The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-20 00:00:00

N°.17,754.] LONDON, MONDAY E E N S N
____ AUGUST 20, 1849.

ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY
92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.
Established 1808.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN OUTER HANSON, Esq., Chairman
WILLIAM GEORGE rRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Sir William Baynes, Bart. Moses Mocatta, Esq.
Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. James William Ogle, Esq.
Thomas Chapman, Esq , F.R.S. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D.
Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq.
Samuel Eustace Magan, Esq.
Agmons--Francis Bligh Hockey, Esq., and Arthur Augustus
ltasch, Esq.
ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S.
SOLICITOR—Thomas Browning, Esq.
SVRVEYOR—•Thomas Hopper, Esq.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

RETURNS.—Policies for 3001. and upwards which may have been
n force for one year prior to the date to which the Account Is
made up, will be periodically entitled to participate in the return of
Surplus Premium.

Distilleries, Sugar Houses ; and Mercantile Property, in the Docks;
In Private or Public Warehouses; also Shipping in Harbour; assured
for the Year, or for any shorter period on advantageous terms.
Farming gtock is now exempt from Duty, and may be assured
without the average clause.
On Assurances for Seven Years by one payment, a deduction of
one-seventh part of the Premium and Duty will be made.
BENEWALS.—PoIicies due on Midsummer-day should be renewed
within fifteen days thereafter.

✓
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
The attention of the public has, in the advertisements and pro-
posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of
Additions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular
dates and ages ; the Directors now beg to submit the following
statement of Claims actually paid, showing the: sums respectively
assured and the Bonuses thereon, and they request, in order to
exemplify the advantageous plan of Assurance proposed by this
Company, that persons desirous of effecting Assurances on their own
lives or on the lives of others, will compare the statement now sub-
mitted, with the addition or bonus of any of the other offices which
may apply to a Policy issued by them since 1816, when the Atlas
Company adopted the Bonus System.

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Persons assured for the whole term of Life for 1001. and upwards,
in Great Britain or Ireland respectively, will be entitled at the end
of every fifth year (instead of every seventh year as heretofore) to
participate in the Surplus Premiums, either by Addition to their Po-
licies, or an equivalent Reduction will be made in tho future pay-
ments of Premium, at the option of the Assured. _ .

Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life by a limitei
number of yearly payments.
ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may new be effected in this
Office at considerably reduced rates of Premium.
The NEXT VALUATION will be made at Christmas, 1849, and
Policies effected before that date will participate in proportion to the
time they may then have been in force.
The Company's Rates and Proposals may be had at the Office in
London, or of any of the Agents in the Country, who are authorised
to report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance.
HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary.
92, Cheapside, June, 1849.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital 1..500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The leading features of the Society are guaranteed of an ample
Proprietary Capital.
Moderate Rates of Premiums.
Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured.
Annual Division of Profits.
. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years.
Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium.
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65
per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid.
Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options.

Derma- Sum the
:4 .6 Annual Policylßonus in
addition Bonus nent Re- Assured
Age. e Pre- taken in duction ofLmay bor-
= mium. out in to Sun' Cash. Annual row on
Assured.
Premium. Policy.
- - -
£ s. d. £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d.
1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2,593 6 8
1833 251 18 10.115 14 8 18 12 8543 17 9
1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10
60 1000 X s.d. 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11 445 0 0
74 34' 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1
1842 147 4 2 r 5 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3
1843 99 18 4 44 8 4 615 11 296 13 4
1844 62 6 8 27 13 4 4 4 0 247 4 5

Prospec
)r any of
warded pi

:tuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be bad at the office,
its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be for-
oat free.

W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.

SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ;
United with the
PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847.
Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1848.
Amalgamated pursuant to ReQ solutions dated February 5, 1849.
Offices :
31, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
with Powers of Extension reserved to the
CAPITAL Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the /ZlOO,OOB
Deed of Settlement),
In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security
of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting.

DISTINGUISHING FICLTUADS.
MARlNE.—Limited risks in and upon vessels of the first class at
Lloyds
FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with
the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu-
tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute.
LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole
profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment
of any risk. The operation of this department also extending to
RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre-
miums • and
GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of
trust and confidence oa the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate
per Cent., either in connexion with Life Asiurance, or distinct
therefrom.

Form; of Application for Provincial Agencies in those towns of the
United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be
obtained from the head Office as above.
AUG. COLLJNGRIDGE, Managing Director.
London, June 9, 1849.

THE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Rev. Nicholas 'Wiseman, D.D., 35, Golden-square.
The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex.
The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cossey Hall, Norfolk.
Sir Henry Paston Bedingfleld, Bart., Oxbnrgh, Norfolk.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India

Company.
Thomas Barnewell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's-park,
Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pultency-street, Bath.
James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.

DIRECTORS.
The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman.
Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy
Chairman and Managing Director.
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. the East India
Company, and of the London Joint Stock Bank.
Rev. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark.
Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill.
Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain•hall, Stoke, near Rochester.
George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey.
James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maida•hill.
ACTUART —Witham Henry Archer, Esq.
Wecat.... an
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information promptly
forwarded en application to the Actuary or Secretary, at the Office,
8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES
AND GENER XL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
Incorporated Pursuant to Act of Parliament.
LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also nnuit'ea,
Immediate and deferred.

The payment of fixed sums to the Assured at any specified ago, or
to their Representatives in case of death before that age.
Credit given for half the premiums for the first five years.
Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and
Loans granted, repayable by instalments.
ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum
on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the whole of the
sum paid for the same at a given period.
RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of
10s. for every 1001.
Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual
Commission allowed on the introduction of business.
Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society,
and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents
in the Country.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Notice is hereby given, that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per Cent.
(less income-tax) on the paid-up Capital on the Shares of the Society,
will be payable at this office, on and after MoNnar, the 20th day of
August inst.
INVALID LIVES.—In addition to assurances on healthy lives this
Society continues to grant Policies on the lives of persons, more or
less DEVIATING from the healthy standard, on the payment of a pre-
mium proportioned to the increased risk.
Further information can be obtained (free of expense) by address-
ing a line to

G. H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary.
No, 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.

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convenient farms, exceedingly well tenanted, and
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rental of nearly 2,0001. per annum.
31 RT. lI3ONE Aat the Sljw a isn Inn, directed to ed
on WEDNESDAY, August
22, at Twelve (unless an acceptable offer be previously made by pri-
vateetderSELL, by AUC-
contract),
THREE excellent ESTATES, all let to respectable tenants, in-
cluding the Houghton Conquest Estate, which is distant about four
miles from the town of Bedford, and is subdivided into separate farms,
with suitable houses and all necessary buildings, and 1,415 acres of
sound arable and pasture land. The Radwell Estate, on the road
from Bedford to Kettering, and about six miles from the former
place, consisting of a substantial farm-house and agricultural build-
ings, and 274 acres of very rich mixed soil land, in the occupation of
Mr. Thomas Malden; and the Wilstead Estate, situate about four
miles from Bedford, with farm-houses and buildings, and about
96 acres of land, In the occupation of Mr. James Spring.
Particulars may be obtained of 11. R. Homfray, Esq., 18, Mar-
garet-street, Cavendish-square ; Messrs. J. C. and H. Freshfield, New
Bank-buildings, Lothbury ; Messrs. Beavan and Anderson, 2, Adel-
phi-terrace; kfessrs. Edwards and Freston, Stroud, Gloucestershire ;
Mr. Allertmo :vevor, 36, Nofolk-street, Strand ; and of Mr. Beadel,
23, Greabam-atreat, City.

INL AND REVENUE,
OLD BROAD-STREET, JULY 31, 1849.
Pursuant to the directions of the statutes 1 and 2 Wm' IV., c. 22,
and 6 and 7 Vic., c. 86 respetively, notice is hereby given, that on
the days stated, the following articles left in HACKNEY and ME-
TROPOLITAN STAGE CARRIAGES were deposited in the Public
Carriages Department of this Office, and unless such Articles be
Maimed, and the ownership of them pr.ved, between the hours of
Ten and Three, and within One Year from the time of their deposit,
they will de disposed of, as directed by the above statutes.
lay order of the Board,
JAMES GREENSTREET, Assessor.
Datel Date
Description 1849 No. Description 1849
March May
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9,2497 Umbrella . .
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Cap 10
10 2500 Coat .
2219 Coat . • • • 10 2501 Book
2220
CoatPapero 2
parcel. 11025 T PaUmbrellaUmbrellabrasroel
2221 Umbrella
2223 Umbrella . • • 122505 Coat . .
2225 Lady's Cloak . . 12'2509 Umbrella . . .30
2226 Muff . . . . 1225_13 Coat . . . .31
2221 Paper parcel . . 122514 Carpet bag . . . 31
. .
2231 Scarf and Rug . • 14 2515 Brooch . 31
2232 Umbrella . . . 1,42517 Cloth-cape . . . 31
2233 Pocket-book . . 1412521 Parasol . . . 31
2234 Railway rug . . 151 June
2239 Basket . . . . 16
2240 Two Books . . . 16
2242 Opera-glass . . . 17
2247 Umbrella and Stick . 21
2251 Vinaigratte . . . 21
2252 Paper parcel . . 21
2255 Coat .
2256 Hat-case
2259 Ring .
2260 Snuff-box . . . 23
2264 Railway rug . . 24
2269 Mackintosh cape . 27,
2272 Umbrella . . . 29,
2273 Mock jewellery, waist-
coat, &c. .
2279 Umbrella .
2280 Carpet-bag .

. . . 30
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. 30

2522 Umbrella . . . 1
2523 Coat . . . . 1
2524 Coat . . 1
12525 Shawl . . . 1
2526 Parcel . . . . 2
2531 Umbrella and basket . 4
;2532 Umbrella and cans . 4
2536 Coat . . .
2537 Umbrella .
'2538 Parasoi .
;2540 Coat . . • •
2541 Railway-rug . . . 4
,2542 Scarf . . . . 4
;2544 Horse cloth and bridle . 5
'2545 Parcel . . • • 5
2542 Coat . . . . 6
2550 Coat . . . • 6
2554 Eye glasses . .
2556 Note-book . . . 7
2559 Cane . . . . 8
2560 Coat . . . 8
2562 Umbrella . . . 8
2563 Parasol . . . 4/5 8
2565 Umbrella . . . 8
2568 Scarf . . . . 8
2569 Parasol . , . . 8
2571 Pocket book. . 9
2573 Umbrella. . . . 9
2574 Umbrella. . . . 9
2576 Paper parcel. . . 9
2580 Paper parcel. . . 9
2581 Coat. . . . 9
2582 Two coats. 11
2585 Coat and mackintosh. 11
2586 Coat. . . . 11.
2586 Railway rug. . 12
2591 Parasol. . . 13
2592 Parcel.
2594 Parasol.
2595 Coat. .
2596 Book. .
2599 Waterproof coat.
2600 Opera glass .
2601 Shawl .
2606 Pocket-book .
2610 Two parasols
2613 Parasol • .
2620 Shawl . . ,
2622 Purse . . .
2623 Coat . . .
2624 Pencil case . ,
2628 Opera glass . .
2629 Gold coin . .
2632 Bracelet . . .
2633 Coat. . . .
2634 Coa'. . . . . 2.
2635 Patent hat. . . 21
2636 Coat and railway rug. . 21
2640 Umbrella and stick. . 22
2641 Patasel. . .
2642 Umbrella. .
2644 Umbrella. .
2645 Cap. . .
2646 Umbrella. .
2648 Purse.
2649 Cane. . .
2650 Parasol. .
2655 Cloak.
2656 Carpet bag.
2657 Cane. . .
2658 Book .
2560 Hat Case . .
;2662 Umbrella . .
2663 Shawl . .
2665 Coat . . .
2666 Coat . . ,
2667 Stick . . .
2670 Umbrella and cane
2671 Spectacles . .
2673 2 Parasols .
2674 Snuff-box . .
2676 Ring . . .
2677 Umbrella . . 30
2679 Coat , . . . 30
July.

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April
2281 Boa and medical strap-
ping . . . . 2
2284 Cap . 2
2290 Keys . . . -. 3
2293 Umbrella . . . 4
2294 Boa . , . . 4
2302 Umbrella . . . 5
2305 Japan box . . . 7
2308 Umbrella . . . 9
2309 Lady's bag . . . 9
2313 Three Coats . 11
2315 Victorine . . . 11 !
2316 Silk handkerchief . 11
2317 Parasol . . . 12 ,
2318 Cloak • . . . 12
2319 Scarf . . . . 13
2323 Spectacles . . . 14
2325 Keys . . . . 16
2327 Umbrella . . . 16
2328 Paper parcel . . 17
2329 Parse . . . 17
2330 Two Parasols . . 17 :
2331 Parasol . . . 17 !
2332 Parasol . . . 17
2333 Umbrella and Stick . 17 !
2334 Coat . . . • 17 !
2338 Parcel inventory . )8 !
2339 Umbrella . . . IS
2340 Parcel of harness . 18
2342 Coat . . . . 20 !
2343 Coat . . . . 201
2347 Umbrella . . . 21
2330 Umbrella . . . 23
2352 Umbrella . . . 23 !
2353 Parasol . . . 24
2354 Umbrella . . . 24
2355 Leather case, German

Books . . . 24
2356 Umbrella . . . 24
2357 Coat . . . . 24
2360 Purse . . . 25
2361 Coat . . . . 25
2362 Scarf and umbrella . 26!
2363 Shawl . . . 26
2364 Cane . . . . 26]
2365 Lady's bag . . . 261
2369 Carpet bag . . . 27
2370 Coat . . . . 27
2372 Opera-glasS . 27
2373 Parcel (cloth) . . 21
2374 Purse . . . . 281!
2375 Parasol . • . 281
2378 Umbrella . . 30
2379 Opera-glass . . 30
May

2386 Umbrella . . • Ti
2387 Parasol . . . 2
2388 Coat . . • • 2
2396 Coat . . . 3
2397 Umbrella . . . 3
2400 Parasol . . . 4
2401 Coat . . . . 4
2404 Coat . . . . 5
2406 Coat . . . . 5
2410 Railway rug . . 7
2414 Umbrella .9
2416 Paper parcel . . 9
3418 Parasol . . . 10
2420 Umbrella . . . 11
2424 Paper parcel . . 11
2425 Parasol . . . 1 I
2430 Umbrella . . . 15
2431 Mackintosh . . 15
2432 Paper parcel . . 15
2433 Umbrella . . . 15
2438 Parasol . . . 16
2439 Prints . . . 17
2441 Umbrella . . . 17
2443 Umbrella and paper par-
cel . . . . 18
2445 Umbrella . . . 18
2446 Two Bracelets . . 18
2449 Umbrella . . . 21
2453 Umbrella . . . 21
2462 Umbrella . . . 22
2469 Country bank-note and
gold coin
2470 Parasol .
2471 Cloak (lady's)

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2472 Coat . . . . 23'2732 Coat . :
2477 Opera-glass . , . 24:2734 Shawl. . •
2479 Brooch . . . .25 2735 Shawl . . :
2480 Railway-rug , . . 25 2737 Boa . •
2481 Umbrella and parasol . 252738 Parasol. . .
2482 Parasol . . . . 25 2739 Lady's mantle .
2484 Paper parcel . • .25 2741 Coat . . •
2486 Umbrella . • . 26 2742 Coat . . •
2488 Coat . . . 26,2743 Coat . • •

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2490 Coat . •
2491 Coat . .

2,680 Coat .
2,685 Bank-book .
2,686 Respirator .
2,687 Carpet-bag .
2,689 Book . .
2,690 Cane . .
2,691 Cloak . .
2,697 Umbrella . .
2,699 Umbrella . .
2,700 Parasol . . .
2,701 Umbrella and parasol . 4
2,702 Paper parcel. . . 4
2705 Umbrella . . . 5
2706 Paper parcel . . 5
2711 Carpet bag . . . 7
2713 2 Umbrellas . • 7
,2718 Cane . . . . 9
2724 Shawl . . . • 9
2728 Stick . . . 10
9729 Coat . . . . 10
.12730 Coat . . . . 10
,2731 Cane . . . . 11

28'2745 Coat .
28'2748 Parasol

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

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MANCHESTER, AUG. 18.—At our market this morning
wheat declined ld to 2d per 701 b. For flour of choice
fresh quality a steady but not extensive demand was
experienced at a reduction on the quotations of this day
se'nnight of 6d to is per sack, while other descriptions
remained without inquiry.
COLCHESTER, AUG. 18.—The supplies of all kinds of
grain have been scanty to-day, and last week's prices
have been sustained, except for peas, which are cheaper,
white being 30s to 33s and gray 27s to 30s. Yester-
day at Chelmsford white wheat was 48s to 501; red Os
to 48s. Peas were lower than in our market, whit* be.
ing 28s to 30s, and some samples of grey sold at 265.
In several of the markets of Suffolk samples of wheat
of the new crop have been offered, but the quality is de-
scribed as indifferent in some cases, especially at Wood-
bridge on Wednesday. At Stowmarket on Thursday
the new samples were not fine in colour, but in good con-
dition—price, tOs per quarter.
ABERDEEN, AEG. l7.—Grain—Oats 17. Od to 18s, 401 b per
bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel • bear, 23s to 245,
521bs per bushel ; wheat, 46s to 52s ; oatmeal 14s 3d to 15s Od
per boll ; flour, 37s to 45. per sack. Provisions—Beef,
5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d
to 6d; pork, per stone, 48 6d to 55; lamb, per lb, 6d to7d;
tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, is 4d to Is Bd.
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, 0;
to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9d ;
eggs, per doz, 7d to 9d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per
pair, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; chickens, ditto, is Od to Is 6d ; ducks, ditto,
2s 4d to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, ls 6d to Is 8d; turkeys, each, 8s
Od to Os Od; geese, ditto, Os to Os; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cwt, 58s to 60s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, sid
to Od ; 4b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbs,
3s 6d to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large,
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 5d to Is 6d ; bearmeal, is 4d to is 6d ,
peasemeal, is 10d to 2s; side, 7d to 8d ; barley flour, is 5d to
Is 6d ; barley dust, 7d to 8d ; flour, is 10d to 2s; barley, per lb,
lid to 2d.
DALKEITH, Auo. 16.—The' relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 19st 31b, 18st 61b, and 17st
71b. Oats, 12st 111 b, 12st 31b, and list 111 b. Barley, 16st 31b,
last 111 b, and 14st 111 b. Peas and beans, 18st 131 b, 18st 81b,
and 17st I llbs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
155 Wheat ....£2.. 13 0 £2 9 0 £2 2 0
454 Oats
65 Barley 1 6 6 1 4 6 0 141 0
47 Peas and Beans 1 14 0 1 12 0 1 11 0

Average of wheat 46s 3d.
k;ou,n, AUG. 11 .-1 tie crane to gonceal, through the
week, has been dull and devoid of all animation, but the
depression is felt, more especially in the articleof Indian
corn, which is materially affected by the supplies of po-
tatoes,which are excellent in quality and perfectly free
from disease. We believe that in some districts the
crop has been partially affected by blight, but the attack
as yet is confined almost altogether to the leaves and
stalks, the tubers, except in a very few instances, being
sound and uninjured. We have every confidence still
that a large and, on the whole, a healthy crop will be
dug out. We have to report further large arrivals of
maize; but, with the exception of a few hundred barrels
of bere and oats, we have no supply of home grain. The
first-named grain sells at 8s to 9s per barrel, and the
latter at 9s to lOs 6d, both finding ready purchasers at
these rates. In prepared and foreign wheat we have
had little business passing, the value of the ariticle
being about the same as at the date of our last. The
stocks of prepared oats are so trifling as to make busi-
ness and quotations alike nominal. The trade in Indian
corn is very restricted, and sales are heavy and dragging,
while prices manitest a still lower tendency. We quote
the extreme value of the article 6/ per ton. The
flour trade remains exactly in the condition last
reported. Bakers purchase only to supply their im-
mediate wants, and prices continue without alteration.
Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d ; extra 15s Od ;
seconds, 13s 6d to ON Od; households 10s to 12s; thirds, 7s to 9s
per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6d to 00s; Indian meal 6s Cto 63 9d; wheat-
meal, lOs Od tolls per cwt. Indian corn 610 s Od to 6/ 5s Od per
ton. Bran 31 10s Od to 4/ per ton. Hay—Farmersl2s to 255; average
22s ; dealers 24s to 48s Od; average 00s per ton. Straw—Farmers
alvBesrOagdeto22s6.3ododp;eratvoenr.ageß2re2asd;_dwreahleeraste3nssloOaelf t6od °Otos
60did:
household loaf 5d to Sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to
8,1 per lb. Eggs-4s Cd to 4s 2d per hundred. Coals—
Newportto
so 7
dpts:o
tnd. ;
cwt.
bacon
muttonaa leßol oanwnsg7do4d Or
14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 143 ; Best Neath
Whisky, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat
46diPto:
;2ssa u6vsdeaagtloe s3sl4sdds
pperteot
ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ lOs ; Valonia 141 to 01; French
7110 s; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone.
Hemp 34/ to 35/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 17s to 18s • red
ditto 26s to '2Bs per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ lOs to 121 per
ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s ;
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market lOs 16s;
salted 12s to 181 per cwt ; calf skins 2d to' 2id per lb.
Potatoes, white 6d to 9d; Minions 00d to 00d; Guano--
Peruvian, 11l B;1 me
olief
orik433ds
Peruvian, 11l 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel,
191 per barrel. tsgotloat°de6B3did3: Ws per cwt.

vessel arrived in the river
froL2NSBMaErD ClseileAs has brought 100,000 kilos. of linseed
sake, as a portion of her cargo, consigned to order.

of the murdered officers is not quite so apparent; but
this circumstance can have little weight in deciding the
question of his guilt. It is equally indubitable that
our murdered countrymen acted with singular indiscre-
tion and rash bravery; disregarding the symptoms o'
danger, which caught the attention of their more wary
attendants, despising their fear, and refusing to employ
even the most ordinary measures of precaution, these
gallant men were intent only on executing to the letter
the business of their commission, and fell victims to their
confidence in the prestige of the British name and au-
thority. At this stage of the proceedings we forbear to
speculate on the probable result of the trial; it is im-
possible to conjecture what palliations Moolrej may offer
in his defence; but, unless he can very materially re-
lieve his conduct of the weight of damaging suspicion at-
tached to it by the evidence for the prosecution, public
feeling and public justice will be satisfied with nothing
less than his elevation to the gallows.
Another cloud is said to be rising on our north-west
frontier. The chances of another war next cold season
stand at high quotations on the political exchange.
Ghoolab Singh, Maharaja of Cashmere, the monarch of
our own creation, to whom Lord Hardinge made over
" for a consideration" the pleasant lands that now adjoin
our territory on the north has, it is said, shown his teeth.
A requisition having been made by the Governor-Gene-
ral for the surrender of the heavy artillery that so
bravely adorns his fort at Jummoo, Ghoolab has politely
expressed his own perfect willingness to oblige his friend
Dalhousie by giving them up at once, but regrets at the
same time that the feelings of his people are so vehe-
mently opposed to the measure as to render his compli-
ance impossible. To this it has been urged in reply, that
a monarch who allows his subjects to control him at
pleasure is not fit for the post he occupies, and that con-
sequently the hours of Ghoolab Singh's sovereignty are
numbered. It is proper to add that at present no authentic
confirmation of this intelligence has come to hand, but
we have every reason to rely on its general correctness.
We ought to add that the reason assigned for Lord
Dalhousie's demand is the possession of indisputable
proofs of the Maharaja's complicity in the recent re-
bellion.

Oar Indian Court is still at Simla. Sir Charles
Napier and staff reached there on the 16th ult. After
transacting business with the Governor-General, the
Commander-in-Chief proceeds to Lahore. It will be
seen from our other columns, that it is in contemplation
to present Lord Gough with a public testimonial. A
service of gold plate has been proposed; but it is a
question how far the rules of the service will allow it to
be presented.

Benares has attracted a large share of the public at-
tention during the last month, in consequence of the pro-
cee hugs of the directors of its bank. This institution
forms one of the numerous joint-stock banks that have
of late years sprung up in this country, the principal
business of which is confined to loan transactions. The
history of its management, if we may judge from what
has already transpired, bids fair to rival that of the Union
Bank of Calcutta, with this difference, perhaps, that the
stopping of the latter institution was productive of con-
sequences far less disastrous than will result from the
overthrow of the Mofussil institution. But the fon: et
origo of the mischief is in both instances identical—
a body of directors enjoying the unlimited con-
fidence of the shareholders, and abusing that
trust by appropriating the funds of the insti-
tution committed to their guardianship to serve
the purposes of personal extravagance or private specula-
tion. We need not here enter into the details of the
Benares mismanagement, having before furnished a re-
port of the meeting of shareholders held at Benares on
the 11th ult., as well as the letters of Dr. Edlin, one of
the shareholders, in which the direction was first openly
inculpated. Four of the directors, all members of the
company's service, Major Debnam, Colonel Pew, Dr.
Butter, and Captain Stewart, have been, it is reported,
ordered t 3 appear before a court-martial, to answer
charges that will be preferred against them ; but it has
been properly remarked that a military tribunal is not a
suitable judicature for the investigation of offences of the
nature of those laid against the delinquent directors of
the Benares Bank, and that resort would have been had
to the Supreme Court at Calcutta, the proper quarter,
had not the bank itself been afraid of the searching in-
quiries to which it would there have had to submit. It
has, on the other hand, been asserted that the matter
will be referred to her Majesty's judges ; but on this
point we are in want of full information. It is much
to be feared that such instances of aggravated defal-
cation as those now under consideration will give an
air of expediency to an intended order which
rumour attributes to the Court of Directors, enforcing
the entire disconnexion of their servants from these
joint-stock institutions. Such an edict, if carried into un-
conditional execution, would no doubt effect very inju-
riously the pecuniary interests of a large class of Hon.
John's employes, and we should hope, therefore, that if
any restriction on the speculative liberty of members of
the services is in contemplation, it will extend merely to
prohibiting them from taking part in the management of
these banks. If pushed to the length of compelling
them to dispose of all interest as shareholders, the order
will inflict a larger amount of evil than it is intended to
cure. The following remarks of a contemporary are
so pertinent to the subject in hand, that we deem no
apology necessary for quoting them at length :—."The
transactions connected with the Benares Bank will be
found fully to justify the determination of the Court of
Directors to interdict the public servants of Government
from engaging in the management of such establishments.
If that wise and salutary resolution has not been already
passed, the report of these proceedings will show the
necessity of hastening its adoption. It is utterly incom-
patible with the honour of Government that any of its
public functionaries should be mixed up with such equivo-
cal proceedings, or to be permitted to share in the obloquy
of such mismanagement. Some small share of the
censure which this catastrophe entails must be laid at
the door of Government, which has allowed 18 months
to pass since the collapse of the Union Bank, without
making any legislative provision for the regulation of
similar companies, for the publication of their accounts,
or for the prevention of those misappropriations which
have brought discredit on the morality of the metropolis.
Had it been rendered imperative on the directors of all
Mofussil banks, and of all joint-stock companies, to
give the utmost publicity to their accounts, a consider-
able portion of the heavy loss which must now fall on the
shareholders might have been avoided."
Gwerzon.--This territory has been thrown into some
little confusion by the insurrectionary attempts of one or
two of the leading chiefs. Notwithstanding the intense
heat of the weather, a force was detached under Lieut.-
Colonel Graves to give an account of the iesurgents,
which succeeded in destroying their principal strong-
hold, Bicturwar, and several other forts of minor con-
sequence. The leader, with his adherents, managed
very skilfully to effect his escape, and the troops sent
against him were unfortunately not sufficiently nu-
merous to follow them up successfully. This circum-
stance has been laid hold of as furnishing a strong
argument for the increase of the regular army. In
consequence of the great demand for troops on the north-
west frontier, the Gwalior territories are obliged to put
up with a force altogether insufficient for their defence;
and thus it happens that when any petty chieftain kicks
up a disturbance, all manner of miserable expedients
must be had recourse to for the purpose of collecting
men suffie'ent to chastise him, and, worse still, as in the
present instance, the rascal is often able to effect an im-
mense amount of mischief before he can be put down.
CALCUTTA—Has been the scene of a partially success-
ful evasion of that least valued of British privileges, the
payment of taxes. The endeavour to bring into opera-
tion the Wheel-tax Act, as it is termed, has for the pre-
sent proved a failure, owing to the passive resistance of
a much contemned but very useful class of the commu-
nity—the llackery Wallahs, or cart-drivers of the
metropolis, who have exhibited a disinclination to be
taxed against their consent, and a degree of sagacity
in giving effect to it, worthy of Young Bengal himself,
familiar with the history of ship money and the Stamp
Act. A general " strike " took place on the first'
attempt to enforce the tax; the wheels were taken off
the hackeries, and the vehicles quietly put up in
store without the limits of the city. The commerce of
Calcutta was, of course, at once brought to a standstill;
the ships in the river could not part with their freights,
or could not get them on board. Merchants were non-
plused, but the cart-drivers stood firm; not merely re•
fenine to work themselves, but, with an indifference to
the princlelee of free trade that would have rejoiced the
heart of Disraeli or Bentinck, preventing the ingress of
any who were so inclined. Tae issue has been in favour of
the rebels, the clause affecting them having been suspended
for three mouths, during which period their ease is to
receive the attention of the Legislature. Their triumph
has sadly scandalized those of our contemporaries who
are generally found ranged on the side of authority.
The case of the widows and orphans who have suffered
the loss of their property by the late defalcations of the
Registrar, Sir Thomas Turton, has been taken up ener-
getically by the Trade Association of Calcutta, since the
receipt of the news of the meeting got up in London by
Messrs. Shuttleworth and Alexander. The first step
taken by the association was to memorialise the local
Government to reimburse the victims of the Registrar's
guardianship from the revenues of the Indian Govern-
ment, referring to the case of Mr. Ricketts, at Madras,
as a precedent. Government, in reply, declined to
acknowledge any liability on its part to make good
the Registrar's deficit, promising, however, to for-
ward the memorial for the consideration of the
home authorities; but, as Leadenhall-street has ob-
tained an unfortunate notoriety for slowness in the dis-
charge of business, the association have intrusted their
petition to the care of Mr. Malcolm Lewis, requ;sting,
him to urge the speedy consideration of the case on the
Court of Proprietors. The question of " Who's to pay ?"
has been argued at considerable length and with great
impartiality and ability by the Calcutta Star. The se-
rious magnitude of the losses sustained renders it impos-
sible to look to any private purse for their repayment; at
the same time, justice forbids the entertainment or
moment of the idea that the heavy wrong inflicted
the very hails, supposed by a pardonable fiction to 10,,
consecrated to the redress of wrongs, should
paired; from whom then is the remedy qu go unree
o come? be-
all whose only
comes a question of vital interesat
means of subsistence have beaen qt! ndered away to sup-
faBshionable Registrar. A
port the extravagancies of
perusal of the arguments P. forth in the journal just
named will, we take it, convince most that the claim of
the sufferers lips with most consistency and force against
the company'. treasury. 'We sincerely hope that

[PRICE SD.

llr. Lewin's efforts may be successful in ob-
taining e from the India House an acknowledg-
,nent of responsiblity. The condition of the Calcutta
police has of late been attracting much of the attention
if the lieges of the metropolis, and serious insinuations
regarding the integrity of some of its officers have ap-
peared in the columns of the public prints. Under these
circumstances, much suspicion has been excited by the
tact that Major Birch, the senior magistrate of Calcutta,
has obtained three months' leave of absence from his
duties, it is said with the intention of applying for the
benefit of the Insolvent Act. The examination of the
gallant magistrate's schedule is looked forward to with
curiosity, as likely to afford an insight into the peculiar
nature of the pecuniary transactions entered into by the
Calcutta magistracy. Sir William Gomm, the Com-
mander-in-Chief expectant, reached Calcutta from the
Mauritius on the 3d June, but found to his infinite
chagrin the post he came to fill occupied by another.
ultimately referred tto r the d homeed ffur
Government.does not
He has made a claim for compensation, which has been
yet clelai°rlwy uhpepeisart;o
hisbe
successor at the Mauritius, Sir G. Anderson, having
arrived and assumed the government, a resumption of his
former appointment is out of
the question. As the
Commander-in-Chief of Bombay, Sir Willoughby Cotton,
has sent in his resignation, it is not improbable that Sir
William Gomm may be thrust into the vacancy.
HYDERABAD.—Affairs have at last, we are told, at-
tracted the attention of the Governor-General. The
debt under which the Nizam's Government lies to the
Government of India now amounts to 54 lees of rupees,
which Lord Dalhousie has requested his Highness to dis-
charge. The Minister has offered, in reply, to clear the
account by instalments of four lees a year, discharging
the interest monthly; but to these terms the Governor-
General is not willing to accede, demanding immediate
payment or a cession of territory to the value of the
debt. The new Minister, Shums-001-Omrah, is, we are
glad to hear, gradually hut effectually carrying out many
measures of reform, and doing his best to educe order
out of the political chaos which this unfortunate state
presents. The Hyderabad Durbar has recently lost one
of its most effective members by the death of the Raja
Balapursad, a son of the late celebrated Minister, Maha-
raja Chundoo Lall. The Nizam, it is believed, in-
tended to bestow upon Balapursad the responsible office
of Peishcar, with the view that Shums-001-Omrah might
have the benefit of his assistance in organizing his schemes
for the removal of existing difficulties, and from the reputa-
tion which the deceased had acquired for political talent
and general intelligence, expectations were entertained at
Hyderabad that the intended engagements would prove
conducive to the permanent benefit of the state. His
death, therefore, is deeply regretted by a much wider
circle than that of his immediate friends. The bands of
liohilla insurgents, which have for two or three months
past been affording occupation to the troops of the con-
tingent, have been nearly if not quite put down by the
energetic gallantry which has been opposed to them.
Our last issue contained accounts of the engagements
with the rebels under Brigadiers Onslow and Hampton;
another encounter has since taken place Jetween a body
of Rohillas, who had taken up a position near the Goda-
very, and a force under the command of Captain Ho-
worth, of the 3d Nizam Infantry. The Rohillas were
attacked with spirit, utterly routed, and thirty-five of
their number taken prisoners; but we regret to add, that
on returning to cantonments the heat was so intense
that the gallant captain of this little band fell a victim to
apoplexy. The loss on the side of the British was not
very severe, but many of the lives of the sepoys who
died of their wounds, if not also that of Captain Ho
worth himself, might, in all probability, have been saved,
lied the surgeon, whose duty it was to be present with
the troops its the field, not preferred staying in his quar-
ters. It is very rarely that it falls to our lot to report a
lapse of this kind on the part of a British officer, and it
is to be hoped that the inquiry into the case which will,
in all probability, take place, may elicit circumstances
tending to deprive the affair of its present sinister ap-
pearance.

BOMBAY.—ThQ good people of this presidency are
still busily engaged in pushing forward their railway
projects, and shares an said to be so largely in demand
as actually to be selling at a premium. In the spirit of
speculative enterprise, the ducks, to our discredit be it
confessed, leave the benighted at a very serious distance.
The contrast, perhaps, was never more clearly mnnifest
than in the different reception which the railway enter-
prise has met with in Bombay and Madras. Messrs.
Connon and INPlCenna, the editor and proprietor of the
Gentleman's Gazette, have come off victorious in an
action for libel brought against them by a member of the
llindoo community, who thought himself aspersed under
the character of " a fat Hindoo." It turned out, how-
ever, in the course of trial, that Bombay could boast of
many fat Hindoos, and that the plaintiff's person did not
justify the application of such an epithet to him, and he
was consequently non suited. The defendants pleaded
their own cause. Another case of ship-burning lately
occurred in Bombay Harbour, already notorious for
such occurrences. The vessel that was sacrificed on this
occasion was the Lowjee Family, well known in the In-
dian seas, the property of a Parsee firm at Bombay, and
is believed to have been set on fire by the crew, who were
chiefly Lascars. In spite of the utmost efforts to save
her she was burnt down to the water's edge.
SINDE is perfectly still, the only item of intelligence
connected with that quarter being the fact—which will
rejoice the heart of Lieutenant-Colonel Burlton—that
the Indian Government has directed the immediate re-
duction of the Sinde Camel Corps, the recent theme of
Sir Charles Napier's eulogy. The authorities here do
not estimate the services of the Camel Corps at quite
so high a rate as the Commander-in-Chief. The heat
is complained of as excessive, the thermometer ranging
as far as 116 degrees in tents.
MADRIS.—We have nothing of interest to note in
connexion with our own presidency. The Railway
Committee have held one meeting only since our last,
when certain resolutious were passed. The question,
" Where is the iron to come from?" naturally arises from
the discussion of railway projects, and has not been
lost sight of by the Indian journals, who are, as a mat-
ter of course anxious that the construction of railways
in India should, among other benefits, assist in the deve-
lopment of the mineral resources of the country, and
they consequently advocate the employment of native
iron. That vast stores of iron ore are to be found in va-
rious parts of India is a fact not perhaps generally
known, yet unquestionable notwithstanding, but before
it could be applied to railroad purposes a complete
change must be wrought in the mode of its manufac-
ture. As at present worked up it must be confessed to
be next to useless ; but, were European skill and me-
chanical appliances brought to bear upon it, there is
Tittle doubt that an article could be produced of first-
rate quality, aed much cheaper than could be procured
in Great Britain. A local contemporary, writing on
this subject, though in allusion more particularly to
Porto Novo iron, observes very justly that, " the work of
developing the mineral resources of the country has not
only been commenced long since in southern India, but
the heat and burden of the day are over, and nothing we
believe is now wanting but the application of means to
insure the unlimited production of the finest iron in the
world."

Our general orders will show that a change has taken
place in the command of the troops composing the gar-
rison of Fort St. George. Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor
has been appointed to the command of the Madras troops
in the Saugor and Nerbudda territories, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Lawe9 of the engineers, to succeed Lieutenant-
Colonel Taylor. This arrangement would appear to
have excited some dissatisfaction, on the ground thatany
t
chief engineer cannot be considered a
of the corps in garrison, as also hat! the duties to the
of his
office requiring him to report on works executed at
Paleveram and other stations at a distaccefrom Madras,
tTi must necessarily be often absent from his command.
Dissentients thus murmur their discontent, and Colonel
Lawa keeps the appointment.
We regret to have to make the announcement that
orders have been received from the Court of Directors
for the abandonment of the experiments iu cotton culture
under the superintendence of 1)r. Wight, at Coimbatore.
What has led to this abrupt termination of an under-
taking which was generally expected to issue in results
of a very opposite character, is not known; and the cir-
cumstance is the more to be regretted as there were indi •
cations that Dr. Wight's labours were about to meet
with a much higher measure of success than had pre-
viously been awarded to them. We yet indulge the hope
that Dr. Wight's labours in this sphere of enterprise will
not be entirely lost to the commercial world, but that
what the parsimonious policy of Leadenhall-street refuses
to carry out will find a prosperous issue through the
means of private capital and enterprise.
The weather, we are happy to say, is much mere en-
durable than last month, Several showers have oppor-
tunely fallen, supplying the earth with much wanted
moisture, and cooling the burning air.
We are sorry to have to announce the wreck of the
steamer Emma, a vessel, the property of a firm at Bom-
bay, lately started to coast between the ports on the
eastern and western sides of the peninsula. The under-
taking, had the management of it been what it should,
might have proved a great public convenience, and re-
munerative to the speculators; unfortunately, however,
her her grounding at Point Devi was only the
the Emma's blunders. The accident tooltplace on
the night of the 13th: ult.,
com-
near the poitttjuist named;
fortunately fortunately no lives were lost,
buumstances attending
the vessel
plete wreck. Accounts oftbe from which it appears
that disaster have been published,
that the conduct of the commander has been much cen-
sured.
The steamer Oriental, with the London mail of the
4th of May, did not reach Madras until the morning
2
being six days overdue. Consider-
or the 6tp, instant,
able anxiety was occasioned by this delay, which was
os‘vlieeg to an accident that happened to her machinery on
her outward voyage to Suez. We have to report the
deaths, since our last, of Brigadier Wallace, of Elephant
Hock celebrity; Mr. John lll,gard, of the Madras Civil
service; and Mr. D. Craigie, Head Master of the St.
Andrew's Grammar School.
(From the Delhi Gazette, June 25.)
Although the tranquillity that has hitherto reigned
undisturbed by any overt acts continues uninterrupted
in the country of the Five Rivers, a strange feeling of
uneasiness, approaching to a certainty that something of
an unpleasant kind is likely to occur, has taken posses-
sical of the mind of the public, and prevails throughout
these provinces, although we have not heard one single
good reason for the existence of tho feeling to which we
allude. It has, nevertheless, been increased by the pre-

cautions adopted by Government to form moveable brims- v`
gsdes tt Peshawur, Wuzeerabad, Lahore, and Feereze- ti
pore, induced, it is generally believed by a majority in
this country, by some information the authorities have
recently received as to intended risings in the Punjaub,
or in the hills adjoining, while we are of opinion that it
is a simple measure of precaution, adopted by the Go-
vernor-General to guard against any possible contin-
geney. It has been accompanied by an order, refuting
leave on private affairs to any officers or men beyond the
Indus, and by imperative instructions to all ladies who
have gone beyond Lahore to return to that station, where
accommodation is being provided for them.
The Peahawur force—or, at least, the European por-
tiot,—are beginning to suffer from sickness, and we re-
gret to have to record one instance of cholera, in the case
of Captain Threshie, of the Bombay Commissariat. It is
said that Kohat is to be fortified and garrisoned, and pro-
gress has been made in housing the troops.
At Riwul Pindee buihdng is the order of the day, and
arrangements, not considered suitable by those on the
spot, are being formed fur placing the cantonments in a
locality where water is not even procurable.
At Jhelum the good people have betel enlivened by
the arrival of a steamer, the Conqueror, which is to be
used, says one authority, as a ferry boat. Another is
expected immediately at Wuzeerabad by the Chenab,
and we trust the day is not far distant when the whole
of the rivers in the Punjaub, including the Indas, will
be covered with steam-boats until railroads are ready to
take their place, as they should, and that speedily.
At Lahore the great point of attraction is the trial of,
the ex-Dewan Moolraj, which commenced on the 31st oz
ourny
opinion of the probable result until the whole of the
latestNlay , and
advices. had nlott beenisquite
concluded
impossible
att
to form
hedatea
aevidence shall have been placed before the public. .We
have been enabled to publish the proceedings in full in
our half-weekly edition, and we dare say they will find
their way into the English papers, as they are being
copied into all the local journals, but they are much too
voluminous to be given here, and we must therefore con-
tent ourselves with what our readers will find elsewhere.
In our next issue we shall no doubt be able to commu-
nicate the final result, which we are certain will be
creditable to the British Government of India.
At Moulton matters are assuming their former state,
although slowly, and it must be some time ere that place
resumes its position as the third commercial town of the
territories hitherto appertaining to the kingdom of the
Punjaub.
We have heard nothing definite as to the progress
made by the new civil Government towards introducing
good order and regularity into our newl% -acquired ter-
ritories, but have some reason to believe they have
hitherto been successful, and on this belief we found our
opinion that no disturbances are likely to occur, unless
they take their origin in the neighbouring states, and
that is not likely, at least during the lifetime of either
Dost Mahomed or Gholab Singh. The former, so far
from thinking of renewing his late hostilities, is appre-
hensive that we shall visit him in his own lair to punish
him for his recent most unprovoked raid, and the latter
is too wise in his generation to arouse the anger of the
lion who has just been appropriating the Punjaub before
his face.

Progress has been made in tae formation of the several
corps of the Seikh contingent, while the withdrawal of so
many officers (30, and 5 surgeons) from regular corps has
contributed so much more to impair the efficiency of the
regiments of the line.
...

The small disturbances in Gwalior have been put down
by the contingent, and the auxiliary force of the Niam
having dispersed and captured large bodies of the refrac-
tory Rohillas, we may say, what we believe it has. never
been in our power to say before of all parts of India, that
absolute peace reigns throughout the dominions of her
Majesty Queen Victoria in the East.
The Maharanee Chund of Lahore is still at Katman-
doo, and will, it is believed,remain there on an allowance
of 1,000 rs. per mensem—a surmise confirmed by the
fact that her request to have two of her attendants sent
to her from Benares has been complied with.
The Legislative Council have been particularly active
during the last two or three months, and given birth to
several measures that were much required, one espe-
cially for punishing all persons who may be found guilty
of breach of trust. A rumour prevails that the Court of
Directors have directed the Council to join the Governor-
General at Simla, which would imply, if it should turn
out correct, that his Lordship purposes making a longer
stay in the hills than was originally intended.
The new Commander-in-Chief reached Simla on the
16th of June, and is at present the guest of the Earl of
Dalhousie. It is said that be has now abandoned the
intention he originally entertained of forthwith removing
the head quarters of the army to Lahore.
We are glad to intimate that the health of Mr. Thoma-
son has improved so much that the plan of going to the
Cape has been given up.
The doings of the Benares Bank directors have ex-
cited great reprobation throughout the whole of the
upper provinces. A meeting was to be held on the 9th
of July to consider the propriety of winding up the
concern.

We aro happy, in conclusion of this resume of the past
events of the month, to be able to annour;ce that the
rains have set in in these provinces in the most favour-
able manner, and if they continue as they have com•
menced, we may look forward to an abundant harvest.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
MADRAS.
(From the Madras Price Current of July 9 )
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Bills on England, Is, 91d. to Is. 10d., according to sight.
Her Majesty's Treasury
Bank of England post bills ... I
Court of Directors' bills on the None.
Government of Bengal 60 I
days' sight •.• j
Calcutta, buy ... Par.
—sell per cent. discount.
Bombay, buy ... per cent. discount.
sell 1 per cent. discount.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
5 per cent. Loan of 1825-26 ... 11 to per cent. dis.
gS
SS '829.30 ... 1 do.
1841 to it do.
4 per cent. d). 1832-33 2
r 15f to 163, do. 1835 36 '••
5 per cent. Transferable Booli'Debt...9 to 10 per cent. pro.
Tanjore Bonds ... ••• ...15i per cent. dis.
Bank of Madras Shares ~.8 to 9 per cent. pre.
PRICES or BULLION, &C.
Ilr. to 11r. 2a.
• . ••• 10r l4a to 11r.
... 35r. per 1G dolls.
BANK OF MADRAS.
RATES OF INTEREST—IN LOANS.
On deposit of Government paper .. 6 per cent.
ditto of copper, brass, spelter, lead, iron,
steel, quicksilver, &c. ... 8
ditto of indigo
... 8 -
- ditto of cotton and mule twist ... ... 9 -
- ditto of woollen, cotton, and other goods 9
In cash credit accounts on deposit of Govern-
ment paper ...

Sovereigns.
Bank of England Notes
Spanish Dollars

... ! ~~

DISCOUNT.
On Government acceptances... ...
private bills, at or within 30 days
Ditto above 39 days ...

... 5 -
... 8i-

STONEY-MARKET.
In the money-mr.rket we have no change to report.
The Bank of Madras has declared a dividend of 6 per
cent. por annum for the halt-year ending the 30tii of June
last.

FREIGHT.—We continue cur previous quotations, nor
is there any appearance of change in the rates.
To LIVERPOOL—Rice
Sugar None.
LONDON
Sußice
ar
31. 15s. per ton of2oewt.
g
Saltpetre
Red wood . . ll. lOs. ditto.
Seeds .
Measurement goods—
Cotton
Indigo
WIIAMPOA—Cotton from Madras...srs. sas. per bale.
" Tutocorin, srs. Bas. to 6rs. Bas, per bale.
(From the Calcutta Star of July 2.)
CALCUTTA, JULY 2.
Since the date of our last we have been placed in tho
receipt ot no further intelligence from home. The Bom-
bay express with London dates up to the 7th of May
came in during the night of the 10Lh ult. The commer-
cial advices . received by the above opportunity were
of a more cheerful and encouraging complexion than
those we had received by the two or three preced-
ing mails. Notwithstanding, however, there was
nothing contained in them calculated materially
to influence any change in the position of our local
markets. Contrary, however to our anticipations,
we have the gratification to report a consider-
able improvement in the position of our import and
export markets. The period under review has been an
active one, and the past few days in particular have been
characterised by more than the usual degree ot activity.
Almost all our leading articles of export have been in
brisk demand, and prices generally have improved.
This accession of life and spirit is doubtless mainly at-
tributable to the lowering rates of homeward freightage,
which, inspiring shippers with increased confidence, have
enabled them to
i
pay higher for produce. u indigo we
have no operations whatever to notice, and all attention
is now turned to the ensuing crop, on the probable ex-
tent of variouswhichb
ris k
iinquiry, and ale
speculationsira rsei
sales
indulged
eien4.
Sugars have been in
actively taking place, at what we conceive to be high
prices, considerin,, the position of the article in the
borne-market at the time the last mail left. Some little
local speculation has also been indulged in; and parties
who anticipated a considerable rise in value here, and
purchased at pretty high rates, have realised but a
trifler.' advance. The crop as een
which, with the state of the hriversb a short one,
, which have -
tinued unnavigable to a later period thatt usual, caucons-
ing the market to be but scantily supplied, has con-
tributed in ag,rs neeatdxet advi
degree to keep up the value of
this staple. ih
Ce 6 are looked for anxi-
ously by dealers in sugar. Saltpetre has also occu-
pit d general attention,
and, stocks being very moderate,
prices have latterly advanced. The position of the
market is sound, and promises to remain firm. In table
rice for the British market a very moderate business has
been done for some time past, and exports show consi-
derably in favour of last year. An active business has
been dune for the Mauritius in the lower descriptions,
but fur Bourbon there exists no inquiry at present. In
raw silk the past month has been rather a dull one;
latterly, however, declining value has tempted a few pur-
chasers, and a moderate business has been done. In
Within th e past The
three or four days appearances silk piece goods active operations have taken place, and
their value has been
welllan.meaeis are ntained.
less
favourable.
inquiry for hides continues as active as ever, and it is
only the absence of stock keeps operations on a small
scale. Oilseeds also show improvement, and a very fair
business is reported both for Great Britain and North
America. Safflower has not been quite 60 eagerly