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wvERLAND MAIL. NDIA AND CHINA. (From the Morning Herald.) We have received by special express the Overland Mail from Bombay, and are enabled to publish the fol lowing intelligence. Our dates are, Bombay, Dec. 2 ; Calcutta, Nov. 23; China, Oct. 12. : (FROM PRIVATE CORNESPONDINT.) BOMBAY, DEC. 1. The intelligence of this month is, in the main, un important ; the chief interest attaches to the affairs of the Southern Mahratta country, which still continue much disturbed. The second of the two principal forts, for some time besieged, has fallen to our hands by surrender, but the country continues full of troops. Colonel Ovans, the newly-appointed resi dent, has fallen into the enemy's hands, and is kept by them a prisoner. An insurrection has broken out in the Sowunt Warree country; and in the two together an army of nearly 8,000 men is occupied in quelling disturbance. Everything .continues tranquil in Sinde. The health of the troops in the lower country is good. At Shikarpore and Sukkur sickness prevails to a very alarming extent. Her Majesty's 78th Regiment, with the exception of about 100 men, is wholly in hospital ; out of about 1,000 Cavalry and Native Infantry at Shikarpore, between 700 and 800 are in hospital. The Punjaub chiefs have become reconciled to each other, and comparative tranquillity reigns in the country of the Five Rivers. There seem to be some slight discon tents in Gwalior, but not such as to occasion alarm. Peace and prosperity prevail throughout India _at large. Sir Henry Hardinge has continued since his arrival constantly at Calcutta, and seems to tare been gaining golden opinions of all sorts of people. His administration promises to be a plain, practical, and peaceful one. The state of education amongst the natives was the first thing to receive his attention, and seems to occupy a most prominent place in his mind. The encouragement of science, and the pro motion of domestic improvement—the improvement of agriculture—the opening up of fresh roads—and the construction of bridges, have all received more or less attention. The most peace-loving suffer from go fears ; the most war-loving entertain no hopes of conquest or invasion under the present rule. A twelvemonth of such management will get rid of the excess of expenditure over income, lately amount ing to about a million and a half sterling. A twelve month more may bring back the auspicious state of rnotters which prevailed in the earlier part of Lord Aucldand's administration, when we had two millions a y ea r of surplus revonue. News from China ex tend to the 10th of October, but it is entirely com mercial, and not very important. So extensive has adulteration been practised at Bombay• that Malwa opium is quoted at .50 dolls. to 750 dolls., and is get ting rapidly out of repute, so that the swindlers have heir reward in a ruined market. cisis sit .2'. The Ist of the month falling on Sunday post pones by s day the dispatch of the steamer; but, in fact, a single paper in former days was wont to contain more intelligence of interest than a whole month in these piping times of peace can supply. Curiously enough this insignificant insurrection in the southern Mahratta country engages more of our troops than Lord Keane had with him at Ghuz• nee or Canbul in the year 1889—nearly twice as many as Sir Charles Napier had under his command at Nleanee or Dubba. When I last wrote you the Fort of Samunghur had been captured, and the army of General Delamotte had marched from Kolapore. A s • ie approached the capital the malcontents, to the 811100 31 ' of about 3,000 men, retired on Bathudghur, a hill fort`,- considerably stronger than that previously captured, ,vthich was held by about 1,000 Gudkurries, men holding 'their lands on military tenure, the inter ference with wi,ich is said to have given rise to the insurrection. A w,;ag, of the 2d Queen's Royal Regi ment with the 14th Light Dragoons and her Ma jesty's 22d Regiment, hav;og proceeded directly from Poonah t Kolapore, were le:`f. there while General Delamotte proceeded with about 2,000 men, in quest of the insurgents. He arrived before the fort on the Bth, having experienced some skirmishing on the way. While waiting under the walls until the battering guns could be brought up, the chiefs came into camp and made submission on the 10th. A light detachment haying been sent out to take possession of the fort, now promised to be made over to them, was detained - for four hours before the g ate. Treachery had turned out to have been practised, and while we were waiting without the whole of the Kolapore malcon tents were making their escape by the other side of the fortress. A. light detachment having been sent after them, under the cotrunand:of Col. Wallace, was too late in starting to make up with them, so that while the fortress was made over to us, the garrison escaped us. having left the light detachment to occupy Bathudghur, General Delamotte, on the 19th, broke up his camp, and prepared for a re turn to Kolapore. Colonel Outram, in the mean while, having either resigned hi 5 appointment or been superseded (for it does Dot appear whether the act was his own or that of Government), Co• lonel Ovans, resident of Sattarah, was or dered to proceed to , Kolapore in political charge. On his way from the one place to the other he was waylaid and made prisoner on the 17th and is now detained by the enemy in one of their hill forts. He has been treated with every kindness and attention by his captors, and is permitted to corre spond with his friends ; but the , untoward circum stance of his detention in the hands of the rebels has occasioned much delay and embarrassment in the prosecution of further arrangements. Meanwhile an insurrection has broken out in the Sawunt Warree country, adjoining Kolapore, which, though insigni• scant in itself, is a source of great annoyance to us, as it compels us to have a considerable force in the country. The light Mahratta troops flit about with such celerity, and are so skilful in taking advan tage of the strong positions with which the Ghauts abound, that to send out very light detachments in quest of them is unsafe, and to have heavy ones requires a large military establishment. What may be the nature of the grievances of the many malcontents does not at all appear. A chief, who gave us much annoyance in' 1838, appears to have considered himself affronted in some way or other, and to have taken to plundering the country as the means of avenging himself --on Government; Unfor tunately he managed to prevail on the young Prince of Warree to join him, and by this means to give a colour of right to the insurrection, as if the malcon tents were supporting native authority in opposition to English interests. The'youth is happily ashamed et his own conduct already, and his friends are now interceding for him that he may be allowed terms should he come in. The whole of this quarter of India, front the Konkon to the Mysore country, seems to be iu a very disaffected state, greatly discontented with their own Government, and not very well pleased at our.iaterference. So soon as the intelligence of the Wanes insurrection reached Bombay, a wing of the Queen's Royals quartered at Colaba, and which had been suffering excessively from sickness, was dispatched by steam to Vingola, in the neigh bourhood• of which some skirmishing s had taken place, and a Sepoy detachment had been very roughly handled. This nearly stripped the Bombay garrison of troops, and her Majesty's 13th, which had come down the Indus to Kurrachee, .with a view of em barking for England, were directed to take shipping fbr Bombay, and there for the present to remain. A wing .of 'her :Majesty's 17th Regiment, on its way from Alunednugger to Aden, was also arrested oa its way,,aud will remain here till the arrival of the 13th Regiment, or return of the 2d Queen's. The news papers seem very indifferently informed with respect to the causes or origin of these disturbances, and the Government itself not very clear as to the best remedy to be provided for them. I suspect the only one is for us to take the whole country into our own hands ; and for this I have no doubt we shall shortly find a very sufficient justification. ,We cannot afford to troop off 8,000 or 10,000 men when our hands may be full enough, at any rate to assist the foolish chief in keeping his subjects in order. Our troops are meanwhile scattered in large detachments through the country—the principal force by this time being before or in possession of a couple of forts, which till lately held out, and in one of which Colonel Ovens continues captive. SH4D.C.—There are still occasional robberies and THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1845, murders in Sinde. A large kaplah of 300 camels was lately plundered near Lehwan, but upon the whole the country is quiet. The troops at Kurra chee and Hyderabad are comparatively healthy. At the former station great improvements in every way have of late been going on. The revenues of the country are in the main turning out better than was anticipated; and altogether a considerable share of prosperity is exhibited. The total collection will in the present year probably amount to half a million sterling; the civil charges, including those of collec tion, to between 300,0001. and 400,0001. sterling. But then we have an army of 12,000 men to support of whom about 9,000 were raised avowedly for Sinde, these, consisting of ten men added to each company of each of the Native Infantry Regiments of the Bengal and Bombay army, not on field service in February, 1843, and of a newly-raised regiment of Irregular Horse. The cost of the mili tary establishment in Sinde, in fact, will alone absorb more than its revenues—the civil charges falling on the general treasury of India. The expense of a large steam flotilla on the Indus not required for mercantile purposes, and of three or four steamers belonging to the Indian navy, chiefly employed in plying between Bombay and Kurrachee, is itself no trifle. Your views and mine, however, differ on these matters, so I shall say no more about them. Sir Charles Napier, with his staff, left Kurrachee for the upper country on the 15th. It was said that he intended to have an expedition sent into the Warree country, to avenge our mishap at Poolajee, had there been a sufficiency of troops at Sukkur or Shikarpore. This, unfortunately, there is not, both posts being disabled at present by sick ness. At Khanghur, our extreme outposts, about two-thirds of the men are ill of fever. At Shikar pore of itself about one thousand men, belonging to the 6th Native Infantry and 7th Cavalry, between seven hundred and eight hundred are in hospital. About three-fourths of the Horse Artillery are unfit for duty. At Sukkur the 78th Highlanders are about seven hundred in hospital, and about seventy fit for duty. It is scarcely four months since it left Kurrachee—not yet a twelvemonth since it quitted Bombay in the highest health. It will be the third European regiment sent back from Sinde in the course of a twelvemonth so utterly disorganised by disease as to be ren dered, for a long period after its return, unservice able. The native infantry at Sukkur are also begin ning to suffer, though they have hitherto in a great measure escaped. Curiously, the European officers hare, throughout the season, been exempt from sick ness, as have also the natives of the country. The following letter from Shikarpore, which has I just been published in the Delhi Gazette, gives a still more deplorable picture of the state of matters than any which has reached Bombay direct. It is the more valuable as coming from the pen of a Bengal nfficer, generally believed more in favour with the conquest of Sinde than those of the minor presidency, who are more intimately acquainted with the country " Shikarpore, Nov. 12, 1844. " Dear Mr. Editor,—My dawk-book reminds me I have not written to you since the 23d ultimo, and I re gret I cannot give you now a much more flattering state of our salubrity than in ray last. I saw the remains of the 69th Regiment on parade two days since, under their adjutant, without arms, being too weak to carry them, and on in qu i r y f oun d they mustered 75 file. The 7th Cavalry manage to get two troops out for walking exercise every morning, but I observe the proportion of troopers among the riders is but small, and I am told they could not turn out an efficient troop if one were required ; and moreover, that men of theirs who had escaped fever for 12 days, were again going into hospital. The horse artillery troop are the only ones that seem to be improving, for the day before yesterday I observed they had three guns out; one would have been their maximum last month. At Khanghur the sickness continues unabated; Captain Smith, of the Ar tillery, who has just returned from thence, is a daily sufferer from fever; Captain Tait, too, who has just left us, had it up to the moment of his starting. At Sukkur, however, they seem to be still worse off than ourselves, for the accounts from there are quite appaling, 700 of the Highlanders are in hospital, and men dying daily, and 500 of each of the native corps, both of which are weak in strength, are also sick. Mr. Assistant-Surgeon Cannon is, we hear, again in arrest. Now the natives of the surrounding country unanimously declare this season to have been the most healthy one they have had for many years, so that we have a cheerful prospect in looking forward to aextAugust, September, and October, which will in all probability annihilate the remains of the different corps here; bat perhaps that was the object of our paternal Government in sending all the mutineer regimemta to Sinde? and yet the 64th are to go to Agra this year!,! Oh, wise and judicious arrangement, thus to offer a premium for mutiny by withdrawing a corps which has three times been guilty of it from this detested province, to the preference of other corps that have be haved as quietly, respectfully, and orderly as ever since the general strike, and who I am sure are heartily ashamed they ever listened to the tempters that drew them fur a short time from their allegiance. Sir Charles is still expected up here to destroy Poolajee, but he will have to bring his troops with him, I rather think. I will write again _at the end of the month, and until than, yours sincerely, " BO PEEP." A singular change has taken place in the politics of the Punjaub; the leaders of the opposing parties, the Minister Raja Hera Singh on the one side, and Goillab Singh, . Lord of Jumboo, on the other, who have been at deadly feud for a twelvemonth past, have become reconciled to each other, and . are now living together in amity. Two causes are assigned for this. This year the general relief of the regiments of the north-west provinces has been carried into effect sonaewhat differently from the usual practice, the re lieving regiments having been directed to be all brought nit before those to be relieved were permit ted to march. s The last apparent accumulation of troops on the frontier pccasioned great alarm ; this was fortuitously increased by the permission reluc tantly granted to the Commander-in-Chief to inspect the troops at Loodianah, Balla, and Ferozepore. Sir H. Gough is very well known to be nest anxious for a brush with the Seikhs ; he has, in fact, omitted no opportunity of expressing himself on this point,-dnd his opinions are known at the Lahore durbar. His progress along the frontier river from the hills to Fe rozepore, and in many instances through the posses sions of the Seikhs on this aide of the Sutledge will, of course, increase the alarm, so that it will not be won derful were tke army now at Lahore to advance under the united chiefs to the banks of the Sutledge to be ready in case of emergency. The fear, therefore, of an immediate invasion from British India made the two Singhs reflect that in fighting together they were doing the very thing we most desired—flying at each other's throats, that we might have an apology to step in and settle the quarrel by seizing the coun try. Another reason is said to have been the ex haustion of the treasury at Lahore, where, it is said, the Minister will seemly be able to muster funds enough 'to pay the troops their arrears. This has been occasioned by the unbounded lavishness of Heera Singh from the first moment of his last year's triumph, and especially to the foolish facility with which he suffered the treasures of the State to be seized on by. Goolab Singh on his visit to Lahore in September. The Lord of Jumboo is said to have 8,000,0001. sterling ; of accumulated wealth i n hi s , hands, and can, ,byAhia means, readily comm an d th e services of a rabble, ands mercenary army. The apprehension expressed that the unpaid sol diers would revolt and threaten the British frontier seems groundless. 'Whatever may be Heera Singh's difficulties in the case, Goolab Singh is perfectly aware that were disturbance such as to incommode us to make its appearance, the Punjaub, with Jurn boo and its treasures, would at once be seized . on. The two chiefs may quarrel or arrange matters with each other as they best can ; they will . furnish us with no apology for attacking them which they can avoid. Sir H. Hardinge has given such unequivocal proofs of his dete rmination to avoid war where it is possible, without dishonour, to preserve the peace, that there is no fear of US seeking for excuses for attacking any one. All doubts on this point which might have been entertained by those desirous of winning laurels have been dispelled . by the extent to which leave on " private affairs" has been granted to military officers. For four years this indulgence has been in a great measure withheld,and the result is that officers are now taking advantage of the privilege accorded them to an unprecedented extent —an extent which never I would have been permitted bad Government had the most remote idea of a campaign in the course of the year. You may assure the .military journals who are constantly arming the public with Ilse cry of war in the Punjaub, that war there will be none with any foreign enemy on our borders before this time next year, if Sir H. Hardinge is spared. Iu Affgh an i s t an, as well as in the Punjaub, matters appear to be as suming more tranquillity. Dont Mahomed is mani festly both able and willing to keep the peace ; there has beenjsome fighting in Kohistan, in which 'the Ameer's son, Akram Khan, has been successful. • The several rumours of expeditions to various parts of the country seem pure fabrications. A dreadful plague is said to have broken out in Turkistan, and to have spread to Bameean, but has not yet ex tended beyond the Hindoo Kosh. The Chinese intelligence is of a character wholly commercial, and for details on this head I may refer you to the extracts from the papers. We have now seen enough of the Governor-General to feel assured that his policy :will be most deter minedly pacific. According to the accounts of the East India Company lately published, conjoined with the statements made by Sir Robert Peel in intro ducing the income-tax, on the 11th of March, 1842, there was, nine years since, an excess of income ever expenditure amounting to a million and a half, and that when Lord Ellenborough left there was an ex cess of expenditure over income amounting to nearly a million sterling. This fearful state of matters was brought about solely by the war policy of the last six. years; before the end of the year 1847 we may have a balance in our favour at least as large as that which existed in 1835. Were this expended in peaceful improvements throughout the country, yielding, as these have been invariably found to do, a return in direct profit of from 10 to 25 per cent., the Company might add a half to its revenue before the expiry of its charter. Already are all the munificent and philanthropic projects which our wars beyond the Indus caused us to throw aside begun to be resumed. Mr. Thomason, Lieutenant-Governor of the north west provinces, has entered on a tour through the Dooab Rohilkend, the valley of Debra, and the Hureenaeab distrf eta. While secretary to Government, this distinguished individual was one of the most zealous supporters of the Dooab Canal scheme, which now, it is hoped, under his auspices as Lieutenant- Governor, will speedily be resumed. The canal, it may be remembered, will traverse a dis tance of 270 miles, and cost the Company about a quarter of a million sterling. It will supply with the means of irrigation eight millions of acres of fer tile ground, at present barren " for the want of water, and relieve a population of above two millions from the terrors of famine recurring periodically. If the people of England knew how immeasurably desirable and profitable was peace, how enormous were the re sources the expenditure of the surplus revenue of India would develop in India itself, and how fear fully calamitous, how absolutely superfluous, have been nine-tenths of our most successful wars, the value of such a man as Hardinge would come to be appre ciated as it ought. (From the Bombay Times.) The only ,warlike event of any political importance which during the past month has attracted attention, is the continued disquietude of the southern Mahratta country, and some further outbreaks in Sawunt Warree, which have occasioned fresh demands on the Bombay army. The political charge being about to be placed in the hands of Col. Ovens, resident at Sat tarah—Col. Outram returning to Bombay—the former officer was made prisoner on his- way to Kolapore, and still remains in the hands of the enemy. No further action has taken place since our last, but an army of some 7,000 or 8,000 are still moving about in divisions through the country. The fort of Badurghur was surrendered to us without serious fighting. Disaf fection seems to be more extensively spread, and more difficult to be put down, than was anticipated. An out break in the Sawunt Warree country—a very turbulent and unmanageable district adjoining Kolapore, has oc casioned some loss of life, and compelled further de tachments to be sent down from Bombay. Her Majesty's nth Regiment, ready for embarkation for England, is to be detained another year to garrison Bombay. Her Majesty's 40th remains till next year at Calcutta. The Seikh chiefs seem to have settled their own quarrels without interference, and the Pun jaub is, at the date of our latest intelligence, more peaceful, and less likely to occasion collision than it has been at any time for the last twenty months— perhaps since the death of Kurruck Singh in Novem ber, 1840. Sir Henry Hardinge continues at Cal.! cutta, devoting himself to the domestic improvements of the country, the extension of education, and of the means of inland transport, and striving to increase the comforts of the private soldiers of the army. He is proceeding quietly and considerately in the work of government; as yet his rule has passed nearly without censure, and the commendations he has earned are likely to increase. Being in all respects as unlike as possible to a predecessor whose policy we are assured he was sent out to pursue, he promises to be an eminently upright, useful, and energetic Governor-General. Should he be spared to us he may yet deserve infinitely higher praise. The most ardent lovers of martial glory are beginning to despair of gaining laurels in the field, un der the present rule, unless our neighbours should force war upon us. Everything continues tranquil in Sinde. Sickness is on the increase both at Shikar pore and Sukkur. At the former place, out of about 1,400 troops, nearly 800 are unfit for duty ; at the latter, H. 4.'s 78th have only 70 men out of nearly 900 fit for service. Hyderabad and Kurra.chee con tinue healthy. Sir C. Napier left the latter place on the 15th ult. for the upper country. Cholera pre vails in some regiments of the Madras army in, the Southern Mahratta country. The Commandee-in- Chief of India left Simla on the 12th, and is now on a tour of inspection on the north-west frontier. IL'M.'s 40th are on their way down the river to Cal cutta, where they will be detained for a twelve month to garrison Fort William. The left wing of the -Queen's Royals have suddenly proceeded to the Sawunt .Warree country on service ; they are still ' very sickly. The cold season is proceeding very agreeably, and peace and tranquillity appear to pre vail throughout India at , large. We have news from ' China to the 12th October. Commerce appears to be extending, and the Chinese aversion to intercourse with foreigners seems on the decrease. SOUTlir.4!. l ' NIAIIRATTA COUNTRY. We gave in our fast an account of the capture of the fort of Samunghur, the 'dispersion of this portion'of . the Kolapore insurgents, with the advance of our troops on the capital, and the endeavours of Colonel Outram to bring matters to as amicable conclusion. At this date her ,Majesty's 22d, commanded by Colonel Poole, and a squadron of her Majesty's 14th Dragoons, under com mand of Captain Shaw, were encamped at dattarah. They moved for Kolapore on Oct. 30, and arrived at the capital, without accident or obstruction, on November 5. The 3d Madras L. 1., which left Bellary on the 11th, arrived at 13elgaum on the 24th, in great strength, and in high spitits andeondition. They started, under the command of Colonel . Williams, for the scene of action on the 25th, mustering 15 officers and 900 men. Colonel Wallace, now under the walls of Kolapore, contrived meanwhile to gerthe young chief and his mother out of the power of their turbulent subjects, in whose bands they bad been in a state of virtual durance, though os tensibly unconstrained. One company of the 21st Bom bay N.L, with some artillery,' had been left in the ruined fort of Sailaungbilr. The' malcontents, on our advance, retired from Kolapore, and to the amount of about 3,000 men, proceeded to join the insurgents, who had, from the commencement of the outbreak; 'main tained themselves in Ba.durghur: A strong detachment was sent out in quest of them. It consisted of the 3d' and 20th, and one company of the 2sd M.N.1., three companies of the 21st two of the 2d Bombay Europeans, two treOps 'of 'the sth 11.1 - i.C., one troop of herse, and two companies of `European foot artillety.' This detachment, amounting to about 3,400 men, was commanded by General Delainotte, It halted five days within eight or ten miles of the position of the • insurgents, while Colonel Outran Was endeavouring to bring them to terms. On the 7th a detachment of the 21st 13.N.1., forming the advance of the force, on arriving at a bill about four miles from their previous encamp ment, found a body of theenemy in an attitude of oppop sition right on their line of march. About 400 men were pushed forward to disperse them,' and haring advanced without firing, a volley was poured in at the distance of aboat 130 yards, when the enemy broke and fled down the opposite side of the hill. They were pursued for about a mile ands half, when the reef/UW/4 mended, and the pursuers rejoined the column. From thirty to hyty of the rebels are suppesedto have been killed or wounded, On arriving at the new encamping ground the hills were found 'to he covered with the enemy, who appeared in numbers =not fewer than • 1,000 to 4,200. A. tom pany of the Madras 23d N.I. (Rifles) were sent ont to dislodge them ; when some apprehensions beginning to be entertained that they might be sur rounded and cut off,• a' company of the 21st Bombay N. I. was ordered to Assist them. On arriving' at the summit of the hill, both detachments speedily found themselves engaged with the enemy. The insurgents speedily gave way,. and were for naafi!, three miles pur sued through it genes of light breastworks and ENTeneh meno, t ill t h e y took refuge under the walls of Badur gliur. The pursuing deta4broent• here established them selves under the last breastwork, and were next morning joined ei r m om itte a d , us 6..p0u to eta i nda. : o),Qnel Wallace with the reseisitw i ler of the infantry. by The ins:irgen 8 fire tsihavingp p hl isced ish ourselves,iaoneof commence; the bastions ; this was hotly returned, and from sixty to seventy of the enemy WPM supposed to have suffered. Our camp was after 04)-0 xaoypd pp to the position just referred to, held by Captain Prior's party, and' here it was intended they should remain till the battering guns could be brought .up, provided the enemy, in the mean time, should not have. eonsi. dared it advisable to - surrender at discretion. The ! second day after this, befge our fire had opened, the chiefs of the insurgents came into camp ; the tenor , of the arrangements male with them did not tran spire but they left the sane evening (that of the I Oth), attended by a company of the Madros Rifles, and two of the 23d Madras N. 1., meant to occupy the fortress. On arriving at the gate, our troops were kept waiting for nearly four hours before admission could be ob tained. The delay appeirs to have been occaioned by Babajee Wurrekur, the refractory Kolapore Sirdar, with 500 of his followers. A light detachment of cavalry and infantry was sent it pursuit of the fugitives, but apparently without effect, The fort was found to be of great strength, the walls being built in a scarp rock, varying in altitude from 30 to 60 feet. Nine guns and two tumbrils, well stored with grape, were found in the fort. t The rapid progress of our troops, connected with the conciliatory system of Colonel Outram, are said to have occasioned the surrender of the fo r t, which might, with the ample resources the enemy had at hand, have been maintained against u for a very considerable time. It was of much greater strength than Samunghur, and maintained by about 1,000 Ghudkurries, who had just before been joined by about 3,000 of the malcontents, who fled from Kolapore on our approach. Meanwhile circumstances, the nature of which has not transpired, occasioned the substitution of Colonel Ovens, resident at Sattarah, for Colonel Outram, as political agent in the Kolapore territory, which was, it is said, intended to be placed permanently under the supervision of the Sat tara.h agency. Colonel Ovens, on ' proceeding to the scene of his future exertions, was waylaid on the 17th, and made prisoner by the insurgents. He was conveyed to a very strong fort near Kolapore, where he still remains, respectfully and kindly treated, but in captivity. General Delamotte's force left Batherghud on the 19th, on its way to Kolapore. A light detachment was sent out towards Pannalgund, with a view of obtaining the liberation of Colonel Ovans. The Kolapore territory lies chiefly above the range of hills which divide the Concan or lowlands along the sea shore from the table land of the Deccan. It consists of a great plain, skirted on the western side by the moun tains, and studded with hills of that singular character which gives such picturesqueness to the western ghauts, and such military strength to the countries where they abound. They rise, in general, suddenly from the plains, attaining an altitude of 400 or 500 feet : they are precipitous towards the summit, only the base being covered with debris or detritus, and sloping gradually. At the top they are suddenly out off, and exhibit a large expanse of perfectly smooth grass-covered summit, often many square miles in extent. The view from one of these plateaux presents the singular spectacle of a mul titude of islands sprung up from the plain, all similarly sliced off, and presenting precisely the same appearance 'at nearly equal elevations. The lower rock, where this exists, is for the most part trap, and the upper are in variably laterite—a formation little known to European geologists—which overspreads the greater part of the mountains from the extreme south-west of India for ten degrees north.* Bordering with Kolapore on the west is the small territory of Sawunt Warree, in the province of Beejapore. It is about 40 miles in length, extending from the Portuguese settlement at Goa, on the south, to the British possessions of Malwan on the north, and in , land about '25 miles from the mountains. The general appearance of its surface is rocky and barren. The people are barbarous, fierce, and warlike, noted as rob bers and pirates from time immemorial. In 1838 we ,sound ourselves compelled, for the fourth time within twenty years, to interfere in its affairs, so as to protect the chief from the insubordination of his subjects. At !this time some of the disappointed having found refuge in the state of Gos, repeatedly made incursions into their native territory, and at one time got possession of the fort of Hunwuntghur, at another of Warree itself, blockading the passes, plundering travellers, and raising revenue on their own account. These disturbances were got under by the temperate aid judicious management of Mr. Spooner, whose removal was unfortunately brought about in 1340 in consequence of some blundering in the execution of his orders, which occasioned such a loss of lives under such circumstances as to occasion a long and pain ! ful inquiry, which not only caused the suepensien of the political officer, but the dismissal of Lieutenant Gib ' bard from the service. Since then Mr. Courtenay has been resident—a man of ability, but less successful in maintaining peace than his predecessor. Soon after the 'Kolapore insurrection came to a head, reports of dis contents in the Sawunt Warree country just described, began to gain currency. There seems to have been little in common betwixt the two countries further than this, that rebellion is often infectious ; and the disappointed, who may have few grievances to complain of, rise in arms in one country when they find their neighbours seeking redress in the field. But little cordiality ap pears to have existed between the occupant and heir of ,:the throne. Phonde Savant, a chief who had in 1833 occasioned us much annoyance, having received some :affront, real or imaginary, and taken umbrage at the ,proceedings of the court, raised his followers, and pro ceeded to plunder the country. lie managed to get the young Prince, who had also taken offence at something or another, into his hands, wishing to make it appear that he was acting with, and not against, the Govern ment, and merely wanted to get a larger share of the ad ministration for the ruler's son. The lad, it is said, already heartily repents having given countenance to treason, and would willingly come in and do penance, hut that he is afraid of punishment. Intelligence of these things having reached Bombay, a wing of the Second Queen's Royals quartered at Colabah were immediately dispatched for the scene of action on board .he Akbar steamer. One half of them had, shortly before, been in hospital : the moment it was an nounced to Colonel Carruthers that the wing was about to proceed on service, every man able to quit his cot volunteered. Many were found unfit—and some were allowed to proceed who were scarcely able to bear arms, in hopes that the sea air and change of scene might revive them. They will probably be left behind on the coast at Vingorla. Meanwhile, some small detachments of Sepoys had been attacked and roughly handled by the insurgents, some five or six having been killed and fifteen or twenty wounded. A. treasure party about to proceed from Vingorla to Belgaum was stopped, all the escort that could be afforded being considered insufficient for its protection. Some companies of the 23d Bengal N. I. were directed to return from Belgaum to Vingorla ; and Mr. Shaw, C. S., proceeded from Dharwar on pur pose to accompany the force. Major Benbow and Capt. Price, with 350 men of the Sawunt Warree local corps, made a forced march, with a view of surprising the in surgents—the result has not yet reached us. The 7th Bombay N. I. reached Vingorla from the Presidency on the 15th of November. There were now nearly ttn actuallyo coif m'soccroasol nansmiitaodhptna ihafnoednwwv of-innovation, advantageous to them. The Raja 8,000 men of all arms in the disaffected country.; but more troops were still considered to be required. The Bombay army could supply no more ; her Ma jesty's 13th, on the eve of their departure for England, were ordered from K.urrachee to do garrison duty at Fort George. The Madras Government directed the 3d cavalry and sth N.I. to move on Kolapore by Hurryhur and Dharwar. The former left Bangalore on the 18th; the latter started on the 25th. Unfortunately cholera prevails in most• of the villages on their route. The lines of the 35th M. N. I. are infested with it at Hurryhur, and considerable loss has been sustained from it amongst the European troops at Kolapore. Captain Mundell et that e a t disturbances,tn e jnsnrgen ts have than ae and Ensign Weld, of her Majesty's 22d, are the only officers that have as yet been carried off. There is ot scarcely hne rre more prospect at si n present, ehe eds exceedingly case, f g a l r y ai defectiveas we fa e t can is see, aonnde nnovation, not only well inwruntiwtoiformed, has throughout acted with the of a speedy termination to these grievances, save those hoes , loyalty was at one time questioned utmost oboyffnintended,innovation,thincomplete. e the whichwp s r e aje a Sattarah,slosl l eb-t and fidelity in our cause. SINDE. Young Egypt continues this month, as last, to supply a'very small amount of intelligence—the deficient au gurs well for the state of the country , Sir C. Napier left liurrachee, with his staff, for the upper country, on the 15th ; be was to take the sanatorium at Ahmed- Ithan-ka-Tanda on his way, and hence to proceed to Sukkur and Shikarpore. A kaffila of nearly 300 camels was lately plundered near Sehwan. The troops at Kur rsatee and Hyderabad, with the adjoining minor rats ; are eminently kettitliy. At the former place public im provements coutinui , to advance rapidly. Specimens of baysalt and saltpetre have of We been sent from Sinde to I3ombay, equal in quality to any whieh Gan , be pro duced ii India—saleable, it is said, at infinitely lower prices: 'Sulphur Qres hare also been found, and glaaed tiles and pottery are prom4ed to be furnished us, such a;.; cannot be manufactured by tha win) potteries here. Th e ii„ F t, vitreous glazing has been long prgcti3ed in Sinde-; it is unknown to Western India, where they paint or varnish their wanes, Orders have been received fr,om home to detain her Majestyls j3th and 40th another year iit India ; this ii very provoking to men who looked forward to In immediate return home after 2u years' seriice. The coigt-martial on Colonel Mosely, of ,he 64th, had con c l u d e d its prgacedings ; its deci sion i;;k; mit been made known. bickneas to it 414c/ruble extent prevailed nt Shikarpore and Sukkur. At Khatir gur, near the Conner OR,rT, 100 . men were ill of fever ; the convalescents recovering =Lay )(:) , ,vly. Between 700 and 416 G men are in hOspital at S'hiicarpons, where the whole force G,opg isted of a cavalry and an infantry regir inent, and a troop o f lix•r i p artillery ; the last of these )5;11,5 hors de combat altogethey, Thp. 78th Highlanders, at 6144k4T t had only 70 men fit for duty; ahowi) 700 were in hospital. Th'e fever was said to have been produced b their marching up ar., country at an improper season. her Majesty's 13th a l s o suffersd pfferely from a similar can.i, The accident s o f climate seent:to bg defied—it is a jpity they not be disarmed by the eiort 4 tioi' , The natives are hegui;;;;;E to suffer, though to an in gpitely less extent than the Europeans ; the officers bad in a gr.c.;!: measure escaped. Dr. liy; of ty r e Affidrag service, at L-iiii‘s.rp.ore ; Captain Browne, of her Majesty' s 78th, at Sukkur ; Ihtrnes, of her Majesty's troth, in charge of her Majesty's ISti,i• zt If-PFRCheel had died 41 the course of the month. Much of the position froro xihich the privates suffer, and officers are exempted, must hi; a 4 Criksl tip the misplacement or bad condition of the cantotaeuta. ME PUNJAUB. Something lik -a," - 0 rp 1 : t-r --klurholas at length made its 04 pearance in the Punjaub. The he4ds of the rival fez ;ions have become permanently reconcile i Goolab Singh, the Lord of Jumbo°, with eight millions sterling of accumul a t e d wealth it) hip treasury, is no l on g e r the opponent of G overnment. The country i$ golnaTativglY 'uiet, and th oug h as et no master-mind has appeare i ii ,• ,c,„yi,7o at will th a t fi erce d emocra cy," in case of fresh discontents • • • airwn r g, is not im probable that, with • it yd • The very name o f this singular and verb 4.4mdsnt for ill esc aton s omitted in th e i n d exes of Lyell, De la BeCbe, &c. it i is minutely dribed in various papers by Dr. Clarke, Mr. Cole, and others, in th e Dladras Literary Transactions, as also in the Asiatic b oc i ety ' s Journal, &c. It i s cons id ere d the most important and- valuable -a our iron ores. It is ochery brown, soft when first due, and full of hematite. the fear of the Affghans on the one side, and the Eng lish on the other, the Seikh chiefs, wearied v ith nearly two years of almost incessant bloodshed and intestine quarrel, may feel desirous of endeavouring to preserve the peace. Sir Henry Hardinge exhibit,; no disposition to attack any of our neighbours without provocation— or to conquer new countries without justification. Our home contemporaries, who boast of the pre-eminent ex cellency of their information, and the vast value of their vaticinations, and who, ever since the reserve army as sembled in Sirhind, have been assuring us that in a few months more the flag of England would wave on the citadel of the Seikh capital—will find that they have still to bide their time. Let them not despair : if they pro phecy long enough they are sure to be right at last. The Putijaub will some time or other he ours if we find it worth taking, or are furnished with a Governor •Gene ral sufficiently warlike to overlook in the love of con quering the price or justice of a conquest. AFFG HANISTAN. News from Affghanistan continues confused and un certain. It seems evident that Dost Mahommed is perfectly able to collect the revenues, and maintain the government in peace—a state of matters which never obtained for a single month while the Shah Soojah had five thousand British troops to help him on. The Ameer seems to have adopted "the silent system," which was so anxiously and so ineffectually st iven after by a late ruler in India.. There had been some fighting in Kohis tan, in which Akram Khan had been successful. The Candahar Sirdars are still, it is said, apprehensive of the presence of our armies in Sinde—not apparently aware that our occupation of their country was more injurious to us than to them. The history of the period from 1339 to 1842 must have become forgotten by the time a British army seeks again to ascend the Bolan or the Khyber Pass. NOthing had been heard at Caubul from 1)r. Wolff, though it was known that he had long since left Bokhara. It seems generally believed that there is some sort of communication in progress be tween our Government and the Caubul Sirdar, and that should any misunderstanding occur with the Seikhs, such as to lead to our advance on the Punjaub, Dost Mahemmed would gladly lend us his aid on the side of Peshawur. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. NORTH-VirrsT PROVINCES. We learn that. Major-General.Sir John M'Caskill, K.C.8., will shortly succeed to the command of the sta tion of Cawnpore, on the departure of that gallant and esteemed officer, Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, K.C.11., who is about to proceed on leave. Major-Ge neral Sir Robert Dick, K.C.8., has arrived at Meerut on his way to assume command of the Cawnpore diVi sion.—Delhi Gazette, Noy. 22. Furnccrtuß, Nov. 18.—" You will be sorry to hear that the locusts are still hovering about us, paying us almost daily visits. The natives say that Ghausya, the dacoit, has crossed the Ganges."—lbid. MISCELLANEOUS. BostnAY.—The followingis a list of the deaths amongst the officers . of the three Presidencies, reported since the dispatch of last mail :- 11 ER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Assistant-Surgeon G. W. Barnes, 86th Foot ; Capt. S. G. Mundell and Ensign G. Weld, 22d Foot ; Capt. C. W. James, 50th Foot ; Capt. A. W. Browne, 78th Highlanders. Bosuwe.—Lieut.-Col. C. Davies, 2d European L. I. ; Capt. j.' 11. 'Chalmers; 4th N.' I. ; Lieut. A. Austin, Bth N.L BENGAL.--Capt It N. Bfaclean, 2d Grdrs. N. 1.; Capt, C. Mellish, 10th L. C. ; Capt. F. E. Manning, 18th Grdrs. ; Capt. R. P..Alcock, 46th N. I. MADRAS.-Major-General M, ; Cornet W. Leslie, 6th L. C. ; Captain E. L. Durant, 3d N. L. I. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Davies, of the 2d Eu ropean L. 1., died Oct.. 1, of injuries sustained by the bursting of both barrels of his fowling-piece. Ile had that morning written home to announce his intention of retiring from the service. ' The steam frigate Semiramis, which arrived on Thnrsday, left Kurrachee on the forenoon of Sunday last. Owing to the Scarcity of coal in Bombay. she re ceived orders to sail down. She experienced nothing but light baffling winds, which often dwindled down into calms of many hours' duration. She got up her steam on approaching Bombay, and on the whole has made a most excellent passage. Yesterday forenoon the Semi ramis received orders to proceed once more to Kurra chee, and she starts, we understand, this morning, tor the purpose of bringing down a portion of her Majesty's 13th L. 1., which the Sesostris and Pluto may be unable to accommodate.—Bombay Times, Nov. 30. A notice was issued yesterday stating that no tenders are required at present for the convey ance to England of her Majesty's 13th Regiment, which is expected from Kurrachee. The want of European tr.ops in the garrison of Bombay is such, that after the de parture of the wing of the-Queen's there was not a suffi cieht number to form guards for the Mint and Castle. Luckily the company, of her Majesty's 17th Regiment, which came from Ahmednuggur and was , destined for Aden, arrived: their departure is not to take place by the next steamer for the Red Sea, as it has been post poned until another opportunity. The Queen's have left upwards of 100 men sick at Colabah.—Gentieman's Gazette, Nov. 29. Captain James Henry Chalmers, of the Rifle Regi ment, Native Infantry, Commandant of. the marine bat talion, died at Bombay, Nov. 23. He had served in India twenty-six years. THE LATE MR. BAINBRIDGE.—We are deeply grieved to notice the death of Charles Hardy Bainbridge. Esq., one of the . solicitors of the Supreme Court. The de clining health of Mr. Bainbridge for many months, in some measure prepared his friends for the melancholy event, which took place on the evening of the 11th inst. Mr. B. enjoyed, for the last six years, a lucrative and highly respectable practice, as a solicitor, in partnership with the late Mr. Patch, and was followed to the grave, on Tuesday evening, by a large number of both branches of his profession, and of the principal mer chants of Bombay, his friends and clients.—Bontbay Courier. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY COMMERCIAL RETROSPECT. BOMBAY, DEC, 2. CHINI.—We have received accounts from China to the 10th Oct., by the Anonyma, which arrived here on the evening of the 27th of November. Letters from Calcutta give intelligence of two days later date. The following extract from a letter of the 26th Septeralser gives so clear an account of the state of the market as to save us the trouble of any narrative of our own:—" Our Opium Market hal been in a gradually•declining state for adme weeks, the legitimate demand has been limited, and the speculative demand has entirely ceased in con sequence of the heavy loss ,incurred on the numerous time bargains recently entered into, few of which were contracted for at less than 800 dolls., or have been cleared at less than 40 dolls. per chest. Our present prices are, for New Patna, 745 dolls.; New Benares, 720 dolls.; and Malwa, 740 dolls. The owasjee Family and Kelpie are shortly expected, and we therefore cannot calculate upon 'any material or permanent improvement in prices. In iMalwa, any rise in price must be wholly nominal, for there is actually none good here, and the Chinamen have almost 'ceased to attend to the article. The report here is that the new crop of Malwa will not fall far short of 30,000 chests, and that some has been already contracted for at 1,200 and 1.,300 rupees. If the crop is really solarge, prices must rule low even supposing the quality to be good. The crop of Bengal is also, we hear, large and altoge ther we think that prices in China must present an ave rage for next season considerably lower than that of the present year. The Cotton market is very flat. Old atapla will hardly find purchasers at any price. The quotation for new Bombay is, taels 6. 5 at 7. 5 ; Bengal taels, 6. Exchange •on England, 4s. 3d. Freight to England, 41." Intelligence from Canton had been re ceived of anything but a pacific nature. Two European firms had made arrangements for building f Letories on the site of the old ones ; their intentions had been, how ever, frustrated by the threats of the Chinese. A party connected with opium smuggling had been secured and were taken in cages to the city. The smugglers are said to have been well punished by One party i while on the other hand it is affirmed they were liberated, as the con. tents of the cheats were so metamorphosed that not an ounce of drug did they contain. An edict issued by I,c.cy_ing, the Imperial Commissioner, respecti ng a nat i ve of Tsing.yeen, who trisi shut dead by an American, is worthy of-perusal—it will be found amongst our extracts, The American Ambassador was requested to deliver up the murderer ii order that he might be punished by death according to usage, There seems still to be a great want of confidence on the part of the Chinese to wards their European mercantile brethren. Discontent and insubordination are now as prevalent among the Chineae in the city of Canton as they have' ever been. The tea-men of Uanten have issued ft circular to the foreign merchants with respect to prices for the present year's crop. . Thp 'circular is tench too lengthy to be given entire, but.we 'subjoin an extract or two " Whi teas the grand principles for conducting Com merce are sincerity, truth, and justice; and the necessary and important requisites for preparing tea all depend on Mf'f)fla of heaven and human strength, the product depending upon .whether the keonn has loeu 4,1'f:1144111c or adverse, and the pricer whether. high ,or low, being ruled by the, state of the market ; ,this is what each and all quietlY made their account for, and it is unnecessary to dilato upon it, Of late years,-in selecting Woo- e t eas for your honourable countries, you have not only chohett the very finest sorts of spring lea, small leaf, and tender leaf, but you have still more desired the Ho-kau and Woo-ning teas, each one striving with another who should be the first to contract for them. Hence the Chinese merchants have hurried with their baggage to the hills, and the people o those places have seen them eriiwding thithor like hBPS: This is the rt4s(ln why the price of tea is so exorbitantly 'high. The hardships and difficulties endured by the Chinese merchants in thus FeLiPubling their haste in bringing forward the teas, and to thpiF hutripd Journeys to assist and urge on its trans ports, have been disrpgpfelpd by them / Formerly the Wome teas began to arrive angcOsively hi the ath And 10th month, but now they have at length conic to arrive in the sth and 6th month, each one following another like a string of fish. This is all owing to the universal desire for gain. How could we know ang v 39 honourable merchants should , change you form6r way, and beco me uritty and eaeitfu merely c noosing Itissy tens of chops of the most superior Woo-ning teas, and forthwith desisting (from purchasing), causing people to feel the most anxious and painful LIOI3PFIV-I , pp tufSery of those who lopit to the Oorner of the walla and. who' atglf after paiuttal mines. How la it that tea which has been 'fixed t when offered for delivery has peon re l ieptpd and all ati onee pronounced unequal to the muster, fejgtatiqg it witho u t any proof, and forcing it back? Your minds are 50 1 0 Y bfht .o ll r o ar own advantage, and therefore you desire to injure others. We consider that the tea called `Sparrow's tongue' haa a tongue indeed,. but it cannot speak for itselfi that the under leaf, s Living Fragrance,' has indeed a fr 4 v allge which does not relish such disparagement. Bad y ou a thousand hills' and ten thousand waters, where you. might select your teas, we yet fear you would not find them excellent,' and that each successive season would witness the delivery to you by the dealers of goods that had been previously settled for. The former tea (you would say) was better then, and you would sot tske it, and would for your own convenience return what had been already agreed npon. It is difficult to submit voluntarily to things of this nature. Besides the Woo ning sorts of teas surpass six hundred in number, but you would not be satisfied with myriads. You blow upon the hair of the skin to look for sores,' and what fault is there for which you may not frame a pretence ? In former years among all the Woo-e teas there were but a few chops usually rejected ; the former dealers atd preparers of tea possessed sin cerity and good faith, and that in no small measure. How, let us ask, can the price of the Ning teas be reduced so much ? You are all joined iu making this the custom, and habitually practise it, which we think is inconsistent with all reason, and will not be agreed to. Formerly the price was fixed when the tea was shown to the merchant ; they did not point to a deer and say it was a horse,' they had not the slightest tinge of such principles. How could they deceive them by giving them a fish's eye tor a pearl,' or a streaked pebble for a precious stone ? And how is it that the Chinese merchants were formerly so simple and are now become so knowing ?'" The Government of Macao are said to be literally in solvent. The troops who garrison the city have been unpaid since April last. The Friend of China of the 31st August notices the total wreck of the American ship Convoy, on the island of Luconia, on the Ist Aug. The schooner Osprey, arrived at Hong-Kong en the 24th Sept., reports having fallen in, on the sth of July, with an extensive reef, in lat. 31 N., long. 144 50 E. The London Mail of the Bth August reached Hong-Kong on the Bth October— two months between London and Victoria. DEATH OF CAPT. SCOTT, LATE OF THE SHIP EARL OF CLARE.—Accounts received this week from China, we regret to say, announce the death, after a short illness, of Captain James Scott, of the ship Earl of Clare, at the Blenheim Reach, on the 3d of October. Captain Scott, who stood first on the list of country captains, had been 24 years in the service. He was well known and very much respected here by all engaged in the China trade, and in private life greatly esteemed. His family, who were with him in China, are now on their return, in the ship Buckinghamshire, to Bombay. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) BOMBAY, DEC. 2.—The celebration of the llewallee holi days during the early part of the past month, put a stop, as usual, to all active commercial operations, and when busi ness about the loth ult. was again resumed, the dealers evinced no inclination to make extensive purchases. Cer tain transactions—noticed more particularly below—exer cised a most prejudicial effect on the market for piece goods, while twist, metals, and almost every description of imports, were dull of sale, and with few exceptions declined in value. Business has latterly been done to some extent, but prices have not rallied, and still continue, generally speaking, ex• tremely low. It is to be hoped, however, that as the depres sion, in the principal instances, has been owing to a temporary cause, trade will soon exhibit a more promising aspect. JAetals.—Transactions have been limited, and fresh impor tations having taken place, prices have in one or two cases puttered still further reduction. 'We quote one small Sale of sheathing copper at 52 rupees per cwt., but nothing else has been done at so high a rate, and 49i rupees is now the best price that can be obtained for the article. South American has also been disposed of at 40 rupees, but 45 and 46 rupees is the present rate. Tile, however, has improved in value, 481 rupees per cwt. having been refused for it. In iron, British tar and nail rod are both lower than before. Quick silver has declined somewhat; but lead, steel, epelter, and tin plates, remain without alteration. We subjoin a few sales : Copper... ...... 90 cwt. sheathing 100 ditto 10i ditto - at 52 300 South American at 49 Iron .. 90 tons Swedish bar ...... at 48i per candy, 200 tons English bar ...... at 22 420 cwt. square nail rod... at 30 461 bundles sheet 300 cwt. hoop Spelter 5OO cwt. at 15 Tin Plates ...100 boxes Orsidue We have also been apprised of sales of 3,064 cwt. Iron.—Bar and bundle, at 24 rupees per candy, and 3,000 cwt. sheet (damaged) at 4/ rupees per cwt. Cotton Manufactures.—Soon after the termination of the holidays, and resumption of business, rumours gained ground that a partial failure of, the grain crops had taken place in Malwa, and that Calcutta piece goods, newly imported there, were underselling those from Bombay; and it was also stated that, owing to this state of affairs, orders which had been sent here had bean withdrawn or greatly contracted in extent. Influenced, it is supposed, by these reports, one or two extensive holders forced their goods suddenly on the market—a course which necessarily occasioned a consider able reduction in the prices of many fabrics, and which, had not the major part of the importers kept firm, must have been attended with even more serious effects. Grey Made pollams and long-cloths of fine qualities are at present in fair demand, at about previous rates, but the low and mid dling descriptions are cheaper. Grey domestics have been sold to a limited extent; but jaconets are quite neglected, and sales of them to any amount .are impracticable, even at a serious reduction. All sorts of bleached goods are in very limited demand, and hive declined in value: For Turkey red - goods there has been some demand, and transactions in them have taken place at fair , rates. Prints are in rather bet ter request, but the prices obtainable are still extremely low. Yarns.—The market has been dull throughout the month, and prices of most numbers, both of mule and water, have given way, as will be perceived by a reference to our quota tions. Turkey red yarn has been sold at 1-6-3 at 1.9-0 rs., and we note a sale of orange so low as 10/ annas per lb. Mule Twist, No 20 ... 10,400113. at 61 to 6/ as. 15,200 ... 6/ 2,000 61 30 15,200 .. 38 ... 600 ... Si ,40 9,600 ... 8* 22,000 50 ... 12,300 10 6,400 ... 9/ - 60 ... 3,000 ... 12 70 ... 500 ... 14 Water Twist, N 0.20 ... 15,200 ... 61 2,400 ... 64 - 30 ... 15,200 ... 8 45,200 ... 8 16,000 ... 8i 20 at 34 6,600 8/ Turkey Red Yarn ... 4,000 1 6 3 rs. 40 to 50 3,200 1 9 0 Orange ... 10,000 ... 010 6 Sewing thread ... 1,000 3 30 pr gross. Woollens have been in moderate request, but lower rates havo, nevertheless, been accepted by holders. A sale of 9861 yards, at 1-6-0 ra per yard, has been reported to us for publication. - Marine Stores are still without demand, and prices, with the exception of those of pitch and coal tar, which have both receded, remain as they were at the date of our last publication. Cochineal is in request, and the market firm. We have been informed of a sale of 3,0991 b. at 2irs. per lb., and 2-13 rs. has, we hear, been since refused. _ Saffron is in better request than last mouth. The following transactions have taken place :- 1 case at 28i rupees. 2401 b. at 23i to 24-i rupees. Bottles retain last month's prices ; 300 gross of quarts have been sold at 1i rs. per dozen, and 1,146 dozens of pints at 14 annas; 55i gross of the latter have 'also been disposed of, at 13i annas. Bee - T.—We have no transactions to record, and but little can be done till the arrival of the October brew, the stocks on hand being extremely small. We requote last month's rates for all brands. Spirits.—A sale of 28 hlids. of brandy at 21 rs. per gallon has been reported; also one of 100 gallons of gin at 2 rs. 14 An. per gallon. Stocks continue light. • EASTERN PRODUCE. • t Cotton.—Prices have further given way since the depar ture of the last mail. Broach and Surat being 7 r®. to 9 re. ; Dollera, Ir. to 2 ; Oomrawattee, 3 rs. to 5 ; Barsee, 5 rs., and Conspla, 3 rs, lower than before. We have been ap_ prised of pluohases of 1,000 bales of Broach at 81 re., and 300 hales of Surat at 821 rs. per candy. The unfavourable state of both the English and China markets has produced this reduction, and the nature of our latest advices from the last-named quarter gives reason to expect a still nether de- Cotlee,-- , -Tbere is no alteration to notice in theprice sif any variety, Elephants' Teeth.—We repeat last month's quotations, with the exception of that for large teeth, 140 maunds of which have been purchased at rates varying from $7 re, to 88 per maund. Opium—Has declined 'Very' caluiderably since our last, the pogint price being only 1,175 rs. per chest, - while last Mantil l a ratios were 1,410 rs. to 1,420. Pepper.—There is, still no bhutcoll in the market, and the price of Malabar is a trifle lower than before. Wool.—The high rate mentioned in our last is still main tained, and purchases have been made to some extent. A considerable quantity was seized' in the 'early . part of the month at the Custom-hduse, 'and On being put up to sale by auction realised the highpices of 145 rs.,per candy: . PiceightstuiVe risen sines our last, and may now be quoted at 04 lOs, to London, and 31. 7s. 6d. to Liv e rpo o l. T o Chi na the rate is r 9.15 to 16 per candy. Tenders were a few days since invited for the convopance to England of her Iklaj es ty' s 13th, Regiment ; but the exigencies of the public ser \leo ren dering it necessary that the corps bhould remain for the pre sent in India; the vessets IrYlAt44 had tendered were left to seek fithel• eipployvileni, This caused freights, which had mean whilp advaueed, to decline again to a trifling extent. ' MONEY MARKET. There is no change whatever' to notice in the 'prices of the different Government securities; which volq still be quoted as under : • • Five cynt. Loan of 1825-26 109 to 110 rs. per . Vent, Loan of 1832-33. ... 105. 106 our per Cent. Loan of 1835-36 ... 99i-100 .Five per Cent. Loan of 1841-42 110 1111 }:, .Pour per Cent. L9an4sf C l l B lA 42 N • G 4it.3. 9W— IQQ' Exchange on England has altere4 hilt 'little since our last, the present rates _tor - aloe' months' bilis, at Is. 9i-d. to ls. go., and for 30 days' bill Is. 9id. to ls. 91(1. A few tonsaetions in the former, however, have taken place at 10d. On. Calcutta exchan& is . .at 991, and 9rl Madras 99 14 0 at 60 days' sight. • • it.txxa l • The shares of tbe T r i . ointay 11414 have risen a little in va tll4.oaatit 'quotation being 53 per cent. premium. area of the Bank of Western India are quoted at 43 per cent. • BULLION. Sovereigns, each , ni rupees. . Bank of England no t es , per ~,„,.) 11 to WREIGIITS., • • The current rates noted below, but there is not much cargo offering either for Great Britain or China. To Lond on 3/. 101. To Liverpool 7.s. 6d. ' To Clyde ...... . ... ... . . 15 to 16 ra. fp ° j i li t i t, 41 4) . - I EXCHANGE& ' Gli dC"it 6 InOnthe sight itto, 30 days' s i g ht , ~,,, , , ~„„„ I 18 ' 944. to 1 / 4 1°(1. iiNtt4 , 0 flay§ l eight .. , „ „„„„ Is. 90. to h. 94d. !t q, AO clay s ' sight , .• 10 0 1 rupees. 14 C 1 r4s , '6ll days' sight`. 991 do. Ditto, at sight c4nton,4lo days' sight....: , The'foto& at tie date n( the - lateat intelligence was esti matedat 154,000 bal es. rrices Were qultetoininal. PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Bank of England notes, per Spanish dollars, per 100 German crowns, per 100 Sycee silver, per 100 tolas Gold leaf, per tola 11r5..2a. 226 to 2274r5. 216 to 217 rs. 104 is. 17 to 174 rs. BANK OF BOMBAY. DISCOUWC On Government bills, above 30 days, 4 per cent. Ou Government bills, within 30 days, 3 per cent. On private bill,, at or within three months, 6 per cent. INTEREST. On loans, and cash credit accounts on deposit of Govern ment notes, 5 per cent. Ditto, on deposit of bullion, 51 per cent. Ditto, 'on' deposit of metals, and other goods, 6 per cent. Bank Shares-52 to 53 rs. per cent, premium. Last divi dend, 7 per cent. Payments, January and July. The Bombay Bank takes charge of Government Securi ties, Bank and other Stock Certificates, and realises interest and dividends on such as are payable-in Bombay, for coned .. tuents. Parties discounting bills may take them up at any period prior to their maturity, and the Bank will refund the dis count for the unexpired portion of the time such bills may have to run. ' Post-bills, granted payable at three days' sight, free, of charge, and bills payable at Calcutta, Madras, and Agra, granted at the rate of exchange of the day. STATE OF THE MARKET AT CHUSAN. (From the Friend of China, Sept. 14.) ._ From Chusan we have received a:full report of the state If the market on the 20th of August. The prices in Ningpo at that date were very similar, but • the business of the port quite trifling, certainly not sufficient to warrant the expen sive consular establishment to which our correspondent " Yindex " refers in our issue to-day. So long as Chusan i 3 in our possession, Ningpo will be a place of limited commerce. Merchants prefer Chusan as a place of residence,, and from. the contiguity of the other port, they can at all times cross in a few hours and satisfy themselves of the state of the market. Buyers also appear to give a preference to the Chusan market, probably because they, by bribing or smug gling, save a large portion of the import &ties. IMPORTS. • - COTTON Goner. • Long Cloth, bleached • ....• Drs. 3.7 Stock moderate and saleable Long Cloth grey The goods in first hands are not more that 2,500 pea, of an indifferent quality. Better fabrics are in demand. American Domestics, 32 yard pcs, . At present the market is quite bare of this description of. goods. Those ex-Thomas Crisp and Andromache brought trifle above the quotation. American Drills Drs. 3, None in first hands. A moderate shipment, say .806 pas., would be placed readily. • Cotton Yarns, No. 16 This is the nominal price, with little doing, and_at present • there is no prospect of an improvement. . Cotton Chintz .... 3 dole. Small parcels h ave been so:d at our quotations, but the ma,rlet is languid, with large stocks. WooLLEms. Long Ells, assorted colours ...... ... Drs. 7.60 to. Drs. scarlet Saleable, especially the latter. , Spanish Stripes Drs. 1.35 to Drs. 1.45 There is some inquiry for Spanish Stripes, and, favourite colours are saleable at about quotation s; Camblets, assorted colours ...... Po, 25 to Drs. 28.-- Very little doing at present. , , •' Broad Cloth peg. Yard. Drs. 9, Drs. 2.60. The stock is moderate and sales making in dark colours. black and blue. •. • . Iron. None in the market, •Nowinal, quotation in bat Drs. 3.5. THE UNITED STATES ANDI. CHINA We have received the following copy of the'official notification relative to the negotiation and signing of the treaty lately concluded by the United States with Chine, which Mr. Cushing has dispatched to hii Government " United States Legation, Macao, July 4. " The Minister of the United States has.the pleasure to announce that, yesterday, at Wanghi, he concluded and signed with the Imperial Commissioner Keying a treaty of peace, amity, and commerce . between the United States and China. . " The terms of the treaty, which will is due time be made public by the proper authorities, are such, ho is happy to say, as he believes will confirm the good under- , standing which already exists between the two" Govern. ments, and, if ratified, prove beaeficial to the commerce , and interests of the citizens and stilljecto" of both countries. " The Minister of the United States congratulates his countrymen on this event, and offers them, on this happy anniversary of the independence of their conntry...his hearty wishes for their health and prosperity, and joins them in their aspirations fur the continued peace, wel fare, and glory of the United States." PORTUGAL. ~ We have received letters from our 'LisbOn eorrespore dent of the 25th of December. • The efforts made to sustain the funds at the prices quoted at our last dates have proved ineffectual. The Five per Cent. Scrip of the home debt had fallen, on the 17th instant, from . 71 to 65, and up to thc 25th 'lin sales at a higher price had been made. The rage for the formation of capitalist companies still cuntintia' ti new Company, with a capital, on pa - per of 20,00tydoiltoit . tipiViirds of four millions and a half sterling, had sprung up in one day, and gone through all the stages of its in corporation in twenty-four hours after.the submission of the project . to the Sovereign. It' is, to be feired these speculations ari se t oo thud' out of emergencies its the money market, and others of a political kind, to afford,indications of a healthy state of things either in finances or politics. Mr. Tozer, the English gentleman who has been im prisoned in various gaols and fortresses in LisbOo , Coimbra,' and' Oporto on a charge of aiding and'abeiting the designs of the persons implicated in the late revolt, has been brought to trial, after an incarceration of up wards of nine months, and acquitted. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and' Prince Albert took equestrian exercise in the riding school for an hour yesterday evening, attended by Major- General Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie. Her . Majesty and her Illustrious ,Consort walked for some time this morning in the Home Park. Soon after the return of the royal party Prince Albert left the Castle, attended by Mr. G. E. A nson an d Colonel Bouverie, in a phaeton and •four, for M. Misods farm, at sippenharn, to hunt with his h arr i ers . Her Majesty drove out in a pony phaeton, attended by the Countess of Charlemont. The Equerry in Waiting, -Major-General Wemyss, attending. as hersebaok. Ills Excellency the, French Ambassador and the • Countess St. Aulaire left the Castle to-day. The Countess of Gainsborough also took her departure. • Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were takes for a walk in the pleasure-grounds this morning. Prince _Alfred and the Prince of Walea went.out oa a pony. The. Duke of Cambridge visited her. Royal High; ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glov e teeter nous*. The French Ambassador transacted busineas .yeki terday at the Foregn•oflice. Dispatches for the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon were sent off last evening from the Colonial• office. Dispatches were also sent off for the Govern* of Malta. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.--YxsumpAr. A very thin room, and business too insigsascant in amount and importance to require any tutrodaetorY observations to the prices of the few horsei betted against. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Pug—taken 50 to 1 agst Foig-a-bal• 50 to 1 agst Clumsy—taken lagh—taken 50 to 1 agst Batricade=l:' 50 to 1 agst AgricultnriO 50 to 1 agst Maceabeus—t. 50 to 1 agst The Aris. 50 to 1 agst Celeste-•—t. DERIIII. 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's end ark. 00; 18 to 1 agat Lord Chesterfield's Pass—takeii 35 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dad —l,OOO to 25 taken f , 35 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Miniihi colt-1,000 =W 25 taken 35 to 1 agat Mr. Most3•n'a Pantasa--1,000 to 7 .' 7 taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Wigrara's Ekhee---taken 1,500 to 50 agst Idas for Two'rhoadandGuineas Stake° and Derby—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Idas winning his four Spring .engage menta at Newmarket—taken. CREsTER Cur:—The nominations have not yet hee l made public, but they are said to be eopsiderably aboe one hundred. . • PRINCE ALBERT'S .HARRIERS.-'-PriDCO ANL hunted with his harriera'Yesterday morning, attanskti bi Colonel Bouverie and Mr. Anson. The meet was in th ° neighbourhood of Slough, where from 30 to 40 yeoine° farmers gave his rtoytki Highness the meeting. • Tyr? hares were found and killed, after - which his Royal Highness returned to the Castle, leaving Colonel Bow verig in charge of the hounds to continue the sport. COUPAR.ANGUS.---MELANCHOLY : AND FATAL M CIDENT.-01 1 the afternoon 'of Saturday, a melancboi , accident happened to a Mrs. TaylOr, the wife of a ma c ' in the vill age o f B urre lt on . i n t hi s ne i gh b ourhood. A fte r dinner time on Saturday, Mra. - Taylor, • accompanied her daughter, a girl of sumeivhat ,tender 'yeats, , went t"' a neighbouring plantation for the purpoie of gatherit4 brushwood, which she had accomplished, and, in rettni ing home, she hid occasion to get over a paling, st ir while in the act of d o i ng so , an d a f ter she bad got . °L.; herself, the l oa d remained on the other a ide, and the being a noose on the string, which - was over her 13 e' r, she swung on the o ne s id e an d the Wad on the o tb o and was thus strangled.. The girl observing the ' eD cament in which, her mother was placed, ine.de. ; " air I.ible haste for assistance ; but, ere any .perion .htstt rived, the vital sp ar k had iled.—Edinbursh Advertise" [ADVERTISEMENT.]--AN •EXTRAGALDINART. OF A BAD LEG AT HORNCASTIJC,; UtT HOLLO I OI O PILLS AND O INTMENT !—A f ew d ays s i nce MR Simpson, a highly respectable bookseller in that ‘ , 7 0 states that a gentl eman o f hi s acqua i ntance had b. of suffering for years, from one of the worst descriptioP s i n ., bad legs, frequently enduring the most excruciatingil u _ He had been und er th e care o f severa l medical Inez' r ow out obtaining the l eas t b ene fi t. Thi s g e nt l ema n, " to , ever, has just been cure d by these invaluable insdici n o after - every other treatment failed. The Ointine_ will cure chilblain s and chapped hands in a few 116%1; Sold at Professo r H o ll oway ' s Establishment, 244. Stritsiji (where advice' may be had gratis), and by altensL e d respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civil world. IN Lin Per Jinx" Pft CN 44 , 401. .15a. 71. se. .1. IN 546 104 51. 104 Nercei 118 • .54 , 9 04 U. Lo g , 154 c ioI 101. 108, 41. 1. V. 44.;5.4A pe r i e coe. c . n e n. 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