Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

destroy Messrs. Tucker, Gubbiue, Liad, and all Europeans. The plan was, that these three we-e to raise the disaffected characters, and having made away with those I named by treachery or night attack, were to polish off all the rest of uP. The banker was mentioned by name as the pereon from whom they were to ge . funds, and in his house some 200 swords, guns, Ste., were found. Gubbins is trying to get some further information oat of these prisoners, but I fear they will not peach. The banker actually offered the Darogah a Govcrament promissory note for 10,000 rupees if he would allow him to ere ipe. 'the Darogah played him a pretty tri( k ; he tcld the banker he could not trust him, and that he must sign the note, which he did, and' was then taken away, 'awes and all, to Gabbing. I fancy all four era ornament tire gellows in a day or two. "July 23. Azimgher, with the rest of the division, continues tran- Major Ersk'ne writes from Jubbulpore on the MI, that a►t the 4 ffieeis from tiehore have safely reached 11.01) sengabad, also the foltowingt:—M:jor Kaephereon, Capt. Ryall, Dr. Stllifant, Captain Carter, Caplain 11.1•Deugall, Dr.* Wileon, Captain Lemarchaud, Mrs. Letnarehand, and four children, Mrs. and Mites Hayns, Captain and Mrs. Harris and three children, Mrr. Captain Burlton and children, Overseers Watts and Wakefield, their wives and childr-n. Colonel and Ifrs..Dui and have gone to Poonagb. All see at /*Timer. Hoosiogebad, Btitool, Nursingpore, Soonee, Nagcle, and Sauget:. Captain Pinkney, Deputy Commissioner of Jubbulpore, who had gone out to brine., in the treasure from Dnmoh to Saugor,has;safely reaehed Jubbulpore. 'The following items of intelligence are from the latest dates at Caloutta. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S BODY-GUARD. The G•vernor-Generai's body-guard, who were thought to be wavering in -their loyalty, gave up their inns on being requested to do 80 by Major Thomson and ether oflh:ers. . MONrAY. AUG. 3. We hear that General Lloyd has been suspended.; pity it was not three months a, i .o General Hewitt, we are izif 'rifled, is to be tried for lettiug the Rohileand mutineers escape. .A letter from. Ajme3r rislrts the death of Colonel Dix.); the Commlgsioner. It is aso reported that Aljor Ihriki is dead at Lutknow. TUESDAY, Aim, 4. We h•ar that Sir J. Or!tranl ta.k:s coraoriad of the Dinapore immesliat«ly. WZDNEiDAT, At*. 3. It is reported that the city of Agra has been tak-.n. and is in the hands of the Extufineera. The Euro.:ean inha bitants are stated to Fe 411 is the fort„,:and that they will be able to hold oat six mouths. All the records, and indeed all kinds of property des r.)yed. The steamers, the arrival of which was arinnuncld yes terday, have brought a strong detachment of troaps from Madras, and more, we Lear, wid b 3 out immelia•ely. SATtiItDAY, Atlo. 8. _ _ We are happy to report the arrival yesterday of her Majesty's screw s'e tin frigate Shannon, 51 guns, with a inrthcr portion of ;he Chins expeditiorury farce. Desks of the 30 h and 31st July, from Garuckpore, Azimghur the Ist, and ILnates the 3rl have been ricetvesl is Calcutta. Advic s from Wieibboom .t .to that th:3 Santhals have been committing great depred:, boos in that quarter. The Services of Liantenant III!, Lieutenant Campbell, and Dr. Bertram have been accepted by Gablvament, to do duty with the Gaorkha troops. The 1T , 41 o.)mpan:„'a steam troopship Coromandel, Captlin Campbell, leaves town this morning for Itango)a, to convey such European t amps as may be available, to s - rengthen tt e force in the '1 at fare dis'ricts, so as to over• awe the Mussulmaus during the Mohwrrum. The following 14 an extract of a latter from Svlhet, ilated the 21st of July : Burrisal, Furreedpore, Da-ca, Tipperahl Mymeusing, Syihet, Assam, the Cossia hills, and Cachar eoritinuts quiet, and are likely to b 3 so. The country near Mce - ut is believed to be 'quite safe, and above it, to the bile, the country is ecnaparatively trinqui'. The Punj lub temiins, happily, quite quiet. _ . Intellipse! has been received from Shergqty, that the three Native Regiturn!s 4 (the 7th, Bth, and 40th mutinied as Dinat.ore,) and fled towards the Slane, which, by the la'est intclligenc, they have been unable to cross. Patna and Gvah, are perfectly quiA and safe. Every pos sible precaution has also been taken in the direction of Bentres. The Graticl Trunk Road is guarded by a detach me it of her ilaj :sty's 6ith. General Neil reports on the 26th frcm Cawnplre that he assumed command if the station on General Havel• ck's crossing, and at one proceeded to re-est.tblish police and British authority in the baz tar and city, and ti put a tstup to plundering; that news from Ara and Lucknow was good, and that all was well at Cawnpare. The following is from Raneegungo, dated Ist of August : The fLiztreebagh troops are up; ladies pulped and -are here; the Fowars had not an opportunity of indulging in, to them, the pleasing amusement of woman and child murder. Major Simpson had a narrow escape, his bun galow was riddled with ballN; all quirt here, save when some fellows are boned with arms. Yesterday one of them, armed to the tenth, get the upgistrate and his pace at defiarico. The Sikhs ultimately disarmed him, the mlgistrate should have abet him. If he will make me his Darogah, the only trouble I would give him would be the disposal of the body. I wish Mr. Htlliday c3uld hear with my ears for twenty-tier hours. The native, here ate well-informed of everything that is going oa in Calcatta. They say the men sv: - .o a , lod protection from 'ha Lieutenant-Governor were taking a rise out of him ; if it comes to a mill the darkies will try the Lieutenant-Governor's throat out of gratitude. COMMERCIIL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, August S. The disastrous occurrences in 'hi Upper ProvincA, in which we regret to say the proviuee of Behar has lately ahared, continue to keep the whole coun'yy in a paralised state, and in the mieet cf such a crisis; unprece tented in the emotes of India, it h naturally to be supposed that trade al 1 occupy but a small portion of the atten'ion of the mercantile communi' v. Such has been the case as regards our city since the despatch of the I..st usaii ; many of the commer. ial community abandoning their usual occupations, here taken en active and personal part in the measures aiopted for the preservation of and tranquility is the city. Three: weeks have elapsed snee our last issue, aad the stagnation in our produce market, which we then reported, has continued. Nay, in some its.ances, leis incli nation has been shown by shippers to enter into operation, and we have therefore had but a very limited business is the interval. 04:r prcspects in the indigo crop have become less favourable, the heavy rains throughout Bengal causing much damage to the plants. In sugar very little has been done. Rcehas scarcely attracted attention for the Euro pean market. Saltpetre has continuedeteady, owing to smal etecks and the denten Is for America. Raw silk has been in small request, and prices are again lower. Some small p :reels of curabs hew been placed at redncei prices, bat we have little inquiry for theta goods. Lac dye has remained dull. A good demand ha prevailed for shell lac at extreme prices. No transactions in jute for want of sup plies. Linseed firm b the demand is chilly confined to America. Rapeseed unaltered. Nothing doing is saffhwer. Bides continue without any change, and in limited request. We are sill without the means of reporting an improve ment in our import marke', which, oe the whole, remains in ihe same distressed state as for the past two mon hs ; arid although occasionally holders succeed in finding pur chasers for certain descrptioes of go ds at a sacrifice, this cannot be considered as a sign of coming activity. In British cotton piece goads the transactions are still limited, the prices of aim at all aorta of cloths being nominal, and stocks heavy. We need not allude to the causes which have such a depressine effect on oar import market, and S 3 long as the North-West Provinces remain in the same deplorable state es at the present moment, and so long as the communication with these provinces is not restored, nothing will help to bring on an improvement. Oa the contrary, we may yet have to witness a worse state of affairs than what we are EOW passing through, as the injurious effects of the destruction and devas'ation caused by the mu'ineers throughout these provinces will ha more acutely felt herea!ter. MoNse Nieves - 1.: In consequence of the late firancial measure o' our government proposing to receive subscrip tions to the five per cent. loan in cash and in four per ceue securities in equal proportions. and again in 41 and 31 secu rities in certain proportions, our market has been in a rather excited state. verging apparently towards an increasing tighttess. The rates of interest and discount of the Bank of Bengal have likewise been increased 2 pet cent., the following being now fuel : DISCOUNT : Oa private bills ani notes at or within three mouths, 11 per cent. ; on general acceptances ditto, 9 per c elt.; on general ace esteuces having 20 days, or 1084, to ran 5 per cent. ; on Mint certificates, 5 per cent. THE HISTORY OF THE CA.WNPORE MUTINY. (From Lee C.Voutta Englishman, July 28.) We have received the following particulars of the outbreak and maseacre at CautopGre from a person w:.o has just come dowu from that plaui and who was present throughout the affair : He reports that some eight dais b , fose the mutiny broke our, or say eight days previous to the sth tilt., General Sir Hugh Wheeler, saeing the disaff e ct e d spi r it o f the troops, applied to Nena Sahib, of liithoar, for a guard for the protection. of the Treasury. This request was promptly compl' ad with, and 'Nene sent two guns-and 200' Nujeebs, armed with matehloetes, and these were placed at the Collect orate over the treasure. A day or two before this Sir Hugh Wheeler had sent elephants t') re wove the trees are, amounting to about seven lass, to the entrenchment; but the Sep tys would not a'•tow:this to he done, saying to the collector, who had told them that he wee apprehensive of the treasure being looted by the bud maithes and m.ratieuirs from the other stations, that if thrive were twice tit e true= they would guard it from (huger:. On the 5,h. nit., about 3 in the morning, the Sepeys and and Sowers •,;ommeoced burning their lines and shouting, and prceed ad towards Nawahguage, where the treasure was, leavii g one regiment to prevent the Ear& p -ens trom going to the relief eif the eollt ear. By-and-by the treasure havinz biren packed -on elephanta and' carts, this regi ment j - iinod the others, and it was then about midday, and the mutiu.eera set off. to the westward in the direction of Kolliaepore, and towards Delhi, 'accompanied by the 200 Nojeebs, -with the two guns of Nene Sahib, leeviug the inhabitants relieved, as it were, by their departure; and ap to that time there hal not been destruction of property or loss of life. In the morning of the following day, about 8 o'clock, the mutineer', headed by Nena, with 600 of his followers and tour guns (having, it seems, previously made up their minds to destroy all the Christians, whether European or native), returned to Cawnpore and halted about two miles to the west of the intr. achment, planted tram:lards, and to As up a position, with loud beating of drums. Immediately atter about 50 Sowers were despatched to the cantonmens to slay all the Europeans, and 50 Sowats to the town where the poorer eople lived, to kiol all the native canverts and clerks. Daring this time Nena Sahib hoisted two s An dards, one to the honour of Mahorner, and the other of Hunamnn; to the former some 2,000 Methom-20ans repaired, to the latter but a few Flimboor, none from this city, but some of the budm ashes. The main body of the insurgents first attacked the Ntwab's palace, sal having blown open ilia gate with their cannon, they entered the place and gutted it, and took the Nawab prisoner. Nena Sahib being under the impression that the Nawab had cone , sled some Europeans. They then proceeded to the intrerchmeats, and tram 2 o'clock commenced the attack with cannon, at first with two of the puts, and on the following day with six. It appears that the Europeans within the ietrench ments, were not well supplied with ammunition, a 3 it is supposed they did not exp-.et an assault with cannon, and thus were only able to reply with one gun to 20 of the enemy's. For 17 days continuously the mutineers used every now and then to make an assault, with 4,000 or 5,000 men from all quarters, with the view of carrying the intrenchmeet by storm, but, were invariably repulsed with heavy loss. By tbis time the Nene's forces had increased with the addition of budmashes aid mutineers from other station* to about 12,000 men. On the 21st or 22tukult. Sir Hugh Wheeler sank under the wounds which he had received, and the garrison, three or four days after his death, being short both of pro visions and ammunition, reduced in number by several casualties, hoisted a flag of truce. Nena Sahib then stopped the assault, and sent to inquire what was meant by the fltg. Answer was returned by the Europeans to the effect that they had neither food nor ammunition, and they proposed to give up the couutry to him on his allow ing them to depart. To this Nena, consented, and for two days supplied them with food, and in that time prepared boats for their departure. At the end of this time Nena gave the Europeans his word in writing, and he, his officers, and head people, confirmed it with an oath. The Europeans then g ore up their arms and the treasure in the ititrenchment, amounting to about three lacs, were conveyed in Ilialoostanee gharries and hospital dhoolies, most of the ladies being in the latter, under an escort of Sowers, to the ghat, where they embarked in 17 boats out of 19 that had been provided, with the exception of some 32 ladies with children. As soon as the boats hal pushed off from the ghat the boatmen jumped overboard and swam to the shore, and then the mulineers opened fire on the boats from a masked battery of eight guns, which they had previously erected for the purpose. All the boats were sunk, and the people on be rd killed, with the excepthn of one boat that had passed down, and some 20 Europeans who had managed to swim to the shore. The boat was pursued with 500 Nujeebs with two guns, who came up with it on the second day, And sunk the boat and destroyed every one on board off a place called Goshein-ka-Seerajpore. The twenty and odd Europeans who swam on shore at Cawupore were blown away from guns in the course of two or three days, some each day. The thirty-two ladies and children who were left behind were conveyed by Nena into a pucca-house called the Subhadhur, and; kept in custody by Nena Sahib's People, but without being insulted. One Portuguese woman, the daughter of a bugler, was made captive by a trooper of the 2nd Cavalry, and carried to his house, when: the mutiny first broke out ; but whet; he was absent she took his sword and killed his wife and two children and then herself. Our informant states that when he left. Cawripore on the Ist inst. the ladies and children were fed by Nena's own servant. RETIREMENT OF THE BRITISH FROM DELHI. Private telegraphic despatches received in London report that General Reid is dead, and that the ravages caused by exolera had complied the British forces to retire from Delhi to Agra. The despatch, however, adds that the intelligence comes from an indirect source., •There have been seven actions with the rebels at Agra and at Azinsg,hur. Colonel Havelock was within a day's march of Lucknow, when the forces under his command were unfortunately compelled by sick ness to return to Cawnpore. THE NOLTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL I MONLY, SEPTEMBER 2L 1857. THE SIEGE OF DELHI. The following letter was received by the last mail. It gives a more connected account of the events before Delhi than has yet appeared : • CAMP NEAIt DEM', J['LY 26. We are still remlininT ire the pcsitiJa we took up on the afternoon of the B.liof last month after fighting the battle of Barite Sergi ; it is a very strop; one. We lie about ego mites from Delhi, separated by a long ridge of hill, drat rises in broken ground on the banks of the Jomna to our left, and, smoothing down at its bights: point, extends to our extreme right, where our batteries are placed. It is cruised towards the left by the grand trunk road from the north-west, marked hero and there by telegraph poste, from which still hang broken pieces of wire. A little further to the right, on the ridge of the hill, stands the tower called the Flagstaff; and still further along an old mosque, both occupied by picquets of our men. To the extreme right is the hill on which are placed our heavy batteries. lts top is crowned by a build ing called Iliudeo Rao's hence, from an oil Mahratta chietta.o, who lived there. All these Points are connected by a read which runs along' the summit of the hill. Its sides are covered by outcropping strata cf sandstone, which rise tier above tier. Part of the slope towards our camp is occupied by the ruined huts of the mutinous regiments and the houses of their unfortunate officers. Behind the camp is a small rive-, which separates us from the plain, com manded by three of our heavy guns. It flows into the Jumna on the north side of Delhi, and is of great ad vantage to us, us its banks, which are faced with stone, are too steep to allow the enemy to bring their horse arri:hry over to attaek our rear, as they did on the 19th of June. Profiting by the severe lesson of that night we hive blown up all the bridges save t.':e two in the rear of our camps. Oar left flank is covered by the Jumna, which is now much swollen by the rains. To our right is a mound on which are placed three heavy guns, and about three (loaners of a mile beyond this is the sobarb called. the Subz'-nanndi,-full of ciuntry houses, enclosures, and gardens, is which a number of desperate fights had taken place between our men and the enemy. We are encamped on the old parade gretind of the native r.g . !- merits, and are perfectly safe fram everything bet their shells, which fall ins our camp almost every evening, without doing any great harm. We are lying on the defensive till we receive reinforcements, only firing from our batteries wteen the enemy provoke us by opening theirs or coining out of the gates. They are continually getting in reinforcements. It is not known certainly whether the troops from Neemccn have reached Delhi. Our spies state they are lot sing a geed many by deserion. Tneir money is failing, and it is generally believed their stock of per• cession caps is nearly exhausted, and they cannot make new ones. They have four separate commanders-in•chiefs, and have shown in every attack a want of concentration, which has helped us much in drivirg them back. We were not troubled after the affair of the 6.h till the 15th. The day before they fired a salute of twenty-one guns for the ascii of Agra and the reverse we lead experienced there. They vowed to carry our batteries next day, and earn@ out in great force to storm the piaci nets under Hindoo Rao's house and in theubz - -tnendi. They brought two guns to bear upon our rigr t. Our man, under good cover, kept them back for several hours, only losing twelve men, when Brigadier Chamberlain, the adjutant-general, ordered out car i'rfantry and t'vo trocps of Hors) Artillery into the zi-tnonci. The int:ntry went in to clear the thickets and gardens is front of Iliodoo Rao's hill and the Subzi mene.i. As they came upon the enemy they gave a tree matelots cheer and de'hed on. The Delh i -wallahs tu.ned their blc!cs end ran in crowds to the gates. The artillery galloped up and poured a shower of 'grape into them. Our force was wi'hia 200 yards of the walls. Such a shower of grape and musketry fell upon us that we were com. pelleded to fall back. Chamberlain had his arm shattered blow the shoulder. Our loss was as heavy ca 200 men killed an I wounded, including 13 officers. We retired in goad order. The enemy did not follow us far. Our men are getting very discontented with this kind of work. They are ready to carry any position, however strong, the enemy must be driven from- But to carry a strong posi tion a dpen of times only to see it abandoned and re-occu pied next morning is what no soldier will de without losing heart. Since. General. Wilsun has assumed com mand we have remained more inrictly on the defensive. We are strenghthening our pesitioa every day, and de molishing the houses, and clearing the thickets in the Subz -neundi. We had a skirmish there'on the 19th, and lost about 40 men in our eagerness to pursue the enemy. They attacked our picque s at Metcalfe's house, in front of our left flank, on the 23rd. They were easily repulsed. We lost very few_ men, but unfortunately three officers were severely wounded and one killed, Since this date we have remained without annoyance. Our attention is kept up in discuseiag various reports of reinforcements arrived at Cawapore, or reached Agra, or lingering at Allahahai, or whether it is true Sir Hugh Wheeler's force had been destroyed. Our communications from belo.v country, even from Agra, are few and uncertain. The Pat j'tub is now quiet, and likely to remain so. Our S.khs, Affglia .s, and Ghoorkse, fight for us as well as our .best Europeans, and seem to heat a deadly hatred to the Delbi-Wallal.s. A great many people in camp are indignant we did not attt mpt to escalade the walls at the very beginning. We were not strong enough to attack them at first, end before we got our reinforcements they got theirs. In any case the attempt would have been izerdous and rash. Our chance of surprising them at night is small. Tney keep goo I wate'n and our camp is full of people who wish them well. One night three regiments were ordered under arms, and the alarm was sounded an hour after in the city. In case out approach was discovered we should have to advance under a heavy fire, cross a ditch, and then try to scale a wall manned by a desperate enemy, and force streets guarded by barricades and honey-comned by mines. Our success in the end is certain ; reinforcements asdls coming up the. Ganges; reinforcements are cocaine up the- Indus; reieforcements are crossing the ocean. The country benind us is clear, Toe rebels are consuming their mote y and ammunition. Every day they are growing mo a disheartened and disturited. The only chance they have of getting a new gleam of suet s, of exciting the other tee presidencies to revolt, and gain'ng the independent chiefs to them, is for U 3 to make a rash assault oa Delhi, and to be driven hack with a loss of 1,000 or 1,500 men. On this accaunt I hope the people at home will not blame our com manders if we cannot take Delhi by a coup de main. If there is any one to be blamed it is those who, from motives of parsimeny, left an immense magazine in a mutinous city guarded by native soldiers; who preferred their army to be cernmauded by worn-out old men,-rather than bear the expense of paying their servants a decent • retiring allowance. LITE IN DELHI: The following statement of a native regarding the interior state of Delhi iu May and June is most interesting : _ _ I reached DelhiOn the 21st May. 1857, and stayed there till` the 23rd J ins. Oa my arrival there I saw five Irean try regiments and the Siwsrs of the 3rd Cavalry, who were stationed ie Molitebbagh and Siliingurg. The Srpays were so much afraid cf . the English forces that they looked Tile: pale. The cavalry muticeers had a lithe spirit, and were wishing to go to Meerut for a fight ; but the foot men did not agree wi.h them,.sayiog, "We are hardly sufficient to gu trd Delhi ; how can we go to Meerui.?" I will give you a smell description r f the oppression com mitted by Sepoys in. Delhi. They ,plundered every rich house and shop in the city. They took every horse they found in the stables of the 'edema Tney killed a number of poor shopkeepers for asking the proper p, ices for their things, they abuse 1 the respectable men of -Delhi in their presence. The guard at Jumna bridge hooted the passen gers crossing it. On the 11th of 311.tyethe raegazine was blown up, it did greet damage to the adjacent houses; and killed five hundred passengers walking in different streets. The bullets 1111 in the houses of people to such a degree, that some children picked up-two pounds and some roar pounds of it froth the yards of their houses; afterwards the mutineers, together with the low people of the city, entered the magazine compound and began to plunder weapons, accoutrements, gun-caps, &e.— The " loot" continued for three days ; each Sepoy took three er lour muskets, and as many s ivorde and b lents as he could. The cslassies tilled their houees with fine black smith's tools, weapous, and gun caps, which they sell by degrees, at the rate two seers per rupee. Th 3 copper sheets were sold at three seers per rupee. In these success ful days, the highest price of a musket was eight autias ; however, the people feared to buy it ; a fine English sword was dear for four annis, and one anna was too much for a good bayonet. Pouches and belts were so common that the owners could not get anything for this booty of theirs. The gunpowder which was kept at Mujnoos Tile, more than halt of it was p'undered by Goojurs and c untrymen, and the rest was brought to the city. Since the day of my arrival titl the day of my departure, I never found the bazaar open, but a few peer steeps. The shopkeepers awl citizens are extreuttly sorry for loosing thee- safety, acid curse the mutineers from morning to evening. Poor people and workmen starve, and widows cry is their huts. Respectable English servants had confined themselves to their houses. A Kotwal is changed every a cond day. The Sepoys plundered very treasury in the city, and put the money in their own pockets; they dal nut give a fuelling out of this to the King ; so the S: poys of four or five regiments possessed thousends of rupees each, and under the weight of silver they could hardly walk, conse qaently they were obliged to chsnge their silver for gold. Toe Mahajuns charge them 24 or 25 rupees for a gold mohur, which is not worth more than 16 rupees. Since the bankers were plundered by the Sepoys they aiso cheated thein by giving them brass coins instead of gold ones. The poor regiments are very jealous of those who are rich, as the rich Sepoys don't wish to go to fighe or to the fie d of b title simply ; they are very often insulted by their poor friends. lam of opinion their private feelings will compel them to fight with each other, some day or other, as many times during my stay at Delhi I heard there was very likely to be a quarrel between the rich end poor regiments. One regiment from Allyghur and Myupeorie, 150 Sewers, and some unarmed Sepoys fenm Agra, one regiment and 200 Sowers from Hand and Hisser, some unarmed Sepoys from Um belle, 200 Sowers and two companies of INiz from Muttra, 6 h Light Cavalry, two regiments froin lundur, two regiments and artiaery from Nusseerabed, reached Deli before me and joined the =liners. I will acquaint you with the names ut the stations from whence the rebels brought treasure for the King. Moraelnugges Telisell—toll gate, near Hindun-bridge, Rehtuck Ally ghur, Hansi, Mutra, Hursaroogurhie, Tirsaih, out of which his Majesty pays four antics to each footman, and one rupee to each trooper pe: diem. lam quiteignonnt of the amotnit of the money, but I know, as ter as this, th.t on the 17th June the was lett one lee and nineteen theca and rupees is the King's Treatatry. Tee princes are made officers to the teasel a- mi—thoueands of pities for the peer luau- ious princes. Teey are sometimes c mipelled to go out of the door of the city, in the heat of the sun—their hearts palpitate from the firing of muskets and guns. Unfortneately they do not know how to command an army; heir forces laugh at their imperfec ions, and abuse them for their bad arrangements. The King sends sweetmeats for the forces in the fie'd, and the guard at the door of the city plunder it like the property of an enemy. The brave l- of the royal troops deserves every praise ; they are very &ever indeed ; whe n they wish to leave the field of b lute they tie a piece of rag to their leg, and pretend to have he n wounded, and come into the city lame end groaning, accompanied by their friends. On the night of the 30ni June, at the Hindun bridge, the mutineera were quite out of their senses,a good mane of them threw their muskets end swords in the wells, and scatter ing on the road, ran towards villages and jungles, as they thought themselves to have been pursued by English soldiers. Had the English forces taken them they could have taken Delhi the sa - ne night, because the Sepoys -did not return to the city till next morning, and many of them disappeared for ever; they were plundered and beaten by Goojurs, and did net bring a farthing back with them. The old King is very seldom obeyed ; and the Princes are never. The soldiers never mind their ugh mehtal bugle ; disobey their officers, anti neglect their duty; they are never mustered, and never dress in uniform. The noblemen and Begums, tegether, with the Princes, regret the loss of their jeyful days. The consider the arrival of mutineers at Deldi a sudden misfortune for them. The princes cannot understand the Sepoys without an interpreter. The shells have destroyed hits of houses in the city ; and in the fort the marble of the King's private hail is broken to pieces. His Alejes'y is very much alarmed when a shell is burst in the castle, and the princes show his Majesty the pieces of it. Many of the royal family have loft "the palace through fear. The Delhi college was destroyed the first day. English books are lying in the streets still. 'lke Sepoys beat and imprison people for speaking Baglish.—Lahore Chronicle. THE CALAMITIES AT DINAPORE. Tho Homexard,..Mail uoutalua the Fo*.lowing statement Since our summary and the other portions of our news— paper were in type, intelligence of the gravest and most painful character has reached us. This intelligence is of a nature to modify to a very considerable extent the opinions we have expressed as to the general character of the news received by the present mail. As we believe it to be authentic, we should be wanting in our duty as journalists if we refrained from making it public, thongh we appreciate the auxisty it will occasion to many of our readers, and deeply regret that we are at present unable to satisfy their impatience by a more detailed account. It appears that the mutineers from Dinapore, after quitting that station advanced against Arrah, a large civil station twenty-five miles west of Dinapore, the residents at which place were unfortunately sanguine of their ability to resist an attack for a time, and are said to have applied for a detachment r.f European troops in place of adopting the more ptudent course of retreat. The result was that the whole of the Europeans at the station, to the number of about fifty, were massacreed. This disastrous event was succeeded by another. Two steamers had been despatched with troops for the relief of Arrah one.ot them grounded, and we have no further information respecting it ; frora the other a body of two hundred European troops were lauded, and fell into an ambush, where nine officers and upwards of a hundred men aro said to have been cut off. The importance of these events, considering the command they give the mutineers of the line of communication between CalcUtta and Deuares. cannot but be obvious to every one. This intelligence will perhaps serve to explain to our readers the report which has appeared in a leading journal .regarding the fall of Agra, the similarity of names having probably led to the mistake. ITEMS FROM THE INDIAN PAPERS. CO N SCRIPTION.—A.2I. impression has somehow gone abroad that it is the intention of Government to order a conscription among the European and East Indian inhabitants of Calcutta ; but this would be converting the Volunteer Guard into a very involuntary one ; and we have the best authority for stating that no such intention was ever entertained by the Governor-General.—Pkvaix, July 21. SALE or Aucs.—A. cotempl-ary, in drawing attention to the report that a tradesmen in Calcutta had lately sold no less than one thousand rifles to a single native, says that surely the matter is worthy inquiring into. We cannot but coincide in the sentiment. The idea of an English tradesmen, for we have no doubt he is such, c trrying on a traffic in weapons that he must know are likely to be turned, not upon himself and the residents of Calcutta. but. upon hii unfortuaate and isolated country men in the North-West.--Ilarknira. THE EVRANEES OF SATTARA.—The ex. Ranees of Sattara—t wo younz ladies of great personal attractions— together with the adopted son of the deposed rajah, who some years since died in exile at Benares, were escorted to Poimeh under a guard of H.M. 14th Light Dragoons, on Friday last, anti have since been deposited in security at Butcher's. Island in Bombay harbour. where they have the honour of being guarded by a strong body of English sailors in their sea-girt home. These ladies have been guilty of a slight faux pas—only a" very little one" we should hope—which has led to this care being taken of their august persons. As to the " Jungle Rajah," as he is called, we should be disposed to deal more sternly with him, if he has committed himself to any act of imprudence by which he may have broken through the rites of hospi tality. We shall have something more to say concerning these personages bye and bye. In the mean time we may say that Mr. Rose - dese: yes well of the government for the calm, courageous, and able manner in which he, takes his measures for preserving the peace of the country entrusted to his charge.—Harkar THE HIMALAYA.—The Himalaya is the floating levia than -in the port of C ilcutta. The arrival of the Himalaya with ll.M.'e 90th Feet, has created quite a sensation—not only frem her splendid proportions, but from the fact that the troops are• a noble lot of young fel:ows who are armed with the Enfield rifle, and who are likely to create some havoc among the women and children slayers in the northwest. We only hope that none of the rifles may be brought to bear in a mortal manner upon Nana.ll Sahib. That gentleman is, we hope, to be reserved for a different fete, The Himalaya took the ground at a time when. the ebbing com•neneed ; it is, therefore, much to be feared she will settle down in low water, if immediate measures are not taken to get her off. This unfortunate occurrence will be the cause of much labour and expense. The fact is that the rudder of the Himalaya is most defective, an imperfection of the most serious nature, when we conzkler the immense length of the steamer and the treacherous character of the river. We have been told that the pilot who brought her up was so embarrassed on account of the fault in the rudder that he at one time positively refused to move the vessel, unless the commander took all the responsibility on him self.—Phtenix. The Englishman adds :—The Himalaya has get off without serious damage. The bore. it is said, put her on shore, and the bore took her off. Very kind and considerate of the bore, truly. HUMILIATION AT Bo3ll3lT.—Under directions from the bishop, Sunday was observed at the different churches here as a day of humiliation and prayer. Divine service was performed, morning and evening, with psalms and lessons proper for the occasion. There were collections after each service for tile relief of those. suffering from the present disasters. Loss or A TRANSPORT SHIP.—The Sindian has an account of the loss of the transport ship Futteh Moonba ruck, Captain J. L. Wedge, wrecked during thick weather on a rock near the island of Sirdy, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, on the Ist of July. • Captain Wedge is quite ton well-known as a good and careful sailor to be for a moment suspected of anything culpable in relation to the wreck of his vessel. Happily not a human life seems to ha ve been lost on the occasion, and even the horses of the Irregular Cavalry appear to have been all saved with the exception of two. These facts say much for the skill and good management of Captain Wedge and his officers. Much praise seems due also to Captain Tnomas, of the Alabama, who came to the relief of the stranded vessel, and who with his crew assisted in saving stores, &c. The lascars of the wrecked ship seem to have been almost useless, so we may conclude that the Maharatta troopers must have done good service on the occasion. Further intelligence informs us that the Futtay Moonbaruck, Captain Wedge, of 1,090 tons, was wrecked on the Per sian Gulf on the 31st day of Juno last :—On Tuesday the 30th June, 1857, the ship encountered fresh breezes and hazy weather, pas,ed two ships, the Result and the Golden Era, in tat 26 16 N. at midnight, sounded in 42 fathoms. On the log-book says:-5} fathoms a very heavy sea running, the ship struck by her stern, and broke the rudder; shortly after, the port, cable parted. and about 8 a.m, the:ship drove on shore near a rocky point. We immediately got out the long boat, and landed all the cavalry men, with what provisions we conld save. At about 10 a.m.:the ship drove broadside on. and the spars began to go from the heavy striking of the ship. The long boat-stranded at noon. Thinking the ship would soon break up, we quitted her,. with what little we could save. Most of the men, along with the crew of Captain Thomas, assisted in landing stores, &a-, by the line on Rocky Point. At.ll, Lieutenant Lloyd, senior naval officer, arrived, and decided on detaining the Alabama to convey us across to Bassadore. A great deal of water in the ship's bold, and almost all her stores wet, aid under wWer. Succedeed in getting most of the traps out of the cable. One Lasear died. Engaged native boate, and with our own tu'tde a start, with all the crew to join the Alabama. 9.30 Two cr theee trips with a cutter, to save some water and pro vision ; but af terwards finding the ship not to be approach d on account of the heavy sea, 'did not send her. Landed on the barren island of Sirdy. A BISHOP ON THE MUTINEERS' —At Bombay, Dr.Oliffe, the Roman Catholic Bishop, delivered a sermon in St. Thomas's Church for the benefit of the sufferers arriving from the disturbed districts. Ile said Calcutta had been saved from any disturbance. It had been saved, perhaps, because many Christians had since the Lent lectures imitated the conduct of the Nineviles and repented. He did not mean to say positively these places were saved, because there were religious institutions in them, but he would ask if it might not be on that account? Surely, she who was the patroness of all the Institutions he had mentioned, had inflience enough with her Son to induce him to lay down his uplifted arm and not hurl his wrath against us, while other places had been the scene of hor rible atrocities just forty days after he had alluded to the forty days granted to Nineveh for repentance. Loss OF THE GEORGE SWINTON•--- We are sorry to learn of the total loss of the schooner George Swinton, off the Arracan coast. She was returning, we believe, from Akyab to this po e t in ballast, when she ran on the reef, and was wrecked. We are glad to add that all hands. including. Mr. Harbin, the pilot, who had been carried off in the Aga Bucker, were saved on a raft. H. M. egrit FOOT.—The Tubal Cain arrived in Garden Reach on Friday, with the lefe wing of her Majesty's 29th Foot on board. She was kept there till Sunday, and then brought to Prinsep's ghat, but no order to disembark these 375 soldiers was received by the officerein command till yesterday morning, when they went to the Conductor's Barrack's in Cooly B tar, where we are told they are to stay until the Town-hall is ready for them Surely, as these troops have been loug expected, timely preparations might have been _road° for their reception. There is barrack room enough at Duna DIM for a thousand men, and we have already pointed out in what manner sufficient house room might be procured in Calcutt for five times that number.—Englishmen.:July:2B. CHINA. HONG KONG, JULY 26. The steamer Ganges arrived here on the 23rd instant, bringing the 10th of June mail from England. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's agent has made arrangements for the steamer Shanghai to take the semi-monthly mail, and the steamer leaves this morning. By the Ganges we hear of the loss of the Transit in the Straits of Banca. On receipt of the intelligence Sir MiChael Seymour despatched the steamer Inflexible to Singapore, to be available for the conveyance of the troops. We may here mention that five of her Majesty's vessels, bound from England to China,. have, within the past few months, been on shore in the Straits of Banea. In consequence Of the unsatisfactory news from Ind;a, Lord Elgin considered it advisable to leave for Calcutta, and he embarked, with his suite, on board Her Majesty's steamer Shannon on the 16th inst., and left the same day, accompanied by Her Majesty's steamer Pearl. The body of marines (about 350) which arrived here in Her Mejesty's steamer Sanspareil on the 12th inst. have been sent round to Calcutta in the Pearl. It is understood that his Lordship's visit to India will not be a protracted one, and that his object is to endeavour to make arrangements for a force to come round to China. The impres sion here is that sorne,, Madras Itegiments may be ordered on. The cause of the digression of the force intended for China is to be much regretted, but it is satis factory to consider that .the delay it occasions in the settlement of the ". Canton question" does not appear likely to create more extended differences between 'ourselves and the Chinese. Ouc intercourse with the Chinese in the north continues on the same friendly footing as previous to the disturbances in the south, and the prospect of amiost flourishing trade being carried on at Shanghai:in exports and imports is favourable. Late accounts. from . the Canton river do not mention anything particular occurring there. Her Majesty's steamer Nimrod, Captain Dew, arrived here on the 17th inst. She has since prepr ceeded, in company with her Majesty's steamer Hornet, to the north, _ _ _ _ _ His ExeAlency Admiral, Guerin, left this for Franco on the 15th inst., in his Imperial Majesty's ship Virginie. Pekin Gazettes 'come down to the 15th June, but do not contain anything of interest. His I►uperial Majesty's ship Capricieuse, was at Ningpo. The Portuguese Consul had removed for safety on board. In the late affray, 45 Portuguese are said to have been killed, and of opposite side six Canton men and one Englishman. The notorious pirate, Apak, had anchored his fleet off Niugpo, and threatened to take the place if he was attacked by tha French steamer. All foreigners except Portuguese were living in quietness at Ningpo. We have no late dates from Amoy or Foo-Chow. F.om this there is little to report. Business in imports continues on a limited stale. C ‘tton very triflin. Pric.s unaltered. CottGn yarn : High numbers would sell at our quotations. No 4. 16-21, $25, nominal ; No;. 28-32, $32 to $32 50c ; Nos. 38-42, $4O to $42. Shirtines.—Transactions small; grays, 5 to 7 cattics, $1 83 to $2 40 ; whites, $2 20 to $3. Metals.— Little inquiry. Lit red-iron as last quoted ; lead, $7 30 Ito $7 70 ; tin plates, $8 75. . _ Rice.—The Chinese harvest has turned out better than was anticipated, and there has been no demand ' for foreign rice. Bengal quoted nom:nally $2 30 to $2 50. _ . - Sugar has furtLer advanced. Exchange ss. to N. Old. on England, and on India 230•. to 232 r. Bullion : Syoee silver, Eti per cent. premium ; bar silver, 9 per cent. premium ; gol t leaf, 22 dole per tael ; Mexican dGl!ars clean, 4 per cent. premium. Freights : Tonnage is abustdant. Shanghai advice 3 are to the 15th instant. Soirtings were dearer, the price of the native cloth b e ing high. Grays, 541. to 7-V. ; catties, taels 1.5.5 to Weis 2 3; whites. tnithling to goad. taels 1.7.5 to taels 2.2. Teas.—Chest mus erg of 30 chops new teas from the Oopack and K►aisow districts had bean received, and 19 chops were sett'ed at 24 to 43i tads, or considerably above the London rates of the 10th of June. If the mute remain open a large supply was expected. The black le tf kinds are fully equal in quality to former years, the few musters of Souchongs and Kisows received are inferior. The fin? and flne,t teas had not yet arrived: One chop of green tea had been received. Five chops of old Nangehow Congeu were taken at 25 ts. to 241 ts. Rsw Si k.— Considerable fluctuations took p'ace after the departure of the last steamer. An advance of 15 te. was established, and subsequently a decline of 20 ts. Settlements 6,000 bales, making the total settlements of new silk 20,600 bales. Arrived 25,000 bales. Tsatlee, No. I, $475 ; No. 2, $155 ; No. 3, $435 ; No. 4, $420 ; throwns, skein, 0276 to $2BO. Taysaam, No. 1, $385; No 2, $370; No. 3, $350; No. 4, $330; inferior, $325. Exchan:o on Eaelland cicsed at 7e. ld. to 7a. 20.; on India nomin .1, Its. 330. • Freigtti to Great Britain, £3]105 for tea, and £6 63 for silk. Our adyicPs from Manilla are t' the Mb Ju!y. Ex change on England 4i 3d. Mexican dollars 15 to 18 per cent. pm. Sugar continued high in price. Our latest dates are, from England, June 10 ; Calcutta, June 24 ; Bombay, June 29 ; Singapore. July 15 ;11a, Jury 11 ; Sidney, June 8 ; Melbourfie, May 29 ; Shanghai, July 15. AUSTEALIA. The mails per the Columbia arrived at Suez have reached us, we are consequently in possession of details of news from Melbourne to the 23rd, and Sydney to July 18th. The reports from the gold fields of Victoria give steady evidence of the wonderful resources of tne colony in this great staple export. The escort returns are below the average of the year 1856, but are very nearly equal to those of the same period of that year. During the last thirteen weeks the quantities had amounted to 562,666 ounces, which shows an average weekly yield of 43,284 ounces. In the thirteen corresponding weeks of 1856 the quan tities brought down by escort amounted 5:70.861 ounces, which gives an average yield of 44 604 ounces. The balance in favour of the weekly average of the year 1856 is 1,320 ounces. The labour market continues in pretty much the same state as previously. There were still many men about town who were unable to find employ ment, and their number had been much increased .during the last few days. Most of these were neiv arrivals, and men unaccustomed to hard work, who hang about town in the vain hope of obtaining something in the nature of a light, and at the same time remunerative, occupation. The Land Bill has aroused a spirit of very general opposition throughout the country. Public meetings have been held, and numerous petitions presented against it. The opposition ' has now found a centre in a convention of delegates, con sisting of some eighty parsons electel by political meetings, to oppose the bill. The general bo iy of the public look to the liberal members of the government and of the Assembly for protection against the designs of the squatters and the insolent threats of the Convention. They are desirous that an equitable compromise should be effected between the squatters on the one hand and the community on the other. The bill for the abolition of State aid to religion, brought in by the Attorney-General and supp'erted by the ministry generally, was read a second time in the Assembly by a large majority. The measure will pass through its remaining stages in the . Lower House, but it is more than probable that the Council will reject it. . There have been two elec tions. In East Bourke, Mr. Greeves, unseated as a punishment for his joining the O'Shanassy Ministry, 'ha's been reinstated upon a subsequent vacancy. In South Burke, Mr. Ricardo, an agricultur;st; and determined opponent of the present Land Bill, was elected by a very large , majority to the seat resigned by Captain .Pasley on his acceptance of office in the Public Works department. The meeting of the New South Wales Parlia ment was -fixed for the 11th August. A very con siderable amount of excitement in political circles • exis•ed as to what would be the turn parties would take. The Ministry had determined to bring for ward a new Electorial Act, and had indicated. thrOugh the press, what he leading principles will be. The number of representatives will be largely lacreased, and the main, though not sole, basis of the electorates will be population. The franchise will be left as it is, which, indeed, includes every thing except universal suffrage. It is proposed also to introduce the ballot, and the provisions of the bill as a whole may be, considering the differ ence of circumstances between the mother country, as liberal as the most ardent radical could desire. But still the measure, so far as it has been ex pounded, does not satisfy the party mea of the colony. Some denounce it for its liberalty, 'which they say is a bait thrown out to catch the radical element in the council. Others are not, or profess not to be, content with anything less than the po pulation bases in all its integrity, that is to say, that wherever a certain amount of population, whether congregated in a single street, or spread over an area as large as the county of York, that particular spot shall be entitled to a repre sentative in the Parliament of the county. To carry out this principle, public meetings have been held, and an electoral reform league, of which Robert Campbell, one of the members of the City, is the president. y _ But whatever' real difference of opinion may exist as to the basis on which the repre sentation of the country should be established in, Parliament, the question of principle will be an en tirely subordinate consideration. The measure will be made the battle-field, for an inveterate struggle for office. o n3l THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL BEF''R ASSOCILTIOS. A a ril at the o w ng e s e t kly the rno st e t t b in se g rip o i f io t n h s e a c n o d un d c o il n , at o i n on m s were the following - from Birmingham ;- - "M e6sr9 et and Co , bankers, £5; J. Gillott, Esq, Xl; A Sturge, Esq., £l. THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MONO' 0 0 A summary of the second report of this c°,lle,6llti just published, was laid before the Council , and uti as affording one of many satisfactory ans` vers , question, " What good has the Financial F 6 efor o 5 of tion ever done, or is it likely to do 1" wh ich b : put to members of the Association by Cavhie'iagtot la u bou r r e s. oeip ß t e , as is o a n u s e, w a er u e d as a s u i d g i n t e o d f for cot : de exposures of the want of any a dequate securiti°9o, the Pu various tracts of the Association, which were tributed amongst members of Parliament/ r ea spe ls . mainly to the demand for this committee, en d 7 5i ; CO ment, notwithstanding the bold declaration,tll:t ' Lewis, that there was nothing whitever r7Ol, investigation. The first report of this comtnitt/ g c° , a mass of most important evidence from Lord tg ° t . O Comptroller of the Exchequer, and other f li _e l3v 1 1)1 1 ' ; • proving in detail nearly all the defects ell e c ie el 4 `' Association ; audits second report recotenee° d° - e lc/ 4 the alterations suggested by the Association, cdl even what looks very like ste Finance ComO tte % 0 01 germ of one-though any such check on extra cilr ll d ' misappropriation has been deprecated by leadieg s3 „ e9 on both sides of the House, with distinct ref etes : s er as the suggestion of the Financial Reformers e t and though Sir F. Baring, in moving the apP°-":" the committee, on the 26th April, 1856, th014ht:1,010 sary " to discharge from the mind of the Cholr el i ,' ° is obj es j Exchequer any impression lurking there, tha t ',- was the appointment of a Financial Commit r e ' , of 7 stated that amongst the leading recommendation'oef committee were the following :- That the r kc ,, i t u General should cease to be a politics' oe- 50 9 ' charging his duty by deputy, should bel°oo6l acting and efficient head of his d e l l ' : ca° A lO and should make up his accounts. showing the I ster, or against each head of service, at the end of ev er / 4 2 0 .1 r: for the Audit Commissioners; that the grO9 re bee revenue, including those from crown lands, shouiJ ere direct into the Exchequer, without any de duet . l o o ' , tr a progress, save for drawbacks, repayments, 1°: of 7j discounts ; that moneys in deposit, not being P e- ne ter i revenue, ways and means, or supplies, should be •e to a separate account, and p a statement of all r ecel 'el, payments under this head be laid annually bef °l " 9 „ o o# l ment; that, as the groundwork of any reellY improvement, the accounts of all the departrue9o.oe be kept on the commercial system of buoit lt ti e ledili double entry, 'the committee being convinced the' V 1 ,0 new securities may be devised for the faithful e ll ' to3l 4 0e - i l appropriation of the public money, all will be Ae a without a proper , system of accounts ; that a e°ll 111. 0 audit, or appropriation check; should be exte nds aecouuts of income and expenditure kept at th e The as well as to those of the revenue departmen t- ' t eole service, and the c7vil contingency-fund ; that the 'llter these accounts, finally audited, should be Presee,lol,ll Parliament before the close of the year succee din 'y which they relate ; that all payments of the pad General should he checked daily, and 0 1 ° 11 : Ag,, j ' proper accounts, by an officer appointed 11 017,1 Commissioners, who should report imtnega te %, ‘ Commissioners any excess or irregularity; these d accounts should be annually submitted to the r evist 1°) • committee of the House of Commons, nominatees rho Speaker; that an, account of all guaranteed l ea be boo be annually presented to this committee ; tha t eot , Commissioners Should report directly to through the Treasury as at present ; that there ue s- 1305 a large extension of the duties and powers of 4 , se'e f Audit, at the head of which should be a person I 3 n ' - ' t si j iv in rank to any of the permanent offlor s e ' te n over any other principal department ; :f e te for all home services should be closed 13°° ':,, s iet 4 t ) termination of the year, and those for foreig n thi to the 31st of March, as soon as possible; and accounts accounts of income and-expenditure shou ' d f ;slito actual receipts and payments only,. not on oroo credits and balances, which latter system. in ` 1 ",,, - 0, of the Committee, leads to confusion and Pe r i e '; , h l l cannot present a true account of the ex p e riclitlit'e e ' ow, Inasmuch as nearly all these alterations, &earl-0;0e calculated to insure honest dealings and int e l red counts, have been suggested in' the tracts and o a" -f '0 0 `,'`,0 tbhye the A ssoecxipaotisounr,e exposures i o n n a e sm o u f c t h h a em s M t r o . B m o o vr ve ye f r or wri :i: : f e r which exhibited the shamefully neglected One a e e audit., - these facts were referred to as furni*,t l ;go ficient answer to the cav ill ers a ll t id e d t o , even li e : 0 , elation had never rendered any other public ser ve PROPOSED RESUSCITATION OF THE BREAD °g ° 0 , A letter from Mr. Wm. Houghton, of Soutmi King's Lynn, aldresfad to the President, sol ic ' st - ' r oe , " ' sideration for his pamphlet; "Bread and Tao - „,a r wh ch he forwarded copies), inviting discussionftleS)fp fessing his readiness to answer all possibl3 obi r e e e -11 0 1 ° read. Mr. Houghton's scheme was described to v i ll";01, this : -to abolish rustoms and excise duties, $ taxes, and to cover the whole national exponditurq 001 72 millions annually, by means of a tax 0 1 14• g; establishing perfect freedom of trade in ever,' "" v e# Form. This tax he proposes to levy through t e et o ) o joint stock company, under the control of Gev e- eoll t el to directors, with 500 district branches througroelle country, which is to buy up all the home grata ,10 at fair average prices, as well as all mills, o vens' "/ ' ll° in fact, to become the corn-factor, miller, bakerc; dealer, as well is tax gatherer general for the na;; ° g er f , c lf projector is of opinion that such a company, d, ° ' 4l 9 thing in the best and cheapest way, will be ah' e e t ka ..6 bread free from all sorts of adulteration, at nree",irlv t eb present prices ; and that, by means of an additio n h it 0 trifling in comparison with the burden of ot- n e e t b leci g which are to be abolished, the company will bete ,00/ raise the necessary revenue, and hand it over o vernment, witinut any of the losses, annoyene e e e ',:ei 4• 1 14 ° of the present system of collecting it. As to ',"" to ° v et e portations, he proposes that when there is like'Lel to deficiency in the home produce, the directors a:, - ,00 settle the additional quantity necessary fur m e - e gsa r ,'Die sumption and fix prices. It was considered ut ul ▪ ace discuss seriously so wild and chimerical a propar t . ele),ee which, if it could be carried into effect, would, & n o gigantic monopoly ten times worse than the ol? e- 1 0 " 9' tel c . e tt , and place the staple fool of the people conWi e the control of the Government of the day ir tis e ed detnned as being a poll tax of the worst possible d .fose' since, whilst the working man with a family'tb!, 'O 7 ! a-week, spends a fifth of his earning on hr e e - cloe'i man eats no more bread -perhaps less-en" s et r', 0 ; expend a fiftieth, often not a five hundredth Po income in the same way. Thus the old & e ',0.0 0, 1e thtowing the burdens of the country upon the Ito teveoe taxing them heavily, while the rich are allowed „'rfe e ;oe comparatively untouched, would be carried to rerege° under such a system. It was remarked that builds his whole scheme on two old and exploLie u h is e : tr - a ti r l y e t fi o ra al % l t e h c a p t ed it en is ce p ; o s ss eco ibl n e d t , o th fl a x t P th ri e ces re ' t vi e w;vl tl 9 f g : ill l ) ; dependant on the price of food, and non,,eque:oo 3 ,oo however greatly the price of bread might be ti s e ' l ' sof rendering it the medium of location, tneediffererinf 161; be made up to the working classes in the sill ° - ale'," wages-the well known fact being that the Vir e pli t a like the price of everything else, depends on 11111 1 ; 0 1.00 demand. It was ordered that Mr. HaughtntiL, thanked for his communication, and informed t ' r - eiclol' opinion of the council, his adieu% e is quite in l e t - da l ' f ol and the present system of taxation, with all 1- see t ° /./ 0 "' w d e h f i e c c h ts an would gross id th r i o n e w q u t a h l i e ti e wholes in burden of the people. finitelypreforrto 0 THE NATIONAL CRISIS. re Cl' , An addr-vs to the people on the present postllheen To . t, national affairs, breign and domestic , liftving„; pl 4 -0; posed, it was thought better to defer it for ' 6,- .00 0 especially with regard to the Irdiau revolt, sinc e / " tie ° ti eel the fault of producing that convulsion lies di ct a 4 , 0 0024/ f n t oh o re t Et n h o eo w eitr w ll h eo i rd r ig h e is c e m u t c p s e t e t y o , e b r l a t m h me —pteheep people o or e i ii " :, ;: se.. ;o : a so l " t r o condition of e° th n e thlueci Anglo-Indian empire, - , 1 0 1- .0 , -,, insurrec:ion is to b 3 mat speedily and effectuell964 iolai tiP,, It was therefore deemed inexpedient to sugg eP e 0 t/ e disagreement, at a time when the united ea u 'Llor 1 , - 00 are requisite to bring about that restoration day tee apathy and ind.fr h a n te t Thei ( d ' eci l . must precede a national investigation, all grievances in the East. 3 ~.'