The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-01 00:00:00

75 olio of Musturds,ed, 33 ditto of Seeds, 5,361 bucks and 790 barrels of Flour. Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals of Wheat coastwise, from Kent, were tolerably good, but of reithilieg quality. Fruna Essex, Cambridgeshire, &r., the receipts were limiteJ, though in fair average condi tion. Byi, land carriage the supply was Ernst'. The show cf samples proved very moderate. For a holiday Monday the attendance of both t swn and country buyers was extensive. Fine parcels of Essex while moved off readily, at prices quite equal to th , . , se ob tsined on this day se'rthighr, and a good clearance was speedily effected. The Kentish Wheats were a dull sale, and, in some instances, is per qr. less money was accepted to effect a clearance. Numerous offers came to hand from the east coast to forward Wheats at present prices. With granaried and fresh parcels of Futeign Wheat we were well supplied. Selected qualities sold to a fair ex tent, at last week's currencies. Damp and inferior kinds moved off slowly, and late rates were with difficulty sup ported. The supply of English Flour was moderate— that of Foreign large. Notwithstanding that several large parcels were disposed of, the Flour trade was far from active, at last Monday's quotations. Inferior French Flour sold as low as 27s per 280Ibs. Fine Malting Barley—the supply of which was small, com pared with the bulk of the arrivals—sold at full prises. In other kiuds, next to nothing was doing on somewhat lower terms. Several parcels of foreign, weighing 531bs • per bushel, sold as low as 16s 6d to 17s per quarter. The Malt trade was extremely depressed, but we have no further decline to notice in prices. Oats were in moderate request. Fine samples were held at full cur rencies, but all other kinds were neglected. The sale for Beans was very inactive at last week's quotations. In Peas next to nothing was doing. Indian Corn and Meal were neglected. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat —Essex & Kent, Malt — Chevalier.... •• 5113 to 53 Red, New.... 378 to 49s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 40s 48s Lincolnsh., Feed. Noribik and Lin- Potato ...... coin, lied.• •• • 362 39s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White.-- 381 43s Black-......, Irish, Red.... •• • • 372 41s Cork, White..... Ditto,WlHte.• •• • • 40s 44s Scotch, Feed. .... 12ye—01d.......... 21s 22s Be ans —Ti ck N ew ... 21s 22s Pigeons Barley—Grinding .•• .. Ibs 19s Peas—Grey Malting ....• •• • • 211 23s Maple . ........ Chevalier •• ••• 23s 26, White........ .. ... • ta —Suffolk and Nor- B oilers folk. •••••• • •• • • 43s 48s Flour —Town-made... Brown . ...... . 40s 42s Suffolk .. • ..... Kingatonand Ware 46s stis Stockta & Norfolk SZEDS. The demand f or Tares is heavy, at further depressed rates. Clover Seed moves off slowly, but we have no actual fall to notice in prices. In other articles, next to nothing doing. The stock of Clover Seed in bond is 43,000 cwts. Turnip,White, perbush. lOs to lis Carraway Red aid Green.. • • 10s 12 Coriander Mustard, 8r0wn.... • 8s lls Hempseed, per quarter 323 35s White .. ••• • • . Gs 9. Linseed, Eng. 541 56m Tares, Spring •• •• Zs lid 4s 3( Crushing .. •• •. • . 40s 43s Old ••'••• • • • • • • Baltic • ... 383 449 Canary, per quarter .• 70s 74 Odessa ••••• • • • • • 421 46s Rye grass.. •... • • 20s 24s Linseed Cake pr.l,ooo— Red Ens. (cwt.) 35s 50s English ••.8/ 5s 9115 s White .....• •• • • 343 48s Foreign, per ton 6103 71 102 Foreign Red...... 33s Sus Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 Os 41 as Trefoil White.. ••Rapeseed , 32 s 50s New rlst3sl OM 381 05 14 s 18s 133 115. 17s 21s 134 156 134 les 18s !42s 22s 2is 26s 348 23s 24s 33s 28s 22s 23s 24s 264 32s Ss `47s 311 27s 31s siv..D. During la s t we: the aTurzEr imports of foreign Stock into London were seasonably extensive, viz., 1,328 head. During the corresponding period in 1849 we received 972; and during the same week in 1848, 1,494 head. The general quality of the stock received since our last has been good. Owing to the strong gales, several losses have been sustained at sea. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Antwerp ...... 31 ... Rotterdam ... 78 ... 471 ... ... 104 ... Ostend... ....... .. 212 ... Harlingen ..... 401 17 1 ... Hamburgh ... 10 ... Total ..... 492 ... 700 ... 135 .. ""Correspondi ng weekin 1849.. 363 ... 492 ... 25 Same week i n ... 87 5 1 848...,,,., 853 .. tO2 ... 139 ... From Ireland 4 Beasts, 50 Sheep, 4 Calves, and 163 Pigs have arrived by sea for this market. Compara tively speaking, theimportations of foreign stock at the various outposts have been small. Our market to-day was seasonably well supplied with f ore i gn B easts, but the number of Sheep and Calves was small, though of fair average quality. The supply of home-fed Beasts on offer was tolerably good, and of excellent quality. Although the attendance of buyers was somewhat nu merous, the Beef trade, owing to the change in the weather, and the large supplies of meat on offer in New gate and Leadenhall markets, was in a very depressed State, at, in some instances, a further decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, the extreme value of the best Scots being 3s 6d per 81bs, and a clearance was not effected. We seldom recollect so heavy a demand for Beasts as that experienced this morning. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,000 Scots and shorthorns; from all other parts of England, 700 Hereford; runts, Devons, &c.• and from Scotland, 350 h orned and polled Scots. For the time of year the supply of Sheep was good. The demand for all breeds was dull in the extreme, and the currencies had a downward tendency. Prime old Downs, in the wool, sold at 4s to in some instances 4s 4d, those out of the wool 3s 6d to 3s 8d per 81b3. Lambs, though in short supply, ruled heavy, at last Monday's prices, viz., from 5s to 6s per Sibs. In Calves next to nothing was doing, at barely late rates. The sale for Pigs was heavy, and the quotations ruled almost nominal. Per 61bs. to 8 Inf erior Beasts... •• 2 4 6 s. d. 2 to s. d, 3. d. to 8. d. Inferior Se cond quality •. .. 2 8 210 Second qua Sheep .."... 210 3 0 l. Sheep 3 2 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-weolled ditto& $ 310 Prime Scots .- ••.• 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 4 Largo coerce Calves 3 0 3 4 Ditto eutof the wool 0 0 0• Primes=all C a l 0 3 6 210 Large Hogs •••• •• 3 2 3 4 Suckling Calve d , , 18 0 25 0 Small Porkers .. •• 3 8 4 0 Lambs ... ....• 3 0 6 0 Quartw old Pigs -.16 0 21 0 _Beasts. TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1 "6". I Calves. I Pigs. 3,513 19,960 95 ISO FOREIGN SUPPLY. IlealltB. 277 I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 610 44 NEVOZATZI AND LEADENIIAMM. for Since Monday last the arrivals of country-killed Meat these markets have been seasonably large, they baying exceeded 5,000 quarters, chiefly from the mid land, western, and eastern districts. The su ppli es on o ffer slaughtered in London having been on the increase, and of improved qua l ity, the general demand has ruled inactive, at barely stationary prices. The primest Lamb b 55 how ever, produc e d ra th er more money. From tiantimrgh 15 baskets of Meat have come to hand, and about 500 carcases of foreign Meat killed in London have been disposed of. tal the offal. At per stone by the Carcase. inte 5. d. to s. d. 1 1. d. to s. d. teef,rior•• •.•• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 a 210 "--- middling .... 2 4 2 6 middling.. 3 0 3 2 --- primelarge .• 2 8 210 prime •. •• 3 4 3 I ----,, Prime small .• 3 0 3 '2 Pork, large.— •••• 2 10 3 4 1 " 1 " ** •• ——•• • • a o 510 _...._ groan •• •••• 3 6 4 0 Lamb. 4s 10d te Ge 01. ZIOILOUGII AND SPITAIMIELDS. The total imports of foreign Potat oes i nto London, last week, amounted to 1,666 tons, di v id e d as f ollows: Dunkirk, 386; A n t werp, 356; Rotterdam, 105; Rouen, 621 ; Havre, 15; Bordeaux, 90; and Louvain, 92 tons. In addition to which one basket of this year's growth 'Ms Come to haul from St. Michael'o. From the Ist of Au gust, 1849, to the 23d ult., 62,787 tons of foreign 2 Potat oes were wei g h e d b y the City meters. About 000 tone of home growth have arrived coastwise, and 1,200 tons by land carriage since our last report. Se lected qualities are in moderate request, at full prices; but all other kinds are much neglected. Present rates as under._. Yor k Regents Ton. Per Ton. . s 703 to 100 s C ommon Whi tes 40s to 45s D itto Shaw' Kidneys ... --a to 3 Scotch Regents 60s to 65s Essex Regents ... —s to —6 Ditto min. Cups 50s to 60s Ditto S haves ...... —a to s Ditto Buffs ... .-- sto s Ditto Kidneys ... —s to —s Di tto '• ...... . sto —s French Whites ... 502. to 65s Pink Eyes .... —s to s Ditto Red 5......... — s to —s LincolnAtegents. 70s to 85s Belgian Whites... 458 to 55s Wisbeach ditto 60s to 70e Dutch Whites ... —s to —s Ditto Kidneys .. —s to — s Ditto Reds ..... .... —s to —s Lerwick Regts... —s to —8 German ditto ... 40s t o 50 s lit BOROUGH 110X 0 IYtitHET. Even th e fi nest Hops, the supply of which is unusually groan, are a slow sale, at barely stationary prices. So little is doing in ether qualities that the quotations are almost nominal. The imports into London last week were 62 bales from Ostend, and 193 from New York. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 61 Os to 111 ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 61 to 81 3s ; new Sussex ditto, Si 8a to 6/ 10a; new Farnhams, 121 to 131; yearling Bents, 31 to 41 7s; yearling Sussex, 21 8s to 31128; old Bops, 11, to 31 103 per cwt. OOL. Last we e k' s imports o f f Wool into London amounted to 1,355 bales from Islay; 20 ditto from Leghorn; 154 ditto from Humburgh; 107 ditto from the Cape; and 33 bags from Ireland. The quantity of colonial Wool on offer is very small, yet the demand for it is in a very sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Foreign and English parcels are very dull, and lower to purchase. The manufacturing district accounts are far from satis factory. TALLOW. Since our last report the demand for Foreign Tallow has ruled tolerably steady, and prices have been well supported. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot, is quoted at 3G, 9d to 37s 3d, and for delivery of New, during the last three months, 33s 3d to 38s 6d per cwt. At those quotations very f ew con t r acts hav e b een entered into. Town Tallow is 37s per cwt net cash for prime Melted; Rough Fat, 2s Id per Sibs. 1846. 1847. 1848, 18,16 - ," gtock this day • • • • •• Price of Y. C. •• • • [ Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week • Ditto from June 1 ... 14,683 42s 6d to 438 Od 1 12,284 495 9cl to 503 Od 6,638 h2a 9d ,to Os Od 27,478 38s Gd to 39s Od 32,108 36. 9d Ito 37i 3d 1,146 79,712 479 1,405 72,790 89,6 H 1,772 1,095 74,151 88,181 448 6d 1538 Od 548 Od 1,369 1,40 i 86,867 81,557 1,903 363 104,812 88,194 I'stee of Town . 43s Od 1 39s 6d BOW -STREET.—(THIS I)AY.) A respectably-attired young man, named Thomas Ed wards, was charged with stealing a quantity of plate from St. James's Palace. The prisoner was observed by the sentry on duty be tween ono and two o'clock on Saturday ef , ernoon t 3 leave that part of the palace occupied by the Mar chioness of Westmeath, and it was afterwards ascer tained by Henry Clay, her Ladyship' s f ootman, that six silver forks, five silver table spoons, a silver tray, and a cruet stand had Leen abstracted from the dining-room, where they had been placed preparatory to the Mar chioness's luncheon. Information ( f the robbery was given to the police, and the prisoner was arrested yester day m orning and identified by the sentry. His lodgings were searched, bat none of the missi ng property was found, nor hau any of it b een t race d. The footman s wore positively that the plate was safe just tefore the 517 78,561 time wn,a the pr,ocn..er was seen to lea% Li.its pat Ace stealthily, waile tho suspicion against him was considerably heightened by the fact that he was a dis charged coachman from her Ladyship's service. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, denied that he had been near the palace fir the last three monthi, and said if zinie were allowed him he could bring several n- spvetab!e parties to prove an alibi. Mr. Ham, said there was s i..tranz case of suspicion against him, and it was therefore his duty to remaud him till Thursday next. CLERIKEN WE LL.—(T HIS DAY.) A RETURNED CONVICT.—A short, stout, rudy-faceci young man, about 30 years of age, with closely-cropped hair, and a physiognomy which dramatists generally con sider as a necessary qualification of members of the Jack Sheppard fraternity, named John Welfare, wa4: placed at the bar before Mr. Combe under the following circumstances. Police constable M 447 said, about half-past one this morning, while he was on duty, he saw the defendant come out of an enelosed garden, attached to a house near the Sluce House, Islington, and when he recognised him run across a field, and suspecting he had be ea doing something wrong, he pursued him, and after a short chase succeeded in coming up with him. Be gave an unsatisSactory account of himself, and he therefore took him into custody. As there was no thoroughfare across the fields he silt pected he had been in the garden for unlawful purposes. lie found nothing in his possession. MAGISTRATE—Is that all the charge you prefer? Policeman—Yes, but there is another officer who knows something about the defendant. Police-constable 178 N here stepped forward, and said he had the accused in custody five years ago for burglary; he was committed to the Old Bailey for trial, and was sentenced to transportation for seven years. MAGISTRATE—HOW comes it that he has returned to this country before the expiry of the term? Policeman —He received a pardon. The defendant denied that he had any illegal inten tion, and said he went across the field because it was the nearest cut home. MAGISTRATE—Where were you transported to? De. fondant—To Gibraltar. MAGISTRATE—They don't send convicts there? De fendant—Yes, your Worship, there has been acme public works going on at Gibraltar. MAGISTRATE—HOW long were you at Gibraltar? Defendant—Four years, six months, and ten days. I came back on the 13th of March last with 3/. as., which was given to keep me. Since then I have been staying with my brother in Cornwall. I came up to London yesterday. MAGISTRATE—I strongly suspect you are going back to your old tricks again. Defendant —Never no more, y our Worship, I assure you. MAGISTRATE.—This is rather a bad case against you Recollect you are an old burglar, who has been trans ported, and served four and a-half years abroad, and that within three weeks of your r e t urn t o England, you were found in a position which would lead people to suspect you were going to commence your old tricks again. I shall remand you for a week, in order that you may have an opportunity of bringing forward some persons to show what you have been doing since your return. The defendant was then removed. WESTMINSTER.—(THIS DAY.) Sarah Kipling, a good-looking, but somewhat impu dent young wcman, with a child in her arms, was charged before Mr. Broderip with being drunk and as saulting the police._ _ _ Police-sergeant M'Kenzie deposed that about one o'clock this morning he heard cries of murder in George, street, Westminster, and on proceeding to the spot he found a man besting his wife, and a crowd collected about the place, amongst whom was the prisoner, who was drunk. He took the man into custody, and was proceeding to the station-house with him, when he was assailed on the way with most abusive language from the prisoner. Having lodged the man safely in the station-house, the sergeant heard a great disturbance outside the door, and on looking out to ascertain the cause of it the prisoner struck him twice on the face with an iron candlestick which she carried in her hand, and rereated her foul language. He thereupon took her into custody. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said she was sorry for having assaulted the complainant, but that she had been greatly aggravated by his striking her baby when he came out of the station-house to quell the dis turbance. The complainant was recalled, and solemnly denied having struck the prisoner's baby. Mr. BnODERU told the prisoner that the statement on oath of a sober man was more to be believed than the assertion of a woman who was drunk, and ordered her to be imprisoned for ten days. WRECK OF A LARGE STEAMER NEAR THE GOOD WIN SANDS. SUPPOSED GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. There is every reason to believe that a large steamer has been wrecked about three or four cables' length south-west from the Lower langoe Buoy, at the entrance of the Prince's and Queen's Channel. The vessel is sup posed to have gone on shore on Saturday, at midnight. The weather was very stormy during that night, but moderated towards morning. A great quantity of wreckage, consisting principally of seats painted green, such as are fitted on board steamers, has been passed by vessels arriving in the river this afternoon. One of the Irish steamers due yesterday has not yet arrived, and fears are eutertained that she may prove to be the vessel referred to; if this is the case, a probable loss of life has occurred to tho extent of 200 or 300 souls. This is tho account of one of our captains, who passed the wreck described at daylight yesterday (Sunday) morning. OVERLAND MAIL I TPIA. (From the Herald.) An Extraordinary Express has supplied us with journ.ils and privtc e correcpcndence, in ad vance of the Overland lin!, of the follewinz dates : Bombay, March 2, and Calcutta of Feb. 22. We learn by this arrival that some of the Afreedi tribes had made their appearance in the district of Kohut, where they had murdered some of our Sappers, a: ad afterwards carried away their implements of labour . and whatever else that lay within their reach. An expedition was therefore at once fitted out, under Colonel Bradshaw, 60th Rifles, which started against the ruffians on the 9th of Feb., accompanied by Sir C. Napier and Brigadier Sir C. Campbell as amateurs. A good deal of skirmishing occurred on the 10th and 11th between Muttanee and Kohat, and again on the 13th on the way back of the expedition through the passes. Ensign W. H. Sitwell, of the 31st N. 1., was cut to pieces ; Lieut. T. 11. Hilliard, 23d Native Infantry, and three or four European soldiers, were severely wounded. Coke's Punjaub Infantry suffered greatly. Six of the enemy's villages were destroyed, and the expedition appears to have been completely successful. The troops returned to Peshawur on the 14th, leaving a detachment to guard the pass near Muttanee. Sir C. Napier and staff were to commence their return march to Lahore about the 17th. The Sikkim,Raja had fled to the mountains, and therefore the expeditionary troops sent to chastise him returned to Darjeeling. The whole of his possessions on the hither side of the Great R'unjeat River had been seized by the British authorities, as a punishment for his treacherous conduct. The mutineers of the 6Gth Bengal N. I. had been tried. The less guilty were dismissed the service, while the others were condemned to various terms of hard labour. The India mail steam-ship Precursor took her de parture from Suez on the 11th, at six P.M., all well. Among her passengers was Rear-Admiral Austin and family, who were conveyed by order of the Pacha to Suez, in a britska and six horses. The political news from Calcutta is of no im portance. Commercial affairs at Bombay were in a gloomy state; but at Calcutta they were satisfactory, the in telligence from England having had a cheering effect both on imports and exports. Letters from Malts of the 22d March state that Brigadier Dundas had arrived there, on his way to England. (From the Bombay Times of March 2.) SUMMARY.—Another retributive expedition sent out from Peshawur into the hills of Kohat, to punish a few of the Afreedi tribes who had descended on a party of our Sappers employed in the district, put some of them to death, and carried off the tools, &c., of the whole detachment, having accomplished the object of its mission, has just returned to its canton ments. The avenging furce, under Colonel Bradshaw, C.B. 60th Rifles, started on the 9th, accompanied by Sir C. Napier and Brigadier Sir C. Campbell, C.B. as amateurs. The force consisted of For dyce's troop, H.A., one squadron 2d Irregular, and the whole of Daly's Punjaub Cavalry, 200 men 60th Rifles, u like number of the 61et Foot, the entire 23d and 31st N. 1., Coke's Punjaub In fantry, and Luinsden's guide corps. A good deal of skirmishing took place on the 10th and 11th betwixt Muttanee and Kohat, and again on the 13th on their way back through the Passes. Ensign W. 11. Sit well, of the 31st N. 1., was cut to pieces ; Lieutenant T. W. Hilliard, 23d N. 1., and three or four European soldiers, were severely wounded. Coke's Punjaub infantry are said to have suffered severely. Six of the enemy's villages were destroyed, and the expedi tion appears to have been completely successful. The troops returned to Peshawur on the 14th, leaving a detachment to guard the pass near Muttanee. Sir C. Napier and staff were to commence their return march about the 17th. The mutineers of the 66:1) Bengal N.I. have been tried by general court-martial at Umritsir : three of them have been sentenced to hard labour on the roads, 21 to 7 years', 30 to 6 months', and 60 or 70 to dismissal from the ser vice. A great number more remained for trial ; the arms of the remnant of the corps were still withheld from them pending the instructions of the Com mander. in- Chief. A report had been circulated to the effect that the Huzooree Bagh at Lahore had been found to have lately been undermined by the Seikbs, the truth or otherwise of which has not been made known. Orders had been issued for a careful examination of the precincts of the locality. The new cantonments at Seealkote are to be completed by May next. Robberies and murders were of frequent occurrence at Peshawur. The health of the troops throughout the Punjaub was good, and the weather continued pleasant.—From Sinde we have no news. Brigadier-General Manson, C. 8., had returned from Cutch, and proceeded up country to Hydrabad on his tour of inspection.—The troops sent into the territory of the Sikkim Raja have returned to Darjeeling—the chief having fled to the mountains. As a punishment for his treacherous' conduct we have seized on all his possessions on the hither side of the Great Runjeet River, which yield a re venue of 1,6001.; added to which he loses the 6001. heretofore bestowed on him by our Government under treaty.—The mission from the Ruler of Nepaul to the Queen of England was expected at Calcutta by the end of last month. The Governor-General reached Point de Galle on the 7th ult., and proceeded on for Singapore and the Straits on the 9th : he is expected back to Calcutta by the middle of the present month. —The Hon. Mr. Dickinson, late a member of the council at Madras, resigned the service on the 16th, and sailed for England by the ship :Devonshire on the 18th ult. He has been succeeded at the council board by J. F. Thomas, Esq.—Our obituary records the death of Major R. Wroughton, late Deputy Sur veyor-General of India ; and Commander J. G. John stone, I.N.—The troops engaged at Chilianwalla are to have a bar along with the medal granted for Goojerat. Her Majesty's 22d Foot reached Bahawulpore on the 16th ult., all well.—Small•pox prevails to an alarming extent in Calcutta and the surrounding country.—An action f.ir libel, brought by the Rev. Mr. Whitford against the Rev. Mr. Lugard, has just been decided in the Supreme Court at Madras in favour of the defendant.—A dinner has been given by the members of the Byculla Club to Sir H. Derides, who leaves for England by the steamer of this evening. Sir IV. Cotton presided, Sir. IV. Yardley end the Hon. Mr. Blane being presents — Superintending Surgeon B. P. Rooke, of the Bom bay army, has been obliged, from ill-health, to obtain a furlough to Europe.—Lady Falkland has been for the past week at Gorebunder, a place close by, re• enarkable for the beauty of the scenery around, en gaged in taking a series of sketches —The Right Hon. the Governor and family will, it is believed, leave Bombay for Mahabuleshwar at the end of the present month.—The weather is bPcoming warm, but the health of the troops and inhabitants throughout the Bombay presidency continues good. Trade has, during the past fortnight, been as dull as it well .could be. - - _ _ _ The following particulars of the murder of some of our Sappers in the district of Kohat, and the march of a force from Peshawur for the punishment of their murderers, are from the Delhi Gatette of the 16th February : "We have received letters up to the 9th inst., which state that about daybreak on the 24 instant, some of the Affreedi tribes inhabiting the Kohat hills set upon a party of the Sappers who were employed on the roads through that district, and put several of them to death. It was expected at first that a small detachment would have marched on Thursday, the 6th, to visit the delinquents with punishment; but, whether the insurgents were stronger than was at first represented, or from some other cause unknown, the march of the party was postponed, and on the morning of Saturday the 9th, a strong force, under the command of Colonel Bradshaw, with the Com mander-in Chief and Sir Colin Campbell in company, moved towards Kohat. Notice had been given by the civil authorities that the villages of the offenders would be destroyed, and murder will be always thus avenged. We are informed that the force consists of—Fordyce's Troop of Horse Artillery, two companies of the 6th Rifles ' two companies (Grenadier and Light) of the 61st Foot, the 23d and 31st Native Infantry, one Ressallah 2d Irregular Cavalry, Daly's Punjaub Cavalry, Coke's Punjaub Infantry, Lumsden's Guide Corps. The artillery took 100 rounds per gun, and fourteen days' pro visions accompanied the force. A provost marshal had been appointed, and the most stringent orders given (and they will be strictly carried out), regard ing. marauding : all offenders taken in the act of plun dering or burning are to be executed or flogged upon the spot. Four officers of the regiments left at Peshawur have been attached to the baggage, to see that the camels, &c., are kept in their places in the column, and are not allowed to lag or straggle. Officers of the staff and of regiinenta were orderd to double up' in order to move as lightly as possible. Head-quarters came was left standing and the officers remain. Colonel Mountain was left in charge of the station. The rendezvous was on the west of the town, near the lines of the 7th Light Cavalry, at day :break, and the column immediately commenced moving forward. The following was the order of march :—Advance guard, consisting of the guides, two guns, a Resallah of the 2d Irregular Cavalry, two Resallahs of Daly's Irregulars, the detachment of the Rifi s, and a wing of the 31st N.I. The baggage. The main column in the following order :—The detachment of the 31st Foot, two howitz n.s and a gun, the 23.1 N. 1., Coke's Infantry, two ltt.se , allahs of Daly's Cavalry. The rear guard, in the following order :—Wing of the 31st NJ., a gun, and two R?ssalahs of Daly's Ca valry. Strong 114n1ting parties were to be thrown our, as the nature of the ground permitted. The country to the south of Peshawur is entirely under cultivation, with a moderately wide road, bounded by ditches across it; and the way from the rendez vous to that side of the town lay through narrow lanes intersected by several small canals; conse quently there was a good deal of time occupied in getting the, baggage off, and the main body did not move until about eight o'clock, and the rear guard at about half-past eight. The troops were to have gone 14 miles on the first day (some accounts said 18), close to the foot of the hills where the road leads through a pass, the spot where the massacre of the 2d instant took place. It was reported that the Affree dies had thrown a barricade across the pass, and that they intended to dispute the passage—if they did make a stand, there was something done probably on the 10th inst. After forcing the pass, a portion of the troops were to remain in occupation of it, while the remainder advanced on Kohat. An officer of the 98th (Lieutenant Grantham) had his tent rifled on the night of the 7th inst. by thieves ; the gang amounted to ten or a dozen, some of whom overawed such of the servants as were awake, and prevented their giving the alarm, while the others stripped the tent. Lieutenant Graham was asleep at the com mencement, but waking just before the thieves left, he started up, and immediately received a severe wound on his left arm. The robbers appear to have got into the head quarters camp (although surrounded on three sides by a wall, and all about by a chain of sentries), on the night of the Bth, cut the heel-ropes of a horse, and were about to do the same with the head-ropes, when the animal began plunging and the alarm was given, which forced the thieves to make off without their anticipated booty." The same journal of the 23d ult., gives the annexed account of the operations of the force, and their re turn from Peshawur after having accomplished the object for which they had gone out : "We have letters from Peshawur, dated the 14th instant, from which we gather that there was skir mishing both on the 10th and 11th, on the way from Muttunee to Kohat, and on the lath, whilst the force was returning through the passes. The 31st Native Infantry, and Coke's Infantry have suffered severly— the latter are said to have behaved splendidly. En sign W. H. Sitwell was killed (cut to pieces)—and Lieutenant Hilliard, 23d, severely wounded. Only ' three or four European soldiers were wounded; they are said to have gone to their work very steadily, and did not fire till they were sure of their mark. The shrapnel' from Fordyce's guns astonished the insure gents .more than anything else. The expedition seems to have been completely successful; no regular stand was made by the enemy, but a galling and un certain fire was kept up in the passes. Six villages have been destroyed, and of course a number of the enemy, the amount of whose loss it is impossible to ascertain correctly. A force has been left to occupy the pass near Muttunee—one correspondent says a party of Pollock's levy, another, that a detachment of the Rifles and Coke's Punjaub Infantry are in charge".— Delhi Gazette, Feb. 213. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by (haft' in the armies of India, reported since the departure of the mail on the 2d March:— MADRAS.—Brevet-Major R. G. Carmichael, 38,h N. 1., suddenly at Madras, on the 11th of February; Lieutenant R. J. M. Elliot, 6th cavalry, of cholera, at Cuddapah, on the sth of February. BENGAL.—Major R. Wroughton, invalids, at Futteg bur, on the 14th of February. INDIAN NAVY.—Commander J. G. Johnstone, of the steam•frigate Auckland, at Kurrachee, on the Bth February. STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM FED 16 TO MARCH 1 INCLUSIVE. BOMBAY, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1. There has been increased tightness in our Money Market since the date cf our last report, and another 1 per cent. has been added to the rates of discount. We never remember to have seen monetary affairs here in so anomalous a state. On the one hand, we find government until very recently advancing its money right and left to shippers of produce. Oa the other, we hear every one cry ing out about the scarcity of money. There is plenty cf money, or five per cent, paper, which is nearly as good, if the Bank of Bombay would only advance upon it as it did in so liberal a manner a short time ago. We also hear that large shipments of specie are expected from Calcutta, so that we may shortly expect to see the present pressure very much lessened. Government Securities have been exceedingly dull, and sales have only been effected by submitting to very low prices. There is a report abroad that the Five per Cent. Loan is about to be closed. We bear so from very good authority, yet have our doubts on the subject. In shares little has been done. We quote those of the Bank of Bombay at 16-1 per oent. pm., Orientals at 14, Com mercials 14, and Agrae six per cent. discount. The fol lowing notifications have been published by Government during the past week:— " NOTIFICATION.—TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT, FI NANCE.—Notice is hereby given, that under instructions from the government of India, the rate of exchange at which bills, secured by the hypothecation of goods, are to be drawn at Bombay, in favour of the Honourable the East India Company, will be 2s. Oil per Company's rupee, until further orders.—By order of the Right Honourable the Governor in Council.—ll. E. GOLD smin, Secretary to Government.—Bombay Castle, Feb. 25, 1850." NOTIFICATION. •-•••• TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT hypothecation G w ieilbror n FINANCE.—Notico is hereby given, that no further ad vance,,munderbt h y e t n h o e tifi G ca o t v i e o r n ß o m f e t n h t e 3 0f 1s tof Bombay, March, en lB t 4 b 9 e , Council. ofg°cdB.- 11 3 . the Government.—Bombay Castle, March 1, 1850.'' y ß o . rd G e o r L o p f s t m he w ß i ig s h ec t r il et o a n r . y th to e Since our last the Iloolie holidays have interfered considerably with busineas in general, and we regret that as yet the anticipated improvement atter the holi days has not taken place. The state of the bazaar is very unsatisfactory ; money is daily becoming scarce, forcing in some instances the dealers to resell their late purchases at a considerable loss; and until the Mar worries recommence purchasing, n e cannot look for any change for the Letter. We man also remark, that the exports from Great Britain to this port during 1849, as per statement received by the last mail, say in plain cottons alone 94,710,255 yards against 49,378,404 in 1848, and 34,379,195 in 1847, are sufficient to prevent any great advance in prices Lere till a considerable fall ing off takes place in the supply. The scarcity of ex port produce noticed in our last, still continues, and as a natural consequence there have been few transactions during the fortnight. Freights havo been very dull, more especially to Li verpool, to which port there is almost no cargo offering at 31., rate asked by consignees. To London ships have been getting 3/. to 3/. ss. por ton. To China, rs. 13 per candy may be quoted as the rate. There is seemly a bale of cottcr in the place, however; and as the new crop will be very freight must be dull for some time yet. Exchange has been in a somewhat unsettled and ex cited state, owing to the changes in the Government rata of advance. Oa the arrival of the China mail, transactions took place at 2s. Oid., and some few at 2.. o il six months sight for Russell's, Jardine's, and Dent's bills. The Oriental Bank broker then entered the mar ke extentt, I t la c en d td i s e2 a ,s l e. e r s ote:t a , ed t d.t.h foreßf i e ta r tu m eses e e r bl r vs a ,e t s:s e i , na.e, b e u a t andd t v o aa w afe h ue a rd t_ - i l s 6 e 3 ;pected. Exch ange on Calcutta has ruled tt v oh e e r 2 y rs : r l i o ls w el throughout the fortnight, but a slight improve ment is now perceptible. StiU we cannot quote higher than rs. 96 to rs 991 fur sixty days' sight Court of Di rectors' Bill. CALCUTTA. (From the Calcutta Bengal iluraru, Feb. 20.) The express, with London dates to 7th January, ar rived on the 15th inst. the terms of the notification, The rate of exchange for government advances on Prclu o e f e la 'N s 'a t rupee, before the depar turethe export warehouse tray bo considered as vittually closed ter some time to come. s ma ra il i , se a d nd to fro 2 ; s r I. This impor:ant measure has caused some tendency to a love; range of prices for exports. Although stocks were small, dealers were showing a disposition to lower their demand:, when the news by the express arrived. The home accounts of expected prosperity, and the sti mulating effect of so great an abundan ce o f money, on every branch of the trade, have Created an i ncreased de manCl for produce here. Prices have fully regained their former position— and a genet al in qu i ry preva il s. The sales of indigo are small, nor is inquiry quite so active as before—the advance in London having been so fully anticipated by the course of prices here. in, and sells freely. Th l e l b e al n a e n w D eeo a f t t e suhoLar is venib e e o r m ilu ng tid silk is rapidly mov ing off at full prices. Combs are now small in stock, and in Lir request. Saltpetre remains scarce, and is taken oil on arrival at full rates. Rico is somewhat dull. Mell lee sells freely, and since the mail came in lac dye has been in animated demand at a further ad vance in value. Jute is less wanted, b ut most o f t h e minor staples are selling readily for England. Linseed is kept up at high rates. The fourth opium sale on the 18th resulted in an average of 1008-11-11 rs. for Patna, and 1026-10-9 for Peneres, being extremely high rates, in the face of the Canton quotations, which on the 10th of January were 465 doll. for Patna. In imports there is a fair amount of business in prc gre.r:s. The internal trade is in a healthy state, the L'azzur money market is iu an easy position, and con sumption is apparently on a free scale. The supplies of Lancashire cottons have r ecen tly b een rather large. Grey cloths o f ordinary and middling quali!ies a7e wantO, but most bleacued goods are lather more difli.!ult cf ask. Glasgow light goods a•e scarce, and in demand. Turkey red c‘ - Atons are also wanted, but few printed fabrics can bee sold. Mule twist !ins been freely sole, but prices, particu larly of No. 4 0s. are low compared with Manchester rates. Red twist is maintained ut a high value. The price of copper has risen eight annas per maund. The only inquiry for spelter is of a speculative nature. Iron is at low rates. Exchatge has been rather unsettled. refore last steamer left some business was done in American credits ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A deep and painful excitement has prevailed at Lloyd's this morning (Monday) by the announcement of a lamentable loss of a large steamer, supposed to bo the Royal Adelaide steam-ship, belonging to the City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company, with, there is too much reason to fear, every soul on board. The Royal Adelaide was one of the most powerful steamers trading between London and Cork; she left the latter port on Wednesday last, and was due at the Com pany's wharf adjacent to Irongate-stairs, St. Katherine's, on Saturday, but has not been heard of until this morning, when the sad intelligence of her loss was communicated to the under-writers by the: master of the Malcombe Brown screw steamer, which arrived last night from Guernsey. Captain Mannings, the . master of the 3lalcombe Brown, reports as follows: " About nine o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, when off the North Foreland, we discovered the wreck of a large steamer on the Tongue Sands, ten miles off the shore, and between two and three miles of the Tongue light ship. As far as the weather would permit us, which was very stormy, the wind blowing almost a gal• from the S.S.E., we got within three quarters of a mile of the spot where she laid, and perceived her stern was apparently gore, also her mast, funnel, and everything swept clean off, and not a soul was to be seen on board. We endeavoured to find out her name, but could not ; it was evident she was fast breaking up. The framework of her two paddle-boxes were standing, and the stanchions of the bulwarks, but the boards were gone. There was no vessel near, excepting a small craft under sail some miles to the eastward of the Girdler. The appearance of the broken-off stumps of the mast is quite new, showing clearly that the occurrence must have taken place re cently. It had blown a heavy gale the night previous, and there was a tremendous sea running. It was probable she struck on the sands about midnight, and everything being swept away even to her masts, leave very little doubt of all on board having met with a watery grave. A dreadful sea always exists during gales in this portion of the Prince's Chan nel, and yesteday morning it was sweeping over the wreck terrifically. Although it lies within ten miles of the North Foreland, it does not seem likely to bo discovered from the land on account of its being ♦ery low and partly under water, The sands are several miles long, running E. by S., and W.N.W. On th• Saturday evening Captain Mannings, when his vessel was off Beechy Read, saw the smoke of a steamer to the eastward. He suspected it was that of the unfortunate vessel." The exact number of persons on board of the 'Royal Adelaide is not known, but it is feared they ex ceeded 100. A steamer has been this forenoon dispatched to the Tongue Sands to obtain further information. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A deputatn the board of di rectors l ately inspected the works io of t from he line between Lond on and Peterborough. The deputation were accompanied by Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, and Mr. Brassey, the contractor. We understand the result of the inspection I was highly satisfactory. They found the works of u sub stantial character, and in a state of great forwardness. Mr. Brassey has no doubt that the entire line will be ready for opening by the Ist of July next, but most certainly by the 15th of July. When this portion of the line is opened, the Great Northern will be enabled to carry passengers from London to York (round the loop) 13 miles shorter than the existing route; but we warn shareholders that this will not be the Great Northern line, as respect s t h o amount of traffic it will take when the whole and direct line is opened.— lierupath's Railway Jinti nat. THE LAST OP CAPTAIN COOK'S COMPANIONS: There is at present residing in Southampton an old man, named Wade, the last survivor of Captain Cook's com panions in his voyages round the world. Ile is ninety nine years of age, and is in possession of all his faculties. lie was present at Captain Cook's death, and himself re • ceived a spear-wound from one of the islanders.—Brighton Gazette. DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANC E .— On Tuesday last, Mr, Williams, son of Mr. John Williams, one of the justices of the peace for Devouport, went into the Sound, in com pany with a Mr. Ellis, an old quarter-master of the navy, in a four-oared gig, having a large lug sail. They were ob served to pass between the Mew Stone slid the land, but have not since been heard of. 1850. at la. and the rate for this doseription of bills is \now Is. to I Freights are higher. CHINA. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamei Achilles had arrived at Bombay, bringiflg the China overland news up to the 30th of January. It con tains no intelligence Lf any interest from Hong kong. Tiie Portug,acse authorities at Macau had given up the Chinese soldiers who were on guard at the gate through which the assassins of Senor Amaral, the late Governor of Macao, fled, and who bad been detained in consequence, in exchange f.r the head and arm of the murdered man, which they found themselves unable to obtain on any other terms. The relics were in a good state cf preservation, having been cased in cement, evidently applied immediately after the murder, which disproved the statement that the assassins buried them. The Chinese authorities at Canton appear to be really identified as accessories to the murder. The relics were sent from Canton to Macao in a dirty salt bout. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received journals from the Cape of Good Hope of the 17th of January, at which period the long-expected final decree of Earl Grey bad not ar rived out. In the meantime the colonists continued to manifest a quiet, uniform, but firm and resolute determination to resist the former order of his Lord ship by every legitimate means within their power. The trade of the colony had much suffered in conse quence of the agitation and suspense arising out of the protracted uncertainty in which the convict ques tion was involved. The French ship, Jacques Gabriel, 292 tons, commander Pion, had arrived in Table Bay, and reported that in lat. 23 S, long. 52 30 E, she picked up part of the crew of the Ocean Queen, 737 tons, Captain Jewell, which left London on the Ist of Sep tember, bound . to Suez. On the 21st of December the vessel was discovered to be on fire, the coals having ignited in the mai n h o ld, w h en th e crew left the ship on the evening of the 21st, in four boats ; Captain G. B. Jewell, second mate, carpenter, and ten seamen and boys in two boats ; chief officer and fourteen able seamen in the long-boat and cutter. The boats parted company during the night, and had not been heard of since. The names of the crew on board the Jacques Gabriel were Captain Jewell and second mate, J. F. Hawkins, J. Sweetenham and on (carpenter), G. Ethesley (sailmaker), G. Edwards (steward), James Rice (cook), W. Marlin, G. Fran cisco, W. Cook, W. Joyce, W. Miller, John Antum, John Leadlets (seamen). COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the grounds around the Castle. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise. The royal dinner party at the Castle included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps. .. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walk6d this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took their accustomed :airings. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house- hold, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also attended the service. His Royal Highness the D uke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester House. Earl Granville left town on Saturday, for Trent ham, Staflbrdshire. The Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner, preached the sermon yesterday (Kaster-day) in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the lessons by the Rev. Messrs. Thomas and Haden, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London. The anthem, "If we believe that Jesus died" (B)yce) was sung by Messrs. Francis and Bradbury. Mr. Tune presided at the organ. The Bishop of London administered the sacrament. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. Hail yet once t!gain to King Christopher Redivlvus! In the Wren's Net tit Cladiel,, under the .liadow of Cruachan, the Seer of the Crutch discourses again wittily, fervently, and eloquently, upon the themes of criticism, poetry, end philosophy; stimulated in their disctLoion by the companionship of TalboyF, Seward, and Buller--Talb3ys the captious, Seward the taci turn, and Buller the jocose. Othello constitutes the principle topic of the present conversation, yielding opportunities for disquisitions on the wickedness of lago, and for some new analyses of the genius of Shekspere. First in ability—immeasurably first in ability, though last in position—" Christopher under Canvass," forms a rich and mellow background for the contents of good Master Ebony for April. As to the introductory paper on the " Ministeri a l M easures ," we can heartily commend it for a smartness we have relished, not withstanding our known variance with the political predilections of' Blackwood. "My Peninsular Me dal," in a fifth instalment, rattles along gallantly in the slashing, dashing, helter-skelter style of Max well ; yet we entertain strong doubts as to the author-, ship—seeing that Jones's chaneon de la dance smacks marvellously of that most delightful mannerism of Lever's, which sparkles in the narratives of " Jack Hinton" and "Harry Lorrequer," and which Mickey Free has rendered so popular in the history of his master, " Charles O'Malley." Here it is—a capital little tidbit of comicality in rhyme—provocative to the last degree of an attempt at the " light fan tastic :" JONES loquitur. " Hands across, back again, down the middle— ' Piease to make room, for I'm going to faint.' Do'nt scream so loud, Miss; I can't hear the fiddle.' Ma'am, you're quite rude.'—' No, I'm sure I aint.' The doctor's dancing quite contrary, Holds his breath, and turns in his toes. Ranting, prancing, capering Mary Cocks her chin, and off she goes. Cross over to Betsy Maginnis, And foot it again to Major Shaw. Miss Molloy, amour sweet mouth in a grin is.' Mister Mickey, keep off your paw.' The doctor's dancing quite contr3 - 7, Holds his breath, and turns i❑ his tors. Ranting, prancing, capering Mary Cocks her chin, and off she goes. Down forty couple, I'm sure xi, ill fatigue us.' ' I told you it would'nt, and here we're come.' Ma'am, shall I f,tch you a tumbler of negus?' NJ, if you pleas, sir, a glass of rum.' The doctor's dancing quite contrary, Holds his breath, and turns in his toes. Ranting, prancing, capering Mary Cocks her chin, and off she goes." Take as a delicious contrast to this the following ex quisite stanza of a love-song from "Festus," re viewed in a very masterly style in the subsequent contribution. " Like an island in a river, Art thou, my love, to me; And I journey by thee ever With a gentle extasie. I arise to tall before thee; I come to kiss thy feet; To ador❑ thee and adore thee, Mine only one! my sweet!" The estimate formed by Blackwood of the poetical genius of Mr. Bailey appears to be in the highest degree judicious—at one and the same moment to the uttermost extreme condemnatory and commenda tory. Another brief quotation we must give, but this time it shall be prose, though prose having immediate reference to poetry. To our thinking the subjoined is a genuine and most accurate definition of some among the more prominent requirements as to style in poetic composition : " One must be pardoned for repeating the very rudi ments of criticism to to some of the headstrong writers of cur day. A lucid, correct, harmonious style—they have forgotten what it means—what virtue there is in it. They speak or think of it as of some matter of an tiquated prejudice—of stale, conventional observance. It is no matter a convention ; it is the living source of a calm perpetual gratification. It is the music cf the printed book. It is that which makes reading a delight as well us a necessary task. It is that which makes another's thought, to the mina, what the visible object is to the eye—seen without effort, and seen clad with beauty, as well as dis tinguished by form and positioP. Whether the subject of the poet be of a calm and gentle, or of a grand and sublime description, this charm of beautiful composition ought always to accompany it. The theory is false which separates beauty from sublimity. The wing of the eagle is not less graceful than that of the smallest bird which flutters from Lough to bough, or from flower to flower; nor is his flight less smooth. in his stormy al titudes, than the slow sailing of unruffled swans in their peaceful element. And as the pleasure attendant upon distinct and melodious language is of itself of the calm and graceful order, so also some degree of calmness and self-possession should pervade the mind of the poet who is to produce it for us." The whole paper is worthy of a perusal. " Cash and Pedigree," being a sort of analytical epitome of the gist of a certain work recently penned by M. Jules Sandeau, affords us what Maga has so often given us before, a clear and rapid insight into the contemporary literature of France. " Caird's High Farming Harrowed," and the three metrical contri butions to Blackwood fcr April, will prove about equally attractive. and palatable to the majority of magazine readers. The new song entitled " Britain's Prosperity," is nothing better than an ingenious piece of rhyming—calico and malecho Nevrdegate and repudiate (1), a merry g o and Jericho, Huxtable and muck stable, , ;:himing together about as ple a santly as spikewise and likewise, the penitent thief and hand kerchief, cum ceteris paribus, in the new poem pub lished this day from the MS. of Mr. Browning. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The " Ladder ()f Gold" is continued, and increases in interest as it progresses. In the present in stalment we find the Rawlingses located in Park lane, Mr. Rawlings being a sort of railway king, an influential Member of the House of Commons, courted and sought after byiall parties. Several new characters are introduced, among the best of whom are the Baroness Poudre- bleu, an English lady with a foreign title, ar,d just 8001. a-year to starve upon, as out of that she has to job a small carriage, rent a small house, and keep a couple of livery servants on board wages, being herself content to feed upon air; her son, Mr. Bulkeley Smirks, a fortune hunter, who, under the tuition of his excellent mother, is endeavouring to make a favourable impression upon Margaret Rawlings ; Lord Charles Eton, a most favourable specimen of our old aris tocracy, a polished gentleman, an orator, a statesman, and a scholar, who seems inclined to pay great atten tion to Margaret', in which be is encouraged by Rawlings, much t o the annoyance of Henry Winston, who it seems had been the intimate friend of Lord Charles Eton at college, and who can by no means brook the pretensions of his college friend to be suitor to the object of his own boyish love. The account by Mr. Wheatley of the career of Lieutenant Wag horn is a record o f national ingratitude, which should bring a blush into the cheek of every Englishman. The secret of the unrelenting persecution of which Waghorn was the, victim is here exposed ; he had offended that vir (heave body, the Court of Direc tors of the East Ixidia Company. Having traversed the Red Sea in. an open boat in 1829, Waghorn reached India. He shall tell the remainder of his story in his own words : " On my arriva I at Bombay, I received the thanks of the Governor in Council. Armed with this record, I commenced an active agitation in India fur the estab lishment of steam, to Europe. In prosecution of that design, I returned to England, expecting, of course, to be received with oi?en arms, at the India House espe cially. Judge of Ely surprise, on being told by the then authorities in office, that the India Company required no ' seam to the East itt all. I replied, that the feeling in India was most ardent for it; that I had convened large C dugs at Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta; and, in fact, all over the Peninsula. which I had tr averse d b y dawlt ; that the Governor-General, Lord William Ben tinck, was euthusia stir in the same cause, and had done tne the honour to predict (with what prescience need not now he stated:), that if ever the object was accom plished, it would t o by the man who had navigated the Red Sea in an op( n boat, under the circumstances al ready named. To all this the parties made answer, that the Governor-General and the people of India had no- Caine; to do with the India House; and if I did not go back and join thew pilot service, to which I belonged, I should receive suet) a communication from that House as would be by no moans agreeable to me. On the instant I penned my resignation, and, placing it in their hands, then gave utterance to the sentiment that actuated me from that moment, till the moment I realised my aspira tion—that I would, establish the Overland Route in spite of the India E:ouse. This avowal, most impolitic, on my part, as regards my individual interests, is per haps the key to much of the otherwise inexplicable opposition I subsequently met with from those upon whose most energetic co-operation I had every apparent reason to rely." The charter of the East India Company expires in 1852, and when the question of its renewal comes on, it is to be hoped that the avowal of the directors that they required no steam to India at all, and that the Governor-General and the people of India had nothing to do with the India House, will be borne in mind. This number also contains a most interesting bio graphy of Major Edwardes (from which we gave a long extract in The Sun of Satur day), with a portrait by Alfred Crowquill.l We have two pleasant Americanisms, the one " Coit's Ridge," by Alfred B. Street, the other " The Great Kalamazoo Hunt," an excellent drollery by a New Yorker. " Women in the East repre sents what life in a harem really is, and should b e read by all those who have only formed their ideas of it from the perusal of Mr. Monckton Milnes's poetry. Our sporting friends will be delighted with Mr. Whittle 's "Hunting in a Garman Forest," and all true Pant agruelists will revel in Mr. Whitling's " P ra i se of Smoking." It hath the true Rabelaisian flavour. L'eutenant 'Walpole commences a :eriee entitled tb.• " Protestant ;" in the present instalment he gives us a pletisant account of his journey from Frankfort-on•the-iNlaiue to the Castle of Wastburg in the town of Aiscnach. We have besides some very exc,;llent poetry, amongst which " A SAlg of Como the Beauti:hl," by Theresa C. J. West, deserves es peciil,l mentiec. SOCIETY AND ITS SALVAGE. (From The Leader, a new weekly paper.) "To save society," that is the great profession of public men in France. " Society ' is a something to be saved ; and they are exemplifying the heroic act. Society, if we are to understand them, is benefiting by their exertions, though you would not suppose it. They are engaged, most of them, except the extreme popular party, in devising laws to prevent communi cation between the electors and any persons what• ever in any capacity; to prevent the people from meeting in clubs, lest the people, meeting itself, should be tempted into some sort of conduct suicidal, or conduct at all events inconvenient if not dangerous to the said politicians. Laws also to prevent the people from reading the newspapers they like, by imposing such high caution.money that papers can only be established by the rich, of course in the interest of the rich, addressed to the rich, and inculcating the doctrines of the rich. M. Moll.; puts this very clearly ; the daily press, he says, is a tribune or speaking-place like the National Assembly, set up in every man's house ; and as the writers of the press, to obtain their own profit, flatter men's opinions and passions ' by such constant action they destroy the free will of men. That is to say, " to save society," M. Molt must protect it against the action of free discussion, and will only allow it to have the mild diluted discussion prescribed by himself and friends. M. Thiera would save society by " putting down detestable publications against society ;" and he thinks the recipe will succeed for sooth, because " the Laws of September saved the Monarchy of July." M. Parieu, Minister of Pub. lic Instruction, would prevent universal suffrage from being led astray by anti-Social (that is Socialist) doctrines. These are specimens of the way in which the pub lic men of France are " saving society." They re mind you of those who, to save a drowning man; keep down his body by hustling over it in their emulous and exasperated humanity. But what is this society to be saved? "Good so ciety" appears just now in no peculiar want of salva• tion. Good society is rather flourishing at present in Paris ; having its parties and its If •unions : the distressed community cannot, therefore, be good society. It can hardly be society in the widest sense of the word, because in that; sense the society with which Frenchmen deal is another term for the whole or ganized nation of France in its domestic capacity ; and that does not appear to be materially altered of late, nor likely to be materially influenced by the vo lunteer efforts of political quacks intent on combina tions for getting themselves into office. Here we have the clue to the enigma. A. society that cannot go alone without these vexatious police interventions at every turn, to keep it from commu nicating with itself, lest it should seduce itself into courses destructive to itself, cannot be very well worth saving. Indeed, it could not last a week. Society existing by the vigilance of the policeman would go out in a few days ; the policemen would be sure to nod. The password of the day, then, is a sort of thieves' cant ; and when the combined traders of French politics talk of saving society, the thing they mean is the society of beaureaucratic persons and their connexions. It is to save society of this nature that the French people is led to the ballot-box by the policeman, is deprived of its newspaper, is driven from its club, and is forced to stay at home when prefects and generals choose to proclaim martial law. The society to be saved by these expedients must be a very bad society indeed. A truly chival rous enterprise would be one to save France from that society. 185 Q, The following is the louse List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing : FOR GOVIRNORS. Henry James Prescott, Esq., Governor. Thomson Liankey, jun , Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR ERECTORS. Alfred Latham, Esq. Jame Malcolmson, Esq James Morris, Esq. Sheffield leave, Esq. George Wade Norman, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Thompson, Esq., Ald. Thomas Tooke, jun., Esq. "Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq. •Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Arthur Edwd. Campbell, Esq. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq, William Cotton, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. Chsrles Pliscoe Grentell, Esq. John Oliver lianson,Esq. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Kirksam Daniel Hodgion,Esq Henry Lancelot Hollend,Esq. Jtshit G2lli brand Hubbard. Esq Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. N.B.—The Gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed, are new candidates for the direction. The election fcr Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the 9th April, and for Directors on Wed nesday the 10th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till oar in the afternoon. LEAVES FROM A LADY'S DIARY or HER TaAvEL s BaunAnv.—This striking work records the experiences of a lady on a tour through the States of Barbary, so long the scourge of Southern Europe, and still scarcely emerging from the barbarism of antiquity. The interest which, under any circumstances, would attach to travels in a quarter so fruitful in picturesque characteristics, and hitherto so imper fectly explored, is heightened in this case by the faet of the enterprising tourist being a lady, which gives a singular charm to a narrative full of exciting adventures experienced in countries where woman remains to the present day is the most rigourous bondage. Neither danger nor difficulty de terred the fair traveller from visiting every object and place worthy of note, and the work abounds with vivid pictures of Arab life linked to a vein of incident as romantic as fiction. Tun ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL, HAVERSTOCR HlLL.—fler.lllajesty the Queen has been pleased to honour this institution by her royal patronage, as well as by contri buting the sum of two hundred and fifty guineas to its fends for the purchase of a lite presentation. FRASER. The present is a delightful number of Fraser; there are no political articles, unless a review of the work of Mr. Poulett Scrope on the operation of the poor-laws in Ireland can be considered such, and even that is more a politico-economical than a political article. The dreary " Peace Campaigns of Ensign Faunce" are at length concluded, and all the other articles are of purely literary character, and, like all the literary articles in Fraser, of high merit. The number opens with an elaborate and excellently written criticism on Mr. Ticknor's recently published " History o f S pan i s h Li terature ;" we have then some interesting gossip on operatic and other musical matters ; and then a defence of John Howard against the attacks of Thomas Carlyle. Jolla Howard we consider as one of the greatest men that not England only but that the world has ever produced. He was an earnest man, a " man with a mission," which he conscientiously fulfilled, and we should have thought that Thomas Carlyle would hare rather placed him in his gallery of heroes than hare classed him with the " benevolent platform fever sect," with whom he had nothing in common. It is true that that busy, fussy, , chattering magpie sect have endeavoured to claim him as their own, as they have endeavoured to claim almost every other illus trious man who has appeared of late years; but the admirable biography of John Howard by Mr. Hepworth Dixon has placed this matt./ in its true light, and has shown us that John Howard was an eminently practical man—a • doer, not a talker ; and so far from being one of the " benevolent platform" sect, we doubt whether he ever spouted humanity f rom a p l a tf orm i n his life. Tne admirable " Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist" are continued, and we rejoice to learn from them that there is every probability that the gardens of the Zoological Society will, in the course of the present summer, become the residence of a hippopotamus, the first that has ever been seen alive in England. The illustrious stranger is at present in Egypt, waiting for his passage. The batch of General Conway's letters published in the present number extend over the year 1758, and fur nish some interesting particulars concerning the unsuccessful expedition against Rochefort, in which Conway was the second in command. We are glad to find that in a review of " Madame Pulsky's Memoirs," and of some other recently published Hungarian books, the Tory Fraser does justice to the noble Magyar race. He thus speaks of recent events in Hungary : " The scenes through which Hungary has lately passed give to both of these books something of a sus tained and dignified severity ; and if we can imagine a society more qualified than that which they depict to shine in the rivalry of refinement and superficial ele gance, ae certainly can point to none more adapted for developing the sterner virtues, and for training up its members to bo braver mon or better citizens." There are several other articles in Fraser of this month, all of which will well repay a perusal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CIIELTENHAIT S rEEPLECHASES.—SATuRDAr. A Free Handicap Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, h ft, with 40 added; the second saved his stake, and the winner paid 5 sovs. to the faul. Two miles, over six hurdles. Mr. Bernar.l's J, - .elc-of-all-TradeF, 9st 4:b ... (J a m es ) 1 Hughes's Tipperary Boy, lOst slb (Darling) 2 The following also starteda r —Mr. C. Hughes's Re becca, lost 31b (Taslter)—LorYLuri:lan's Fugitive, list 101 b (Magee)—Mr. Oalces's Ilalf.and-half, lOst 3lb (A rehcr)—Mr. W. Wood's Sub,rsides, Bst 101 b ( Wynne) —Mr. Williams's Syrup, Sat 101 b (Fowler). There was a false start, in which all but Fugitive and Jack-ot-all-Tradei ran the whole distance, Tipperary Boy winning easily. The actual race Ras won by a It-ngth. Sly rode Half-and-half in the false stmt. The Annual Steeplechase of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and only 3, Se., wi:h 100 added; the second saved his stake, and the winner paid 20 sovs. to the fund; winners 71b extra. Four miles. Mr..Mangan's Farnham, lOst 101 b (Abbott) 1 Mr. Mason's Proceed, lOst 10lb (Mason) 2 Mr. Keate's Verax, lOst (J. Holman) 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Story's Victim, lOst 121 b (Taylor)—Mr. Osborne's Abd-el-Kader, lOst 61b (Wynne) Mr. Vsvera's Vengeance, lOst (Archer) — Captain Green's The Treasurer, 9st 121 b (011tver)—Mr. Williamson's Wolverhampton, 9st 101 b (Fowler)—Mr. Isaac Day's Sparta, Bst 71b (R. James). Betting-3 to 1 agst Vengeance, 3to 1 agst Proceed, 4 to 1 agat Abd-el-Kader, 4 to 1 agat Farnham, 7 to 1 agst Wolverhampton. Won by a head. Verax a bad third. The Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added. About three miles. Mr. Williams's Gulnare (Owner) 1 Mr. Johnson's Sarah Sykes (Archer) tl Mr. Wilson's Venture (Wynne) 3 The following also started:—Mr. Baker's M'Orville (Davison)—Mr. Williams's Jimcrack (Barker)—Mr. Burrough's Tamworth(Owner)—Mr.Gardner's Midnight (Darling)—Mr. Williams's Tenbury Lass (James). Won easily. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES. NORTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK.— Collingwood, Iron Rail, Bastinado, Dover, Watchdog, Olivia, Impression, Give and Take, Hind of the Forest, and The Recluse.—Kent's and John Day's lots are ex pected to•morror.. - OBJECTS FOR THE BRITISH Muszum.--The trus tees of the British Museum, having received information of a shipment from Boston, United States of America, on board the British vessel Amelia, Captain S. E. Came, of two cases containing casts of the head and lower jaw of the Mastodon, intended to be deposited in the collection of the British Museum, Mr. Hayter, the Secretary to the Lords of the Treasury, has communicated to the authorities of the re venue the desire of their Lordships that as these objects are of a fragile nature they will give directions to permit their removal, on arrival, under official seals, and without being disturbed, to the British Museum, there to be opened for ex • amination in the presence of the proper authorities, and then delivered for deposit in that establishment, and directions have therefore been given to the proper officers tb take care that their Lordships' wishes be duly observed. MOORFIBLDS CnerEL.—On Thursday evening last this well-known place of Roman Catholic worship nar rowly escaped being destroyed by ire, some artificial flowers used in the decoration of the " altar repose" having acci dentally caught fire from the candles with which it was al most surrounded, in consequence of the draught from an adjacent door. Owing to the presence of mind, however, of the officiating clergymen, the fire was extinguished without any material injury being done. THE POISONING AT CASTLE CAMPS.--All doubt as to the propriety of the verdict and the guilt of the two wretched prisoners now awaiting execution in Cambridge county gaol upon this charge, has been set at rest by the confession of the female prisoner, Mary Reeder. Imme diately after leaving the dock this criminal became appa rently resigned and penitent, and on one or two occasions gave vent to observations indicative of a desire to unburden ber mind of the load that oppressed it. On Tuesday evening she expressed a wish to see her father, and he accordingly at tended on Wednesday morning, and was admitted to an in terview with her in the presence of the rev. chaplain and the matron of the gaol. The presence of the chaplain appeared to act somewhat as a restraint upon her freedom of speech, and so he withdrew, leaving her alone with her father and the matron; and then she acknowledged to her father that it was her band that put the poison in her sister's mess, and attributed the desire to be rid of her to an illicit connexion that existed between herself and the male prisoner Lucas. This connexion, she said, had not taken place since Christ mas last, and she most strenuously denied that she was in the family way. She has not in terms accused her partner in crime of inciting her to the commission of the deed, but she has done so by implication. She is now quite resigned to the fate that awaits her, and appears fully cogniaant of the enormity of her offence. She states that she made up her mind to commit the crime only a few minutes before its tosecution, and that she has not the slightest wish to live. The male prisoner still denies that he was aware of the in tention of Mary Reeder to poison his wife. He admits that an improper intercourse had taken place between himself and his fellow-prisoner, and states that it subsisted up to within about six weeks of his being taken into custody. He adds that he had become disgusted with Mary Reeder, and he was determined to be rid of her; and if he could but have suc ceeded in effecting that, he should have lived happier with his wife for the future.— Weekly Dispatch. - - CREDULITY.—At the magistrates' office, Spilsby, on the 18th inst., William Martin, of Bratofr, was charged with imposing on TobiasDavison, by giving him a preten d ed charm to cure his wife of a certain complaint, and r ecei ving for the same the sum of 10s. Mr. Robinson appeared for Martin, who is an old man, 85 years of age. and has long enjoyed the reputation of being a "wise man," and by the exercise of his art levied many a con t r ibution on the credu lous. Davison stated that about eight weeks ago he went to the prisoner's house and told him that bis wife was ill, and he was to come and see if he could cure her; he told the prisoner that he had only 10s.,and he said, " W e ll , I ' cannot help it, if you have no more;, he took th e money , and went to another par t of the room, and shortly after r'eehihitjinsws neck, a n d i t would do her awife paper parcel whi c h h e sa i d was some time according to pri s o ner ' s goodetoa came. s a u g h s a i i e n s n wd and g e i round iv a o direction, but did not receive any benefit. The bench ordered p signs ong or hoe the iwn in several folds of the sticks and a piece of writing paper,e word "Abracadabra," th e pi a w tonal numbers, and the fol lowing lines By Saint Peter and Saint Paul, God is the maker of us all; What he gave to me I give to thee, And that is nought to nobody." Mr. Robinson recommended the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the bench on account of his great age and infirmities. Ordered to be committed for fourteen days, to pay all expenses, and the cost of maintenance in prison. The chairman said that but fur his great age and many infir miths, the full punishment would have been inflicted, and the prisoner would have been committed for three months, with hard labour on the treadmill.—Boston Herald. MARLBOROUG HOUSE.—The Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests took possession, on the part of the Crown, of this royal residence on Monday last, from the officers of the late Queen Dowager's household. The Commissioners have, it is understood, arranged that soon after Easter the Vernon Collection of Pictures shall be removed from the National Gallery to Marlborough House, which, in addition to two suites of rooms on the ground and first floors, contains a very tine grand hall. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVBNING, APRIL 1, 1850.