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THE CONQUEST AND ADMINIS TRATION OF SINDE. TO THE EDITOR or THE TIMES. Sir,—Your insertion some time ago of a letter that I ad dressed to you about the Sinde Government now induces me to send some additional, and I hope interesting remarks, on that subject, especially as there seems to be an incipient desire for, as well as a great lack of, information, on everything con nected with that province. The little knowledge acquired by those who for factions purposes have sought information has been so worked up into party weapons, that any simple state ment of facts by a calm observer may be satisfactory, because all wish to know the truth, although so many distort or sup press it. Some weeks since we received the Indian Govern ment's publication of Sir Charles Napier's dispatch, and Sir Henry Hardinge's complimentary remarks on that officer's difficult operations in mountain and desert against the powerful border tribes ; but for this we should still be ignorant of the result, evcept from public rumour. Why the Board of Control have su long neglected this im portant duty is hard to say, but it will surely be mortifying to both the General and his army when they know of the omission, and very naturally so; for when troops have made a campaign of such hardship and danger, and, without the excitement of battle, have displayed in a conspicuous de gree the hardest of military virtues ; when uncommon skill and sagacity in the General, with a corresponding devotion in the army, have brought a deep-laid and perilous plan of operations to a happy and nearly bloodless issue, with the accomplishment of a great political object (farigreater than the generality of people here are aware of), they surely deserve at least some alight recognition of their services by her Majesty's Govern ment. Sir Henry Hardinge, himself a soldier, seems to have felt this, and has done his part; but the Board of Control's continued silence shows that whoever directs its movements is either incapable of appreciating such exploits, political or military, or has sadly neglected his duty. Such negligence does not make good and faithful soldiers ; yet India depends on her army : and it is moreover gratifying to the spirits and feelings of the officers, notwithstanding that their sense of duty is founded on higher principles than can be shaken by the neglect, or incapacity, of an effete Minister. That the Government of Sinde has been judiciously ad ministered is, I think, proved by this campaign, in which we see (and only two years after a bloody conquest) the British reeneral supported, and most usefully and zealously supported, by two great Belooch cheftains (one of them a sovereign prince), at their own expense, and with a numerous following, against their friends and countrymen. But it has been asked, " How is Sinde governed? By any form of native or general Mahometan law, or by the simple fiat of the Governor?" Let us examine the as yet infant system of its administratinn, and always bearing in mind that " Rome was not built in a day," nor the "little village " we live in in a week, endeavour tp answer these questions. Sinde being a great military conquest, the Government exists only in the will of the Governor, as it did previously in that of the Ameers; but all their forms that are practically consistent with common humanity have been preserved. The chief alterations made by Sir C. Napier are—first, a pro hibition against fathers, brothers, husbands, and nephews, in short, against all males related to the female, cutting the throats of their women, as they were in the common habit of doing, not only when the latter were detected in the act of adultery, but on the general suspicion of it. For instance, under the Ameers' government, if any man chose to declare that his kinswoman was an adulteress, or otherwise unchaste, it was deemed a sufficient excuse for his murdering both the woman and her supposed paramour, and protected him from all further inquiry. If the accusation were notoriously false, then the murdered man's relations took an opportunity of slay ing the murderer, and a blood-feud was commenced between the two tribes; but the Government took no notice of these affairs. Secondly, Sir C. Napier abolished torture, which was not only practised by the Ameers themselves, but by the kardars," or Government agents in each village, as well as by the " hakims," or governors of towns. Thirdly, the j " agirdars," or feudal lords, had also the power of life, death, and torturing ; this also has been abolished. Fourthly, sla very has been extinguished altogether; and let no man ima gine, as some ignorantly do, that slavery was a light load in Sinde—the exultation of the slaves, their openly expressed de testation of their masters, their eager and noisy appeal to the Governor against some chiefs who had disregarded the law and still retained them in thraldom, and their joy at the latter's punishment and their etwn final emancipation, is enough, if anything were regigited, to confute those writers and readers who assert and foolishly believe the contrary. Lord Ellenborough deserves great praise for this. Fifthly, in the collection of revenue, the Governor very early endeavoured to abolish all fees and reduce the ruinous amount of taxation imposed by the Ameers, who, amongst other things, seized four-fifths of the agricultural rroduce, leaving the rest, along with the cost of tillage, to the cultivator. The torture above alluded to was commonly used in the exa mination of witnesses, for which there were no regular rules, any more than for the administration of justice. The usual mode at Kurachee was to ask the witness without any oath what he kne Non the subject? If he pleaded ignorance, and thus ex cited the judge's suspicions, torture was directly applied to make him confess what the judge considered he ought to know. This was done by either hanging the suf ferer up by the thumbs and applying a red hot ram rod to different ports of his body, or pricking him with a dagger, or applying its naked blade to the throat with a threat of cutting it. Such were the usual modes of the Kurachee " hakims," but chiefly used when the wiliness was considered as an accomplice. Oaths were ten dered according to the forms of their religion to persons of in ferior rank, if unsuspected of any motive for concealment, and the examination then proceeded ; but a man of high rank was simply required to state what he knew, it being considered a disgrace both by Hindoo and Mehometan gentlemen to be put on their oath. At present a form of solemn affirmation is con sidered sufficient, as in the rest of India. At Hyderabad the practice was somewhat different ; oaths were administered in civil suits, but no regular criminal trials ever took place kind& the Ameers. In cases of murder, the usual practice was to let the tribes settle it amongst themselves ; and, as regarded rob bery, the " kardar" ascertained to the best of his ability who the delinquent was, and then put him in the stocks, and beat and tortured him until he confessed, while any one refused to give evidence, if he were believed to know something, was simi larly treated until his reluctance ceased. There were also the fiery and watery or•leals. If the accused were burnt in the former, or unable to remain under water the prescribed time in the latter without suffocation, or if he refused the proof, he was at once condemned. This, however, only applied to Hindoos and Sindians or Beloochees of a weak and helpless tribe; for. if string and powerful, no concealment was be emery ; the property was kept in defiance of " kardar" or plaintiff, and the first man who came to apprehend the culprit. was unceremoniously dispatched ; but if the person robbed happened to enj •y the protection of a powerful chief, then the property or its equivalent was commonly restored. This was the general character of Sindian justice under the Ameers, and the change is now sensibly felt and fully appreciated by all former sufferers, especially the women, who feel that they have peace and safety. There are no civil judges as yet appointed by the supreme Government, the Governor is all in all, nor is the country sufficiently prepared for them. Sir Charles Napier's plan is to have, both in civil and criminal cases, a preliminary ex. arnination by British officers acting as magistrates, and as sisted by a " eazi," or Mahometan attorney, who expounds the Nliessulmen law and Sinde customs. The magistrate's court is one of equity, and after a full examination, assisted by the " cazi's" expositions, he decides according to the best of his judgment upon a certain class of cases, but only those of minor importance, on which he is authorised to impose a fine, imprisonment, and corporal punishment; the first to the amount of one hundred rupees, the second for three months with hard labour, the third to the number of two dozen lashes. In civil eases he is much guided by the opinion of the " cazi," for the Mahametan law is generally very just in this respect. In all criminal cases of a grave character the magistrate only takes the evidence, which is forwarded through the Judge-Advocate-General, accompanied by the latter's opinion, to the Governor ; after due study the Governor orders a military commission to try the prisoner. The proceedings of this commission are then submitted to the Governor, through and by the Judge-Advocate-General, who cernmonly acts as prosecutor, unless other duties inter fere, when soma officer is substituted. In forwarding these acts to the Governor, the Judge- Advocate. General again accomoanies them with a written statement of his own sentiments on tto• proceedings and sentence, the whole of which is caret's' ly read and considered by Sir Charles Napier, who either confirms or orders a revision of the sentence, as in courts-martial, with this difference, however, that the military - commission is not a legal court, but only a council to assist him in the distribution of justice, he possessing full power to 'abrogate or commute thelr sentence by his individual autho rity, from which alone the Court derives any. Sir Charles Napier, as it would appear, considers the opinion of the mili tary commission as that of one court ; the opinion of the Judge. Advocate-General as that of another (which may be called a court of appeal) ; and the final decision by himself as the opinion of a third court. Wherefore, if all three courts concur in the " finding " and sentence, it is presumed that the prisoner has had a fair trial and is justly judged, whether condemned or ac quitted. If the opinions of two of these courts disagree— for example, the commission and Judge • Advocate- General, the Governor g ives his casting vote , and the prisoner has the advantage of knowingthat his case has been carefully in vestig teed by three distinct courts, quite independent of each other. The Governor's enormous power, extending as it does to life and death, renders this form of proceeding com pletely dependent on his will, which is, of course, the great evil of all absolute governments; but despotic rule is as yet indispensah'e for the protection of the Sindian people ; the chiefs w• uld obey no other, and any attempt to introduce a system of civil government would in all likelihood produce a gueri;la war. These, Sir, are the checks that the present Governor see ns to have designedly placed on himself against the possible, but, if we may judge from his acts, net probable abuse of his own tre meneous authority ; but they entail on him the vast labour (in addition to his mlitary duties and examination of courts martial, which are quite separate) of reading and cautiously pondering over every trial that takes place throughout all Sinde; and this is a fair proof, at least, of his anxiety to do justice; but, when coupled with a civil, military, and diplomatic correspondence with two presidencies, it accumu lates a fearful weight of business on one pair of shoulders, and people are astonished at his endurance. In this desire for just government Sir C. Napier is zealously aided by all the British officers, both civil and military ; so that, in point of fact, I believe it may be safely asserted that the most prompt and substantial justice is administered every where Brat s, and not only in cities and towns, but in the most obscure vi'lages of the country. That both the Governor and his assistants may occasionally err in their judgment is only to call them men; but such errors are not likely to be frequent or important, because the crimes they pronounce upon are gene rally of a very gross character, and just decisions are easily arrived at. Now, with reference to these improvements, though little can be as yet fairly expected, still we become auxious to know if any effects have been produced on the cha racter, habits, or affections of the three classes of inhabitants, namely, the Belooch, Sindian, and Hindoo populations ; and it is curious to contemplate the reaction amongst the latter people. The Hindoo, now finding himself equally protected with the Mahometan, shows a desire to exercise over the Be looch the same tyranny that he formerly suffered from him, and this is especially apparent in money matters. The. Hindoos are the merchants and bankers of Sinde. Under the Ameers they were treated like the Jews of the middle ages in Europe! and Sindo altogether is a very s t r iki ng picture, or rather remnant, of those unscrupulous days. Loans of money were forced from them by the M a h ometan f eu d a l chiefs, the ca pital of which was repaid either by i nsta l ments or Coe pensated by protection, or, more frequently, not paid at all. Now the tables are turned, and the Hindoo not only demands the capital debt, but long arrears of compound interest upon a simple interest of twenty, thirty, forty, and even higher percentage, forming cases so difficult and complicated that the Governor was at once compelled to cut the Gordian knot, and reject any contracts of an earlier date than that of the battle • of Meeanee. He, however, allowed the Hindoos a broad margin even in this, by giving the military magistrates a ri g ht tense their own discretion in minor cases, and of submitting J• t of more importance to the Government. The largest - eost puzzling of these claims was that made by Hindoo cradttors against the Ameers, on which they made strong appeals to his justice, and his answer was the only one he t have given, consistent with the taillastA ll o ces:—" I slid not fight the battle of errs' debts." In fact, the demands . (r uptic eeL . _ l 4 6 orbitant ; the c l a i m ants most atro void of principle, and to whom no . coterie a moment have listened, besides their debts. The Amt,‘ers, equally • L.,7" T E SUN, LON DON, MONDA I M RAILWAY COM3IITTEES: HOUSE OF LORDS. REPORT or THE SELECT COIVEIWITTEE ON THE LONDON AND YOE= RAIL WAY TAXLX.. The following is a copy of the report (4' the Select Committee appotnted by the House of Lords " to inquire into the allegations of the petition of _Henry Bruce, of Mincing lane, merchant, and two petitions of George Pryme, of Cambridge, Esq ; also a petition of certain subscribers of the London and York Railway," which was on Saturday presented to the House ot Lords, after the Lord Chancellor had taken his seat on the woolsack, and before her Majesty arrived. The report commences in these terms :—" The Com mittee hare proceeded to inquire into the circumstances referred to in the petitions referred to them, and have examined several witnesses, and they are of opinion that the evidence taken before them is sufficient to in duce them to recommend to the House that the Bill should not be allowed to be read a second time, until a further investigation has taken place ; but, as their inquiries cannot be brought to a close during the present session of Parliament, they do not propose to report the evidence taken before them to the House. " That in the petition of Henry Bruce, presented to this House on the Ist instant, and referred to this Committee, are included two lists: the first contains thirty-five names subscribed, objected to in respect to notices or descrip tions or places of abode as fictitious or false ;' the second list contains thirty names of persons who are alleged, from their circumstances or station of life, to be utterly irresponsible and unable to pay the several sums sub scribed by them.' "In the second petition, presented to this House on the sth of August, twenty-one persons, whose names appear on the lists already alluded to, have explicitly denied the allegations made against them, and have re quested that, if the House think fit to direct an investi gation of the allegations of the petition of Henry Bruce, the same may be made without delay; but the fuilest in quiry into the-circumstances the Committee felt ought to take place into this branch of the subject, so as to allow these last-named petitioners an immediate oppor tunity of exonerating themselves from the charges brought against them. The agents on both sides were informed of this determination of the Committee, and were allowed to produce evidence on the subject, but some of the parties did not appear. The Committee have, however, been enabled to investigate the following cases, in which the allegations contained in the said pe tition have not been sustained." The names of the parties are then inserted, to the number of thirteen. The' report then proceeds to state, " That the opposers of the bill have withdrawn all imputation against the following parties." This list comprises the names of twenty subscribers, of whom we may mention Messrs. Porter and Meredith of the 114:11 Navy, as well as Messrs. Vickers, Elliot, Roberts, Turner, and Jones. • In conclusion the report proceeds in these terms— " The committee cannot conclude without expressing their disapprobation of the hasty and inconsiderate man ner in which personal abuse has been brought forward against parties who appear, in several cases, from the admission of the opposes of the Bill them;=elves, and in others, upon investigation, to be free from all imputa- Lon." HOUSE OF COMMONS. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY SUBSCRIP- TION CONTRACT. The Select Committee on the pet►tion of Mr. Bruce assembled at half-past ten o'clock precisely. Present— Mr. Hawes (chairman), Mr. Warburton, Mr. Bingham Haring, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, Mr. B. Escott, Mr. Christie,. and Mr. B. Denison. . . Mr. Mowatt was the first party called in, after which Mr. Humphrey and Mr. Bruce (the petitioner), under- went an examination. Mr. B. Denison was also, we understand, examined at some length. The nature of these examinations did not transpire. The Committee remained in deliberation until shortly after one o'clock, when they broke up. Mr. HAWES then proceeded to the House of Com mons to pr.sent the report, which was, we understand, in effect as follows:—That the petition of Mr. Bruce al leged charges against parties named, which were classed under two heads; the first class of charges applied to persons who were alleged to have given false and fic titious names and plan >s of abode when they signed the Parliamentary contract. Under the second class, it was alleged that the parties were unable to pay the sums for which they had subscribed the deed. There was also a third class, which had reference to a general allegation, false and fictitious descriptions, and inability to pay the deposits fur which the parties made themselves re sponsible. Previous to the Committee inquiring into the two first classes of allegations, Mr. Bruce withdrew a large num ber of names, and expressed his sorrow for having intro• duced them into his petition, but said he had been in duced to do so in accordance with the advice given to him by his solicitor and agents. The Committee then proceeded to inquire into the two first classes of allegations, and, as it is stated, came to the conclusion that, in some of the cases the charges made, both as respects the incorrectness of the names of the parties, and of the descriptions given of their places of abode, and, also, of the inability of certain parties to pay the deposits for which they had subscribed their name:, were proved. The Committee, likewise, reported that in the case of sevtral other parties against whom similar allegations like those just referred to were made, the charges were not sustained. They also reported that several cases were postponed in consequence of absence of witnesses, and the non attendance of parties. The Committee did not go into the third head of charges contained in the petition, that which related to the general allegation of fraud, &c. The Committee then stated that, considering the case as it stood before them, they were of opinion that " Mr. Bruce had abused the right of petition," inasmuch as he had made charges against parties which were not founded in fact. The Committee came to no resolution as to resuming the inquiry next session. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, AUG. 8. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Bill.—Report considered; amendments agreed to ; Bill to be ingrossed. Railway Bills (Group X), —Special report brought up and read ; to lie on the table, and to be printed :—Bills withdrawn. London and York Railway (Sheffield Branch) Bill,—Re parted; report to lie en the table, and to be printed. Railways,—Return of Railway Acts passed in the present session, with the length of each line (ordered 4th August), laid on the table, and to be printed. Standing order, No. 23a, real, and amended, by leaving out the words " together with the line of the projected rail way laid down on a map of a scale not less than that of the Ordnance map of England," and inserting the words " toge ther with a published map to a sbale of not less than half an inch to a mile, with the line of railway delineated thereon, so as to show its general course and direction." Piers and harbours,—Address for " Return of all tolls now authorised to he levied for the maintenance of any piers or harbours on the coast of Great Britain and Ireland, on ves sels passing by but not entering within such piers or har bours; distinguishing the amount of any such tolls, the pe riod at which they were authorised to be levied, and the time during which they are to be continued ; together with the amount of such tolls received in each year, from the year 1838 to 1844, both inclusive." Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, &c.,—Address for " Returns from the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, the Societ►es of Apothecaries, and the Universities of Great Bri tain and Ireland, showing, for the three years ending the 31st day of December, 1844, the number of candidates et• amined in each College, Society, and University, for diplomas or licenses in medicine and surgery, the numbers of such diplomas or licenses actually granted, and a definition of the rights and privileges which such diplomas or licenses have conferred on their possessors." REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP (X) OF RAILWAY BILLS. (SPECIAL REPORT.) EASTERN COUNTIES (HERTFORD AND BIGOLESWADE), MID LAND RAILWAYS EXTENSION (SWINTON AND LINCOLN), MIDLAND RAILWAYS EXTENSION (LINCOLN AND ELY), YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND AND DiNCASTER EXTENSION, RAILWAY BILLS. Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on Group (X) of Railways, That, in the case of the Eastern Counties (Hertford and Biggleswade), Midland Railways Extension (Swinton and Lincoln), Midland Railways Ex tension (Lincoln and Ely), York and North Midland and Doncaster Extension Railway Bills, the parties promoting those Bills respectively, had intimated to the Committee that, in consequence of the advanced period of the session, it is not their intention to proceed further with them at present. Eord Courtenay further reported fro►a the Select Com mitttee, that, in reporting as above to the House, they think it right at the same time to state, that it is owing solely to the length of time occupied in the previous investigation, and not to any laches of the parties, that the Bills are not in a position to render it desirable that they should be further proceeded with. WILL OF THE LATE JOSEPH SOMES, ESQ., M.P.— The will of this extensive shipowner has been proved by the executors, Joseph and Frederick Somes, the nephews, and Thomas Collyer and Edward Saxton, Esqs. The personal estate sworn under 500,0001. He bequeaths a sum of 70,000/. to be invested for the benefit of his wife, 30,000/.,yart thereof, to be at her own disposal ; it is t he testator's particular wi.h that she should not re-marry within two years. Bequeaths to his daughter, Mrs. Collyer, 70,0001, and to her children at her decease, and to Mr. Thomas Collyer, 10,0001. Bequeaths to his sister, Mrs. Harriet Docker, 6,000/., and to her ^ daw/hter Harriet at her decease ; and leaves to his sa i d niece, Harriet Docker, a legacy of 10,0001. To his sister, Mrs. Sarah Briant, 15,000/., 10,000/. at her decease to her daugh ter Harriet, and 5,000/. to her son William. To his sister, Mrs. Ellen Holloway, 20,000/., and at her decease to her children; a legacy to her daughter Ellen. Bequeaths many other legacies to his relatives. Leaves to his wife's mother, Mrs. Saxton, 4,000/., and 509/. to each of his executors. The residue being undisposed of, the widow and daughter take the same under the statute for distribution of intestates' estates. The will, which is in draft, is in the deceased's handwriting, signed by him, and dated 22d January, 1844, but was not executed until the day of his death, 25th of June last. It was intended as instructions, and sent to his solicitor as a groundwork for his will, from which a draft was prepared and shown . to deceased, but owi ng t o hi s su dd en illness there was not t ime to have it fairly copied. The testator, on the day on which he died, the 25th, made a cross below his sig nature thereto, and acknowledged the said will or instructions to he his:last will, in the presence of his physician, H. J. Little, M.D., and Norman M'Leod. RAPID Tit tvELIANG.—CAptain Drummond, Lieut. Pitcairne, an d J. Wheatley, E sq ., o f h er M a j esty ' s 42d Regi ment, and L i eutenant Norton, of her Majesty's 88th Regiment, res olved on visi ting Catania, with a View to ascending Nlount Utna. They actually accomplished the distance from Palermo to Catania, over a heavy mountalnous country. in twenty-nine hours ! On ascending the mountain they found the cold almost insupportable, the thermometer being 2 deg. below zero. On placing a handkerchief before their mouth s , i t was ac t u ally frozen to their lips. What delight, after l eas i ng a coun t ry with the thermometer at 82 ua the glade I VY THE NA . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN'. SIFL,—You will oblge me by giving Sir G. Cockburn an opportunity of explaining an apparent inconsistency, which, in my opinion, stands unparalleled. Many of your readers, no doubt, recollect the powerful appeal made last year, in Parliament, by Sir C. Napier, in favour of the masters in the navy, when the Secretary of the Admiralty assured the Members " there was not a class of officers who occupied more of their Lordships' attention;" and, in answer to several Gallant Officers, Sir G. Cockburn said, "In his opinion, the masters ought to have a retired list, and he trusted the time was at hand." This announcement was received by " hear; hear," andleft no doubt but something would soon be done for that long-neglected class. Sir C. Napier brought their case forward again this year, and was told by Sir George, "It was in the contemplation of the Admiralty to amend the position of the masters in respect to half-pay and retired allowance." This semi-promise cheered the hearts of many brave old veterans, who have been looking for the appearance of the retired list with intense anxiety, and now find they are not included in it. The masters feel sensible of the debt of gratitude they owe to the gallant Sir C. Napier, Captains Pechell and Huta ridge, and I trust these brave officers will still persevere in their endeavours to obtain justice for that long-neglected and useful class of officers. I wish to ask the Admiralty their reason for withholding promotion from the master, and giving it to his servants ; and why a young enterprising man, who gave up the command of a merchant ship to enter the naval service of his country (when at war with nearly all the world) as master, who had immediately to perform the duty of lieutenant, and sometimes commander, in addition to his own, is told, "Thus far thou shalt come, but no further," though the door of promotion is open to his servant ? 1 have heard of a case of this sort from good authority. A boy entered the navy before the mast, was servant to the master of a sloop-of-war, afterwards servant to a lieutenant commanding a gun-brig (rated midshipman for pay), and, in 1815, was, with many others of a similat descrip tion, placed on the lieutenants' list. Let the masters throw off all false delicacy ; and I hope the public press will assist them in making known their grievances. I do not hesitate to say they are the most useful class in the navy. If you will give this a place in your valuable paper, you will oblige, Sir, your obedient servant, A CIVILIAN. Whitechapel-road, Aug. 5, 1845. • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRGUIT.—Augut 9. BefOre Lord Chief-Justice TINDAL and a Special Jury.) ROBINSON V MARCHANT. This was an action brought by Mr. Robinson, one of the partners in the Croydon Union Bark, `anil who is also the master of the Surrey stag hounds, to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, who is a miller and farmer, for having spoken slanderous words, calculated to injure him in his business as a banker. Mr. Sergeant SHEE, in opening the ease, said that the plaintiff, with two other gentlemen named Suther land anti Chesemore, carried on the business of a bank at Croydon, known as the Croydon Union Bank, and the plaintiff himself also . carried_ on an extensive busi reis as a wine merchant.. The defendant 4,,as .a Miller and a farmer, and there was no doubt that he was a man of considerable property. The bank in question was established in 1838, and, in 1840, the derendant opened an account with it, which was, however. closed in about six months. Another account was afterwards opened, which went on for some time ; and, in 1842, his account was very cr,n siderably overdrawn. R-peated remonstrances were made by Nlr. Robinson and his partners, and at length, in the course of 1343, the bankers felt it necessary to put a stop to the course pursued by the defendant, and they, therefore, directed the clerk of the bank to return his cheques, there being no assets to meet them. This was accordingly done On several occasions, and ever since that had occurred there had been very great ill-feeling on the part of the defendant, and he had endeavoured by every means in his power to injure the credit of Mr. Robinson, and ho had repeatedly represented Mr. Re binson as a man who had no property; in fact, a man of straw, and one entirely unfitted to carry on the business of a .banker. After commenting upon the nature of the business of a banker, and the necessity that every one connected with such a business should be above even the shadow of suspicion, the Learned Counsel went on to say that the precise ground on which the pre sent action was brought was, that the defendant hail, on several occasions, stated publicly 'het if the plaintiff paid his debts he would not give fifty shillings for him; that Mr. Sutherland, the principal partner, was about to leave the country and creep out of the concern; and that he knew a person .at Croydon who had got 5001. in his house, but would not trust it in the plaintiff's bank. In consequence of these statements of the defendant, a gen tleman named Smith had withdrawn his account from the bank ; and as the defendant had had the temerity to go to all the different markets through the county and make the saaie statement, the consequences were calcu lated to be of the most serious description, and the plaintiff felt that he had no alternative but to adopt the present proceedings to vindicate his character. Evidence was then adduced to prove the facts stated by the Learned Counsel. Mr. CHAMBERS grounded his defence upon the argu ment that the action arose entirely out of the ill-feeling occasioned by - the defendant warning off the stag hounds, and he contended that it was idle to suppose any real in- jury had been inflicted - upon the p!ainfiff . by the words spoken by the defendant, while under a feeling of ex citement, occasioned by his cheques being returned, and the state of his banker's account being exposed to his n.ighbours. The Chief Justi:e having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 501. VALI.F.N'CE V. TUE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. This was also an action fur slander, brought by Mr. Vallence, wild was for a considerable time solicitor to his Highness the Duke of Brunswick, against his former client, for having in a speech, delivered at the Sheriff's Court, charged him with treacherous rnd improper con duct while engaged in the capacity of his attorney. The case occupied several hours, and was adjourned at five o'clock. • CUSTOM-HOUSE ROBBERY. ~. THAMES POLICE. Edward Lewis and William Bonham, Custom-house weighers in the employ of the Crown, and William Stick land, the landlord of the Wheatsheaf public-house, in Anthony-street, St. George's in the East, who was for merly a Custom-house weigher, were brought be'ore Mr. Broderip, - charged with stealing one gold watch and four silver watches, the property of the Messrs. Savory, goldsmiths and jewellers, 9 and 14, Cornhill, and Henry Osborne, landlord of the Crooked Billet public-house on Tower-hill, was charged with feloniously receiving the property, well.knowing it to be stolen. This prosecu tion was instituted by the Crown, and Mr. Walford, Solicitor of Customs, and Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, conducted it. - The prisoners having answered to their names, Lewis, who Was described in the p lice sheet as a solicitor in the torough4oad. stated that he was intoxicated when he was taken into custody, and wrongly described himself. Mr. Joseph Savory stated that he carried on business as a goldstrith and jeweller, in partnership with his brother. In June, 1842, be had occasion to export a case of clocks and watches to the East Indies, and he afterwards received information that on the receipt of the case one gold watch and four silver ones were miss inee and he had to pay for them. The value of the watches was 451. The clucks arrived safe in the-East Indies. - Mr. John Faris, clerk to Messrs. Savory, was em ployed to ship a case of clocks and watches on the 23d of Jane, 1842. There was .one gold watch and four sil ver watches in the case, which were placed on the top of two very- large clocks, which were enclosed in a tin case and a wooden one outside. He attended the usual Customs examination at No. 1 shed of the West India Dock. The case was opened and inspected by the proper Custom-house officers, and the tin case was re-soldered, and the outer case screwed down in his presence: He recollected - a. Mr. Scanlan, a gentleman connected with the Custonis' department, being preSent, but had no re collection of the prisoners. Mr. George Cliff Lowe, also in the employ of Messrs. Savory, gave similar evidence. Ile was sure the watches were is the tin case when it was re-soldered. Henry Richard Turner, an accomplice, was admitted as evidence for the Crown. He said he lived at No. 14, Dempsey-street, Stepney, and was a Custom -house weigher, and filled that situation in the month of June, 1842. At that time he was stationed in the %Vest India Dock. He recollected a case being brought to No. 1 shed for examination by, the searchers. There were present himself, Bonham, Lewis, and Stickland. whe was then a Custom-house officer, and then acted as the shipping officer. He was occasionally absent from the shed during the day. luring one of those absences Bonham and Lewis were in the shed, and Stickland was outside, on the watch. He saw Lewis and Bonham en gaged in securing a case of clocks and watches about to be shippedfor the East Indies. There were some screws on the outer lid, but they were not used again after it was opened, but knocked in with a hammer and a mallet. He was asked .by Bonham to lend a hand, and did so. After the . case was fastened down again he took it out for. shipment, but he could not recollect whether it was taken to No. 1 shed or No. 3 shed. After he had been absent about ten minutes he returned to No. 1 shed, and a brown paper parcel, containing four or five watches, was produced by Stickland ; one of them was a gold watch and the others were silver ones. He knew them to have been stolen from the case, and an observation was made about shar ing them, but as there were five, there was more than one for each, and it was arranged they should be sold. The watches were packed up and left in a desk in Stick land's office ia the shed.-- Next - morning witness and Lewis waited upon a Jew named Moisi in Elizabeth street, St. George's-in-the-East, and made a proposition to lam to bay the - watches. Moss said he would come to the dock and lOok at them, and after he had done so he offered 161. for - the lot, which - was refused ; and 20/. was asked, which -the Jew ,declined giving. Stickland, Lewin, and ..Bonham, Were, all preseett when Moss.offered 161. for the watches. Two or three days afterwards Stickland said he would buy up the other shires for 5L each, to which they agreed, and witness, Lewis, and Bonham, received-the nioney of Stickland, It was un derstood that Stickland had found a customer for the watches, and received 20/. for them. _John !Lynes, inspector of the detective force, stated that he went to the Crooked Billet public-house, on Tower-hill, on Fri;day eVeninee and waited till the time the -landlord came home, when he told him who and what lie . was, and cautioned him against making any statement that might criminate himself'. Mr. BRODE:RIP stopped- tile witecss and said there was no oct . asion-for, him- to do anything of the kind.- Police officers appeared quite to -mis!ake their duty. It was the duty of an officer when he apprehended any person to state the nature of the charge against him, and then - leave his prisoner free to speak or be silent, as" ,he thought proper. It was not necessary to give a caution at all, and it often causedtl4 loss of stolen pro- perty and d feated the ends of justice. Haynes then stated that he asked the prisonerOibOrne if he had not sold a watch to a person named Yeoman, and he said he had. Witness told him he had the fellow to it in his pocket, and that he must have it, and the prisoner immediately took the watch off the guard and pro it him. He then told the prisoner that his wife bad a gold watch, and that as she wa-. ill he had no wish to execute his search warrant, if it were delivered to him. The prisoner immediately fetched a geld watch and gave it to him. He then asked if he could give a satisfactory account of how he became possessed of the watches, and he said that he had bought five of them at one time. He asked him where the others were, and he said he had sold one to Mr. Taylor, his solicitor, who lived at No. 2, Ca tle street, Holborn. He asked him where the others were, and he said he did not think he had but four, although he at first said he had five. Witness asked him who he bought the watch( s of, and he said be bought them of a man who occasionally used his house when he kept the Lamb in Conduit-street, Holborn. He asked him for the man's name and address, and he replied that he did not know either, nor could he give a description of him, but would c +nsider about it. He then left him and went to the Wheatsheaf in Anthony- street, kept by Stickland, and told him he was charged with stealing watches, and he said he knew nothing about it; he took Stickland into custody. After he had locked Stialand in the station-house he returned to the Crooked Billet, and found Osborne was out. He immediately hired a cab and returned to the Wheatsheaf, where he found Osborne, and took him into custody. John Robinson, book-keeper to the Messrs. Savory, said the gold watch and the silver watches produced cor responded with the number and description of watches manufactured by his employers, and inserted in a book in the year 1842. Hsynes said the numbers of the three watches cor responded with those in Messrs. Savory's book, and he expected to produce the others at a future examination. After several hours had been spent in the investigation, Mr. Walford applied E. r a remand. The prisoners were then called upon for their defence, and their legal advisers directed them to be quiet. Mr. Clark addressed the Magistrate at great length, in support of an application. that Strickland and Os . borne should-be admitted to- bail. Ile said they were persons of good character, that ! Osborne had given the fullest information to -the officer, and that it was not likely, if he thought the watches had been dishonestly ob tained,he would have kept one himself, and given the other to hiS *ire. There was no, proof that - the watches he purchased were those stolen from the. case, and Osborne had not attempted to get out of the way. With regard to Stickland,.there was no evidence against him, except that of the accomplice_Turner,.which ought to be viewed With -great suspicion.' - • . Mr. Ballantine, on the part -of, the Customs, opposed the application, which was founded on a false basis. He was r,:ady to give his reasons, if Mr. Clark wished, but they would affect his clients most seriously, and it was alway dangerous to say any thing about character. Mr. I3roderip said, as the application for bail had been opposed by counsel on behalf of the Crown, he should remand all the prisoners till Thursday next. The prisoners, were then remanded. It was under stood that other charges of robbery will be preferred at ;he next examination. The disclosures have created a reat sensation at the Custom Hou e. The PREMIER and the CURRENCY. Sir Robert Peel rarely condescends to joke. When, however, he does, the subject will generally be found to be a weighty one ; and not less certainly will the cha racter of the subject be found to exhibit itself in the Premier's witticisms. The specific gravity of these effusions is always remarkable. The currency question is one with which Sir Robert love's occasionally to daily. He can at times no more re sist the temptation to say smart things about the "standard of value," and " Birmingham economists," than he can repress his di-position_ to be pompous when deal ing with matters which, to men endowed with a larger measure of fancy and with greater flexibility of manner, supply sometimes not ungraceful occasions of jocularity. The Premier's recent reply to Mr. Spooner abounds in passages distinguished by what Simkspeare styles " heavy lightness." Sir Robert sneered at Mr. Alison, as well as at " Spooner and Attwood;" and, after adverting to what he deemed inconsistencies in Mr. Alison's doctri ars, ob served with infinite contempt, " this is the philosopher who is to instruct us on the currency !" And what may be the pretensions of Sir Robert Peel to a larger mpasure of economical ....isdom than has fallen to the lot of the "Birmingham economists ?" Did not Sir Robert Peel commence his career as a legislator on the currency, by resisting that scheme of " philosophy " of which he now boasts that he is the chief apostle ? Did not Sir Robert Peel struggle in 1811 against the theory which Ricardo fabricated, and which Jones Loyd has strengthernd and tx tended ? Did not Sir Robert the now unbending champion of " the. true currency principle "—maintain with Lord Bexley, in 1811, that Bank of England paper had undergone no depreciation ? Did he not maintain, at the time when a guinea was selling in the market for a one-pound Bank note and seven shillings, that the market value of the guinea was not more than one shilling and the one-pound note ? Did not Sir Robert, a few years subsequently, abandon without apology or explanation his anti. bullionist opinions ? Did _he not unblushintsly em brace the Jewish system which he had previously de nounced ? Did he not, in 1819, while still styling him self a Tory, repudiate the economical faith of Mr. Pitt, and lend himself to the schemes of the usurers, and of the other enemies of English industry ? -Does not Sir Roben's Currency Bill of 1819 stand revealed before the world as a blunder and a mighty fraud ? May not the fraudulent character of that measure be, in face, established by the aid of Sir Robert's "principles" and declarations ? Did not Sir Robert adopt the words of .Ricardo, and proclaim that the action 4)f his money-law would not lower prices more than four-and-a-half per cent. ? Have not prices been lowered by the actio❑ of that law more than fifty per cent. ? Did not Sir Robert promise in 1819 that his money-law would supply the country with "a steady and sufficient" currency ? Did not Sir Robert, when, in 1844, he introduced his Bank Charter Act, admit, virtually, that his 'Currency Bill of 1819 had. proved a most disastrous failure ? Was not the Bank Charter Act, indeed, introduced for the express purpose of securing to the country what the Currency Bill of 1819 was declared to have secured to the country a quarter of a century before ? And, because Sir Robert's beautiful " currency principles" had led to nothing but industrial disasters, these principles were declared by bird to be deserving of more stringent application ! Yet this most profound and most consistent of legis lators on currency ventures to sneer at " inconsisten cies" which he imputes to Mr. Alison, as well as to " Spooner and Attwood !" Sir,Robert fears that if gold were allowed to find its value in the English market, the precious commo.lity might rise to the price of 101. per ounce. And can Sir Robert really imagine that such an inferential argument proves the . inexpediency of establishing a system of paper money that shall represent the taxation of the country, and be convertible into gold only sat the market price of that metal ? If he does, his ignorance must, indeed, be fa hornless. Why should ,. Sir Robert Peel dread the prevalence o a high pr ce of gold ? Does he not rejOice in a high price of Consols ? Hai he not dilated on the fact that the funds have been at par, as proof of the wisdom of his economical policy ? Why, we ask again, should our consistent and most logical Premier regard with dread a rise in the price of gold from 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce to 101., while he rejoices over a rise in the price of Consols from 58 to 100 ? Let us, moreover, direct attention to certain arrange ments that are sanctioned by the Bank Charter Act, which our consistency loving Premier has forced upon the country. Sir Robert, whO contends that paper money should represent and be of precisely the same value as gold— gold being, in the first place, cart ficially cheapened—has, nevertheless, permitted the Bank of England to issue fourteen millions on . the security:of Exchequer-bills, and of the debt due by the country to the Bank. If the principle of.this arrangement be sound, are we not warranted in inferring, that every ereditorof Govern ment is entitled to exercise the privilege of issuing paper money? - " We' owe the Bank of England eleven millions of money; tierefor - e," so argues Sir Robert Peel, " the Bank ought to be allowed to issue promissory notes to that amount." This reasoning may be perfectly irresistible ; but if it be, then it would seem to follow that, as the country owes to a certain class of persons eight hundred millions of money, that class of persons ought to be allowed to issue eight hundred millions of promissory notes. How may a statesman, so enamour : A of "consistency" as Sir Robert Peel is, escape from this conclusion ? - Has not the Premier - declared, besides, that it is every 'nation's " wisest course to buy cheap and to sell dear?" How, then, may this "consistent" gentleman venture to declare, as he did during the discussions on the Bank Charter Act, that " he does not want rie greatest panel y at the cheape.t rate"—but that,' he wantq the best article ?" Sir Robert, it will be noted, assumes that system of currency to be "best "-which best suits—not the indus trious classes—but the classes which prey on industry. Sir Robert has, we repeat, told his agricultural sup porters that the true rule of national policy is " to buy cheap and to sell dear." As soon, however, as there ari-es an occasion on which this—his pet maxim—might be turned to account by agricultural producers, Sir Ro bert unhesitatingly repudiates it. If it be good to " buy cheap and to sell dear," the agriculturist is surely en titled to demand the privilege of selling his produce "dear,"-and of buying "cheap the money in which the value of that produce is measured. " No," interposes the consistent Sir Robert, " I like corn cheap, but I like money_ good. I will tolerate, therefore, only the h es t mo ney-that money which hall best promote the pur pos"s of mortgagees, auruitants, and usurers." The ." consistent " Sir Roheit is, in short, the true farmer's friend." II is always busied either in directly cheap nirig agricultural produce, or in alding, directly, to the agriculturist's debts and burdens. —Post. SALMON FISHING.—The take continues to be fair for the season. On Tuesday 259 boxes were shipped for Lon don, being the produce of three days' fishing on the upper sta tions of the Tay, which might contain about 3,000 salmon and -grilse. Some days are much more productive than others. Friday last the take was very large, the average being from 60 to 100 at one tide to each station. It has been observed that a strong east wind brings the salmon to the estuaries in great numbers, but it is only with a west wind that they ascend the river. Prices continve pretty steady; salmon 7d. to Bd., and grilse sd, to 6d. per lb. - A very large fish was taken at the Rbynd Cairn station (a shot a little above the Earn) on Satur day morning. This fish weighed 461b5., measured two fret in girth, and was something more.than four feet long. It was a finely-formed fish, and seemed to be very old, there being no teeth in its head, with the exception of one, which was much decayed. It was the largest salmon which has been taken in the Tay for several years.—Perthsl.ire Courier. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The Prague Gazette reports that on the 23d u!t. a serious accident happened at the railroad statiou in that city, from the giving way of the columns which supported the roof. It is said that one hundred and fifty per sons were hijured; but the above journal ia so reserved in its &mint, that we do szot leap Odium au/ tr#l9* 151 P mo d ' „ • unscrupulous, had they been applied to, would, no doubt, have acknowledged every farthing of the debt, on purpose to make the British Government pay it, and the more so as they were then sanguinely expecting to be restored to their dominions, where torture would soon have squeezed back all the money from the Hindoos. The Sindian Mussulmans have acted with less asperity, for their transactions were not pecuniary, and they show no vindictive feeling towards the Beloochees, but seem content at being emancipated from their thraldom. The three races under the Ameers were, in fact, precisely the Normans, Saxons, and Jews of England under the first Norman Kings ; but with this difference, that the Saxons bad laws, the Sindians none. At the moment of conquest, and for a long time after, no artizans could be found; the mechanical industry of Sinde was driven away by oppressive exactions, and workmen came from Bombay ; now they are flocking in so rapidly from every part that appeals have been made from neighbouring states against the emigration of their subjects to Sinde. The Indus, in consequence of its Protean nature, is still a doubt and a puzzle with reference to its commerce; and so shortly after the violence of eonquest and revolution no strongly marked progress in commerce can be fairly expected in a barbarous country. The thing is impossible ; the din of arms has scarcely ceased, and the Ameers, abetted by their British partisans in India and elsewhere, have never ceased inculcat ing a belief that they are to return to Sinde. The effect of this, to say the least of its imprudence, has been most mis chievous to commerce. Take an instance : an inhabitant of Kurachee, who is the greatest merchant and the richest man in Sinde, has turned all his convertible property into gold, silver, and jewels, and has retired to Delhi ; at the same time inform. ing the Governor, that if he could assure him that the Ameers would not return, or guarantee his security if they did, he would remain, and whenever the English dominion of Sinde should be established past a doubt he would return ; but that his known good-will to the English would not only ensure his being ruined, but tortured also, if the Ameers came back ; wherefore he took the opportunity of British protection to re move out a those princes' reach, with all his property ! This is not an islolated case, but one of many, and even some of the British o ffi cers themselves are afraid to build, or are doing so with the fear of losing their property ; they therefore live in tents, as no other quarters are allowed them by the Company. But, in despite of all this, Kurachee has nearly doubled its po pulation since the conquest; mercantile speculations have be gun to show signs of activity, and the Lady of the Lake was expected last March direct from London to Kurachee with a cargo of something more than was exactly necessary for the mere military consumption in that country. This swallow, therefore, promises a future summer. The shikargurs, or wooded bunting-grounds of the Ameers, are likely to turn to enormous account ' • large forests on the banks of a large river must ever be valuable, and the Governor of Sinee took the early precaution to place them under the charge of an especial department, by which they base been care fully attended to, and are soon, it is said, to yield great profits. But in everything relating to the regeneration of such a country and people extreme patience is above all things necessary, and the magical effects of wealth and enterprise in Eng land spoils us for the slower progress of other lands. Nevertheless, there is strong reason to believe that trade is very rapidly increasing even under all these disadvantages, although on the part of Sinde the exchange must as yet be in raw materials alone, but to what amount is not yet ascer tained. Her chief produce is indigo, sugar, wool, tobacco, opium, grain, alum, sulphur, salt, and saltpetre; and by an experimental garden, formed by Sir Charles Napier's orders, at Kurachee, it is proved that every kind of vegetable yet tried, as well as fruits of all species, flourish surprisingly. There seems also strong reason to believe in the presence of both iron and coal, if not in Sinde, at least close to it, in the Bolan Pass, and in Schwistan, close to the Indus. As the climate of Sinde is only unhealthy on the banks of' the river, subject to inunda tion and consequent malaria, sickness will abate whenever the waters are brought under control, but probably never be en tirely removed ; there are now, however, sanguine hopes entertained that, in consequence of the precautions, suggested by reason and experience, which the Government will pro bably soon have completed, little or no loss of Europeans will occur next bad season, and at all others Sinde is a healthy climate, except in the usual effects of great heat on European constitutions, which equally apply to every other part of India. Neither Hyderabad nor Kurachee is unhealthy; the latter is fast becoming a favourite Indian station, and in time will pro bably be the Alexandria of Sinde. Although the feudal chiefs still hold their land on tenure of military service, the Governor is gradually changing it into one of landlord and tenant; yet this must necessarily be a very slow and difficult operation, but which he, as it would seem, means ultimately to follow up, by allowing the Jaghirdars to purchase their lands on fee-simple ; a still more difficult measure, for these chiefs have no money, neither can any of them write or read, and they are all in debt to the Hindoos. These and other obstacles, all well known to Government, must be removed before any important change can take place in the land tenure of Sinde. But " patience and perseverance" is the Governor's maxim. I will conclude this letter by giving a general outline of the machinery of Sinde government, as conceived and established entirely by Sir Charles Napier, almost in the midst of hostilities. The Executive Ministers, if I may so call them, are a Government secretary, three collectors of land revenue, and one collector of customs ; the latter resides at Kuracbee, and regulates the Sinde trade according to the Bombay forms, which have lately been revised and corrected, and, besides being reckoned good in themselves, have been wisely adopted in Sinde to facilitate the transaction of business with that port, which must necessarily be for a long time the focus of' Sinde commerce. The three collectors of land revenue have eighteen deputy collectors under them, and under these again are " kardars" and minor officers, all of them the same as under the Ameers ; so that those in immediate contact with the people are not strangers, only better behaved friends. Sir Charles Napier divided Sinde into three great revenue districts or collector ships—namely, Kurachee, Hyderabad, and Sukkur. That of Hyderabad includes all the British territory on the eastern bank of the Indus, as far north as the dominions of Ali Morad, which begin at Nowshara. That of Kurachee includes the territory on the western bank of the southern Indus as far as Sehwan ; and the collector ship of Shikarpore, or Sukkur, all the British territory from Schwan to the northern boundary on both banks of the river. The deputy-collectors are dotted about the different collec torships ; their duty is generally that of a magistrate and the collecting of the revenue,—as well as to look after the conduct of the kardars and other subordinate officers, to see that the canals are properly cleaned previous to t he inun dation of the Indus, and to make reports to Govern ment, through the collectors, on any improvements that they think may be undertaken for the advantage of the people. Each of these gentlemen keeps a diary, in which he inserts an abstract of every letter that he receives or issues from his office. He also records therein all his decisions relative to questions of revenue and land. This diary is sent weekly to the Government Seeretrry through the collector; the former lays them before the Governor, who reads everything, and thus becomes acquainted with every transaction carried on by the collectors and their deputies; for the former also keep their separate journals. This is a very simple, but for the ruler a very laborious means of knowing the state and wants of the country ; yet they are worth the labour, for the great ability with which most of them are said to be drawn up must be of the highest importance to the Governor, for several reasons. They give him a thorough knowledge of what is going on; they enable him to keep his system more consistent in its movements by an uniform method of acting amongst the collectors and their deputies; they enable him to judge of the abilities of these officers, are a check to their assumption of powers (were any so inclined) that do not properly belong to their office, and restrain each within his legitimate bounds, of which none can better judge than the author of the system himself. Still he has given himself a hard task, unaided as he is by any council or any of those great official establish ments which exist in all old and regularly organised govern ments. 'the whole machine is of his own construction, and he must necessarily feel an anxious responsibility for the movement of every wheel, to maintain which these diaries afford him considerable instruction of a general nature, by the opinions therein recorded on subjects with which he must ne cessarily be unacquainted. These opinions the Governor is said to collate with great care, drawing from them his own conclusions ; by these he is at least enabled to form opinions that he could not otherwise accomplish, and if they are, as is said and believed, extremely able producdons, he must gain considerable information both in opinions and facts. The de sert tribes in the s orth-eastern part of Sinde, bordering on Cutch, are placed on a different system ; they are very dis tant from Hyderabad ; are robbers, with peculiar manners and customs ; and were in some degree independent of the Ameers, the Rao of Cutch, or any other Government. Sir Charles Napier, seeing the inapplicability of his main system of financial administration to them, placed their country under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Roberts, an officer of great ability, who had been political agent in Cutch, and passed many years of his life amongst those tribes. Under this gen • tleman's able management they have been reduced to an or derly state ; and he draws a revenue from them, in accordance with their own customs, which would all have been broken through by an attempt to apply the Sindian system, and pro bably caused a revolt. The police is intrusted with the usual du'ies of such an establishment, and consists of 2,000' men, cavalry and infantry, well armed and tolerably drilled by one European captain and three lieutenants of police ; all the other officers are natives. The revenue of Sinde far exceeds the expenditure, including the police ; but whether it includes also a young battalion of Beloochees that Sir Chas. ^ apier has already ventured to raise, arm, and discipline, I cannot say ; but where I could speak with confidence I have, in this neces sarily long communication, endeavoured to add a few facts to the slender and imperfect knowledge of Sindian affairs that has hitherto satisfied, or rather dissatisfied, the public ; and have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OFFICER. WISBECH-FRIDAY. A meeting was held here to.clay, in pursuance of a requi. sition numerously signed, as fellows : "PUBLIC MEETING. "TO JOHN WHITSED, "CD , ESQ., MAYOR OF WISBECH. " We, the undersigned, request you will call a public meet ing at an early day, to determine upon the most advisable measures to be taken for securing railway communication be tween the town and port of Wisbech and the metropolis and the manufacturing counties. Wisbech, July 30." " In compliance with the foregoing requisition, I do hereby convene a meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neigh bourhood of Wisbech, to be held at the Town Hall, in Wis bech, on Friday, the Bth day of August next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of the requisition. " The chair to be taken at twelve o'clock precisely. 1• J. WHItSED;Mayor. " Wisbech, July 31st, 1845." The meeting was so numerous that an adjournment to a larger space was unavoidable, and the meeting was concluded at the Sessions.house. such a meeting has never before been held in Wisbech. Resolutions in favour of a railway were unanimously adopted, and a committee appointed to carry out the object of the meeting. A line of railway will now cer tainly be carried, and the people of Wisbech are determined not to be any longer at the mercy of great rival companies, but to have a substantial benefit, instead of the hopes hitherto held out only to delude them. SERIOUS ACCIDENT LAST WEEK.—As a chaise cart, containing a man and his wife and two children, was passing down the Mile-end-road, an omnibus coming by at the time upset the cart, and hurt the persons who were in it very much. The doors of the Jews' Hospital, called Beth Holim, were most readily thrown open to the sufferers. The poor twin and his wife were, at their own request, conveyed home in a cab, but the two children, who had sustained very severe injuries, were at once taken up into the wards, where they received every attention from the medical attendant of the institution, Dr. Snow, and from all the officers of the establish ment, where they have been sedulously attended to ever since. It will thus be seen that the Beth Holim Hospital, although intended for the reception of sick Jews, is most willing to render assistance, in cases of emergency, to persons of all denominations, which reflects the highest credit on the liberality and humanity of the establishment; We hav e much pleasure in calling the attention of the public to the subscription recently opened for the purpose of acknowledging, by s ome pecuniary ve r r e l w an a which Lieut. W aghorn has renderedthe B ritish • with India. When it .is .remem b e red eh that before to empire, communicationfdo,retthheis s z e e r a vc u es i and enterprising gentleman devot ed energies t to the subject, no part of India could be reached in k i s s ‘ that w the arrive' - appie a ra n l four now imn.o:idtehs in , and s thirty-fourt hat t e days, mails fr ow m e feel Bomb aysure noLondon in about favour will be liberally responded to by all climes of eoeiety...., ORNINO, AUGUST 11, i 846. HOW TO REBUILD QUEBEC? (From the Sentinel.) We are not about to enter into the mysteries of bricklaying or masonry ; we have no present concern with granite or cement ; neiths rlit we we any opinion to offer on styles of archi tecture. Our business is to show in what manner the destroyed city of Quebec may be restored without private subscriptions or Parliamentary grants, without costing one shilling either to Canada or Britain. What Oriental fiction fabled of A laddin's lamp, plain common sense can realise without incantation or magic. Nothing is wanting to an end but adequate means, and certainly the means to ends have long existed, though in latent forms, before they have been discovered by philosophy or applied by science. Need we cite such familiar examples as gas or steam? As these had a beginning, so also must we have a commencement to the true system of productive power —even to the power which can raise a tired city from its ashes by a new combination of intelligence and industry. We take it for granted that the materials of construction exist in Canada—bricks, stone, lime, timber, tiles, iron, &c. ; and that there are architects to design, and labourers to execute what is designed. We want no other elements to rebuild Que bec. " What !" exclaims the sceptic, " can you do this great thing without funds?" " And pray," we ask in reply, " what do you mean by funds?" " Gold," answers the sceptic; " ounces, aye, tons of gold." It is quite natural that men of the old school should talk thus. Living in an atmosphere of illusions ' and muddled by prejudices, they suppose, that gold must be dug cut of the mines before labour can build a house, construct a ship, or ;lough a field, forgetful that society must necessarily have made very considerable progress "in many of the useful arts before the precious metals were discovered ; for surely man acted on the surface of the earth before he ex • Oared its interior. If the possessis n of gold must precede all other forms of property in the order of time, and be the antece dent to their creation, so that gold is the efficient cause of all the realised wealth scattered over the face of the globe, how did man contrive to emerge from barbarism and pass the boundaries of the nomadic state? Does not testi mony and fact contradict this doctrine? Nay, more; is it not true that the countries possessing the geld and silver mines have ever ,been inferior to those possessing coal and iron? And does not history certify, that, when Spain began to import the precious metals, she began to deciine both in the powers of production and national defence? Or, must we mount up to the traditions of Greece and bring forward the apologue of Midas, in refutation of the falacies of Jones Loyd and the mystifications of Capel Court ? We beg attention to the following facts. Those who doubt them may consult official documents, living witnesses, and the very edifice itself of which we are about to speak. If the facts are admitted, thee., we shall ask, where is the difficulty of rebuilding Quebec without private subscriptions, Parliamentary grant, or any the slightest conceivable mode of taxation ? These, then, are the facts. The States or Parliament of Guernsey, about the year 1821 (we have forgotten the exact date), determined to. build a meat market, at the cost of 4,000/. ; but, not possessing gold, they issued symbols of their national wealth in the shape of one-pound paper notes, not bearing in terest. With these they paid the contractor, who dischasecti wages with them, and other debts due for the materials he used. In due course of time the edifice was completed, and thus, with these symbols, a substantial reality was created, without the assistance of a single grain of gold. 'I his market was divided into shops, which were let to butchers, and the rental amounted to 4001. per annum. At the end of the first year of tenancy, the holders of the symbols or notes, numbered from I to 400 inclusive, brought them to the treasurer of the States, and received for them the rents of . the butchers; the notes were then burnt, and, by repeating this operation, all the symbols were destroyed in ten years, while the market remained, and still does remain, affording great accommodation to the inhabitants,_ and yielding an annual revenue to the States. Now, where is the difficulty of ap pleing this system to the rebuilding of Quebec? What is there to hinder our creating a reality with a symbol? Let not the plan be condemned because it is novel, for there was a time when gold coin was a novelty; let it not be rejected because it militates against preconceived opinions, for wisdom will always be ready to revise opinions when pre sumptive evidence is offered that they are wrong. If the symbols of Guernsey. guaranteed by the whole tangible pro perty of Guernsey, could construct a market, why should not the symbols of England, guaranteed by the whole tangible pro perty of England, build up a city? No Guernsey man was fool enough to refuse giving his commodities for the market notes. What Englishmen or what Canadian would be so sense less as to reject the city of Quebec notes, in exchange for what he had to sell? When Quebec is rebuilt , and its houses tenanted, what can be easier than to cancel the symbols out of the proceeds of the rents ? To effect this mighty good, we need not a grain of gold ; we shall not have to pay any money monger a farthing of interest, nor impose a feather of taxation either on the present or future generation. This is Alad din's lamp. Who can possibly opp• se so simple, so efficient, so costless a p'an ? None but the holders of gold, the dealers in money, discounters. usurers, loan contractors—mere wh r say, "We will lend you the means of rebuilding the city of Quebec." We answer, that it can be built without the means these gentry proffer, and for the lean of which they make a charge. We undertake to do it without their intervention, without any payment whatever for interest. We want no third party, no middle-man, between Parliament and labour. Let Parliament vote the symbols, and we will erect the streets and squares without setting foot in Lombard-street or the Bank parlour. But it may be said, " Charity begins at home ; and, if you can effect these things in Canada, why not convert the mud cabins of Ireland into comfortable de ?" No thing easier; and, by the same plan, we could bringall the waste lands of Ireland into cultivation. In fact, was Glasgow built with gold or with symbols? or, was the soil of Scotland ren dered fertile by the precious metals or by paper ? Every one knows that the banking system of North Britain made North Brit.tin what she is. However, instead of the symbols of Joint-stock Comsanies, as in Scotland, we would use national symbols, by which means we should save interest charges, anti prevent the possibility of a run,—since he who did run would run against himself, The millions would not be debtors to the hundreds ; there would be no division into bees and drones ; no lazy fundholders exacting tribute from active industry. He who produced most, would get hold of mast of the symbols, and, through the symbols, most of the realities which the symbols would create ; while, on the contrary, the property of the idle would depreciate, just as the labour of the industrious would be appreciated. If gold be the necessary antecedent of pro duction, then are the holders of gold the absolute masters of all the producing classes, and British industry is the slave, the bondsman of a foreign metal. The Duke of Wellington insists that we must not be dependent on foreigners for corn, but up holds a law which makes us dependent on the presence in the Rank cellars of a foreign metal. When the metal is shipped off to Ilamburgh by speculators in currency, or to Dantzic by buyers of wheat, masters go into the Gazette, and workmen into the unions. This shows the power of the yellow metal, as the master of industry ; its withdrawal paralyses the brawny arm of labour, just as the withdrawal of air produces suffoca tion in the body natural. Let us, then, emancipate ourselves from this idol which our folly has enshrined in the temple of "Mammon, for the sole benefit of the Priesthood of Usury. Let us make money our servant, not our master, and then Just as the wise Guernsey-men built theirenarket, so may we rebuild Quebec, houtte, feed, and clothe our people, and make this globe what God intended it to be, an earthly Paradise, where all may live within the pale of plenty and virtue. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. We are happy to find that the ruinous state of this bridge was brought before the House on Monday last by Sir R. IL Inglis. The opinion Of some of the mo-t emi nent engineers is in favour of its removal, and the total failure of those repairs which have bu , .! I bestowed upon it is a strong proof in favour of their opinion. Sir Robert Peel promised that after the labours of the House are over the communications from the Commis eioners of Westminster• bridge should und,rgo full- can sideration by the Government. We only hope that this subject will receive more attention than mest holyday tusks usually do. The only improvement that has yet been accomplished is the reduction of the steep ascent, but even that advantage is nearly counteracted by the narrowing of the roadway into a deep trough, and the deep holes which are to be found all along the surface, and threaten to introduce the passengers to a closer ac quaintance with the water-level. We confess we anticipated some greater improvements from the long and expensive repairs to which this briege has been subjected, and we now begin to ap prehend that it is in vain to hope that any patching or alteration will ever again make this bridge efficient for the public convenience. Its appearance can never be altered sufficiently to make it correspond with any building of the present age. On the one side, the new Houses of Parliament are rising rapidly into notice in all the florid beeuties of their design ; on the other side, the Suspension-bridge creates a favourable impression by its light and novel appearance ; while this ugly mass of stone protrudes between them, and affords a revolting con trast to the beauty of the one and the utility of the other. The subject is well discussed in a 'brief pamphlet, entitled Metropolitan Bridges and Westmin ter Improve ments According to the writer— " A glance at a map will show the length and breadth and vastness of the metropolitan region which requires a direct communication, by-Hung:Tford, or Northumber landstreet, with Charing-gross, Pall-mall, the Haymar ket, Piccadilly, Oxforlstreet, and all the upper part of the town ; and the expediency of resolving the termini of all the existing and projected railways leading to the south, south-east, and south-west, into one main terminus, near the end of a sub stantial carriage bridge, censtructed at llungerford or Northumberlai,d- street, or somewhere thereabouts—an arrangement vastly more convenient than if the main terminus were established at Waterloo or Blackfriars bridge ; because the traffic from either, to Charing cross, would have to pals by the Strand and other streets too narrow for the immensity of the movement which already crowds and frequently chokes them. " Westminster -bridge cannot be made to harmonise in position, or in taste, with the adjacent beautiful building, whether by an improved or by a new superstructure on the existing piers. Whatever else be done, it is absolutely necessary that the roadway be considerably enlarged. " From this the piers have le,en extended, in exe cuting the very ingenious expedients, still in progress, to endeavour to secure the old foundations from further subsidence. This has been attempted by driving rows of sheet piling into the blue clay, about the old caissons, to prevent the materials of the natural bed of the river from being underwasbed by the current, or squeezed out by the weight of the bridge into the gradually deepening watercourses ; but these expedients - having failed, notwithstanding the skill and ability with which they have been devised and executed by an eminent engineer, and the removal of an immense quantity of material from the roadway and parapets, it way safely be pronounced that it is beyond the resources of science or art to strengthen those foundations sufficiently to bear the weight of an enlarged roadway. " A new bridge cannot be constructed on the present site without previously removing the old one ; this woall incur an expense of at least 50,0001 or 60,000/. in erecting a temporary bridge, or step the communica tion between the aitough and Westminster altogether, whilst the new work is proceeding. Again. there is no room for a new bridge between the Pailiamentary Palace and the present bridge, for they are alreaiy in contact ; and the construction of a bridge any where- below the present site, say from Mundslay's premises to illanchester-buildings, would occasion a very great outlay in providing-new approaches. But it; leaving Westminster- bridge in its present state, as a temporary cominunication, a new bridge were con structed from Lambeth-stairs to the nearest part of the opposite bank, no expense for new approaches would be incurred, a direct communication with West minster would be established, and a magnificent en trance into the capital formed at an interesting and venerable part. The river-face of the new edifice weuld be seen to great advantage ; and, no longer disfigured and obscured on the other flank, when tne distasteful structure which now deface it shall have been removed, the Parliamentary Palace, ettiudiag gine. filly and boldly out, would form a beautiful object upon the concave sinuosity of the river, extending thence to Niat'kfriars-brid , e and Somerset-house, which should Lis reclaimed from the unwbol, same and disgusting state ill which it now is, by the propos( d embankment and ter race, which it were eaj to show is an interference with the state of the river at that part which is much re quired, and thus that pestilential locality would be trans formed altogether into a beautiful and highly embellished portion of the metropolis. "From the Westminster end of Lambeth-bridge a street should be opened to lead directly to Shaftesbury" terrace, Eaton and Belgrave-squares. &c. ; another by the river bank to Victoria Tower and Whitehall, pa' ing between Westminster .&bbey and the Parliamental Palace. " Entering the Court end of the town by this meg' nificent portal; St. Margaret's Church removed, in con formity with thd unanimous recommendation of Select Committee ; the halls of courts located, as thel ought to be, in the immediate vicinity of their several inns; the western face of the quadrangle, b which, according to the present design, it is inten ded to enclose Westminster set back, to gi ve greater space between it and Henry VIPs Chapel: - y Parliament-street widened, by removing the block of buildings between it and King-street ; Downing-stre et finished ; and the Board of Trade completed, a majestic comaiunication would he formed between the Regal and Parliamentary Palaces ; and, if Whitehall-street may not nor cannot be straightened throughout, those build ings should at least be thrown back which, on approach' ing Trafalgar-square. obtrude more immediately on the left to destroy its symmetry. " The sever.,l circumstances and projects upon which this eornpreht nsive proposition is based are nog before the public. The instability of Westminster' bridge, and the necessity of constructing ano ther ; the Bill for widening and enlarging flungerford S ur pension-bridge, so as to adapt it to carriages ; the project for opening a direct communication bet ween Lambeth and the lower part - of Westminster, Shaftecii bury-terrace, Eaton and Belgrave-squares ; the for making a street between Buckingham Palac e an '-' the Houses of Parliament ; the motion for a Select Com mittee to take into consideration the removal of the halls of court. These show that this is the time fur takifig them into immediate and enlarged consideration , a s forming, altogether, one comprehensive - project." We are by no means satisfied that these great chang e. are altogether practicable ; but one thing is grit. de ar Westminster-bridge cannot (indeed, will not its 9l o, re ' main in its present state ; and a subject of so much t er portince ought to receive the most attentive conside rs ; tion, with the view, perhaps, step by step, to carrY a complete plan by which the public may be mater isi b u , benefited, and those inconvenient and unsightly • structions which now exist be cff ctually removed. MARKET NE WS.-(SAT U RDAn -Co COVENT-raiiiir.DEN. a We had . a most abundant supply of both Fruit Vegetables, yet the demand was steady, at our clu ° 6 ,i Lions .—Potatoes, from 3s to 6s per cwt, Turnips, IS 0 4 ; to 2s ; Carrots, 5s to 6s ; Young Onions, is to and Greens, Is 6d to 2s 6il per dozen bunches ; ri ti „ l " . 2s to 4s ; Broad Beans, 103 to Is 2 d ; Peas, Is to ;'5ll Gooseberries, is 3d to 33 63; Currants, 2s 6d to 53; Fre nc d Beans, 2s; Apples, is 3d to 2s; Pears, 2s to 3s 3d; „aq, Soinach, 9d to is per half sieve ; CherrieS, 2d to 83 ; 0°,3 house Grapes, 4s to Gs ; and English Pine-apples , 45 to id per lb; Cauliflowers, 83 to 3s; Cabbages, 8d to Is 2d;1511 Peaches and Nectarines, I2s to 20s per dozen ; Horse - r at 6 d, 2s to 5s per bundle; Walnuts, for pickling, 8d to is ! and Lemons, 73 to 12s per 100 ; Cucumbers , 2 d to 1: Colonial tine-apples, Gd to 4s; and Melons, 2s to 55 ea d; Radishes, 4d per dozen hands; Green Gages, Is 6 d t o 25 "4, 01-leans Plums, 2s to 3s 3d ; Small Salad, 2d ; and Mu s „d rooms, Gd to Is per punnet ; strawberries, 2d to 6d; 11" Raspberries, 4d to 8d per pottle. BITNGERPOIMD. pati s Although the supplies of most articles were by no 'T h i „, s t extensive, the general demand ruled heavy, at barely '- week's quotations. Als &Tr, Aux) BAD Erir L. „ ( ,,gt. We had a full average time. of-year supply of 014.-.0 Generally speaking, the trade ruled inactive. Beef. 1166; 2s 10d to 3s 3d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to the Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81b 5 , bY, t he carcase. There was only a moderate supply of Poultry , ye` general demand ruled heavy, at late rates. rr MUTPORT. We had an inactive demand, at barely previous quatatl n ob. Beef, from 2a 101 to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d; gd 4s 10d to 6s ; Veal 3s 8d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 45 per Blbs. 337.1.LINGSGATZ. # 5 06 Oysters were very abundant, and selling at from 3 03 100 per bushel. Mackerel produced from 25s to 32s per 4 ,4 0 Turbots, 8s to 18s ; and Cod Fish 3s to 6s each ; Sa lrn " to 10d; and Eels, 4d to 8d per lb. WEETZCITAPEI., ib° Although the supplies of Meat were but moderat!otro ss general demand ruled inactive, at late rates. Beef, to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s; 3s 10d to 4s 84 ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Sibs. IMM.II.D. f p m The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are 8d to 9d; of Household ditto, 6id to 8d per 41bs leaf. ELIDE VI.II.ItILET. r e ifo Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and 1' dit to? 5s 6d to 5s 8d ; Middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; Inferio,r.un 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per STarolY Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s; Shearlings, 10d to is 4d ; 14 skins, is 3d to 25 3d. TZ.9.71iL1. fil l d 4t SaimmEr.D.—Coarse Mea do w H itETS ay, 31 18s to 4/1 98 ; - 1 0 do., 5/ to 51 8s ; tine Upland do., 51 lOs to 51 ql; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, It 188 to felt Wheat Straw, 2/ t. 2/ 2s per load. Supply mederA go CU od, and trade rather dull. - MBEILLAD_N.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 4/ to 4 . 16i useful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5l 10a t 0 :V; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 185 ;; . .rtig e Wheat Straw, 2/ to 21 3s per load. A fair a supply, and a s r demand. WttrrE6mkr tea EL.— Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4 , 1 0 1 3 6 1 0; useful ditto, 41 IBs to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto , 5, '`, o 5/ 153; Clover Hay, 4110 s to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 11 185 `, Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Trade dull, a" little variation an prices. , 4ll° New Meadow Hay 3/ lOs to 4/ 15s, and New Clove 5 1 per load. HOP INTELLIGENCE. ilie MAIDSTONE.—The hops have not made that progl lls Th e , ast week, in coming into the bur, that was expecte..., see' weather has been against them, yet they continue to grey are free from disease; but they now want warm wee CO o' WATERINGIUMY, MEREWORTII, AND TESTON,"Aratbet sequence of the wet and cold weather, the hops are ', e r fio ° unfavourably spoken of ; but, should the weather b ees°. and warm, there is every appearance of a good crop. r no r BRENCHLEY. —Owing to the wet state of the weathe 'risll9 hops do not get forward in bur. They have not tsae e te itte, wsueffreere this d day se , otherwisernigiohuto u rp e reospscien prospects are the not duty is r'f r ee , i s not ss ba l ked. Of GHTHAN.—The hops are still growing fast, but °sled' winds and heavy rains have battered them about very as fo' There is very little bur out yet, and unless we have s't ft° vourable weather in the course of the week, there is a gra- the vvil fruit v ball.. no :'%l Gountruase.— ery A little more sun and warmer s i g it ill desirable to bring out the bur as we could wish, but r hops are looking well, and we think need fear nought w nd cold. O a TUDELEY AND CArEL.—So far as the Terrain t e rc estb er s cerned we may consider ourselves safe, and if the .'i p ste should prove congenial during this month we may antic gooSE d crop. O Bl h ' VENOAKS.—The hops look exceedingly well in the bourhood. the bur being strong and free from vermis• e Or; HO R SMONDEN.—We are looking anxiously for fin, oe. weather, as the hops are progressing slowly ; indeed, 4,04 not get a change of weather, it is impossible our h o p es ° b ur fie a heavy crop can be realised, as a great deal o f the ,oierabi never come into hop. The bine is still clean and looking ' well, considering - the late rains and winds. s '. I Aye' ell FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICT+ - bo e " 4., Unless we get hot weather within a few days, th ° e isf s fall short of our anticipations, as the season is now 5 " _ A $ 'lanced. le nf. HASTINGS, Aucusx 5 —The late high winds ha 001 e e material effect on the hops in this neighbourhood, ag ueit eelr in consequence not in so flourishing a condition. P ' 180,0001. W EST FIELD —The hops have not improved this last lite : being much in want of sun and warm weather. v O BEXHILL AND HOOE.—Our hops have been per i l O ft 4 injured by the wind the last few days. Th e crop ea" 0 0 s a of what was expected a fortnight ago. We want more A kind weather. one ! wag' WH A TLINGTON.—Our grounds are quite wet - e n et 9 p er the late winds have rather bruised the bines. We can so favourably of our hops as hitherto. andfivnze. —The hops in weather i n crop. of hto GuesTreeci.--Our hops have had a great increas_erogr%b, the is all neighbourhood that i s required r continue to e i ro ? o since our last report. The bur is not very fast in il.;' pol o L H ICKESAM.—There are a great many li ce 1n hag 010 but they do not seem to affect the bine. The bur he se e appearance, but gets on very slowly. our h ° ,e s a il DETLING (NEAR MAIDS,ONE), AUG. 5. - vier s e coming into bur very slowly; and what little isakwave s not looking very thriving. Considering that a h st u iee. prolific crop is beyond precedent, we are not very sam s ~............--...-.—.............,, BIRTHS. OO OO Oa the 3d inst., in Fitzroy-square, the lady 01 bir , Paley, Esq., barrister, of a son. k W a W ie nlt er ‘ On the sth inst., at Lower Eatington-pare , f ; dog 0 0 the wife of Evelyn Philip Shirley, Esq. On the 6th inst., at Peckham, 'Mrs. R. ' , gr k daughter, still born. e s s seee On the 6th inst. at Little Yeldham Recto* e.' 1 ,. r , John Gaselee, of a ' daughter. f lk, 31r5. On the 6th ' inst., at Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, o nold Iceppel, of a sou. 10' 5 ~• 1 A Itti I _EI P. J ll r, -squa re 'T iro e On the 6th inst., at St. George's, Hanoeer _ ed t Oliver Mason, Esq., to Mary, daughter of Echas" , it e Esq., DL P., Truro. eee Ir, t bu elo. , , • dilly, x n TOT of On the sth inst., at St. James s Picca he 'lnner ~..., son of the late Nathaniel Milne, Esq., of th 1 aer , le.l sFL.Filooldereees, to Augusta, third daughter of Henry Aleetai a O re ' a q a , Cork-so eet. , Eaton - r ote r On Thursday, the 7th inst., at St. Peter , sg, _ los V beef Thomas Edward, second son of the late Sir Is° secon d dolgrioo, Bart., of Beeston-hail, Norfolk, to Caroline, esci cf - lie, of the late William Willoughby Prescott, I,el Middlesex. t' eflic er t rel DIED - merlY a n i Con' On the 7th inst.,. Geer ,e Landels, tor her Majesty's service, and late secretary to the_2d 42. Babe Sardinian Railway, after a few days' illness, ag7 den ee, ' 1 m a t s . ) , n t t li t c te l l l s o t a l . i Pl' • T rier Oa the 3.1 inst., at Milton, Gravesend, iir ' " PofajtruicElee'lalrto;Nviaessa'giue'd N 77 e . w . 7 . : sr ' i ll i a ~ late of Berfel ,, , in his 74th year. Ham Bligh, in his 70th year. Biel` ne a s ,fr , ls a ge 1 Oa the 6th inst., at Kemp-town, Brightoll, t he 00 :1 - : On the 3d lase , at Dover, John Laurel . _ter' .. c _ , F. R ci . a S . t , h l: ~ce, .s'l I l A i n ' Henry Rowed. neiltolleter' On the 6th inst., at his residence, in 1 : 1 ,1 a 42. of John's-wood, Richard Winter, Esee ag e- o peatg, sott.',Aibninumpl(pme-rstrireeeigt,ralVvee..sptluacnes:voli , t. 0 I° l4 o, I 0 ( le.yr, , e.e. .`rented and tenblished by )1 1 1 ],r0f 6e14 00 0134 !•:o. 112. Steele' Prin er, - eat The °". i n tile Saaad, in the I'rccinct of the Savoy, Aliddlesex, Monday, August 11, 184 i