The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-16 00:00:00

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FOR EIGN. au 10% - 10% 18% IS% 4% —4% dis. 24, 3 p. %- X P 3 - % P. ali ZX 234 314 % 371688 B}i all 5 34 - 15 % - 15% 31 - 86 - 34 i 23 21 % 8 al 9% —4 9 1,41.18. al sic 2 [6 - y dis• 2 ... 3% 100 8 6 8 11 13 4 4714 100 I 100 42 14 4 2 0 ►OO too 47% all Business done to-day. 11 1 ,4 i % N, % Di b!i 16 16% % N 20X 4 SI 6% % % 17y, 100 all 6 all all all Is 13% % 35% 1 4 86 85% 86 I( 57% 58 5 % X 14% 7 67 95% 95 % 1.7 115% 26% 14% 85 84% 33 323 333{ $5 % 55% 56 THE SUN, LONDON, MARKET N EWS.-(THIS DAY.) Nominal Pace!. Business d or to-diry. 1':13. 21 li Agua Fria .. •• •••• A❑g!o Calitorrian ..•• •• Aye Maria ... ••••• • •• AdLurian •• ..•• • .. •• •• U- % P - I ,:i 7el Australian ••..•• • • • • 3arossa Range .. •• •• • • Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. p.) Do. Cocacs and Culabs Do. St. Jobn del Rey• • Cobre Cops or • • • ••• Copiapo ••••• • •• Niexicanit S. American ti uveau M)nde... • • • • Beal Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures. 1 13 0 2.4.% •••• ..-.. • • . .---• lii - 2 % 3% -3% 20% - 2l 33 - 34 % 6% - 7I 13% -14 3% -4% 19% ci.d. Red Debentures .• Santiago de Cuba .... • • Tin Croft .. •• • • •• .... • • United Mexican.. •• •• •• Welt Mariposa •• •• •• XOTNIE 1 28 2 8% 1 STOP teztralaida ... • • • • • • • • • Northßritish America.. Colonial .• •••••• • • • • • • Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .. • • Lon.gon and Westminster National Provincial Eng. national of Ireland.. • • Oriental Bank Corporat. Previncial of Ireland • • • • Do. New . • • • • •• • • Union of Australia .. • • Do. Now ....•• •• •• • • Union of London ....•• Union of Madrid •• • VIZ Canada • • •• • • (ion. Steam Navigation ?onin. & Oriental Steam Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam .. • • • • Settling days in the ram tered shares. 15tI, rWe cannot be answers will not be influenced by ;CEL: rnth of 1. td 30th. sble for tt intereste, = ; 4 -3% 6% - 8 3 -2 1 -% :X BANES. 34 -Z 9 % 46% - 49 10% - 11 25 -26 U 18% - 17% 28% - 29% 18 N% - 1 27 - 28% 43% -45: 15% - - 1 3 6% 35 6% 3 -3% 14% - 15% 18 LEINEOI7B. 48 49% 27% 28 72 —75 75 16% 17 1 4 18 79% 80% 803{ /ccenaber. Ticket days for reglS- Account days, 16th arid 31st. he errors of the Official Lists, and d correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 4,000 bales. The market closed heavily ; prices of all kinds were in favour of buyers. The sales com prised about 3,000 American, at sj-d.; 50 Bahia, at 6d.; and 800 Surat, at 2FI. to 34(1. per lb.—ln Railway Shared a fair business was done, and the market closed better. The foreign advices are very encouraging still. All the Stock Markets of the Continent are rising, and hoarded capital is being brought forward for employ ment. Not alone securities, but also produce of certain kinds is favourably influenced, silk having risen. The Overland Mail brings more favourable advice. concerning trade in imports at Canton, but no improve ment is advised at Calcutta. The working of the cheap postage law in the United States under the first quarter, it is said, will show a reduction of 25 per cent. in the receipts of that office, compared with the same quarter of the year previous, under the former law. The gross receipts for the year 1850 were 5,352,571 dollars, and if the falling off should hold the same proportion as the first quarter through the entire ear, the re.oeipts this year will be less by over 1,348,000 dolls. than last. This will require an additional sum to be voted by Congress to make up the deficiency, the appropriation by the last Congress not near reaching the amount of the falling off. The Postmaster-General, in his report last year, antici pated that the contemplated reductions of postage would make the receipts fall below the expenditure, for four years, but probably he did not imagine that the deficiency would amount to one-fourth the receipts of the department. Under these circumstances, it is not probable that Congress will accede to the wi shes of those who desire to reuce the letter postage at once to a single cent, though it is said that some amendment will be recommended in regard to the postage on printed matter. The English Funds have been ver y variable, Consols having been up to 97, and since, upon speculative sales by a broker, who has recently acted very boldly in this way, down to 96k. Present prices are 96} I. The feeling is very strongly in favour of a rise, notwithstanding the "banging" resorted to, as real holders will not sell in the face of advancing prices in Paris, the Five per Cents. in the Coulissea having b ee n done at over 103 . The New Three-and-a-Quater per Cents. have been 98 1 , 1 f to and the Three per Cents. to I. East India Stock has been at 2631. Ex chequer-bills are supported at 48s. to 51s. premium. Foreign Securities have been very buoyant generally. Spanish Three per Cents., however, have not been higher than 40i I. Peruvian Deferred are 46. Mexican Bonds have been at 261 and since as high as 26i 1. Brazilian Stock is worth 93k. Sardinian Bonds have been at an advance to 844 and 85 and since down to 83i. French Five per C e nts. h av e been very well supported at 101 to 101 k, with the ex change at 254. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 89i and Danish Five per Cents. 102. Railway Shares have all been looking up, but are checked again by the reaction in the Funds. The settle ment of the Account has been going off satisfactorily, and much confidence is exhibited. ____ ONE CLOSING eitiess OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES i ;As: Lent. Reduced Anne. 9 7 ,,, a 3 1 /8 97% 3 imr ncmt. Consols Annuities 97% 97% New 8 1 A per Cent. Ann 5...... .ong t.iins. to expirc J an. lbtiU ...-- 7 7 ndia Stock I idia Bonds. 1,0001._ .... 5 9 9 7 P O/4'g% 96% s e 9 x_d 'onaols for Opening e x chequer Bills. 14,d. i,ioo/. ................... .. ........ 48 51 p 500/. ......................... .... 48 51 p Small. .. ... ....... - .............. 48 51 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. traz ilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .- ..... 931 A , Ditto, New, 1829 a nd 1839 ... ..... —. Ditto, Account Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... — Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. .. Ditto, 5 per cent. ................. 102 Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent ....... 141 A 51lean, 5 per Ct., ex Jan. Coupp. 264 3 / 4 % Ditto, Account .... ........... 261 '4 %'f % Ditto, Small ....................... 2634 Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent-. ...... Ditto, Deferred .................... 46 46 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... .. 84 1 A 5 4 % 3% 85 S‘).inmil 5 per Cont. 184 U - 20 5 / 4 1 . 0% Ditto, Account 2O 5 E Ditto, Passive — Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, New Deferred — 16% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, .5 per Cent Exchange Dutch 2th per Cent. 12 Guild 6 Ol % 60 LA Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 51 p 51 p 51 p CLOSING PRICES. 931./2 14 tA 26% 26% 26A3 LLOYD'S SIIIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 16.—Wind at noon S.W., light airs, and dull hazy weather. YARMOUTH, DEC. 15.—The Eliza barque, of London, has been on shore on Hasbcrough Sand, but assisted off, making water. GLOUCESTER. Arrd. Agorna, St. John's New Brunswick; Collina, Quebec; Ann M'Lister, Falcon, Prince of Wales, Waterhen, and Promise, all ditto. SHIELDS, DEc. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Taranto, Dalhousie. LIAMBURGH, DEC. 12.—The Therese Henriette, hence fur Vera Cruz , has p ut into Gluckstadt harbour, having been in contact with the Najade schooner, QUEBEC, Nov. D.—The Lord George Bentinck is reported to be at anchor at Kamouraska, and cannot proceed. LYNN, DEC. 15,—The Budget barque, of and from Antwerp, for Liverpool, came on shore opposite No. 1 Battery, Dungeness, in a thick fog this morning; is very leaky, and is discharging. GRIMSBY, DEC. 15.—The Perseverance, Sunderland to Woodbridge, was run on shore near Donna Nook, last night, in a sinking state, having sprung a leak. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Cicely, Rio Bache; Cruz, Primero, Morocco; Anna Watson, Porto Novo, Africa; Scottish Maid, Callao; Philena, Charleston; S. V. Goven, Wilmington; Shackamarion, Philadelphia; Queen of the West, New York. Off port, Cores, Charleston; Columbine, Quebec. The Virginia, from hence, on shore on Cape Roman 24th Nov., got off with little damage, and arrived at Charleston. bld. John S. do Wolf , Charleston; John Wallis, Singapore; Maria, Monte Video; Oscar 1., New Orleans; Olive, Mo. bile; Guy hiannering, New York. The Sophia Bar bidge, Quebec to th is port, got into the ice off Riviera du Loup, and bad her bows stove in. The Aberdeen and the Richard Jackson are both reported ashore at Kamouraska, but the statement requires confirmation. DEAL, DEc. 15.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Pilot Fish, Rio Janeiro for Hamburgh. Arrd. from the River, Retriever, Altyab, The Maria brig, of Rostock, from Antwerp for Constantinople, has been got off the Godwin Sands without apparent damage. RAMSGATE, DEC. 15.—The Marie and Emelie, of and d from Antwerp for New York , has got off the Godwi Sands. CARDIFF, DEC. 15.—The Mary Taylor, of and for London from Newport, has put in leaky, and will dis charge. The Hellas Greek brig is on her beamends, and will till with the tide. THE REPRESENTATION OF WINDSOR.—Our readers will recollect that, in the month of February last, when our excellent and learned representative, the Eight Hon. John Ilatchell, was re-elected, on his appointment to the Attor ney-Generalship of Ireland, there was a very anxious at tempt, on the part of the Conservative leaders, to hand over the royal borough to the East India Company, by the return of Sir John Campbell, a son of one of the directors. Pla cards were issued requesting the free and independent elec tors to " reserve their votes" for a " Constitutional candi date," and the preliminaries for a sharp canvass were com pleted, when the nominee of Lesdenhall-street refused to show at the hustings, and his pretensions were withdrawn. Within the last few days, we hear, that the "little bill" for professional assistance has been forwarded to Sir John Campbell, who refuses to acknowledge his liability to the ex tent of a single farthing. The affair is likely to furnish an amusing case for one of the superior courts, and, in the meantime, will act as a salutary warning to our local elec tioneering agents. Fishing for candidates is sometimes as unprofitable as it is exciting. Windsor Express. An explosion took place on Thursday :last at Messrs. Carr and Co.'s tile works, Secremeston, two miles; from Berwick, on the right-hand side of the road, going south, and two of the workmen lost their lives in consequence. The alleged case of fraud, in the evasion of dock dues, by a respectable mercantile house in this town, is at present under investigation. We believe that the matter can be satisfactorily explained by the house in question.— Livcrp2l4lbion. HAY IVIARACETs. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 315 s so 4/ 6s Od; and Straw, 11 Os to 1/ 6s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 3/ 164 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 4s; and Straw, I/ Os to 1/ is per load. Trade dull, at barely late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 315 s to 4l 6s Od; and Straw, I/ Os to 11 6s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation was heavy at the close of last week. Sales 122 hhds, including 78 Barbadoes. MAURITIUS.-5,000 bagswero only about one-third realised, in some instances at a further slight reduction; yellow, 30s to 355; and brown at 27s to 29s 6d. Of 6,000 bags Bengal offered, only about 500 sold, at low and uneven rates, while 550 bags Madras and 1,000 bags Penang were nearly all with drawn at nominal rates. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and Nest India Docks was 1,265 hhds 70 tierces 135 barrels, there were taken for home consumption 1,726 hhds 208 trcs 650 barrels. The stock in the same places is 16,539 hhds 2,180 tierces 3,680 barrels. COFFEE.—The Market ruled heavy at the close of last week, but holders were firm, and nearly the whole quantity brought to auction (100 casks 68 barrels 280 bags Plantation, and 860 bags _Native Ceylon) was withdrawn, the latter at 40s 6d per cwt. Native Ceylon since has been 39s to 405 6d. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Ducks was 716 puns 61 hhds; there were taken for home consumption 345 puns 10 hbds, and ex ported 14 puns 31 hhds. The stock in the same places is 14,773 puns 1,011 hhds. RICE.—Of 9,500 bags pinky Madras offered at auction only 3,500 of the sound sold at 8s to 8s 6d, being the previous value. SPlCES.—Nutmegs went 2d to 3d lower at the close of last week, from Is 8d to 3s 2d; Mace at Is 9d to 2s 3d; 80 bags black Pepper realised *I for unsifted Penang, and 69 bags white at 8d to 8-id per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 36s 6d per cwt. on the spot, and Town 39s 6d and dull. TEA.—The market has been dull, but not lower. COTTON.—Prices are about the same, but with very little doing. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Neptune, 120, Cap tain Goldsmith, shipped her lower masts to-day. The Birkenhead iron steam transport, Master- Commander Salmond, went out of harbour to-day, to lie at Spithead until further orders. The Diligence naval transport arrived on Saturday with stores from the eastward. Rear-Admiral Dundas returned to London to-day. Saturday next is the day named for the departure of the Court from the Isle of Wight for Windsor. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, DEC. 15.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Francis Hardinge (1851) to the Tortoise store-ship, at the Island of Ascension. Lieutenant W. H. Hire (1841), Lieutenant E. Nares (1848), and Lieutenant F.T. Hamilton (1848), were each examined on two days of last week by Mr. Charles Atherton,;Chief Engineer at Woolwich Dock yard, on their completing a course of study of steam at the factory, and having passed satisfactorily they received their certificate. Lieutenant T. P. P. Barrow, who passed his ex amination about a week ago, after a course of study of steam at Woolwich factory, has been appointed agent in the transport service ; and it is said Lieute nant W. H. Hire, who passed on Friday last, is ap pointed First Lieutenant of the Fury steam-vessel, at Woolwich, but it has not as yet been officially an nounced. FURTHER SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The public will learn with satisfaction that the next expedition to the Arctic regions, in 1852, in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships, will be made as efficient as possible ; and that, in ad dition to the Pioneer and Intrepid screw-steamers, employed in the recent expedition, the Phoenix, a much larger screw-steamer, of 260 horse-power, which was taken up from Woolwich to Deptford about a week ago, is ordered to be fitted and strengthened at the latter dockyard for service in the Polar seas. The excellent arrangement of sending three screw steamers to 'Wellington Channel has been made in order to avoid similar delays to those experienced by the Pioneer and Intrepid steamers during the recent expedition, when they had to tow the Resolute and Assistance sailing vessels. In the event of its being considered necessary to send sailing vessels with stores to the Arctic regions next spring, they will be entirely independent of the steamers, and the latter will only have to act in concert with each other. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP DXDALUS AT SAN FRANCISCO. We learn from an American journal that her Ma jesty's ship Dwlalus, which was detached from the squadron in the Pacific, to communicate with the Plover in Behring's Strait, arrived at San Francisco on the 221 of October, from Port Clarence, Behring's Strait, which she left on the 13,t of that month. She brought as passengers Lieutenant Cooper and Dr. Simpson, of her Majesty's ship Plover, which vessel had returned to Port Clarence from the summer expedition, having been unable to penetrate farther north than 71 degrees, being three degrees short of their excursion last year. The Plover's consort, it is added, had not returned to her winter quarters at the sailing of the Dredalus, but this observation is evidently inaccurate, as the Plover has no consort. It must refer to the Enter prise, Captain Collinson, which would thus appear to have entered the ice. The following is the report of the Dredalus : " Her Britannic Majesty's ship Dredalus, Captain G. G. Wellesley, from Port Clarence, Behring's Strait, October 1, arrived in our harbour yesterday, and an chored at Sancilito. The Dredalus was dispatched from Valparaiso last spring, to visit the provision wbich is kept at Port Clarence as a depot and point of succour, in case either Sir John Franklin's expe dition, or the other vessels in search of him, should be obliged to quit their ships and take to their boats. The Dxdalus arrived at the edge of the ice (which Was then close to St. Lawrence Island) in the middle of June, where she fell in with a large fleet of whalers, principally American, waiting for an opening to pro ceed northward. There had been but little done in taking whales this season, although large numbers of them had been seen in the Arctic Seas in the early part of the season. Most of the ships had gone south. Captain Wellesley thinks that all the vessels had pawed the straits for the south before the Dredalus sailed. The summer season is later than usual, the first snow having fallen on the Ist October, the day the Dtelalus sailed from Port Clarence." With respect to the recent losses in the American whaling fleet it appears that the vessels employed in that service are not intended to encounter ice, and are wholly unfitted for doing so, besides being, ge nerally speaking, very crazy, ill-found vessels. Miss POOLE'S BENEFIT.—This accomplished and popular vocalist has announced her benefit, at the Surrey Theatre, for Thursday evening, the 18th inst., on which occasion she will sustain her favourite role in the Daughter of the Regiment ; and appear, for the first time, as Tom Tug, in the Waterman. The entertainments will also comprise a concert, in which the names of Mrs. A. Newton, Miss Messent, the Russian Brothers Becker, &c., are announced, so that with Borrani, Travers, Kuchler, and the fair beneficiare herself, a host of musical talent will signalise the occasion. There can be no , doubt but that a crowded a tt en dance will mark the high appreciation universally entertained of the merits of Miss Poole, whose reputation, as one of the first of English singers has been confirmed by her brilliant success during the opera season of the present year at the Surrey Theatre. A BLOOMER IN A PREDICAMENT. —Yesterday evening, soon after four o'clock, a young woman, who had been imprisoned in Tothill-fields Prison for seven days for creating a disturbance in the streets, was released from her incarceration, and sailied forth from the portals of the pri son, as she entered, in full Bloomer costume. A mob of juveniles soon formed an escort to her—and as she proceeded through Westminster, every street she pasied swelled the number of her followers till she arrived at the Broad Sanc tuary, where the crowd had become so numerous that she was compelled to take refuge in the Mitre and Dove public-house, at the corner of King. street, Parliament-street The extensive estates in West Yorkshire of Lord Wharncliffe have recently been revalued, and in some in stances reductions of from 20 to 30 per cent. have been made in the rentals. " GAROTTE " ROBBERY BY CHILDREN.—At the ia r y years jsi a t old : Manchester Borough Court, on Monday, Mary Ann We lch and Mary O'Brien, neither of whom were more than four teenawegrierlsenoft fo t r he tria sa l m at e th a e g s e e , ss a io t ns a , ea fo r r ly robbinseveng o'clock on Sunday night, i n Millgate. T e prosecutrix saw the prisoners come out of a . dram-shop, and immediately afterwards one of them pushed against her. This made some money rattle in her locket, and O'Brien soon after seized her by the throat and held her tightly, while Welch and h another girl robbed her o f I s . 7 1 / 2 d. , one of them holding her ands behind her back. 'I h e mag istrate commented on the strangeness of the robbery, and its similarity to those now so common. At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of Aus tralasia, held yesterday, a favourable statement was pre sented. In the absence of accounts, which it is not usual to submit at this period of the year, the chairman (Mr. Oliver Farrer) gave an outline of the progress of affairs, and alluded particularly to the gold discoveries in New South Wales, the recovery of the remaining portion of the debt due from the Bank of Australia, and the position of some old accounts, through which it was originally anticipated. severe losses would have been incurred. These points, which constituted the grounds of discussion, were encouragingly received, as was also the intimation that the directors in April next in tend to increase the yearly dividend upon the capital stock from 4 to 5 percent. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—An eugineman named William Fletcher, employed at the Oakwellgate Col liery, Gateshead, met with a fatal accident on Wednesday morning last whilst preparing to take his breakfast. It apceared that whilst the unfortunate man was endeavouring to reach his meal over a rope kept in motion by the engine, he slipped his foot, and fell upon the rope, by which he was forcibly drawn towards a wheel round which the rope was coiled, and so fearfully crushed that he almost instantly ex pired. He has left a numerous family to lament his loss. At a coroner's inquest held on the following day by Mr. Favell the facts were inquired into, and a verdict of "Ac cidental Death" returned. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1851 OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our papers from C Acutta of November 7, Bombay, November 17, and China, October 30. Although the intelligence received is not of great importance, it possesses considerable interest. (From the Bombay Times of Nov. 17.) SUMMARY.--The events of the past fortnight, although they cannot be said to be very interesting, are still sufficiently so to attract the attention of those who have an interest in whatever concerns India. The state of alarm and excitement which prevailed in Bombay i❑ consequence of the disturb ances that had occurred between the ➢iahomedans and Parsees, has entirely subsided, and the most thorough tranquillity now prevails. The Calcutta papers of the 25th ult., which came to hand on the 3d instant, supply the particulars of a storm ex perienced there and off Diamond Harbour on the 22d and 23.1 ultimo. The Powerful steam-tug, Captain Smith, was driven on shore near Silver- Tree Pagoda, the commander's wife and two children having perishad. The light vessel Hope was bilged on Saugor Beach. Both these vessels have, however, been floated and towed up to Calcutta for repair. The Mary Ann and two or three other vessels were also ashore, but have since been got off; the Lahore, from the Mauritius, with returned em i gra nts, had been tugged off by a steamer. The P. and 0. Company's steamer Precursor went ashore at Cowcolly on her way down the river on the 22d. At the time she encountered the hurricane the Precursor was proceed ing to Aden and Suez with a large number of pas sengers. These together with the mails were trans ferred to the Erin, in which veasel they left on the 24th or 25th ult. The Precursor was subsequently towed off the bank and returned to Calcutta without having sustained any serious injury. Several native craft had foundered and gone ashore near Saugor, and many lives were lost in them. The only ships yet known to be actually wrecked are the Bengalee, outward bound, which was lost on Saugor Island, and the Scourfield, inward bound, which was disabled and driven on the coast near Point Palmyras. In both cases the whole of the crews were saved. The semaphore below Diamond Harbour was much dam aged, three or four of the towers having been blown down. The Post-office at Kedgeree being also de stroyed by the hurricane, the communication with the mouth of the river was entirely suspended for two or three days. It is believed that Dhuleep Sing, the son of Runjeet Sing, will shortly pay a visit to England, where he will, doubtless, be lionised for a short time. The state of affairs at Gwalior, the capital of Scin diah's dominions, is again unsatisfactory. A force of 2,000 men, under the immediate command of Briga dier General Sir Colin Campbell, marched out of Peshawur on the 25th ultimo to chastise the Mo. munds of Mitchnie, a town to the north of that sta tion, and commanding one of the main roads into Affghanistan. The troops were provisioned for a week, in which time they were expected to bring these tribes into subjection. The latest accounts from the force are to the 30th ultimo. It had been occupied all the previous day in blowing up the Furt of Mitchnie and the villages surround ing that place. Heaps of corn that lay stored in the houses of the Momund inhabitants were fired, and their goods and chattels thrown into the river. The Momunds were firing on our troops from a dis tance, but their shot fell short of the camp. No casualties on our side had been reported. Rumours are again rife that the Ameer Dost Mahomed lihan, the ruler of Caubul, is dead. This has been stated as a positive fact in some of the Mofussil papers, but we shall take leave to doubt it, until it is more authoritatively announced. It is said that a fearful scene of anarchy, civil broils, and all the horrors con comitant thereto, has commenced in Affghanistan. The Mahajuns (Hindoo traders) with the rest of the peaceable inhabitants, are reported to be flying from the land, some into the districts under British rule. Two of the claimants to the succession are the Ameer's brother Sultan Mahomed, and his son Gholam Hyder. Another force is out on the frontier, from Kohat, under Captain Coke. The object to be effected by it is to aid in the revenue settlement of the newly occu pied districts in the Bunnoo country, and up to the present time its march has been a very peaceful and pleasant progress. Recent accounts received from the provinces of Berar state that a fight had lately taken place there between the forces of a Zemindar named Naga Ram and those of another chief, whose name is not mentioned, in which affair about 50 men were killed, and as many wounded. Naga Ram's men were beaten. The opposite party consisted of about 600 Rohillas, and about 400 Goands, a tribe residing chiefly in the Telangana district. Naga Ram's troops amounted to about 900, including 150 Seikhs, the rest being chit fly people of the neighbouring country. The Seililas and 500 others of Naga Ram's party were d atc a h t outside r t a h r e w f a o n r . t , Theywhich e s t s r oo postedgl the Rohillas, on whose appearance, however, they fled. The Rohillas advanced to the gate of the fort, y t t u o a twe the posted village o f burnt it, and entered, killing some of the defenders, and getting possession of Naga Ram's head man. It is said the Rohillas were promised by their employer a present of eight thousand rupees if they could take the fort. Naga Ram is said to have escaped, having crossed the Wurdah river, and taken refuge in the Nagpore Raja's territory. Ou r re l a ti ons with . the B ur mese are in an unsatisfa c t ory state, an d some cor respondence has recently passed between the Gover nor-General and Commodore Lambert, the senior naval officer on the spot, on the subject of a visit pro posed to be made by the Commodore to Rangoon, for the purpose of obtaining redress for wrongs inflicted on British subjects there, and for securing better treatment for them in future. It is believed that Lord Dalhousie has decided on trying diplomacy first on his Burman Majesty, and force afterwards, if the former should prove unsuccessful. Brevet Captain James Gordon, of the 59th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, h as b een dismissed the service by the sent ence of a court - mar tial, arising out of certain p ecun i ary transact i ons of a very questionable chara c t er w i th Messrs. M ac k enz i e , Lyall, and Co., of Calcutta. The sentence has been confirmed by his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief. A body of three hundred horsemen, supposed to be men of the Sheoranee Hills, made an attack on the post of the Punjaub Irregular Cavalry (the sth or Fitzgerald's) on the 21st ult. at a place called Zufer khan-ke•Kote, just under the Sheoranee Hills, and taking them almost unawares cut several of them up. Five men were killed on the spot and several others severely wounded. The financial question betwixt the Nizam and the British Government has been sa tisfactorily settled, his Highness having at the twelfth hour opened his purse-strings and paid off the whole of his enormous debt to us. The Governor-General was expected at Mussooree on the 13th inst. He pro ceeds direct to Saharunpoor, and Roorkee, stopping two days at Dehra Dhoon. His Lordship and party were to have left Simla on tin sth in stant. The Commander-in-Chief and Lady Gomm intended leaving Simla on the following day. Lord _Falkland returned to Bombay from the Mahabu leshwur Hills on the sth instant, accompanied by Mr. Goldsmid and Colonel Melvin, the Secretaries to Government in the Revenue and Military Depart ments. It is expected that his Lordship will remain at the Presidency for some months to come, and the Viscountess Falkland may be expected here in a few days. We regret to have to notice the death, at Poonah, on the Ist instant, of the Hon. W. H. Ly saght, second son of Lord Lisle, late an ensign in her Majesty's 86th Foot. The deceased gentleman was about to return to England, but was suddenly cut off by an attack of liver complaint. Trade at Calcutta, both in imports and exports, is still very dull. The Money Market has undergone little alteration. Freights are very low, owing to the quantity of tonnage in port and expected. Exchange has risen, and is quoted at 21. 14 d., at 2s. lid., but little has been done in it. The Bom bay market for imports is on the whole in a satisfac tory state. There is a considerable degree of firmness on the part of holders of cotton piece goods for the stock now held. Freight to Great Britain 2/. 10a. to 21. 17s. 6d. per ton. Exchange on London has advanced to - 2s. I id., at which first-class credit bills have been offered. SINDE. SUKKUR, Nov. 4 --The weather has become much cooler of late, hut sickness continues much the same. Surgeon D. Davies, of the 22d Re g i men t N a ti ve Infantry, died at this station on the 7th ult. from fever. Mrs. Mayor, relict of the late Lieut. Mayor, commanding Ist Belooch battalion, died on the 24th ult. MISCELLANEA. A table showing the sickness, mortality, and inva liding in her Majesty's and the Hon. Company's armies on the Madras establishment, from the Ist January, 1450, to 31st March, 1851, appears i n the Fort St. Georg , e Gazette. rein this we gather that during the fifteen months there died of her Majesty's army 140, of which 16 were from cholera, and 233 were invalided, out of a total strength of 4,900 or thereabouts. This gives a per cent age in the former of three nearly, and in the latter of close on five. Of the European troops of the Company's army, numbering 6,900, there died, 133 —2 per cent., and invalided 129 —2 6 per cent. Of the Native army, 55,500 strong, 907 died-1.6 per cent., and invalided 1,211-2.2 per cent. nearly ; the deaths from cholera being 257—little short of one filth of the whole. We should like to see returns of th . is sort p u bli s hed for the Bombay and Bengal AMIN& The Bengal Barham of the 4th instant supplies the following item of news :—" The following inti. mation of a strange and tragic occurrence was received by electric telegraph yesterday evening Message received from Pilot Moxon, of ship llydery, that the ship Pawn has been taken by her crew, Captain Rogers and officers murdered.' We have since heard that the Pawn was found ashore on the Sambelungs in the Straits. Five of her crew had surrendered themselves or been seized at Singapore, and were in custody there. According to their report of the horrible business, the captain, officers, and male passengers were murdered on board ; the captain's wife and a lady passenger were then put into one of the quarter boats, which, while being lowered, was either accidentally or by intention overturned, and the ladies were drowned. The vessel was then scuttled and deserted by the crew. We hear that she was manned wholly or almost entirely by Malays." The following is a letter from I'eshawur, October 2G :—"The weather has continued very much the same, only a little more variable, and if anything hotter. Sickness amongst the native regiments is still very severe indeed ; upwards of 200 sick in hos pital in some corps; and 150 convalescents out of hospital." MILITARY. Casualties by death in the armies of India since the departure of the Mail on the 3d Nov. MADRAS.—Retired Major A. Gordon, in Europe. BENGAL.—Retired Major H> W. Leacock, in Europe. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS FROM IST TO 15TH NOV. INCLUSIVE. THE MONEY MARKET.—The increased demand for money reported in our last still continues, but the banks have not yet raised their rates of interest on loans and discounts. Government securities have declined i❑ price, and are dull at quotations; as also Bank Shares, in which only a limited amount of business has been done, with the exception of Oriental Bank Corporation Stock, which has advanced from 8 per cent. pm., as quoted in our last, to 15 per cent. pm., at which rate it is in demand. The Oriental, Commercial, and Agra Banks hare given notice, that from the Ist of January next the rate of interest allowed on current deposit accounts will be reduced to 2 per cent. per annum, instead of 2i, to which it was raised on the opening of the Government Five per Cent. Loan in 1846. IMPORTS Cotton Piece Goods—Since the date of our last no fresh supplies have been received, which has induced a considerable degree of firmness on the part of holders for the stock now held, and a greater confidence exists among the natives, from whom there has been more in quiry of late, which for the present at least would make it appear that any further fall in value is checked. Business has been done to a much smaller extent in the past fortnight than in that preceding it. Grey Shirting-40 in. All descriptions in inquiry but without any improvement in value, 45 in. in mode rate inquiry. Jacconet--In moderate request,lbut without improve ment in value. Maddapolams aro still low in value, although a mode rate inquiry exists. Some large sales have been made. Domestic—All descriptions, are in request, with a slight improvement in value. Long Cloth in moderate inquiry. • T Cloth—Those under 61b. dull of sale; upwards• of 61b. in good inquiry, with a slight advance. Bleached Shirting-66 reed and upwards in moderate inquiry; the lower qualities dull and depressed. Jacconet—Low, very dull and depressed ; medium qualities and upwards in request. Satin Spots little inquired after. Twills in no demand. Turkey Red—Plain cloth in alight demand. Twills very dull; for mulls little inquiry exists. Fancy Goods—Grey and bleached dhoties of fancy borders, lappet scarfs, and low lappets in inquiry ; bleached mulls, zebra and pine dresses, book muslin and Swiss lappets are all very dull. Cotton Yarn—Holders of mule continuing to show anxiety to realise, prices have again given way, up to 60s, 70s, and upwards remain nominal at quotations. Water 20s and 40s dull, 30s in request without change in value. Turkey Red dull, Orange in request. Woollens—There is still little or no demand for cloth, but we hear of a small sale of yellow list cloth having been made at Rs. 1 6.16 th per yard. Metals—English and Swedish bar iron are both dull of sale, as is also square nail rod. Round in little in quiry. Sheets and hoop both dull, prices being as be fore. Swedish steel in tubs in request. Faggots without change. Both pig and sheet lead are dull, without change in value. Spelter rather dull, and slightly declined in price. Tin plates without change. Copper—Sheathing in request; brazier's dull and fallen in value. Tiles without change, as is also South Ameri can copper. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—Our market has been steady, and for the China market considerable purchases have been made. Opium of new crop arriving daily, quality pronounced good; prices have fallen to 1,065 rs. to 1,080 per chest. Freight to Great Britain-21. 15s. to 21. 17s 6d. for London, 2/. 10s. to 21. 17s. 6d. for Liverpool according to the class of vessel; for London only ono vessel is on the berth, for Liverpool there are two. To China the rate is rs. 15i to 16} per candy; a large ship has just been let at rs. 15/ per candy. Exchange on England has advanced to 2s. Id., at which first class credit bills have been offered. On Calcutta 12 ans. premium, and on China rs. 222 to 223 per 100 dollars. CALCUTTA MARKETS. CALCUTTA, Nov. 7. The Government express, bringing London news up to Sept. the 24th, came in about noon on the 31st ult ; and the Oriental, with the bulk of the mail, arrived at her moorings on the evening of the Ist inst. Commer cial affairs had by no means improved. Prices of colo nial produce had again receded, and difficulties to some extent were apprehended. Two or three failures amongst corn merchants had already taken place. In the manufacturing districts there was not much change. Prices of cotton piece goods and yarns suitable for India were well supported; and although the exports to this quarter had fallen off, as compared with the pre ceding months, they were still on a large scale, consi dering our overstocked position and the present low range of prices here. In our export market scarcely any change has taken place since our last; and transactions in October were on a very limited scale. Freights continue low. Ship ments of sugar were only 65,725 mds. in October; a smaller export than for many months past. Of silk piece goods, the quantity sent forward was very trifling, hardly 11,000 pieces, including all aorta. Raw silk also was only shipped to a small extent as compared with previous months. There has been very little doing in saltpetre for either Great Britain or France, but America has taken more than usual. Of rice there were no shipments to either Great Britain or France during the month of October ; but about 2,500 mds. have been passed since the Ist inst. for Great Britain. Mauritius continues to take pretty freely, and Bourbon has also been an extensive customer of late Hide shipments have fallen off considerably to all quar ters. Both shell lac and lac dye are attracting very little attention. The season for safflower is now almost over, and only a small quantity has been shipped of late. Lin seed and mustard seed have been in good request for Great Britain and North America. Jute has been in fair request, but only a moderate quantity has gone for ward. Castor-oil shipments have continued on an ave rage scale, and prices here are tolerably well supported. A small parcel of cutch has been shipped to Great Bri tain within the last few days, but there was nothing done in it, in the month of October. Rum shipments have con tinued light. The eleventh opium sale of the season took place on the 27th ultimo, when prices went higher than appears to have been generally expected. From China our news comes down to the 28th Sep tember, at which time the drug was in good demand with moderate stocks. Patna was quoted 495 dolls., Benares 170 dolls., Malwa 540 to 550 dolls., and Turkey 385 to 390 dolls. In Exchange quotations were six months' sight 4s. Sid.; other paper 4s. 11d. to 4s. 110. with documents. On India Company's accepted paper 225 per 100 dolls. Oriental Bank drawing at 226 per cent. on Bombay and Calcutta. Here the money market continues steady. Rates of interest at the Bank of Bengal and other European quarters remain as last quoted. Government Securities stand at about former value. The share market is just about the same as before. Bank of Bengal shares are quoted Co.'s rs. 2,250 to 2,275 premium. The profits of that establishment for the three months ending 30th September equal to Co.'s re. 12 6.4/ per cent. per annum.' Agra (500 paid up) Co.'s rs. 485 to 490, at which there has been some demand. New Oriental Life Insurance Company (250 paid up) market price 250. Bonded warehouse shares are still quoted at re. 200 to 210 each. There is no im provement in financial matters as yet amongst the Bazaar people; indeed two or three fresh failures were reported during the last few days. The import market continues very bad, in some re spects even worse than at the departure of the last mail; prices of many clothes, particularly 40-inch low grey shirtings, have receded in value. Stocks of all kinds of goods are very heavy, and considerable additions will be made daring the present month. From the upper pro vinces, the news is far from satisfactory. The chief towns are all well stocked with goods, which the holders Gan only realise at prices very similar to those at pre sent current in Calcutta. The sales in October were nut large; but it must be borne in mind that neatly half the month was taken up in holidays. As mentioned above, 40 inck low grey shirtings are certainly lower in value than on the departure of the Overland Mail. White shirting% and indeed all sorts of bleached goods, arc dull of sale at former poor prices. Grey and white jaco nets are in very poor demand, and only saleable at down right cheap rates. Grey Madapollams of ordinary qua lity are selling at Co.'s Its. 1 6 0 to 1 7-0 per pi ece , Glasgow goods continue quite as dull as before, al though the season when there is usually more doing i❑ them is now coming on. The sales of late, including all sorts, have been extremely small. Mule twist remains at about our last quotations to a trifle lower for some Nos.; and there has been during the last week, more inquiry amongst Bazaar people. Sales have consequently been to a fair extent. Coloured yarns are doing as badly as before. Metals are of about late low value, except sheathing copper, which has been in more demand than of late. Lead is selling—Pig at sicca rs. 5-8 per fy. md.; Spelter at Ct. rs. 5 11.0 to 5-12-0; and tin plates at Cos rs. 12.8 to 13-0 per box. Iron of all sorts con- Unties very levi in value. noEt b x e c e h n an m g u e c h h a c s io r i i n s g en in sin b c il e ls o . ur last issue, but there has Freights—There have been but few arrivals of late, but there are plenty of ships in the river, and not much demand for their tonnage; so that their rates continue very low. Present quotations are to London—sugar, 21.; hides, 31; jute, 2i. 103.; shell lac and lac dye, 21. 10a. to 31. Indigo—From the factory districts there is nothing new of importance, and it is still supposed that the crop will actually turn out about 120,000 mauLds, although it is difficult to arrive at positive facts even at this late pe riod of the season. CALCUTTA, Nov. 8 . 'There is little change in com mercial affairs since yesterday. Exchange is still on the rise, and ha s gone up itd. or id. f or the atter packet. The harbour is still crowded with shipping, and nume rous arrivals may be looked for daily, fAor s reports tw en ty vesse l s outside waiting following are announce d this morning: —Newt on , Gl a - p h i i lo p ts j.ust Thein diator, Nepauleso Ambassador, and Alliance. CHINA. (From the China Mail of Oct. 9.) The American clipper ship Memnon, tea laden, was totally lost in Gaspar Straits on the 16th of Septem ber—crew saved ; and the British barque Metropolis, which had been deserted by her crew, was fallen in with off Bintang by the Honourable East India Com pany's steamer Hooghly, and towed into Singapore. (From the China Mail of Oct. 16.) After our; last number was issued we received a report of an extensive fire at Canton on the night previous, which has destroyed, it is said, from two to five hundred houses, and from 50,0001. to 150,0004 worth of property. But so vague and various are the reports, both as to the extent of the damage, and the nature of the property destroyed, that after a week we cannot form a more precise estimate than that above given. '(From the Overland Friend of China of Oct. 30.) In the China Sea there have been one or more severe typhoons, as experi ence d by h er Majesty's ships Hastings and Sphynx, and the merchant vessel Heloise, and others. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steam-ship Pekin appears to have na rrowly esca p e d destruction in the typhoon of the Ist and 2d inst., the Lascar crew having become panic-stricken, and hid them selves away. The health of troops in the garrison of Hong- Kong, as regards the aggregate number of sick i hospital, is some w h a t on a par with our last mont h' s report—viz., 124 against 129. Of these, there are 79 of the 59th Regiment, against 93 of last month-1.4 of the Ceylon Rifles against 17 —and 21 of the Ord nance against 17 ; the prevalent disease being still bowel complaint. There have been four deaths, viz., two of the 59th, one of the Ordnance, and the other in the Ceylon Rifle Corps. In the month of October last year the total number of deaths was 18—the contrast is therefore most favourable. The occupa tion of theMindru as a depot f or conva l escents has doubtless been a great means in the end attained. At present there are 78 men on board that vessel; two thirds of whom, we are told, are fit for duty if re quired, and the remainder are rapidly recovering strength. The intelligence from, or rather about, the " re bellion in K wang Si" continues to be of a very vague nature, and seems to excite little interest in Canton, whether amongst Chinese or foreigners. On Monday afternoon, the 20th of October, a fire broke out on board the Fort William, the receiving ship of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga tion Company, from the capsizing of a pot of an inflammable polishing nature. The flames spread with such rapidity to the poop, that the family of Captain Macqueen had barely time to escape below to the entering port on the gun deck, whence they were rescued by the boats of her Majesty's ship Hastings. By the united exertions of the officers and men of her Majesty's ships Hastings, Sphinx, Salamander, and Minden, United States sloop of war Marion, and Hon. E. I. Co.'s steamer Nemesis, the P. and 0. steamers Singapore, Sir Charles Forbes, and the H. and C. H ong -K ong (in readiness to tow in case of need), the fire was extinguished at a late hour, without having done much damage, except to the private effects of Captain Macqueen and his family, which being all in the poop cabins, were totally destroyed. The other property on board the vessel was not, as generally supposed, of great value. The destruction of the poop, forecastle, bul warks, and mast comprise nearly the entire injury done to the vessel. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Dates—Canton, Oct. 27 ; Shanghae, Oct. 18 ; and Amoy, Oct. 20, CANTON.—Business during the month has been pretty good, generally, but not so brisk as in the month pre vious. The august news, of lower prices for congou, caused a considerable check in exports ; but to the present date shipments of tea from all ports, are fully six millions in excess of shipments at same period last year. SHANGIIAE.—In consequence of the immense number free-booting vessels hovering about the mouth of the of Yangt:e Kiang, junks, for the northern provinces, have been afraid to proceed, and as a sequence have refrained from purchasing English goods, and the market for them since last report has had a downward tendercy; so much so, as regards cotton goods, that grey shictings have been exported to Canton, where sales at reasonable prices can be effected to some extent. The August news had some effect on the tea market, but not very great, as shown in the quantity of tea exported during the month. AblOY.—Business at this port since last report has been unusually dull. MARSEILLES, DEC. 13. The Banshee, Captain Hosken, has entered the port this evening, at half-past six, with the India Mail, having performed the distance from Malta in 53 hours. The Bentinek was detained 24 hours at Malta, owing to bad weather. We continue tranquil at Marseilles. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SUNDAY. Uer Majesty, bis Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended by , the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household, were pre sent at divine service at Whippingham Church yesterday morning. The Rev. T. Protheroe officiated. A deputation from the Trustees cf Essex Turnpike Trust, consisting of Sir John Wood, Messrs. Tower, Cox, Dixon, Fisher, Hobbs, Brewster, Tober, and Codd (Clerk to the Trustees), had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home office. Sir Gaspard Le Merchant had an interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office, yesterday. Mr. Carrie, M.P., had also an interview with the Noble Earl. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. W. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley, Secretary. Lord Monteagle transacted business yesterday at the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and Sierra Leone. NATAL.—A. new weekly journal has appeared in Urban under the title of The Natal Times. It is very well printed, and although of small dimensions, appears to be an excellent medium for advertisements, judging from the number contained in its early impressions, of which the first five have just reached us. THE BOILER EzrLosrort AT KINGSWOOD.—The inquest on the body of the unfortunate man, Thomas Waller, killed by the dreadful boiler explosion at Kings wood, near Bristol, the particulars of which were fully de tailed in The Sun, was commenced yesterday by the coroner, Mr. W. Joyner Ellis, at the Tennis Court Tavern, Warmby. The only evidence gone into was as to the iden tity of the body, the coroner explaining that it would be necessary to adjourri the inquest, in order to give time for the Government to consider whether they would send down an inspector.to assist at the investigation. THE GEORGE STENIENSON TESTIMONIAL..—A meeting of the committee of the George Stephenson Testi monial has just taken place-3,0001. has been raised. It has been decided that the statue shall be erected in the court yard at Euston station. This is said to be the place most consonant to the feelings of Mr. Robert Stephenson. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—We understand that a sermon will be preached in aid of the funds of this most excellent charity, on Sunday morning next, the 21st inst , at St. Helen's Church, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street, by the Rev. John Edmund Cox, M.A., F.S.A., the vicar. We hope the benevolent efforts of the Reverend Ge e n n t ro l et e r nia u t i i (); , f who has so generously come forward on behalf of this so coifetthye, j w o i u ll rn b e e ym se a c n ond p e o d a b io y n an; rothwedebduscinonegssreg( fa(l)rioth_h, whose brethren and their widows when overtaken by age and infirmity the society has been principally founded), but also of master printers an d a ll who are connected withr in terested in the Printing profession , as well as a ki n d an d pa l lanthropic public. The suspension of Messrs. Luckie, Brothers, and betwyeesetnerd wa,yoomooznainnag Co., a respectabl e fi rm i n the West India trade, was . Their liTabhielitie stoppages an nounced 40,0001. have originated solely from the difficulty o f r ealising certain property in Demerara, which is, nevertheless, valuable, and there is, cons equently, a prospect are is said to u ndereteod to be that the ultimate liquida tion may prove favourable. The accounts of t unsatisfactory. whole r , n n m o f the effects At Manch es t er , a ft e r a slight recovery te the state of trade in th e p rovinces during the past w eek are, upon the places business d improvement at Nottingham is pro duced by the French revolution, h market has again gra ually declined, but at other manufacturing hascontinued active. The as regards the demand sus tained, and the promise for the spring, diminution of general employment, mingham there is i no both for lace and hosiery, said to be excellent. At Bir- The Irish linen market has and the iron trade is Steady. again shown much animation. LENGTH OF THE DAY.—That the day is longer or shorter as you go north or south of the equator is a fami liar fact to our readers. Off Cape Horn, 56 degrees south latitude, the days in mid-winter are about nine hours long. The longest day at London is sixteen hours and a half ; at Hamburgb, seventeen hours; at SL Petersburgh, the longest day has eighteen hours and the shortest five ; at Tornea, in Finland, the longest day has twenty-one hours and a half, and the shortest two hours and a half; at Spitzbergen, the lougeo day 4 Vim unatiaii acid g 1141 f. THE WEST OF IRELAND LAND INTESTMENT COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE sun. SIR,—I have just read, with extraordinary satisfac tion, the preliminary prospectus of the above comp any, as well as an ac coun t o f t h e proceedings of the committee before the President of the Board of Trade, as reported in your columns of Wednesday last. And it is with equal satisfaction that I observe, by your comments on that meeting, that the laudable objects of the company are finding a supporter in your influential pen, a circumstance the public will be quit* prepared for, knowing your readiness at all times to advocate every measure calculated to afford practical and substantial aid to Ireland. For that good must result from such a company, well organized, and under prudent, skilful, and judicious management, few can doubt. My avocation in life, both as a practical farmer and as a land agent, has led me for many years to think deeply on the condition of agriculture, and without referring particularly to Ireland, I have long felt how grievously the full development of our landed resources have been retarded by want of the advantage of com bined skill and capital in their managem e nt. A n d a() far back as August, 1 8 47, I published in a L on d on Weekly journal a letter, "On the Expediency of _Establishi ng F arm i n g Companies with a v i ew to the Im p r ovement of Neglected Lands." And in which letter, i nter alia, the following observations were made ea—. While cheerfully bearing testimony to the spirit e d course pursued by innumerable intelligent i and enterp r i s i ng farmers in every part of the empire, I cannot s h ut my eyes to the miserably defective and slovenly f arm i ng things arisine. re - --I 'llY from that greatest of all impe diments to ' main evil, and look improvement—want of capital in the risible n gtuoinlhvmanatn_yolfoesak,liitlilesin; amsatnayte as occupier. . . . . e re . , 1 wing this, then, as the another, I have long th might be found in the eostagbl isbment of farming com panics, to take into their o which capital, judiciously districts, and applying to thememployed, those improvements As anbt;aaintineffenectt,usaul e r h em c e o d ra y i No fear can alone com panies wouldthan a u n question a bl yo y wand and carry out. far safer and more com petitors ' breaking up their lines,' but domestic a lol n ua d slde t be ee i their ro of currentntcustomersdheat p otchooren produceshwt e a ao n rv; h y wochfo i 1 5 in es ry e t rb h yag e tangible security always at and in a visible and constantly stock ib m a ne n o a n d r r e k efia l c s t e r tdtohopasp employmenturwc 'cottager in the kingdom . . . Nor do I !send the slightest difficulty in obtaining lanaTsPre which to carry out the proposed scheme ; for under such companies, prudently and judiciously conducted, landowners would be found but too happy to put their neglected properties in the way of that improvement which combined skill and capital would ensure. And then as to management, a well selected committee of shareholders, assisted by local bailiffs, with account ants and clerks, would form an efficient and suitable staff." If, then, such companies were considered essenti a l l t o 8 4 t h 7 e , h improvement o o r f e a neglected e l a a r n e d s th i e n y E t on g th l a e n d p r e m . sent impoveri s h e d con diti on o f the agriculture of western Ir e l an d at th i s moment; an d I can conceive no greater blessing to the distressed population of that portion of the empire, and no safer employment of capital, than in the business-like objects of the " Land Investment Comp a ny" now about to be formed. One feature in it s i ntended operations strikes me as especially valuable and important, the combining hand in hand agriculture with mazer facture. Each will thus support the other, and add immeasurably to the re sources and prosperity of both. And while the result will be a safe return for the capital employed, incal culable benefit will be felt, far and wide, in the locali ties in which these extensive undertakings are car ried on. That such a combination of industry, skill, and capital must lead to successful results to those em barked in it we have every reasonable ground to ex pect, especially as regards the agricultural branch of its operations. For what is it that has hitherto caused agriculture to advance less slowly in prosperity than most other branches of our national industry ? Be yond all question it is the isolated manner in which its labour and its capital have always been employed. IVho ever heard of a firm of farmers , much less of a company ? No, th e f armer fights his way single handed.' No multitude of counsellors—no partners to aid by their heads or their purses his operations ; but left solely to his own resources, he is deprived of those advantages in the prosecuting of his calling which combined intelligence and capital afford to others. See the strides that our other great branches of in dustry have made. Look at our shipping, our mining, our railroads, our manufactures, all carried on by the united skill and money of companies in some shape or other. For every firm may be called a company, and but very few of our leading concerns are to be found conducted single- handed. Everything, therefore, in the shape of success, may reasonably be relied on from the extensive practicel combined operations of the " West of Ireland Land Investment Company," and I cannot too strongly recommend to the friends and well-ssiehers of that important but neglected section of the kingdom, to give every aid to an undertaking calculated to pro duce such extensive good. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, ARTHUR OCFAVIUS BAKER. NV incanton, Dec. 12,1851. DARING 1101111ERT.—A daring highway robbery, attended with great violence, was committed in the Meadows, near Nottingham, on Saturday night, at eight o'clock. John Knapp, a cattle jobber, of Bottesford, Jeft Nottingham on his way to Wilford, having_ a considerable sum of money on his person : he Purchascil a pistol at one of the gunmakers in the town, and having charged it with ball imagined himself secure. When about half a mile from Nottingham, on a lonely pathway, he observed five men a little in advance of him. Ile had the pistol in his hand, and had taken the precaution to put it on the full-coct. Upon getting up to the men one of them saluted him, but in a moment he received a blow from behind from a life-pre server; he immediately drew the trigger, holding the pistol at the head of the man in advance, who was striving to catch hold of him ; unfortunately the nipple broke off, and the robbers perceiving all danger from fire-arms to be passed, commenced beating the unfortunate jobber with life-preservers and other bln.!geons. When rendered senseless they rifled his pockets of 211. in gold. Mr. Knapp, from the darkness of the night, was unable to recognise the laces of any of the robbers. Ile is now lying in a precarious state at the Talbot Inn, Nottingham. At Wandsworth Police-court, yesterday, James Leary, an Irish labourer, was placed at the dock before Mr. Hardwick, who sat for Mr. Beadon, on a charge of cutting open the head of of 'Lichee' Dean, his landlady, with an iron tire-shovel, and also her wrist, with the same weapon. He was also charged with committing assaults on two of the police who went to apprehend him, one of whom he attempted to strangle. Mr. Hardwick ordered the prisoner to pay 51., or be committed for two months for the assault on the woman, and committed him for one month to hard labour for each assault on the police, making an Imprison ment of four months. LONDON TEMPERANCE LEAGUB. .--- The thi.d monthly meeting of this league was held in Exeter Hall; Mr. John Cassell in the chaeire. the T ilr e e v w vir s . a large attendance. Among presentthose ete aek w , r yesterday evening T. W. Kellogg, N. Robinson, A.M., Messrs. G. Cr h read from several persons connecte with the Let ters were ' that they could not attend movement, regretting . Richard Place, George E. Lomax, of Manchester , tem peranceho on account of hishealth, neyw who, London; Mr. Rathbone, of Liverpool; Mr. Silk the demonstration. .Among others from Father Mathew, Buckingham, &c. The chairman alluded to the deleterious effects of intoxicating liquors upon the people of this country, but he rejoiced to be able to state that, although the popula tion of England had been steadily increasing, the ratio of intoxicating liquors consumed l't this country had not kept pace with it, but, on the contrary, had considerably decreased. During the ten years ended 1850, the decrease had been upwards of 24 millions of gallons of spirituous liquors, or, allowing for increase of population, Ali millions, as compared with the previous ten years. The consumption of malt during the same time had decreased 3i millions, or, allowing for increase of population, 4-6 millions of bushels. Notwith standing the increase in the number of foreigners who visited England during the existence of the Great Exhibition, he believed that there would be a diminution this year in the quantity of intoxicating liquors consumed of no less than b ls et s w o. een ia tw r. e L a o n m d ax, t hree Mr. Kelloggmillionso, m fg r a . c lloruniskshex as compared with addressed the meeting. The commercial advices from Ne w • • as increasing Africa arc very favourable, and confi d en ce tranwsacted durißlS as to the extent of business that woul d ival of about 600,0004 the coming year. The further greater part of it would be Bent Yor s : d b Y u ' the e from California, although the gdretehe mone y market, and the to England, • id jeinate-'rfe. best paper co h n a t d in failure b during the week, the house cent. There had been a dCo , large dealers in lead. The being that of Cornellieean were . to the Ist of November. The s u tr e d en t o gthe t? ne discounted with ease at 7 per dates from San Frante_ delayed; but, although the want of mpancyeeedn'thuiintnha d nta dec of id th ed e rainy season was ill red . There were kind. propelled by steam, at work in the southern mines, wist a h bo m u i t ni e n l g even quarts crushing machines, mostly in the northern, and about fifty.nine additional n districts are of the e m pe o r s a t ti s o a n t s is ' fa t c h t e or a y " :n u of erection. There were differences of ones were in process opinion as to the degree of richness that would pay for ay w in a ed t e e r i gh t crush ing,but some believed that, with proper management, quartz averaging even as low as a halfpenny per pound would pay well. Twopence-halfpenny to fourpence per pound was what bad been generally considered the lowest for profit. A dis covery of gold in considerable quantities was alleged to have been made on Queen Charlotte's Island, one of the British possessions north of Vancouver's Island. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 15 —The Ripon steamer, Captain Moresby, proceeded this morning on her (Adel trial trip, as announced yesterday, having on board Captain DIN. Penn, thel engineer;peninsula Corry, R.N., Captain Tinling, R.N., Captains Engledon AII°C . I . 8 i n o g 3 , e engineer r and d d Oriental hi riLameoh, superintend ing measured dd mdoilweninthsetroikveesr toßCayo,wewshlileohadesh,einpdertthueerrinn; 1 min. 8 secs., equal to 11,726 knots per :me engines making making 194 revolutions; and running the e ainst a good tide, back, she did the mile in 5 min. 30 se cs ' :r . „, 31 7, being an equal to 10,909 knots, giving an average of a quarter of a knot improvement on her Saturday's or indicator, ts per hour. She returned which showed a speed of 1 1 i quite realised the expectations per hour. She is fitted with the into dock at 330 r.m., having improvements.a 'which had been formed of her It is understood LORD BROOKE. MARRIAGE Or of Lord Brooke's mother, the death that on account of the e he nuptials of the Noble Lord with Countess of Warwick,t will not take place until the month trial of log the Hon. Miss Charteris of k'o4;lllrY 99" 0 0- ; 0(0' Olg thi i aid ',L i d ie, ", 1 e c° - , 0 10 5 ' d , 001 t 9 r n )DD ,Dlo`. l '; t o ad. AV' ) g 9"3 0 u9d k 1 j :e o°l IV ! I v oe 1 6 , coll" 3 i °. 0108 0 0 , - t o tti° io tof ' 100`ve 3 /b° a ,n la em