The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-04 00:00:00

LORD PANIIURE AT ARBROATH.

On Thursday last the Town Council of Arbroath
conferred the freedom of the burgh on the Right
Hon. Lord Panmure. The ceremony was performed
in the Trades-hall, which was crowded, there being
above 1,000 persons present.
Provost JOHNSTON, in presenting Lord Panmure
with the burgess-tieket, stated that it was conferred
in testimony of their esteem for his character as a
nobleman and his liberal and enlightened conduct as a
statesman. _

Lord PANMURE, in rising to return thanks, was re-
ceived with great applause. After thanking the bur-
gesses for the honour they had done him, and ex-
pressing his wish to follow in the footsteps of his late
father in his patronage of the public institutions of
Arbroath, the Noble Lord then proceeded to notice
public affairs thus :—While I have seen, and while
you have seen, other countries shaken to their foun-
dations by bloody revolutions, the liberties of the
people entirely extinguished, and those of the press
fettered and gagged, we have seen nothing of the
kind in this great and happy country of our own.
And why, gentlemen, is that so P Simply be-
cause the people themselves have seen that
with their growing intelligence, their increasing
capacity to govern themselves and take part
in the government of their country, the rulers and
advisers of the Sovereign have been anxious to ad-
vance in progress, and confer privileges and advan-
tages wherever hey could be possibly and safely
administered. Whether I speak to those who are
Conservative in politics or those who are for more
rapid progress in all that concerns our political career,
I may decidedly say that it would be for the benefit
of all that the policy of this country should continue
to be one of progress.—(Cheers.) It is in vain in this
day to think of standing still. It is in vain, still more
in vain, to think of going back on the road along
which we have come. As well might we propose to
lower all those long chimneys by which I am sur-
rounded, and turn out all the busy bees of industry
that swarm beneath them, and return to the old sys-
tem of the hand-loom, as seek to retrograde in the
course of policy we are now pursuing. As well
might we think of putting down the railways
and again setting up the old mail coach, or of super-
seding the power of the paddle and trusting to that
of the old flagging sail. Such a change would not
now be tolerated; and the question is, are we to
stand still or go on ? Now, my notion, as one
deeply interested in the possession and protection of
property in this country, is, that if I attempt to
stand still I raise up behind the dam which I erect
a flood of water that will soon sweep me and my pro-
perty before it.—(Applause.) But if I give free and
constitutional scope to the stream to flow on in the
manner in which it may be well and usefully directed,
then I am sure that all I have at stake is safe, and I ,
rest myself on this conviction and this opinion, that
the more the people gain by constitutional and all free
and liberal reforms, the less likely am I to lose any-
thing of the stake in the country which it has pleased
Providence to give me.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I may
congratulate you in this great town upon the good
effects which another system of policy has had among
you—l mean the liberal commercial policy which
has been directed, first of all, to cheapen the food of
the people, and, next, to enable the working classes to
obtain that in the cheapest market which they were
formerly compelled to seek in the dearest. lam quite
convinced that that policy has led to a vast increase of
happiness, to a vast increase of comfort, and to a vast
extension of contentment in this our native country.
I believe that it has made many a cottage fireside
where penury and want used formerly to pinch to
senile, not only with plenty, but, in some instances, with
the luxuries of life. I believe that it has made many
of the population more contented than they formerly
were ; and of this I am perfectly certain, that it has
given a triumph to justice and to right through-
out the country, which we never had so long as we
were oompelled to repair to the dearest markets for
the purchase of articles of food.—(Hear.) In many
respects this commercial policy has to be carried out
to its just and fair issue. And lam quite sure of
this, that whoever may hold the reins of government
—whether her Majesty's present Ministers, or those
from whom this policy first sprang—no Government
in this country can either retreat on the steps that
have been taken, or fail to follow out that system
commonly called free trade.—(Cheers.) I am ready
to admit that in the great change which the policy of
1846 brought about there could not fail to be some
who would suffer in the transition that took place;
and I have no hesitation in bearing full testimony,
and giving full credit, to the manner in which many
of the tenant-farmers in the country bore the change
which took place in their circumstances by would
o-
val of import duties which the country no
—(Cheers.)
longer tolerate. But whether it be to the increased
de-
vised means for the cultivation of the soil—this I
energy of that class—or whether it be to betterthisknow, that, to all external appearance at least, agricul-
ture is as much sought after by the people °I.
country as a means of earning their bread as ever,_ for
-rent
alamiledrcaatati.ialeekcom-
at present there is no land in the market.—
There has been no land vacant throughout Scotland
where the general remark has not been made' that if
it were taken, higher prices would be given than
have been received for the last four or fiveuliefuastrlaisn.cels
prices;afnn o b
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after all,
lt,hleanletting
only
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modity, and we must judge of its chesen,ess
the
edefaarc-t
of the
eo t'tiimtseds,emanadn dwhoernrewj eectsieoen,
nbnyatrhtiecleetric.n
speculation in that
de-
mand we must admit that the
article is a fair one ; and, therefore, from the cir-
cumstances to which I have alluitdeids
of land being let so readily as S. I may
argue, and argue without unfairness, t at the season
ample remun_ eration for it ;
of difficulties for the farmer iS passing away, and
that he sees the way for the employment of his
capital and receiving
ainntderoesftetdhisin all who are
minion bond of
union must unite this whole country. Agriculture
must depend on commerce,
wleandmafyeelbtehaat
and commerce and MUM..
ssounreed, tint
factures must, to a great extent, depend on our agri-
culture ; and I trust the whole three will cordially go
hand in hand. The farmers, hants, and manu-
facturers will consider this—that their interests are
bound up in one, and that what is injurious to the
one cannot fail to be injurious to the other also. After
Arbroath
complimenting the people of on their good
I citizenship, the Noble Lord a
sal in conclusion :
Look at France. During the last few years she has
undergone no fewer than three revolutions. First of
all she threw off a King who lived under the old sys-
tem, the old rule of France, and placed another on the
throne, with somewhat of a constitutional shadow of
government. Not content with that, not many years
afterwards she cast off that King and that shadow of
constitutional government, and rushed into a state of
the bloodiest anarchy, and all in the sacred name of
Liberty : and now she is pleased to yield herself up
to the despotism of one person. Her press is gagged,
and every rag:of the flag of liberty is torn from the
pole to which it once seemed nailed. That is a lesson
for us. Liberty does not consist in licentiousness, nor
freedom in revolution. I believe we live under the
best system of government that human means ever
devised—where the Crown cannot trample on the
rights of the people, and where I trust the people will
not attempt to trample on the just privileges of the
Crown ; for be assured that under the constitutional
machinery of the country in which we have the hap-
piness to live, all the just claims, all the fair rights
and proper demands of the people—though from this
circumstance or that they may be checked—must
ultimately be conceded, and with the rising intelli-
gence of the great mass of the people of this country,
the political privileges enjoyed by a certain number
of the inhabitants must soon and speedily be consider-
ably developed.—(Cheers.)

Colonial office for the Governors of New South
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
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soon as the Canada
trade begins, ono or more of the vessels will land cargo at

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America (by Brit. pkt.)N,Oct. 8 .. Liverpool .• Oct. 7
America (by U.S. pkt.) N,Oct. 5 .. • • Liverpool .. Oct. 13
America (by U.S. pkt.) M' Sept. 29 .. •• Southampt. Oct. 5
Australia (via South-
ampton) .. Ml2oth ofeach month Southampt. Oct. 24
Ditto (via Marseilles) Nl24th of each month Dover .. Oct. 17
Ditto, via C. of G. Hope Nl2d & 14th each ran. ' Plymouth .. Nov. 30
Africa (West coast).. 11;14th of the month Plymouth
Alexandria* •....... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Oct. 18
Belgium .. NlDaily ,IDover .. Daily
Brazil .. Ml9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16
Buenos Ayres .- 3119th of the month 'Southampt. Oct. 16
California(viaChagres)Ml2d & 17th of monthlSouthampt. Oct. 16
Cape of Good Hope N,l4th of the month,Plymouth.. Sept. 26
Cape do Verde N,2d of the month .. Plymouth.. (Sept. 26
Constantinople* .. • • Nlthl7th27th afmo Dover .. Oct. 10
Central America .. 3112 d & 17th of men. Southampt. Oct. 16
Channel Isles .• N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. Bat
Chili .. M 2d & 17th of moth ,Southampt. Oct. 16
France .. Mt N Twice daily .. ..IDover • • Twicedaily
Greece* .. 7th 17th 27th of mo ;Dover .. Oct. 19
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Taes. Sat.
Rolland .. M. Wednes. & Satur. I London .. Sue. That s
Honduras .. .. • . N'l7th of the mouth • Southampt. Oct. 16
Ireland .. M & N,Twice daily .. . I.llolyhead • • Twicedally
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Oct. 24
India (via Marseilles) N ath& 24th efmonth' Dover .. Oct. 3
India, via C. of G. Ilope N 14th of month !Plymouth.. Oct. 29
Mauritius .. •N 14th of month 'Plymouth.. Oct. 29
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. 2,1,20 th of the month 'Sonthampt. Oct. 24
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N Bthlc 24th of month Dover .. Oct. 3
Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. Ist ea. mo.
Madeira •• •• .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Oct. 16
f 7th,17th,19th,27th
Malta* Dover Oct. 10
&30th of month
Napless N sth 15th 25th ofma Dover .. Oct. 12
Papal States* N ,sth 15th 25th ef mel Dover .. Oct. 12
Peninsula •• M 7th 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. Oct. 5
Peru • • .. M 2,1 & 17th of mntb Southampt. Oct. 16
Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Oct. 12
West Indies M 17th of the mouth Southampt. Oct. 16
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M 2d ()fib° month .. Southampt.

12d of the month ..
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French packet via M,

Mr. Secretary Walpole, accompanied by Colone
Jebb, inspected the Milbank Prison on Friday after,

INDIA.
On Friday last we published a telegraphic dispatch,
via Trieste, in anticipation of the Overland Mail.
We have now received our letters and papers by the
Marseilles route, dated Bombay, September 1 :
" The Burmah reinforcements were all on their
way to Madras and Calcutta for embarkation, and
transports were being hired for their conveyance to
Rangoon and Moulmein.
" Emigration from Bombay to Australia was about
to commence. Upwards of 150 soldiers are said to
have applied for their discharge from her Majesty's
86th to proceed to the diggings.'
" A riot occurred in the city of Benares on the
evening of the 2d of August. The magistrate was
pelted with stones and brickbats; as were also the
General and several officers and other Europeans who
had to cross the bridge.
"A couple of companies of the 33d Native In-
fantry and the detachment of the 11th Irregular
Cavalry were speedily on the spot.
" The affair was a bloodless one.
" The army which will be assembled in Pegu in
the month of November will consist of more than
20,000 men—that is, six regiments of European foot,
twelve regiments of native infantry, and a full com•
plement of artillery, as well as sappers and miners.
"Ist Bengal Brigade, now at Rangoon, com-
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds. 18th
Royal Irish, 40th Native Infantry, 67th Native In-
fantry.

" 2d Bengal Brigade, to consist of her Majesty's
80th Foot, 10th Native Infantry, 4th Siekh Local
Regiment, and to be commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Dickenson.

" 3d Bengal Brigade, to consist of Ist European
Bengal Fusiliers, 37th Native Infantry, regiment of
Loodiana, and to be commanded by Lieutenant-
now at Dum-Dum."
Colonel Huish, C. 8.; and the Light Field Battery

The following is the letter of a correspondent at
Bombay, dated September 1
"I mentioned in my last that the Commodore had
dispatched a flotilla, consisting of five light steamers,
under the command of Captain Tarleton, to survey
the Irrawaddy as far as Prome, and to ascertain the
position and proceedings of the enemy. General
Godwin appears to have been opposed to the proceed-
ing. 'Unfortunately,' says the Friend of India,
that kind of misunderstanding between the military
and naval commanders, which seems inseparable from
all our expeditions in which they are conjointly em-
ployed, appears to have broken out on the present
occasion at Rangoon. The Commodore was there-
fore obliged to undertake this enterprise, not only
without any co-operation, but, if we are to judge
from the letters sent round by various correspondents
to various journals, amid much disapprobation.' It
is stated that the Commodore had for some time
urged the advantage of en immediate advance during
the monsoon, and by water, and that he had
guaranteed to land 2,000 men at Prome within
five days; but it is understood that General
Godwin was desirous of an undivided triumph, and
that he considered the advance should be made
entirely by land, and declined the responsibility
of moving forward at all until the dry weather had
set in, and the force under his command had been
trebled. The Governor- General's visit to Rangoon
is supposed to have bad reference to those differences
of opinion between the two commanders, and from
the circumstance of a portion of the troops which, at
General Godwin's requisition had been placed in
orders for Burmah, having been countermanded since
Lord Dalhousie's return, and from the collection of
boats and other preparations at Rangoon, it is surmised
that the Governor-General has adopted the Commo-
dore's views rather than those of General Godwin.
Captain Tarleton's flotilla advanced without opposi-
tion until, at Kenney Gewn, a small battery opened
on them; the steamers stopped and returned the
compliment, but finding after half an hour's firing
that they were unable to make any impression
they proceeded on their course, having bad Lieute-
nant Elliott and one private of Marines wounded.
On the following day the steamers came in sight
of A-kouk-toung, where the Burmese force for
the defence of Promo was posted. The position
was a very strong one, extending for two miles along
a rocky criff rising abruptly 200 or 300 feet above
the water on the right bank of the river. It was de-
fended by 35 heavy guns, which completely com-
manded the channel, there 400 or 500 yards wide.
The position was held by a force said to have been
originally 40,000 men, under a son of the great Bun-
doola of the former war, but from desertion, caused
by the scarcity of provisions incidental to our com-
mand of the river, the force by the time of the arrival
of the steamers had become very much reduced—the
highest estimates stating it at only 10,000 men, and
the lowest at 2,000.
" To have forced their way past this strong posi-
tion,' writes an officer who was present, the steamers
would have found a difficult undertaking ; from its
height our guns could not have been sufficiently ele-
vated, while, from the strength of the current,
the vessels would have been, for a couple of hours,
exposed to the fire of thirty-five pieces of ordnance.
Fortunately, just as they were entering the pas-
sage, a native came off, and loffered ,to show a
small creek (forming an eastern channel, made by a
long island opposite the Burmese position), through
which they could pass, which offer was gladly ac-
cepted, and the steamers entered the river again far
to the north of, and well clear of A-kouk-toung.
The following morning they were off Prome, and
not an armed man to be seen. Information soon
came off that all the troops had gone to A-kouk-
toung, never dreaming that we could give them the
slip as had been done. Offers were readily made to '
show where the guns were. Accordingly, a party
was landed, who quietly and unmolestedly took pos-
session of 23, consisting of 42, 32, 24, and 12-
pounders. The 20 iron guns were destroyed and
thrown into the river, and the three brass ones sent
down to Rangoon. The following morning the
whole commenced their return, and as they approached
A-kouk-toung considerable anxiety was felt to see if
the enemy bad moved over to line the creek, but no
such attempt had been made.' On clearing the
creek, Captain Tarleton surprised the rear of Bun-
doola's army, with a large number of war-boats
and state barges, in the act of being transported to
the left bank of le river, evidently with the intention
of marching up to the protection of Prome. His
troops were found in confused masses in boats, and
along each aide of the river, and the shot and shell
from the steamers told fearfully on them, and spread
dismay among the Burmese ranks; those in the boats
jumped overboard, and every man hastened to flee.
Between 40 and 50 boats containing warlike stores
were captured, set on fire, and totally destroyed. In
repassing the formidable-looking works of A-kouk-
toung Captain Tarleton observed that they had a de-
serted appearance, and that the guns seemed to have
been carried away; he therefore landed with a party
to reconnoitre, and found that the troops had all
marched away to defend Prome, but had not carried
away the guns, which were merely withdrawn from
the embrasures, and laid down behind the parapet, so as
not to be visible from the river. The guns, 28 in
number, were immediately taken possession of,
and put on board the steamers; thus making
a total of 56 guns taken at and near Prome, which
it is remarked must be a pretty good drain on the
Burmese Ordnance Department ; seventeen war-
boats were also taken found moored to the bank, some
containing gunpowder. Much powder and other
military stores were also destroyed at Prome, the in-
habitants assisting voluntarily in their destruction,
and also in removing the guns. Captain Tarleton
was informed at Prome that there were no Burmese
troops or other preparations for resistance between
that place and Ava, and that, in fact, the Burmese
did not expect the progress of the English to be more
rapid than in the last war, and bad, therefore, as yet,
organised no means of resistance in the upper country.
Prome is within five days' steaming of Ass, but
Captain Tarleton had positive orders
to advance no
further than the former place. The inhabitants of
Prome stated that the price of rice bad risen at Ave
from lr. to sr. a basket, in consequence of our com-
mand of the river. The natives continue to assist
us by every means in their power. The entire
body of the people, says the correspondent of the
Englishman, as one man, long for our rule ; indeed
it is well known, that the Kariens had been
in the habit for some time past of meeting in the
jungles at night, at certain appointed times, and pray-
ing together that the British might come and wrest
their country from the Burmese, their cruel masters,
and impose on them their own mild and just govern-
ment.' The Governor-General left Calcutta on the
21st of July, and returned on the 6th of August.
Numerous councils were held during his visit to
Rangoon. Nothing authentic has oozed out as to
what took place at these meetings with reference to
an immediate advance. As usual in such cases, there
is no lack of reports on both sides of the question,
some of them very circumstantial. The correspondent
of the Englishman says :—' It is pretty well known
here that the Governor-General intimated to the
General his wish that troops should be sent to retake
and occupy Promo, as soon as arrangements would

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hold himself responsible for anything done before De.
cember. It remains to be seen whose will will prevail.'
In another part of this letter he, however, writes, 'lt
is evident that preparations are being made, by the
getting ready of boats, for a move up to Prome as
soon as some more troops came round. The Goung,,
or head man of Kemendine, has, under orders of the
Commodore, collected already 80 large boats; and
the correspondent of the Calcutta Morning Chronicle
states that a force consisting of the 18th Royal Irish
and the 40th Native Infantry is to leave Rangoon
shortly for the purpose of retaking and garrisoning
the city of Prome. Other accounts state that General
Godwin's views will be adopted in their integrity.
According to the Bombay Time: an army of 20,000
men, consisting of 6 European and 12 Native Infantry
regiments, with a full complement of artillery, sappers
and miners, and comprising three Bengal and three
Madras brigades, under the command of two generals
of division, and the whole under General Godwin,
will be assembled at Pegue in the month of November.
On the 4th of August the correspondent of the
Englishman writes—' The general expectation which
had been so highly raised that an immediate advance
on Frame by troops in steamers would be made has
been dashed to the ground, and every one is distil)•
pointed and dissatisfied at the dilatory line of policy
that seems to guide the movers of this expedition. It
is not considered safe to withdraw troops from Ran-
goon so long as a large body of the enemy are at
Shway-gyn, where they are said to be in great force.
The first thing to be done will be to drive the Bur-
mese from that position; at any rate, to keep them in
check, while a simultaneous advance is to be made
upwards from this. Shway-gyn is in the Sittang
river, to the north-east of Pegue.' . 'lt is now
pretty well known here that no advance from this place
on Prome can be made till instructions are received
from the home authorities by the Governor-General
to that effect. It seems odd that the Governor-
General of India should not be invested with sufficient
authority to enable him to carry on a war in an
enemy's country as he thinks fit. Much precious
time is now being lost.' In advocating delay, a land
advance, and the necessity of large reinforcements,
General Godwin seems to stand quite alone at Ran-
goon. The current report that the Commodore has
declared that, if permitted, he would do all that is re-
quired with his blue jackets alone, is probably with-
out foundation, but the Burmese military correspon-
dents of the Indian papers (some of them officers
on the staff of the expedition) all agree in repre-
senting the sense of the force to be unanimous
in favour of an immediate advance to Prome
with such troops as are at present available.
There is not,' says one of them, one dissenting
voice on the prevailing topic of conversation in Ran-
goon—that there is much valuable time being unne-
cessarily lost in not at once, indeed, in not having
ere this, occupied Prome;' and, writing of an antici-
pated reinforcement of five regiments only, another
letter says, The more the merrier, but the work
might be done with half the number, if they would
only set about it at once. Time, valuable time, is
being lost; the waters of the Irrawaddy will soon
begin to fall, and, unless we look sharp about it,
Prome and every other inhabited place will be burnt.
Notwithstanding the contradictory nature of these
reports, the impression is general that two or three
regiments will be immediately advanced to re-occupy
Prome, and that the majority of the troops in orders
for Burmah will stand fast, the five or six regiments
only that are nearest the points of embarkation being
immediately pushed on to Rangoon. It is surmised
that as soon as the earlier of these arrive an expedition
will be dispatched to disperse the Burmese force at
Shway-gyn, and to occupy that post, and also Pegue,
and that, leaving a small garrison at Rangoon, the re-
maining troops will be pushed on to Prome, and as
much higher as possible by water before the river falls.
" By the latest accounts Commodore Lambert, ac-
companied by Captain Rundall, of the Madras En-
gineers, was immediately to proceed in the Phlege-
thon towards Prome, on a reconnoisance, and it was
expected the reoccupation of that place in force will
immediately follow. It is not expected that more
than 6,000 at most of 12,000 additional troops asked
for by General Godwin, and in orders, will be actually
embarked. All fears of troops being required to
repel an invasion of Assam have been terminated by
the spirited manner in which our frontier ally the
Raja of Munipore has organized a force to bar the
the passage of a Burmese army through his territo-
ries. It is presumed that his exertions will be ulti-
mately rewarded by a slice of Burmese territory.
" There is no other public news of importance.
Mr. H. W. Torrens, of the Bengal Civil Service, is
dead.

" The trade of the port has opened pretty briskly,
and a considerable amount of business has been done
during the month. Money is abundant. Emigra-
tion from Bombay to Australia is about to commence,
and the ship Runnymede leaves on the 25th for Vic-
toria with a pretty large number of adventurers,
among whom are several Anglo-Indian families."

THE BURMESE WAR.
(From the Bombay Times.)
SUMMARY.—The intelligence from Burmah, dis-
patched by the present mail from Bombay, though
auspicious, is antiquated ; all of importance we have
to tell will have reached home already, and we only
now revert to the capture of Prome, in which we must
have been anticipated by contemporaries, to keep the
thread of our narrative unbroken through our files.
The month of August has, in consequence of the
monsoon, been without a single direct dispatch from
Bombay. Our last Summary bore date 24th July,
and gave tidings from Rangoon to the 22d of June.
At the date referred to the Governor-General was
on the eve of visiting Burmah. He left Calcutta on
the 21st of July, and returned on the 6th of August;
and General Godwin had sent in a requisition, now
iis process of being complied with, for an addition
of 12,000 men to the force under his com-
mand. Prome was occupied on the 9th of July.
Twenty-two guns, many of large calibre, were
taken from the enemy by the steam flotilla in the
Irrawaddy under the command of J. W. Tarleton,
R.N. Flotilla attacked on the 7th by a strong force
of the enemy at Konongee. Silenced enemy's fire in
an hour, and the steamers proceeded. On the 10th
fell in with the rear of General Bandola's army, and
after an exchange of shots the enemy fled in great
confusion, leaving the General's state barge, standard,
two gold umbrellas, several large war canoes, and 90
prisoners in our possession. Casualties—Lieut. I.
Elliott, Royal Marines; Mr. I. Morgan, assistant sur-
geon, her Majesty's steamer Fox, Mr. Hunter, 1.N.,
wounded severely ; Mr. Brayer, mate, 1.N., slightly.
Twenty-eight guns were taken. The London jour-
nals still speak of the risks and delays attending or
likely to attend our operations, while we see a little
body of sailors sent out to survey the river, taking a
town or so, and taking away with them a dozen or
two of cannons, just as it were by way of pas-
time, and to show the Burmese the irresis-
tibility of our flotilla and contemptibleness
of their defences against steam. regn and Prome
have thus both been taken without resistence by
bodies of men too small to keep them, and whose oc-
cupation of outposts so remote formed no part of the
plan of the campaign; and so far as it appears, Capt.
Tarleton might have presented himself before the
palace gates of Ave, and shown the sovereign the
senselessness of resistance, in half the time he took in
ascending from Rangoon to Prome. A force, consist-
ing—according to the Calcutta Morning Chronicle's
correspondent—of the 18th Royal Irish and the 40th
Native Infantry, is to leave Rangoon shortly for the
purpose of retaking and garrisoning the city of
Prom. The troops continued as healthy as could be
expected, though a considerable number of the Eu-
ropeans were laid up with dysentery. The 18th and
wing of the 80th Foot had moved into the new bar-
racks prepared for them. After an interval of dry
weather, heavy rain had fallen on the 31st July ; th!
surrounding country was a perfect swamp. There bar!
been a grand display on the landing of the Governo
General on the morning of the 28th July. During
..
his Lordship's stay at Rangoon several consultations
had been held, the last having taken 0508 with the
heads of departments on the 31st, just before proceed-
ing on board the Fox to hold council with Com-
modore Lambert ; but nothing
ine dispatc
had
,?aoLzed.out as to
what took place at these meetings.. h of
the troops, above referred to, is believed to have re-
sultedlt is said that no advance
from one of them.
is to be made from Promo till the reinforcements
from Madras and Calcutta have reached Rangoon.
The markets were well supplied with provisions of all
kinds at moderate rates, and everything continued
quiet at Rangoon and in the surrounding country.
Several attempts had been made to surprise Martaban ;
the Burmese fled on the discharge of the first round
of Artillery with which they were greeted. Corn-
modore Lambert, accompanied by Captain Randall, of
the Madras Engineers, were shortly to proceed in
the Phlegethon towards Prome, the greater portion of
which town was reported to have been destroyed by
fire by the Burmese. A like fate had befallen the
large town of Donabew. The enemy had taken up a
position on the hill commanding the former city, but
were reported to have only two guns to defend it. By
the Ist October it was expected the town would be
garrisoned by 6,000 British soldiers : the people were
anxiously looking out for us to advance and take
possession of their country.. The wing of her

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MONEY-MARKET.
(From the 24th of July to the 31st of August inclusive.)
As in the West, so in the East, money increases is
abundance. A few days back the Bank of Bombay
lowered their rates of interest 1 per cent., and they now
lend on Government Securities at 3 per cent. per annum.
We notic a meeting of proprietors of this institution is
convene r to-morrow, " for tho purpose of taking
into cons eration a proposal for an application to Go-
vernment for a modification of the present Charter Act
3of 1840." It is understuod the meaning of this is,
that they may be permitted to deal in exchanges with
England, &c. and we have little hesitation in saying
that the lion. Court of Directors will refuse to accede to
any such request. There are many objections to their
being permitted to do a business in exchange; but what
will weigh most wish the East India Company in their
refusal to allow it is the fact that the chartered banks
at the Presidencies aro the only ones who lend on
Company's paper, and thereby keep up its respectabi-
lity and value. Again, the Bank of Bombay bas a
monopoly of the note circulation which by last pub-
lished returns amounted to upwards of 400,0001.! and
if they are to be allowed to send their money to Eng-
land pay
capital being all called
up, their notes when a
'
irresponsible for anything be-
yond? During the last four or five years, we believe,
they have been " run" upon four times. Viewing the
matter,therefore,dhelsewhere,e shareholders
r uponeh
ion l d
a them,
l os iittho
interest of the public that the Bank be restricted to local
investments, and if they manage so as to inspire confi-
dence in borrowers, we do not imagine they will have
reason to complain of small profits.
The Agra and United Service Multi are paying a
dividend for the half-year ended the 30th of June at the
rate of 9 per cent. per annum.
Share!, Company's paper, and securities generally
maintain their value, and we quote current rates as fol-
lows:

Transfer Loan at 115
Sicca Fives... ... at 110
Sicca Fours ... ... ... at 95i
Company's Fives ... 'at 107
Company's Fours ... 92
Bank of Bombay Shares ... ... at 19 per c..nt. prem.
Oriental Bank Corporation Shares at 44 per cent. prem
Commercial Bank Shares... ... at 9 per cent. prem:
Agra Bank Shares... ... ... at 21 per cent. prem
Railway Shares ... ... at 18 per cent. prem'

CALCUTTA.
(From Campbell's Overland Price Current, Aug. 19.)
The express with the Ist of July overland mail made
its appearance on the night of the 16th inst. The com-
mercial intelligence which it conveyed shows that busi-
ness in general was proceeding less actively than before,
doubtless owing to the agitation created by the elections.
Consumption, however, continued favourable, and gene-
rally the stocks of colonial produce in the warehouses
were less than they were at the same period in the pre-
vious year.

Here the high rates of freight and the unsettled state
of exchange have tended to curtail operations in country
produce, although a fair business has been done in sugars,
and as much i❑ raw silk as the supplies, which have been
short, owing to the failure of the July band, would ad-
mit of. The transactions in rice, saltpetre, (=ails, saf-
flower, and jute for the British market have been limited.
Hides continuo in active request; and oilseeds have boon
going forward in fair quantities. The smaller articles of
export, generally, have been neglected.
In our import market a better tone is apparent, ao•
companied by an improved demand. Grey shirting ad-
vanced two annas per piece, but afterwards dropped one
anna. White figured skirtings are in bettor inquiry at
improved value. Low white cambrics are rather more
saleable at better prices. Low grey madapolloms are
also a shade better. The finer sorts of jacconets are
neglected, but the coarser descriptions are in good in-
quiry. Mule twist maintains its value, and the deli-
veries continue satisfactory, while stocks are decreasing.
A large sale of British Turkey red dye is reported at
the low value of 14 annas per lb. Copper is in active
request, and sheathing has advanced to 38r. per md. Iron
and spelter are in good demand. Lead and tin plates
are inactive.

Exchange has been fluctuating between 2-0 i to 2-0/
for credits—sometimes tending up, and sometimes down.
It is understood that the business done for this mail has
not been large. At going to press there was very little
doing, and it remained doubtful whether any change
would occur, buyers and sellers seeming apparently
indifferent with respect to the transaction of business.
Bank of England post bills, payable at sight, were offer-
ing at 2.0 i to 2-oi. Exchange with China is 222 r. to
224 r. per 100 dolls., with documents of opium, and with
cotton and saltpetre documents 218 r. to 220 r.
The money market continues well supplied, and loans
are still procurable on easy terms. The share market
remains firm. The directors of the India General River
Steam Company have published their report for the six
months of 1852, in which they state their intention of
proposing, at the coming meeting, a dividend of 30r. per
share. The shares of this company have advanced to
350 r. each, and are not easily procurable. Company's
paper has slightly fallen in value, and New Fives now
stand at
.6 per cent. premium.

Freights have kept pretty well up to our former quo-
tations. They now are 41. 10s. to, 41. 15s. sugar, and
41. be. naltpetro, to London.

The general prospects of the indigo crop have not
improved since the date of our last report. Jessore is
closing with, if any difference, smaller expectations than
those entertained 12 days ago. No improvement has
taken place in the hopes of the Purneah, Bhaugulpore,
Burdwan, and Bhaguretty planters—whose prospects
ate now unfortunately placed beyond the influence of the
finest weather. Maldah, as we stated before, has closed
fairly, and Dacca has finished with nearly as much as
she made last year. The Tirhoot planters continue to
write despondingly of their prospects; the returns from
the first cuttings there are estimated at scarcely half of
those of the preceding season, and it is apprehended that
the second cuttings will not prove productive. The whole
of this district, it is supposed, will not yield more than
15,000 or 16,000 mds. against 30,000 last year; indeed,
we have seen some estimates somewhat lower. We now
turn with pleasure to the bright side of the picture.
Kishnaghur is at full work, manufacturing under favour-
able atmospheric influences, and the yield from the vats
is more than ordinarily abundant. Oar advices from
the upper provinces are also of a cheerful tenour, and
they are getting very good produce there also. As we
said on a former occasion, we have lost all faith in esti-
mates and distrust appearances; we are, therefore, ex-
tremely reluctant to give any figured opinion as to final
results, but we may venture to state that, taking into
consideration the reduction which must undoubtedly
be made in the produce of Jessore, Burdwan, Bhaugni-
pore, the Baugerutty factories, Purneah, and Tirboot as
compared with last season, allowing 2,ooomds. 0r
3,oooreds. more for the Agra Presidency, an equal
quantity as in 1851-52 for Maldah and Rishnaghur,
and a little less for Dacca and the extreme casters dis-
tricts, it is evident that a large slice must be taken frost
last year's figure of 131,000mds. The bet informed par-
ties are of opinion that the total out-turn will be about
1,05,000md5., and we are ourselves inclined to the same
opinion (of course allowing a margin of a few thousand
maunds either way for the chances of the weather), but
we would advise our friends rather to judge for them-
than from any esti-
sme lavteess f
fr
roomm t
thhei
sfqacsatsriaorb.ove given

OF THE TERMINUS OF SHE
NORTHERN RAILWAY.
°P:2O2VoGIiVpORtiGEinAg GREAT NORTHERN
the stupendous railway terminus at
lineform to,
thosebrin
King's-cross for public traffic and business is now defi-
nitivelyl
,I it e wass s r s. intendedjfia fixed eadndf thisotrhcaot.
:p es dayrhfeo
urml
should
performed
e theiro pfortnight,end epdtalhraoetrl
001,8 f trbhi
dot instant.
hedyei
letirisot.
the Ist of October, and although the contractors, the
tract by having a line laid to enable the engineers of_t .
opportunity.
bring a n enginegentlemen dida c 1
inotri traing
themselvesoskrirniooffif
north-westernic
e os.
grossing. The southern facade and termind d s o t •
ival 8° oparture
semi-circular arches forming the arr
sheds have beaceegnse ort
taoipointdhl ye pro
h
also nearly completed. At the
meTnheareeviednegn
out a
_ne substan
_ the top of weieh is a glass
granite paving al
which
roundthel aywtihnietghog
vehiclescompletionlarank
ateovoes:tnol
the
mtni
hno_
coming
fronts of
000fdtphaeyibnugilfdoirn.gthe
cab
ran
t-eastern side
oe
entrance
ttrhaenteeermtoinu
thes ibonoriDr° °a there is being erected a
rail-
way with passeqr will pass, so that persons will
be enabled to alight in wet weather entirely under
In the. grand hall
cover. appropriated as the pay-
office, the paying department has been erected, and
consists of an elegant piece of workmanship of oak pa-
tvaenryttgh elegantt
under colonnade,
nailing, whilst the waiting-rooms and their ceilings are
being elegantly painted in encaustic, in much the
ogle style as the walls and ceilings of the colonnade of
the New
Royal Exchange. The gas fittings are very
elegant, and the lanthorns on the platforms are of very
large dimensions, and in consequence of the immense
width of each shod a line of gas posts has been erected
in the centre of the rails. The arrangements for the
laying on and management of the gas are being carried
out under the direction of the Superintendent of the
Imperial Gas Company, and it is understood that at least
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred gas lights
will be required to light the station even for temporary
purposes, bat that ultimately double that number willeobe.
tors will go over the line and inspect the laying
required. It is expected that the Government inos
rails in the new tunnel under the liegent's•canal in the
course of to-day or to-morrow.
. lPth. e

During the past week proposals for several small
metropolitan lines have made their appearance. The Wim-
bledon and Croydon, with a capital of 4 5,5001., Lye and a
half miles long, will pass through Merton, Morden, and
Mitcham, and a working arrangement is to be entered iutO
with the South-Western and _Brighton Railways, so as to
secure a minimum dividend of 4 per cent. The Woodford*
with a capital of 120,000/, will be under six miles in length,
and will connect that place with the Blackwell line, passing
through Snaresbrook, Wsuastead, Walthamstow, Leyton-
stone, and Layton. The Vauxhall and Sydenham, with a
capital of 280,0001., is to be about five miles long, passing
from the South-Western station at Vauxhall, through Stock-
well, Brixton, and
, to the Dartmouth Arms station,
D
on the Brighton Railwaulwichy, and the shareholders are to enjoy
a gurantee (secured by invested capital) of 5 per cent.
until the opening of the line and for seven years thereafter.
together with half of any surplus profits. Finally, the West'
end of London and Crystal Palace Railway is to cost
386,000/., and to pass over a distance of rather more than
six miles from Battersea Park-bridge, through Clapharat
"KT,.---, Palstra.