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anions with the same number of relieving o racers as other unions? Sir GEORGE GREY said that the Poor-law mraissioners would doubtless exercise a sound wile-ration in the enforcement of the provisions of the INACCURATE GOVERNMENT RETURNS. Lord G. BENTINCK rose to call the attention of the Rouse to a return for which he moved on the 2 3d November last. It was headed steam-vessels. A return ordered of the number and tonnage of British steam-vessels, and so forth, which had traded bet ween Rolland, Belgium, and France, and also the number of men by w k om e same were manned. Now, with respect to every one of these matters the o ffi cers had disobeyed the orders of the House. He was well &Ware that this was no fault of Hon. Gentlemen who sat opposite ; but the fact was, that the return was altogether calculated to deceive the House. It failed to give the number of ships, the number of men, and the e amount of tonnage. He had himself added up sne number of ships, the number of men, and the tonnage and the result was 90 steam-vessels, manned Y 1,369, and measuring 14,811 tons. But he had kcidentally had his attention called to the circum stance that there were several vessels bearing the same name, and on examining the return he found n o less than 1.5 vessels, eight of them being Govern fluent steamers and seven ordinary merchant steamers entered twice. The tonnage was very nearly the, same, and there could be no doubt that the ships bad been entered twice over. There were three ships, the Wilberforce, the Ocean, and the Sir William IVallace, that had been entered three times, each !glaring as three different ships. The numbers of use crews were exactly alike in each case, but there could be little doubt as to their being the same LiiPs. So that instead of 90 ships there were only ships ; and instead of the actual number of men In this return being 1,369 it. was 1,123, and the ton 11sge 12,459 instead of 14,811. Now, it was quite etenr that it was impossible for that House to legis late with any truth or satisfaction if the returns were to be so imperfect as he had shown that one to be. The fact was, that he had moved for this return as a correction of another return that had been pre sented, in which the protected trade and the unprotected trade were exhibited, and to as certain the truth of Mr. Porter's etateme nt, that 'ne ,unprotected trade of France showed the enormous increase of fi mu 82,650 tons in the Year 1824, to 556,821 tons in last year. The re tOrus to which he alluded included all those little steamers that were continually making short trips across the Channel. There were 18 of these ships of about 50 tons each. But, however, this return Which he held in his hand, showed that 72 ships were fanned by only 1,123 men, and were of an aggre gate tonnage of 12,459, and yet they figured in the Board of Trade returns as representing 388,313 t ° lls . He had . called for these returns in order that the country might not be deceived when considering the navigation-laws. Four of the steamers to whic h no had alluded were manned by an aggregate number of only 52 men, and those four vessels had made 548 trips across the Channel, upon which they figured in the return as representing 61,444 tons in our foreign bade; in fact, they were shown to be of more im- Purtence than 60 great Indiamen of 1,000 tons each, and manned by 30,000 men. He thought it but right that he should call the attention of the .House to this subjedt, as a warning to the officers who made these returns. Mr. PARKER said that the return did not show the total number of vessels, as it was perfectly true that there had been a duplication of some; but the ?sawn of this was, that if a vessel sailed from London td:one period, and from Dover at another, that , vessel :•/411 entered twice. The total, therefore, could not be shown on the return. There was no desire ca the tut of the officer making the return to misrepresent. teCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION RESIG- NATION OF LORD ASHLEY. Mr. HORSMAN wished to know whether it was true that Lord Ashley had declined serving on the eclesiastical,Comn3ission, and that the vacancy had Nen filled up by Lord Sandon? Sir GEORGE GREY said that, some time ago, 1 0. Noble Friend the Member for Bath intimated to hies that his engagements prevented him giving that Mfietition to the Ecclesiastical Commission that he e° tllcl desire, and he therefore expressed a wish to re slgn, but, during the vacation, be (Sir George Grey) Itl'ote to his Noble Friend, requesting him to suspend resignation until he (Sir George Grey) had se toted a su itabl e p erson f or the office. Since then Lord Sandon has been appointed. Mr. BOND CABBELL, pursuant to notice, asked •t he President of the Board of Trade whether the Board of Trade, on public grounds, concurs in and - IPProves of the opinion and advice expressed in or I , ll th:flitted by the Commissioners of Railways in thei r but letter of the 12th day of November last to him (Mr. Bond Cabbell), which closed the correspondence With them and the Board of Trade, whereby the Commissioners of Railways state as follows :—" That in acknowledging the receipt of his communication of the 11th inst., and with reference thereto, and to his communications of the Bth and 11th inst., addressed to the Board of Trade, to inform him, that, after mature consideration, they are- of opinion that no case has been made out to call for a special reference to the • Commissioners of Rail ways by the Crown on the subject of the Berks and Hants (meaning the Hungerford Extension) Railway, Under the Act 9 and 10 Vict., c. 105, sec. 10; and that, at the same time, they acquainted him that he was under a wrong impression in sup- Posing that the case has been already referred by the Board of Trade to the Commissioners of Railways under the Act of Parliament above mentioned." And Also asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Board of Trade intend to provide the legislative redress for placing the town of Devizes on the proposed main line of the Great Western Rail- Wey from London to Exeter, by the Bill still pending for th e propose d B ar k s an d Hants (Hungerford Ex tension) Railway to Westbury, with a branch to De lius, as prayed for by the inhabitants of the town of °I - Devizes and its neighbourhood, in their memorial And in their petitions, which are mentioned and re ferred to in the two notices on the Ist and 12th of • July last, of the pending motions in the case ? Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that the whole Rail would come under the consideration of the nail way Board, which he reminded the Hon. Mem ber was now a totally distinct department from the Board of Trade. THE DUBLIN PETITION. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved the following re solution, which was agreed to :—" Consideration of the petition of Edward Grogan, Esq., M.P. (presented Dec. 17), complaining that the recognisance entered lato by the petitioners against the return is not in the f „° 117 11 prescribed by the Act 7 and 8 Vic. , c. 103, a nd mutt same be referred to the Committee to be appointed ,to inquire into the petition presented by Sir Wil '°llghby Jones, Bart., M.P." COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGE. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, the Committee of Privilege was nominated. NEW ZEALAND BILL. ~..The order of the day for the second reading of the New Zealand Government Bill having been read, Mr. LABOUCHERE (in reply to a question from Mr. Gladstone) stated that all the information that had been received up to the present date respecting Waste lands in New Zealand had been laid before the House. After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY, who eulogized the conduct of the settlers in that colony, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on liriday, February 4. ASYLUM HARBOUR AT HOLYHEAD. Mr. ANSTEY moved for " Copies of any printed report forwarded to the Admiralty on the part of the shipowners of Liverpool and others, in the course of the present year, on the nature of the anchorage ground of the proposed asylum harbour at Holyhead, together with the plan annexed thereto—of a letter addressed to Lord Auckland by Lieutenant-General Sir Love Parry, K.G.H., in reference to the selection nf.the officer and engineer appointed to examine the anchorage ground of the said harbour in the year 1846—0 f the petitions of the shipowners of Liverpool and the citizens of Dublin against the said asylum harbour, which was presented to the House of Lords, at the close of the last session of Parliament, and sub sequently referred to a Select Committee of their Lordship's House, and of the report of the said Com mittee, and the minutes of the evidence taken before the m ' , THE CHELTENHAM ELECTION. Mr. WALI'OLE moved for the "nomination of a Select Committee for consideration of petition of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., M.P.:—Mr. Walpole, Mr. Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Sir George Grey, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Sergeant Tal f,aurd Mr. George Turner, Mr. Bernal , M r. Greene, 'lr. Wright son , and Sir William Heathcote." The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House, at a Quartar past Nine o'clock, ad lnurned till Thursday, the 3d of February next. ELOPEMEN T EXTRAORDINARY.--Soule consterna „ "T 1 has been excited in the eastern border of this county by un affair which has given occasion to civ the ( ers of gossip to indulge in sundry speculations. I n Saturday, the lady of a Baronet in that locality had a Which gave h.r birth, not being easily cooled, She left her husband's house, and took with her . 44 . A. chosen servant to conduct her steps. p u 4 t .Baronet, as soon a, he found his loss, hurried in 'fie off` .vid reached the metropolis, where he lost all °' t '' fu ritive, and returned disconsolate to his tiansion to sees, 'h i lt solace in shooting which he had V,t away from :it. On Wednesday, however, he ob ned further inform at i on , and started:once more in pur stst of his lady ; bit we have not yet heard with what .cess.—Somersct County Herald. L‘Uhe Bishop of Ttumania had an interview with QreY yesterday, at ale Colonial-office. OVER LA ND MAIL INDIA, CHINA, AND EG Y PT. (From the Times.) We have received by express from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the Bombay mails of the 15th of November. The intelligence is not of excit ing interest, the Moozuffer steamer, the news by which we had already received, having been dis patched only three days before the mail started, for the purpose of conveying the Earl of Dalhousie from Suez to Calcutta. India was tranquil. From Lahore we learn that the Dussera festival had passed over in quiet. Sir P. Carrie was named to succeed Colonel Lawrence on the departure of the latter from the Punjaub, where he had performed the duties of British Plenipotentiary. The Seikh soldiers wore behaving well under the guidance of the British, and had defeated a refractory tribe in the mountainous districts near Peshawur, who refused to pay their regular tribute. The councillors at the capital had begun to quarrel amongst them selves from jealousy of each other, and Tej Singh had expressed fears that he would be exiled, like his pre decessor, Lall Singh. Sir F. Currie knows the cha racter of the intriguers, and would, it was expected, effectually control them. From Affghanistan we hear that Dhost Mahomed was eager to have heavy guns, and had enticed some of the gun-founders from Peshawar to gratify his wishes. With heavy guns the passes of the moun tains would, it is said, be rendered impregnable. From Sinde, there is no news of interest. The Go• vernor of Bombay was expected there in December, and will, it is stated, traverse the whole of that coun try. The only sickness complained of on the banks of the Indus is the small-pox. The Governor-General Lord Hardinge arrived at Meerut on the Ist of November, and proceeded to Cawnpore on the 2d of that month. His Lordship was to remain at Cawnpore some days, and to proceed thence to Lucknow, where the King of Oude was making preparatious for his reception. A num ber of robbers had collected under a native Raja, and were about to plunder the Oude districts ; but they were routed by Captain Magness, with some of the native forces. A private letter, published in the Delhi Gazette, states that the British Resident at Oude had waited on the King, and told him that his eunuchs and fa. vourites should not be allowed to oppress the country, and to ruin the inhabitants. Tile sixth article of the treaty between his Government and the British authorised the latter to interfere, and they were pre pared todo so, unless the King adopted other courses. Hopes were entertained that the interviews between the Governor• General and the King would produce an alteration in his system of government, and cause good Ministers to be chosen. The Nizam's country continued in its usual dis turbed state. The Prime Minister had tendered his resignation in consequence of his inability to govern, while the Sovereign was labouring to paralyse all the efforts made to arrange the finances. A strange act of cruelty is related of the Nizam's brother. Having detected his wife in some crime, he caused her to be enclosed in a room built up around her, and seven of her slave girls to be locked up in another apartment, having only eyelet holes through which he could witness their dying agonies. The re latives of the wife interfered, but in vain ; they were obliged to obtain troops to attack the house, when she was released, nearly dead, from the horrible dungeon. The Goomsoor districts remained in their former unsettled state. The Raja of Ungool bad not yet made his submission. The line of conduct ordered to be adopted towards those refractory districts had not yet been carried into effect. Large quantities of rain had fallen in the south and west of India, which bad produced flushes in the rivers. The late crops would derive considerable benefit from the rains. The intelligence of the numerous failures in Europe during the months of August, September, and October had produced much alarm in India. The Calcutta Star, on the receipt of the mails to the 24th of September, asserted that 30 lacs (300,0001.) of bills had been returned to that city, in conse quence of the failure of Reid, Irving, and Co. ; but it subsequently mentioned that only a very small amount had come back accepted by that firm, and that though a considerable amount would be returned within the next ten months, confident hopes were entertained that no material loss would eventually fall on Calcutta. The alarm in Bombay continued, in consequence of more failures in England being apprehended. The Sinde prize money was expected to be paid as soon as orders came from the Supreme Govern ment for the purpose. The Government had re turned part of the prize property as belonging to the Ameers' private estate, to the amount of three lacs ; but that sum was paid to the prize fund, by order of the Court of Directors, so that no diminution is to take place in the payments. The following casualties by death in the armies of India since the departure of the mail of the Ist of N ovenaber are reported in the Indian papers : Her Majesty's Troops—Ensign Mcßeath, 25th Foot, at Cananore, on the 23d of October. Bengal—Lieutenant J. Edwardes, 30th Regiment Adjutant of the 2d Regiment Frontier Brigade, a Kangra, on the 20th of October; Lieutenant J. M. Swinton, 53d Regiment, at Chunar, on the 28th of October ; Surgeon R. M'lntosh, 42d Regiment, at Delhi, on the 31st of October. Our advices from Hong-Kong are to the 30th of October. The Pensinsular and Oriental steamer Lady Wood had arri ve d l a t e on t h e 1 7 t h o f that month, glary with the mail of the 24th of August, from London, At Canton all remained quiet. Sir John Davis had left Hong-Kong in her Majesty's steamer Vul ture, on the 6th instant, for Cochin China, on a special misAion to that Court, accompanied by her Majesty's ship Ringdove, and only returned just before the departure of the mail. Sir John had not succeeded in obtaining an interview with the King of Cochin China, or admission to the capital, Hue (about 11 miles up the river) ; 1)11 nothing could exceed the civility and attention, amounting almost to servility, shown to him by all the high authorities. They were evidently under great alarm, the cruel treatment of the French in April last being fresh in their recollection. llis Excellency spent 17 days in endeavouring to open negotiations. It must be observed, however, that it was the wet season on that coast, the country around was inundated, and d ur i ng t h e whole of the time the rain continued excessive. On the 23d a typhoon was experienced, and Sir John an d C apta i n Macdougal were drive n on shore in their boats, which afforded an opportunity to the mandarins for re newing their attentions and supplying them with every means of accommodation on shore. Rear-Admiral Inglefieldlhad sailed from Hong- Kong in her Majesty's ship Vernon, on the 20th of October, for Manilla and the Straits. The old garrison, the 18th Royal Irish, and the 42d Madras Native Infantry, were to embark early in November for India. The markets for imports had been dull at Canton during the month of October, and the prices of most of the staple articles had either receded or were quite nominal, from the difficulty of effecting sales, except in barter. Money was becoming scarce, and the rate of interest high. Teas had advanced in price during the month about two taels on congous. Green teas were arriving, and high prices paid in consequence of a short supply. Several ships had left since the 20th of October. The export of teas from China to Great Britain ft-cm the Ist of July to the date of the mail was—black, 18,227,7101 b .; green, 1,136,9601 b•; total, 19,364,6701 b. The export of silk would amount to 10,500 bales on the 30th ; but it must be borne in mind that nearly all the fine silk will have been shipped off from Shanghae, whilst at the same time last year there remained a large supply. The Canton market was bare, and none was expected there from the interior. Exchange on London was 4s. 41 to 4s. 4id., at six months' sight ; East India Company's bills cc cepted, 214 to 0 141. Freights, 51.. with plenty of tonnage. Our latest date from Shanghae is the lath of Oc• tober. The markets for imports was depressed. Freights were q. 10s. for tea, 71. for silk. From Amoy we have dates to the 22d of October. The intelligence was much to the same effect. The market was depressed, and prices had given way. Our dates from Alexandria are to the 9th instant. Her Majesty's steam frigate Sidon, Captain IV. Henderson, C. 8., had arrived there on the 4th, having on board the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie. Lord Dalhousie and suite left for Cairo on the fol lowing day in one of the Pacha's steamers, accompa nied by Artim Bey, the Prime Minister, who was to attend upon him by orders of Mehemet Ali. His Excellency was to make a short stay at Cairo to see Mehemet Ali, and was then to proceed to Suez, where he was expected to embark on the 10th on board of the steamer Meozuffer for India. Apart ments had been prepared for Lord Dalhousie in Me hemet Ali's palace at Ras•el-teen, but he preferred sleeping on board the Sidon during the night that he was in Alexandria. At Cairo also he was to have apartments in one of the Viceroy's palaces. Mehemet Ali intended proceeding on a tour to the Upper 'Country. Trade continued dull in Alexandria. In cotton and flax there had been absolutely nothing done. Beans and linseed were the only two articles in demand. Exchange on London was still high, and is quoted at 100 piastres per 11. sterling. Sovereigns were still in demand for England. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. (From the Overland Bengal Hurharn Price Current.) CALCUTTA, Nov. 6.—Two mails have been received from England since the date of our last issue, the inter vention of the long Doorga holidays having rendered it unnecessary to publish any report for the dispatch of the 19th of October. The mail of the 7th of Septeraber,:via Bombay, came in on the 17th of October, the Bentinck, with that of the 24th of September, arrived on the 3d, and the letters were delivered on the 4th inst. The tenor of advices by the former was altogether bad. The continuance of failures, and their extension beyond the limits of the corn trade—a general and fe verish uceasiness in the money market, seemed to point to further impending commercial disasters. During the interval between the arrival of this and the following mail many rumours were prevalent, and the failure of Messrs. tteid, Irving and Co., was confidently spoken of. The advent of the 24th of September mail was con• sequently looked for with intense anxiety, and its in telligence has almost realised the worst forebodings. How these disastrous eventa will affect mercantile inte rests in this city, the recent arrival of the mail does not at present allow us to report. Our markets closed on the lath of October, and were re-opened for business on the 25th. In exports business was resumed with less animation in the demand for England than had been shown before the holidays. Ex change had a tendency to rise, freights were higher, and the tenor of the home news afforded little encourage ment. There has, consequently, been less doing for the home markets, but this has in some degree been com pensated by the continuance of a large amount of trans actions in all staples suited for America, with which quarters a brisk business continues in progress. Sugar opened without much briskness, and, except for fine white, •demand has been without animation. Of silk, the market was cleared before the holidays, and subsequent arrivals have not induced any buyers to come forward. Corahs have been dull of sale. Saltpetre continues in good request from all quarters. Rice, of anything except ordinary descriptions, is now scarce ; but shipments have continued to be made. Jute is in good demand at rather higher rates. Shellac is without inquiry; but in lac dye a large business for America has been in progress. Linseed, ginger, hides, and all Ame rican exports are in free request. The stock of opium was reduced to 143 chests before the holidays, and nothing has consequently been doing in the drug. The import trade has opened with much promise, and increased activity in alriost all its branches. In cotton goods the chief movement has been in the more useful Manchester plain cloths, such as shirtings and Mada• pollams, which have rapidly advanced to higher rates than have been witnessed for a long period. Where supplies have been in excess of consumption, as in most Glasgow muslins, there is still a good deal of depres sion, but even in some of these a dawn of improvement is visible. Woollens are selling well. Mule twist is t s h ti e l r l e mainly kept has also up by t a little t le morefirmness spirit of inimporters;the demand,but and a slight advance in some of the numbers. In metals the general lightness of stocks has told most strongly. Copper, spelter, iron, arid lead are all in animated de mand at advanced and profitable.rates. The advance since. the date of our last in sheathing copper has been 6 rupees per matted. The money market, since the holidays, has been without much alteration. For short periods accommo dation has been obtainable in the bazaar on undoubted security at about previous rates. The only alteration in the Bank of Bengal terms of business has been the re duction of the rate of interest for loans on deposit of company's paper by I per cent., 8 per cent. per annum beirg now charged. Exchange had an advancing tendency immediately previous to the holidays, first class 10 months' paper went up to ls. nil, and some document bills were sold as high as 2s. When the markets opened on the 25th, rates were for a few days unsettled, and appeared for the moment likely to advance, but this was not maintained. Business has since been done in the first class paper at the following:— On Lundon...lom. d. is. llid. to is. 'lid. per rupee. 6m„s. ls. 114 d. „ ls. 11d. Yesterday the rates were again unsettled, and we hear of transactions in first-rate paper, 10 months date, at Is. Hid. to 2s. per rupee. Freights had a drooping tendency before the holidays, but have since been well maintained, by the compara tively small amount of tonnage which has been avail able, arrivals having been returned by the setting in of the north-east monsoon. The most recent transactions in sugar to Great Britain have been at 61. 15s. per ton; and at this moment there is but little tonnage disen gaged. To the Mauritius, Company's rupees 2. 8 to 2. 10 have been given for rice. Indigo—The season of manufacture being over, or on the point of closing, even in the latest districts, there is but little to report at present. In Aziwghur and the adjoining district there was an extensive inundation about the middle of the past month, causing some loss. In Shahabad at the date of our last the manufacturing was not quite closed, but promised to result but indif ferently, the cold nights being very injurious to the pro cess of manufacture. There is little probability of the out• turn exceeding 1,140,000 mounds. Sugar—The demand since the holidays has only been moderate, except for good and fine white Benares, which now becomes scarce, as usual at this season. For these qualities some advance has been obtainable —viz , 9.6 to 9.12 Company's rupees per maund; but the great bulk of the pres,rit stock remains without alteration in value. In other descriptions of sugar there has been.little done for shipment, and the refiners have only been in the market at low rates. Raw Silk—The silk at market since business was re sumed has been confined to a few small parcels, and no transactions in these have ccme to our knowledge. There are no buyers at previous rates. Silk Goods—Coralis are supplied freely, but the long continued depression that has existed in the home market has taken away any desire to purchase that previously was manifest. There have been no sales of any import ance, although the result of the London September sales has been quite as favourable as could have been expected under the circumstances. In choppahs some transactions for America have been effected. Saltpetre —The demand for saltpetre has continued good, and considerable sales have been made at full prices. Rice—The shipments to Great Britain during October have again been large, amounting to 55,000 bags, and though there was some desire to operate on receipt of the mail of the 7th of September, the subsequent advance in freights and scarcity of any except the ordinary cargo kinds, have prevented the transaction of any business of importance. Shell Lac—There is little demand for this staple, nor have we heard of any sales of importance. Lac Dye—Ordinary qualities have been in good re quest for America, and a fair amount of sales have been wade, prices being fully supported. Linseed—Continues to be in demand at previous rates. Company's rupees 1.15 to 2.1 per maund for fair cleaned. Jute—Has been supplied more freely, and sells readily at fully previous rates ; Company's rupees 12 to 12.8 fur fair quality, with a few picked lots at Company's rupees 13 per bale. Hides—There is little change to report, descriptions suitable for America going forward freely. Cotton—Shipments to England have bee❑ continued, and nearly 3,700 bales have been dispatched during October. No transactions of importance have occurred on the spot. Opium—The stock comprises only 118 chests, and business in the drug has consequently been almost at a stand. The nominal price of Patna has been 1,225 Company's rupees per chest. For delivery from the sale of the 29th instant the bazaar price is about 1,150 Com pany's rupees per chest for Patna. Exports as above, China, 25 chests. Freights—At the date of our last the rates of freight for homeward tonnage had a drooping tendency, and they closed even less firmly for the holidays, Arrivals during the period of closed markets, and, subsequently, have been so few as compared with the general expecta tion, that some advance has taken place, and previous to the arrival of the mail of September 24, they were very stiff. MONEY MARKET. BANK OF BENGAL. Discount on Government acceptances (five months) Ditto, on private bills and notes (three months) Interest, on deposit of Company's paper 8 Ditto, on cash credit accounts... GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Transfer Stock Paper Five per Cent prem. 7 0 to 8 0 Bombay Five per Cent. Old Sicca Five Ditto, according to numbers " 2 8 to 3 8 New Company's Five per Cent. " 0 Bto 1 0 Third Four Sicca New Company's Four Ditto " 11} oto 12i o TAE SUN, LON DON, TU.ESDA Y EVENING, DECEMBER, 21, :847. BANK SHARES. Bengal Bank... (4,000 Co.'s rs.) 2,500 to 2,550 prem. Union Bank ... (1,000 Co.'s rs.) to 500 dis. Agra Bank ... (500 Co.'s - rs.) 190 to 200 prem. Oriental Bank.. (Co.'s rs. 500)* 140 to 130 " North- Western Bank (Co.'s rs. 500) 100 to 130 " * 503 Rs. paid up. PRICES OF BULLION, &C. Sycee silver...loo Co.'s rs. per sa. wt. 104 0 to 104 10 China gold bars Gold dust 111 15 4 to 16 4 Spanish dollars Mexican ditto 19 219 0 to 219 8 Sovereigns • each 11 Ito 11 2 Madras gold mohurs ~ 16 3 to 16 4 Old gold mohurs ... ~ 21 5 to 21 6 (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY, OCT. 31 To Nov. 15. Since the date of our last report, the Overland Mails from England of the 24th of September and the 7th of October have arrived, and brought us most mournful intelligence of commercial distress at home, with a long list of failures, in which appear the firms of highly emi nent and very old standing establishments. %VIIIIe the calamitous events presented to us, and which, it is ferred, will be productive of serious consequences to some establishments in the East, have awakened our warmest sympathies, wo have still the satisfaction of stating that they have affected but very slightly the in terests of the mercantile community in general of this presidency, and that our import market has at present as healthy an aspect as it had before the disastrous intel ligence reached us. 41. decline in prices in our export market and in the rates of freight to Great Britain had taken taken place, consequent upon the depressed state of the produce markets at home; and a fall in the rate of exchange upon London has been occasioned by a call for remittances hence. Further intelligence is anxiously waited, but it cannot be here before the 25th or 26th of this mouth. Cotton Piece Goods --The Dewallee festival having occasioned a suspension of business for several days, transactions have been to a limited extent during the fortnight, but we have the pleasure to report a very favourable disposition to purchase on the part of dealers since the termination of the holidays on the 10th. A slight concession in the prices, of one or two descrip tions of goods was made by sellers after the receipt of the accounts by the mail of October 7, which, however, was immediately recovered, and t h e prev i ous va l ue o f every description of both gray and bleached goods has been well supported. There is even a tendency to a further advance, particularly in the prices of gray goods. The descriptions most sought after in the gray are shirtings, madapollams, and jaeconets, all of low to middling - qualities; domestics, of both fine and coarse makes, but more especially the latter in 40 inch width; and long cloth. Bleached goods are as before reported, as are also all kinds of fancy goods. As respects dyed goods, we have no improvement to notice in Turkey red plain cloth, but for twill of that dye there is a better inquiry. Prints of all kinds continue dull of sale. Cotton Yarn—Previous to receipt of the late home accounts the market was steady, and prices without change; since then, however, importers have shown a great disposition to realize, and in the last,day or two some large sales have been made at a concession in prices of one-fourth of an anna per lb. upon the lower numbers of both mule and water. Dyed yarn is without change, and no sales in the ar• tide have transpired. Woollens—These fabrics continue in the same inani mate state, and we have again no transactions to report. Metals—lron--British bar is not so firm as before reported, but Swedish continues steady. In the former a small sale of 84 candies, superior assortment, and all square, was made very early in the month at 46ir. per candy. Nail rod, both square and round is a shade lower in value, as is also hoop, in which we have heard of a sale of .500 cwt. at 6rs. per cwt. Sheet is steady, and also nail. Copper is still in good demand. Lead without any alteration. Spelter has been sold to the extent of 1,300 cwt. of middling sized plates at 13r., and of 500 cwt. of small plates at Dir. per cwt. Steel in tubs is dull of sale, but for faggots there is an inquiry. Tin Plates—None in the market ; price nominally as quoted. Cochineal—There have not been any fresh arrivals of this article. We quote qr. per lb. as the price of good silver on the spot ; and to arrive, we have heard of sales to.. the extent of 7,0001 b., at 3. 15a. to 4r. per lb. - Saffron-501b. hare been sold at 131 r. per lb., and is the only transaction reported. Beer—A good demand prevails for both Allsopp and Bass ; but what remains in importers' hands is held for a higher price than the trade are yet disposed to give, and we hear of no sales. Of other brands there is none at market. Spirits—l3randy is in but limited request, and the only sale ire have heard of is one of 20 hogsheads in ferior quality, at 31r. per gallon ; in other kinds no transactions have come to light. Marine Stores—No sales have transpired, and prices of all kinds are as last quoted. EXPORTS; Cotton Wool—Before the arrival of the overland mail of the 24th of September, on the evening of the 3d inst., purchases to the extent of about 1,200 bales of Broach were made, at 98ir. and 991 r. per candy; Out since the receipt of the late intelligence from England, the prices of every description of this staple have given way, and purchases to a moderate extent are reported. The price for new Broach and Jurnhoosecr has opened at 1001-r. per candy, and at which 3,500 bales have been bought to arrive fur the English market. Old Broach is nnw freely offered at 961 r.: Moller*, at. 9-tr.. to 96r.; and Compta, at 87h. per candy, at which 206 Candies of the latter have been purchased. Sheep's Wool —About 560 candies of Persian have been received since our last, the best quality of which has commanded 125 r. per candy. In other kinds no change, and prices of all are as quoted. Opium—Little or nothing doing in the drug, no new being yet here. • TONNAGE. The rate of freight to Great Britain has been sensibly affected by the late accounts from that quarter, and to day cannot be quoted over Si. to 51. ss. per ton ; as yet no actual engagements have been made at the former figure, but ships a r e sa id t o b e w illi ng to accept of it. To China 18 rupees per candy is the rate, and one ves sel has been taken up at 30 rupees per ton of 50 cubic feet, which is somethi n g no ve l i n Chi na freights. , EXCHANGES. The demand for bills upon London, added to the cau tion imposed upon parties by recent events in the selec tion of paper, has sent the rate for unexceptionable ones down to Is. 10V. to le. 10i-d. per rupee, six months' sight, at which large transactions have had effect, bank , paper having been that princip a lly operated in. The rates on Calcutta are 99r. t o 99/r. GO days ' sight, and 991 r., to 921 r., 3 0 days' sight. On Madras , 100 r., at 30 days' sight; on China, 214 r. p er 100 dolls., 60 days' sight. Money continues toler a bly eas y in the bazaar. FREIGHTS. £ .0 s. To London, per ton ... ... ... ... sto 3 5 To Liverpool, poi. ton 5 ••• ... —• To China, per candy .. ... ... Is rupees. EXCHANGES. London, at six months' sight, per R. Is. 1043. to Is. 10--'L-d at two months' sight, do. is. 10 1 . at one months' sight, do. Is. 90. China, at GO days' sight, per 100 Span. dolls. 214 rupees. Madras, at 30 days' sight ... ... 100 Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, per 100 rupees 99 to 99 !- Calcutta, at 30 days' sight, per 100 rupees 99 1 to 99, 1 PRICES or BULLION. Sovereigns each ... ~. ... hlr. 2a. o dragons, each ... '•• ... 11r. 33. Bank of England notes, per .c ••• ... 10r. 13s. Spanish dollars, per 100 ... '•' • 222 i ... German crowns, per 100 .. 216 ••• •• Sycee silver, per 100 tolas ... 1021-103 quality) 1 Gold leaf, per tola (range ofl6t 17/ BANK SHARES. Bombay Bank ... ••• ... 36r. per cent. pm. Oriental B P k., I,ooor. each (500 paid u ) 2 5 0 r. Commercial Bank . . ...(5-00r.i. 391 r. sr. _ Agra Bank .. ... f SECURITIES. ‘1,000L) 13r. 1 Bank of MadrasG .N-111ENT ovER Rupees. Fire per Cent. Transfer Loan ... ... 109. .. per 100 sicca Five per Cent. Loan, 1825-26 104 ... . 100 Five per Cont. Loan, 1829-30 ... 104 .. 100 Four per Cent. Loan, 1832 . 33 ... 911.... — 100 Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36 ... 57i... -- 100Co:s. ... Five per Cent Loan, 1841- 42 ... par 100 Four per Cent. Loan, 1842.43 ... 8 7i... 100 FmGazette.) The disastrous received by t h e l as t ma il has, as might be expecte d, p rod uced the ut mos t dis trust and alarm. Native m ercha nts are entirely' at a intelligenceth e Gentleman's loss to understand th e nature of such enormous failures as have been reported, and the very magnitude of which lead to the conclusion that others *lust necessarily follow. Should this impression , h owever, prove erroneous, it is not thought that Bombay will be implicated to any se rious extent, there being but three or four of these un fortunate houses which have much connexion with it ; and sanguine hopes are entertained that one of these, the largest in amount, w ill, in the case of Messrs. Sanderson and Co.,be found perfectly solvent, a nd be speadii _marled to resume their hitherto high position in the mercantile world. The arrival of the next mail, expected about the 26th, is looked for with intense anxiety. The results of these extensive failures is depression of exchange and tightness of money; be sides forcin g into the market considerable quantities of goods, which have been parted with at a great reduction on former prices. Such at present is the degree of alarm prevalent, that none but bank bills, and those chiefly at short dates, can i n an y w ay be negotiated. There is one somewhat singular feature attending this unprecedented panic ; there is not one instance of the stopp age of a regular bank, and this induces a . hope that, i n the fearful list. many, indeed a large majority, will be found to be in such a state as may warrant their bankers assisting them out of their difficulties, and at such a crisis it may well become the Bank of England to act a more liberal part than we have by the last mail received accounts of. Under all the circumstances, it will readily be con ceived that legitimate business transactions are now, and must probably remain for some time to come, under a cloud, the clearing of which from the mercantile horizon may hereafter not improbably lead to brighter prospects as far as India is concerned. The mail which left on Saturday morning took a large amount of bills, duplicates of which leave this day, and will in all probability arrive at the same time as the originals. In a case like the present, when there is increased risk of accident on the other side, it might save disappointment were sets drawn oat in quadruple, so that the parties might forward a triplicate yid Gaily, on the 18th inst. CHINA. CANTON MARKET, OCT. 26. Since our last advices of the 24th ult. we regret to have to report a continuance of the general depression for imports, though the feeling of confidence and secu rity amongst the native merchants has been in no way interrupted; but interest of money has continued high, and the accounts from the interior have not been favour able. This applies equally to the market at Shanghae. The depression is observable in raw cotton, longclotbs. and in woollens especially, and in cotton yarn; though the deliveries this month have been unprecedented, amounting to 2,421 bales, there is no improvement in the market. Cotton—We are not in a position to report that ad vance which we fully anticipated, in consequence of the dealers being fully supplied, and the accounts from the interior not being sufficiently favourable to encourage large purchases. The sales during the month (say 14,000 bales) have been made at about 2 mace lower, and are comparatively small, as the demand at this par • ticular season is estimeted at about 30,000 bales. Bombay-10,000 bales have been quoted at 6.6 taels to S taels, showing a decline of 2to 3 mace. We are in expectation, should holders remain firm, that prices must advance, as this staple is universally consumed. We quote middling to good at 7.6 taels to 7.9 tales ; fine, 8 taels. Bengal-2,500 bales have found purchasers at from 7.6 taels to 8.4 taels, showing a slight decline. The accounts of good crops in the north are affecting the consumption of this staple. We quote good to fine from 8.1 taels to 8 4 taels ; middling, 7.8 taels. Madras—The sales are reported at 310 bales, from 7.6 taels to 8.3 taels, showing a decline of 3 mace. Stocks are accumulating. We quote good to fine from 7.6 taels to 8.2 taels. Imported, 36,640 bales ; delivered, 22,287 ; stock, 91,790 ; same period, 1846, 71,712 ; same period, 1845, 78,144. Cotton Yarn—The sales are reported at 1,200 to 1,800 bales. Prices have still further receded for the lower Nos. Holders are firm, but, notwithstanding the large deliveries during the month, we cannot look for much improvement in face of stocks and expected ar rivals. We quote Nos. 16-24, 24 to 25 dollars ; Nos. 18-32, 28 to 29 dollars; and Nos. 38-42, 32 to 32i dollars. American Yarn—No sales reported; stock about 1,000 bales. Nos. 16-24, 23 to 23i dollars, nominal. Longcloths—The market remains without much alte ration in price. The business during the month com prises 30,000 to 40,000 pieces grey, and 12,000 to 13,000 pieces white, principally in barter, at 2 dolls. 30c. to 2 dolls. 60c. for the former, and 2 dolls. 40c. to 2 dolls. 85c. for the latter, showing a decline in both* descrip tions. The stock in Canton and Hong-Kong is estimated at upwards of 600,000 pieces. American Domestics—No sales; stock trifling. Twills, 30 yards by 30 inches, sales are reported of 18,000 to 20,000 pieces, at 2 dolls. 37c. to 2 dolls. 40c., showing a decline on former rates. 40 yards by 30 inches, 6,000 to 8,000 pieces sold at 3 dolls. 25c. Prices are not likely to be, maintained, as imports are looked for. Wollens —Spanish Stripes—Sales to the extent of 1,000 pieces only are reported, at 1 doll. to 1 doll. 22c., showing a decline of 3c. to 4c. As the stock is heavy, and further supplies expected immediately, the prospects are discouraging. Habit Cloths—Small sales, quoted at 1 doll. 35c. to 1 doll. 50c. Medium Cloths—No sales reported, quoted at 2 dolls. 20c. to 2 dolls. 50c. Camlets—Prices have declined for English. Sales are reported at 1,500 to 1,600 pieces, at 17 dolls. to 21 dolls. In Dutch no transactions, quoted at 2.1 dolls. to 26 dolls. Lastings—No change, 12 dolls. 50c. to 16 dolls. 50c. Bombazettes—Stock small, quoted at 11 dolls. to 12 dolls. Metals—lron—Prices remain unaltered, save for bar. Few sales. We quote hoop at 3 dolls. 90c. to 4 dolls. ; nail rod, 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. 10c. ; bar, 3 dolls. 40c. to 3 dolls. 50c. The demand is very trifling at present, but, should imports be moderate, prices are likely to improve. Steel—Quoted at 5 dolls. 20c. to 5 dolls. 50c., showing a slight improvement. Stock small. Spelter-5 dolls. 80c. Stock moderate. Lead—lmports have been rather large, and the Chinese have also brought a quantity to market, which has affected prices, and they are now quoted at 6 dolls. 30c. to 6 dolls. 40c. Tin Plates—Without change ; 7 dolls. 50e. to 8 dolls. Stock small. Sinalts—Quoted 20 dolls. to 50 dolls., according to quality. Stock moderate. Cochineal—ln consequence of imports upwards of 100 piculs, prices have receded. Small sales reported at 230 dollars to 250 dollars, which may be quoted at pre sent value. Large sales, however, could not be effected at those rates. STRAITS PRODUCT. Pepper—No change. Sales about 1,000 piculs, at a somewhat better rate, 5 dollars 10 cents to 5 dollars 50 cents. CANTON TEA REPORT, OCT. 26. Congous during the month have advanced in price. Souchong flavours, in consequence of the small sto c k, are in great demand, and command extreme rates. Ning Yong—Of the 30,000 pickages sold, about 1,500 only have been shipped to England, the remainder havo gone to the American markets. Plain ordinary Pekoe—Without any inquiry. Scented ditto—Very dull, in consequence of the fall in prices in England. Plain Caper—No new at market, and it is said none will be brought down this season. Scented Caper—Quiet and little inquired for. • Twankay, Hyson akin, and Hyson—No sales. Young flyson, Canton, Gunpowder, and Imperial ditto—The settlements made are by American houses, and we believe the tea is intended to be sent to their own market. A few chops were reported to have arriv,d, comprising, we are told, 2,000 chests Moyune, and 2,500 chests Typing kinds. Betelnut—Prices have advanced in consequence of holders being firm. Sales are reported of about 3,000 to 4,000 piculs at 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 75c. If holders keep firm prices may advance. Rattans—Stock of old large, but of new moderate. The sales are reported of only 12.000 piculs. We quote common to fine, 2 dolls. 20c. to 3 dolls. 10c., duty paid. Sandalwood—Market quiet, with a limited demand. A few sales of Malabar are reported. We quote Mala bar, 12 dolls. to 13 dolls. 75c.; New Island, 8 dolls. to 9 dolls.; Thusor (?) 4 dulls. 50c. to 8 dolls.—duty paid. Rice has advanced slightly and is quoted —common, I doll. 40e. to 1 doll. 45c.; good, 1 doll. 60c. to 1 doll. 65c.—duty paid. Saltpetie- - -The stock is still very heavy; quotation 7 dolls. nominal. Turkey Opium—Quoted 400 dolls. per picul. EXPORTS. Alum is quoted 1 doll. 50c. to 1 doll. 80c., according o quality. Aniseed-12 dolls. to 12 dolls. 50c. is asked. Rhubarb—Some few sales reported ~ First class. 50 dolls, to 55 dolls.; second, 45 dolls. to 50 dolls.; third, 35 dolls. to 40 dolls. Cassia-11 dolls. Advanced a little from small stocks. Camphor-13 dolls. 50 c. Nominal. Vermillion can be purchased at 62 to 64 dolls. Quicksilver-124 dolls, to 126 dulls. We hear of few purchases. . . . _ Silk—Stock of both old and new cleared off. The export from this market is likely to be very trifling. Canton Silk—Prices have advanced. No. 1, 330 dolls. ; No. 2, 320 dolls. ; No. 3, 290 dolls. Stook small. Sugar—The finer qualities have declined ; but there have been extensive transactions in the lower grade, outside, at better prices. EXCHANGES. Oriental Bank—First class paper, 4s. 4d., other bills, 4s. 4id. per doll. Company's accepted, has been done at 213 to 214 i. No transactions in unaccepted. Amount negotiated, about 4 lace. FREIGHTS. Freights have ruled steadily at 51. Tonnage plentiful. In above quoting long ells we omitted to say that the value of a good assortment is 8 dolls. 40c., duty paid ; scarlet, 10 dolls. to 10 dolls. 10c. The sales during the month were reported at 2,500 to 3,000 pieces at 7 dolls. 90c. to 8 dolls. 40c., showing a decline of 20 cents ; and 1,500 to 2,000 pieces scarlet, at 10 dolls. loc. to 10 dolls. 20c. The market is quiet. Stocks are not excessive, but the demand has beon trifling in consequence of dealers being fully supplied. HONG-KONG, OCT. 28, 1847. Our latest dates are from London, August 24 ; Cal cutta, September 16 ; Bombay, September 18 ; and Singapore, the 7th inst. From Shanghae our accounts reach to the 11th instant, and give a very gloomy report of the import trade in general. Long cloths have experienced a fall of loc. to 20c. per piece, owing to heavy arrivals and large stocks in Soockow. Greys, 60c. to 64c., and 2 dolls. 20e. to 2 dolls. 30c., 66c. to 72c. and 2 dolls. 35c. to 2 dolls. 52c. White, 60c. to 72c. and 2 dolls. 40c. to 60c. Woollens continued dull. Spanish stripes quoted 85c. to 1 doll, 10c.; the stock estimated at about 10,000 pieces, exclusive of the cargo , per Walton, from here to Shanghae, about 2,500 pieces. Long ells, assorted, dolls. to 7i dolls. Camlets—English, 15 dolls. to 17 dolls.; Dutch, 24 dolls. to 26 dolls. Silk—The export to the 30th of September amounted to 7,453 bales, and would be increased, we estimate, during the present month, to about 10,500 bales. Nu really fine remained in the market. Second quality Tsatlee, quoted at 390 dolls. to 400 dolls.; Taysoom, 270 dolls. to 280 dolls. Tea—A considerable business had been done, prin cipally in congous, of which about 100 chops are said to have been settled for in all since the opening of the season. Low congou quoted 12 to 14 taels ; middling to good, 15k to 24 taels. Some of the new g r een teas had arrived, a portion of which were taken by the Americans at very full rates—too high for the English market. Exchange—Some transactions are reported at 4s. 7d. to 4s. Bd., with shipping documents. Freights 6/. 103. to 71. per ton. The Sarah Trotman, E. Kallick; Monarch, Charles and James Scott. wore ne arly loaded, and the Souter Johnny, Furfarshire, New Zealand, Emily, and Old England, loading. From Amoy we have dates to the 22d inst. Long cloths were dull. Some fine whites and heavy cloths had been sold at 2 dolls. 90c. Greys quoted 2 dolls, 50c. to 2 dolls. 55c. for good cloths. Cotton yarn had fallen 2 dolls. to 2 dolls. 50c No. 18-24 quoted 27. A small demand existed for well assorted Spanish stripes and long ells. The market for raw cotton was dull and not better than Canton rates. The deliveries had been small during the month. Stock large. A few days since a partridge flew into a drug gist's shop at Kendal, and was immediately secured, and appropriated to the dinner of the family. IMPORTANT FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. SURRENDER OF SANDILLT. We are in receipt of advices from the Cape to the 30th October. We are happy to announce the gratifying intelli gence that the Kafir war, in so far at least as it affects the frontier districts, may be regarded as terminated. Sandilli, the chief leader of the Kafirs, has surren dered on the sole conditioa that his life shall be spared. The Graham's Town Journal of Wednesday, Oct. 20, announces this important fact as follows : " Last night a dispatch was received from the Commander of the Forces, Lieutenant-General Sir G. Berkeley, with the very important announcement that the proscribed chief Sandilli, with 80 of his followers, had surrendered to the British troops. This dispatch was brought in by Captain Bisset, C.111.R., who, with Captain Hogg, quitted the Amatola tha same morning, thus riding a distance which is estimated at not less than 120 miles, swimming several rapi I streams, in about 12 hours. " From the particulars which have transpired we gather the following connected details :—The position taken by the Gaika chief since the resumption of hostilities is situated in the deepest recesses of the Amatola, the centre being a stream, the Kafir name of which signifies the Wolf-River. This tract of country is described to us as being particularly suited to Kafir warfare. It is studded with large isolated masses of rock, the intermediate ground being strewn thickly with low scrubby bushes. The whole range k quite secur e a g ai ns t th e approac h of horsemen, but forms capital ground for the movements of riflemen. The plan of operations adopted by the commander of the forces, namely, sending out strong detachments in light marching order, maintaining a strong camp with supplies in the immediate vicinity of the scene of action, seems to have baffled the enemy, and to have driven him to extremity. Sandilli, abandoned by Umhala and other subordinate chiefs, found himself a mere fugitive, and, despite of the impracticable character of the country, soon discovered that he was exposed continually to the balls of the practised shots who were then scouring the fastnesses in which he had sought concealment. So closely did he find himself beset, that for twenty-four hours, we zre informed, he dared not venture from his hiding-place, a high mass of rock surrounded by bush, to obtain even a draught of water. At length, perceiving that his situation became every hour more perilous, he re solved to surrender himself, the circumstances con nected with which are very distinctly narrated in a letter, from which we make the following extracts : " King William's Town, Oct. 21, 1847. " ' Late in the afternoon of the 18th three unarmed Kafirs were seen approaching the camp, two of whom were recognized as having been taken prisoners on the 3d instant by Captain Horsford and company when returning from patrol on that day. We were rather puzzled to know the errand of these Kafirs, but at last it transpired that Sandilli (the paramount chief of the Gaika clans) had at length determined to surrender himself. His messenger stated that San dilli and his followers were on the brink of starvation, and that they were authorised to give an assurance that if the British commander would supply them with a little food, he would without fail surrender himself the next morning. This request was acceded to; some bread and meat were furnished ; and two of the messengers sent back, accompanied by a sergeant of the Kafir police, to Sandilli's retreat. The third mes senger remained at the camp as a hostage for the se curity of our man. "'-19th.—This is one of the most eventful days of our campaign. The morning proved wet and stormy, but still the whole camp was in motion early, all upon the qui vine for the arrival of the defeated chief'. At length Captain Bisset mounted his horse, accom panied by a single orderly, a private of his own corps, and guided by the Kafir messenger, sallied forth to meet Sandilli. After about an hour's anxious wait ing, Captain Bisset was seen approaching, followed by a dusky train of Kafirs, the foremost of whom was immediately recognised by his withered leg, and which hung loosely on his horse's side, as the con quered chief. He was immediately presented to Colonel Buller, and after a brief conversation, an escort of dragoons, which had been in readiness, were ordered to accompany Captain Bisset and Lieutenant Oxen den, with dispatches from the General to Sir Henry Pottinger ' her Majesty's High Commissioner. The chief freely acknowledges being beaten, and says that he was nearly taken by a patrol of the rifles, which went out on the 12th instant, acting in conjunction with Colonel Somerset. He admits, had not some of the rifles lost their way while skirmishing, he must have surrendered to them or been shot in attempting to escape. "‘ 21st.--This morning before breakfast a party of dragoons brought in a drove of 306 cattle, all of which will be sold and the proceeds divided among the troops stationed at King William's Town. On a rough calculaqoa each man is expected to get 2/. It is fully expected that the troops will make a move ment, almost immediately upon the Kei. " The following general order was immediately issued by the governor :- 1 "GENERAL ORDER►,. " By his Excellency the Right Honourable the Go vernor, Commander-in-Chief, and High Commis sioner,:&c., &c. " Her Majesty's High Commissioner, &c., has great satisfaction in making known for general information that he received late last night a letter from the Ho nourable the Lieutenant-General Commanling, &c., announcing that the Gaika Rebel Chief Sandilli, with his principal councillors, and about eighty of his fol lowers, had delivered themselves up yesterday morn ing to Lieutenant-Colonel Buller, Rifle Brigade, commanding in the Keiskamma Hoek. "It is not the High Commissioner's province to particulari'e individuals or to mention names, but he cannot refrain from recording in this public manner the high sense he entertains of the zeal and energy with which the operations against Sandilli haVe been carried on under the Lieutenant-General's guidance, and in which operations the troops and levies have been subjected to great hardships, and exposed to unusually inclement weather. "The High Commissioner trusts that the example which has been made of Sandilli, .and the pending movements against Pato and Krell, and their con federates, will shortly bring the war to an eni, and enable his Excellency to establish peace and good order amongst the Kafirs, and to give security for the future to the colony. "By order, RICHARD WOOSNAA.I. " Graham's Town, Oct. 20, 1847." By papers and letters from Natal, to the 17th Sep tember, it appears that Panda, after the departure of Captain Kyle, sent for a Mr. de Lange, one of the Klyp River Boers, and informed him of Captain Kyle's visit, and told him that he had informed that officer that the Klyp River country did not belong to the English—thus denying what he had told Captain Kyle, through the interpretation of Mr. Shepstone. There is evidently mischief brewing in that quarter. At the principal port of Kafirland a most melan choly accident has occurred, in the less of the schooner Ghika, with all her crew, amounting to nineteen persons, which was wrecked at the mouth of the Buffalo on the 17th October. The following letter gives a detailed account of this disaster : "Buffalo Mouth, Oct. 21. "I have the painful task to communicate to you the most disastrous event that has ; happened at the Buffalo Mouth. On Sunday morning we were land ing our cargo, but owing to the rainy weather were obliged to desist. The captain of the Ghika was on shore looking after his business; but, being anxious to get on board, he offered the sailors a reward to take him off, permission for them to do so having been given by Lieutenant Forsyth. This was about mid-day. Some hours afterwards the wind suddenly rose, but the captain, still wishful to put off, offered the men, who were unwilling to incur the hazard, 3/. to take him. At this time I was under the appre hension that some accident would happen, and ad vised the captain not to go ; he was, however, bent upon making the trial, and accordingly put out in one of the surf boats. The boat had not proceeded far when she was swamped, and out of ten men three were only saved. I am sorry to say that Captain Froud was one of the lost. Previous to the boat capsizing, Lieutenant Forsyth signalized to them to return. He did this as soon as he saw they were actually going, he having given up all idea of an attempt being made. They paid, however, no atten tion to his signals, and the consequence was their untimely fate. Accidents seldom happen singly, and as a finale to this sad affair, shortly after dark the Ghika came ashore, and all hands perished. It seems evident that the crew had taken to the boat, and that this, on coming into the surf, had swamped. The boat was discovered by us floating down the river shortly after the vessel had grounded. The only body that came on shore was the female passenger, and from this we concluded that the crew were all to gether in a boat. The wreck is an awful smash, every timber being torn asunder and strewed in fragments upon the rocks. Letters from Liverpool announce the suspension of Messrs. Thomas and ;Joseph Sands and Co., American merchants, a firm whose name has become widely kilo n by their ownership of the Sarah Sands New Yolk steamer. The acceptances are stated to be for 50,000/., and the winding.up is not expected to prove very unfa• vourable. The stoppage of Blain and Son, a corn house, Who were indebted to them 2 1,0001., and who are likely to pav but a small dividend, is said to have been the immediate cause of the event. One of the partners in the house of Thomas and Joseph Sands and Co. is also at the head of the firm of Sands, Turner, and Co., East India merchants at Liverpool; but it is mentioned that these parties " are undoubted, and that they will not be affected beyond the amount of Mr.Sands' capital in the concern." The breach of promise of marriage, Mr. Croke! v. Miss Studdert, was settled out of Court ,on W e dnesday : i The lady p a y s a ll costs, and the gentleman g i v e s up o I pensatione-.-Limerich Reporter. CAUSES OF IRISH DISTRESS AN D IRISH DISTURBANCES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,—Enclosed is a letter to Sir Robert Peel, which you will oblige us by publishing in your paper. We wish it to appear in your columns, because you have always advocated the cause of our people, and have ever " tempered justice with mercy." Dec. 1847. TIPPERARY. 1 TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. At a period when the voice of every man is raised against us, having full confidence in the integrity of your intentions, and in the desire of the present race of British statesmen to repair as far as practicable the evils of two centuries of misrule, we address ourselves to you; and in confiding our cause to your hands we entreat that when you speak of " what we are," you do not forget " what made us what we are"— t h at l ong series of oppression which has driven the rcannar.t of a faithful people to the lowest depths of human degradation. We confess that we are now poor and ignorant ; we a d m i t that some of or, impatient under our sufferings, have committed acts of wickedness which we all deplore;" we proclaim to the world that we are willing to labour, that we occupy a fertile land, whose natural resources are sufficient to maintain twice our number, and yet we are idle, we are naked, we are starving, we are hopeless. How has this come to pass? To arrive at the cause it is necessary to go back two centuries; when Cromwell had annihilated the regal power in England between 1640 and 1650, he named royalty to its last refuge in Ireland, at the head of an overwhelming force composed of the dregs of the English and Scotch people, and rapidly su!,4jugated the entire nation, when, knowing that although he had crushed their power ho could neither eradicate their loyalty nor their religion, this politic and ruthless man determined to destroy their nationality; and being also desirous to rid himself of an army for which he had no further use, and whose return to England ho dreaded, he forced the Irish people into the western districts, and confiscating every acre of Irish property in twenty-two counties, drove the ancient nobility and gentry, with their families, and the descendants of the early English invaders, who bad by that time become identified with them, either as ruined men from the country, or into the wild and barren regions of the west, and redistributed the whole of the forfeited lands amongst his army ; thus by one act an honoured and ancient aristocracy were displaced by a fanatic and barbarous soldiery. At the Restoration, while the English estates were for the most part restored to the original proprietors, the soldiers of the Protec torate were confirmed in their usurpations in Ireland, as from their number and power it was considered unwise to disturb them. And an ungrateful king, to whom the Irish people had been faithful through every change of fortune, on the 27th of September, 1662, signed an Act of Parliament which made beggars of a nation, and transferred the patrimony of those whose fathers had died in the defence of his dynasty to his father's murderers. The new proprietors of Ireland, accustomed to the license of a camp, habituated to a life of rapine and tu mult, without principle, scorning and trampling upon justice, and incapable of culti va ti ng t h e arts of peace, were of all men the least fitted to become the founders of an aristocracy. They lived as in an enemy's country, in every native they recognized a traitor ; and, fearing that the voice of indignant Europe might at length reach the hearts of the British people, they contrived to keep the English Government in a constant state of alarm by false reports of conspiracies and rebellions until they succeeded in forcing themselves between the Irish people and their king, and in having themselves considered as the sole preservers of Ireland to the British Crown ; possessed of every place of power, they tainted the fountains of justice, and one penal enact ment followed the other , each surpassing its predecessor in barbarity, until they quickly succeeded in effacing the last trace of our ancient nobility and in debasing our people. The present race of Irish landowners, indebted for their existence to an unjust and bloody revolution, are descended from these men, from whom they inherit, with their estates, a contempt of the people, a disregard of the duties attached to the possession of property in all civilized nations, and a spirit of oppression and injustice, which two hundred years may have tempered, but has not removed. In their want of sympathy with the people, their improvidence, their repugnance to residing in the country, their hankering after England, and their con stant expectation that the Government will continue to, relieve them from all the duties and responsibilities of their position, who cannot identify the pampered . descendants of the foreign soldier? With an here ditary instinct, they would still keep the remnant of our people " hewers of wood and drawers of water." Dis daining the productive arts, the commerce and manufac tures of the country under these men have languished and died ; grinding exactions and unjust restrictions have prevented the formation of a middle class, who alone can employ the people and develop the resources of a country ; the shuttle of the neglected peasant weaver is unable to contend with the thousand spindles of the Manchester manufacturer, fostered by an enlightened " and beloved" aristocracy. Without a market for his labour lie is driven to the land for the means of life; but there is competition also : every one wishes to live—all want land. He seeks for its owner, the descendant of Cromwell's soldier is he ; but too ignorant and indolent to manage his estate, he has leased it to a second party, the second to a third, the third to a fourth; the fourth has subdivided it into smaller portions; he is willing to sublet one •f these to the peasant weaver, but it must be on his own terms. What are they? An annual rent equal to the entire value of the crop in the best harvest, with power at any time, after the first twelve months, to pull down his cabin over his head if he dues not pay this rent, and turn him houseless into a ditch to die. The peasant hesitates, he secs destruction before hi:n ; others are entreating for the empty cabin and plot of potato ground on any terms. He feats to lose it—the wife of his h Isom and his children are starving. His present necossities blind his eyes to the future ; reckless of consequences, he subscribes to the terms and gets possession ; his family are under a roof; for the moment he is saved. The seasons roll on; he labours on his spot of earth, the harvest is gathered; but his family have consumed a portion of its produce, and he cannot complete his engagement with his land lord, he falls behindhand ; the next year the harvest is a failure, he can pay but little, and falls still further behindhand. The driver comes and seizes his pig, the furniture of his little cabin—all is sold! He becomes desperate, but he still clings to life, to the handful of earth; he struggles through the next winter; the Al mighty God sees fit to visit the land with an universal blight, his ground yield:: no return for his labour, pesti lence and famine stalk übroad,; the agent comes for his rent, he can pay nothing. One morning the cabin is sur rounded by soldiers, police, and drivers—in a few moments it is level with the ground. He is alone, he seeshis children houseless and crouching to the winter's blast,—and, Sir Robert Peel, " he is what he is." A VOICE FROM TIPPERARY. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wale; Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took airings on Sunday in the pleasure grounds and plantations of Osborne. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay left Os borne yesterday. Sir James Clark has taken his departure from Osborne. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the royal children, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the royal suite, will, it is expected, leave Osborne this day for Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John llobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours. Mr. Charles Buller, Chief Poor-law Commissioner, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. _ _ _ The Duke of Wellington attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday. The Rev. Dr. 'Wesley , officiated and preached the sermon. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel preached the ser mon at the daily service. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and the Marquis of Winchester were among the nobility present. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. WAKEFIELD STEEPLECHASE. 100 even laid on the field agst The Chandler and the Glaucus gelding (Wolverhampton), and 4 to 1 agst The Chandler. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Brettel's The Curate 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barry's Sir Arthur —taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Moseley's Richard the First—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice —taken DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Scott's lot—taken to 2001. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Rosslyn—taken to 100. 1 .. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's The Fowler—taken 1,000 to 15 agst MrC.HESTER CtTP. Disney's licleshe—taken two or three times. DEATI I or lIER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ,PAIIL OF W URTEMBERG.—Her Royal Highness Princess Paul of Wurtemberg died on the evening of the 13th inst, at BAmberg, after a short illness. The Queen of Bavaria, her sister, and the Princes Edward and Frederick of Saxe-Altenbcrg, were present at her death-bed. PosT-OrricE NoncE.—The Brazilian Post-office having consented to withdraw the charge which it had imposed on newspapers from the United Kingdom de livered in Brazil, on and atter the Ist of January next, no charge will be made in the United Kingdom on British newspapers posted in accordance with the usual restrictions. addressed to Brazil, when conveyed by packet; and in like manner Brazilian newspapers ad. dressed to the United Kingdom, and brought .to this country by packet, will be delivered free from postage. 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