The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-01 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1,184 g.

class vessels aro preparing for a start to Calcutta, where
freights have of late materially improved, and likely to
range still higher.
Cotton Piece Goods—The demand for gray and Bri-
tish manufactures of low to middling qualities has during
the last ten days been to a considerable extent at rates
current when the last mail left. Within the last few
days, however, business has not been so generally active,
owing to the receipt of advices from the Punjaub, Moul-
tan, and Upper Sinde of the operations of war. From
our list of sales it will be seen that 40 in. grey shirtings
have declined slightly in price—on the other hand 45 in.
have experienced a alight advance in price. The busi-
ness transacted in bleached gooels, it will be perceived,
has been to a very limited extent. Printed and dyed
goods have been sold at a moderate extent. A few prints
have been disposed of, but prices have not improved.
Twist—The sales effected in twist have not been so
extensive as during the first fortnight of the month, and
the prices then ruling have scarcely been maintained.
Metals—British bar iron has declined one rupee per
cwt. since the date of our last. Heavy arrivals of cochi-
neal have depressed the market for this article. Copper
has also declined in price.
Cochineal The following sales are reported :-
3,2001b5. Re. 3 per lb., 3,0001b5. at Rs. 2 15 per lb.
Cotton—The stocks of cotton are moderate. The
business transacted in the article has been to a fair ex-
tent, and at rather higher rates than those prevailing
when the'last mail left. Tho following is a list of the
purchases :-
500 bales Surat cotton ... 83 per ody.
200 „ Broach do. ... ... 84 „
200 „ do. do. ... ... 84 „

100 „ do. do. ... 84
200 , do. do. ... ... 86 „
100 „ do. do. ... ... 86 „
600 „ Dhollera do. ... ... 85 „
300 ~ do. do. ... 86 „
100 „ do. do. 86f ,
Telegraph and Courier-office, Bombay, Oct. 1.
FREIGHTV.
To London, per ton } 21. 15s. to 31.
To Liverpool
To China, per candy 10fr. to Hr.
EXCIANGES.

London, at 6 months' sight, per R., ls. gid. to Is. 91d.
3 months' sight, Is. 81d.
1 months' sight, Is. Bfd.
China, at 60 days' sight, per 100 Spnsh. dlirs, 207 r. to 209 r.
Madras, at 30 days' sight,... . . 99r.
at sight 99ir.
Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, per 100 R. ... 99r.
30 days' sight, 99ir.
at sight 100 r.
PRIOR OF ISuLuoir.

R. s.
Sovereigns ... each ... 11 7
Dragons „ 11 7
Bank of England Notes, per £ ... 11 8
Spanish dollars, per 100 ... ... 219 0
German crowns, per 100 ... ... 217 0
Sycee silver, per 100 tolas 104}
Gold leaf, per tola (range of quality) ... 16 to 16}
RAMIE SHARES. Rs.
Bombay Bank ... 34 per cent. prem.
Oriental Bank I,ooor. (500 paid up) 14
Commercial Bank ... ••• 14}

Agra Bank (500 r.) ... ... ... 15 prem.
Bank of Madras (1,000 r.) ... ... 5 --
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

Rs.
5 per Cent. Transfer Loan ... 114 per 100 Sicca.
4 „ Loan 1825-26 ... 105 per 100 Sicca.
5 9 9 Loan 1829-30 ... 105 per 100 Sicca.
5 f 1 Loan 1832-33 ... 89 per 100 Sicca.
5 9 9 Loan 1835-36 ... 85 per 100 Co's.
4 ~ Loan 1841-42 ... 99i per 100 Co's.
4 „ Loan 1842.43 ... 85,-5 per 100 Co's.
;ORIENTAL BANK.
RATES OF EXCHANGE.

Drafts on London at 6 month.' sight, above 50/. 1 9i
ditto at 3 months' sight, above 201. 1 9
ditto at 1 month's sight, above 201. 1 8-g-
-ditto at 1 day's sight, above 5/. 1 ati
Circular notes payable throughout Europe, and
drafts on Ireland and Scotland at one day's
sight ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 811
COMMERCIAL BANK OF INDIA.

16 months' sight ... 1 91
3 months' sight ... 1 8*
Exchange on London { 2 months' sight ... 1 134
I 1 months' sight ... 1 Bfr
`Sight ..• ••• 1 8i

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN,
Manager, Mr. EITNIC.

THIS EVENING,
The Entertainments will commence with a Grand Opera, entitled
HAIDEE I or, the Secret.
Loredano, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Malgenio, Mr. Whitworth ; Andrea
Donato, Mr. Herberte ; Ilaydee, Miss Lucombe.

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THE AMAZONS.
Josifa, Mdlle. Louise; 'isida, Mdlle. Plunkett; Don Ethnr, M.
Petipa ; Dou Oscar, Mr. W. H. Payne; supported by Mdlles. Celeste
Ste; han, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, Horne,
Sophie, Annie Cushaie, Le Vetc, Lowe, and Fenton; Messrs. Paul
and Jules.
Mr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of tke
Royal Italian Opera, is enabled to avail himself of the vast resources of
that celebrated Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported
by a mtse en scene never yet given on the English stage. With the
view of representing the Performances submitted to public patronage
in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal
Artistes with whorl he has entered into engagements :

FOR GRAND OPERA.
S•PIIANI AND CONTRALTI.—MdIIe. Nissen (principal singer from
the Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersburgh), Miss Homer,
Miss Bassano, miss Wallace (sister of the composer, her first appear-
ance), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage), Miss Messent,
and Madame Stoltz (the renowned stager trout the Grand Opera at
Paris).
Be.ssits AND BAILITONES.—Mr. Borranl, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur-
dini, Mr. M. Corgi (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin),
Mr. 8. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips.
TENOUS.-31r. W. Harrison, Mr. llerberte (his first appearance on
the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves.
The Orchestra has been entirely re-arranged, and selected from
the first talent, on a greatly Increased scale. Masical Director,
Signor Schira.
The Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will com-
prise the best voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Land.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
P. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brempten.

The public, is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during
the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations, and the
whole re-decorated.

THIS EVENING.

Will be performed a new Tragedy called THE PATRICIAN'S
DAUGHTER.
After which, WHO'S YOUR FRIEND!
To conclude with HIS LAST LEGS. O'Callaghan, ➢lr. nucleon.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
T'nder the direction of Niadente Celeste

During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the
original designs by Dizby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved aye-
tern of Ventilation, &c., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
aided to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING.

Will be performed COURT BEAUTIES. Principal characters
Messrs. Selby, C. 'Mathews, R. Roxby, F. Matthews, Granby, Par-
selle, Miss Howard, and. Miss Marshall.
After which, MY FATHER DID SO ERYORI ME, is which
Mr. John Reeves will appear.
To conclude with THE CRITIC ; sr, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sir
Fretful Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews ; Tilbarina, Mrs. Tates.
nvss Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Is. N•
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Welllngtosi-street, is open to tits
public every day, from Ten till Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sele Lessee and Manager.
During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel-
lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan-
delier has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made for
the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort and convenience
of the audience.
THIS ETENING,

Will be performed the Opera of NORMA.
After which, a new Farce, entitled HIS FIRST PBCCADILLO.
To conclude with the Ballet LE DIABLE A QUATRE.

ROYALthe
of the above institution, which is situated near Margate,hill
53d anniversary SEI -
B dinneri No
Ff
I thoitm A patrons aasntdevfne.nenindgs
took place at the London Coffee house, Ludgate-hill,
pro-
vided in the best style of that excellent establishment.
when about 70 gentlemen sat down to an entertain
The Lord Mayor presided, and in the course of the pro-
ceedings gave all the toasts usual on such occasions, which
were duly honoured by the assembled company, and graced
by the appropriate musical performance of the Messrs.
Sporle, Martin, Bruton, &c. Mr. Browne officiated as
toastmaster. Amongst the speakers and advocates of
the claims of the charity, were the chairman, Alderman
Gibbs, Dr. Coulson, the Rev. Mr. Dear, the Rev. Mr.
Day, Mr. Sergeant Cbannell, Mr. Pugh (the secretary),
Mr. Paul, &c. The amount of donations and subscrip-
tions received for the evening and the year was 5821,
with an additional contingent from Margate and its
im-
mediate neighbourhood of about 3111. The admirable
charity, the benefit:of which was the object of the enter-
tainment, was announced to be increasing in its means,
as well ;as extending its sphere of utility, to those
i ufluierna
oarngde oGperreay tion.
Sir amongst the community who most needed its salutary
left town yesterday afternoon, for
his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland.

13, Great Marlborough-street.
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JL A NEW NOVEL,
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By MRS. TROLLOPE,
IS NOW READY, at all the Libraries, In 3 vols.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

On Saturday text, Part 1., in small Svo., price 2s. 6d.,
-IUEMOIRS of CHATEAUBRIAND.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
Translated from the French.
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Orders received by all Booksellers.

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EQUITY AND BANKRUPTCY LECTURES.
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,ading rules.—ll. Equity Practice.—lll. Bankruptcy :-1. Condi-
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'HE WEATHER.—Sux OrPica, NOVDIENEN 1.
TH3 utstostaTza, Lowest, 43; Highest, 48; Noon, 46.
BARONETNI, 29.6.
WIND E.N.E.; dull hazy weather.

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officers are described as desperately wounded. It
is after the perusal of these murderous conflicts, when
the mind is enabled in scme measure to appreciate
the brilliant successes won by the good swords and
muskets of our soldiery, that we can at length com-
prehend the depth of the calamity which after-
wards befel the besieging army, when SHERE SINGII
deserted to the DIWAN MOOLRAJ with 5,000 veteran
Seikhs, compelling the British Commander-in-
Chief to save his army by a retrograde movement.
The Raja SHERE SINGH, however, is far from
being the only deserter. The Seikb defection has
become general. The rebellion is no longer local or
isolated, it is wholesale and systematic. With no
dragon's teeth, the Cadmean miracle has been re-
peated—the soil of the Punjaub has sprouted with
armed men. A rising has occurred throughout the
whole of the Hazareh districts ; and this rising has
been headed by the father of the RAJA, who de-
serted from our forces at Moultan—Sirdar CHUTTUR
SINGII. Peshawur has witnessed the same outburst.
Noorpore, Pathan-Kote, and other localities, have re-
sounded with the footsteps of the Seikh rebels, throng-
ing to the standards of the different insurgent chieftains.
Proofs exist moreover of the complicity of GnooLAB
SINGH, the famous Maharaja of Cashmere, in this
enormous and flagitioua conspiracy; beyond which
Sir FREDERICK CURRIE was so impressed with the
perfidy of the Sirdars at Lahore that he had caused
most of them, including RUNJOOR SINGH, to be ar-
rested, while he watched with an eye of vigilant scru-
tiny every member of the Durbar. Vast reinforcements
were being accumulated on both sides in consequence
of this great and daring rebellion. Thou-•
sands were marching from all quarters to
reinforce the army of the DEWAN MOOL-
RAJ, who has by this time rendered the fortifi-
cations of Moultan all but impregnable. The fort
about a mile, and the city about two miles, in cir-
cumference, being surrounded by a ditch twenty feet
wide at the bottom ; and the artificial defences being
strengthened by groves of enormous trees, by cum-
brous brick-kilns, by enclosed gardens, and palli-
sadoed orchards, as well as by the singular multipli-
city of the water-courses which intersect the ground
in the immediate neighbourhood.
Against these numerous and disciplined adversaries
the British Government are at last beginning to send
for ward a military power of proportionate
strength ; not, however, let us observe, until
the i dangers of their preceding conduct has
been fearfully experienced. For it is impos-
sible to deny that the whole of the Seikh rebel-
lion is attributable to the miserable delays and the
deplorable vacillation which has marked the conduct
of the Government since the first mutiny in the Pun-
janb. The folly of the paltry mission, and the dis-
proportioned powers of AGNew and ANDERSON—the
wretched and fatal hesitation of the Resident—the
reference of the disagreement to the Councils of Cal-
cutta--the lamentable dissensions at head-quarters--
the prolonged and inconceivable procrastination has
Imparted confidence to the treacherous Sirdars, has
fired the ambition of the Seikhs, has enabled
the MOOLRAJ to develope his forces, and
to strengthen his fortifications, and has ren-
dered a conspiracy, which was once insignificant,
now gigantic in the extent of its ramifications, and
formidable in the energy and desperation of its pro-
moters. The Punjaub from being at first the an-
noyance has become at last the difficulty of the Earl
of DALIMESIE'S Administration. One signal, how-
ever, and EDWARDES will not in vain have demanded
aid from the Government. One vigorous movement
and Moultan will be in ruins, the Punjaub will be
restored to tranquillity, and the Sekh rebels will be
exterminated.

The " Bears " are still labouring in their vocation
without cessation or remission. Although the events
of the last week have clipped their wings and reduced
their powers, they have still the enormous profits of
the last eight months to fall back upon, during the
entire of which period the game was in their
own bands, and they carried on their nefarious pro-
ceedings without failure or reverse of any kind.
Their ill-gotten gains may sustain many of them
against the " heavy blow and great discouragement"
that has at length been inflicted upon them. The
game has been too profitable to be easily relinquished,
and combined efforts will, undoubtedly, be made to
restore the unfounded panic which they had succeeded
in exciting. All these efforts must, however, prove
unavailing if shareholders are only true to them-
selves, and refuse to listen to the vague fore-
bodings that are uttered on every side, the
j rumours and insinuations that are circulated with
the most persevering industry. There is no form
that will not be assumed in turn. It may be that of
a shareholder, trembling for the savings of his
honest industry, and stricken with horror at the pre-
carious character of the securities on which he has
invested it. It may be that of a trustee, on whom
the responsibility is cast by the will of a deceased
friend, a responsibility which he bad ~et unwillingly
undertaken, and from which he is most anxious to be
relieved. It may be some ingenious accountant, who
discovers a weak point in "the statement" that has
produced such consternation in the Ursine camp, the
deficiency being, that the most minute details have
not been published—details which it would be im-
possible to give within the limits of a newspaper
paragraph, but which are most unreasonably asked
for, although the general results are given as com-
pletely and accurately as the most anxious inquirer,
who was uninfluenced by sinister motives, could desire,
In every case the parties confide their doubts and
apprehensions to some sympathising journal, into
whoses that
the columns
rea
t a
rtehde ye
efianfidd e ready admission.
is
is attempted toTbheus isett
aside, and the late destructive panic, with all its
ruinous results, to be re-established. Let shareholders,
theme are all " bearish" movem ,
however, be tranquil—let them
ebnetafutllhyatastshuerierd
etbhlayt
Is it at the very moment that a g
object is to depreciate the value of
er
omelrwa
la yr
eparootpi
oe rntyi
s.
shakeshareholders
oa
ffre
thheeginpnairnaglyatios
takingbreat
he place,freely,
and to
under which they have so long suffered, that a
he
bona fide proprietor would pour forth his terrors
to the public, when a moment's consideration
might convince him that his interests must
be seriously prejudiced by anything 'that could
by a possibility excite suspicion, or alarm in
the public mind ? Is it from :the editor of a public
journal that a trustee, however " nervous," would
seek advice as to the mode in which he was to direct
his course ? Should he not rather consult the highest
legal authority as to his future proceedings, and who
would direct him in what manner he would steer
clear of every personal liability ? Most undoubtedly
so. It will require but little reflection to convince
any dispassionate man who takes into account the
nature of the communications that appeared, and the
critical time at which they have been put forward,
that they are but weak inventions of the enemy—but
part of the general system under which railway pro-
prietors have suffered so powerfully for some time past.
The railway interest will never be suffered to rest in
peace and tranquillity till the "bearing" system is wholly
abolished. We have already pointed out the manner
in which this desideratum may be attained. The
stock-jobbing Act should be extended to railway
stock, and any person contracting to sell shares that
are not in his actual possession or power at the time
of the bargain should be subjected to stringent
penalties. It would not be sufficient to render the
bargain absolutely void, ab initio. The salutary pro-
visions of the statute to which we have alluded are
every day violated with impunity. Parliament
should resolve to abate the nuisance—to grapple
firmly and resolutely with the monster grievance. If j
it desires to maintain a legislative consistency, rich
rogues should not remain unscathed, while those
whose operations are on a more contracted and far
less mischievous scale are punished with the utmost
rigour of the law. The players at hazard or roulette,
at E. 0. or rouge-et-noir, should not be sent to the
Houses of Correction, while the gamblers for thou-
sands, who resort to every cheating and unfair device
to swell their unholy profits by the plunder of their
neighbours, are tolerated, and sanctioned, and per-
mitted to follow their infamous avocation with the
most perfect impunity. This anomaly in the British
law must be removed, and that promptly and ef-
fectually. If the sharlholders go to work zealously
and energetically, success must attend their exertions
No person could be found with sufficient hardihood to
defend the system. All must acknowledgeits impro-
priety and impolicy. Its mischievous results are

patent to all, and yet it is suffered to gain addi-
tional strength day by day, until we find our Go-
vernment and Railway stock and other property, to
the amount probably in the aggregate of one thousand
million of pounds sterling, at the mercy of a clique of
speculators, who can, by sinister influences, occasion
fluctuations in the value thereof, perhaps to the
extent of many millions in a few days, and bring
general distress upon all the industrious classes.
These things should not be, and if the shareholders
are wise and resolute they shall not be much longer.
The Legislature when appealed to cannot refuse
protection to a great and influential body of British
citizens.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.

The debate on the Budget was adjourned at the
conclusion of the sitting of the National Assembly on
Monday, and it was supposed it would not be con-
cluded until this evening. Thursday is the day fixed
for the discussion of the report of the Committee of
Revision on the Constitution ; the discussion on the
report is to come on absolutely on that day, even
although the discussion on the Budget should not be
concluded on -Wednesday evening.
The first official act. of M. TRouvE CHAUVEL, the
new Minister of Finance, was a graceful one, and is
calculated to add greatly to the stability and the
popularity of the Ministry, although it is simply an
act of justice. It waa to reimburse the holders of the
Bons du Tresor and the depositors inithe Savings'
Bank in full, instead of forcing them to accept a de-
preciated stock in liquidation of their claims.

Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON is, it would appear, a
mere tool in the hands of the reactionaries—the
straw thrown up to see whether the wind blows to-
wards a monarchical restoration—the corpus vile,
in which the experimentum of anti-republicanism is
to be made. We yesterday stated that the Presse
supported his pretensions, and to-day we have to
announce that M. GUIZOT has declared himself in
favour of the candidateship of Prince Louis NAPO..
LEAN. These things, surely, ought to be sufficient
to open the eyes of the French to the, character of
the pretensions of Prince Louis NAPOLEON.

The debate on the Budget was resumed yesterday
in the National Assembly, but was not concluded
when the post left, although several chapters of the
Budget had been voted.
A new candidate :has appeared for the Presidency
in the person of General CRANGARNIER, who is sup-
ported by the club of the Rue de Poitiers. The
Socialists have united with the Red Republicans in
support of M. LEDRU RoLLIN, who has commenced
an active canvass in the provinces.

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