The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-27 00:00:00

driven on shore and burned. Mr. Brooke is on his way to England, bringing with him the treaty which he had concluded with the Sultan of Borneo. The petty quarrel in the Goemsor country was not ended, in consequence of the unwillingness of the inhabitants to place reliance on the promises of the English officers. The Governor-General and the Commander-in- Chief of India remained at Simla during the rainy season, which is said to be longer this year than during the other years, as the Hinthx,s count 13 months in 1847. _ _ The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Presidency were at Poona. The monsoon, which in some places was rather dry during the month of July, had again turned to rain in August. The China trade, especially in cotton, was paralysed ; but the exportation for England was rather brisk in consequence of the cheerful news received by the mails of the 7th of July, which reached Bombay on the sth of .august. Our commercial Ravines from Bombay are more gloomy even than before. The indigo crop is said to have further extensively suffered in Bengal. Nor have the houses in Bombay, with one remarkable ex ception, been sufficiently on the alert to avail them selves of the favourable prices for cotton, occurring from the partial failure of the American crop. One Bombay commission house, however, that adheres steadily to its cotton exports, must this year have realised, from its shipments of about 65,000 bales, something like 12,0001. for per centage only. The same house, it is said, cleared from 5,000 early bales on speculation about 10,0001. Business in Bombay was further unfavourably affected by the interruption to the opium trade, and the unusually depressed prices of the drug. Our correspondent from Hong-Kong writes us, under date July 20, " The Peninsular and Oriental steamer rottinger arrived here on the evening of the 16th inst., bringing dates from London to the 24th of May ; Calcutta, June 3 ; Bombay, June 5, and Sin gapore, the 9th inst. " Since my last of 25th ultimo, there has been a better feeling in Canton, And all has remained quiet, the Honan question comparatively at rest, and con fidence returning. Hog. lane is now completely stopped up, and several houses pulled down for the site of tho church. " Her Majesty's ship Vulture returned to this harbour r being a few days at Whampoa. The Scout left V,"'nampoa early this month for this har bour, and proceeded two days since to Amoy. The Pluto steamer remains in the neighbourhood of Can ton, and there is some talk of withdrawing the small military force from the factories. The Chinese, how ever, seem now to have more confidence, and feel greater protection in their presence. " Her Majesty's ship Daedalus, Captain M'Quhae, arrived from Labuan on the 29th ult. The Vernon, Admiral Inglefield, has also arrived. On the 25th ult. we have had the arrival of four troop-ships, Mi nerva, Castle Eden, Romeo, and Isabella, with the 95th Regiment and Ceylon Rifles—the only matter of local interest. The whole force now may be about 3,000 men. The 42d Native Infantry and her Ma jesty' 13th Royal Irish are to remain for further orders, we hear. " Trade is assuming a more healthy state with the return of confidence." STATE OF AFFAIRS AT CANTON. (From the China Mail of July 24 ) Business at Canton has been improving during the month ; but the consequences of the shortsightedness and vicious system of making advances on goods shipped on Chinese account are now severely felt. The losses thus sustained have crippled native credit, and destroyed the confidence with which foreigners were wont to enter into large transactions with Chinese merchants, who are now hard pressed for the means of meeting their engagements. Amongst the brokers, too, with whom foreign goods are warehoused, some farther instances of embezzlement, unknown in former times, have recently occurred, and one commission house of some standing has discovered that no less than 500 bales of cotton have been pawned. It was to obviate the necessity of intrusting goods to Chinamen, that arrangements were undertaken by Government to have packhouses rented to the British merchants, in which they could store their own goods ; but, though suitable premises have been pro vided, and their description and price officially noti -110, there has been no. great alacrity shown on the part of our countrymen to avail themselves of the privilege,—the Canton British Chamber of Commerce being in the sulks because it could not prevail on the Government to stick to the Honan "paddy fields and fishponds," which individually the members of the chamber had previously pronounced to be especially unsuitable, and which could only have been secured at the expense of much ill-feeling and outrage, and perhaps of military force. In the meantime, however, the Americans are dis playing their usual acuteness, and one of the largest and most commodious of the hongs advertised by her Majesty's Consul has been secured by them. The Canton British Chamber of Commerce appa rently conceives it to be one of its most important functions to find fault with the Government, and accede to nothing they propose; and, accordingly, while the Chamber is disputing as to the mode in which the joint shall be dressed and carved, the knowing Yankees step in and help themselves to the best slice. The following are the notifications published by Government, and some papers issued by the Chinese, during thr month: — GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that the term fur which the license bas been granted to the present holder of the opium farm will expire on the 31st of this month, and licenses for the sale and consumption of opium for the text 12 months, at the following rates, are to be ob tained at the office of the chief magistrate:— For keeping a shop solely for smoking opium For preparing and selling pre- 10 dolls. per mensem pared opium.. _ 2O „ It For selling raw opium below the amount of one chest By order, W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary. Colonial-office, Victoria, Hong-kong, July 5. The annexed translation of a public notice from the Prefect and district officers of Canton has been received from her Majesty's Consul. By order, A. It. JOHNSTON. Victoria, Hong-Kong, June 28. 4, Wang, Prefect of. Kwang- c h ow , w i th his subor dinates, Chang, district magistrat e of Nan-hae, and Lo, district magistrate of P wan : yii, hereby i ssue , with fervent earnestness, a notification in repetitio n : " Whereas, we-, as servants of the Emperor in this province, regard the people subject to our authority as all our own Children, and settle all local affairs, no matter whether great or small, in accordance with the principles of common reason, with the view of maintaining genera l p eace; h ow s h ou ld we be willing to harbour the slightest degree of selfishness tending to partiality and oppression ? "Now the foreign merchants who cross the seas from a distance to come to Kwang-tung to carry on trade are certainly not so unreasonable as to desire to have difficulties with the natives, and thereby hinder their business. Hence, as they, when they land to wa n d er a b out f or amusement, or go along the sides of the river in boats, do not make any dis turbance, you, if you would display equity and justice, ought on such occasions all to attend quietly to your ewn duties. "Vie, the district magistrates of Nan-hae and Pwan yu, having some time age jointly issued a per spicuous proclamation on this subject, the merchants, people, and literati have recently come to perceive in some measure the reaso n of it ; and we learn that the intelligent literary gentry of the surrounding country have laid down rules with reference to this matter, and given injunctions to their sons and younger brothers accordingly ; in consequence of‘which there bas for a month past been great quiet and no trouble. 'This conduct adequately records the high purpose of the high authorities to cherish and show kindness to gil alike. But in the mid-t of quiet we ought still more to look forward to a perpetual absence of sus. pielon and jealousy, in order to attain (continu a l) peace : and it is therefore proper that we issue, with ferverc earnestness, a notification in repetition. " For this reason we hereby issue a proclamation to the people within our jurisdiction for their full infomation. Hereafter, when it occurs that foreign ors wl;rider quietly about for amusement, it is abso lutely aeces,ary that you treat them in accordance with the principles of common reason. Let fathers lay their injunction s on their sons, and elder brothers admonish the younger, and quiet will exist for a length of tim e. Shouii it happen that ignorant people assail the foreigners with brick s or stones, or make use of bad language towards them, the Te. paou (constables), :lee., must exert themselves sincerely in remonstrating 'with and stopping them, with th e view of avoiding he provocation of disturbances, and the mut ua l in fliction of injuries, and of removing for ever the line of distin,ction• of universal gat oil m ay enjoy the blessings ---; THE SUN, tranquillity is really what we greatly hope for. Do not oppose this special proclamation. (True translation.) "THOMAS TAYLOR MEADOWS, Interpreter. " June 22,1847." His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, dce., is pleased to direct that the following notice from the British Consul at Shanghae, announcing increased facilities for the rapid dispatch of vessels from the loading anchorage at that port, be published. The Consul has been directed to guard against any abuse of this concession from the local Government, by exe cuting in case of necessity the summary provisions of ordinance No. 5 of l 844. By order, A. R. JOHNSTON. Victoria, Hong-Kong, July 21, 1847. NOTIFICATION. "British Consulate, Shanghae, June 21. "With a view to afford increased facilities for the prompt dispatch of vessels, her Majesty's Consul has been in communication with his Excellency the Taou-tae to determine the practicability and expe diency of allowing ships to leave the anchorage at Shanghae prior to the issue of the Grand Chop. It occasionally happens that a few hours delay, or the loss of a tide, are of considerable importance ; and his Excellency the Taou-tae, satisfied upon this point, has been induced to consent to such modification of the present practice (under the third clause of the port regulations) as the Consul may find expedient, in order to enable a ship to leava the anchorage for loading and discharging cargo as soon as the receipts for all duties have been obtained from the Custom house, found correct, and lodged at the Consulate, as evidence of the final close of the account and satis factory settlement of all claims of the Customs. " In future, therefore, and provided no other cause for detention exists, permission will be granted, on application, to all masters of British vessels to pro ceed to any point within the limits of the port, when the above-mentioned conditions have been complied with, and a declaration made that the hatches are closed. The Grand Chop as soon as received, toge ther with the ship's papers, will be subsequently delivered at the Consulate-officeto the master or other party authorised to receive the same, provided al ways that the ship shall not have dropped beyond the limits of the port, which would cause the papers to withheld pending inquiry, and subject the vessel to be such disabilities as it might be placed under from being at sea without the documents required to en title it to the privileges or advantages of British re gistered vessels. " Her Majesty's Consul has much satisfaction in making the arrangement known to the British com munity ; satisfied that those for whose advantage the alteration has been made will feel with him, that the best interests of the foreign trade at this port are identified with the regular and scrupulous discharge of all obligations connected with the Custom-house authorities, he has not hesitated, in communication with his Excellency the Taou-tae, to remove all ob stacles by taking upon himself the responsibility of guaranteeing that neither injury to the revenue nor increased difficulty to the Chinese authorities shall result from the concession. To fulfil this pledge her Majesty's Consul counts confidently upon the cordial co-operation of all the mercantile community. " RUTHERFORD ALCOCK, Consul." Our Chinese correspondent gives the following as the substance of what took place at a recent meeting in Mingling Hall, on the subject of granting further accommodation to foreigners : "At present Keying wishes to take ground from the people to give it to the English barbarians for the purpose of building foreign factories, &c.; therefore, on the 25th day (July 7) the elders held a meeting at the Ming-ling Hall, wherein it was publicly resolved ' that all the fields, ponds, buildings, shops, and houses belonging to the people, could not be allowed to be forcibly rented by the English barbarians ; but any place like Tung•keaou, or the landing place of Teen tsze, which is joined to ground belonging to the man darins or any open space not owned by the people, the barbarians may take, and therefore the people need not interfere in the matter.' " One of the placards issued by the people on the subject of Shih-wei-tang is as follows : " Shib-wei-tang is a territory not two leagues distant from the Provincial City, and is the principal thoroughfare between the western and northern branches of the river. Every day the rich and poor meet there in crowds, and vessels pass up and down and move about the river in endless succession ; and if we add to this, that the people in an east erly direction and in the western valleys, depend on this thoroughfare for their food, it will appear still more important, for it is the very throat of Canton, and indeed commands the whole of Kwangtung province. How then can property which has been possessed for a myriad of years, and is of the greatest importance, be all at once given away like a golden snuff-bottle ? This would be just like de stroying the whole ; at which benevolent and honest men would look up to heaven and beat their breasts. But there are some rich merchants, who cunningly pretend that they have acquired_ their property by these barbarians, and therefore give up this property as a kind of retribution, with the intention of gaining some advantage by it, and thereby causing much misery and calamity; and thus a fortunate spot will be ruined. Still we trust to the superiority of our Government, and hope that the penetration of our mandarins will resemble the very heavens, and that they will have sufficient ability to preserve peace and tranquillity to Chinese as well as English. More over, these barbarians have come over a very extensive ocean for the sake of trade, and have not the least cause for being discontented, or thus trying to gain an advantage over us. But if we in the country do not adopt measures of defence, even iron fortifications cannot be depended on; and if we the natives 'do not remove all the obstacles, a brass wall may be beaten down. Therefore the various associati eis have joined together, and hereby make known their stipulations. If any bricklayers or stonecutters, for the sake of gain, engage in works (for foreigners), their bodies will for a cert a i n ty b e cu t i n pieces. This very day all the cities and villages to the south have formed them selves into trained bands, joyfully to commence the struggle ; and, as our Government is compassionate to those who come afar, when they hear of it they will ask, Who dares on account of these foreigners to as semble the mass of the people to protect their pro perty, families, &c. ?' which intention is as firmly en graven as if it were on brass or stone, and of which we respectfully give previous notice. " Our intention is to provide security for all. The militia of young men now forming is to protect us from any evils caused by foreign countries. All in this district who are above eighteen years of age must now come forward, and, if they do not, we shall burn down their houses ; and hereby swear, never to allow any one to withdraw. We now give general notice, that if there are any workmen at Canton, Fuhshan, Se-nan, Shih-lung, and other places, they must im mediately return to protect their families. If they fail to do so, repentance will be of no avail. " A public notice from Shin-gan-sze." The following apologetic explanation regarding the cession of Shih-wei-tang has be issued by the late proprietors, members of the Pwan-nang-kin g family, " in order that the true bearings of the case may be known :" ' Our ancestor established the firm of Tung-wan as Hong merchants, and the property he realised (besides what he left to Nang-kung) he bestowed upon several establishments for their management. The territory of Shih-wei-tang was left to support the ex p en d i t ure o f t h e ancestral temple of five branches of the family, and, for the maintenance of the widows and orphans, it was left to Leang-king-ta. Now, in the fourth moon of the present year, we re ceived orders from the Government to deliver up this place, and to hand over our title deeds for examina tion, and we should be paid the original price. This command we could not disobey. When these orders arrived, the widows and orphans of the five branches were in great distress and perturbation, but they con sidered that this property was originally acquired by a Hong merchant, and therefore it is a gift of Provi dence. If we do not give it up, we cann o t escape punishment of the mandarins, and, on the other hand, if we receive the value of it, we shall arouse the in dignation of the villagers. Having well pondered over the matter, we resolved to give it up to the man darins for their use, without remuneration, so that they (the villagers) could not say we had clandes tinely sold the property. The documents are clear and explicit on this subject, and no deceit has been practised, and we invite you all to come and investi gate it. We have heard that this has given rise to resolutions being passed to seize upon the whole of the rent of our relations, and to prevent the same being paid. We shall then be without support, and have nothing to depend upon to gain a livelihood; and thus misery will be entailed upon the whole of our family through Shih-wei-tang. How could benevolent and considerate people be prevailed on to du this ? We have also heard it is rumoured that in a few days those people will assemble all the males and females of the villages, and lead them on to destroy our ancestral temple. There are also a great case.no .v w whether ha th t e s s o e m t e h y i n a g g s ab a o r n e d t : r. j a f ke th ad is va i n . lany cl a i mants against our family, but as yet we do l is s nta th g e e of this opportunity to inflict great mischief, for which we may not be able to get redress ; and therefore make this announcement as an explanation of the matter, and most humbly b eseec h that the case may be looke,l into, and shall be very happy if our fault be forgiven." We select two placards from the patriot people, re garding Honan and Shih-wei-tang, which are curious, taken in connexion with the communications on the subject lately published by the Government : " We, the inhabitants of the territory of Hunan, hereby notify, that we are indebted to our high au thorities for having ascertained public opinion, and for having sent a letter to the English barbarians, dis tinctly informing them that they must on no fiCCOUnt forcibly rent or take possession of ground, in order to in. . sure mutual tranquillity; so that now we can live quietly on our separate domains, and receive protection with out the slightest trouble; therefore we ought now to perfect these arrangements, and adopt measures for insuring ourselves against the desires of the insatiable. If we do not, even a gold hillock would become an ant's nest. If we cannot guard against and dispel calamities in the interior of our own country, then a stone wall may be corroded by the teeth of an insect. The associations have, therefore, established regulations, by which the peasantry, shopkeepers, and owners of warehouses in Honan bind themselves, being apprehensive that same unprincipled Chinese, led away by the sums of money which will be un sparingly dealt out to them, will prove traitorous to their country, befool others, deceive men, an even spirits of Heaven ; and thus some foolish persons will rent their property for the sake of filling their purses, without considering that when calamity is brought on by money, the happiness of the country departs. We regret that there are some very cunning and artful merchants who levy a tax by illicit connexion, and when it comes to the point rush into all kinds of iniquity, rent land, let, sell, buy, and build by mo nopoly, merely for the sake of lucre, without caring in the least for the stigma attached to it. The cala mities caused this year by the barbarians, were brought on by persons like these, and when speaking of them we consider them as fit objeets for public detestation. Waving, however, their past schemes, if subsequently they dare to trade in their old way, clandestinely let or rent (land) or supply them (the barbarians) with tiles, wood, branito, and other build ing materials, and provide workmen, for the sake of gain, we shall look upon them as beasts. If they are determined to become traitrous natives, and thereby increase their crimes a hundredfold, we swear to de clare their names and denounce their transgressions ; and when the drum sounds we will attack them, so that they will not be able to stand —they will be broken like a tile. But first we make known these excellent admonitions in order to inspire them with dread. " A public notification by the people of Honan." " The rebellious English, some time ago, wished to take :possession of Honan, in order to build bar barian factories and forts, and avail themselves of this position to attack the city and levy the duties on trade paid by various nations. We now rely on the unanimity and joint assistance of the forty-eight villages to put a stop to their operations and also to their insatiable encroachments. They now want to take possession of Shih-wei• tang, which is situate in a most important passage leading to the eighteen pro vinces, and, being the principal means of communi cation between the northern and western branches of the river with Fuhshan, &c., also the high road for the exportation or importation of rice, its position is as that of the throat to the human body. If any foreign factories or forts are built there, they (the barbarians) will pluck up courage and advance to the Bogue, while we shall also have trouble inside; and it will be as easy to attack and conquer Kwangtun as to turn the hand. In future their ambition will have the voracity of the silkworm, and they will seek to realise what they covet. Men of knowledge consider this question as involving the eighteen provinces ; ignorant men think it only concerns the small piece of ground. The saying that when the lips are lost the teeth grow cold,' may truly apply to the transfer of this land. These things cool our hearts and are no small matters. Only look ; Horig-Kong is not sufficient for theta ; they have already swallowed the Five Ports, but still are not satisfied, but must forcibly take possession of Hog-lane, of which they have stopped up nearly the whole with a wall. All along the seashore they behave cruelly and outrageously, presuming to kill persons, and take territory by force. How are the laws to be maintained, and how are they to be taught to act with propriety and justice? They say they have no hongs to store their goods, and therefore point to several places, which is the cause of much wretchedness and misery to the people. Then they spike the guns, sail up the river in their men-of .war, and obtain their desire by coercion; but is this behaving with true politeness ? Are not the Five Ports (which are open to them) and Hong-Kong, besides the spacious bongs of the old factories, ade quate for storing their merchandise ? We have ceded to them territory in order to preserve peace, and to no purpose paid millions of dollars; for they still continue to harbour some sinister intention against us. It is very evident that they have some designs upon our country, and will not deny this nefarious purpose to any intelligent person. We ought therefore to be of one mind, and animated with one spirit of ami mosity against them ; and those who have power should joyfully prove themselves faithful and patriotic subjects. You must not therefore be ashamed and remain inactive ; but show them you are a nation who can exercise filial piety, brotherly love, loyalty, and good faith. Let not a single sail of theirs return, but thoroughly exterminate this detested brood." While our paper is getting ready for press the guns of the battery are saluting the Vernon, with the Ad• miral on board. THE BORNEO PIRATES. (From the Singapore Free Press, of June 21.) _ _ Yesterday afternoon her Majesty's ship Royalist, Lieutenant Gordon ; from Labuan the 4th inst., ar• rived here, bringing accounts of a very severe action having taken place between the Hon. Company's steamer Nemesis, and a number of piratical prah us on the 30th ult. We are in possession of full particulars of this affair, and, as the details will no doubt be of great interest to our readers, we issue an extra at once, instead of waiting for our regular issue. As the Admiral will probably by this time be at La buan, we may expect soon to hear of decisive mea sures being resolved 'upon against the pirates. We now subjoin the narrative of the brilliant action of the 30th ultimo : Early on the morning of the 30th of May the Hon. Company 's steamer Nemesis, with M r . B roo k e and Captain Grey aboard, and having in tow a cutter of her Majesty's ship Columbine, left the town of Brune to cross over to the new British port of Labuan. Information was received on the way down the river that some fishermen had been chased at daylight, and on rounding the point of the island of Moarra the look out of the Nemesis descried a fleet of Balanini or Sul() pirates, in full chase of a trading prahu in the offing. Immediately the steamer appeared the pirates, quit ting the chase, pulled in shore to the westward, and at the same time cut away the small boats they had in tow, whilst the steamer, pursuing at full power, lost much ground by having to round the extensive shoal which stretches from Moarra Point (Ujong Sapo) to the islet of Pilong Pilongan. The Balanini were first descried at half-past nine o'clock A.M., and, about midday, finding the steamer gaining upon them, came to an anchor. At one o'clock P.m. the pirate fleet was plainly made out from the Nemesis-11 large prahus, an chored in line, at a distance of ten yards from another along a sandy beach, with their heads to sea, their sterns (fast by stern warps ashore) in the surf, and with a halser passing along from boat to boat. The bows of the prahus were protected by ampilans, formed of musket-proof planks; they appeared well armed, crowded with men, and in this formidable position awaited the approach of the steamer. At 1 30 the pirates opened fire on the steamer, and the action commenced in earnest at a distance of about 200 yards, the steamer being in two fathoms water, and rolling heavily in a ground swell. For two hours a heavy fire was kept up from the Nemesis, and the fire from the pirates being nearly silenced, and their prahus evidently greatly damaged, Captain Grey, with three cutters (one belonging to her Majesty's ship Columbine, and two to the Hon. Company's steamer Nemesis), resolved to make a dash at the left of the pirates' position, whilst the steamer poured in grape and canister upon the centre and right, to prevent their rendering aid to their com rades. On the advance of our three small boats, the pirates, casting loose their halser which attached their prahus together, pulled away to the eastward in a crippled state, leaving two prahus in possession of our boats, and numbers of men on the beach or jungle. The Nemesis pursued to the eastward, and, one after an other, drove six of the flying enemy ashore, all of v c emrezfneotrsi alr e a dymt h e e , time abandoned by their ere ws , but could n o t b e ta k en possess i on of, owing to the small numbe r o f our b oats i n the action. In t h w e re priea whilst m Cap en t t o a n i e n d G t Grey t h w e a s w s e e s c t u w r a i r n d g , and the Nemesis i n f u ll pursuit of the last three prahus the to the eastward, five out of the six deserted boats were re-manned, and with a resolution praiseworthy in a better cause, bore down to the attack of our three cutters. Captain Wallage, commander of the Nemesis, perceiving this mancauvre, anxious for our overmatched boats, and convinced that these prahus must at all events escape to the eastward, returned in that direction, while the sixth deserted prahu being re-manned, and favoured by a breeze, crowded all sail to the eastward after her three consorts, and thus the four escaped. The five pirate prahus now ad vancing boldly towards our three cutters, percei v i ng the retrograde movement of the Nemesis, made every effort to escape to the westward, and a severe action took place between the sternmost prahu and the boats, the enemy defending himself with the utmost resolu tion, and inflicting a severe loss on our party. Whilst Captain Gray was engaged in the capture of this large prahu, the Nemesis pur su ed th e f our t o the westward, two f which were captured, while the remaining two escaped in a completely shattered state, after having been several times deserted, and as often re manned. Thus concluded this successful action with a pirate force consisting of 11 prahus—two of the largest size, four somewhat smaller, with crews of fully 50 men each, and five with a complement of 35 to 40 hands. The force of the pirates, at a moderate computation, must be reckoned at 500 men, exclusive of captives, and these, on the testimony of some rescued Chinese, were above 100 persons, LONDON, MONDAY It is difficult to form a correct estimate of the killed and wounded on the enemy's part, but, as 40 to 50 men were dead on the beach, ten men killed found in the captured prahus, and the like number in the prahus which escaped, beside those which may have died in the jungle, we may reckon the killed at 80 or 100 men, and the wounded at double that num. her, The loss on the British side was one man killed and seven men wounded; two mortally, and most severely. Ten brass guns, varying in size from nine pounders to " lelas," and five iron guns (three to six pounders), were captured. Five prahus were taken, and the escape of the rest is to be attributed to the small number of our boats, so at one time eight prahus were lying on the beach abandoned by their crews, and, had our boats been sufficient to secure them, the other three would have been overtaken by the Nemesis. At the close of the engagement the sandy beach was covered with captives flying from their captors and by pirates abandoned in a hostile country, who to the last sought some means of revenge. The night closing prevented any measures being taken in favour of the liberated captives, and when the morning broke they were no longer to be seen, having taken to the jungle from fear of the Borneons sent by the Sultan to our assistance. It is to be hoped, however, that the measures now pursuing to save these poor people will be attended with success, and that many of them may be restored to their native country. Among the rescued captives who took refuge in our boats are several Chinese and Malays recently captured at Banks. and Sinkep, a woman from Sian tan, and a young man from Mengkabong, to the northward of Labuan, and these all agree in repre senting the extensive depredations committed by the pirates. The pirates are stated to have visited during this season the southern coasts of Borneo, the Straits of Banka, Sinkep, the Anambas, the Natunas, and the north-west coast of Borneo, and, were slowly on their return to their own country when fortune de lived them into our hands. That the severe lesson they have received may check their piratical habits we sincerely hope, but we trust that such measures may be taken by Government as effectually to eradi cate this piratical taint from the Malay character. Piracy has heretofore been fostered by impunity, it is to be cured by severe example, and when hun dreds of innocent people are yearly led away into slavery in the vicinity of European settle ments—when the native commerce along the coast of the Archipelago is entirely destroyed—we trust that active measures may shortly be resorted to to remove this curse from these shores, and the disgrace from the British name of passively witnessing or ineffec tually acting for the prevention of piracy and the slave trade. Any praise bestowed on the officers, crews, and all engaged in this action would be superfluous,—they behaved like Englishmen, and were opposed with a dogged resolution worthy of a better cause ; and we sincerely trust that their gallantry may meet with its fitting reward—promotion for the protectors of com merce. The four boats which escaped to the eastward touched outside of Labaun for water on the night after the engagement, and a captive who escaped stated that these prahus were kept afloat with diffi culty, being riddled with grape-shot. No tidings had been received of the other two. There were betweeri 200 and 300 pirates in the jungle, who were being hunted by the Sultan's people. A Dutch offi cer's medal was found in one of the boats, a 9-pounder, apparently of Dutch make, bags of Dutch doits, Banka tin beat into balls, &c. The Nemesis was coaling, and would proceed to Sarawak with Mr. Brooke, and thence to Singapore, and will probably arrive here on Friday or Saturday next. The treaty with the Sultan had been con cluded. SINDE. The Kurrachee Advertiser of the 21st of July con tains the following General Orders by his Excellency Lieut.-General Sir C. Napier, G.C.B. : " Head-quarters, Kurrachee, July 14. " A party of plundering Mundranee Boogties had pitched their camp about 20 miles from Kusmore, to plunder our frontier, under the command of a well known marauder, Dota Mundranee. Lieutenant. Younghusband, of the police, resolved to attack him on the morning of the 7th of July, with about an equal number of the mounted police. " Both parties ha& spies, and both spies left their enemy's camps abOut the hour Lieutenant Young husband marched. Dota Mundranee's spy being on foot, was outmarched by Younghusband's detachment of horse, and arrived at the Boogtie camp too late ; Lieutenant Younghusband had surprised it, and, after a sharp combat, was victorious. But let Lieu tenant Younghusband give his own account. The report from the Lieutenant of Police is then cited, after which are the following remarks : " The above very gallant action is just what I ex pected from the excellent Scinde police. The conduct of Lieutenant Younghusband has, in this enterprise, been marked in a prominent manner by th e s kill w ith which he surprised the enemy, by the decisive bold ness of the charge, by the capturing so many prisoners, and by the protection afforded to the women and children of the robbers. All are glorious to himself and his brave companions, and the two last the most so, because it prominently marks the perfect discipline of the police—the respect due to humanity and to the honour of our arms. " It may here be useful to observe, that in a private letter, Lieutenant Younghusband says that his men were saved by preserving a good line, knee to knee while charging the enemy, who wounded and slew the horses of the police, but could not get at the men. This is another instance added to the multitude of examples which history presents to us, that not only victory but personal safety attends upon disci pline. Had the charge made by the police been broken, loose, disorderly, many men would have been killed ! " Soldiers of all ranks should ponder well on these matters. " C. J. NAPIER." THE PUNJAUB. The Delhi Gazette, of July 21, has the following paragraph upon the affairs of the Punjaub " From Lahore we learn that, at seven o'clock on the morning of the 14th of July, eight murderers were hanged by order of the Durbar, and we notice the fact prominently lest that plot-inventing paper at Meerut should stuff people with the information that they were `conspirators' or political offenders in any way. The Lahore Adalut has been brought into good working order under Sirdar Khan Singh Man, we mentioned i n our l est , n e convicted under se n t ence o f d example as i mpress i ve as possi oaneadlyth the an . To above n make alm possi ble, the gallows was erected on a r i s i ng groun d oppo site the Delhi gate of the city, on the road to Umrit sir, and a regiment of Infantry, with 500 Suwars, under General Cortland, kept the ground. The bodies were to be left hanging two or three days in terrorern. We have every reason to believe that the approaching relief will include a second European Regiment for Lahore. It was, indeed, originally in tended to quarter two regiments there; but as suffi cient accommodation could not have been provided before the hot weather, an additional native regiment was sent instead. Meanwhile experience has, we are happy to learn, proved that Lahore is, after all, a healthier locale for European troops than many of the up-country cantonments, and the second regiment ordered up, whichever it may be, will have no cause for grumbling. "It affords us much pleasure to add that the delay in Colonel Lawrence's departure for Sirnlah is caused by a sensible improvement in his health. All con tinues quiet and is settling down throughout the country, and the most rigid economy continues to be introduced into every department of the expenditure, so that the minor, when he comes of age, will have great reason to bless his guardians. The Government which has been bestowed on General Cortland com prises the whole of the trans-Indus territory belong ing to the Lahore State, extending from the boundary of Konat (the jagheer of Sultan Mahomed Khan, Barukzaie) down to Dhera Ghazee Khan, part of the Mooltan Ilakah. Each of the Doabs has now, as will have been gathered from the communications of our native correspondent, a Sirdar as Nazim to look after the Kardars, and to administer provincial jus tice, thus saving many a poor suitor a footsore trudge to the capital in search of redress. We will present our readers with a Punjaub Blue Book in the course of a few days. The latest letter we have received says the weather has become very hot in consequence of the rain having to all appearance ceased. The water is subsiding from the parade-ground at Anar kullee. All looking out anxiously for the steamer. The arrival of the vessel will be an era in the annals of Lahore. It is surmised by one of our correspon dents at that station, that the native corps there will exchange with as many from the Jullundur, but this we apprehond is error, at least in part:" CHINA. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1847: dispatches announcing the recent occurrences at Canton : " We have received the official notification pre sented to us by Keying, informing us that on the 19th day of the 2d moon, the English merchants, with a number of soldiers, suddenly entered the provincial river. According to the investigations of the Vice. roy, the said merchants alleged that their object was to avenge the insults they had received from the people of the Flowery Land ; they also desire to go to Fuhshan to converse and argue with the people, besides making a determined re quest to enter a portion of the provincial city. Since the establishment of peace, the said foreigners have been tolerably quiet, until now they have suddenly entered the country with soldiers, and it certainly was impossible to foresee such an occurrence and ar range accordingly. We imagine, however, they have some other reason for being anxious to enter the city, though in itself this is a matter of small importance. The said Viceroy and his colleagues must not be dis concerted at what has happened, nor must they ex hibit the least remissness, but command both civil and military officers effectually to suppress the dis• turbance, and not permit the existence of any cause of alarm to the inhabitants. "As the guns of every fort were spiked, Keying must, therefore, demand the most severe punishments for those officers who were charged with the defence of the passes, but he must deliver up all the less im portant cases to the Board of Punishments. " After the matter has been decided again present a statement. " This must travel 500 lee (about 160 miles per day. Command it to be known. Respect this." On the breaking up of one of the meetings held on Thursday last (the 20th) at the Consoo House, some vagabonds set fire to the new wooden boathouse, and to a mat shed in the neighbourhood, outside the fac. tories, but the flames were speedily extinguished with out doing any serious damage. It is impossible of course to calculate upon what a licentious rabble will attempt, driven from their former haunts, and wrought upon by a people who believe that their rights of property, which are sacred even from the arbitrary grasp of their own mandarins, are to be invaded by the hated foreigner ; but experience has shown that unprovoked outrages on the part of the Chinese are of extremely rare occurrence, even when but slight means of resistance have existed; and it seems improbable, therefore, that an attack will be at tempted in the presence of the Scout and Pluto an chored off the factories, with a company of the Royal Irish quartered within them. But if the matter is not settled satisfactorily now it may be a perpetual source of inquietude,'; though few merchants will probably be disposed to incur the odium and annoyance of erecting warehouses on Ronan, so long as the present facilities for storing goads are offered by the brokers. (From the China Mail of June 24,) The recent attempts to burn the boathouse near the factories immediately called forth a proclamation from the magistrate of the district. Since then six of the vagabonds have been convicted and condemned. Three of them were sentenced to suffer 80 blows with the great bamboo, and two the cangue (or wooden collar) in perpetuity ; which, as is wel known, is nothing but a lingering death. The other three are to be subjected to the cangue for one month, with 80 blows on being released. (From the China Mail of July 22.) Business at Canton has been improving during the month ; but the consequence of the shortsighted and vicious system of making advances on goods shipped on Chinese account are now severely felt. The losses thus sustained have crippled native credit, and de stroyed the confidence with which foreigners were wont to enter into large transactions with the Chinese merchants, who are now hard pressed fir the means of meeting their engagements. Amongst the brokers, too, with whom foreign goods are ware housed, some further instances of embezzlement, un known in former times, have recently occurred, and one commission house of souse standing has discovered that no less than 500 bales of cotton have been pawned. COMMERCIAL. BOMBAY MARKET. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOCK, JitLY-80. Nothing of any consequence has transpired in our import market during the week. Cotton Piece Goods—The following sales have been reported to us since the publication of our lait report : r a. ,a. 2,250 pieces grey shirtings...4o in. 38 yds. 4 otol 2 . 400 „ bleached do ...36 in. 40 yds. 6 300 „ grey domestics.3o in. 371 yds. 5 300 „ ditto ...36 in. 40 yds. 10 600 „ ditto ...42 in. 36 yds. 510 500 „ blchd mullapets 10 yds. 3 10-:-! 700 „ do. Jamdanny ditto ...40 in. 10 yds. 3 '2 700 „ coloured zebras.4s in. 31 yds. 1 3 500 „ Turkeyrdscarfs.s2 in. 31 yds. 3 2 Cotton Yarn—This article appears to have undergone no alteration. We have heard of a sale of 60 bales grey mule, No. 20, of 3901b5. each, at 6i annas per lb., but in dyed no transaction has transpired, although orange maintains the in iprovement noticed in our last report. Metals—We have nothing to notice under this head, except some sales effected by native merchants, of 300 cwt. braziers' copper at 60k rs. per cwt. Sundries—We have to report a sale of 1,3201155 - : of silver cochineal recently arrived, at 41 rs. per lb., which was our last quotation for this article; and one of 250 cwt. of white lead, in kegs of 2cwt. each, at 14 rs. 2 as. per cwt. Exports—Cotton Wool—The accounts to hand on the 25th inst., per (wet land mail from London of 24th June. being considered favourable for this staple, holders have succeeded in obtaining an advance on our last quota tions, as the undermentioned transactions will show:- 700 bales &mat, purchased at rs. 96 8 as. per candy. 600 Bi•oach 24 ditto. 700 Dohollera 90 ditto. The quotati )ns of the day are as follow: Broach, Jambooser, and Surat, 93 rs. 8 as. to 94. Dohollera and Bownugger ... 90 Compta . . 76 Opium—Very little doing. We quote 950 rs. to 1,000 rs. for second quality. There are rumours, how ever, in the Bazaar, that intelligence has been received, vid Madras, of a very material decline in the price - of this drug in China, to which little faith can at present be given. Freights—Notwithstanding that we have had several arrivals of vessels within the week, the rate of freight to Great Britain has kept firm at 71. per ton of 50 cubic feet, at which we have heard of some large engagements for both Loudon and Liverpool. The rate to China is down to 13rs. per candy. Exchanges—The exchange on London has advanced a little, and some transactions in first-class bills are re ported to have taken place at ls. llid. per rupee, six months sight.. On Calcutta there have been consider able operationis in local bills at 98irs., sixty days' sight. Bank Share s—lt will be observed by our quotations of the value of Bank shares that those of the Oriental Bank have risen to 22 per cent. r.m., which is owing to the successful results of Mr. Richmond's mission to London. BANK OF BOMBAY. Discount—On Government bills, 6 per cent.; on pri vate bills at or within two months, 9 per cent. ; on ditto at or within three months, 10 per cent. Interest—On fixed loans on Government notes, 8 per cent. ; on cash credit accounts on Government notes, 9 per cent. The rate of ad roince on deposit of 5 per cent. Govern ment notes is 90 per cent., and on 4 per cent. Govern• went notes 70 per cent. ORIENTAL BANK. !RATES OF EXCHANGE. Drafts on Londo.a at 6 months' sight Do. at 3 months' sight DO. at 1 months' sight ... Do. at 1 day's sight ls. lOid. Circular notes pttlable throughout Europe, and drafts on Ireland and. Scotland, at 1 day's sight l9. 10d. RATIa OF INTEREST ALLOWED. Per cent. On current accour its subject to a commission of half per cent On current accounts without commission . Deposit notes re c.ayable on one month's notice 3 Do. do. on three months' ditto Do. do. on two months after six months 5 Do. do. on three months after 12 ditto 6 RATES OF I WTEREST AND DISCOUNT CHARGED On cash credits on Company's paper Do. on other securities On fixed loans ( in Government security On private bills 'without rebate not exceeding two months ... 9 Do. do. do. three months... 94 Do. do. do. four months ... 10 On bills sub jet to rebate, one per cent. more than above rates. Commission an purchase and sale of securities Ol CO2 INERCIAL BANK OF INDIA. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. Six r aonths' sight Thme months' sight One 7 aonth's sight At :ti ght . • is. laid. DISCOUNT. On Pinto bills without rebate at two mote ths' sight 9 per cent. per ann. Ditto at )121 ,ee months' sight Ditto at iof tr months' sight .. lO ditto ditto Ditto with rebate 1 per cent. more Ditto fixed: loans on Government (From the Bombay Journal of Commerce of July 31.) By a letter received yesterday via Madras from Macao, dated the 2d of June, we are informed that the Chinese mob at Canton had shown a determina, tion to set fire to the foreign factories, but had become again quiet at sight of a naval force brought up for the protection of the Europeans. The cotton wool market was very dull, and the arrivals of several cargoes had occasioned a decline in priees. We may add that it is rumoured in the bazaar that war with China h a d b een declared, and that a grea t Bombay Times Office, Friday, Five o'clock , fall had also t a k en p l ace i n the price of Malwa opium 30th of July, 1847. EXCHANGES. Lonion. . .15.110. which was down to 400 dollars per cheat ; to t 30 1 39, Is. 11 d. at 3 months' sight ~ gup, however, we attach little credit. ut 60 days' sight, per 100 Sp. 2 9 08 8 i (From the China Mail of May 27.). China .. .••• t 60 days' bight, per 100 vs. Calcutta ,--a 11. 99 , s .a.t 6 months' sight, per rupee.. The following is the Emperor's reply to Ar y i ng , , . at 30 d ays , s i g ht „ paper , Ditto cast' c credits, st cur. d by Go- - vellum at paper 10 per cent. per ant. INTER) ST.—Oll current deposit account payable on demand p On money deposited for three month certain 4 per cent. fi. On ditto for six months with one month's notice of withdrlwal Madras at 30 days' sight „ rs. 1001 PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each ... Hs. 11 : 1 anna. 1 , Dragons, each „ 11 : 2 annas. Bank of England notes, per £ „ 10 : 6 annas. Spanish dollars, per 100 . „ 223 German crowns, per 100 Sycee silver, per 100 toles „ 1022 to 1034 Gold leaf, per Lola (range of quality) „ 17* BANK SHARES Bombay Blnk Rs. 36 per cent. prem. Oriental Bank, R. 1,000 each (500 paid up) Commercial Bank Agra Bank Bank of Madras GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 5 per cent. transfer loan 5 per cent. loan 1825-26 5 per cent. loan 1829 30 4 per cent. loan 1832-33 4 per cent. loan 1835 36 ... 5 per cent. loan 1841 42 4 per cent. luau 1842-43 CHINESE MARKETS. (From the Hong-Kong Register of the 24th of June.) IMPORTS. American Cotton Goods—ln Canton have been in better request during the month than any other descrip tion of goods, and sales to the extent of 10,000 pieces of drills at 2 dolls. 25c. to 2 dolls. 35c. for 30, and 2 dolls. 80c. to 3 dolls :50c. for 40; ards, arid 7,000 pieces of sheet ing at 2 dolls. 35e. to 2 dolls. 45e. for 40 yards, are re • ported, principally from second hands. Camlets—A better Feeling exists among the dealers, we are glad to observe, regarding these goods, though no improvement in prices has as yet taken place. About 1,200 pieces comprises the placings of the month. At Shanghai the absence of produce interferes with barter transactions. The cash value is only 18 dolls, to 19 dots. per piece. Cotton—The market has continued in the same dull and inactive state represented in our last, and prices, in consequence of recent arrivals, have given way consi derably. The transactions of the month only amount to about 1,900 bales of Bombay Staple at Ts. 5 to 6 for old, and 6 to 7.1. for new, and a fey', hundred bales 01 Tinnivelli at Ts., 6 Bc. to 7 40, per pecul. In Bengal no sales have taken place; the nominal quotations are Ts. 7 to 7 5c., for Banda and Ts. 6 8c to 7 fur Jalune per pecul. At Amoy the market is unsupplied. _ _ _ CANTON REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDING JUNE 20. Cotton Yarn—ln consequence of its having become known to the dealers that large supplies are on the way out, they have taken alarm and been forcing their late purchases upon the market at considerably lower rates, say— • • 50 to 28 50 per pecul for Nos. 16 to 24 29 50 to 30 50 26 to 32 33 00 to 34 50 34 to 42 Importations since the 20th ultimo are 476 bales, de liveries 169, stock 2,954, ditto 240 at the same period last year. At Amoy the market is bare. For a moderate sup ply 35 dolls. could be obtained tor Nos. 16 to 24. Higher numbers are not so well suited to that market. Long Cloths—We have again to report an exceed ingly dull market for these goods both in Canton and Shanghai. Sales in this quarter have been almost en tirely icon-polised by the dealers, who are said to have moved off 30.000 pieces of greys at. 2 d011 , .20e. to 2 dolls. 70c. and 15,000 of white at 2 dulls. 40e. to 3 dolts. 050. per piece. On the arrival of new teas and silk at market, however, some improvement Wyks confidently anticipated. Long Eils—ln Canton have found purchasers to the extent of 2,000 pieces at 7 dolls. 50c. to 8 dolts. 50c. for assorted, and 10 dolls. to 11 dolls tor scarlet, per piece, which shows some slight. a.:ivance on last month's quo tations. Steel:4 genera 4 are at present said to be moderate. We hear of no recent transactions at Shanghai. Opium—The market for Alalwa has been exceedingly inactive since the date of our last, at our forint r quota- tion of 530 dt . ,lls. per pecul f,r really your] drug. At' Woosung not more than 535 dolls. Sycee can be obtained for the very best new drug. Bengal Opium has been somewhat firmer during the last few days in conse. quince of the advice of higher rates ruling in CAieutta, Patna may be quoted at 635 dolls., and Bt cares at 625 dolls. per chest. Turkey has been. in rather m9re favour of late at a slight advance, say 10 dell:;. to 15 per peen'. Pepper—ls dull at 4,50 dulls. to 5 per pecul. Stock - with importers 3,500 peen's. Itice—llighlv favourable weather for the native grow :it% crop, which is expi cted to be an abundant one, has a'.further decline in prices. ~,,Saftpetre—ln consequen c e of recent heavy arrivals prices. have given way somewhat. EXTENSIVE ROXIBERT AT FLADONG'S On Saturday a robbery to a considerable amount was i 'diSeOVOY.ed.. to have taken place at Fladong's Hotel, etrieford•strect. It appears that on Friday evening a very fashionably-dressed man, between 35 and 40 years Jit age, and about five feet eight inches high, entered ihe.hotel in question, and after partaking of some re- Sreshment,requested to be accommodated with a bed. He retired to rest at ten o'clock, and at an early hour in the morning, upon one of the servants going down stairs -he found that the front door had been unchained and unlocked. Being satisfied that some one must have made his egress from the premises, it was ascertained on — eidiiiination that the " gentleman " who had engaged the bed as before alluded to, had made his escape, having behihd a small carpet bag, containing a few articles of but little, if any, value. Other apartments were next searched, and it was found that from a box in a sitting-room on the first floor had been stolen, 11 bank notes of 20L each, a gold watch, a gold snuff-box, and two foreign notes, one of them for 1,000 - francs, and the other for 500 francs. The whole of the said property belongs to a gentleman named Marsh, Who, for some days past, has been staying at the hotel. The outer door of the room bore no marks of violence, but from the appearance of the box, the lid of lt_was beyond all doubt forced open with a chisel. In . formation of the robbery was, in the course of the after moon,- circulated throughout the whole of the divisions of the police. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF Mat. WALTERS, Or THE ICING'S BEAD TAVERN, POULTRY. —On Saturday in formation was received in town of the sudden death of Mr. Walters, of the King's head Tavern, Poultry, under the following most deplorable circumstances :—Mr. Walters left town on Friday evening, about seven o'clock, to proceed to his residence near Croydon. on horseback. He dues not appear to have been seen after wards until about nine o'clock, when, as one of the P division of the Croydon police was on duty, within a mile of that place he saw the body of a gentleman lying in the road, but life was quite extinct. Upon subsequent inquiries being made near the place, the body was iden tified as that of the unfortunate gentle nun. It was im mediately removed to a house in the neighbourhood, and information sent off to Croydon, where some of his fanny are staying. The general opinion is that Mr. Wult7•rs was seized witti a ht, and fell off his horse, for there is not the slightest reason to suppose his death was the result of violence. An order of the Prefect of Police has just been issued, forbidding the circulation or stoppin w g on the public way of any carriage or vehicle whatever bearing placards, bills, or other intimation of publicity.—French paper. THE LATE COL. STODDART AND CAPT. CONOLLY. -The Friend of India of the 29th of July, says, on the ' subject of these two unfortunate gentlemen, " For some time past there has been a rumour that the King- of Bokhara had put to death the infamous Abdool Sumud Khan, who has been rendered so notorious by Dr. Wolff's narrative. It has now been confirmed in a letter of a merchant at Bokhara to his correspondent at Cabal. The King struck him on the head himself with a small axe, upbraiding him with having instigated him (the King) to slay Stoddart and Conolly. This information gives additional confirmation to that which was indeed too erident previously—that those unfortunate officers were positively put to death by the Commander of the Faithful. Their relatives are, we fear, still buoyed up with hopes of their existence, which it is natural for ,them to cherish, but the present intelligence places the report of their death beyond all doubt. On Saturday a long inquiry took place before W. Carter, Esq., coroner fur East Surrey, at the Shard's Arms Tavern, Old Kent-road, as to the death of Sarah Ne wby, aged twenty-three, which was alleged to have take .0 place in consequence of eating a large quantity of yellow soap. The deceased was not much more than two foot high, and though twenty-three years old, used to sit in a common child's chair, and her age seemed not more than ten. Mrs. Norris, of 1, Alpha-street, Old Keut-roa'l, stated that the deceased was quite an embe elle, and ,had been placed under her care by its father, who paid &Ix shillings a week for doing so. On Wed nesday mowing Mr. Lodge, a surgeon, was to call and see her children, and as she had seen him go into the next house, si,%e directed some soap which she was using to be placed it' the next room, where the deceased was sitting. Soon sifter deceased was attacked with a fit, and Mr. Lodge saw her. It was found she had eaten some of the soap, she thought about an ounce, or an •.unce and a half. The deceased died the next morn ing. Mr. Lodge, of Rye-lane, Peckham, surgeon, gave it as his opinion that the deceased died in consequence of the fit, and the exhaustion brought on by her hav ing eaten the soap. The jury returned a verdict to that cffect. _ _ _ On Saturday morning, at a quarter before three o'clock, considerable alarm was created in the vicinity of Portman-square, in consequence of loud cries of "Fire," proceeding from the house of Mrs. A. J. Pochin, a lady of property, situate at No. 17, Lower Seymour street. In a very brief period the police on duty in the neigh bourhood entered the house, when the whole of the bed ding and drapery in the second floor front were found wrapped in a general blaze. The engines arrived in quick succession, and the firemen having set to work, they succeeded in getting the mastery over the flames, aut unfortunately not until Mrs. Pochin was most fright iully so much so that the flesh upon some por tions of her body, when touched, peeled off. A medkal gernleman was promptly in attendance, who did every Lhing that the nature of the case required, but so seri ously was she burned that riot the least hopes were en (ertained of her "surviving through last night. The premises and furniture were considerably damaged by (ire and heat. From the Iraei of a book and candlestick being found in bed, it is suppo ed that Mrs. Pochin was reading in bA, and that she must have fallen asleep, aid until she became surrounded with the flames was uncon scious of what had happened. FUNERAL of MR. WESION.—The remains of the late lamented W. R. Wescoe, Esq., Survey orGenerai ((f her Majesty's Customs, who lost his life by the late disastrous accident on the Manchester and Leds way, were interred o❑ Saturday in a family vault at. St. liunstan's . -in-the-East, near the Custom-house, in the promo of numbers of his brother officers. STOCK Ex C I I L A I N V G E E . R2 T o h o e L s , RAILWAY SHARE MARKET S. sales are-IBAERmb2el r gate, Nating; ,andham, nd Boston, 1. 5 / 8 dis.-Birkenhead, Lanc ashire, B a," Cheshire, 31'. Shares, 5 , 4 (lis.-Ditto (late C. and 4 ' 5 per cent. on 55/. till 1859, 36- Great Northern, 4 i .4 a ..-- : Leeds and Dewsbury, 3i dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 14 1 / 4 di g ; -London and North- Western, 1601,,-Ditto, Quarters-13nd 1 A p.- Ditto, Fifths, 105f3 p.-Ditto. 401. Shares (late 4 41'u L. M.), 21 p.-Midland Stock, 116-Ditto, 40 /. Shares, 3%, -North Staffordshire, lIA p.-Shrewsbury , OswestrY, Cheshire, New, Preference (guar. 8 per cent.), 21/14 - P.,-; South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 (is 9 ned as Thirds, at 6 21 ' die. ) 31s. 3d. dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick (5.311' B.), New, 211 p. MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBSK 25. STOCKE , ~xcriaxGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Ldanca shire, and heshire Juction, dis.-Caledonian 10 is.-- Fleetwood, C Preston, and n West s Riding Juuction:3s4 dis- -- Ditto, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 3 2 1. Shares, 3 9-16 dis.- Fifths (late West Riding Union), o i l 3 dis.-Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 4 1 4 ffo p.-North Stardshire, s* -- 1 9-16 c. p.-South-Eastern and' D ove r, O. 4. 21%16 P. di York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Ext ension, No. 2, 9- LEEDS, M DER 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-TheSEFT excessive depression in the money and share markets during t he last few w eeks appears to be slightly relieved, but the want of confidence so gene rally prevalent, precludes present improvement in quota* tions, except in very special cases. The sales are-Anv bergate., Nottingham, and Boston, 265. n. dis.-East Lanes- Laaca shire, New, 70s. dis.-Ditto, Quarters, 15s. 6 d• dj shire and Yorkshire (late Hud. and Sheff.), 4.54,1 dis.--Ditto, Fifths, 1/. I Is. 3d. n. p.-Ditto (West Riding Union) , I% a. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, 11 n. dis.-Lontion, .oxford, and Cheltenham, 15s. die -Manchester, Sheffield, and Lip-, colnshire, Preference, Is. Gd. p. a!lotment-North British. North Thirds, Gs. Gd. p.-Norh Staffordshire, 1•? i 1).-- Se• \Vsstern, - 3 - e a. n. dis.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2 (late New Berwicks, 2 1 / 21 p. NEWCASTLE-)UPON-TYNE, SErromEn 25. Car. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle and lisle, Alston Branch, hiya p.- North British, 26%--I),ltt,„°' Qaarters, ;A. 6d. p.-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, ,74e" No. '2, 6!,4 p. EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBErt 24. 321." STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tho sales are-Aberdeen, - fa.'" Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 2 ~„ Ditto, Halves, 13/.-Avr and Galloway, 2/. 103.--Cale".. nian, 401.-Ditto, New, 1/. 175.-Caledonian and. Du l l. bartonshire, 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 53/.-Deeside, a.,ete 155.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, it. 75. 6d. -- i ltto , and Arbroath, 39/.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 29/. 10s.- -- - d 8 New, No. 2, 3:U.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. 75.--D i113 41 bind Northern Junction, 1/. 10s.-Dundee and Pertih t .'4 155.-Ditto, New, 3/ 55- - ' 171. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, • vd . a. of Fife, 41. 55.-East Lothian Central, 11. 95. 0.--.0 1_ burgh and Bathgate, 61. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasg;s: 5 - 2 i. 55..-Ditto, Halves, 151. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 134, .. -Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton, 17/.-Ditto, Preferel,3s:. 201.-Ditto New, 3/. 195.-Ditto, Quarters, 6s. 6c1.-E 1 . 1 , 11 „ burgh and :Northern, 18/. 155.-Ditto, New, I/. 185..2 1 ,k , _': Newport, 8/. 2s. 64.-Ditto, ditto, New, 1/. 55. Halves, EnT, burgh and Perth (New Co.), 1/. 2s. 6d.- Ditto, D: 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 107/. ex div.-Ditto, New Stec i ! 411. 155.-Ditto, Halves, No. I, 71. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, lees, No. 2,9/. IN.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, !•rsi Glasgow and Garnkirk, 38/. 15s. ex Glasgow GVietto, Terminus, 11/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 17/. 28. 6 dr,„,, go W, Halves, 81. 175.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 2s. 6d• - "'" -- ' i North ,et Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 3 1 . 125 . 6d.-Great Scotland, 1/.-Great Northern (late Direct Northers),.°, 13e.- Ditto (late London and York), 1/.---Islorth British, 26/. 105. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 13/.-Ditto,_QuareiirSgt Is.-Ditto, Quarters New (scrip), 105. 3d-Ditto,,luttio 11. 7c. 64.-Ditto, Fifths, 5/. 2s. 6d. e x. div•-• - •" ° . , id• Central, 261.- Scottish Grand Junction, 95.-Scot Scot tish rexvis, land, 17/. 155.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.---s.,antor bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 19/. 15s. -Stirling a° a nti DM' towline, 4/.- Stirling and Midland, 7/.---WishaW ,37/. Cultuess, 45/. ex div.-York, Newcastle, and I3erwick, ~,.,,_ 155.-Ditto, ' • Extensions, No. 1, 14/. 55.-Ditto, ditto, rs'si 2, 10/. 10.„.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 15.,, 9 . , c1P.- Crest Indian, Is. 6d.-Great North of India, 2s. nu' A feet, Southern of Madras, Is. 9d.-Madras Nellore, and P'• . , Is. Gd. GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 301/ SToci; EXCIIANGE.-The sales are Calecioniso, 95, Ditto, New , 14 s. 34 . - C aledonian and Dumbartonshire, p O , 94.-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 655.:-East Incliiins'ock, 3,1.- Edinburgh and Glasgow, 5-V. -Glasgow., K ilra ilalve 4 N al , id Ayr, 40/ Shares, 41% ex div. ex new -Ditto, .0t..., No. 1, i ' , 'ex int.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,9/. 12s. " / Neil', Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 8/. ex. int.-DittO, ~ d f , 3 . . 1 , ,5 - Glasgow and Greenock, 17% ex div.-Manelaesteb . r t . , 0 , '_.2). utharnpt,,n, 13s. 61-North British, Thirds, 29 3 ." Bee' New Quarters (scrip) 10 ''' -- s. 6d.-York, Newcastle, and Mink (Great North of England Purchase), 10q• ._____ illE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL -----"- The tar. moil here still continues ; Lord CU T lle p ort s e iG , l4 : l ; --e ITI the two vice •presidents, Mr. Cockerel!, and f ir „ e ' s a let' u t°lol4l have resigned their seats in the council, so that s's - „ ° f r the cis') scarcely be obtained. The statement by 50t r' te nt, papers that the director had resigned his aPP ri is, we believe, incorrect.-7 he Builder. _ FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. --- On Saturcisi tal afternoon, au unfortunate accident, by which one:tl9 was drowned, and the lives of tour other persona gr`olicl,. jeopardised, occurred upon the river T hames, sb°tl sea way of the Kiel; and Queen Stairse_Rotherhithe, f 6, Shadwell Duck. A man, named Henry n off 't, o ll, f l Thewall. street, Spitalfields, hired of Mr. 31fir`Tinat bo it-owner of Shadwell, a skiff, in which ha 5 0 % 0 0 other parties entered, for the purpose of having Ir o ° " t he the water. Whilst they were amusing themeeLvsb'fare Eclipse, Dover steam-packet, came along, an d , e esso the party in the skiff perceived the steamer ge eing sue clo,e upon them. The captain of the vessel, no 0 the danger the people in the skiff were exposed toilgeo, immediate orders for his boat to be stopped, whi c bur accordingly done, and afterwards dropped astern,: the not in time to prevent a collision. for the Dose 01 iv . steamer struck the bows of the little boat, and i° sii • f er. static the whole five were precipitated into the rt kt Tne cries of the passengers in the steamer brief, p tt a t . e rt E ie c s iip a s n e d , , f t t ,Lil e ig t, several watermen to the assistance of the unfortu;:f d but tthe e er t e ve . r a y i . exhausted state, The fifth person, Henry 8011 , ;0 carried down aith the tide. and although the riverol the to eI their c Il were exertions rescued, an since been dragged, the body of the unfortunate rasa not been found at six o'clock last evening. 001 OPENING OF THE NEW 311"EI' Pit dad CLEllKENwELL.—Comiounications have been forw ar s he tc the metropolitan police magistrates, and 1 00 t he county magistrates, requesting them on and afte r . n o, 28th inst., from which date the New Model Fri! „ • 0 0 Cierkenwell, named the Middlesex House of Detente will be ready for their reception, to commit all nl g it li c tie , fur trial charged with offences in the county of DI st ied s t e e , x, h as also persons remanded for a further eXtiniinil.o. welt, ', u prisen. For the future the Westminster Dr i to o o vi f .e , othill•fields, will be exclusively used as $ b rats e correction. This model prison contains 1,000 see s re . cells chapel, exercise ground, and gratings for t hirsty o f ception of visitors, being constructed on the solittbe system to prevent the moral contamination, end „,is , consequent evil inflicted on society from the Pr '- ,00 (emus intercourse of the hardene d offenders with comparatively uninitiated in crime. , gr $ ,‘_•eileDEN AND MELANCHOLY DEATH OF THE Pl' - r s • OF THE LATE DEAN OF CHICHESTER. —Yesterday 133°t:r, ing Miss Watkins, sister of the late Dean of Chicill l g, was found dead in the back room second floor °, l e a. Holyweil- street, Strand. Upon Mrs. Dibble, 0° I t ' n ive l"dy , g , log into her room between eight an d "bed, o'clock, she found her partially sitting up in her and quite dead. Mr. Fat quhar, assistant to Ur. IV,: said surgeon, Drury-lane, was seat for; and be not 00 1 '', C t il l teat she had been dead for hours, but that Ale bad, his opinion, died under the most destitute circulostliffle He therefore felt it to be his duty to give the ke i l 7geert ceased's apartments to Mr. Beker, the paroellia' 100 Nothing in the shape of food was found in ‘ l l - „j e toil,' apartments, and her body_ was a complete 8 '; an D..ceased had formerly occupied 6, Howsr' stree-' was between sixty and seventy years of age. se' DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL 'WALTER G11°96 0 11 0 —We have to record the demise of the also" " )s n Lb° flag officer, who died at Clifton, near Bristol, 13 % l et 21st instant, at the advanced age of 80 . y e ars. I r ri eset nerable officer had seen considerable ;service • i i i i ` e f of on hoard the Sandwich as Midshipmen a wthe „re:JO! Gibraltar; and in the celebrated action th Don Dore of Langira. He also shared the dangers and "'OP: The deceased, Rodney's actions, when on board- the e, o . a e deceased, then mate removed to the )30 :gar t r was actively employed on shore at the capture os 1 767' I n n iqu l e 7 a 9 n B d h e e th w e a r s l l ' ic re e n te c e h an l t ires e t i. tliiiiedica e l n e t t i ti r ci , s s ; t l t : shei l b_ : render of Minorca. His commissions bore date oc ier A ; 6th October, 1801; joined:—Lieutenant 25th October, 179 4 ; C Z : G i l' fill ; retired with the rank of Rear-Admire last. - DOA ° ,riNG _CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.--PERSONA..--y lice re Captain, 21st October, se t : '„o,lsie CLAYTON.—On iSaturday the Metropolitan I , ° . er y, 0 ceived information that a man dressed in blue O A . SC , wen t to gr. o r° . syiptql waistcoat, and silver hatband, lee -street, Pimlico, and stated that he Wa s Bryant,_ . postmaster, of the Eaton liverytstablettosti to cose w i t h - ship's m e a a n tr t i o a l g d e s such a shiveredte si ble t t , a ) dreadful accident and that his Lordship ha d In p e i v c esdi li t The accident opposite the Three .King ' , 6 :1 1 . isiP h r ,t1 been sent to obtain the loan of some convelatiee, !O bi : B Lord Clayton home, that he obtained 0 , 9 15( )° ,, rough= and dark bay horse from Mr. BrY an "'so; ilt.• making inquiry it was tseceltained that the fellow_ J ob; ment was utterly devoid of truth, and there is fellow_ that _h e_ ._ has, or_iitrying to dispiiiitarielsillfelnleagibi cit o u o tal t: ll: I:: rgil;' ° pile st AA dire t Mt On the 22d inst., at Great Cumberland -place ie• - t M. Wyviil, jun., Esq., M.P., of a daughter, still:Wl/yob ° Oa the 22d inst., in Tavistocklace, firs. 3 1 " Oa the 2311 inst.. at Exeter the wife of CaP tBio e Howell, her Majesty's 2d W ' • • "f Ild ce On the 24th inst., the lad e y st a son. to G g e hot rg r e : YOrk - P City-of ,_ road, a daughter. ton , 11". l', On the 24th ' - inst., in Thurloe-square, BrornP b''' Wheeler, of a son. 9 of f nei v ia r ß . m eg a un so e n n;s ef go ° s On the 24th inst., in Park-crescent, the wife of J• 0' Esq., M.P., of a daughter. O. On the inst., in Hun • gerford, Esq., of a daughter. ______ MARRIED Tt Oj i/jjia, On the 22d inst., at St. Pancras . New Church , — e M,gor Eyre, Esq., of High-street, Cainden-towv. t:rrister iet . ta Mary, the daughter of J. A. Cooke, Esq" b a t - l aw , NEDr her 7,1 On Saturday morning last, in the 41st ye 0 ; t oo ': universally respected, and deeply lamented, B a rrarrY `"„f tb° proprie t" ,;',o o ,t e , the beloved wife of Mr. R. B. 'Winkup, Crown Commercial Inn, Diss, Norfolk, leaving do ` ° " -s 0 ' 100 0150 0 husband and two children to bemoan the irreparable tr a u r i ,; ‘ , , ,t a . fii. k c i t e io r n e lt ( e i ‘ N v v f i t : s e l , , : a n e d e a kind, a tender, an d iud 1 „,..... 1 1 Vi r'el : t ilerce' ll s° ( 0 ) :: t t i l , l ,, e 2 i is t i ll in ii s uLt. :u v e t o l r ' g a e ri p s: e l i - l in et i l s r3 j • oAhung,nsituA SeYllll3/11)1014' wail, ag.AI 54. GO °"' On t lie 2 i st inst., at Clifton, Rear-Admi O r fa Oa the 24th inst ,iu Scuthamptun place, ton' ... Miss Sarah Layton, aged 77. ~;• on : Putritstw.F by IrCIILDO TOCT37O, - and, Printer, At Thy I _strand, in thc . %It of the savoy, is the County of 2.114(110.90x.X 011daY ' "Pt"' 1647. ~.~