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OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Morning Herald.) We have received by special express the Overland Mail from Bombay, and are enabled to publish the lowing intelligence. Our dates are, Bombay, D(sc. 2; Calcutta, Nov. 23 ; China, Oct. 12. : (FlaOlt OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.) BOMBAY, DEC. 1. The intelligence of this month is, in the main, un important ; the ehief 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 Sawunt 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 i❑ Gwalior, but not such as to occasion alarm. Peace and prosperity prevail thr.ughout India at large. Sir Henry Hardinge has continued since his arrival constantly at Calcutta, and seems to have 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 no 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 ofi !matters which prevailed in the earlier part of Lord Auckland's administration, when we had two millions a year of surplus revenue. News from China ex tend to the 10th of October, but it is entirely com mercial, and not very in.portant. 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 Itheir reward in a ruined market. DECEMBER 2. The Ist of the month falling on Sunday post -pones by a 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 air troops than Lord Keane had with him at Ghuz nee or Caubul in the year 18 39—nearly twice as many as Sir Charles Napier had under his command at Meanee or Dubba. When I last wrote you the Fort of Samunghur had been captured, and the army of General Delamotte had marched from Kolapore. As he approached the capital the malcontents, to the amount of about 3,000 men, retired on Bathudghur, a hill fort, considerably stronger than that previously captured, which was held by about 1,000 Gudkurries, men holding their lands on military tenure, the inter ference with which is said to have given rise to the insurrection. A wing of the 2d Queen's Royal Regi ment with the 14th Light Dragoons and her Ma jesty's 22d Regiment, having proceeded directly from Poonah t ) Kolapore, were left there while General Delamotte proceeded with about 3,000 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 having been sent. out to t a k e possession of the fort, now promised tole made over to them, was detained for four hours before the gate. 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 command 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 his appointment or been superseded (for it does not appear whether the act was his own or that of Government), Co • lonel Ovans, resident of Sattarah, wag or dered to proceed to Kolapore in political charge. On his way from the one place to the other he was waylaid anti .nade prisoner on the lith, 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 Wa:ree country, adjoining Kolapore, which, though insigni ficant in itself, is a source of great annoyance to us, RS 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 establi s h ment . Whatm ( ay 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 cnsidered himself affronted in some w a y or ot h er, and to have taken to plundering the country as the means of avenging himself on Government. Unror tunately be 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 of his own conduct already, and his friend., are now interceding for him that he may be allowed terms 1030111 d he come in. The whole of this quarter of x'rom the Konkon to the Mysore country, seems to be in a very disaffected state, greatly discontented with their own Government, and not very well pleased at our interference. So soon as the intelligence of the Warree 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 hat taken place, and a Sepoy detaehment had been ver roughly handled. This nearly stripped the TUrnbP.. ) ; garrison of troops, and her Majesty's 13th, which had come down the Indus to Kurrachee, with a view of eni. barking for Eiy - fland, were directed to take shipping for Bombay, anc; there for the present to remain. A wing of her Maje% , ty's 17th Regiment, on its way from Ahmednuggel . to Aden, was also arrested on its way, and will remain here till the arrival of the 13th Regiment, or return \Ne the 2d Queen's. The news papers seem very inditTerently 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 ha, no doubt we shall shortly find a very sufficient justi,:i4lition. 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 . _ __....,.. cilief in keeping his subjects in order. Our troops a re meanwhile scattered in large detachments through the coctntry—the principal force by this time being before ,h . in possession of a couple of forts, which till lately ;)tit, and in ore of which Colonel Ovens continue- , captive. Sin), . fhere are still occasional robberies and 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 lith. 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 have, throughout the season, been exempt from sick ness, as have also the natives of the country. The following letter from Shikarpore, which has r , 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 officer, generally believed more in favour with the conquest of Sinde than those of the minor presidency, who are more intimately acquainted with the country : " Shikaore, Nov. 12, . " Dear M r . Editor,—My dawk- rp book reminds m 44 e 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 Regim en t on parade two days since, under their adjutant, without arms, being too weak to carry them, and on i nqu i ry found they mustered 75 file. The 7th Cavalry man age t o 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 Sukk ur , 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 next August, September, and October, which will in all probability annihilate the remains of the different corps here; but perhaps that was the object of our paternal Government in sending all the mutineer regimemts to Sinde? and yet the 64th are to go to Agr a 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 for 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 en d o f th e mont h, and until then, 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 Goolab 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 somewhat differently from the usual practice, the re lieving regiments having been directed to be all brought up before those to be relieved were permit ted to march. The last apparent accumulation of troops on the frontier occasioned 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 11. Gough is very well known to be most anxious for a brush with the Seikhs ; he has, in fact, omitted no oppertunity of expressing himself on this point, and 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 side of the Sutledge will, of course, increase the alarm, so that it will riot be won derful were the 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 scarely be able to muster funds enough to pay the troops their arrears. This has been occasioned by the unbounded lavishness of lleera 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 Jumbo() is said to have 8,000,0001. sterling of accumulated wealth in his hands, and can, by this means, readily command the services of a rabble and 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 Jum 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 ith no apology for attacking them which they can avoid. Sir H. Hardinge has given such unequivocal proofs of his determination 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, a n d th e result is that officers are now taking advanta ge o f the privilege accorded them to an unprecedented extent —an extent which never would have been permitter]had G overnment 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 the cry of war in the Punjaub, th a t war th ere will be none with an foreign enemy on our b or d ers b e f ore this time next year, year, if Sir H. Hardinge is spared. In Affghanistan as well as iu the Pu n j au b, matters appear to be as suming more tranquillity. Dost Mahomed is mani fe3tly both able and willing to keep the peace ; there has been„ some 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 lltil of March, 1842, there was, nine years since, an excess of income over 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 183.5. 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 Dehra, and the Hureenaeab districts. 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 he 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 .s ill supply with the means of irrigation eight minims 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 he 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 tadurghur 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 13th 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. M.'s 78th have only 70 men out of nearly 900 fit for service. Hyderabad and Kurrachee 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 4outhern Mahratta country. The Commander-in. Chief of India left Simla on the 12th, and is now on . a tour of inspection on the north-west frontier. 11. 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 he extending, and the Chinese aversion to intercourse ith foreigners seems on the decrease. SOUTHERN MAIIRATTA COUNTRY. We gave in our last 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 (late 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 Sattarah. 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 Belgauxn on the 24th, in great strength, and hi high spirits and condition. 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 get the young chief and his mother out of the power of their turbulent subjects, in whose hands they had 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 Samunghur. 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 Badurghur. A strong detachment was sent out in quest of them. It consisted of the 3d and 20th, and one company of the 23d M.N.L, three companies of the 21st B.N.L, two of the 2d Bombay Europeans, two troops of the sth M.L.C., one troop of horse, and two companies of European foot artillery. This detachment, amounting to about 3,000 men, was commanded by General Delamotte. It halted five days within eight or ten miles of the position of the • insurgents, while Colonel Outram was endeavouring to I bring them to terms. On the 7th a detachment of the 2lst 8.N.1., forming th e a d vance of the force, on arriving 1 at a hill about four miles from their previous encamp ment, found a body of the enemy in an attitude of oppo sition right on their line of march. About 400 men were pushed forward to disperse them, and having advanced without firing, a volley was poured in at the distance of about 130 yards, when the enemy broke and fled down the opposite side of the hill. They were pursued for about a mile and a half, when the recal was sounded, and the pursuers rejoined the column. From thirty to forty of the rebels are supposed to have been killed or wounded. On arriving at the new encamping ground the hills were found to be covered with the enemy, who appeared in 1 numbers not fewer than 1,000 to 1,200. A com pany of the Madras 23d N.I. (Rifles) were sent out 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. 1. was ordered to assist them. On arriving at the stunmit of the hill, both detachments speedily found themselves engaged with the enemy. The insurgents and were for nearly three miles pur nients, till they took refuge under the walls of Badur ssupeededtihljrroguagvhe a w s a e y ries of light breastworks and entrench ahnedr e w e e s r tea nextbli s hed morningthein selves under . g_hur. The pursuing the last breastwork,de c permitted us to infantry. The insurgents hating . detachment joined by Colonel Wallace with the remainder of the esta blish ourselves, commenced a fire from a 6-pounder placed in one of the bastions ; this was hotly returned, u ii and from s i x t y t o seven ty o f the enemy were supposed moved to have suff ere d. O ur cam p was a ft e r this to the p os i t i on j ust referred to, hel d b y Capta, prior's Pally, and h ere i t was i nten d e d t h ey s h ou ld remain till the battering guns could be brought up, provided the enemy, in the mean time, should net have consi dered it advisable to surrender at discretion. The THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3 1845, second day after this, before our fire had opened, the ahiefs 01 t;10 insurgents curoe into cernp ; the tenor of the arrangements made with them did not tran spire, but they left the same evening (that of the 10th), 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 appears to have been occaioned by Babajee Wurrekur, the refractory Kolapore Sirdar, with 300 of his re: lowers. A light detachment of cavalry and infantry was sent in 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. The rapid progress of our troops, connected with the conciliatory system of Colonel Outram, are said to have occasioned the surrender of the fort, which might, with the ample resources the enemy had at hand, have been maintained against us for a very considerable time. cwb m i erh a fcoo i u n r a esb e i dt n a e efnr d nco ejm b so y : le a lode b i aopuboyt nature r l ea , 00 00 ru O lo t of G u3w h r, o u hoa d i ocpkhpuorrfohr approach. s hh , e. who malcontentse K s not t M tra ea n l s i pi h re il d e , 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 tarah 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 Kolapce 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 Pannalguud, with a view of obtaining the liberation of Colonel Ovens. 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 cut 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 fur ten degrees north.* Bordering with Kolapore on the west is the small territory of Sawunt Warree, in the province of lioejapore. 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 , hers and pirates from time immemorial. In 1838 we found 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 Goa, 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 owls account. These disturbances were got under by the temperate and judicious management of Mr. Spooner, whose removal was unfortunately brought about in 1.40 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 suspension of the political officer, but the dismissal of Lieutenant Gib hard 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 1838 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. He 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, but 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 the 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 stoppe d , 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 Dh arwar on pur pose to accompany the force. Major Benbow and Capt. Price, with 35Q men of the Sawuut 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 8,000 men of all arms in the disaffected country ; b ut 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 Kurrachee to do garrison duty at Fort George. The Madras Government directed the 3d cavalry and 4th 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 and Ensign Weld, of her Majesty's 22d, are the only officers that have as yet been carried off. There is scarcely more prospect at present, so far as we can see, of a speedy termination to these disturbances, than therre was tw , months since. The case, in fact, is one on which our information is exceedingly defective and incomplete. It is said, however, that the insurgents have on the present occasion few real grievances, save those of innovation, to complain of—innovation, not only well intended, but actually advantageous to them. The Raja of Sattarah, whose loyalty was at one time questioned by the ill-informed, has throughout acted with the %most zeal and fidelity in our cause. the fear of the Affghans on the one side, and the Eng lish on the ether. tlle Seik II chiefs, wearied vlith ut-.1,11, two years of almost incessant bloodshed and intestine quarrel, may feel desirous of endeavouring to preserve the peace. Sir Henry Hardinge exhibits no disposition to attack any of our neighbours without provocation— or to cocquer 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 ri-si•rve army as sembled in Sirhind, have been a , :suring 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 bt, right at last. The Punjaub will some time or other be 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 fur a single month while the Shah Soojah had five thousand British troops to help hica on. The Ameer seems to have adopted " the silentsystem," which was so anxiously and so ineffectually stiven after by a late ruler in India. There had been some fighting in Kohis tan, in which Akrsiti 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 occupati , n of their country more injurious to us than to them. The history of the period from 1839 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 Dr. Wolff, though it was known that ho 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 Mahammed would gladly lend us his aid on the side of Peshawur. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. NORTH-WEST 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.8., 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, Nor. 22. FUTTEGHUR, 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 Ghansya, the dacoit, ha 3 crossed the Ganges."—lbid. MISCELLANEOUS. BoxsAY.---The followingis a list of the deaths amongst the officers of the three Presidencies, reported since the dispatch of last mail ; HER MAJESTY'S TR OOPS. — Assistant-Surr.on G. W. Barnes, M.D., 86th Foot ; Capt. S. G. Mundell and Ensign G. Weld, 22d Foot ; Capt. C. W. James, 50th Foot ; Capt. A. W. Browne, 7sth Highlanders. BOMEAY. — Lieut.-Col. C. Davies, 2d European L. I. ; Capt. J. H. Chalmers, 4th N. I. ; Lieut. A. Austin, Bth N.L BENGAL.—Capt R. N. Maclean, 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. Riddell ; 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. He had that morning written home to announce his intention of retiring from the service. The steam frigate Semiramis, which arrived on Thursday, 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, for 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 conveyance to England of her Majesty's 13th Regiment, which is expected from Kurrachee. The want of European troops hi the garrison of Bombay is such, that after the de parture of the wing of the Queen's there was not a sutli cient 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 Que,.ifs have left upwards of 100 men sick at Colabab.—Gentleman'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. BAINURIDGE.—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 lith 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.—Bombay Courier. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY COMMERCIAL RETROSPECT. BOMBAY, DEC, 2. CMIN.L.-;We have received accounts from China to the 10th Oct., by the Anonyms, 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 September 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 has been in a gradually declining state for some 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 doll s . ; an d 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 Malwa, 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 so large, 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 staple 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 bad been re ceived of anything but a pacific nature. Two European firms had made arrangements for building f ictories 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 ; while on the other hand it is affirmed they were liberated, as the con tents of the chests were so metamorphosed that not an ounce ot drug did they contain. An edict issued by Keying, the Imperial Commissioner, respecting a native of Tsing-yeen, who was shot 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 in order that he might be putd.bed 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 Chinese in the city of Canton as they have ever been. The tea-men of Canton have issued a circular to the foreign merchants with - respect to prices for the present year's crop. The circular is much too lengthy to be given entire, but we sub' oin d an extract or tw o : " WhEreas the gran principles for conducting com merce are sincerity, truth, and justice, and the necessary and important requisites for preparing tea all depend on the seasons of heaven and human strength, the product depending upon whether the season has been favourable or adverse, and the price, whether high or low, being ruled by the state ot the market ; this is what each and all quietly made their account for, and it is unnecessary to dilate upon it. Of late years, in selecting Woo-e teat for your honourable countries, you have not only chosen the very finest sorts of spring leaf, small leaf, and tender leaf, but you have still more desired the Ho-lcau 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 crowding thither like bees. This is the reason why the price of tea is so exorbitantly high. The hardships and difficulties endured by the Chinese merchants in thus redoubling their haste in bringing forward the teas, and in their hurried journeys to assist and urge on its trans ports, have all been disregarded by them. Formerly the Woose teas began to arrive' successively in the 9th and } i 10th month, but now th e y h ave at l ength come to arrive in the sth and 6th mont h, each one following another like a string of fish. This i s a ll ow i ng to the Sovereigns, each universal des ire for gain. H ow cou ld we know Bank of England notes, per e ....- 11 to Il rupees. THE PUNJAUB. that all you honourable merchants should change • FREIGHTS. Something lik tranquillity has at length made its ap- your former way, and become so crafty and deceitful, The current rates noted below, but there is not much cargo pearance in the Punjaub . heT heads of the rival fac- merely choosing a few tens of chops of the most , c l " , ff o ering either for Great Britain or China. tions have become permanently reconciled ; Goolab • superior Woo-mng teas, and forthwith desisting (from To i,London .... . 3l. 10s. al 31. 7s. 6d. Singh, the Lord of Jumbos , with eight millions sterling purchasing), causing people to feel the most anxious and To Cly 6 d r e t)(x opponent of Government. The country is comparatively 1 t ld ho a d t g w h i l asl corner of the walls and who sigh after panted prunes. To ditto . ' ............. : Canton,Ditto, at sight of accumulated wealth in his treasury, is no longer the painful suspense—the misery of those who look to the To China thyaett fierce democracy ," , opium per clipper t o 4 dry. has appeared ' How is it that tea which has been ' fixed ' when ' , tiered i n case o f for delivery has beep r t ßjected and all at once pronounced London, 6 month s , ExellAIIM2l. fi g t uie " t lo an w d ie fresh discontents arising, it is not improbable that, with I unequal to the muster, rejecting it without any pro o f, Ditto, 80 days' sight sight Is. 9id. to Is. 10d. ------ I and forcing it back? Your minds are solely bent on your Calcutta, 60 days' sight name of this singular and very abundant for- , own advantage, and therefore you desire to injure others. illation is omitted in the indexes of 'Lyell, De la Beche, &c. Ditto, 30 days' sight * The very We consider that the tea called ' Sparrow's tongue ' has Il a(iras, 60 days' ,fi ght It is minutely described in various papers by Dr. Clarke, Mr. a tongue indeed,but it cannot speak for use ; that the • k • lf , , lOl do. Cole, and others, in the Madras Literary Transactions as ' under leaf, ' Living Fragrance,' has indeed a fragrance2 9 l 1 60 days' sight.,,,,, , , . , t.o. also in the ASiatie Society's Journal, &c. It is' considered - - --- the most important and valuable- of our iron o res. It is w h ich i • d's does not reih ' s ush • ,pera go !Dent . l-li4l you 4 Iti —.. " f h ' 1 thousand hills and ten thousand - waters, where ' a wtoek at the date o t s. latest intelligence was esti ochery brown, so ft when lint dug, and full of hematite.you mated at 150,000 bales. Prices were quite nominal. 1 20 at 34 Turkey Red Yarn 40 to 50 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. Beer.--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 , 111tils. of brandy at 2i rs. per gallon has been reported ; also one of 100 gallons of gin at 2 rs. 14 an. pergallon. Stocks continue light. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton.—Prices have further given way since the depar ture of the last mail. Broach and Surat being 7 rs. to 9 rs. ; Dollera, 1 r. to 2 ; Oomrawattee. 3 rs. to 5 ; Barsee, 5 rs., and Compla, 3 rs, lower than before. We have been ap. prised of purchases of 1,000 bales of Broach at 81 rs., and 300 bales of Surat at 82b 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 further de- Coffee.—There is no alteration to notice in theprice of 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 87 rs. to 88i per maund. Opium—Has declined very considerably since our last, the present price being only 1,175 rs. per chest, while last month's rates were 1,410 re. 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-house, and on being put up to sale by auction realised the high prices of 145 rs. per candy. FREIGHTS. Freights have risen since our last, and may now be quoted at 31. 10s. to London, and 31. 7s. 6d. to Liverpool. To China the rate is re. 15 to 16 per candy. Tenders were a few days since invited for the conveyance to England of her Majesty's 13th Regiment, but the exigencies of the public service ren dering it necessary that the corps should remain for the pre sent in India, the vessels which had. tendered were left to seek other employment. This caused freights, which had mean while advanced, to decline again to a trifling extent. MONEI MARKET. There is no change whatever to notice in the prices of the different Government securities, which may still be quoted as under : Five per Cent. Loan of 1825.26 ... 109 to 110 rs. Four per Cent. Loan of 1832-33 ... 105 106 Four per Cent. Loan of 1835-36 ... 994-100 Five per Cent. Loan of 1841-42 110 —110 fr Four per Cent. Loan of 1842-43 ... 99i —lOO EXCHANGE. Exchange on E ng l an d has altered but little since our last, the present rates being, for six months' bills, at ls. 9id. to Is. 90., and for 30 days' bill Is. 9id. to ls. 94d. A few transactions in the former, however, have taken pla ce a t Is. 10d. O n Calcutta exchange is at 994, and on Madras 99 14 0 at 60 days' sight. BANKS. The shares of the Bombay Bank have risen a little in va lue, the present quotation being 53 per cent. premium. Shares of the Bank of Western India are quoted at 43 per cent. S!..T LIJON. might seleet your teas, we j'e't fear you would not find and that each successive season would wiincss delivery to you by the dehlk , ro of gui:ds that had been previously settled for. The former tea (you would say) was better then, and you would not take it, and would for your own convenience return what had been already agreed upon. It is difficult to submit voluntarily to things of this nature. Besides the Woo fling sorts of teas surpass six hundred in limber, hut you would not be satisfied with myriads. You 'blow upon rho hair of tit , . skin to look ;Or sore,:,' and what fault is there tor which you may not frame a pretence ? In former years among all the Woo-e tees there were but a tew chops usually rejected ; the former dealers and preparers of tea possessed sin cerity and good faith, and that in no small measure. How, Jet us ask, can the price of the Ning teas be reduced so much ? You are all joined in 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 d.ceive them by giving them a fish's eye for a pearl,' or a streaked pebble fur 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 Lucouia, 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 Dewallee 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 o wing to a temporary cause, trade will soon exhibit a more promising aspect. Metals.—Transactions have been limited, and fresh impor tations having taken place, prices have in one or two cases suffered 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 49f 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, speller, and tin plates, remain without alteration. We subjoin a few sales : Copper 9O cwt. sheathing 100 ditto 101 ditto 300 South American... at 49 Iron 9O tons Swedish bar ...... at 481 per candy. 200 tons English bar ...... at 22 420 cwt. ,quare nail rod.., at 30 461 bundles sheet at 6 per cwt. 300 cwt. hoop Spelter 5OO cwt. at 15 Tin Plates —lOO 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 been 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 Mada 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 have 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 10f annas per lb. Mule Twist, No 20 ... 10,4001 b. at 6f to 6i as, 15,200 ... 6f 2,000 ... 30 ... 15,200 ... 7f 38 ... 600 ... 8f - 40 ... 29,600 ... 8f 22,000 ... 81 to 81 as. - 50 ... 12,300 ... 10 6,400 ... 9f - 60 ... 3,000 ... 12 70 ... 500 ... 14 Water Twist, N 0.20 ... 15,200 ... 6 2,400 ... 6 30 ... 15,200 ... 8 45,200 ... 8f 16,000 ... Elf 6,600 ... 8f •• • 4,000 ... 1 6 3 re. •• • 3,200 ... 1 9 0 Orange •• • ••• 10,000 ... .. 010 6 Sewing thread ... 1,000 330 pr grow. Woollens have been in m o d erate request, but lower rates have, nevertheless, been accepted by holders. A sale of 986 f yards, at 1-6-0 rs. 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 21rs. per lb., and 2-13 rs. has, we hear, been since refused. Saffron is in better request than last month. The following transactions have taken place : . 1 case at 28} rupees. 2401 b. at 23f to 24f rupees. SIND E. Young Egypt continues this month, as last, to supply a very small amount of intelligence--the deficiency au gurs well for the state of the country. S ir C. Napier left Kurrachee, with his staff, for the upper country, on the 15th ; he was to take the sanatorium at Ahmod- Khan-ka-Tanda on his way, and hence to proceed to Sukkur and Shikarpore. A kaffila of nearly 300 camels was lately plundered near Sehwan. Th e t roops at Kur rachee and Hyderabad, with the adjoining minor posts, are eminently healthy. At the former place public im provements continue to advance rapidly. Specimens of baysalt and saltpetre have of late b een sent f rom Si n d e to Bombay, equal in quality to any which can be pro duced in India—saleable, it is said, at infinitely lower prices. Sulphur ores have also been found, and glazed tiles and pottery are promised to be furnished us, such as cannot be manufactured by the native potteries here. The art of vitreous glazing has been long practised iu Sinde ; it is unknown to Western India, where they paint or varnish their wares. Orders have been received ' from home to detain her Majesty's 13th and 40th another year in India ; this is ve r y provo ki ng to men w h o ‘ looked forward to an immediate return home after 20 years' service. The court-martial on Colonel Mosely, of the 64th, had concluded its proceedings ; its deci • sion has not been made known. Sickness to a deplorable extent prevailed at Shikarpore and Sukkur. At Khau gur, near the former place, 100 men were ill of fever ; the convalescents recovering very slowly. Between 700 and 800 men are in hospital at Shikarpore, where the whole force consisted of a cavalry and an infantry regi ment, and a troop of horse artillery ; the Last of these was hors de combat altogether. The 78th Highlanders, at Sukkur, had only 70 men fit for duty; above 700 were in hospital. The fever was said to have been produced by their marching up the country at an improper season. Her Majesty's 13th also suffered severely from a similar cause. The accidents of climate seem to be defied—it is a pity they could not be disarmed by the Governor. The natives are beginning to suffer, though to an in finitely less extent than the Europeans ; the officers had in a great measure escaped. Dr. Dry, of the Madras service, at Shikarpore; Captain Browne, of her Majesty's 78th, at Sukkur ; and Dr. Barnes, of her Majesty's 86th, in charge of her Majesty's lath, at Kurrachee, had died in the course of the month. Much of the indis position from which the privates suffer, and officers are exempted, must be ascribed to the misplacement or bad condition of the cantonments. PRICES OF BULLION, Sovereigns, eau' BaLk of England per Spanish dollars, per 100 German crowns, per 100 Sycee silver, per 100 toles Gold leaf, per tola BANK OF BOMBAY. DISCO UNT. -161, 217 r. 104r8. 17 to 17ire. IMPORTS. THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA We have received the following copy of the official notification relative to the negotiation "and iiigning of the treaty lately concluded by the United States with China, which Mr. Cushing has dispatched to his Government " United States Legation, - Alaimo, July 4. " The Minister of the Unitcd States has the pleasure to announce that, yesterday, at Wanghi, he concluded and signed with the Imperial Commissioner Keying treaty •of peac,.. amity, and commerce between the United States and China. „ ” The terms o f th e treaty, w hi ch will, due time be made public by the proper authorities, are sueh, he 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 beneficial to: the commerce and interests of the citizens and subjects of both countries. " The Minister of the United States congratulates:his countrymen on this event, and offers them, Otrthietappy anniversary of the independence of their country, his hearty wishes for their health and prosperitk[und joins them in their aspirations for the continued Peace;' and glory of the United States." 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. Anson and Colonel. Bouverie, in a phaeton and four, for Mr. Mason's farm, at Sippenham, to hunt with his harriers. Her Majesty drove out in a pony phaeton, attended by the Countess of Charlemont. The Equerry in Waiting, _MALm:General Wemyss, attending on herseback. His Excellency the French Ambassador and tho Countess St. Aulaire !eft the Castle to-day. The Countess of Gainsborough also toi,k her departure. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were takra for a walk in: the pleasure -grounds this morning. Prince Alfred and the Prince of W tabs went out on a pony. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High: ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at "Glow= cester House. The French Ambassador transacted buskess yes: terday at the Foregn-office. Dispatches fur the Governors of Hong-Song and Ceylon were sent off last evening from the Colonial office. Dispatches were also cent off for the Go‘ierndt of Malta. SPORT] h G INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL . S.—YssTaRDA Y . A very thin room, and business too issigaificmt iA amount and importance to require any introdatetory ohivrvations to the price b o f t h e f ew h orses betted a;ainst. 50 to 1 50 to 1 50 to 1 50 to 1 50 to 1 CHESTER CUP. agst Pug--taken I 50 to 1 a gs t Poig-a-bal agst Clumsy —taken I lagh—talrm I agst Ba rr i ca d e — t. to to 1 apt Agricult ur i s t agst Maecabeus—t. 50 to 1 agst The lEra. agst Celeste—t. DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbrokess Idas—t. and aft. off. 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Thun—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dam —l,OOO to 25 taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Minikin colt-1,000 to 25 taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Moityn's Pantasa-1,000 to 25 taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Wigram's Elchee--taken 1,500 to 50 agst Ides for Two ThonsandGuineas Stakes and Derby—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Ides winning his four Spring engage ments at Newmarket—taken. CHESTEa CUP.—The nominations have not yet been. made public, but they are said to be considerably thole one hundred. eRINCE 'ALBERT'S HARRIERS. — Prince Albert, hunted with his harriers yesterday morning, attended by Colonel Bouverie and Mr. Anson. The meet was in the neighbourhood of Slough, where from SO to 40 yeomen farmers gave his Royal Highness the meeting. • Two hares were found and killed, after which his Royal Highness returned to the Castle, leaving Colonel Bou verie in charge of the hounds to continue the sport. COUPAR-ANGUS.—MELANCHOLY AND FATAL Ac- CIDENT.—On the afternoon of Saturday, a melancholy accident happened to a Mrs. Taylor, the wife of a mason, in the village of Burrelton, in this neighbourhood. After dinner time on Saturday, Mrs. Taylor, accompanied 'ay her daughter, a girl of somewhat tender years, werVc to a neighbouring plantation for the purpose of gathering bruOtwood, which she had accomplished, and, in return ing home, she had occasion to g, t over a paling, and while in the act of doing so, and after she had got over herself, the load remained on the other side, and there being a noose on the string, which was over her head, she swung on the one side and the load oil the other, and was thus strangled. The girl observing the predi cawent in which her mother was placed, made all pee- Able haste for assistance; but, ere. any pfTPOrt hind ar rived, the vital spark had fled.--Edinburgh Atlntrtiler. [ADVERTISESIRNT.j—AN EXTRAORDINAHY CVR6 OF a R& Lei AT Iim:NCAWILL, nv lioLt.owAY'S FILLS AND OINT3IENT !--- A tee :lays since Mr. Job Situp*on, a higWy respectable bookseller in that town, states that a gentleman Of his acquaintance had been suffering for years, from one of the worst cleseriptic.us of had !. gs,frtq+r'n:l y knduri ng the most ..Xerlit!iilClLyg path. Re 114,1 be4-•a utitt , r the cat e of several medical awn with out nbtaining the least benefit. This gentleman, how ever, t.,a s just been cared by these invaluable rtietticineat sttter every other treatment failed. The °nail , '" wiii cure and chapped hands in n few. hours. Sold at Profess o r Holloway's F6tabhshnteut, 244. Strand (where advice may be had gratis), awl by alutolit a ll revectattle vendors of medicine throu4twut the civilised On Government bills, above 30 days, 4 per cent. On Government bills, within 30 days, 3 per cent. On private bills, at or within three months, 6 ykr 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 reali ses i nteres t and dividends on such as are payable in Bombay, for consti 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. S' ,TATE,QF THE MARKET AT CHLTSAN. (From the Friend of China, Sept. 14.) From Chusan we have received a full report of the state a the market on the 20th of August: The pikes 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 " Vindex " refers in our issue to-day. So long as Chusan is 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 duties. Corms Goons. Long Cloth, bleached Drs. 3.7 Stock moderate and saleable Long Cloth grey The goods in first hands are not more that 2,500 pcs., of an indiftrent 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 a trifle above the quotation. American Drills Drs. 3, . None in first hands. A moderate shipment, say 806 res., would be placed readily. Cotton Yarns, No. 16 Drs. This is the nominal price, with little doi i there is no prosp ec t o f an improvement. ing, and at p resen t Cotton Chintz 3 do, Small parcels have been sold at our quotations, but ls the marlet is languid, with large stocks. Woomirws. Long Ells, asserted colours ... Drs. 7.60 to Drs. B. scarlet ........... Drs. 9.50 to Drs. 16. 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. Camblets, assorted colours Very little doing at present. Broad Cloth per Yard Drs. 9, Drs. 2.60. The stock is moderate and sale, making in dark colours. black and blue. MIETAU3. Iron. None in the market. Nominal quotation In bar Drs. 3.5. PORTUGAt. We have received letters from our Lisbon correspon r .. ; dent of the 25 t h o f D ecem b er. The efforts made to sustain the funds at the prices quoted at our la s t d a t es h ave proved ineffectual. The,l j Five per Cent. Scrip of the home debt had fallen, on the 17th instant, from 71 to 65, and up to the 25th no sales at a higher price had been made. The rage for the formation of capitalist companies still continued. A a new Company, with a capital, on paper, of 20,000 contos, upwards 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 prpject to the Sovereign. It is to be feared that these Speculations arise too much out.of emergencies in 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 beim im prisoned in various gaols and fortresses in Lisbon, Coimbra, and Oporto on a charge of aiding and abetting 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. 11m 2a. 1 I N. 24. ~ ~-~; Spi