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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1854.

This day, two vols., postAvo., cloth, 215.,
PURPLE TINTS OF PARIS : CHARACTER
and MANNERS in the NEW EMPIRE.
By BAYLE ST. JOHN,
Author of "VillSere Life in Egypt," "The Turks in Europe," &c.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

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her equipment have been berthed on board the Mino.
taur, shifted over on Sunday. On Monday morning the
Cressy left the fitting basin and steamed to Black Stakes,
in the river Medway, where she will take on board her
guns, ammunition, &c., and be swung for the adjust-
ment of her compasses. She will then proceed to the
Little Nore, and after being inspected by Vice-Admiral
the Hon. Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief, will sail
fur the Downs, on her way to Spithead, the-rendezvous
of the fleet destined for service in the Baltic. The Cressy
wants about 50 A B's to complete her complement
of '750.

THE OVERLAND MAIL,

INDIA.

We have received our despatches from India
and China by the Overland Mail.-.,The dates are :
—Calcutta, Jan. 20 ; Madras, Jan. 25 ; Bombay,
Jan. 28 ; 'Shanghai, Dee. 31 ; Amoy, Jan. 4 ;
Hong Kong, Jan. 'll ; Singapore, Jan. 19 ; and
Burniah, Jan. 12.
The following is from the summary of the Bom-
bay Tintes - - --

this day, post Bro.. cloth, lOs. Gd.,
A VISIT TO PORTUGAL AND MADEIRA.
_Li& By the LADY ESIMF.LINE STUART WORTLEY.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

This day, fap., price Is.,
larrliNS. By THOMAS CARLISLE. Re-
printedirom " Critical and Miscellaneous Essays."
Forming the New Volume of READING FOR TRAVELLERS.
LOndon: Chapman and Hall, 19S, Piccadilly.

The Hecla steamer, Mr. P: Wellington, master-com-
manding, is ordered to return to the Downs by the 7th
of March, to enable the various masters and others on
board her tore-embark in their respective ships.
The Majestic, BQ, screw steam-ship, Captain Charles
Hope, is being got ready for sea service with all possible
haste. The whole strength of the .dockyard artificers,
now that the Cressy is completed, are employed in her
equipment, in order that she may be ready for sea by the
ltith of April. Her officers .and men are to be trans-
ferred forthwith from the St. Lawrenee to the Minotaur
hulk. The Majestic has not
,yet entered very many
blue jackets.

During the past fortnight the interest that for the
last twelve months has been felt in Burmese affairs
has somewhat diminished owing to the aspect which
our political relations with Persia,aitd Afkhan-
istan has assumed. A Court of Inquiry assembled
at Prome to investigate the circumsta,nces attend-
ing Captain Latter's assassination. 'lulus political
capacity, ;Captain Latter, nearly a year ago, found
it necessary to proceed against the leader of a band
of Dacoits whose head-quarters was a village fifteen
miles to the south-east of Promo. With his usual

In a few days. 2 vols., post [tiro.,
THE LIFE OF JEROME • CARDANy ~ of
MILAN, PaYSICIAN.

By HENRY MORLEY,
Author of " Palm the Potter,'.'
London : Chapman and Hall, 193; Piccadilly.

CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR GIBRALTAR.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 27th Feb., 1854.
THE. Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord Hisll Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
e 14th' March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons u may be willing to contract for supplying and deliver-
ing at Gibraltar
8,000 tons of ;OUTII WALES COALS,
At for the service o: her Nbije,ty's steam vessels.
A form of the tender may b.: seen at the said Mice. No tender
will be received after One o'cl.ick on the day of treaty, nor will
any be noticed unless the party attends, or en agent for him duly
authorised in writing.
livery tender must be addressed to thc Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender fir Coals,"
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a 'etter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering, in the sum of 3,0001., for the due performance
of the contract.

This day, post 8%0 , cloth, 5e.,
THE RIFLE-MUSKET : A Practical Tieatise
on the Extria.D-PitTcuarT Rats, recently adopted in the
British Service.
By Captain JERVIS-WHITE JERVIS, Royal Artillery.
Author of "Manual of Field Operations," &e.
London Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 27.
The troop of Royal Horse Artillery and the field bat-
teries under orders for foreign service assembled in heavy
marching order at half-past nine o'clock a.m., and pro-
ceeded to the common, where they were drawn up in
line in open order for the commandant's inspection.
Captain Romer's company, the 7th, proceeds to
Sheerness to-morrow mornilT 'a relieve Capt. Dunlop's
company, 7th battalion, atiu. the latter company pro-
ceeds to Eastbourne,_ to relieve Captain Turner's com-
pany, 11th battalion, under orders to return to head-
quarters.

promptitude he set forth, but rumour was too quick
for him,, and when he arrived at the village he
found it deserted and the chief fled. So
_nearly,
however, had he accomplished his purpose, that
the chief had no time to remove his family ; they
all, therefore, fell into the hands of the captor.
Captain Latter is dead, and we would deal lightly
with his memory ; but if accounts be true; we fear
that his passion overcame his prudence,-, And that
the outlawed chief sustained at his hands disgrace
and dishonour. This determined the Dacoit to take
a deep and signal revenge, and he seems to have car-
ried out his schemes with that silent steadiness of
purpose and modeiation that guarantee success, and
prove to the world that when desperation urges
and subtlety guides," *few, if any, are safe. Some
time after the flight of the chief Captain Latter
made the acquaintance of a Burmese.female, who is
said to have been in the pay of the Dacoit, and
from whom he learned the habits of the British
officer. She kept up a correspondence all the time
with her employer, and when. everything was ready
and the time had come to strike the blow, the
hired assassins, disguised in female attire, entered
unquestioned into the officer's house, and guided by
the information which she had furnished, found no
difficulty in gaining his sleeping apartment and exe-
cuting their task. On these matters becomingknown
at Prome, the authorities sent a strongdetachment
secretly to the village to arrest the assassins, but
although the village was surrounded in silence
and without exciting the least alarm, yet not a soul
was to be found in the house in which the mur-
derers were said to. have been. It is added that
the chief who instigated the murder has fled to Ava
whither the news of the assassinaiion reached, but
it is not known with what effect; --It is rumoured
that Pegu will immediately become a division of
the Madras army, and that instructions to that
effect have been issued by .Lord Dalhousie, as Sir
J. Cheape's health will not admit of his longer re-
taining his command in Burmah. We regret to state
that Lieut. Procter when out in camp at Prom e caught
two Burmese, whom he considered' as spies and
whom he forthwith hung. He then reported the
matter, alleging that he had treated them accord-
ing 'to the laws of war. The''GovernOr-General
has ordered him to be placed in close arrest, and
an inquiry is to be made.

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[PRICE SD.

Hyderabad (Deccan) represent a somewhat worse
state of confusion and crime as prevailing in
the Nizam's country than usual. Murders are
of frequent occurrence in the city, and the worst
of outrages are perpetrated in the districts. The
Nizam appears to have lost his natural senses, and
all his enactments emanate from those around him,
even from his menials. His minister who has not
;yet attained his twenty-third. year, is under the
influence of Mr. Dighton's Moonshee, at whose
recommendation he was raised to the dignity of
D. ewan. Durbars are seldom held; as the Nizam
is generally indisposed when the resident calls
for one. During the latter years of General Fraser's
tenure of office, it was supposed that the Arab mer-
cenaries were to be removed from the service and
territories of the Nizam, and this kept them some-
what orderly, but since the hew Resident has ar-
rived, matters have taken a different course, and
seizures of land have been made by the recently ap-
pointed deputy commissioners, which have caused
much dangerous excitement. Some of the estates
of the Ameers have been seized under the plea,
that they form part of the districts ceded to the
Honourable Company, and as the despoiled Ameers
can get no redress, it is predicted that if the estates
are not restored, the Ameers will unite to defend
their own by arms, and that such a flame will be
kindled in the Deccan as will take torrents of
blood to quench. The field force which we
mentioned as having been sent against the
predatory Rohillas limier the command of
Captain Orr, from .Hingolee; has 'been consider-
ably increased by the addition of a squadron
of the 4t14 cavalry under Lieutenant Fraser from
Bolarum, and a wing of infantry from the canton-
ment of Wurrungul under Captain Hare. With this
addition to his force, we doubt not Captain Orr will
give a good account of the marauders who have
so long kept the country of the Nizam in hot
water. Accounts from Nagpore represent Berar
to he in a state of perfect tranquillity. The
administration of the State is carried on by Mr.
Mansell, the resident, pending the instructions of
Government ; and the brigadier cothmanding, in
order to be on the safe side, has decided on refusing
leave of absence to any of his officers. The neigh-
bouring Rajahs are anxiously watching how affairs
will be finally settled, as in the absorption of the
Nagpore territory, they will see-but the fate that
awaits their own dominions. Rumour also has it,
that the deceased Rajah has willed the country to
the East India Company.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Calcutta Overland Ps-ice Current of Jan. 19.)
The steamer Bombay came in on the 4th inst. with
London dates to the 24th November,' and the Hindostan
arrived on the 14th inst. with dates to the Bth ult. In-
digo has been selling here very freely since the date of
our last report, by private contract as well as by public
auction, at an advance of 10r. to 15r. on last year's
prices for the finer qualities, worth 170 per maund and
upwaos,; 7,235 chests have changed hands since the
6th inst. The business done in saltpetre has been very
moderate without any alteration in• value. Rice con-
tinues to be freely exported to Great Britain and France.
Raw silk remains dull without any further decline in
value. The inquiry for corahs has improved. Sugar
has been in active demand for Bombay and the Persian
Gulf ; the discouraging accounts of the article from
home, coupled with high prices and freights here, re-
strict exports to the British market; stocki are, how-
ever, so much reduced, that prices have advanced three
to four annas per maund. The demand for-hides con-
tinues active. There has been lesi inquiry forlinseed,
and rapeseed has been quite neglected. . Lac dye and
shellac -reinain without much inquiry, and the few Bales
lately, made show a reduction on former prices. • Jute is
freely taken, at full previous value, while - supplies are
still moderate.
We have no improvement to reportiin our market for
cotton goods, which has continued, dull, and now ex-
hibits indications of a declining tendency, while holders
seem more anxious to realize. •The up-country
dealers have not as yet displayed any increased
animation. The demand for skirtings and jaconets
has slackened, and these important fabrics find it
difficult to maintain their quotations, Fancy goods,
are also dull, and looking down. Very few of the'
Affghan dealers have yet appeared, 'and it is evident
that the trade by the route of ' the 'lndus has drawn
many of them away from this quarter. The inquiry for
mule twist has also abated,-ind sometOnntsliave -de-
.clined a little in value.. Turisfy.red yarn;; both British
.14.
nd German, are in fair demand. . Meta are much re-
duced in stocks, and holders firm for higher rates, which
dealers are unwilling to give, not calculating on the pro-
bable consequences of the favourable alteration in the
French tariff in regard to iron, &c. The transactions in
metals have consequently been limited.
We have no change to note in the position of our
money-market, which continues well supplied. The
share-market remains buoyant and still with an ad-
vancing tendency. Company's paper is quoted at 101
Company's rupees, Fours ; and 99 8 sicca ditto • Trans-
fer Fives at 105 4. In consequence of a sudden and
considerable demand on the 17th, the price rose to 102
for Company's, and 101 for Sicca Fours ; but, as the de-
mand was not sustained, rates fell back to our quota-
tions.

Exchange has kept up to 2-11 for first-class credits,
and 2-1 i documents. Bills on China are quoted at 233
to 234 per $lOO.
Freights are at 4/. 7s. 6d. to 4/. 10s. saltpetre ; 4/.
10s. sugar ; 51. ss. rice ; Si. 10s. seeds to London.