The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-03 00:00:00

OVEBLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. The Indian Mail to the 27th of August has arrived, bringing letters and papers from Bombay to that date. The intelligence which they communicato, though not of a striking character, is of considerable interest. From Calcutta it relates principally to the new and late Governors-General. Sir Henry Hardinge arrived there at eight o'clock in the evening of the 23d of July, and was imme diately sworn into his high office. His first act was to continue Mr. Bird as Governor of Bengal. On the nett and subsequent days he held levees and durbars, and has thus far gained golden opinions from all parties, although there are some who appear to doubt his future proceedings, as being nearly connected with Lord Ellenborough. The most ex traordinary criticisms continue to be made on that Noble Lord and his acts, which have been charac terised as the result of his caprices, although to Say one who will take the trouble of examin ing the dates, &c., it will soon become evi dent that the acts most condemned were all under taken and carried into execution with the privity and sanction of at least some" members of the British Government, although the Directors of the East India Company may have been supposed to have been left in ignorance. Hence also the rumour got up by a certain party in Bombay, though against all probability, again to that Sinde and the Indus were once be placed under the odious yoke of the Ameers. Prior to his departure, Lord Ellenborough was entertained publicly Cale by the officers of the army at Calcutta, and he then declared that his chief regret on quitting India arose from his separation from the military service, which he highly prized. He em barked on the Ist of August on board the steamer Tenas "rim, and immediately started for Suez. Every effort was making to stop the subscription got up to have a testimonial erected to him. The rainy season in the north-west provinces pre vented all military movements. It was stated at Agra that Sir H. llardinge was about to undertake a jour ney to Allahabad, whither the Lieutenant-Governor of the north-western provinces was about to proceed, in order to meet him. It appears probable that the new Governor-General will not content himself until he shall have visited the principal military stations in those provinces. As he is freed from the minor regulations of the government of any of the presi• dencies, it is highly probable he will carefully examine the details of the army. The popularity of Sir Henry Hardinge with the military is likely to be increased, as it had been ru moured in India, and as it was said on good autho rity that he was empowered to raise new regiments, to add one captain to each of the actual corps, and to re-introduce the punishment of flogging into the native army. This last measure appears to be con sidered imperative by the generality of the officers, especially since the occurrence of the several mutinies Which have latterly disgraced the troops of Madras and Bengal. The mutiny of the 64th Regiment of Bengal In fantry, which had been repressed by the decided measures of General Hunter, had produced the most stringent proceedings on the part of Sir Charles Napier, the Governor of Sinde. The colours were taken from the regiment, and the trial of the forty ringleaders of the mutiny was going on with the greatest care; it had commenced on the 22d of July, at Sukkur, and a strong example would, it was expected, be made of those who should be proved guilty. It will tend to show how little credit is due to clamour when it is known that in consequence of the introduction of proper arrangements, and the erection of suitable buildings, there is not near the former quantity of sickness in Sinde this season. It is true that the worst period is generally considered to be after the subsiding of the Indus in the last months of the year. The 86th Regiment and two companies of Artillery had lost several men. A small expedition sent to attack a fort called Burshoree, thirty-six miles north-west of Khanghur, had been obliged by the great heat to retreat back to Khanghur. Sheer Mahommed was still at large in the mountainous districts, but he was not able to collect forces sufficient to do injury. The news from the Punjaub represents that country as a prey to anarchy and confusion, and the lowest intrigues of assassination and plunder by the chiefs. Heera Singh does not appear to be fixed in his power, and expectation was afloat of the great com motions agitating the Shiekhs in the month of October next, at the time of the great Hindoo festival of the Dusserrah, when all the native States are in the practice of making war against their enemies. The British Indian Government is the chief object of the Shiekhs' hatred ; and if credit can be given to the rumours current on their frontiers, that spirit of hatred is fomented by intrigues that take their origin from Persia and Russia. post Mahommed, and his infamously notorious son, Akbar Khan, have formed alliances (the latter a matrimonial one) with Yar Mahommed, the usurper of the sovereignty of Herat, while they are also making arrangements with Heera Singh for aiding the Shiekhs in cas e of a conflict with the British, with a large army, in the hope of conquering and plundering the north of India. These intrigues are well known, and cann ot fail to influence the future policy of Sir Henry Hardinge ; for however pledged he may be to avoid a dispute with the Sheiks, circumstances more powerful than his promises are likely to force him into a war. It is therefore highly probable that Sir Henry Ifardinge, like all prudent men, will not wait for an invasion of the British territory, in order to make effective preparations for the approaching emergency. The rulers of Caubul, Candahar, and Herat, are described as acting known before mid more unanimity than ever the di , an Heera Si ng h , no t w ith s tanding ulties of his Govern meet, is eager to side therefore, - with, and to be supported by, those chieftains. It is, an a bsurdity e to suppose that in India the British Government can govern by a merely passive system. Th ere i s by far more security in the prac tice of rapid conquests, which awes the natives into submission. Another report stated that Yar Mahommed had driven away the Persians, who contemplated an attack on his city. It was said also that the Wullee of Khooloorn was preparing at the bead of a considerable force to invade the dominions of Dost Mahommed. The caus e o f th e di s p u t e i s said to be the abduction of a youth of great beauty, who belonged to the Wullee, but whom the Dost detained since last year, when he came ou a visit to Caubul. In Gwalior there were some intrigues respecting the command of the Jhinsee troops, who had mutinied against their chief, Bulevunt Rao, on account of his great oppressions. It was said that an uncle of the young Maharajah would obtain the command. Bundlekund was tranquil, and great praise was bestowed on the police battalions, and especially on the portion of them under the orders of Major Ferris, for their activity and energy in putting down the disturb ances, and arresting the numerous Dacoits that used to infest those districts, before the measures introduced by Lord Ellenborough led to those favour able results. The succession to the throne of Holkar, at Indore, has been settled by the elevation to it of a son of Bhow Holkar, who had married a daughter of Hur ree Rao Holkaf. The young Maharajah has assumed he name of Tookajee Holkar, and promises well. H e is described as a manly boy, and has conciliated he good-will of the people. The arrival in Bombay of Sir Henry Pottinger from I._ _ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSEIA,Y MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1844, LAHORE. Matters are going on here pretty smoothly, as far as the immediate vicinity of the capital is concerned. Military preparations continue the order of the day; the rebellions beyond the Indus in the Hill country, north and south of Karabaghon that river, have been suppressed. Goolab Singh still holds aloof; and the widow of Suchet Singh continues active in her in trigues, in her own jagheer of Sambhar, which is just within the hills, and not far from Jumboo. The internal state of the country, at a distance from the capital, is anything but tranquil, though certainly not one of open rebellion. A considerable uncertainty hangs over the fate of one of the princes, Peshora Singh, lately in opposi tion, and it is supposed by some that he has been put to death by Heera Singh, as the shortest way of set tling all accounts. Several of the chiefs are sending all their disposable property over into the British ter ritories, and we know of one instance in which one of them has deposited;upwards of 200,0001. with bankers on our side the Sutlej ; he was attempting to send over two more mule loads of gold, when want of care led to their seizure, and the whole found their way into the private treasury of the minister. A quarrel of a serious nature has arisen between Sheik Einam ood-deen, governor of one of the central provinces of the Punjaub, and Dewan Sawun Mull, the governor of Mooltan. Several thousand men arrayed on each side are only waiting the nod of their respective superiors to fall on each other. The only point to which Heera Singh can look with any satisfaction, next to his suppression of the trans4ndus rebellions, is the success which has to all appearance attended his late negotiations with Dost Mahommed Khan of Caubul. We judge of this matter by the fact of the breaking up of Mahommed Akbar's army at Jellalabad, and the withdrawal of most of the regular troops from Peshawur—two circumstances which speak for themselves, and are strongly supported by an offer said, by our Caubul correspondent, to have been made by Post Mahommed to Heera Singh, to assist him with any . number of troops he might require in case of his being engaged in hostilities with the British. How far this offer -may be an indication of the truth of the generally received opinion that a great combi nation has been formed against us in Central Asia, it is impossible to say.—Delhi Gazette Overland, Aug. 15. CAUBUL. We have very little of real importance connected with this part of Central Asia to communicate. The only item of any consequence, and which tende to prove that the Machinations of Persia and Russia, if any such have been lately, set on foot, have failed, is that relating to the conclusion of a much closer con nexion between Yar Mahommed, of Herat, who, it ap pears, by our latest letter, extending to the 2d of July, has 'succeeded in beating off the Persians from his immediate vicinity. He has proposed that one of his sons should marry a daughter of Dost Mahommed Khan, and sent a Vakeel with an offer to that effect. The Ameer of Caubul had not given any decided answer to the offer. Some cause of quarrel has arisen between the ruler of Caubul and the chief of Koo loom, who is supported by the King of Bokhara, and preparations of an active nature are being made at Caubul to enter with vigour on a campaign which is to be:conducted by Mahommed Akbar Khan, who has completely recovered from his late indisposition. The advanced troops had even marched from Caubul. The Ameer had been persuaded to reconcile himself with the Kuzzilbashes of (Caubul), whom he had hitherto greatly distrusted, and to bestow a dress of honour on their chief. INDORE. We have to announce that a new Sovereign has at length been placed on the throne of Holkar, the son of Bhow Holkar (who married a natural daughter of Murree Rao Holkar), with the concurrence of the Mah Saheb and the Taee Saheb (who both pronounced .the lad to be next heir to the throne after Martind Rao), and amid the acclamations of the whole coun 'try. The installation, at which the name of Tookajee Holkar was conferred on the young Sovereign, is said to have been a grand affair, and extremely well managed. FAREWELL ENTERTAINMENT TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH. A splendid farewell entertainment was given to Lord Ellenborough on Monday evening, at the Town hall, by the Military Society of Calcutta, Barrack pore, and Dum-Dum. General Cooper, the Presi dent, proposed, " The health of her Majesty the Queen, ' which was drunk with loyal enthusiasm. Next came the toast of the evening—" Lord Ellen borough"—prefaced by a few words from the Gallant President, much to the point. His Lordship's rising drew forth fresh peals of applause, after which he addressed the company, substantially as follows : " Gentlemen,—l thank you most cordially for this last testimony of your kindness, which is, I assure you, only the more gratifying to me because offered altogether on grounds personal to myself, and haring no reference to any political or military measures of my government. " I thank all the officers of the united army of India for the uniform cordiality and kindness with which they have at all times everywhere received me. I thank them for the confidence they from the first reposed in me, and which no circumstances have, I believe, ever led them to withdraw. They fairly ap preciated the difficulties of my position, and they gave me credit for having at heart the national honour. I thank you all for the invariable zeal and devotedness with which every instruction I have ever given to a military man has been executed ; and, above all, for that spirit of enterprise and that noble ardour in the field which, emulated by the troops of both services, has led in these later times to achieve ments never surpassed in the most splendid periods of our military history. " Gentlemen,—l congratulate you on the high. testimony borne to these later achievements by the great man who can best appreciate military services, and who is himself connected with the brighest glories of past times. " Let it not be supposed that the glories so obtained are barren glories, obtained only at a great public cost, and productive of no benefit to the people. In India the continued reputation of our arms is an in dispensable condition of our existence ; and if at this moment the revenue, and the commerce of this coun try, and the condition of the people, be, as they are, changed indeed from the state in which I found them, to a state of unexampled prosperity, it is to the peace dictated by our arms to China under the walls of Nankin ; it is to the general sense that our rule, which has been re-established by two years of vic tories without a single check, that that unexampled prosperity is to be directly traced. " Gentlemen,—The only regret I feel in leaving India is that of being separated from the army. The most agreeable, the most interesting period of my life has been that which I have passed here, in canton ments, and in camp. I have learnt to estimate the high qualities of the officers of the united armies. Amongst them I now leave the friends I most respect and regard. I have learnt to estimate the admirable character of the native Sepoy, elevated as it is by his confidence in the British officer, and by Euro pean example in the field. Amongst them are some of the noblest of soldiers, deeply attached to those by whom they are led, and full of enthusiastic devotion to military honour. Che rish that confidence; cherish that attachment and that devotion by every act of kindness, of considera tion, and regard. Be assured that the zealous obe dience of a contented native army is the magic charm by which in India a few govern millions ; by which this empire has been w on, and by which alone it can be preserved. " Gentlemen,—l sincerely congratulate you on the appointment which has been made of Sir Henry ilardinge as my successor. A good soldier himself, he will justly appreciate good soldiers. Confiding in Be was welcomed with addresses, and with dinnersc ba;.ls, &c. The Chamber of Commerce presented an address, to which his Excellency returned a most remarkoble answer, in which the late proceedings and negotiatio.'►s in China are reviewed. This document is worthy of great attention, as placing the question of the opium trade in a fair light. Sir Henry Pottinger embarked at Bombay on the 27th of August, on his return to Europe. There has been considerable discussion respecting the cruel mode in which some of the sick Coolies, who were sent back from the Mauritius to Bombay, had been put on board, without any comforts, or even the common necessaries for the voyage. One of them died, and the coroner's jury warmly expressed their dissatisfaction at the manner in which he had been put on board. The ship Royal Admiral, which sailed from New port on the 16th of March, with coals for Aden, being forced by stress of weather to come to Bom bay, was wrecked on the rocks at the entrance of that harbour on the 25th of July. The news from China does not come down later than the 21st of June, and was brought to Bombay by the steamer Driver, on board of which Sir H. Pottinger arrived there. Great dissatisfaction was expressed at the meddling of the French and Americans in the now settled affairs with China. It is mentioned that Sir H. Pottinger, prior to his de parture, had introduced his successor, Mr. Davis, to Keying, when they held a conversation without the aid of an interpreter. This is considered a great ad- vantage. There was considerable satisfaction felt at Bombay in consequence of the mails from London having ar rived there in 28 days and 16 hours, and it was ex pected that the voyage would be performed in much less time by powerful vessels when placed on that station. The Semiramis frigate, which took back the mails of the 19th of July, subsequently for warded by the Sesostris steamer, had her broken shaft instantly repaired, and is again in an effective state. The Sesostris left Bombay at a few hours' notice, on the 31st of July ; she brought the mails which the Driver had conveyed there from China. Amongst the deaths on the western shore of India during July and August may be mentioned those of Mr. W. S. Boyd, C.S. ; Dr. Jephson, Assistant- Surgeon; Rev. M. Valentine, and Captain Halliday, 86th Regiment. The fall of rain during the monsoon was scant in that part of India, but hopes were still entertained of a heavy fall. MONEY MARKET. Hurkaru Office, Calcutta, Aug. 13, 1844. Since our last summary, the money market has been in an unusually quiet state, and capital is abun. dant, with considerable di ffi culty of employment in safe channels. All Government Securities are rising—the new Five per Cents. are touching on, and probably will soon pass, 10 per cent. premium. The uncertainties which crippled all monetary transactions seems to have taken themselves off with the ex-Governor- General.— Times. MONTHLY SUMMARY. (From the Bombay Times of Tuesday, August 27.) The intelligence in oar present summary refers to a period of nearly six weeks, extending from the 19th July to the 27th August. Though broken in upon by the dispatches from Bombay on the 31st ult., after the return of the Semiramis, and those from Calcutta by the Tenasserim on the Ist of August, we shall keep the thread of our narrative uninterrupted, since our last regular publication, to preserve perspicacity to our readers. The unusual lapse of time supplies but little news. The troops in Sinde are, on the whole, eminently healthy, with the exception of Brett's and Rowland's artillery, and her Majesty's 86th, all of which have of late been suffering severely. The mutiny in the 64th has been quelled, but not till after severe measures were resorted to; the lesser offenders are to be dismissed the service, a portion of the larger ones will, in all likelihood, be punished capitally. Another detachment sent out in the neigh bourhood of Shikarpore has been compelled to retire in consequence of heat and want of water : an attack from the enemy made on them during their exhaustion might have proved fatal to them. General Napier con tinues at Kurrachee, but is expected to: proceed to Sukkur in October.—Lord Ellenborough left India on the Ist August, having received an entertainment from 200 officers of the presidency division, and a testimonial of 1,5001. subscribed for by about 100 gentlemen in the Bengal presidency—both the most insignificant marks of individual approbation ever bestowed on a Governor-General; surpassed by the acknowledgements conferred on private individuals of the most common-place popularity. The rains threaten to be unusually scanty in Western India, and alarms for security begin to be experienced. Affghanistan has, of late, been considerably more tranquil than formerly ; and the power of Dost Ma hommed and his family begins to be established on a firm and substantial basis. The Punjaub is consider ably less noisy than hitherto. The new Governor- General has had no opportunity as yet of doing any thing to call forth a general expression of opinion. From China the news given in our last extended to the 28th of May. Our present intelligence comes down to the 21st of June. It is of no great general importance. Sir Henry Pottinger and staff, who sail for England by this day's steamer, arrived here on the 29th of July. with the artillery, are distributed around the town.' The 13th Native Infantry are at Alyar-ka-Tande. At Kurrachee we have a company of European artillery, her Majesty's 78th (Highlanders), and the 14th and 25th Native Infantry. Another mischance—the fourth that has befallen us within these few months— had occurred near Shikarpore. On the 18th of July, Captain Mackenzie marched from Kanghur with 150 horsemen to attack the fort of Burhoree, 36 miles to the north-west. On the 19th he was followed by Captain Smith of the Artillery, with 160 horsemen, 70 sepoys of the 69th Native Infantry, and a couple of guns—these detachments joined near our frontier post of Rojhan, 11 miles north-west of Kanghur. The detachment, now consisting of about 400 men, remained here during the whole of the 19th, the men subject to the most intense suffering from heat and want of water. They bad only proceeded about seven miles on their onward march, which they had begun about five in the evening, when Captain Mackenzie became alarmingly ill and insen sible from the effects of the forenoon's sun. Captain Smith having assumed command, the men were found in such a state of extreme exhaustion, and no signs of water being procurable having made their appearance, it was resolved to fall back on Kanghur, near twenty miles in their rear. Shortly after the return of the unsuccessful detachment, the Belochees plundered a village near Larkana. These are inci dents which may be looked for as of incessant occur rence. According to one report, Poolajee, the head quarters of the Murree and l)oomkie robbers, is to destroyed when we get at it ; according to another and more probable one, Beejah Khan, with another of the principal freebooting chiefs, was to be taken into our pay, to protect the country. The orders which had been sent for the immediate dispatch of the Bundle cund Legion, a regiment of Europeans, and another of Irregular Cavalry, have been cancelled. Active measures have been taken to prevent the undue spread of the Indus, which this season had risen to an un usual height. SINDE. Our intelligence from Sinde extends from the 4th July to the 14th August, having been brought down to the former date on the 19th ult. We must discard the consideration of that dispatched by the Sesostris on the 31st of July, as at that date it was not in our power to make up a systematic precis of intelligence. It is of a somewhat mixed complexion, but on the whole eminently satisfactory. The health of the troops throughout was excellent. Her Majesty's 86th had lost altogether 60 men since their arrival at Hyderabad, and two of its most popular officers Captain Halliday and Dr. Stewart. Captain Brett's company of Foot Artillery had also suffered severely, and dysentery prevailed to such an extent in Captain Rowland's troop that it had been ordered down to Kurrachee. The casualties, however, were not numerous. We gave in our last a short notice of the mutiny of the 64th, down to the time when it was marched from Shikarpore to Sukkur, and at the last place disarmed, 39 of the ringleaders having been given up. The regiment, though now disarmed and coerced into this act of obedience, still continued to manifest symptoms of insubordination and discon tent. Having been desired to surrender some of the minor defaulters, and to supply evidence against the chief mutineers they refused compliance, and the colours were directed to be taken from them and lodged in the fort of Sukkur. The painful task of carrying this into effect was, on the 13th July, en trusted to a company of her Majesty's 13th. On the day the 64th were deprived of their colours, the regiment was wheeled into a hollow square, the European company fronting the colours, when Captain Shortreed, who had been in command of the corps since the arrest of Captain Burt, explained the station orders, and the colours were taken out of the square and delivered over to the officer commanding the party. The scene is said, and we should think truly so, to have been most humiliating. A general order was issued by Sir C. Napier on the 24th, highly applauding the conduct of General Hunter and his officers, who was, with justice, said to have saved the regiment from dismissal ; had the misconduct of the Sepoys gone a single step further, the whole would have been disbanded—power to this extent having been vested in the hands of the Go vernor of Sinde. General Hunter was directed "to extract from the regiment the native officers, com missioned and non-commissioned, and private soldiers, whose conduct had been such as to deserve a less se vere punishment than that which is expected to de scend on the ringleaders now in confinement—to have them immediately dismissed from the regiment, and ordered off from the cantonments." Colonel Moseley having demanded a court of inquiry on his conduct, as concerning the late mutiny, the demand was complied with, and Colonel . Waddington, of the Bombay Engineers, appointed president of the court. The conduct of the European officers, and state of discipline of the regiment, have been severely cen sured by nearly the whole of our Upper Sinde cor respondents, and appear to have deserved the severest condemnation. The following is the disposition of the troops in Sinde :—At Sukkur are her Ma jesty's 13th Light Infantry, Nos. 1 and 5 Field Batteries, Captain Forster's (European) Light Field Battery (Bombay), 4th and 64th Regi meats Native Infantry. Shikarpore- 4 th troop Ist brigade Horse Artillery, 7th Light Cavalry, 69th Regiment Native Infantry, Col. Norton command ing. Kanghur—A detachment of Artillery (3 guns), 6th Irregular Cavalry, and two ressalalis 9th Irre gular ditto, and also a company of the 69th Native Infantry, Captain Mackenzie commanding. At Larkanah there is one ressalah of the 9th Irregular Cavalry, with the Camel Corps. At Hyderabad the 86th alone are quartered in the fort ; the entrenched camp is occupied .. bythe 2d Cavalry, and two corn - '.'he remainder of the Duke of Wellington, he cannot fail to make a correct vie :v of the real interests of India. Ms practical acquaintance with service in the field, and with all the details of military finance, and of the in ternal economy of regiments, must necessarily render him much more competent than I could ever have become, even with the best intentions and my utmost industry, to deal with all questions connected with the comfort of the troops, and with the efficiency of the army; and our past experience of his conduct in office in England affords the most satisfactory assur ance that his power will always be exercised in a spirit of liberality as well as of justice and of kind consideration and favour towards the troops of both services, that this result is to be attributed. These are the last words of earnest advice I shall address to you in India. I now bid you all most sincerely and cordially farewell. I shall soon be far from you ; but my heart remains with this army, and wherever I may be, and as long as I live, I shall be its friend." Loud cheering repeatedly interrupted him, and when he sat down the hums became so tremendous that it was evident the previous exertion had in no degree impaired the physical powers which conveyed to him the warm feeling of admiration and regard that glowed in the breasts of those who had just listened to his splendid address. CHINA. We have intelligence by her Majesty's steamer Driver, which came into port on the 29th July, from Victoria, the 21st June. Admiral. Sir T. Cochrane had returned from the north on the 2dJune. The visit of the French frigate Alcmene to Chusan and Shanghai had occasioned much excitement amongst the Chinese along the coast, so that it was considered eminently desirable that a strong naval force should be kept in the north for the protection of British life and property against the outbreaks of the mob. The American and French men-of-war Brandy wine, St. Louis, Cleopatra, and Alcmene, had arrived almost simultaneously in the Chinese waters. At Canton the populace continued very unruly, manifesting, on every occasion that presented itself, a spirit of extreme discontent at the' presence of foreigners. An arrow as a wind-vane had been placed on the top of the United States' flag-staff, and great umbrage had been taken at this by the Chinese : on what ground is not explained. On the 6th of May the American Consul, Mr. Forbes, had caused the obnoxious weathercock to be taken down. While a party of sailors were engaged in this, a riot com menced among the rabble, some of whom pushed themselves into the square and threatened mischief. A placard was shortly afterwards issued by the gentry, strongly recommending the maintenance of good feeling. Intelligence of the 17th from Canton is contained in private letters from Hong-Kong of the 19th, more recent than any we can discover in the papers of the last-named date. The mob had broken into the square of the American factory on the after noon of the 17th, and endeavoured to pull down the United States' flag. They were resisted, and a Chinaman, who turned out to be an innocent and un concerned shopkeeper, was shot. At 10 P.M. the Chinese soldiers made their appearance and cleared the square. The populace continued in a great state of excitement, and Canton was placarded with threaten ing notices that the factories would be attacked and burned. The Chinese authorities appear to have no power whatever over the mob, and it seems to be thought, that unless some strong and decided mea sures are taken by us, there will be no safety for either life or property at Canton. What may be the nature of the measures referred to as desirable is not stated. Sir H. Pottinger and his private secretary returned from China by the Driver. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CHINA.—We have received letters from China to the 21st of June, brought on by her Majesty's steamer Driver. The stocks of cotton in Canton were very heavy. The following is a copy of the report of stocks and deliveries from Ist to 31st May Deliveries. American 465 bales Bombay 10,983 do. Bengal Madras Stocks. 79 77,997 8,592 17,230 15,526 103,898 In June the deliveries would exceed 25,000 bales , Malwa opium had advanced at Hong-Kong. The quo• tations were—Malwa, old, 715 dolls, to 720 dolls. ; new, 700 dolls. ; Patna, 71.5 dolls. ; Benares, 695 dolls. Prices were also improving on the coast. There appears to have been a good deal or excitement in the opium market, owing chiefly to gambling speculations among some foreign residents, who had been selling more drug than they had in their possession at the time, in the hope of a fall in price : to meet their engagements they were thus compelled to buy on the best toms possible. Complaints of the quality of Malwa Ire still very great. We have been informed that of ten chests sent on by a friend in March last, that on being surveyed they were found to be short each chest fourteen catties in weight. The adulteration of opium in Bombay ap pears to be carried on to such an extent, that if steps are not taken to put an end to it, the existence of the trade will be endangered. The Hong-Kong port regulations are so defective that the infoimation with regard to im ports and exports cannot be depended on. Robberies are still of frequent occurrence. Sickness continue to prevail to a great extent, and the climate is very unfa vourably reported on. Trade at Chusan was dull—opium selling in small quantities at 725 dollars per chest. The inhabitants there were quite peaceable. The Friend of China says :—" Considering its commanding position on the coast of China, facilities for trade, salubrity of the climate, and respectability of its inhabitants, it is a matter of regret that it was not ceded to the Crown of Great Britain in perpetuity. As compared with this barren and unhealthy island it is a hundred times to be preferred, and might have been obtained with equal ease." A serious riot had occurred at Canton on the 17th of June. Business was in consequence greatly obstructed. The advices from Shanghae are good—trade, though not very brisk, was progressing favourably. There had been several attempts to smuggle opium, which, in most instances, had proved successful. The demand for goods at Ningpo was somewhat less active than at Shanghae ; the prices obtained were similar. Amoy.—The Friend of China says—" That though the nearest of all the new ports, Amoy is the one of which we hear the least. There is a constant communication kept up between this colony and that port by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co.'s opium vessels, but there is a mystery thrown over all the movements of their ships engaged in the illicit trade, which is not to be penetrated ; they come and go, without mail, passenger, or even the ceremony of intimating their arrival or intended departure to the harbour-master. Like the phantom-ship of the Cape, they pass to and fro, and nothing more is known. The great proportion of the legitimate trade with Amoy has consisted of cotton wool and Straits produce. In cotton piece goods, for the first five months after opening the port, the gross amount of sales did not exceed 35,000 dolls. ; of cotton twist 52,000 dolls. ; woollens 14,000 dolls. In all ar ti c l es o f i m p o rt—with the exception of opium —for the first year the amount will not exceed 1,000,000 dolls. The exports, so far, are trifling, being rather under 30,000 &Hs." MANILLA.—From hence we have received advices to the Ist of June. The market is very favourably reported on. There were no new importations of cotton goods, and the market was bare of grey and white shirtings, American domestics and drills, all of which are much wanted. Coloured goods were also in great demand. Woollens were plentiful, and not in great demand. A lot of English bar iron had sold at 3 dollars per picul ; this description was in great demand. The market was well supplied with Sweedish bar, nail rod, and hoop iron. The market was pretty well supplied with copper. Pig and sheet lead was in no demand, and the stocks large. No de mand for spelter, and the market was well supplied with steel ; the current rates were 3,4, and 6 dolls. per picul. Some lots of coffee had been sold for 7f dolls. per picul. Segars were very scarce ; and we are advised that there will be no more exportations of cheroots from Manilla until the new crop comes in, and that cannot be sooner than eight months. There was little doing in Exchange, in consequence of the great scarcity of bills. Tonnage scarce at 31. 10s. to 41. per 20 cwt. CALCUTTA. --A committee has been appointed by the supreme Government, to examine and report on the pro priety of constructing wet docks at Calcutta sufficiently capacious to bold all the shipping of that port. We learn from the Friend of India, that the gentlemen placed on the committee are Colonels Forbes and Irvine, Cap tain Goodwyn, of the Engineers, the Master Attend ant, and three mercantile gentlemen—Messrs. Beckwith, Mackilligin, and Stopford. As usual at this season, the advices of the probable out-turn of the Indigo crop are very conflictory. The districts have either had too much or too little rain. The want of rain in the dis • tricts of Bhaugulpore, Purneah, Tirhoot, Patna, Be nares, Ghazeepore, Moorshedabad and Shahabad, had been greatly felt ; mnch mischief had also been done by locusts, which have been very . numerous this season. Manufacturing was, however, in progress throughout Lower Bengal. The crop is estimated at between 130,000 and 140,000 factory maunds. The exports from Calcutta to Great Britain and elsewhere, from Ist No vember 1843 to 10th July 1844, are given at—Chests 44,885 =-• 164,321 factory maunds. (From the Overland Price Current, Aug. 27.) THE MARK ET.—OBSERVATIONS. BOMBAY, Auc. 27.—Since the departure of the last mail the average quantity of rain for the advanced state of the monsoon has fallen, and the accounts received from the interior hold out every prospect of good crops of almost all kinds of produce. The business of the season cannot be said to have fairly commenced till after " Cocoa-nut day" (this day), but the native dealers have shown a disposition to purchase before the usual period, and holders, generally, look for, and demand, advanced prices for most descriptions of goods. The low rate of exchange now current will render this the more necessary. Owing to this firmness on the part of importers, the transactions have been more limited than they would otherwise have been. METALS.--There have been but very few transactions in Metals during the month. Copper of all descriptions has declined. Braziers about rs 2, sheathing rs fd, and tile about rs 2, rs 11, per cent., per cwt, from our quota tions of last month, but the holders decline submitting to the reduced prices offered. Thera has been but little demand for Speller. A sale was made about fourteen days ‘ r=atatrsr.9.l4l4l2las:ns.s.perAcnwadt.,vaanntanooftlh4eralianbasout pera sales to quote, but British Bar has advanced rs. 1 at since our last, and is steady at rs. 25 per candy, and a corresponding advance has been submitted to on other sorts. An advance of 6 annas per cwt. has been given on Pig and Sheet Lead,: and the price is firm at r 3. 10}. The following are the only sales we have to report under this head : IRON-31 tons Square Nail Rod at rs. 31 per candy 20 tons Round ditto at „ 46 „ 100 kegs Iron Nails at „ 12i per cwt. SPELTER-500 civt at „ 14 4 „ 200 ditto at „ 14.15 ans. CorroN MANUFACTURES.—Grey and Bleached Long cloths have been in good demand at an advance—on the former of 3 to 4 annas per piece 40 inches, on the latter of 2 to 3 annas per piece 36 inches ; and a fair business has been done in Grey and Bleached Madapollams, at a slight advance. In Grey Jaconets there has been but little doing till within the last few days, and the prices obtained show no improvement on those ruling some months ago, but purchases have been made to a consider able extent. Bleached Jaconets are very dull of sale, and scarcely inquired for, and the prices offered unremu nerating. Grey Domestics have been sold to a limited extent, at unimproved prices. Striped Zebras continue uncalled for, but some orange ground dresses and pines have met with purchasers at fair prices. Turkey red goods, particularly cambrics, mulls, and twills, are in good demand, but at prices slightly below those obtained three months ago. The sales of Turkey red handkerchiefs have been very limited. YARNS.— The transactions in these have not been large during the past month. A slight advance has taken place in Nos. 70 to 100 mule, and on No. 30 water, while the prices of other numbers have declined a little. Coloured Twist has been inquired for ; Turkey Red not at all, and Orange only a limited scale. WooLLENs.—There are no-sales of these reported this month, nor any alteration in prices to notice. MARINE STORES.—With these the market is ',over stocked, and prices continued extremely low. The only sales made are for the immediate supply of the shipping. A sale of 5 tons Cordage, at rs. 18i per cwt. is the only one reported under this head. COCHINEAL.—We have heard of a sale of 4,8001b5. at rs. 21, and another of 1,6941 iii: at rs. 2, 4 , the latter being 4 arms per lb. above the quotations of last month. SAFFRON.—GIood quality is rather scarce, and in fair demand. A sale of 57 lbs. at rs. 22 per lb., and an other of 215 lbs., at rs. 29, have been reported. CfRKS.—No sales have been reported, and the quota tions are nominal. BOTTLES.—The following sales of bottles have been reported :-50 gross quarts at rs. 1 per dozen ; 104 gross ditto at rs. 1 and 3 annas ; and 491 gross piats at 14f annas per dozen. BEER.—Allsopp's and Bass's beer may be quoted at rs. 60 per hhd. Sales of 100 hhds. Saunders's at rs. 50 per hhd., and 175 hhds. Tennent's at rs. 45, have been reported. SPIRITS.—Brandy of good quality is still in demand at rs. 2i per gallon, and stocks are moderate. EASTERN PRODUCE. COTTON.—There is very little doing in this staple, and the stocks in first hands are low. Prices are de clining, and as the season will now open for imports, it is probable that more extensive operations may be resumed. COFFEE.—Fair supplies of Mocha have been received of late, and the stock now here is to some extent. As the accounts from England by the last mail were not very favourable, the dealers are inclined to take lower rates, and it can be bought at rs. 91 per maund, but shippers do not appear inclined to give that price, and a further decline may still be looked for. Of Berbera, there is none in the market. Gums.—Animal, Arabic, and Olibanum—Large ship- ments have been 'lately made to England, chiefly Zn native account, and they are now scarce in the bazaar, and very little of good quality to be met with. Ivoar.—The stock of ivory at present in the market is very small, and of inferior quality, for which extra vagant rates are demanded. OPIUM.—The drug continues at our last quotation, with a slight tendency upwards. PEPPER.—The stocks of both Bhutcole and Malabar in the market are at present very trifling, and supplies to any extent cannot be looked for from the Malabar coast for a month at least. Bhutcole may be quoted at rs. 67, and Malabar at rs. 57, per candy. Wool..—Prices of this article are almost nominal. Some small supplies have been received, which have been taken for shipment to England by a native mer chant at a very high rate. Supplies to any extent will not be received here until November or December. FREIGHTS. Freights have not fluctuated much during the month. The present rates may be quoted'at 3/. to London, 2/. 10s. to 3/. for Liverpool, and rs. 12 to 12: to China. MONEY MARKWI. There is scarcely any alteratia in the Government securities. The present quotations are -5 per cent. Loan of 1825-26 es. 109 at 110 4 „ „ do. of 1832.33 105 at 106 4 „ „ do. of 1835-36 99} at 100 5 „ „ do. of 1841-42 110 at 1104 4 „ „ do. of 1842-43 99i at 100 Exchange on England has slightly declined since our last quotations. The present rates are—for 6 months' Bills, ls. lOid. ; and for Bills at 30 days' sight, ls. 91d. per rupee. On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, rs. 100-14 as. .On Madras, at 60 days', rs : 1004 ; mid on China, at GO day's sight, rs. 217 per 100 dollar - s. BLNKS.—The shares of the Bank of Bombay are at present at 52 per cent. premium. The Bank of Western India has declared adividend of 7 per cent. The shares are at present quoted, old without dividend, and new, at 55 to 60 per cent. premium. PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Bank Notes, per £ LEVANT NEWS. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 21, 1844. The Geyser sailed hence early yesterday morning for Malta, having on board Lord Ellenborough. The Berenice, from Bombay, arrived at Vienna on the 17th inst., with the mails and 25 passengers, amongst whom is Sir Henry Pottinger, who proceeds this day to England by the Great Liverpool. Lieutenant-Colonel Powell, of the Ist Bombay Eu ropean Regiment, Adjutant-General of the Bombay army, died of dropsy, off Jedda, on the 13th instant, on board of the Berenice. This officer, who was about 54 years of age, had just retired from service. M. Bourne is in constant communication with the Egyptian Government to complete the arrangements for the transit through Egypt of the India mails, but it appears that he is progressifig very slowly, and up to this time nothing decisive has been done. MALTA, WEDNESDAY, SETT. 25.—The Alecto, from Corfu, has just arrived, 10 A.m. The Great Liverpool, with mails from India, ar rived this morning after one of the most rapid pas iages she has ever performed. She passed the Geyser steam-frigate at 8 A.M. on Monday, in lat. 34 35 N., ' -long. 20 17 E. This vessel, with his Excellency Lord Ellenborough on board, has just moored in the great harbour. I have not been able to ascertain if his Lordship will perform his quarantine here or not. Her Majesty's ship Formidable, bound to this place, had quitted Gibraltar before the departure of the Sy deaham, which brought us back our Commander in-Chief of the naval forces in the Mediterranean yesterday. Lieutenant Franklin will not now be sent for trial to Gibraltar. His court-martial will take place here. Commodore Smith, with the United States squa droa, is still here. The Tanus is expected to-morrow from the Levant. The Acheron's mail will close at 1 P as. this morn ing, and the Great Liverpool will leave port at 9 A.M. to-morrow. NEWS FROM PORTUGAL SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 2. - The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Liverpool, Captain F. Meehan, arrived this day, at forty-five minutes past three o'clock, A.M., from Gibraltar, bringing the following mails :—Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. Her dates of departure are as follow :—From Gib raltar, 22d ; Cadiz, 23d ; Lisboit;4sth ; Oporto, 26th; and Vigo, 27th ult. Ships-of-War lying at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's ships Albion and Warspite (the. Polyphemus sailed on the 21st for Malta) ; the Danish steamer Heels and brig Mercurius ; the Norwegian corvette Nordj stein ; the Austrian corvette. Adira ; and the Prussian corvette Amazon. _ _ _ At Cadiz—Two French line of battle ships and the Belle Poule frigate. LISBON, SEPT. 25 The downfal of the Cabral Administration is ap parently close at hand. The uncompromising hos tility of the Chamber of Peers—at least of its great majority—to the present Ministers, rendering it ne cessary that some coup d'etut should be ventured on to neutralise it. Cabral, it appears, drew up a list of 10 persons, all of them of course in his interest, and having caused the decrees nominating them severally to the peerage to be made out ready cut and dry, proceeded on Sunday last to the palace for the purpose of urging the measure upon the Queen as one of vital necessity. The Duke de Palmella, however, who was aware of his intention, had been there before him, and just as stongly recommended her Majesty not to do anything of the sort, as it would be esta blishing a precedent which other Ministries in their turn would act upon, and which would eventually lead to the complete swamping of that Chamber ; and as, moreover, the maintenance of Cabral and his colleagues in power was by no means an object of such import ance as they themselves would make it appear, the consequence of this was, that when Costa Cabral pro posed the measure to the Queen, and, in full confidenea of her assent to it, laid the decrees before her for sig nature, she coolly replied that the matter was of too serious a nature to be decided upon without further deliberation, and that she would therefore submit it to the consideration of her Council of State. This was the same as pronouncing his doom at once; for as the Council of State and the Ministers have been at open strife for a long time past, he has evidently no chance of favour from that quarter. Immediately after this interview had taken place, the Queen, it is said, sent the Duke of Palmella to treat with Viscount Sada Bandeira about the for mation of a new administration, which he did ; and the result of their conference was, that a coalition • and Moderate Septembrists, should be formed, the Duke himself taking the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Sada Bandeira the War Department, aid Silva Sanches and three others, the other four porte feuilles. The Cortes are to meet on the 30th instant, and it is expected that the debates upon the address will at once decide the fate of the Ministry. The auction for the tobacco contract terminated on Thursday last, when the contract was knocked down to the former contractors, Barons Folgosa and Jun queira, for the annual sum of 1,428 contos, but with out the condition of advancing a loan of 4,000 contos at par and five per cent, interest, us proposed by the Government. As, however, since then, Count Far rabo, Rio Tinto, Izidoro Guedes, and other bidders, have again come forward and protested against the Laing of the contract to Folgoza and Junqueira, which was done clandestinely after the number of days appointed for the auction had elapsed, the Government has announced that it will be put up again on the 26th inst. for the last time, the present contractors having made a new offer of 1,400 contos, and a loan of 4,000 contos at 6 per cent. The soap and gunpowder monopolies, the first of which is worth 137, and the second 60 contos a year, have been, on this occasion, joined to the tobacco contract, which is the reason why the price of the last-named is apparently so much greater than it was last time. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 30.—The Marquis de Ricce had the honour of an audience of his Majesty yesterday to de liver his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Sardinia. Tlie King also gave audience t o C oun t C o l om b e , t h e Minister of Spain. Conflicting reports have been in circulation for some days, relative to difficulties which are supposed to have been suspended for some days, viz. r the ratification of the treaty of the first of September by Prussia. The Magdeburg Gazette says, " That a person has been sent from Berlin with the ratification, but that it is only conditional respecting some points, which, however, are of minor importance. "If we are rightly informed, the ratification of the treaty by Prussia is not subject to any diffic u lty, but it must be also ratified by all the other States of the Zoll verein, so that some days may pass before this last for futility is completed. " We cannot yet estimate with certainty the effects of the treaty as regards the interests of Belgium and the Zollverein. Some think that the advantage is on the side of Germany ; others that it is more in our favour. On one point all are agreed, namely, that in a political point of view Prussia has acted with ability in obtaining this treaty. This is acknowledged in France, as every where else." CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 11.—On the sth of this month Prince Handschery, the first dragoman of the Russian Legation, in his full official costume, waited on Rifaat Pacha. He showed to the Minister the insignia of a Turkish colonel, and said they belonged to a colonel who had been taken on board a Turkish steamer laden with ammunition, which attempted to land on the Circassian coast. Rifaat Pacha replied that that was no proof either that the bearer of the insignia was really a Turkish colonel (if he were so), acting with the authority of the Turkish Government. To this the dragoman answered, that the Russian officers had examined the ammunition found in the vessel ; that the powder had been found to be of Turkish manufacture ; and that the muskets had the marks of those used in the Turkish army. To this Rifaat Pacha could only answer in ge neral terms, that neither he nor his colleagues had the slightest knowledge of the matter. The Prince then declared that the colonel who had been taken would be sent to the terrible mines of Silesia, but that the Porte, if it pleased, might claim him. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, Surr. 28. Actua Debt, per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 102% Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 98% Three per Cent........." Thirty-seven Millions, ditto 76 (1840) lO3 1E44 lOl Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent lO2 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 60% Issue of 1841 —Brussels Papers. Sept. 30 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vittrols, Sere 24. Five per Cents. Metalltques • llO4 Four per Cents. Three per Cents. 76 Bank Shares ............... ....... Zeitung, Sept. 27. LYMINGTON.—On Monday evening, soon after nine o'clock, an alarm was given twat a fire was raging , at Pilly, about two miles from this town. Upon arriv ing at the scene of devastation, we discovered that two cottages, a barn containing a quantity of wheat, hay ricks, cart-houses, & c., belonging to Mr. Gosling, were completely enveloped in flames, and that any attempt to save a portion of the property was useless, and in a short time the whole was levelled to the ground. The fire was so rapid in its progress, that the in mates of the cottages had only time to escape from being burnt to death: When the fire was first discovered it was burning at throe places to Windward, and there being a strong breeze, the work of destruction was al- most: instantaneous. We hope the wretch—for it is supposed to be the work of an incendiary—whose hand could thus be guilty of the most horrid of crimes, will 1., e discovered. A reward of 100 guineas is offered f 0,., the conviction of the offender. The property is insured._ Hampshire Independent. One of those fatal accidents arising c irom the cul pable conduct of chemists in leaving nr.,onvetent persons to serve in their shops during thei.i• absence happened a few days ago at Limoges. A :nhysician of the town having prescribed for a youn!, Woman who was slightly indisposed a small dose of a gentle aperient medi cine, his prescription w:a taken to the shop of a chemist to be made up. According to the inscription on the packet delivered at the shop, the whole of its contents were at once Edministered to the patient, who was imme diately seized with tho most violent pains, followed by vomiting, which could not be stopped, although the pre scribing physician and two oth e rs wh o were ca ll e d i n used all their science and skill, and in the end the suf ferer expired in the most frightful agonies. On investi gation, it turned out that the chemist's assistant, instead of giving thirty grammes of cream of tartar, which, ac cording to the doctor's prescription, was to be divided into small doses, delivered thirty grammes of tartar emetic, without any indication as to the manner in which it was to be administered. The chemist and his man are both under prosecution. —French Paper. ELECTRICITY AND LocKen-JAW.—The following account of the efficacy of this extraordinary remedy we should do wrong in withholding, though it should never again prove effective. We have the account from some friends who chanced to be present, and saw the patient eat ing the first meal she had taken in five days a few minutes after the spasm had ceased. She had been previously nourished by drawn milk through the apertures of the closed teeth, through which the edge of a knife could be passed with the greatest diffi culty. The young woman was thus affected in consequence of exposure to cold and fatigue, and was completely recovered by the electro-galvanic appa rates applied to both angles of the jaw. The machine had not made forty revolutions when the jaw opened to its full and natural width. We learn that it has been successfully applied for many nervous diseases of the eye ; also in a case of poisoning by laudanum, where two entire ounees had been swal lowed. In this case, the patient was revived by the ma chine, and collapsed alternately during five hours, the intervals becoming shorter, till speech was re-established. Curvature of the spine has also yielded to its power. Indeed, its proper application is as varied as diseases of general debility and irregular nervous action. It was applied by Dr. E. 11. Discon, of 5, Mercer-street. New York Journal of Commerce. SIIMESPEARE'S JUG AND CANE.—During the week of the Gloucester musical festival there have been ex hibited the jug and cane of the immortal bard of Avon. Subjoined is a desetiption of both of them, obtained by an actual inspection of the articles, with their history up to the possession of the person, in whose hands they are now placed :—Shakspeare's jug is worthy of the great genius himself. From a variety of inquiries it appears that no question need be raised as to the fact that the design of tkis vessel had its origin with Shakspeare himself. It is of cream-coloured earthenware, and in shape it resembles a modern coffee pot. The height of it is nine inches and a half, and in the widest part, or belly, it measures 15 inches. Longi tudinally it is divided into eight compartments, in e.;.eh of which is represented the principal deities of the Grecian mythology, beautifully executed, and quite perfect. These are Jupiter, Juno, Bacchus, Diana, Mars, Mercury, Apollo, and others attended by their train, and their characteristic insignia is plainly distinguished in the chariots and animal attend ants. Forty-four years ago, the possessor of this an tique and most interesting English relic had a silver top, or cover, placed upon it, to preserve the rim from injury, and to keep the interior free from dust. Upon the top of this covering is a medallion bust, most ex quisitely executed, and the inscription, " William Shak speare at the age of 40." The history of the descent of this jug from Shakspeare, in 1616, to the present time, is very interesting. Until 1841 this relic was kept in the family. The present possesssor of it, Mrs. Fletcher, a descendant of the immortal bard, then tried to prevent it going from the family. She was outbid, and Mrs. Mary Tuberville, of Charlton House, bought it for 30/. At the second day's sale of her effects, however, at a cost of nineteen guineas, Mrs. Fletcher re-bought the jug, and, during the week of the fes tival, hundreds of persons availed themselves of the oppor tunity of inspecting it. The cane is of the Malacca spe cies, in beautiful preservation, the enamel being untouched In length it is 4 feet inches, 4 inches in cirroutifie ference at the thickest part, and at the set off' for I hand of 10 inches, it is inches round. It 1 01 had a ferrule 5 inches long, but these mounting 1 evi dently, at some time or other, been mounted, an il d .l h av a e s been removed. There is no doubt of the genuineness of both these articles, as Sir Richard Phillips has spoken of them years ago as being in the family ago t heii (Thursdayo Forts s of Tewkesbury, and it is only a few days last) that the stick was purchased by Mrs. Fletcher, one of the few surviving descendants of the venerated owner, A POINTED BLOW.—An invalid sent for a physician, the late Dr. Wheelman, and after detaining him for 4dohcitsorp, a y i o n u s, h ac a h ve es, h Bz um c.., he thus summed up: so me time with a description of --" b u gged me long enough w ith your good.for-nothin pills and worthless syrups Ig they don't touch the real difficulty, yoTurwpisohwyeor to utoresatreih it strike the c“alut shallif it is in soofm y be ai d lm on e e nt 4 said dem otlhisehidnog a decanterctor,atthe of same time ;lifting this cane, an'd gin that stood upon the side board. Mr. G. Alexander Macfarren, the composer, was married on Fridily morning to Miss Andrae, the vocalist, Marylebooe Church. The young lady is a German COURT CIRCULAR. Wisnsou, IVEDNESD IY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Ikon. Charles Grey, Equerry to her Majesty, arrived at the Castle at half-past five o'clock this afternoon, from the Pavi lion at Brighton. The royal party travelled from Brighton by a spe cial train to the New-cross station this afternoon, and from the station proceeded in three carriages and four to the Paddington terminus of the Great West , rn Railway, where the royal party arrived at twenty five minutes before five o'clock, leaving by a special train for Slough, and from Slough proceeding in three carriages and four to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is ex pected to arrive at her residence, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor this evening, from the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Witley Court, Worces tershire. A deputation on the Cornwall Railway, consisting of the Earl of Falmouth ; Mr. Turner, M.P. for Truro; Captain Moorsotn, Engineer; and Mr. W. H. Bond, Secretary to the Company, transacted business yesterday, at the Admiralty. The members of the deputation had also an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the office of the Board of Trade. Captain Fitzgerald had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A deputation, including Mr. W. Ormsby Gore, M.P., the Hon. R. 11. Clive, .M.P., Mr. W. R. Col lett, M.P., and several other gentlemen, accompanie:l by Sir John Rennie, Capt. Moorsom, and Mr. Ray, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yes terday, at the Board of Trade, upon the plan for making a railway from Shrewsbury to Birmingham, by Wellington, Shiffnal, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office ; for the Governor of South Aus tralia. Dispatches were also sent off fur the Governor of Gibraltar. HER MAJESTY AT BLAIR ATHOL. ]LAIR ATIIOL, MONDAY. The disappointment yesterday throughout the village of Blair Athol was unbounded. It was impossible to shake the i nplicit belief which had firmly fixed itself in the minds f the people that they would see their Sove reign once more amongst them at the village kirk. All the villagers in the neighbourhood, and even the people about the Castle, were under the impre ss i on th a t h er Majesty would go to the church; but we were yestertlay enabled to inform our readers that the Queen woul4 not again expose herself to the annoyance which she was compelled to submit to during Divine service on the pre ceding Sunday, and the result has provca the authen ticity of our information. The church was again in vaded at an early hour, but the object or a portion of the congregation or rather audience, in attending Divine service, was most palbably obvious, for, when the car riage drove up to the church, with Lady Glenlyon, Mrs. Drummond, and the Hon. Miss Murray, several persona left the church. Some, however, who came to stare, re mained to pray, and the newly-married minister, Mr. Irvine, delivered an excellent sermon. His bride was also present, and came in for a large share of the staring which had been intended for her Majesty. Lord Glenlyon's pew was also occupied by Lord Aberdeen. Lord Charles Wellesley, Lord Liverpool, Sir James Clark, Lady Canning, and Lady Carolina Cocks, remained at the Castle in attendance upon her Majesty. The Queen did not leave the precincts of the Castle daring the whole afternoon. The Princess Royal did not accompany her Majesty in her promenade. The service of the Church was read before her Majesty in her private apartments. Groat preparations are going on for the departure of the Court, whi c h w ill t a k e p l ace at nine o'clock to morrow morning. Several baggage waggons, guarded by Athol Highlanders, with bright claymores and tar gets, left Blair Athol this morning for Dundee. The third division of the Highland guard, consisting of twenty-four Hic e ;hlanders, preceded by their piper, have marched morning for Dunkeld, and r the command of Mr.‘tiswald, of Dunnikier, and Mr. Small Kier, of Kjindroggan ; they were also accompanied by Captain the lion. James Murray, on horseback. Her Majesty will stop at Dunkeld, and go over the beautiful grounds around the unfinished mansion, which was commenced by the Duke of Athol. Those grounds are of immense extent, and of unrivalled beauty, and form one of the principal objects of attraction in the neighbourhood of the picturesque town of Dunkeld. The Highlanders who have marched to that town this morning, will form a guard of honour for her Majesty during her brief stay there. 7inich, it is expected, will not exceed an hour. Th-, detachments of Scots Greys have already arrived at their respective quarters along the road to Dunde e . _ _ Prince Albert left the Castle shortly after breakfast this morning., with Lord Glenlyon, for deer-stalking in the glen near to the Castle. His Royal Highness has become a complete venator—but unlike the venator of HorPice, who was tenerce conjugis inimemor, his Royal H:oghness invariably returns at an early hour in the af ternoon to drive her Majesty along the high road ; ex cepting on those occasions when he has been accompanied by her Majesty during these sporting expeditions. The Prince will return to the Castle at two o'clock, at which hour the royal carriages are ordered to be in readiness. Her Majesty continues in the enjoyment of excellent health.—Post. CHURCH PREFERMENT. THE ADVOWSON TO ST. NEOTS. 'We called the attention of our readers a few days since to the circumstance of the intended sale of a valuable rectory in Suffolk, on the 17th inst. The printed particulars are now in due course of dis tribution. This has afforded us the opportunity to glean a little from Mr. George Robins's original remarks on Church property ; but our present in tention is simply to notice an interesting record con nected with the living, which his research has discovered in White's " History of Suffolk," and which we annex to this short statement, observing that in times like the present, when there is not the least chance of war, it is not very easy to provide satisfac torily for a family; however profitable trade may be, a man of family cannot sacrifice his son to become a tradesman. " What then is open to him ?" We rejoin, nothing but the Church, and the natural consequence that seems to arise is, that Church property is now in the ascendant. The annual value is about 8801. DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION WHEREIN THE LIVING IS PLACED. "Rattlesden is a large village, in a picturesque valley, on one of the sources of the river Gipping, five miles W. of Stowmarket, and nine miles E.S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 1,142 souls, and about 3,200 acres of land, generally having a fertile clayey soil, and including a small enclosed fen, several open greens or commons, and the hamlet of Puy-street- green and Hightown-green, from one to two miles S., and Clopton-green, one mile N. of the village. The greater part of the open fields, &c., were enclosed about ten years ago, and the fen about seventy years ago. Clopton Hall, with the estate attached to il, is the seat and manor of Captain Windsor Parker, and was long the residence of the Clopton family. John Mosely, Esq., is Lord of the Manor of Rattlesden, which was held by the Bishop of Ely until the fourth of Elizabeth, and was granted, in the second of James the First to Philip Tyse and William Blake. It passed to the Moseloys in the early part of last century, together with the Advowson of the Rectory. The Coeksedge, Boldero, Mudd, Winson, Canham, Eaton, Finnan, Pettit, and some other families, have estates in the parish, and the soil is mostly freehold. The church (St. Nicholas) is a neat edifice, with a tower containing five hells, and surmounted by a spire. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 201. Os. 2 d., has about .50 acres of glebe, and a yearly modus of 7801. awarded, in 1840, in lieu of tithes. The Rev. James Oakes is the incumbent, and John Barney, Esq., is patron, and has the next pre. sentation. The Baptists have a chapel here, built in 1808, and rebuilt in 1823."—Vide " White's History of Suffolk." The glebe extends to 44 acres, and the land is exceedingly good. There is a capital garden, and all the auxiliaries essential to comfort. The incum bent is seventy-five, but the on dits affirm he is nearer to eighty. The parsonage-house will afford the new purchaser an opportunity to display his taste in alterations and improvements. This will employ his leisure time when he succeeds to the living, and try his pocket to the extent of a few hundreds. spectacle ASTLEY'S THEATRE. K'n Mr. C arter Batt)-,oetnhiec, musical, and d to equ ss e y s. , night, for the benefit of the Lion f ; of Themaz eKiwas ever-attractiv e revrevived raatmtaht Theatreequestrian o n that and i i t n is all due the trian aids, the re-production of the piece will stand g, sueoessfa comparison with 11 original introduction to the stage, in the season of 1831, by the late Du• crow. Amongst the principal incidents entitled t° ess M ent r ia i l 3 s a o t to notice for their excellent arrangements, are, the tournament scene, the gardens of the palace, and expulsion of Mazeppa, borne on the wild horse, with the encampment of the Tartar tribe, and the overthrow of the Count Palatine and the Castellan. Mazeppa was vigorously sustained by Mr. Danaville. Barry, the comedian clown, taxed the risibility of the audience to the utmost ; and Mrs. Short imparted %o the heroine, Olinska, a degree of feeling seldom grit• nessed in this theatre. The piece was vehemently applauded throughout, and the entire arrangement* reflected great credit on the atage manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, the successful manager and producer of the spectacles, the Affghanistan and Chinese War, and on whom the mantle of Ducrow has most worthily fallen. The entertainments terminated with the Lion of the Desert, the chief astounding novelty of which was the introduction of a lady with Mr. Carter in the lion's den, which was hailed by the audience with most tumultuous plaudits. The re• ceipts of the night amounted to the large sum of 3201., the whole of which was presented by Mr. Batty to Mr. Carter for the success attending his engagement• DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAT...-^Thif