The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

THE INDIAN MUTIAIItS. NEEMIJOH. The following is from an officer at Neemuch, Sept. 23 : " The station from which I write is in the heart of Rajpootana, a country abounding in and sur rounded by native States which compose anything but one family, and between any two of which it is very difficult to determine at any given time what relation exists. There are Holkar's troops and Scindia's troops and Salomba's troops, and the mercenary troops of Odeypore, the Kotah Contin gent, the Jeypore, Joudpore, Meywar corps, and a host more, and when any little dispute arises in the country a sort of jumble takes place between these bo lies, during which two of them at least are pretty sure to come into collision. " We are about 24 miles from Mundissore, a town well known to the readers of British Indian history. In these times of mutiny and revolt against the British flag this town has taken upon itself to ignore Scindia's authority, and to exalt a flag of its own—the green flag of the Prophet, made use of in these times by those who wish to show their defiance of British power. The English .mails are stopped at Mundi sore and the letters and p specs thrown into the river. Mounted pickets are posted on the high road on each side of the town. " The town itself is in course of fortification. All the ragamuffins of the country are gathered there ; 13 guns are posted on the walls. Recruits have been made from the mutineers straggling a,'iout the coun try. Heavy bribes are offered to any (If our Sepoys to join, and, in fact, the town thinks i t is going to have Wall its own way. It is plain that, if possi ble, this state of things must be altered. We must take Mundissore, and have our post road free. Du.; the force at Neemuch is small, and M.'indissore being inconveniently on the road between -Mils and Mhow, all communication with the troops I st that station is stopped, and we cannot at present com bine our forces. To leave Neemuch unprot, , cted would be to leave it to the mercies of some of our friends, more to be dreaded, according to the pro verb, than our enemies, or, for what we know, it might fall into our enemies' haads. Be that as it racy, the Goveraor-General's agents have a difficult part to play. Scindia wishes to regain Mundissore ; Scindia is our ally, but Scindia and Scindia's troops are two different parties. A combination between thous troops and ourselves, it appears, would not be politic. We must proceed on our own foundation, or not at all ; and this we hope to do, by God's help, with success before long. In the meantime, t re Governor-General's agent for Meywar stationed here sees a stuwbliugblock in another direction. The town of Nimbhaira stands 16 miles distant on the high road between this and llusseerabad. It is walled, and has guns upon its walls. It is garri soned by a host of troops paid by the Nawab of Took, a friend that has proved treacherous in time of need. It is decided that the Wove have no business there. They are inimical to the Bri tish Government ; they dream of Delhi : shortly they will stop the post. Green flags obscure the vision of the agent to the Governor-General. Tong must be turned out and Odeypore in stalled. In short, the town must become a British possession, and the Odeypora troops must garrison it. The Governor-General's agent impre3ses this point on the Commandant of Nee much, and a force is prepared. Her Majesty's 83d detachment afford all they can-70 men ; the Bombay 12th Native Infantry afford 80, and the 2d Bombay Cavalry 150 meo. Two 9-pounders and a mortar accompany the force ; 12 Bengal offi cers from (late) Bengal Regiments are in atten dance : and 20 Christians of the 21 Bombay Cavalry and 8 sergeants man the guns, which are horsed and harnessed by the 2d Cavalry. This party leave on the evening of the 19th. Colonel Jackson, 2d Bombay Light Cavalry commands the force. A short account of the attack upon and capture of the town may not be uninteresting to our country men at home. " The force, as above, arrived on their ground at about 9 o'clock a.m. on the morning of the 20th. They halted on the bank of a river which lay be tween them and the town, at about 700 yards dis tance from its walls. A party first went forward, calling on the town to surrender and de'iver up all aims. The Ameer, or representative of the Tonk Newab, came forth from the gates and agreed to surrender, but begged an hour's time for the arms to be given up. Slowly a few ragged looking warriors came outside the gates and placed some weapons on the ground ; but it was evident that, whatever might have been their chief's ideas, they were loth to give up their means of defence, for an hour passed, and they had only given up a few guns ant pistols of British make, plunder which had evi dently been taken at the late mutiny at Neemuch. Oue half-hour more was allowed, and then a herald went into the town and proclaimed that if a com plete surrender of arms was not effected in a quarter of an hour the town should be attacked. The herald was made mincemeat of within the walls. British troops were not to be treated thus; so whish went a shell from our side into the midst of the town, and hostilities began. The cavalry hemmed the enemy ie at the gates. The 2-pounders were drawn up within 500 yards of the town, the infantry within 100 yards, whence they commenced a rattling fire at all heads that appeared above the walls, and now there was warm work on both sides. The enemy returned our fire well, but were careful in conceal ing their persons. The tire of musketry and match locks through the loopholes was tremendous, but aim appeared to be a thing of little importance, or our loss would have been severe. From half-past 1 to half-past 5 this work was continued, but the stubborn gates remained firm, and little or no im pression was made upon the walls. Then the guns advanced through deep mud under a galling fire to within about 100 yards of the walls, where our in fantry had been keeping up a continued fire of musketry from the beginning of the fight. "Our plan now was to blow up the gates, make a breach if possible in the walls, and take the town by a-sault with the whole of the infantry and a party of dismounted Bombay cavalry, the party to be led by Colonel Jackson, commanding the force. Every thing was in preparation, Sergeant Taylor had the bag of powder on his shoulder to blow up the gate, and way ready for a run. Her Majesty's 83d had been told off as coolly and steadily as if for parade, and every one was worked up to the highest pitch of eagerness and excitement, when, lo ! our hopes were doomed to be disappointed, the order was passed that, evening coming on, the troops were to retire, and most slowly and unwillingly they fell back. Nothing could exceed the bravery a all the troops; the 12th Native Infantry, firm as a rock, car ing nothing for the balls that flew like hail-stones around them, were only eager that our own 83d, who of course behaved as British soldiers do, should not be before them on the walls. In the action one cor poral of the 83d was killed within 30 yards of the fort. Dr. Miles, 83d Foot, was severely wounded, end an officer, Mr. Charles Burton, of the Officers' Volunteer Corps, was slightly wounded ; 50 of the cavalry had volunteered their services to dismount and Join in the assault, and one jemadar (or native silleal,ern officer), who was bravely advancing to the walls, was shot through the liver, and now lies in a dangerous state ; 17 men of all ranks were wounded. The troops when they went out of action had tasted no food since the day before, and now they were too tired to eat ; they slept on the damp ground on which the rain had fallen heavily that day, with no tent or covering of any sort over t hem. The gallantry of the native troops on this occasion afforded us, their officers, peculiar grati fication, as the previous mutinous behaviour of some of the men, all of whom we hope are captured now, or have fled not to return, bad cast a stigma on the two corps as a body, which we were only too glad to see their bravery and loyalty Ilia day wipe out, "In the morning the commandant of the force received intelligence that our brave enemy had deserted the fort—a contingency we could hardly have prevented with our small forc3, and mud up to the horses' knees all round the fort. The end seems a poor one after the high hopss that had been entertained by the force, and considering the ty with which, with another hour's daylight on the previous evening, they might have triumph antly stormed and cut their way into the town, many were the lamentations among the British soldiers that they had been robbed of a chance of avenging the horrible murders of their countrymen and countrywomen. Any native Iy fair game to a British soldier now ; he takes him as the representative of the Bengal s epoy as a rac. But our political point was gamed. The troops walked quietly in, the Bri ish 11 .g was erected <<n the principal building, and Nimbhaira and the territ .ry of which it Ps the principal town is now British property, to yield the Government a revenue of 2,000 t. per annum. Toe individual who cut up our herald or mess:,nger into littl e pieces has been captured and. blown awa r An a gun. y 9:- JUBBTJL PORE. The followiog is from Jubbulpore, datad oQtcber " We are still at Jubbulpore, you sos, and I do not 830 much f roapec t of our being able toget away in a hurry, ai it is rather dangerous to go along the rJad without an escort, and I am not likely t') get 'axe at present. My last would tell you of the mutiny of the 52d—how one detachment of the regiment allowed two officers to escape , while an other had ma d e a prisoner of poor M'Gregor ; and how the two companieß, with the Kamptee column, bad been quietly disarmed, that Dumoh had been abandoned, and the column was on its march back t o Jubbulpore. On the 26th the column was at Singrampore. The next morning the co lumn was to march to Rutti ngee (10 miles) at daylight, but' 2 o'clock a.m. the Grenadier company of the 33d, under Lieutenant Watson, started with the inten-, tion of securing the boats on the Heron River. Major Jenkins, Quartermaster-General, went with Watson. After riding about three miles they had got about 200 yards in front of the company. Sud denly a bugle in front ofth em sounded the fire, 'snick, snick' went some muskets, then a regular volley. Efolloa,' said Jenkins, here we are in the midst of them.' Dark though it was, they could see they were surrounded by Sepoys ;theywere the 52d advancing to attack the Kamptee column. One Sepoy stepped close up to Watson and fired in his face ; the ball only gave him a gash under the eye. He rode the man down, but he himself fell in doing so. He regained his seat, bat fell again and again. Some how he managed to catch hold of Jenkins's stirrup, and ran on ; his horse trotted up to him, and he contrived to mount. Both then cantered on, but immediately came on the rear-guard. Halt, who comes there ?' called out the leading file. They gave no reply, but Bashed through unhurt, though exposed to the fire of the whole guard. Was it not a wonderful escape ? Jenkins's horse had two balls in him, and Watson's boy, carrying his rifle, was shot dead ; they hid in the jungle till the column came up in the forenoon ; they were received with shoats and cheers, for every one thought them killed. The mutineers had no bayonets fixed. The Grenadier Company fell back on the column in good order, which, being warned of the state of affairs, advanced at daylight, and soon came in sight of the mutineer; advancing steadily along the road in columns of sections ; when within 300 yards of them our guns were unmasked, but just as they opened fire the mutineers wheeled backwards right and left, and got into the jungle, which was very thick, and came quite close to the road. It is be lieved that in the course of the morning the muti neers lost about 120 men ; there were many hun dred Bundelaha with them. Our loss was trifling ; a few men wounded and a trumpeter killed. On coming near Kuttingee the body of poor M'Gregor was found, pierced with eight or nine bayonet wounds, a shot in the neck, his arm gashed and broken ; we were all grieved to hear of his sad fate ; his body was brought in here and buried the next day at noon. A wounded havildar and sepoy were taken prisoners at Kuttingee and hung on the spot. After the column moved on the mutineers returned, cut down the bodies, and buried them with military honours ! The column came in here on the Ist, and Colonel Millar assumed com mand of the station. We intended to have left this on the 7th, but on the sth the road was allowed to be unsafe ; it has been unsafe any day for the last three months ! Bergee, 15 miles from this on the high road to Katuptee, was burnt by rebels. On the 27th or 28th a large kafila was plundered at the Silwa Ghent, five miles further on. Sixteen mu tineers of the 52d were at Bargee on the 4th ; they cut off the noses of some Bunyahs who had gone to buy ghee, and one of them, known to be the urin cipal in the murder of poor M'Gregor, sent a mes sage to Captain Moxon, 52d ; they hoped to serve him the same way ; he had offered 200 rupees for the colours ; they bad intended to collect a party and attack Jubbulpore ' • that they would bring the colours with them, and he might then take them if be could! Yesterday morning a party from this were sent to clear the road of the villains ; and as Cam berlege, with the 4th Cavalry, en route here, was only three miles beyond Benree it was hoped that the rebels might be captured or done for. I hear to-day that the expedii i n was unsuccessful ; it is said that the rebels have retired to a hill like a natural fortress. I imagine some effort will be made to dislodge them, as the infantry have not returned and the cavalry are still on the other side of the river. Gunnesgunge, another place on the road, is also occupied by rebels—Goads, I believe. The main body of the mutinous 52d are gone up the Mirzapore-road • we heard of them at Sehora (25 miles from this) two days ago. Our Calcutta dak has been interrupted for two or three days, but is now open. so I dare say the mutineers have left the high road. The officers of the 50th, 8.N.1., with 250 stanch men, have arrived at Allahabad in safety. Three Sepoys of the 52d have been cap tured, brought in here, and hanged, and five Bun delahs were turned off two days ago. These affairs are taken as a matter of course. The capture of Delhi you would hear of by the last mail, but our communications are so interrupted that up to this time we have no details. Lucknow has been re lieved ; our loss was g reat, and all Madras o ffi cers will, lam sure, lame nt the death of General Neill in the attack. Barely half the garrison survive, but all this you will get better detailed in the papers." T Sijlsr, LONDON, TrfeRSDAY EV EN NO'. THE STEVENAGE MURDER. STEVENAGE, Nov. 18. This morning Jeremiah Carpenter, who stands charged on the coroner's inquest with the murder of John Staking, of tho Hertfordshire County po lice, was brought before the bench of magistrates at Stevenage. The magistrates presort were the Rev. Mr Prodgers, the Rev. Mr. Harding, the Rer. Mr. Knapp, and Mr. Morris Pryor. Mr. J. W. Fitjohn, solicitor, appeared to watch the case on the part of the prisoner. On the prisoner being brought in Captain Ro bertson, chief constable of Hertfordshire, stated that, although he was himself quite prepared to conduct the examination of the prisoner to a close, he thought that at the present stage it would be more respectful to the bench and more satisfactory to the county if he placed the matter in the hands of a professional gentleman, and he had therefore directed Mr. Hawkins, of the Home Circuit, who had a perfect knowledge of the locality of the mur der, to- be retained on the part of the police. Mr. Hawkins said that he thought it would be better if he were to state to the magistrates all that as yet had come out with respect to this most brutal murder. The learned counsel then proceeded to give the following narrative of the circumstances that have come to light in this intricate case :—The deceased, he observed, lived in the town of Steven. age, and having received instructions from Inspec tor Hawkes which would carry him to the neigh bourhood in which the crime was committed, he left the station at 5 o'clock, .and was seen on the railway bridge about 25 minutes after by a fly driver, who had been examined. He bad been seen also by two parsons named Pottrel and Rowe standing on a gate which led from the ' railway bridge ite the direction of Cooper's Braches. He was observed to move hastily from the spot, and nothing more was seen of him until 11 o'clock on Monday morning following, when his body was dis covered by a fellow-constable. The body was in a pond in the field, one foot being out of the water and his hand just covered. On taking the body out of the water it was discovered that the throat was cut from ear to ear. There was no doubt that the man had come by his death by the most cruel violence, and, in point of fact, had been brutally murdered. The body was taken to the Chequers public-house in Stevenage, where the post mortem examination took place. On the discovery of the body a search was very properly made to ascertain the state of the field, and it was discovered that somewhere about 20 yards from where the body was foand there was a large mass of blood ; one of the witnesses described it as a patch as large as the top of a bushel, and another said that the ground had the appearance of an animal having been slaughtered there. There were marks of a violent struggle having taken place, and at a short distance in another part of the field was found a quantify of wheat, with a few kernels of barley of a peculiar character. With regard to the prisoner, he would state the circumstances which tended to fix him as being the perpe ' rator of the crime. He was at work on Friday, the day of the murder, and also on the previous day, in a field which formed a portion of the farm of Mr. Horn, of Norton-green. He was engaged in sowing wheat, and had occasion to go from the field to Norton-green to fetch some wheat, and that wheat was of precisely the same description as the wheat foand in Cooper's Braches, where this unhappy man was murdered. The prisoner was not seea on Friday, but his usual time of leaving work was from 5 to half-past. The distance from the railway seld to the prisoner's cottage on the high road between Stevenage and Six-hills was a mile and one or two yards, and making a very liberal allowance for that journey, it could not be supposed that it would occupy him more than 20 or 25 minutes. If, there fore, he left his field. at 5 o'clock, which he might have done if he thought fit, he would have arrived home at half-past 5. The first point in the case was what time didhe arrive home ? Not till past six, so that there was half-an-hour to be accounted for from the time he left the railway field until he reached his own cottage, even supposing him to", have walked at the slowest pace. After his arrest on the Monday he himself described the route which he took, stating that he had gone along a sort of cartway into the road that led across Norton-green, and, having crossed that road by two cottages, had reached his cottag e a t half-past 5. Now, that state ment, it could be shown, was untrue in two particu lars - first, he was not at ho me unt il more th an half an-our after that time, which would have allowed ample time to commit the crime, having been seen by a lad named Sheppard to come in at the back door through the garden at 6 o'clock ; and it would be proved also that he did not pass the cottages on his way home, as stated by him. He (Mr. Hawkins) believed that before this inquiry terminated they should be able to show the exact route taken by Carpenter. The next point to which he would call their attention was the dress of the prisoner. His usual dress was an old smockfrock and an old wide-awalw, and it would be shown that he had gone to work in his ordinary dress that morning. He had complained of no accident dur ing the day, and there was nothing to account fora remarkable lam mess which wss apparent when he got home at 6 o'clock. When observed by the boy he was dressed in his old smock, and was no ticed to be lame. He went into his cottage, and after a period of about 20 minutes an alarm was given by Mrs. Carpenter to Sheppard, the father, that ber husband had met with a serious accident; that on going to get some clumps of wood lying by the side of the road, one of them had fallen on his leg, and he could not extricate it. When they went to him it was perfectly true that he was found lying on the ground, with his face to it, but in a most peculiar position, and what was still more suspi cious, it WAS found that between the time he was seen coming in and the time of the alleged acci dent he had changed his dress, and gave as his reason for doing so that he was going down to Ste venage for some pigs' victuals. The clumps of wood refereed to had been inspected, and the witness who had examined them would tell them that they had never been removed at all. The man was un doubtedly lame before be arrived at his cottage, and of course, if it was true that he had been en gaged in a struggle with the policeman, and had received an injury either by a fall or a kick, it would become a matter of first-rate consequence to frame some tde to account for the injury as speedily as possible. The next morning he went to work still wearing his best smock, but was obliged to return home from his lameness, and he remained at home until he was taken into custody on the Monday. Ou being taken into custody he was asked for his knife. That knife was afterwards taken from his son by the police, and had been examined, and a spot of blood found upon it, and it was a strong circumstance as against the prisoner that not only was his basket discovered to be spotted with blood, but in the interstices of the wicker work was dis covered some red wheat mixed with barley of pre cisely the same description as that found in the field. On examining the clothes of the prisoner it was found that some of the buttons were wrenched off, as well as from the gaiters, and the thread that was left was stained with blood. Without wishing to press the case unduly against the pri soner, he was bound to mention that the policemen in investigating the matter had sifted the surface of the ground at the spot at which the corn was found, and they had found a pearl button, which might or might not have been on the prisoner's gaiters. Those that remained were all odd buttons, and one of the buttons on the trousers was found to be tinged with blood. It was quite evident that from the time between the murder and the apprehension (Attie prisoner there must have been abundant op portunity to have got rid of the olil smockfrock, and it was not surprising that all the efforts of the police to find it had been unyucce qiful. The prisoner's cottage bad been severel timos searched, but in valn. At length, after an interval of three or four days had elapseil, and probably when the inmates thought that there would be no further searching. Inspector Ha,wkes discovered in a cupboard two pieces of an old smock stained with blood, and which it must be presumed, in the absence of any evidence on the subject, belonged to the prisoner. Those facts, lie thought, would, when proved, be quite sufficient to justify au immediate committal ; but if the Bench thought it would be better to re mand the prisoner from time to time, in order that the police might obtain additional evidence, he had no objec . ion to such a course, and there would be no injustice in ir, inasmuch as the prsoner was al ready detained under the coroner's warrant. place where the roots of some trees were said to have Men down and hurt the prisoner's leg, but, with the exception of two small ones, which had evidently been removed from the further end, they did not seem to have been disturbed. (Police -constable legate was recalled, and pro duced a memorandum book, the key of the hand cuffs found in the field, and 7s. 6d. in silver, which he had taken from the pocket of the deceased. David Carpenter, the son of the accused, was examined with reference to what had become of the working smockfrock of the prisoner. He stated that he saw it in the house on the Saturday, after the policeman was killed, but did not know what had since become of it. He did not know whether he saw it upstairs or down. On Sunday it was lying on the table in the front room. Nobody was doing anything to it ; it was not folded up, but lying loose on the table. Did not see either his mother or his father touch it. Never saw it again. His father was sitting in the house, and had his new frock on then. Witness went to church in the after soon, and when he came home the frock had been removed. His father had two smockfrocks, but he could not tell what sort of frock he usually wore ; thought it was whiter than the pieces shown him. William Red said that the frock produced in a sound condition was not the frock ordinarily worn by the prisoner at his work, which was much worn, especially at the sleeves and wristbands. He could not creak to the pieces shown him, as the sleeves and wristbands had been torn a way .; all that he could say was, that the smockfrock generally worn by the prisoner at his work was a very bad one. William Sheppard denied all knowledge of the kind of smockfrock worn by the prisoner. He did net notice what he had on when he was called on to render prisoner assistance in getting the log of wood off his leg.l It was dark then, and dark next morn ing when he saw the prisoner going to his work. Knew than Mrs. Parker called him in as he was passing on Saturday morning, but did not recollect making any statement to her. Did not recollect that he knew what she wanted him for, that he bad seen enough at Carpenter's. Did say that if the boy did not go home and mind his plait he would pay him. Never took the least mortal notice of Car penter that night. He did not whisper to him to send the boy away. Did not notice his hands or his face. Did not tell Mrs. Parker that he noticed that Carpenter was all of a tremble, or that his lips ' moved. He untied his shoes, but did not notice that there was blood on them. Saw that his gaiters were loose, but whether they were unbuttoned or some of the buttons bad been lost he could not say. Never said he was afraid to go to Mrs. Parker. Could not tell whether he said he knew his boy saw more than he ought to have seen. Did not believe that he mentioned anything about it. He did not say he knew the boy to be a chattering young reseal, and he was afraid that he had told the gentlemen a lot of lies ; did say that he saw enough at Carpenter's that night—he meant by that that he saw his foot bad. He thought the boy being there would bring him into trouble. He never said thathe knew the boy saw more than he ought. He sent the boy away because he was always pushing his nose into everything. A great deal more evidence was given by the different witnesses, and the examination of the prisoner lasted from 11 in the morning till half past 5 in tha evening, but no new facts were given, and, at the conclusion of the evidence the Rev. Mr. Prodgers, the chairman of the bench, asked the prisoner if he had anything to say. Carpen ter, who looked paler than on the previous occasion and who had watched the various witnesses while giving their evidence with the closest attention, replies( that he should reserve his defence for the tile'. He was then frilly committed to take his trial for the murder of John Starkins, at the next Hert fordshire assizes. At Vie coact ti,iou of the lea. nel counsel's address a great number of witnesses were examined, but few additiouol facts came out. A very strong sus picion exits in the minds of the police that the man Sheppat d knows a great do • 1 more about the matter than he chooses to tell ; he was accordingly con fronted with a woman to whom he had made a statement respecting the pri.,oner's condition on the night of the murder, and sujeeted to a severe exa mination by Mr. Hawkins. He said that when he was called to the prisoner's assistance ho was rest ing on the ground on his hand and one knee, and his right foot was cax;r,t between two of the st a hla: d up roots, and when he moved the root the prisoner fell down on his back. The root upon which the leg - was resting might have been between three and four feet high. He must have got ou the top of the heap of roots for suck an accident to have taken place. When his boot was taken off, which might have been about 10 minutes after he was gut out of the heap of roots, Sheppard said, "D;ar me, Jerry, it's swelled already." tie was taken into the house as soon as they could get him up. By Mr. Vesey—The skin was not broken, nor did .1 see any blood upon his boot. Inspector Evans stated that he had examinad the After the committal of the prisoner, he was con veyed to Hertford Gaol in a close carriage. A large crowd of persons assembled in front of the school house to see him enter the vehicle. NYNEE TAL. Many persons in England being interested in the fate of friends at Nynee Tal, the following account of a slight skirmish on the 18th Sept. may be ac ceptable Bahadoor Khan, formerly a deputy collector in our service, but of late self-constituted Nawab of Bareilly, recently despatched a body of 800 wen, under command of his nephew, Nizam Ullie Khan, towards Nynee Tal. To meet these 300 of the 66th N. 1., with 23 officers and troopers of the late Bth Irregulars, and about 30 mounted " mutiniel-out" officers were despatched. The insurgents wera at first only allowed to see the cavalry, and seemed in clined to show fight, but the Ghoorkas coming up at the 'double' the insurgents broke and fled, pursued by the cavalry for a distance of four or five miles. 150 of the insur g ents were kil!ed, and among ' others their distinguis hed leader, Nizam upon whose person papers were found giving the names of the different chiers in the neighbourhood who had joined in the insurrection. Our casualties appear to have been few if any," The following extract from a letter received from Nynee Tal may afford some slight satisfaction to the fritmds of any of the offiears of the 18th 8.N.1.: " About dearest - we are still in a state of uncertainty, but our hopes have lately been much relieved by the discovery of one of the officers of his regiment (the 18th), Lieut. Gowan, the adju tant, who was one of the missing, a servant of his having found him concealed in some village. He sent a letter by him to Col. - at Nynee Tal, giving an account of his escape, and bow he got separated from the rest of the party after the few well-disposed Sepoys bad saved them on the day of the outbreak. He had gone through a great deal, but expresses himself very thankful for the protection and kindness he receive I horn some Hindoos, by whom he was still secreted. He had heard that several Europeans were in concealment in different villages, which native spies and others who are friendly towards the Engli•h al.q3, confirm, and say that a banker at Bareilly has secretly sup plied them with money ; but while the wretched Khan, Bahadoor Khan, who has set himself up as the ruler or Nawab of Rohilcund, is in power they are unable to assist the escape of the poor fugitives, and will not allow any strangers to appro ich their village by fear of 'their being discovered by the bloodthirsty usurper ;' therefore it has not been possible to learn the names or obtain the signature of these poor fellows, and we must only endeavour to wait patiently, putting our trust in the good and gracious God that He will in His own good time iestore the sufferers to their heartbroken wives and friend 3." ME ERUT. The following is from Murree, dated Sept. 14 : " We have a tale to tell of danger near us, which it has pleased God to avert for the present. It is the reason of my being up here. Our general weak ness in the Panjauh was found out by these moun taineers, and general plans for plundering Mu? ree and throwing off our yoke were started. But the population immediately round Mu r ree precipi tated matters and itsaulted on the Ist ir.st., be fore the country were ready. Thee men ware promised an easy victory by some villanous Hiudo sl inees in the cantonment, who offered to use, in favour of the insurgent., the great opportunities they had for murdering the English. A woman, wife of the head of a villag e, however, s en t wor d i n the evening of the Ist Sept to a man of Lady Law: rence's guard, to whose son her own daughter was' betrothed. Her husband was one of the rebels, and knew not of her act. The intelligence, though verbal, was believed. The 200 European soldiers and 200 Punj ibee soldiers, who formed the sole defenc.3 of the place, werecalled out. The gentlemen were armed as volunteers, pickets were posted, and when the assault began at 2 a.m. on the 2d, the in surgents were warmly met and repulsed from the first picket. Thos checked the country generally from joining. Those who had committed themselves were attacked and dispersed on the 3d, having been driven out of a strong position they took up. I came up on the night of the 3d with reinforcements, and since then we have been punishing those ac;ual'y committed and quieting the mountains generally— not being strong enough to take a very high line. The ladies behaved well, and the men excellently. The volunteers elected their leader, and senior offi cers served cheerfully under him, their junior. There is danger, but, with God's blesirig, we may hope to avert any more open revolt by 'vigilance and judgment. The fall of Delhi, if granted to us, will remove many difficulties." 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We are neither fi lgetty nor impatient, we can wait for justice,—we can wait a proper, a reksonable time. The Indian affair is nut yet over. But it should be understood that we are waiting—that the British public watches with a generous and keen jealousy the re wards of its faithful Indian servants, that it claims justice for them, and will be content with nothing less. Meantime we c-an only remark that the man who has—so far as one man can be singled out fur such praise—saved India, has got just the reward of the General who did not take the Reda.n ; that Havelock and Wilson have got for the relief of Lucknow and the capture of D.-lhi just what Lord Lucan and Lord Cardin an and Sir Richard Airey got for doing—we all know what—in the Crimea ; and that Van Corti melt and Chamberlain are C.B.,—an honour distributed in the late war by the dozen. The country has formed its estimate of the services of these men, and is not likely to recede frum it. The country is proud of these men. Those espe cially who constitute t Ito Es -is and source of political power, who dictate the policy and govern the Go vernment of England, the middle classes, are proud of these men. They see in these men not only use ful instruments, convenient tools, agents fur particu lar services which are wanted, labourers who must be paid their wages, but men who are an honour, a boast, and a pride to the nation. They see a cha racter in them which demands honour as its natural reward, and which can bear the weight of honour, carry off any quantity of it, and wear the crown nobly. It may suit poets and romancers to repre sent the aristocracy of a country as the natural pri vileg -d recipient of honour, •to describe a nation as wholly depending upon its aristocracy for all the great and brilliant feats which are required for maintaining its supremacy or rank in the family of nations. This is the language of old romance. Tee " nobles" do everything there ; they are the only men who t4lee castles and cities, and storm forts and win battles ; they are the only men who have heads, or wills, or aspirations, or energies, or anything of which the human race is proucr; they the show speci eoni what our nature m are ns t the of patterns th e gaol, of tthhee samples was designed to reach ; they fulfil the °retained type of humanity, exhibit all its great traits, and do all the great acts—everything th a t i s diffi cu lt, grand, and lofty. No presumpt uous p l e b e i an i s allowed this privilege—high action is not meant for such as he ; he must stand by as a spectator, and see the " nobles" act, and execute everywhere the task of the champion or the saviour of the State. They alone eves are allowed to sacrifice themselves, and are endowed with the spirit of martyrs. Such present may yt almost say of age in which were the Horatii and Curiatii, and suc h w as the C modernuttiusof tk w e or O ldf ld be eWoorrld—w the we live. This is ancient thought, but we may say with perfect certainty now that this is obsolete thought. It was very natural for poets to talk thus—it was convenient ; perhaps it was once true ; perhaps noble blood did once fulfil this work. At any rate, we do not grudge romance its machinery fir creating interest, and its dramatis personce of Knights, Princes, and Baron.. \Ve are amused with it all, and take it to express the sentiment of the day ; and still less would we cancel one page of the world's past history. But, whether or not this may have been true once, it is certain that it is not true now. If this was ever history, it is now fiction. As a mat t er o f fact the middle classes now produce that typo of mind which may be called the governing one—that character which rules mankind, which accomplishes great objects' which marshals means to encl.', g ives life to a na tion, and produc es th e great events and the noble achievements of the day. There is not one single feature, intelle c t ua l or moral, which was once thought to attach to the operations of the nobility alone, which does not every whit as fully and truly attach to the caree.s of our Indian generals, born and bred in the middle ranks, and imbued with th e whole tone, t emper, and ethics of middle life. There ii not one s i ng l e f ea t ure o f euergh or self sacrifice, or daring —not one single solid, not one single brilliant trait, which belongs in history or romance to the d ee d s and careers of aristocracies iu publ c, civil, or military life, at home or abroad, in the Senate or in the field, which does not belong to the career of N e ill , Ni c h o l son and Havelock. These middle-class men d o exac tly now, step for . step, what the representatives of aristocracy were once alone thought capable of doing. There is no dtry and no service, no force of brain or of will, no mettle, no fight, which was once attributed to Ivo bility alone which these n e r'o not display. These men do all that any nubl.,3 in the world ever did. Open any history and see if any prvileged order has don) :flora for a co untry t h an t h ey: Here, thee, we sa y, is a e true arist:;cracy of Eng land ; so fa r as our no b le famil i es come u p to ring type they belong to thi s ar i s t o r acy ; the path is open to them ; r ut to speak of them at this time of day as in exclusive possess;on of thistype is the mere froth of romance. Tnird-rate nove'ists, who sue c-ed to the obsolete theories as footmen do to the ant'dßated dress, the powder, wigs, velvet breeches, ar i d silk stockings of former days, or who wish to insi mate themselves into the circles of fashion by fla tery, may snarl at the middle classes of Euglend, may dope , ia'e middle life to exalt upper, may lodge all th magnanimity of the nation in the one r.nd a 1 its emptiness, feebleness, and vulgarity in the other • but this is th e mere d ream a rid bubble of a selfish brain in the face of facts. 'No theory of the exclusive greatness of Nevilles and Grevilles inti De Are , e Burg: s ca:i stand ag:t - in.-t facts. It must vanish like any other dr;:am of as trology or alcbymy, like old geography, or old mechanics, or old astronomy, or old medicine. The revisit iry of the governing type of character is the British nation, and no one class singly in it. Our fndian Generals, then, we say, are the proper objects of the highest horours. High honours do not suit our aristocracy &one, though some may think so ; they suit those men of the middle classes also ; they suit them admirably, suit them per fectly. Thera is no disproportion, and there urdl be no incongruity. These men have earned honour well, and they cm wear it well. Nor let us forget one particular honour appropriate to the dead. General Neill has left a family behind him. A national provision for them, and that a generous one, is an honour whoh such a General can justly claim from the tomb. Such a provision will be an honour to the dead and to the living,—to him who earned it, and to those who receive it. The or phans of our soldiers are the children of the na ti on , and their national adoption, while it is their neces sary support, is also by its associations their pride and glory, the noblest of all family escutcheons and PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. (Prom the Daily iVeiv3.) When the ministerial organs tell us that there is so much unavoidable business to transact that we must not expect Lord Palmerston to fulfil his pledge by bringing in a Reform Bill, the answer to that plea in abatement is—let Lord Palmerston, now that he has summoned Parliament in December, only go to work vigorously on the ordinary business of the country in the second week of January, and there will be ample time for India, the Bank ques tion, Military Improvement, and the Reform Bill too. But if Lord Palmerston refuse to pursue that obviously natural and useful course, if he have only summoned Parliament to release the Government and the Bank from the legal consequences of vio lating the law, it he mean afterwards to adjourn the Legislature until February—then we may be pretty sure that his policy is to escape from the honourable fulfilment of the most unpleasant under taking he ever contracted. It is iu this sense that we must understand the article in yesterday's Times, which so suddenly changed the ground on which the postponement of the Reform Bill is advocated, from the indifference of the country and the per tinacity of Lord J. Russell to mere want of time. Thera will be no want of time if time be properly husbanded and properly used, and if there be a hearty desire to deal with the great question ef Parliamentary Reform. But there will be plenty of opportunity to waste time if Lord Palmerston desire to wriggle out of the engagement, and if the Liberal party will endure the humiliation of being trifled with on a question so momentous. These attempts to get rid of the question ought to be very instructive to the Liberal Party. Lest week this subject was indefinitely sent adrift with out the slightest reference to Lord Palmerston's promise, on the ground that no human being in the kingdom but Lord - J. Russell cared a siraw about the electoral franchise or representative dis tribution, or any such i Ile ' unworthy phantasies. But now that it is seen a n d felt that the country is just as deeply interested in the question as ever it was ; now that there is evidence arising on ,every side that the subject still lives in men's hearts ; now that there is reason to apprehend distress, political agitation, the attempt to get rid of a Re form Bill altogether is dropped ; and the gains now is another session's postponement because of other engagements. It is difficult to say which sub terfuge is the more discreditable. Tounavoida.t.le postponements the country must submit ; to a , ljournment on the part of one whose zeal and devotion to the cause even his detractors are obliged to admit, but, admitting, pervert to his depreciation, it has already submitted. But, to post ponements which sound thus false and fraudulent —to adjournments that are obviously insincere and fictitious—to delay thus inconsistently sought, and unaccompanied by any zeal or devotion to the cause itself—to delay urged and asked for, not by the avowed friends, but by the secret opponents of substantial Reform of Parliament, the Liberal party can never submit or agree with honour or self-respect. The older and more experienced members of that party are not to be thus deluded. We entreat the younger, the less thoughtful, the less experienced members not to be cajoled by these insidious prt'mptings into any premature expression which may be construed into indifference or approval of postponement. It i.a easy to conceive that even some pledged Liberals may, thus urged, be willing to have a fulfilment of their pledges deferred. But there are men in the Rouse of Commons, they may rest assured, so earnest on the question, so true to themselves, so simply honest, and so determined— and those men amongst the most eminent of tie party—that they will not permit the subject to be shelved, but will test the honesty and courage of the Liberals by moving a vote of want of confidence if there b 3 any tricky evasion on the part of the Government. For the suspicions which have arisen that Lord Palmerston means to play the country false, Ministers have only the subserviency of their organs to his supposed and assumed intentions to blame. If, however, thesa suspicious prove true, a serious and irreparable feud in the Liberal party is impending. A party cannot, even were its morality su low as to.di,poso it thereto, live on expewations. Want of time is an excuse that can be always resorted to where there is an indisposi- I lion to act. No man cm bespeak a session of Par ' lialw•nt f,r any partcular subjee. When a ques tion is ripe for legislation, then is the fitting time for legislation. And who will say that the question of Parliamentary Reform is not . ripe ? Postpone the 'question against this approaching session, and so tar from seeming for it au oppor tunity the session thereafter, the reverse will be found to be the case. The question will then be found to have receded still further from Parlia mentary g rasp. There is no time like the present, when we have a House of Commons prepared for its deliberation by the pledges of a great party and the promises of a powerful Minister. The Dories are plucking up their courage again ; and who can predicate that in the course of the next session they may not be able to defeat even the present. strong Administration? Who can say with any confidence that Lord Palmerston, whose plighted faith we now possess, wiil be Minister in 1859 ? " Nature's copy is not e7erne" in him, all juvenescent as he is. In the midst of strength, great even as his, we are in weakness ; and the leader of the Cabinet of the day may be the head of Oppo sition only next month. Why, then, should the Liberal party abandon the security it possesses now that the time for its discharge is at hand, and for the third time accept a promise on the future which events may for the fourth time d'spwe of. Let us be wise and firm. We have no right to trifle with such a question as the representa tion o f the people. Their due and proper repre sentation in Parliament constitute the very essence of the Constitution. Befi re it all other questions ars comparatively insignificant. And now that we have a government bound to extend ° the suf frage and re-distribute the representati on , we shall be the veriest of human dup es if we listen to the miserable excuse for delay that they have no tune. Want of time, indeed ! We must make time for the Cabinet. SUFFERERS FRON THE MUTINY IN INDIA.—It has recently been ascertained that a person residing at Mar seilles has been practising' the most hearil-ss frauds on the relatives of those who have fallen in India, or whose fate is unknown. He probably varies the method of effecting his base purpose to inset particular cases ; but following appears to be his general mode of proceeding : Ile addresses the relatives of persons whose death has been reported fro n India, and infortns them :hat he has privata information that the parties are not dead but in a place of cancenirnent, and in want of money to enable them to effect their escape. He then offers on receiving a certain amount which he names to convey it to the persons in je%,,ardy, and thus enable them to make their way to . a place of sa f e t y . I t is important that all whose friends are engaged in the suppression of the mutinies should be cautioned against the attempts of tbis worthless imposter, and it is hoped that he may yet be brought under the power of the law, and suffer the punishment he so richly deserves. LADVERTI3EMENT.] Among the numerous extraordinary cures without me di c i ne ef f ecte d b y D u B arr y' s delicious health-restoring Beva.lenta Arabica Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, , Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Compl a i n t s, C ough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, the following arc not the least remarkable : Cure No. 47,121. --Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Walthamcross, Uerts : a core of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. 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(Front the Times ) An ariic'e appeared a few days since in tlics9 columns calling attonrin to a most improper agreement between the British Government and that of Austria respecting a line of telegraph to be constructed from Ragusa throtigh Corfu to Alexandria. Tt bad been stipulated, we eaid, that if Austria would make - this line all the communications of the British Government and of the East India Company should be forwarded exclusively by it in perpetuity. A contradiction appeared in an evening paper which did not touch the matter, and was, in fict, evasive. It is most certain, we are sorry to say, that a convention has ben made by which "Her Britannic Majesty's Government gives the assurance that their tele graphic correspondence and that of the East India Company shall be exclusively carried on by the telegraph line of Alexandria and Corfu, anerttat as long as the line is open they will never themselves open a line in competition in that directimi." The contradiction of the Globe only extended to the transmission of the messages from Corfu to Eng land. It appears that these may be sent by way of Cagliari and Marseilles, but between Alexandria and Corfu the Austrian line will have a umplete monopoly._ __ We can hardly imagine how a Government in a free country could have been bold enough tc pledge itself to a foreign State by such a monstrour agree ment. It would even be a bold exercise of Parlia mentary authority thus to presume to bind he na tion for an infinite term. Let us consider for a moment what it amounts to. In no case, whatever may be the nature of the intelligence or the impel t ance of the crisis, will the British and Indian Governments communicate except by an Austrian line, controlled entirely by Austrian officia.s. In no case will the Government give any encousigement to a British line in th 9 same direction, whativer may he the wants of the community or the interertsof the State. No line from Ma!ta to Alexandria, lit from Algeria along the African coast, will receive the support of the British Government, and if such lines be constructed they will never be permi ted to forward a Government message. The secreci with which this Convention has been made duriig the recess of Parliament, and without the slightest :Allusion in any speech or newspaper, arils to the surprise and suspicion with which it mug be received. And when it is remembered that several companies were ready to establish the recpsite communication, and that the Government were urged by no necessity to close with the ofi3r of Austria, we are the more astonished. Wahli the last few weeks the proposal of Turkey to mike a line from Constantinople to the Persian Gu) was rejected, although Omar Pasha has been r?at Governor to Bagdad expressly to bring the wild tribes into order. There is also in existence an English company which obtained a firman :hrea years since for a sea line from Constantinople to Alexandria, and the claims of this companyhaye also been rjected. In fact, while the Governnent has had offers from every side, and might have established two or three lines of communicatim, it has rejected everything in order to advance this project. - The favoured line is a concession made bp , the Viennese Government .to Mr. Brett. Mr. Brett is also to construct the line from Corfu tolta and Cagliari, which may perhaps explain the con sent of the Treasury to send telegrams by this -outs also. The Treasury recommended the plan of 'ailing this line exclusively if Mr. Brett should obtain the concession, and the Austrian Government would not make the concession without a Convention be tween the two Governments to the effect that Eng land would use the line exclusively and in per petuity, would herself make a line from Suez to India, and would bind herself to construct no competing line. The only demand which was ob jected to was that the messages should be sent from Corfu exclusively ti rough Ragusa and Vienna. This was refused, and Mr. Brett's other telegraph by Cagliari will have a share. We believe that more than one person of high position and exten sive knowledge of the sabject has protested against what has been done, and we trust that at the meeting of Parliament the whole matter will be fted with the closeness which its importance demands. GAS-MGR' Name of Company. BRIDGES. Dividend I Amount per I of Annum. Share. 'RANCE CO: Dividend per An - num. 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Z a. d a. A.ustrals.sia 101. per cent. 40 0 0 . £ d. all 76 Bank of Egypt — 25 0 0 18 15 0 Bank of London 5l. per cent. :00 0 0 50 0 0 British North American 9 per cent. 50 0- 0 all 52 Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. 4 1 . per cent. 20 0 0 6 0 0 City ........ Colonial ... .... ~, .• 100 0 0 25 0 0 Commercial of London. 71. p. c. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. 4,. per cent.; 20 0 0 all 173 Loud. Cnar. Bk. of Aus. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 ~ 1634 Do. New .. •• • ... lf 20 0 0 . _ London and County Lon. & Eastn Iltikg. C 6!. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 50 0 0 London Joint-Stock Londn and Westmin3tr 18 , per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 443. Nat. Provincial of Eng. 16 pc.& bs 1 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New 01 20 0 0 10 0 0 -at Ditto ditto Nration: - .1 Bank New • out's Wales .. • • 00'. per cent. 20 0 0 all oriental Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0 34 Ottoman Bank E rovincial of Ireland 4 Lp.Ct.&bS. 100 0 0 25 0 0 GO% Ditto, New.... .. .• • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all r 5!. per cent. 25 0 0 all South Australia .. -.., 10/. per cent. 25 0 0 all 32 Union of Australia lll. per cent. 25 0 0 all -... 2 10 0 90 Union of Hambur g — 15 0 0 30 0 Union of London.-- 151. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 24 Uni y Mutual - 1100 00150 0 0 Western Bank o'T.oncln. 100 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •----- - .....__. X s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 18810 s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/03 Caledonian Bank .. ••• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 03/ 17s City of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 9i 10a Clydesdale Bank •• - 5541. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 11 10s C mmercial Bank .• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 238/ 0 Eastern Bank.. •••• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 12/ lOs Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3341. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 4/ lOs National lank ...• .. 636 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 185/ 0 North of Scotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 0 210 0 5/ lOs Royal Bank of Scott. .. 51, per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1311's Union Bank of Scot. •. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 241 0 Western Bank --.. .• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Firs and Life.. BY,i/.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 '0 0 171 Os British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0, 0111 Is Caledonian Fire Incur. 104. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s City of Glasgow Lile.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/ • is ICdonial Life ... •• .• .. 51. per cent. 80 0 0 3 0 071 Oa Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 7s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5/..ler cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Is Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 2/ 0 s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 :37/ Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 143 Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 19s Scottish Union Insmc. 754 Lpr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 15s Standard Life •• ••.. •• 51. per cent. 50 0 1 7 0 0 27/ 5s MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend . Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----.-- - £ s. d. .£ s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam tea -. •• ... 0 1 . per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Aactiem Mart.. -•• • • 24/per cent 50 0 0 - _ ..... A us tralian A4riculturr 25 0 0 19 0 0 - Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mall - 10 0 0 all Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all 15 British American Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 Canada ... • • .... •• .. - 4. per cent 100 0 0 32 10 0 120 . Do. 5 per cent Bond , 51. pet ten; Stock 100 () 0 Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, A per cent. .• 6/, per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, tto 6 6 p p c. c. bds b.ls 18761874 4 6 1 1. perper cent. cennt, StockStoc 0 Stock : 0 00 0 0 0 0 Ditto, ...--. Crystal Palace ..... 2/. per cent. 50 0 all 14 Ditto Prerence.... 71 pr. cent 50 0 Crys. Palace of France - 50 0 3y B 4 0 0 all - .. .;ity Navigation Bonds 334! . per cent - wlectric relegraph il. per cent. Stock. 50 00 00. 00 100 0 0 98 Eng.&Aus. Cop. i -7 melt. - 5 0 0 Eng.SHris. %lag. T. Co. - all I Equitable B e v ersionry 5/per cent. 0 all 110 0 0 11 - 8 Ditic New ...... . - 50 0022 10 0 Gen. Revers. & I nves t . 51. p c and it GO 00 J i 0 -- G - en. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) ut- , Ps 0 0 '.en. : .HeamNaviga Don if/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 a n t 0 2334 London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 40 0 all 34 Hudson's Pay.. .. •• •• 5/. per cent. Stock Ftock - flungerford .... ...... 2'. st. .. .OO 0 0 all - Lon. Ne• _ &N . .-i. tN" auso. - 10 0 0 all - Landon Reversionary 51, per cent. 15 ° . all -. M" ex. &S. A mer i can 10 0 0 all - 3 1 - Nat. Discou n t C omp.. 25 0 0 5 0 0 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Sr. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all - ' North of Europe, Stm. 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - Price'sPatentCand. Co - 21 0 0 all 20 Peel itiver.latid &Min. - 5 0 0 all - Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all /2 Ditto New - 50 0 0 10 0 0 1534 Reversionary Int. Soc 154 /. pr cert 100 0 0 all - Ditto New -- - - e 3. 1. pr cerH. 110 n 0 20 0 it - H0y21.1 Sail Steam ii p ilia, 100 0 0 W 0 1 54 Scottish Aus. Invest IS/. per cent. 1 0 0 all - douthAustralian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. f N.. pr cent. 20 0 0 , 5 0 0 -- V-414 Diemen's Land • • 103. 100 0 0 28 10 0 - Gov. 6 per cent. Endo. 6 per colt - . - --. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW JAARKET Nov. 17. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large, Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 10.4 Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to 7s 6d ; barley do., 5s 01 to 7s Od. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Nov. 17. There were in the market to-day 11 sacks oatmeal, (mill weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 34s Od and —s. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Nov.I6. There were in the market to-day 5 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2Solbs First. Second. Third. imperial - 8 ,01 Barleymeal, per ditt o -s Od —s °d ...8 "' Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, now, per ditto.... —s Od —s 1)(1 —9 °4 —s Od s Od —, ° d Pot-barley, new, per ditto DUBLIN, Nov. 17. White wheat, 29s Od to 31s Od ; red ditto, 27 ' Od to 2 9 i Od ditto new, —s Od; b ar l ey , ma l t i ng, 14 s 6d t o 18s; grind- -- ing, —s to s ; oats, old, 12 s t o 1 5, 3 d; ditt o , new, —l° Od to —s 01; oatme a l, 15 s t o 16 5 6 d; b ere, new, ll s to 151 Od ; rapes , d, 23s Od to 25 s Od per b r l ; h alters flour, 17s ()Ito 23s 5d per cwt; Inctian corn, 345 6d to 35, Od per 180 lba. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 18: We are still without any transactions in West India sugar ; indeed, at present there are no sellers, in conse quence of the reaction that has taken place in the London markets, prices having gone up in the last few days 4s per cwt., with more buyers than sellers. But little rum offer• ing, and demand slack. COAL SSA RKEt-NOT. IS. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market s d.: Wallsend, as. Bates's West Hartley l5 61 s d• Bebside's Hartley 1 7 9 lfleugh Hall 18 0 Howard's West Hartley Cassop 19 0 Netherton 1 7 9 Riddell l7 0 Taufield Moor l3 6 1Nixon's Duffryn. 21 6 Canfield Moor Bu'tes 13 6 !Framwellgato lB 0 Morpeth West Hartley 17 OlTees l9 0 Haswell Gas 14 3, 1 Hetton Ward's West Hartley _ l 6 9 'lletton Lyons Main l7 ° Braddyll Wallsend, Stc South Hotton 19 6 . Gosforth l7 0 Jesmond Acorn CloF.e lB 1!) South Kelloe 19 0 Gibson Plummer Eden Main '8 6 St e wart's 19 6 • Eden Harton . _ 17 3! _ _ __ Ships at market, 13G ; sold, 87, LOCAL S.EIARB MARKBT4I. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very despOnding to-day, and the prices closed lower this afternoon, at the following rates :--Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 13-16 — Lancashire and Yorkshire,, 90i Great Western, 484 — ' Great Western of Canada, 17i --South Eastern,. 18 § Caledonians, 374 -London and North Western, 9ii i Shetßelils, 35-' 7 —Midland, 81e- Chester and Holyhead, 14 d—North and South Wales Bank, 7. MANCHESTER, Nov. 13 STOCK EXCITANOE.—The market opened quiet to-day, and the transactions have been to a fair amount, closing at lower rates. Midlands, 811 82 81,1—Leeds, po i ) c-- East Lancashire, 89A —Sheffields, —Dovers, 183 — London and North Western, 931—Eastern Counties, 103 Union Bank, par—Grand Trunk of Canada, Ba. A telegram from St. Petersburg states that the ex change on London bad delmed to 35i. The price of tallow waa quoted at 160 ro. for delivery next August. BIRTHS. ore SON On the 17th inst., at Claremont-road,•Surbiton, the wife of Alex. James Johnston, Egq., On the 13th inst., at the Grove, Clapham-common, the wife of Russell Powell, Eici. OF A DACGUTNII. Ou the 16th inst., at Esher-place, the wife of the'Rer. Julian Probyn. On the 17th inst., at Shelton', near Cambridge, the wif• of Lieut.-Colonel It. G. Wale. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at St. Peter's, Eaton-square, John Way, Esq., M. 8., to Caroline Handley, the youngest daughter of the late Francis Brown, Esq., of Welbourn, Lincolnshire. DIED. On the 17th inst., at 6, Golden-square, John Cozoni Esq., aged 69. On tue iBth inst., at 8, Russell-square, John Tggulden, Eiq., oue of the Deputy-ReListers of the Prerogative Court of Uanterbury, aged 81. On the 17th inst., at Battersea-square, Mr. William Digby, aged 63. on the 17th inst., at Boulton House, Charlton King's, Cheltenham, Joseph J. kk and Rigley, Esq., aged t 4. On the 17th inst., at Rotheihithe, Thomas Crisp, EscFr shipowner, aged 72. Ou the 16th inst., at Flushing, Cornwall, Rear-Admiral Thomas B. Sullivan, C. 8., aged 77. On the 15th inst., at Clapham-road, Admiral Colin Mac donald, R.N., C. 8., aged 80. On the 16th inst., at the Vicarage, Wood-Dalling, Nor folk, the Rev. W. U. Webb, aged 46. LINDON Printers 8/lit Published by MURDO Y0U 24 , 44 of N ffice o, 112, Stra n d, P r i n t e r, a t Th e Su n O, 1 " 112, Strand, in the Precinct, of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, NoverOor 19,107. / 1 ~;