The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-23 00:00:00

RECALL

SIR ROBERT PEEL

The following appeared in our Second Edition of
Last Evening :

OtRON ♦ CORRESPONDENT.)
Lord ABERDEEN and Sir J. GR♦RAM visited Sir
It. PEEL, this morning, at his residence in Whitehall-

gardens.

The Duke of. BuccLzuctt will leave town for Scot-
land as soon as the new Ministerial arrangements are
completed.

It is rumoured this morning that overtures have
beta made to Mr. GLA.DSTONE to join Sir R. PEEL'S
new Administration, but nothing positive is known
on the subject.

Lord JOHN RUSOBEL'S throwing up of his commis-
sion after he had accepted it has given rise to many
rumours; and we are free to confess that, looking to
the reputation of the leaders of the Liberal party, as
well as to the great public interests at stake, we
should have been better pleased if, on Thursday last,
Lord J. RUSSELL had declined; when he accepted,
the task of forming an Administration.
We believe we may state confidently that Lord
J. RUSSELL'S refusal to proceed has not been
caused by any disagreement on the question of the
corn-laws. We have learnt on excellent authority,
that on Friday a distinct proposal was made to Mr.
COBDE:.4 to join the new Administration. We do
not believe that Mr. COBDEN would have accepted
otti..e, an 1 we are sure that the position of greatest
usefulness and honour for him is the independent
position. He named his own proper function at the
Covent • garden meeting of Wednesday—" Watchman
while there were any bad characters abroad." But
it was right that the offer. should have been made; and
we derive this consolation at;least, from the events of last
week, that the union of the aristocratic members of the
Liberal party and Mr. COBDEN'S free-trade hosts will
be greatly strengthened by what has happened.
ct.njecturiog, on Saturday, the cause of Lord
J outs- Ru?•su.t.'s renewed hesitation, we expressed
do-abts resi;ectlnA• the policy of Lord LANSDOWNE,
we are g!ad to learn are not well founded. We
ars assured that Lord LANSDOWNE has shown no
tintitiLly on the question of the corn-laws, hut that the
r. c*glit of his influence has been zealously usedfor the
forit:ation of a _Ministry on the broad principle de-
clored in Lord J. RussELL's letter, of total and imam-

diate repeal.
A rumour that the Liberal Cabinet . broke up in
cinscquence of a difference about the Irish Church,
we beaeve to be hardly worthy of notice. Repeal
the corn-laws, and the Irish Church would take care
of itself. Sir R. PEEL'S resignation would have ren-
(lpred as imperative upon him hereafter to support
a Liberal Ministry- in settling the Irish Church ques-
tion, as to support them at starting in repeal of the
cora-laws. On the Irish Church question also has he
a4.odined, as Minister, the policy of his party. An
ingeolu,Sus and manly course on the corn-laws, which
Lord :JOHN RussaLL's acceptance of the Premiership
prvpare.d us to expect, should have guaranteed an in-
genuous and manly course also on the question of the
Iri:h Church.

We e'.)ine,, then, to the cause of the sudden termina-
tion of the Chesham-place conferences; and, we fear,
three is no reasonable doubt of its being an objection
urg&l at the eleventh hour, and then persisted in by
I.ordGRHY,tO Lord PALMERSTON R 3 Foreign Secretary.
Leo`' JOHN RUSSELL would not give the Foreign Se-
-eretarysbip to any one else ; Lord GREY would not be
a member of the Government if Lord PALMERSTON
were Foreign Secretary ; Lord PALMBESTON placed
liimse!t at Lord Jowl RUSSELL'S disposal, to be or not
to be Foreign Secretary, but if he were not Foreign
Secretary, he should decline any other office, and out
of (gee would cordially support Lord Joins Rus-
seLis Administration. Such is said to have been the
triangular duel which arose on Friday afternoon, after
everything was supposed to be. settled. It is clear
that Lord J. RUSSELL, who has always supported
I..:)rd PA LmERSTON'S f ;reign policy, could not avail
hiniAelf of the latter generous offer, and so saTh—carm
what he would think an unjust imputation. On the
other band, having from the beginning looked upon
his task vs an arduous one—seeing difficulties before
him, which to be overcome must be met by union and
the alp-zorption of all differences in the one great ques-
tion of corn law repeal, he was not prepared to pro-
ceed, if deserted by Lord GREY. Whatever differences
of opinion there may be as to the result, all must be
agreed that Lord J. RUSSELL has acted a generous
and disinterested part. He did not snatch at office
greedily ; he accepted it only after having well
weighed all the difficulties, and his means of meeting
them ; and one new difficulty afterwards arising,
which under other circumstances would have been of
little account, he has felt that he could not longer
keep her Maniere and the country in suspense, and
has immediately resigned his charge. After

this the most unscrupulous libeller will hardly
dare to charge Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his
friends with greediness for office. Two un-
forseen events of the last week would have
influenced appetite for power, if such had been their
ruling motive. Lord MxTcALre's return from Canada
placed the Governor-Generalship of that province, and
Lord WHARNCLIFFE'S death the Lord-Lieutenancy
of the West Riding, at their disposal. These two
great bits of patronage were in their hands, and are
now in Sir ROBERT PEEL'S.

As to Lord GREY and the part which he has taken,
it wonid be unfair to prejudge him, before the meet-
ing of Parliament has given him the opportunity of
making the explanations which will be looked for.
But we cannot help observing, that the objection
with which Lord GREY has thwarted his political
friends might have been made sooner, and seems not
to have been made till after Lord JOHN RUSSELL had
undertaken to form a Ministry ; and that the objec-
tion to Lord PALMERSTON'S foreign policy has come
from one who was for a very short time a mem-
ber of Lord MELuouaNz's Cabinet, and ceased
to belong to it in 1839, before the most critical
period of Lord PALMERSTON'S administration of
foreign affairs. Of all those assembled at Chesham-
place, Lord GREY had probably had the fewest oppor-
tunities of studying Lord PALMERSTON'S policy. Nor
can we forget that Lord GAIT, who, after having, of
all the leading Whig politicians, been the most pro-
minent advocate of free trade, has now upset a free-
trade Ministry, left Mnusourtrues Cabinet in 1839,
complaining of its tendencies to Radicalism, after
much flirting . with Lord MELBOURNE'S Radical
supporters.

We believe that the cause of free trade will gain,
and not suffer, by Sir ROBIIIRT PERIL'S return to
power. But we do not affect to rejoice at the manner
in which his return to power has been effected; and
we deeply regret the part which Lord Guar is repre-
sented to have acted.

The speech delivered by the Queen of STAIN, on
the 15th, to the Cortes cannot fail to excite surprise
and satisfaction among a numerous class of readers.
It contains much good sense, some plain truths, not
usually found in Spanish harangues, and a tolerably
fair account of the state of the nation at the present
time. Though we deprecated at first the violent
measures of NARVAEZ, and still retain the same
opinion regarding the unconstitutional manner in
which he expelled ESPANTERO from the kingdom,
we are ready to admit that his measures latterly
hare been of a very different description, and
that for many years Spain has not exhibited
such fair prospects of a steady and regular Govern-
ment as at the present time. It certainly appeared a
perfect anomaly that a ruler, like the late REGENT,
who conducted himself generally according to the
principles of the constitution, should have been so
utterly deserted, not by the army only (for that cir-
cumstance might have been accounted for), but by the
whole nation. No town of any note raised its voice
in his favour, and the last which he visited while in

power (Seville), made such a resistance to
his authority that he was forced to use
towards it a degree of severity that lowered

him greatly in public estimation. Since that period
his name has been forgotten, and no party of the

slightest weight has displayed any attempts to restore
the constitutional REGENT. Whether this is owing to
the inaptitude of the people for representative govern-
ment, and their national predilection for old institu-
tions and despotic government, we cannot say, but
one fact is evident to all the world, that, since the
death of FERDINAND, Spain has not enjoyed such
tranquillity as under the dominion of a SOVE-
REIGN who has not yet reached her sixteenth year.
We merely state facts, without attempting to ac-
count for them. And the country is not only tranquil,
but to all appearances prosperous. The finances are
placed in some order. New taxes have been imposed,
and submitted to. The national credit is rising.
Treaties of reconciliation, peace, and friendship have
been entered into with the republics of Chili and
Venezuela, with a view to establish relations of
amity and commerce with other countries. The
' old haughty bigotry and vain pretensions of
the mother country have disappeared, and, fol-
lowing the example of England, Spain has
resolved to make the most of revolutions which it
could neither control nor prevent. Much, however, yet
remains to be done in that long distracted country
to restore order, and compensate for the dilapidations
which have been going on for centuries. But we do
not despair of the people, nor of a thorough regenera-
tion of their habits and system of government. They
have many good qualities; they have performed a dis-
tinguished part in the affairs of the world, and we
trust that in due time reforms will be introduced,
which will not only be useful to the Spanish nation, as
regards trade and commerce,but extend their influence
to all the neighbouring States.

It may be necessary, for the safety of the lives and
property committed to their charge, that captains of
merchant-vessels when at sea should be: entrusted
with despotic powers over their passengers and crew;
it may be necessary thst the mutiny-laws should be
so stringent as to punish with death any attempt to
resist the most tyrannical abuse of this power;
but it is also necessary that the man to whom this
power is entrusted should be held responsible to the
law for the exercise of it the instant he sets foot on
shore, and that the administrators of the law should,
in every case in which that power has been abused,
make such an example of the evil-doer as shall
operate as "a great discouragement" to those who
may be inclined to tread in his footsteps. We are
led to make these observations in consequence of the
conviction of Captain GORDON, of the barque Nea-

iesis, at the Old Bailey, for an assault on WILLIAM
SCOTT, an apprentice boy on board that vessel, during
the voyage, for which he was sentenced to pay a fine
of 101. We intend not to reflect upon Captain
GORDON, whose case was one that, it the opinion of
Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK, did not call for any
great extent of punishment, and who, according to
the admission of even the counsel for the prosecution,
left the Court with an untarnished character.
ft is against the system which entrusts power
in the hands of men who have never
been trained by a strict moral discipline to the
proper exercise of it, that we protest. That
the boy SCOTT was flogged most severely, both by
the captain and the mate, there can be no doubt ; and
that, as was contended for on the part of the defence,
this cruel torture was merely " the ordinary treat-
ment" of boys, who, like SCOTT, fall asleep on watch,
there can be as little doubt. But what shall we say
of the system—the atrocious system—which, as " or-
dinary treatment," subjects young lads to the inflic-
tion of these tortures ? And it is from atnot g these
very lads, thus brutalised by repeated floggings, that
the captains of our merchant-ships are chosen. Can we
wonder at the perpetration of those atrocities on board
ship, with the relation of which the public is every
now and then horrified? The slave entrusted with
despotic power always becomes the most cruel and
remorseless of tyrants. Now, what is the remedy for
this state of things ? Clearly to secure the services
of a better educated and superior class of men as
captains of merchant-vessels. This the Legislature
can, and ought to do, by enacting that no man shall
be appointed to the command of a merchant-ship with-
out having previously obtained a license, such license to
be obtainable only after having passed a satisfactory
examination in navigation and seamanship, and having
produced testimonials proving good moral character,
command of temper, and fitness for the exercise of
authority. If it is necessary that the Legislature
should entrust captains of merchant-ships with des-
potic command, it is their duty to see that none are
appointed to that office but those who can safely be
entrusted with its exercise.

We have received Madrid journals of the 13th and
14th, and also the QUEEN'S Speech addressed to the
Cortes at the opening of the session, on the 15th inst.
This document is drawn up with considerable skill
and with little of that extravagant language for which
the Spaniards are distinguished. It refers to the
peaceable state of the country in these words :—" At
home in the Peninsula, order and respect for the laws
have been maintained, so that every attempt at trea-
son has been defeated the vigilance and firmness
of theauthorities,
by the fidelity of the
well
army, the subordination and discipline of which might
by
as
n s
serve as a model for the world ; and, in fine, in the
excellent spirit of the people—tired and worn out by
revolt, and anxious to enjoy fully the benefit of peace,

under the shade of the Throne, and under the pro-
tection of our national institutions." It also adverts..
with satisfaction to the state of the finances, the ad-
ministration of justice, and the reforms in the de-
partment of public instruction. We have given the
speech at length in another part of the paper. The
Gazette publishes instructions of the Minister of
Finance, relative to the mode of valuing the terri-
torial produce, in order to assess in a more equitable
manner the tax on property in / R 46. The appraisers
are to be appointed by the municipalities.
On the 13th the Three per Cents. closed at 37 at
60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 244 at 60 days.

Accounts from Paris announce a considerable rise
lin every kind of security on Friday. On Saturday
there was a slight decline, but still the market had a
firm appearance. The articles in the papers relate
chiefly to the proposed reductions in the tariff on iron
and cotton. We have already quoted from the Presse
articles against the scheme, and we subjoin an outline
of one from another Opposition paper, of a quite dif-
ferent character. The Cuurrier Francais contends
that there is a vast superiority in iron vessels over
those of wood, and that if the mercantile navy of
France is to be restricted to timber, whilst her neigh-
bours use iron, it must be beaten in the race of com-
petition. Assuming then that there is this superiority
in iron over wood for vessels, the writer asks how it
could be possible for the shipowners in France to con-
tend with those of England, if they were compelled to
purchase iron at the present dear rate in France.
The number of vessels to be built of iron, accord-
ing to the statement made by the Minister of Com-
merce, would, it seems, amount eventually to 4,779,
representing a total tonnage of 532,157. The iron
required for this would amount to 239,056 tons. Now,
the price of sheet-iron in England, says the Courrier,
is at this moment 292 f., whereas in France it is 460 f.,
showing a difference of 168 f. per ton. Multiplying
by this difference the number of tons that would be
required for the change of system in the mercantile
navy, the amount would be 40,320,000 f. If there-
fore, the ship-owners, in order to keep pace with
those in England, substitute iron for wood, they will,
if compelled to purchase the iron from the French
ironmasters, have to pay to them a tax of more than
forty millions, and, consequently, having to pay at a
much higher rate than the English for their ships,
they must, in order to cover themselves, demand a
higher rate of freight. Under these circumstances
the Courrier says—" We hope that for once our great
ironmasters will show themselves bons princes,
and royally consent to sacrifice their privi-
leges in favour of the mercantile navy.
France expects this from their patriotism."
The intelligence from Algiers is still very unfavour-
able. No progress is made in subduing the revolt,
and symptoms of discontent have shown themselves
in the provinces. The French colonists are also be-
ginning to rebel against the despotism of Marshal
BIIGEAUD. Relative to the expedition to Madagascar,
the Coustitutionnel says
" The expedition against Madagascar appears ad-
ourned. Orders had been given to the Maritime Pre-
fect of Brest to hare the vessels ready to sail in the be-
ginning of January, but now the time spoken of is the
end of February, a period at which the Chambers will
have said %hat they think of the project. The real
cause of this postponement is the Ministerial crisis in
England. The following are said to have been the ar-
rangements :—Fifteen hundred men were to have been
furnished by the English, and as many by us. Ours
were taken from the infantry and marines, and a com-
pany of engineers was added to them. Genera Duvivier
is at present engaged in inspectine. them. The French
contingent was to be raised to 1,800 men ; for it was
supposed that, after a voyage of three or four months,
all the troops would not be equally fit for active service.
Besides, allowance was made for the sickness that was to
be expected in a new climate."
The following are miscellaneous extracts from the
different papers :
" A treaty of commerce, it is said, was signed on
Dec. 3, at Naples, with the United States. The Ameri-
can cotton, it is said, is not to pay more than ten ducats
entrance duty, in place of twenty, so that it is placed
on the same footing as that of the East Indies or
Egypt. The wines of Naples and Sicily are to be ad-
mitted into the Union on paying the same duties as the
wines of other nations.
" Accounts have been received from Otaheite to the,
middle of August. Admiral Seymour had arrived at
Papeiti in the Collingwood, and saluted the flag of the
Protectorate.
" As we have announced, the Triton man• of-war pro-
ceeds to the Levant, and the Neptune to Madagascar.
By the removal of these ships, the evolution squadron is
considerably reduced, but it will be re-organised, it is
thought, before the spring. The three-decker the So-
vereign, and the Hercule, of 100 guns, are destined, it
is said, to form part of it. In fine, the report has circu-
lated, but we mention it with all fitting reserve, that Ad-
mifal de Mackau intends coming to take the command
in person, in place of Admiral Parseval Deschanes, whose
period of command is near its close. It is supposed that
several steam-frigates will be attached next summer to
this squadron, which may ba called on to fulfil an im-
portant mission do the coasts of Africa.
" The Emperor of Russia left Palermo on the sth in
a steamer for Naples, accompanied by Counts Nesselrode
and Orloff.

" A letter from Rome on the 6th, in the Augablog
Gazette, states that some of the refugees from Rimini,
in the states of Tuscany, have been detected in a con-
spiracy to seduce a intuition of the line, cud enter with
it into the Roman States. Twenty soldiers who had
been seduced by the conspirators have fled, to avoid
punishment."
On the Paris Bourse the market was not quite so firm on
Saturday as the preceding day, and towards the close
prices receded, the Three-per-Cents. leaving off at SU 50c.,
and the Five-per-Cents. at 1171 80c. The market closed as
follows:—Three-per-Cents., for cash, 81f. 50c., for account,
81f. 50c. • Five per-Cents., for cash, 117 f, 80c., for account,
117 f. 80C. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,350 f ; Neapolitan,
1011. 40c. ; Spanish Threes, 37.
The Share Market, without being weak, hid given way a
little, Paris and Orleans leaving off at 1,175 f. ; Paris and
Rotten, 967 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 897 f. 50c. ; Viezron, 655 f ; Stras-
bourg and Basle, 238 f. 75c. ; Northern, 715 f, ; Bordeaux,
627 f 50c.

The following are the last quotations we have re-
ceived for the other lines :

Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 7f. 50c. premium ;
ditto (Caine), 7f.; Union, 16f.; ditte (Ganneron), 6f. 50c.;
ditto (Lapinsonniicre), 6f. 50c.; Sud Est, 41. ; Messageries,
51. ; Ardoin, 4f. ; Receveurs-Generaux, 51. ; Paris and
Strasbourg (Ganneron), 2f. 50c.; ditto (Beoitet), 11 ; Tears
and Nantes (Mackenzie), if. 50e. ; ditto (Drouillard), 4f.
50c.; ditto (O'Neill), 5f.; ditto (Lefevre), 5f.; Lyons and
Avignon (Talahot), 6f. ide. ; ditto (Lecointe), If. ; ditto
(Compagnie Meridional.), 50.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mac-
kenzie), 500 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 41. 50c. ; Creil and St.
Quentin, par ; Charleroi (Kysaans), 495 f. The Lyons
Definitive Shares sold at 90f. premium ; the Strasbourg
ditto, 25f.; Tours and Nantes, 551.
Lyons, DEC. 17.-Marseilles and Avignon, 8461. 25c.;
Paris and Orleans, 1,140 f.; Paris and Rouen, 925 f.; Orleans
and Vierzon, 30f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Das. 20.
Anglo-Belgian - iMadrid and Valencia... I
Barbadoes - Manritins
Boalogne and Amiens.. - ;Namur and Liege
Bordeaux &Mediterrax - 'North Jamaica . -
Bordeaux and Tottlouze - 'Orleans and Vierzon

Do. & Cette (Espeleta)
Do. (Mackenzie's) ..
Callao, Lima, and Pa-
cific Coast
Central of Spain
Ceylon .
Demerara

Dendre Valley ****** ••• •••••
Dutchy.henisk ......
Dieppe & Paris Jima.
Dijon anti Malhouse

__)n..
Orleans and Bordeaux 1N
iover rase' •••
Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 214
Ditto (Ganneron's).
Ditto (Calon's)
Ditto (Sud Est)
Pans and Orlean:

1. •••• • ''....

Eaet Indian —
Fanipoax & Hagebrouk
Grt Northern of France
Constituted l
Do. Pepin lo Hallow —
Great Paris and Lyons 214
Groat Western Bengal
Great Western Canada
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction
Do. Nortk Midland —
Do. Extension

!Paris and Roues .
Paris aad Strasbarg
(Ganneton's)
!Do. (Compe da
.I.:Est)

, .
Do. (Aymard'a)......
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre......
Royal North of Spain.
Sambre and Meuse ....
tStrasburg and Bale .... 91/2
Tournay,Jurbiaa, Lan-
den, and Hasselt —
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
Do. (Lefebvre s) —

Jersey
Louvain and Jemappe —
Lyons and Avignon —
Ln.zentleurg

De. O'Neill's)
Trinidad
Parma and Ancona —
West Flanders —

In the Court of Chance
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tant judgments on the first
which we infer that his L
tainty that Sir Robert Pee:
his Cabinet.

,ry yesterday Lord Lynd-
you'd deliver other impor-
t day of next Term, from
ordship reckons with cer-
I will be able to reconstruct

TO THE EDITOR OF Tll-1; SUN.
SIR,—I beg to call your attention to the fact
that the Thames police, paid for out of the Consolidated
Fund for the protection of persons and the floating pro-
perty on the river, have been stationed on the Black-
friars-pier during the last week to assist the City police
in preventing the landing and embarkation of passengers
by the Waterman's steam-boats. Although several per-
sons have been rudely assaulted by the /mermen and the
City police in their attempts to land on the pier, the
Thames police have not interfered. I ask, Sir, by whose
authority the Thames police are allowed to act as par-
tisans in the dispute now existing between the Naviga-
gation Committee and a Steam-boat Company, and why
the property of the shipowners, wharfingers, and lighter-
men on the river should be left unprotected, while the
river police are idling on the Corporation pier ?
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Dec. 20, 1845. F. R.

THEATRICALS AT NEW YORK.—MiSS Delcy has
completed a second engagement at the Park, with the most
brilliant success. She bas appeared in the Bride of Lammer-
moor, the Sonnambula, Cenerentola, and Fra Diavolo ; and from
the numerous critiques that have appeared in the leading jour-
nals, has established a reputation as an actress as well as
singer, that has never been equalled since the days of Mali-
bran and Pico.

OVERLAND MAIL

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From the Times.)
We have received by oar ordinary bi-monthly express
from Marseilles our dispatches in anticipation of the
Bombay mail of the 15th of November.
The point of most interest is the departure of the
Governor-General from Agra on the 29th of October,
and his quick movements (although it was given out
that he was proceeding slowly), uhereby he was to ar-
rive at Delhi on the 15th November—that is, many days
prior to the tims when he was• expected there. The
affairs in the Punjaub have not- lost their interest, al
though no late atrocity is recorded. The situation is
most extraordinary; the troops have murdered all the
Prime Mieisters or Wuzeers, as well as all the Kings,
who do net act as they please. The boy-King Dhuleep
is represented as being no great favourite with them.
His mother, whd is said to be at once a " Messalina"
and a " Faustina," has contrived to keep the
soldiers at bay since the death of her brother,
Jowabir Singh, although she has had no Prime Minister,
for Ghoolab Singh, whom the soldiers wished to promete
for his wealth to-that most dangerous post, and then to
plunder and to butcher him, as they did his brothers and
his nephew, has contrived to gain his mountain fortress
of Jamoo, where he has formally refused their invitation.
Tej Singh, the late governor of Peshaevur, has also de-
clined the offer. Rumour said that the Queen-Mother
intended to give the place to Raja Lail Singh, her
principal paramour ; but this report has not been con-
firmed. On the other hand, we hear that she, having
offered to abandon the throne for herself and her son, on
condition of having a jaghire secured to both for their
lives, and not having gained her object, after the feast of
the Dussera paid some small sums to the troops and then
contrived to take herself and her son off to the fortress of
Umritser, where it was supposed she would remain until
after the feast of the Dewallee had passed over. That
festival took place at the end of October.
In the meantime there have been, as it is confidently
stated, new and stringent terms offered to the Lahore
Government by the Governor-General ; but no one can
tell what guarantee can be offered by any person in that
country for the observation of any stipulations, or for
the preservation of internal or even external tranquillity
and order for one week or even one day. The turbulent
and licentious soldiers govern as they choose, and no one
can resist them. It would not surprise us to hear of the
flight of the Queen-Mother and of her son to the British
camp for protection. The great difficulty in such case
would be to escape with impunity, for the solders would
not hesitate to sacrifice both mother and son to their
fury.

The British army remains collected on the frontiers of
the Punjaub, and will speedily be ready to march on
Lahore, if necessary. There is nothing positive known
of the fate of Peshora Singh, who was, as it now ap-
pears, aided in his late attempt to hold Attock by Dhost
Mahomed and the Affghans, who intended, if Peshora
was successful, to seize Peshawur.
Prince Waldemar of Prussia, who was at Umbella
on the 4th of November, was about to proceed to
Loodiana and Ferozepore ; but his return to the former
place was expected, as it is said that the invasion of the
Punjaub will be begun thence.
From Sinde we learn that all is tranquil there. Sir
Charles Napier was preparing to move from Kurachee
to Hyderabad on a tour, as it was said, into the province
of Cutch-Bhooj ; but there were not wanting specula-
tors who imagine, if an invasion of the Punjaub be re-
quired, that he will lead the vanguard. His name alone
at the head of the invading army would be considered
an omen of victory. His conduct as Governor of
Sinde, and the quiet and happiness enjoyed by the peo-
ple along the Indus under his rule will, contribute very
much to reconcile the inhabitants of the Punjaub to the
British yoke.
At Indore some confusion has arisen in consequence
of a conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister; but
the plot was discovered and frustrated, and the con-
spirators punished.
In G walior a scheme was concocted to destroy the
influence of Tarah Mee, which has been foiled.
In Oude there are some schemes at work to prove
that intrigues are ever alive in an Indian Court.
The Nizam's dominions continue in the same misera-
ble state. The soldiers are without pay, and threaten
to do mischief. The revenues of the State are farmed
out, and peculation and disorder are the necessary
results.

In other parts of India tranquillity prevails, although
apprehensions are general of a great scarcity cf grain
and of water in
.various districts during the next six
months, in consequence of the deficiency of the late
monsoon.

From Burmah the news of the dethronement of Thara-
waddie has been confirmec. lie had become mad, and
bad been guilty of the most wanton acts of cruelty; he
was therefore deposed, as his brother had been previously,
and a regent appointed in the person of his youngest son,
Shoadoonge-mentha, under the guardianship of Mekkara-
meng and Kyeewoongye. Mekkarameng, the uncle of
the regent, is said to he a man of talents, and is a mem-
ber of the Asiatic Society. The removal from power of
Tharawaddie, in whose family madness is said to be
hereditary, is hailed with satisfaction by the Burmese.
From China no intelligence had reached Bombay sub-
sequent to the 30th of September.
In Bombay there were two matters of interest, which
were much talked of. The first was the horrible con-
duct of a Manilla seacunny, who, infuriated by drink
and jealousy, ran a muck through a populous part of the
town of Bombay, and killed 5 persons and wounded 17
with his knife ; he was knocked down at last and se-
cured.

The other point of interest was the publication in
Bombay of Sir Henry Roper's letter, which appeared in
the Times of the 4th of October. This letter is considered
to be intemperate, and not supported by facts in some
of its remarks. The reply of the Advocate-General
was sent in September to the Bombay Government, by
which it was then handed over to the judge for a re-
joinder. Neither the reply nor the rejoinder has, we are
assured, been yet sent to England. There are some in-
trigues at work in this business which the Board of
Control will do well to examine, and then have justice
done to the parties.
The following is from our Calcutta correspondent :
CALCUTTA, Nov. 6.—With the exception of Lahore,
there is no place whence political news ma., ) be looked
for, and since last mail nothing of importance has trans-
pired to demand prominent notice, but such as they are
will be found noted:below.
The cold weather was setting in about the 15th at
Delhi, and officers who had been on leave were hasten-
ing to join their corps at trmhallah. The 36th Regi-
ment of Native Infantry had just got percussion mus-
kets previous to their march towards the scene of war-
like operations. A great number of sepoys, :who had
gone on leave, were also seen to pass through Delhi to
join their regiment on the frontier. 500 bullocks, 150
hoskeriea, and 140 camels, loaded with magazine stores
had lately been dispatched from Delhi to Ferozepore.
The Governor-General reached Agra on the 17th.
From Moul-maque papers of the 22d inst. it appears
that the Prince of Promo, who had failed in his;revolt, had,
with all his family, been beheaded ; that Tharrawaddie,
who is stated to be raving mad, is in close confinement,
and that the old King has been put upon the throne.
The present Ministers are sensible, liberal-minded men,
and everybody looks forward with hope, the present
epoch beinc, hailed as the dawning of a happier era than
has LlesseXthe Burmese for many years. Accounts from
Lahore have been received to the 12th inst. They con-
tain nothing of importance. So far, the anticipated dis-
turbances had not taken place, and the Rance seems to
retain her influence over the troops, who are committing
the usual amount of atrocities, and do whatever they
please—take whatever they want from whosoever they
choose, and ill-treat everybody who does not comply with
their demands, however unreasonable. Accounts from
Peshawur state that Peshora Singh was wounded when
he was captured, and the belief in his existence has
become stronger than ever in Lahore. On the other hand,
there is reason to believe that he has been sent prisoner

_ —✓to some fortress instead of being on his way to Lahore.
The articles of the Delhi Gazefie of the 29th ultimo are
pacific, but it appears improbable that our Government
can remain quiet spectators to the unruly domination of
the Seikh soldiery, who, though they personally treat the
Ranee with respect, are perfectly insubordinate, and dis-
miss their commanding and other officers at pleasure, and
whose unceasingly expressed wish is to be allowed to in-
rade our territories. It is quite impossible that Sir
Henry Hardirge can quietly submit to watch the move-
ments of the disorderly Seikh troops with a large force,
at an enormous expense for another year, as is supposed
by the editor of the Delhi Gazftte. If the Seiks do.hiake
the attempt, they will not, of course, boldly march to
attack our forces at Fen zepore and elsee here, but u ill
endeavour to give our troops the slip, which they can
easily do, and in separate bodies accomplish an amount
of havock and devastation in the course of a few days
among the defenceless inhabitants of the country south of
the Sutlej, which it will take a generation to repair.
The Government has sanctioned the foundation of a
college at Kishnagur, in the district of Nuddia, and in-
timation has been giVen that pupils will be admitted on
the Ist of November. All boys, without reference to
caste or religion, to be admitted, and the course of study
to be the same as that pursued at the Hindoo College.
Yearly examinations:are:to take place, when scholarships
are to be awarded to the most deserving. Zillah schools
have also been established in various Zillahs. At a
meeting held at Allahabad, on the 15th of September,
it was proposed to establish aproprietary college in Eng-
land for the exclusive education of A,gle-Indian Chil-
dren. Major-General E. H. Simpson died lately at Dor-
gelling. Major-General Cooper succeeded him in the
command of the Dauapoor division. It has been supposed
that the Barrackpoor command will not be filled up at