The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

THJ KING OF DELHI.

The following is a►. extract from a letter written
by the wife of Major (then Captain) Hodson, from
Delhi :

" There is a report, which has been mischievously set
about, and may have mi,ehievous consequences, viz.,
that the King has the whole of his retinue, and has re•
turned to his.own apartments.in the Palace.
" This is perfectly untrue. I went with Mr. Saunders,
the Civil Commissioner, aid his wife to see the unfor-
tunate and guilty wretch. We mounted a flight of stone
steps, at the bottom and tep of which was a European
sentry. A ,mall. low door opened into a rOom, half of
which was partitioned off with a grass matting called
ehitac, behind which was a woman cioking some atro-
cons compound, if I might judge from the smell. In
the other half was a native bedstead—i. e , a frame of
bamboo on four legs, with grass rope strung across it ;
on this was lying and stocking a hookah an old man with
a long white beard ; no other article of furniture what-
ever was in the room, and I am almost ashamed to say
that a feeling of pity mingled with my disgust at seeing li
man recently lord of an Ireperial city almost unparalleled
for riches and magnificence confined in a low, clod'e
dirty room, which the lowest slave of the hong"'
would scarcely have occupied, in the very place where
he had reigned supreme, with power of life and death,
untrammeled by any law, within the precincts of a roes'
residence as large as a considerable
galleries, towers, mosques, forts, and gardens,
i.ized town/ sptrrieveatste,
and a public hall of justice, and innumerable courts,
passages, and staircases. It.. magnificence can only be
equalled by the a- rocities which have been committed
there. But to go back to the degraded King. The boy,
Jumna Bukt, repeated my name after Mr. Saunders.
The old man raised his head and looked at me, then
muttered something I zould not hear, and at the rte:
ment th- boy, who had been called from the 0PP"I -
door, came and told me that his mother, the Wein'
wished to.see me. Mrs. Saunders then took possession
i f use, and we went on it to a smaller, darker, dirtier
room than the first, in which were some eight or ten,
women crowding round a common 4 obarpoy,ur eoktiFle,
on which was a dark, Ist, shrewd, but sensual-100 ing
woman, to whom my attention was particularly drawn.
She took hold of my hand (I shuddered a little), and
told me that my husband was a great warrior; but that
if the King's lite and her son's had not been promised
round
them by the G'e,verninent, the King was preparing a
w ionu
,l di
ebnacvee
till annihilated
her
speech us .
v.,
as The other
L:vioemateanr,,tet,y)od which
finished
and then crowded round, aakieg how many children 1 bad
and if they were all boys, examined my dress, an
seemed particulally amused by my bow et and parasol.
They e ere, with one exception, coarse, low-caste woroeva
as devoid of ornament as of beauty. senat Mahal asked
me (a great honour, I found, which I did not appreciate)
to sir (sown on her bed, but I declined, as it looked 00
dirty. Mr. Saunders was much amused at my refusal,
and told me it would have beau more than my life was
Iworth ,tx months before to have done so, and I have 10
doubt el it."

THE SECRET POLICE AT FAULT.—ATew days Ago it
was
..
stated in several Ur, ram and French papers that
had been arre,ted It now appears that the
individual in question had only one point in common
with ihe .
cel-brated reeelutioritst —that his name Edo!
ended in The occurrence t-ok place at Mayenco, 10
W ?s!plialia. His name iv Franzooi, and ha is a Swn°
citizen, of the canton of He never has been a
refugee, and has never t )kee any part in politics. An-
cording to a letter he has sent to a fiiendnt Berne—an''
which is quoted by a kcal paper—in which he describe
his arrest, he had resided for some time in London, wben
he determined to go t.) Mayence to perfect himself la
the German language. On his arrival, he fn filled all the
vquisite passport formalities. The police immediate',
granted him a permit to stay in the town for a forfnightt
and subsequently for the whole of February. Se vi.aa
quietly prosecuting his studies,
. when one day a coMOU.S'
sary of police entered his room, accompanied by 141.,
gendarmes. He was arrested. His papers were el
ransacked, and he was taken to the police-office, sobers
he underwent an ixathiLation, and discovered that 11
was charged with Mazzmian conspirator, enn
that there were strmg grnonds to b,liewe that he wan
Mazzini himself. Ultimately, he was taken to prison+
and only relea,ed four days afterwards,
examination of his papers had convinced the p tbag
they had made a gross mistake. whoa aal
oliceinut!

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COnidERCLA L NTELL/GET,TO

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
tt1111Y) and prices of all descriptions advanced fully
bales
lb. The sales were estimated at 7,000
In the
1,000 of which were taken by the speculators.
ilthe Railway Share Market a steady business was
tr
arlsected at improved quotations.
The amount of gold taken into the Bank yester-
blas 32,0001., and the return, which will be
-"jahe d on Friday, will probably show an aug-
kentation in the bullion to 17,500,000/.
a There is still a steady demand for silver on Eastern
teeunet, and the market consequently remains in a
Ha state.
jg The demand for money, though still very limited,
ethrather• more active, but the supplies awaiting
-Pi°Yrctent are too large to cause it to produce
to./ imPlession ; there is consequently no alterationtePort, and the terms still range from 2k to 3
per
.
cent. Some choice descriptions of paper have
negotiated as low as 2i per cent.
4fle Directors of the Paiajaub Railway Com-
-411)7"3 have made. a call of 4/. 16s. 83. per sharae
,
0) together with the deposit, will make 51. per
"'are paid up.
e At the public sales of colonial wool, which will
2°2l34nlence this after Loon, it is expected that about
'OOO bales will be offered. Th's is a
quantity than usual, but it is g-nerally
iikagioed that during the May series a considerable
:1)14 will be brought forward. _Business in the
aetacturing districts is still very quiet, but
thg.her prices will, it is thought, be re disei upon
qbt °ecasien, especially as money is now obtain-
e upon such easy terms.
aA meeting of the Madras shareholders is now
ing held for ballotting for the elecion of two
dirges.
p~At the meeting of the Geelong and Ballarat
wi'lWay Company to-day, t 1 e final accounts of the
tolgiee up showed only a balance of 1101. as assets
appropriated.
ta 'be Directors of the Bank of England, at their
eeting to-day, made no alteration in the terms
v
discount, and although the quotations may be
tot
01 lower out of doors, it is generally believed
„„a4.
kee" 110 further reduction is intended. Discount
uteteodation" can now be procured on the most
tkklollable terms, and a further relaxation at the
tips might only act as an incentive to specula-
-1131 ehterprise. The authorities are therefore
tajing a Proper discretion, _and their policy is gene-
t by the mercantile community.
.1
further slight advance has taken 'Ace in the
gihth Stock Market, notwithstanding the dull-
kioti ef business. There can be no longer any
ip 4
Ptrehelleion of any serious misunderstand-
41)tellr,tween England and France, and the
ti°oa'era are disposed to resume their opera-
-4104 for a rise. Consols have been 97i g for
Ake and the 4th proximo, and 971 g for
kci • The New Three per Cents. are 97i /, the
kiu_tieed 97ft Exchequer Bills 31s. to 35.4. pre-
kar'n) and the Bonds 100 Bank Stock is
ked 227, and India Do. 221.
A
,3:oderate amount of business has been trans-
;lQ In the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are
pe r• Turkish 6 per Cents. are 102 k 2 ; ditto 4 o
eirts.) 1042 ; Chilian 6 per Cents., 106 ;
Oeptean 3 per Cents., 201 ; Peruvian 4i per
4iart:',' 83i ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 454 ; Ruts-
Per Cents., 99i ; Sardinian 5 per Cents.,
26i 'Spanish 3 per Cents., 44i ; Ditto Deferred,
Oe ; Ditto Passive, 6g ; and Dutch 24 per
kocka'ellowing are the nominal prices of Foreign
earl :---Chenada Dlerred Boact,, 54 to 61 ; Mexi-
-82; bPer Cents., 20k to 2)i ; Pert-avian, 82 to
OetAi °' 3 Per Cents., 56 to 57 ; Portuguese 3 per
112. to ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 to
Cept'
4.1 per. Cents., 98 to 10i) ; Spanish 3 per
26i ') 44 to 45 ; and Do. New Deferred, 26i to
-that
t
-thi as- week's railway receipts, ascertained up
day) are in round figures as under
18b8. 1857.
:
qr
4:at Weste
hvirth e rtl £23,562 £23,704
:item
pgbto eqern
9,860 10,259
tiktskid
30 066 28,410
Great 14.267 14,293
,(4)." Northern 21,865 21 174
&114441:n and_ Yorkshire 19.928 21,646
4,897 4.984
Pane Exeter
4,931 4,997
d Holyee.ad
5 375 5.305 I;ktieheil`f and Carlisle
Orth.t,"r, Sheffield, & Lincoln... 9,060
tt eAstern
,(114,,biaartiepooi 3,020 3,032
tqllNll, Perth and Dundee
vl'rgll and G, 2,822
4 845 4,892
and 8 Glasgow
4._lat sou 5-Western 444,1
nL. of Canada 6,542 8,726
II • of Canada
h,
'tottki -eBB M the Railway Share Market, this
tio44:‘," 15 not very active, most of the transac-
ktt44.. tered into having been connected with the
,ee
how 'tents for the settlement of the accounts
44 In Progress. Prices have
411, improvement of aboutgenetroally been firm,
IS
per cent.
(it tue quoted on several of to
leading lines.
ter4, Northern have improved ss. ; Great Wes-
apd e°rtil-EaSterfl (Berwick), ; Midland,
olitici,sil"th Lancashire
15s. ; and Caledonian,E astern
) andYorkshire, and Norfolk, V.
ro4lgll lines have been rather dull. Northern
741, aline have advanced 15s. ; Sambre and
Namur and Liege, and Great Luxembourg,
At°,
,11 the Colonial mirke., East Indian lin-
GNe" 10s, and Grand Trunk of °amide, 1/.
k/ng and Melbourne, Puejaub and Indus Steam
es, 4-'llla realised for
l 4 B. ke an s, met rates
and Miscellaneous Shares, have
it :Ned little variation. Union of Australia have
Ikeved ss. ; Electric Telegraph declined 11.
711111DS TIM DAY AT Or :et)i,c,t;r.
(Fromha the Official Ltst:t
tilt 13,• Busineaa done.
4 . 227
lrerant. Reduced Annuittb.
1,04'3 pe, ,eans)le annuities
(4`4l ' ‘'ent. Annuities 97i
,4 Stn.:l444i", Capfre stt, Jan. 18611... 2 1-16
4'414 lieeatiu,
97 i
k:101303r iiltla, 20
''''''''
h '
-egner. Bonds, 158, :44 per Cont._ 32 P
I,kt to. iss9
o
e4ll, t. OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON k O'CLOCK,
4i
per Cent bonds, 6 per Cent lO6
've,tle,k,, per Cent...
ds
cort,,:kteount
b'reaa Bonds 5 per Cent., Con. 184
pe!?en.t 45)
St., 0 per Cent —o
t Per Cent,
golala per,Cont. .„..,974
,„tto Ike: 8, 3 per (.ent.
1,,,t.tc, 1,4,32111 A
uitt, b beferren, 3 per Cent,
+arittis I,assive '
6
Ditto ~,„..oLid%6, cent
''''ranteed.l -.,0r Cent. Dllteb
104 a
z_ thvidends on the above payable in London.
"tehange, 2i per Con;., 12 Guilders 651
T WO O'CLOCK.
nsols, money ........
Ditto, Account . ••• ......... .... • 114
Consols for Accouni, '' (*q * i) ********.
****** 8
...... 976 B

_
,i 4 -I,3Ly SOWING IN. SOOTLABD. The season still con-
lilil'a to be so fine in the north of Scotland, that sowing
more early cereals in Deeeide.
1;114 torn/termed of the'
only one snowstorm in in Scotland this
1164;4 has been
'r, and that lasted but i
I; elated Tuesday, eays :—" we
1,1,-„,"Patch from Buir-mt'ht
1.144- iron, Copenhagen a the Kirg of Penrnark is
Monday's bulletin way. as
foll,tivi'ing unckrerysipelas'has somewhat extended.. since
Y,este,,,,B :----1 The erysipelas
4iis .""Y, lint neither fever nor any other indisposition
.4,o‘ll:ftvened.' "
THE CITY.--
RV/4Rn EXTENSivE
by the police
tf%"etuaY rnuraing information givenw".ius robbery on theav
BURGLARY !N:
Dlvtioth r extensive and very se" _ No. 87!
as
44'4.
,e 3 of Mr. Jones, tailor and drape')
which it, w
titt:t.reet
been
We°, and from the manner in w
must have - of
ilti, e.1:1 there is little doubt that it
gang
t,;(tillitted
bY Members of a practisedThe thieves
fCa:tc that _t 13,
! ee
pq,,4,,N that now infest the City. coats,
/t,,ttist-sm ,nP goods- I d 1 th doeskin,
••••• iroa c o p
of opwar.ds
.°' 1e.,:;>.-., and trousers—to the amount
Considering
bee' x.'', 'With which they got clear off.
Aqie,,P(4led Situation of the house, and the
iltilitio are eontinuaily pa,,,mg to anti troth .B, r
i 4 loo,11.11„ena,, Which is in the immediate locality,. there,_
tent,-e'lling
fretrmarkable in the burglars succeeding. in
Ill'e:tc,l3,7„th ooy un;letected, The most searchindg,
;°4le 1,
"on is being made by the police, and a han. .
%ion -eward is off d for the apprehension and convic
of t, ere
me ortendere.