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.ent by proposing to the Maharajah to inspec,
,n's troops, which the Maharajah said he would
tbilovving morning, and orders were accordingly
A. On the Maharajah's arrival at the parade ground
‘; found fault with the appearance and condition of some ,
• horsemen purposely placed to attract attention, when
Ajeet Shingh became saucy, words ran high, and drawing MADEIRA.—From a letter received from Dr. Kalley, of
a pistol from his bosom, he fAjeet Shingh) shot
Shere
date 7th October, it appears he was still, after ten weeks'
Singh through the head, the ball having entered his sright imprisonment, in gaol. He gives in that letter some ac-
temple. General Ventura and his party attacked the count of the attempts being made to prevent the circula-
murderer, but being opposed to a powerful body of troops, non of the Scriptures. Bail, it would appear, was still, at
were defeated. Ajeet Singh cut up the Rajah's body, the date of his letter, denied him. Some of Dr. Kalley's
placed his head on a spear, and on entering the town met friends in Madeira deem it almost providential that be is
Prince Purtaub Singh's suwarie, which was immediately in gaol, as otherwise attempts might have been made to The Evening Mail of to-night contains the following
attacked, and the Prince killed ; the palace was taken, assassinate him.—Scolfish Guardian. announcement, which no doubt will create some surprise
when we remember the many boasts of openness and
and Dulleep Shingh, the only remaining son of Runjeet I ROYAL AMOUR.—We find the following in the Na-
affections for all, which were hitherto so plentifully
Singh, a lad 10 years old, proclaimed to the throne. The tional :—" There is much talk in the northern courts of
sprinkled through the agitator's treasury was thrown open, and the troops paid up their an affair which has sown dissention in a Royal family
A NEW FEATURE—WAR HAWK !
discourses:—
arrears of pay • every child and all of Shere Singh's and hitherto strongly united. A young duke, who has become
The future meetings of the Loyal National Repeal Ar.
Prince Purtaub's' Singh's wives were then brought and the son-in-law of an absolute sovereign, b • marrying,two
his daughters,'
murdered, amongst the rest one of Shere Singh's sons or three years ago, one of has fallen vi?-
cry was, "We court inquiry—our doors are open to oßly born the previous evening. Troops were sent of to lently in love with his sister-in-law. It appears certain
why don't those who abuse come and listen to us," and
all—
guard all the ghauts, and all the opposite party (except that his love is returned, for the august princess has re-
Ventura, who escaped) made prisoners." ceived orders not to leave her apartments for one month." all that kind of thing. The official notice now announces
" Ajeet Singh after having killed Shere Singh was re-
that
turning to the fort and met Dhyan Singh ; he told him he "The usual privilege of admission on payment is
susended.
had done the deed, and asked him to return ; he got into IRE hAND. p "
Dyan Singh's carriage, and when they got near the gate "STRANGERS CANNOT BE ADMITTED."
of the fort, Ajeet Singh stabbed Dhyan Singh, and sent THE TRIALS. What will the law officers say to this?
Eight car loads of ammunition, consisting of 250,000
his body to his brother, Soochet Singh, and his son, Judge Burton delivered his charge on Wednesday. It
Beera Singh. These two individuals surrounded the city occupied forty-three minutes, and was listened to with ball cartridgss, arrived in Limerick from Nenaghop Fri-
with their troops, the people inside continued plundering breathless attention by a crowded court day, escorted by a party of the 52d depot, under: Ensign
all night. His lordship, after some prefatory remarks, came to the Pelly.
"In the morning (16th) Heera Singh having entered part of the informations in which it was alleged that the With reference to the unprecedented attempts which
the fort, seized Ajeet Singh, Lena Singh, and others, and union was declared to be unlawful. On this head he said have been makin to intimidate the special jurors of the
having put them to death, exposed their heads in the that the legislative union is not only practically, but law- city of Dublin I subjoin the following observations from
in force in Ireland; and thatjury, in exercising their a leading article of the Evening Mail:—
plain and threw their bodies into the bazaar. Dhulleep fully
Singh has been put on the guddee, and Heera Singh judgment upon that indictment—are bound so to consider "We believe they will not succeed. We believe that
made Vuzeer. Six hundred men were slaughtered on it. This is not to be supposed to amount to a denial of the system suited to Kilkenny or Tipperary, and recently
both sides." the right to contest the political expediency of continuing exemplified in Limerick, will not be found adapted to the
This is a most important event, for it proves that the that legislative union, or of seeking by lawful means an soil of the metropolis. Intimidation may do much, and
empire founded with so much labour by Runjeet is on the alteration of it. He then went on to say that to adopt has done much, in deterring both witnesses from appear-
eve of dislocation. unlawful means for carrying a lawful object was in itself ing on the table, and jurors from finding true verdicts ac-
Runjeet died in June, 1839 ; his son Kurruck sus- highly criminal. Adverting' to the peaceable declarations cording to evidence before them, in districts where
needed. He died, and was followed by Nao Nehal Singh, of the repeaters, it was for the jury to say if they considered both were exposed to the disturbing influences of the
who was killed at his father's funeral. that the multitudes had assembled for the purpose of in- firebrand and the bullet on the one hand, and of bribery
Shore Singh succeeded, and he has been killed, and a timidating by their numbers. The offence charged was and corruption on the other ; but we should libel the
child placed in his room, to become a victim in his turn. undoubtedly a misdemeanour ; and that of tampering with courage, the integrity, the independence and loyalty of the
As if it were in anticipation of the events of Lahore, a the army would be a still higher one in itself, and would city of Dublin, could we suppose that any motives of fear,
large army had been ordered by Lord Ellenborough to tend to confirm the other charge. It remained, he said, or any temptations of profit, could induce any of the class
I for the jury to say whether they believed the moneys re- qualified to sit on the panel to swerve from the path of
prepare to assemble on the banks of the Jumna. Orders
were also issued to have a body of Bengal troops sent to ceived from different parts of the United Kingdom and duty."
occupy Scinde, from whence the Bombay troops were to abroad were received for the purposes laid in the indict- ...____
be withdrawn ; but doubts are now formed of the feasi- ments. He distinctly pronounced the Arbitration Courts Colonel M`Gregor, director general of the constabulary
bility of that movement, as all the Bengal force will be a misdemeanour, as attempting to usurp the prerogatives force, was the officer selected by government to arrest
requisite to protect the frontiers against the Sikhs. of the crown, adding, however, that the effect of such as- O'Connell at Clontarf, if he persisted in holding his meet-
There are 16,000 men now in Scinde. Sir Charles Napier sumption was altogether inferential. He then came to ing there.—Morning Post.
is at Kurrachee ; the troops in Scinde are generally the case of Mr. Bond Hughes, on which so much of the It may interest some persons to know, under present
healthy, except the newly arrived ones at Sukkur that whole of the government proceedings depend ; and after circumstances, that for some time past, a mass, recom-
have come from Bengal. alluding to the well-known blunder of that gentleman as mending Daniel O'Connell to the protection of Heaven,
bar.
Shere Mtahommed
hommed is said to be in the
e hills ear Can
r Canda- regards Mr. Steel, he said :—lf it should appear that such is read every day in the Vatican, by express orders of the
pos Ma, who rulesCabul, de- misrepresentation has been made wilfully and de- pope.—Globe.
sirous to be on friendly terms with the British Govern- liberately, such a misrepresentation justly disentitles him CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCE.—The public works at
ment. It is thought he will attempt now to retake Pes- to any credit at your hands ; and not wilfully, but through Banagher, under the superintendence of the Shannon
hawur from the Sikhs, and he may therefore come into any negligence or inadvertance—the fact may, under all Commissioners, are nearly suspended, in consequence of
collision with the British Government, who are bound to circumstances, be sufficient to materially affect his credit, the dams being swept away, and upwards of 300 men
protect Runjeet Singh's descendants. although not sufficient to deprive him of all credit as to thrown out of employment.—Dublin paper.
The greatest interest is excited in India by the revolu- the truth of other portions of his testimony. His lord- The Globe states that Father Mathew is expected to
tion in Lahore, which, it is expected, will terminate in ship then very earnestly besought the jury to disabuse leave Ireland in three weeks, and that he will re-com-
placing that country, with nearly 4,000,000 inhabitants, their minds of all prejudice, and in conclusion said : wards pro
labours at Preston, in Lancashire, and after-
and a revenue of upwards of £2,000,000 sterling, under "At the present moment the parties are not even, legally wards proceed to fulfil his numerous engagements in other
the dominion of Great Britain. speaking, accused." On the whole,
. the charge is a very parts of the country.
In the interior of India tranquility prevails. Gwalior mild and temperate one, and has given much satisfaction
appears quiet for the moment, although there was great to all. Dr. Slattery, the titular archbishop of Cashel, has sent
alarm created there when the intention of the supreme HUGHES, THE INFORMER.—After the delivery of the a letter to Mr. O'Connell, stating that the events of the
government to collect troops became known. Bundelkund charge, his lordship received information against Hughes last few weeks have overcome the writer's disinclination
,
is also at rest. In the Nizam's territory a change has on a charge of perjury, though they had been previously to mix in politics ; and accordingly he encloses £3 as his
p
taken place by the removal of the old Prime Minister refused by the clerk of thee crown. sunscription, and requests to be enrolled a member of the
Chimdoo Lall, who has been succeeded by a relative. On Friday morning bills of indictment were sent before Repeal Association.
There were some trials of great interest at Bombay, the city grand jury. An abstract of the indictment, as is
I The Times Reporter gives the following rumour :—" I
such as that of Dharkjee Dudajee v, the East India Com- I usual in such cases, was furnished to the grand jury, but learn on Repeal authority, that two accessions will be
pany, for trespass in forcibly entering his houses and seiz- I some of its members required that the whole document, made to the association on Monday next, whose adhesion
ing all his papers; another trial is of a Parsee lady, who I with all its tedious averments and tedious repetitions, will excite considerable surprise, both Right Hon. Gen-
has brought an action against her husband, on his marry- ' should be read. The informations upon which the parties tlemen being members of the late Ministry—namely, Mr.
log a second wife, to claim restitution of conjugal rights. I were held to bail were sworn to but by one person, viz., Richard Lalor Sheil and Mr. Thomas Wyse."
An attempt was made to prove the British courts had no 1 Mr. Bond Hughes; whereas there is a long list of wit- THE POPE AND DR. HIGGINS.—The Dublin Free-
right to interfere, but the supreme court has maintained ' nesses (upwards of twenty) endorsed on th back of the man's Journal states, that "so far is the Right Rev. Dr.
its jurisdiction. bills of indictment. At four o'clock the witnesses were Higgins from having fallen under the displeasure of the
Another trial of great interest has been that of two of ordered to be in attendance on the following morning, court of Rome, that his holiness has appointed him one
the principals and eight of the confederates of the Bunder when they were again present, but the Grand Jury did of his domestic chaplains, and bestowed upon him other
gang, who have for years been robbing, plundering, smug- jnot find the bills on that day, and it was not expected that proofs of favour not less gracious than distinguished."
gling, and, as it is supposed, murdering in the harbour of . the finding of the Jury would take place until Monday The same journal also contains the following official an-
Bombay. The detection of this gang, after it had existed ' (yesterday). nouncement :—THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.—His Holinea
twenty years, Is looked upon with great satisfaction by the Pope has directed that prayers be offered up every
the friends of Indian civilization and justice. DUBLIN, Saturday, Nov. 4
day, in the Pontifical Chapel, for the safety, long life,
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Lord Ellenborough remains at Barrackpore, whence he 1 and success of Ireland's Liberator."
is expected to proceed soon to the north-western pro-
THE PRIESTS AND TAEIR FLOCKS.—A letter dated
vinces. He is still abused by a part of the Indian press,
Dublin, Oct. 25th. states " the priests of a whole district
but another portion supports his actions as tending to
in the county Tipperary preached simultaneously, the
produce good results,

Golab Si

Majeeteea'

Ajeet
do the

22 to 2,

a late hour to amount to eleven hundred and thirty-eight
pounds thirteen shillings and sixpence, and the meeting
was then adjourned.

In the course of the day the Chief Justice said, he un-
derstood that the city grand jury had signified to .)Ir.
Justice Burton that they had something to say to the court.
The Clerk of the Crown intimated that he had received
a communication to that effect from their secretary.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

The Chief Justice.—lt would be right they should
come into court.

_ .
other day, upon the following text : Ezekiel, Oth chap-
ter, sth and 6th verses. ' And to the others he said in
mine hearing, go ye after him through the city, and smite ;
let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity. Slay utterly
old and young, both maids and little children and women ;
but come not near any man upon whom is the mark. ' "
The Dublin Evening Mail, of Wednesday, says " the
correspondent is mistaken in supposing that the political
sermons upon the foregoing text—(` l'he Devil can quote
Scripture to his purpose') were confined to any district or
county, or even to any province. The police department
are in possession of information, tranmitted to them from
every quarter in Ireland, conveying the foregoing facts,
which was forwarded to the Secretary of the Home De-
partment."

CHINA.—We have received advices from China to the
beginning of August, which are of much interest and im-
portance. The new tariff of duties on the foreign trade,
and the general regulations under which the trade is in
future to be carrie on, have, at length, been finally ar-
ranged and completed. The heavy tonnage dues and port
charges have been removed, and more moderate rates
substituted in their stead, as well as the system of levying
and exacting the duties, which has also been remodelled.
The sum of five mace per register ton now covers every
charge !except pilotage, so that a vessel of 200 tons regis-
ter burden, instead of paying about 2000 dollars as
formerly, may now proceed to Whampoa on paying 350
dollars. The co-hong system has, as determined on,
ceased. Transactions, therefore, of a mercantile nature
with the Hongs will henceforth be as individual merchants.
Sir Henry Pottinger's authority to prevent the impor-
tation of opium into Hong -Kong (the city of which co-
lony, the seat of government, is now denominated Vic-
toria) will not be availed of in any respect, as his excel-
lency considers that were he to act upon this authority he
would rather aggravate than ameliorate the evils of the
system which at present obtains. In this opinion the
Chinese commissioner coincides. The export of teas
from China to England in the month of June was
1,431,7411b5., of which there were 1,039,9161b5. black,
and 390,8251b5. green. Prices of cotton have not im-
proved, and the stock in the end of July was estimated as
being rather above than under the 95,000 bales, and large
importations expected ! The Bogue forts have all been
rebuilt and made stronger than ever—which fact, taken
in connection with other warlike movements on the part
of the Chinese, have led many parties in China, as well
as here, to suspect that our peace with the Chinese is to
be of short duration. An extensive and beneficial com-
merce would, however, do much to render a second war
improbable, and maintain and strengthen the present
good understanding.
SINGAPORE.—Our accounts from Singapore are to the
17th August. The market was in the same dull state last
advised, with no hope of improvement, either in demand
or in prices, taking place for some time to come. In cot-
ton there was nothing doing, and the stock in the place
was very heavy. The Opium market was inactive as
well ; no sales have been effected in the Bengal qualities
from the date of the receipt of supplies from the fifth
sale. Malwa had been sold to a small extent at 550 to
555 Sp dols per chest, for shipment to China, there being
no local inquiry whatever for the article. Exchange was
quoted at 4s 4d, six months' sight. Freight exceedingly
scarce, and tonnage abundant. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced in filling a ship for Europe.
C A LCIITTA DIGO SEASON, 1843.—According to
the advices received from the various Indigo factories, and
published in the columns of our Bengal contemporaries, the
forthcoming crop of indigo is likely to exceed all precedent.
The indigo season has been a remarkably fine one. The
Friend of India states that the crop is likely to exceed
rather than fall short of 150,000 maunds ; and our contem-
porary the Eastern Star says that this quantity, according
to his accounts, " is very likely to be exceeded by 10,000
naaunds."

The jury were accordingly sent for, and appeared in
their box, when

The Foreman said, there appeared to be a clerical error
in the fourth count of the indictment, in which the names
of two parties, Thomas Tierney and Peter James Tyrrell,
should be mentioned. Those names appeared in that
count as Thomas Tierney and Peter James Tierney, the
word Tierney being substituted for Tyrrell. Some of the
jury thought it was a clerical error, and wished to have
the word Tyrrell inserted in the proper place instead of
Tierney, and he begged to know if he should hand the
bill down to be altered

The Chief Justice.—You had better, if you please
Has Mr. Tvrrell any counsel in court.

ltr A L E S.

Mr. M`Donagh.-Lial7l—;riOr Mr. Tyrrell, my
lord.

STATE OF SOUTH WALES.

The Chief Justice.—Do you make any objection ?
Mr. M`Donagh.—l object, on the part of Mr. Tyrrell,
to that bill being now meddled with. It is given in charge
to the grand jury, and it is for them to ignore or find it as
they think right. I have every objection to my client's
name (Tyrrell) being put into that indictment.
The Foreman observed that the mistake had only oc-
curred in one count.

We gave in our last the proceedings before the special
commission appointed to try the prisoners apprehended
during the late riots in South Wales.

On-Monday morning, David Jones and John Hugh
were placed in the dock, charged with assisting to demo-
lish and pull down a certain house in the parish of Llan-
delotalybont, the property of William Lewis and others.
The prisoners first pleaded " Not Guilty;" but after a
short conversation between their counsel and Mr. H.
Williams, their attorney, they withdrew their plea, and
pleaded " Guilty." The Attorney-General then said,
the prisoners having pleaded " Guilty," he did not mean
to press in aggravation of punishment. John Hughes,
who was convicted on Saturday, having been placed along
with the prisoners at the bar, they were sentenced to 20
years' transportation.

The Chief Justice.—All the other counts are right.
The Attorney-General.—I apprehend there can be no
doubt about the matter. The alteration will, of course,
be made.

Mr. Hatchell.—l submit there is no authority to amend
the bill.

The Attorney-General said the document was at present
nothing more than a bill ; it was not an indictment till
it was found, and the jury were quite at liberty, if they
thought proper, to hand it to the clerk of the crown,
from whom they received it, to have the alteration made
by him.
_ _

In the case of David Lewis, a labourer, against whom
there was a charge of feloniously and maliciously cutting
and wounding, the Attorney-General said, that on look-
ing over the circumstances, he felt disposed to enter a
smile prosequi. The prisoner was then discharged.
Lewis Davis, charged with throwing down and destroy-
ing a certain turnpike-gate, in the parish of Llandilotaly-
bont ; having pleaded " guilty," was discharged, on en-
tering into his own recognizances for £5O. Morgan Mor-
gan and Esther Morgan also pleaded '` guilty" to an in-
dictment for aiding and assisting Margaret Morgan to cut
and wound Charles Frederick Napier, of Swansea ; having
entered into their own recognizances for £5O each, were
accordingly discharged. Margaret Morgan, Rees Mor-
gan, and John Morgan likewise pleaded " guilty," the
first to an indictment charging her with maliciously cut-
ting and wounding the before mentioned Charles Frede-
rick Napier, and the other prisoners with having been
feloniously present, and aiding and assisting her to com-
mit the said felony.—The Attorney General said he was
not disposed to press for a severe punishment in this case,
but, as the law had been resisted, the offence must, at the
same time, be marked by some sentence which would ma-
nifest the severe displeasure of the court.—The learned
judge then sentenced Margaret Morgan to imprisonment
for six months, and Rees and John Morgan for twelve
months.

Mr. M`Donagh submitted that the clerk of the crown
had no authority to alter the bill.

The Chief Justice.—He has the informations on which
the bill was founded, from which he can correct any mis-
take.

Mr. M`DosAcir said the bill was not the work of the
clerk of the crown ; it was prepared by the attorney-
general, who was prosecuting for the crown, and given
through the hands of the clerk of the crown to the grand
jury. The grand jury had been charged with that bill to
dispose of, and the attorney-general or any other party
had no right to withdraw or amend it.

The Attorney-General.—l believe Mr. M`Donagh is
acting as an arnicus curiw in this case; he has not a li-
cense from the crown for defending Mr. Tyrrell.
Mr. Nl'Donagh said be had a license in Mr. Tyrrell's
case. He had been very guarded in all these cases, and
refused reta'ners until license in each of them bad been
taken out.

Mr. Cantwell (solicitor in the case) stated that he had
taken out a licence for Mr. M`Donogh to act for Mr.
Tyrrell, and he called upon Mr. M`Donagh now to give
him every assistance in this matter.

The Attorney• General expressed himself satisfied, and
Mr. INl'Donagh then requested that their lordships
would let the point stand for argument until Monday.
No case had occurred where such an alteration was per-
mitted to be made in a bill of indictment. It was im-
possible for the Clerk of the Crown to have any foundation
to amend ; he had no basis to change the name of Tierney
into Tyrrell in either information or indictment. If it
were wrong in both, therefore, he could not suppose the
officer would make any alteration. The court would leave
the bill with the grand jury to dispose of as they might
think right.
The Attorney-General said he was not aware upon any
occasion of counsel for a party charged being heard before
indictment was found. So far it was altogether an ex
party matter. There was evidently a clerical error made
in writing one surname for another; and the grand jury
informed the court of this mistake, who had a right and
privilege at law to amend it and send it up again. It
should be remembered that that was not an application
atter, but before the indictment was found—in fact, so
far there was no indictment, it was only a bill. He,
therefore, entirely objected to any counsel, on the part of
any individual, being heard in such a state of the proceed-

Mr. Baron Gurney, addressing the grand jury, thanked
them, in the name of the country, fur the services they
had performed, and discharged them. His lordship also,
in discharging the petty jury, expressed his regret that
they should have been taken from their homes at an unu.
sual period of the year, thanking them at the same time
for the manner in which they had performed their duty.
The juries then retired, and the proceedings of the corn.
mission terminated.

COMMITTALS TO CARMARTHEN COUNTY GAOL.—On
Saturday week, David Jones, of the parish of Llwrda,
Carmarthenshire, was committed under the warrant of E.
P. Lloyd, Esq., to take his trial at the next assizes, charged
with having on the 14th October, sent to Thomas Williams,
auctioneer, a letter, threatening to burn his hay and corn ;
he was also committed under a second warrant, charged
with having on the same day sent to Henry Lloyd Harries,
Esq., a letter threatening to destroy the house and hay be-
longing to him.

OUTRAGES AT LLANELLY.—WC are sorry to report
that the town of Llanelly, for the last week, has been the
scene of several villainous outrages. On Monday night,