The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-06 00:00:00

MORNING SUN lords had discovered that the over-taxed people were ie.- norant and impatient of taxation.—(Loud cheers.) Ile !as s . one of those who would not hesitate to resort to phy b,..lo.lf,o,rce if it were necessary. He was anxious to con :1" the politics. of the present day .with those of that ' I V; to which reference had been made.—(Hear, hear.) '„ ll n did not think there was any gratitude in the politi 'l s of the present day, for to Sir F. Burdett the widow if sf_ll . ardy was indebted for a small annuity,—(No, no.) 7,` Reekwith concluded by proposing " The memory - of .t._.argarot, Muir, Gerold, and Skirving, the victims of the Puny of the Scotch Courts in 1794." • sb...., r *.iioßnLET had been requested to propose a toast , of character and sentiment, namely, " ihe tLiti"ehe,rirtlyglioesf t the Press,".. They were there to celebrate Lriamph of Trial by jury, and. to advocate the cause 'of those who had been mertyrs in the cause of liberty. Int there was another sort of liberty--that o f the Press. . fond could man communicate with man—how could "'mg confer with mind, or acknowledge one universal " ti tinient • .(c h of liberty, had 'it *not been for the Press_?— ed ee rs-) He believed that to Laurentius of Haarlem, l ._._ G attenburg, who handed down the inventi on to later ..6e3 ' a ' deeper debt of gratitude was due than to any °lllur I,b e , i nen. How could liberty n ow stand were it not for to r' iant. men?—(Cries of "Bear, hear.") He re an addition an addition made by Lord John Russell m , a t he toast of " Ci v il an d Religious Liberty," when to „_ re 'sieg . the Citizens of London, which he would wish . 4 "e perm anent l y attac h e d to t h a t toast, and he would Lirit, namely, Civil and Religious and Commercial rty, '.(Loud cheers.) That addition was the more r e arY . at the present moment, when the industry and LaliTurces of the Country were attempted to be crushed teli, l4ll : l l )l edunder foot by one of the most tyrannical te4 - rtes.that ever existed.—(Cheers.) It had been ~•„, „x,Xressed-by the poet ' *n o ow far.that little candle throws its light, and ;„'„°• shines a good deed in a naughty world." threw'" "te saine way it might well be said that the Press „„ its influence far and wide, and irradiated the - 01 .1.1 ~ . the g with its intellect and intelligence. He would give . 'lra The Liberty of the Press."—(Loud cheers.) pri„ e '„ J • P. TnompsoN in very handsome and appro. , terres gave the toast of " Short Parliaments, E '•oe ' hot ~, of the Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot." He did Pe pil -v it they should toast the Sovereignty of the effe ° l4. - "less they were prepared to use their best b oas t - to carry out its principles. Why should they deter °f the Sovereignty of the People unless they were whi,. ra ed to carry out that extension of the „fluffrage d rl st w ould secure it te:the people ? The toa st was n t with much cheering. his h i. ' Coceoex said the toast which had been placed in si t B k r ali „ ( ls was . one which he thought well worthy the con esieba"°4 of the respectable assembly who were met to Toohrate the anniversary. of the ,acquittal of Thelwall, eeos .,,e , and Hardy. Although the Tories of that day pet, the that they might suspend the Habeas Corpus p s ,, t ,,ne- spitit of the times in the present day was too thi,l r i u l to sanction such a proceeding. He did not s uch a nY one of them would be bold enough to propose for 1 s teP, anti even if they did, it might be far better lau,,, t h her s , if they suspended themSelves.—(Cheers and w ii ,;',` e r-) His estimate of parties in the present day a sh ," fl ch, that he was satisfied they would have, if neces -4,„•77 instead of 170, 1,700 or 2,700,000 patriots ready to their and in defence of the rights and liberties of 17 94 r ,eountry. He believed that the good example of th e „"ad not been lost upon the people of this country to ilo r e e „sent time. —(Cheers.) They had not, perhaps, th " a " the good they might have done —they had split th e es into sections, instead of bearing down upon froi ene , m Y in a solid body. He regretted to hear h a d ; : ' 8 worthy friend that the widow of Margarot. tha t ~'"e d in want ; but •he would state this fact, %v s , i' n e of the last acts of Lord Melbourne's government of liar ive an annuity of 1001. per annum to the widow sh„ Th garot,—(ll ear hear.) He thought it a great hie ' that they had not done so before. It appeared to gild th at the differences subsisting between the different w ae ," 2f Reformers had been the great cause of their lip ,'(4 f success. Let them look at the tactics of t heir 6,tloitents : no matter who the person might be who was Lira as the opponent of the Liberal party—let him be i , barber's wig block, provided he was opposed to the v ets e al candidate, the wig block was sure to carry their whi e „against common sense.—(Hear, hear.) The toast lit e " b e was about to proposelo them of Civil and Re, by *, i1 , 5 Liberty was one which had always been advocated r esit Liberal party, while - it had been strenuously t; n d le a r n g d e opposed by their political , opponents. Let their petty differences and squabbles, and gij to establish the broad principles of Civil and Roll ti,,i as Liberty, and there was no doubt of- their ultimate 1.4 1 . 111 ,1 311 --(Cheers.) After , some farther observations . gi oo PPoek con c luded by proposing " . Civil and Reli- It s Lib erty a ll over t h e W or ld."—(M uc h cheering.) tr u i• l'AYLott, jun., rose to propose the toast of " Free DesL e ' and a Repeal of the Corn-laws." The question , v - aPs, derived additional strength from its having 4 s n lately muc h di scusse d , an d a dd resse d to the feel -1 uf the people throughout every part of the country. tile aded little originality or novelty of argument to tell . , s tar ,P,eoPle that - the were starving.—(Cheers.) Lord t i , "Ley had discovered tlvit the amount of wheat grown of One small province of Russia was thirty-eight millions it. (patters ; but the people of St. Petersburgh, either i rrn having very extraordinary appetites, or some . other e ll ,, x P lai ned cause, had only exported eleven millions of I.,carter!;.—Hear hear.) lleleftit to the present meet to deduce their own inferences from that statement. Theßobert Peel had not only denounceti o rnachinery, but esults of that machinery, namely, over-production. h i . argument was put in the most indircct and am rous way, for the Right Hon. Baronet, with all his • 12/ 0 9r it t i'rn would not dare, in plain terms, to tell the tv e • b r .z, 01 Columns that there were so many coats and tb7c, "ea made, and that the people had not a rag to an „ i ll ; bcks— that there .was so much corn grown, and ... rp Och bread made, and that. the people were starving. in Vaal', hear.) Now, physical force had been denounced And had, Chartists, but Sir Robert Peel had appealed to it, ti l l, b ad. when called upon by the people to to into consideration their distresses, appealed It eo lb e physical force power of - ninety in the je ti -se ,of Commons, and had said that lie would do Its as he pleased himself, and not as the people pleased. e co „.. , . _ 14 4 , 'Plalned tha lower classes were separated the middle el halt f the country ; but it was the thine the latter, for ey had good cause to expect no litscbut distrust and suspicion from the industrious tr ato 7 whom they had helped to keep down and wet P ie "Pon.—(Hear.) He believed a better feeling kin sPringine - up between the,nre--there was no trim .. 54 ---10 succumbing to the Whigs and their Bs. duty alleh b eers.) The Whigs had 'gone out, and he b e b " saY that nothing in their public lives had so well heecline6 0 diem as their leaving of it. There would be now rsp„; ° Promise—nothing short of total and immediate h e :',' , .and the more immediate the more total it should ap es (Much cheering.) He had been taught when tvr en „," l g of the Corn-laws to believe that toleration of fclt f ' '' was neither justice nor charity. Let charity be at erv ` i 'r the Man who robbed 'to supply the wants of his rath, r ri .,_ family. Let them, in short. feel charity . for all, Pos e d , '"an those who, without any necessity being im telle : I ,them, plundered their poorer and more helpl!ss 4 tti v e - ' ll "Jeeta, and used legislation for the perpetration 1)4 1) 111.0 c l / e t of crimes.—(G rent cheering.) ,11 proposed " The Health of the . Right 11 . 0 n , ., . -- (Ge C onnell, Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin Irei en ea t, elieering -and laughter)—" and success to old the f e d -- (Much cheer no. ) He did not miscalculate I "ts tl gs of Englishmen '. when lie anticipated that the II t t lt would b e e ii„„ e received with e nthusiasm.—(Hear, hear.) "k 1 •, -- cd that w ith all their superiority the toast he h, .) st ero '' - e ,. Deopt„ Posed to them conveyed a practical lesson to 'a of 4' q 'England. They must have seen in the suc °ll i n r ' /3 'e ll t he salutary and beneficial effects si , 41 f ' urine ' -..eeeeded ' Ore 'e and deterreinatioo, which had ultimately • of his c ouh l4 , effecting the emancipation and.regeneration r - wer, t i — `rY.—(Great cheerin,e.) He had the monied , I , be ,eount le „ aristocracy, and the ecclesiastical power of i- Itt. tri e 'Y against him, but he had overcome them—he '4(14 -I °Plied—he had cut his 'way through mountains • bi got ' eu lties,.and had levelled in the dust the fortress of b'e r 2 amid, intolerance, and he thought:the success of ( 4 . th -le ,Li was an important lesson to the bludgeon men th lotrtist • —(Muely cheering )It was a proof that e well-• s * ' . * • • , ev er leg nlated force; of public opinion vs as superior to p u ,Y other species of force; and although some surpliced ~,,. I % ;:ttlis at Exeter-hall had only the night before de •.. kis need him as the Alpha and Omega of all sorts of xiiief, he thought rue represent Hon. Gentleman had - k veLl that he was the: true representative of the feelings, ~ .. s l t wants, and wishes of the people of his native coin. . I '-$, 3 :•---(Tretnendotis cheering.) He would give them 1,1: 1 :1,4 41 e Health of the Right Hon. Da n i el O ' Connell, Lord '... Zoe , of the City of Dublin."—(Loud chee rin g . ) E" - ' f p' .4 . TAYLOR gave the health of the Chairman, which t o drank with much enthusiasm , an d b riefl y res po nded e v ,„Y Col. Thompson, who assured them, that what hts or knowledge he bad obtained during Pr o „ if e would be devoted with great pleasure to the pl ug " of the union of the middle and induStriouS p en a l " ; by which alone, he was convinced, the inde- Pim: "lee and liberty of the people at large would be 40 ted. e t , t c opeoex gave the health of Mr. Gre en, the Se : th l i t Is Y, who had laboured with great industry an d asst ef to promote the annual celebration of the acquittal r Thelwall and his compatriots. G tea m : ItLEN returned thanks, and, after some other nad been given, the Chairman retired, and the ceparated. St. `tome weeks since, while a merchant vessel , the h er "le Baptiste of Marseilles, was in the Archipelago, whie r Percar go , G av i, w a s taken with an illness from lie suffered extreme pain.. His son, a lad, toess - was on boad, was one day on,. deck with a Ge. the, 34110 r, and, lamenting the cruel slate of his said "I would rather die than see him cond _in. this conditiOn.” Ansaldi , the sailor, laughed h et : 8 'nutli,.and told him if he saw . de . ath at i ' tild;lslirink from it. Young Gavi instant y b ran t captain's cabin, brought up a pistol, , A h tin E , ! t. t. Ansaldi, said—" Now fire, and see if I the The sailor took the weapon, presented it . at i llata ,""th's breast, pulled the trigger, and killed him Fr n —lta nously. Aiisaldi was put under arrest, sent to it, - ;, e % in a corvette which arrived three days ago at th e el "es, where he is imprisoned to take his trial for murder . onAt ori the late Dorset. Sessions a true bill was 44i ' against Mr. Dr ax , M.P. for Wareham , a m a n ed 'to. eent ~4autchings having swor n that.he was at the re ' It o election bribed w itlfive pounds for his vote. The sh eet• eliltleniall entered into his own recognisance to 7. 1445,:tp•t, suit i large Ivhich is believed to have been trumped mere. party. purposes. It is worthy of re ntlemen ;118.4 that Mr. Calcraft and a Committee .had that there could be no case to Mr. nuttee of the House of Commons to unseatogrogebefore a 144 ' ; therefore it would seem that the Carlton Club friv o g i o r rn weary of supplying the means of promoting p rob _, ...petitions and useless contests ; but there was a . up, Nability that a case of bribery well and skilfully got d:,_rofuld induce them to be more liberal, and that Mr. t.%; friends might be thus induced to alter their v,toa.--SulisZury Juurnal, STRIKE OF TILE -MASONS. A meeting of the working men was held last evening, the large room at the Crown and Anchor, for the purpose of laying before the public the particulars of the strike of the masons lately employed at the New Houses of Par liament. The meeting was advertised to take place at eight o'clock precisely, but long before that hour not only the great room and all the avenues. leading to it, but the grand staircase of the Tavern and the passages leading into the street, were crowded to excess, and upwards of 2,000 persons were obliged to go away in consequence of the impossibility of obtaining admit tance. We should suppose there must hare been at least 5,000 persons present at the meeting. Upon the platform, on each side of the chair, were the delegates from the different trades' unions of the United Kingdom. Shortly after the commencement of the proceedings Mr. Wakley, M.P., entered the room, and was received w ith loud cheering. Captain Ackerley, who immediately fol lowed him, ra.g,a,, .14aggiakhil,,,446..graippriNGI—elbaariamoned, elect beer. Notwithstanding the advertisements stated that the chair would he taken at eight o'clock, procaed ings were commenced, in consequence, we suppose, of the crowded state of the room, at half after seven, at which hour, Mr. BUTTER, a workingman, was called to the chair. The Cuatamax requested the meeting would pay im partial attention to all parties.who might address them, and that if any persons should wish to address them on behalf of Messrs. Grisell and Peto; or of Allen, he hoped they would give them a fair hearing. Mr. CANE, after justifying the conduCt of the masons, who had been driven to the strike ,by the cruelty and tyranny of Allen, the foreman, proposed the first reso lution, which was to the effect that the strike of the masons lately employed at the Houses ,of Parliament was justified by the tyrannical conduct of Allen, the foreman, and by the conduct of Messrs. Grisell and Peto in supporting Allen, and refusing the masons all redress. Mr. WALTON rose to second the resolution, and reca pitulated . the various cases of complaint made by the masons with respect to the foreman of Messrs. Grisell and Peto, the particulars of which have appeared in . our former reports of these meeting s. He said the ma sons and the working men must take care of themselves, or no one else would.-- -(Cries of " We must F,ve the Charter," and some uproar.) He would lay before them the particulars of the late strike at the Houses of Parliament, Woolwich, and Nelson's Monument. 'The speaker then entered into various details, and called on the working men of London to stan d by the masons, for in doing so they were only upholding themselves ; and, although almost all classes were combined against them, from Messrs. Grisell and Peto up to the Prime Minis ter, yet still they were combined—they were sure to succeed. Mr. CLARKE, a painter, proposed the next resolution, which was to the effect, that in the opinion of that meet ing the conduct of the masons at W oolwich and Nelson's Monument was justifiable, and that they ought to be supported by the trades of London and of the British empire, and that support ought to be rendered to them by every possible, exertion. lie thought that the resolu tion stated all that was necessary, and the subject had been so ably discuised, that he would not trouble the meeting with any.further observation. Mr. THOMAS, a painter, seconded the resolution. Mr. FARREN, Secretary to the Trades' Union, rose to speak to the resolution. He hoped to.see soon a Trades' Hall in London, where they could hold meetings when ever they chose. They had come forward on the princi ple of freedom against slavery. Let them get a Trades' Hall, and the masters would find their mistake, and re gret the step they had taken. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. • Mr. Hasoia proposed the next resolution—" 'That the meeting condemned the conduct of those men who had been so unmanly as to accept employment from Messrs. Grissel and Peto." He thought that the conduct of Al len had not been exaggerated by the previous speakers. Mr. BAKER seconded the resolution without comment. • Mr.ScoTT, a mason from Birmingham, spoke to the resolution. He hoped they would not give shelter to those men; and that they would deny their support to every lodging-house and public-house that took them in. They deserved the name of dogs, and ought to be treated as such.—(Cheers.) They would bring ruin ou them selves and families by the course they had taken. The resolution was then put and carried amidst shouts of applause. Mr.WOOD rose and said, it gave him great pleasure to give to the meeting a short explanation of the proceed ings of the Committee and the cours e the y had taken in th present struggle. The Committee felt most grateful, and returned their heartfelt thanks, for the liberal sup port they had received from their friends. The present struggle was not a pecuniary one, but one against the oppression, the cruelty, and tyranny of ono man. To that treatment, the masons were determined no longer to submit.—(Cheers.) Mr. DUNNING rose to propose a resolution condemna tory of a certain portion of the press. He urged upon the meeting the necessity of having a press of their own, whereby they could make their feelings and senti ments known to the public. He then went on to state the best means, in his opinion, to accomplish the end, but was received . by the meeting with marks of im patience and frequent interruption. He at length con cluded by proposing a resolution to the effect; that the meeting deprecated the conduct of the daily Times, the Sunday Times, the Weekly Dispatch, and Morning Ad vertiser, and the meeting pledged itself to support that portion of the press only which advocated their interests, and to withhold that support from that7part`of the press which did not. Mr. ANDERSON briefly seconded the resolution. It: had been said that they could nut touch the Times; he knew better ; for it was well known that that paper was chiefly supported by its advertisements, and if that source failed the paper would fall. Now, they ought all to agree never to support those tradesmen that advertised in the Times, then they would see what effect that would have.—(Cheers.) They must oppose even public-houses and coffee-shops that took that paper in. Mr. Macuata. said he thought it was his duty to. an nounce to them that Mr. O'Brien would be in that room On Monday night to address them.—(Cheers.) The conduct of Messrs. Grisell and Peto was a system of tyranny. He was ever ready to denounce the press when used to oppr:ss the working man, but he was al ways anxious to denounce the damnable system of class legislation.—(Cheers, and cries of " Question.") Captain ACKERLEY—DO stick to the matter, Sir. Mr. Macipt.m. continued.—He said the working men of London had determined upon presenting Mr. Bron tierre O'Brien with a press—(Cheers)—in order to give his master mind scope.—(Cheers.) They would present him with a press, and his capacious mind would have rttbm. There would be no Tory toad nor Whig toad in it. It would only be applied to the people's interest. He hoped they would support no man or house that took in the papers which had been mentioned. There was a daily Times, but they would soon have a Daily Star to curb it.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution, which was carried unanimously, amidst the most tumultuous cheers. . Mr. WAKLEY, who was received with loud cheering, said that, on entering the room, he had not had the slightest intention of addressing them, but had come there forlhe sole purpose of makin g himself acquainted with the true state of the case as between the masons and their employers, with which he had been previously acquainted ; but, as a Member of i?arliament, lie thought it was sh his bounden duty to make himself ac quainted with The truth.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The first motion he had ever made in Parliament had been in the case of the Dorchester labourers, and again he had drawn the attention of Parliament to the case of the Glasgow cotton spinners. The Dorchester labourers had been recalled, and the Glasgow cotton spinners, who had been the victims of a foul conspiracy, had, although sentenced to transportation, never been sent out of the country.—(Loud cheers.) He mentioned these things to show that he had always advocated the cause of the working classes. A great deal of angry feeling had been expressed, and it was natural that it should be felt, at the abuse which the press had lavished on the working men. He begged them not to pay too much attention to that. He himself got a portion of that abuse too,' but he could assure the " meeting that the falsehoods of the press were not believed: He had been celled a Tory because he would not lend himself be a tool for the infamous purposes of faction. Had he dune so, although he should have proved false to every principle he had ever professed the press would not have attacked him. He retained the same place in the House lie had ever occupied; for the purpose of showing the working-classes how very little difference there was in reality between the two parties who disputed for power ; but. these falsehoods did good—they led to investigation —and the truth was ultimately elicited when the false hood recoiled on the heads of its originators.—(Conti nued cheers.) He had not until that evening known the true cause of the mason's strike. He had previously supposed that it related to wages ; but it now appeared that they took their stand upon high moral grounds, and that they turned out because they would not submit to a tyranny to which no honest or honourable man could submit. Now how could they obtain redress ? Not from the Legislature, as at present constituted. That was with the capitalists. The working men created the capital, which was the monster that devoured them. — (Loud cheers.) The spot which was the source of all their evils, was the spot where the masons had struck — (Loud clieers—and he felt convinced that the working man could hope for no redress until he should be received within the pale of the British Constitution.—(Loud cheers.) In this strike the masons occupied high moral and intellectual ground; in fact they had placed them selves-on the highest ground ever occupied by the work men of London.—(Cheers.) It was not a question of pecuniary advantage, whether they were well fed and clothed, as mere beasts of burden, but . they required to be treated as moral and intellectual bein ort, gs. and no honest They were clearly deserving of sympathy and supp or honourable man could refusetot his had d nd he i n n r t d o his pocket to aid them.—(Loud cheer). one charge against Allen, gthnialttyofelfocsknemhgetgadtuheet—puwmhpe. Any man who ore ra n fi n t y ;e h b i . e s could feliow thus prevent, from satiating s i t n ing th t e he an inmate of a feliin's eell,than to have authority over his w i their Inn thirst,e s s s v a o s f fellow-men.—(Loud theeirs.) He said that on the hypo 7 thesis that the allegations were true. Then with regard Ivan to his conduct to the an who had left work to attend his mother's funeral : Was it possib le, he would ask, tat that circumstance had been represented to Messrs. Gri sell and Peto? Mr. Wavrox said that Grisell and Pete had been waited on by a deputation, who had offered to prove the facts, and Grissell and Pete had promised th em a hear ing; but when they came the next day, Grisell and Pete refused to listen to theta, and said they considered they had already lowered their dignity by giving them an in terview in the first instance. Mr. WAKLEY considered that it was impossible that any man who entertained a proper sentiment of self re spect, could remain in their-employ after such treatnieill as that: This case had never yet been brought fairly be- fore - the public, but wherever he went he should takecare that it should be thoroughly understood. He had, whenever the case had been mentioned to him, said. " I know nothing of the circumstances of the case ; but I will bet two to one, the masons are right." And why did he say so ? Why, because it was contrary to human na ture that 200 men -should voluntarily throw ,themselves out of work, and subject themselves to allthej domestic privations consequent thereupon, unless they were ac tuated by some high principle of duty.-,-(Cheers.) Their strength was in union, -and the more their union was abused, the more firmly ought they to unite.--(Cheers.) With regard to Parliament, all he could advise them to ask from that body was to let them alone. Doubtless some measure would be proposed during the'next . sion for their protection—(A laugh)--- , but he would make it his duty most carefully to watch any . Awl mea sure. If any of the mid dl e ,classes or of the 'aristoeracy should offer to unite with them, he would advise them to hold out the right hand of fclrowship to them, but at all events it was their ditty to go on to fight their own great moral battle, and he doillafed not but in the end they must obtain a g l J riouS - Xridtailiiodlesairietory. — ( Clicers.) Captain A:Jim:Ley said tit,ir Hon; Friend, Mr. Wak ley, had told them that he did not fairly understand the question at i.'isue before he heard the circimistances tie d that evening ; and as he came to hear the truth, in a few words he would still mare enlighten him. The reason he (Captain Ackerley)Jiad given his 10/. was not only to support the masons of London, but the working classes all over, the kingdom.—(Cheers.) He hoped - Mr. Wakley was alive to the bad system of contracts adopted of late years by the Government. Some years ago if a man lost his leg or any other limb on the public works he had a pension, and, if he died, his wife and children were provided for. But the system of contract ing had done away with that. A man that sustained an injury in, the public service was as much entitled to a pension as any captain or admiral in the navy. He had prepared a memorial to the Government to that effect, and hoped the meeting' would join him heart and hand in supporting it. The Gallant Captain then read a long memorial to Government on this subject. He also submitted it resolution to the effect, that a simi lar memorial • should be presented to the Lord Mayor of Londep. lle (Captain ACkerley) was elected yester day by all the old clothesueen of London—(Loud laugh ter, in which the Captain joined)—to 'represent their grievances in Cutler-street.—(Loud -laughter.) The Gallant Captain then submitted another resolution to the meeting, that the public voice being the mind of God, it is the opinion of this meeting that every ono should have a voice in Parliament. He begged to ask the Chairman to propose that resolution, cud he would Isecond it.—(Much laughter.) The CHAIRMAN said it was certainly rather singular that the Gallant Captain should propose a resolution, and then ask him to do it. If any person chose to do so he would put it to the meeting, but he could not do so himself. Captain ACKERLEY—Here is Mr. Griffiths ; he is 21 years of age, and is ready for the work.=--(Laughter ) A young man, apparently about 16 years of age, here stepped forward, but the meeting refused to hear him. The CHAIRMAN, without noticing Captain Ackerley's resolution, said that a meeting of the masons would be held at the Craven Head, Drury-lane, next Wednesday evening,. at eight o'clock. Captain ACKERLEY rose, but The CHAIRMAN said—l shall not put the resolution. Captain ACKERLEY—Then I will put the resolution Myself. Various members were now beginning to move away, when Captain ACSERLEY said, " For Cod's sake stop, will you, and put your shoulder to the wheel." A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Chairman, who left the platform in the possession of Captain Ac kerley, who continued protesting against the conduct of the meeting towards Mtn. STRIKE OF THE MASONS. TO THE EDITOR OF. THE SUN. Silt—Would you favour the masons, by inserting in The'Sun the following copy of a letter from Edinburgh ? I am, Sir, your's, &c. THOMAS SHORTER, C. C., Secretary of English Association of Masons. ' Craven's Head, Drury-lane, Nov. 4, 1841. " Edinburgh, Oct. 31, 1841. " BRETHREN—YOU will, no doubt, be anxious to hear from us ; but circumstances, which we could not con trol, have prevented our sending to you earlier. We have not lost a moment on our own account. We herein inclose a bank cheque, on Coutts and Co., for loot, and will, in a little time, send you another such sum, and so on. Let us know how you are getting on. Above all things, keep up your spirits. You must not succumb to the enemy. The masons of Britain will not suffer you to be laid down as a first course of Mac adamized highway, for inhumanity to ride rough shod on: Never—no' never —it cannot,be—it shall not be! " I remain, Brethren, your's respectfully, "'JOHN ADIE, Secretary of the Scottish Masons' Society." BRIGH TON—Nov. 4. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A GENTLEMAN OF FOR TUNE OFF THE CHAIN-PIER. —Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, a great sensation was caused amongst the fashionable promenaders on the Chain-pier by a gen tleman atkempting to commit suicide by throwing -, him. self into the sea Lff the Pier. It appears that the gen tleman, who is between 80 ansl4o years of age, anti possessed of an ample fortune, has been a visitor at Brighton for some time past. lie was observes! to con duct himself in 'father a singular manner on the prome nade at the end of-the Pier, and shortly afterwards de scended the steps used in landing and embarking pas sengers, and jumped into the sea. An alarm was in stnntly raised, and the Pier boat lowered ; the sea being very calm, the men succeeded in getting the unfortunate gentleman into the boat, and conteycd him with all speed to Creak's baths, in apparently a lifeless state. Medical assistance was procured, and after some time succeeded in restoring animation. The unfortunate gentleman was said to be subject to attacks of temporary derangement, and had attempted on a previous occasion to destroy himself by cutting his throat, the mark of which, although healed, was quite visible. He still lies at Creak's baths in a very precarious state. ROBBERY OF COLONEL FLUDYER AT THE_ ALBIoN HOTEL.--A very mysterious robbery took place at the Albion Hotel, Brighton, a few evenings since. It appears that Colonel Fludyer has been staying at the above hotel for some time past, and had been in the habit of keeping his money in a leather hat-box in his dressing-room. On the evening in question the Gallant Colonel, after dressing, left the money safely locked up in the box ; but on the following morning he found the lock had been picked, and 75/. in notes of the Rutland Bank stolen. Mr. So!ornon, the chief officer, assisted by Mr. Elmes,one of the superintendents of the Brighton police, has been engaged in investigating the affair, and the whole of the domestics at the Albion were searched and examined by them, but not the slightest clue has been obtained at present to the offenders, al though a reward of 20/. has been offered for their ap prehension. THE HERRING Fisinny.—The hetring fishery has commenced off here, and most of the boats have been successful. Some of the Brighton boats proceeded off Hastings, where they caught immense quantities. Dur ing the week fine herrings have been retailed is Brighton at 4d. and 6d. per dozen. HARE HUNTING ON THE BEACH.—Yesterday some amusement was caused by a bare being discovered on the beach. The fishermen commenced a pursuit, pelting it with stones. They chased it from the Battery to the end of Brunswick-terrace, where they succeeded in heading her and turning her back, but after a long run "puss" made good her retreat. A farmer at Cuckfield, named Taylor, has lately lost several sheep, from being worried to death by dogs. A few evenings since Mr. Taylor set two spring traps, and succeeded in catching two dogs, which he destroyed. They had killed that night four sheep, besides lacerating several others. Ito — A - -'el k THE SUN, LONDON. SATUADAY, NOrEMBER 6 1841. - A PUN THROUGH THE TINITEII STATES. 2 rotl. . ; . The author of these voluMeshaaell described them in his preface, when he says, that they consist of . Letters ." hastily awl Carelessly written, and in a great_ ineasure occupied. by the . trivial subjects of an every-day tour over a beaten track." A better idea could not he formed of the character of their contents than is . contained in these words. The Letters are, in deed, for the most part, crude and careless, fly ing from theme to theme—as the author flew from place to place—with railway speed; and telling us nothing respecting the United States that has not been told a hundred times already. In vain have we searched for something, fresh or novel in the Letters. All is hacknied; though it must be added, to_the author's credit, that lie tells a truism, or describes a well-known scene, in a pleasant, good-humoured manner. opinions, too, of the Americans are all of a con ciliatery nature. - He appears to have been uni formly well treated by them, and in return is resolved that they shall experience no other than kindly treatment at his hands. As, how ever, his views are at best but superficial, and his opportunity of forming correct estimates of men and things were extremely limited, we must be careful not to lay .too mach stress on his opi nions, especially when we, find them at vari ance with those of More experienced American travellers. The most amusing ,portion of his work are his sketches of the Shakers—a curious religious, sect, whose founder, it seems, " was Anne 'Lee, an Englishwoman; she 'came from the old country some years ago, and .established the first family at Niskayuna, near .Albany, The Shakers regard her as nearly 'equal to the Saviour, or rather as a female Saviour; and as sert themselves to be the only persons on whom ti l e light of the Spirit has shone." If we mis tahetillot, Captain ,Marryatt has given us some piquant sketches of these comical fanatics, and Mr. Buckingham has more than ouce made mention of their vagaries. The New York chambermaids, weare assured, are ladies of re markably chaste and delicate sensibilities, Their virtue takes alarm' at- th slightest tbing, and though (i they will condescend to make yopr bed and clean your room, during the time yon are at breakfast, yet neither love, nor money, nor compassion either, will persuade one of these American Dianas to enter your apartment at a later hour of the day." This is the very sub lime of prudery, and to our less squeamish Eng li4l chambermaids; must appear little less than miraculous. " I was vastly amused with this re finement," continues the author, " and asked one of the chambermaids if she would do me the favour to sew a button on the collar of a shirt which I proffered to her. She started back from the dilapidated vestment, dangled her two hands from her wrists, looked aghast, and tit, tering that universal word of American asto nishment,' Lawk!' turned away, and told me she would send a man for ` the thing,'" These volumes have come out just at a seasonable pe riod, when McLeod's trial has attracted all eyes to the United States. it is to - this lucky contin gency that they will be chiefly indebted for whatever popularity they may acquire ; for as a work of reference and sound, carefully digested opinion, they are nearly, if not quite, valueless. ESSAY ON THE LNFLUENCE OF WELSH TRADITION. The prize of the Abergavenny Cymreigyddion • Society was awarded to this Essay at the Eisteddvod of 1840, and is now translated from. its original form into German. It evinces much laborious research, and works out some clever hypotheses. By assuming-King Arthur as the centre of the ancient national traditions of Wales, Mr. Schulz shows that from this single root, France,! Germany, and Scandinavia have been successively overspread and influenced by the fables or historic shoots which have emanated and branched off from it. In each of. these countries, the author adduces much learning to prove that the most important part of their early literature—the conventional lite of chivalry and the moral education of the nobles, was per vaded to a very extensive degree, and to a late period, by elements whose origin was undeni ably and primitively Welsh. ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. Alleged mismanagement in the affairs of Herat by the Indian Government, induces the writer on this topic to propose some prescriptive remedies, the chief of which are, the necessity of forthwith occupying Herat as the key to India, and the interference of the British► upon the treachery and conduct of Kam ram Shah. " Steam Navigation between India and England," announcing the fact that a 'ctOn- . munication twice a month between England and Alexandria is now in process of establishment. " Kishun Koover—a Tragedy" is the first in stance of a dramatic work that has appeared in English from the pen of a IThidoc. -It is written by Soob Row, Dewan or Prime Minister to the intelligent Rajah of Travancore, and is founded on Itajpoot incidents. " Sugar and Coffee Trade of the World in 1839" shows by comparison those countries from which our colonies have most to dread competition; but as the statistics on which the paper is grounded are somewhat old of date, and cultivation has since then very largely ex tended, the paper loses the value it would other wise possess, had it been based on present data. BRIGHTON, Nov. 4.--The Earl of Albe• merle has engaged No. 9, Eastern-terrace for the sea. son.. The Earl of Plymouth is occupying No. 134, King's-road. Lord Calthorpe, and family have ar rived at No. 30, Brunswick-square. The Earl of Denbigh has arrived .at East Lodge. The Hon. Mrs. Herbert has removed from the Brunswick Hotel to 14, Brunswick-square. Mr. and Lady Caroline Knox, and Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Conroy, have arrived on a visit to the Countess of Bosse, in Brunswickmsquare. Sir Thomas and Lady Baring are residing at Mount Edge cumbe House, Marine Parade. Sir R. Adair has re moved from the Bedford Hotel to Lower Rock Gardens. Sir Gregory and Lady 'Way have removed from the Brunswick Hotel to 38, Brunswick-terrace. Lord Ruth- Ven has taken 3, Silwood-place. Arrivals—Mr. Brown rigg, M.P., Admiral Sir John and Lady Lawford , Mr. 11anbury Tracy, , Lady John Townshend, Sir D. M`Leod, Captain Curwen, Mrs. Montague Burgyne„ Sir John and Lady Hall, &c. &c. Departure—Baron de Moncovo, the Portuguese Ambassador; Baron Rothschild, Mrs. Mount joy Martyn, Sir Thomas Marables, Captain and Mrs. Litchfield, Lady Wynyard, Sir Robert and Lady Dallas, and Lady Lawley. • The Journal de Cherbourg informs us that 27 dead bodies were washed on shore on the 27th ult. near Vauville aid d'Audervill. The coast was strewed with fragments of one or more wrecks, although no vessels had been perceived on the coast. It was supposed that these unfortunate men had belonged to some trading vessels, which left Cherbourg a few days previously. LINCOLN, Nov. 3.—(From a Correspondent.) Inclosed is a proof as to how the Tories would stand at Lincoln with an extension of the Suffrage. The great body of the people, anxious to rescue our city from the disgrace into which a few of their more privilegeFt fellow-citizens, (the householders), had plunged it by' the disgraceful result of the late city election; have nobly stepped forward, fought the Tories in their strongholds,' and honourably beaten them, and we can beat ihere; THE FIRE AT THE TOWER.--- , A ten o'cioc, and we will again. We have received the:stateefor the' yesterday morning the whole of the battalion of poll, and are glad to find that the Liberals have d6ne the Scotch Fusilier Guards was assembled on the their duty. No Tory has been returned. ' i -. Grand Parade to hear Regimental Orders from Lord THE ALARM 07 FIRE AT GUILDIIALL.--We Hill read, by desire of his Grace the Duke of Welling- ar e happy to say, that only a small part of the roof of . ton. Adjutant Davies then read the Regimental Order, the Council Chamber of the Guildhall'weikaerected 4, which was in effect as follows : " That Lord Hill had the i g nition of gas on Thursday" 4eiiinge *NW i hqi been desired by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, p r omptness with which it was extinguislied'refleetitgreet t , Constable of the Tower, to express his unqualified ap- credit upon the parties immediately ireattendittiCe.' 2 , 4 :rho probation of the bravery and good conduct of the First Battalion: of the Scotch Fusilier Guard s durin g the late circumstance, however, will b e p r oductive of m i t ch ood, for the future, in the opinion of some of the tinily:irides; conflagration, in arresting the further progress of the in guarding against similar accidents ; increased vigi'- , destructive fire, and also at their general good behaviour lance for the security of the noble hall, and the offices on the occasion," &c. In consequence of this Regi- attached thereto, as well as to give *due brilliancy to the mental Order, the Acting-Commanding Officer, Colonel scene on Lord Mayor's Day, arid to the Polish Ball a Colville, was pleased to grant a free pardon to all the f ew days afterwards, will be the undoubted results: The men in the garrison undergcing Punishment. Th e Corporation authoritie s are ado p tin g th e most effectual battalion then dispersed.—The Armoury ruins still send means to give effect to each of these splendid l ieenes, so forth smoke. Yesterday morning Sergeant Gellatly, an that the Mayoralty of Alderman Pirie will 4 . ' ushered Wive and intelligent non-commissioned officer , had in with extraordinary' eclat. The Lord MayOr and Sheriffs' C o mmittees, as well as the Committee of City charge of a fatigue party, consisting of two corpor als and twenty-two privates, on the Parade, in the front Lands and General Purposes, are indefatigable in their of the Armoury, to give assistance in the event of a fresh several departments, to produce - those tirringetnentS outbreak of the fire.hut nothing of thiskindis apprehended. which will conduce to the n happinesa and comfortthe STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER ._ he public, and distinguished gests invited for Lord Mayor's expectations pretty generally entertained, that the recent Day. intelligence from the United States would cause an im - The Memorial Bo rdelai s of the 31 st ult. gives provement here, has not been realised. -We believe that a very long address to the President of the Council of some rather extensive orders were received by the Acadia, Ministers, which has been transmitted to him by 'the and others, which had previously been given condition- Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, praying, in the ally, were fully confirmed ; but the effect of these orders name of the colonial and shipping interests, for a revi appeared to have been fully anticipated, and the market sion of the law res p ecting colonial su g ars. Most of the for manufactured goods, and .particularly for printing arguments contained in this address . have been already cloths, was quite as much depressed as any of.those which u rged on different occasions, and are well known to the 108 francs,: being now 104 preceded it. For yarn the market was flat ; but there public. We shall only notice, therefore, the most was no change in prices.—Manchesier Guardian. striking points as they are applied to the present cir- Mr. Coe, of London, who, with Mr. Titmarsh, cumstances. The address states that, since the late law of Henham, was recently thrown out of a chaise, from of eqUalization of duty, the price of colonial sugar has in this county, a few days since, died from the injuries of the accidental contact with the Newmarket mail, at Newport, again fallen, the raw sugar No. 4, which was at the time he received, .at Newport, at the house (Mascall's) to francs the hundred kilogrammes (224 pounds English), which he. as removed immediately after the accident.— with the prospect of a further fall, aa.t4e stock on hand least 'e Chelmsford Chronicle. is very large, that is to say, at , a , ~QPO barrels' at ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. —Accorain llavre, and about the same quantity in gi' — no passing of the laW g to avre, . • . The • , 11 ,1 ier ports the Anti-Bread-tax Circular,_ a great speci a l meeting of of the kingdom collectively. -le address eecribe k , th e the deputies of the League has been called for the 17th depression of colonial sugars to the encoura'geinent givep instant, for business solely. Its attention will be princi- to the, manufacture of beet-r.oot segar, and replies, to the pally 'directed to the arrangement of a plan of proceed- argument which has been ulged.in ; „ ,tIIINrt of that en ings during the winter campaign. Circulars have been couragement, viz., the nocessitY, 01. enconraging agrioul• issued, and a numerous attendance is expected. ture, by stating that 80,000 hectares ($OO,OOO wires) Tut FIRE IN THE TOWER.---While the fire of land planted with beet root will yi e ld 190 millions Prevailed, the military, in searching for property, found: of-of kilogrammes of „ • sutrar, the entire annual consimwo 00 hectares. g 0,,. ~. . ~..ion aSL note in one part of the Armoury, 5/, worth of Post- France. 80,0 ...,, twelfth " , --„, .ite p etitioners, are of office stamps in another, and a tin box , w hi c h they threw 1 -• only the twal a single , the . . ..... part of department, GI aside, believing it contained snuff, The tin ~.... ronde, and they deny, therefore, that for so limited an terwards found among the ruins,. and .. .a.x was af- .interests of the ship the amOttlit of 4,0004 contained jewels to - interest as this, the colonists and owners ihould be sacrificed. a OVERLAND MAIL By an . extraordinary express from Marseilles we have received Journals from China and India, together with papers from - Canton, Singapore; and the several Presidencies of Hindostan. The dates of the intelligence received by this express am--from China, Aug. 24; from Singapore, a.ras, Sept. 4; - from Calcutta, Sept.. 11 ; from Md Sept. 15; and from Bombay,-Oct. 1. The intelligence from China; which in con sequence of the • arrival at ' Bombay of the steamer Atalanta extends to the 24th of August, is of far higher interest than any from other quarters which has reached us by this - express. By the Atalanta, the late Plenipotentiary, Captain Elliot, and the ex- Conuncidore, Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, arrived ,from Canton, and, as they proceeded by the overland mail through Egypt, they may be hourly expected in England. • Sir Henry Pottinger and the new Admiral, Sir William Parker, arrived at Macao on the 9th of August, and proceeded without delay to exe cute their important duties., In the Hong Kong Gazette of the 12th a notification was .published by the new Plenipotentiary, and a copy of his own commission from the British CrOwn. Both docu ments..areof high importance; and the former is annexed. From the latter it would appear that Sir ieruy Pottinger is sole Plenipotentiary, and al to gc'tller independent of any control on the part of the Indian Government. The notification de clares - that war subSists between the British and Chinese, but that the existing truce should be observed at Canton unless infringed by the Chinese authorities. It also warns all foreigners against placing themselves or their properties in danger, as there might be a collision. The island of Hong Kong is to be retained until her Ma jesty's decision is known. The Plenipotentiary sent his secretary to Canton, with a notification of his appointment and arrival to the Chinese authorities. A letter is also said to have been addressed to the Em peror, .to which an answer is expected at a northern station ; Chusan has been named. The interference of the Kwang-chow-foo, or Mayor of Canton, has been refused. He Sought, as en former occasions, an interview with the British Plenipotentiary, but it was re fused, and he was referred to the Secretary. The Imperial Commissioners and the other Man darin authorities at Canton, are described as alarmed by these new measures, particularly as the British expedition has proceeded to the northward. It is said that they offered a large sum of niunei to delay the departure of the fleet, which was declined. These decided proceedings on the part of Sir H. Pottinger have given satisfaction to the British merchants and all concerned. On the 21st and 26th of July there were violent typhoons on the coast of China, which did much damage. During one of them a cutter, having on board the Commodore and Captain Elliot, was wrecked on the Island of Know Low, when the crews and passengers were roughly treated, but after some parleying they were, for a large ransom, taken to Macao. Two iron steamers have been sent . from Bombay to join the expe on. In India tranquillity prevails, with the excep tion of some disturbances excited by parties of the unruly Arab soldiers employed in the service of the Nizam. The trial of some of their men, who some months back raised disturbances in the neighbourhood of Budamee, is stated to have excited their rage, and they are anxious to attack the gaol or to make a diversion in order to effect their escape; but the British autho rities are on the alert to prevent any unpleasant result. Some of these freebooters have been already condemned and executed. The only intelligence of importance from Scinde is that the important position of Shikar pore has been ceded to the British. Major Out ram has taken possession of his charge as suc cessor to the deceased political agent, 11Ir. Ross Bell ; the negotiations continue with Nusseer Khan, and will, it is hoped, soon produce favour able results. in Affghanistan the conflicts continue between Shah So ojah's troops and the unruly mountain tribes. Several encounters took place last Au gust between the British troops and the rebels. In 'Tibet there is fighting goin! , forward be tween some of the Sikhs under Zorawar Singh and the inhabitants. The former is said to have gained several victories. It is thought that some of the Nepaulese, who are also marauding in China, may soon come into contact with the Sikhs there.. From Persia or Herat there ,has been no late intelligence of interest. It is rumoured that Kamram is intriguing strongly against his crafty and powerful Minister, for whose removal he is anxious. Letters from Aden, dated the 10th of October, state that a force of 600 men and a gun had pro ceded eight miles inland and attacked two of the strongholds of the Arabs, and returned with only one officer and four men wounded. They were perfectly astonished, as they had not the least notice of such an act of audacity, and the consequence resulting was an offer of concession from the Sultan on the morning of the above date. Tharawaddie is described as still making pre paration for war, but the proximity of the seat of the British Government at Calcutta will con tribute to neutralize all his intrigues. The new Governor of Bombay, Sir W. M'Naghton, is expected to arrive there in Dec. Intelligence has been received at Agra of the murder of Dr. Forbes, by Ibrahim Khan, the Belochee Chief of Seistan. Mr. O'Gorman, who accompanied Major Todd on his mission to Herat, was murdered at Canda -bar on the 25th of July, by one of a band of Affghans, who had bound themselves by a solemn oath to murder every European within reach of their daggers. CHINA. (From the Bombay Times of Oct. 1.) The intelligence from China, which in our last came down to the 20th of June, extends unto the present date to the 24th of August. The last faciculus is so recent, that we can look for little more before the middle of No vember. - The truce, of which we formerly gave parti culars, singularly enough continued unbroken from the 27th of May till the 24th of August. The bulk of the Canton ransom money had been despatched by her Ma jesty's ships Calliope and Conway—the former carrying two and a half millions of dollars to Calcutta, where she arrived in safety on the sth of August; the latter being en trusted with two millions direct for England. It is said that the expense of transmitting this home, in specie, in stead of by the usual method of remittance, will, besides the value of the vessel's- services, amount to 40,0001. The Canton Press considers this a bit of patronage to give the son-in-law of s Sir Gordon • Bremer, and the cousin of Lord Minto, the captains of the vessels, a.little piece of lucrative employment., Sir William Parker is understood to have been greatly, incensed that two such vessels as the Conway and. Calliope should -have been despatched when their servines were so much wanted: the 32-pounder armament of ,the latter render ing her one of the most efficient ships in the squadron. The Honourable East India Company's steam-frigate Sesostris had, when at, Singapore, on the Ist of August, lost twelve of her men by desertion. An inventory of the amount of property belonging to Keshen, which has just been confiscated, has been published—its value ex .ceeds three millions of pounds sterling l--mostly ex tracted in bribes from the Hong merchants, from opium ,speculations, and illegitimate imposts of, trade.. The for tune of Keshen is one of many similar ones acquired by like infamous means. The exactions 'made on the Hong merchants for a third of the ransom of Canton had inter rupted the payment of the dividends - which had for some time been in progress by instalments; so that through the medium of the Hong debts due to them., a part of the six millions of dollars received by Captain Elliot was drawn from the pockets of his countrymen ! By the steamer Atalanta, which reached this on the 26th ultimo, we received intelligence from Hong Kong to the 24th of August. The Sesostris, with the Plenipo tentiary and Admiral on board, arrived off Macao on th 6 9th of August, and anclioreabout four miles from the. town. Notwithstanding at lelay of two days at Singa pore, where she took in 180 tons of miserable coal, she accomplished her voyage in twenty•three days—being the most rapid on record. At six o'clock the following morning the Nemesis was alongside with Captains Elliot and Nias, and Mr. Johnston, to welcome the Plenipoten tiary. The same day, about two o'clock, the Admiral sailed in the Sesostris for Hong Kong, for the purpose of inspecting the condition of the fleet preparatory to an Im. mediate start for the north. He again returned to Macao on the 12th, and went back to Hong Kong on the follow ing day to hasten preparations, accompanied by Sir H. Gough. On the 13th, Major Malcolm was despatched' in the Nemesis to Canton with the announcement of tho ar rival of the new Plenipotentiary, and a copy of the de mands of the British Government to be forwarded, t n . mediately to the Emperor. So soon as the Itrri274l of the S e cretary was made known to the Kvyancr.-chow-foo (th e Ma -or to receive the despor of Canton), this higil! f.uef:tonary intimated his wis s'Ld. in person. The hall ( now in ruins) of the CifYmpsiny's factory was, as on fo rmer occasions, selected for the interview. The Mayor came, :attended by old Hewqua and Noogell ;but though th e former of these is the well-known source of half the great mavenaents in China, and the most profound poll . tician perhaps within the empire, both were ordered to retire previous to the commencement o f b us i ness. T he same day a notification was presented to each of the mer ohanta residing; t- Canton, intimating that, as hostilities wouldj . 7.:::i likelihood very shortly recommence in the north, they should keep themselves and their property o ut of the wa y of mischief, as the Plenipot en ti ar y wou ld not hold himself responsible, nor must they look for recompense .f `):n Government for any injury they m i g ht receive.' A rumour prevailed at this timq at Canton, that all the Tartar troops had been ordere'd r back again. • that two boats full, indeed, had actually arrived ; an d though the information continued without any definite authentication, no doubt seemed to be enter tained that the fortifications would be immediately re built, armed, and garrisoned afresh, so soon as our troops moved northward. The fact of the Hwang-chow-foo re-, cei:ving the despatches in person, is of itself an indica tion of how speedily the Chinese themselves had made the discovery if the different sort of persons they had now to deal with from those who formerly •condneted the business of the negotiation, ,and dealt in it as if it were indeed a business, and , the sole, one wherewith the expedition had occasion to concern itself. The alter ation was felt immediately in the change of conduct manifested towards the English residents in Can ton ; the customary insolence vanished ; and the studied rudeness experienced in passing along the streets seemed at once exchanged for deference and respect. Here was indeed a change from men,. not measures ; for the powers and instructions under which Sir H. Pottinger acts, differ almost in nothing from those of Captain Elliot ; the characters of the men arc nearly as much dissimilar as their powers are alike. The Mayor of Canton, on afterwards coming on a mis sion to the Plenipotentiary, was refused admittance, and handed over to Major Malcolm, the Private Secretary. On the 12th Sir 11. Pottinger issued a notification in forming the British merchants generally of his in6n tions, and warning them teat:cep themselves out of the way of danger. It is a plain, straightforward, manly do cument. Tho truce with which Capt. Elliot so unnecessarily tied our hands on the 27th May, has, singularly enough, been maintained with a show at least of a little good faith on the part of the Chinese, and as long as this lasts, Sir H. Pottinger very properly states that he will hold himself bound by the terms granted by his predecessor . but we hear no nonsense about " great respect for the Chinese, or scrupulous good faith of illustrious indivi duals ." the authorities are told at once that the slight est infraction of the truce will lead to a renewal of active hostilities within the province, and that it is accordingly to be borne in • mind, that such an event is not only highly probable, " from the well-understood perfidy and bad faith of the provincial officers themselves, but also because they are compelled at any moment, by orders from the Imperial Cabinet, to set aside and disavow their own acts." This is speaking intelligibly and to the point, and accordingly the change of feeling produced amongst the officers of the expedition seems to have been instan taneous, and almost magical. Our mercantile corres pondents write so cheerfully, and in such spirits, that it is difficult to suppose the writers the same as , those whose tone for these two years past has been so uniformly melancholy and desponding. The Canton truce was a purely local one—affecting only the southern pro vince, and accordingly, as preparations proceeded for moving towards the north, the terror of the southern authorities became extreme. Ten—some say twenty — millions of dollars are believed to have been offered the Plenipotentiary to induce him to alter his purposes. In answer to the question as to the nature of the protection which would be afforded to British life and property at Macao, and as to how far the Portuguese Government, in case of emergency, might be depended on—Sir H. Pottinger referred to the statements in his official notifi cation ; hinting to them, that Hong Kong was now the proper place for British subjects to seek safety ; and that experience should have taught them how far Portu guese _good faith was to be relied on : adding, at the same time, that the same protection which was left for vessels in the roads might, in case of emergency, be made available to the residents on shore. On the 21st the fleet, consisting of nine ships-of-war, four armed steamers, and 22 transports, sailed northward for Amoy. The Admiral continues urgent for more river steamers ; and the Medusa and Ariadne, of exactly the same armament with the Nemesis, that is traversing 32- pounders, left Bombay on the 29th ultimo. A strong force of seven ships of war and one steamer, with troops and transports, remains for service at Hong Kong and in Canton river so that while our principle con sideration is directed to points further north, the people in the southern province will have no want of attention should their conduct require a little castigation—a con tingency much more than probable. The land force mustered in all nearly three thousand bayonets. The fleet . of transports amounted to forty. Such is a brief outline of the occurrences in Southern China betwixt the 20th June and 24th August, and meagre as is the intelligence which -it contains, our friends at home must look for little of more recent date or pregnant interest for some months to come. We have already stated that the tone of the whole of our Chinese correspondence had altered ; and al though we do not think that its former tenor was more gloomy and desponding than the circum stances warranted, we consider that, so far at least as their views of the celerity with which matters are likely to be settled, the anticipations of our friends are much too sanguine. It is obvious that the Admiral and Plenipotentiary have kept their own secret, and that much of what is known here as unquestionable fact is matter of idle and vague conjecture at Macao. We on the 17th and 21st of July put our readers in possession of the opinions and intentions of the Pleni potentiary and Admiral, of which nothing whatever seems to have been known at Macao, though rumours and conjectures have brought them pretty near to the greater part of the facts, excepting, always, as to the duration of the war, in reference to which the China merchants appear to entertain very different notions from those of the parties about to conduct it. We can neither blame nor greatly marvel at this ; but we are bound to caution our friends at home against lending too ready an ear to Ole contents of their present China cor respondence, or to the letters founded on these, likely to be despatched from Bombay. The merchants at Macao have written partly in ignerance,partly in over-sanemine antici pation of what will immediately be done; and these senti ments are likely enough to be re-echoed from Bombay by those who rather illogically argue, that because their correspondents are on the spot, they must therefore know better than we do who are thirty days removed from it; forgetting that the people at Macao are wholly in the dark as to what is perfectly known in India—the autho rity under which the Plenipotentiary acts, and the views entertained by him and Sir William Parker, as well as by the Governments:—supreme and local—as to the ultimate termination of our operations. Our readers will recollect that so far bick as July we informed them that the strictest blockade would immediately be imposed on the river and southern shores of China; and this much of the, arrangement only has been temporarily interfered with by the treaty with the Cantonese which the Pleni potentiary found in force; so soon as this is broken—as it undoubtedly speedily will be—the primary arrange ment' will be put into effect. The total suspension of trade we stated as certain to ensue ; and this Sir H. Pottinger has notified in his address. We know no set of men who will more cheerfully acquiesce in any amount of individual sacrifice or inconvenience that may be required of them, on considerations of public benefit, than .the British merchants in China. The fleet has sailed north, as we stated that it would do, and will proceed to occupy Ning-po and Amoy, where it will remain for six months inactive. This is the term to which many of our Macao correspondents limit the arrangements of the whole expedition altogether. Chusan will not be occupied until the sickness prevalent there in September and October shall have passed over. The expedition to the Yellow Sea will take place as early in spring as the state of the weather will permit. Such we stated before to have been the plan of the Admiral on leaving Bombay ; nothing has occurred so much at variance with his. expectations as to lead him to alter it ; and we know that up to the 21st of August it had not been altered. Sir W. Parker 'on leaving us, did not expect that the affairs in China would be settled in less than sixteen or twenty months ; and.to that effect he had the dock-yards, arsenals, and marine stores at Bombay, Trincomalee, and Madras, inspected and reported on, with a view to the assistance or repair of any of the heavy ships of the squadron which might, during that protracted period, have become injured : we know: of nothing that can have, meanwhile, occurred to melee him imagine - that the term of his duties will be abridged to a shorter span than he had in July last prescribed. We have no doubt that Sir Henry. Pottinger and Sir William Parker will do all that becomes a British Plenis potentiary and a British Admiral ; and that their eff , ,its i ' will ultimately be crowned with that triumphant 'success which has invariably attended the arms of England when di re cted by fitting counsellors, and wieJeaed by p ro p er hands : they can attempt no mo re, and the y can look for no more. It were the most rash and preposterous of attempts to endeavour, amidst the mass of disc ordant materials wherewith we are furnished, to prophesy or prescribe a term for the conclusion of our present ope rations ; but we are most strongly convinced, that that assigned to them by the China correspondents—antiei- . patiug as it does the probable arrival of the Bombay river steam flotilla, and the British reinforcements the ' left England in July—is infinitely too limited. [FROM THE SAME. 3 The Honourable Company's steamer A . tal: here on Sunday evening , the 26 th ult., fnm ch. a nte arrived brie r ve ssion er lug intelligence to the 24 thA la ug te us, C :: ommi g d - Sirj. Captain j i • Amongst her passengers Commodore Gordon Bremer, and i t ie Charles Elliot. her as to ce.:4- operations there, is a plain, The only inteLicr en ee of importance she brim with stiaight pfolre‘nviarpot'itopnrtioacrlyam, which ation by %%.i Sir l b e onot.ttihnegeir7,tthhe July, reached Henry subjoined. The Sesostris, which left this reached Macao on the 9th August. A frightful typhoon had blown over the Chinese Seas on the 21st and 26th July, and done fearful damage to the shipping. The following i s Hong Kong, dated 18th Angus::--- " " The fleet consists extract private letter from 74. Wellesley, Captain Maitland—Sir W. Parker, Commander-in-Chief. Captain Herbert. Captain Bourchier. Captain Pritchard. Captain Smith. Captain Nias. Bentinck, Surveying. Starling, schooner. Sesostris, steam five e, Captain Ormsby. Queen, armed s teamer. Ph l ege thon, iron steamer. . 0 Nemesis, do. d • 74. Blenheim, 38. Blonde, 28. Alligator, 42. Druid, 2 6., iterald, IS". Hyacinth, 18. Pylades, 16. Cruizer 16. Columbine, 18. Modeste, 10. Algerinc, 12. Royalist, ' G. Sulphur. The fleet of transports consist s of forty-f ou r vessels ; we muster three thousand bayonets: Every thing is in a great state of prepa r ation for our de parture, and only wait the arrival of Sir 11. Pottinger, and the Queen leaves to-day to bring him over from Macao ; the first of our operations is to be the reduction of Amoy, then the devoted Ting-hae—where the fleet and forces winter. Strong opposition is expected at Amoy, but no Chinese, or China army, eau stand against the long-tried courage of the English troops. Sir G. Bremer hauls down his flag from the Wellesley to -day, and Admiral Sir W. Parker shifts the from Bl en_ beim to that vessel. The Alligator, Ilyaeinth, and Royalist 4.0 m 1 f —417 ,or- don, bought into service—remain here to protect Hong Kong. The long tried system of humbug is at an end. With Bremer's flag, we hope it is all struck, and our dearly beloved friends Bremer and Elliot go to Bombay in the Atalanta. I expect you will be all down at the Bunder to receive them: These heroes of the Bogue, the Boguese as they are called here, deserve some sort of a tribute from the dealers in opium. The Atalanta has returned, as she is completely done; for towing ships, &c., has quite broken up her frame and engine. The iron steamers are of more use than any other— they ,draw so little water, and consumed such a small quantity' of coal, that their services are incalculable. The Queen is a fine vessel, but having Hall's condensers, she is often out of repair. I wish you could only whisper to your big Wigs to send the iron steamers you have in Bombay—at least I have read of such things. I was at Macao when the Sesostris came in twenty-three days from Bombay, two out of which she remained at Singa pore. This is the quickest passage ever made. Elliot went off to her the next morning in the Nemesis, which vessel acted that day as a tender, and landed their Excellencies. Major Malcolm, the Secretary, has been sent with a letter to Canton, advising the Government with Sir Henry's arrival, and letting his Highness know that his Excellency would wait the Emperor's reply at Chusan, " being after taking Amoy on the way." This is really and truly acting the Irish Ambassador. The letter to the Emperor demands payment in full for the opium, the expenses of the war, and a free trade and Consular rights. What will his Majesty say to this? This is not dealing with subordi nates. We all expect to be soon back. The Emperor will give in ;• and as Keshen is reported* again in power, there is no doubt he is too knowing to allow their pro vincial towns to be battered down. _ The Emperor—tail so docked—and their weakness made manifest to the world, mind ye, you will see a new game played. They will give us all we want, just to get rid of our force. Hong Kong is a most wretched hot place, particularly at this season from the formation of the bay, not a breath of wind stirs in it. The shore is almost too steep to build upon, and the wretched Own that now exists is about four houses deep, and a mile and a half long. This Elliot, the Viceroy, calls the Strand. Few buildings are in progress, but the land was greedily purchased. No doubt but any place we fix upon will soon become a great mart. A smart fire consumed Hong Kong on the night of the 15th, but the light material of which it is built rendered it easily re-erected. The Phlegethon and Starling have been to Canton to pull up the stakes which our friends have been employed fixing in the river. They have suc ceeded so far in placing stones, that a junk or two well sunk would fill up the western passage. 19th. The Nemesis arrived from Macao to-day, to ac company the fleet northward. Amoy will be taken in= stanter, and then Chusan. The 21st is the day fixed upon for a start. This day's return of bayonets in the force is 2,570. _ P.S. The Queen goes to Macao for Sir Henry. I must refer you to the Canton Register for Sir llenry's Proclamation. This is the first time that, in the public documents, our aggression on the Chinese has been called It war. ORDER OF SAILING. CENTRE. Bentinek, surveying ship ; Wellesley, 74 ; Blenheim, 74 ; Marion, staff of Sir 11. Gough ; Barrett°, Gipsey, Eagle, Faze Allum, Mysore, Prince George, store ships; Algerine, 10. MORNING SUN LEFT VAN. Queen, armed steamer ' • Phlegethon, armed iron steamer ; Columbine, 18 ; Druid, 42 ; Rattlesnake, Tho mas Grenville, Futtay Salam, Allalevie (ISth Regiment); Minerva, Marian, Worcester (49th Regiment) ; Py - lades, 18. RIGHT VAN. Sesostris, steam-frigate ; Nemesis, armed iron steamer ; Modeste, 18 ; Palmyra ; Rustotajee (Marine Artillery) ; Atiet R..homon (Sappers and Miners) ; Orient, Coro mandel, Ernaard, Blonde (55th Regiment) ; Haslimey (26th Regiment) ; Blonde, 3S ; Cruizer, , l6. [This looks very like a start, and I trust we Madrasees will astonish the Celestial World.] The folloWing is Sir Henry Pottinger's notification, adverted to in preceding columns. We are glad to per ceive from it his Excellency's purpose to pursue a firm and decided line of policy, and think it not unlikely that the infringement by the Chinese of any part of the late Canton treaty may be immediately followed by a close blockade. The expedition will sail, we learn, on Alon day next. We have not heard yet what ships are likely to go, and what ships remain here. Captain 'snits, of her Majesty's ship Herald, will be senior commanding officer in these waters. ARRIVAL OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY. On Monday night last, the 9th inst., arrived from Bombay, the Hon. Company's steamer Sesostris, and on the morning following landed at Macao Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Sir H. Pottinger, her Majesty's Ambas sador Extraordinary and Min). - ster Plenipotentiary to the Court of Peking, attended by Major Malcolm. 3d Light Dragoons, Secretary to th.e Special Mission, Lieut. Ten nant, R.N., Mr. Chin:two, Secretary to the Admiral. Their Excellencies left E , .rgland by the July Overland Mail, arrived in Bombay on the 7th of July, and sailed thence for China on thu 17th, having thus been, including a stay of 10 days in Bombay, only 67 days out from Eng land; an unprcr..edented short passage; and what is more singular still,' answers have been received by the, Sesos tris to letters from this, dated 31st March, thus the whole time of a letter sent from here was only the sin gularly short time of four months and ten days, which, before steam communication, was reckoned to be a more than commonly good passage from this to England, or vice versa.—Canton Canton Press, Aug. 1 4 . ... . NOTIFICATION. In taking charge of the offices of her Majesty's sole Plenit ! otentiary, Minister Extraordinary, and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, Sir Henry Pottinger deems it requisite and proper to publicly no tify, that lie enters on his important functions with the most anxious desire to consult the wishes, and to promote the prosperity and well being, as well as to provide for and secure the safety, of all her Majesty's subjects, and other foreigners (so far as the concerns of the latter can be affected by his proceedings), at this moment residing in any part of the dominions of the Emperor of China; and that he will be ready and happy, at all times, and. under all circumstances, to give his best attention tes any questions that may be submitted to him. At the same time, it becomes his first duty to distinctly inti mate, for general and hull\ idaal information, that it is his intention to 'devote his undivided energies and thoughts to the primary .object of securing a speedy and, satisfactory close of the war, and that he therefore cane allow no consideration connected with mercantile pur suits, and other interests, to interfere with the strong measures which be may find it necessary to authorise and adopt towards the e,r;overnment and subjects of China, with a view to compelling an honourable and lasting peace. Sir Henry Pottinger is conscious that among:.: ‘ th e persons to whom this notification is addressed, ;;here are few individuals who Etre not as well qualifies as himself to form a Correct estimate ofithe reliance _to be placed on the agreements and promisti, of the Provincial Govern-' meat of Canton. He 'has 'intimated to that Government that ho is willing for the..preent to respect the existing truce, but that the slightest infraction of its terms will lead to an instant renewal-or active hostilities in thin province ; a nd it is accordingly to be borne in mind', that such an event is not only highly probable, from seatndassiednetinvr.nts. it "r 1 the well-understood perfidy and bad faittoof 0: 0 - r . because t r ey -pro vincial ey may ( 11 s.s ° — their vincial officers themselveins,onblueitit,alo own al b ci n e t sp.e compelled,r Imperial i tc i lathese t t , viewsa tnoy• ;,.aril'a_, . . Majesty's . sub jects,oli y remains r o y th l e ' r ot f t o i r n e ge igu r e t . o s gamst putting themselves or their property in ti• ferS Sir d I Henry ie power of the h . Chines • liutho ridduri ng the --e n7eesont an e n h a r e. ous arid unsettled 'state of our relationF:wiih the em ' : _ empire ; and to declare, that if they do so it must be understood to be at their own-risk and peif i , , . . to ~_, Henry Henry °Wager avails : hi mse lf o f thi s o pp or tunity announce, that the arran g ements which have ilwen made by his predecessor, connected with the island of Hong remain Majesty, regarding that isniid and thoSe arrangements shall be received ' • further desires -to call ; and on this point Sir Henry Pottinger the attention of- all concerned t° the public notice issued by her Majesty's Plenipotent iar y on the 10th o f J une la st .--Dated at Macao on t he 1 2t h of August, 1841, (Signed) lIENRY POTTINGEI3. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary• * Others say he is handed over to the Boardef Punishment. t Thermometer to-day 89, mallet a Death of wind' INDI A. - f this month. , • 1 lave no very passingt to tell approachwit t interest. First in prominence, I think, Nevertheless, the events 1 oon. Government of the Burmese Monarch to Ra a n n g y hostility on the has made some preparations doespateb of the Childers part of Tharawaddie by the there have pre to Moulmein, and the authorities a re practising them in pared three gun-boats, and cr a inst an enemy. Some the requisite operations i a . v y n e k ou r O is t been t have been despatched from artillerymen, stores, &F.; re ring two steamers for Madras, and Calcutta isw.ri heavy g uns. This by river service, armed v,.with heavy guns. This by river serviCC, armed hjb, if observed, may check way . of preparation, n.ll the urmese King, if they be hos the intentions o f at least se. is approach to the tile—appearan ces are of 70,000 choice troops, the for coast with an ar z my n erection of batteries at M ar t a _ tification of Ranicroul'mein, where also the jungle was hun, opposite to and s t o ckades•erected, are suspicious • awaY • being cleared ofthem, d the least say circumstances, to withdrawal of a regiment don - and the . from precan ' may h ave given him courage to commence Moulmein, is a strong report at Rangoon and hostilities. There places, that this movement has been the result of other ... from the Emperor - of China • nor is it, an applicationper_ laps, i mprobable. Yet one would hard think th a t Th ara waddle can have forgotten the last war, wh ere our knowledge was incomplete, and yet he received so severe a lesson. He can little estimate the power of steamers upon the great rivers, or the facilities o ur occupation of A ssam , 8:, - c., have given us for pouring troop s di rec tly upon his capital ; and. the war, if there is to be one, would soon be put an end to by taking possession of it, and cutting off hiS Majesty's retreat. A. little time will relieve us from our present anxiety upon this subject ; and though a Burmese war would not be an agreeable service, or at all desired by the Government in its pre sent financial difficulties, yet the emerg enc y would be met, and the service performed, in that resolute spirit which is never found wanting at need. Since the engagement with Akhtar Khan in the Hel mund, there has been another affair with the Ghilzies, in which they suffered severely. There were two en gagements, both cavalry affairs ,in which the sth Bengal Cavalry, and one of the local Rissallas behaved exceed ingly well. '.role eupay mustered about 2,000 horse and foot, and left 300 dead on the field, which proves that o el o ll 3 . it 1 110 . ~r• 110 v