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:h the e tiog by par the f er, tlY° .~ MORNING EDITION' FINE 'ARTS. VIEWS IN AFFGRANISTAN. Allen, London, 1841. • - These views, which are twenty-five in number, -t ePresent Cabool, Ghuznee, Kelaat, and several . • . other remarkable places in Afikhanista n, and are f rom sketches taken on the spot by Sir Keith Jackson, during the progress of the late cam 13,aign in that country. They are drawn in the t ated style of lithography by Walton, and are Prmtecl by Hultman el, who has availed himself of *ll the most recent improvements in the art. A 3 traP of the route of the army of Indus— l'especting whoSe long and..harassing march so rtnY entertaining particulars were published last year —accompanies the plates, and adds greatly to the interest of the volume. The views of the fortifications of Cabool give a vivid idea of the strength of this capital, which is surrounded O n three sides by fortifications, and at a first hasty Van•ce would app ear a bsolut e ly impregnable. 1 ) - he Plate representing the Storming of Ghuznee 1 f y the Caubul Gate is full of spirit. The dark P w ning rampartS, which . are manned by hun dreds of native troops, are wrapt in s:noke from theincessant fire of cannon directed against breachue and the British troops are entering by a !!earing made near the gate, and triumphantly down all the opposition. The solitary ligore on horseback, who with drawn sword is wa ving his men on to the assault, has a very striking effect. Kweltah is the view of a strong a.II fortress that stands . nearly in the centre of an extensive plain, here and there dotted with . _ lux uriant forest trees, and enlivened by groupes of Briti s h soldiery who are rapidly ecouring across it, accompanied by camels, baggage c„aggoos. and trains of artillery. There is a great s i m mand over spac e s h own i n this graphic andet ch. Kandahar f rom th e sou th i s a graceful most picturesque landscape, with an im- P ° slng mountain distance defined with great skill.. ll . The appearance of the British troops i f ; lnd ing in single files round the base of a hill tan he fo reground, breaks the still-life of the dscape, and imparts to it quite a cheerful as -Peet. The lett er - press exp l anat i ons o f t h e dif at view s are b r i e f , and to the point. The Work i s dedicated to the Chairman and Directors °I . the East India Company. ILLUSTRATIONS of MASTER HUMPHREY'S - CLOCK. Tyas, London, 1841. pr,Tae present Part, which is the Thirteenth, Z nt ins four plates, of which we can say no More than that they just barely attain mediocrity. A CARD FOR THE TORIES. liti c Wh al opposed th e a d m i ss i on of the people of England to po ? e Tories. t /mooed existence and Th transported the people ? and who con *ed ihe lots far which they suffered? The Tories. 'W o • n, during the lon g re i gn of George 111., oppressed and the p eop l e of England? The Tories. dill Vil° ? T °tpeo dle n aempe dtt t d the destruction of, the Reform i' e or a e _ Who i nsulted the Queen publicly, and attempted to do so "e 1 ti 1 1 1 ,0 era in h er very household ? The Tories. h " opposed th e e d ucat i on of the children " of the ris i ng ge n ? The Tories. Who insulted the people of England with, the term " swinish kawlthitude ?" The Tories. t "° assist 'e to carry the New Poor-law, and then basely t:,etepted to make it the means of driving the people into re- The 14011? Tories. l Who attempted to secure monopoly and robbery under the tt of humat ity The Tories. it ah° was :t insulted the founders and patrons of Mechanics' ,titnilar i nst i tutions? The Tories. h 0 refus2d inquiry into the well-known scandalous Pen ? • The Tories. youno ref us d inquiry into the odious Corn-laws? The Tories. sel:e refused the starving labourer, yet claimed for them tt Ipheeso,phtihtteesotright to buy in the cheapest market ? The Tories. .f t g : s n . gland, by these things let the 'Tories be tried A GOOD HATER OF TORYISM. PRICE OF w HEAT AT DANTZIC AND LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Si lt Bristol, June 3, 1841. li t h ; --- You noticed in your Paper of yesterday a table pub -14:151 in Landon, containing the collateral Prices of Wheat at r enil l ,n and in this country. I hive by me a brief abstract, the 1 ' of a Average substituting Dantzic for Berlin :- 4 1796 Price of Wheat in England 8.55. 7d. -.- — Dantzic 365. 7d. • 111 1 800 England ll3s. 6d, I ---• Dantzic 525. 9ds ` ll 1 801 England 1345. 4d. --- Dantzic 525. 9d. In I EO2 England 7ls 6d. 1. , Dantzic 445. 6d. '' 1 810 England 107;. lld. _ T --- - Dantzic 38s. id. ' ll 1 817 England 107 s. Od. ...... Dantzic 655. 2d. 14 1919 _ England 795. Id. --- "'—' Dantzic 325. 2d. I lb • P LlTllthis table it appears that the difference between the tirt c ad andwas lowest In pDrice santzi in bot c h markets, during t } per quarter. ° he period — o sd. In England 625. 10d. 1 . 8 111 1 ,e sudden variatton in the price at Dantzic, in the years sic,,,, e.ud 1819, results from th e ex t raor di nary d eman d occa har'' by the dearth i n thi s coun t ry f rom t h e f a il ure o f t h e tl, at in 1816 ; and in the converse of this, subsequent to atea arvest of 17. It may be price during the time Bl referred to, was, added that the ave. l l n n E ll n a g nt la z n ic d 10 46 0 5 5. . 26 dd.. 1 per quarter. Your very obedient servant, Z. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. irkos/oilh have on a former occasion given publicity to of ) I trust you will not now refuse to lend a part 1-le m rne, paper to give p u bli c ity to the following : I ' 4 l' "of Warwickshire ! On a former occasion I took of / 1., • addressing you on the subject of the Corn-laws, th e b r o , at, th a t y ou neg l ecte d to act upon a d v i ce g i ven Ns ith est~- intenfion near °f Warwickshire ! A dissolution of Parliament is lie P r e act s. t i‘ re ,," s a : g ds yo A u How me to ask if you are satis fi ed with your ulembers. If I thought you were' I should not now the iitfe; but as I am well aware that a great num retivectfors a re much dissatisfied with them, I take very _ Shale 0 again tendering a little advice. . if tak e n P ear esaYs "There is a tide in the affairs of men whic h, . is no at the turn, leads on to fortune." . Electors—The tide s elve ' s t o i f n . °ll r favour, and it remains with you to avail your as Shirt e oPport un it y . Will y ou aga i n re t urn suc h men e Y and Mo r d aun t?--Men without a spark of enth u und fo u d t ,, rae u Who a re fi t on l y to s i t i n a l a d y ' s d raw i ng - room , , th e their lap -do gs —men a men who ever since they have sat singl e 4, d use ,, have nese s t. — once opened their mouths . to say a Peet b et - rt'r their country. Men of Warwickshire are ler thi ngs of you. Why not return Mr. Bolton King? L e h ill ee . w ho„has been tried, and is atitll events better than ~war° t' e l ; 15 , et perhaps you will say . he intends contesting „Llbe W r a j i he may, but if he does is he not sure to oust a to The Castle interest is much increased of late, there- De rash, to say the least of it, to weaken the te. 'merest by dividing it. ti:l ectu ra of the y dividing and County of Warwick !—Return "1 C a f,.. 11 wl , i° will not pledge himself to support a repeal oj l'E.in,„—i_._4-icoosand remember that at the ensuing struggle --wand expects every man to do his duty." lam Sir, your most obedient servant, ~armolt, June 7, le4l. H. H. F. ox Saturday morn i ng, a b out half-past six : ° e l c, a Waterman named Thomas he t on the river o ' Kingston bridge, discovered Tagg, while in his bod pposite flow Yof a young female very handsomely dressed . . sting in the water. He immediately conveyed the ex Yto the Fox and Hounds public-house, where it was r a te ed ; The deceased was dressed in black silk, with ri c) ",' r articles to correspond, and in her pocket vv ( - re r n e ck shillings and fourpence in a purse, and round he ti e „,„ l ` \ as a piece of ribbon to which was attached a gen tle„-tin' gold guard-ring The deceased's veil aid shaw e ,„- found at a distance . of about twenty yards from the t al C wh ere the b o d y was f oun d . On Saturday evening m i l % ler, the coroner, held an inquest upon th _ dy s , I. o , ell ..P„,Ppear e d that the name of the dec in eas t e b d e w fa a . i u r ,IN ade, and that she was lady's-maid ~ sa t i Y 4 e i t a gentleman residing in Richmond Terrace. No o de eel evidence could be obtained as to how the at e : H a s:le! came into the water. She had . left he i r n f g rie t n h d a s t carne o'clockthe previous evening, say . M I , :1v w°llld shortly return, and at that time nothing h par 114r was remarked in her appearance, and she e h see b m an ed of h er Y,good spirits. Upon an examination of ~ t e k th ere t-u riv er, near the spot where the body wasfound, were marks as though some one had been strug . l' " 1 g to get out of the water, and it is therefore conjec ..u:r"l that the deceased had accidentally fallen into the th e` , The Jury having minutely inquired, so far as di i'. w,,ere able, into the circumstances, returned a ver toei,,°' " Found drowned," thus leaving the matter open ..trt er •- • • fo r . i n qu iry, should additional evidence be brought THE PRESIDENT.—A correspondent of a raorninß DT , of t h e p . rer alp .—" The idea, under any circumstances, lo ng resident having drifted into the lat. of 2 9 30, and the ~n , or 0, where the steamer reported by the Portugue s e ie rtain Wa S Seun , appears to me absurd, and I have had con there'.4bleexperience in nautical affairs. Had she so driven, 3,,cannot be a doubt she would have fallen in with, and hale yawl vessels who would, long ere this, have arrived, and :e reported her situation. I doubtery much whether the ,7sel seen by the Portuguese ship wa w a steam-boat, as all fo ;(al,P seamen are often very inaccurate in their modes of obser ,_,l'o,ll; and .probably the white funnel may have been a large 7, 1 ": 1 5 :. ail hoisted for some particular object. Had it been the president she would sure ertainly have made a signal ~ , unless she had pviously communicated with ( some V_herovessel, which must have arrived before this, as the ' s fn n, without using her steam power. has come from a i'„or`ant'e degrees further southward since the date re _ ted b atyhe Portuouese captain. It appears to me cruel t o o Wards thoie so Nvarnly interested in the fate of this vessel, ~,,Ir , : ep allve hopes for which there can he no foundation. front months have new nearly elapsed since her sailing 7 '. 45 %v York, and, had she been above water, some account P,+7. un t t have reached us long ago. Her loss may be easily ac cd for; she left New York, according to report, 'very ' w e e e re and encountered two days after (before sufficient coals wind ceinsurne4 to lighten her) ' one of the heaviest gales of ,ue experienced on that coast for many years.' The British She .en, which encountered the same gale, was nearly lost; light,nhad, however, this advantage over the President—she was ..(ti. having consumed all her coals. It requires very little 4vee! aiintance with the laws of gravity to comprehend why a two hundred and sixty feet in length, with only forty hfepet.hearn, cannot be very secure, scudding or lyieg.to in a . "Y gale of wind. The President, in all probability, was her pooped while scudding, or overwhelmed while lying-to, 4 r o tn !lot having su ffi cient bearings to support her." Sir David Roche presented a petition from the Cit . _i of Limerick on Monday, in favour of Cheap Corn, Sugar, '1"/ Timber, sipied by tour thou:anti perna3. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS, JUNE 8. The Ministerial difficulties are at an end. Marshal Soult has recovered from his indisposition, and presided to-day at a Council cf Ministers. The " loi de recrute ment" is to be withdrawn, and will be announced to-mor row to the Chamber of Peers. This measure will not be again brought forward till next year. MADRID, Jrza 1. The Minister of Finance appoars to adopt the errors of his predecessors, appointing commissions, Sce., one of which is to examine into the mode of col lecting the taxes for 1842, and another to prepare the Budget for the same year. These commissions in general produce very little advantage. A warm discussion took place at the sitting of the Cortes on the Ist on the subject of the invasion of the Aldudes, by 1,500 countrymen, on the Spanish territory in the Bas tan. Some Deputies pretended that it was at the insti gation of France. Gonzales proved that the French Government had nothing whatever to do with it, and that they retired almost immediately after entering. The feelings displayed by those Deputies against the French were properly met by Ministers, but in general there prevails in the Cortes a great animosity against this nation. The funds Were rather lower, there being only one bar gain for cash at 261. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 20. The news from the provinces becomes every day more alarming. The insurrectionary movements in Bulgaria were the result of an extensive conspiracy in all the Turkish European provinces, which prematurely de clared itself in consequence of the acts of violence com mitted by the Albanians at Nissa. Tranquillity was far from being re-established. Albanian deserters continued to over-run the neighbourhood of Roultchouk, commit ting the greatest excesses. The same scenes have oc curred at Trebizonde, where the population, consisting of Christians, Turks, and Jews, immediately went over to the Russian territory, where they were provided with money, and promised exemption from taxes for 10 years. In Syria troubles have also broken out and some Turkish troops have been driven back by the moun taineers. In Crete the insurrection is complete, raising recruits, distributing arms, and furnishing men through the Ar chipelago. The Grecian Patriarch and the Logothite Nicholas Aristarch have been deposed this day by the Sultan. The former has been replaced by Anthenos, Bishop of Cysique, and the latter by the brother-in-law of the Prince of Samos. The others were the creatures of Russia, active and devoted in her service. These changes are attributed to Lord Ponsonby, whose influ ence increases daily since the downfall of Reschid Pacha. He has already appointed an English Admiral (Java Pacha), an English General (Jochmus), and a Doctor Davy, Inspector-General of Hospitals. The Russians display more patience than we have been accustomed to under All these circumstances. NAPLES, MAY 20. The house of Rothschild has made a loan of 3,000,000 of ducats, which the Government required in order to settle the Sicilian affairs. CHINA. REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF CANTON TO THE EMPE ROR ON THE CAPTURE OF THE FORTS OF CHUSAN AND TYKOKTOW. Keshen, Governor of Canton, on the 16th day of the 12th moon (January Bth), made the following general report : " I (your slave) Keshen, report respecting the English foreigner, who, not waiting for a reply, attacked the bat teries ; this respectful statement is hurried on at the rate of 500 le per day ; looking up, I beg for the Im perial glance. " I to-day (January Bth), prepared a document to be sent in reply to the English foreigner, and a flag of inti mation was hoisted at the forts, and so forth. " I now respectfully report, in a duly prepared ad dress, that immediately after (having sent the said docu ment) I received a flying report from Admiral Kwan, that early on the morning of the 15th (Jan. 7th) all the English ships weighed their anchors, and arranged themselves to attack the forts of Shakok and Takok ; the firing of the guns was without intermission ; the attack was made on all sides, from about nine till three. It is calculated that each of the English ships had more than ten guns. Our soldiers put forth their strength, and opposed the attack, until three o'clock, and they observed at a distance the foreigners dropping into the sea. At that time the tide ebbed, and the foreign ships ceased their fire—being at anchor in the mid-chan nel, between Shakok and Takok ; and each party stood in defiance of each other ; and it was generally expected that next morning, when the flood tide made, the battle would be renewed. There were also four steani-vessels,. which attack our troops also immediately opposed, and the victory was undecided, and the steamers speedily re turned to the offing, &c. " After my arrival in Canton, I repeatedly corres ponded with the English foreigners, and my papers . Wei* all of a conciliatory and admonitory description ; at2d 'es to the list of conditions which he requested, although I could not comply with all his insatiable desires, still there were some which might be granted. But the said foreigner, on the 14th day (the 6th of January) sent in a paper, and did not wait for my reply, but forthwith, early on the 15th day, attacked the forts. To such an extreme pitch had his domineering pride and perverse violence arrived !It is said—or recommended — that we should confine ourselves within our barriers, which will be sufficient to cause the English to exhaust themselves ; and then if they are allowed to trade they will fall into our manners and customs ; whether there are sufficient proofs of this or not, it will be difficult to escape the profound intelligence of your Imperial Ma jesty. " Now how could the said foreigners dare to be the first to attack (the forts) and create disturbances, and of themselves originate the causes of quarrel and war ; which will lead to their not being able to open their mouths ? (to beg for a settlement of affairs.) Why did he not wait for an answer ? From this unrea sonable conduct I should not again be disposed to bestow anything on him, or grant any of his requests. " I have ascertained that Shakok is a solitary island in the outer water, and the soldiers there have before been engaged with the English. Two hundred soldiers had already been taken from the Fooyuen's division, and ordered to assemble at the important passes in Tunghwan (east of the Bogue), and two hundred men of the Tetuh's (Commander-in-Chief) division were ordered to guard and keep the passes. The batteries on Takok are close to the south beach; and fearing that the said foreigner would go round behind the hill, and then hasten to enter in at the front of the batteries on Takolt, I had sent a flying despatch to the Admiral Kwan to ex amine clearly, and increase the number of troops on that spot, and there to remain quiet in the fort, and to order the men to be immediately employed in the manu facture of gunpowder and balls, sufficient for the ex penditure of several months ; they would then be able to hold the forts. The Bocca Tigris is the Admiral's station. To the guard and defence of Chaouchow chin, I had already sent La Tsuhtsze with troops. For the defence of Wooyungkow—which is 16 le from the provincial city, I had selected a naval officer to remain there quiet within the camp, and to fill vessels with stones and sink them, and to construct wooden rafts to prevent the runningaway (of the English). " On the 4th day of the 12th moon (Dec. 27th) I sent a flying despatch announcing to Keshow the Adjutant- General of the Governor's troops, the Tootsze—or mayor —Teihtszeleang of the Yuntsing camp to take the ge neral management of and complte this business. " But some of the inhabitants of the provincial city dwell close to the city walls, and it is difficult, in conse quence, to own fire ; and it being surrounded on all sides by the river, there is no place to form a camp. " There have been forts of old in the centre of the river (the Dutch and French follies ;) their garrisons have been increased ; there is also no place or ground for camps where the rapids are in the river ; each quarter is well guarded. " I have before daily made secret examinations into the dispositions and intentions of the foreigners, and I am apprehensive they will go to different outlets or ports, I therefore immediately sent despatches to Woo Wan yung, the Governor of Fokien and Chekeang, and to Ele pa), the imperial envoy to Chekeeny, that they might know the facts accordingly, and charging him to forward despatches immediately to the province of Keangsoo, to keep strict examinations and guard. " But the road is long, the distance great, and the post-horses have not strength for the journey, and I do not know-whether they have reached their destination or not ; neither do I know if I should again send despatches to the maritime ports . of each province or not. In the late battle some of our soldiers were wounded and some not ; after the number of the wounded have been ascer tained a flying report shall be. forwarded. Henceforth the state of affairs will be duly reported. As to what relates to the said foreigner not waiting for a reply, and first proceeding to attack the forts, it is proper that I should forward the report of it at the rate of 500 le a day. • Prostrate I beg for the Imperial glance.—A re spectful report." " THE EMPEROR'S REPLIES. _ " Taoukwang, 21st year, first moon, sth day (January 27). The imperial edict was received. " Keshen has sent in a report of the English foreigners having attacked the batteries. " After these rebellious foreigners arrived in the pro vince of Canton, the disorder and audacity of their con duct daily increased. I have many times sent down my imperial will in a severe edict to all the provinces to keep a secret and cautious watch at guard, and to consult and form mutual plans for extermination ; as to the great ministers, civil and military, in what manner have they managed to arrange matters well ? " To-day a report has arrived post haste from Keshen, stating that the fort Shakok has been taken and plun dered by the rebellious foreigners ; and also that the fort of Takok has been attacked and officers and men killed ; and the Imperial fleet has been plundered. It is evident that the said Acting Governor, in what was proper in all the affairs of guarding . (against attack), has been wholly unprepared in every instance. I order that Keshen be delivered over to the proper board for severe punish ment ; still he is to be the leader of all the officers and troops when they arrive in Canton ; and let him excite them to eiert strength in opposing and exterminating, and put an end quickly to these affairs. • " You Kwan Teenpei, are the admiral, you have the control over all toe naval officers ; h:therto your leader ship has been deficient in means aid plans ; in super intending affairs you have been timid and irresolute, and lust your firmness and Self-p9S§C§Si9ll. I order that your button be taken from you, and bear your faults.. in re membrance, and re-establish your reputation by glorious deeds. "As to the list of officers and soldiers killed, I order the said Governor to be most strict in his examination, and send in a prepared report. - " Respect this." Another imperial edict has been received. " Keshen, by a post-haste despatch, has reported that the rebellious foreigners have attacked the forts. Be fore, because the rebellious foreigners daily became more unruly and disobedient, I have repeatedly sent down my imperial will that adequate preparations should be made for the secure arrangement of affairs, and that mutual plans should be devised to exterminate them. " My first conjecture was, that they had since a long time a great desire to ge t Canton—their mouths have watered after Canton for many a long day. " The said great Minister has been invested with an important trust, and he already knows that the disposi tions of the said foreigners are proud and overbearing ; and must have also observed that the defences of the said provinces have long been crumbling to ruins. It was his duty to be prepared for defence, and it might be hoped that if preparations had been made no calamity would have accrued ; but now he reports, saying that the re bellious foreigners have usurped and plundered the fort of Shakok, and also attacked Takok. " Since the rebellious dispositions of the foreigners have become thus manifest, there is nothing left but to entirely exterminate them, and thus proclaim the majesty of the Imperial dynasty, for what principles of reason can now be proclaimed to them? Flying orders have already been sent to the provinces of Hoonan, Szechuen, and Kweichow, to send with speed their most skilful soldiers to Canton; also flying despatches to Keangse to forward the 2,000 troops already stationed at Kanchow foo to proceed immediately to assist. " The officers and troops of the province of Canton are all to remain under the orders of the said Governor. The present circumstances are important and urgent ; I order that guards be placed at the important passes to defend and keep them ; let there be no want of caution and no remissness. It may be computed that in the second moon of the year all the troops may in succession arrive at Canton. I order all the commanding officers to exhort their troops and excite them to exterminate and exclude (the English), and thus scheme to repair defeat by victory. "As to the forts of Canton, Tang before reported that he had laid down chains to impede the foreign ships; now whether the destroyed forts of Takok and Shakok were in those places (1. e. within the chains), let Keshen examine and make a report. These orders are to travel at the rate of 600 le a day ; I order that they be made known. Respect this." A third Imperial edict has been received :—" Our dynasty has been soothing and indulgent to outside foreigners, and favour and justice were shown to all. If the said foreigners could, indeed, have been respectful and obedient, I most certainly should have treated them with increased kindness, and then all might have hoped for joy and tranquillity. Be fore, because the flowing poison of the occidental coun tries' opium daily increased, I issued special orders that endeavours should be made to wean the people of the stupid habit ; but the English, depending on their bois terous strength, would not submit to give the voluntary bond. I, in consequence, ordered their trade to be en tirely cut off ; but even now they are unrepentant, and their profligacy daily increases like the the bird (a bird of prey). " Suddenly in the sixth moon of the last year they came with ten sail of ships, and forthwith attacked Ting hae, and usurped possession of the city • and then in dulged themselves in cruizing in the offing of the pro vinces Fokien, Chekeang, Keangsoo, Shantung, Chible, and Eungteen. and caused numerous conimotions. Since the domineering pride of those rebellious foreigners has arrived at this pitch, it will not be difficult' to arrange our battalia, and exterminate and drive out the whole number. But on account of considering that the said foreigners presented an address, in which they stated their grievances, I could not but cause them to be inves tigated, in order to manifest the great principles of jus tice ; and I especially ordered the to heo sze (Cabinet Minister) Keshen, to proceed with haste to Canton, to examine into the facts, and manage the business. The said foreigners are but slightly endowed either with heavenly principles or goodness of heart. The whole number of them ought to have returned to Canton, and there have awaited the settlement ; but one half weighed their anchors and went southwards, and one-half still remains in Tinghae. This is, a clear proof of their crafty and cunning schemes, which are as innumerable as hairs. I have now heard that, for several months past, they have de bauched men's wives and daughters, made captives, car ried away property, and built forts; opened watercourses, and set up a counterfeit public officer, who issues pro clamations ordering the people to pay the duties. What crimes have the people committed, that they should suffer these painful distresses? Speech and thought have come to this, in sleeping or eating I find no quiet. "After Keshen arrived in Canton, he well understood to open up and induce to the paths of rectitude, but the insatiable desires (of the English) could not be satisfied; already are their thoughts dwelling upon extorting the price of opium (the 20,283 chests surrendered); further, they are again requesting that I should grant them a landing-place (territory). I, the Emperor, early con sidered them to be unsettled and inconstant; certainly it is not by good faith or justice that they are now to be admonished. "'With a special intention last year I selected the most skilful soldiers of The provirur,s of Szkehuen, Hooan, and Keangse, to proceed to Canton ; a further selection of the most skilful soldiers from the 'priiVinces of Hoopin, Hoonau, and Ginwuy, were ordered to proceed to Che keang, to be prepared for attack and'extermination. Now Keshen has reported by a post-haste despatch that the said foreigners, on the 7th of January, having engaged the assistance of traitorious natives on board their ships, went direct to the Bocca Tigris and attacked the forts with their guns, and killed my officers and soldiers, and they also laid Takok fort in ruins, and they took forci ble possession of Shakok. Such is their rebellion against Heaven and opposition to reason, they are like dogs and sheep in their dispositions ; it is difficult for heaven and earth longer to bear with the English, and both gods and men are indignant (at their conduct). It is only left to completely exterminate and wash ourselves clean of them, cutting off and expelling them all ; and then will it be manifest that they are killed by the decree of Heaven, and how important are the lives of the people. "At present, as to the troops who have been selected from the different provinces, it is conjectured that they have already arrived at their destination. (in Chekeang), I order Elepoo to proceed immediately with troops and receive back the city of Tinghae,. and resuscitate the people from their lifeless state. MoreoVer, I order Ke shen to exhort and stimulate the soldiers, to advance, with valorous daring, and be the foremost in battle, for it is absolutely necessary that the rebellious foreigners must give up their heads, which, and the prisoners, are to be sent to Pekin in cages, to undergo•the last penalty of the law. For the seizure of the evil race of foreign ers and the rebellious native traitors, it is proper to establish laws ; and for putting them all to death with out exception. " As to the ports and offings of all the maritime pro vinces I have repeatedly sent down my imperial will to keep a secret and strict guard. I order all the General Governors, and Lieutenant-Governors, to increase their efforts in cruising and examining. If they (the English) come, forthwith attack them. Moreover, let perspicuous orders be issued to the officers and people, to be mindful of their enemies' anger and hatred, and be all equal in a determined will. Immediately report highly meritorious deeds, that I may confer rewards ; of this I have the ereatest hopes. Let this edict be circulated for general information.' MUTINY OF A FLEET OF STEAMERS.—OiI Sunday morning a novel mutiny took place on the river off Lambeth. When the time arrived for the iron steam-boats to get under way, previous to commencing business for the day, the funnels were lowered, the colours struck, and the captains, crews, and engineers, all went on shore, leaving the vessels without a soul on board. The cause of this extraordinary step was soon made known. The people who navigate the iron steam.vessels had been performing extra duty during the late fine weather without any increase of pay, and it was in. timated to them that the additional passages would be con tinued during the summer months. The men, who have a great responsibility thrown upon them, atd who are but in differently paid, asked for an increase of wages, which was refused them. In const quence of this refusal of the steam boat Company to comply with the reasonable demands of their servants, a meeting was held on Saturday night, and it was unanimously resolved to mutiny on the following morninc , and leave the steamers. When the fact became known to the Di rectors they were in great consternation, and the mates were applied to, and requested to take charge of the steamers, but the mates said they were rowing in the same boat as the cap tains. Threats and entreaties were of no avail ; all hands de clined to navigate the vessels until their demands were com plied, and the Directors at last were obliged to give way. The men were no sooner informed that their wishes were acceded to, and received a guarantee to that effect, than they returned to the vessels, and on a given signal up went the funnels and colours, three times three hearty cheers were given, and thus ended the mutiny of the steam-boat fleet. Tile Journal de Cherbourg of the 3d instant relates the following story :—" A few days ago, while ayoung lady was walking with her family in the dusk of the evening, she had a note slipped into her hand by a person who imme diately walked away with so much haste that she could not dis tinguish him. On reaching home she opened the billet, but found it an entire blank. On showing it to a party of young friends, one of them more knowing than the rest suggested that something might be written upon it in sympathetic ink. The paper was accordingly held to the fire, and the fdllowing words were brought to light in English : ' Fair Miss, I love you. If in return you can love me a little, I will wait for you every day, either at my hotel, from twelve till two, or at the Place of the Church at nine in the evening. I have a proposal to make to you. lam rich and can make you happy, if you will only consent.' The young lady was discreet, and disposed to treat the proposal with contempt, but some of her young companions were desirous of mistifying the swain, and she entered into their plans. Having prevailed upon an old and confidential servant to lend herself to the trick, they enveloped her in a long eloak with a large hood, and sent her to the place of rendezvous. The inamorato. nothing suspecting, hurried her to the door of the Hotel d'An: gleterre, where his carriage was waiting, aid having seized his prize in it, and placed himself at her side, drove off at full speed for Valonges. Several days have elapsed without any news of the fugitive or the companion of his escapade, and the giddy girls, who did not expect such a result, are waiting for intelligence of them with no small uneasiness." The Journal de Cherbourg announces that a handsome reward will be given to any one who will bring an account of them to its office. (From a Correspondent.)—" England would be as great and powerful, and all usefid Englishmen would be as rich as they are, though one ruin should engulf all the manufacturing towns and districts of Great Britain."— Standard, June 5, 1841. What will the Conservative de mocracy of our manufacturing towns say to this? being let in separate CALAMITOUS FIRE.—On Sunday morning a d i i . s h ti e n i (T u te% an t 3, Fire broke out in the house of Mr. Sellick, cabinet-maker, and we re --- e" Mary Arches-street, Exeter, between 4 and 5 o'clock, which 1 to state that three of them perished i n t h e g ames......De r vn : port Chronielc. a sP p r :r ad tmel ith s, th ea ere rful ureicrPiludiatYn.y TEE' SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, J 641, IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN7. HOUS.4' 0137. i---. -TONS, June 9. Tile SPLAIIER took the Chair at the usual hour. The Totness Small Debts Bill, the Bourne Ditinage Bill, the London and Greenwich Railway Bill, the Dublin Wide' Streets Bill, the Woodside and Hoylake Road Bill, and: the Tralee Navigation and Harbour Bill, were re pi;rtel Clay's Estate Dill and the Atherston Small Debts Bill were read a oec9nd time. The Drogheda Harbour Dill and Wemyss Estate Bill were read a third ti me an d passe d . The Lords Amendments to the Bristol and Exeter Railway 13111 and Monkland Canal Bill were agreed to. Sir MATTHEW WOOD presented a petition from the Ward of Farringdon Within, in favour of the proposi tions of her Majesty's Ministers. Sir R. DATESON presented two petitions from Londonderry against Church patronage in Scotlitucl. Mr. VIVIAN presented a petition from Cornwall.* favour of a modification of the Import Duties. Mr. GREIG presented a petition from Perth, signed by Mr. VERNON p resente d a 4,000 inhabitants, i n f avour o f a repea l o f t h e C orn -l aws . petition in favour of the present Corn-laws. Colonel G. LANGTON presente d severa l p e titions in favour of the reduction of the duties on sugar, timber, and corn. Mr. GILLON presented petitions from . Ayr, Lanark, Dumbarton, Falkirk, Biggar, 'Hamilton, Dundee, Glas gow, Edinburgh, Perth, and several other places, signed by 7,000 persons, many of them emanating from large public meetings, and signed by the chairman on their behalf, all praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. O'COI. NELL presented a petition from an indi vidual complaining of ill usage from the Portuguese Go vernment ; also a petition from the old Dublin police, praying for compensation ; and a petition from the Ca tholics of Dundee, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws and of the import duties on timber and sugar. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from Kent against any alteration of the Corn-laws. Colonel SALIVEY presented a petition from 1,314 inhabitants of Madeley and Broseley, in Shropshire, agreed to at a public meeti ng , p ra ying for a small fixed duty on corn in lieu of the present fluctuating scale, and in flavour of the measures now before Parlia ment with respect to the import duties ; also pe titions from 1,982 inhabitants of Coalpit Bank, Oakengate, and Ironbridge, Salop, for the immediate abolition of the Corn-laws ; from Bridgnorth, to the same effect ; and a petition from 460 females of Bridg north, praying the House to pass into a law the proposi tion recently made by her Majesty's Ministers in refe rence to the cruel Corn-laws, and thereby humanely suffer them not to die the inhuman death of starvation. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented several petitions from the counties of Monmouth and Montgomery, in favour of the Corn-laws ; also twelve petitions praying for the repeal of the Catholic Relief Bill •, and a petition from Leicester, praying that railways and canals might be pro hibited all traffic on the Lord's Day. Colonel SIBTHORP presented several petitions from places in Lincolnshire against any alteration of the Corn-laws. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented several petitions from places in Kent against the proposal of her Ma jesty's Ministers for an alteration of the Corn-laws. Ilr. PHILIP HOWARD presented a petition from the Catholics of Carlisle in favour of the measures of her Majesty's Ministers with respect to the import duties on corn, sugar, and timber. Mr. CAVENDISH presented several petitions pray ing for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. CRESSWELL presented a petition from the Town Council of Liverpool praying that certain clauses in .the Metropolitan Police Act might be made applicable to the kingdom generally ; also, from the same body, pray ing that Liverpool might be made the station for the American packets ; also a petition from the West India merchants of Liverpool to the same effect. Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the farmers of the North Riding of Yorkshire against any alteration of the Corn-laws. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from various districts in London, and from Leamington Priors, in Warwickshire, praying for the liberation of all persons confined for political offences : also a petition from an individual in Nottingham, whose name we could not catch, denying the allegations of the petition of Edward Penh= Cox, and stating that gross bribery had been committed at the last Nottingham election by the agents of the sitting Member. As the subject was to be brought under the consideration of the House to-morrow, he hoped there would be no objection to have the petition printed with the votes. Mr. ESTCOURT, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, saw no objection to the motion of the Hon. Member. The petition was then ordered to be printed. Colonel ANSON presented six petitions from places in Staffordshire, and a petition from Wednesbury, in Shrop shire, signed by 2,000 persons ; and another from Dar lington, signed by 2,000 persons, all praying for the re peal of the Corn-laws. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from the Pro testant Dissenters of Maryport, and also fifteen petitions from different parts of the metropolis, all praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. SOTHERON presented two petitions from parishes in Wiltshire, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. VILIAERS presented petitions from Mansfieki, Basford, and Langwith, in the county of Nottingham, Devizes, Patney, and Great Cheverell, in the county of Wilts, Aldbury, and Great BerlchampStead, in the county of Hertford', aud.,M4luathork — 'Burnham, and Moffat, Scotland, all praying for a total repeal of die Corn-laws. Mr. CLAY presented petitions from different parts of the county of Middlesex, praying the House to pass the Government measure for the alteration of the Corn-laws. Mr.. HINDLEY presented petitions from the Abori gines Society, complainino• n of the instructions given to Colonel Gawler, the Governor of South Australia, to the police of that colony to retaliate summarily on the natives for the supposed murder by them of the crew of the ship Adelaide. He was sorry the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies was not in his place, as he vished to draw his attention to the petition. Mr. V. MAULE presented petitions from Edinkirgh, Perth, and various other places in Scotland, in favour of the Government measure for an alteration in the duties on corn, sugar, and timber ; also petitions froth various parts of the metropolis, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord J. STEWART presented a petition from some place, the name of which we could not catch, praying 'or a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. JOHN JERVIS presented a petition from Bangor in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. DENNISON presented a petition from Epsom praying for a removal of all taxes which pressed on the food of the people ; also a petition from Pimlico praying for the opening of the Waterloo and Vauxhall-bridges. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE 'presented a petition from a place in Forfarshire, praying for the release of political offenders, and the adoption of the people's Charter. Mr. ALS TON presented a petition from a parish in Hert fordshire against any alteration in the present Corn-laws. Mr. HINDLEY gave notice, that on the Order of the Day being read for going into Committee of Supply on Friday next, he should bring forward a motion callIno• the attention of the House to the injustice done to the e lower and middle classes of society by the existing sys tem of legislation, and especially by the present Corn laws. Mr. WARD said, that as the Committee of the House had reported that the Hon. Henry Thomas Manners Sutton had been guilty of bribery at the last elec tion for Cambridge, he begged to give notice, that on Friday next ho would move that the At torney-General be directed to prosecute Mr. Swann and another agent whose name we could not catch, and that he also be directed to prosecute the Hon. H. T. M. Sutton for bribery at the said election.—(Hear; hear.) MR. O'CONNELL. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said he had to request the attention of the House for a few moments to a matter which was personal to himself.—(Hear.) It would be in the recollection of the House that in the debate last week the Hon. Member for Dublin made an attack upon the landlords of Ireland, in which he charged them with harshness and cruelty to their tenants. It fell to his (Mr. Sergeant Jackson's) lot to reply to the Ho nourable and Learned' Gentleman ; and in • doing so he stated that he had been informed that the Hon. •and Learned Gentleman himself was guilty of harshness in his treatment of his tenants. He asked the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to deny that he had in the month of April distrained his tenants for rents due in the preceding March. All the Hon. Member (Mr. O'Connell) said was, that if it were so, it happened without his knowledge, and he would make inquiries about it. He (Mr. Sergeant 'Jackson) felt it his duty now to read to the House a let ter that he had found on his table that morning. It bore the post mark of Castle Connell, and was dated June 6, 1841. It came from' the Mr. Twiss in question, and was to the - following effect :—" Dear Sir, I have read with great pleasure the statement made by you in the House of Cominons on the night of the 3d of June inst., in which you stated that my notorious countryman, Daniel O'Connell, distrained his tenants in the month of April, 1838, for rent due - the month before. This I know to be the strict truth, and 'I heard it from the distrainer, and all the tenants. I was on a visit at the time at my friend James Butler's, who lives within four miles of Derrynane. I deem it right to put you in possession of these facts, and you are at liberty to make whatever use you choose of this communication." Mr O'CONNELL—What name ? Mr. Sergeant JACKSON—It is signed " Robert Twiss." He was thus enabled to gratify the Hon. and Learned Gentleman with the particulars he was so anxious to obtain. He should likewise state that he had that morning found the memorandum to which he had referred, and which, as he had promised, he had communicated to the son of the Hon. and Learned Gen wasanst due the AopfriAli 1838—Distress arch preceding. tle , m p an . for re Twiss." Mr. O'CONNELL sad that if ever there was an in stance in which the usu tl rule ought to have been fol lowed, of not making attacks upon individuals without first Honourable apprising g 'and Learned of it, the pr esent was that case. The d L3arned Gentleman opposite had made an attack upon him from no better information than from that of a Mr. Twiss, whose Christian name he did not know, and who had only come into his study, and stated that he (Mr. O'Connell) had distrained upon his tenants, Now he would put it to any Hon. Member whether that was a ground for making such' a charge.—(Cheers.) The name of Mr.' J ames B u tl e r had been introduced, and it had been stated that he (Mr. O'Connell) b a d claimed relationship w i t h that-gen tleman ; he deniedliat he had ever done so ' • but, at the same time, he confessed that h e should have been proud of such en "Honour.—("H ear , h ear, " an d cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) Pronounced the .state ments in the letter of Mr. Twiss to be an utter falsehood, ' team it iyis impossible, if those distraints had taken place in April, that he (Mr. O'Connell) should not have heard of them. Now he would ask who was this Mr. Twiss ? He (Mr. O'Connell) thought that at one time he was a Magistrate, but he thought that he was not so now. If he was rightly informed, he believed that gentleman had had considerable misfortunes in life : that he had 'taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act. Such was, the person whose authority the Learned Sergeant opposite had quoted against him, one who was r proverbial in Kerry for the inaccuracy of his state ments—(Cheers)-and who had a denomination at tached to his name which was not very creditable to any party—the appellation of " Lying tßob Twiss," an appellation which he (Mr. O'Connell) believed he had enjoyed for the last twenty-five years.—(Laughter.) As he had said before he had never stated that Mr. Butler was a relation of his. He-should have been most proud if he had been. He (Mr. O'Connell) would leave it to the House to say whether the Honourable and Learned Member for Bandon had brought forward any ground for the charge he had brought against him (Mr. O'Connell) and that too without any intimation whatever to him. He could easily account for the conduct of the Hon. and Learned Member ; he had his motives and objects for what he had done, and he was very near obtaining them. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON denied that he had openod an office to receive complaints, but he could not prevent gentlemen walking into his study.—(oh !) He could not have given the Hon. Member notice, because he was not aware that it was the intention of the Hon. and Learned Member to bring forward the subject of the harshness of the Irish landlords. Mr. LOCKHART begged to ask whether it was the intention of the Government to renew a circular they had issued to the clerks of Justices of the Peace in Scotland, to prevent their acting as political agents. Mr. FOX MAULE said the Government had no power to issue such an order at all. It was known that many Justices' Clerks acted as political agents, and his Noble Friend the Secretary of the Colonies issued a Cir cular stating that such cOnduct did not meet the approval of the Government. Most of them intimated their in tention to refrain in future, but some refused, and the Government, he found, had no power to compel them. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the Orders of the Day be read. The first Order was for the second reading of the Col lege of Maynooth Bill, but as no Hon. Member made any motion on the subject, it was passed over. DOG -CARTS BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on the Dog Carts' Bill, Mr. PRYME opposed the motion, on the ground that it was an interference with a humble class of traders. He was glad to see his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House. If his Right Hon. Friend would consent to allow an ass to be used—(Loud laughter)—it might seem very ludicrous to the House to name the animal; it might perhaps be more agreeable to Right Hon. Gentlemen if he (Mr. P.) called thatanimal by the name of donkey.—(Loud laughter, which con tinued for several minutes.) What he meant to say was, that if an ass were allowed to be used with the same license as was paid for using a dog, it would tend ma terially to lessen the number of dog-carts, at least by one-tenth, throughout the country. He would con clude by moving that the Bill be committed this day six months. Mr. WARBURTON seconded the motion, because he was satisfied that it was a waste of the time of the House to legislate on such trivial matters. Last year it had been attempted to excite a feeling on the subject by appealing to their humanity, and stating that the dog was not proper for a beast of draught. Surely thbse who had made such a statement must have forgotten the Kamschatka dogs. The object of the measure was to prevent persons possessed of small means and in humble life, who could not afford to employ other animals, from doing their best to gain a livelihood. If the reason for putting down these carts was, that dogs were small animals and liable to throw down horses, then they ought to graduate the dimensions of all ani mals suffered to draw in the streets, and to prohibit Shetland ponies. —(Hear, hear.) Sir R. INGLIS was one of those whose name was on the back of the Bill, and he considered it an honour to have his name there.—(Hear, hear.) The opposition came entirely from the political economists. The Honourable Gentleman who moved the amendment was Professor of Political Economy in the Uni versity of Cambridge, and his. Quixotical friend, the Member for Bridkor,t seconded it. The true way to get rid of this subject would be to move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the clause in the Metropolitan Police Act, for he could not understand on what prin ciple the dogs of the town should be placed in a different position from the dogs in the country.(A laugh.) The Lapland and Kamschatka dogs drew on snow, and not on a hard pavement. He should support the Bill. Mr. HUME said that he had been a member of the Committee before which the evidence was taken, which led to the proposal of this Bill. Upon the evidence adduced before that Committee he would not give it his support. It the question were one of humanity, why should donkeys be allowed to be ridden ?—(Hear.) He believed there were no animals who were worse used than donkeys ; and if the questior_ were put on the ground of humanity, the Bill should be applied to them. There was no doubt but any animals might be abused, but that was no reason why they should never be em ployed. He therefore subinitted that the case was one winch should be left to the good sense and to the humanity of individuals. Mr. EAST replied. He had introduced the Bill for the purpose of suppressing those cruelties to doffs, which took place no less in the country than in town. It should 41yrays be remembered that the feet of dogs were not protecill by nature so as to enable them to bear heavy weightf. The Bill was extremely simple, following closely the provisions of the Metropolitan Act, but extending it to the country.. He hoped therefore the House would al low it to be proceeded with. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared, For going into Committee Against it • Majority -111 - The House then went into Committee. On the first clause being proposed, Mr. WARBURTON said that by that clause, if a child were riding on a Newfoundland dog in a private garden, a constable might enter the garden, take the parties be fore a single. Magistrate, and have them convicted in the penalties of the Act. Nay, if a dog drew a kettle tied to his tail—(Loud laughter)—the case would come under the provisions of the Act. ,The Act made no distinction between public roads and private grounds. It was ab surd enough to legislate on the subject at all, but he put it to the House whether they could tolerate such a tyrannical absurdity as this enactment. Colonel SALWEY opposed the Bill on the ground that it would put an end to the sport of shooting. In his opinion it was altogether an absurd attempt at legislation. Mr. FOX MAULE proposed to strike out the words " or carrying any burden." The clause as amended was then agreed to. On clause 2 being put, Mr. FOX MAULE moved that the penalty, instead of being 40s. for the first offence and 51. for the next, should be reduced to ss. and 31. - Mr. WARBURTON complained of the summary ju risdiction with which it was proposed to invest the Ma gistrates. The clause was then agreed to. On the clause authorising constables to apprehend of fenders without a warrant, and take them before a Ma gistrate; being`put, Mr. .WARBURTON proposed that it should be omitted altogether. Mr. C. BULLER said that a policeman had no power to take up aperson guilty of an assault without a war rant, but in the graver offence of employing a dog to draw a cart it appeared that he was to have the power.— (Hear, and a laugh.) He complained of this great legislative enactment that it was imperfect, inasmuch as it made no provision for the objects of its peculiar care. When they had taken up the man, what did they propose to do with the dog?—(A laugh.) He was deprived of his only natural protector, and did they intend to leave him to the wide world, without any food but such as he could get without attacking any unfortu nate passenger?—(Cheers and laughter.) A Bill had been brought in by a worthy Alderman some years since, for the prevention of hydrophobia, which had been treated with great ridicule by the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth. One clause of that Bill em powered a constable to take up any mad dog.—(Roars of laughter.) In consequence of various imperfections, that Bill was referred to a Select Committee, the mem bers of which had, he supposed, been chosen for their names. These were Mr. Lamb, Mr. Fox, and him self (Mr. " Bull"er)L-(Loud and continued laughter)— who was at the time a very young Member. That Committee, however, had elicited some most im portant medical testimony, from which it appeared that hydrophobia was one of the rarest diseases known, and that it never originated spontaneoisly, but was always the consequence of absolute contagion. The Hon. Mem ber for Shoreham supported the measure on the ground of humanity to bad riders, as dog-carts made horses shy - and unhorse gentlemen who were not very firm in their saddles ; but if they were to legislate for the safety of gentlemen who could not ride well, they ought to go further. Many horses shied at a wheelbarrow-4A 7laugh)—and he never knew a horse who would pass a knife-grinder's wheel without shying.—(Loud laughter.) Therefore, if they wished to carry out their legislative foresight for gentlemen who could not ride well to the full, they ought to follow up this great measure--(Loud laughter)—by a Bill against knife-grinders' wheels and wheelbarrows.—(Cheers and laughter.) The clause was then agreed to, and the House resumed. DANISH CLAIMS. • Mr. CRESSWELL moved :that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to address her Majesty on the subject of the Danish claims. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was undoubt edly true that a resolution had been adopted by the House for an address to the Crown on the subject of these claims, the amount of which was somewhere about 270,000/. He was sure it would be gratifying to the House to afford relief to any persons who had sus tained loss, but he did not think they ought to vote away so large a sum of the public money without taking into consideration the circumstances under which, these claims were made. On the Tresent occasion he felt that the amount was of very little importance, compared with the principle involved in it. The House was no doubt aware of the general nature of these claims. On two occasions lately it had been discussed in that House. It appeared to him that the arguments did not embrace the entire princiPle. The compensation asked for on the present occasion was compensation for the loss of certain ships and goods, which were seized by the Danish Government, in 1807, in consequence of the attack that had been made on Copenhagen by this coun try. About 30 years afterwards was the first time an application was made to the House of Commons on the subject. The first application was made for compensa tion for the loss sustained by certain individuals in the confiscation of debts which had been owing by Danish subjects to the subjects of this country, and which had been confiscated in consequence of the events to which he had alluded. Subsequently there was a compensation for goods on shore, which had been seized by the Da nish Government. A discussion took place, and it ap peared to the House that they might, with propriety, sanction these claims for compensation.--(Hear, hear.) The grounds on which these claims were urged by Sir James Mackintosh were very general, but they were to the effect that the goods seized and the debts confiscated were seized and confiscated contrary to the law of nations, and that where the Go vernment did not enforce redress, they were bound to make good the claims of their own subjects. That point was discussed more than once, and, undoubtedly it did seem that the principle which had been laid down and acted upon, 'was that if the subjects of one country. did .not think it tight to enforce compensation from the offending Government, the burthen was trans ferred to the Government to which the party belonged. The concession of those claims gave rise to an applica tion, he thought in the year 1834 or 1836, on behalf of the owners of ships and goods which had been seized afloat; encouraged. by the success of the previous application, petitions were presented on behalf of this claim. Various statements had been made to the House in relation to the facts, on a former occasion, when the subject of the claim was brought before the House, when it was nega tived. It was since advocated by several able Members of the House. Although the principle he had referred to was adopted by the House in relation to debts and goods on shore, no such authority was applicable to- the pre sent question, because it stood on a different footing, and involved a principle• which was totally different. He would now call the attention of the House to a distinct statement of the facts, as many speeches had been made in that House on the subject which varied somewhat as to the true statement respecting the origin of these claims. It would be material for the House to attend to the state of relations existing between this country and Denmark at the time of the seizure of the ships and goods. On the 27th of July, 1807, the English fleet sailed from this country with sealed orders, and arrived early in August in the Great Belt, and cut off all communica tion between Zealand and Europe. From the 3d of August negotiations were prosecuted by Mr. Jackson, seeking for the surrender of the Danish fleet for the security of this country. Upon the 16th of August—a most important date—the Danish Government issued a proclamation, stating that the Danish Envoy had on the 13th declared that hostilities would commence, and therefore that the two countries were at war ; and then gave orders for the seizure and detention of British property.. Now, as very much had been said on every occasion on the subject of want of notice of caution on the part of those in possession of the ships and goods which were ultimately seized by the Danish Government, and for which compensation was claimed, he wished to impress upon the House the cir cumstances which occurred at this date, the 16th, long be fore the seizure of the property. A proclamation was issued by the Danish Government stating that the two countries were at war at the same date. Admiral Gam bier published a document explaining the objects of the expedition, and seeking the possession of the Danish fleet, and threatening capture in case of refusal. On the 24th the Danish Government issued a further manifesto; and on the 25th of August the Admiral, who was the officer of that country, issued an order for the detention of the Danish vessels. On the 2d of September the bombardment of Copenhagen took place, and on the same day there was an Order in Council for the seizure of the Danish ships. On the 23d of Sep tember a manifesto was issued by Great Britain, and on the 4th of November there was a declaration of war. Now in the course of the discussion which had taken place on this subject the Chancellor of the Exchequer had protested against being supposed to sanction the claim. The matter was referred to a Committee, in order to ascertain the facts connected with the claims ; and a report was ultimately obtained in July last upon these facts. That report gave the dates on which the seizures had taken place. He had called the attention of that House to the date of the 16th of August. One vesssel was seized on the 23d of August, and four on the 25th. In the month of September there were five. The whole of the remainder were seized at a later period, extend ing to September, October, and November, and the claim to which he had referred embraced the whole of those captures down to the month of Dececmber. Now what was the ground upon which the House was justified in imposing a burthen exceeding a quarter of a million on 'm uch it public in respect of these captures? However .much it might be lamented that public events" should in flict loss upon individuals, it was not a received prin ciple that taxes should be imposed, and that compensa tion should be paid by the public to individuals who un fortunately suffered from the operations of war. It required something more than that an enemy should have seized the property to warrant the House in voting public money to relieve the sufferers. If these vessels had been seized according to the laws of war as ob served amongst civilized nations, what was the ground upon which the Rouse could distinguish the Danish claims from the immense class of ruined persons who had suffered from the seizures of France, Russia, and other nations ? It was most material to see whether there was any real ground of distinction. He had cautiously attended to the grounds urged at various times in order to induce the • House to vote the public money. First of all it ha ‘ d been stated that these individuals had a claim to compensation, because they had no notice of the inten tion of this country to commence hostilities with Den mark ; that they embarked upon their voyage, and re mained in the Baltic in full confidence that the amicable relations between this country and Denmark were not likely to be disturbed. He presumed that something more must be shown than that the Government did not give notice to the merchants of this country when they were about to commence hostile operations, or to commit a hostile act, or to commence a war against another Power.—(Hear, hear.) Whoever attended to the cir cumstances attending the seizure of the Danish fleet would perceive that the slightest previous intimation of the intention of the Government, if it had not totally defeated the immensely important obje2t which was gained by the seizure of the Danish fleet, would at least have added very greatly to the difficulty of the enter prise. It was impossible, consistent with public duty and with public policy, that the Government could have been justified in giving such information. No notice therefore was given prior to the sailing of the fleet, ex cept what was afforded by those public acts to which he had referred. He presumed that when the British fleet appeared off Copenhagen, and occupied the station which it did, no man in his senses would draw any other inference than that it was extremely probable that hostilities would take place. The vessels did not arrive there certainly with any view to preserve peace in any sense which could induce persons to suppose that they were secure. . But this fleet arriving there at the date he had mentioned—on the 3d of August—these vessels continued there. He would not say that by such conduct they had acted imprudently. While the fleet was there, he would not deny but that they were safe enough ' • but when they traced the course of events, and found these vessels remaining after the English fleet had left the Baltic, taking with them the Danish fleet and stores, no one could contend but that they had had abun dant information given to them, sufficient to put any prudent persons on their guard ? He begged the House to notice what the principle was on which this compensation was claimed—(Hear)—and to what that principle would lead. If that country found it necessary, on a sudden emergency to make an attack on a Foreign Power, and the Foreign Power should seize on British property—thus circumstanced, would that make a claim for compensation. He beseeched the House to look to the public consequences to which such a principle I must lead. He therefore thought that the argument that they had not had sufficient intimation was one which was not applicable in the present instance. But it was said that they ought to consider the peculiar circumstances under which that fleet had gone to Den mark. As far as he could gather them the circum stances were these. The Government of the day, having, no doubt, obtained secret information of the fact, understood that the Danish Government had agreed to give Bonaparte the use of their fleet to serve against this country. In fact there was a secret article to that effect in the Treaty of Tilsit. The British Government having obtained information of that fact, acted in antici pation of the secret article. They found the Danish Go vernment was a weak Government compared with the French, and knew that they had agreed to aid the French against this country by the loan of the Danish fleet, and undoubtedly, and he thought rightly, before that secret article could be known, the Government thought it right to save this country from the dangerous position in which it would be placed by the execution of that secret article of the Treaty, by sending to Denmark and seizing the fleet. If, said the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, a weak man possessed an instrument capable of destroying you, and a strong man, your enemy, had induced the weak man to lend him that instrument, and you knew it beforehand, who would hesitate to wrest the. weapon from his hand ? It was not possible to discuss such a question on narrow grounds. But he did not apprehend that the propriety or impropriety of that war had anything to do with the legal part of the question. They were not to decide on claims for compensation by looking back to the history of the justice or the injustice of the war. That ques tion was to be decided on other principles. He knew that some persons considered the seizure of the Danish fleet an act of great aggression, but it would be a most unfortunate result for the country if they should lay it down as a principle that because in the opinion of a certain portion of the community hostilities were unjus tifiable, that therefore parties thus situated should be entitled to compensation. Allusion had been made to a conversation stated to have taken place be tween Admiral Gambier:and certain persons interested in these claims at the time the fleet were in the Baltic. 'lt had been stated that two persons asked the Admiral if they might not safely go up the Baltic, •and that the Admiral had told them they might. Now that con versation had been brought forward thirty years after it was stated to have taken place, when Admiral Gambier was dead, and when the only witnesses to it were the persons interested in making the claims. He thought no one could doubt that such evidence was not sufficient to warrant them in coming to a decision on the subject, more especially when they had no knowledge of the dates when, or the circumstances under which such con versations took place. He knew that the Government had caused search to be made among the public documents, in order to ascertain if any douments could be discovered to justify the opinion that the Government of the day had misled the merchants, but no such document could be found. Hei would therefore say that neither the recent nor previous motion, nor the justice or injustice of the war, formed any ground for granting compensation in the present instance. The next ground alleged was that the English fleet was in the Baltic for a certain time and had left it without pro tection. Now he (the.Solicitor-General) presumed that those who were there were not in a situation in which facts so notorious and open to the public as the British fleet being in the Baltic and having the whole Danish fleet in its possession were not known to them. The very fact of its leaving the Baltic was too notorious for such a state of things, and the state of affairs was such MORNING EDITION. as that individuals who had not some views of them would not have suffered their property and goods to re main in those ships upon any idea that circumstances would alter the position in which they were then placed, and that protection would be afforded them. Was it a ground for compensation if any department of the Govern ment of the day had left that or any part of the world without protection, whereby the property of' the country was hostilely seized—was that the ground upon which the House would vote public money by way of compensation? Blame might be passed on such a Government for' this act ; but he (the Solicitor-General) did not recollect ever to have heard or read that because protection had not been afforded in some parts of the world that those who had suffered were to receive compensation by a vote of that House. The complaint that protection had not been afforded had been repeatedly made and brought before the House; but he believed it had never been fol lowed up by a vote of public money for compensation. Another ground urged was that if the House thought fit to grant compensation for the loss sustained by the con fiscation of the debts and goods, that it ought, there fore, to do equal justice and to extend compensation to ships and goods. He believed that the House was in duced to vote such compensation upon very distinct prin ciples--on a public principle, not taken up for the oc casion, but one that was supported by the books and au thorities. After compensation had been afforded to those who had sustained losses in respect to what he had ad verted, it was urged, on the part of the present claim ants, that those individuals had no just claim. If it was true that the confiscation of goods on shore was contrary to the law of nations—if that was true, said they, you granted compensation when the principle was not called for, for when you made your treaty with Denmark you made ' it to the effect that debts should not be recoverable, notwithstanding compensation ; but that statement was never made to the House till long after the compensation was granted by the House. The House granted the compensation on the grounds he had stated, and it was urged by Sir James Mackintosh in the first instance, and that argument was after wards granted byother Hon. Members, that the country had stipulated for the redress. Now, if that argument was well founded, the subsequent stipulation overrode the original claim. In that instance the House, in al lowing compensation, acted upon a distinct ground, but then it was stated, that though the House had granted compensation, and though the country had stipulated for the redress, that it could not be maintained, and it was subsequently stated that the subjects of this country did not desire it. He (the Solicitor-General) knew not how that might be, but he did know that many had applied for it. He repeated that the House had never sanctioned the principle on which the present claim was founded, and that the former claim !had been panted on entirely dif ferent grounds. There was another fact which had been stated, and he apprehended it was one which had made a considerable impression on the House, and probably went far in inducing it to accede. to the late motion upon the subject ; it was this, that this country at the time had seized Danish property to a very great amount ; and it was said that as we had then possessed ourselves of property amounting to upwards of one million sterling, the petitioners who had suffered by the acts of hostilities ought to be compensated out of that fund. That argu ment appeared plausible enough, but it appeared to him to rest upon precisely the same grounds as the claim which the subjects of a country might make for their losses they had sustained from an enemy, while they sought to be indemnified out of the property which the country had got as the fruits of the war. It did not appear to him that the proximity in point of date of the seizure of the Danish to the seizure of the British property in any respect asserted the principle. It was no just ground of compensation that that country, in the course of its hostilities with another, acquired pro perty of great value—that, certainly, was no ground for putting forward a claim for compensation. Such a prin ciple would lead to very extensive cmsequences, and very great embarrassment, The Chancellor of the Ex chequer (Lord Althorp) said that these elaims not having been made for thirty years afterwa.ids; the fund had been long since exhausted, or if not, that a very small and insignificant sum remained available. Let not the House act upon the presumption that that country had had the benefit of a large surplus amount of pro perty taken from the Danish nation beyond the ray meats appropriated to the subject. From his inquiries on the matter, in order to ascertain what was his duty with respect to these claims, he had learned that no such fund pow existed, and it would be a gross injustice to vote'away the public money under the erroneous impres sion that such a fund existed. He believed he had stated the various arguments that had been urged in the discus sions that had taken place on the subject. His Hon. and Learned Friend had referred to some authorities which he said sanctioned these payments. If his Hon. and Learned Friend thought there were any such authorities, let him point them out, for he (the Solicitor-General) had not been able to ascertain that such claims as the present were anywhere mentioned by the law of nations. If the Danish Government, in seizing the goods and ships, were in the course of legitimate warfare—if they com mitted that infraction according to the laws and rules by which the civilized nations conducted their warfare, then what was there in that case whereby, according to ge neral principles, the subjects of this country were entitled to compensation at the public expense for losses sustained in the course of legitimate warfare? Nobody had ever attempted to deny that the warfare was legitimate on the part of the Danes. He heard the echo of the word legi tunate. Probably an impression existed in *the quarter from which that sound emanated that the warfare could not be legitimate on the part' of the Danes if that war fare was induced by a wrongful act on the part of our Government. The question was, had the Danes, in seizing the property, committed any act by which the claim of those who suffered was justified. Many persons differed as to the propriety of the act of this Government in commencing hostilities, but nobody had denied that the Danes were 'justified, if they thought fit, in seizing the property of the subjects of thi s country. It was of great importance when that House voted large sums of money as compensation to persons standing in a situation analagous 'to that of the present petitioners, that the act should be intelligibi e on general principles. The House should not, in it s votes, give rise to the probability of an opinion arising , that it was influenced by favour to this or that class of persons. The vote should be given on broad intelligible public principles. He was satisfied that if that came to be distinctly stated, his Hon. Friend, who advocated the cause of those petitioners, would perceive that there was no just foundation for those claims. He (the Solicitor- General), therefore, had called the attention of the House to the facts_ out of which those claims arose, and he cer tainly failed to discover any ground upon which this House would vote compensation in the present instance, which could not be advanced by any set of persons who might suffer by war. He did not think that those claim ants suffered as much as the persons from whom Russia had made its immense seizure. He did think it would be difficult to prove that the claims of those who suffered by the Russian seizure stood higher than the present claims. For it was more than doubtful that, the Rus sians acted according to the laws of war when they seized the property he alluded to. He trusted the House would address its attention to those ge neral public grounds on which the claims of compensation was made, and say whether it was one which they could impartially and honestly grant He would be the last man to stand in the way of compensa tion, if these individuals could sustain a well-founded claim. He thought no fresh grounds existed, andlie hoped that the House would perceive that the first reso lution adopted with respect to the claim, whereby it was rejected, was a fitting one ; and that the last arose from some such cause as the eloquence of the gentlemen who advocated the claim. As there were no fresh grounds for sustaining the claim, he hoped the House would op pose going into Committee on the question. Sir STRATFORD CANNING, who was almost in audible, said he wished to say a few words on this ques tion. He considered the frequent discussions of this ques tion and the vote,s<to which the House had previously come respectingit, was a sufficient justification for the present motion---(Hear, hear)—for the House had already passed three subsequent votes on this subject, not in pre vious Parliaments, but during the existence of the pre sent House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) Without re curring to any previous knowledge of the proceedings he considered he was at least bound to support the votes he had given. After the House hadgone this length it was for the Government to consider whether there were an y circumstances such as would not warrant them to ta ke those steps which could carry the votes of the Hous e c into effect. A s on th ose f ormer occas ions he had voted with the maj or ity h e s h ou ld vo t e w ith his Learned Friend eu (Mr. Cresswell) on the present occasion. He was. N • aware of the distinction the Hon. and Learned So li c itor- General had drawn between these claims, as related to one part of the property concerned, and t hose which re lated to the other part. If he rightly understood the Hon. and Learned Gentleman he admitted t hat the former claims rested on this ground, th a tth t e h t he l Danes aw in confiscating this property had not exce eded nations. He was perfectly well aware of _ the pe culiar relations between England an d Denmar k , at th a breaking ou t of the war in the year 1807. That principle, not think . and the non left this ea se With an exception. iffairly regardapplied to nt was valid, for the other Learned Gentleman's argument claims that were satisfied were not brought forward until t t h o e ot t h im ei e • chaeses, did 30 years a fter they had accrue d. It de p end ed entirely upon the circumstanc es under which that war commence that this and he must be allowed to o bserve being estab lished all that had been said about the danger of intro ducing bad prec edents t aside. It wou ld appear that D on that occasi on the Danish Governm en t h a d thought it right to exercise what, in the opinion of the Hon.'and Learned Gentleman opposite, was a legitimate right, and they appeared to have exercised it with every wish to maintain pacific relations with us. Wehad shown our specific intentions by the armament We had sent out, so as to take away from the Danes all excuse for resist ance. It appeared that no embargo was made in this country till long after the squadron was withdrawn, and the merchants might have presumed that negotiations in the presence of so large a squadron would have had a peaceable effect, or at leasthave sufficed for their protec tion.--(Hear.) These circumstances justified his Hon. Friend in bringing forward the subject. ,th(re were great peculiarities in this case—pecuharities so great as to render persons concerned entitled to indemnity, to which, under other circumstances, they would not be en titled.—(Hear.) If it were not for theie - :extreme pe culiarities, he should be one of the first to recognise the danger of acceding . to these claims ; but he felt that he was justified in giving his vote for this motion. Whatever might be their ulterior proceedings, he thought the House was bound to follow up the votes thiThad already given. —(Hear.) Mr. HUME said—Sir, this 'subject has been so often before the House, and so well argued her both partie‘ that I really do not consider that much Anne ought now to be occupied. I cannot but express my regret that the Learned Solicitor-General did not favour us on former occasion with his views on this - subject,' that we might, in the first instance, have had the benefit of his learning and research, and an opportunity of looking into those facts to which he has alluded, although I