Star. — London, England, 1829-12-15 00:00:00

I.tely zt Adrianople, and i< Lae!y to marsh only within the !..tter ; art of the month. Gbiurgevo has, in the mean time, teen a arendered to the Russian troops; and the Finnan& re . ••••••,:•" g Servia are said to have been prepared and sent off. Pacha of Scutari sends his troops into cantonments i vicinity of Phifippopoli. Distress has reached the highest pitch in those parts, and in several villages where the Albanians committed the Greatest eseeves, the ihliabitantstave come to blows with •hem. In Asia a battle has taken place between Count i'a,kewitsch and the Seraslier of Fzzeroum, in which the forces of lie latter have been almost annihilated. This intelligence is said to h .ve made a great impression on the Sultan, whose sentiments ,ve rite to considerable apprehensions. BUCHAREST, Nov. 16. Yest. rday the fortress of Giu rgevo was delivered up to the Rus slang. The Russian detachment destined 4o garrison the place pro visionally, entered on that day after the Turks bad left the town, .r.d took up their quarters assigned to them in the suburbs, march ing in the finest order, with music playing, and were enthusiutlcally received by the inhabitants. On the 27th, the Turkish garrison, with their provisions; ammunition, and all its property, were shipped ,ver to Rudschuk. General Kisseleff is hourly expected here. The assignment of quarters for the reception of General Geismar, Am this side of the Danube, from Karakel to this place, rendered his presence necessary io that part. The plague causes no ap prehension. This Day was published, Price 2s. A SERIES of LETTERS, on the PORTUGUESE QUESTION. By J. A. LUSITANUS. 1:r These Letters appeared at Intervals in the columns of Tut STAR. They prove that England has affected neutrality in the affairs of Portugal, without being neutral; and pleaded the principle of non-interference, when honour and humanity made it imperative that she should interfere. To be bad of JOHN NJEWCOI42, No. 1, IPlckett-place. 15th December, 1829. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. bank Stock 2161 16 India Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. 931 $ India Bonds 70 68 3 per Ct. Cons. shut Old Annuities 931 31 per Ct. 1818, 106 11000 Exch.Bills (2d) 74 5 31 per Ct. Red. 091 1 .6500 Ditto 73 5 4 per Cent. shut 1100 and 1200 Ditto 73 5 4 per Ct. 1826, 105$ 1 * Advertised, Long Ann.l9s 9 16ths6 Bank for Acct. Do. 30 Years, 19 3-16 tbs $ Cons. for Jan. 941 } FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Brazil lids, spr Ct. C6l 7+ 7 $ Ilex. Bds. 5 per Ct. Do. Ace. 67* $ Do B. 1826,6 p C. 251 litienni Ayres MI.. 6 p Ct. 27 Ditto Ace. 251 Colour. Bds. 6 per Ct. Ditto 100, 26 1)o. Bd.. 1824, 23 * 3 Port. eds. S p. Ct. 55 Ditto 100, 251 Rue. Bds. 1822, 5 prCt. Dinkh lid, sr. Ct. 741 Ditto 111,109 mei Greek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Sp. Bds. 5 per Ct. 101 I Do. B. 1825, 5 prCt. 261 7 BRITISH AVD FOREIGN 311.11tES, TWO 0171.1telt 111 A kg PAIR. PCS MAIM Holinos 300 300 453 _ Braella• , Imp. (iu..C3 pm.) SS 20 ••••• Columbian (Ise. at Z 5 pm.) 100 •35 87} Itrahlel %lonte 400 400 75 Uritiab Rock and Patent Salt 50 55 15 The Ministerial Papers announce that there is no truth in the report of Mr. PEEL'S determination to re- Nixn, or that Lord JERSEY is to succeed the Duke of Nk,RTIIUNDERLAND as Viceroy of Ireland. By referring to the STAR of Saturday, the sth inst. oi:- readers will find the copy of the DECREE which abiiishes Slavery in Mexico. This document having at it :gth found its way into the columns of our contempo raries, we may be permitted to observe—and not for the first time—that it is hardly dealing fairly with the public, to suppress an important piece of intelligence, merely I:^c•tuse it happens to appear in a paper which has nothing to boast but the purity and independence of its p:. Mexican Papers of the 9th of October, which have reached the North• and South American Coffee House, state the important fact, that the President GUERILEIno v.ai on the point of convoking the Congress in order to resip the extraordinary powers with which he had been invested. The executive had passed a resolution of t7.anks to Generals SANTA ANNA and TERAN for the talent and gallantry displayed by them during the recent cents at Tampico. It would appear by the French papers that CIIAILLY.B X. has returned from Compiegne, without having come to any decision concerning a change of Ministry. While is this state of vacillation, the ultra royalist journals con tinue to revive all the doctrines which led to the Re volution. On the other hand, we never recollect any period at which the liberal Press of France was more ani mated or more unanimous, on all the great points at issue Lotween the Court and people. Having already offered our own opinion as to the impossibility of M. de Po- LIGN.I(7 ever obtaining a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, we shall await the progress of events with no small anxiety. In the mean time, we can only repeat our regret, that neither the Prince nor his friends seem to be aware of the fatal consequences, which can hardly fail to spring front a prolongation of the present irritating dissensions. We had hoped that the advocates of a system so repug nant to all ordinary notions of personal, no less than of n:ttional, freedom—so decidedly and unequivocally op posed to " the very spirit, practice, and express words of our ancient laws and constitutions,"--,as that upon which c NEW POLICE was founded and introduced into this country, could only be recognised amongst those Jour noli.ts, who, in wilf;lly foregoing all pretensions to pub principle, had " fallen from their high estate," and 10.,t—tor ever lost—that estimation which they once de :-.ervedly held as the organs of popular opinion, and as the I,:.lwarks of political power ; but who were, nevertheless, out:teat - owing, even in their decline, to trade upon their tided popularity, and to transfer their services from a pork whose support they had forfeited, to a Ministry that could only be upheld by such support as they could offer. Decidedly averse as we have been to the establish meat of the NF.W POLICE—and zealously as we have ( ontended against so manifest an infraction of our most ancient institutions, as well as of our popular rights ; wtt were prepared for the hostility, and even for tile rancorous vituperation, of the corrupt and . , . venal portion of the press :—but we must own we did not—we could not—contemplate even the pro bability of reckoning amongst our opponents,— or, at least, amongst the vindicators of such a measure, a Journal so long, so consistently, so honourably devoted .to the assertion of our national privileges, and to the purest principles of civil liberty, as the Examiner. We shall mot pause to inquire whether our eloquent and pa triotic Contemporary may Lave been induced to sanction the innovation merely from the honest indignation with which he regards the mal-administration of parochial affairs—for in his estimation, " the very name of parish implies negligence and job;"—or whether he has been impelled to his present course by the influence of pro fessional associations, or by the mere desire of encoun tering a political adversary. Whatever the motive may have been, it cannot compromise the independence or the integrity of his character.—But whilst we make this admission in the very spirit of sin cerity, we cannot be insensible to the advantage that the of tho government derives from the acquiescence of so powerful a writer :--and hence arises ' our deep regret that he should have suffered his ani mosity to comparatively trifling abuses, to carry him to an extreme so diametrically opposed to all his former moot honourable advocacies, as the support of an Anti-National Police-for,:e, organized, introduced, and exclusively directed ail regulated, by the govern ment ;—over which the people possess no control what ever, nor any right of interference with its manage ment—although it is to them a source of additional, and of excessive, taxation—without affording them any additional security. However negligent or culpable the parochial authorities may be—the people are in no slight degree censurable for the toleration of abuses which they certainly have the power of correcting; but neither the " negligence" nor the " jobbing" charged upon the parishes, can be said to furnish any sufficient pretext for transferring the whole power to the hands of the government: for if such a principle were once to obtain, we should be called upon to resign— one by one—the constitutional privileges which we now possess, till in the end we should retain nothing of free dom but the name. We might then, perhaps, console ourselves with the reflection, that we had been reduced to such a state by that " imitation of nations who have directed more attention to the science of law," which the Examiner tells no, " is scarcely a reproach, though the ignorance in which it has its origin is a sore scandal." For our own parts, we can see nothing in the new sys tem, as compared with the ancient and constitutional establishment, to compensate us for the danger of its in troduction, or to take away from the reproach of so dis creditable an imitation of the most degrading appendage of absolute power.—We may indeed be told, " we must remember that foreign antipathy to a Government Police is an antipathy to an instrument which may be despotically used where there is a despotic power"—but we can never be reconciled to the introduction of any despotic agency, in a country which has hitherto been distinguished by the blessings which it has derived from its free institutions.— If we have hitherto lived on tri umphantly—and prosperously; if we have been the wonder and the envy of all surrounding nations, we " must remember" that we have owed all our dis tinction and all our greatness—all the admiration, and all the envy of the world, to our spirit of free dom—to our chartered immunities—and to our con stitutional rights.—Despotism is no more indigenous to the clime of England than slavery :—and if ever we relinquish the solo exercise of power to a Mi nister, we shall find, too late, that though " the evil" may not be " in the instrument capable of good or of ill application," yet that we have "parted with control over Me handle,"—aad from the fear of " denying our Go vernment the sword necessary to our own protection," wo have neglected " to render the arm that wields it re sponsible for its employment." Reforms in our penal 1 code have been amongst the most active, and perhaps ; the most useful, occupations of one Member of the present 1 Cabinet ; but it would not surprise us to find the Secretary for the Home Department, elated with the success of his Police Enactments, proposing the surren- i der to Government of all rights in the nomination of Jurors ; for it may as well be urged of Sheriffs as of Parishes, that "the very name implies negligence," since it is notorious, that beyond the ostentatious parade of office, the Sheriff—that is, the actually responsible Officer—the High Sheriff—never takes any part what ever in the details of the Shrievalty, which are confided to the Sub-Sheriffs, who are invariably attornies, and have thus an opportunity (which it would be an exercise of more than human virtue in them to forego) of render ing their official duties subservient to their professional interests. And on this ground, we may yet hear it argued, that the whole duty of nominating and impannelling Juries should be delegated to the Law Officers of the Crown. In short, we may, much sooner than we anticipate, practically illustrate the truth of the Reviewer's remark, that " a Government which will meddle in every thing, look after every thing, which is apt to take a paternal care of the subject, in stead of allowing him to take care of himself, is in a glorious train for the introduction of despotism." We perfectly concur with the Examiner, that it is not desirable " to cramp or deny the convenient machinery of Government," so much as " to base the Government on the popular power, and thus, by the creation of an in stant responsibility, to provide against abuse." But to such a consummation many conditions are indispensable : in the first place, it should be distinctly understood that the machinery that may be considered " convenient" to the Government be not inconvenient to the People ; and se condly,theGovernment requiring such confidence should at least put forth some pretensions to the good faith ofthepeople. But, most assuredly, if the Government had been content with having its functions " based on the popular power," in this respect,—without resorting to the worst part of the Continental system,—the responsibility would have been quite as instant—and the provision against abuse! quite as effectual, without being liable, as the New Po lice force now is, to the suspicions of a people naturally and commendably jealous of every infringement upon their liberty ; and, as an inevitable consequence, ob noxious to public censure. We should not have had the " experiment" denounced, as it has justly been, by the able writer—be he native, or foreigner, or " to the manner born"—who iu the last number of " the Foreign Review," has powerfully exposed " the disgusting system of trea chery, lying, and abominations of all kinds" by which the " parent-system" was brought to its most execrable per fection.—With an extract from his remarks, we shall close our present notice of the subject : "Were the NEW POLICE intended to be confined to its present limits it would be a dangerous precedent, but no immediate evil could be expected to arise from it. But as it is only a trial in its present state, and there is a prospect that sooner or later, all England will be submitted to its power, we ask, what will become of our laws against soldiers being in a place where an election takes place, or the assizes are held ? Our ancestors will be ridiculed of course, but it was under their laws that this country preserved its independence, whilst all the rest of the world was overpowered by the merciless hand of despo tism. Meanwhile, this is certainly a total change from Eng lish principles, since a police company may be capable of doing still more mischief than one of soldiers.— • • • It is obvious, that with twenty thousand such satellites, under a Minister, skilful, bold, and enterprising, I choosing well his time, and under a Sovereign, disposed to support him with all his might, daring attempts might I be made against the subject, even if unsuccessfully, yet with a great chance of success. This is clear. Why should we then run the risk, and afford any Minister, possessing the requisite qualities, a temptation of trying a desperate game, by putting into his hands such a dan gerous weapon as this New POLICE ?" The Austrian Observer to the 4th Dec., which is this ' I day received, contains, upon the whole, the most satis factory summary we have seen for a long time on the affairs of the East. The article which we subjoin, taken with that under our foreign head, will convey to the reader a pretty correct notion of the state of parties in that quarter. There are, to be sure, several things in doubt and confusion ; but what else could be expected on such an oecasion? The conditions of the treaty of peace had not been made public) at Constantinople, although there is no doubt of their having been received by the Divan. There had been battles, too, both in European and Asiatic Turkey—some parti culars of which are already before the public. Revolts against! the Turk were likewise breaking out ; but both the PORTE and the Russians are adopting means of con ciliation : for the former has emancipated the Armenian Catholics, and seems disposed to abolish all religious distinctions ; while the latter proclaim the unrestrained navigation of the Danube, and what must be considered a white day for the natives of the East, announce a free trade in that useful condiment—suit. The cold weather has stayed the progress of the plague : - 1r- „ , • oe VIS S eAT S % ' irianf CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10. The news of the exchange of the ratification of the treaty of peace of 14th Sept. which took place at Adrianople on the 28th Oct. arrived here on the WO of the same month. The conditions of the treaty are not, however, fully published. The Sultan with his Court and the Standard of the Prophet, still resides in the barrack of Ramis Tchifiik, or bit palace at Rub ; and it is sup posed that he will not return to the Seraglio till the Russians have left Adrianople. The departure seems only to be retarded by the delay in giving up Ghiurgevo• : meantime, the greater part of the Itunian troops that were in the camp near Adrianople have already commenced their march to the Balkan—only the Russian head• quarters still remained in that city. Count Alexis Arloff, one of the Russian Plenipotentiaries at Adrianople, who has been lung expected here on a special mission from his Sovereign to the Porte, has not yet arrived. On the other hand, Halii Puha, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Porte to the Court of St. Petersburgh, has already embarked, with a nu merous suite, on board the frigate which is to convey him to Odessa. Meantime, two events have taken place which are the more to be deplored as they seem to have been brought about merely by a misunderstanding. The one is a sanguinary engagement, in the first half of October, between the troops under Field Marshal Count Paskewitub. and the Turks under the command of the new Se raskier.—with considerable loss on both sides. The second, is a similar, but less sanguinary engagement, on the 16th of October, between a detachment of the army under the command of Mua. tapha Pacha of Scutari, stationed between Adrianonople and Sophia, and the corps of General Baron Geismar, who had orders to observe the movements of the Pacha. The explanations which have since taken place at Adrianople have put an end to further hostilities ; and the good understanding between the troops of the two powers, and their commanders. is restored. Gen. Giesmar, however, still remained posted near Sophia at the end of October. The insurrection of the Leabecks, inhabiting a district of Asia Minor, near Gulf Nessar, which at first threatened to be serious, as the., mountaineers bad got possession of the town without opposition, appears to be drawing to a close, since Hales Aga of Scala-nuova has receiv,d orders from the Porte ' to reduce the insurgents to obedience. Smyrna has sustained a very severe loss by the death of Hassan Pacha, who, on his return to that city from the Dardanelles, was carried off by a fit of apoplexy ; for the residents of all nations una nimously agree in bestowing the most unqualified praise on the pru dence and firmness with which he maintained public tranquillity and security at Smyrna, under the most trying circumstances. One of the most agreeable circumstances of late is the formal revo cation by the Porte of the measures adopted two years ago against the Catholic Armenians. Orders from the Sultan have been despatched to the several places in Asia Minor, which were assigned to those exiled from the capital, as their place of residence, and to announce ' to them the permission to return to Constantinople, where they will again enjoy the free exercise of their religion. The Turkish fleet, which has been stationed for more than three months in the bay of Bujickdere, ander the command of the Capt. Pacha in person, returned to-day to the capital t and anchored before the arsenal. It is believed that the Turkish ships, which escaped the catastrophe at Nevado, and have still been detained in the harbour of Alexandria, wiU soon leave that port to return to Con. stantinople. That squadron consists of an old, and nearly un servieable, ship of 80 guns ; 6 frigates of 44 and 54 guns ; 7 cor vettes of 22 guns; Y brig. of 20 guns; and 1 schooner of 16 guns. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. General Kiwiloff, appointed President of the Diem of both Principalities. since the death of Count Seltuschin. passed the Da nube at Sustow on the 20th November, and went to Ghlurgevo : he intended to arrive at Bucharest on the 24th. In all the mer cantile towns of that country. General Kissiloff announced the free dom of trade in the Danube; and also the free exportation of salt from Wallachia. This last measure has caused great satisfaction and joy among the Turks, who began to suffer from a scarcity of that article. The corps stationed before Sunda. and the second corps under Gen. Pakten. have received orders to set out on their much bask to Russia. After the evacuation of Adrianople, the Russian bead• quarters were to be removed to &Wank there to shelter for the winter. The cold weather having set in with great severity, hopes were entertained In the Principalities that it will have a salutary effect in stepping the ravages of the plague.—dustrien ObserrDse. 4. • We learn from Bucharest that Gbiurgevo was given up on the 12th Nov. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. for Demon The Marchlooms of Westmeath to The Deep Dew, on a visit to Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Hope ; the me Duke of Bedford, from Bel. grave-square, for Woburn Abbey ; H. Parnell, Bart. M.P. for I H rela all, ntLfro by m shir Jerm e, from "-st t e ltr itate- Bar yard s i of fit. Harrin Janam it?n s Lord Boston and the Hon. George Irby for Hedoor Lodge , in Buriingbamtkire; Lord Hawke from Melton Mowbray, for Wormeraley l'arkon Yorkshire ; V iscount Grandef, from Guildford, for Grantley Hall, orkshire; Lord Stewart, of Garlic% from Kirkcudbright, for Paultown in Wigtooshire; Lord Littleton for Bayley Part ; Mr. Pule ford Ilastard. M.P. for Kelby, in Devonshire ; Major and Mrs. Clayton, from Manchester, for Dublin; Lieut.-Colonel Gordon for Canterbury; Butler Danvers, Esq. in Chesterfield. street, May-fair • Colonel and Mr.. L. P. Jones and family, at Batts' Hotel. D over -stmt, from Germany ; J. Berry, Esq. at do. from Tunbridge Wells ; Wm. Rollo, Esq. from do. to Kingnen. Surrey; Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, from dv. to Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Seymour. from Tunbridge Wells, for Brighton; Major and Mrs. Hartwell. from Colchester, for Rochester; Lord Douglas, ' from Amesbury House, in Wiltshire. for Douglas Carle; Mrs. and lilies Noel. from Cheltenham for Bath; Ilarsbam Elwin, E.g. and Mrs. Elwin. from Bryant's Hotel, Conduit.street, for their seat. near Huntingdon; Captain and Mrs. Annedey. from Canter , bury, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bligh, for Brighton. BATH, Dec. 12. A I. Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Bishop of Down, and Connor, Lord Barham, Lady Thyne, ;Lady Mary Long, Sir T. B. and Lady Leonard, Sir J. Phillimore, Sir J. Astley, Hon. Mr. Moreton —Colonel Smith, Colonel Usher, Major and Mrs Elliott. Captain Baker, Captain Botekr, Captain Dawhin, Captain Morris, 11. N. Captain Skipsey, Rev. Met and Mrs. Bedford, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Mordn, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Rev. Messrs. Brudney, Cotton, French, Lowry, Middleton, Ripley. Dr. Keatsley, Dr. Mrs. and Miss Paulson, Dr. Lowther, &e. The Duke of Cc MBERLAND left his residence at Kow, yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, for the Rovai Lodge, in Windsor Park, on a visit to his MAJESTY. Prince LEOPOLD gave a grand dinner yesterday, at his residence at Claremont, to the Russian Ambassador, the Princess Lieven, some of the Forei g n Ministers a n d their Ladies, and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry. Some of the party are expected to stay on a visit to his Royal Highness for two or three days. The Earl and Countess of VERULAM left their resi dence near St. Alban'', Herts, on Sunday, in company with the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER (who had been staying for some days, on a visit to the Earl and Countess), and proceeded to the residence of the Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY, at Hatfield.—The Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY, the Hon. Miss WELLESLEY (daughter of Lord CROWLEY) and a party of the Nobility and Gentry, have arrived at Hatfield, to be present at the Annual Ball given by the Marquis and Marchioness this evening. Other festivities are expected to take place. The Earl of ABERDEEN had an interview with the Duke of 'WELLINGTON, yesterday, at the Treasury. The Austrian Ambassador had an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday. The High Sheriff of Londonderry denies that several gentlemen refused to serve on the Grand Jurypanel with Mr. GEORGE R. DAwsox, M.P. _ _ Sir HARCOURT Lass and one of his sons, had a nar row escap e of being destroyed, when walking on the Bray- on Sunday afternoon, from the unexpected attack of an enraged cow. There is no doubt but that Sir GEORGE MURRAY goes to the Horse Guards—he has been in almost hourly correspondence with the heads of the office for some days past. The Lady and family of the American Minister, Louts M.LANE, Esq. arrived at his Excellency's resi dence, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, on Sunday last, after a quick passage, in the packet ship Cambria, from New York. REPEAL OF TILE MALT AND BEER DUTIES.—A Meeting was held this day at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, attended by a great concourse of agri culturists—Mr. H. B. CuivrEis in the Chair. The Meeting was addressed at considerable length by Mr. CURTEIS, Lord TEYNHA 31, and Mr. CRIPPS, a Magis trate of Surrey ; the object being to recommend either a total repeal, or a material reduction of all duties on Math and Beer; and at three o'clock we believe that a Petition was in readiness, addressed to the House of Commons, waiting the adoption of the Meeting. CITY. Twzi.vs o'Ccocc. Little or no activity has as yet been displayed In the Canard Market. Consols, which left off yesterday at 95# I, opened at 941 for the Account, at which price they remain steady at present. In the Foreign Market, nothing doing as yet. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The Coined Market has remained steady during the morning at 94ij for the Account, without any speculations of consequence going forwara, owing to there !king a great scarcity of political information at present. In the Foreign Market there is more bustle owing to its being settling day for all Foreign Securities, and it is supposed to be a larger Bull Account than for some time past ; most of the Securities remain firm at the prices of yesterday, and the chief business doing is settling their accounts. Money continues very scarce I upwards or :4 per cent. is given in the British House, and from sto 6 per cent. in the Foreign. Quebec Papers to the 18th Nov. Montreal to the 20th Nov. and Canton Papers to the 19th April, have been received at the North and South American Coffee house. The New Montreal Gazette contains a long statement of some unpleasant occurrences which have arisen be tween the officer at the head of the Commissariat Depart ment, and a field officer of the Royal Artillery, at that station, but the above paper does not think it necessary to enter into further particulars on the subject. Demerara Papers to the 24th October have been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house.— ( From the Paper of the 23d October:)—" We have good authority for stating, that the report in circulation in this colony, respecting the yellow fever at Barbadoes, is entirely unfounded. " The Montreal Papers state, that at this season an un usual scene of bustle and activity prevails : a great num ber of craft are now busy loading for the lower ports. Letters from St. Michael's, dated the 29th November, state the arrival of his Majesty's ship, Britomart, with Mr. Read, the English Consul. A rumour prevailed at St. Michael's that the Constitutionalists atTerceira were to receive the assistance of six Brazilian frigates, and that they contemplated a descent on St. Michael's. The weather had been very stormy. The State Gazette gives an account from Christiana, which says, that on the 4th November, being the anni versary of the Union of the two kingdoms, and also on the Bth, the Queen's birth-day, salutes were fired by the fortress of Aggershuns, and grand entertainments were given by the Government of the kingdom. The election of representatives continue. The Canton Register of the 18th April announces the arrival there from Pekin of an Imperial Envoy, whose name is Whang-king. He has brought with him a Pro clamation for a general mitigation of punishment to all offenders, in consequence of the Empress-mother having eceived a new and dignified title. 1 I