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Also to receive Tenders for Letting on Leases, for Twenty- Sue years from Lady-day next, a Hens., No. 19, on the north side 4f Broad-street-buildings ; and also a blouse, No. 6, en the north side of Creseent-place, Blaekfriars. Further particalars may be obtained, and plate seen, by applying at the Othee of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDIiRS, Comptroller. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. T NENTY-THIRD GENERAL MEETING. • - - Notice if hereby given, that in pursuance of the Act of Incorpo ration, the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Share holders of the Company will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-street, London, on Saruxosi, the 26th day of February next, at Twelve o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the Directors of the progrese of the undertaking, and for the transaction of other business. _ The Dividend for the half-year ending 4th January last will be payable to those parties who, on the 16th of February, shall be the registered Proprietors in the books of the Company. The Transfer-books of the Company will be closed on Wednesday. the 16th of February, and will not be opened until Monday, the 28th of February. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman. By order, C. T. MONET, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station, January 27, 1248. EASTIIRN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL ILIKETING •f the Proprietors of this COMPANY . will be held at the London Tavern, Biahopsgate-street, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of February now next mining, at Half-past Twelve o'clock in the afternooa, when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills to be iatro- Quood into Parliament la tie present Session will be submitted to the Proprietor' for their approval, viz.:— " A Bill to explain and amend certain provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, far enabling the Easters Counties Railway Company to enlarge their London and Stratford Stations. " A Bill to en;alkle the 'Eastern Counties Railway Company te Snake a B.allwaYTh"oni the - Eastern Counties Railway at or near Forest Gate Stalcoa to Sotithend, with Branches. "An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to snake a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cam bridge, te the Hertford and Ware Branch of the Northern and liastern Railway, with a Branch." GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman. Ey order, • C. P. RONEY, Secretary. • Biahopsgate Stades, January 27, 1547. WELLINGTOI , .i SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a-Half Guineas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality for winter at Three Guineas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-end Tailor for the last 24 years, as also the fact that this popular gar - latent is now warn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the kingdom, renders comment on Its quality and style unnecessary. la London only of FOUGERE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON LIIIT-STREET, Regent-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS • BURT, adjoining 80, Cheapside. Agents.—Eirrninghara : Hollingsworth, ffew-street—Liverpool : 11 actaggart, Bold-street—Manchester : Brovrn, Market-street —Ediu 'Hugh : Marshall and Aitken—Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, and Co.; Sad principal tailors in all large towns. GOLD FLAT HORIZONTAL WATCHES, essefally finished, with engine-turned cases, jewelled in four holes, going barrel to contlaue the aetion of the watch While winding, are offered, price 6% guineas. These elegant little Watches will be found to perform very correctly, and a printed Undertaking is given, with fixed terms on which they will always receive any attention required. , T. COX SAVORY and Co., Watchmakers, sc., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street), London.—N.B. Second kand Watches purchased in exchange. TILAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. Copy •f a letter from Mr. J. J. Wilson, Chemist, Monk Bar, York, " To Mr. Thomas rrout, " 14th June, 1847. " Sex, —Having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years from repeated attacks of the gout, and receiving no benefit from the best medical advice I could obtain, I was induced about six weeks ago to try a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. When I commenced taking them, which was in the afternoon, my feet and elbows were ♦ery much swollen and inflamed : I was suffering the most intense agony. I had that night sound and refreshing sleep, and awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain ; and before I had finished the box, I never was better in my life : they have not only entirely removed the gout, but have also very Lunch improved my general health. I have since recommended them to four individuals, who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism ; and ti'ey all speak highly of the benefit they have received from them. If you think my case worthy of insertion among the many cures effected by your Wonderful medicine, you are at perfect liberty to publish it. " I ani, Sir, yours respectfully, " J. J. WILSON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this Valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. . They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other 'vital Part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United 141 . aidorn. Price 2e. 9d. per box. A.sk for BLAIR'S GOUT and RIIEITMA.TIC PILLS, and oleservo t he name and address of " Thomas F'rout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed open the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are Confi dently recommended as a simple , but certain remedy , to alt ILa •W i he suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Billions and Liver Corn , they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting Z"ength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold .. 'settles at is. 1!“., •r Is. Sd. each , by A. Willoughby and ‘,••• late B. CL Windus, CI, Bishopsgato Without, and nearly all Me- Caine Venders. lire to ask for ITORTON'Ii PILLS, and de not be persuaded to rurckaso an imitation. A PARENTAL DIALOGUE; OR, THE WISE CHOICE. A few evenings back (for I happened to see) Mr. Smart and his lady were sitting at tea; And Harry, their first-born, a beautiful lad, COmpleled the bliss of the Mammy and Dad. Now, at times such as this, it is often the cue, That a family chit-chat is beard to take place ; Bo it was with th e Smarts on the evening in question, And thus Mrs S. made a useful suggestion : " My dear," said the wife, with a smile that bewitched, " Don't you think it's high time for the boy to be breecied ; " for my own part, I certainly think that it is ; " And now for his suit—for I'm rather a quit. " I consider there's no better thing can be done, " Than to go to the Warehouse of MOSES and SON." " Of course," said the husband, " you couldn't suppose " That I'd ever go anywhere else for his olothes. " Messrs. MOSZS my highest approval have won, " And they, therefore, shall furnish both father and son. " You remember, my dear, hew I stood to remark, " Each juvenile suit as we walked through the Park ; " And I know they were MOSES and SON'S by the cut, " And Harry shall have one, without ' if,' or ' but.' " Messrs. MOSES are faultless in all that they sell, " In hosiery, clothing, and fur goods as well. " And quality blended with cheapness is one " Of the mighty attractions of MOSES and SOM." Titus the wife and the husband agreed, as one voice, And didn't they come to a very " wise choice?" LIST OF PRICES. • I.I•DY JUDE. Rawer TagHeil •••••••••••••• ••..••.. • • .. from X• I I Ckesterteld aid Codrlagtoa's, and every description of Over-coat, handsomely The Pasha Coat .. •••• .. • • 1 11 0 Tie Itallmer, especially adapted far snow? and wet wsather. • • • 1 0 The Premier • . • • • • • • • • • • • • .... . . 5 0 1 , 6 S I Buy's Witter Coats, it every ... . . . • Usa's De. Trousers, lined .. ••••• • • • • • • • 0 4 0 Doeskla . . 0 12 6 Dress Coats. 1 0 0 Trock do. Deible-breuted Winter Testa •• •••••••• .. . • • • • • 0 2 0 lays' lit star aid Tattle Suits .. • • ........ 0 16 6 XADI TO ItEASIIII. Witter Coats, to every style aid skape, hand leately trimmed ••••••• • • • • • • • •• .. from 1 6 9 elotk Over-coats, velvet cellar and oaf& 2 4 9 Tweed Wrapper ••.••••• • • • • • • •••• .• .. 016 6 Doeskin Trotters 1 2 0 But, or Dress •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • 1 6 Dress Coat ............................1 12 3 • Best quality made.. •• • • ...... 2 lb 0 Frock do. 1 is 0 • Best quality made.. ••• • • ....• 3 3 Bathes, Plain or Fancy ••••••••••• • • • • " • '• • • " 12 0 Zorn Heasir aid Tanis Suits Great Coat... 16 0 Salt of Clothes eoraplets. ..... ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 16 0 Yearning to any extent at Five Minutes notion. 1 2 1 1 : 4 trve.—Aay article purchased, ready made , o r made to reea ..ro, 1 4' *et approved of, will to exehanged, or if preferred, the ' l 4utz returned. 11 16 . 1110SES aid ,SSII, Tailors, Woollen 4 rapers, Clothiers, Flatters, Furriers, toot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for .77..4 aid Gentlemen, 164, 156, and 156, 157 ifinories, and 83, ss, 86, mid 86 Aligate, City, Leadea• „stkeit•--B. moles and lion regret being obliged to guard.tke t' , t* tlitnet impostors, but kave learxed that the uxtradestvat. .tkokood of being seanected with *tem, or it's the samecorfcera, F ui llatia resorted to 1Y stay instances, aid for obviels reasons. aic eLkavo as eamtexioa with any ether house in or Out of Loth:toe; ultse who desire genuise and sleep clothing, &c., should "It to, •Minories and Aldgate, City, Loudos. Neu bushiest transacted at this eetablishmeat from snit _ =riday , ti ll sunset Saturday, wksn busisesa is resamed till twelve ercikk. ' REMOVED TO 37, REDFORD-URE. LI'MERT ON TRIO SECRET INFIR SQ MITI A ES OF YOUTH MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON tsTagem . trust Published, aid may be had in French or liZnglish, is a Sealed . ovelope, Ss. ed„ or post-free, from the lather, for forty-two illt[u nm SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive aZin t ne, and the Secret Infirmities aid Disorders of Youth and Ma th, 4. 'Melly acquired at an early period of life, which enervate mss, and meatal powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical w irrvatioas in the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, a ra e i t ker arising from these causes, close seedy, or tke influence of 4`,._ enl throats,: Local and Constitutional Weaknees, Syphilis, e ce ,l". lo , end all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Inglis hata' With Forty coloured EngraTings, illustrating the expl id — , , i Phsiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Orgaas, int n 3 the y ir Miniatures,' noes, and functioas, and the yarieas be 8 that are produced in them by solitary habits , excesses , and *Cho*. BY IiA.MUEL LA'MERT, M.D., Zoo, 27, ENDFORD-SQUARR, LONDON. h) , --r of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edia n-Frg.,,h. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member - the Loudon Hospital Medical Society, &c. , tha e ll e arrl it a g e requires the fulf il ment of several c onditions. in order may be really the cause of mutual happinest. Could the a n T,Z'uote covers the origin of domestic wretchedn ess, be raised, ith a tr ne source ia every instaace disclosed, in how many could traced to physical disquali fi cations and their attendant &sap- , oin tra ,_ente• Excesses are always injurioas ; the gift, which when %b al .? Moderation is fraught with advautale, becomes , when fo the Prolific source of mischief ,and of greater or less ury the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, f in ' Productive of greater severity of misery to the bursae franc, , ""Ale any other to which it is sattiect. This work contains as accurate and complete aeconat of the ':_hateray and Pkyleology of the Repreinetiye Organs, and of Leett* relative sonciltens in health aid disease. It deservedly Zell -haw the eimiest atteatlea and study, for w h a t subject am "` more importanee Visa the preservation of the health, a 4 of the PhYcioni capabilities of whi c h ev ery mu should ilosse,“,, , d. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy ivllletteeof suckilye ladalgence and vicious habits, whether acquired p e trlY er tem the follies of advanced age, wkile suffering ," their invariable consequences , unwisely entertains a fear of ap f.;Ymt to ft qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so icilentlY, b ut erroneo usly entertainedb that these comp l a i nts are e eond the roach if art, alike restrict kits and prevent his seeking ac ciets.nee where alone it eats he procured. In acting thus, be -not: that accurate discriminationanacasacheorytheinallnl,gstke.reeecya,usie.s,:f risaa ' sYnlPathy with the sufferer, Y c haracterise the intelligent aid practical physician, and to the 'elettl el..- en who can show by his posse'slen of the re q uisite legal s'eoo enations that he is entitled to esteem and respect la his profes oala pursuits{ the utmost coafideace should be extended. Dr. ERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas `tram ati s the great extent of his practice for many years is a blely 10 'or professional experienee, which has reference almost Peb l i., t e treatment of these diseases. 42 . Pe 0 t e - m -4a t e7 the Author, d may be had of Rent and Richards, etre et et 'row Hannay, an 63, Oxford-etreet; Starie, Tichborne lame zia market • , enh a u Mansell, Fleet - street; Gordon, 146, Irma th e street, London ; or, free by post for torty-two stamp', b Y 1 4'41 2 °r, w he may be consulted en these disorders personally relitdr t ,„ Item Ten tin T wo, and imam Ply!! till Bight at his "". ell Ettibid-enuare Landon. • . • - - ss. 17, - _.88.] LON "JON, MONDAY . ING 41OYER'S PAROCHIAL MODEL KITCHEN LY fur the POOR WEAVERS of RETIINAL-GREEN and SPITALF I EL DS. A QUART of excellent thick SOUP, under the personal direction of M. SOYER, will be given to the Poor, with nearly lIALF-A -POUND of BREAD, for ONE PENNY. The itubscription not to exeeed One Guinea, but any sum not ex ceeding that amount will be thankfully received at the residence of the Rev. J. Brown, 1, North-terrace, Bethnal-green ; Danton's Li brary ; and at the Soup Kitchen, John.street, Bethual-green. CITY of LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for Accumulative and General Assurancies. 2, Royal ,Eachange-buildings. EDWARD F. LEEKS, Secretary. CAPITAL COUIITRY RESIDENCE. TO be LE l', UNFURNISHED, with imm e di a t e possession, BOTESDA.LE LODGE, delightfully situated in a most eligible part of the county of Suffolk, and about a mile from the post town. of Boteadale, with coach-house, stables, gardens, &e. The louse contains entrance-hall, dining, drawing, and breakfast rooms, with a suitable number of sleeping-rooms, and offices, all in capital order. The Ipswich and Norwich Railway, now In progress, will have a station within two or three miles of the House. Rent Reasonable. A few acres of pasture, or a Farm of about 400 acres of excellent arable and pasture land, and also the right of shooting over this and another Farm near, can be let with the llouse, if desired. For further particulars, apply to Messrs. Trehern and White, 13, Barge-yard-chambers, itucklersbury, London ; Messrs. Deck and Newson, Bury St. Edmunds ; Mr. Bloemield, Botesdale ; or C. E. Tuck, Esq.. Norwich. CAYPETS, THE BEST QUALITY BRUSSELS, at 4s. to 4s. Zd , per Yard for Cash. LUCK, KENT, and CUMMING, late of Carpenters' Hall, London Wall, beg to inform their Friends and the Public, that they are supplying the beat qualities of /trussels at the above low prices, and inferior qualities considerably less. A large assortment of the splendid Tapestry Carpeting hi Brussels and ♦elvet pile ; Kidderminster, Stc., equally reasonable. Turkey Carpets, Floor-cloth, &e. Warehouses, 4, Regent-street, opposite Howell and James's, and 98, Ilatton-garden, Holborn. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, Itimo. cloth, price 70. Id., T H E OU T - TAT . I 0 N ; Or, JAUNTS in the JUNGLE. By JAMES WILLYAMS GRYLLS. Chapman and Hall, Ib6, Strand. 62, Fleet-street. I NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of reots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. A R R I A E. 1.11 - One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un ximprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour c.al justice demand that health should form an item In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. slighted hopes or neglect vroand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if slime surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little NIEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let is imaginatively - efined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered ov misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining hers. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but or the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whorls they are offered as antagonistic to the evapyrical trash put forth on :he above subjects, by unqualified authors, whisk alone or nether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other Ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely os.mphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribbling, of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to thin ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of qierwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet •street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelsen, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) it on the author (who nay be oonferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; sad all Roola.ellers Illustrated by 26 ♦natomical Coloured EagraTings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATITE CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged t• l9i pages. Just published, pries 21. 6d., or by post, direct frene the Establishment, is. 6d. Ii postage stamps, 'IIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on jIL the IM:trinities and decay if the generative• system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the Inordinate use of asercary, with remarks on Marriage, and tke means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 2G Coloured Engravings. =y R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternester-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehberxe 7treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Pear 11. treats of the consequences resulting film exce,ssive We gence, and their lamentable effects en the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary firm, and masking explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. Tkis section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus elsemleally, and destroys its power en the system. PART T. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically in q uired Into. TraCORDIAL BALM OF STRIACIM is exclusively employed in treat ing so yens and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls .and 335. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp terns, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 3c1., 4s. Gd., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy in gonorrhoea, gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. terry's Preventative Lotion, an application to sbviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Censiltation fee, if by letter, 11. hi. Packets with advice to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, U. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, iter nors-street, from Eleven till Two, and Tive to ➢fight on Sundays rotn Eleven to Owe. MY. DOUGLAS'S " ADTENTURES, OY A MEDICAL STUDENT."—MedicaI men, we , believe, are not mach in the habit of perusing works of fiction. One has, how ever, lately appeared, which we understand has created as great an interest amonr professional as general readers. We allude to the " Adventures of a Medical Student," written by Robert Douglas, of Glasgow, a young surgeon, who served alternately in the Calcutta, the Polyphemus, and the Thunderer. That these volumes should be considered as marvellous productions is not surprising. - They have a wild and fascinating in terest which makes them superior to nine-tenths of the fictions of the day. The author's skill in depicting the fearful and the terrific is extraordinary. " The ' Adven tures' are most remarkable (says the John Bull) for the power—we will not hesitate to add—the genius with which the whole of them are treated. The • Story of Galvanism' is told with great power, and the discovery which takes place while the galvanic fluid is being em ployed upon a recently executed criminal, is appalling." MR. AGUILAX.—Among the winter amusements which go forward in spite of the influenza, &c., we must not omit the concert given by Mr. Aguilar, a young English pianist, who has already distinguished himself greatly by his talent in this city. This artist brings forth all the capabilities of his instrument without abusing it, keeping faithfully to the spirit of the piece he is performing, which he renders with the utmost nicety, delicacy, and expression, without losing effect, without stunning one with interminable, unmeaning noise. Endowed with energy and fire, he surprises his audience by his rapid execution, and the fullness of the tone he draws forth; he delights in plunging into a delicious revirie, and displays his taste and talent not to startle one out of it by a rude shock, but to carry you on by a variety and sort of fascinating grace which engages the attention absorbingly, insinuating itself ever more and more into the soul.—Journal de Frankfort. [AbvinivrtsßmExT.]—A very bad Liver and Stomach Complaint cured by Holloway's Pills.—Mr. Robert Wardle, residing at Ravensworth, near Richmond, had been a very severe sufferer for years from a most obsti nate liver and stomach complaint. Ile tried a number of medical men, but their medicines afforded him no re lief. He then had recourse to Holloway'a Pills ; which invaluable remedy soon restored him to excellent health. These pills act so immediately upon the Boat of disease, that they are considered the most popular specific for bile, sick headaches, deranged stomachs, disordered liver, flatulency, and similar complaints, and as a family me dicine, Holloway's Pills cannot be excelled.—Sold by all druggists, and at Prt'lessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP IN SOUTH STAFPORDSHIRE.—WEST BROMWICH, SATUR DAY.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the un fortunate men who were killed by the explosion of sul phurous' gas in the Heathfield coalpit on Wednesday se'anight was resumed yesterday afternoon. Two of the injured men have died since the last meeting of the jury, making in all i.en. The evidence produced was to the same effect as that already before the public. The coroner having summed up, the jury agreed to the fol lowing verdict:—" That it has been through the negli gence of John Meek, the doggy, that these men lost their lives, and they therefore return a verdict of man slaughter against him." Meek, who is a man from thirty-five to forty years of age, was then committed to take his trial at the next Stafford assizes. _ TOTNES.—Trade, which has been very dull here since November, is at length beginning to revive, and is much enhanced by railway communication with the various parts of England. One drawback, however, is the high rate of charges for parcels, &c., which presses heavily on tradesmen, many of whom, as booksellers and others, are compelled to have their goods forwarded per quick train. We think a reduction of 25 per cent. might safely be made without injury to the company, while, at the same time, the tradesman would realise a remunerating profit, which, with the present high rate of charges, and the continued increase of poor rate, he is unable to do.--Plientotitk JountaL OVER LAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received by extraordinary express from Marseilles our letters from India in anticipation of the overland mail of the 15th of January. The dates so received are from Calcutta to the 9th, Madras to the 14th, and Bombay to the 16th of January. From China we have intelligence down to the 30th of De cember last. Lord Dalhousie, the new Governor-General, had touched at Madras, and his arrival at Calcutta was hourly expected when the mails left. Among the last acts of Lord Hardinge's Govern ment was a notification, drawn up during his passage down the Ganges, in which the Governor-General made public a copy of a second proclamation lately issued from Lahore, which prohibited, under the pe nalties of imprisonment and confiscation of property, the perpetration of Suttee and infanticide in the terri tories of the Punjaub. The notification further an nounced, that his Lordship had directed his thanks to be expressed to the Maharaja of Lahore, as well as to all those princes (23 in number, mentioned by name) who had cooperated during the last three years with the British Government in suppressing these cruel practices within their several territories. A measure of humanity not less important had marked the closing career of the Marquis of Tweed dale at Madras. We are informed that, as the result of his Lordship's intervention, the Court of Directors had consented to the establishment of a hospital for convalescents in the Neilgherry mountains for a portion of the European troops serving in the Madras presidency, and that this long canvassed measure would be carried into effect before his Lordship's departure. Another robber chief had been secured, named Ragojee Bangria, lately as noted in the south of India as Doongur Singh had been in the north. This man, with a numerous band, had infested for some time back the Conran and eastern routes from Bombay. After many fruitless efforts, he was cap tured by Lieutenant Gell, of the Ghaut Light In fantry, who, disguised as a Brahmin, traced the free booter to the celebrated shrine of Punderpoor, and, getting sight of him while in the act of ablution in one of the sacred tanks, entered and effected his capture. We are told that Lieutenant Gell has received high encomiums from the Bombay Government for his ability and daring conduct in this affair. There is no news of any disturbance haying oc curred, as had been apprehended, consequent on the death of the Guicowar. A reinforcement of troops had, however, left Bombay for Guzerat. A smart shock of earthquake was felt at Delhi on the Ist of January, in a direction, it was thought,from west to east. The Sinde prize-money was about to be distri buted, the Royal warrant and order of • the . Court of Directors to that effect having reached India. By the present arrangement Sir C. Napier will receive a 1-16th share, or about 27,0001. His claim to the share of Commander-in-Chief, or one-eighth, is still held in abeyance, to be paid, if admitted, out of the proceeds not yet distributed. Her Majesty's 28th Regiment had embarked at Bombay for England. An announcement is made by the Calcutta Star, that a column 150 feet in height is to be erected at Calcutta to commemorate the victories in the Pun• jaub, and that the captured Seikh are .to 'be set up in it, muzzle to muzzle, in flufted compart ments; the summit to be crowned: with three figures Britannia and two native soldiers. The Friend of India suggests, in reference to this an nouncement, that as the European solders • bore no inconsiderable share in the victories thus to be com memorated, it would be more appropriate to repre sent one of the supporters of Britannia as an English soldier. A resolution passed by the Governor-General in Council, and dated the 31st of December, declar, that cotton shall shall henceforward be exemptyrom export duty throughout India. It is hoped' that the measure in question will relieve the cotton trade of India. It must at least prove an additional boon to the traders from India with China. The late export duty , of — nine annas per Indian maund of cotton, at the rate of value for some years back, is said to have been equivalent to a tax of from eve to eight per cent. We are informed that orders had been received in India from the Court of Directors for the remittance - home of 500,000/. sterling in specie. Our correspondent at Calcutta writes,• under date January 9, as follows : " Commercial affairs remain vary much as they were a fortnight ago. The creditors of Cockerell and Co. will consider themselves fortunate if 1.20,0001. of available assets can be recovered from the wreck ; the Union Bank has refused payment of all (consider able sums (I am not sure whether it does not still pay very small checks), but it has not publicly avowed a stoppage. The indigo upon which it reck oned has only in part arrived, and it seems uncertain whether it will be sold here or sent to England for sale ; the latter plan has been voted the right one at a meeting ot! share holders, but the dissentients say they will and can prevent its being carried into execution. The pre• vailing opinion is that a call will ultimately become necessary. The judges have found the accounts of the assignee of insolvent estates to be unsatisfactory, and have appointed a new assignee in his room. They have also promulgated new rules rewarding the official custody of funds and the accounts of the Ecclesiastical Registrar, as er-glicio administrator. " No political announcement of any consequence has been made; it is understood that Lord Har dinge desires to undertake no new responsibilities during his stay here. The petty expedition against the Raja of Ungole is in a state of forvvardness, and Gumsoor continues, as before, the seat of dis turbance." Our correspondent at Hong-Kong .. writes' under date Dec. 30 : "We have this month to record a dreadful tragedy in the horrid murder of six English gen tlemen by the Chinese, about three miles from Canton, on the sth of this month. After church they went up the river, and landed to take a quiet wail:, and shortly after they found themselves at tacked by a body of Chinese, and cut off from their boat. In this attack one or two of the party fell; the others, being overpowered, attempted to escape, but were taken at one of the villages and confined, and, by the evidence of the Chinese on the coroner's inquest, it appears too true that, up to the morning of the 7th, they were alive, when they were cruelly put to death. Particulars will be found elsewhere. The names of the gentlemen are—Mr. W. Rutter, Mr. Small, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Brown, Mr. Balkwill, and Mr. M'Carte. " A force was immediately sent to Canton, and his Excellency Sir John Davis went up in the Des dalus to demand redress. After much negotiation with Keying, four Chinese were executed on the 21st instant, and eleven were under trial. Sir John returned here on the 24th, having given Keying to the 24th proximo for his final answer to his de mands. It is understood that steamers have been sent for from Singapore, and men of war ordered down from the coast, to be prepared, should any coerceive measures be necessary. All, however, may end in negotiation. It is to be hoped every advantage will be taken of the present state of matters to secure ample and permanent security fe- the future, seeing that hitherto nothing but deceit has been practised by Keying, who has been unable to control the Chinese, though making the English authorities suppose he had the ability to do so. A Government notification of the 10th of November announces the suspension of the Chief Justice, the Hon. John Walter Hulme, who, we understand, proceeds home by this mail. " Trade has been materially affected by the ex citement during the month. The quotations for most of the staple articles of import are considerably under last month's rates. The sales of raw cotton do not exceed 10,000 bales, and prices have seriously declined. " The total export of tea from China to Great Britain, from the Ist of July to date, is— black, 28,573,4101 b.; green, 2,287,9201 b. ; total, 30,861,3301 b. " The total export of silk during the same period was 14,819 bales. " Exchange on England, 4s. 4jd. for first class bills, others 4s. 4fd. to 4s. sd. " A few transactions in Company's bills on Bengal, and rates as high as 218 for accepted. " Freights to London 41. 10s. " Our latest dates from London are to the 25th of October; Calcutta, Bth of November; Bombay, 18th of November; Singapore, Bth inst. " From Shanghae our dates are to the 21st inst. Trade had somewhat improved, and longcloths 10c. better. Woollens without change." THE MURDERS AT CANTON. (From the Overland Friend of China, Dec. 29.) On Sunday, the sth inst., Messrs. M'Carte, Balk will, Brown, Rutter, Small, and Bellamy, embarked in a hong boat, about two o'clock in the afternoon, with the intention of sailing a few miles up the river, landing for a walk, and returning to dinner. With the exception of the gentleman first named, they had attended Divine service in the forenoon, and the after noon's excursion was simply one of recreation and exer cise. They had no guns with them ; and, unfortunately, only two took the precaution of carrying pistols. They proceeded as far as Hwang-chu-kee, a village about four miles above the factories, and there landed, directing the boatmen to wait their return. The circumstances connected with their after-fate are gathered from various Chinese witnesses ; and, though the statements are in some points contradictory, in the main they agree. The deposition of the master of the boat was taken before five British merchants, and Mr. John A. T. Meadows, public translator of Chi nese. We copy it in full : About one o'clock on the sth of Dec., 1847, a Coolie belonging to the firm of Blenkin, Rawson, and Co., came and hired the hong boat, of which I, Chow-a-pow, am chief boatman. Six foreigners about that time got into my boat, and we proceeded westward. About three o'clock we arrived at the landing place of the ferry at the village of Wang- chukka (in Mandarin liwang-chu kee), where the foreigners immediately went on shore. We asked them if we should follow them or not ? They said that it was not necessary, and ordered us to remain and wait for them. The place where we anchored is about one hundred paces from . the village. We saw the foreigners pass through a stone archway, and enter into the village, when they were concealed from us by the dwellings. After losing sight of them we remained waiting in the boat during the space of one hour, when we heard the sound of gongs in the village. There was a small boat anchored near us, in which there were an old mars and a young man. The youngest of these had a short time previously gone into the market to buy vegetables. On his return ho informed.the old man that, the gongs were sounded because the villagers were pur suing and beating the foreigners. The old man asked us what kind of people we had brought there? On our informing him, be advised us to make off with all speed, otherwise the villagers would immediately come and seize us with the intention of killing us. Within a quarter of an hour after he had said this the villagers advanced toa ards us and commenced throwing stones at us. We therefore immediately went to the opposite side of the river. Our intention was to wait there till the foreigners came to the landing-place, when wo would put across the boat to receive them. We waited till about seven or eight o'clock, at which time we again heaid thel9unding of gongs in the village. They sounded miff there ivas something extraordinary going on, not in the canimtin manner. All at once we perceived two when coveted boats, with about seven or eight people in each, advancing hastily towards us; when they came up to us they fastened their boat-hooks en our boat, saying at the same time—' This is the boat which brought the foreigners.' We knocked their boat-hooks of and fled with the tide. The villagers pursued us to the entrance ' of the Le-shwuy, when they turned back. After this we went to a place of the name of Low-kong, where we anchored, and about the time necessary to eat a meal day broke. There were several fishing-boats at anchor at the same place. As it was now daylight we durst not return to Canton with our boat, but I hired a small boat in order to return to the hongs (factories) to report the news. I arrived at Canton about twelve o'clock on the 6th, and went to the comprador of Blenkin, Rawson, and Co., and gave him information of the affair. He said that his master was not at home, and took me to the houses of Turner and Co., and Birley, at both of which places they were said to be out. The comprador then took me to the Consul. Among the six foreigners there was one named Small, who carried with him one pair of double barrelled pocket pistols, and one gentleman, tea inspector of Birley, carried one pair of single barrelled pocket pistols. We saw them load them. We did not see that the other gentlemen had any firearms. Accord ing to our observations none of the six foreigners were by any means intoxicated," From this evidence it appears that about an hour after landing gongs were beat in the village ; and a person who had gone there to purchase provisions informed the boatmen that the villagers were pursuing and beating the foreigners, advising them to be off, or the villagers would seize and probably kill them. It further appears that between seven and eight o'clock, gongs were again beat in an iunusual manner, as if something extraordi nary Was.going on. Thi s was f rom f our to fi ve h ours after the Europeans landed, and from three to four after the boatmen were informed that the villagers were chasing and beating them. From this we conclude that our countrymen were not killed on landing, but that, on the second beating of the gong they were made to undergo the inhuman torture which it will be shown w as inflicted upon them repeatedly before murder be came an act of mercy. The next link in the chain of evidence we take from notes furnished to a cotemporary by a gentleman who has had favourable opportunity of coming at the facts:— " The writer was informed by a Chinese of respecta bility, that a female slave belonging to a relation of his own, resident at Keaou-pestou, was at work in the fields on the a f t ernoon in questi on; s h e saw t h e s i x f ore i gners 'first at some distance inshore of Hwang-chu-kee, where g people shouted Fankwei,' and which they took no notice. were joined by others; at all perhaps twenty in number, came outing as before, and assailing e t oSat hhnvheerfoeeminnry threw si w pyoamu i with afterwards tdut: s eig t ret o eawo n rtwaf e pr s ot them,ad, hrrsk a et and farming these Pie ple m en ts, hoes and the like; the foreigners held up their hands, and appeared to deprecate the violence of their pursuers, who had now reached them, and were striking at them, while their number increased every moment, as the people in the adjoining fields flocked to take part in the attack. One of the foreigners then fired and hit a Chinese, who ke fell. The gong was struck, and a m u l t i tu d e asse mbled, who fought furiously with the English, an d overpowere d two of them, whom they continued t o str i ke after t h ey were down. The other four, who seemed touch fright ened, and were covered with wounds, i n fli cte d b y p ik es, in vain endea ig youed to p poles, r knives, ape andase the atones, after havin g people by the o ff er of dollars, fled, and the woman saw no more. The report w hi c h the a that sepiozned, in formant had heard of what ensued upon ao this they sys, were which time they were wit hout foo d , beaten repeatedly, ureeaecnhfiinng confined the r villagetw,o days ll hts, during of and tw o n and then put to death. " Information was given by the Chinese above quoted to the writer, on the lSth of December, that a young man, a labourer, was coming from Ta-le-poo, a place some eight or ten miles from the scene of the crime, upon the sth instant; that he saw four foreigners run ning in or near the village of Lotsum, pursued by a number of people; that two Chinese, carrying grass, met them and threw stones at them without effect, and then, as the way was narrow, spread out their arms and at tempted to bar their pass age, upon which they were im mediately shot by the foreigners, who continued their flight. These were doubtless the two Chinese surnamed Chin and Le, the surrender of whose bodies was demanded by the Ngan-cha-sze in the first instance. He then pro ceeded to Ilwang-chu-kee, where about 1,000 persons were assembled round something which he did not see; but he was told that they had boon beating the Fankwei and knew that the two bodies were there. He went on to Canton, where he arrived at about 6 PAL and re mained till Tuesday morning, when, as he was on his way home at an early hour, he overtook a small vessel carrying the six bodies to San-nge-kow, where they were to be thrown into the water. This Was done, as he afterwards heard, with stones tied to them to prevent their floating; he returned to Canton on the 17th, when he communicated this intelligence to the informant. " He further said, that on capturing the four English men at Henk- ketiou, they were all brought back to Hwang-ehu-keg the same night; that in the two who had fallen first life was found to be not yet extinct; that on Tuesday morning all were still alive, and that the elderly people of the village advised that they should be sent back to Canton; but this was opposed by the rest, on account of the vengeance which they feared would be taken. It was accordingly decided that they should die, but all shrank back from the task of putting them to death, until one man, rot above 23 or 24 years of age, said, that if they were all afraid he would do it himself, and thereupon killed them with a heavy knife or heavy metal weapon, such as is used to chop wood." It will be observed that these statements agree in one essential point—the victims were kept for two days and two nights; and by the medical report at the inquest it FEBR CARY 21, 1848. is proved that they were bound and scourged repeatedly. The woman saw the commencement of the affray; the party was then six. The people shouted " Fankwei" (foreign devil), and threw mud at them, which they did not resent. From mud they proceeded to throw stones, their numbers increasing; hoes and farming implements were next used; a shot was fired, and one Chinese fell; a multitude had congregated at the sound of a gong, and two of the foreigners fell, the people continuing to strike them; the other four, after endeavouring to appease the people, fled, severely wounded by pikes, poles, knives, and stones. The woman saw nothing further. The male witness first observed the four who fled in or near the village of Lotsum ; they ware pursued by a number of people, two men carrying grass endeavoured to intercept them, and were shot. He afterwards pro ceeded to Hwang chu kee, where about one thousand people were assembled, and he was told that they had been beating the foreigners. He also stated that the six foreigners were still alive until Tuesday morning. This is opposed to the first report of the Chinese, that two men had been killed in the melee, though it is probably correct, the two who fell having been wounded, and not killed. _ _ The bodies of the deceased were examined by Dr. Marjoribanks, who was decidedly of opinion that they were all alive at a later period than Sunday evening. Marks of the cane were visible upon four of them, as well as of the cords by which they had been tied up ; and from inflammation having supervened, they could not have been put to death for twelve hours at least after being flogged. From the marks of cords on the arms one had been tied up on three i,everal occasions, and the rattan had been applied to the sides of the face as well as the back. This proof is not so clear as could be wished, though it establishes the damning fact that six Englishmen were murdered in cold blood, after being tortured to gratify the cruelty of a hardhearted race, the proceedings were at least tolerated by the magistrates, and it is almost certain that they approved of and sanctioned them. With them the responsibility rests, and no redress can be satisfactory which does not include the forfeiture of their lives. As may be believed, when it was ascertained that the unfortunate gentlemen were missing there was an intense degree of excitement at the factories. Early on Monday Mr. Consul Macgregor applied to the district magistrates for the release of the party supposed to be held captive in the villages. He also addressed Keying, enclosing a copy of his application to the magistrates. An answer was received from Keying in the course of the afternoon, stating that before receiving the Consul's letter be had heard of the circumstance, and had sent orders to the magistrates to seareh for the foreigners, and set them at liberty. This correspondence should not be lost sight of—twenty-four hours prior to the murders the Go vernor-General of the province knew that six foreigners were captive at a village within three or four miles of his house, and he either had not the power or the will to save them from death. At noon two boats, with about thirty Englishmen, left the factories in search of their friends. They explored several creeks in the neighbourhood of Hwang-chu-kee, but without gaining any information. In the afternoon Dr. Majoribanks found the Nanhae magistrate on board a boat at anchor about a quarter of a mile below Hwang cha-kee, evidently afraid to go further. Dr. Majors banks remonstrated with him on his apathy, and offered to accompany him to the village lest any of the prisoners should require surgical aid. This offer was declined. In the evening — it was arranged that a party well armed should prcceed to the villages in search of their friends, but the Consul interposed his official authority in a circular addressed to her Majesty's subjects : [ PI-110E SD. "TO MESSRS. DAVID JARDINE AND THE BRITISH MERCHANTS AT CANTON. Majesty's Plenipotentiary to acknowledge the receipt o f British Consulate, en,—l am directed by his Dec. your letter, dated the 13th inst. Excellency is47lB ber " Gentle ' m " You are right in surmising that demands for im mediate reparation (as far, at least, as the punishment of the guilty can avail) have been peremptorily made, and a limited time fixed, beyond which his Excellency cannot remain here, or continue these negotiations. " Your implied apprehension lest any measures of redress by coercion on his Excellency's part might debar the British Government from further measures of its own is groundless, inasmuch as it is an universal rule that no Government is bound implicitly by the acts of its representatives, and that no such acts are conclusive unless ratified by the Sovereign. " Whenever it might become necessary to withdraw the consul from Canton, or blockade the port, full previous notice would be given to the mercantile com munity, in order that they might have time to conclude their commercial operations, and in the meanwhile all due protection w ill be afforded on the spot. But his Excellency hopes that extreme measures may be un necessary. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your most obedient, humble servant, " A. R. JOHNSTON." From the 12th to the 20th was passed in negotiation. On the evening of the 20th it was intimated to the com munity that four of the murderers would be executed, the following morning at the village of Hwang-chu-kee. On the morning of the 21st, the Honourable Company's steamer Pluto earried up the Honourable Mr. Johnston, Mr. Vice-Consul Elmslie, and Mr. Meadows, interpreter to the Consulate, to witness the execution. They were accompanied with a guard of three officers and thirty men of her Majesty's 95th Regiment. Four men were decapitated ; but from the fact of their being gagged, and the bodies buried in the strangers' burying ground, it is surmised that they were not villagers at all. Upon this particular there are various beliefs. It is very confidently asserted that on the demand being made by Keying for four lives, the men who were executed offered to suffer, provided certain honours were conferred on their families. In Europe this may appear incredible, but in China, where life is held cheap and the laws are loose, substitutes are found. It was but lately that on sentence of death being passed on a mur derer in Hong-kong, he inquired whether he would be allowed to provide a substitute. It cannot be supposed that these executions are in full of the demands which " would be satisfactory for the present," and we therefore conclude that Keying has not complied with them. Sir John Davis left the factories on the 22d, without communicating to any one his future intentions. He informed a gentleman who waited on him that Keying had got to the 20th of next month to satisfy him (Davis) that he (Keying) could control the villagers. The fact of Keying being unable—possibly unwilling—to relieve the six victims of Chinese cruelty is conclusive upon this head ; however, Sir John Davis may have an object in view ; by the end of next month our naval force will be increased. On reading these details the inquiry will naturally be , what protection has Sir John Davis afforded his coun trymen in the dangerous position they hold at Canton? We answer none. It has been his Excellency's policy to convince his Government that the people of Canton were quite under control of the authorities, and that no danger was to be apprehended unless it was in curred by the misconduct of foreigners. A more fatal delusion never was entertained by any man, in opposi tion to the repeated warnings and remonstrances of those who were in the best position to judge. The pre sence of a small vessel of war has been again and again begged for, and had one been at Canton on the sth of December the horrid murders would not have been per petrated. The village braves are cowardly as well as cruel, and had the Pluto been at her anchorage off the Macao passage, Englishmen might have walked through Hwang-chu-kee or any of the neighbouring villages in perfect safety. As far back as July, 1846, the British inhabitants of Canton addressed Viscount Palmerston, earnestly entreating that orders be sent out to have a steamer permanently stationed near the factories. His Lordship took a correct view of the matter, and in his memorable dispatch to Sir John Davis of December 10, he says, " Whenever British subjects are placed in danger, in a situation which is accessible to a British ship of war, a British ship of war ought to and will be ordered, not only to go, but to remain as long as its presence may be requirencit the protection of British interests. Would that Sir John Davis had acted upon these instructions; but, alas! an obstinate adherence to his own opinion, or a credulous belief in the representations of Keying, led to the with drawal of the Pluto on the 17th of October. No sooner was this done than the villagers commenced their pre concerted operations for the destruction of foreigners. In extenuation of this neglect it may be said that Sir Joha Davis was deceived by Keying, and this is partly true, though it says little for the Plenipotentiary's dis cernment. Keying writes on the 24th of August— " The trained bands and village braves were raised with the view of protecting their villages and farms against robbers and vagabonds, who have reeently become very numerous." A more palpable untruth was never uttered even by a Chinese diplomatist. At that time the proclamations A. and B. wore in circulation, and two European boats had been fired into at the identical village of Hwang chu-kee. Sir John Davis is at length aware of the deceit which has been practised in his official dealings with Keying. The following note is plain, but is true : "British Consulate, Canton, Dec. 18, 1847. " I have received your Excellency's note, dated yes terday. It is therein erroneously stated that the six murdered Englishmen ' fired pistols and killed Chinese, in return merely to the shouts of the villagers, and were put to death on the spur of the moment.' The truth on the contrary is, that being attacked, according to the previous repeated declaration of the villagers, they de fended themselves with pistols, and some of them being captured were subsequently put to death in cold blood. This has been declared by several Chinese witnesses, and their statements will be forwarded to my Government, who will maturely consider it. It is useless therefore to slur over the real facts. " Your Excellency, in addressing your Emperor, ap pearscllands, na d e t t to to have ah erectionva o v stated e an object b oj a ef s ft buildings,o i l follows:—' v w s e ' suchoS r h o t h u a l e Should t like eee trifles, o e foreigners ef Canton people collect a mob and interfere with them by making a disturbance. The local authorities, holding the people to be foremost in consideration, think it in ex pedient to thwart their inclinations seriously, or to show a devious compliance with :the requests of foreigners.' This, indeed, is the real truth, and being contrary to the treaty it is the whole cause of the constant troubles at Canton, ',while at the other ports there is a perpetual quiet. " Since the Canton people have been thus encouraged against foreigners, they are ready to murder them when they merely take recreation in the country under the treaty. Unless an example is made by executing the criminals at Hwang-chu-kee, foreigners will continue to be murdered by the villagers. " Since your Excellency distinctly stipulated that these four executions are not the whole of the punishment to be inflicted, but that ' the remainder of. the . criminals will either be sentenced to` decapitation, strangulation, military slavery, or transportation for life, in every case awaiting the confirmation of the criminal board,' it may be suffiicient for the present, and iu part of my demands, if these four criminals be decapitated where the crime was committed, in presence of my officers. The only object of punishment is example for the future, and I have already informed my Government that if the ex ample is not made at Hwang..chu-kee, it willbe a mere mockery and wholly and entirely unavailing. "It is in vain to write more words on this subject, and if your Excellency will not make the example at the place where the crime is committed our p resen t negotia ations ought to stop. " Accept the assurances, &c., "To his Excellency Keying, &c. The following account of the execution of . the " Sub stitutes" is also taken from t he F riend of Ch i na:— "We have been favoured w it h the follow i ng account of the execution at Hwang-chu -kee from the pen of a gentleman who was present, which,it will be observed, is drawn up with great precision. an is and may be relied exhibiting h h i b a i n ti d n : g a upon as true to the letter. Every circumstance con nected with the murders of deep interest, and thi s gra phic description of the punishment of some of th e o murderers deserves d c e h se ua r e v s e e s attention, ustoms rad we w re n it by only yn as able x " During the evening of the 20th i ns t. i t was rumoure d amongst the foreigners here, that the Chinese authori ties would early next day behead, at the village of Hwang-chu-kee, four Chinamen concerned in the re cent murder of the six Englishmen at that place; also that the Pluto steamer h a d rece i ve d or d ers t o b e i n readiness next morning to convey thither some officers of the civil department, d e p u t e d b y Si r J o h n D av i s to witness the executio n , t oget h er w i t h a p ar ty o f th e 95th Regiment, to be landed for the protection of the British officers against any attack that the villagers might at tempt. I therefore made arrangements to start in a boat about five o'clock next morning for the place of execution, which I reached about six A.M. " It is a grass plot of about two acres in size, nearly square4having the river in the front, paddy ground on both si es, and an ancestral hall at the back. This ancestral hall faces the river; the village of llwang-chu kee lies inland beyond the hall, almost concealed, as is usual with the villages of this neighbourhood, by fine old trees, but apparently about throe hundred yards from the river:; a large number of mandarin boats were moored in two lines, reaching from the two rows of trees at the sides of the plot of ground, to a considerable dis tance into the river. On these and on the plot of ground were collected a numerous body o f mandarins,. and their retinues, soldiers, police, executioners, &c., n their official dresses. On my approach the soldiers threw themselves hastily into three lines, two under the side of the rows of trees, and one across the plot of ground before the hall, thus forming, with the river front, an open square, inclosing groups of t he other official people. At a distance of 100 yards from this square, small bodies of Chinese soldiers were picketed, on all the paths lead ing to the plot, doubtless for the purpose of preventing the near approach of the country people, as during the ? whole course of the! proceedings I neither observed any [of them, nor any other . non-official Chines* present. On " J. F. DAVIS." " PUBLIC NOTICE. " Her Britannic Majesty's Consul having heard that it is the intention of certain subjects of her Majesty to proceed to-morrow morning up the river to the village of Hwang-chu-kee, or other places, in which it is sup posed that six of their countrymen are confined, this is to give - notice that her Majesty's Consul entirely disap aproves of such a proceeding ; and that any British sub ject acting in contravention of this injunction will do so on his own responsibility. 'i " Her Majesty's Consul deems it expedient to make it known to all concerned that he is in communication with the local authorities as to the restoration of his country men now unlawfully confined, and at the same time most distinctly states, that any such movement at is contem plated by the British community will afford ground for the Chinese to withhold the delivery of the persons now under restraint. " The Consul further intimates to her Majesty's sub jects that the question now in hand has been communi cated to her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary, whose instructions may be looked for to-morrow evening. He therefore deems it his imperative duty to call upon her Majesty's subjects, by their allegiance to their Sove reign, to obey his mostgaolemn and strict injunctions. " Given under my hand at Canton, this 6th day of December, 1847, at nine of the clock in the evening. "FRANCIS C. MACGREGOR, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul. " To her Majesty's Subjects." However commendable the intention, it is better that it; was not carried into effect. The brave men who volunteered their services would have been too late to save their countrymen, and a collision with the villagers would have been too probable, and more valuable lives lost ; possibly the entire party would have been sur rounded and cut off. Had there been an adequate force at the factories (even a company of the 95th Regiment, with the aid of volunteers) the victims could have been saved on Monday. In the meantime her Majesty's steam-ship Vulture arrived at Whampoa from Hong-Kong. and Captain M`Dougall, with about 100 seamen and marines, landed at the factories on Wednesday morning. Keying was informed that unless the bodies were given up by one o'clock P.M., the Vulture's boats would destroy the vil lages ; but this threat was not carried out, the Vulture returning that night to Hong-Kong for orders, and soldiers to protect the residents. Captain M'Dougall took the precaution of leaving his marines as a temporary guard. In the afternoon of Wednesday it was intimated that one body had been recovered by dragging, and that would be sent down in the evening. The Chinese authorities, by a chop dated the 7th (Tuesday) offered 2,400 dollars for the party, if alive, and 200 dollars for each body if dead. On Wednesday they were aware of the murders ; an edict of the Chief Criminal Judge called u you the well-disposed to give up the guilty and point ui2t where the bodies were hid. The body of Mr. M'Carte was sent in on Thursday m orning. Decomposition had not commenced. The vv ounds were in all forty-four, thirty-six incised and eight contusions. Many of them would have caused d. ,ath, the skull being broken in several places. In the forenoon the bodies of Messrs. Balkwill, Small, and 1.31 , 0wn, were also brought in. There were numerous w ounds on each of them, the two first having marks of th e rattan on the back. Mr. Brown appeared to have a gunshot wound, and, from there being only one wound in his back, and a spear thrust into the abdomen, it is thought ho was one of the two who fell at the beginning o,c.' the affray. On Friday the bodies of Messrs. Bellamy and Rutter sere bilought down. Like the others, there were deep v rounds, on the head and chest, and the marks of ropes o n the arms. Decomposition had commenced, though b. food continued to floe! from one corpse. Sir John Davis landed at Canton about noon on the 12 th, Iftsving previously put himself iu communication wi .th Keying. The following circular announcing his ar rival was sent round : " CIRCULAR. " The undersigned Consul has been charged by his Ex :cellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., to inform he) Majesty's subjects resident at this city of his arrival at the British Consulate, and that his Excellency will be ha ppy to receive from them any communication they ma y havo to make to him in any way they please. " FRANCIS C. MACCREGOR. Fier Britannic Majesty's Consul. ' ' Canton, Dec. 12." deputation of the British residents waited upon his Ex cellency to offer their co-operation in any measures to be taken; also their willingness to give their opinion or advice on any matters that might be laid before them. Th ey were informed generally, that his Excellency had ma,. le demands, which, if complied with, would satisfy eve s'y one for the present, though they would not inter fer 5 with any ulterior steps taken by her Majesty's Go fer nment. A public meeting was afterwards held; the con duct of the deputation was approved of, and a letter dra ,wn up the following day and addressed to Sir John Da via. We subjoin the letter and the reply—they will sly )%v the caution which is now deemed necessary in any cot amunication with the Plenipotentiary:— " .TO 1110 EXGELLENCY SIR JOHN F. DAVIS, BART. " Canton, Dec. 13, 1847. 'Sir,—We beg to thank your Excellency for the cm amunication made through Her Majesty's Consul unc ler yesterday's date, and, as your Excellency has in vit iil vs to offer suggestions on the course to be pursued in the present crisis, we avail ourselves of the opportu nit yto make the following remarks : `lt would appear front what your Excellency stated to t he deputation who had the honour of waiting on you, tine certain demands have already been made of the bin/ ►oriel Commissioner. In the event of these demands not being acceded to, we presume other measures must be a dopted. " We are of opinion that whatever aggressive mea sun ►s may now be taken, they should not be of a nature to debar the British Government from exacting that gra re reparation hereafter which the circumstances de mai id,and prevented profiting by the opportunity afforded by the late catastrophe of bringing to an issue other poi) its of importance which have been long pending be twe en the two Governments. To be left in our present position after the perpe trat ion of the horrible outrage just committed, even per, ding reference to her Majesty's Government, seems irnl lossible, and, with the feeling that it is so, we must lea , re it to your Excellency to determine whether it be pre cticable to station such a force here as will permit British subjects to reside here, and carry on their trade wit bout their lives being placed in imminent jeopardy, or wh ether it be necessary, e.en at the sacrifice of their ten tporary commercial interests, to remove them from the port by the most stringent measures, the Chinese Go vernment in the latter case being of course held re spo .nsible for all losses arising from such removal. " A. JARDINI3 (and various others)." ttcii comingeidri eo v , e u w d gih t t h ihta e h m teah , et, thick arc eksdhsfohoguigopt, going : n s g gt e t ao h mn a t the Eng make an e A ar l : t e e Ea r pn w tga a liiii i s t jh i A n nl g ira f en b y r , about an hour, till a little after seven o'clock, the war-steamer Pluto became visible feel s ta n da i i slowlyn nb g lgolittohtlne stihpdere proud, ua,grdab,i andontas to see di iaseeprseat paddle box. box. It was, under all the circumstances, a sight to steadily and skilfully she was, under his directions, brought through a narrow passage, between a ridge of sunken rocks, just below the place of execution. She anchored at the end of the two lines of mandarins' ves sels, almost closing up the space between them. In about five minutes after the anchor dropped, two boats put off from her, filled with the soldiers, followed by a third, containing the Hon. Mr. Johnston, Mr. Vice-Conful Elmslie, and Mr. Meadows, interpreter to the Consulate. Our soldiers, in two divisions, and a party of the Pluto's seamen, with fixed bayonets and drawn cutlasses, formed along the bank of the river. About two minutes afterwards the signal for the execution was given by one of the mandarins, with whom Mr. Johnston and his party were standing, calling out the syord " pan" (proceed), which was passed by the subafdinates to the opposite line of vessels, one of which contained the prisoners, and within five yards of which I was standing on the bank. " ' The first of the criminals that was brought out seemed to be about twenty-five years of age, decently dressed, tall for a Chinaman, and strongly made. He had good features, but was ghastly pale, he was gagged, and had his hands tied together behind his back, and his feet were fettered in the Chinese manner. He had a piece of wood, about two feet in length, with a slip of paper at the head of it, sticking down between hies clothes and his back. This piece of wood is called Cha peaou, and the criminal's name, with a description of his crime, &c., is written on the paper attached to it. He passed from the boat to the shore along some planking, over which he was supported by a Chinese policeman on each side. There was another policeman behind him pushing him roughly forwards. The eyes of this criminal were rolling about in a fearful manner, as ho turned them from the foreign soldiers to the sea men between whom he passed from the boat to the field. lie was run out about 20 yards from the river, into the square, till about 10 yards from the spot where I was standing, with a clear apace between, so that I was able to see very plainly the whole of the proceed ings. When the policemen had led him to that dis tance, they threw him down on the ground, and in consequence of his hands being secured behind his back he tell quite forward on his face. The executioner, who on his being brought out came running from whore the mandarins were stationed, with his naked sword in his hand and his sleeves tucked up to the elbows, was by this time at him, and after pulling out the Cha-peaou from his back raised him up into a kneeling posture. He then took hold of the criminal's tail, which had been previously rolled up into a knot, with the left hand, and by the help of this hold and by pressing the right foot on the criminal's bands, or on the small of his back, brought his head and neck into the requisite position, sticking almost straight out and horizontal from the trunk, but slightly bent down. He then, retaining his hold of the tail with the left hand, brought his sword down in the right band, so as almost to touch the cri minal's neck, which I suppose he did in order, as it were, to mark the exact place at which to strike. He then raised the sword quickly up, and at one blow severed the head from the body, only leaving it attached by a small piece of skin, which he afterwards separated by a tug. The policeman now took the trunk and put it into a Chinese coffin,:which some of the other policemen had brought forward while the beheading was going on. 'This criminal being a stout- bodied man, the policemen were obliged to force his body into the coffin by stamp ing it in with their feet, which, from the cool way in which they did it, was to me the most disgusting sight I witnessed during the morning. After the trunk had been completely squeezed in one of the policemen took the head from the ground by the tail and put it into the coffin, into which another put the Cha-peaou. The head when suspended by the tail in the air had, from its ghastly paleness and the dropping of the under jaw, a peculiar lengthy horrible appearance, which, when once seen, will, I think, be long remembered. " ' The second and third criminals who were brought out close behind the first man seemed to be about fifty years of age, and meagre-looking people. They were gagged and fastened in every way like the first man, and were as roughly handled. The executioners, however, cut their heads completely off at one blow. They were then put into the coffins , first the trunks and afterwards the heads. The fourth was carried out from the boat into the square, by means of a piece of matting slung be tween two poles. He sat huddled together with his head resting on his breast; and being tumbled out of the con; veyance in such a manner that when the executioner raised him up the man's back was turned towards me. I did not see his face so as to judge of his age. I re tracked, however, that he was dressed in very ragged clothes. The executioner had a good deal of trouble to get th man's head put ii the proper position, and seemonsequence of having to handle him so much, to be rather unnerved, for in taking his aim with the Mrd, in the manner described above, I saw that his hand trembled very much ; notwithstanding this, how ever, he severer Bead from the body at one blow. " The circumstance of the executioner's being punish able if he strike more than one blow, may account in part for his anxiety and nervousness. When all the four criminals were beheaded and the trunks and heads put in the coffins, the Chinese policemen carried them into a small boat. " ' From the time of taking the criminals from the large vessel, until their bodies were carried to the small boat, the whole period, did not, I think, exceed eight minutes. I have since asc ined that the bodies were buried at a place outsides) e eastern gate of Canton, jilt named Llan Tsankting 7 '," COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (from ilie Bombay Times.) - THE BOMBAY MARKET. FROM THE IST TO THE 16TH JANUARY. Since our last report a general dulness has prevailed, and the business of the fortnight is limited in amount, both in imports and exports. In the money market no change has taken place. The steamer with the London mail of the 7th ultimo has not yet arrived, and being some days past due, the anxiety with which she is looked for has been added to. Cotton Piece Goods—The limited demand existing at the date of our last for these fabrics has continued to the present time, and the amount of business done in the fortnight is, therefore, small. Prices of a few kinds of goods arc rather more in favour of buyers than they were, but on the whole are well supported, owing to im porters having pretty generally refrained from pressing stocks upon the market, and which light receipts, added. to the limited quantity upon hand, and on the way out, war rants them in not doing. Low qualities of grey and bleached continued to enjoy:a preference in demand, but transactions in all have been so unimportant as not to call for special. notice. Of dyed and fancy goods there have been a few trifling sales, and Turkey red, plain, and twill cloth in the former, continue to be inquired for. Prices of the plain cloth of good quality have slightly improved. For Turkey red prints there has also been a slight in quiry, but the prices offered are still very low, and far from remunerating. Cotton Yarn—ln the Grey, has partaken of the dull ness prevailing in the piece market, and the sales since, extensive expected.i n p r l a i e s e t o sr f: . e 3.1 v ery ,0 sales sh. e oa sfni l dt i m m h 40e i s a t a e psr d r. eemiyuniunoladueme:raon f o rtnigh t, unodntet4,d o, b s u a. t n w dwwaskt was s c or h 7, onlybafter t wt oh t decline,i h be h t e e . i arises solely from the quality having been inferior. Ot: iesrannogteed at a low noealesha ti v g e ure. transpired,rne formerbutofdTyeurkcoenyties to red ens be is request. Mule 80 bales, 3001bs. each—No. 30, at annas 6i per lb. No 40, at annas 7/ per lb.; No. 70, at annas 10% per lb. Water, 145 bales, 3001bs. each—No. 30, at annas 7i per lb. ; No. 40, at annas 8i per lb. Turkey red German dye, 50 bales, 4001bs. each, in lilt). bundles No. 30, No. 40, and No. 50, at rs. 1-4-6 per lb. Woollens continue to bo neglected, and nothing has been done in them. METALS.—lron—Swedish bar has been in good de-- mand, and an assortment of suitable sizes has realised an advanced quotation. British bar is much wanted, and.' what with a very limited stock and a good inquiry from. the interior, prices have further advanced., and have stilt an upward tendency, A current assortment would now command 40 ra to 43; square about 46 rs to 47, and. round 46 rs to 50 per candy. Of the latter a small sale, as will be observed, is reported at this; extreme prices quoted, the size, 2 to 2i inches, being at the moment what is much wanted. Nail rod, hoop, and sheet con tinue much as before reported. Copper is steady, an& some sales have had effect at full pricks; the bitter for tile are in the ascendant, 52 rs. per cwt. having been re fused for a parcel, stock of the kind in first hands being moderate. Lead has farther advance din price, WU nothing has been done in it. Of Spelter, 200 cwt. bast been sold to arrive, at 11 rs. per cwt. Tin plates muc h: the same as before. Iron-250 candies Swedish bar its.s2 pr. d ody.. 50 160 ditto ditto ............ .. , pr. cwt.. 400 cwt. hoop ...................... _ .do. Copper-300 cwt. sheathing ....... 150 dittodit to square British nail bar rod ( all .. round) ... .. . ' 42 3 0 1 d d °: : . 6 64 64 do. 200 ditto braziers ............. ditto sa do. 200 ditto ditto 400 ditto tile 200 ditto ditto last ig tio Cochineal — Nonesti ()11, which in the market, ydb o a b n t d a we repeat our Saffron —First quality in goo demandl, and saleable per lb. of rather inferior is reported. I ts-- n ecpuraainciduyanhtiastiesboefenbroswolnd andto ex tent pa theo le, a t S ra. o f p 4 e o; hhSdPs gallon, and for the present the market is well supplied. Beer—None at market, but of porter there has been a recent import, the bulk of which is for Government; and we only hear of a sale of 30 hhds. Tennent's at 55 rs. per land. --- - saotldmart quotation. rs. p e EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—This market continueti in an exces sively dull state. Purchases in the fort' light have been few and trivial in extent, and chiefly for the China market. We quote prices much lower, hut a good pro portion of the decline is more nominal than real, the quality of nearly all available being so. very inferior, more particularly Compta, which dose ription at this ;season of the year is always in the great est abundance. The latter is this season much more SN !dy than usual, and the fraudulent mixing of it wit? h Rajapore and holapore descriptions, which appears 1,0 have been car ried ou to some extent, has much dept. / iciated its stand- Now ready, Third Edition, greatly enlarged, with handsome Map of the Country from Calcutta to Lahore. Bvo. INDIAN RAILWAYS. By AN OLD INDIAN POSTMASTER. " The Old Indian Postmaster has added an immense mass of in formation to this edition of his book—there has not been such a valu able contribution to the civilization of India as this work."—Obser ver, Feb. 13. London ; T. C. Newby ; P. Pichardson, CornhW. . ~