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take pl but they are false as far as lam able to ascertain. The report of the NIZAM'S dea , h, mentioned in my last, turns out to be true. He is succeeded by his son, Afzool-ood-Dowli, aged 30, born in the purple of Hyderabad, and Proportionately dell, ig norant, and sensual. Salar Jung, the Minister, remains the prop of the State. Exchange on London, 2s. Lid. P. S.—l have just heard on undoubted authority that all is quiet at Surat. No further news from the North-west. CALCUTTA, MAY 18. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) There, was more truth in the rumour of a general conspiracy among the Sepoys of the native army than could have been supposed when I last wrote. Not that the Sepoys have any real cause to be dis satis4ed, or entertain any definite wish to subvert the Government, but their -minds are possessed with a frantic belief in the intention of the Govern ment to convert them. to Christianity. Every act of necessary severity they regard as a further demonstration of this design, and, irritated in con sequencOgainet the Government and against their own officers as instruments of the a large number of them have allowed themselves to be hurried into the commission of the acts of mutiny and outrage which I shall now describe. The 34th Native Infantry were disbanded on the 6th instant, with the exception of the three com panies Which were on detached duty at Chittagong when the disaffection was manifested at bead-quar ters, and a few native officers who took no part in the mutiny. It has been generally felt that the men of the guard who were present at the attack on Lieutenant Baugh, and willingly obeyed the order of the native officer not to assist him, should have been fa" more severely dealt with. Their crime has been well depicted by the Governor-General in his order foi disbanding the regiment, but its due pun ishment: has not followed. Discharge from the service is not a sufficient infliction for soldiers who stand by , and tacitly consent to the attempted murder of their officer. The next instance of disobedience of orders oc purred at Lucknow, when the men of the 7th Oude Irregulars refused to receive the cartridges served out to them, and left the parade with their muskets ; but by the promptitude of Sir Henry Lawrenc3 th's movement was at once suppressed. The regular European and native troops at Lucknow, including a battery of eight guns, were immediately called out, the mutineers laid down their arms, and they have since been confined to their lines, incapable of further mischief. Early in the month the Native Artillery at Mee rut refused to receive the cartridges served out to them, and the men who refused were paid up and dismissed on the spot. The 3d Light Cavalry were the next to refuse. They appear to have been told that they would be paraded on a certain day, and that if they again refused they would be punished. The day came. The men of the first troop one and all refused to receive the cartridges. They were according,ly arrested and placed in con finement. A day or two after this, on Sunday, the 10th, the rest of the regiment broke out into open mutiny, killed some c f their European officers, released their comrades, and marched cut cf the cantonment, taking the road to Delhi. ' Their example was fol lowed by the two native infantry regiments, sta tioned at Meerut, the 11th awl 20th, and by the native attillery. The Sepoys of the 11th, though they joined the mutineers, are saki to have pro tected. their European ahem ; but many of the offices who wero present with the other regiments, it is feared, have been murdered. 50 men of the • 3d Cavalry, and about 150. of the 11th Native In fantry, remaiqed with their .officers, and are still at Meerul% There was at Meerut at the time an Ear opeari force consisting of her Majesty's 60th Rifles, 1,000 — stronv, the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), 600 strong, but not fu ly mounted, a troop of Horse Artillery, and 500 Artillery re cruits, altlgetLer not less than 2,203 men of all arms, with a full complement of officers. But, for some reason as yet unexplained, no attempt seems to have been ni:ide to arrest the mutineers or to sop theirprogre.t.s to Delhi. It would have been a measure of common prudence to mount the dra goons upon the horses of the 3d Light CavalrS, when the men ,ct. 'the latter regiment were found t-3 be disaffected ; but this does not appear to have been . done. The mnt:ncers are said to hare arrived at Delhi on Monday, the 11th, and to have gene first to the cantonment, which is about two mi!es from the city. They then called upon the native regiments there, the 38th, 54th, and 74th, an-1 the native Artillery, to join then in resisting the design of the Govern ment to convert them to Ceristianity. The call was immediately responded to, the 381 setting the example and murdering their officers, and the rast promptly . fell , wing e rt. Some of the Europeans es caped across the Janina, and 13 are reported to be now near Bagput, on the left bank, protected by the zemindars ; but the rest, it is deeplyfeared, includ ing the ladies end children, have been brutally mur dered. The mutineers thee proceeded to the city, in which are s:tuated the arsenal, the fort, the King's palace, and the civil station, and took unresiste posseesioii of the whole, murdering all the Euro peans they could lay their hinds on. Only the arsenal abd magaziue were saved from falling into their halide by the gallantry of Lieut. Willoughby, of the Artillery, who blew them both up, and it is suppo3ech fell a victim to his ma act of gallant devotion, The met nem presented themselves at the Felice, and were received by the King, acting, no doubt, und er sev e re compulsion.. A later from him to- the Lieutcnaet-Governor of Agra. was the filet _intimation the Government re c,ived of what hal happ:ned, for tl:e mutiny et Meerut was the eignel for ad the rogues in the vicinity of that stae-ion, including the prisoners is the gaol, who were libcrated by the mutineers, to take possession of the real and eluncler all passen ger-, so that all communications between Meerut and Al'ygurh was entirely cut off for three e r four days. It does not appear that the mutineers ever left Delhi, but the communications between Delhi and Aere -were stopped in the same way, and the reaidetite,at Muttra, and Agra were alarmed by re s that the Sepoys were marching down the'rigbt bank of the Junma, direct on the seat of Govern relent. Immediately on the receipt of this painful and alarming. in' elligeece .the Lient-Governor, Mr. Colvin, took the most prompt anddecfsive measures to suppress the mutiny and to prevent the panic and disaffection from spreading among the native troops caneoned at A gra a n d the ne:ghbouring stations. Reinforcements were called for frcha Gwalior, and as so. n as _they arrive a powerful force will march upon Delhi. The Maharajah Sindia has assured the Lieutenant-Governor of his cordial support, and has made good his word by placing his own Body Guard at the disposal of the Government and cheerfully assenting to the move ment of as large a force of the Contingent as can be spared. Similar assurances have been received from the Rajah of Bhurtpore and other chiefs, and the Lieutenant-Governor speaks with peat confidente of the temper of the people, and the al;serace of all sympathy with the cri minal insurgents at Delhi. Martial Law has been dec:ared in the Meerut and Delhi dis tricts, and a proclamation- has been issued 'assur ing the people and the army that the supposed design of coriversion is a delusion, that the Govern ment has-eot the least desire to interfere with any man's caste, and that every one will be left as here telere to tlke. free exercise of his religion. A com missioner been appoint e d t o en d eavour to open a communication with the rebels, and induce them to surrender befo tee the t roops can reach them. From the noi , General Anson, who was at Shimlah wheu the mutiny broke out, has sent down her M.,josty's 75th Fusileere Umballa Tin -----girnent and tha I s t B enga l , A force Majesty's 75th, her Meateee9th Lancers, and a consisting of her troop of Himee Artillery ,- eeether with some ir regular troops sent by the Rajah, of Jheend and Patella, are marching towards, belie , and will probably there by the 22d. Lut the mov meats of the Commander-in-Cbi ef are not yet kn own, nor has anything transpired as t the course t o be taken b by the coMbieed forces when they reach D e lh i, or 0 as to the officer by whom they will. e commanded. The European troops at Meerut were reinforced by the Sappers and Miners from Roorkee, and b y the Serinuor Bata:ion of Goorkw, 1,000 strong, The latter_are believed to he quite staunch, and so, indeed, were the former ; but immediately on their arrival at Meerut:they broke ,out into open revolt, killed their 'commanding officr-r, and marched tff with their arms towards Delhi. This time, however, the authorities were more on the alert. The muti neers were pursued by the Carahineers and Horse Artillery, And about 50 of them cut up, but the rest of the regiuient, with the exception of 150 men who were on duty, and have sines been disarmed, wade off, and have no doubt joined the insurgent garrison at Delhi, to whom they will be able to render material assistance. In the Punjaub Sir John Lawrence has taken the most energetic measures to repr es any sympa thetic movement on the part of the native troQp rte! SUN, LON DO at the western end, and wheeling to the left, came upon the 11th parade ground, where at a little distance we found the Horse Artillery, and her Majesty's 60th Riles. It appears that the three regiments of muti neers had by this time commenced dropping off to the westward and towards the Delhi road; for here some firing took place between them and the Rifles ; and pre sently the Horse Artillery, coming to the front and un limbering, opened upon a copse or wood in which they had apparently found cover, with heavy discharges of grape and canister, which tore and rattled among the trees, and all was silent again. The Horse Artillery now limbered up again, and wheeled round, and here I joined them, having lost the dragoons in the darkness. By this time, however, the moon arose. We blessed her useful light,' and the Horse Artillery column, with rifles at its head, moving across the parade ground, we entered the long street turning from the southward behind the light cavalry lines. There it was that the extent and particu lars of the conflagration first became visible, and passing the burning bungalow of the adjutant of the 11th Native Infantry, we proceeded along the straight road or street, flanked on both sides with flaming and crushing houses in all stages of combustion and ruin, the rifles occasion ally firing volleys as w e p rocee d e d. It was by this time past 10 o'clock, and having made the circuit of the lines we passed up to the eastward of them, and, joined by the Dragoons and Rifles, bivouackd for the night. I must now come to the particulars of the brutal outrages and as sassinatien that marked this outbreak, premising, how ever, that a sense of delicacy and regard for the harassed feelings of surviving friends and relatives, prevent me from entering into details, the relation of which could only gratify a mind fond of horrors and atrocities. At the very commencement of the emeuto the 3d Light Cavalry, saddling and mounting their horses, galloped off to the gaol, and overpowering all resistance, liberated their 85 comrades ; and all the other prisoners, to the number of about 1 300. Returning from this they joined the muti neers of the 20th N. 1., and the work of indiscrireate Eu ropean massacre began, without regard to rank, age, sex, or employment, furious and merciless. Veterinary Sur geons Philipps and Dawson, of the 3d Light Cavalry, and the wife of the latter, were massacred, and also Lieut. Id 'Nab, of the same regiment, several others of the corps having miraculous escapes, bnt the surgeon, Chris tie, being wounded, I fear mortally. Of the officers of the 20th Native Infantry, Capt. Taylor commanding, Capt. Macdonald, with the wife of the latter, were savagely slain, with, as in the case of the cavalry officers, nume rous narrow escapes. Of the 11th Native Infantry poor Finnis was the only officer slain ; but Mrs. Chambers, the wife of the Adjutant, was pitilessly slaughtered in her own bungalow, which, as I have told you above, we saw burning; and remember, as I have also said above. I refrain from describing details, merely giving the casu ahies. Among those not in the military employ of the Government who perished in this indiscriminate mas sacre, were Mr. Tregear, of the education department, Mrs. Courtenay, the mistress of the hotel, and many women and girls whose names I do not know. After all this work was done and the mutineers had retreated, the remainder of the night passed away in gl nom and doubt, and the conflagration, having nothing more to feed upon, was extinguished, as it were, by the rising beams and more powerful light of the sun. I mounted my horse and rode down from the Carabineers' lines towards my hos pital and the Native Infantry lines, dubious as to the state of affairs, and came to the charred and black ened huts and bungalows, all naked and deserted. On my way deyrn a dhoolee approached and was passing me, when I stopped the bearers and asked what they car ried ? They answered, 'rho Col. Sahib.' It was poor Fin nis's body, which had just been found where he fell, and was being carried towards the churchyard. All sick, to the number of about 40, had fled from the hospital, which was deserted, with the exception of two or three smallpox cases, too bad to move, and who appeared much surprised at my attending to them as if nothing whatever had occurred. All day yesterday the station was under arms, and surrounded and traversed every where by patrols mounted and on foot, and the same precautions were of course observed last night ; not unnecessarily either, for the carabines of the dra- goons were heard constantly through the night, firing upon marauders and incendiaries, who came prowl ing towards the lines. In the midst of our own troubles, we are vary anxious about the fate of the Euro peans at Delhi, whither the mutineers have gone, and as the tilegraphic wires were cot at the commencement of the outbreak we know of nothing what is occurring else where, nor of what is known about us. I hope the health of our men will stand the con,taht duty in this terribbs weather until relief shall come to us, or some move suited to the magnitude of the danger and dis aster shall be made by some man of energy and compe tence, f)r whom there is an occasion. We have plenty of small arm ammunition, and sharp swords in the hands of as good regimenta officers and men as ever sat in saddle or shouldered firelock ; and ought to be able to hold our own, if the odds don't rise very much against us. All that we now much dread is fire to our bunga lows and barracks, and what me most look to is the descent of the European regiments from the hills to join u'. We are not, however, entirely isolated and deserted, for some trumps of zemindars to the southward hearing of this affair, and that yesterday's dak containing my letter to you had been stopped and plundered, turned out on horseback, and with two collector's suwars, took up on the road and brought in a dak this morning from the southward and Calcutta. These men are to take out the dak this afternoon, and say they will sue it safe on its way down country, so I hope this may reach you safe. I never expected that my letter at yesterday would reach you, but I wrote on tho extreme chance, and shall continue to do so as long as there is anything to write about. We take it as a good symptom that we hear nothing from the dale people of disturbances down country. Two Europeans travelling by carriage dak to Delhi, one named irtimer, fell in among the muti neers on the road, a short distance from the station, on the night of the row, and were of course dragged from the carriage and murdered." We give below a couple of proclamations issued by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, in relation to the disturbances at and . about Meerut and Delhi :- 4g PROCLAMATION. " The Lieutenant-Governor announces for the infor mation of the faithful subjects of the British Govern ment in all towns, stations, and districts of the North- Western Provinces, that active measures have been com menced and will be promptly and vigorously prosecuted, for the signal punishment of the band of mutineers and murderers who have in the cities and cantonments of Meerut and Delhi disgraced the honourable names of soldiers, and have committed a series of treacherous and cold-blooded barbarities even upon helpless women, which will draw down upon them the exemplary ven geance of the European and other regiments. Tne forces from Meerut, Umballa, and the Halt are being fast con centrated, and will cc-operate with the contingents of the R.jpootana States in surrounding the insurgents by pre venting their escape from their deeply-merited retribu tion. " The Lieutenant-Governor call 3 on all the subjects of the British power, and on the loyal people of the British district•, to watch vigilantly against the possibility of successful attempts at flight on the part of the insurgents after they have been attacked and dispersed by the British troops. " European and native portions of the m;1 tary forces now rapidly a7setnbling will honourably and eagerly vie with each other in the extirpation of the traitorous crimi nals who have endeavoured to sow utterly groundless distrust between the powerful and beneficent British Government and its attached native soldiery, whom it has protected and distinguished with favour from the formation of its empire, and who have made themselves famous in history by the devoted bravery and zeal which they have displayed in its service. " The British Government will always Lighly value and reward tho services of its good soldiers. It will ever strictly respect their rights, usngee, religious feel ings, and consider them as its children, entitled to its protection in their vigour and in old age. It will punish the acts of faithless traitors with swift justice. "Evil-minded men have tried to dec,ive the minds of the native sol Jiery by gross and unfounded misrepresen tations of the intentions of the British Government. Those intentions are what they have always been, of scrapulous regard for the faith and customs of every class and sect of its subjects and servant , . "The population of the country generally will pursue their accustomed occupations in tranquillity and secu rity. Whenever it may be necessary additional police or other forces will be raised for their protection. But the chief care of all must be to render impossible the escape of the fugitive criminals, who will now be at tacked in whatever part of the country they may be found." MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 9 . , 18 5 7 shoal I be composed of officers from the other presiden cies and from the Q teen's army. The whole Bengal force is demoralczed, and it is rrobahle that two-thirds of its superior officers should be invalided as incompe tent, through long training in a visions system, to en force discipline. The Bombay and the Madras armies, perfectly from all suspicion of mutinous feeling, and a high state of discipline, are a standing reproach to the Bengal army, and are' the sheet-anchor of the Govern ment at the present moment. The opportune return of our European farces from the Gulf enabled us to despatch without landing her Majesty's 64:;h and 78th Regiments to Calcutta some days ago, and ti-e troop of Madras Horse Artillery, which was waiting here for transports to convey it to Madras. This force left Bombay a week ago by the steamers Assaye and Queen Victoria, and the transports Raby Castle, Avalanche, and Kingstown. In addition to . these troops the let Fusileers have been despatched up the Indus, so that the good conduct of our native army and the perfect confidence we have in its discipline and loyalty have enabled us to despatch a force of 4 000 Europeans to the Bengal side in the last ten days. Madras also is readily furnishing its contingent, and within a month the European army of Bengal will be strengthened by an increase of 10,000 or 12,000 men from the other presidencies. there, and every confidence is placed in his judg ment and dec'sion. In Oude Sir Henry Lawrence keeps all quiet. Every endeavour has been made, and, it is hoped,, with success, to undeceive the credulous Sepoys on the one fatal point upon which their caste and reli gious feelings have been aroused, and to rousetheir indignation against the sanguinary treachery of the insurgent regiments. The fort at Allahabad, where there is a large magazine, has been garrisoned by the European invalids usually stationed in the fort of Chtmar. At Calcutta every precaution has been taken to guard against the possibility of a surprise. The 84th Regiment, with the Home Artillery, are at Barraelipore, and the 53d in Fort William. A re giment of European Fusileers will be here from Madras this week, and another European regiment from Moulmein in the course of a fortnight. The three European regiments in the Persian Gulf whose services had been set free by the peace, will sail direct to Calcutta, and may be expected here next month. An Act has been passed empowering all officers in command of brigades and stations to hold general courts-martial, and confirm their sen tences without reference to higher authority. There-is no doubt that the crisis is a serious one. The one danger to which in the opinion of Lord Met calfe the stability of our empire in India is expo3ed has come to pass. The loyalty of the Sepoy army is shaken, and unless the infatuation which pervades it can be corrected, and this mutinous spirit very speedily suppressed, the consequence may be fright ful. Ido not apprehend that there will be much difficulty in dealing with the mutineers at Delhi, who are cooped up in a walled town without a leader, without provisions, and apparently without much ammunition. But this is the first lime a Sepoy regiment has murdered its officers, and the example may be followed throughout the length and breadth of the Presidency. The disorganisatio n o f all c ivil i Government would nevitP,Ny follow, and we should not only have to deplore the murder of thousands of our fellow-countrymen —for the Asiatic blood, once roused, shows no mercy—but literally to re conquer the country. Even the temporary loss of a part of India would b 3 a most serious national calamity in every point of view, 'and it behoves the Government to do - everything in its power to avert it. The force of Europeans in the country is notoriously insufficient, and if her Majesty's Government do their duty orders will issue, within 24 hours after the arrival of this mail, to despatch ten regiments of infantry overland—six at least to Bengal, and four to Bom bay—to remain here, if not permanently, at least until confidence in the native army is entirely re stored. No success in. Persia or in China will com pensate, I do not say for the loss of our Indian empire, but for any serious detriment to the influ ence or power of. England in her Eastern posses sions. The money market continues easy. The price of securities is rising, and subscriptions to the Five per Cent. Loan are coming in rapidly. The dis turbances in the upper provinces have not yet begun to affect commercial transactions ; and though much anxiety is felt for the fate of indivi duals there is no general apprehension of danger or fear that the mutiny will not soon be put down. I enclose an extra, which has just been published by the Englishinan, containing a letter written by a medical officer who was at Meerut when the mu tiny broke out. MAY 19. P.S. Thirteen English fugitives who escaped the Delhi massacre are protected by Zemindars at a village near 'Bagput, on the left bank of the Jumna. The mutineers at Delhi have plundered six villages in the vicinity for subsistence, and sent ont advanced posts t o Sh a nd era and alarm Eierything is in a satisfactory state at Agra and elsewhere in tb' - Upper Provinces, except at Delhi and Meerut. The Lieutenant-Governor has sant a party of Gwalior cavalry into the Doab to pat down the petty plundering that is going on here and here for want of light troops. The Synds and Jats of the Meerut district are ac ing upon our A Synd brought in three British officers from the Delhi force, whom be bad protected from the mutineers. Sir H. Wheeler reports from Cawn pore that everything there is in a satisfactory state and equally good accounts have been reeeived from Benares. I close my.letter at the latest moment, having given you the intelligence brought this morning by the telegraph. Nothing has yet bee❑ heard of the movements or plans of the Commander-in-Chief, and upon these everything depends. (From the Supplement to the Overland Englishman.) CALCUTTA., MAY 18. The following is from Meerut, dated the 12. h of May : '• I must premise by tell;ng you that this is not the first letter I have written you on the terrible catastrophe to which it refers, but the third. Yesterday morning I eat down sleep!ers, fatigued,-and dirty, and wrote you a long account of all that had occurred, and this morning I continued my communication; but on going to the post-office, in order to deposit the letter with my own hand, I learnt that yesterday's down country dak had been stopped and destroyed a very little distance down the road, se it is necessary that I should commence al' over again. I will now relate over again everything as it occurred on the day before yesterday, giving you mostly a personal narrative, and aiding what I have learnt from others, and which I could not have seen. 0 Sunday, the 10th, between five and d o'clock in the evening, I was in my bungalow, in rear f the lines of the 11th Native Infantry, where I have j re-ided since my arrival at the itation, when, as I was dressing, preparatory to going out for a ride with Col. Finnis, of the 11th Native Infantry, my attention was attracted to my servants and those in the ncighbou compounds, going down t owar d s th e f ron t o f our enclo sures, and ooking steadily into the lines of the lltb, whenc 3 a buzzing murmuring noise proceeded, such as Faye often heard in cases of fire, or some such alarm. Of this I took little notice, but went down to my gate, f till dressine-, and the noire still lucre ising I returned to the bungalow, put on my uniform, and again went out. I had scarcely got to the gate, when I heard the poppirg sound -of firearms, which I knew at once were loaded with bell cartridge, and a European non-commis sioned officer came running with others towards me from the 11th lines, saying, "For God's sake, sir, leave ! acme -to your bungalow, change that dress, and fly !" I walked into my bungalow, and was doffing my uni form ; the inlets by this time flying out of the 11th lines in'o my compound, when the havillar-major of the 11th rustled into the rosin, terrified and breathless, and exclaimed, "Fly, sahib— ; fly at once! the regiments are in open mutiny, and firing oa their officers, and Colonel Futile has jest been shot in my army."- It was evidently becoming serious. I came out, and ordered my horse to be saddled and brought up, m y servants still begging of me to fly for my life. I mounted. The lines of the fith Dragoon Guards (Carabineers) lie to the north of my bungalow, separated by a rugged and barren Wain, cut-up by nuilal-s and ravines, upon which, riding out of the back part of my hornpound,,l descended. A Briton does not like actually "running away" under airy cir ctimstances, and I was riding slowly throu g h th e uneven ground, when the havildar-major before-tnentioned cx claimed, "You, rahib, are mounted and cm make haste, ride to the European cavalry lines, and give the alarm.' Good; I galloped off, crossed the difficult ground all right, got into the cavalry lines and made for the colonel's house, which he had just left, and found him in the rack lines on horseback, criering the dragoons to saddle, arm, and mount without a moment's delay. Here I shall leave the Dragoons and myself, and retual to the Native Infantry parade ground, and the commencement of the mutiny and massacres. " About 5 o'clock the 20th Native Infantry and the 31 Light Cevaly rushed from their lines, armed and furious; the former regiment firing off their muskets, approaching the 11th Native Infantry, and calling upon them to arm, come out, and join them. I believe the 11th hesitated at first—cause unknown ; but presently they, too, armed and ruched out, and the mutinous fuel took flame. About this time Colonel Finnis and seve ral other officers of the 11th Native Infantry came upon the parade, and commenced haranguing the Sepeys, and attempted to pacify them, and bring them to order, when the colonel's horse was wounded by a bullet fired by the 20th. On this he saw that the matter was more serious than he had wished to believe ; and one of his officers asking him if he should ride off to the brigade-major, ark for aid, and give the alarm, he consented. This is the last time he was seen alive by European eyes ; for imme diately afterwards he was shot in the back by a Sepoy of the 20th, fell from his horse, and was actually riddled vith balls. About this time the other officers of the 11th, seeing that their presence among the mutineers was perfectly useless, and the bullets flying about them in all directions, retreated from the lines, and sought safety mostly in the direction of the Carabineer lines ; to which I must now retransfer the narrative. It took us a lona time, in my opinion, to get ready, and it was ' dark before the Dragoons were prepared to start in a body ; while by this time flames began to ascend in all directions from the lines, and the offi cers' bungalows of the 3d Cavalry, and the 11th and 20th Native Infantry, from public buildings, mcssbouses, private residences, and in fact every edifice or thing that cam© within reach of the torch and the fury of the mu queers and of tho bazaar canaille, who iu considerable imbets, I believe, joined in their terrific orgies. On all sides shot up into the heavens great pinnacles of waving fire, of all hues and colours, according to the nature of the feel that fed them, huge volumes of smoke rolling suddenly off in the sultry tight air, and the cracking and roar of the conflagration mingling with the shouts and riot of the mutineers.. The entire scene, of which these were but, the most prominent external feat ure°, and which words cannot describe, I leave to your readers to imagine, if they are fond of the horrible and the tragic. When the Carabineers were mounted we rode off at a brisk trot, through clouds of suffoca ting dust and darkness, in an easterly direction, and along a narrow road; not advancing in the direction of . but, on the contrary, leaving it behind the conflagration, rear on our right this way we proceeded for some two or three miles, to tny no small surprise ; when sud denly the halt was sounded, and we faced about, retrac ingce to our left, approaching and vergin g our step!, the conflagration, and debouched on the left rear of the Native Infantry lines, which of course were all in a blaze. Skirting along behind these lines, a• • turned them "PROCLAMATION. "The Lieut.-Governor, North-Western Provinces, is hereby pleased, in virtae of authority delegated to him by the Right Hon. the Governor-General in Council, to order the suspension as regards the offence against the State specified in Sec. 4, Regulation X., of 1804, of the functions of the ordinary criminal courts of judicature within the districts of Meerut, Moozuffernugger, Bool undshuhur, and the D e lhi t err it or y eas t o f the river Jumna, in which the inhabitants have lately been guilty of acts of violence and plunder, and to establish martial law in those districts until further orders. " Immediate trials will be held by courts-martial of all persons of the class specified in See. 2, Regulation X., of 1804, taken in arms in open hostility against the British Government, or in the actof opposing by force of arms the authority of the same, or iu the actual com mission of any overt act of rebellion against the State, or in the act of openly aiding and abetting traitors and enemies of the British Government within any part of the districts before mentioned, and such persons, on con viction by the sentence of a court-martial of any of the offences above enumerated, will be liable to the punish ment of death and to the forfeiture of their property and effects, real and personal, as declared in section 3 of the forezoing regulation. "By order of the Hon, the Lieutenant Governor, North Western Provinces." The following is from an Agra Gazette Extraor dinaly " Whereas it has been ascertained that in the districts of Meerut, and in and immediately round Delhi, some short-sighted rebels have dared to raise resistance to the British Government, it is hereby declared that every Talookdar, &minder, or other owner of land who may join in such resistance, will forfeit all rights in landed property, which will be confiscated and transferred in perpetuity to the faithful Talookdars and Zemiudars of the same quarters, who may show, by their acts of obe dience to the Government, and exertions for the main tenance of tranquillity, that they deserve reward and favour from the State. "The powerful British Government will, in a marked manner, recompense its friends and punish its enemies." The f , llowing proclamation on the subject of caste, and the alleged attempt to proselytize, has been issued by the Governor-General in Council : " FORT WILLIAM HOME DEPAIUMENT, MAY 16. " PROCLAIIATION. " The Governor-General of India in Council has warned the army of Bengal that the tales by which the men of certain regiments have been led to suspect that offence to their religion or injury to their caste is medi tated by the Government of India are malicious false hoods. " The Governor General in Council has learnt that this suspicion continues to be propagated by designing and evitminded men, not only in the army, but among other classes of the people. "He knows that endeavours are made to persuade }lin. doos and Mussulmans, soldiers and civil subjects, that their religion is threatened secretly as well as openly by the acts of the Government, and that the Government is seeking in various to entrap them into a loss of caste fLr purposes of its own. _ _ "Some have been already deceived and led astray by these taleQ. " Once more, then, the Governor-General in Council warns all classes against the deceptions that are prac. Used on them. " The Government of India has invaiably treated the religious feelings of all its subjects with careful respect. The Governor-General in Council has declared that it wiil never cease to do so. Ile now repeats that decla ration, and he emphatically proclaims that the Govern ment of India entertains no desire to interfere with their religion or caste, and that nothing has been or will be done by the Government to affect the free exercise of the observances of religion or caste by every class of the people. " The Government of India has never deceived its sub jects, therefore the Governor-General in Council now calls upon them to refuse their belief to seditious lies. " This notice is addressed to those who hitherto, by habitual loyalty and c:rderly conduct, have shown their attachment to the Government and a well-founded faith in its protection and justice. "The Governor-General in Council enjoins all such persons to pause before they listen to false guides and traitors who would lead them into danger and disgrace. "By order of the Governor-General of India in Council, " CECIL BEADON, Secretary to the Government of India." We add the following summary from the Bom bay Times : Our readers will probably recollect that our last ad• vices stated that a troop of the 3d Cavalry at Meerut being ordered on parade to load and discharge the cart ridges supplied by the Government, under distinct assur ance that no such material had been used in their manu fantureas the men seemed to suspect, only five men out of 90 obeyed. The 85 men who refused were at once ordered to their lines, and a court-marti a l bei ng assem bled to try them resulted in their being severally sen. tented to a term nf imprisonment varying from 5 to 10 years. Oa Saturday, the 9th inst., a brigade parade was assembled at the station, and the prisoners were ironed on the parade ground in presence of the troops, and marched off to the gaol. No suspicion seems to have been excited for one moment that a rescue would be at- tempted, but towards the evening of Sunday, the 10th, while Meerut was wearing the quiet, dull aspect of an Indian station on the Sabbath-day, a sudden and furious rise was made by the regiment, in which, by evident pre concertion, they were joined by the bazaar and towns people, and by the two native infantry regiments—the 11th and 20th, also cantoned in the place. They at once liberated their comrades in the gaol, and 1,200 other prisoners, andaeow commenced their bloody work. Meerut is one of the largest stations in India, and before the European part of the force, consisting of her Ma jesty's 6th Dragoon Guards, the 60th Rifle, and the Ar tillery could be assembled hall the station was in flames, and the terrified women and children of our soldiers were in the hands of the savage and infuriated crew, who murdered them under circumstances of unheard barba rity. Each officer as he rushed from his bungalow, to call back the men, to their allegiance, was shot down, and ere the European force could reach the lines the bloody work was pretty well completed. At the second volley of the 60th Rifles the mutineers and the whole crew ran, and were followed some miles o u t o f M eeru t by the ragoons, who eabred a considerab'e number ; but by some lamentable oversight the pursuit was now discontinued, and to this we owe a repetition of the dreadful tragedy at Delhi which had just been enacted at Meerut. The mutineers reached that city early on Monday morning, and were immediately joined by the three native regiments stationed there—the 38th, 54th, and 74th Naive Id ntry, and by the Artillery, whoseens, however, to have done SJ most unwillingly. During the Monday all the Europeans of the place, except a few ladies and gentlemen, who rode for their lives to the neighbouring stations, seem to have been butchered ; but, as the place remains in the hands of mutineers, we may hope that others, of whose fate we have no certain news, have also escaped. The powder magazine fell into their hands, but a gallant young hero, Lieut. G. D. Willoughby, of the Artillery, is said to have blown up the other magazines, himself perishing with them. The mutineers at once set up a king in the person of the son of the late Mogiil Emperor, aed we have no cer tain news of what has transpired since. The most active measures are of course being taken to suppress this revolt, and it is satisfactory to know from latest intelligence that the garrison at Agra and of the neighbouring stations remain staunch. The Camneander in-Chief is moving down from Umballa with a strong European force, while a cordon of troops of the Gwalior, Bhurtpore, and Putteeailah contingents is being drawn round Delhi to prevent the escape of the mutineers, who will doubtless meet with a speedy and righteous retribu tion. The conduct of some of the native regiments stands out in most pleasing contrast with that of these scoundril4. Nowhere in India does finer material for an army exist than in Bengal, and it has been the vicious systeth of pampering and coaxing alone that has led to these lamentable issues. An outbreak has also occurred at Ferozopore, but we are ignorant as yet of the particulars. It had, however, been suppressed. Seven companies of the 24;h Regiment Native Infan try were disbanded at Barrackpore on the 7th instant. It will doubtless be remembered that it was a sepoy of this regiment who having armed himself with a loaded mu ket on the 29th of March advanced upon the parade ground in front of hie lines, and having called upon the men to mutiny attacked and wounded Lieutenant and Adjutant Baugh and the Sergeant-Major of his regiment Tue man was tried, condemned, and hung ; and the Jernadar who was in command of the quarter guard on the occasion, and forbade any of the guard going to the rescue of the adjutant, paid the penalty of his crime also, by the same ignominious death. During the hand to hand conflict that took place hundreds of sepoys in undress and others in uniform looked passively on, while seine took part in the struggles, and attacked the officers with the buttends of their mus kets. It was cot found possible to identify these man, and the Govt racr in Council deterreineu to disband the whole regiment, with the the exception of the three com panies who were not present at the station. The order was carried out as above stated on the 7th inst., the men maintaing the most mutinous and insolent behaviour on the cccalion. It is generally felt that these measures are not sharp euongh, and that to crush the disaffection which has shown itself very severe remedies must be re sorted to. Thus in the short space of one month have the following regiments disappeared from the ranks of the Bengal army, either by disbandment or by having openly arrayed themselves against the Government. MurINIED AT MEERUT. The 31 Regiment of Light Cavalry. The 11th Regiment of Native Infantry. The 20th Regiment of Native Infantry. The Sappers and Miners. MUTINIED AT DELHI. The 30th Regiment of Native Infantry. The 54th Regiment of Native Infantry. The 74:11 Regiment of Native Infantry. A Native Battery of Artillery. DISBANDED AT BARRACKPORE. The 19 11 Regiment Of Native Infantry. The 34th Regiment of Native Infantry (7 companies). These regiments represent a force of nearly 8,000 men. If we have painful proof that disaffection and hatred of our rule are widely spread in some quarters, we are not without evidence that in others a loyal and intense abhorrence is felt of the treasonable and murderous out breaks we have recorded. The young Maharajah Sindia of Gwalior no sooner heard of the rising at Delhi than he hastened, with every expression of friendship, to place the whole of his contingent at the disposal of the Lieut.- Governor of Agra. Asa compliment to the Prince, the services of his Highness's Beefy Guard, consi-ting of horse artillery and cavalry,. with a detail of infa❑try, were accepted, ' the political agent and the brigadier commanding the contingent having previously inspected them on parade at the express solicitation of the Prince. The men of this force are a soldierlike body of fellows. They are of the same caste as the Maharajah, many of them being members of his family; and their assistance, if required, will be loyally given. It is said further that the King of Delhi sent a deputation of the revolted ca valry to the Rajah ofJhind, asking his assistance against r the English. The Rajah was on the parade ground with his troops at the time, and immediately ordered his sol diers to cnt down every man of the messengers. The Rajah of Bhurtpore came forward also at once with the offer of his regiment, and there is no reason whatever to doubt the perfect good faith with which these men have acted. The Rajah of Putteeallah had intercepted and sent to the commissioner of his district many seditious let ters which had found their way into his territories ; and so far as we can yet see the districts of the north-west neither desired nor were prepared for the success of the mutineers at Delhi, but hold their bloody outrages in detestation. Perhaps one of the strongest proofs we could have that the disaffection is confined to the ranks of the pampered traitors who have been allowed so long to wear the uniform of the British soldier is to be found in the fact that the very prisoners who were liberated at Meerut have reported themselves to the various police thanadara of their districts, stating their willingness at once to return to gaol when the Sirkar eall•; for them. Many have already given therdselves up, and it is sup• posed that not less than 75 per cent. of the whole would yield themselves if called upon to do so. The fact is the Bengal army is the sole focus of the mutiny, and its state is a disgrace to the administration of that Presidency. Over and over again has the inevi table issue been urged upon the Government, and we are to-day in the crisis of its eventuation. The first meaiure called for in our circumstances is an immediate and considerable accession to the strength of our European army in India. A dozen or 20 regiments should at once be despatched from England, and part, if possible, by the: overland route. The second measure should be I he immediate appointment of a commission to inquire into the state of the Bengal army. This commission CHINA. HONG KONG, MAY 10. The steamer Pekin, with the 10th of March mail from London, arrived on the 29th ult. The steamer Norma, with the 26th of March mail, arrived yesterday. The Pekin leaves this morning with the outward mails. The intelligence brought by the 10111 of March mail of the opposition the Government met with on the China question caused great disappointment among the community here. It was satisfactory to I ,, arn, however, the policy commenced was not likely to be influenced essentially. The accounts we are now in possession of, that seemingly the voice of the country is in favour of an extended policy in treating with China at the present crisis, give us sanguine hopes that our relations with this country are at last to be put on a firm and proper footing. Since writing on the 26th ult. little of political interest has occurred. We have intelligence from the Canton river to the Bth inst. Several attempts had. been made to Mow up some of the ships. One was nearly successful in doing mischief. A tink, supposed to have been one of the boilers of the steamer Queen, filled with gunpowder, was floated down towards the Acorn. When within about 15 yards of the vessel it exploded, but fortunately did no injury. Tenders for raising her Majesty's ship Raleigh, it is advertised, will be received to the 16th inst. We fear the chances of success in raising the ves sel are now small, as, besides the difficulty of the undertaking in ordinary times, the Chinese are afraid to come forward for such employment at present. Captain Bate has surveyed the rook on which the Raleigh struck, and he states that it is not put down in either the English or French charts. Her Majesty's steamers Fury and Cruiser, and gunboats S'aunch and Bustard have arrived here. Her Majesty's steamer Sampson ' Capt. Hand, accompanied by th e C am ill a brig, Capt. Colville, has done good service on the coast in destroying a large number of piratical jnks and lordly?. The Sampson arrived here on the 28th ult., and leaves for Foochow to-day, as the rebels are in the neighbourhood of that place, and they are seriously interfering with the trade. • The Coinus leaves for Amoy to relieve the Camilla, which vessel takes the Racehorse's place at Foo chow. The latter vessel goes to Singapore to re lieve the Spartan. The coolie who murdered Mr. Markwick, the Government auctioneer, has been tried and found guilty, and has been sentenced to be hanged. Some Chinese who were employed by the Govern ment at Staul, , y were seized and put on their trial for high treason, in consequence of the discovery of some papers. One of the men was convicted, and had sentenced of death recorded against him. Shanghai advices are to 29th ult., but do. not contain anything of political interest. We men tioned that a tax of 12 dots. a-chest had been im posed by the authorities on the import of opium into Shanghai ; a similar tax has been established at Ningpo. Foochow dates are to the 30th ult. The near approach of the rebels caused consider able uneasiness, and little or no business was doing. The merchants and wealthy people were removing their property, and a complete stoppage of trade was anticipwed by many. No operations could be carried on for the next season's teas. A notice has appeared from the Consulate at Foochow, stating that a preliminary intimation Lad been received frOm the high Chinese autho rities that they are desirous of raising among the foreign merchants the amount of 500,000 silver taels, to bear interest at 3 per cent, per mensem, 1110 r repayment of whin?' the duties at all the ports of foreign trade are to be made security. At Amoy on the 6th inst. all was quiet. THE STRAITS. SINGAPORE, MAY 16. You will have heard by the last mail of the dis turbance created by the Chinese in this place. All things are now proceeding in their usual train, but the storekeepers are not without fear that the recent Government regulations may be made the excuse for some further attempts w. plunder. General Gerrat and his staff landed from the Aden yesterday under a salute of 11 guns. They were entertliued at the Governor's house. His Excellency is absent at Manila. We have had a little dispute here between the English and American authorities. On the 25th Feb. last the American ship Coeur de Lion, Capt. Tucker, bound to China, fell in with a Dutch ship, the Henrietta Maria, in lat 17 30 long., 110 30 E. Seeing that the ship was not under command, Capt. Tucker boarded her and found that she was navi gated only by the Chinese crew. Their story was that they had risen against the Dutchmen and com pelled the captain to run the ship over to Cochin China, where they had allowed him and his officers to take to their boats, and were then trying to make their way to China. The American took pos sessiJn of the vessel, and, after considerab'.e diffi culty, keeping sentry day and night over the Chinese, and having only five Europans to do this duty, brought the ship to Singapore. The authori ties here sent over to Batavia to give notice of the circumstance. The Yankee hoisted the American flag on hoard the Henrietta Maria, and the Sin4a pore authorities sent off an armed force and hauled it down. A Dutch vessel of war now arrived and took away the ship, the Batavia authorities, how ever, saying that any claim for salvage would he duly decided by the Courts of Batavia. Captain Tucker put the matter into the hands of his Consul. The American sloop of war Portsmouth has come fill() harbour, as some say, to "see about" this matter, but, as I believe, to take on the ratification of the American trea►y with Siam. It is a ridicu lous matter, but the Yankee captains are sulky on the subject. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLIINA MARKETS HONGKONG, MAY 10. At Hong Kong we have to report very little doing in trade. Cotton—We quote Bangal and Bombay $9 to slla. Cotton Yarn—High numbers in demand ; Noq. 16 to 24, $26 ; Noe. 28 to 32, s32i to 33 ; Nos. 38 to 42, $4O. Shirtings—There has been a small inquiry for these goods ; grays quoted $1 75c. to $2 40c. ; whites, 54 to 64 reed, $2 to $2 50c. Iron—Nail rod, $3 65c. to $33 950. Lead —sB to $B4-. Freights are unaltered. Exch4nge on England for six months' sight bills, ss. to ss. 0.1. on India, 232r5. to 233r5. ; sycee silver, 9 per cent. pm. ; gold, $214 per tael ; clean Mtxtcan dol lars, a per cent. pm. At Macao small parcels of tea and silk have been bought. Silk—Llonkings quoted, Nos. 1 to 2, $375 to $3BO ; sucklows, Nos. 1 to 2, $365 ; knokongs, $350. The transactions in imports at Amoy during April had bean on a fair scale. A t Foochow the settlements of tea were 4,000 cheats at taels 14 to 24, short price. Stock 12,000 chests. The Crest of the Wave and the Egmont were on the berth for London. At Shanghai a largo business bad been done in imports. The settlements of silk had aleo been extensive. Very little tea was obtainable. Longcloths—Grays quoted taels 1-3-8 to tuts 2-1-5. Whites, taels 1-4 to 1-9. Iron—Nail-rods, taels 3-1 to taelt 3-3. Bar, taels 3-4. Hoop, taels 3-1. Silk—The settlements during the month had been ,000 bales, making a total of 86,000 bales. Quotations were—No. 3 Tsatlee, $4lO to $415 ; No. 4, $390 to $405 ; inferior, $3BO to $385 ; Taysaafns superior and good, none ' • middling to fair, $315 t o $350 ; i n f er i or t o middling, 3280 to $3lO. Tea—Arrivals had only been two chops black, and 10,000 packa ges green. Very little business had been done. Prices remained about the same as before : Export of tea from Canton and Hong Kong, from Ist July, 1856, to Bth lb. May, 1857 ~ Foochow, from Ist July, 185 G, to 30th April, 1857 Shanghai, from Ist July, 1856, to 29t1; April, 1857 Total 58,600,000 - Canton, from Ist July, 1855, to Bth May, 1856 26,500,000 Foochow, from let July, 1855, to Nth April, 1856 Shanghai from lat July, 1855, to 30th April, 1856 Total Freights to London, 3/. for tea, and 51. for silk. Exchange on London, 7s. 30. to 7s. 31. ; on India, 336 r to 335 r. Manilla advices are to the 28th ult. Exchange bad advanced to 4s. 5.0., and looking up. Clean Mtxican dollars 26 per cont. premium, and likely to decline fur ther. Our latest dates are—from England, March 26 ; Cal cutta, April 10 ;* Bombay, April 17 ; Singapore, May 2 ; Melbourne, March 14 ; Sydney, March 10 ; Manilla, April 23 ; and Shanghai, April 29. . SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong, May 1, Janette Cornelia, from Hartle poi ; May 3, the Spitfire, from London, and the Robin Hood, from Lircrp:A. . At Hong Kong—The French frigate Capricieuse, and steamer Catinat, and sloop Nisus. At Amoy—Her Majesty's brig Camilla. At Foochow—Her Majesty's steamer Racehorse. At Shanghai—Her Majesty's ship Pique. SHIPS OP WAR. At Canton River—Her Majesty ships Acorn, Cruiser, Elk, Encounter, Hong Kong, Hornet, Inflexib!e, Niger, Sir C. Forbes, Sybille, and the gunb , at Starling. At Macao. —Tine Storeships A lligatpr, Nankin, and Raleigh ; his Imperial Majesty's steamer Nitrceau and the frigate Virginia ; the Portugese brig Moadego; the Spanish steamer Jorge Juan. At Hongkong.—Her Majesty's gunboat Bustard, the sloop Bittern, the ship Calcutta ;, the sloop Comus, the steamers Corrnandel and Fury ; the hospital ship Hercules, the storeship Minden, the steamer Sampson and the gunboat Staunch. CALCUTTA. MARKET. SATURDAY, May 16. Since our last issue, under date the 2d inst., we have been put in possession of Londo❑ adviees to the 10th ult. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ave with the mails arrived here the day before yesterday. We have no particular change to report in our pro duce-market, all staple articles with one or two excep tions, continuing in limited request in consequence of small supplies coupled with ex . rerne prices and high freights. Sugar has been in improved demand at en hanced figures. Rice has remained without any altera tion. Very little has been done in saltpetre for Great Britain. A good business has been done in raw silk, hut at a decline in prices. For want of supplies cerahs have not been largely dealt in. Jute in excellent request at enhanced figures, but little to be had in the market. Lin seed continues to command attention for America. Scarcely any change in lac dee or shell lac. A brisk demand has prevailed for safflower, and the new crop has been taken at extreme rates. Cutch has been sold to some extent at a reduction on our last quowions. The position of our Import-market has experienced little change. All descriptions of grey goods have been in fair request, while white do not seem to attract much attention. The active demand for mole - twist which we reported in our last has continued unabated, and a further decline has taken place. A fair amount of busi ness has like wiee been done in coloured yarn. We have not bad any acti , ity in our metal-market. The money-market has scarcely been easier during the past fortnight, though the Bank of Bengal has reduced its rate of interest and. discount 1 per cent, all round, which stands now as follows :—Private bills and notes, 7 per cent. ; Government bills (accepted) 5 per cent. ; Mint certificates, 5 per cent. ; loans on deposit of Com pany's paper, 6 per cent. ; ditto on goods, 7 per cent. Rates of Advance.— Sicca 4 per cent, and stock re ceipts, 88r, ; Company's 4 ditto, 83r. ; Company's 5 ditto, 95r. Shares.—Since our last report there has been r.o change in this market. The Bonded Warehouse Asso ciation have just declared a dividend for the past half year at the rate of 17 rupees a share. Government Securities.—Soon after the Bank of Bengal rates were lowered last week an improvement in the value of ad securities took place. A large business has been done in C,mpany's Fours at 12r. 41., which is the rate to-day. Sicca Fours are quoted at 14r. to 14r. 45. ; Company's Fives at par. The other descriptions of paper remain nominally at our last quotations. Exchange on Laudon.—The market for the present mail opened at 2s. 1.11. for first-cla , 4s Americans and other credits, it fell suh , equentiv for a few days to 24. 13 , 1., but is again up to is. lad for Barings and other first-class papers, and 2s. 1 d. for credits in less favour. On China tran , actions to the extent of about 14 tics at 227 r., and bids in fair demand. On Mauritius 60 days' sight bills are quoted at 53e. Freights. —Our rates for Great Britain, since our last report, have continued unaltered, pr sect quotations be• ing still 4/. 15s. for London, and 41. 7s. 6J. for Liver pool all round ; but the scarcity of produce has cur tailed business. Some large engagements of tonnage have taken place for the West Indies, Hamburg, Aus tralia, and other ports. The rates to the Mauritius sud denly declined from 2r. 2a. to lr. Ba. a bag, in conse quence of five large vessels, which were take❑ up within a few days for the conveyance of emigrants to the Mau ritius, requiring dead weight tothe extent of about 60,000 bags ; but we have since had a re-action, and our el >s ing rate is lr. 12a, a bag. Fur China also, since the arrival of the strainers Fiery Cross and Lightning, lower rates were accepted, the bulk of the engagements, to the extent of about 100,000 bags of rice, having been at 1 dollar a bag, though 1 dollar 100., has latterly been paid. We have again to report a scarity of tonnage in our port, and a want of vessels of moderate sizes, which are always preferred to ships of large carryingcapacities. As yet supplies of produce have come down v-ry spar ingly, in consequence of the rivers not having. rise❑ suf ficiently ; but, as in a month hence our stocks v. ill be considerably increased, a largcr demand for tonnage is expected. It is, however, difficult to say whether our present rates will be further enLanced, as a good num• ber of vessels might visit our port from different quarters seeking employment, and induced by prospects of remu nerative freights. THE BOMBAY MARKET FROM THE nut TO THE 26 it OF MAY. The English mail from '4,n :don of the 26th of April, per Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Bom bay, reached Bombay on the afternoon of,the 22d inst. Our money market during the past fortnight has, con trary to expectation, become very much tighter, and the banks in consequence have raised their rates of interest 3 per cent, all round, and present rates of interest now range from 8 to 10 per cent. ; but we are of opinion that the present pressure will be of short duration, as the public did not seem inclined to submit to these high rates. A drain on the banks for speculation in opium and in the new 5 per cont. loan is said to be the cause of the present tightness in our market. Government and other securities remain at about former quotations. _ IMPORTS. Cotton Piece Goods—The business transacted during the fortnight has been very limited, and the market wears a dull appearance, inquiry for goods being mode rate. Grey shirtings have undergone a decline in value since last reported. T-cloths and cambrics continue scarce. Madapoliams are inquired for, as also low ja con nets. Yarns—This article has slightly revived in inquiry, and transactions in it have been made to a fair extmt, in several instances s'ao wing an advance in the prices. Metals have manifested a decline in the rates. EXPORTS. C Aton Wool—The market is easy since the arrival of the last mail, which brought accounts of low rates in England. Our present quotations are—Broach and Surat, 135 —37 r. ; Dhoil r x,129-30r. ; Oomerawuttee, 117-18 r. ; Mangarule, 118-19 r. ; Kandeish, 115 r. ; and Saw-ginned, 139 r. Opium—The market is dull, and drue , has declined in value to I,loor. fur both I n d ore an d Alludle:ir. TONNAGE. Freights have declined, and exhibit a downward ten dency, owing to abundanca of tonnage. Our present rates are 2/. 6d. to 2/. .5L for Liverpool and Lo,don. Exchange has ruled s• - eady at 2. 1 13.16 I. for China drawn bills, end at to 23 21. for heal bills. At present the market haq an upward tendency. On Calcutta, sight, is 99 r. ; on Madras, 30 days' sight, 99,1 r. ; on China, GO days' sight, 228 r. BOMBAY MONEY MARKET. TUESDAY EVENING, May 26, EXCHANGE. Oa London--6 months' sight, 2i.. 21. for (loot. bills ; 6 months' sight, 2& 1 cl. for credit bills. On Calcutta-60 days' sight, 03Jr. ; 30 days' sight, 99r. ; at sight, 99 r. On Madras-30 days' sight, 991 r. ; sight, 100 r. Oa China—at 60 days' sight, 228 r., nominal. BANK AND OTHER SHARES. Bank Gf Bombay l,ooor. each... 39 per cent. pm Oriental Bank Corporation 250 r. do. ... 62 „ Commercial Bank Mercantile Bank N. W. Bank of India 4oor. do. ... 25 „ Agra Bank soor. do. ... 40 „ Bank of Madras l,ooor. do. ... 181 „ • GOTEBNMENT SECURITIES. Four per Cent. Transfer Loan none ... per 110 Siena, Four per Cent. Loan, 1832-33 891 r.... per 100 Sieca, Four per Cent. Loan, 1835-36 86,1 r. ... per 100 Co.'s, Four per Cent. Laan, 1842-43 861 r.... per 100 Co-'... New Five per Cent Loan 1004 r..... per 100 Co.'s, To To To To FREIGHTS. 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For further particulars respect ing this invaluable food our readers are referred toDu Barry's paper. advertisement in another rart.of this ELECTION COMMITTEES.—(This Day.) ROCHDALE. Titis was the fourth sitting of the committee. In consequence of a statement made by Holt since his former examination to the agent, that he tecoliected an interview with Rhodes which he had previously denied, he was this morning reedled. He stated that after leaving the room on Saturday, he recollected that in anscvering Mr. Phi he had made a statement , ' which he now wished to contradict, and on the last por tion of his evidence given on Saturday being read over to him, he :stated that what he swore to so positively o❑ Saturday relative to Rhodes not coaling to his house was not true. He then entered into a detailed statement of his interview with Rhodes and his going to Bury to ring at the church for a soverei;7n where he had some drink. He got 'drunk and found hims€lf in the evening at the railway station, and the following morning at a public-isonse in St. Thomas's-buildings, Liverpool, 1 0 1 34 by 11Iatt Hobbs. It was contended by the petitioner that was a case of corruption by Bamford, agent of one of the sitting mem bers, by the payment of the voters fare to Liverpool to prevent his voting for Mia PONTEFRACT. The C ,mmittee met this morning at the usual hour. The first witness called w as M r . J osep h S m ith, hair dresser and voter of Pontefract, relative to a dinner that toDk place in October la.t. The witness stated that every October the annual dinner of the Odd Fellows was held. At the last dinner Mr. Wood, the sitting mem,' her, Mr. Robinson, ma nager o f th e Y or k s h ire b an k. and Mr. Wright, the mayor, were present, 9.4 well as other. cTentlemen, and partook of the dinner. There was wine put on the table at the expe n se o f M r . W oo d, th e pitting member. and all present drank his health '- as the future member." Witness plumped for Mr. Olivera. Mr. Richardson, printer, and a voter, was also'pre pent at the dinner, which took place at the Greyhound. Mr. Ea. , tman appeared t 3 manage the affair, lie did not know who paid the expense of the dinner. The "Noble Grand" was' the perAon who usually looked after the payment of these matters. M AYO. The committee met this morning at II o'clock. The evidence of Mr. John Griffiths was resumed. Fie stated that Fergus had informed him that his house was surrounded by a mob, and that, for his own interest be was obliged to vote for Mr. Moore instead of Colonel Higgins as he wished, and that he did so with great regret. Witness saw • Mr. Moore at the close of the poll at Baliinrobe, accompanied by Father Conway and some other priests. They went towards Conway's house; fcllowed by a mob, who were cheering. WAness saw an ass driven to the pound, with the name of Higgins written on a paper fsstened to it. Many Roman Catholic priests acted as tallymen and agents for Mr. Moore. Many voters had informed witness that they were corn' pelted to vote for Mr. Moore, after having promised Col. Higgins. In his cross-examination witness said that he saW a person named Burke, one of Col. Higgins's supporters, pull out a pistil and point it at Father Matthew, but it was after Burke had been nearly pulled off ilia horse. A• number of Protestant clergymen supported Colonel Higgins, but they did not bring up voters to the poll, CAMBRIDGE. • The committee met to-day at 12 o'clock. The first witness called this morning was Richard Stainfonl, who was objected to on the groUnd that be had obtained payment for cervices as a messenger that he hal never rendered, to which office he was merely formally appointed, because he had stated that he would not vote unless he was paid for his day's work. Mr. Coleridge objected to the vote on the ground that the payment did not come within the payment for services actually rendered. _ Evidence was then called to prove S'ainford's state• merit that he would not vote unless paid for his day ° work. WARE 1 - lA.M, The committee appointed for trying the merits ?f the election petition for Wareham, re-assembled tha morning at the u , ual Toe name of Mr. Pike was struck off the list, for sot ) ; posed undue influen ce on a vo t er ; was the name °I John Meadow, for having ualuly influenced Williams Bredle, by giving him 51., with which to leave and vi 3 ib his children, so as to prevent voting for Mr. Kilcroft• The name of one or two other voters were also struck off. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This DaY• MA RLBOROUG a-STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLICE-C .NSTABLE. day William Smith, who had the appearance of being commi , sioned officer in the naval service, was charged before Mr. Beado n w ith a v i o l en t assault on a fema le ' and alio on Police-constable Monk, C 161. The officer stated that the prisoner was last night //I Shepherd-street, New Bond-slret,and that he was there charged by a female with having a ,, saulted her, She had a black eye, and made the charge at the station-house , hut she was not in court after the prisoner was in hie custody. He was struck by the prisoner over the shoul ders with a black cane. (The cfLicer produced the cane, which had a silver head to it.) The prisoner was very drunk, • The prisoner said that to the best of his belief he did not strike the female. Hs also thought that he did not touch the policeman with his stick. Efe was in Union-street, where he was followed by several women. He tried to get away from them, but was fol lowed by some of them. The prisoner was fined 205., which he paid. ROBBING CHlLDlON.—Margaret Berry, a stout, tall, and middle aged female, was charged with stealing the wearing apparel of an infant in arms. It appeared that the mother of a) infant, Catbei:ihe Haggerty, was in the White Lion public-house, High" street, St. Giles, with several others of her country Pe° ple, and that they were ad the worse for liquor, when she took the child away. She brought it back, but without its clothes, which were found on her person. A policeman said th a t a woman of the description 01 the prisoner had been robbing children. She was accordingly remanded to Monday next. SOUTHWARK. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK DEFAULTERS IN TO QUEEN'S PRISON.—Mr. H. T. Cameron, a barrister-at law, and stated to be a magistrate in Ross-shire, and sou of Mr. Cameron, the manager of the Royal British Bank, who was a few days ago captured and brought t 0 London, was charged before Mr. Combo with conveying half a pint of brandy into the Queen's Prison, contrary to the rules and regulations. John Colwell, one of the turnkeys of the prison, said that, a few days ago, Mr. Cameron, the late manager of the Royal British Bank, was brought to that priso''' n warrant issued by the Attorney-General. The prisoner bad since visited that person, and on Sunday evening , about 6 o'clock, he came as usual, and as he was about to pass through the second lobby, witness stopped and told him he must search him, as he sudpected that he had spirits about Hos. The prisoner, who seemed rather a&tonished at being stopped, then put his hand in his breast coat pocket and produced a basket bottle con taining near halt a pint of brandy. Witness then told him he must know it was contrary to the rules, and be must give him into custody. The prisoner here said that ho could assure his wor ship that he did not know he was acting contrary to law or he should not have had any spirits in his possession. lie had no idea that he wan doing wrong in carrying so. small a quantity into the prlson. Mr. Colwell informed his worship that 111 r. Cameron brought in a portmanteau into the priFon the same morn ing, when he told trim he must search it to see whether any spirits or anything We was in it colithry to the rules and regulations of the prison. Mr. Cameron assured his worship that he did not know he was breaking the law, or he should not have done it. t Mr. Combo told him that very likely his story wa g quite true, but that the law was imperative on that point. The penalty was 31., and he had no power to mitigate it. He must pay that or go to the House of Correcjon. 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