The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-04 00:00:00

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

DALRYIiiTLE V. MULL.
Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Montagu
Chambers for the defendant.
This was an action to recover compensation in damages for
eertain slanderous expressions which the defendant, the pro-
prietor of a few houses at Hammersmith, had used towards
the plaintiff, a widow lady, who was one of his tenants at the
time.

It appeared that the plaintiff, who had lived in Chelsea,
owed some rent, and that the defendant, after having been
unable to levy a distress, proceeded to the house, caused a
crowd to assemble, and called her "a vagabond bitch, a
swindler, and a thief," saying that he could prove that she
deserved each of these aspersions. He also said that "she
had left Chelsea through cheating her tradespeople, and that
he should take care she did not cheat any one in Hammer-
smith, as he would follow her twenty miles for the purpose of
exposing her." He carried his threat into effect, as he had
called,upon two of her tradesmen in Chelsea, aspersed her in
the way mentioned, and advised them not to trust her. It
appeared, however, that she had discharged the account of
these persons, with the exception of a few shillings each, and
that they considered her a person whom they could trust.
One of them, in consequence, refused to execute an order.
The defence was, that the defendant had acted as he did
under great provocation, as, after his broker had been re-
pulsed, the plaintiff sent him a note to the following effect ;
" Fools! did you ever catch a weasel asleep ? how is
Lushington (the broker) after having had his hand in the
trap ;" that but one word, namely, " thief," was in the eye of
the law slanderous, and that there was reason to believe that
the witnesses might have been mistaken, and that that word
had been added by the plaintiff's attorney, well knowing
that unless such a word was used, that an action would
not lie.

Mr. Justice En ;.ft told the jury that if they considered the
defendant meant by the word "thief "- tly charge the plaintiff
with larceny, they should give their verdict for the plaintiff ;
if not, for the defendant.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)

JOHNS t'. LOWLEY-FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

This was an action for false imprisonment brought by the
plaintiff against Lowley, the landlord of a dwelling-house in
Ratelitfe-highway, who gave him into custody and charged
him at Thames Police-court with stealing away the fixtures.
The charge was heard by Mr. Ballantyne and dismissed. It
wrs proved upon the trial that the plaintiff had put up
some fixtures for John Turner, Mr. Lowley's tenant, who,
intending to remove out of the louse, resold them to Mr.
Johns, and he was in the act of taking them away when the
landlord came to the spot and gave him into the custody of
the police.
The LORD CinEr BARON directed the jury to find for the
plaintiff, and at the same time in estimating the damages, to
take into account that the defendant had ground for an action
of trespass, and damages against the plaintiff.
Verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 101.
=Counsel for the plaintiff, Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Haw-
kins; for the defendant, Mr. Humphrey, Q.C.

COMMON P.LEAS.—(THIg DAY.)
'rho Court was engagca all the snur.i..-, vvl►L •i &sue
of no public interest, being a part-heard crse from yes-
terday.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)

IN RE A. W. SLEIGH.

This insolvent, who, it will be remembered, was connected
with the expedition under General Flores, came up for his
final order. -
Mr. BUCHANAN appeared on behalf of the insolvent, who
was opposed on the ground that he bad not accounted for
a sum of 300/., which he wag possessed of in 1843. In the
course of a long examinat,on, it appeared that he had been one
of the Commissioners in the Manchester constabulary, but the
appointment expired under the Act, and he had been in
expectation of obtaining another appointment. He had spent
the money on neceFsary expenses, and in 1815 received 1251.
from his wife's relations, and had mainly depended on his
literary labours.
Mr. Buchanan was about to address the Court on behalf
of the insolvent, when
His Hozioun said he did not see any ground for the oppo.
sition, and would grant the order.

SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.

SMITH V. COLLINS:

The plaintiff in this case is a tailor in Regent-street, and
he brought the action to recover the sum of 2/. 12s. for goods
sold. It appeared by the evidence that the defendant
ordered a coat, and the plaintiff's foreman swore that de-
fendant selected a blue cloth, but when he called afterwards
he said he bad ordered a black coat, as he never wore a blue
one in his life; and plaintiff rather than lose him as a cus-
tomer said he would make a black one, but he completed the
blue one and sent it home; it was however returned by the
defendant

Mr. THostAs said he had a witness who could prove that
the order was for a black coat, but on the evidence already
given he felt confident of a verdict, for even supposing a blue
coat to have been originally ordered, the contract had been
set aside by plaintiff's promising to make another.
The jury immediately gave a verdict for the defendant.
MIMI P. WARREN.
This was an action by the same plaintiff against the de.
(cadent, who is a surgeon, to recover the sum of 3/. 35., for
goods sold.

The defendant pleaded a tender of 2/. 9s. which had been
paid into court.
The evidence went to show that the defendant ordered two
waistcoats, but they were objected to. One was a French
shawl pattern, the ether a silk cross-bar; the first was
charged 11. 105., and the other 1/. 55., with Bs. for buttons.
Mr. THOMAS, for the defendant, called for a bill which was
delivered in the first instance but returned, and which was
for 21.95. The bill, however, was not produced.
The plaintiff's foreman said he took the waistcoats home,
but defendant did not like the make, and said he 9aly ordered
thorn out of " courtesy," es he west Co: quits s daunt puT-

pose, namely, to sell a rifle, but as plaintiff' asked him for the
onier, and as Inol ordered them, he would take one.
The UNDER-SllERlFF—.;rdered two out of courtesy, and
then said he would take one I
Witness—Yes, sir. The waistcoats were sent back some-
times once and sometimes twice a week for alterations.
Mr. Tito*As called a witness named Payne, a tailor in the
Strand, who swore that the 2/. gs. was a full West-end price.
The shawl pattern was almost as old as Adant—(Laughter)
—the other was not a novelty.
The witness to prove the tender was not present.
The UNDKR-SIMP.IFF said the question now Was only one
of value.
The jury gave a verdict for the full amount.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY)
OLD COURT.
The cases brought on this morning are totally
publication. unfit for

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CLERKENWELL-(THIS DAY).
Wm. Jordan was charged before Mr. Greenwood with
stealing upwards of 100 yards of valuable stuff, cashmere, and
other fabrics, the property of Mr. Turner, draper and silk'
mercer, of High-street, Islington.
It appeared that the goods were exposed for sale close to
the shop-door, where they were seen safe by the prosecutor
yesterday evening about eight o'clock, soon after which
time the prisoner was met .carrying them by a policeman+.
who arrested him, and after inquiry took him to the shop ot
Mr. Turner, who was not aware before that he had been
robbed, and, upon making a search, identified them as those
he had placed near the door for sale.
The prisoner, who said they had been given him to carte
by a stranger, was fully committed to take his trial.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. —WaDsziVAT•

EXN ING FIELD.
TILE DEEDY.-FIRST TIZS.
Valiant beat Agricola 1 Rhadamanthus beat Firt.
Buonaparte beat Farmer's Boy away

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THE CUT.-FIRST TIES.
Regina beat Vampire Dowager Queen beat BP'
Victor beat Fancy Boy I ater
Mealey beat Damask Rose

TILE 111/K5.---PIRST 7118.

Daisy beat Bashful
Revoke beat Ales

ISilesia beat Viola

THE PORT STAKES..-FIRST *IS.

Mainmast beat Rhea I Brutus beat Mac
Destiny beat Shakespeare Foxhunter ran a bye

MIAMI&
Mr. Arabin's nd Mentor beat Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk.
Mr. Fyson's Fatima beat Mr. Dobede's Diana.
Mr. Fyson's Fairmaid beat Mr. B. Smyth's Knight Marsha'
Mr. Moody's Rosetta beat Mr. Gillett's Glentilt.
THE WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLE CHASES.

TUESDAY.
Handicap of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared,With
100 added. Four miles. 23 Subs, 7of whom declared.
Mr. Jones's h g by Glaucus, aged, lOst (Mr. Brotherton)
Mr. Walters' Cavendish, aged, lOst 21b
The following also rare :—Mr. Moseley's Jerry, list; 311.11
Clark nd Gipsey Queen, 9st 101 b; Mr. Douglas's Avoca, luol
81b, fell. Won by a head.
The Hunt Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, were won
by Mr. Davenport's Moonlight, aged, 12st (owner), beatin
Mr. Mytton's Richard First, 6 yrs, 12st; Conrad, 12st 1011) •
and Ironsides, 12st, by a head.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
Mr. George Thompson has most handsomely declined to
contest the vacancy in Westminster, about to be created by
the retirement of Mr. Leader, in favour of Mr. Lushington.
The following correspondence has passed between WI
Front, the Chairman of the City Reform Association, an
Mr. Thompson :
" Stannard's Hotel, Covent-garden, Jan. 27,1847.
"Dear Sir,—At a meeting of the committee of the West'
minster Reform Society, held here this evening, I was re:
quested to convey to you the unanimous assurance of their
high respect and esteem, and to express their sincere regret
that circumstances, wholly of a local nature, should hay;
proved so insurmountable, in the opinion of the committee
at their previous meeting, that you could not with safety FP
placed as a candidate for the representation of this 601
and the committee further requested me to convey to yozau
their sincere hope, that by your high character, obtained
defence of liberty and public justice, you may speedily
honoured with a seat in the Legislature, where your greill •
talents may have a more extensive field of operation for
}erring benefits to your country, equal or superior to those
which you have already assisted in accomplishing.
" In the opinions here expressed you have my entire cum.
currence.—l am, dear sir, your's truly,
THOMAS PROUT, Chairman-
" To George Thompson, Esq., &c, &c."
" 6, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, Saturday
Evening, Jan. 30, 1847.
" Dear Sir,—Owing to absence in the north of El;
land, I did not obtain the letter you did me the honour
address to me on the 27th until this day. nani"
"The sentiments which, in accordance with the 11 rge,„
mous vote of the committee of the city of Westoninete.loti•
form Society, you have conveyed to me, are peculiarly g ova
Eying, especially as you are pleased to express Yeur
entire concurrence in them.
" I cordially thank the committee for the assuranee_„d 1
have given me of their personal respect and eateern, 1""con.
shall endeavour to confirm their favourable opinions, roger
tinuing to pursue, witk singleness of purpose, in W"sobieb
sphere I may be called to labour, the great objects t°
my public life has hitherto been devoted. a tterit3s
" While gratefully acknowledging the kind and .ast the
communication you have made to me, permit n'n,,e choice
same time, to express my ardent satisfaction that ''`vrhot sit
of the Reform Society has fallen on a gentlernled to the
my estimation as well as theirs, is eminently entishould the
support of the liberal electors of Westmioster.mr. Chitties
suffrages of that enlightened body returr;l
estminster SC Bi
Lushington to the House of Common ter and her
iarac
have another representative worthy of her Cl. met, of
principles—a gentleman who is a thorough Refor
sound judgment, ripe experience, and tried indeperlaell'
" No longer now before the society as a candidate ter Ile'
mination to the distinguished position to which the vote
of its members have elevated another, I shall, as one of that
society, earnestly co-operate to secure the return of the gen"
Commons
tleman whe has been selected, and shall trust to see him, in
company with his colleague in the contest, placed in a tri'
umphant majority at the next election.
" With sincere regard, believe me,
" Dear Sir, yours truly,
" GEORGE THOMPSON.
" Thomas Prout, Esq., Chairman of the Committee
of the Westminster Reform Association."
Mr. Charles Lushington will, therefore, receive the united
support of all the Liberal section of the constituency.

LATE LOSS OF A VESSEL WIT

PROVISIONS FOR IRELAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
RELIEF FUND FOR IRELAND AND SCOTLAn'
Committee-room, Mansion-house, Hull, Feb.
Sin—The attention of this Committee has been called
hnre
an article in The Sun of Saturday last under the git, 80
head. I am directed to inform you, that this Comol' ;
have not purchased anything whatever to send to Irelan_o,
all our funds are being distributed through the British Alpe a
elation in London, to whose Treasurer we last week rnau to
remitance of fifteen hundred pounds, which I am haPilich
say is not nearly half the amount of the contributions "'
shalltl be furnished by Hull. 6 tb6
will much oblige this Committee if yon will bay also
goodness to insert this letter in your next paper: or
hope that such other journals as may have inserted the 13
graph will kindly copy this contradiction.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN GARRETT, 8.A., Hon. Sec:o-
P.S. We are aware that the vessel left this port with Pro,
visions for Ireland, but the cargo was the subject of Prig-
speculation.

FOREIGN MAILS.
ship
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—The royal mail steam-jig
Avon, Captain Norton, left The docks yesterday afternoon ie,
the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieuv,,
nant Brand, Admiralty agent. It was somewhat he3_,,re,
The Avon took out thirty-nine passengers, a considera',
quantity of quicksilver for the Mexican miae.3, besides
1""
average cargo.
The Achilles, of the Peninsular and Oriental Con
Captain Wilson, left this afternoon at three o'clock procisecl.:
with mails, passengers, and freight for the Levant. The
ration of her voyage will be about ten weeks. vir it
The Dee, Captain Allan, homeward bound with the - °
rndian and Mexican mails, is due at the Post-office on
th
7th, but in all probability she will arrive on the sth.
The Iberia, Captain Meehan, with the homeward
sular mails, is due on the 6th ; but it is most likely she WI
arrive on Friday.
The Tiber, Captain Russell, takes out the Peninsular vie,
of the 7th. Letters posted in London on the owning of -
6th will be in ample time.
Our readers are already aware of the return of the_t ent4
a new steam-ship belonging to the Peninsular ar-i °",ehT a
Company, which left this port on the 30th ult -OF the
seas. There was some defect in her feee',g PlRAwhich
rendered it ph...l.Leiy necessary that
..a.e should put bas d
Some gis or eight days will elapse iefore she will be enable;
to resume her voyage. The PAtinger, Captain Cooper,
preparing with all possible dispptch for the same destination'
for which she will leave Southampton on the 16th;
should any untoward accident prevent the completion of
Pekin previous to that tine, the mails and passengers Wn' "-
transferred to the Pottingei.

• -
HOUSE OF LORDS.—NEW STANDING ORDER.'
The following additional standing orders, relating to railt„,"
and other Bills, were agreed to on the 26th ofJanuarY
" 1. That after any road, or canal; or railway, or deck—bill,
shall be read a first time, and before any further proceedin,,'
thereupon, there be deposited in the office of the Clerk of t.:
Parliament a statement of the l'ngth and breadth of the
space which is intended or sough: to be taken for the Po'
posed works, and to give up whichthe consent of the oWlie.4ll
of the land has not been obtained ; together with the naraw:
of such owners, and the height abrve the surface of all rd.
posed works on the ground of ell such owner. 2•
also, in the case of railway bills, Bat a return shall be Pr,
sented, at the same time, of the names of the owners °I. re.'
cupiers of any houses situated vithin 300 yards of the P,,,,
posed works, who shall, on or bebre the introduction of
Bill into this House in the present session, or before the %in
of December prior to any future session in which the 0,,
shall be introduced into harliagrent, have sent to the prom
ters of the railway their dissent, or any written objections
the railway."
HER MAJESTY'S BUCKHOUNDS. The 133--- ,At
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Monday was at Woking station. There was rather a ttfi
field, but several of the right sort,including the Noble littr,
of the Buckhounds, Lord Rivers, Captain Fullertoee Zot
Worley, Mr. Jones, and several officers of the Life and i 0
Guards. The deer was uncarted (rather late in the dayision,
consequence of the previous night's frost) near the stab
and went away at a clipping pace towards Chesney, 311`A the
doubled to the right and made across the country_lll;„,
direction of Byfleet, then doubling right bAck to Iv 0 ~,7,5
between the station and the village. The deer then doubled
and made to Worplesdon, thence to Purbright, and a_vrY„
Henley Park on to Frimley Ridges, and thence to the
al
where it was taken in the water. The ground covered
upwarks of twenty-five miles, and the whole dittanc ine
done in two hours without a single check. Earl Gr'sn
gave in at Byfleet, and very few were up at the take heir To
Lord Rivers, Mr. Jones, Mr. Worley, and the whioe•
consequence of the heavy frost which set in on Tua
at
night, the private meet which was to have tlikentirriday)
Gerrard's Cross was postponed. To-morrow's meet %.
has been fixed for the White Hart, hiaideattezi•
held at di.
Yesterday a Court of Directors vi" red
East India House, when Daniel Eliott, Esq., Wll5 "'Tr--
provisional member of council at Madras.
CONVERSION TO THE CHURCH r
Robert Suffield, late scholar of St. Peoter'aßcOmus. ege.0441040,--144:
bridge, has made a public profession of the RODS=
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unanittintia. the other members of the Durbar were fully
ticquilted of all participation in the guilt. Ttie chiefs were
told that they were at liberty to proceed as they thought tit,
but that the British Government could no longer recognise
Lall Singh as Vuzeer, or communicate with the Goverionsnt
over which he presided. The Ministers and chiefs having
deliberated on the subject, determined immediately to depose
the Vuzeer, and to entrust the Government to a commissisn
consisting of Tej Singh, Shere Singh, Dewan Deenanath, and
Kaleefa Noor-ood-Deen, until some permanent arrangement
could be made. On the afternoon of the 4tb, Mr. Currie,
Colonel Lawrence, and the Seikh Ministers,; proceeded to
the palace and announced the result to the Queen. Two
thousand of the principal retainers of Lall Singh had just
before been removed from the fort, where they acted
as garrison, and their places been taken by a correspond-
ing number of the Lahore troops, they next day received
their arrears of pay, and were disbanded without express-
ing a murmur or complaint. The deposed Minister mean-
while was conducted to his private residence in
the city by Lieutenant Edwardes, assistant agent to the
Governor-General, under an injunction that he should
not cross the threshold or attempt to communicate with
any one. It was a singular illustration of the perfect good
understanding and tranquillity that prevailed, that some
delay having occurred in the arrival of the regular guard,
Lieut. Edwardes availed himself of the services of the re-
tainers of the Vuzeer to conduct their master a prisoner to
the place of his confinement, and that the duty was per-
formed with as much alacrity and cheerfulness as if it had
been an occasion of ceremony wherein they were engaged in
doing him honour. He was a few days afterwards on his way
to Ferozepore, under an escort of native infantry. tiffs life,
had he remained in the capital, would in all likelihood
speedily have been sacrificed to the anger of his countrymen.
He will hereafter live under our protection somewhere in
Bengal, without requiring to endanger his life, the character
of his sovereign, or peace of his country, by returning to the
Punjaub. The new Ministers took possessiou of office in the
midst of an immense concourse of people, without the aid of
a single company of our troops. The retainers of the insur-
gent chief, like those of the confederates, were paid up and
disbanded in quietness and peace. During the whole of those
momentous transactions, which little more than a twelve-
month since would have been attended by weeks of violence,
rapine, and murder, the most profound tranquillity reigned
throughout Lahore, where not one single act of riot or dis-
turbance marked the change of a dynasty. For some months
our entreaties that the chiefs would give us some definite
answer as to the arrangements in contemplation on our retir•-
ment had been met by the most contradictory replies. Now
they hesitated, now equivocated—the grand object obviously
being to obtain delay, and trust to the chapter of accidents,
each faction hoping, on the withdrawal of our troops, to
obtain the ascendancy. The events just detailed induced ue
to press the point with more earnestness then ever on the
consideration of the chiefs. Hitherto the promptitude with
which our demands had been complied with was due to the
circumstance that we could compel, had we so chosen it,
what we condescended to ask; and to the mildness and
equity with which, under our auspices, the domestic affairs of
the state had been administered. It now became apparent
that no provision had been, or could be made. to ensure the
good government of the state, or tranquillity of the frontier,
on our retirement ; and the Seikhs admitted that to their
own hands the concerns of the nation could by no chance be
committed with any hope of advantage. They were, on this
avowal, assured of the determination of the Governor-General
to carry out the provisions of the treaty of the 9th of March,
and to withdraw the whole army from Lahore in the course
of the month of December, unless some new arrangements
were come to, and some other agreement than that which
existed entered on, the terms of which must be entirely in
accordance with our wishes before we could accept of it.
The first request made of us on the 13th was that our
Resident, with a small body of troops, should be suflered
to remain, to enable them to conduct the Government
in safety and in their own fashion. This was promptly
and decidedly declined, as introducing the system from which
so much mischief has arisen of strengthening the hands of
the rulers so as to enable them to oppress the people with
comparative impunity. These matters had been before the
Durbar on the 11th and 12th, but no conclusion was arrived
at. The Queen was so frantic for the loss of her paramour
as to be incapable of attending to business. Meanwhile the
march of one of our regiments, and the issue of the order for
the others to retire on Ferozepore, left no doubt as to the
sincerity of our purposes. The whole of the 14th was spent
in deliberation. On the following day, on witnessing the
arrangements for the abandonment of Lahore, the hearts of
the Sirdara failed them, and they repaired in a body to the
tent of Mr. Currie, to confess their inability to form a Go-
vernment, and intimate the determination they had arrived
at. A long and interesting conference ensued, at which all
the details were fully and formally arranged. On the 16th
of December, twelve days after the deposition of the Vuzeer,
a meeting of Council was assembled, at which upwards of 70
chiefs and high state officials were present. Mr. Currie,
Colonel Lawrence, and his assistant, Lieutenant Edwardes,
were present as repressntiug the British Government. It
was announced that the determination had been unanimously
arrived at, with the full and entire concurrence of all parties
concerned, that the Governor-General should be entreated
to permit a force of ten thousand men to remain at Lahore
during the minority of the Maharaja—the British Resident
virtually to become the Vuzeer. For the maintenance of
these, twenty-two lace of rupees—nearly a quarter of a mil-
lion sterling—was to be allowed annually, a sum considerably
under the entire expense of the force, but fully covering the
total extra charge to which Government would be put for
their maintenance. There was to be no Vuzeer and no Regent,
even in name. The entire civil administration of the king-
dom is to be vested in our hands; each departmont of the
Government is to be presided over by a Seikh Sirdar—Dewan
Deenanath having the revenue department, Tej Singh com-
manding the army, Jec.—all under the authority of Colonel
Lawrence, than whom no more able or upright representative
could have been found for the British Crown. The Queen is
to be allowed 15,0001. a year for her private expenditure.
Reductions in the Seikh army, and in other departments
where economy can easily be introduced, will enable the
Treasury to meet the additional drafts expected to be made
on it for carrying out the new arrangements. The new
treaty is to be ratified at Umritsir, betwixt the Governor-
General and the Maharaja in person. The Commander-is-
Chief is expected to be present. The day appointed is the
22d of December—the anniversary of the battle of Feroae-
shah. Thereafter Lord Hardinge will accompany his youth-
ful charge to the capital, and under the new order of things
again see him re-seated on his throne, as holding regal
authority by a far more safe and tranquil tenure than any
his own chiefs could have conferred. sew cantonments for
our troops have already been designed, and their site marked
out ; and Lahore hereafter is likely to become a favourite, as
it seems a healthy, and will be a well-regulated station.
Dhuleep Singh is at present seven years old : for ten or
twelve years the country of the Five Rivers will be controlled
by British troops, and ruled over by an English resident. It
is needless to speculate on the events that may occur, or po-
sition our Government may assume, before the year 1857.
The much-censured peace policy of Lord Hardinge has thus
been maintained in all its integrity, truth, and uprightness,
to the end. Commencing with an act of unusual generosity,
neither fraud nor force, violence nor equivocation, has been
resorted to. We have shown no symptoms of regret for the
magnanimous moderation of our proceeding in March, or
the slightest desire to recal what we had promised, or modify
what we had undertaken to perform. The country which
might then have been legitimately seized, but could not have
been conquered without cost, danger, and abundant obloquy,
has now, by the spontaneous act of the people themselves,
become ours. A people accustomed to the government of
England for the space of twelve years is little likely either to
desire or to be able to revert to the native rule; and the Dur-
bar, doubtless, in adopting the step so unanimously resolved
upon, were perfectly aware that they were making over the
country to our power. A case such as this has never before
occurred to us. We may learn from it how little need we
have to resort to fraud or violence—that we may safely abide
our time to have the Potentates of the East at our feet.
One excuse for the invasion of Sinde was, that if we did not
dethrone its rulers now, we should by and bye have occasion
to do so, when the operation might be less convenient for
us. With equal propriety might we have anticipated a legacy
likely to fall due, by shortening the life of the testator !
have on the present occasion waited the course of events,
and the possession so eagerly coveted has been placed in our
hands. The following troops have been ordered up to take
the place of those who have so well maintained tranquillity
during the past ten months :—Her Majesty's 10th Foot ; the
7th, 31st, 32d, 38th, 51st, 54th, bsth, and 67th Regiments
Native Infantry; 11th Irregular Cavalry; two companies of
Sappers and Miners ; 4th troop 2d brigade Horse Artillery ;
and 3d and 4th companies 3d battalion Foot Artillery. The
conduct of the Governor-General has throughout been most
ably seconded in all his noble efforts by his assistants; Mr.
Currie and Colonel Lawrence. If there have been blunders
in the field in abundance to deplore, there have been no acts
in the department of diplomacy we have cause to blush for.
The Seikhs have spontaneously taken on themselves the
charges of an army, which we must at any rate have
maintained, and paid—as most right, but most unlikely,
they should—for the preservation of tranquillity on our
north-west frontier. So much has been said in dis-
paragement of Ghaolab Singh, that there seems nothing
too monstrous to be believed against him, and it is doubtful
whether anything stated to his advantage will obtain credit
with his enemies. It is with no small measure of gratifica-
tion that we have been assured of the deference he pays to
the counsels of the British Government in all things, and
that, in conformity with our wishes, he has set his face
against infanticide and suttee, which will hereafter cease
throughout his dominions.
The Delhi Gazette supplies us with the following items of
intelligence :—" We have to record that Lord Hardinge ar-
rived at Kangra on the 13th of November, and remained
there until LL. 16th, paving a visit during his stay to the
proposed sanatorium at lihurumsala; but such appeared the
difficulties of access, and so great the distance from the
plains, that his Lordship is understood to have negatived the
proposition for making it either a station for troops or a sa-
natorium, on the plan of Landour."

OVERLAND MAIL

and shipments are comparatively large. Prices maybe quoted
considerably higher than last mail. The quantity of stocks
in the market is very inferior. Accounts of the new crop are
favourable both as to quality and quantity, and we under-
stand contracts for new have been making in Surat at about
90 rupees per candy. Subjoined are the rates new current
for this staple :—Broach and Surat, rs. 86 to 87 per candy ;
Jumbooseer, 80 to 81; Dollera, 75 to 78; Oomrawuttee, 79
to 80; Barsee, 74 to 76 ; Compta, 75.
Wool—The arrivals have been large, but the quality being
very indifferent, and holders indisposed to give way in price,
little or nothing has been done.
Money Market The money market is tolerably easy,
and the value of public stocks and Government securities
pretty stationary.
Five per Cent. loan of 1825-26 RS. 103 k
Four ditto ditto 1832-33
Four ditto ditto 1835-86 „ 87
Five ditto ditto 1841-42
Four ditto ditto 1842-43
Exchange may now be quoted on London at from 2.01,
with a tendency upwards, for good bills, at six months. On
Calcutta, 97}; Aladras, 98; and China 210—nominal.
Bank shares are as follows :
Bank of Bombay its. 39 to 40 per cent. premium.
Oriental Bank, old shares „ 25
' Ditto ditto, new ditto ... „ 22
Agra Bank ..... „ 54 to 55
Exclusive of the bonus divisible on 30th June, 1847, of
40 rs. per share.
Commercial Bank . Rs. sto si—Last sale reported 10
prem., but since offered out at lower rates.
PRICK •F rinwox.
Sovereigns, each ,... Rs. 11 3 0
Bank of England notes, p'er4l... 11 0 0

INDIA AND CHINA.
WAGHORN VIA TRIESTE.
LATEST DATES.

• -
Madraa
Ca1tutta............. ........
Bombay .......... .. Jan. 2.
China
(From the Bombay Times.)
Wa are once more relieved from the listlessness which for
Cason— has overwhelmed us and our columns--once again
freed
of the want of interest which has for seven months at-
..4thed to them, by the events which have jiist occurred in
Lae Punjaub and Sinde. The Vuzeer Lall Singh having been
11"Pected of a treasonable connexion with the Cashmere in-
surgents, had the charge brought home to him by the Sheikh
te,
—lllmisood-Deen, on the evidence of letters written by the
Veteer to him while in arms. The inquiries were conducted
la presence of a commission consisting of Seikh chiefs and
British officers-31r. Currie and Colonels Lawrence and
Ci'Jldie being amongst the latter. It was intimated to the
burbar, that should a convicted traitor remain in power, we
should be under the necessity of ceasing to hold intercourse
with the Government, and hall Singh was accordingly de-
Dosed, and removed, under our protection, to Hindostan.
dada he remained In his own
.country his life would quickly
been sacrificed to the indignation of the people. The
Government was now entrusted to a commission of chiefs,
lld the question pressed aa to the arranements contem-
+lied by them on our retirement. After much equivocation
of oz
tledelay, it was determined to ask of us to permit an army
th9aaand men to remain at Lahore during the minority
funet?
" Maharaja—our commissary virtually to exercise the
..ions of Vuzeer. To this we aasented, the Seikhs de-
4!•san;all the charges of our troops, amounting to a quarter !a&
vemillion sterling annually. The
.Maharaja is now a child
pun dab in s
sers old; and for the next ten years at least the
troll d b n the hands of the British Government, and con-
e Y a British army. It is idle to speculate on the
%vents which'
sty's 10th a` may occur before the year 1857. Her Ma-
ud a suitable
oot, with eight regiments of native infantry,
proportion of mall had been ordered to
relive the troop, who for ten mi tehry'h d
charged their duties. The •on 8 a so admirably dis-
lantarily undertaken to defraSeYikb Government have thus vo-
the extra charges of an army
rzt Lahore, which, for our own protection, we must have
i t
aintained at any rate on the frontier i Such has
beLta en the success of the much-censured policy of Lord
singe, refusing to conquer or spoil the country
iIll c_ la has now been voluntarily and tranquilly placed
our hands, without obloquy, trouble, or charge.
Just Is the army on the Indus was about to be reduced
~ttOta 22,000 to 14,000 men, a foray of the Booghtie tribe
Irorli the mountains has driven in ouroutposts, and compelled
Whole cavalry regiment to retire. The enemy were com-
puted at 3,000 on their first appearance in the field. They
succeeded in ravaging numerous villages, carrying off the
°lleeP and cattle in the face of our troops. A wing of the
4th Riffles, Jacob's Sinde Harse, and Fitzgerald's Camel
urPs, were on their way to reinforce Shahpore at the date
°f last dispatches. The robbers are doubtless long ere this
time safe within their mountain holds, where we cannot
follow them, waiting till our outposts are again weakened by
!tekness or military indiscretion. Had the present attack
been made during such a season as 1843, when nine-tenths
usen s
our troops were in hospital, our cantonments might have
fired and their occupants roasted in their cots, before
lLn'an aid could have reached them. The ravages of pes-
tilence in Upper Sinde are quinquennial. If 1648 sees us on
the banks of the Indus, the Caubul catastrophe may not be
Without a parallel—the Beloochees, like the Ghilzies, abide
their time. Sir C. Napier continues at Kurrachee, where the
mate is healthy. He is expected at Bombay in February
tql his way to England : the Government of Sinde to be
trusted to a civil commission—preparatory, it is to be
WoPed, to its final abandonment. Matters at Caubul
seem to be in a better condition than formerly. The
kshilzie Chief, who had so long been annoying the Govern-
Ment, had intimated his desire fora cessation of hostilities,
and in token of the sincerity of his intentions had sent his
;cm as a plege of his ture peaceable bhaviour. A vakeel
.11310, the Brditish Goverfunmeot was said e
to be on his way to
;the Caubul chief, though the nature of his mission was un-
°"ll. A present of horses and fruits for the Governor-
(general left Caubul on the Ist of October. The Governors
General was at latest dates still on the left bank of the Beeas,
*here it was supposed he would remain till rejoined by Mr.
Currie from Lahore. The Commander-in-Chiet of India was
ea route for Loodhiana, and was expected to reach Delhi by
the 20th of January. The districts around Gwalior are said
10 be in a sad state ; murder and robberies being of frequent
ecurrence—the commission of any atrocities being over-
looked by the native authorities for a consideration. The
rate of the provinces of Indore and Bhopal presents a pleas-
!jig contrast to that just mentioned, for which we are indebted,
hi a great measure, to our resident, Mr. Hamilton, and his as-
sistants. The new minister at Hyderabad would seem to be
1O great favourite with his master, who is said to be acting
many ways with a view of neutralising some of the Vuzeer's
most promising measures of reform. The sword sent out by
the Court of Directors for presentation to the Raja of
Senglee in token of their approbation of his conduct during
the Kolapore disturbances, was presented to that chief on
the 19th ultimo, at Belgaum, in presence of the whole of the
troops of the station and: an immense concourse of people.
The ship Augusta, of Bombay, one of the vessels which
left the Madras roads at the commencement of the hurricane
of the 25th of November, was wrecked near Point Pedro,
off Ceylon; crew all saved. Upwards of 2,5001. have been
subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the gales of Octo-
ber and November, 1,0001. of which was munificently be-
stowed by the Government.--Captain Durand, Commissioner
of the Tenasserim provinces, has been removed from his
office by the Government of Bengal, and been succeeded by
Mr. Colvin, late resident at Nepaul, who has left Calcutta to
take up the appointment—the private secretary of Lord
Auckland superseding the private secretary of Lord Ellen-
borough. Mr. Colvin is a man of ability and discretion,
and very unlikely to fall into the errors which occasioned the
recal of his predecessor. Captain Durand has closely fol-
lowed the footsteps of his patron: rash, capricious, head-
Strong, wayward, and impatient of criticism like Lord
Ellenborough he erred, and like him he fell. Our obituary
this mail contains the names of two eminent individuals—
major-General Vans Kennedy, Oriental translator to the
Bombay Government, favourably kaown for the accuracy
and worth of his works on military law ; and Captain T.
I,,,°ltans, author of one of our best works on Sinde.—Lord
thus Postage throughout India, and the introduction of a
lYsteas similar to that of Rowland Hill. The oppressiveness
o the present charges may be guessed at when it is men-
tioned that for a daily paper, restricted in weight to about
one-fourth of a London journal, the postage amounts in some
tranquil Parts of India to 101.
annually.—The country generally is
and healthy, and the climate cool and agreeable.—
The non-arrival of the overland mail has once more caused
:,e delay of the steamer. The change of arrangement was
intimated on Thursday afternoon—on this occasion in suffi-
elent time to be of service, as early, indeed, as the notice
could have been out.

THE COUNTRY BANKERS.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued the following
circular to the country bankers :

CIRCULAR TO COUNTRY BANITIRS.
" Downing-street, Jan. 30, 1847.
Gentlemen,—l have reason to believe that a practice
has been carried on to some extent, especially during the
last autumn, by certain country bankers, of issuing bills of
various descriptions at short dates, which have been circu-
lated chiefly in their immediate neighbourhoods, in some
cases hardly distinguishable from bank-notes payable on de-
mand, passing from hand to hand in the same manner, and
treated not only by the public at large, but by the patties
issuing them, precisely as bank-notes, and which, therefore,
practically increase, pro tanto, the amount of paper of this
description in circulation in the country beyond the amount
sanctioned for each bank under the provisions of the Act 7
and 8 Victoria, c. 32, for regulating the issue of bank-notes.
" As such a practice is clearly in direct contravention of
the spirit, if not of the actual words, of this Act, I think it
necessary to call your attention to its provisions.
" Distinct notice was given at the time when that Act
was passed, that if any attempt was made to evade its enact-
ments, further legislation might be necessary for the purpose
of checking it. I must, therefore, apprise you that unless
the issues of the description to which I have referred are dis-
continued, I shall feel it incumbent upon me to apply to
Parliament for power to put an end to an abuse, which, if
persisted in, cannot but tend to produce the evils which the
Act of 7 and 8 Victoria, C. 32, was intended to prevent.
" I have reason, however, to believe that the evasion to
which I alkidie has been carried on only by a few houses, and
I am unwilling,' therefore, to apply a remedy which, being
necessarily general in its nature, may possibly press upon
those persons who have abstained from pursuing this objec-
tionable course. lam in hopes that on the attention of the
whole body of bankers being called to the subject, the parties
who have adopted this practice will discontinue it, or that
the firms which have hitherto abstained from it will declare
their disapprobation of it, and their resolution to discount.-
name it by every means in their power, and that measuses
may be agreed upon amongst themselves which shall prevent
the abuse for the future.
" It will be much more agreeable to me that this result
should be attained by the voluntary exertions of the parties
themselves, and I will not permit myself to believe that it
will be necessary to ask the sanction of Parliament to further
n gv
eat
ourti
ae,ficec. effectually the
ethe
measuresin-
tentions
offo
thefor th e
Actpu purpose
these of7
neces-
sity of which has been admitted by large majorities of both
caanrdrYBi
Houses of Parliament.
" I have the honour to be, gentlemen,
" Your obedient servant,
" CHARLES WOOD."

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen aid Prince Albert
took their usual early morning walk.
The Earl of Liverpool and Captain Francis Seymour left
the Castle to-day.
the royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will in-
clude her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alex-
ander Mensdorff, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of
Kent, and the Baroness de Speth.
The band of the Scots Fasilier Guards will attend during
dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend
in the Castle.
A deputation from the Distillers of Scotland, consisting of
Mr. Fell, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Colville, had an interview with
the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.
A deputation of paper makers, consisting of Mr. John Ca-
meron (Chairman), Mr. Charles Cowan, Mr. Edward Collins,
Mr. Alexander Pine, jun., Mr. Thomas Wrigley, and Mr. T.
B. Crompton, had ar. interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street. The deputation was headed by Mr. J. Oswald, M.P.
Mr. H. F. Young had an interview with Earl Grey yester-
day, at the Colonial-office.
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements had a
meeting yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests, in
Whitehall-place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, the
Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman
Humphery, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Milne,
the Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. Charles Barry.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for °England had a
general meeting yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-
place.
Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., had an interview with the Right
Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners
of Railways, in Great George-street.
Mr. H. Lushington had an interview yesterday with Earl
Grey.
Sir Charles Napier had an interview with the Right Hon.
T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Mr. Ward, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the
Council) gave a grand dinner last evening at Lansdowne
House to all the Cabinet Ministers (with the exception of
Lord John Russell), and also to the great officers of state of
the Queen's household, and the clerks of the Privy Council.
During the evening the roll of sheriffs for the present year
was settled by the Noble Marquis and the Lords of the
Privy Council present, preparatory to its being pricked by
her Majesty in CounciL
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co.
lonial-oelce for the Governor-General of Canada, and also
for the Governors of the other North American provinces.

BOMBAY.
is The k arrival of onr new governor, Mr. Clerk, from Calcutta,
City
,‘,,ed for about the end of February. He reached the
Palaces on the 16th of November by the eteamet
S—Qatftn- Our present acting governor continues to enjoy
u greatest popularity. Our respected Commander-in-Chief,
t,, DlPMation' takes his departure for England by the
ate of the Ist of February. His successor has not yet
ellharned. His constitution has received a severe shock
G
late illness, but we doubt not that the change to his
native land will prove beneficial to his health, and trust that
lie may long liv e o ejoy the socie of his friends at home.
stares from thet command of thety Bombay army with the
rd. wishes of nearly all its members, for the kindness of
ake;ll he has invariably shown—in some instances almost to
The rumour of Sir Charles Napier being nominated
Le successor has again died away.
MADRAS.
The Marquis of Tweeddale has been on a visit to the coast.
PI
Lordship was latit heard of from Tellicherry, from which
c,04,,ce, he intended returning to the Neilgherries, where he
make but a short stay, his return to the seat of his
:uverhtuent being expected to take place immediately.
tre‘Pondent of the Atheneum, writing from Cuttack, on
a. ~
ca of December, gives the following account of further
melsturbances amongst the Khonds in the district of Goom-
-•-" An express arrived here on the night of the 25th
brims .Hne for the officer commanding the 50th regiment,
ordg a requisition for two companies of the corps to be
to ordered out as soon as practicable to Boad, in the Goomsoor
truntrY, Orissa, Captain Wrherson, agent in the Hill
,iiictra of from whence they escort him to Ham-
., She detachment left the following evening at four
;„e (),E, under the command of Lieutenant J. Grant, and in
medical charge of the second dresser of the corps, and all
;earthed out of cantonment in high spirits, considering the
erY short notice that was given them. In this step the ob-
ject. of the agent is not positively known, bat it is asserted
mat he is determined to bring the bleria business to a crisis,
!lid punish the offenders with severity. It is also stated
Tat this detachment will not return to head-quarters until
„47‘Pril next, and that a second detachment will very probably
(elle ordered out also. How far there is truth in this statement
il„Mneht saith not. Private intelligence has also been received
fr'4ll Itwt.lcondah that three companies of the 22d Regiment
that place have left for the saino ostensible purpose, and
that the Khonds are determined to resist the efforts of the agent
in the abolition of human sacrifice, and that they are mauls
t:_eatmg a warlike spirit. A small number of men left behind,
" IPPears, are quite inadequate to furnish the whole of the
guards at that place. A party of "Pikes," under the com-
Mand of Captain Dunlop, also accompanied A. M. Mills, Esq,
Commissioner of Cuttack, who proceeded to Boad, to put a
stop to the depredations perpetrated by the Rhonda, and to
endeavour to bring those lawless tribes into subjection, as
well as, I believe, to co-operate with Captain hiTherson.
The Legislatt •
ve Council haNve
BEGAL.
the month, and Gazetteevery
been in full activity during
announces the passing of one
or two acts which here
Metropolitan of India has returned for the last year. The
to e Bishop of Madras, who had been Calcutta in safety, and
b
his absence, returned to his diocese. acting fur him during
THE PUNJAUB.
The Punjaub once more furnishes matter of abundant in-
terest to the general reader. The Vuzeer Lail Singh having
been detected in a treasonable correspondence with the Cash--
mere chiefs, has been deposed and sent in perpetual banish-
ment to India. Unable to select a Vuzeer from among their
Own number, or to• discover how the w. country as to be go-
verned pr maintained in peace, the Seikh chiefs unanimonsiy
resolved to request that an army of tel. thousand men should
be allowed to remain at Lahore during the minority of the
Maharaja, how a child seven years old—the Sikh Govern-
ment contributing a quarter of a million sterling to their
maintenance—the British Resident being virtual Yuzeer.
Such are the results of the proceedings ref tee last fortnight :
we :must now revert to the details of the occurrences them-
selves. At the date of last dispatch the loyalty of Lab Singh
bad been brought so strongly into Pasnicton that there
seemed every reason to believe he would ualeklY be deprived
tf his authority. On intimating that the time fixed for the
withdrawal of our troops by the treaty of 9th March
Novri-",',,(1 be adhered to, and congratelating the Maharaja
fortunate termination of the Cashmere insurrectien,
En" Currie called attention to the fact that the Sheikh
1441,adm-ood-Deen had only surrendered himself on condition
" the cull.of• ' should inquire,' into,
tea -es the insurrection
0, 5 real authors exposed. A. commission of inquitY,
er which Mr. Currie, secretary to the Governor-General,
Presided, and in which Sir J. Littler, Colonels Lawrence
tuen,"°ldie, and Mr. J. Lawrence were the British consti-
, Ls, baying been appointed to investigate the matter, the
~\?&rt assenshd on the morning of the 3d ot December in
u_rreCurrit's Barbar teut— the Ministers and princinal chiefs
o:4.4Lnvited to be present. The accuser, Sheikh Ennium-
", and the accused, Lall Singh, were summoned before
fro:" The .ortner produced three letters received by him
bi.lll the latter, one of which was acknowledged, incitieg
te hold out against Ghoolah Singh, and to prevent as
ng as
pessible the annexation ef Caahmere to Jamoo.
th 4 ccart, too au open one, the attendance numerous, and
NW plet.. The yezdict spinet the Vulva wan

CHINA.
There have been no fresh disturbances at Canton ; but the
withdrawing of the steamer Nemesis has caused some un-
easiness. This is the season when fires are most likely to
occur; and whether accidental or incendiary, it is most de-
sirable that, in the event of such a calamity, a ship of war
be on the spot to afford protection, and a refuge for ladies
and children. There are seven ships of war—three of them
steam-vessels—idling in this harbour; there is not one; at
Canton.

THE BOMBAY MARKET.
Price (From the Chamber of Commerce
Overland
Metals—A very limited amount of business has been done
The only sales reported
in these during the past fortnight. Current.)
to us are-15 cwt. tile copper at 50 rs. per cwt.;
damaged
omakseegas
iron nails at 12% rs. per cwt. ; and 400 bundles
hoops at 0 rs.
Cotton Manufactures--The prices for piece goods have
ruled lower during the past fortnight than they did before,
generally in consequence of small demand,
and the peculiar
sales above alluded to. The continued absence of Marwarrie
purchasers weakens the market, and renders it ill able to
bear the heavy sales which have been pressed upon it. Al-
together the state and prospects of the markets for English
piece goods are very unsatisfactory. The principal sales
effected have been of grey jacconets and domestics, and 45-
inch long-cloths, with a few white shirtings. The demand
for fancy goods of all kinds is particularly languid, and sales
cannot be made to any extent except at rates entailing heavy
loss. There is still some inquiry for good 45-inch grey cloth.
White long-cloths have been sold low, and the lower and
middling qualities of white Madapollams are unsaleable ex-
c..pt at a sacrifice.
Yarns—Mule and water are both pretty stationary; if
anything rather under previous rates.
Woollens—Nothing reported as doing.
Beer—A sale of Allsopp's, to the amount of 60 hhds., at
rs. 65 per blid. has been effected. By this sate the stock of
is again reduced to a few casks, and no further
supplies, either of this or Bass and Company's, will be here
having been shipped at
nail the' new make their appearance, which are not looked
noneatid would not be for three
been delayed owing
ftuhreda beforetdate
o f the
the
he monthlast ofae
cboluanyt,s,
to the mildness of the .
weeks afterwards, the
wbreeawthine
Spirits—No change brewing
athahNOimnge.
of 13011 inferior, at rs. 7,
• le .s reported to,us ,s.
change in price quoted, and no sales reported.
Saffron—A i
last quotation.
Cochineal—Nothing reported
EASTEN.N PRODUCE.
one rupee less than our
aye, la the Purchadee
being
Our COO lauket bill Wm ITU 110

PIIE SVN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1847

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comni,ns.)

MAGAZINES CONTINUED-
DOUGLAS JERROLD'S.
By far the most important article in the present
number is the one entitled " Prospects of British
Commerce in Japan." We entirely agree in opinion
with the author of this article, that the fact of the
failure of the American and French missions is a
reason why no time should be lost in sending an
English mission, organised upon a proper scale of
magnificence, to the Court of Jeddo, and we also
believe that such mission would be successful.
France has so little connexion with the East that it
is not likely the Japanese Government would pay
much deference to any mission from a nation with
which she is so little acquainted. The Americans
have appeared in the Eastern seas much too recently
to have made any deep impression on the minds
of a people who look with reverence on anti-
quity. The Dutch, self. degraded by their unworthy
concession to Japanese prejudices, are looked upon
with sovereign contempt,
as beings of an inferior race.
The Spaniards and Portuguese are hated, on account
of the attempts made by their Priests to subvert the
Japanese Empire, and which led to the expulsion
and exclusion of foreigners from the Japanese terri-
tory. Indeed, we suspect that the profession of the
Roman Catholic religion by any nation, would he a
bar to its entering into any relations with Japan, for
the present at least. Certain we are that the appear-
ance of a Roman Catholic Priest, as an attachi; to
any mission to Japan, would be a serious obstacle to
its success. England, however, is not Roman Catholic.
Unlike Holland, she has never succumbed to Japanese
prejudices ; she is an ancient nation, having heretofore
had treaties with Japan upon a footing of perfect
equality. Her flag is well known in the Japanese
seas. Her success in the Chinese war, her moderation
in the hour Of victory, and her faithful adherence to
treaties are known and appreciated by the Japanese.
The great majority of the nation, it is evident, are
most anxious to be permitted to trade with strangers,
and from the tenour of his answers it is manifest
that the reluctance of the Emperor to re-establish
commercial intercourse with the rest of the world
arises more from a respect for the old traditions than
from conviction of the truth of the arguments ad-
duced in favour of the policy of exclusion; and when
he shall be solicited by his ancient ally to again enter
into terms of amicable relationship, on a footing of
perfect equality, there can be but little doubt that he
will listen to the overture, and, giving way
to the representations of bis subjects, consent to
renew his ancient treaty of commerce with England.
Before the exclusive system was adopted the Japanese
were. among the most enterprising traders of the
world, trading even as' far as Java in their junks.
Of the value of the Japanese trade we may judge
from the fact--
"That the Portuguese, when they first opened a trade
with Japan, made prodigious fortunes in the course of a
few years. Macao was entirely built with the profits of
this trade, which, during a certain period, were literally
incredible, upwards of three hundred tons of gold having,
it is said, been shipped off annually. The lowest gain
upon which the merchants reckoned, as the result of a
voyage of two or three weeks, was cent. per cent. both
ways ; and the Dutch, when they succeeded to the Por-
tuguese, being a still more needy and unscrupulous peo-
ple, sometimes raised this to five hundred per cent. Nay,
one of the most respectable writers who professes to
based his statements on the commercial archives of the
Dutch Company, avers that occasionally as much as Live
thousand per cent. was cleared.
" These facts we mention, net as aiming at or desir-
ing such gains, but merely by way of illustrating the
value of the apadese trade, the riches and extent of
which, in the present state oeour information, it is im-
possible to calculate. Nearly.all the latest accounts con-
cur in representing the population of the group at be-
tween forty-five and fifty millions, all of whom have
made some progress in civilisation, and might become
customers for the good of Europe and America; though,
from indications not to be mistaken, we may conclude
that English manufactures and the productions of India
would be the universal favourites.
Such is the market which if we employ the proper
means will most assuredly be open to us, and there-
fore do we trust that the Government will lose no
' time in employing for us those means, and achieving
for themselves one of those bloodless victories, the
glories of which far transcend all the triumphs of
war. " The Dreamer and the Worker "is continued
in this number. The story does not advance a step,
but we have some pretty descriptions of Welsh
scenery. Angus Reach contributes a pleasant
prolusion, entitled " John Bull and his Bul-
locks," the bullocks being the denizens of the
Smithfield Bullockery, against which Angus Reach,
in common with every other sensible man, raises his
voice, and raises it in vain, for Smithfield will not be
put down until an alderman shall have been tossed
up ; then, and not until then, will the nuisance be
abated. The remaining articles of this number are of
average merit. We, however, miss St. Giles and St.
James.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3.
The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time:—
North British (No. 1)—" to empower the North British
Railway Company to construct certain Railways in con-
nexion with the North British Railway, and with the Had-
dington and Kelso Branches thereof; to make certain altera-
tions in the Hawick and Kelso Branches; and to alter and
improve the Leith Branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeitli
Railway, and for other purposes."
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Acts Amendment
(Weymouth Branch)—" for making a Branch Railway from
the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at Moreton to
Weymouth, and for other purposes."
Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Amalga-
mation—" to amalgamate the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock
Railway with the Caledonian Railway, and to authorise the
raising of additional money by the said last-mentioned Com-
pany."
Caledonian (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead,
and Neilstou Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal)—" to
effectuate a Lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston
Direct Railway and the Glasgow Southern Terminal Rail-
way, to the Caledonian Railway Company, and to authorise
the said Company to raise money for these and other pur-
poses."
Norfolk (Branch from Norwich to Aylsham, with a
Branch to North Walsham)—" to empower the Norfolk
Railway Company to make a Railway from the Norfolk
Railway, in the county of the city of Norwich, to Aylshain,
in the county of Norfolk, with a branch therefrom to North
Walaham."

Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Thetford)—
" to enable the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Com-
pany to extend their Line of Railway to Thetford, in the
county of Norfolk."
Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and Limehouse
Railway and Branch)—" to enable the Company of Pro-
prietors of the Regent's Canal to make a Railway from Pad-
dington to Limehouse, with a Branch therefrom, and to
amend the Acts relating to the Regent's Canal."

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a
oecond time on Monday, Feb. 8 :
Aberdeen (Brechin Branch Deviation).
Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Junction Con-

necting Railway.
Fleetwood, Preston, and West. Riding Junction (Burnley and
Colliery Branches).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 2—Extension from
Bury St. Edmund's to Newmarket and Ely).
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Extension to Wakefield,
and Junction at Methley with the Wak►field, Pontefract,
and Goole, and the York and North Midland).
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Branch
from Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge).
Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviation and Alterations
in Oldham Branch, &c.).
London and North-Western (Lease and Purchase of the
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, and the
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway).
Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland (Amalgamation or
Leasing),

Lieut. George Mason (1827), of the coast guard service,
has been appointed to command the Stag, revenue cruiser,
vice Clarke, promoted.
NAVAL CA.DErs.—John P. J. Parry to the Sidon steam-
frigate; Moxley Prattent, to the Albatross, 16, sloop.

SOMETHING ABOUT 13tILLION.
Bullion is commonly understood to be a generic term
for uncoined gold or silver, in bars, plate, or other
masses; but by the Bank the name is used to embrace
both coined and uncoined metals. The word " Million "
first became familiar to English ears when an " or.rier of
Council " was issued that the Bank should discont.;nue
the redemption of its notes with specie from 1797 to
1826, when specie payments were resumed—by a pre-
vious law the Bank was authorised to redeem its notes
in uncoined gold and silver, according to its fineness.
The bullion office of the Bank of England is in a part of
the original Bank structure erected in 1734. It con-
sists of three spacious apartments—a public room
for business transactions, a vault for the pabho
deposits, also one for the private stock of the
Bank. Superintending these are a principal, deputy
principal clerk, assistant clerk, and a number of
porters, the government of the entire bank being under
a governor, directors, and their subordinates. The silver
deposits in the bull ion-office consist chiefly in oblong
" pigs" from South America, and smaller semi-globular
masses from Valparaiso—the former weighing, on an
average, 651bs Bar silver, also from South America, of
a finer quality—Plata Petra, or Rock Silver, a name
given to silver, that is not in a consolidated or com-
pletely metallic state. Sycee silver—a name with which
the public has become perfectly familiar since the receipt
of Celestial ransom money from China. Sycee, strictly
rendered, means "fine silk "—but is also construed to
fine silver, that which has been properly purified. The
proper Chinese term for it is Winyan, and the average
quality is said to be 13 dwts. better than British
standard. It contains an average of 12 grains gold in a
pound troy. The ingots, or shoes of this silver,
are stamped with the name of the assayer and
reigning Emperor, the year and month when assayed.
also with the words "assayed and cast," which
signifies that the silver is of the proper fineness
and purity. Spanish dollars—these are brought to the
bank in immense quantities packed in kegs and barrels,
They are then assorted and put in sacks of 1,000 each,
weighing 21 lbs. These are piled in stacks of 200 each
in the bullion vault. Following these are Mexican,
Brazilian, Peruvian, Bolivian, and North American
dollars in lesser quantities. Dollars brought by the
bank are melted and refined at the establishment of
"Brown and Wingrove," Wood-street, Cheapside, where
rare specimens of " bogus " are sometimes found—and
the Sycee is always sent to the Mint. Native silver—
this is now procured in several of the northern coun-
ties, especially in the Northumberland lead mines, and
has a place in the vaults. It is stated that England
produces enough native silver to manufacture all the
plate made in London within any given period. Gold is
almost exclusively obtained by the bank in bars or slabs
weighing about 161b5., valued at 8001. No form, how-
ever, of the precious metals is rejected, these are only
understood to be the general arrangement of the bank.—
New York Sun.

LORD GEORGE BENTINCK'S
RAILWAY SCHEME.
MEETING OF IRISH MEMBERS.
A meeting of Irish Members, anxious to promote employ-
ment in Ireland of a reproductive character through the
medium of railways, was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the
rooms of the Irish party, situate at Old Palace-yard, West-
minster.
The meeting was held in order to afford Lord George Ben-
tinck an opportunity of explaining the provisions of a Bill
for which the Noble Lord has given notice, intituled " A Bill
to stimulate the prompt and profitable employment of the
People by the encouragement of Railways in Ireland."
Upon being informed of a desire on the part of the Irish
Members to hear the substance of his proposed measure,
the Noble Lord immediately expressed the pleasure it
would afford him to explain the nature of the scheme, and
to obtain the benefit of such suggestions as Honourable
Members connected with Ireland might have to offer upon
the subject.
The meeting was very fully attended, and among the noble-
men and gentlemen present there were the Marquis of Sligo,
the Marquis of Westmeath, Lord Lucan, Lord Doneraile, Lord
Bernard, Lord Lurgan, Lord Clements, Lord Mazarioe, Lord
Charlemont, Lord Castlereagh, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord
Fingall, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. Dillon Browne, Mr. Gregory,
Mr. Grogan, Mr. G. Hamilton, Mr. Morgan J. O'Connell,
Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. W. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Archibals,
Sir 11. W. Barron, Mr. Thomas Martin, Mr. F. French, Mr.
P. Butler, Mr. B. Callaghan, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr, James,
Kelly, Mr. Alexander M'Carthv, Mr. D. Callagher, Mr. F.
O'Brien, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. B. Osborne, Mr. James
Power, Mr. Cecil Lawless, Mr. Tuite, Colonel Rawdon, Col.
Verner, Captain Taylor, Colonel Beresford, Mr. Acton, Mr.
J. Collett, Mr. N. R. Collett, Colonel Connolly, Mr. Sharman
Crawford, Mr. Lefroy, Sir A. B. Brooke, Mr. J. J. Bodkin,
Mr. M•Donnell, Mr. Bellew, Sir Thomas Esmonde,_ Bart.,
Hon. T. V. Dawson, Mr. E. Corbally, Sir N. Vernon, Mr.
V. H. Hatton, &c.
Lord Fingal! was called to the chair.
Lord GEORGE BKNTINCE addressed the meeting at great
length, and entered into a detailed statement
of the various
provisions which he was desirous of introducing into a Bill
the object of which would be to stimulate and promote pro-
fitable employment by the encouragement of reproductive
works in Ireland. No one deplored more than he
did the distress, disease, and scarcity of food which
prevailed at the present time to such an appalling extent
in Ireland. There was no doubt but that the mea-
sures proposed by the Government in the course of the au-
tumn and winter, with a view to the mitigation of that dis-
tress by employment on public works, had been productive.
of advantage, and had had the effect of preserving many of
the lives of her Majesty's subjects; still he was of opinion
that greater benefits generally would have been effected
had the same means of employment been afforded to the
people on works of a reproductive character. The Bill which
st was his intention to submit to the consideration of the
House was framed so as to substitute reproductive employ-
ment, by the encouragement of railways, in lieu of that de-
scription of employment which had been previously afforded
under the supervision of the Board of \Yorks. The Bill
which he intended to propose would empower the Govern-
ment to lend various sums of money to railway companies,
legally constituted, who might apply for the same. The
loan it was intended should be extended over a period of
four years, and be returnable by instalments, payable at
fixed and remote prriods, not, however, to exceed thirty
years. The rate of interest to be charged by the
Government not to be greater than that which
the Government itself might have to pay. It would,
he considered, be necessary to raise 24 millions, eight of
which would have to be subscribed by the shareholders,
and 16 by the Government. The first line of railway to
which he thought the amount ought to be applied, would
be a line either ne Galway or to Valentia, which from their
position were calculated to become the greatest places of
traffic, not only between the old and the new world, but be-
tween Great Britain and the entire of Europe. He was
borne out in this impression by the opinion of Lord Livers
pool, who was favourably disposed to an undertaking of a
similar nature. Another provision which he considered
to be of the utmost Importance would be directed to the
construction along the lines of comfortable dwellings for
the labourers and other persons to be engaged upon them.
A provision of much a character would not only ensure the
construction of wholesome and convenient dwellings for the
labourers, but would have the effect of considerably increas-
ing the amount of employment to be given in the various
localities through which it was intended the line should pass.
His proposition was to build four of such tenements to every
mile of railway, which at a calculation of 30i. for each for
1,500 miles of railway, would cost about 90,0001. He had
no apprehension that after the several works were brought to
a conclusion, the people engaged upon them would be thrown
out of employment, because he had the evidence of Mr.
Hudson and Mr. Stephenson to prove that the requirements
of the lines absorbed the labourers in their vicinity. He cal-
culated that the money so advanced to companies would be
well secured to the Government, who would receive their in-
terest of 3i per cent., while the undertakings would yield
10 per cent. For it was an established fact, which could be
proved by the evidence of the most eminent men connected
with railways throughout Europe, that no railway could be
constructed that would not pay, except, indeed, one through
a desert. It should also be borne in mind, that while the
Government obtained a good investment for its capital, the
national exchequer would be benefited to a considerable ex-
tent by the increase in the excise duties consequent upon
the large additional consumption of exciseable commodities.
The principal line at present in operation in Ireland, viz.,
the Great Southern and Western, which was only partially
open, already paid as well as many lines in England. There
was another great advantage which the development of rail-
way communication would secure to Ireland.-,
Mr. O'CONNELL begged to interrupt the Noble Lord, and
requested permission to make one remark before he concluded
that portion of his lucid statement. The evidence given by
Mr. Alexander Nimmo before a Committee of the House of
Commons, went to show that the roads from Connemara to
Clifton, and through the mountainous portions of the
country, paid the Government for their construction before
the lapse of many years, in consequence of the increased
consumption of exciseable commodities. He also begged
to remind the Noble Lord that he was labouring under a
mistake when he supposed that there existed a passenger-
tax in Ireland.
Lord Gitoiciar: BENTINCK, having thanked the Hon. Mem-
ber for Cork for the information he had afforded, proceeded
to state than one great advantage which would result from
the introduction of railways would be to render productive
the Irish fisheries.—(hear, hear.) The fisheries of Ireland
were most fruitful, and the Irish sea contained as plentiful a
supply of fish as that of any other sea which washed a fo-
reign shore. The Irish fisheries were not, however, produc-
tive in consequence of there not being any facilities for ex-
porting the produce. And here he wished to allude to a
remark made a few evenings since—viz., that if the large
sum which it was contemplated to expend in Ireland were
drawn from the Exchequer of this country, the funds would
fall and public security would be endangered. In reply to
that statement, he begged to say that he laboured
under no such apprehension ; for on that very day he
had mentioned the substance of Mr. Hume's remark
to an eminent stockbroker in the City, who laughed
at the notion, and referred to the period when twenty
millions were granted for the suppression of the slave trade,
when the funds, so far from falling, had risen.—(Hear, hear.)
Ilee hoped that Mr. Hume would be induced to give way to
him on Thursday, and not persist in his motion with respect
Cracow, as it was most desirable that his (the Noble Lord's)
measure should be brought before the consideration of the
House before the Government measures were passed, inas-
much as It might supersede in importance, if not neutralise
altogether, the necessity of passing some of the measures
wich the Legislature had in contemplation.—(Hear, hear.)
Ireland might be reduced at the present moment to a state of
deep depression, but, in his opinion, she had no reason to
despair while England had an Exchequer; as his motto was,
" Never cry die while there was a shot in the locker."—
(Loud cheers.) And he felt confident by the introduction of
English capital into Ireland, and by promoting a kindly in-
tercourse between Englishmen and Irishmen, the social
character of Ireland would be raised in the scale of civilised
nations, while the development of her resources would pro-
mote the prosperity and happiness of her people.—The Noble
Lord resumed his seat amid loud and general cheers from all
parts of the room.
Mr. W. R. Cousirrr, amidst some laughter, declared that
there was not a man in the United Kingdcm who was more
deeply interested in the welfare of Ireland, particularly in
respect to railways, than he was. He would, however, re-
serve any remarks he might have to offer on the subject for
another occasion.
The meeting shortly afterwards separated, all apparently
satisfied with the statement of Lord George Bentinck, though
declining to express any decided opinion upon it.

HORRID MURDER IN ST. PETER'S
STREET, DERBY.
(From the Derby Mercury of yesterday.)
A short time previous to our going to press last (Tuesday)
evening, a horrid and brutal murder was committed by a
person named James Cross, a gardener, living up a court In
St. Peter's-street, in this town, upon his wife.
As far as we could gather the particulars of this occur-
rence—which, of course, as yet are but imperfectly known—
it appears that Cross and his wife were in the house
alone, and on one of his daughters coming home, and not
seeing her mother about, she attempted to go up stairs to
seek her, which, however, her father prevented. Some
altercation ensued, and the daughter was induced to go in
to Mrs. Osborne's, her next doer neighbour, and request
her to go in and prevail, if possible, upon her fatter to
permit her to see her mother. Mrs. Osborne had no sooner
entered the house than she was savagely attacked by Cross,
who stabbed her in the neck and face, and who would at
once have succeeded in murdering her, had he not been
seized by the daughter, who pinioned his arms. The most
alarming bleeding immediately took place in the wounds of
the neck. Mrs. Osborne was conveyed into her own house,
and medical assistance was immediately obtained. Mr.
Fearn, Mr. Harwood, Mr. Wood. and Dr. Ferguson were soon
in attendance; and, at a later period of the evening, Mr.
Johnson (St. Alkmund's), Mr. Borough, Mr. Dix, and Mr.
Hoskins. The wounds were found to be of the most serious
nature, the most formidable being one in which the internal
carotid artery was pierced close to the base of the skull.
This blood-vessel, one of the largest and most important in
the body, it was found impossible to secure in the situation
in which it was wounded ; and it was accordingly determined
upon consultation, that Mr. Fearn should tie the artery lower
down in the neck, which operation was successfully and skil-
fully performed, and had the effect of immediately arresting
the hasmorrhage. We very much regret, however, to state
that up to eleven o'clock last night (at the time of our going
to press with oar second edition) Mrs. Osborne continued in
the most alarming and dangerous condition, with hut the
faintest hope of recovery. Mr. Fearn was to remain in
attendance upon his patient during the night.
We now return to the first part of this melancholy nar-
rative. On searching Cross's house his wife was found lying
on the bed dead, with her throat cut in a most frightful
manner, a great gash having been inflicted on the left
side, just in the situation of the large blood-vessels. Her
death must have taken place instantaneously. The room, as
may be supposed, was deluged with blood. The murderer
appears, after the bloody deed, to have gone into the kitchen,
and to have washed his hands, one of which is seriously
wounded. He was in the act of escaping from the house,
when he was met by a policeman, and taken into custody,
and, we believe, did not offer the least resistance.
Mrs. Osborne's deposition was taken by W. Eaton Mousley,
Esq., mayor, at a late hour last night.
TILE INQUEST.
DERBY, WIDNESDAY.-•••The inquest on the body of the
deceased was commenced this afternoon, and was adjourned
after the reception of some evidence (including that of the
prisoner's daughter), which went principally to prove the
attack upon Mrs. Osborne.

RUNNING MATcn.—Yesterday the match between
Williams, of Tottenham, and Slater, of Westminster, wh•
were to contest a quarter of a mile of road for 10/. a side,
came off on 'Wandsworth Common. At the start, Slater took
the lead, his adversary lying close up till within forty yards
of the winning-post, when Williams shot out, passed his op-
ponent, and ran in a winner by two yards, having accom-
plished the quarter of a mile of road in one minute and forty-
nine seconds.

DEATII IN A POLICE CELL.—Yesterday informa-
tion was forwarded to air. Wakley, ➢I.P., the coroner, of the
death of Thomas Harvey, under the following circum-
stances :—The deceased was au itinerant beggar, and, from
his peculiar deformity, was well known about the streets of
London. He had lost both of his legs, and used to proceed
along the streets on a piece of board, with a couple of wheels
attached to it, propelling himself with his hands. On Tues-
day night he was fouod by the police in a state of ;inebria-
tion, and taken to the station-house in George-street, St.
Giles', and placed in a cell with two other prisoners. At eight
o'clock the next morning (yesterday) he was visited by the
constable, to get his name, and, in half an hour afterwards
was found dead in his cell.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess de Montpensier
having on Saturday entered her sixteenth year, the Marquis
de Benalua, with the other gentlemen of the Spanish em-
bassy and several Spaniards resident in Paris, had the honour
of paying their respects to her and the Duke her husband.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN
RAILWAY. —On Tuesday morning, as the 11h. 15m. A.m. up-
train was coming out of Abbot's-cliff tunnel, drawn by two
engines, Mr. Rush, the telegraph-clerk at the Dover-station,
who was on the pilot or leading engine, is supposed to have
started on one side when the whistle was turned on—which is
always done when an engine is approaching or leaving a
tunnel or station—overbalanced himself. and fell under the
engine that was behind. The engine is supposed to have run
over his body ; the steps of the carriage caught him, and
dragged him for full 30 yards, cutting and crushing him to
a mummy. Parts of his skull were found above 20 yards
from his body. The appearance of the peer fellow was too
shocking to relate. On the driver observing the accident, he
immediately stopped the train, and forwarded the pilot-en-
gine to Folkestone for further assistance, so as not to delay
the train more than possible on its journey. The down
London train passing shortly after, and receiving the intelli-
gence at Folkestone, on arriving at Dover sent an engine
and assistance immediately, and brought the lifeless body to
Dover, where an inquest was held on it yesterday, before Mr.
Thompson, the Dover coroner, and a respectable jury, who,
after examining all the witnesses who were present, gave,
without any hesitation, the following verdict :—"Accidental
death, by falling off the engine on which he was riding,
without any blame attached to the company's servants."
On Monday next a banquet is to be given by some
of the principal residents of Westminster to Alderman John-
son, the late active and hospitable Chief Magistrate, at
Willis's Rooms, the lion. Mr. lalbot in the chair.

LIVE CATTLE TRAFFIC ON THE EASTERN COUN-
TIES RAlLWAY.—Yesterday forenoon a deputation of Smith-
field salesmen and London butchers, headed by Mr. Deputy
Hicks, of Newgate-market, and several of the most influ-
ential parties connected with the trade, waited upon the
traffic committee of the directors of the Eastern Counties
Railway Company, for the purpose of drawing their atten-
tion to the losses incurred by the metropolitan butchers
by the present mode of conveying live cattle on the above
line. The deputation suggested that the same protection
hould be afforded to oxen as to horses, viz., that they should
have separate compartments for each. They also recom-
mended that until the carriages were so altered, a frame-
work of wood or iron should be affixed to the flooring,
rising about one inch, to give the cattle a footing, as after
a few hours' confinement the bottom of the truck was in
such a state as to make it difficult for them to stand the
concussions in railway carriages. The deputy chairman
( Mr. D. Waddington) assured the deputation that the
directors were most anxious to remedy any evil attending
the transit of cattle on the line if it was possible to be
done. What had been stated should receive their beet
attention. With a ♦iew of obviating the delay men-
tioned as to the arrival of cattle for the London market,
the company had already advertised an arrangement for
the running of cattle trains from Peterborough, March,
Whittlesea, Ely, and Brandon, on a Friday instead of Satur-
day. A satisfactory arrangement having been then made
respecting the proposed alteration of the trucks, so as to
render the cattle more secure from injuries ; the deputation
withdrew.
INSTITUTION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION

READING FAIR, BERKS.—Reading cattle and
cheese fair was held on Tuesday. The supply of stock was
good, and the attendance of buyers was numerous. The sale
of oxen was at rather reduced prices. Well bred oxen for
stalling up went off at prices of 16 to 17 guineas; steers and
heifers sold at 121. to 141. a head. There was a good demand
for much cows for cheese dairying, and young cows, with a
small calf by their side, fetched irom lb to 17 guineas. In
the horse field, good nags sold for 18 to 25 guineas each, and
prime young and sound cart-horses fetched 24 to 30 guineas.
There was a large supply of hogs, which were sold at very
low prices, which is attributable to the high price of meal and
pig food. Large bacon hogs fetched 3s. 6d. per stone, and
small porkers 4s. per stone.
SUDDEN ACQUISITION or 30,0001.—An extraor-
dinary and unexpected instance of good fortune has recently
occurred to an elderly female, named M'Cormack, who Li.,
for some time resided in Coppice-row, a few doors from
Clerkenwell Workhouse, where she has contrived to obtain a
decent maintenance by vending in her
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sided near Aberdeen (of which place Mrs. M'Cormack is a
native), and also that she had been bequeathed property to
the amount of no less a sum than 3
TROTTING.—The trotting match, in which Mr.
Marten undertook to drive his
pony (which
miles within thirty-one
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road in twelve Second P ete
* under the !stipulated time, and won
the match.

or THE JEWS.—Yesterday a meeting of the committee of
the above institution was held at the office, 27, Red Lion-
square, Bloomsbury, Dr. Whyte in the chair. Mr. J. J..
Simpson, in a very expressive speech, explained the value of
the institution generally, and illustrated the objects sought
to be obtained by several very Interesting cases, many of
whom were at present working on the premises, and being
taught the printing and other trades. The institution is
designed to relieve and promote industry among the Jews,
without the compulsory resignation of their faith, although
by the exertions of the benevolent members the doctrines of
Christianity have been so exhibited, that in many instances
the happiest results have rewarded their efforts.
' Letters from Hamburgh received yesterday morn-
ing quote the rate of discount in that city at 514 per cent.,
being an increase of about one-half or three-quarters per
cent. on recent rates. It must be mentioned, however, that
at the date of these advises the shipments of gold which have
just been made from England had not arrived. Exchange
was lower, the quotation being 13.2, and the price of gold had
risen to 4321,x.
SALE OF OMNIBUSES AND HORSES, &c.--Yester-
day the entire stock of omnibuses, horses, harness, &c., be-
longing to Mr. Sherman, of the Bull and Mouth, recently
working from the Great Western Railway, were sold
Aldridge, of St. Martin's-lane, an arrangement h
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Companies for him to leave that road.
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orme'and forcibly it is stated in this appeal,
sacred and humane feeling, to contribute to the relief of the
tadhneasd tt famine."
'ta‘u without ree i tihi‘noluolrst noughtet
thela before
trulyedf
hearty
tively easy circumstances, the measures of the Government
cannot be fully carried out, as a large amount of the prevail-
ing distress can only be reached b
benevolence; and, in calling on ouryf
to assist us in this
lehheds exinerteelof brivate
good work, we trustn that in Ireland, the
booksellers, as a body, may be found performing their duty
at the present awful crisis." The document is signed on
behalf of the trade by Mi. Ferguson, Ormond-quay; Mr.
D'Olier-street ; and Mr. Smith, of the firm of
Hodges and Smith, Grafton-street, to whom all subscriptions
are to be forwarded. Although the appeal to the publishers
did not reach London till Saturday last, we understand that
the following contributions have been already received :
Messrs. Longman and Company, Paternoster-row, London,
105/. ; Messrs. Stevens and Norton, Bell-yard, London, 21/. ;
Messrs. Grosvenor, Chester, and Co., Cornhill, London, 151. ;
Mr. J. H. Parker, Oxford, 101.—Dublin Evening Post.
MESMERISM EXTRAORDINARY.—During the trans-
mission of the Queen's Speech to Sheffield by telegraph,
owing to some deficiency of light in the telegraph office at
the Chesterfield station, one of the porters was placed to
hold a candle in each hand, to enable the reader better to
see the operation of the indicators. Upon the latter the man
was ordered to fix his own eyes, to see that the light fell
fully on the index ; he did so for about an hour, when he
suddenly dropped down as stiff as a post, having been, in
fact, completely mesmerised by the protracted intensity of
hib attention.