The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1852.

period it could be said of him, what could
be said of no other man, namely, that he
had captured 3,000 cannon, and never lost a single gunl;
but the greatest of his exploits was perhaps surpassed
by the difficulties which he had to encounter. (Hear,
hear.) He had to encounter a feeble Government,l a
factious opposition, a distrustful people, scandalous
allies, and most powerful enemies. He was victorious
with starving troops, and carried !on sieges with-
out funds. (Hear, hear.) When he had at last
succeeded in collecting an army worthy of the
Roman legion and himself, then an invincible host,
his army was broken up on the eve of the greatest
conjuncture of hislife, and hehad to enter the field of
.Wa-
terloo with an army of raw levies and discomfited allies.
He could not say that he revived a sense of duty, but
he had made public life more masculine, curbed
.r.estless
vanity, and reprimanded a morbid susceptibility to
egotism. He had left a legacy to his countrymen and to the
world, of which the humblest individual might be proud.
Certainly an instance of true greatness had never been
more completely asserted. Every one now acknow-
ledged that the world had lost its greatest man, and
they who were now assembled in that House presented
to the world a sublime spectacle—that sustained and
supported by the image of the Duke of Wellington
recurring to his mind in periods of difficulty.—though
he had filled the most august offices in the State, no
one seemed conscious what space he occupied in the
feelings and hearts of his countrymen until he died.
The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving an ad-
dress, thanking her Majesty for giving directions for the
interment of the Duke of Wellington, and assuring her
of the cordial co-operation of the House.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he would not add a single
word to the eloquent address of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, and he hoped the whole House would concur in
this appropriate testimony to his memory. (Hear.)
The resolution was then agreed to.
[LEFT SITTING.]

IS OUB NATIONAL DEFENCES BEAL?

From the Weekly Dispatch.

It is not merely by a pun that this may be called
the " golden age." Without doubt, in many re-
spects, it prefers a title to the appellation, not only
in a literal but in a metaphorical sense. And,
somewhat strangely, the metaphor will be literal,
and the letter metaphorical. Although the influx
of the precious metal is greater than ever it was in
any age or country, yet the gold itself constitutes a
very secondary element in that composite social
state which bids fair to warrant for this era the title
of the age of gold. Substantially the civilized
world has been in profound peace for nearly forty
years. The slight apparent exceptions appear to
have rather confirmed the rule. The wars in
China, India, California, and the Cape, have but
served to extend the influences of humanity and
civilization. The sudden outburst of the masses
of the several nations of the continent of Europe,
in 1848 and 1849, has been called a hurricane—a
storm which burst over Europe, and so forth. But
the description although pardonable as a rhetorical
climax, is really not warranted by the facts. Of
loss of life there was little—of civil war scarcely
any--of inhumanity, far less than ever before ac-
companied rebellion or revolution. The liberty of
the nations is certainly not less now than it was
before the date of these efforts to extend it. The
material happiness of the States which were the
theatres of these disorders is actually greater than
it ever was before. The prospects of humanity and
civilization, as indicated by the conduct both of
governors and governed throughout these trying
scenes, were never so bright and satisfactory. In
our country we have arrived at a point of greatness
and substantial prosperity, such as is entirely with-
out parallel in the history of mankind. Beginning
with the practical application of the discovery of
gas, on to the power-loom and spinning-jenny,
the manufacture of earthenware and china, we have
witnessed the rise and perfection of steam
navigation, the development of canals, the
full expansion of railways, and the latest
crowning discovery of the electric telegraph.
All these triumphs of the human intellect have been
reserved for the survivors of the last half century.
In a. word, the material acquisitions of the race
within 50 years have been greater than those of the
preceding thousand. Nor has the science of Go-
vernment fallen behind that of mechanics, dyna-
mics, or chemistry. The executive no longer rely
upon spies, packed juries, heavy punishments for
slight offences, and stringent laws. The Chartists
and the Anti-Corn Law League had corresponding
societies through the whole country—held their
great meetings, levied their vast revenues, dissemi-
nated their exciting tracts. Language was violent
—the press groaned with the most exciting appeals.
But in place of the tragedies of Muir and Hardy,
and Horne Tooke and Hone, the agencies of Castle
and Oliver, and the judgments of Braxfield and
Ellenborough, the Government looked calmly on
—refused to interfere with anything less than
actual open riot, conspiracy, or rebellion—sup-
pressed the latter in Ireland by the county con-
stabulary alone ; and when revolution raged all
over Europe, our rulers put down insurrection in
England solely by calling upon the ruled to preserve
order for themselves, by the purely civil power of
special constables. Against the Government or the
authorities of the country we may almost say or
write whatever we please ; and even in reference
to the tender subject of theology, such is the confi-
dent reliance of the governing body on the power
of truth, and the good sense of the people, that
Socialists write and speak blasphemy, at their lei-
sure, and nobody thinks of meeting them with any-
thing but argument. Our deliberative is as pro-
gressive as our Executive Government. Catholic,
and Dissenting, and Negro Emancipation, Munici-
pal and Parliamentary Reform, were the fitting
preludes of the inauguration of free trade and
navigation, the development of our colonial system,
the wise and wonderful improvements in the theory
and practice -of finance and taxation, and the
recent stupendous reforms in the department of
jurisprudence. Still the miseries of the Irish people,
the frightful inequalities of riches and poverty
in England the appalling squalor of large masses
of our population, in the manufacturing, agri-
cultural, and mining districts, were " motes
to trouble the mind's eye" when the sud-
den impulse given to the migratory instincts of
the poor, and the discoveries of gold in California,
and Australia, combined with the beneficent influ-
ences of free trade and improved taxation, have
cleared off our surplus masses, raised the wages of
those that remain, given a fresh stimulus to manu-
factures and trade, and have called into existence
great increase of customers for our productions
111 our colonies and the -United States. Looking
batepon the past, and leaning upon our stall to
the •
reasonino aa
wtbonla.l::
ed
a3ourney that lies before us, we have
have proud of our great achievements, and
tentm„t witr grounds for satisfaction and con-
into position. Our forefathers rushed
millions of money Napoleon the First, spent 500
to 45, and RetTeYa about nothing, reduced Consols
a treaty with 1V es zero,
advantage of both coeullit .93e
Renter 105. Still thereie: We have rushed into
Third, greatly to the
; Consols are 1004, and
we know not how to is skeleton in our house
we cannot fish out. a cur-
e in the porridge

OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received our journals and dispatches in
in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates
are—Bombay, Oct. 16 ; Calcutta, Oct. 7 ; Hong-
Kong, Sept. 28.
The following is the letter of our Bombay cor-
respondent :

BOMBAY, OCT. 16.

The whole of the first division, mentioned in my
last as under orders to move up to Prome, had
left Rangoon by the 26th September, accompanied
by General Godwin, Admiral Austen, Commodore
Lambert, Sir John Cheape, and Brigadier Flliott,
with nearly all the heads of departments ; Ran-
goon being left in charge of Brigadier-General
Steele. The 80th Foot) mbarked in the small

steamers on the 16th, the 18th Royal Irish betwixt
the 19th and 21st, the native corps, Artillery, and
Sappers, betwixt the 21st and 26th. The admiral
had hoisted his flag in the Pluto ; General Godwin
and the Commodore are in the Prosperiae. The
rain poured in torrents during the week ending
26th ult., and it was feared cholera would break
out amongst the troops exposed to the weather in
the small steamers. They were to be transhipped
in the Irrawaddy to the larger frigates Sesostris,
Fire Queen, Enterprise, besides the smaller vessels
Pluto, Phlegethon, Proserpine, Medusa, and Maim-
nuddy, the rendezvous being at Yanchin, Chu-Nah.
The rumour ran that a vast force had been assem-

bled at Prome to give them a warm reception,
while other accounts stated that it was not impro-
ble a messenger from the King of Ava would await
their arrival to make terms. General Godwin
would return to Rangoon from Prome if all re-
mained quiet, and take up the second division,
under General Steele (the 51st Foot, the 40th, and
67th Bengal Native Infantry, the 9th Madras Na-
tive Infantry, two companies of sappers, and the
Horse Artillery) about the 15th instant. Whether
they would go up by steam, or overland by Shuy-
gain and Tonghoo, was not known ; but Colonel
Bogle was collecting large numbers of elephants,
bullocks, and carts, at Moulmein. The first divi-
sion expected to reach Prome on the 4th instant, so
that by next mail something exciting may be trans-
mitted home. It is believed that the annexation

of the province of Pegu will be proclaimed on our
force gaining possession of Prome—a letter being
sent to the King announcing the fact, and once
more offering him terms, whic, should he refuse,
he must abide the consequences. The sth M.N.1.,
the head quarters sth battalion Artillery, the Ist
Madras European Fusiliers, and large detachments
for the native regiments, had reached Rangoon.
The detachment 80th Foot from Moulmein had
joined head quarters before they left for Prome.
The Rattler steamer is placed as guardship at
Bassein. The 51st Foot and 9th M.N.I. were to
be relieved from Bassein by the Ist Madras Fusi-
liers and 19th M.N.I. The Ist Bengal European
Fusiliers left Calcutta by the steamers Sphinx,
Feroze, and Moozuffer on the 29th September, and
it is rumoured that the 2d Europeans, now on
their way from Agra to Fort William, will follow
them to Rangoon ; if so, there will then be six
European corps in Burmah, viz., the 18th, 51st, and
80th Queen's, and the Ist and 2d Bengal, and Ist
Madras Fusiliers—close on 6,000 men, I should sup-
pose. Dr. Morgan, of her Majesty's frigate Fox,
died at Rangoon, of cholera, on the 23d September.
There are now in the Burmese waters the following
vessels : Her Majesty's ship, Hastings ; her Ma-
jesty's frigate, Fog
Majesty's, ox
steamer,herMaje Sphinx
frigate, Win-
chester;hinx ;
her Ma-
jesty's steamer, Rattler ; Honourable Company's
steamers Feroze, Moozuffer, Sesostris, Zenobia,
Berenice, Nemesis, Hugh Lindsay, Fire Queen,
Pluto, Phkgethon, Proserpine, Medusa, Maha-
' nuddy, Enterprise, and a couple of other smaller
ones ; the schooners Spy, Ann, and Henzie Queen;
with upwards of twenty-five transports. Two new
ships, the Granville and Hougoumont, of 700 and
981 tons,i were launched at Moulmein, and a steam
frigate named the Malacca, is being built for the
royal navy. It was rumoured that a body of 40,000
Burmans intended attacking Rangoon on the night
of the 30th or 31st ult., they having heard of the
departure of the first division of our troops for
Prome. The story was looked upon as a very un-
likely one, but all proper precautions had neverthe-
less been taken to prevent surprise and to give the
fools a warm reception should they attempt to mo-
lest us. A strong party' of marines and sailors
from the Winchester had been put on board the
surveying brig Krishna, lying off a place called
Puzendawn, where the ex-governor of Pegu had
taken refuge, as a party of Burmans from Pegu had
threatened to attack the place and carry him off.
A number of Burmese having taken up a position
in a village not far from Martaban, several boats
were dispatched from the Zenobia steamer and
schooner Pegu to put them to the rout. The fol-
lowing account of the operation is copied from the
Maulmain Times of the 13th September :—A Ran-
goon correspondent of a Calcutta paper, evidently
knowing nothing of the affair, would have people
believe "the Bombay officer" in command of the
Zenobia butchered poor unoffending people of the
country for want of something else to do.
AUGUST 31, 1852.—The boats of the Hon. Com-
pany's steam-frigate Zenobia proceeded about 28
miles above Martaban to reconnoitre, having re-
ceived information that 300 of the enemy were en-

camped at a village named Ketturbee. The boats
arrived in company with the schooner Pegu abreast
of the village, about half-past 4 p.m., on the Ist of
September, the second cutter was ordered to pull
a-head of the other boats, and endeavoured to ob-
tain the strength of their position : she had not
proceeded far before the Burmese opened a sharp
fire with jingalls and muskets, which was quickly
returned from the cutter, pinnace, and schooner.
The Burmese kept it up with great spirit, and the
direction of their fire was very good ' • first they
fired a continuation of jingall balls, and then
knocked out of their houses, and fired volleys of
musketry at the boats and schooner. About forty
minutes elapsed before they slackened their fire,
when the Zenobia's second cutter and pinnace
pulled for the stockade, landed and burnt the vil-
lage to the ground. An immense quantity of am-
munition was found and destroyed ; the explosions
from the ball cartridge making it exceedingly dan-
gerous for the men setting fire to the houses. The
stockade abreast of the river was about 300 yards
in length, about 10 feet high, and about 3 feet thick,
with a trench cut inside. The stockade contained
300 men, and if properly handled would have taken
a much greater force to have reduced it. We have
every reason to believe a greater number were
killed. Owing to the boats landing the men so
quickly, the Burmese had not time to drag away
the whole of their killed and wounded. The sphe-
rical case shell fired by the artillerymen of the Ze-
nobia, on board the Pegu, must have done great exe-
cution, as it was seen to burst in among crowds of
men, the boats were sadly riddled with musket balls,
&c., but fortunately not a single man was hurt • the
'
schooner's crew had some remarkable escapes, her
gunner's hat was shot through with a jingall ball,
and immediately afterwards the sleeve of his coat
was torn away. The schooner's rnainboom was shot
through in one or two places, both jib guns, and
some of her running rigging. The boats of the
Zenobia returned on Wednesday evening to their
ship, and the schooner Pegu to her anchorage off
the creek. The fatigue and exposure that both
officers and sailors underwent, was very great, the
men being on their oars nearly the whole of the
time, and constantly wet through. Mr. Boudvill
was also present with his boats, Nos. 1,5, and 9,
and rendered great assistance. Eighteen canoes
were captured in all.
There has been very little news from the Punjaub
since my last. One of the few chiefs on the fron-
tier who remained true to us, having thereby drawn
on himself and his tribe the enmity of the hill
tribes, who were said to be about pouncing on him,
had applied for protection, and it was believed a
force would proceed out from Peshawur to his
assistance. Sir H. Lawrence was expected back
at Lahore on the 2nd or 3rd inst. Colonel Maek.
eson had not returned to Peshawur at latest dates.
The sickness in the country had diminished but
little. From Scinde not a word of intelligence has
reached Bombay since dispatch of last mail worth
repeating. The steamer with news to the 12th is
hourly expected. Matters continue to progress
from bad to worse in the .Nizam's dominions. The
Contingent are eight months in arrear of wages,
with at present small hopes of receiving their pay
from the Niz,am's government, and our own appa_
rently have no notion of doing the needful for them.
Party squabbles run higher daily at the capital, but
still we interfere not. In the districts rival gover-
nors think nothing of having a fly at each other, just
for the fun of the thing. The Governor-General re-
mains at Calcutta, in " royal seclusion," as one of the
papers has it. His Lordship does not wish to
tered personally by every one who thinks he has
claims to any vacant appointment, and has there-
fore directed that all applications for such shall be
made officially, in writing, through his private
secretary. This seems to have given offence to the
Ditchers, who accordingly call out about his exclu-
siveness. The Marchioness of Dalhousie is said to
have derived great benefit from her sojourn in the
Cinnamon Isle. Sir W. Gomm has, after all, as if
to spite the quid nuns, gone to Chence, to spend
a short time in quiet away from Simla. The 10th
Bengal Native Infantry had reached Calcutta for
embarkation for Burmah. The 2d European Fusi
liers were daily expected. The young chief Dh.
leep Sing, ex-Maharajah of Lahore—a boy o
15 years of age, who has, since our annexation of
the country of the Five Rivers, been under charge
of Dr. Login—ha-s, it is said, embraced Christianity
in private, and will soon do so in public. He has

been to church at Meerut with the worthy doctor,
and thereupon the Mofussulite has rated him and
the Government soundly, but most ridiculously as
people think, the former for having inveigled the
affections of the child (fifteen years old !) and got
him to renounce the faith of his ancestors, and
the latter for allowing the doctor to perpetrate
such a henious crime. By the newpaper writer the
event is calculated to irritate against us the wrath

of every native potentate in India, and God knows
what may not be the result of their wrath ! Any-
thing more ridiculous than the article in the
usually sensible and ably conducted Meerut
journal cannot be conceived. The. attorneys

J—
of Calcutta have formed an association amongst
themselves for the purpose of getting up
a law library worthy of their body—and many
hundreds of pounds have been subscribed by them.
The new church at Roorkee has been finished, and
was opened for public worship on the 20th Septem-
ber. The trooper who shot in April, 1651, Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant Johnstone, of the 3rd Madras
Cavalry, at Jaulna, has been tried, found guilty,
and sentenced to be hung : the sentence has been
commuted to transportation for life. Lieutenant
F. Hardy, 75th Foot, died of cholera at Umballa
on the 3rd October. Brigadier-General Breton has
been placed in command of the Sirhind division,
and Brigadier Boileau in charge of the station of
Rawul Pindee. Colonel Franklyn, 84th Foot, to
be a 2nd class brigadier in command of Trichino-

poly. Captain Dar rock, 51st Foot, to be Deputy-
Assistant Quartermaster-General to the army of
_ _

Ava. The editor of the Friend of India, Mr.
Marsham, goes home in January next : it is to be
hoped he may be examined before the Parliamen-
tary committee, as he could give evidence on any
subject relating to India of more value than that
of any other half-dozen men in England. Dr.
Grant, personal surgeon to,the Governor-General,
has been appointed Secretary to the Bengal Medical
Board ; for the present he remains with the most
noble--Surgeon M`Kinnon acting for him for the
present in the board. Surgeon J. Gill, Madras
army has retired on 1911. a-year and Major Gill,
of the same service, has invalided. Some altera-
tions in the Bengal Civil Service Annuity Fund
rules have been sanctioned from home—considered
very favourable to the members.
Lord and Lady Falkland reached Mahabuleshwar
on the evening of the 6th, where they will remain
till early in November; when it is expected they
will repair to the presidency to meet their noble
relative, Lord Fitzclarence. Young Captain Fitz-
clarence has resigned his berth on the Governor's
staff, and will,
it is expected, be employed on that
of his uncle, to which Captain Fellowes has already
been nominated from home. General Staveley and
the general staff of the presidency will be in Bom-
bay by the 27th, it is expected. Probably the
Gallant General will return home on delivering
over the command of the army to the new Com-
mander-in-Chief, though nothing on the subject
has yet been broached in public. Three officers of
the Bombay army are among the casualties by this
mail :—Superintending Surgeon Montefiore, of the
Northern division, at Ahmedabad, on the 29th
Sept. ; Captain Clarkson, 12th N. 1., at the same
place, on the 6th inst. ; and Colonel J. P. Cum-
ming, Ist Europeans, on the 2d Sept., on his way
to Australia for change of air. By the former Dr.
Straker comes into the Board, consequent on Dr.
Gibbs retirement, and Drs. Rooke and Scott be-
come superintending surgeons. Dr. Leith will, it
is believed, be the new Secretary Medical Board in
place of Scott, and the Medical Storekeepership,
vacated by Rooke, has been offered to Dr. Leggett,
at Surat. The Garrison Surgeoncy at this place
will, in case Leggett accepts the offer be given to
Dr. Winchester, and Leith will be succeeded in
the Bombay Garrison Surgeoncy by Dr. Arbuckle
—at least so it is expected. The Right Rev. Dr.
Harding and the Archdeacon are at the Hills,
and so will all who can manage it by the
end of the next month. Though Sir E. Perry's
time of departure for England is now at hand, not
a word has yet been heard of who is to be his suc-
cessor. The natives wished to have erected some
testimonial in his honour—a law class in the El-
phinstone College, or a school of industry on a large
scale,—but the learned Knight could not with any
consistency allow them to do so, as he has on seve-
ral public occasions ridiculed the testimonial-giving
mania now for many years prevalent ih Bombay.
Pity he should have refused, however, for a school
of industry for the tuition of the sons of the poor
working classes in the arts and manufactures has
long been a desideratum; the law class in the col-
lege would not have been of one-fiftieth the value
of the school. There are few men who have
deserved better at the hands of the natives than
Sir Erskine Perry—few who will more be missed by
all grades of society. Professor Patton leaves by
to-day's Ceylon steamer for Europe on two years'
leave. He has been very unwell, but has rallied
considerably, and will, it is hoped, speedily recover.
Colonel Moore, amEtox-general, and Colonel Mel-
vin, military secretary to Government, returned by
last mail to Bombay from Egypt, where they had
been on leave for change of air and recreation. Our
railway progresses like mad, and it is expected car-
riages and trains will be miming betwixt the fort
and Tanna (24 miles out of the 36) by the end of
January. - The Bombay Times has latterly been
filled with speculations on the new Charter Act, and
able suggestions for the improvement of the govern-
ment of India, which our legislators in Parliament
would do well to study, bat not a line of which I
will venture to say will even be read by three-
fourths of the gentlemen who amongst them consti-
tute the wisdom of the naticn. What do they care
for India or its people, further than its finding em-
ployment for younger sons, and nephews and cousins,
and friends, for whom they care just as little. It
is said that the Rev. Mr. Reynolds, chaplain at
Kirkee, has been selected by the Board of Education
to succeed Professor Green (who is about being
transferred to Bombay) as professor of literature in
the Poona College—of course retaining his clerical
appointment as well. The old tub frigate Auck-
land, which left on the 14th September with the
bulk of the mails for England, reached Aden on the
morning of the 28th, after the Hindoostan had left
for Suez—so she had to push on with her charge
herself. It is not expected that she reached Suez
in time for her packets to be sent on with the Ben-
gal mail—se the would have to lay a fortnight in
Egypt. Splendid mail (mal) arrangements these.
Of course, everybody at the Presidency sent their
letters by the Achilles, on the 15th September,
which got on the 25th, three days before
Calcuttathe to A
hitedaeil
m er. The officer R.N. on board
(which left Aden a couple of
after the
T
rot to Bombay.
eighteen months labour, and re-
turnedu
rl%1-B
after eighteen
way. Auckland, must have been
visible had a proper look out been kept at the
Shum-Shum signal station) is reported to have
h
hthoeurs ilindoos it
hurried
requestth of the Aden political agent
the departure
departure of the vessel than
tfattendedher
zt to
for a few hours : if so, he ought
o detentionthe
the retired list instanter. Lieutenant
has completed the survey of the Gulf
of a,
u
Mr. T. J. A. Scott, the secre-
taryay, has returned from England,
whither
benefit of a change Df air. The mur-
derer Duncan Winnes, whc killed Sergeant
Smith, was hung at Belgapm on the 4th inst. He
confessed his crime, and
for thee had
gone some months back on business
and
the European on the drop implored all
keep from drink, as the
fire water, soldiers +
vo
bad brought him to ax ignominious end.
the money market
N. 1., the corps
ywuchtoiuichrld barelyfind men enough
Lahore the native troops
completely
appp Tradee.as r.
tAocontinuedt
haveumrglutted.ist
srusuffered
briskeand
,
more than the European
soldiers from sickness.
band
th musteringCi
na w n
hospital o
The es n.sttirioen9gtohnNp.alr.adweeasre
the 76th Foot and 48th
lNtahi.edi.bal,taudth2oeoonb. ae
while at Dacca the
refused to go on board
guard every other day • the
s3pltte y disoroanised and deci-
matedfor a rear and quarter
hospital and lines were crowded with dead and sick
—no one could help his neighbour. The treasure
chest was full—the men could not take their pay,
and all the pay sergeants were sick, An establish-
ment for training engineers, similar to that at
Roorkee, is about to be brought into being at La-
hmoirneist7adtieorn.ColonceolloNnel Napier, by Board of
Commissary-
GeneralAd-
Bengal Army, is about to proceed home
on medical furlough ; and Mr. R. E. Curdiffe, C.S.,
to resign the service. The Kalabagh coal has been
tested, a
mixture and found
of
bboen tolerablyate ofiron
and lime, liketood. An iron
ore,
ankerite--20 per cent. of the former and 60 of the
latter—has also been found in the same locality.
The Rev. J. A. Shurman, of the Penares mission,
died in that city on the 30th Sertember, deeply
regretted by a host of friends. Eir John Littler
was to have left Darjeeling for Calcutta on the Ist
October. He had materially improved in health.
The Kirk Session of St. Andrew's, at Calcutta, has
memorialised the Court of Directors for additional
Presbyterian ministers for Bengal.
Dr. Straker has refused promotion to the board,
and Dr. Edwards will therefore -take his seat as
third member. Dr. Rooke goes to Poona as super-
intending surgeon, and Dr. Scott to the northern
taryship, which will be given
division. Dr. Leith has refused the board secre-
probably either to
thought, accept the store-keepership at Bombay.
Dr. Impey or Keith. Dr. Leggett will, it is
Kurrochee, mail steamer, just signalled, will not
be in before 5 p.m.
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CHINA•
The Overland Friend of China supplies the fol-
lowing news in its general summary :
We have again the usual monthly amount of re-
port of battles fought between the Govern.ment and

insurgent forces—sanguinary by account, but boot-
less in apparent result. Governor-General Seu still
remains at Woo-chow (Wu-chau) in Kwangsi. Yeh
has returned to Canton, and Pihk-wei of (Barba-
rian discussion notoriety), has proceeded north-
ward, some say to Pekin, others to confer with
Sae-shang-ah in Hunan. Tien-ten (or what is left
of him after decapitation by our contemporary of
the Mail) still maintains a position at Hing-ngan,
a place not far distant from Kwei-lin-fu in the
north-east quarter of Kwangsi and would appear
to be in constant communication with evilly-dis-
posed spirits in the northern parts of the Kwang-
tung province, whence we have repeated reports of
plunder, ransack, and stoppage of river navigation.
The main body of insurgents are in Hunan, and,
so far as we can ascertain, are having it pretty well
all their own way, working. steadily up towards
Nanking. The report of insurrection in Hoo-
kwang (the conjoint province of Hoo-nan and Hoo-
pih), as given in our summaries of July and August,
is confirmed.
We heard about the middle of the month that
another attempt had been made on the life of the
Emperor—that his Majesty was in great fear—had
packed up his valuables all ready for a flight, and
that part of the royal palace at Pekin had been
destroyed by fire ; all this, however, is wanting in
confirmation, and there is not, perhaps, a word of
truth in the whole of it.
The United States squadron (Susquehanna, Ply-
mouth, Saratoga, and store-ship Supply), are still
stationed about the Canton estuary, awaiting orders,
it is supposed, to proceed to Japan, whither it is
said her Majesty's ship Serpent will accompany
them if they go within the current year ; hardly
likely, however, now that the north-east monsoon
has come round on us again.
HONG KONG.—Last month the total number of
sick in garrison was 87—this month there is a re-
ductionfto 61 (against 127 at the same period last
year). Of deaths, since last report, we hear of
four only (against 7 in the same period last year,
viz., 3 of the 59th Regt. (two of disease of the lungs
and one of bowel complaint), and 1 Gun Lascar of
Beni, beri. The hospital list this morning stood as
follows :—Her Majesty's 59th Regt., 39 ; Ordnance
Department, 7 ; Ceylon Rifle Regiment, 15. The
convalescents were withdrawn from the hospital
ship on the 17th, and excepting those in hospital
(suffering principally from dysentry)
,every man in
the garrison is now doing duty.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Casualties by death in the armies of India since the de-
parture of the mail on the 2d Oct. ; H.M.'s Troops—
Lieutenant F. Hardy, 95th Foot, at Umballah, on the
3d Oct., of cholera. Bombay—Lieut.-Colonel J. P.
Cumming, Ist European (fusileers), on the 2d Sept., on
his way to Australia. Dr. Montefiore, superintending
surgeon northern division, at Ahmedabad, on the 29th
Sept. Royal Navy—Dr. J. Morgan, H.M. frigate Fox,
at Ragoon, on the 23d Sept., of cholera.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

BOMBAY, OCT. 15.

The Money Market continues glutted. The Govern-
ment securtiy market shows rather a decline, and some
descriptions of shares aro less firm, as may be gathered
from current rates, which we quote as follows :
Transfer Loan, 114 rs. ; Sicca -Fives, 1101 rs. ; Sicca
Fours, 96A ; Company's Fives, 107 k ; Company's Fours,
90/ ; Oriental Bank Corporation Shares, 50 rs. per cent.
prem. ; Bank of Bombay Shares, 23A per cent. prem. ;
Commercial Bank Shares, 12A rs. per cent. prem. ;
Agra Bank Shares 27 rs. per cent. prem. ; Railway
Shares, 22 rs. per cent. prem.
Cotton Piece Goods.—Since our last advices the prices
have remained generally steady, with a slight advance
in favour of grey goods. The transactions have not been
to a large extent, and considerable firmness has been ex-
, hibited by holders.
Cochineal.—The market has been dull, and a large
supply having arrived from Calcutta, prices have fallen.
Saffron of good quality in demand, prices have ad-
vanced steadily.
Pepper.—Tellicherry has declined to 63 rs., although
the stock is very small. Bhutcol—no stock ; the season
now opening, supplies may be looked for next month.
Opium.—The market for old has been very steady at
1,100 rs. to 1,105 rs., and 1,067 rs. for new ' • of the lat-
ter about 700 chests have been purchased by Europeans,
deliverable early in December. The new crop is esti-
mated at 27,000 chests.
Freights.—To London and Liverpool steady, 2/. 7s.
6d. to 2/. 108. ; for China, 10 rs. per candy—nominal.
Exchange.—On England, six months' credit bills, 2s.
Oid. ; document bills, 2s. op. On Calcutta, par. On
China, 225 rs. per 100 dollars., 60 days' sight.
Grey Madapollams are in good demand with slightly
increased rates.

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Grey Shirtings.—A brisk demand exists for 40-in. of
all descriptions, and prices have advanced 1. to 2 annas
per price • 45-in. is also in good request, but prices have
not altered. _ _ _ _ _ .

Grey Long Cloths.—The demand has been confined to '
the coarser qualities, prices offered for finer descriptions
are very small.
Bleached Jacconets.—ln much request, the prices ad-
vancing steadily.
Bleached Shirtings.—Fine descriptions in good de-
mand.
Turkey Red.—Plain cloth in fair inquiry. Twills of
stout quality are in good demand, inferior qualities are
less inquired after. Mills in request.
Fancy Goods.—Bleached mulls of all descriptions in
good request. Book muslins are dull, although the
stock is small. Swiss lappets of good style in demand,
as also lappet scarfs.
Cotton Yarns.—The market has been very steady,
both mule and water have been in brisk demand, and
prices for 20s. and 30s. Water have an upwards ten-
dency, and 70s. to 90s. Mule have advanced slightly.
Dyed Orange in good quality, and business to a consi-
derable extent has taken place at fair prices. Turkey
red of the best quality is in demand.
Metals.—Swedish bar iron is in demand, as also steel
in tubs, the stock of the latter being very small. Faggots
quite dull, English bar iron, nail rod, both square and
round, sheets, and hoop are all in good inquiry, but no
advance has taken place in the prices. Lead in pigs has
slightly advanced, as also sheet lead. Spelter in fair de-
mand. Tin plates dull. Copper sheathing, braziers,
and tiles have advanced slightly. South American,
pone in the market. Red lead and white lead both in
good demand, lOrs. to I.oirs. per cent.
Cotton Wool.—Our market has been very steady, and
considerable purchases have been made for England ; no
transactions for China, no vessel being laid on.

CALCUTTA, OCT. 7,

The Pottinger, with London dates to the 24th August
last, arrived on the 20th ultimo, and the mails were de-
livered on the evening of that day. The commercial in-
telligence is not of an encouraging character. Little
animation existed in the markets for colonial produce,
and several important articles were flat, and had de-
clined in value.
In our export market the above news had the effect of
discouraging shippers of sugar, and notwithstanding the
limited stock of Benares and the decline in freights, the
grainy sorts have given way 8 annas on the lower, and 4
to 6 annas on the better qualities. The demand for salt-
petre has revived with an advance of 4 to 6 annas per
md. on the finer refractions. Rice is again going forward
to Great Britain. The market is bare of Safflower.
The rainy silk Bund has proved a failure, and very little
is expected from the October one ; there is no demand,
however, and prices are somewhat easier. Corahs have
been taken more freely at full value. Lac dye has been
in good request and largely shipped. Shellac has also
been in good demand ; the coming twelve months'
supply of the ro C mark has been contracted for at
12.2 per md. More inclination to operate in hides has
been evinced during the last few days, but the supply- in
the bazaar is small. Linseed has been liberally taken
for Great Britain and America ; the supplies are mo-
derate, and prices have improved. Rapeseed has been
more inquired for, and has advanced a little in value

also.
In our import market rather less business has been
done during the past fortnight than for some weeks
previously. The market for cotton goods, however, is
generally healthy and firm, and the local trade sound,
while our advices from the upper provinces continue
favourable. Operations in cotton piece goods have
been checked by the difficulty experienced in forward-
ing them per river steamers. The boats of the two
river steam companies are inadequate to meet the re-
quirements of the trade, and the government boats,
owing to the exigencies of the state, are not at pre-
sent available to the public. The near approach of the
Doorga Pooja holidays, which commence on the
17th inst., has also had the effect of causing
dealers to curtail their operations. Grey shirt-
ings have been placed to considerable extent at an
an advance of 1 anna per piece. A fair inquiry has
obtained for the lower qualities of white skirtings.
Large quantities of the lower qualities of jaconets have
found purchasers at full prices. Book muslins are quiet,
but holders firm. Mull-mulls are in demand at slightly
improved rates. The business done in mule twist has
been comparatively small, with a decline of 1 to 2 pies
on Nos. 40 to 100 ; stocks, however, are moderate, and
the principal holders firm. German Turkey red yarn is
in good demand, at better prices ; British dye is inac-
tive, but holders confidently adhere to recent advance
prices. The demand for copper has subsided, and the
value of sheetings has receded R's. 3 to 3-4 per md. An
active demand exists for sheet iron to supply the wants
ilyw.B:oebn.twadiedns.-
of the upper provinces at an advance of 6 annas per md.,
and this mikal generally is in a good and improving po-
sition, with moderate stocks. Spelter is at present
paper has maintained
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without inquiry, and its price has gone back to 8-4.
Lead is in fair request.
The money market is still superabundantly supplied,
and capitalists find much difficulty in obtaining good in-
vestments for their funds. All kinds of respectable joint
ditto,
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able at current rates. Company's
quote—New Five per Cents., at 106.8 ; Old Sa. R'sw
ditto, at 104 ; Co.'s Rs. Four per Cents. at 8.4 ; Sa. R
Warehouse shares, 270.

Exchange with London remained at 2.0/ and 2.0 i for
first-class credits until the close of last wee-1, when the
rate suddenly rose to 2.0/. It afterwards receded to
2.01, where it stood when we went to press, but no
great desire was displayed by either buyers or sellers, to
operate at that rate. Ninety days' sight bank bills from
China were offering at 2.01
Owing to an accession of tonnage, and the anxiety of
commanders to get away before the commenceilent of
the holidays, the rates of freight have further declined.

Our quotations now are 3/. 2s. 6d. to 3/. ss. for sugar
to London.

CHINA MARKETS.
SHANGHAE, SEPT. 16

Black Teas.—About 80 chops of Congous have been
settled since our last (July 30), at 11 to 12 tales for Ho
Hows, and 131 to 16 taels for Monings. The unsold
stock is about 1,000 packages, and of Souchongs about
5,000 packages.
Green Teas.—A very extensive business has been done
in these since our last; 180,000 packages have been
taken, of which 140,000 are for United States, 30,000
for England, and 10,000 for Sydney. Prices may lAe
quoted :
Hyson 16 to 28 ; Hyson Skin, 11 to 16 ; Young
Hyson, 14 to 35 ; Twankay, 13 to 20 ; Imperial, 16 to
28 ; and Gunpowder, 19 to 36 taels per picul.
Silk.—There has been a good deal of business done
since our last report, comprising a period of six weeks ;
but after the arrival of the July mail purchases were
checked for a time, and stock in native hands gradually
increasing, reduced rates were submitted to. But even
at these lower prices no very extensive transactions have
taken place. The total settlements of new silk to date
we estimate at fall 16,500 bales, against 7,500 last year ;
and the export since Ist July is 13,500 bales, to which
may be added about 1,400 bales of new silk shipped at
the end of last season. The unsold stock is said to be
about 3,000 bales.
Opium.—Malwa.—Our last was under date 31st 31st
of July, from which time till about the middle of August,
the demand was very steady for Malwa at 496 dols. to
495 dols., and then improved almost daily till the 20th,
when heavy clearances were made at 505 dols. A very
unexpected start then took prices up to 520 dols. Here,
however, the demand ceased, and up to the 31st little or
nothing was done, quotation then nominal, 510 dols. to
520 dols. At these figures some little business took
place during the earlier part of the month, but lately
there has been hardly any inquiry, and to-day the quo-
tation has declined to 505 dols. to 510 dols. The de-
liveries since the Ist of August are estimated at 3,000
chests, and the stock now at Woosung is 2,800 chests.
Patna.—Quoted in our last 515 dols. to 548 dols con-
tinued pretty steady until about the 16th to the 18th,
when it improved, and has since constantly fluctuated
between 560 dols. to 580 dols. To-day's quotation is
582 dols. for high numbers.
Exchange.—On London at six months' sight clean
credits, 5s 01d to 5s ld. Bank Post Bills, 5s 11d.
Document Bills, 5s 11d. East India Company's Bills
accepted rupees 239 per 100 dols. Drafts on Canton,
10 days' sight, 2 per cent. premium, added on sh. dols.
Freights.—To England 2/. to 2/. 10s for tea, and 3/.
to 3/. lOs for silk. To America, 9 dols. to 10 dols. for
40 cubic feet.

Sycee.-136 dols. 25c. per 100 taels.
Gold.—Bars, 196 dols. per 9t. 7m. 30.
Mexican Dollars, 9 per cent. discount, nominal.
Chopped Dollars.—None.
Copper Cash.-1,460 per dollar.