The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1853.

' Admiral CORRY has no more chance of smelling
gunpowder than his brother in arms, Admiral
DUNDAS, the Channel Fleet being merely ordered
for a cruize on this side of the Gut of Gibraltar.
And so doubts are endeavoured to be infused
into our exultation at the first glimpse of a nobler
and more befitting policy on the part of
her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. It be-
hoves every one, therefore, still to watch with
jealous eyes the variable turns and fluctuations of
the Ministerial kaleidoscope. Vigilant—to detect
what new pattern may be formed out of the parti-
coloured contents of the Cabinet, the black, and
white, and blue, and yellow of the Whig-Radical-
Peelite-Conservative Administration. Events
must yet justify the panegyric pronounced upon
_the Earl of CLARENDON with so much fervour and
magnanimity by his illustrious predecessor in the
direction of the affairs of the Foreign Depart-
ment. Notwithstanding the manly opinions
avowed at Greenock by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and
the generous views enunciated at Perth by
Viscount PALXER,STON—DOtWithstanding even
the orders sent to Admiral DUNDAS, and the
instructions forwarded to Lord STRATFORD—
it remains yet to be demonstrated whether
Lord CLARENDON has indeed " penetration to see
where the interests and the honour and the safety
of the country are to be sought, that he has
e andra thato
sagacity to discover the proper means for pre-
serving and maintaining those interests,
n e
et
he has firmness and energy and
pursue the right course to arrive at a successful
and perfect result." Happily the Noble Lord the
member for Tiverton did not content himself with
pronouncing this vague or rather generalised
eulogium upon his successor. He spoke
somewhat more to the purpose when he declared
_cc if my noble friend (Lord CLARENDON)
receives—as lam sure he will—the cordial, the
generous support of the country, you may depend
upon it that he will not disappoint the just ex-
pectations of his countrymen. (Loud cheering.)"
In this assurance there is more than may be con-
jectured by the superficial. The policy of the
Coalition—as intimated by Lord PALMERSTON—
is dependent entirely upon the views expressed
by the population. It is because we re-
cognise, to the full, the force of this
remarkable declaration—it is because we believe
that the policy of the Cabinet may be moulded to
any shape by the resolute will of the general mul-
titude—it is because, while convinced of this, we
are satisfied as to the tendency of the popular
aspirations—that we are disposed to exult with
what might otherwise appear overweening
confidence in the bolder, and manlier, and
more chivalric course which we trust will
now be really adventured upon by her Bri-
tannic MAJESTY'S Government. Otherwise ex-
pressed, our opinion amounts to this—that Eng-
land will be true to herself in the present emer-
gency, and that her children hold in their grasp,
so to speak, the destinies of Europe, because
endowed with the capacity of moulding to their
pleasure the foreign policy of the plastic Coalition.
A substantial guarantee of this policy becoming
thus more honourable, more resolute, and more
liberalised, might be furnished, of course at once,
by the " excellent" ABERDEEN'S resignation—no
matter whether that resignation were spontaneous
or compulsory.

The Recorder of the City of London has made
a brilliant discovery. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man has ascertained that the Legislature and the
public journals have for some time past been la-
bouring under a very serious error in supposing
that assaults on women, more particularly of
husbands on wives, were on the increase. He
then declared that he " did not find the slightest
evidence of any increase of that description. On
the contrary, there was reason to believe—and
this was not his own opinion only, but the
opinion of all the officers of the Court—that the
great improvement which had recently taken
place amongst the classes where these outrages
upon the wife were generally found, had tended
materially to reduce this character of offence !"
From these views of the supposed facts he ar-
rived at the conclusion that " it would not be ne-
cessary or wise to call upon the Legislature to
magnify the punishment which attached to these
cases, as that would only increase the indisposi-
tion of the wife or her friends to prosecute ;"
adding—" It would be much safer and more pru-
dent to let the law remain as it was ; and he was
satisfied that, combined with the power which
public opinion exercised over the minds of per-
sons who were predisposed to resort to acts of
violence against their wives, it would be found
sufficient to meet all exigencies !"
Now, this was not an opinion hastily or reck-
lessly put forward, or without full and ample con-
sideration. The most solemn occasion was se-
lected for its enunciation, when no views that
were not the result of mature deliberation would
be put forward. It was in the Charge to the
Grand Jury, at the Central Criminal Court,
that the Right Honourable Gentleman made the
above statements, as the result not only of his
own great experience, but also as that of all the
officers of the Court of which he was Chief Judge.
It may also be assumed that those officers unani-
mously concurred with him as to the impropriety
and impolicy of sanctioning any alteration in the
law which would impose more stringent punish-
ments on that class of offenders. Such views
must carry with them peculiar weight, if well
founded, and as unfortunately, we find ourselves
compelled to differ therefrom tote ceelo, and to
record the reasons for that dissent. We do so, not
in any invidious spirit towards the Learned
Gentleman, for whom, in his judicial, as well as
in his individual capacity, we entertain un-
feigned respect, but simply because we feel it to
be an imperative duty not to permit such asser-
tions which may hereafter be repeated iu
Parliament, to pass without notice or contra-
diction at the time of their dissemination.

Let us then see how the state of the case really
stood on the very day when the Right Honour-
able and Learned Gentleman put forward these
extraordinary statements, when he did not find
the slightest evidence of any increase, but, in com-
mon with all the officers of his court, thought
that " the great improvement which had taken
place amongst the classes where these outrages
upon the wife were generally found, had tended
materially to reduce this character of offence ! "
The first case which he would look to in the calen-
dar placed before him, as involving the most exem-
plary punishment, the only case which he himself
deemed it expedient to refer to, was that of
THOMAS Monßs, who was capitally charged for the
murder of his wife. The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had evidently perused attentively the de-
positions taken before the Coroner, for he in-
formed the Grand Jury that, " if the evidence at
all bore out the statement, they would have no
difficulty in returning a true bill against the
Prisoner. We shall not enter into the facts of
this horrible case, further than to state that it
was distinctly shown that the prisoner had long
e of habitual ill-treatment of his
pursued a emirs
unfortunate wife, so much so, that he was known
in the noighbouruoo d, by the soubriquet of
" General HAYNAU" _that name being con-
sidered, in the district, as synonymous with
woman-flogger. It was
the continued indulgence
of his brutal propensities with impunity that led
to the last deplorable tragedy, when the un-
o the
gending woman met a violent and sudden death,
and husband has been committed to stand his
trial for the highest crime known to the law,
and
which, if convicted,
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On the same day that by a painful
and ignominious death
the Right Honourable
must
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Gentleman delivered that extraordinary charge,
the adjourned inquest on the body of ELIZABETH
HAYES was resumed and concluded, when a ver-
dict of "wilful murder" was returned against
JAMES HAYES, the husband of the unfortunate
deceased, who was therefore committed to New-
;ate to stand his trial at the Central Criminal
,
Court. It was clearly shown that the accused
kad, on the night of her death, violently assaulted
her in the public market ; that he knocked her
clown twice with his fist; that, when she got up
the second time, she ran behind a person named
TAYLOR, for protection, who told her to go from
behind him, as he thought the husband might

fancy that he (TAYLOR) was harbouring his wife,
and would attack him. The poor miserable crea-
ture, who was thus refused the slightest assistance
or protection, ran through the market, and the
prisoner after her, threatening, with an oath, that
he would kick out her brains, and declaring that
he would do for her that night. Nor did he re-
strict himself to abuse, for it appeared that he
kicked at her several times. We shall not
further allude to the after proceedings, as
they must undergo future investigation ; and
it is neither our desire nor intention in any
way to prejudice the verdict of the jury.
It is sufficient, for the purpose of our argument,
to show that there had been gross ill-usage pre-
vious to the death, and that, but for that ill-
usage, the solemn inquiry would not be required
that may terminate in the awful sentence of death
on a fellow-creature.

At the very same time, a miscreant named
DAVID MURPHY, to whose atrocious and unpro-
voked outrage on his inoffensive wife we have
already directed public attention, was lying un-
der remand from the Southwark Police Court,
the injuries inflicted on the unfortunate wo-
man having been so serious that the presid-
ing Magistrate, Mr. COMBS, declined to ad-
judicate summarily on the case. It will be
in the remembrance of our readers that the
wretched creature had remained five hours con-
cealed under the bed, to escape the unprovoked
and causeless wrath of the ruthless savage ; and
that when she was at length discovered, her first
exclamation was—" Spare my life, and let me
go !" Her life has been fortunately spared, but
it was not owing to the forbearance of her brutal
assailant, who, but for the prompt assistance ren-
dered to his victim, might have had to appear at
the bar of the Old Bailey to answer for his
offer ce. As it was he was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment, with hard labour—a very inade-
quate punishment for his crime, but all that the
presiding Magistrate was empowered to inflict.
On the same day, a man named GEORGE QUEN-
NELL—who had been frequently punished for
similar outrages—committed a violent and un-
provoked assault on ELIZABETH QUENNELL, his
wife. The attack was of the most brutal cha-
racter, the ruffian having kicked her in the most
furious manner, until the blood flowed rapidly
from her wounds. The miserable sufferer was
taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where but little
hope was entertained of her recovery for some
days, and where she still lies unable to attend
before the Magistrate. The man who had vowed
at the altar to love and cherish her, and who thus
discharged his solemn obligation, has been twice
remanded to await her recovery, before the final
decision of the Magistrate shall be pronounced.
On the same day, Monday, the I9th instant,
HUGH WHITE, a labourer, residing at Cottage-
place, Commercial-road, Lambeth, made a most
violent assault upon ANNE WHIT; his wife, to
whom he had been many years married, and by
whom he had several children. The attack in
this, as in the other instances, had been made
without the slightest provocation. The unfortu-
nate woman had her skull seriously fractured, and
received other injuries of so formidable a charac-
ter that her life was despaired of, and in fact she
still lies in a very precarious state. When assist-
ance came, the wife was found lying on the floor
insensible and weltering in her blood, while her
assailant, who probably thought that he had mur-
dered his victim, was endeavouring to anticipate
the work of the public executioner by strangling
himself with his own handkerchief. He still re-
mains under remand, to abide the result of the
injuries which he inflicted on his chosen partner
for life.

On the same day, at Clerkenwell Police Court,
many unfortunate women were to be seen linger-
ing about its purlieus, with features cut and
bruised, betokening the handiwork of some heart-
less scoundrels. It was described as " a sickening
sight" to behold the state to which they had been
reduced by the cowardly and unmanly wretches
with whom their lots were cast. Two charges
only were heard. In the first, JAMES MARKLIN
was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with
hard labour, for assaulting his wife and her
mother. lie had come home drunk, and, accord-
ing to custom, commenced abusing his wife. She
attempted to soothe him, and for a time suc-
ceeded ; but while she was feeding him with some
dinner, and endeavouring to restore his good
humour, he suddenly pushed her from him, struck
her down with a blow over the right eye, causing
the blood to flow, and afterwards, while she was
prostrate on the ground, and altogether helpless,
he beat her on various parts of her body, black-
ening it with almost every hit or kick. Her
mother, who came to her assistance, was forthwith
knocked down by a blow of a poker. The
face of the unfortunate complainant was fright-
fully disfigured with cuts and bruises, and
her dress besmeared with blood. The second case
was that of a miscreant named MICHAEL KELLY,
who was sent to the treadmill for two months, for
a brutal assault on CATHERINE HOLMES, who had
lived with him as his wife for a considerable time,
and by whom he had been entirely supported ;
the cause of the outrage was, that she had no
money to give him to squander in drink. When
these cases had been adjudicated on, the remain-
ing cases were withdrawn by the sufferers, in the
vain hope that their respective assailants would
profit by the examples they had witnessed, and
thenceforward abstain from such wanton violence.

On the same day, JAMES BARRETT was sen-
tenced by Alderman CUBITT, at the Guildhall, to
six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for a
violent assault on CATHERINE, his wife, committed
during their Sunday dinner. Her eye was black-
ened, and she was otherwise severely injured. On
a former occasion he had broken several of her
ribs, and she was six weeks in the hospital in con-
sequence.

On the same clay, TIMOTHY DOWNEY violently
assaulted CATHERINE DUNN, with whom he had
for some time cohabited, and also MARGARET
LYONS, and Police-constable POTTER. The unfor-
tunate woman gave her evidence with great reluc-
tance ; but it clearly appeared that she had been
subjected to a long-continued and unvarying
course of brutal ill-treatment. The others had
come to her assistance, and were also assaulted by
the infuriated scoundrel.

The above sickening details are not mere fancy
statements. They are selected from the records
of public tribunals, and are the occurrences of a
single day, of the day when the Recorder of
London declared from the judicial bench, that
" he did not find the slightest evidence of any
increase of assaults by husbands on wives, and
that it was his own opinion and the opinion of all
the officers of the Court, that the great improve-
ment which had taken place amongst the classes
where these outrages on the wife were generally
found, had tended materially to reduce this cha-
racter of offence !" We place the simple
array of stubborn facts against this experience,
and invite the community in general to decide
between us and the Right Hon. and Learned
Gentleman, supported though he be by all the
officers of the Court, and to declare whether it is
expedient to provide further and more efficient
remedies for the purpose of checking the dis-
gusting and disgraceful evil which has spread out
to such formidable dimensions.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—THE EX-QUEEN OF THE FRENCH
AND ROYAL FAMILY.—The ex-Queen of the French,
Marie Amelie, the Prince and Princess de Joinville,
Count de Martinique, General Dumas, L'Abbe Guelle,
Mdlle. St. Aubin, Mdlle. de Massy, M. Trognon, &c.,
who arrived here on Sunday by the City of London
steamer, left yesterday morning by the 10.25 express
train for London ; the ex-Queen having sufficiently
recovered from her illness. The ex-Royal family at-
tended divine service at the Catholic chapel, at Stone-
house, previous to their departure.
THE BREVET.—We have authority to state that a
brevet upon the oth of November (Prince of 'Wales'
birthday), is positively certain, but the precise extent of
the promotion is kept a strict secret at the Horse Guards
and War-office.—Limerick Chronicle.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—This company, which some
years ago had no dividend, and desponded of ever
having one, is now paying from the revenue of the infe-
rior half of the year, a dividend at the rate.of 2 per
cent. The draft upon the balance from the former ac-
count is only about 1,200/., while the sum paid away
in the dividend is 31,000/. It is not long since the stock
of this company was scarcely saleable at 15 per cent.
The market price, even in this panic period, is now 55
per cent.
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MONEY MARKET

AND
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 American
and 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The
market closed heavy, with prices of all kinds but
little changed. The sales comprised 5,500 Ameri-
can, 120 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d.,
50 Bahia at 6gd. to 60., 306 Egyptian at 6d. to
lad., and 2,000 Surat at 3d. to 4id. per lb. Rail-
way Shares were flat, and prices declined 4 to A
per cent.
The Overland Mail has arrived at Dover.
There are more ships from Australia, and with
very late dates. The Typhoon, which we noticed
as having arrived yesterday, brings 7,373 ounces of
gold. The Marlborough, reported this morning,
is supposed to have left Melbourne about the 3rd
or sth July, and has over 7,000 ounces of gold on
board ; and the Essex, which sailed on the 2nd
July, has also gold on board, it is expected,
but the sum is not yet known. From the ac-
counts it appears that there was great activity
in the gold market the price being as high as 775.
per oz. The merchants, owing to the high rate of
exchange (2 per cent. prom.), were remitting gold
in preference to Bank bills. The diggings are re-
markably well spoken of, and the really productive
season of the year had commenced, owing to the
washing of the stuff accumulated during the first
four or five months of the year. We have not ob-
tained an inspection of letters so late as July, but
the advices of June 29 have been in our possession,
and from these it would appear that there is every
reason for congratulation as to the condition of the
colonies. It is quite true that many articles of im-
port had fallen considerably in price owing to the
want of storage room, but there were still good
profits abtained upon such manufactures as would
be shipped from England. Winter clothing, boots
and shoes, blankets, hosiery, and other similar
articles, had suffered considerably, although they
were suitable and necessary for the season. The re-
turns, which early in June would have been at least
cent. per cent. on the invoice prices, were after-
wards reckoned at 50 or even 30 per cent. In the
interest of the colonies, we cannot regret that they
should be thus reasonably supplied, for the mer-
chant will make, even under such circumstances,
enormous profits. It is so important, however, to
show precisely the state of the market, that we give
the following ample details, dated to about the
11th of June, with the remark that no very mate-
rial alteration appears to have occurred up to the
29th of that month :

"Melbourne, June 11th, 1853.
"There have been comparatively fewer arrivals and
smaller importations this last week than for some time
past, yet prices do not improve : on the contrary, they
continue to fall, and saves cannot be effected without
forcing, and even then at a sensible reduction of prices,
which are felt in almost all descriptions of materials.
As we have already remarked, breadstuffs have been
the first articles to be seriously affected, and as a matter
of course, American importers, from the extent of their
dealings, begin to feel the reduction very unplea-
santly. They already talk of not quitting their goods,
unless at remunerative prices, and bespeak their inten-
tion of rather holding on and storing. How many
more would follow in their footsteps could they store,
we need scarcely say ; but where there is no ac-
commodation, there can be no storage, and where storage
cannot be effected, even at any price, the result is too
obvious to admit of conjecture. In this respect there
has been a very narrow-sighted policy pursued by those
interested, the consequences of which are now beginning
to be painfully felt. Our merchants, in fact, have been
too much occupied in the contracted routine of their
business to exercise any expanded foresight, so as to
provide for contingencies, and far less to speculate upon
the result of emergencies not merely possible, but most
probable, particularly in isolated, dependent positions,
such as we occupy. Sufficient unto the day is the
profit thereof,' seems to have been their motto, and
they have literally acted upon it, buying and selling, and
filling and emptying their limited storehouses, as if there
never was to be a check either to the supply or
to the demand ; and as if both were to follow each
other in such beautiful rotation as just to feed,
without over-stocking, the market. Thus there
has been no provision for to-morrow's difficulties, and if
these are really at hand, which are seriously apprehended
they will tell in a manner proportionate to the want of
ordinary preparation, which has been made for them.
We wish not to exaggerate evil. We only desire to rouse
attention to the wants and necessities of our market,
well knowing that till we convince our merchants that
both their trade and profits are to be largely benefited by
a more liberal and expanded policy than they have
hitherto pursued, it would be hopeless to expect
that they will bestir themselves, or believe that they
have any other higher duties to perform than merely
to negotiate the routine of their business, with a due
regard to a large per centage on the sale of whatever
amount of goods they can command. But probably,
when their goods accumulate at the Bay without the
possibility of their being landed, unless after serious
delay and great loss ; and when after being landed
they can neither be sold nor stored, they may then begin
to discover that there are matters outside of their coun-
ters which are worthy of their attention. Then, and
not till then, shall we find full attention paid to the
questions of wharves and docks and granaries, and
every other accommodation suitable for a rising port,
which at most enterprising cities are generally the first
great points of attention, though here they have been
sadly undervalued, at least overlooked and neglected.
If, therefore, the present alarm at the want of storage,
the delay at landing, and the filthy nuisances at the land-
ing-berths, shall be the means of forcing public attention
to these important matters, one great object at length
will be gained, even though it may be at the cost of
some present suffering.

" the particulars of our weekly market may be ga-
thered from our introductory remarks. In breadstuffs
generally there has been a large fall—in American flour
particularly, but in Colonial also. The reduction in
American flour is so great that we do not venture to
quote it, but it is undoubtedly such as ought by this
time to have effected a considerable reduction to the
consumers, which it has not done, bread remaining as
dear as ever, while some kinds of flour are reduced more
than one-third in value. A short time now, however,
will test the price more accurately, both of Colonial and
American produce. In other articles, such as hay,
bran, and maize, the fall during ',the week has not been
so perceptible ; oats, too, maintain their price, but meal
has gone down very low.

" Groceries and provisions continue much the same as
we quoted them last week, though many of the items
under this head are a little lower. Hams, cheese, but-
ter, &c., are on the decline, and are now coming within
a more reasonable scope as regards price. Sugar and
coffee are in good demand, and sell well. Dried fruits
and spices also maintain their former quotations. Pickles,
preserved salmon, &c., have very much declined last
week, and, like all other articles of provision, are feeling
the full demand.

"Brandy, particularly Martell's, maintains its price,
though other qualities have somewhat fallen. Rum is
in fair demand, at least first-rate quality, but inferior
kinds are offering very low. Gin still continues at
former quotations. Whiskey, however, is falling, and
is little inquired after.
"Wines of a light description, such'as champagne and
claret, are much reduced in price, but good port and
sherry continue in demand, though they do not quote
any higher.
"Ale and beer in bulk and bottle have fallen consider-
ably. Large lots have, during the week, been forced on
the market, but they do not go off freely, and we there-
fore note a reduction in the price of this important
article of consumption.
" Winter clothing, boots and shoes, blankets, hosiery,
and other similar articles, have suffered a considerable
reduction in price, notwithstanding that they are suit-
able and necessary for the season. The returns, which
two weeks ago would have been at the rate at least of
cent. per cent, on the invoiced prices; are now reckoned
good even at one-half, or even 30 per cent. Still such
goods are in demand, and saleable at remunerative
prices.

The quantity of gold received in Melbourne
during the week, to the 11th of June, was much
larger than previously. The total quantity shipped
from Victoria in 1853, reckoned at 755. per oz.,
was about four millions sterling up to the 11th of
June. The following from the circular of Mr.
William Paterson, is dated Geelong, June 10 :

"The price has advanced this week. Considerable
competition in buying has ensued, in consequence of a
further alteration in the exchange in favour of the metal,
making it desirable for remittance at the present time,
and also that some first-class vessels are on the eve of
sailing. The price at this date stands at 76s 9d.
"The news from the Victorian diggings generally is
of the most cheering description. The total of the an-
nexed escort returns equal the most palmy days of the
bygone season. It will, however, be observed that there
is part of this delayed from last week, owing to the state
of the roads, but with last week's amount added to the
present, it tells remarkably well for a fortnight's yield,
showing that the fields are greatly improving.
" Bendigo is turning out richly, as was expected, now
that they have got plenty of water. The other adjacent
fields are simultaneously improved.
" The revival on the Balaarat side is fully confirmed.
The new gullies opened are proving rich, with every
appearance of being extensive. There is now a very
satisfied tone with the diggers there ; they believe that
their prospects are good for the winter. The escort
from Balaarat on Tuesday brought but part of the gold
lodged at the Commissioners, from being at the time
short of horses : the remainder, however, has been since
brought down, the gross amount proving a decided im-
provement for the week, and establishing the fact of
its increased yield. The Wardly Yallock, the scene of
a late rush, is now, it seems, really confirmed as a gold-
field,
ice
lacommissioner having been dispatched there to
issue

" The Wimmera is said to be a likely place ; a few at
work there speak sanguinely as to its future importance,
and say that it only requires a population in order to
rival our most celebrated fields. However, all that at
present is known is, that some fine samples of largish
gold is, from time to time, received from there.
" It must be allowed, from present appearances, that
the confidently expressed opinion of the greater number

of our most intelligent and experienced diggers is cor-
rect, that so far from there being any fear of our fields
failing, they are but yet in their infancy, and only a
comparatively small part of them wrought.
" Since last circular, there has arrived by escort
49,2250 z. sdwt.

" Exchange on London.—The banks at present pur-
chase at par, and sell at 2 per cent. premium. Freight
of gold, delivered in London, 44 per oz."
The labour market was very largely supplied,
but the rate of wages continued almost without
alteration. Married couples, without family, were
receiving 1001. per annum, with rations, and those
with families 601. to 85/. ; shepherds, 351. to 40/. ;
and general useful servants, with rations, 701. to
75/. ; thorough female servants, 251. to 351. per
annum ; labourers on the road 10s. a day, with
wood, water, and tent accommodation ; seamen
for London, for the run home, 451. to 501.
The Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Com-
pany have received by the Essex and Typhoon in-
telligence from their resident director at Melbourne,
dated 11th, 21st, and 30th June last. He advises
having sent—

oz. dwt. gr.
2 bars of gold, per Marlborough weight 634 0 12
6 ~ „ „ Typhoon
1,161 18 0
4 „ ), Essex
986 10 12
the whole of which was purchased, with the excep-
tion of 17 oz. 19 dwt. 16 gr.—the Company's share
of the tribute system. Owing to the great demand
for remittance to England and the alteration in
the rate of exchange, the price of gold had risen
to 765. per oz., and drafts on London were at 2 per
cent. premium. The resident director also
writes, " I have as yet received no answer from
the Government to my application for a lease of
land at Fryer's Creek, and have been under the
necessity of reminding the Chief Commissioner."
The Sydney accounts state that Captain Parfitt,
of the steam-ship Shanghae, had been presented
with a purse of 340 sovereigns. At the Ophir Cop-
per Mine a promising lode had been cut. Against
Mr. H. W. Ellis, of the Australian Mutual Gold
Mining Company, a warrant had been issued, on
the ground of his embezzlements of the company's
moneys.

IR 'English Stocks there has been more firmness
exhibited in the market. The arrivals of gold will
probably have a good influence, so far at least as
they improve the position of the money market.
Consols have fluctuated from 901- to 911 for trans-
fer, and from NI to 91 for account. Bank Stock
for account has been 218, and India Stock 2401.
Exchequer Bills have been 13s. to 17s. discount,
and India Bonds 10s. discount.

In the Foreign Market the transactions are prin-
cipally in connection with the settlement of the
account which takes place on Friday. Peruvian
have ranged from 69 to 70. Mexican are 22 to
23, and Buenos Ayres 58 to 60. Spanish New
Deferred Stock has been at 21 to 21g. Russian
Five per Cents, have been done at 111, and Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 62 to 4. French
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are 991, with the ex-
change at 25 15.
In Railway Shares there has been a further de-
cline, and the settlement of the account. brings
stock to market. Nevertheless, there has been so
much "bearing" that shares are carried over
" even" generally, and in some instances, with a
slight " baccadation." The market just now is
looking up, compared with the opening prices.
French shares are fairly maintained, an d are
scarce. On these there is a large " baccadation"
also.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Odicial List.)
Business done.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9la 90/ 1/ 1 2i
India Bonds, 1:1000
Bank Stock
Ditto for the Account 2lB
Consols for Account 912 90i lif 211 22
India Stock
111 Ditto for the Account 2402
Exchequer Bills, ld.
£IOOO
£5OO l7 13 d
Ditto Small . 17 12 d
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 93 4
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5B 60
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent... . 112
Danish Bonds, 1825, 5 per Cent lOO
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent... 694 9 70 6:7i.3 8i 71
Portuguese Bonds, 0 per Cent., Con. 1841 45
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St lll4
Ditto 44 per Cent 94:1 5 6.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 444 i
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2l
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Renter, 4i per Cent 99f. 50c. Ex. 26!f. 15c.
Dutch Exchange, 2h per Cent. 12 Gu11..... 62 i [Ex.
Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates

Consols
Ditto October Account .

THREE O'CLOCK.
92
92 a

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. 15 SO VS.
Calliope
Miss Bolton
Three ran.
LATEST BETTING.—ONE o'CLocx.
CESAREWITCH.
6to 1 agst King Pepin (taken).
14 to 1 agst Nancy (taken).
17 to 1 agst Garforth (taken).
20 to 1 agst Torment (taken).
40 to 1 agst Rosalba (taken).
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
20 to 1 agst Invasion (taken).
25 to 1 agst Seahorse (taken).

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

By the arrival of the Overland Mail, we (Morn-
ing Chronicle) have received files of papers and
our despatches from Calcutta to the 20th August,
and Bombay to the 30th. We have also received
our papers and correspondence from Bombay of
the 15th August, which were dispatched by the
Formosa, and were taken to Suez by the steamer
which left Calcutta on the Bth of August ; but these
intermediate dispatches were detained at Suez for
the Bombay mail of the 30th.
BOMBAY, AUG. 30.
The mail of the 24th June, having been brought
to Aden in safety by the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's boats, was at that place made over
to the Honourable Company's agents, who forth-
with put it on board a pilgrim ship for carriage to
Bombay. This vessel was lost on the Arabian
coast, and not a single letter or paper which
left London on the 24th of June reached us, for
they all went to the bottom. This, however,
seems to have been the turning point with
the Bombay public. A public meeting has been
called for Saturday next, the 3rd proximo, in
order to take into consideration what steps are best
to secure good Overland communication with Eng-
land. Unless the carriage of the mails is taken
out of the hands of Government, it is to be feared
little, if any good will be effected. All over the
world the most marked improvements have
taken place of late years, regarding the car-
riage of the mails, whereas between Suez
and Bombay—the nearest point of communi-
cation between England and India—we are far
worse off now than we were nine years ago. During
the present rainy season our mails have been twice
brought down from Aden in sailing vessels ; and a
third one has been entirely lost. At the present
time there is but one good steamer, the Acbar,
which goes to-day, and she is fifteen years old, em-
ployed on the Government packet service. There
are, in fact, but five Government steamers alto-
gether now available at Bombay for mail work.
The best of these is the Acbar, the second the Vic-
toria (an older boat by three years than the Acbar),
the third the Ajdaha (now lying disabled at Aden),
and two very old boats called the Queen and the
Aucland, neither of which is considered safe to send
up the Red Sea, or even to Aden, during the
south-west monsoon. The Honourable Company's
steamer Mozuffer was lost the other day near
Rangoon, and the Feroze and Zenobia are
to be kept at Rangoon by order of the
Governor-General. So what we are to do for
the carriage of our mails unless the contract is
given over to some private company, no one can
form an idea. The local Government cannot be
blamed with justice, nor is the commodore of the
Indian navy (Sir Henry Leeke) in fault. The for•
mer must carry out the orders of the Court of Di-
rectors, and the latter can only use such steamers
as are given him. But it is to be hoped that the
home authorities will see the folly of attempting
any longer an utter impossibility—that of carrying
the mails twice a month to Aden and Suez, with
one pretty good, and two very bad steamers.
There have been no fresh outbreaks in Burmah,
but a terrible famine is spreading over the length
and breadth of the land. The rice crop has failed
throughout the Pegue provinces, and is now selling
at three seers per rupee, or Gibs. weight for
two shillings. Taking into consideration the
wages in that country and in England, the prices
are equivalent to the loaf at home being sold
for five shillings. At Rangoon some shiploads
of rice have arrived from Calcutta, and are
selling at a moderate price, so that the scarcity is
not so much felt there as up the country. All up
the Irrawaddy the cultivators are living upon wild
roots, leaves, and other miserable substitutes for
good food, and, as might be expected, the cholera
is decimating the population to a fearful extent.
The troops as yet continue free from the scourge,
which may be attributed to the good food provided
for them. Other maladies are, however, rife. The
Ist Bengal Fusiliers (Europeans), at Rangoon,
have 200 out of 700 men in hospital. No deaths
in the commissioned ranks have been reported dur-
ing the last fortnight. Altogether, the European
regiments which landed in Burmah little more than
a year ago have lost upwards of 1,500 men, partly
by the enemy; but chiefly from sickness. General
Godwin has returned to Calcutta, and proceeds at
once to take charge of his divisional command at
Umballah, in the north-west provinces.
Mr. Bushby, of the Bengal Civil Service, has
been appointed Resident at Hyderabad in succes-
sion to Colonel Low. The Jangor and Nerbudda
territories, which were under Mr. Bushby as go-
vernor-general's agent, are in future to be under
the Lieut.-Governor, north-west provinces ; and
Mr. Hamilton, as Resident at Indore, is to have
political charge of Scindiah's dominions, and of
Bundelcund. The following is a list of appoint-
ments of officers to the different districts in the
territory which was ceded to the British Govern-
ment by the late treaty with his Highness the
Nyzam. You will observe that the celebrated
Captain Meadows Taylor, whose book, called the
" Confessions of a Thug," and other works on In-
dian subjects, are so well known, is amongst those
who have obtained employment.