The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-20 00:00:00

MONDAY
__EVENliqd, 'NOVENII3I773, 20, 1848,

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The following. is the latost advice from— N.E., soon veeria g to IT., N.W., and W.N.W., and
Govindghur, 22d Sept., 1848. subsided at -The thernsons,r stood at SO to
"Cocks left for Lahore this morning, in high spirits at 62 during tse Fall of the baroaselcr, an iaels and
tho success of his trip; be remained an extra day, so a s i one-tenth.
to cemplet,e all arrangements with Col. BleShe; ry. It 'The gr,.7:llc.!st damage stems to have been sustained in
ver, a very wise precaution taking charge of this fortress. the hntt-r harbcur, si7d of Villa we have bean favoured
Another day and we should have beers too late, for the r i,ls au official npert:—
Seikhs had already cdmmenced making arrangements to Eight cargo lorchas, elaven -fast beats, three large
give arty troops wise Might presume to approach a wai.a, €4;hing boats, five passage boats, four firewo6,! boats,
reception. A party of 150 of the. Guide Corps first of all three scavenger boats, fi tty-four tsnka and other small
obtained admittance into the fort, under the pretence of boats. The Swedish barrio:, Cat I Johan, Portuguese brig
escorting prisoners, which was one of the Lahore ruses. Genoveva, and Mr. Heard's schooner Ma) flower, were
The Seikh soldiers left the fort in a most sullen. driven on shore, where they still remain. • The French
way, and the feeling in the city of Umritsir is whaler Entreprise went on shore, but got off with trifling
very strong. The people are in an excited state, damay. The Hamburgh schooner Sylphide was like-
and publicly speaking of taking off the head wise on shore, but got off during the lull with loss of
of the Killadar, should opportunity offer; the poor man masts. The British barque Clio was wrecked in the
is quite happy at having us in the fort; and Typa, and the captain drowned. The Portuguese Go-
he says he now sleeps comfortably without the prospect v, rnrnent schooner sunk at the Typa Fort, with five men
of losing his head. He seems to be ass intelligent young on board, who were all drowned. air. Bush's Raven
man, speaks a little English, and is most anxious to sank at anchor in the inner harbour. Mr. Duran's
learn and write—and become a real Killadar. Sylph gone to pieces. •
"The I,lth Irregulars leave to-night for Lahore, and the The loss of junks is very great, and upwards of 100
Ist, I fancy, will remain here for some time, until the Chinese were drowned in and about the harbour; and a
army is formed, when it will be relieved. Col. M'Sherry Chinese boat in which five young men had embarked on
is too good an officer to be coiped up here, when there a pleasure trip, was capsized near the 1.),15a, and two
is anything to be done its the field." perished one of whom was Mr. James 1114 Murray, long
The following is from a correspondent at Noorpoor. known in this colony as a baker and storekeeper; and
The letter bears date 20th Sept.:— the other was Mr. Edward Rees, formerly second mate
" The following is an exact account of what has been of the Island Queen.

going on, here. Yrti have heard ere this that a party
was sent to this to catch Ram Singh, the son of the
Vizier of the Noorpoor Raja, who was removed by
the Commissioner in a somewhat summary manner,
and according to all accounts dealt with too
harshly. Rain Singh, disgusted at the treatment
received by his father, joined Mahraja Singh, the
Gooroo, but upon that worthy's proceeding towards
Moultan, he returned to Noorpoor, and took up his
quarters first in one place and then in another, and at
last on a hill overlooking Noorpoor. Here he col-
lected one hundred and fifty followers, defied all autho-
rity, looted the country, made prisoners of travellers,
committed murder in cold blood, and eventually fired
at the commissioner and officers who were with
him. Orders were then dispatched for mere
troops, and one company of the 29th from Hajee-
poor, four companies 71st from Rhodee Pind, 250 men
of Major Hodgson's Seikh corps from Hoshearpore,
besides strong parties of the 15th and 16th Irregulars,
and 150 of the Hill Seikh Regiment under Lieutenant

Wallace, proceeded hither by forced marches, from dif-
ferent stations; and on the night of the 18th all arrived
in camp outside Noorpoor. The hill on which Ram
Singh was encamped is a low, though steep spur—
surrounded on three sides by the dry bed of a river, co-
vered with thick jungle, and accessible only by rude foot
paths, on the dry bed of hill streams, and traversable only
by one man at a time. On the fourth side is the junction
of the hill—to some low broken ground, wild and jurigly'
—by a narrow ridge with dense jungle on either side.
We attacked the enemy on the morning of. the 19th. The
troops moved out of camp at hours corresponding with
the respective distances they had to go. There were
fonr parties. The Seikh Infantry, under Major Hodg-
son, and the Company's of the 29th under Lieutenant
Johnson, attached the hill on the west by two paths.
The 71st under Captain Rind, attacked the south
side, and the hill men, under Lieutenant Wallace,
attached the north side. The two latter forces,

meeting at the top went along the ridge and thus
got the: enemy in front and rear. Ram Singh's pickets
most obstinately defended their posts—firing steadily at
the advancing troops—and while they were retiring,
stopping to re-load and fire again. The loss on
the part of the enemy, which mustered 250 or
thereabouts, was between 50 or 60 killed and
wounded. Our loss was as follows:—The 29th, 1
killed and 4 wounded. The Seikh Corps, none
killed, but 4 or 5 wounded. The Irregular skirmished
along the foot of the hill, and took 15 or 16 prisoners;
but unfortunately Ram Singh escaped. One cannot
have any sympathy with such a cold-blooded animal ;
yet it is generally believed that harsh and unnecessary
measures have driven him to desperation. Major Fisher,
of the Irregulars planned the attack, and displayed
throughout that zeal and activity which in both services,
met with commendation."

The number of houses destroyed is stated to be—
twenty-five Chinese brick houses, thirty Chinese mat
and wo,den houses, and twelve Chinese dwel.ings on the
river. The gardens have suffAred greatly.
During Thursday and Friday no little alarm was felt
for the Governor of Macao, who had set out in the morn-
ing, accompanied by a party of ladies and gentlemen, on
a pleasure trip to tha Nine Islands.. As he did not re-
turn that night, great fears .were entertained for his
safety, which were considerably augmented when, after
the storm had moderated next day, there was still no
appearance of his Excellency. In the course of the
evening, after every surtni,e had been exhausted, the
party was descried at the Typa Fort, and before night-
fal they landed safely from a Oiliness boat. It was then
explained that having made the attempt to steer for Nine
Islands, they had to give it up after one or two tacks;
but the boat being unable to make the Praya. Grande,
proceeded tLi Typa, and the party landed at the fort,
where the whole of that day and the next were spent.
They supposed the motions of the boat must have been

observed, but, whether or not, it was impossible to have
made Macao until Friday afternoon.
At Cumsingmoon the typhoon commenced at ten
P.M., the wind blowing from the north. The storm seems
to have been at its height about daylight, when the ba-
rometer had fallen to 28.45. During the interval the
wind shifted, but we have not obtained very precise in-
formation on the point.
The extent of damige sustained was very great, and
the following notes oa the subject we give nearly as
sent to us :
During the night several vessels drifted and came
into collision. After mid :tight the receiving ship Isa-
bella Robertson was driven under the bows of the Eagle,
carrying away her bowsprit and foremast. Captain
Lovett, of the latter vessel, having observed that they
could not long hold out, and one or other must sink,
Captain Kelly replied that as his barometer was rising
he thought the storm would soon abate. Immediately

afterwards the chains of the Eagle parted, and she
drifted out through the passage to the eastward, and
ran upon the beach • but on the way the Norfolk and
the Sylph both got loul of her, carrying away her main-
mast and bulwarks. The Sylph drifted the same course
as the Eagle, and also ran ashore. Upon hauling in her
chains, it was found that the anchors had parted. Both
the Eagle and the Sylph were totally dismasted, but
were got off next morning, and towed into Cumsing
moon, where their cargoes were discharged, slightly
damaged. The Syiph has since been brought into the
Hong-Kong harbour by the steamer Corsair, but the
Eagle is condemned.
At daylight all that could be seen of the Isabella Ro-
bertson was the top of her mainmast, the vessel having
sunk near the rect at the entrance to Cumsinguloon.
The gunner and four Lascars were discovered clinginc,
to the mast, and were saved by the boats of the United

States' steamer Plymouth. The gunner reported that
shortly after parting from the Eagle Captain Kelly had
the pumps sounded and found the vessel was sinking.
He was last seen in the cabin, and is supposed to have
gone down with her. The cargo was a valuable one,
_onsisting of 700 chests of opium, of which about 500
were Malwa and 200 Pewee, together estimated at a
little short of half a million of dollars, of which it is
said not more than two-thirds were insured. With the
assistance of divers, about 250 chests have since been
recovered, and are advertised to be sold by auction.
The Norfolk and the Sidney were entirely dismasted,
and the British brig Arrow, recently arrived with 500
chests of Patina, went on shore, but her cargo was unin-
jured and her crew were saved, for which they also are
indebted to the boats of the Plymouth.
The British barque Emily got on shore, but her cargo,
consisting of cotton, is understood to have received little
injury.
The vessels that held on were—:the receiving ships
Falcon, Buparell, Lady Hayes, Sea-horse, Linnet, and
the Sir Edward Ryan. The latter was the only vessel
that escaped without any serious damage ; she had two
anchors out, with 100 fathoms of chain cable to each.
Eight or nine Chinese junks sunk, and most of their
cre.es perished, as did also that of a smuggling boat,
consisting of upwards of 100 men.
As soon as daylight appeared, Captain Gedney, of the
Plymouth, ordered his boats out to render assistance,
and save the lives of those who were clinging to the
wrecks, or were other wise in danger of perishing. The
officer on deck at first told Captain Gedney that the
boats could not live, upon which he was ordered to call
for volunteers, when 200 of the sailors offered themselves,
and manned six boats—four cutters, the launch, and the
gig. Assistance was offered wherever it seemed neces•
sary, and upwards of 30 lives (Chinese and foreigners)
were saved ; but some of the ships declined the proffered
aid from dread of salvage, which had then never heels
dreamt of by Captain Gedney, who seems to have been
actuated by the single desire of aiding men in distress.
We do not see, however, why he should not claim sal-
vage, especially in cases where his services were asked
for after being offered gratuitously.
A correspondent of the' Friend of China, speaking of
the exertions made by the captains of the receiving
ships, says—" Their conduct was beyond all praise, for,
notwithstanding the violence of the tempest, they and
their crews were indefatigable, and the writer can bear
testimony to the coolness and intrepidity of C iptain
Endicott, of the Ruparell, and to the active humanity
which he exercised in rescuing several Chinamen from
the wrecks who otherwise would have met with watery
graves." And further adds,—" The shore is strewed
with wrecks of Chinese boats and junks, and many of
the houses opposite to the shipping, belonging to the
captains of the receiving ship, are blown down. It
was a most fearful and destructive typhoon."
At Canton the gale commenced about ten P.M , and in-
creased in violence till six next morning, when it was
at its height. Judging by the barometer, which did
not fall below 29.10, the storm does not seem to have
been so violent as at Hong-Kong, Macao, and Cum-
singmoon; though, of
Course, in the crowded river
there was a arful loss of life and property; but we are
unable to form an estimate of either, some ac-
counts stating the numbers who perished at hun-
dreds, and others at thousands. A letter written on
the morning of the Ist describes the scene as dreadful,
the whole river being covered with the wrecks of the
fragile flower-boats and small craft, great numbers of
which were dished to pieces by the large junks, which,
after being forced from their moorings, were driven
furiously along by the wlnd and the tide, destroying
everything that came in their way.
Several Chinese houses and walls in exposed situa-
tions were blown down, and the ravages in the gardens
were considerable; but upon the whole we consider
Canton was not exposed to the strength of the typhoon.
The tide overflowed the gardens, but it was not so
high as has been observed in June fioOds.
A gun-boat, with a number of convalescent police on
board, under charge of Mr. Smithers, the inspector,
which had been dispatched f.r a cruise round the island
of Hong-Kong, on the colonial surgeon's recommenda-
tion that the sick men should have the benefit of a
change of air, was sunk.
The:following is a list of the persons missing:—Mr.
&slithers and his son; Acting- Sergeants Hill, and Sey-
meur; Police.consta`dee Taylor, *tatrord, Chase, Harri-
sun, and Baldsrini; five Manilla men, belonging to_ the
water; four. Chintese ditto; three Chinese cooks; and a
Portuguese ble
In 51r. Smithers the public have lost a most efficient
officer, whose zeal and activity were unremitting. His
experience had been acquired during 20 years' service in
the London police, from which body he was select el as
the most likely than :to ':assist Mr. May in performing
the duties here in a satisfactory manner; and to his exer-
tions may be attributed; in no small degree, the safety of
life and property enjoyed by the residents since his
arrival in the colony, three years ago. Mr. Smithers
merited and possessed the confilence of his-superiors, as
well as E
thmemesateemsn,l Sheratt, respectfiswan River, arrived on the of those under him.
10th, having picked up and brought to Hong-Kong the
remainder of the crew of the barque Sarah Crisp, which
vesrel took tire, and was.
afterwards-capsized in lat. 16.30
N., long. 114.30 E, in her passage from Moulmein to
Hong-Kong, with a cargo of teak timber. The master
and crew were 24 days on the wreck, with scarcely any
provisions, and only: a very little rails water. Thirteen
of their number perished.

CHINA MARKETS.
CANTON, SEPT. 27.

IMPORTS.
Cotton-Our market shows an advance in the price of this
article, caused by an Increased demand for foreign staple, in
consequence of the partial failure of the native crop. The
sales during the month have been-20,000 bales Bombay, at
6.4 to 7.6 for old, and 7 to 8.3 for new; 1,000 bales Bengal,
at 8.2 to 8.4 for 'old, 8.9 to 9 3 for new ; and 2,400 Madras, at
9.3 to 9.5 for old, and 9.7 to 9.9 for new.
Longcloths-In little demand at decreased rates. The
only sales which have been made were in exchange for teas,
:-45,000 pieces greys at. for common, 2 dolls. 30c. to
2 dolls. 40c. ; 625. to 665., weighing 6th to 7 catties, 2 dolls.
55c. to 2 dolls. 60e.; and 725., 2 dolls. 75c. to 2 dolls. 10c.
28,000 pieces whites have been disposed of at 2 dolls. 45c. to
2 dolls. 50e. for common ; 2 dolls. GOe. to 2 dolls. 70c. for
665.; and 2 dolls. 85c. to 2 dolls. 90c. for 725.
American Goods-The sales of drills during the month
have been chiefly to speculators, and at reduced prices, and
amount in all to 27,000 pieces, at 2 dolls. to 2 dolls. 05c. for 30
yards, and 2 dolls. 80c. to 2 dolls. 85c. for 40 yards goods.
Jeans in little demand; 1,000 pieces sold at 2 dolls. 35c.
Slieetings nothing doing-prices nominal, at 2 dolls. 65c.
Cotton Yarn-The sales of English have been 1,500 bales,
Nos. 16 to 24, 25 dolls. 50e. to 26 dolls. s')c.; 28 to 32,
03 dulls. to 33 dolls. 50c.; 38 to 42, 33 dolls. 50e.; to 34 dolls.
Present stock 2,294 bales, and 2,309 half-bales' against 7,665
bales at the same period last rear. 500 bales American were
sold in the beginning of the month at 23 dolls: to 23 dolls.
50c. for Nos. 16 to 26.
Woollens-In little demand=6oo pieces Spanish stripes
have been sold at 1 doll to 141911. 18e.-stock small.

Habit Cloths.-200 piece at 1 doll. 30c. to 1 d011.70c.
Medium Cloths-120 l -:ees placed at 1 doll. 80e. to
2 doil6. 60c.

Long Ells have declined. We quote scarlet, 9 dolls. 70c.
.10 9 dolls. 05c.; assorted, 8 to 8 dolls. 20c. The
lialea have been 1,000 pieces of the former, and 1,500 of the
latter.

Camlets—Nothing; doing—prices nominal at 20 dolls. to
22 doll. 50 c. for English, and 22 dolls, to 25 dolls. for Dutch.
• Lastings-14 dolls. 50c. to 19 dolls.
Mmbazettes-11 dolls. 50c. to 13 dolls'. 25c.
Metals—lron—We quote nailrod and hoop, 4 dolls. 70c. to
5 dolls.; bar, 3 dolls. 30c. to 3 dolls. 40c. Lead is worth
7 dolls. to 7 dolls. 10c. Tin plates, 8 dolls. 25c. to 8 dolls. 50c.
Steel, 6 dolls.

Ginseng—Crude, 60 dolls. to 85 dolls.; clarified, 125 dolls.
to 150 dolls.

Cochineal—Large stock—nominal at 160 dolls. for Java,
arid 170 dolls. tor Mexican.

Betel Nut—Sales of the month 3,000 pictils, at 2 dolls.
50c. to 3 dolls. Stock large, and prices declining.
Rattans—Sales trifling, imports heavy, price declining—
Banjarmassing, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 30c. ; Straits, 2 dolls. 80c.
to 3 dolls. 20c. ; water, 2 dulls. 40c. to 2 dolls. 80c.
Pepper-400 piculs have been sold at 5 dolls. 40c. to '5
dolls. 80c. The article is saleable.
Putchuck-6 dolls. 50c. to 8 dolls.
Cutely 2 dolls. 80c. to 3 dolls. 60c.
Sandal-wood—There have been heavy imports,. but pi ices
remain steady. Malabar, 12 dolls. to 13 dolls. 50c.; South
Seas, 5 dolls. to 8 dolk. 50c.

Rice is unprecedentedly low--say Arracan, 80c.; Manilla,
and Java, 1 doll. 10e.

Opium—Malwa 750 dolls., stock small. Bengal drug--
Patna was steady at 560 dolls., and upwards, until the
steamer's news advised the heavy coming supply, when
prices declined materially. To-day's rates are—Patna', 502
dolls. 50c. ; Benares, 490 dolls., with more sellers than
buyers. Turkey, 410 dolls.

EXPORTS.
Teas—The market for Congous was exceedingly dull, until
the arrival of the steamer, since which time some reaction
has taken place, and 60 chops are reported as settled at
rather above the current rates of last month. This may be
owing to the continued improvement in the English market,
combined with the number of vessels in this port now wait-
ing dispatch. The quantity of chops estimated as left is
about 100, two-thirds being Hohows and Moning kinds, the
balance Kai-saou and Sinchukyes descriptions. Quotations
are for blackish leaf and Moiling sorts at 15 to 20 taels ; Ho-
hows, 15 to 18; Kai-saous and Sinchukyes, at 13 to 17. Of
old teas 11 chops taken at 9 to 12 taels; 14 or 15 remain.
Souchong, 7 chops settled at 24 to 40 taels-15 yet unsold.
Flowery Pekoe, 2,000 packages sold at 31 to 52 taels; stock
5,000. Scented tem—sales of 2,000 packages orange pekoe
at 18 to 23 for fair common ; good to superior at 28 to 32;
fine and curious at 38 to 42. Caper, 3,000 ten .catty boxes
from 20 to 24 taels. Plain orange pekoe and caper, 500
half-chests of the former taken fOr America at 14% taels.
Of the latter one chop of 850 ten-catty boxes has been
brought to market, for which 13 taels is asked. In
Ning Yongs, Sic, the market keeps pretty firm, though in
some instances.rather easier terms have been submitted to;
and as the season advances there seems but little dolt that
the teamen will accept lover prices. A full supply, it is
thought will come forward. The quantity sold this month
is 10,000 packages. Ankoies are qouted 12 to 13 taels. Ning
Yong, and Kohue teas 16y2 to 23 taels; and for the good de-
scription of Oolongs 40 taels and upwards is required. The
stock of all kinds, 9,000 packages.
Greens—The only transactions have been in Canton teas,
chiefly gunpowder—say 2,000 packages at 18 to 24 tub.
Musters of one small chop of the new Taeping have been sent
in. Moyune and Yonnings will soon follow.
Raw Silk—The present stocks , are—of Tsatlee about 200
bales, held at 306 dolls. for old and 500 dolls. for new; Tay-
saam, 60 bales, held at 330 dolls. The prices of Canton have
advanced in consequence of a partial failure of the crop. We
quote No. 1, 295 dolls.; No. 2, 280 dolls. ; No. 3, 255 dolls.
Sugar—Soft No. 1, 5 dolls. 25c. down to 4 dolls. 25c. for
No. 3. Chinchew sugarcandy, 6 dolls. 50c. to 7 dolls. 80c.
In other exports nothing done.
Exchange—On London, little doing. A few good bills at
six months' sight have been disposed of at 4s. ld. to 4s. 2d.
On India, Company's accepted,'2l3 to 214:
Gold, 24 dolls. 95c. Sycee, 8 per cent.
Freights--To London, ships abundant at 41. To Bombay,
30c. per picul for dead weight.

.every effort ha 3 been. made since my essunaption of the
government, to restr:et the expnditure within the

narrost p!)ssible limits. The surplus revenue aceuinu-
laC:d hi more prosperous periods has at length Leonie

y to find, as will appear from a
.d before you,. that the revenue
the current year has exceeded
the exnenditere for the same period by the earn of
14.5941. 12s 9,1. But, heavy expenses will have been in-
curred on account of the military Operatiom since that
period; arm it will be obvious to you that means must
be found, by a rigid curtailment of outlay on the one
hand, and by the most cautious efforts to improve our
revenue on tie other, so as to adjust our finances that
the proper equilibrium may be constantly maiatcd be-
te eon the income and the expenditure of the colony.
Upon this subject cotemunications will shortly be sub-
mitted to you; and I in happy to be able to announce
to you that it is the direction of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, that the entire expenditure of the Colony, fixed
as well an contingent, shall be brought under the review.
of. the Legislative Council.
The depression under which the Colony is at present
suffering in common with other parts of the world, will I
trust gredeally give place to inure cheering prospects.
I can perceive no ;;round fur despoadency.
The abolition of tha export duties will afford some
relief to the Agricultural and Commercial interests,
although at a sacrifice to the public revenue ;
and I feel confident that when the temporary depres-
sion shall have passed away, the prospects of the plant-
ing interests generally will revive, and that new sours 2s
of industry and advancement will be developed.
I trust that no effurte wili be wanting to secure the
lasting peace and tranquillity of the country, so essen-
tial to the welfare and prosperity of the people.
I confidently rely upon your loyalty, and your
anxious desire to co-operate with me at all times in the
adoption of such sound and wholesome measures as will
be calculated, under the blessing of Providence, to se-
cure the happiness and contentment of all classes of the
inhabitants.

It is however consolatol
statement which will be la
for tho first six months of

HONG-KONG.
Oriental Bank Rates of Exchange—On England, six
months' sight, 3s. 1 tfd.
_

On-Calcutta ind Bombay, 60 days' sight, 216.
• • 30 ~ 215.
SH ~ANGHAE MARKET, SEPT.. 6.
IMPORTS.
British Shirtings—Since the Ist ult. the sales have been
about 50,000 to 60,000 pieces grey, and 20,000 to 25,000
pieces white. Their present value is
,2 dolls. 70c. to 2 dolls.
85c. for 6 to 7i catty gieys, and 2 dolls. 85c. to 2 dolls. 95c.
for good to best white.
American Goods—Of drillings 6,000 pieces of 40 yards
goods have been sold this month at 2 dolls. 95c. to 3 dolls. ;
30 yards goods are quoted at 2 dolls. 15c. to 2 dolls. 20c.
Stocks heavy. Sheetings have been sold, about 15,000
pieces at 2 dolls. 90c. for light goods, and 3 dolls. 10c. to
3 dolls. 20c. for the heavy sorts. The demand is fully sup-
plied for the present.
Cotton yarn has been sold lately to some extent, it being
used with silk for manufacture of a fabric for native uses.
Nos. 18 to 26 have brought 32 dolls. to 33 dclls.
Woollens—Long Ells—ln l
imited demand at 10 dlls.
50c. for scarlet, and 7 dolls. for assorted. Sales of about
600 pieces scarlet are reported at our quotation.
Camlets-471 pieces sold at 20 dolls. 50c., which is their
present value.
Metals—Iron—No sales, dull at 3 dolls. 40c. Lead-
-600 piculs sold ; present quotation 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 10c.
Tin—Banca, 21 dolls. ; Straits, 18 dolls.
Sapan-wood—Sales of 4,000 piculs. Straight sticks are
worth 2 dolls. 40c. per picul.
Sandal-wood—South Sea Island good, 7 dolls; ordinary,
4 dolls. to 5 dolls. per picul.
Rattans-340 dolls. to 400 dolls. for common to best.
Sugar—Canton is worth 2 dolls. 90c. •, Amoy, 2 dolls. GOc.;
Manilla Zebu, 2 dolls. 70c.; and Taal, 2 dolls. 20c.
Pepper—Sales of 350 piculs of black at 5 dolls. 40c. per
picul.

The address of the Council in answer was a mere
echo of the speech.

A Bill of Indemnity for the Governor, and all act-
ing under his authority, for certain acts done during
the existence of martial-law, was read a first time,
and there was no doubt but that it would be carried.
Martial-law ceased on the 10th October.
The financial statement of the colony for 1848
showed an excess of revenue over expenditure of
14,594/. 12s. 94d.
There were great complaints for the want of la-
bourers.

Opium—There has been a large business done during the
past month. 111alwa, which was as low as 700 dolls. rose
rapidly to 770 dolls. and 760 dolls., at which it has lat-
terly remained steady. Patna has been at 610 dolls.
to 640 dolls. till the past week which has brought a
decline, and 550 dolls. to 560 dolls. is now the current price.
The import has been about 2,000 chests of all kinds, and the
clearances rather more than that, so that the stocks are re-
duced somewhat from our last month's statement.

EXPORTS.
Teas—About 30 chops of Conlon have been settled at 19
to 22 tads for the best of the Monings, 13 to 17 taels for
Hollows, and 10 to 12 taels for Sinchukyes. The teas re.
maining are mostly of the common descriptions; about 50
chops in market. About 6,000 packages green teas have ar-
rived, mostly Typing and common Singlo. Some purchases
have been made for the English market at 46 to 54 taels for
fine :Gunpowder, 26 taels for Imperials, and 35 taels for
superior Young Hysons of the Twankay kinds; 24 to 26 taels
for fair Singlo Gunpowders. For the American market no-
thing has yet been done.
Raw Silk—No new contracts are reported. About 800
bales purchased in the interior go forward per Sea Witch to
London. Accounts of a short crop are confirmed, and holders
continue firm in their demands for high prices.
EXCIIANGE.—On England, nominal at 4s. 3d. to 4s, 4d.
FREIGHTS.—To England, nominal at 41. 10s. Ships would
load a full cargo gladly at less.

LA'►i% INTELLIGENCE.
BAIL COURT, IVov. 18.
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)

COCHRA.NE V. PROUT.
This was an action brought by the late candidate for
Westminster against the defendant, for a libel arising
cut of the proceedings at the last election.
Mr. WoanswoliTs having made the application, the
rule for judgment, as in the case of a nousuit for not
proceeding to trial, was made absolute.
THE QUEEN V. THE JUDGES OF THE PALACE COURT,
WESTMINSTER.
Mr. PULLING was instructed to apply for a rule calling
upon the Judges of the Palace Court, Westminster, to
show cause why a mandamus should not issue command-
ing them to admit a Mr. Philip Jacquet, an attorney of
this court, to cractise in the Palace Court, pursuant to
the statute of the 6th and 7th Viet., c. 73, sec. 27. .
Mr. Justice PATTESON asked whether there was a
roll in the Palace Court?
Mr. PULLING said there was. The section of the Act
referred to would be familiar to his Lordship, as it had
come before the Court i❑ the case of "The Queen v. the
Lord Mayor's Court."
Mr. Justice PATTESON was aware that the question
had been discussed in that case.

Mr. PULLING said that the 17th section enacted that
every person who had been admitted i❑ one of the supe-
rior courts at Westminster should be considered as en-
titled to be 'admitted as an attorney in any of the said
courts, or in any of the inferior courts, and should there-
upon be entitled to practise as an attorney in like manner
as if he had been sworn in and admitted as an attorney
of that particular court.
Mr. Justice PATTESON having been informed that an
affilavit had been sworn that the application had been
made to the court in queation, and had been refused,
sai l that it was a very important point to be settled, and
the rule should be granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARY LEBOIVE.
THREATENING TO SHOOT.—SERIOUS AFFAIIL—Just
before the closing of the court, Charles Day Berry, a
private in the Coldstream Guards, was brought up on a
warrant which had been placed in the hands of Cameron
the officer, who was directed to execute the same in•
atantly, charging him with the serious offence of having
threatened to shoot Jane Simpson, residing at 19 Queen's-
terrace, Bayswater. A letter, containing the threat, and
which complainant had received by post from defend-
ant (wtio was an illegitimate child of her mother), was
read by Mr. Philiips, the clerk; it was dated Nov. 17,
and set forth, that unless complainant consented to lend
him 11., and forwarded it to him on the next morning,
he would be the death of her, as he had a loaded pistol
ready for her, the contents of which he swore she should
haw. He would wait for her at Charing-cross Barracks
till about five o'clock, and not any longer, and in the
event of her nut complying with his request by that
time, he intended to call upon her and carry his threat
into efficr. The language in which his determination
was couched contained numerous oaths as to the nature
of his sanguinary intent, and it was quite apparant that
complainant had ample grounds for considering that her
life was in imminent danger.
The defendant said, that the only object he had in
view when he penned the letter was that of obtaining a
portion of some money which he lent to complainant
when in the country.
Complainant said that such was not the case, and
that defendant was under an erroneous idea that he
was entitled to share some little property left by her
late father.

Mr. LoNo considered that complainant had just cause
for claimin,,,r, the protection of the law, and called
upon defendant to enter into his own recognizance in
50/., and to find two sureties in 25/. each, for his keep-
ing the peace for six months.

prepared with the sureties, he was locked up.

HAMMERSMITH.

THE LATE EXTENSIVE SEIZURES FOR CHURCII-RATES
AT NOTTING -HILL.— IMPORTANT CONVICTION.— Satur-
day been apuointed for the hearing of a summons
against Mr. Laing Johnstone, a broker, living in Church-
lane, Hammersmith, for having in a bill of costs deli-
vered to :Joseph Cook, hair-dresser, High-street, Not-
ting-hill, charged other and greater costs than by la*
allowed, for making a seizure for arrears of church-
rates, the court was from its opening crowded in
every part.

CEYLON.
We have received by the overland mail Ceylon
papers to the 16th October. At that period the
island was quite tranquil, the rebellion had been com-
pletely suppressed, the pretended King captured, and
several of the rebels had been tried and executed.
The Colombo Observer of the 23d September gives
the following:account of the capture of the pretender :
".Kandy, Sept. 22, Eight o'clock, P.M.
" The pretender was taken up yesterday, and we are
all on the qui vice to see him. Ho was taken up at Ma-
tello by six of Captain Watson's Riflemen—one of whom
he knocked down. A Kandian gave the information.
The • King' has made, I understand, a free and candid
canfession of the whole affair.
" The 'King' is said to have been formerly gardener
to Alwis Modliar—and we hear that he implicates all the
Kandian Headmen save six."

Mr. 'Parry, the barrister, attended to support the sum-
mons, and Mr. Kent, a solicitor, app,,ared on the part of
the deft ndant, who pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Parry said the summons had peen taken out
under the provisions of the statute of the 57th of George
cap. 93, by the second section of which it was en-
acted that no broker seizing for rent should charge any
other or greater costs or charges than are set dawn in
the schedule of that Act, or making any other charge
whatever for any Act, matter, or thing mentioned in
the said schedule and not really done. The Learned
Counsel stated the facts of the case, and contended that
the sixth section of the Act, which provided that the
bill of costs given in by a broker should be signed by
the broker himself, for the want of which the worthy
magistrate (Mr. Beadon) dismissed a previous case, did
not apply to the present case, inasmuch as the bill
handed by the defendant to his client bore on the back
of it the words ' From Mr. Johnstone," which, he con-
ten led, was equivalent to a signature.
The fact of the seizure of the complainant's goods
and of their sale having been established, evidence was
given of the account furnished by the defendant to the
complainant.

The Legislative Council was opened on the 2d of
October by the following speech from the Governor,
Lord Torrington :
Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,—
Since the close of the last session of the Legislative
Council, important events have occurred in this colony,
to which I desire briefly to call your attention.
You are always aware that in certain portions of the
Kandian districts, the evil designs of ambitious indivi-
duals taking advantage of the casual as well as traditional
influence of their position over an ignorant population,
have induced them to array themselves in open hostility
to the Government; actual encounters have taken place
place with her Majesty's forces, which have terminated,
as might be expected, in the entire defeat and dispersion
of the insurgents, and mu have convinced them of the
utter hopelessness of armed resistance to her Majesty's
authority.
It is satisfactory to me to be.able to announce to you,
that the individual who on this occasion was set up as
the Pretended King, has now been captured, and that
not only have many of his partizans and followers been
already brought to punishment, but important disclo-
sures hare been made which will I lupe suffice com-
pletely to establish the guilt of the originators of the late
conspiracy.
It is my earnest desire that the operation of martial-
law shall be terminated without delay ; for I have every
confld,nce that the energetic measures which have been
already successfully adopted, will suffice t) prevent any
renewal of the late treasonable attempts. _

After hearing a legal argument in reference to the
effet of the last-mentioned matter, Mr. Beadon, in giv-
ing his decision, observed that the defendant was sum-
moned for taking other and greater costs and chargi-,s
than those mentioned in the schedule of the Act. In
the defendant's account rendered to the complainant
Cook he found a charge of 2s. 61 for warehous,—roam,
but there was no such chargeallowed by thesehedule, and
he must therefore adjudge the defendant, under the 2d
section of the Act, to forfeit to the complainant 7s. 6d,
baing treble the amount of the charge improperly taken,
with the costs.

The money was immediately paid.
There are about twenty other cases depending on the
above decision.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

To the rapid and vigorous movements of her Majesty's
troops so ably conducted by the officers entrusted with
their command, and to the prompt declaration of mar-
tial law in the disturbed districts, must it be attributed,
that the actual insurrection was confined within very
narrow limits.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18.—The duties on grain and flour
are without any change this week. There was a limited
attendance of millers and dealers at our market yester-
day morning. The demand for wheat and flour was very
dull, and the prices of both were barely equal t those
paid on Tuesday. A parcel of Western Canal flour has
changed hands at 26i per barrel in bond. Oats and oat-
meal maintained late rates. Barley, beans, and peas
were each unchanged in value. There was a steady de-
tnand for Indian corn, and fully Tuesday's prices were
obtained. To-day there is scarcely anything passing in
the trade, and the prices of most articles have a down-
ward tendency. _ .

-That future doubts and difficulties may be avoided, a
Bill of Indemnity will bd laid before you, for all bona
fide acts done by the constituted authorities during the
existence of martial law. Papers connected with this
subject will be presented to you.
The slight and passing excitement which has been S. d. S. d. e. d. s. d.
raised in some other parts of the colony, arising from a Wheat, pern7t6elb :—. 8 3
to 8 6
Rye,
.. .. 4 6 to 4 9
per
Th4Both h ,
p. •r 0 0— 0 0
variety of causes and mis Apprehensions, will not I trust itoli.sh' wrcii .. .. 7 6 8 0 HeYiti' zis
be again renewed. lam persuad! d that the feelings of Irish, new .. .. 6 0— 7 3 imperial quartr 42 0— 44 0
..
the mess of the people will continue to be at all tim -
Do., old .. 7 6 7 10 Irish and Scotch,
peaceable and loyal.
e' Dantsic • • • . • • 8 4 - 8 9 per 4801 b • . • • 36 0— 37 0
Do., good mixed 8 0— 8 4 Foreign, duty pd. 30 0 31 0
lam happy to inform you, that of the twenty-four Lowerllaltic,whit.: 8 0— 8 6 European, per int-
ordinances which were passed during the last session, Do. AA.. 79 8 3 pedal quarter .. 3G 0—37 0
nineteen have already received her Majesty's confirms- American . • • 7 6 8 6 Peas, English, per
.. 7 6 8 6 imperial quartr 44 0— 46 0
tion. I shall have occasion to submit for your considera- CSpaaniallihan red and Foreign .. .. 44 0— 46 o
Lion, a fey slight amendments in the details of some of
these ordinances, which will I hope be calculated to i— . white.. 00— 0 0 Malt, English, per
.. ..
Tuscan and Bar- ' Imperial quartr 5G 0— 60 0
w letta, red .. • • 70 - 7 4 Do., Irish .. 60 0— 55 0
prove and facilitate the operation of them.
. • • • 7 2 7 6 o. brown ..
At a period of general commercial difficulty
through- Odessa, PMarlanopoliolish .. 7 7 7 8 Flo Dur, , EnOish, pr 45 0 • 58 0
out the world. Ceylon c.mbl scarcely escape the effects
Do., hard.. •• 6 0— 6 6 2801 b .. •• 40 0— 41 0
of an universal crisis. But it is gratifying to me to be tcr;gyptian .. 2. 5 0— 5 6 lurti;iltie,dextra Isne
e. .r 41 o. 44 0
able to state to you, that the net revenue of the year Entcsi,i gar
n4dslBl)co
ending 31st December, 1847, exceeded, that of 1846 by Welsh 2 9 3 @ Canadian .. .. 27 0-- 29 0
:-tcl.l 3 6 3 9 barrel .. I)
29 0 30 0
the sum of about 24,0001., which was in a great measure Irish, mew .. - . 2 9 3
60 Oati . g
& le ta I'
I E n.
411081hI; ?8 6 20 0
due to an increase in the receipts from customs. 27 0 27 6
the other hand the comparative expenditure for the
On 'Barley,no.
imperial quarter'P 36 0- 38 0 Do., old .. .23 0— 26 6 same period was in reality somewhat less in 1847 than Intli,n coin, per
'olld,n'li.sh •.r
3 4 3 Irish, nce'w'P'.. ..
Irish, Scotch, and
i',Tans, per 601 b.. 4 9 5 0 4801 b • • .. 33 6 35 6
in the previous year.
But notwithstanding the improved state of our finances MANCIIESTER, Nov. 18.—Increasing inactivity has
been ilpparent in. the flour trade throughout the week,
for the past year as einnoared with that of 1846, the
e
and in the little business which could ,e effected was
tact cannot be withheld from you, that the revenue of s
the year 1847 fell short of the expenditure within the '
necessary to submit to reduced rates. Oatmeal ha like-
same period by the sum
~ a t oug of about 58,0001 l h h Vise met a slow sale, but without material change in ,
value. At Liverpool and Runcorn, the, arrivals coast.
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