The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-10 00:00:00

ir y ENTN G ED ITI OW • T 4! CHAter an c h orages, or should land the property at 4e aoi se rb , ent uljrct to th e d uty levied by the Portuguese Go y. v. : . Tine importance o f t h e i nterests under our charge, and anxiety we fe.l to fulfil oar duty to the p,rties con cerd wi4, we tru s t, p l ea d our excuse far trespassing on Your Vace,lency's time at this peii )d. " We hive the honour to be, &c., heat and Co. " Dirom and Co. " 11. cviear arid Co. 'Grilable, Hughes and Co. 1 - 1(11 and Co. " Nieces, Nov. 25, 1840." HIS EXCELLENCY'S REPLY. "The Melviae, Tongkoo Bay, Nov. 26, 1840. "Gentlemen, —ln answer to your letter of Wednesday, regret to say I cal only give you an answer to one of your Tame namely, with regard to the truce agreed to at A nn o f th • rt was entered into with the Governor- General at province, and does not extend further. 4 , 4 . 1 mu perfectly aware, Gentlemen, of the state of likely the mercantile interests must be in to know what is ter ac tion to to, , t f ; piace, and shall take care to give the earliest t er ' a •.° ll in my power of anything bearing on such in. ; but at pres en t I am myse lf i gnorant p f t h e inten expreotthe Chi Government, and can therefore only Chines- t h irition m • y hopes t h at your suspense will now be of short " I have the honour to be, " Gentlemen, your %ery obedient servant, • " GEORGE ELLIOT, 1 , 4 " Rear- Ad m i a l an d C omman d er -i n- Chi e f . " "Irk Dent and Co., and others, merchants, Macao." toil p r eferenc e to the refit einent of Admiral Elliot, we in ,roplaee insert the followirg letter : " " EX CELLENCY CAPTAIN CHARLES ELLIOT, R.N., OP HER MAJESTY'S PLENIPOTENTIARIES AND CHIEF ;7'I!..INTENDENT OF THE BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA, of 3 : have th e h onour to ac k now l e d ge t h e receipt j44:ut xeelleney's letter un d er d ate t h e 29th u l t ., w hi c h, cbreanee %sill to be your c'eEite, ue have circulated and ttL‘Ve -.tiled published i n t h e newspapers h ere . . beg to express our deep regret far the distressing eorn - ru lt the H on. the Rear . Admiral ' s retirement from the lb Oa of th e expedition, and to offer our condolence on tio e a °e g e "ibr, with our sincere wishes for the early restora „ his Excellency's health. that i ll be unne cessary f or us to assure your Excellen cy lde a -1 ‘ ""iesty's auth or i t i es i n Chi na may re l y w i t h cou the e f ee the cordi a l co-operat i on o f a ll B r i t i s h su bj ects in a b drAPort of measures for the securit of British honour nte restr. y p t ek e .IceiWeten advantage_ of this occasion to request your tke g ey will b e pl eased to convey to the Commander of out, _7,lredition, Commod ore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, ~t•rnents of high respect. Molt ate ta e e th e h onour to be, S i r, your Excellency ' s int humble cetraots, Jardine, Matheson , and W. C. Le Geyt. D Ce, Dirom and Co. ent Lind Robert Webster. F e; and Co. and Co. W. aid T. Gemmel and Co. ~..i .w son, and Co. D. and M. Rustonjee and Co. Hsi*. tevvart. T urner and Co. ‘l Wise, and Co. Wilkson, Dent. Ia I cvlear and C o . M eerwan j ee J e j ee bh oe . J ., 1140 ', Pn A letcher . and Co. John Riekett. Merce ' r. Jamieson and Howe. if) pro.) . 11 " e Ce. Gribble, Hughes, and Co. atft ell and Co. (per „Obl ae, Dee. 4, 1840,"— Canton Register, Dec. 8. Opr u u tICATION FROM THE FIRST LORD 'OF ADMIRALTY TO THE EMPEROR The foi l (From the Canton Free . Press.) til e CL ° wing document may be in part trusted , . although 1 ' " I " % convistnerformed his task in evident haste. It -41 s at • - • . mention cf the murderous itts t i, _ rouge that there is no rr Fa r Black Joke:- 4 4AZ• k linto, First Lord cf the Admiralty of England, Peio-144131 reports, at the foot of the throne . of the Ern i' fr..- c '''' 44 11 reat supreme ruler) of the gi eat and pure king rci . Nw] Motto, have received my Sovereign ' s n commands lay 00 1 : ) . ‘ Y, the commands of the ruler7waw.g. the e gu m lu d s i —o tary f eag le , r °l' worthless country) to unite th aqss.cliatkr-in-Chief Pookcenle (?) order troops to be teei t : a tl on board her Mkjesty 4 ships ofrea'sons: to war, and to pro '. r I Your honourable country, for the s e . bathe the past year the English superintendent of trade r honourable English merchants trading b i l n gretelYhtvere subjected to unreasona Pav er , 7 the impeiial commissioner Lin, 9 insults and disc Tang, the '1 the of Canton, the few being insulted and oppressed * We l l l arlY. Moreover, when the merchants of our 4 r E,, , . )ess nation arr i ve d i n C anton t h ey h ave , when inno tuFeris many instances been insulted and oppressed by the () ,r, officers of th e Chi n e se . the oiie t'lt I consider that it isabsolutely necessary to ab • s f o r the safety of . the itip, aid and encamprnard, _ov.,, very highest Fort,r.(4o troops: this is a m itter . ot " q . 11 4 , , tr 1 , t ° ll : l, m ro a v t i u n r c e ei co ti n a 3 , l , d e .- i a t t e i pi. o d n,. t ae the superior offi (iff(t 1,,e is not permitted, I :lad it ill be impossible to y w r i losed the passages, It 'at ur 4 , 4 2' words, as they will refuse to receive any stase at‘ t 5 ''e reported ; ansi certainly, if we thus . mutually 1) I "and e , a th ( ,, each other, we must be engesred in hostilities. y to order the fleet to r) i. It ra - i ' , e , 1.% eteounts it was n e cessar y ° ‘ : l 4, l ) l n i t ys o an 'l d 'iti t hae, , i n cedercestsoarobtain places of safety r ' l l's; ,1 1- ' 4 't Year the 1 1 1 ),, 11 Commissioner Lin had . not been he did s ki l ' t " a Y 2 n Canton when one of the first t 141.(1° urt ' c 'und all the foreigners by a land hin a g n a d water ibe t p„ 4 . l d confine them to their factories; he then stopped 4° ''' .ue and ' ll egress and ingress, cut off the su . ppli t o h f ila.t .4(i ls. and etorted the delivery of the smoking ear_ 0 ,titai t " d 43 , 0 a board the ships anchored in the surrender offin d h "e% t ," number of days in which the ff a h s n h ea o d u s ld ) 41 41 (i t , 1) ,! 1 - 1 ed, failing which he wanted . to cut tr sde; " II ( l ife) ; but if within the limited time the sur ' i humbly COMpktel he would then permit trad F . Allit.."ll4lblV think that the new laws of your honourable t rnot r iY with 'reference to the buying and selling of the 4 5 41 n g etth_ t h et, iltii44n, ' t ill dare to w a l a i ners will not fore% it it i , s already forbidd . en and cut off, and also tall no amai n; Cr, should any foolish bring it, per it, where' 41 b n i tl 'h an w ll l dare to buy it ; then in bringing ii ' ; --o achantage ? 4$ n 4'ther, the opium that was surrendered . fast year ttie Cutsido, and had not been brought into China, and li lro °reign merchants - ore wholly unable to l introduce ie. it_ h is,lue th h ari Y of the inlets; and they, be_ing i utte i r n f: t w° superior officers, Lin and . T. ‘ ll l ° , t tic Sli hug t h li t e em F:og st l r is i l v i merchants their opium:o yexitoirpt dleath; and g ; ' •f they did strived to starve them ' l 4l u r the Fuglish did not fear to die, yet hunger ti t , ii tgir st are 'difficult to bear until death by staiva 4149e!Ist1'', They could only suppress their feelings .i and t'lli l „, la , ,_ their arwer at the manner in which . t (the %u e ( "ad been eltorted. Afterwards, again talking ,nd L a ,. ti n , '. t I. now it could be calcula' demanded, ed that after he opium tae t 4ll est )rted suddenly a bond should . he l ' i h Nt l c n sii ' , that .if hereafter on examination smuggled . ar um s r, ° , llO be detected on board any ship, the entire 4t h A —. 411 be contisea'ed and the supercargo executed'— hould be tiir,6; r e the words—. that prohibited 14 ( 1 - 1. 4 t el and the supercartio and ship n g o o t od l s e allowed a . to 44 I(: '"t ' l r 1500 out :' these regulati ins Inive been in force tieq ll ayst. R. i t . tte f of all nations trom ancient t tin fr ie o s m uit n_ l tir, at as to the clause of capital puni . shmen , has 1 4t i i ~,-mes until now the punishment cf death never "'eted upon foreiimers. t tle • ii . tir t h er, .„ vale ' e it among Lay ships and a mu'titude of men, "'and thousand, by chance one or twos a . ilors are degene 11:0'ithtitylifieslill smuggle opium,whathe r in a great or small tile r 4" -es also t o b '3 put to death. It was . upon . i , w uole f the cargo is to be confi s cated, ad te ,,t,e ae, o ,,_ . e cruelly . I„"hri et i ""tg that the Chief Superintendent (Elliot), in - give it'll With all the foreign merchants, unitedly refused It'ir Q Lue bond in tote. Ib lot In ar ki Tang because the many foreigners would not tr ade i,,,' and ly e the did not obtain landuly prepared P sde "Ittedistelv elo'e 3 d the passages stopped the re,i' 1 herubf • k t v ed, . y consider that the English nation have A l i 114„:" been grateful for a commercial . intercourse -Qti°ll "' re d and several tens of years ; and in the t_rans , - 4 te k e l t tn:i n O .. l. e..ornmerce how will there not be credits? Now, Ki l er kh °, ll l l %hat the Hong merchants of your honour -1 '4* in Lr Y , F l we already, the sum exceeds come millions. aI:C sloY t close the passages, and . prevnt all ds ,' " luither- do n ' g • e lculable injuries to the' goo tilik:t" board shipsinho s n a d to Canton ; the . Erg iiiim a e r r a lit: [[ s e a n " o , by these itica s ures u losing their ca p ital; Tao` p' i n - ,'-ie said (in defence) of this? t C rtn er, after the passages were closed, Lin and Nitwistir led Elliot on account of willing to t whtirs merchant vessels arrived , and were ''' I" the bond, and after lisktil-110114150epitnearci‘ld to_ see whetter or not they were h y were to enter the port, and an d ll 'p leis itit l) : (l ,, dri vet e t s . a s w ' a e y n . t e forbidden to trade (the . chief lit d .ent being without resource or reme h dy), Lin and hind 'Parted ti tre e t broke froin their former words, c anged ti:eir , their engagement!, and pertinaciously ad at41.1441 u rt. t " demand for the veluntary bond whichcon- N iNt lll,, t and others '44 ." cl ause on capita! punishment. Aftetwatg r e: polit.ily begged to state e d i e. NtAilnres--being againwithout resource—Ling and Tang i, , refused to receive their statement!. ,4ftli4l,f set the passages were closed in the past year, an - It a i s - •rigate arrive in the waters of Canton, and d o _ for ;lotiil,": requested a discussion on the cireurnsysnFes re ee4 th, passages. in order that they might be ;etir t .,i out Lin and Tang not only refused to receive _his s (1 N: -4ta ti n, but they oidered the admiral to lead on his A t e i' 'd fight (the English ships) and, they „, Itt et) _ , the A ere obliged to return the fire in self- f therefore, denee 1 alritnl'ne- the past year, when Lin and Tang prohibited n . ' i,l r:' "Y Eganb by disallowing the sale cf provisions. Ill el, ' . t d a,, , thr e- Spanish ship anchored in the sam the' 'YPa, as some English ships, and she was just her 41011 ken[Poi ot sailing It happened that some cf _ r k 'aial i to visit on board -• an English ship, and they took : ( tth -i',,,qoantty of eatables with them. Lin and Tang i ° iiii w k ,l" Riave written orders that the Spanish were not i ter,' - , 11 1 toe English vessels with provisions, n d or r h o a n v s eln n y `'titiorde,ir_sc..e them, and finished by the murderous vesse l ]. in ,h middl e ~f her emissaries to burn the Spanish °be '. nf the icynht, when three men were kille . d de % 4 Perie i i, el the uel calamity of that hapless vess 4 4: 3" b Y fire, without crime ! and indignant are the un a,al9 spirit s of the murdered. tilss, akia g into consideration that, of the nations of ht 4 e, some are great kingdoms and some small stat a e% '''lle,. are governeh by their own laws independent of each ,„•,,, t leight:, the near Spanish and English nations are Nl( ' aura ( erally their smoke ascends under . th_e . s n am_ s e 11 4 53 2, 1 and, although' not blood relations, are fast friends. ttii te •"eo dwelling as guests —or travellers—in f teli e s n ' t ° Pay friendly visits from ship to ship, or mutually %Not prosiions, is a comman custom of human nature r ‘ „! it to the feelings of mankind. hia e "'titer, Europe is separated from Asia re th . a a n . de PePr ia ds of Chinese le ; not only are they entirelyr te ach Chin'- each other, but also European ships easily to r e , L,, while th ship s o f China arc utterly unable r,---e," ILurope. e Orna: rz :" l " 7 the two superior officers Lin and Tang are tae tileef China, stationed at Canton, and they e the 1 1 -- 4fl airs of that province. How can their rul a e n rescia turves or nations of Europe? " Now, Englan , l's sovereign, pitying and regarding the Spanish ship and guilt!e.3a men who suffered such a cruel ealarui.y, has ordered ire to require the payment of her vrlue in money. But I have ntt invst'ga.e.', or em ig norant or, the reports which Lin and Tang have made (on all subject:) to your Majesty. •" Bth moon, day."' FLAG OF TRUCE (Copy of a deipotch from Keshen to the Taoueat.) On the 6th day of December, 1840, the following de• spatch was received from Keshen, Imperial Commissioner, acting Governor of the two Kwang provinces, Sec. :— " It is authenticated that the former Governor (Lin), having memorialised the throne, yea; empowered to ap point Yih, the Intendant of the Kaoleen circuit, to re side, pro tern., in Macao, to superintend foreign affai-s. The troops stationed at Ceza Brener., and the naval forces employed in the neighboto:ng waters were placed under his command. It undoubtedly becomes him t act according to circumstances, regulating his pc -I.cy according to the exigencies of the time. It is thus that he will avoid all disobedience of his instructions, and best forward the duty imposed upon him. " All the English fortes are now returning to this pro vince. Their affairs arc under consideration, though no thing has yet been sct.led. Our troops must, therefore. always be on the alert and prepared. Set must they not rashly commence hostilities. I have heard that the said foreigners, the ether day, sent a vessel to the Bogue, bear ing a whit. flag, for the purpose of delivering a letter. Now, it appears that among those foreigners a white flog is emblematical of peace; yet the soldiers on duty at the Rogue, without previously inquiring the object of the ves sel's coming there, forthwith fired upon her. This was redly most improper conduct, and, having happened at the Boguc, may be followed, I f.rar, by the soldiers of other stations. " I have also informed the said foreign chief that if hereafter he may have occasion to present communications to me, he must transmit them through the Keunminflo, who has received the necessary instructions for his gui dance. I have requested the Admiral to issue orders to the ships and soldiers under his command to asoartaio the object of any vessels which may visit their stations, and not to fire upon her unless her visit be hostile. " In conformity with the above I now send these in. structione. Immediately upon receipt of them issue the strictest orders to the naval and military forces under your command that they may act accordingly. Hereafter, should any English vessel proceei to your neighbourhood, first clearly ascertain the object of her coming, and, should the foreigners wish, not to spy into our movements or to commence hostilities, we must not be the first to fire, lest we afford thorn a pretext for retaliating. Our soldiers must be strictly warned not to kidnap the residents of Macao, in order to distinguish themselves, for this might give rise to unpleasant consequences. This is most ur gent. Hasten, hasten. Let none oppose these corn mands. "—ibid. TANG'S REPORT.—The fallowing report from Tang, the ex-governor of Canton, we believe to be authentic. The translation reads boldly to a foreigner, as the Emperor only quotes the leading points of Tang's report, upon which he comments rather severely ; but we consider these repri mands--particularly under present circumstances—as a mere facon de parler. The Emperor has already disgraced two of the most eminent statesmen in the empire ; he will have to pursue the same stern conduct towards the present High Commissioner; and how long will this course of neg lect, mistrust, and discipline last. The Corps Diplomatique, that is, the civil officers of the empire, which body constitute the government of which the Emperor is the despotic head, are, to a man, sttrnly inimical to the English; and if the itch for negotiation—how ut terly absurd is the word under the present relative positions of Great Britain and China—of our Corps Diplomatique continues much longer, the spirit of the people will also be against us ; and, as they have always eespised us; that is, all foreigners, they will soon bate us for being_ more des picable than even they, in their highest arrogance, have ever thought u'. 0 ! for some good old English admiral, whq would con sider his first duty to be " to keep foreigners from fool ing us." Report from Tang Tingching, ex-Governor of Canton, Governor-Actual of Chekeang and Fokicn. An Imperial edict bas been rece'ved. • Tang Tinge Ling and Woo Wanyung have reported ro specting the expenditure for defensive preparations. Quotation from the report :—Fokien is a most impor tant maritime province, and the most valiant soldiers should be chosen and instructed to examine and guard the important passes, and not because English barbarian ships have been hovering off the ccast did the first core of guarding arise. As for the English barbarians baying presumed to capture Tingbae, it is the consequence of a Minister having been dismissed for not having received the said La•baiians' complaints of grievance, which ex cited them to the undertaking. Now, the said barbarians are closely confined there, and dare not venture out to at tack other places. THE EMFEROR'S REMARKS.--NOW Tang and Lis col leagues say they have enemies in front and rear : but I don't understand what enemies they have. They say fo reigners—because the district officers of the provinces of Chekeang and Fokien were unable, or unwilling, to for ward for them a statement of their repressed complaints, first proceeded to Teentsin, and there offered up their statements, which I observed were rather respectful and obedient. Now I have especially deputed a great Minister to proceed to Canton to examine into and settle affairs, and before long we may desist from war. As to what Tang and his colleagues report on the dis obedient and disorderly conduct of the said barbarians, I know not where they are, or have been, disobedient and disorderly ; all these " untoward " affairs have been oc casioned by the bad management of the said dismissed officers. I order Woo Wanyung, as usual, carefully to select, and with truth and sincerity instruct the ablest military officers of his province, that they firmly maintain the ma. chime, entrances. Xs to the expenditure of treasure and grain, I order that plans be consulted upon and devised to prevent waste, as in washing rice, but when any proper or necessary disbursements are made, report the different items to me. The robust and brave sailors whose ser vices have been engaged in the said province, as well as the fishing boats, I order, after consul , ation, that they be discharged, in order to economise the expenditu e as much as possible. and lot the real facts be early reported..- Respect this. —lbid. --- RELEASE OF MR. VINCENT STANTON.—It is with great satisfaction that we communicate to our readers the glad tidings of the release of Mr. Vincent Stanton, who was seized in August last, while bathing in Casilhal bay, and Ills ever since been incarcerated in Cantor. He left his prison for the High Commissioner's resi lenc.e Lt 10 a.m. on the 10th instant, where he dined, slept, and break fasted; on the 11th he left Canton in a chop.boat for the Bogue, and arrived in the schooner Young Queen at Macao on last Saturday evening. Mr. Stanton particuta ly states .that Captain Elliot b:s used Lis utmost efforts fur, and has procured his liberation. The following extracts from commercial letters brought by the Falcon will be interesting to our read(rs:— " MACAO, DEC. 3, 11340.—Commercial affairs remain as before. In long cloths 'and cotton nothing but small re tail sales can be made, while the imports arc heavily accu mulating. " In exports a limited trade goes on,as before, except in te ~ and Nankin silk, which continue interdicted, though of the former small supplies are smuggled out, and bought for India at exorbitant p►ices. " The Louisa Baillie is under the despatch with the last of the former season's teas. Bills on England are a shade better, say 4.7 k 6 months' sight. " Opium is dull ; New Patna, at about Sp. irs. 440 ; and Malwa, at about Sp. drs. 400." " SINGAPORE, December 12, 1840.—Opium is quoted atTongkoo on the 29th— " Malwa Sp. drs. 400 to 410 and dull. " Patna 460 to 480 and stock small. " Benares 440 to 450 ditto. " In this market Patna is Sp. dm 360 to 370 ; and Be nares Sp. drs. 328. " Some of the American merchants have gone to Canton from Macao in anticipation of the trade being open." " SINGAPORE, December 14, 1840.--The Clown arrived here on the 12th, with 140 chests of opium ; and Be nares has been sold at Sp. drs. 323 to 325 cash; and Sp. dr5.1330, two months'. Little demand for Patna at Sp. drs. 370. _SHIP NEWR A RDIVED.—Nov. 8. The British ship Omega, from-Chu san; 12, her Majesty's ship Jupiter, store-ship, from Eng land; 15, the Falcon, Vincent, front Chusan, on the 9th of November; 16, The American ship Eben Breble, Hallett, from Boston and Manilla; the British ship Manly Phillips, from Manilla; `IS, Hon. Company's Steamer Queen, Warden, from Chusan, on the 12th of November ; 19, the Good Suc cess, Frasei, from Bombay and Singapore : • 20, her Majesty's ship Melville, 74, Captain th e Hon. R. S. Dundas, Rear-Ad miral the Hon. G. Elliot , from Chusan ; her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 74, Captain Maitland, Commodore J. J. Bremer, from Chusan ; her Majesty's ship Blenheim, 74, Captain Sir H: P. Senhouse, from Ditto; 21, her Majesty's ship Herald, 26, Captain Nias, from Sydney and Singapore ; 29, the Gi raffe, Wright, and Asia, from New South Wales. Passengers—by the Falcon, Lieutenant and Paymaster Strong; her Majesty's 26th, A. Fletcher. SAILED.—Nov. 14, the Marquis of Hastings, for Singapore, the Isabel 11., for Manilla, the Corsair, for Singapo re, the Genovera, for Singapore and Timor, her Majesty's ship Vo lage, for Manilla ; 22, the Mary Gordon, for Singapore and Bombay ; 24, the Cowasjee Family, for Singapore and Cal cutta, the Giraffe, for Manilla, and the Iberia, for Manilla - . UNDEa. DESPATCH.—For Singapore and Calcutta—William, Scott, Ariel, Warden. For ditto and Bombay—Simolicia, Almeida, in a few days. VESSELS LOADING.—For London, Louisa Baillie. For Calcutta, Ternate. For Bombay, Cursetjee Cowasjea, Hin dostan. Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Elliot arrived yesterday in her Majesty's ship Melville from Chusan, accompanied by other ships of war, and proceeded to Tongkoo, without com . • municating with Macao. We are ignorant, therefore, of what are the ships that are arrived, but they are pro . bably, besides the Melville, her Majesty's ships Blenheim, Wellesley, and Modeste.— Canton Register, Nov. 21. FORCES OF THE EXPEDITION IN CANTON RIVER. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 74, bearing the broad pen dant of Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, C. 8., Captain Thomas Maitland. Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, 74, Sir H. S. Fleming Sen house, K. C. H., Captain Pritchard. Her Majesty's ship Melville, 74, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas. Her Majesty's ships Druid, 44, Mr. H. Smith ; Calliope, 28, Mr. Herbert ; Samarang, 25, Mr. James Scott ; Herald, 26, Mr. Nias ; Larne, 20, Mr. J. P. Blake ; Hyacinth, 20, Mr. W. Warren ; Modeste, 20, Mr. H. Eyres ' • Columbine, 18, Mr. T. J. Cl ar k e ; J u piter, (store -ship), Captain Fulton; Hon. Company's armed steamers, Queen, Captain Warden; Madagascar, Captain Dicey ; Enterprise, Captain West; Nemesis, Captain Hall. AT Cnusnx.—Her Majesty's ships Blonde, 44, Mr. E. Bourchier ; Conway, 28, Mr. C. D. Bethune ; Alligator, 28, Mr. H. Kuper ; Pylades, 20, Mr. T. V. Anson ' • Nimrod, 20, Mr. C. A. Barlow ; Al ger i ne , 10, M r . T. S. Mosson ; trocp ship Rattlesnake, Captain Brodie ; Hon. Company's armed steamer Atalanta, Captain Rogers. frill SY:7c, LONDON, IVEDNI-4:SDNY, MARCH 10, 1841 INDIA, CALCUTTA, JAN. 22 , TI .e character f rlr a advises on bit h sides of the Isthmus cf &ex is now suet as to inspire f:11 confidence in the mainteha ce of peace, and to lea I to a a el'-grounded hope ihat the commerce and alriw:titre of British India will fed, at no di,tsnt period, a fresh stimulu3 from tl.e prosperity of E glish manufacture:, and the effects of a just and equal system cf duties on Indian produce. Our affAirs in the north-west of India and in Affghanistan are in a st.tisfactory position. The reinforcements in Sdnde have secured one good base of military operations, and, whatever may be the result cf the different pretensions to the rule of the Punjaub, there can Jrardly be a doubt that the influence of the British Government in Indi.t must be strengthened, and its authority, if not territory, incl . eised in that quarter. With Nepaul and Ava there is no reason to suppose that any hostilities will occur. The Government having just notified that the rate of ex change for advances on produce will be 2s. Id. in lieu of 2s. 21, a considerable increase of the exports cf all our staples may to anticipated in the next two ori three months, and much ac ivity in emir markets. The exports of sugor still continue on a large se tle, hay. ing in the year 1840 been to Great Bri ain 53,000 tons, against 25,500-tons in the preceding year; but this quantity, large as it is, is by no means commensurate with the apparent wants of Great Britain, and with what India is capable of sup plying under fair encouragement by the equalization of the duties on the produce of all British colonies. In indigo much less has been done up to this period than during the corresponding period of last year, but the prices of the finer sorts have been well maintained, and have very nearly reached those of last year. The intelligence from China, up to the date of the de parture of the regular mail, on the 17th inst., was such as ap parently to menace nothing but violent hostility as the inevi tittle termination, though by the news up to the 18th Decem ber, it appears that the Imperial envoy Keshen had so far shown a desire to conciliate, by releasing Mr. Stanton, the gentleman who had been kidnapped at Macao, and it is slid has offered to pay $5,002,000, or about • 1,000,0001. sterling, in full of all demands, and to reopen the trade ; still he has gained the point of not going to treat personally with Captain Elliot, and the negotiation on his part was carried on through inferior mandarins. The preparations for defence appear to be unremitting, and a report on the state of the Bogus forts by an officer deputed for the purpose has been published, in which they are declared to be impregnable. The tone of all the public reports and documents is of unmeasured hostility to the English, and the popular feeling at Canton is said to have been highly excited against Keshen, who, it was rumoured, intended to proceed to the.Bogue to meet Captain Elliot. The most unsatisfactory termination that could happen, and what, to judge from Captain Elliot's proceedings hitherto, I fear is not unlikely, would be the patching up of peace for the sake of securing an early reopening of the trade. We are glad to observe that the mercantile community of Bombay are eager to call the attention of Parliament to the state of the proceedings adopted on behalf of the British Go vernment toxards the Chinese. We subjoin the copy of a pe tition on this subject which has been proposed and circulated for signatures : TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRI TAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. The humble petition of the undersigned European and native merchants, resident at Bombay, in the East Indies. Showeth—That your petitioners are all engaged in trade at Bombay, one of the most considerable and important branches of which trade has hitherto been the commerce with China. That previous to the late interruption the annual exports to China amounted to 2,568,5031., and the imports to 1,669,1931., while it has always formed a most valuable channel of remit tance, and afforded in this ',respect the greatest facilities to the direct trade between Great Britain and India, and has besides given employment to a large number of vessels, not only be longing to shipowners in Great Britain, but also to native merchants resident in Bombay, the latter of burden from 400 to 1,400 tons each, solely engaged in this branch of commerce. That early in the year 1839 this valuable trade was suddenly interrupted, under circumstances so well known to your Right Honourable House as to render any detail of them here unne cessary, and up to the latest date from China, 17th December, 1840, it was still obstructed. That though a partial trade has been carried on since the first interruption occurred, yet the merchants genera'ly have been unwilling to risk property in it, and this fact is evidenced by the official returns of the Bombay Custom-house for the year from the Ist of May, 1839, to the 30th of April, 1840, which give the value of the exports at 634,2401., and the im ports at 405,059., exhibiting a decrease from the amount already stated for the same period in 1838-39 of 2,034,263/. in the exports, and in the imports 1,294,135/. Not only, however, has the interruption with China resulted in the de pression of the direct trade with that conntry, but has also occasioned a serious and extensive derangement of the other branches of general trade. That a period of nearly two years has elapsed since the first obstruction of trade, and by the latest intelligence its speedy re-establishment on a firm, stable, and honourable footing con tinues uncertain. That your petitioners, without inquiring into the nature of the instruction received by the British authorities in China, or how they have been followed, would now briefly draw the at tention of your Right Honourable House to the events as they occurred during this period. In May, 1839, all British sub jects were expelled from Canton, and the trade virtually closed. On the 21st of June, 1840, Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, with the first division of the expedition, arrived at Ma cao, proclaimed a blockade of the river and port of Canton, and sailed to the northward. On the 28th idem the Admiral also entered Macao, and two (lays afterwards followed Commodore Bremer with the second division. The sth of July was marked by the capture of Chusan and the occupation of the island by the British troops. On the 29th of July the Admiral and Captain Elliot, the Superintendent, pro ceeded to Pe-che-lee, where they arrived on the 10th of Au gust. On the 30th of August Captain Elliot held a confer ence with the Imperial Commissioner Keshen, when it was ar ranged, at the request of the latter, that further negotiations should take pl ice at Canton, whither it was understood the Emperor would send a High Commissioner to ti eat on his part. On the 21st of November the Admiral returned to Macao, and about the same time Keshen, the High Commis sioner deputed by the Emperor, also arrived at Canton. On the 29th of November the resignation of the Admiral was pub licly announced, and it was notified that his duties as Commis sioner had devolved on the remaining Commissioner, Capt. Elliot. On the 4th of December, at Canton, Keshen is stated to have declined to meet her Majesty's Plenipotentiaries, and that the 1 Ater gave notice that they would await him until the 17th, when, in the event of his non-arrival, they would imme diately have recourse to hostilities—which is the latest intelli gence your petitioners have received. That the demonstrations of the force of the British arms which took place at Chusan, Macao, and on some occasions along the coast, struck terror and consternation for the time into the minds of such Chinese as were witnesses to them, and led all interested in the success of the expedition to anticipate the best results from its future progress ; but in the interval which has been allowed to elapse the effect has been greatly diminished, if not entirely lost, for it would appear by the last intelligence that the mandarins and other officers at Canton have again assumed the haughty tone of insolence which be fore marked their behaviour. That though the facts already stated clearly demonstrate how much the intere,ts of the port of Bombay in particular are affected by whatever stops or interrupts the British trade with China, and prove that your petitioners are not led to make the present appeal to your Right Honourable House without strong and urgent reasons tor so doing, yet in a general point of view the question is one of such magnitude and imp stance, involving as it does alike the direct trade between China and England, and that between India and China, and the large revenues derived both by the British and Indian Governments from these important branches of commerce, that your petitioners are the more confident in now praying that your Right Honou, able House may be pteased to take the subject of our present relations with China into early and favourable consideration, with the view of urging the Government to adopt such vigorous and decided measures as may seem to your Right Honourable, House best calculated to effect the speedy renewal of the trade on a firm and permanent footing, such as may tend alike to the se curity of property and to the honour of the British name. And your petitioners, &c. SCINDE, CABUL, AND KOHISTAN. (From the Overland Courier.) These three localities, the intelligence from which has occu pied so large a portion of our space for months past, require this month but little room to be devoted to their affairs. When we were nearly ready for press, we received letters from Sukkur of the 15th, and Candahar to he 4th January, the substance of which we subjoin as the very latest intelligence from these once more war-threatened regions. The following is from the pen of a Correspondent, to whom we are under heavy obliga tions-for Cutchee intelligence, and on whose accuracy the moat implicit reliance may be placed:— " Our letters from &uncle inform us thst our troops are likely to be fully engaged—the wing of the 40th and 21st, and a body of irregular h6rse, left Shikarpore for Poolajee on the 15th—the cavalry, the 41st, and Captain Pontardent's artillery are expected to follow in a day or two. The latest news is of n character. we would seareely have expected, and the details are not known; but the Murrees are reported to have broken from the negotiations with Captain Brown at Lehree, in a very sudd, n way, and to have returned to the hills, taking with them • - Behoe Gunjan. Letters from Candahar also mention that the country is in a state of insurrection, and that the instigator to the rebellion is proved to be Yai Mahomed of Herat. In a day or two we shall have more of this news, and be enabled to judge better of its correctness. The troops at Darfur seem to suffer considerably from ulcers, a species of troublesome complaint well known to all who were engaged in last year's campaign. At Shikarpore also fever was prevalent among the Queen's troops, which was attri buted to the great variations of temperature, the thermometer being in the morning 27 without a tent, and rising to 133 de grees during the day. PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION OF THE SCINDE ARMY. Quetta.-4th Troop Horse Artil!ery, 1 Company Golun d tuze, 1 Company t . ,appers and Miners, 3d Cavalry her Ma jesty's 40th Regiment, 20th and 21st Regiments Bombay Na tive Infantry, and 2 Ilissalas Skinner's Horse. Khelat.—Half a Cnmpany of Gulundauze, and the 25th Bombay Native Infantry. Dadur.—Half a Company of Golundauze, and the 6th Bom bay Native Infantry, - Shikarpore.—Scinde Horse. Sukkur.—lst and 2d Grenadiers, and 23d Regiment Native Infantry. Kurachee--Her Majesty's 41st Regiment, aid sth and Bth Bombay Native Infantry. Our latest inte'ligence from Candahar of January 4, re ceived by way of Upper Scinde, gives very unsatisfactory ac counts of the state of the country. An insurrection had broken out, which fortunately was detected in time and nipped in the bud, otherwise the whole country would speedil) have been up in arms. An eng agement had taken place 'about the beginning of the month, betwixt the 2d Benoit Native In fantry, with a couple of field-pieces, and about 1,200 of the rebels. Particulars have not reached us further than that•t no guns were taken, and some 60 of the enemy slain by U 3 ; while eight of our men, with one native officer, were killed, and two Lieutenants wounded. Th e worst par t o f the matter is, that the present insurgents are the Dooranees themselves, the osten sib!e supporters of the Schah Soojah, and it is known that had anything occurred to p 'stpone discovtry, or prevent our im mediate and entire success, a general insurrection would have ensued. Every man belonging to the army of the Indus who can be spared from Scinde and Cutchee is on march towards Quetta. official instructions to " protect" all the Greeks who might demand their assistance against local oppressions. At Damas cus a circular letter had been addressed to the resident Consuls by the Archbishops and Bishops of all the Christian sects and churches of that country against the persecutions practised on the Jews. After receiving the Sultan's envoy and &a-ms on the 20th ult., Mehemet Ali visited and inspected the Great Li verpool steamer. Mehemet Ali was very busy in raising money, and had de manded a loan of 100,000 dollars, without interest, for a year, from each of seven of the principal houses in Alexandria It was expected that he would obtain it, notwithstanding the sin gularity of the demand, and the precariousness of his position. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 17. Ibrahim Pacha is still at Gaza with the remains of his army, now reduced to 5,000 men. His father has been in great anxiety respecting him since he became acquainted with the intended treachery of the Turks to permit his forces to become weakened at Gaza by exchanges and embarkations, and then to fall upon him and the remainder, and to exterminate them. I understand that the British officers on the coast (Colonel Rose, Major Wilbrahim, Captain Stuart, &c.) had considerable difficulty in persuading them to firego their atrocious scheme. Ibrahim would probably have embarked for Damietta on the 14th inst., if the severe N. W. gales had not cut off all com munication between the shore and the shippin g . The captain of the Haji Baba steamer, which was w- icing to receive him, believing his vessel to be in danger, slipped his cable and stood out to sea to save it. He returned hither on the 15th, merely bringing the news that Ibrahim was better, and that the -ves sels remaining there, two frigates and two brigs, were in great danger of driving ashore, especially as they had all suffered in the previous gales. If we are to believe the official news from Constantinople, everything has been arranged in favour of Mehemet Ali, for the firman restoring to him the government of Egypt in here dite has been publicly read, and we are now in expectation of the speedy arrival of the Commissioners, who were to leave the Sublime Porte on the 15th instant, bringing a splendid dia mond decoration to throw a brilliancy over the reinvestiture of the Pacha, &c. ; but private advices exhibit things in a very different light, and anticipate anything but a reign of peace and good will towards Mehemet Ali. Ostensibly every justice will be rendered to him, but the " certain just and in dispensable conditions" alluded to will be made as onerous as possible , • in fact, impossible to fulfil, either to the letter or in spirit, and so as to leave the unfortunate Pacha and his heirs at the mercy of the Sublime diphoatists to the end of the chapter. The strict and hasty enforcement of the treaty of commerce and navigation with England would alone suffice to upset all existing financial arrangements in Egypt, and compel the Pacha to declare himself bankrupt; for everything here is a State monopoly, conducted on the most coercive and in deed ignorant and wastefulsprinciples; but, although England will, of course, have patience and consideration, it does not rest with England to save him harmless. The Sultan may claim the right to enforce the Hatti Sheriff, and this also involves the total alteration of all social, administrative, and productive arrangements in Egypt. Every native here is the Pacha's slave, and be works and treats them accordingly. If it were once ruled by the Sultan that " the labourer is wor thy of his hire," and that the labour is his personal property, Mehemet Ali could not move a step comme tordinaire, with out committing the high treason of disobeying him. We hear that the four Consuls-General are speedily ex pected : their flag-staffs are even now in progress of re-erec tion. Colonel Rue, of Leghorn, it is said, comes to replace M. Cochelet, on the part of France ; and a M. Kudriafsky comes in lieu of M. Laurin, on that of Austria. FEBRUARY 22. We have arrived at a serious crisis in the affairs of Egypt. Submission has been made, pardon granted, power restored, and official formalities fulfilled to the letter, yet there is " no peace," nor any prospect of it at present ! The Sultan's fir mans have arrived, acid been received with all the honours. The Pacha declares his gratitude and high contentment, and is more dissatisfied than ever ! He accepts his restoration, of course ; but protests against the conditions " with which his enemies would fetter the Sultan's act of grace," as alike dan gerous to his power, his honour, and the existence of himself and his family The first firman conveys the Pacha's pardon and restoration in heredite to the Government of the Pachalic of Egypt. The second declares the necessity of the practical execution of the Hatti Scheriff of Gulhane, and that the Pacha, shall not build any more vessels of war without the permission of the Sultan. The third. nominates Mehemet' Ali Pacha of Sennaar, (a new title in the Ottoman Empire), and expressly pro hibits the practices of hunting for slaves and making eunucs. The Pacha declares himself perfectly satisfied with theze written conditions, but very dissatisfied indeed with some which the Envoy Extraordinary has announced to him as not less indispensable to aceedc to. 'I hese are understood to be his recognition of the Sultan's military, naval, commercial, and financial commissioners, who are to reside here to assist him in the administration of these departments. The three y ears'kdebt of tribute is to be paid up under the superinten dence of this commission (it now amounts to 17,000,000 piasters, or 170,0001., which the Pacha does not dispute), and the future years are equally to be entrusted to their charge, but under a new valuation,—a proportion of the entire revenue of Egypt, which, on dit, is intended to be taken at 25 per cent. The Commercial Commis sioners will chiefly have to see the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with England fairly carried out—a point which the Pacha has frequently promised to fulfil when he had a little leisure ; but on which, in fact, nothing has 3et been done. In naval matters, it is understood, only a partial dis arming of his large fleet wilt be demanded at present ; but the contemplated Changes in the military department are extensive and sweeping. The army will, it is said, be required to be re duced to 20,000 men, and the Pacha precluded from nominat ing to a higher rank than an Adjutant without the approba tion of the Porte. The affair of the individual succession is to be reserved for the especial consideration and choice of the Sultan ; and, when the occasions shall severally arise, he is to exercise the privilege of nominating to the Pachalick of Egypt whichever of the family of Mehemet Ali he may deem most fitting to assume the reins of Government. The last requisition is deemed by the Pacha the most in supportable of all He has openly declared to Commodore Napier that he will not submit to such an interference with his paternal authority, nor consent to an arrangement which would clearly be male the means of sowing the seed of discord and death amongst his offspring. He has not, I understand, much objection to the appointment of the Naval and Com mercial Commissioners, especially as these may be considered henceforth almost " British departments" in the Levant; but he avows that the appointment of the other two (financial and military) authorities would virtually deprive - him of all prac tical powers of government, and render his authority and titles mockeries un übstantial and dangerous. The Commodore ap pears much interested in the fate of the Pacha, and awaits his answer to the Sultan's Envoy before he sets out to join the Admiral at Marmorice. At present he expects to leave this to-morrow in the Stromboli steamer. The presents sent by the Sultan consist of the Order of Nishan Iftikar in brilliants, a sabre, a harvani or robe of ho nour, and a fez, with a chaleuk or aigrette of diamonds in the front. The Pacha has accepted the first, second, and third, as marks of investiture, but begs to decline the ornamental cap, as not well becoming his aged head. His sou Ibrahim was safely landed at Damietta by the Haji Baba steamer, which arrived here iesterday from Gaza (to gether with the Nile), bringing Lieutenant Loring, of the Carysfort, and the remnant of the Egyptian army, whose safe departure he had stayed to witness both by land and sea. Ibrahim is much better for his repose at Gaza, and the attend ance of the surgeon of the Benbow—not the surgeon attached to the staff of General Jochmus, as we had been erroneously informed. It appears that this officer will have a serious ac count to render for the consequences of his proceedings in op posing the retreat of Ibrahim, after positive orders to the con trary from the British officers in authority on the coast. We are assurred that no less than 12,000 Egyptian troops, beside women and children unnumbered, fell a sacrifice to the yin tlictive policy which he followed up so pertinaciously. Mehemet Ali appears to have made up his mind that he must be prepared to defend himself eventually, for he had ordered (previous to the arrival of the firmans) the French Colonel of _Engineers still here to make a survey for the execution of pro per fortifications around Alexandria. We have more bad news from Syria. The Sultan's Alba nians statioesed at Beyrout have quarrelled with the moun • taineers of Leltanon, and the latter are now shouldering their muskets on their own account, ready to set Sultan and every body at defiance. Next, the plague is making progress at Jaffa, Acre, and along the Syrian coast. Lastly, the Jews at Damascus are in trouble again, as appears by a circular letter, dated the 24th January, signed by the archbishops and bishops of the various Christian sects and churches of tint Pachalic, and addressed to the several European consuls residing there, praying them to use their influence to put a stop to the perse cution to which the Jews are now subjecting them. The homeward-bound Turkish fleet was met by Fird Bey off Kelymos, on the 16th February, and Walker Pacha's ship, the Mahmoudieh, in the Sett of Marmora. The Pacha had expressed his intention, from the first ap pearance of the Great Liverpool steamer in his harbour, to visit and inspect it ; and on the arrival of Captain Engledue, on the 19th inst., informed him that he would have the plea sure to go on board the next day. The next day, then, al though the Sultan's Envoy Extraordinary arrived with his fir mans of investiture, he contrived to fulfil his promise subse quent to the audience, and at 2 o'clock appeared on board of the stean'er, accompanied by Hekekian Bey and Khosrew Ef fendi, as interpreters, Sarni Bey, Achmet Ferzi Paella (the traitor), kc. He entered the cabin and seated himself about ten minutes, admiring the happy combination of arrange ments for ornament and use, but refusing to partake of any refreshment. He was a f t erwards conducte through the yes s,l by Captain Engledue, inquiring into the uses and ad vantages of the various novelties that presented themselves ; even carried his curiosity so far as the cowhouse. He examined the wool of the fine breed of sheep 'brought hither in the steamer on their way to India, and waited pa tiently to be introduced to a fine English pig; but the pig was obstinate, squealed lustily, and would not be presented. Captain Engledue next exhibited the effect of a new detonat ing lock for cannon of his own invention, and at the Pacha's desire placed it in the hands of Mohamed Bey, the naval ar chitect, to have some made for the Egyptian guns. Commo dore Napier, Commander Williams, and Fird Bey had also as sembled on boasi the Great Liverpool, and at the Pacha's invi tation accompanied him on board his own three-decker Accra, or "No. 6,' to witness the exercise of the Egyptian sailors at their guns. The performance, on the French system, was as good" as could well be expected," and the Pacha appeared much pleased with the commendations of the British officers. Sub sequently, by the Pacha's previous invitation, Captain En gledue went through the exercise of the British navy, and ex plained the points of difference, with the advantages arising from them. The Pacha has ordered that a number of his young men, who speak English, shall be in readiness to receive the imstructions of Captain Engledue on his next visit to Alexandria. Captain Engledue is further charged to bring out to Egypt for the Pacha a small steamer, for the river Nile, of the most ins proved construction. The Great Liverpool performed the trip this time as fol lows;—It left Southampton at 8 a.m. on the Ist of February, vith the mails of the 31st of January ; arrived at Falmouth at h elf-past 2 a.m. on the 2d of February, and left at 3 p.m. same day, with the mails of the 30th only (the Southampton station enabling the Post-office to despatch the mail next after that already sent to Falmouth); arrived at Gibraltar, after a b ad passage, at 7 p.m. on the 9th of February, and sailed at 1 a.m. on the 10th, after six hours' stoppage ; arrived at Malta at 2 a.m. on the 14th ; stayed 21 hours, and left at 11 p.m. on the same night, and arrived off Alexandria at 2 p.m. on the 19th instant. The outworks of the paddle-boxes suf fered something in the heavy weather off Gibraltar, and the Paella's workmen are now engaged upon the repairs with all the aid which his arsenal can afford. He will not hear of any remuneration. The plague continues in Alexandria, and is still on the in crease. The entire of last month the cases were only 32, out of which 20 are marked deaths. Of this month only 22 days are elapsed, and we have already 39 cases, out of which 16 have been fatal. Dr. Grassi is pursuing his mission at Tanta, on the Nile, where the great fair is held every Au gust, followed by another in a neighbouring town, named Mohaleb Kebir. The plague is scarcely ever out of the se two places, 17 died in Tanta per diem last August, and since then the cases have been varying with the population, which still keeps up, in consequence of its commercial repute, the love of traffic still attracting crowds of strangers thither, despite of its peztilent liabilities. The cases there just now are nearly similar to those occurring in Alexan dria —from two t three per diem. The small-pox is at present a more deadly , scourge in Egypt than the ordinary plague. At Alexandria 287 died of the dis ease from last April to Decembe r inclusive. Last month 74 died, and this month, up to the 19th inst., 52 have fallen vic tims. This week the mortality is serious. Yesterday five died; the day before five, and the previous day nine. At Da- Inietta a' prevent it is equally alarming, and durirg the last six months of 1810 was truly destructive, for 248 died in a popula tion only one third that of Alexandr . a. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 24. The Great Liverpool has been detained until this day at moon, to carry the despatches of Commodore Napier, at this eventful crisis of the affairs of Egypt. The Pacha will not submit to the conditions attempted to be imposed on him by the Por:e, and declares that he looks to England (on whose good faith he had always relied) to save him from the disgrace and danger involved in them. There can be no doubt, that if they are permitted to be enforced, and sub • sequently acted upon by his enemies in the Divan, Egypt would in a short !time be thrown back into such a state of disorder, that neither Mehemet Ali, nor any Englishman, could live in it. Negib Said, having received the Pacha's refusal, is about to leave Alexandria, and return to Constantinople, with Ford Boy, in the Turkish steamer, which is already getting up its steam. He has not declared the negotiation at an end, which looks so far so well. The Commodore still rem&ns here in the hope of assisting to terminate it amicably. lam happy to be abL. to send you a cony of the conditions brought by this ex traordinary envoy. The Articles No. 1 and No. 6a e the only ones rejected altogether by_the Pacha. FIRAIAN OF THE SULTAN, INVESTING MEHEMET ALI WITH THE HEREDITARY GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT. " Vizier,—l have beheld with satisfaction the proofs of sub mission which you have just given, as well as your proteAa tations of fidelity and your assurances of devotedness towards my august person, and for the interests of my Sublime Porte. Your long experience and your knowledge of the affairs of the country so long placed under your adminis tration, do not permit to doubt of your ability, by the zeal and prudence you will display in this same Government, to acquire fresh titles to my kindness and confidence in you ; and that at the same time, grateful for my benefits, you will endeavour to transmit the qualities which distinguish you to your descendants. On this consideration I have de termined on confirming you in the Government of Egypt, according to the limits traced on the map which is sent you by my Grand Vizier ; and on conferring on you, in addition, the prerogative of the heirship of the Government on the following conditions : "1. When the Government of Egypt shall become vacant, it shall be confided to such one of your sons as I shall select, and the same mode of succession shall be applied to his male chil dren, and so on. In case your male line shall become ex tinct, the male issue of your feminine branch shall have no right to the succession . The son appointed to succeed you in the Government of Egypt shall come to Constanti nople to receive investiture there. The prerogative of inhe ritance conferred on the Governors of Egypt shall not give them any rank or title superior to that of other viziers, nor any claim to precedency, and they shall be treated on the very same footing as their colleagues. "2. The provisions of my hatti-scheriff, of Gulhane, as well as the administrative laws now in force, or hereafter to be made within my empire, and all treaties concluded, or to be concluded, with friendly powers, shall be equally executed in Egypt. •' 3. All the taxes which shall be imposed in this province shall be collected in my name, and in order that the inhabitants of Egypt, who form part of the subjects of my Sublime Porte, may not be exposed to extortions and irregular exactions, the tenth duties and other impositions shall be regulated upon the same system as is followed in the rest of the empire. One-fourth of the revenues to be derived from the custions, duties, tenths, and other impositions in Egypt, shall be paid, without any deductions, into the treasury of my Sublime Porte —the remaining three-fourths shall servo to cover the expenses of collecting the civil and military administration, the mainte nance of the Governor, and also to make payment for the corn to be sent annually to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The tri. bute above made payable by the Governor of Egypt, and the mode of payment, shall continue for five years, dating from the year 1257 (22d Feb., 1841). They may afterwards be regulated in a man ner suited to the future state of Egpyt, and the nature of new cir cumstances. As it is due to my Sublime Porte to be made acquainted with the annual amount of the revenues, and the manner of collecting the impositions, and as this object re quires a commission of superintendence in the province, this shall be ulteriorly provided for according to my imperial will. " 4: The very important regulation of the coinage having to be settled by my Sublime Porte in a way to admit of no more variation, either as to the intrinsic or the current value,the gold and silver coinage, which it will continue to permit in Egypt, in my name, is to be equal to that of the Imperial mint of Con stan,icople, as to value, form, and model. "5. In time of peace, 18,000 troops sufficing for the inter nal guard of Egypt, this number cannot be exceeded ; but as the Egyptian forces are no less destined for the service of the Sublime Porte than the other forces of the empire, they may be augmented in time of war in the proportion which may be considered proper. According to the new system of military service, which has been adopted for the whole of my empire, the soldiers, after having served five years, are to be replaced b~• new soldiers, and this system will also be fol lowed in Egypt. Thus, out of the last recruits of the Egyptian troops now serving, 20,000 men will be chosen to commence the new service, of whom 18,000 shall be kept for Egypt, and 2,000 to be sent here to serve tl.eir time. The fifth of these 20,000 men having been replaced each year, there shall be chosen annually in Egypt 4,000 recruits, according to the mode prescribed by the military regulation cy lot, and ob serving all necessary humanity, impartiality, and diligence; 3,600 of these recruits shall remain in Egypt, and 400 be sent here. The soldiers, who shall have served their time, either in Egypt or here, shall return to their homes, and cannot be called out a second time. Although the climate of Egypt may require a different military clothing, as to the cloth of which it may be composed, the uni forms, distinctive emblems, and colours of the Egyptian troops shall not differ from those of the other troops of the empire. This also shall be the case with the costume and distinctive emblems of the officers, sailors, and soldiers of the Egyptian navy, and the colours of the vessel shall be the same as these here. 6. ihe nomination of officers by sea and land, up to the rank of lieutenant inclusively, shall belong to the Govern ment of Egypt, that of the superior officers shall depend on the Imperial pleasure. In future the Governor of Egypt shall not be allowed to build any vessels of war without my express permission. " The grant of the hereditary government of Egypt being subjected to the above conditions, the inexecution of either of them shall warrant the immediate revocation of this grant. The present hatti.seheriff is therefore addressed to you, in order that yol and your de,centlants, recognising the impe rial favour, which I have just granted to you, may direct v,,ur attention to the careful fulfilment of the conditions therein laid down, to protect the inhabitants of Fgypt against all k7nds of violence, providing for their safety and welfare, ar.d taking care not to infringe my orders ; and, finally, that you may communicate to the Sublime Porte the important affairs of the country confided to your Government. " The 21 Zithiclje, 1256 (13th Feb., 1841)." The Great Liverpool is starting. The Commodore remains in hope of arranging this business. COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From the Bombay Times,, Feb 1.) The market during the month has been dull and inanimate for the st ason of the year, and although there have been rather extensive transactions in British piece goods, yet sales in gene ral have gone off with little spirit, and in most cases at slight re duction in prices as compared with the previous month. The low prices of manufactures in Enolandhave induced a desire to keep stocks in first hands here as low as possible, and thus rates have been submitted to which might not otherwise have been accepted. There is now, ,however, more firmness among holders, which will check the downward tendency, and prevent further reductions. _ . _ For gray sheetings there has been a little inquiry for the Arab market, and sales to the extent of about four thousand pieces have been effected at from 9 rupees 10 for 50 yards by 33 inches, to 141 rupees for 65 yards by 36 inches. Grey longcloths have been sold only to a limited extent at rather reduced prices. Our returns show about 6,003 pieces, 36 to 40 inches. by 36 -to 40 yards, as sold at 6 rupees to 10 rupees. In bleached goods rather more has been done than in the past month, and about 7,000 pieces of bleached longcloths from 34 to 36 inches by 38 to 40 yards have been sold at from 54 rupees to 10 rupees 10. Of bleached Madapollams, how ever, we have heard of only about 4,000 pieces at 21 rupees to 5 rupees 3. Bleached muslins of all descriptions continue very dull, and only saleable at low prices. About 8,000 pieces of jacconets have been sold at from 2 1 / 2 rupees to 5 rupees 2, and mulls, to the extent of 2,500 low numbers, at 2 rupees per piece of 10 yards, and 3 rupees 10 per piece of 20 yards. In lappets rather more has been done, and about 10,000 pieces, mostly low and assorted qualities, have been sold at 14 rupees to 2 rupees 14. A few book-muslins, of middling qualities, have been sold at 21 rupees, and dorias or striped mull; at 2% rupees, and striped and checked jacconets and satin spots at 3% rupees to 4 rupees 11 annas. Printed goods have been much neglected during the month. Some pine and neutral sets have been sold at 5 to 6 rupees. Dyed or fancy ground plates at 4to 4 rupees 5. Furnitures at 6% to 7 rupees 6. Bengal stripes at 3 rupees 10, and printed garments at 4 rupees 10 to 6 rupees 15. Woollens continue dull of sale, but prices pretty steady. There have been some sales of coarse scarlets at 1 rupee 3 per yard. Twist —Mule has been sold during the month to the extent of 200,000 lb., but generally at very low prices, particular for numbers above 40, which are unprecedentedly low, even as compared with the prices of inferior numbers. The following are the quotations : No. 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, FO, 90 6*, 8 Bi, 9i, 10, 10 to 10* 11, 12* anna3 per lb. Of water twist about 30,0001 b. have been sold at 7& for No. 20s, 9 to 9*, for No. 30s, and 10 1 for No. 40 s. fetals have been steady during the month, but demand not active. Copper sheets and sheathing have been sold at 61i rupees per cwt., and nails at 101 rupees. Iron-bars and na)l-rods have realized 40 rupees to 40* rupees per candy ; rods are in no request, and sheet has sold at 7 ru pees per cwt. Since the receipt of last accounts from China cotton has been gradually falling, and Broach has recently been pur chased at 108 rupees , Oen rawutty 98 rupees to 100 rupees, Dollera and Barsee, 96* rupees to 97 rupees, Compta and Cutch, 95 rupees, Porachie, Mangalore, &c., 88 rupees to 90 rupees. Very little of the new crop has yet arrived, but may be expected early in the month, when what remains of the old crop must decline. As the ships now loading for England will carry full 25,000 bales, it is not improbable that, with what is loading also for China, the market will be nearly cleared of the old crop. Wool has been pretty steady at from 127 rupees for Malwa to 135 for Khorasan. There is very little of good quality at market however. Indigo there is little doing in, and prices remain at 35 rupees to 36 rupees per maund. Of pepper there is but little at market, and prices may be quoted at 75 rupees for Malabar, and 80 rupees for Butcole. Mocha coffee still keeps up, and stocks are light; present prices, 12 1 , rupees to 13 rupees per maund. Exchange on England continues at 2 01% 2 at 2 0 3 4, six months' sight, though good bills are rather difficult to be ob tained at the latter rate. Freights to England have rather advanced, and may now be quoted at 41. and 4/. 4s. to London, and 3/. 17a. 6d. to 4/. for Liverpool and the Clyde. At the beginning of the week rather higher rates than the above were asked, but nothing beyond our quotations have since been offered or obtained. To China 20 rupees to 21 have been given per candy to Macao. MEMORANDUM OF EXCHANGE FOR COMPANY'S PAPER, BILLS, &c. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Buy. aell. Five per cent. Loan of 1825 - 26 Rs. as. W;. as. From No. 1,154 to No. 3,000 Five per cent. Loan of 1825-26 From No. 3,001 to No. 6,00@ Five per cent. Loan of 1825-26 From No. 6,001 to No. 10,000 llO-8 111 Five per cent. Loan of 1825-26 From No. 10,001 to No. 15,200 . 111-8 112 Five per cent. Loan of 1829-30 Four per cent. Loan of 1832-33 Four per cent. Loan of 1835-36 Company's Rs .. . Five per cent. Transfer Loan, 1834-35 ll4-S 115 COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Rs. as. Rs as. Bills on Calcutta, at 30 days' sight, Com pany's Bills on Madras, at 30 ditto ditto 9B 0 98 8 Bills on Canton, at 60 ditto ditto per 100 dollars 2OB 0 s. d. s. d. Bills on London, at 6 months' sight Bills on London, at 30 days' sight (Cey Government) PRICE OF BULLION AND SYCEE. Buy. Sell. Rs. as. Rs. as. Spanish dollars, whole, per 100 Ditto, brolom, per 100 German crowns, per 100 213 0 213 8 Sovereigns, or Bank of England notes, per pound sterling Sycee silver, large ingots, per 100 Tolahs 104 0 104 4 Ditto, small ingots, per 100 Tolahs .... . 103 8 103 12 MADRAS. It is with feelings of deep regret and concern that we an nounce the death of Sir Samford Whittingham, Commander.. in-chief of this Presidency, which tocik place most unexpectedly yesterday evening, his Excellency having been to all appear ance in perfect health a couple of hours previously. He had, we hear, attended a meeting of Council, and was preparing to take his evening drive, when alarming symptoms suddenly appeared, and, notwithstanding the prompt exertions of me dical aid, he was carried off by apoplexy after a very short in terval. During the brief period his Excellency hag hell command of the Madras army, his conduct has insured him the esteem of all ranks, by whom his loss will be deeply la mented. _ _ The remains of this gallant and much-respected officer, whose term of command here has been so brief, will be interred this evening at St. Mary's Church, in Fort St. George, with all the honours due to his rank. The flagstaff and the shipping in the roads have Ind their ensigns hoisted half-mast high on the an nouncement of his death.— Spectator, Jan. 20. ADEN. Accounts from this place dated 10th of February, state every thing to be quiet there, and the place rapidly increasing in population and gradually improving. The Regenerator of the Faith, as the bigoted old man was pleased to style himself, was totally defeated by the Smaun, and Senha taken prisoner and beheaded, which had put down the rebellion to a conside rable extent. The Smaun intended, in less than a month, to attack tho seaport triwoa of Mocha, Hodeida, and Zehrid. He is favourably disposed towards the English. The climate of Aden was, at the above date, delightful, and the trooVs were exceedingly healthy. The trench had obtained po session of a place called Eyd, on the Abyssinian coast, said to be 38 miles in length and ten in width. It is supposed to be their intention to form a settle ment for commercial purpo3es.-Manzari Shark. EGYPT. b a d arrived on the 20th ult., bearing emet Ali, one containing his pardon and Our Indian express has brought advice 3 from Egypt to the I 24th ult., on which day the Great Liverpool steamer left Alex andria with the mail. Nedjib Said Effendi, Envoy Extraordi nary Oovernment of Egypt en h d* " CAMP &AMUR, JAN. 15, 1841. restoration to t eriff of Gulhan t ere ite ; another " You will be surprised to hear of the rumours of war in declaring the hatti se berm paella of obe the law of Egypt, ntharreye fromfi r a t n h s e for Candahar. The whole country has risen again against Schah and a third appointing hoots, or of making ennaar, and prohibiting Soojah, and declare that nothing but his dethronement will the practice of slave ti conditi ing eunuchs. The Envoy ever keep them quiet. Nusseer Khan is afraid to surrender, b'.. also announced certain 9 , to build no ons vi hich he without be re cause Dost Mahomed has been sent off to Hindestan, and he Sultan's to adhere to,— viz. to submit t more ships the Porte, A I cll dreads a similar fate; but he is willing to come in if he is pro- Sultan's permission, and, naval, o the surveillance of com mised to be kept in any part of Kutchee. The troops will now missioners in the ni"l ' ta iTration. nancial, and commercial have something to do beyond the Bolan. One brigade (Col. departments of his admin It is said to be the inten tion his army t England's) was to have been broken up, but this fresh out- tion of the Divan t° ---- m sto ranks 9 20,000 men, and to pre break will 'require their services in the fled. One brigade vent his nominating oiecer. above that of a Lieu moves from Shikapore this day, and the cavalry and flank corn- tenant without the Sultan's t a o pp o r_ob l ation. He was to pay up panies of the 21st, with General Brooks and staff, accompanied, his three years' debt of trio ~....o f a 70,0001., under the inspee • by the political authorities, on Monday morning. Part of the tion of the Commissioner ri revenues eh. Egypt to the regular ~ Will you believe it, the remains of the late Brigadier Ste- discharge of future paymelltsi.onlofh his monopolies, are also jackalls ; there isto friendly hand to ras a simple tomb (cost to be carried out ire ," la t y_ under proper superinten -20 rupees) to this brave officer's memory; no, not one is there dente. A partial disarming thei fleet will be insisted to be found who will do this last act of friendship — a duty, I on , and the Sultan is to haveright of nominating his believe, on the part of the commanding officer, or the political successors from amongst his descendants. The Pacha strongly authorities who are the representatives of Government. Is it objected to the last stipulation, as well as to the proposed inter thus that the brave servants of the Honourable Company are ference with his army and finances. He was - willing to con to be treated? hi life he was everything, in death he is con- cede the other points, but expressed his belief that En 1 dg an sidered nothing." vi - duld not be a party for mpelling him to submit to a demand Letters from Shirkapore of the 12th mention that the 4th which was intended the ruin of his family, H e had ap _ troop of Horse Artillery and right-winged Bombay 20th Regi- pealed to Commodore Napier, who appeared to think that ment of Native Infantry had started that morning f or Q ue tt a ; the Pacha was hardly dealt w ith. He was preparing t o de the Ist troop of. Horse Ar tiller y and left Wing 20 th were to part for Marmerice to join the fleet, and only waited to march for Bang on the 14th ; General Brooks with the cavalry hear the Pacha's final reply to the Envoy, arid to send a de on the 16th ; Brigadier Valiant with her Majesty's 40th Re i - - g spatch by the Great Liverpool on the 24th of February. The ment and Bombay 21st Regiment of Native Infantry on the Commodore stillremains, in hopes of adjusting tie disagreement. 18th. This force to rendezvous and remain at Baug until Ibrahim Pacha had proceeded to Damietta. All the Egyp Kutch Gundava, orrather the hill district and tribes adjacent tian and Syrian troops had left Gaza, and Lieutenant Loring were settled ; Brigadier England, with her Majesty's 41st, is had returned to Alexandria. Serious complaints are uttered to rema in a t Shikarpore pending these negotiations: on their against General Joehrniis for impeding the retreat o f ib ra hw e adjustment her Majesty's 41st and European Fort Artillery army, by which 12,000 Men have died, besides multitudes cf to return to Kurachee, and her Majesty's 40th, and Bombay i women and children who accompanied the army. The 20th, 21st, and"2sth Regiments to pass through the Bolan to plague was at Acre and Jaffa, and was increasing at Alex- Quetta to occupy . Khelat, Mustong, and Quetta. The Ist, I andria, where the smallpox was also becoming destruc -sth, and 23d Regiments, the three corps which went up in tive. The Albanian troops at Beyrout had quarrelled with November, 1828, with Lord Keane, to return to Bombay and the mountaineers of Lebanon, who set the Sultan's autho. recruit in the Deccan. 1 rity at defiance. The Russian Consuls in Syria had received MALTA. (From a Supplement of the Malta Times of March Ist, 1841.) The Great Liverpool steam-ship arrived in port yesterday afternoon, having left Alexandria on the 24th ult. ; she brings an Indian mail despatched from Bombay on the Ist by the Berenice steamer, which arrived at Suez on the 18th ult. The Great Liverpool has brought a report that Commodore Napier is to succeed Admiral Elliot in the naval command in the India seas and China, but it must be at the least premature. SHIPS LYING IN MALTA HARBOUR, MARCH 1. Princess Charlotte, 120 (bearing the flag of Admiral Sir R. Stopford, G. C. B. , G. C. M. G. ) ; Ceylon, 6, (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, Bart,) ; Bellerophon, 78; Ganges, 84 ; Edinbu-gh, 72 ; Thunderer, 84 ; Carysfort, 36 ; Dido, 18; Wasp, 16 ; surveying vessel Magpie; steam fri gates Medea, Gorgon, Cyclops, Hydra, Phoenix, and Strom boli; steam tenders Confiance, and Locust; steam packets Acheron and Alecto; transport Numa ; troop ship Athol; French steamers, Meteore, Mentor, and Sesostris. The Berenice steamer left Bombay on the Ist of February, reached Suez on the 18th at half-past nine A. M., and the mails arrived at Alexandria on the 22d at two P. 31. The Great. Liverpool arrived at Alexandria on the 19th of February, and her mails were forwarded the same day. She left Alexandria on the 28th, and arrived at Malta on the 28th of February. She brought 22 passengers, amongst whom are Captain Smith, Queen's 40th Regiment; Major Douglas, Hon. Ea-t Ind 'a Company ,vs Service ; Dr. Stevenson, Dr. Nis bett, R.N. ; Lieutenant Cunningham, RN., from China; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lith and child; Mrs. Waddington, Mrs. Woodhouse, Messrs. Aspinall, Taylor, Cotton, Gray, Little, and Halkett ; Captain Gray, Mr. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson, Lieutenant Loring, R.N. ; Mr. and Mrs. Lark ing; Messrs. Herfoy, Nigne, Johnson, Gordon, Knivett, Ay mer, and Dr. Spence. LITERATURE. SIX MONTHS WITH Tag CHINESE EXPEDITION. Murray, London, 1841. For this interesting little volume we are in debted to the pen of Lord Jocelyn, who, as lie observes in his preface, " was obliged, from severe illness, to leave the Chinese expedition to which he was attached," and wrote the present work while on his voyage from Canton to Bom bay, from hints "entirely gathered from private notes, and recollections of conversations held at different times with residents in the country, or with men interested in its affairs." As the first book that has been published on the subject of the late expedition, the one before us will, no doubt, be read with eagerness ; and it will not disappoint expectation, for it is written in a simple, perspicuous style, and relates events, ap parently, without prejudice or exaggeration. His Llrdship commences with some observations on the subject of the course of policy pursued by the Chinese authorities, observing,— "To flatter the national vanity of the people, and to sink the outside nations,' or ' barbarians' in their eyes, is the great object of all Chinese policy ; to effect which they hold a lan guage of bombast in all communications with Foreign Powers, and represent in their public chops, or decrees, our trade as of but minor importance to their country. As long as the pres sure of the Government finds a compensation in their minds in the indulgence of their national vanity, so long ma y the present system continue; but should the trade be entirely closed, and thus millions be thrown out of employment , _th , :n ie , while want and starvation stalk gauntly through th e question will arise of Why ? and that word once uttered, will be the signal of the overthrow of the present dynasty' u y e e s In reference to the long agitate d o y tuq b: tion, Lord Jocelyn tells us — w il as by the this nox was pretty well known before—t hat ious drug is only dispose d silver, it is a dread of the Pau Chinese statesmen e lf tv of this precious iu e xchange for metal that has struc k the iuni traffic, this, we are As for stopping tlTbleop. more than the harm it has inflicted on the people. assured, , no measures, however severe, can to risk their lives to procure the drum and there preolsysisucceed ; thousands are ready are thousandsiseillinti who, from long habit, would, if deprived of it, prefer to be in their graves, . Here is a striking account of a Chinese opium smoking-house : • 't One of the objects that I had the curiosity to visit, was the opium-smoker in his heaven ; and certainly it is a most fearful sight, although perhaps not so degrAUng to the eye as the drunkard from spirits, lowered to theWel of the brute, and wallowing in his filth.. The idiot smile and death-like stupor, however, of the opium debauchee has something far more awful to the gaze than the bestiality of the latter. baandonPity watch th e ; if possible, takes th e p lac e of other feelings, as we faded cheek and haggard look of the b e i ng e ;hile levelleddsgust is uppermost to beast by se s at to the ee sight of otfhethheur,diriig creature an intoxication. The rooms where th e Chi n and smoke e are s urrounded by wooden cou c h es, with places e for the head to rest upon, and generally a side-room is .devoted to gambling. The pipe is a reed of about au inch in diameter, and the aper- k; • if N : .'''' ''''''. EVENING EDI 4 ' ,- . ' - ':- .-1 * Of awe, me- ' •. te4 . 4"se ture of the bowl for the a 'rnissitin'of the'op e i •_, 7 r,;,than a pin's head. The drug is prepared • , ee'esio ele.l,;id , ,tee efess 4, conserve,and a very small portion is. suffici 'el k ..is g ter i e. one or two whiffs being the utmost that can b i eFt tric elleilesilloroisa single pipe ; an d the smoke is taken into the , es' the hookah in I n dia. On a beginner one or t. 44). PO ,ss4 tk ".4): have an effect, but an old stager will continue smoknag for hours. At the head of each couch is placed a small lamp, as fire must be hold to the drug during the process of inhaling T and from th e diffi cu l ty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is gen era lly a p erson whowaiti upon elle smoke r, tceper form the offi ce . A f ew d ays o f t hi s f ear f u l l uxur y, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ;;and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong and healthy man into little better than an idiot skeleton. The pain they suffer when deprived of the drug, after long habit, no language can explain ; and it is only when to a certain degree under its influence, that their faculties are alive. In the house's devoted to their ruin, these infatuated people may be seen at nine o'clock in the evening in all the different stages. Some enter ing half distracted, to feed the craving appetite th e y had been obliged to subdue during the day; others laughing a nd talki n g wildly, under the effects of a feast pipe ; while the couches round are filled willa their different occupants, who lie languid, with an idiot smile on their countenance, too much under the influence of the drug to care for passing events, and fast verg ing towards the wished-for consummation. The last scene in this tragic play is generally a room in the rear of the building, a si ecies of dead-house, where lie sretched those who have passed into that state of bliss the opium-eater madly. seeks—an emblem of the long sleep to Ojai he is madly hurryirig."• The above spirited sketch Will xetrund the reader of similar scenes described m " Anas tasius," and the " Autobiography of an English Opium-eater," and also of Dr. Madden's account of the opium-smokers at Constantinople. Of Singapore, where Lord Jocelyn made a short halt, he tells us, that though the town has not existed above twenty years, yet already the trade i.... nearly equal to that of Bombay; and that a chief feature, which shows its late origin from the wilds, is the number of tigers that still roam about the purlieus of the town, entering even the gardens and compounds of the inhabitants, as if loth to leave then' ancient domains. Not far from Singapore there exists, it seems, ; a curious tribe, named Bennas, who infest the jungles, and are supposed to be the aborigines of the country. They seldom come dawn into the more civilised parts of the continent, unless caught and forcibly detained. Their stature as rarely above four feet four ; and when the chil dren reach the age of manhood, they destroy their parents to make way for their own gener4- tion ; and the skulls of their deceased parents are the only tokens that they keep to remind them of the authors of their being, and their unnatural fate. We close our hasty notice with an account of the capture of Chusan, shortly ' after which event Lord Jocelyn quitted the ex pedition, and returned home :--- During the:whole of that night the shore presented a most beautiful spectacle, the hils around and suburbs appearing a moving mass of variegated light. In China no individual ever moves out at night without these painted lanterns, carrying them in their hands, or on short bamboos. By their help we could perceive that crowds were busy throwing up some+ more of their wretched embankments, and placing gingails and fresh guns in position. The merchant-junks were faintly seen, through the shades of darkness, heaving up their heavy anchors, and stealing silently through the fleet, laden half-way up -their masts with goods and merchandise, and crowded with womb and children : these were allowed to pass without molests. Lion, although in their cargoes many a captain might have made his fortune. None can deny that every leniency was shown, and every endeavour made, compatible with his posi tion, by the Commodore commanding, to save an effusion of the b'ood of these infatuated people. In the first place, as they most justly observed, it seemed hard that they should be made to sufferfor the sins of the Canton Government, and we had no injuries to revenge personally upon them ; in the second place, our force was numerically so muck superior, that they would lose nothing in their own eyes by being defeated, when victory on their part was impossible ; thirdly, more was likely to .be gained at a spot which it was then hoped might prove at a fu ture day an eligible seat for our commerce, by conciliation, and gentle endeavours, leaving no rankling reminiscences en the minds of the people. if a blow became necessary, it mould have far more effect, if struck at some point where the Chi nese considered themselves most invulnerable, and where, there fore, it vvou'd become more awakening to their vanity and self oi inion. However, it happened otherwise ; and the morning of the sth of July, 1840. was the day fated for her Majesty's flag to wave over the most beautiful island apepertain:ng to the Celestial Empire, the first European banner that has floated re conqueror over the " Flowery Land." The dawn of day brought much the same spectacle as the preceding, excepting that a few guns were mounted en the Jos-heuse hill, and the mandarins were seen actively employed running about along the wharfs. Soon afiereards they were remarked to take their different stends with the troops, one among them with his party in the marte.lo tower being particularly conspi cuous. The war-junks were drawn up and crowded with Men. The British men-of-war were lying in line, with their larboard broad-sides towards the town, at the distance of two hundred Wellesley, from the wharf and foot of the hill. They consisted of the Wellesley, 74 ; Conway and Alligator, 28 ; Cruiser and Al gerine, 18; and ten gun-brigs. At eight o'clock the deal was hoisted to prepare for action; still, however, time was given by the Commodore, hoping to the last they wculd repent, and it was not until two o'clock that the troops left the transports in the boats of the squadron. and took up their position in two lines in rear of the men-of-war, to land under cover of the fire. At half-past two the Wellesley fired a gun at thc mar tello tower : this was immediately returned by the .whole line of junks, and the guns on the causeway and the hill ; then the shipping opened their broalsidee uNn the town, and 'ho crashing of timber, falling houses, and groans of men, re sounded from the shote. The firing lasted on our side for nine minutes, but even alter it had ceased a few shots were still heard from the mews:lied junks. When the smoke cleared away a mass of ruin presented itself to the eye, and on tha place lately alive with nun, none but a few wounded wase to be seen; but crowds were vi-ible in the distance, flying in all directions. A few were distinguished carrying the wounded from the junks into the town, and cur friend the Chumpin was seen borne from his vessel by a faithful few, having lost his leg in the action by a round shot. It is as well here to mention that he was taken to Ningpo, a teen en the opposie isl end, and although honours were heaped upon him for his gallant, but unavasling defence, he survived but a few days bo wear them. Before the last shot was fired tha General and his staff left the Welles!ey, the boats with the troops following in their wake, cheering the men.of-war as, they passed through, the sailors returning the hurrahs through the }orb. We landed on a deserted beach; a few dead bodies, bows amt i sl arrows, broken spears and guns, remaining the sole occupants of the field. The men arriving from the boats fbrmed along the causeway in line, and the 18th advanced up the steps lead• ing to the temple on the hilt On reaching the summit we distinguished the inner town, which had not been visible from the shipping : it was situated in a hollow in rear of the mount, and the bird's-eye view was very picturesque. On the walla were seen the banners of the Chinese soldiery, whilst the mete crowded along the ramparts, heating their tomtoms and gongs, beckoning us with their hands to the attack as the troops be came visible to them on the hill. They opened their wretched wall-pieces, which, from their constructicn, can neither tra verse nor be depressed, and which, being cherged with a bad description of powder, did no damage to the force. In the course of two bouts from the time ofleaving the ships, the Madras artillery had four gun+ in position, and fired a few shells into the town; the advanced pecquets were posted, and the Chinese fired upon the reconnoitring parties kern the walls wherever they became visible. The evening began to close in, and the commanding officers were desired to seek covering f or the men, as Brig. -Gen. Burrell had determined not to attack the town before the following morning . . Until ten o'clock that night the Chinese kept up a dropping fire, under cover at which they afterwards appeared to have deserted the town. During the evening the civil magistrate and some of hie officers were killed by our shells, and the Governor drowned himself in a tank when accused of cowardice by his people. On the following morning the desertion of the place became visible from the heights ; and through the long vistas of the valleys thousand: were seen flying. carrying their goods and chattels along with them. The bridge across the outer-ditch having been demolished the previous evening, the troopit were brought to a momentary halt ; the great gate of the town, too, was found to be barricadoed, and the wall which surrounded the c;ty to be of great strength. It was, however, s o o n sca l e d , and in a few minutes the banner of England was floating over the Chinese city of Tinghai ; the ramparts were found strewed with pikes, matchlocks, and a species of fire-rocket, arrow headed ; and on the parapets, Fackbets of quick-lime were packed up, to blind the eyes of the barbarians, had they endea voured to meunt the walls. - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DUNCHURCH STEEPLE CHASE.—YusTutnAs. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, and 100 added, 12 each—four miles. 7 subs. • Mr. Anderson's gr. g. Cigar A. Al•Donogh).„ 1 Mr. Tibury's Goblin 2 Mr. Elmore's The Weaver Mr. A. M'Donogh's Prince. Mr. Higgins's Boy Blue .. . . .................................................. .............. P l° Match for I C O i nogh) beat Mr.:Aladdock's Creole (Air. Almon) r g )t ar aAnidr.BoilyoßbelurtesocnarsriLe.,el;clb4. (fr. _ . P A RLIAMENTAR Y - BUSINESS. rzOTICF,S GIVEN AT THE riavArn BILL OFFICA Moxnav, MARCO 8. "—presented Chard Canai—Seconcl Reading, TuaaLs*, MARCH 9. Friday, March 12. d, Thursday, March 11. I. Exeter Small Debts—Committee an Petition, postponed front :::_ re fT e n po e rt, Thursday. March 11. for enabling Tuesday, March 16, till Monday, April 4 26. furtherng a Ra s ni l 0 f tn 0 • 2. Portishead Picr—Com. on Petition, adjourned till Marcia 12. Railway Bill—l_fore, ma a ki 3. 4. s C o o u ll t e h le i s: l n n l c n ios c l RAILWAYS, &c. and (ulginlyu,g,t)vYith a Branch . therefrom ,—presented and read a first time, to “ be read a seconda-tiildfdrom amend the several Acts tfia S ri t fe a tr ffo tii r t d o to be read a second time. Manchester:t and Leeds Railway 11 . Man. cheater and Leeds Railway Company t o ra i se th.. Northern and Eastern Railway Bill— and Eastern Railway Company t o make cto Citable th e re latinglineof to o be t i h r e ll sa a i i d lway , aiiil Northern t o a lter certain Deviations in the be read a second time. Railway" —presented and read a first time, Northern and Eastern Railway (Hertford an d W are —" to enable the Northern Company ranch) Bill Branch Line of Railway, and Eastern y, and toto make a relating to the said r a il wa alter and amend the several Acts be read a second time. Y"—presented and read a first time, to Glasgow and Dundyvan Junction Railway—Petitipn for Bill re. ported, and Bill or d ered to be brought in by xi% Lockhart. Mr. Oswald, and Mr. Dennistoun. , , THE WEATHER.') , ROYAL GALLERY 01 bCIt:NCE► ADELAIDE- STREET. NOON, MARCH 10. Barometer .......................... 30 53 In. Thermometer ......... . ........... 60 Deg. Highest .................... •••• . 62•5 Lowest ......................... 36'5 Wind W. —Freezing Point 32 Deg. t a Mr. Wray, the Receiver. d theer 18 A i c t r 0 1 -1 ) -1----r o lit an Police Force, has entered iGnteoWna:caolunontfract with Messrs. Baker and Son for building a police court and station-house upon a piece of ground iu Bagn i gge Well-road, belonging to the New River Company. The buildings will be erected at opposite ends c it t h e ground, with a gateway between them for the prison van to drive into the area behind. The pri;oncrs, by this arrangement, will he brought into the police court without being seen by the public. The court is intended as I sub aftute for Hatton-garden Police Court. )ris gh ick at. Is. en► ec lie. lon cE O cal of ~i3 -.___,