The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

SPE-CIAt -t'OMMISSIONS. .ST4ITORD, 'WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TRIAL OP COOPER _FOR ARSON. The Solicitor-Generat concluded his address, which occupied 'about- an hotir - , when the Chief Justice summed up, and the Jury, after deliberating for about fifteen minutes, returned a verdict of Not guilty. The prisoner said -You are right, gentlemen, my alibi is as true as gospel. My Lord, I thank you for your great kindness, and I beg pardon for having in terrupted you in your address to the Jury. The prisoner was then removed, there being an in-. dictment against him for sedition, which, it is ar ranged, will be tried to• morrow. George Wilco x was t h en placed at the bar, charged with being- concerned in the demolition of Mr. Par ker's house. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Learned Judge,Jud a ft er observing that he was one of the party had actually se t fi re to t h e house, sentenced him totransportation for twenty-one years. Adam Wood was then placed at the bar upon a similar charge, and the evidence against him being conclusive of his participation in the outrage, the Jury fo und him gu il ty, and he was immediately sentenced To ten years' transportation, (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Whose trial was proceedinc, when our report was dis patched this morning, were' found Guilty, and sen tenced, John Neal to two years' imprisonment, and Simmons to 18 months' imprisonment. Several persons were afterwards tried for stealing geveral articles from the house of Dr. Vale on the day of the fire, and were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. fur The Grand Jury were yesterday discharged from th_t her. attendance till Monday the 24th inst., with t,' understanding that they are not to be called toge- Xron that day without further notice. The number bills of indictment found b - them in the entire is 130 y son e M ani , ' of them including eight to twelve pri co_rg.. Commission one bill has been ignored during the ,ifitnission. From the number of cases still to be o 'tied, and' the plan recently adopted by the pris-oners 18evering in thr challmges, it is said that the Com si/tobron cannot close during the present week, _and it will be necessary to postpone the Quarter Ses sions, which are fixed for the 18th inst., another week. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) lien YIT, W i lliamsi, Andrew Clews, Henry Hilliard, j o r Wardle, Hannah Boon, Elijah Clay, and John I:i:o7,l\l\l7e indicted for burglariously entering the ‘4stealing. W. Forrester, on the .15th of August, therefrom. The pria ott • -41w u i.4: 1 -,erg were acquitted. att ack on „,,',.)roek was indicted and found guilty of an 4 'ir- Forrester's house. -81:11 ' 10 dzonpleaded guilty to a larceny in Mr. orre s t et p s , llrr.ll,lll.Y.Gih°suosne.convieted. of beginning,to demolish florrester's house, was sentenced to two years' isonment and hard labour. Vale;lnn,a.h,l,4ees, convicted of a felony in the Rev. Dr. lab ou s r. i muge ) wits . sentenced to three months' hard Le j r illea Slack, convicted of beginning to demolish o Granvill e ' s offices, was sentenced to ten years ' t ransp ortation. At THU RSDAY. —(Before Sir N. TINDAL.) Yates, the sitting of the Court this morning Thomas , o , John lialford, Robert Halford, Samuel Wi.l - John Blanchard were discharged. Elijah Jackson was discharged. kiah Simpson w Part y as indicted f bein one of the I.llttY concerned in th e d emo lition or g of the house of Wil -11441 E sq., ast on the night of the 15th August an d found Guilty. 4 _ l he Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to l'r‘,l,,,lsportation for 21 years. t „ -the prisoner had been previously convicted of bein hous e , in the demolition of the Rev. .Dr. Vale's Aa l • rh oluaa Turn er was then indicted for a similar sen tenced and b e i ng found guilty, the ' Learned Judge him to transportation for twenty-one years. ' J ohn Sillito, for a similar offence. Guilty, with `Naive.,,T months' imprisonm en t. illiarn Evans, for the game offence. Discharged. Ed ward Ellis, on. a similar chargi , . Guilty, and geotenced to transportation for ten years. t I n This cas e th e L earned J udge sa i d that h e could °t allow an attempt to pervert justice, by setting up a • Per Ared alibi, to p ass w ith ou t ma ki ng a severe e l ample. (Before Mr. Baron ROLF , ~, RIO T AT THE REV. DR. . T . 'Samuel Moore, Rosanna Ils i , l' E SE. m .l) a m n u u s e E l * Nixon, -rvi Foster, John Bagnall, John i l Plant, Sarah Beech, lien Bolton, Charles Brills e, , Susannah I-Tanners -1.7, Elisabeth Robinson, John :Shaw d , J A u l l o i s a es S r au y n e d , e a rs li , —r"lget Costello, Anne Miserable, sugged_lookingllewis, an were indicted for creatures, a riot and unlawful assembly on the 15th August last. The p r i soner Nixon was first tried, and proved to have been actively engaged in the destruction of the property. Verdict—Guilty. Samuel Moore —Not Guilty. Rosann a Elli s - Guilt Levi e Fo s t er y. . W as next t r i e d , an d f oun d G u il ty. l _ Th iar. M other prisone rs were separately placed it the ost of them were 'defend e d b y C ounse l, an d with f Moore all were fbinid Guilty, th the exception and Sarah.V eee h .o Several other persons who petty dep re d at i on at W ere concerned i n ac t s of the house afterwards tried, an d found Guilt of Dr. Vale were The autho r iti es are makin g y. arrangements for the t ransmission of all the convicts upon whom sentence 'will have been passed up to Saturday next, tei the liulk3. The unusually large number or prisoners in the gaol, and the desperate character of many of the convicts, renders the immediate removal of a portion absolutely necessary, the officers being kept upon the alert day and night. CONSPIRACY TO BREAK OPEN STAFFORD GAOL tut of the STAFFORD, TIFUR SD AT.—A d eep -l a i d plan to break gaol here was discovered yesterday morn log, by the active and intelligent Governor, Mr. Brutthn. It appeared that a large body of the pri boners confined in one wing of the building had ar l'anged to secure the turnkey on entering the day lonm, and, after securing him, so that he could neither vffer any resistance nor cry out, to possess themselves of the keys n one of which they had ascertained would o f a. iminediately adjoining, in which fifty or spay stand of arms were deposited. There is little doubt that had the prisoners succeeded in possessing themselves of the keys and the arms, they would have ?mcomplished their object—getting outside the build :tn•g* Ellis, one lof the prisoners, who has been con victed at the present Special Commission, and con several ' other • a n the of th e convicts, ere engaged met er °: 4. Plot w , and f rom t h e desperate cha roany of th e party, and the small Zy ll lrib er of military stationed in th e p r i son, t h ere was ery probabilit had the Governor not received ille,inloy intimation, the plan would have completely ceeded. The most efficient arrangements were ,s4troediately made for the security of the prison ; the I,vera.l doors opening upon the yards and day rooms "eln.g strengthened with iron bolts and bars, and some 'roll doors, which were not in use, having been 41Pplied.to secure the various passages. Several inti 41,,.zitions-bad Leen previously received that such a de j%" was In contemplation, but the reports were be- L, l L ve d;to be unfounded, and it was only on the very - I , ° ` the outbreak, which was fixed for the following q k i. - 1 0, that positive' information was forwarded to the Zl*g ‘re ,.?:. ° r• The prisoner who communicated the de -11 :, tl.l , gang was O'Neil, a man who had been 3 1.ie r ci ,7 toe present Commission, and sentenced to two th e tllea--.: Tithe and hard labour. A immediately o fo a r. 'ly e d ea , r , i cill ostance s of the case was lAri a d r , - `'" .t° the ' Secretary _of .. State. The priSon is .... r the surveillance of six turnkeys and seven ~ , a .r d, 'moo, all well armed, and a not party of the 34th omunt guard day and night. ! ia At this moment the gaol is in a state of siege, and ,tnharded on all sides, so that any attempt to escape ,luau 1 1 'e part of the rioters will be promptly and e.ffec -thY met. There are four pieces of cannon within Ncl e 41 " 1 , arid all the sentries within the walls are_ t i:lbl(id, and constantly visited by the Governor. will lia s su PP°sEd that the detection of this conspiracy ill Ira,, teil the departure of the convicts sentenced to ,„,-sPortation '% s 4: Pere are 186 prisoners for trial at the October q„ -b3 nr- for Stafford, most of them being for offences o,;'llected with the late disturbances in the Potteries. ls these, 24 are females; 18 can read and write well, 4 9 4anPerfe etly; 4 can read we ll, 42 imperfectly, an call neither r ea d nor wr i te; 13 are out upon bail.d e LIVERPOOL, WEDN ESDAY . ItDINN CounT.--(Before Lord AnIEGER.) SENTENCES ON PRISONERS. 4 Jo hn -Hickey, Hugh Cavannah, Mathew Dalton, ~atl'eslCweedale, and James Saxton, were brought go te. rece:ve sentence, having been convicted on ri a l ': l aY of an att•lck on the mills of Messrs. Stirling an t° at . I N ‘ lancliester. Saxton was sentenced ino."re inunths' imprisonment, and the rest to twelve "the imprisonment in Kirkrlale gaol. The . • T R E cIIARTIST ExECUTIVE. Plead ed f:ollowing indiiiduals charged with conspiracy ' e 1, (24 e 1 , alld traversed to the next Assizes :—James e'kd, James Leech, Christopher Doyle, John u 'l) 1 11 (le-y r ' -,,' Bernai.d M(Cartney, Richard Ottley, J-00,,,,t.'011an Varney, William Hill, Robert Brook, r e n i ,: , sa6 .l4 4 l:° , ll ,r , k l , ; , hoin . 'a s Brown Smith, James Allin- Thomas Railton, William Schole iv.aii,. P.icliard Pilling John Durham, James Fenton, Tenderlllll to Stephenson-' John Crowley, Albert Wool lirm" George Inman Thomas Storer, William ,1 (1 1 1 -- niff; Thomas Pitt, ' Frederick Augustus Taylor, °,,,,n ;'iilde, and John Massey. -' hey-were ordered to find bail, themselves'in 2001., antii,.two sureties in 50/. each, to appear at the next -sizes., and to keep the peace in the meantime. . PUBLISIIIN G A SEDITI OUS pLA cARD. Richard Warwick was charged NI ith having, at Oldham, wickedly; Seditlbusly,' - antrinaliciour ly pub- - I ished certain false, seditious, malicious, and scandalous libels and placards. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. Alexander Hutchinson pleaded guilty. to publishing a seditious libel at Manchester, and on the applicatio❑ of Mr. Wilkins, approved of by the Attorney-General, he was held to bail, himself in 100. f. and two sureties in 201. each, to appear to receive judgment when called on, and to keep the peace and be of good be haviour for two years. RIOTING AT ROCHDALE. Thomas Dyson, David Taylor, James Taylor, Jas. Smith, and Thomas Townley, were charged with riot ing, and attempting to force parties to quit their work. Dyson pleaded guilty. Part of the case was heard, when his Lordship intimated that it would be better to take the rest of the case in the morning, and the Court adjourned at six. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Richard Malloy, Michael Lynch, Thomas Scott, Job Berks, Bryant Kearnan, Francis Kearnan, Morris Burns, John Ditch, John Campbell, John Collins, and Francis Sheridan, were charged with having, on the 11th of August last, been concerned in certain riotous proceedings in Granby-row -fields and Canal street, Manchester. A number of witnesses were called, some of whom were casual spectators of the riot ; others were con stables and special constables, who identified the pri soners, and gave various evidence against them. His LORDSHIP summed up very minutely. The Jury retired at a quarter before two o'clock. They returned at twenty minutes past two, and found a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners. CONSPIRACY AND RIOT AT SALFORD. Thomas Ward, 21, was given in charge for having been concerned in a conspiracy and riot at Salford, and found Guilty on both counts. Mr. Sergeant ATCHEALEY informed the Court that the prisoner had been convicted on a former occasion on a charge of having been actively engaged In drill ing the Chartists, and that he was then sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. He had been convicted in that very Court (the Crown Court of Liverpool), and he had undergone the punishment. The prisoner said that he did not deny the fact of his former conviction. His LORDSHIP then sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. The prisoner, as he retired from the bar, said, " As soon as I come out I'll start again." RIOT AT WEST. LEIGX. Bold Ratcliffe and William Gordon were given in charge fbr having been concerned in a riot at West Leigh, and pulling out the fires from under certain boilers in that town. They were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment and hard labout for three calendar months. RIOT AT lIINDLEY. James Mather was given in charge for having been concerned in a riot at Hindley, near Wigan, and convicted. RIOT AT ENTWISTLE. Jabez Birch, William Tootal, and William Bridge, were given in charge for having beon concerned in a riot at .Entwistle, near Bolton-le-Moors. The Jury acquitted Bridge and convicted the other two prisoners, recommending them to mercy. The Court adjourned at a quarter after six o'clock to nine this morning. • (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) SENTENCES ON THE CONVICTED PRISONERS. George Thornton, Joseph Webb, James Melbourne, and Patrick O'Brien, convicted of having, at Man chester, feloniously begun to demolish the mill and premises of John Preston, were first put forward. His LORDSMP passed sentence upon them in an ad dress of considerable length. He said the prisoners were without excuse for their conduct, even if they alleged that they had been led on to commit their atrocities by men more wicked. than themselves It was true that, for some time before, much distress had been experienced, and persons were without em ploy; but it was a very remarkable feature in the present disgraceful transactions, that a single criminal had not been brought before the Court who was him self suffering from privations, or driven to the ex cesses by either want of employment or want of the means of subsistence. It was those who had been at work—those who bad the means of subsistence, that had chosen to become the most active in creating and fomenting the disturbanc'es. 'The conduct of the pri soners had been particularly bad. The sentence of the Court was, that Thornton, Webb, and Melbourne should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months ' • and that O'Brien should be imprisoned and k e pt t o hard labour for six calendar months. His Lordship next sentenced John Cannon, George Thornton, James Harrington, Edward Mitchell, and Barney Collins, who had been cc nvicted of being pre sent, forming part of an unlawful assembly, and assisting in creating a riot at Manchester. His Lord ship said that Thornton appeared to have been a ring leader on the occasion. Some of the others were also very active, while more of them appeared not to have taken any share in the transaction beyond the fact of their having been present. A distinction might, therefore, be made between the several cases. For such a grave offence, Cannon, Thornton, and Har rington should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months, and zdl the others should be confined for six calendar montl is._ -- His Lordship next sentenced Joseph Thomas, John Oldham, John Edwards. Ellis Hall, John Lever, John Holmes, and Michael Clegg, convicted of being mem bers of an unlawful assembly, and creating a serious riot at the mill of Messrs. Birley and Co., of Man chester. The sentence of the Court was, that all of them, except Clegg, should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar months, and that Clegg should be impri soned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months. His Lordship next sentenced Abel Matley, James Ingham, William Hughes, Thomas Morris, Thomas Leyland, James Harrison, James Ashley, Samuel Sigley, and William Harret, who had been convicted of being engaged in a riot at Ashton-under-Lyne. The sentence of the Court was, that Sigley and Barret should he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for nine calendar months, and that. all the others should be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. His Lordship next sentenced Edward Walsh, Patrick Mooney, Patrick Ferns, Thomas Tinan, and John Calvert, who had been convicted of having stolen ss. from Thomas Snibson, at Manchester. In doing so, he said they had been convicted of a robbery committed in company, under circumstances of very great aggravation. The Legislature had taken their view of such cases, for, by a statute passed not long ago, a great distinction was made between robberies committed by one and robberies committed by two or more persons. He (his Lordship) had no doubt about the . guilt of any of the prisoners. He felt bound to dismiss them from this.land. The sentence of the Court was, that they be severally transported beyond the seas, to such place as her Majesty, by direction of her Privy Council, might direct, for the term of fifteen years. James. Ashley and John Hoyle were indicted for a riot and conspiracy at Todmorden. The prisoners were both found Guilty, and sen tenced—Ashley to eighteen months', and Hoyle to twelve months imprisonment. After some other trials of minor importance the Court rose at five o'clock. THURSDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST TEN.—The trial of the rioters, which occupied the attention of the Court last night, was resumed this mornirg. Sir F. Pollock addressed the Jury in an able and effective speech on behalf of the Crown ; after which Lord Abinger summed up, and the result was not known when the train left. NISI PRIUS. Baron Alderson was engaged in sentencing the prisoners convicted yesterday for the attack upon the police. DINNER TO TILE JUDGES.—The Mayor of Liver• pool entertained a numerous and distinguished party at dinner, at the Town Hall, on Wednesday evening. Among the company present were Lord Abinger, Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer; Baron Al derson.; Mr. Justice Cresswell ; Sir Frederick Pol lock, Attorney-General ; the Hon. Mr. Stewart Wortley; the Hon. Air. Scarlett ; Mr. Sergeant Atcherley ; Thomas Robert Wil son Ffrance, Esq., High Sheriff of the County; Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart.; Sir Thomas Brancker, Tint. ; Sir Thomas Whitehead, lint.; Thomas Greene, Es q ., M.P., foreman, and the twenty-one other gentlemen of the Grand Jury; Edward Rushton, Esq., stipen diary Magistrate ; William Earle, Esq., &c. Th e company sat down at hillf-past seven o'clock, and se parated about eleven. We understand that so vast is the stock of American tobacco at present in the port of Liverpool, that the collector has found it necessary to procure additional sheds for the stowage of that article, the quantity lodged in the old establishment amounting to upwards of 11,000 hogsheads andpackages. This extraordinary *accumulation, may probably he owing, in part, to the unusual supply of tobacco raised in the United States, by diverting to that purpose lands formerly employed in the cultivation of rice and cotton. We perceive that of the tobacco crop in 1838, the value exported was 7,392,029 dollars; in 1839, 9,882,943 dollars; and 12,576,703 dollars in 1841. Of the cotton crop, the value exported was 61,556,811 dollars in 1838 ; 61,238,982 dollars in 1839 ; and 54,330,341 'dollars in 1841. Some'cf the overplus of tobacco may likewise he due to the recent distresses of the labouring classes, which have prevented them indulging so freely as they otherwise would have done in this favourite luxury. The check in the demand for cotton may at the same time be sfyposed to have had its influence in in creasing the production of tobacco.—LimrpoolCourier. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING OCTOBER 14, 1842, WEST INDIES. The Royal Mail Company's West Indian steamer Tay, Captain Hayden, arrived at Falmouth on Wed nesday afternoon, and after landing the usual mails received a supply of coals previous to her going up channel. She left Jamaica on September 9th ; Saint Jago de Cuba, 10th; Cape Haitien, 12th; Turk's Island, 13th'; Nassau, 17th; Bermuda, 25th; and Fay al, October sth. Her dates from Tampico are September Ist; Vera Cruz, sth; Havannah, Septem ber 15th, and the city of Mexico, August 21st. On freight—silver bars and bullion valued at about one million of dollars, included in which is 75 bars of sil ver on account of the Real del Monte mine ; there are likewise 240 serons of cochineal. The Scylla was left at Grenada, and the Thunderer at Bermuda, just taken out of dock. The Solway steamer furnished the Mexican mails and two passengers ; but encountering a hurricane 80 miles S.W. of Havannah, had lost a boat only. The Isis had been on.shore, and arrived at Nassau with three feet of water in her. hold ; she was, however, enabled to go on the Jamaica line, in the place of the Tay, now arrived. On Sept. 4 and 5, Havannah was visited by a vio lent hurricane, by which 20 small craft were wrecked and several damaged by collision. At Matanzas three large class vessels, sugar laden, were also lost; one with 2,500 boxes of sugar, shipped by Mr. James Burham, for Hamburgh, totally. The fever at the island had passed over, but much distress was expe rienced for the want of vegetables, the chief part having been destroyed ; 'the , sugar plantations partly injured. Sugar Markets :—Prime Whites, Bd. to 83d. ; inferior and middling, 6d. to 731.; Yellow Primes, 4d. to 4d. This hurricane is mentioned as being felt generally in the islands more or. less. Santa Ana is stated to be at his ease in the city of Mexico. The Mexican expedition had sailed for Campeachy. JAMAICA.—We learn 'that for several months past a large sum of money in silver has been remitted from this island in payment of goods received instead of bills of exchange, in consequence of the premium de manded on the latter. We regret this circumstanc:. , , as it may have the effect of cramping trade and limit ing the banking operations of the island. TRADE WITH HAYTI.- 7 -7A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St. Andrew's had taken place at the Court-house on the above subject, when a Committee was appointed to prepare an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to open the ports of this island to Haytien vessels, and allowing ours to trade with that republic. JAMAICA MARKETS.—Sugar-10 hhds. sugar sold at 235. 3d. per 1001bs. ; 12 brls. ditto at 245. per ditto; 2 hhds. ditto at 265. per ditto, by Messrs. Elfin, Wright, and Co. Coffee-3 tres. coffee sold at 21.165. per 1001bs.; 3 ditto ditto at 21. 10s. 9d. per ditto. ST. LuclA.—On the subject of the dry weather the Palladium of the 4th instant writes as follows :—" The weather during the past month has been oppressively hot and sultry. No rain fell until towards the end of the month, and even then only partially, the wind ward parts of the island and the plains of Vieuxfort and Laborie still suffering from the continued severe drought." The news from the other islands is without interest. ment, and we trust. advantage will be taken of his de parture to revise these warrants.—Canton Register, May 31. ON DlT.—The expenditure on the fortifications of the Canton river has been.defrayed . the British,. seeing that the legal duties have within the last twelve. months been so greatly augmented. It is certain on tea alone to the extert of 6,000,000 doll has been disbursed, i.e., the amount - o the Canton Tansom.— Hong-Kong Gazette. tain inviolate -the supremacy of the-Crown; and th,. permanent connexion of Canada 'as an integral pertion of the British empire—your energetic labours in pro moting immigration—and especially your exertions in upholding the financial credit of the province, and thereby leading to the investment in Canada of Bri tish capital, are benefits so substantial, as to demand not only from us, btit from the whole province, an ex pression of the warmest gratitude and approbation. " From the tried experience which we have had of your activity, and devotion to the interests of the colony, we rely with confidence, that nothing on your part will be wanting to carry into speedy and prac tical effect the plans which, in concert NN ith our friends in England, you have so auspiciously formed. " Whilst thus offering to you on public grounds our congratulations on the occasion of your visit to the Mother Country, and of your safe return amongst us, we cannot refrain from joining with you in the feelings of satisfaction which that visit must have in spired in your mind. We well know that no loyal colonist can contemplate for the firit.thne the gran deur of Great Britain, whether it be the prcud do mains of England, the vales of Ireland, ar the blue mountains of Scotland, the land of your brave ances tors without feeling his heart sw e ll w ithi n hi m w ith pride, that he is the subject of an empire on which the sun never sets, and whose meteor flag, wherever it floats on the breeze, is the emblem of Christian hope, and of all the blessings of well regulated freedom. " We will not longer detain you, Sir, with this very imperfect expression of our feelings on the present occasion, but will conclude by conveying to you our warmest assurances of the respect which we entertain for your person and character, and by our prayer that you may be long spared to the colony, and to enjoy in the ,bosom of your amiable family all the bleSsings of domestic life." After a few complimentary remarks to Mr. Gunn, • Sir Allan spoke as follows : " TO TIM INHABITANTS OF HAMILTON AND THE VICINITY. " GENTLEMEN ,—The Address with which you have been pleased to honour me, on my return to my native country, mid to the bosom of my family, con tains congratulations and assurances of respect and attachment, which I receive with feelings of the warmest gratitude; they are such, indeed, as I know not well how to receive, nor in what terms to acknowledge. Permit me, however, to say, that I am deeply sensible of your kind recollection of me during my absence, and of the convincing proof of regard you have shown in thus assembling yourselves together to do honour to my return. For if it is true, as a generul rule, that a public man is seldom honoured in his own country, your kind and considerate conduct on this occasion leads to the certain conclusion that my case is a very flattering exception to that rule. It is most gratifying for me to know that you have rejoiced in the reception with which I have been honoured at the Court of our beloved Sovereign, and the courtesies I have met with from all classes of the great and good of our Fatherland—honours and courtesies which have left an impression of gratitude and pleasure on my mind, which no lapse of time can ever weaken or efface. Far away from the be loved circle that surrounded my domestic hearth, and the friends of my youth and manhood, these more than friendly attentions have cheered and sustained me through many an anxious hour, and enabled me to overcome difficulties, and effect objects, which must otherwise have proved insurmountable. You have most truly expressed my own sentiments in stating, that in the marks of respect I have re ceived, a high compliment has been conferred upon the whole of the brave and loyal inhabitants of this noble province, since, as I have elsewhere had the honour to observe, I have never.been so presumptuous as to suppose, that any services rendered by me, either to the colony from which I came, or the empire of which it forms a part, could possibly entitle me to such honourable marks of regard. During the whole period of my stay in England, my most serious and earnest attention has been given to many subjects of deep importance to the future prosperity of this country. If they should hereafter prove advan tageous to its welfare, that circumstance, with your approbation of my conduct, will be my greatest and best reward. One great object of improvement in thin country I have ever felt to be the completion of the navigation from the shores of Lakes Huron and Erie, through the entire course of the St. Law rence, to the ocean; the paramount importance of which is so well understood, both in a military and commer cial point of views that no doubt exists of the inten tion of the Government to carry it into full execution. The financial condition of the province, some time since, would have interposed an insuperable obstacle to the accomplishment of this great national under taking, but 1 have ascertained from the highest au thority, that her Majesty's Government have deter mined upon affording the guarantee of the Imperial -reasury to the loan applied for by the Provincial Legislature,,during its'laSt session, which will enable us to proceed with all the public works and improve ments considered essential to the promotion of our agricultural and commercial prosperity. It affords me the highest gratifieation to state that, in my opinion, the greatest desire exists in the mind of her Majesty, and every member of her Government, to promote the prosperity of Canada—and that her Ma jesty has declared her determination that her North American possessions shall be maintained at all hazards, and that she is graciously pleased to consider this province an integral portion of the British empire. Personal observations and intercourse have convinced me that the people of England take the deepest in terest in everything relating to our civil and political relations, and it is most unquestionably true, that by putting aside the bad feelings engendered by the spirit of party—by ceasing to agitate the mere ab stract principles of new and untried forms of go vernment, and by maintaining the strictest honour and integrity in our commercial transactions, we shall invite the confidence of British capitalists, afford a feeling of security to British people in seeking our shores, and thus give an impetus to the improvement of the Colony which, in a few years, will far exceed our highest hopes and expectations. You do me no more than justice in supposing that, as a loyal colo nist, I could not contemplate, for the first time, with out the deepest emotion, the colossal grandeur of Great Britain ; and permit me to add in your own words " the land of my brave ancestors" —my heart palpitated, and my pulse bounded to the thought, that I was one of the subjects of that great and mighty empire, ruled over by a Queen who lives in the hearts and affections of her people—an empire whose meteor flag, as you have truly and beauti fully said, " wherever it floats on the breeze, is the emblem of Christian ;hope, and of all the blessings of well-regulated freedom. This is that "liberty within the laws" which consists in an equal right to all the citizens of a free Stale to enjoy in peace and security whatever the Constitution admits to be consistent with the public good. In these blessings of wise and good government we participate, with all our fel low-subjects in every country and clime; they are such as are not enjoyed by any other nation or people , in the world; and for the use we make of them we shall be highly responsible to Providence, to mankind . in general, and to our own posterity in particular. For the expressions of personal respect and esteem, with which you have so kindly honoured me on this occasion, as well as your good wishes for my family, and my domestic happiness, I again request you will accept my cordial acknowledgments, and that aon may collectively and individually enjoy the choicest blessings that Heaven can bestow, is the fervent prayer of, Gentlemen, your faithful friend and devoted servant, who bas now the honour of addressing you." HOTEL AND TAVERN-KEEPERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION. Last evening the friends and supporters of this be nevolent Institution held their fourth anniversary at the London Coifee-house, Ludgate-hill. Charles Barclay, Esq., in the Chair. About 170 gentlemen sat down to dinner, which was well served up, and accompanied by abundance of excellent wine. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the patron of the Institution, the Duke of Cambridg e , a n d p a id a high compliment to the Royal Family, and chiefly to the father of her pr esen t Majesty and the Duke of Sussex, for the willingness with which in their earlier days they promoted every charitable institution. Ile regretted to say th a t on l y one was l e f t t hat cou ld t a k e an active part in such duty, and he was therefore sure all would join with him in drinking " Health and long life to the Duke of Cambridge."—(Loud cheers.) The CRAIRMAN then stated that he rose to propose the next toast of the evening—" Success to the Hotel and Tavern-keepers' Society." it was usual, he said, to allow the Secretary to read the Report, but he de parted from the usual rule, and would state the main Facts. The annual subscriptions amounted to 4CCI., and he trusted before that assembly separated, an equally large amount would be contributed. The parties on whose behalf the Society was instituted had many claims on the public. They were often brought to distress from no fault of their own, and were Obliged to look for support to their brethren who `were more successful. In a great commercial coun try like England, many persons were -borne down tha stream of poverty without being able, by any act of their own, to resist the torrent which earned them away:—(Hear.) They all knew, that within the last . twenty years, a great change had taken l ilacs . t , he hotel and tavern business of that metropolis. lbe club-houses, or rather palaces, that were est ablished at the west , end of the town, had materially contributed to lessen the income , of the hotel-keepers ; and the railroads had completed what the ciub •houses be gan, for now the facility of getting from one point to another made stopping at hotels in the metropolis an unnecessary act.—(hear) Looking, then, at all these circumstances, was it not right and proper that they should, by every means in their power, combine to protect the industrious trader, and the widow s an d children of those who might die without being able to contribute to their support ?—,(Hear.) They had a noble example before them in the Licenced Victuallers of the metropolis, with which body he was more im mediately connected. That body of tradesmen had, by their spirit, their exertion, and their philanthropy, raised two establishments—the School and the Asylum —and he trusted that the supporters of the present Institution would display the same generosity, and not cease their exertions until they had secured for the subscribers to it such an amount of comfort as would cheer them in their old age.—(Hear.) It was the duty of the hotel and tavern-keepers to sustain and support those who were their servants, and they could only do so by carrying out the objects of this Institution. In conclusion, he begged to propose " Prosperity to the Hotel and Tavern-keepers Pro vident Institution."—(Applause.) Mr. C. BLEADEN proposed, in a neat speech, the health of the Chairman, which was drank with great cordiality. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that having for nearly forty years taken an active part in public life, he was anxious to retire from it. He trusted, however, that lie had those in connection with him who would take his place, and by their efforts give satisfaction in every department of life or occu • pation in which they may engage. He thanked the company for their attendance that day, and he trusted that the result of their efforts would be beneficial to the Institution which they had that day met to support. The Honorary Secretary, Mr. NEWBON, read a list of the subscriptions, amongst which were, the Chair man, 10 guineas; Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., 21/. ; A. Barclay, Esq., 10/. ; the Chairman and Di rectors of the Licensed Victuallers Life and Fire In surance Company, 10 guineas; the Auxiliary Com mittee of the same Company, 10 guineas ; M. Young, Esq., Proprietor of The Sun newspaper, 10 guineas ; the Lord Mayor, 10 gui neas ; Truman, anbury, and Co., 5 guineas • Wm. Macready, E sq ., o f th e Th ea t re Royal Drury-lane, 201.; Vintners' Company, 211.; Corporation of Cooks, 21/ ; Mr. Chapman, of Drury lane Saloon, 211. The various subscriptions amounted to nearly 400/. The CHAIRMAN proposed "The health of the Chair man and Directors of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company." Mr.,CHARLEs BLEADEN, the Chairman of the Com. pany, returned thanks. - In the course of the evening Messrs. Fitzwilliam, Crouch, Jollay, Atkins, and Hatton, and Masters Sutch and Ball, entertained the company with some excellent songs and glees. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The dividends are now in course of pay ment to the public, and the anticipated abundance of money, in consequence, had a slight effect upon the prices of the Government securities, which closed rather higher than they were quoted in the early part of the day, and when the business of the account called for cash. It has been for some time under consideration by the leading merchants, in consequence of the altera tion of post hours introduced under the new system, to meet at 3, instead of 4 o'clock, for the transaction of business in the Royal Exchange. To this little objection is made in any quarter, it being, in fact, a return to the old practice in this respect, which many merchants now living can well remember, but which was interfered with probably by the growing taste for late hours, and the great importance of all public events in the latter part of the last, and the beginning of the present century. Several of the leading houses have signified their concurrence in such an arrange ment, and the influence of their example will most likely carry the remainder with them. This incident 'has no connection whatever with the proposal -for curtailing the hours of banking payments in the City, to which the same objections still remain. Indeed, it has been stated to-day, that two of the City banking-houses, which were at first strenuously in favour of the change, and had signed the declaration along with the others, have since expressed their regret that they did so, and a desire to withdraw their names. The principal bankers at the west-end of the town have positively refused, it is said, to adopt it. These are incidents which, if true, would at once break up the confederacy; for, though the united bankers might have but little consideration for the convenience of the public, when placed at variance with their own, they would take instant alarm at any secession from the union, as that - could not fail to at tract a large increase of new business at their cost. Of course, the bankers, if they are all firm in the combination, may, and probably will, carry their point. Few persons who have not lived in commercial circles during periods of panic and scarcity of money, eau form a just idea of the power possessed by. the bankers over the mer chants generally, and the great caution exercised by the latter to avoid giving offence to those to whom they are to look for help in the time of difficulty. Hence, perhaps, many names would be put forward as having assented to the alteration of banking hours, whose wishes and opinions were directly the contrary. But it is not the mere convenience of merchants of the first class which ought to be the guide 'in such a matter. Many of them, though they thought it wrong, would care little about it; but it is on behalf of the innumerable merchants and traders below the first class, who could not expect to have their voices heard against the measure, that the bankers have been urged by the independent portion of the Press to pause in their intention. They may, as W4S just ob served, carry their point, but being against reason, propriety, and the convenience of the great majority of traders, they will infallibly be soon driven back, by competition among themselves, to the old plan of business. By the commercial intelligence contained in the New York papers it appears that there has been a steady influx of specie into that city. The Govern ment Six per Cents. were selling at par in the market, and offers had been made to the Secretary of the Treasury to take $1,500,000 at par, with the pri ,,ilege of taking the balance at the same rate. It could not, however, be sold, till the result of the agent's negotititions in London was known. There had been no new issue of. Treasury notes, and consequently these maintained a quotation at par, and were much in demand. To the operation of the new tariff the improved price of the Government funds is attributed. Ohio Stocks had remained firm at 73 for the Six per Cents., owing, it is said, to the credit which that State has sustained. Kentucky Stock, as the debt of that State is very small, and the interest had always been punctually paid, held the next position to that of New York. _ SUN.—The settlement has of course passed off well, and the market generally has exhibited more firmness. Consols left off at 93/- for Money, and 93f 93a for the Account ; India Stock, 250 251 ; Exchequer Bills 55 57 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities were without any great charge from those of yesterday. Belgian, 103 104 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52/ 52/ ; the Five per Cents. 1001001 ; Danish, 82 83 ; and Brazilian, 63 64.. _ _ _ The intelligence from Mexico, received via New New York, published in the Second Edition of The Sun to-night, had an unfavourabte effect upon the quotation of the bonds of that country, which left off nt 321 32i. The Share Market exhibited no change in prices, though.business was r a th er more extens i ve than has bad to be noticed for some days past. London and Bir mingham were 183 185 ; Birmingham and Glouces ter, 40 41; Great Western, 82k 831 ; the Half-shares, GO 601;`south Western, 57 58 ; North Midland, 57 58 ; the Mew shares, 28 29 ; South Eastern and Dover, 22i 23 ; Eastern Counties, 8i 8:1 ; Northern and Eastern, 344- 35}; Blackwall, 6 64; and Brigh ton,ss 36 per share. The Bond 'Market was exceedingly flat, and the Gallup were at lower quotations, Colombian being 20i ; Peruvian, 15k 16 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 37 : 1 ; the Three per Cents., 2q 224 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 15i 16k; the Three per Cents., 20 20. The Indiola sale has gone off better tp-day, in con seqUence oethe importers showing more disposition to meat the buyors. Of the 1,315 chests which hare been offered, about 780 were sold at a trifle Wow the extreme rates demanded yesterday. These having been chiefly taken for home consumption, would seem to indicate that trade in the manufac turing districts has revived to - the extent which it has been stated to have done. CORONER'S INQUEST.—This morning at ten o'clock an inquest was held in the Board-room of the Mid dlesex Hospital, before 'Thomas Wak ley, Esq., M.P., the Coroner on view of the body of Mr. Joseph Denby, aged 80 years, a gentleman in independent circumstances, who came by his death in the follow ing manner :—On the evening of Gth of September last. deceased was standing at the corner of Wells street, Bailers-street, Oxford-sticet, and was knocked down by a run• away cab horse. Ile was raised up i n a state of insensibility, and brought to this hosnitrd going where it was ascertained that in addition to s oleiveiri ' s ! very serere bodily contusions, he had Sustained an e x _ , when cr y_ tensive wound on the back part of the right thigh. carne on, and he He was treated accordingly, iiithev a o t t i l d na w c a a s 'few days since, rust. No p . rovingly, until within a tl e ie xi d )i i r i e N d 'er o o n f ti 6ipelas, originating cab. had been in a graduallyre hiaipeis atstiatenillce, attached i t i o d or his advanced years. Verdict, deceased Up to the Verdict, " Accidental death." A letter from Valenciennes says—" The Kin°. and Queen of the Belgians passed through this city on Monday, on their way to Paris. The Sub-Prefect and the Mayo: of Va!enciennes took advantage of this opportunity to make some observations to his Ma jesty on the international railway, and th e opening of which is so much desired. His Majesiy wtn:' pleased to conv erse at some length on the ;,übjeet, and omised his att ent i on to this important subject." TRADE of ENGLAND and PRANCE. We find the following in the Journal du Havre, on the comparative returns of the mer can til e t ra d e o f England and France : ►►ln 1841, the English ports received or dispato::ed 42,719 vessels, measuring 7,525,585 tons. There IL-td been, in 1840, 42,43.5 vessels, and 7,497,8:33 tons. This increase is inconsiderable, but it must be stated that in the preceding year the augmentation amounteil to 882,000 tons. The tonnage of the vessels lea% ing or entering the ports of France, in is4o, WES 2,896,000 tons. In 1839, the amount was 2,930,000 tons, . showing, it is true, only a small feliitag off;- but still it was a falling off. Up to this point, putting aside the enormous numerical in feriority of' our tonnage, the comparison is but I of little importance; but becomes eminently discoar., aging, vvlien the parts %which the .hipping of 1:oth countries have taken respectively in the general anovo - meat are considered. In England, out of 7,525,535 tons, English vessels tri.nsported 5,525,429, giving It proportion of 74 to 26, or about three-fourths. Ir. France, out of 2,696,000 tons, our vessels took only 1,211,000 tons, or a proportion of 42 to 58, or a little more than two. fifths. Thus, whilst for England the results of the present year give the same returns, showing that if the movement of the national naviga tion bas not progressed, it h as no t at l east retrograd e d, in mance, the same examination shows that, in the space of a year only, f ore i gn s hi pp i ng has taken frora us a twenty-fifth part of the carrying trade. In 1841, th 2 'Coasting trade of England gave the large total of 22,184,047 tons. In France, in 1840, the quantitly was only 2,314,735 tons, not much more than the tenth part. The average burden of vessels employed in the English coasting trade is about 80 tons, wh'sle in France it only amounts to 27 tons. The whop of the'lnerchant vessels of England amounted in 18431: - ) 28,692, measuring 3,311,528 tons. France, at the same period, possessed 15,600 vessels, the tonnage of which did not exceed 602,600 tons. A rem ar k w hi ela these figures suggest, and which is not without inte rest,be eyl reachesre i a - is that whilst the number of our vessels is equal possessed rg e scarcely Bri tain, nn,eathrleyatonhnatlfofof th tehirosteon fifth part." OMNIBUS DUTT.—The reduction of the duty on omnibuses to lid. per mile is likely to be veti'y beneficial to the proprietors of the existing vehicles, though it is expected that others will shortly be started. On the Paddington road alone it must occa sion an alteration of several thousands of pounds a year. There is now no limitation to the size of the vehicles, but every passenger is entitled to " sixteen inches" as his seat, which seat he may measure, and every person is liable to a penalty of 51. for any obstruction in measuring the same. KILMARNOCK RIFLE CLUTL—This club held its last monthly meeting for the season yesterday, at Barbadoes-green, when two silver medals were the objects of competition. The one at two hundred 3 ards distance, off band, Was, after a keen competition, gained by Mr. Thomas Kennedy, gunmaker to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; and the other medal, at one hundred yards, by Mr. Kennedy also ; who shot on both occasions with one of his double-bar relled rifles. In the evening the club, with several friends, partook of an excellent supper in the Ange! Inn, and spent the evenirr , with genuine hilarity.— Kihnarizoch Journal. Oct. 6. THE VICTORIA ARCH,. PERTH.—On Monday the proposal to erect a stone arch at the southern termi nation of Prince's-street, where her Majesty was re ceived by the civic authorities, and presented with the keys of the city, caine under the consideration of the Perth Town Council, and was most favourably entertained. Provost Sidey offered to subscribe per sonally 201. towards its erection ; and it will he noticed that the Council are, in a manner, pledged to give at least 1001. f r o m th e t own ' s funds. IN matter", was remitted to the Magistrates, by whom it will be immediately presented for the approval and snp port of the citizens and public generally ; and we are pretty confident that the necessary funds will be realised without difficulty. As we remarked last week, the contemplated arch will serve both to orna ment the burgh, and to commemorate, in a very de gent and appropriate way, th e fir s t v i s it of Queen Victoria to our lovely and romantic town—as tair a city as Scotland can boast. We shall be glad if, in conjunction with the arch, the requisite means can be procured for erecting in its immediate vicinity a handsome site of offices for the business of the Cus toms and Excise; and we trust that the Magistrates will exert themselves energetically to secure also this much-wanted addition to our public establishments.— P3r.th Advertiser. THE BITER BIT.—An English lady had bought cap in the Grande Rue which, on trying on at home., did not please her fancy, and she sent her governess to change it. The latter forgot the address and en- tered the first shop she came to, and asked if it was there the cap had been purchased, she was answered in the negative. On opening the shop door a little spaniel that accompanied her placed his paws on the counter, where a collerette was lying, which his wet paw stained a little. The milliner started up in a pas- sion, the governess apologis!ed and offered to pay for the washing. " Pay for the washing indeed," exclaimed the milliner, as she van to the shop door and locked it, "no, indeed, tho collerette is spoilt, you shall pay me its value, four francs, or you shall not leave the shop." The governess being a little pompous in her manner, she was taken for an Englishwoman whom they could easily frighten. After a sharp dialogue the milliner threatened the police, " Oh, very well," replied the governess, "fetch the police ; if you don't, I will." :" Oh, you will," screamed the, milliner, snatching from her hands her umbrella, and the cap she had to change, "I will keep these as value for the collerette till you come bacl:." " Very well," said the gover ness, quietly folding up the collerette, " as you have got value for it, 1 will take this with me, till 1 see whether the police will allow this forced imprisonment of me." And away the walked to the police office and told her story. The milliner was sent for, but refused to go, because she had a sore foot, but sent two of her deputies to plead for her. " Tell your mistress to come here directly," exclaimed the Commissary, "furl if she cannot walk tell her to hire a chair." She soon appeared, crest fallen and submissive, acknow ledged her wrong, apologised, returned the umbrella and cap, and was glad to take her collerette home and wash it at her own expense, for which she had previously asked four francs !—Boulog,ne Gazette. FALMOUTH, OCT. 11.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company's steare-lip Oriental, Captain Soy, arrived here this morning from Malta (having sailed on the Ist instant), with the remainder of the India mails, after landing- which she proceeded for Southampton. This vessel brings passengers, from Alexandria, Major-General Farquharson, Captain Ryland, Major Deeds, Lieutenant Cormick, Lieute nant Cookson, Dr. Palmer, Mrs. Hill and child, Mrs. Pridham, Miss Gliddon, Mr. Egan and his lady, Messrs. Brockman, Farnham, Earp, Roome, Kennet. Urquhart, and Williams. From Malta : llon. Cap tain Rollo, 42d Regiment; Signor Patrocochino and wife, Miss Bowling, Messrs. Mayfair, Argenti, and A. Kerr; Paymaster Travas and his wife. DIVIDENDS ON FOREIGN BONDS AND EI CUR. : i QUER BILLS.—The following notice has been f .:s ,, uet, by the Commissioners of Stamps and I axes lle tax will be deducted from the interest on dividend 0:120yir°1:11t hielh ourirse:nl:ll -. —..-. ... due on foreign bonds if the same are paid by agents in this country employed by the foreign Governments for that purpose ; but if not so paid, the party holding the bonds must return thc. , dividends for assessment. The duty due cn foreign loans held by Englishmen residing m this country but payable abroad are subject to the tax. The duty is not to be paid on any divi dends which became due prior to the sth of April last. ;- 1 inst ; 3. The tax will be deducted on Exchequer bils ze i d tt u t c lie l Exchequer Pilice at the time of ' payment. 'fi Ae transfer-books for the faowing stocks Neill opened on the undermentioned days :—Bank Stock, n n y ex i t ) , , t , l i : 0 3 n pe rr c it t , s t1LI n 4 u t i ii ie o nsu1 , ti c ii . te T sr b ,sd e a : 3v ( . , : in h ti, i i s eleul d rseesdsteari per s eats. Reduced Annuities, Fridap the 21st inst. iontigit Annuities, f o rt e l r B m l s B o , t f o l n ye THE BANK. ears, on dividends, l e:i l s -1 , ;OF per Cen ;,, t k s in . , 1 bth ; in an st d . inst. by old maids, dowager's, %13,lialoeNkvst,lisitt(i)cl l t z i - l b e r e o l l e te s r e s , , and country undholders, t tt h il 1 1 l fi2i t rov o ; t tin u )7 n :N d fl it n7-I : bDt l elt-I c lr r e:k o ;p w a - Crowded ( 1 1 ' g t to f . excess i f . , o h l e ts receiv . their independent sti gTettletest dissatisfactione prevailed among a ; ) - 1 f ( I n t in h g e anx4 pends.. the fair sex at being o obliged to pay th e I ncome - tax o f 7d. in the pound on their lowinfr notice little comings in. The fol „, was stuck tunda andup at every desk in the Ro• the entrances of dividends whose to the Bank :—" To receivers total income is under 1501.—It' your total income' is less than 1501 . per annum, your claim for a re i 4 ur of _the tax must be made to the Commissi oner of the district in hieh you reside. 'I be assessor of the parish will supkly you with the neces i,,ary forms." Ile attention o f th e p u bli c having been drawa t o the late C us t om -h ouse frau d s, an d th e prelin.i narr mid es parte investigation now in progress at the Custom-house, we have the most ample autholity itating that it is the firm detcrmination of t:b,v e r n ment to institute a most impartial and searching ic quiry, to be conducted by Commissimers appoin!ol by the Crown, immediately after the present dis closures are concluded, and that the strictest justice and impartiality :114 be dealt out t o a ll concerned in the frauds, t.r alleged to h ave participat e d i n th e i r commission._ Th e Suabian Mercury states, as a fact boycrat doubt, that the Zollverein would at length :.ttain the object so long desire.' by the members of that union— an extension to the North Sea. We have reason to believe .that the Post- Alec treaty between Great 13ritain and Fraroe is on the point of completion ; and that a considerable reduction in the rates of postage between both countries win be immediately ttnnutmecd. CHINA. The further delivery of the overland mail enables us to extract from the Canton papers a few interesting items cf news from the Celestial Empire. CHINESE STATE PAPERS. (From the Peking Gazette.) SUPPOSED CASE OF ,NEitBUDDA. " The Imperial will haa been received as follows : "Ta Hungho and Others haVe sent up a document memorialising in relation to their having sunk a bar barian ship, seized barbarians, and captured their great guns. From the 9th moon to the present (10th moon) barbarian ships lave been coming and going to and from the Formosan offings, incoherently wan dering about and then casting anchor, regarding which the Said high officers have already repeatedly given orders that rigorous measures be adopted for prevent ing such proceedings. At five o'clock on the morn ing of the 11th of the present moon a barbarian ship sailed into the port, and when opposite the Sha Wan Fort commenced an attack with her great guns. The Advisary-General Yeu Chinking and others having made ready; straightway opened fire, and being opposite to . the said ship their shot with thundering roar took effect and overwhelmed her in the water. In the firing he was aided by Tso Jun and others who were also at Shawan. When Yeu Chinking with his own hand had fired off the gun, he forthwith beheld the masts of the barbarian ship split, and her ropes part, and .on her retreating out of the port she was dashed against the rocks and broke to pieces, and a vast many of the barbarians falling into the water, immense numbers were .drowned. Those who reached the shore got into, a boat and attempted to escape, but our high officers made ready, took soldiers, and proceeding in a boat in pursuit caught alive and put to death a' great many black barbarians. Another officer was also employed, who stationed himself in a vessel and proceeded out to sea, and putting forth his exertions seized alive many black barbarians, and beheld the white barba rians plunge into the sea of their own accord. At this juncture also the high officer Chin-tae opened fire from his vessel and sunk a ship's boat, put to death all the white barbarians, and brought off alive very many of the black barbarians. Tso Kin also returned from his cruise to another island, having de stroyed a ship's boat, put to death the white barba rians, and .seized alive many of the black rebels, and having dragged up the guns, and found a valuable chart. " Thus, then, the civil and military officers, and the, patriotic among the people have made a public nume rical statement as follows : " Killed—White barbarians, five men ; ditto, red barbarians, five men ; ditto, black barbarians, 22 men. " Captured Alive—One hundred and twenty-three black barbarians; ditto, ten large barbarian guns; ditto, barbarian books, and other such like articles. "In the conducting of this affair that such rigo rous exertions were put forth is matter for highest congratulation. " Ta Hungho, the Commander-in-Chief-of all the Formosan divisions,' is rewarded by his Imperial Ma jesty with being allowed to exchange his peacock's feather for a two-eyed flowery one ,; and the Formosan intendent of Circuit is rewarded with being allowed to wear a plain flowery feather. Let the merits of the other officers and brave men be represented to the High Ministers at Peking, and I, the Emperor, will make the awards. And let the wounded and killed be clearly enumerated, that out of commisera tion their families may be rewarded. Let the same officers retain their stations on Formosa, and let tho rough preparations be everywhere kept up. Re spect this." DEFENCE OF SHANTUNG- PROVINCE. " To Kwanfoo (Lieut-Governor of Shantung pro vince) kneeling, memorialises andbeseecheS the sacred glance. It is palpably evident that encampments and military stations on the sea-board for the keeping out of the English barbarians, the selection of able-bodied recruits, and the disciplining of the troops, are now matters of 'highest import. And still more is it de cidedly necessary for the general officers (up to the highest of them) to be on their guard, that they may be able to take charge of the men, be always ready thoroughly to explain military tactics, and being in a state of preparedness and having their plans laid, vic tory may be definite and certain. When I, your Minister, was in the department of TongehOw, every encampment upon the-sea-board was under the most careful inspection of the general officers. The commandant of Wantung has under his charge the military station of Kingshing, which, as it borders on the eastern offings (or Shantung pro vince), is a station of the very first importance. Hav ing, in person, seen the sea entrances put into state of defence, the said commandant, aided by an Adjutant- General, removed the troops to Kingshing—his origi nal encampment in Wantung being, also near the sea port. It was difficult for the said high officer to govern both stations; but he held his subordinates re sponsible for drilling the troops and keeping up pre ventive guard on the coasts. I now, however, memo rialise his Imperial Majesty that the high officer, Lowshe, may be transferred to the sea-board fortifi cations, and that the high officer, Le Chankang, be ordered to the interior defences, as both of these offi cers are best qualified by long experience for these said stations. Then will errors be avoided in the arrangements, and every territory of Shantung be properly guarded. " And I, your Minister i •herewith present this me morial, praying that the Imperial will may he recorded." CONDITION OP HONG-KONG. In consequence of the bad conduct of the Chinese police at Hong-Kong, his Excellency the Plenipoten tiary has discharged the whole body, and only a few soldiers are now doing duty as police; the result is, that a great many daring..robberies are constantly committed. It is an utter misnomer to say ilia Hong-Kong is, as yet, an English colony. Eng lish colonies have, or oug ht t o h ave, l ocal legislatures. At present we car. only consider Hong-Kong as a military cantonment or garrison. It thus becomes a: question how far the appointmentof civil Magistrates, having power of exercising authority over British sub jects, is legal. The Chief Magistrate's warrant refers to the natives only, but the Marine Alvgistrate's warrant refers to all persons net subject to the MutinY Act; and by that warrant the :Marine Magis trate is empowered to inflict imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for one calendar month, penal ties of 400 dollars, and corporal ,punishment of :16 lashes ; thus any Englishman in China, for " breaches of any regulations issued from time to time by the Government of Hong-Kong" may be punished h the Marine Magistrate in the degrees as stated above. This cannot he legal. The police Magistrates in Eng land are not invested with such power—could not be, and corporal punishment is abolished in our native country. We are told Major Caine joins his regi- CIIA-POO. The following account of the town of Cha-poo and its neighbourhood, will probably be interesting to our readers at the present moment. It is taken from the journal of the intelligent and devoted Prussian mis sionary, Charles Gutzlaff. It is not a little extraor dinary that no mention is made of th e place in the large map of China, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge ' although its situation is so precisely defined in the following account "January sth, (1833) we sailed from Shang-hae, shaping our course for Cha-poo, a harbour on the north coast of Chel:eang, in lat. _3O deg. 37 min. Until you come to - the high lands which form the harbour of this city, the whole coast from the Yellow River is very flat, and scarcely visible, even with the ship close to the land.- The sea is every where re ceding from the land, so that the flats formed along the shore, which tire dry at low wafer, constitute a barrier to the whole coast, and are grralualiy becom ing arable soil. We tried to reach the shore a few miles north of Cha-poo, but even our jolly-boat got aground, and we must have waded more than a mile through the mud before we could reach the shore. But front Cha-poo. the country becomes hilly, with undulating ridges, and continues so for a long dis tance with little variation. " Cha-poo is the only place froth' whence the Im perial monopoly with Japan is carried - 0n... It has a tolerable harbour, with conside ra bl e over f a ll s . The rise and fall of the tide is very great, so much so that the smaller junks are left high and dry at low water. Together with its suburbs, the t own i s per h aps five miles in . . circuit, built in a square, an4l intersected by numerous canals, which are connected with the Hang 7 chow river. Nothing can exceed the beautiful and pictureque appearance of the surrounding region. We mar say that, as far as the eye ca n range , a ll is one village, interspersed With towering pagodas, romantic mausoleums, and numerous temples. The adjacent country is called the Chinese Arcadia ; and, surely, if any territory in China is entitled to this name, it is the tract around Hang-chow and Cha-poo. It seems that the natives also are sensible of their prerogative in inhabiting this romantic spot. They have tried to improve upon nature, and embellished the scenery with canals, neat roads, plantations, •and conspicuous buildings. We found nowhere so much openness and kindness as among them. Their intelligent inquiries respecting our country were endless, and they seemed never satiated with our company." BRITISH EXPEDITION TO CHINA IN 1842. NAVAL FORCE.-Cornwallis, 74, bearing the blue flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.13., Captain Richards ; Agincourt, 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, C. 8., Captain Bruce ; Blenheim, 74, Captain Sir T. Herbert,Vindi c ti ve , K.C.B. ; 5O, Captain Toup Nicholas, .C. 8.; Cambrian, 36, Cap tain Chads, C.B. ; Thalia, 44, Captain Hope ; Blonde, 44, Captain Bourchier, C.B. ; Endymion, 44, Captain the Hon. F. W. Grey; Druid, 44, Captain If. Smith, C.B. ; North Star, 26, Capt. Sir J. E. - Home, Bart. ; Carysfort, 28, Captain Lord G. Paulett ; Dido, 20, Captain the Hon. H. Keppel : Calliope, 28, Captain Kuper, C. 8.; Herald, 26, Captain Nias, C. 8.; Peli can, 18, Captain Napier; Hyacinth, 18, Commander Goldsmith ; Modeste, 18, Commander Watson ; Co luinbine, 10, Commander Morshead; Hazard, 16, Commander Bell ; Syren, 16, Commander W. Smith ; Ringdove, 18, Commander Sir W. Daniell; Harle quin, 18, Commander the Hon. F. Hastings ; Wol verine,' 16, Commander Johnson ; Serpent, 16, Com mander Nevill ; Childers, 16, Commander Halstead ; Nimrod, 18, Commander Glasse ; Cruiser, 16, Com mander Pearse ; Clio, 16, Commander E. Trou bridge; Pylades, 18, Commander Tindal ; Algerine, 10, Lieutenant commanding W. H. Maitland ; Ca meleon, 10, Lieutenant commanding Hunter; Royal ist, 10, Lieutenant commanding Chetwood. SURVEYING Siijrs.-Starling, 6, Commander Kel lett; 13entinck, 6, Commander Collinson. TROoP Capt. Kingcomb ; Apollo, Sapphire, Jupiter, Rattlesnake, Alligator, armed en flute. Minden, 74, Capt. M. Quin, hospital s hi p . 11. Co.'s STEAMERS.-Queen, Sesostris, Auckland, Semiramis, Akbar, Memnon, Tenasserim, frigates. Nemesis, Pluto, Ariadne, Medusa, Phlegethon, Pro serpine' iron steamers; looghly, her Majesty's ships Vixen, Ardent, Driver, Growler, Geyser, and about fifty hired transports. LAND Fortc 8.-Under Lieutenant-Goneral • Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.8., and Major-General Lord Sal toun, C.B. G.C.H., her Majesty's 18th, 26 th, 49th, , 55th, am; 98th regiments of the line, say 5 ; 3 00 marine bayonets; b brigade g r a o d y e al of b marinesluejackets, o tli e fleet , 2s o 0 ditto ; roy a l 1,100 ditto ; artillery, 170 ditt o ; one t roo p of h or se and three coin panies of foot artillery from I n di a , 430 ditto ; the en gineers, sappers, and miners, 340 ditto; rifles, 120 ; seven Hon. Company's regiments from India, 6,000 ditto; camp followers, gun lascars, &c., say 1,500 men. • Grand total, say 18,000 men. SIR ALLAN MACNAB. (From the Hamilton Gazette of Sept- 5.) [The following is a more full account of the return of Sir Allan Macnab to the Gore district, than that which appeared in The San of Oct. 6 :—] The men of 3ore, with whom the Gallant Knight is, from his loyalty and his exertions in the cause of his country, inseparably connected, were delighted to welcome upon Friday evening, his return among them. At the loyal village of Oakville, upon his entrance into the dist r i c t, he was received with dis charges of cannon, and with the cheers and hearty congratulations of the inhabitants of the town and libefore the l neighbourhood, ass em bl e d on the w h ar f—some of whom proceeded to H am il ton. Lon steam-boat which con ve y e d Si r Allan ad made its appearance in Burlington Bay, crowds of well-dressed Ea sccia.r,riaagude lady. persons covered every height and promontory, and turned their anxious glances to the canal to watch for its approach. Cannon were discharged, and no sooner had the vessel touched the wharf, than the cheers of e th v o er us s a e n e d n s h r e e i i .e it . s t o he ia a rg ir ; assembled upon this .occasion, to greet and welcome Sir Allan Macnab ; nor upon any occasion have we a/cl:encoduornseotorfecollect having people as were seen in this part of the country, such an assemblage, so uniformly well -dressed, orderly, an d seemingly all • a a i t iim fr a o t m ed 2 by ,oo o o ne t f o eel s ir ,o lg oo think that the latter number.does not exceed the truth. Among them were many ladies, and the waving of Report states their number ' persons, and we ourselves their handkerchiefs, and the smiles upon their faces, s w e 'e e r n e s n o o f t the the interestin g l a e f a t s e t nloon. T iie Ist Incorporated Battalion was in attendance, with part of the sights and their accustomed civility, and welcomed Sir Allan excellent band of the with a hearty "Rule Britannia," as the boat came up; a tune particularly appropriate to the welcome of a person whose exertions have been devoted to preserve this colony from foes both within and without. Sir Allan, upon his landing, entered, 'accompanied in which we observed J. M. White, Esq., drawn by four splendid . The procession then proceeded, passing under two triumphal arches, and so numerous was the attendance that the dense grey horses, a l b . d ‘f o r 3r . 's ß iNesl .7h a l b g, li nearly to the wharf, a distance of a mile. n l e v o e f c c o a n riia f i es g s carriages NN n . ded ewer fr e o: the Town-hall very delighted to - see him return among his constituents apparently in such excellent health and spirits. And, as we' have already stated, warm and heartfelt were the congratulations neighbourhood, in carriages and which he received. From all parts of the town and. in waggons- 7 -ón horseback and on foot—vast number s of persons pro ceeded to greet him upon his arrival. Upon his ar rivalthe address, which very neat and ap propriate to our readers and . Lady Macnab weakeneds.llbsequeitt journey, appeared ep esauri a eti t do t i l un i e r Town-hall, 0 , 0 n S iii i ,n r il i N t ,bi l ly l e a r n pe s l ril iand th i r il o aY in g* C. Gunn, Esq.— ll by the fa read his answer i t t o t N I h , h i s ic d h rtya S ,ns i s r l A , epil.rl which ii r co e hn t u .l, r i, ne Sire also i?oA the ll a. t i a n ingd a u eNt‘sointohef an nfi energy n' voyageo e l r loTfaifiit:dlriinji,gahn iss which was responded to by long and hearty cheers from. the - assembled numbers. Shortly afterwards Sir Allan was con ducted st r lr e V e i t t s h , t o l f ie " Auld lang sync," to his own house, there to find, in the I osom of his family, that repose which, after his un itshiea tiring exertions in England for the good of thi s his native country, he so much requires. the m e town, entl The procession left him at the entrance of his mansion, the band playing—" There's nae luck about th e h ome: , The following is the Address, with 817 signatures attachea:— . . " TO THE lION. SIR ALLAN N. ":,lACNAIII,RNT., & e . & c. &e. " ;...in,--- ; We, the inhabitant s o f Hamilton an d i ts vicinity, ea ger ly av ail ourselveS of this the' first oppor . tunity of Offering'to you o ur hearty C ongratulations on your safe return to tour native Pr ovince, and to the bosom of your family. " We beg t o assure you, Sir, that during your ab sence in Engla n d, you have.not.heen tbrgotten b v us "We have, from ti me ,to time, le arne d ‘vith the highest gratification the reception with which you have been honoured at the Court of our teloved Sove reign, and the courtesies you have met with from all classes of the great and good or our Fatherland. " Whilst rejoicing in the marks of respect thus paid to you, we have felt that in your person a high com pliment has been conforred upon the whole of the loyal inlinhitants of this noble province. y We beg also to express our gratitude for th e ser vices w hi c h your v i s i t t o En gland litts enabled ou to render to the colony at largo. - " Your Ligh-minded,growal of the unalterable de, termination of her Majesty's colonial subjects to railiE-