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TH E OU T - TAT.I 0 N ;
Or, JAUNTS in the JUNGLE.
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A R R I A E.
1.11- One half the world are desolately single, and the other
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of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
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and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour c.al justice demand that health should form an item
In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. slighted hopes or
neglect vroand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
slime surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little
NIEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let is imaginatively
-efined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
ov misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
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or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whorls
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:he above subjects, by unqualified authors, whisk alone or
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mere ephemeral scribbling, of the hour, but the study of the author's
life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to thin ob-
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Illustrated by 26 ♦natomical Coloured EagraTings on Steel.

ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATITE
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New Edition, enlarged t• l9i pages. Just published, pries 21. 6d., or

by post, direct frene the Establishment, is. 6d. Ii postage stamps,
'IIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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MY. DOUGLAS'S " ADTENTURES, OY A MEDICAL
STUDENT."—MedicaI men, we, believe, are not mach in
the habit of perusing works of fiction. One has, how-
ever, lately appeared, which we understand has created
as great an interest amonr professional as general
readers. We allude to the " Adventures of a Medical
Student," written by Robert Douglas, of Glasgow, a
young surgeon, who served alternately in the Calcutta,
the Polyphemus, and the Thunderer. That these
volumes should be considered as marvellous productions
is not surprising. - They have a wild and fascinating in-
terest which makes them superior to nine-tenths of the
fictions of the day. The author's skill in depicting the
fearful and the terrific is extraordinary. " The ' Adven-
tures' are most remarkable (says the John Bull) for the
power—we will not hesitate to add—the genius with
which the whole of them are treated. The • Story of
Galvanism' is told with great power, and the discovery
which takes place while the galvanic fluid is being em-
ployed upon a recently executed criminal, is appalling."

MR. AGUILAX.—Among the winter amusements
which go forward in spite of the influenza, &c., we must
not omit the concert given by Mr. Aguilar, a young
English pianist, who has already distinguished himself
greatly by his talent in this city. This artist brings
forth all the capabilities of his instrument without
abusing it, keeping faithfully to the spirit of the piece
he is performing, which he renders with the utmost
nicety, delicacy, and expression, without losing effect,
without stunning one with interminable, unmeaning
noise. Endowed with energy and fire, he surprises his
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tone he draws forth; he delights in plunging into a
delicious revirie, and displays his taste and talent not to
startle one out of it by a rude shock, but to carry you on
by a variety and sort of fascinating grace which engages
the attention absorbingly, insinuating itself ever more
and more into the soul.—Journal de Frankfort.

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lief. He then had recourse to Holloway'a Pills; which
invaluable remedy soon restored him to excellent health.
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244, Strand, London.

THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP IN
SOUTH STAFPORDSHIRE.—WEST BROMWICH, SATUR-
DAY.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the un-
fortunate men who were killed by the explosion of sul-
phurous' gas in the Heathfield coalpit on Wednesday
se'anight was resumed yesterday afternoon. Two of
the injured men have died since the last meeting of the
jury, making in all i.en. The evidence produced was to
the same effect as that already before the public. The
coroner having summed up, the jury agreed to the fol-
lowing verdict:—" That it has been through the negli-
gence of John Meek, the doggy, that these men lost
their lives, and they therefore return a verdict of man-
slaughter against him." Meek, who is a man from
thirty-five to forty years of age, was then committed to
take his trial at the next Stafford assizes. _

TOTNES.—Trade, which has been very dull here
since November, is at length beginning to revive, and is
much enhanced by railway communication with the
various parts of England. One drawback, however, is
the high rate of charges for parcels, &c., which presses
heavily on tradesmen, many of whom, as booksellers and
others, are compelled to have their goods forwarded per
quick train. We think a reduction of 25 per cent.
might safely be made without injury to the company,
while, at the same time, the tradesman would realise a
remunerating profit, which, with the present high rate of
charges, and the continued increase of poor rate, he is
unable to do.--Plientotitk JountaL

OVER LAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From the Times.)

We have received by extraordinary express from
Marseilles our letters from India in anticipation of the
overland mail of the 15th of January. The dates so
received are from Calcutta to the 9th, Madras to the
14th, and Bombay to the 16th of January. From
China we have intelligence down to the 30th of De-
cember last.

Lord Dalhousie, the new Governor-General, had
touched at Madras, and his arrival at Calcutta was
hourly expected when the mails left.
Among the last acts of Lord Hardinge's Govern-
ment was a notification, drawn up during his passage
down the Ganges, in which the Governor-General
made public a copy of a second proclamation lately
issued from Lahore, which prohibited, under the pe-
nalties of imprisonment and confiscation of property,
the perpetration of Suttee and infanticide in the terri-
tories of the Punjaub. The notification further an-
nounced, that his Lordship had directed his thanks to
be expressed to the Maharaja of Lahore, as well as to
all those princes (23 in number, mentioned by name)
who had cooperated during the last three years with
the British Government in suppressing these cruel
practices within their several territories.

A measure of humanity not less important had
marked the closing career of the Marquis of Tweed-
dale at Madras. We are informed that, as the result
of his Lordship's intervention, the Court of Directors
had consented to the establishment of a hospital for
convalescents in the Neilgherry mountains for a
portion of the European troops serving in the Madras
presidency, and that this long canvassed measure
would be carried into effect before his Lordship's
departure.
Another robber chief had been secured, named
Ragojee Bangria, lately as noted in the south of
India as Doongur Singh had been in the north.
This man, with a numerous band, had infested for
some time back the Conran and eastern routes from
Bombay. After many fruitless efforts, he was cap-
tured by Lieutenant Gell, of the Ghaut Light In-
fantry, who, disguised as a Brahmin, traced the free-
booter to the celebrated shrine of Punderpoor, and,
getting sight of him while in the act of ablution
in one of the sacred tanks, entered and effected
his capture. We are told that Lieutenant Gell
has received high encomiums from the Bombay
Government for his ability and daring conduct in this
affair.

There is no news of any disturbance haying oc-
curred, as had been apprehended, consequent on the
death of the Guicowar. A reinforcement of troops
had, however, left Bombay for Guzerat.
A smart shock of earthquake was felt at Delhi on
the Ist of January, in a direction, it was thought,from
west to east.

The Sinde prize-money was about to be distri-
buted, the Royal warrant and order of
•the. Court of
Directors to that effect having reached India. By
the present arrangement Sir C. Napier will receive a
1-16th share, or about 27,0001. His claim to the
share of Commander-in-Chief, or one-eighth, is still
held in abeyance, to be paid, if admitted, out of the
proceeds not yet distributed.
Her Majesty's 28th Regiment had embarked at
Bombay for England.
An announcement is made by the Calcutta Star,
that a column 150 feet in height is to be erected at
Calcutta to commemorate the victories in the Pun•
jaub, and that the captured Seikh are .to 'be
set up in it, muzzle to muzzle, in flufted compart-
ments; the summit to be crowned: with three
figures Britannia and two native soldiers. The
Friend of India suggests, in reference to this an-
nouncement, that as the European solders • bore no
inconsiderable share in the victories thus to be com-
memorated, it would be more appropriate to repre-
sent one of the supporters of Britannia as an English
soldier.

A resolution passed by the Governor-General in
Council, and dated the 31st of December, declar,
that cotton shall shall henceforward be exemptyrom
export duty throughout India. It is hoped' that
the measure in question will relieve the cotton
trade of India. It must at least prove an additional
boon to the traders from India with China. The
late export duty , of —nine annas per Indian maund
of cotton, at the rate of value for some years back, is
said to have been equivalent to a tax of from eve to
eight per cent.
We are informed that orders had been received in
India from the Court of Directors for the remittance
-home of 500,000/. sterling in specie.
Our correspondent at Calcutta writes,• under date
January 9, as follows :

" Commercial affairs remain vary much as they
were a fortnight ago. The creditors of Cockerell
and Co. will consider themselves fortunate if 1.20,0001.
of available assets can be recovered from the wreck ;
the Union Bank has refused payment of all (consider-
able sums (I am not sure whether it does not still
pay very small checks), but it has not publicly
avowed a stoppage. The indigo upon which it reck-
oned has only in part arrived, and it seems uncertain
whether it will be sold here or sent to
England for sale ; the latter plan has been
voted the right one at a meeting ot! share-
holders, but the dissentients say they will and can
prevent its being carried into execution. The pre•
vailing opinion is that a call will ultimately become
necessary. The judges have found the accounts of
the assignee of insolvent estates to be unsatisfactory,
and have appointed a new assignee in his room.
They have also promulgated new rules rewarding
the official custody of funds and the accounts of the
Ecclesiastical Registrar, as er-glicio administrator.
" No political announcement of any consequence
has been made; it is understood that Lord Har-
dinge desires to undertake no new responsibilities
during his stay here. The petty expedition against
the Raja of Ungole is in a state of forvvardness,
and Gumsoor continues, as before, the seat of dis-
turbance."

Our correspondent at Hong-Kong.. writes' under
date Dec. 30 :
"We have this month to record a dreadful
tragedy in the horrid murder of six English gen-
tlemen by the Chinese, about three miles from
Canton, on the sth of this month. After church
they went up the river, and landed to take a quiet
wail:, and shortly after they found themselves at-
tacked by a body of Chinese, and cut off from their
boat. In this attack one or two of the party fell;
the others, being overpowered, attempted to escape,
but were taken at one of the villages and confined,
and, by the evidence of the Chinese on the coroner's
inquest, it appears too true that, up to the morning
of the 7th, they were alive, when they were cruelly
put to death. Particulars will be found elsewhere.
The names of the gentlemen are—Mr. W. Rutter,
Mr. Small, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Brown, Mr. Balkwill,
and Mr. M'Carte.

" A force was immediately sent to Canton, and
his Excellency Sir John Davis went up in the Des-
dalus to demand redress. After much negotiation
with Keying, four Chinese were executed on the
21st instant, and eleven were under trial. Sir John
returned here on the 24th, having given Keying to
the 24th proximo for his final answer to his de-
mands. It is understood that steamers have been
sent for from Singapore, and men of war ordered
down from the coast, to be prepared, should any
coerceive measures be necessary. All, however,
may end in negotiation. It is to be hoped every
advantage will be taken of the present state of matters
to secure ample and permanent security fe- the
future, seeing that hitherto nothing but deceit has
been practised by Keying, who has been unable to
control the Chinese, though making the English
authorities suppose he had the ability to do so. A
Government notification of the 10th of November
announces the suspension of the Chief Justice, the

Hon. John Walter Hulme, who, we understand,
proceeds home by this mail.

" Trade has been materially affected by the ex-
citement during the month. The quotations for
most of the staple articles of import are considerably
under last month's rates. The sales of raw cotton
do not exceed 10,000 bales, and prices have seriously
declined.

" The total export of tea from China to Great
Britain, from the Ist of July to date, is—
black, 28,573,4101 b.; green, 2,287,9201 b. ; total,
30,861,3301 b.

" The total export of silk during the same period
was 14,819 bales.

" Exchange on England, 4s. 4jd. for first class
bills, others 4s. 4fd. to 4s. sd.

" A few transactions in Company's bills on Bengal,
and rates as high as 218 for accepted.

" Freights to London 41. 10s.
" Our latest dates from London are to the 25th of
October; Calcutta, Bth of November; Bombay, 18th
of November; Singapore, Bth inst.
" From Shanghae our dates are to the 21st inst.
Trade had somewhat improved, and longcloths 10c.
better. Woollens without change."

THE MURDERS AT CANTON.

(From the Overland Friend of China, Dec. 29.)

On Sunday, the sth inst., Messrs. M'Carte, Balk-
will, Brown, Rutter, Small, and Bellamy, embarked
in a hong boat, about two o'clock in the afternoon,
with the intention of sailing a few miles up the river,
landing for a walk, and returning to dinner. With
the exception of the gentleman first named, they had
attended Divine service in the forenoon, and the after-
noon's excursion was simply one of recreation and exer-
cise. They had no guns with them ; and, unfortunately,
only two took the precaution of carrying pistols.
They proceeded as far as Hwang-chu-kee, a village
about four miles above the factories, and there landed,
directing the boatmen to wait their return. The
circumstances connected with their after-fate are
gathered from various Chinese witnesses ; and, though
the statements are in some points contradictory, in the
main they agree. The deposition of the master of
the boat was taken before five British merchants, and
Mr. John A. T. Meadows, public translator of Chi-
nese. We copy it in full :

About one o'clock on the sth of Dec., 1847, a Coolie
belonging to the firm of Blenkin, Rawson, and Co., came
and hired the hong boat, of which I, Chow-a-pow, am
chief boatman. Six foreigners about that time got into
my boat, and we proceeded westward. About three
o'clock we arrived at the landing place of the ferry at
the village of Wang- chukka (in Mandarin liwang-chu-
kee), where the foreigners immediately went on shore.
We asked them if we should follow them or not ? They
said that it was not necessary, and ordered us to remain
and wait for them. The place where we anchored is
about one hundred paces from
.the village. We saw
the foreigners pass through a stone archway, and enter
into the village, when they were concealed from us by
the dwellings. After losing sight of them we remained
waiting in the boat during the space of one hour, when
we heard the sound of gongs in the village. There was
a small boat anchored near us, in which there were an
old mars and a young man. The youngest of these had
a short time previously gone into the market to buy
vegetables. On his return ho informed.the old man that,
the gongs were sounded because the villagers were pur-
suing and beating the foreigners. The old man asked
us what kind of people we had brought there? On our
informing him, be advised us to make off with all speed,
otherwise the villagers would immediately come and seize
us with the intention of killing us. Within a quarter of
an hour after he had said this the villagers advanced
toa ards us and commenced throwing stones at us.
We therefore immediately went to the opposite side of
the river. Our intention was to wait there till the
foreigners came to the landing-place, when wo would
put across the boat to receive them. We waited till
about seven or eight o'clock, at which time we again
heaid thel9unding of gongs in the village. They sounded
miff there ivas something extraordinary going on, not in
the canimtin manner. All at once we perceived two
when coveted boats, with about seven or eight people in
each, advancing hastily towards us; when they came up
to us they fastened their boat-hooks en our boat, saying
at the same time—' This is the boat which brought the
foreigners.' We knocked their boat-hooks of and fled
with the tide. The villagers pursued us to the entrance '
of the Le-shwuy, when they turned back. After this
we went to a place of the name of Low-kong, where we
anchored, and about the time necessary to eat a meal
day broke. There were several fishing-boats at anchor
at the same place. As it was now daylight we durst not
return to Canton with our boat, but I hired a small boat
in order to return to the hongs (factories) to report the
news. I arrived at Canton about twelve o'clock on the
6th, and went to the comprador of Blenkin, Rawson, and
Co., and gave him information of the affair. He said
that his master was not at home, and took me to the
houses of Turner and Co., and Birley, at both of which
places they were said to be out. The comprador then
took me to the Consul. Among the six foreigners there
was one named Small, who carried with him one pair of
double barrelled pocket pistols, and one gentleman, tea
inspector of Birley, carried one pair of single barrelled
pocket pistols. We saw them load them. We did not
see that the other gentlemen had any firearms. Accord-
ing to our observations none of the six foreigners were
by any means intoxicated,"
From this evidence it appears that about an hour after
landing gongs were beat in the village ; and a person
who had gone there to purchase provisions informed the
boatmen that the villagers were pursuing and beating
the foreigners, advising them to be off, or the villagers
would seize and probably kill them. It further appears
that between seven and eight o'clock, gongs were again
beat in an iunusual manner, as if something extraordi-
nary Was.going on. This was from four to five hours
after the Europeans landed, and from three to four after
the boatmen were informed that the villagers were
chasing and beating them. From this we conclude that
our countrymen were not killed on landing, but that,
on the second beating of the gong they were made to
undergo the inhuman torture which it will be shown
was inflicted upon them repeatedly before murder be-
came an act of mercy.
The next link in the chain of evidence we take from
notes furnished to a cotemporary by a gentleman who
has had favourable opportunity of coming at the facts:—
" The writer was informed by a Chinese of respecta-
bility, that a female slave belonging to a relation of his
own, resident at Keaou-pestou, was at work in the fields
on the afternoon in question; she saw the six foreigners
'first at some distance inshore of Hwang-chu-kee, where
g people shouted Fankwei,' and
which they took no notice.
were joined by others; at all
perhaps twenty in number, came
outing as before, and assailing
etoSat hhnvheerfoeeminnry threw
siwpyoamui with afterwards
tdut:seigtret oeawonrtwafeprsot them,ad,
hrrskaet and farming these Pie
ple m en ts, hoes and the
like; the foreigners held up their hands, and appeared
to deprecate the violence of their pursuers, who had
now reached them, and were striking at them, while
their number increased every moment, as the people in
the adjoining fields flocked to take part in the attack.
One of the foreigners then fired and hit a Chinese, who
ke
fell. The gong was struck, and a multitude assembled,
who fought furiously with the English, and overpowered
two of them, whom they continued to strike after they
were down. The other four, who seemed touch fright-
ened, and were covered with wounds, inflicted by pikes,
in vain endea-
ig
youed to p
poles,r knives,ape andase the
atones, after having
people by the offer of dollars, fled,
and the woman saw no more. The report which the
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which time they were without food, beaten repeatedly,
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of
and two n
and then put to death.
" Information was given by the Chinese above quoted
to the writer, on the lSth of December, that a young
man, a labourer, was coming from Ta-le-poo, a place
some eight or ten miles from the scene of the crime,
upon the sth instant; that he saw four foreigners run-
ning in or near the village of Lotsum, pursued by a
number of people; that two Chinese, carrying grass, met
them and threw stones at them without effect, and then,
as the way was narrow, spread out their arms and at-
tempted to bar their passage, upon which they were im-
mediately shot by the foreigners, who continued their
flight. These were doubtless the two Chinese surnamed
Chin and Le, the surrender of whose bodies was demanded
by the Ngan-cha-sze in the first instance. He then pro-
ceeded to Ilwang-chu-kee, where about 1,000 persons
were assembled round something which he did not see;
but he was told that they had boon beating the Fankwei
and knew that the two bodies were there. He went on
to Canton, where he arrived at about 6 PAL and re-
mained till Tuesday morning, when, as he was on his
way home at an early hour, he overtook a small vessel
carrying the six bodies to San-nge-kow, where they
were to be thrown into the water. This Was done, as
he afterwards heard, with stones tied to them to prevent
their floating; he returned to Canton on the 17th, when
he communicated this intelligence to the informant.
" He further said, that on capturing the four English-
men at Henk- ketiou, they were all brought back to
Hwang-ehu-keg the same night; that in the two who
had fallen first life was found to be not yet extinct; that
on Tuesday morning all were still alive, and that the
elderly people of the village advised that they should be
sent back to Canton; but this was opposed by the rest,
on account of the vengeance which they feared would be
taken. It was accordingly decided that they should die,
but all shrank back from the task of putting them to
death, until one man, rot above 23 or 24 years of age,
said, that if they were all afraid he would do it himself,
and thereupon killed them with a heavy knife or heavy
metal weapon, such as is used to chop wood."
It will be observed that these statements agree in one
essential point—the victims were kept for two days and
two nights; and by the medical report at the inquest it