The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-24 00:00:00

-•• 17; pse !ell vas a ge ia ng ,he 3ey ho he w 'he ho ot, rid ;e, e. 7 - 17 1 11) D T 1 . 41 -LA _LA • - - - I AN - C•ki - N 1,1 IL . (From the nines.) 'We have received by express from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the Overland Calcutta Mail. The dates are from Calcutta to the 7th, and from Bombay to the 15th of April. The hot season was beginning, and the usual result of general quiet at that period was anticipated. The death of Akbar Khan, who is allowed to have died f rom sudden sickness (poison), had paralyzed all the scheme s of his partisans. Nothing of his plans had transpired, but it seems evident that he contemplated up to the time of his death to have a conflict (religi °us war) with the English. His father was averse to his acts, and, according to Affghan morality, the notorious son was sacrificed to remove his father fr ont difficulties. Strange to say, Akbar Khan or dered his body to he interred in Balk, whither it had bee n removed with ceremony. His father, Dost kahornmed, had since gone from Cabul to Jellalabad, t° settle a ll t h at Akb ar Kh an h a d l e ft there in a dis turbed state. In Lahore tranquility prevailed ; there were not even any rumours of disturbances. Ghoolab Singh is described as busy in his new states, extracting money as fast as he can from his subjects. At Lucknow there was a commotion, arising from t he new Sovereign having ordered that a temple, Which was said to have been polluted by the Maho nledans, should be pulled down. The various reli gious sects got quarrelling on the subject, and they had got to blows. In the Nizam's dominions the state of the Go vernment was far from being satisfactory. The new Minister and the Nizam were not on good terms, and the result was that the affairs of the Govern ..._lnent were far from being improved. On the con „.. ure 'arY ak may be , they were deterioraer e ting long. daily, so that an out expected It is feared that some foreign intrigues are at work in the capital of the Deccan. There are disturbances in the Rajwarra districts, caused by a freeboter named Dhoongher Singh, who, at the head of about 4,000 men, sometimes shows in One Place and soon after in another distant one. He attacked Ranghur, plundered several villages, took bla ck mail f rom ot h ers , b urne d sev eral dwellings, and t hen started off towards Bickaneer. The latest news ls that he has gone in the direction of the Sirsa j i in g l es. The British troops had then to pursue him, r other w i se the native ch i e f s wou ld ma k e no exer tions.°bd The i n h a bi tan t s aroun d Aj me re and Nussera tha: were terrified with the ferocious proceedings of ~r n i b and, which must be put down to prevent much felt in confusion. The results of the plundering were 41 the markets at Bombay, for the native mer ,a.nts dreaded t o ma k e p urc h ases of cotton goods, &c., which they cou ld not convey to t h e i r d es ti na ti on by the us ual routes. e..i - the dist ur b ances i n t h e R a j poo t di s t r i c t s a re cal ated t o augment the traffic on the Indus ; but the ra `L' ik r °n3°° n3 which sets in at the mouth of that river in 7 4 t Y, Will p revent a ll commun i cat i ons un til the begin ing of September. Sindewas tranquil and healthy. Sir Charles X l3 , ier, who had been slightly indisposed, was at o f ll ; k vaeh ee. Nothing was said of the late invasion Seebee country by the troops from Candahar. habl put in The camel c or p s , an d ot h er corps , were ordered to be an efficient state. Rumour alluded to the pro „cs:Le. re signation of Sir Charles Napier ; but nothing "lve was known on the subject. The s ubscriptions for the Irish and Scotch poor was con s id erable at Calcutta and Bombay. M a d ras ii . ;ahout t o f o ll ow the i r examp l e. n ere was some disappointment felt at the manner w hich the railway schemes were suffered to fall th to th l re 'und ; for many persons were sanguine as to 'enefit lik e l y to ar i se to I n di a f rom th em . th e , ird 3 Rardinge an d G oug h were at Simla, where ':tend to remain during the hot season. p opuiar l 'ew Governor of Bombay continued to be to earr • Some of his acts proved his determination reached Bmoo depenZ i n e rl e his government with resolution and La- The c o • ti na l _ t a b n a a e t r d - a i y n:Chief, Sir Willoughby Cotton, into o ffi ce _ nau aY on the Bth of April, and was sworn We haveCHINA. of vr ar i nt elli gence from Hong Kong to the 29th eh in usive. We take the following summary rr Ona the Friend of China : 4 ," During the month the weather has been unsettled, the thermometer ranging at times as high as 82 degrees, With a good deal of rain, and, as is usual at this season, thunder storms. At Canton the heat has been oppres sive, and the residents are engaging houses for the summer at Macao. " It is said that Sir John Davis proceeds north is her , e 41 e: tv's steamer Vulture, and that he will visit Pekin, having full power to treat for the prevention of riots at C anton. Atter leaving Pekin he will visit Japan, and e ndeavour to open a trade with that country. "The American treaty has afforded the local papers a subject for di scuss i on . Th o ugh concluded as far back as „ 3 d of Jul • 1844, the United States has not granted toto her Consuls , the judicial powers stipulated for; and in her as China has surrendered her right to ad ate in in civil and criminal cases where the citizens are , concerned, they are in the unenviable . position of being subject to no law whatever. It is thought that the pre- aent se ssion of Congress will pass an Act granting to C°ll6 " the wi th Chin necessary powers to carry out the treaty a in good faith. the The local Government has given another proof . of tfi arbitrar Y aud un'ust manner in which it deals wit d nsatire in ,habitant j s. An ordinance, recently passe , !ir"' a claus e for the registration of votes, a Dam e which is in itself commendable, if it had been car d',ro into effect with a due regard to equity. By a Pry - Act the greater portion of the boats were regis- fe n e f , f l Paying for their registration and license an annual . pinedw,o dollars. Most of these licences were unex o te n , w nen the new law, imposing fees of from five t il. may b e ar s upon each boat, came into operation. wculdl 4ll PPosed that the proprietors of registered boats Pur c h " 4 " been permitted to use the licenses they had ren ew as ,ed until their expiration, when they would vi ew ci e r u. at the higher rate. This simple and equitable bari a ' r , t , il e, matter did not suit the policy of Sir J. chased Ficlus Achates, and the old licenses, pur disho k t ", faith that a Government would not act ---au 'Yf were recalled, the holders being c palled t rll - t ai{c out others at a higt, rate ; and, as i . in akaniri" "justice they were credited for the unexpire of the licenses first purchased in proportion to what they had cost. , Mid a ` The f ound a tion-stone of the Colonial Chapel was Stant.by his Excellency the Governor on the 11th in- " There bas been another daring piracy at the eastern entrance to the harbour. As usual, the perpetrators of the atrocity have escaped. The Chimmo bay tragedy, mentioned last month, has engaged the attention of the authorities. Thera is no doubt that it was planned here, and Chinese connected with Government are sus pected of being implicated. Two of the pirates have been captured in Canton; but, as they have confessed to similar crimes, where the sufferers were subjects of China, th e Mandarins refuse to give them up. form a l demand has been made for them, the result of Which is not known, though it is very probable that they have been decapitated ere this. " Captain Talbot, of her Majesty's ship Vestal, sailed for England on the 4th instant. That Gentleman, in an e minent degree, gained the confidence and goodwill of I.ne inhabitants. On every occasion during the period ' le Was senior officer on the station he exhibited a desire to protect the interests of the public, by facilitating the "nveyance. of mails, and by keeping one of the vessels under his command in the vicinity of the factories at Canton. on 1 13 n r 1:". The preservation onafadtot e l t o lli ad n ou e rbw ak i t •Fet t o ii ah thead towni instrumentality tenrnue mamade aa Canton. They of party Chinese of ogwe endtl militaryet"gentlemen officer, whose courag e deserves commendation. nrgienddocorceinatnaispublished in a supple ment h to Co a l c ' • for the information of ci su u l a a t t n e t , y C o a u n , t on, March 25, 1847. t_he"-ts"Sriritt—i'sh mercantile community, with the contents•of circular dispatch addressed to me by her Majest)' s b te rlipotentia r y and Superintendent of Trade, dated the ath inst., f rom w Lich it appears that hi s E xce ll enc y received a communication from Mr. Everett, Minis tu ,or Plenipotenti ary f or t h e U n i te d States of America, hist n g him that no provision has yet been made by rcisio mivernment to compel citizens of the United states to cl ing in Chi na to pay any d e b t w hi c h they may incur British subjects in this country, which fact I am in • strutted to bring to the notice of the latter for their guidance in their transactions with the former, until such tithe as the G overnment of the United S tates s h a ll h ave made provisions allowing of the administration of equal Justice t o b oth parties. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR. " To Edmund Moller, Es Secretary to the British Chamber of (ICom merce, Canton." COMM ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Th e . (From the C a l cutta Overland price current of April 4 •) 0 arriv a l of the Government express, via" Bombay, ho .t., p u t s us in possession of intelligence from Qv 22d u 1 vices ° up to th e Bth of February. The commercial ad were, however, again of much the same tenour as by the previous opportunity, the only circumstances calculated to produce any effect here being the lowering of their rate by tio•, L'}urt of Dir, , otorF.; :or drtright; ;; , 1 this treasury from ls. lid. to Is. 10d. per rupee, and a rcl , ort that the cultlvaiion of Indigo in Java was to be discoutioued; the former had the immediate cttect of lowering our exchange on England nearly 4 per cent., being expected to induce extensive remittances, both for local requirements (for which parties here would other wise have had to draw) and for exchange operations ; the amount, however, actually received by the mail above referred to not having been particularly heavy, and it being uncertain whether the Precursor would be in before the dispatch of the present mail, drawers have of late been manifesting more disposition to operate, and, as a natural consequence, the rate has again had an upward tendency. The report regarding Java, although of considerable importance, was too vague to produce much effect here; but its confirmation and full particu lars are anxiously looked for. Transactions in produce have been on a moderate scale throughout the past fortnight, the somewhat unsettled position of the home markets, by the last advices, for one or two staples hitherto in brisk demand here having checked operations, notwithstanding the decline in ex change and rather more numerous arrivals. Our import trade continues in a most unsatisfactory state, purchases having been almost entirely confined to manufactures suited to local requirements ; the position of the money market, low state of the up-country rivers, and the apparent absence of orders, having kept dealers out of the market for both metals and yarn. The tightness in the money market, noticed in our last, has been in no way relieved ; the banks' rates con tinu;ng at the highest point, and Government securities having been difficult of realization, except at a further decline. The somewhat less favourable reports received by the last mail, of the value of rice in the home markets, hav ing checked shipments of that staple, and arrivals hav ing in the meanwhile been rather more numerous, our rates of freight have been less firm, and a decline has in several instances been submitted to ; but, although their future ruling must of course be guided in some measure by the accounts we are about to receive by the Pre cursor, we cannot see any prospect of a further material decline ; although, when so much above the ordinary currency as at present, some fluctuation must of course be anticipated. We may notice that Government has reduced the duty on salt from Company's rupee s 3 to Company's ru pees 2 12 per maund ; but as the price at the golahs is also lowered in an even greater degree, the result of the measure is, on the whole, prejudicial to the success of shipments from home. The Precursor, with the mail of the 24th of February, arrived off town late last evening, but no letters had been delivered up to 10 P.M. Indigo—There has been a fair inquiry for this staple for all parts since our last, and the quantity available either in European or native hands being extremely limited, holders have been enabled to establish a slight advance on the previous currency; the business done, however, has nevertheless been very moderate; that by auction having been limited to two sales, aggregating about 700 chests; whilst, by private contract, we have not heard of any transactions, with the exception of a few parcels of native manufacture, there being, in fact, scarcely any European marks remaining in first hands, with the exception of those now in course of shipment, or which will be shipped on planter's account, unless a further considerable advance is obtainable. Exports from the Ist of November, 1846, to the sth of March, 1847, have been as follows, viz.:— Chests. Fy. Mds. To Great Britain France North America 5,963 21,937 North America Red Sea, Bombay, and Gulf 1,209 4,187 26,647 100,339 PUBLIC SALES. SALE OF MARCH 26, 1847. W. C. Baddely, Doomah, Tirhoot. Chests. r. p. r. p. Per fy. md. W S D 35 at 82 Bto 120 °average Company's Rs. 115 4 G. Mitchell, Amosh, Tirhoot. T and Co. A 24 at 87 8 115 8 „ T. Gibson, Hattee, Oosttee,i'irhoot. 118 8 TG HO 11 at 00 00 „ 9 9 110 And a few chests sundries at corresponding rates. SALE OF MARCH 20. G. Thompson, Beylah, Juanpore. BKl9sat 105 o—l 2 8 „ 79 E. Hudson, Jungypore, Moorshebabad 114 8 130 12 llM2lsat 60 0 —l5O 0 „ "J. Nichterlin, Futtehgur. I 183 at 70 0—72 8 „ 70 8 Sugar—A good inquiry continues to be experienced for Benares sorts, but purchases have of late been some what less extensive, owing to the scarcity of good par cels, and the advance which holders have thereby been induced to demand ; inferior qualities continue to be taken off by the local refiners at higher prices than shippers can afford to pay, with freight at their present figure. Gurpatty Date and Doborah — gugars continue moderate in stock, and the former has been taken to some extent, at about previous rates. It does not seem pro bable that the new sugars will be at market quite so early as usual, and probably not to any extent for fully a month to come. Exports of all sorts to Great Bri tain, from the Ist instant up to date, amount to 21,232 maunds. Saltpetre—This staple has continued in very moderate inquiry for Great Britain, the slight decline which has taken place in prices not being sufficient to make up for the excessive rates demanded for tonnage, 81. per ton of 20 cwt. having been the lowest order we have heard of. For America, however, a large business has been doing, s a l o n s mt d estehv instant r g a o u r datehavelastha v a e los b:e be quotations. been a been taken k follow,e E n vf, Exports fr z., om r o nc e a France, t he t t N h o e rt r h ec A ei m p e t r o ic r a, th 2 e ,3B m o a m il a o u f nds. the l Bth of 3 '9l maunds; Rice—Since February, there has been decidedly less dispositio n mani fested to operate in this staple, n or does te decline in freights which has as yet been submitted to p suf ficient to induce a resumption of shipments, appear the ea r ab sence of further advices from home. Under these cir cumstances, sales have been to a very limited extent, but still holders show no disposition to reduce their demands, 2r. to 26r. being the rates still current for good to fine table. For Mauritius and Bourbon a large business has again been done, notwithstanding the enhanced rates of freight. Exports from the Ist instant up to date have been as follows, viz.:—To great Britain, 4,514 maunds ; to France, 1,000 maunds; to the Mauritius, 11,200 ; to Bourbon, 6,000 maunds. Raw Silk—The March bund not having as yet com menced to arrive, this market continues quiet, and prices almost nominally as before, neither holders nor pur chasers manifesting much anxiety to operate, although a few small sales are occasionally reported. We may re mark that the produce of the present bund is now said to be less abundant than was anticipated, but of superior quality. Exports to Great Britain, from Ist instant up to date, amount to 32 maunds. Silk Piece Goods—Good Corabs continue scarce, but when obtained find a ready sale at full prices, say about 125 r. per corge; medium qualities are also in moderate inquiry, and sales are reported at 114 r. to 117 r.; but in ferior cloths, of which the stock now on band principally consists, continue neglected. Choppas and bandanas are going forward pretty freely, but we still seldom hear of sales in this market. Exports from the Ist instant up to date have been as follows: —Corahs, to Great Britain, 7,642 pieces. Shellac and Lac Dye—The revived demand for these articles noted in our last has apparently died away again, with the exception of an occasional inquiry for the dye for America, there having been scarcely a single sale throughout the past fortnight, although shellac of me dium quality is still obtainable at previous rates. Exports from the Ist instant up to date have been as follows, viz.:—To North America 425 maunds of lac dye. Oil Seeds—These seeds must of course continue neglected for the home markets so long as freights keep up anywhere near the present currency, there being no probability of any equivalent decline ever being sub mitted to, owing to the extensive local consumption; the Americans have, however, been in the market for linseed, and have purchased freely at about former rates, say two rupees per maund fur good cleaned. Exports from the Ist instant up to date have been as follows, viz.:—To North America, 4,944 maunds linseed. Opium—The fifth sale of the season was held ou the 22d ult., and went off at something under the previous currency, as will be seen from the following statement: — Chests. Highest. Lowest. Average. Proceeds. Patna ... 1,690 1,235 1,215 1,223 20,67,577 Benares.. 715 1,185 1,180 1,181 8,44,000 Since the sale the market has been quiet, and prices have had a downward tendency, yesterday's quotations being for Patna 1,200 rupees, and for Benares 1,180 per chest. Jute—A moderate business has been done for the English market, notwithstanding the high . rates of freight, and good qualities are already getting scarce, although prices are unaltered ; 10 8 to 10 12 per bale being about the present value. Hides—During the past month considerable quantities of medium and inferior quality preserved hides have been taken for the English market, and our exports conse quently show a great increase, notwithstanding the ex cessive rates of freight ; the Americans and French have also been purchasing more freely, the former prin cipally of heavy weights and buffalo, and the latter of good dead green ; but, notwithstanding this , a ll g ood qualities must be quoted somewhat under February rates, although low and inferior sorts have maintained their value. Exports from the Ist instant up to date have been as follows, viz. :—to Great Britain 36,514 pieces. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. The continued tightness in the money market, low state of the upcountry rivers, large amount invested in produce (now difficult of realisation, owing in some measure to the scarcity of tonnage), and, lastly, the ap , proaching close of th e B enga ll ee y e ar rendering dealers unwilling to enter into fresh operations, have combined to produce a prejudicial effect on our import trade throughout the past fortnight, during which operations have in consequence been on a ini , st limited scale, and, in fact, almost at a stand as regards purchases for the up country marts, as will be seen from the annexed reports. British Cotton Piece Goods—The inquiry for these fabrics has on the whole been extremely languid, and although importers have been showing less firmness in their demands, purchasers cannot be induced to come forward freely; nor can we see any reason to anticipate an improved demand during the present month, after which, however, dealer s w ill most pro b a bl y commence to lay in their stocks, in ant i c i pat i on of the open i ng o f t h e rivers. The import of gray s hi rt i ngs i n M arc h was lighter than during . the previous month, but we have no improvement to notice; those doing best are the lighter makes of thirty-nine inch; low bleached also are doing better than sixty reed or upwards, which are at present n !ittle (-!, , ,,-..,e ,1 qnri hPavy in s tork. Of jaconnets also tht,lo%, ~ - . ,-, a u l kes, kaoth of gray and bleec.. , are - most wanted. ulthoi . . 7s -. : '''' are not brini - :. feinaneratin g pries, vviiiii n,,,,i qu-didcs cor.C.: , ue ti. lected; the demand for white twills has been languil, and prices drooping; cheeks, spots, and stripe cambric. , , and in fact almost all the lighter fabrics are in very mo derate inquiry, and bringing poor prices. Imports in March were as follows, viz.:— White. Gray. Long Cloths and Shirtings 474 packages 1,338 packages Madapollams Cambrics 7B 3 Jacconets 673 256 Lappets . 7 n Lenoes Book ➢luslins Mulls and Mediums Muslina Checks, Spots, and Stripes 106 Scarfs and Chuddurs Twills Drills Sundries Coloured and Printed Goods—We have no improve ment to notice in prints, low Bengal stripes being still almost the only description bringing saving prices, owing to their being rather light in stock. The Caubul dealers being out of the market, Turkey red twills and cloths have again been comparatively neglected, and are bring ing good prices. Imports of all kinds in March were 361 cases. Woollens—Almost all descriptions continue neglected, and only saleable at miserable prices. Imports in March were 31 bales. Mule Twist The demand for yarn has been ex tremely languid throughout the past fortnight, and to effect sales a considerable decline on our last quotations became necessary, more especially on Nos. 30 to 50, and has been submitted to on the sales effected, although, generally speaking, resisted by holders, who appear in clined to hold on until an improved inquiry is experenced, which may be anticipated in June, July, and August ; but as the stock on hand is heavy, and the quantity on the way quite adequate to any probable demand, we cannot say that the prospect appears very encouraging. Imports in March were 3,555 bales, or 1,762,3201 b. Coloured Yarn—There has been some little improve ment in the demand for Turkey red yarn, which, us well as orange, has had rather an upward tendency, although the business done has not been heavy. Imports in March were as follows : Bales. lb. Red 89 or 35,600 Orange ... 67 or 21,000 Metals—Business under this head is apparently quite at a stand for the present ; for, although holders have been gradually reducing their demands, dealers cannot be induced to come forward, and we have not heard of a single sale in either copper or spelter throughout the last fortnight, so that our quotations are necessarily completely nominal, being merely the rates at which some parties would be willing to realise, whilst others are still holding firmly. Iron has again lost the advance noticed in our last, and participates in the general dulness. Imports in March were as follow, viz.:— COPPER. Tile and ingot -- 2,177 maunds. Sheet and plate 2,100 „ South American Old Brazier's Nails IRON. 68 „ 27 „ Bar 159 ~ Bolt and rod Pig . Nails Old 54 „ SPELTER. 3,506 mauuds. Beer—Stocks of the old beer are now much reduced, holders of the favourite brands baying been realising to some extent, more especially of Bass, at about 50 rupees per hogshead, in anticipation of arrivals of the new brew. Imports in March were as follows, viz.:— Bass's Tenant's 1 hogshead. - - EXCHANGE.—On receipt of the mail ✓ of the Bth of February, announcing the reduction in the home rate for draughts on this Treasury, drawers showed more firmness, and operations in ten months date paper were effected as low as 2s. Oid. per rupee; subsequently, however, owing to the continued tightness of money, drawers came forward more freely, and the moderate business doing in imports having limited the amount to be remitted, buyers were enabled in some measure to regain the decline, yesterday's rates being about 2s. Old. to 2s. Oid., with more sellers than buyers. MONEY-MARKET. We have not the slightest relaxation to notice under this head, the banks' rates of interest and discount con tinuing at their highest point, and Government securi ties still declining in value, as will be seen by the an nexed quotations; whilst in Bank Stock we have scarcely heard of any transactions, and rates are almost entirely nominal : CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, SANK STOCK, &C. Transfer 5 per Cent Rs. 5 0 oto 6 0 0 prm. Second ditto „ 5 8 oto 6 0 0 die. Third ditto „ 5 8 oto 6 0 0 ditto New or fourth ditto „ 1 8 oto 2 0 0 ditto Company' rupees 4 per cent ., 13 0 oto 14 0 0 ditto Sicca rupees ditto „ 15 0 0 to 16 0 0 ditto Bank of Bengal Shares Com pany's rupees 4,000 each, 2,250 to 2,300 prem. Union Bank „ 1,000 ditto par to 10 ditto Agra Bank „ 500 ditto 285 to 240 ditto Oriental Bank, 1,000 ditto 160 to 180 ditto N. W. Bank of 500 1 Old 190 to 200 ditto India New 100 to 130 ditto FREIGHTS. The somewhat unfavourable advices for rice received by the last mail having checked shipments of that staple, and arrivals in the interim not having been quite so light as previously, rates have been rather unsettled, and our quotations have in several instances been accepted, viz.:— To London and Liverpool. £ 5. d. £ s. d. Saltpetre ... 6 0 0 to 8 8 0 per ton of 20 cwt. Sugar ... ... 8 7 6 to 8 12 6 , do. Rice ... 8 10 0 to 8 15 0 do. Hides ... ... 6 10 0 to 6 15 0 14 cwt. Jute ... ... 5 5 0 to 6 0 0 .5 bales. Indigo and silk piece goods 8 0 0 to 8 10 0 50 c. feet. Raw Silk 8 0 0 to 8 10 0 10 cwt. For other staples rates are almost nominal. To Mauritius. Rice, Company's Rupees... 2 10 to 2 12 per bag. Measurement Goods, d 0.... 35 per 50c. feet. To China. Cotton ... ... $4 to 5 per bale. Opium ... 8 to 10 per chest. Saltpetre ... 1i per bag. THE BOMBAY MARKET. THURSDAY, APRIL 15.—Since the last bi-monthly report our import market has not experienced the least improvement, but, on the contrary, all descriptions of cotton fabrics, as well as most descriptions of metals, are now to be had at lower prices, and as our purchasers for exportation to Persia, Arabia, and the coast, are with drawing themselves from the market, prior to the break ing up of the fine season, we must shortly expect to see operations confined for some time to the supply of local wants. Cotton Manufactures—There has been a larger amount of business done in piece goods during the past fortnight than in the preceding one, but in the absence of any particular demand, transactions have been brought about chiefly by importers, in their eagerness to realise stocks before the final close of the season, submitting to lower prices, the bulk of the sales consisting of arey shirtings and madapollams, more particularly of the former, in 40 inch width, which have been forced off in large quan tities. The demand that previously existed for domes ties has disappeared with the retirement of the Persian buyers, and these goo d s , i n common w ith a ll o th ers , are now dfficult to sell, even at a great reduction in price. Dyed Goods and Prints continue dull. Cotton Yarn—Grey is not saleable so readily as it was and shows a tendency to fall in prices. The sales of the fortnight are very trifling, consisting merely of 105 bales Of 300Ib. each, as follow: Water-25 bales. No. 30 36 Mule-80 „ anuas Si 91 per lb. No. 30 40 50 annas 71 8 94at 9i 10 pr lb. In dyed yarn, 5,0001 b. of " Turkey red," good quality are said to have been sold to arrive, at l 4 rs. per lb. for average No. 40, but in " orange " no transactions have transpired. Woollens continue dull, but we are advised of the fol lowing sales of cloth:- 192 pieces 4,609 yards scarlet save list cloth, at Rs. 72 pieces 1,800 yards assorted colour savelist cloth, at amiss . 24 pieces 6261 yards dark blue stout cloth, at Rs 2 0 0 „ In flannel there is nothing doing that we hear of. Metals—Transactions in these have heen limited, several descriptions having become difficult to move, amongst which may be numbered Bar Iron, both Swe dish and British. Of this latter kind about 1,000 can dies were sold early in the month at 3la rs. to 31i rs per candy; and about 200 candies Square at 40 Ts. per candy. No sales have been reported in Nailrod, Sheet, or Hoop Iron, but for the two last-mentioned kinds lower prices are being offered. In Nails we hear of a sale of 200 kegs at 12i- rs. per cwt. Copper—ln Sheath ing and Braziers we have to notice a decline in prices, owing tol recent arrivals; and 200, cwt. of Braziers have been sold at 60 rs. per cwt. Tiles, however, have some what improved, a parcel of 75 cwt. having fetched 51} rs. ner cwt. Speltre—The inquiry for this metal is less active than it was, but we have heard of a sale of 1,000 cwt. in small plates at 12A- rs. In Lead, Tin Plates, or Steel, nothing has taken place, and prices remain nomi nally as last quoted. Cochineal—A recent importation of 1,7001b5. ha.s been sold at 41rs. per lb., and about 4,0001ba. to arrive have t been disposed of at 4lrs. and 4rs. per lb., the former price being for delivery in a week, and the latt e r for ar rival about the middle of next month. Saffron—The prices of this article continue to give way, owing to the lateness of the season. 50 lb. off good quality have been disposed of at 15i-rs. per lb. Marine Stores continue without improvement. 'There has been an arrival of white lead, but, being in the hands of native importers its fate has not been reported. Beer—We continue without any arrivals of the new, I and have, therefere, nothing to report. Spirits—The market in general dull. We have heard 1 of sales of -27 hhds. brown brandy Hs 3 2 - 0 per gallon_ 2 „ di;xo, pa,le Oitio .9 pmmile(• , - rtiw ~.: ....:.- . , . q .-t, , Gin to be EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—We have a quiet market, and prices of the new staple, arrivals of which have been very free lately, are lower that at the date of the last report. A greater reduction would, no doubt, have taken place, particulaaly in the prices of Broach and Surat, if a great portion of the supplies that have come forward of these descriptions had not been required for the fulfilment of contracts made some time ago, but we may look for it as soon as stocks begin to accumulate, for the tendency of the market is undoubtedly to a further decline. At pre sent there is but little disposable cotton on the spot, of the new; but a good quantity still remains of the old. The Broach and Dhollera are both inferior in quality this season compared with the previous year's growth, but, on the ,other hand, in Oomrawutty there is an im provement. Prices may be quoted as follow: — B 1 oath and Surat, New, 96rs„ old, 68rs. to 72rs. per cdy. Dhollera Ditto, 82rs. to Sirs., old, 60rs. Oomrawutty Ditto,B6rs. Compta, old, 65rs. Sheep's Wool—ln this article there is very little doing, owing chiefly to the continued high rates of freight. Prices remain unaltered, being as follow : Khorassan, 108 rs. to 11Ors. per candy, of 5881 b. Mekran, 80rs. I Marwar, 90rs. to 10Ors. Cutch, 10Ors. to 11Ors. Persian, 130 rs. to 140 rs. Linseed—Very little doing. The price has declined 4rs. per cwt. Rapeseed—None at market. Opium—The accounts received from China not being of an encouraging nature for this drug. there is at pre sent little demand for Malwa, the price of which has fallen to 1,075r5. per chest. Very little good in the market. F ItEIGHTS. Several arrivals of vessels having taken place in the early part of the month, the rates of freight to Great Britain declined at once from 61. 15s. to 71. to 61. to 61. &s. per ton, at which engagements were made to some extent, and some small shipping orders have relet even at 51. 17s. 6d. per ton to Liverpool. As we have, how ever, been some days now without arrivals, the rate has again got up to 6/. ss. for that port, and tonnage cannot be had under. The rate to China is down to 18rs. at 19rs. per candy. EXCHANGE. On London the rate is at 2s. to 2s. 0-kd. per rupee for China bills at six months' sight with local endorsement; and at 2s. oi-d. to 2s. Cid. for local bills. The market appears to be steady, at these rates : On Calcutta, 60 days' sight, rs. 98 at rs. 981 per rs. 100 Madras, . „ 96i „ 98 „ China, „ rs. 208 at 210 per doll. 100, nominal MONEY MARKET. _ _ Money remains scarce, and Government Securities have sustained a slight decline in value, the following being the present current prices : Fivo per Cent. Loan of 1825-26, 103 rs. per 100 Sic rs Four per Cent. ditto, 1832-33, 90 rs. ditto. Four per Cent. ditto, 1835-36, 85 rs. per 100 do.'s rs. Five per Cent. ditto, 1842-41, 99 rs. per ditto. Four per Cent. ditto, 1842-43, 85 rs. per ditto. Five per Cent. Transfer Loan, no quotation. Bank Shares : Bank of Bombay, 35 re. per cent. premium. Oriental Bank, 20 rs. ditto. Agra Bank, 50 rs. exclusive of the bonus divisible on June 30, 1847, of 40 rs. per share. Commercial Bank, 3 per cent. premium. PRICE OF BULLlON.—Sovereigns each, 11 rs. 4 as. ; Bank of England 11. notes, each 10 rs. 8 as. CANTON MARKETS, MARCH 25. IMPORTS. Business recommenceel shortly after the date of last month's report, and a considerable amount of imports have been disposed of, at much better prices than have for some time past been obtained. During the last few days the demand has not been so active, but as foreigners are holding their goods firmly, little or no alteration in prices can be noted. Cotton—There has been much speculation among the Chinese, who are the chief holders, and prices have been rapidly forced up. The present quotations are, for cash in two months—Bombay, 8.6 to 10 taels; Madras and Bengal, 9.2 to 10.2. The following is the monthly statement of stocks and deliveries:— Imptd. Deld. Stocks same periods. ---- - - • 1847. 1846.. 1845. Bombay, bales none 5,151 19,508 38,355 42,037 Bengal „ 622 402 3,107 4,574 10,909 Madras „ none 1,068 6,768 5,882 30,209 American „ 294 none 1,130 2,542 none Shangbae „ none none 591 none none 916 6,621 31,104 51,353 83,155 Cotton Yarn—Has advanced. The imports for the past month are only 99 bales, the deliveries 838, and the stock 3,183, against 785 bales at the same period last year. For cash in two months, Nos. 16 to 24 are worth 30 dolls. to 32 dolls.; Nos. 26 to 32, 33 dolls. to 35 dolls.; Nos. 34 to 42, 36 dolls. to 38 dolls. Long Cloths—There was a considerable amount of business done during the early part of the month. Greys may be quoted at 2 dolls. 50c. to 3 dolls. for 60s up to 725, and whites 2 dolls. 70c. to 3 dolls. 15c. American Goods have been sold to some extent. The present quotations are—drillings, 2 dolls. 60c. to 2 dolls. 70c.; and sheetings, 2 dolls. 65c. to 2 dolls. 75c. Long Ells—There have been but few sales. Scarlets have still further increased in value, and may be quoted 12 dolls. 25c. for HH goods, and assorted about 10 dolls. Spanish Stripes—Sales have been made to some ex tent during the month, at about previous rates. Scarlets have, however, been in more demand, and have advanced a few cents. Camlets have undergone, along with other articles , a slight improvement. N o sa l e s of English, however, have been effected; they ma y b e quoted 19 dolls. to 2 2 dolls. Iron has been in actual as well as speculative demand. Assorted nail rod has been sold at 4 dolls. 60c. to 4 dolls 70c.; bar, 4 dolls. 40c. to 4 dolls. 50c.; hoop, 4 dolls. 80c. to 5 dolts.; cash in two months. Lead—American pig is worth 7 dolls. to 7 dolls. 25c. per picul, cash in two months, but there is none in first hands. Tin Plates—The usual quality imported may be quoted 7 dolls, to 74 dolls. per box, cash in two months; but a small parcel of an extra quality has been sold at about 8 dolls. Betel Nut—None remains in importers' hands, and as supplies must be upon a limited scale for some months, prices "have materially rallied-4 dolls. can be readily obtained for decent quality. Rattans—lmporters seem clear of stocks, but there is a considerable quantity in second hands. Prices have advanced, however, and a lima better feeling exists. Good Banjarmassing are worth 3 dolls. 50c.; Straits, 2 dolls. 75e. to 3 d o ll s . ; water, 2 dolls. 25c. Pepper is not so fi rm as i t was, a few importations having taken place ; 6 d o ll s. 50c, to 6 d o ll s. 75 c . are the present quotations for goo d c l ean. Rice has advanced a littl e . A rracan i s wo rth 1 doll. 50c., and cargo Manilla a n d J ava , 1 doll. 75c. to 1 doll. 80c. Putchuck maintains the advance last advised, good being saleable at about 10 dolls. Sandal Wood—Madras has advanced to 11 to 14 dolls. South Seas has declined to 8 dolls. 50c. to 9 dolls. 80c. OPIUM.—The stock of old Malwa is greatly reduced, the rate for the best being 520 dolls. A small quantity came on lately, for which 580 dolls. was offered and re fused. Old Patna was in good demand during the be ginning of the month at 670 dolls., but has declined to 655 dolls., and become dull ; whilst old Benares has maintained itself throughout at 650 to 655 dolls. New Patna went up to 660 dolls. upon receipt of the news from Woosung, fell to 640 dolls. upon the arrival of the steamer, and rallied again on the face of a speculative demand to 645 dolls. New Benares has continued dull, the few transactions that have taken place being at 630 dolls. Turkey has improved, and may be quoted at 375 to 3530 dolls. EXPORTS-ON BOARD. Teas—A fair amount of business bas been done in most kinds since the departure of last mail, and gene rally at lower rates for cash, the teamen being desirous to realise that they may be enabled to make their ar rangements for the purchase of the new crop. , Congou—.About" .30 chops have been settled, leaving 70 or so in the market, and some 15 not yet arrived. The present quotations for cash are 12 to 13 taels for good ordinary, and 15 to 17 taels for but middling black ish leaf rather strong. Souchong of common quality is quoted at 12 taels, best middling 16 taels, middling 20 to 26 taels, about 6,000 chests in market. Of Flowery Pekce about 8,000 chests remain unsold, for which 16 to 24 taels is wanted. Of scented Teas the stock is now 1 -1 1 c t k a71s. ma A y t these r a t es some pur chases small, about 500 half c hests o b f e O g ra u n o g te e d P a e t k l o o e t a o t 2 1 1 4 leaving ; r, and 10,000 ten - catt y boxes latter. Ab out 2,000 half cheststo 28 tads, and Caper, 3,000 ten-catty boxes, at 17 to 20 in market fully 7,000 taels.othbaiealealsi half cheats cesahs Plain nehdisa atvcsl foacopi O bfleeer r tse a htn, n se g tomo e f foart made, leaving of Ning Yongs have been settled at 16 to 18 taels for quote oc o i t good. Stock left 2,000 half chest s. Green—The stock o f Young Hyson is much re d uce d , and consists only o f car g o q uanti ties , the market bei ng e ntirely cleared of sup e rior sorts. a q t u a 2 l l l t i t toy in 22 taels; r li e o t yu i n s e 25 estimated to o 2 9 no y Tsahne thechests; ; Of the rates paid for late purchases are 27 taels for common, 29 to 32 taels for fair, 34 to 40 taels for good to superior, and fine to finest 42 to 64 taels. Skin is quoted at 14 to 16 taels for cargo, 18 to 22 for sup erior, and fine to finest 24 to 27 taels ; at these rates up wards of 3,000 ch ests have been settled, is offered at rather lowe r rates—common (Taiping) ed it 15 taels, and good t o fi ne 18 to 26 taels ; stock leaving some 3,000 in stock. Twan kay continues neg lected, half chests. Imperial s an d Gunpowder have been in d emand, and about 10,000 half chests are reported as se ttled at 26 to 28 taels for Taiping ; 32 to 35 and 36 to 30 t aels for su perior Singlo and good NlOylllle kinds, and for fine Moyune 44 to 47 an d 50 t o 53 taels ; stock in market about 8 ,000 half chests. e i p , 3n a sg l ,l l o d , a mo stly of middling qualities. Canton sorts and mixed kinds are altogether unsaleable, and the nativo holders cannot even get them shipped off under any advance. Silk—About 800 bales are reported as settled at from 390 dulls. to 405 dolls. per picul for Tsatlee. Sugar appears very scarce, and although the want of tonnage stop s the rates have advanced ma terially.l, 6 dolls. ; N 0.2, 40 dolls. 70c., down t( No. for low s hipments, dolls. to 3 dolls. 25c.brown. becoming more abundant. 3 Quicksilver has advanced to 130 dolls. Vermillion to 63 dolls. for No. 1, Freights to England have been ruling at 61. 10s. to ges--13a,ring s credits on London at six months' 71., but is now, sight have been sold to some extent at 4s. 4d., but few other bills offering. East India Company's accepted bills on Bengal sold immediately on arrival of the mail 215 rnp.•es. DEATII OF 2tlli. It is with unfeigned regret we announce that the Paris journals of Saturday, received last night, bring the con firmation of the account already published of Mr. O'Con nell's death. The following letter from Dr. Duff, an English physi cian at Genoa, who attended Mr. O'Connell in his last moments, is published in Galignani's Messenger : " Genoa, May 16. " Some account of the closing scenes of the life of an individual who has filled so remarkable a position in the world as Daniel O'Connell, must prove interesting to the generality of your readers, and I therefore, as an English physician called in to attend him, take leave to lay before you the following statement:— " On Monday, May 10, I saw Mr. O'Connell for the first time, and ho was then suffering from profuse and involuntary diarrhcea, with great pain of the abdomen under pressure, strong rapid pulse, flushed face, &c. Mr. O'Connell had also chronic bronchitis of some years' standing. From the remedies employed these symptoms were much ameliorated, and on the morrow he seemed convalescent. But, from Mr. O'Connell's great repugnance to swallow even the most simple medicine, this state of improvement could not be followed up. On the evening of Tuesday (11th), the new symptom of congestion of the brain presented itself. Active measures were imme diately had recourse to, and from them there was a de cided improvement. Again the aid of internal remedies was denied, Mr. O'Connell refusing to take any medi cine. Towards the evening of Wednesday (12th) the symptoms increased. Mr. O'Connell was restless, and sometimes slightly incoherent. Our former measures were again employed, but with slight success. During Thursday all the symptoms increased with great ten dency to sleep, from which, however, he could easily be roused ; the breathing was much embarrassed ; circula tion became difficult, and in some degree indistinct, and the mind wavered. Thursday night was passed in a state of profound heavy sleep, with increased difficulty of breathing, and in addressing those about him, he imagined himself in London, and spoke to them as if there. On Friday he was much worse, the breathing very laborious, the voice scarcely audible, and the words half formed ; all the symptoms had in creased. In this state he lingered on till Satur day night, seemingly conscious of the presence of those about him, but neither attempting to move nor speak. My treatment of Mr. O'Connell was always in conjunction with Dr. Beretta, of this place, and a young French physician, who had accom panied him from Lyons, and, on the day preceding his demise, we had the advantage of consulting with Dr. Viviani, the oldest practitioner of Genoa, and of high repute. By his advice, and as a last resource, a farther application of leeches to the temple was advised, but all was in vain; he expired last night at half-past nine o'clock, p.m., apparently suffering but little pain. During the whole period of our attendance upon Mr. O'Connell it was with the greatest difficulty he could be induced to take medicine or even necessary food, and he perse veringly abstained from drink for fully forty hours. Had this been otherwise, the period of death might have been procrastinated, but his failing health and spirits, with constant tendency to cerebral congestion, rendered certain his death at no very distant period." The death of Mr. O'Connell had created a greater sensation in France than was to have been expected. The Univers, the chief organ of the Catholic or high church party, appears on Saturday encircled with a black border, as a mark of respect to the memory of the eminent liberator of Irish Catholics. We give the following selection from the remarks of the Paris papers on Mr. O'Connell's death. The Univers says— " O'Connell is dead at the height of grief as at the height of glory, harassed by the ungrateful conduct of some of those whom he saved, but still less troubled by their ingratitude than frightened by their folly. On leaving Ireland he saw other adversaries of his designs, other enemies of Ireland than those he vanquished. This is not the moment to explain who these Irishmen are, and what they desire, who feared not to hate and insult O'Connell dying in the midst of the world's respect; but no one is ignorant that, restrained by his hand to the last moment, they made him contemplate with dread the death which approached to deliver them, hastened by their impious hope. That was the secret, too easy, alas! to penetrate, of the august sadness which was imprinted on his features, and which wrung us with grief during the few moments that we saw and heard him. His manly heart succumbed in the agony which the future inspired. The famine afflicted him, but Young Ireland would have driven him to despair. To strengthen himself against such alarms all the energy of sentiment which with him was the spring of his glorious life, was not too much; he prayed, he confided himself to God, he invoked the Holy Virgin, and demanded assistance both for his soul and for Ireland, equally desolated. Let us hope and pray like him, let us hope and pray for Ireland, let us hope and pray for Daniel O'Connell, this great ser vant of God, because he was a great servant of man, a great and sincere apostle of liberty. Before Him who judges the judges of this world he will, we are confi dent, be found pure. Let our prayers come to his aid, if, after his slow agony, he has still to efface some of those stains with which human frailty marks the most elevated souls. Let us remember that what he has done for the Irish Catholics he has done for all Catholic na tions. His rights to our gratitude are not less numerous than his titles to our admiration." We read in the Constitutionnel— " The hopes which had been conceived of the recovery of Mr. O'Connell have been cruelly disappointed. The great orator had scarcely arrived at Genoa when he felt himself mortally attacked, and was the first to declare that he had only three days to live. His malady was complicated with an inflammation of the intestines, and nothing could stop the progress of the illness. The death of such a man would have been an important event at any period; but in the present difficult situation of England, and with the famine which desolates Ireland, the disappearance of the Liberator acquires extreme im portance. Nobody can foresee the consequences of such an event, or the influence that it will exercise over the fate, not merely of the English Cabinet, but also that of the three kingdoms." The following is from the Courrier Francais :-- " Daniel O'Connell died on arriving at Genoa. Per haps this patriarch of the accursed tribe sought the isolated mountain on which he could die far from his own. If he did not despair of his ;people, it is certain that his people began to despair of him. O'Connell had the soul of a prophet, but he had the mind of a lawyer. It was in the paths of legality that he desired the Irish agitation to move; to the encroachments of England he always opposed legality, and England often retreated before that respected buckler. But has Ireland made a step? Look where she now is after these thirty years of sterile agitation! If Ireland be bound to pay a tribute of tears and grief to him who announced himself as her liberator, it is to that magic and inspired voice which it will hear no more, it is to that ardent soul which in spired a whole people with its breathing, it is to that el - quenee, winged like a canticle, sad as a psalm, varied as a drama, and in which appeared at times the disordered inspiration of the ancient prophets—it is, in a word, to the consoler of the afflicted that Ireland owes its re grets, and in no wise to the avenger of the oppressed. Let her weep for this great soul that expires; but it is for England especially to regret in O'Connell the con ciliator who, by his oratory, effected so long a truce be tween the oppressed and the oppressor. Perhaps the voyage of O'Connell to Italy was a voluntary exile; per haps he felt before he died all the vanity of the task he had undertaken. In the last years of his life he might have seen Ireland, if not separating herself from him, and taking from him the popularity she had given, at least demanding a more powerful and more resolute action, seeking in short in Young Ireland' more active and more decided instruments of agitation. O'Connell never employed against O'Brien and the other agitators who lately came forward to dispute with him the direc tion of Ireland, those bitter sarcasms, those crushing bursts of wrath, with which he armed himself against his adversaries. If the great agitator did not confess that he deceived himself in submitting the cause of Ireland to the justice of a Saxon Parliament, his noble heart, so loving and so devoted, did not at least desire to show those who thought of the salvation of Ireland by more energetic means that they were wrong. When he saw O'Brien and his friends appeal resolutely from Ireland oppressed to Ireland armed for the combat, the old champion exclaimed, May they accomplish a work which I have not dared to attempt I and he retired from the arena to die." The personal history of Mr. O'Connell is identified with the political history of Ireland for nearly the last half century. To publish, then, in the columns of a newspaper, a sketch of that history, would obviously be as impossible as it might be said to be superfluous. The early portion of his life is not, however, so familiar to the public ; and hence the following details, extracted from a work recently published by his son, John O'Con nell, Esq., M.P., and thus stamped with a character of authenticity, may be of interest to our readers:— " Daniel O'Connell was born in 1774, at Carhen, situate about a mile from the presentpost-town of Cahir civeen, at the head of the harbour of Valentia. His childhood and boyhood passed at this birth-place, with the exception of visits, sometimes of considerable length, to Darrynane, then the seat of his father's elder brother, Maurice O'Connell, who, being childless, adopted his nephews, Daniel and Maurice, and took, in a great men sure, the charge of their education upon himself." The sketch proceeds to say—" A poor old hedge schoolmas ter, by name David Mahony, may be given to fame as the first who taught Daniel O'Connell his letters. At the age of 13 Mr. O'Connell and his brother Maurice, a year younger than himself, were sent to the school of the Rev. Mr. Harrington, a Catholic clergyman, at a place called Redington, in the Long Island, two miles from Cove, the first school publicly opened and held by a Catholic priest since the penal laws. At the expiration of a year the two brothers were removed from this school by their uncle Maurice in order to be sent to the continent, to pursue their studies at greater advantage; for this pur pose they were embarked in a brig bound to London, the captain of which was to land them at Dover, whence they were to take the packet to Ostend. The tide being out at Dover when the vessel arrived, those passengers who were in haste to land had to do so through the surf on the open beach; and Mr. O'Connell's first acquaint ance with England was marked by a ducking in the surf, the boat having capsized through some mismanagement in beaching her. An opportunity offering in a few days, the party proceeded to Ostend, and thence by treyk • eu h yt and diligence t o Lie g e, w h ere, however, a disap pointments awaited them. Mr. 0 Connell was found to have passed the age when boys could be admitted as students, and they had t o retrace their ste p s as f ar a s Louvain, there to await new instructions from home. The difference of disposition between the two boys was here strikingly shown ; Maurice, the younger, naturally • enough, availed himself of his six weeks unexpected holi days (the interchange of communication between their then abiding place and the remote shores of Kerry re quiring that interval) to indulge in all a boy's vacation inn. me rit:•: • • . • .lrottit-f, In OI r-1.7.:;: • trii;.;ikt....s. ki.Ltezided c Luu.a c..d uv, i,uch ussidu that ere the arrival of letters from home, for which they were waiting, he had risen to a high place in a class of one hundred and twenty boys. Their uncle's new orders were, that they should go to St. Omer, whither, accord ingly, they proceeded, and remained a year—viz., from early in the year 1791 till a similar period of 1792--when they were removed to the English college of Douay for some months. Mr. O'Connell soon rose to the first place in all the classes at St. Omer." The following is an extract from a letter dated 1792, written by the Reverend Dr. Stapylton, president of the College of St. Omer, to Mr. Maurice O'Connell. i giving his estimate of the characters and capacity of his two pupils respectively : " You desire to have my candid opinion respecting your nephews, and you very properly remark that no habit can be worse than that of the instructors of youth who seek to gratify the parents of those under their care by ascribing to them talents and qualities which they do not really possess. You add, that, being only the uncle of these young men, you can afford to hear the real truth respecting their abilities or deficiencies. It is not my habit to disguise the precise truth in reply to such inquiries as yours. You shall, therefore, have my opinion with perfect candour. I begin with the younger—Maurice. His manner and demeanor are quite satisfactory. He is gentlemanly in his con• duct, and much loved by his fellow-students. He is not deficient in abilities, but is idle and fond of amusement. I do not think he will answer for any laborious profes. sion, but I will answer for it that he never will be guilty of anything discreditable. At least such is my firm be lief. With respect to the elder, Daniel, I have but one sentence to write about him, and that is, that I never was so much mistaken in my life as I shall be unless he be destined to make a remarkable figure in society." The Jacobin politics of France had no charms for the young men, as was evinced on their j ourne y h ome , when they fell in with strange company : "At length came the order, and the funds, for their journey. On the 21st January, 1793, the day the unfor tunate Louis was beheaded at Paris, the brothers set out in a voiture for Calais, which they reached early on the morning of the 23d ; not, however, without some parting compliments from their friends, the soldiery ; who went so far as several times to strike the head of the vehicle with their musket-stocks. The Eng lish packet-boat, aboard of which the boys pro ceeded with as little delay as possible, was pre sently under weigh, and as she passed out of the har bour, Mr. O'Connell and his brother eagerly tore out of their caps the tricolour cockade, which the commonest regard for personal safety rendered indispensable to be worn by every one in France; and after trampling them under foot, flung them into the sea. This boyish out burst of natural execration of the horrors which bad been committed under that emblem, procured them a few of those sonorous curses which only a Frenchman can give, from some fishermen rowing past at the mo ment, by whom the cockades were rescued from the waves and placed in their hats with all becoming rever ence. It was the packet-boat which brought over the intelligence of the murder of the king. On board that packet-boat were the unfortunate John and Henry Sheares, whose tragic fate, in the year 1798, is so well known. To their heated minds the revolution of France did not bear the same revoltieg aspect that it did to others; and they were loud in praise and prediction of its ultimate tendencies to good, in despite of the crimes and abominations marking its progress. The execution of the unhappy Louis was freely canvassed between them and an English gentleman on board, and John Sheares boasted that he and his brother had been present—having paid two national guards for liberty to wear their uniform, and do duty for them on that occasion. Good Heavens, Sir,' said the English gentleman, what could have in duced you to desire to witness so horrible a spectacle?' Love of the cause, Sir,' was the reply. The excesses of the French Revolution were so re volting to the subject of this sketch, that it is not to le wondered at (we give the author's words) that Mr. O'Connell should, when, in 1794, he became a law student at Lincoln's Inn, be in a state very nearly ap proaching, as he has often said, to that of a Tory at heart." This, however, did not last long; and his con version from the one extreme to the other seems to have been as rapid as extreme conversions generally are:— "So strong and ardent were these feelings, that the cele. brated trial of Hardy and others having occurred about this time (viz., October, 1794), Mr. O'Connell attendee it daily, certainly nut more for the mere interest of the thing, or benefit of the law arguments to him as a student, than for the gratification of anti-revolutionary feeling, at seeing a supposed offender in a fair way of receiving condign punishment. To Mr. O'Connell's astonishment he found, ere the trial had proceeded very far, that his sentiments were fast changing to those of pity towards the accused, and of something of self-re proach for having desired his conviction and punish ment; and, each successive day revealing more and more the trumped-up and iniquitous nature of the prosecution, the process of change in Mr. O'Connell's mind ended by fully and finally converting him to popular opinions and principles, and confirming his natural detestation of tyranny, and desire of resisting it." Mr. O'Connell's manner of life, during his bar career, is thus vividly given in an extract from an extract :—" In one of those entertaining sketches of the Irish bar which, some two-and-twenty years ago, Mr. Sheil and Mr. William Henry Curran supplied to a London periodical, Mr. O'Connell's mantle' of life, in the time referred to by himself in the foregoing extract, is, if we may use the word, outlined with consi derable vigour and effect. The silent and absorbed vigil for hours before the dawn; the dimly-lighted study; the sign of our salvation hanging pictured against the wall ; the motionless form beneath it, with head bent over the voluminous law papers scattered in profuse disorder around ; the same hermit-like figure, a few hours later, transformed into the bustling barrister, keeping con tending attorneys at a run, to match his mountaineer rate of going, as he hurried to the courts ; the third transformation, late in the afternoon, when the man of legal points, precedents, and abstruse arguments would be found the merry, rollicking agitator, declaiming in a popular meeting and now playing on the laughing fa culties, and anon on the deepest and most powerful feel ings and passions of his auditory with a master hand— as he assailed with ridicule the petty despots of the day. or depicted with terrible vividness the wrongs, the mise ries, the oppressions of Ireland and her people ; such were the leading features of Mr. Sheil's sketch., and they were true to nature." ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT. GARDEN.—On Saturday last her Majesty's box was occupied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, the Hon. Miss Barrington, and the Hon. Percy Barrington. There were present, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, the Danish Minis ter, Count Reventlow, Count Kielmansegge, the Prince Francois de Lichtenstein, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Blanche Somerset, the Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Rachel Russell, the Mar quis of Douro, the Marquis of Headfort, Earl Granville, Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh, Viscount Canter- bury, Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone, Mr. and Lady Eleanor Graham, Viscount Exmouth, Count Po tocki, Lord George Powlett, Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., Lord Suffield, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord George Manners, Lord and Lady William Powlett, Lord Aber dour, Mr. and Lady Caroline Sanford, the Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Buller, Hon. Mrs. Phillips, Hon. George Miles, Hon. F. Byron, Sir William and Lady de Bathe, Lady Harley, Sir Jaques Clif ton, Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir Arthur Aston, Sit Henry Webb, Sir Clayton and Lady East, Lady Jodrell, Sir William and Lady Moleswortb, Lady Macfarlane, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir John and Lady Campbell, Hon. Charles Hanbury, Sir Ben• jamin Hall, Hon. James Byng, Sir James and Lady Ross, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir Richard Quentin, W. H. Gregory, Esq., M.P., Henry Baring, Esq., M.P., 11. T. Hope, Esq., Henry Greville, Esq., F. F. Courtenay, Esq., Admiral Mitford, Admiral Sykes, Mr. and bfisse , Morior, Colonel Thornton, Colonel Derville, Colonel Northland, Colonel Blane, Captain Hood, John Den nistoun, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Coghlan, Mr. and Mrs. Villebois, Mrs. Ashton Yates, IL Halsey, Esq., Mrs. Crawsha,y, Captain Riddell, A. Bernal, Esq., E. Dela field, Esq., Arthur Webster, Esq., Mrs. Milner Gib son, tke. London. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING OFR. DOUBLE DEE, THE CELEBRATED OARSMAN.—Yesterday morning an unfortunate accident happened to Robert Doubledee. the celebrated waterman, and coxswain of the Sons ot the Thames Club, which doubtless would have ended fatally had it not been for the activity of the captain ot the Starlight iron steam-boat. It appears that Double dee was out on the river, practising in one of those cockleshells, miscalled wager-boats, when his boat wa, struck by a heavy surf, which instantly filled it. Find ing that the boat was sinking, Doubledee shot head fore most out into the water, with the intention of swimming ashore. At that instant the Starlight steamer came along, and had it not been for the captain stopping the vessel and dropping astern, Doubledee would have beer cut in two by the wheels of the steamer, for when he jumped into the water the boat was within a couple oi feet of him. As it was, his wager-boat had her bottom stove in; but Doubledee was kept from sinking until a waterman came along, who pulled him into his boat and took him ashore. ROBBBRIES AT EPSOM.—lnformation has been o eeng n ien that on VV ednesday a gentlet4an was ro bbed v the Epsomdialand Race-coursesec seconds s hand of agold (N skeleton 5 203) 8, a lever da m watch, s wi a t l l; gold gold same c d h a a y i nma Mr John Jkoehj;, Gibbons, with aco r o n f e t l h i stoneaen Angel top On Coffee-house.the City-road, was hustled on the E psomerno Downs by foul name ,e "Straw, ailverdouble- men, bott o m w e h d o h r u o n b t b i e n d g hwiamtchof(m"alk in (maker's m Tor rington"), a o g n o e ld o r f in th g e s m et e w n i w th ho blo k o n d oc s k to ed ne h , iamnddoawpn wasair o top boots. dressed in a blue jacket and dirty white trousers and cap. At the London-bridge railway terminus, on the same day, Mr. Blythe, of Leather-lane, Holborn, was robbed of a lady's gold watch, with lever escapement, gold dial engine-turned (maker's name "C. Williamson, No. 1,807.") THE LATE ARCHDUKE CHARLES OF AUSTRIA. e na rul s me t s a e. t n e ts Some o o t mf Pragueß ohemii na members have h p o r n o l p u o r d s e e of f i d t e t h h d a e t o l a t a h t e e monument e o A r t e h r c c e t h r i n d g uk r : pro vinces of the Austrian monarch y should be invited to join Bohe m i a i n constructing a monument to the hero on the field of battle of Aspern ; but this, after a long de bate was overruled. Mr. David Salonlons has resigned his appointment as returning officer for the burough of Marylebone, con sequent on his having become a candidate for its repre sentation, in the room of Sir Charles Napier, at the en suing election. Mr. Salomon's successor, as returning officer, has not yet been named. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court on Saturday aftcrnuon Buckingham Palace. His ito) i E;; ; .;1 , .. s the Prince of Luccr,(iftet;:, 1'12 ; Count Adrien de Revel, the Sarti:n:ti,t Chargivtl A 'ff*es; a:ld ~L audlnee ttf - her Majesty. His Royal Highness was int*tred :by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her MajestflOprincipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cost, her Majesty's i4V Master of the Ceremonies. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince George visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left town at twenty minutes before four o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Claremont. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace in a carriage -and-four, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Prince of Leiningen. Four carriages and- four followed, containing their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Prin cess Alice, and the Princess Helena, the Viscountess Canning, the Marquis of Ormonde, Major-General Bowles, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. 13, Phipps, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, and Dr. Meyer. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson, the Lord Chamber lain, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, Viscount Clifden, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness, and Sir Frederick Stovin. The august party arrived at Claremont at a quarter past five o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert, ac companied by the Prince of Leiningen, walked out in the gardens and park soon after their arrival. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived on a visit. Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner had the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner. Consort took morning, usual earlyrning,her Majesty and and h yand herte Royal ßoyal Family took their accustomed walking and riding exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service at Claremont yesterday. The Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay officiated. His Royal Highness the Prince of Lucca, accom panied by Count Revel, the Sardinian Charg6 d'Af faires visited 'her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester, yesterday, at Gloucester House, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. We have authority to announce that the State apart ments in Windsor Castle will be closed from this day, the 24th inst., until after Monday, the 7th of June next. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povah, the les ions by the Rev. Mr. Repton, and the Communion sar vice by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Jell, who took his text from Psalms lxviii., verse 18. The anthem was, " I was in the spirit" (Blow). Mr. Turle presided at the organ. rhe sacrament was administered by the Bishop of The Bishop of Norwich (Clerk of the Closet) and the Dean of Hereford (Deputy Clerk) were in waiting. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde and Earl Howe. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. Among the nobility present were the Duke and Duchess of Beau fort, Ladies Ormonde, Wilton, and St. Germans, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lords Cawdor, St. Germans, Rosebery, 'Wilton, and Zetland. The Duke of Welling ton and Sir Fred. Trench attended the early service yes terday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Goddard. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended Divine Service, yester day, in St. Michael's Church, Chester-square. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service in Grosvenor Chapel, yesterday. lier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town for Claremont. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Royal High eesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, honoured her Ma jesty's theatre with their presence on S atur d ay even i ng. The Marchioness of Ormonde and the Earl Howe were in waiting on the Queen Dowager. The French Minister transacted business at the Foreign office on Saturday. The Princess Callimaki, wife of the Turkish Minister, was erroneously stated to have attended the Polish Ball on Friday last. The Princess was not present. The ceremony of the consecration of the Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, to the Bishopric of Sodor and Man, took place yesterday, in Whitehall Chapel. The cere• triouy was performed by t h e Bi s h op of Carlisle (offi ciating for the Archbishop of York), assisted by the Bishop of Ripon and the Bishop of Oxford. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford. Francis R. Dyke, Esq., officiated as Registrar, and read the Letters Patent and the Licence. John Burder, Esq., administered the oaths, and Mr. James Barber officiated as Apparitor-General. The following members of the new Bishopricks Com mission attended a meeting on Saturday, in Whitehall place. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Bishops of Durham, Winchester, and Chester. The Rev. R. Jones, and Captain Buller, R.N., had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Home-office. The Marquis of Normanby visited Viscount Palmer ston on Saturday. The Noble Marquis had also inter views with Lord John Russell and the Eallof Clarendon. Mr. French, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Duke of Roxburgh had a❑ interview with tho Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Al Lord and Lady John Russell went to Richmond on Saturday afternoon. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On Saturday evening Mademoiselle Carlotta Grisi made her debut for the season, in the character of Es meralda. The part of Esmeralda is peculiary her own. She was the original Esmeralda. She has always created a furore whenever she has appeared in the cha racter, and though others have attempted, none have been able to approach her. Her pantomime is beautifully expressive--her dancing is a perfect triumph of choerographic art, and her youthfnl appearance, for the absence of which in such a character no skill can com pensate, renders her the very Esmeralda of the author— the very incarnation of the most poetical of the creations of Victor Hugo. On her appearance she was warmly welcomed by the audience, and cheered by her enthu siastic reception, she surpassed herself. All the pas were most effectively given, an d were herrt pantomime was exq u i s i te . ed by Perr o t an d S t. Leon, She edly was applauded, adirabi y and supported and the Esmeralda bids fair to be as popular on this, its revival, as it was on its first production. It was pre ceded by Lucia di Lammermoor, with Castellan, Fras chini, and Coletti. The house was crowded.. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, who only arrived in town on Saturday afternoon, aacupied her Majesty's box, and was the obj ec t o f genera l attention. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the Marchioness of Ormonde, Lady Augusta Bruce, Earl Howe, an d C a pt a i n S omerse t, honoured the performances with her presence. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal High ness the Princess Mary, attended by the Baroness Ham merstein, the Hon. Miss Napier, and Baron. Knesebeck, were also present. His Imperial Highnesf; the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia honoured the performances with his presence, and occupied the Queen's box ; his Imperial Highness's suite comprised his Excellency Baron Brunnow, Baron Friedricks, Admiral Little, l Mr. De Haurowitch, M. De Berg, and th onel Grey. There were also present h is o C ol onel Grey. Highness nister the Baroness Brunnow, and Mdlle. Olgar de Lechner, the his Excellency the Bavarian Mi , D Pr u i k n e ce a G nd eor l g )u e chess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of tluntley, the Marquis of Westmeath, the Marquis of Kildare, the Marquis of Ely, the Marquis of Clanri carde, the Marquis of Donegal, the Countess: of Powis and Lady Lucy Herbert, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Falmouth, the Countess Poulett and Miss Dormer, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Shelburne, Earl. Grenville, Viscount Cantalupe, Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh, Viscount Clitden, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount Somerton, Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and the Misses Vere, Lady Foulis, Lord Sandys, Lady Caroline Buckley, Lady Frederick Bentinck, Lord Gardner, _Lord Saltoun, Lord Cranstoun, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord A.Fit z clarence, Baron Nicolai, Count de Ba rtie, M. Hon. C. d j. Wellesley, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir Hsmry an d La d y Koudriaffsky, the Honourable Miss Copley, t h e Woodford, Mr. and Lady Caroline Sandford, General the Honourable a Cav endish, Colonel Bowers, Capt. Reynoldl3, Capt. Smith, Capt. Wood , Meux, Sir Alexander Mr. T. S. Duncom be, M.P., Mr. N orman Macdonald, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. Bradl ey , M r. Arabin, Mr. Major Buc kl ey, and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Ri?pt on , Mr. Bateson, M.P., Mr. Hardwicke, Mr. Tunnelly, Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips, Mr. Packe, M.P., Mrs. Pack e R e di ng , Mr. E. St. John Mildmay, Mr. Errilaton, Mrs. Grote, Sir George Wombwell, Sir H. W ebb, Hon. General Upton, Sir W. Massey Stanley, Hca. D. Ashley, Hon. G. Byng, Major Baring, &c., &c. THE GRAND DUKE CONSTAN TINE OF RUSSIA. The Black Eagle, with his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia on board, was tele graphed off Woolwich about a quarter before ten o'clock on Saturday morning. At half-past ten the Grand Duke landed, being received by the officers of the gar rison, and also by the Secretary of the Russian Lega tion. The usual military honours of a guard pfh honour, &c., were p a id by t h e mi lit ar y authorities. n _ two of the Queen's open carriages and four, The Duke and th e g e ntlemen of his suite tere ote i l n , where readi ness, and proceeded to town to alighting from his carri age m which iv a e r t's entered his Imperial Highness on was received by his Excellency the Baron de B runnow , the Russian Minister. At half-past one o clock, the Grand Duke, accom panied by Baron de Brunnow, left th e h ote l , and pa i d a visit to the establishment of Messrs. Hum and Roskell in Bond-street. A number of complimentary visits were paid to his Imperial Highness during the afternoon, at Ilivart's • hotel. In the evening, his Imperial Highness, attended by his suite, honoured the performance at her IV iajesty's theatre with his presence.—Observer. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1847. 1 1