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icd oh; the 29th, but the project 'was thrown out nearly 



--aniniijsly. The Diet of the Citizens has adopted the 



— tjg a majority of 47 against 9, and also the Diet 



o* trie peasants passed it by a majority of 89 against 14, 



traCV^^the consent of the four Diets is requisite for 



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yy ^m^^^muj project discussed a law of the empire, the 

 preseawitempt of changing one of the fundamental laws 

 of the caintry is therefore frustrated. 

 <*"Z7Exmark. — The Journal des Dtbats announces that 

 a deplorable accident occurred a few days since in the 

 study of the late celebrated sculptor Thorwaldsen, at 

 Copenhagen. The colossal model in plaster of an ^Escu- 

 lapius of Thorwaldsen, the last work which this illustrious 

 artist ever completed, and which was intended to serve 

 as a pendant to his colossal statue of Hercules, placed in 

 the museum of Copenhagen, fell to pieces, and was so 

 completely broken that this magnificent specimen is 

 totally lost for all purposes of art. 



Malta. — Considerable excitement prevails throughout 

 all classes at Malta, by the reduction of 4 per cent, in 

 the value of the Mexican and South American dollars, a 

 coin varying very much in weight, originally introduced 

 by the Government ten years ago, as legally current at 

 4s. 4 d. t and now by the same Government reduced to 

 4s. 2d. 9 a measure which is tantamount to positive spoli- 

 ation, unheard of in the present day, even in Turkey 

 But, in addition to this enactment, orders have been 

 given to the several public departments to receive no 

 dollars under 17 pennyweights and 7 grains, a weight 

 which is scarcely to be found, and the consequence is, 

 that trade has been completely paralysed, and an amaz- 

 ing degree of misery and distress has been brought 

 about. It is difficult to say where the evil will end, or 

 how long the patient population will submit to such 

 privations as they are now suffering. The local journals 



have taken up the matter, and an appeal to Parliament 

 is talked of. 



EGYPT.--Accounts from Alexandria of the 19th ult. 

 state that Mehemet Ali had arrived in that city, and his 

 sudden return appears to have been quite as embarrass- 

 ing to some of his friends as his unexpected abdication. 

 It is said that he shows symptoms of decay to an extent 

 that alarms his Ministers. His proceedings at Cairo 

 after his departure from Alexandria are very curious. A 



ofTtl^P ^ at £ air ° ° n the evenin S of the 5th **• 

 of all the Pashas, Beys, and men of influence in the 



country to take into consideration the different reasons 



of complain his Highness had to make against them ; 



and they all acknowledged at once their guilt of not 



having duly made his Highness cognisant of their acts, and 



having done things without his authority; and they also 



whK-K ,r readin u 88 u t0 Submit t0 a *y Punishment 



K si-!*? 6 ? m,gbt be Pleased t0 Miit npon them. 

 Mehemet Ah left them to pass judgment on themselves, and 



E?iT ' a , nd f th T e u co ^ cil ca ** to the determination, at 



te 1 ,?' l hT t h [™ Pa8ha > tbe P resi "ent, that he 



Pa K m ^ ha) Sb °? ld be d «Pri*edof one year's 



&^^7 f - »o„th'. sLary. 



sent for aid to Sukkur, and ordered the mutinous corps 

 to attend morning parade. The men assembled, and fell 

 into rank. The General formed them into open column, 

 and read the general order granting them certain 

 allowances, and asked them to take their pay, which they 

 did. This occupied two hours' time ; when the payment 

 was ended, and they were ordered to go to their lines, they 

 all, except three men, piled their arms, and demanded to 

 be discharged. The General had taken his precautions, 

 and the refractory regiment was subsequentlv disarmed 

 and compelled to quit Shikarpore, and to march to Suk- 

 kur, which it reached on the 26th June : and 39 of the 

 ringleaders have been arrested. The 69th Bengal Native 

 Regiment took the station at Shikarpore on the 24th. 

 The mutineers have been ordered to march to Delhi, 

 where it is expected they will be punished and dis- 

 banded. The conduct of the officers in command has 

 been much canvassed, and Colonel Moseley has been 

 suspended. A party of 40 cavalry, sent out about 12 

 miles from Shikarpore to protect a body of grass- 

 cutters, was attacked by some Beloochees in the pay of 

 Shere Mahommed, in consequence of the neglect of the 

 native officers commanding, who retired from the road 

 to smoke with their soldiers. The grass-cutters and 12 

 men and 1 native officer were killed by the assailants. 

 This had produced a stringent order from Sir C. Na- 

 pier. Scinde was otherwise tranquil. There was still 

 some fever, and it was said that Sir C. Napier had suf- 

 fered from some attacks of it. In Lahore the nominal 

 ruler, Heera Singh, had added something to his in- 

 fluence by expelling all foreigners from the service, and 

 by conciliating the officers who have succeeded them. 

 He is described as being much pleased with the removal 

 of Lord Ellenborough from power in India. The re- 

 ports from Afghanistan are conflicting. Dost Mahouf- 

 med appears to be exerting himself to the utmost to 

 strengthen his position. His son Akhbar had been 

 created Wuzeer, but was described as in delicate health, 

 being supposed to be in a decline. There were intrigues 

 carried on against the Sikhs, which are likely to pro- 

 duce hostilities between them. Rumour spoke of the 

 conquest of Herat by the Persians, but nothing certain 

 was known on the subject The Hindostan, having Sir 

 Henry Hardmge on board, left Aden at noon on the 6th 

 J uly, and touched at Madras on her way to Calcutta on 

 the 20th. His Excellency did not land there, but 

 received a letter from Lord Ellenborough, who announced 

 his intention of not leaving Calcutta until after his 

 arrival, which would be about the 24th. The removal 

 of Lord Ellenborough from the government had pro- 

 duced a modified declaration in his favour in some 

 quarters, but generally it was regarded with indifference. 

 his lordship was expected to leave Calcutta in the Tenas- 

 serim steamer in the beginning of August, but of this 

 nothing positive was known. The ship Cameo, from 

 Liverpool to Calcutta, with a cargo valued at 60.000/., 

 had been lost off Kedgeree, and the Candahar, from 

 China, had been totally wrecked near Bombay. In 



7, ,.' *" u Iour raontns' salary to all the 



htT' A ^ decisi0n ' Mehemet Ali seems to have 



mZZitt IT' "f ■* * refit that his Highness wm 

 250 000 dJl bee ". ca i I cul ? ted to amount to upwards of 



tions to A L R S ? I f, bneM then 8ent d0 ™ ^ruc- 

 tions to Artin Bey, at Alexandria, to inform the five 



Consuls-General of his perfect re-establishmen?in health 



tTr men i ° f g ° ing t0 Mecca ' aQd his determi^ 

 toon to direct affairs himself as hitherto. On the Gth 



n^*^^^'?™ and turned to Alex.' 



river has actually risen about 20 or 21fcrt in the neith 

 bourhood of the metropolis, w hieh f, g e ^erdly betwet 



Z? II "' u H m ? lsure of a moderately good rise in the 

 neighbourhood of Cairo, three or four feet. 



Jul» h« AN ? ? HINA — The ^di™ mail of the 31st of 

 ori2„ n / 6d t0Wn tbis week - Th e mail had been 



SS s d Z a r i Cbed - ° a .H 19 *' bat the *^ <>f the 

 b oken" ?£ Z *' '" Wh,ch U was conveyed, having 

 «»a the 4a 1 J™, tH WaS , com P eUe ' 1 'o return under sail! 



steamer TlT i fr f ° rW ^ ded 0n the 31st b 7 ^ther 

 rainy seasonis I. "!? en 7 " of interest > although the 



r — "~ «w*^i,o xu wic iuvvd, on I 



the gang murders which degrade India. Great excite- 

 ment prevailed on the subject ; the murdered man was 

 one of their own tribe, and yet much money was ex- 

 pended in the hope of preventing the conviction of any 

 of the parties. Public attention in Bombay was drawn 

 to a plan for making a railway to the Thull and Bhore 

 ghauts, two great passes in the mountains of the neigh- 

 bouring Concan country, by which all the trade comes to 

 that port. The cost is estimated at 350,000/., and a large 



rh?„. er - °5 l are o, Wer T e taken there - The news from 

 Chin n* E I a 21st J une * Sir H ^ry Pottinger left 

 Ro™h ° , - d f 7 " Her Majeaty's steamer Driver, for 

 Bombay, and intended to leave Bombay for Suez by the 

 September mad. There is no particular news from 

 Uma * H °ng-Kong was healthy. The French Embassv 

 proceeding to China had anchored at Singapore two 

 hours before the Driver left that port. The new Governor 



on the 8?h M»f ' .5' ^ ^ *' "*+ landed there 

 on the 8th May, and was immediately sworn into office 



Some disturbances had occurred at Canton between the" 

 Chinese and the Americans, but thev were of tdfl n 



Or 



09 * 



CITY 



for^W Ma lif FHda, J- L C ° nsoI << dosed at V9 J 



h m to the elerk at the transferTbook 

 It is the practice of the Ban. *ta m „T^ P«,t 

 clerks as the most fit persons t« i? . Suier tb «ri.a 

 therefore, when the ckrk a? the £"' a ,t J M «». »3 

 tended stockholder was identified h? 8a " that the P* 

 to the establishment, there was J.v" par ' y belon ^« 

 trust in his mind, or to prevLt the I g t ' CreMe «l 

 P ace ; indeed, for some 5™^,,*^ fro - UlSj 

 clerk who had contrived all hlT • tra[ >»action, t2 



stockholder, who, a he f ^ lelv i^ n ° tice tb «« % 

 was about to make a sale Th P h T * Wend of ^ 

 purchase attended in regular clrt^ "\° made «W 

 holder signed the transfer ^ and ^ the ^Jr\ «•* 

 him. witnessed the transaction Hrirth T 1 ld " ,tifie « 

 to his duties on the day whl thulrlnH f" 6 ? ?*"** 

 would, probably, have been unable to a K° 0k ^ * 

 from his 0W n office, and th^refo'e the leaved ^ 

 was necessary to place him in a conditio^ t« *"** 

 h 1S scheme with perfect freedom The «Z a j °» 

 ho der having received a check for The ffl^*^ 

 it to the proper department and obtained th. ' °° k 

 gold when he expressed surprise^att ^'d^? 

 ■ . This showed inexperience in such matter, k 

 it does not seem to have excited «,,.,L ': but 



of the Bank porters assist *l£ *Z™2 £?£ 

 to a cab. The clerk, at the end of hU H \ 



ri e r ,didnot . return * and an S^^iSm 



into the manner in which the business of hisdeoa L P ^ 

 had been conducted. Among other things 7" Tl 

 ceived that, but a few days beire his dep^t e ,Te £" 

 identified a transfer of stock to a rather ce sidJblt 

 amount. On a comparison of documents, it ™ nd 

 that the signature of the party who had atSedhU 

 name to the transfer did not at all correspond w tl tk t 

 of the proprietor of the stock. Further and more min^ 



LTrL 11 ™ ^ pU ^. when U Was -cerUined tS 

 both the person transferring, and the Bank clerk *ho 



avouched the accuracy of the signature, had absconded, 

 lhe forgery of powers of attorney has been comparatively 

 common, but it was hardly supposed possible that a per- 

 son could be found possessing nerve and assurance 

 enough to pretend m person to be a stockholder of >o 

 large a sum at such immense risk of detection. With- 

 out collusion on the part of some person connected with 

 the establishment that could supply the requisite in- 

 formation, it is thought that it would have been abso- 

 lutely impossible. As some erroneous statements have 

 appeared in print relative to this affair, it is as well to 

 state that the gentleman who is the real holder of the 

 stock, and whose signature has been forged, is named 

 Oxenford. The name of the clerk who has absconded, 

 is Burgess. 



Post Office. — An order was affixed on the walls in the 

 General Post-office on Monday last, to the effect rhat 

 u The Postmaster-general having had the papers laid 

 before him relating to the gross conspiracy which ex- 

 isted amongst the letter carriers, Tapson, Saunders, 

 Long, Bell, Walker, Skinner and Croskell (who have 

 been in the habit of opening the letters of sporting 

 gentlemen), his lordship has been pleased to dismUs 

 them the service."— Aug. 12. 



Election of Chamberlain.— Mr. Heppell the candi- 

 date who has opposed Alderman Brown in the conte:t 

 for this office, having persisted in prolonging the poll) to 

 the longest period allowed by law, the polling continued 

 daily until Thursday, when the numbers were — Alt'. 

 Brown, 2319 ; Mr. Heppell, 67. The official declara- 

 tion of the poll takes place this day, when Aid. Brown 

 will of course be declared duly elected. 



The Vacant A Idermanic Gown.— Mr. Thomas Sidney, 

 Sheriff-elect, and the wealthy tea-dealer of Ludgate-hill, 

 has canvassed the ward of Billingsgate for the aldermanic 

 gown, which will be resigned by Alderman Brown, tbe ntvr 

 chamberlain. Mr. Sidney is respectably supported, and 

 having obtained a large proportion of promises from the 

 voters of the ward, his ultimate success is a matter ot 

 certainty. Mr. Sidney promises to dispense the patron- 

 age which may fall into his gift among the inhabitants ol 

 the ward. . 



Abridgment of the Hours of Business.— }™ ™w 

 respectable booksellers, grocers, chemists, milliners, c., 

 and other shopkeepers, excepting provision and re ires - 

 ment shops, have commenced now to open at/ u 

 morning and close their doors at 8 in the evening, excep- 

 ------ • later, and they are 



rainy season is nnf-1 8 » . ° r intere8t > although the 

 in India. ^ D 64thS eraUy the P eriod of exciting events 

 which wei notorioS fof? en l ^^ Native Infantr y. 

 to march for Scinde soU n8Ub ° r ? inatioa when ordered 

 nalised itself bY^op™*^* H*' haS a ^ Q "*" 

 June, at Shikarpore Sre ? ° D . ^ 20th and 2lst 

 auence of «n,J J?.. 1,™. lt waa stationed. In conse- 



made 



.SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION t *»«**», dealer ,. toys. 



MiixBa, Uphall, mining enalnnrllt vl ^"Ft* Edin bur K h, baker- J. 

 D. Kiaa, Irvine, alate-LrchanT P ** s **and. Son, Edinburgh, tailora- 



qoence of some misunderstanding f "^* In ' 



by their Colonel, the men Tn t g ^ P romi ses 



the 20th, refused it. afl^g ^f °««« f* ™ ° n 

 mised more. An officer ApZw£^*°* ^ 

 Honter, commanding there, who \Ztlt\T General 

 parade-ground, and Undfo^^™* «* 

 but none but the Native officers would take U and" P % 

 the exception of two companies, the men broke «ff ^ 

 caused confusion. The General' was hooded Se2r co"^ 



kicked. 



iWetropolfs anU its FWnftp. 



Qf Tl ^ r ^ ry '"" Some excitement was caused at the 

 Stock Exchange on Monday morning bt th^Ai 



of another fictitious transfer o^stock tL™ d l SC0 ] er A ' 

 in the present case being, itttfd? s^T U» ms 

 that a clerk m one of the Bank offices nt u 

 which the fraud was effected-asked ll^Tbe > ^ sent 

 from business for a few days. The tim* Iii rt j u- u 



They then went to their ou=. TheTne^! S^^^R. * <± ? = *%% stock*- 



holder, and, taking him to the Transfer office, identified I 



ing Saturday night, then one hour later, and they an 

 making arrangements to close at 7 during NovemDer 

 December, January, and February, 



Robbery.— A mysterious robbery was committed las 

 week, the particulars of which are as follow : "~r° 

 Reeve, a messenger in the service of the Great \N ester 

 Railway Company, and in whom great confidence i a 

 been placed, for some time back has been in the ^ 

 conveying daily a large chest of money from the ™ aa j& 

 ton terminus to the banking-house of Glyn and •> 

 Lombard-street ; and on Thursday-week was wtruwe 

 with between 1300/. and 1400/., nearly 900/. of _ wmc* 

 was in gold and silver, and the rest in notes. Ahe p 

 perty was deposited in a leather case made for the P 

 pose. The case, which was securely locked, and naa 

 brass plate with the inscription "G. W. R. thereon, 

 was put into a blue bag, when Reeve, having taken p 

 session of it, jumped upon an omnibus waiting in 

 yard, and almost at the same time five other persons w 

 seated themselves on the outside. As soon as Reev e n 

 taken his place, he was called to by a gentleman noian* 

 a high situation in the company who wished to spea 

 him ; he accordingly alighted, leaving his bag on w 

 roof, and in less than a minute resumed his seat, 

 omnibus then proceeded on, and two of the five p" 

 gers got down, after riding but a short distance, 









