The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-06 00:00:00

NV APRIL 6, 1848.

proved in 1846, when Captain Lawrence, at the head of
80,000 Seikh soldiers, advanced to take possessi( nof
Cashmere, and though that duty could not be an agree
able one to them, still they fulfilled every article of the
treaty. Cashmere was surrendered to us, and the Seikhs
did not hesitate to go with us to render what was Our
due. Therefore, it tranquillity was disturbed he was
confident that the Seikh troops might be relied upon
to preserve the peace. And if they did not, we had
50,000 troops ou the frontier, with 129 pieces of cannon,
wbo would be ready and able, at a moment's notice,
to meet the whole of the Seikh troops.—(Cheers.)
Therefore, whether they looked at the influence o;
Ctalipetaßinritrisrrrumlec.e
power, or the justice of the internal Government,
himen wished to know what were the advantages of
mil-
lion a),:nrwhi
of subjects,
nsa((u. Issf'ouHldonboeuraebyealGlyenstulere
the East Indic military service, and what could be
n
y
a..cornplished by the officers whom that service pro
duthey might behold an illustration in Captain
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zht.,l:adr(tlionh
giosseub
)p meritst aetiron superintend
naapdltoo
tanhie(ne• rhhaaedar nid solelybyoef
been selected
rshee3i
,e mcootacc,
0
tmheen
civil. Cahnede rs .)
military A f After eulogisingservices
n lndia,
thedia efficiency
said t
hboth of
suc-
cesses of the army had not only secured the legitimate
objects of war, which were to secure an honourable and
a lasting peace, but they had enabled the Government to
remonstrate against the rites of infanticide and suttee;
and only two years ago a native state, with a population
of twenty millions, voluntarily renounced these horrid
practices.—(Cheers.) This was in a great measure
owing to the success with which the question was strap
pled with twenty years ago by the late Lord William
Bentinck, and it afforded him the assurance that the
East India Company rested the basis of its power, not
upon its strength alone, nor upon its army, but upon the
nobler objects of advancing the work of humanity and
civilisation.—(Cheers.) To the latest hour of his life he
should feel deeply interested in the welfare of the ens
pire, which was now so ably presided over by his Noble
Friend Lord Dalhousie. He was confident that the
Bast India Compile), were desirous of setting
an example of a just and beneficent rule, and
that their subjects would appreciate their exer-
tions, and would resist every attraction that was
held out to them to withdraw from their rule. He
would not detain the assembly any longer with any ac-
count
of their magnificent empire, containingd as it did
last year 12,000 miles of frontier, and containing a
population
flattering honour they had
again acknowledging the
and thanking them for the honour they had
done him,
conferred upon him.—(Cheers.)
"The Church and the
of 100,000 souls—he would only conclude by
The CHAIRMAN then proposed
Archbishop of Canterbury."—(Cheers.)
him in
the honour which had been conferred upon
the distinguished
in-
viting him to the meeting, and for
proposed
manner in which they had received the toast
• d in being allowed this
by the Chairman. He rejoice
to the Christian
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY returned thanks. for
opportunity of bearing his testimony
to
met to honour. He did not merely allude to the fact
seme da,int frienda
which his dispatches showed, that in the hour of
character of the distinguished nobleman whom they had
trial he knew where renown was to be obtained,
and that in the hour of victory he had ascribed
the success to the God of battles, for it was no new thing,
he was glad to say, that the same pious feeling should
be shown in the records of our victories, both by sea and
land ; but he alluded to the circumstances that the Noble
Viscount had shown what was the true object of war
when conducted by a Christian nation—the security of
the empire and the advancement of civilisation, and that,
these objects being gained, he preferred the solid honour
of an empire saved to the uncertain honour of an empire

gai ned.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Navy," for which
Earl SPENCER returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN then proppsed " The Duke of Wel-
lington and the Army."
The Duke of WELLINGTON rose amidst loud cheers.
He said—l beg leave to return thanks for the honour you
have done me in drinking my health, and for coupling
the army with my name. I beg to return thanks on behalf
of the army. and I hope you will do us the justice to believe
that we feel the strongest interest in the honour of Lord
Hardinge. We are proud that a man who has performed
such services as to deserve the panegyrics which have
been pronounced upon him this evening, was educated
in our ranks.—(Cheers.) When I had the honour of
attending here some years ago on the day when my
Noble Friend was nominated to be Governor-General of
India, I thought, and I believe I stated, that in the
difficult circumstances which then surrounded ,India a
more desirable choice could not be made than my Noble
Friend. The result has more than fulfilled the expecta-

tion I had formed.—(Cheers.) I have been connected
with my Foble Friend in the service of the country for
many years. I was fully sensible of his ability, his zeal,
his talents, his patience, his fortitude. I was not unac-
quainted with the difficulties of the station he was about
to fill—l was aware that there were great difficulties in
:bn swat- then impending over the country which he was
sent to govern, for I -nave rum ',tit, it..--- ..s serve
in the East Indies myself.—(Cheers.) I had gone to
that country after I had some little experience
in warlike operations, and had, therefore, some means of
acquiring a knowledge of the difficulties attending all
operations of war in that country. But I had great
confidence that my Noble Friend would overcome
them all.—(Cheers.) And he has overcome them all.
—(Continued cheering.) He had difficulties to contend
with—aggravated difficulties—in consequence of the
policy which he considered it his duty—a well-under-
stood and well considered duty—to adopt and to perse-
vere. in. It was his policy and his duty to stand upon
the defensive till the last moment ; he persevered in
doing so, and he, therefore, felt all the disadvantages
which that policy entailed in impeding his military ope-
rations, and for which he. as Governor-General in
Council, had to make provision. These were the ag-
gravated difficulties over which my Noble Friend got the
better, and he brought into the field an army capable not
only of engaging in the contest, but of bringing the war
to a speedy and successful termination.—(Cheers.) Yet
I do not think I ought to limit my observations to this
part of the conduct of my Noble Friend. When my
Noble Friend, in his situation of Governor General, left
Bengal, and went up the country to superintend
the operations of the army, as it was his duty to
do, and to promote its efficacy by every means in his
power, he found the Noble Lord at the head of the army,
however able, however talented, however experienced,
still wanted the assistance of a second in command, to
enable him to carry on his operations with all the ad
vantages which an army ought to have. My Noble
Friend, though he was Governor-General, and though
the whole civil and military government of the country
was in his hands, laid aside his rank of Governor-Ge-
neral, and volunteered to serve in the rank of Lieu-
tenant-General of the army.—(Loud cheers.) 1 believe
my Noble Friend is a singular instance a such conduct;
but I hope we shall never want officers ready to follow
his example, and set aside their rank, if the same cir-
cumstances should ever again occur. I could not avoid
mentioning this circumstance on the present occasion,
which does my Noble Friend so much honour, in ad
dition to those which the Chairman has mentioned,
because it happened to come more immediately in my
province to notice this conduct on the part of my
Noble Friend. I say, then, the army may well be proud
that such a man was educated in their ranks, and there
is no part of my Noble Friend's conduct throughout his
service—of the whole of which I highly approve—there
is no part of it which is more highly to his honour than
that when he laid aside his rank and served in the army,
when circumstances rendered it necessary.— (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Marquis of
Lansdowne and her Majesty's Ministers."
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE shortly returned thanks,
apologising for the absence of Lord John Russell.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The President of the
Board of Control."
Sir JOHN HODHOUSE shortly replied, and proposed
" The health of the Chairman."
The CHAIRMAN replied,_aud then proposed " The
health of Sir Robert Peel." -
Sir ROBERT PEEL—I return you my cordial thanks
for the compliment which you have been pleased to pay
me—a compliment which I had no right to expect, seeing
that I occupy only a private station, and have not the
honour to stand in any official relation either to the
Crown or to the East India Company. I will not misap-
prehend the motives on which a compliment so peculiar
has been paid me. Ido not forget that four years since,
with the full approbation of all my colleagues then in
the Government—with the consent of my Noble Friend
particularly, who was then President of the Board of
Control, and'of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the
East India Company, I made an arrangement which se-
cured to India the inestimable advantage of the services
of my Noble Friend. We could give no deeper proof of
the interest we took in the welfare of India than to con-
sent to forego the services of my Noble Friend at home.
—(Loud cheers.) We felt warmly attached to him as
a personal friend—we knew the valuable services
which he had rendered, and which he could render,
at home, in the service of his country. But we felt
deeply convinced that a wider sphere was due to my
Noble Friend to enable him to develop his faculties, so
that they should redound more to his own honour and to
the advantages of his country than he had yet enjoyed.
It was not for the retrospective glories of his military
career, nor yet for the high estimation in which we held
hii military character, that we consented to part with his
services at home, but because we believed that he pos-
sessed qualities which were suited to the circumstances
of India more than any other man that could have been
selected at that time, whether with reference to the mil-
lions he was called on to govern, to the importance of
the functions he was to discharge, or to the absence, or,
at least, the remoteness of all control. At the same
time, I do not undervalue the military qualities of my
Noble Friend. It was my gratifying duty to propose
the thanks of the House of Commons to him for the
glorious services he rendered; it was my fortunate lot to
describe his conduct at the battle of Sobraon—it was
my fortunate lot to describe his conduct on that eventful,nd
night which intervened between the commencement
the close of the battle of Ferozeshah, I had to describe,
him as walking on that night from watch to watch, and
from tent to tent—
" And forth he goes and visits all the posts,
Bids them good morrow with a cheerdfuclousmnti
And calls them brothers, friends, an _ rleimen."
—(Loud cheers.) They felt the touch of Harry On that

[PRICE SD.

night.—(Continued cheers.) But it was not his mili-
tary qualities which induced our selection. We knew
that he was calculated to leave the impression of his
mind on India, not merely in convincing them of the su-
perior power of his country, but in leaving behind him
a milder, bolder, and more amiable influence—a convic-
tion of the justice of the British rule, and that under no
form of Government could the rights and liberties and
welfare of India be better secured than by the rule of
Great Britain.—(Cheers.) I own that, considering the
ardent attachment which I entertain for my Noble
Friend, and the long, unrestrained. unaban d, and uninter
witting cordiality with which I have acted w i h Mtn,
it is most gratifying to me to see him return from India,
and not only bearing away with him the affections, the
respect, the regret of India, but in his being welcomed
home by the confidence, the applause, and the admi
ration of the country which gave him birth.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Earl of Dal-
housie and the Government of India."
Lord HAnuINGE proposed " The health of Lord
Gough, and the Army in India."
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of the
Civil Service," and coupled with the toast the name of
Mr. Macaulay.
Mr. Macatmair said—l am sincerely grateful for the
honour you have done me, though I fear I have scarcely
any claim to my name being associated with that service
with which you, Sir, have thought fit to connect me. I have
several times partaken of the splendid hospitality of the
East India Company, but never under circumstances so
gratifying to my own feelings. On other occasions I have
been your guest when we have been sending out wee
whose success was yet matter of question, to govern dis-
tant and important colonies. We have sent them out
with our best wishes—often with high expectations—
but ala ays with some degree of doubt. But on this
occasion we have met with unmixed satisfaction, for at
this meeting our Noble Friend has come among us,
having done his work, and. done it well. He has gone
through his trials—trials as severe as a statesman and a
(Ctbheee s.) I
testimony do
whichnot knowbas beentha that
soldier can be subjected to, and he has not been found
wanting.—(Cheers.)
olcauto add
anything tohis
merits by the first of living Generals, by the great Com-
pany which he has served, by his Sovereign, by the
House of Commons, by the House of Lords, by the
gallant army which he led to victory, by the great pro-
vince
which he protected from barbarian rapacity, and
by the country which has welcomed him back with one
unanimous voice.—(Loud cheers.) Of his military ex•
pl oits I can say nothing which has not already been
betterr said and by other sources of much higher autho
t
y. But this I will say of his military
exploits, that
their
splendour would leave conveyed to
me little
satisfaction, if I believed that all this valour and skill
were employed , to uphold a Government pernicious to
tneinterests of
for rejoicing in these mankind.—(Cheers.) My chief reason
victories is, that I am deeply con-
vinced our Government
human race, and a n in India is a blessing to the
(Cheers.) I have
some honour to the English name.—
because I have been right to speak on this subject,
connectedbeen
in two capacities with
that great country. have
for the office of Control, I haveeahls ao
member of the Board
been
Company, and all I
have
seen
in both a servant of the
capacities has
satisfied me that no Government could ex
circumstances, purer—that no Government onist, under the
could more extend the blessings of civilization, orthe whole
pro-
mote the happiness of the people under its rule.A st,,
the particular service which the Chairman has coupled
with my name, I know something of it. I have had op-
portunities of observing it, and I will say that I do not
think there is any portion of the public service in this
country which I contemplate with more unmixed delight.
I institute no comparison between the civil and military
service—both I believe to be excellent, and on their ge-
nerous emulation depends the security of our Indian
empire, and the happiness of her people. But there is
no class of men containing a greater amount of ability,
of information, of rectitude, tried under strong tempta-
tions and never found wantine; and I believe that if
these services continue to discharge their functions as
they have done hitherto, the empire will be impregnable
from all attacks. After the experience we have had of
these splendid achievements, which add to the national
pride while they have done such good service to our
Indian empire, I hope none of us would be disposed to
hail our :political friends sent to India more cordially
than we should our political opponents. lam sure that
we are all knit in the firmest and closest union ou all
points where the national honour—the greatness and
prosperity of England—is concerned; and in that view I
firmly and proudly believe that, amidst the commotions
which everywhere surround us—amidst the crash of fo-
reign thrones—the constitution of England will remain
immoveable on its basis.—(Loud cheers.)
After one or two other general toasts, the meeting se-
parated.

PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5.
OUTGOING TENANTS (IREL kND) BILL.

Order read for re.om;Tvr A‘liourneil Debate on Amendment
pi uptiacu. I, Lie Matle tO t.zuesoon k....,:u Mat,...), ~,, _..
_,_ _
Bill be now read a second time," and which Amendment
was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the
Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"
Question again proposed," That the word ' now' stand part
of the Question." Debate resumed :—Question put. The
House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 22.
Alcock, Thomas Meagher, Thomas Scully Francis
Dawson, T. V. O'Connell, John .Sullivan,iMichael
Devereux, John T. O'Connor, Feargus Tenison, E. K.
Fagan, William Perfect, Robert Wawn, J T.
Fox, Richard M. Rawdon, Colonel
Fox, W. J. Reynolds, John TELLIREI.
Greene, John Sadleir, John Crawford, W. S.
Wadley Charles • Scholefleld, William Power, Dr.
Kershaw, James Scrope, G. P.

Abdy, Thomas N.
Adair, Hugh E.
Adair, lt. Shaft,
Adare, Viscount
Adderley, C. 1%.
Alexander, N.
Arehdall, Captain
Arkwright, G.
ltaldock, E. H.

MAJORITY-NOES, 145.
Foley, John 11. Morris, David
Forbee, William Mostyn, E.
Fordyce, A. 1). Mu'grave, Earl
Forster, M. Newdegate, C. N.
Fortescue, Chichester Nugent, Sir Percy
Glyn, George Carr O'itrien, Sir Lucius
Gore, W. R. 0. Parker, John
Goulburn, Henry Patten, J. W.
Grace, 0. D. J. Pattison, James
Graham, Sir J. Pilkington, James
Greene. Thomas Rendlesham, Lord
Grenfell, C. Pascoe Rich, Henry
Grenfell, Charles W. Richards, Richard
Grey, Sir George Russell, Lord J.
Grey, R. W. Rutherfurd, A.
Grogan, E. St. George, Chris.
Guest, Sir J. Salwey, Colonel
Gwyn, liowel Seymer,:lienry KIX
Hall, Sir Benjamin Seymour, Lord
Hamilton, G. A. Shoat.), It. 1).
Hamilton, Lord C. Sidney, Alderman
Rustic, Alexander Smyth, J. G.
Ilastie, Archibald Somerville. Sir W.
Hayter, W. G. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Heathcote, Sir W. Spearman, H. J.
Heywood, James Stanley, E. J.
Illidyard, T.„1.3. T. Staustield, W. R. C.
Hope, Sir J. Strickland, Sir G.
Hume, Joseph Stuart, Lord D.
Ingestre, Vlsct. Stuart, H.
Jackson, William Thicknesse, R. A.
Jocelyn, Viscount Thompson, Colonel
Johnstone, Sir J. Thornely, T.
Jollitle, Sir W. H. Tollernache, John
Jones, Sir W. Trelawny, J. S.
Lennard, T. H. Trollope, Sir J.
Lewis, Sir T. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Lewis, G. C. Verner, Sir W.
Littleton, E. R. Verney, Sir 11,
Lockhart, W. Walsh, Sir J. B,
Lushington, C. Williamson, Sir 11.
31•Naghten,' Sir E. Wood, Sir Charles
Marshall, William Wood, W. P.
Matheson, Colonel Wyvill, M.
Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Young, Sir John
Melgund, Viscount
Meux, Sir Henry TELLER!.
Miles, W. 11111, Lord M.
Mitchell, T. A. TaLuell, Henry
Morpeth, Viscount

Bateson, Thomas
Benbow, John
Bennet, Philip)
Beresford, William
Berkeloy, Captain
Berkeley, 11. F.
Bernard, Vlseouut
Blackall, S. W.
lioldero, H. G.
Bolling, William
Bourke, R. S.
Bowring, Dr.
Brack!ey, Visc:unt
Brotherton, J.
Buller, Charles
Butibury, William
Bunbury, E. 11.
Campbell, W. F.
Carew, W. P.
Carter, J. B.

Chaplin,JW. J.
Chartaris, Francis
Christy, Samuel
Clay, James
Clive, Henry B.
Cocks, I homas S.
Corry, 11.
Craig, W. G.

Deedes, W.
D'Eyncourt, T.'
Douglas, Sir C. E.
Drummond, Henry
Drummond, Hume
Duncombe, 0.
Duncuil, John
Dunne, F. I'.

Egerton, I% . T.
Ellice, Edward
Elliot, John E.
Ferguson, Sir R.
Fitzpatrick, J W.

TERRIFIC CONFLAGRATION. Shortly after one
o'clock this morning, a fire, attended with a serious de-
struction of property, and which for the space of an
hour lighted up the whole of the metropolis and suburban
districts, broke out in an immense pile of premises be-
longing to Mr. Law, a feather manufacturer, situate on
the banks of the Royal Surrey Canal, near the Kent-
road-bridge. The premises in question occupied a con-
siderable space of ground, and at the time of the calamity
were well stored with goods of a costly character, the
whole e•f which, with little exception, have fallen a prey
to the flames. On the earliest information of the out-
break, numerous enginesof the London Brigade and West
of England Company started to the scene, when the fire-
men found the entire range of premises in one great
sheet of flame, the heat from which was so great that
the adjoining whiting factory and other buildings were
actually smoking and in several places were on fire.
The engines having been conveyed along the banks of
the canal, they were set to work, and although several
tons of water were momentarily discharged over the fire
it continued to progress most fearfully, so that beforef
half-past two o'clock nearly the whole of the manufac-
tory tory waslin ruins. A rumour was current that ones n f
the night watchmen had perished in the fladme, b t
gworks
to suppose that every person employed very
done is
had effected a safe retreat. The damage
insured or
from inquiries made of the police, there is good
extensive, and whether the proprietor w
excitement which
not could not be learned during the ex
prevailed. on
:3,4501. 17s.—
THE FORGERY OF ♦ CHEQUE
on Monday morning
At the Manchester Borough Coutiira,n
who was remanded
last, John Pownall, they oung
o_
being
concerned in the
from last Friday, on the
_ethhaergsieg I
nature of Messrs. A. and
late extensive forgery
sore
eve,
was again brought up.
S. Henry and Co.,
. tot _
ehapp
lied for a further remand,
Mr. Beswick said that
et
et been taken, and the principal
as the others had not 3
prisoner were in Liverpool. He
witnesses against the
epthat the prisoner was '
in company
should be able to prove that
• h them at his lodgings before the offence was
witrOund
com-
mitted, and also after. it had been committed. After
some conversation, it was agreed to remand the prisoner
tt i Wednesday.—i‘fanchester Guardian,
We have heard it rumoured that there are a few
foreigners who are making themselves busy in respect to
the Chartist demonstration about to take place under
Mr. Feargus O'Connor. We Englishmen leave foreign
nations to settle their affairs without interference of an)
kind on our part, and we feel assured if it should turn
eut that there is any truth iu the above mentioned
rumour, that the police and special constables will know
ihow to deal with such gentlemen in cases where they
may be found meddling with unlawful proceedings in our
concerns.—Times.

we have advices to
following dates;—Chagres, February 28; Cartha-
arrieCluaetrZualth‘aVmegtptolnndlyeastrneradilayrrt Medway,
waY)
R 1"
ma, March 2; Jamaica, March 9;
St. Jago do Cubs,
,iarch 8; Demerara, March 7; :Trinidad, March !S;
Barbadoes, March 11; Grenada, March 9; St. Kitt s,
March 13; Nevis, March 13; Porto Rico, March 13;
St. Thomas's, March 16; La Guayra, March 6; Fayel,
March 29.
The Medway brings the following passengers:—Mr.
Hopkins from Bogota, Mr. Rayne from Limer, Mr.
Marsden from Chagres, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan and
seven children from Jamaica, Mr. and Mrs. Harris' and
one child from ditto, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. M‘Cleverty and
one child from ditto, Mrs. Townsend and Miss Efsy
from ditto, Mr. Carter from ditto, Lieutenant E. Griffith,
R.N., from ditto, Mr. Thornton from ditto, Mr.
M'Donald from Demerara, Mr. Barber from ditto, Mr.
Cave from Barbadoes. Captain Pack from ditto, Mr.
BurroW from ditto, Mr. Kains from St. Thomas's, Mrs.
Wright and Miss Johnson from ditto.
The freight brought by the Medway includes 109
packages of do!',r Chagres, tin account of rser-
churl s in London, amounting to 189,885 ; gold dust, S
small cpiantity; 5461. in British c iu ; one box of pi aria
from Chagres ; and general cargo, consisting of 34 bales
of sarsaparilla, from Chagres ; 25 casks of coffee, and
25 packages of specie, from Jamaica; 34 boxes of specie
from Carthagena ; 4 boxes of specie from St Thomas's.
Stations of her Majesty's ships—The Vindictive,
Vice-Atheiral Sir F. Austen, and Imaum, at Jamaica ;
the Alarm, Vixen, and Daring, at Nicaragua ; the
Trincomulee,_at La Guayra ; the Bellisle, at Antigua. -
News from the Islands—All the islands in the West
Indies were reported to be healthy, but all groaning
with the same complaint—want of labourers. The
Spaniards are now commencing sending labourers from
the Canaries. One small ship full of them sailed from
Porto Rico the day the Medway left.

MPORTANT FROM THE MOSQUITO SHORE.

The R. M. C. steamer Medway arrived yesterday
morning from Chagres, bringing the news of the capture
of the Upper and Lower Forts on the Oregon River, by
the boats of H. M. ship Alarm, Captain Loch, the steamer
Vixen, and brig Daring, and a detachment of the 38th
Regiment; the whole in the command of Captain Loch,
with Commanders Rider and Peel in command of their
own boats. The lower forts showed much resistance,
but the loss in the boats was trifling; one man killed, and
a midshipman wounded. The wounded and prisoners
were sent on board the Alarm—some of the former had
died.—Jamaica Times, March 6.
The following are some details of this affair:—
Her Majesty's ships Daring and Alarm, and the
Vixen (steamer) were at St. Juan's, Nicaragua, with a
view of settling some misunderstanding or dispute
between the New Grenadian Government and the King
of the Mosquitos, whose cause England had espoused.
The ships, in addition to their crews, had a detach.
ment of the 38th Regiment, the whole under the com-
mand of Captain Loch, of her Majesty's ship Alarm,
with Commanders Peel and Rider in command of their
own ships' boats. The expedition left St. Juan's on the
th of February. They had previously taken and de-
stroyed a small fort about half a mile up the river with-
out any resistance. The lower forts, however, of Sara-
pique, about twenty-five miles up the river, offered some
resistance, but the loss was trifling, one man killed and
a midshipman wounded; while the loss on shore
amounted to six or eight. An officer and a few men
were left in charge while a party proceeded up the
river toward another fort situated near the Lake
Nicaragua.
On the 26th of February dispatches were received at
St. Juan's. The Fort or Castillo del San Carlos had
been taken without any resistance, the New Grenadian
soldiers having fled o❑ the approach of the boats.
Captain Loch had sent an officer to the city of Gre-
nada to make terms with the Government.

The subjoined are particulars of the killed and
wounded in this assault and capture:—
ller Majesty's steamer Vixen—Mr. Turner, midship-
man, badly wounded. Killed—Charles Powell, captain
of the foretop.
Wounded—William Coombs, boy, severely; P. Nagle,
seaman, ditto ; James Hooper, seaman, dttto; and W.
Wright, marine, lost three fingers.
Her Majesty's ship Alarm—One seaman killed.
Two soldiers of her Majesty's 38th Infantry wounded.
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Serapique, with a loss to the enemy of
30 killed and wounded and 10 prisoners.
We regret to add that Patrick Walker, Esq., her Bri-
tannic Majesty's Consul General to the King of Mus-
quito, was unfortunately drowned in proceeding up the
river St. Juan. It appears that he was in one of the
boats of the squadron, and while asleep the boat was
suddenly surprised, as they supposed, by canoes; and
while the seamen were procuring their arms from the
chest in the stern of the boat, Mr. Walker and another
gentleman unfortunately fell overboard; the latter was
picked up, but Mr. Walker could not be found. Thus
has the service lost a useful officer, and society at large
a valuable member.—Jamaica Times, March 6.
NEW COLONIAL CURRENCY.—The following is ex-
tracted from a private letter from Barbadoes
" There is no money here, and the labourers are
working for a bitt a day, payable in sweet ;potatoes,
which may be considered as the silver currency of the
island; yams, being a more valuable commodity, may be
terTea Pe7rgelle"hcfrßSY.E
Colonel Capadose, Ist West India Regiment, which
melancholy event took place at Up Park Camp on
Monday evening. Colonel Capadose had only lately
assumed the general command as senior officer, on the
death of Major-General Lambert, and was very gene-
rally respected. The deceased had been suffering for
some days from dysentery. The command now devolves
on Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bart., com-
manding the 38th Regiment at Newcastle.
tier Majesty's ship Vindictive, having on board Sir
F. W. Austin, K.C.8., arrived at Port Royal, last
Grenada, yesterday.—Jamaica Times, March 2.

'KINGSTON MARKETS.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)
No change of any importance has taken place in the
state of business since our last report, except the occur-
rence of a trifling improvement in the price of sugar and
rum, owing to the reduction of the stock at market.
honey continues scarce, without the immediate pro-
spect of the stringency of the market being relaxed.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Commissary's Bills, 30
days, VI per cent. prem. and upwards. Planters' and
Jamaica Banks, 90 days, per cent. prem.; 60 days, lf
per cent. prem. Colonial Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent.
prem.; 60 days, If per cent. prem.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Argil. 5,

and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, Cl. 13s. 3d.—Great
shire,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
Southern, Western, 204 dis. —Lancashire and Yorkshire
(latela.
West Riding Union), 31,42 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 1% c.
,
London and North-Western, 1'24 c.--Ditto, New Quar-
ters, lAi c. p.—Ditto (late M. and B.), Quarters (Al. and
B.), 1 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 214 p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Eighth', 51Ai dis..—Midland 951/2—Ditto,
Halves, 61,9 dis.—Uitto (Consolidated Birmingham and
Derby), 72y4 Newcastle and Carlisle, 98—Shrewsbury and
Hereford, 134 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 731.
9d. dis.—South Staffordshire, 1114 dis.—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1/e
MANCHEStEIt, APRIL 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction (late C. and B.), 1334—East
Lancashire, Quarters, 414—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West
Riding Union), 3>i dis.—London and North-Western 1251/.4
—Ditto (Manchester and,Birmingliam), Quarters (A and B),
1% p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 2 3.16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 511,4 dis—Ditto, Preference,
dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 7 15-1 G dis.—North
Staffordshire, 21/2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No 4,
3.51:1 dis.

Just ready. in Svo., ss. bound,
RENE'S DAUGHTER.
A DANISH LYRICAL DRAMA.
'Ey BENRIK HERZ.
Rendered into English Verse, and Illustrated by an Mater!cal Sketch
of the Fortunes an Misfortunes of Good Kiag Rene.
By the lion. EDMUND PHIPPS.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
(Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.)

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