The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-03 00:00:00

SHARES

Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) •
Cheltenham and Great Western (62k paid) 21
Great Western Railway (65 paid) ... B3
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) • 43
London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) lsg
London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd)
Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid)
.
Ditto Thirds (32 paid)
4
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2i
Midland. Counties Railway (100 paid) .. .85
North Midland Railway ( 100 paid)
York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 75
Ditto New Shares (10 paid)

'TH
E WEATHER.—We have had a disagreeable
change of weather this week, the wind having veered
froom S.W. to N.E., with flying showers. On Thursday
and Friday the glass was very low and the atmosphere
remarkably cold, but we have not heard that vegetation
suffered any material check in consequence.—Aberdeen
Herald.

STONEHAVEN.—Owing to some unaccounta-
ble neglect, several of of the clergymen in this neighbour-
hood received no official notice of the order by the Ge-
neral Assembly for holding the Fast on Thursday last ;
and they, therefore, intimated to their parishioners that,
although there would be a sermon given in the church,
they would not require them.to observe the remainder of
the day as a strict fast.—Aberdeen Journal.

EXPOSING UNWHOLESOME MRAT FOR SALE.
—Catherine Harrison, of Cleveland-square Market, was
fined, on Friday, by Mr. Rushton, ss. and costs, for
having exposed 161bs. of unwholesome beef for sale.
Mary Bulmer, of St. James's Market, was fined in a si-
milar penalty, for having expoSed 71bs. of unwholesome
lamb for sale. Alexander Smith, of St. John's Market,
was, fined 10s. and costs, for having exposed 241bs. of
unwholesome pork for sale ; and John Gregor, of Cable-
street Shambles, was fined ss. and costs, for having ex-
posed 91bs. of unwholesome lamb for sale. The com-
plaints in these several instances were made by. Mr. Geo.
Holden, Inspector of the Markets.—Liverpool-

FEMALE CORN-DEALERS OF CHARTRESer,
.There is a corn-market every Saturday at Chartres, the
most important in France, with the exception of Paris.
It is worth visiting, for the sake of seeing_ the operations
of the Women, to whom the entire duty of measuring the
corn, delivering it to the buyers, receiving the price, and
paying it over to the sellers, is confided. These women
are more expressively than elegantly termed " leveuses de
cull-de-poche ;" poche signifying, in the dialect of La
Beauce, the sack in which the grain is brought to market.
These women form an organised corporation, which has
existed for several centuries. They enjoy a reputation
for the strictest integrity ; which is indeed sufficiently
attested by the fact, that he whole transactions of the
market, as above statßd, arc entrusted to them. Nor are
they under any surveillance whatsoever. The buyer and
seller alike put implicit confidence in them. The latter,
when he has pitched his corn, leaves it entirely in their
• hands, goes about his business or pleasure in the town,
and returns in the evening to receive the amount of the
sale, without making any inquiries or taking any
further trouble about it. The amount of confidence
placed in the hon-.•sty of these women, and the import-
ance of the charge confided to them, may be estimated
from the fact, that 10,000 quintals of corn is by no means
an unusual quantity to change hands in one market-day
at Chartres, the whole of which is invariably disposed of
for ready money paid on the spot.—Trollope's Summer
in Western Prance.

CONSEQUENCE OF A LONG COURTSHIP.—
" John, how does it happen that you, who tried so hard
for your wife, through a long and hopeless courtship of
fouryears, now that you have won the prize, seem to care
so little about her ?" " Why, buss, I'll tell you. I've
heard of a man who wanted to jump over a stone wall.
Ile took a good start and run a mile, and when he got up
to folio Ivail he was so tired that; he had to lie-down and
to sleep• by the side of it.. Wow I loved my wife so
hard and so long befor., I could•get her, that I found my
love had all run out when I had her fast."—Arnerican
laper.

Lord Lyndhurst, we regret to hear, is labouring
under an attack of lumbago ; and Sir Francis Burdett
met with an accident on Friday last, which will prevent
him from presiding at the Conservative dinner at Derby.
We beg to state, on authority, that there is,.nO
foundation for the paragraph which has gone the round
of the newspapers, announcing that Mr. Brunel is about
to perform a match from Bristol to London, by the engine
named the " Hurricane," within two hours, for 1,000/....-
Gloyee4tershire Chronicle.

MORNING SUN.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
enjoyed their usual walking exercise this morning tor
some time in the Slopes in the new grounds of the Little
Park.
Lady Portman took her departure this morning for
Bryanstone House, Dorset.
Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Colonel Buckley es
Equerry in Waiting upon her Majesty.
Colonel Bouverie and Colonel Buckley left the Castle
this morning. The uneavourable weather in the nicer-
noon prevented the Royal party from taking the wile
tomed drive, and the carriages were in consequence
countermanded.
The bands of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards,
and of the 72d Highlanders, perform on alternate evenino
at the Castle during dinner, and her Majesty's ptival
band is in attendance at the Castle every evening.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned
to town at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from a visit
to the Duchess of Gloucester, at her residence in 1331:"
shot Park.
The Duchess of Cambridge took an airing yesterday
in a carriage.
Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday after-
noon from Panshanger, Herts, the seat of Earl Cowper.
Mr, Newton Wigney-, Mr. Bowes, and Mr. G. 1)"3"
combe, had interviews with the Marquis of Norm
yesterday at the Home-office.
The Hen. Edward Petre had an interview Is.
Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at his official reidenee
in Downing-street.
Despatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Jas
maica, and the Governors of the other West Indian Co-
lonies, were sent off last evening from the Cae;lial.°6lce•
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence left towit-yiserby on
visit to her Royal,llighnos the Duchess of Giouze;iter,
at Bagshot Park.

THE ESSEX CORN-LAW I°.
PEALERS. in
The cause of Corn-law repeal goes on swinimieg'Y
this county. From the zeal with which meetings Are
everywhere held, the crowds by which lectures al'e,ot
tended, and the alacrity with which Associations' re
ores
up, the happiest augury may be drawn as to the Preg—hiti
of anti-monopoly feeling in Essex. A meeting "I„cips
point of number and respectability completely enutig.iiiag.
any previous one, was the other day held at 11,30,bair,
Mr. Sidney Smith, the well-known and talentee
man of the Anti-Corn-law League was presell" the
along with several other gentlemen, addres„7,ol-
meeting upon the grievances of the Corn-laws. rim
„„a
rious speakers were listened to with great unaniniitY
enthusiasm of feeling; and resolutions highly conde„noi-
tory of the principles and effects of the Corn-laws ""nii a
mously agreed to. The same evening another aiot
similar meeting was held at Stratford, a place only, of
of
three miles distant from Barking, under the ausi)`—; us
the Anti-Corn-law Association of the district, and ''ar:d'efl
resolutions cordially passed, embodying the (tees
opinion of the meeting as to the injurious consecri;•-(0,
of the Corn-laws, not only upon our foreign
but upon the great bulk of our population at home. •

MANSLAUGHTER.—On Saturday la:St, al chel;
stow, an inquest was held on the body of a young w°lllo. •
who met with her death under the following eire„,tipa
stances :—ln the previous week a number of young 71-16.
and women were ongaged near Chepstow, hayn,3l'
During an interval of relaxation from their labours, 5° 15
of them commenced romping, and a young,nian,sl°‘6vbs,
custody, attempted to kiss one of the 7 females• the
however, successfully resisted, and slapped hinilultnhrevi
face. In an ebullition of passion he seized a•pick, °n
it at the young woman, who, however, stepped aside abet,
avoided the blow. The fork, however, struck an.,°t in,
young woman who was unfortunately close by, au' f
flitted a wound in the temple, which in the course o.ed.
few days brought on locked jaw, and her death fell°v"the
A verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned agf.tinst
the
prisoner, and he was committed to take his trod at
ensuing Assizes.—Bristol Mirror. .."
Ai Se
THE WEATHER AND THE CORN-I,' 3rtorof
There has been another week of gloomy, wet, and s'es
weather; and the corn-markets show its consequetie usiy
a continued rise of prices, whilst the Corn-law rigerurn-
excludes those foreign supplies which, under „,c,re, real
stances, would now be poured into the market. Cow
object of that law was, in fact, to extract from t",;ilined
sumers the uttermost farthing that could be °,"it.`ca(V
from them ; and it does its work effectually., ,'"l,et is
we see the price of wheat in the Wakefield 14.0ri.cibly
70s. per quarter, and the results of the law te.libteen re"
on the condition of those whose redearningsdehp3;ees odstit:eted
duced to the lowest point by the present
of manufacturing industry. What effects 13,e Praenersi
upon the currency, and through it, upon Ole ,7 by
trade of the country. we shall probably see by arl"
Manchester Guardian.
every stOltt
While the Tory press are making up
and exaggerating every account, to show the desPeritree,
disposition of the Irish people, urged on, as it is rto
tended, by the " surpliced ruffians," it is satisfact°ll
find that the judges give a very different account
,+
as they have nothing but facts to guide them, their ci,::
dence is of far greater value than the vamped up ily;',(:-
hoods of the Times. Mr. Justice Torrens, in address,7
the Grand Jury of the city of Waterford, stated tt"i'le
there were only three cases for trial in the calendar. '„'d
do not believe there is a calendar throughout Engl3it
with so few cases. No doubt the electioneering
has run high in Ireland, and where has it not ?, at so
we have the evidence of the Times itself to she";
" -I;er-
far from the priests encouraging them, they, el. e "and
olenc
sons, are the most active in preventing vi
bloodshed.—Brighton _Herald.
pyre of
An engraver, who had produced several P,,r ago
acknowledged merit, committed suicide a few un- Icai
from a cause which shows that his strength of two
by no means equal to his talent. Having PrePifaereeted?)ic
new plates in aqua-tint, he was so sensibly a
their not coming out with the force and beauty he had
their
anticiated, that he shot himse, and thus, at the
age of pforty years, terminated a c lfareer which gasliere;ec
promise of being brilliant. hos'
la
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday ts r c
ot.
Barry, who worked at Moore's soapery, in Leeds"
was assisting some men to remove a heavy pan ;
the men went away to get a roller ; the pan, aee°"
cad.
to one, was on its side, another said it stood on enesoine
Barry was, with two others, steadying it. when by rell•
accident it fell over upon him, and crushed hint sev but
yt:as carried home, and surgical aid was procurea,
- - -

he died on Friday last.—Liverpool Albion. PISS
TAILORS' BILLS.—Sir Walter Scott . ca'under the necessity of fitting out his eldest son to 01r
valry officer. When the bill was brought to him, pots
served to the expectant schneider, " It takes nille
to make a man, but only one to ruin him." Lord
WHICH IS THE WORST?—When the late
,licor
Clive; was a boy, and once walking with a sehooltli, at
throng-la Drayton market, the two lads stopped to P 9 the,
a butcher killing a calf: " Dear me, Bobby, 6'1).5r1(1;
lad, "r would not be a butcher for all the ":°it's 0
" Why, I should not much like it," said Clive ; ' or
dirty, beggarly business ; but I'd a plaguy deal rather
be a butcher than a calf !" hall
When peiehes and nectarines are about or
or
ripe cover the side exposed to the sun with srPriin.
specks of wax, in any desired shape or form, which
and,
ders the sun from , colouring the parts covered ;ill he
when the fruit is ripe, And the wax removed, it W
found marked in the manner` described. resent
In the parish of Rochdale there are at p
1,527 empty houses. . ,
the
The present Poor-law Bill will expire on
31st of December next. lit
'ld
A f dav, .1 V k 10°
..io-0 cl

iew days ago, two large oak trees we
up from the bottom of the river Wear, in Sunderitlik
Harbour, by the excavating machine ; they were
embedded in the sand, and are supposed to h3vs",,arff•
since the great flood in 1771, a period of seventy
The wood is in a perfect state of preservation.
A vessel just arrived at Havre from Callwn:aral
brought a considerable. collection of objects of nap's are
history, and among them a white monkey. Its eY the
red ; its hair quite white ; and its conformation, as.e.s to
Journal du Havre remarks, presents many flual°g.l
that of the Albinos among the African
nf
A CHAPTER ON FLOWERS.—FIOWerS,
created things, are the most innocent and sitnPileorav
most superbly complex—playthings for childhoou,' -cola
ments for the grave, and the companion of tile,der-
corpse in the coffin. Flowers, beloved by the 15.,13'.,ci•
in; idiot, and studied by the deep-thinking mu' u',ooo
ence ! Flowers, that of all perishing things are, -hey
perishing, yet of all earthly things are the 41°6" fen
venly ! Flowers, that unceasingly expand t°
their grateful, and to man their cheerful looks"jelo-
ners of human joy, soothers of human sorrow ; Lide's
blems of the victor's triumphs, of the youn, "."
blushes—welcome to crowded halls, '''
and grae;f
ul
soilliattartyhegerax;ersesn,
!sioFlowers are, in the volume of rinturtoi
u
" God is love,!' is in the voluitee
revelation. What a dreary desolate place would, Are
face without a smile—a feast without a welcome •
.iers
not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not the
the stars of heaven ? One cannot look closely at enr
structure of a flower without loving it. They a-- doll,
blema and manifestations of God's love to the cr,ett love
and they are the means and ministrations of trosolinil
to his fellow-creatures, for they first awaken in his
.nuti,
The very 1, for
a sense of the beautiful and the good.
lity of flowers is their excellence and great beaubt,esa,o,„,
they lead us to thoughts of generosity
detached from, and superior to all selfishness, °
suction,
they are pretty lessons in nature's book of instr
ad
tyitching man that he liveth not by bread or froiniihfr:..,
H-re. lint that he hath Itty,ther than an
litcroozine. 19 Yea°
and moral that

,On Sanday• afternoon a voting IA °mans, - ..,, in
or age, of the name of Latimer,whose friends resiue h,
Oakley. street, Lambeth, was drowned off Chelsea-iWe „,
by a boat being upset, in which were four persons, thy.ne,
of whom were saved, with great difficulty, bY s°ll3e l'''lti
coo
tlemen who were in boats near them. 'l.' he body
not be found. • ,t in
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INTENDED REVIEW.—It is nected tna": ~.
the cou of the reset k her MaSesty will ro" '..
the 72drse Highlandeprs inn thewee Home L'ark, on which (we.,
flair
sum the Queen 1611 present this regiment with a lit" 'his
of colours. His Royal Highncss Prince Albert' ,ill
be present.
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TWA. INDIA, EG Y PT,
AND TURKEY.

weia •are "
m
ch, ewed, by ex traor It-mq exprest; from Mar•
actdiints atiticipattiry a the overland mail from
112.4 with thb folitiwing dates—Calcutta, June 6; Bom-
-27) 11111 Z ID ; Alexandria, July 19 ; and Malta, July
• There are no later dates from China than we have
ready received, nor are there any news of importance
Y this arrival,
in ‘itonitliodere Bremer left Calcutta on the 25th of May,
(let" Queen steamer, and it is expected that the whole
4t Will reach Canton by the beginning of July. The
ole °f the 55th have pro ceded to China. The t°nlans and the 41st are to foilow. The steamers have
el? fitted hp with e!...rronades for. river service. The
tain„Pe,rior's edicts breathe vengeance against, and exter-
shl4,49tl of, the English, and he swears " both Powers:
hr., not stand, one or the other must conquer or die."
ti_B°l'ders are, " Seize the barbarians, and make an en-
Pub le, and end of them." These edicts were
truedtv:obl!s at 'Macao on the 31st March. The Sesostris,
bay teamers, and the Larne, are awaiting at Bum-
thc arrival of Sir H. Pottinger and Sir W. Parker..
Dost Mahomed Khan had reached Calcutta as a pr:-
1011er of war
arr. e King of Madagascar, expelled by his sub:cc:Ls, has
jaled at Calcutta to solicit British aid to reinstate him.
th Punjattb affairs wear a worse aspect than ever ;
t!..couttry continues in a most disordered and tumul-
tuous state, and the Sheiks are said to- have plundered
to
Zlt four or five lacs of British` treasure on its passage
1,411°01, and to have des!royed the bridge of boats
taivsk.,,s the Indus. A war with the Nepaulese is again
eroit"c€L, of, in consequence of their having made fresh en-
tiog.nelits on the British territory. From Scinde there
tug of importance. • • "
denr accounts' from the Mediterranean arc equally
Told ofpolitical interest.

BOMBAY, JUNE 19.
The CHINA.
ease Contents ontents of the overland mail will no doubt again
by much disappointment. Another month has passed
.1d we still continue without intelligence from China.
all
gadprobability nothing of importance has occurred,
li_easaters remain in state quo at Canton ; but the pre-
wa7 anxiety with regard to the proceedings at the seat
der,,,. (-oes not seem to be much rllaved this consi-
-.awn a •
of co • at can hardly be doubted that had any event
beconiniseq.nefre occurred information of it would have
yO„s. e inediately despatched to Calcutta. So I think
cs i'arvoruraleblies.may rest satisfied that the aspect of affairs
in thtnedore Bremer left Calcutta on the 26th May
wii4 steamer Queen after a month's stay, during
Of the whole of the preparations for the despatch
eari„le second expeditionary force were made. Its
ble departure is chiefly owing to the indefatiga-
hoi•
nexertions of the .Commodore. The transports
ea g on board her Majesty's 55th Regiment are
Barr teheir way to China. It was found neces-
41"°wever to disembark a hundred men from the
riam,
hcs'arn, her accommodations being insufficient, and
toa)e proceed (with the officer, Lieutenant Harail-
of4:Ong with. her Majesty's 49th, for the conve,yance
been Lehi regiment the John Adams and Mermaid have
fo,kengaged. The David Malcolm has been taken up
eiotLe transport of seven officers and 178 men of the
tail; e Lady William Bentinck, pilot-brig, mounting
11'6 guns, left in tow of the Queen, and it is said that
teusiVerachooner, armed with one carronade and four,
(Onetoons, and probably the Phlegethon steamer
de web arrived from Ceylon on the 23d, and is now un-
hetiogeil?g.repair) will be. added to the force. The boats
heelineging to the steamers, as well as some others, have
*tea fitted up with carronades, &c., and a light iron
fc,reer, drawing about four feet water, has been already
warded while a second is to go. This shows that a
deal of river service is likely to take place.
Pears are also in a forward state at Madras. Captain
rea.4 and Lieutenant Oehterlony have been directed to
eteh•eedir?lli:ictohmdpeatnaeyhments of the artillery and sappers, and
of the Ist Native Infantry is to pro-
ber from Masulipatam. All these are to be conveyed by
necks asiestY's troop-ship Jupiter, which has received the
coro,„: sarY orders. 'Lieutenrait-Colonel Elderton is to
likernd the Maclas troops in China, and it is thought
fro Y that he will come round and take his departure
m
Masi .uva3.7, •
the ia, fral Sir W. Parker not having arrived here by
Pone t,sl; "nail, it has of course been necessary to post-
sostris
met deParture of our quota of the force. The Se-
iesty, ~f,amer, one or two iron steamers, and her, Ma-
the. „,...71P Larne, are all held in readiness to leave on
taoo"ral of the Admiral. It does not seem that any
We Ps are to proceed from this side of India, and indeed
•,,,e."id not well spare any.
ith regard to the proceedings of the new expedition
aknown,
its arrival nothing, is positively and opinions
course materially differ. The BengalHurkare says
thatA the fira step taken will be the recapture of Chusan.
3 a convenient depot for the troops will be required,
this does not appear improbable. Other authorities, on
• ,1110 contrary, assert that all the forces will be concen-
rated for an immediate attack on Imperial Pekin. Much,
however, I should think, will depend on the posture of
4/airs when the expedition reaches its destination, and
, the behaviour of the enemy during the intermission
hostilities. That no favourable change in the Em-
itierer's sentiments towards us had taken place up to the
date Of his receipt of intelli,genee of the capture of the
g,oe Forts,4,oll be perceived by the following procla-
mation, which" was published at Macao on the 31st of
in'Lreh, and will be altogether new to your readers. The
t„eteir:sed Tartar seems resolved to continue his opposition
Lic,l9,last, but perhaps he may find that to " seize the
ofdtsn barbarians and make an entire extermination
end of the whole of them" (!) not a matter so easy
accomplishment as he anticipates—and we may yet
Rite him cause to " gnash his teeth" with " combined
hiteeations," more terrible than those which have
rto fallen from the Celestial tongue. The following
is the edict
',ll„,:tt five o'clock on the 28th day of the 2d moon (20th
t,rovin „ae°, 1841), the Imperial commands arrived in this
„
- as ronows :
,A 0 English rebelling on: a former occasion, and
wo.ing seized upon the fortresses of Shakuh and Taekuh,
bati.,,ading our high and subordinate officers and, troopers
cat'.' caused us to gnash our teeth with combined impre-
:,„l"B. We therefore specially deputed Yihshan, Lung-
cfc, and Yangfang to assemble from every quarter the
eient troops, and to advance and exterminate the
faretra, . But now they have attacked and destroyed the
les iess of Foomun (Bocce Tigris), and have even reek-
(es Y dared to approach near to the confines of the city
tent"), creating vast confusion. Being destitute of
dyn reason, contemptuously, regarding our • Celestial
tVtY, they have carried their unsubmiasive rebellions
ter Powers
extreme, and I, the Emperor, now swear, that
tiu Powers shall not stand (one or the other must con-
h:r or die). Let Yihshan, Lungwiin, and Yangfang, at
ordetrime reckoned upon for their arrival forthwith put in
sp.. our patriotic troops, and with undivided effort
,he English barbarians, and make an entire exter-
sic-17,440n and end of the whole of them. Then will sub-
thc,,,eur wrathful indignation. if the whole number of
tro-'" be not thus effectually•destroyed, .how shall I, the
-I)er°r, be able to answer to the gods of the heaven
111 d the earth, and cherish the hopes of our people ?
-`esPect this."
foijoglvain have the Imperial commands been received as
s
"'l'}le rebellious barbarians having formerly seized
11P3n the forts of Shakuh and Tackuh, wounding our
4tlgh
and subordinate officers and troops, was cause for
fenill.More increased attention to rigorous means of de-
2s,te. But on the tith day of the 2d moon (February
t 1841), these rebellious barbarians destroyed our
ll„,Position of Foemun, evincing that all the great officers
-I the said region were entirely in a state of utter un-
treparedness, and that the military affairs of Kwantung
-crovinte were in a ruinous and unfit condition. Let the
• generals of the army, therefore, of this region,. together
With the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Assistant-
Generals, Literary-Chancellor, the Judge Intendant of
.Circuit (Tabutae), with the Foo, Chow, and Heen Magis-
trates, be all disgraced from their rank, but retained in
°ffice until the make up their delinquencies by efficiency
of effort. Respect this.
" Macao, March 30th, 1841."
Sir Fleming Senhouse has contributed 5/. towards the
subscription raising for the benefit of poor Mrs. Noble,
whose shameful treatment, while in the hands of the
.'Chinese, will be fresh in the public mind. The following
a letter ,written on this subject by Sir Fleming :
s " Mrs. Noble.—Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, off
Amanghoy, March 10th, 1841.—Sir, Under feelings of
the deepest indignation at the barbarous and savage
eenduct of the Chinese in the immediate vicinity, of the
peror's High Commissioner, Elepoo, at la ingpoo, in
the treatment of a poor unfortunate widowed ship-
wrecked female, by confining her in a cage of the cube
013 feet by 3 feet 2 inches, and retaining her in prison
until the very Moment almost in which she was about
.t 0 brine. into the world an orphan child of her departed
nnSban'tl, drOwned in the wreck ; at a time, also, when
we had been' exercising for eight months the most ex-
treme and unparalleled forbearance and kindness to the
Chinese thereby incurring an expense of probably the
full amount of the remuneration we are seeking ; and
at a time *hen we were actually liberating the prison-
ers without ransom or restriction, giving up their pro-
perty to a
large
amount, I beg you will set my name
as a subscriber of 51. to aid in procuring for Mrs.
the little comforts she must require in her deso-
late and pitiable state, as my mite, if she will sonde-
Seand to accept the same, with whatever more may be
added by others.
" In such case you will have the goodness to present
his to Messrs. Lindsay and Co., who will be pleased to
Pay you the said sum on account of my subscription
• made for Mrs. Noble.—l am, Sir. your obedient servant,
" H. L. FLEMING SENHOUSE,
" Captain of H. M. S. Blenheim."
The Canton Register states that it is calculated that
there are about 3,000,0001. sterling of British property
',l°‘‘' afloat in the Chinese waters ; nor does this seem to
De too heavy an estimate.
it is reported that the government of Bengal have
?nrelieeo two dipw.vs, tit. Sylph and Er'h 31°Y, for the
- l'arPeee of plying between Calcutta and Chine. The,
rtee of the Rob Roy was al and of the Sylph
'°'')Go rupees.

THE PT:NJ-ATM.
This country has now attained an almost unparalleled
state of confusion and disorder. Notwithstanding the ex-
ertions of the Maharajah and his Minister to preserve some
think
Lie order in the army by paying up the arrears due
to "itierent regiments, and bribing them with presents, it
°P•s become completely disorganised. Gangs of marau-
•
engaged engaed in the work of devastation in every
plundering and firing villages, and destroying
the crops around them. There have even been disturb •
at Ferozepore from the influx of large bodies of
di4anded Seikh soldiery;
he Usytornor cashmere has been murdered in his

own.Durbar. by a party. of soldiers who waited upon him
to demand the same scale of pay and allowances as the
troops at Lahore, and were incensed at his refusal to
comply with their requisition. his son has fled from
Cashmere, and Rajah Golah Singh has constituted him-,
self Governor: It is said that when Shore Singh was in-
formed of the above tragic affair he evinced much concern.
There are reports that the Royal .Treasury has been
plundered by the disaffected soldiery of ten lees of ru-
pees, which were intended for the payment of the army
in Peshawur, and that four or five lies of our treasure
have also fallen into the hands of the Scikh's troops.
These statements, however, have not yet received con-
firmation.
The bridge across the Indus at Attock has been de-
stroyed. Captain Broadfoot, who, with a detachment
consisting of 400 recruits, 200 Atlghan Horse, and 40 or
56 Sepoys of the sth Native Infantry, was proceeding
wards Peshawar in charge cf kafila, containing Shah
Soojah's wives, has been in considerable danger, a large
body of Seikhs, amounting to 6,000 men, having opposed
his progres. Indeed, had it not been for the prompti•
tuck displayed by Brigadier Shelton, in taking measures
to atThrd him assistence, an engagement would have been
inevitable, all tin precious nature of Captain Broad-
foot's charge of coarse induced him to avoid, if possible,
a rocourse to hostilities.
It seems that the Seikhs supposed the kafila to con-
tain some twenty-five lees of rupees, and the close vici-
nity of so large an amount of treasure excited their
seldom dormant propensity for plunder. Their
u supe-
riority.
in numbers created a corresponding degree of
contempt for their enemy, which was soon evinced
by a deputation waiting on Captain Broadfout, demand-
ing the surrender of the women and treasure, and pro-
mising to spare the lives of the Europeans if all were
delivered up quietly ? This somewhat singalar•requisi-
tion was not complied With, and the deputation departed
highly enraged, and vowing instant vengeance on those
who could neither estimate the strength of their army,
nor appreciate the value of their merciful proposition.
Captain Broadfoot now took up a strong position at a
pass between a range of mountains, and threw up a bat-
tery, composed of above 3,000 camel's saddles. Here he
remained three days, without any show of hostility on
the part of his enemy.
Immediately intelligence of Captain Broadfoot's dan-
gerous position was received at Jellallabad, orders were
given for the whole of Colonel Shelton's brigade to
march to his relief. The troops advanced by forced.
marches, and as soon as their approach became known to
the brave Seilths, the latter broke up their camp and re-
treated with the greatest expedition, and Captain Broad-
foot was enabled to proceed without molestation. He
was expected to reach Peshawar by the 28th May. •
General Avilable, the Governor of Peshawar, was
some short time since stated to be shut up in a fort in
that district, surrounded by rebel troops. He must soon,
however, have got out of this unpleasant situation, if ever
in it, which is somewhat doubtful, 4-la:a:oat-I as letters
from Jumrood, dated the 13th of Majl4lSltoLon that he
had paid the camp a visit there and was ell received.
General Court is at Lodianah, where he intends to reside
for a short time.