Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

MADRAS.

We have received files of the Madras Atheneum
to the 12th of September inclusive.
The Madras Presidency was perfectly tranquil.

THE NEWS FRCM CA.WNPOitE AND
LUCKNOW.

these took effect, but we advanced notwithstand-
ing. A 4 the enemy's infantry retired, a shout
was got up on our side, the ll'ghlandera rushed
on, and carried their right battery : the Fusiliers
went far to the ti;tht and drove back their Cavalry
and Infantry, but our left being on heavier ground,
could not get on rapidly enough to seize any of
the guns there, all of which were horsed. The
Cavalry had so surrounded us, that the enemy's
ronnd shot went over our heads, and in amongst
them.

We only got two guns, but we must hive
punished the rebels severely, our 24 pounder play-
ing amongst them as they retired through the
Gunj
We now rested for a couple of houn, and then
retired on Mun,gawar ; left that place early the
following morning, and all crossed the Ganges by
evening.

This is the history of our fruitless attempt to re-
lieve Lucknow, and I fear our retirement will
courbalance all the good effects of beating the
enemy four times. Our force was cer'ainly very,
very small, but it is wonderful what a few deter-
mined Englishmen can do. The more I see cf them
the more confidence I feel in their invincibility.
Fancy, all the damage the enemy's cavalry did
us, was to cut off the beads of two unfortunate,
coolies, laden with bread and tobacco.
I hear there is a good deal of fighting among the
Oude Talookars. A Moulvie, who deserved to be
hanged long ago, reigned at Fyzabad for one day,
and poor Colonel Goldney's Sheristadar was made
Dewan. Many of our Thanadars and Omlah were
traitors as well as the Sepoys, but they will all get
their deserts ere long.
We have got into a house here, but I am so
accustomed to sleep with my clothes on, that I
feel little inclination to take them off. From the
11th till.the evening of the 14th, I lived on com-
missariat biscuit, rum and one piece of cold meat.
Thf're has been a great deal of cholera here, but it
is abating.

18th August —Our ninth action came Off the
day before yesterday at Bithoo-, when the enemy,
principally Sepoys of the 34-h, 42nd, and 38th
Regiments, numbJsring between 3,000 and 4;000,
with two guns, had taken up a position in front
of Bithoor, or rather a village to the west of
it. Their position was naturally one of the
strongest that mild be, but instead of making a
defence in the rear, they made it in front of the

bridge.
Our right was towards the Ganges, an.; our left
near a deep nulleb, to the left of which were
houses and high ground. The space in front was
tolerably clear, and the enemy oJcupi4d some
topes and gardens and a village on their left. The
road took a sudden turn to the left, where the
enem)'a guns were placed.
The rebels opened their guns on us, and some of
their cavalry and infantry circled round our left ;
we sent a few shots am -nn them, and they bolted.
Our force then deployed into line, and on getting
within GOO yards commenced to play on the topes
occupied by the Pandies. A heavy fire was kept
up by us for some time with our guns. The
sharp crack of the musket and soft smooth sound
of the Enfield Bale now b.!gau. On our men
went and drove the enemy out of the gardens,
topes and villages to the right. A few deter-
mined Jacks made a brave stand near the bridge,
and others of them were bayoneted in the
village. Our fellows were too tired to chase them,
the day being very hot, and we had had a march of
about 12 miles. The most eeraordinary thing is,
that the enemy did not defend the rising ground
and houses on .the south side of the ravine.

They went right away, and we afLer them as fast as
the guns could go; much time of course was lost
in crossing the bridge, and we saw little more of
them. The road was lined with houses and gardens,
surrounded with muclembankments, and suddenly
an attack was made from behind these mud walls on
our baggage. A little of it was lost, and several of
the camp followers killed. Some Sowars also rushed
down at some stragglers behind the rear guard,
and cut up four or five of them. The coolies,
of course, bolted, and the blackguard villagers
came and plundered the propery. There was
not much lost, but some officers lost all they
took with them We bivouacked, during the
night to the scuth of the city. As it was found
impossible to take the heavy guns on to Sheoroj-
pore, we returned here yesterday, having lost,
I believe, about 14 'killed and 30 wounded. We
took the two guns, and must have killed a larga
number of the enemy; but it was impossible to
tell the number of their killed, as the nullah was
quite close to them, and I know from experience
they make use of all dodges, the water among the
rest, to conceal their dead. _

We have news of the Lueknow people up to the
14th inst. They are still holding out bravely, eLd
the enemy's fire said to be much s!ackened.
Another military correspondent writes on
Aug. 6:—

On the 4th, the cavalry were, at a moment's notice,
ordered to reconoi•re for the enemy, and we marched on to
Busserat G urj, where we found them. They were again
throwing up a breastwork across the entrance, and as we
came up, fired upon us We, of course, retired, but just as
we reached the camp, we fund the column ready to
advance. Well, back we went again, until we came to
Unna,where we bivouacked in a tope of tree 3 for the night.
The order was given to march at four am. Without
sound of trumpet, all get up at three a In , and as day
dawned we were in full march. Busserat Gunj, where
we fought before, is about five miles from Unnao, and nine
from this place. The morning was a vary dreary one ; rain
fell in torrents, thunder pealed over cur heads, and the light-
ning flash d along the horiz3n. The remains of the battle
of Unnao, oar severest action, were lying in flout of us, and
on we went confident in our strength. We advanced
beyond the village, and on the right of the road, within
600 or 700 yards of the place, I and another galloped up
and saw the fellows swa-ming in the Gunj ; the noise they
made screaming was hellish. They kept firing musketry
and a fee, round shot up at us while our light guns and part
of the Infantry moved through the fields to the right that
they might take the enemy as he crossed the road. way
across the Jheel. The enemy was evidently taken by sur-
prise, and I think at first imeg7ned that we were only a
reconnoitering party. At last our guns opened on the
Gunj, and at the villages to the north, one shot from our
24-pounder struck the breastwork about a foot from the
top, sent the mud flying in all directions, and went down
the street, carrying swift destruction to all in its path.
Oar shells a'so committed great havoc on the flying enemy,
and I never saw such horrid wounds as they died of ;
some were literally torn to pieces, some had been dragged
away-a short distance and these left. Many bodies I
have no doubt, were thrown into the Jheel. In none of
our actions have I seen so many bodies lying about the
field

.14Tu AUGUST —We have lately had very hard and
not very fruitfal work (writes a Cawnpore corres-
pondent of the Englishman). After our second
retirement horn Busserat Gunj, we lay at Munga-
war for four or five days, when on the 11th the
order for the whole force to advance was given, but
we knew not where we were going, or how long we
were to be away. Well, off we started along that
eternal road to Lucknow ; at Unnao we met the
enemy's advanced picquet, and on going beyond
that place, saw others of their Cavalry collecting
from the Unnao field of battle, the broken gun
carriages and guns. They made off on our advanc
ing, and we went on about 2- miles ahead of
the Infantry, until we got a good look at the
enemy's new position, Their Cavalry, collected in
cur front, and matchlock-men opened fire on our
right. We were now diroctQd to retire slowly, and
got back to Unnao after dusk, then sent out our
picquets, and went dinnerleßs to bed on the wet
ground. As the sun got up, and we approached
the enemy again, our spirits rose also : it was a
clear bright morning when the halt was sounded.
We had crossed the broad plain on which Unnao
was fought, and about 1,000 yards ahead, the
enemy occupied a position of nearly a mile in
length. They had five or six guns well placed, and
sheltered by breastwork, the infantry in topes and
houses and behind walls, and cavalry in numbers
on each flunk. We deploy-id on the open maidaun
and advanced in echellon from the right. Their
guns fist gave us round shot, then shell, grape,
eanister, and shrapnel; the fire was the heaviest
I have been under, and considering that we
had not the slightest shelter, it was extraordinary
how little damage they did. The fact
is, most of their round shot passed over our
beads: we were so near. The canister and
shrapnel also were too high, but of course some of

The Gunj was immediately evacuate', not being, as for•
merly, occupied by their infantry.
The advance post of our force got across the Jheel by
the road ; we could not go round it, but by the time the
cavalry reached the village, the enetry's guns posted to
the right of the road amongst the villages commenced to
play upon us. They, however, made bad practice, most of
their shot passing over our heads. On we went, clearirg
out the enemy from the villages on both sides of the road,
but principally on de right. Their guns being horse',
retired and fired a' us ; and as all the villages ab6ut were
occupied by their troops, infantry or ca%alry, we could not
make a dash at them. The battle was very well gone
through by ns, and very well conceived by them Our
guns played on the villages to the right of the road and
greatly cleared them for the infantry; but the great body
of the enemy were encomped on a plain bey, nd the vil-
lages, where we breakfasted after our good morning's
work There was cne fine, large, red tent bola ging to
Nuw h Ally or some big-wig.
The enemy's force is estimated at 13,0:0 Infantry, and
1,000 cavalry—it is said they had twelve guns, but I
think they had only eight in action, and of these we took
two. •
After this splendid affair, the order was given to retire,
much to our surprise. It is a thousand pities we cannot
go on ; there is no doubt a large force against us, and
cholera carries off its portion►daily.
I cannot tell the exact number of our loss in tbis last
action, but I believe we had only two killed, and 15 to
20 wounded.
I felt, as every one must have felt, quite done up, for we
were 30 hours in the saddle, with only a break of five or
six hours for sleep ; but there is no use of talking of
fatigue or hardships, for every ono in camp has a good
share of these.

THE lti ORTHERN TIMES.

well, and the troops in the highest spirits. The
companies of Stith Artillery and the Muzbee
Pioneers, which had lately joined, are doing
good service. At Rawul Pindee it has been found
necessary to take further measures wi;l2 the two
remaining companies of the 14 h Regt. N I. which
had already been disarmed ; and Mr. Thornton,
the commissioner, reports by electric telegraph
that they have been safely lodged in the jail at
that place. Contrary to all expectations, the
26th mutineers, instead of making for the
ferries on the Sutltj are ascertained to
have gone up the left bank of the Ravee,
which they attempted to cross yesterday,
after a march of nearly 40 miles. It is surmis©d
that they are making for the Jummoo Territories,
and if so, in all probability, few or none of them
will escape capture. The hue and cry has been
raised, rewards have been offered, and there is
every reason to hope that the 26th will share the
same fate with the 9.h Light Cavalry and 46th N
I. mutineers. At Mooltan 1 Naik and 9 sepoys of
the 69th Regiment N I. have been tried, convicted
of mutiny, and sentenced to death, and blown away
from the guns. A body of 500 picked men, and
most of them old and trained soldiers, fully armed
and equipped are to marsh from Lahore to-day,
en route to join General Van Cortlandt, under
whom they are to be employed on the police duties
of the Sirsa, Hansi, and Hisser districts.
The Lahore Chronicle gives the following list of
officers belonging to the force before Delhi, who
had been killed or wounded, who had died from
decease, and who had gene away, with or without
medical certificate from the date of the affair at
at Ghazeooodeennuggur up to the 27th ult

KILLc D AND WOUNDZo.—Staff.—Generale Anson, dead ;
Barnard, ditto ; Reed, sick certificate ; and Chamberlain,
wounded severely. Colonels Chester, killed ; Congreve,
gone away; and Becher, wounded severely. Brigadier
Halifax. sick certificate, dead. Colonel Curzon, gone away;
Brigadier Graves, ditto; Colonels Seaton wounded , and
Drought, ditto, dttto ; Captain Barnard, A D.C., gone
away ; Captain Reed, A.D C., ditto ; Russell (34th
Native Infantry, orderly of:Heir to General Barnard),
killed ; and Delamsin, 56th ditto,. AD C to Brigadier
Showers, ditto.—Total, 16.

Artillery—Colonels Mowatt, dead, and M. Mackenzie,
wounded severely. Msjors Mallock, sick certificate, and
Tombs, wounded twice slightly. Captains Money, wounde
severely, and Light, wounded. Lieuts Bishop, wounded
al ghtly, Thomson, ditto, set's/A; , Hill, wounded, Dickens,
mortally, Griffith, sick certificate, Davidson, wounded
severely, and Perkins, killed total, 13.
_ _

: -
Engineers—Major Laughton, gone away; Lieutenants
Jones, wounded. severely, dead ; Walk ir, Bengal. ditto ;
Perkins. wounded, sick c rtificate ; Walker, Bombay
wounded ; Maunsell, ditto ; and Carnegie, ditto—total, 7
Her Majesty's 9th Lancers—Major Yule, killed—total, 1.
Her Majesty's 6th Dragoon Guards, Carabineers—
Lien, enants de Bourbel, severely, and Ellis, dead —total, 2.
Her Majesty's Bth Foot—Lieutenants M'Stevene, killed,
and Pogson, wounded—total, 2.
Her Majesty's 24th Foot.—Captain Greensill, killed,
attached to Pioneers, Total, 1.
Her Majesty's 60th Rifles Cap'ains Williams, wounded
severely ; Andwews, killed ; Wilton, wounded ; and Jones,
wounded severely. Lieutenants McGill, wounded; Dun-
des, wounded; Deedes, ditto; and Curtis, ditto. Ensign
Heatbeote, wounded. Dr. Innes, wounded. Lieutenants
Humphry s, doing duty. 20th Native Infantry; killed, and
Phillips, ditto ditto, 11th ditto ditto, wounded. Total, 12.
Her Majesty's 61st Foot—Lieutenants Griffithe,
wounded; Pattoun, ditto, severely; Andros, ditto; and
Burnside, ditto. Total, 4.

Her MBjeaty's 75th Foot.—Captain Knox, killed ; lieu-
tenants Harrison, killed, and Barter, wounded ; F►tz-
gerald, ditto; Rivers, ditto, dead ; and Crazier, killed.
Dr. Coglan, dead. Lieutenant Martin, attached to Pioneers,
sick certificate. Total, 8.
let E. B. Fasileers.—Colonel Welchman, wounded
severely, sick certificate. Captains Greville, wounded
slightly; and Brown, ditto, severely (in four places) Lieu-
tenants Howell, dead; Dahiell, wounded severely ; Wemyss,
wounded slightly ; and Ellis, ditto. Tota', 7.

2nd E. Bleers.—Captam E. White, sick certificate.
Lieutenants Blair, wounded severely ; H-trris, ditto, ditto ;
and Jackson, killed. Captain Kemp, sth N. 1., doing duty,
wounded severely. Lieutenant Alexander, 3rd N. 1., ditto.
killed. Ensign Walter, 45th N. I , ditto, dead. Total, 7,
Goorkas (Birmoor) —Major Reed, wounded slightly '
•
Lieutenant Wheatley, doing duty, killed ; Ross, wounded,
dead ; Tallock, ditto, severely ; Bckford, ditto ; Cheater,
ditto, slightly. Total-6.
Guide Cerps —Captain Daly, wounded severely ; Lients.
Kennedy, ditto ditto, sick certificate ; Hawes, ditto, twice
slightly ; Battye, killed; Shebreare, wounded in three
places; De Brett, doing duty (57. h Native Infantry`,)
wounded ; and Murray, ditto ditto, 42nd, wounded twice,
sick certificate Total-8.

let Panjanb Rifles (Coke's) —Captains Law, doing duty
10th N. 1., killed; and Pollock, 35th N. 1., wounded
severely. Total-2.
4th Sikhs (Rothney's Foot).—Lieut. Pollan, doing duty
36th N. I , wounded. Total-1.

The entire number is 97. The number dead
from wounds or disease appears to be 32, of whom
six were on the Staff, five in H. M. 75 regiment,
and four in H. M. 6011 Rifles. Six are reported
to have " gone away" without medical certificates,
or, as it might be said in sporting phrase, '• stole
away " Of these five were on the General Staff,
and at their heads we find Colonels Congreve and
Curzon, on whose " noble service in the field" our
cotemporary of the Bengal Hurkaru founded his
complaint against the wrong done to them by the
appointment of Co!onel Lugard as Adjutant General
of H.M. forces.

The mutineers of the 26th Bengal Native In-
fantry, who •fled from Meean Meer oa the 30th
ult. up the left bank of the It?.vee, were almost
entirely des'royed on the Ist inst some forty miles
above Lahore.. About 500 of them had been killed,
drowned, captured, executed, or otherwise disposed
of, and this is supposed to have been nearly the
full number of those who mutinied.

September 13. (By Bombay telegraph)
Earlier bulletins and Lahore dates from the 29th
to 30th. General Nicholson's loss on the 25th
was 17 killed and wounded. Took 13 guns.
Lieut. Gabbett has since died of his wounds.
Lieut. Elkington and Dr. Ireland are dangerously
wounded. Mutineers in force attacked our pesi
tion on the 26th, but made no impression and suf-
fered considerably. Our force is elated at the
prospect of active operations against the city.
We are clearing the ground and forming trenches
for advance. On the 29th August some of the
enemy's breastworks were taken eta rush with a loss
of two men. The 51st Native Infantry at Rosh-
swat broke out on the 28th ultimo. They tried
to seize the arms of a new Sikh Regiment, but
were routed and fled. They are nearly all accounted
for, and the balance brought in by police and vil-
lagers. Authentic intelligence has been received
at Lahore having evacuated Herat.
Lahore Extra of Sept. 3rd —No late news from
Deihi, supposed owing to heavy rain on the 31st.
Reported at Delhi that 22 carts left the city for
Rewarrec with families of residents, and that
numbers were leaving the place daily. The
remainder of H M.'s 89th had arrived at Bombay.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1857.

as Adjutant General of her Majesty's for yes.
News from Cawnpore to the 29. h has arrived, and
is rather cheering as regards Lucknow. On the
30th, Outram left Benares .with a large body of
troops for Cawnpore. We have just learned that
her Majesty's 93rd, from England and Cape,
arrived at Mauritius, in steamer Mauritius, and
were to proceed direct to Calcutta.
Extract of a letter from Allahabad, dated 3rd
September Sir J111:103 Outram arrived here
to-day, and proceeded up the Ganges with three
steamers, to attack a stockade twelve miles distant."
A private letter from Cawnpore received yesterday,
mentions that further intelligence had been re-
ceived from the garrison at Lucknow, stating that
they were quite well and be trty, and had no appre-
hensions whatever. They made another sortie,
took and spiked two guns which had annoyed
them greatly, and succeeded in securing lots .of
provisions,
The King of Oude's health is giving way under
the strictness of his imprisonment, an i the anxiety
of mind under which he naturally labours. Hie
family are in great affliction, as they entertain fears
for his life.
A letter has been received from Agra, which
reports that Mr. J. O'B. Tandy has been killed in
a skirmish in the district.
A telegraphic despatch from General Neill, re-
ports, " that the besieged at Lucknow undermined
a house in which a number of G. z.es were located,
who had given great trouble, and blew the whole
of them into the air The garrison sallied out,
spiked the 24-pounder, which had greatly annoyed
them. took a number of bullocks, and brought them
into their entrenchments.
Killed at Cawnpore, Ensign Evelyn Chas. Hill
of H. M. 32nd Regt., son of George Hill, Esq.,
late of Calcutta. Also killed at Cawnpore, Mary,
the wife of Evelyn Charles Hill, Esq., of H. M.
32nd Regt
The Mofussillite has the following :
Authentic intelligence hat reached us that Ghose Mho
med Khan, of Secundra Rao, at the head of 400 sowers
and 200 infantry, has taken possession of Coel and
Allygurh, and proclaimed himself soubehdar for the King
of Delhi of the country between those towns and Allaha-
bad. He is collecting the revenue due to our government,
and exercising other preregativet of royalty, including the
levy of a tax upon the people of Coel, who heartily wish
for the appearance of the Britibh troops to rid the district
of the usurper and his rabble.
No less than thirty-two General and field Officers
serving with the Bengal army are known to have
died or been killed since the publication of the last
Army List on the 15:.h of April, viz.:—
Generals the Hon. George Anson ; Lieutenant-General
C. R. Skardon ; Major Generals Sir H. 31 Wheeler, and
Sir H. Barnard; Colonels D. R. %life.; H. Sibbald, J. H.
Handscomb, Goldie, Sir H. M Lawrence, A. Jack, C. G.
D xon, J. Finnis, J L. Mowatt, C. Chester, and J. Platt
Lieutenant Colonels P. Goldney, J. P. Ripley. J. R. Pond,
S. Fibber, F. W. Birch, H. Spottiswood, W. S. Monteith,
and E. J Pratt; Majors—R. A. Yule, T. HE. Moorhouse,
G. P. Thomas, J. Mill, M. T. Blake, W. E. Warden, G.
E Honing, F Shirreff, Sir G. Parker, A. Harris, besides
Lieutenant Colonel J. Corfield, and Majors J. T. Bush,
and E D. P. Townsend retired. To the long list of names
already published of officers wounded before Delhi, are
new to be added those of Lieutenant Colonel Seaton, 35th
N. 1., and Drought 60th N. 1., the former seriously and the
later slightly.
A Benares letter of the 211. h ult. informs the
Englishman, that an engagement between the
Croorkhas from Gorruekpore and three or four
Muasulmans took place north of Az;me°uth on the
19. h idem. Three hundred were killed and
wounded, after a severe contest.
The report that Sir Jatnes Outram delayed the
marching of the European troops sent on to join
He velock's force is contradicted by the Ilurkaru.
The Phenix states that cholera has been raging
in General Havelosk's camp.
Allehabad letters which appear in our Bengal
contemporaries mention that a Hindu and a Mug-
sulman Golundauze, found filling their guns with
mud and bricks, were hanged on the 25th ultimo ;
that a fight between about 3,000 rebels and one of
our gun boats had occurred at a fort between
Allahabad and Cawnpore in which four or five of
our people were wounded, and one hundred of
the mutineers were slaughtered ; and that the gun
boats returned to Allahabad without attacking the
fort, as our force was too small, consisting as it
did of only 29 seamen, 20 Madras Fusiliers, and
14 Seikhs.
The Englishman mentions that on the withdrawal
of the British from the district of Gurrockpore,
the standard of the Prophet was planted, and the,
place taken possession of in the name of the King
of Oude.
A Patna correspondent of the some journal
writing on the 24th, mentions that Mr. Samuelle,
the Commissioner, is very conciliatory in his man-
ner towards the Mahomedans; that the latter are
apparently pleased, but maturing their plots; and
that the Deputy-Commissioner Ameer Ali, is closely
watched by the residents.
A Cawnpore correspondent of the Phoenix, writ-
ing on the 23rd ultimo states that the rebels have
thrown up a battery on the Oude side of the
Gangs, opposite to Cawnpore.
Calcutta, Bth and 9th Sept.—A. report reached us
yesterday that a force is about to be sent to Assam,
in consequence of some apprehensions entertained
by the authorities there. We are glad to hear that
the Commander-in-Chief is convalescent. He has
had an attack of intermittent fever. Dinapore is
all quiet. The fortifications of the Opium Godown
and the European barracks are progressing rapidly
every day. A letter from Raneegunge says that
Capt. George Oaltts, with a detachment of Sikhs
and Madrasses, has started for Manbhoom, where
budmushes are plundering.
A letter from the Government House at Calcutta,

signed by Mr. Talbot, says :
The substance of the information, however painful its
character, has been given immediately after its receipt,
except where there has been good reascn to ikubt its
authenticity or accuracy. Such cases, especially cases in
which there have been manifest mistakes or confusion of
names, have been frequent ; in many instances the reports
have been based on mere hearsay, and have proved very
incorrect, and in some they have been altogether without
foundation. Tho General is of opinion that no useful end,
and certainly no real belief to the agDnising suspense
endured by relatives and friends would be attained by
publishing communications to the truth of which any
reasorable doubt attached But although such reports
will not be made public where they appear fairly doubtful,
I am to add that any inquiries addressed to me privately
will, as heretofore, be immediately replied to by the
communication of whatever information may have reached
the Governor-General respecting the persons to whom
they reer, and of the grounds upon which the infor-
mation rests.

COMMERCIAL.
BOMBAY, S ptemb€r 16.

MosEv.—We have no change to report in the Money
Market during the past fortnight. Bank notes of interest
remain the same, and money is pl ,ntifial in th 3 ILzaar.
Government securities have fluctuated considerably. Fours
are now quoted at 80, and Fives at 90—with nothing doing
—Local Joint Strek Shares keep retrarkably firm.
hsPoutri.—The improvement in Cotton Piece Goods
continues, end rates are advancing. Spcculeors have
come forward with energy, and the businios within the
fortnight has been extensive. Bleeched and Fancy G.3Vs
meet with a fair irquiry. Mule and Web Yarns a e in
good request at high prices. Metals are dull and prices
have somewhat declined. _ _

EXPORTS.—Owing to the fresh arrivals of Cotton. which
are pouring in lam all parts, there has been a decline in
prices of from 2r to 4:- p-r candy. Opium ii firm. The
rates of freight hive bar little chanleo, an-1, there being
at present abundance of tonnage in port, we expect no
improvement for some time to come. Exchange t.n Lon-
don, 2s lid to 2s lid.

CALCUTTA, SEPT. 8.

MONZT.—Te market cnntintes tight, not owing
to any scarcity of money, • but to a great want
of cotfidence. The Bank of Btngal has adopted
the course of calling in its advances 03 deposit
of securities, and discountir g fresh ones. It has
also refused to di,ceuat G vernment Acceptances, having
more than 30 days to run. A. considerable fall has taken
place in Go,ernment Securities. The Company's four per
cent. are at 32 to 33 per cent. discount, without buyers.
Introwra.—Tbere is little change to no.ice ; no bus loess
doing for the llt per Province•, but for lower Bengtl mode.
rate transactions take place at steady prices. Metals con-
tinue dull.

LIVERPOOL.

Emile-vs.—Our produce markets has nneergone no
o',Aange for the better. The stocks have Intl) gradually
working off. Former prices hare been maintained. and in
some tranaactiora hare been rather higtier. Exchange on
London, 24, 3d.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YE.srzaDir.

MORI MR. MANSFIELD.

Too FAST.—John Muirhead, a gentlemanly-looking
person, was charged with being drunk, and with assault-
ing the police. Officer 31, of 13irkenhead:foree, said—At
seven o'clock the previous night, ho was turning the
corner of South John-street, when the prisoner rushed
against him with such violence as to knock him against
the shutters of a shop, and he felt sore since in conse-
quence of the shock. Officer 559, said the prisoner
knocked him violently against the shutters. He was
drunk at the time, and running with violent fury against
all whom he met. The prisoner said he was in a great
hurry. but denied having done anything wrong inten-
tionally---it was a pure accident.. lie was fined £1 and
costs.

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AN UNFORTUNATF.—WiIIiam Dutton, aged 19, was
charged with having stolen a blue silk dress value £6.
Mrs. Gorcland, of No. 3, Gloucester-place, Low-hill, stated
that on Monday evening the prisoner called on her, and
stated that Mr. Kirby, her son in-law, sent him to say that
the carriage was waiting at the end of the street for her.
She requested him to carry a box and parcel to the
carriage for her daughter. He delivered the box at the
carriage, but not the paieel, which contained the dress
in question, but she did not see the prisoner after until
he was in custody. Police•efucer 476 was called into the
pawnshop of Mr. Hutchinson, Copperas-hill, where the
prisoner was offering the dress for pawn, on Thursday
evening. It appeared that the prisoner was formerly
in a good position in society, but had fallen by misconduct
to a low ebb. He pleaded guilty to the charge, and was
sentenced to three months' hard labour.
PLUNDER OF COTT.,:i —John Fe z.3im ins, John Mulhol-

land, and Thomas Walsh, was charged with having stolen
two bales of cotton, value .430, the property of Messrs.
Philpot and White, from Messrs. Carnes's warehouse,
Lightbody-street. Mr. Cough gave as much evidence
as sufficed to have the prisoners remanded, in order to
have the evidence perfect, and the prisoners were
retnanded accordingly.
TRANSFER or A For:T.—James Potter and William
Tynan were charged by Mr. George Brumby, car owner,
of 125. Great Oxford-street North, with having stolen a
pony from him, value £6. Mr. Bruck defended the
prisoner Potter. Mr. Brumby said the prisoners called
on him the r revious day and asked him to look at a horse
that was for sale at the Barracks, in Islington. He refused
to go, when they asked him to allow Crosby, his foreman,
to go, and he replied he could go. Subsequently the
prisoner called on him and asked if he would sell a pony,
but he declined. However, it appeared that, after the
interview, the prisoners went to a stable of his in Fox-
street, took the pony, and said it to James Godfrey, of
Hatton-garden, for £3 10s. Several witnesses were
examined to prove the case, and all admitted (on cross-
examination by Mr. Bluck) that Tynan was the chief
actor in the affair, and that he received the money.
Po' ter accompanying all through. Mr. Bluck confidently
submitted that his client ought to be discharged ; but His
Worship said he would send both before a jury, and they
were sent for trial.

You MU,T LOCK ME UP I—James Crighton was
charged under the following circumstances:—On Thursday
night he went to Preacot.street Bridewell and insisted on
being locked up• The officer refused, as there was no
charge against him. The prisoner theta ran into the
street and commenced knocking furiously at the doors of
the houses in th locality, and, as he refused to desist, he
was really locked up. He was find ss.
CHILD DasErrioN.—A woman, named Mary Moodie,
was charged with having deserted her chill, a " wee
thing," seven months old. The poor little creature seemed
to have been very badly treated, and as the case was
proved by come witnesses, the woman was sent to gaol
for one month. The child was ordered to be taken care
of.

PARTEIENON, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET,—Mr.
Patterson, the attorney for the prosecution of the above
house (a report has already appeared in our paper, of the
facts), was in attendance, when the proprietor, John
George Stoll, appeared with his attorney, Mr. Henry,
to tender bail to the warrant. The recognisance of the
defendant in £l,OOO was eteered into, fer his appearance
at the assizes, to meet any bill of indictment that may be
preferred against him.
A FORTUNE-TELLER.-74 short time since we published
the details of a fortune-telling case, in which several
females had been duped, by a man who pretended to tell
fortunes. To-day we have to record the exploits of a
female professor of the "black art." A little, ugly, half
black-faced woman, named Catherine Foster, who resides
at Mayeoek-street, Birkenhead, was brought up by detec-
tive officer M'Culloch, charged with haring obtained
goods from various young females, on pretence of "telling
their fortunes." The chief facts of the case were as
follows :—The prisoner is in the habit of going about the
town selling small jewellery, combs, and other things.
Although this was nominally her "trade," fortune-telling
seemed to be her business. The following specimen of her
modes operandi, may be taken as an illustration of the
whole. Mary M'Cubbin, a native of Dumfries, an
int,resting-looking and artless girl, who might serve
as a model for a portrait of Highland Mary, No. 2, stated
that she was an upper servant in a first class house in
Canning-street ; she gave the prisoner two dresses and a
petticoat. Mr. Mansfield; What did yon give them to
her for ? The witness answered with great simplicity,
and a captivating smite, showing her ivory teeth to great
advantage, and adding, an additional,rosy hue to her
cheeks, why, sir, to do me a charm. (Loud laughter.)
She was to charm me. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Clough
Was it not to charm your lover to marry you ? Poor
Miss Mary M'Cubbin drew a sigh that must have come at
the rate of 72 miles an hour through the auorta of her
hear', as she sighed like an 2Eolian harp—yes, sir. The
pour simple, verdant girl. then went on to tell a story
about how the wily prisoner induct(' her to give the
dresses and the undergarments. She came back and said
the charmwould not do without some male attire. The poor
girl expressed herd inability to furnish anything iu that
line, when the prisoner proposed to relieve her by saying
a suit of the masers best clothes would answer her put'
pose very well. Now, Miss Mary M'Cubbin, although
very verdant, was strictly ho.iest, and even at the risk of
losing her young love-yer by the patent charms of the
prisoner, she refused to comply. The prisoner said she
was not very particular as regar led the clothes, the
oldest clothes the master had would do. The request was
still refused, and the wisoncr said she would manage to
do without them, and went away promising to call on
the next Saturday and make all right. She never called,
however. Mr. Mansfield: And what did you do then?
Girl : Why, I told the In:stress. (Loud laughter.) Mr.
Clough : I dare say she could tell your fortune better
than the prisoner? Girl : I'm thinking so, sir. (Laughter.)
Mr. Mansfield : Well, you must be a silly, foolish girl, to
think this woman could tell your fortune better than
yourself. The officer said he had several other cases
against the prisoner, but had not time to get up the wit-
nesses. Ile found a valuable ruffled shirt with the
prisoner, thatlwas no doubt the property of some gentle-
man, obtain, d evidently from some servant girl, as a
portion of the male attire which the prisoner alleged to
be essential to her legerdemain and charming of lo''e-yers.
She was remanded for a week.