The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-04 00:00:00

700 ditto frorn Alva flay ; 250 ditto trom llawburgii ;
and 300 ditto from various other quarters. The sc,,reity
of men,ey has produced considerable heaviness in the de-
mand fur both English and Foreign Wools, and, whcn
sales are pressed, ratio r lower prices are accepted.
TALLOW.
Notwithstanding the imports of Tallow since this day
se'nnight have ben lapin liberal, bu}ers have conic
forward somewhat more freely, and full prices have been
realised in every instance ; indeed, we may observe that
in some cases 3d per cwt. more money has been paid for
fine quality, which may be quoted at 47s ; other descrip.
tions, 46s 64 to 46s 9d per cwt. For forward delivery a
moderate business is doing at 45s 9d to 465 per cwt.
Town Tallow is 48s net cash, and Rough Fat, 2s 8d
per 81bs.

FLANDERS and I!AMBURGH MAIL.
BRUSSELS; SEPT. 29.—From the 20th to the 25.,h
of September twenty-two vessels, hden wholly or in
part with grain, entered the port of Awwerp. The
importations male were— Kils.
Wheat....
Rye ..

Barley

Total .

5,000
637,480

4,710,670

THE TO WN AND HARBOUR OF
BOYI), TWOFOLD BAY. NEW 601:TH WALES.
'lhe town of Boyd is situated on the east coast of
Australia, in latitude 37 deg. 4 min. S., and longi-
tude 150 deg. 5 min. E. This harbour and whaling
station lies nearly midway between Port Philip arid
Sydney, and is protected from all winds by points of
land jutting out from both sides of the bay. It is
also most easy of access to ships of any burden, no
pilots being required. The inner anchorage is about
three miles wide, the bottom a clayey sand, with
three fathoms and a half near the shore, increasing
to six fathoms and a half at a mile out. It is now
well known as a general rendezvous for the whalers
of all nations employed in the southern hemisphere,
and has become so principally on account of the
abundant supplies of cheap fresh and salt provisions,
live stock, &c., which can be procured at less than
half the prices charged in Europe. There are two
very good pictures of this rising township, in the
Pictorial Times of the 2d October.
(From the Pictorial Times.)
It seems almost incomprehensible, but it is never-
theless true, that while Government is perplexed in
the extreme as to the best means of disposing of the
superfluous population of Great Britain, some of our
most productive and important colonies are languish
ing for want of efficient labourers. It is true that
something is done towards the promotion of emi-
gration, but that something is such a pitiful atom of
relief, and is, moreover, administered with so little
judgment, that the colonists are better without than
with such a mockery of assistance. The great majo-
rity of the emigrants are Irish, and it is notorious
that their indolent habits utterly disqualify them from
rendering efficient service, even if they arrive at the
colony to which they may be sent in a sound state of
health. Of late, the expatriated masses have carried
with them the typhus fever, which has been ravaging
the famine-stricken districts of Ireland, and healthful
colonies have thus become mere hospitals—and very
costly hospitals withal—for the miserable refugees, by
whose industry they expected to benefit. If the au-
thorities at the Colonial Office were to apply the
grants of Parliament to the dispatch to our distant
possessions of healthy, well-disposed, able-bodied
English labourers, some amount of good might be done
to the agriculturists in the colonies, and England would
reap the reward of her prudence In the abundant com-
mercial returns from those settlements; but until then
we must expect to hear of nothing but the mischiefs of
redundancy at home, and the evils of a scarcity of
productive hands abroad; crowded unions in England
—bankrankcy and wasted lands in her distant depen-
dencies. The deficiency of labourers is most dis-
tressing. Mauritius and the West Indies have
sought a remedy in the importation of Danger coolies
from the eastern parts of India, and Australia is
actually recruiting her population from the South
Sea Islands. This last succedaneum is to be ascribed
to the energy and public spirit of Mr. Boyd, a dis-
tingui.,hed resident in Sydney, who, while the local
Legislature was debating the best method of solving
the great question, " How is labour to be obtained ?"
set sail for the South Seas, and brought back sixty-
five young active men, selected from Tanna, Bahama,
and Lefoo, islands of the Loyalties—a group very
imperfectly laid down in the charts, and which lie
between New Caledonia and the Hebrides. Sixty-two
of the young men were immediately set to work on
the lands belonging to Mr. Boyd, on the Murray
river, and so well pleased were these islanders with
their treatment, and so zealously and conscientiously
have they worked for their master, that it has been
deemed expedient to return three of them, that they
may make a report to their fellow-islanders, and in-
duce a more general emigration.
The three South Sea islanders to whom allusion
has been made, are severally named Etoisi, Paryella,
and Sabbathahoo. The first is a chief, and brother
to Zuela, the King of the island of Lefoo. Paryella
is his conjuror, and Sabbathahoo is the conjuror's ser-
vant. They are represented to be highly intelligent
men, with an unexampled power of rapid calculation
by a system of decimals. They are exceedingly
active, and possess great capacity for comprehending
what is required of them in the way of personal ser-
vice. And while enterprising colonists avail them-
selves of the opportunity at their disposal of engaging
such men, it is consolatory to think that they will
not be expte ed to the imputation of kidnapping, or of
taking yeop!e from happy homes to subject them to
an employment repugnant to their natures. The
islands whence the men are induced to emigrate, are
in the most miserable state of destitution. So greatly
in excess of the means of sustenance is the amount of
population, that cannibalism an& infanticide, and
other revolting means of diminishiiig the human race,
are practised throughout Tanna, Khhama, and Lefoo.
The South Sea islander will see nothing of this on the
estates in New South Wales ; and, on the other hand,
he will derive all the benefit that an intelligent human
creature can desire, from sound instruction, Christian
example, and gentle treatment.
But let such active and meritorious individuals as
Mr. Boyd do what they may, the home government
must not suppose itself exempted from the responsibi-
lity- of providing European labour for the colonies. The
South Sea islanders cannot be expected to supply all
the wants of Australia, or even a portion of them, for
some time to come. Confidence, as the proverb bath
it, is a plant of slow growth ; and it will not he until
the prosperous emigrant returns and tells his tale of
success and happiness, that his example will be freely
and generally followed. Meanwhile, the Sydney
agriculturist, who is blessed with prolific ewes and
cows, is doomed to boil down their offspring for want
of hands to tend them, and the English market is de-
prived of the copious supplies of wool and hides
which the full grown sheep and cattle would yield.
It seems surprising that, with so many thousands of
people vainly seeking occupation in this country,
there should be the slightest hesitation about the send-
ing them to Australia. It is merely a question of ex-
pense ; and there can be eo doubt in the mind of any
sane man that the balance of economy must be on the
side of emigration. We hope the Legislature will
repair the omissions of the last session by looking
well into the subject at the next meeting of Par-
liament.
The pictures which have suggested this article re-
present two views of Twofold Bay, New South Wales.
The interesting town which stands on the shores of
the bay is named after Mr. Boyd, who is recognised
by the inhabitants as pre-eminent for his talents and
enterprise.

THE REFUSAL OF FRANCE TO RECEIVE BELGIAN I
COIN.—The Bank of France having refused, as we
before stated, to receive the Belgian coin, Belgian
five-franc pieces, which was in fact the commence-
ment of a prohibition for the entrance of French
money into Belgium, remonstrances have been ad-
dressed to that Bank by our Government, in con-
sequence of which the prohibition will be withdrawn,
and Belgian coin will be admissible as heretofore.
THE POLITICAL CHANGES IN 13ADEN. Nothing
has as yet been settled respecting the changes
which are so ardently desired and so much wanted
here. Perhaps in no part of Germany are the inha-
bitants so completely under the thraldom of foreign
manners and opinions as here; all is in imperfect
imitation of our southern neighbours. Many of us,
in fact, seem to forget that we are Germans. The
names of our public buildings are inscribed in French,
in the reading-room the German newspapers are
banished to a side-table in the back ground, our
play-house is designated Theatre —(it is a marvel
that we have phi) s in the German language)
—our native tongue is scarcely used—exploded,
and instead of the rich tones of our native
language, we are assailed on all sides by the certainly
less harmonious sounds of French, spoken as loud
as possible, and in must ceses so incorrectly that a
genuine Parisian is ashamed to own it. Surely our
countrymen are no better than hirelings who endea-
vour to imitate their masters with servile precision.
Truly, all the attractions of nature and art are needed
in order to make Baden palateable to educated Ger-
mans, to make their residence here at all tolerable,
and it possible to make them forget that here, in
certain respects, Germany is found in her state of
degradation.
ST. PETERSBURGII, SEPT. Ig.—The last military
bulletin is dated the 20th August. Turtshidag was
left on the 6th August by the Commander with
Samur troops, as nothing further was to be appre-
hended from the cholera. One detachment alone was
left, while he went with the other divisions to besiege
Aul Salta, in order to save himself against hostile
attacks by the taking of this stronghold. On
the following day numbers of the enemy appeared
on the surrounding heights, and at night made
several attempts on the Russian camp. A hostile
band of from 7,000 to 8,000 cavalry, under Daniel
Bek, made a threatening movement against the left
flank of the Russians, in the ravines betwe n Kejer
and the bridges of Chidatti and Salta. Count Wo-
renzow, however, also had meanwhile received rein-
forcements from fort Chodshal. Macha attacked
them on the night of the 18th of August, and sur-
rounded the enemy, who was only able to save himself
by a speedy retreat. Aul Salta, however, had not
been taken, but the General intended to renew the
attack.

ST. PETERSBURGII.—The intended journey of the
Emperor, who has just set out for Moscow, appears
to be given up for the present. This is probably
owing to the progress of the cholera. In consequence
of the prevalence of this pestilence the projected re-
views and levying of the troops are likewise post-
poned for the present. In order that trade and
commerce may receive no check from the spread of
the disease, the Emperor has commanded all convey-
ances, whether by water or by land, containing cho-
lera patients, shall not be detained after they have
given them over to the official authorities. During
the prevalence of the cholera in Cis, Trans-Caucasia,
from 16th October, 1846, to 13th January, 1847, more
than 17,050 individuals were attacked, of whom
6,310 died. Various remedies resolved upon, viz. rub-
bing the body with ice, internal applications of ice,
of cold water, after the Priesznitz, method, were very
successful in the first stages of the disorder ; after-
wards, friction with woolen cloths, and other stimu-
lating applications, warm baths, an elexir of corn
brandy, saltpetre, pepper, naptha, salamonia, olive oil,
and mint, was much used amongst the lower orders,
and was found very efficacious, especially the naptha
In the middle of July the pestilence appeared at
Astracan ; it soon spread over the whole town, and
raged especially in the low damp quarters. It pene-
trated into the hospitals, where it seiaed patients
however afflicted with totally opposite diseases. The
male sex was attacked with five times the force that
the female was--adults more frequently than youth.,
and proved snore fatal to the Russians than to the
Calmuks. This is explained by the fact that the
Mahometans are more cleanly in their mode of life,
clothe themselves better and warmer than the Rus-
sians, and are very moderate careful in eating and
' drinking. The Calmuks are less liable to it; living
in their steppes, they are constantly in the open air.
It attained its greatest pitch on the 30th of J uly, on
which day 137 persons died. Now it has almost
disappeared here.

THE CONVICTS UNDER SEN-
TENCE OF DEATH.

Immediately after the conviction of Hutchings for
the murder of his wife, he was handed over to the
Sheriff of Kent, the offence having been committed
with in that county, and was conveyed to Maidstone
Gaol, where he now lies, awaiting the execution of his
sentence. Ever since his conviction he has declared
his innocence of the crime, and some humane indi-
viduals, who entertain an opinion that the evidence
was insufficient to warrant his conviction, have in-
terested themselves to procure a remission of his sen-
tence. The convict has complained bitterly of his son
Thomas, who, it will be remembered, was examined
as a witness upon the trial, and says, that if he had
told the jury, what he knew to be the case, that on
the morning of the day his mother died she declared
that she wou!d destroy herself, he should not have
been convicted ; and in a letter written by the con-
vict within the last few days, he entreats the persons
who are interceding for him, :to lay this fact before
the Government, and have his son examined upon it,
as he insists that this must have the effect of saving
his life. At present no day is fixed for the execution,
the law now giving the sheriff some latitude, and
merely directing that it shall take place within a
certain period.
The woman, Mary Ann Hunt, under sentence of
death, for the Marylebone murder, still continues in a
most distressed state. It appears that the late sheriffs
of Middlesex and London very materially exceeded
their powers in not having the sentence carried into
effect in due course after the prisoner's conviction as
she did not plead pregnancy ; but expressly replied,
when asked by Mr. Straight, the deputy clerk of the
arraigns, whether she had anything to urge in stay of
execution, that she had nothing to say, and in strict-
ness the law ought thereupon to take its
waderscoue.
The sheriffs, however, upon the statement at
the trial by Mr. M‘Murdo, the surgeon of the gaol,
that he believed the prisoner was three or four months
advanced in the family-way, took upon themselves to
delay the execution of the sentence, and in the result
it turned out that the wretched woman was not in
the condition suspected. The ordinary period for the
execution had then passed away, and as the Court
was not sitting, nor wny judge who could take cogni-
sance of the matter, it was found necessary to delay
any further proceedings until the Central Criminal
Court again assembled, and the prisoner la as then
formally (as detailed last week) called upon to say
whether she had an) thing to urge in delay of her exe-
cution ; and it was considered more satisfactory by
4 the authorities that a jury of matrons should be em-
-1 panelled, to decide the question. The execution is
fixed to take place this day week.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on Friday
afternoon in an open carriage, the Prince driving.
Lady Caroline Cocks arrived at Osborne on Friday.
Colonel Wylde arrived on Friday at Osborne, and
had the honour of dining with the royal party in the
evening.
His Royal highness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing on Saturday.
The royal children took their usual airings on
Saturday.
Sir James Clarke arrived at Osborne on Saturday,
on a visit to her Majesty.
Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert,
and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, attended
divine service in Whippingham Church.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived in town yesterday, from the residence of the
Duchess of Gloucester, in Richmond Park.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen,
and their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward and
Prince Gustavus' and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar,
attended by the Earl of Denbigh, rode out on horse-.
back in the Parks on Saturday.
At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the
prayers Here read by the Rev. G. Helmore, and the
lessons by the Rev. W. Hall. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The anthem was
"By the waters of Babylon" (Boyce). Sir George
i Smart presided at the organ.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CHILD STEALING IN
NOTTINGHAM.—A singular case of this dese, iption oc•
(ured in Nottingham a few da3s ago. It appears that
a little boy, mum d William Dorsey, about seven }ears
of age, was standing at the corner of a street, near the
market-place, when a young sweep came up to him and
told him he was wanted; the child, however, refused to
go; upon this an elder boy, of the name of Dodd, came
to him and took him to a public-house in an adjoining
street. lie was there received by a man named William
Duesbury (a sweep), who stupitied the child with ate.
Early on the following morning Duesbury proceeded
with his little captive to Carlton railway station, a short
distance from Nottingham, and from thence they started
fur Hull. From information obtained by the police a
warrant was issued tor Duesbury's apprehension, rnd
shortly afterwards he was brought to Nottingham and
taken before the magistrate. The prisoner stated to the
mayor that he wanted a boy, and he wrote to a man in
Nottingham named Neal (who is blind) to procure him
one. Neal made the circumstance known to a sweep,
and by that means the lad was obtained. The prisoner
added, that it was a regular thing for one sweep to steal
a boy from another when such could be done; he had
been stolen himself, he said, when a lad. he was re-
manded for further examination. On Saturday the pri-
soner was again brought up, but no one appeared to
prosecute. The ma} or informed him he had had a very
narrow escape, for had the charge been proved against
him he would have been liable to transportation. The
prisoner was then discharged.
ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLVVICII—The
forty-one gentlemen cadets who passed their examina-
tions on Friday last, and were recommended for com-
missions in the Ordnance corps, have obtained leave of
absence until they are Gazetted and appointed to com-
panies in the Royal Artillery and to the Royal Engi-
neers. That no time may be lost in bringing forward a
nearly similar number of gentlemen cadets for commis-
sions, forty of the theoretical class studying at the Royal
Military Academy were examined as to their fitness for
entering the practical class, and passed their exami-
nations.

A JUST JUDGMENT.—A wealthy farmer, living
not more than► three miles from Tyrone, was offered 2s.
S stone for 1,000 of oats., but he would not take less
than 2s. 6d. A few days ago he avid the whole tor a
shilling 1i atone•

RETURN OF MR. B
slaiiisle.d arduous mission, and after,
aOOKX.—AIr. Brooke, the Raja
st,
of Sarawak, arrived by the Ifriidunus
Southampton,
am steamer yes tei
nr dhai3s
(Friday) morning. It is nine years since this distin-
ua
ei shbte. dt
hpeh aonytahl i sotn,
many toils and difficulties he has again reached his na-
tive shore. Mr. Brooke does not -look much the worse
for wear—he is somewhat older—and his hair begins to
exhibit touches of grey ; hue, on the whole, he is little
altered. If ever the tr,nours of this world were richly
merited—it ever the good opinions of mankind were de-
served—they are by a chivalrous and high minded
countryman, who, having chalked out a path for him-
self, of no small trial and danger, hag lived to triumph
over the many obstacles he had to encounter, and by
the force of genius has founded, by his own unaided
exertions, a new colony and civilisation in one of the
largest Islands of the Indian Archipelago, amongst hos-
tile tribes of men, and the most piratical of the human
race. We trust Mr. Brooke may long be spared to the
land of his adoption, and to reflect, in the novel position
he occupies, the blessingi of peace, happiness, and every
good, to those over whom he has been called to preside.
Her Majesty's Government have appointed Mr. Brooke
to the government of the lately ceded island of Labutn,
the notification of which reached him yesterday morn-
ing on his arrival. Mr. Brooke is also invested with the
important functions of Consul-general of Borneo, and
the adjacent islands. Ile will remain in this country
about six months. Hampshire Independent.— [Mr.
Brooke arrived at Mivart's Hotel from Southampton on
Friday night.]
ExPLOSION or THE CRICRET.—"Henry Haisman,
against whom a verdict of manslaughter was found by
the coroner's jury on the above case, surrendered
himself on Friday last. It is stated that he never in-
tended to abscond, but chose to conceal himself till his
bail could be produced.
Sir George Grey, Bart., ualified as a county q
magistrate, on Moniay, at the adjourned sessions in
Alnw iek. The Right Ilon. Baronet has presented 20/ e
to the Newcastle lufirmaryo And 5/. to the Newcastl
Eye Infirmary.

114 BUN, LON'ZIONS WWI I:JAY EVEN'IVG. OCTOBER 4, 1447,

oyE 13 LA
Ti) MAIL

(From the Times.)

We have received by extraordinary express from
Marseilles our letters in anticipation of the overland
mail of August. The dates thus received are from
Bombay to the 31st, Madras to the 20th, and Calcutta
to the 14th of August.
The wet season was drawing to a close; the rains
had been sufficient and favourable, and there was a
prospect of abundant crops.
Sir Charles Napier had sent in his formal resigna-
tion of the government of Sinde.
In the Punjaub the influence of our Resident with
the Durbar continued on a firm footing.
The Governor-General was to have left Simla on
the 20th of August for the seat of Government, by
way of Lucknow.
Her Majesty's 21st and 50th Regiments are the two
which will come home—the last when relieved by the
18th, at present at Hong-Kong.
Some disturbances had arisen in the Jullundur
Doab. It appears that since our troops have occu-
pied Jullundur the Muslulmans did not avail them-
selves of the right to slaughter cattle until lately,
when a Mussulman butcher set up his trade outside
the city, upon which there was at once a tumultuous
assemblage of the.Hincloo community, but they were
ultimately dispersed by a body of troops. Since that
time, up to the latest news—a lapse of about ten
days—murders had been frequent, and the ilindoos
had refused to open their grain shops. The father of
the butcher who offended in this instance was, we
are told, formerly hanged at Jullundur for killing a
cow.

Another episode still more characteristic of India
of old and the half administered native states at the
present day, is mentioned from Nepaul. The deposed
Maharaja of Nepaul had been residing for some
months at Segow ley, on our frontier, notoriously
occupied with designs on the life of his enemy, the
actual Prime Minister ; when in the thick of his in-
trigues he himself fell into a trap, has been made
prisoner himself, and nearly all his supporters put to
the sword. The ex-Maharaja was, it appears, led to
believe by the Minister's emissaries that the Nepaul
army would rise in his behalf, were he to make his
appearance near the territory; and accordingly he
secretly collected a number of his adherents, and pro-
ceeded a short distance into the Nepaul state, ex-
pecting to hear intelligence of the first movement in
his favour. There a " chuppao," or night attack, was
made by a detachment of the Nepaul troops ; the ex-
Raja's followers, to the number of about 500, were
slaughtered, and himself carried off.
News from Bokhara is said to have reached India
in various directions, to the effect that the King
had put to death with his own hands the infamous
Abdool Samud, by striking him on the head with a
small axe, upbraiding him with having instigated
him (the King) to take the lives of Stoddart and
Conolly.
The case of Lieutenant Bird, of the Indian navy,
who had been dismissed with a pension of 1001. a
year, was exciting great sympathy throught
The following extract from a dispatch, published by
the Superintendent of the Navy, contains the sen-
tence on Lieutenant Bird :
" The Superintendent of the Indian Navy is pleased
to publish the following extract of a dispatch from
the Hon. the Court of Directors, No 30, dated 26th
May, 1847, for the general information of the ser-
vice.
" 1. The conduct of Lieutenant Bird has already
several times incurred severe reprimand from his su•
periors, and has, moreover, been animadverted on in
terms of displeasure in our marine dispatch, No. 50,
of the 31st July, 1844, on the occasion of the steam-
vessel Cleopatra, while under his command, having
been run ashore and severely injured, to the great
hazard of the loss of the ship and the lives of the
crew and passengers. At the close of this dispatch
it is stated—" We are induced to refrain from direct-
ing what we should otherwise have felt our duty, the
removal of Lieutenant Bird from the Company's ser-
vice ; but, as regards his future employment, we
leave the question entirely to the Superintendent of
the Indian Navy, in whose direction we have full
confidence."
" 2. The hope of amendment which induced us to
take that lenient course appears to be totally disap-
pointed by the report now made to us, from which
we gather that after the receipt of our dispatch above
adverted to, the Superintendent was induced to place
Lieutenant Bird at Kurrachee, where he has proved
himself unfit to perform the very simple duties re-
quired ; that the public service has been thereby
much obstructed ; and that the conduct of Lieutenant
Bird has caused great displeasure to the Governor of
Sinde.
" 3. We cannot permit an officer while on the
effective list of the Indian navy to continue unem-
ployel ; and as it is obvious that there is not a post
to which he can be usefully advanced by your Govern-
ment, we feel it necessary that it be forthwith intimated
to Lieutenant Bird that we have no further occasion
for his services.
" 4. In coming to this conclusion, it is not our in-
tention that Lieutenant Bird should be deprived of
the means of subsistence, and we have resolved to
grant him an allowance of 1001. per annum, to com •
mence from the day when his pay as an officer of our
Indian navy shall cease.' "

The following summary of events is taken from the
Bengal Hurkaru of the 14th of August :
" The past week, the brief period which we have
now to review, has furnished us with but few subjects
calling for special notice.
"The most interesting item of intelligence which
we have to communicate relates to the affairs of
Nepaul, and as yet rests on the authority of a solitary
letter, received by us from a correspondent at Moote-
haree, a station near the frontier. According to this
account, the designs of the ex-King and his adherents
have been most signally defeated, and the fallen
monarch is now a captive in the power of the Minister
against whose life he has lately been plotting. But we
will let our correspondent tell the tale in his own
words :
" A bloody tragedy has just been acted within a
few miles of Segowley cantonments. The ex-
Maharaja of Nepaul, who was for some months
residing at the latter place, plotting doubtless to
regain his lost guddee, and who was led to believe
that the Nepaul army would rise in his favour, de-
parted on the 23d ult , for his own territory, accom-
panied by a number of the refugees, and some five
thousand miscalled fighting men, who had been
privately, it is said, collected by some influential
zemindars in the neighbourhood. It would appear
that these men joined him on the frontier, as he left
Segowley with only a few followers. He took up
his residence at a place called Allow, a distance from
the boundary, evidently expecting to hear of a
movement in his favour, as also with the view of
adding to his force of raggamuffins. His dream of
restoration was most disagreeably disturbed by a
chappao, or night attack, by three detachments of
Nepaul soldiers, on the night of the 27th, during
which native report states, 400 or 500 of his followers
were killed, and the ex-Raja carried off to Katman-
doo. He was treated with the greatest respect by
the commandant of the detachment, but, on his refus-
ing to accompany the party, he was carried away
forcibly in a palkee, after several vain attempts to
convey him on an elephant. No mercy was shown to
his followers, who were slaughtered forthwith; their
proximity to the boundary' alone saved any of
the party, as on the first alarm there was a general
rush into our territory. They made no stand what-
ever, and from all accounts not a Nepaulese soldier
was wounded on the occasion. There can be no
doubt of a ruse having been played off on the ex-
Maharaja by parties in Nepaul for the purpose of
getting him into their power, and of taking vengeance
at the same time on the refugees for their plots and
attempts on the Prime Ministers life. It was for this
purpose the Raja was led into the belief that the army
was on his side, and only waited his presence on his
own territory to rise to a man, and replace him on
the guddee. He took the bait, and now that he is in
the power of his enemy, it remains to be seen
furth hower
he will be disposed of. Should I gather any
information in the matter, I will not fail to give it to
you, but for the present you will say this is enough.'
" It has already been announced that the British
Resident at Katmandoo had formally recognized the
change of Sovereigns there, and as the old King is
now in the power of the ruling party, we shall pro-
bably hear no more of this revolution of Nepaul.
How long it will be before we have another to record
is, however, another matter.
" There is nothing new from the Punjaub beyond
an intimation that Colonel Lawrence visits Cash-
mere instead of Simla, and that his brother, Mr.
John Lawrence, has already proceeded to Lahore,
to relieve him from the duties of the residency.
" Lahore is reported to be very healthy for the
season. The relief lately published gives to the gar-
rison a second European regiment.
" We have not yet heard of the capture of Doon-
ghur Singh, and fear we shall not have to report
that event yet awhile. The bold outlaw is still
moving about, scattering dismay over the country
in which he is exercising b Potion. He lately
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threatened to attack a town cf some iinp:,rtat:ce
called Bhawanie, which iq nut a hundred uliies from
Delhi. To the authorities at the last-named place
application was made for protection, and a force of
cavalry and infantry was immediately sent off toward
the threatened town. We have not yet heard the 1
result of the expedition, but it is to be feared that if
Doonjee's threat was anything more than au attempt
to throw. the authorities off his track, it would have
been fulfilled ere the troops could arrive to prevent it.
" The Governor-General leaves Simla in progress
hitherward about the 20th instant. We believe he
purposes paying a visit to Lucknow while on his way
down.
" We have little to report of proceedings in Cal-
cutta for the past week. Government has announced
its intention to establish a Normal Institution, con-
sisting of a Normal School for the training of teachers,
and an Elementary Model School. Such an insti-
tution has long been required and often promised.
The weather continues variable, and much rain has
fallen at intervals. The acccunts from the indigo
districts are still anything but cheering, the crop yet
suffering from excess of moisture.
" We are glad to be able to report somewhat more
favourably on commercial matters than we have
lately done. In both imports and exports there has
been a little mare activity ; money is DOW less scarce
than it was; freights have fallen and continue to fall,
and exchange is still on the decline. Two cases be-
fore the Insolvent Court have lately excited the at-
tention of the mercantile community. In each of
these insolvent firms were pros ed to have obtained
bills:of lading for goods which were never shipped,
and afterwards to have raised 'money on bills for
which these fictitious shipping documents were given
as security. The Commissioner pronounced the of-
fence an indictable fraud, and has withheld the dis-
charge of the parties for six months, to afford an Op-
portunity for their prosecution by those aggrieved.

DOONGHUR SINGH.
(From the Delhi Gazette.)
AUGUST 4.—A report having reached Delhi from
Rhotuk on Friday night er Saturday morning last
that the town of Bhawanie, a place of great mercan-
tile importance on the line of road into the Sheka-
watee country, had been threatened by Doonghur
Singh, two companies of the 42d Light Infan-
try, under Brevet Captain Knox, with three other
officers, and two Ressalas of Major Forster's Cavalry,
under a native officer, were, on the requisition of the
agent and commissioner, ordered to hold themselves
in readiness to march immediately, and left Delhi on
Sunday morning in the direction of the threatened
town. We strongly suspect the demonstration has
only been a ruse of Mr. Doonghur Singh to divert
attention from some other point of attack, though if
he really meditated this plan, he will have carried it
out, and left Bhawanie one hundred miles in his rear
before any assistance can possibly have reached the
place from this. It must also be remembered in sup-
port of our doubts, that the chief must have heard of
the march, on Tuesday last, of Major fait's Irregulars
towards Nusseerabad, and it is hardly probable he
would venture to attack a place not far out of the
line of mach of this corps. Major Tait would at the
time of his suspected attempt be at or near Rewaree
on his right, the station of Hansee as far on his left,
so that an attache on Bhawanie would have placed him
between two fires—a contingency to which it is hardly
probable he would have run the risk of exposing him.
self. The Nawab of Jujjur and other Jaghirdars
have been required to send their quotas to assist in
repelling the threatened inroad.
AUG. 7.—The most contradictory reports cotinue
to be received respecting the whereabouts of Doon-
ghur Singh. It is pretty clear now that the threat-
ened attack on Bhawanie was not even the ruse for
which we gave the man credit, and was merely ap-
prehended by Major Dixon, at Ajmeer, on some
vague information. Nothing in reality is absolutely
known of the movements of the Chief; beyond the
fact that he had, when last heard of, only six horse
and two camel men with him, that he was beginning
to get alarmed at the measures adopted for his appre-
hension, and was therefore constantly on the qui vine,
scarcly halting at any resting-place more than a
couple of hours, sometimes only one, in the 24, and
then his horses and camels were never unsaddled. A
number of small parties of sufficient strength are out
in all directions, and under the immediate eye of
Major Ludlow, who was, when last heard ot; at a
place named Magloona, or Muglona, a point at which,
according to the map, the states of Beekaneer, Mar-
war, and Seekur abut each other! as nearly as pos-
sible. It is to be hoped that the measures now
adopted will be successful, and put a period to the
very dangerous state of anxiety which has brought
the trade of that part of the country almost, if not en-
tirely, to a stand-still.

THE P UNJA U.B.
(From the Delhi Gazette, July M.) •
LAHORE.—A letter regarding the alleged conspi-
racies at Lahore was handed to us some days ago,
the writer of which assured us in the strongest pos-
sible terms that such conspiracies did exist, that there
was every reason to believe that his Highness Maha-
raja Ghoolab Singh was at:the bottom of the whole of
them, and that our situation was by no means so
enviable at Lahore as the authorities and their friends
wished to make us believe. It was our intention to
have published this letter, especially as it came from
one wishing to do us a service, and who would, we
are convinced, not have written what he did not be-
lieve to be true. By some accident, however, his
letter has been mislaid, and we have been compelled
to give only the substance thereof; we are not the
less obliged to our friend for his good intentions,
but would take the opportunity of assuring him
that he has been misinformed, and that really and
truly there is no ground for his allegations. The
nature and extent of such conspiracy as did exist,
tht Prema conspiracy, hatched and discovered in
February, and most unlikely to have created the
least alarm in the minds of those most concerned, we
gave a faithful account of some six weeks ago. It is
.possible that the fellow and his confederates may
know more than has been hitherto revealed by them,
but whatever that may be, it cannot be of any great
importance, as although the mem apprehended and
imprisoned have already done their very best to im-
plicate almost all the Sirdars in their plot, they have
signally failed in producing the slightest evidence
that would be received as convincing in the most
credulous court of justice in the world. The only
name that has, we are told, never been mentioned by
any of them was that of Sirdar ',Tej Singh, and one
only of the band has named Dewan Deena Nath
and Lena Singh, Majeeteea, and yet it has been
the object of certain parties, well known, however,
to the authorities, to endeavour to persuade the
public that Tej Singh and Deena Nath were in
deep conspiracy with the Ranee, with Maharaja
Ghoolab ',Singh, with Bhaie Maharaj Singh and
Dherea Khan, who escaped from Govindghur. In-
deed, a friend on whose judgment we can place the
utmost confidence, says that " Colonel Lawrence
makes no mystery at this place (Lahore) of the fact,
that there was not a tittle of evidence to convict a

single chief, and that Prema could not have been ap-
prehended but for Ghoolab Singh, as the said Prema
had taken refuge in a sanctuary, which a much less
clever fellow than the arch-fiend of Cashmere could
have declared it was impossible to violate." Our cor-
spondent alluded, inter alia, to Futteh Khan, Ts-
wana, but whether as an accomplice or an ill-used
man, we do not exactly remember. All we know of
him is, that he is a revenue defaulter, and still in
prison on account of his fiscal misdeeds, and if he
escape he would do so at the intercession ofour autho-
rities, who may think it useless to keep him, as he
has neither the power nor the means of being mis-
chievous in any other way, in lengthened confine-
ment. We are perfectly satisfied of the correctness
of our information, and of the vigilance of those in
authority, and have the greatest confidence in the
regime prevalent at Lahore.