The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-21 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Just :cc WIG [17'31.4'N. )
Chas Mitchell, a good-looking yout.g woman, twenty-two years
of
age, was indicted with feloniously counselling, aiding, and
procuring a man unknown to forge a receipt for 44. 19s. 2d.,
with intend to defraud Samuel Allen and others, and a person
limiest Bass pleaded guilty to being the party who attended the
female p: i,or.er and forged the name of Mitchell.
Mr. Doane appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson
defended the female prisoner.
Prom the statements of the Learned Counsel who conducted
the prosecution, it appeared that a person of the name of Mit-
ehell was a depositor in the savings' bank at Paddington. That,
various occasions, he had sent deposits by the female pri-
12°Pri and that those deposits amounted altogether to 441. 19s.
t". On the 39th of June, the two prisoners came to the bank
() give notice of the withdrawal of the money in a fortnight,
'na the female then represented the male prisoner as
her husband Mitchell. After several questions had been
Put to the parties by Mr. Fuller, the Secretary of the
*wings bank, the prisoner Bass signed the name of Mitchell,
acd Mtimately the money was obtained.
Pr°lll the cross-examination of the prosecutor, it appeared
that the female prisoner and himself had cohabited together as
kan and wife, and he had had three children by her, and that
they had been living together since 18;9. He had never
!tuthorised either of the prisoners to apply for the money, and
ne denied that any of it belonged to the temale prisoner.
ti Mr- Ci A RKSON, for the prisoner Mitchell, could not deny
n.at she accompanied the prisoner Bass when the money was
ootainm. He could not deny that it was her intention to ob-
tain the money for the purpose of supporting herself and her
Children, whom the prosecutor had deserted. In this object,
however, she was frustrated, as the prisoner Bass decamped
'with the whole amount. The female prisoner was, therefore,
111°r" an object of pity than punishment, for she had been
*educed, and left service on a promise of marriage by the
prosecutor.
~The jury found the female prisoner Guilty.
'lr. DOANE, in applying for the extra expenses that had
beep incurred in taking Bass iota custody, stated that they had
tikertained that, shortly after the receipt of the money, the
te:lale prisoner and Hass, and also a person named Ward, rent
I,gether with a large quantity of luggage to the terminns of
e London and Birmingham Railway ; that they afterwards
Zt."t to a coffee-house, where Bass and Ward left the female
and immediately decamped with all the luggage to
1: terminus of the Southampton Railway, and from thence
Ns,*Ned to Havre, and from thence to Brussels, where Bass
co with a great portion of the luggage, part of which
"sisted of the wearing apparel belonging to the female pri-
-141`,1' and her children.
I 'V'r• Justice WIGHTMAN deferred passing sentence.

KIRCUDB UIGHT ELECTION.
FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Liberal. Conservative.
Castle-Douglas Maitland, 277 111‘Douall, 111
kir,
udbright — 137 -- 147
eIV Galloway - 72 - 86

HAWKERS' LICENSES.
c, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
'lilts—The Commissioners of Stamps have issued a
?two that all pedlars, hawkers, &c., exhibiting goods
fur "ale without being duly licensed, subject themselves
Q() a Penalty of 101.. and that the Commissioners have
cil)loyed thr
oughout the country several persons to
eteet such off. nders.
Mr.M. Editor, allow me to ask-1. Is the public
s
'ware that for the smallest sort of goods, such as tapes,
tehes, boot and shoe-laces, &c., though it be but two
LTtugs' worth of goods, every such person is compelled
law to have an annual license for the sum of 41., and
ease of offending against that law, every such per-
ass, •
" liable to a fine of 10/., or three months' imprison
in a common gaol, or House of Correction, and
t.tll4'.° to be confined as a rogue and vagabond ? 2. Is
e Public aware that there are in and about London
(41unon informers, will prowl about the streets en-
t,'PPing the poor to the commission of that very
t\' It'Uey
? 3. Is the public aware that it has already so
furred that the in:Ormer in such cases has more pre-
(?gzitive than her most gracious Majesty, because the
reen's moiety of 51. is genera ly forgiven, but the in-
:„"ner's is
eie absolute ; the law protects him ; and the
nt law manufacturers give him full power to stick
ltd and last for his Si. ? 4. Is the public aware that
447 e are fellows about the metropolis living on the poor
bhu ignrant, purposedemaning from them (daily) contri-
tiltious for the of staying informations, albeit
ele scoundrels have no claim on the Stamp-office ?
ii(ln support of which I now hold a letter from the
41,0'Turable Commissioners of Stamps).. Besides, there
urms in London which supply hawkers with small
4t4eits of ware. These firms have to pay a weekly
%,.°wance to the informers ; the informer keeps a book,
rth all the names of such persons hawking the goods of
b, • It and Mr. W. ; those persons go unmolested,
cause they repay their employers Id. per day for the
fallof the informers. But, woe to him who shall
D11,4,` into the clutches of the informer, without his name
ina in his (the informer's) book. He will be dragged
th`e felon before the magistrate, and thence taken to
! House of Correction, there to be confined as a rogue
ittiu a vagabond for three calendar months, and his wife
al
children cast upon the wide world, to go begging
''")ut the streets.
41 do not, for a moment, encourage hawking without
1,,--fisessuch must be very detrimental to the shop-
es t,
r but let each man be taxed according to his
so arai!,Lar.celt. When a law is once made it ought not
wi
Or6ken ; but why not repeal it ? If the legislators
1444,k aye blood out of a stone, by compelling the very
so 'Le to support the revenue, let them have time to do
co~iag
.ti other countries, licensed persons are taxed
to the valtie of their stock, and its quality ;
1•0;uts are made by instalments, and common in-
kneit are not encouraged.
the Condition
that these observations may tend to alleviate
th,,-,Coudition of the poor, and crush the informer, and
t„‘ ,Publicity will cause some benevolent philanthropist
allow up such a good cause—with the greatest respect,
atr me, Mr. Editor, to subscribe myself your humble
Angus` E. A. R.
'Llgust 19, 1845.

44GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A SERIES OF MlS-
ts,:s•—•On Monday morning, shortly after the arrival of the
?et which left Reading at half-past seven o'clock, at the
etindenhead station, one of the tubes of the boiler exploded,
14,Ziejing it impossible for the engine to proceed onwards to
liltington An express was immediately seat to Mr.
be 2'14 at S. lough, who lost no time in hastening to Maiden-
,: with another engine ; but, unfortunately, as thi
t0..."e was starting, with the delayed train and passengers,
kr"'l'ds town, an accident, precisely similar to that of the
%iotaer one, occurred, thus rendering the engine from
ase;°l4l, also useless ; and it was not until the Oxford train
*v.'," at Maidenhead, upwards of an hour anti a half after-
Ni;lis, that the passengers were enabled to proceed on their
441 f 4Y. No trains, therefore, arrived at Paddington until
thr Past ten o'clock, instead of one at nine, and another at
theee'qUarters past nine, the Engine winch ought to have taken
%hi !Ine o'clock Slough train to Paddington having become dis-
let:" Padding Just as the day mad train to Exeter, which
-e3 ton at a uarter-past ten, was on the eve of start-
rlg g q
atei, e same morning, tram the Paddington terminus, a similar
t b"ant to the foregting ones occurred to its engine, one of the
es
ehti Of the boiler suddenly bursting, and thus completely dfs-
tsring the engine attached to the mail train, and delaying its
ht al at Slough, the first station she stopped at, nearly an
as,-::r• This train, and the one which left Paddington an hour
ha
,fill to strwards,
ate bot
that, noeh arrivtwid atthstan.fing Slough at the same time. We are
% the bursting of the tubes
thflaree engines, no injuries, in any one case, were sustained
Legite engine drivers or stokers, nor indeed by any persons con-
d with the Company. Considerable alarm prevailed at
tsVdlngton in consequence of the non-arrival of the first up-
thein from from Heading ; which, however, was allayed as soon as
do superintendent of the telewaph arrived, and a communiest-
4t,' by this mean, opened between Slough and the terminus.
tAIY e barn from Vienna that H.R.H. the Duchess
rg-,,,,,Reuleme has resolved to make Frousdorff her permanent
ae;''ence, and that she has already received there the visits of
venal members of the Imperial Family of Austria.
bs " HE SHOOTING SEAsoN.—Owing to the unusual
kleixylardness of the harvest this year, it will be hardly pos-
ewe, ere should think, for the sportsman to take the field so
pri,-,Y its the Ist of September. The partridges are said to be
``AtY numerous.—Sussex Advertiser.
I),`VrIIENIEUht GRAND SOIREE. MR. CHARLES
itilheklNs.—lt is with much gratification we are enabled to
lii-„°4ece that Dlr. Dickens has accepted the invitation of the
as rectors to be present at the approaching grand soirée,
AL V' be seen from the following letter received
1( "1r- Berlyn, the honorary secretary :—" Broad Stairs,
):11t, 18th August, 1845. —My dear Sir,—l beg to thank
lils4 a.f°'' your very obliging letter. It will afford me great
Of -448 to attend the soiree of the Athenmum on the 23d
roumelo' er, under the presidency of my friend, Sergeant Tal-
te4c,'" ; and, believe me, it will be a high gratification to me to
of t 7 my personal acquaintance with the members and friends
excellent Institution. Do me the favour to convey to
taintoar excellent
the assurances of my respect and esteem.-1 am
toy dear Sir, faithfully yours, CHARLES DICKENS.-
eter Berlyn. Esq., Honorary Secretary, Manchester
~A-1",11."—Manchester Guardian.
th 'VERY GOOD EXCUSE.—We have been assured.
1)1,t,t. e best authority, that the absence of the sun is attn..
fq,l'ule solely ,to the fact that, since he has acquired so much
the by his photogenic pictures, he has been keeping out of
Aekrai for fear he should be made President of the Royal
"I.—Punch.
11A14111GRA.TioN TO THE CAPE OF GOOD 'HOPE.—
ktiv,7, Majesty's Colonial and Emigration Commissioners recently
tkluiqaed ter tenders from parties willing to undertake to
and convey out equal to 1,000 adult emigrants to the
The-, and numerous parties yesterday tendered accordingly.
Ilieo!nritract was taken by Messrs. John Marshall and Co., of
*44511n-lane and Southampton, and the emigrants are to be
aaji irked at the latter port and Plymouth. The first ship will
October, and is to be followed by others every alternate
Ilanet;,: and a free passage is to be granted by them, under the
aheeCn nr Government, to married agricultural labourers,
14147,1:4, domestic and farm servants, carpenters, smiths,
m'Yers and masons.
ter °RTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total num.
the °.,. deaths registered in the metropolitan district, during
Tr k ending 16 August, was 864—0 f these 841 were deaths
taw °lher than accidental causes, showing a decrease in the
eedinnuraher of deaths from disease as compared with the pre-
dise.g week of '29. Of the deaths last week 204 were from
~de
-"es
nrepidemic, and the lungs and or
contaggansious diseas of respesiration, and 189 from
at,.
a 11E
LASH AT WooLw lc ff. —On Wednesday
tile ill; another of these disgusting exhibitions took place in
(iteei,,lding-house of the Royal Horse Artillery, Woolwich
talliou'Ti upon gunner and driver Michael Stokes, 9th Bat-
tik), Royal Artillery, who was tried by garrison court-mar.
Nee -tlnd guilty of the crime of pu loining from his corn-
,,llnarniegimsntal necessaries, and sentenced to receit e one
and fifty lashes. At a quarter to seven o'clock in
aelal:tningi when the troops were parades! oa the barrack-
=souse ene the word was g yen to march to the R:ding-
ar44partment, where the victim (a married man, with a
'eat," I‘ IS brought out., and the adjutant having read out the
flees confirmed by her Majesty's approval, he was ordered
Abe trs.tar„iP'," He did so' without a murmur, and was tied up to
of LlO,-,1- angles, when the executioners commenced their deed
bass o'l' A few lashes rendered a healthy roan's back one
Italida;"unds and blood, which c 'used the stoutest heats to
L-aafty fell Several "young recruits" could not stand, and ac-
-raLs ,out of the ranks and fainted on the spot. Old ye-
xth.'„ w 40 have faced the cannon's mouth without fear of
iinos scarcely maintain their position in tile ranks. The
alefatd;rhated soldier received the whole of the number

• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
("RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
YORK RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Dundas Stxkes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30
added; for three year-olds, 65t.8114; four, Bst 21b; five,
Bst 91b; -six and aged, 95t. Mares and geldings
allowed 31b. Mile and a quarter. (7 Subs.)
Mr. 21. W. Hill's Sweetmeat walked over.
Match of 150 sovs., 50 ft. Mile and a half.
Mr. Melklarn's br m Inheritress, 5 yrs received ft
Mr. Hill's br c The Libel, 3 yrs
Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft, for three-year-olds;
colts, Bst lib; fillies, Bst 41b. Nine and a quarter.
Mr. 11. W. Itamsay's br g ....... (Lye) 1
Mr. L. Fox's ch c June
5t04 on Midlothian. Won Ly a head.
The Free Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50
added, for three year olds and upwards. Mile acd
a half.
Mr. Mostyn's b c Dean Swift. 3 yrs (Prince) 1
Mr. Meiklam's b m Inheritress, 5 yrs
Colonel Cradoek's b h Pagan, aged
The following also started but were not placed :
Mr Heseltine's ch h Winesour, 5 yrs—Mr. Vane's ch c
Valerian, 4 yrs—Mr. Armstrong's br f Advice, 4 yrs—
Sir R. Bulkeley's br I Cinizelli, 3 yrs.
sto 2 agst Inheritress. Won by a length after a good
race.

The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 It, for two-
yr-olds, 8A 71b. One mile. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Jaques's eh c Spur walked over.
The Great Ebor Handicap Stakes of 200 sovs., added to
a Sweepstakes of 20 suvs. each. 15 ft., and only 5 if
declared, &c. The winner to pay 25 soya. towards
expenses, and the second to save his stake. One wile
and three quarters. (117 Subs.)
Lord Zetland's b f Coheiress, by Inherit,tr, 4 yrs, 6st 1
Mr. T. Speed's gr h Everton, 5 yrs, 7st 21b 2
Mr. Standish's ch c Little Hampton, 4 yrs, sst loib 3
The following also started, but were not placed :

Lord Warwick''s b h Yardley, 5 yrs, 7st 31137—Captain
Harcourt's br g Sir Abstrupus, 5 yrs, 6st 91b—Mr. Wo-
venden's b in Miss Burns, 5 yrs, 6.t Slb—Mr. Worthing-
ton's b c Dr. Husband, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Mr. J. Robinson's
April Noddy, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Mr. Whitworth's Lady
Sarah, 4 yrs, sst 81b—Mr. Yarburgh's b c Little
John, 3 yes, sst 41b—Mr. O'Brien's b c Marrowmat,
3 yrs, sst 31b —Mr. W. Scott's Cataract, 5 yr 3, 6st 1 llb
—Lord Stanley's b c Psalmtingfr, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Mr. R.
Bell's br c The Want, 4 yrs, sst 31b —Mr. Mostyn's b c
l)ean Swift, 3 yrs, sst—Lord Chesterfield's br t Jenny
Wren, 3 yrs, sst—Mr. Lintott's b c Young England, 3
crs, 4st—Mr. Allen's b c Duke of Kent, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
Sir W. Milner's b f Proscription, 3.yrs, 4st 101 b—and
Sir C. Monck's b f by Physician, out of Flagsman's dam,
3 yrs, 4st 81b.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Castaway filly, 6to 1 agst Ever-
ton, 13 to 2 agst Lady Sarah, 7 to 1 apt Coheiress, and
10 to 1 ngst Dean Swift,. Won cleverly, by two lengths.
The Filly Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, with 20 added ;
for three yr olds, Bst 21b eacb. Mile and three quar-
ters. (6 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's Delia, by Sheet Anchor ...(Nat) 1
Mr. Salvin's Marian Ramsay, by Physician .
Betting-5 to 2on Marian Ramsay. Won by a length.
Her Majesty's Elate of 100 guineas, for yrs old, and
upwards.-3 yrs, 7st 91b-4 yrs, Bst 121b-5 yrs, 9st
41b-6 yrs, 9st 71b—aged, 9st 91b. Two miles.
Mr. Cook's b m The Shadow, aged (Lye) 1
Cl3t. Peyton's b c Magnet, 3 yrs
The following also started, but were rot placed :
Col, Cradock's bk m Peggy, 5 yrs—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's
bl f Queen Pornare, 3 yrs—Mr. T. Preston's bl g Sailor,
5 yrs—and Mr. J. Gill's br f by Inheritor, dam by Whisker,
3 yrs. Betting-2 to lon The Shadow, who won in a
canter, by three lengths.
RIPON RACES.—MONDAY. •

The Two-yrs-old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added.
Two-yrs-old course.
Mr. Ileseltine's br c Fitzwilliam (J. Bumby) 0 1
Mr. A. Johnstone's b c Brother to Sir Henry 0 2
Mr. W. Scutt's b c Driffield
The following also started, but were not placed
Mr. J. Osborne's ch c by the Hydra—Mr. Banks' ch c
Hovingham—Mr. Mangles' b f Golden pee—and Mr.
Allan's bl f Lady Abbess.
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 15 added ; the
winner to be sold for 1501. Mile and a half.

Mr. T, Dawson's b f Sleepy (F. Lye) walked over.
Fifty Pounds for horses that never won that value, given
by the Members for the City. Heats, two miles.
Mr. C. Headlam's eh f Badinage, 3 yrs (T. Lye) 1 3 1
Mr. Holland's br fby St. Martin, 3 yrs 3 1 2
Mr. Horsley's gr f Uri nthia, 3 yrs 2 2 3

TUESDAY.
The Bedale Hunt Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, for hun-
ters ; four yrs old, llst 21b ; five, list Illb ; six and
aged, 12st 31b ; half-bred horses allowed 71b ; mares
and geldings, 31bs. Gentlemen riders.
Mr. Gaunt's br m Isabel, 6r5... ..... (Mr. Wardrop) 1
Mr. Peacock's tor m Lady Jane, 5 yrs 2
Mr. Bearpark's br g Mooaraker, aged 3
The Great St. Wilfred Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs.
each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, with 20 added. Two
miles.

Mr. T. Dawson's br c Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs (Lye) 1
Mr. Wormald's br f Sister to Pedometer, 3 yrs .. 2
Mr. J. Osborne's b g Bedale, 3 yrs..
Mr. Mangles' br c Comical Boy, 3 yrs 4
The City Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added ; the
second saves his stakes ; three yrs, 7st ; four yrs, Bst
31b ; five yrs, 84 1011) ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b ;
winners extra, &c. Mats, two miles.

Mr. \Yonneld's ch h Millepede, aged (Bumby) 3 1 1
Mr. T. Dawson's b f Sleepy, 3 yrs 1 2 dr
Mr. J. Clark's ch m Maid of Auckland, 6 yrs 2 dr
Mr. Mei4lam's br h Aristotle, 6 yrs

DEVON AND EXETER RACES.
FIRST DAY-WEDNESDAY.

The First Class of Home Stakes of 25 sovs., given by
the Members of the county of Devon, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 3 forfeit (the forfeits to
go to the second horse) ; three yrs old, 9st 61b; four,
lOst 131 b ; five, list 91b; six and aged, 12st. Mares
and geldings allowed 31bs; horses bred in Devon or
Cornwall allowed slbs. The horses to be bona fide the
property of subscribers, being residents in Devon or
Cornwall from Ist of February, 1845. Heats, two

Mr. King's eh c by Glaucus, dam by Comus, 3 yrs,
9461 b (Wheeler) 1 1
Mr. Fewsick's Fee. 5 s'rs, llst 61b
Mr. Ctaigie's ch f Chutnee, 3 yrs, 9A 31b
Both heats won easily.

The Devonshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, &c., with 60 sovs. added if not walked over
for. The second horse to save his stake. Once round

the 01,1 Course. (15 Subs.)
Mr. H. Cartwright na Subduer, 5 yrs, Bst 41b 1
Mr. B. Fulford, jnn., na Fox, 5 yrs, Sat 71b 2
Sir J. B. Y. Bu1le►• na Wild Roe, 3 yrs, 6st 11lb 3
Good race, won by two lengths. Fox beat Wild Roe
for second place by half a length.
A Hurdle Race of 3 soya. each, and 20 sous. added, 12st
each. Heats, one mile over the New Course, over
four hurdles. Gentlemen riders. Three horses to

start, or the public money will not be given.
Capt. Crofton's br m Duenna, aged (L. Downe, Et. q.) 1 1
Mr. De Rodes' b g Pilot 2 2

kNEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1845.
Match—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst bib, agst
Mr. Giffard's Nix-my-Dolly, 7st 101 b. T. M. M. 200, h ft.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,— The weather at last has taken a favourable turn, and
is likely to remain so during the meeting at York ; the pourse
is very heavy, and consequently very trying to the three-
year-olds, who are not likely to have it so much their own
way as at Goodwood.
The Coventry Cup will produce an exciting race, for which
about Line are expected to contend—viz., Inheritress,
Arundo, Winesour, The Libel, Merry Andrew, Little Hamp-
ton, Young England, and perhaps Coheiress and The Sha-
dow ; the latter two are not very likely to go for it, which, it
they did, I should most unhesitatingly name The Shadow
for the winner; but as it is, I fancy Inheritress will do the
trick, with Merry Andrew playing second fiddle.
The Members' Plate of 100 sovs., or thereabouts, will go
into Mr. Meiklam's pocket with Philip. Should The Shadow
start for this stake it will be one of the best races this meet-
ing will be able to boast of.
The Knavesmuir Stakes of 100 sovs. each, seems to me to
be very much like a walk over for Red Robin.
The match between Spur and Malt will be won by the
former.
Malt will receive forfeit from the Mrs. Fry filly.
The match between the b f by Phoenix and Brunnette will
be won by the latter.
The Great Yorkshire Stakes. for three-year-olds, will, in
all probability, show off to great disadvantage sonic of the
St. Leger animals. The field will probably consist of ten or
a dozen ; among others the following will make their appear-
ance—viz., Miss Sarah, Miss Elis, Hope, Jinglepot, Annan•
dale, and Fitzallen. Miss Sarah will doubtless run very for-
ward, but I do not think she will catch the judge's eye first
Miss Elis had such a dressing at Goodwood that I think her
chance is entirely out. Hope and Fitzallen will find the
course too heavy for their enduring qualities. Annandale is
a strong animal, well suited to such a course ; I expect to sec
him put the 501. allowed to the second horse in his masters'
pocket. Jinglepot, by Physician, out of Gazelle, is the
animal I shall select for the winner of this stake, never doubt-
ing for a moment his superior strength and swiftness. I
shall not be surprised to see Jinglepot first, Annandale
second, and Hope, or Miss Sarah, third. This race will de•
cide the respective merits of Annandale and Miss Sarah, and
either confirm them in the betting, or send them out alto-
gether.—l am, Sir.,yours, &c.,
Aug. 21. THE. SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Sir James Emerson Tennent arrived this morning,
for the purpose of being present at the dinner and presentation
of a piece of place to Mr. Hartley, on Wednesday next.
Dwarkanauth Tagore, the prince merchant of India, whose
appearance in London lately produced such a sensation at Court
and fashionable circles, has signified his intention of being here
to-morrow, to join in the public tribute to one who has been
so mainly instrumental and so eminently successful in este.
blishing the Oriental Steam Navigation Company, which has
conferred so many benefits and advantages upon the East.
Dublin Evening Mail.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDROROUGH
AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this mi-
raculous medicine, after every other means had failed.—See
extract of his lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn.
February 21, 1845.—" To Professor Holloway ; Sir,--I bee
to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder
in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the
faculty at home, and all over the continent, had not been able
to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad.
( Signed) ALDBOROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure
any disease of tl.e liver and stomach.--Sold (also Holloway's
Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, '244, Strand;
and by all medicine venders throughout the civilized world.
BELFAST ELEETION.—The Pilot states that the
requisition of the repeal electors of Belfast, to Mr. Dariel
O'Connell, jun., has arrived in Dublin. The on dit in town
on yesterday was, that the Orangemen were about to call upon
Commodore Watson to become a candidate for the representa-
tion of Belfast, in opposition to Lord A. Chichester, a
supporter of the Covernment of Sir R. Peel.—Freeman's
Journal.
THE LATE BENJAMIN WOOD, ESQ•, M.P.—The
remains of this lamented gentleman were removed yesterda)
forenoon for interment from Eltham Lodge, Kent, to Cressing,
Essex. According to the prevailir.g custom, the ceremony was
a prorate one, and the attendants merely comprised the imme.
diate relations and friends of the deceased.

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From the Morning Herald.)

We have received by express our papers and letters
in anticipation of the Overland Mail from Calcutta. The
dates are Calcutta, July 3 ; Madras, July 10 ; Bombay,
July 3; Alexandria, August 8; and Malta, August 12.
We have not any intelligence from China of later date
than that brought by the last mail from Bombay.

CALCUTTA, JULY 3.

The lapse of three weeks since my last dispatch has not,
I fear, enabled me to collect materials for a very interesting
epistle on this occasion. We complain here of the barren-
ness of the English mails, which bring us little of exciting
intelligence, except such as relates to the murders which arc
becoming so fashionable among you. You, on the other
hand, have some reason to retaliate in remarks upon the
dullness of the Indian news market, which supplies nothing

more interesting than vague speculations on the next out-
breaks among the Seikhs, and discussions on tarn, anti. mis-
sionary movements and lawyers' bills, instead of announce-
ments of battles fought and victories won.
A native paper reports a most horrible case of dacoity, or
gang robbery, in a district near Calcutta. A band of dacoits
attacked and entered the house of a Brahmin, whose family
comprised an unusual number of women. These on the at-
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ack retired to a room, locked themselves in, and from the

inside parleyed with the robbers, offering them all their
jewels and ornaments if they might be spared from
insult or injury. The ruffians, however, broke into
the room, and proceeded to divest the poor women
of their ornaments and clothes; and, it is almost
too monstrous for belief, when the ring or bangle
from the arm or ancle did not come away easily,
they cut off the limb. After mut►lating ten or twelve
women in this horrible manner, they retired with their
booty. Some of their victims have died from their wounds,
it is sa►d. This tale may be true or it may be false ; it
seems incredible, but who shall assign a limit to the barba-
rity of Indian robbers ! What would you English papers
make of such an horror as this ? here, even if the report be
confirmed, a brief paragraph will be its only record.
The estate of the rajah of Berhampore, who committed
suicide last year, has lately been the subject of some sharp
practice between the Court of Wards and the Ecclesiastical
Registrar. The latter got hold of the property in Calcutta,
and sent an auctioneer to Berhampore to dispose of the pro•
perty there. The collector, acting as representative of the
Court of Wards, threatened the auctioneers with imprison-
ment, &c.,if they appeared on the premises, so they were
obliged to return to Calcutta without effecting the
object of their mission. The Court of Wards then Sent
up other auctioneers who have sold the property,
and as it is said very well too, but the Registrar threatens
them with pains and penalties, from which however they are
of course held harmless by the Court of Wards which em-
ployed them. The rajah's widow has given birth to a
daughter, and by the provisions of the will the bulk of the
property therefore goes to found a college at Berhampore.
The widow, however, it is said, is about to bring forward
another will, which if admitted, as however it is hardly
likely to be, will alter the state of affairs considerably, by
giving her the power to adopt an heir.
A very annoying accident occurra near Calcutta lately.
A fine suspension br►dge, the longest, it is said, in India, just
as it was completed, fell into the water. It was thrown over
the Buloo Khal, a creek a few miles up the river.
Letters have been received from the Punjaub, which state
that the recent tranquillity has been broken by a battle, or
skirmish, between Peshora Singh and the royal army, in
which the former bad the advantage, but did not'follow it up.
I have recent news from China.

The English mail of the 7th May reached Calcutta on the
19th June, and the Precursor, with that of the 24th May, is
in the river, but, being unable to go into the City to-day, I
do not know it she is off town. _

BOMBAY, JULY 3.
Very little news has transpired since my last. People
usually keep quiet during the rainy season in India, and the
country at present exhibits nought but the meat gratifying
and exemplary tranquillity. That terrible scourge, cholera,
has made its appearance in almost every station in western
India, and has not only committed serious ravages amongst
the native community, but has cut off a good many Eu-
ropeans. In the Punjaub, Peshawur, &c., it has been fright-
fully prevalent, and at one time, in the city of Lahore alone,
it was striking down five and six hundred daily : latterly the
deaths are reported at fifty and sixty, and the total number
that have fallen in the sickly capital and its environs since
the first breaking out of the malady, is stated at between
twenty and thirty thousand.
The news from Sinde continues pacific and unexciting.
Our troops continue healthy.
There is no later news from China than that given in my
last.

(From the Times.)
We: have received by our extraordinary express 'dis-
patches from India in anticipation of the bi-monthly

The quietness of the Punjaub appears to be the quiet-
ness of death. The Seikhs no longer mete out death to
each other, but disease sweeps them off by thousands.
The cholera, in its most malignant type, has been raging
in Lahore and the neighbourhood, and it was calculated
that the deaths averaged from 500 to 700 per day. At

the date of the last accounts this dreadful disease was on
the decline, after having carried off between 20,000 and
30,000 victims.

The last advices from Peshawar represent that city as
almost deserted. Every one who had the means of re-
moving had left the city. The number of deaths in that
place between the 30th of March and the 2d of May
amounted to 4,825.

In the midst of this direful affliction the state of par-

ties had not changed very materially. In our last we
stated that Prince Pechora Singh had taken possession of
two or three provinces, the revenues of which ho in-
tended to apply to his own use. It is now said, that the
treasure sent towards Peshawar by the Sirdar, amount-

ing to nearly six lacs of rupees, had also fallen into the
hands of Peshora Singh, who had surprised the escort.
The greater part of the troops, it is now said, are in
favour of Ptshora Singh, their good-will having been ob-
tained by the intrigues, or rather purchased by the gold,
of Ghoolab Singh.

The Raja Goolerwallah Singh, the father-in-law of
the late Raja Heera Singh, who had been at Lahore for
some time settling his account with the Sirdar, was sud-
denly attacked with cholera, and died shortly after. The
Sirdar Jowahir Singh, having heard of his death, sent
immediately to seize a horse and some other property
that the Raja had disposed of in charity in his last
moments. The Wuzeer Jowahir Singh is, in the mean
time, becoming daily more unpopular, and it is said
Peshora, Singh aspires to the office of Wuzeer.
Public attention has been much excited by the expo-
sure of certain alleged malpractices in the Supreme
Court of Madras, where the Master, who is also the

taxing-officer, has been, it is said, long in the practice
of taking illegal fees, and allowing them to be charged
by the attorneys. It is represented that in one ease
where he had permitted the attorney to charge illegal
fees to the amount of 1,600 rupees (160/. sterling), he
had charged for himself 3,000 rupees, or 3001. Not-
withstanding an able defence made by the Counsel on
behalf of Mr. Minchin, the Master, the Court pro-
nounced him guilty of the charge, and deprived him of
his office. In defence of Mr. Minchin, it is said that,
at the request of Sir Robert Comyn, he resigned a
lucrative practice at the Madras bar to become the
Master of the Court, on the express understanding
that the emoluments of the office averaged about 42,000
rupees per annum ; that these emoluments arose from a
table of fees established in 1801, and partly from
others sanctioned from time to time by the different
Masters for business, but provided for by the table, and
tacitly allowed by successive judges. No new fee, it is
said, has been introduced for the last fourteen years, or
by Mr. Minchin during his period of office; and it is
alleged that the Chief Justice, or his colleague for the
time being, having affixed their signatures to several
hundred bills of costs, containing all those fees which arc
now said to be illegal, and without which signature
those fees could not be demanded. Mr. Minchin is ex-
pected to arrive by the present mail, in order to appeal,
it is said, against the decision of the Madras judges.
In Ceylon the cultivation of the tea plant had been
commenced, and great expectations were entertained ef
the result of the experiments. According to other opi-
nions, although the tea plant will grow within the
tropics, and maintain a flourishing appearance, the leaf
is said to be totally destitute of flavour, and therefore
useless.

The important subject of railroads has not escaped
discussion. The Cakultz Englishman contends that the
London scheme for obtaining a Government guarantee
of a certain amount of dividend to a company can he of
no public advantage, and that a line connecting Calcutta
with the great markets and thoroughfare of the north-
west provinces is the line that must be supported.
We regret to add, that that dreadful scourge, the
cholera, had reached the banks of the Sutlej and made,
its appearance at Ferozepore, though not in our canton-
ments. The mortality amongst the officers of the
Madras army has been greater than any remembered
for many years past.
The Bombay cavalry have memorialised the Coot t
of Directo:s on the subject of granting an additional
captain, and H e are happy to find that the memotial
has been intrusted to Major-General Archibald Watson.
An important order has also been issued by the,
Governor. General for remedying the ine,mveniences
requiting from the present mode of allowing young
officers to join their regiments. We are happy to find
this subject has at length attracted the attention of
Government.

The steamer Precursor, with the mail to the 2 tth
of May, anchored in Madras roads on the f?Sth of June,
thus affording intelligence flotn England in the unusually
short space of 35 da) s.
The British frigates Thunderer and Conway had ban
dispatched from the Mauritius on the 7th of Jtine to
tho island of Madagascar, to protect the European in
habitants, who had been ordered by the Queen to
become naturalized, or quit the country.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
( From the Calcutta Englishman of July 2. )

Considerable dullness has been observable in business gene-
rally since our last issue of the 9th ult., but still in no single
staple, either of import or export, have vve any important
change to notice as regards prices. The Government express