The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-04 00:00:00

OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CUINA. WAGHORN VIA TRIESTE. LATEST DATES. Madras .. Dec. 24. Calcutta Bombay ..... Jan. 2. China (From the Bombay Times ) We are once more relieved from the listlessness which for a season has overwhelmed us and our columns—once again freed of the want of interest which has for seven months at tached to them, by the events which have just occurred in the Punjaub and Sinde. The Vuzeei Lall Singh having been etlePeeted of a treasonable connexion with the Cashmere in aurgents, had the charge brought home to him by the Sheikh illaum-ood-Deen, on the evidence of letters written by the Vuzeer to him while in arms. The inquiries were conducted in presence of a commission consisting of Seikh chiefs and British oflieers—Mr. Currie and Colonels Lawrence and Goldin being amongst the latter. It was intimated to the burbar, that should a convicted traitor remain in power, we 'Should be under the necessity of ceasing to hold intercourse with the Government, and Lall Singh was accordingly de -IPos'3d, and removed, under our protection, to Hindustan. Zed he remained in his own country his life would quickly Government been s acr ifi ce d t o th e i n di gna ti on o f t h e peop l e . Th e tsevernment was now entrusted to a commission of chiefs, and the question pressed as to the arrangements contem- Vlated by them on our retirement. After much equivocation sand delay, it was determined to ask of us to permit an army eel ten thousand men to remain at Lahore during the minority Isif the Maharaja —our commissary virtually to exercise the Functions of Vuzeer. To this we assented, the Seikhs de fraying all the charges of our troops, amounting to a quarter 'Oft million sterling annually. The Maharaja is now a child estf seven years old; and for the next ten years at least the ...-r tr ri_tiub is in the hands of the British Government, and con -4,4111 by a British army. It is idle to speculate on the j eu3 ,7 Thick may occur before the year 1857. Her Ma- And - ass 9th Foot, with eight regiments of native infantry, suitable proportion of artillery, had been ordered to :zelive the troops who for ten months had so admirably dis -charged their duties. The Seikh Government have thus vo luntarily undertake n to defray the extra charges of an army ;at Lahore, which, for our own protection, we must have -maintained at any rate on the frontier Such has . .been the success of the much-censured policy of Lord Ilardinge, refusing to conquer or spoil the country which has now been voluntarily and tranquilly placed 19, our hands, without obloquy, trouble, or charge. -dust as the army on the Indus was about to be reduced from 22,000 to 14,000 men, a foray of the Booghtie tribe 'rani the mountains has driven in ouroutposhs, and compelled 4 Whole cavalry regiment to retire. The enemy were corn -puled at 2,000 on their first appearance in the field. They A noceeded in ravaging numerous villages, carrying off the sheep and cattle in the face of our troops. A wing of the 4th Riffles, Jacob's Sinde Horse, and Fitzgerald's Camel Corps, were on their way to reinforce Shahpore at the date of last dispatches. The robbers are doubtless long ere this time safe within their mountain holds, where we cannot follow them, waiting till our outposts are again weakened by aiekness or military indiscretion. Had the present attack been made during such a season as 1843, when nine-tenths of our troops were in hospital, onr cantonments might have been fired and their occupants roasted in their cots, before human aid could have reached them. The ravages of pes tilence in Upper Sinde are quinquennial. If 1848 sees us on the banks of the Indus, the Caubul catastrophe may not be 'with out a parallel—the Beloochees, like the Ghilzies, abide t heir time. Sir C. Napier continues at Kurrachee, where the "climate is healthy. He is expected at Bombay in February .1 41 his way to England : the Government of Sinde to be .41truated to a civil commission—preparatory, it is to be ekl, to its final abandonment. Matters at Caubul uld seem to be in a better condition than formerly. The 'Anzio Chief, who had so long been annoying the Govern :anent, had intimated his desire for a cessation of hostilities, and in token of the sincerity of his intentions had sent his "a as a pledge of his future peaceable behaviour. A vakeel from the British Government was said to be on his way to the Caubul chief, though the nature of his mission was A present of horses and fruits for the an- GeneGovernor ral left Caubul on the Ist of October. The Governor- General was at latest dates still on the left bank of the Beeas, Where it was supposed he would remain till rejoined by Mr. Currie from Lahore. The Commander-in-Chief of India was "'rout e for Loodhiana, and was expected to reach Delhi by the 20th of January. The districts around Gwalior are said to be in a sad state; murder and robberies being of frequent , ac currence—the commission of any atrocities being over- Jacked by the native authorities for a consideration. Th e !tate of the provinces of Indore and Bhopal presents a pleas ing contrast to that just mentioned, for which we are indebted, to a great measure, to our resident, Mr. Hamilton, and hisas aistants. The new mini s te r a t Hyd era b a d wou l d seem to be no great favourite with his master, who is said to be acting la Many ways with aview of neutralising some of the Vuzeer's moat promising measures of re f orm . Th e swor d sen t ou t b y the Court of Directors for presentation to the Raja of canglee in token of their approbation of his conduct during the Kolapore disturbances, was presented to that chief on the 19th ultimo, at Belgaum, in presence of the whole of the troops of the station and: an immense concourse of people. The shi Augusta, of Bombay, one of the vessels which left the Madras roads at the commencement of the hurricane Of the 25th of November, was wrecked near Point Pedro, off Ceylon; crew all saved. Upwards of 2,5001. have been subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the gales of Octo ber and November, 1,0001. of which was munificently be stowed by the Government.—Captain Durand, Commissioner eif the Tenasaerim provinces, has been removed from his office by the Government of Bengal, and been succeeded by Mr. Colvin, late resident at Nepaul, who has left Calcutta to take up the appointment—the private secretary of Lord Auckland superseding the private secretary of Lord Ellen borongh. Mr. Colvin is a man of ability and discretion, a nd very unlikely to fall into the errors which occasioned the !weal of his predecessor. Captain Durand has closely fol lowed the footsteps of his patron ; rash, capricious, head- Z a n, waward, and iatient of like Lord i!engborougy mp hhe erred, and like him he fe criticism 11. Our obituary r!is mail contains the names of two eminent individuals— Major -General Vans Kennedy, Oriental translator to the 00_ na bay Government, favourably known for the accuracy tad worth of his works on military law ; o and Captain T. ;Details, author of one of our best works n Sinde.—Lord mt iar ainge is und ers t oo d t o h ave r esolved on the red u cti on o f e, Pc:etage throughout India, and the introduction of a c riLani similar to that of Rowland Hill. The oppressiveness ti o `ua Present charges may be guessed at when it is men ._ iled that f or a d a il y paper, restricted in weight to about u ,nfo o nrth of a London journal, the postage amounts in some 1 5 India to 101. annually.—The country generally is Th uiPul and healthy, and the climate cool and agreeable.— in:Ph - arrival of the overland mail has once more caused n delay of the steamer. The change of arrangement was cieured t o Thda aftrnoon—on this occasion in suffi- to _ time to urs be of service, y e as early, indeed, as the notice uicl have been out. The arrival BOMBAY. I, oo _, val of our new governor, Mr. Clerk, from Calcutta , , for about the end of February. He reached the l aan .'"alaces on the 16th of November by the steamer the . Our present acting governor continues to enjoy Si r FV,..atest popularity. Our respected Commander-in-Chief, a l`Mahon;takes his departure for England by the b e - e -aler O f „ the Ist of February. His successor has not yet bY 1 1 1 141 % „„ed• His constitution has received a severe shock nets t h_e o : d n, r v e e t l : 7 e will prove beneficial -sesi but we doubt not that the change to his to his health, and trust that Me -4 7 long live to enjoy the society of his friends at home. 3 from the command of the Bombay army with the besi lv h' b k ea of nearly all its members, for the kindness of fatile -.8 448 invariably shown—in some instances almost to ". The rumour of Sir Charles Napier being nominated '' l eeessor has again died away. Th e I A MADRAS. Elia L 0 „arquis of Tweeddale has been on a visit to the coirt. Pla te r uahip was last beard of from Tellicherry, from which Would make intended returning to the Neilgherries, where he Clo s ,.:„ l nake but a short stay, his return to the seat of his e, o4o ."raent being expected to take place immediately. A the g - rd„ent of the Atheneum, writing from Cuttack, on dist ur - r, ' 3, December, gives the following account of further aoo r - "' u leea amongst the Khonds in the district of Goom - • alti nr 7',. An express arrived here on the night of the 25th for the officer commanding the 50th regiment, e rde 643 s a requisition for two companies of the corps to be c oun t ed out as soon as practicable to Bead, in the Goomsoor tr ac - L tr Y , to meet Captain kiTherson, agent in the Hill Shur. of Orissa, from whence they escort him to Ram o'eloc She detachment left the following evening at four medics tinder the command of Lieutenant J. Grant, and in ached charge of the second dre.sser of the corps, and all 'ned out of cantonment in high spirits, considering the short notice that was given them. In this step the ob til'a‘tl. the agent is not positively known, bat it is asserted a md u e iS * determined to bring the Meria business to a crisis, th.,P. L . u nials the offenders with severity. It is also stated , ws detachment will not return to head-quarters „until br" aext, and that a second detachment will very probably d ordered out also. How far there is truth in this statement f ro e N ns n is ent saith not. Private intelligence . has also been rec eived nusaelcondah that three companies of the 22d R eg i ment th. oin that place have left for the same ostensible purpose, and r` t the Khonds are determined to resist the efforts of the agent f a the abolition of human sacrifice, and that tbey are mani ietating a warlike spirit. A small number of men left behind, aPPears, are quite inadequate to furnish the whole of the guard s at that place. A party of "Pikes," under the corn .,nand of Captain Dunlop, also accompanied A. M. Mills, Esq , Commissioner of Cuttack, who proceeded to Boad, to put a ' l b:p to the depredations perpetrated by the Khonds, and to endeavour to bring those lawless tribes into subjection, as Well as, I believe, to co-operate with Captain M`Pherson. The Legislative BENGAL.iI have been in f u ll ac ti v i ty d ur i ng the month, and every Counc Gaze .e announces the passing of one or two acts which have la tt m by for the last year. The Metropolitan of India has returned to Calcutta in safety, and the Bishop of Madras, who had been acting for him during his absence, returned to his diocese. THE PUNJAUB. The Punjaub once more furnishes matter of abundant in terest to the general reader. The Vuzeer Lall Singh having been detected in a treasonable correspondence with. the Cash mere chiefs, has been deposed and sent in perpetual banish nient to India. Unable to select a Vuzeer from among their !Wu number, or to, discover.how the country was to be go erned or maintained in peace, the Seikh chiefs unanimously baolyed to request that an army of ten thousand men should M al lowed to remain at Lahore during the m in o ri ty of the al ' a rkia, sow a child seven years old—the Seikh Govern inenrittecennantrceitting a quarter of a million sterling to their the British Resident being virtual Vnzeer. e_ the results of the proceedings of tse last fortnight : seb.;.."' u at now revert to the details of the occurrences them bad"' At the date of last dispatch the loyalty of Lall Singh seem.b:ieen brought so strongly into /suspicion that there of i t . — every reason to believe vitilacil authority. he would quickly be deprived On intimatingahat the time fixed for the weula raWal to? our troops by the ireaty of 9th'_ March ou the i f ae adhered ta, and, dongrOlating the 2 ,1 1. 141 r• Cu a!tunate termination a the Pashmere . insur a r_ec l a e t r iu . j i . , l s.,in ahm vrle called attention to 61 fact that,the . th at ill •.00d-Deeri had only surrendbred himself on . c and its e cau,es the insurrection '3:multi be inquire 1 into, clver wh r eal authors ex p ose d. A. commission of inquiry, Presid ed ich Mr. Currie, secretary to the Governor-General, and Goi and in which Sir J. Littler, Colonels Lawrence Utak. I t t he , and Mr. J. L awrence were the British consti v-nars" 'tying been appointed to investigate the matter, the entsembled on the morning of the 3d of December in were „,e 's durbar t en t—th e Mi n i s t ers an d pr i nc i pa l c hi e f s end.aj o "ted to b e 'present. The accuser, Sheikh Emaum thesa eon, and th e accuse d , L a ll Si ng h , were summoned before flu ]ith4), he former produced three letters receiv e d by him ut o atter, cnc which was achnowls , Ig e d, i nc iti ng 1 04 (1 01l', Th Possible') the annexation of 'Cashmere to Jamoo. t he prXr t w as an open one, the attendance numerous, and complete. The verdict against the Vuzeer was J ' unanimous. The other members of the Durbar were fully acquitted of all participation in the guilt. The chiefs were told that they were at liberty to proceed as they thought fit, but that the British Government could no longer recognise Lall Singh as Vuzeer, or communicate with the Government over which he presided. The Ministers and chiefs having deliberated on the subject, determined immediately to depose the Vuzeer, and to entrust the Government to a commission consisting of j'ej Singh, Shere Singh, Dewan Deenanath. and Kaleefa Noor-ood- Dec,s) until some permanent arrangement could be made. On the afternoon of the 4th, Mr. Currie, Colonel Lawrence, and the Seikh Ministers,:proceede , l to the palace and announced the result to the Queen. Two thousand of the principal retainers of Lall Singh had just before been removed from the fort, where they acted as garrison, and their places been taken by a correspond ing number of the Lahore troops, they next day received their arrears of pay, and were disbanded without express ing a murmur or complaint. The deposed Minister mean while was conducted to his private " residence in the city by Lieutenant Edwardes, assistant agent to the Governor-General, under an injunction that he should not cross the threshold or attempt to communicate with any one. It was a singular illustration of the perfect good understanding and tranquillity that prevailed, that some delay having occurred In the arrival of the regular guard, Lieut. Edwardes availed himself of the services of the re tainers of the Vuzeer to conduct their master a prisoner to the place of his confinement, and that the duty was per formed with as much alacrity and cheerfulness as if it had been an occasion of ceremony wherein they were engaged in doing him honour. He was a few days afterwards on his way to Ferozepore, under an escort of native infantry. His life, had he remained in the eapital, would in all likelihood speedily have been sacrificed to the anger of his countrymen. He will hereafter live under our protection somewhere in Bengal, without requiring to endanger his life, the character of his sovereign, or peace of his country, by returning to the Punjaub. The new Ministers took possession of office in the midst of an immense concourse of people, without the aid of a single company of our troops. The retainers of the insur gent chief, like those of the confederates, were paid up and disbanded in quietness and peace. During the whole of those momentous transactions, which little more than a twelve month since would have been attended by weeks of violence, rapine, and murder, the most profound tranquillity reigned throughout Lahore, where not one single act of riot or dis turbance marked the change of a dynasty. For some months our entreaties that the chiefs would give us some definite answer as to the arrangements in contemplation on our retire ment had been met by the most contradictory replies. Now they hesitated, now equivocated—the grand object obviously being to obtain delay, and trust to the chapter of accidents, each faction hoping, on the withdrawal of cur troops, to obtain the ascendancy. The events just detailed induced us to press the point with more earnestness than ever on the consideration of the chiefs. Hitherto the promptitude with which our demands had been complied with was due to the circumstance that we could compel, had we so chosen it, what we condescended to ask; and to the mildness and equity with which, under our auspices, the domestic affairs of the state had been administered. It now became apparent that no provision had been, or could be made. to ensure the good government of the state, or tranquillity of the frontier, on our retirement; and the Seikhs admitted that to their own hands the concerns of the nation could by no chance be committed with any hope of advantage. They were, on this avowal, assured of the determination of the Governor-General to carry out the provisions of the treaty of the 9th of March, and to withdraw the whole army from Lahore in the course of the month of December, unless some new arrangements were come to, and some other, .agreement than that which existed entered on, the terms of which must be entirely in accordance with our wishes before we could accept of it. The first request made of us on the 13th was that our Resident, with a small body of troops, should be suffered to remain, to enable them to conduct the Government in safety and in their own fashion. This was promptly and decidedly declined, as introducing the system from which so much mischief has arisen of strengthening the hands of the rulers so as to enable them to oppress the people with comparative impunity. These matters had been before the Durbeer ens the 11th and 12th, but no conclusion was arrived at. ThiiQueen was so frantic for the loss of her paramour as to be incapable of attending to business. Meanwhile the " march of one of our regiments, and the issue of the order for the others to retire on Ferozepore, left no doubt as to the sincerity of our purposes. The whole of the filth was spent in deliberation. • On the following day, on witnessing the arrangements for the abandonment of Lahore, the hearts of the Sirdara failed them, and they repaired in a body to the tent of Mr. Currie, to confess their inability to form a Go vernment, and intimate the determination they had arrived at. A long and interesting conference ensued, at which all the details were fully and formally arranged. On the 16th of December, twelve days after the deposition of the Vuzeer, a meeting of Council was assembled, at which upwards of 70 chiefs and high state officials were present. Mr. Currie, Colonel Lawrence, and his assistant, Lieutenant Edwardes, were present as repressnting the British Government. It was announced that the determination had been unanimously arrived at, with the full and entire concurrence of all parties concerned, that the Governor-General should be entreated to permit a force of ten thousand men to remain at Lahore during the minority of the Maharaja—the British Resident virtually to become the Vuzeer. For the maintenance of these, twenty-two lace of rupees—nearly a quarter of a mil lion sterling—was to beallowed annually, a sum considerably under the entire expense of the force, but fully covering the total extra charge to which Government would be put for their maintenance. There was to be no Vuzeer and no Regent, even in name. The entire civil administration of the king dom is to be vested in our hands; each departmont of the Government is to be presided over by a Seikh Sirdar—Dewan Deenanath having the revenue department, Tej Singh com manding the army, &c.—all under the authority of Colonel Lawrence, than whom no more able or upright representative could have been found for the British Crown. The Queen is to be allowed 15,0001. a year for her private expenditure. Reductions in the Seikh army, and in other departments where economy can easily be introduced, will enable the Treasury to meet the additional drafts expected to be made on it for carrying out the new arrangements. The new treaty is to be ratified at Umritsir, betwixt the Governor- Genera? and the Maharaja in person. The Commander-ie- Chief is expected to be present. The day appointed is the 22d of December—the anniversary of the battle of Feroze shah. Thereafter Lord Hardinge will accompany his youth ful charge to the capital, and under the new order of things again see him re-seated on his throne, as holding regal authority by a far more safe and tranquil tenure than any his own chiefs could have conferred. New cantonments for our troops have already been designed, and their site marked out ; and Lahore hereafter is likely to become a favourite, as it seems a healthy, and will be a well-regulated station. Dhuleep Singh is at present seven _years old: for ten or twelve years the country of the Five Rivers will be controlled by British troops, and ruled over by an English resident. It is needless to speculate on the events that may occur, or po sition our Government may assume, before the year 1857. The much-censured peace policy of Lord Hardinge has thus been maintained in all its integrity, truth, and uprightness, to the end. Commencing with an act of unusual generosity, neither fraud nor force, violence nor equivocation, has been resorted to. We have shown no symptoms of regret for the magnanimous moderation of our proceeding in March, or the slightest desire to recal what we had promised, or modify what we had undertaken to perform. The country which might then have been legitimately seized, but could not have been conquered without cost, danger, and abundant obloquy, has now, by the spontaneous act of the people themselves, become ours. A people accustomed to the government of England for the space of twelve years is little likely either to desire or to be able to revert to the native rule; and the Dur bar, doubtless, _in adopting the step so unanimously resolved upon, were perfectly aware that they were making over the country to our power. A case such as this has never before occurred to us. We may learn from it how little need we have to resort to fraud or violence—that we may safely abide our time to have the Potentates of the East at our feet. One excuse for the invasion of Sinde was, that if we did not dethrone its rulers now, we should by and bye have occasion to do so, when the operation might be less convenient for us. With equal propriety might we have anticipated a legacy likely to fall due, by shortening the life of the testator ! We have on the present occasion waited the course of events, and the possession so eagerly coveted has been placed in our hands. The following troops have been ordered up to take the place of those who have so well maintained tranquillity during the past ten months :—Her Majesty's 10th Foot; the 7th, 31st, 32d, 38th, 51st, 54th, 65th, and 67th Regiments Native Infantry ; llth Irregular Cavalry ; two companies of Sappers and Miners ; 4th troop 2d brigade Horse Artillery ; and 3d and 4th companies 3d battalion Foot Artillery. The conduct of the Governor-General has throughout been most ably seconded in all his noble efforts by his assistants, Mr. Currie and Colonel Lawrence. If there have been blunders in the field in abundance to deplore, there have been no acts in the department of diplomacy we have cause to blush for. The Seikhs have spontaneously taken on themselves the charges of an army, which we must at any rate have maintained, and paid--as most right, but most unlikely, they should—for the preservation of tranquillity on our north-west frontier. So much has been said in dis paragement of Ghsolab Singh, that there seems nothing too monstrous to be believed against him, and it is doubtful whether anything staved to his advantage will obtain credit with his enemies. It is with no small measure of gratifica tion that we have been assured of the deference he pays to the counsels of the British Government in all things, and that, in conformity with our wishes, he has set his face against infanticide and suttee, which will hereafter cease throughout his dominions. The Delhi Gazette suipplies us with the following items of intelligence :—" We have to record that Lord Hardinge ' ar rived at Kangra on tibe 13th of November, and remained there until the 16th, paying a visit during his stay to the proposed sanatorium at Dhurumsala; but such appeared the difficulties of access, and so great the distance from the plains, that his Lordship is understood to have negatived the proposition for making it either a station for troops or a sa natorium, on the plan of Landour." CHINA. There have been no fresh disturbances at Canton ; but the withdrawing .)f the stew mer Nemesis has caused some un easiness. This is the season when fires are most likely to occur ; and whether irteidental or incendiary, it is most de sirable that, in the ev ant of such a calamity, a ship of war be on the spot to afford protection, and a refuge for ladies and children. There are seven ships of war—three of them steam-vessels—idling in this harbour; there is not one; at Canton. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) Metals--A very limited amount of business has been done in these during the pat fortnight. The only sales reported iron nails at 12% to us are-15 cwt. tile copper at 50 rs. per cwt. ; 100 k eg s hoops at 69 rs. Cotton Manufactures—T he rs• per cwt. ; and 400 bundles damaged ruled lower during the sales above alluded to., pas t a fortnight than they did before, generally in consequent• he prices for piece goods have . e T h es continued h d h e e m d a a n h d e , e hacnedefth;fil purchasers weakens the bear the heavy sales •wi l l x i i c a l i;k h et, and renders it ill able to peculiarrwa r ri e Al together the state and, prospectasvefheeh pressed upon it. o l the markets for English piece goods are very- unsatisfa ctory. effected have been of - grew jacco L "Y. The principal sales 45- inch long-cloths, ,wi of , - a few whi n te et: and domestics, and hinings. The demand for fancy goods of till kinds is p articularly languid, a n d sa l es cannot be made to any extent e xcept at rate s en t a ili ng heavy loss. There is stilt some inqui r ' i White long-cloths h ave been s,;:ols:(13r good 45-inch grey c l ot h . middling qualities of whit e Mad apollow, and th e l ower and ams are unsaleable ex cept at a sacrifice. Yarns—Mule and water are both pretty stationar if anything rather under previ o u s rates. y; Woolieni—Not fling reported as doing. Beer—A sale of Allsopp's, to the amount of GO lihds , a rs. 65 per bad. has been e ff ected. B y t hi s sate the sto ck of t "Allsopp" is again reduced to a few cask s , and no further supplies, either of this or Bass and Company's, will be here until the new make their appearance, which are not looked for before the month of May, none having been shipped at the date of the last accounts, and would not be for three weeks afterwards, the brewing having been delayed owing to the mildness of the weather at home. Spirits—No chaDge in price quoted, and no sales reported. SA:lron—A sale is reported to;ut, vi 130.!1,5. inkrior, at rs. 7, bt.i,.:, cu , 2 rupee less than our Lizt cp,dtion. Cochineal—Nothing reported. EASTERN PRODUCE. Our Cato mstricei M been pry active, and the purchases • and shipments are comparatively large. Prices may be quoted considerably higher than last mail. The quantity of stocks in the market is very inferior. Accounts of the new crop are favourable both as to quality and quantity, and we under stand contracts for new have been. making in Surat at about 90 rupees per candy. Subjoined are the rates now current for this staple :—Broach and Surat, rs. 86 to 87 per candy ; Jumbooscer, 80 to 81; DeLera, 75 to 78 ; Oomrawuttee, 79 to 80; Barsee, 74 to 76; Compta, 75. Wool—The arrivals have been large, but the quality being very indifferent, and holders indisposed to give way in price, little or nothing has been done. Money Market The money market is tolerably easy, and the value of public stocks mad Government securities pretty stationary. Five per Cent. loan of 1825-2 G Four ditto ditto 1832-33 Four ditto ditto 1835-36 Five ditto ditto 1841-42 Four ditto ditto 1842-43 Exchange may now be quoted on London' at from 2-01, with a tendency upwards, for good bills, at six months. On Calcutta, 97* ; Madras, 98 ; and China 210—nominal. Bank shares are as follows : Bank of Bombay Rs. 39 to 40 per cent. premium. Oriental Bank, old shares „ 25 Ditto ditto, new ditto ... „ 22 Agra Bank ... „ 54 to 55 Exclusive of the bonus divisible on 80th June, 1847, of 40 rs. per share. Commercial Bank Rs. 5 to Nr—Last sale reported 10 prem., but since offered out at lower rates. PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each ... Rs. 11 3 0 Bank of England notes, per 5... 11 0 0 THE COUNTRY BANKERS. 'The Chancellor of the Exchequer .has issued the following circular to the country bankers : " CIRCULAR TO COUNTRY BANKERS. " Downing;-street, Jan. 30, 1847. " Gentlemen,—l have reason to believe that a practice has been carried on to some extent, especially during the last autumn, by certain country bankers, of issuing bills of various descriptions at short dates, which have been circu lated chiefly in their immediate vtighbourhoods, in some cases hardly distinguishable from bank-notes payable on de mand, passing from hand to hand in the same manner, and treated not only by the public at large, but by the parties issuing them, precisely as bank-notes, and which, therefore, practically increase, pro tanto, the amount of paper of this description in circulation in the counitry beyond the amount sanctioned for each bank under the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 32, for regulating the issue of bank-notes. "As such a practice is clearly in direct contravention of the spirit, if not of the actual words, of this Act, I think it necessary to call your attention to its provisions. " Distinct notice was given at the time when that Act was passed, that if any attempt was made to evade its enact ments, further legislation might be necessary for the purpose of checking it. I must, therefore, apprise you that unless the issues of the description to which I have referred are dis continued, I shall feel it incumbent, upon me to apply to Parliament for power to put an end to an abuse, which, if persisted in, cannot but tend to produce the evils which the Act of 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 32, was intended to prevent. I have reason, however, to believe that the evasion to which I anomie has been carried on only by a few houses, and I am unwilling, therefore, to apply a remedy which, being necessarily general in its nature, may possibly press upon those persons who have abstained from pursuing this objec tionable course. lam in hopes that. on the attention of the whole body of bankers being called to the subject, the parties who have adopted this practice will discontinue it, or that the firms which have hitherto abstained from it will declare their disapprobation of it, and their resolution to discounte nance it by every means in their power, and that measures may be agreed upon amongst themselves which shall prevent tue abuse for the future. " It will be much more agreeable to me that this result should be attained by the voluntary exertions of the parties themselve., and I will not permit =pelf to believe that it will be necessary to ask the sanction of Parliament to further meio , ures for the purpose of carrying out eflectually the in tentions of the Act of the 7 and S Victoria, c. 32, the neces sity cf which has been admitted by large majorities of both Houses of Parliament. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your obedient servant, " CHARLES WOOD." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.— rhe Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Earl of Liverpool and Captain Francis Seymour left the Cantle to-day. the royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will in clude her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alex ander blensdorff, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, and the Baroness de Speth. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. A deputation from the Distillers of Scotland, consisting of Mr. Fell, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Colville, bad an interview with the Earl 01 Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation of paper makers, consisting of Mr. John Ca meron (Chairman), Mr. Charles Cowan, Mr. Edward Collins, Mr. Alexander Pirie, jun., Mr. Thomas Wrigley, and Mr. T. B. Crompton, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The deputation was headed by Mr. J. Oswald, M.P. Mr. H. F. Young had an interview - with Earl Grey yester day, at the Colonial-office. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Milne, the Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. Charles Barry. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday, at their office in Whitehall place. . Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George-street. Mr. H. Lushington had au interview yesterday with Earl Grey. Sir Charles Napier had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Ward, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the Council) gave a grand dinner last evening at Lansdowne House to all the Cabinet Ministers (with the exception of Lord John Russell), and also to the great officers of state of the Queen's household, and the clerks of the Privy Council. During the evening the roll of sheriffs for the present year was settled by the Noble Marquis and the Lords of the Privy Council present, preparatory to its being pricked by her Majesty in Council. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co lonial-bfllce for the Governor-General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other No r th American provinces. LITERATURE. VITAL CHRISTIANITY. By Alexander Vinet. This is a republication in an English version of a book already known most favourably to the ethical scholars of every European country. The translator is Robert Turnbull of Boston and we must acknowledge that he has rendered his author into our mother tongue at once faithfully and elegantly. To those who are unacquainted with the volume under notice, it may sound like an as• surance that its tendency is exclusive and sectarian when we say, that Dr. Vinet is the professsor of theology at Lausanne in Switzerland. The religious animosities which have embroiled the inhabitants of the Confedera tion, would seem at first to justify that suspicion. But emphatically such is not the case. The book is ad dressed to no particular class of religionists, it does not inculcate doctrines peculiar to thin, creed or to that creed, it does not even touch upon the merits of the different sections of christendom or ettiogise any one of them at the expense of the rest. Dr. Vinet regards Chris tianity in an aspect truly sublime—apart from every thing conventional. He appeals to the hearts of all christendom, he considers the Church established by the fishermen of Palestine in its comprehensiveness, not in its exclusiveness. His writings speak at once to the imagi nations and judgments of all the believers in christianity without distinction. The very mysteriousness of his theme does not involve his lucubrations in mystery ; his ideas are clear and distinct, and he expresses them in the most limpid diction. Of the generous character of the volume there is no necessity to speak, seeing that we can refer the reader at once to the chapters entitled " Power of the Feeble" and the Box of Ointment." "Vital Christianity" is altogetheZ a singular composition ; but its moral objects—naeaely reconciliation and incitement —are eminently gobd. MUSIC. THE MUSIC BOOK. Part IV. This number contains two pieces of music by Mrs. G. A. a, Beckett (one a beautiful duet, from the opera of The Young Pretender, the words of which are from the pen of Mark Lemon) ; one song by Balfe, words by Barry Cornwall ; a song by Romer, words by Mark Lemon ; and a set of quadrilles by Tully. These names are alone sufficient to prove the spirit with which this excellent musical periodical is con ducted. This, the fourth part, fully sustains the high fame which the work has already acquired. WOOLWICH, FEB. 2.—The Centaur steam-frigate, in charge of Captain Ramsey, with the officers and crew of the Terrible steam-frigate, passed through the Downs on Sunday last, with provisions for the west coast of Scotland. When in the Princess Channel, a part connected with the eccentric motion of one of the engines, became impaired, and she had to proceed with h er sa il s sot and the other engine, N _ and under these circum s t ances , w h en she passed the North Foreland, was able to make seven knots per hour, the wind being favourable. It was i n t en d e d to make for : Plymouth before touching, to repair the d e f ec t . Th e Birkenhead: steam frigate arrived at Woolwich yesterday, to have some defects made good, and is expected to proceed to Deptford to convey meal and rice to Ireland. Capt a i n B ec h er, recentlyap pointed to command the Mastiff surveying -vessel, visited Woolwich Dockyard yesterday, and assumed the command of the Mastiff. DESERTION OF A SOLDIER WHILST ON GUARD. George Cooper, aged 19 years, was brought before the county magistrates at Rochester, on Alonday, charged with deserting from the 18th Regiment, which he joined seven months ago. The prisoner, it appeared, was placed on guard at the Gun 1 Wharf, Chatham, on Saturday night, when shortly before midnight he effected his escape by scaling the garden-fence, taking with him his firelock, bayonet, and ammunition, but leaving his side belt in the sentry-box. Having thus made a h t i n a h p ea,mh,eaproceeded towards s C t a a n n t t e f r r b o u ni ry c , a a n n t d e r o b n u a r y r r iv B i a n r g_ racks, he was stopped by one of the rural police, named Fury, in whose custody he was brought up. The musket the withapfrtiesrov,n.earrdtsoofkoundin the him Tim BLESSINGS OF ETIIER.—A variety of in stalicem have lat-ly been recorded in the public journa ls, in and the bayonet was was sillintaard3 loaded, dal-g h which severe surgical operations have been performed, without the patient having the consciousness of pain. The principle seems capable of being extended much farther. A few days ago, Professor Simson stated to his class, that he had practised with entire suc cess, the inhalation of sulphuric ether in a case of the most difficult form of labour, and where otherwise the sufferings of the patient would undoubtedly have been ex treme. The mother was lame and deformed. A remarkable circumstance pointed out in the case by Dr. Simpson was, that, whilst breathing the ether, t! , e labour pains or throes Ait tlJe mother (in no pains. This is we believe, the first instance in whicn this new and extraordi nary agent has been employed in the prat' Lice vf midwitery,--Caledonian Mercury, MAGAZINES CONTINUED. _ DOUGLAS JERROLD'S. By far the most important article in the present number is the one entitled " Prospects of British Commerce in Japan." We entirely agree in opinion with the author of this article, that the fact of the failure of the A mer i can and French missions is a reason why no time should be lost in sending an English mission, organised upon a proper scale of magnificence, to the Court of Jeddo, and we also believe that such mission would be successful. France has so little connexion with the East that it is not likely the Japanese Government would pay much deference to any mission from a nation with which she is so little acquainted. The Americans have appeared in the Eastern seas much too recently to have made any deep impression on the minds of a people who look with reverence on anti quity. The Dutch, self-degraded by their unworthy concession to Japanese prejudices, are looked upon with sovereign contempt, as beings of an inferior race. The Spaniards and Portuguese are hated, on account of the attempts made by their Priests to subvert the Japanese Empire, and which led to the expulsion and exclusion of foreigners from the Japanese terri tory. Indeed, we suspect that the profession of the Roman Catholic religion by any nation, would be a bar to its entering into any relations with Japan, for the present at least. Certain we are that the appear ance of a Roman Catholic Priest, as an attach 6 to any mission to Japan, would be a serious obstacle to its success. England, however, is not Roman Catholic. Unlike Holland, she has never succumbed to Japanese prejudices; she is an ancient nation, having heretofore had treaties with Japan upon a footing of perfect equality. Her flag is well known in the Japanese seas. Her success in the Chinese war, her moderation in the hour of victory, and her faithful adherence to treaties are known and appreciated by the Japanese. The great majority of the nation, it is evident, are most anxious to be permitted to trade with strangers, and from the tenour of his answers it is manifest that the reluctance of the Emperor to re-establish commercial intercourse with the rest of the world arises more from a respect for the old traditions than from conviction of the truth of the arguments ad duced in favour of the policy of exclusion ; and when he shall be solicited by his ancient ally to again enter into terms of amicable relationship, on a footing of perfect equality, there can be but little doubt that he will listen t 3 the overture, and, giving way to the representations of his subjects, consent to renew his ancient treaty of commerce with England. Before the exclusive system was adopted the Japanese were among the most enterprising traders of the world, trading even as far as Java its their junks. Of the ralue of the Japanese trade we may judge from the fact— 4 "That the Portuguese, when they first opened a trade with Japan, made prodigious fortunes in the course of a few years. Macao was entirely built with the profits of this trade, which, during a certain period, were literally incredible, upwards of three hundred tons of gold having, it is said, been shipped off annually. The lowest gain upon which the merchants reckoned, as the result of a voyage of two or three weeks, was cent, per cent. both ways ; and the Dutch, when they succeeded to the Por tuguese, being a still more needy and unscrupulous peo ple, sometimes raised this to five hundred per cent. Nay, one of the most re4pect,ble writers who professes to based his statements on the commercial archives of the Dutch Company, avers that occasionally as much as five thousand per cent. was cleared. "These facts we mention, not as aiming at or desir ing such gains, but merely by wa y o f ill ustrat i ng the value of the apadese trade, the riches and extent of which, in the present state of our information, it is im possible to calculate. Nearly all the latest accounts con cur in rspresenting the population of the group at be tween forty-five and fifty millions, all of whom have made some progress in civilisation, and might become customers for the good of Europe and America; though, from indications not to be mistaken, we may conclude would tEnglilt universal smanufa etu fa re y s ou a r n it d es. tl , r productions of India be the Such is the - market which if we employ the proper means will most assuredly be open to us, and there fore do we trust that the Government will lose no time in employing for us those means, and achieving for themselves one of those bloodless victories, the glories of which far transcend all the triumphs of war. " The Dreamer and the Worker "is continued in this number. The story does not advance a step, but we have some pretty descriptions of Welsh scenery. Angus Reach contributes a pleasant prolusion, entitled " John Bull and his Bul locks," the bullocks being the denizens of the Smithfield Bullockery, against which Angus Reach, in common with every other sensible man, raises his voice, and raises it in vain, for Smithfield w ill not b e put down until an alderman shall have been tossed up; then, and not until then, will the nuisance be abated. The remaining articles of this number are of average merit. We, however, miss St. Giles and St. James. SIMMOIVDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE. Instead of being deteriorated by any preposterous fragments of verse, we find the February Number of Simmonds's Colonial peculiarly characterised by the excellence of its prose articles. The editor has looked up his contributors through a clearer speculum than in the preceding number. The magazine no longer contains anything in direct violation of all the prin ciples of good taste in literature. " Life in the Jungle," and the " Sketch of an Australian Convict," are amongst the most meritorious papers; and the Colonial Intelligence is grouped together with the usual amount of care and discrimination. 7HE SPORTING REVIEW. With a couple of clever engravings, the " Otter," and " Who's up for the Rescue ?" the Sporting Re rieze has its average number of sprightly and amusing articles. The old band of contributors, including Craven, Scribble, Harry Hicover, Cecil, Castor, and Oxonian, remains undiminished, and that is a gua rantee that the magazine is in no measure deficient in talent, or drollery, or sound and useful informa tion upon sporting matters. THE MAN IN THE MOON. Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Beach. This, the second number of "The Man in the Moon," is a glorious sixpennyworth of fun. As a sample, take " ANOTHER WRETCHED RIDDLE. Why is a surgeon, since the tether discovery, like a swindler ? " Because he cuts off' without payin' (pain). " N.B. We are convinced that our readers won't stand many more of these." The illustrations, too, are excellent. " The Foreign Gentleman in London ; or, the English Adventures of M. Vanilla" engraved by the celebrated Chain" of the " Charivari, ' is worth more than is charged for the whole number KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME. No. CLX. BRITISH WORTHIES. Vol. X. We have so repeatedly noticed this periodical on its original publication as " Old England's Worthies, that nothing remains for us to observe saving. that the reprint is clear, and of a more convenient size, than in the former appearance of the biographies. The proportion of a r ti c l es for February is - THE ECLECTIC RE VIE i f. upon religious subjects, and five otherwise. Each of those articles has an importance and an excellenceand of its own, but, to our thinking, the most important the most excellent of them all is the last, devoted to three a consideration of the "Characteristics of Crime." It is suggested by the volumes lately w ritten by Alex ander Dumas and Aurelius Ritter Von Fenerbach. Despite the repulsiveness of the theme, the reviewer has penned his observations with so much grace, and Relieved by has illustrated his criticis m b y so many felicitous and sagacious ideas , tha t it p ossesses a considerable deg Ere aand c "Lunacy Musi calurious. We are glad to find the reviewe r dissenting from that rash decla rationxee of fascination. iniastion. clever of Thomas Moore's, that " music is not an in tellectual thing." " Wild Sports of the Highlands," and " The Minstrelsy of the English Border," are agreeable and entertaining chapters upon poetry and field exercises. "The Fawn of Sertorious, ' the " Preadamite Earth," and the " Corresponde nce o f John, fourth Duke o f Bedford," are admirable criti cal articles. t striking. Besides Btheesniadnmeusernia:vooaufrisehtuynetifig specimens of acshsetphebultiolna,vtishhe minor embellishments— and botanical —there are THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON pulemcualn.itaahreeksspot iaAsgr : L anto ll oh r tfe A citEh li nte A egr: C :enta lt hds e, a t ff h a e lo w , il t d he bear embellishments-- astronomical, illustration, s tron om ia l , t this i b th e o a or u it t ,gt i beautiful 1 , twelve engravings Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Persia, Af r i ca, di b tion to what Noerenaelally, and c h t e it p m e . nci i l a have ad I s n i d i i t a z , er S ia o n u d t , h America, North America, ', and the tfoigxe,rt,htehewowlfi,ldthheowrsield, the buffalo, chamois. The animation of these woodcuts is, really ad In walll r a b h l ea,n anddi han dled the in graver t he r we have already mentioned, there are twOve historical ,h , tches of various merit, some of them being worthy of the high advancement of the art of engraving. Whether we examine it as a meteorological , or an as tronomical, or an agricultural, or a mercantile alnaanack, find each Ivo partment elaborately drawn up, and with a It trge supply of miscellaneous information, the publication • ' - presents a very useful and interesting appearance. parlut POISONING.—Last night, information i teac h ed the P° Do l c ic h e er o t ffi y, ceth were suf fering fron t , th e effects of poison, and, in consequence, medical a id was sent in to them; but they are still not out of danger. Accordi rig to residingat the Highw Docherty's own account, he had been employ e d to carry coals into a house, the locality of which he will not t e ll , and i in the ife•astnrdeet, family of a ma n n tuned cellar he found a quantity of oatmeal, which he carried away with him. This was made into cakes yesterday, and h 3une diately after the family had partaken of them, they b teams seriously ill. the presumption being, if the man's acco - ant be ro: - .!! 1 , 1 , 1 fm . the purpose of destroying vermin. Docuerty, wh o a i d „, ox him self partake of the cakes, has, in the meantime, be( ki taken into custody.—Glasgow Herald of Monday. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3. The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time:— North British (No. 1)—" to empower the North British Railway Company to construct certain Railways in con nexion with the North British Railway, and with the Had dington and Kelso Branches thereof; to make certain altera tions in the Hawick and Kelso Branches; and to alter and improve the Leith Branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, and for other purposes." Southampton and Dorchester Railway Acts Amendment (Weymouth Branch)---" for making a Branch Railway front the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at Moreton to Weymouth, and for other purposes." Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Amalga mation—" to amalgamate the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway with the - Caledonian Railway, and to authorise the raising of additional money by the said last-mentioned Com pany." Caledonian (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal)—" to effectuate a Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway and th e Gl asgow Southern Terminal Rail way, to the Caledonian Railway Company, and to authorise the said Company to raise money for these and other pur poses." Norfolk (Branch from Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Walsham)—" to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Railway from the Norfolk Railway, in the county of the city of Norwich, to Aylsham, in the county of Norfolk, with a Branch therefrom to North Walsham." Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Thetford)— " to enable the New - market and Chesterford Railway Com pany to extend their Line of Railway to Thetford, in the county of Norfolk." Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and Limehouse Railway and Branch)—" to enable the Company of Pro prietors of the Regent's Canal to make a Railway from Pad dington to Limehouse, with a Branch therefrom, and to amend the Acts relating to the Regent's Canal." NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time on Monday, Feb. 8 : Aberdeen (Brechin Branch Deviation). Arbroath and Forfar and Scotti s h Midland Junction Con necting Railway. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction (BUrnley and Colliery Branches). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 2—Extension from Bury St. Edmund's to Newmarket and Ely). Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Extension to Wakefield, and Junction at Methiey with the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole, and the York a nd N or th Midl an d) . , Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Branch from Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge). Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviation and Alterations in Oldham B , anch, &c.). London and North-Western (Lease and Purchase of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, and the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway). Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland (Amalgamation or Leasing). THE NAVY. - A COPY "of the TREASURY MINUTE RESTRICTING NAVAL PROMO FIONS to ON E VACANCY in THREE ; the Number of Officers ou the List at the Date of the Minute, and the Number on the 30th day of September, 1846." 27 February, 1830.—At the Board, Present, Viscount Melville, Sir George Cockburn, Sir Henry Hotham, Sir George Clerk, Viscount Castlereagh, Their Lordships having taken into consideration the state of the Half-pay List, and being desirous of operating its gra dual reduction in time of peace, Resolve,—That from this date no promotion (except for special brilliant service) shall be made in any rank of com mission officers (save flag-officers), except in the proportion of one promotion for every three vacancies which may be masse by the removal by death, dismissal, or other cause, of officers from the effective lists of each rank kept at thin office; death or court-martial vacancies, liable to be filled by commanders-in-chief abroad, not being reckoned. Promotion being thus limited, their Lordships deem it ne cessary that a control in some degree corresponding should be placed upon the original entry of young gentlemen into the service; they therefore resolve, that in future all appoint ments of volunteers of the first class shall be made directly by their Lordships. Their Lordships direct that these regulations be communi cated to the commanders-in-chief on foreign stations, with an observation that they do not alter the authority vested in them of appointing by commissions to death or court-mar tial vacancies; but that they do apply to the subsequent va cancies which may be occasioned by the promotion of an officer into an actual death or court-martial vacancy, and that such subsequent vacancies are to be filled up only by acting orders, as in the case of invaliding vacancies. (Signed) J. W. CROKER. NUMBER of OFFICERS on the LIST of the ROYAL NAVY, on the 27th February 1830, and on the 30th Sep tember, 1846. 1830. 1846. Flag-officers ... ..• ••• ••• 171 139 Ditto, superannuated ... ... ... 24 ...... Retired Captains ... ••• ••• ••• 14 2 Captains ... ... ... ••• ••• 858 73 0 Retired Captains, under Order in Council of 1840 ... ... ... ... ... ••• 48 Commanders ... ... ... ... 918 855 Retired Commanders, under Order in Coun- eil of 1816 -..-.-- 100 100 Ditto ... ... ditto ... ... 195 Ditto ... ... from the Masters' List ••• 41 Lieutenants ... ... ... ... 3 ,550 2,538 Masters .. ... ... ~. 523 437 Inspectors of Hospitals and Fleets ... ... 9 Physicians ... ... ... ... 12 2 Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals and Fleets ... 19 Surgeons ••• ••• ... ... 793 644 Assistant-Surgeons ... 362 293 Payinahers and Pursers 481 Totals ... 7,967 6,533 HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-SLOOP the o andfr necessaryo caskse k rocks sp ß hy n n o x ow a , ud lo d r.f ei e Y r F e N irs: o 2 o . y — ed Th u e p to cr a ew late of ho th ur e thelast ~ night camels,"in arranging auda t oneth e t iframework s contemplated p i l s a t t e o d r t e o s t makepon an attempt at eleven o'clock last night, but all the arrange 3,FardWnitc'SeniPrrwil' ments could not be got ready. The project of floating the wreck by camels is the idea cf Mr. Watts, assistant-master shipwright of Portsmouth dock yard, and his views are carried out under the superintendence of Captain Austen, of Woolwich dockyard, and Commander Cragg, of the Sphynx. Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., of the Sidon steam-frigate, hcoi assistance emh b ainreeat oi s with arrived yesterday in the Retribution, and assumed the com mand here as senior officer. The steamers here are, the Re tribution, 800-horse power ; the Porcupine, 132-horsepower, Lieutenant-Commander (acting) Tumour ; the Africaine tug, 90-horse power; and the Echo tug, 80-horse power; besides two docks and lumps ; the boats of alt which were hawsers, removing stores, &c. In addition to the "camels," there are to be 200 casks lashed alongside the wreck to assist in floating her. Th e busily Employed in rendering weather has been extremely favourable for the last three days, and to-day it is nearly calm. It is the opinion of many f he ba le rg dg es e sea wardnot sufficient to float the vessel clear of the bed she has made of her. itnhatthtehesanlifdti,nganpodwoefr ot The Coast Guard take no part in the operations, which are exclusively carried on by the dock-yard people and crews of the respective ships in the offing. Mr. Murray, chief en gineer and inspector of machinery of Portsmouth dock-yard; Captain Henry James, officer of royal engineers in charge of works at Portsmouth dock -yard; I,lr. Watts, assistant master-shipwright, and Mr. Bellamy, assistant -master-at- tendant of the same establishment, are all here, co-operating with the senior naval captains (Henderson and Austen) and the commander of the Sphynx. At high water to-day (Tuesday) the wreck was moved about 100 feet. She is now on the ledge whereon her guns were hove overboard and her masts cut away. She was got so far by her own captain, as the steamers and lumps did not assist in heaving, but were prepared, when necessary, to assist. At twelve o'clock to-night another effort will be made. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTEIkOUTII, WEDNEBDA.T.—Great anxiety has been manifested here to know what result attended the rand effort to extricate the Sphynx from her unnatural position. We were enabled to furnish yesterday the result of the first attempt to heave the above unfortunate vessel off the shore, which failed, we understood, from one of the camels having burst after the vessel had been moved 100 feet seawards. By the arrival of the Porcupine steam-vessel, which came into this harbour to-day at 1 P.lll. from the wreck, with one of the lumps laden with gear in tow, we are in possession of the finale to the scene commenced so auspiciously yesterday. It appears that another effort was made last night to move the Sphynx, which was continued from nine o'clock last evening until one o'clock this morning, but no success beyond moving the wreck about twelve feet attended the effort, after which it was found that the water on the outside was shoaler than that in shore, and the tide did not rise so high as the former one. The attempt has consequently been given up for the present, and all the vessels which have been sent to assist in the endeavour to float the wreck will return to harbour as soon as they have again collected the gear they took down. Thus, notwithstanding the phalanx of scientific men, means, and appliances at command, it appears the vessel is actually in a worse position than before the effort was made to extricate her, and the difficulty and danger of attempting to remove the machinery and take the hull to pieces In creased. The wind and weather during the whole time has been most favourable for the operations. A number of the dockyard men who have been employed at the wreck returned this afternoon in the Isle of Wight packet. The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, Commander-in-Chief at the Cap e of Good Hope, was at Simon's-bay on the sth of December. Lieutenant E. S. B. Von Douap (1838), of this ship, has succeeded Commander Booth in the command of the Columbine, 16, and proceeded on to the East Indies. - By a private letter which came to hand this morning (dated December 1)—" The Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, had just arrived from England , the Brilliant, 22, Captain Wat son, is gone on the coast; and the Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, which arrived yesterday (November 30) from the Mozambique, sails for England in a week. She has the fever on board very badly; two men died last night. The Thunderbolt, steam sloop, Commander Boyle, is awaiting her relief. The Helena, 16, Captain Sir C. Ricketts, is cruizing." The Vanguard, 80, Captain Wines, was at Carthagena on the 21st ult. The Rattler, screw steam -sloop, Commander Moorman, is ordered to fit immediately for the reception of Lord Row den, whom she will take out to the River Plate. FIRST LORD'S LEVEE.—The following officers attended the levee of the Earl of Auckland. at the Admptainsiralty, on Tuesday : —Rear-Admiral Philip B rown ; Ca Alexander B. Branch, K.H. (of Greenwich Hospital ), Sir John P. Ha Ross, Ch lstead as , Boaanquet, L. J. Jones ,Cro and G. G. Burton ; Commanders J. A. Abbott, Edward I Smith, H. Byng, W. C. Chamberlain , J. E. Eaton, J. J. M.Tonnell, W. B. Moneypenny, J. B. Marsh , J. L. R. Stoll, Richard Douglas, T. D. Stewart ; Lieutenants the Hon. J. W. Spencer, James Murray, S. S. L. Crofton ; Inspector of 1 ,Hospitals, Dr. John Liddell; Paymaster and Parser, Edward Griffin. B er keley, C. 8., has left the Adm iralt y Captain M. F. F . for Learainster, for a few days. An inquest was held at Woolwich on Tuesday, on the body of the late Captain Fead, when a verdict WAS returned of I " Died from dibouss3 of the heart." Commander Fead, nephew of the deceased, deposed to the good state of health of his gallant uncle the day preceding that of liia sudden decease. Lieut. George Mason (1827), of the coast guard service, has been appointed to command the Stag, revenue cruiser, vice Clarke, promoted. NAVAL CADETS.—John P. J. Parry to the Sidon steam frigate; Motley Prattent, to the Albatross, 16, sloop. LORD .GEORGE BENTINCK'S RAILWAY SCHENIE. MEETING OF IRISH MEMBERS. A meeting of Irish Members, anxiousAo promote employ ment in Ireland of a reproluctive character through the medium of railways, was held on Tu"sday afternoon at the rooms of the Irish p ar t y , s i tuate at Old 'Palace-yard, West minster. The meeting was held in order to afford Lord George Ben tinck an opportunity of explaining the provisions of a Bill for which the Noble Lord has given notice, intituled "A Bill to stimulate the prompt and profitable employment of the People by the encouragement of Railways in Ireland." Upon being informed of a desire on the part of the Irish Members to hear the substance of his proposed measure, the Noble Lord immediately expressed the pleasure it would afford him to explain the nature of the scheme, and to obtain the benefit of such suggestions as Honourable Members connected with Ireland might have to offer upon the subject. The meeting was very fully attended, and among the noble men and gentlemen present there were the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of Westmeath, Lord Lucan, Lord Doneraile, Lord Bernard, Lord Lurgan, Lord Clements, Lord Mazarine, Lord ' Charlemont, Lord Castlereagh, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord ' Fingall, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. Dillon Browne, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Grogan, Mr. G. Hamilton, Mr. Morgan J. O'Connell, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. W. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Archibald, Sir H. W. Barron, Mr. Thomas Martin, Mr. F. French, Mr. P. Butler, Mr. B. Callaghan, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr, James Belly, Mr. Alexander M'Carthv, Mr. D. Callagher, Mr. T. O'Brien, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. James Power, Mr. Cecil Lawless, Mr. Tuite, Colonel Bowdon, Col. Verner, Captain Taylor, Colonel Beresford, Mr. Acton, Mr. J. Collett, Mr. N. R. Collett, Colonel Connolly, Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. Lefroy, Sir A. B. Brooke, Mr. J. J. Bodkin, Mr. M'Donnell, Mr. Bellew, Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart., Hon. T. V. Dawson, Mr. E. Corbally, Sir N. Vernon, Mr. V. H. Hatton, &c. Lord Fingall was called to the chair. Lord GEORGE BENTINCIE addressed the meeting at great length, and entered into a detailed statement of the various provisions which he was desirous of introducing into a Bill the object of which would be to stimulate and promote pro fitable employment by the encouragement of reproductive works in Ireland. No one deplored more than he did the distress, disease, and scarcity of food which prevailed at the present time to such an - appalling exteat ' in Ireland. There was no doubt but that the mea ' •sures proposed by the Government in the course of the au tumn and winter, with a viCiv to the mitigation of that dis tress by employment on public works, had been productive of advantage, mid had had the effect of preserving many of the lives of her M a j es ty' s su bj ec t s; st ill h e was of opinion that greater benefits generally would have been effected had the same means of employment been afforded to the people on works of a reproductive character. The Bill which it was his intention to submit to the consideration of the House was framed so as to substitute reproductive employ ment, by the encouragement of railways, in lieu of that de scriptiun of employment which had been previously afforded under the supervision of the Board of •Works. The Bill which he intended to propose would empower the Govern ment to lend various sums of money to railway companies., legally constituted, who might apply for the same. The loan it was intended should be extended over a period of four years, and 'be returnable by instalments, payable at fixed and remote prriods, not, however, to exceed thirty years. The rate of interest to be charged by the Government not to be greater than that which the Government itself might have to pay. It would, he considered, be necessary to raise 2t millions, eight of which would have to be subscribed by the shareholders, and 16 by the Government. The first line of railway to which he thought the amount ought to be applied, would be a line either to Galway or to Valentia, which from their position were calculated to become the greatest places of traffic, not only between the old and the new world, but be tween Great Britain and the entire of Europe. He was borne out in this impression by the opinion of Lord Liver pool, who was favourably disposed to an undertaking of a similar nature. Another provision which he considered to be of the utmost importance would be directed to the construction along the lines of comfortable dwellings ,for the labourers and other persons to be engaged upon them. A provision of such a character would not only ensure the construction of wholesome and convenient dwellings for the labourers, but would have the effect of considerably increas ing the amount of employment to be given in the various localities through which it was i n t en d e d th e line should pass. His proposition was to build four of such tenements to every mile of railway, which at a calculation of 30i. for each for 1,500 miles of railway, would cost about 90,0001. He had no apprehension that after the several works were brought to a conclusion, the people engaged upon them would be thrown out of employment, because he had the evidence of Mr. Hudson and Mr. Stephenson to prove that the requirements of the lines absorbed the labourers in their vicinity. He cal culated that the money so advanced to companies would be well secured to the Government, who would receive their in terest of 3} per cent., while the undertakings would yield 10 per cent. For it was an established fact, which could be proved by the evidence of the most eminent men connected with railways throughout Europe, that no railway could be constructed that would not pay, except, indeed, one through a desert. It should also be borne in mind, that while the Government obtained a good investment for its capital, the national exchequer would be benefited to a considerable ex tent by the increase in the excise duties consequent upon the hvge additional consumption of exciseable commodities. The principal line at present in operation in Ireland, viz., the Great Southern and Western, which was only partially open, already paid as well as many lines in England. There was another great advantage which the development of rail way communication would secure to Ireland.— Mr. O'CoNNELL begged to interrupt the Noble Lord, and requested permission to make one remark before he concluded that portion of his lucid statement. The evidence given by Mr. Alexander Nimmo before a Committee of the House of Commons, went to show that the roads from Connemara to Clifton, and through the mountainous portions of the country, paid the Government for their construction before the lapse of many years, in consequence of the increased consumption of exciseable commodities. He also begged to remind the Noble Lord that be was labouring under a mistake when he supposed that there existed a passenger tax in Ireland. Lord GEORGE BENTiNcK, having thanked the Hon. Mem ber for Cork for the information he had afforded, proceeded to state that one great advantage which would result from the introduction of railways would be to render productive the Irish fisheries.—(Hear, hear.) The fisheries of Ireland were most fruitful, and the Irish sea contained as plentiful a supply of fish as that of any other sea which washed a fo reign shore. The Irish fisheries were not, however, produc tive in consequence of there not being any facilities for ex porting the produce. And here he wished to allude to a remark made a few evenings since —viz., that if the large sum which it was contemplated to expend in Ireland were drawn from the Exchequer of this country, the funds would fall and public security would be endangered. In reply to that statement, he begged to say that he laboured under no such apprehension ; for on that very day he had mentioned the substance of Mr. Hume's remark to an eminent stockbroker in the City, who laughed at the notion, and referred to.the, period when twenty millions were granted for the suppression of the slave trade, when the funds, so far from falling, had risen. —(Hear, hear.) He hoped that Mr. Hume would be induced to give way to him on Thursday, and not persist in his motion with respect Cracow, as it was most desirable that his (the Noble Lord's) measure should be brought before the consideration of the House before the Government measures were passed, inas much as it might supersede in importance, if not neutralise altogether, the necessity of passing some of the measures wich the Legislature had in contemplation.—(Hear, hear.) Ireland might be reduced at the present moment to a state of deep depression, but, in his opinion, she had no reason to despair while England h a d an Exchequer; as his motto yip, " Never cry die while there was a shot in the locker."— (Loud cheers.) And he felt confident by the introduction of English capital into Ireland, and by promoting a kindly in tercourse between Englishmen and Irishmen, the social charaeter of Ireland would be raised in the scale of civilised nations, while the development of her resources would pro. mote the prosperity and happiness of her people.—The Noble Lord resumed his seat amid loud and general cheers from all parts of the room. Mr. W. R. COLLBTT, amidst some laughter, declared that there was not a man in the United Kingdcm who was more deeply interested in the welfare of Ireland, particularly in respect to railways, than he was. He would, however, re serve any remarks he might have to offer on the subject for another occasion. The meeting shortly afterwards separated, all apparently satisfied with the statement of Lord George Bentinck, though declining to express any decided opinion upon it. Her Royal Highness the Duchess de Montpensier having on Saturday entered her sixteenth year, the Marquis de Benalua, with the other gentlemen of the Spanish em bassy and several Spaniards resident in Paris, had the honour ofaying their respects to her and the Duke her husband. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—On Tuesday morning, as the 11h. 15m. A.M. up train was coming out of Abbot's-cliff tunnel, drawn by two engines, Mr. Rush, the telegraph-clerk at the Dover-station, who was on the pilot or leading engine, is supposed to have started on one side when the whistle was turned on—which is always done when an engine is approaching or leaving a tunnel or station—overbalanced himself, and fell under the engine that was behind. The engine is supposed to have run over his body; the steps of the carriage caught him, and dragged him for full 80 yards, cutting and crushing him to a mummy. Parts of his skull were found above 20 yards from. his body. The appearance of the poor fellow was too shocking to relate. On the driver observing the accident, he immediatell , stopped the train, and forwarded the pilot-en gine to Folkestone for further assistance, so as not to delay the train more than possible on its journey. The down London train passing shortly after, and receiving the intelli gence at Folkestone, on arriving at Dover sent an engine and assistance-immediately, and brought the lifeless body to Dover, where an inquest was held on it yesterday, before Mr. Thompson, the Dover coroner, and a respectable jury, who, after examining all the witnesses who were present, gave, without any hesitation, the following verdict :—"Accidental death, by falling off the engine on which he was riding, without any blame attached to the company's servants." On Monday next a. banquet is to be given by some of the principal residents of Westminster to Alderman John son, the late active and hospitable Chief Magistrate, at Willis's Rooms, the lion. Mr. Talbot in the chair. READING FAIR, BERMS.—Reading cattle and cheese fair was held on Tuesday. The supply of stock was good, and the attendance of buyers was numerous. The sale of oxen was at rather reduced prices. Well bred oxen for stalling up went off at prices of 16 to 17 guineas; steers and (l heifers sold at 121. to 141. a head. There was a good detuan for milch cows for cheese dairying, and young cows, with a In small calf by their side, fetched from 15 to 17 g uineas. the horse field, good nags sold for 18 to 25 guineas each, and prime young and sound cart-horses fetched 24 to 30 guineas. There was a large supply of hogs, which were sold at very low prices, which is attributable to the high price of meal and pig food. Large bacon hogs fetched 3a. 6d. per stone, and small porkers 4s. per stone. SUDDEN ACQUISITION OF 30,0001.—An extraor dinary and unexpected instance of good fortune has recently occurred to an elderly female, named M'Cormack, who has for some time resided in Coppice-row, a few doors front from Clerkenwell Workhouse, where she has cont r i ve d to obtain a so u li p e w it a o r r, upwards an nouncing of sixty,onSaturdayreceived a decent maintenance by vending in h er sma ll shop various articles of confectionary. letter lady, who is m a to her the death of an aged relative, who had sided near Aberdeen (of which pl ace M rs. M‘__ormack i re native), and also that she h a d b een s a n bequeathed property to the amount of no leas a sum than 30,000/. TROTTING.—The trotting match, in which Mr. Marten undertook to drive his pony (which • is only - above thirteen panda in height)n. nine miles within thirty-one minutes for 1001. was decided at Harlington-corner, on Tues day. The diminutive animal completed the nine miles of road in twelve seconds under the stipulated time, and won the match SOMETHIN*BOUT BULLION. Bullion la common derstood to b e a gener i c te r m for uncoined gold er ver, in bars, plate, or other masses; but by the Bank the name is used to embrace both coined and uncoined metals. - The word " bullion " first became familiar to English ears when an " orderof Council" was issued that the Bank should discontinue the redemption of its notes with specie from 1797 to 1826, when specie payments were resumed—by a pre vious law the Bank was authorised to redeem its notes in uncoined gold and silver, wording to its fineness. The bullion office of the Bank of England is in a part of the original Bank structure erected in 1734. It con sists of three spacious apartmentsa public room for business transactions, a vault for the publics deposits, also one for the private stock of the Bank. Superintending these are a principal, deputy principal clerk, assistant clerk, and a number of porters, the government of the entire bank being under a governor, directors, and their subordinates. The silver deposits in the bull ion-office consist chiefly in oblong " pigs" from South America, and smaller semi-globular masses from Valparaiso—the former weighing, on an average, 651bs Bar silver, also from South America, of a finer quality—Plata Petra, or Rock Silver, a name given to silver, that is not in a consolidated or com pletely metallic state. Sycee silver—a name with which the public has become perfectly familiar since the receipt of Celesti a l ransom money from Ch i na. Sycee, strictly rendered, me ans "fine silk "—but is also construed to fine silver, that which has been properly purified. The proper Chinese term for it is Winyan, and the average quality is said to be 13 dwts. better than British standard. It contains an average of 12 grains gold in a pound troy. The ingots, or shoes of this silver, are stamped with the name of the assayer and, reigning Emperor, the year and month when assayed. also with the words " assayed and cast," which signifies that the silver is of the proper fineness and purity. Spanish dollars —these are brought to the bank in immense quantities packed in kegs and barrels. They are then assorted and put in sacks of 1,000 each, weighing 211bs. These are piled in stacks of 200 each in the bullion vault. Following these are Mexican, Brazilian, Peruvian, Bolivian, and North American dollars in lesser quantities. Dollars brought by the bank are melted and refined at the establishment of "Brown and Wingrove," Wood-street, Cheapside, where rare specimens of " bogus" are sometimes found—and the Sycee is always sent to the Mint. Nitive silver— this is now procured in several of the northern coun ties, especially in the Northumberland lead mines, and has a place in the vaults. It is stated that England produces enough native silver to manufacture all the plate made in London within any given period. Gold is almost exclusively obtained by the bank in bars or slabs weighing about 161b5., valued at 8004 No form, how ever, of the precious metals is rejected, these are only understood to be the general arrangement of the bank.-.-* New York Sun. HORRID MURDER INST. PETER'S STREET, DERBY. (From the Derby Mercury of yesterday.) A short time previous to our going to press last (Tuesday) evening, a horrid and brutal murder was committed by a person named. James Cross, a gardener, living up a court in St. Peter's-street, in this town, upon his wife. As far as we could gather the particulars of this occur rence—which, of course, as yet are but imperfectly known—. it appears that Cross and his wife were in the house alone, and on one of his daughters coming home, and not seeing her mother about, she attempted to go up stairs to seek her, which, however, her father prevented. Some altercation ensued, and the daughter was induced to go in to Mrs. Osborne's, her next doer neighbour, and request her to go in and prevail, if possible, upon her father to permit her to see her mother. Mrs. Osborne had no sooner entered the house than she was savagely attacked by Cross, who stabbed her in the neek and face, and who would at once have succeeded in murdering her, had he not been seized by the daughter, who pinioned his arms. The most alarming bleeding immediately took place in the wounds of the neck. Mrs. Osborne was conveyed into her own house, and medical assistance was immediately obtained. Mr. Fearn, Mr. Harwood, Mr. Wood, and Dr. Ferguson were soon in attendance; and, at a later period of the evening, Mr. Johnson (St. Alkmund's), Mr. Borough, Mr. Dix, and Mr. Hoskins. The wounds were found to be of the most serious nature, the most formidable being one in which the internal carotid artery was pierced close to the base of the skull. This blood-vessel, one of the largest and most important in the body, it was found impossible to secure in the situation in which it was wounded; and it was accordingly determined upon consultation, that Mr. Fearn should tie th e ar t er y l ower down in the neck, operation was successfully and skil fully' performed, and had the effect of immediately arresting the haemorrhage. We very much regret, however, to state, that up to eleven o'clock last night (at the time of our going to press with onr second edition) Mrs. Osborne continued in the most alarming and dangerous condition, with but the faintest hope of recovery. Mr. Fearn was to remain attendance upon his patient during the night. We now return to the first part of this melancholy nar rative. On searching Cross's house his wife was found lying on the bed dead, with her throat cut in a most frightful manner, a great gash having been inflicted on the left side, jest in the situation of the large blood-vessels. Her death must have taken place instantaneously. The room, as may be supposed, was deluged with blood. The murderer appears, after the bloody deed, to have gone into the kitchen, and to have washed his hands, one of which is seriously wounded. He was in the act of escaping from the house, when he was met by a policeman, and taken into custody, and, we believe, did not offer the least resistance. Mrs. Osborne's deposition was taken by W. Eaton Mousley, Esq., mayor, at a late hour last night. THE INQUEST. DERBY, WEDNESDAY.--The inquest on the body of the deceased was commenced this afternoon, and was adjourned after the reception of some evidence (including that of the prisoner's daughter), which went principally to prove the attack upon Mrs. Osborne. RUNNING MATCH.—Yesterday the match between Williams, of Tottenham, and Slater, of Westminster, 'who were to contest a quarter of a mile of road for 104 aside. ' came off on Wandsworth Common. At the start, Slater took the lead, his adversary lying close up till within forty yards of the winning-post, when Williams shot out, passed his op ponent, and ran in a winner by two yards, having accom plished the quarter of a mile of road in one minute and forty nine seconds. DEATH IN A POLICE CELL.—Yesterday informa tion was forwarded to Mr. Wakley, M.P., the coroner, of the death of Thomas Harvey, under the following circum stances :—The deceased was au itinerant beggar, and, from his peculiar deformity, was well known about the streets of London. He had lost both of his legs, and used to proceed along the streets on a piece of board, with a couple of wheels attached to it, propelling himself with his hands. On Tues day night he was fouod by the police in a state of tinebria• non, and taken to the station-house in George-street, St. Giles', and placed in a cell with two other prisoners. At eight o'clock the next morning (yesterday) he was visited by the constable, to get his name, and, i n half an hour afterwards was found dead in his cell. --- LIVE CATTLE TRAFFIC ON THE EASTERN COIIN.• TIES RAlLWAY.—Yesterday forenoon a deputation of Smith field salesmen and London butchers, headed by Mr. Deputy Hicks, of Newgate-market, and several of the most influ ential parties connected with the trade, waited upon the traffic committee of the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, for the purpose of drawing their atten tion to the losses incurred by the metropolitan butchers by the present mode of conveying live cattle on the above line. The deputation suggested that the same protection hould be afforded to oxen as to horses, viz., that they should have separate compartments for each. They also recom mended that until the carriages were so altered, a frame work of wood or iron should be affixed to the flooring, rising about one inch, to give the cattle a footing, as a ft er a few hours confinement the bottom of the truck was in such a state as to make it difficult for them to stand the concussions in railway carriages. The deputy chairman ( Mr. D. Waddington) assured the deputation that the directors were most anxious to remedy any evil attending the transit of cattle on the line if it was possible to be done. What had been stated should receive their beat attention. With a view of obviating the delay men tioned as to the arrival of cattle for the London market, the company had already advertised an arrangement for the running of cattle trains from Peterborough, March, Whittlesea, Ely, and Brandon, on a Friday instead of Satur day. A satisfactory arrangement having been then made respecting the proposed alteration of the trucks, so as to Ender the cattle more secure from injuries; the deputation withdrew. INSTITUTION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION OF TEE JEWS.—Yesterday a meeting of the committee of' the above institution was held at the office, 27, Red Lion.. square, Bloomsbury, Dr. Whyte in the chair. Mr. J. J. Simpson, in a very expressive speech, explained the value of the institution generally, and illustrated the objects sought to be obtained by several very interesting cases, many . of whom were at present working on the premises, and being taught the printing and other trades. The institution is designed to relieve and promote industry among the Jews, without the compulsory resignation of their faith, although by the exertions of the benevolent members the doctrines of Christianity have been so exhibited, that in many instances the happiest results have rewarded their efforts. Letters from Hamburgh received yesterday morn ing quote the rate of discount in that city at 5 1 ,E per cent., being an increase of about one-half or three-quarters per cent. on recent rates. It must be mentioned, however, that at the date of these advices the shipments of gold which have just been made from England had not arrived. Exchange was lower, the quotation being 13.2, and the price of gold had risen to 432%. SALE OF OMNIBUSES AND HORSES, &c.—Yester day the entire stock of omnibuses, horses, harness, ece., be longing to Mr. Sherman, of the Bull and Mouth, recently' working from the Great Western Railway, were sold by Aldridge, of St. Martin's-lane, an arrangement n g made by Mr. Sherman and Companies for him to leave that road. The sale realised about 2,0001. THE BOOKSELLERS RELIEF 'MOVEMENT AMONGST touching "Appeal to the Booksellers of —An eloquent and - I,he Paddington Conv eyanceavin from th e booksellers of this city, under the solemn conviction Great Britain, on behalf of t he Irish Peo p l e , " has emanated, elabn before ore wh t o he a m re a ' v heouthrleyhorron dying that each class of the community is called upon, by eve r y sa cred and humane feeling, to contribute to the relief of th e of o a of 3 p t r a O r t V r a a t t o e n j f a mine." Most truly and f orc ibl y i t is stated in this of app eal, and leave destitute that " without the hearty co-operation Ireland, those in compara tively easy circumstances, the measures of the Government cannot be fully carried out, large • as a amount of the prevail • ing distress can only be reached by the exercise of private benevolence; and, in calling friends • on our in Great Britain to assist us in this good work, •we trust that in Ireland, the booksellers, as a body, may be found performing their duty at the present awful crisis." The document is signed on behalf of the trade by Mr. Ferguson ' Ormond-quay; Mr. M'Glashan, D'Olier-street ; and Mr. Smith, of the firm of Hodges and Smith, Grafton-street, to whom all subscriptions are to be forwarded. Although the appeal to the publishers did not reach London till Saturday last, we understand that the following contributions have been already received:— Messrs. Longman and Company, Paternoster•row, London, 105/. ; Messrs. Stevens and Norton, Bell-yard, London, 211.; Messrs. Grosvenor, Chester, and Co., Cornhill, London, 151.; Mr. J. H. Parker, Oxford, 10L—Dublin Evening Post. MESMERISM EXTRAORDINARY.—During the trans mission of the Queen's Speech to Sheffield by telegraph, owing to some deficiency of light in the telegraph' office at the Chesterfield station, one of the porters was placed to hold a candle in each hand, to enable the •reader better to see the operation of the indicators. Upon the latter the man was ordered to fix his own eyes, to see that the light fell folly on theindex ; he did so for about an hour, when he suddenly dropped down as stiff as a post, havilig been, fact, completely mesmerised by the .protracted intensity. oi his attention. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY. EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1847. N 1 I a~