and fruit—Plymouth Journal. INDIA AND CHINA.. these trying times. " Seven natives died last night out of two regiments." A O From Hyderabad we regret to hear almost as utelaneho tale. Every regiment has its hospital filled with sick. o f 9th Bengal Cavalry have 375 on their siek list, and the v t y ber is daily increasing. There, moreover, they have not , cool weather beginning to be enjoyed at Sukkur • the elit dreadfully hot in the day, and the nights cold and tamp f . following is a late letter from that quarter i— " Lower Sinde, Nov. 2, 1 843 ? " Sickness still prevails h ere to a very great extent, tiPt` tM amongst oar own m en , b u t a: so amongst the inhabitant:3 9' o i country ; there is not a s ingle family some of the 'mam!, 0 which arc not laid up; and numbers of children, tnti7 withstand the dire malaria, parish daily. A:season so re f ? g able for rain and sickness has Lot been known in Since, years. The crops, which might otherwise in a manner , r 4 compensated for these evils, have Ix len attacked by locustef,, notwithstanding the fires kindled in every direction t o them off, these insects have commAt ed grievous damage; I t where they have once been allowed to settle down, searulot vestige of cultivation has been left. The direction o? flight was almost invariably from west: to east. The tr Hyderabad are more sickly than ever ; en..e regiment, Iti stand, mustered only 20 men yesterday." AFFGHANISTAN. (From the Delhi Gazette, Oct- 2 6.) 11 4. In our last we gave a considerable amouist of • news oo s Central Asia, in which the position of Dost Iklahorael,Asi may be considered to be correctly set forth. Distill' 01 home, his authority defied by his kinsmen, and res i s ted b i nearest chiefs, his treasury empty, his troops le lo4 oo for want of pay,—nothing seems left him but the des /lie resource of some foreign expedition, by which he ' w e - 10 1. able to acquire an accession of wealth and territory, 0 . 5 . , if ficient importance to raise him in the eyes of his vo r "off mediate subjects. He is only poor and despised beau ° nag 11 are rich from our spoils, and able to resist his po e isti were he in a condition to recruit his finances, the position of ruler and subject would be greatly iiltere i u t bd what it now is. The consciousness of this state 01 is inducing him to look now with more anxiety then AAA to direction of Peshawur, and although he migb,t to gain but few proselyt es a t C au b u l an d it s vicir i otY , s o the people are gorged with plunder for some Y e . d bi,„ come and listless for the acquisition of m ere , he ria i fde once a nucleus of an army were set in motion, be 'ittAtw collect the tribes on either side as he passed down. again, it is doubtful how far the Khyber tribes might 1 .7 0 . dined to assist, viewing, as they doubtless do, Pest/ 0 0 1 f their own peculiar prey, and considering, as they Pr oof; would do, any attempt by Dost Mahommed as that of roe terloper. A considerably strong opinion seems also to P d in Caubul that the ruler of Bokhara is inclined td ext e n o, dominions across the mountain chain, and that the P eci rd a l r i i Upper Affghanistan would not be loth to submit to hi s , nation. 'the disunion which has arisen between fatb . , e t e t ; son seems against the latter bei ng deputed to carry 0 ;0 r equally hostile views on Peshawur, though later °,410 would incline us to the belief, that Sirdar Mahommed i ib Khan had set out on such an ex p e diti on . Th e w h o le w o o d considerations only tend to show that the present te t i o sj sovereignty by the Ameer is very insecure, that the F °l :,ifor„, affairs is entirely changed from what it was before vier the land, and that the whole lace of it will be in a V le i t' se„il security and disorder until some strong hand stul" It ps i coerce the people under a powerful Government. ,l io " tb s' appear by the Candahar news that our surmises regal preparations of Shere Mahommed have not been far ' l 4 real state of affairs. He has been employing his time the Western hill tribes t o some p ur pose, an d may, in thct o r state of the garrisons of Upper Slade, be induced to try ri tune at least against the Shikarpore detachment. A DASHING EXPLOIT. o tbe r Intimation was sent home by the last mail of seta e serious disturbances which had broken out at ICh eti lybl i Shekawattee, where an elderly Ranee, of unpronona:, name, had collected 5,000 matchlock-men, and taken Pe g i o ttel l of the tort, expelling the mother of the infant Raj a it Is l Singh, to whom the stronghold of right belonged. sbe stated too that Major Forster, with a detachment of tke.derffe kawattee Brigade, was about to take measures for the of the fortress and th e pu n ishment of the offenders. do f f uel now enabled to give particulars of :the insurrection, an v ie/ 11 , proceedings adopted by the gallant Illajor with the d quelling it, which he succeeded in doing after a long an in t' contested engagement with the enemy, terminating if capture of the town and fort of Khetrie. be h r • It appears that Ham Nath Perohif, the &under ° li n . fore of the minor Sovereign of Khetrie, abl er from:his appointment, and his place occupied by ,„ h urge li e o who was supported by a very large assembly of UJ Al These, to the number of about 5,000, took up their Ale; in the pass, town, and fort. On the 21st of Octobe two et; Forster, who had been encamped at Siaghana wit l 2 0 100 0 1 guns, three companies of infantry, and two 'surfs:4.o cavalry, proceeded towards Kotepootlee, for the o f seizing a fort in that neighbourhood, of which o ur 0 .005 . rebels had gained possession. On the approach ot the insurgents evacuated their position and fled, leayin(rfro them six pieces of artillery which they had brotlq was eje,ctede Khetrie. The fort was dismantled and blown up , a nd port' Forster proce e d e d t o D a dt a , w h ere h e a l so dislodged a V: of rebels ; and the haunts of the principal leaders (of about eight were captured) were then destroyed. On t . , 1 50 0 November he marched to Khetrie, and attacked the into" of insurgents, when a gallant and decisive action took ri s r e :e Major Forster's force consisted 0f * 260 foot and 60 h.. ° a tet v 0 9 , the Shekawattee brigade, with three guns; and 90 0 r ge lock-men and 80 horse, belonging to Jeypore, with fot4l,i.to The enemy are said to have mustered 6,500 men. e 19 . 1; was a very strong one, situated on a steep eminene o 'iles . .,, feet high, and approached by a difficult defile five o'o length. Both the fort and pass were occupied hY,: v t h e n ig lt eats in considerable numbers, but they were soon u'id c y he i a :ter, and obliged to take refuge in their streing b , ° ,li f ° krt was j ave ..led , without delay. After some heavy S et b e f ed, short time, t,:ey capitulated, promising to evacuatejoaers 5 , within six hours, During the night most of them and on the evening of the next day Major Forster tsbah) session of the place. Amonst those who fled was til e I lion' 4 Kanai Ram, the leader and chief instigator of the rob Js 11,75 of the light companies of the brigade, aided by Ouring the attack on the fort, Captain Forster, at ov g str wet, stir strongly occupied ' by the insurgents, who a of matchlock-men , directed his steps to the town, l o i f eJ. o to g, i d , defend it with vigour. They were obliged, here °an d P i 'of way, and were eventually driven out with great loss , &fer a l sued to the hills. The victory was completed by the tbe left bo a strong body of men stationed on an eminence to bie r, O, the town, and commanded by a bold and courageou s , e an cl seemed determined to maintain his position to the IsaV oas oeb" fount , indeed, on the conclusion of the conflict, was the number of the slain. es t o Several other chiefs of note fell during the enw's' so nie. tio , among them the nephew of the Dhabye. The 0 4 on be ppeared rer our side are stated as 2 killed and 42 wounded; ei l ' e d. part of the rebels 16 killed and upwards of 80 wenn irite d skilful and masterly manner in which the above sP. ouat is g y n was conducted is worthy of all praise. The con e slit_ t 05. 0 .0 0 lantry of Captain Forster, in the stormin , of th is, in particular, highly spoken of ; a nd to ins. &ly e '', bravery th e very sa ti s f ac t or y t er mination of the nas.l°,l deg and ably. executed enterprise is doubtless in 'v° sow attributable. CHINA. c i ! OW following The elegy upon the late -°- his Ce le sioner pen Lin is said to be from the o f tial Majesty himself : " AN IMPERIAL EDICT.—The great statesman, , h sen preserved an undeviating line of rectitude, an d "). e i ' ciples of probity and uprightness were rooted i° : - ture. In manner, he was plain and affable, and , 11 : 5 r 5. 0.„„ ° ! ress of heart was even eminently displayed. In t "" Kea-King, having been honoured by an Imperial exatoroori t„ g 0 ti r he was raised from the rank of Han-lin (the graduate) to a seat in the Cabinet. We, upon com•- , „ bto-' throne, and observing his patriotic spirit, his dispatch 1 1 pre; near, and his extensive and varied experience, ordered ha:sift& sence about the Imperial person, in which capacity h e r r e delo eit a for upwards of ten years without a single instance °' r i o ter' Last year we sent him to the province of Ho-nan to sur e ' se ser the embarking operations on the Yellow River in the , th b 0„ hoo di s trict , which were conducted and completed 01 a t° usual zeal and energy. Our Council then recon,mendirli-or take his age into consideration, and being fully ewer° ii t h ;t4o tore with hire was en the dewy, we granted biw °lb' The following are atiflitional eNtracts from the Bombay and Canton papets:— . DREADFUL SICKNERS IN SINDE. (From the liam4ay Cot trier.) The state of the troops at Sukkur isnd Shikarpore, instead of improving, as we thought some time aro,9', is, we regret eves s sively to hear, gettiag worse and worse ; it'would appear th at the fever is positively on the increase; the state of the Arta' lery, especially, is most deplorable ; and we c erdiany join is the hope of one of our correspondents that Govern,men.t will be induced by these public representations, if not by L host• whi ch have been made officially, to adopt some speedy moan s f °r saving the lives of the remainder of the two unfortunate 01° , panies. They can be of no use in their present state, and:t ie facility wish which they might be conveyed to Kurachee otig iv surely to bean inducement to allow them that only chance of thei' ( being preserved to the service. The apathy ss ; high has been eller in supplying the station with additional mitdical aid is really most discreditable to Government, and,refieets on every ineiv her whose business it should have been to obviate by tim ell assistance the frightful results of sheer carelessness and neglect. 'That Sukkur will be found` altogether unfitted for a EuroPer, station must be sufficiently clear, and we only hope that experience derived from the fate of the unfortunates who ha" been sent to deposit their bones in such a Golgotha will hs/ e the effect of opening the eyes of the authorities, dearly as it hat been bought. We had entertained some hopes that Shik ar : pore, being beyond the line of jungle, more open to the so lw , and less exposed to the malaria of the immediate neighbourt hood of the river, would have proved a more advantageous 1 0 0 than Sukkur in point of sanatory considerations, but the, appears very little difference in the proportionate number °I sick in both stations. (From the Delhi Gazette, Nov. 15.) " Sukkur, Nov. 5, 1843. t " The state of the Sukkur brigade is, I hope, at its worst, a_ least there are very few men now left sto go into hospi ' and from all I hear the average number of all grades per OP; any at muster on the lit of November, 1543, may be ta g s e at. 10; but you must bear in mind that molly of theser, totally unfit for more than standing ,sentry, and many 1 7,i equal to that. All regiments are the same. Not one ° i , af the six medical men have been able to leave tiheto, beds for the last three days. Every guard has been rtsdece!,l the very lowest, all orderlies, as far as possible, withdravref.:; death is beginning to make rapid strides amongst the nal / it, 40, or about, I think, of the two companies of Europea ts tillery, out of 180, have already been carried off, and the 1" mainder look more like ghosts than living beings. ire " Of officers, who possibly are of the least consideratielpe have only, by God's providence, lost ode ; fifteen itiave %et away in different directions on sick certificate, and I sesr o some five or six more will leave shortly, as soon as die doet t are able to make out the certificates ; at Shikarpore th e thw i company and the detachment of Chamberlain's Horse sr h e ',4 believe, no better. Only two officers at the statieel " . 1 0 1 escaped. This I write, being certainly not an exalt eras statement of a Bengal brigade in an enemy's country, whigte others may say to the contrary. This sickness commence d . August, and the only assistance we have - had from our •y. provinces, after repeated applications, has been one assistro surgeon, sick the day he arrived, about the 30th of Odo m ,. and, I think, two native doctors ; neglected by our own sidency, we have to thank Sir C. Napier for his timely O r ; ance in sending us two medical of f icers, who, I regret to , 1 „ are both very ill, and we have accounts of another having Hyderabad, although they can ill spare him, being just tl!Ls as we are. Sir C. Napier has also issued a very hanans order to the medical officers for their attention and exertion ire h *hie Paid col Ric " Te, Mil tenpin