The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-01 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 1.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 33 ; highest, 41 ; Noon, 40.

mitted in the wood, she was not out of their little hut the new service, the personnel, and the duties of each
at all. That she had been in the wood that day and department.
collected a lew little broken twigs, wherewith "to The Constitutionnel says :—" We can announce as
make a little fire" (in the bitter weather of the Christ- certain, from our private information, that after the
mas week) "to warm her little child," she vote of the Spanish Senate on the Constitution Re-
freely admitted, protesting, however, that the form Bill, already adopted by the Chamber of De-
twigs so picked up by her were mere windfalls or puties, M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA will return to
waste litter in her path. The magistrates, at once resume his post of ambassador at Paris. Marshal
perceiving the vexatious nature of the charge, but NARVAEZ will again take, ad interim, the portfolio of
bound by the enactments of the statute to proceed foreign affairs.

BAROMETER, 30.25.—W1ND, N.E.
NoTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at
32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on
Barometers 'Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and
" Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather
when the mercury falls below 30.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON.BRIDGE THIS DAY.
tcr ." 27 minutes after 6 j Zvenlng ... 49 minutes after 6.
IC,

The Reine Blanche, the arrival of which ship at
Brest we announced yesterday, having files of the
Ocianie Francais to the 14th of July. The last
number of that journal thus announces the arrival of
the British sloop-of-war Carysfort at Otaheite:—
" At the moment of going to press, her Britdnnic Ma-
jesty's sloop of war Carysfort, Captaia Lord Paulet, ap-
peared off the ridge which closes in the roadstead of
Papeiti, and, without entering, saluted the flag of our
commander, which was returned by the Uranie. At
the same time the Governor received a visit from Lord
Paulet. The Carysfort brings private letters from
France, which come via Panama, with dates up to Fe-
bruary 26th, but no dispatches for the Governor, nor a
single journal. The Governor has only received a letter
from an officer, who commands one of King Louis Phi-
lippe's ships in the South Seas, announcing that a
French journal which had reached Valparaiso, gave in-
telligence that the whaler Elizabeth, which left Otaheite
within the first fortnight in November in last year, car-
rying dispatches, informing the Government of the mo-
tives which forced Admiral Dupetit Thouars to convert
the protectorate of Otaheite into an absolute possession
of the island, had made her passage to Havre in 95 days.
The same journal, of the date of Feb. 29, says, that, after
the reception of the dispatches we have mentioned, his
Majesty declared that he could not accept the full pos-
session, but must adhere to the protectorate. We re-
peat that the Governor has not received any official dis-
patches, but, nevertheless, on reading the letter rent to
him from Valparaiso, he hastened to send the chief of
his staff on board the Basilisk, with a letter to Queen
Pomare, acquainting her with the state of affairs, and
inviting her to come on shore. This letter was inter-
preted to Queen Pomare in the presence of the bearer,
and the Captains of the Carysfort and Basilisk. Pomare
replied, that she determined not to land, but would go
to Burabora, and there wait the conclusion of the
affair."
The Oceanic of July 7 contains a long summary
of the recent expeditions against the insurgents, and ,
then gives textually the report of Captain BoNARD,
of the Uranie, stating minutely the whole of his pro-
ceedings in the affair of Ponnavia.
The same journal adds
" Mr. Makinn, the English missionary, who was
killed at liapape, was at the moment when the ball
struck him in the forehead, in the balcony of his house,
occupied with looking at the movements outside. The
column was defiling before him, and the insurgents, who
had just taken position in the huts which our troops had
evacuated in order to go forward, were at a very short
distance from the column, and so masked as not to be
seen. There was no expectation of being attacked at
the moment. The sharp. shooters had come in, and the
column was advancing tranquilly, when at the instant it
was passing the house where Mr. Makinn was standing,
a sharp fire of musketry, proceeding from the huts occu-
pied by the natives, was directed against the rear-guard.
The halls passed over our soldiers' heads, and one struck
Mr. Makinn right in the forehead, and killed him on the

with the case, submitted to the prosecutor whether he
would proceed with the business. He surlily replied
in the affirmative—he had already lost two or three
faggots. The Bench, still unwilling to be pushed to
a sentence, asked him what value he set on the
faggots ? His answer was, that he could sell them at
the rate of 1,000 for six shillings; that is to say,
three farthings, and simething short of the fraction
of a half. The Bench, not concealing their regret at
the positive language of the statute, sentenced the
poor woman to some days' imprisonment. It is high
time that the more modern of these laws touching
petty offences against property should be carefully
revised and amended. They have nothing, in the
shape of legislation, to keep them in countenance, ex-
cept our Game-laws. They are as disproportionate in
their penalties, as arbitrary in their construction of
the acts of individuals, as capricious in their tyranny, as
regardless of the feelings, as hostile to the personal
rights and liberties of the poor. But disgraceful as
it is to the two Houses of Parliament even to have
sanctioned such laws, it is still more disgraceful that
any branches of the landowning aristocracy can be
found to administer them, biassed partisans in such
administration as they obviously are. But the most
disgraceful part of all, if possible, which is taken
under them, is that of tenant-fanners who invoke
them. Does the tenant-farmer, who detains, arrests,
and prosecutes the wretched cottier for unknowingly
committing a trespass to the value of three-farthings
on unhoused property of his, lying on, or next to, a
public pathway through an open wood—does he ima-
gine that he is more likely to secure, or to put in jeo-
pardy, the inviolability of that which he is so anxious
to protect, and all aggressions upon which (however
trivial or involuntary they may be) he is ready so
vindictively to punish? If men cannot be trusted to
the dictates of their good feeling, their good sense,
or their good policy, it will be well that the Legis-
lature step in, without loss of time, to think and make
laws for them. It is a scandal in a Christian country
to see the petty vengeance lurking in a little Midas-
like-law Act of Parliament, debated by a dozing
Committee of our House of Parliament, at two
o'clock in the morning, and passed in bulk with an
arrear accumulation of fifty more by the other
House on the last day of the session—dart out of its
dirty concealment, and, spider-like, fasten on the first
most helpless and friendless, most desolate and feeble
victim, that unconsciously strays within its treache
rous meshes!

nstant. The -Governor had saluted him the moment
before in pas,ing."
It would appear from a letter dated Papeiti, July
8, and published in the Journal des Debuts, that the
situation of the French in Otaheite is anything but
pleasant. The writer says :
" The insurgents have become remarkably bold ; to
say the truth, the entire population of the island, with
the exception of two or three districts, have risen against
us, encourazed by foreign instigation, and furnished
with arms and ammunition of every kind. You will say,
perhaps, why do you suffer this ? I answer that, although
Otaheite is only twenty-five leagues in circumference, we
have not small vessels enough to keep outside a watch
which would render almost impracticable the facilities of
communication with the neighbouring islands ; and how
can we, in the interior, keep up a good police in a country
of which we :,occupy so small a portion ? Be this as it
may, the mischief has been done, and has propagated
itself insensibly, without, I imagine, its importance being
well understood, for, even if peace were made, would
there be any security for the colony, when the whole
population could rise in arms at the first signal ?
Towards the conclusion of his letter he adds :
" We must not„'however, despair. The presence in our
roads of the English steamer Salamander will, without
doubt, change the current of events, the captain observing
an opposite line of conduct to that of his predecessors.
Far from seconding the insurgents, he has written to
them to state the true position of England as regards
France, and has threatened to join with us if they should
attack Papeiti. This step is probably only the prelude
of an entirely new policy on the part of the representa-
tives of England at Otaheite."
The Natives had attacked and burned down the re-
sidence of the French missionaries. The Oceanic
gives the following account of its destruction :
" A. the moment when the steamer was entering the
harlymr, a very thick smoke arose behind the cocoa-nut
trees, beyond the camp of the Uranie. It was the house
of the French missionaries which the natives bad set fire
to. The next morning the chapel also was burned to
the ground. The missionaries have lost everything.
The holy vessels and all the objects used in Divine
worship were pillaged by the natives or destroyed by
the flames. It is fortunate that the missionaries had
left their house in time."
Since the above was written, the Paris papers of
Tuesday have arrived. The Debats admits the gra-
vity of the Ministerial crisis. The prevailing opinion
in Paris is, that M. GulEoT will remain in office until
the debate on the Address, that during the course of
that debate he will avow and defend the course which
he has pursued, and that after that the Ministry
would resign, and that Count MOLE would be en-
trus te I with the formation of a new Cabinet.
The Moniteur announces that the KING has signified
to M. VILLEMAIN his deep regret at seeing him retire
from office, and publishes a royal ordonnance, dated
Tuesday, accepting his resignation, and charging M.
DUMON, the Minister of Public Works, with the de-
-M.O.NIDOABY, D:C10.830.
108
de-
partment of Public Instruction ad interim
First Highest Lowest Last
THE BOURSE--MONDAY,
Price. Price. Price. prim
French Five per Cents•• • • •• 120 50 .• 120 75 .• 120 50 .. 120 60
Fonts ..••
Three rgr Cents••• •• 85 25 .. 85 30 .. 85 25 .. 85 30
7:8
New Loan ........86 55 .. 86 55 -. 86 10 .. 86 55
Bank of France .. 3190 ..3195 ..3190 .•3195
Laflitte Bank, I,ooof Shareslo92 50 -1092 50 ••1092 50 .•1092 50
5,000 f Sharesso9o ..5100 - 5090 -5095
Belgian Bank..•• •• •••• •• •• 625 .• 630 .. 625 .. 630
Belgian Fives,lB4o .• •• •• •• 1041 .. 1041 •• 1041 .. 1041
Spanish Threes...." •• •• •• 381 •• 38: •• 381 ..
Active •••• •• •• •• •• 37 •• 37
•• • 351
•37
Pa55ive.......... •• 61 • • 61 •• 61 ..
Portuguese Five per CentS • • 611 • • 614 .. 61
.• 6164
Neapolitan... ..... ...• ••• 56 • • 96 • • 96 .. 96
Ronan . •••. 1041 .. 1041 •• 1041 .. 104
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain ...• •• •• ••1030 •.1030
..1030 .•1030
Versailles, R.B. .... •.• • • • 480 • • 490 . • 490 • • 490
L. 8....... •• •• •• 380 .. 380 .. 375 380
Rouen ................••1060 . 1060 ..1060 ..1060
Rouen to Havre............ 822 50 . • 830 • • 822 50 .. $3O
Orleans •.••••1136 25 ..1148 75 ••1136 25 ..4
Strasburg to Bale-- •••• •• 307 50 .. 307 50 . 306 25 .• I 1
3073 75
50
Avignon to Marseilles• ••• •• 930 .. 935 .. 930
935
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN 3. ••
Versailles, R. 8....... •••• •• 495 • • 495 .. 488 75 • • 495
L. 8.......•• •• •• 375 •• 380 .• 375 .• 380
R0uen..................•.1060 ..1062 50 "1060 .•1062 50
Rouen to Havre • 825 .. 830 .. 825 Orleans ....• 830 , ••••1136 25 ..1150 ..1136 25
..
Strasburg to Bale.- •• .• 306 25 .. 307 50 .. 306 25
.• 1145
3
Avignon to Marseilles...... 930 .• 940 • 930 06 50
-. 937 50

Accounts from Constantinople, dated 7th ult., state
that the Governor of Trebizond had forwarded to the
Divan a justification of his conduct, in which he
alleged that the injured Greek was an Ottoman sub-
ject, and was not, consequently, entitled to the protec-
tion of the British Consul. An indemnity had been
awarded to Admiral Sir BALDWIN WALKER for his
services in the Turkish navy. The Dardanelles were
being fortified, and had been placed within the go-
vernment of MEHEmEr ALI, Pacha of Topkhane.

Accounts have been received from Madrid to the
24th ult.

The Senate on that day was engaged in the discus-
sion of an amendment moved by the Duke DE GOR,
on the Reform Bill, the object of which was to esta-
blish a hereditary peerage. The discussion was ad-
journed until after the holidays, but during the course
of it the Minister of the Interior said, that the Go-
vernment had not considered it fit to demand the
creation of hereditary legislators.
The Cortes have adjourned their sittings to the
28th January, in order, it is said, to give the Govern-
ment time to negotiate with the Marquis DE VILLUMA
and seventeen Deputies who have resigned, for the
purpose of inducing them to withdraw their resigna-
tions.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday,
from which it would appear that the Ministry of M.
GUIZOT was in a very tottering condition. It is said
that M. GUIZOT was driving about Paris all day on
Sunday, to recruit votes for the election of Monday ;
but, notwithstanding all his efforts, the Ministerial
candidate only obtained a majority of four over his
opponent, the numbers being—for M. DE BELLEYME,
172, and for M. BILLAULT, 168. The Court, according
to some of the journals, affected the greatest indif-
ference as to the result of the ballot. The KING had
a long interview with Count MOLE on the evening of
Saturday, and on the following morning the Count DE
MONTALIVET was closeted with his MAJESTY for some
time. A courier had been dispatched to Marshal
BuclEAuD, to hasten his return to Paris, and the Mar-
shal has of late frequently transacted business with
the Duke DE NEMOURS. In relation to the Minis-
terial crisis, the Presses which is generally considered
to be the organ of Count MOLE, has the following:—
" The fact of M. Dufaure having been elected one of
the Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, and
M. Billault having on the second ballot received an in-
creased number of votes, while those of his competitor,
M. de Belleyme, declined in number, are matters whose
political signification is not disputed by any journal, not
even by those most strictly attached to the existence of
the Ministry. Already the formation of a Ministry is
loudly announced which would represent the coalition of
the two centres, and which would embrace, under the
['residency of Count Mt)* Messrs. de Salvandy
Bignon, Dufaure, and Billault. But will M. Billault, to
whose rare talent we have ever rendered justice, be
elected on Monday ? We do not believe it. We shall
explain the foundation of our conviction. The Ministry
has existed four years. It is composed of men valuable
on more than one account ; one of whom need only
ascend the tribune to prove that he has no equal. If the Mi-
nistry ought to fall, the Chamber ought not to overthrow
it in silence on a question of persons. It ought to wait
the debate on the address ; it ought to wait until the
Ministerial question is freely discussed and fairly put to
the vote. The present Ministry must not have the same
conclusion as that of the 12th of May. To conquer it
will be glorious, to smother it would be disgraceful."
It is stated that M. GUIZOT has made overtures to
MM. PAssr and DUFAURE to join the Ministry, but
they have declined. Neither, would it appear, are the
Ministry united among themselves. M. Gunor's col-
leagues consider themselves compromised by his unpopu-
larity,whichM.CuNlN GRIDAINE calls unefatalite. LOUIS
PHILIPPE, too, is much annoyed at the coldness of
his reception at the opening of the Chambers, and
complains that the unpopularity of the Minister
should have been visited upon the KING. According
to the Courier Francais, the KING is quite prepared
to sacrifice M. GUIZOT. His MAJESTY, says the
Courier Francais, is reported to have said, " Not-
withstanding the services rendered me by poor
GUIZOT, I must have a Ministry under whom Vice
le Roi ! shall be cried, and I may review the National
Guard."

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TIIESDAY.—Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince Albert
at the Castle this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, were taken their
accustomed exercise this forenoon in the grounds
adjoining the Castle.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and the
Countess St. Aulaire arrived at the Castle to-day, on
a visit to her Majesty. The Countess of Gainsborough
also arrived at the Castle.
Sir Henry IVheatley left the Castle to-day.
The Earl of Warwick has arrived, and has suc-
ceeded Viscount Hawarden as the Lord in Waiting
on the Queen ; and Major-General Sir Frederic
Stovin has succeeded Admiral Sir Robert Otway as
the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Fanny Howard, la Mar guise d'Harcourt, le
Comte and la Comtesse George d'Harcourt, Mr. and
Mrs. IV. Harcourt, and Captain Francis Seymour.
The band of the Royal Horse Guards were in at-
tendance during dinner. her Majesty's private band
afterwards attended, and performed during the re-
mainder of the evening.
The D

The majority of four, by which M. DE BELL EYME
succeeded, was composed of four of the Ministers,
who have seats in the Chamber, and who usually ab-
stain from voting. The friends of M. GuizoT
complain that all those who are dependent on
the Court not only voted, but canvassed
for the Opposition candidate. Baron ATHELIN,
who is everything at the Tuileries, has, since the
commencement of the crisis, voted in the Chamber
of Peers for everything proposed by Count MOLE,
and against the Ministry.
A most melancholy event has likewise occurred,
which will add considerably to the Ministerial eni-
barrassments. M. VILLEMAIN, the accomplished
Minister of Public Instruction, has been seized with
an alarming illness, and is at the present moment
completely deprived of reason. It is said that the
Ministry have endeavoured to fill up the office here-
tofore held by:M. VILLEMAIN, but without success.
It has been offered successively to M. DE SALVANDT,
to M. ST. MARC GIRARDIN, and to M. Rossi, and
been declined by each.

ne iuke of Cambridge visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, yesterday at Glou-
cester House.
The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday, on
a visit to Earl de Grey, at Wren Park, Silsoe, Bed-
fordshire.

Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P. for Marlborough, had
an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie,
at the Board of Trade, respecting a memorial from
the inhabitants of Marlborough in favour of the line
projected by the South-Western Railway Company
to Hungertbrd and Marlborough.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left Cambridge
yesterday for Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governor of New South
Wales.
The Earl of Ripon arrived in town on Monday.

The ilioniteur publishes a very long royal ordon-
mince, dated the 28th, founded upon a report of the
Minister of Marine, recommending an intermediate
state of things in the navy, between what is called
disporailite de rade and the commission de port.
The new position is to be called commission de rade ;
and, according to it, vessels for sea are to be placed
in the roadstead, or in front of the ports, according
to the localities. They are to be completely ready
for sea, and to have on board everything requisite. 1
The object of this new arrangement is to facilitate
the fitting out of ships, and to expedite naval mat-
ters generally. The ordonnance fixes the nature of

RISE IN THE-13";;;;;---,Tninus.—We are informed
that the advance in the price of American timber,
within the last twelve months, has been
_nearly 50 per
cent. This extraordinary rise is attributed to the steady
demand and the diminished stocks, caused by the great
amount of shipping employed in the guano trade.—
Glasgow Courier.

TIIF; SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIKG, JANUARY- 1, 1615

THIS DAY'S NEWS

OVERLAND MAIL.

INDIA AND CHINA.

By the arrival of the Bentinck at Suez, on the
14th of December, we have received advices from
Calcutta of the 18th of November, Madras the 22d,
Galle the 26th, Aden the 6th of December, and
Alexandria the 19th. From Alexandria we learn
"that Lord Elphinstone had left on the 18th for
Cairo, as also young Hardinge, who had arrived by
the Hecla. The Post-office treaty had been signed
and would go on by the Oriental."
PRECIS OF INTELLIGENCE FROM THE DE-
PARTURE OF THE LAST MAIL.
(From the Englishman of Nov. 16.)
OCT. B.—We have the pleasure to announce the safe
arrival of a detachment of her Majesty's 31st Foot, con-
sisting .of five officers, two hundred and one rank and
file, seven women, and four children, on board the
Bolton, which vessel anchored at the Sand Heads close to
the pilot brig, on the 12th inst., where she was detained
for want of a pilot—another proof of either paucity or mis-
management in that branch of the service. The detach-
ment embarked at Gravesend on the 28th of June, so that
the Bolton (an :apposite name for a thirty-first transport)
has made a capital passage of it. The names of the
officers with the above detachment are Major Spence,
Lieutenant Elmslie, and Ensign Paul, of the 31st, and
Ensign Bray, Assistant-Surgeon Bacot, of her Ma-
jesty's 39th.
Rumour says that Colonel Outram has been deputed
special Commissioner to inquire into the state of political
affairs connected with the Kolapore Raja, as also the
disaffection of the Arabs in the fortresses of that State.
We have no doubt that on his arrival affairs will be
speedily adjusted.
Singapore papers inform us of the appointment of Mr.
Behn, of the firm of Messrs. Behn, Meyer, and Co., for
the Hamburgh Consulship at Singapore.
ft i rse,rfed t:tat the forts in the Mahrata country
still continue to excite great interest. Lieutenant-
s;olunel Lovd, of the Artillery, has received orders to
proceed by &Hs from Ahmednuggur to the scene of
action. Various; articles of ammunition have been
shipped, in order to be sent there.
19th.—Sir Henry Hardinge has expressed his inten-
tion of patronising the Lyceum. We have received a
copy of the proposed rules. The lectures will com-
mence as soon as the hall of the Metcalfe Building is
coiled.
We have to report the loss of the ship Brilliant,
Captain King, bound from hence to Bombay, in the
Gaspar Channel, near the edge of Saugor Sand. A
steamer was sent to her assistance, and happily succeeded
in saving the crew, before she finally disappeared.
Details of European troops, under the command of
Captain A. Little and Lieut. C. H. Donovan, 9th Lancers,
have arrived per Judith Allan.
The steamers Pluto and Nemesis, we understand, will
proceed from Bombay to China, sine die, if the monsoon
proves favourable.
21st.—The appointment of private secretary to the
Most Noble the Governor of Madras has been conferred
upon T. B. A. Conway, Esq.
The notorious Aloo Paroo, together with Lewjee
Amal, and Hajee Bhogaboy, were duly convicted at
Bombay, after a trial which lasted three days. The sen
tence of the Court was, that Aloo Paroo be transported
for life, Lewjee Amal for ten years, and Hajee eighteen
months' imprisonment and hard labour.
The September express, with the Southampton mails,
arrived late last night, bringing news to the 7th of Sep-
tember inclusive.
News from Simla states that the Commander-in-Chief
proceeded on a visit to Kotghar, on the 15th ultimo, and
that Brevet-Major Evans, one of his Excellency's Aides-
de-camp, is to have the Bareilly Brigade Majorship,
vacant by Brevet-Major Hay. The former officer is, we
believe, a nephew of Sir Hugh Gough's, and obtained
his Brevet-Majority at Maharajpoor.
Rumour says that a large body of troops are about to
take up their quarters at Ferozepore.
We are informed that Captain Shortreed was placed
in charge of the 64th regiment, on the removal, by
General Hunter, of Colonel Caley from the command.
By letters from Sinde, we hear Sir Charles Napier,
with his staff, arrived from Kurrachee, on the 28th ult.:
there are also distressing accounts of the state of health,
in which the troops are, especially at Shikarpore. The
greater part of one Bengal Native corps, the artillery,
and 7th cavalry, were unfit for duty, being in hospital.
22d.—Intelligence has been received of the death of
Sawun Mull, Governor of Mooltan, which will tend
greatly to strengthen the interests of Golab Sing.
We hear that an intention exists in the southern
Mahratta country of undermining the forts, and blowing
them and their misguided defender into the air together;
it is to be hoped measures will be adopted for punishing
the Raja's Ministers, who are the causes of the revolt.
Letters from Kalteewar state an attempt was made to
shout the Adjutant, Lieut. Spottiswood, by a Sepoy of
the Ist Lancers.
Bombay news informs 'us, that there will be speedily
an army of from 4,000 to 5,000 strong at Belgaum.
Intelligence from Bundlekund states that the ex-
Raja of Jeitpore is in safe keeping, though he has not
actually given himself up to Colonel Sleeman.
23d.—We have to announce the arrival of the ship
Agincourt, with details of her Majesty's 9th regiment,
29th and 62d regiments, commanded by Lieut. Myers
Creagh.
News from Lahore inform us, that the Maharaja has
nominated Dew Dial to be the Dewan of Mooltan. The
Maharaja has also settled an estate upon the late Sawun
Mull's family, said to yield an annual revenue of 60,000 rs.
24th.—Mauritius papers informs us that recent mea-
sures adopted with regard to the financial administration
of his Excellency the Governor, has called forth senti-
mentswisdo of
of f thehi s
reply
yes ptot
a rlaeits
tee r byi.;
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sterlu,
elrya l
e xi
ncile exceptional
merchants of that colony, who are endeavouring to pre-
vail on our Local Government to make their drafts
henceforth at par, for the payment of the ls. duty on
sugars, and not at the existing rate of discount. Five
days afterwards the petitioners were informed, in the

name of Sir William Gomm, that his Excellency fully
acceded to their wishes, and that he would render them
an assistance compatible with the present state of the
treasury, requesting them at the same time to consent
to receive in payment for freight of coollies from India
to the Mauritius, bills at the Government rate of ex-
change, at a premium of 7fiper cent., or bills on the Pre-
sidency, at the rate of 2s. per Company's rupee.
The Delhi Gazette announces a meeting held at Simla,
on the 12th ult., when it was resolved to establish an-
other bank, with a capital of five lace of rupees in 1,000
shares, 500 each ; it is chiefly to be after the model of
the Agra bank. There are now, therefore, no fewer
than four banks in the N.W. provinces within 200 miles
of each other.

25th.—News from Lahore states that the Maharaja
has issued orders to his generals at Jumbo° to lose no
time in giving battle to Golab Sing, in consequence of
the lawless depredations committed by his soldiers.
Report says, that another force of 20,000 soldiers,
with 300 guns, is on its way to Herat, in order to join
the sons of the late Kamran.

Capt. Souter, who saved the colours of her Majesty's
44th regiment, during the disastrous retreat from Cau-
bul, has, we hear, exchanged into her Majesty's 22d re-
giment, which regiment has been ordered in the Mah-
ratta country ; it is also reported that another squadron
of her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons is to march in
company with the 22d.

The musicians of the bend have been ordered to give
their instruments into store, and to join their ranks,
as a preparatory step for the campaign.
26th.—Letters from Benares state, that her Majesty's
29th regiment arrived there on the 19th ult., en route
to Meerut ; we are also informed, that sickness was
prevailing to a great extent in that corps ; not less than
fifty are said to have been taken ill between Ghazeepoor
alit/ Beuur, a.

Intelligence from Bombay announces the total loss of
the ship Ceylon, Captain Fergusson, en the 9th ult.,
laden with coals, copper, and beer for the East India
Company. We are happy to hear no lives were lost.
27th.—Letters from :Sinde still speak of the fearful
sickness raging there. The 7th cavalry are stated to
have but 15 men fit forduty, the troop of Horse Artillery
but eight or nine, and the 69th regiment about 200;
however, as the bad season is now over, it is to be hoped
the Europeans, as well as natives, will rapidly improve in
health.

It is rumoured the Court-martial will take place upon
Colonel Moseley as soon as the officers can be assembled;
by the same report, we hear that Lieutenant-Colonel
Hawkes is about to assume the command of the 7th
Light Cavalry in the room of Major Phillips.
28th.—It is rumoured that the force in the southern
Mahratta country amounts to nearly 7,000 men. Gene-
ral Delamotte, we hear, takes the command.
An extensive robbery has been committed in the Bom-
bay Custom house. but no intelligence of the offent:ers
has as yet tr,iteldred,

29th.—By letters received from Sinde, dated the 12th
of October ultimo, we hear that ten of the mutineers,
who were proceeding to their imprisonment, under guard

of ism. Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, Lave effected their

' escape.
It is rumoured that the steamers Cleopatra and Pluto
have received orders to proceed to Surat, in order to
convey down the 7th Regiment of N. 1., and immediately
proceed to the southward.
News from Lahore says, that the Maharaja has ordered
the dependencies of Golab Sing to refuse further pay-
ment of revenues to the Governor, under penalty of for-
feiting 500 rs. for every 1,000.
30t13.—We understand that Captain Frederic C. Min-
chin, private secretary and A. D. C. to the Lieutenant-
Governor N. W. provinces, is appointed postmaster to
his Honour's camp.
The lion. Company's steamer Tenasserim arrived
yesterday from Suez.
An official report has, we learn from an Englishman
leader on the subject, been drawn up and published at
Bombay by Major Mackson, regarding the commerce of
the Sutlej and the Indus. The report states that, in
1833 four boats only, carrying 2,700 Inds. of merchandise
passed up and down both rivers ; in 1839, a great in-
crease took place—viz., 350 boats conveying 197,525
rnaunds of goods. In 1843, the number was 1,125, car-
rying 244,416.
It is rumoured that the fort of Samunghur was taken
by storm on the morning of the 13th Oct. ult., but full
particulars have not yet transpired.
Our yesterday's Sinde letters come down to the 13th
instant, and state that General Hunter threatens Capt.
Burt with a court-martial, on a charge most exceedingly
trifling—according to the version of it furnished by our
correspondent. Major Phillips is stated to have handed
up Sir Charles Napier to the Commander-in-Chief. It
was absolutely necessary that the Major should .do
something.
Letters from Dinapore of the 26th ult. mention the
arrival there of, and the assumption of the divisional
command by, Major-General Simpson—Major-General
Cartwright having proceeded, some days previously, to
take the command of the Presidency division.
Nov. 4.—By several letters received from Sinde of re-
cent date, we regret to hear sickness is still making
great ravages at Shirkapore. The 69th NJ., are still in
hospital, between three and four hundred men; the 7th,
Cavalry had not twenty fit for duty, and the troop of
Horse Artillery not even so many.
Captain Salter, of the 4th N. 1., has been ordered to
take the frontier command at Khatighur, and Captain
Smith n ordered to Shirkarpore.
Sickness is also reported as being very severe at Khau-
ghur; out of a force of seven hundred, nearly one-third
are ill of fever.
Intelligence from Gwalior to the 14th Oct. informs us
that disturbance, h at. broken out, in the purgunnah of
Kutchar Urhur ; a force of about 400 norenien has been
ordered to hold themselves in readiness. The Minister
Ram Rao was thinking of applying for the aid of the
contingent troops at Mabowea, in order to quell the in-
surrection of the refractory zemindars.
sth.—We understand that Mr. Charles Harland is ap-
pointed surgeon to his Honour the. 141-utenaut-Governor
who is proceeding on a tour.
Letters of the 25th ult., received from Loodianah, say
that the Commander-in-Chief is expected there on the
18th of this month.
Ilerah Sing is reported to be advancing towards
Golab Sing, with a force of thirteen thousand men.
Our letters from Sukkur to the 19th ult. contain no-
thing very much worth mentioning, except that Sir
Charles has " written up" to say, that unless Major
Phillips is brought to a court-martial, and the 78th
Highlanders are allowed to remain in Sinde, he begs
leave to be relieved from his command !
Our readers will perceive the full particulars of the
shocking murder of the unfortunate Captain Alcock,
late Deputy Quarter-Master General, on his way
back to Agra. Ile took an early dinner at Mrs.
Clarkson's house, at Mynporee, on Saturday, and
left in high health and spirits towards evening.
At Bhooreah Tallao he was attacked by a Dacoitee
gang ; he got out of his palkee and defended himself
with his sword, until they cut h.m across his wrists,
when he ran towards the village calling for assistance,
and one of the Dacoits then shot him dead. He was, it
is evident, mistaken for the magistrate, Mr. Unwin, who
had been hunting after this gang, and he (Mr. Unwin)
also left Mynpooree, and alone that evening ar-
rived at the village two hours after, and found Captain
Alcock sacrificed to the vengeance of these wretches
for him. He returned with the body to Mynpooree
which was buried with all due honours on Sunday. The
same leader of this Dacoitee attempted Captain Tudor's
life last year I
6th.—Captain Beachcroft, Brigade-Major, has, we
hear, been appointed a lay trustee of the church at Can-
nanore.

7th.—The gallant Bundlekund Legion passed through
Agra on the 29th ult., in progress to Sukkur, and in the
highest glee Floreani and emulate at last the
famous " Tenth Legion," should war favour them with
an opening.
By letters received from Hong-Kong to the 3d Sept.,
we hear a severe typhoon was reported as having oc-
curred at Chusan, in which the barque Cornwall was to-
tally lost, and the Mary Ann Webb dismasted.
The Singapore Free Press contains a Government noti- ,
fication, reciting certain sections of Act 43, George 111.
chap. 139, for the prevention of counterfeiting foreign
copper money, large quantities of which is said to be
selling in the British settlements, for the purpose of
being introduced into the Netherlands India.
The inquiry by the Coroner, touching the death of the
late Raja of Berhampore, was concluded yesterday even-
ing ; when, after some consultation on the part of the
jury, a verdict of Febo de se was returned.
The two soldiers of the artillh•ry r, giniettl stationed at
Duru-Dum were arraigned at the bar, fur the assault
committed some time ago upon Major Wood, A.D.C. to
the Governor-Genersl. Both prisoners were found
guilty, and sentenced to be kept to hard labour in the
House of Correction for a term of twelve calendar
months.

From the Hong-Kong General 'rice Current we per:
eeive that freights have suddenly advanced from 31. to 41.
per ton, supposed to have been occasioned by the eager-
ness of purchasers of the new congous.
It is stated that the gallant Outram and Wallace are
determined to do their utmost in endeavouring to crush
the rebell.on in the south Maharatta country ; and it is
found that nothing short of the most severe measures
will answer.
The three soldiers of the 10th, who were committed
to stand their trial for au assault upon Miss Foley, have
been discharged by proclamation, on account of the non-
appearance of the prosecutrix.
It is reported that prior to the storming of the fort of
Samungnur, several deluded women put themselves and
their children to death.
Letters from Dinapore of the 2d inst. inform us that
the 3d Buffs mustered there on the Ist, and left the same
day on their way to England ; and also that the sth
N.I. arrived there on that same afternoon, not having
had more than a dozen desertions, though a young
regiment, and ordered to a station which has no very
good name in the north-west, and at which (Dacca)
the relieved corps has experienced much sickness. By
the way, we believe that most of the officers (transfers)
who are with this regiment, have been in half-batta
enjoyment within the last few years ; but the trans-
fers themselves; in the re-officering of those Caubul corps,
was so inherently faulty, that any consequent or inci-
dental hardship seems light in the comparison. We
think so few desertions, under the circumstrnces of the
case, speak well for the efficiency and discipline of this
young regiment. We have known great defalcation,
under a similar disagreeableness, in older corps.
The Maria Soames, from Sydney, with European
troops on board, under the command of Lieut. Walde-
grave, anchored off our lighthouse yesterday.
We understand that Captain Pepper, of the Indian
Navy, is appointed Superintendent of the Indian Navy
during the absence of Capt. Sir Robert Oliver, R.N.
The meeting between the Raja of Kolapore and the
Political agent, Colonel Outran), has taken place ; the
Raja was received with all the honours due to his rank.
1 1 th.—We regret to announce a melanchoty event
which lately happened at Arcot. Mr. Leslie, senior
cornet of the 6th Light Cavalry, was found dead in his
batch-room, having shot himself ; but whether by de-
sign, or accidentally, remains a mystery.
Detail:, of her Majesty's 80th Regiment have arrived
from Sydney, per the Royal Saxon, Cnarlesworth, un-
der the command of Lieut.-Colonel, W. Baker, Capts.
Louis and Sheberas, Lieuts. Keley, Armaby, Wellman,
and Bythessa.
We have to report the arrival of the Asia from Lon-
don, with a det:lehrneut of her M .jesty's 62,1 11,giment,
commanded by Lieut. Wolfe ; her Majesty's 39th Regi-
ment, Lieut. Forster ; her Majesty's 62,1 Regiment,
Lieut De Montmorency ; her Majesty's 50th Foot, and
Dr. Thorborne, in medical charge of the troops.
12th.—We notice from the Bembay Times, that Capt.
Sanders of the Indian Navy has been transferred from
the command of the Semiramis to the Palinurus steamer,
in order to take charge'of the Survey on the Arabian
and African coasts. Dr. Carter, who we believe pro-
ceeds as surgeon to the Survey, will act as naturalist.
We also hear a donation of 5,000 rs. has been granted
by authority from the Court of Directors to Capt. H. B.
Turner, as a token of the value of his servic-s during
tit; pen of he was englq.,:e.2 Sup-riotentling Engint•-i-
-in the erection of the ,teach factory iii the dockyard, in
in addition to his other duties.
We have to announce the arrival of the Owen Glen-

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