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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o' Cori.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSTY ELECTION.
We have received by telegraphic despatch from
Cambri,:gc, the state of the poll for the Chancellor-
ship, at a quarter past Two this afternon. The num-
bers stood thus
H.R.H. Prince Albert
Earl of Fowls

Majority for Earl of Powis 22

We yesterday announced the arrival of the over- I
land mail from India, with dates from Calcutta to the
'th and Bombay the 15th January. We now annex
particulars of the news received by this opportunity :
Ton Pruners.—The veal important treaty betwixt the
Governor General and the Lahore government reached us
so dome nn the hour of going to press with our last, that we
were scarce left leisure to peruse, much less to discuss it;
and an outline of ill contents may now give our readers a
more exact idea of its spirit and objects then they would
derive from the document itself. When it was found that the
indemnity demanded by us to meet the charges of the war
the Sikh armies had begun could net be provided from the
Lahore treasury, Goolab Singh undertook to make good the
defective balance on having Cashmere made over to him, he
himself to he raised to the reek of an independent chief,
under the title of Maharajah. We being parties to these,
undertook of course to see the terms stipulated fulfilled, end,
as we had received the price of Cashmere, to see the pur-
chase made over from one Sikh government to another.
Sheikh Eineurreond-Been, with a considerable body of in-
surgents, having fur a time resisted this cession, a body of
troops was ordered to the frontier; when the insurgent
chief, on coming to terms, disclosed the fact that he had
all along been acting under instructions from the Wureer
Lail Singh; and obtained from us the pledge that if the
accuracy of bin allegations on those points should be
estaldished to our satisfaction, he should be relieved from
the consequences of that which while believed to be a re-
bellion was nothing else than a rising by order of autho-
rity. The facto, as set forth, were established by public
investigation; the durbar, as represented by Lull Singh,
had broken faith with as; and, had we so chyme it, we
might have held the unappropriated residue of Dhul-
leep Singh's dominions forfeited to our hands. The
treachery seemed to have been confined to an ir divides],
and it was determined that so should be the punishment.
The Governor General consented to accept of the deposition
of the Wuecer for conduct in the toesequencee of which'
bad he so chosen it, the whole government might have been
involved. Now came the period for the retirement of our
troops, when Es yet the clinker found itself utterly unable
to dueharge eatiefietorily the duties expected to be per-
formed by it. The services of a portion of our troops
having been solicited, they were promised, on the condition
that we should be intrusted with the civil government of
the country during the minority of the Maharajah, or till
the 4th of September, 1854. The troops were to occupy
Lahore, and any other stations that might be considered
expedient—in reality, it has been already determined to
path on an outpost to Penh awur ; 220,0001. to be paid annually
to meet the expenses of the army. The departments of
government, in charge of Sikh officers, were all to be under
the direction and control of our resident, Colenel Lawrence.
This is the first occasion on which the government of India,
in assisting a native rower, has shown as much consideration
for the welfare of the people as for the authority of their
?elm: and when, in placing arms in their hand,, we hare
taken care to prevent their being used for the purposes of
tyranny and oppres-inn. The Maharajah and his court
having prose teed to meet the Governor General, the in-
terview where the treaty WAS ratified occurred at Dheiroo-
evil on the 22d of December. The spectacle was an august
and imposing one. On Christmas-dav the Sikh chiefs were
it receireg in open durbar—the 'faliverajah himself the
following day. There sat the Governor General and Com-
mander-in-Chief on the one hand, covered with decoration,,
with the moot beillitiet uniforms of the British army beside
them. On their right were the majestic forms, the splendid
dresses, aid fierce viseees of the most turbulent members
of the Sikh cabinet. The Governor General addressed the
assembled muititnito on the matters which hed just occupied
them, his speech being interpreted to the Sikhs. On the
27th he mooed the river and proceeded on his way to Urn•
Hour, from whence he was to proceed to Lahore, where he
was expected about New Teel's-day, to return the Tilt of
the young Prince. The Queen Mother seems, at length, to
have aequieperd in the arrangements to which at feet she
was averse. She accompanied her son to near the concha-
?ion of the journey, and waited to attend him on his return.
Fear filth corp., with other troops, are to form a frontier
brigade at Pethawur, where Captain Lawrence is expected
to
.4". Eenmend. Recruiting fur these is proceeding with
P
.rit and activity. These tidings, anticipated in port, and
erifiing altogether as they are, turn Leh all we have in the
shape of iietellieence from the north-wee. The Deal
f
4:Ele, of the Gth instant, reached us at nine o'clock last I
aight, from which we copy the following intelligence, being
the latest received from Lahore : —it We have nothing
mosey importance to eitammuniciate from Lahore since our
Ne serious apprehensions seem to be entertained
,or. the safety of Lieutenant Lumsden in quarters on
w'lch we may tali ly place reliance, and the instant
!Staction of a small tni^tste at the conclusion of the
Teolierrune which was got up outside the walls amongst the
*mall numb, of blueselmans of the town and of the British
Futilon, proves how completely the spirit of good order hoe
imbued the
• wh'..s, population. In our supplement, which
contains seseral ord, roof interest, will be found one bearing
,Amy, and a most just one, to the vood conduct of our 1
_7fle kik in garrison at Lahore. The governew-gcnerel
714 noChave spoken ton warmly in their praise. We learn
It Major--General Littler retains Vie command of the
21e.laub dividen, and will not, therefore, go to Casenpoor, se
e"EollisbZ i arranged, the governm at having acceded to his
Le 2 ki L. request to be snowed to select o Jullunder station
k:_uePfeceuf permanent residence. It ill understood that
7 "El he his bead-quarters at Ileinehearpoor, but that will
,'"'hPlliel, we preoutne, en the Coal among, Twine of stations
~,- moy he made by governne rat after the inspection now
''' use by the CeleMateler-in-Chief. The court of

Lahore were bury in preparations for the reception of the
Governor-General, aid the garrhon In Immurement' for
their return to the provinces. Iles Mejesty's Roth Foot,
the Artillery (Horse, we presume), and the 65th Native
Infantry, will be the first to leave. The governor-general
would make his entn'e on the eay nppuinted in great state.
The arrival of the Ferozepoor troops will have swelled his
cortege nest largely. A correspondent says, ire reference to
our use of the term novel in respect to the arrangements lately
made fee the future government of the Putijaub, that we
hare the example of the Negpoar state already before us,
where the same measures u thew contemplated for Lahore
were adopted under the superintends uce of Sir Richard
(then Mr.) Jenkins. The allusion is correct in most respects,
and the experiment then made is, front the success which ,
attended it, fully deserving of being carried out, as far as
may be practicable, in the Punjauli ; for the Rajah of Nag-
poor is, as our friend jsaatly remarks, one of the few rave- ,
reigns of any consequence of wee= we hear nothing,— 1
which means that he is in ell respects a peaceable and well-
affected ally, giving us no trouble, and governing his people
in a highly creditable meaner. The only difference of any
consequence between the affairs of the Nagpoor state, on
the formal deposition of Appa Saheb, and the elevation of
the reigning rajah to the throne, and those of the Punjaub
at the present moment, is that the mother of ll•jee Rao, a
daughter of Ragoje e Show-tub, VMS invested with the
regency, which hne very properly net turn the case in the
late arrangements, on account of the ili.guet which the con-
duct of the mother of Dhulleep Singh has created in the
Sikhs. It must have been bed imieed to have such an effect
on a people of notoriously lax morality. We are told by
Mr. Jenkins, in his report on the territories of the Rajah of
Nagpoor, published some 20 mars ago in Calcutta, that,
under the system which wee adopted, the principality pro-
greasively improved in resources and prosperity until its final
restoration to the Rajah. It is to be hoped that the result
will be egeally favourable to Maharajah Dulleep Singh."
Seirenu.—We have letters from officers in various parts of
Seinde, coming down to the 7th inst. They give little or
ao news, but convey nearly all we posies; from the banks of
the Indus. We formerly intimated the gi ueral nature of
the movements intended to take place among the troops : a
general order has just been bused, directing the return to
India of IA n Europern and flee native infantry regiments,
with the 3rd Cavalry, and nearly the whole of the artillery
—tn tit abeetaeven thousand men. The fore, to be with-
drawn consists of the 3rd Lt. Cavalry ; the Ist and 4th com-
panies of let battalion ; sad the Ist, 3rd, and 4th companies
of 2nd battalion Artillery; her Majesty's 17th and 86th
Regiments; and the 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th Regi-
ments Native Infantry.
Noierff-Wass PROVINCES. The Lieutenant-Governor
reached Neemitch on Christmas-day, and left for Indere on
the 28th. On his way to the latter ponce he will be met by
Mr. Ilemilton, the resident. His intruded movements after
reaching Indere have not been promulgated. The ex-Wuzeer
Rajah Lall Singh, left Foreizepnre for Agra under an escort,
on the 20th Dec. Le reference to the lett ruled movements
of Lord Clough, the Delhi Gazelle of the 2nd inst. remarks :
" The movements of Lord Gough, suhsequent to the cere-
mony at Bhaireowal, would, according to the accounts re-
ceived, he somewhat erratic. At one moment we hear that
his lordship was to he at Lahore on the let instant, with
Lord Herdinge, and aubeemie ntly to visit the battle.
fields of Sobraon, Ferozeshah, sod Moodece ; at another ,
that his exeellenay, having taken leave of the governor-
general at Bhairoowal, proposed to visit the several
stations of the Deals, with the view of finally deciding
whether Jullundur 'hall continue the station, or whether
Hooshearpoor shall be the feroured spot. Whichever it
may he, and we incline to the latter version, as we know
that his excellency was at Bhsiroowal on the 28th of De-
cember, ;it seems certain that en the commander-in-chief
rejoining his camp he will wend his way eastward, and,
after visiting Delhi, Agra, and Meerut, proceed to Moen
to enjoy a few days' shooting in that favourite haunt of the
ter, r." One vi giment of European, and five of Native
Infantry, two companies of Artillery, and two of Sappers
and Milers—the greater part of the Lahore relief—crossed
the Sutlej, co route for Lahore, betwixt the 25th and 31st of
December. The 324 Foot reached Bemires cm the 30th ult.;
the 62nd marched into Aria on the 31st. We take the fol-
lowing
particulars of en attempted rescue of prisoners front
the Agra gaol, on the night of the 28th ult., from the Delhi '
Go.rette of the 2d instant:—" Area, Dec. 30. A very
serious affair occurred here on Monday night, the 281 h. It
being the eve of the grand day of the Mohurrum, a party of
resolute men made on attack on the gaol in the civil lines,
for the purpose of rescuing some of their incarcerated friends,
and were partielly successful. Their object was to rescue two
men, Doongur Singh and Bulehtass or Singh, who were
under sentence of imprisonment tor life, on account of the
murder of a bunnees, perpetrated taut year in a neigh-
bouring state. These, it name, were Shekawattee Sirdars,
and connected with the Rajah of Jaipere, and people of
same consequence. The rescuing party broke the doors of
the condemned cells, dragged but these fe rums, and mount-
ing them on camels were making off, when they were in-
terrupted by the police guards. The alarm had no sooner
spread than the adjutant of the local police battalion
appeared, and seeing other convicts atrambling over the
wall, an :order was given to fire on them. 'I he rescuers
fired in return, and wounded some of the police. One
of the jest rescued prisoner", Bukhtawur Singh, was shot
and killed; his brother, Doongur Singh, got clean off on a
camel, or on horseback. His rescuers, who were well pro-
vided with horses and 1:11Melll (some hay they bad about 60
of each animal) decamped, taking the road to Sekundra.
They stopped in an open space near the Fysana Beech, on
the outskirts of the civil lines, to file and hack off the fetters
of the convicts, and then started afresh, permed by the
police. W. Jackson, the magistrate, Mr. Woodcock, in-
spector of goals; Mr. Eilmonstone, register of the Sudder
Court ; and Mr. Inglis, joint magistrate, were moon on the
spot, and the thrice was joined by these gentlemen a good
distance along the Sekundra road, shots being fired on both
aides, till the pursued, who were well mounted, were out el
eight. The Kotwal wee ordered after them with au mood,
and the gentlemen returned. It is said that Mr. Wood-
cock was very nearly cut down himself with a sword, which
fortunately missed him, and cut his hone in the face. Alto.
gether, 54 convicts actually got Glenn out of the gaol ; out
of these 15 were killed, 21 recaptured, of whom II are
wounded, and the remainder (13) at large. Four corpses
belong to the party of rescuers. These men have all the
appearance of Rejpoots. Some say they were led by the sons
of the very Bukhtawur Singh who hat been killed. Of the
police rome few men are wounded, and a niack has received
a shot in the breast or side, which may prove mortal. One
gentleman (Mr. Gould, of the revenue survey), standing in
the verandah of an adjacent bungalow, received a ball in
his neck, which, however, inflicted no very severe wound.
THE LATE RAJAH OF TRAVANCORE.—We have been
furnished with the subjoined notice of the death of one of
the most enlightened of the princes of India—the Rajah of
Travancore, who has been prematurely cut off in the aide.
of his usefulness. The 0 servatory at 'Trevandrenn, • prig~
ing establishment, a charity hospital, an English free wheel,
with other monuments of ha enlightenment and munitions.,
furnish the noblest testimonials to his worth. llis num.
berless good qualities in private life were only knows
to those immediately around him; the kindness and
liberality of his disposition, tho modesty and un-
obtrusiveness of his manners, with other amiable and
estimable qualities, were subjects of continued admi-
ration to all who came in contact aith him . " At the palace,
Trevandrum, on the 27th December, 1846, his highness
Skee Palmanahha Dania Vunchee Hauls Rama Vurmah
Koola Shlkhura Kireeda Padre Swandee Itamale Rajah
Bahaudur Munnee &ethane. Sharnsheer Juust, Maharajah
of Travancore, in the 34th year of his age, and 18th of his
reign, deeply lamented by his bereaved and efflicted brother
and relatives, and universally by all classes of his subjects, by
whom he was beloved for the justice and lenity of his rule; a
prince distinguished for his truly mild, amiable, charit-
able disposition, his high literary attainments, eminent
as an oriental scholar and poet, Leine master of Cenarese,
Gentoo, Mahratta, Hindostanee, Persian, Sanserit, and
Oordn languages as well am of English ; Honorary Fellow
of the Royal Asiatic Society; the patron of astronomy,
education, and other useful and charitable institutions
established and maintained under the auspices of this
esteemed and lamented prince during his beneficent and
enlightened reign, his memory will long be venerated and
cherished by a peaceable and contented people, as well as by
all Europeans who have had an opportunity of experiencing
his many estimable qualities, and duly appreciating his
excellence and worth. He in succeeded by his only brother,
his Highness Martanda Vurmah, Ellial Rajah, who byemu.
teeing his distinguished predecessor, and from his well
known eff Ithldnoas, and cumlescen,iou to all Euro-
peans who have visited Travancore, will no doubt adorn
with additional lustre' the exalted and responsible position
he is so uuexpectedly called upon to assume, as Sovereign
of Travancore."

1 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CAI.CLTITA, J.an. 7.—Our import market continues inactive, bet
importers miaow no disposition to submit to any decline, and the few
mks effected have been at shoot the rotes current when we lost wrote,
as will be seen by reference to our remarks on the various staple.
Our carhange on EngLacd has been eteady at about 2e. Old. per
rupee, at ten months' date, at whkh rate operations have beeneffected
to mime extent: the government rato for advance@ was still 2a., bat
the aroma drawn from this source has as yet been eeoeediogty
moderate.
No alteration hu been observable In the money market, which eon-
Woes moderately easy.
But little change has taken place In the rates of freight to Great
Britain during the peat fortnight, the extensive demand for tonnage
for guitar making up for the compoirstively moderate shipments of
rice; and, as moat of the large Ihlps now in port have their deed
weight engaged, we see no reason to anticipate any immediate decline.
lbsoron.—At length we are enabled to report a commencement of
operation', in this staple, but without the spirit of sacculallora which
usually marks the opening of the market. At the gent pubbe sale of the
season,which wan held on the 29th ult., about 301 chests were offend, •
ruilrart of which were bought in and afterwards placed. At the
sale, which .11,1 of notch the Faroe esknt, only about awe-half
found purchasers; but on the Orb beet. it was evident that the article
was attracting more attention, the biddings being mote general and
spirited. The prim obtainable, however. arr for from satisfactory to
the planters, who were looking for • .consideruble advance null*
year; whereas the advice@ brought out of the unsatisfactory tenable.
lion of the London October make have caused buyers here to act with
much motion, and the rates Dow current may be reported on • par with
the closing of this season. We may here remark that the quality of
last year's dye appears to have fallen off considerably, many of the
masks that have been lotted being, in moat instances, inferior to them
of the kist sessomi.
Exports from the let of Not ember, 1846:—T0 Great Britain, 1,774
fy. nada.; to France, 1,009; to North Ameeica, 423; to Foreign
Europe, 255.
grove.—An extereive business has been done in all warts suitable
for the handbill market, at an advance of Ss. to Pa. per =tend on the
liner descriptions of llenares, and 4a. to Ga. on low and Barks sorts ;
the stock In V..e barark la reported heavy, but a ehort continuance of
V:e preveut artivity will FOOD dare considerable rrduttiom. In lthsur
1 we have heard of but few tram idiom% the bazaar being nmrtY clew
id* these sorts, ..ail any puede that eerier are Luken off for re-mants.
heture. Eapotta to Great Britain from the lit inst op to date hire
been 32,013 mounds.
Sarre rt.. ...The locresseil demand for tonnage 'for sugar haying 1
kept up frr!ghts, transactions In this 'thole have been limited far
Great Britain ; prices do not, however, chow any decline, being cups
ported by the French buyer', and wane few purchwers for Singapore
old China. Exports, from in
let in op to date are as folliies,:—
Ts, Great Britain, 2,950 nmunde ; to e mace, 4,80 mann& ; to Singa-
pore and China. 950 mounds.
RlCE.—Purclawers act with more caution ; especially as from the
Large stocks in the bazaar there appear • probability of the native
holden submitthw to a further decline, although at present they ore
stilt asking 2r. 45. to Ir. Pa. An one table. Exports Irvin the Ist. inst.—