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Luckily, however, the recusants volunteered to take the station originally assigned to them, and are now on their way to Sukkur, having not only obtained all they asked, but promised relief within the year in case of sick ness. It was hoped that this matter might blow over, and that a better spirit would quickly make its appearance amongst the troops. Instead of this, the disaffection spread, and the 7th cavalry, the 4th, 34th, and 69th, with a com pany of artillery, each in turn followed the evil example which had been set them, This was alarming enough, and, as all the regiments which had been ordered had refused to move, there was reason to apprehend that disobedience would become general. The rumours speedily reached our enemies on the further bank of the Sutlej. Some of the mu tineer Sepoys are alleged to have placed themselves in com munication: with the Sikhs, who believed disaffection uni versal throughout the army. The discontent was too ex tensively diffused, and too obviously attributable to the mea sures of Government itself, to admit of being put down or punished by the strong hand of authority. The 7th Cavalry and 34th Native Infantry have, it is said, be,n threatened with dismissal; the others may probably escape; indeed it seems doubtful if even those just named will be punished. As a contrast to this the whole Bundelkund legion, cavalry, artillery, and all, voluntered to proceed to Scinde uncondi tionally. The matter stands thus with the Bombay Sepoys whose case is most familiar to us ; but that, we believe, of the Bengal soldier is precisely analagous. The pay of the native soldier, including half batta or subsistence, is from 7 rupees (145.) to 9 rupees (18s.) a month—varying betwixt the two according to the period of his service. In India no allowance whatever is made beyond the net pay, including in this, as just stated, 2fr of half-batta; but, on foreign stations, the soldier has extra allowance of l rupees to 2i (namely, from 3s. to 55.) a month, as batta, as it is called, and 3 rupees (65.) in name of rations, this being about the price at which Government could provision the men from the commissariat. In Sinde, which till last year was con sidered a foreign country, both these allowances were made. The money rations, however, equivalent to nearly one-half of their pay, were withdrawn during the years 1840 and 1841, when the troops were in cantonments, and no enemy was in the field ; they were once more granted in January, 1842, when extensive movements became neces sary, and were again withdrawn on the Ist of July, 1843, when the country became quiet and the troops retired to quarters. By the Bombay troops this was submitted to with out a murmur, though the retrenchment of 3 rupees a month, equivalent to between one-half and one-third of his pay, was a virtual infringement of the terms of his enlistment, by which they bound themselves to serve in Hindostan on certain terms only—Government binding itself to grant additional allowances in the event of their being required for foreign service. The Sepoy will march anywhere, and against any enemy, if faith in money matters be kept with him; but there is no man more tenacious than the native of India of his pecuniary claims on his employer; he could not be made to comprehend how a country which he had always regarded as foreign to Hindostan should be commuted into a part of it by proclamation ; nor see • why, if Government chose in this instance to mae him serve on the Indus on the terms for which he had enlisted for service at home, they might not equally insist on his campaigning on the Nile or Oxus, or marching to Bokhara as well as Hyderabad, on home al lowances. It was the same to him whether it was in the hands of the Ameers, or those of the India Company, so long as in matters of distance, danger, and expensive living, it was essentially the same as formerly, and as different in all respects as possible from Hindostan. By order of the 12th of March Government directed that the Sepoys serving in Sinde should draw while in cantonments the same allowances as were made in India only when troops were in the field; and that the lines wherein they resided should be constructed by Government, and not, as in India, at the charge of the Sepoy. This was nearly all that was desired : it was, it is true, a concession to clamour and not to justice, but still it was a proper and timely one, and, if Government had erred, it was infinitely . better to acknowledge and undo the mistake than to persist in error. The permanent cost of the extra allowances now granted to the army will amount to about 50,0001. a-year. The donation of six months' batta to all the troops near Hyderabad—about 7,000 in number, and of six months' batta to those engaged near Gwalior, amounting to 25,000, as well as to the whole of the men, about 23,000, who had been in Sinde, for however, short a space, or however occupied, betwixt 28th of February, 1843, and 28th of February, 1844, the victors of Meeanee and. Dubba coming in for both gratuities awarded by the ge: neral order—is generally believed to have been made with a view of encouraging the reluctant troops to proceed on their march, by holding out the hope of the bounty of Go vernment to those who chose willingly to serve in Sinde. The order is in several particulars remarkable. It was issued on the evening of the day of the Governor-General's return to Calcutta, on the second anniversary of his arrival in India —the red letter day ever to be held in remembrance by the army—when the 17th of February and the 24th of March, on which Meeanee and Dubba were fought, have been for gotten. The donation will amount in all to betwixt 280,0001. and 300,000/. ; it is alleged to have been given in conse quence of the want of information as to the distribution of the prize property taken at Hyderabad ; and, should it have already been determined that this is, according to custom, to be made over to its captors, the army commanded by General Napier this time last year will be one of the most liberally requited that ever fought. There were 17,000 men in Sinde at the time of the battles, and during the sickly season. Seven re giments have since been sent thither, and are included in the order for the donation. The 3d Cavalry having been a week, and a wing of the 14th Native Infantry twenty-four hours in the country, will be equally rewarded with those who have been there since 1838. We noticed in our last the organiza tion of an additional regiment of irregular cavalry, and on the 12th of February, it was intimated that 100 men would be added to each of the regiments of the Bengal and Bombay army which had been included in the reduction of January, 1843, which directed a similar number to be struck off. The former army contains 74 regiments of Native Infantry—the latter 26 ; and the number of regiments excepted amount to 11. 8,000 infantry, with an entire regiment of cavalry, are fouud necessary therefore to be added to our army in con sequence of, as it is declared, the exigencies of Sinde. Sir C. Napier, on the 18th of February, 1843, loudly proclaimed the peril in which the British army was placed in the field of Meeanee for want of a sufficiency of British officers, and re commended, in the strongest manner, that this defect should be remedied with the least possible delay. The justice and wisdom of the complaint was admitted in all quarters ; and it was every where acknowledged that, from a pitiful parsimony in the pay-officers, we were running the risk of destroying our na tive regiments altogether. The mode in which the recom mendation of the Governor of Sinde has been seconded by the Governor-General, is singular ; an addition of from 8,000 to 10,000 is made to the army, without a single additional officer to command them, while 48 officers are withdrawn from the line for the Gwalior contingent, numbering some where about 7,000 or 8,000 men, The two are equivalent to a reduction of about 100 officers in the Bengal and Bombay armies, just at the time when an addition of about double this number was declared by the highest military authority indispensable. The object of these measures is apparent. If it cannot be shOwn that our wars are just or our conquests legitimate, they must be made to seem as little expensive as possible. Finding an augmentation of the army indispen sable, we increase the muster-roll of the men, without adding to the number of their officers ; and this, too, with native troops valuable forfield service only when led by a sufficiency of Europeans. On the first anniversary of the day on which the second great victory by which the conquests on the Indus were confirmed became known to us, we may be per mitted to take a short review of the benefits derived from a twelvemonth's possession of the " province fertile as Egypt." The army which, in consequence of t he o p erations in China and Affghanistan, was, betwixt 1838 and 1843, increased by 50,600 men, had just begun to be reduced to its previous strength by the order of January, 1843, which directed the extra company added to each regiment in February, 1842, to be absorbed. We had still some 32,000 more men on our muster-roll than we found sufficient for all ordinary emer gencies before the war policy of 1838 began. This enormous surplus, which would, in all likelihood, have been struck off had peaceful councils resumed sway, not only still exists, but has once more been increased by nearly the amount it was formerly reduced. Sinde has required to be maintained by a force of 16,000 men, at a cost of 1,250,000/. sterling. The pay of 8,000 Sepoys, the present augmentation, at 9 rupees each per mensem, amounts to 86,000/. in a single year, their clothing and accoutrements to about 24,000/. ; or, about 110,000/. in all. The charge of a regiment of Irreghlar Cavalry is about 60,000/. in all. The augmenta tion, therefore, will, in all, cost about 170,000/. ; or, if con tingencies be included, probably about 200 , 000 /. The batta conceded to the troops amounts to about 50,000/. a-year. If these sums be put together it will be found that, without taking into account the charge for 16,000 men permanently maintained on the Indus at the rate of one and a quarter million sterling, the extra outlay required already to be in curred amounts to 315,000/., or, adding the item just named, I to 1,540,000/. annually. This is on the single head of mili tary charges ; we have taken no account of charges for civil government—the pay of judges, collectors, magistrates, or police. The donation batta of 150,0001. falls on the charges of 1843 and 1844, and has therefore been rejected from our account current. The entire income of the Ameers was esti mated at 400,000/., and of this, we believe, 220,0001. fallsto the shares of our allies the Khyrpore and Bahawulpore chiefs. The expenditure of 1,500,000/. to secure an income of considerably less than a quarter of a Million is amongst the pecuniary advantages of the recent conquest! The moral effects of so valuable an acquisition may be estimated by the fact of six regiments having at one time been driven to mutiny by being ordered to Sinde, and Government having at length found it necessary to come to terms with the mutineers ; and the circumstance of its being known to our enemies that every six or eight years a season of such sickness may be looked for as to lay from 10,000 to 12,000 men in the hos pitals, while the pestilence-afflicted stations have the strong holds of the mountain Beloochee in front, their own rear being cut off from their supplies by the desert I Four regi ments have this season required to be sent out of Sinde wholly disorganised by sickness: a favourite country with the army it may naturally be supposed—just as it may be imagined a lucrative and creditable acquisition to Government ! INDIA AND CHINA. BY the Overland Mail we have intelligence from Bombay to the Ist of April, from Calcutta and Agra to the 22d of March, and from Madras to the 23d of the same month, and from China to the 24th of Feb nutr.Y. The news altogether is very favourable. Sinde was perfectly tranquil, and the sickness among the troops had entirely disappeared. We are glad also to learn that the dissatisfaction evinced by several of the native regiments, on receiving marching orders for that country, had been removed by well-timed and judicious arrangements. A Government notifi cation was issued on the 12th of March, regulating the compensation to be given to the Sepoys, and granting to the troops the field allowances of Hin dostan. • All cause of alarm had ceased, and most of the troops were on their march for the Indus. The expense of this additional pay will not exceed 50,0001. -- smatter Of no• consequence when compared with the fidelity of the Indian army. The Governor- General had issued an order, by which all the troops who had served in Sinde at the period of the battles of hieeanee and Hyderabad, are to receive twelve months' batta. From Lahore the intelligence is not so favourable. Civil war was raging in that country, and Akbar 'nap, taking advantage of the circumstance, was Preparing to march upon Peshawur. He may pro bably advance farther, and the Lahore chief will then aPPIy for protection to the Governor-General. Sir Rugh Gough will thus find employment for his brave. troops in th e P un j au b, and we trust settle old scores with this treacherous and cruel chieftain. o It l r v i ,..a. l i k °r was tranquil; indeed, the whole of the 1 50 7 000 " territory in India, containing a population of f rom C e, was in profound peace. The news China is not important. Sir H. Pottinger re a_ed at H ong -Kong, and was engaged i n ma ki ng ,rep!lations f or t h e trade at t h e new ports. "*"ERAL DERS BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOV ERNOR- OR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. Fort William March 12. h In order to remove the misunderstanding which is appre t,,_ended to exist with respect to the allowances drawn by Zuv Council in Sinde, while in cantonments, the Governor-General deems it expedient to make known, that the allow "'lets drawn by troops in Sinde, while in cantonments, are the same as those drawn by troops in Hindostan while in the Aeld. Further , the lines of troops in Sinde being different in con struction from those in Hindostan and more expensive, they have been erected at the public charge. It is known to the troops, that when the price of ottah is a bove 15 seers the rupee, compensation in money for the ex cess of ch price is now given to them at the rate of a seer a - day for ea man. With the view of providing, as is done in her Majesty's service, that the soldier's ration shall never cost him more than a fixed moderate sum, the Governor-General in Council think s it expedient to extend the principle of giving compen sation in m oney i n t h e case o f high prices to the other minor articl es composing the Sepoy's ration ; and it is accordingly h eed ' no that w h enever the price of dholl is above ten seers .uPee, that of gh ee above two seers the rupee, and that (? salt above eight seers the rupee, compensation money for the excess of price will be given to the troops at the rate of vivo chittacks of dholl, one chittack of ghee, and one-third of a chittack of salt a day for each man. This ru l e is made generally applicable to the troops of all the P res i dencies. in The Governor-General in Council considers it right that Sinde, as elsewhere, there should be a difference between the allowances given to the troops in cantonments and those given to them in the field; and in practice this has been the ,F 4 taat for th e extra allowance called " money rat i ons, " t h at "i the allowance of rations or of their equivalent in money in Ire" pay and full batta, was withdrawn during the yearn 40 and 1841, when the troops in Sinde were in canton thelits without an enemy in the field, was again granted from let o f J anuary, 1842, when extensive movements became Jul in necessary, and was again withdrawn from the Ist of enemy was i n the fi Y last, when the troops went into cantonments, and no ~ld being now permanently e annexed to the British dorni -3,3111187 the Governor-General iu Council deems it better to r ! e, 1 ?Y a general rule, the future allowances of troops t.0 7. 1 ng m that province, than to vary the amount from time 4 , 'rile, according to circumstances, inspecial and occasional .Accordingly, his Lordship Council now notifies, that tro ops i n cantonment in Sinde will continue to draw the same allowances which are drawn in the field in Hindostan, :a.,n that rations, or their value in money in excess of pay and batta will be given to troops in Sinde under the same 1 1 1 : eillaa talices under which field allowances are now drawn in 1 in dostan. The Sinde allowances will only commence when the troops reach the Snide frontier. _An official translation of this order will be transmitted to ' ve ry regime n t i n t h e serv i ce. Secrete J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel, ry to the Government of India, Military Department. RESOLUTION. 1. The Foreign Department, Fort William, Feb. 28. tei , Governor-General in Council not having yet re eu any instructions relative to the disposal of the prize g °l ?ertY captured in Sinde, and taki n g into c onsideration the J a tinguished services of the troops engaged in the battles of harajpore and Pannier, is pleased to resolve, that all the general and other officers, non-commissioned officers and pri • ~N .t es, engaged in the battles of Meeanee, Hyderabad, Maha- L a Pore and Pannier, shall eceive a gratuity of six months' ' , Eta, as a testimony of the gratitude of the Government, 41 1 d of the admiration with which it regards their conduct al the field. 2 The Governor-General in Council, taking also into con :aeration that it is not only in the field that good soldiers their sense of military duty, but that those who at the w iare e , and of the Government encounter readily and endure itude peculiar hardships arising from climate, from da ni ;T Priv t a, or from disease, may equally with those who meet etunstiaL th e field become entitled under extraordinary cir --taut° receive some special marks of appro bation and °Nin a 71ng further into consideration the very extra dminr,r3tri,na unusual sickness which has prevailed in Sinde ro op ' ue Past year, and the consequent sufferings ofthe s all th e — ‘ered in that province, is pleased to resolve, that and general and other officers, non-commissioned officers the Prlv ates, who have at any time served in Sinde, during Year c am . eeive Inencing on the 28th of February, 1843, shall re- The gratuity of six months' batta. bad _ tr° °Pa engaged in the battles of Meeanee and Hydera ,_, are entitled to the gratuity given by both the above re -Yaltions, and will therefore receive twelve months' batta. SINDE. (From n .. .. the B om b a y Times of Monday, April 1, 1844 .) 1 1 ;: r eeLlatest intelligence from the Indus is of the 25th of st eam r being five weeks later than that dispatched by the g ethe e of the Ist ult. From the country itself it is al o unimportant ; as relating to the troops destined for the 17th r o p,it is at once important and unsatisfactory. On the 1 e .,._ zebruary Sir R. and Lady Sale left Sukkur ;on taking h: t v o e g the gallant 13th, he said that ho had hoped to march orderedgl at the head of his regiment, but fate had h e _ it otherwise :he trusted that when they did arrive h i night meet them. The gallant veteran readied Kurachee a ue T i eY, and was treated with the spectacle of reviews and tii i_s other entertainments as he would accept of. He left sva3ls°n the 9th and arrived at Bombay on the 13th. He nature 11 de I n invited to a ball and supper by the public, but de consideration of the state of his health and limited On t h " ast He left by the True Briton on the 18th. , e 10th fearful hail-storm occurred at Sukkur ; the i T e nlew a hurricane for some hours, and pieces of ice the ,: °f partridges' eggs fell with the noise and violence of spent re7iPrehot, breaking down trees and houses, penetrating tents, ho ur s tr°Ying temporary buildings. It lasted for about an dee When the ground was covered with ice nearly ancle l'• It extended over an area of little more than two hales, and the natives considered it a providential visitation tr,. l Sukkur, as having supplied the first footing in Sinde of "le Peringhees. At Sukkur the foi e t amounted to 1,892, whom 146 were sick. At Shikarpore there were 1,015 men, Of w h0m 43 ,,,_ 54 only were in the hospital in the beginning of the hi .,`_" l . The 9th and 55th Native Infantry were about to „need for Ferozepore when the refusal of the Bengal regi- Z lB to march for Sinde ' disturbed the arrangements of the at u ie of the troops of the Indus. At Hyderabad there are 12 present, 4,027 men, of whom 467 are in the hospital. The s nake Native Infantry had been removed, from the fort to ssi.'_ e , Way for the women and sick of her Majesty's 86th, ex m": 1 1 arrived on the 19th of March—the right wing was date on the 21st. Reviews of the troops were at this stt ,,,ln progress. The collectors of revenue having been un haVerul in their vocation, had committed the task to the hands of natives, and the manner in which it had been per la--"ed• by them had, as is usually the case, occasioned a ti l e Ve amount of discontent. A canal for the purpose of irriga- Was being cleared out within 30 miles of Hyderabad, he under the direction of Mr. John Macleod, late of the Land 7 po l rile Department, Bombay. It was estimated that some frn, 71 Would be added to the annual returns of the country ire; ''"e effects of this on agriculture. At Kurachee matters Isz a •-• e qually dull as at Hyderabad and Sukkur. Sir Charles pier had been on a jouraey on the Hubb river ; he was , • 1 !t to proceed up the country. At a dinner given to him , the anniversary of the victory of Meeanee, he had ex- Wised himself in terms of censure against the press of India. h it rumon fame does him no wrong, the gallant General new.„ " objection to avail himself of the assistance of the LAHORE. ki s -14 Pers so long as his measures were applauded by them ; The state of this country, to which so much of our atten b aversion to them appears to have sprung up when they tion has been of late directed, coatinues much the same 45.. to exercise the privilege of criticism, and to express as on the departure of the last number of the Summary. : e °Pinions of some nine-tenths of the officers of the British Heera Singh is still at the head of affairs, and is doing all in -; 71 .: Z in India in condemnation of the conquest on the his power to improve his position by enlisting men of his „, e l'entent of which he had chosen to found his fame. The own class and caste from the hills , and also at Lahor e, with an 4: r e ,!ntment of Mr. Raikes, an unpassed Ensign ,of three the v iew, it is st rongly surmised, of supplanting the Sikh v - 11 standing, to the Sinde Irregular Horse, seems to be troops in the charge of the capital, for which purpose he is qu Weil 4I rather a ra4kish job by the army. The troops further doing all he can to get the Sikh soldiers away from t altered in Stride amounted - in the beginning of the month Lahore, many being detached to Peshawur, where the move • .1 3 , 14 ,358 ; those In Cuteh, close b,i, to 1, 3 94 ; and about one- ments of Mahomed Akbar Khan are causing him great fun tfth Only are on the sick list. Colonel Squire, of her Ma- easiness, and others to the various stations on the Sutlej, espe g,tY's 13 th, has . been superseded by General Simpson, in pially to Phuloor opposite Loodianah, and Kussore, opposite Wecommand at Sukkur, in consequence , it is said, of having Ferozepore. It is, however, with some difficulty he has succeed sse,,ty in A atrong remonstrance to General Napier on the ed In carrying out these ends, as the troops continue excessively rocs rent of his brigade, giving warning that unless it was refractory and absent themselves whenever they think proper. r ,,,Pn, ented in time A woad Catibul tragedy might be the A large detachment lately ordered to Peshawur under Gene fert• There had been 4 !Ip fall of rain on the 23d of ral Khan Sinh flatly lefused to march until such of them th ru arn which cooled the air and laid the dust. The as wished it hadbeen . to their homes, and a whole brigade !rr,oometer within doors ranged from 59 to 40 degrees; has taken refuge against the Minister, and protested, against being sent to besiege Seealkote, where this,is reckoned very temperate indeed. These insignificant Prince haslitneera Singh, an illegitimate son of Runjeet 4._ ins contain all that has happened during the month Singh, " /eference to the affairs of Sinde. On the fith of Sep- threatens to cause him h t h r n oo great trouble, as he is a fa ' your- Le nlbert, 1840, the Governor-General intimated that the ite with the Sikh troops, and has already beaten off elsar s .. „ s _„taken two guns. The th e EI 7zFrula would be transferred from the Bombay to one attack made on the fort, and Th . 'Nog any : X 0 small sensation was occasioned by Minister, ondthoefraenfuosffialceo.rf o t f he ' th r e eg n u a l m ar e tr o o f o ß ps o t in o e m . ar T ch h , e w r a e s_ S„inde• hadlib2h;treinxt lefe ll'e n P3 13 p 1 141:0 11) : IS &on o • • : I.)=Onsidered that, as compelled to send some irregulars, and also a corps under !-,t. seemed singular that a countri will soon be known. Heera Singh feels himself so inse wawa oiltresoriul4dysb,eskaielpotf. the suit w co i l l i t ir port of Bombay, should be 'garrisoned by traPs Will' cure in his position that he has, it is said, packed up not only tree from their own head-quarters would take three his own valuables, but what is left of those- of the State, in it,, Mlle recruits, their • ••--..,'" to reach them and who were to have their depots boxes, ready to start them off to Jumboo, whither many of sent to the care of Rajah Gholab Singh, and amongst them the famous di 1 10—spials and sanatorium, at another the State jewels have already been tesid ency . But so It was deemed. In this case "the Kin.g4mond Koh •'. cl said -"'• - ' • winds th e , d sail, but tot . - .. said nay." The disturbances in i-Noor, which was pot worn at the enthronization of the boy Gs+ allor, caused time King Dhuleep Singh on the 2d of February. Rajah Heera lure b -, e, Be_zitlnjaub, and threateneu Zibles in -•-• h ; and, though Singh had addressed a letter to the Governor-General an . s to be , arr . ested on their nu— .,,,,',1_g i troo —,41 be nounclng the accession, and Is at the same time carrying on i n their YSir C. Napier in November that they 1,,,,..- -s• sirrenslve preparations of a warlike description that he Furtheonti own presidency in a month, the conquering army sues._ . - !-•siined to the belief so general in India, that nu ed to be d • • - •" s eems evidently ~. ' er • • etained near the scene ef their victone . s sT-s occurrence of active opera fag delay e d military mover t next cold season will witness L,... • • ,„ • ug del a vemen s on the north-west frontier hay- . P • b Our latest nt„.. - uwence from fa r h „ ,Yed the execution of the arrangements gazetted so tions against the unjau . length 9th of Sept b - eat Lahore, under date of the 15t h of March reeeivea just as we ordered em er, the Bengal troops wer he Se gftir wlO4 rrince to move. • The 64th, on being directed to were going to press, is, that t . , . • • THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING I MAY 6, 1844. Kashmeera Singh is assuming a much more formidable ap pearance than seems at all pleasant to Rajah Heera Singh. Four hundred cavalry, two battalions of infantry, and ten pieces of artillery, were to start from Lahore on the morning of the 16th, under the command of Col. Gardiner, with Col. Don Domingo Hurbon d'Alcantara, in charge of a number of *elders to act as Sappers and Miners. Twelve guns had been sent on the 14th, with fifty rounds of ammunition, which were to be increased on the morrow to one hundred. There are already upwards of twenty guns, with mortars, before the place. The report that the Sikh troops proper will not fight against Kashmeerra Singh is confirmed, and, indeed, many of them are said to have deserted to the Prince, so that the operations must be carried on by the Rajah's hill troops. A correspondent at Lahore writes us to say, that nothing is more likely to lead to a crisis than this open re sistance. We may, therefore, expect to have some important events to communicate in our next.—Delhi Gazette, March 21. CHINA. Our intelligence from China at the date of last dispatch extended to the 12th of January, and we are now in posses sion of letters to the 27th of February. The contents of this, like those of all our other budgets this month, are weary, fiat, and unprofitable. A passage of unprecedented celerity has been made from Bombay to Macao in the Ce lestial, a clipper of the finest form but smallest size, which occupied no more than 23 days in the voyage. The Hon. Company's steamer Sesostris, Captain James Rennie, arrived here on the 13th ult., from Macao, in 24 days, bringing with her as passengers, Major-General Sir J. Schoedde, K.C.B. ; Capt. Rose, A.D.C. ; Messrs. Macqueen, Methven, and Conolly. HONG-KONG. (From the Friend of China, Feb. 14.) Our last summary for the overland mail was dated the 23d of December. We resume our task of giYing an outline of the affairs of the colony since that period, as also the state of China generally. The sale of building allotments in the town of Victoria took place on the 23d ult. The allotments wore put up by public auction at certain prices varying from 101. to 401. per annum of a ground-rent ; parties making purchases being bound to build within twelve months to the amount of ten times the ground-rent. All houses to be built of stone or brick, to the satisfaction of the Government surveyor. The sales are not absolute, but only endure for a lease of 75 years, when the ground with the buildings revert to the Crown. During the last seven years of the said lease the premises may be inspected by her Majesty's sur veyor, who will order anything thought necessary for keep ing such building in a fit state of repair. Notwithstanding these hard conditions, upwards of 100 allotments sold at prices varying from 51. 103. to 1001. per annum. As these will all be built upon within twelve months, or parties hold ing them suffer a forfeiture of one year's rent for non-com pliance with the conditions of sale, we may expect a large addition to the size of our town in the course of 1844. The colony is now quite healthy, and we trust that the ensuing summer will not prove so fatal to Europeans as the last one. The past season has been a sickly one all over the East— both in India and China. We may reasonably hope, that with someiiiiprovements in drainage, a better class of houses, and a greater attention to habits of temperance and cleanli ness, so necessary in tropical climates, the troops, and inhabi tants of t,e island generally, will escape much of the disease which proved so fatal last summer. The barracks built in Victoria, and on the south 'side of the island, are spacious and airy, protecting the men from the heat during the day and the dew by night, exposure to either of which is so prejudicial to health in this climate. The most daring attempts at robbery are made almost nightly, and too frequently with success. The Chinese inha bitants are of the worst description, and with all the vigilance of the police and private watchmen, attached to every re spectable house, the Ladrones find their way through brick walls and bolted doors. On the morning of Sunday, the 21st of January, an attempt was made by a body of 70 Ladrones to force an entrance into the godowns of Messrs. Jamieson, How, and Co. The robbers bound the watchmen on duty, and then proceeded to break open the doors with iron bars, axes, Sze. The party within the godowns showed every dis position to resist ; but unfortunately, from the robbers keeping close under the walls, their fire-arms could not be depressed sufficiently to shoot any of the assailants. Mr. Edger, at his bungalow on the hill, heard the affray ; he immediately armed his' ervants, and with two European gentlemen proceeded to the assistance of those who were defending the godowns. The robbers, however, made off, and escaped unpunished. A few days subsequent to this attack, Mr. Edger, in broad daylight, observed one China boat attack and rob another in the harbour. With Mr. Henry, an assistant in the house, he gave chase, and captured the piratical boat with nine men. The case has been tried before Major Caine, and the evidence was so clear that they were sentenced to five years in an iron gang, with 100 lashes during each year, and at the expiry of the five years to be banished the' island. Sir Henry Pottin ger shows an earnest desire to act up to the treaty with China. This is as it ought to be, and will doubtless tend much to raise Englishmen in the estimation of the Celestials. On a recent occasion some British subjects at Amoy " wan dered away into the country" further than the fixed boun-, dary. Sir Henry has written the Consul at that port a severe letter on the subject, which he also has thought it proper to publish. Major-General D'Aguilar has issued a general order, in which he expresses his determination to maintain the honour of the Queen's Government, and to preserve inviolate the treaty ratified under her Ma jesty's sign manual. Her Majesty's 55 th Regiment are under orders for immediate embarkation. They return to, England after a long period of service in India and China. . l i t c o h a t h r, a e c m t e s r e , l v b e o s t a h n n the the c o fi u e n l d . andtiry'he they eahyr have s v a e c e r v k as serve. . w a lai The s h e e h s u s o h s n t i o a p u i n r c a e o b d r l : a wait sailed on the 2d instant with about 250 invalids from the different corps serving in China. Her Majesty's ship Dido, Captain Keppel, left for Singapore and Calcutta on the 2d. Lord Saltoun, the late Commander of the Forces, has embarked in her. She has also a large freight of specie, part of the Chinese indemnity money. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Driver sailed for Chusan on the 10th. The Fairlie, with troops, so long expected, ar rived on the 7th. She had been dismasted near the Mauri- tius, at which port she put in for repairs. Her Majesty's brig Childers is understood to be under orders for England. For general commercial news we refer to the Canton price currents. The high prices at which teas are held in Canton, and the low rates in London, deter merchants from purchas ing so largely as might be expected at this season. Freights still continue low, although many vessels have gone to India seeking. A large portion of the last year's crop of inferior tea is unsold, mid, were satisfactory accounts received by next overland (that for December), freights would probably get up. The sales of cotton piece goods in Canton have been large, also on the coast. In Victoria there is little doing. It will probably be years before the wealthy buyers find their way to the colony, It is a matter of regret, that more of the English merchants have not removed the head-quarters of their establishments to Hong-Kong. Macao offers no inducements for continuing there, its trade is limited, and not likely to increase. As a place for storing goods, and giving instructions to the various agencies at Canton and on the coast, Hong-Kong is much to be pre ferred. The princely establishment built by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co., also those by Messrs. bent and Co., and other firms, are nearly completed. We anticipate at an early date the removal from Macao to this colony of every British house in China. Mr. Richard Burgess, M.A., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, has been appointed Clerk of the Legislative Council. The pirates who murdered Dr. M'Kinlay, of the 18th R eg i ment, an d two P ortuguese sa il ors , been s Chineseenten sentenced authorities. i t b i werehav e beent aken decapitatedees.ille t hre . e w T h b o e ringleader, Farrasxe, was to have suffered an ignominious death (to be cut to pieces) ; he however died in prison, but his head, and also the heads of the other criminals, are to be sent to the place where the crime was committed, and stuck on poles, as an example, and in order to restrain ruffians. Assistant-Commissary-General Irving died on the Ist inst. He had only been a few weeks on the island. He arrived in bad health, his constitution being broken down by long service on the coast of Africa. He was buried on the 2d with military honours. The Pelorus, Captain Triggs, from Cal cutta to China, was lost on the 24th of December, on the London shoals. Captain Trigs proceeded to Singapore in the gig, a distance of 100 miles, where he arrived with two passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Francis. Captain Triggs again left Singapore for the wreck, in the course of three days, in the Victoria steamer. He expected the wreck would hold together, being on the lee side of the shoal, and that the crew would be all saved. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CHINA.-By the Antelope clipper we have received, since our last, intelligence from China to the 24th of February. The accounts received state that the Chinese new-year holi tdrainssalciatidonaslioniousiterenutiiriemlypoprutst or a e s x t po op rt t s o b h u o s a in b es e s e , o a e n ff d ect f e e d w . Cotton was quoted at T. 5i to T. 7 for Bombay ; Bengal 6.2 to 8.6 ; Madras, 6.4 to 8 ; American, 6to 6.5. In the Cotton piece goods market there was a good deal of activity. Prices of opium were quite nominal, namely Malwa, 670 to 680, and Patna, 595 to 600 dollars. Exchange on London, six mouths' sight, 4s. 6d. With Bengal thirty days' eight, 224 rupees per 100 dollars. The Canton Press of the 13th of January publishes a translation of the articles whereby the new tariff is to be regmlated at Macao, as published by the Loyal Senate of Macao in the same volume with the original. The Press says, "The duties that are now l e vied are gene rally either four or six per cent. on a fixed valuation of most articles, although some, where the qualities are too various, and the difference is too great, are ad valorem." Trade at Shanghai was extremely dull. The Spanish brig Campe chano, from Liverpool to Manilla, with a cargo of piece goods , valued at from 30,0001. to 40 , 000 /., was totally lost on the sth of December, on the Monlufar shoal, in the Straits of San Bernardino. There is little doing in the way of purchasing Black teas, though considerable shipments 'of former purchases are going on, in order to get Ships off before the China new year. Of Green teas the shipments have been large, and the stock is much diminished. Export, since the Ist of October, of Black tea, 25,502,970 lbs. ; Green do., 3,277,7271b5. ; Sorts d l aon. dollars 5 4 ,000 5; 06n 1 d b . s B . —to r o b taayl dollar r u 27 p ,B e; e l so s n ,6 22 9 2B 7l po b en s rg . aIIOO E , x rdo c o h pl le a ae n rs g s e;22u on2 p on Madras , ao o g s - , rupees 224 per 100 dollars ; Sycee silver, three per cent. premium ; and Republican dollars ' four per cent. discount. Freights, to London and Liverp o ol, 3/. per ton of fifty cubic feet. Our latest arrivals from England have been the Em lradsdrarkfiuoielygn_rt peror, Canopus, Fairlie, and Magnolia. From Bengal the ra e l reni Av, a e afal s nun t odrrdfte further Rob Roy. From Bombay the Antelope, Syed Khan, and the sase°lwtirenareaN6ovl material7l e dems declinens o eg l l i m a a s Gratitude. From f rjdel:sal on a nr y d iee o w t s l i aa. l is in a very depressed state. The nominal rates are Patna 05fpil9.roci0i from the t o r i d l s ea anticipated ()li B ee dui e pot n a: a at tie r expected from Bombay. COTTON REPORT, JAN. 1, TO JAN. 31, 1844. Bombay 17,180 bales. 73,523 bales. Bengal Madras American 25,073 117,053 (From the - Overland . Price Curr en t, Ap r il 1.) n B OM BAY, APRIL I.—Dung the first week of the past month the native dealers were occupied with the lloolie Holidays, and there was an almost entire suspension of busi ness. They have since come into the market, and shown a disposition to purchase pretty freely of some articles of import at former prices, but not at the advanced rates demand e d b y holders; and the advices by last mail from England have produced but a slightly favourable effect upon imports gene rally—the supplies on the way , to arrive before the next rains set in, being considered by the dealers as amply suffi cient for their wants. METALS.—Iron has been in limited request during the month, and nearly all kinds are rather lower, as our quota tions will show. Tile copper has declined about Ir. per cwt, and sheathing 4 rs to 1 rs, but brazier's and raised bottoms are unaltered, and South American has advanced 3 rs per cwt. Spelter is nominal at 16 rs to 17 rs per cwt. Lead is very dull of sale, particularly sheet, and only 104 rs for Pig, and 11 rs to 11i rs for sheet are now obtainable. Red Lead is steady at 11 rs to 11i rs per cwt. Tin Plates and Steel are unaltered in value. We subjoin a list of the sales that have been reported to us for publication :—Copper, 225 cwt., Sheathing, at 52 rs 12 as per cwt. ; 900 cwt. Tile, at 51 rs 12 as per cwt. ; 145 cwt. do., at 52 rs ; and 14 cwt. do., at 52 rs 2 as per Cwt. ; 450 owt. Brazier's, at 561 rs per cwt ; 140 Ingots, at 52 rs; 100 cwt. Rods, at 54-1 rs; and 150 cwt. South Ame rican, at 47 rs; Iron, 120 tons British Bar, at 22rs to 22 rs 2 ., as per candy ; 408 tons do., at 22 rs per candy ; 75 candies Rod (round and square), at 25 rs 12 as ; 388 candies Swedish Bar, at 50 rs; 400 cwt. Hoop, at 4 rs 7 as per cwt. CorroN MaxuracruitEs.—The fabrics that have been in the best demand have been grey and bleached jacconets, and these have commanded an advance of about one or two annas per piece. Bleached longcloths and madapollams havelalso been in fair request at former rates, but grey madapollams and longcloths are rather steady, and only in moderate in quiry. Muslins are rather scarce, and wanted, as also Tur key red goods of all kinds, but prints have been in the most limited request, and the prices obtained are extremely low, and leave a heavy loss to importers. Zebra dresses are nearly unsaleable, and appear to have gone almost out of consumption._ YARNS.—There has been a fair demand during the month, especially since the arrival of the .mail, and the stocks in first hands being small, prices have advanced to anna per pound. WOOLLENS—Continue in very limited demand, and the prices are unremunerating to shippers. Flannels are quite unsaleable. MARINE STORES.—AII kinds of marine stores are dull of sale, but no material alteration in their value can be noticed. SAFFRON is scarce, and has advanced to 32 rs to 36 per lb: CORKS.—We hear of no alteration in the prize of corks, nor have any sales been reported to u. p BOTTLES have advanced to 1i rs per dozen, and a sale of 109 gross at that price has been reported to us. BEER.—Some new beer has arrived, but as no sales are re ported, the quotations of last month are continued. SPIRITS.—Brandy has still further advanced, and may now be quoted at 2i rs per gallon. EASTERN PRODUCE. CorroN.—The advices from England by the last mail caused considerable excitement in the market, and prices immedi ately advanced 10 rs to 12 rs per candy for the new crop, and 4 rs. to 6 rs. for the old, and a further advance of 2 rs. to 4 rs. has since taken place, and prices have still an upward tendency as the quantity of the new crop yet arrived is un usually small, and the stock of the old is in moderate com pass : we may now quote them as below : Broach and Surat, new Rs. 115 to 117 per candy. Dollera, new If 106 to 108 „ Omrawuttee, ne w lOB to 110 • Barsee, new lO2 to 104 „ Compta, old B6 to 90 ~ CoFFEE.—There is none in the market at present, and the prices are nominal. OPIUM.—An advance of 50 rs to 60 rs per chest has taken place in the price of opium since our last quotations—the pre sent being 1,250 rs to 1,270 rs. PEPPER has bee:i in improved demand, and prices have advanced about 2 rs per candy. Woos..—Mekran has improved in price, but the other sorts have remained nearly unchanged. The only transaction re ported to us is about 100 candies Khorassan, at 125 rs. FREIGHTS. Freights have risen since our last, and may now be quoted at 3/ 17s 6d to 4/, for first-class ships to London and Liver pool; and at 3/ 15s per ton, for second-class ships; but there is little cargo offering at present. EXCHANGES. Early in the month, bills on England, at six months' sight, were sold at is 110 to is llid, but the present rate cannot be quoted higher than is lOid to is 111 d, and bills are very scarce; 30 days' bills are at is 10d to is 10-id. Exchange on Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, 1001 rs to 1004 rs ; at 30 days' sight, 101* rs to 101 i rs. On Madras at 60 days' sight, 991 rs ; and at 30 days' 100 rs to 1001 rs. On China, 216 rs per 100 dollars. BAIL KS. Bombay Bank Shares are at 44 to 45 per cent. premium, and those of the Bank of Western India at 31 to 32 per cent. THE MONEY MARKET. FREIGHTS. To London To Liverpool }XS 17s. 6d. to IA To Clyde To China To ditto Opium, per Clipper EXCHANGES. London, 6 months' sight ~ 30 days' sight ..»..• ls. MI. to ls. 10-4 d. Calcutta, 60 days' sight. Rs. 100 A to 1001 Madras, 60 days' sight 99.12 ans. ' , 30 days' sight ,, 100 to 100% Canton, 60 days' sight... ,, 216 per 100 Sp. drs. PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Bank of England Notes, per £ IRs 11 and 2 annas. Spanish Dollars, per 100 220 to 221 German Crowns, per 100 Sycee Silver, per 100 tolas lO3 to 103'14 ans. Gold Leaf, per tola l7 to 17i BANK SHARES Bombay Bank (Rs 1,000 ...Rs to 450 pm. per sh. Bank of Western India (~ 300)...Rs 155 to 160 do do Agra Bank (~ 500)...Rs 110 to 200 do do GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Transfer Loans .......................................R s 115 t o 116 Five per Cent. Loan, 1825-26 Four per Cent. Loan, 1832-33 Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36 Five per Cent. Loan, 1841-42 COMPANY'S EXCHANGE IN LONDON, FEB. 6, 1844. With Bengal and Madras, 60 day's sight ls lld On Bombay, 60 days' sight is Hid ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION. We attended the other day at this institution, in order to hear the musical lectures which Mr. Horn—the celebrated composer—is now giving there. Unquestionably these lec tures form the most attractive feature of the institution, and, if followed up with spirit and perseverance, bid fair to obtain extensive popularity, and draw numerous and fashionable audiences. But surely the proprietors of the Polytechnic are not acting with their usual judgment in changing the subjects of the lectures once a week 1 They should allow each lecture to be continued for at least a month, so that the public may have sufficient time to become acquainted with its peculiar merits. When we last heard ➢ir. Horn, the subject on which he was expatiating was American music, more especially that of the negroes in the• southern slave states of Yankee•land. The subject was evidently new to the majority of the audience, who listened with the deepest attention ; and we shall not soon forget the impression which the lecturer produced by the exquisitely simple and pathetic manner in which he sang the air, " O'er the lake, and by the willow," and the hearty and cordial spirit which he threw into another favourite negro song, entitled tl.e "Ohio." Such a lecture, containing, as it did, a world of novel and curious information—to say nothing of the beautiful melo dies which were interspersed throughout it—would inevita bly, had it been allowed fair play, have gained on the atten tions of the public ; - but before it had time to produce the requisite impression, the proprietors directed some other musical subject to be substituted for it, greatly, as we happen to know, to the surprise and vexation of many, who were anxious to go and hear it. Mr. Horn's lectures, we repeat, need only to be generally known to become generally popular ; he is incomparably the best musical lecturer we have ever heard; and the proprietors of the Polytechnic In stitution will not be consulting their best interests, if they do not allow each of his lectures sufficient time to produce an impression on the public mind. We will venture to say that if the subject of "American music" had been allowed a month's run—to borrow a phrase from the theatre—it would at the expiration of that period have become a general favourite, and filled the institution to overflowing. -- --- THE ROYAL ACADEMY. On Saturday the members of the Royal Academy of Arts gave their anniversary dinner at their apart ments in Trafalgar-square, which was attended by a numerous assemblage of guests of the first rank and talent, among whom were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lo r d P res i dent of the Council, First Lord of the Treasury, Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Departments, Secretary at War, First Lord of the Admiralty, Commander of the Forces, Master of the Horse, Speaker, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pre sident of the Board of Trade, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Master of the Rolls, Vice- Chancellor of England, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Chief Baron, Solicitor-General, Chairman of the Board of Customs, Chairman of the Hon. East India Company, Governor of the Bank, Master and Warden of Dulwich College, Pre sident of the College of Physicians, President of the College of Surgeons, Portuguese, Sar dinian, Sicilian, Danish, and Swedish Minis ters ; Dukes of Bedford, Richmond, Beaufort, Suther land, and Cleveland ' • Marquises Northampton, Angle sey, Westminister, Normanby, Exeter, and Granby ; Earls of Burlingt on , B rownlow, Eldon, Howe, Clarendon, Cawdor, and Dartmouth ; Viscount Palmerston ; Lords Besborough, Monteagle, Sudely, Prudhoe, Colborne, Brougham and Vaux, Abergavenny, John Russell, Francis Egerton, Charles Townsend, and Mahon ; Bishops of London, Lichfield ; Right Honourables F. Baring, H. Labouchere, C. W. Wynn ; Sirs R. H. Inglis, J. Swinburne., G. Phillips, H. Wheatley, Willoughby Gordon, H. Ellis, T. Baring, E. Ryan, T. D. Acland, W. James, J. Lubbock, J. Knight Bruce, G. Staunton ; Rev. Sydney Smith, Colonel Wylde, Captain Seymour, Messrs. J. Morrison, J. Neeld, E. R. Tunne, S. Rogers, C. Babbage, J. Cartwright, Hampden Turner. B. Hawes, T. G. B. Estcourt, P. H. Howard, J. H. Hip pisley, R. Vernon. S. Jones LOyd, T. Grenville, Sydney Herbert, C. Kemble, A. Milne, D. Barclay, H. Elohin stone, R. J. Murchison, C. Dickens, H. Hallam, J. H. Green, &c. FALMOUTH, FRIDAY . NIGHT.-1 he p ac k e t Pen guin, Lieutenant Leslie, arrived her e thi s morn i ng from the Brazils. She left Rio (le Janeiro March 13th. Pas sengers—Edward Porter, Esq., he r M a j esty ' s Consul at Bahia; Mr. and Mrs. Dufrere and family ; M r . an d M rs. Vill ene uve and sons ; three Misses Samuel and servant; Mr. Haak and servant, and five mi ners . H a d on freight a bout 20,000/. there is no political news by her; the affair of the arrangements of the new Ministry are in the same state as reported b y t h e l ast packet, but Considerable concessions had been made by the Finance were—the D a ph ne , P ear l, an d , Minister for the removal of r es t r i ct i ons on shipping. commercial transactions very h eavy . T he next packet, at ere the Swift following, had not ar r i ve d out at R i o. Her s M hilt o ps thente t Rio R I late r ema i ne d ( b y letter of Feb. Video) : the Alfred, Cur accoa , G orgon , 11 2 Crescent. I i a s j t e , y' m s s f t ro i Ardent, and Racer. Affairs in the Ri ver Plate unchanged. E XTRA ORDINARY NATURAL CURIOSITY.—The head and horns of a most extraordinary and gigantic Durham ox, recently arrived at Windsor Castle for the inspec tion of his Royal Highness Prin ce Alb ert, i n the h i ghest state of preservatio n, having been prepared, by a pecu liar process, with the greatest care, so as to cause it to resemble, in every respect, the head of the singular ani mal when alive. The ox, which was bred at Enerdale, in Cumberland, stood 18 hands high, and its carcase, when one ton, eleven hundred and most extraordinary por tionare the horns, which are large round as the body t s s ov a e u i nn g otc h )fh. t fteeh r si e igis c h l n , nt ea : tp v ruco e ru i va g i nnl h dcf e esu d .rrei no o seT n i as of a good-sized man) near thei r base, and four feet each in length. The horns, from tip to tip, are exactly four feet across. The head and horns, when detached from the body of the beast at the ti me i t was s l aug ht ere d (then six years old) weighed 3601b5. The head, upon its arrival at Windsor, was depo s it e d i n th e a p ar t m ent of Majesty at the Queen's aviary, in the Home Park, under the care of Mr. Walters, the superintendent of that establishment, for th e inspection of Prince Albert. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.--Another class of carriages is about to be introduced on this line of railway, superior in accommodation to the present second class carriages, but inferior to the first. The passengers in them will be sheltered from the weather. The carriages now em pl o yed in carrying the second- c l a ss passengers willin future be employed in carrying a third class of passengers at lower fares.—.Liverel Times. COURT CIRCULAR. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—The bulletins of the state of her Majesty have been discontinued, owing to the improvement that has taken place in her Ma jesty's health. Their Royal Highnesses thepuke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester sent yes terday and on Saturday to Marlborough House, to inquire after the progress of their august relative. The following bulletin was issued on Saturday : " The Queen Dowager has again passed a good night, and as her Majesty's hand and arm appear to be improving steadily, although slowly, the daily bulletin of her Majesty's progress will be discon tinued. "DAVID DAVIES, M.D., " R. KEATE. " Marlborough House, May 4, 1844." THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—The greater part of the Nobility and Gentry in town called yesterday,and on Saturday, at Gloucester House, to inquire after the health of the Royal Duchess. The answer given was— " Her Royal Highness is going on favourably." His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to his Royal sister yesterday afternoon, at Glou cester House. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace on Saturdayforenoon. The Royal Family were taken their customary airings in the Royal Gardens on Saturday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice left town at four o'clock on Saturday af ternoon for Claremont. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting, left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before six o'clock on Saturday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, for Claremont. Her Majesty was conducted to her carriage by the Lord Steward, the Vice-Chamberlain, and the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting to her Majesty, followed in a chariot and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole, the Marquis of Granby, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, went from Buckingham Palace shortly be fore six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, to attend the annual dinner of the Royal Academy in Trafalgar square. _ _ The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived at Claremont on Saturday evening from town. The Hon. C. A. Murray also arrived at Claremont on Saturday. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of dining with her Majesty, at Claremont, on Saturday evening. His — Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at Clare mont on Saturday night from town, after attending the dinner of the Royal Academy. his Royal Highness was attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite, and the household, attended Divine service at Claremont. The llon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has honoured Mr. Thorburn with sittings during the week for a large miniature portrait. His Royal Highness the Duke of ofcChapel of the amb ridgeenia attended le his Divine Service this morning in Orphan Asylum. Colonel Jones was in it nvi o •aiting on Royal Highness. In the afternoon the ya 1 Duke at tended Divine service in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Nulli Se , eundus Club with his company at dinner, at the Claren don Hotel, on Saturday evening. 1 The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. The Rev. Dr. Wesley m ac o h n e ' d the ser mon yester officiatedteavn. d E p . r c e . ae p h e ek r l in th g e p ser er day at the daily service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Among the nobility present were the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Wi nc h ester, a Lords o Wilton, rth ; L ll a a d vs i • e a s r de Wilton v c v ia f f n e , e E c r o n n e s s t s t ß i n r g u e o e f , C. Sanford. A deputation o n th e subject of o the agent for Jamaica, Mr. Hery 11. Cohen, Mr. Tindal, Mr. M. J. Wolff, Mr. Grove, Mr. Abel, and Mr. A. Cohen, had an i nterview with the C . hancellor of the Ex chequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. A deputation on the subject of sugar, including Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, and Mr. `William R. Sandbach, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Sir Henry Hardinge had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Dispatches wero received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Hong-Kong. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governors of the Falkland Island, the Mauritius, New South Wales, and Van Dieman's Land. The members of the Nulli Secundus Club, consist ing of officers who have served in the brigade of Foot Guards, gave their anniversary dinner on Saturday evening at the Clarendon Hotel, when his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel .in-Chief of the Coldstream Guard., honoured the company with his presence. IMPRISOSTiIENT FOR DEBT. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION. An adjourned meeting of the Repeal Association was held on Friday in the Conciliation Hall. At one o'clock Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P., Mr. John O'Connell, ALP., and other gentlemen, presented them selves, and were enthusiastically greeted. On the motion of Mr. S. O'Brien, Charles O'Connell, Esq., of Ennis, was called to the chair. Mr. RAY read the following letter from Lord Shrewsbury : " Alton Towers, April 29th, 1844. " Sir,—l beg you will convey to the Loyal National Repeal Association the high estizliation in which I hold the honour they have done me, and how warmly I cherish the far too flattering terms in which their thanks have been conferred upon my endeavours to advocate the cause of Ireland. My only hope is, that the agitation of the question, even upon paper, may tend to good, as it must help to familiarise the English public to the grievances and afflictions of the Irish people, and gradually induce them to a livelier and more earnest interest in their alleviation. Would to God that their eyes might be opened to the urgency and importance of the question, and instead of treating it as a mere matter of jus tice to Ireland, be convinced how intimately their own wel fare is concerned in it. " I will not attempt to express how deeply I feel the high minded and generous sentiments with which Mr. O'Connell seconded the vote of thanks, as I have already acquainted ' the Liberator' with my inability to do so.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, with great respect, your humble servant, " SHREWSBURY, WATERFORD, AND WEXFORD. " T. M. Ray, Esq., &c., &c. " I have desired my bookseller to forward you a copy of the second edition of the pamphlet, and which enters some what more fully into the subjects treated of in the first." The letter of the Noble Earl was ordered to be entered on the minutes. _ _ _ It was announced that at the meetings to be held to oppose Lord Eliot's Registration Bill, the Repeal question would not be at all introduced. _ Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to move that the Committees be instructed to prepare an address to the people of Ireland, pointing out the plan on which they should act after the present prosecutions. For his part, he did not think there were any bad omens arising as to the future.—(Cheers.) They were arrived at a crisis of no small difficulty, of con siderable danger, but of happy results if they only deserved them ; a period fraught with great advantages to the country, if the people of that eountry only continued faithful ;• if they only remained uninfluenced by fear or timidity ; if they avoided the smallest approach to turbulence or riot, and did not abandon the sacred cause of the liberty of their native land.—(Cheers.) In investigating what course should be taken at the present period—for the prosecutions would soon come to an end—in investigating that course one of the greatest consolations arose before him ; he embraced it heartily ; he cherished it dearly and affectionately ; the con solation was this—there was a certainty that the peace would not be broken. They were safe, therefore, on that point ; but there never was a period in which the second part of their motto was so necessary to be enforced and acted upon. If they gave up the cause now—if they allowed themselves to be swayed by idle fears, they would be defeated for at least half a century. If they abandoned repeal at its present stage, no one could tell when it might be revived again—if they abandoned repeal they would join with the Attorney- ' General and Brewster.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) If they abandoned the repeal agitation they would pronounce a worse judgment against Ireland than the Queen's Bench could possibly pronounce against the conspirators.—(Cheers.) The Learned Gentleman here went into an historical inquiry to show that Ireland was entitled to a Parliament of her own as much as England, and then proceeded to speak at length of the many advantages which she possessed before the union, the loss of which she now so much felt, and how the union was obtained by fraud and corruption. He went on to state, in continuation, that absenteeism, the Church Establishment, want of a proper representation and franchise, internal legislation, and want of a fixity of tenure, &c., were some of the grievances under which she suffered, and said he would, in reference to them, consider matters which he thought would tend towards their remedy. Having at some length gone into the history of the repeal question, the Learned Gentleman proceeded to say that he never wholly gave up its agitation from his outset in pub lic life, nearly half a century put ; yet there he stood a " convicted conspirator," for acting conscientiously always upon this one opinion, and in that position he hurled his contempt upon those who pledged themselves to re dress the grievances of this country, but who only continued to invent means by which they could impose upon her people additional burdens.—(Hear.) Many an injury was done to Ireland, many an insult was offered to Ireland, but a greater injury—a more truculent insult had never yet had been offered than by Lord Eliot's Franchise Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He gave an analysis of the provisions of the Bill, pointed out its defects, and stated them to be the consequences of " foreign legislation." There were three things that he wished to do— he would wish first to make them distinctly understand the past history of the repeal cause; secondly, the present posi tion of the repeal agitation ; and, thirdly, their future pros pects.—(Hear.) He went rapidly over their past history, and came to the events of the repeal agitation since 1830. In 1834 he was forced to bring the question before Par liament; and he remembered that in the division one Scotch Member voted in - favour of the measure, but not one Eng lishman. There were against them 550 Members, com posed of English, Irish, and Scotch, while there voted alto gether in favour of the question 44 Members, and the one Scotchman whom he had secured, making 45. Upon that occasion, however, the English Parliament came forward, and in a declaration made by the House of Commons, and ratified by the House of Lords, they con jointly approved of it, and it was sanctioned by the King It was to the effect that every effort should be used to preserve the union inviolable, but that all the grievances under which the country laboured should be redressed as speedily as possible. That declaration had everything but the form of law—everything but the sanction of legal au thority. It was the declaration of the Bing, Lords, and Commons, in deliberate assembly, and had attached to it all the usual obligations of an oath.—(Loud cheers.) But that pledge had been violated.—(Oh, oh.) He (Mr. O'Connell) did not like that the agitation should go down at that time, knowing how difficult it would be, perhaps, to give it life and effect again. He, however, trusted them ; and in stead of redressing the grievances of Ireland, they had in flicted many more since. —(Cheers.) He was in the position now to show the baseness of the English Parliament—to show their gross violation of a solemn pledge—and to show the people of Ireland that their only hope was repeal.— (Cheers.) The prosecutions, or rather the persecutions, brought him to the second part of what he had to say as to the present state of the repeal cause. He had gone through the motives that should induce persons to become re pealers ; he had gone through the history of the past, and he now came to the present state of the repeal cause.—(Hear.) The first' feature in it was the quantity of the English sympathy they had obtained. His jour ney to England demonstrated that a large class of good and wise men there were anxious to have justice done to Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Well, as to the next feature in these prosecutions. He wanted to know what could be the result in the first place? Possibly, judgment—possibly, and not improbably, imprisonment and fine. Well, they were ready to be imprisoned, and if fined they were ready to pay the fine.—(Cheers.) They mistook them much who speculated on the ill health of some of the oldest amongst the traversers. —(Loud laughter.) The only apprehension that could arise on the subject would be the fretting and tormenting them by reason of the imprisonment. There need be no apprehension in his case, for he told them he never was more comfortable in his own house than he would be in prison.—(Loud cheers) He told them that no one pang of sorrow, or one feeling of inconvenience should ever disturb the tran quillity of his mind, or make his blood circulate with more than natural rapidity through his veins. —(Hear, hear.) He had not the least notion—he would not condescend to use the word apprehension—of not wearing out his time of im prisonment. There would be, to be sure, one sorrow that could not l removed—an affliction that could not be soothed —if either of two things happened—if either the people broke the peace, or abandoned the agitation.—(Loud cheering.) Let him anticipate, and conceive himself within the prison cell, and there he pronounced in a loud voice, " Irishmen, as you love your country be peaceable, loyal, tranquil—lrish men, remember you have a country, and let not the enemies of that country triumph over you by your criminal apathy in neglecting the cause now that I am within the prison walls."—( Loud and continued cheering, and cries of " Never, never.") Mr. STEELE having addressed the meeting, Mr. S. O'Bnizx said that he was a repealer, because he saw there was no reasonable prospect of obtaining justice from an Imperial Parliament.—(Cheers.) At present they were labouring under a national prosecution—a prosecution against the Irish nation—for he would not call it a prosecu tion against Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers.—(Hear, hear.) He did not adopt the language used at many of those meetings by individual gentlemen—he made every allowance for them. He did not think it was any language for which they ought to suffer an hour's imprisonment, but be did hold himself responsible for their acts.—(Loud cheer ing.) He said this, that if Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers deserved to be sent to gaol, he deserved to be sent there too.— (Cheers ; and a voice, " And we.") He hoped he was authorised to promise Mr. O'C o nn e ll, in th e i r na m e s, that his heart would not be afflicted by any species of violence. — (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") And he did, w ith eq ual anxiety,implore of them to allow him to give him the pledge that they would not afflict his heart by the other alternative. The meeting then separated. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—LuciIe Grahn's appear ance in the Revolt of the Harem is postponed until Wed nesday for additional rehearsals. Harrison's benefit, on Thursday next, presents the most attractive bill of the the whole season—for Salvi, Inchindi, Mesdames Castel lan, Dorus Gras, and numerous other artistes make their appearance. OnYmric:—Mr. E. L. Blanchard, the author of many successful pieces peculiar to this theatre, takes a benefit, we perceive, this evening at the above theatre. Mr. Blanchard is a young man of great talent, and rising rapidly in public estimation. He is the son of the late Mr. Blanchard, the well-known comedian, who; for many years, was a member of the Covent-garden com pany during the management of Mr. Harris and the Kembles. The bill of fare consists of three pieces, writ ten by himself ; one of which (The Road of Life) has had a successful run this season of upwards of 100 nights. We heartily wish him that success to which his merits so justly entitle him. DOVER MAIL.--The Post-office authorities have given the usual notice to the South-Eastern Railway Company to carry the night mail on and after the 11th instant—the down at 30 minutes past 8, r.M., arriving in Dover at 30 minutes past 12 ; and the up at 1, A,AI arriving in London at 5, A.H. This is a step in the right way; but, we regret to say, the day mail, which, of the two, was the more required to be put on the railway, will be taken by road, as usual. It was originally an nounced that the mail train would be a first class train only; but this intention, from an objection urged by the Postmaster-General, has been abandoned, and the train will be one for the accommodation of first and second class passengers.—Railway Record. The sentence of death upon Mary Furley has been commuted to imprisonment in the Penitentiary at Mill bank, we understand, for a brief period, WILL OF THE LATE SIR HENRY HALFORD, BART. —The will of the late Sir Henry Halford, Bart., of Wis ton Hall, Leicester, has just been proved in Doctors' Commons, by his son and sole executor, Sir Henry Halford, Bart., to whom he has bequeathed the whole of his property. The personal property is sworn under 9,0001. Major-General Lord Saltoun, the late Commander of the Forces in China, is daily expected to arrive at his , mansion is Great Cumberland-place, riti the overland route from Hong-Kong, where Major-General D'Aguii, ar, C. 8., has I assumed the command. We learn that Sir Henry Hardinge will depart for India as soon as his private affairs will admit; and most likely he will have embarked with his family by the second week in the ensuing month. Sir Henry's appointment will came a vacancy for the I...x)roup of 144uccstou4 CURRENCY AND TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—ln one of the leading articles of the Morning Chronicle, on Wednesday, the Editor treated on the Fac tory Bill, now before the House of Commons, and among other remarka of importance observed : " If we can permanently raise wages by direct legisla tion, it is a new and most important truth in political economy. The wellbeing of the most numerous class is the great object of legislation, and the means of attaining it the most preeious boon which economical science can confer upon society. Let it be shown that legislation can by direct interference with human labour, ensure permanently to the labouring Classes a larger share of the necessaries and comforts of life than they could otherwise enjoy, and the establishment of the principle will be a far more glorious event than the invention of the railway or the steam-engine or any other physical triumph of the age." On two or three days preceding the article from which I have quoted, another question was discussed in the same paper—that of the Currency. Had the Editor of the Chronicle fortunately taken the enlightened view you have done on the latter most important topic, he would have treated the currency and the rate of remuneration for labour as questions clearly identical ; he would have shown to his readers with a force to have entitled him to some of the fame he oilers to others, that when rightly considered it is perfectly within the power of Government, with their influence in the Legislature, to " ensure permanently to the labouring classes a larger share of the necessaries and comforts of life than they could otherwise enjoy." It is lamentable to reflect on the obtuseness of men's minds regarding the fatal error committed in the mo metary circumstances of the nation by the celebrated Bill of 1819, which not only at that time changed the amount of all the liabilities of debtors, public and pri vate, and of the value of all property engaged in trade and agriculture, from 30 to 50 per cent., but still ope rates to destroy the legitimate profit of the producer in this country, and to impair, to a very oppressive extent, the fair and just reward, of labour. Mr. Pitt, when he saw a necessity for lifting up taxation, looked at the question of the currency with the light of experience and of ancient precedent, and he adopted a conventional medium of interchange in. Bank of England paper, which, by the celebrated Restriction Act, he rendered a legal tender. The change so produced enabled the Go vernment of this country to supply most of the means for carrying on the long and' eventful Continental war from 1797 to 1815, while, at the same time, it gave pros perity to all the producing classes of the United King dom ; and had the restriction been wisely continued for the twenty-eight or thirty years after the termination of the war, we should by this time have paid off two-thirds of the immense National Debt, and have seen the people happy and contented. It is an ascertained ; fact, as you have well pointed out, that no other than an artificial currency enables the pro ducer to add indirect taxation to price, so as to reach the wealthy consumer. The adoption of gold, fixed by law at 3/. 17s. 10id., has the effect of confining the pay ment of this class of taxation to the producer—and hence it is that wages of labour have been reduced to the ex tent of some two shillings or more per week, in respect of the lowest class of labourers, and a proportionate diminution of the higher class of artisans, a result mani festly unjust, and which ought not to be continued a day after the discovery of a remedy is announced. This very important mode of accounting for the distress and misery that so extensively prevail among the producing classes, has been most lucidly set forth by Mr. John Taylor, whose sound statistics, and profound writings form the basis of a society recently - organised in London, for the concentration and diffusion of enlightened opinion on the currency question. I refer to the " Society for the Emancipation of Industry," in Parliament-street, and I unhesitatingly invite an examination of the publica tions of that Society, in confirmation of what I have advanced. If the views of this Society be fairly considered and adopted, the wages of labour would un doubtedly rise some 20 per cent. without oppression to the master—there would be abundant means of inter change of commodities at remunerating prices to the capitalist in the home market—foreign commerce would be carried on with facility and success, as well as with equal justice to the foreign and British merchant ; and we should not hear of future instances, such as that de scribed by Mr. Ward in the House of Commons, with reference to the orders tendered by. Mr. Muntz to the town of Sheffield, being rejected, and ultimately sent abroad for execution. The English manufacturer would be able to sell abroad for gold at a price as low, or even lower, quality being estimated, than the Continental producer. itfachinery would, from increased commerce at home and abroad, take its proper place as the auxiliary, rather than a means of superseding labour. Lord Ashley might then fearlessly, and with safety, prosecute his humane legislation to prevent undue labour of females and children in our factories. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, April 4, 1844. DELTA. SAVINGS' BANKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—That alteration in savings' banks had, long ago, be come necessary, is beyond doubt ; the Government have at length taken the subject up. The proposed scale is not the least too low, but admits of further reduction. There should be one set of rules applicable to every insti tution, and not varied as they now are. One rule should provide that, where a party makes deposit as trustee for another party, he should (subject to penalty for untrue de claration) declare in writing that the account opened was the bond fide money of the person or persons deposited for; that would prevent trickery which now exists in this respect. Managers ought to be very cautious as to the description of parties when first they deposit, as improper individuals (those well situated in life) avail themselves of these laudable institutions.—Your obedient servant, May 6. A MANAGER. The Bill for finally Abolishing Imprisonment for Debt, which was read a second time in the House of Lords on the motion of Lord Cottenham, is a valu able fruit of civilisation. Growing intelligence has by very slow and almost imperceptible steps infused into the English people an apprehension of this great maxim of legislation—that the 'recovery of debts should be the object of laws airecting • debtor and creditor. The idea seems obvious when stated, and yet the world has been a long time arriving at it. Legislators appear to have been long in doubt whether creditors would prefer the property or the carcase of their insolvent, and to have indulged them with a somewhat capricious dominion —sometimes over the one, sometimes over the other object of desire. The stern edict of the ten tables—de debitore in partes secando, has, in spirit, never wholly expired among us. A mercy has been shown to house and land, which has been denied to flesh and blood. If the Eng lish creditor has not taken his knife, with Shylock or the old Roman usurer, he has wielded a scarcely less formi dable machinery of bolts and bars. Engines of infliction he had in plenty, degradation and confinement for all, and starvation besides for the truly insolvent debtor. But the misfortune always of fevi w l ith w o e u re t t g h i a v t en for hi N in vh — ic a h a r ll em th e e d s y e . iw T na h sst e r en l u a mh n e ded t wsas yet estate of the debtor was beyond his reach. It is but lately that realty has been made liable for the debts of its deceased owner. The greater part of the property of this kingdom used to be sur rounded by a kind of magic circle, within which the laws of honesty could not, penetrate ; and the Legis lature, instead of boldly breaking the charm, and paying every man's debts ont of his property, at tempted to turn the flank of the evil,—to extort justice by persecution,—to arm the creditor with powers of vexation instead of powers of sale,—to satisfy his vin dictiveness instead of his bill delivered. Most of our readers have probably heard of the peine forte et dure of ancient times. The English law, as every one knows, is exceedingly just and mer ciful, and especially is wholly unwilling to condemn any man without hearing what he has to say. But this used to beget a difficulty. What was to be done when a prisoner persisted in saying nothing? Most persons would say at once, " speak for him." Enter a plea " not guilty" if you please, and proceed with the trial. Not so the scrupulous lawyers of ancient days. They preferred to squeeze a plea out of him. They laid him naked on his back on the floor of a low dark chamber. They placed on his body "as great a weight of iron ai he could bear, and more." They gave him on alternate days three morsels of the worst bread and three draughts of standing water, and so they fed him " till he answered;" or, as it was more accurately expressed in later times, "till he died." The treatment of our debtors was conceived in the same spirit, though carried out with less completeness. The obvious remedy was not boldly seized by the law, but was left to be extorted by a process of gradual torture. The land was not taken, but the debtor squeezed till he gave it. This, at least, Lord Cottenham states to have been the principle of the old law. But justice requires us to add the ingenious arrangement by which its inefficiency was provided for. The rich man who had property to pay his creditors was allowed to spend it comfortably in the Fleet or Marshalsea. On him the squeezing was neutralized. On the pennyless alone fell the horrors of real impri sonment. The screw was only allowed to be effective where nothing could possibly be effected by its appli cation. But now, at last, people are beginning to find out what they want, and tow to get it. Facilities are given them for getting their money, and the debtor's carcase is redeemed from their fangs. The late Bankrupt and Insolvent Acts made consi derable inroads on the whimsical principles of other days, though not without some peculiar whim sicalities of their own. Every one is familiar . with the pious fraud by which a ruined nobleman, for the benefit of himself and his creditors,, ap pears before the Commissioners in the guise of a bankrupt dealer in horseflesh ; and Lord Cottenham amusingly commemorates the learned horror which was felt on the bench some thirty years ago at the supposi tion that an insolvent debtor could be guilty of conniv e ance at an arrangement for dividing his property among his creditors. Lord Cottenham's Bill is to put an end to all this. "It proposed to arrange a system under which the debtor would be enabled, without going to prison, to deliver up his property for the benefit of those to whom he was indebted, and it gave to the creditor, on his part, the power of compelling the debtor to make the conces sion. Having done this, the Bill proposed to abolish the right of imprisonment for debt altogether." Proceedings in rem are to be facilitated, in personant abolished—and further, the useless distinctions between bankruptcy and insolvency are to ,be swept away. .This is what it should be—efficient, simple, and unoppressive. The law at present is none of these. It is in some re spects even worse than it was ten years ago. It was then severe, but it was available. You could catch your knave speedily, and keep hold of him when yon had got him. You bad him in prison before he knee where he was, and then you could, perhaps, make your terms. Now the paraphernalia of notice, ap pearance, and other legal delays, which intervene between your claim and his imprisonment, give him ample time to take himself and all he has far be yond your reach, if only he plays his cards with.tole rable dexterity, long before you have arrived at that de sirable consummation. And thus, without adopting to its full extent Lord Cottenham's startling deduction that nineteen out of twenty insolvents are injured men, be cause their creditors do not find it worth while to incur the expense and trouble of inflicting on them the full amount of possible punishment, we can fairly say that the present law is at once unjust and unavailable—in efficient against those who wish to escape it, oppressive upon those who stay to suffer by it; and we are heartily glad that we are to have no more of its useless vexations. There remains little now to observe upon, and that little our readers ought to divine before we record Of course the Bill did not pass without some little no tice of impediment. Of course, Lord Brougham came forward to have a finger in the pie. Of course, he was cognisant of a " document on the same subject," pre pared by a Noble and Learned Friend, which, of course, " he had himself to a certain extent revised." The docu ment, of course, embraced a most extraordinary degree of information on the subject, and an infinity of the most valuable suggestions for the reform of the law of debtor and creditor that by any possibility could ever be brought together." Of course "15 different systems of foreign mercantile law had been examined," of which Lord Brougham glibly threw in some half. dozen speci mens. Of course, Lord Brougham proposed that fur ther proceedings should be stayed till his foster child had been duly appreciated. Of course, Lord Cottenhans consented with a grumble, and postponed the Committee on the Bill till that day fortnight, when ( we h ope we may add, in conclusion) it will, of course, be carried without further delay.— Times. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A FATHER AND MS SON -On Saturday evening, between five and six o'clock, the following appalling accident took place on board the Ann barge, of Faversham, lying off Belvedere timber-wharf, Lam beth. The master of the vessel, William Terry, and his son, Bobert Terry, were assisting in unloading her of a cargo of timber, when, just as an immense block had been raised about nine feet from the deck, the iron claws by which it was sustained suddenly gave way, and the timber fell upon the unfortunate persons beneath it. They were extricated as speedily as possible, and conveyed to Westminster Hos pital in a state of insensibility. The sufferers were alive last evening, but were not expected to survive many hours. We regret to hear that Sir James Duke, M.P, continues seriously indisposed, and is quite unable to use his limbs, from a severe attack of rheumatic fever. .• - - GENERAL COURT MARTIAL.—STRIKING A NON• COMMISSIONED OFFICER.—On Saturday last an inquiry took place at Portman-street barrack, of which Colonel Lascelles, of the Grenadier Guards, was president, touching the con duct of Thomas Hopkins, aged 21, who, without the least provocation, deliberately struck Sergeant and Drum-Major Caldwell, of the Coldstream Guards, whilst on duty. - - It ap peared from the statement of witnesses, that Hopkins, on Friday evening parade, assembled with others of the ofls infantry placed offi cers, in drums and fifes, and after the usual custom ar y ins p ection, ho suddenly left the ranks, and struck C aldwell a violent blow e under ustody t h, whene left a jaw. cou O - m f a c r o t u i a r l s , eheconsisting was instantly assembled in the adjutant' s room of the barracks. T he prisoner, it appeared , had been drinking, and when called on r t for his defence pleaded guilty. The sentence of the court, martial was that he be transported for seven years ; but it is hoped that sonic mitigatory circumstances may save him from the sentence being fully carried into effect. DEATH OF THE HON. R. B. WILBRAHAM, M.P. —it is with regret we have to announce the death of the above Hon. Gentleman, who expired yesterday afternoon at illness was had fi ve minutes to one o'clock, at Lord Sk e l mersdale ' s, in Port land-place. We understand that the deceased been considered u n - well for some days previous ; but his m erely an attack of influenza, and, the least danger was apprehended consequently, not me dical attendant or relatives. either by his the eldest son of Lord The deceased was of Lady Stanley, He was and brother October, 1801, and ma i d was born the 27th of Jessey Brooke, third rr e the 22d of May, 1832, Miss Bart., by whom he daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, leaves several children. Lord Skelmers daleLord and Lad3r Egerton, S Lady Charlotte tanley, Lord Alvanley, Mr. T. and and other families of rank are placed in mourning • , b by the demise of the Hon. Gentleman. In 1835 he was returned to the House of Commons for it . ll Lancashire, which county he has successively represented_in Parliament in conjunction with Lord Francis Egerton. By his death a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons for that county district. FATAL ACCIDENT .—Yesterday, . . esterday, about noon, an ac cident of a most heart -rending description occurred to a fine child, named John Winter, son of the Bishop of Norwich's coachman. It appears that the unfortunate child, who was only one year and a quarter old, had, unobserved, crept to a trap-door in a room immediately over his Lordship's stables, and fell through, into one of the stalls, under one of the horse's feet. The father, hearing the horse plunge in an un usual manner, went to him. when he perceived his child en, tangled in the animal's feet. He instantly rushed to his rescue, but, before that was accomplished, he himself received several severe kicks. The poor infant was at once conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where it breathed its last about three o'clock. THE CRIMINAL LOWTHER.—We are glad to be enabled to state, that a final order has, at length, been re ceived from the Secretary of State's office, to the effect that the man Lowther, who was convicted at the last assizes of the murder of the Marquis of Normanby's and gamekeeper, sen t e nced to be executed, is to be tra nsported for life.--. Yorkshirenian. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone is to preside at the anniversary festival of the Noblemen and Gentlemen educated at Eton College, on S t da ur ay, the 18th inst at the Thatched House Tavern. 9 - CARRYING COALS TO NEWCAST morning the Frith of Forth presented LE.—On Saturday —upwards of thi r ty li g h t e 0 ..t, il I very animated scene the various coal ports '2,n - rs were seen beating up to the coast, to load coal for the n London market. ' glisb - • consequence of the " strike" among the ___ pitmen ; and, what is not a little curious, a large vessel is at present loading Scotch coal for Newcastle.--• Durham Advertiser.