The Express. — London, England, 1847-09-27 00:00:00

gilt ertirtfig. MAILS. The mails kw Nom South Walsh Vas Diernen's Lend. and Kew Zealand will be Ends up es the waft et the 30th September. The wed Mk then ter Meilen, Honduras. and the Havanna/J.lO be node rip ea ta• =imago( the =ad Octobe r. Ms merles:l wails Ir Oltreher Mrita.Gresee, the Lathan Lamas. "pt, Ades. Orylokledla,MiewieetLaed China, ris Southampton, lath ho roads up is the orreirrettle. °etcher. The Rage ter the levelle,Me Wm Mete, ht.nte ma c h en . 10 :z ig M o lar% ma Dams Arley will be made en ea he =Os ter &Mit liera Ilerreada, and :the UMW Males. en be mad. iv IS tie ~kg the 4th °clan. for 01040,. LA" theirdra, Cadiz, end Gibraltar gibmade le ea Ile mornber Ihe Ith °abater. weeded deist ante, vie et Mereie, to the Medllierreew, Pipe, Adios Orrin, lathe, Msh Mee& la, Ito be to op IS the emotes al the rut October. infernal gods by the English of the region, and by their organs. We cannot, however, look upon the respect shown by Sir J. DAVIS for the property of PNVAN 8.3 so very pusillanimous. The Honan people gave very good and courteous reasons why the English should not force their presence u,,on the population of forty-eight reluctant villages. By not being too imperative, Sir JOHN seems to have gained the principal point t viz , some storehouses on the shore of the river immediately opposite the factories, with recreation ground at a greater distance. A portion of the following appeared in a late edition of the Express on Saturday: The Paris journals and our correspondence of Fri day and Saturday have reached us. The nomination of the Duke d'Aumale to the situa tion of Governor-General of the French colony in Africa has produced a violent polemic in the French press. The leading journals still continued this dis cussion on Friday and Saturday The reform banquets continue in the departments. A demonstration of this kind has just taken place at St. Quentin, at which MM. Odillon Barrot, l'llerbette, Cambaceres Quinette, do Brotonne, and other depu ties, delivered speeches. These meetings provoke the ire of the government, which finds expression in the columns of the Journal des Debris. The Archbishop of Paris has addressed a circular to his clergy ordering public prayers to be offered up in the churches for Pope Pies IX., and for the success of his projects of reform. This circular was to have been rend yesterday (Sunday) in all the churches and chapels of the diocese. It is said that the cabinet of Vienna, pressed by the papal government to evacuate Ferrara, has offered to submit the question to the arbitration of the cabinet of the Tuileries. To this proposition the Pope has declined giving an answer until after Ferrara has been evacuated. Lord and Lady Normanby are gone to Chantilly, where they will remain until the termination of the races. _ _ _ TO coausronnures. Ittfehal tor Mr Spa. Load. *Wain papor. =we W aS thil UAW. Bowerie.ottea. Two ✓ deb.a. rt.? W WWWOO.. ZION WATIII AT LONDON.VAIDOL T. DAT—Maniac At amt. past 3 ; Arum*" 43 WA put 3. Te.lloasow—MorAlAi 16 ala. i 4 . 44 A 1 1r0a05 ,31 404 . 4 44 g 4. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 27. JEAN Cot.Ern departed this life in time, if political supremacy and success were, as they appear to have been, necessary concomitants to his enjoyment of life. He had lung reigned, supported in European courts and in financial necessities by France, and upheld at home by the Klephts and Capitani, the old irregular force party, whom he made use of to torture, kill, plunder, and intimidate patriots and civilians. Lat terly, these trenchant instruments, the rade Captains of Greece, began to turn in CoLevi's hand, and cut it. The pay grew slack, the - minister arrogant, and the GRIVAS and Gatzztorns betook themselves to play the old game of COLOCOTRONI, and to raise Imetths against the government. As in case of the least success they would have been joined by . every civilian and citizen in Greece, it was quite time for CoLern's power and King Onto's quiet, that the rude and obnoxious minister of Greece should dis appear. English Ph ilhellenes, even those best acquainted with Greece, underrate CoLern. Though an illite rate man, bred in the crass, and worse than crass, ig norance of Au PAPUA'S court, be had known how to gather much experience and information. And I throughout all that maze of quarrels between the Greek deputies and the CAPO D'lsretas, between the native patriots and the absolutist diplomatists, Cotern played a most spirited, consistent, intelligent, ' and liberal part; thereby did he lay legitimate founda tions for that influence which he has since wielded for more questionable ends It has been remarked that the two great parties of Spanish liberals arose from the different places of exile chosen by them when expatriated. Those who dwelt in France imbibed French and doctrinaire Ea r r in c e e res, thaw who tarried in England em its more frank and popular liberalism. COLETTI'S long residence in Paris, where he was in reality a political scholar of M. GPIZOT'S, of course confirmed him irrevocably in the French way of thinking. There he was taught to believe the common-place clamour against England—of its being envious of Greece. There he imbibed M. GPIZOT'S avowed principle.. that, for countries so young as Greece, a senate of notables, chosen by the crown, was the true and only national assembly, and that a representative government was unfit for an undeveloped people. In this M. armor and Prince Metreastictt, and of course the Prussian and Bavarian courts, so fully agreed, that there was not the least chance for. England of enforcing or rendering prevalent its own ideas, that a genuine representative system is the fittest to regenerate a country. Although fully convinced that the advice of Eng land was alone the true liberal and patriotic one, we can not but think that it was useless to struggle fiercely against the absolutist and military party in Greece. A silent and dignified protest should have sufficed, and the Greeks themselves should have been left to discover and remedy at the proper time the fatal tendencies of their government. Our envoy, a most able and zealous man, preferred taking an active part against the absolute tendencies, and certainly the very infamous and arbitrary con• duct, of COLETTI. He hoped to see liberal men and principles triumph ; and so they did for a time—for a brief and useless interval. But, with the King and court hostile, and the representatives of all the other courts of Europe against him, it was quite plain that Sir EDMUND LYONS could not struggle against the tide, and that he would find himself at open war with King Onto, with King Orno's ministers, and with their French advisers. We greatly regret the existence, and, above all, the continuance of this antagonism. In a great country like Spain, some reasons may be alleged, even those in our opinion insufficient ones, for keep ing up a diplomatic straggle ; but in Greece, which is after all but a nursery, for our representative to have got implicated in its family and infantine squabbles, was as undignified as bootless. We have, so doubt, seriously annoyed and dunned Senor CoLerri, and several times mortified and lec tured King . 0T110; and latterly we have played an amusing trick to the beaker ETNARD, by making him reluctantly and unexpectedly pay up 20,0001., which he had very officiously and affectedly become guarantee for. But are these deeds and triumphs worthy of England ? If a great nation ought not to make a little war, ought it to indulge in such small intrigues, such petty triumphs as these? M. Enenen is • vain old gentleman, but his past generosity and truly liberal sacrifices for Greece command respect, and should have made us loth to embarrass him. The trick played upon M. EYNARD by our Foreign-office is certainly most adroit, and, as told by its organ, the Times, highly amusing. But, we repeat it, such practical jokes are not the fit triumphs of a statesman. And, fur our part, we should feel no cause of pride or exaltation in beholding that our diplomatists, when -worsted or insulted by courts and kings, took revenge by making a run on a foreign banker, or a private lunge at a rival statesman. The deeds, the princes, the ministers of modern Greece, should not be beneath our attention, bat should certainly be beneath our jealousy. Aa Englishmen, we would no more condescend to enter into diplomatic and political rivalry with them than we would deign to meet them in arms. Nor would we condescend to aggravate or give importance to a stupid difference about etiquette between Greece and Turkey, or set up a kind of personal rivalry with such an ignorant Klepht as COLETTI, or deign to dun him or his banker for 20,0001., in order to distress them. To do this in the name of Old England, and boast of such deeds, either as great triumphs or good jokes, is bad policy and worse taste. It makes statesmanship dwindle into the pettiness of mere personality, and presents us with the small manoeuvres of diplomacy as the choice achievements of political wisdom. Prince Napoleon, son of Jerome Bonaparte, ex king of Westphalia, has arrived in Paris at the Hotel du Rhin. The death of M. Coletti has been announced in a despatch from M. Placatory to M. Guizot. It took place on the evening of the 10th. The court of Louis Philippe is for the present held in the Château of Compi4ne, near the camp. The Persian ambassador was presented there on Thursday. Frederick Souli6L, the well-known fruilletuniat and writer of fiction, died on Thursday, near Paris. The Madrid mails, with the journals and corre spondence of the 20th inst., have been received. A ministerial crisis was talked of, and, indeed, a decided cabinet seemed indispensable. A moderado ministry under Narvaez was again the subject of conversation in certain circles. Thia would certainly take place if the section of the cabinet led by Goyene. and Roe de Olano should prevail, otherwise Salamanca must decidedly call in the progresistas. The former arrasgement would, it seems, be opposed to the in clination of the Queen. It appears a conspiracy has been discovered at Fampeluna, for the Captain-General of Navarre has published an address to the soldiers, dated from that city, in which he states that ho feels assured they will resist the attempts made to seduce them from the Queen's cause. The Eco del Comercio describes the con spiracy to be the work of the Afrancesado party. The Popular announces that Cabrera has re-entered Spain. General Pavia had arrived at Madrid, as had also General Vigo, the new Captain-General. The Infante Don Francisco de Paula was to reach Vittoria on the 16th. The Eco del Comercio of Madrid, of the 19th, con tains the following paragraph, the authenticity of which is more than questionable, and which is more over in striking contradiction with the intelligence given by the Debats:—" According to the last letters received from Gibraltar, it appears certain that Abd-el Keder has made himself master of the empire of Mo rocco, by occupying Fez, which is the capital, and strategetic key of that country." Subject more or less to possible inaccuracies, we have reports from the states of Lucca and Tuscany which must excite painful feelings in all who place their hopes in the tranquil progress of Italian regene ration. It appears that the retirement of the Duke of Lucca from his principality, on the plea of ill health, was an act of the basest treachery on the part of this prince. After his proclamation , which we mentioned i on Saturday, appointing a regency to carry oat the manse reforms in his duchy as were in progress in Toicany, this shameless prince withdrew to the neigh bouring principality of Modena, from the shelter of which he sent another proclamation revoking all his former sets, perfidiously breaking his solemnly sworn p led g es, and annulling the decrees for the institution of the national guard, the liberty of the press, and other constitutional guarantees, which a few days before he formally. proclaimed. It was generally believed that the duke was instigated to this act of perfidy by Austrian agents. The royal decree published at Florence, containing the regulations for the organisation of the national guard, produced (as we anticipated would happen) the most lively expressions of discontent in Tuscany, so much so, that a public protest against it was pre pared and signed by thousands of persons. This re monstrance, however, was anticipated by the govern ment, which was not slow to discover the false step it had taken, and the day after the publication of the first decree, another appeared modifying it and appointing a committee to decide on the regula tions under which the officers of the national guard should be nominated. Other advises lay that the Grand Duke Leopold, revoking his former decisions, had decided that not more than 200 muskets should bo allowed for the civic guard of Leghorn, and that even these should be placed in the charge of an officer appointed by himself. While the Duke of Lucca, after issuing from Modena the proclamation above mentioned, retired to Milan, the council of regency which he had previously named, proceeded to appoint three committees, the first charged to prepare the rules for the organisation of the national guard, the second to prepare a report l on the regulation of the journals and the press, and the third on the finances. The urban guard, which previously existed, has been abolished, and the now civic or national guard established. Advises from Turin of the 20th say that the Duke of Modena has ordered a military cordon to be formed on the Tuscan frontier. The Piedmontese Gazette says that the Prince de Canino, who was in attend ance on the Scientific Congress at Vienna, has been ordered to quit the Austrian territory. The ground of this proceeding is said to have been the expres sions of admiration used by the prince is relation to Pius IX., in his speech at the Congress. The Alba of Florence says that the Pope has held a council of cardinals, which was attended, among others, by Cardinals Gizzi, Antonelli, and Ferretti, at which it was decided luit his Holiness should write an autograph letter to the Emperor of Austria to introit him, personally, to withdraw the troops from Ferrara. This letter had been written and sent to Vienna. Letters from Milan have brought strange intelli gence. It appears that Count Bolza, a personage holding a high place in the Austrian police, and sup. posed to have great influence with the government, has been arrested. This individual is represented as having been perfectly execrated by the people in. Lombardy, having played a most odious part in the persecutions of 1814 and in the movements of 1821 and 1831, in each of which he was the most bitter and unscrupulous agent of Austrian vengeance against . all who were suspected of entertaining liberal opinions. The circumstances attending his arrest are thus stated : on the occasion of the late public festi vities, on the installation of the f:f.w archbiehnn. con flicts arose between the police and the armed force on the one hand and the populate on the other, the par ticularsof which we have formerly given. The podesta, or mayor of Milan—a man of mild and gentle cha racter, and a known partisan of Austria—partaking in the general indignation excited on this occasion by the conduct of the police and gendarmerie, had the courage and manliness to go to the palace of the go , vernor, and tell him that the conflict and disturbance was produced by the cmprovokedbrutality of the agents of Count Beira and his band, who every hour nave -1 rated the people by fresh acts of barbarity, and that the excitement could only be allayed by a , measure which would convince the people that the government was no accomplice in these measures of Count Bolza. On this condition the podesta pistlipd himself for the tranquillity of the city. In cons,- gum* of this, Count Bolza was first suspended. The WE suppose that it was in consideration of the utter nullity of the tidings brought by the overland mail, that the French telegraphic authorities flung into their despatch the spice of " menacing" news from Chins. The withdrawal of Anglo-Indian troops from Hong-Kong was another formidable misreading, which might have created alarm, had people had time for it. The perusal of the journals and correspondence, however, show that everything at Canton went on in the most pacific spirit, except indeed the pens of the journalists. These are loud in their abuse of Sir JOHN DAVIS, first for being so very resolute and fierce with the Chinese, some time back, menacing Can ton, and compelling Governor KEYING to conditions, whilst now Sir JonN shows himself mild and for bearant, and unwilling to insist on the most imme diate and interesting of these conditions to the inhse bitants of the factories. It is very hard upon the merchants who trade with one of the first cities of that vast empire, to UP cooped up without room for their Foods or themselves, and without a place for recreation or exercise. In two years they are promised free walking through Canton, a dangerous liberty to take at any time, especially in the subarbs or rural portions of them worth visiting for the sake of exercise. They, therefore, cast their longing eyes to the other side of the river. But here, it seems, an old Hong merchant bad purchased and built a temple to his ancestors, with grounds adjoining, to furnish provision for his aged relatives. PWAN made a piteous appeal in behalf of his temple, and the land mortgaged to his ancestors. KEYING seemed to make light of their objections. Sir JOHN DAVIS showed bowels of compassion for the Chinese householders, for which he has been consigned to the THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1847. city immediately resumed its customary tranfieillfty, The next day Gaunt Balsa was arrested and thrown into prison. The journals and correspondence of Rome to the 19th have been received. Tranquillity prevailed everywhere in the pontifical states, and addresses ar rived daily from the provinces, expressive of the de votion of the people to their sovereign, and their rea dining to place their persons and their properties at his absolute disposition. The Augsburg Gazette, under the date of Naples, 13th inst., says that the insurgents oa retiring from Reggio withdrew to Gerace (a town situated on the opposite side of the Peninsula, and washed by the Adriatic), which they proceeded to fortify. They are represented as having been considerably augmented in numbers, and that many who had escaped from Messina had joined them. Two thousand of the royal troops had marched in pursuit of them. Letters from Berne of the 20th, say that that city resents all the appearances of a state of war. A hundred officers are assembled there for the purpose of military instruction. Four companies of artillery have been sent to Thun for practice. The arrival of Lord Minto in Berne produced a considerable sensa tion. Atter holding a conference with Mr. Peel, the English minister, his lordship visited M. Ochsenbein, the president of the confederation, with whom he had a long conversation. M. Ochsenbein returned the visit some hours later. Lord Minto left Berne for Turin on the evening of the 20th. An army of 60,000 men is expected to be ready in a few weeks to march against the Sonderbund, unless the recusant I cantons submit, which at present appears the reverse of probable. Letters from Zurich of the 22nd say that the open ing of the extraordinary session of the Grand Council took place on that day, when a resolution was adopted to make preparations to enforce the decree of the diet against the Sunderbond, by a majority of 151 votes against 29. A credit was accordingly voted in favour of the executive body of the canton to enable it to complete the necessary maitary preparations. The credit demanded by the executive was 40,000 francs. The Council granted 60,000. The commerce of Vienna has suffered a serious shock, by the sudden and unexpected discontinuance of the accommodation hitherto granted on the security of railway shares. The Austrian government, in order to prevent the full of the public securities at the time of their general decline in the markets of London and Paris, announced that it would purchase through the intervention of the Bank of Vienna, at a fixed rate, the shares in certain important lines of railway, and that it would make advances at a moderate in terest on the deposit of such shares as well as upon Austrian stock. The merchants of Vienna have availed themselves largely of the facilities thus offered to the great advantage of commerce. It now appears that the government, without any previous notice, has suddenly discontinued this mode of accommodation. Tho consevence has been an immediate fall of 8 per cent, in railway shares, and two per cent on stock. The bank continues to make advances as usual on stock. A panic has been produced in the money market of Vienna, where this proceeding on the part of the go vernment is ascribed to the apprehension of war. Since the above was written, we have received the Zeitung's Ilalle of the 22nd inst., in which we read as follows : IL. de Metternich, in concert with the Minister of Finance, Baron de Kerbiech, has withdrawn the prohibi tion, which had been published, of purchasing railway share,. The sinking fund will, in consequence, continue to purchase this kind of stock at the common rate. This mea sure has excited great enthusiasm at the Bourse. The sink ing fund has bought for upwards of 15 millions it is be lieved the purchases will be continued. M. de Metternich kas formally declared that the withdrawing of this prohibi tion has not been mused by any unfavourable news. It is the mere result of a difference of settlement between the bank and the sinking thud. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 8. An extraordinary courier has arrived a the Porte with despatches from Darbhor Pacha, Seraskier of Albania, containing the details of a victory gained by the Sultan's troops over the insurgents. The whole of the rebel forces have been either cut to pieces, or are fugitives in the moun tains. The troops of the Sultan remain in quiet possession of the country, and to all appearances the spirit of insurrec tion is completely broken. Thus within the present year I have two extensive provinces in the empire been brought under subjection to the Porte. The Albanians, the fiercest midmost intractable of the Sultan's subjects, broke into rebel lion chiefly at the instigation of Greek and Russian emis saries, but they have been put down, and the spirit of in subordination it is to be presumed is crushed. Thus have the swaggering Greeks and their intriguing allies received a useful lemon. These successes cannot fail to have a whole ssme effect upon the present difference between Turkey and Greece; for it is but natural to conclude that the coercive measures already adopted are but the fort runners of others still more serious, should the satisfaction demanded by the Porte be refused. It was in the latter end of the month of May that the in surrection first broke out in Albania. The ostensible cattle was the attempt of the Turkish authorities to enforce the con scription, but it was well known that Greek and Russian agents had, for months before, been busily engaged in excit leg the inhabitants to revolt. Djoulika, an Albanian chief, possessing considerable influence over his countrymen, was the first to raise the standard of rebellion. lie had under his orders 800 men, and with these he took the field against the seraskier of the province, Darbhor Paths. The Porte had long acted the unwise part of suffering the soldiers raised in Albania to serve in that province ; ss, therefore, a great number of the troops under the command of Darbhor Paella were natives of the country, he dared not, for fear of their de serting, march immediately to the attack of the insurgents. He determined to wait for reinforcements from Constantinople, and this delay caused the rebels to believe that the govern ment feared to attack them : their number, therefore, rapidly increased. Djoulika and his lieutenant Heppe commanded two different bodies of the insurgents. Djoulika was sta tioned in the neighbourhood of Argyrocastro, and the latter in the Sandjack of Beret. As we have mentioned above, Darbhor Pacha succeeded in placing his troops between these two divisions. Ho then extended his forces so at to confine the insurgents within the Eyelet of Janina, and in that position waited the expected reinforcements from Con stantinople. As soon as they arrived, and as boon as Lhe blockading squadron had commenced operations between Previa* and Asians, he marched with nearly all his troops upon Elballan, and from thence crossed tbo whole of that part of Albania occupied by the rebels. Three times was his progrem opposed by the insurgents, and tack time he overthrew them with considerable lees. Darbhor Paella had placed some mountain howitzers on the heights commanding the passes through which he forced the rebels to retreat, and thus completed their destruction. Djoulika and Rapp& have both offered to submit upon cer tain conditions. The Seraskier, however, has refused to hear of any other terms than those of their surrendering at discretion. The head-quarters of the Turkish army are at present at Bent, but Drabber Pacha has gone on to Avlona, for the purpose of communicating with the blockading squadron, and combining the operations of the land army with those of the fleet in extinguishing the remaining sparks of rebellion in the province. AMERICA. The Columbia packet-ship, arrived on Saturday at Liverpool, brings dates only one day later from New York. The success of Paredem in getting into Mexico had caused no small amount of uneasiness. One journal 'unmet indeed that the American government connived at the return of that general. The Matamorlel Flog of the 18th instant contains doubts of Taylor moving to on Luis Potosi. One statement says that General Taylor bad positively abandoned his march to San Luis; and another, that the com missary department was active for marching some where. Yucatan had struck up a little war of its own, in which the dark skins have determined to slaughter the white ones. It appears, though, that the insurrection would be speedily suppressed, and the Indians put down without much trouble. At New Orleans, the in terments from yellow fever during the forty-eight hours end ing on the 23rd of Aug were 84. The deaths at the hospital I during the same period were 27. There was an inc r ea s e of deaths in the last week over the preceding of 127. The ' American army had left Pueblo for the city of Mexico, where General Scott was expected to arrive on the 22nd of Aug.—The export duty of ten per cent. had been repealed. This applies to all the Mexitun porta in the Gulf of Mexico. At New York the stock market was rather heavy, and the transactions limited. Treasury notes (Sixes), closed at 103 I . There was an improvement in Harlem railroad, which closed at an advance of 21 per cent. Exchange on England and France had been in brisk de mand, and tho market closing firm at the quotations of 1071 to 104 THE BRAZILS. --- ----- By the arrival of — H.M. packet Seagull, Lieut. Dicken, we hays dates from Rio de Janeiro t o A ugus t ; Bahia, ; Pernambuco, 24. Among the passengers was the Auatrian minister, Count Rechberg. The Constitution, Brazilian feint., arrived at Rio on August 7, from Lisbon. H.M. frigate Eagle arrived up from the River Plate on August 4, having on board his Ex cellency Lord Howden, who was presented to the Emperor on the 7th. The Kestrel brought up the mails from the river. The French minister, Count Walovrski, had left Monte Video for France, arriving at Rio de Janeiro on the 10th, and was expected to leave for Toulon on the 12th. The screw steamer Antelope, from Liverpool, WILD passed on Aug. 0, lat. 22 40 N., long. 42 22 W., making for liio. The French authorities continued the blockade, and with in artseverity. The developments of the politic a l mov e of formation of the new government at Monte Video, by which earribeldi had been overthrown, were regarded with much interest. The elections at Perna & excitement. FALI(OUTH, Sen. 25.—8 y the Daniel, Weneke, strived off here from Moots Video. whence she sailed on July 28, it is learnt that the French blockade of the Buenos Ayresn and Argentine ports was still maintained ; other ww matters remained in the some state es by last edvices. The imrtractiona of the governments of England and of France in relation to the compered affairs of the River Plate were anriensiy toOlud fur. caused muck INDIA AND CHINA MAIL. The overland mail from Calcutta arrived in Lon don on Saturday, in time to enable us to give the heads of all the news it contained in our latest edition. The intelligence is to the following dates: Hong Kong, July 25 •, Bombay, Aug. 6th ; and Calcutta, Aug. 7. Two mails from China have arrived simultaneously by this despatch. The Pekin steamer, which brought the mail to the 25th of June, made such a slow voyage to Ceylon, that she missed the Ils.ddington, though that vessel started for Europe later than her time. The Pekin put in at Trincomalee, and it was found that her supply of fuel had fallen short, and that to keep her engnes going the planking of the lower deck had to be broken up. Tnere was no news of the Cleopatra steamer, which must now, alas, be sup poftd to have perished with 300 souls on board ! The steamer from Hong Kong of 25th July, was more fortunate than the Pekin. She reached Ceylon in time to forward her mails by the Precurser from Caloutta and Madras. The Peciuser reached Suez on 10th Sept., with the following passengers : Mr. Menee, Mrs. Menge, child and infant; Capt. Deacon, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Fulton, Mr. Elgie, Major Munro, Lieut. Currie, Mrs. Douglas, Rev. Mr. Woods, and three children; Me. Thornhill, Mr. Kay, Mrs. Kay, Mrs. Martin, Capt. Elder, Mr. Leckie, Capt. Stubbs, Mrs. Stubbs, Mr. Mont gornerie, Mr. Frazer, Mr. Sheppard, Lieut. Todd, and Mr. O. C. Edmond, from Clleutta. Mr. F. Lewin, Copt Lake, and four children; Min Ellis, Mr. Ellis, Mrs. Slow, and child; Major Rowlandson and child; Capt. Hunter, Lieut. Johnstoue, Mrs. Jackson, and child ; Cornet Clarke, Lieut. Lillycrop, Mrs. and two Misses Harris, Mrs. Seddars and shin, and.Cspt. Shuhrick, from Madras. Mr. Stewart, Mra. Stewart, and child; Mr. and Mrs. Baker, from Ceylon. Lord Cochrane, Capt. Graves, Mr. Hyland, Mr. Gibb, Mr. Rees, Senor Montaneri z, Mr. Gillman ' Mr. !fucker, and Mr. Kirby, from Hong. Kong. Mrs. Clare, Mr. Low, Mr. Kreylinger, Mr. Steel, Capt. King, R.N., Mr. Myrtle, Mr. Constaile, Mr. Brooke, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Sikes, Mr. Hope, and Mr. Colombia!, from; Singapore. Capt. Smith, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. J. Reed, from Ceylon. • • • • At Calcutta the mission to Thibet continued to be talked of—Captain Cunningham, as its chief, accom panied by Lieut. Stracher and Dr. Thompson. When the mission was to start was not exactly known : the members were to proceed to Simla., to receive their orders from the governor-general in person. The most active measures were being taken for the apprehension of the celebrated robber Doonghur Singh, but it was feared they would all prove unavail ing. He was said to be in the neighbourhood of Nus seerabad, lying close in the jungles till the hue and cry had passed by. The Rajpoot sovereign% of Upper and Central India had, meanwhile, *en threatened withthe severest displeasure of government should they be found aiding him in any way, or should they not do their beat to secure his capture. Colonel Sutherland, political agent at Ajmere, had been or dercd to return from Mount Aboo, where he had gone fur the hot season, to .superintend the various mea sures put in operation for the freebooter's capture. The affairs of Nepaul continued to excite attention. The ex-King was still at Sagowlee, holding confer ences with those of the chiefs who had escaped from Katmandoo. The new sovereign had not as yet been recognised by government, and it was therefore uncer tain what line of proceeding might be adopted. The bride elect of the Nabob of the Carnatic had reached Madras, her removal from Hyderabad to the former place having cost nearly 100,0001. From Bengal there is little news. The ship Stalkart, bound for London, went ashore on Middleton Point on the 19th July, and it was feared would become a total wreck. A correspondent of the Bengal Markt:en writes , There is starcely any prospect of saving tho read, she had six feet of water in the hold, and the captain feared she would soon break up. The loss of this vessel originated in a curious accident. She had just got under weigh, and was leaving the roads with her anchor uncatted, when her heavy pitching canned the stopper on the chain to part, and the whole of her chain ran out, bringing the vessel up suddenly and throwing her on shore. She seems to have been par ticularly unfortunate, having but the other day put back leaky. She was bound to London, ant had on board some valuable prize guns shipped by government. The governor-general, commander-in-chief of India, and lieut.-governor north-western provinces, remained at Simla. The governor and commander in-chief of Bombay were at Poona ; the former would return to the presidency after the rains, paying a visit to the hills and Sattara before his return. Messrs. Cum Ming and Livingstone, and the Parsee broker Cursetjee, were to be tried for the second coal conspiracy detected by Captain Lynch. The third will be tried for the first also; the second is now un dergoing his punishment for the first ; and the first gentleman will take his trial for being connected with the second case, he having, it is said, signed a tender for 300 tens of coal by the Caledonia, alleged to have been consign+ d to his firm, whereas not an ounce of coal was so consigned. BOMBAY, Acorn 2. • The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Braganza leaves Bombay to-morrow morning, with a mail for England, to meet the Calcutta steamer at Pt. do Guile. I therefore avail myself of the opportunity to send you the following items of intelligence, received since 19th July. Our resident at Lahore (Col. Lawrence) was to leave for Simla in the first week of August, his brother (Mr. John Lawrence), employed in the Julluodhur Doab, assuming his duties during his absence. The Queen-Mother is said to have written to the Dorian (i. e. Colonel Lawrence), complaining of the close confinement in which she was kept—coking when it was to terminate—and expressing a wish that she might be confined somewhere else than at Lahore, if it were their in tention that she should remain a prisoner. It would, front this, appear that there was some truth in the reports formerly current respecting the intrigues of the ma haranee, or why should she he kept a prisoner ? Her request to be removed somewhere away from Lahore was refund. Colonel Lawrence is said to have satisfied her that her present place of abode was the best adapted for her, and at Lahore she accordingly remains. The government of the Trans-Indus territory belonging to the Lahore Durbar, extending from Kohat down to Dhera Inane Khan, a part of the Meehan territory, has been con ferred on General Cortina, who had recently returned front the Bunno and Tank districts. He was to set out ira modiately to join his appointment. General Cortlandt has always been considered an able man, and is, no doubt, from his long residence amongst the Seilihs, well acquaiuted with their character and habits. Another European regiment is about to be ordered up to Lahore ; also, it is rumoured, a regiment of Dragoons (the 14th). It was expected the Lahore force would be relieved by the troops in the Jullundhor Doab, in the approaching cold season. A steamer from Forozepore and Sukkur was daily looked for at Lahore, which will, doubtless, form " an era in the annals of that place." At Cabool some slight dis turbances had occurred, in which some blood was spilled, but nothing of consequence to the peace of the country. It seems now to be believed that Sir Charles Napier posi tively quits Scinde about the middle of September for Eng land, and rumour asserts that Mr. It. K. Pringle, at present secretary to the Bombay government, will be appointed com missioner in his stead, Major-General Barr, now on his way to India, being spoken of as commander of the force in Young Egypt. Lady Napier's health has greatly improved, but a change of air is considered essential to her perfect re covery. Investigations into the amounts of the camel baggage corps are atilt going on, both the local lieutenants (quarters masters) being under arrest. A Brahmin from Hyderabad bas been appointed schoolmaster of the Christian school at Kurrachee, in place of the former master. The notorious Kardar Newman, the chief evidence against the Ameere, having been found guilty of defrauding govern meat in the soles of grain, has been sentenced to seven years' hard labour on the roads! The country throughout was healthy and tranquil, the weather being far from disagreeable. Nothing of much interest has been resolved has tee Nisam's dominions. General Fraser is realdelsi te • oat& line of proceeding, out of which he Mali Mop : the maw quenoe is, he is a mere cypher at the emit el Hyderehed. Such being the state of matters at Hyderabad there is hide hope of improvement. Goomseor continues to supply a few Ilene of interest, the chief of which is the spread of the sacrifices of human beings, called "Illesiale." Mask de expected from the decisions of Mr. Gane f of the C.s., who has lately been appointed to ievestigate labsg caves of these lamentable disturbances. A meeting of the shoreholders of the OrteatAl 11!!nk wee called on Saturday last, to hear a report read to them of the success of Mr. Richmond's mission to the London board re garding the differences existing betwixt them and the share holders, in India. From what Reseed it appears that nearly everything contemplated on his despatch has been 'nom plined, and that gentleman deserves the highest praise for his zeal and wisdom in carrying out the objects of his mis sion. The shares of the bank, immediately on this becoming known, rose from 161 to 22 per cent. premium. The affair, of the bank are in a flourishing condition, and all that is required is harmony amongst its di rectors at home and here to make them still more so ; and the names of some of the board in London are a sufficient guarantee that such will be the case. Coal of a quality superior to that of England has been discovered in Caudell 's, and Lieut. Evans, Bheel agent, has proceeded to Brooch, with a view of reporting on the canabilities of the river Nurbudda for its transport down the Hurrypall falls to that place, or within a short distance of it. Forty miles of land carriage would have to be paid for before the coal reached the river, which it is feared will be a considerable obstructirn to the working of the mines. In his zeal for reducing the expenditure of the country, Lord Hardinge has ordered the abolition of the berth of third ma gistrate at Bombay—a saving of perhaps six or eight hundred pounds a year! Instead of reducing our magisterial corps, another member should have been added to it, Considerable reductions in the salariia ••••` ` ice Clefts is the pantie maces are also said to be at hand. I The divisional command of Belgium i 3 to be abolished on General Morse's retirement, and the northern division of the Bombay army united under the Poona division—one general officer having tinder his command upwards of twenty regi ments of infantry besides cavalry and artillery. This may be economy, but it will do anything but increase the effi ciency of the army. The road and tank department has, it is said, been abolished already. Doubtless similar retrench ments are being carried out in the other presidencies. A writer in the Times gives the following list of additions to the r,,venut s of India by the recent reductions in the armies of the three presidencies, etc. • Per Annum. Reduction in Bengal army Reduction in Madras army Reduction in Bombay army 300,000 Lohoce tribute Julturulbuc limb reacnita To which the Times adds : Increased May on opium • 100,000 aulageffeeted by prevention of smuggling on our frontier 120,000 Which, together, make a total addition of 000,000 a year to our revenue. Minor reduction., such as those mentioned above, may probably amount to 250,0001. a year. The monsoon, though so copious at first, has been a very defective one, only 33 inane of rain having yet fallen, whereas up to this time last year we had upwards of 73. There is sell a month and a half's rain due, during which this state of matters may be mended. The accounts from the whole of the surrounding countries are, however, favour able, and the crops looking well. Business is, of course, as yet dull, and will continue so to the end of the present month, the melees never venturing to leave the harbour till alter " Cocoa-aut day," on which occasion they propitiate the sea-god by offerings of veres•nuts. It is reported that the governor-general has recommended Aden to be erected into a separate dependency, with all the paraphernalia of a government of its own; but that the additional expense thereby likely to be entailed on the East India Company will probably prevent its adoption. Aco. 6.—An express leaves Bombay this evening for Madras, with a mail to meet the Calcutta steamer, which will reach that port about the 13th, on her way to Suez, so I avail myself of the opportunity of traremitting the few items of news which have reached me since my letter of the 3rd. The London mail of July 7 arrived yesterday by the Acbar, in 281 dap from London—the quickest transit but one on record. The sudden departure of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Braganca, nine dius before her advertised date of sailing, was caused by the Pekin China mail steamer haring reached Trincomalee front Hong- Kong in a rather damaged state, about the 21st ult., the cam patty, of course, wishing to have another vessel en the line in lieu of her, as she must conic round to Bombay for repair. Cabool news to the 22nd of June reached Bombay on Tuesday last. It is of smell interest. The Peshawur envoy bad returned on the 13th. Ille was forbidden to appear at the Durbar, but was immediately admitted to a private audience with the _Amer, and delivered to him the letters he had received from our authorities at Peshawar. On the following day their contents were discussed at a private eounci:, but nothing heel tianspired as to their nature. The Dost's nephew, Sultan Jen Khan, had reached Kelat on his way back to Candahar, at which place he had signified his intention of remaitrag till the Ameer should answer his letter.. Dost Mahoroed had ordered that, should he advance towards Cabool, he wee not to be molested, se he had hopes that the peaceable settlement of the dispute betwixt them would be speedily brought a'iout by arrangements then in progress. It was however subsequently reported to the Dust that We nephew was making preparations for combat, and that lumbers of the discontented in Cabool were prepared to aid him should he advance on the capital. The next budget from Afghanistan will inform us as to the results of the measures adopted on lath sides. The country would appear generally to be more tranquil than usual, though the passes were mostly doted. From Peshawar wo testa the narrow escape of Lieut. Lunualen from drowning in crossing the river Homhkee on his way to Hussun Abdul. The pro vince was to be divided into districts, with a view to a greater efficiency of the police. The customs contract of the city had been told for the year for 4,5001. Traffic with A.ffehanistan was nearly suspended, owing to the Khyber Puss being still closed. It is said the Court of Directors have ordered the abolition of the "Meth's" agency in Goomsoor, most of the districts to be again included under the bang' am and Cuttack collectorates, as formerly. Further details of petty skirmishes betwixt the rebels and small parties of our troops daily arrive, but are not of any importance. If we expose our troops in parties of a dozen or so to attack, it is but natural to suppose the Khonds will do so, though they seldom gain anything but hard knocks for their pains.—The honourable court are said to have disapproved of the appointment of Major.G. neral Lovell (of the 15th Hussars) to the command of the Hyder abed (Nizam's) subsidiary force; he will consequently return to his former command at Banealore. Brigadier Cleveland, at present commanding at Trichinopoly, is to succeed him at Hyderabad ; the place of the latter being filled by Colonel Watson, now in command of the garrison of Fort St. George, at Madras. Brigadier Blair had been dangerously ill at Aurangabad, and ...eedatig to V00.10./1 far a change. The Court of Directors are understood to be dissa tisfied with the order of things at the Nizam's capital. It was expected that General Fraser would be removed to a seat in council, and be succeeded either by Colonel Sutherland or Colonel Sleeman. Major Bentsen, of the lath Bundlekhund legion, is said to be about being placed in command of the cavalry division of the Nizam's contingent. Nothing worth mentioning has been received from Lahore since my last. Scinde the same, with the exception of the following general order by Sir Charles Napier giving publi cation to the despatch of Lieut. Younghusband, detailing his renrontre with a band of marauders near Kusmore. It in dated head-quarters, Kurrachee, July 14, and states that " A party of plundering Mundranee Boogties had pitched their tent about twenty miles from Kusmore, to plunder our frontier, under the command of a well•known marauder, Data Mundranee. Lieut. Younghusband, of the police, re solved to attack him, on the morning of the 7th July, with about an equal number of the mounted police. Both parties had spies, and both spies left their enemy's camps about the hour Lieut. Younghusband marched. Data Mundranee's spy, being on foot, was outmarched by Younghusband's de tachment of horse, and arrived at the Boogtie camp too late. Lieut. Younghusband had surprised it, and, after a sharp' combat, was victorious. About a mile from their camp (up Lieut. Younghusband) l formed line, placing the Jekranee horse on my flanks, and advanced at a trot. When within fifty yards of the enemy I drew swords and charged. The Mundranees advanced gallantly to receive us, and nearly all the fighting . men were cut down in the charge, and the rest fl,d with precipitation. I had ordered to make pri soners, if possible. Twenty-eight of the enemy were left dead on the field, and I have brought in twenty-seven pri soners. The only drawback to the complete success of the affair was the failure in captor:log Dote Boogtee. The publication of the despatch from the court of directors, directing the dismissal of Lieut. Bird, of the Indian navy, from the service, has caused a re-discussion of the ease. The agitation of the case of Commander Kempthorne seems to have done him a vast deal of service, u it is said he has been nominated asaistanteecretary to the military board, in room of Commander Robinson, appointed Indian naval store keeper during the absence of Captain Ross. Sir E. Perry is said to be about visiting the Deccan fur a week or so. His duties press heavily on him, and he finds a little relaxation necessary. The mortality in Bombay, from the 10th to the 31st July, both days inclusive, was 493 out of a population of at least 350,000 = 0.14 per cent.—Sir J. Jeejeebhoy lute bestowed an additional 5,000/. on the district benevolent society, government having, in consequence. agreed to raise , its subscription to that institution from 3801. to 7201. per annum. The new dhureasala (a residence for the indigent) has been delivered over by government into the hands of the institution, who have undertaken to keep It in proper repair out of its own funds. Sir Jamzetjee's liberality and bene volence seem unbounded. The Cleopatra steamer is said to have been utterly unsea worthy when she left Bombay for Singapore, and it is now feared that the predictions of her commander, Captain J. Young, before starting (who is reported to have said to his friends the day he was leaving, " If we meet with bad wea ther you will never see me again") have been but too truly verified, and that the unfortunate vessel, with all on board, has been lost —We have had several heavy showers of rain sines the 3rd. The presidency continues healthy, as des moat of the ont-stations. The Directors' appointment of Mr. H. W. Abbott, as Secretary to the Union Bank of Bengal, at a salary of 2000 rupees per month, in the room of Mr. J! ial l. Stewart, is confirmed, also the appointment of Mr. William Hay as Deputy Secretary, at a salary of 700 rupees par month.—The Madras papers report the death of Lieut. Bur , rell,Ryl. Art., which took place in the Tigris, on her outward passage.—Mears. Cumming, Levia esteem, and Cursetjec Mer waalee Potell are committed to take their trial for the second coal fraud.—lt is reported that Mr. Escombe purposes leav ing for Egypt next month, and that he will probably be succeeded in his office of Secretary to Government in the General Department by Mr. J. G. Lutnielen.— A general order by the honourable the governor in council relating to the long-deferred distribution of the Deceao prize money has appeared. A roll in duplicate of all individuals in terested in the Deccan booty is required with the least pos• able delay; some hope may, therefore, be entertained that this long-expected eveat will transpire. TUE LATE COL. STOODART` NED CAPT. CONOLLY. —The Friend of India of the 29th of July., 111117!, on the sub ject of these two unfortunate gentlemen, " For some time put there has been a rumour that the King of Bokhara had put to death the infamous Abdool Suraud Khan, who has been rendered so notorious by Dr. Wolfi's narrative. It has now been confirmed in a letter of a merchant at Bothers to his correspondent at Cabul. The king struck him on the head himself with a small are, upbraiding him with having instigated him—the king—to slay Stoddart and Conolly. This information gives addi tional confirmation to that which was indeed too evident previously—that those unfortunate officers were positively put to death by the Commander of the Faithful. Their rela tives are, we fear, still buoyed up with hopes of their ex istence, which it is natural for them to cherish, but the present intelligence places the report of their death beyond all doubt. SINGAPORE, A.llO. 6. Tho governor, Colonel Butterworth, C. 8., still sojourns at Penang, bat will return to this settlement with the new recorder, Sir Christopher Rawlinson. The state of the criminal gaol here is truly shocking ; many prisoners (chiefly for trifling cues) have been confined from December last, awaiting trial. Sir William Norris, the late recorder, no sooner Is, and • successor was appointed, than he went home, leaving the gaol crowded, instead of holding a seldom before his departure. There are now more than ltd prisoners awaiting trial, some of whom will h tva suffered eight months' imprisonment before the criminal seukma co m mence. Within the last few days the researches of the police have been crowned with SUOMI in treeing old the lair of a hord e aseage roe% who carried ctk 0. Piracy, murder, and destruction, that, bat fof prompt checking, would have threatened the safety of every inhabitant of the country. The scene of operations was beyond the island, chiefly in the territories of the Dut c h i n the vicinity of Rhio, fit the &e. At these latter places the members of the rival Huey), or Chinese secret so icties, used to kidnap or murder each other. At the head of this coated.- , ration was a Chinese named Nio Yang Kwan, an old offender but wealthy man ' who defrauded his creditors at Rhin, de. camped, and purchased several large plantations at Singapore. About four years ago this Nio Yang Kwan committed an offence against the excise laws, and a party of police were sent to apprehend him; this party was fired a*, and made their escape with the exception of one peon, who was taken, secured to a tree, and there left to perish. A large number of police surprised the Chinese confederates, and released the peon, who had been four days without food in the manner described. Having recently received information of their doings, a party of police was sent under the direction of Mr. Simonides, a police coatable, which succeeded in penetrating the jungle to the month of the &late river, to the residence of Nio Yang Kwan. The police surrounded his dwelling. Mr. Simonides under pretexce of asking to light a cheroot, entered and seized Sio Yang Kwan, threatening at the same time that if any signal was given, he, the constable, would shoot hi, captive dead. In tho ltoneo was found an immense number of gans, muskets, pikes, poles and shields, which were takes with their prisoner to the police office. Six prahns were ob served in the river laden with munitions of war. Captain Grey had contracted with a Mr. Miles to supply 200 tons of coal from the seam near the point. The mel was duly delivered in a short time. The quality and value of the coal will be best estimated from the official vport or the commander of the Hon. Company's steamer Nemesis, who rods: " I have no hesitation in stating that the coal received at Labnan is equal to any English coal I have seen, and decidedly better than any coal worked in India for steam purposes." Two wools lately left Singapore for Macassar, but from private letters it would appear this new emporium of trade was completely glutted with European manufactures by the Dutch Company at Batavia. Thera was a great scarcity of money, and the place overrun with the Java Bank receipts. LABUAN AND_BORNEO. ENGAGEMENT RETWEIN H.M.'s STEAMER Noutsts AND Boutin° Pre rite.—Our latest intelligence from these islands extends to the 10th of June. At the cad of May the Nemesis steamer, having on board Mr. Brooke, Captain Grey, of H.M.S. Columbine ; and Licut. Garotte, of H.M.S. Royalist, proceeded to Bruni to obtain the ratification of the treaty with the Sultan. On the 28th of May the Sultan rati fied the treaty, which Mr. Brooke was to convey with him to England by thd steamer which left Singapore on the 6th of August. It was on the steamer's return from Brunt to Labuan that she encountered the Bahalini pirates. Early on the morning of the 30th May, the Nemesis, with Mr. Brooke and Capt. Grey aboard, and having in tow a cutter of H.M.S. Columbine, left the town of Bruni, to trots over to the new British port of Labium. Information was received on the way down the river that some fishermen had been chased at daylight, and on rounding the point of the island of Moarra, the look-out of the Nemesis descried a Beet of Balanini or Sulo pirates in full chase of a trading prahu in the offing. Immediately the steamer appeared, the pirates, quitting the chase, pulled in shore to the westward, and at the same time cut away the small boats they had in tow, while the steamer, pursuing at full power, log much ground by having to round the extensive shoal which stretches from Moarra Point (I.Tjong Sepal to the islet of Pilong Piiongan. The Balanini were first descried at 9 30 a.m., and about mid day, finding the steamer gaining upon them, came to anchor. At 1 p.m. the pirate fleet was plainly made out from the Nemesis ; eleven large prahus, anchored in line at a distance of about ten raids one from another, along a sandy beach, with their beads to sea, their stuns (fast by stern warm ashore) in the surf, and with a hawser passed along from boat to boat. The bows of the prahus were protected by ampilans formed of musket.proof planks ; they appeared well-armed, crowded with men, and in this formidable pad , tion awaited the approach of the steamer.—At 1.30 the pirates opened fire on the steamer, and the action com menced in earnest at a distance of about two hundred yards, the steamer being in two fathoms of water, and rolling heavily in a ground swell. For two hours a heavy fire was kept up from the Nemesis, and the fire from the pirates being nearly silenced, and their prahus evidently greatly damaged, Captain Grey, with three cutters (one belonging to H.M.S. Columbine, and two to the H. C. steamer Nemesis), resolved to make a dash at the left of the pirates' position, whilst the steamer poured in grape and canister upon the centre and right, to prevent their rendering aid to their comrades. On the advance of our three small boats, the pirates, casting loose the hawser which attached their prahus together, pulled away to the eastward in a crippled state, leaving two prahus in possession of our lodate, and numbers of men on the beach or jungle. The Nemesis pursued to the eastward, and ono after another drove six of the flying enemy ashore, all of which were for the time abandoned by their crews, but could not be taken possession of owing to the small number of °es bout. to the action. In the meantime, whilst Captain Grey was securing the two prizes already mentioned to the westward, and the Nemesis in full pursuit of the three last prahus to the east ward, five out of the six deserted boats were re-manned, and, with a resolution, praiseworthy in a better cause, bore down to the attack of our thri e cutters. Captain Wallop, commander of the Nemesis, perceiving this manoeuvre, anxious for our overmatched boats, and convinced that these prahus must at all events escape to the westward, returned in that direction, while the oath deserted prahu being re-manned, and favo ured by a breeze, crowded all sail to the eastward after her three consorts, and thus the four escaped. The five pirate prahus now advancing boldly towards our three cutters, perceiving the retrograde movement of the Nemesis, made every effort to escape to the westward, and a severe action took place between the atemmost prahu and the boats, the ecemy defending himself with the utmost resolution, and iufiictieg a severe loss on our party. Whilst Captain Grey was engaged in the capture of this large prahu, the Nemesis pursued the four to the westward, two of which were captured, whilst the remaining two escaped in the darkness in a completely shattered state, after having been several times deserted, and as often re-manned. Thus concluded this successful action with a pirate form consisting of eleven prahus—two of the largest size—four somewhat smaller, with crews of fully fifty men each, and five with a complement of from thirty-five to forty hands. The force of the pirates at a moderato computation must be reckoned at 500 men, exclusive of captives, and these on the ' testimony of game rescued Chinese were above a hundred persons. ' It is difficult to form a correct estimate of the killed and wounded on the enemy's part; but, as forty to fifty men were dead on the beach—ten men killed found in the esp tured prahus, and the like number in the prahus which escaped, besides those which may have died in the jangle, we may reckon the killed at 80 or 100 men, and the wounded at double that number. The loos on the British side was one man killed, and seven men wounded—two mortally and most severely. Ten bran guns, varying in Mae from 9 pounders to Lelas, and five iron guns (three to six pounders) were captured. Five prahus were taken, and the escape of the rest is to be attributed to the small number of our beats, as at ems time eight prahus were lying on the beech abandoned by their crews, and had our boats been sufficient to secure them the other three would have been overtaken by the Nemesis. The news from China, is of a leas warlike character than that brought by the last despatches, and is com mercially important. The demonstration made at the beginning of the year, by the taking of the liogne forte, has had so salutary an effect on the Chinese authori ties that the few troops left to guard the factories were withdrawn in June. Their presence tended, it was thought, to keep alive a feeling of inse curity and alarm among the Chinese. The foreign merchants were apprehensive of the people, while the people were fearful of a second in vasion. The native capitalists refused the usual bank ing facilities, and all commerce was at a stand; every thing like mutual confidence ceased. The presence even of one company was thought to have retarded & speedy and wholesome settlement of the differences between the Chinese and ourselves. The policy of withdrawing them appears to have answered the ex. wctatious of Sir John Davis. The Chinese officials had since been remarkably courteous in their commu nications to our consul at Canton, and to the governor of Hong-Kong. One of these documents was sent in an unusual manner, directly from its subscribers-1 1 e people of Honan—to Sir John Davis, without being sent through the district authorities. The occa sion of this document was the extension of settlement in Honan, a suburb of Canton, which had been formed in pursuance of the treaty made by Sir H. Pottine• Some ground was to have been bought for English commercial settlers, and the owners of it—the family of Pwan—remonstrated in a style of politeness and civility which, says the editor of the China Mad, " has no parallel in the history of our intercourse with China." The dispute was W ended by the conces sion of other places n for business purposes " only, the ground required for " recreation " not having yet been let to us by the hard-fisted natives. The premises, chiefly consisting of "pack houses," were instantly advertised to be let, and while the Eng lish chamber of commerce were squabbling by letter with the governor of llong-Kong, the Americas' stepped in and secured one of the best of the hopes warehouses. Thus far it would seem things are at length taking a favourable turn, and confidence and commercial activity would it is hoped be in some degree restored by this time. The populace of Canton still, however, oppose with might and main the con cession fFranted by their rulers, and the power of the authorities over them is far from omnipotent. The American factory has received a severe loss is the death, on the 29th June, of their commissioner, Mr. Everett. He had only arrived in Canton akw I 'S