The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-04 00:00:00

~~----~. mown ;1W S • EE. .y wQrC ief part p closed ao City I that morning The Bank '0 at 78. Foreign at 31, Belgian business interest. OCb X 206 16 15-16 .Pti. pln. LOC& ex dir O'CLOCIE :0 :o to to -- t 0 to— to 11N t. to-- to to p to to to -- to -- to --• to -- to -- to to 19 to 31 1 :o 8.4 to to , '„o 107% 0 58N ) - ) 16 WON . 411.1 Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 3/. 125.... dig.... to Richmond 1%...... 2 ...... to Roy s t oa and Hitchen Seottish Central S : , atish Midland .. ......... ... 12% Sheffield and Manchester ...100 toto __— Ditto 1 4 Shares 8 Do. an d Li ncolnshire J unct. 1 14 . ...... Do. an d Great Orinisby ... 10 Do. d o. do. Extension... 42:5. 5 1 / i Shrewsb ury an d Bi rm i ngham 3 ....- Ditto, $ d on itto, Class B. 1 1 ,4 hropahire Uni — South Devon ....... ...... ... 40 South Staffordshire Junction 2% — to South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 40 % ••••• to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No 4 l2 - Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, No. 4. 2% 3!,‘ to it. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction to Staffordshire an d Shropshire 2 3 ,./ 1 — South Wales Swans, and I.ougkor and Ca ineron's Stm. C oa l ...... ... - 2 raw Vale Extension Vale of Neat!' Wakefield, Pontefract, andGoole ......... 22%....•• Warivick and W orces t er 42 s . ...... —•••-• to to ••••• Waterford an d Ki lkenny ll ...... Wa terford and Limeri c k ... Waterford, Wexford, W icklw, and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Waveney V a l ley Welsh Midlandl West Riding Union ..... ....... 425. We Cornwall Wexford and Carlow ...... te Wisbeach an d S t. I ves Windaor, Staines, and South Weatern... .......... IWilts,Somerset,&Weym outh 15 castle Ditto, and Newcastle 25 ... .. 381 4 1 / a ••• to Ditto Ditto, New... York, Preference 2 ..... 8 and North Midland .., 2550 :::::.• to 7,3 Ditto, Preference EsHalf Shares 40 _ 4 -6 % .... :.. .. . to to o .. . . .1 - - - lltbeya s i°ll Ditto East and West Riding • 2 ...•,. 1 2 % %••• to Extenaion FOREIGN RAILWA.TS. Rarh Azgladoes . 10-B e l g i an 4 ...... _ ... .. to ........ .••••" Belgian Eastern Junctioa.... 2% ..-•• Boulogne and Amiens IS . - to Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette . (Espelete's) ' 2 C alais, Dunk, & W. Fla i ders 2 ... C alcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast I Centro, of Spain Ceylon - ss. D emerara. Dendre V a ll ey Direct Bombay and Madras sa. .... . Dutch Rhenish . _ 6 ...... 4• 1 / 4 % % to —. Eon Indian - Fampoux and Hazebrouk..... 4 • • Great Indian Peninsular 5B; ~-....— ...... to Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey L ouvain ila Sambre ...... ... 6 Luxembourg 1701115 and Avignon 2 aladras ... 1 kadras, Nellore, and Arcot... 1S kadrid and Valentia _NMauritius 1 amur a n d Li ege .............. 8 ...... An. of France Constituted ... 8 ...... 13; 4 1 , :!.i lorth Jamaica 1 Orle ans and Vierzon Orleana and Bordeaux ... P aris and R ouen P aris and O r l eans... 2O ...... to Paris & .. 20 .. ... t o Strasbg. Constituted 5 ..-.. Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale .. 14 ......... _St. Laurence and Atlantic .... Tours ' & N antes Constituted 5 A ournay, Jurbise, Landon, WTand Ilasselt ........... -. . 8 ...... to rinida .... • ' 21, , •••••• est F1ande r5.................... .. . . 6 -- JOINT STOCK. BANKS. British . ' * British North .Anier. ....... 40 . .... -- to Colonial ........ lean .... 5° to ........... Commercial of London... 25 London Joint Stock ... ••••• :10 0 Londo n and West niinst . e . ; .. ... to Nation a l P rovincial of En 20 .• N ational of Ireland ...... ...." 2 3 2 5 . . . I . d 1 / 2 ' 2l ... .. to ro vincial of Ireland . ' Union of Australia .................... 2525 - to U nion of London ........ _ MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered ... 3% to w.it.a.a.real.—Read Ambergate Nottingham, and Boston, with interest, instead of cx interest. ' L L I --.OYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) bree ze an't.d, hick 4 h . a — z l s W irs i , n e d at t h h e i r s . day at noon, S.S.E., moderate tTheutOni,AKTEe'ecjikeNn.a.—lV Rasts • ind E. fresh breeze.—Arrd. from Cuba, for 'Bremen, een as far as 7, W eser, but was obliged to put back on account of the ice. tb. - / ,' 4 , i a JAN. 3.--Wind E.S.E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. from - "'vet', and sailed for Cart, Soderbohm, St. Chu. Sot-moan -vox, JAN. 3. Wind E.S.E. Std. Tay, (steamer) Wsst Indies. LivEinaJoi Dice. 3.—Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Geor iona, Higgins, Philadelphia; Courtenay, St. John's, New jhlßrunswick ; Jane, Potts, ditto • Tirgilia, Woodrup, Mirami ; Lillias, Harrison, Quebec ; 'John and Mary, ditto ; Vigi ant, Garner Montreal. Std. Rapid, Grave, Africa ; the Duke, 1)4( . 1 .Y, Lima; Plata Pringle, ditto; Albatross, Mills, Valpa raiso Racer, Pironet, Monte Video ; Wilton Wood, Blaney, St. Lucia ; Acorn, Loutit, Ilayti; •Kondraty Sevin, Tuliff, Ha vana; Erin's Queen, Davidson, New Orleans ; John Robert, VM'Kenzie, Mobile; Sherbrooke, Viggors Savannah; Aff an, Bl ac k , ditto; James White, Turner, ' Charleston ; Nith, t nith, Calcutta; Planter, Reed, Berbice ; Margaret, Jack son, Cuba; Franktield, Robinson, New Orleans; Scotland, Mills,T Savannah; Harriet and Jessie, Connor, Charleston; Aryyle, Brockbank, ditto. roitTsMOCITII, JAN. 2 AND 3.—Wind E.S.E., blowing hard.--Arrd. Kelso, James, Calcutta; Wilson, Laing, Sierra Leone; Nunez, Flight, Africa;_ Acadia, Dunn, New York; Oud Alblas, Key, Batavia, for Amsterdam ; Burrels, Munden, Mauritius; Ann Falcon, Bowness, ditto; Pfeil, Ileintz, Rio Grande, for Hamburgh ; Charleston, Cattermole, Ilavannah ; Republic, Tegeler, New York, both for Bremen; Wilhel- Mina, ditto, for Amsterdam ; Alverton, Clark, ditto. Cowls, JAN. 2.—Wind N. E.. fresh.—Arrd. Norma, Jack son, Honduras; Countess of London, ditto; Zodiac, Popkin, Surinam, for Rotterdam. Std. T. Ashburton, Port Philip. OFF THE NEEDLF.S. — Elizabeth, of Bristol, New York, for London. DanTatouTit, JAN. 3. —Wind E.—Arrd. Rhein, Render dab s, Laguna, for Antwerp; Jessy Miller, Crowder, Pato- Bania, for London. SitiEt.Ds, JAN. I.—Wind southerly; 2, S.E., fresh.— Arrd. Etna, Storey, Calcutta ; Ajax, Chater, St. John's, New Brunswick. SCILLY, JAN. I.—The Idea, Howell, of Cork, was aban doned on the 28th ult., waterlogged; crew saved by the Regent Clutterbuck, fro m Mi ram i c hi to Hull, which arrived acre yesterday, with loss of bulwarks, and ten feet water in the hold. S cartnonot:Gll, JAN. 2,—The Thetford, Eskdale, hence to Whitby, got on the rocks at the foot of the Castle this lnorning, and has become a total wreck; crew and materials saved. P LYMOUTH, JAN. 2.—The Marie and Pauline was fallen in with, in distress, on the 26th ult., lat. 48, lon. 8, supplied with provisions, and towed to within 200 miles S.W. of Scilly '3' her Majesty's ship Tyne, arrived'at Plymouth. ~, T onnay, JAR. 3.—Th e C ato, Sprague, Middleborough to [ stauay, in running for that harbour this morning, took the Ctound outside the pier-head, and soon afterwards tilled. Sln.roan, DEC. 31.—The Leonidas, Deduasi, from Shields to _Gana, which put in h ere N ov. 22, has been surveyed, and Must discharge. LowF.sTory, JAN. S.—The whole of yesterday the wind blew strong from E.S.E., with a heavy sea. Surtees, in hauling out o f the Barkfield GatTehe Activity, , struck th e ground. and soon a ft erwards sunk ; crew saved. M ARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY. ' CORN-EXCHANGE —MONDAY. During last week, the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coastwise as well as by land carriage and samples, were on a moderate scale, while those of Malt were season ably extensive. The fresh samples of all other articles of home produce were on a very limited scale. From Ireland and Scotland, the receipts of grain Were unusually small ; they having been confined to about 4,500 quarters of Oats, from the former, and 2,900 quarters of Barley from the latter. The imports from abroad were, taken as a whole, even includ ing about 8,000 barrels of American Flour, and a few thousand quarters of Beans, Peas, a n d o ats, trifling. This morning, a mode: quantity of home-grown Wheat came t o h an d from Essex and !C ent ; but from other parts the arrivals were small. The stands were again scantily filled with samples of English Wheat, ovring to which, the increased attendance of buyers, and the paid on Monday last, of from short stocks held by the dealers, a good business was doing, at an advance in the quotations of improve -3s to 43 per quarter. Still, however, we ea nnots many Parties were unwilling to give the above amount talent —call the trade brisk ; and we may at ate that the market closed heavily , considering the actual improvement paid. With free Foreign Wheat—as many of the holders have withdrawn their samples from the market for the pre sent —we were scantily supplied. That article commanded a steady, though not very active inquiry, at a rise in the quotations of fully 35 per quarter. For inland, there was some deMand for bonded Wheats and Indian Corn cargoes afloat. The former sold readily at an improvement of 3s, the latter 4s per quarter. The sales of Wheat amounted to about 8,000 quarters.W e had a short supply of Barley on offer, while the demand for that article was very active at 2s to 4s .pe r qr, more money. Th ere was a ver y active bu s i ness doing in Malt, at an enhancement in the quotations of from 4s to 5s per m ~ and at which a good clearance was effected. The sho w o f Oats being small, the Oat trade was firm, at a rise oGIs. per q uarter. Both Beans and Peas sold readily at Is. to per quarter more on. The Flour trade was ac tive.. S ac k parcels were 35., and barrelled ditto 2s. dearer. CURRENCY PER I3IPERLAL MEASURE Rheat—E ssez & Kent, Red Malt—Chevalier ....•• 73s to 76s , New.. • • 65 1 t o 745 Oats—Yorkshire and 33e Dit to,White, New 785 811 Lincolnsh., Feed. 261 Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe . 33s 331 coin, Red... • • 65s 70s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, Le„Whi Irish, Red.. ••••• • —s —3 Cork, White ..... 305 3 31 , Ditto, White •••• •• —3 --, Scotch, Feed..... 30e 331 'de3lod ••••••.• • • • • —s — s Beane—Tick ......... 425 46s him .•• •• 42s 44s Pigeons • 465 50s -.e Y — Grinding ... • • 394 42s Pease—Grey. .. I blalting • .... .• • • 47s 503 Maple ... .. ••••.. Os Ps Ist., C hevalier .... •• • • 51s 54s White ... .. .•• • • • 49s 50s Ch e valier and Nor- Boilers •• • • ..... 51s 554 f01k.... •• • ....• 66s 72s Flour — Town -made .• • Siis 62s Brown .•••• • • • • 63s 66s Suffolk. . ... ••. • • 481 521 Na iiitQl3B44 Wu, no Iss DtAktik kliorklk 0. No i - , - THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1847. SMITHFIELD. The following imports of live stock have taken place into London in the past week:— From whence. Oxen. Cows. ShePi). Lamb?. Rotterdam 2! GO ... 623 ... -- Harlingen ... Boulogne 68 685 180 Flushing •• • Total 230 ... _2,134_ 180 PigF Considering the severity of the weather, the above is a very large arrival. At the outports about 800 Sheep have been landed, chiefly from Holland, in good condition. As most of the above, in fact, were disposed of privately, the number of foreign Beasts and Sheep on offer to-day was very small, viz. 80 of the former, and 300 of the latter, the demand for which was heavy, and prices had a downward tendensy. With home-fed 13.asts we were well supplied. beth as respects number and quality, owing to which, and the changeable state of the weather, the Beef trade was in a very depressed state, at a decline in the currencies obtained on this day se'n night of quite 2d. per Sibs., the extreme figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s. 4d. per Sibs., while at the conclu sion of business a clearance was not effected. From Lincoln shire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, we received about 1,400 short-horns; from. Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, 300 Herefords, Scots, and short-horns ; from the eastern and midland districts, 71)0 Herefords, runts, De vons, &c. ; and from other parts of England, 800 of various breeds. The number of Sheep were considerably on the in crease, and of excellent quality. The supply of that descrip tion of stock exceeding the wants of the butchers, the Mut ton trade was unusually dull, at an abatement in value of front 2d. to, in some instances, 4d. per albs. With Calves we were scantily supplied, yet the Veal trade was in a slug gish state at our quotations. Prime small Porkers moved cf steadily, other kinds of Pigs slowly, at late rates. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. I. d. Inferior Beasts 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto. 3 Y 310 Prime large.Ozen •.3 10 4 0 Prime Scots ...• • . 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 4 8 5 0 Suckling Calves •.18 0 30 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 E 310 s. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolledditto 4 4 4 8 Southdown Wethe, 410 S 0 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs Small Porkers •• 4 8 410 Quarter old Pigs • l6 0 19 0 Lambs ••• • • 0 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Ile/Lets. I Sheep. Calves. I 3,407 23,780 9O NEWGATE AND LEADENNALL. The past week's arrivals of slaughtered Meat for these markets bare been on the increase, but by no means large, the time of year considered. With meat killed in the me tropolis we were fairly supplied this morning, while the primest Beef, Mutton, and Veal commanded a ready sale, at fully last week's prices. In all other kinds of meat only a moderate business was transacted, yet previous rates were readily supported. There were about 800 carcases of foreign Beasts and Sheep on offer, and which were mostly disposed of at late rates. I Pigs. 280 At per stone, by the Carctue. . . a. d. to 2. d. d. to 1. d. Beef. inferior.. middling ••• • 3 0 3 2 ) middling.. 310 4 2 prime large .. 3 4 3 6 1 prime .. •• 4 4 4 8 prime small -. 3 8 310 i Pork, large ••••• • 3 8 4 4 Veal . _ _ . . Lariat,. Os Od to Os Od. - 3130311011011 AND SPITAXXXELDS. Since our last report. about 200 tons of Potatoes have reached us in good condition from France; but, coastwise, the receipts have been very trifling. Selected qualities are in good request, at a trifle more money ; but all other kinds are a slow inquiry. BOROUGH HOP =AI ME'''. On the whole our market continues to be well supplied with most kinds of Hops, the best of which, both in pockets and bags, command a ready sale, at full prices. Otherwise, however, the trade is dull, at barely late rates. From New York 300 bales have been received in the past week..—Sus sex pockets, 31 12s to 41 6s; Weald of Kent pockets, 41 to 41 12s; Mid and East Kent pockets, 415 s to 61 6s. WOOL. Since this day se'ennight the imports of Wool have con sisted of 38 bales from Antwerp, 445 ditto from Port Phillip, 582 ditto from Sydney, and 269 ditto from Odessa. There is a better feeling in the demand for English Wools, at full prices ; but Foreign and Colonial qualities are a dull inquiry. Holders, however, are very firm. TALLOW. The Tallow market is very firm, and prices are looking upward, notwithstanding the late advances. On the spot there is no fine Y. C. under the quotation below ; for March and April 525. ; and New Y. C. for next season, 465. The stock this day is not only limited by comparison with other years, but it is short throughout the United Kingdom; and there is a very short supply expected during the next six months. Town Tallow is scarce, and the melters are asking full prices, even at the advance paid on Friday last. Hough Fat 3s. per 81bs. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE; AND WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAIL WAY.—(THIS DAY.) In pursuance of a requisition to the directors, signed by five of the proprietors of shares in the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Company, a meeting of the proprietors took place to day, at the office of the Company in Queen -square, Westminster, for the purpose of considering whether the Company should be carried on or dissolved. At eleven o'clock, the hour appointed for the commencement of the business, several of the directors were present, together with a large number of the proprietors. J. SMEE MATTHEWS, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair, and the advertisement calling the meeting together, and the requisition having been read by the Secretary, Dr. Mackenzie, Mr. Gilbert Lander, Mr. Joseph Causten, and Mr. Thomas Benzier were appointed scrutineers. _ . Mr. G. D. CLARK, the agent for the requisitionists, then called upon the chairman for some explanations as to the affairs and position of the company, asserting that the parties he represented were entirely in the dark upon that subject. The CHAIRMAN observed that if they were so, it was entirely their own fault, because had any party come to that office and asked for information, it would have been given them without the least hesitation. Mr. CLARK having designated the observations of the Chairman as a shameful piece of jesuitism, a long, angry, and personal discussion ensued, which terminated in The CHAIRMAN convincing the majority of the proprietors present, that the accusations and asser tions of Mr. Clark against the directors was totally without foundation, and inducing many who had come prepared to vote for the dissolution of the company to vote against it. The most rigid economy had been adopted by himself in parting with the money of the proprietary, and their undertaking, he was happy to say, notwithstanding the attacks that had been made against it, was supported by such men as Lord llatherton aria Lord Begot, the latter nobleman having actually consented that their line should pass through his park.—(Cheers.) Mr. FIELD thought they ought to have some further information as to the propriety of their going on with the undertaking. For himself, he was convinced of the b,-nefit of doing so, b ut h e was a f ra id that many present might not be so without further information. The CHAIRMAN, on the question of the propriety of their going on, would read t o th e meet i ng a l etter that had_ , been received (from Lord Hath er t on, i n w h ich that Noble Lord stated in a much more forcible manner than he could do the value of the benefits to be derived from their line. The worthy Chairman then read a letter from Lord Hatherton, in which that nobleman pointed out the value of the line to the mining districts, and concluded by stating his unhesitating belief, that while it would afford, if carried out, the greatest bet,efits to the districts through which it passed, it would at the same time yield greater remuneration to its shareholders. Several parts of the letter were greatly cheered, and several gentle men declared that their opinions against this company had been entirely changed since they had come into that room, and heard the statements that had been made. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to questions from several of the shareholders, stated that they had ample funds in hand to proceed with their Bill in Parliament during the next session, even if they had an opposition, without calling upon the shareholders for any more money.—(Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE WHITWORTH then moved, and Mr. CATCHPOLE seconded, a resolution to the effect that the company be dissolved. Upon this question the scrutineers that bad been ap pointed proceeded to take the vote, and the result of their proceedings was a most overwhelming majority in favour of the continuance of the company, and the direc tors proceeding to Parliament for an Act to enable them to carry on the undertaking. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The third session during the present mayoralty was commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Sir John Pirie, Sir Chapman Marshall, and Sheriffs Challis and Kennard. The Judges on the rota are the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice Manic, and Mr. Justice Erle. The grand jury having been sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his usual charge. He said the calendar contained a list of 99 prisoners only; since it had been printed he had been given to un derstand that fifteen additional commitments had taken place, and that number would, no doubt, be further aug mented during the progress of their labours; still, even with these additional numbers, the calendar would con tain a limited number of prisoners, and would fall short of the number of cases submitttd for trial during each session. This paucity of number might be attri buted to the short interval between the last and the present session. Although the number was not so considerable as they were usually called upon to deal with, still there were several serious cases which would come before them, a few of which would require some observations from the Court. In general the cases which they were called upon to consider were simple, and therefore easily dis posed of, being matters rather of fact to which the law was easily applicable than containing any points of dif fieulty with respect to which the advice and assistance of the Court was necessary for their guidance. He re ferred to a few cases the depositions in which had been submitted to him for consideration. The first case that presented itself was a charge of counterfeiting the coin of the realm, but it appeared that the process was in complete, and that they were therefore not in a fit state to be uttered. This, however, was met by an express Provision, namely, the 2 Will. IV. sec. 3, c. 34, which set forth that any one attempting to counterfeit a re semblance to any coin of the realm, although such counterfeits might not be in a fit state for uttering, rendered himself liable to the punishm ent i nflicted on those convicted of per fecting a counterfeit resemblance to the coin of the realm. Being unfinished was no answer to the charge. There was a case of rather unusual occurrence, ler which, however, provision was made. The offence was not only rendered illegal, but resolved itself into a mis demeanour, punishable by fine and imprisonment—he meant the charge of enlisting and inducing others to en list in the service of a foreign country, without the per mission of the Crown. The offence, which was a very serious one, inasmuch as it might endanger the safety of their country, was expressly prohibited by the 59th of Geo. 111., c. 69, and w as punishable by fine or imprison ment. They wo-ld have to inquire, first, whether there was sufficient evidence to substantiate the charge of in ducing others so to enlist, and if the person charged acted without the license of the Crown. There was a charge against a person of cutting and wounding, with the in tention of resisting his lawful detention by a constable, which was equivalent to cutting and wounding with the intention of doing some grievous bodily harm. The party was charged with theft, and the officer in his efforts to detain him, was cut by some sharp instrument, which it was reasonable to suppose was in the hand of the accused, although no instrument of the kind was found in his possession. There was, also, a charge of shooting at a person with the intention of doing similar injury. It appeared that the pistol was only loaded with wadding and powder, as there was nothing to show that it was charged with ball. It was discharged near the person of the prosecutor, but in what direction, under what circumstances, whether for the purpose of doing him some serious bodily harm, or only for the purpose of alarming him, were matters which called for their most serious consideration. If the more serious part of the charge was not proved to their satisfaction, then it would resolve itself into an assault. He recommended them to put these cases into a further train of inquiry, in order that the parties accused might have an opportunity of bringing forward testi mony to show their intentions. There was a charge of assaulting and wounding a constable; his wounds were not very apparent, but a person might be seriously beaten and injured with a shoe, as in this case, without exhibiting any serious external injuries. There was also a charge of robbing a person with violence, in which it was suggested that three parties were engaged. The circumstances were involved in considerable ob scurity. The prosecutor was severely wounded. A short time after, an instrument, with which the injuries might have been inflicted, was found on one of the ac cused, whilst some of the stolen property was found also a short time after on the person of another. The last case to which he would refer was a very sad one, and he would but briefly refer to it—namely, the charge against a person of the carnal knowledge of a girl under ten years of age. From the surgeon's evidence, it was painful to find that the offence had been committed by some one on this unhappy child. So late as the 9th of George IV. the crime was punishable by death, but the extreme penalty was removed by the 3d and 4th of Victoria, the utmost purdshment now being trans portation for life, or a lesser punishment, according to the discretion of the court. After a few general re marks respecting the course they should pursue in their investigations, and the assistance which would be ren dered to them by an officer from the Crown-office, he remitted them to their duties. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY) Inspector When informed the Magistrate that one of the persons charged on the police-sheet with drunken ness had died in the cell. He said the man had been brought into the Vine-street station, about seven o'clock on Saturday evening, exceedingly drunk. He was then very dirty, his clothes miserably ragged, and he seemed very cold, and so drunk that he could not give his name. He (the inspector) had him properly washed, and put into a warm cell, in which there were three other persons. These persons said that the man walked about, and was in conversation, and gave his name to them as Tom Distin, when he immediately dropped down dead on the bottom of the cell. They knew nothing about him. The inspector handed over to the reporter the follow ing description of the deceased:—Name given, Torn Distin ; about 5 feet 6 inches high; 56 years old ; hair rather grey, a little bald in front ; dressed in a fustian jacket and trousers, and very dirty in appearance. FAMINE IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND. A meeting was held yesterday, in the Marylebone Presbyterian Church, Upper George-street, Edgeware road, partly for the purposes of Divine service, and partly to make a collection on behalf of the unfortunate people who are suffering the horrors of famine, in the High lands and Islands of Scotland, by reason of the failure of the great staple of their subsistence—their potato crops. The Church was numerously and respectably attended. The Rev. William Chalmers, minister of the Church, preached a suitable sermon prior to the collection. Ee , took his text from the 13th chapter and 34th verse of John, "The new Commandment I give unto you, thatye love one another." The sermon, which dwelt much upon the love due to Christ, was of an impressive character. The Rev. Gentleman, at the conclusion of the service, drew the attention of the meeting to the famine at present raging in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and made a forcible appeal to the benevolent feelings of his hearers in behalf of the unfortunate people on whom the cala mity of the famine had been visited in those districts. He referred to a statistical statement of the population in those parts of Scotland, and of the numbers whom the calamity has already afflicted, so far as particulars had reached him. The Highlands and Islands, as com monly spoken of, embrace four distinct and separate portions of the territory of Scotland, viz , Ist, the districts of the mainland, where the Gaelic language is spoken ; 2d, the Western Islands, or Hebrides ; 3d, the Orkney Islands ; and 4th, the Islands of Zetland. The total population of the Highlands and Islands is estimated at about 392,332 ; and, considering their sta tistics to be yet but imperfect, it is calculated that there is nearly one-sixth part of the whole population of Scot land, nearly four hundred thousand of their fellow countrymen, more or less in a state of suffering, from the recent calamity which, in the all-wise providence of God, had befallen their land. This information was such that to remain one day longer inactive, whilst it was in their power to administer any aid, would be to incur a responsibility from which every mind would shrink, and if human life was to be preserved, delay was felt to be in every sense equally dangerous, and culpable. The Rev. Gentleman then stated the failure of the potato crop to be most severe and universal in extensive districts of Sutherlandshire, the west coasts of Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, and Argyleshire, and ob served, in the language of a report, that " if the potato formed but half the food of the inhabitants of the desti tute districts, its destruction would be a severe calamity to a people having no other resources, and demanding the active sympathy of their neighbours." But the potato diet in many of the preceding districts formed, it might be said, the whole of their food thoughout the year—certainly lihreelortrths of it. The Rev. Gentle man read several extracts from letters, which described the sufferers as in a state of melancholy destitution in several of the districts ; as obliged to kill even their one cow that gave them the milk; as reduced to wander over the black patches of land for roots (which now failed them); and as feeling the gnawing of hunger. The collection was then made, and amounted to 2171 78. There was another collection at the evening service. TO THE EDITOR . OF THE SUN. Sin,—We regret to trespass on your valuable space ; but on the part of the gentlemen of the orchestra of her Majesty's Theatre, we are compelled to contradict an impression conveyed in an article of a morning journal of Saturday, to the effect that the artists employed at the Italian Opera have abandoned the establishment. We beg to say, that as regards the orchestra alone, having always found Mr. Lumley as punctual and as honourable in all his dealings towards us as his prede cessors were irregular, ourselves and twenty-two others of our colleagues have never contemplated leaving the theatre ; and on no account could we ever have thought of engaging in a hostile establishment whilst still in his service. In this feeling we are happy to find ourselves associated with so many artists in other departments of the institution of the highest character and fame. Whilst anxious to avoid all imputation of having par ticipated in this extraordinary proceeding, we wish no wise to reflect on our former colleagues. One may easily imagine what deep consideration were to persons of limited revenues the offer of increased pay with the prospect of less labour (the suppression of ballets being promised), and still more, the fear that no artist not engaging with the hostile party would be employed, as heretofore, at the Philharmonic and Ancient Concerts.— We remain, sir, your most humble and obedient servants, J. 13. NADAUD. Leader of the Ballet. A. J. TOLBECQUE, Leader of the Opera. London, Saturday evening. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN ST, PANCRAS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In conseqnence of the report in the Morning Chronicle of the sth of November last, of an inquest hay big been held before Mr. Mills, at the British Queen, Sussex-street, Tottenham-court-road, on the preceding day, on the body of Rosetta Brown, my servant, when the jury returned a verdict," That deceased destroyed herself, but in what state of mind there was not sufficient evidence to prove." I feel myself- imperatively called upon, in consequence of subsequent paragraphs in the same paper of the 30th and 31st of December last, alleging and insinuating that a lodger of mine had been guilty not only of seducing, but of the foul crime of murdering the young woman, to assert that although two respectable men of business and partners in trade were the only parties lodging at my house, that the party alluded to in such report and para graphs had not been in the house from an early hour in the morning until after the discovery of the fat a l event, which took place at a quarter to five o'clo c k in the evening, which can be proved by the testimony of several respectable persons , in whose company he was during dayaatrahgirsamphs h anuafavcetobeen insert e d i n rY ; a n d as t h e rep the WeeAly Dispatch and Lloyd's weekly London news rs of this day, and most likely many other Sunday r t a the nd subsequent .lwhole p Pape and provincial papers, besides the Globe and The Sun evening papers of Friday last, and there not being the least foundation for such report, I feel that I am bound, under the circumstances, to afford each of them every protection, 'and feel assured you will allow the insertion of this in your valuable paper, that the public mind may be disabused until they or either of the m have justified t h ems elves by a jury of their country, which has been fully determined on with as little delay as possible. I remain your most obedient servant, ROBERT JENKINS. 22, Iluntly-street, Tottenham-court-road, Jan. 3, 1847. FUTURE POTATOE CROP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir--The year which has past has been momentous to Europe for the scarcity of food occasioned by the preternatural abundance of the aphis Testator. Let us now forget the sarcasms of th e jo urnals of the unsuc cessful investigators, and tak e a d va ntage of the know ledge acquired during the past year to regulate the mea sures for the ensuing season. I examined the subject as a scientific recreation for the summer evenings, and having discovered the cause of the disease, it now becomes my duty . to point out in the public journals how the crops are in future to be treated, as my work on the potatoe plant is no t likel to be perused by the poorer agriculturists, and it is myani fest that those who were unfortunate enough not to see the insects cannot render information on the matter. The vastator attacks many plants, and kills whatever it attacks. It destroys the potato, spinach, turnip, car rot, beet, and clover, &c. It will e'en live upon the wheat, and I am now writing with a wheat plant before me, on which the creature is feeding. Notwithstanding rain, snow, and f r ost, the vastator is still alive and active, and it is uncertain to what ex tent it may appear next season: on the one hand, it may destroy all our crops, on the other, it taaY be swept from the face of the earth and produce no further mischief. The potato plant, like all organic bodies when dis eased, retains its tendency to disease in future growths, which is not singular when we remember that the scro fulous father is liable to produce a diseased offspring. The vastator has heretofore not appeared in profusion till July or August; hence we may in some degree, pre vent its ravages by getting our potatoes ripe before the vastator comes in great abundance All succulent and cellular growths are prejudicial, a s liable to favour the disease, but on the contrary, t h e early deposition of fibre is calculated to enable the plant to resist the injurious action of the Testator. From the above statements we may deduce the following line of treatment, applicable for practise during the next two or three mouths:- 1. Cultivate all crops to the usual extent from former healthy With regard to potatoes, use sets healthy plants. 3. Select early varieties. 4. Plant early. 5. Use but little or no manure. 6. Choose a sandy or peaty soil. 7. Destroy the plants the vastator is now living on. o the abo ve I call the attention of the b en evolent t of f short di rules, and recommend them to circ ulate these rec tions throughout Ireland, the poor parts and England; I also beg to recomm end them, as t rue Scotland, charity, to send round sets of earl y k inds to those dis tricts. I myself am against the over cultur e of the po tato, for reasons which I have elsewh ere stated; th e less, as a secondary crop , to o littl e culture will never be atteaded with great priva tions to the poor. always At the early period of the year,_ it is .. I desirable de stroy such plants as - the creature 'Mee. ... to upon the shepherd's v a ne, mallow, and turnip;t lives freely acc ount the husbandman should destroy on this these far as possible before spring advances to f plants as u abundance of food. The vastater causes the first it with to vegetables it attacks, and is thus the c Eu d,amage e ase from which all subsequent changes se of the dis consequence. Every farmer should know L u ke place as a the habits of the creature, and every one shouldform and to kill this destroyer of human food. assist him obedient servant, ALFRED' LFRED' am Sir your , 7, Finsbury Circus, Dec. 31, 1846. SAME. REMARKABLE SUICIDE.—On Saturday informa tion was forwarded to Mr. Bedford, the coroner, of the suicida of a man named James Berrall, under the follow ing extraordinary circumstances :—The deceased, who was a married man, with a family of five children, was by trade an upholsterer, being wh a t i s termed a jobbing master, and resided at No. 17, Brown -street Grosvenor square. Although in humble circumstances he was not in actual want, but he had frequently of late been in the habit of saying that he had an unaccountable dread of the approach of the year 1847, and that as sure as it came he should on the first day of it commit suicide by hanging himself. His threats were taken no notice of, but on his landlady going into the washhouse, about five o'clock on the evening of Friday last, the Ist instant, she found him suspended by a cord tied tightly round his neck, and fastened to a hook in the wall. An inquest will be held to. morrow (Tuesday). time in July (the fact was, we believe, noticed in our let ters of the time) some disturbances arose in the Hazareh country west of Ghuznee. They originated, it appears, with a chief of the name of Shah Nawaz, of the tribe of Bukhtecarees, who, having raised the standard of the Prophet, rallied some fanatics around the same. They proceeded to plunder the travellers along the roads in their country, and threatened to become formidable. About the time the Wuzeer's marriage was to take place, the hero of a hundred measures managed to obtain the confidence, to use an ap propriate phrase of the Th ug f ratern i ty, of the chief, and invited him to the feast. He came, was treated with mach distinction, and told, the day after the ceremonies had been concluded, that the Wuzeer wished to have some private conversation with him, to which end he was desired to enter the Bala Hissar by the garden gate. Shah Nawaz was punctual to the appointment, but had no sooner entered the garden than Mahomed Akbar Khan, who was in waiting, directed his attendants to seize ' the rebellious scoundrel,' and forthwith to carry out the preparations which had been previously made for hanging him on the spot. The secret seems to have been kept even from the Ameer, for some days, and when it became public the matter was seriously taken into consideration; but nothing beyond a remon strance was attempted by his Highness. On the 26th of August news came in that many of the Ghilzie chiefs, who had hitherto held aloof, had joined the re bellion; but on hearing a report that Jubbar Khan was coming to investigate their grievances, they withdrew to their respective forts. Kurreem Khan, who had been appointed to the chiefship in supercession of Azeez Khan, availed himself of this movement, and attacked the village of Sultanpoor, where he killed three men in a mosque, and took four Hindoo women prisoners. On the 27th of the month a purwannah was prepared, or dering Hajee Allee Khan, en officer in the Ameer's army, to move from his post below the passes to Teezen, with his battalion, and make arrangements for the secu rity of the road. The Kassid Bashee, when told to for ward the purwannah, said it was useless to attempt to do so, as the Kassid would not be allowed to pass. On the following day news came in that the Ghilzies had attacked a village named Bhagbanee, above Balabagh, killing fourteen men, taking seven prisoners, and carrying off all the moveable property on which they could lay their hands. The state of the country is described at this time as such that not a man could attempt to pro ceed from Khoord Kabul to Jellalabad with any chance of reaching that place, and was becoming daily a source of greater anxiety to the Ameer, who came on the 29th to the resolution of sending his younger son, Shere Jan Khan, to employ his best endeavours in reducing the refractory. tribes. But it was of short duration, as on the 31st it was determined that he should defer his movement until after the conclusion of the feast of the Ramazan, as the soldiers said it was not convenient to them to march at such a season. The vacillation of the Ameer affords our correspondent an opportunity of in • dulging in sundry remarks that do not bespeak much loyalty to the ruling tribe. He assures us that out of the town of Caubul the name of a Barukhzaie no longer commands the least respect ; that the Ameer has lost all control over the neighbouring country ; and that the finger of God is so evidently on his family, chiefly on account of the atrocities of his son, that some change in the ruling dynasty must soon take place, which will either call another tribe or the English to the govern ment of Affghanistan. This does not betoken much desire on the part of the Affghans to join in that vast Mahommedan conspiracy which, according to the Mofussilite, was soon to crush us, unless nipped in the bud. On the Ist September news came in from Candahar that the merchants in those parts had beoome so alarmed at the reports which reached them of the intention of the Western Ghilzies to join those in the east in the insurrection, that they would on no account send off their Kafilas towards Caubul. On the 2d of September the Wuzeer, for the first time since his marriage, having recovered his tem per and his eye-sight, presented himself at the Durbar, and having consulted with his father on the subject of the Ghilzie insurrection,' it was determined at once to send off as many soldiers as could be spared. On the following day it was reported that the Ameer had fever, and could not hold the usual Durbar, in conse quence of some serious differences with the mother of Mahomed Akbar Khan on the previous day. He was, however, well enough to resume his Durbar on the 4th of September. On that day a letter announced a rising amongst the Khiberees, consequent on some disputes amongst themselves, which seems to have been looked upon by the inhabitants of Caubul as a branch of the Ghilzie insurrection, and to have alarmed them so much, that they began removing and burying their goods and treasure. On the sth news came in that the Ghilzies had attacked Balabagh, in which Hajee Allee Khan had taken post, and that they had obtained such a decided advantage over him that he was obliged to retreat on Jellalabad, let,ving the insurgents to plunder Balabagh at their lei sure. Meer Hajee and Hafizjee were immediately sum moned to a private council, at which the present state of affairs was taken into serious consideration. The Meer Hajee observed to the Ameer, according to the report of one present, that all the evils of the state were to be at tributed to the faithless conduct of the Wuzeer, that now no man would trust the word of a Barukhzaie, but that as something immediate must be done to restore peace, he would summon the Kohistanees. The Shirk arpoor merchants at the same time held a meeting, at which they determined that if peace were not speedily restored they would abandon Caubul in a body, and pro ceed to: Bukhara, where they said they were sure of safety and protection. On the 7th of September the Ameer begged of the priests to carry out their suggestions _regarding the Kohistanees, o n whi c h M eer Hajee signed letters directed to the Kulan' of Estaleef, and other places, requesting them immediately to dispatch a large body of men. The chiefs of Nungreehar, of Lal poora, &a., were also called upon to prepare themselves, with as little delay as possible, to co-operate, from their side, with the troops that would be pushed into the passes from the west. On the Bth of September the Lieutenant-Governor of Bamcen wrote to say that the murder of the Bukhteearee chief had created a great sensation among his tribe—as great as that of Yesdan Bukhsh of former days, and that there was every reason to believe they would rise in rebellion." OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. We received on Saturday morning (via Mar scales) our correspondence and files of newspapers from India, in anticipation of the Overland Mail from Bombay. Bound, DEC. 2, 1846.—We have for some days past been kept in great anxiety by the continued ab sence of the mail which must have left London on the 24th October, and ought to have been here on the 26th November. Some accident must assuredly have be fallen the steamer. The most important item of the news of the month refers to money matters. Advances on the Five per Cent. Loan are coming in so slowly that the opening of a six per cent. one is talked about. The expenses of Sinde, betwixt November, 1845, and November, 1846, when there was under Sir C. Napier an army varying from 21,000 to 27,000 men, must have exceeded its income by considerably more than a million and a half sterling. After the with drawal of the troops now under orders for India, there will remain behind some 15,000 men, or nearly the number on the muster-roll when the Parliamentary returns, by which it appeared that the expenditure exceeded the income by nine hundred and odd thou sands a year, were made up. This is fearful work. It is understood here that Sir R. Peel was favour able to the restoration of the Ameers ; and it is known that the majority of the Court of Directors are most anxious for the abandonment of this possession. Rumours are rife as to the course likely to be sdopted by Lord Hardinge in reference to the matters sub mitted to him for his opinion by the Court of Direc tors. His Lordship's own policy is so pacific that it is imagined he may be hostile to the continued occu pation of Sinde. The Cashmere insurrection has now been fairly put down. It seems in reality to have been a very petty affair, and to have been got up by a single ac tive, enterprising, discontented, ambitious individual not to have been at all the result of general discon tent, arising from oppression or misgovernment. Ghoolab Singh, in reality though a false, perfidious, and vindictive man, seems little more so than his brother chiefs, notwithstanding all that has been said to his disparagement. He has more energy and cunning, and therefore more power for good or evil, than most of them. Pity it should be so often misused! General Littler's forces were, on the 4th, under orders to counter-march; on the 12th they reached the old quarters in Lahore, Wheeler's brigade re tracing their steps through the Jullundur Doab. The Seikh troops had been directed to stand fast within or near the Passes till Colonel Lawrence should be enabled to visit Cashmere, and determine with his own eyes the state of the people. There is no more high-minded, humane, liberal, or upright man in the distinguished service to which he belongs than the agent for the Governor-General; and, as suredly, if grievances there be amongst the Cash tnerians, he will not suffer them to remain if he can help them. He is luckily well known, and his cha racter prized as it ought. His confidence in them, as shown by his throwing himself amongst them, will help to confirm the good opinion already formed. SIN DE. We have numerous letters from Kurrachee down to the 26th of November, and from other parts of Sinde of corresponding dates. There seems scarcely anything at present stirring on the banks of the Indus. There is a feeling universally prevalent amongst our troops, that minute inquiries are impending, which will anything but redound to the credit or advantage of the ruler of the country ; and changes close at hand which are only the first of a series likely to terminate in the abandon ment of a possession whose maintenance has been as mischievous to us as its conquest is discreditable. The rumour formerly alluded to of an immediate reduction of the force on the Indus, proves well grounded—the 3d Light Cavalry, four companies of European, and one of Native Artillery, with six regiments of Infantry—i. e., her Majesty's 17th, 60th, and 86th, the 12th, 13th, and 17th Native Infantry ; in all about 7,000, are to be with drawn from the country. It is a mistake, however, to imagine that the expenses of its maintenance will be re duced by this below the million sterling by which, ac cording to the Parliamentary returns, these exceeded the income in 1844.45. Since then, it is true, 8,000 of the Bengal troops have been returned to their own provinces ; but, to make up for this, above 9,000 have been introduced from Bombay the Sinde Horse and Delooch battalion have been nearly doubled—the camel and baggage corps and the police force, if we mistake not, so strengthened, that the army, at this moment, under Sir C. Napier, amounts to neary 24,000 mon, and will after its reduction still be as numerous as at the time to which the Parliamentary returns were made up, nearly 17,000 men. During the past year the charges of the country must have exceeded its income by more than a million and a half—they will now fall back to the moderate sum of a million sterling. One result has been the opening of a five per cent. loan,; which is being subscribed to so slowly that one of six per cent. is talked of as about to be opened by Government. It is said, indeed, that the retirement of Sir Charles Napier is definitely fixed for an early day—some say in December, some January, others March. It is known that a majority of the Court of Directors are anxious for the restoration of the Ameers, and it is believed that views similar to those held in Leadenhall-street were entertained by the Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel. The authority of the Duke of Wel lington with both the present and past Administration is understood to be such, that while he insists on supporting the Ellenborough policy in every particular, nothing but an appeal to Parliament will be of any avail. This, it is understood, is only waited for until Lord Ilardinge shall have decided on the matter submitted to him by the Court ; should he concur with them in opinion, every thing will be plain ; should he avoid giving a decision —that he will give an unfavourable one is scarcely conceivable—then the directors will most probably take the responsibility on themselves. Meanwhile the ac curacy of the rumours current at the dispatch of our last in reference to some most extraordinary proceedings on the part of the Governor of Sinde have been con firmed. It is now beyond dispute that the messengers of the mother of the Meer Shandad, to whom Sir C. Napier had given a safe conduct to Surat, whither they were about to proceed with letters to the captive ex- Ameer, were directed to be intercepted, and were de tained and searched by order of Government—this, as is supposed, with some view of prying into the papers of which they were the bearers, or getting up fresh charges against the ex-Ameers ! The indignation excited by the revelation o f thi s h as probably surpassed that occa sioned by the disclosures of Colonel Outram. Circulars have just been sent round to the various collectors, full of the most humane and philanthrophic instructions for their guidance, just as their occupation is all but gone. These, it is supposed, are intended to be pro duced when the kingdom shall have departed from the hands of the modern Pharaoh, as evidences of the wisdom and excellence of his rule. All that is required to make them take at home is, to omit the date, and leave it •to be supposed that such were the mandates issued at the commencement, instead of the conclusion, of a career which will shortly stand sorely in need of defence. The sadly erroneous statements of the letter addressed by Lord Ellenborough to Captain Na pier —published in the Times of Sept. 27th—have, wherev e r th e l a t e Govern o r-G e n era l' s eccentricities were best known, occasioned much surprise. His Lord ship states that Sir C. Napier moved 15,000 men with 100 guns on Mooltan, where he must have known that the force moved on Bahawulpore, a friendly state, amounted to under 14,000 with 30 guns. He adds that this was an evidence of the great tranquillity of Sinde, omitting to notice the circumstance that 9,000 men were dispatched from Bombay to supply the place of those who had left, so as to leave a garrison of above 15,000 in the country ! An expedition of 6,000 men, destined to last sixteen days, and which occupied part of three months to coerce a few hill men afterwards brought over by negotiations, he pronounces more meritorious, in a military point of view, than the battles of Dubba and Meeanee !—Sir C. Napier himself virtually admitting it to be a failure when he directed a cordon of 3,000 men to be established to protect the frontier against the very men that were assumed to have been disabled ! The actual news from Sindo amounts to next to nothing. A promising young officer, Lieutenant Stanley, had died at Kurrachee on the 24th from the effects of fever caught on a shooting excursion. Courts-martial had been of very frequent occurrence, one on a lieutenant of infantry had just closed, when three more were expected to begin. The climate on the sea coast was cool and agreeable. Hydrabad continued healthy, but at Sukkur a good deal of sietness pre vailed. Sir C. Napier and family were about to visit the field of Meeanee and Dubba, and were, it was un derstood, making preparations to retire from Sinde in March. The following is an extract from one of our latest letters : " KURRACEIEE, Nov. 25.—Lieutenant Stanley, f of the a rtillery, died last evening from the effectbtseonfuebvberi,ziovoenr-. tracted while on a shooting excursion to The steamer Comet lett the Bunder on the 15th for Sukkur, with a regular chow chow cargo. It consisted of piece goods, silk, dates, sugar, copra,battans, mats, brandy, c h er oots, and soda-water. Another steamer is mentioned to start on the Ist. There is considerable competition among the Sindees for tonnage." AFFGHANISTAN. We subjoin entire the Delhi Gazette's fortnightly sum mary of Caubul news, in preference to attempting an abridgment of what seems to have been already carefully abridged:— " We are in receipt of further intelligence from Cau bul, extending from the 25th of August to the Bth of Sep tember. On the first-named day our news writer ob. tained information of one of those diabolical acts of deceit for which Mahomed Akbar Khan is daily making him self more and more notorious. It appears that some NEPAUL. More bloodshed at Katmandoo! The 31st of October again witnessed the destruction of human life—the sufferers, on this occasion, being the Maharan ee ' s adhe rents. The murder of a dozen or so men of note in or near the Durbin. or Hall of State, would appear to be considered a matter of small consequence amongst the Seikhs and Nepaulese. Several of the most influential of the chiefs have been imprisoned, though probably un connected with the bloody transaction. A son of a general is said to be amongst the latter, and a recently appointed governor amongst the slain. All was quiet at the residency. Major Thoresby had not yet joined. JEYPOOR. The Delhi Gazette affords the following communica tion on Shekawattee affairs ; it is the best explanation which has yet been offered of the causes of the late dis turbances in that district : " We have been favoured by one in every way capable of affording sound information, with the following re marks on the late outbreak at Shekawattee, which we prefer giving as received to using them according to the permission accorded, in any other manner. It affords us much satisfaction to find that the outbreak has been put down, because any disturbance of the public peace in that part of Rajpootana, where so large an amount of -transit traffic exists, must be very injurious to that traffic. The only - point on which our correspondent en tertains opinions which we trust are not shared by the authorities, is that regarding the alleged ill effect of the presence of the Shekawattee brigade, in which we totally differ from him, with all respect to the excellent opportunities which he evidently enjoys of forming a sound judgment. We have every reason to believe that the force under Major For; ter contributed, for many rea,- sons, to the maintenance of good order, although it is un deniable that the resolution to relieve the Rajpoot states of the charge of that force, adopted by Lord Ellenbo rough, was undoubtedly a wise measure:—` There are some peculiarities in the laws of inheritance among the Sheikhawuts, which must always render that province of more difficult management than any other portion of Rajpootana of equal extent. The founder of the Sheikh bawut houses ordained that there should be an equal divi sion of land to each of the sons of a family, and this law has obtained and still obtains in each of the houses ' except those of Khetree and Seekur, w hi c h h ave preserved their possessions unbroken, a n y f ur th er than in making the usual Rajpoot provision for younger sons, and both are respectable chiefships, yielding three or four lacs per an num each. In the other houses a division of landed pro perty has taken place, until some of the sons are left with only a single village, and some of them with only a a single field ; a rule has since been introduced, disal-- lowing adoption, as it exists in other Rajpoot commu nities ; so that when a person dies without male issue, his lan d reverts to the stock ; altogether, however, the law of inheritance, thus amended by themselves some generations back, has produced great disorder, leaving whole communities of armed men, who have no other profession than that of arms, without chiefs or rulers, who are consequently ready to enter on any enterprise holding out a promise of either pay or plunder. It was this condition of things which led to the expedition into Shekawatee in 1835-36, under General Stephenson, and the result of that expedition was the fixing of a fouj 'khaneh on Rajpootana to the extent of three lace a year re., 51,000 of which fell on the Sheikhawuts themselves, and the /stationing of a brigade in their country, mea sures which were calculated to aggravate, rather th an heal the evil, since they did not strike at thelroot of it , which can only be done after the present Naha' ajah of Jaipoor shall have attained his majority. The fon) khaneh was remitted in 1813, and the cost of the brigade was taken upon themselves. This with the re moval of the brigade, has had a very healing and sooth ing effect, and in the late insurrections the illegitimate brothers of the Rao Raja of Seekur, and the Minister of the late Rao Raja, although they had abundant com mand of funds, were only able to collect 300 men. The late Rao Raja had, as his Minister, a person Famed Ram Bukhsh, a foundling, who had risen to that office. On death Ram Bukhsh plundered the treasury and the jewels of the chiefship, and assisted three of his illegi • timate sons, who are only entitled, among Rajpoots, to a life provision, in usurping territory yielding 60,000 or 70,000 rupees a year, in which are four places of some strength. Colonel Sutherland travelled the Seekur ter ritory in 1841.2, with the present Rao Raja Ram Pur tab Singh, visiting Seekur, Luchmungurh, Futteh poor, and Ramgur, his principal towns and commercial marts, and witnessed the state affairs, although, I am told, not then prepared to correct what was wrong. On his return in March last from the Cape of Good Hope, the Rao Raja met him at Ulwur, he being a brother-in-law of the Maha Rao Raja Benee Singh; thence they proceeded to Jaipoor, to which princi pality Seekur is a tributary and feudal chiefsbip. It was there resolved by the council of regency to resume • the lands which the natural _brothers had usurped; and to make them a life provision, and the little Rao Raj a, sending troops and ordnance against them, accompanied Colonel Sutherland to Ajmeer. It was sound that the places were too strong for his troops unaided to besiege with effect, and eventually the Rao Raja from Ajmeer, and Major Ludlow from Jaipoor, proceeded to the scene • of operations; also troops and ordnance in considerable numbers from Jeypoor. The insurgents made a feeble resistance at one or two places, abandoning the others, and fled into other countries. So ended this absurd attempt at rebellion, for the great body of the Sheik hawuts were not likely to take a part in so illegitimate a cause, were they not too much our friends, and too much alive to their own interests, to take a part in any cause which the authorities in Rajpootana demanded.'" SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) John Witty, a tall, powerful-looking young man, was charged with stealing a quantity of cigars from a to• bacconist's shop in Gravel-lane, Southwark. In effect ing the prisoner's apprehension, one of the policemen was seriously wounded on the head with a quart pot. Mrs. Maria Baker, who keeps a tobacconist's shop in Gravel-lane, said that on the preceding night. between seven and eight o'clock, while sitting in the parlour, she saw the prisoner in the act of quitting the shop with a quantity of cigars. A policeman took her to a public house in the same lane, called the " Red House," when she pointed out the pri soner, who was drinking and smoking in company of several other persons. The moment the policeman at tempted to lay hands upon him he snatched up a pewter pot and made a blow at his head, which, however, did not take effect, but--his companions succeeded in rescuing him. In about three hours afterwards the prisoner was again found in the same house, surrounded by his associates, and before he was secured one of the policemen was attacked with a pewter pot, and severely wounded on the forehead. - The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed for trial. He has only been oat of gaol a week. CLERKEN WILL.—(THIS DAY.) A lad named Thomas Williams was charged before Mr. Greenwood with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Mr. Edward Hailes, bootmaker, of Denton buildings, Somers town, to whom he was apprenticed, and also with obtaining by fraud one sovereign and two sovereigns severally from Mrs. Hodgson and Mrs. Gibson, the aunt and cousin of Mr. Ilailes. It appeared that the prisoner had been convicted at the Old Bailey sessions, about nine months ago, of robbing his master, but in consequence of that gentle man recommending him to mercy he received only a nominal imprisonment, and was again taken home by him, in hopes of affording him on opportunity of retriev ing his character. On Wednesday last the prisoner ab sconded with a pair of boots, and on Saturday the pro secutor ascertained that he had called upon his cousin (Mrs. Hodgson), saying he (Mr. Hailes) had sent him with a present of a pair of boots for one of her children, and at the same time desired him to ask her fur the loan of a sovereign, which she gave him. He then went to the prosecutor's aunt, and told her that Mr. Hailes was confined to his bed with a dangerous attack of illness, and a quantity of work had been sent to him on the day before, and he was in the greatest distress, not having the wMernst. dGoiwbsnontogGavreeenhwimichtwwoithsoaverneuinagnbse,r means of payi ng f or i t. U pon t h ese represen t a tions boys he and spent the greater part of the money. woifthotwhehrich He was fully committed for trial at the Old Bailey sessions on the charge of robbery and obtaining money by fraudulent representations. EXPECTED ROYAL VISIT TO BADMINTON.—It is stated that her Majesty will, in all probability, honour his Grace the Duke of Beaufort with a visit at Badminton House, at an early period after Christmas. we hare heard that the " note of preparation" has been already sounded amongst the Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, of which his Grace is colonel, with a view to their being ready mounted, mustached and all, as a kind of royal guard for the Queen.—Cheltenham Chronicle. THE MINISTRY.—We understand the whole of the Cabinet Ministers will be in town by Thursday next. Lord John Russell will,.give a Parliamentary en tertainment on the 18th instant to the several members of the Cabinet, at his Lordship's residence in Chesham place. Lady Sale has administered to the property in this country of her late husband, Colonel Sir Robert H. Sale, G.C.8., who died intestate. The perscnalty in England was estimated for duty at 6,0001. Mr. Boustead, for some years second clerk at Bow street Police court, has been removed to the Greenwich Police-court, as first clerk, in the place of Mr. Finch, lately deceased. Mr. O'Brien, formerly third clerk at Bow street, but lately second at Marl borough. street, will take Mr. Boustead's place as second clerk The Earl of Elgin, Governor-General of the Canadas, leaves this day for Liverpool, from whence he will take his departure to-morrow for the place of his destination. The Noble Earl will be accompanied by his aides-de-camp, Lieutenant A. Egerton, son of the Earl of Ellesmere, and Lieutenant the Hon. Egremont Lascelles, son of the Earl of Harewood. His Lordship was closetted some time yesterday afternoon with Lord John Russell and Earl Grey. The Conde de Montemolin has signified his inten tion of honouring the Lyceum theatre with his presence on Monday next, and for this occasion the Conde has chosen the popular piece of To Parents and Guardians, which will be performed, together with the new pieces of the season. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Shortly before t welve on Saturday evening a destructive fire broke out at No. 1, Whitmore-street, Hoxton Old Town, in the occupation of Mr. W. Dodd, a town carman. The flames commenced in the stables, and rapidly extended to the workshops belonging to Mr. Potter, a cabinet-maker. in the space of a few minutes the entire building was wrapped in flames, which shot through the roof, and rose to such an alarming height as to lighten up the district. Engines from the parish, London brigade, 'Pest of England, and County offices, promptly attended, but the firemen were unable to get the fire extinguished until the stable s and workshop were destroyed, and the ad joining dwelling house damaged by fire, and the furni ture by removal. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. Unfortunately Mr. Dodd was uninsured. THE LATE FIRE AT IRONGATEWHARY.—ADDI• DITIONAL PARTICULARS.—SUNDAY NIGIIT.—At six o'clock last evening (S un d a y), a cons id era ble body of fire remained in the ruins, an d th e fi reme n were still engaged throwing water upon the same, and it was not expected that the fire could be entirely extinguished for at least another day. The immediate vicinity of the ruins was visited yesterday by many thausands of per sods, and it required a strong party of police to keep the crowd from pressing to close to the totteriug walls. The property destroyed it is now believed will be considerably under what was at first stated, owing to the great quantity of goods that are under the walls, and which are only partially injured. During the after noon of Saturday, about 150 barrels of provisions were rescued from the ruins, the major part of which were perfectly sound. During this day (Monday) the firemen it is believed will be able to save as many more barrels the a r n u ruins immense sufficientlyse quantit y of porkcooled,t h a enyd will beef, b be and alile should to of canvas and linen in bales , which can be seen under the get out brickwork. AN ELECTRIFIED OwL.—The transmission of messages by the New York and Philadelphia electric telegraph was recently suspended for several hours by the following curious incident. A large owl was found suspended from the wires, with his talons entangled among them, the copper wire having been twisted round the iron cords. The owl was dead when discovered, and it is supposed that he had lighted upon the iron wire, and while in that position the other was blown against him, and a connexion being thus formed, he received a shock of the electric fluid, which deprived him of life. RARITIES OF THE SEASON.—On Saturday, in Co vent-garden market, there was a profusion of new pota toes of the description called ash-leaved kidney, the price being Is. per lb.; asparagus was plentiful at 10s. the bundle, rhubarb 55., and cucumbers from 7s. to 15s. I each, all being of English growth. GWALIOR. The state troops had during the first week of November been almost frightened from their pro priety by the rumour that a night attack was about to be made on the " Lushkur," when or by whom was not mentioned. It would seem to have been a ruse practised by some persons who wished to serve some ends they had in view by " intimidating the minister." A force had been dispatched into the Toohur Ghaur districts for the purpose of quelling some disturbances expected to take place there. The distur bers of the peace were said to be headed by one who declared himself neglected by and misrepresented to his masters. Dr. Hope, superintendent surgeon, Scindia's force, being about to leave the country, had been pre sented by the Maharajah with a " buelut," or dress of honour, in presence of the whole Durbar, in token of esteem and gratitude ; and the Prime Minister, Ram Rao Phalkeo, had also presented him with a similar gift. Dr. Hope was private physician to the minister, and had more than once been inst rumenta l i n sav i ng h i s life when seriously indisposed. The doctor is highly spoken of for his benevolence and humanity to all the poor of the city ; he had succeeded in having a charitable hospital erected for them, to which he had given his attendance gratis since its foundation. It is acts like these which make a man's name be remembe red for generations in India. BHOPAL. The capital and surrounding country are now as quiet and settled, to all appearance, as though no Nawab Ameer Mahomed Khan had never been in existence to create strife. This state of matters is justly attributed to the energy and prudence of the measures pursued by Mr. llamilton, resident at the Court of Indore, the adjoining state; ably seconded as he was at the time of the disturb ance, and continues to be, by the political agent, Captain Cunningham, and commandant of the contingent, Captain Landers. THE MISSING MAIL.—Up to the hour of our going to press (three A.m.) there was no appearance of the mail, and we think the delay can only be accounted for by the occurrence of accident, on this or the other side of Suez. Late on Monday night it was intimated that the steamer intended to have been dispatched last night would be detained till four o'clock this afternoon, when we believe she will start without fail, irrespective of the arrival or non-arrival of the Suez steamer. The Governor- General's express arrived about noon yesterday—that from Calcutta having been received a couple of hours before; and further delays, of which only a few could avail themselves• in the way of answering letters, are considered inadmissible. We, of course, can offer no conjecture as to when the mail may be looked for. It is considered not unlikely that the two of the 24th October and 7th November may come in together a week hence. Herald. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 20, 1846. Since my last we have had continuous fine weather, accompanied with easterly winds and night fogs, b o th of which in this country are considered to indicate the ap proach or existence of sickness. The published bills of mortality since the commencement of this change ex hibit, I regret to say, a great increase of numbers as compared with the preceding six months of the present year. So many as forty to fifty deaths a day have been recently reported, whilst the average number during the spring and summer did not exceed fifteen. There is not, however, any disease of a dangerous or conta gious nature to be deplored, and deaths from dysentery and influenza form the largest proportion in the returns. The I'acha is still at Cairo. He is surrounded by the principal consuls and consul's-general, and by the staff and leading members of his own court. His health is far from being so good as it used to be, though for a man of eighty his physical energy is quite extraordinary. The adoption of the Turkish costume among the civil and military officers of his Government, has given, in some cases, much offence to the prejudices of the Arabs, who look upon it as too close an imitation of European habits, The Pacha intends quitting for Upper Egypt about the beginning of the year, where he will remai❑ until the early part of March. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the Qu,en and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, took walking exer cise in the forenoon of yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by . his Royal Highness Prince George and the Earl of Lin coln, and attended by the Hon. Colonel Phipps and Co lonel Seymour, enjoyed the spot t of shooting yesterday morning. The ilishop of Oxford arrived at the Castle yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty. 1 heir Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince George and the Princess Mary, attended by the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Cam bridge and Baron Knesebeck, left the Castle yesterday. His Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse accom panied their Royal LlignesseS. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Etirl and Countess of Lincoln, and Captain Francis Seymour also took their departure from the Castle yesterday. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Princes of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking exercise on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen- tlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, at tended Divine Service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Bishop of Oxford officiated, assisted by the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended the Service, accompaniEd by her Royal Highness's Lady in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, returned to Kew on Saturday from Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, arrived in town on Saturday from Windsor Castle. The Royal Duke visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Lord John Russell arrived in town on Saturday from his residence at Chorle) wood. Mr. Bagshaw had an interview with the Right Hon T. Milner Gibson, on Friday, at the office of the Board of Trade. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Surrey staghds, Tues., Red Lion, Smitham Bottom ; Sat. Leatherhead. Cambridgeshire hds., Wed., Ilenlow ; Fri., Whaddon-10i. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Hazlegrove-1. Devon hds., Thurs., New Inn, Stoven-1 1. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Souldern Gate; Thurs., Chester ton Village; Sat., Thenford House-lOi. F. B. hds., Fri., Kiggan Bridge. Haydon hds., Wed., Moss Kennel; Sat., Langley Castle. Hevthrop hds„ Wed., Bradwell Grove; Fri., Gawcomb ; Sat., Ensham Hall- 1 / 4 past 10, Hurworth hds., Tues., Deighton Village; Thurs., Middle ton One Row ; Sat., Croft Bridge-101. Mr S. Lowndes's hds., Sat., Winslow-11. Oakley hds., Tues., Calton Village; Thurs., Cranfield ; Sat., Shelton Gorse-4, to 11. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Thame Park ; Fri., Harpsden —lO%. Pytchley lids., Wed., Lilbourne ; _Fri., Fox Hall; Sat., Spratton Bridge. Sinnington lids., Tues., Cawton ; Fri., Dalby-10. Lord Southampton's hds., Wed., Castle Thorpe; Fri., Stowe Nine Churches; Sat., Woodend Green-11. Tindale hds., Thurs., Belsay-101: 2 . Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Eadington ; Fri., Butterwell— York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Red House; Thurs., Pill Moor Sessey ; Sat., Skipwith Bridge. Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., High Lewen ; Fri., Newby —lO%. Vale of White hds., the first open day, Kennels. Old Berkshire hds., Wed., Hinton ; Fri., Step Farm. Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Tues., Weston Turvill ; Fri., Monk's Risborough. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The last perform.- ance this season of Handel's beautiful and popular wor " The Messiah " is announced to take place at Exeter Hall on Friday next, the Bth inst. DRURINLANE TIIFATRE,—The pantomime of Saint George and the Dragon is one of the most success ful that has ever been produced, and the following dis tinguished members of society have already been to see it: George of Cambridge, the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Earl and Countess of Har• rington, the Earl of Munster, Viscount Cliffden, Counts Kielmansegge and D'Orsay, th e L or d s Strathmore, Thomas Clinton, A. Vane, Willoughby. W. Lennox, Templemore, Clifton, the Ladies Somerset, Dundonald, Bleuington, Burgoyne, Graham, &c. The Marchioness of Conyngham, Sirs J. Burgoyne, E. Codrington, H. Webb, C. Shakerley, B. Graham, R. Fitzwigram, J. Lub bock, W. Curtis. &c., &e. The Hot. 11. Stanley, H. Raring, J. Macdonald, J. Jocelyn, F. Chichester, F. Stanhope, General St. Clair, Colonels Bentinck and Knox, Messrs. Glayton, Bernal, Purvis, de Bathe, &c., &c., and a host of authors. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK " FATHER Ens- TACE."—While the social scenes make this one of the most amusing of Mrs. Trollope's productions, the graver portions of the narrative, as exhibiting the most ardent passions and the severest struggles of the human breast, give the work a higher character, and entitle it to be placed among the best examples of modern ..romance. The character of Father Eustace is highly effective and dramatic. Possessed of rare talents, enthusiastic, ami able, and, as a Jesuit, pious and loyal, he is yet weak ; and when tempted, takes a middle course, always the most dangerous. His struggles between his sense of duty and his love, are pourtrayed with much power. The character of Juliana, the heroine, is of a higher order than we commonly meet with in novels. She has the lively imagination and ardent susceptibility of genius. Her heast is first touched through her imagination. She is impressed with the young Jesuit's taste, and with the new world Lila conversation opens to her view ; and it is beautiful to mark how, in turn, her imagination and her udgment become moulded by her heart.—Britannia. to to to to -- ,o 4 CO -- tO -- :0 - ;0 o -- ,0 ,0 o 0- 0 0 0 --. 0- 0.... 6 -- J ) •-•••• ) ... ) - ) 201 ) .... I ..... ) •••••• I ...... I .....