The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

THE SON.,

dov.n and striking witness several times in the face.
After some re,,itp.nce, witness nuaeaged to convey the
prisoner to the station-house.
The prison(r said he was very drunk at the time, and
recoilect,.3d nething. about it.
Mr. HARDWICK::: said that was no excuse. The police
were not to be left at the mercy of every drunken mr,n,
and as a warning to others he (Mr. Herdwick should
commit him for ten days to the house of Correction.
Alfred Ciarh, a coms,ositor, was brought up on a ma-
gistrate's warrant, charging him with r_qusing and ne-
glecting to maintain his wife.
Elizabeth Clark said she vial the wife of defendant.
He lett her on the 17th of November last, after beating
her most severely. On the following Saturday he came
again and requested a reconciliation, which, after some
time, she consented to, and arrangements were made to
that Effect. He then left the house, and she saw nothing
more of him till this morning, in custody. She was
left without a farthing, and in consequence was
oblig d to become chargeable to the parish. De-
fen.tant was in the employ of Messrs. Hansard, and
was receiving 30s. a week, but still he refused
to maintain her. A solicitor, who attended on
the part of defendant stated, that the complainant
was an habitual drunkard, and spcnt ail the money his
client earned. _ _ _

Mr. HARDWICKE said that did not matter; defendant
was bound to support his wife, and that was the question
now before the court. He knew compositors, when in
emp!oy, generally earned a deal of money.
Defendant's father said his son bad not been earning
more than 1 Is. per week for some time past, and was not
able to pay more than 2s. 6d. per week towards his
wife's maintenance.
Mr. lIARDWICKE said that was all nonsense. Tie should
send a proper person to Messrs. Hansard's to enquire
what were the average wages defendant earned, and
should adjourn the case till that was ascertained.

LONDON,

OVERLAND MAIL

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(From the He raid.)

We have received by extraordinary express our
fit( s of papers and private correspondence from Bom-
bay of N ovember 3 ; and from Calcutta of October
24. Nothing further from China. The political
news is not of much importance. The remainder of
the Seikh chiefs who were engaged in the conspiracy
with Chutter Singh and Shere Singh have been
seized and placed in close custody. Fresh disturb-
ances have broken out at Goomsoor. All other parts
of India are tranquil. The commercial intelligence
from Bombay and Calcutta is gratifying. Trade
was improving in both Presidencies. The barque
Orpheus, of London, was wrecked at Cochin on the
13th October. _

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(From the Bombay Times of Nov. 3.)
S ChIMARY.—In our last we mentioned the seizure
of the greater part of the Seikh Chiefs who had
been set at large after the victory at Goojrat.
Since ten the last remaining out at large have
been captured, and all hereafter will spend their
days in well-merited bondage. The country seems
on this to have been considered so much more secure
than before, that permission was immediately given
for the families of officers and men to join them
at all the stations in the Punjaub save two of the
extreme outposts. Half a year's batty has
been bestowed on those serving in the late
campaign, and this seems all they are ever likely to
receive in the shape of reward—all the State in its
present poverty can afford to pay. They are also
to receive a medal,—those present at Moultan and
the battle of Gooj rat receiving a Bar in addition for
each. Aden is about to be proclaimed a free port by
Government.
The reliefs for the Bengal army have just been
published : those for Bombay may be daily expected.
Mhow is to be transferred from Bengal to Madras ;
Nusseerabad and Neemuch from Bengal to Bombay.
Peshawur and Moultan are to be in the hands of Ben-
gal troops exclusively. Her Majesty's 22d and 60th are
to be transferred from Bombay to Bengal. The head
quarters and a wing of her Majesty's 78th High-
landers are about starting for Aden, the 2d Euro-
peans returning thence to take the place of the 78th
at Belgaum. The government of Bengal have of-
fered a prize of Rs. 5,000 for the invention of a
good and economical machine to separate the cotton
wool of India from is seed. The sum will seem a
!rage one to those who remember that for this
a thousand native machines might be purchased
entire, and in the best working order ; but the de.
sideratum is great, and we have no hope that it will
be brought out by the prize. The sum of 5001.
allotted annually to the Agricultural Society of
Western India as a prize fund for the encourage-
ment of agriculture, has been withdrawn, the whole
scheme having proved a failure, it having been im-
possible to get anything like a show competition
established, or even samples sent in. Disturbances
have again broken out in Goomsoor. Sir Charles
Napier was expected at Delhi on the 24th ultimo.
From Delhi the Commander-in-Chief visits the
Punjaub. The Commanders-in-Chief of Madras
and Bombay, and Sir L. Peel, of the Calcutta
Supreme Court, have returned to their posts. The
barque Orpheus, of London, was wrecked at Cochin
on the 13th October. Captain D. Ross, I N., late
Master Attendant at Bombay, died on Monday last.
India throughout continues tranquil and healthy.
Goomsoor.—We copy the following from the
Calcutta Englishman :
" The disturbances in Goomvier have lately again as-
sumed a very serious shape. In the low country, within
the last two or three months, Chokro Bissye's followers
have burned ten villages in the Moutahs of Oonagherry,
Panchghur, Gallery, and Bibelly, and killed and
wounded 25 people. And lately Chokro Bissye him-
self went to Gattigooda (which is within twenty li
miles of Russellconda) and murdered two chiefs.
Villages have also been burned in the Mootah of
Cooklooba. And within the last few days a party of
armed men, amounting it is said to several hundreds,
have appeared in the Moutah of Juggernath-
persad, and required the Sirdar and paiks of the
Mootah to join them in order to obtain the restoration
of the Goomsoor Raja, and on the Sirdar's refusal
burned several houses and murdered the people. On
the hills two Brahmins and their servants have been
murdered in the Coormlughia Ghat, and the principal
Rhond Chief, Madwa Rhonro of Raneegunga, has fallen
in an attack made upon his tribe by Chokro issye. We
have not heard how many, if any, meriahs have been
sacrificed in Bind Goomsoor, but we are assured that as
many have been immolated in Chinna Kimedy as if the
agent had never gone there or withdrawn one intended
victim. In the Bead Hills Chokro Bissye alone has any
power, and in Tentilghur and Athors Mootah (in
Goomsoor) the tribes are fighting fiercely among them-
selves, and have practically thrown off the control of
Government. They drove off the Hill Sirdar's son and
a party of Sebundies, who had been sent to reduce them
to peace and obedience."
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Casualties by death in the armies of India, reported
since the departure of the mail cn the 17th Oct.
TIER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Lieut. T. Dowse, Bth Foot,
at sea on the 12th Sept.
BOMBAY.—First Lieutenant J. T. Kier, Artillery, at
Kurrachee, on the 20th October; Captain C. D. Dela-
motte, Native Veteran Battalion, at sea, on the 15,h
June; Surgeon R. J. Beham, in England.
MADRAS.—Lieutenant R. C. Oakes, 40th Native In-
fantry, at Secunderabad, on the 19th October; Ensign
F. G. Hall, 25th Native Infantry, at Jaulnah, on the 9th
October.
BENGAL.—Assistact-Surgeon W. R. Glennie, M.D.,
24th N. 1., at Goruckpore, on the 4th October.—Lien-
tenant J. P. Bennett, 41st N. 1., at Simla, on the 28th
Septeer.ber.—Captain A. B. Morris, 20th N. 1., at Cash-
meer, on the 28th September.—Ensign A. 0. Travers,
54 t h N. 1., at Agra, on the 28th October.—Lieutenant
H. B. Pearson, 56th N. 1., at Simla, on the 15th Octo-
ber—Lieutenant-Colonel John Jervis, 27th N. 1., at
sea, on board the steamer Precursor, on the 31 Septem-
ber.—Captain A. Fenton, lat N. I, at home, on the
14th September.
INDIAN NAVY.—Captain D. Ross, late Master-Attend-
ant at Bombay, on the 29th of October.—Lieutenant W.
C. Rankers, at Perth, ou the 6th September.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS FROM

OCT. 17 TO NOV. 2, INCLUSIVE.

BOMBAY, FRIDAY EVENING, Nov. 2.--,-The amount
of business done in imports since the date of our last,
when the native merchants were busily engaged cele-
brating the Dewallee festival, has
,not been to such
a large extent as was expected ; still considerable
sales have taken place, and the market has presented a
tolerably healthy aspect. The present inactivity of
those dealers who purchase largely for the up country
markets, is ascribed to the fact of their having laid in
large stocks a short time back, and which they had
been unable, from the long-continued monsoon, to for-
ward to their destinations till a late date compared to
what they had expected. Till they become aware of the
results of their foruer speculations, they are naturally
averse to enter into fresh transactions. The amount of
supplies from home to hand during the past fortnight
has been small, only two vessels having arrived during
that period. In exports a pretty active business has had
effect during the fortnight.
THE MONEY MARKET.—Capitalists still complain of
being unable to find profitable employment for their
money. In another month or six weeks, however, we
expect there will be less room for complaint. Govern-
ment Securities, with the exception of the new Five per
Cents., have not been in much request, and quotations
remain withcut material alteration. Bombay Bank Stock
has experienced a further decline, and we cannot quote
it higher than 194 at 20 per cent. premium.
FREIGHTS.

There is little disposition to ship, present prices of
cotton being too high, and tonnage is thus not much in
request. We quote rates to London and Liverpool 3/.
2s. 61. to 31.55. per ton, and to China at rs. 10 per candy