The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

UL A It

WINDsoa, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
went out for their early morning walk. On the return
of her l'=:ittjesty and his Royal Highness, the Prince
left the Castle to shoot in the royal preserves, attended
by Mr. Anson and Sir Edward a,water.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited
the Queen and Prince Albert this morning.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal went out
for a carriage airing this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the
P. incess Alice were taken a walk to-day.
The Earl of Aberdeen and Sir Henry Wheatley
arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen.
The Countess of Gainsborough is expected to
arrive this evening at the Castle.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Fanny Howard, and the Countess Wratislaw, joined
the royal circle at dinner.
Her Majesty's private band was in attendance at
the Castle after dinner, and performed during the
evening.

The Queen honoured Mr. Thorburn with a sitting
to-day for her portrait.

The Queen and Prince Albert inspected, on Satur-
day, an engraved portrait of the Princess Charlotte of
Belgium, engraved by Robinson, from an original
miniature painted by Sir William Ross, R A., for her
Mak sty the Queen of the Belgians, which was sub-
mitted by Mr. David Thomas White. Her Majesty
and his Royal Highness were pleased to express their
approbation.

A deputation of the promoters of the Redcar and
Wear Valley Railway had an interview with the Earl
of 1 )alhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Mr. Hart Davis, Deputy Chairman of the Excise,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down-
ing-street.

The Hon. Sidney Herbert transacted business yes-
terday at the Foreign-office.
A deputation to present memorials from Mon-
mouthshire and Breconshire had an interview with
the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Board of
Trade. The deputation presented memorials from
Monmouth county, from Monmouth town, from
Abergavenny, from Usk, from Brecon, and from
Crickhowell.

The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday after,
noon for Windsor Castle.

Lord Granville Somerset had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governors of the West India
Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office.

A deputation from the Rotherham, Bawtry, and
Gainsborough Junction Railway, had an interview
with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday.

DUTCH MAIL.

NIMEGUEN, DEC. 17.—Though, as we hear,
the ice is still standing firm below the city, it is, how-
ever, broken up here. The water in the river has
fallen considerably, and is now clear of floating ice.
We fear that that part of the bridge which was car-
• ried away is dashed to pieces.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 20 . —The accounts that we
have received from Dordrecht, and other places, state
that the thaw, which we have had for some days,
has in general had a considerable effect, and that the
ice is for the most part broken up.
We have not received to-day either the French or
the English mails. Our London news has arrived
through Belgium.
KONIGSBURG, DEC. 10.—In contradiction to some
accounts from St. Petersburgh, it is stated to be posi-
tively known, from persons who come from the North,
that the Emperor attends to public business with his
usual energy, and that no change is observed in his
health. He very much wishes to see his favourite
daughter contract a brilliant marriage, and only the po-
sitive will of the Grand Duchess Olga to remain, for
the present, with her parents has hitherto prevented
her marriage.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE ASSVJ
ANCE SOCIETY.

The Directors, members, and friends of the Ns'
timid] INlercantile Assurar.c3 Society, dined together
yesterday evening at the London Tavern, Bishops'
gate-street, Robert Wilcoxon, Esq., presiding.
The objects of this Society, which is largely a'
liberally supported by eminent mercantile men, an
,1
the great body of mercantile travellers, are too Fell
known to require description—it is a life assurance
office, which is rapidly extending its business and
connexion. The respected Chairman was supported
by Mr..Bedmayne and Mr. Baker ; the Vice Peesv
dents were Mr. Stokes and Mr. M'Culloch. Among
the gentlemen present were Mr. G. Moore,
r.
Pellatt, Mr. Baker, jun., Mr. Baden, Mr. Newbon,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Bankart, Mr. Morse, Mr.
Mr. Stockdale, &c., &c. An excellent dinner was
provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, whose ar'
rangements for the comfort of the guests were noel'
ceptionable ; the wines were also of first-rate qualitP
On the removal of the cloth, Non Nobis was adtni'
rably sung by the professional gentlemen engaged for
the occasion.
The CHAIRMAN gave as the first toast, the "
Ilealth
of her Majesty the Queen," which was drank with all
the honours.

Air—" God Save the Queen."
The CHAIRMAN gave as the second toast, the
" Health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert." ,6
Air—" Here's a health to the Prince and the Queen'
The " Health of the Queen Dowager," in gion:n,
which the Chairman passed a high eulogium the
charitable disposition of her Majesty, was then draum
in conjunction with the rest of thelßoyal Fatal'
The toast was received with the utmost cordiality'.
The CHAIRMAN then said he had a toast to propose
which was of the greatest importance to this country
—it was that of the " Army and Navy" of Englandi
They must all allow that these two services were °
the most essential importance to the nation in ever"'
point of view ; to them, in a great degree, they mighttrace the rise of this great empire, and to them
be ascribed the peace and quietness they then en'
joyed.—Drank with loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN said it was now his pleasing "I_
to propose a toast in which they were all, more °'
less, much interested, and many of them very deeply
l
so.—(Hear, hear.) It was the toast of a body througt,
the instrumentality of which he had the pleasure
seeing himself surrounded by this large and respefl
able assembly.—(Cheers.) The toast he had to ra
was " Prosperity to the National Mercantile 0
Life Assurance Society."—(Loud cheers.) UP°ll
occasion of this kind, and more particularly under
the circumstances in which they had recently been
placed, it was but natural they should expect fregto
him something like an account of the rise Id
progress of the Society.—(Hear, hear.) He beli?l,
The were all pretty well aware that the Mercantile
;
Travellers' Life Assurance Office was original/.
formed by comparatively a very few influential i'°ll/4
mercial gentlemen, from motives roost dlointereg,t
towards their fellow-travellers. After some time the
Society was amalgamated into another Society et
about equal standing the National Endowillel3e
Society—under the title of the National Mercantii d
Assurance Society. Since that time the Society ha
had much to encounter ; many troubles and 1112.7;
trials awaited it ; but the vessel was htil
and it had surmDunted every obstacle.--(llf24„fte
[t was, then, a most pleasing part of his du
t 6
evening to be able to present to them, not
shipwrecked institution—(Hear, hear)—not witlibut
fragment or portion of this great undertaking, i 6
with the whole and entire National Mercautilf Pebe
Assurance Society.—(Cheers.) It was usual, en
present occasion, to give something like a statemePii
though not in detail, of the present prospects ape
condition of the Society. Immediately
after th
settlement of the differences between the gentleul
who had retired from the Board and the Presen:
Directors, the latter had considered it their duty, i°
r
order to satisfy, not only themselves, but the "'t
prietors also, to have a full valuation made of the wh°ie
of their affairs. This they immediately gave imtrollP4
to have done, and the task had been -aveomplished
their actuary, and tested by the actuary of the
vereal Life Assurance Office. It was his Ple3sl°F
duty to tell them that the account more than anti,cl,
,
pated all their best expectations.—(gear, hear.) Wri.l,.;#
out going into anything like detail or figures, he It'
delighted to be able to tell the p-lesenp won-Tway tbal
at the end of the year [4.5- they wonl4 be able t°,
declare a most liberal bong to policy-holders and
shareholders.—(Loud cheers.) Thus the Directors
had been able to treat liberally all those who had left
them, and also to take ample care of
nose who re,,
mained.—(Cheers.) die was going to say twothree words on the subject of life assurance itself,
but there were many gentlemen present much. more
capable than he was of dilating on this topic
t
would, therefore, merely state that he did consider:
this institution to be a most excellent one. He wl
quite satisfied it had been the means of doing 3 vast
,
deal of good, and many a poor family and desolate
widow had had reason to rejoice in the existence f
such an institution as this ; but for it, inleerYl
want, and all the evils that were their consequee:,
must have ensued ; and he would urge all—for a_Let
of them had some ability—to do their best to supPe,r_
it. There was not one of them but was able to al
something; he would say to all of them, 6, do What
you can," and then he was satisfied, if they were ft
spared to meet another year, that they should u`
able to present to them this Society in a far mom
flourishing condition than it had ever yet attained to•
;
(Hear, hear.) He gave, as the toast, "Prosperity
the National Mercantile Life Assurance Social'
The toast was drank with enthusiasm.
er
Mr. G. MooRE proposed the next toast. e-e said
experience. taught them that they could not have *the
gratification without some alloy, and at present ist
gratification he felt at being entrusted with the °it+
was abated by the inability he felt to do justice toed
It was " The Commercial Travellers of the to! he
Kingdom."—(Loud cheers.) He knew not whYbe•
had been selected to give this toast, unless it was life
cause he had been for a great many years of his e 0
associated with them.—(Hear, hear.) He had ht
connected with them nearly twenty years, andarf
could bear testimony to their character for gb
and perseverance being unequalled. Often, thr°ll,o4
the hours of a winter's midnight, when others 'sail.
taking their repose, they were travelling on the 1::;r 's
way, or in the steam-boat, advancing their eineawee
interest or their own. By this body of gen''' 10
he had that day been honoured with a plac-„ ge
the Board of Directors of the Society. , by
could assure them he felt highly flattered ore
this honour thus conferred upon him ; he vve‘,sslea
that they might have found many gen`,74o,
who would have done more justice to them.--"t
r,ner
no.") lie had been told in a very forcible hierot,
that the body of the Society wished to have, at 'ed it
one Director who had risen from the ranks ;
was his proudest gratification that he had been "-lie
elated with them fur many years.—(Hear, hear:) tica
assured them he would endeavour to do all the e 154 he
to them his humble abilities would permit; ana,:iek
had a little influence in the mercantile world, an-d it
some knowledge of the market towns of En/4,l3l''nd
would be his great anxiety to exert his ability the
influence to their advantage.—(Cheers.) As bail%
Chairman had told them, there had 00
some seceders from the office, in conseVeargs
of a misunderstanding. He had some Lretby
from which he was warranted in expecting tna,t
~ the
next month they would be able to make up rots°
office the income it had been deprived of. beool3
hoped they should go on on a principle that Iv dp•
bring them an increase of business every month. Ilhe
dividually he would endeavour to set somethuig,ving
an example.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by gfi
the, " Health of the Commercial Travellers west
United Kingdom," which was drank with the war
demonstrations of feeling.
Bald hOMr. Moen acknowledged the toast. -110 olio
would not affect any particular modesty) as tide'
occasion he thought it ought to he threw" (re
The event was one of very great importance, _
(ire
more so, perhaps, than his friend Mr, °
.„
had. imagined. It was a very corors,",ehe"j
sive one; if what he said should ' reriortte
it would find its way to the asset of every man by..
provinces—to th. '
man le cl
ocotland and Ireland. 'Every one w wolla
the speech in which the toast was proposed,. Ile
feel grateful to Mr. Moore for proposing
oeart of every commercialhgoen;lo
it. fey/
(Mr. Morse) would show, in the course of 9_05.
minutes, that the body of commercial travellers, trlelo
sessed. more importance than many persons giof.lol, of
credit tor. Travellers, in the ordinary accep!al frog'
the word, were looked upon as men journeying_ and
town to tcwn, merely in pursuit of business±obie!
having no views beyond it. Now they had 11.:ibeir
object ; they all felt that they owed a duty wae
wives and families, and a great proof of thisr re'
offered them to day in the great number. had
spectable gentlemen there assembled, Who h 0
insured their lives in this office, All'

L I

THE CONQUEST OF SINI)E

,°Peed they would exercise their ability to in-
`,..11 e others to insure their lives there also.—(Hear,
7arrid To chow that the commercial travellers of the General William Napier has commenced a history
"ed kingdom were not so unimportant as many
of this important acquisition, which is so MI of Peopleite-
stat.,.iinsagined, he would. ji...-st lay before, them a few , ~.,
,erest, and lays open so many mysteries, that one
"cal facts, and statistics spoke stronger than
thing else. He believed it was estimated that there brief notice could not render it any justice. We
, ere twenty thousand gentlemen regularly on the bare already called the attention of the public to the
'''ad. -to These twenty thousand men might be taken work, but only in a very summary manner, simply
sPend at least
and that amounted of no 1
400 000/ , to(na sumh )
' lenborough and Sir Charles Napier (the brother of
they , . annually . - ear, ear. 'Where would
the author) were fully justified in their course of
v find twenty thousand men in any other situation
throl,!..fe spending so much money as these twenty policy towards the Aineers, and that we had from
the'mld commercial travellers ? He had shown the beginning taken the same view of a question
wh,nlc. that they occupied a position in the State which has been so ably illustrated by the historian .ef
,h,..'_ P. was worth some particular notice, and he
u
puld have to show them that the Chancellor of the the P eniesular campaigns. Much more, however, its
Aebequer and the Government of the country was required to place the policy of the Government, th.e
ir!nch indebted to the commercial travellers of the diplomacy of Lord Ellenborough, and the deeds cif
Terlited Kingdom.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) lie the hero of Meanee in a proper light. When intel -
I
I," haPpy to- say that he belonged to that body, and ligence reached this country that Sinde had been he-
w' done so for the last twenty years ; and though he varied, that Hyderabad had been taken and plundered
ti:_B now a principal, yet he had been a rerrec t
of its treasures, that the " unfortunate" Ameers had
th e, and had risen from the ranks—(Hear, hear)—in2-ena-
been dispossessed of their domains, and Sinde had
the 24. e way as his friend Mr. Moore had done. If
1,,,.eY looked at this sum of 6,000,0001.. and assumed, been annexed to the British Empire in India, loud
,e' ..the sake of argument, that each of these 20,000 were the complaints heard from nearly all quarters of
'oxii`ltploernan spent 1001. a yecr on his own personal the injustice of the proceedings; of the grasping po-
ta ' rt, that would give '2,000,000/. a year
Ore rs Hey of the new Governor-General, and of the sari-
L ,or e,000,0001. altogether. Now, let him ask e
guinary battles brought on by a General, whose only.
t°"' Much of this eight millions a year went to the
/ehequer ?—(llear hear, and laughter.) He was delight was in repeating the scenes of warfare like,
Ilfraid
or.. to contemplate the amount, inasmuch as many those which he witnessed in Spain. Several meetings„
th' their temperance friends would be inclined to think were held on the invasion of Sinde, and the resolu-
ken? an intemperate body.—(Great laughter.) But tions were all adverse to the measures adopted, but
of
.ml, must bear in mind that a very large proportion
what appeared the most singular feature in
....at amount was raised from their tea and coffee.
Pent in
He would not tell them what was these marks of opposition to this noble and valuable
7, nt in taxation in the shape of railway travelling ; acquisition, was the loud outcry made by that part of
he would go further into this matter, because the the press which supported the Whig Government, and
f
ftl.l'er they went into it the more interest they would denounced the invasion of Sinde as a wanton act of
43_,, n it. Twenty thousand men was not a very cruelty and rapacity on the part of the Governor-
ail number ; they could either do a great deal of
General, Lord. Ellenborough. Any one who had
th or a great deal of evil ; but he believed
paid attention to the subject knew well that the occu-
at the twenty thousand commercial men did more
,:(--4 than any other twenty thousand they could pation of Sinde had been contemplated by Lord
tittliti°ll. —(Hear, hear.) What would they say to a Auckland—nay more, that he had seized on four of
e calculation he had made? Twenty thousand the most important stations on the Indus, and had he
n't'n travelling. through the country, and each person remained longer in power, that he would have adopted
ti4iita..rti, ing only 501. per day in the shape of sales
o
pernlng 300 days in the year instead of 365, that 50/. the course pursued by his successor, though the result
tunuaY would amount to no less a sum than three would have been probably of a very different
Nt dred millions sterling ! (Hear, hear.) Where ' character. Sir John Keane, famous for the disasters
.);cld they find twenty thousand men in any other in Affghanistan, for the helpless condition in which
ti_sition of life—in the manufacturing, or any other he left the troops at Caubul, andhis hasty retreat from
the
8_ of individuals—who returned so much money as the scene of action, when the real difficulties coin-
theh,°°lnmercial traveller ?—(Hear, hear.) Then let
menced, would, we fear, have made but a poor figure
te;" ge a step or two into details, to show that
thisre was something beyond even making at the battle of Meanee. But, leaving these points
all return. There was a question that kept them out of the question, we come to the main charge
titi alive, and brought them all here to-day—the against Lord Ellenborough. The friends of Lord
vie.,estion of the profits of business. Look at the profit Auckland—we ought rather to call them his enemies
14,1ved from this return of business. He would
—denounced his successor for invading Sinde, and
eotetthat profit at ten per cent. per annum, which was
under vain pretences expelling the harmless Ameers,
Dr •°',3 high ; upon 300,000,0001. that ten per cent
L°llt would he 30,000,0001., a sum which, they and annexing the country to British India. General
oa4ld agree with him, was a very large one to beNapier, however, has shown in a way which
ti/isefi by the commercial travellers of the United can leave no possible doubt that Lord Auck-
-41?"11. He was glad that the toast had been pro- land himself, assisted by Sir henry Pottinger,
leyeileciln such a comprehensie i that was the real aggressor, that he had made inroads on
a'!`l the all distinctions,
the tions, placed manner—one
the principal
the country, inveigled the Ameers into treaties,
id de-
Ar representative on same floor together,
" Placed the gentlemen of Manchester, Leeds, ceived them by false promises, and only waited for
eitow and every town that could be mentioned, on the termination of the Affghanistan war to drive them
we came footing..—(Cheers.) The large profit they out of' the country. The following is a specimen of
of.tP the means or making was not always ill-disposed the policy of Lord Auckland, who, from some strange
labil3eet not the gentlemen around him fancy that they hallucination in the public mind, is believed as inno-
N tired for persons who did no good with it. He cent of the invasion of Sinde as of the fall of Adam :
let Y,,requested them to walk through thisgreat city-
-4 "„em pass through its streets and alleys, and what " Shame being now laid aside, and occasion rife, Lord
11 the see ? They saw at every turn almshouses, Auckland, pretending a virtuous. indignation at the
%Pital • duplicity of the Ameers—their unwarrantable enmity
Ittio s, schools. Who created there.? Not the
and jealousy of the British I moved with pity also for
The:racy, but the merchant princes of London.
the distracted state of their government, a state which
44ti Y dispensed their princely wealth with a lordly his Envoy was expreisly instructed to foment, declared
4,1 Princely hand. Reasoning on the amount of good that fire thousand troops should instantly seize Shikar-
kol' he felt proud to belong to such a class. He could pore. and such other parts of Sinde as might be deemed
IlituillTher• Men who had attained high honours had eligible to facilitate the invasion of Affghanistan, and to
1't13.-,„1.11; from it, Sir Matthew Wood, who entertained give effect to the tripartite treaty. Not only the Ameers
Wit, "'"Y, arose from its ranks; of that gentleman he who were inimical to the British,. but those. who. had dis-
Nil not speaking as a politician. If they looked closed any unwillingness to aid the invasion of the
utli,n4 them, at the present time, they would see Affghan.s,
f. with whom they had no quarrel, were to be
and this violence was offered to
4,(vrs who had attained similar distinction. If they
power;roulgo;ernments, over which no rights had
i:li to the Senate, they would find there a distin- independent
been established, save by treaties granted not sought for
`fttett!4 rnan, the leader of' a section and a party ; by them, and both in letter and spirit opposed to these
or ether
they agreed with that gentleman's politics
, tee aggressions ! But to make amends, the Ameers were
41 - Was not the matter under consideration—but
r, cot assured, that the seizure of their territories by a British
'lite, ~den was once a commercial traveller—(Loud army meaned nothing injurious to their interests ! `You
itit.).B)-.--and if he were present on this occa- are to die by my hands,' said the executioner to the son
ltie:; he was sure he would glory in acknow. of the Spanish Philip ; `you are to die ! Struggle not !
I''4' that he had been one.—(Loud. cheers.) Your father orders it for your good.'"
t''ss,l),,!,,the power and influence commercial men pos- Sir Henry Pottinger, now so celebrated, was the
floi)er'i was sure they would agree with him that if the right-hand man of Lord Auckland, and assisted
k°4°6 seaereised and well united, they had power
him in these schemes for trampling on the Ameers.
leeroili ie,
egive Opeernments weight or make Ministers
that ha ((Cheers.) He then referred to the division The following extract From the work will show with
t° find -,,taken place in the Direction, but was happy what tact he supported the views of the Governor-
stC4Blo,`"at_ the Society would suffer no lose by the General :
Rtill; e." Of the gentlemen who had retired, and con- " His vehement declarations of the good faith anti
ased by
IL:recing them warmly. for the manner in moderation of political acts which the most subtil sophis-
,Th the toast had 0::17-1 cei d try cannot palliate, much less justify ; the deference he
" been placed in his try cannot palliate, much less justify the deference he
hir. STotEs said a toast h-, been placed in his inc for the tyrannical pleasures of the Ameers
atk'lr. STOKES said a toast hat.. . +
deal of whose real rights he had by his treaties just taken away,
/1 tads, which he should give with a gre:.
are somewhat curious specimens of reasoning. Speaking
t4e,?stri.e. Nothing could be more gratifying than to
of their ' Shikargahs' or hunting preserves, which ho
it,i(le to propose a toast with which his sentiments
tiek00,,,,j.,,;10 they had formed by turning, within a few
feelires cordially agreed. Ile had to give the of i4e,fertile and peopled land into a
Health of °
i,..aa gentleman, with regard to whom years, one:foerth
he was
wilderness ; and they were still re-arching onwardsrecently
.in
le, the opinions of all of them were in unison with that devastating career, one of thee! havingt-i.hikecareg"T'.
(:114.°wri. He gave the " Health of their respected
al
old; future
the w-li I: o f
deeeltrnan."—(Loud cheering.) They owed. him a destroyed two large villages to form
for his child, then onlyeight y
pa r debt of gratitude—deeper than they could re- thew declared that their hunrienag..rsgorounds were dearero
Y in
all Words; and he therefore hoped that they would to them than their wives and children ;he yet desired
mNigohrtmbaenrseisni,,,l,o, hepaese the ancient forest
ot,j,letively assist him in carrying out the beneficial that they
England were et-jaaliy pernicinee!
ooed's of this Society. It was to his firm and manly laws of the
43% duct that they were indebted for the meeting of thatl or the worst periods of English history as a
And while thus recurring to the worst, the most eruct
had irever since he had entered the Direction, his conduct
"ii)dreesfsoir°ll3ritish policy let the nineteenth century, and
,Itlti en open and straightforward ; whatever diffi•
IN es he had met in their cause, from that path he
saiustency he recommended a conciliating Rid peeteettpg
gu excuse for the Ameers ofliinee, witll. sitiguley incon-
Plierit4v,er flagged nor swerved. His character in policy tewares the people !"
Nee i! life was without reproach, as a man of busi-
After describing in his sal strong language the
ttlikh, a Was unexceptionable, but as a Director he
Th‘.. say they had never had such a one.—(Cheers.) expensive, ruinous, and uncalled for eepedition to
!titee,", Uneiesteei briefly returned thanks for the Caubul, and the deceitful policy adopted towards the
lement.
a, r w
s'utl t: v Al.sla then gave the healths of G. Redmayne, rulers of Sinde, General Napier thus sums up the
kr:. faker, Esqs., the old Directors. leading features of Lord Auckland's government in
India:—
AL; rtEosiaTNE returned thanks. era was now commencing for Sinde. Lord
E]Ett„.,,, TocicnaLE gave the new Directors that day e BetnadneLted
India,
leaving it in all the confusion,
l'tfr", Mr. P. Rolt, Dr. Cursham, and Mr. G. Moore.
°Pol, ' Aloonu, on behalf of himself and colleagues, the terror, Auckland
r., gandoratillietydaanngdera,
astounding
gilyinfhciawpiancgi
(yfrowmhtichhe
Air to the toast. political imm
.•
h.
ieovuosu s
feelingsca reer.
and A And
ti fa
blindedny man,hy
,'lieer' CornEr gave the auditors. He stated, to freefromr.udioes.
m kie,edhehmisehmtisfcacti
l‘' l'eWhat individual exertion can do,_ that Mr. party p. etvh.g shall doubt the correctness of the pie-
hr e 4 ,",.,, Mr. Starr, and Mr. Stockdale, had each ture ot 1 1 .
44(111'4 30 0 into the office, and he himself
~ , 00/. pound
4',,t1 the means of introducing 110,0001. and he will doubt no longer. Out
subject,
with a desire to reach the truth, all the Parliamentary
papers on the
Ti. Ardasir having returned thanks,
lt, Lle p.
-kai -HAIRMAN gave the " Secretaries, and the of their co , .
I,band medical officers." own mouths they are condemned."
policy of his successor, and
The next subject is the
C The toast was acknowledged by Mr. EVANS.
mer-
ged e etra -"'The local agents, and M
IRMAN gale 1 r. of India, among which the Bombay
the vile accusations brought against him by the
cenary press
Alwick, of Manchester."—(Cheers.)
b c
, bay' i nAuwicK replied. He read a letter from re,e '
minent. Shortly after Lord El-
Tienee, conducted by a Scotchman of the name of
e'ltie,,e Waddington, Chairman of the Directors of the Buist stands p
'48%-"ester and Birmingham Railway, expressing his lenborough's arrival in India a large army_ ofb reserve
l'ills°,, ein,tnlent at not being able to attend the dinner. was collected on the frontiers of the Punjau to pro-
'evt,r,,'„ v ice-Presidents and the Stewards were then tect the remains of the Caubul troops on their return
Ai; "Y proposed and drank.
. 8
~..k,.. ~roxEs proposed the health of Mr. Newbon. to the Sutledge. The paid agents of certain parties
raised an outcry against Lord Ellenborough from this
pleri '-',4k.wnors replied. lie said there were materials
sir estne commercial body itself to accomplish all arrangement and had nearly inflicted the greatest
ItiSsee'°st sanguine expectations. The
man that con- calamity on the country purely.
from mereeuary :no-
all -" empires, and trod nations beneath his feet, once tives. General Napier thus points out the danger
th• ''d he
ti.;.,4),k hte-•° " a
.nation.
.of shopkeepers." Did they caused by these hirelings. :
thqt the 'lid so in derision ? No; he knew and felt e
43' were a great commaiscial nation, and hence And here it is fitting to notice the true objects of
:EvointLerlee escaped his lips. He concluded an able assembling that army of reserve, so ridiculed at the time
ythe Indian press. It is fitting to do so as throwing a
~,y h 4('Y complimenting them on the moderation light upon Lord Elleuborough's prudence ; but more so,
todisplayed on an when they
'et a''' occasion had as the infamous and dangerous nature of that
Th commemorate a victory. Indian press, whose efforts have been for several years
tags to Chairman then left the chair, and the proceed- constantly directed to the support at peculation, the
N' trniiThey • ' of the military spirit, the calumniating of
th. nat e ri were marked throughout depression by - patriotic feeling and useful talent, and the
,r" tiCeatest unanimity and good feeling. every man of
teaching the foreign enemies of the Anglo-
lriel4nev°calists engaged for the evening were Miss inciting and
IT ,1: u, Misses r. F. N. Crouch Mr. hill Indian Government how and when to assail the armies
at AtTa_llkle,e, and Mr. O'Brien,Lloyd. We must' state also;
with the greatest advantage, even urging__ the_ tS'epoys at
times to mutiny. Let the people of. E.ngland. judge. . the
'''otet 're. Toole officiated as toastmaster with his
(aled ability. followine• sample of their wanton iniquity, their mischief-
k,
"When Lord Ellenborough arrived in India, there
hs . b --------_. making e'falsehood.
I ,tY's w Donald Horne, from the office of her Ma- were 30,000 Seik troops at Peshawar, and there were
41" It corks, has been inspecting the locality of theonly 4 000 British troops there, of whom 1,800 were in
'''',• d Royal Palace of Linlithgow, between GI ,i,
presence of these Seiks was a matter of
114 --` Edinbur ' •
gh. Ihis famed -marrsion has lateals):and when 5,000 of them advanced, un-
-14 tt;nn ghroesaptitaan.xieTtyh;e
11, saect.e extensive repairs and embellishments under asked and unwished-for as auxiliaries to Jellalabad, Lord
I,,''ree h Inn and at the expense of Government. Alr. Ellenborough directed General Pollock, and through
public his agency
fr 48 fully confirmed the ancient right of the
Onetarrece.ss round the loch.succeeded, to persuade these half hostile,
ittureeoeJlerren STATES AND CANADA —LIVERPOOL the right bank to the
turbulent men, to pass to the left bank of the Caukul
, river, to leave all the resources of
14 ivt '-eeThe rext steamer, which we anticiatu, will British, and to clear their rear as far as Peshawa
vanes;e e_ Sunday r2O Butooo
will, should there
" . next, be no now, when the army was returning from Caubul, ,
*cites Prate arrival with late dates, bring important of these Seiks followed the troops, and the army of re-
.• • tnee°re the United States. ThedayaPP"inted for serve was most prudently and wisely assembled on the
hit a .-"g of Congress is Monday, the 2d of. December, S tledge, to keep them in awe, and to support the autho-
t`k'fepetilitoktiin
.would not, it was thought,' be assembled riuty of- Shere Sing, who was friendly, against the power
1,.eN10,.-",' middle Of the week. IN e may conclude, and wishes of must of his sirdars, and more especially
eletes•tY, that the last annual message which President against the Sindhawalla . family, by' whom he was after-
,t'll, ef, Pro) of office will allow him to issue, and which wards assassinated. Dhian Sing,. his minister, actually
I."xtls e(mrse, strgrutuesly advocate the annexation of proposed to attack the British while traversing the un-
tncltik Tied
be delieeraehotit the 6th instant. The jamb on their return from Caubul; and he propoaed this,
hteice., a majority of four in the Senate—a majority because he had been deluded by. the infamous Indian
It'Cleeet,' sufficient to prevent the accomplishment of press into the belief that the British meant to attack
be."' or any other democratic measure, should the Seiks ! Shere Sing, however, relied on rit's
I:cdicy in fie' and steadfast in their opposition. Their faith ; and supported by the presence of the armyi of re-
ea"' tlei'lt!iat respect was, however, a dopbtful question; serve, resisted succeestully. Be afterwart . strongly
citti 15,
glitv_it is decided no, opinion entitled to any weight represented' to the foreign secretary, whp vetted him
1, litia,
,v° as to the prospects of the futnre. From et Lahore after the armies had pa'ssed the Sutledge,
11114:liakilet shall have the meeting of the new Provincial the extreme embarrassment which the assertions of
lc, eeh of ce,aPPointtd for the 28th tilt., and the Opening the Anglo-Indian press, that the English designed to
ee with ''''r Charles Metcalf which is looked forward attack him, had created in ell his dealings with his own
. each great interest. The paceet. 0 inieller? chiefs and army ! ,
. 4 aril, 1 i' ship H tt. =
eraza ore he
lip et of 1101 .fead on Wednesday week, le ached On Lord Ellenborough's arrival at y p
t er en Thursday). ' •
wit" ~,e(.4.
_.a. night last, having been upwards
. Vbanged the whole system of dipiomaey in Sinde,
‘4ltls which' eu Iy endeavouring to enter. The easterly
dispensing with the services
eetree, , uelayed her arriN al continue, and the docks I of major 0, xitra,m arid
-.eV bare of shipping. I many other political agents, and gave the who power

to Sir Charles Napier. His general instructions
were of the most cautious arid prudent character.
He thus writes to Sir Charles No.pier in Septem -
ber,

" Should any Ameer, or chief, with whom we have a
treaty of alliance and friendship, have evinced hostile
desiges against us, during the late events, which may
have induced them to doubt the continuance of our
power, it is the present intention of the Governor Ge.
neral to inflict upon the treachery of such ally and friend
so signal a punishment as shall effectually deter others
from similar conduct ; but the Governor-General would
not proceed in this course without the most complete
and convincing evidence of guilt in the person accused.
The Governor-General relies entirely on your sense
of justice, and is convinced that whatever reports you
may make upon the subject, after full investigation, will
be such as he may :Adel,- act upon."
Sir Charles acted according to instrwtions, and
never were snore glaring breaches of treaties com-
mitted than those, produced on the most
unexceptionable authority, committed by the
Ameers of Sinde. They had levied toll
contrary to treaty—expelled the English from the
bazaars, fired on British subjects, and formed a con-
spiracy after the disasters of Caubul for destroying
the whole English army in Sinde. These are facts
which cannot be disputed, and fully warranted Lord
Ellenborough in taking possession of the country.
We keep the question of humanity out of view—the
miserable condition of the people, the sottish habits of
the Ameers, their tyranny and oppression, and the
anxious and expressed wish of the people to be placed
under English protection. We merely reason on ad-
mitted principles—the rulers of Sinde had entered into
certain conditions with the Indian Government—they
were ten times warned of the consequences of a breach
of these conditions—they wilfully broke them and took
the consequences. They are now exiles and pri-
soners; but imprisonment is not necessary, they arc
hated by the people, they were in fact rude and un-
principled conquerors, and established themselves in
Sinde under the protection of the rulers of Caubul,
whom they betrayed. We conclude these extracts
with an affectionate tribute of brotherly affection
from the historian of the Peninsular war to the pre-
sent Governor of Sinde :
" The sword had been taken from the Ameers of
Upper Sinde, as it were by sleight, but they fled to the
desert and to Lower Sinde, there to raise in conjunction
with their cousins of Hyderabad the standard of battle.
They trusted in their sandy wastes, their strong and
numerous fortresses, their deadly sun, in the numbers,
courage, strength, and fierceness of their wild Belochee
swordsmen, and braver barbarians never gave themselves
to slaughter. In these things they trusted, and not
without reason ; but they were opposed to what they
could not understand, having no previous experience of
his like—a man of fiery but vigilant ♦alour, skilled in
war and resolute to win ; daring as the boldest chieftain
of their hills and stern in tight : they found him so when
their thousands went down before the bayonets of his
valiant soldiers wallowing in blood, but never cruel or
ferocious, for he loves peace and justice with a true
heart, and strove hard to avoid the clash of arms. The
Ameers would not have it so, and when the shock did
come they were broken like potsherds. It was not the
English General but the Sindian Princes who sought the
contest. No Etruscan fecial ever cast his spear across a
boundary, invoking his gods to attest the justice of a
war, with a purer conscience than Charles Napier
marched to battle ; and now it shall be my task to show
how victoriously he bore the banner of England across
the bloody fields of Meeanee and Dubba ; how widely
he has since spread England's fame for justice and gen-
tleness by his administration : the Beloochs reverence
and the Sindians bless him, though the Ameers mourn.'

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TAT PERS A LL'S—YESTERDAY.
The Derby betting touched upon nearly all the
standard favourites, and, in a few instances, with some
effect on the prices ; thus 1,000 to 35 was laid agst
Anti-Repealer, and 800 to 20 agst Young Eclipse—a
fall of several points on the previous quotations. The
Rebecca colt and the one out of Calypso's dam were
backed at 1,000 to 30 each, the former with a de-
cided call ; 1,000 to 25 each was taken about Pan-
tasa, Fitzallen, and Weatherbit, and 500 to 10 about
Cabin Boy, their backers willing to go on ; 50 to 1
was laid to about 2001. agst Ironmaster, " all in," the
only terms upon which any business was or could
have been transacted. Against the principal favourites
the only bets were 600 to 50 agst Alarm, 500 to 25
agst the Cobweb colt, 1,100 to 50 and 500 to 25 two
or three times agst Pam, the takers, particularly the
Pain division, `• fond." Of the general prices, and of
several engagerients on the Chester Cup, we subjoin
the usual averages :
CHESTER CUI'—(NAME OA NOT.)
1000 to 20 agst Ratan—taken
1000 to 20 agst Corranna—taken
1000 to 20 agst Extempore—taken
1000 to 20 agst Celeste—taken
2000 to 40 agat A-la mode—taken
2000 to 40 agst Wiseacre—taken
2000 to 40 agst Setniseria—taken
500 to 10 agst Mid Lothian—taken
300 to 5 agst Peggy—taken
Offers to take 35 to 1 about Winesour.
DERBY.
11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
16 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—take 17 to 1
18 to 1 agat Colonel Anson's Kedger—t. 20 to 1
18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb aolt—take 20 to 1
20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken
1000 to 35 agst Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer—taken
3() to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt
30 to 1 agat Mr. St. Paul's c out of Calypso's dam—t.
US to 1 ago Mr. Gully's Old England—taken
33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen
—taken and afterwards offered.
35 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Minikin colt—t. 40 to 1
IQ to 1 apt Mr. Colemaa's Young Eclipse—taken
tq 1 ags, Mr. Mostyn's Pants,sa—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. llesseitine's Fitzallen—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin-boy—taken
!.o 1 ttgst 3%if. A. W. tfill's Ironmaster—t, (all in)
50 to 1 4gSt 001. dradock's 4inglepot
250 to 200 on Idas agst the Cobweb colt—taken
1000 to 10 and 2000 to 15 laid agat Idas winning this
*nd thy 2000 Guineas, and Lancashire Witch the Oaks.
p44e.
10 to 1 each, in one bet, laid agst the Lancashire
Witch and Refraction.
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Refraction—taken
16 to -1 agst Lord G, Bentinck's Rose of Cashmere--t.
1000 to 30 agat Lord G. Bentinek's Miss Ells—taken
400 to 100 agst Kent's lot.

COAL M ARIEZT.
Prices per tan at tho close of the market :—Buddle's
West Hartley, 2fis ; Cares H4rtley, 255; Charlotte
Main, 25s 6d ; Holywell Main, 27s 6d ; Morrison's
Hartley, 22s 6d ; Old Pontop, 20s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh,
23s ; Old Tanfield, 21s ; Ravensworth West Hartley,
23s ; South Pontop, 20s 6d ; Taylor's West Hartley,
24s Ga • WestWylam, 25s ; Wylam, 23s 6d ; W. E.,
Bewicke and Co., 27s 6d ; W. E„ Clennell, 2 s ; W. E.,
Norton, 25s ; W. E., Urpeth, 24s ; W. E., Woodefield,
I9s ; Eden Main, 265; Lambton's Primrose, 255; W. E.,
Belmont, 2§s to 25s 6d ; W. K., Bra-Idyll's Hetton,
26s 64 ; W, E. Hetton, gps tq 27s ; W. E., Lambton,
265, 275, 30s ; W. E„ Morri3ou, YYs Gd ; W. g!' I'4°-
mom!, 26s 6d ; W. E., Stewart's, 27s ; W. E., Coracle;
26s •, W. E., Heseldon, 26s ; W. E., Trimdon, 27s ;
W. E., Adelaide, 27s to 27s Gd ; Coundon Tees, 26s ;
M'Lean's Tees, 25s ; North Durham, 235; Richardson's
24s ; South pnrharn, 26s ; Seymour Tees, 27s ;
Ellingworth, 25s ar-ived

His Excellency Sir Eardly Wilmot has appointed
Mr. Roderick O'Connor, a brother of Feargus, to a scat
in the Legislative Council at Hobart Town.— Southern
I?epqrkr,
DRAT," 01? A XiisEii:.—Qn Thursday, the sth inst.,
died Miss Murton, of Trutnpington-stweet, in this town,
agt d seventy-one, a person of most eccentric habits. She
was possessed of property to the amount of 50 0001., but
lived in a most wretched state, in a house entirely by
herself. She wa§ in the habit of sitting on the ground,
surrounded by tiltfi of all de4;riptions, and two starved
black cats on each side of her. She would htive perished
through cold and want, or been oaten up with filth, but
fur the kind attention of her relatives. She has left the
bulk of hew property /excepting only a few trifling lega-
cies) to the family of Mr. rfomso, Ohl YtonG nnson:
All her houses are left to Mr. Christopher Pemberton.
—Cambridge Independent.
cil4pliENGE TURNIP.--There has been for some
days exhibiting, in the shop-window. of Messrs, Dickson
and Turnbull, seedsmen, here, among other 44e spe4:
mens of agricultural produce, a white globe turnip,.
weighing 25ilbs. imperial. This was raised by Mr.'
Moncur, Blairgowrie, and we heli,ve is unprece-
dented in this, and we may suppose in any other quarter,
The field was manured With Lones and dung in nearly
equal proportions, and the whole crop is generally very
large.—Perth Courier.
Felix Gatayes, pupil of the celebrated Lists, has
recently arrived in London, for the second time, after
having obtained the most brilliant success in Italy and
Germany. M. Gatayes is a. pianiste of extraordinary
talent ; but, beyond that, he is a composer of gredt
originality, rigour, and uxpression. Among the unpub-
lished productions of the young artiste are an opera and
a ballet, whiph it is his intention to submit to the judg-
ment of a London audience.—roarier de Europe.
RUNJEET SiNon.—The publication of a new work,
tho sphes and events of which are laid in the dominions
of the late lLion of Lahore," and the characters of
which include himself and some of the roost Nniarliuble
and conspicuous functionaries of his Court and 09131),
cannot fail to exaite unusual interest—especially when
the volumes bear the name and authority of a British
Officer, who has passed a large portion of his military
life in the midst of the scenes and personages with which
the work busies itself. The production to which we
allude bears the title of '6 ADVENTURMS oF AN OFFICER
s-rf IrgE SERVICE OF RUNJEET SINGEL," and comprises
iiers'Onal sletehek.) of all the foreign officers—Aritabili,
A'Court, and the rest—wfio were §o long distinguished
both in the Court and Camp of that extraordinary chief.
The position of the author, Major H. M. L. Lawrence,
as the British Resident at the Court of Nepaul, and late
Assistant to the Volitical Agent in relation with Lahore,
gives to this singular boo li charactpr of authenticity,
and of consequent interest and that it could hare
AUaingd by no other means,