The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-05 00:00:00

_!..EVENING SUN EXCHEQUER,.-(THIS DAY). .an VAUNTLEROY V. JONES. This Was action of trover to recover a number of packs of wool, which was tried before the Lord Chief '" , a on at the l a t e ass i zes h e ld a t Fli n t, when his Lord ship nonsuited the plaintiff. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved for a rule nisi to set aside the nonsuit, and enter a verdict for the plain tiff He said his client was a large dealer in wool; the defendant Jones was a flannel manufacturer, who had . e cry considerabl e b us i ness transac ti ons w ith him. During In last year he introduced a person named Howell to the plaintiff as one who had succeeded to his business. Howell gave an order for wool to the amount of 691. for Which cash was paid, and the money was traced to have come from Jones. The next order was to ,the, amount of 14 7 L, whi c h suns was lik ew i se , paid by Jones' money. he thi r d order amounted to 4601., which was partly paid fur in money, again from Jones, the remainder was paidfor by a bill from Howell. The fourth order was for 361/., part of which was again paid for in cash, and the remainder by bill from Howell; ;and -one snore "transaction of a similar, nature took place be lore the first bill . -*as due. ,! All ! ,=the bills were dishonoured, and •upon inquiry the. plaintiff fit found that Howell had never been .a flannel ma ;21ai7,.,-Ilufacturer-,--that. all the wool had been taken to the. l a )re ls iti , i4 " of Jones, and had been sold by him to pay off a 54; k i i" of between 4,000/. and 5,0001, owing to him by the He (the Attorney-General) contended that t k „;:'7,c,fraud was so palpable that, according to the cases of i ul° tt c• Parry and -Hill v. Parrott, the property in e 'goods had not passed out of the plaintiff, and there ore trover would lie. l !r• Baron P ARXE - —Undoubtedly fraud would vitiate the contract, but the question here is, part of the money mute of troyer be the gods having been paid could tho action mai o ntained without a tender of repayment? of The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that was the real and a most important one it was, for if t he , lyt held th at a t en d er wa s necessary any person who iad deter m ined upon committing a fraud would take care tl° Pay some part of the purchase-money. In this case it was abundantly clear that the object . of Jones was to of t PaYinent of the debt owing him by Howell , out t he property of the plaintiff. He trusted that, as the liy I ,:* was so important to the commercial world, the Court aid think it was one deserving of further consideration. $.ll . -the C OURT —Y es we think it deserves further atten 'ON therefore you may take a7rule.—Rule nisi granted: BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) th :uord DlAncus HILL took the oaths this morning, in • 18 Court in order to qualify himself as a Privy Coun cillo '4 . 1 , r • RICHMOND V. COLE. 4n this case an action had been brought by the plain -71., chemist and druggist, to recover the sum of 6 s. from the defendant for medicines supplied to the mef e ndant's son, a young man residing at Clapham. The -as ° came on r trial before the Secondary of the City ef `: • London, in the month of August last, and a verdict "IS returned for the plaintiff with. 40s. damages. Mr. CHAMBERS now applied for a rule nisi for 4 t ll 2 4 suit or for a new trial, on the ground th a t ,;• ! ,11 • • k „PIRDHIff had supplied these medicines as an K c 'tnecary, and had not produced any certificate ,i 1 " 41 the Apothecaries' Company, nor had he • i m ° ,W4 that he was in practice as an apothecary prior to d -45 . This, lie contended, the plaintiff was bound to inasmuch as he had been applied to by the defend liut'3 son for advice, and had prescribed for him, and ,ttplied Lim with the medicines which he thought ne ot 841. Y. This the plaintiff had not done, and therefore • t o e k Learned Counsel cOntended the plaintiff ought to leave been nonsuited. This point had been submitted efre Secondary at the time of the trial, and that if n er : in summing up the case to the Jury had said that 011 f chemist gave advice, and supplied medicines, and h tt Y , charged for the medicines • supplied as he would • L Q vie dnnoif lie had not given any advice, then he would tk ,:, r ltitled to recmer. Now, that, he (Mr. Chambers), 4 . 14 '"ended, w as such a misdirection as entitled him to a • 1 4 fora new trial. ~, k ro „!. Justice PATTESON — Take your rule on both "la.—Application granted. Th. PI NKNEY V. BOOTH. was a case which had been tried before the Sher Yorkshire, on a writ from this Court. Tho writ c k ,„ i returnable oaths 27th July, and on that day the • Ye p bad been tried, but the Jury had not returned their l et un likfendtil after twelve o'clock at night. It was for ant. t il kyi k k e • New T o N now moved for a rule to arrest the judg ,4: ull l ll , t ton the ground that as the writ was returnable on th, the time had expired at twelve o'clock on the t io ""t of that day, and that consequently the Sheriff had ~Power o f rece i v i ng a ver di c t a fter that hour.—Rule 41 granted. v. . ,hisT was an action LEWES tried before AMOß Mr. Sergeant Arabin, • , recov er the amount of attorney's bill. The defendant vie:edfirst, never indebted ; second, that the defend ant had got rid 'of the debt by a bankruptcy,' subse- Chtly to th e co ntracting of it ; and third, that it was - ntracted for an immoral purpose. On the last issue e of the de bt c roved, o whatever , was offered- The enc Was pr v and it was likewise shown that the Plaintiff h - adb e n em ployed by the defendant in March, the bankruptcy having taken place in the February teceding• The verdict was for the defendant in all the ''aues. Mr. JERVIS now moved. for a rule nisi for a new trial. 1 .,..Mr. Justice PArrEsoN--Have you Mr. Sergeant Ara -'l,'‘ notes ? a fr• JERVIS-No my Lord. We have paid for them, t i- they were to have been sent to your Lordship yes erd. ro 4 Y but as they had not arrived, I abstained from -4 0 ,„. ' Part} g• In other Sheriffs' Courts the usual practice is for 1 15 1 41.--es to pay ss. to the Sheriff's clerk, for which the ad opted are supplied -to the parties ; but the practice 14 Q e' e d by Mr. Sergeant Arabin is, that each party pays ". to the clerk, and the notes are supplied to neither 131 h en?, In but are sent to the Court. b, quiries w ere ma d e whether the notes had been sent t icalatak e to the other Court, when it was found that 1 , Z had not yet been furnished. ~,':- , t„,. r . Justice PATTESON-I tild,ought to have the notes be -1111 e• ' However, I think you have shown enough to 4 -Pplic a ti on ft You to your rule, even without the notes. granted. I 'l,, EY ll4 °N • and CO MMERCIAL NEWS. 11 1: ;., CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ipo't , , l '„'"EnPO OL COTTON MARKET, NOV. 4:-The sales of L'at . :' is '',,`" tu-day scarcely realise 2,000 bales. The Market .„,_ .j l - ) 1 01 ( ( l '-ce ,,, c lingly heavy, and priees for the descriptions '" - de ll ' chiefly American, have a further declining ten %(ll 1, e37. Common qualities 51d. to 6d. ' -.. ir lvEnPoor.. SHARE 'MARKET, Nov. 4.-London and_ .i 1111 _,.. 321. Shares, 21i ; New ditto, 24 ; North l ot gi n gham, m hd "'birds, 141. 1 0.d,, 424 eriESTtu Srocit EXCHANGE, Nov. 4.-We have 11 1 ,,,ZY had a good inquiry for Railway Stock, and the d o - 11 . .tet t enerally closes firm; a fair amount of business titki t Q and very little Stock offering at the close: London Si, 'lotith Western, 52; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter ter 4 7 / 8 ' I'd. 15s. 3d. to 21. 15s. 2i-d.; Bank of Manches -1144-.** 18 s. 9tl ; Manchester Assurance, 9 to 91; Man , 1 - i ` r and Salford Water Works, 54 to 54-1. _ . lam x e r rnost important information brought . by the OT Fel-, „if,,llil is the notification issued by Sir H. Pottin ' ails b - ,,,,,,ga-'h has given general satisfaction in the City, but ' - "mewl no effect on the Stock Market. C TIM FUNDS. - ' t114t11°1& opened at" 881 89 for Money, and 891 for h l, t 'li c 'l t , (4l M- Bank Stock . 1641 1651 ; Spanish Active ', 1 7 i )t - ,ik; 'Passive 41 5 ; Deferred 1041 ; Portuguese b- sin(i % -k; ents•. 29 ; I itto Threes 18k. Very little i3O • PiLdeino-, - AB b COP SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. P.id. Per Share. '' , t ' L LOt i°ll4 4 l (l l l W i A . 'ls' ' , lu rtghton 4 , , viii.,40(.1 111ackwall - kol a i v(tw Ditt o anti hirmingliani OO l5B - Li tid ° Nevi .. - •}I, l'ork " and tioutlt Western 3Bl' 52}..... to - ~i , , and North Midlanol so - ..... to -•4j'tt° N ew Shares l5 - to - 1 .( J OINT STOCK HANss. 111. 1 oti au( l Westminster 00 - enroacial of I re l an d... .. .. ...... 25 - HALF PAST ONE. tl a 3 ' he Hamburg - Mail, with letters and papers of Tues -1 '',,' has just arrived. Exchange on London continues : t. 'e .t el . ine ; the last quotation is 13 14:1 ; Gold steady Itit,4e English Stock Market has become flat and heavy 11',, e th o opening. Consols have receded to 88 for pr e en Y, and 881 for the Account ; India Bonds are 2 1 i''‘' t li ; Bank Stock, 165 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, •• • .., V a tt Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 97/4 lir z i l :zY little business doing in the Foreign Market. tU k „„;` 41 11 Bonds are 571 ; Colombian lionds, 19/ ; Por -214.3n Three per Cents., 18 ; Spanish Active Stock, V --- g . ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511 j 511. Bi g Y little business doing in Shares. London and . . 1 k 1 )1; 6 . 11 1 36i • London and Blackwall, 91 ; London W. -r-artningl ' 158 ; Ditto, New, 244 ` 1 ; South ' ster n), 521; York and North Midland, New hares, 271. TWO O ' CLOCK. `' , i to!lt'xt,ll "1 Markets are fl a t and heavy. Consols are 8811 kom7eY sand 88:i i for Account ; Spanish Active II "'' 2. '.l . Co n , QUARTER TO THREE 4 g stl ts, Money, 88-- a ; Do. Account, 88i Z s ; Mold - Spanish, , 8 4 , •M u s ev . 4 2 i 2l* -4-. Per 6,," attention has been excited by the intelligence ,t h e Pi e rland Mail ; but it has caused no excitement. !lav e e a Market is very quiet upon it, and prices h t ruled steady at the public sales this morn keLt ~s ° P illions are divided as to whether the pre '•, 11 4 .I t es Will be maintained, or what may bo the ac 'ill4' '.Pre, s. tellt of the imports. The East India Markets ssi - ' ktl o - yr ilt ,llP new feature. Goods sold rather freely, but ,itil.:+,l P rices, Money was expeCted to be easier. • 11 i'. . e t ,„ Th.. Is ' . =• - - °l ' 4 0 41 " .1 -cl MARKETS-THIS DAY. ~i,t rl Ai , e • CORN EXCHANGE. 114 ,W11( 4t s upplies of Corn this week have been short. %, i, 'i „ i,,„ at Monday's prices, with little doing. Fine ' .''',, vr„, s upported its value, and coarse quality sold ``` d ''' o •t.' Beans and Peas as last stated. Not much e 4 kl f ill ' IT FO Coats ur ' at the and prices unvaried. There was a fair advance. tlhe SMITHFIELD. , 51 ht 4 1.1 3, 7 Y Of Cattle and Sheep this morning was Of c ' with a . ' `Q v dull tr a d e , an d p r i c es of Mutton lower. god d es and Pigs the supply was moderate, with a 20E0 '}piton for fine qualities. Beasts, 522 ; Sheep, 'Nit°. ..,gs, 4 71 ; Calves, 228. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4 . 5. 4 r, d2 . ie. 4 S s. 'IR. Gd. to 4s. 6d. ; Veal, 4s. to 55.; Pork, 4s• ou ud. ' Th lt COLONIAL MARKET. N I . I tiot Public sales w ere o f littl e moment, and the opera tLll' a 'Privat elY were tri v i a l. Th e arrivals keep small. ti l , ( - ) -.1 , The , aeillzeolvnbrie salesTE A MARKET. ' 44 4 th reW " a fair business done in Free Trade Tea, went at full rates. Company's -4 Yidu ciwe ver, was rather lowest, and ls. lud. was Of e igl P4rcola, 110 '~y;,. n hOB Of I C I, 1 1 Vere etb er ii fle . ri- A e to ,our i e• the )rwritio.g i. e 0 iew o s he 1. eco I'llolo G s' l t d,4 11A' Lb° e f ed a, t i.° l o 1° pit ; IC " 0 0; )ai 343ih0 t o ffe to - r► OVERLAND MAIL • By an extraordinary express from Marseilles we. have received Journals from China and India, together with papers from Canton, Singapore, and the several Presidencies Of Hindostan.. The dates of the intelligence received by this express are—from China, Aug. 24; from Singapore, Sept. 4 ; 'from Calcutta, Sept.' 11 ; from Madras, Sept. 15; and from, Bombay, Oct. 1. The . intelligence from China, which ~in con sequence 'of the arrival at Bombay of the steamer Atalanta extends to the 24th of August, is of far higher interest than any from other quarters which has reached ' us by this express. By the Atalanta, the - late Plenipotentiary, Captain Elliot, and the ex- Commodore,. Sir 3 J. Gordon Bremer, arrived from Canton, and, as they proceeded by the overland mail - through Egypt, they may be hourly expected in England. Sir Henry Pottinger and the new Admiral, Sir William Parker, arrived at Macao on the 9th of August, and proceeded without delay to' exe cute their important duties. In the Hong Kong Gazette of the 12th a notification was published by the new Plenipotentiary, and a copy of his own commission from the British Crown. Both docu ments are of high importance, and the former is annexed. From the latter it would appear that Sir Henry Pottinger is sole Plenipotentiary, andal to gether independent of any control on the part of the Indian Government. The notification de clares that war subsists between the British. and Chinese, but that the existing truce should be observed - at Canton unless infringed by the Chinese authorities. It also warns all foreigners against placing•themselves or their properties in anger,,as there might be a collision. The island of Hong Kong:is to be retained until her Ma, jesty's decision is known. - The • Plenipotentiary sent his Secretary to Canton, with a notification of his appointment • and arrival to the Chinese authorities. .A letter is also said to have been addressed to the Eifi peror, to which 'an 'answer is expected at a northern station ; Chusan has been named. The interference of the Kwang-chow-foo, or Mayor of Canton, has been refused. He sought, as on former occasions, an interview with - the British Plenipotentiary, but it was re fused, and he was referred to the Secretary. The Imperial Commissioners and the other man darin authorities at Canton, are described as alarmed by 'these new measures, particularly as the British expedition has proceeded to the northward. It is said that they offered a large sum of money to delay .the departure of the fleet, which was declined. These decided proceedings on the part of Sir H. Pottinger have given satisfaction to the British merchants and all concerned. On. the 21st and 26th of July there were violent typhons on the coast of China, which did much damage. During one of them a cutter, having on board the Commodore and Captain Elliot, was'wrecked on the Island of Know Low, when the crews and passengers were. roughly treated, but after Some parleying they were, for a large ransom, taken to Macao. Two. iron steamers have been sent from Bombay to join the expe dition. In India tranquillity prevails, with the excep tion of some disturbances excited by parties of . the unruly Arab soldiers employed in the service of the Nizam. The trial of some of their men, who'some months back raised disturbances in the neighbourhood of Budamee, is stated to have excited their rage, and they are anxious to attack the gaol or to make a diversion in order to produce their escape; but the British autho rities are on the alert to prevent any unpleasant result. Some of these freebooters have been already condemned and executed. The only intelligence of importance from Scinde is that the important position of Shikar pore has been ceded to the British. Major Out- . ram.has .taken possession of his charge as suc cessor to the deceased, political agent, Mr. Ross Bell ; the negotiations continue with Nusseer Khan, and will, it is hoped, soon produce favour able results. In Affghanistan the conflicts continue between Sc bah Soojah's troops and the unruly mountain tribes. Several encounters took place last Au gust between the British troops and the rebels. In Thibet there is fighting goirg forward be tween some of the Sikhs under forawar Singh and the inhabitants. The former is said to have gained several victories. It is thought that some of the Nepaulese, who are alsO marauding in China, may soon come into contact with the Sikhs there. From Persia or Herat there has been no late intelligence of interest. It is rumoured , that Kamran► is intriguing strongly against his crafty . and powerful Minister, for whose removal he is anxious. Letters from Aden, dated the 10th of October, state that a force of 600 men and a gun had pro ceded eight miles inland and attacked two of the strongholds of the Arabs, and returned with only one officer and four men wounded. They were perfectly astonished, as they had not the least notice of such an act of audacity, and the consequence resulting was an offer of concession from the Sultan on the morning of the above date. Tharawaddie is described as still making pre paration for war, but the proximity of the seat of the British Government at Calcutta will con tribute to neutralize all his intrigues. The new Governor of Bombay, Sir W. M'Naghten, is expected to arrive there in Dec. Intelligence has been received at Agra of the murder of Dr. Forbes, by Ibrahim Khan, the Belochee Chief of Seistan. Mr. O'Gorman, who accoMpanied Major Todd on his mission to Herat, was murdered at Canda bar on the 25th of July,. by one of a band of Afghans, who had bound themselves by a solemn , oath to murder every European within reach of I their daggers. CHINA. (Prom thesßombay Tones of Oct. 1.) The intelligence from China, which in our last came down to the .20th of June, extends up to the present date to the 24th of August. The last faciculus is so recent, that we,can look for little more before the middle of No vember. The truce, of which we formerly gave parti culars, singularly enough continued unbroken from the 27th of. May till the 24th of August. The bulk of the Canton ransom money had been despatched by her Ma jesty's ships Calliope and Conway—the former carrying two and a half millions of dollars to Calcutta, where she arrived in safety on the sth of August; the latter being en trusted with two millions direct for England.• It is said that the expense of transmitting this home, in specie, in stead of by the usual method of remittance, will, besides the value of the vessel's services, amount to 40,0001. The Canton Press considers this a bit of patronage to give the son-in-law of Sir Gordon Bremer, and the cousin of Lord pinto, the captains of the vessels, a little piece of lucrative employment. Sir William Parker is understood to have been greatly incensed that two such vessels as the Conway and Calliope should have been despatched when their services were so much wanted: the 32-pounder armament of the latter render ing her one of the most efficient ships in the squadron. The Honourable East India Company's steam-frigate Sesostris had, when at Singapore, on the Ist of August, lost twelve of her men by desertion. An inventory of the amount of property belonging to Keshen, which has just been confiscated, has been published—its value ex ceeds three millions of pounds sterling !—mostly ex tracted in bribes from the Hong merchants, from opium speculations, and illegitimate imposts'of trade. • The for tune of Keshen is one of many similar ones acquired by like infamous means. The exactions made on the Hong merchants for a third of the ransom of Canton had inter rupted the payment of the dividends which had for some dine been in progress by instalments; so thrit through the medium ~ o f the Hong debts due to them, a part of the six rnillionsof dollars received by Captain Elliot was drawn from the pockets of his countrymen ! By the steamer Atalanta, which reached this on the 26th ultimo, we received intelligence from Hong Kong to the 24th of August. The Sesostris, with the Plenipo tentiary and Admiral on board; arrived off Macao on:the 9th of Atignst, and anchored about four miles from the town. Notwithstanding a delay of two days at Singa pore, where she too k in 180- tons of miserable coal, she acCoMplished her voyage in twenty-three days—being the most rapid on record. At six o'clock the following morning the Nemesis was alonguide with Captains Elliot and Nias, and Mr: Johnston, to welcome the Plenipoten tiary. The same clay, about two o'clock, the Admiral sailed in the Sesostris for Hong Kong, for the purpose of inspecting the condition of the fleet preparatory to an im mediate start for the north. He again returned to Macao on the 12th, and went back to Hong Kong on the follow ing day to hasten preparations, accompanied by Sir H. Gough. On the 13th, Major Malcolm was despatched in the Nemesisto Canton with the announcement of the ar rival of the new Plenipotentiary, and a copy of the de mands of the British Government to be forwarded im mediately to the Emperor. So soon as the arrival of the Secretary was made known to the Kwang-chow-too (the Mayor of Canton), this high functionary intimated his wish to receive the despatch in , person. The hall (now in ruins) of the Company's factory was, as on former occasions, selected for the interview. The Mayor came, attended by old Howqua and Noogell ; but though the former of these is the well-known source of half the great movements in China, and the most profound poli tician perhaps within the empire, both were ordered to retire previous to the commencement of business. The same day a notification was presented to each of the mer chants residing at Canton, intimating that, as hostilities would in all likelihood very shortly recommence in the north, they should keep themselves and their property out of the way of mischief, as the Plenipotentiary would not hold himself responsible, nor must they look for rec ompense . from Government, for any injury they might receive: A rumour prevailed at this time Canton, that ell the Tartar troops had been ordered 4 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEIVIiI3:6i, 5, 1841. don, bought into service—remain - here to protect Hong Kong.. ThelOng4ried sy=stem of humbug is at an end. With Bremer's flag, we hope it is all stt'uck, and our dearly beloved friends Bremer and. Elliot go to Bombay in the Ata.lanta; ' I expteo you will be all down • at the Builder to receive them.. , These heroes of the Bogue, the Boguese as they are- called here, deserve some sort of a tribute' . from the dealers in opium. The Atalanta has returned, as she is completely done; for towing ships, &c., has *quite broken up her frame and engine. The iron steamers are of more.use than any other — they draw , so. little water, and consumed such a small quantity of coal, that their services are incalculable. The Queen is a fine.Xessel; but having Hall's condensers, she is often out of ,repair. I wi s h you could only whisper to your big wigs to send the iron steamers you have in Bombay—at least I have read of such things. I was at MaCao when the Sesostris came in twenty-three days from Bombay, two out of which she remained at Singa pore. This.. is the quickest passage ever made. Elliot went , off to her the next morning in the NemesiS, which vessel acted that day as a tender, and landed their 'Excellencies. Major Malcolm, the Secretary, has been sent with a letter to Canton, advising the Governiucnt with Sir Henry's arrival, and letting his Highness know that his Excellency would wait the Emperor's reply at Chusan, " being after taking Annoy on the way." This is really and truly acting the Irish Ambassador. The letter to the Emperor demands payment in full for the opium, the expenses of the war, and a free trade and Consular rights. What will his Majesty say to this? This is not dealing with subordi nates. We all expect to be soon back. The Emperor will given in ; and as Keshen is reported* again in power, there is no doubt he is too knowing to allow their pro- . vincial towns to be battered down. The Eniperor—tail so dOcked—and their weakness made manifest to the world, mind ye, you will see a new game played. They will give us all we want, just to get rid of Our for Ce. Hong, Fong is a most wretched hot place, particularly at this season ;t from the formation of the bay, not a breath of wind stirs in it. The shore is almost too 'steep to build upon, and the wretched town that now exists is about four houses deep, and a mile and a half , long. This Elliot, the Viceroy, calls the Strand. Few buildings are in progress, but the land was-greedily ,purchased., No doubt .but any place we fix upon will soon become a great mart. • A smart: fire — consumed Hong Kong on the night of the but. the light material of which it is built rendered it easily re• erected. The Phlegethon and Starling.have been to Canton to pull up the stakes which our friends have been employed fixing in the river. They have suc -ceeded so far in.placing stones, that a junk or two well sunk• would fill 'up the western passage. 19th. The Nemesis arrived from Macao to-day, to ac company the fleet northward. Amoy will be taken in stanter, and then Chusan. The 21st is the day fixed upon for a start. This day's return of bayonets in the force is 2,570. P.S. The Queen goes to Macao for Sir, Henry. I must refer you to the Canton Register for Sir Henry's Proclamation. This is the first time that, in the public documents, our aggression on the Chinese has been called a war. ORDER OF SAILING. CENTRE. Befitinck, surveying ship ; Wellesley, 74 ; Blenheim, 74 ; Marion, staff of Sir H. Gough ; Barretto, Gipsey, Eagle, Faze Allutn, Mysore, Prince George, store ships; Algerine, 10. back again ; that two boats full, indeed, had actually arrived ; and though the information continued Without any definite . authentiCation, no doubt seemed to be enter tained that the fortifications would be immediately re built, armed, and garrisoned afresh, so soon as our troops snored northward. The fact of the Kwang;chow-foo re ceiving the despatches in person, is of itself an indica tion of how speedily the ChineSe themselves' bad made the discovery of the different sort of persons they had now to deal with from those who formerly conducted the business of the negotiation, and dealt in it as if it were indeed a business, and the sole one wherewith the expedition had occasion to concern itself. The alter ation was felt immediately in the change of 'Conduct manifested towards the English residents in Can ton ; the customary insolence vanished ; and the studied rudeness experienced in passing along the streets seemed at once exchanged for deference and respect. - Here was indeed a change from men, not measures ; for the powers and instructions under which Sir Pottinger acts, differ almost in nothing from those of. Captain Elliot ; the characters of the men are nearly as much dissimiar as their powers are alike. The Mayor of Canton, on afterwards coming on a mis sion to the Plenipotentiary, was refused a dmittance, and handed over to Major Malcolm, the Private Secretary. On the 12th Sir H. Pottinger issued a notification in forming the British merchants generally of his inten tions, and warning them to keep themselves out of the way of danger. It is a plain, straightforward, manly do cument. The truce with which Capt. - Elliot so unnecessarily tied our hands on the 27th May, has, singularly enough, been maintained with a show at least of a little good faith on the part of the Chinese, and as long as this lasts, Sir H. Pottinger very properly states that he will . hold himself bound by the terms granted by his predecessor . but we hear no nonsense about "great ',respect for the Chinese, or scrupulous good faith of illustrious indivi duals ;" the authorities nh're told at 'once that the slight est infraction of the - tritee' Will lead to a renewal of 'active hostilities within the province, and - that it is accordingly to be borne in mind, that 'such an' event is not only highly probable, " from the well4inderStood perfidy and bad faith of the provincial officers themselves,: but • also because they are compelled at any moment, by orders from the Imperial Cabinet, to set aside and digavow their , own acts. This is speaking intelligibly and to the point, and accordingly the change of feeling prothiced amongst the officers of the expedition seems to have been instan taneous, 'and almost magical. Our mercantile corres pondents write so cheerfully, andin such spirits, that it is difficult to suppose the writers the same as those whose tone for these two years past has been so uniformly' melancholy and desponding. The Canton truce was a purely local one—affecting only the southern pro vince, and accordingly, as preparations proceeded for moving towards the north, the terror of the southern authorities, became - extreme. Ten—some say twenty — millions of dollars are believed to have been offered the Plenipotentiary to induce him to alter his purposes. In answer to the question as-to the nature of the protection which would be afforded to British life and property at Macao, and as to how far the Portuguese Government, in case of emergency, might be depended on—Sir 11. Pottinger referred to the statements in his official notifi cation ; hinting to them, that Hong Kong was now the proper place for British subjects to seek safety ; and that experience should have taught them how far Portu guese. good faith was to be relied on : adding, at the same time, that the same protection which was left for vessels in the roads might, in case of emergency, be made available to the residents on shore. On the 21st the fleet, consisting of nine ships-of-war, four armed steamers, and 22 transports, sailed northward for Amoy. The Admiral continues urgent for more ricer steamers ; and the Medusa and Ariadne, of exactly the same armament with the Nemesis, . that is traversing 32- pounders, left Bombay on the 29th ultimo. A strong force of seven ships of war and one steamer, with troops and transports, remains jor service at Hong Kong and in Canton river ; so that while our principle con sideration is directed to points further north, the people in the southern province will have no want of attention should their conduct require a little castigation—a con tingency much more than probable. The land force mustered in all nearly three thousand bayonets. The fleet of transports amounted to forty. Such is a brief outline of the occurrences in Southern China betwixt the 20th June and 24th August, and tneagre as is the intelligence which it coatains, our friends at home must look for little of more recent date or -pregnant interest for some months to come. We hare already stated that the tone of the whole of our Chinese correspondence had altered ; and al though we 'do not think that its lbrmer tenor was more gloomy and desponding than the circum stances warranted, we consider that, so far at least as their views of the celerity with which matters are likely to be settled, the anticipations of our friends are much too sanguine. It is obvious that the Admiral and Plenipotentiary have kept their own secret, and that much of what is known here as unquestionable fact is matter of idle and vague conjecture at. Macao. We on the 17th and 21st of July put our readers in possession of the opinions and intentions of the Pleni potentiary and Admiral, of which nothing whatever seems to have been known at Macao, though rumours and conjectures have brought them pretty near to the greater part of the facts, excepting, always, as to the duration of the war, in reference to which the China merchants appear to entertain very different notions from those of the parties about to conduct it. We can neither blame nor greatly marvel at this ; but we are bound to caution our friends at home against lending too ready an ear to the contents of their present China cor respondence, or to the letters founded on these, likely tube despatched from Bombay. The merchants at MaCao have written partly in ignorance, partly in over-sanguine antici pati( )11 of what will immediately be done; and these send ments'are likely enough to be re-echoed from Bombay by those who rather illogically argue, that because their correspondents are on the spot, they must therefore know better than we do Who are thirty days removed from it; forgetting that the people at Macao are wholly in the dark as to what is perfectly known in India—the autho rity under which the Plenipotentiary acts, and the views entertained by him and Sir William Parker, as wallas by the Governments—supreme and local—as to the ultimate termination of our operations. Our readers will recollect that so far back as July we informed them that the strictest blockade would immediately be imposed on the river and southern shores of China; and this. much of the arrangement only has been temporarily interfered with by the treaty with the Cantonese which the Pleni potentiary found in force: so soon as this is broken—as it undoubtedly speedily will be—the primary arrange ment' will be put into effect. The total suspension of trade we- stated as certain to ensue ; and this Sir 11. Pottinger has notified in his address. We know no set of men who will more cheerfully acquiesce in any amount of individual sacrifice or inconvenience that may be required of them, on considerations of publiC benefit, than the British merchants in China. The fleet has sailed north, as we stated that it would do, and will proceed to occupy Ning-po and Atnoy, where it will remain for six months inactive. This is the term to • which many of our Macao correspondents limit the arrangements of the whole expedition altogether. Chusan will not be occupied until the sickness prevalent there in September. and October shall have passed over. The expedition Jo the Yellow Sea will take place as early in spring as the state of the weather will permit. Such we stated before to have been the plan of the Admiral on leaving Bombay ; nothing has occurred so much at variance with his expectations as to lead him to alter it ; and we know that up to the 21st of August it had not been altered. Sir W. Parker on leaving us, did-not expect that the affairs in China would be settled in less than sixteen or twenty months ; and to that effect he had the dock-yards, arsenals, and marine stores at Bombay,. Trincomalee, and Madras, inspected and reported. on, with a. view to the assistance or repair of any of the heavy ships of the squadron which might, during that protracted period, have become injured : we know of nothing that can have, meanwhile, occurred to make him imagine that the term of his duties will be abridged to a shorter span than he had in July last prescribed. We have no doubt that Sir Henry Pottinger and Sir William Paiker will do all that becomes a British Pleni potentiary- and a British Admiral ; and that their efforts will ultimately be crowned with that triumphant success which has invariably attended the arms of England when directed by fitting counsellors, and wielded by proper hands : they can attempt- no more, and they can look for no more. It were the most rash and preposterous of attempts to endeavour, amidst the mass of discordant materials wherewith we are furnished, to prophesy or prescribe a term for the conclusion of our present ope rations ; but we are most strongly convinced, that that assigned to them by the China correspondents—antici patieg as it does the probable arrival of the Bombay river steam flotilla, and the British reintbrcements that Left England in July—is infinitely.ton limited. [FROM THE s:sat.] The llonourable Company's steamer Atalanta arrived here on Sunday evening, the 2fitkult., from China, bring ing intelligence to the 24th August. . Amongst her passengers arc Commodore Sir, J. J. Gordon Bremer, and the late Commissioner Captain Charles Elliot. The only intelligence of importance she brings witl her as to our operations there, is a plain, manly, straight forward proclamation by Sir Henry Pottinger, the new plenipotentiary, which will be found subjoined. The Sesostris, which left this on the 17th July, reached Macao on the 9th August. A frightfel typhoon had blown over the alinnsp Seas on the 21st and 2Gth July, and done fearful damage to the shipping. The following is an extract of a private letter from Hong Kong, dated 18th August : The fleet consists of— • 74. Wellesley, Captain Maitland--Sir W. Parker, Commander-in-Chief. Captain Herbert. - Captain Bourchier., Captain PriLchard.. Captain Smith. „ CaptMa ,Nin.s. Bentinck, Snrveying. Starling, schooner. Sesostris, steam frigate, Captain Ormsby. - Queen, armed steamer. Phlegethon, iron steamer. Nemesis, do. do. 74. Blenheim, 38. Blonde, 28. Alligator, 42. Druid, 26. Herald, 18. hyacinth, 18. Pylades, 16. Cruizer, 16. Columbine, 18. Modeste, 10. Algerine, 12. Royalist, 6. Sulphur. The fleet of transports consists of forty-four vessels ; we muster three thousand bayonets. Every thing is in a great state of preparation for our de parture, and only wait the arrival. of Sir Pottingcr, and the Queen leaves to-day to bring him over from Macao ; the first of our operations is to be the reduction of Amoy, then the devoted Ting-hae—where the fleet and forces winter. Strong opposition is expected at Amoy,' but no Chinese, or China army, can stand against the long-tried courage of the English troops. Sir G. Bremer hauls down his flag from the Wellesley to-day, and Admiral Sir W. Parker shifts from the Blen heim to that vessel. 1 The Alligator, Hyacinth, and Royalist—late Mary Oor- LEFT VAN. Queen, armed steamer ; Plilegethon, armed iron steamer ; Columbine, 18 ; Druid, 42 ; R a t t l esna k e , Tho mas Grenville;Futtay SSlam, Al lalevie (18th Regiment); Minerva, Marian, Worcester (49th Regiment) ; Py lades, 18. -- • -- RIGHT VAN. Sesostris, steam-frigate ; Nemesis, armed iron steamer ; Modeste, 18 ; Palmyra ; Rustotnjee (Marine Artillery) ; Atiet Rahomon (Sappers and Miners) ; Orient, Coro mandel, Ernaard, Blonde (55th Regiment) ; Haslimey (26th Regiment) ; Blonde, 38 ; Cruizer, 16. [This looks very like a start, and I trust we Madrasees will astonish the Celestial World`] IV l The a• ••••.. following is Sir Henry Pottinger's notification, adverted to in preceding columns. We are•glad to per ceive from it his ExCellency's purpose to pursue a firm and decided line of policy, and think it not unlikely that the infringement by the Chinese of any part •of the late Canton treaty may be immediately followed by a close blockade. The expedition will sail, we learn, on Mon day next. We have not heard yet what ships are likely to go, and what ships remain here. Captain Nias, of her Majesty's ship Herald, will be senior commanding officer 'in these waters. ARRIVAL OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY. On Monday night last, the 9th inst., arrived from Bombay, the lion. Company s steamer Sesostris, and on the morning following landed at Macao Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Sir H. Pottinger, her Majesty's Ambas sador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court.of Peking, attended by Major Malcolm, 3d Light Dragoons, Secretary to the Special Mission,. Lieut. Ten nant, R.N., Mr. Chimmo, Secretary to the Admiral. Their ExcellencieS left England by the July Overland Mail, arrived in Bombay on the 7th of July, and sailed thence for China on the 17th, having thus been, including a stay of 10 days in Bombay, only 67 days out from Env land; an unprecedented short passage; and what is More sinplar still, answers have been received by the SeSoA tris to 'letters from this, dated 31st March, thus the whole time of a letter sent from here was only the .sin gularly short time of four months and ten days; which, before steam communication, was reckoned to be a more than commonly good passage from. his to England, or vice versa.—Canton Press. Aug. 14. . NOTIFICATION. . . In taking charge of the ofitees of her Majesty's sole Plenipotentiary, Minister Extraordinary, and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, Sir Henry Pottinh-er deems it requisite and proper to publicly no 7 city, that he enters on his important functions with the most anxious desire - to Consult the wishes, and to promote the prosperity and well being, as well as to provide for and secure the safety, of all her Majesty's subjects, and other foreigners (so far as th e c oncerns of the latter can be affected by his proceedings), at this moment residing in any part of the. dotninions of the Emperor of China; and that he will be ready and happy, at .all times, and under all circumstances, to give his best attention to any questions that may be submitted to him. At the same time, it becomes his first duty to' distinctly ihti mate, for general and individual information, that it is his intention to deiote - his undivided energies and thoughts to the primary object of securing' a speedy and satisfactory close of the war, and that he therefore can allow no consideration connected with mercantile pur suits, and other interests, to interfere with the strong measures which he may find it necessary to authorise and adopt towards the Government and subjects of China, with a view to compelling an honourable and lasting peace. • Sir Henry Pottinger is - conscious that amongst the persons to whom this notification is addressed, there are few individuals who are not as well qualified as himself to form a correct estimate of the reliance to be placed on the agreements and promises of the Provincial Govern ment of Canton. He has intimated to that Government that he is willing for the present to respect the existing truce, but that the slightest infraction of its terms will lead to an instant renewal of active hostilities in this province ; and it is accordingly to be borno in mind, that such an event is not only highly probable, from .the well-understood perfidy and bad faith of the pro vincial officers themselveS, but also because they may ' be compelled, at any moment, by orders from the Imperial Cabinet, to set aside and disavow their own acts. With these views and sentiments, it only remains for Sir - Henry Pottinger to warn her Alajesty's sub jects, and all other foreigners against putting themselves or their property in the power of the Chinese autho rities, during the present anomalous and unsettled state of our relations with the empire ; and to declare, that if they do so, it must be understood to be at their own risk and peril. Sir Henry Pottinger avails himself of this opportunity to announce, that the arrangements which have been, made by his predecessor, connected with the island of Hong Kong, will remain in force until the pleasure of her Majesty, regarding that island and those arrangements shall be received ; and on this point Sir Henry Pottinger further desires to call the attention of all concerned to the public notice issued by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary en the 10th of June last.--Dated at Macao on the 12th of August, 1841. - (Signed), HENRY POTTI..TGER. • Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. Others say he is handed over to the Board of Punishment. t Thermometer to-day 89, and not a breath of wind. INDIA. pass i ng events hav e no t b een . w i t t i O u t I have no very great events to tell you of this month. Nevertheless, the interest.. First in prominence, I think; lis the , uppr6ach of the Burmese Monarch to Rangoon.:. Government .1 has made some preparations for any. hostility , :on the . part of Tharawaddie b y the des p atch of the, Childers to Moulmein, and th e authorities there , have pre ; have been d espatc h e d from ith heavy gu n s.. Thi s b y Bing,if may hey be hos tile—appearances check pared three gun-boats , and are practising ' them in the requisite opeia tions a g ainst an en emy. . Some lairNtvilrle Madras,rys service, ttn e v n ide , e , C sla ro stores, nultet datk is preparing t wo steamers for w c. which, Burmese ifobserved, til e —appearances are a t least so. His approach to the ,f way the intentions o f Pre c oast with an army of 70,000 ch oice troops, the for tification of Rangoon , erection of batteries at: Marta para o t f io t n h , e Marta hun, opposite to Moulmein, where also the jungle was being cleared away and stockades:erected,..are suspicious circumstances, to say the least of them, and, demand precaution ; and the withdrawal of a regiment from Moulmein, may have given him courage to' commence hostilities. There is a strong report at Rangoon and other places, that this movement has been the result of an application from the Emperor of China ; nor is it, per haps, improbable. Yet one would hardly think that Tharawaddie can have forgotten the last war, where our knowledge was incomplete, and yet he received so severe a lesson. He can little estimate the power of steamers upon the great rivers, or the facilities our occupation of Assam, &c., have give n us for p ouri ng troops directly upon his capital ; an d the war, if. there, is, to be one, would soon be put an end to by taking, possession of it, and cutting off his Majesty's retreat. A dittle time will relieve us from our present anxiety. upon .this subject ; and though a Burmese war would not be .an agreeable service; or at all desired by, the a ovev in p mt in 'its pre sent financial difficulties, yet the emergency would be met, and the service performed, in that. resolute spirit which is never found w antin g at need. • 'Since the engagement with Akhtar Khan in the lig mund, there has . been another affair with the Ghilzies, in which . they suffered severely. There were two en gagements, both „ m i r y affairs ;n which the sth,Beiwal Cavalry, and one of the local Rissallas behaved exceed iacrly6 well. : The enemy mustered about 2,000 horse and foot, tad left 300 dead .ou the field, whi c h • proves that swords must have been pretty active, and used }with gallantry. This will help to do away with the slur which the conduct of the Second cast on the Bengal cavalry in general, and there has been a good deal of local discussion, to prove that it was good for little, and never had done much. I hope, however, there is no foundation for such a remark, and that the present proof which has been given of ability to face a hardy enemy in a hand to hand fight will be fbl lowed up by other good deeds, when necessary. Since this last engagement there is a report at Bombay of another affair with Akhtar Khan, somewhere near Ghirish, on a larger scale than usual, for a thousand dead are reported to have been left on the field. The action is said to have taken place on the 16th or 17th of August, but there is nothing certain known as yet. A few, days will most likely bring the news, if it is true. Certain it is, that Candahar has been very un settled for a •long time, and the emissaries of Persia, through Ramran Schach, very active. If, therefore, the Candahar men, the Ghilzies, and Akhtar Khan should have united, as might have been effected, it is not im probable that such an event has happened, as is reported, and, if true, so severe adefeat ought to have a good ex ample. One can only lament, without power of remedy now, the unfortunate cause of the Ghilzie outbreak; and Lieutenant 'Vila's feelings upon the subject can be any thing but bearable. He has been withdrawn from poli tical employ, and his conduct and its consequence will be a lesson, it is hoped, not only to the Government to direct their choice of agents, but in the agents also to keep their tempers within bounds. Sir W. Macnaghten is removed to Bombay, I see, and all point to Barnes as his most proper successor. Cer tainly, from reputation and local knolledge, he is almost the only man that could be fixed on. May we hope that the universal hush-money system of his pre decessor may ,be abandoned ; and if We are, or rather Shah Soojah, to have rebellious subjects, that British money may not be squandered on them any longer, but that they may be well trounced if they rebel ? It has been stated on good authority in the northern papers, that Shere Sing has given up Peshawa to Shah Soojah , who has made it over to us. Any equivalent for this ces.i,Ll is not apparent, but it may be the recognition of Shere Singh as ruler of the Sikhs, which has not yet been made—a circumstance which Shere Singh would give a long price, it is be lieved, to bring about. Report, however, says that Lord Auckland is not, and will not, be satisfied with Peshawa only, but will insist on Shere -Singh receiving a subsidiary force, and becoming, in fact, one of the same class of independent potentates as the Nizam, -and his brother Sovereigns of India. If this can be brought about peaceably, it will be a very able political stroke, and will earn his Lordship more time than the Affghan war as it stands at present. With Peshawa and a Sikh subsidiary force, we should have nothing to fear in the present extension of our frontier, as a communication would be insured with our frontier posts. We have news from the north of Peshawa and Cashmere of an extraor dinary character, which may end in more than at pre sent appears to us. A body of Sikhs, horse and foot, have penetrated into Thibet through one of the passes, and by all accounts are driving all before them in the shape or Thibetian soldiery they meet with, their num bers being swelled from the rear as the news of their success is known. They were travelling eastward, in the direction of the Mansawoara Lake, and had cer tainly defeated the Thibet soldiery in several engage ments with no loss or next to none. At home all is quiet, except in the south-western part of the Nizam's territories, where, and in the districts of the Company bordering on them, there are.threatenings of disturbances from Arabs, 2,000 of whom were at one time said to be collected for the purpose of releasing their countrymen captured at Badamee, and of plunder also. I attracted some notice to the Arabs at Hyderabad last month, and pray of you to remark upon their exist ence there. I know not why they should be tolerated for a moment. What possible need the Nizam's Go-• vernment or his nobles can have'for them I know not. They are a dangerous, oppressive body, linked together by their isolation and ties as countrymen ; and they should not be allowed to remain by the British Govern ment, against which at any time they are ready and will ing to be hostile. If the Nizam's Government needed them for the purposes of repelling invasion, or for repressing in ternal insurrection, it would have a pretence for retaining them ; but it has not even these. From without there is no fear ; within, the regular troops and the subsidiary force are ample for all emergencies—nay, the first of self. The truth is, the Arabs are useful in collecting the revenue by force ; they are savage and unscrupulous, and as it is currently said one Arab is more feared than a dozen men of the country, if this dread was used in moderation it would be well enough, but who can sup pose it is ? and certainly no one who has had experience will say that it is. The Bombay Government are a good deal to blame in allowing the Arabs to land and pass inwards. On.several occasions, if I mistake not, the re sident at Hyderabad, as nearly as 1828-29 (when. there were hardly 5,000 Arabs in the service of the State and its dependents), and since then, requested the Bombay Government not to grant passports to the bodies of Arabs. The request of the British Government seems to have been utterly disregarded, for there is rio doubt that there are from 12,000 to 15,000 Arabs in the Nizam's dominions. Non-interference is all very well in internal Government, but there should be no hesitation to interfere in a case like this, for you may depend on it, sooner or later, the Arabs will come to 13.lows.with the British troops, and many a brave fel low's life will be lost. Better far to discharge them in bodies, march them without their arms to Bombay, give them their arms when they are embarked, and prohibit I their return. lam not certain that this could be done without some bloodshed, but better little than much ; and this measure has been so long neglected by 'the Go vernment here, though they are aware of its import ance, that it is absolutely necessary the Government at home should interfere. The dismissal of the Arabs would make the Nizam's Government much more just towards its people ; it could obtain plenty of good sol-: diers for all just purposes in its own territories, and if needful the regular troops might be augmented. Any thing is better than the present system, which cannot be excused or defended. There are two excellent papers in a Calcutta journal upon the outlay of Government in roads, bridges, and canals. It was the unceasing cry of Mr. Thompson in his lectures, that the• Government had done nothing in' these respects ; that the roads and canals of the former Governments were neglected and in ruins, and that not a rupee 'was allOwea 'tor 'their repair or reconstruction. The publication of the report of the board of wwks gives the. truth ;:.,and though it is shabby enough, yet it is something. . In, 20 years of the expenditure of this department in Bengal alone, we find one million and a half sterling (150 laci), which is 7i let a-year, or one per cent. of the land revenue. Many of the outlays re turn so large a profit to Government that it is surprising that more is not undertaken. I allude to the sub ject of canals, in which for the last year 237,813 rupees have been expended. The returns from these works are 469,197 rupees, thus giving a clear profit of 211,384 rupees, or in round numbers 21,0001., within the year. The grand opposer of all improvements in roads, canals, and other great public works, is, it' aP . - pears, the Home Government, many works of absolute importance having been negatived by them, and others extorted with difficulty. Such splendid profits as the canals' for irrigation afford ought, however, to make them 'less chary of outlay, even if the higher considera tion of the well-being of the country has no effect, and it lies with you to administer such reproof to the autho rities with you as the case so urgently demands. 80,000!. per annum is a miserable allowance from the Government; one per cent. of the land revenues, ex pended in roads, bridges, canals, embankments, andedu cation, should make them ashamed of that philanthropy for which they demand the admiration of the world. Of the Bombay and Madras Presidencies in this re• speet no information is afforded ; indeed, they are fur behind Calcutta in the openness of their administration ; fur when in Bengal there are reports printed of the ope rations of the Board of Works, the police, education, and other departments, no information can be obtained on any point in either of the others. This should be amended : so long as things are hidden it is certain there is much—very much—to be ashamed of. A healthy and honest Government never need or would be ashamed to make its acts and its condition known. I have said that it will bo advisable to move troops from New South Wales to China, and I say so because no more troops can be spared from here. I told you that 'Work was preparing for us in 13tirmah, and that I was right now appears from the various movements which :,have taken place. The Proserpine and Ganges, armed steamers, have been moved down} from here to Moul mein, which is threatened by the Burmese movements. The gun-boats there have been put into complete re pair:" Her Majesty's ship Childers is also there. About 100 artillerymen more have been sent from Madras, and her Majesty's 57th regiment, now stationed there, have Been directed to hold themselves in readiness, in case their services should be suddenly required in that direc t*. There is little, if any, doubt that the Burmese ,court has been influenced by representations from that of China. Captain Bogle, our Commissioner at Arracan, has just 'arrived, and has been in close communication with the Government, and I have reason to know that it is upon matters relative to the Burmah movements in his vicinity, althoUgh I cannot learn their nature. In the course of a day or two the Commander-in- Chief and his staff leave for Ferozepore, where a force of about 7,000 men is assembled, . and whither all officers, absent on leave from the regiments of which it is composed, are ordered to join by the 15th of Novem ber. This gathering on the frontier of the Punjaub looks hostile, especially when the present unsettled state of that country is' considered; but there can ice nothing but surmises afloat upon the subject at present. Of commercial news I have but little to communicate. The indigo season is concluded, and the out-turn is va riously estimated at from 125,000 to 140,000 maunds, but both of these are planters' calculations, whose interest it is to keep butow the mark. It will certainly amount to the largest quantity above named, and will probably approach to 145,000 maunds; 120,000 from Bengal and Behar, and 25,000 from Benares and the Dooab. Sugar is rather looking up, in consequence of the near approach of the shipping season, and the same observation applies to raw silk. The following ships have arrivedfmnroia.....r mEn , g s la w n a d u a o n w d , Scotland during the la st month :_ze Kilblain, Maria, Eleano r Lancaster, Margaret COrm e j, Otterspool, Iris, Druid , Larkins, Justiva, Robert ma:: thews Gleniera, Wild Irish Girl, . Thomas Parkins, Manilla, Winchester, John Mitchell, John Graham, En- chantress, and the Cambria. The following have sailed for England, liam Gales, Blackness, Brothers,, Royal;Albert, Santor, Arcturus, Superb,. Amelia, llindoostan, Patriot King, Leonard Dobbin, Ada ms, Harvest Ho me , S amson , Hot spur, Ricardo, John Bull, Margaret, Mermaid, John Knox, the Marchioness Breadalbane, and the Alderman Thompson. The. express portion of the mail, which left England on the. 4th of August; arrived here on the 18th inst, MADRAS. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—GeneraI Showers, it is said, ,will proceed immediately to Bangalore to assume the command of the Mysore division, vacated by the ap- • pointment of Sir Hugh Gough to be Commander-in-Chief of the army. Lieut. L. MaNneen, acting aide-de-camp to Sir Robert Wok, is, we hear, to succeed to the deputy j adge-advecate-generalship, vacated by the promotion of Captain Nepean. Detachments of the Company's recruits have arrived from England in the ships Justina and Malcolm, under the command of Lieutenant Inverarity of the Engineers, and Major Messier of the 39th regiment. The Enter prise steamer has taken 2,000 stand of arms for the Bom bay Government, in addition to 250 boxes of treasure. It is rumoured that the Military Board have at last, through the representations of the Commandant of Ar tillery, recommended that some three or four additional warrant officers and 100 Lascars should .be immediately sent to China, and six Gomer chamber mortars will, it is supposed, be forwarded by the same opportunity. We regret to learn the Government have decided on breaking up the European veteran battalion. This, if it prove correct, will fall heavily on the poor fellows' pensioned on the small pittance termed " Established Pension Pay." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—It affords us much plea sure to record the late splendid passage of the good ship Owen Glendower, which, leaving London on the 18th of June, anchored in our roads en Sunday last (sth instant,) having thus accomplished the passage in the almost in credibly short space of 79 days.TIIE GoYnalloa. 7 -We regret to hear that Lord El phinstone has been seriously indisposed of late. Previous to his visit to the. Seven Pagodas, his Lordship was un well, and since his return his indisposition has unfortu nately increased. The Ldodianizh (Mbar; of the .27th of August, con tains the following : SOUTH HYDERABAD.—The• cholera is committing great havoc in South Hyderabad, and has caused the voice of mourning to be heard from all quarters. Within the last ten days between 8,000 and 9,000 people have died pf this distemper. Newab Ruffant-001-Moolk, a great and much-esteemed chief, has fallen a victim to the plague. NeWatib Moobaroz-001-Dowlah, who, on a charge of treasonable practices, had, with a large party of friends, been confined .in the fort of Coolcundah, and subjected to great indignities, by order of the Nizam, will be re leased, it is 'said, as his innocence is now apparent to the King. DOST MOHAMED.—We are sorry to hear that Dost Mahomed is, labouring under a severe attack of fever, and is reported to dave been delirious. Many of the persons comprising the suite of the ex-Ameer, . together with his son, •Hyder Khan, have also suffered from the same, cause. The climate of Bengal, at this unhealthy season, appears to be as little congenial to the Affghan constitution as to that of Europe. CANDAHAR. The long-looked-for intelligence of the battle with the forces of Uklitar Khan has reached us at last. From the dates of our various letters it would appear that betwixt the 21st--_--the.clate from Quettah when the first rumour arrived here on Tuesday se'nnight—and the 29th ult., to which our present letters from Quettah ex tend, some interruption in the daks betwixt Quettah and Dadur must have occurred. The present encounter appears to have been the most sharp and bloody of any in which we have been engaged since our troops en tered Affghanistan. Our own loss has been, under the circumstances, extremely trifling, and the number of killed and wounded on either side fall, as usual, much below what was originally believed-700 is still a severe list of casualties against the enemy, equal to more than. one-third that which occurred during Lord Keane's cam paign, and nearly double the amount of the slain at any of the thirty actions or thereby in which we have been engaged since February, 1840. The accuracy of the fol lowing particulars may be relied on : On the evening of the 10th of August intelligence was received that the combined forces under Ukhtar Khan, Akram Khan of Duramut, with the chiefs of Bugnee and Bagram, in number about 5,000 men, had marched down the valley to the village of Secunderbad, about twelve miles from camp. At dawn on the 17th, a force consist ing of four six-pounders, wing of the 2d regiment Ben gal native infantry, 400 ; Ist and sth regiments of the Shah's native infantry, about 900 ; wings of the Shah's Ist cavalry, 250 ; and the Ist and 2d regiments of Jam baz, 650 ; marchd against them, under the command of Captain Griffin, of the Bengal establishment, and on ap proaching the enemy were formed up in the line of contiguous columns at open order, with the guns in the centre, and the cavalry on each flank, about 150 paces in the rear. The enemy were found to occupy a low ridge,.running along our front—their left resting on a fort and some inclosed gardens, from which they commenced,a desul tory fire. A few discharges of shrapnell, well directed, soon cleared the heights, and the enemy were obliged to retire to their second position, which was a very strong one, amid gardens and vineyards, inclosed with high walls, and loop-holed. From these they opened a heavy fire, killing and wounding a number of our men. Two companies of the second regiment Bengal N. 1., sup ported by two companies of the Ist regiment Shah's N. 1., under Lieutenant Gardner, were therefore de tached to dislodge them, and led on by Lieutenants Cooke and Travers (both of the'Bengal establishment), gallantly performed this duty, and expelled the enemy with great loss.. The Shah's cavalry then charged, and pursued the enemy to the extreme left of their position, turned it, and fell upon another body who had commenced their retreat, pursuing them, for upwards of a mile. In the pursuit the Jambaz regiments, under the command of Captain Hart, of the Bombay, and Captain Goulding, of the Bengal establishments, highly distine ' miShed them selves, and redeemed their character and wiped off the stigma attaching to them for their misconduct in the pre vious engagement with I:khtar Khan. The loss of the enemy in this action was exceedingly severe, one account stating that upwards of 700 dead were counted on the field of battle. The following list also shows our own loss was severe, and that the contest 'was well maintained. Horse artillery, 1 trooper wounded; 2d Rcgt. Bengal Native Infantry, 7 killed, 30 wounded; Ist cavalry, S. S. force, 5 killed, 17 wounded • Lieut. Crawford, Bombay establishment, slightly wounded; Ist Regt. N. 1., S. S. force, 11 wounded; Ist ditto Jambaz, 4 killed, 11 wounded; 2d ditto, 1 killed, 13 wounded. Total, 17 killed, 83 wounded. Ukhtar Khan, the leader of the insurgents, is reported to have fled at the very commencement of the fight. Prince Timeur, son of Shah Soojah, was present, and is reported to have behaved most gallantly, two of his favourite dependents being cut down by the enemy by his side.—Times, Sept. 22. MURDER OF DR. FORBES. Intelligence was yesterday received at Agra of the dis tressing murder of Dr. Forbes by Ibrahim Khan, the Beelochee chief of Seistan. Dr. Forbes, under the pro tection of Mohumud Reza Khan, the most influential chieftain in Seistan, had completed the circuit of the lake, and visited all sites of interest in the province, accompanied by one Persian servant. From the residence of Mohumud Reza Khan he was escorted to Jehanabad, the fort of Ibrahim Khan, Beloochee, and after remaining with that chief a few days, he left for Sash, . with a party of Ibrahim Khan's horse, for a guard. The Khan joined him at a short distance from the fort; they breakfasted together its a friendly manner, and Dr. Forbes was immediately murdered. Our report says that being attacked by a large hound, brought out to hunt the hog, he shot it in self-defence, and the Khan, in a moment of irritation, immediately fired on him. The other and more cpro bable story is, that the Khan, on pretence of examining his arms, got possession of his gun, pistols, and sword, then immediately gave the signal to his horsemen, who seized the doctor, dragged him through the water of the lake until he was half drowned, and•when he was brought out the Khan shot him with his own hand. • , His Persian attendant was barbarously murdered p day or two after.—Agra U Aar, Sept. 16. MURDER OF . MR. O'GonMAN.—The only news we have from the north-west is the following letter g iving an account of the murder of Mr. O'Gorman, at Candaha r, alluded to in our supplement of Saturday last. The letter is dated the 26th July:— " I lament to inform you that a most respectable and well conducted European met with his death yesterday morning, from the hands of a murderous Affghan. Ile was a Mr. O'Gorman, who had accompanied Major Todd on his mission to Herat, in capacity of writer, and who remained here on that officer's departure for Hindoostan. He was quietly taking his morning walk through the Chasons, when the villain watching his opportunity, quietly, walked up to him and buried his murderous chaco in his bowels ; he immediately attempted to r e p ea t the blow, when a recruit o f the 38th, who was on the spot, brought him to the ground by a seVere blow of a lathee across the temple; he endeavoured to rise, where upon the sep6Yrepeated the dose which enabled him to se cure the culprit and ha nd him over to t h e civil authorities.. sciti.celYelapsed when th e perpetra t or of launched into e t ern i ty, b e i ng blown h fo o u u l r d h e wl ea . was f r om a gun. The poor unoffending Eu ro p ean surv i ved b ut t A h n e a f e w hours when he expired from internal * hemorrhage. Is it not extraordinary that the political authority will -so far insult Christian feeling by the execution of those vil lains on the Sabbath day, which he has done in two.in stances since my arrival here. Ithmediately before the exe cution of the felon he confessed he had followed a palanquin for a great distance, watching for an opportunity to murder the feringhee in it, but not being able to effect that (the palanquin having turned up a narrow gully) he .re turned and met his unfortunate victim. It is supposed that Dr. Jacob, of the 38th Native Infantry, was the person intended, he having just passed that way in the palanquin, proceeding to his hospital. He further stated that there were seven more men in the city who had bound themselves by oath on the Koran to destroy every European they could meet with, having an opportunity. That tragic scene was scarcely concluded when an armed Sowar presented himself in the evening at one of the gates of the city, demanding admit tance of the sentry on duty ; the sentinel .declined, saying if he divested himself of his arms, AC might do so, but that his orders were to admit no armed m an through s the gate after nightfall. On this the Sowar drewwl.iais pistol and fired, but fortunately, thoug h the sentry quite close to him, he missed his ma rk ; the scpo! then his presented his fixed bayonet at the h ors e to prevent h* sabre and entrance, whereupon the Sowar drew, is ho however, finally wounded the man in three places: s w sai th scoundrel is succeeded in securing him. It who accompanied him one of Mr. Macpherson's Sowars, a few days since from _ servants just now Quettah. - 3 en about t Au g ust 0 expi ate his inform me that he is this G te .crime on the gallows."—Delh mo i me ,_ —ONCE. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGE. The latest advices frdm Canton, which extend to the 21st August, represent every article of import, both .f r om England .and India, as lower than was ever before known in China. This extreme depression was attributed -to Abe scarcity of money arising from the abstraction of the biz millions of dollars to pay for the ransom of Can- IVENING SUN ton, and to the absence of the', Shroffs, why wen in the habit of making large advanc e oodi j 4 fio had withdrawn their capital in consequ • - --- - tof confidencein the existing temporvirxt tP aftirs• c u ttike Another cause is, that the lionr itiV h compelling the teamen to take payment in cotton, and other goods; and the latter, anxious to realise, had been doing so, in many cases, at a fearful sacrifice. - The exports of tea since the Ist October last amounted to about twenty-seven millions of pounds, 'and four or live ships were finishing their lading, which would carry the season's supply by the end of September to about thirty millions of pounds, which would clear the market, except a moderate „supply of kinds remaining suited to America, to which .quarter the exports this year had been unusually small. Not more than two-thirds of the money sent last year to the tea country had been for warded during the present season. A letter dated Macao, 24th August, says :—" Major Malcolm - went up to Canton in the Nemesis steamer on 13th August, wit h 'a letter to the Commissioner, enclosing one for Pekin, telling them the reply would be required soon at the Peiho. The Kwang-ehow-foo came to the hall and took the letter. A strong endeavour was made tomix up old llowqua in the discussion, but this was steadily re fused by Major Malcolm. The Cohong have made a de mand for a release from all, responsibility from fire, plunder. &c., before they will allow ships to be secured. This innovation lia*been resisted lair all but one party, who signed a paper to the 'effect wanted. One reason assigned by - the Cehong is, that new folk's words cannot be relied on ; and written not rim vocc engagements are required: All quiet yet, but this is not expected to be long the case at Canton." IsIETALS. A slight reduction has taken place in the prices of English Iron, and some descriptions of Copper are likewise on the decline. Speiter has risen slightly, an improvement no doubt owing to the present scarcity of this article. COTTON MANUFACTURES. Sales have taken place to a considerable extent, but at very low prices. The principal inquiry has been for bleached goods; but at unreinunerating prices. In plain and twilled Turkey-Red Cloths, also, there have been a good many sales. YARNS.—Prices remain pretty much as before, and there is scarcely any Change to notice. There has not been much business done since our last. WoOLLExs.—There is ! little doing in Woollens, the market fOr which continues dull.. EASTERN PRODUCE. Col7ol , l.—The unsatisfactory advices from England by the mail, which arrived on the 6th ult., occasioned a slight reduction in' the price of this staple, 1074 rs per candy being accepted for Broach, 'lo7rs - for Oomrawut tee, and 103 rs for Dollerah, while other qualities fell proportionably. Up to this date the rates we mention have .continuod with little variation ; excepting, how ever, a further decline of from one to 2 rupees per candy in the price of Dollerali, the present state of affairs is not such as to render probable any .speedy change for the better. THE MONEY MARKET. , . Prices of the . different Government securities remain as they were at our fast issue, excepting that of the Four per Cent. Loan, which has suffered a ,slight reduction. Should the investments in the new Five per':Cent. Loan, which of late have been considerable, coritintv : to any extent, it seems probable that an advance in the value of this security will shortly take place. PRICE OF BuLmoN.—Sovereigns, each rs 10.8 a 10.10; Bauk of England notes, per £, 10.8 a 10.12. During the week the Calliope arrived from China, bringing two and a half millions of treasure, a part of the ransen of the City of Canton. The vessel is off the Mint, and the treasure is in course of delivery. It is probable that the whole of this large sum will soon be in general circulation, and strengthen the energies of the improving Money Market. Of the remainder 'of the ran som money 2,000,000 are retained in China ler expenses, and one and a half millions are sent home. The Bill market does not show many operations, but we notice some at an improved rate—viz., 2s. Oid. for ten months' date without documents. We believe the rate is not better than 25., and even at this some parties will not sell. Government paper is looking up, and it is evident the large acquisition into the Treasury will influence the fu ture value, unless there be continued drains from the north-west,-or new wants to the south-east. • Bank Stock continues in demand at the enhanced value. Bank of Bengal Shares at 2,350 a 2,400 rupees ; Union Bank at 250 and 260 rupees ; and Agra Bank at 180 repees premium. Bombay Bank Shares, premium 25 per Cent. SPORTING „INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED DAY.) NEWMARKET COURSING, MEETlNG—Continued. TuuusnAr—(Chippenham Field.) First Ties for. the A11.1114;1011 Stakes—Mr. Finch's Gossip beat Mr. Fyson's Finesse ; Mr. Inship's Iga beat Mr.'Gillett's . Grecian Queen ; Mr. Saberton's Swift beat Mr. Nash's Cinderella. Mr. Edwards' Antoinette ran a bye: First Ties for the Cup—Afr. Dobede's Dunallen beat Mr. Fyson's Fantail ; Mr. Gillett'g Ganymede beat Mr. Finch's Gibraltar ; Mr. Nash's Cadiz beat Mr. Fyson's Fury ; Mr. Saberton's Souvenir beat Mr. Vipau's Verbena. First Ties for the Chippenliam Stakes—Mr. Inskip's Irishrnatirbeat Mr. Edwards' Arctic ; Mr. Gillett's Ge nuine beat Mr. Moody's ltailror.d ; Mr. Dobede's Defl ance• beat Mr. Vipan's Vulcan ; Mr. Fyson's Fakeaway beat Mr. Finch's Genius. • First Ties for the Port Stakes.-- - Mr. Finch's Ghita. beat Mr. Dobede's ])ante ; Mr. Dobede's Delia beat Mr. Fysoles Frederica; Mr. Gillett's Gambler beat Mr. Vipan!s , Violante; Capt. Daintrie's Knab ran a bye. _ . The Rutland Stakes.—Mr. • Edward's Arsenio beat Mr. Bryant's Eclipse ; Mr. Dobede's Thedalus beat Mr. Fyaon's Fly ; Mr. sash's Caleb beat Mr. Finch's: Gar cia ; Mr. Dobede's ,Dougias beat Mr. Batt's Crucifix ; Mr. Inskip's lanthe beat Mr. Nash's Cadlana ; Mr. Ed wards' Antar beat Mr. Saberton's Sesgrii Capt.. Dain tree's Kathleen beat Mr. Saberton's Swallow ; Mr. Ilysott's Fairy beat Mr. Gillett's Go-ahead. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING(THIS DAY.) LONDON, 'Nov. 3.—Wind this day at noon S., variable. OIFF RAMSGATE, Nov.3.—Diana, Hamburgh for Bahia.. DEAL, Nov. 4.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. Geran dus Jacobus, Rotterdam for Batavia. Arrd. from the , River, Ospery, New Zealand. Sid. Tropic, Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 4.--Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. China, Phillips, Bombay—sailed froni St. Helena i .Sept. 14 ; Darsey, Buenos Ayres; Britannia, Quebec; c't say : Jane, Patten, ?rinceEdward's Island; ,Greyhound,Doctor and. .Elizabeth, Smyrna. Sid. Octavia, Lima; Swallow;Val paraiso; Monarch, St. Lucia ; Jane Smith', Vera Cruz ; Edinburgh, Mobile ; James Parkins, Charleston ; Cale donia, steamer, Boston; Dee and John Taylor, Africa. DUBLIN, Nov. 3.—Arrd. Kingston, M'Lean, China; sailed April 2;., Singapore June 11, Anger July 8, St. Helena Sept. 9, with considerable damage, having been in contact with a bark, supposed the Woodman, Liver pool to Bombay, Sept. 17, in lat. 3 S., lon. 19 W. PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 4.—Wind E.N.E. to E., • fresh breezes.—Arrd. Ann Carr, Ancona; Mary, Sewell, Hon duras; H.M.S. Harlequin, Chatham. Arrived off—St. New South Wales; Emanuel, V m i u n i e h e i n ec t, r, '.lolley, Sydney, Batavia. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4.—Wind N.E. to S.S.E.-Sailed London, Sydney. Put back, Thosmas Snook, Mauritius, with rudder damaged. ••• Fai.mouTH, Nov. 3.—Arrd. Ariadne, Kramer, Port au-Prince. Sld. Peterel, packet, .We Indies. . BRISTOL, Nov. 4.—Sld. Britannia, Barbadoes ;. Lian,- tarnum Abbey, Demerara. CLYDE, Nov. 3.—Arrd. Sirius, Quebec. SHEERNESS, OCT. 29 .—Artil- Amelia Mulholland, *Riga; for Belfast, with loss of boat, and crew in a state of mutiny. ' DUBLIN, Nov. 2.—Arrd. Wexford, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 3.--LArfd. Horatio, Taffin, St. Johns, N.B. Coax, Nov. 2.—Arrd. Mary and Elizabeth Barrett, St. John's; N. 8., with sails split; Lady Turner, Newfound- MILFOM), Nov. 3.—Acrd. Everwood, Swansea for London,.leaky. The Governor M'Lean,. ay, from British Accra, is supposed to be arrived off Yarmouth. . A.l•E..r,..l:.—(TfilS DAY.) nam n; s o . a rC s Spl o c k t , a l b so ly n ° - a d n r d essed young' men, who gave their before qs a s u yesterday aitßedo3:l7j_srdrrinTee, -1-,-, ...„ . ---- siding in . Clare-street. ic t ii e g ya .a c r / g i ct ‘ r v o e i r ß e haa p kv l ei tte rn g e . placed v it a to) t itieai t ic h tel e 3o,l in Fleet-street, and Mr.'He ' nry - Page, a' tradesman re it appeared from the evidence of the complainants, that while walking down the Strand, at about half-past ten o'clock yesterday evening, they came in contact at • the miler of Sollthampton-street with the prisoners, who wet:pat the time '.waltzing" on the parenidni with some ivemen of the town. The prisoner ruech imMe d indiately struck Baker across the head with stiek, an the scuffle which ensued both complainants were very vio lently treated, their clothes and persons being injure d. ilem, The prisoners, who expressed a wish to compensate the complainants for any injury they might have done them, stated that they considered they had been t h e aggrieved parties in the first instance. On meeting the 'shed about by t complainants they had been Johnson said he had been knocked d o oin th b e y i t i h ol e e:n er e fl o - r plainant Page. A police constable deposed that the prisoners hid evi dently been drinking at the time the outrage took place. Both prisoners stated that they' were surgeons, and Johnson gave his address at Portman-square. The MAGISTRATE, after commenting their conduct, sentenced them each to a fine of 6/ ' The fine was 'immediately pa id, and the Prisoners we re discharged. a report th at Itc caused proved, however, to I by R EPOR TED FIRE IN THE GUILD HALL.--• Last been merely a slight explosion of gas issui ng f rom nese i n n sa il ti a o m n e N‘ s . . asa the temporary pipes being fitted up for the an nua l c i v i c banquet, which had set fire to some adj o i n i ng Wood he nitlt Guildhallso was. wood work, and was extinguished as soon as commun i cated. Mr. Burrell, the Queen-square, Magistrate; has received 51., through the Messrs. Garfit and Co., bank ers at Louth, from a country gentleman, for the benefit of the poor. This gentleman annually forwards a'simi lar sum to each of the metropolitan police•:offiCes. The official returns of the prices of wheat in the markets of France up to the end of last month, show the highest to have been 22f. 37c. per hectolitre at Mulhau sen and Strasburg ; and the lowest 16f. 71c. at'Saumurt Nantes, and Marrans. A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday night to Mr. William Tharby;farnier, of Thetfo r d, near Ely, and Mr. Sizer, of Soham Fen. They imprudently crossed the river in a gunning boat, and the water being unusually high the boat.upset, and both were drowned.-.—.Btaw P°311.1,