FRASER, Alexr. Robt. to Catherine W. d. of Lieut. col. Sandys, 3rd L. C. at Bangalore, Oct. 14.

MURRAY, Laurance, asst. apoth. H.M. 84th, to Elizabeth M. d. of the late George P. Lamoury, at Madras.

SMITH, Wm. to Sophia Lewis, at Madras, Oct. 16.
TULLOCH, Lieut. C. W. 1st fus. to Anna Mary, d. of the late
Francis Stephen Senior, 35th N.I. at Bangalore, Sept. 16.
WIGHT, Andrew, to Mary A. d. of the late John Sedgelly, at
Madras, Oct. 8.

WILLICK, Joseph, to Frances L. Kerver, at Madras, Oct. 7.

DEATHS.

BISHOP, C. F. infant d. of C. at Madras, aged 1, Oct. 15. BRUERE, Lieut. A. S. 7th L.C. at Jubbulpore, aged 23, Sept. 30. DALLAS, Joseph, at Madras, Oct. 8.

DASHWOOD, Eliza P. d. of T. of the town major's office, at Madras, aged 1, Oct. 13.

GOLDSMITH, Lieut. F. 37th grens. at Madras, Oct. 8. GREENLAW, Lieut. W. A. 32nd N.I. accidentally shot at Jaulnah, Oct. 10.

PARKER, Charlotte, d. of J. at Madras, aged 5, Oct. 9.
PARKER, Ann Maria, d. of J. at Madras, aged 6, Oct. 9.

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS.

OCT. 11. Paragon, Boxley, Pondicherry; Spiteful, Maitland, Maulmain.-13. Hindostan, Moresby, Calcutta.-15. Kite, Ritchie, London.-St. Helena, Mann, Port Louis.-16. Defiance, Evatt, Mauritius.-17. Deborah, Godin, Pondicherry; Galatheo, Bille, Copenhagen.-18. Worcester, Bickford, Chusan.

PASSENGERS ARRIVED.

Per Spiteful-Capt. Simpson, lady, and child; Capt. Briggs and children; 1 serjeant, 2 corporals, 2 bombardiers, 1 gunner, 4 women, and 12 children. Madras Artillery-2 native officers of the 52nd M.N.I. Capt. T. H. Franck, and Mrs. Franck.

Per barque Indian Queen-D. R. Kerr, commander, from Colombo, Oct. 1.

Per Defiance-P. C. Reid, esq. and 97 emigrants for Calcutta. Per Worcester-Brev. major Shirreff, bt.; Capt. Green, Lieuts. Erskine and Acton, Asst. surg. Brigand, and 217 sepoys.

DEPARTURES.

Oct. 11. Elizabeth Ainslie, Lyster, Maulmain; Agneslie, Richards, Maulmain; Sarah, Walker, Malabar coast and Bombay.-13. Alecto, Anwyl, London; steamer Spiteful, Maitland, Trincomalee.-14. Steamer Hindostan, Moresby, Suez.-18. Defiance, Evatt, Calcutta. -19. Paragon, Boxley, Coringa; Mary Nixon, McDonnell, London; Indian Queen, Kerr, Coringa.-21. Galathia, Billo, Calcutta. -22. Pilate, Fabre, Marseilles; Hope, Venerosity, Northern Ports.

have been fearful. The Mohamedan mosque, called the Jooma Musjid, had a narrow escape, the house next to it having been burned. Various conflicting accounts are in circulation as to the manner in which the fire originated. Some say that two men of the Purvoe caste having repaired to the shop of the borah to purchase some fire-works, one of them expressed a doubt of their being good; on this the borah, to give a proof of their quality, lit a China cracker, which exploded in his hand before he had time to throw it out of his shop: some of the burning portions of the cracker were scattered about the shop, while one unfortunately fell on a bag of gunpowder-the result may be better conceived than describedthe roof of the shop was blown off, the whole building instantaneously in flames, and the shopman, by some accounts, was killed on the spot. Another account states the fire to have orginated in the carelessness of the purchasing Purvoe, who having lit a cracker, instead of throwing it out, thoughtlessly dropped it in the shop, but this latter account we think almost too improbable for belief. The fire at first raged with great fury, but was eventually got under, not, however, before it had consumed upwards of one hundred and ninety houses and stalls. The loss of property on this occasion is estimated at about seven lakhs of rupees. Fifty men of H.M.'s 17th regiment were marched from Colabah to the scene of the disaster, a number of men belonging to the marine battalion were also on the spot. Drafts of seamen from H.M.'s ships For and Pilot, the guardship Hastings, the sloop of war Coote, and the steamers Semiramis and Acbar, lent their valuable as sistance in extinguishing the fire. Several gentlemen were present, and contributed by their directions and efforts to the success of the night. "Among them were Mr. Danvers, Major Willoughby, Capt. Parr, Capt. Boulderson, I. N.; Capt. Lynch, Col. Seton, &c. After some hours of severe toil, the men expressed a desire to splice the mainbrace." This was speedily complied with, and gave them fresh vigour for after efforts. During the conflagration, notice was given to the police, that in the lower floor of a house, the upper part of which was on fire, there was a number of barrels of gunpowder. A party of sailors immediately volunteered the dangerous task of removing them, and actually removed the whole quantity, while showers of sparks were falling around them. This is one of those instances of foolhardiness which, in our opinion, is more deserving of censure than praise. We do not wish to underrate the personal courage of the brave men who risked their lives on the occasion, but we would wish to shew that they risked more than their own lives, and that, however cheaply they might value their own lives, they had no right to risk, as they did, the lives of hundreds, we may say thousands, of their fellow-creatures. Had a single spark fallen upon one of these barrels, unprotected as they were by any wet cloth or covering, the communication would have been instantaneous, and the consequences fearful to reflect on, The daring displayed by the seamen was no doubt gratifying to the feelings of the service to which they belong, but we think the display in this case was premature, at any rate till an attempt had been made to drown, the powder, an undertaking, we fancy, of no great difficulty with the hose of a powerful engine directed on it. We may remark en passant that it is a matter worth enquiry, at the hands of the authorities, how this large quantity of gunpowder, nearly 4,000 lbs., came into the possession of a private individual. The want of a sufficient number of buckets to pass the water to the engines was much felt, and complained of. We understand that the Moolah in charge of the Musjid" objected at first to allow the water of the Musjid Tank to be used, but his Moolaship's objections were speedily overruled. It is almost a pity we think that he and others of the natives who raised similar objections were not ducked in their own wells. As may well be conceived, an occurrence of this fearful nature was not unattended by its mishaps. Two officers and a midshipman of the Indian navy were severely injured, the former by the falling of a portion of a building, and the latter by the explosion of some gunpowder; a seaman too of the same service was injured to an extent that endangered his life. We have not heard how the poor man is. We regret to learn that the loss of life has been considerable ten children, three women, and two men having fallen victims to the raging fury of the element. Courier, Nov. 1st.

BELGAUM We have letters from our Belgaum correspondent' dated the 18th instant. At the date of writing, and for four or five days previously, it had been raining copiously at Belgaum. The Ryots are, as a matter of course, quite rejoiced-not so the dealers. We are informed that Mr. De Vitre, the magistrate of Belgaum, his mamlutdar, and about a dozen peons, have been perambulating the streets, and causing the removal of sundry heaps of dirt and filth, the accumulation of months. It is stated that the town has been very much neglected of late by the au~~

thorities, who have not abided by the letter of the town regulations, and prohibited, as they should have done, the erection of tatties and the use of thatched roofs; t the military cantonments even are said to be not in the best of order. Col. Wallace arrived at Belgaum on Sunday, the 12th instant, looking in health and spirits.

He resumes his command on the 1st proximo. The detachment of the 16th M. N. I., which was at Ramghat, returned to Belgaum on the 13th, after having been relieved by the 51st M. N. I. The detachment of the 16th marched the three stages from Ramghaut to Belgaum in one day. It left the former place on Monday morning, and arrived at the latter the same evening. Our correspondent asks, would the men be so so forward and quick if proceeding on service? We answer, we have not the slightest doubt of it, if occasion required.-Courier, Nov. 1, geroa ja m

EXECUTION OF Two CRIMINALS. The two criminals Essoobjee Ibraham and Baba Fuckeerajee, who were convicted of the murder of two women and a boy, in the harbour of Bombay, were executed on the morning of Friday, the 17th October. Ibid Grina "pak qraz ek het noqdag USNE

BAPTISM OF NATIVES AT AHMEDNUGGUR.-On 5th inst., "Hindoos were baptized by Sabbath, the American missionaries, at Ahmednuggur. One was a man of the Koonbee (cultivator) caste, the other two were men of the Maliar caste. One of these latter belongs to a village twenty-four miles distant from Ahmednuggur and is a head-man, and a person of great influence among his people-Dnyanorlaya, Oct. 15.04M

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H. M. 60гH RIFLES.-The right wing (head quarters) of H. M. 60th rifles, embarked Apollo Bunder, on Tues

day last, for Panwell en el Poona, where the regiment

is to be stationed for a time. Two companies of this regiment, which arrived here on Monday in the Princess Royal, left that vessel also on Tuesday and sailed for Panwell, without landing on our island. The remainder of this fine regiment may be expected shortly in the ship Neptune.-Conurier, Oct. 21.

AZMYAY

Head Quarters, Poonah, Sept. 16, 1845. Ata General Court. Martial assembled at Hydrabad, on Friday the 18th day of July, 1815, and of which Lieut-col. Wilson, of the 14th Regt. N.I. is president, Assist. surg. Lowry, M.D. of the medical establishment, was tried on the following charge, viz.

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Assist-surg. Lowry, M.D. placed in arrest, and brought to trial on the following charge, viz. ::

For conduct unbecoming a an officer and a gentleman, in having before a Court of Inquiry, held at Hydrabad, on or about the 4th day of July, 1845, deliberately and knowingly falsely as serted that he had at Kurrachee, and on several occasions at Hydrabad, had connection with a female named Girzee, such assertion being untrue and contrary to fact.

Head Quarters, Kurrachee, 9th July, 1845, 2Parts By order of His Excellency Major-Genl. Sir C. J. NAPIER, G.C.B. commanding the troops in Seinde.

(Signed) EDWARD GREEN, Major, Assist. Adjt.-genl. Upon which charge the Court came to the following deci sion :

Finding and Sentence.The Court having maturely weighed and considered all that has been adduced in support of the prosecution, as well as what has been brought forward in the defence, are of opinion that the prisoner, Assistant-surgeon Lowry, M. D, is "guilty of the charge preferred against him, in breach of the Articles of War in such cases made and provided, and they do therefore adjudge him, the said Assistant-surgeon Lowry, M. D. to be Cashiered.

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(Signed) TT. CHRISTIE, Capt, Officiating Judge Advocate. G. J. WILSON, Lieut. col., and President. Approved and Confirmed.

(Signed) THOMAS MCMAHON, Lieut. gen. and Comdr.-in-Chif The name of Assistant-surgeon J. L. Lowry, M. D. is to be struck off the strength of the Medical Establishment of the Army from the date of the publication of this order at Hydra. bad./

By order of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. (Signed) C: HAGART, Lieut. col., Adjt.-gen. of the Army.' Major-general Simpson will be pleased to communicate to the Assistant Adjt.-general the day on which this order is received at Hydrabad.

CIVIL

SAIF APPOINTMENTS, &c. BLANE, G, J. to act as judge and sess. judge of Sholapoor dur. ab. bof Hirdwood, Oct. 21,Fleds & bee vins está ; there neagos

COLES, G. rec. ch. of Sholapore collect. fr. A. Gray, to proc. into his districts on dep. Oct. 29.

ELPHINSTON, A. coll. of Poona, perm, to proc. into his districts on dep. fr. Oct. 6.

FAWCETT, E. G. coll, of Ahmedabad, perm, to proc. into his districts on dep. fr. Nov. 23.

FRERE, W. E. coll. of Dharwar, to proc. on dep, into his districts · Oct. 17. Med Pigj 03

GRANT, A. R. to Ahmednuggur, under sup. of coll. at that station to study Mahratta language, Oct. 18.

GRAY, A. rec. ch. of Sholapoor, collect. fr. E. Montgomerie, del. over ch. to G. Coles.

LIDDELL, H. coll. of Rutnagheree, to proceed on deputation into his districts, fr. Nov.15. PE

BIRDWOOD, W. judge and sess. judge of Sholapoor, 2 mo. fr. Oct. 21, LARKEN, M. dep. civ. and dep. mint master, 2 mo. fr. Oct. 17. RAVENSCROFT, A. W. 1 mo. in ext."

REEVES, H. W. pol. agent So. Mahratta Countrý, 1 mo.fr. Nov.1. ROBERTSON, A. D. leave ext. to 3 mo. 5.

TYTLER, C. E. F. 2nd asst. to coll. of Ahmednuggur, 1 mo. under · ́ ́ sect. 11 of Abs. Regs. Oct. 22.14*

CHITTY, Ens. W. T. to rank fr. Oct. 10, posted to 13th N.I. Oct. 24. CHRISTIE, Lieut. C. F. 2nd Earp. It. inf. to be capt. in suc. to

Macan, promoted to rank fr. Oct. 10.

DOUGLAS, Lieut. G. R. art. ret. to duty Oct. 9; to join 4th comp. 2nd batt. at Belgaum, Oct. 25.

DYETT, Lieut. 3rd N.I. to proceed to Gharra, and do duty with detach. there stationed.

FINNIMORE, Lieut. 5th comp. Golundauze batt. art. to rec. ch. of dordnance departments at Hyderabad, during abs. of Lieut. Bell, at Kurachee, on m. c. Oct. 2.

GRAHAM, Lieut. 2nd Eur. regt..to act as adj. to care of Bundelkund legion dúr. such time as Lieut. Law may be acting as 2nd

in com.

HAILES, 2nd Lieut. J. Cart, to: joima1st: battzat Ahmednuggar. HERVEY, Lieut. C. R. W. 2nd Eur. Lt. Inf. app. asst. gen. supt. of operations for suppression of Thugger, Oct. 27% SE KANT Hicks, Capt. art. having reported his arrival at hd. qu. to proceed to Hyderabad, and assume com.fr. Lieut. Brett of 7th comp! Golundauze batt. Oct. 5.

JAMESON, Lieut. 3rd N.I. to proceed to Ghrrra and do duty with detach. there stationed and assum. com,

LAW, Lieut. and adj. of the cav, of the Bundelkund legion, to act as 2nd in com. Oct. 5.

MACAN, Capt. G. 2nd Eur. L.I. to be maj. v. Fawcett, retired to rank fr. Oct. 10.

MALCOLM, Ens. G. 13th N.I. to be lieut. v. Ducat, deceased, to rank fr. Oct. 10.

MARKS, 2nd Lieut. A. R. art. to join 1st batt, at Ahmedpuggura MAYOR, Lieut. to com, Beloochee recruits at Gharra, MONTGOMERY, Lieut. 14th N.I. to act as qr. mr. interp. and pay. master to 14th N.I. v. promoted, Oct, 24. MORSE, 2nd Lieut. R. A. art. fr. 1st to 2nd batt. and to join 4th co. 2nd batt. at, Belgaum, Oct. 28.

ORD, Eng. E. H. posted to 3rd N.. to join head qrs.at› A hanedabad, Oct. 24. 40 ham beba,1); gl.2.123

PARR, Capt. S. act. sup. of police, to act as asses. of /wheel tax, assum. ch. Oct: 28.song of

PELLY, Lieut. Persian interp. to his Ex. the Gov. to attend as interp. to the mil. com. now sitting, Oct. 2; to act as asst. adjt. gen. during the abs of Major Green, c.B.: Tw REID, East H. G. H. to rank fr. Oct. 10, posted to 2nd Eur. LÄ.

SALMON, Capt. 2nd Cav. in ch. of details of 13th and 14th and 17th regts.

SCOTT, Lieut. 17th N.I. to join to act as interp. to his regt. Oct. 24. SOAMES, Ens. G. 2nd Eur. Lt. Inf. to be lieut. in succ. to Christie, promoted, to rank fr. Oct. 10,

SOPPITT, Lieut. 13th N.I. to act as qr. mr. to 12th N.I. dur. abs. of Lieut. Holbrow, on leave, Oct. 24,

SPARROW, Ens. H. posted to 3rd N.I. to join head qrs. at Ahmedabad, Oct. 24.

TESCHEMAKER, 2nd Lieut. engs. to receive ch, of ordnance stores and com. of H. battery, with details attached fr. Capt. Giberne, proc. on leave, Oct. 24.

THATCHER, Capt. W. inv. est. ret. to duty, Oct. 9..

TWEEDALE, Capt. to perform duties of veterinary dept. of 1st L.C. dur, abs. of Nixon,

WADDINGTON, Ens, to act as qr, mr. to 17th N.I. during abs. of Ens. Campbell, on leave, Oct. 24.

WHITEHILL, Lieut. S. J. K. 23rd L.I. to join Oct. 25,

WRIGHT, Capt. 3rd N.I. to be 2nd in com. of the Beloochee batt.

COLES, Asst. Surg. to proc, in med, ch. of details of 8th and 25th N.I. on march to Bombay.

FAITHFULL, Asst. surg. J. J. I.N. to be civ. surg, at Broach. IMLACH, Asst. Surg. to rec. med. ch. of the Scinde camel corps, and to join.

MAHAFFY, Asst. surg. to rec. med. ch. of 11th N.I. and 2nd and 4th comps. of the Golundauze batt. fr. asst. surg. Manisty. PITMAN, Asst. surg. to rec. med. ch. of 1st comp. 2nd batt. art. fr. Allender, and to assume ch. of Nat. Gen. Hosp. and at Hydrabad. WARD, Asst. surg. 2nd L.C. to med. ch. of the Beloochee batt. v. Wright, resigned, Oct. 2. c !} x3Ru!R{ w€ 【

Mr. Connor, mid. of the Sesostris, is perm. to reside on shore, n Mr. Beyts, capt.'s clerk, ft, the Hastings to the Atalanta, as clerk in charge of that vessel.

Mr. J. B. Hadley, acting clerk, and attached to the Queen.

Mr. S. B. Hillard, mid, of the Hastings, is p perm, to reside on shore."

Commander J. Froshard. to the com. of the Sesostris. Lieut. Fell, assist. surv. of the Palinurus, to the Buoy vessel, building for Bengal Gov.

Lieut. A. M. Grieve, of the Sesostris to the Palinurus) as assist. ༣་LHi°¥x*%

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Lieut. Montriou, Indian navy draftsman, to the com. of the surv, brig Taptee.

Com. Boulderson, act. assist. sup, will assume ch, of the Indian Navy Draftsman's office.

Mr. Connelly, act. clerk sup. on board the Hastings, to the surv. brig Taptee as clerk in charge. * 1 36 545

J. Miller, Q. M. supernum. on the Hastings, is placed at disp. of the master attend, for duty on the Colaba light vessel as 2nd mate. Mr. M'Donald, mid, of the Hon. Col's st. frigate. Sesostris, is permitted to reside on shore.siz silt 6310 00 M H

DOMESTIC. ls»ut¢ *I,

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ADAMS, the lady of Maj. H.M. 28th, at Poonah, s. Oct. 221 CARDWELL, the lady of Thomas, at Bombay, s. Oct. 22. CRAIG, the wife of Sub-conductor W. at Poonab, s. Oct. 9.. GONSALVES, the wife of D. F. at Belgaum, d. Oct. 13. RAYMER, Mrs. H. at Dharwar, d. Oct. 9.

MARRIAGES, GOT

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JOHNSON, Wm. to Elizabeth Anne Gillies, at Bombay, Oct. 14. :

CAMPBELL, Lieut. Wm. E. L., 1.N. at Bombay, Oct. 17.
COCHRANE, Andrew, at Bombay, Oct. 26,11 konpos
ELLIOTT, Robert, nt Mhow, aged 44, Oct. 25. sanda To Las
GEARY, W. H. engineer of steamer Parsee, at Bombay, aged 27,
Oct. 17.

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LUCE, Thomas, of the I.N. on board the steamer Auckland, at
Bombay, aged 19, Oct. 22.

ROBERTSON, J. McD. C.S. at Bombay, Oct. 13.
SPRINGBETT, E. engineer of H, C. steamer Comte, at Bombay,
Oct. 31.

SHIPPING. MASED

ARRIVALS.Pop

OCT. 15. Stebonheath, Cromarty, Cork; John)Adams, Gardner, Mauritius; Lowjee Family, Ayers, China; Forfarshire, Symons, Cork. 20. Princess Royal, Doutty, Cork.-21. H.M.S. For, Blackwood, Madras; Lascar, Green, Greenock; Benares, Gilkinson, Cork.-22. St. Laurence, Newlandy, Liverpool.-24. Arab, Sumner, London. edy wyd

PASSENGERS ARRIVED, Per Stebonheath.-Lieut. col. Hon. H. Dundas, C.B., 60th regt. rifles; Major M. G. Dennis, Capt. E. M. Lowe, Lieut. E. F. Campbell, Lieut. A. Mossy, 2nd Lieut. F. Dawson, 2nd Lieut. D. B. Ward, Paymaster E. Coxen, capt.; Adj. D. Jones, lieut.; Quar. mas. T. Berray ;^ Surg. E. R. Boyes; Mrs. Coxen; Mrs. Berray Master Coxen; 339 troops of 60th Rifles, including wo men and children.osyn-dentnet A biɛs ait,aut skabt

Per Forfarshire.-Major Murray, H.M. 60th Rifles; Capt. Bedford, do do.; Capt. Fanshaw, 12th regt.; Lieut. Armstrong, 60th Rifles; Lieut. Clapertt, do. do.; Lieut. Salmon, do. do.; Lieut. Williams, do. do.; Lieut. Bayne, do, do.; Lieut. Vaughan, do. do.; Assist. do. do.; Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Symons;

Graha Misses Murray; 238 men, women, and children of

H&M. 60th Rifles. „Ľ rosyme-lifte skl 10 Sint t to igre que Riboff je nejno sgh 10 DEPARTURES.C

OCT. 16. Sultany, Llervelyn, Calcutta ; Lady of the Lake, Mae Taggart, London.-18. Delhi, Horner, Liverpool.-19. Borneo, Hogg, Calcutta,-21, Ann Martin, Martin, Port Glasgow 22. Fuzel Barry, McKay, Calcutta, 28. Albyn, Walker, Antwerp Nov. 1. Steamer Atalanta, Suez.

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Per Sultany.-A. Boswell, Esq. Per Lady of the Lake.-E. H. Kelly, Esq. H.M.'s 86th regt. Per Delhi.-T. L. Leader, H. E. Redmore, Mrs. Leader. Per steamer Atalanta.—Mrs. Costelloe and 2 children, with Eu ropean servant; Mrs. Candy and 3 children, with a European and

native servant; Mrs. Stather and 3 children, with a native female servant; Mrs. Stuart and child, with European servaut; the Rev. J. Murray Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchell, and native child; Major John Fawcett; Mrs. Ormsby; Mrs. Ducat; Miss Green; Lieut. E. R. Black, H.M.'s 22nd regt.; Mr. Joa Ama Ido Smellekamp; Sr. Joao Carlo Passello Picaluga and native servant; Lieut. Missiter; Lieut. Southey, M.N.I.; Mr. Alfred Thillaye; Captain Ormsby, I.N.; Lieut. J. M. Babington, 48th M.N.I.; Capt. J. H. Thursby; F. E. Colegrave, Esq.

The interruption to business occasioned by the occurrence of the Dewallee holidays, which mark the close of the native commercial year, and which occupy several days in their celebration, has rendered the transactions in British imports, since the departure of the last mail, very limited in extent, and unimportant in character. This festival terminates to-day, and business may be expected to be renewed with some degree of animation, but it is feared that the effects arising from the defective nature of the monsoon will prevent any very decided or prolonged improvement.

METALS.-The only material change in the market for metals is a falling off in the prices of the leading varieties of Copper.-This may be attributed to some forced sales made by parties in the absence of a legitimate inquiry.

COTTON MANUFACTURES.-The fabrics in which transactions have taken place since our last have chiefly consisted of 45-inch grey shirtings, grey madapollams, and domestics, which goods have been disposed of to a moderate extent at prices similar to those current in the early part of last month. A few grey and bleached jacconets and jamdanny lappets and bleached shirtings have likewise gone off, but there has been no active inquiry for those fabrics. Coloured and printed goods have been generally neglected, and the transactions in them have been few and unremunerating.

YARNS. The prices of these are wholly unaltered, and the only sale of which we have heard is one of No. 40, Mule, at our quotation.

WOOLLENS. The market for woollen cloths continues very promising, the demand being dull, while stocks are large. We have been apprised of no transactions.

MARINE STORES.-There is no change to notice in the prices of articles under this head, if we except that of pitch, which may now be quoted at 4 rs. to44 per barrel, instead of 5 rs. as was the case at the date of our last.

BEER continues extremely dull, and in the absence of demand, no sales are reported. The prices of all brands are purely nominal, and the stocks in first hands as well as bottlers', are believed to be heavy.

SPIRITS.-But little inquiry exists for any variety of spirits, and as this has hitherto been a season of great activity, it is supposed that the imposition of the additional duty has operated as a check ujol consumption. The stocks are heavy, and increasing, while prices have a downward tendency.

RED LEAD.-There has been a sale of 100 cwt. at 13 rupees per cwt. a price slightly in advance of that formerly quoted, and at the rate thus paid the market remains firm.

COCHINEAL. This article is a trifle higher in nominal value, but we hear of no actual transactions.

SAFFRON There is no change to notice either in price or demand.

BOTTLES remain without alteration.

EXFORTS.

COTTON. Purchases have been made since our last to a moderate extent, chiefly for exportation to England. The only change of

value is in the price of Compta, which has advanced 2 to 3 rupees per candy. The other descriptions remain as before, and the market for all is firm. There are reports of a serious deficiency in the crops in Guzerat.

COFFEE.-Mocha has slightly advanced in price, and may now be quoted at 94 to 94 rupees per maund. The price of Malabar is stationary.

ELEPHANTS' TEETH.-Large and middling sized teeth have improved in value, the former having attained the rate of 95 rupees, and the latter 75 to 85, per maund.

CARDAMOMS have still further advanced, the price of short being now 51 to 52 rupees per maund.

WOOL. This has been arriving freely, and purchases have been readily made at our quotations. The diminution in the value of the Khorassan and Mekran varieties arises from the careless way in which they are got up, and from their being much adulterated. The wool of Cutch and Marwar, on the other hand, is greatly improved, and consequently fetches a better price.

OPIUM is without change, the price asked last month, Rs. 1,430 per chest, being still current.

CEYLON.
CIVIL.

APPOINTMENTS, &c. (Oct. 1.)

BARTON, W. to be com. of the court of requests, and police mag. at Matura.

CAULFIELD, J. to be govt. agent and fiscal for north-western prov. DE SARAM, C. H. to be com. of the court of requests and police. mag. at Gampola.

DICK, F. L. to be com. of the court of requests and police mag. at Negombo.

FORBES, W. G. to be dist. judge com. of the court of requests, and police mag. at Chilaw.

Hicks, W. F. to be com. of the court of requests, and police mag.

at Rikellegaskadde.

MORRIS, W. to be asst. at Kurnegalle to govt. agent for northwestern province.

O'GRADY, H. E. to be dist. judge com. of the court of requests and police mag. at Balicaloa.

POWER, T. C. to be asst. at Galle to govt. agent for southern prov. PRICE, F. to be asst. to govt. agent for northern province, and dist. judge com. of the court of requests, and police mag, at Manaar.

ROBERTSON, J. D. to be dist. judge com. of the court of requests, and police mag. at Tangalle.

WALKER, C. P. to be asst. to govt. agent for western province, and dist. judge com. of the court of requests, and police mag. at Ratnapoora.

Europe by the steamer Lady Mary Wood, although sent to the post office a few minutes before two o'clock (the advertised latest hour) were not forwarded to their destination, but returned to the senders. The letters in question were sent by two commercial houses whose communications and correspondence were extensive, and who, throughout the day, were despatching letters to the post-office so soon as they were sealed, in order that the post-office minions might experience as little inconvenience as possible. In the instance of these letters some excuse is raised which is not witball very reasonable. The whole of the “rejected addresses " were epistles to foreign countries, and as such, had to undergo various entries in sundry books at the Singapore post-office, to ensure the certainty of reaching their destination, Although in good time, that is several minutes before the advertised hour of closing the mails, the letters were returned; because, as alleged, there was no time to perform all the manipulations necessary (only at the Singapore post-office) in the instance of foreign letters. Why the postmaster did not notify that foreign letters would not be received after 9 A.M., or any other hour in the morning, as their peculiar circumstances demanded, we cannot conjecture. The excuse raised is entitled to scarcely any consideration. There was ample time for registering the letters had a clerk been engaged for the duty, or indeed with such agency as was then available, but for the time taken up with the letters of such as had the power, if they possessed the will, to remedy the evil complained of. The returned letters, we have reason to believe, were of the utmost importance, and in the instance of mercantile firms of less stability might prove seriously to their injury. As the government takes upon itself the monopoly of the overland mail, it is bound to provide ample aid for the due assorting, registering and dispatch of the packets. Charges are imposed for which something is not merely expected, it is a matter of right; the welfare of the settlement requires it, the distinctions of meum and teum demand it.

But a still worse casualty occurred: the whole of the prepaid letters were forgotten! They had been placed in a very snug corner, quite secure and sufficiently prominent, so that whatever might be the fate of other covers, the prepaid letters were certain of being despatched. Oh no, the whole of them were for. gotten until some time after the steamer's departure, when, cooly counting over the profits of the day, the nondespatch of the prepaid letters recurred to the memory of the post-office officials. This neglect is truly scandalous: no apology or excuse is attempted. Most of the letters had been sent two or three days previous, the post-office entries were complete, and all that was necessary was to put them into a bag by themselves or make them up into a separate parcel. With prepaid letters it not unfrequently happens that the postage is paid here not merely to ensure the delivery of the letters as addressed; but, in many cases, they give cover to remittances to children, parents, friends, and others whose circumstances prompt them to look to the receipt of the Indian Mail in England as the channel that conveys the looked for help, the desired aid for a child's schooling, a wife's necessities, a parent's only means of support! Had these letters not been prepaid their despatch was pretty

certain!

We write "pretty certain," but we do so under correction, since that which surprises us most is, that any letters or newspapers were sent at all! It appears that the officer on board the steamer who takes charge of the mails had stated to the postmaster here that the packets were to be on board at 3 P.M. on the 10th. The postmaster's notification was to the effect that letters would be received until 2 P.M. At the stated hour, 3 r. M., Lieut. Beilairs called at the post-office for the mails-they were not ready. The steamer shortly after got underweigh, but no signs of the post-office packets were visible. The vessel was moving to and fro half an hour, apparently as fidgetty as a man pacing up and down a street, waiting his friend's appearance from a" moment's call" on a lady, which insensibly lengthens to an hour. At half-past 3 P.M., the officer in charge of the mails proceeded to the post-office, and finding that the packets were not made up, he bundled the letters and newspapers pell mell into bags, and hastened to the vessel—so that the entire mail had a narrow chance of remaining in the post-office, to await the arrival of the Braganza next month! In the fluster, the pre-paid letters were forgotten; the foreign letters set aside! Further detention of the steamer, by the terms of their contract, subjected the Peninsular and Oriental Company to a penalty of 501. an hour.

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The so-styled Singapore "post-office establishment" consists of a postmaster who does nothing, and receives an equal amount ; a

deputy-postmaster who does most of the duties of the office, but receives little (100 Co.'s rs. permensem), to which is added a clerk, a sorter, and one peon, at a cost of 40 Co.'s rs, or a total charge for post-office duties of 140 Company's rupees per mensem! The contra side of the post-office has usually exhibited a receipt of 1,000 Co.'s rs. a month, and is on the increase. The postage of letters and newspapers received for despatch by the Lady Mary Wood to Galle amounted to 1,500 Co.'s rs.; the number i of covers 4,757. The paltry expenditure of 140 Co.'s rs. and the continuance of such an inefficient establishment, ill accords with the praise we are wont to bestow on the head of the Settlement, who, in his desire to exhibit a large amount of a cash balance, as a proof of the economy and correctness of his administration, permits the postal branch of the executive to be crippled, ill-paid; in short, as contracted in its usefulness as the policy which directs it is weak and disadvantageous. The salary paid to the deputy-postmater, on whom devolves the duties of the office, is no more than what a governor ought to pay to insure the services of an efficient domestic-Lord Elphinstone, when governor of Madras, paid four times the amount to his cook! Were the efficiency in the post-office department an object of solicitude by those who are paid to conduct and further the interests of the Settlement, qualified persons would be.. sought; and, when found, rewarded according to their merits and length of service.

To return, however, to the subject of the non-despatched letters per Lady Mary Wood. It must be extremely gratifying. } to the senders of the prepaid letters to know that their communications are not allowed to remain in the Singapore post office a prey to the incursions of ants and cockroaches! They were forwarded to Calcutta by the Fire Queen, on the day after the departure of the Lady Mary Wood, and will probably reach England via Bombay. Out we say upon the officiousness of the post-office minions! The prepaid letters despatched by the Fire Queen will not reach Calcutta until September the 26th, four days too late for the Bengal government express to Bombay; so they will go by ordinary dawk, reach Bombay in eleven days, a week after the steamer's departure, remain in the Bombay post-office until the 1st of November, and reach England De cember the 4th! Had the prepaid letters been kept in the Singapore post-office until the arrival here of the Braganza, on the 8th of October, they would reach London on the 16th November, eighteen days earlier!

The denial, that the letters which were paid to be despatched per Lady Mary Wood but did not go, were not subsequently sent by the Fire Queen, "with the view of their being forewarded via Bombay, but were designed to be sent from Calcutta to Galle," is the more to be regretted. We sincerely regret · that the post-office authorities are not entitled to the credit we are willing to afford them. We were willing to believe that the error committed in not sending them direct to Galle, per Lady Mary Wood, would be atoned for by sparing neither expense nor anxiety for their being safely and expeditiously forwarded to their destination. In this respect it appears that we have been mistaken. Regardless of the interests of the community, forgetful of the terms of the contract for the transit of this portion of her Majesty's mail, the prepaid letters have been sent to Calcutta, and, for aught we can say to the contrary, will remain in the Calcutta post-office for the payment of ship postage, unless the Capt. of the Fire Queen, foregoes the fee of two annas on each letter, to which he is entitled! The postmaster remarks that, "the letters will not go to Bombay, because the inland postage was not prepaid." By the same parity of reasoning they will not go to Galle, because the ship postage from Singapore to Calcutta, or from Calcutta to Galle, was not prepaid! Here is another stretch of logic which is really inex. plicable. The letters have been sent "an airing!" may be lost in transitu, or rest in peace at Calcutta until gazetted as de. tained for ship postage.-Strait's Times."

GOA.

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