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independence; there is no reason to believe the Jammoo
chief more tyrannous or unpopular than his predeces•
sors, and no grounds for our sympathy with those who
have combined to resist his authority. With the sur-
render of the leaders there is every reason to expect
that the rebellion will be quickly brought to an end.
Matters have at length been finally, and apparently
satisfactorily, settled with the Moultan Chief, who has
agreed to peir 35,0001ein the shape of arrears of tribute
—one-third' of the territory formerly under his charge
to be formed into a separate province, to be governed by
Misr Bhugwen Singh. The revenue of the remaining
two-thirds was to be raised one-fourth above what was
formerly charged on it. The father of the present Chief
of Moultan, the sagacious Dewan Sawun Mull. was ori-
ginally a councillor at the court of Runjeet Singh, and
received the vice-royalty in consideration of his personal
services and the regard entertained for him by his sove-
reign. The revenue paid was fixed at a specified sum
for each particular district; and, though a man of much
authority and importance, he never had the slightest
claim to independence. Successive usurpations of pa-
tronage and authority by degrees increased the power of
the local government, until the disorders at Lahore, and
the weakness and dissensions of the Durbar, enabled the
Dewan Moolraj to brave them for a time with impunity.
He will by this time have reached his own cap;tal, ,r-
-really re-invested with authority, and with every ground
of jealousy and misunderstanding removed. The general
aspect of matters at Lahore is on the whole improving,
and there seems no reason to despair of the provisions
of the treaty of Umritsir being carried out.

transpired at the Dnrbar, which was held on the same
day, much to the displeasure of the Ameer, that the
younger brother of the Wuzeer, Shere Mahomed Khan,
had been frequently to pay him visits, and moreover that
the Wuzeer had received two letters by kassid from
Herat, the contents of which he had kept a profound
secret. Matters thus remained in stale quo up to the
date of our letters leaving Caubul."

porters during the month; the imports show the quanti-
ties entered at the Custom-house and actually landcd;
the deliveries, the quantities delivered from the pack-
houses to boats taking the cotton, &c., to the interior;
and the stock, that remains in the pack•houses, sold and
not sold.

Cotton Yarn—The demand for this article continues
good, and prices have rallied, especially for low numbers.
The heavy imports which caused apprehension some
months back hare been placed, and as the supply for some
time will be upon a moderate scale, the present quotations
are sure to be maintained. The imports of the month
are reported at 2,269 bales, the deliveries 1,435 bales,
and the stock r!maining 3,775 bales, against 1,825 last
year at the samo period. The present quotations long
are—Nos. 16 to 24, 28 dol. to 29 dol.; Nos. 26 to 32, 31
dol. to 32 dol.; Nos. 34 and 42, 33 dol. to 34 dol.
Long Cloths—Sales continue upon a very limited
scale, and the article continues much depressed. The
quotations long are—Grey 1 dol. 70c. for common, up to
2 dols. 60c. for heavy 72 reed; and whites 2dols. 30c. for
common, up to 3 dols. for the best.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Bombay Times.)
BOMBAY MARKET.
STATE OF THE MARKET.—BONDAY, NOY. 14.
The cotton piece-goods market continues without much
animation, but as holders appear disposed to move off
their stocks, the amount of business done during the
week, is fully equal to, if not larger than, what were-
ported in our last.
Yarns—There has been some inquiry for first quality
mule, and 85 bales, each 2001 b., have been sold at 6i as.
for No. 20, and 7,1 as. for No. 30. Common qualities are
rather dull, and we do not alter our former quotations.
Saffrons-2001bs. of best quality have been sold at 18i
rs. per lb., and 401 b. of inferior at 12 rs.
Metals—The market continues quiet. We have but
one sale to report-35 cwt. of tile copper at 3lit rs.
Cochineal is in good demand. We hear that 3i rs.
per lb. for silver has been refused.
Beer—Allsopp's is in good request. We have to re-
port a further sale of 33 hhds. at 66 rs. Of Bass' we
have heard of a sale of 6,000 dozen, Bombay bottled, at
21 rs. per dozen quarts.
Cotton—The market has been very active, and prices
have further adviriced. There have been several pur-
chases made for both England and China, viz.:—
Bales. Rupees.
1,500 Broach and Jumboseer
125 Ditto
300 Ditto (all round)
200 IThollera 721
2
500 Ditto
100 Ditto (best quality) 76 to 761
200 Candies Mangarole, with all faults..... 54
200 Compta
200 Ditto
175 Mawah, with all faults 70 to 71
The following are the quotations of the day :—Broach
and Jumboseer, 81 to 82 rs.; Surat, 83 to 84 rs.; Dhol-
lerah and Bownuggur, 74 to 77 rs.; Compta, 60 to 70 rs.;
Mangarole, 64 to 65 rs.
Freight—We have heard of engagements for Liver-
pool at 31. 15s. to 31. 17s. 6d.; the latter rate has been
paid for a going vessel. To China the rate has ad-
vanced to 12s. rs. per candy, which is freely offered. As
yet no vessel has accepted this rate; we look, therefore,
for further advance.
Exchange—During the week large transactions have
taken place at 2s per rupee, six months' sight, in the
first-class China paper. There is yet a large quantity
in the market, and bills are now freely offered at 2s.
1-161—Bombay Times, Nov. 14.
CALCUTTA.
EXCllANGE.—Notwithstanding the heavy remittances
received from home by drafts on the Treasury during the
month of Oetober (about Company's rupees 7,500,000),
exchange has continued steady at from Is. 11d. to Is.
110. at ten months' date, and is. 102 d. to ls. I Ild. at
six months' sight. Operations for the present opportu-
nity have, however, as yet been moderate, neither draw-
ers nor buyers showing much anxiety to operate at cur-
rent rates.
MONEY MARKET.—We have no change to notice in
the position of our Money Market within the past fort-
night; neither in the value of Government securities or
Bank stock .

American Goods—Owing to the high rates ruling in
the north, holders have manifested much firmness. The
stocks appear light, and there is a considerable degree of
confidence existing in the article. The quotations long
are—Drills 40 yards, 3 dols. 30c. to 3 dols. 40c., aid
domestics 40 yards, 2 dols. 50c. to 2 dols. 75c.
Long Ells have fluctuated consi,terably, and the sales
9 dols.; purple, 8 dols. 90c.; mazarine blue, 8 doh.. 10c.;
yellow, 7 dols. 80c.; black and green, 7 duls. 50c.; light
blue, 7 dols. 30c.; ash, 6 dols. 40c.

AFFGHANISTAN.
If ever nation received a lesson on the calamitous con-
sequences of the indulgence of ill-regulated avarice and
uncontrolled ambition, England has been taught one not
to be forgotten by her conduct towards the countries
bordering on the Indus. On the affairs of Sinde it is
not at present our purpose to enter. The hopes of reap-
ing a harvest of wealth from the opening of the Indus—
the dreams of annual fairs at Shikapore, whither all the
traders of the East were to resort—have soiled the pages
of our annals with the blackest stain that can disgrace
the history of any country, and saddled us with a peren-
nial outlay exceeding the revenue of a German principa-
lity. Neither need we revert to the more immediate and
frightful consequences of our advance beyond the passes,
for the fanciful purpose of improving our frontier, and
increasing our traffic, written as these are in characters
of blood and fire, a warning to all future generations.
The present state of Western Affghanistan supplies us
matter for melancholy reflection—on the disorganisation
occasioned by our unprincipled and insane interference
with the internal affairs of countries which concerned
us not. We found a sovereign at Caubul who bore
the character of one of the most vigorous, discreet,
and wise rulers in Central Asia. Under him corn.
merce flourished, and traders were comparatively
safe; justice was administered with an even-handed
impartiality not known in any of the countries
around ; and if the administration of the Ameer from
1830—when he became known to us—till 1638, when
we resolved to dethrone him, would bear no comparison
with that of the more enlightened nations of the West-
ern world, there were few in the East to which the most
favourable contrast was not supplied by it. The whole
of the mechanism by which these ends were compassed,
was by us broken to pieces, and though it could hardly
have been imagined that the restoration of the Ameer
would have brought matters again to the position in
which we found them, the even-handedness with which
justice has presented the poisoned chalice to our lips
almost exceeds the ordinary boundaries of immediate
retribution. The armies which left their bones in the
dark defiles and snows around Caubul were sent there
to open up or maintain the channels of commerce at the
bayonet point. Nut only were these at the time closed
behind us by the perturbations we occasioned, but the
stream seems destined long to be in a great measure
dammed up. Traders complain that at no time within
the present century have they been so annoyed and
assailed; and to move a kafila to Caubul in safety
seems next to an impossibility. It was the boast of
Mr. Secretary Torrens that between the years 1838
and 1841 our trade with Affghanistan, through the line
of our north-west frontier, rose from seven to thirty-
eight lacs' worth of goods annually; from the former to
the latter, we raised it chiefly in commissariat stores for
the supply of our own troops. Of the million sterling
worth of goods imported by the five various routes enu-
merated by Masson—forty-five lacs' worth being Le-
lieved to be drawn from British India—how much is at
this present moment purchased from us ? Does five—
does one—lac worth of British produce pass the fron-
tier for consumption beyond the passes ? We not only
lost our character, destroyed an army, and flung seven-
teen millions of money away, but the very object for
which all this expenditure was incurred has been frus-
trated, and our commerce with the countries beyond the
Indus has been extinguished. We take the fellowing
extracts from the Delhi Gazette of the 31st October :
" Our latest correspondence from Caubul extends to the
24th August, beginning on the 10th of that month,
where our former letters broke off with an account of a
feud, renewed for the twentieth time, having broken
out between the Ameer and his hopeful son, shortly
after the celebration of the marriage of the Wuzeer to
the eaughter of Yar Mahomed of lierat. On the 10th,
the merchants trading to the East again presented them-
selves in a body at the Durbar to pray that some mea-
sure., might be adopted for securing the safety of gods
coming up the passes. They now complained that no less
than 80 loads had been stolen from one kafila by the
Ghilzaies, in the neighbourhood of Gundamuck, and stated
that if their goods were thus to be exposed to plender they
must seek some other place of abode, saying that even in
the troubled days of Nadir Shah the trade of the country
was considered of sufficient importance to command the
attention of the local Government, which extended its
protection by empl-ying a select body of Arabs to
accompany the katiias backwards and forwards through
the passes. The Ameer replied that if they would only
have patience, he would send troops to repress the evil-
disposed amongst the Ghtizeies, when all should be
sett.ed to their satisfaction. '1 lit- Ameer, full of grief at
the present state of affairs, went on the following day
(the 11th August) to the tomb of Asghan Arefan. with
only two attendants, and spent the whole morning in
prayer ; on his return, he went direct to the private
apartments, refusing,to receive any of the Chiefs at
Durbar. Our correspondent says on this, that the pros-
pects of this part of Afigheniqan never could have been
worse Phan at the present time. 4An important rule
with a true Wuzeer, a starving soldiery, and the mer-
ehants ruined by the plunder of their kafilas.' On the
12th, a Durbar was held, at which Sirdar Osman Khan
reported the receipt of a letter, stating that the inhabi-
tants of Jellalabad were in such fear of an attack from
the Ghilzaies, that they were removing their property to
the different forts in the neighbourhood. A letter was
thereupon addressed to Ilurdan, the Deputy Governor,
commanding him to assure the people that they seed he
under no apprehension, as troops would speedily be
sent to put down the Ghilzaies. At a private council
held en the 14th of the month, to consider the
affairs of the Ghilzaies, Meer Ilajee Saheb and Hafizjee
having been summoned, produced a letter from Azeez
Khan, tie chief of that tribe, which they had lately re-
ceived, in which it was stated that peace should not and
could not be restored in his country unless Mousseh
Khan, Barulazaie, were delivered up to him by the
Wuzeer, with the view of his being put to death, in
estisfaction of the murder of Meer Afzul Khan of 1; arida-
,muck. The Ameer objected to this that Mousseh Khan
was one of his own tribe, and that tlibe being the ruling
one in the country, it surely could not he expected that
he would be given up in satisfaction of the death of a
mere Zumeenda,r of an inferior tribe. The priests both
replied that the law of their religion was explicit on
the subject, and it was to use adducing local customs
against the laws of the Prophet. The Ameer was
silent. It was then asked, why with such a difficulty
in the immediate neighbourhoed of Caubul, a large
body of men hteLbeen sent over to Toorhistan, and
sug-'ested that these should be recalled and ordered
against the Ghilzaies. There appealing some objection to
this plan, it was determined that troops, with a sufficient
complement of guns, should be at once ordered from
Caubul, and the necessary orders were given accordingly.
A rumour having, on the 15th, been spread in the Dur-
bar that the British troops had arrived in Peshawar,
liTawab Jubbar Khan said it was no such thing, but that
the rumour originated in the fact of some Seikh troops
having reached Peshay.vur, commanded by a Feringhee
of the name of John Holmes, whom he knew well, and
who had been many years in the Lahore service. 4ln
this manner,' said the Nawab, ' many equally unfounded
rumours get abroad, and are believed.' On the 16th a
deputation was sent by the Ameer to the Wuzeer, to
learn his intentions in the present state of affairs. On
the 17th a kassid arrived from the east, who told the
Ameer in the Durbar that it was with the utmost diffi-
culty he had been able to make his way through the
passes, the same being occupied in every direction by
the Glii!zsirs. On tl e following day the deputation to
the Wuzeer stated that they had been daily in attendance
at the house of NI ohorned LTkbar Khan, but that such
was at present the state of his eyes, that he had been un-
able to receive them. The Ameer then deputed Meer Ha-
jee, Ghoolam Mahorned, Khan Shereen Khan, and Meerza
Ab-dool Summeh Khan, to visit the Wuzeer, and sec what
they would do with him, a-, so long as he absented himself
from the Durbar, matters must continue in their present
state of confusion. The Ameer took the opportunity
of expressing his displeasure at the conduct of those
who were fomenting the feud between him and his son,
adding that he would have their noses cut off if they
continued their malpractices. The chiefs present said it
would be more fit he should at present name the persons
he alluded to, as they were severally ignorant who was
meant, but the Ameer gave no explanation. On the
19th a letter arrived from Meer Attalik Beg (son of
Meer Mimed Bt-g, of Koondooz,) and other chiefs of
Toorkistan, who had not heard of the dispatch of the
troops to their assistance, complaining of the long
detention of their Vakeel, and the delays which had
occurred in answering their application, and
Saying that those only were friends who were
so in the time of need and trouble. On the
20th August, a letter was received from the Deputy
Governor of Jellalabad, stating that lie had used his
best endeavours to infuse confidence into the minds of
tobfe tliee smalloplebut with little success, in consequence of some
forts having already been attacked by the
Ghilatti a, Torebas Khan wrote at same time to
that the insurrection of the GhilzaiesLhadinduceesf ;ay
people of Kama and other places to rise and_ plunder
everybody and everythin within their reach.
There letters annoyed theg.&meoetneringthat he broke
up the Durbar and withdrew to his much,private apartments.
On the 21st, the deputation abed
reported
that the Wuzeer had also refuserlmoeaneetiethdee, on the
continued plea that his eyes were so painful to him that
o
he could not hold any conversation with any ne Ameer thereupon sent a confidential
oslavtehetow- use his. beste
endeavour to find out the real state f
long consnitatfon,'of six hours duration, was then helAd
with the chief men of the place, but the nature of the
discussion did not become public. On the 22d the Ameer
went himself to make inquiries respecting his son's
health, but does not appear to have been admitted. It

Spanish Stripes—Are very unsteady and difficult.
Those reported are upon a small scale. The following
are the quotations long for household goods:—Scarlet 9
dols. 90c. ; brown move. The sales reported are upon
a moderate scale, and the stock in second hands seems
heavY. The quotation long for assortments is 1 del.
25c. to 1 dol. 35c., the respective prices of each colour
being—purple, 1 dol. 40c. to 1 dol. 45c.; scarlet, 1 dol.
40c.; mazarine blue, 1 dol. 30c.; gentionella, 1 dol. 20e.;
black, 1 dol. 10c. to :I.dol. 15c.; brown, 1 dol. ; light
blue, 95c.; green, 85c.; yellow, 80c.; ash, 65c.
Camlets—Although this is the best season the demand
continues very slack. A small sale of English is re-
ported at 22 dolls. 50c. long. 500 Dutch pieces have
also been placed at 25 dolls. to 27 dolls. 50c , and a few
pieces broad at 33 dolls.

Lead—Has declined to 5 dolls. 25c. long.
Iron—Has advanced. Sales are reported of nailrod at
3 dolls. 20c. to 3 dolls. 50c. long., of hoop at 3 dolls., of
bar and bolt at 3 dolls. 20c. to 3 dolls. 40c., and of wire
at 4 dolls. to 5 dolls.

Tin Plates continue saleable at 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50e.
Betel Nut continues extremely dull. A few sales have
been made of new at 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 20c. long; but as
that rate cannot now be obtained, it is clear that it has
been overheld. Still the dealers are short of stock, and
the quantity held by importers is not short.
Rattans—A considerable quantity have been placed
during the month, at the following rates long, which
exhibit an improvement:—Banjarmassing, 3 dolls. to
3 dolls. 25c. ; Straits. 2 dolls. 75c. to 3 dolls. ; N ater,
1 doll. 80c. to 2 dolls. 20e.

Putchuck very dull, at 6 dolls. soc. long.
Cloves have receded to 25 dolls.
Cochineal has advanced to 300 dolls.
Rice has advanced, owing to the want of rain haring
caused a deficient crop. Arracan is 1 doll. 40c.; Manilla
and Java, 1 doll. 75c. to 1 doll. 90c.
Opium—Malwa remains very dull, and the stock con-
tinues to accumulate. The rates are nearly nominal,
and holders appear content with what they can get ;
620 dolls. is the highest quotation for the bee. Patna
has been governed entirely by speculation, and the
legitimate demand has been small. The demand has
been principally at three weeks, and snch was the extent
to which speculation was carried that an unlimited
quantity could be disposed of. The cash demand was
very small, and the price was ruled entirely by the rate
at three weeks, ranging 10 dolls. to 15 dolls. below it.
The rate for Patna at three weeks was run up to 690
dolls. During the last few days, these three weeks'
bargains have become due, and the buyers are unable
to clear. Confidence is paralysed, and as more bargains
fall due daily, it seems as if repudiation were to be the
order of the day. The legitimate demand is quite
swamped by this excitement, and cannot be expected to
appear until it has subsided. It is hard to determine the
cash price of this day, because no one durst fore? the
market, but we question if 630 dolls. cash could be got
for any quantity. Benares and old Patna are nut in-
quired for. Turkey remains' steady at 490 dolls.

CHINA.
THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT MACAO.
(From the Boletim do Governo.)
In consequence of the repeated complaints of robberies
perpetrated in the Chinese fast-boats which run between
Macao, Canton, and Hong-Kong, without any possibility
of discovering the perpetrators, because of our defective
information on the subject of those vessels and the people
employed in them, who have not the best character, and
are believed to belong in a great measure to the band of
pirates which has committed so many depredations in
this neighbourhood, the Governor in Council for Chinese
affairs bad resolved to impose a tax upon these boats,
obliging them to be registered in the procurador's office,
and not admitting them into the port without a num-
bered ticket, which should be renewed every mouth, upon
payment of one dollar, to be appropriated to the repair
and preservation of the public wharf of Tarrafeiro, which
is set apart for the mooring of the fast-boats, for the
facility of registration, as well as the greater convenience
of the public, who have only to proceed there when they
desire to employ any elle.
The edict having been published to that effect, the
proprietors of the fast boats, more especially those termed
headmen, refused to yield it due obedience, and in con-
sequence three of them were detained, having attempted
to leave on the 3d instant without complying with the
law. Upon this the others who had prepared to leave
retrained, and having collected a band of robbers, about
1,500 in number, the greater part or nearly all being
vagabonds from Canton and neighbouring places, and
hanng disguised themselves, entered the river by the
passage of Pac-san, and having disembarked on the Bth
at six P.m., placed themselves with three guns in the
Tarrafeiro ; it was their plan to get possession of this
place and the Custom house, and these points with the
whole line of the bazaar being secured, to deliver the
city up to pillage. But the Governor being informed
of all, had caused these points to be garrisoned, and
had employed all convenient measures to repel any at
tack. As soon as it was known on the morning of
Thursday that the robbers were on shore, the Governor
sent a eicquet of forty men in command of Lieutenant
Julio, who, placing himself at the head of the
street commonly called Jcz4 Lopes, opposed the ad-
vance of the robbers, who already were entering the
city by that street. Shortly after that he was rein-
forced by another picquet and a piece of ordnance under
the command of First Lieutenant Placido, and the rob-
bers were soon dislodged from Tarrafeiro, all running
towards the fast-boats. Being there attacked by an
other force which had marched up by the street of the
bazaar, commanded by Second Lieutenant Fidellis, and
surrounded on all sides, they retired in disorder on board
the fast-boats, by which they attempted to effect the it
flight. In this they were prevented by the Government
schooner and some Macao lorchas. Mr. John Smith's
schooner Alpha, and the lorcha Canton, belonging to
Messrs. Dent and Co., promptly offered their service to
the Governor.
In little more than five hours the robbers were com-
p'e,ely routed, tea of the fast-boats burned, eight run
ashore, and many others sunk and otherwise destroyed.
The destructive and well-directed fire of grape, and the
incessant discharges of musketry, must have caused
great destruction in their ranks, what with those who
tell under the dit.charge from our guns, and others who
were drowned in their flight. Our force returned with
out having suffered the least accident, not even
one wounded. This is due above all to the
good order and discipline which was main-
tained during the firing, from which so much
credit redounds to the small but brave battalion of
Macao. The conduct of this corps on the present occa-
sion entitles them to all praise, and confirms the good
name and the confidence which they have gained by
their subordination and loyalty. Net less honourable
were the proceedings of the inhabitants of Macao on this
occasion : as soon at they knew that the city was in
peril, all ran to assist their brethren in arms in the de-
fence of the place. The pleasure and readiness with
which they presented themselves, the promptitude with
which they obeyed the orders, and, finally, the alacrity
with which they executed them, convinced all of their
perfect patriotism and of their self-dedication to the
public good, as well as of the loyalty of the inhabitants
of this more than ever loyal city of Macao. Imprudent
and ill-advised acts, and also indecorous to the chief
authorities of the place, perpetrated to the detriment of
Cie good name of the good Macaenses, would have pre-
judiced them in the opinion of the Governor ; but the
honourable and loyal manner in which they offered them-
selves to the support of the authority of the Governor,
and of the national dignity and honour, entitles them to
his greatest esteem, and to the entire confidence which
is this day reposed in them by the chief authorities of
the place, who will not lose a moment in expressing it,
and in manifesting to them the complete satisfaction
which they have felt on this occasion.
So complete was the rout of the Chinese that in the
night of the same day perfect quiet and tranquillity
were restored in all the city, which has not since been
disturbed; and it is not to be believed that it will be
again, after the severe lesson which has been given to
the rebels, and the beneficial terror struck into the
Chinese in general by the superiority of our arms and
the decisive conduct of the Governor. The bazaar, which
was closed on Thursday, was opened on the morning of
the following day, in consequence of an edict of the Go-
vernor, which the Chinese promptly obeyed, as well as
the various other orders emanating from his Excellency;
and up to this day the supply of provisions for the
city has not been interrupted, which, and all other
matters, continue as before, as though nothing had hap-
pened,
His Excellency the Governor, not being able at the
commencement of the troubles to anticipate all the
results, and desirous of employing every means to
protect the life and property of the inhabitants of the
place, in case of some unforeseen disaster, sent,
without loss of time, to the Governor of the colony
of Hong-Kong, soliciting a vessel of war, whese
might serve for a secure asylum, as well
for
subjects of her Majesty as for the strangers he L'a
dent, when need should be. To this end was esi-
at ten A.M. the cutter of Mr. P. S. Forbes en of the
ts'eatched,
United States (which was cheerfully plldoe'd a t
the dis-
411sul
posal of the Governor), with the offir:l.l.
Excellency to the Governor of Heee.g dispatches of his
quence the war steamer Vulture
Kong. In conse-
over to Macao. It arrivee. her- was immediately sent
and remained etntil the foP
r-e
at seven e.se. of Friday,
E.
for Hong- Ju at twee 0 Monday, when it ler
g
'clock ineowing
the afternoon.

CANTON MARKET, OCT. 26.
IMPORTS.
rsatoll Owing to the want of rain interfering with
.ne water carriage, and to the great scarcity of money,
this staple has somewhat receded, notwithstanding the
smallness of the stocks. The net quotations are-5 taels
to 6.3 tor Bombay; fine Banda, 7.4; and Tinnivelly, 5
to 7 taels. It should be rt marked that there is little or
no fine Bombay at market, and the best would command
some mace more than the above quotation. The follow-
jog is the statement of imports, stocks, and deliveries for
the month ending 30th instant:—

Stock sam
Imported. Dd period 1845. e Bombay, bales 24,000 15,022 58,355 64,466
Bengal, „ 1,791 2,392 6,493 Madras, „ 5,547 4,326 6,389 12. 1,508
170
America, „ none none 475 1,397

Total

.a 1 ... 30,
ame 33 21,739 71712 79,
Tho stock at periods of 1844 was,
150,027. 541
N.B. This report has no reference to the sales by irn.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1846.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

- - -
BRISTOL AND POOLE LTA R BOUR RAILWAY.
(From the Poole Herald of Saturday.)
On Monday last, a public metainie of the inhabitants
of Poole, called by requisition, which document received
82 signatures, was held in the Town Hall, for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the proposed Bristol
and Poole Harbour Reilway, and, on the event of a de-
claration in favour of the line, to determine on the step
to be adopted in furtherance of the scheme.
11.. M. ALDRIDGE, Esq., Under Sheriff, in the una-
voidable absence of the Sheriff, A. Adams, Esq., was
called to the chair, who, after reading the requisition,
observed that that document had been sinned by many
persons, and he hoped some of them were present I( ,r the
purpose of supporting the objects for which the meeting
had been called.
M. K. WEecer, Esq., observed, that perhaps as one
signing the requisition, in the absence of any of the pro-
moters of the undertaking, he might be allowed to make
a few observations. The meeting had been fixed to take
place on a very inconvenient day for the attendance of
parties from Bristol. He had heard that Mr. Goldney,
the mayor of that city, intended to be present, though he
had not arrived, and no doubt Monday, the day chosen,
had been found as great an obstacle to his leaving his
own toe n as it had been to others. Unfortu-
nately, also, Mr. Castleman, of Wimborne, one of the
secretaries pro tern., had written to say he could not be pre-
sent in consequence of the Corporation of that town
holding a meeting also upon the same day, at which that
gentleman had business, though Mr. Castleman stated
that one of the directors would be present. No director,
how, ver, had arrived. Having thus premised, he would
proceed to make a few observations on the scheme. He
was net aware whether the prospectuses of the company
had passed into the hands of all the gentlemen present,
and, therefore, it would be preferable, perhaps, to state
broadly the object of the undertaking. The Bristol and
Poole Harbour Railway Company were desirous of
opening a communication between the port of Poole, the
Bristol Channel, and the port of Bristol, passing from
Bristol through or near the important towns and villages
of Whitchurch, Pensford, Clutton, Shepton Mullett,
Bruton, Castle Cary, Wincanton, Stal bridge, Sturminster,
Newton, Shillingston, Stourpain, Blandford, Spettis-
bury, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne Minster, to
Poole Harbour, and terminating, as the map showed, at
the north-east part of the town, near the Fish Sham-
bles. Independently of the communication to the
west, this line, if completed, would create a communica-
tion with the north of England, as at Bristol, lines were
already in existence with the northern and eastern parts
of the kingdom. The distance to Bristol by the line
now before the meeting was calculated at 67 miles.
Ile did not, of course, think it necessary to go through
the whole prospectus, but he would observe the traffic
was considered large, and the convenience to the town
very great. With these few remarks he should call
on gentlemen present to make some suggestions on the
question.
G. LEDGARD, Esq., was of opinion that it would be
premature to support the line now before the town,
without its advantages being well pointed out, and
that the probabilities of its being carried to comple-
tion were also shown. The town should recollect that
the South-Western and the Great Western Companies
came in the neighbourhood, and both intended to reach
Blandford. Both these companies were powerful, and
if the inhabitants of Poole came to a resolution of sup-
porting the line from Poole Harbour to Bristol, the
opposition of both would be exerted against the scheme.
—(Hear.) He thought it, under these circumstances,
preferable to come to no conlusion upon the Bristol line
at present.
Mr. PYRE inquired if the Bristol line was intended to
communicate with other great lines at Bristol, or to ter-
minate there ?
Mr. Weecie replied that the line would join others,
namely, the Gloucester and other lines, which would
carry the traffic northwards.
Mr. PYKE was of opinion that the interest of Poole,
as respected railways, had not been sufficiently cared
for.—(Hear, hear.) The Southampton and Dorchester
line had fixed their terminus at Ham, and not in the
town of Poole. He thought by the position in which
Poole aas placed by the railway companies already in
their neighbourhood, the town should support an inde-
pendeet line. As one of the shippers of clay he should
wish a line by which clay could be carried by rail direct
to the Potteries where it was wanted, and he thought the
Bristol and Poole Harbour Company would be able to
do so by their line. The other day he had seen and
conversed with the celebrated George Stephenson, at
Birmingham, who had gone in that neighbourhood for
the establishment of potteries, and he had told him that
the manufacturers were enabled to carry by the rail
at the small expense of three halfpence a ton,
with the addition of half-a-farthing for the trucks.
Look, therefore, at the effect of a railway on the transit
of clay; the cost of freight of which by vessel to Bristol,
was 10s. a ton, and 10s, more in additional expenses.
Poole required a railway. He believed the town might
have been accommodated with a railway coming yid
Salisbury, had not a division of opinion taken place upon
the subject. He had no doubt that the line would have
been brought to Poole. Under these considerations,
though it appeared, no one of the promoters was present
to explain the good purposes of the line, he thought the
inhabitants of the town were, nevertheless, ,bound to
support it, and he had little doubt the project would
eventually be carried into beneficial effect.---(Applause.)
Mr. Paitaorr said he agreed with some of the obser
vationa which had fallen from Mr. Pyke, and some from
Mr. Ledgard. It would certainly be of undoubted ad
vantage to the town of Poole, if a company could be in-
duced to come to the town, but it seemed impossible, at
least, with the lines in the neighbourhood. The Great
Western did not wish, it would appear, to come beyond
Blandford, and the Southampton and Dorchester no fur-
ther than Ham. He did not see how Poole could rest satis-
fied with a connexion with these only. No place, per-
haps, in the whole kingdom required a connexion with the
manufacturing districts more than Poole, for the cheapness
of the port was well known, and its connexion with the
internal part of the kingdom would, without doubt, make
her recommendations more available. It was the bounden
duty of Poole to seize any chance that presented itst if
to obtain this benefit.—(Hear.) According to his opi-
nion there were three points which made the Bristol and
Poole Harbour Railway beneficial to the town. Bristol
would be benefited by the line, though no more than
Poole. It would avoid the passage round the Land's
End, a project which, 25 years ago, occupied the atten-
tion of the public, he having been called on to give evi-
ct nee on the subject, and which passage, could it have
been effected, would have cost two millions of money.
This Land's End passage would be avoided by the rail-
way to Bristol, and bring the traffic hitherto passing
that way to the port of Poole for land transit. He
would not allude to the trade with Manchester, that
town being too near Liverpool to be affected; but he
could safely say that the foreign trade of Birmingham and
its busy neighbourhood could be brought to the town in
which they were then met. Southampton could be no rival
to Poole. Southampton would answer as a port on a
large scale, where vessels of heavy tonnage came once a
year. That place could not interfere with a port like
Poole, where ships could enter often and at very small
charges. These were his points of consideration. The
fruit trade of the Mediterranean, both green and dry,
would also be brought to Poole. For these and other
considerations he thought the line of railway under dis
cussion likely to prove, if completed, of considerable
benefit to the town.
Mr. PYKE read a resolution which he thought would
support a line of railway without giving a pledge.
Mr. W, PEARCE seconded the motion. No doubt
could exist that a lino of railway connecting Poole with
the manufacturing districts would be of immense ad-
vantage. 'The traffic on the proposed line would be un-
doubtedly great ; indeed it was stated as likely to be
enormous. It was not improbable that by a proper line
an important communication with France and the Conti-
nent might also be promoted.
G. LEDGARD, Esq., agreed with the necessity exist.
connectedclay
with th
annually their
brought own
ing of railway communication. It was very well for
Mr. Pyke and others who supplied clay to speak of
railways,otons
,000
a sf
Were
Isle of Purleech and shipped at Poole for the pot-
tetiee—thes employing, 260 vessels. The trade of
iht:e vessels would be lost. Much inland trade existed,
in coals, for instance, from the port of Poole. This
was carried into the interior by carts and waggons, all
of which came to Poole, each,'perhaps, not epending in
the town less than from ss, to 7s. each visit. Besides,
the intention of this company might, after all, end in
smoke. He did not think they Would be ready to make
the necessary depsit of 150,000/. by the 16th of January,
the legal time to do so. Some of the landowners did
not like the scheme, and Sir J. Guest would not have
supported the SouthamptoP and Dorchester if aeainst the
interests of Poole. He thought, under all the circueu
stances, that the meeting should stand adjourned until
the 17th of January, as by that period it would be seen
if the company had paid its deposits, and was, there-
fore in a co:.dition to go to Parliament. He would propose
this as an amendment. The 17th falling on a Sunday,
Ledgard said any other day might be named after
the day of do posit.
Mr. RICKMAN said he thought, if the line was calcu-
lated to do good to Poole, that every facility should be
shown to the project. It would be better that an earlier
day should be named, because, if proper explanations
were made, they might strengthen the views of the pro-
moters before the 16th of January. If, therefore, Mr.
Ledgard would name an earlier dab Itc should second
his amendment.

burgh, Leith, and Granton, 211.-Ditto, Preference, 211
I lOs -Edinburgh and Northern, 151. 58. ex new-Ditto, New,
4/. 158.-Ditto, Newport, 6/. 7s. 61 ex new-Ditto, ditto,
New, :31. 1-ls. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 15s. gd -Glas •
gow and Ayrshire, 691.-Ditto, New Stock, 38/. los.-Ditto,
Quarters, 17/. 7s 63.-Ditto, Halves, 9L-Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, 6/. 7s. 61-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/.
165.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/.-Ditto, Quarters, 10/.-
Glasgow General Terminus, 12/.-Glasgow and Greenock,
17/.-Ditto, Half Shares, 8/. lOs.-Ditto, Preference, 81. ss.
-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 17s. 6d.-
Great North of Er:gland, 2371.-Great North of Scotland,
2/. 135.-Great Western, 1271.-London, Bristol, and South
Wales, 1/. 3s. 63.-London and York, 21. 7s. &1.-Ditto,
Halves, 1/. 17s. 61-Manchester and Leed,, 105/..-Ditto,
Sixteenths, -Ditto, Extensions, 3/. 75.-Newcastle and
Berwick, 351.-North British, 361.-Ditto, Halves, 15/. 103
-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 14s. 6 1.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. Bs.-Ditto,
ditto, New, scrip. 1/. 1 Is.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 10s.-North
Wales Mineral, 201.-Ditto, New, 101. ss. -Scottish Cen-
tral, 21/. 17s. 6d.-Scottish Grand Junction, 155.-Scottish
Midland, 141 17s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 155.-
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6/. 16s. 3d.-Ditto, New,
11-Stirling and Dunfermline, 31.75. 6d.-Stirling and Mid-
land, 21. 10s.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 18s.-Wishaw and
Coltness, 491.-York and Newcastle, 38/. ex new-Ditto,
New, 15/. Ss.-Ditto, I'refersnce, 71. 2s. 6d.-Direct Bom-
bay and Madras, sa. 61-East Indian Railway, lls.-Great
North of India, 55.-Great Southern of Madras, ss. 3d.-
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s. 3d.
GLASGOW, DECEMBER 25.
STOCK ExcnaNGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 254-Ayr
and Galloway, 305.-Caledonian, 30/. -Ditto, New, 515.-
Caledonian arid Dumbartonshire, 41s. -East of Fife, 585.-
East Indian Railway, 10s. 31-East Lothian Central, 475.
-Edinburgh and Northern, New, 78s.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr, Halves, 9A-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/.
Bs.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 65.-Glasgow,
Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 625.-Great North of
Scotland, 525.-Great Indian Peninsular, 6s. 6d.-Great
Southern of Madras, 46. 91-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct,
485.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 35.-Manchester and
Southampton, Ms. 6d.- Midland, Halves, 674-North British,
Thirds, 75s -Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 315.-Scottish
Central, 213A-Strathern Junction, 80s.-York and New-
castle, Preference, 71/.

HER IVIAJESTICS STEAMER
GORGON.

Commander Astley Cooper Key, late one of the
Lieutenants of the Gorgon steam frigate, has just pub-
lished a narrative of the stranding of that ship in the
Bay of Monte Video, on the 10th May, 1844, and of her
recovery through the indefatigable exertions of her
Captain, now Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8.,
and his officers and crew, aided by men and stores sent
from her Majesty's vessels in the Bay and other sources,
The book contains several plates exhibiting the position
of the ship when first embedded in the sand, and
drawings of the various articles and methods
adopted in getting her afloat. It is full of
instructive information for naval officers how to
act, should any have the ill luck to experi-
ence the same similar calamity. Commander Key states
that the Gorgon, in the beginning of May, was lying
at single anchor in the River Plate, with fifty fathoms on
her best bower, the small bower and sheet cables bent,
and the anchors clear ; 280 tons of coal on board, and
the engines in a high state of efficiency; they had been
disconnected and all the bearings examined, and proved
to be in perfect order; and then follows Commander
Key's narrative of the cause of the Gorgon's getting on
shore, viz—" On the morning of the 9th of May a breeze
set in from the S.W., steadily freshening during the day.
At noon the barometer stood at 29.7 in.. but before dark
it had fallen to 29.5 in., thereby indicating an approach-
ing gale. At sunset, after evening quarters, the yards
and topmasts were sent on deck, and best bower cable
veered to 75 fathoms. It did not escape the observa
tion of those on board that the Gorgon was the only
man-of- war in the bay that had taken this precaution; at
eight an anchor watch was set, Capt. Hotham's orders for
the night being, if the wind increases so as to require
it, let go the small bower, before veering more on the
best bower.' Between midnight and daylight, on the
10th, the wind had gradually freshened, the sea hav-
ing risen considerably ; and the squalls becoming more
frequent and of greater violence, the boats and guns
were resecured with additional lashings, and all made
snug on deck for the approaching gale. At 7h. 40m.
A.M. the ship began to drive, the small bower anchor
was instantly let go, and the cable veered to 30 fathoms,
veering at the same time to 92 fathoms on the best
bower. The fires were lighted, and the steam got up
in all the boilers ; the main trysail was bent, and close
reefed. The ship still driving, the small bower was
veered to 42 fathoms, and the ship steamed ahead to ease
the strain on the cables; from the peculiar set of the
tide, the Gorgon, as well as the other vessels in the bay,
rode with the wind and sea three points on the part
bow; it is evident that, owing to this important circum-
stance, the paddle-wheels, on which a steamer at anchor
usually relies to relieve the strains on her cables, proved
of no service to her. The close-reefed main topsail
was then set to assist in bringing her head to the
sea, but without effect; as the ship was still being
set in towards a reef of rocks stretching out from
the town, it was determined to pick up the small
bower, slip the best bower, and steam :out to the outer
roads, clear of all danger; the attempt was made, but
such was now the force of the gale, that not an inch of
the cable could be hove in; every nipper carried away;
in fact, owing to the direction in which the cable grew,
the strain on the hawsepipe was so great, that it was
in one send literally shattered in pieces, and the two
hawse-holes nearly forced into one. Our cables were
now buoyed ready for slipping, if required. At 11 A.M. the
small bower cable parted from the bitts. Our course
was now clear; a few minutes more and the ship
would be on the rock astern; two anchors had
failed to hold her, and there was no reason to anticipate
that one could do better ; the best bower was therefore
slipped and full power given to the engines. The fury
of the gale baffled all our attempts; truly mortifying
was it to observe that with full steam power, the halm
hard-a-starboard, and the main topsail set, she would
not come nearer than three points of the wind, and
would then pay off. The position of two Brazilian cor-
vettes was also sadly against us—we were obliged to
bear up under their sterns, and were consequently
thrown so much further to leeward. The ship
was now approaching a dangerous vicinity the
western side of the bay. The remainder of the
small lower cable was shackled into the sheet,
and at 11 40 the sheet anchor was let go,
veering to 75 fathoms on the cable. At noon the
gale had fearfully risen, and showed no sign of breaking;
bat the anchor was holding well, and she ship riding
easy. It behoved us, however, to guard against the
worst. Not a moment was lost in clearing the stream
anchor and backing it with the kedge, banding thereto
the twelve-inch towing cable ; but before these anchors
could be got ready, the sheet chain parted. A last
effort was made to bring the ship's head to wind by
steam, but this failed ; the vicinity of the lands and
shoalness of the water, soon obliged us to stop the
engines. A more disheartening situation could not be
conceived. Here was one of the Queen's finest steamers,
with her engines, wheels, and gear in splendid order,
perfectly unmanageable, able to steer but one course by
the wind, which course would not carry her clear of
danger: to wear was impracticable, the attempt would
have endangered the merchant ships in the harbour, and
a glance of the eye showed that she could not weather
the opposite point of the bay. A sternboard in such a
gale would have been madness. What then remained to
be done? Excepting the stream and kedge, our anchors
were all gone; the guns were slung, and the stream and
kedge let go, but as the latter failed to check her for

a moment, it was deemed useless to risk the loss

of the first; in the meantime, the ship paid round
off before the wind, and about four o'clock P.M.,

struck abaft ; on this, Captain Hotham gave
immediate orders to take in the main-trysail,
draw the fires, and pump the boilers full, to
check her going through the mud. A dreadfully
dark night succeeded a disastrous day; the mo-
tion indicated that the ship continued to drive
through the mud, and as a matter of precaution, the
topmasts, fore and topsail yards, were got over as shores.
Still we imagined that the shoalness of the water would

soon arrest our progress, and that we should be able 'at
the conclusion of the gale to-day to drag her afloat
without any difficulty. Judge, therefore, of our horror,
when daylight broke, and we found the ship broadside
on the sandy beach at the top of the tide, with three-
and-a•half feet water under the paddle-wheels. Nor
was this the worst: the fall of the tide left the Gorgon
burled thirteen feet in the sand on the starboard side,

and nine feet on the port, with the water just washing

. -
up the gangway. Daylight on the 11th disclosed to us
our truly deplorable situation; in the course of the day
the gale gradually abated, and the water receding,
leaving the Gorgon perfectly dry to within a few feet
of her stern-post, and embedded in sand—a sad position
for a 1,100 ton ship. In the same gale, nine merchant
vessels became complete wrecks .—Thenfollow the mea-
sures adopted by Captain Hotham, first to recover the
anchors; the assistance which was rendered by her Ma-
jesty's ships, the American frigate Congress, and General
Oribe, commander-in-chief of the Buenos Ayres army,
to get her out of the sand, and the final accomplishment
of the exertions of Captain Hotham, his officers, and
men, by getting the Gorgon into deep water on the Ist
of November, after being nearly six months imbedded
in sand and mud; the ship, during that time, was cleared
of everything but her engines. The narrative then details
the proceedings of the Gorgon until she quitted the
Brazils. It is known that she recently arrived at Spit-
head in good order, and was sent to Woolwich, where
the now lies in ordinary.

INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN
DISCOVERY.

Mr. LEDGARD had no objection to name an earlier day.
Mr. PARROTT said he had no objection to an adjourn-
ment.

Friday last, the 19th current, the excavators on the
Caledonian Railway, working in the Avon valley, dis-
covered, a few miles above Beattock, some highly in-
teresting relics of antiquity, coeval with the period when
Britain was under the sway of all•conquering Rome.
The first object which attracted attention was the re-
mains of what appeared to have been the foundations of
a house. Some copper coins were next turned up, about
the size of our halfpennies : on one side there is a male
head, probably of one of the emperors, arid on the ob-
verse " Cvasar Roam," in Romati characters very similar
to those now in use. A sword was next discovered,
which appears to be formed of brass. By far the most
interesting discovery, however, was that of a small
stone trough, inverted, and placed upon a ti,-Lt block of
the same material, which upon examination wo.s found
.
to contain a brazen or bronze case, round its
form, two feet in length, and six inches in dia-
meter. Within this case was a precious menu--
script, which at the time it was so carefully
concealed must have been of high value in the
eyes of its possessor. The manuscript, or rather book,
is written on vellum, in rolls, as was the Roman custom,
each roll is connected with the other by a slip of the
same material. In length it is altogether about 30 feet
and two in breadth. The writiag is beautifully executed
in the Latin language, and at the top the words "His-
Loris Roma;," in large characters, are quite distinct. A
cursory examination has led some to suppose that it is
a copy of part of Livy's celebrated history ; and as it is
expected that the whole of the manuscript can be deci-

Mr. PENNEY saw no objection to an adjournment.
Mr. PrKE thought no good could result by an ad-
journment. No place in the country required railway
connexion more than Poole. The town was isolated, and
this isolation he wished to remove. If the railway before
the meeting was likely
so at once. to do good to Poole, why not say

Eventually the amendment was withdrawn, and a
general resolution in favour of the • line, without a
pledge to support it, and that a further meeting be held
on the 29th instant in order to obtain fuller explana-
tions from the promoters of the undertaking, who should
be specially requested to attend, was carried unani-
mously.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
...,
Airdrie at'ir ill
EDINBLIRorT ',-
STOCK P... ....Li ,ICEMBER 24.
ANGE.-I"fie s'ales are-Aberdeen, 25/. ss.-
Div- - ....atngate, 41. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 28/.-
---,,-- Halves, 15/. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, 6s. 6d.-
Ayr and Galloway, IL 63. 6d.-Caledonian, 28/. 155.-Ditto,
New, 2/. 10s.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire' 2'. ss.-
Clydesdale Junction, 344-Cornwall and Devon Central, 11.
15s. -Deeside Railway, 34-Direct Northern. 21. 75.-Dun-
blane, Donne, and Callander, 1/. 155.-Dundee and Arbroath.
45/. ex new-Ditto, New. No. 1. 344-Ditto. New, No. 2,
`291.x.-Dundee and Perth, 294 lbs.-Ditto, New, 141. 155.-
East of Fife, 2/. 12s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 24 65.-
Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
75. 55.-Ditto, Halves, 20.-Ditto, Quarters, at-gain-

phered, perchance some of the lost books of the Roman
historian may be now rostored to the literary world. A
i small manuscript was also found in the caseolso written
on parchment, and about a toot square in size, but the
writing of this is very illegible ; on the back are the
words "Ad Agricolaw." Agricola is the Latin for a
husbandman. But it was the name of the Governor of
Britain under the Emperors Vespasian, Titus, and
Domitian. These interesting relics, which, probably, owe
their good preservation to the close manner in which
their case was sealed up, have been, in the meantime,
carefully taken to Moffat Manse, and the Society of Anti-
quarians has been informed of the discovery. It is an
historical fact, that the Romans entered Scotland by
Annandale, and distinct evidence of their presence may
be seen at Burnswark and other places in the ♦ale of
Annan. Some years ago a copper cooking vessel, appa-
rently of Roman workmanship, was found a few miles
below Moffat. The Avon valley presents at the present
time a very remarkab:e appearance. In a wild, pastiral
district, where farmhouses and cottages are miles apart,
and where, until lately, everything seemed in a state of
nature save the line of the mail road, thousands of men,
aided by modern machinery, are now engaged in the
stupendous works nec, scary in railway formation. A
valley which lately looked as if it had been undisturbed
since the creation, appears for the first time to be brought
under the influence of the active world without, to take
its part in one great object of the age—the increase of
intercourse and annihilation of distance.—Duntfries
Courier.

STATUS OF THE EDUCATOR.
Dr. Leonard Schmitz, rector of the High School,
Edinburgh, has addressed the following letter to Mr,
Connor, Chairman of the Glasgow Teachers' Associa.
tion

" 11, Carlton-terrace, Edinburgh, Nov. 26, 1846.
"Sir,—ln reply to your circular and letter of the 24th
inst., I beg to say, that I most cordially approve of the
movement which is going on in Glasgow for the purpose
of improving the education of the young, and of elevating
the standing of the teacher. The subject is one of the
utmost importance, and I am glad to see that associa-
tions are forming in England as in Scotland to effect
those most desirable objects. It is scarcely yet a twelve-
month since I had an opportunity of observing Scotch
education and the status of Scotch teachers, but lam al-
ready so deeply impressed with the deficiencies in both
respects, that nothing could give me greater pleasure
than to make my views public, and thus to contribute
my mite to the amelioration of both ; but unfortunately
my hands are at present so fully occupied with other
matters, that I cannot spare the time to draw up such
a pamphlet as I would wish to put forward. The same
circumstances also prevents me taking a prominent, or
as you seem to wish, the leading part, in the movement
here at Edinburgh. I regret this the more, as many of
the leading teachers here seem to be satisfied ; and be
ing comfortable themselves, like to think that others are
so also, or at least are disinclined to bestir themselves
for improvement, as it is far easier to go on in the way
one has been accustomed to than to strike into new
paths. I have not yet had an opportunity of consult-
ing my colleagues, but I shall make a point of doing so
as early as I can ; and I address these lines to you that
you may, without delay, be in possession of my personal
views, the principal ones of which I will here put d )wn,
because by their adoption I feel convinced that educa-
tian would rise, and that the teacher would become
honoured and respected here as he is in the continental
states :

" 1. No boy should be allowed to advance from one
class of a school to a higher one until he is really fit for
it. Much useful time would thus be gained, parents
would be more honestly dealt with, and would know in
proper time whether their sons are fit for a profession
or not.

" 2. Teachers should not, like artisans, receive the
fees from the hands of the boys, but all fees should be
paid to a secretary or treasurer appointed for the pur-
po,e.

" 3. All the income of a school should go to a com-
mon fund, out of which the teachers should have salaries
proportionate to their rank and merits, like all other
public functionaries.

" 4. The present system of making teachers dependent
upon the number of their pupils is wrong in the ex.
treme, in as much as it compels the teacher, like a shop
keeper or tradesman, to have recourse to puffing and all
manner of trickery to get customers. It places the
teacher on a level with shoemakers and tailors ; with
this difference, that every man can judge of the goodness
of a pair of shoes, and the fairness of their price, whereas
few are capable of judging of the merits of a teacher. In
the present system, the trickster has often the advantage
over a sound and intelligent teacher.

" 5. In order to raise the intellectual character of the
teacher, it is n€cessary that no one should be admitted
to the general class of a university who cannot give evi-
dence of having previously acquired a certain amount of
knowledge. There must be a standard for admission to
a university. At present unripe lads go to a university,
and after attending a session or two, during which the
professor has been obliged to act the part of a drudging
schoolmaster, the young men get into office, and become
teachers, without the slightest notion of the high voca-
tion of a teacher. There should in every university he
separate courses on Paedagogic, &c., for those who wish
to become teachers.

"6. No one should be appointed teacher, without
passing through a strict examination, not only in regard
to his acquirements, but also as to his qualifications for
communicating knowledge.
" 7. There shouli be proper authorities to dismiss a
master, if he is found unfit or negligent in the discharge
of his duties.

"I might mention many other points and prove the
the truth of my assertions by argument, as well as by
my own experience, but I trust the few remarks I have
here made, and which I consider to be of vital im-
portance, may be of some use to you. If any one ill
undertake to tbrro an Association in Edinburgh, of suffi-
cient respectability, I shall, with pleasure, do all that
lies in my power to promote its objects.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
" C. W. Connor, Esq." L. SCHMITZ.

SPORTINti INTELLIGENCE
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Her Majesty's staghds meet the first day after the frost,
at \Vinkfield Row—at 11.
Sinnington lids., Tues., Cawton ; Fri., Dolby— 10.
Hurworth Ms., Tues., Deighton Village; Thurs., Kennels;
Sat., Worsell Toll-bar-101.
Bedale lids., Wed., Slehingford Park ; Fri., Catterick Bridge
Cleveland hds., Thurs., Upleatham-10/.
Mr. Hildvard's hrrs., ues., Sunny Cross ; Fri., Potts.
Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Tues., Weston Turvill ; Fri., Halcot.
Mr. Drake's lids., Tues., Shelswell Park ; Thurs., Bicester
Windmill; Sat., -field
Lord Parker's lids., Tues., Thome Park; Fri., Harpsden
—lOl/2.
Pytchley hds., Wed., Dodford Village; Fri., Cottesbrook ;
Sat., Finedon—i to 1.
Mr S. Lowndes's hds., Sat., Winslow-11.
Cambridgeshire lids., Wed., Warden Village; Fri., Caxton
Gibbet-101.
Lord Redesdale's lids., Wed., Bradwell Grove ; Fri., Ey-
ford ; Sat., Blenheim-14
York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Red House; Thurs., Pill
Moor Selsey ; Sat., Escrick Park.
Vale of White Horse lids., Tues., Barnsley Park; Thurs.,
Charlton Gate; Sat., Swindon Town.
Tiverton lids., Wed., Exbridge, near Dulverton ; Sat.,
Stoodleigh House-101/2.
Baron Rothschild's staghds., Thurs., Aston Abbots-11.
Surrey staghds, Tues., Wickham; Sat., Reigate.
Berkshire lids., Wed., Hinton House; Fri., Step Farm.
Mr. Brand's hds., Fri., Aston Bury.
Devon hds., Thurs., Parke Bovey-11.
F. B. hds., Fri., Stonemason's Arms-10%.
Haydon lids., Wed., Star Plantation ; Sat., Capon's Cleugh.
Mr. Hellier's lids., Tues., Tower on the Moor ; Thurs.,
Burgh on Bain; Sat., Haugh-101.
Wigton lids., Thurs.. Red Deal; Fri., Church Hill.
Wood.
Oakley lids., Thurs., Kempston Wood Sat., Putuoe
Puckeridge lids., Wed. Waddington ; Sat., Cumbelow-101.
North Huish hrrs., Wed., Skerraton Gate; Sat., Brown-
ston Cross-10.
Mr. Roe's lids., Wed., Kingston Village; Fri., Holbeton
Tillage-10.
Sir Henry Seale's hds., Tues., Slapton Bridge; Fri., Holme
Cot-10%.
Tindale hds., Thurs., Cocklan Water-mill-10%.
Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Eadington ; Fri., Butterwell—.
10%.

ADVENTURES OF AN EXPRESS TRAIN.—On Tues-
day night, at six o'clock, an express train on the York
and Newcastle Railway left Darlington, being about an
hour and a half behind its usual time, having been de-
tained by the snow. The road was heavy all the way,
and an additional engine was put to at Belmont, but
there was no stoppage caused by the snow till they
reached Washington, which it did about eight o'clock on
Tuesday night. At Washington station the train
stopped half an hour, and it being reported there that
the line was passable, it proceeded; but it had not gone
more than half a mile when it was brought to a stand-
still. The engine-men and stokers, who were prepared
with shovels, partially cleared away the snow which had
di ifted in the path of the engines, arid the steam was
again put on. Another half mile was got over, but fur-
ther progress was found to be impracticable. The snow
drifted round the carriages with such rapidity, that in a
very few minutes it was found impossible to move them
either one way or the other, and the snow gathering
around the engine, soon extinguished the fires, and
rendered all attempts at self-extrication hopeless.
In this dilemma, what was to be done? iTvvo
gentlemen, second-class passengers, determined on
walking onward through the snow ; and away
they went steering in the direction of the telegraphic
wires. As they have not been heard of since, it is pro-
bable they succeeded, after many difficulties, of course,
in reaching their destination, weerever it was. One
gentleman, returning from the hymeneal altar, having
been married but a few days previously in London, and
was bringing home his bride, suggested to his cara sposa
the expediency of returning to Washington, where a
comfortable bed might be found more convenient for
repose than the interior of a railway carriage, and the
suggestion having been approved, the adventurous pair
essayed the difficult and dangerous task. There were
other ladies in the train, which comprised fifteen pas-
sengers in all, including the two that had already de-
parted, but none thought proper to imitate her example.
Five gentlemen escorted the bride and bridegroom, leav-
ing behind them, in the train, three ladies and three
gentlemen, who remained there till noon on Wednesday,
when they also repaired to Wellington, under the guid-
ance of the engine-drivers, leaving Donaldson, the guard
of the train, alone. All parties reached Wellington in
safttty, and found comfortable accommodation at the inn
near thb station, and at the village in its vicinity. This
is perhaps the first instance on record of a railway train
having been Alitiried in the snow.
FOREIGN CA, TTLE.—The Sir William Wallace
steamer, arrived at Olackwall frcm Boulogne, has brought
another entire cargo Of live cattle, comprising forty-two
cows and 600 sheep, thp produce of France.