The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-07 00:00:00

EVEN I.N G SLT_N to vindicate himsclf from such chargcs. t o hi s pekkp,), , ,ll Lu uisc LLu rert.Eue I With respect fifty to thow:l9 est.ili:3te was title iYiiich would: Lare. borne out by the result. Th 3 CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was extremely inconvenient at ali times to advert to statements which had been made elsewhere, and that in- convenience was increased when the explanation was called for from a person who had no opportunity cy: consulting the. person who was stated to have made the statement. As he had told the Right lion. Gentle man he had not w‘en the printed statement until the Right lion. Gentleman had shown it to him that even ing, and as he had been in the House ever since, he had had no opportunity of consulting the party who was repreaented to have made the statement. He would, however, confess, that on reading that statement he un derstood it in a Ail-Terent sense to that which the Right lion. Gentleman attached to it. The word "deficiency" had undoubtedly been used, but if the Right lion. Gentle man would look to the report of that statement, he would see that it was made as a reason why the Go vernment could not at : k reSent go into a full development of their financial plans ; and. it was stated that in addition to the deficiency of two millions and a half there were other great expen;cs connected with the Colonies which the Governinent would be called upon to consider. If the Right lion. Gentleman had been in the House when the Right lion. Baronet at the head oF the Government had replied to that Noble Lord lately at the head of the Colonial Department, he would have heard a detailed statement of what several of those expenses were. There were also various expenses connected with China, which they might also possibly incur, and it was to these fur ther and - additp,nal expenses that the statement complained of b y the Right Hon. Gentleman alluded. Such he believed to be the bona fide construction of the statement, and such was the explanation he offered to the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. F. 'l'. BARING would not have asked for an planation if he had understood the statement in that sense. He was satisfied with the Right Hou. Gentle- man's explanation. Sir R. PEEL believed that the explanation of his Right lion. Friend was correct. Although he had not had an opportunity of consultbee with .the person who was represented to have made that statement, he was eatisfied that no impeachment had been intended of the accuracy of the Right Honourable Gentleman's estimates in respect to the supplies and ways and meens of time present year. Indeed his Right Hon. Friend, in bringing forward those estimates, had expressly stated that he had every reason to believe that the calculations of the Right Hoe. Gentleman were per fectly accurate ; but he (Sir R. reel) in the speech to which his Right - - Hon. Friend had alluded, had stated that there were other expenses besides those of the present year, which must be considered by the Govern ment. In particnler, he had stated teat they must ex pect an increased expenditure in future years in many of our colonies. He had mentioned particularly the colony of New South Wares as .an instance, and he quoted the despatch of the Noble Lord on the subject. There hail been demands from New Zealand to the ex tent of between 89,00C1. and nom/. He also men tioned the expenses on the civil establishment of the island we occupy in the Canton River. There also had been eagegements entered into with Native Princes of Africa, all of which would cause considerable expense. He (Sir R. Peel) was sure that .the intention of his Noble Friend with respect to his conceptions of what the Right lion. Gentleman had said, wee not to impeach the Right lion. Gentleman's accuracy, so far as the estimates of the present year were concerned. There must, then, be time for considering the means of supplying those expenses. lie begged, in conclusion, to state that there was no intention whatever to attribute to the Right Hon. Gentleman any piirpose of concealing what the expenses of the present y, gar were likely to be. Lord PALMERSTON was glad of the explanation, for the impression made on his mind was certainly the same as that of his Right lion: Friend. The eephtna 'ion did show that what was-stated might have referred no: only to the inquiry of his Right Honour able Friend into the estimate of expenses, but to the diffieelty Governmeet must have to contend with in forming estimates for the future. He (Lord Pal merton) did not with to renew the discussion with re gard to the prorogation of Parliament, or the opinions he had exprosed on the discussion of those subjects which engrossed the public mind. He would only say this much, that he should hope the Goverment would feel that those were questions which they should come to decision upon. That it was not to be supposed that the, chapter of accidents would lead to such a change of cir cumstances as to dispense with their ceming to any dis cussion upon such impertant matters. He - trusted when Parliament met again, that Government would be pre pared to state fully and fairly their intentions and opi nions upon the whole of those great, important ques tions of the Commercial policy which had been dis cussed. With regard to the peculiar question cf the Corn-laws, he would entreat them to pursue it them selves. Public expectation would not be fulfilled if, when they came again to Parliament, they shoukl only provide an alteration hi the sliding scale. He was satis fied that even supposing the distress which- now exists, and which was in part denied, should have diminished, that it would melee no change in the expectation of the public, that there should be a material alteration in the present system of the Corn-laws, unless that alteration should be one which, whatever name might be given it, would be a substantial and bona fide permission to introduce corn at a moderate duty, be that duty a fixed one, or be it in accordance with the sliding scale. Unless, he re• peated, it be a substantial permission to import corn at a moderate duty, Gentlemen opposite need not persuade themselves that any change falling short of such expec tion would satisfy the public. Sir R. PEEL said that he had then no intention of en tering into a discussion of the Corn-laws. He had made many protestations of a contrary determination; and he did not intend at that late period of the Session to give any disclosures as to the views of the Government. He would, however, assnee the Noble Lord, that after an at tentive perusal or our annals during the last five years, and particularly of our financial annals, he did entirely eoncur with the Noble Lord in thinking that to add an other Chapter to " the Chapter of Accidents" they had already had—(dear. hear, and laughter)—was a course which it would be quite impossible for any Government to adopt with credit to themselves or advantage to the country.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," on the Ministe rial Benches.) The House then Adjourned at Half-past Six o'Cloek till to-morrow. PUBLIC FEELING AT GLASGOW. TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sett,--Your uniform and impartial advocacy of the rights of the poor is deserving of the highest praise, and encourages me to communicate a few particulars respecting the feelings which are rapidly obtaining an ascendancy among classes which heretofore stood in great part aloof from sharing in political excitement—l mean the ministers of religion—in proof of which, I refer you to_ the appearance of several of this class who appe;trecrto-lay on a platform, at a meeting for m..morializing the Queen not to prorogue Parliament until they take into consideration the provision laws. I have within a few clays listened to a discourse preached by a vary talented eforgyman, from that text in Pror. xxvii. 6, " Better is the poor that walketh in uprightness, than he that is perverse, though he be rich." The elo quent preacher quoted many passages from the inspired volume, to show that riches had a tendency to pervert the judgment, as " the righteous considered' the cause of the poor, but the wicked regardeth not to know it." " Whose stoppeth his ‘ars to the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but he shall not be heard." "He that by usury and unjust Lain increased' his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the 'Door?' " When the righteous are in authority the people re joice, hut when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn." " The rich man is wise in his own conceit. but the poor that bath und ers t an di ng searc h e d ' hi m f out." He also showed that if there were any class of me n more regarded than another by our blessed Saviour when on earth, it was the poor, whom he com forted and fed, by his miracles, while he denounced, in no measured terms, the hypocrisy and oppressions of th e rich. Now, Sir, if th ese appeals to the people by their Tutors are continued, let Sir Robert reel and the aristocracy think seriously before they prorogue -Parliament before inquiring into the provisiou -laws., pr. Paley has' said " that laws should be made for taking care of the poor, as for the rich they can ta k e , cars of thems e l ves. " Th ese laws have w ith a vengeance, for taking care t h at the b ee n made their industry, mi n i ster only to the poor shell, a j , ss. cOotiututnc But this state will not b e of inzaries of n e i n telligent part of the poo r , and also • e ti a re inquiring by what mea ns was Si r the *ale classes, R. Peel and the II Duke of Wellington made to relinquish I. o asion, and it has been answertl power on the form E y the deinatul for g old at the bank. This is a fearful b se to ; but it is asked, would it measure to have recourse not be better at once t h a t this plan should he adopted, that a crisis might be brought about ? Should the he demands fur justice by the aristocracy not yield to t • people, it is a question of fearful import , as the mer chants and manufacturers wod be the i• d but many ofifrs them antler. True, it - is • -repae take part with our oppres sors ; and if they will not t a ke part with us, let them suffer. At all events we will compel Parliament, if not to repeat the ank . Provi sion -laws, to consider how they will support th e B ank . ' . Think, then, what - would be the effect of driving the people to a s i mu lt a neous run upon the banks for gold. Who will be made to answer for the consequences, but_ those who upset the late Ministry, under the preten ce o being more s killed in m easures of relief, who, quackish like, like, pretended to be possessed of some secret remedy, which he would net divulge till he was professionally called in to give his advice; and now, when called in, he puts on a hypocritical face, and whines, oh, I have been out of prac tice for ten years ; I must have time to think. Astonish ing impudence I Will the people submit to be treated in this way? Oh, no 1 Look at the meeting this day held in this city, and the sentiments uttered. I am, Sir, --ours truly. A HATER OF QUACKS :AND QUACKERY. Glasgow, Sept. 22, 1841. In the small Login of Puy Laurens, in the Tarn, is s young man so decidedly lunatic that, though convicted of robbing F. church, he was. dischar , -ed, and suffered to remain at liberty. lb has always shown an antipathy to children, and has bec ome their (error. A few days ago, while standing near a public fountain, a little girl, who did not know him. came to fill h er p i tcher. The insane y0u.1.1 t!be accosted her Ily, and said that if she rested in a ecrtain manner on the iron rail - .llichw as round the tank, she woukl fill her vessel inor.4 eiisily and more safelT. The poor girl did as he advised—but while s h e was stooping, he suddenly se ized her, threw her over into the water, and walked away. Fortunately another man came to the fountain in tune to draw her out b e f ore lif e was extinct, t 'lough she is in much danger. The mischievous madman is in custody. ?:If IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY OIVIDENDS, which (tbongh they are NO LOTTERIES.) offer many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGII and at LUBECK, kre now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TKIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions raay re:eive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO ' SfECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI VIDENDS of ,t 25,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 And the NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION contains nIVIDF.NDS of £lO £l5 £44 £29.1 £1,770 11 18 72 640 9,600 13 145 740 Sterling. HEINE BROTHERS Laving remitted during a short time 25,0001., 18,0601., 9,0001, 5,0001., 3,600/., &c. &c. &c., to London ; 3,600/., 8001., and 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dubin ; 3,600/. to Beverley; 3,600/. to Halifax (Yorkshire); 1,20 U. to Portleaven Harbour; COOL, 700/. aril 6001. to Li verpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull ; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 7001. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire); 6001. to Bideford ; 6001. to Cork ; 600/. to Prad':ord ; they skill feel glad to remit many Dividends of the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, nithout delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBUttGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. r d 7 Lubeck, Sept. 8, ]Bll.—Leine Brothers reknit again his day several large Money Dividends to Great Britain. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U 4DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTIU4. THIS EVENING, OCT. 7, Will be repeated, Colley Cibber's Comedy of SHE WOULD AND SHE WOULD NOT.—Don Manuel, Mr. W. Farren; Don Philip, Mr. Cooper; Dm Octavio, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Trapanti, Mr- Harley; Hyppolyta, Mrs. Nisbett ; Flora, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Rosara, Miss Cooper; Viletta, Mrs. Urger. Alter which will be. produced a New Farce, called CAUGHT NAPPIN 3.—General Griffin, Mr. F. Mathews ; Duster, Mr. Ox ; berry Mich Oregon, Mr. Brougham ; Miss Harriet Griffin, Miss Lee ; Kitty Sheen, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with, the Ballet of Action, entitled HANS OF ICELAND.—Hans of Iceland, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Gill, Mr_ J. H. Ridgway ; Frederick, Mr. Gilbert ; Oglypighp, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Iceland Boy, Master Marshall ; Guth Stasen, Miss Bailin ; Iceland Girl, Miss Marshall. Doors to ke opened at ball-past Six—the performances to csmmence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circ'es, ss. ; Second Price, :Is. fid. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. Ss.; Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Bum-office, from Ten till F , ,nr, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had sorely of Mr. Andress, bookseller, h 7, New Bond-street. To-morrow, What Will the World Say? with Hans of Iceland. :'LOYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER Ti-IE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Crowded Houses. " Blenheim " a greater hit than the " Bat tle of Waterloo." Splendid New Scenes in the Circle, and, by desire, the Poney liaces One Week more. THIS EVENING, OCT. 7• - _ • Will be presented the successful Equestrian Spectacle, called THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, I'HE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED; introducing Mr. Ducrow'smag inficent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfrey a, Faiey Peneyf, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of bath Theatres; calk:icing all the :Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. IARRINGDON WARD WITHIN, OCTOBER 6, 1541. At a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the above Ward, held at the late College :of Vaybielan!, in Warwick 'mile, to consider the propriety ci addrrs:ing the Queen,, pray ing that her rtiajesty wia not prorogue the Parliament until the present most oppreFsive Corn-laws have been taken into consideration, and !tally discussed, The Right Worshipful THOMAS KELLY, Esq. Alde7man, in the Chair,. • The following Resolutions were moved, seconded, and *t ried unanimously :- 1. That the great depression under which the commerce and manufactures cf thi3 country are at present suffering is to be attrlbutrd mainly to the Corn and Provision-laws, whi4 pre vent the fret) exchange ef cur manufactures with foreign court- tries, thereby causing decrease of trade, decline of manufac tures, want of employment, Uisaffection towards the Govoru• rnent, and danger to the tranquillity of the nation. 2. That it is absolutely necessary no time should be lest in applying a remedy to this universal distress, which this meet ing believes citi-onl3 be Cully:relieve:l by an immediate and total repeal of these most oppressive and ruinous laws. 3. That a Memorial no addressed and presented to her Ma jesty, praying that licrliavrunt may not be prorogued until those laws have been taken into consideration by the Legislature of the country. The Address having been prepared, was read and unani mously agreed to. Resolved unanimously—That the best and cordial thanks are tine, and are hereby presented to nur worthy Alderman, for the prompt and ready manner with which he complied with the desires i,t the inhabitants to call this Meeting on so in.- portant a subject. That the above Resolution be signed by the Ward Clerk, and inserted in the usual I'apers. J. WARREN, Ward Clerk, t aREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ‘_.)4 Six o'Clock Morning Train from Paddington. The " CORONE'I"' Day Coach to Exeter, in 81 hours, through Shepton Hallett, lichestcr, llminster , and Honiton, with a Branch to Sidmouth, will in future await the arrival of the above Train at Bath. 1 n. Out. Fares to Exeter and Sidmouth...... 2es. and 15s. Lion Hotel, Bath, Oct. 1, 1841. A NEW WORK BY WILLIAM HOWITT. This day is published, in Bro. with Seven Steel Etchings, and numerous Wood Engravings, 213. cloth, THE STUDENT-LIFE of GEILVIANY. By WILLIAM HOWITT ; from the Unpubli4ted MSS. of Dr. Cornelius. With Forty Student-Songs, adapted to the Pianoforte by Winkelmeyer. London: Longman, Brown, and Co. 13, Great ; Marlborough-street. MEMOIRS of MADAME LAFARGE. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. The English Translation of this extraordinary Work IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY, in Two Volumes, small tico. 9 with a striking Likeness of Nlatiarre Lafarge. price 9.15. sound. those who desire to obtain early copies should sire heir crdors immediately to their respective booksellers. Hairy Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol., small t3vo., price 10s. 6d. bound. ADVENTURES OF A SOLDIER ; Or, MEMOIRS OF EDWARD COSTELLO, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. " This very interesting Work, the production of a Soldier of the Rifle Brigade, comprises a narrative, written in the most graphic manner, of all the leading events of the campaigns in the late Peninsular war, under the Duke of Wellington, with numerous original anecdotes of officers and soldiers ; ending with an account of the proceedings of the British Legion under Sir De Lacy Evans, in which the author obtained a Cap taincy, and was honoured, in consequence of his gallantry, with the order of St. Ferdinand." Henry Co:burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlbarough-street. NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. - - --- In 3 yob., post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations by Phiz. R.S.TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, CHARLES CHESTERFIELD; Or, The ADVENTURES OF A YOUTH OF GENIUS. " Mrs. Trullope has never chosen a better subject for the clis?lay of her great and varied powers than in these Adven tures of a Youth of Genius.' We hate perused her pages with great admiration at the variety, the vigour, the individuality, and the truth of the portraits here placed before us; the inven tion and the dramatic tact displayed in the incidents and situa tions ; the forcible humour and cutting satire of many of the scenes (especially those connected with the literary coteries) ; and the remarkable originality ilisplaled throughout, in tee whole conception and execution of the work. The whole has a strength and stamina about it, which bespeak fur it a perma nent place among the prose fictions of the day. The comic embellishments by P►ris are numerous and excellent, and will greatly add to the attraction of the work."—Naval and Mili tary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To conclu'do with THE SEVEN CLEkKS. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. , '3NDER THE DIRECTI ON OF MR. OSBALDIS JNN!. Thirteenth week of " Susan Hopley !" Revival of the Musi cal Romance of " Madeline !" and second week of " The Fly ing Dutchman," with Childe's Phantasmagorical Representa tion of the Spectral Ship in full sail. THIS EV ENING, OCT. 7, The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama, ealled SUSAN HOPLEY ; OR THE TRIALS AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of I )oinestie 1 hama. After which, AIADELINE ; or. the WOODEN SHOE MAKER and his WIFE, and tha 1 - 00 L of the DHOW NED. Peter Marcel, Mr. Gardner ; Pont de Gibaut, Mr. Paul ; Madeline. Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE FLYING DUTCHMAN ; OR THE PHANTOM SHlP.—Vanderdecken, Mr. Dale ; Toby Varnish, Mr. Seaman ; Peter Von Bummel, Mr. Gardner ; Le,it elle, Mrs. Lee; Lucy, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 21—Pit, Is.— wllery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes srity, at Half-past Eight. To. morrow, Susan Hopley, Madeline, aryl the Flying Dutchman THE RAILWAY SUN, AND THE PAR,LIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Suit (ace, Sept. 30, 1341. HIGH WATER AT LONDON bItIDGE . IO.NORRO Marning......44 minute:a after 6. I Evening ......17 minutei saw . 7, 1.,,,, 41 ;,41 ~. it* t,• *:..N.:,, ~-..4 ), All 4 0 . A t k''' ' ' ' ' - i.' 4 ' ' '''' Ar ktr i Clcif.< • ,f " 43 § ( 11), E•l ',' • ' ''' , ''(•' '• • ' ''*''''' OS.-kitS,2,,' , , '''' . 1 . •,, ''' 4. , , • ,i'''''‘' ~ o#4 . 70 '' . ..,...VA,o7iiiir eh, 0 , • PAYING FOR PEEPING.-A tradition in Italy reported that Pope Clement, anxious to know the secrets of the other world, consulted one of his most faithful chaplains. This religious confidant, who appears to hare been as complaisant as the character of whom Pope says And bid him go to hell, to hell he goes," procured a necromancer, who took him down to the in fernal regions, and there showed him a red-hot habita tion, which the devils were constructing for his master, Clement. After this intelligence, it is said that the Pope never smiled curing the rest of his life. It is certain that he died with a troubled conscience.—Campbelts Life Petrarch. The Distillers of Ireland held large meetings at Dublin on Tuesday and Wednesday last, for the purpose of bringing before the Government the depressed con dition of their trade, arising from the state of the law as rcgards the intercouso between England, Ireland, and Scotland. q TTIF U'k's'r ()N "'II ITRQDA.Y OCTOBER , " nit 4 LONDON: TIII - RSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1341. The Overland nail from • India has arrived, bringing most important news from Canton of the 19th of June, from 7dacao of the 20th, from Calcutta of the 7th of August, and from Bombay of the Ist of September. The British troops under the command of General Sir HUGH GOUGH and Sir HUMPHREY LP. FLEMING SEN HOUSE, having, in a series of brilliant at- j tacks, from the 21st to tl►e 27th of May, destroyed all the fbrtifications round Canton, that city capitulated. General Sir _HUGH GOUGH calculates the loss of the Chinese in the different attacks at 1,000 killed and 3,000 wounded. The loss on the British side was 15 killed and 112 wounded, including-several highly distinguished officers. By the terms of the capitulation, the Chinese Commissioners, with all the troops except the natives of the province of Quangtong, agreed to withdraw' sixty miles from the city ; to - pay for the use of the British Crown in consideration of sparing the city, and independently of the opium claim, six millions of dollars within one week, of which five millions have been paid; to abstain from fortifying any place on the river before the final adjust ment of the opium vestion ; to satisfy within one week all demands for the plunder of the factories, and the destruction of the Span ish brig Bilbaino in 1539. On tha partia! Per formance of these terms by the Chinese, Cap- ' tain ELLIOT (whose successor, Sir H. POTTIN GER, had unfortunately not arrived in China), agreed to withdraw, and actually withdrew all the British forces outside the Bocca Tigris— thus neutralizing and destroying the whole of the most desirable results of the expedition! How keenly must the gallant officers and men who saw themselves within an hour of a victory which would have brought the EMPEROR upon his knees, and eventually spared the effusion of rivers of blood,felt the degradation of yielding obedience to a man so utterly incompetent to fill the office of a Plenipotentiary as Captain ELLIOT ! " Whatever might be my sentiments," writes the gallant General Sir H. Gouon to Lord AUCKLAND, " my duty was to acquiesce ; the attack, which was to have commenced w ithi n forty- f ive minutes, was counter manded, arid the feelings of the Chinese were spared. Of the policy of the measure Ido not consider myself a competent judge; but I say feelings,' as I would have been responsible that Canton should be equally spared, with the exception of its defences, and that not a soldk should have entered the town further than the fortified heights within its walls." The Gallant Officer here indicates the proper course, and one. which, had it been adopted, would have at once settled the opium question. Sir H. POTTINGER, the new Plenipotentiary, was expected to reach Hong Kong in August. According to a report of the instructions given to him by Lord PALMERSTON, be is to demand fifteen millions of dollars for the seized opium, the whole of the expenses of the war, and the Hong debts. The cost of the opium is to be paid at once, the remainder in instalments within five years, with the interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. He is to negotiate with► no Mandarin who does not hold plenary powers from the Emperor ; to insist upon having a British Envoy atTekin, with the right of holding direct communication with the Emperor in person; to deMand the opening of a trade at all the prin c:pal ports in the Chinese seas, with the right of Great Britain to purchase land and build a factory in each; and, finally, to make known to the Emperor, that England will per manently occupy Hong Kong, for the pro tection of her trade. Had Sir H. POTTINGER, on arriving in China, found Canton garrisoned by British troops, the work of negotiation would be very short, and Captain ELLIOT might have left the country with some degree of credit. But unfortunately all that might have been accomplished will have to be begun over again. Nor is it possible to comprehend what object Captain ELLIOT could have in taking Canton and then restoring it to the Chinese, since it appears that he had no intention of so much as mooting the opium question. Of the general news brought by this mail, we have not space here for any details, which will be found at length in another part of The Sun. We deeply deplore the loss which the naval service has sustained in the death of Sir H. LE FLEMING SENHOUSE. The Parliament is to be prorogued this day. No legislative relief is to be given to the people. The Tories insist on cursing them with starvation laws. They obstinately refuse to remove at pre sent one thread of the monopoly that binds every part of the community, and impedes its healthy action. There are still a few savages who have not yet learnt that late lesson of civili sation, to allow the human form to grow as nature dictates; but there is an im mense multitude of Tory tivages who have not learnt this lesson as to society, a sub ject incomparably more delicate and more beyond our cognizance than individual man, and they insist with a truly barbarous and ignorant disposition, on stretching out its eats, flattening its skull, widening its nose, cutting off its fingers, and crippling its feet. The patient they have tortured and are torturing now cries out with agony; but, callous as an Indian, they only regard the complaining sufferer with con tempt, and will sport and amuse themselves, un less society recover its boldness, and resolve to set itself free. Some persons allege, as an excuse for their cruelty or their indifference, that an alteration in the Corn-laws at present would give no imme diate relief. This is a great mistake. Were the Corn-laws repealed, or were even a small fixed duty substituted fur the sliding scale, the manufacturers would instantly begin to prepare for a foreign market. They would set their mills to work, and employ more people. They might never sell what they set the people to make ; they might next year be worse off than they are now ; but nevertheless a great deal of imme diate employment would spring from their hope of making sales, and a great instant relief would be afforded to the community by the re peal of the Corn-laws. .Nor can we conceive anything more heartless, and more reprehen sible, than the conduct of those men—many of them belonging to the working classes, all of them professing to wish well to freedom and industry—who now, at various public meetings, even while they denounce the Corn-laws, inter fere to prevent a strong and an unanimous de mand being wafted to the Throne for their imme diate repeal. Whether they be Mr. PEA RGUS O'CONNOR and his disciples, or any other class of Chartists, they now share the Tory guilt of starving the people of Pais ley, Leeds, Bolton, and Glasgow. 'Who ever now interferes to prevent a unanimous de mand for the repeal of the Corn-laws is as great an enemy to the suffering working classes as Lord STANLEY or the Duke of BUCKINGHAM. The Parliament, by the direction of the Minis ters, refuses to undo the ligatures with which it has bound society ; and those who impede the demand for repeal, encourage and support the Parliament in oppressing their brethren. Earnestly as we now press on our readers, and as we have pressed on them, the propriety of devoting their attention first to procure a repeal of the Cori: it we arc very far fr::c.: suppoing that it;alone will "he a remedy for our social evils; hut, of a great number of had laws and institutions, the Coro-laws are those which most immediately injure us, which are amongst the inoSt . unjust, and which Twe must remove, before we can get rid of other similar unjust enactments. We have no fear that we shall ever want a grievance when they are repealed; but we insist strenuously that they are one of the greatest national griev ances, of which it is cruelty towards the work ing classes:not most assidously to demand the redress. The Parliament is now to be prorogued, and the people must consider how they can le gally and constitutionally redress their mighty grievances themselves. 5 .. E 41a ri PARY Or h a vi AND t4I) YY OP ttE tie " liThu runs may read." POEEIGN. Canton was taken by the British forces on the 27th of May. The details are too interesting to be abridged, and we therefore refer the reader to the official accounts given at length in The Sun. The intelligence from the Continent is destitute of in terest. PAR: 'TAUT. There wf...s no House of Lords last night, but the Peers meet this day at one o'clock, to be present at the proro gation of Parliament by commission. The Commons met as usual, and Mr. Wakley, for what purpo:ie we know not, gave notice of a motion fur next session, for a radical reform in the House of Commons. Is this to blind or pacify his Radical con stituents till the House again meets? Mr. C. Buller brought'under the notice of the House the case of Lord G. Paget, who petitioned against the return fur Carnarvue, and who failed to complete his recognizance by having entered into it before a Magis ' trate for Cardigan, when the Act imperatively requires that it shall be entered into before a Magistrate of the county wherein the borough is situated. air. Buller wished an indulgence granted to Lard G. Paget, and asked that the law should be set aside ; but on the motion being opposed, he withdrew it. In the discussion, - some remarks were made about bribery and its remedies, which aro worth reading. Mr. Wakley brought. under the notice of the House the case of a Scotch gentleman, who has been confined in a lunatic asylum as a madman by his friends on ac count of some family quarrel, which is like many similar hard cases, we are afraid, in England ; but on Sir William lice promising to institute an inquiry, the Hon. Gentle man at:owed the;,...ubject to drop. An Addresa to the Queen, got up at Tamworth, which appears to have _heea_improperly signed, was also the subject of a brief discussion. The Government have sent the Addres to Tamworth, and have ascertained that some of the signatures are not genuine. It was not, however, thought so .badly of as to be withheld from the Queen.• It will go with the bundle, and be thrust aside in the usual manner with the petitions and ad dresses of the people. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Baring) referred to something said by the Duke of Wellington, in the other House, relative to the First Lord of the Treasury having been in greater deficit in the revenue than Mr. Baring had stated, and lie applied for an ex planation. Both the present Chancellor of the Ex chequer and Sir Robert Peel bore testimony to the ac curacy of Mr. Baiing's estimates, but stated that sevend deniands had since come in, which was what the Duke meant. The House adjourned at Half-past Six, to meet this day at Two, to be prorogued. woNET-T2.11.Dn-corawiEnc E. - - The Ballinasloe October fair commenced on Monday, and promises to be a favourable one for the graziers. Prices are considerably higher than they were last year. commEnciAz xtEro ELM. Further meetings to memoralise the Queen on the pre :.eat distress, and petitioning against the prorogation of L'arliatnent, have been held at the Ward of Ferringdon wit:l4n, Bread-street Ward, and Sunderland, since our l ast , am ': tifteen additional addresses from counties, bo roughs, and ;‘*.rtshes, forwarded by Sir J. Graham to the Queen. ...,_ lazze ..... ONESERING. Andover is assuming all the bus , tle of an election con test. Lord William Paget or Loru .. 1 luntingtower comes forward on the Reform side. Mr. Henry u' ()Wes is the Conservative candidate. •• LI Lord Somerton, son of the Earl of Normington, w.:" elected for the borough of Wilton on Wednesday, un opposed. prNm ARTS. A farther part of the discoveries in the Chapter House Record-uflice, Westminster, consists of a pavement, con cealed under the present wooden floor, composed of an cient Nerinan which are figured with gold, burnt in brick. The patterns of the figures are beautiful and various. .fiGRXCULTUE.LI.L. Prince Albert has become a British farmer, as the stock and • crops on the Norfolk and Flemi.h farms, Windsor Great Park,' formerly occupied by King Wil liam IV., have been valued to his Highness from the Crown by Government.oFder. rumas. AND The Acheron, British steari•packet, was still lying at Constantinople, or_ the 14th instant, awaiting Lord Pun sonby, who had been unable to embark in consequence the serious illness of Lady Ponsonby. LAW' AND POLICE. On Tuesday James Smith, a private in the Scotch Greys, now quartered at Brighton, was brought before the Lewes Magistrates, charged with robbing Elizabeth Dickens, wife of the head gamekeeper of Lord Chiches ter, and remanded for a week, with an intimation that he would then be committed lot trial. The driver of the omnibus No: 2,461, was brought to Queen-square yesterday,. charged with ga ll op i ng t h roug h Knightsbridge on Sunday evening ; and on the case being proved, the Magistrate suspended defendant's license, and took his badge away for two months. TE=ATRICAL. Mr. Vandenhoff is engaged at Covent Garden, where he will shortly make his appearance in Sheridan Knowles's new play. Miss Adelaide limbic's performances at Covent Gar den Theatre will not commence until the latter end of November, when we learn on good authority that Mr. R. llnghes, the leader, who lately made so creditable a debut as Count Almaviva, in the performance• of the Operatic Society at the Lyceum, will sustain the bass part in the Italian operas to be produced. Negotiations are on foot with a talented violinist to supply the respon sible seat thus about to be vacated in the orchestra. COURT-PASHIONAZLE. A Cabinet Council was held this day at the Foreign Office. The summonses for the meeting were issued last evening. No day - has yet bean fixed for the removal of the Court from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace. The statement that the Court would come to town on Satur day next is incorrect. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland will leave London for Dublin on Tuesday or Wednesday next. The Earl of Radvior-arrived in Grosvenor-street, on Tuesday, from Longford Castle, Wilts. DILISCELLAICEOUS. A Bedford paper mentions, as an uncommon fact, that on Sunday last " a jack-daw flew in at the parish church at Newport Papa, during divine service, and listened to the • sermon with the most edifying decorum." A jack-claw at church may be an "uncommon " sight, but a jack-daw in the House of Commons is by no means "uncommon," for they may be seen there perched by dozens on the back-seats of the Treasury Bench ! The Brentford Gas Company have undertaken to light the roads between London and Isleworth for one week at their own risk. Mr. O'Connell held a repeal meeting at Dublin on Tuesday. at which 80,000 persons were present, and out of which number he stated that nine-tenths were tee totallers. We regret to have to record the death of the Chim panzee, who expired last week at his residence in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park. This must be a great loss to the Tories,_ for we understand that they intended bringing him into Parliament, where he would have made a touch more effective speaker than the Hon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln. A Belgian Journal says. " A woman of Creya, aged forty, and whu had never before had a chid, has just been brought to bed of three daughters." This is mak ing up for lost time. To-day, for the first time, the London day mail will be despatched at the usual hour by the Railroad, and will be received by the eleven o'clock down train arriving here soon after one ; so that the afternoon delivery will take place some three hours earlier than heretofore. The only inconvenience resulting from this change will be the delay in the delivery of Wtstern letters, now brought by the Southampton mail, till next morning, instead of the same afternoon. — Brighton Guar dian, Wednesday. ACCIDENT TO SIR THOMAS WILDE.—We regret to hear that Sir Thomas Wilde was thrown from his horse on Saturday morning last, when taking a ride in the neighbourhood of his country seat, near Southgate, IlEddlesex. He was rendered nearly insensible by the concussion ; but, we are glad to hear that his medical attendants, after a careful ex amination, have reported that the Learned Gentleman has not experienced any serious inquiry. Yesterday afternoon the bodies of Marshall and Field, two of the men killed on the Brighton Railway, were.interred at the expense of the Company. The re mins of *Watson and Palmer have been brought to London. STnANRAER—We are sorry to say that there is now too much reason to fear that the sloop Maria, of this place, belonging to Mr. Bugh M'Culloch, merchant here, was lost in the gale of Tuesday, the 21st ult. The Strand was stopped np again yesterday in consequence of a portion of the experimental wood pavement reeently laid clown proving a failure. Something else is to be tried. These continual experiments in the leading thorough fares are becoming a nuisance. But the greatest nuisance of all is that adjoining the Globe newspaper office, which bids fair to continue for six months longer. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is greatly to blame in allowing such a thoroughfare to remain almost impassable for nine months while the whole work might have been done in nine weeks. P R 0 itoi“ TION I E AR L A HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " We are commanded by her Majesty to ac quaint you that it appears advisable to her Majesty to bring to a close the present Session of Parliament. " In conformity with the advice of her Parlia ment, and in pursuance of the declared inten tions of her Majesty, her Majesty has taken the -requisite measures for the formation of a New Administration, and the arrangements for that purpose have been completed by her Majesty. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " have it in command from her Majesty to thank you for the Supplies which you have granted to her Majesty for those branches of the public service for which complete provi sion had not been made by the late Parliament. "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, - " The measures which it will be expedient to adopt for the purpose of equalising the Public Income and the Annual Expenditure, and other important objects connected with the Trade and Commerce of the country will necessarily oc cupy your attention at an early period after the Recess. " Her Majesty has commanded us to repeat the expression of her deep concern at the distress which has prevailed for a considerable period in some of the principal manufacturing districts, and to assure you that you may rely upon the cordial concurrence of her Majesty in all such measures as shall appear, after mature consideration, best calculated to prevent the recurrence of that dis tress, and to promote the great object of all her Majesty's wishes—the happiness and content ment of her people.' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LiVERI.OOI. COTTON MARKET, OCT. 6.—The Market to day has been less animated, the sales not amounting to more than 4,000 bales, consisting principally of American descrip tions at 54 to 6i. A few bales have been taken for export. LIVERVOOL bHARE MARKET ' OCT. 6.—The transac tions at the Stock Exchange this day a , e, Eastern Counties, 7,1 ; Ditto, Debentures, 76 ex div. ; Chester and Crewe, 48k; Liverpool and Alarchester, Half Shares, 92 ; London and Birmingham, 321 Shares, :52i ; Paris and Rouen, M A NCHESTER STOCK. EXCHANGE, OCT, 6.—Our market still continues dull, and business very limited. London and Birmingham, 158 159; Ditto, New 3 , 2/. snares, '23 22k; Lon don and South Western, 50i i; Manchester ar:d Leeds, 56 58; Ditto Quarters, 15s. 16s. prem. ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 211. 6s. 3d. ; Bank of Manchester, 5. Her Majesty's packet Penguin has arrived at Fahnouth with the Mexican mail. She ha; brought on freight nearly 900,000 dollars; 36,000 of which, it is stated, is to pay the dividends. THE FUNDS. The English Stock Market opened firm this Morning. Consols are 89b Money, and 89% a for the Account ; Exche quer }Us, 13 15. Spanish Active Stock Las further declined to 22, 1 1 in con sequenco of the report from Paris that Central O'lJo►.ncll had made an att: 'opt on Pampeluna. In comcquente of the money having come over to pay the Mexican Dividends. the Stock has advanced to f.'sl - Ce.L.mbian Bands :re tiOi ; Brazilian, 58 60 ; I ortuguese Five per Cents., 31*; Ditto Three per Cents., 18 19k. NEWSPAPER STAMP RETURNS. Extract from a Return of the Number of Stamps issued to the several Newspapers in Eng land, Scotland, and Wales, from the Ist day of April to the 30th day of June, 1841, inclusive ordered by the House of Commons : Average Daily Circulation. SUN 314,000 Globe Standard 250,000 C 6 prier 48,000 A Return of the Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by each Newspaper from the sth of January to the stll of July, 1841: SUN 589 10 0 Standard . 58 . 2 0 Globe - 4,7 7 0 C ou ri e r GREAT NORTH OF EN GLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Oct. 4, 1511:-- Passengers £1,043 18 2 Merchaudize 413 16 4 1,457 14 6 Earlington, Oct. 29. D. O'BRIET, Secretary. LITERATURE. THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 181. As a continuous, well-sustained narrative, the " Old English Gentleman" puts forth but slender claims to notice; the interest is kept up only by fits and starts ; and the incidents are of the most unconnected, fragmentary nature possi ble; it; however, we regard the work merely• as a series of sketches illustrative of provincial field sports, and the domestic habits of our rural squirearchy, then it deserves high praise; first, for its accuracy and judicious selection of de tails ; and, secondly, for the freshness and vigour of its descriptions. The author's heart Is evidently in his task ; he writes con amore ; and the consequence is, that he imparts much of the pleasure to his readers that lie has himself experienced in writing. The two principal per sonages of his story are, Squire Sernafield, and his old Whipper-in, Tom Bolton; both of whom are s trongly-marked characters, and drawn, we should say, from living originals. The first represents the sporting Squire of the present day, as correctly as Squire Weston represents the same character of Field ing's day, and is intended to be the model of an old English gentleman—simple and manly in his habits, frank, cordial, and hospitable in his nature, gifted with strong sense, and passionately devoted to all the robust out-of-door sports of his country. This fine old fellow's veteran Whip ' per-in is a portrait whose features are equally strik ing and attractive. To the simplicity of the child he adds the keen intelligence of the man; is rough and curt ofspeech, but friendly and even affectionate iu his nature; convivial and jocular in his cups; brave as a lion ; and so incurably wedded to certain sporting prejudices, that he would sooner lay down his life than abandon them. The interest of the story is restricted almost exclu sively to these two characters; for the females are tamely drawn, and possess no other requi sites than such as they always possess in novels — viz., youth and beauty. Of the descriptions we have already spoken. They teem with anima tion; and the account of a fox-chase, as detailed by the old Whipper-in to his son, over a bowl of punch by • a Christmas fire side, is as full of graphic energy as a simi lar sketch, which we remember to have read some years ago in the " Quarterly Review," and which was attributed at the. time—arid we believe justly, to the pen of Mr. Apperley, better known as the " Nimrod" of our Sporting Ma gazincs. STANLEY THORN. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1841. This is a republication in three vokmes of a tale that has already appeared, in successive portions, in the pages of Bentlqls Miscel lany. It was then brought out anonymously but the author has now avowed himself. and proves to be a Mr. Cock ton, who has cer tainly no cause to be ashamcd of his present per formance. Stanley Thorn, as we have more than once taken occasion to observe, is a smart, bustling story, put together with much tact. We understand that the picture by John van Eyck, which was included in the late exhibition of the British Institwion, has just been purchased from Colonel Hay, its pro p ietor, for the National Gallery. This remarkable picture is considered the only genuine work of John van Eyck, the re puted discoverer of oil painting, in this country. It consists of the portraits of a lady and gentleman standing at full length. NEW ENTRANCE TO HYDE• ?ARK.—A notIC: was posted yesterday on the th;crs of St. Margaret's Churc.i, Westminster, in which it is :owed alit certain promises to Knightsbridge, nearly oppsite to Wilton-place, are to be pulled down, by order of the Commissioners of Woods ald Forests, for the purpose of forming a new entrance tato Hyde Park. Rubini will reach Spain on the 30th inst. and stay at the Duke of Osuna's, where apartments are pee pared for hitn, and a carriage at his disposal. He is to get B,ooof. or 7201. for six nights' singing, and 2001. for two extra ones, besides his travelling expensos being paid. 3T. PETERSBURGH, SEPT 24.—The Itni9e rial Standard on the winter palace announced to-day to the inhabitants of the capital, that his Majesty the Em peror has returned from his journey to Warsaw. C I~ T a, r.:~ A I 131 zi FG TURKE 'T , CHINA. BOMBAY, SEPT. 6, 1841. The storm, whose gathering, was noticed in my last communication, has burst, but those by whom its ele ments were collected have been the victims of its fury. The accounts which the mail of the 19th July conveyed home, must have in some measure prepared the puolic mind for those which will reach England by the present opportunity. It then became known that we were on the verge of another outbreak. People will now learn the particulars of the expected conflict. Three or four days only after the date of the intelligence received here on the 15th Jnly, by the clipper Sir Herbert Compton, hostilities were renewed before Canton. The 23d May, the anniversary of her Majesty's birth, was the day fixed upon by General Gough and Sir Fleming Senhouse, for the commencement of their measures ; and a series of beautiful operations, both by land and sea, were con ducted for five days, at the expiration of which term the Chinese were completely discomfited, and Canton ley a second time at the mercy of the British ! A truce was then demanded, and a negi•eintion for the deliver ance of the city took place between Captain Elliot and the provincial authorities, the result of which was, that an arrangement was concluded, whereby, on payment of six millions of dollars, and performing some other minor conditions, the latter secured the withdrawal of the British forces, and reposssession of all the forts within the river which we had previously captured. The different official despatches, of Which Captain Barlow, of her Majesty's ship Nimrod, is expected to be the bearer, will be republished so extensively at home that fir me to offer an outline of the events detailed in these documents would, I am sure, prove superfluous. The gallant bearing of the whole of the expeditionary forces, naval and military, their intrepid conduct in ac tion, the judgment and precision which marked the dif ferent operations, are set forth so clearly that it is alto gether unnecessary to dwell on either on the present oc easion. The arrangement entered into by Captain Elliot, with the Canton authorities, is understood to be wholly inde pendent of the main question between Great Britain and China—the 6,000,000 of dollars paid over being consi dered merely as the ransom of the city, which was vir tually in our power. A part of this sum has been de voted to the payment of Messrs. Dent and Co., fbr the opium purchased of them ; and it is said that the whole 61 the surrendered opium will be paid for out of it, and that Captain Elliot has actually written to Lord 'Auck land for the purpose of settling the terms on which the claims of the seripholders are to be discharged. Reports, too, are current that the Plenipotentiary has suggested, in his letter, that $3OO per chest (,5200 less than Messrs. Dent and Cu. received), should uc the rate of remune ration. Captain Elliot's right to appropriate the money to the discharge of the opium debts is generally questioned. Some say that it properly belonged to the army and navy, as prize money ; and others that to whatever pur pose it might have been afterwards applied, it should in the first instance have been remitted to England as pro perty- at the disposal of the Crown. It will be seen that the latest accounts intimate a speedy movement on Amoy ; and indeed state that pre parations were making for carrying Captain Elliot's in tentions, in this respect, into effect. Her Majesty's ship Nimrod, the vessel which bore the despatches to the Governor-General, spoke the steam frigate Sesostris, off Acheen Head, in the Straits of Malteca, on the 27th July. This was certainly a most opportune meeting, for, as Captain Barlow went on board, the Admiral and Sir IT. J. Potting;er, were made acquainted with the important intelligence, with wh;ch he was intrusted, at a much earlier period than could have been reasonably expected. They have long ere this reached their destination, and Captain Elliot has no doubt at length been relieved by his successor. The attack on Amoy, projected at the date of our most recent intelligence, may perhaps be looked upon as his last public act. ' Our vietories are clouded by the deaths of Captain Sir Fleming Senhouse, of her. Majesty's ship Blenheim, and Major Beecher, quartermaster-general. The latter offi cer is said to have ex; ed from sheer bodily exhaus tion, while mental excitement appears to have had no inconsiderable share in causing the dissolution of the naval commander. •_ _ _ _ ~ Nothing has beer. heard of the two officers of her Ma testy's ship Blenheim, who were reported some time ago to have been captured by the Chinese ; and it seems but too probable that they have shared the melan choly fate of their companion, Mr. Field. (From the Summary of the Bombay Times, Sept. 1, 1840. VERY IMPORTANT. Our intelligence extends front the 20th of May to the 19th of June. Captain Elliot, having on the 10th May visited the prefect of Canton, with a view of ascertaining his intentions, saw at once that it was vain to look for a continuance of the armistice, and that. a fresh rupture was immediately at hand. The• Chinese had, during the period of simulated peace, been secretly engaged in raising outworks, arming their batteries, and collecting troops. On returning to the fleet, accordingly - , Captain Elliot on the 15th countermanded the sailing of the ex pedition about to start for Amoy, and Sir IL Le Fleming Senhouse, prepared to move up the river with the fleet, on the 18th. On the 20th, Yu, the acting Governor of Canton, i:,sued a proclamation to tranquillise the fears of foreign merchants, mxious, doubtless, to detain them within his reach till his arrangements Were so matured as to permit their seizure. Next day the merchants were formally warned by an official commuuication from Capt. Elliot, to quit the factory before sun-set. The same even ing, about midnight, the Chinese commenced the attack, by a general cannonade against the advanced ships of ''so squadron (now off Canton), wherever the guns could L.. ' be broug.. .t to bear, and by fire rafts dropped down the *he headmost vessels. The schooner river to destroy . - were unable to weigh anchor, Aurora and Louisa cutter, . to heavy during and were exposed off the factor.a . : ar e Mud .the the night. The steamer Nemesis Ilteßnw.--- ships out of the way, and opened A tfAITIVPdcus fire fruni her 32-pounder gulls, while the Pyi,:“.l, ial s o4asate, and Algerine kept up a brisk cannonade on the wit I y erected fortress of Shaming. The fort was eartaaod 4t daybreak next morning, and eight highly-fonand'new brass guns taken possession of. Meanwhile, a natah.o of war-junks having issued from a creek opposite Estee, were chased back again to their retreat by the Nemesis. So soon, however, as they observed that the steamer was once more occupied battering the fort, they Vlinttlred out agal:t, but seeing that they were observed and instantly pursued by their vigilant and terrible enemy, endeavoured to retire, but escaped not with their former impunity. The Nemesis having given chase, was soon out of sight of her friends, but the explosions and bursts of white or murky smoke told how fearfully she was employed. In three hours she blew up no has than forty war-junks. Her return presented a scene truly unique, She was entirely bedecked with the flags and pendants wlli:L•t4 she had taken from the captured junks, mandariu thaaeaes and , caps graced the persons of the boats' crews ; and the Chinese tail was seen dangling from beneath the cap of the crew of one of them. The casualties among the Chinese are said not to be heavy, On the 23d the forces, naval and military, arrived off Cantor!, when their com manders held a conference with the Plenipotentiary, for the purpose of concerting measures for their future pro ceedings. Sir IL Gough proposed to disembark the land forces to the N.W. of the environs of the city, while . Major Pratt, with the 26th Cameronians, should occupy some part of the enemy's attention by seizing the factory on the southern aide. In the meanwhile, Captain Bel cher, of her Majesty's ship Sulphur, was sent to ex plore the river to the north, and to report on the practicability of effecting a landing in that direction. He was attacked by a number of boats of the enemy ' on this exeuraion, but suffixed no obstacles to over come him, and succeeded in his mission, after destroy ing twenty-eight of their boats. I rom the mast-head of one of the lower junks he completed his survey of the country, and found that there was an excellent landing place, and that the hills north of the city appeared easy of accession even to artillery. By two, P.M., of the 2d, the troops being all on board boats, &e., the. steamers commenced towing them to their respective points of attack, the right column to take possession of the factories by the Atalanta, anti the left, consisting of flair brigades, by the Nemesis. The rightcolumn, under ColonerMountain, arrived at their destination its time to prevent, for the present, the foreign factories being destroyed, the inhabitants and soldiers (Chinese) being engaged in carrying off whatever cause in their way ; but the Dutch . and British Hongs were completely plun dered of every thing they contained, among the rest a large quantity of woollens, stored in the Company's godowns, before their arrival. The left column, under Sir 11. Gough, comprising 117 officers, 2,276 rank and file, and 13 guns, arrived at the village of Isingalme, their point of debarkation, about dusk.. The General and the 49th reg., consisting of 28 officers, and 213 rank and file, landed for the purpose of reconnoitering, but tt few straggling parties alone were s een. During the night guns were landed, and the next morning the landing of the remainder of the column was effected, and the witele t ooved for ward a little after day-light. The distance MIS com puted to be about three and a half miles from the city walls, and the heights to the n orth of Canton, which ground were crowned by four strong forts. The be tween our force and the city' was chiefly under paddy cultivation. The Commant er having cautiously ad vancedprepared f their attack, about half -past ast nine the order within range of the forts, and everything being was given and in little more than half an hour the ettiostliedrnvaannetYwestern forts were in our posses sion, and our troops looked down upon Canton within Iv o yards of its walls. A spirited tire was kept up from the city walls from heavy ordnance, zinjalls, and matchlocks during the greater part of the day. After the trooas bad landed and proceeded on their way, a large body of Tar tar troons thought of capianua; the Nemesis, and made a rush to the water s edge for that FliVpliZti'i hot her com mander allowed them to approach within range of bi § guns, when he opened such a volley of grape upon them that they were fain to retire, leaving a great number gontainin:,; about 4,000 dead behind them To the north-ea:A of the city was a stro ngly entrenched cam of the enemy , which was se p arated from the heights b y a tract of paddy land, from which repeated - at tacks were made, and as frequently repulsed by her Majesty's 49th Regiment. About 3, P.M. it was evident a Mandarin of rank had reached their camp (afterwards understood to be Yang, the Tartar General), and that the Chinese meditated a fresh attack ; in consequence of which Major-General Burrell was despatched to repel it, and follow up the enemy across a narrow causeway, and destroy their encampment,. which duty was gallantly per forined by her Majesty's 18th and .16th Itugiment ,, , and a company cf Royal Marines, though not ‘vithout consi derable loss, from the troops being exposed to a heavy fire from the N.E. face of the city wall. The enemy fled ; the encampment was set on fire ; several maga- EV ENING b niness t ra. el re T b i l i 'l e 'v jai ' ll a i ll i cl ,.:,-,q l ,., ) ::, ' : ' , : i ' i l : e i :,,',', :,',': :- . 1 - ' :: s c (7 ' ;''' ; by storm, for which every rieeessary - Ineasvl.,.. '.vis c' - feeted ; but a flag of trujer appearing the next miiring on the city galls, Mr. Thorn (the interpreter) was d e ; pitted to ascertain the cause, when a mandarin stated they were anxious for . peace. The Getieral had ,It explained that, as Commander of the British Ferces, he would treat with no other than . the Commander of the Chinese army, but that be would suspend hostilities for two , IlOurs, to allow of the Chines ° General meeting him ; that ,if he did not reeri" . • a communication from her Majesty's PleniP oten tiary (rill° was with the squadron smith of the i:ity), or no . not"' satisfactory interview With him during- that time, 1 10 u' lities should be restinied. The Chinese. Geeeral not making his appearance, the interval was Made use of to bring up the guns, eee.. During the night of the of bring everything was prepared in the ltritiSi" - camp ; orders were prepared to open the. batteries at seven, and to com mence the attack at eighs next morning, in four C%iluitills• On the morning of the 27th, when our troops were about to comtnence operations, an officer of•the Royal Nat',: ! ' lir rived in the camp, who had been tray.lling all night, having lost his way, with a communication from Captain Elliot, containing instructions to suspend a ll ustifitiest as the inhabitants of Canton had agreed to-ransoni the city. In compliance with these orders (though 1.71 t y to his mortification), Sir' H. Gough was obliged to'lloFn; termand his order for the attack. The conditioDS,te,',. which Captain Elliot agreed with the Chinese forlto: ransom of Canton were—first, that all soldiers •ii,tl ) ._„ c i than those of the province, with the three IrriVra Commissioners, should quit the city in six days,' - P I !,, retire 60 miles. 2d. Six millions of dollars to be Pal" for the use of the Crown of England, co unting !f t° 27th May—one ninon payable before sunset of that ti3)' ; 3(1. For the present, the British troops to remain in th? l , actual positions; no additional preparations for. hosti liti b % to be made on either side. If the sum agreed up" ) ` not paid within seven days, it shall be increased to sere° millions ; . if not within fourteen days, to eight mil lions' if not within 20 days, nine millions. l T shall be paid all the British forces to - rertu h :t r i ' vv - t i l t l i7oti v' t it°llee Rocca Tigris and Wangtong, and all' fortified- places within the river to be restored, and not to be re-art° till all affairs are settled between the two nations 4. Losses occasioned by the plunder of the-faetories,• a° by the destruction oldie Spanish brig Bilbatiiia :xl'l"''9' to be paid within one week: 5. It is required that :t A d liwang-chow-foo shall produce full powers to e°°e ll l . this arrangement (01 the pert of the threcCommissiol le a l :,': the General of the Tartar garrison, the G overnor-G en ', : and theFooyun ofli-.vang tung. At ten o'clock, a t the req% t , of Yang, the Tartar General, a conf e r ence ., was h e ld hetwe',' / / 'Sir H.Gough (accompanied by Sid?. Sen house) and hiatie4; viten-a long parley ensued. Sir Hugh explained tebi„, that•her Mejesta's Plenipottaitiary 'having resum ed 'Oer d tions with the local authorities, he should await a fart° 1., communication from him. At twelve o'cl oc k, a..: 4 :; 0 : ?e, Elliot arrived in camp, when all further active operMOid ceased.. The day following (28tli) a conference Was city, with the Kwang-chow-foo under the walls of the a ' f when every arrangement was made for the evacuati° id the city, by as large a body of tho Tartar troops as e a u to be got ready, and a mandarin of rank was pertnitt e for pass through the British ranks to procure quarters es, them. Sir 11. Gough was now informed that the Ch.j il ee . forces consisted of 45,000 men, exclusively of trooPs es longing to the Kwang-tung province. The Tartar ttv c s 'i r at the request of Captain Elliot, were peetnitted IT. ea 11. Gough to pass out at the north-east gate, ear'l * l . - a a' with them their arms and baggage, but were not alio" ec to display their banners or sound any music. Th e l a e g, day (29th), a large body of troops, apparently reg t la s , numbering about 5,000, armed with long spearsi ~ li ' t ' a er e and swords, were collected on. 'the heights, and 'een' rapidly increasing. The General advanced again st t t he with a wing of the 26th, three companies of the - 19 t h, ' a 37th Madras N. 1., and the Bengal -Volunteers, '''3., ported by the' Royal - Marines. • The enemy wer e , fi r m parsed with some difficulty on account of a thunder -s the that came on, and which .wetted the muskets o f t i m e troops so that they would not go off. The heat ot 4 , r, sun was at this time so insupportable, that Major Bee t a ' a e a , Deputy Quartermaster General, fill V -EOM eXilial.ll:o and expired in a few minutes. Indeed, both M oiler o fficet' men were nearly exhausted. The next• day it iA g force of the enemy had assembled, and ineditatt• , la attack on our camp ; upon which Sir 11. Gough gly ioo - the Kwang-chow-foo, stating that he would l'e"" a /c : 0 0 .tilities if a similar insult should again be offare';'; ' w ith Captain Elliot joining the camp, a meeting was heill,,, i ,rs the Prefect, who declared-that the conduct of thesi' ela c was contrary to the wishes of the authorities,• ant] •„s -,he would soon disperse them by sending off his ow il ate r , sistant, it the General would depute an . o ffi cer to uc c- t i f e party him. Captain Moore, of the 34th Bengal „ N ü b aC' infantry, volunteered to do: so, and they were qui te dul cessful, as the enemy entirely dispersed on learnillga i lia reason of their coming. Sir 11. Gough, finding tio. L . 'mot millions of dollars had been paid, an d that Captai n . 160 0 was satisfied-with the security for the remaining in b ir d for the ransom of Canton—that 14,500 Tartar tro o p s. to r, marched out of the town, that 3,000 had gone 11 begets and that the remainder were reared to follow , her carriages could be procured, acceded to the wish 0...`...the Majesty's Plenipotentiary to re-embark the trooP: - , , ,,fir Chinese finding Coolies to convey the guns and al J ae o l tion. The Coolies being furnished on the Ist of d. io i the troops and gars were embarked, the British fil l ta lowered in the feu forts, and the expedition ret l ill ' - ' Tsing-hie. Our casualties -ii a ' wo been ver,y• ~ .- r yol, li house Major t it t no l s i lb e eiiels N rt l3 tst i :i ' m i e f i c s r l i o l , e 3 i. li l id i, iii i e, .: irl. li killed—and 1 ; ) nl ' v i e ; ! r 't - e r e u i t i i g o l fre r i' s l i ' v 4 ' l,tue a ' "il a ci.la t i .. ' ll l', n idl l s e t i l e A d n f i a l s t t e i r i v e v e: o n t h ' n e id o e i l l i d e . d shi S u o i i r i i - c e i l e l a r -7 0 ) 1 e L a l L e i S ir ll : l , it is said, by the mortificatiou he experienced 0 t a- . ceedings of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. tl.r T ' OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF THE LATE N' 7 -- % AND MILITARY. OPERATIONS IN Clll' - '`. (From the Gciculta Gazette Extra, .41 1 ;, 7) o r NOTIIIC,ITIoN, FORT WILLI4 3 ft tis 1 1 111- ; P li e l :o°' KENT, AUG. 7, 1841,---TllO Right iloaouraiilP or, 01 verger-( et cram of fnain, in Council, hilving th ; 0 0 received intelligenue of the happy result of the o o,- operations of her Majesty's and the Honourable vil t"o pany's naval and military forces, in an ow* uP o ', i ' the ...,;..:lese forces, in front of the city of Canton , ilo.ptib 25th and 30th of May last, is pleased to direct t t ' : 0 0 ite..tita, faa e.eperal informv tient of the follewitir, We' r., ,li o e l n , -•ft.' .G '' §c - a- --, • - ' : krP4l ( -794.ePf §q IfTgli poiig!!, If!P:14,! tt'!i'l'‘i;6 s - the Land forces, paA patetapfa icon adespatch ;!,!`', 4., 0° by (.3aptiLin tlic Henry Le . Vleming Senhouse, li.out•Liis,F,' 61144 4 444 nufiaf olltypt:pf the fleet at Canton; t ' .001/ cellency this 6av4l(4orntnantlep:in7ehtef 14 fit4lft i kt : , has been communicated to the Supreme Gan'er•PL'' ~.ilry . f.. oi. i .. , These accounts of the brilliant suceesses or __, 0 6 0 , t,4b ora - 44 have been received with the highest. g''' ; , 0! tion by thp GovprottrGen.eral. iii Council; 11 . ,1:Ot i ;tii pressirg his admiration of cooffn!.:t of 01'f l AO t ti of the row§ employed in this service, 14 the P e te a Lamont tle< Iti4 wl4g4 h4§ 14'01► sustained b Y i .• r apP r ,, ; of Captain tigi. li, 1.,C: F4 4 - fl ing fienhopse, N'l!') ', the to have subsequently sunk Undee tii4 i'..ri-ig' i . ,,it haustion caused by Isis exertions in the acacias .. e „, • ••',- $ cifineae. tP'' , ~.4.t.P'eaail . '[lie Op F erppy•pencr4 in Connell i*PmqVi arr: t o '• : .. • - I . 3Ylis , 'lll3 that io hoponr o f 1 ,1t.s victory tti ~\.\ o f For: ,01 1 royal FAIN be gred from the ramparts Of and at the I.4ftelpal militay stations of tl i '„ India. 60.' 0°' By order of the light Honourable the ' General of India in Council, - it IDOC' Adis . 'l', 11", MAL o fq o Secretary to the Gov- 6 ,e.e't THE EIGHT HONOURABLE EARL OF AVOLI:' air GOVERNOR-GENEn.4.I., &C., &'... vicer" Head-quarters, Ship Marion, Gan t ' i sal• , a,eg ceedine- to Hong Kong - , J .Tune :3, ly r lions ',ea/ a My Lord—My fetter of the 18th front o frie fare e e will have made your Lordship mate I . ' , 1-1) ,„ a ter t „ ° a olt abandonment of the movement on Ainety, i" e ' ea eet " - jrce sumac active operations against Canton, " 11 ' l'arV I, iii' the constant arrival and concentration of tl etaa tio ll- w itli upon the several provinces, and other dern °! ' a earS ' dicathe of an interruption to our friendly i Atter , if the provincial Government, . 2. From the judicious and unw earied 4 l n ert e i r ° , ll t sl : ffi t e l; ' ; Le Fleming Senhouse, the senior natal T tas ail d° t ile of men-of-war and transports was prep4l4 winchlef 18th, but in consequence - of light arid cr" l ", l i t :t9tli. i$ whole did not get under weigh until t,. ,:r ., wit i i iil o it, Majesty's ship Blenheim took up her posi t i l ' the .`2t, s ,' ," 1 11 ). miles of Canton in the Macao passage, ° I e , i oftt e ''' but Ow wili.ile or the force was not assembi ll , l I. , r. te . mornitig of tin= gi,li, 010. IYPOKtie 4if ? f ; il l . p PgI l ie:: 0 : Senhouse to the 1 ieinity of the ardnitha P, ..,•4011 1 ° c o , the double inject of meeting boy AfajestyP i l o . .et . te ° tiary and ascertaining, as far us poseible, t ' , 1 ,0 the enemy's preparations. a „ fl'4;° ; , of!, 3. It being the anxious wish both of Sir "' ra tiotl, of Senhouse and myt elf to commence active °ll i bir t o ,,ri so auspicious an epoch as the anniversary' ur 1 t he . 11. f a' our Sovereign, every exertion was made, a"' er aft, Y l 4l were placed 2r. M., on that day ill V ario o ibg Iv cured th4rinF q - te. prPliOlis clay and night bi. i'' . ~,,, o exertiOn6 oi ',lie eoyal Si4i.vy, . ' "ee° 'ee lad h l l.l ' f 4. From all the WilVees front which 1 ' the ,C` ) (P i bled to collect ieformation, or rather fl'a'i l ' - 0 1 0' 6 10 tureS of persons who have long resided in , e. cell-tar no European bad . been permitted to see th e pal'. 41 above the factoriee>,and the Chinese woukl givc.,,riirliiie mation) , 1 w4§ /440 Pgd tO_ decide on iPPic -iii .' ! "S v il.l l- ; ° ;i L O Point of deljarivation to 010110;01 Wii4i; ( i f !, 4 '::i;Ti.. o ;j °I ( a i i i i .a o t t l lr i e n t; efohleinuntitiolait,smtooftathle;ecupeowssyesr,ion 5-4. :.ici ° . Oi l° the sometime toco-4-crate with tho::a t ‘ l ' I ' llitf'11: s ; ;I eL e l ic i e 'i' . '11 :10 11)11 1 to attack the river defences, in order to „'! ;ne iit, r i it rous new works recently 'erected byc Ih . t- , : os i sil c 'eeri the whole southern face of the city. -A .te i iii- el f . and judicious reconnoissance made by Lap '„a t iel,'; f p o El t taftilliearheell!'itti::"itet4Siluilti;hOul-r''f,i'ilairli;l;lle al point I had eeleeted. rifr Y t'''' comei lc.. to% 0 5. Every arrangement having be.- - il • ii.tot ai a llt ate l: o'clock, and the boats and other craft la , at. 41,1 , Ile I ,eito , i' .- .„ .00 the steamers, the force meved to t , a aee lf , i ti , follows : , ; ~, a aa t4il 0 4 ;0 Right aolt:ma to attavlt Kid hOltl !!'-a,' ..' 4 ..gai, , ,„ „I of o th ili e c A er t:l . an o ta tia c l o . n r . - a ;i l s i t k in s. g t i t i f u. l i : t el: f` a r i t?,i,;: t ra , '"y ro g i t‘ liL i l rj, , , officer and twe! . •,‘ 417 0 1 ,0 t 15 294 ,r _ .:(1 1,,I . 0 tile of the • INI ad o4 'a, . ea i os"af' with 1 1 i i h e e r °l'l l: ' I P ‘ l ' t j (1 : 1 . 11 s -j1 ;y mi Si, s l 11 2 :; 6 frt t i ° l a t e : li'dQ ?°1:: el i 111 1 -eiti::: .111i.i:LJ'''1:!f'4il;17 :; t1c71 '' A to Im.eofltecolehfitinittil-Frtocumt.ed by the Nemesis-, in 1°11r : .,:.;,i1 f 51 ,1 .•. . ' :' ; ' , fls7, ° 0 'S . ~. ' •i j - 4th (Left, Beigarla under Lieut.-Col. 2 , 37th:M..N. 1 , o ' l ' ;00 1 Morrisal9th Reg. ; One , Company Benfe e , , ..,. t. '-,‘ L' . 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