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the people, and a general amnesty granted to all persons 
implicated in political piracies since 1831. This pro- 
position, however, was rejected by the almost i 
refused the demand and censured ‘the application as out 
of place, as the decision of the court of inquiry was then 
under his i The Colonel reiterated the 
vote of the assembly.—The French papers announce that 
the Sicilian sulphur question is terminated. The indem- 
nity to the British merchants has been fixed by a special 
ission at 130,000 Neapolitan ducats. The merchants 
demanded that this sum, which it was expected would not 
be paid for several years, should bear an interest of 6 per 
cent. ; but the Neapolitan Government then determined 
to payin cash. A letter from Naples states that the 
Government is now occupied with the establishment of a 
regular line of steam-boats between Naples and Ancona, 
which will touch at Messina, Tarento, Gallipoli, Bari, 
Barletta, and Manfredonia, and correspond with the 
steamers belonging to the Austrian Lloyd’s Company, 
which leave Trieste. For this purpose, the Neapolitan 
Government are now constructing three large steam- 
vessels, and a fourth will shortly be laid down. This line 
will commence running in January next. 
Turxey.—Accounts from Constantinople in the Ger- 
man papers state that the Turks are somewhat alarmed 
lest the Greek movement should increase the agitation in 
Albania and the northern provinces. An affair at Ibraila 
is represented as serious, being nothing less than part of a 
conspiracy for the rising of the Christians in Bulgaria. 
The local authorities had di d an illegal jati 
and had arrested a number of suspected persons, natives 
of Bulgaria. The troops were confined to their barracks, 
and their bayonets and sabres sharpened, as if they were 
on the eve of a battle. M. de Colla, the Russian Consul 
at Galatz, had frequent conferences with the civil and 
military chiefs, and assisted at the examination of the 
prisoners. The conspiracy is said to have extensive rami- 
fications throughout Wallachia and Bulgaria. 
Inpra and Cuina.—The Overland Mail from China 
and which should have arrived in the early part of 
the present month reached town on Monday. The dates 
are—Caleutta, 10th, Scinde, 19th, and Bombay, 26th 
August. From China 26th of June only. The mails 
were conveyed from Bombay to Suez by the Victoria 
steamer, which left Bombay on the 26th August, but 
being driven back by stress of weather, did not finally 
Jeave Bombay till 7th September. The mails reached 
Alexandria on the 4th inst., but her Majesty’s steamer 
Geyser not having arrived, they were sent on to Malta by 
the French steamer Lycurge, which sailed from Alexandria 
on the 7th inst., and arrived at Malta on the 15th. The 
overland portion of the mail has been forwarded by her 
Majesty’s steamer Alecto from Malta to Marseilles, and 
acrived at the latter port on the afternoon of the 19th inst., 
whence being despatched immediately, it arrived at Bou- 
logne within 68 hours. The intelligence thus received 
has been in great measure anticipated by that brought by 
the Hindostan. India was peaceful throughout.** Ti 
Scinde nothing of moment had occurred ; Shere Mahomed 
had recrossed the river, and taken shelter with his family 
in the Murrie Hills. Ali-Mahomed followed shortly after, 
claiming the same protection. Ali Moorad had been un- 
successful in the pursuit of his nephew; and had on his 
return visited the fort of Shaghur, where he supposed 
Shere Mahomed and his family to be located, but on his 
arrival he found it deserted. Sir C. Napier was busied 
making preparations for another campaign when the 
nature of the country permitted. A considerable aug- 
mentation of the force was expected to be made by that 
time. The sickness among the troops had much dimin- 
ished. The affairs of Gwalior were tending to a complete 
state of anarchy; and Government had issued an order 
for the immediate assembling of troops in and around 
Agra—but this has been countermanded in the meantime, 
Bundelkund, on the other hand, is rapidly improving—the 
rural police being considered quite capable of holding the 
disturbers in check. Two of the leaders in the late dis- 
turbances in Jeypore have been executed. In Affghanistan 
affairs were most unsettled. Dost Mahomed had im- 
prisoned Ameer Oolah and Suftur Jung, while Zeman 
Khan was still bribing the chiefs to join in his own cause. 
The whole of those who were in any way favourable to us 
on former occasions have been compelled to flee the coun- 
try. The Dost is likewise said to be about waging war 
with the Chief of Bokhara, the ambassador from whom is 
said to have been expelled. The difference formerly exist- 
ing in the Punjaub between Shere Sing and his powerful 
Minister, Dhyan Sing, has been made up ; but it is not 
thought likely to last long. The Nizam’s country was 
much in the same condition, The intelli from the 
demand, but no notice was taken of it. Two months 
afterwards the Colonel had the proceedings, with his own 
charges and the letters, privately printed and sent to his 
friends. The pamphlet was shown to the Major, who 
demanded a court-martial, by which, after the examination 
of the same witnesses, he was declared honourably 
acquitted. This verdict, which was supposed to be con- 
trary to the evidence, has been much canvassed, as also 
the remarks of the Commander-in-Chief, which were 
severe on the Colonel for not obeying the dictum of the 
head of the Army. Party-feeling was warm on both sides 
of the question, The chief witnesses were the principal 
medical officers of the army-staff, and they conceived the 
finding of the court-martial to be a censure on their 
evidence.—The satisfactory news from China informing 
us of the ratification of the treaty with this country and 
of the arrangement of the tariff, was not certainly known 
at Bombay at the date of the departure of the mail, and 
the papers are therefore in great measure filled by vague 
rumours and speculations respecting events of which we 
are already completely informed, 
CITY. 
Money Market, Priday.—Consols closed at 95} 
for money and the Account; Reduced Three per Cents., 
942; New Three-and-Half per Cents. 1022; Bank 
Stock, 179 4; Exchequer Bills, 63s. to 65s., and 62s. to 
64s: prem. 
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Metropolis anv tts Wicinity. 
City Election.—The [polling for the two candidates 
closed on Saturday at 4 o’clock, when the returns of Mr. 
Baring’s committee gave a majority of 145 in favour of 
Mr. Pattison, while Mr. Pattison’s committee made the 
majority 201. Abouteleven o’clock Mr. Baring’s friends 
assembled in great force, and from that time to half-past 
12 there was a small majority in favour of that gentleman, 
but this soon declined, and at two o’clock Mr. Pattison 
was 121 a-head. The official state of the poll was 
announced by the Sheriffs on Monday, when the numbers 
were declared to be, for Mr. Pattison, 6532; for Mr. 
Baring, 6367; leaving a majority for the former of 145. 
Mr. Pattison was then in the usual form declared duly 
elected. The following is the proportion of liverymen 
and householders who voted for the respective candi- 
dates:—For Mr. Pattison, liverymen, 2307; house- 
holders, 4225 ; total, 6532. For Mr. Baring, liverymen, 
3196 ; householders, 3171 ; total, 6367 ; making the total 
number of votes 12,899. The Sheriffs alluded to this cir- 
cumstance at the close of the proceedings, and said that 
nearly 13,000 votes had been regularly and peaceably 
recorded in the short space%of eight hours, a fact which 
they wished to hold out for imitation and example to the 
constituencies of country boroughs. In connection with 
this subject we may noti¢e the ramoured illness of Mr. 
George Lyall, one of the other members for the City, 
respecting whom reports of the most contradictory nature 
were in circulation on Tuesday. It appears that Mr. 
Lyall has been seriously indisposed, but not to an extent 
to excite alarm, and that at present he is nearly recovered. 
Mansion House.—On Friday the Lord Mayor gave an 
entertainment to the clergy, churchwardens, and vestry- 
clerks of the several parishes in the Borough of Southwark 
and the Ward of Aldgate, represented by his Lordship in 
Parliament and in the Corporation. The Lord Mayor 
elect and several Aldermen were present ; 210 persons sat 
down to dinner. 
Anti-Corn-Law League.—The monthly aggregate 
meeting of the League took place on Thursday evening in 
Covent Garden Theatre, which was crowded in every part. 
An address of congratulation to the Citizens of London, 
on the return of Mr. Pattison to Parliament was adopted, 
after which the Hon. C. P. Villiers, Dr. Bowring, Mr. 
Moore, and Mr. Milner Gibson,addressed the meeting. Mr. 
Gibson adyerted to a report published in the Morning 
Post, that the Queen and Queen Dowager had given up 
their private boxes at the theatre on account of the 
League Meetings. He said that her Majesty and the 
Queen Dowager knew nothing of this, but that it was an 
attack of the Ministers, The meeting did not break up 
until a very late hour. 
Tliness of Mrs.Fry.—The numerous friends of this bene- 
volent lady will regret to learn that she has been so seriously 
indi d as to admit of faint hopes of recovery. For 
Burmese ernpire has been somewhat hostile, but the 
matter at issue will most probably be amicably settled.— 
Lord Ellenborough is residing at Burrackpore, 10 miles 
from Calcutta, and has appointed Mr. Bird, late Deputy 
Governor, Governor of Bengal. Two items among the 
local news for the month had caused some excitement, 
First, the discovery of a joint stock company for robbery, 
plunder, &c., whose average aunual income has been 
betwixt 60,0007. and 80,000/., and who have carried on 
their depredations for about 30 years. The other case 
was the decision come to by the court-martial held at 
Poonah, on charges preferred by Colonel Hughes, com- 
mander in the garrison, against Major Seton, a case which 
is likely to occupy the attention of the Horse Guards. It 
appears that they had a dispute, and soon after which 
the Colonel offered to make up the quarrel, but was 
told the whole affair had been sent up in a com- 
plaint to the Government. The complaint was referred 
to a court of inquiry, which decided, after having heard 
evidence, that there were faults on both sides. The 
Colonel then sent in a demand for a court-martial on the 
Major, on the ground of his having wilfully made a false 
and unfounded statement, , The Commander-in-Chicf 
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some months past Mrs. Fry had been suffering under 
occasional attacks of a pulmonary complaint, which pre- 
vented her from the continued exercise of those active 
charities that have formed the chief business of her useful 
life, but without creating any serious apprehension for her 
safety. Within the last week, however, the disease has 
assumed a more alarming character. Her medical advisers 
recommended immediate removal to a warmer climate, 
but her enfeebled state unfits her for the fatigue of a long 
journey. Her present illness is supposed to be the effect 
of a severe cold caught in her recent journey to the 
north of Europe, which brought on inflammation of the 
lungs, from which she has never thoroughly recovered. _ 
Iliness of Mr. Farren.—We regret to state that this 
popular comedian has been scized with a sudden aflliction 
which threatens, in its consequences, to deprive the stage 
of one of its greatest ornaments. On ‘Tuesday night, 
when near the conclusion of Mr. Mark Lemon’s new 
drama of Old Parr at the Haymarket, he was observed 
to exhibit an unusual tremor of manner and sink in the 
chair used in the scene. The curtain fell at the usual 
time, and it was discovered that he had been attacked 
with a fit of apoplexy, and was wnable to speak. He was 
instantly conveyed to his room, aud medical assistance 
sent for, when it was discovered that his side and arm 
were completely paralysed. He was conveyed home to 
Brompton and attended by the most eminent members of 
the faculty. This is the third attack of the same malady, 
but the first that has left such consequences, the two pre- 
vious having only confined him to his room for a few days. 
Hellenic Festival.—On Saturday evening a festival 
took place at the London Tavern, to celebrate the recent 
events in Greece, when about 100 Greek gentlemen and 
friends of their cause sat down to dinner. ‘The upper end 
of the room displayed the flags of England, France, and 
Greece; and four pillars against the walls bore inscrip- 
tions commemorative of the various national assemblies 
of regenerated Greece, beginning with that of the 25th 
March, 1825; of the battles won by the Greeks ; and of 
the surviving and deceased heroes who had fought in the 
Greek cause. Mr. Ralli was in the chair; and among 
those who supported him were the Hon. Col. Stanhope, 
Col. Thompson, Mr. B. Cochrane, and Dr. Bowring. The 
principal speakers were of course the Greek merchants and 
other natives of Greece resident in London, who addressed 
the meeting in Romaic. The English visitors aboyenamed 
also spoke at some length on the obligations which civili- 
sation at large owes to Greece, and on the interest felt in 
this country for her prosperity as a nation. 
The Nelson Column.—in accordance with a general 
wish on the part of the public to have permission to see 
the figure of Lord Nelson prior to its being placed on the 
column, the public were admitted to ‘Trafalgar-square 
yesterday, and will be admitted again this day gratuitously 
to view the statue. In announcing this in the morning 
papers, Mr. Baily, the sculptor, states that it is done with 
the hope that the visitors may thereby be induced to aid 
the subscription for an entertainment to be given to the 
Greenwich pensioners, in Trafalgar-square, on the anni- 
versary of the battle of Copenhagen, April 2, 1844, 
Wood Pavement.—An injunction having been obtained 
by the Metropolitan Company against the proprietors of 
Perring’s patent, the paving of Cheapside has been sus- 
pended for some days past. n Tuesday, however, a 
deputation of the inhabitants waited upon the Commis- 
sioners of Sewers, with a representation of the extreme 
inconvenience arising from the continued obstruction of 
this crowded thoroughfare; and after some considera- 
tion, the Commissioners determined on giving up their 
intention of paving the whole of Cheapside with wood, 
and issued directions for completing that portion already 
unfinished with Aberdeen granite. 
Wigh Tide—On Wednesday noon the tide again rose 
to a great height, overflowing all the warehouses round 
Limehouse, Wapping, Deptford, Bermondsey, and Bank- 
side. The unusual height of the tide is mainly attributable 
to the storm of Tuesday night. At Wandsworth and Bat- 
tersea the grounds of many market-gardeners were under 
water for several hours. 
Lotteries.—The prizes in Mr. Boys’s ‘‘ Fine Arts Distri- 
bution ’”’ were allotted at Exeter Hall on Wednesday. 
Two young ladies officiated at the wheels of fortune, and 
Mr. Cooke, a barrister, was in the chair, in the place of 
Mr. J. S. Buckingham, who was to have replaced Mr. 
Bond Cabbell. Mr. Cooke spoke at great length upon 
the encouragement afforded to the fine arts by the present 
system of lotteries. The number of tickets was 12,000, and 
there were 601 prizes. After the 601 prizes were drawn, 
r. Boys gave, as a bonus on his originally announced 
prizes, other prizes, to the amount of 350 guineas, to the 
next drawn tickets, and also announced his intention of 
instituting another ‘‘ Fine Art Distribution’? in the 
course of the forthcoming year.—The daily papers state 
that the landlady ofa tavern at the west-end of the town, 
conceiving that ladies have as much right to sport their 
loose cash on sporting events as gentlemen, has deter- 
mined to form a Derby Club for ladies. A code of rules 
has been framed, the club to be limited to 30 members, 
Monday an inquest was held on the 
body of Mr. Charles Wooden, the fruit-salesmin of 
Covent-garden market, who resided at 25, Bowestreet. 
On Thursday last, it appeared, he complained of being 
ill, and shortly afterwards fell down in a fit, striking his 
head against the stones. He was assisted home, and 
medical assistance procured, but he died the same even- - 
ing. A surgeon stated that he saw deceased on Friday 
afternoon, and found him affected with apoplexy, which 
had been produced by concussion of the brain and rupture 
of some blood-vessels. Verdict—Died of apoplexy. 
Mortality of the Metropolis——The number of deaths 
registered in the week ending Saturday, October 14, was aS 
follows :—West Districts, 147; North Districts, 1593 
Central Districts, 182; East Districts, 225; South Dis- 
tricts, 237; Total, 950 (males, 509; females, 441)- 
Weekly average for the last five years, 903 (461 males, 442 
females) ; and for the last five autumns 908, 
Provincial Wetvs. 
The late Storms.—The accounts from all parts of the 
coast contain detailed accounts of numerous shipwrecks, 
occasioned by the storms of the last fortnight. ‘The prin- 
cipal places which have suffered are situated on the north- 
ern and eastern coasts ; and in many instances, the wrecks 
have been attended with loss of life. On the coast of 
Devon and Cornwall the storm was also felt with great 
severity, and many casualties are reported. At Margate, 
the ship Burhampooter, almost new vessel, with emi- 
