The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION CHINA, INDIA, AND TURKEY. The following details of tie news brought by the Overland Mail from India, form an interest ing. supplement to the accounts published in our paper of yesterday : CHINA. There is little news from China this month, and that little is not of a favourable description. An unexpected delay has taken place in carrying into effect the prelimi nary arrangements concluded between her Majesty's Ple nipotentiary and the Chinese Imperial Commissioner; the blockade is not raised, and trade continues suspended. Our ilittlligenee reaches to the 12th of February. The reason most generally assigned for the delay is, that it is ;.eiti,,necessary to await the Emperor's approval and confir ,tee „mation of the arrangements of Ke=hen before tie same , ( 1,, ears be acted upon. It is doubtful uhcther his Ma , . jest 's reply has strived, but there arc rumours ti.at such is the case, and that he is very much enraged at the presumptuous proceedings of the British, and 0 - ,e yi gilding disposition of his Commissioner, and posittvely declares that Hong_ Kong shall not be given up. It is added that L he does not object to padng the compensation stipu lated. This information can, however, only be regarded as a mere report; and though some difficulty may possibly be experienced before everything is finally arranged, it does not seem by any means likely that the Emperor has already been so foolhardy as to reject terms which. to say the least, were as fsvouranle as he could in reason have expected to obtain. There is a further rumour that a new Commissioner is on his way to supersede Keshen, and that warlike preparations are making at Canton. .The fullussing circular was pubi,hed by Captain Elliot, after a conference held on the 29th January : " CIRCULAR TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS. " Macao, Jan. 30, 1841. " The Plenipotentiary acquaints her Britannic Majesty's subjects that the ia egotiation with the Imperial Commis sioner proceeds satisfactorily, " Learning, however, that some of her Majesty's sub jects are preparing zo go to Canton, he feels it his duty to declare that persons pursuing that course, before he pub lishes a declaration that he considers it safe and suitable, must be pleased to understand thst they are acting con trary to his sense of what it ridit for the public interests, and must incur the whole risk and responsibility of their own proceedings. _ " CHARLES ELLIOT, " Her Aljesty's Reniporentiary." The subjoined proclamations have also been issuel relo_ tive to the government, for the time, of our new poves sion, H,ng-Kot g: " PROCLAMATION BY CHARLES ELLIOT, ESQUIRE, A CAP TAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TRADE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS IN CHINA, AND HOLDING FULL POWERS UNDER THE GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE LAND TO EXECUTE 'ME OFFICE OF HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONER, PROCURATOR, AND PLENIPOTENTIARY, IN CHINA. " The Island of Hung-Kong having been ceded to the British Crown under the seal cf the Imperial Minister and High Commissioner Keshen, it has become neussary to provide for the government thereof, pending her Majesty's further pseasure. " Ity virtue of the authority therefore in me vested, all her Majesty's rights, royalties, and privileges of all kinds whatever, in and over the said itland of Hong-Kong, whe ther to or over lande, harbours, property, or personal ser vice, are hereby prepared, proclaimed, and to her Ma 'esty fully reserved. _ "- Andl do hereby declare and proclaim that, pending her Majesty's further pleasure, the Government of the said island shall devolve upon, and be exercised by, the person filling the office of Chief Superintendent of the trade of Butish subjects in China for the time being.; " And I do hereby declare and proclaim that, pending her Majesty's further pleasure, the natives of the said is land of Hong-Kong, and all natives of China thereto resorting, shall be governed according to the laws and customs of China, every description of torture excepted. " And I do further declare and proclaim that, pending her Ma'esty's farther pleasure, all offences committed lit Hoeg-Kong by her Majesty's subjects, or other persons than natives of the island or of China thereto resorting, shall f .11 under the cognisance cf the criminal and Admi ralty jurisdiction presently existing in China. •' And Ido further declare and proclaim, that pending ter Majesty's further pleasure, such rules and regulatious as may be necessary from time to time for the government of Hong-Kong, shall be issued unner the hand and seal of the person filing the office of Chief Superintendent of tlfC trade of British subjects in China for the time being. " And I do further declare and proclaim that, pending her Majesty's further pleasure, all British subjects and foreigners residing in, or resorting to the island of Houg- Kong, shall enjoy full security and protection according to the principles and practice of British law, so long as they shill continue to conform to the authority of her Majesty's Government in and over the i land of Hong-Kong, hereby duly censtitnted and proclaimed. " G:ven under my hand and seal of office, on board of her Majesty's ship Wellesley, at anchor in Hong-Kong Bay, this twenty-ainth day of January, in the year one thou'and eight hundred and forty-one. L. S. ( Signed) " CHARLES ELLIOT. " God save the Queen. ( True copy) " EDWARD ELMSLIE, " Secretary and Treasurer to the Superintendent of British Trade in China," " PROCLAMATION. " Bremer, Commander-in-Chief, and Elliot, Plenipo tentiary, &c. Ste , by this proclamation make known to the inhabitants of the Island of Hong-Kong, that that island baa now become part of the dominions of the Queen of England, by clear public agreement between the high officers of the Celestial and British Courts; and all native persons residing therein must undt rstand, that they are now subjects of the Queen of England, to whom and to whose officera they must pay duty and obedience. " The inhabitants are hereby promised protection, in her Majesty's gracious name, against all enemies whatever; and they are further secured in the free exercise of their religions rites, ceremonies, and social customs ; and in the enjoyment of their lawful private property and interests. They will be governed, pending her Majesty's further pleasure, according to the laws, customs, and usages of the Chinese (every description of torture excepted), by the elders of villages, subject to the control of a British Ma gistrate; and any person having complaint to prefer of ill-usage or Notice against any Englishman or fore'gner, will quietly make report to the nearest officers, to the end that full justice may be done. " Chinese ships and merchants resorting to the port of Hong. Kong, for the purposes of trade, are hereby ex empted, in the name of the Queen of England, from dis charge of duty of any Lind to the British Government. The pleasure of the Government will be declared from time to time by further proclamation; and hereupon vil lages are held responsible that the commands are duly re spected and observed.—Given under seal of office, this Ist day of February. 1841." OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION IN CANTON RIVER. GENERAL ORDERS. Fort Will:am, Secret Department, Feb. 24. The Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, hav ing received an official communication of the destruction Oh the 7th of January of Chuenpee and Ty-coek.tovv, in an attack made upon those fortifications by the sea and land forces under the personal command of his Excellency Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, C. B. and K. C. H Naval Commander•in-Chief on the coast c.f China, is pleated to order the publication of the following official account of the action. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. " At eight o'clock this morning the Royal Marines of ttbe squadron, the detachments of the 26th and 49th Regi- Relents, and the 37th Madras Naive Infantry and Bengal Volunteers, were landed, accompanied by the detachment .of Rut al Artillery, with one twenty-feur-pound howitzer and two siz-pound field guns, together vii h a divi-ion of seamen belonging to the Wellesley, Blenheim, and Met -vide, in al about 1,400 men ; the land forces under the command of M.jor Pratt, of the 26th Cameronians, copy of - whore report will explain the details of military opera tic.ns, which were a imirably executed. " The Queen and Nemesis vearners were placed in po sition for throwing shells into the upper fort by Commander Belcher, of the Sulphur, and soon made an impression. A division of ships, consisting of the Calliope, Hyacinth, and Larne, under Capt. Herbert, attacked tlte lower fort e , ff the sea face, and in less than an hour silenced the gtes, although a number of troops remained within the walls. .IBy ten o'clock the troops had adva aced and carried tie en trenchments with their field batteries. Major Pratt himself and two or three marines were in posses-ion of the upper tort, and the British colours hoisted. The lower fort was speedily surrounded, and stormed by the entrance, as well as the wal , by a party of Royal Marines, and the union jack displayed on the ramparts. " The manageme n t of Ty-cock-tovv was entrusted to 'Capt. Scott, of her Majesty's ship Semarang, accompanied `by the Druid, Modeste, and Columbine, and in one hour it was silenced; but the Chinese remained in it until it was stormed by the boats, in which operations Lieut. Bowers, senior of the Semarang, was severely wounded. The pies in all ihe forts have been destroyed, the magazines blow„ up, and the barracks and houses burst. Eleven large war_ junks were anchored in the shoal water to the caetward of the position ; the Nemesis, un d er C ommander Belcher, rte.. companied by Li .ut. Killett, of the Starling, attacked them in admirable style, asststed by the beats of the Callioi.e, under Leto. Watson, senior of that ship ; they were all set o rocketn fire le i arid blown up ; one wit h a l l her crew on beard, a ing gone into her magazine. This ended the ope. Tations of the day. His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief ex pres•ei his high admiration s.f the gallantry and zeal which ai,ima,ed eery officer and man in the force, re turns bit thank s to Carains Sir Le Ftenling Senbouse of the Blenheim, and the Hon. R. Duridas, of the Mel 'elite, and Captain Miitland of the Wellesley. Captains Ilierl , ert and Scott carried their divisions into action w ith itheir aecusternel gallantry, and they were ably s t d by Captains Smith and Blake. and Come enders Warrcu Eyres, and Clarke, under their immediate orders. The Commanders Pritchard, Ng; t, and Fletcher, of the Blenheim, Mt lville, and Wellesley, the commanders of the stea m vessel , , and every officer and man employed, deserved the highest praise for their aealeus excl.. ions on every point. Major Pratt, of the 26th, conducted the operations on s h ore i n th e most able and gallant manner. He speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of every officer and man employed. " This service has been performed with trifling loss on the part of her Majesty's forces, although it is but justice to the Chi nese to say that they defended thernselvea, Pes e eially in th e b atteries, with the greatest credit and.devc tion. They have suffered severely; their loss, including that on board the war junks, cannot be estimat .d at less than from five to six hundeed. out of a force calculated at two thousand men. The slaughter in the lower fort, when carried by storm, Was considerable." TO lIIs EXCELLENCY SIR J. J. GORDON BREMER, C. 8., LC H., COMMODORE OF THE FIRST CLASS, CuMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, &1. &C. &C. Her Majesty's Ship Wellesley, Chuenpee, January 8, 1841. Sir— I have the honour to report to you that the troops Arnunderilemry, acing my l eom c mand, consisting of a detachment of Royal one 24-pounder howitzer and two 6- pounder field guns, aided by a party of seamen from her Nlakstfa ships Wellesley, Blenheim, and Melville, de tachments of the 26th and 49. h regiments, a battalion of Royal Marines, the 37th Madras Naive Infantry, and a detachment of Bengal Voluntt era, in all 1.400 men, landed yesterday at nine o'clock, two miles below Chuenpee Point, for the purpose of capturing the several forts and batteries on Chuenpee, The troops landed without opposition, and having formed them, I sent forward an advance of two companies of Royal Marines under Capt. Ellis ; the guns were then moved on, supported by the detachment of the 26th and 49th regi ments, follue el in column by the Marine battalion, the 37th Native Infantry, Ind the Bengal Volunteers. After advancing a rei'e and a half, on reaching the ridge of a hill, we came in sight of the upper fort, and of a very strong entrenchment, having a deep ditch outside, and a breast-work round it, which was prolonged upwards, connecting with it the upper fort ; it was also flanked by field batteries, having deep trenches in rear of the guns for the purpose of shelter; the whole was strongly lined with Chinese soldiers, wbe, immediately on seeing us cheered, waved the;r flags in defiance, and opened a fire from their batteries ; our guns were promptly placed on the crest of the ridge and commenced firing—this was duly returned by the Chinese fir about twenty minutes, and indeed in this, as well as our other encounters with them, it is but justice to say they behaved with courage; during this time the advance crossed the shoulder of the lull to the right, driving be fore them the Chinese, who had lined it in considerable numbers, then descending into the valley, took possession 01 a field battery placed there. had previously ordered two companies of the 37th Native Infantry, under Captains Bedinefl H an: Wardropr, r, to scour round a h'll to t'se right of the advance, where they encountered the Chinese in some force s and drove them away with much loss. Captain Duff, commanding the corps, speaks highly of the conduct of these companies, which he bad supported by another under Lieutenant Hadfield. Seeing that the fire from our guns was causing the Chinese to fly from the entrenchment and baiter.et, I moved the column down the slope, causing the two leading companies of Marines, under Captain Whitcomb, to clear the wooded bill in front; I took a sub-division of them, got into the entrenchment, and proceeded up, inside tie breastwork, to the upper lost, in which there was still a number of men; these were speedily dislodged by the two Marines who first reached it—the fort was entered, and the British ensign hoisted by a Royal Marine. The lower Get, which had 16 guns facing the sea, and was surrounded by a high wall, and a small battery be. tween, was from this completely. exposed ; but the fire of these, as well ac of the upper fort, had been si eeced by the ships attacking on the sea lice. They were still in considerable numbers in the lower part of the fort, and had locked the gate; a fire was therefore kept up front the bill, and the advance coming round the lower side of the gate forced it by muskntry. Ou entering they met with considerable resistance, which was speedily subdued; some men then entering an embrasure on the flank, the fort was taken and our flag hoisted. The whole of the forts and batteries being now in our possession, we proceeded to render the guns unserviceable and dismantle the fort, setting their encampments on fire, and on re-embarking, the magazine in the loner fort was blown up. lam happy to say that the loss on our sue has been small, and would have been less but for the explosion of an expense magazine in the fort after the capture. The Chinese, however, suffered a. vet ely ; between 300 and 400 were killed and wounded, including amongst the killed " the Heptiti," an officer with rank equivalent to our Brigadier-General : about 100 prisoners were taken, who were released as the close of the day. I have great pleasure in stating to your Excellency the admirable manner in which the whole force behaved, and I beg to recsmmend to your notice Major Johnson, 26th Regiment, commanding detachments of the 26th and 49th Regiments. I must particularly mention Captain Ellis, commanding the Marine battalion, an old and previously distinguished officer, who conducted the advance during the whole day with the greatest gallantry and judgment, and he speaks in the highest terms ot the men forming the advance. Captain Knowles, R.A., who placed his guns admirably, and dismantled the forts after their capture; Captain Duff, commanding the 37th N. 1., and Captain Button, commanding the detachment of Bengal Volun teers. From Lisuteeant Stransham, Adjutant of the Royal Marines, who acted as Brigade Major, I received most valuable assistance during the day, and gladly availed myself of the services of your military Secretary, Lieutenant Stewart Mackenzie, 90th Regiment, who vo luntereed to act on my staff, and took charge of a party of skirmishers of the advance the better part of the day. Lieut. Wilson, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, com manded the seamen • and the guns were dragged forward in good style, and the disembarkation and re-embarkation of the troops was ably managed by Lieut. Symonds, of her Majesty's ship Wellesley. I enclose the list of guns captured and destroyed, and also the return of the casualties —I have, &c., (Signed) J, L. PRATT, Major, 26th Cameronians, Commanding the Force. LIST OF CASUALTIES IN THE FORCE .EMPLOYED AT THE ASSAULT AND CAPTURE OF THE FORTS AND BATTERIES ON CHUENPEE, ON THE 7TH ('F JANUARY, 1841. Wounded. Second LieutenantiWhite, Royal Marines, slightly. Assi,ont- Surgeon M‘Peerson, Bth Madras Light Ca valry, burnt by explosion. Mr. Arthur Vyner, mate, R.N. (H. M. S. Blenheim), severely. Royal Artillery-1 gunner and driver, slightly. Royal Marines-2 sergeants, 7 privates, severely ; 2 privates slightly. 18th Royal Irish-2 privates, ditto. 37th Madras Native Infantry-2 havildars, 1 naique, 10 privates, sever ely. 3 officers, 2 sergeants, 11 privates, 1 gunner and driver ; 2 havildars, 1 naique, 10 privates—Tot4l, 30. ( Signed) A. B. STRANSHAM, Actg. Brigade Major. Calliope—one seaman, severely. Samarang—L:eut. Bowers, seveely ; 1 boy, first clam, sevr-rely. Hyacinth-2 seamen severely, 3 slightly—Total 8. Of the force employed on shore, 30-38 grand total wounded. (Copy.) Her Majesty's Ship Blenheim, nff the Bocca Tip's, Jan. 8, 1841. RETURN OF ORDNANCE MOUNTED IN THE FORT AND EN. TRENCHMENTS AT CHUENPEE WHEN STORMED AND CAP TURED ON THE 7TH JAN. 1841. In the upper fort, guns, iton, 9; lower fort, guns, iron, 19 ; in the entrenchments, guns, iron, 15 ; guns, iron, not mounted, 23—Total, 66. The guns in the forts were nearly of the same calibr.. as the British 18 and 12-pounders. Those ia the en trenchments 6-pounders. Th.. guns were all rende ed unserviceable, and the car riages destroyed. (Signed) J. KN3WLES, Captain, Commanding Royal Artillery. On Ty-cock-tow 25 Three guns were of the same calibre as those on Chuen_ tee, also rendered unserviceable. In the junks about 82, from 12 to 4 pounders. RECAPITULATION. On Chuenpee and it, dependencies 66 On Ty-cock-tow . 25 In the junks ........... Grand total TU COMMODORE SIR J. J. G. BREMER, C.D., K., COM 111 A NDER-IN CHIEF, &C., &C., &C. Sin-In obedience to your instruction of yesterday, I proceeded with the ships placed under orders off Ty-cock tow. The fort c,•mmenced its fire upon us at abottt 20 minutes past ten o'clock, which I did not reply to until 1 took up my anchorage 10 minutes alter abreast of it, about 200 yards' distance, which was e's near as the depth of water would permit cf our approach. The Modesto, Druid, and Columbine, anchored in sucession, and in a few rni , iutes, so destitteti\ze and well-directed was the fire of the ships, that that of the enemy was silenced, with the exception of an occasional gun or two. At 1 1-20 A. M., observing that we bad effected a practical breach in the southern cod of the I,irt, [directed the boats to be manned and armed, to proceed to storm it. Lieut. Bowers (first of this ship) immediately landed, support, d by the boats of the Modeste : those of the Druid and Columbine., under the command of Lieut. G.Adsenith (first of that ship) pr,..ceedud to the north end. An attempt at resistance was made by the enemy at the breach against Lieut. amen and his party, but was in stantly overcome by the gallant and d, t..rmined ru , h on wards of our men, which so appalled the garrison that they instantly made a !laity retreat user the hill wall, lest•in. us masters of the fort. The guns, amounting to twenty-five longs, of different calibre, were then spiked, the trunnions knocked off, a shot wrapped round with wet canvass driven hard home in elch, and they were then thrown into the sea, their carriages burnt as well as tl:t? whole of the building., and mag mes blown op, previ,us to which later operation ill the wounded of the enemy were carried away clear of the fort. 111,1 r loss judging f,um tne numbei of killed lyiq in every direction must twit: been most severe. My b-st thanks are due to Capt; , io Smith and Comman ders Etres and Clarke, for the efficient a . ,(l able support they havc afforded me. It is impossible to say ton much in lav , ,ur of aol those under my command, their conduct merit; my warmest approbation. Of Li .ut. Boners (first of this ship) I cannot speak too highly. In the attack of the breach he received a severe sabre wound across the knee, which I fear wit deprive me for some time of his sertices. I beg le,;ve to recommend him most strongly to your fivourablo consideration, as well as Mr. Luard, mate, who behaved most gal'ai.tly ut the breach ; the zealous conduct of this promising young offi:er has repeatedly drawn forth my commendations. Our damages are very trifling, being merely some of the standing rigging cut assay and a shot turough our hull, the fire of the enemy passing all over us. Enclosed I beg leLv o to return a list of wounded on board toe Samarang. I have, &e., (S gned) JAMES SCOTT, Captain. Her Majesty's ship Samarang, Canton River, Jan. 8, 1841. (True copies.) T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. INDIA. HERAT AND AFFGHANISTAN. The events now proceeding in Afignanistan are in the highest degree interesting and important. At the commencement of the month information was received here, by way of Sukkur, of the advance of a Persil!' army on Herat, and f the trench. ry of our former ally, the vassz.l of Shah Soojall Xamrau Shah, who bad sent out a deputation to meet it. On the arrival of the Persian forces, the Herat mission immediately left the forting, $ TEI E SUN, LONDON. FRID A Y, MAY 7,18 a. Major Todd was soon on his way to Ghirrisk. It appears that the Persians amounted to 45,000 men, and that on their arrival at Herat they coalesced with the troops of Kamran Shah. and tra , ched on whir the avowed purpose of attacking Candahar. A report is current that Yar Mahomad, the Minister of Kamran, by whose counsels that Prince has ever been governed, has usurped the supreme power, and is committing the most horrible cruelties on those who entertain views unfavourable to his pretensions. The greatest excitement is caused by this Persian inva sion. Expresses have been sent to Shah Sooj .h and Sir William AltN,igh:eo, who are both at Jellelabad, and it is expected they will wake their appearance at Cahoot with out delay. Letten from Sbah Soojah have, it is believed, been intercepted, which are full of intrigue, and do not place the conduct of his Afghan Majesty in the most fa vourable light. The ex-chiefs are urging the people to rise, join the Herattccs, and expel Shah Soojab, and some of the tribes are already in arms. Depatches have been transmitted to Cabool and Scinde for European regiments, battering-guns, and all the troops which can be spared. They seem to have reached Scindc, as the following forces have been directed to keep in readiness to march beyond the Bolan Pass : rupee is now, the current rate. The Company's advances on goods at 2s. per rupee are being freely availed of. On China, 208 rs. per 100 dollars on Bengal. The last Go vernment sale of five lacks of rupees went at 88 rs. and 5 annas per 100 Company's rupees. LATEST DATES. _From London, Feb. 4; from China, Feb. 11, to Marital, per her Majesty's ship Larne. PROMOTION OF CAPTAIN BROWN.—This highly deserv ing officer has been promoted to the brevet rank of M4jor, as a reward for his gallant defence of the fortress of Khan. An official notilicalion has been published, speaking in the highest terms of Captain Brown and his detachment, and directing that the word " Khan" shall be inscribed on,tbe colours. and borne on the appointments of the sth Regi ment N. 1. OVERLAND MAILS TWICE A MONTH.—It is believed hero that the Government of India has determined to apply to the Court of Directors for the transmission of the overland packets twice a month. The benefits derivable from the adoption of such an arrangement are so evident that any observation %male be superfluous. DANISH SETTLEMENTS.—The Government of Denmark is about to dispose of is East India settlements, which it is expected will, in consequence, fall into the hands of the East India Company. They consist of Seramporc, in Bengal, and Tranquebar in the southern Carnatic, and are both small and unimportant colonies, the management of which has latterly been very unprofitable and trouble some to the Danish Crown. PURCHASE OF THE INDIA STEAMER —The India has been bought by the Bengal Precursor Steam Company, for 40,0001 , and will he nut on the Suez passage in June. Ist Troop Horse Brigade ; 4th ditto ditto ; Wing Ist Regiment Light Cavalry ; 31 Regiment Light Cavalry ; 3d Kissalah's Skinner's Horse ; 3fCompany Ist Ba!talion Artillery ; C. Company M. Sappers and Miners ; H. M. 40th Rt giment ; H. M. 41st Right Wing ; 20th Regiment N. I. ; 21st ditto ditto ; 25th ditto ditto. Auchter Khan, it would appear, was on the road, en deavouriug to intercept Major Todd in his march to Ghirisk, in which attempt, however, be was not succes ful, as the Major reached the place in safety on the 21st of Februaty. _ _ _ i The fortifications of Herat are in a miserable state, and the city no doubt will be easily retaken on the first assaul.. The mere recovery of this place, however, is not the only object for which the force is assembling ; Candahar is to be defended, a numerous and formidable enemy to be beaten back, and an extensive insurrection quelled. An importar,t consideration here suggests itself ; it is believed that Persian emissaries are even now on the hills in disguise among the Murrces, Boojties, and other tribes with whom they are intriguing for the purpose of urging them to resist to the utmost the British power. It the greater portion of our finces is vvLhdrawn from Scinde, will not an irresistible opportunity present itself for these turbulent tribes once mare to raise their standards and be. come a troublesome enemy, thus rendering useless and of no avail, all which has been done with the view of paci fication ? CONSTANTINOPLE, APRII:i7.-----There having been spre3d many false reports about the new Administration, the Sul tan determined on publishing the following firman " THE SULTAN'S FIRMAN. "My faithful Vizir_lt having reached my Imperial knowledge that certain persons, unable to comprehend my intentions, have been spreading false reports that it is in contemplation to operate a change in the present system of internal and political administration, and as it is probabl e that tbi3 proceeds s o lely from a desire to influence public opinion by unfounded assertions, it has been deemed ne cessary that my determinations on this subject should, with a certain degree of remonstrance, be again explained to all. Ever since my accession to the Imperial Throne my sole wish has been to secure the tranquillity and na tional prosperity of the entire population confided to me by the Almighty. It was to attain these desirable ends that a system of r, formed administration has been estab lished and executed. It is even broadly reported that an attempt will be made by the Persi ins and Heraitees, to dethrone Shah Soojah. In whatever light the subj. et is I.( garded, no doubt can exit that we are on the eve of an important struggle. " In certain minor points, it is true, deficiences have been found, but it was not pes,ible that everything could be executed exactly as wished at the very outset of a new regulation. Still, relying on the favour aid assistance of the Most High, I am confident you and my other Ministers will succeed i❑ introducing such beneficial modifications in regard to the details of this important matter as may be required to give strength and stability to the whole insti tutions. It being furthermore my constant anxiety to sr cure and consolidate the amicable dispositions of the friendly and allied Powers with whom my Government is now in good fellowship, you will cause the present to be read in the presence of all the Ministers of Ulf Govern ment, in order that they may spare no pains to attain the end desired. Let this command be published." The last advices from London received by the Ottoman Government represent the question of the East as essen tially settled. Rumours of more changes in the domestic adminlitra tion continue to circulate. The ex- Ministers, Reschid Pacba, and Ahmed Fethi Pacha, have been pensioned, the former at the rate of 30,000 piastres a month, the latter 25,000. The surveillance of Kosrew Pacha has been revoked, and this ancient functiouary is expected every day in the capital. General Jucbmus has bad a most distinguished recep tion by the Seraskier Pacha. The Albanian troops, wtio created such disorders in Syria, have been removed from the capital. The troubles of Samos have terminated. A treaty of commerce has been concluded between the Poi to and the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The Magicienne has run up the Bosphorus and taken her station opposite to Therapis. The French brig La Fleche is also gone there. The Persiat. fleet continues between Tophane and Or. takuoy, and Tai:ir Pacha i 3 having all the ships put in order so as to be ready for sea if required. PERSIA. The last acconnts from Trebisonde represent the diffi culties beween the Shah and Great Britain as still to be in a fair way of settlement. SDI YRNA. The Austrian division, under the command of Admiral Bandeira, arc arrived in the roads of Smyrna. The French brig Alcibiade, and the English corvette Daphr.e, are also in these roads. The Admiral was to take pratique on the 20th inst. COLONIAL SOCIETY. A meeting of the Members of the Colonial Society took place yesterday, at the Society's House, 15, St. James's square, to take into consideration the financ;al measures lately proposed by her Msjesty'a Guvernment, relative to colonial produce, and to decide upon the best measures to be adopted with reference thereto. At half-past two the chair was taken by the Earl of Mountcashel, and at this time the large room was com pletely filled. The Noble CHAIRMAN said it afforded him the greatest pleasure to preside at so important and influential a meeting as the present. He should briefly state to them the reasons and objects of the present assemblage. The Colonial So ciety was established for the purpose of watching with attention all measures and matters relating to the interests of the colonies, and indeed if it were not for having some such objects in view, it might he classed with many of the various clubs with which the metropolis abounded. On the present occasion it appeared to him that the Committee would have been wanting in its duty to the mem bers and the colonies, if it had not called a meeting to take into consideration the financial measures respecting the duties on sugar and timber, as proposed within the last few days. He would observe that the Committee, in bringi.ig the matter before them, had not forgotten one of their fundamental rules, namely, that no party politics should be introduced into that Society. They brought it forward without reference to any party politics, but as a question intimately connected with the welfare of the colonies. They brought it forward without reference to who were the Ministers by whom the mea sure was proposed. Whoever they were, whether they were Whig or Tory, he trusted they would always be found at their post when the inter eats of the colonies were at stake. Indeed, he hardly knew the political sentiments of the gentlemen with whom he acted at their Board; and he mentioned that to show that they were influenced by no party feelings on the present occasion. The Committee had prepared some resolutions, and a petition, which would be submitted for their discussion and approval. He trusted that, if it met their approbation, the petition would go before the Legislature as containing the senti. menu of the great body of colonial proprietors at present in London; fur he was justified in saying that almost every influential person connected with the colonies was row enrolled as a member of their Society. He suggested that the Secretary should read the requisition, calling the meeting in the first instance. The requisition having been read, Mr. RIDGWAY referred the Chairman to the 27th rule, which required 14 days' notice for calling any general or special meeting. He was anxious the subject should be discussed, and hoped the difficulty might be got over. Capt. MATHEW, M. P., said the 40th rule was framed to meet that objection. If the irregularity was noticed, the question was to be put to the meeting, and decided by them. He believed there never was a question on which they had been more completely taken by surprise than upon that brought forward by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and unless they could take immediate notice of matte ra so deeply affecting the welfare of the colonies, their usefulness as a body would go fur nothing. He therefore moved, that the Chairman do put it to the meeting to legalise their proceedings. Mr. RIDGWAY seconded the motion, :which was una nimously agreed to. Captain MATIIEW then rose to move the first resolu tion. He thought it was framed in the very spirit of the words of their Noble Chairman. He thought it was im portant that they should lay aside all partisan end party politics on an occasion like the present.--( Hear, hear.) At the meeting of the West India Proprietors, held on Wednesday, the same opinions were eloquently expressed by Mr. Burge. He was persuaded that their Society was virtually of no benefit whatever if it did not come for. ward on important occasions like the present, and declare their sentiments with respect to measures which were cal culated to produce such ruinous consequences to the colonies. He believed, if these colonies had been repre sented in the Imperial Parliament, such measures would never have been brought forward. --( Hear.) Major H. CADOGAN seconded the resolution. He did not think the charge of being influenced by party or poli tical feelings could fairly attach to them on the present occasion—the subject came fairly and legitimately before them, and he trusted they would discuss it with temper and discretion. The resolution, the purport of which was that it was the duty of the Colonial Society, consisting of upwards of one thousand members, connected with every community in the colonies, to take the earliest opportunity of consi sidering questions affecting the interest of the British colonies, was then put from the chair, and carried una. nimously. The Earl of HAREWO?D moved the recond resolu tion. He denied that he was actuated by any party feel ings, because if the other party in the State was in power to-morrow, and brought forward similar measures he should give them the most decided opposition.-- Hear. hear.) It appeared to him that they were calculated to effect the total ruin of these colonies. The calculation,. of the Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared to bim, as regarded the West Indies, founded upon a fallacy ver ) nearly approaching to a fraud. He was not so well quail. fled to speak on the subject of the Canadas, but he viewed the measure, as a whole, as one deeply affecting the ship ping interests of the country.—( Hear, hear.) Lie did not think the increase of their exports, that was calcu ted upon, was to betaken altogether as a benefit, for it would lead to overtrading, and bring ruin upon thousands. The Noble Earl concluded by moving' the resolution, which was to the effect that the measures brought forward by the Chanc,:llor of the Exchequer, in his Budget of Friday night, were fraught with the most disastrous con sequences to the Canadas, and the East and West Indies. Sir DUNCAN M'DOUGAL seconded the resolution. As regarded the Canadas be could speak from personal obser vation that the proposed measure was calculated to lead to the separation of these colonies from the mother country.. The resolution v as carried unanimously. Mr, MACKINNON, M. P., moved the next resolution. He would repeat the observations of his two Noble Friends, who preceded him, that he utterly di , claimed all idea of being influenced by party politics. He believed that if they ef fected a dismemb rment of the c ,lonies, they would g ) far to effect a dismemberment of the British empire itse►t: —( Hear.) These colonies, in a language which could not be misunderstood, had declared that they considered themselves an integral portion of the British empire.— ( Cheers.) All their legislation and proceedings of late years had been influenced and actuated by such consider ations, and those who would view the colonies io any other ti ey must see thbt the measure was one fraught with greater ruin and di4asfer to that country and the colonies than any he had ever known proposed.—( Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. It was to the effect that the Chancellor of the Excht•quer having, in his Budget, announced his intention to bring forward a motion on the Sugar Duties on Friday next, the meeting deemed it its duty to take immediate steps to pro test against a measure which they believed would prove ruinous to their East and West Indian possessions. Mr. SEELY moved, and Mr. DOUGLAS seconded, the adoption of a petition to both Houses of Parliament, em bodying the statements contained in the resolutions. Thanks were then voted to the Earl of Mountcashel for his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting broke up. ROYAL AS YLUM FOR DESTITUTE FEMALES, MANOR HOUSE, CHELSEA. The first public anniversary of this admirable Institetion was celebrated at the London Coffee-house, on Wednes day, the Marquis of Normanby in the chair. The objects of the Society are the reception and reformation of young females who stand exposed to the fearful consequences of vice and ignorance, and who may be enumerated under the following heads:—The young offender who has been convicted and imprisoned for her first offence ; those dis charged from service Lr dishonesty, but not prosecuted; the ignorant and destitute, who, although not guilty of crime, are incapable of obtaining their livelihood. Tee Institution thus aims at assisting immense numbers of poor creatures whose cases are not recognised in the regulations of other establishments. Upwards of seventy gentlemen sat down to dinner on the occasion. After the formal public toasts were drank, The Noble CHAIRMAN rose to propose success to the Institution, which was he said a most promising specimen on a small scale of what might be done hereafter upon a most extensive plan. He had felt great satisfaction ie visiting the asylum, and he viewed it as an institution connected in no small degree with the subject of secondary punishments, which engaged the atteetive consideration of tho Execufve at the present moment.—( Hear, hear.) That subject he begged to say was one on which the public opinion seemed to be less fixed than upon any other relating to the moral advantages of the community. It was one upon which, under the circumstances in which he was placed as a member of her Majesty's Government, it would not become him to speak particularly. Whatever steps, however, it might be deemed necessary to take as to secon dary punishments, a great deal must depend upon the means taken to effect the subsequent reformation of offenders, and the Royal Asylum appeared to him to supply the means, by the salutary control and example which its sys tem exhibited, in rescuing females of tender age from those who originated the crimes which made them the ob jects of the charity.—(Cheers.) Mr. VILLIERS, M. P., proposed the health of the Noble Chairman, who had, by countenancing it in his public ca pacity, rendered great service to the Institution. which was a certain means of alleviating a vast sum of human misery. The toast was drank enthusiastically. The CHAIRMAN in returning thanks regretted that he bad been prevented by very weighty engagements from taking the chair last year, for he had heard much in pra'se of the Institution frost a lady, whose virtues were well known to the world. He meant Mrs. Fry —( Loud cheers )—while he was the Governor of the sister country, that excellent woman had rendered great assistance in es tablishing the female part of a large institution for the re formation of offenders, and when he was appointed to the situation which he had now the honour to fill, tic was led by her representations to visit the asylum, and he recommended it to the patronage of her Majesty.—(Cheers.) Mr. HILL, the Queen's Counsel, proposed—." The Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London." That great body had, he said, not only extended its patronage, but its munificent bounty to the. Society by a vote of 200 guineas. It happened that before he sat down to enjoy the present party, he had occupied himself in reading an account of the City of London, in which it was said that the Corporation in former days thought the only mode of diminishing crime was to exercise punishment, and that no more than a century ago tbat body called for the infliction of more severe punishments then were then in use. The experiment was tried, and the company he addressed were now near the spot where the alteration was tested with the most unrelenting severity. —( Load cries of " Hear.") He would instance in particular one crime—that of forgery. No one could say that the experiments to abate that offence were not abundant, and what was the result ? That forgeries increased as the punishments increased. At last a better feeling came forth. The penalty was mitigated, and the crime decreased. That was a powerful argument in favour of merciful infliction. While capital punishment awaited conviction, all the Crown could do was to inflict that punishment after conviction ; but how many escaped in consequence of the awful severity of the sentence pronounced upon the de inquent ? Witnesses, prosecutors, and juries, all shrank from the thought of a verdict which consigned a victim to death, and would not do their duty even when impelled to do it by the sanctity of an oath.—( Cheers.) It was now known that death could not be inflicted except in cases of the very deepest criminality, and secondary punishment, ..herefore, was become a subject of great importance. So much being dependant upon a system of reformation, he wished to see asylums like that which the company were celebrating multiplied over the country, in aid of the plait of secondary punishments in progress. He had visited the Royal Asylum and seen the operation of the admirable system of kindness united with firmness, which distill ' guished the management..—(Cheers.) He ha I found that numbers of those who were snatched from destruc tion by its me ins had become moat useful members of society. By kindness, firmness, and perseverance, et ery thing was capable of being accomplished upon the minds of young persons. He wished that all who still were in favour of severe punishments, were aware of the feelings of a judge in passing sentence upon a youthful and ig norant fellow-creature, brought up perhaps under those who derived a profit from the vices in which they in struc-ed him. He wished that they could feel as the Judge felt, who knew that the only chance for the poor boy was that be should be brought to toe bar again and again, until condign punish ment finished his career.—( Cheers.) What then could be more noble than the institution, the benefits of which they assembled to perpetuate ? The Learned Gentleman concluded an admirable speech, of which the above is but a faint sketch, by propesing "the Lord Mayor and Cor poration of the City of London." Alderman JOHN JOHNSON returned thanks. He bad known the Institution for twenty years, and he had recently visited it with Miss Neave, its excellent founder.—( Great cheering,) The operations were admirably carried on by a Committee of ladies, who would, he was convinced, with the assistance of the Queen and the Noble Marquis, most largely extend its utility. He begged leave to recommend to the same patronage another institution of a similar nature, which had been established for boys. He meant the House of Correction in St. George's Fields. The CHAIRMAN then more particularly alluded to Miss Near° and the other ladies under whose constant superin tendence the Royal Asylum was conducted, and by whose exertions it was likely to become an institution of vast public utility.—(Loud cheers.) These ladies had visited the gaols of the metropolis, and had come to the direction of the Asylum with all the advantages of their philanthro pic experience. He considered it necessrry to state, that whatever steps might be taken with regard to secondary punishments, the imprisonment of criminals should never be perpetual, therefore all those whose lives should be spared by the clemency of the Sovereign or the law, would be open to the benevolent exertions of individuals who, like these ladies, originated and directed inst tutions to reform the guilty.—(Cheers.) His Lordship begged to state that the ladies were assisted in their great work of charity by several gentlemen whom he saw around him ; he should therefore propose the health of Mr. Charles Pearson and the Committee of Management. —( Cheers. ) Mr. CHAItLF.S PEARSON returned thanks in a speech ad mirably adapted to the occasion, and stated that he was particularly instructed by the ladies to impress upon the company the necessity of obtaining a large amount of annual subscriptions. The health of the Ladies' Committee was then drank with great enthusiasm, and Mr. FRY returned thanks. A list of subscriptions was then read. They amounted to 300/. Several other toasts were drunk, and the evening's se, tertainment was much enhanced by the comic effusions of the celebrated Tom Hudson, and the very fine singing of Messrs. Ransford, Robinson, &c. The company did not separate till twelve o'clock. light were not the friends of the best interests of the country. The great object should be to form markets for the consump tion of their borne manufactures, but it appeared to him that the resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were calculated to strike a death-blow at the integrity of their colonial possessions, while they at the same time would stimulate a traffic in slave labour, which it had been their object fur half a century to put an end to. He would re mind the meeting of the resolutions of the House of Com mons on the subject of slavery, and the noble exertions they bad made to put an end to it for ever; but now, as it appeared to him, these resoluti ins of the Chancellor of the Exchequer would at the same time retard the civiliv tion and improvement of the negroes, while it would greatly depreciate the value of property in the West Indies.—( Hear, bear.) Independently of that it would shut up the markets, which were at present open to them in the West Indies, because it would be idle to say that if these measures were passed the colonies could any longer be the valuable customers they had been for British produce. It was a mockery for that Government and country, which had in a voice of thunder denounced sla 'e traffic, and had spent such enormous sums in endeavouring to put it down, now to come forward with resolutions the direct object of which would be to promote and encourage the consumption of sugar the produce of slave la bour. If it was said (and he knew the argu ment was a very popular onr, and one which would be resorted in the House of Commons), that the effect of these resolutions would be to enable the poor man to ob. tam sugar at a lower price, he would refer them to the vast continent of India where sugar t s an enormous amount could be cultivated. Last year they had received no len than 60,000 tons from Bengal, and in the present year, if the calculations were to be relied upon, the quantity would be upwards of 250,000 tons.—( Hear, hear.) He com plained of the proposed measure also as being a gross breach of faith to the West Indian planters, and the re sult would be that not only would the civilization and improvement of the emancipated negroes be retarded for an indefinite period of time, but they would produce the utter ruin and downfal of the planters.—( Loud cheers.) He thought under the circumstances they were called upon -- as colonists and Englishmen, to protest against measures BOMBAY, MARCH 31. News have reached which were fraught with ruin to the East and %Vest India Bombay of a combination of the Persians and Herathees colonial and shipping interests. It would appear by are to oust our Kiog, Sha Sujah, from Affghanistan. The solution of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society that• British Mission has been sent away from Herat, and ar they took the very same view et the subject, and that those rived at Candahar ; and Prince Kumram claims the throne parties who were formerly opposed to the West Indies now aoTnfid,hisi by his. ancestors itii lielate make eventa commotion asb a being Ku j j gtbeueeldkie, it h wouldtsttsoe country,no of an appear elder no brother. doubt; that the joined and fraternised with them in demanding the present measures.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN seconded the resolution. sepoys have sh o w n a disinclination to meettheto h Afghans e Teis Country was identified with the West India more than aird Beeloehees without E u r opeans. They appear almos‘ any a any other of her colonies. They had b een fur two waitin g in Sci n d e for the Governor-General's orders, centuries her firmallies and customers, and afforded an and while th e y a re d o i ng so , t h e country a b ove the Ghat, almost unexhaustable sa;T I Y of the great staple articles of where ther e are no E uropeans nearer than Cabul, may The British dopula• be lest. It i s re p orte d t h at a w i ng o f the l'ith are to -e consumption in the motri::* (11) mir. • urger quantity of articles go to Scinde, but they can do nothi ng at B om b ay w i t h out tien of these islands consume) .. ---. ot her colonies.-_ the sanction of the Governor-General. of British produce than any other bad lately of EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—Th e C ourr i er o f (Hear, hear,) The British Government . _ lition of Blois mentions the execution of a young man, named Gouin, fatted a most important change in the social co.- "re who had b een con d emne d f or t h e mur d er o f a f ema l e farming the servant at the last Assizes. - An immense mass of p eop l e were I the population of the West Indies , and new the y v bs. about to bring forward a measure wh i c h would p u t an end i , - a n ear ly hour in attendance at the place of execution. to the cult Vadat) of sugar in the West Indies, a trade in ' troti• lire was ready at seven o'clock, butof the e n accident oe- I Every tie.. ' erolonged the mental agony in e e u m pr h t t The which at the present moment there was upwards of one H e curled ehice , ..ing the knife of te guillotine, hundred millions of capital ereployed , -.( Hear, hear.) executioner, in ta., ' fall to make it act freely', broke r o a l l' i s a wes really at a loss to know how to characterise such a I hag it up and letting 1,. , ette and thus prevented the ma proceeding ; but it appeared to him to be fraught w i t h , t , ie of stood called the hi- ' -ient rendered it necessary to much mischief and injury to Great Britain herself as to I Chi e n e e fro working. The ace, ne was repaired; but for the colonies. The tide of emigration had been rapidly ant to act, 1 put . off the m execution unt l i e l th ac e e m s'. aeL ' and steadily setting in towards these colonies, but it would ! a length of time no carpenter would con, and the now be checked. There was a constantly increasing and Procureur du Rot was obliged to issue three s: mmonses before near , twelv steady exportation of ,British prod uce to t h e amount I any one wou ld come f orw a r d. At length, at . of five millions ster l ing to these colonies, the o'clock, the repairs were finish ed, a nd in five minutes te: un fit ''' . e greatest pertion of which would now be lost, Agai,, tunate man ceased to exist. let them look at the supply of sugar for the last few years. 1 ANECDOTE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT*-7 It never had been more uniform in price, c,r more certain A few years alter the war, Frederick, whilespeaking to ° a and steady in the amount of the supply. These facts ' some officers on the parade of Potsdam, observed . c.. were cf the utmost importance, viewing the question as ' Colonel of the Guards, well known for his excellent d i d .. e one of revenue. He found t h at f or t h e last twenty-five posi,ion, but slovenly style of dress, and bluatyringeme o te years the average supply o f sugar f rom th e West Indies of uttering what ever was nearest his heart, Colonel d bad been 180,000 to ns , an d ta ki ng t h at as t h e supply f o r be attired in a new and splendid uniform. "A . le ," the present year, it would produce, at 243. per cwt., said the King, " what is going on to , I d t ay i , t a int you 4,320,0001. The Mauritius he would take at 30,000 have got your holyd.y stut °n ?" ‘„,.,. s m a , "1) tons, producing 180,00 0 f. F rom B enga l 62,000 tons nay, indeed," replied the officer; ".i-e• Majesty is were coming home, and that along with that which would not, perhaps, aware that we expecto tee rt v d icto g r of Zerndor fl be procured, from Ceylon and Madras, wou l d at the lowest this morning." e The victor f Z ) f or 1" said Fre estimate amount to 100,000 tons, g.ving 2,400,000,. stet. , derick, coldly; " I thou Ne eht d l ee had geaeinedeleethilt, wase,,battletiotef ling, and that would give a total of eight millions to the Zorndorff myself ?" " revenue, as being the sum likely to be obtained if no change answer of the unfortunate Colonel ; " but your Majesty took place. It the proposed measure was carried there knows how g reat a share of the victorythe public ascribe would he a reduction of at least 150,000 tons in the pre. to General Ziedlitz." Tile King turned his back on the Mice of the colonies, and even at the duty of 36 , , per speaker, and refused even to 5 , C the victor of Zorndorff cwt., the falling off in the revenue would be considerable. I when he did arrive —Prom Fraser's Mapzzinefor May. It appeared to him that the question was ore which deeply ' VOLTAIRE. ---W hen the English and French affected them, whatber they were colonists or not. . Cu- were diluting as to their respective ribhts to certain territories nada, wina Was calculated to bc.icomMthe iiaria - i'y of Eng,. ...in America, Voltaire happily remarked that- they were quite land would be deeply affected by the proposed alteration , agreed upon one point, viz., that the natives had no right at in the Corn-laws, and in that, whatever way they turned, 1 all to the land in question. PERSIA. Mahorred Shah, directing his attention to conquests abroad, appears to have no knowledge of the plots existing for his own de hronement. A i Sn.b, it is saij, continues his preparations with v . g 'lir, and has even fixed a periud for the outbreak. DOST MAHOMED.—The Dost arrived at Loodianah on the 15th February, and intimation was immediately given by the political agent that the troops composing his escitrt would b required for the service, as British intervention in the affairs of the Punjaub was considered Utinvyilable. KNTBER.—There has been a sharp conflict at Khyber between a tribe called the &Ingot) Khail tribe, and a strong force from Jellelabad, under the command of Capt. Macke son. Tb• defeat of the enemy was signal, but it was not sfc'eted without consilerable loss on the side of the victors, Captain Douglas, as.,i,tant political agent, Lieutenant Pigou, of the Engineers, and 20 native S e poys, having been killed. There were also 40 Sepoys wounded. NEPAN EE. MARCH s.—We have the pleasure of laying before our readers a deci.iled account of the taking of th t Nepanee fort by the detachment from Belgaurn, under Major V,vian, by an eye-witness. We think it high time all these strong holds in the Southern Mahratta country should be cis mantled, or small garrisons of our sepoys placed in them to prevent disturba,,ces like that which has lately occurred, and which caused much expense, trouble, and loss of va luable life, without any glory to the army, or advantage to the State. On the 19:h of February the force artived at this place much disappointed at having had no brush on the road with some Pindarecs, whom we were told had been employed by the garrison to plunder and annoy us on the line of march. On approaching the tort to take up a position to the eastward of it, the Rifle Company and some of the 4th King's Own occupied some unfinished buildings 500 er 600 yards from the fort, and from which some matchlock-men slowly retired as we approached, and without fi , ing a shot seate I themselves on the glacis, eyeing the " Tornasha," they bad previously determined not to fire the first shot. Our position having been taken up about 12 p.m., fatigue parties were ordered out to throw up a breastwork before, and level the ground for the mortars, which by sunset was completed. During this time Captain Hall and the com manding officer reconnoitered the fort, which was found to be remarkably strong. Nothing of moment occurred dur ing the night, but at 4 a.m. the men, who hail been ordered to be ready accoutred, and had be:m so the whole night, were quietly desired to " fall in," and (24 artillery men, the light company of 4th King's Own, a rifle company of 26th Native Infantry, and grenadier company of the 18th Regiment Native Infantry) went off with a 9-pounder to the t a , tern side; on approaching the principal gate, the front of it was found occupied by a considerable number of the enemy, who, after a sharp fire and some cold steel bad been administered, were driven in. The infantry having taken up a position under the walls of a court-)and , the gun was run up, a part of the wall having been thrown down, so as to command the batteries ; it commenced taking them, whilst the Light Bobs and Wfles continued sniping from the tops and eaves of houses. The mortar battery had now commenced operations, and doing its duty in excvl!ent style; towards evening some sheds, in which the enemy had crowded, having been pretty well riddled, and the curtain above the gate and otner works having been knocked to smithereens, the fire slackenlcd, nay almost terminated. A Sergesnt of the Ar tillery having observed three guns still in statu quo on the glams, exclaimed, " Ough,'blood and thunder an ouns, boys, they'd be afther turning them on us in the night; hurrah, boys, let's dismount 'em ;" and rushed out, accompanied by four dashing fellows, who, before you could hardly s a y, "by your la v e,' took a whe.l of each, arid turned the whole upside down. As a heavy fire was kept up, on them whilst doing it, this was a daring act, but they were not long about their work, and were soon safe amongst their comrades. Yet as daring a one was the bringing two men of the King's Own from under the very muzzles of the ene ny's guns, alto had b.?en shot early in the morning. Their comrades now volunteered to fetch them, and with one consent a few of them joined for the purpose. On reach ing the poor fellows we were overjoyed that one of them was still living, although he had been lying five or six hours in the sun (and I am happy to say is still alive and likely to do well.) The sniping and sin Ding continued at intervals until the following evening, when the garrison surrendered. N.•- e, for its site, is one of the strongest forts I have seen in India. It is said to have been built by a French engineer. Nothing could surpass the cool and gallant conduct of our troops on this occasion ; officers and men vii ing with each othr r in the execution of their duty, and obedience to commands. The enemy kept up a rattling fire on the first evening, and, until their guns a ere dismounted, they showed a good Share of br.sery. Their loss must have been se. very—,o or 80 at least killed, and wary wounded (23), some of which are at present in the hospital in our camp. Upwards of 50 p cc - s of ordnrinee, principAly br,ss, were found in the fort, About 70 A,abs are now under escort to Vingoria, ;lid a number of the natives of India prisoners in Olt Camp. BURMAIL We have been favourcrd with the exit' ,et of a letter from Rangoon, giving ah tteb:)Unt of the 'awful eonli gration whio.h hechteed that I.6*n to ashes on the 7th ult. : '' k am grwsed to inform you that a most extensive fire broke out here on the night of the 7111, ft tOnitenced from a chapper, 1.1. house of the Greek Mer chant, Mr. Raphael ibtudote. The Wind teas blowin4 from all aides, and in the course of htt hour or tke the Wirol; town was enveloped In one preneral Liaze. The morning dawned from the east, and presente:l to the eye a scene of twvoc and desolation, which to describe is oettninly beyond rte power ot my pen. Hundred* ot pehong, of both sexes and ages, were seen running in the struts in the greatest trepidation, arid escaped from death bare=footti, and with the only clothes they had on thernseiVes at the moment. You will, however, be grieved to learn that upwards of thirty individuals were burnt to death, of whom four were Mogul merchants, of wro,:th and ec spectalility. The greatest number of the Armenians have lost all they were possessed of, and are thus plunged into t'•te greatest misery and estitution, Amongst the suf• ferers are several widows and orphans, worthy of the sym fathies of every Christian and philanthropist. The whole ot Rangoon is nearly reduced to a s hes, save the Arme nian church, and a fewl.pther solitary brick-built holism . : A letter from Rangoon, da'ed the Uth ult„ mentions that fires have occurred in several large Burmese tiwns on the banks of the Irrawaddy, and all have suffered more or less than Rangoon, where the number of house, des stroyed is computed at SIM THE BOMBAY MARKETS. IMPORTS.—Throughout the month the demand For Sri= tish and Foreign Metals bas been languid, but without producing any effect in prices, with the exception of Enp hsh bar iron, which has fallen to 'Bl re. pv_r‘r candy, and on reference to ti,e 1 age quantity on the Ivity out, a Naha reduction in prices mutt locked for. Cotton Ya•n.—Very few inquiries are now ma le for yarn, and the sales that are made barely cover the invoice cost. All numbers above forty are totally rej. ctA. Nine and a half annas per lb. may be taken as a fair quotation. Cotton Goods.—The supplies continue to he so heavy, that thrre is hut faint prospect of any revival in the pre sent low prices, which fully average 10 per cent. utidiT voice cost. Beer—Bass and Allsops' Brand is fetcbin,g 6 rs. per hogshead ExPorcrs.—Cotton—Since the arrival of the I,oridun February mail prices have been advAneing, and may now be quoted at 125 to 126 r', ; for New Surat. 112 to 116 rs. ; for new Oumrawutty, with a considerabl e speculvive demand, principally for the English markets. Opium.—Considerable parcels have change.] hands at prices averaging from 710 to 720 rs. prr chest. Th e ex. ports up to this time are 14,529 chests, leaving it stuck on band in Bombay of 8,102 chests. Wool.—The stuck now on hand is of very inferior qua lity, but still put chasers art found at the following prices: Korassan and Mekron, 135 rs. per candy ; Marwar, 115 ts. at 120 per candy ; Cutch, 120 rs. at 125 per candy. Mocha Coffee.—Nominal prier, 45 rs. per cwt., garbled, but little offering, and no disposition shown to pureimse. FREIGHTS.—TO London, and Liverpool, and the Clyde have been fully supported at 4/. 10s. per ton, and in some instances 4/. 153 had been given. To Chin, casoot be quoted as higher than 2lrs. per candy for Macao or Ma nilla. and 28 rs. if-the ship enters the Whartepoa river. EICW.NGELNI.O4 London, 23. da to 2a O'd. per CANDIA. Advices have been received up to the 3d and 15th inst. The Council, attended by most of the Ages and principal Turks, decided on attacking the insurget ts on the sth. LEXTRACT FROM A LETTER, DATED CANEA, CANDIA, APRIL 22.] The Greeks are gaining btrengtb, and the towns are threatened by the turbulence of the Turkish mob within them, wbo are quite prepared to seize on any excuse for murdering the defenceless Christians they find there. All the latter who possebs means arc preparing to leave Canea. SYRIA. [EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A TRAVELLER, DATED 110317 L, MARCH 3 ] The new British Consul, Mr. C. A. Rassam, has ar rived in this town, add for the first time the union jack has been hoisted in this city. Already have the good ef fects of thi, measure of the English Government appeared in the interest which the new Consul has taken to relieve the native Christians, who suffer much from the oppression of their Mohammedan ruler?. Every year are a number of Christians obliged to become friusaulmans on account of their inability to pay the kharag, or humiliation tax. Eighteen unfortunate individuals were imptisioned for this debt when the Consul arrived, but through his interven tion with the Pacha, were all set at liberty. MALTA, APRIL 27. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Talbot arrived from Stauchio and Corfu on the 20th instant, and on the following day the Britannia, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John A. Ommani,ey, with the Rodney, Calcutta, and Cambridge arrived from the Bay of Marmorice, the last-aientioned vessel having called at Suda, from whence the Hazard arrived on the 23d, and the Hydra on the 24th, the latter after a paisage of only two days, reporting everything as quiet in Candia, though the insurgents were s6ll in arms. The Dido had arrived, and the Beacon, which left this on the 21st, and the Vesuvius on the 22d, were hourly looked for. The Pboenix and the Ir.constant remain stationed at Beyrout, the Medea at M.rmoriee, and the Gorgon at Alexandria. The Milmra for the West Indies leaves to-morrow, con veying a mail for Gibraltar. She will ba followed very shortly by tLe Hydra, also fur the West Indies; the Confianee fur England, and the Theistic Cr for Gibraltar. The Locust was despatched to Syracuse on Sunday to verify whether the water which is supplied to the ships lately sent thither passes over the flax steeping-grounds, as in that case it will be necessary during the summer far the ships to seek a supply elsewhere. She returned tc-day, but we have not vet ascertained the result of her mission. The Great Liverpool arrived from Alexandria this af ternoon, bringing the overland I..dia mail on the Ist inst. That part of it 'tended for the ;Marseilles route is de spatched to-night by the Prometheus, which, on her re turn, will bring the London overland mails of the 4th sirrAilito. The Great Liverpool leaves for Gibraltar and Ent W.:morrow: We it-t# happy to have It In our power to state that her Majesty's ship Castor, after haViitg performed a most rigorous quarantine of fifty days, in consequence of several accidents of plague which occurred on board, was admitted to ft Oe pratique on Monday last, together with the cre s of the late brig Zebra, with the exception of the lour individuals of the latterr, who, though perfectly re covered from their attack, will, with the Assistant-Sur geon in charge of them, he subjected to an additional quarantine of about three weeks. Captain Collier, who since the tOcond explosion at Acre, has been laid up in the Naval Hospital, iming to the injury he then suffered, rejoined his ship on the afternoon of her pratique, when he wits teteiVed by the whole ship's company with three loud and hearty cheers, and no mistake, in token of their satn.f.iction, Commander Patoy, who has commanded the vessel In the ahomee of the Captain, left the ship on Mon day, on which day Capo Collier gave a splendid dinner to all his officers; at the United Service Club-house, where the greatest hilarity preyalled, Too dinner consisted of every deticacy of the season, tia the sioirk ling champagne was passed round in dout t .?"ltlick duos. The officers of the Naval Hospital, Do'ctors Nlartin, Whitmar!h; And Mr. Russell, were guests of Cap , : Colli 6 ro the latter; oh toasting these worthy personegos, expressed a true sense of gitttitUde towards them fur their kind, humane ; and able assi,tance rendered him whilean inmate of that establishment, through pddreaded. lde. p,r, '‘ t i c 4 ti nY with feeli ngs o f joy 1(01 toast s * ere dad the whole w'itoc.e exertions he recovered fro m hi s acc id ent w i thout undergoing amputations which at one peri o d was so muc h at the kind treatrhent of their old and meritorious Captain. At a courtmartial held on Manday on board the Howe, whereat, owing to itear:Admifel Sir J. A, °mutant ey's, the Won(' i n command, bein g i n quarantine, rib. John Louis, the next oflidir in seniority, presided, Comma n d er J ames J. Stopford told the oth i firs of her Majesty's brig iebra were tried for the lost of that vessel in Dec. last ; on the coast of Syria. Mr: brown, purser of her Majes ty's ship Ceylorolofficia' o l as fieputy Judge Advocate, and Mr, Loudon, Sir Robert Stopfurd's Secretary, assisted the Commander and cffitY.Ts under trial. After a patie.it Investigation, which occupied five hours, the Court pronounced a sentence of !Woo/it-able acquittal, and in returning Commander Stopford his sword, the President; in a short addresP,, complimented the officers and sli'p's company in genera, on their seamanlike and intrepid conduct on the trying occasion; when Commander Stopturd, whose prorbotion, we under:loud, is only held back for the resolt of the tour'-martial, stepped forward an d so li c i te d t h e President and members of the Court to bring before the notice of the Commander-in-Chief and the Lords of the Admiralty several of the oflL:ers and men, late under his eommand, who had particularly dis tinguished themselves both before and after he shipwreck. Last Wednesday evening the oflic2rs of her Mijesty's s and principal inhabitants of quarantine, entertained their friends a of the island at a most splendid ball , given at the Auberge de Provence. No expense was spared to render it as brilliant as the chips the in officers por t' out balls of the navy have on every occasion been, and the attention to the guests was moat unremitting up to the moment of breakiog up, which wag not until the dawn of day.. We u nderctind a regatta will take place as soon as the, other ships now in port aro admitted to practique, when. another ,all will be given, which will, from ,its mag niiceoce and splendour, be worthy of a page in the his tory of 14altm 8 11/ N ( 14:44_•.- -- ,:, i . 1- - MORNING EDI SPORTING INTELLIG. - )ttE - 1 - ,• The betting yesterday afternoon was editlikli Derby, and w as extremely flat. The four priocipa fa vourites remain pretty nearly in the same positions as where we last quoted them, with the difference that Van Am burgh was in grra: request, and trod so closely upon the• heels of Coronaii m that 6 to 5 would have b..ien taken between them. Marshal Soult fluctuated between 14 and and 18 to 1, and closed at 16 to 1, having backers at each; the 18 to 1, we believe, was a hedging bet, and was taken to 100/. Belgrade was constantly inquired after, and in the course of the afternoon reached 20 to 1, taken in ponies, with an offer from his backer to double it. Joachim was also in better favour, and left off with the call of Camelcon. The price quoted against the Rosalie colt, will save us, the. troub:e of any ob servation. Young Quo Minus and Ertueng4rdi s were in favour at 1,000 to Is, and Finchley at 1,000 to 10, but it will be seen that the outside rinks (thanks to the exbi bitions at Newmarket, is re4uced to a skeletor. THE DERBY. 34 to 1 agst Scott's lot 6 to 1 agst Lord Altemarle's Ralph—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation 9 to 1 egst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyu's Prince Caradcc 16 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult—takcn 20 to I agst Mr. Vansittart's Galan. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Belgrade 26 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans 30 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cameleon—taken 33 to 1 agsr. Lord Jersey's Joachim—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia 40 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle 50 to 1 a2st Col. Anson's The Duke of Wellington 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Young Quo Minos 1000 to 15 Hp St Col. Craufurd's Ermengardis—taken 1000 to 10 agst Duke of Grafani's Mosque—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Wimbus's Finchley—taken 30 to 1 agst Kri , ght of the Whistle and Eringo—taken 900 to 100 agst Belgrade, Cameleon, and Potentia—t. 200 even between Sir Hans and Belgrade 2000 to 1000 on Knight of the Whistle agst Finchley OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia—taken. HIPPODROME SECOND DAY'S RACES. The following are the entries for this day's sport : The Kensington Free Plate of 501 for 3 yrs old, 6t 71b; 4 yrs, 8•t Mb; 5 yrs, 9st; 6 yrs and aged, 9,t s!b. Mares, &c. allowed 31bs. Winn, rs onthe first da. SIbF, twice 9lbs extra. Mile beats. The winner to be sold for 2501. &c. Mr. Wade's Turncoat, 6 yrs ; Mr. Armstrong's ch g, Bonnet Rouge, 4 yrs; Mr. J. Day's Marius, 3 yrs; Mr. Greville's Perseus, 4 yrs: Mr. Smith's Jim Crow, aged Mr. Isaac Day's Science, 5 yrs; Mr. Wickhain's Primus ; Mr. Hnrnsby's Whalebone ; Mr. Bennett's Whispeicr ; Mr. Seffert's Skilligoree ; Fulivar Craven's Benedetta ; Mr. Morris's Fat Jack ; Mr. Skerratt's Raehel ; Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, Mr. Lucas' Traitress, Mr. Bacon's Ascanius, Sir C. Ibbotson's The Black Knight, Mr. Jones' Powick, Mr. Notch's ch cby Nonsense, and Mr. Goodman's Mungo Park. The Notting Barnes Handicap of 10 sovs. clot!, with 100 added uy the proprietor. Chesterfield Course. Mr. NVade's Turncoat, 6 yrs; Mr. Houldsworth's Hampton, 3 yrs; Mr. Wright's Sister to Pickwick, 5 yrs ; Mr. Booth's Benjamin, 4 yrs ; Mr. J. Day's Science, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Stirling's The Pocket Viper, 3 yrs. The Hyde Park Oaks Stakes of 15 SOVE. each, with 100 SOY!. added, by the proprietor, for 3 yrs old fillies, Sst 4i b ; the winner of the H; de Park Derby, slbs extra. The Magnam Bonum Course Mr. Dixon's fby Muley Moloch out of Dryad ; Captain Colquitt's Miss Emily ; Mr. Skerratt's Lydia ; Mr. Sad ler's Protection ; Mr. Etwall's Pelerine ; Captain Roue Langolec, and Mr. Houldsworth's Delusive. Sweepstakes of 5 sows. each, with 50 added by the pro prietor; for 3 yrs old, 7st 41b; 4 yrs old, Bst 91b; 5 yrs. 6 )rs, and aged, 9al ; mares and gelding's allowed 3lba. The winner to be solid fur 2001. T. V. C. Captain Lamb's Chit Chat; Lord 'Warwick's Pe , ty Lar ceny ; Mr. Wickham's Tli , ! Howdy ; Fulwar Craven's Benedetta ; Mr. Kling's Dahlia ; Captain C .Iquitt's Miss Emily, and Mr. Goodman's Mango Park. CHESTER RACES, WEDNESDAY.—The Dse StAliC3 of 50 SOVS. each, h ft. Once round. Lord 'Westminster's Satirist walked over. The Stand Cup of 150/., added to a ss.ceepstakes of 15 sons. 10 ft, if declared, &c. Twice r ,und and adis. Mr. Orde's Bee's Wing, agel (Cartwright) I Mr. Collett's Tubalcain, 5 yrs Free Handicap of 20 gory. each, h ft, with 50 added. kieats once round acd a distance. Mr. Bower's Lady Grove, 4 yrs (Francis) 1 1 Sir C. Monck's Gar Lind, 6 yrs 3 2 Mr. Goodman's Bedford, 5 yrs Mr. Tnompson's Miss Fitz, 4 yrs TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. May 3—" Inv. of the Cross."—AlooßE's ALMANACY.. STR,—That Bishops are admirers of Papacy there can be no doubt, and it ought not to excite " esoecial wonder," or great amazement, that they should be so, or that they should have a hearty (though secret) desire to return to that communion from which their predecessors, some three centuciei ago, professed to dis, , ,ent ; and against the vain ceremonies and ordinances of which Church their prede cessors protested, and Egainst which they, the' Bishops, now profess to protest, although it is se:f-evident to all reflecting and unprejudiced minds, that they have a hearty and sincere, though secret, longing after that which their predecessors protes.ei against. If these things Le not so, bow is it that certain arnorg:t them have sent forth. or caused to be sent forth, a fteler, in shape of the Oxford Tracts ? You have done much to weaken the vain, absurd, ridi culous trick ; of which timely interference and check, you will, at no very distant period, see the fruits. It would be well at treis time to set before the people at large, is its true colours, the cause of the original rupture between Mother Church of the Continent, and her daughter.in.law of England ; but it is not my purpose to enter more fully now into this subject, I merely wish on the present occasion to ask these natural men (1 Cor. chap. ii. v,r. 14), the admirers of Papacy—Puseyites— sticklers fur the traditions, alias the invent ons of men, when, where, in what age of the world, under what cir cumstances, and for what purpose, did Mother Church of Italy hold the first Feast of " the Invention of the Cross ?" and for the celebration of which this day (May 3) is sanc tified—i. e., sct apart, in the present year? Tae Pusey ites are very learned in this legendary lore,*, aid can, no doubt, give us a full, true, and particular account of thin wonderous invention ; to which I would most earnestly call the attention of the people, as there is more biJden under this " Invention of the Cross," than the admirers of Papacy ever dreamt of in their vain philosophy, and which shall be made apparent when the proper time arrives. 1 , Cot-. chap. 13 ser. 10, 11. BEN MELEK. Lyons-bolt, Devon, May 3, 1841. * Church History ; or, the History of the Church. NO JUSTICE FOR IRELAND.—Lord Mor peth's Irish Voters' Bill was, on Thursday night, detested in Committee by a majority Of 300 to 289—a majority of eleven in a house (including tellers, Cnairruan, and Speaker) of 595 Members ; leaving of the whole num ber but sixty-three absentees, paired or otherwise ab sent. It has been often said by such Irish Liberals as seek not for " Repeal," that Mr. O'Connell ought to give up the agitation of that question, and to ap ply himself to such measures of Reform as are practicable at the hands of a British Senate, viz.:— an irteree of Irish Rrepresentatives in the House of Commons, exten sion of the franchise, Vote by Ballot, &c. &c.—that the Imperial Parliament is ready and willing to do jus!dee to Ireland, if what is practicable be only asked, but that Repeal they will refuse at all hazards. Non-Repealers say, and have said, why not give an Imperial Parlia ment a fair trial ?—and that then, if justice appears not to be had from it, they will all beccme Repealers themselves. Will any of those Imperial Parliament_j ust i c e-seekirg gentlemen now say that a sufficient trial has not beengiven ; and that, so far from a semblance of justice beingts likely to be obtained, every proceeding of a B 1 fl 11 Senate is m a rk e d by a deadly bate towa rds this country? O'Connell has over and over said, that jus 7 tics is cot to be bad from an English Parliament, ( a nd events have proved that he was right, thought differently from him), and that Repeal was the only panacea for the evils of this unfortunahtee leu.oludnstryi Let the Irish wait-a-whiles fur justice a t s t t. ~ elseo. practice ti has and not those 3 w h h e o Englishmen suffer repeated insults as lon! r e . b means Irishmen in genetal bear in triad with llnsseßssutthl'eerl-,m' that if they are not immediately righted, I h irn ey er P iek Reporter. and courage to right themselves. COPYRIGHT IN SERMON. recently arisen of taking down b in printing; a'ned sermons• of first-rate preachers, and r, so.rt-bAand °f f° ti t t of the persongpublish ing them for tbe pecuniary ben; Wo kdby w om the are as e iletlaQl the short-hand writer is employe • . . preacher can check such a praCtlee by art proceedings in Equity ? In other w( id s , the Courts of Law or . . , whether , mentioned amounts to au act if pi racy?such an act as we have t 0 principl es upon which copyright The two ma e, fi that it is origin a lly pends, are these—firer, a species of pro m that it does not pony ; secondly, pass to oilier hands by . the act of publsoation • There can be nu doubt that a sermon, like a is the poem, a _treatise, a hi story, or any other manuscr ipt,fruit of a man's own labour ; that, up to tbo time of delivery, it is his own property, and that until that t ime it is sutject to his exe l us it e disposal: Thus there can be no doubt that the fi rst o f t h e two principles of co pyright is applicable to a sermon. The difficulty of the question, such as it is, will be found to arise upon the second of these principles. 'Fite delivery of a ser mon from a pulpit amounts to apublication. The hearer listens ~ listens for his own . • instruction, pleasure, and tirprove ment. For the same object he may reduce Vie same into writing; but it does not therefore follow that he may print and publish it for hi% pecuniary benefit. We see nothing in the relation of the preacher to his congregation which can sanction such a step. His duty is to teach and in struct, to point out religions duty, and to rersuade his congregation to be zealuus in discharge of it; but not to make them a present of an essay which they may publish with a profit. -.-.Lary Magazine. . A FEW QUEIIIES.— " What i s the Wm for Quaker,!ss ? Quassatri.r. Wtio were the first people who said nay ?—ltie _Naiads, Who first sold bacon _The Hamadryades? Where did the dentists originally come tram ? Tuscany? Which is the most celestial part of the British empire?—The Isle of .?:y. hi what great work do we find the best account of eels?—The Iliad.__ , Fraser's Magcaine. CURIOUS FACT.—A flounder about six inches in length, bought at the Cross on Saturday last, on being cut up , %WS fund to contain no less than eleven of the herriug fry in i:s stomach. Five of these had not been affected by the operatitua.of the dissolving juiced, and were taken out fresh and entire. The large:: was nearly two inches in length,— Dumfries Courier. ~,~