John Henry Capper, Esq. Directors. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. William Walker, Esq. Trustees-Edward Barnard, J. H. Capper, and Edward Thompson, Esqrs. Colonial Bankers-The Bank of Australasia (incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835), 8, Austin Friars, London. Physician-Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square. At Sydney there is a Board of Directors, and Agents & Trustees at W. Australia. The following peculiar advantages are offered by this Company : 1. Their policies cover the risk of living and voyaging over a far larger portion of the globe than do those issued by any other Company in existence. They allow the assured to reside in the Australasian and North American colonies, and at the Cape of Good Hope. They also allow one passage out and home to any of those colonies. For British India a very moderate extra premium is charged. 2. Premiums may be paid, and claims settled at Sydney, Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay. 3. A third of the premiums may remain unpaid for five years; nor is it necessary for the maintenance of the Assurance to pay up the premium at the end of that time, but the unpaid thirds may remain as a debt against the policy, if the interest be regularly paid upon them as the renewal premiums fall due. ANNUITIES. The Annuities offered by the Company are on a more favourable scale than those offered by any other Companies, having been calculated with reference to the rates of Interest obtainable on Colonial Investments. Annuitants also participate in the profits. Specimens of the Rates of Annuity for £100 sunk:- Male Lives. Female Lives. Age. Male Lives. Female Lives. t. s. d. £. s. d. 12 12 0 10 19 0 15 O 8 13 2 6 18 9 2 16 3 5 NOTICE.-These Lozenges contain no Opium, or any preparation of that drug. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF ROYALTY AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE FACULTY. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A certain remedy for disorders of the pulmonary organs-in difficulty of breathing-in redundancy of phlegm-in incipient consumption (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In asthma, and in winter cough, they have never been known to fail. Prepared and sold in boxes, 1s. 1d., and tius, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all druggists and patent medicine venders in the kingdom. RECENT TESTIMONIAL-Copy of a letter from "Colonel Hawker," the well-known author on "Guns and Shooting." "Longparish House, near Whitchurch, Hants, Oct. 21st, 1846. "Sir,-I cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect that I have Experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks, that defied all that had been prescribed for me; and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I find are the only ones that relieve the cough, without der anging the stomach or digestive organs.-I am, Sir, your humble servant, P. HAWKER." "To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard." N.B.-To prevent spurious imitations, please to observe that the words ** KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES" are engraved on the Government Stamp of each box. H. and G. FLETCHER, Military Tailors and Gene ral Clothiers, 128, New Bond-street.-H. and G. F. in thanking their numerous patrons for the support they have received up to this period, beg to call attention to the fact, that a saving of 20 per cent. is gained by cash payments at their establishment. Thus relieving gentlemen who do pay from being taxed for those who do not pay. It is presumed the well-known reputation of their firm may render further comment unnecessary, except to express a hope they may be allowed to prove that no other house (however high their charges) can excel them, either in style, quality, or workmanship. LIST OF CASH PRICES. Dress Coats, blue or black Do. any other colour Frock do. blue or black, skirts lined with silk Do. any other colour, with do, Trousers, blue or black doeskin.. .. Do. any other colour .. VERY BEST LIVERIES. A Footman's Suit complete, with sleeves to waistcoat and velveteen breeches A Suit, with kerseymere breeches.. Ditto, with hair plush breeches or kerseymere trousers 1 4 6 A Footman's extra double-milled Drab Great Coat, with large Cape.. 3 13 6 Coachman and Groom's Suit, 9s. more than Footman's. Gold and Silver Lace and Crested Buttons charged the Wholesale Prices. Regimental Coatees, Epaulettes, Chacoes, Cocked Hats, Swords, and every necessary appointment.-Naval and Diplomatic Uniforms, Peers' Robes, &c. &c., on a similar scale of prices. MPORTANT INFORMATION. -Unprincipled individuals, for the sake of gaining a trifle more profit, vend the most spurious compounds under the names of "Macassar Oil," "Kalydor," "Odonto," &c.; some under the implied sanction of Royalty, &c. &c. They copy the labels, advertisements, and testimonials (substituting fictitious names and addresses for the real) of the original preparations. It is therefore highly necessary to see that the word "ROWLAND'S" is on the wrapper of each article.-All others are FRAUDULENT IMITATIONS!! ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL.-The singular virtues of this successful invention for restoring, improving, and beautifying the Human Hair, are too well known and appreciated to need comment. The very fact of its having obtained the especial patronage of her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, the whole of the Royal Family, and of every Court in the civilized world, and the high esteem in which it is universally held, together with the numerous testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proof of its merits.-Price 3s. 6d.; 7s.; family bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. per bottle. CAUTION.-On the wrapper of each bottle of the genuine article are the words, in Two lines, ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL. All others are fraudulent counterfeits. ROWLAND'S KALYDOR.-An Oriental Balsamic Preparation of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin of all pimples, spots, blotches, freckles, tan, and discolorations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the COURT and the Royal Family of Great Britain, as well as of the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished nobility and gentry of all civilized nations. " Beware of spurious "KALYDORS," containing mineral astrigents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repellent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine has the words "RoWLAND'S KALYDOR on the wrapper, and "A. RoWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton Garden, London," is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each.-Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE, a white Powder for the Teeth, compounded of the choicest and most "recherché ingredients of the Oriental Herbal," of inestimable virtue for preserving and beautifying the Teeth and strengthening the Gums. Its truly efficient and fragrant aromatic properties have obtained its selection by the Court and Royal Family of Great Britain, and the Sovereigns and Nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand for it at once announces the favour in which it is universally held.-Price 2s. 9d, per box. CAUTION. To protect the public from fraud, the Government Stamp (as on the "KALYDOR") is affixed on each box. The genuine articles are sold by the Proprietors, and by every respectable Perfumer and Chemist throughout the kingdom. TOOPING of the SHOULDERS and CONTRACTION of the CHEST are entirely prevented, and gently and effectually removed in Youth, and Ladies and Gentlemen, by the occasional use of the IMPROVED ELASTIC CHEST EXPANDER, which is light, simple, easily applied, either above or beneath the dress, and worn without any uncom fortable constraint or impediment to exercise. To young persons especially it is highly beneficial, immediately producing an evident improvement in the figure, and tending greatly to prevent the incursion of pulmonary diseases; whilst to the invalid, and those much engaged in sedentary pusuits, such as reading or studying, working, drawing, or music, it is found to be invaluable, as it expands the chest and affords a great support to the back. It is made in Silk; and can be forwarded, per post, by Mr. ALFRED BINYON, Sole Manufacturer and Proprietor, No. 40, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London; or full particulars, with prices and mode of measurement, on receipt of a postage stamp. VERLAND PARCEL EXPRESS.-Reduced Rates to CELS, Packages, and Periodicals, till the 18th of Dec. Passengers guaranteed for a fixed sum, via Trieste, Marseilles, or Southampton. Insurances effected. Offices, 34, Cornhill, Chaplin's, Regent Circus, and 108, High Street, Southampton, where passengers' baggage, bale goods, &c., should be sent direct. PAR ARCELS to INDIA and CHINA.-Parcels for Aden, Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, Bombay, Penang, Singapore, and HongKong, if sent direct to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Parcel Office, No. 44, St. Mary Axe, will be forwarded at moderate freight, including all charges (except Egyptian transit-duty), from London to the port of destination. The tariff, with full particulars, may be had on application, personally or by letter. JAMES BARBER, Superintendent. No, 44, St. Mary Axe, London, 30th Dec. 1846. The first quinquennial valuation was made, and division of the profits of this Company declared, at the Annual General Meeting held on the 23rd of June, 1842, when four-fifths of the ascertained profit were appropriated to the policyholders entitled to participate, enabling the Directors to add a reversionary bonus averaging 31 per cent. on the premiums paid during the last five years, or to give an equivalent reduction of premium of nearly 17 per cent. on the premiums payable during the next five years. Persons assured by this Company are allowed to reside anywhere within the limits of Europe; and to pass by sea, in time of peace, in decked vessels and steam-boats, from any part of Europe to another, without any extra charge, or without obtaining permission of the Directors for that purpose. No extra premium will be charged on the Lives of Military or Naval Men, unless they enter or are called in active service, when the lowest rate consistent with safety will be required. Premiums, founded on correct data, have been specially calculated for Assurances on Lives of Officers in the Military or Civil Service of the East-India Company; and the Lives of any persons proceeding to any part of the world will be Assured on terms commensurate with the risk incurred. The next quinquennial division will be made in June, 1847. Tables and every information can be obtained at the office. W. T. ROBINSON, Actuary and Secretary. No appearance required before the Board-a private interview with the medical adviser of the Company considered sufficient. ON THE 7TH OF JANUARY, 1847, WILL BE PUBLISHED, AGENTS FOR PASSENGERS TO INDIA. OFFICERS returning to India can be supplied with every requisite for their re-equipment, and may also procure their MILITARY APPOINTMENTS in conformity with the most recent regulations, on application at either of the above Offices. CADETS and ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.-Messrs. GRINDLAY and Co. have prepared the most complete and detailed scales of equipment for Cadets and Assistant-Surgeons, combining efficiency with the utmost economy, and shewing at one view the total expense of an equipment for India, including the passage, and every other expense. CALCUTTA, MADRAS, BOMBAY, and CHINA.-Plans and Particulars of all desirable Ships proceeding to the above places may be seen, and Passages negotiated free of expense, on application at either office. Baggage collected, shipped, and insured. Messrs. GRINDLAY and Co. continue to receive and forward Packages by the Overland Mails. Passengers to India, through the Continent, supplied with circular letters of credit, and all necessary information. The following splendid SHIPS, belonging to Messrs. GREEN, of Blackwall, built expressly for the INDIA TRADE, will be despatched punctually from GRAVESEND at the undermentioned dates. 1200 P. Campbell... 20 W. F. Hopkins Calcutta direct .. 26 J. Drew Ditto 25 Sept. ENTITLED Madras direct .... 10 The "HOME NEWS" will be regularly issued on the 7th and 24th of each month, in time for despatch by the Indian Mail, via Marseilles; all intelligence of interest for the reader in India being brought down to the latest hour. In appearance, the "HOME NEWS" will resemble the "Spectator;" in substance, it will contain all that the Journals, already in existence and addressed to India, usually embrace, with many new and important features. Its size and proportions have been adopted as the best calculated for binding, portability, and easy reference. This feature will also influence its internal arrangement, so that it may gradually become an authentic record of European events for the civil and military community of British India and the Colonies. Messrs. GRINDLAY and Co., in soliciting the attention of the public to this new medium for communicating to friends abroad the latest and most interesting news from home, venture, with some confidence, to express a hope that the talent they have secured for its conduct, the peculiar resources at their own command, and their practical knowledge of the information most acceptable to the Indian public,-especially as it regards the Civil and Military Services, will give the "HOME NEWS," at once, a place in the first rank among the Journals for India. The Proprietors, however, very much prefer a practical appeal to the proof afforded in the first number of their proposed Newspaper, to any elaborate anticipation of its claims to patronage. Parties in England desiring to have the "HOME NEWS" forwarded regularly, without further trouble on their part, to friends in India, are requested to apply to Messrs. GRINDLAY and Co., 16, Cornhill, and 8, St. Martin's Place, Charing Cross; or to make such application through any respectable newsman in town or country; or at the office of the "HOME NEWS," Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey. The price of the "HOME NEWS" will be 9d. for each copy, or 18s. per annum, payable in advance. Advertisements received at the usual charges. Owen Glendower Walmer Castle D. Robertson J. Thorne.... ILLIAM MARTIN BOYCE & CO.'S EASTINDIA and GENERAL AGENCY.-Temporary Offices, at F. P. WEBB'S, 1, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, LONDON. Mr. W. M. BoyCE, ate of the Indian Navy, begs to intimate that he has commenced business as an East-Indian and General Agent. In soliciting the patronage of his numerous friends in India, both European and Native, and that of the public generally, W. M. BOYCE trusts, by the most unwearied attention to the various interests and wants of those who may honour him with their support, to render his Agency as efficient as possible. W. M. B. is prepared to transact every description of Agency business, including the procuring and forwarding of supplies of every kind; passages to India, round the Cape or Overland; clearing and warehousing of luggage, &c.; transmission of packages, parcels, and letters overland. Arrangements have been made for clearing and disposing of baggage belongng to parties arriving from India, either by the Cape of Good Hope or by Alexandria. Passengers arrived by the latter route, and desirous of having their luggage cleared without delay, should write to BOYCE and Co., viâ Marseilles, who will always have their Agents in attendance at Southampton. Communications for the Editor, and Advertisements, should be sent under cover to Messrs. Wm. H. Allen & Co., 7, Leadenhall-street. Ditto Cape & Calcutta.. Calcutta direct.... Ditto Cape & Madras .. For Freight or Passage, apply to the respective Commanders, at the Jerusalem Coffee house; or to WIMBLE and ALLPORT, 156, Leadenhall-street. COUNTRY AGENTS: Edinburgh, W. Blackwood and Sons; Charles Smith. LONDON:-Printed by CHARLES WYMAN, of 49, Cumming Street, Pentonville, in the County of Middlesex, Printer, at the Printing-Office of J. & H. Cox, Brothers, 74 & 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, in the Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, in the same County; and published by LANCELOT WID, at No. 13, Catherine Street, Strand, in the Parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, in the said County.-Tuesday, January 5, 1847. AND REGISTER OF INTELLIGENCE FOR BRITISH & FOREIGN INDIA, CHINA, & ALL PARTS OF THE EAST. Anti-Salt Monopoly. Miscellaneous Intelligence.. Government General Orders.. 36 Civil, Ecclesiastical, Military, and Medical Establishments 37 H.M. Forces in the East...... Shipping and Commercial In- ORIGINAL ARTICLES: MADRAS: 51 52 52 52 ΟΡ ......... 33 34 35 CEYLON 35 39 Domestic Intelligence... 39 telligence 40 New Commander-in-Chief... 54 54 Miscellaneous Intelligence.. Government General Order 47 55 Domestic Intelligence... Shipping and Commercial Intelligence BOMBAY : Miscellaneous Intelligence.... 49 Parliamentary Proceedings.... D SÄRRIVAL OF MAILS. 55 60 The Bentinck, with the mails, left Calcutta Dec. 9, Saugor 10, Madras 14, Point de Galle 17, and arrived at Suez on the 4th inst. The Braganza, with the China mails, left Hong-Kong Nov. 22, Singapore Dec. 7, Penang 9, and Point de Galle 16. The two mails arrived at Alexandria on the 7th inst.; they were thence forwarded, by the Oriental, to Malta, which place they reached on the 15th inst. The Marseilles portion was thence conveyed by the Flamer, which arrived at her destination on the 19th. The Oriental, with the remainder, was to leave Malta on the 16th, and may be expected at Southampton on the 27th. The Queen, with a mail, left Bombay Dec. 16, for Aden. DEPARTURE OF MAILS. A mail for Bombay, vid Southampton, will be despatched on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 3. Letters should be posted in London on the previous evening, or if marked via Marseilles, on the evening of Monday, Feb. 8. A mail for Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, the Straits, and China, will leave on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 20. Letters should be posted in London on the previous evening, or if marked via Marseilles, on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 24. The Queen, with the London mail of Oct. 27, arrived at Bombay Dec. 7, from Aden. The Atalanta, with the London mail of Nov. 7, arrived at Bombay Dec. 15, from Suez and Aden. The Hindostan, with the London mail of Oct. 27, arrived at Madras Dec. 11, and left same day for Calcutta. Calcutta China... [PRICE 18. has arrived, it is said that an intrigue has been discovered between the Sheik EMAM-OOD-DEEN and the Wuzeer LAL SINGH, out of which have arisen the disturbances in Cashmir. The minister is charged with fomenting the insurrection in order to prevent GHOLAB SINGH obtaining possession of his new acquired dominions. The Delhi Gazette thus speaks of the matter : "The denouement of the Lahore events of the last few months is about to take place, and will afford considerable matter for speculation and comment. The suspicion which we indulged in, some months since, regarding the secret understanding between Rajah Lall Singh and Shaikh Emam-ood-deen, are likely to prove even more correct than we had supposed possible; and the proof of the rajah's double-dealing is said to have been so completely brought home to him that there appears very little chance of his remaining at the head of the Lahore Government much longer. Indeed we believe that Mr. Currie's visit to the capital will ere this have decided the question. The discovery of this correspondence probably led to Shaikh Emam-ood-deen being prevented from passing the Ravee. We shall, we think, know by our next issue what has been done, but may in the meantime venture with some degree of safety, on a shrewd guess that Meean Juwaheer Singh, brother of the late Rajah Heera Singh, second son of the Rajah Dheean Singh, and consequently nephew of Maharajah Goolaub Singh, will succeed Rajah Lall Singh as Wuzeer. We deemed it possible that some thoughts of placing Sirdar Lena Singh might have been entertained by our authorities, and the idea was suggested by the anxiety manifested by the Sirdar to return to Lahore at a time when the discovery of the intrigues of the present minister must have been known to him, if he had any confidential agents at the capital." In consequence of this state of things, it is expected that the British army will halt at the distance of a march or two from the capital, to enable the authorities to look about them a little before retracing the ground that has been passed over; and then, if all remain quiet, the troops will proceed on their way. But there can be little doubt that, for some time to come-who shall conjecture how long?-it will be expedient, and even necessary, to maintain a strong force at our principal frontier stations. The Governor-General is still in the Jullunder Doab. The Commander-in-Chief has left Simla for Umballah, and it was considered doubtful whether his lordship would visit the Doab. Sir JOHN LITTLER, who had just reached Loodianah, had, it was reported, been ordered to join the VICES Governor-General forthwith, in order to accompany his lord SUMMARY & REVIEW OF EASTERN NEWS; THE news brought by the last mail is pacific, yet suggestive of a state of insecurity. The Punjaub is just tran quillized, and the British army about to withdraw from its capital, but almost at the moment when this state of affairs ship on an inspection of the bridge of boats over the Beas. The Jullunder division, which had proceeded towards Cashmir under Brigadier WHEELER, had arrived at Ferozepore, and were about starting for their several stations in India, having been relieved in the Doab by other troops. The guns captured in the Punjaub campaign, in number two hundred and fifty-two, left Benares on the 1st December for Calcutta, where some of them are to be transformed into a column, commemorative of the battles fought on the Sutlej, and the gallant men who fell. ALLEYS The brother of the respectable queen-mother of Lahore is on a visit to Gyajee, to wash himself. A lady, of somewhat questionable reputation, from the same place, is on a like visit for the like object. The following account of their respective retinues and progresses is very edifying :— "Mungla, the celebrated 'slave' girl at Lahore, has reached Meerut on an ablutionary journey to Gyajee, on performance of which she returns to Lahore. Her retinue consists of about five hundred Sikh horsemen, with elephants and camels-a pretty numerous following' for a slave-girl! Rajah Heerah Singh, brother of the queen-mother at Lahore, has also just entered our territories on a pilgrimage to the same place as the slave-girl! train consists of nearly two thousand Sikhs, with several elephants carrying gold and silver howdahs or chairs of all shapes and sizes. The beauty of the horses and their trappings is said to be very great, the dirtiness of his attendants equally so. His At Calcutta the only source of excitement was furnished by the gambling speculations in opium, and their consequences. We know something of commercial gambling in this country, but that which has recently taken place in India seems to cast our puny doings altogether into the shade. Nothing but the memorable South-Sea year, or the æra of the tulip mania in Holland, can approach it. Some extracts on this subject will be found among our selections, and the following synopsis from the Bengal Hurkaru will afford a brief view of the proceedings which took place. "It appears that certain gambling speculators, likely to be victimized by one more cunning than the rest, who, to raise the price upon them, had determined to buy up the whole of the Patna drug offered for sale at, it is said, Rs. 2,000 per chest, saw their only chance of salvation from ruin in preventing the sale from taking place. It was apprehended that they would attempt this by force, and a strong guard of police was on the spot on the day of sale. But the gamblers adopted a different system of tactics, and one even more difficult to counteract. When the first lot of five chests was put up, several individuals, who relieved each other at intervals, began to bid, and so kept on-each bid of five rupees per chest expressed by a nod-from eleven in the forenoon till dusk. By the conditions of sale then in force the Government was bound to sell the opium to the highest bidder; and, therefore, as these people kept bidding on one above another, the lot could not be knocked down to any one. BENGAL. THE OPIUM TRADE. The opium sale of this day is looked forward to with a considerable degree of interest and even of excitement in mercantile circles. The opium sale now in progress-if that can be said to be in progress which is at a stand-will be a memorable one in the annals of the monopoly. As mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it has been looked forward to with a considerable degree of interest and even of excitement, which, as the result shews, was not misplaced. Something more than the ordinary quiet competition of rival speculators appears to have been anticipated, for a strong police force armed with swords, was in attendance about the Exchange. Hitherto, however, all appears to have gone on peaceably; but not a chest has yet, at half-past 3 P. M. been sold. The scene in the Exchange, as described to us by a friend who had the strength and courage to force his way up to the auctioneer's desk and the good fortune to get safe out again, is a very strange one. Closely surrounded by an almost impenetrable crowd of excited and noisy red-turbaned up-coun try men, in a small railed inclosure, a number of quiet individuals, European and native, standing or sitting around a table in front of the auctioneer's rostrum, are carrying on the business of the day. At a little distance from the rostrum two sircar-likenatives are diligently engaged in nodding rapidly and incessantly at the auctioneer, who nods on either hand in return to their obeisances each of which is a bid of five rupees! This performance has now being going on for some hours, and as yet not a chest has been sold; but a little black board, on which the progress of the bidding is chalked and exhibited from time to time, displayed, as our friend left at a quarter-past three, the figures 90,000!! expressing the number of rupees then bid for each chest of the first lot. The game is still going on, and when or where it may end is more than we can tell.-Hurkaru, Nov. 30. The scene which occurred on Monday at the Exchange, as described by us yesterday, will perhaps attract the attention of many to the subject, who would otherwise never have given it a thought. It was certainly a bold and original idea of the parties concerned to prevent the sale from taking place by occupying the whole day in biddings for one lot, which of course neither of the bidders had the least intention of buying. Their scheme has been so well carried out, that they have escaped even the payment of the deposit, insignificant as that would have been, compared to the amount which the gamblers had at stake; for the lot not having been knocked down, the deposit could not be This is one of those experiments, however, that can only succeed once, and which, though it may have saved its authors from ruin, will inevitably lead to some new rules respecting the opium sales, that the tricksters in the trade will have no reason to rejoice at ; and which, however necessary, will not perhaps be altogether convenient to some of the fair dealers in the drug. Such a farce as that enacted at the Exchange on Monday can never be permitted to be performed again. The Government will not suffer itself to be so played the fool with. What regulations will be made we cannot say; but we apprehend, it will not be difficult to frame such as will effectually prevent another trick like that we have been referring to. As no sale took place, we conceive that it is quite competent to the Government to order that the one which was to take place on Monday should be held to-morrow if they please, under such rules as they may deem requisite to guard them against the repetition of such humbug as that practised on the former day, and to protect the interests of the fair trader.-Ibid. Dec. 2. claimed. Thus the farce or pantomime went on until evening, when the auctioneer refused to continue it any longer, although the bidders being still ready to proceed he could not knock down the lot. The speculators had effected their purpose, the sale had been prevented, the first lot was still unsold, though the price offered was no less than Rs. 1,30,955 per chest! The opium was again put up for sale yesterday under new conditions, specially designed to prevent the recurrence of such proceedings as those of the last week; and they appear to have succeeded, as the whole of the opium was sold and at very high prices, the average for Patna being Rs. 1,793, no less than Rs. 688 above the average of the last sale !" From the other Presidencies there is nothing very remarkable. At Bombay the new Chief Justice, Sir DAVID POLLOCK, seems to be securing universal praise by his legal acquirements, his habits of business, his amenity and courtesy. From the NIZAM's territories the intelligence is more satisfactory than for some time past, as is shewn in the following extract: "Tumult and license,' says the Madras Spectator, 'have ceased to disgrace the streets of the Nizam's capital, and blood no longer flows in them without attracting notice or provoking vengeance, because a Dewan, nominated by the British power, and having the counsel and assistance of the British representative ever at his elbow, is not one whom the lawless can venture safely to defy.' The numerous bands of rebellious Seikhs, Pytans, and others, that have for a long period been the pests and terror of the Nizam's dominions, are being gradually disbanded and dismissed; and thus his Highness will get rid of a heavy drain on his resources, and his subjects of a marauding horde which kept them in perpetual dread. It is to be hoped that a watchful eye will be kept on the move. ments of these disbanded desperadoes, lest they should do mischief in the surrounding territories, as some of them lately did in Bhopal. The Spectator suggests that they might, to a certain extent, be convertible into a police force for the carrying out of Government orders, and the protection of the rural districts of the Deccan." We yesterday noticed a report that certain wealthy natives had offered Rs. 1,800 per chest for the whole of the opium advertised for the first sale, which was to have taken place on Monday. Since then, we have been furnished with some particulars which shew that the rumour, though incorrect in its details, was not without foundation. On the day of sale, certain firms, European and native, describing themselves as bona fide bidders, presented to the Opium Secretary, and the auctioneers, a formal protest against parties being allowed to continue fictitious and fraudulent biddings for the purpose of preventing a sale. They asserted that the representatives of government were bound to put up and sell all the lots of opium mentioned in their advertisement, and to take the necessary steps to frustrate any conspiracy to stop the sale by preposterous and absurd biddings; and they requested that the names of the parties so bidding might be registered with a view to an indictment for conspiracy. They furthermore offered to take, at the rate of Rs. 1,800 per chest, the whole 1,390 chests of Patna opium, and, as we understand, tendered the full amount of the purchase-money, twenty-five lacs of rupees. Their protest was, as it appears, ineffectual, and their offer remained unaccepted.-Ibid. Dec. 3. ANTI-SALT MONOPOLY. THE mail brings us word that the anti-salt monopoly agitation is proceeding vigorously. Mr. Aylwin, who, as we have already mentioned, has secured the valuable coadjuvancy of Mr. Stocqueler, is stirring up the cotton lords of Lancashire to join with their neighbours, the salt-sellers of Cheshire, in a crusade for the relief of the oppressed millions of India, and of the salt and cotton markets. We have already expressed our regret that the advocacy of an object so desirable on the broad ground of common humanity, as the abolition of the Indian salt monopoly, should be left contingent on the selfish views of a few manufacturers and traders thousands of miles away; and we have consoled ourselves in the belief, that such interested advocacy is ever the most importunate and persevering, and, consequently, most likely to be crowned with speedy success. Another cause of regret to us has been in the indiscreet zeal of such ardent apostles of the cause as Mr. Aylwin, whose desire to give strength to their case has led them into the error of overstating it, thereby giving their adversaries an advantage over them, and placing the cause itself in a false position. This injudicious system, commenced by Mr. Aylwin in his Salt Pamphlet, is carried on, we perceive, by him and Mr. Stocqueler in their speeches at public meetings got up for the dissemination of their views. We republish to-day a report of such a meeting held at Blackburn, at which these two gentlemen stood forward as the champions of free trade in salt. Mr. Stocqueler attended as honorary secretary to the Salt Trade Association, and delivered an elaborate address on the occasion. He has evidently studied Mr. Aylwin's pamphlet to very good purpose, and has thereby been enabled to bring together a goodly display of figures, which, with the Lancashire-men, are ever the most convincing arguments. Whether he has brought to bear on the question that intimate personal knowledge of Indian affairs, which he may be supposed to possess, we leave our readers to judge for themselves. Be this as it may, it appears to us that he has not shewn that precise knowledge of the tenure by which the Company holds the salt monopoly, which we should have expected from one who must have carefully studied the subject, in preparation for his meditated attack. He quotes the charter to shew that the monopoly is maintained under a clause which enjoins that the Company "shall make sale of all their merchandise, stores, effects, &c. &c., which shall not be retained for the purposes of the government;" the fact being, that is justified by a subsequent part of the same clause which directs that the Company shall "abstain from all commercial business which shall not be carried on for the purposes of the said government." That the salt monopoly is maintained for the purposes of government is not to be disputed, and, therefore, however much it may be regretted that the warrant for it is not more distinctly and broadly expressed, there cannot, we' fancy, be a doubt of its legality under the provision above cited. Mr. Aylwin, as observed by our London Correspondent, after declaring that "he appealed only to the pockets" of his hearers, entertained them with a story calculated to call forth the sympathies of those who gave it credence, on behalf of the people of the Coromandel coast, who were therein said to be "tied up to the trees and flogged and tortured in the gross, whole villages together, whenever they neglect to destroy the salt as fast as it forms at their doors, on their fields, and over their separate neighbourhoods; and are similarly punished if they neglect to repair monthly to the Company's salt-pan at a distance, and there pay an infamously high price for an arbitrary quantity of foul, black, muddy salt!" These very novel and startling statements are marked in the report with inverted commas, as a quotation, but the authority is not mentioned. Mr. Aylwin, however, vouches for their correctness,-describing the story as "a true and not overcharged description of the cruelties practised in sustaining the odious monopoly." The story might go down with the men of Blackburn, and would, doubtless, do so without Mr. Aylwin's voucher for its accuracy; but we must confess, that until we know his authority, and also the opportunities which Mr. Aylwin himself had of verifying the description, we must take the liberty of considering it something more than apocryphal.-Hurkaru, Nov. 25. MISCELLANEOUS. NEW MOFUSSIL PAPER.-The vacancy in the list of Mofussil papers, caused by the extinction of the Agra Chronicle, has soon been filled up; yesterday's dawk having brought us No. I. of the Benares Recorder, a new bi-weekly candidate for public patronage.-Hurkaru, Nov. 23. LAUNCH OF A STEAMER.-The India General Steam Company launched their second steamer, the General M'Leod, on Saturday afternoon, from their yard at Garden Reach, off which she now lies, to receive her boilers and cylinders-all the other ma chinery being on board, where she was launched. She draws only 17 inches at present.-Ibid. HOOGHLY COLLEGE-We have just learned from a friend at Hooghly that a congratulatory address is about to be presented by the masters, mowlovies, pundits, and students of Mahomed Moshin's college, at Hooghly, to Mr. Rochfort, on his promotion to the principalship of the Government Krishnaghur college. -Ibid. Nov. 24. GOVERNMENT KRIHSNAGHUR COLLEGE.-A letter from Krishnaghur states, that on Thursday last, a highly complimentary address was read to Captain Richardson, the principal of the Government Krishnaghur college, on the occasion of his leaving that institution, for the principalship of the Hooghly college. Captain Richardson was so popular in that institution, that some of the students have applied to the local committee for permission to be transferred to the Hooghly college.-Ibid. ARRIVAL OF SIR G. POLLOCK, G.C.B. Major general Sir George Pollock, c. c. B., arrived from the Cape in the Maidstone yesterday, and landed, under the salute due to his rank, last evening at five o'clock. We trust that the gallant veteran returns to India with health renovated by his sojourn in the salubrious climate of South Africa.-Ibid. Nov. 25. THE FAMOUS CASE OF BABOO KONNYLAUL TAGORE V. RAUSMONEY DOSSEE.-We learn from the Bhaskur, that the famous case of Baboo Konnylaul Tagore v. Rausmoney Dossee, the widow of the late wealthy Baboo Rajchunder Doss, which was decided against the Baboo first at the court of the Principal Sudder Ameen of the Twenty-four Pergunuahs, and afterwards at the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut, has been appealed to the Privy Council.-Ibid. DINAPORE, Nov. 19, 1846.-The Sir Herbert Maddock steamer arrived here at 9 A. M., on the 16th inst., with a pair of cargo-boats, all heavily laden. Immediately after anchoring, they commenced discharging cargo, and without intermission continued doing so till 8 P. M. It is said the three vessels had upwards of 12,000 feet of cargo: this certainly ought to pay well. In the downward passage these boats are likely to have a good cargo of indigo, being now the most powerful steamer running on the Ganges. I see the company this vessel belongs to is to start another vessel early next month, with superior accommodation for passengers. This is not bad, but the shareholders look to a good dividend, which is not to be realized by passenger-boats, but with cargoboats there is not the least doubt. The Sir Herbert is now beating the Government boats in speed by fifty per cent. more boats with such powerful engines, will add considerably to public convenience.-Ibid. a few THE CASE OF YOUNG V. EAST-INDIA COMPANY.-We hear that the case of Young and others v. the East-India [Company will be carried before the Privy Council.-Ibid. THE CALCUTTA LOTTERY COMMITTEE.-We understand that the Government is about to dispose of all the pieces of ground belonging to the late Lottery Committee, within the jurisdiction of the town of Calcutta, and to devote the sum that will accrue from the sale to the improvement of the town.- Ibid. BENARES.-Weather.-Getting much colder-thermometer 76 degrees at noon. This morning a treasure party, commanded by Lieut. May, of the 48th Native Infantry, escorted one lac and fifty thousand rupees from the Jounpore collectorship, for the use of the Benares treasury. THE LIBEL CASE.-The case of the proprietor of the Star against the Englishman having failed, in consequence of the ruling of the Court that the term "contemporary," used in the alleged libel, could only mean the editor, and not the proprietor, it is reported that the editor of the Star is about instituting an action on account of the odious imputation of aiding and abetting in a larceny.-Ibid. Dec. 5. MILITARY ITEMS.-The only communication we have received from the northern part of Jullundur Doab (under date of the 20th) informs us that the head-quarters of the 72nd native infantry reached Kangra on that day, and relieved the detachment of the 44th native infantry (two companies) which had been left there. We regret to learn that although Lord Hardinge was much pleased with the climate and scenery of Dhurrumsala, he considered it too far out of the way, and too difficult of access, to be adapted for a cantonment or even a sanatarium, so that there is a very small chance of its being undisturbed in this respect. We should not wonder, however, if it were to be brought into more general notice by private enterprise, as has been the case at Nainee Tal, especially if the resolution of Mr. Lawrence to build there should hold good. —Delhi Gazette, Nov. 28. JULLUNDUR.-Our letters from Jullundur, dated 21st and 22nd instant, inform us that the 50th N. I. arrived at that station on the 21st, and that the 36th N.I. would, in consequence, move |