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The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sux corn menced at b 0 minutes after Three. 4,4 1 fi,tay, • •m ... 41' =yo 11u/ h 4 , _ !AIL 0 .4 41 1 $1. * Tht o§un, LONDON: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1841. We have received by express from Marseilles, in anticipation of the overland mail from India, letters a.sid papers from Chusan to the 24th of No vaomber, from Macao to the 18th of December, fliOtti Singapore to the 31st of the same month, from Calcutta to the 22d of January, a day later from Madras,—from Bombay to the 2d, Alexan dria 24th, and from Malta to the 26th ult. The news from China, if not positively disastrous, is exceedingly gloomy and unsatisfactory. After the greater part of a year spent in doing next to nothing, Admiral ELLIOT has been obliged, in consequence of severe indisposition, to resign the command of the expedition to Sir JAMES GORDON BREMER, and to leave the luckless Captain EL LIOT sole Plenipotentiary of the British Govern ment for the settlement of all disputes with the celestial Empire ! It now appears for the first time, that when the expedition was sent out against China, the Government here, by way of reward we suppose for past blunders, appointed Captain -ELLIOT joint Plenipotentiary with the Admiral ; and yet when at the mouth of the Peiho the Admiral refused an interview with the Envoy of the Emperor, as his inferior in rank, Captain ELLIOT scrupled not to meet him as an equal, and actually to negotiate the return of the expAition without the firing of a shot, on the receipt of an apology, to the un healthy swamps of Chusan ! How long is England to be befooled and degrad.ed by havinglier honour committed to the representation of this officer? Is the GovernmentG overnment so powerful that it can brave public opinion so long as it is sustained by the influence of one Noble family ? But Captain ELLIOT'S destiny appears to doom him to be spurned and spat upon by the Chinese. On the 21st of No vember Captain ELLIOT, having returned from Chusan, went on board the Queen steamer; and having hoisted a flag of'truce approached the Bogue . • forts tor the purpose of sending a letter to the new Commissioner, KE bIiEN, at Canton. The forts fired upon the flag, and one ball struck the steamer -mid-ships. Captain ELLIOT returned the fire by throwing some shells into the forts, but immediately afterwards sheered off. Next (lay a fornaidable British force appeared near the forts ready for action, b ut on a mock apology being made to Captain ELLIOT, the different Commanders received orders not to fire a single shot ! But what became of the letter? ItS fate was as undignified as that of the Plenipotentiary himself. An obscure native pilot, on receiving a good reward undertook to carry it to Canton! Would that the gallant Commodore N.IPIER had Leen on board the Queen steamer when the flag of truce was fired upon ! He would have -vindicated the honour of the British nation by tumbling the forts about the ears of the petti coated - warriors of the " central flowery land." Had we any more competent person to manage Out affairs in China than Captain ELLIOT, we should observe that our military force at Chusan is shamefully inadequate to the necessities of our position. 13ut of what avail would be a million of sol hers, and an hundred sail of the line, under the command of such a nincompoop as Captain ELLIOT? To the Chinese his name was deservedly sts terrible while a 'prisoner at Canton, as now at the head of a large well-appointed squadron at the mouth of the Canton river. If the Government really wish to bring the Chinese to their senses, one of its first acts must be to re move Captain ELLIOT from a post for which he is its incompetent as the gallant moustachioed Member for Lincoln himself. With respect to the document purporting to be a translation of the official letter of Lord IWINTO to the Emperor of CHINA, we need only Hay that it would afford us pleasure to be able to Pronounce it a forgery. As it stands it is of a Piece with Captain ELLIOT'S ridiculous corre spondence with him subsequent to the destruc tion of the opiu m . • From the first the expedition was grossly mis managed' but NO-tether the whole blame is to be laid at =oe door of the British, or the Indian Government or the Plenipotentaries, we profess war inabilitydetermine. When the Admiral appeared at totit nth of the Peiho River, within ninet charil:s of wit e : v t a l to have been ed Canton, ought fixed and unalterable demands, nch must be complied with before his retirement from that menacing position. In the language of commerce he ought to have been prepared to present his Bill to the EMPEROR, and to exact on the spot prompt payment. The EMPEROR had had time enough granted him for inquiry, and if it appeared that none had been insti tuted, we should have taught him that when such delays took place, where British inte rests were concerned, we were considerate enough to save our enemies all trouble by inquiring and computing for ourselves, and that it only remained to pay the bill as presented. Had the Admiral intimated to the Imperial Commissioner that two mil lions sterling worth of property had been destroyed at Canton, that a million of expense bad been incurred in fitting out the expedition, and that this money must be paid down without inquiry or deduction before the disappearance of a single British ship from the Peiho, the Volage which brings home the Gallant ADMIRAL would now be returning freighted with Sycee silver, with an account of the re-opening of the trade not only with Canton but with all the ports as high as Chusan. But the Admiral temporized, and lost the fruits of the whole ex pedition. The news from India and Egypt is interesting. We are likely to have plenty to do to keep the Shah SOOJAH, incompetent as he is for the dis charge of all the duties of Sovereignty. The restoration of MEHEMET ALI to the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt was officially notified to the VICEROY on the 20th, but the firman for that purpose, which we give at length, is clogged with provisions which induced the PACHA to de cline its acceptance. The most offensive of these is one reserving to the Porte the right of nam ing any of AlEnEmyr's sons it pleases to the Pa chalic of Egypt. There can be no question but that MEHEMET ALI is perfectly right in refusing to adopt such a regulation. This would be holding out a premium to rebellion in his family, and would destroy that salutary influence which a parent ought to have over his own children. It would likewise enable the Porte at any mo ment to kindle a civil war in Egypt by setting the children of the PACHA against each other and their father, by underhand promises of the Pachalic to the successful incendiary. Commodore NAPIER, who is at Alexandria, shares in the views of the VICEROY, whom he considers as unfairly dealt with. Rumours attribute the chief blame to Lord PONSONBY, who is said to be as bitterly bent as ever upon the destruction of MEHEMET ALI and his family. As the PACHA relied so' much on British honour, we trust the Govern ment here will know how to afford him adequate protection against the machinations at Constan tinople. In the House of Peers, which met last night as usual, Lord KENYON presented petitions from Wales against the new distribution of Church property. There is no chance of contenting any class by any distribution of a revenue which, in its origin and appropriation, is essentially unjust. The Earl.of ABERDEEN made a speech on the supposition that the Rev. Mr. CANDLISH had been appointed to a new Professorship in Edin burgh College, but when he had finished, and made an inquiry on the subject, the Noble Earl was informed that the appointment, though con templated, had not been completed. When it was ascertained that Mr. CANDLISH was one of the sturdiest opponents of the law, the offer made to him had been withdrawn. It would be surprising if the press had been the means of informing the Ministers of the mistake they had been led into, which seems probable, for the Edinburgh paper stated that Mr. CANDLISH'S appointment was completed. A timely notice of its impropriety has, however, prevented that. The Rev. Non-Intrusionist is therefore disap pointed. Their Lordships passed the Copyhold Enfran chisement Bill through a Committee, and then adjourned. In the House of Commons the Severn Navi gation Bill was referred to a Select Committee, after a division of 74 to 40. Mr. VILLIERS, on, presenting a petition against the Corn-law, gave notice that he would renew his motion on the subject after Easter. We hope it will be kept alive in Parliament, for assuredly it will not die in the country. A report, in fact, prevails that Ministers mean to make the esta blishment of a low fixed duty a Cabinet measure. We trust that this report is true, for any and every change will tend to break up the present system; and the proposition for a fixed duty will lead we believe—indeed we are sure it will, if the agriculturists comprehend their own inte rests—to the total abolition of the tax on bread. They are, we verily believe, the first race of jolterheads who ever expected to gain advan tages by lessening the consumption of, and de mand for, their produce. A great number of petitions were presented, and amongst them a novel one from Newspaper proprietors of Exeter, complaining of injury done to their property by the publication of the Newspaper Stamp Returns, and praying that the practice might be discontinued. Some little discussion ensued on leave of ab sence being moved for Mr. INounm and Mr. W. 0. STANLEY. The Members who stay in town seem rather to envy the freedom which the holiday-seekers enjoy. The leave of absence was granted. In answer to Mr. FRESHFIELD, the CHANCEL- Lon of the EXCHEQUER stated that on Jan. 5 an officer was sent to Dartmouth for the purpose Df preparing to carry into effect the recommen lations of Commissioners that Dartmouth should )e the port for the departure and arrival of the mail packets. Mr. F. KELLY moved that the petition of Mr. REEVES, a surveyor of taxes, who complains that his pension is not adequate to his services, be re ferred to a Select Committee. Mr. PARKER resisted the motion, because the Treasury had followed in the case ofMr. REEVES the principles it had invariably f o ll owe d. After a short debate, the House divided, and slr. K ELLY'S motion was rejected by 38 to '27. Returns of the expense of the Canadian and yrian wars, were ordered on the motion of Mr. lUME. Mr. MILES obtained leave to bring in a Bill to give Justices power, in Special Sessions, to en force penalties for breach of promise of mar riage, &c. ••‘l%. LSBOUCHERE moved the appoi n t men t of on the Railway Bill, which a Sele c t C ommittee was ordered . At Ralf-past Seven the n on - Sessnioont (b)foie'arliamn Probably the s oun d of war scares trifles out of the heads . of lion. Members, or makes them a shamed of discussino. ~,,them. House d_iot Certainly the want u a r s ne o d io . Such a q u i et pre sent, has cert a i n l y known since 1828. of interest in the Parliamentary n ot the consequence 0 discus s i ons i s / a many matters of great and Pressing public en importance, which ought gage the attention of the Legislature. in our recollection the discussion of Parliament was never less commensurate to the public wants. i n fact, if we are not mistaken, it is the greatness of the latter which keeps the Members silent. War cannot lightly be spoken of. The vast discontent of the masses can neither be overlooked nor remedied. Financial difficulties stare the House of Commons in the face, and demand skill and energy to overcome them. These are matters which cannot be trifled with; they weigh, we believe, on men's hearts, and at present tie their tongues. Were the gentlemen at Westminster snore loquacious, we should deem the difficulties of the Government less overwhelming than their comparative silence makes us suppose them to be. The French journals of Monday have been duly received. They contain no news of inte rest, and we want space for any comments on the little which we publish on to us unimportant subjects. We can only quote the following ex tracts from them : The number of men of war of all rates, which compose the French navy, and which are now armed, is 199 ; 20 of the line of which 4 are of 120 g uns 7 of 80 ; 22 frigates,; 2 of 100 ; 3 o f 90 ; 4 o f 86 ; an d of which sof 60 guns ; 1 of 58 ; 5 of 52; 3 of 50 ; 7 of 46 ; and 1 of 40: 18 corvettes guns, and 11 f rom 20 to 28 3of whei l ct 6 htery brig a 7ig vig of :s 20 visos of 10 gun s; 9 ; of 16 guns ; 21 b r i gs, of which 16 of 20 guns; gun bri gs , w i t h 4 p i eces of cannon; 35 sebooners, cutters, k corvette &c., of 8 guns and under; ME SUN. LONDON, WEDNESD ‘Y, MARCH 10. 1q :j 11 corvettes of burden; 12 lighters (gubares); 2 transport • brigs";" 29 steam-boats. The Emancipator, a Toulouse Journal, of the sth says, " It seems that the little Carlist bands in Catalonia are nearly ex terminated. Thirteen brigades have been taken about lqua lada, of whom five were shot; among them is a priest of Ma7ane, named Miramon, who was one of the Lieutenants of Camlleras, who will not long escape the search which is made him.—Le Commerce. The Monitiur, of this morning (the fifth) announces in its official part, that the King has received a letter from the Elec tor of Hesse. Cassel, notifying the death of the Electress, on which occasion the King will go into mourning for 11 days. The officill papers contain also a report of the Minister of the interior on the execution during the year 1839 of the law of 26 May, 1836, relative to the roads (chemines bicinaux). The report 6119 19 columns of the Moniteur.—Le Constitu tionnel. BO URSE.PARI9, MCNDAY, MARCH 8. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price F, ench 5 per Cents lll 65 ... 111 L 0... 11l GO ... 11l 81 4 per Cents 9B ... 98 ... 98 .. 98 3 per Cents 77 5 .:. ;7 40 ... 77 5 ... 77 35 8 ,nk of trance L :ifitte Bank 50001. Mares 5155 ...5155 ...5155 ..M55 ielgian Bank 5 per Cent........ 3 per Cents 7O tiO ... 70 6U ... 70 60 ... 70 re, New Loan... ..... ... 101% ... 101% 4 panish Active 2 5 1,E ... 2514 ... 25 ... 254 Passive 6 ... 6% ... 6 ... 6 New Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cents 19% ... 19% ... 19% ... 19 34 N •apolitan ••••••••« ...... .... lO2 50 ... 102 85 ... 102 50 ... 1 02 85 iO3llBll lOl% ... ini% ... 101% ...1(11% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ........... Versailles.R. B 412 50 ... 412 50 ... 412 50 ... 412 50 L.B. 312 Ms ... 315 ... 312 50 ~. 315 Orleans . . Strasburg r. Bale 2 ll 25 .. 242 50 ... 1:41 25 .. 241 95 Bordeaux to La 1 este 420 ... 420 ... 4211 ... 4TO Wulbausen to 'Mann .. louen 460 ~.460 ... 460 ... 460 Madrid papers of the Ist inst. have reached us. They are destitute of news. On the Bourse busi ness was somewhat active. The Five per Cents. were done at 281 for cash, and 2Si for sixty days But a very short period will elapse before the intentions of the United States, with respect to Mr. M'LEop, are fully known ; and although we do not attach so much importance to the insult ing, and, if we must speak the truth, lying Re port of the Committee of Foreign Relutions, as some of our Contemporaries, we are not indiffe rent to the important fact that upon the decision of the Federal Government now depends the so lution of the question, peace or war. With the particular Government of the State of New York we have nothing to do. As a nation Eng land is not officially cognizant of the existence of such a State, nor of any of the other twenty-six States comprising the Union. Our business is only with the Federal Government, and if that Government refuse to afford us redress the con sequences will of course be visited upon the whole Union. An American journal, which takes a very sensible view of this question, suggests, that in the event of Mr. M'LEop being hanged, Eng land might make reprisals on the citizens of the State of New York. England will do nothing of the kind. She will not imitate the Govern ment of New York in the judicial murder of in nocent individuals. If a hair of M'LEoro's head fall, there is but one step to be taken by England, and, however distressing it may be to resort to that ultima ratio regum, there is no doubt but that it will be instantly adopted. What ever Mr. Plc KEN may suppose, England is not in a temper to permit her loyal and innocent subjects to be hanged with impunity. We are as far from wishing to indulge in threats against the United States, as we are from being the objects of Mr. PICKEN'S calumnies; but this we may be permitted to say without offence, that should the unfortunate events now under the painful consideration of the two countries lead to a war, there are sufficient elements of discord in the different Republican States, as to make the utter disruption of the Union a matter of very little difficulty. Several of the States are already opposed to the deten tion of Mr. M'LEon, and assuredly they would not, in compliance with the provisions of a con stitution now proved to be unsuited to the neces sities of the Federal Government, make war upon England to screen his murderer from the vengeance of outraged justice. And were it otherwise, as Lord MOUNTCASHEL well observed in the House of Lords on Monday evening, we have, in the institution of domestic slavery in the south—in the wrongs of the aboriginal tribes— in our gallant army—and in our powerful fleet, ample means of terribly avenging any outrage of our rights committed by our brethren on the other side of the Atlantic. But we still trust matters will not come to this. Mr. WEBB HALL, whose pamphlet we on Mon day noticed, states that the landlords, or the owners of the passive capital invested in land, take advantage of the attachment which the farmers, or the owners of the active capital, ne cessarily and naturally form to the spot they cultivate, and, in cultivating, beautify and adorn it, to rivet on them the chains of their odious tyranny, and not unfrequently to enrich them selves at the farmer's expense. An influence he says) as cruel as it is base, is attempted to be exercised upon them, to induce them to prostitute their convicti .ns, when an owner of an estate dares to draw upon their attachment to a place they have sedulously improved, and for the use of which they may have paid more than a just equi valent ; while a watchful crew of candidates may be ready at any compromise to pounce upon a harvest of improvements they have never made. To inflict subserviency and degradation upon the farmers, the landlords profit by Attachment to a locality on which the farmer might have been brought up,—the improvements he may have imbedded upon his farm, and ,WHICH THE LAW, HUT NOT JUSTICE, GIVES TO ANOTHER,—the inconvenience and hazard to those most dear to him restrain removal, and the want of that gene ral knowledge, which would enable him to turn his attention to other pursuits, if his inclination would allow him,—or, lastly, the indisposition to quit the country that gave him birth, and seek another where land is more plentiful, and where its price is nominal. Such are the ties that bind the British farmer to his pursuit : to all his trials he sets the word " home," and frequently clings to a spot, under the most ad verse circumstances, rather than fwe the alternatives which change might bring. Instead of cherishing and honouring the Arca dian attachment of the tenantry to the homes of their fathers, which is justly said to be the source of many virtues, Mr. IVEun HALL says, that the landowners erect on that at tachment their hateful dominion, and exercise their tyranny, because they know that the love of home will make the farmers submit. The te nantry desire that their bones may be laid in the same church-yard as their fathers, that their children may be baptized at the same font, and married at the same altar, where they and their parents were baptized and married, and on this sacred affection the landowners would build their oppression. How unworthy ! how base ! how utterly are such facts at variance with the cha racter which the Corn-law advocates ascribe to the owners of land ! We must make another quo tation. Mr. WEBB HALL says— There are instances where. the improvements of a tenant, not protected by a lease, have been most unjustly appropriated in part by the landlord to hi. own use in increased rent; to obtain which, the legal power over the whole may have been used as an instrument, or have been the influencing motive for the concession of a tenant ; while a landowner may have been tempted, behind the scenes, by offers for the gathering of that which he had never strewed, and therefore was wholly unentitled either to let or reap Many of the evils re hearsed in the foregoing review will attach to the tenancy of land, which is continued to be owned by the same individual or his family, for a long course of years. There are other cir cumstances which give additional pressure to these : when an estate changes hands and becomes the property of a purchaser to whom a tenantry are unknown:---whose connection com mences from the day of his payinent for the estate, estimated at the value whi c h it th en possesses , an d a considerable portion of t _ actuallyiwhich which realizesthe value sel m lei a rn y os fuh such T ea beensaes sale, ca.: ewhile wimpartedasen:einteotnhitt eitd b le y edb i: bo p uf r t o w v .a e ht n i. i ct e h n ih ts e , s e t nl i c o, h rh, e m i s i might 1 by y e e trh a s p e, p t e tr a lai l n e e t sn l f e,r t o . in reference to the original g p u ls e : adroit enough' which brilliant torombeiseastliough some of them are give :reele landlords, culti%. tempt, matcharfeorvitchteimciuzpeiddibtyy aiptorsolol' impoverished l e i e sl d o i l a , s i n well t u a r s n d f e o g r r a fo d o e d d , The inhabitants of the towns by their exactionnsp giveng uxuries, and valuable useful clothing, cheering we sl t i l a o i l e l ir g t uot e a passage tools. The landlords them nothing in return for rent but degradation. in stance of their conduct, t e o xis t t h in e give another which shows them extendinf, labourers as well as the tenants : To show how erroneous are the sentimentsyrwahni: high, and what ought to be well-informed, quarter subject, it Q ua be stated, that the administratorsstooufpaioeunsttihcei: assembled in ter Sessions, have been known in several instances, that it served farmers right, when robbedclare by their labourers, if they suffered them to keep a p i g ! , 1 his sentiment is alike tyrannical and absurd. What is there in the contract between tenant and labourer to auth or i se so gross an assumption of arbitary power At the same time the landowner s who make the tenants' case the plea for taxing our b read, leave the property of those tenants shamefully unprotected. We do not spe ak of the manner in which the landowner's game d evours the tenant's crops, while the tenant i s forbidd en to kill what are to him destructive vermin, but of a neglect which the following passage explains : Can it be believed, when first detailed, that all the flocks of this country, kept to supply its inhabitants ltith clothing and provisions, are also not within the protection of the law in circumstances about to be mentioned,—not recognised as vain- ! able, until repetition of aggression can create that claim. It is t) the devastation of dogs upon them that reference is here made, for which the owners, even if ascertained, are not re -ponsible, un:ess criminal knowledge of such disposition to destroy can be proved against them. This is no circumscribed evil, but one of a most extensive and costly, as well as distressing kind. A case of twenty-six killed, and thirty-six wounded sheep, in this way, has occurred to myself; and an instance of one hundred, thus devastated upon one occasion by two dogs, cou'd be produced; and yet the laws of our country do not provide, and our legislators re fir..e to grant, the needful remedy. We comprehend the reason for this neglect. Sporting dogs may worry the farmer's flocks, and it would be inconvenient for the sporting gen tlemen to pay the damage. Most of our legisla- Ors are sporting gentlemen, or they have a close connection with that tribe, though amongst them are blacklegs and swindlers, and hence it is im possible to procure a law to make the owners of a sporting dog pay for the damage which he may cause to a farmer's flock. At the same time, we are told that it is all for the sake of the farmers, whose interest is so grossly neglected, and whom the landowners oppress and plunder, and for the sake of the labourers, whom they degrade and impoverish, that the Corn-laws must be main tained. To wicked avarice the. landowners add the most mean and revolting hypocrisy. The whole history of their connection with the te nantry and the agricultural labourers proves that they do not study in any respect the interest or well-being of those classes, and yet they make their well-being the pretext for taxing the bread of the people. Mr. WEBB , HALL, though we can hardly suppose that he meant it, has done the Anti-Corn-law party a great service by his publi cation, and we trust that his example will be fol lowed by other practical agriculturists, who must, like him, feel the degradation he describes. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY. —The sales of Cotton this day amount to 6,000 bales. There has been no material alteration in the rates, and the speculations have been less active than yesterday. After the report furnished yester day 2,000 bales were taken on speculation, particulars of which did not transpire before post hour. Bahias sell at Bd. to Bid.; Pernambucos, 9d. to 9id. ; Egyptians, 10d. to 11d. ; Surats, 4d. to sid. ; American, 6d. to &I. ; nothing to report on spe culation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 9.—A limited bu siness has been done in the Share Market to-day, the particu lars rep irted are—Grand Junction, 204; Halt Shares, 102 ; Great Western, New Shares, 60% ;land Counties, 78k. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 9.—The sales are—London and Birmingham, 169; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 54 ; Manchester and Leeds, 68 1 % ; Ditto Halves,29 l /; South Ea.tern and Dover, 16i; London and South Western, Tenths, 17s. prem. ; Manchester and Liverpool District Banks, 10% ; Bank of Stockport, 4i. The England New York packet-ship is off the port, and her despatches are expected every hour. The Hamburgh mail has arrived, of March 5, with the papers of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London the same as per last post 13 3* ; Gold 425 ; Metal 104 ; Bank Ac tions 1,615. The American papers, of Feb. 19, may be expected in the course of the afternoon. THE FUNDS. The intelligence from China to the present hour has not had any effect on the British Market. Consols, which left off at 88i a for the Account, opened at the same price ; for Money, 881 *. Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem. ; Bank Stock shut ; India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 241; Deferred, 121 1; Passive, 5 i 7 ,- 6 ; Portuguese left off 311, at present 31* 1; Three per Cents., 19*; Colombian, 221 231 ; Mexican, 271 28 ; Brazilian, 71 72 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 501 g ; Five per Cents., 991 100. The Foreign Exchanges were better yesterday afternoon. Shares Great Western 231 to 241 prem. ; New 11* to prem. ; London and Brighton 7 6 4 dis. ; Blackwall 5* to 41 dis. ; Birmingham 76 78 prem. ; Southampton i5l 561 per share ; Croydon 111 12 per share ; Greenwich 81 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham 16 16 dis. Since the above has been written the British Funds are not quite so good, Consols are, sellers, at 881 for the Account; Money 88g. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT CF . F. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter........ 6O 38 ... to Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto New • -IA and Selby 5O ... .. 43 London and Brighten London and Blackwell Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares North Midland ... lOO Ditto New 4O South Eastern and Dover 33 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of England... 35 HALF-PAST ONE. The intelligence from China has had the effect to advance Company's Congon I%d. per lb. this morning, which may be quoted at Is. B%d. per lb. The British Funds continue to the present hour without being affected by the intelligence from China. Consols have been during the course of the morning at 881 g for tig Account, with scarce anything doing for a short perio They were done at 64, at present 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 9 7 prem. ; B an k Stock, shut; Consols fur Money, Bi*. „. The Foreign Market is quite inactive. Spanish Active 23&, rather lower ; Dutch nothing done, and nothing done in any of the other Fort ign Stocks to the present time. SllARES.—Eastern Counties, 8A ; Great Western New Shares, 604 6IA ; Hull and Selby. 43 ex. div. ; London and Brighton, 424 43 ; London and Blackwall 19i ; Manchester and Leeds New Shares, 29; North Midland New Shares, 35; South Eastern and Dover, 60A. The American papers not received as yet. REPRESENTATION OF LONDON._.. Mr. Horne, the eminent bookseller, of Cfeapside, intends to offer himself as a candidate on the Liberal interest, in op. position to Sir Peter Laurie. - For nearly three weeks past, up till yesterday, the Irish Mail to Glasgow has been constantly from 12 to 15 Hours behind the time at which it is due—coming in at various hours in the afternoon instead of 1 b. 15 W. A. 74. In a great commercial community like our own, we need not say that this in egulai ity has been productive of much annoyance wad inconvenience. As all the other mails have arrived during the peliod we have instanced with general regularity, we presume the delay has arisen from the rieketty or pee erless steam-vessels which ply between Donaglaadte and Pcrtpattiek, or at all events some cause has produced this effect between the ports named, which should not exit. We have beard it stated that the Post office has applied for estimates for the conveyance of the Irish Mail from the Clyde to Belfast, or some ethic port in the north of Ireland ; and considering the natural defects of the harbour of Portpatrick, the vast sums which have been already expended upon it by Government, andi the still larger sup which would be requisite to make it even a tolerable harbour, it cannot be doubted that were the Irish mail transmitted direct from either Glasgow or Grceneck, the system would morn readily square wsth t e con% enience of the great mass of the Scottish population, than it has done, or ever will do, by means of the. pre.,eat route, through Galloway to Portpattiek. When the Edin b rah and Glasgow Railway shall have been opened, these reasons will be much more forcible ; for then three hours will suffice to carry the North Mail from Edin burgh to Greenock, from which it may be transmitted di ect t► Dahlia or Belfast, and by this means the long route of 72 miles to Dumfries, and of 80 from Dumfries to Portpatrick—Vience to Donagba'lee,and from Donagliadee to Belfast or Dublin, will be avci led. This matter is cf so much importance that we have no doubt it wil press itself upon the attention of the Post -office authorities. While on this subject we would hint that the railway van or some other conveyance should be used. to esnvey the Greenock mails from the station in Tradeston to the Post offi:e in Glassf:rd-street. At present the heavy bags are carried on the backs of the old porters, and the poor fd lows reel so much under the weight that it seems as though a good breeze would ova rturn both the mail and its bearer. %Ire Lave not yet heard wl eller the Pastmaste•-General will be generous enough to supply the two gas lamps to light up the outside of the Post-office: but in the mean time the authoritiei have , allowed the Local Postmaster to retail fenny :tamps, which perhaps k all the rm astir° of convenience that these officials conceive the citizensof Glasgow tobe entitled to.--Glasgow Herald. " I'm lost in grief," as the fly said when he was drowned in a lady's tea•. DEPOT CHANGES.—The General Command . - --- --- big in Chief has ordered t h e un d ermen ti o ned changes cf stations of Regimental D e p ots to ta k e p l ac e early in the ensuing Burnam.. The Lords Commissioners of the Ad mit a'ty will arrange fur the conveyance of the Depot Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, and of the Ist Battalion Ist Foot in the first creek in May, and De p of 97th Foot as soon after as practicable. The rem a i n i ng interchanges will take place as soon as tonnage sh a ll b e prov ided :—Depot Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade from Liverpool to Cork ; 38th Regiment from Cork to Liverpool; Ist Battalion Ist Re giment from Glasgow to Dublin; 42d Regiment from Dublin to Glasgow; 97th from Cork to Chatham; 33d from Chatham to Cork ; 7th from Cork to Chatham ; 35th from Portsmouth to Dublin ; 32d from Dublin to Ports mouth; 820, from Portsmouth to Dublin ; 24tb from Dub. lin to Plymouth ; 85th from Plymouth to Cork ; 59 th from Cork to Jersey ; 46th f rom J ers ey to Cork ; 48 th from Cork to Guernsey ; Bth from Guernsey to Cork. ROBBERY AND MURDER.--On Tuesday even ing last, Kirg, a carrier between Barnstaple arid Oke- ' hampton, put a female passerger down at a place called Five Oaks, between Okehumpten and HatberleighJand ing ber a bundle and bandbox from the cart, which she Lad brought with her. She then get over a stile to pro. cted across some fi e ld s t o h er home , gone fa -, before he an d King went on his journey; he had, h owever , not heard et ies of murd er , and returning to the spot wh ere h e left hi s p assenger , h e met a man com i n g 0% er a stile with a box an d b un dl e , o f t h e d escr i pt i on o f those he delivered to the woman. He asked him where he had gut the arti cle', and received for a reply " What odds is that to you ?" upon which he seized the man by the collar, charging him with the robbery, when he received a cot across the fingers from a large knife. A scuffle ensued, when King threw the other man, and broke his leg. He subsequently found the un f ortunate woman two fields off, with her head nearly the as tsevered from her body. The murderer was handed over to the proper authorities.— Western Luminary. bad Vatsacse SPOKEN WlTH.—Claudine, of Greenock, for Bar- Surina 14th ult., lat. 22, lon 37, by the Surpi ise, arrived in to Bristol river; Lord Oakley, Sunderland to Algiers, off Cape St. Vincent, Bristol, lot. the t.i3 W s a i t , er lo w n it . ch 9 , W arr . iv . epdraetsidGeinbtr,altcaair c ; u H tt e a m t • o ietta Surinam to Amsterdam, lat. 46, lon. 26; s y billa, Mauritius 1 Li verpool, lat. 9. 8., b y 1 5 . ' UNITED STATES. EXPRE SS FROM LI V ERPOOL . THREE DAYS LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MonNING, 3 P.M. We have just received New York Papers to the 20:11 of February, by the packet-ship England. She arrived in the river late last night, and we were promptly put in possession of our papers by Captain Waite, who has made the pas sage in eighteen days. The United States Bank had presented a me morial to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, the prayer of which is, that whatever measures the Legislature may see fit to adopt, the same course may he pursued towards the United States Bank as towards the other Philadelphia Banks. The Bill for suspending the Penalties of the Act of last year for forty days was still before the House. The shares of the Bank of the United States stood, as before, at 20 in New York and 27 in Philadelphia. The exchange on England for the packet was granted at 108 to 1084, at which rate a fair amount of business had been - transacted. The bills of the United States Bank had been purchased at 12i to 15 per cent. discount. On France the rate of exchange was 5 211 to 5 20. The union of the Canadas had been proclaimed on the 10th ult., with great pomp and ceremony. His Excellency the Governor-General imme diately issued a proclamation congratulating the people on the event, and calling upon them to co-operate with him in making the measure be neficial for the country. The news she.brings is highly important. In the House of Representatives on the 10th ult. the rules of the house were suspended as soon as the House met, to enable Mr. Fillemore, of the Buflitlo district of New York, to introduce a re solution, " instructing the Committee on Mili tary Affairs to report a Bill for making the ne cessary appropriations for fortifications, naval ar maments, and other necessary preparations, to place the country in a proper state of defence." Objections were taken to the resolution, on ac count of its mandatory character, that the Com mittee be instructed to report a Bill ; and Mr. Cooper, of Georgia, on that account, moved to lay it on the table. Mr. Fillemore then, at the suggestion of many members, modified his reso lution, so as to direct the Committee " to in quire into the propriety of reporting a Bill," &e. This satisfied all parties, and f :e,.1:.4- tion was unanimously adopted. On the following day a memorial was pre sented from about 100 citizens of Rome, in the state of New York, asking the interference of Congress in behalf of the patriot prisoners taken in Canada, and now under sentence at Botany-bay. The memorial asked an expres sion of the opinion of the people of the United States, through Congress, in relation to the treatment of the prisoners. Mr. Norvel said the memorial ought to be sent to the Ex ecutive, and that, unless the country were pre pared to go to war with England, Congress should not express the opinion required. Mr. Preston was averse to any interference in the domestic ar rangements of foreign nations. He thought a war between England and America would be most calamitous in every respect to both, and time people on both sides the frontier should reli giously refrain from any interference in the concerns or political relations of each other. The memorial was ultimately laid on the table. The resolutions offered to the House of Repre sentatives of the State of Maine, on the subject of repelling what is styled " British aggression," were taken up by the Senate on the 13th ult., and, after having been amended by inserting 1,000,000 dollars instead of 400,000 dollars for the defence of the State, were referred to the Boundary Committee. Mr. Davis then offered the following resolution, which was referred to the same Committee : " Resolve for repelling foreign invasion, and providing for the protection of the State. " Be it resolved, That the President of the United States be requested and urged to cause the immediate removal of the foreign armed force by which our State is invaded, stationed upon the upper valley of the St. John's, and that the Government of the United States be earnestly invoked to relieve this State fl•om the present heavy needless burden of its owns defence." The following resolutions were also offered and lel erred to the same Committee : " Whereas the State of Maine is now suffer ing the disgrace of unresisted British invasion, begun in 1839, repeated in 1840, and continued up to this hour, in violation of the most solemn stipalations, and whereas we have no fhith in the efficacy of negotiations with a power which has so repeatedly disregarded its deliberate pledges, and believe that further forbearance on ma part to assert the rights and vindicate the honour of our State will prove as unavailing as it 'will certainly prove humiliating—Therefore " Resolved, That the Governor be authorized take imnicdiate incaAircs to rc.;o of the Queen of Great Britain, now quit(c.l tie the territory called disputed by the British Go vernment, but by the treaty Of 1783, by the reso lutiors of both Houses of Congress passed in 1838, and by repeated resolves of the Legislature of Maine, clearly and unequivocally a part of the rightful soil of this State." TRADE AND COMMERCE. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—CITY NEWS. FEB. 18. TnuRSDAT, P. M. —The Trenton Gazette contains a tabular statement, showing the condition of the sever a l B an k s i n t h a t State on the Ist of January last. The whole number of Banks now in operation is 26, of which 16 pay specie. The 10 which do not pay specie, otherwise ellled suspended banks, are the Princeton Bank, Camden, New Hope, Salem, Cumberland, Medford, Mount Holly, Burlington, Trenton, and Bank of New Brunswick. The State Bank of New Brunswick pays specie. STOCKS. THURSDAY.—A decline of 11 in United States Bank oc curred to-day ; Harlem 14 ; Long Island 1 ; North American Trust *; 2,000 Illinois Bonds sold at 53 to 531. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 18. $25 Brooklyn Bonds $2,000 Illinois 6's $2,000 .. 5000 Delaware and Hudson Bonds 9l 82000 25 shares United States Bank b6o 261 50 do Vicksburgh Bank.... b6o 7 100 do North American Trust Company .. n. w 24 100 do Mechanic Banking Ass 50 do Illinois Bank 20 do Bank of Commerce 50 do Delaware and Hudson 30 ds 85 25 do Stonington R R 545 303. 120 do Harlem R R 25 do Canton Co. 17 do Boston and Providence R. R 9l 18 do New Jersey R.R.. 50 do Long Island R.R I do Utica and Schenectady MI C Ellis A, IS D AND EGYPT. By an extraordinary express from Marteilles we have received intelligence from Chu an, November 24, Ma ea), December 18, Calcutta, Janazry 22, Bombay, Feb. 1, and Alexandria, February 24. The great object of interest in the intelligence received by this express is the state of the Briti-h reiy ims wi , h the Chinese Government. The negotiations up to the 18th of December. which is the date of the latest news from Macao, appear to have produced nothing, for the Chinese seem desirous of shuffling and delay. A recapi tulation of the leading events subsequent to the end of October may be useful. On the 6th of November Admiral Eliot issued a notice at Chusan to the British there, staring that a trace had been concluded with the Chinese, binding them within certain limits, the British bouitea i!s being Chusan and the small islands adjacent. This notice was accompa nied with a recommendation to endeavour to conciliate the Chinese. The other Plenipotentiary, Captain Elliot, issued a circular, declaring that the interests of the Bri tish at Chusan should be attended to during the negotia tions. In the meantime a dreadful mortality diminished the troops there. The Admiral, with a considerable portion of the squad ron, arrived on the 20th of November at Torgkoo. On the 21st Captain Elliot proceeded in the Queen steamer towards the Bogue forts, in order to do iver a le:or fer Keshen. A boat was sent off with a flag of truce flyieg, but it was fired at by the Chinese from the forts. The boat returned, and several shots were fired at the steamer, one of which struck her. Two shells were thrown into the fort from the steamer, wh'ch then rejoined the squadron. Captain Elliot went subsequently to Macao, and by some secret means contrived to send the letter. An apology was demanded for the insult to the flag of truce, which, after some delay, was assented to by Keshen. On the 26th of November preparations were made for an attack on the Bogue forts, as Keshen was suspected of producing unnecessary delay. He, however, made his public entry into Canton, having taken case to give pre vious notice of his arrival to the Admiral. On the 29th of November the Admiral, on the ground of serious in disposition from palpitation of the heart, resigned the consmani of the expedition to Commodore Sir J. J. Gor don Bremer, and sailed for England on board the Volage. The proceedings at Canton have since been strange. Keshen, on the ground that the people were opposed to his going to communicate in person with the outside bar barians, is sail to have declared that he had no interview with them at Polito, and sent two subordinate mandarins to confer with Captain Elliot. Some efforts were made to liberate Mr. Stanton, which wcre successful. Nothing is known of the other prisoners. Threats are stated to have been used by the Ccmme dote, whose nomination t) the command has been hailed by all the British at Macao, that unless Keshen would be gin the negotiations in reality, recourse would be had to hostilities. The 14th and 17th of December had been named as the days of attack ; but on the 13th Captain Elliott went to Macao, and told the merchants that the nf , e.otiarions were still open. The Mnir,ki left Si:igapore for England tl.e 20th of December. In India tranquillity prevails now. Nusseer Khan and all the Beloochee tribes are suinz for peace. General Brookes with his troops was to arrive at Baugh on the 17th ult., where arrangements for a general pacification of these districts were to be made. In Affghanistan there is some confusion; the Duranees are dissatisfied with Schah Soojah, who is said to be in deli cake health. Dost Mohamed and his family having passed through Lahore, are now in India. The Government of Herat is disposed to treat the British with justice and kindness, particularly as Persia is likely to excite great attention, as a rebellion and an at tempt on the throne are about to break out there. The news from the Punjaub represents matters there as undecided. The widow of Kurruck Singh holds the sceptre, for her rival, Shere Singh, is said to have neither talents nor courage. Intrigues of all kinds are at work, and the interference, within a short tin.e, of tl,e British authorities appears inevitable. In Nopaul the spirt of the soldiery is highly adverse to the British, and is proved by various acts verging on hos. tilitics. The Commander-in-Chief of the Madras army, S:r S. F. Whittingham, died of apoplexy on the 19 , h ult. He has been succeeded, ad interim, by Major-General Allen, during the absence of Sir Robert Dick, the senior officer. Great apprehension prevails respecting the Gol conda transport, which took soldiers for China from Ma dras in September, and has not been heard of since she passed Singapore. In the month of November, Sir Lionel Smith, the Go vernor of the Mauritius, flund himself obliged, from the conduct adopted by the French Governor of Bourbon, to issue a proclamation, ordering all the French aliens to pre pare to leave that colony until the question of peace or war be better decided. The French frigate Magicienne was lost near Palavoan on the 27th of November. The clew wa3 saved by two English vesselp. riche Governor of Bombay, Sir J. R. Carnac, accompanied by his family, proceeded on tlh) 21st ult. in the yacht Prince Regent to Tankaria Bonder, whence they acre to go to Baroda. The affairs of the Guicowar arc said to have occasioned this visit t) the capital of his country. The news of the revolt of the Duranees against Schab Soojah, which was discuvered in time, is much talked of. The Daranees were the great supporters of Schah Soojah. Their revolt hid great ramifications. The troops from Scindc are in movement towards Quetta, for the purpose of aiding in crushing it at once. The Bombay army west of the Induo have during some months been anxious to enter on ore, ations. 'l hey have now a wide fi• CHINA. CHUSAN, Nov. 7, 1840. • There has not bean a ship in for the last six or eight weeks, and tilt re is not much prospect of one at present, as the monsoon is dead egainst any vessel getting here. Since my last letter, sickness and misery have mall increased amongst us, and death is daily making further ravages; but do not imsgine that ate are the only sufferers, for the other regiments, in proportion to their strength, have been the victims to disease nearly as much as we have. The 45th have lost 45 men, the 18. h 29, and the Bengal Volunteers 70. Our being so much more unhealthy than the other regiments arose from our being encamped on a high hill, at least a mile and a half from the shore, whence the men were daly obliged to bring their provisions for a lengh of and, went (1" -- 1. ' 2 11' 1 , , ' in the mot - king in the hor e f get ing t ef, , e the neat cf the day ; yet they were frequently oblig,Ai to wait lingering on the beach for several hours before the boats brought the rations from the ships, and when they did come there was no alternative but to ascend the hill, be,vily laden under a burning sun, and unfit for the work from inanition; be sides this, the duty fell heavy on us and t'ao volunteers, as the 42d being on shipboard took no duty, and the 18th had only then two companies. The 49th disembarked on the sth of August, and were encamped at a place called West Point, where their provisions were brought to them by waiters, which relieved them from much labour. The 18th were quartered on the beach, and had no hard work, and the whole of them had not arri.ei. The duty and const it•t fatigue parties frona the hill to the beach, and the insufficient and unwholesome provisions, lave completely kriccked our men down. Fresh pork was indeed issued twice a week, but this came too late to be of any service, even if it had been wholesome, but it was of such a soft and flabby nature that the men could not eat it, though impelled by hunger to eat almost any thing. We just now get flesh beef twice a week, but it has as yet effected no favourable charge. You now sec the good, or ta•her bad reasons, why death and sickness have been so busy with us. Whether bet er arrangements could not hate been made is not for me to determine. I have stated general facts. It vim tepoited the other day that the Admiral said " He had never seen a more helpless set of men than us." We are, indee 4 , Lelpless now, but who has "Lade us so ? When this re mark was made we had 500 sick, and more than 100 dead. We brought 900 men on shore, and Lever were men in better coalition ; all we have now remaining, taking off the non commissioned otlicers, baud, and seivants, is about 150 men for uty, many of 'hese more or less ill Graves are for ever open, and those who assist it: payi-g the last duties to their ill-fated companions look as if they woull soon follow. ( From another Correspondent.) tilusAN, Nov. 10, Our men continue desperately il, and are dying fast. I was prefea at the burial of seven in one afternoon. When this sickness will stop God only knows. There stems to be a fatal indifference to our sufferings. Eleven officers have app!ied for leave to go to Calcutta, but have nct ob tained it. (Extracts from a Private Le4.tcr.) " Ber Majesty's ship Weliesley, Tongkoo Bay, Nov. 23. " We arrived here only two days ago with the Melville (flag-ship), Blenheim, and Modesty, leaving at the pesti lential island of Chusan the Blonde (in command), Con way, Alligator, Nimrod, Pylades, and Algcrine ; and steamers Atalanta and Mrsdagasear, far the general pro tection, if nk cessary ; buts truce be , weep the Imperial High Commissioner and the Admiral was agreed to on the 6th instant, pending the negotiations between the two countrie , , and supplies in abundance of bullocks, sheep, poultry, and other essentiAlg have already been sup ptied to the island by Vie authorities of Ningpo, and one cannot but hope that those fresh provisions may tend to rrrest the awful mortality which for so long a time frav te.,n chiriy thinning the ranks of our gattant military comrades on shore, said to be attributable, with other co-operating cAkes, to the bad salt provisions slid flour supplied to them from Calcutta.. " The following is a copy of the official account of the military de .ths to the 11th of Ncr:tember, two days before our sailing for Tongkoo DEATHS FROM AGUE, FEVER, AND DYSSNTERY, IN TIIE LAND FORCES AT CHUSAN, FROM THEIR Ai; RIV 4L ON THE STH JULY To I ITH ,F NOVENtliqft, isc;.usivr.. _v. 74 G N : (7) . g EUROPEAN TROOPS. -"..i 6 *r:-• -4-; cd P. C., v P cf, 11 AO • A r - : -1-4 t,- 4' 562 896 649 213 .13,420 " It will be observed that amongst tl the mortality is considerably leas than THE MARKETS.-(TI-11S DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There have been small fresh supplies of most Grain since Monday, but a fair quantity of Oats from Ireland. The Wheat trade was firm at last quotations. Barley dull, and hardly main tained its last terms. Beans, Peas, and Oats unvaried, with a slow sale. Flour as last reprlrted, _______ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of Game and Poultry were to a fair extent, prices as last quoted, and a moderate business. Butcher's meat was in less demand, and prices for most descriptions were lower. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little done by private treaty, and the public sales went off heavily ; prices had a downward tendency, TEA MARKET. The news from China caused more life in the market, and in Company's Congou several purchases were made at Is 74, cash. Free Trade was held for rather higher prices. TALLOW MARKET. The market was dull for Russian Tallow, and prices had a downward tendency ; 465. for P. Y. Candle on the spot, and 465. 6d. for delivery in the last three months. FRUIT MARKETS. Prices on the decline for both Currants and Raisins; the demand very limited, and the stock large THE DUKE DE BELLUNO.—The late Marshal Victjr was born at La Marche, Vosges, in 1766 and en tered the artillery in 1781. In 1793 he was in.rd,. Gunn., al of Brigade, for his services in the attack en Toulon. In 1796 and 1797, he served in Italy, caused 8,000 Austrians to capitulate at Provera, and took Ancona with its garri son of 5,000 men. His conduct at the battles of Monte bello ar.d Marengo was gallant in the extreme, and, after the Peace of Amiens, he was sent as Ambassador to Den mark. Ho was wounded at the battle of Jcna, and was raised to the dignity of Marshal for having mainly contri buted to the gaining of the battle of Friedland. He served in Spain in 1808, in Russia in 1812, and greatly dist;nguisbed himself in 1813 at the battles of Dresden and Leipsic. In 1814, he was wounded at the battle of Craone, and, after the return of the Bourbons, adhered to their cans". During the 100 days, be passed into Bel gium with Louis XVIII., and was subsequently made Major-General of the Guard and Minister of War. He was raised to the Peerage in 181.5. 38th Royal Irish 26th Cameronians..... 49th Regiment Madras Artillery NATIVE TROOPS. Bengal Volunteers Madras Sappers. Gun Lasears.. Total,. 12 82 41 9 he Madras:Sappers in the Bengal Vo- lIIV EDITTO lunteers. The difference is ascribed to the men of the for mer corps being of a low caste, and consequently partakii g laac.ely of animal food. " Exclusive of these severe losses, more than 200 W e been invalided from the service, and upwards of 400 con valescents at - e embarked in the Rattlesnake and some trans i,:aarts, and have proceeded for chan., , ,e of air to Manilla' The 26th regiment exists but in name. They muster only 100 men for duty and 500 are still in the hoepi s 1 ; th e cases of many, too many, are quite hopeless. All tbe troops are now quartered in houses in the city and suburbs- The 18th have always been under roof, the 26th, 49th' and Artilla ry until recently under canvass. I should think from the whole force only about 500 or 600 wee could be collected for service, and this must be of a mc derate and not of a severe description. The capital of Chu san is entirely surrounded by paddy fields or swamp , the miasma from which is always destructive to European constitutions. The ships have all been u - healthy with diarrhoea, but few deaths have follo wel • We lost off the Peiho river one midshipman, and two seamen have since died. In the south-west monsoon the whole of the Chinese coast to the southward of Clow° is pestileatid. We proceeded to the mouth of the Nib°, about 90 miles from Pekin, and two months blipped away in what I yet fear may prove useless negot . atons. The Chinese were remarkably civil, and we were liberally salt:,' plied by them with bullocks, sheep, poultry, flour, au fruit. Our anchorage was in about 38 der. 55m. 14 ' lat. ; long. 118 deg. E. ; weather generally fl.ie and cool. " On Friday the Queen steamer proceeded to the entrance of the Bogue with Captain Plenipo on some matter connected with the pending meg tavi A L I and bearing a diplomatic chop fur the Emperor's Hi gh Commissioner. The battery fired at the steamer, e 3l '_ at a boat bearing a flag of truce. One shot strucs the Queen amidships, but fortunately hurt no one. T" steamer immediately returned the fire, and Capta in El liot rejoined the Admiral. Since this a mandarin ba s had an interview with Captain Elliot at Macae, ex pressing the greatest regret at the circumstance. He 0 . - turned to Canton ai the letter alluded to, but the Adlw ral will not accept a verbal apology for the great insult perpetrated on the flag, and has signified to the Chino . ' authorities at Canton, than unless an ample written apo logy be promptly conveyed to him for the outrage eTa, mitted, he shalt immediately ado l t severe measures agivas` them, which means, I imagine, an attack on the Bogus forts, aud, if such should be the result, what six preci'-us, months have been wasted and lost I I have always been et opinion that we began at the wrong end; we should hav e well cudgelled the long-tails at first, and reasoned (treet. ed) with them afterwards. The Columbine is now wain ing at the mouth of the Boguc for a reply to the Admir al's demand. Peace or war may hang on it. " P. S. Nov. 24.—Great and early bustle this morning' The Calliope, the Larne, the Hyacinth, and the Queen. steamers, arc gone to the Bogue. It is in vain to conjec ture the cause, but it looks feverish, and prompt remedi es are always the most efficacious. " The following are the ships comprising the squadron at Tongkoo :—the Melville, the Walt slev, the Blenheinly th e Herald, the Samararg, the Druid, the, Modesto, and u Jupiter, troop-ship." GENERAL MEMORANDUM. MELVILLE, CHUSAN, Nov. 6, 1840. The Commander-in-Chief has now to give notice tl the expedition that a truce has been agreed to between the Imperial High Comtri.“inner and himself, pending the ne' g,otiati ;las betwte,i 411:: two countries. Tide terra, of •• his are gene: a lly— n eith er party are to vance beyond the boundary assigned to him, and that nat ty intercourse is not to be interrupted. The English boundary has b een d e fi ne d as taking ju, t , " island of Chusan , and the small isla n d s immediately oi l : cent, including all within a line roun d the ElePb t r,' Towerhill, Blackwall, Fisher's I s l an d. P o ototoayin 6 ';7; forming one side of the south-east passage of DalrymP' e chart, and Deer hand. The Commander-in-Chief has, therefore, to call ell. all persons connected with the expedi t i on , on v isiting th e-. islands, not to go beyond these boundaries, or in an,' W a y to interfere with the Chinese, so as to give just caus e ° f complaint that the truce is not strictly maintained. i f The Commander-in-Chief is also glad to avail him s fig of this opportunity of recording the satisfaction he has '?a, at finding that a nearer friendly intercourse is opening t s the Chinese, and, considering how very much the comfora, and conveniences of the expedition depend on the es te a sion of such intercourse, he calls with confidence up% every officer and gentleman in the expedition to aid him cultivating a good understanding with the people. GEORGE ELLIOT, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-ale CANTON. (From the Calcutta Courier.) MACAO, DV; 3, 1840 ' We regret to inform you, that in consequence of the sudden and severe return of an old complaint—pelPi ta , t , l be of the heart—Admiral Elliot on the 29th ult. resign" 'J. command of the expedition to the next in seniority, Sir J. Gordon Bremer, and intends proceeding home in her M3‘." jesty's ship Arolage, Capt. George Elliot, immediatelYel" peeted back from Manilla. The powers plenipotentol of the Admiral devolve singly on his colleague, CaP ia Charles Elliot, Chief Superintendent. ed On the 24th ult. her Majesty's ship Blenheim proceed it to the Bogue, and has since been followed by nearly i d , the squadron and about 400 Madras Sepoys, to bo ree ls ; on his arrival to take the forts, in case of any undue de e a on the part of the Chinese in going on with the prosd t ! as negotiations ; there having been reason to suppose tb their plenipotentiary Kishen was purposely delaying 0 arrival. But on the 29th, having previously sent 0 10° , 4 to congratulate the Admiral o n hi s arr i va l, b e made "' public entry at Canton, whence it i s suppose d he will in ; mediately proceed to the Bogue, and perhaps come 11 ,4 , i Macao, where Commodore B remer an d C a ptain E" — now are. Same of our neighbours having addressed the Admiral t t : inquire about the state of affairs, we forward elm/Wtli; t! eir letter with his reply, the only important point of cal,w is, that he declares the true , at Chusan as entirely I and no way interfering with the blockade of this 'rive which for the present is not to be raised. are Several Americans have proceeded to Canton to ref y , for the resumption of business ; but the opinion Age Ne always expressed that this cannot take place without Bo ca previous fighting is becoming every day more firmly 1(1 in the minds of the foreign community, more espe since the Admiral's resignation. which the Chinese w it , doubtless consider a siecial interposition of Providence their favour, as in the case of Lord Napier. The conciliatory disposition which Kishen is said to b he evinced at the Pe'ho is by no means concurred in by the local fucctionaries and people of Canton, who are 0 1 - 10 1 exasperated to fin!. that in the public documents that the been issued, the Chinese and English nations lire for re ., first time mentioned in terms denoting equality. This A P re - .. posterous arrogance must he subdued before any goo- suit. e.-.n ri% ed a.. riot,- Th:e i 4 Cre c-. , mmunicAlion H of Admiral E k in g f,-cma I. anion lecgister, of the Ist of December, 11) ", ic is known 1,i3 resignation; as 'also the correspond,enee has passed between the Admiral and the merebants• " Her Majesty's Ship Mehille, al Lin"' v. 1. " Gentlemen,—lt is my painful 8 task toy announce to tae merchart', and her Majesty's subjects in general, tb at9 ;fr ,2 den and sever e illness his this day led th e Hon. the •—i t i bri Admiral to resign tie command a the expedition into hands of Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon 13remer. non " It would be intrusive to &lea for one motile my own feelings of deep private di t re ss o n this occas'ee-s; and I hope I need not trouble you with excuses for lb sc hs few ohs, ryations on the subject of my honoured tel' t ' retirement. ong " It remains to say, that I have been trained in tool crj a course of anxiety and trial in this country, I rel:'? e d t by steady a confidence in the assistance of every k in which I am surrounded, to lose heart under the vc,e':vy of this serious aggravation of responsilility and this personal blow. My firm rcl'ance on the p l a i n good s e of all classes of her Majesty's subj ec t s , a nd their 0413,..; cc-operation for thitecurity of the publi c honour a nd 1 " terest., are an additional support to me. " May I request you, Gentlemen, to cause this lette r t° to- be circulated and published. I have. &c. " CHARLES EI:LIOT9O,ief One of her Majesty's Plenipotentiaries and Superintendent of B r iiish Trade in Ch i f a er ,, " To Messrs Jardine Ma , heson and Co., Dent and the Briti,h Merchants and her Majesty's 611 " )- in general." soIO S "TO lIIS EXCELLENCY REAR-ADMIRAL TAE !ION• ELLIOT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, &C. r, - ... " Sir,—We, the undersigned British ' m ercban t6 ' 0 wi siding in Macao, beg leave to address your Excelle" h e j t he the subject of the present state of our relations t" Chinese. gritifl i traid'e Convinced n aasm nuset haveer that your E th x e oe w l e le lf u a o r y e of the .--- ou ; attention, and that the inteleqs of those coriscenlrn°e9tjailtliltel.ita; trade, oosici t. r b i ot i h o e o , n w e t h s e h o s o p l o d t m a o n s d t at a LI t distance, antiya p r e p ceir i e :l; turely to se. k for information I' h E w tie your xce deem it inexpedient at this moment to com muoicat'''g o el rr But we may be a'lowed to pout out to your d for et llency that the compute unct-it rinty which exist,eol - months past, both as regards the actual P r i3 3- r iti b iogs in China, and the views and intentions of the : rd A Government with regard to the trade. has oecOinbips heavy accumulation of British prof t e- - y, partly in the aflok:t at the outer anchorage, and partly at Macao, the ultimate disposal of which is involved at present I n grert4t.t doubt. beg° The property afloat Imessari incurs from the demurrage of the ships; and the heav y e. ot t Ilency might, proPe r r i e Y ien t Macao is liable to duty to the Portuguese (7 ' vc :arge s and expense of warehouse rent, independent of the c o „ r r co- - to which it must be subject before it can enter i • gumption in Ch ' ne. bat t l " " Your Exec l'e7 , ey will, we feel assured, all ow t racial British community i n Chi na , h av i n g received no ou' crr . communication of th e i ntent i ons o f the BritiJ a bi G o : k v a de : meet or of your Extellency since the notice of under dote the 20:h of June, 1840, arc only.dischargseh! their duty as egents to parties at a distance, i n now se o f citing such information as may enable them to di g P n er. the propel ty under the it charge in the best possible no n eee d " We hope, therefore, we shall not be deemed to " fo ur the bounds of our logi.ir., t duties in submitting t° J Ee t P..,:er 1 ii.. re:lc, %4 : . e i! , y: ris:— I tk" " of the pert of Canton until definitive arrangements b "1. 1 .. ~, : li;,:- it ls e :,..„,,, Litcd to rein th e bu e made with the Chinese Government for the direct resume- Wl tion of the B:itish trade, or whether the truce reP .r..t in a public notice issced at Chusan applies solely to 11 - 1- ' quarter. British "2. WI ether it has been &terminal that the Boca trade shall be carried on in future outside alter ed an l P rocee d state of or ei r i e f e i m t s t i : n eep, contemplatedEog English h shipsthat m e under y h 0 within the Bogue, and whether, B o Pi rt 2 rrY °a ' - Macao. ent, the British trade may beascaarriteeading scot rel. if " And in case your Excellency cannot at Prf, of yr Or ei,uclly to the inquiries whether , in ac ° P n lera 1 ,1 " Excellency, it is expedient that the Brit igh bota °I 3IP should for tle present keep their good s on .