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INDIA. ( north-west frontier, under whom they continue to be
®,employed.
frotor. b., l SINDE. 3.—The commissions of there officers, as ensigns,, will
list fortnight we have had very few letters be dated from the 10th of February last, the day of the
are, ye '4(le ; the events there presently in progress victory of Sobraon.
g
tree, "e Presume, of no great :public importance. The 4.—The Governor-General cordially con ratulates
Ensign Stephen Douglas, Ensign Patrick Mara, Ensign
ehele at Kurrachee are now entirely exempt from ,
John Moore, Ensign Samuel Spurgeon, Ensign J.
C$ 1.. a. ; its last and most distinguished victim was
1401!;tationhJicsihn Napier, the nephew and military secre- Brasyer, Ensign John Storrs, and the army at large
on the public recognition of the principle, that the. re-
Excellency the Governor. His loss appears ward of promotion to the rank of a commissioned
eien.ave been deeply and generally regretted. Sir C.
officer, for distinguished service in action before the
of the been exerting himself to discover the causes enemy, is henceforward open to every non-commissioned
iee,,eee.late mortality, and if possible to have them re- officer of the Company's service. The Governor-Generald
fsera '4 The almost total exemption of the officers will be most happy, in concurrence with the Colman. cr-
eed half
pestilence—the terrible suffering of the men, in-Chief, to give the fullest effect to the liberal intentions
seesie If depopulation of the native town, tend to throw
of the Hon. the Court of Directors.
vs_ depopulation light upon the subject. There is no doubt
Crteeerher that THE BUNDLEKUND LEGION.
the inconceivable filth of the town of
Simla, July 4, 1846.
faits,
e•e°, wed the poverty and squalor of its imhabi-
1. The Governor-General, anxious to mark hisß British
dice "ere calculated to make it a den of pestilential of the faithful and gallant services of the t.. to be fille,a•nd accordingly the ditches have been directed
4°Wre a 4 up, the ruined fortifications to be knocked Indian army during the late campaign, has much satis-
the toe. ti'l openings to be made in the worst portions of faction in restoring to the
.Army List the number of the
ket byt:',re- The remedy will only be complete when the pre- late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, which regiment
was disbanded, under the authority of the Governer-
kids:4.'4(l4lgs are destroyed and new ones on a better plan
General, for mutinous disobedience of orders, in refusing
No gee constructed. Cultivation has of late years grie- to march to Sinde in January, 1844. The consequence
leei:Y Julien off in Sinde. Numberless warnings had of this misconduct was the dismissal from the service o
liede given of the danger of an epidemic arising from the the whole of the native officers, and noncommissioned.
the coax °r scarcity of provisions where the resources of
es, elantry became taxed to supply the wants of some AO officers and Sepoys, as unworthy of being retained in the
Company's service.
heir 4, human beings, half soldiers, half followers, and 2. On that occasion the Bundlekund Legion, under its
l'elselian'illee, added to the usual population. The
tit ab 'ng inquiries now being made, and measuresibeing, commanding officer, Captain Beatson, volunteered at
once to proceed to Sinde.
ilept:„,4;t to be, adopted for ascertaining, and if possible 3. Its services were accepted. The Legion has now
letfeei',,g, the quality of the food supplied to our people,
completed the term of two years' service in Sinde, dui,
zletee 4"Y indicate the suspicion that heretofore it has ing the whole of eellich period its conduct has been most
of thee° ellen as was satisfactory. The accommodations exmplary and soldierlike.
safety troops have hitherto not been such as health and
4. The Governor-General, desirous of proving the
hire, require in a hot country. A standing camp estimation in which loyalty to the Company's service is
f4B 14'17 becomes a standing nuisance ; and in Sinde,
at all times held by the Government of India, is pleased
eNteeCauhal, we are averse to admit the fact, that
to order, that the native officers, noncommissioned °M-
ess he. Tents for an army so enormous as that which
cers, and Sepoys, from the infantry of the Legion, be.
tieieetjtuerto been maintained upon the Indus were re•
allowed to volunteer in numbers sufficient to form a rehgrel
there 'lest the wisdom of the policy which took us
merit of infantry of the established strength, which 1
111441 (3r :.the Popularity of our Government, might be
°I? e.°4ed• The omission in the one place is punished henceforth be inserted in the Army List as the shall
Regiment of Native Infantry.
leb_9hilzie insurrection, in the other by cholera—the
5. The Bundlekund Legion will retain the payand
ee-4.1 British subjects occasioned by the two being pretty
privileges granted tdsthe Legion on the occasion of vo-
t4PPeaYe equal. to each other. The month of June, 1846, lunteering to proceed to Sinde.
ee aes,P have occasioned as much loss of life at Kurra-
6. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief will be
17t4hWaveTtutttierY, 1841 did at Khoord Caubul and Tezeen.
Pleased to give the necessary orders for the European
doubt but that the Governor, who cannot
officers,p who were present with the 34th Regiment at the
tithil illy, will t.d.ke. cis',on or
.energy imputed to him as a
. Will 4 ,his best to brine such arrangements. about time of its disbandment, as well as any others who have
itspee Yell future attacks—b'ut he must in this case been employed on civil or staff duty at any period. subse.-
to the 31st of December, 1843, to rejoin their rep-
kee t'e With half his army, and give up a year's rove- quentent at Loodiana, the station at which it is to be re.
tese Provide them with proper quarters. Rain, which
:JetZtfalia in any formed.ni
considerable quantity, had poured
41,1, 1 torrents for days together, so as greatly to en-
t1116,7,1! the barracks in which some of the troops were
beep:ireci, and injure other buildings. The fall had been
tkelt-: it was peculiarly heavy at Hyderabad and Kur-
ile 're--chiefly so en the sea-shore. We have no pre-
fthieetures of the amount of caselalties from cholera at
teeirati, or from fever at Si.kkur; they have at both
4, eea formidable in nmnber. At the latter place
Stiler • s 17th had been the enief sufferers: they were on
. Way
to li:ur rachee, ill the view, it was said, of re-
eeetil to Lei; ~
kis, else
e uses and preceeding thence to the Cape of
10011 shor,e At Hyderabad cholera appeared in the
de t., "'y after its disappearance at Kurrachee, and
eiettele.44,.e's are said to have occurred. the first day. It
e ‘:e. .4•11 to commit fearful ravages in the gaol, when
jvernhumanely ordered allthe prisoners
h, .4.414, or
t'll-sit„ l'eti for minor offences should be liberated. The
4.'e " at our l
t),_ tite„,s.
Campbell,
dates seeme to have scarcely suffered.
I 17th Native Infantry, was
4eoeaky"oucerinepubteoll, of
ff. Mteler Sobdar, another of the
4'144 been released by death from his captivity.
The-

The month of Ramazan, during which all good Mug-
sulmans fast between sunrise and sunset, begun on the
22d inst. Mehemet Ali, being no rigid Mussulman,
never observes this rule, and snakes no distinction be-
tween Ramazan and any other month of the year.
Mehemet Ali went up to Cairo on the 27th inst.,
where he will meet his son Ibrahim Pacha for the first
time after the return of the latter from England.
On the arrival of Ibrahim Pacha at Cairo, a fortnight
ago, Abbas Pacha, who had ad interim held the reigns of
Government, at once put himself under the orders of the
heir apparent, and now that Mehemet Ali has returned
to Egypt, his Highness has become the head again, and
things will go on as usual.
The Nile having now risen to its proper height, the
works of the barrage are partly suspended, and most of
the soldiers have been marched down to Alexandria, in
order to work at the stupendous fortifications that are
being erected by the French round the town.

The Hon. Ea-,st India Company's steamer Akbar ar-
rived at Suez on the 26th inst., having on board Sir
George Arthur, late Governor of Bombay, and family.
Sir George Arthur will proceed to England by the
steamer Oriental, which will sail from Alexandria on
the Bth or 9th of September.
By the Akbar we have received intelligence from
Bombay up to the sth of August. The news is not of
importance. The cholera had fortunately subsided.
The mail brought from Bombay by the Akbar, con-
sisting of nineteen iron and six wooden boxes, proceeds
this day to Malta, in charge of a special messenger, by
the French steamer.

SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY
THE GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
By the packet-ship Mayda, arrived yesterday, advices
and papers have been received from Hobart Town up to
the Bth of April. By this arrival we are in possession
of the speech of his Excellency the Governor of New
South Wales, on the opening of the Chamber on the 24th
of March. It is as follows:
" Gentlemen—lt was not my intention to have called
you together until I should have been enabled to lay the
estimates of 1846 before you, had it not been desirable to
pass certain Acts of a local character which I thought
right not to be delayed any longer.
" Among the Bills which I shall lay before you will be
one for constituting a court of justice at Norfolk Island,
for the trial of prisoners, which is made necessary in
consequence of the former Act being disallowed. I wish
to take advantage of the opportunity of the Comptroller-
General being about to visit Norfolk Island, in a Govern-
ment vessel, to send a court' there also by the same
opportunity.
" You are aware that, in consequence of the Legisla-
tive Council being reduced in number, on the Ist of No-
vember last, below what was necessary to constitute a
legal meeting, the estimates then before the Council did
not pass.
"On the 16th of January in this year I received a
dispatch from the Secretary of State, dated the Bth of
August, preceding, intimating to me the views of her
Majesty's Government on the financial state of the
colony. And on the 10th of January I received a dis-
patch from the Secretary of State, dated 4th September
following, transmitting to me an Act to exempt Van
Diemen's Land from the provisions of an 'Act for regu-
lating the sale of Waste Lands belongieg to the Crown
in the Australian Colonies,' and instructing me at the
same time that his Lordship would take an early oppor-
tunity of explaining to me at length the motive in which
the Act originated, and the manner in which advantage
is to be taken of its provisions ; and in the mean time
directing me to suspend bringing it into operation until
I received further instructions from home.
" From the information thus conveyed to me by the
Secretary of State, it appeared to me that a great altera-
tion in, as well as assistance, might be expected to 'the
financial state of the colony ; and therefore that, until I
received further instructions, it would be advisable for
me to delay the estimates of 1846.
" I therefore, with the advice of my executive council,
continued acting on the estimates of 1845, and intend
continuing to do so some time longer, in the belief that
no very long time will pass over without full instruc-
tions on the finances of the colony. But as I have been
obliged to continue the expenditure of 1845, and thus
have been unable, with some few exceptions, to put in
force the reductions contemplated in the estimates of
1846 ; and as, in addition to this, there have arisen
some unexpected and unforeseen demands upon the
colonial treasury, pAticularly the discharge of a debt
due to the commissioners for immigration in 1842, which
has taken and will continue to take the whole of the
surplus of the land fund, after paying the legal claims
upon it, I met the immediate pressure on our funds by
deviating from the usual practice of paying the salaries
of the Government offices monthly, and postponed the
payment of all salaries above 2001. per annum to the
end of the quarter.
" It is necessary for me, therefore, to ask your ap-
proval and assistance in some temporary measures to
meet these payments until I received the instructions to
which I have alluded.
" I have considered, therefore, with the advice and
recommendation of my executive council, that the best
way of affording this assistance will be by issuing
negotiable securities of the nature of debentures or
Exchequer-bills, not exceeding a given sum, bearing in-
terest, and chargeable on the revenue, and to be pre-
sented to the treasurer, or in payment to the Customs
for duties, at the period to which the state of their ex-
piration is affixed.
" The amount due for the salaries alluded to by me is
8,8601., which, with 7,000/. due to the Commercial Bank
at the end of 1845, amounting to 15,8501., is the sum re-
quired, and as it is intended to issue only what is abso-
lutely necessary, I do not request a larger sum, though
perhaps it might be deemed advisable to fix the utmost
limit as not exceeding 20,000/.
" The Colonial Secretary will therefore ask your con-
sent to a resolution to this effect, which, if you assent to,
will be followed by a Bill to carry such resolution out.
" It is gratifying to me to be able to congratulate
you upon the impruved state of the colony in its internal
and external trade, and on the marked and progressive
advance it is making in every branch of enterprise and
industry.
"The Customs, from which our chief revenue is de-
rived, show an improvement. In comparing January,
1845, with January of this year, I find an increase of
above 600/. In comparing February, 1845, with the
corresponding month of last year, I find an increase of
above 8001.; and though I am not yet able to make the
same comparison with the present March with the March
of last year, yet I find the same progressive improve-
ment; and if this continues, the annual receipts of this
year will realise the calculation made in the estimates
which I lately laid on the table of the council in the
preceding session.
" The Act of the Bth Victoria, No. 17, which exempted
foreign whalers from port charges, has also had great
effect in inducing them to visit our port for the purpose
of refitting and repairs.
" I shall not enter further into the financial affairs of
the colony, as the fittest time to do so will be when I lay
the estimates on the table; but, if in the meantime you
wish for information, the Colonial Secretary will be at
all times ready to afford it to you."

J. STUART, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India, Military
Department, with the Governor-General.
BY THE BIGHT HON. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA.
Head-quarters, Simla, July 9, 1846.
In pursuance of the forgoing order, his Excellency the
Right Hou. the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to direct
the following arrangements for carrying into effect the

instructions of the Right Hon. the dovE:inor General of
India for restoring to the Army List the number of the
late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry:—
The general order of the 4th inst. by the Right Hon.
the Governor-General of India is to be read to the in-
fantry portion of the Bundlekund Legion at Loodiana
on the receipt of this order ; and after paragraphs 4 and
5 shall have been carefully and fully explained to the
native commissioned, non-commissioned officers, drum-
mers, and Sepoys, the commandant will call for volun-
teers for forming a regiment of native infantry of the
following established strength, which will henceforth be
inserted in the Army List as the 34th Regiment of
Native Infantry, viz. :-10 Subadars, 60 Jemadars, 'lO
Havildars, 60 Naiks, 20 Drummers, and 1,000 Sepoys.
The commandant will report direct to Army head-
quarters, and with the least possible delay, the number
of men that volunteer from the 1 st battalion, in order
that if any deficiencies exist they may be supplied from
the 2d battalion at Jhansi.

JULLUNDUR DOAB.
v2ltish provinces in the Punjaub appear to have
Itkel the-sci by deluges of rain ; the country was new
b t, elknate unknown to us, and we seem to have
tt..4elfindifferently provided for many of the contin-
V,4llie Itn unusually wet, rainylseason. A large ma-
C,d .ad been established at Phulloor, and was being
404 aihth Military stores. One thousand rounds of
OM -It had been provided for each gun, and five
"(113 I,Z musket r..m-munition for each soldier. The
kttti
ke enlist'.ng slowly and reluctantly in our rei-
litkillitlitleetd7Y P.6re described as very fine and powerful
Os. LeberThe people of the Noorpoor frontier_ were
lQuatering in strength, with a view of assailing
'qtt w°ur is that such rumours, whether true or
llot h (kitherto been rife.

The volunteers are to be paid up to the Ist inst., and
the officers of the late 34th Regiment of Native Infantry,
as follows :—Major S. G. Wheeler; Captains S. A.
Lyons and P. J. Chiene ; Lieutenants C. F. M. Mundy,
P. H. K. Dewaal, C. C. Drury, F. H. Smith, B. T.
Reid ; Ensigns A. S. Allen, B. H. Baugh, A. C. Bun-
bury, J. 1). Ogston, and F. H. Hanrner, will forthwith
proceed to join the new corps at Loodiana, where for
the present it is to bo stationed.

The volunteers will take with them their clothing and
arms; and the camp equipage and public stores of the
Ist battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise to
be transferred to the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry.
Descriptive rolls of the volunteers to be furnished in
duplicate ; one copy to the Adjutant .General of the
Army, the other to the officer who will hereafter be ap-
pointed to command the 34th Regiment of Native In-
fantry, to whom, also, character rolls carefully prepared
are to be transmitted.

Of THE PUNJAUB.
l„the '44le may now be restricted to that portion
pot dt of la nellntry of the Five Rivers remaining in the
to, dee% huleep Singh. The Lahore Government does
1,80, ▪ be making mach progress in strength or
tll, ``e'.• aZtnn, or in the affections of the people. The
1111-12`vorg-`l. ins an incorrigible reprobate, with many of
tp„Pile,„" vices of the debauchee, despot, and upstart,
b the co vices
He is said to have' expressed a wish
retie •
they 41, eluent.of our troops. as soon as convenient;
e not likely to remain beyond the time origi-
Aesescribed. How soon they may require to return
ilkit-44ev to be seen. But few of the disbanded soldiers
03' Paid up the arrears which were due to them :
eZ,likeiY e grumbling and threatening fearfully, and were
h 4(1 to starve without a struggle. The Mooltan
aylbecome bolder in the spirit of disobedience,
ed disposed to throw off the mask and assume
authority over the province he ruled in subor-
`4ls,ull to the Maharaja. Ghoolab Singh was said
kit,s4vhiiireoaurten to become troublesome •• but he seems so
elosdyeroceunnnetdedotolf3etuhsae,ppAthri:t
this quarttr°wan:lll"it
INW. There were rumounrsolPtitu dg
6 sunder Akbar Khan on 3.?eshaw
continuall • when arty
descent
these appear
season of turbulence is at
The birder seems to keep the whole of these coin?.
"Ilttlld.ll-18.1".' and when ally unusual alarm occurs, or is
-"'M
to be created, the cry of Akbar is coming," is
It the It
Itl-tio Was the same thing in Europe with the name
1114111;it,na,Parte some thirty years ago. A man had been
o":' Of Murdering no fewer than five females at
:IN for the sake of robbing them of their jewels :
~tl4re
tlo subjected to the sevrzrest torture, then roasted on
flleeon: anti filially blown up with gunpowder as life
Ooe-lag extinct. Some severe accidents had oc-
Aithe,tiorn.,-"el9:vera, which had become suddenly swollen
p, is fir ras falls of rain. Dr. Cox narrowly escaped
P te on crossing the Beas : six men, who had
✓of 4o boat along with him, were drowned. A
NOl, e,
1.40 "natives, who bad gone to sleep in a ferry
f 0 all swept away and lost, from the sudden
tile stream.
ktllin„e TUE NIZAM'S DOMINIONS.
~ij;lksgovernment which has long existed, and
1' 014 tii.,*h from time to time has threatened the
he Pribhtninions continue as they have been for years.
be -:treasur' is vexhausted, trade languishes, and
„g General Fraser, the British resi-
heci‘ °l,,_ele and an excellent man, but the local malady
e reach of any remedy he can administer.
It,tlesh;l4)SS OF TIIE SHIP ACTIVE.
Illit'uas;l3 Active, Renaut commander, was wrecked off
figo4)(, near Sameldavie, on the night of the 16th
!ti)ell s-htlative and four European seamen were miss-
At ,-7,PPosed to have perished. Captain Renaut,
/.,stekticle.,Y,r,ann-ily, and the remainder of the crew were
04,,e en•--the ship was a total wreck, and not a
"4,e,t either stores or cargo had been saved.—
'‘elas, July 25.
lit III)
111 k
Ir°,teiriON FROM THE RANKS.
ttl T tiort. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
i[,;:lllSimla, July 3, 1846.
Nhlklitee ',koverner-General has much satisfaction in
'Ato g, fo •
ra, fr r the information of the army, the annexed
t,4trat,
n,lll
ethe Hon. the Court of Directors of the
40,, - of India, No. 11, dated April 22, 1846:
t,l',l446',,'4,„conapliance with the recommendations of our
k1vt441,-askieneral and Governors in Council, and. our
I°l6Sr:era in-Chief, we have, on numerous occasions,
db,''lltit'erilrnissions on the veteran establishment, to
to,nita" °facers of the superior class at the three presi
4)4;1'10 were considered worthy of this distinction,
and meritorious services."
• laelog of opinion, that the advantages of promo-
):4ll.:Titenrainissions should be extended to European
p,c',clistarid non commissioned officers of our service
:inguish themselves. in action with the enemy,
4fig •
F' resolved to authorise you to confer the c.ominisd-
c:l:4e4si upon such warrant and non-commissioned
Vld !,0 distinguished, as shall be specially recom-
l',,l:b-ler it by their commanding officers, and as shall
;Oeet-eidered by the Commander-in-Chief and the
t?klitdele,nt of India to be eminently deserving of this
Each promotion to be specially reported to us
,411ProeaLe
41,144 Warrant and
..non-commissioned. officers are
te • ecl by age from admission into our regular
tih`rtie' and the pointment to commissions in
khluithe'stablishinenapt of such as have been recentl y dt.he_
111'4°,4 action would be inappropriate to their po-
a4ith‘; then
service. For these reasons it is necessary
~111(1 eMmissions to be granted under this authority '
hs unattached commissions of infantry. Our Go-
VlskiLl' Must avail themselves of the services of these
tBp'Aened officers in local or irregular corps, or in
.`ll4her employment as may be consistent with Mei
i:aualifications."
1:4; -I: he future promotion of the officers to whom
aPesions may be granted will be governed en-
Vp 1416 he circumstances of each particular case,. to be
; °•oe.''•urought to our notice from time to time, for
yt6,Vrnderation and orders."
kiMip,„4-0, every warrant and non-commissioned officer
14. -ersaall be c -inferred the distinction of a commi
etGm ted •Irttle of our present orders,. .there shall be
°CI in aid of an wait as a commissioned officer, the
‘,OOO
~ r,
4151144 ~"'he •
advantages now authorised are to Ene
'''lltlj-e,t,rosractively for services in the carer aign c
111„.aae
names of the brave men who were brought to
`Util °I the Governor-General by his Excellency the
Sltee-,er'in-Chief were—
tiO ofratt-Major Stephen Douglas, of the first bri-
ri or,,nrse Artillery, late Provost-Marshal of the
'ue Sutlej and now riding-master, Ist brigade
412 e Atillery'
pt,S „rrieztilt-Maior Patrick Mara, of the 4th bat-
;etsr,.;3 Artilleriy was offered civil employ, but
~ii%N,n.'4l'ernaini-g'with his corps as Sergeant-Major.
tkil7lite-Peant-Alijor John Moore, of the Ist European
'4"W ti;e ProMot,d to conductor, and appointed adju-
Banda Police Rittalion.
ttlit,llo4le egresttil t-11 ij or Samuel 'Spurgeon, "of the 16th
64/ • r°44t-Major Bra!,yer, of the 26th Light In-
'444entgeoza
John Storrs, of the 48th Regiment
tititivtrantri ; the last four promoted to conductor,
4 the disposal of the civil authorities OA the

Assistant-Surgeon M. W. Kirk, M.D., is posted to
the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry, and the sergeant-
major and quartermaster-sergeant of the Ist Infantry
Battalion of the Bundlekund Legion are likewise trans-
ferred to the 34th Regiment in their present grades.
The facings of the 34th Regiment of Native Infantry
are to be scarlet.

By order of his Excellency the Right Hon. the Com-
mander-in-Chief. P. GRANT, Lieut.-Colonel,

Adjutant-General of the Army.

CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN THE ARMIES OF INDIA,
Reported since the departure of the Mail of the 18th of

•
July.)
Her Majesty's Troops—Captain J. M. Napier, 62d
Regiment. Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Sinde, at
Kurrachee, of cholera, on the 7th of July. Brevet Cap-
tain Browne, 31st Regiment, at Chiasurah, on the 14th
of July.
Bombay—Lieutenant J. D. Campbell, 17th Regiment,
at Hyderabad, Sinde, on the 11th of July, of cholera.
Madras—Captain J. Wilkinson 44th Regiment at
Trichinopoly, on the 15th of July. Ensign F. B. Griffin,
4th Regiment, at Vellore, on the 15th of July. Lieu-
tenant W. Doyle, Ordnance Department, at Penang, on
the 12th of June. Captain J. Fortescue, Ist Regiment,
on the Ist of April. Lieutenant E. Davie, 45th Regi-
ment, at Calcutta, on the 28th of June.
Bengal—Lieutenant W. Darell, 54th Regiment, at
Feroz. pore, en the Ist of July. Garrison-Surgeon
James Innes, M.D., at Benares, on the 4th of July.
Major George Roebuck, 71st Regiment, at Minporee, on
the 9th of July. Lieutenant G. H. Swete, 56th Regi-
ment, at Mis<orie, on the 15th of July. Ensign White,
16th Regiment, at Umballah, on the 3d of July.

AWFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE

AT LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, EIGHT O'CLOCK P.M.—This
town has again been visited by another terrific, and, to
all appearances, a dreadfully destructive fire. At about
a quarter to seven flames were observed to issue from
the premises occupied by Messrs. M'Fie and Sons, of
Bachelor-street, as a sugar refining establishment. While
we write the flames are lighting the heavens for miles
around. The premises, to all appearance, will he totally
destroyed, but it will be well if it ends there, but doubts
are entertained whether the fire-engines, which are play-
ing vigorously, can arrest the devouring element so as
to save the adjoining premises.
The scene is truly appalling. The poor creatnres who
inhabit the houses in the immediate vicinity of the fire
are moving off—men, women, and children are busily
carrying their furniture, and the aged and helpless are
being carried from the danger, amidst the shouts and
screams of their affrighted relatives.
As yet no cause can be given for the catastrophe.
We cannot refrain from giving every praise to the fire-
police, under the direction of Mr. Dowling and Mr.
Hewett, who are indefatigable in their exertions to
subdue the flames.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN'G, SEPTEMnEIt 11, 1846

• COURT CIRCULAR.
ROYAL VICTORIA AND ALBERT YACHT.
FALNOUTII, SEPT. 7.—Her Majesty remained eff St.
Michael's until the forenoon yesterday.
Earl Spencer performed Divine service on board the
yacht.
The Queen walked to the top of St. Michael's Mount,
and all over the old castle.
At tour o'clock, P.M. her Majesty proceeded to Fal-
mouth, and anchored there for the night.
At eight o'clock, A.M., this morning, his Royal High-
ness the Prince, accompanied by the Mineral Agent of
the Duchy of Cornwall, Mr. Anson, and Sir James
Clark, Baronet, proceeded to the Minsted Mines, eight
miles distant, and to the Polberon Consols Mines at
St. Agnes, twelve miles distant, to view the valuable
copper mine at the former and the tin mine at the latter.
His Royal Highness witnessed the whole process of
working th© ore at each, and examined minutely all the
newly invented machinery.
His Royal Highness proceeded to Truro, to inspect
the new Town Hall and Stannery Court, of which his
Royal Highness is the Lord Warden.
In the afternoon her Majesty embarked on board the
Fairy, and proceeded about ten miles up the river Fal to
Truro.

THE MURDER. AND MUTILATION
IN DERBYSHIRE.
HASLAND, NEAR CHESTERFIELD, THURSDAY AFTER-
NOON.—This morning, at ten o'clock, the adjourned in-
quiry before Mr. J. Hutchinson, Coroner fur the imme-
diate locality of this place, into the alleged murder of
George Collis, was resumed at the Shoulder of Mutton,
in the village of Hasland,
The circumstances connected with the perpetration of
the awful deed of slaying and cutting up a human being
were briefly narrated in The Sun of Tuesday last. From
the peculiar appearance of the remains there can be
little question that the poor victim was clove down with
an axe, or some such instrument, from the incision
through the hat, and in the skull found in the soil, in
Falcon-yard, at the back of the Market-place, at Ches-
terfield, not far from the late residence of the deceased,
who, it will be remembered, had not been seen alive from
the 7th of December last. The peculiar fact of the legs
and thighs being tied together, also proves beyond a
doubt that not only had violence been committed, but
that the limbs had been tied together after they had been
so dismembered, and then thrown into the soil.
The jury, of seventeen inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood, having been sworn,
Mary Manx, mother of deceased, deposed that de-
ceased lived with her some months at Brampton. Wit-
ness saw him last in the early part of September. It was
on a Sunday. He did not say then that he was going
away. Witness never had seen him since, nor had she
ever heard of him. He was dressed in a black coat, buff
waistcoat, and black trousers, white ribbed stockings,
and light-coloured neckerchief. He had also in his
pocket a handkerchief, marked with his initials. He had
also a yellow canvas purse in his possession. Witness
did not know how much money he might have had in his
pocket, but he had some. Thinks he had two keys upon
him. The constable who had charge of the case showed
her some clothes this morning.
The clothes were here brought into court, the mother
immediately exclaimed, " Oh! they are his," evidently
much affected.
The CORONER then requested the witness separately
to identify each garment, which she did most distinctly.
Thomas Harvey, shoemaker, of Chesterfield, was then
called and sworn. On the 7th of September last, about
half-past 7 o'clock in the evening—it was on a Sunday—he
passed the shop at the corner of the shambles occupied by
Platt. When witness passed the shop he heard blows of
a dull, heavy, deadly character, not such as sound when
a block is struck. It appeared to him, as if something
stuck to the back of the cleaver. It did not sound like
wood. The blow was repeated three or four times,
and after the first or second blow, he was not positive
which, he, witness, heard a deep moaning, which was
repeated. He was so confused at the time he could not
swear exactly whether he heard the words, " Oh dear,"
or not. Witness then went back to his friend's house,
and said to the persons there, "Oh my God, there's
murder in Platt's shop." Witness's brother, who was
smoking in the chimney corner, laughed at what he
(witness) said. Witness and his wife, and his brother-
in-law, Thomas Bellamy, then came away. After this
they again called at Platt's shop, and asked him what he
was doing ? •He said "I am sick." Witness said,
" Who have you got in the shop ?" He (Platt) said,
"Nobody ; I have had some rum." Witness's wife or
sister then asked Platt whether they should fetch him
some water. He said, "No, I shall be better directly."
One of the women then charged him (Platt) with
having his girl in the shop, and he said, " I have not
anybody here." Witness could not exactly remember
any more.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall, who
generally accompanies her Majesty on all her expedi-
tions, has excited the greatest interest amongst the loyal
inhabitants of his Duchy.
The royal suite were the only guests at her Majesty's
table at dinner.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9.—The Queen, Prince Albert,
and the royal children left Falmouth at eight o'clock,
A.lll , yesterday, and anchored in the little harbour of
Fowey at ten o'clock.
Three carriages and four were there waiting, to con-
vey the royal party to Restormel Castle, the property of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall, a noble ruin
of the seat of the ancient Dukes. After inspecting the
Castle, her Majesty proceeded to the Restormel iron
mine, where preparations were made for her Majesty
and the Prince to enter the mine.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert entered one of the
ore carts, lined with green baize, and were drawn by
eight miners two hundred fathoms into the recesses of
the mine. Her Majesty alighted from her cart, and
witnessed the process of hewing the ore. His Royal
Highness also took a lesson in the art of using the
hammer, and various specimens of ore were carried
away.

hier Majesty returned through Lostwithiel, where a
loyal address was presented by the inhabitants, and re-
turned to Fovvey at half- past two o'clock, stopping to
examine the beautiful residence of Mr. Trefoy, from
whence her Majesty and her Royal Consort walked
down :through the town to the river, and entered the
barge at three o'clock.

The Queen remained at sea all night, the yacht going
half speed after dark. Her Majesty and Prince Albert
and the royal children lauded at Osborne pier at nine
o'clock this (Wednesday) morning.

The Viscountess Canning arrived at Osborne House
on Wednesday. Her Ladyship has succeeded the Vis-
countess Jocelyn as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen.
Lady Jocelyn has taken her departure.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an early walk
yesterday in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
went on the beach yesterday morning.
His Royal Highness Prince George returned to town
yesterday from a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowa-
ger, at Cashiobury Park, Herts.
Mr. Colquhoun had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
teray, at the Colonial-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary
Wood returned to town yesterday, from a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Bed-
fordshire.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey returned to town
yesterday from a visit to the Hon. Locke King, at Wo-
burn, Chertsey.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Mauritius._ Dispatches
were also received yesterday at the Colonial-office from
the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta.

Elizabeth Harvey, wife of the preceding witness, gave
a most minute detail of the whole of the circumstances,
as, previously sworn to' by her husband. The' only new
features were, that when she_applied to Platt, upon his
complainihg-of being sick, to open the door, he refused
to do so, as he should soon be better.
James Radford, gaol keeper at Chesterfield, was then
called and sworn—He stated that on the morning of the
sth of September last he was the prisoner of witness,
and that he appeared then much affected, and, without
any reserve, he made the following voluntary statement:
—"I am innocent of the murder of George Collis; those
who have murdered him I hope will be found out, for
him and I were the best of friends. The watch which
was in pawn at Cockson's I bought of a man named
Lankey ' Bill (a provincialism for a Lancashire man).
I gave him 10s. for it ' • he told me he had won it at a
raffle at Mansfield. I borrowed Ss. of Walker. He said
the watch is now at our house ; you will find it under
the bank in the pantry." He (witness) and William
Sharp, another constable, then went to the house, where
he found the watch as described. It was wrapped in
paper, and appeared to be concealed. (The watch was
here produced by the witness). It was a good silver
article, rather of an antique appearance, but appended
thereto was a stout steel chain, and neat appendages.
Radford, by desire of the Coroner, then showed the
watch to the mother of deceased, who declared it to
have belonged to deceased up to the time she last saw
him.

Other evidence, similar to the preceding, was given.
At this juncture the inquiry was adjourned for a few
minutes.

Caroline Redmall, the wife of a pork-butcher in the
shambles—Platt, in the early part of January, offered
me a watch for sale; the one produced is the one he
offered. He told me at the time that he had won it at a
raffle at Mansfield. He wanted 2/. for it. Witness made
him no offer for it; she was not in need of anything of
the kind.

CORONER—Had you any conversation with Platt since
that time? Witness—On Thursday morning last.
CORONER--YOU have heard that a body supposed to
be Collis's, has been found?—Yes.
CoßoNEß—Where did you meet with him? Witness
—Against our shop door. He said he had not seen
Collis for some time. - Ere also said that lie (Collis) had
murdered himself, for he had said he would do so. He
told him so one night, when near the Highfield. One
Saturday night Collis had one or two rows with him; he
said he was afraid he should do it while he was with
him; meaning at his shop. Platt did not pay the money
he owed witness's husband; at least, not that she knew
of. He did not pay any to him, she was certain, about
the 3d of the present month.
(The proceedings had not terminated when this ac-
count left.)

ACCIDENT ON THE LEWES AND

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HASTINGS RAILWAY.
LEWES, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—Another accident
has just occurred on this line, and from the very same
cause, apparently, as that which took place about three
weeks since—viz., from the train running off the line
into a siding, owing to the " points" being left open,
either by neglect or otherwise. It appears that in order
to afford the contractors facilities for the removal of rails
and timber from the water-side, a temporary tram-road
has very recently been constructed, running from the
line to " Spring-ditch" (a branch from the river) within
about two or three hundred yards of the station. The
line being several feet above the level of the meadows,
and the distance to " Spring-ditch" but trifling, the de-
clivity of this tram-road is very sudden, say one in
thirty. About eleven o'clock, a special goods up-train,
laden with hops and wool, started from relegate
station. On arriving at the spot we have described,
the engine-driver perceived that instead of his engine
keeping the line she was entering the siding, and
beginning to rush down the decline. Terrified by the
danger, he lost all presence of mind, and, without wait-
ing to reverse his engine, jumped off almost before he
had entered the tram-road. Fortunately, the train was
going very slowly—it is stated not above six or seven
miles an hour—and he received no injury, but a bruise
or two on his knees, from falling on the chalk. The
stoker took it more easily, and waiting till the engine
nearly reached the level, " picked out," to use his own
expression, " a soft place," and jumped into the meadow
unhurt. The engine rushed on, followed by the train,
the impetus it had received from the very sudden descent
forcing it some yards beyond the temporary rails, and
up the steep bank of the ditch, over which it ploughed
its way, falling headlong into the water, where, when
we saw it, it was lying with the wheels of one side in
the air. The tide was out, and at the bottom of the
ditch lay. a raft of heavy timbers; upon these timbers
both engine and tender fell. One loaded truck fol-
lowed them over the bank, falling on the engine, the
remaining being suddenly brought to a stand still.
This truck was loaded with pockets of hops, but owing
to, the lowness of the tide, the vvater, fortunately, did
nocreach theni.
Immediately tin, the occurrence of. the Accident an ex-
-1)04 engine Wu:l'lmeg sent off to Brighton, and in about
an hour Mr. Fountain, the superintendent of the
Brighton station, arrived on the snot. On instituting
inquiries into the cause of the accident, nothing conclu-
sive could be ascertained. The man to whose care the
charge of these and other points near had been entrusted,
distinctly deposed to these points being in good working
order, and to his having, in company with another ser-
f vant, carefully oiled them at half-past nine in the morn-
ins. No brick or other truck had passed through the
points down the siding since a very early hour inithe
morning, and one of the foremen of the works, Mr.
Douglass, declared that he himself saw the points quite
right at a comparatively short time beforo the accident
happened. The points are " self-acting," and from a
minute investigation of their position, &c., it appears that
the train could not possibly have run into the siding un-
less they had been set open. Whether they were so set
open for trucks to pass into the siding and forgotten, or
whether any malicious person had purposely blocked
them up, is at present unknown. Workmen have been
employed during the afternoon in reloading the hops,
and getting the engines, &c., out of the ditch. The
tide, however, having rapidly risen since noon, the en-
gine and tender are nearly covered with water ; and
when we left the spot it appeared doubtful whether
they could be extricated till the tide had again receded.
Singular enough, the engine driver, Charles Clarke, is
brother to the man who was injured at the Pevensey
accident. There were eleven waggons in the train, ten
out of the eleven being loaded with hops, and the
eleventh with wool. Amongst other names on the
pockets we observed those of Mr. Thomas Arcoll, of
Guestling, Mr. William Woodhams, of Lidimore, Mr.
John Austin, of Brede, &c. The air was completely
perfumed by the fragrancy of the hops. Fortunately,
the day being fine and dry, the pockets which had toj be
unloaded from the one or two damaged trucks took no
harm. The- accident in no way impeded the traffic on
the line ; the siding alone being affected by it.
The present is a very fortunate escape. Wool and
hops can bear such "collisions," but what might have
been the effect, had the train been full of passengers in-
stead of goods, it is fearful to contemplate. It is very
clear that the "points" on a line ought not to be left to
the tender mercies of contractors or the casual workmen
they may think proper to appoint. They should be
placed under the especial charge of careful and compe-
tent servants appointed by the company. Let the con-
tractors and the company arrange as to the payment of
these men as they choose, but the responsibility of their
appointment should rest with the company.—Sussex
dialvertitere

JOSEPH ADV..
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—With reference to your remark. on the subject
of the noted Mr. Joseph Ady, I confess that I was, tome-
what foolishly, deluded into the sacrifice of the sum of
one pound, under the promise of information greatly to
my advantage ; such information, however, proved to
be a mere warning as to my liability to be outlawed as
a subscriber to one or two of the railway schemes pro-
jected last year.
Should Mr. Ady be sufficientlX fortunate as to obtain
a like amount from even a very small portion of the sub-
scribers to such schemes, his system will prove highly
lucrative, if not altogether honourable.
Your insertion of these few remarks may tend to put
the unenlightened on their guard, and will oblige, Sir
your very humble servant,
Sept. 10, 1846.
MI

LITARY and NAVAL FLOGGING.
7'o THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—Since an inquest was held on the body of the
7th Hussar who was flogged at Hounslow, many cases
of similar barbarity have " been brought to light," and
it is but fair to presume that they are perfectly true,
for if they were not so surely some " advocate of the
lash" would ere this have come forward to contradict
them.

I read of one man whose " back mortified ;" of
another having had 115 lashes, who was attacked with
" lock jaw ;" of two others, each of whom received 150
lashes, whose sufferings terminated in " sloughing and
fever,"—in all these instances death was the result of
military flogging.
It was, no doubt, with reference to the above-named
cases, that Mr. Wakley, in his speech at Exeter Hall,
stated " he was sorry to be compelled to express the
opinion that it had been inflicted with a knowledge that
it had proved fatal to human life." Whether the Hon.
Gentleman was or was not correct in his supposition, it
is impossible to say—whether the Commander-in-Chief
was or was not acquainted with the cases alluded to,
when he " approved and confirmed" the sentence for the
" cruel" flogging of White, it is not for me to decide.
This, however, appears to have been certain, that the
reduction of the punishment from two hundred lashes
down to fifty lashes was not made until a storm of
public indignation had fallen upon the heads of all the
"military authorities" who were concerned in that " deed
of blood."
I fully believe it to be the wish of the Duke of Wel-
lington, that, in future, no British soldier shall be
flogged to death ; for he not only said, when speaking
of the Hounslow affair, " this shall not happen again"
—but he has also provided in the " law of fifty lashes,"
that even that reduced punishment shall not take place,
should the weather be either too hot or too cold, and
that the state of health of the party sentenced shall be
ascertained.
Now, I would ask any one possessed of the com-
mon feelings of humanity, is it just that for "no in-
famous offence," a fellow-creature should be tortured in
so horrible and dangerous a manner, that the " probable
preservation of his life shall partly depend on the ' heat'
or the ' cold' of the weather at the time his punish-
ment is inflicted ?" I think after the opinions which
have been expressed by Mr. Wakley and other eminent
medical men, with regard to flogging, that it would be
exceedingly difficult to find the man who would, upon
his own responsibility, decide at what degree of tempe-
rature fifty lashes might be inflicted with safety to
human life.
But I turn from the contemplation of such cruelties
as these to the cheering fact, that the public press have
nobly laid aside all party feelings and political differ•
ences, in endeavouring to obtain the total abolition of a
law, which, being in " direct opposition to every precept
of Christianity, is necessarily demoralising in its effects,
and utterly at variance with the mild and merciful spirit
of the age in which we live."
To you, Sir, who have been foremost in exposing the
iniquities of military and naval flogging, I take the
liberty of sending these few observations, and if you
consider them worthy of insertion in the columns of
The Sun, you will much oblige, yours,

- I. W. BOYES.
14, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, Sept... 9, 1846.

THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—l shall feel obliged by your allowing this letter
to be inserted in the next number of your valued journal,
which has reference to a paragraph that appeared in the
one for last evening, the 9th instant, giving an account
of the possibility of collision on the Midland Railway,
by the train leaving Nottingham for Derby at 5 P.N.,
and the one from Derby to London at 5 5 P.N., the
express. Your correspondent in the midland district
seems to be labouring under some delusion which I
cannot describe ; but by reference to the following ex-
tract from his account you will see the error he has
fallen into, and the sooner it is corrected the better. As
it is, it will only mislead the public, and make it appear
that the company do not attend to the necessary pre-
cautions which are requisite. He states that, " the de-
parture line from Derby till the 5 5 P.N. train arrives at
the turn to the Junction at Red Hill, is the same line as
the 5 P.N. train from Nottingham to Derby passes
upon after reaching the turn nearest Derby to the
Junction." Thus, distinctly informing the public that
the trains to Derby pass on the same line as those from
Derby, which is an erroneous idea. I should have
thought that the Midland line had beetimade long enough
for him to see that there were two lines of rails. Hoping
that these few lines may be of service to him and all
others who are constantly in the habit of reporting, I
beg leave to subscribe myself, JUSTICE.
Newark, Sept. 10, 1346.