The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-18 00:00:00

INDIA HOUSE

EAST
(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
MONUMENT TO THE MARQUIS OF WELLESLEY

The CHAIRMAN brought forward the motion respecting the
erection of a monument to the Marquis of Wellesley, .and said
in submitting for the adoption of the Court a proposA to add
one more to the s atues of the distinguished and eminent men
by which this place is adorned, it will be unnecessary to oc-
cupy any considerable portion of time. The merits of the
Marquis of Welles!ey are well known—they have been very
recently discussed in this Court, and most honourably recog-
nised by the East India Company ; they need no panegyric—
nor does the gratitude of the East India Company require either
argument or eloquence to call it into action. Nearly 40 years
have elapsed since the close of his Lordship's Administration,
but the events by which it was marked are fresh in our recol-
lection, as though of recent occurrence, and of those also who
have read his admirable papers. The Marquis Wellesley ar-
rived in India at a period when the country was surrounded
with peril—when the peace and security of that country were
exposed to the most imminent dangers from within and from with-
out, when it required the mind of a man of Isis talent to rescue
it from danger. It was his glorious destiny to place the British
empire in India in a position of honour and safety which it
had never before attained. His energetic mind embracing in
one comprehensive view all the elements of Indian power,
enabled him to combine them for the benefit alike of that
country and his own. He selected, with unerring and intud.
tive judgment, the instruments best calculated to carry out
his magnificent plans ; while, by the force of that influence
which great minds exercise over their fellow-men, he ernbued
them with his own spirit, and directed vast distant and compli-
cated operations with a degree of precision scarcely to be looked
fur in the most ordinary transactions. The sagacity with
which he selected officers for high trusts, was not more remark-
able than the generous confidence which he reposed in their
exertions, and the liberality with which he ascribed to
• them the chief merit of his own successful measures.
• Nor was this liberality confined to those engaged
in great military and political duties ; it pervaded
every branch of the administration, and a spirit of
zealou s and honourable emulation, of kindly feelings towards
the natives was excited or encouraged in the civil service to
the extent which contributed less conspicuously indeed, but
not less assuredly than his military and political achievements,
to the honour of the British name, and to the prosperity of
British India.

The CHAIRMAN, after describing at considerable length the
beneficial results of the administration of the Noble Marquis
in India, concluded by moving—That the resolution of the
Court of Directors to erect a statue in honour of his Lordship
be approved.
A great number of Members spoke in support of the mo-
tion, which was carried by acclamation.
On the motion being put the Court rose as one man, and
cheered for several minutes.

After the transaction of some other business of no public in-
terest the Court adjourned.

MURDER IN SYDNEY.

MURDER OF MR. ASSISTANT SURVEYOR STAPYLTON AND

ONE OP HIS PARTY BY TIIE BLACK § AT NIORETON ItAY,
(From the Sydney _Herald of Sept. 2.)
. _ .

On Tuesday aftecnOon,the 2d of June, five of the men
belonging to the surveying party of Assistant Surveyor
S!apy lton arrived at the cattle station at Cowpen's Plains,
and reported that that officer and two of his men had bcen
murdered by the blacks on the preceding Sunday, at a
spot about fonrtcen miles eastward from Mount Lindsay,
and about 80 miles by the dray track from Pie settlement.
Inte'lige;:ce was despatched forthwith to Li.?utenant Gor-
man, the Commandant at Brisbane Town, and that officer,
with his usual and well-known promptitude and alacrity,
immediately repaired to Cowpen's Plains, and took the
men's depositions.
They stated that on Sunday, the 31st of May, Mr.
S•apylton directed them to a passage for the dray across
the creek, about a mile from the encampment. That they
left the tents for that purpose about eight A.m., leaving
behind them Dunlop and Tuck, with Mr. Stapytton,
and having finished their work they returned about
tr.% e:ve at noon. On coming within a hundred yards cf the
tents they found Dunlop lying on the ground in great
agony from a wound on the head, and apparer4ly
To their interrogatories all the reply he was all,: to give
them was—" I told you so, I told you so." They then
ran up to Mr. Stapylton's teat, and, looking into it, they
found les lifeless body lying on the ground, partly covered
with a tarpaulin, and stripped. There was a spear-wound
in the left breast, and one side of the head was much
bruised near the eye. Tuck was lying dead under a tar-
paulin, which he generally used as a tent, but they did not
look particularly where he was wounded. All the boxes
were broken open, and the provisions and firearms car-
ried off.

Finding tne arms gone, and fearing that the blleks
would pay them another visit, they started with all speed
for the EC tlement.

On Wednesday meriting, the 3d, the Cemmandant de-
spatched a corporal and six privates belonging to the de-
tachment at Brisbane Town, guided by the men of Mr.
S.'s party who had escaped, with all possible speed to the
spot; and on the following morning he and Assistant- Sur-
geon Ballow followed on horseback. A boat well manned
and armed was at the same time despatched under the
command of Mr. Whyte, the Commandant's clerk, to ap-
prise of the circumstance and put on his guard Mr. Dixon,
sea., surveyor, who (with his other assistant, Mr. \Varner)
was t a ing the coast, and extending his trigonometrical
survey from the Logan River southward to the Richmond.
On the Commandant's party reaching within about
fifteen miles of the place, and while encamping by the
side of a creek at sunset, cries were heard proceeding
from the ranges on their left. Some of the party imme-
diately ran in the cli.ection of the sound, and found Dun_
1 sp, one of the men said to have hecn murdered, lying on
the ground Li a very exhausted state, suffering from a very
severe wound on the bead, and also a contusion on the
left arm and shoulder. lie was immediately taken to the
camp, where every care was taken of him, and he is now
doing well.
On being questioned touching the affair, he said that on
Sunday mornirg, after tie men bad gone to the creek, he
remarked that two blacks who had accompanied the party
fur several dam Murry Dido and Carbon Bob, and who had
been very kindly treated, left the tents and returned in a
short time, bringing with them five strange blacks. lie
observed that they were all more than usually armorl, havi
two long spears each, with their bornerangs and waddi
From their movements he suspected they were bent on mis-
er isf, and told Tuck, who was sitting under his tarpaulin,
having a bad leg, to look after a cake which was on Om
fire;, while he went down to the men at the creek. Mr.
Stapylton was at that time in his tent writing. On his
(Dunlop's) turning to go away, he observed two or three
tf the blacks go to, a-ds Mr. Stapylton's tent, and two cf
them, namely, Carbon Bob, and another, followed Lim.
He had not gone many yards when one of them threw a
spear at him, which missed, and Carbon Bob then struck
bins on the back of the head with his waddy, And knocked
him down, after which he had no roeollectiorr of what im-
media!ely followed. On awaking from his stato of stu-
por, which, as near as he could guess, lasted about forty-
eight hours, he observed the black-, who had returned in
considerable numbers, busied, men, women, and children,
some in carrying off whatever str tick their fancy, while others
wee emuloyed in bunting the tents and bodies.
They did not attempt to strike him again, but one of
them was commencing to strip him, when he appealed to
Murry Dido, who immediately stopped the proceedieg.
veryfrebngly telling him at the same time that by and by
be would be bong, and clues that black fellow would niara
grangyrang, meaning that he would die very soon, and
then the blacks would get his clothes. As soon as he
could possibly crawl he got up and left tire place, and had
manage 1 to totter to the spot where the party found him.
Had he not been thus fortunately met with, he must very
shortly have perished from fatigue and want, tegether with
the injuries he had received.
On Sunday the 7th, about ten A. M. , the party arrived at
the place where the murder was committed. They there
found a portion of the skeleton of Mr. Stapylton lying a
few yards in the rear of the spot where his tent ha I been
The arms were gore, as also the right foot, which had
be en broken off near the ancle joint. The skull was
11iag a few yards apart from the trunk. It presented no
appearance of fracture. The body appeared to have bean
rowel, and the fleshy parts to have been either eaeen by
the blacks or devoured by the native dogs. Tice body of
the prisoner Tuck was lying on its face upon some pieces
of burnt wood about twenty yards from the bones of Mr.
Stapleton.. It was in a highly putrid state, much charred
by the fire, and was torn and disfigured in many parts by
the tirda of prey. There was a spear wound on the right
side of the neck, and a contusion of the scalp on the
back of the head. The body of Tuck was buried near
the
11.;:t where it was found, and the bones of Mr. Ste-
pßrisbane Town for
.interment.
....with the exceptam of the
Sta-
pylton wear e'.",ught
oken boxes, sonic pieces of
dErvaeye:ywthhiinegh
cw:st,dinecndrastlhselicul,
pork, and a few pair of shoes.
The bullocks were found, and being yok. to the dray,
were brought away by the party. The blacks were hover-
ing. about in considerable numbers, and several attenapir;
mere made to capture some of them, but, owing to the
broken nature of the ground, it was found impossible to
take any of them alive, and the party did not conceive
themselves warranted in firing amongst them indiscrimi-
nately. One of their camps was entered by a few of the
party, and some blankets and other articles found, but
the blacks fled with astonishing celerity in all directions
on seeing them approach. The tribes in the immediate
vicinity of the settlement volunteered to accompany the
party, which some of them accordingly did, and by tl.eir
exertions evinced their extreme anxiety for the apprehen-
sion of the murderers.

ING
Ev,
lafe merchants, v:z., 10s. to Malts:, and 15s. t°
Corfu ; and further, it is believed thai a largsale
might be carried at half that expense. The:
ruin required for Malta would not, it itt cst`sl--t -
ch;
exceed 200,0001., and a similar sum is set e3owo, r•
highest that would be required by the loniarr 1511"1„;
The currency of the West Indies, Canada, d °t".e
North American possessions (including both theMecl
and paper) is set down at 1,539,162/., which with
400,000/. amounts to 1,939,16')/ , or in round flu
2,000,0001., would suffice for possessions north of tir °
e
Equator, which, assuming 15s. as the average charge
would give as the expense of conveyance no more tbno
15,000/. The currency of the whole of the Pos6es;
Papal
sions to the south of the Equator (including
is estimated at 1,991,9,52 i., and the cost of e°°:s
veyance at 40,000/. at the highest. Blond tudl,
charge it is calculated no Joss could be sustaiee.„..
A pound of standard silver costing 60s. would,il6,
conformity with the old standard previous to 18'0
be coined into 625., so that the gain would r
2s. Nearly the whole of this gelin must, bevief,e;
be deducted from it on account of the fact (bat
South American dollar silver contains feweT °lnes
•f pure silver, and thus the cowversion
neither loss nor (essential) gain. A nother seh;
however, is proposed, which would invocce greater ;,
pause, but is considered preferable by sonic of tae
dente in Malta. This is, to make the 45.. piece °,fitaa
same value as a sf. piece ; to effect wlaich 0'15;
dard pound of silver must be coined into a fraction lase
Would er,
than 61s. 4:4d. and the loss it is calenial ed
about 21,060/. for the possessions north of the ciA`l,ladti°o;
and a similar sum for those to the tooth. irt,tbe
this sum to the 15,000/. and 40,000/. we ball '°,bern
northern possessions 36,000/. and for ale el
61,00 0 /. giving an aggregate of 97,00('1. The Oectisol
of these chtairs can of course only be aseertai.tre- from
a minute examination of the statistics of the Pr„ill
possessions, and on this the above arguments floc 04010
depend. The present system, however, is so vi of
itself, that every plan for its amelioration is vre'4'"
cousideration.—Tinzes..

CORN AYERA G*6-

GENERAL AVERAGE P
For the Week ended March 12,
the Inspectcri in the different

Wales:per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat 63s. I Id. Oats
Barley 32s. 11d. Bye ...,

'RICES OF BRITISEI COrtl;,oot
lilt 1, !made up from the
ReLd sstl
Cities and Towns ha
225. lid. I Beans.....
355. Id. rease .....

AVERAGES OF TI
Week endings wuEAT. BARLEY.

E LAST SIX WEEES• ..d. 90
"TS. RYE DEANS. 1,-'.."
21 , ..--.----... ."": 10
' ‘•:'1 11 39 1$ 6
ti 3 31 ;.3 ,40
10 33 7 nt, 2 99' ),(1
`.,.2.2 4 '.4 9; 39 5 ~•„° 9
iz2 b 3.i 6, 34 6 '',,'; 9
11 33 1[ 3) i"' 0 .
vEnAGEs or Tint .512 C rO",10.
225.,, 34.1 Beans ........ 9'••41
3* 211 Pease...... ...vg,'
,OREIGN cogN• 04.
IT'9i. 1 Beam; ........ .11' 06
--s' 34. I rose ......... lli-

Feb. 5 6O 7 31 11
12
;9
62 5 31 11
March 5
12 (3 11 32 11
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE A\
Wheat 62:. 3d. Oats
Barley, :323. 32, I Rye
DUTIES 015 F
Wheat 24s. 82, Oats
Braley l3s. 102. I Rye ....