The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-08 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING-, MARCH 8, 1849

1847, and a spirited representation--" all but
bagged !"--of the last effort at escape of a wounded
duck with an eager spaniel close upon it. Among
the literary contents of the Sporting are " Hunting
and the Million," by Harry Hieover, " Sketches
from the Cape of Gool Hope," " Bath and Bristol
Steeplechases," " The Turf," &c., &c.—The
Farmers' Magazine has " portraits" of a magnificent
" Hereford Ox" and a " Cart Stallion."—The
Farmers' Magazine, as usual, contains an abun-
dance of matter of agricultural interest.--The
Colonial Magazine, having recently passed into
new hands, its managers propose to add to its
attractions by giving it a literary as well as a colonial
character. The present number opens with an article
on " Responsible Government for Colonies," mainly
quoted from a pamphlet by the late lamented Charles
Buller.—The Follet, in addition to its three beauti-
fully coloured plates of "fashions," contains a sheet of
patterns of fancy work and dresses, fresh from Paris,
which will doubtless prove highly acceptable in the
workroom and the boudoir.—The London Journal and
Repertory of New Patent Inventions presents us, as
usual, with some beautiful representations of newly-
invented machines, instruments, &c. ; among these
are improvements in constructing breakwaters, gas-
meters, boats, thrashing machines, &c.—The Patent
Journal and Inventor's Magazine possesses manifold
attractions to the lovers of science and mechanism.
➢Manufactures of all kinds, from Damascus blades to
boots and shoes, are here described, in a very interest-
ing manner.—The Church of England Magazine
furnishes its wonted variety of admonitory and inte-
resting reading for the several Sundays of the
month.

BISHOP PHILLPOTTS.
Bishop Phillpotts does not appear to have succeeded
any better in his attempt to perform the part of a judge,
than he does in the imitations which he occasionally
gives of the character of a Bishop. Having nothing
particularly on his hands the other day, he must needs
go to Devenport, to hold a voluntary " Court of Enquiry,"
into a matter of great Christian scandal, and so indiffer-
ently did he play the part of an honest judge, that in
several passages he was horribly hissed, and in others,
which he thought the most effective and impressive hits,
he was met with the most derisive shouts of laughter. The
unhappy talent which the prelate has of burlesquing so•
lemnities, appears to have overshadowed him on this oc-
casion. All the accounts of this proceeding concur i❑
showing that it was a very bad performance. But the
evidence of failure is not left to the concurrent testimony
of the journals merely—the most considerable of the
spectators have published a solemn protest against the
day's performance (which appeared in our paper last
week). We had not time to refer to it then from the
lateness of the hour at which it was received; but the
certificate of the Bishop's failure in the part of the "judge'
must not be entirely passed over in silence.
Now this is a very grave matter; and though we have
been tempted from the notoriety of the performer to look
at the technical character of the performance, yet, there
is a very different aspect from which it might be re-
garded. This gentlema❑ (Bishop Phillpotts) receives a
great deal of money every week of his life for teaching
the Christian religion; but so little does he appear to
know about the spirit of Christianity, that he is charged
here with conduct which strikes at the root of all respect
for religion itself ; for if the well-paid teachers of reli-
gion cannot add to their lip instructions the necessary
virtues of a candid and truthful practice, why then it is
evident, that the sooner their offices are abolished, or
they are removed Irons their offices, the better for the
security of the Church which they are so well paid to
defend. A clerical writer in an episcopal paper ob-
serves, "the gentlemen who have signed the above de-
claration in a very coarse and virulent spirit." We
almost fancied that he had dipped a very jagged pen into
Bishop Phillpotts' own ink stand. lie calls them the re-
cusant schismatics of Plymouth—with the Rev. John
flitchard at their head—who have been guilty of at-
taching their names in cold blood to an insulting docu-
ment"—" this vulgar attack upon their diocesan." The
publication of a document like this is not to be railed off
by harsh words and outrageous epithets. Bishop Phill-
potts may complain of the insult, but the question for the
public will be—is thi; attack deserved? If it be deserved,
his bishopric, instead of sheltering him from punishment,
ought to ensure a double measure of reprobation, if not
a summary dismissal from the post which he so badly
occupies. We will not, however, frighten him too much
at once, but we would respectfully advise the Bishop to
ho
.on his gliard. He is now so fully known that old
practices cannot be continued with impunity.— Western
Times.

BRITISH COLONIAL BANK AND LOAN COMPANY.—
The annual meeting of the shareholders took place yes-
terday, at their offices, in Moorgate-street, when Mr.
James Stewart occupied the chair, and the report of the
directors was submitted to the meeting. It stated that
since the last annual meeting debentures to the amount
of 1,500/. had been paid off, leaving only 3,6','0/. still to
be paid by the company. In consequence of the general
depression felt in the Australian colonies, the receipts of
rent and interest had rather fallen off; yet the balance-
sheet would have warranted a dividend to the same
amount as last year, but that it was necessary to reserve
1,312/. to meet the possibly unfavourable issue of
Chancery suit. The directors, therefore, recommender'
only a dividend of two per cent. this year. The state •
merit of accounts gave the mortgage loans, now exist
ing at 38,654/., and such as were foreclosed at
197,144/ ; and the amount of cash and bills in the
hands of the company at 6,5671. The profit and
loss account for the year showed a balance, after
paying the expenses of the establishments at
home and abroad, of 3,394/.; but that sum included
1,099/. of forfeited shares, and also the reserve of
1,3121. to meet the Chancery suit, which could not
be made available for the dividend. The chairman
in laying the accounts before the meeting, begged the
proprietors to consider the general commercial difficul-
ties of the year, which had affected that company in
common with every other; that, although there had been
a slight falling in the mortgage interest and in rents,
there had also been a considerable reduction of their
liabilities; that there was now a prospect of property in
Australia rising in value, in consequence of increased
emigration, and the enhanced value of Australian wool
in the British market. Several proprietors, in a conver-
sation that ensued, urged the reduction of the expenses
in Sydney, and the speedy winding up of the company's
affairs. The directors said they were as desirous as any
to reduce the expenses to the lowest amount compatible
with the interests of the company, and they had already
given orders to the managers and directors at Sydney to
sell the property as soon as the sums advanced on it
I could be realised; but that the last advices from Sydney,
of the 2d September, said the value of property was re-
duced, by the general wish on all band to realise, to a
merely nominal amount. Resolutions were adopted,
receiving the directors' report, authorising a dividend of
per cent., and voting the thanks of the shareholders
to the chairman and directors. The meeting then ad-
journed.
The Right lion. Sir R. Peel gave a Parliamentary
entertainment last evening at the Right lion. Baronet's
residence in Whitehall gardens, when the following po-
litical friends of the Right lion. Baronet honoured him
with their company to dinner:—The Right Hon. the
Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right lion.
llenry Goulburn, the Right lion. Sir George Clerk,
Earl Jermyn, Lord Alfred Hervey, the Hon. Mr. Stuart
Wortley, Sir John Pakington, Bart., Sir Philip Grey
Egerton, the Right Hon. Sir F. Lewis, Sir John Young,
Sir James Weir Hogg, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. J.
Wilson Patten, Mr. W. Beckett, Mr. B. Denison, Mr.
Adderley, the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Shaw Lefevra,
&c. &c.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury gave
a magnificent entertaintment last evening to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Orange, at the family mansion
in Arlington-street. The Royal Prince was attended
by Admiral Arriens and Captain Gendriche, and arrived
shortly before eight o'clock, and was welcomed by the
Nohle Marquis. The guests present to meet his Royal
Highness were the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency
the Dutch Minister and Mdlle. Schimmelpenninck, the
Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Eglinton,
Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount Cantilupe,
Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Cranbourne, Viscount In-
gesre, Lord Brougham, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord
and Lady Charles Wellesley, Sir Henry Lytton and Lady
Bulwer, Mr. Johnson, &c. The company separated
shortly after eleven o'clock.

HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE.—The opening night is
definitively fixed for this day week, the 15th March.
The opera will be the Cenerentola, in which the princi-
pal characters will be sustained by Mdlle. Alboni, Bel-
letti, Lablache, and Gardoni. Carlotta Grisi, Mario
Taglioni, and Rosati, with Paul Taglioni and Louis
d'Or, will perform the ballet of the Diable a Quatre.
OPERA COMIQUE, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.--TheiT
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the per-
formance at this theatre with their presence last evening.
There were also present—the Marquis of Anglesea, his
Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Russian Am-
bassador, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de
Lechner, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van do
Weyer, the Earl and Countess Craven, Lord and Lady
Newport, Earl and Countess of Malmesbur
y, Countess
Tankerville, the Baron and Baroness de Nieumann,
Lord Mandeville, Lady Isabella Blackford, Lord and
Lady Trimleston, Lord Clifden, Lord Ossulston, Baron
and Baroness Dimsdale, Sir William and Lady Herries,
the Right Hon. W. Lascelles, Lady Quentin, Lady and
Miss Macdonald, Hon. Mr. Spalding, Sir Philip Brooke,
Miss Mitchell, Colonel George Knox, Major Udney, Mr.
and Miss de Horsey, Mr. Ball Hughes, M. and Madame
Urielle, Miss Udney.

LEGAL STATISTICS.—It is stated in the preface to
the second edition of Mr. Purton Cooper's pamphlet on
the "Delay in the Offices of the. Masters in Chancery,"
that in 1814 there were 821 barristers and 1,836 London
attorneys, and that in 1848 there were 3,176 barristers
and 2,872 London attorneys. The barristers, therefor
have during 34 years increased almost fourfold, whilst
the London attorneys are far from having doubled.
Allowing for such barristers as may be abroad, it is
probable that the number of barristers in London ex-
ceeds the number of attorneys in London; and that,
therefore, a London barrister who has but one London
attorney for his client has, nevertheless, more than his
share.

TRAFFIC ON THE LONDON AND NORTII,WESTERN
liamwAy.—Amongst other indications of a revival of
trade may be mentioned the fact, that the traffic of the
London and North Western, fur seven weeks since the
closing of the last half-yearly account, shows an in-
crease of nearly 17,0001. over the corresponding period
of the previous twelve months, or an increase at the
late of 2,4004 per week.

THE WAR. IN THE PUNJAUB.
THE OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
A series of dispatches, thirty-three in number, ap-
pear in a supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday, detail-
ing the military operations which have taken place in
the Punjaub since the 9th of September last. The sub-
stance of nearly all of these, and in some instances the
documents themselves, have already been published in
The Sun, but as they now appear tor the first time under
official authority, an abstract of them may not prove
uninteresting:—
The first dispatches relate to siege operations before
Moultan, the mode in which the enemy was con-
ducting their defences, and the casualty returns of
the field force engaged. The first dispatch is ad-
dressed by General Whish to the Adjutant-General,
and is dated the 9th September, 1848. After some de-
tails it states:—" The enemy were troublesome at day-
break yesterday and midnight, and particularly at four
A.M. this morning, on which latter occasion their attack
on the trench was more decided." The second dispatch,
dated the 10th of September, 1848, from General Whish
to the Adjutant-General, gives an account of an abortive
attempt, attended with considerable loss, to dislodge the
enemy from a position apparently similar to one near
it, which they had been easily driven from a day or two
previously. It concludes with the particulars of a move-
ment to turn the position referred to, in which operation
Brigadier Markham was wounded. The third dispatch,
between the same parties, dated Moultan, September 12,
conveys intelligence of the capture of the position with
comparatively little loss, that event having been delayed
considerably by the prevalence of stormy weather. In
his fourth dispatch, dated the 13th of September, Ge-
neral Whish continues the narrative of the mode in
which the attack on the enemy's position was so suc-
cessful. " The position," he states, " was a strong one,
and stoutly defended, the conflict terminating only in a
as ries of hand to hand encounters." The dispatches 5,
6, and 7, from General Whisk to the Adjutant-General,
are dated on the 7th, 9th, and 12th of November, 1848,
and give the particulars of a successful attack, attended
with comparatively little loss, on the strong position oc-
cupied by the enemy on the eastern side of the Grand
Canal. The enemy was in strong force on the west side
of the Canal also, but had no guns there. The dis-
patch attributes the result in a great measure to a rapid
advance of cavalry and horse artillery, under Major
Wheeler and Captain Anderson, and the steady
advance and brilliant bayonet charge of the
infantry force on the enemy's batteries. Five
pieces of cannon were captured in the engage-
ment. Next follow in the series letters from Briga-
dier F. Markham and Brevet-Major Wheeler, the first
to General Whish, the second to Captain A. S. Balfour,
Major of Brigade, giving further details of the action to
which the two preceding dispatches refer. Following
these documents come two dispatches from Major H. B.
Edwardes, C. 8., and Lieutenant E. J. Lake to General
Whish, describing the conduct of the allies under their
command on the 7th of November. Some doubt had
been thrown over their fidelity by the desertion on the
previous night of half of one of General Courtlandt's re-
gular regiments; but on the morning of the 7th they vi-
gorously repulsed a fierce attack of the enemy, and during
the day they took an important part in the successful
operations on the eastern bank of the Grand Canal.
Next in the series is a dispatch from Gen. Whish to the
Adjutant-General, dated the 27th of December, and
etating that, having been joined by;the Bombay column,
he had resumed operations against the enemy. It
describes the plan of attack which had been adopted
against Moultan, and then announces the complete
success which had attended it. In his dispatch of the
following day, General Whish enters more into details
of the operations, and designates as the strong posi-
tions taken, " Sudee-lollke- bed," " Mundee-Awa," the
suburbs east of it and to the north-east angle of the
citadel, the " Amid:lap," "Sewall Mull's Tomb," the
brick-kilns with strong entrenchments, the " Shums-
tobreers" or Blue Mosque, and the village or
fort of Wuzerabad. " All of these," adds the re-
port, " the enemy had evidently determined to de-
fend manfully, but were deterred when the time came by
previously witnessing the discomfiture of their friends
from the triple and earlier attack on the left." The
dispatch is followed up by reports from Brigadier the
lion. H. Dundas, in command of the Bombay column,
to General Whish, and from Brigadier D. Capon, com-
manding the Ist brigade of the Bombay column, to the
Assistant-Adjutant-General, Major Green. These
supply many particulars of the military operations by
which the capture of Moultan was effected. On the 30th
of December General Whisb continues his narrative of
the siege, and describes the blowing up of the Grand
Musjid in the citadel, appropriated as the principal maga-
zine. On the 31st of December he reports that the fire
from the citadel had been almost entirely subdued. On
the 2d of January General Whish writes to the Adjutant-
General that in a week the troops under his command
had effected the reduction of the fortified city of Moultan,
and made the interior of the citadel a wreck. A dispatch
dated the 3d of January, written by the Hon. H. Dundas,
announces the same facts to the Adjutant• General of
the Bombay army. Then follows the dispatch of General
Whish, dated the 22d of January, announcing the fall
of the citadel and the unconditional surrender of Moolraj.
This document has already appeared at length in The
Sun. This closes the series of papers touching on the
Beige operations before Moultan.
Next comes a letter from the Adjutant-General of
the Army to the Secretary of the Government of India,
announcing, under date October 4, 1848, that Major
S. Fisher had dispersed a band of marauders sear
Noorpoor, under a leader named Ham Singh. The report
of Major Fisher on the subject is subjoined. A dis-
patch from the Adjutant-General of the Army comes
next, addressed to the Secretary to the Government of
India, dated Kalka, October 22, 1848. It states that
Brigadier H. M. Wheeler, commanding in the Jullundur
Doab, had effected the reduction of the fort of Itungur
Nuggal, a strongly fortified place, without any loss of
life. Brigadier Wheeler's letter, dated the 15th of Oc-
tober, to the Adjutant-General follows, with details of
the siege. Then follows the official announcement of the
capture of Kullalwalla by the same officer, and his
letter,
_dated Kullalwalla, Nov. 23, to the Adjutant-
General, explaining the manner in which it had been ac-
complished.
To these documents succeeds the dispatch of Lord
Gough, giving the details of the action which took
place at Ramnuggur. The report of Brigadier. Gene-
ral C.Campbell, dated 24th November, is subjoined, with
a long return of the killed, wounded, and missing in
that disastrous affair. Then follows the general orders
to the army of the Punjaub, the letter of Lord
Gough to the Governor-General, dated Hine!),
the sth of December. The list of papers
closes with a long dispatch from Maj or-General Sir Joseph
Thackwell to the Adjutant-General, explaining very fully
the reasons which induced him to select the ford over the
Chenaub at Wuzeerabad to that at Runnee Khan-ke-
Puttun, or that at Alice Shere-ke-Chuck. The Brigadier
also gives a full account of his engagement with Shere
Sitigh's forces on crossing the Chenaub, and ascribes to
the small force of cavalry under his command, and to the
advanced time of the day, his not being able to capture
the enemy's guns.

THE EAST INDIA HOUSE AND
SIR C. J. NAPIER.
Yesterday morning a special meeting of the Directors
of the East India Company was held at their house in
Leadenhall-street, to take into consideration the appoint-
ment by the Government of Sir Charles Napier as com-
mander-general of the forces in India, contrary to, and
in defiance of, the expressed wishes of many of the Di-
rectors, who, it has always been admitted, hare had the
power to veto any recommendation made by the Crown.
Lieut.-General Sir James Law Lushington, chairman of
the board of directors, presided, and there were present
R. D. Mangles, Esq., M.P., J. Masterman, Esq., M.P.,
the Hon. W. H. Leslie Melville, W. H. C. Plowden, Esq.,
m.P., M. T. Smith, Esq., M.P., H. G. Tucker, Esq.,
M.P. Major. General Caulfield, Major-General Sir Ar-
chibald Galloway, and other directors.
The meeting was held with closed doors, and the ut-
most secresy was observed, so that it was impossible to
give anything like a detailed report of what took place.
We (the Guardian) may, however, state that on the as-
sembling of the board, Mr. J. C. Melvill read an official
notice from Sir John Cam Hobhouse, President of the
Board of Control, conveying to the Directors intimation
of her Majesty's appointment of Sir Charles Napier.
This occasioned considerable discussion, and the appoint-
ment was opposed by Major-General Caulfield, and de-
fended by Sir J. Law Lushington, each of the Hon.
Directors becoming, as it were, the leader of a party.
The appointment of Sir Charles was eventually con-
firmed, and it was stated to the board that at an inter-
view which be had with the Duke of Wellington on
Monday, the terms ou which he would accept the ap-
pointment were settled; one of the principal being that
he would not be controlled by any political agent in
directing the movements of his armies.
Recruiting parties have been ordered out by the mili-
tary authorities to enlist men to replace the casualties
iu the regiments serving in the Punjaub; it is also un-
derstood that volunteers will be received from regiments
serving at home, and proceed immediately for service in
India, as these men, already trained as soldiers, will of
course be more efficient than recruits can be
ur some
months after joining the service.

WEST INDIA MAIL.
The West India papers which the Severn did not
bring have arrived. The 22d of January is the latest
date from Jamaica.

REVIEW OF MARKETS.
(From he Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
The business of the past fortnight has been extremely
dull. Complaints of the inactivity of the markets have
been general in all branches of business. In breadstuffs
j there has been unusual inactivity, and resort has been
had to auction for the purpose of forcing off late receipts
of flour, meal, &c. Salted provisions are in somewhat
better request. Irish butter and candles are much
wanted. There has been an improved feeling in the
sngar market, consequent on some purchases for expor-
tation, coupled with the very light receipts in town,
I ON LONDON.—Colonial Bank: 91011. days,
30 days,
11. per cent. pm.; 60 days, 1-4 per cent. 'pm.;
2:1- per cent. pm.; between packets, 43 per. cent. extra on
each rate. Jamaica Bank: 90 days, per; cent. pm.;
60 days, 134 per cent, ditto.
I per cent. dittO. Merchants' Bill's: 90 days,
FREIGHTS.—Tonnage is abundant, but homeward
freights are very dull Sugar would be taken at 31. per
ton, rum at 4d. per gallon, and pimento at id. per lb.

OUTIIAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.-'The Madrid, Pe-
ninsular Company's steam-ship, Captain Bowen, with
the Peninsular mails, left this day. She took out about
twelve passengers, and a large general cargo. The Erin,
Captain Russell, from the Black Sea, is expected hourly.
The Montrose, Captain Clive, from the Italian route, is
expected in the course of a day or two.
Sir George Anderson, Governor of the Mauritius,
had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Co-
lonial-office.