The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-10 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION. J ust ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations by Leech, &c., COLINC L I N K. By CHARLES HOOTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On the 20th inst., in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, MEMOIRS OF POPULAR BUBBLES AND EPIDEMIC DELUSIONS. By CHARLES MACKAY, Esq., Author of " The Thames and its Tributaries, &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington•street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRI EU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. 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PosTscalex.-9th March, 1841.— HEINE BROTHERS have the pleasure to state that they remitted to-day, 9th March, 1841, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS to Lon don and vicinity, resulting from the Distribution of Ist inst. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS ON EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 12, , Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart, Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ' • Lady Gay Spanker, M rs . Ni s b e tt ; M rs . Pert, Mrs. Humbr. Alter which will be produced, a Grand Romantic Fairy Ex travaganza, entitled BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vestris ; The Beast, Mr. W. Harrison ; John Quill, Mr. Harley ; Dressalinda, Miss Rainforth ; Mar rygolda, Miss Grant; Queen of the Roses, Miss Lee. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Sevest o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second rircles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may oe had upon application. Private BOXLS to be had solely of Mr. Andreas, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. " THE CHINA SUN" Will be REPUBLISHED THIS DAY, with All the LATEST NEWS. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS JAY. Morning 1 8 minutes after 4 I Evening 32 minutes after 4 e •a pt o u t 4 4 jrbs 1" „ 4'.4. 1 r 7 A „.,. ~~~ ~ LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1841. tide be that we may send an Ambassador to reside at the Court of ?ekin, we at once pro- nounce it of the utmost importance. So inter. preted, it would almost reconcile us to the terms of the Convention, as they are understood in England. But, falling short of that, the article is of little value indeed. The last article, which opens the trade with Canton in ten days after the Chinese New Year, is as advantageous to the Chinese themselves as to us; consequently there is little in it for which we should be exclusively grateful. Such is our view of the importance of the ac counts as yet received from China. British va lour was finely displayed in the capture of the forts, and had it been seconded by British saga city in the person of th e S uperintendent, the results would have been very different from what they are now represented to be. From first to last we have witness e d nothing but a consecutive series of blunders on the part of the ill-starred Super intend ent . Thi s moment all valour, the next all timidity; one day all promptitude and decision, the next all hesitation, doubt, and uncertainty—such has been the in glorious career of Captain CHARLES ELLIOT'S policy in China. But it may be that better news await us. If so, we shall have pleasure in placing it before the country in the light m ost advantageous to the character of Captain ELLIOT. Sim the ce above was written the India m ails have arriv e d i n London, and we have received our - usual files of Bombay and Calcutta Papers. The, 4Qovarnor of Bombay, Sir J AMES C ARNAC , 4E.ssSl'illtWllt to ret urn to Eng land for the benefit of bis=health, which has been for some time rapidly deckuing. Commodore Sir CLIARLES NAPIER I &-°t - = CHINA. IMPORTANT NEWS. The detention of the Indian mails by the French Post-office authorities, has prevented the arrival in London of more than a summary of the news from China. This is the second or the third time this trick has been played upon the London Press by the French Post-office authori ties, and as its repetition would inflict great in jury upon the people of this country, we trust that Lord PALMERSTON will see in it an affair worthy of the interference of the Government. The additional intelligence .from the Celestial Empire is not materially different from the news published in The Sun of yesterday. The "some hostilities" mentioned in the telegraphic de spatches had reference to the capture on the ith of January of the Chumpee and Tycocktow forts by the British, who destroyed them on the following days. It was this demonstration of impatient valour which induced the Chinese Plenipotentiary to sign the Convention of which the articles will be found in another column. So far as we yet know of the matter, they form a " most lame and impotent conclusion " of a great national undertaking. The cession of the Island of Hong Kong to the British, who had already purchased the thousand times finer Island of Chusan with their blood, is no great subject for congratulation. But even this cession is clogged with one of the most absurd restrictions ever imposed upon a British Plenipotentiary in the possession. of his senses. It appears that though belonging to Great Britain, Captain ELLIOT has agreed that all merchandise exported or imported there shall be liable to the same duties as goods imported or exported from Whampoa, which duties shall be paid into the Imperial Exchequer ! This sounds so like a hoax, that we can hardly believe it. What ! Chinese officers allowed to impose and collect duties in British ports ? Even so say these de spatches. That pink of diplomacy, Captain EL LIOT, sees nothing disrespectful to the British name in even making Queen VICTORIA tax collector for the Emperor of CHINA. The second article is, if possible, still more ex travagant. By it Great Britain accepts six millions of dollars, or one million two hun dred thousand pounds British currency, pay able in six annual instalments, for losses in money only to the amount of nearly four mil lions sterling ►! And be it remembered that money is the least item in the national account against China. The blood of the gallant Lord NAPIER—the gross insults offered to our SovE REIGN in the person of Captain ELLIOT himself— the restrictions placed on the liberties of British subjects at Canton —the violent and illegal seizure of the opium :—these were the principal items in our account against China, and yet these appear to have been in a great me asure overlooked. The importance of the third article entirely depends upon the Chinese interpretation of it. By it we have secured to us direct official intercourse with the Chinese Government on a footing of equality. If the meaning of this ar- E SUV, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL JO. 1841. returns to England by the Oriental steamer, to impress upon Lord PALMERSTON the justice of making the two concessions in the firman de manded by _MEHEMET ALI. The following offi cial account of the negotiations between Super intendent ELLIOT and the Chinese authorities, is from the Bombay Times of the Ist of March, quoted from the Canton Register of the 24th of January (From the Canton Press, 23rd Jan. 1841.) CIRCULAR. TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS. Macao, 20th Jan., 1841. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary has now to an nounce the conclusion of preliminary arrange ments between the Imperial Commissioner and himself, involving the following conditions : 1. The cession of the Island and Harbour of Hongkong to the British Crown. All just charges and Duties to the Empire upon the commerce carried on there to be paid as if the Trade were conducted at Whampoa. 2. An indemnity to the British Government of Six Millions of Dollars, One Million payable at once, and the remainder in equal annual in stalments ending in 1846. 3. Direct official intercourse between the countries upon an equal footing. 4. The trade of the port of Canton to be opened within ten days after the Chinese new year, and to be carried on at Whampoa till fur ther arrangements are practicable at the new settlement. Details remain matter of negotiation. The Plenipotentiary seizes the earliest occasion to declare that her Majesty's Government has sought for no privilege in China exclusively for the advantage of British ships and merchants, and he is only performing his duty in offering, the protection of the British flag to the subjects, citizens, and ships of Foreign Powers that may resort to her Majesty's possession. Pending her Majesty's further pleasure there will be no port or other charges to the British Government. The Plenipotentiary now permits himself to make a few general observations. The oblivion of past and redressed injuries will follow naturally from the right feeling of the Queen's subjects :—lndeed it should be re membered that no extent of modification re sulting only from political intervention can be efficacious in the steady improvement of our condition, unless it be systematically seconded by conciliatory treatment of the people, and be coming deference for the institutions and Go vernment of the country, upon the threshold of i which we are about to be established. The Plenipotentiary can only presume to advert very briefly to the zeal and wisdom of the Com mander of the expedition to China ; and to that rare union of ardour, patience, and forbearance, which has distinguished the officers and forces of all arms at all points of occupation and operation. He is well assured the British community will sympathise cordially with him in their sentiments of lasting respect for his Excellency and the whole force, which he is ashamed to express in such inadequate language. He cannot conclude without declaring that next to these causes the peaceful adjustment of difficulties must be ascribed to the scrupulous good faith of the very eminent person with whom negotiations are still pending. (Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT, - -7 H. M. Plenip o t en ti ar y, China CIRCULAR. TO HER MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS. Macao, 20th January, 1841. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary considers it in cumbent upon himself to lose no time in assuring the Commercial Community that he will use his best eflOrt with her Majesty's Government to secure an early and entire advance of their claims for indemnity. And, mindful of the interest of parties in India, he will not fail respectfully to move the Right Honourable the Governo r G enera l of India to second these purposes as far as may seem just to his Lordship. (Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT, Her Majesty's Pknipotentiary. At length, as will be seen from the above Cir cular addressed by H. M. Plenipotentiary to her Britannic Majesty's subjects in China, the so long pending negotiations have come to a head, and preliminary arrangements involving certain conditions, as the basis, we suppose, of the treaty to be entered into between the two countries, have been concluded. We are informed that " details remain matter of negotiation," and be fore the nature of these becomes known we must be content with offering our remarks upon the above public document alone, and we assure our readers that no desire on our part of finding fault where none exists, but a conviction that British interests have been lightly sacrificed upon insuffi cient considerations, shall prompt the observa tions we are about to offer. In order to do this it will be well to recall to mind the circumstances which rendered it neces sary that Great Britain should send a splendid armament to the shores of this Empire, that its Government might be made aware that it could no longer be allowed w ith i mpun i ty to trample under foot the rights of other nations. Upon the plea that some British merchants had acted contrary to the fiscal regulations of the country, not only they, but all British and Foreigners residing in Canton, were detained pri9oners during more than six weeks ; under threats of being starved, and of personal vio lence, they were despoiled of property costing 10 millions of dollars or more. Her Majesty's Representative, who had offered his mediation, was likewise imprisoned, and threatened with " the last degree of severity, as he informed her Majesty's subjects;" all ships were detained at Whampoa at heavy demurrage, and permission for both persons and ships to depart was only given after all the Opium of which the English had been possessed was given up to the Superin tendent, and by him to the Chinese Government, under a pledge from the former to its owners that they should be repaid for it by the British Government. After this the English merchants, trusting to the energy and protection of their Government for redress, retired to Macao, but the rancour of the Chinese followed them even there, and they were obliged to take refuge on board their ships. The most inflammatory pro clamations against the English were published; they were pot to be allowed to land for water, the springs were poisoned, all Chinese were in vited to kill Englishmen wherever they were found, and an unarmed passage boat was attacked by mandarins, and its crew and passengers inhu manly butchered and mutilated. These were the principal offences committed by the Chinese, for which full reparation was to be obtained, and to secure which an armament sufficient to strike terror into the most remote inhabitants of this land, was sent; this arrived here exactly seven months ago—it is not now our object to repeat what during all that time it did or did not do; our business is with the result it has produced in the hands of her Ma jesty's Plenipotentiary, a result which falls so far short of the expectations entertained by all, that we should be inclined to doubt its reality, did not the document heading these remarks stare us in the thee. The conditions obtained by her Majesty's Ple nipotentiary are four, and we shall consider them seriatim:-.,_u Ist, The cession of the island of) Kong Hong to the British Crown. All just charges and duties to the empire upon the com merce carried on there to be paid as if the trade was conducted at Whampoa." We consider that for an independent British settlement no situation can possibly be more fa vourably chosen than that of Hong 'Kong. The island itself is of little extent, we are told about fifteen miles in circumference, but it forms with the neighbouring lands one of the finest ports existing, where any number of ships, and of any size, may safely anchor in the worst of weathers, and the settlement of Hong Kong would, we doubt not, in a very short time, be come a place of very considerable trade, were its possession by the British not clogged with the condition that the same duties as at Wham.. ecree,alilvhtihclei, benefitethstai; mation, destroys a poa are to be paid t o th n might be expected to trade there, and will, in fact, reduce the British settlement of Hong Kon g to nothing more than a military station, and make it possibly the resort of thefamilies of foreign merchants transacting business at Can ton, although even this is doubtful, as they may continue to prefer Macao. The same charges and duties being paid at Hong Kong as at Whampoa, it follows as a matter of neces- sessity that the 'trade will remain where for cen turies it has been established, and not seek a new location where it is under the same disadvan tages, without it s being afforded the sa me faci lities it now fi n d s i n a p opu l ous commercial city, long the centre of the commerce of the empire, and under the same charge infinitely better situated than a port on an out-of-the-way island can ever be. Had Hong Kong come uncondi tionally into th e possess i on of the English, we sh?uld. have thought it a valuable possession, ac quired at whatever price; now, according to the reading we give to the Plenipotentiary's Circular, its value is little or none. " 2d. An indemnity to the British Govern ment of six millions of dollars; one million payable at once, and the remainder in equal instalments ending in 1846." As above stated, the cost of the opium alone, extorted by the Chinese, exceeded ten millions, and other losses suffered by British subjects, not calculating interest even for the two years al ready elapsed, such as demurrage of ships unjustly detained, property left in Canton, &c. &c., may swell the amount justly due to 12 millions, and, if tie expenses of the present expedition are added, to at least 15 millions. F or th ese t h e Chi nese are to pay in toto six millions, in annual instalments of one million each, which million at the less than usual rate of 8 per cent. is not quite equal to the annual interest for the whole claim, of which capital and inte rest a li ke are lost at the expira tion of six years. But even without reference to the inadequacy of the sum, we may ask, how will the Chinese raise it? Will it not be levied in the shape of a new duty upon foreign commerce, and will it not therefore be the British chiefly who will be at the expense of this payment? A tael or two on tea will soon raise the required sum, and consumers in England will drink dearer tea ; or if the duty for payments of the indemnity be raised on imports, their increased price will curtail the consumption ofßritish manufactures. That, how ever, Capt. Elliot consented to receive this small amount of indemnity, although we may regret it, does not surprise us, after his despatch dated Tungkoo. 28th November, 1839, in which he en deavoured to injure the interests of the holders of his Opium-scrip, with the Home Government, representing them as not entitled to too much consideration, and the small sum per chest which they may now possibly get out of this indemnity, will, according to his reasoning, be clear gain to persons who, without his interference in March, 1839, would have suffered a loss of two to three hundred per cent. upon their opium ventures!! " 3d. Direct as the intercourse between the countries upon an equal footing." Nothing less could have been expected, after the Chinese had felt front experience that they had no force whatever to oppose to the British invasion ; besides, in the blue book, we are in formed that Captain Elliot had already long be fore this gained this point. "4th. The trade of the port of Canton to be opened within ten days after the Chinese New Year, alcd to be carried on at Whampoa till fur ther arrangements are practicable at the new settlement." Yes, we suppose, that 10 days from this date, (this being Chi nese N ew Y ear ' s day) we shall see all the British Merchants return to Canton, there to transact their business as before ; - in fact Canton will again be, as it always has been, the Emporium of the Chinese trade, and al though, there, British Merchants may be insult.; ed, their property taken from them, and their liberty endangered, we think that they will prefer running these risks for the facilities trade enjoys there, to going to a new settlement equal ly burdened with imposts, and which therefore offers no advantages commensurate with the in convenience and expense caused to commerce on leaving its old accustomed channels. Thus far what occurs to us on these four con ditions separately, which, taken altogether, seem to restore matter to about the same state in which they were before our imprisonment, for unless the details, at present matters of negotiation be explained, and these be more favourable than Captain Elliot's circular enables us to ex pect, the making Hong Kong an English set tlement seems to hold out very slight advan tage to the British trading community, who will probably not avail themselves of it, except per haps for the carrying on of unlawful business; the port of Canton is to he opened, and trade will there of course be resumed; British mer chants will be obliged again to trust themselves to the tender mercies of the Chinese. But under what guarantees? On this all-important subject the Circular is silent—will they, after they shall again be in the power of the Chinese not be made responsible for former transgressions of Chinese Custom-house regulations ? What has become of the bonds? Are they still insisted on—have the Imperial laws been changed in &- your of the British? What has been done with regard to the dividends of bankrupt hong-mer chants, some of which have been overdue some time? Has, in fact, anything been stipulated to remove the many laws f or th degradation of fo reigners visiting China ? Is the Hong system to continue unaltered? Is the British merchant still to be obliged to confide his property into the hands of men notoriously insolvent ? These are some of the questions the solution of which we should wish to see, and which it is to be hoped form part of the still pending negotiations. We had reason to hope that the Chinese would be obliged to open if not several at least one of their ports to the northward, a hope we conceive by no means extravagant„ when already a very favourable position had been occupied by British arms, commanding the mostimportant of Chinese rivers, the Yangste-Keang—the Circular says not a word on the, subject, and its omission is a proof that no such stipulation has been made. No, on the contrary, Chusan is to be immediately evacuated and restored to the Chinese as Chuenpee already has been on Thursday last, when the English flag was low ered, and the Chinese again hoisted. As a consideration for the cession of these conquests, which, held by the English, would, from their commanding positions,have been well worth some thing better, the Island of Hong Kong has come into conditional possession of the English, and this is all the advantage gained by the send ing of the expedition, for we consider the payment of the six millions, when no less than at least twice that sum ought to .have been ex pected, as a most shameful compromise, and a heartless abandonment of the interests of a com munity which the Plenipotentiary was sent to cherish. But people will object, these terms perhaps are so little favourable, because no others could be got; perhaps the Chinese opposed equal forces to your armament, and you were unable to back your argument by force—if these were so we should not quarrel with a compromise dic tated by necessity; but the contrary was the case—Chusan had been taken without resistance, and kept possession of without any attempt be ing made by the Chinese to recapture it ; the Chinese notoriously have no sea force to de serve that name, and from the backwardness of their troops to face the British at Chusan we arrive at the conclusion that their land forces in a war with an European nation are equally unavailable. Chuenpee and Ty-cock too were taken with great slaughter to the Chinese, who were so surrounded in the former fort that they could not run away—immediately on this being witnessed from the other Bogue forts, the garrisons prepared themselves to evacu ate them, and in fact, when on the Bth the ships of war approached the fortress, the garrison was seen leaving it as fast as possible. Here was another proof that the Chinese have not the means of opposing force to force, but the Plenipotentiary, who might have pos sessed himself at that time of the forts without almost firing a gun, was afraid of losing the Imperial favour by going too far, and stopping the British arms in their career of success, was the first to recommence negotiations on the plea, we hear, that Keshen, the two small forts only being taken, might gloss this over, but if the principal forts had fallen into the hands of the English, even Chinese di plomatists would not be able to hide the truth from the Emperor, who, enraged at the presump tion of the barbarians, would then refuse all peaceable accommodation. We need not point out the fallacy of such argument, or the sin gular bias in favour of underhand dealing, if the forts of Anughoy were really spared for such reasons ; yet it is difficult tofind others. As far as physical three, then, was concerned in obtaining an arrangement of existing difficulties, this was so clearly in favour of the English that not a doubt can exist on the subject, and there being no necessity for being too yielding, all just de mands ought to have been strictly enforced. If in private life I injure my neighbour to the ex tent of 100/., the law gives him redress for the full amount of the injury, and I must pay it, and costs besides, and if' I have not the means to pay, my creditor may consign my body to a prison. In public life, or in transactions, between na tions, the law would stand exactly as between tmhye rneighbour and e m e r , e a v a n i d l e i d v 1 a on t h Considerations Pleni p o tentiary to a p ccept from China so much less than was in justice due, we are at a loss to guess at at. Suppose that the Chinese have not money enough to pay fbr the opium destroyed, they are rich in lands —but conditional pos no one, Captain w Elliot pre sume,llu tw m h il i i c i i ( 3 ins of dollars or more, eso;:riell the e ! P al n u y gemd Kong, :9; has remitted. If lands or possessions_ were not wanted, favourable conditions for the trade of except ie ittof be on British subjects might h ave been obtained; equai this point the Circular evariesnsitlehnots,e the " direct official intercourse upon f n c ib hO t p in s" 4 " : '; no t we f value at the sum named; if, in deed, ho to ngt;amdoenwophoelry free deed, ports to the northward hadbe en opened or permissionifins ead of h t a l d i e oppressiveeen and with whom we liked; if a promise of lowering. the duties had been obtained ; if respectful and decent treatment to foreigners had been secured, then perhaps we might think th a t the Chinese had paid in kind for the debts they may have inc urre d ; as it is, there r ema i ns a large balance u n a ccoun ted for—the asset s f or which have disappeared during the negotia- dons, and it is but a poor consolation to know that the Plenipotentiary may by his country be held accountable for them. These are the obSer vations which naturally suggest themselves to us on consideration of the money-interests of the question ; for the insults offered to her Majesty's Superintendent and to British merchants, and through them to the nation, no atonement what ever has been made, nor seems to have been de manded. We are told in the circular to forget and forgive—the latter we recommend as the exercise of a Christian virtue—the former, to him who can. RELEASE OF THE FRENCH MIS SIONARY. On Tuesday evening arrived in Macao, M. Tallandier, a French Missionary, who having been apprehended in the country, had been kept a prisoner in Canton . during nearly three months. M. Tallandier owes his liberation to Captain Elliot's intercession, without which, it is probable, he would have remained much longer ; he was taken befbre Keshen, previous to his departure for the _Bogue, and graciously dismissed by that eminent person. WITHDRAWAL OF THE FORCE FROM THE BOGUE. Last night his Excellency Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer arrived in the Roads, accom panied by several ships of war and steamers. The English colours were removed from, and Chinese planted in th e i r stead, on Chuenpee. On Thursday last the ships of war have, we learn, all left the Rogue, and a part of them will proceed to Hong Kong immediately to take possession of that island, in the name of her Majesty. The division against the forts of Tycocktow was not, as reported in our last, comaianded by Captain Smith of th e Druid, but by Captain Scott, of the Samarang, as officer of which ship was the first to land and enter the fort. The following, taken from the Register, we had in type, when another translation of appa rently the same document reached us, the original of which was placarded in the streets of Macao yesterday. No mention is therein made of the cession of Hong Kong (From the Canton Register, Jan. 19, We have just received and translated t lowing order from Keshen to the Keunmingtoe of Macao—which - is a rider to the British Pleni potentiary's Circular, and confirms the good and grateful news contained in that document. " Keshen, a great Minister of State, and Im perial High Co mm i ss i oner, o f the second order of the hereditary nobility, and acting Governor of the two Kwang Provinces, writes this despatch for the full infbrmation of the Tangche, or Keun minfoo, of Macao. Le fo. " The English barbarians are now obedient to orders, and, by an official document, have re stored Tinghae and Shakee ; invoking me with the most earnest importunity that I should for them report, and beg for (the Imperial) favour. " At present all affairs are perfectly well set tled. The former order for stopping their trade and cutting off the supplies of provisions, it is un necessary to enforce; it is for this purpose that I issue these orders to the said Tangche, that he may obey accordingly, without opposition. A special despatch." GENERAL MEMORANDUM. Wellesley, Jan. 8, 1841. The Commander-in-Chief' has to express his admiration at the gallant conduct of the whole force during the affair of yesterday, and requests that the Captains and Commanders of the squa dron, and the Commanders of the steam vessels, the officers, seamen, and marines, will receive his best thanks. To Major Pratt, commanding the Force, Major Johnson, 26th Regiment, Captain Knolles of the Royal Artillery, Lieutenant Simpson of the Wellesley - and Wilson of the Blenheim (employed on shore) Captain Ellis Royal Marines, Captain Duff 37th Regiment, M. N. 1., and Captain Boulton Bengal Volunteers, together with the officers, non commissioned officers, and privates, his best thanks are also due. The Commander-in-Chief wishes to mark in an especial manner, the conduct of the whole of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Force in abstaining from the least excess or irre gularity, a circumstance alike honourable to them selves,_ and beneficial t o th e c h aracter and inter ests of their country. (Signed) J. GORDON BREMER. Commander-in -Chief. To the respective Captains, Commanders, and Commissioned Officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels, and the Hon. Company's steamers and the Military Officers employed at the cap ture of Chuenpee, the respective Ship's Compa nies and the Officers, Commanding Officers, and Privates of Marine and Land Forces. MACAO, JANUARY 21, 1841. We avail ourselves of the departure of the steamer Enterprise for India to send you the an nexed copies of public notices by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. The result may be communicated in a few words; indemnity ofsix millions of dollars, direct official intercourse, and a British settlement at Hong Kong, where, however, Chinese duties are to be levied as at Whaimpoa. Chusan, it is understobdOvill be evacuated, and no port will be opened to the northward. The future course .of the opium trade does not seem to have formed a subject of discussion, but we understand opiuM may be imported into the new settlement al though still contraband in China: In consequence of the arrangement above al luded to Chuenpee has been delivered to the Chinese. The whole of the British squadron has left the Bogue, and a portion has proceeded to Hon Kong to take possession of it in the name of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. An order has also been despatched to Ningpoo, di recting the immediate release of the British sub jects who had been detained there. Nothing can exceed the indignation and dis gust which Captain Elliott's proceedings have excited amongst all classes of British subjects both in India and China. Not only has he ne glected the just claims of private individuals but he has sacrificed the honour of his country. CHUSAN, Accounts from Chusan to the 24th December have been received per Eagle, according to which the health of the troops was improving, there being no new cases of sickness. As will be seen from an extract of a letter from thence, communication with Ningpo was unrestricted, but the writer of that letter says that the Chinese intend commencing hostilities in spring. We do not think it unlikely, having never bad much faith in the pacific intentions of the Chinese Government, as long as these could only be manifested by sacrifices on their part, and haring hitherto refrained from exten sive hostile acts, was probably caused by the bad state of the army, which must have been much demoralized during the two last peaceful reigns, particularly when it is borne in mind that the civil service is at all times held in higher esteem in China than the military, which, neglected . during peace, can only regain its proper rank in times of pressing necessity. How far the preparations lately made in our neighbourhood, have served to or ganize an effective body of troops, the events now passing at the B ogue will show; we do not expect to hear much said in favour of their discipline or tactics. Provisions at Chu san were plentiful ; the bazaar was sup plied with all kinds of necessaries, and even articles of export-commerce, such as course Silk Piece-goods, Raw Silk of inferior quality, and Tea, but in small quantities, were offered for sale. The weather was getting very cold, the thermometer having fallen as low as 22 degrees —Canton Press. T. _he Church Extensionists, we see, are again actively employed in getting up petitions iu &- your of their plan of levying additional taxes on the public. Sir R. INGLis, " whose ardour in the cause of true religion" it is said, "no temporary defeat can extinguish," has informed the House of Commons that he hopes, after Easter, to at tract its attention to the subject. In the mean ti:ne the clergy and the friends of Church Ex tension throughout the land are to exert them- selves, and pour in petitions to both Houses. In one House the prayer of such petitions will no doubt be favourably listened to ; but, fortunately tbr the public, the subject involves a grant of money, which must proceed from the House of Commons. We are not, indeed, sure, from the manner in which that House is now constituted, that it would not listen to the prayer of the Ex- tensiimists, were the Exchequer as overflowing as in the days of Mr. Prosperity ROBIN SON ; but the urgent wants of the State and the deficiency of the revenue will now effectually prevent the House of Commons from listening to the demand for more money to build churches and end ow p r i es ts. We would not, under such circumst ances , re commend the public . to meet the Exte ns i on i s t s by counter petitions, If they b e di s p ose d to a dd ress e ither Hous e o f Parliament, but ra th er t o p e tition for a redress ° f some grievance connected with the Church. We See for example, ac cording to the proviu papers, ctal that a considerable number of pep- • well." sons in different places have been summoned for Church-rites, and in some cases have been called before Ecclesiastical Courts. In the majority of the cases the people paid, and on that account the Tory journals have set up a cry of triumph. The Anti-Church -rate party, then, are mocked at and insulted for obeying the law. If the Dis senters have in them the spirit of men that ought to rouse them unanimously to demand that they should he relieved from the payment of Church-rates, and from the jurisdiction of Eccle siastical Courts. Here are great grievances to which the Dissenters are subjected, and for the abolition of which they ought to petition. Let them not petition for the abolition of Ec clesiastical Courts, because the members of the Church and the clergy may wish to preserve them, but let them petition to be relieved from the jurisdiction of those Popish tribunals, and from the payment of that Popish exaction, Church -rates. If the Churchmen like Ecclesi astical Courts and Church-rates, let them be gratified. The Dissenters can have no reason to prevent them indulging. in so rational an enjoyment. All that they have to do • is to protect themselves. It is no business of theirs to break the yoke of priestcraft for the members of the Church. To get relieved from the payment of Church rates and from the jurisdiction of ecclesias tical tribunals is their proper business, and seems to us a nobler object than to petition merely against the extension of the Church, which. their wily opponents describe as petitioning against Christianity. We have long been surprised at the patience with which Protestant Dissenters, who have a conscientious aversion to Popery, submit to ec clesiastical tribunals, and to ecclesiastical taxes. The Dissenters must remember that Mr. Nrcuor, lately informed the public from his place in Par liament that the Ecclesiastical Courts are not the QUEEN'S Courts, but the Bishops' Courts, and were not affecteu by an Act of Parliament restraining the Queen's Courts. To obey them is, therefore, to obey the Bishop in spiritual matters; and we cannot reconcile the consis tency of the Dissenters in deserting the Church for conscience sake, incurring all the guilt of schism, and still submitting to the Bishop's jurisdiction, as exercised in the Courts which were established by Papal Bishops for Papal purposes. Such conduct is neither consistent nor conscientious. At various periods the Dis senters have stood out stoutly against the Church and State combined; and it will be dis graceful to them, when the State will not take an active part against them, if they now submit to the Church alone, and humble themselves before the enthroned Bishops or their repre sentatives, when, by one spirited and unanimous remonstrance, they might cast off this remnant of the Papal yoke from their necks for ever. As to the Extensionists, the House of Corn mons will probably think it their duty to in quire before they grant money to build churches, whether or not they are to be filled with that ingenious race of sophists who reconcile their consciences " to hold the tenets of Rome with the endowments of the Church of England," or by " those low-minded, bitter race of priests," ac cording to the Post, who persecute the High- Church Angels. As Church Extension is advocated by Sir R. Istaus and the Standard, we presume that the Low-Church party is the most active in the chase after the public money, and that their ism will find most favour with the patrons of the new churches, should any more be built. It is, however, for the Legislature to reflect, in so applying the public money, that they will either encourage mysticism and insin cerity, or bitter, persecuting, theological malig nity. Far better would it be to throw the wealth the law will take from the people into the sea. We are reminded, by seeing a brief notice of Lord ASHBURTON in the Anti-Corn-law Circu lar, that we have lately said some harsh things of that Nobleman. We have accordingly taken our conscience to task, and if we could honestly retract them we cheerfully would. But while our Parliamentary records prove that Mr. BARING, the merchant ; having then much to gain by enlarged commerce, was a strenuous ad vocate for free trade, and a determined opponent of the Corn-laws, and that Lord ASHBURTON, the landowner, having left trade and in vested his gains in the soil, is the for ward opponent of free trade, and the sturdiest advocate of the Corn-laws —while our Parlia mentary records prove these charges against Mr. BARING, become Lord ASHBURTON, we cannot recollect one instance by which his private mu nificence has redeemed his public character. Europe has heretofore had princely merchants, and many of them, both at home and abroad, have conferred honour on their country by employing their wealth in improving and adorning it. The palaces of " Genoa, the Superb," built by her merchants, would confer honour on most of the Princes of Europe. The merchant Medici having first enriched their country became its sovereigns, and placed their descendants on the Papal throne. In like man ner our own GRESHAMS and BECKFORDS have conferred renown on their country by the muni ficent employment of their wealth or their de fence of our liberties. Lord ASHBURTON, as far as we know, has done nothing for the arts but build an ugly house in Piccadilly, and nothing for the national liberties but betray them. The name of BARING, too, is associated in the public and Parliamentary records with one of the meanest pieces of petty oppression that has made much noise in modern times. In the pages of the late Mr. COBBETT and the Times it will be handed down to posterity with anything but applause. We venerate the name and character of a true merchant. It is his great business to equalize the variations of the seasons and the diversities of climates. He brings the abundance of one clime or place to supply the wants of another. He enriches himself by conferring. benefits on all with whom he deals. The wealth obtained by our commerce is not, in the eye of humanity, of one tithe so much importance as the civilisation which follows in its train, and as the friendly relations with which it binds together nations politically and historically hostile to each other. It was left for Mr. BARING, become Lord ASHBURTON, to degrade, in our estimation, the name and station of a princely merchant to the level of a money scrivener, seeking wealth at the expense of others by nefarious legislation. From creating employment, conferring wealth, multiplying food and conveniences as a merchant, to arresting trade, stopping subsistence, and starving the peo ple as a Legislating Peer, is one of the saddest instances of degradation front true nobility which the annals of mankind can afford. To have lost his fortune and become a pauper would have been a less degradation for Mr. BARING than the change from a useful merchant to a mischievous landowner. The French Journals of Wednesday have duly reached us. They publish the news from China which appeared in our columns of yesterday but they contain little else of any importance. The same may be said of the Madrid Papers of the 31st ult., which have also reached us. • The following was the bulletin of Lord GRAN VILLE'S health, issued on Wednesday " British Embassy, Wednesday Morning, April 7. " His Excellency has passed a good night, and is going on The Toulonnaise f the 28th of March says "It is re ported in our city that an important operation has taken place at Oran. It seem that the fear with which General Larnoriciere has inspired the Arabs is so great that they had formed a project to get possession of his person; in order to obtain their object they had laid a snare for General Lamori ciere, who having been warned by his spies did not suffer himself to be taken in it. In order to punish them for their perfidy the brave General laid an ambush, which the Arabs could not avoid, and in consequence of which 800 of them were left on the &id of battle. We do not answer for the au thenticity of this intelligence, which, if it is true, will be con firmed by the next sail." The ffentinelte de Toulon mentions. the same report. On the 26th of February another earthquake threatened Zante with total destruction. —La Gazette de France. M. Fararaond, French Consul at Campeachy, who was ap pointed Consullin New Holland, has declined to accept that post. He will return to Campeachy at the end of the month. In consequence of serious differences which had arisen be tween the Homan Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar and the lay men who were intrusted with the management of the revenues of the church, a law suit has taken place, and M. Hague, th e Bishop of Gibraltar, has been condemned by a sentence of the tribunal of Gibraltar to a pretty long imprisonment. A letter which the Univers has received from Constanti. l'h i rty .3 eyen. (1e40) Loan of City, 1932, 4 per Cent.. ....... Society of Commerce, 45i per Cent Bank of Belgium, 5 per Nationa I Society . 11 .••••••••••• •••• Exchange on London (short) --Brussels Papers, April 7. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vientea, MARCH 30 five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. ....... 0000000 98% Three per Cents. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 78 Bank Shares •.« ••••••••••••••••••_. •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1630 April 4. HA DIBU Re BORSENHALLE, APRIL 6. FEB. 13. P. S. Exchange steady ; moderate transae ions on London at 30. We have received the Journalof Antwerp, o f yesterday's date. Accounts from St. Petersburgh, of the 25th of April, state that it has been resolved to reduce the army 110,000 men, a measure which will assure a saving of fifteen millions in the treasury. The Emperor with much pain consented to this pressing measure . BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, APRIL 6.—The National Funds are without anything doing, consequently no variations, but the prices of yesterday are sustained. Ardoin's re mains at 20 11-16. The letters by the overland express from India have been received at the Post-office, but too late fur the first delivery, consequently they will not be sent out until to morrow. This day being observed as a strict holiday in the City, Lloyd's and other public offices are shut, and at the Cof fee• houses there is a very thin attendance. We have no account as yet respecting the President steamer. REPEAL OF THE BREAD TAX.—There are two things which seem more .especially to have contri buted to the success which has hitherto attended the,ope ration of the League—the taking up of the broad ground of justice, and the demanding of the abolition of the bread tax in preference to nibbling at details; and the restric tion of the exertions of the League to this one object. By this means the League has escaped the waste of time and irritaton which must have been produced by discussions of detail ; and it has saved itself from all hazard of n: g- I e cting the main object amid a press of kindred busine.s. To this policy the League will continue to adhere. Its members rejoice to see the sound principles of free trade gaining ground in all directions, but they will not abandon the work they have taken in hand to turn themselves to any other. There are many questions closely connected with the Corn-laws, and if they took up one because of this relation they could not well refuse to take up others. The best way to avoid destruction is to refuse to have anything to do, as mem Leers of the League, with any ether till this is scald. The re-roejustment of the duties imposed upon commodities which may be taxed is. quite a did .rent question from the extrication of one article—food. from the vortex of taxa tion altogether. Again, demanding as justice the teal abolition of the Corn-laws, they cannot enter into discus sions regarding the relative merits of a fixed or sliding scale of duties—a higher or lower rate of duty.—Anti- Corn-law Circular. THE OLDEST BRIDGE IN ENGLAND.—The oldest bridge now existing in England is the triangular bridge at Croyland, in Lincolnshire (sometimes called Crowland), which is said to have been erected about A.D. 860, but with what view it is difficult. if not alongether ira possible, to determine. It is obvious that utility was not the motive of the builder, though it may be aliovied to claim the qualities of boldness of design and singularity of con struction as much as any bridge in Europe. It is formed by three semi -arches, whose bases stand in the eircumfer. ence of a circle, equi-distant, from each other, and uniting at the top. Nicholson says that this curioui triune forma_ tion has led many persons to imagine that the architect in. tended to suggest an idea of the Trinity thereby. This to. nerable bridge is now nearly 1,000 years old I We understand that a brother of the poet Cow per, just deceased, has bequeathed the sum of 2,0001., the interest of which is to be applied to the purpose of coun teracting the influence of Romish seminaries in this coum t ry. Brighton Gazette. Stables at Lyndhurst ate ordered to be prepared for her m.jecty's Stag Hounds, which will arrive on Mon-I . day the Mg butane, Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-R 1635 1634ussian Loan 107% Russian 5 per Cent. I s t series, Certificate 102% 10 .% Inscription, Ist Series HA% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series - Ditto In Certi fi c a t es New 4 per Cent. (1S40) — 67 Dutch Actual Debt, 2yi. pe. Cent 5O 49X Ditto 5 per Cent Polish Bond. 144 -- New ticket I Anglo. Danish L oan, 3 per Cent J 74X 736 wegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Crat... — Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 16% 16 EXCHANGES OW LONDON. HAMBURG, APRIL 6.-13 6% _Two months, 13 4% PETE RSBURGH, !MARCH months, 39%, pence. STocatious, Mancu 3 t_.—Seventy.five days 11. 46. CHRISTIANIA, IVA RCH ? 7.—Three months, ' 4 64. WHAT is POPERY ? — Priestcraft working out Christianity to its own purposes. The Pope at Rome, the College of Cardinals at Rome, the whole army of priests, of whom the heads and chiefs are in that city, which swarms throughout Eurve, are all engaged in using Christianity and perverting it to their own profit, and practis in on the people. Disguise it how men may, this is the life and soul of Popery. In what re spect and degree does the Anglican Church differ from Popery so explained ? The archbishops, bishops, rectors, vicars, curates, heads of houses at the Universities, spiritual tutors, are one and all engaged in working, and, we will boldly add, perverting, Christianity to their own profit and purposes. They may take different means from the Romish priesthood, they may appeal to dif ferent prejudices, they may disguise their object more artfully, but it is impossible to deny that all these men are engaged in a conspiracy to work Christianity to their own profit. That we affirm is Popery, and we challenge the Anglican priesthood to deny or disprove our assertion. IV rIONEY anti COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL, 8..--We are with out improvement in the trade demand, and nothing is being done on speculation, consequently the market continues fire, and prices unsettled. Export buyers are increasing their transactions, and have taken this seek 1,600 bales of American, at 7 a 81, the better qualities being fir Russia; American descriptions are on the average lower than Friday last, the decline being more apparent on the lower qualities ; other descriptions are very heavy of sale at previous rate s . Th e sa l es to-day are 2,600 bales of all kinds. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—The following are the transactions at the Stock Exchange this day :—Edinburgh and Glasgow 341; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 241 ; Grand Junction quarter shares 234- ; New ditto, 241; . London and Brighton United Company 454 Manches ter, Bolton, and Bury 54 ; Midland Counties 881; North Midland 78; North Union 81. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL B.—ln conse quence e of the scarcitf stok, the business done in our market to-day ha s been y li o mited, c although we continue to have buyers for most kinds of railway stock at advanced prices. Should the India mail, which is due, bring favourable intelli gence from China, our market will undergo a further advance. Liverpool and Manchester Halves, 911 ; Manchester and Leeds, 66 1 / 2 ; London and South Western, 56 a 57 ; ditto Tenths, 18. a 19s. prem ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24h ; South Lan cashire Banks, 51. 6s. 3d. ; Lancaster Canal, 28. We have received by the Stag frigate Rio Janeiro papers to the 14th February, about fifteen days later than the last arrival, also the Price Current of the above date. MONEY MARKET.—Discounts.—Th e prevailing rates for approved commercial paper was from 8 to 9. per cent., and at these rates money was abundant during the first fifteen days ; so early as the 4th, the Bank rate was reduced to 8 per cent., and Treasury Bills, to the ext-nt of 400 contos of rei., were negotiated on the 11th at 7 per cent. and the brokerage. Atter the 11th, however, money was in more demand, and since the arr:val of the Pengu;,n packet,with the intelligence that no loan had been made, the demand has increased, and the uncertainty as to wtot mea sures will be devised to meet the wants of the cPuntry, keeps the market in some degree of feverish excitement. There are those who still think that a loan will be effected, but we must not fail to recollect that the time in which it was sought was most unpropitious, whilst the credit of Brazil in England is not by any means se good as it was up to September, 1839. It appears to us that some of the capi talists of England decline to grant Brazil a loan unless the Portuguese claim of 488,0001 sterling shall be in cluded in the amount of the loan, or the payment of the same be otherwise provided for. What will, in the inter val, his Excellency the Finance Minister do ? The source from which he has hitherto derived assistance is thoroughly drained. If we are rightly informed, his Excellency depended upon this loan. His position has now become much more painful and dif f icult. The amount of the dividends in England is yet unprovided for, though it is possibly understood that this will for the time be advanced by the agents of the Government. The delay which has already occurred has been injurious to our commerce, and his Excellency has a duty to per form in determining upon some course. We think•it would be more consistent to make some pecuniary sacri fice than to permit the national credit to be eternally com promised. EXCHANGE.—The rate upon London opened at 31, and fluctuated between 31 and 30i, with one or two excep tions for small sums, until the 21st, and 30i and 31 towards the end of the month. Stocks have fluctuated be tween 74} and 74, the former having been the first price of the month, and 74 to 74 4 1 the selling prices to-day. Specie is in brisk demand, both for export and specula ion, and a consequent rise in prices existed since the 4th nople, dated - the 18th of March, says that the situation of Reschid Pacha is more and more precarious. —Le Commerce. WEDNISDA If, APRIL 7. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric e , P r i ce French 5 per Cents /13 30 ... 113 20 ... 113 • 0 ... 113 20 4 per Cents 99 25 ..., 99 25 ... 99 25 99 25 3 per Cents 7B 80 78 60 78 7u 78 70 Rank or France ..«...,...«.• 3160 ...3150 Lailitte Bank 1,000 1 . Sh lO6O ...1060 ...1060 5.000 f. Shares 5150 ...5160 ...5150 ...5155 Belgian Bank 3 per Cents...". per Cent 5....... Spanish Active ..... 24% ... 24% ... 24% ... 24% Portuguese 3 per Cents 20% ... 80% ... 20% ... 20% Neapolitan 103 90 ... 103 90 ... 193 90 ... 103 90 ..... 1051 •.. 103 34 103 ... 103% RAILWAY SHARES.Vers St. Germainailes ••• ••••••••••••••••ft 720 .4. 7 25 •96 720 ••• 725 .R. 8.... ....... 385 „. 385 ....385 ... 38 LB. ..... £BO 280 ... 275 Orleans . ........ 485 ... 485 ... 485 ... 485 Montpellier to Cette 250 250 250 „. 850 Strasburg so Bale 236 ... 237 50 ... 236 25 .. 2 3 ' , 25 Rouen 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 455 BELOIAN WUNDS—Eavints, APRIL 7. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ... ... 100 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 • per 1,0 34 3per Cent.......... 7u 100% 81% 98 7734 tnstan MORNING EDITIO HURRAH FOR OUR Buf ] TRUE BLUE. . A song, with this title, written by a gee d who chooses to conceal his name, has JD' published by D'Al ma i ne and Co., 80 , h° :;11 ' It is after th e manner of Dibdin, an d f favourite we d ou b t not w i th the admirers ' „ national airs. The style is free and eae and well suited to a tenor or soprano I:n l e e ' . accompaniment for th e piano is suited to words, full of spi r it, and when well plaY ed duces a brilliant effect. The following re d think will show th a t t h e author h as n n re 80; be ashamed of the composition : Now the banner of Britain we'll hail, May it ever for right be unfurl'd, While around it bright honour and justice prev ail ' Revered shall it be through the world. • Then if urged on the right to maintain, , (Still rememb'ri ng t h e d ee d s of the i r s i r eiP h Jackets blue, red, or green, their renown 0111° 7 These a spirit heroic inspires. Let us cheer, then, our patriots all To their country devotedly true, do l ' Sliculd she signal ail hands, soon they'll rtvi' lla Then hurrah for our British true blue ISLE OF WIGHT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE tri ° ' SIR,—In The Su n o f W e d nesday there AP PestioJP count of the wreck of the Britannia at Padstow.tofora saving of th e crew b y means of a commun i cs ti° ,,; from th e s hi p to the shore effected by the firing o f with a line attached to it, which you erro D eattel or 0 be Capt a i n M an b y ' s apparatus, and having fre,ooo7 the sam e m i sstatements in former Suns an d 0, 41 papers, I trust you will allow me, through the w your columns, t h e means of correcting this ore' mistake. Captain Mauby's apparatus for the saving of 11# 0 1 shipwreck is by the firing of a shot from a Morliol: line a tt ac h e d to i t, but the rocket apparatus is 401:ji don cf M r . J o h n Dennett, of New Village. Isle o r It Cal,tain M an b y h as received some thousands 10040 from the public funds for his invention but g r Zi o tif i t y (whose app aratus i s as far superior to 'Captain o . l _ for Captai n M an b y ' s was to any previous inventioroil same purpose) is left to struggle unnoticed, en d , 0 0 41 j his fair fame by the mistakes of newspaper repot ni the prophet has no honour in his own country, 11 00 ii! have appreciated the merits of Mr. Derinett's Wes s t!', presented him with a gold medal, appointing hi, l9 ' of' same time, Director. General of the British sow , International Shipwreck Society of all nations. Newport, April Your's respectf u lly, TB rO 8. COURT CIRCULAR: ;t 10 1 1 ) ; WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and c .e e I attended Divine Service in St. George's 0 1 1iaril! morning. The Royal Suite included Lad! r 6 Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Hon. Misses . Devereux, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of He al 7, - , Robert Otwav, Col. Wemyss, and Ca Bottl er- 0 1„tr r The Rev. Mr. Knyvett read the first 'O r l i service. The Rev. Dr. Canning and the i : Keate o ffi ciated at the altar. The latter their :, tleman preached an excellent sermon from n t r diog verse of the 22d chapter of the Gospel se c "; for 0 " St. Luke, " Daughters of Jerusalem weep n ° ;, but weep for yourselves and for your childtr'ie The Hon. M r . M urray attended Divine Der" morning at the p ar i s h c h urc h . ts o , ; Her Roy a l Hi g h ness t h e Princess Royal r ig s It out for an airing by her nurses, about one d day, for the first time. del H R, • 506' 0 .er .oyal Highness the Duchess of Ke o4 ; is by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, took an air' ° , 6 pelf . Park thi s a f ternoon. T he rest of the Roy al r the Castle have not ridden out to-day. (im ped e Their Royal Hi g h nesses t h e D uchess of un'servr!, and the Duke of Cambridge attended Divia e m or yesterday m orn i ng i n G rosvenor Chapel, South ' street. le? The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine 5, yesterday afternoon in St. James's Church. fe f o i The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke ° po ke bridge paid v i s i ts to h i s Royal Highness th e Sussex, on Th urs d ay, at his residence in .11'1° Palace. ait a A deputation, consisting of Mr. Thornton , Mr. Thomas Thornton, Honorary Secretary. o der' General Sir Henry Pyne, Major. General Charles Cochrane, Esq., G. A. Young, Elg,,a " I)° ,t Westby, Esq., and Gewge Ern e ,t B r itten' an interview w i t h Vi scount Palmerston on VP.' the Forei gn -ofEce, og t g The Marq u i s o f L ans d owne bad an attack °fos during the last few days, The Noble Ma r q uis little bette r y ester d ay. a, for The Right H left to.- tg Stowe;'. .on. H. Labouchere has LITERATURE. IV - p BRIT AN ,E ARTS IN GREAT IRAL AND. —2 Yoe Whittaker, London, 1,0 1 . :, c e an 3 , C : In these volumes, which profess to ;ne count of the rise and progress of the - 1- — 0 i ritiv, in Great Britain, the author devotes farloi; Ott hl ic space to the period of the Heptarchy, " -e on 11.- _at least in the strict sense of the tern' wi l e scarcely said to have had an existence• llDbt however, he comes down to the more e n e ef, ened times of the Tudors, his details be en "" o f t 11 : 1 ceedingly interesting, and his sketc h e icrit u ; state of the Fine Arts during the shoil r 'VP Henry the Eighth, s h ows t h at he h a s been. o f ie means sparing of research. Of Hn lbel favourite Court painter of that period , ' h e s the followin gd g just critical opinion cti tints were clean and natural he had 0 1 % 3 tive power, tusuperior degree of imacrin t "; o lo4 that age, a good idea of harmony in his ing, and was a more correct draftsman than greater portion of the northern artists of lot Iw e but he had no idea of making a gran d e chiaro scuro." Perhaps our readers in ee B , amused by the foll ow i ng anec d ote o f this 0 e painter, whom " bluff Hal" treated w ith otle' respect and courtesy th an h e ever condesc , to show to hi s no bl es: his er di " A man of high ran k h av i ng i ns i sted on making hr into Holbein's study whilst a lady was sitting for age tbE trait, the artist resisted the intruder, and in a sc latter was pu s h e d or f e ll d own stairs, and was huhr,;',9osl) help, alar me d at t hi s result, immediately 80 ' 1 P:ibis ?I King, told hi m th e c i rcumstance, and implore' trifr don, whichlienry promised, p rov id e d b e b a d told 0 0 , 1 Presently after thi s t i, e no bl eman arrived ; he de l ! p' that Holbein' s h ea d s h ou l d atone for his insu lted o l t g bil bs Henry asked hi m to state t h e case fairly; in cloingoollieTe suppressed a mate r i a l f act . Th e Ki ng t h en told ir on to ask the L or d' s par d on. Hi s Lordship, bowever',,f lb° net be satisfi e d w i t h l ess t h an the decap i tn tian o-si be painter. H enry b ecame excited, and told bin'. th to al . had suppress e d a mater i a l f act he was not ent itle d o de. satisfaction ; a ddi ng , " M y L ord, you have now ° t o - Of with Holten] but with me ; whatever punishrweet I b e IS: contrive against him in revenge, fltetfA on yourself ; and remember that I can, wi le : 1 10 1 V please, make seven Lords of seven ploughmen, , not make one Holbein out of seven Lords." during. In discussing the progress of the Arts ut horr shall most assuredifever the reigns of the three first Georges, the 11„,arthl of course, makes special mention of 1- `, hi el .? who seems to be as great a favourite ill oios; as he vas with the late Charles Lamb --- J ih aa rth/ t liberal and discriminating critic. " "If; he tells us, "presumed to think for hints e ., his views were more generous and extelisi l 'a it 15 the mere desire to p rovo k e laughter;ultr highly to his honour that among such 3 a rid? tude of objects conveying the most poin te o f he, cule, he constantly avoids the appearzn e : is &Aging ill-natured feelings; his pure:, of: ways reformation, and his reproofs e':„ture'' general nature. Mirth c o l oure d his dose but benevolence designed them." A t the et iog of the work, we find some part i cu l ars resPiefore the principal picture-galleries in Englana% i onv most among which, it seems, b ot h fbr the ber and excellence of its collection of pa t- 0.1 5 ' by the old maste rs , i s t h e D u k e o f Sutheri ut i l or Alluding to the National Gallery, the a t ed °/. " says : Altogether, the number presenAivef, bequeathed amounts a t thi s ti me to n inet.Y a bbr and probably would have been donside a `vell greator, in number and value, if a proper g ly bole, had been built to receive them. The Oa' number of pictures is now one hundre d u t ore seventy-seven, and there is not roo m for d than forty additional works." This is a S t 00 1 fect in a gallery which aspires to be - t hree tional one. It should have b een , at least, times its present size. FIN We rememb ß er en r t e le at MY COUSIN .NICROLAS, 3 Vol'. i .! ;i4 o . n t d h o i n s , i s B t 4 o l r . y • ig e° of Blackwood's Magazine some seven or eigi o years ago, and being much entertained with. in : general spirit and vivacity. Its republicatiOn.lefr in the P. ht reading epresent form, will be a boon to the ll° % b f this time be surfeited by tales, whose s cenes or laid fi. at Alinack's, in the exemplary purlieus ii , S ,, a_ Ton hill, or within the ‘val s of .1\ e wgate. . i. "' io My Cousin _Nicholas" there is nothing of t_P i . sort—not a single incident or description thattycl In the slightest degree at variance with g *l:t u e taste. It were to be wished, however,. thgt_ t i e r author had thrown a little more dramatic porlo, into his dialogue, which is apt now and•therlies languish. The second tale—for the voin i g contain two—entitled the " Rubber of Life, ___ by no means liable to this objection. Itse, , versational parts are conducted with uniformdie spirit, and the knowledge of London life ten 3 l 3fr • played throughout it, is anything but eon .., • ally re ible. The incidents of the story princip . ~,.. ~ fer to the intrigues of a dashing young g arno v l,c....` . - , and adventurer, by name Majoryaulkland, % U l r i c ' ,• is anxious, from mercenary motives, t o , sec h gr the hand of Clara Broughton; the,,enlY uaug, , ."--: -,• / • , . 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